WASHINGTON ? President Barack Obama will travel to New Jersey on Sunday to survey damage from Hurricane Irene.
The White House says Obama will visit the northern New Jersey town of Paterson, where flooding continues to cause problems as the state's rain-swollen rivers crest and slowly recede.
Hurricane Irene barreled up the East Coast over the weekend, killing several dozen people and causing billions of dollars in damage.
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I?m not looking to take his place, but this one time wanted to interview him.
I hope you enjoy the following. Thank you, Ken for taking time out to answer the questions.
1.How old are you?
I?ll be 58 in December.
2.Where were you born?
The Bronx. I grew up several blocks from Yankee Stadium. I both liked and hated growing up in NY. I longed for greenery, fresh air and open spaces, but enjoyed being able to go to Manhattan by myself when I was 12.
3.Where do you live now?
I live outside a rural college town in Central NY. The population of my village is about 2500, and it doubles when the college is in session. We?re at the end of a small dead end road.
4.Would you care to share a little about your family, wife, Ben (a FWW member), and any other children?
Well, Shelley and I have known each other since our freshman year at college. We married in 1981. Shelley is an avid and gifted gardener, and our home is surrounded by her gardens. We have two children. Kate, now 26, and Ben, who is almost 22. Kate has no interest in woodworking, but knows tons about plants and trees. Ben, as some of you know, is a turner. He?s studying engineering, and is in his senior year in college. We also have two dogs, Leo, now 5 years old and raised from a pup, and 2 year old Zina, who we adopted last December from a dog rescue organization. They are terrific dogs, and we often take long walks in the woods, with the dogs off the leash. Leo had both his knees operated on in July, so we are midway through his recovery, and looking forward to him becoming more active again.
This picture of Shelley and me is in the Pleasant Hill, Kentucky Shaker village. We spent the night there, and took the photo on the same steps that a group of Shakers were photographed in the late 1880s. It's in Kerry Pierce's book.
5.For those that don?t know, can you describe what you do/did for a livelihood?
I am a physician. Board certified in Family Medicine, and also certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. After working for 25 years in my village, the stress and strain of being on call ? responsible for patients in the ER, ICU, whatever stuff was hitting the fan, and working all day and then on-call all night ? was getting to me, and so it was time for a change. In January 2010, I quit my main job ? working for the local hospital but kept my two part time Hospice jobs. In January 2011, I began part time teaching family physician residents at an outpatient clinic in inner city Utica, NY. I have been really enjoying that work, I get to see lots of interesting patients from places like Burma, Somalia, Bosnia, along with various locals, most of them poor, and I get to interact with a delightful mix of bright and dedicated young physicians from various countries. With 30 years experience as a physician, I?m pretty good at what I do, and I?m having a blast, while still only working usually about 2-3 days a week. My work for Hospice is also very rewarding. I help manage the patients in our care, and I make house calls to terminally ill people, reducing suffering as much as I can, and helping families along on the journey we all must take sooner or later. Earlier in my career, I delivered babies. By the time I stopped doing that in 1995, I had delivered about 400.
6.Give us a one sentence self description of your physical appearance. And then would you say you look like anyone famous?
Well, I?m not much to look at, I?m a little guy, about 5?7 and 165 pounds. When I was young, some said I looked like Bob Dylan, now that I?m older, a little pudgy and with thinning hair, nobody says anything.
7.Before I ask any questions about woodworking, do you enjoy other hobbies, reading, traveling, fishing, softball etc.......
Well, I like canoeing and camping in undeveloped areas. Ben and I just got back from 5 days in the Adirondacks. I like to go to quiet places. Traveling is not my forte, but I try to be flexible for Shelley. After I quit my job, we got around a bit. I like to read, and I maintain my old Triumph TR6. My latest thing is to try to learn how to weld. I picked up a used welder from Craigslist a couple of weeks ago, so we?ll see how much trouble I get into with that. In the winter, I like to cross country ski, and usually get out at least a few times a week, just going on trails or in the woods around here.
8.And I have to ask, do you name your chickens with regular names like Martha?
Well, right now, we have 9 chickens. One has a name, ?Golda? not very clever, as she is a Golden Laced Wyandotte. After our other named chickens were decimated by predators and/or disease, we decided to stop naming them. This spring we bought 8 one-day-old chicks, and they are growing up quickly. So it?s ?Golda and the ladies? for now.
Welding? You thinking about making an indestructible chicken coop?
I just like to be able to fix my stuff. I?ve wanted to learn how to weld for a few years now. With wood I can fabricate a lot of things, but if I can join metal to metal, that opens up all sorts of new possibilities.
Moving on, when did you first discover woodworking?
I have an older brother, and I can remember him helping me make a little boat out of balsa wood. I was maybe 7 or 8. I was limited by no tools, no wood, and not much money, but I would scrounge up what I could. Vegetables came in wooden crates back then, and I can remember trying to make stuff from them. I took wood shop in Jr. high [middle school now] and liked it, took a little more in high school.
It?s difficult to label you as any specific type of woodworker, flatworker, turner, and there's little doubt you are leaning towards Neander. Do you share the same interest in all types of woodworking?
Well, I am no turner, that?s for sure. I have made some utilitarian items by turning, but really, I barely get by, 80 grit sandpaper is a turning tool in my hands. I do like hand tools and techniques, but I?m also getting older and not very strong, so I have the usual set of tailed apprentices working for me. I?m not a purist though, and do my preparation of stock with a table saw, jointer and planer. But I really love hand cut dovetails, and hand shaped edges. Does that answer the question?
We've seen your vast collection of hand planes and other assorted hand tools.
Do any of them hold a special story behind them, or have more value to you other than just its ability to perform a task?
That?s a really great question. Yes, some are really quite dear to me. I didn?t inherit tools from my ancestors, my collection was all acquired by me along the way. Some tools have been given to me, because friends know I like old tools. Some have been gifts from my wife and children. I really like some of my old planes. Very fond of my Bedrock 604, that I found as a wreck and fixed up, and an old Stanley 5 ? that I cleaned up. It has a nearly invisible hairline crack in one cheek, but works like a champ. I also have a huge old 2? wide firmer chisel that I found in a garage sale somewhere. I made a new hooped handle for it, an it took forever to flatten and hone the blade, but it holds a fine edge and is honed at a low angle. I have a Stanley 1? Everlast chisel, it was my very first really nice chisel, and it had belonged to a friend?s father. After he died, she gave me many of his tools, and it has been cherished since. Ben turned a mallet for me for chopping dovetails and such. I love it. My daughter bought me a 4? Veritas double square that lives in my apron. I use it all the time, and treasure it. And last to mention is my Wenzloff dovetail saw. Mr. Wenzloff and I wrote back and forth to come up with specs according to what size stock it would be for; it does its job beautifully, and feels great in hand. My wife is very understanding and accepting of my tool acquisition disorder.
Would you care to share some of you furniture pieces you have built in the past?
Sure. Here is a link to my album, which has some photos of my work:
http://familywoodworking.org/forums/album.php?albumid=3
Has anyone been an influence or inspiration to you regarding woodworking?
Well, when you see what I make, I think the influence of the Shakers is apparent, although I don?t come within a mile of their level of craftsmanship, and I don?t think I?d be able to comply with their lifestyle. About 20 years ago, my wife had a friend in town who was living in a smallish apartment with her husband and 2 kids. Her parents came for a visit from England, and her dad was a little bored. He had been a cabinetmaker there. I invited him to use my shop, and do whatever he wanted. He was there every day, building a piece for his granddaughters. So credit goes to Mr. Jack Stoll, who taught me about sharpening, I didn?t know what sharp really was before him. And planing, and thinking about design and proportions. He was only here for a few weeks, but for me it was an apprenticeship, and I learned so much from him.
Source: http://familywoodworking.org/forums/showthread.php?t=24919
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In a study published in Educational Researcher, author Wanda J. Blanchett argues that race matters when it comes to referring African-American students to special education classes. In the four-page report, Blanchett contends that educational resource allocation, inappropriate curriculum and instructional strategies, and inadequate teacher preparation have only widened the gap between white and Black students. ?Although the field of special education was formed on the heels of the Brown decision and applied rhetoric and tactics from the civil rights movement, the disproportionate referral and placement of African-American students in special education has become a discursive tool for exercising white privilege and racism,? Blanchett writes. Eight families of Black students from Ardmore, Pennsylvania, have now taken that sentiment to the court room. The families of the students claimed in a civil suit dating back to 2007 that the Lower Merion School District disproportionately placed Black students in special education and low-level classes.
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There is a purpose in everything that comes our way. All happenings in our life are interlinked. We must learn to turn our cloud inside out to see the silver lining. We must learn to treat failures and embarrassments as stepping stones to success and self-improvement.
Patch Adams is one such great movie that drives home the point. If you remember, Hunter ?patch? Adams meets failure at the board exams as a medical student which leads him through months of depression, melancholy and suicidal tendencies to such an extent that he voluntarily seeks psychiatric help by admitting himself in a ward of psychiatric patients. His stay there enables him to meet patients with a variety of mental ailments like mental retardation, schizophrenia, catatonic patients, etc. Trying to help them, Patch finds that his own ailments are treated and gets back on track. Finally one morning he wakes up to the realization that even after all the trauma he has undergone, his desire to become a doctor still burns strong. His positive attitude and efforts at self-improvement brought success not only for himself, but also to those around him and made a lot of difference to their quality of life. Yes, He went on to become the best doctor of his country.
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So, success and self-improvement are two sides of the same coin. Friends, do make a start with towards both with these tips.
?Stop thinking yourself as failures. You are only human. Accept your failures and move on to make yourself acceptable to others.?
?When you see someone far superior to yourself, instead of indulging in self-pity, think of self-improvement. Think of acquiring inner beauty instead of only a good physique.?
?When you meet people feeling low and down, reach down to pull them up. Don?t slip down yourself in order to sympathize with them.?
?This whole world is a huge school where you learn from your mistakes and move on. A failure in a science quiz should never make you feel doomed and stupid. It?s not the end of the world. Always give scope for self-improvement.?
?Try improving yourself in things one thing by one. You can?t turn yourself into a perfect person at the crack of a whip. Give yourself time.?
?Self improvement leads to personality development, inner contentment, self-confidence and self-esteem. The natural outcome is Success.?
?Break your goals into small achievable and meaningful parts. Don?t expect dramatic results. Remember that each small achievement at self-improvement leads to a better YOU.?
?Little do we realize that our small appreciations or sincere greetings set up pleasant chain-reactions in other people?s lives that are so important to them. When we appreciate the beautiful people and things around us, we ourselves don a little of that beauty in others? eyes.?
?When you feel the positive effects of self-improvement and change, you are eager for your friends to try self-improvement too. But remember never to force anyone to follow you. It takes all kinds to make the world and in all probability, your friends will resent it.?
Over-night success is just a myth. This life we go through is a big school. It is important to appreciate what we have. We all have our own lessons to learn. When we are ready to learn from life?s experiences and our interactions with the people around us, we are well on the way to self-improvement and success.
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In the Fast and Furious operation, ATF agents lost track of as many as 2,500 high-powered firearms. Acting Director Kenneth Melson has stepped down, but a congressional investigation will continue.
WashingtonThe ill-fated Fast and Furious operation that ended up putting thousands of loose guns onto both sides of the US-Mexico border has claimed a big fish.
Skip to next paragraphThe acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ? who oversaw implementation of Fast and Furious out of ATF?s Phoenix office in 2009 ? has stepped down and will be reassigned, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.
Kenneth Melson, who was named ATF?s acting director in 2009, will move out of ATF to become a senior adviser on forensic science in the Justice Department?s Office of Legal Policy. Replacing him as ATF?s acting director will be B. Todd Jones, the US attorney for the District of Minnesota.
The US attorney in Arizona, Dennis Burke, whose office was heavily involved in the Fast and Furious operation, is also stepping down, the Justice Department said.
The ATF has not had a permanent director since 2006, a fact that offers one measure of the touchy nature of the bureau?s role in gun ownership and regulation. President Obama has nominated the head of ATF?s Chicago office, Andrew Traver, to take the job, but strong opposition from the National Rifle Association has stalled his confirmation.
It was Fast and Furious that most recently put ATF in the headlines. The undercover operation was designed to nab gun smugglers taking US firearms into Mexico and to the country?s violent drug cartels. But instead, bureau agents lost track of as many as 2,500 high-powered firearms, some of which later turned up at crime scenes on both sides of the border.
Two of the weapons were found at the scene of a US Border Patrol agent?s murder last year.
The reshuffle in ATF personnel seems unlikely to end the controversy over Fast and Furious. US Rep. Darrell Issa (R) of California, who heads the House Oversight Committee that has been investigating the botched operation, said in his Twitter feed Tuesday, ?We won?t let blame for reckless Fast and Furious be shifted onto these few.?
Representative Issa contends that the Obama administration is blaming Mr. Melson and other ATF and Justice officials for a scandal that he says reaches much higher into the Obama team.
Despite the black eye that Fast and Furious has given the ATF and anti-gun-trafficking efforts more generally, experts in US-Mexico border issues say that undercover operations and in-depth investigations will be necessary if gunrunning is to be brought under control.
Mexican officials continue to loudly criticize the United States for not stanching the flow of weapons southward, but they also lambasted the US over the well-intentioned but poorly executed Fast and Furious operation.
Just last week, Mexican President Felipe Calder?n again blasted US gun dealers and lax firearms regulations for the part they play in arming Mexico?s drug gangs. Mr. Calder?n said the gun connection and profits from US drug sales made the US partly to blame for the drug-gang firebombing of a casino in Monterrey Thursday, which left at least 52 people dead.
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Finding a salad at a fast food restaurant is easy these days, but the battle remains for which is the best fast food salad around. Anyone can make a simple garden salad or a caesar salad, but these salads offer something more than the standard lettuce, tomatoes and cheese and are the best of the best out there.
Most fast food restaurants stick to a few trends with their salads offering Asian flavors, Southwest toppings, fruit and everyone's favorite bacon. Visit a fast-casual shop like Quiznos or Panera Bread and you'll find a wider variety of flavors and toppings.
Since they include vegetables rather than greasy hamburgers and fries, some of these items are also among healthy fast food options as well. Then again some only appear healthy on the surface and pack in more fat and calories than a fried chicken dinner.
Be them healthy or something considered healthy in fast food connoisseur Epic Meal Time standards, these salads are the best of the bunch. Find a better fast food salad? Feel free to add it below!
Source: http://www.ranker.com/list/best-fast-food-salads/chef-jen
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