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The Tropical TRopopause EXperiment (ATTREX) mission will give scientists the information they will need to better understand and predict this phenomenon.
A NASA Global Hawk high-altitude unmanned aircraft will fly missions at up to 65,000 feet altitude above the tropical Pacific Ocean, carrying a suite of specialized instruments to measure moisture and chemical composition, radiation levels, meteorological conditions, and trace gas levels. Scientists hope to collected unprecedented data from the tropopause, the boundary between the troposhere (where most weather occurs) and the stratosphere.
An instrument checkout flight was scheduled to be flown over the Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., test range from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center Jan.18, 2013, with a half-dozen science flights lasting up to 24 to 30 hours each planned over the ensuring two months during the first year of the ATTREX campaign.
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NJDOE News
April 10, 2003
Commissioner William L. Librera
- Good morning Chairman Greenwald and members of
the committee. It is a pleasure to be here with you this morning to
discuss the Department of Educations budget for fiscal year 2004.
- State aid for local school districts is the single
largest item in the state budget. In recognition of the very high priority
given to education by Governor McGreevey since the first day he took
office, we are including in the FY 2004 budget more than $8 billion
in aid to the states schools. State aid for local school districts
represents one-third of the states budget. This point must be
emphasized -- in finding solutions to the $5 billion budget deficit
for a second year in a row in what remains the severest budget crisis
our state has ever faced -- the Governor has once again refused to cut
a single cent to the districts, holding the line on our childrens
- Unlike last year when state aid was held even,
this budget proposes an increase of nearly $200 million in 2004. Governor
McGreevey has made tough choices in this budget by proposing hard cuts
in other areas so that we can continue to invest in New Jerseys
public school children. This budget is a reconfirmation of that commitment.
- The proposed budget now before the Legislature
will provide school districts with a nearly $200 million increase in
state education aid -- $97 million toward debt payments for new school
construction and $100 million in direct aid to communities for public
education. Additionally, school districts will not have to budget a
contribution to PERS. This represents a $40 million savings. Indirect
state aid, pensions and FICA contributions increase by $204 million.
- 454 school districts will receive an increase
in state aid. State aid has been held constant for the wealthiest 119
school districts. Abbott districts will receive $50 million of the $100
million increase in state aid. No school district in our state will
receive fewer dollars in formula aid next year than it did this past
- While this is admittedly a modest increase, it
is significant given the current fiscal situation, and it reflects the
administrations continued unwavering commitment to education.
- In addition, this budget also provides more than
$1.2 billion to all the districts in the state for teachers retirement
benefits and the employers share of Social Security payments.
This amount represents an increase in local aid of $204 million above
FY 2003 and shields local property taxpayers from shouldering these
- While Governor McGreevey is sensitive to the fact
that some communities may see property taxes rise, he believes that
local communities must make the same hard choices that the state has
made. This state budget reduces spending on state government by 4.4
percent. The previous budget reduced these same costs by 2.5 percent.
Therefore, we think that schools and towns must tighten their belts
and define local priorities carefully in local budgets until we can
all benefit from a turnaround in our national economy.
- To ensure that the Department of Education is
functioning most effectively, we have completely reorganized our operations
to be of more assistance to local districts and to better balance our
role of oversight with our role of providing support to the districts.
By making the department a more valuable resource, we have increased
our assistance to local districts in stretching dollars. Our focus is
on improving teaching and learning and on providing the technical assistance
to districts to help them improve both aspects of the education process.
- Our three regional service centers bring the Trenton
decision-makers closer to the districts, which will enable our county
superintendents to provide direct answers to their districts questions.
There are experts in these offices in the areas of Core Curriculum Content
Standards, special education, programs for limited English proficient
students, certification, professional development, and grants, among
many others.
- In the first year of our administration, we have
created a record of solid accomplishments in many aspects of education.
I would like to briefly highlight a few of our major accomplishments.
- A year ago, we consolidated all functions of the
Abbott implementation mandates into one division under Assistant Commissioner
Gordon MacInnes. In order to assess the status of the reform process
that began five years ago, we have required all Abbott districts to
submit to the department by July 15, 2003 a three-year operational plan.
- The plan will include an assessment of the first
four years of Abbott implementation, so that useful work will be preserved.
The goal was to simplify the budgeting process for the 2003-04 school
year while incorporating the requirements of the federal No Child
Left Behind Act, or NCLB. Program staff, fiscal staff, and Local Support
Teams from the department will continue to assist schools and districts
in planning and developing their three-year operational plans and annual
school-based budgets.
- Last year we petitioned the New Jersey Supreme
Court for a one-year "time-out" on implementation of Whole
School Reform programs and a waiver to hold state aid the same as last
year in the Abbott districts, as was the case in all of the other districts.
This year, we have petitioned the New Jersey Supreme Court to grant
flexibility in the mandates of the original decisions. Abbott districts
have reached parity with the I and J districts, but they are still encumbered
by old restrictions that limit their ability to make the most efficient
use of their parity dollars. We believe it is in the best interest of
the state and the districts to cut them loose from some of these restrictions
and let them revise their reform practices in accordance with their
three-year plans. We have closed the funding gap, now the priority is
to close the achievement gap.
- One of our central initiatives is the early literacy
program. Research is clear that children who read at or above grade
level by the third grade are going to have much greater success in the
rest of their school years than those who cannot read by grade three.
We have made significant progress over the last year by linking intensive
Abbott early literacy programs with Reading First and all other department
literacy efforts, such as the reading coach program. The coordination
of these programs is yielding increased Abbott preschool enrollment.
It also enables us to ask the NJ Supreme Court to allow the Abbott districts
to focus their resources on early literacy and mastery of the Core Curriculum
Content Standards.
- The Abbott preschool program is showing great
promise for helping children to have early success in school. This program
can be of critical importance to a child, especially one who is from
an environment that puts him or her at risk of failure. Our preschool
programs integrate educational, social, and family programs so that
the child and the family can help develop the skills and self-esteem
that children need in order to be successful in school and life beyond
- In 2001-02 a total of close to 30,000 children
were enrolled in the Abbott Preschool programs. Over 9,000 of these
were in district-run classrooms and the rest in child care provider
and Head Start classrooms. The actual enrollment as of January 2003
is 36,465 with over 11,000 in district-run classrooms. This is an increase
of 22 percent. For 2003-04, we project an increase of 15.5 percent to
42,135, which represents over 80 percent of the universe of Abbott-eligible
three- and four-year-olds. The percentage of children served in child
care or Head Start centers has remained constant over the three years
at approximately 70 percent.
- The FY 2004 Budget provides $142.4 million in
our department and $114.5 million in Human Services to continue the
expansion of Abbott preschool programs. Increased funding of $39 million
over the projected fiscal 2003 actual spending amount will accommodate
an increase from the 2002 enrollment.
- In support of the reading coach literacy initiative,
we have proposed an appropriation of $9 million as the second installment
of a four-year, $40 million commitment by Governor McGreevey to the
program. Last summer, the department trained 30 reading coaches who
have been working with teachers and students in 80 schools. We will
expand this corps of coaches for the next school year. State literacy
resources will be supplemented by approximately $20 million in aid for
the new federal Reading First program which has the same goal as the
state programs. We already have evidence that early literacy programs
are succeeding in high poverty areas.
- There are other department literacy initiatives
that provide reinforcement for our belief that early literacy is the
key to success in school and beyond. We have strengthened our language
arts literacy standards to be much more specific in the early grades
to assure that students are learning all of the necessary skills. In
addition, there are over 60,000 students and 1500 teachers participating
in the Governors Book Club to encourage students to read for fun.
- For some time now, "accountability"
has been the watchword. You have demanded that we be more accountable,
and the general public agrees. We have responded with programs such
as the report card and the comparative spending guide. The NCLB significantly
increases the stakes by tying federal dollars to accountability measures.
To meet these increasing responsibilities, the department has relied
for too long on multiple reports and cumbersome processes. In order
to help the state meet these requirements and more New
Jersey must join other states by developing a comprehensive system to
track student achievement, mobility, and other critical information.
I, therefore, urge that you approve our $1.5 million request to initiate
a student-level database called NJ SMART to be tested this fall. I should
also note that we anticipate that federal funds will be available for
this project as well.
- In addition, federal mandates and revenues are
very important in assisting the state with leveraging resources for
improving teaching and learning. Based upon current federal figures,
the FY 2004 budget includes a $52.2 million or 11.7 percent --
increase in grants from the No Child Left Behind Act that is in effect.
Programs with significant increases include Title I grants of $33.1
million an increase of 12.9 percent -- and special education
grants of $40.0 million, or an increase of 16.4 percent. The Improving
Teacher Quality program will total $66.8 million for the state.
- To assist with the development and implementation
of the new testing requirements, the state will receive $9.2 million,
a slight increase over the amount received in FY 2003. The testing requirements
are an important measure of accountability for the increased federal
- The state will be in compliance this year with
the assessment mandates imposed by the federal No Child Left Behind
legislation. We have contracted with the Education Testing Service for
NJ ASK 3 and NJ ASK 4 to be administered in May of this year. In succeeding
years, we will add the other required tests in accordance with the federal
time schedule. We also have received permission from the federal government
to create the new fourth-grade test by incorporating enough of the items
from the old Elementary School Proficiency Assessment to make the old
and the new tests comparable. This will save the state the time and
expense of having to administer the ESPA again this year along with
a new fourth-grade test.
- Also in accordance with the federal requirements,
statewide testing in reading and mathematics in grades 3-8 must be in
place by 2005-06 and requires expansion of the Alternate Proficiency
Assessment (APA) for students with disabilities, consistent with the
expansion of statewide testing. We must also factor in costs to produce
Braille, large-print, and translated versions of the assessments.
- We currently have launched another pilot project
funded by a targeted grant of $750,000 to create performance-based tests
to use in conjunction with our standardized assessments. This is being
done in partnership with CREATE, the Coalition for Responsible Educational
Assessment, Testing, and Evaluation, and the Business Coalition for
Educational Excellence which are investing an additional $500,000 in
supplemental funds and in-kind support.
- Another important factor that will be incorporated
into the new assessment program will be the revised Core Curriculum
Content Standards. The standards are undergoing their first mandated
five-year review. The State Board of Education has adopted the revised
standards in language arts literacy, mathematics, and science and will
soon adopt the revisions to the other areas of the standards. The new
assessments will be aligned with the new provisions, and the existing
eighth- and eleventh-grade tests have already been realigned to meet
the revised standards in the areas that have been adopted.
- Another priority of this administration is to
make quality professional development opportunities available to teachers.
Because teachers are the front line of educational delivery, we must
provide resources to enhance the districts efforts. This budget
includes $2 million for teacher mentoring aid.
Mentoring has been shown through research to be a very successful strategy
in developing and keeping good teachers in the classroom. According
to national statistics, approximately 40 percent of teachers leave teaching
within the first five years. This attrition rate is unacceptably high
and we are working to reduce it.
- In our state efforts to assure that all classrooms
are headed by highly qualified teachers, we have two initiatives totaling
$850,000. Using the recommended $500,000, we will develop a summer institute
to assist both new and experienced teachers to master new techniques
and enhance their subject matter knowledge. Another way of encouraging
teachers is to provide incentives to attain national accreditation.
The national certification process is rigorous and demanding, requiring
teachers to complete a series of assignments tailored to the developmental
level of their students. To offset the costs to the teachers of applying
for accreditation, the Governor has recommended $350,000 in grants.
- The teacher shortage also is an issue that we
take seriously, and we will continue to help districts through our Web
site database NJHIRE. Two years ago, the state provided incentives for
preschool teachers in the special needs districts. This years
budget provides $619,000 to continue the commitment made to those teachers.
- Within the department, we know that we must move
our backlog of certification requests much faster. We are in the process
of creating a technology-based system to speed up the processing of
applications so that we can get new teachers into our classrooms as
quickly as possible.
- I have listened with Governor McGreevey to the
teachers of this state in a series of teacher town hall meetings over
the last year. The input is extremely valuable for helping us fine-tune
our professional development initiatives and improve conditions for
teachers in classrooms, so that they can be as effective as possible
in raising student achievement. We have found some of the most effective
educational support can come through professional networks that do not
require expenditures of state funds.
- One of the departments recent initiatives
is the Network of Schools, a Web-based service that will help districts
share good ideas and effective practices in the areas of special education
reform, overcoming achievement deficits and implementing small schools
- In our professional development efforts, the bottom
line is to raise student achievement. Teachers not only must feel supported,
they must also be effective educators.
- I have been a proponent of public school choice
throughout my career in education. The Department of Education is committed
to preserving a viable public school choice program in this state, but
there are some changes that must be considered in the current law.
- In the meantime, this budget has proposed that
we appropriate $2.8 million in increased funding for the public school
choice program for added expenses related to enrollment growth in choice
schools. Our charter schools and school choice programs currently provide
an option for over 13,000 students and their parents. Charter
Schools received facilities money from the federal School Renovation
- Another of our state initiatives is the creation
of diverse and multiple paths to student achievement. Our program of
creating career academies is one way to encourage the collaboration
of the education and business communities.
- We have been pleased that some corporations have
helped the state create career academies under a leadership team at
Prosperity New Jersey. These academies are collaborative efforts among
high schools, colleges, and business partners. They are modeled after
a variety of existing academies. The first corporation to announce its
commitment to the new program was Pfizer with a contribution of $500,000
to help start an academy at Morristown High School and provide expertise
in science and health to both teachers and students. In addition, we
have launched an engineering program in Trenton with the participation
of PSE&G and Mercer County Community College. The most recent career
partnership is Cherry Hill Academy for Studies and Experiences sponsored
by Commerce Bank in conjunction with Cherry Hill School District and
Drexel University, Rutgers, and Camden County Community College to create
a business program that will be available to more than 3,600 students
in the two high schools.
- This year the department was awarded a four-year
grant for approximately $2 million from the U.S. Department of Education
under the Partnerships in Character Education grant program, Title V,
Part D of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002. New Jersey is one of
only five states to receive an award.
- As part of this grant, the department recently
announced the establishment of the New Jersey Center for Character Education
(NJCCE) to be housed at the Center for Applied Psychology in the Graduate
School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers University, Piscataway.
- With Legislative support, New Jersey is already
leading the nation in its commitment to provide support for the development
of character education in public schools through the New Jersey Character
Education Partnership initiative, which has provided $14 million in
state aid funding to school districts over the past three years.
- Providing safe schools has become a topic of much
greater intensity in light of several dramatic events in the last few
years. Within schools, safety is often jeopardized by individuals who
do not know how to control anger and who do not feel positive about
their education and classmates. There has been a break-down in many
of the values that used to make our communities and schools safe. There
is a $4.8 million dollar appropriation in the budget to continue to
fund Character Education programs.
- One of the biggest problems we confronted upon
taking office last year was to move the projects under the school construction
program to completion. In order to coordinate the activities
of the many agencies involved in the approval process, Governor McGreevey
created the New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation, a subsidiary
of the Economic Development Authority. The school construction program
gives all school districts an increased percentage of state support
for eligible project costs.
- From the inception of the program through December
of 2002, 145 of the 239 districts that would have received no state
funding under the prior law have submitted one or more school construction
projects and been approved to receive almost $550 million in state support
from debt service aid or grants. This represents 45 percent of the total
$1.2 billion in approvals.
- As the Governor has said repeatedly, this was
not the budget he wanted to submit, but we are confident that this budget
will enable districts to weather the year with some belt tightening,
creative solutions, innovative programs, and cooperative agreements.
We will do whatever we can to provide districts with the resources of
our department and generate funding sources for programs outside of
the department. Even in this tight budget climate, the state and the
school districts have created new programs, launched new initiatives,
passed referenda, renovated buildings, and generally moved ahead this
past year.
- My staff and I look forward to working with the
Legislature on some mutual concerns. Now I will be happy to answer any
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NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson won the Daytona 500 today, while Danica Patrick, who made history as the first woman to win the pole position in the race, finished in eighth place.
Crews worked overnight to repair a fence at the Daytona International Speedway for today's race after a fiery crash in the final lap of the Nationwide race Saturday injured at least 28 fans when debris flew into the stands.
While there were no reports of fans being injured today, there were a handful of crashes.
A nine-car wreck during lap 34 of the race took star drivers Tony Stewart and Kevin Harvick out of the running. Stewart won the Nationwide race at the speedway on Saturday.
"Happy with our car, was just waiting for it to all get sorted out again," Stewart told ESPN. "I don't know what started it, but we just got caught up in another wreck."
It was a history-making race for Patrick, who was entered the final lap in third place, but finished in eighth, the best showing for a woman at the Daytona 500. She also became the first woman to lead a lap -- she led five -- at the prestigous race.
The previous highest woman finisher was Janet Guthrie, who came in 11th in 1980.
Patrick, who was a star on the IndyCar circuit before moving to NASCAR, seemed ready to make a run at Johnson in the final laps, but the Sprint Cup rookie dropped from third to eighth as more experienced drivers passed her.
"You spend a lot of time thinking about what to do when the time comes," Patrick said. "I kept asking up above what was working. You needed a hole, you needed people to help you out. I had a little bit of help today here and there, but I felt like if I was going to dive low, I had a feeling I was going to get freight-trained. ... At the end of the day, it was a solid day.
"We stayed basically in the top 10 all day long," she said. "You can't really complain about that. It was nice."
Several cars tangled and crashed in the final lap of the race, although nothing like Saturday's last-lap crash that sent rookie Kyle Larson's car airborne and a tire, engine and other debris barreling into the stands.
NASCAR officials did not throw a yellow flag and allowed Johnson to lead the pack to the checkered flag at the finish line.
The Race Goes On
Joie Chitwood III, president of Daytona International Speedway, said earlier today that every seat at the track, including the area where at least 28 fans were injured, would be filled.
If fans were uneasy about their seating location today, Chitwood said his team would make "every accommodation we can" to move them.
PHOTOS: Crash at Daytona Sends Wreckage Into Stands
The track became a disaster scene on Saturday when 12 cars became tangled in a fiery crash during the final lap of the Nationwide race.
Pieces of rookie Kyle Larson's shredded race car turned into shrapnel that flew into the stands, injuring at least 28 people.
RELATED: Fiery Daytona Crash Injures Fans
At least 14 of the injured were transported to hospitals and more than a dozen others were treated at the speedway, Chitwood said.
"I do know that we transported individuals from lower level and upper level [of the grandstands]," he said.
Terry Huckabee, who was sitting in the grandstands with his brother, compared the scene to a "war zone."
"I mean, tire flying by and smoke and everything else," he said.
Huckabee said his brother is recovering in the hospital after his leg was sliced open by the spray of debris.


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Capturing a Whisper From Space
Deep space communications are far more challenging than communications with Earth-orbiting satellites because the distances are so staggering. Signals must travel millions or billions of kilometers between Earth and the spacecraft. At the same time, the spacecraft's communications equipment must be compact and lightweight to allow for a larger scientific payload. Most spacecraft communicate at a very low power - up to 20 times less than the power required for a digital watch.
To hear the whisper of a signal at such great distances, receiving antennas on Earth must be very large, equipped with extremely sensitive receivers and protected from interference. Imagine a person shouting loudly to a companion a block away. If the street is quiet, the person can be understood. But what if the two pals are in Los Angeles and
San Francisco - 700 kilometers (435 miles) apart? That's exactly the kind of conditions the Deep Space Network operates under. The Earth-orbiting satellites are the equivalent of two friends shouting a block apart; while the deep space probes a scattered through the solar system - from 2001 Mars Odyssey at Mars to Voyager 1 at the very edge of our solar system.
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>From I-75/85, exit on University Ave #244 (approx 3 miles south of junction with I-20). Head West (right) off the exit. After 1/2 mile take a LEFT (south) on Metropolitan Pkwy at major intersection. After 1/2 mile take a RIGHT (west) on Deckner Ave at light. Park is on the left. Take 2nd entrance and park in gravel lot by the stream.
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- Mohanapriya Rajasekaran
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Do you believe in Karma? If so, have you truly experienced it?
The term 'Karma' is a one of the many concepts of Indian Religions, nevertheless it has been acknowledged across the world by many, not as a concept of religion, but as a general theme that teaches the power of good 'action' or 'deed'. It can be demonstrated by the phrase 'What goes around comes around'.
I was thought by my parents that if you do good, it will always return to you one day. But seeing the current scenario where people fight over each other for a place, fame, position etc and when you see children and women in some part of the world suffer for no bad they have done, its hard to believe Karma exists. I feel the whole concept of karma has faded in todays competitive world and would like to see a different take on it. It always good to know that 'Karma' exists!!
Jul 27 2013: Karma is one of the most misused or misinterpreted concept that exist.
It has to do with dharma, to care for your state of being. Being into harmony inside and with family and society by practicing admiration for life and nature. This installs a wellbeing that radiate to enlighten the world. The more this state is disrupted mostly caused by the emotions of ego that are always fear based and mind directed, the more things will obstruct your life and erode all meaning to it.
Nothing to do with miserable circumstances that we people create for each other.Jul 26 2013: Good question Mohanapriya!
I believe there is an energy connection between all people, so I believe in the concepts....what goes around comes around.....we reap what we sow.....etc. I believe that what we give out, often comes back to us in various forms.
I do not believe in the common teaching about karma.....that suffering in this life is a sure sign that we did something bad in a previous life. In my perception, this idea reinforces the idea that suffering is necessary, that those who are suffering were "bad" in another life. I believe this idea keeps people oppressed and controlled, and is not very beneficial to growth and evolution.
I believe the human life experience is about learning, growth and evolution as an individual, while contributing to the whole. I do not believe that there is a god with a ledger somewhere "out there" who is monitoring our behavior and giving us points and a ticket to heaven or hell. I believe that how we live the human life adventure is a choice based on what we think and feel about our "self", and how we interact with others in our global communities:>)
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Jul 27 2013: Oh wise one Keith! I love to be right don't you??? Just kidding of course:>)
I only share my own beliefs, and I also observe that there is very little information "out there" that is new, regarding how to live the human life experience to the fullest! This message keeps coming to us in various forms throughout history from sages, teachers, gurus, philosophers, psychologists, prophets, etc.
I like the way it is written in your comment...
""the best result will come from everyone in the group doing what's best for himself … and the group".
When we observe nature, we see that all creatures are doing their own thing, and their own thing contributes to the whole. For example, hummingbirds, bees, and bats are feeding themselves AND pollinating at the same time. When we (humans) grow our own food, we are feeding ourselves, AND nurturing the soil and air at the same time. The examples could go on and on......
When we are aware of the interconnections, we are also aware of the energy of life moving in our world which can be labeled whatever we like. It doesn't matter so much what we call it....the important piece is applying it to our everyday life....in my humble perception.Jul 27 2013: Keith,
I think/feel it is all part of the whole. We all (male and female) have the ability to be nurturing, caring, and authoritive.....yes?
What you're saying makes sense to me, and I suggest that perhaps you are not becoming a female in spirit, but rather accepting and embracing the female part of yourself, as I accept and embrace the male part of me.
That being said, who determined that certain thoughts, feelings and emotions are male or female?
I suggest that it is very old outdated programming by society? What do you think/feel?Jul 27 2013: Keith,
Our practices of thinking and feeling may be the difference between conscience and sub-conscience. I also think it may partially come from our societal programming? The roles that have been given to us...boys/men have traditionally been taught to think more and not show too much emotion. While girls/women have been taught and encouraged to express feelings more and be the emotional support of the family.
I agree that we can constantly take in new information, which might be planted in our conscious or sub-conscious while we are sleeping. I think the mind/brain works out all kinds of things while we are sleeping. Maybe that's where the saying came from......I'll sleep on it! I believe dreams are produced when our subconscious is working some things out. I agree with everything else you have written:>)
When I awake in the morning, I remember that today is the first day of the rest of my life:>)Jul 27 2013: Fun.....I LOVE to explore, delve, build on conversations, thoughts, feelings, ideas, and perceptions......thank you....yes I feel it, and it's comin' back at ya:>)
EDIT......OH.....it's KARMA!!!Jul 27 2013: OK...that works for me because it's a beautiful day today, and I'm popping in and out of the gardens:>)
Jul 27 2013: Keith, it sure would have been nice if you had posted this link in my conversation on teacher appreciation......thank you for sharing it.
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EDIT......just realized you posted it a couple of days ago.....in any case, thank you so much, really nice collection of thoughts from some great thinkers, oh, and nice music too.
Jul 28 2013: Keith, thank you for sharing the name of the artist....I will look her up.
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I'll have to visit your site and see what you're up to.Jul 29 2013: Keith,
Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. I didn't spend too much time wondering about what you think, because I've read many of your comments, and think/feel I had a pretty good idea:>)
I just checked out your links.....it seems that you and I have similar collections of quotes, and I AM part of peopletown. One of my life philosophies is...if I'm not part of the solution, I'm part of the problem, so I try to be part of the solution as much as possible:>)Jul 29 2013: I kinda got that Keith.....that you were asking about working on the site itself:>)
Honestly, I would do MUCH better with actually building a town....I have more carpenter skills than technical/computer skills! Wordpress......Weebly......all foreign language to me! Give me some wood, a hammer, some nails, a drill, pliers, wrench, straight and phillips screwdrivers and I'm good!!! LOL:>)
I am really technically challenged my friend, so I'm not sure how I could be of service with your project:>(Jul 30 2013: Keith, had I lived in her country, I'd have had Colleen in any project, computer or carpentry without a second thought. I really don't care if she is conversant with web designing - she is way too wise to be restricted to a chair.
Problem is it will be difficult for me to compensate her in terms of money, unless she herself finds ways to ensure that too :)
Jul 31 2013: Thank you for your kind words Pabitra. I do not share information for money, but rather for the love of sharing information:>)Jul 31 2013: Thank you also Keith, for your very kind words and feedback. Ok...we'll talk:>)Jul 29 2013: Disagree. (I'm back).
Read my comment and "just-world fallacy" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-world_hypothesis).
How are you? :D
Jul 29 2013: Hi Bernard.....welcome back.....missed you...I'm good thanks. What are you disagreeing with? Everything in the comment you are replying to? Everything in this thread? Please provide a little more information?
Jul 29 2013: Sorry! XD
Specifically this : "what goes around comes around.....we reap what we sow".
Otherwise I agree mostly (e.g : "do not believe in the common teaching about karma" "human life experience is about learning, growth and evolution as an individual, while contributing to the whole"). On a side note how does the latter concept relate to Karma?
Sorry should have been more specific.
Kind regards (as always),
Bernard.Jul 31 2013: Hi Bernard:>)
You don't believe in what goes around comes around, or we reap what we sow?
You ask...how does this statement/concept relate to Karma?...."human life experience is about learning, growth and evolution as an individual, while contributing to the whole."
It seems that in most beliefs about Karma, it is perceived that the human life experience is about learning, and with each life experience (if one believes in reincarnation) we have an opportunity to learn and improve our "karmic" footprint/life print.....whatever you choose to call it:>)
Aug 1 2013: Interesting (as always).
No, unfortunatley I do not believe in "what goes around comes around, or we reap what we sow". Mainly due to seeing the opposite so much in my life (and being told about it in other people's life).
Oh. I can agree with Karma if it is about learning, and from learning improving your Karma Footprint. (If that is being consistent, :P).
Kind regards,
Bernard.Jul 31 2013: Keith,
I suggest that after this life, "we".....a human being, as we know ourselves in this form, is no longer the same. The body is recycled back into the earth, and the energy recycles to another form. I agree...energy cannot be created or destroyed....it changes form.
So, I do not agree that the energy "tags along". To me, that suggests that we still have the same form, and my experience with an NDE/OBE tells me differently. I experienced my "self" as energy, and I believe that after the body dies, we return to the universal energy "grid", for lack of a better term:>)
No thanks, I don't need to debate the chick/egg question:>)Aug 1 2013: It's ok Bernard, our world would not seem as interesting if we all believed the same things...in my humble perception:>)Jul 26 2013: So far my knowledge goes , the history of human civilization has never been peaceful and this era is not a stand out as being chaotic with lots of struggle and fight around .
The KARMA is faith or belief system within ancient religion of Indian sub continent , so looking for it's proof is not needed. What I feel this faith was preached so that people focuses more on good deeds than silly fights. Unfortunately that preaching was never of any value to the power mongers .
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Jul 29 2013: I don't think 'Karma' (do I always have to capitalize the 'k'?) is a force of nature like gravity, but I do agree that it is a good general theme and that theme exerts a force in its own way. I'm more comfortable living with the notion that I will reap what I sow though I know that is not always the case and I'm learning to be at peace with that as well. My preference is for the karmic. It feels more optimistic, from the perspective of my own daily life, when I try to do good although I don't always succeed.
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I don't know that karma has faded in todays competitive world, because I look around and see a growing sense of entitlement, where people seem to think that business is fair and involves no risk and that if they put in X amount of time and energy they are going to get Y back, which in that context of thinking sounds very karma-esque.
I feel it is unfortunate that it is referred to as a form of 'cosmic revenge' like 'they got what they had coming,' because it would be better in the mind of the person thinking this to worry about their own karma instead. It does a person no good to find satisfaction in believing another is being punished or will be punished, especially not when they could be seeking to have compassion for the other person, providing forgiveness even at a distance.
And you're right, it IS always good to know that karma exists. It made me feel a little better when I realized there are principles similar to karma in many other religions, not just Indian religions. There are similar principles everywhere I look. Maybe it is a universal law, afterall.
Jul 29 2013: Done! :) Thank you :)
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Jul 26 2013: I do not believe in Karma. When I volunteer, I do it because I like doing it, period.
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Jul 29 2013: It has nothing to do with that. You taking the time out of your life and having the genuine thought of volunteering will come back to you one way or another, whether you take time to acknowledge it or not. Something really good will happen to you to balance the fact that you used your life energy to perform good in the universe.
Peace.Jul 29 2013: That's cool, Wayne. How good would the karma really be anyways, if you did it just for your own karma's sake and not to help out? You might as well cut out the middle man and buy yourself lunch.
Jul 29 2013: My second sentence covers your whole reply really. If you perform good actions because you like to perform good actions, then it is selfless and doesn't feed the ego, therefore it is a genuine action from the heart. If your actions aren't coming from a genuine feeling, then it doesn't factor within karma, it's that simple.
Doing things while expecting something in return defeats the purpose of believing in karma. You must be aware of the ego to be aware of karma.Aug 22 2013: Hi Mohana
I truly admit that I have no idea about karma as I am not from a culture that was born with this concept. But being a human, I can speculate, because that is what human beings are good at. And if the speculation is attractive, we may have followers, and soon it will become a belief, a sort of faith, a way of doing things based on an attractive speculation or assumption. Now I don't have to be a scientist or a guru to know that my actions will result in some kind of consequences. If I walk in the street with my eyes closed, I will probably bump into someone or get run over if I live in a populated city (lucky I live in Australia, where one could die of boredom in some isolated parts of it). So, if I pay attention to what I am doing, if I am at one with the act, the intent, the process, then I am mindful and will be sure to act correctly. If not, I will probably falter, make mistakes, blame somebody for it etc. The thing is, if I act correctly for the sake of it, there is no problem. If I expect something in return, then I may get disappointed and question the correctness of my deeds, the motives etc. What I do I do not because I seek a result, a benefit, but because it is the correct, right thing to do. And that takes an authentic mind to be able to engage in a correct way of living, not a mind that wants some profit or some form of deception. This is my speculative point.Jul 30 2013: I can't say I believe Karma exist in the sense Hindu religions explain it. (As it would imply reincarnation and some divine calculator to keep track of all our do's and don'ts). I wouldn't use Karma except in a metaphorical way.
That good tends to bring good, on the other hand, has quite some scientific basis (especially sociological, biological and psychological). Cooperative and positive sum games describe the net profit of being good.
Doing good also feels good: http://www.ted.com/talks/nic_marks_the_happy_planet_index.html (end of the talk)
Of course, there is also exploitation of people who do good (free-riding), making you feel the 'succer' sometimes.
I don't believe it always comes back, or that you get a fair share of good. There is also luck and randomness and even the kindest person can get into misery, or the most selfish person can get all the luck and profit and happiness...
Life is not 'fair' in that sense.
But do good! you'll increase your chances of feeling good and getting rewarded.Jul 30 2013: Pabitra:
All of this exists simply by thinking!
Humans live in or at a quantum level.
Our lifetimes are less than a light second, or a second. At the quantum level, they cancel each other out.
Our size is so small that it is quark-like, even string-like. Close to non-existent, too small to be seen or be
a scene.
It is all thought and all action is only imagined.
We exist and then we don't. Quanta that vibrate from matter to anti-matter 3 trillion times a second.
And no, Karma is not real.Jul 30 2013: I do not believe in 'Karma' that can determine the state of a person in another life, just because I do not believe in reincarnation. But 'karma' is sanskrit also means action and I believe in its power. Nothing is achieved or changed or created just by thinking, so its karma (or collective karma) that determines a person's, society's or nation's position in time.
"Udyamena hi siddhanti karyani, na manorathei
Na hi suptasya singhasya prabeshanti mukhey mrigah"
[It's only the effort/action that gets works accomplished. A deer does not end up as dinner to a sleeping lion.]
The Karmic significance, philosophically speaking, is the spiritual position of separating it from a result. While this is a bit difficult to appreciate, we always see it happening. Most successful people let us know that they did not do their karma with a specific goal in mind to start with but just did it because they felt it as their duty, love or passion. The result is automatic.
And I firmly believe that Karma is not exclusive territory of the religious.Jul 30 2013: Keith: I also want to thank you for expressing the female view (nurturing, caring, group view), I hope I have learned that lesson for the last time. I have been expressing the male view (authoritive, singular, selfish) for so long I actually thought it was right. I think I am slowly becoming a female in spirit. Does that make any sense?
No, that does not make any sense because this is a gender stereotype. I'm not offended at all, just pointing out what it is (your very own view). Don't bite my leg, bite your own leg :) Speaking of Karma I'm, and others like myself (caring faters), are bit jaded of paying the price of this very generalization you stated above.Jul 29 2013: Basically, in the way you chose to define it : No. There are other variables : Where you are born, When you are born, What culture you are born into which will impact how you are treated by other people, and by "nature". (For example if born next to Volcano. You can be Good. Yet Die.) This isn't even taking into account heritability (and genes which affect your personality), which Karma does not take into account. So unless Reincarnation works, then Karma does not work.Or in other words. Karma works upon the principle of "Meritocracy". So all the flaws which apply to "Meritocracy" also apply to Karma (just in terms of how you treat others).
Another argument is just read about the "just-world fallacy" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-world_hypothesis).Jul 29 2013: Karma is not a belief. It is a fact, a naturally occurring metaphysical law. It is the balance of life and the universe. Your perception of karma might be subtle, but it is very obvious once you catch on to it. Whatever actions you put into the universe, whether good or bad returns to you before you know it because you took some of your life energy to perform that action, and that energy must be restored.
If you give somebody money today, it doesn't mean you'll get money back, it could come back in the form of a random phone call from a friend when you're down. The timing of that random phone call will be so perfect and random. It's so obvious in our lives that we choose to ignore it, and attribute everything to chance/luck. The moment you become more aware of how karma is present in your life, is the moment you wake up from the false reality that most of the world lives in.
A hurtful word towards someone might come back as you bumping your knee on something. Your life changes when you fit karma into your belief system.
Food for thought.
Jul 29 2013: "Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man." --the Dude, from 'The Big Lebowski'
I appreciate the food for thought, Jean, but your opening paragraph felt a little like it was being shoved down my throat. In a conversation on karma of all places, I don't want to generate negative energies, but I feel that karma is a belief, a good 'general theme' as Mohanapriya put it. I'm not saying it's a fact that karma is a belief, that's just my feeling. So maybe we can agree you believe that karma is a fact. Even that you feel it's a fact that it's a fact. But to outright say, "It's a fact!" suddenly says, "You have to believe in it or your wrong." And I don't think its helpful to say everyone who disagrees is wrong.
I also don't think it's helpful to say "Your perception..." and then use "you, you, you" throughout the comment cause I get this sour vibe, like you're telling me what my own perspectives are and what my actions and reactions are or are going to be, when you don't know me, man. I might become more aware of how karma is present in my life and study it closer and decide something the complete opposite of what you assumed I would conclude about it.
I sense that your belief system is working for you now that you've fit karma into it and I like that, that's good. I think it would be interesting to hear more from you about this metaphysical side to it. That's totally different than religion or non-religion. I feel karma has some similarities between the balance of life and the universe, but I haven't come to see it as a naturally occurring metaphysical law, at least not yet. Although a law that occurs naturally, i.e. from nature, but is also meta-physical, i.e. from beyond the physical is a little hard for me to get my head around.
Jul 29 2013: Karma is not just a belief*
I was making a statement, and expressing my point of view on the matter. I have a strong personality so my words usually ring like iron even when I write. You're free to believe what you want to believe my friend, your mind is yours.
Concerning your second paragraph, it was a hypothetical situation, obviously I don't know you. I don't know why you're getting defensive, I'm not saying that that's what you would do, I'm hypothesizing. See how my hypothesis can fit within your life, and you yourself can figure out if karma is real or not.
Nothing exists really until it becomes part of your reality.
Jul 29 2013: I was trying to be mellow. My words must have a little too much iron in them, too. I like the last line: "Nothing exists really until it becomes part of your reality." It's kind of like how the cat is both alive and dead until you open the box.Jul 29 2013: I'm not a religious studies student at all, so I just know the popular usage of 'karma.' I do think that if you do good things, good things happen and conversely for bad things. All the people you effect will treat you differently because of the things you do, and then 'karma' eventually comes when you need someone's help.Jul 26 2013: I believe karma is just another name for cause and effect, but applied to human interactions. If a person gets caught commiting a crime, do you call it karma or efficient crime fighting?
I think karma only exists for the superstitious and those with feelings of guilt. If someone does something wrong and feels guilty, who then experiences bad luck, they will assume it to be karma if they believe in it.
Karma works in the same way voodoo does.
Jul 29 2013: HA! I'm going to take out my 'craig lastname' doll and stab it with this pencil until you admit you believe in karma! JK.
I think part of the reason people find karma so confusing it that they think it is just another name for something else. I think it's not. It's more easily understood, simply as concept, whether you believe in or not, by recognizing that it is similar to cause and effect and often takes the form of cause and effect, but it is not cause and effect.
If it were just another name for it and a rose by any other name smells just as sweet, you couldn't say it only exists for the superstitious, etc. because you aren't superstitious yet I'm sure you believe in cause and effect, which you said yourself is just another name for karma.
I think it oversimplifies it to say it and cause and effect are the same thing. I suspect, it's just a theory, that most of the people who believe in karma are people who cannot tell it apart from cause and effect. Their minds can't keep them separate.
Jul 29 2013: Although i did say karma is another name for cause and effect, i didn't mean it the way you interprited it. I should have said that cause and effect is the real occurance, to which some people mistake for karma, which does not exist (in my opinion).
Karma has too many religious connotations that seperate it from cause and effect.
Jul 29 2013: Right on. My bad.Jul 30 2013: BTW, your craig lastname doll won't work as it will be countered by the shooting star i saw, as well as the bird that shat on me, both good luck omans that occured to me the day after you post.
Jul 30 2013: I don't know where you're from, but a bird sh**ting on you is not a good omen.Jul 31 2013: Craig,
Sorry about the mess the bird made....happy for you if it is a good omen!!! LOL:>)
I am in the north/east USA, and I've heard it too.....that a bird "sh**ting" on our head is a good omen. Never could accept it as such!Jul 31 2013: I'm from Australia and I've grown up hearing that the bird thing is good luck. But your right, it won't bring luck, neither the shooting star.
I read a story about physicist Niels Bohr, in which a fellow scientist visited Bohrs office and was suprised to see a horseshoe hanging above the door. The scientist asked
"Surely you don't believe that a horseshoe will bring you good luck, do you?
Bohr replied
"I believe no such thing my friend. Not at all. I am scarcely likely to believe in such foolish nonsense. However, I am told that a horseshoe will bring good luck whether you believe it or not.
Jul 31 2013: Good story.Jul 31 2013: Good one!
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Jul 26 2013: Hello Deepak,
You have related karma to birth and conscious mind really well. I agree to the good and bad thoughts, but on birth, I still don't get it, one would rather live this present life (the way you want, no karma rules) than worry about the next or previous, isn't it?
Jul 26 2013: Good point Mohanapriya,
It makes no sense to me, to be worrying about the past or the future, because when we are focused on past or future, we miss the present moment. We are HERE NOW, in this present life form, and I think/feel the best we can do for ourselves and/or everyone, is live it to the best of our ability with awareness.Jul 27 2013: Deepak,
In a previous comment you write...
"Everyone want to live his present life in the best possible way but at times there is a horrible past or at times the worry for future is there".
In your comment directly above, you write...
"Knowing about karma does not mean that we worry about future or the past".
You seem to contradict yourself.
Deepak, I am aware of the meaning of karma, I understand, I live in the present moment without worry of the past or future.....that is my choice of how I want to live the human life adventure.
I realize that you work with a certain organization and practice a religious/spiritual belief which you are trying to promote here on TED. I am not interested. Perhaps, you might look again at the TED terms of use agreement.
"Jul 27 2013: Hi Dear Deepak,I don't believe in Karma,although I had been educated by Karma deeply from background education around me.For love,I think love is the most treasure in our bodies.Love needs us to be conscious to be aware,needs to nurture in our whole life...Love appears because you two all have love inside,when love disapears,it means one of you or both of you no that love inside anymore...
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"Karma" is over-simplified symbiosis.
Symbiosis is our instinct.
Instinct is our ancestors' successful experiences in DNA.
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Jul 26 2013: Very rare to meet someone like this, I should say. Everywhere you go its only about people climbing over each other to get to the top or make quick money. And the thing is many do succeed and do very well... is that because they dont believe in karma, so they can live it the way they want?


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There's times when I have to unhook and leave my trailer at a jobsite. From your experience which is the beter lock. So far. I like the one pictured below. Or if you have other suggestions. Let me. Thanks
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what's the best trailer tongue lock outhere?.
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12-02-2012, 08:58 PM #2Senior Member
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Don't see a photo or link to a tongue lock online, but never mind because they are not the answer IMHO. I've seen cases where desperate thieves ignored a tongue lock and just chained the trailer tongue to the truck hitch and drove away. You'd be better served to keep the trailer from rolling. If it has dual axles and spoked wheels with locking lugs, maybe run a heavy tempered chain through one wheel, back around through its neighbor and lock it with a very heavy lock. A determined thief can overcome most measures if given enough time.
Also consider the $30 variety of mini GPS trackers (check web auction sites) to locate your trailer if stolen. Nothing is sure.Miller XMT-350 CC/CV
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When I think what is the better lock, I turn the dime around and say if I were to steal a trailer with a lock like this, how hard would it really be. Tongue locks alone IMO suck for smaller trailers. The way I come up with that is $$$ value of what is in/on the trailer. If I knew there were $15,000 worth of welding stuff on the trailer, plus the $4,000 trailer itself, I might take the risk and just hook up the safety chains and try like **** not to make a lot of noise. I have heard of this working quite a bit.
I personally would put a tongue lock on with the addition of a VERY heavy chain/cable painted a very bright color that locks 2 tires rims together. This would make sure that they can not drag it down the road and it would not be easily removed. I say very meaning something that bolt cutters can not cut. It would have to be removed by torch/cutter/something that makes a lot of noise and time consuming.
The other side of not getting stuff stolen is keep your items in constant view. If you keep your trailer between 2 other 53' trailers. I might believe I can get away with a cordless cut-off wheel and still get your trailer. Keeping it in plain view will deter 75% of the threat to begin with.
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trailer locks
I made a bar that goes thru my trailer wheel and hooks on to trailer spring a lock on the outside of wheel using another smaller bar that swivels to allow pad lock to connect both bars
When we need to leave trailer on job we remove wheels from one side. When we crib it up we leave it lower so it will take a little more time to steal.
If they want it, they will get it.
On my dump trailer I made the tongue removable and the tube size was very large and not very common so it could not easily be made.
12-05-2012, 08:59 PM #7Originally Posted by SNUNEZ:297206
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Std. trailer wheels and tires can be obtained at WalMart for 88 bucks each. All the theif does in some cases is remove your wheels and tires, with all your chains and elaborate security features, etc. and puts on his own...drives away (using the chain-on-hitch technique discussed above). Even if you chain/cable through the trailer frame, it can be mitigate by a thief. A 100 buck DeWalt cordless grinder with a cut off wheel defeats most chains, locks, etc. as we all know. They know it too, more often than not these days.
Suggest that in addition to all the good suggestions above, you install one or more locknuts on each wheel.
Better yet, don't leave it there, and rest easy knowing it's not out on an unguarded jobsite, where the punks have HOURS to figure out a way to steal it or do major damage trying! I went through all these scenarios and decided to NOT leave my stuff unattended, after seeing what happened to others guys stuff.
Good luck.
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When I was in college (Philly) , there were a rash of motorcycle thefts on campus.
All thefts occurred at night in the area where there were campus buildings hiding view of the bike racks.
Finally one of the local fraternities decided to act and made it a freshman pledge project. They set out a "bait Harley bike" and had the pledges watch it in shifts.
One night they caught the thief who was a student with access to liquid nitrogen from one of the labs.
He would use a thermos of LNG to freeze the chains and then tap it with a hammer. Very quiet process.
The frat brothers wanted to pour the remaining liquid nitrogen on certain parts of the thief.
He begged them to call campus police instead so they relented.
Lots of work but this would be fun to try today without calling the police.
Might be a good deterrent to thieves.Thermal Arc GTSW400, Airco Heliwelder II, Miller Dynasty 350, Hypertherm 1000, oxy-fuel setup, metal cutting bandsaw, air compressor, drill press, etc.:
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