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- Robert Winner
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Debate: US Postal Service.
The US Post Office is a independent operating agency of the US government that is subject to Congressional Control.The PO lost 15.9 Billion in 2012 and 5.1 Billion in 2011. The major reason the PO is going south is a requirement of Congress called the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 which requires the agency to pay 5.1 Billion a year into Future Retirees Health Benefits for 75 years into the future. This is the only federal agency to have this requirement.
The PO has 574,000 workers and the largest vehicle fleet in the world (218,000 vehicles). Just put put this into perspective.
The question is can the PO continue to operate under continuing losses. Since the major problem is the Congressional Act why not have Congress repeal a 5.1 Billion dollar requirement of a agency that only showed a profit of 1 Billion the year before the requirement went into effect.
The PO says they can come closer if they eliminate Saturday deliveries and close rural postal routes and small town post offices.
I am sure that there are other areas of concern I am missing here.
Can TED members collectively suggest a means of saving the Postal Service.
Nov 19 2012: We need a new vision of what the postal service is and what it provides.
When postal services were formed they were critical, but with digital communications we need a new vision.
It is currently a government subsidized social service.
90% of what it delivers can probably be served better by private industry.
80 % of what I receive is junk mail and it goes straight into the recycling.
The only people that need this subsidized service are people that live > 20 miles from the nearest population center.
Its a social service that is nice to have but is a relic.
The current waste of tax payers money could be minimized by:
Initially cutting deliveries to three days a week then cut it down to one or two days a week.
Mitch SMith
Nov 19 2012: I have had close involvement in the Australian postal service over the years.
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I am not sure about US legislation or the issues surrounding it, however I can say this:
Governmental postal services have built the best, cheapest logistics distribution service in the world.
Having worked for corporate logistics distribution organisations, i can say with some authority, that the priate sector cannot hope to compete with a postal distribution service created by people who wanted it as an essential function of representative government. A postal service is a clear example of the power of social capital at work.
In this regard, i see anything that represents essential infrastructure is equivalent to the judiciary.
A nation cannot afford to hand over essential infrastructure to non-national control. The practice of this delivers government into the hands of the non-representative and creates a nation within a nation.
On the other hand, the management of community capital cannot be granted to a government if it is not truly representative. I would argue for de-centralisation, rather than privatisation.
And (in the voice of GW) "make no mistake" - private logistics companies are investing enormous resources into destroying national postal services - they simply cannot compete.
If you want a good postal service - keep it public and pay for it, My private logistics friends will screw us all if they win.
Nov 28 2012: Decentralization of the postal service is an interesting idea. How would it work? If it were decentralized, wouldn't it lose all the advantages it has over private postal services?
Nov 28 2012: What you decentralize is the operation - which is divested to community ownership. The definition remains global - including standards and best practice.
Traditionally, we have sought to do this by 2 methods:
1 Wholesale privatisation (whole of operation) and
2 incremental serice provision through commercial tender (last loop pickup/delivery and private post-office operational ownership).
Option 1 fails because private operations compete - part of that competition is de-standardisation created to prevent inter-dependance and create brand definition - thus fragmenting the service and destroying economy of scale.
Option 2 has mixed results. Local private ownership of a post office brings the operation into the local community dynamic, while last-loop delivery reduces service quality through competitive operational cost-cutting. So, for instance, the post office becomes a friendly place where you feel comfortable accessing the service, but parcel and registered deliveries are often not executed - and a card is left to shift the delivery back to the post office over-the counter.
THere remains the function of central coordination. This might be divested to a body representative of the local operation owners. Common infrastucture might be provided through small-scale integration of aagreed global standards.
The competitive capitalist system works well in matters of strict reciprocity - community capital is not well served by it. The practices of the distribution of resources need to be re-defined to allow local representation in community services - If the community wants them. Funding is then divested from central allocation and delivered as the responsibilty of teh community to fund whatever level of capital infrastructure they deem appropriate - along with service pricing.
The need for trunk-line distribution then becomes the overview of teh jurisdiction in which it operates - hence state and federal.
Alternative would be cellular distribution hand-off (inefficient)Nov 28 2012: I'll add that a detailed reply would take a while.
The important principle being to match the community valuation of the service with what actually gets implemented. COmmunity infrastructure tends towards quality - and longevity, while commercial service always seeks to reduce quality in order to increase efficiency - at some point, the service quality fails the definition of the service.
Nov 28 2012: This sounds like a good solution to me. Decentralizing the service would allow for local needs to be met more appropriately: urban communities can do what suits them, and rural communities get what they need. If I understand correctly, sending from one local branch to another would then operate kinda' similarly to the way one sends between different countries: The sender pays according to the information the sending country/local branch has about the recipient country/local branch's shipping rates, etc., thus ensuring that costs are covered for any cheaper (urban) shipping portions of the trip as well as more expensive (rural) portions of the trip. Is that right? At the same time, urbanites aren't forced to subsidize rural postal delivery via government taxation. They only cover those costs if they're actually shipping there.
I hope I understand correctly... If I do, then I think you may have an idea worth sharing here, Mitch!Nov 28 2012: That would be the cellular model.
However, the trunk and long-leg parts of the distribution network are not well served by the cellular model. This would probably be best served by state and national standards - and, would be nicely covered by commercial operations - so long as a standard system integration is imposed. This bit is still funded by taxation.
I can concieve a fully functional cellular community distribution model, but it would require significant cultural changes for acceptance. The hybrid local/state/national/company model is good for now.
Al lI am proposing is the re-ownership of local postal service by the locality. In most western countries the duty is expected from the state authororities - which I think is an inapropriate divestiture of community responsibility.
To re-integrate that civic responsibility, one would need only withdraw the state service amd offer it to defined communities to take-up within a set postal standards which would apply only to the hand-off points. Even being a small change, it would generate a lot of political resistance. However, if it waas implemented, each community would work out for itself how the local distribution loop was operated.
Rural distribution will always carry greater expense. In such cases, it is an opportunity cost. If one is conducting agricultural activities in such communities, then the cost would be reflected in price of produce. Large scale agriculture usually has no community to speak of, so the distribution cost would remain with the individual or company. Small service centres should have no problem manning a postal service on a part time basis. Being answerable to their own neighbors would ensure adequacy of coverage.
Either way, communities which claim ownership of of community utilities will derive stronger community function. Delegating suich things to distant central authorities and companies has the affect of disrupting civic identity - which is a powerful source of national prosperity.Nov 18 2012: 1. Force community mailboxes to be installed for all old neighborhoods with a mailbox in-front of every house. That should cut back on fuel and staffing needs.
2. Convert USPS vehicles to electric and manage routes to match range of electric vehicles.
3. Reduce or eliminate retirement benefits for USPS employees.
Nov 28 2012: The first two are good ideas, I think. The first one in particular would create a sort of forced social meeting ground that has largely gone lost since we began living exclusively inside our own little private bubbles (cars, garages, fenced homes, etc.).
Given that the USPS does not pay super-high wages, though, wouldn't eliminating their retirement benefits just force us to publicly fund them in their old age anyway? As workers, they've a right to retirement benefits, no?
Lawren Jones
Nov 16 2012: Privatize the Postal Service, as some of us have been demanding for over 30 years. Or just allow private businesses to offer service to postal mail boxes, and see who offers the cheaper, more efficient service.
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Nov 19 2012: we already have private competition of delivery and mail boxes and USPS fees hurt much less specially to small business. if you eliminate government in the competition, no one will be able to afford FedEx and UPS hikes.
Nov 28 2012: Taxpayers should not be forced to help pay the mailing costs of small, or big. business, especially if the money is used to distribute unsolicited, unwanted, unproductive and wasteful junk, oops sorry, bulk rate mailings. Besides, business passes the cost along to the consumer.Nov 19 2012: There's no way private businesses will be able to operate for lower prices since the US Postal Service is already running huge losses with the current prices. You also have to factor in that the mail business is a natural monopoly business since people will never get used to putting their letter in the mailbox of one specific company only (especially when the mailboxes of other companies are closer) and there are many small towns and rural areas where there's only room for one postal office and/or mailbox.
Lawren Jones
Nov 19 2012: USPS is running huge losses because it's inefficient and its employees are grossly overcompensated. The phone company used to be a 'natural' monopoly too until the federal court decided more wisely, to the benefit of us all.Nov 28 2012: Do we want to ensure at a constitutional level that there is always a way for someone to send a physical message or package from one person to another at a reasonable price? I think that may be what's at issue here. While there may be private delivery companies that can provide this service today, historically that was not always the case. Do we want a guarantee that no matter what, this capability is preserved? What if, god forbid, FedEx, UPS, DHL, and so on some how either went bankrupt or raised their prices such that the average person could not send a letter to another person. Is this a right that we want to preserve as part of our American society? It would seem much of our legal system presumes the ability to deliver notices to mailing addresses. Do we want to have a backup system in the USPS on stand by just in case?
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T. Davis
Nov 21 2012: It seems to me that the USPS is subsidizing junk mail and magazines by the rates charged for letters and parcels. If a cost per weight were charged for bulk mail that was comparable to cost per weight for parcels it would become prohibitive -- in other words, no more junk mail.. That would be a very small intrinsic loss to society, especially now when catalogues are available online. Without all that weight to transport there would be far fewer trucks and drivers, losses might even totally be eliminated, and all the local offices could remain open with the same frequency of delivery.Nov 20 2012: I believe that the post office needs to close down its operations where residents will receive mail 3 days a week. They will have less people cover more routes but not show up to your house every single day. I can honestly say that only about once a week do I receive something important in the mail. Our government should not be providing $5 Billion Dollars a year to them. The market is signalling that the demand is not there, we need to let the free market work. Who knows, maybe we only need mail once a week?Nov 20 2012: Wife and I use to do allot of eBay, we would send the item from Ohio on Monday via First Class and know it would be delivered to any address on the continental U.S. by Friday, and usually by Wednesday. Priority mail performed as advertised for a competitive price.
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Then I had an experience with privatized mail. I "mail ordered" a package of east which was sent here to Ohio from Main via FedEx Smart mail. Smart Mail cost more than First Class and took about two weeks. I had a tracking number so I got to see the data saying how the package of yeast sat on a shipping dock mid way between here and there for about a week. This is wholly unacceptable.
Another unacceptable performance from non-USPS carriers is how I've had merchandise delivered and simply dropped on the doorstep. Last time it was a KitchenAid Pro6 Mixer. USPS, if the item can't fit in the box delivers a notification of a waiting package and holds that item in a secure location until the package can be picked up.
Those of us who do small commerce, need a reliable carrier who performs their duties in a timely manner at a good cost, we think the Post Office should be saved.
Saving the post office will probably require the closing of offices, or reduction of hours, and reduction of service days.Nov 19 2012: The more important question is not about how much we pay.
The more important question is, do we want to continue to support the infrastructure of democracy?
Democracy does not need the postal service we now have. The postal service we now have was meant to serve a country that was 90% rural. The postal service is obsolete.
Democracy does require communication, for ALL citizens, regardless of their ability to pay.
In a country where most people now live in cities, it is easy to forget or ignore the minority that live outside the cities. We do this at our peril. We have already learned the lessons of divisiveness and exclusion. The benefits of private enterprise are obvious, but the disadvantages can make it impossible to support the ideal of legal equality for ALL.
The lobbyists of the phone industry were very effective in getting permits to service whatever portion of the population that THEY chose. They chose the most profitable markets. Where I sit right now, I very often cannot get cell phone service. That means that in order to have reliable service, including 911 service, I have to pay for a very expensive land line. For most people, the privatization of phone service was beneficial. For some of us, it means higher expense and less service. For some locations, it means no service.
Operating the Postal Service as it now exists is just plain stupid. It is inefficient and ineffective. Many courts are now changing their rules to require electronic filing of many legal items. If we want legal equality for all, we need fast, high quality electronic communications for all. This could be accomplished within the private sector by changing the requirements for their licenses. IMO, it would be wiser for the government to establish a wireless network of cell phone and internet nodes, then lease time on the network to the private service providers. This would have the added advantage of keeping the network immediately available for crises.Nov 19 2012: I so rarely use the postal service it's hard for me to understand the value of operating that agency at a loss to begin with. I'm familiar with some of it's historical value, the pony express, and so on. I don't mean to disparage the postal service - I'm really asking if we could have some discussion of the value of the postal service today, because I think that discussion could spark ideas to save it. At least from me.
Nov 28 2012: I have to agree here. I think we should start not with the question of how we can save the USPS, but WHETHER we should save the USPS. Demographic, geographic, political, economic, and technological conditions now are dramatically different than they were at the time the USPS was designed in the manner it still exists today.
Do we even NEED a publicly funded postal service anymore? If so, WHAT do we need from it? Let's re-design it around those needs.Nov 19 2012: "Can TED members collectively suggest a means of saving the Postal Service."
Raise the US Postal Service's prices of stamps, or privatize and end up paying more for stamps as well.Nov 19 2012: Only one person, TED Lover, supported the 5.1 Billion dollar a year health plan. I thought that this would be the center peice of the conversation. I was wrong. So how about this. Since Obamacare will come into effect in 2014 and applies to all citizens (except for elected federal officials who opted themselves out) the Requirement should go away as health care is now provided (almost) equally under law. The requirement being met the need no longer exists.
Without the 5.1 billion dollar requirement a plan is feasiable to recover the service. Further, the money invested should be refunded proportionally to the expenses already obligated. That would be a good hunk of change that should go to upgrades and rainy day funds.
As Edward stated the term Independent Operating Agency of the US Government is an oxymoron. In my brief readings and limited understanding of the USPO, Congress is the major problem. Having said that, I would also consider Unions to be a problem to the effective operation of the agency. The USPO HQ is shown in the home page a downtown Washington DC 10 story building. That would suggest that there is high executive staffing, high maintenance costs, and overhead expenses as in all federal "controled" agencies. So start at the top and weed out the fat prior to pruning the workers. Sell the expensive property and relocate to a more reasonable location and a much smaller facility. This savings would also go into the account.
Congress need to decide if they "own" this agency or not and butt out. The surest way to bring it down is federal intervention and management. So here is a plan:
1. Everone under Obamacare (except the privliged class) Refund the money collected.
2. Reduced the HQ staffing
3. Sell off expensive property
4. Get out from under Congress
5. Reorganize to fit the budget requirements and adjust as necessary.
This is not everything needed but would be a heck of a start.
Whatchathink?Nov 19 2012: When in the past year have you:
- received something via postal service that could not have been delivered via e-mail
- received something that could not have been delivered by a non tax payer subsidised service
For me it is never.
If the USPS cant support itself it should fade away.
Nov 28 2012: I think it's important to ask UNDER WHICH CONDITIONS it can support itself. Under conditions of federal meddling in its affairs? Or under free-market conditions in which it is left to contend with competitors on its own? I think it's clear it's not doing well bogged down under federal regulations. But could it be a valuable service if the government took its hands off of it?
That is the question to ask, I think!
(And to answer your questions: Never and never. But the "could not have been" are the operative words in your questions. It might be more appropriate to ask: Could I have received them cheaper and faster and with higher quality and better service via email/a non-tax-payer-subsidized service?)Nov 19 2012: I think that the U.S. Post Office has does a great job of modernizing its work force and adapting to a changing world in which electronic communications have taken over as the primary method for communication. I think that the requirement that they fund Future Retirees Health Benefits for 75 years into the future is ridiculous and designed to destroy the USPS so that these services can be privatized. If there is enough money to make privatization attractive to investors, then there should be enough money to keep the Postal Service solvent. I do not believe that they should stop serving rural areas, although Saturday service could probably be suspended without causeing undo hardship on consumers or businesses. The USPS is one of the great success stories of our country and we should commit to keeping this quasi-governmental agency operating.Nov 19 2012: If they keep cutting back on shifts, routes, and days that they deliver, there won't be many future retirees to provide for! I think that this Act should be reevaluated. Mail is still needed, and while it is not used as much as it was prior to email, it is here now. Providing jobs for people right now, and in the near future should be more of a focus than health benefits for estimated future retirees.Nov 19 2012: Private delivery services do not have access to USPS mailboxes. If they did, you can be sure that they would offer better service at lower prices than the Postal Service.
Nov 28 2012: OK, but I think I do not want my mail box made accessible to all.Nov 19 2012: I think the internet is a big competition against traditional ways of mailing and that could be a good thing. People waste less paper, time and resources using emails and websites rather than paper mail and catalogs. The postal service needs to get into a Yahoo type of full service portal of other products beyond paper and boxes if they want to avoid becoming obsolete once the last generation of people avoiding computers are gone. After all, government and universities invented the internet, the right minds together could get something going. One thing I am not interested in though, is paying the FedEx and UPS international freight fees. I am not rich yet. So I hope USPS reinvents itself.Nov 19 2012: In my opinion, I do not think it can be saved unless it goes bankrupt in a similar fashion to General Motors. Promises of pensions will bring the US Postal Service to its knees because it is in a dying industry in the face of e-mail. The company needs to downsize dramatically and be forced to change into a for-profit company. Otherwise, it will continue to lose billions every year with less postage being sent every year the price they charge is to low.Nov 17 2012: I can't wait tell everybody has an email account!!!Nov 17 2012: Reread the U.S. Constitution. As someone implied earlier the founding fathers found a reliable Post Office at affordable prices to be something very necessary
Nov 28 2012: Did the founders have 35 pieces of mail a week marked "occupant" in mind?Nov 16 2012: "Independent agency of the US Govt" is an oxymoron. I guess the term loosely means a government operation that is not staffed by elected officials. That definition would include the FBI, CIA, Armed Forces, etc. Getting back to reality, I think it would be a good thing, like Lawren Jones says below, to sell the operation lock, stock, and barrel to a for-profit public company who would very probably find a way to incorporate the essential service, minus the unsolicited, bulk rate junk mail, into their already profitable business (FedEx, UPS).Then Uncle Sam can get back to national defense, interstate commerce and such.
Gail .
Nov 16 2012: Paying for retirement health benefits 75 years into the future is not that stupid when you consider the rising cost of health care caused by political cronyism between Congress and the insurance/pharmaceutical industries. To understand, look at the auto industry with its unfunded pension plans. Had there been no bail out, it would have been disastrous. I don't like bail-outs, but OUR government set up the system and too few object.
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The way to end that is to have limited free health care for all so that congress can negotiate with pharmaceutical companies for the best deal, like the vets have been doing.
Closing rural postal routes is not just stupid, it's cruel. Look who it will hurt the most. It will hurt Republicans.
The USPO has been making its own problems. It offers subsidies to mass mailings that fill our mailboxes. It says that the mass mailings are the profit center, and perhaps they are, but they force mail carriers to each have their own mail truck which comes with its own expenses. What if it refused to deliver anything but simple, first class mail, and allow the rest of the crap to go to private companies. I bet they won't deliver a catalog for pennies after that, and the cost of vehicles (purchase, fuel, maintenance, and insurance) will tumble.
The USPO has become a big-business subsidy.Nov 16 2012: As I understand it, the mission of the Postal Service is to provide service to EVERYONE at a price that ANYONE can pay. Privatizing the Postal Service will not, cannot, fulfill this mission. The only way this full mission can be achieved is by public subsidies. The only real decision is whether we, as a nation, want to continue this mission and are willing to pay for it. If we continue the Postal Service with public subsidies, we will just have to live with some level of inefficiencies that naturally develop due to the lack of competition.
IMO, if the government is going to subsidize our communications, it makes more sense to build a national wireless network that would provide quality, fast service to EVERYONE EVERYWHERE. This is something that the private providers have not done and have no intention of doing. The spectrum they are using belongs to all of us, and we should have demanded, from the very beginning, that they provide service to all of us, everywhere in the country, including the remote villages of Alaska.


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Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing
Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing
The Summer Palace in Beijing – first built in 1750, largely destroyed in the war of 1860 and restored on its original foundations in 1886 – is a masterpiece of Chinese landscape garden design. The natural landscape of hills and open water is combined with artificial features such as pavilions, halls, palaces, temples and bridges to form a harmonious ensemble of outstanding aesthetic value.
Palais d'Été, Jardin impérial de Beijing
Le palais d'Été de Beijing, créé en 1750, détruit en grande partie au cours de la guerre de 1860, puis restauré sur ses fondations d'origine en 1886, est un chef-d'œuvre de l'art des jardins paysagers chinois. Il intègre le paysage naturel des collines et des plans d'eau à des éléments de fabrication humaine tels que pavillons, salles, palais, temples et ponts, pour en faire un ensemble harmonieux et exceptionnel du point de vue esthétique.
قصر الصيف، حديقة بيجينغ الإمبراطوريّة
يُشكّل قصر الصيف في بيجينغ الذي تأسس عام 1750 ودُمّر الجزء الأكبر منه في خلال حرب العام 1860 وأُعيد ترميم ركائزه الأصليّة عام 1889 تحفةً فنيّةً لفنّ حدائق الصين الطبيعيّة. وهو يزاوج بين مناظر الهضاب ومواقع الماء وبين المباني التي صنعها البشر مثل السرادق والقاعات والقصور والمعابد والجسور فخرج بمجموعة متناسقة واستثنائيّة من الناحية الجماليّة.
source: UNESCO/ERI
source: UNESCO/ERI
Летний дворец и императорский парк в Пекине
Летний дворец в Пекине, впервые построенный в 1750 г., сильно разрушенный во время войны 1860 г. и восстановленный в 1886 г., – это шедевр садово-паркового искусства Китая. Естественный ландшафт холмов и открытых водоемов сочетается с искусственными объектами, такими как павильоны, залы, дворцы, храмы и мосты, что создает гармоничный ансамбль высочайшей эстетической ценности.
source: UNESCO/ERI
Palacio de verano y jardín imperial de Beijing
Construido en 1750, destruido en su mayor parte durante la guerra de 1860 y reconstruido sobre sus cimientos en 1886, el palacio de verano de Beijing es una obra maestra del arte paisajístico chino. Los elementos creados por el hombre –pabellones, palacios, aposentos, templos y puentes– se han adaptado perfectamente al paisaje natural de colinas y estanques. Esa adaptación ha dado por resultado la creación de un conjunto monumental armonioso y extraordinario en el plano estético.
source: UNESCO/ERI
source: NFUAJ
Zomerpaleis, een keizerlijke tuin in Beijing
Het zomerpaleis in Beijing – voor het eerst aangelegd in 1750, tijdens de oorlog in 1860 grotendeels vernietigd en weer herbouwd in 1886 – is een meesterwerk op het gebied van Chinese landschapsarchitectuur en tuinontwerp. Het zomerpaleis omvat een gebied van bijna 3 vierkante kilometer, waarvan het merendeel bestaat uit water. Het natuurlijke landschap van heuvels en open water is gevuld met allerlei uitbundig versierde en goed bewaarde paviljoenen, hallen, paleizen, tempels en bruggen. De keizerlijke tuin bestond uit drie gedeelten, elk met een aparte functie: politieke en administratieve activiteiten, woonverblijven en recreatie en toerisme. In 1924 werd het zomerpaleis een openbaar park.
Source: unesco.nl
Outstanding Universal Value
Brief synthesis
The Summer Palace in Beijing integrates numerous traditional halls and pavilions into the Imperial Garden conceived by the Qing emperor Qianlong between 1750 and 1764 as the Garden of Clear Ripples. Using Kunming Lake, the former reservoir of the Yuan dynasty's capital and Longevity Hill as the basic framework, the Summer Palace combined political and administrative, residential, spiritual, and recreational functions within a landscape of lakes and mountains, in accordance with the Chinese philosophy of balancing the works of man with nature. Destroyed during the Second Opium War of the 1850s, it was reconstructed by Emperor Guangxu for use by Empress Dowager Cixi and renamed the Summer Palace. Although damaged again during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900 it was restored and has been a public park since 1924. The central feature of the Administrative area, the Hall of Benevolence and Longevity is approached through the monumental East Palace Gate. The connecting Residential area comprises three building complexes: the Halls of Happiness in Longevity, Jade Ripples and Yiyun, all built up against the Hill of Longevity, with fine views over the lake. These are linked by roofed corridors which connect to the Great Stage to the east and the Long Corridor to the West. In front of the Hall of Happiness in Longevity a wooden quay gave access by water for the Imperial family to their quarters.
The remaining 90% of the garden provides areas for enjoying views and spiritual contemplation and is embellished with garden buildings including the Tower of the Fragrance of Buddha, the Tower of the Revolving Archive, Wu Fang Pavilion, the Baoyun Bronze Pavilion, and the Hall that Dispels the Clouds. Kunming Lake contains three large islands, corresponding to the traditional Chinese symbolic mountain garden element, the southern of which is linked to the East Dike by the Seventeen Arch Bridge. An essential feature is the West Dike with six bridges in different styles along its length. Other important features include temples and monasteries in Han and Tibetan style located on the north side of the Hill of Longevity and the Garden of Harmonious Pleasure to the north-east.
As the culmination of several hundred years of Imperial garden design, the Summer Palace has had a major influence on subsequent oriental garden art and culture.
Criterion (i): The Summer Palace in Beijing is an outstanding expression of the creative art of Chinese landscape garden design, incorporating the works of humankind and nature in a harmonious whole.
Criterion (ii): The Summer Palace epitomizes the philosophy and practice of Chinese garden design, which played a key role in the development of this cultural form throughout the east.
Criterion (iii): The Imperial Chinese Garden, illustrated by the Summer Palace, is a potent symbol of one of the major world civilizations.
Due to the highest level of protection that the Summer Palace has always received from the government, its original design, planning and landscape have been perfectly preserved. Furthermore, the Summer Palace has maintained a harmonious relationship with its setting. At present the government has undertaken active and strong measures to reinforce the protection of the setting of the Summer Palace to cope with the pressure resulting from urban development.
The conservation intervention and landscape maintenance within the property area have been carried out in line with historic archives, using traditional techniques and appropriate materials for maintaining and passing on the historic information. The preservation and maintenance of the property has fully ensured its authenticity.
Protection and management requirements
The Summer Palace is protected at the highest level by the 1982 Law of PRC on the Protection of Cultural Relics (amended 2007), which is elaborated in the Regulations on the Implementation of the Law of People's Republic of China on the Protection of Cultural Relics. Certain provisions of the Law on Environmental Protection and City Planning are also applicable to the conservation of the Summer Palace. These laws bear legal efficacy at national level. The Summer Palace was included by the State Council of the People's Republic of China in the first group of National Priority Protected Sites on March 4th, 1961.
At the municipal level, the Summer Palace was declared a Municipal Priority Protected Site by the Beijing Municipal Government on October 20th, 1957. The Regulations of Beijing Municipality for the Protection of Cultural Relics (1987) reinforces the municipal protection of key heritage sites. In 1987 the protection boundaries of the Summer Palace were specifically mentioned and instructed to be undertaken in the Notice of Beijing Municipal Government to the Municipal Bureau of Construction Planning and the Bureau of Cultural Relics on endorsing the Report concerning the Delimitation of Protection Zones and Construction Control Areas of the Second Group of 120 Cultural Relics under Protection. The Master Plan of Summer Palace on Protection and Management is under formulation and will be presented to the World Heritage Committee as soon as it is complete. Meanwhile, construction in the surrounding areas has also been put under restrictive control.
The Beijing Summer Palace Management Office has been responsible for heritage management of the Summer Palace since it was established in 1949. Now among it's over 1500 staff, 70% are professionals. Under it there are 30 sections responsible for cultural heritage conservation, gardening, security, construction, and protection. Regulations and emergency plans have been stipulated. At present, the protection of the Summer Palace is operating well. Under the overall protective framework made by the central and local governments, the protection and management of the Summer Palace will be carried out in accordance with strict and periodic conservation plans and programs. The scientific management and protection is carried out based on the information gained from increasingly sophisticated monitoring.
Long Description
The imperial Chinese garden, illustrated by the Summer Palace, is a potent symbol of one of the major world civilizations. The Summer Palace epitomizes the philosophy and practice of Chinese garden design, which played a key role in the development of this cultural form throughout the east.
Between 1750 and 1764 the Qing Emperor Qianlong created the Garden of Clear Ripples (Summer Palace), extending the area of the lake and carrying out other improvements based on the hill and its landscape. During the Second Opium War (1856-60) the garden and its buildings were destroyed by the allied forces. Between 1886 and 1895 it was reconstructed by Emperor Guangxu and renamed the Summer Palace, for use by Empress Dowager Cixi. It was damaged in 1900 by the international expeditionary force during the suppression of the Boxer Rising and restored two years later. It became a public park in 1924.
The Summer Palace covers an area of 2.97 km2 , three-quarters of which is covered by water. The main framework is supplied by the Hill of Longevity and Kunming Lake, complemented by man-made features. It is designed on a grandiose scale, commensurate with its role as an imperial garden. It is divided into three areas, each with its particular function: political and administrative activities, residence, and recreation and sightseeing.
The political area is reach by means of the monumental East Palace Gate. The central feature is the Hall of Benevolence and Longevity, an imposing structure with its own courtyard garden. This area connects directly with the residential area, which is made up of three complexes of buildings. The Hall of Happiness in Longevity was the palace of Cixi and the Hall of Jade Ripples that of Guangxu and his empress, whereas the Hall of Yiyun housed his concubines. These buildings are all built up against the Hill of Longevity, with fine views over the lake, and are connected to one another by means of roofed corridors. These communicate with the Great Stage to the east and the Long Corridor (728 m), with more than 10,000 paintings on its walls and ceilings, to the west. In front of the Hall of Happiness in Longevity there is a wooden quay giving access by water to their quarters for the imperial family. The remainder of the Summer Palace, some 90% of the total area, is given over to recreation and sightseeing. The steeper northern side of the Hill of Longevity is a tranquil area, through which a stream follows a winding course.
There are many halls and pavilions disposed within the overall frame provided by the lake and the low hills around them. The Tower of the Fragrance of Buddha forms the centre of the structures on the south side of the hill. It is octagonal in plan and its three storeys rise to a height of 41 m. It is supported on eight massive pillars of lignum vitae and roofed with a great variety of glazed tiles. East of the Tower is the Revolving Archive, a Buddhist structure with a pillar on which is carved an account of the creation of the garden. To the west are the Wu Fang Pavilion and the Baoyun Bronze Pavilion constructed entirely in bronze.
Between the Tower and the lake is the complex known as the Hall that Dispels the Clouds. Other pavilions and halls cluster around these main features. Kunming Lake has many of the features of the natural scenery of the region south of the Yangtze River. It contains three large islands.
The South Lake Island is linked to the East Dyke by the stately Seventeen Arch Bridge. The West Dike consciously follows the style of the famous Sudi Dyke built in the West Lake at Hangzhou during the Song dynasty in the 13th century; six bridges in different styles along its length lend variety to the view as seen up against the background of the West Hill, which is an essential feature of the overall design of the garden.Source: UNESCO/CLT/WHC
Historical Description
During the reigns of the Qing Emperors Kangxi and Qianlong (1663-1795) several imperial gardens were created around Beijing, the last of them being the Summer Palace, based on the Hill of Longevity and Kunming Lake in the north-western suburbs of the city.
Kunming Lake (known earlier as Wengshan Pond and Xihu Lake) had been used as a source of water for irrigation and for supplying the city for some 3500 years. It was developed as a reservoir for Yuan Dadu, capital of the Yuan Dynasty, by Guo Shoujing, a famous scientist of the period, in 1291. Between 1750 and 1764 Emperor Qianlong created the Garden of Clear Ripples, extending the area of the lake and carrying out other improvements based on the hill and its landscape. It was to serve as the imperial garden for him and for his successors, Jiaqing, Daoguang, and Xianfeng.
During the Second Opium War (1856-60) the garden and its buildings were destroyed by the allied forces. Between 1886 and 1895 it was reconstructed by Emperor Guangxu and renamed the Summer Palace, for use by Empress Dowager Cixi. It was badly damaged in 1900 by the international expeditionary force during the suppression of the Boxer Rising, in which Cixi had played a significant role, and restored two years later.
The Summer Palace became a public park in 1924 and has continued as such to the present day.Source: Advisory Body Evaluation
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Scotland waterman John "Willy" Dean caught two bull sharks Tuesday morning in the lower Potomac River.
Dean left the boat launch at Point Lookout State Park Tuesday morning with his son Greg Dean and Rich Richie to check on a pound net off Cornfield Harbor. A Maryland Department of Natural Resources biologist was aboard as well, on a routine trip to measure fish species caught in the net.
They discovered the first shark at 6:30 a.m. and found another swimming in the pound net enclosure at the same time. They pulled out the first shark, which was already dead, and the other fish in the net. They went back later at 11 a.m. to pull up the other shark, which was dispatched on board.
Willy Dean iced down the two bull sharks in a backyard walk-in cooler and intends to give them over for scientific research.
Both sharks were male, weighing about 220 pounds each, Greg Dean said. One was 8 feet long, the other 8 feet, 3 inches, he said.
This was not Willy dean's first encounter with a shark. Almost three years ago, on Sept. 1, 2010, he caught a bull shark in a pound net. Another waterman caught a second bull shark that same day in another pound net just up the Potomac.
The shark "Willy" Dean caught three years ago was about 300 pounds.
All three sharks Dean caught were in the same location. "They just happened to go in there," he said. "I don't know why they go in there."
His son Greg called it "scary. They're the most aggressive sharks. They have the most testosterone. It's a very dangerous shark and they were caught down at the swim area" off Point Lookout State Park.
"What concerns me is they're so close to that swim area, " his father said. "I would say there's more around. They don't travel alone."
"So much for skinny dipping. If the snakeheads don't get you, the sharks will," he joked.


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"Nothing beats a homemade pizza crust! Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Using your bread machine makes mixing the dough a breeze."
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3/4 cup
1 tablespoon
vegetable oil
1 teaspoon
lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon
1 tablespoon
white sugar
1 tablespoon
dry milk powder
2 1/4 cups
bread flour
1 teaspoon
active dry yeast
This an a most excelllent recipe for pizza crust(( FIRST I DOUBLE the recipe..))
I use olive oil instead of vegetable. add 2 tsp. of vital wheat gluten and 1 tsp oregano to the dry ingredients.Hands down the best crust ever.Easy to work with and delicious.I skip the lemon juice though.The dry milk powder is essential, it helps to relax the dough.After the machine is done, take out the dough, divide into 2 portions,roll into 2 balls and let rest on the counter for a few minutes covered.Roll out, I use my rolling pin, into two circles.Dont worry if they are small. Cover and let rest again.The resting is important! Try rolling again, you should be able to get 2 14-16 circles of dough,If not let rest again.You can do it.Then I place the circles on lightly sprayed pizza pans and set aside to rise a few minutes.When it starts to puff up, brush wa little olive oil, poke with a fork all over and place in a preheated 400 to 500 oven on the lowest rack.When the crust is puffy and light brown take out and continue with the sauce and toppings.You can also cool and freeze for instant pizza any night you want.This is a lifesaver in my house!We just add toppings and bake frozen.I have made hundreds of doughs and this is the best!I also roll out into 8 bersonal pizzas for the kids.I prebake the crusts,cool and place in a large rubbermaid in the fridge or freezer.Kids can make their own pizzas during the week, by just adding toppings.They love it and so do their friends!
this did not turn out well at all :(
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This is by far the best pizza crust I've done in my bread machine. It came out perfect. I made the recipe as listed, only added a teaspoon vital wheat gluten and some spices (oregano, crushed red pepper). After the dough cycle, I let the dough ball rest (covered) for a few minutes, then punch out into a little circle. I stop, let it bounce back a little bit and rest (covered) for a few minutes, and punch it out bigger. Do several of those cycles and you can easily get 14-16" out of it. The object is to give it some TLC and gradually get the crust to take shape, not forcing it. I don't toss my crusts, but I'm sure you can do that too. When the dough is formed, I brush a mixture of olive oil and italian seasoning on it, and poke the crust all over with a toothpick (to prevent massive bubbles, unless you like those). The oil and holes prevent the crust from rising super high. I then put it in the oven's bottom rack until the bottom is just crispy, remove it, and lightly sprinkle fresh parmesan and romano cheese on it, put it back in the oven until the cheese cooks a bit. Remove and put your sauce, cheese, and toppings on it. Best pizza ever. Even if your sauce is terrible, people will comment on how good the crust is. And much cheaper than delivery!
UPDATE: I have made pizza using this crust more than 50 times now, and you really can't even mess it up with substitutions and additional ingredients. I typically add spices to the dough itself, and also put some spices onto the cru
WONDERFUL!!! I'll never order home-delivery pizzas again, nor would I buy frozen ones. This crust is worryless, tasteful, and has a wonderful texture. I have a pizza dough setting on my bread machine, which I used for this dough, and it only took 45 minutes from putting ingredients in the pan to having a smooth and fresh smelling pizza dough. A piece of advice, though: transfer dough from bread machine pan to a lightly floured board before patting in a pizza pan or rolling, or dough will stick to your fingers. Will make it often.
First time I made a pizza crust, and this was excellent. Made it as written except that I subbed buttermilk powder and olive oil, and, since my dough seemed dry in the mix cycle, I added 3 cloves of minced fresh garlic; it needed no further adjustments. My machine takes 1:40 to finish its dough cycle, so when it was finished, I used floured hands to knead it a bit on a floured board. Then I let it sit about 5 minutes before patting it into a large circle. A little at a time I patted it into a larger and larger circle, letting it rest a bit in between. At some point in time I turned it over and continued the process until I had a 13-inch diameter crust that I could fold in half and ease into my pizza pan that had been sprayed with no-stick cooking spray. After letting it sit a few more minutes in the pan, I patted it into a nice uniform crust. After taking the dough out of the machine, forming the crust took about 15 minutes. The trick with this crust is to not get in a hurry. I chose to pre-bake it at 450 degrees F. (increased for 4600 ft. in elevation) for 8 minutes. After the 8 minutes, it had RAISED ALMOST TO THE TOP OF THE OVEN!!! Poking it with a fork and pressing on it made it come down flat so that I could add the toppings. SO, IF YOU DO PRE-BAKE THIS CRUST, DO WATCH IT!!! Extremely SIMPLE and NATURAL crust. From starting the bread machine to being ready to top the crust took about 2:10 the way I made it. But it was worth it.
I have made many recipes for bread and doughs, etc. This is by far the best homemade pizza dough that I have experienced. When the kneading was done, I let it rise in the machine for 1 hour.
I shaped it and stretched it out into a 14 inch circle and placed it on my round pizza stone that was dusted with cornmeal. I let it rise for an additional 15 minutes on the stone, than half baked it at 450 for 10 minutes.
I topped it with a BBQ sauce, cooked chicken chunks, fresh cilantro, chopped red onion, garlic powder, basil, salt and mozzarella cheese. That was baked for 15 minutes at 350. OH MY GAWD!!!!
Best bread machine recipe for pizza dough I've found. I used olive oil instead of vegetable oil. Texture of the dough made it easy to roll out and it tastes great.
This recipe is fantastic! I've used it every time we make Pizza at home and it turns out perfectly everytime! I skip the lemon juice as it is not something we normally have on hand and it doesn't seem to make a lot of difference.
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Serving Size: 1/10 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 10
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 132
Calories from Fat: 17
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ACROS coach Julie Harrison watches as Hannah flips on the balance beam, right, and as Elaina Shakun does her beam routine on the floor, center. Harrison opened the training facilty in 1989.
Elaina Shakun puts on a wrist brace before she starts her handstands and flips as an afternoon of training moves from warm ups to more difficult gymnastics.
Elaina Shakum, left, and Hannah Seaton, right, work on the spring boards at ACROS during their long night of training.
Toropov helps Elaina stretch at the beginning of a four-hour training session. The young gymnasts warm up for more than 30 minutes before they begin their leaps and jumps.
Elaina Shakun, left and Hannah Seaton finish their four hours of gymnastics training with floor exercises.
ACROS is a large, open center for gymnastics with each corner having a special purpose. Hannah, left, and Elaina prepare for their time on the bars.
Elaina Shakun keeps an eye on herself as she makes a series of leaps toward the mirror at ACROS.
Hannah Seaton flies through the air under the watchful eye of her coach, Anatoli Toropov, at ACROS Gymnastics and Dance.
Hannah is late for practice after traveling to Evansville from her home in Mount Carmel, Ill., but she quickly begins her warm-up regime off to the side of the other girls.


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We're not using the right side of our brains! (enough)
Before I write anything, I feel it wise to state i'm only 17.
I like to feel as if i'm talking on behalf of my teens, but I don't know for sure..
No, I don't have a piece of paper stating i'm intelligent - I don't even wear shoes.
I'm not a psychologist or a neuroscientist; but I'd rather read, write or run then talk to other humans, being young I don't think I've quiet had the opportunity to 'find my kind' yet.
As I've grown up, I've watched my teenage contemporaries chase desires that some greedy intellectual has created.
I've watched them direct their emotional insecurities into a facaded product of media.
I've watched insidious piles of information and influence uncontrollably seep into their consciousness, deprecating their talents, passions and potential.
I observe.. quietly yet torturously as my fellow teens live; completely oblivious to the world that narrows their perception, and kills their ambition, subtly encourages apathy and evilly feeds off their ignorance.
This 'new world' hasn't been around for long right?
No one has taught us. No one IS teaching us, to be aware, to know of it.
We are being drowned in information and starved for knowledge.
What hurts the most, is that it's found upon, and nurtures ego and greed.
I feel as if the months of pain and self education has lead to such a simple conclusion.
We're bought up in a world that predominantly focuses on the development of the left brain right?
I think we need to begin raising awareness to this influence, nurturing a protective psychological construct to barrier this bombardment of 'junk information' subtly yet evidently manipulating our consciousness.
I believe through my own lively experience, and the many books I have read that we need to start nurturing the development of our left and right brains EVENLY.
We need coalescence of reductionism, and holism.
I feel this is the answer.. (r)evolution.
My wee project
Gail .
Oct 26 2012: I have found that humans do not know who and what they are. We are taught, from an early age, to look outwards to gather information. By having this imposed upon us, most never learn that if they look inwards, there is much information to be garnered, and it is that inner-based information that is able to provide the most satisfaction.
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For example: I have discovered that when I have a strong emotion, I am maintaining an irrational or invalid belief. What does this mean? Say that I am angry at you. As explained in the first video, if all of my information comes from what I see you doing, as filtered through the left hemisphere, my anger seems very rational. But when I put myself in a peaceful and unemotional place, I can also see the belief that causes me to emote as I do.
The belief will "appear" rational, but when I am in that peaceful, non-judgmental place, I can see that what I perceive is a mirror image of what I believe. As I cleaned out my belief system using this method, I found that my most prevalent erroneous beliefs were: "I am vulnerable", "It is your responsibility to make me happy", and "who and what I am is encased in a body".
As I paid more attention to my internal processes (something that is never taught in schools), I discover that I was doing a lot of thinking, emoting, and feeling without even being aware of it. As I learned how to be disciplined in what I was thinking and emoting, I was able to see how my thoughts and emotions were causing me to behave in ways that did not serve me well. I was also able to see how my "feelings" are a universal language, and they have much wisdom to share with me - IF I PAY ATTENTION TO THEM.
We are told that we live in a mechanical reality. I see reality as being more organic (holistic) in nature. Some people, like you, are wise enough to recognize this.
I'm very impressed with your post. Thank you for sharing
Oct 26 2012: Thank you for your thoughts!
They are wonderful and full of wisdom :)
I agree - it seems we are trained to be good citizens over being good people.Oct 26 2012: What an honor it is to be a part of your learning. I wish there were more 17 year olds here asking questions.
I will not bore you with my opinions or beliefs, merely ask that you simply watch this animation. Its brief and to the point and it will I feel provide some insight.
Gail .
Oct 26 2012: Great link. I'll have to review it a few times before I get all that it offers.Oct 26 2012: Yes me too, I've seen a few teens around though!
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That clip is seriously jaw-dropping. That's everything needed to be said, thanks so much for sharing this! Will definitely watch it a few more times to really assimilate it!
It's strange - the 'geniuses' seem to know of this brain bias, do you believe it will be kept esoteric?
Or will it be shared - on a relatively big scale?
P.S i love your about me.
Oct 26 2012: P.S. You may notice that there are other such animated video. Each is amazing.Nov 25 2012: Hi Dejay!
I LOVE to observe your explorations, and I agree that using the brain effectively, is about balance. It is interesting to me, that I was considered right brain dominant (more creative than logical) for the first part of my life, and after the brain was re-arranged with a near fatal injury, it seems to be more balanced...I love it!
Here is a video...just for fun...Ode to the Brain:>)
Nov 26 2012: Balance, balance, balance.
Wow that video is FANTASTIC!
Nice find Colleen ^___^
Nov 26 2012: Yes indeed Dejay...balance, balance, balance.
Glad you enjoyed the video, and I hope you continue to enjoy your explorations of the life adventure:>)Nov 25 2012: Just made a $20 pledge. Good luck DJ!
Nov 26 2012: Thank you Scott!Nov 1 2012: Hi, Dejay !
You are so right ! All of us who currently inhabit the planet were born into the world " where we honour the servant and forget about the gift " People nowadays are talking a lot about how to save the planet and what you've suggested is the way. We should save ourselves from arrogance and foolishness, which is the result of dis balance between right and left parts of our brain. For centuries we have been investing heavily into our rational mind and became control freaks, erroneously we think that we are above nature and can control and use it. We are not two with nature we are one and somehow the right hemisphere has access to our bigger better true self. The right side of our brain should be nourished; some call it paradigm shift, some archaic revival, but it's all about the same ,i guess, we need to restore the balance. Frankly, i don't know how to use the right side of my brain , it seems to me that it uses me and i don't mind :)Nov 1 2012: Don't fret my freind. Call up Ms. Botte's talk on transcendance and the right brain. As for the darkness in your thoughts: d'you want a real if undocumented education? Get onthe net and start searching. Sooner or later you'll come across something that grabs your interest. Follow that lead. And then again. Eventually you'll find something that will allow you to use your talents in a life fulling way.Oct 28 2012: Personally, I think we use the right side of our brains too much, and our left brains too little. I think much of what we are doing today is illogical, but in the short term, emotionally satisfying.
Nov 1 2012: Why do you think so, David ?
Nov 1 2012: Too many reasons to explain, and few will win me any friends... but I'll try...
Psychology, has all but been replaced by psychiatry. We would rather tell our children that if they are unhappy, it can be fixed with a pill, then tell them that life is a constant struggle to find meaning and happiness.
Our schools no longer focus on testing, objective differences, and competition... They focus on team building, working together, creativity, and building self esteem... Then when children fail the tests, people yell "Do you want us teaching to the test?"... If you mean would I like a teacher to be able to prove objectively that their students recieved vital facts? Yes, that would be nice.
On the left and right of the political spectrum, it's all emotions... No numbers... people don't care about facts anymore, they are virtually inconsequential, but the other guy is evil.
On the issue of the drug war. On one side it's "They want your children to have legal access to narcotics".... On the other side it's "The drug war is racist, and the only people who support it are private prisons"... It's all emotional bs, no rational discourse.
On the issue of real war you're either for the troops, or with the terrorists... on one side. On the other side, you're either for the troops, or with the religious zealots...
Almost everything that exists in our society today is an appeal to emotion rather than rational. It's all advertising. But, hey, maybe it's just me who sees it that way.Oct 27 2012: Dejay, thanks for sharing this wonderful idea!
I agree with you about encouraging the development of the right and left brains evenly.
Many aspects of life, primarily school and jobs require the use of the left brain. I believe we still use our right brain to compensate through hobbies / interests. I am unsure if it results in equal development.
I do not understand the idea of coalescence of reductionism and holism. I feel reductionism predominates in this world and we need more holism.
Oct 30 2012: I think the thing with school is, kids are repetitively encouraged to learn information from the age of 5 whether or not it fits into our passions of talents. If we don't - we are penalized on many different levels. I think this forced left brain development discourages kids off learning, it creates a negative perspective towards new information.
In turn I believe it could hinder both hemispheres.
You're right, it does. Maybe we need more holism than reductionism, but the first step is having an even amount. Balance.
Reductionism - Holism
Left brain - Right brain!Oct 27 2012: However, Napoleon was a pawn used to put in place the world bank, he may be notable but the end result of his rule is certainly in question...and he was set up to fail so there would be no argument to who controlled her (the bank)...as society is a well planned set of events all the chaos is ignored in its planning and that is why answers are no where to be found...it allows the plan to continue...it fears the challenge for acceptance...
Being dominant is not a bad thing but when not anchored to respect it becomes a beast (and we have all heard that word before used in description which in translation was deflected onto an invisible entity just like the god they promote) and that is our origin and our continuance and now the new youth appear and ponder why we cry as we all have, some accept and begin to deny the need for change others simply continue to ask why, some more flamboyant than most...
And it will be interesting what a connected global voice will do...I believe all is possible if we first understand what we actually are as a species and what our purpose was created to accomplish before we can address the answer...Oct 27 2012: Do you want to know why this is, this lob sided affair we call existence. The male population which has always been in control is actually weak with fear that has been with us since birth. This weakness was countered with anger, the anger became denial and the weakness protected it with excuse. So now you have a species who can not assume weakness so it denies half of it self (the emotional side). In a system where we are made up of 50% female and 50% male, the male leader denies the female side in him for fear of its appearance...boys don't cry and so on...then the world they produce with these guide lines pull the woman to a more male version of the half and half. This is why we only use one side of our brain, it is the male dominated side we were raised to focus on...this is also the soul reason woman end up stronger than the boys, they are naturally more feminine but lead by the other so they become more balanced...so you want to use the other side...good luck, it would be better to dream a good sleep...
Oh by the way, life is a deja vue, everything you are challenging yourself with right now, a child thousands of years ago and all through history have done the same thing with the same results...maybe you can change things...
Oct 27 2012: I've pondered this before, and I agree to a point!
Men are definitely far too dominant, look at some religions/cultures, it's so blisteringly blatant that the rules are founded upon men's social/emotional insecurities; and politics is mostly men, and i'm sure most women are more empathetic. I've also read many times women have naturally better communication through their Corpus Callosum.
The thing is, it may be deja vu, but now we have globalization, we have technology and mass media.
Our voice has the ability to be amplified to such an astounding degree; with enough passion & persistence anything is possible.
Napoleans immutable rule: ((Passion x Talent) + Action + Association) x Faith = SuccessOct 26 2012: DJ, In many of my posts I state that it is very important to know who you are. Once this occurs you can resolve many conflicts both internal and external.
The right side of the brain is more intersted with the arts and things philosophical. While I agree with you that the right side is not employed enough .. I also see a big problem looming in our immediate future. During the last PISA Exam the United States came in on the lower third of the lower third and caused the administration great embassement. So with a bruised national ego the Secretary of Education decalred that Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) would be the basis of all education. Due to funding schools have to eleminate some classes in order to put others in place. Our state now requires four years of Math, science, and english to graduate. On the bubble to cut if funding is not available is 1) Music, 2) Art, 3) all shops, 4) home ec, etc ... get the picture? By national decree of the President and his staff the Arts and right brain activities are declared not important.
Does that mean that they will fad away .. I don't think so but to have a government declare them unimportant could seriously hamper funding for the performing arts and deminish young talent from developing.
Would restricting right brain activities classify us as entering another "Dark Age".
I look forward to your next conversation and conversing with you again.
All the best. Bob.
Oct 27 2012: Wow, that's definitely conjured up mixed feelings.
This is only my opinion here, but I think there is a deeper yet externally ubiquitous significance of a developed right hemisphere. The ability to 'see the whole' or observe and live with a more empathetic, understanding perspective is evidently needed in this world.
I've grown up in this new world of 'junk information' and a prevalent bombardment of commercialism, it's so easy to see the influence it has on teens. I could ramble on about this for ages but I could very confidently posit that I do think the significance of an unbiased brain is very underestimated!
The Secretary of Education should become familiar with Einstein's: "A problem canont be fixed with the same level of consciousness that created it."
Maybe another 'Dark Age' is imminent but I do believe that creative minorities such as TED may help save us from our own demise.
My only approach at the moment is to push action towards creating awareness to not only the influence, but the implications; other than that i'm stuck! (for teens)
Thanks for your words Bob :)Oct 26 2012: Yeah, You're right, The song of that siren is silent, you don't even know it has you until you turn your phone off but that's just my opinion and i don't think many will agree with me.
Oct 26 2012: I agree :)Oct 26 2012: Good thoughts.....
I don't know the answer but my feeling is in all ages whether it is the present time of information super highway or ancient time with scarce information....referred "WE" were /are there en mass...open , aware , educated people were rare breed always. With lots of schools , unversities around us we are full of certified people with flowery degrees...how many of them are educated really ?
Sometime ago my son when he was 5 , I showed him how to google ....so that he can get the answers to his questions when no is around to answer him. After sometime he asked "does Google say truth always?"
Right that moment understood what challenge now one can face with loads of junk information.


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On a recent business trip to India, I visited Col. Larry Redmon, an Army buddy from Logansport, where his mother still lives. Larry is now Army attache at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi. He owns a home near Fort Campbell, Ky., in Clarksville, Tenn., to which he will most likely retire.
During our visit, he lamented brain drain in his Indiana hometown, to which he returns once a year and is often invited to speak. He is full of energy and solutions to Logansport's problems, mainly involving mentoring its youth.
More recently, as an alum of Hagerstown High School, I attended the Nettle Creek Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet, honoring alumni's achievements in high in high school and college sports. Two of my classmates, Heather (Bryn) Garrett and Mike Woods, and a contemporary, Mark House, were recognized.
Heather and I went to West Point, where she played basketball. While I became a reservist, she stayed on active duty and now serves as a colonel at Fort Knox, Ky.
Woods excelled in football at Taylor University and is now a Wall Street CEO, whose home is on Long Island. He endowed a scholarship for Hagerstown's scholar-athletes. House wrestled at Annapolis, retired as a Marine Corps lieutenant colonel and now teaches JROTC at a high school in Texas, where he owns a home.
What concerned me most about the banquet was that, despite an advance local newspaper article in the Nettle Creek Gazette and Facebook invitations sent by the HHS athletic department, I was among only two of our classmates in attendance. Only three of Mark's classmates were in attendance. Is this the kind of "welcome home" such alumni deserve?
But maybe it is symptomatic of the brain drain our state faces. My experience of Hoosiers leaving Indiana to serve in the military or pursue educational and other job opportunities and not returning is not isolated, and our state's tax policy is partly to blame.
I do not pretend to be the tax expert that State Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Luke Kenley is. But I have learned something from six years on County Council: Governments can create or destroy a positive business climate by the tax policies they choose.
A common denominator between Tennessee and Texas, where Larry and Mark own homes, is that neither has a state individual income tax (Tennessee only taxes interest and dividend income, as does New Hampshire). Hence, these states can better attract businesses, military and other retirees. Almost a decade ago, Indiana phased out the inventory tax. But we were the 49th state to do so. Indiana is now phasing out its inheritance tax.
Gov. Pence has proposed cutting Indiana's state income tax by 10 percent. Ninety percent of small businesses are taxed at the personal income tax rate. If successful, Indiana would have the lowest tax rate in the Midwest on businesses. This could be the first step toward eliminating our state income tax altogether, which would help us to attract those we have lost to brain drain. The trade-off could be higher sales tax, like Texas, Tennessee and New Hampshire, which would give people incentive to save more and spend less.
In phasing out Indiana's income tax, let's not be "a day late and a dollar short" as we were with the inventory tax. Like Texas, Tennessee and New Hampshire, Indiana can become a leader in attracting back "boomerangs" we lost to brain drain years ago, and others, so they can retire here with their desire to give back, in order to help improve the quality of life in their communities.
If we solve our brain-drain problem, many of Indiana's other socioeconomic problems will eventually begin to fade.


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Late stage assay for the probe development effort to identify inhibitors of the Steroid Receptor Coactivator 3 (SRC3; NCOA3): Luminescence-based cell-based dose response assay for SRC3 inhibitors
Name: Late stage assay for the probe development effort to identify inhibitors of the Steroid Receptor Coactivator 3 (SRC3; NCOA3): Luminescence-based cell-based dose response assay for SRC3 inhibitors. ..more
BioActive Compounds: 6
Related Experiments
Source (MLPCN Center Name): The Scripps Research Institute Molecular Screening Center (SRIMSC)
Affiliation: The Scripps Research Institute, TSRI
Assay Provider: Bert O'Malley, Baylor College of Medicine
Network: Molecular Library Probe Production Centers Network (MLPCN)
Grant Proposal Number: 5U19DK062434-09
Grant Proposal PI: Bert O'Malley, Baylor College of Medicine
External Assay ID: SRC3_INH_LUMI_1536_4XIC50 MDRUN
Name: Late stage assay for the probe development effort to identify inhibitors of the Steroid Receptor Coactivator 3 (SRC3; NCOA3): Luminescence-based cell-based dose response assay for SRC3 inhibitors.
Chemotherapeutic agents that target estrogen receptor alpha (ERa and growth factor signaling systems have been extensively pursued and developed for a long time (1-4). However, one of the most pressing limitations of currently established chemotherapeutic agents for breast cancer is the fact that breast cancers frequently acquire resistance to antiestrogens (5, 6). Nuclear receptors (NR) and other hormone receptors mediate their cellular effects in part through the interaction with coactivators which increase their transcriptional activity. The best characterized coactivator family is the steroid receptor coactivator (SRC) family (7). Given the central role that SRC-3 plays in breast and other cancers, the search for small molecule agents that target SRC-1 and SRC-3 represent an innovative and potentially effective strategy to identify agents to treat hormone-refractory breast cancers and other cancers where these coactivators are overexpressed. Compounds that target the function of steroid receptor coactivator 3 (SRC-3) protein promise to be different because cancer cells are less likely to bypass the comprehensive disruption of multiple growth factor signaling systems that result from the loss of SRC-3 function. In contrast to the goal of screens that seek to interfere with NR-coactivator interactions, the work proposed here aims to identify compounds that specifically target the coactivators themselves. This approach offers to be more broadly applicable. For instance, SRC-1 or SRC-3 typically remains overexpressed in ER negative cancers or acts as a coactivator for other oncogenic transcription factors (8). SMIs that target ERa, on the other hand are largely predicted to duplicate the biological action of antiestrogens such as tamoxifen.
1. Arteaga, C.L., A.K. Tandon, D.D. Von Hoff, and C.K. Osborne, Transforming growth factor beta: potential autocrine growth inhibitor of estrogen receptor-negative human breast cancer cells. Cancer Res, 1988. 48(14): p. 3898-904.
2. Ciardiello, F., T. Troiani, F. Caputo, M. De Laurentiis, G. Tortora, G. Palmieri, F. De Vita, M.R. Diadema, M. Orditura, G. Colantuoni, C. Gridelli, G. Catalano, S. De Placido, and A.R. Bianco, Phase II study of gefitinib in combination with docetaxel as first-line therapy in metastatic breast cancer. Br J Cancer, 2006. 94(11): p. 1604-9.
3. Goldstein, D., S.M. Bushmeyer, P.L. Witt, V.C. Jordan, and E.C. Borden, Effects of type I and II interferons on cultured human breast cells: interaction with estrogen receptors and with tamoxifen. Cancer Res, 1989. 49(10): p. 2698-702.
4. Riggins, R.B., A. Zwart, R. Nehra, and R. Clarke, The nuclear factor kappa B inhibitor parthenolide restores ICI 182,780 (Faslodex; fulvestrant)-induced apoptosis in antiestrogen-resistant breast cancer cells. Mol Cancer Ther, 2005. 4(1): p. 33-41.
5. Chen, F.L., W. Xia, and N.L. Spector, Acquired resistance to small molecule ErbB2 tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Clin Cancer Res, 2008. 14(21): p. 6730-4.
6. Riggins, R.B., M.M. Mazzotta, O.Z. Maniya, and R. Clarke, Orphan nuclear receptors in breast cancer pathogenesis and therapeutic response. Endocr Relat Cancer, 2010. 17(3): p. R213-31.
7. Lonard, D.M., R. Kumar, and B.W. O'Malley, Minireview: the SRC family of coactivators: an entree to understanding a subset of polygenic diseases? Mol Endocrinol, 2010. 24(2): p. 279-85.
8. Xu, J., R.C. Wu, and B.W. O'Malley, Normal and cancer-related functions of the p160 steroid receptor co-activator (SRC) family. Nat Rev Cancer, 2009. 9(9): p. 615-30.
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Assay Overview:
The purpose of this assay is to determine whether powder samples of compounds identified as SRC3 inhibitor probe candidates can inhibit SRC3 activity.
In this assay, HEK293 cells are transfected with a GAL4-responsive reporter plasmid (pGL4.31, Promega) and an expression vector encoding SRC3 fused to the DNA-binding domain of GAL4 (pBIND-SRC-3). The ability of compounds to reduce coactivator transcriptional activity is assessed by measuring luciferase expression from the reporter gene plasmid. As designed, compounds that inhibit the ability of SRC3 to induce transcription will lead to a decrease in expression of the luciferase gene, resulting in reduced well luminescence. Compounds are tested in quadruplicate using a 10-point 1:3 dilution series starting at a nominal test concentration of 36 uM.
Protocol Summary:
Seven million HEK293 cells were seeded into T-175 flasks containing 23 mLs of DMEM media supplemented with 10% v/v fetal bovine serum and 1% v/v Anti-Anti. Flasks were then incubated for 48 hours at 37 C, 5% CO2 and 95% relative humidity (RH). The day prior to the assay, cells were harvested using TrypLE, resuspended in fresh media at a density of 1 million cells per mL and seeded into new T-175 flasks (23 mL per flask). After allowed to attach for one hour at 37 C, 5% CO2 and 95% RH, cells were transfected with 1 mL of preincubated mix of serum-free OptiMEM containing 23 ug of the pGL4.31 reporter plasmid, 2.3 ug of pBIND-SRC3 vector, and 80 uL of transfection reagents. Twenty four hours post transfection, cells were harvested using 5 mL of TrypLE and resuspended at a concentration of 750,000 cells per mL in phenol-red free DMEM media supplemented as described above.
The assay was started by dispensing 5 uL of cell suspension into each well of a white, solid-bottom 1536-well plate using a flying reagent dispenser (3,750 cells per well). The first two columns received cells transfected with reporter plasmid and an empty pBIND vector as a control for background luminescence. Cells were then treated with 18 nL/well of test compounds, DMSO as a negative control (final concentration 0.36%), or Gossypol as a positive control (36 uM final) using a PinTool transfer unit (GNF). Plates were then placed in the incubator at 37 C, 5% CO2 and 95%RH. Twenty four hours later, plates were removed from the incubator and equilibrated to room temperature for 10 minutes. Luciferase activity was detected by adding 5 uL per well of ONE-Glo luciferase detection reagent. After a 15 minute incubation time, light emission was measured using the ViewLux plate reader (PerkinElmer). The percent inhibition of each test compound was calculated as follows:
%_Inhibition = ( 1 - ( Median_Positive_Control - Test_Compound ) / ( Median_Positive_Control - Median_Negative_Control ) * 100
Test_Compound is defined as wells containing test compound treated cells.
Positive_Control is defined as wells containing Gossypol treated cells.
Negative_Control is defined as wells containing DMSO treated cells.
For each test compound, percent inhibition was plotted against compound concentration. A four parameter equation describing a sigmoidal dose-response curve was then fitted with adjustable baseline using Assay Explorer software (Symyx Technologies Inc). The reported IC50 values were generated from fitted curves by solving for the X-intercept value at the 50% inhibition level of the Y-intercept value. In cases where the highest concentration tested (i.e. 36 uM) did not result in greater than 50% inhibition, the IC50 was determined manually as greater than 36 uM.
PubChem Activity Outcome and Score:
Compounds with an IC50 greater than 10 uM were considered inactive. Compounds with an IC50 equal to or less than 10 uM were considered active.
Any compound with a percent activity value < 50% at all test concentrations was assigned an activity score of zero. Any compound with a percent activity value >= 50% at any test concentration was assigned an activity score greater than zero.
Activity score was then ranked by the potency of the compounds with fitted curves, with the most potent compounds assigned the highest activity scores.
The PubChem Activity Score range for active compounds is 100-34, and for inactive compounds 1-0.
List of Reagents:
HEK-293 cells (ATCC, part CRL-1573)
DMEM media (Invitrogen, part 11965)
Fetal Bovine Serum (Hyclone, part SH30088.03)
Anti-Anti (Gibco, part 15240)
TrypLE (Invitrogen, part 12604)
T-175 flasks (Falcon, part 353112)
pGL4.31 (Promega, part C935A)
pBIND-SRC3 (Assay Provider)
TransIT 293 transfection reagent (Mirus Corporation, part MIR-2700)
ONE-Glo luciferase reagent (Promega, part E6130)
White, solid-bottom 1536-well plates (Greiner, part 789173)
Due to the increasing size of the MLPCN compound library, this assay may have been run as two or more separate campaigns, each campaign testing a unique set of compounds. In this case the results of each separate campaign were assigned "Active/Inactive" status based upon that campaign's specific compound activity cutoff value. All data reported were normalized on a per-plate basis. Possible artifacts of this assay can include, but are not limited to: dust or lint located in or on wells of the microtiter plate, cytotoxic compounds, compounds that perturb the UAS/GAL4 reporter system, and compounds that quench, inhibit, stabilize, or emit luminescence within the well. All test compound concentrations reported are nominal; the specific concentration for a particular test compound may vary based upon the actual sample provided.
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From BioAssay Depositor:
Assay: CurveFit [1]: Equation: =( ( [Maximal Response] * [Concentration]^[Hill Slope] ) / ( [Inflection Point Concentration]^[Hill Slope] + [Concentration]^[Hill Slope] ) ) + [Baseline Response]
Assay: CurveFit [1]: Mask: Excluded Points
Assay: Dictionary: Version: 0.1
From PubChem:
Assay Format: Cell-based
Assay Cell Type: HEK293
Result Definitions
* Activity Concentration. ** Test Concentration.
Additional Information
Grant Number: 5U19DK062434-09
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