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Patterson calls for changes to Endangered Species Act
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WASHINGTON -- Testifying today before the House Natural Resources Committee, Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson described abuse of the Endangered Species Act by federal authorities who propose adding species to the endangered list based not on sound science, but in response to lawsuits filed by federally funded, radical environmental groups. Taxpayers have paid more than $15 million to these groups since 2008 to settle such Endangered Species Act lawsuits.
"The only thing endangered in this process is fiscal responsibility and American jobs," Patterson said. "Listing a species, without adequate scientific data, just to settle a lawsuit is outrageous. When a species is added to the endangered list, it usually means threatening entire sectors of our economy and putting American jobs at risk."
A recent example of the impact a potential endangered species listing can cause was seen in West Texas, where more than 80 percent of landowners like ranchers and oil and gas producers were forced to sign conservation easements to protect the dunes sagebrush lizard after it had been nominated as endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. On June 13th, the agency declared the lizard would not be added to the endangered species list.
Patterson said the compromise wasn't one to be celebrated, since it was born out of a taxpayer-funded legal tactic and not population data on the lizard. "Oil and gas operators will be paying fees into a fund to mitigate the impact to habitat of the dunes sagebrush lizard, despite there being no proof it is threatened or endangered," Patterson testified.
Patterson told the committee the real problem was one predicted in 1970, by Nebraska Senator Roman Hruska.
"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is faced with a no-win situation," Patterson said. "They are overwhelmed by environmental groups with hundreds of candidate listings that the agency cannot possibly respond to in the statutory timeline specified. They then find themselves in violation of that statute and subsequently sued by these same groups that filed to protect the species."
Taxpayer-funded litigation has changed how potentially endangered species are considered for federal protection, Patterson said.
The Fish and Wildlife Service's 2012 budget request includes $24.6 million for the endangered species listing program, including paying a staff of 141, according to the New York Times. That is an 11 percent increase from the previous fiscal year and a 28 percent rise since 2009. The agency estimated that in 2011 it would be able to make final listing decisions on only 4 percent of warranted petitions within one year as required by law, down from 12 percent in 2010.
"These groups create the problem by purposely overwhelming the agency, knowing that they will be unable to respond, and then dictate an outcome because the agency settles," Patterson said. "Taxpayers shouldn't have to foot the bill for this kind of abuse of the system."
In addition to lawyers fees, from 2007 to 2011, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service gave $680,492 in tax money to the Wild Earth Guardians, according to congressional testimony. During that same time, the Wild Earth Guardians sued U.S. Fish and Wildlife 76 times, including the lawsuit that triggered the proposal to list the dunes sagebrush lizard.
"Right now, the Endangered Species Act helps out the lawyers more than the lizards," Patterson said.
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Quilt Event- part 5 and Last!
This Babobab tree is decorated for Christmas. Those are porcupine quills in the vertical container next to the tree's trunk:
This is a quilt about modern fashions:
The next three pieces are from a group which quilts scenes from every day life. The group began under the guidance of a European organization similar to the Peace Corps.
A tall building:
A quilt incorporating footprints:
Some of the bead work detail:
Items were sold for causes as well: testing for AIDs in children, installing toilets in orphanages, etc...
It was a great experience for me, I hope you enjoyed it.
Thank you for posting these! One of my first memories as a child was going to a quilting party with my Grandma. It was such an important event in my grandmothers day. I could feel that even as a very young child and it's one of my fondest memories. I have the quilt that the group was making. I will try and get a photo this weekend.
These are unbelievably stunning. I especially liked the first three threads, and the last three quilts of the fourth thread. I love the baobob tree, but strangely the quilts with people appeal to me less. I had no idea such subtle beauty could be accomplished with quilting. I'm assuming these aren't all done by hand but by machine as well?
The desire of mankind to express himself creatively never ceases to amaze me. (It gives me hope too!). I can't think of nicer way to pass an afternoon than wandering around a place filled with such beauty. Unless it's the opportunity to speak with the artists!
My favorites are:
1.) I like the abstract nature of it. The patterns remind me of stylized women. Heads, necklaces, and caftans. The sense of movement is great.
3.) The Baobab. There is a discussion of the Baobab's roots being the size of its canopy in "The Little Prince". The colors are terrific and I like the quills.
Those are wonderful works of art and the colours, techniques, and materials are just stunning.
Before MSI, I remember my father, a doctor, receiving quilts as payment for medicines and services. This was in southwestern Nova Scotia. In one case, my mother bought the materials for a lady to make 4 quilts. Her husband had passed away of cancer, and the lady felt that the four quilts were owed. She had no other means of payment.
Fifty years later, one of these quilts was featured at an exhibit in the community after I lent it to them. I have been keeping it to give to my daughter one day. The lady who made it recognized it immediately and asked to meet me. She thanked me for keeping the quilt in such good order.
I thanked her for creating it. It is simple in materials but the stitching is full of boats and fish and stars, etc. Some of the quilts you have posted reminded me of this. :O)
Marie, such works of art! I so wish I could share these with my mom. She would just love them! We used to go to quilt shows too. My favorite was in an old country church with quilts draped over the pews and spread all over the sanctuary. It was just beautiful with the light streaming in through the stained glass windows. There's just something about quilts that's so comforting too. I treasure all of the ones that my mom made. Thanks for sharing these with us. I really enjoyed looking at them all.


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The knocker hung on a very special door which was apparently cursed. Then the door was moved from an old house, once an abbey to the village church. Legend said that sinners who grasped the knocker had their hands burned by the cold iron. But Gerry Bracewell didn't die of burns, neither did a second victim. Had they knocked on death's door or was a more down-to-earth killer at large? Detective Chief Inspector George Felse, returning from a weekend in Wales, had passed through the village of Mottisham and watched the ceremony enacted to rededicate the door. Soon he would be called back to investigate murder ...Ellis Peters was the pseudonym of Edith Pargeter and she received awards for her crime writing and was the creator of the Brother Cadfael books. She had a keen interest in local history.
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Great Value
Great deal for the money. Location was excellent if you like to ride the subway which was just a few minutes walk from the hotel. The subway will stop right in front of the Colliseum. 2 Couples shared a room with a sofa bed which worked out great for the money. Other hotels were extremely pricey. Rather noisy...had to sleep with windows open because they were unable to turn on the air conditioning until the beginning of their summer season. We spent very little time in the room except for sleeping therefore we were well satisfied. Room was very clean and service was excellent. Breakfast was included in price which saved on meal expenses. In it's day it was probably a very upscale hotel, old elegance. Several restaurants in the area.
A room with a black fire escape staircase view
The hotel was great and great situation also, situated next to the Metro and public transport, breakfast was very good and generous,clean and friendly and very helpful. But the Room!!! clean and tidy single room with a terrace, but the view from the terrace was awful, a black fire escape staircase very closed to the terrace, so I opted for closing the curtains and avoid to look out of that room, it was a depressing view, what's the point with a terrace if you can't enjoy the view? Avoid room 202 if you don't want that happen to you.
Otherwise, it is a great place and I will go back to that hotel, but I will make sure I don't get Rooms with A fire escape vView!
Theres good, theres bad (and its a little ugly!)
On arriving at the hotel, first impression is that it must have been an amazing hotel 20 years ago, but is now more than a little delapidated. For example, lifts are marble effect and brass edgings (ie very fancy) but the lift buttons are either missing, cracked or don't light up!
When we walked into our room we expected for it to be pretty small (from other reveiws on this site). But this looked like a joke - there practically wasn't enough space for two people to actually be in the room at the same time. We guessed that we had what another Tripadvsior reviewer had - a single room with a 'double' bed that was only slightly larger than a single bed. It was also quite dirty, clearly no proper cleaning, although the bed linen was fine, and we did have a balcony (over the main road!). First thing in the morning we asked to be changed into a larger room, and although we received a very frosty response, we did get our room changed.
Second room had a full double bed, lots more space, and was fine for a double room. Bare-boned budget hotel room though.
Other users have mentioned lots of noise, and yes although I could hear people coughing and walking down the corridors it didn't disturb us much (but maybe that was the alcohol....)
Location is fine. Yes it isn't near the centre, and theres nothing in the local area. However, the tube is a hop across a quite busy road, but it has a pedestrian crossing, so there is no problem there. It takes only ten minutes to the Colloseum tube stop, which is the best place to get off to go exploring. Each journey only cost 1 Euro, so in our opinion the cheaper hotel more than compensated for distance.
Breakfast was pretty good. Ham, cheeses, pastries (were really good), rolls, cereals, jams and fruit. Not a huge selection within these categories but fine all the same. Coffee was great tho, especially the Lattes!
We were due to fly back on the day of the Popes funeral, which meant our flight to Ciampino was cancelled. Despite not fantastic service from the hotel staff until this point, they really did help us a great deal. The manager helped us with translating the message left by our travel agents, how to get transportation (buses, taxis etc), he arranged for us to have a breakfast bag as we were leaving so early in the morning, and even made us a couple of esspressos at 3am. That was what I call good service when it counts.
So all in all, I think if you are on a budget this hotel is absolutely fine just don't expect anything too special, but there aren't any real problems with this hotel at all.
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Arrived for Easter weekend. Wife and I were given what was obviously (later confirmed) a single room into which a second bed had been added. Gap between wall and bed 16 inches/41cm; Room walls filthy - I can substantiate with photographs. Immediately requested change of room. Told hotel full, but room changed for second day. This room OK. Staff helpful. Good restaurant but limited menu. Nothing of interest in immediate area of hotel, but Metro (across busy road) gets you speedily to where you want.
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I would agree with previous reviews and wish I had read this site.
It does needs some modernizing and it can be noisy, certainly not 4 stars given at Expedia
My main grievance is with the dis-interested staff especially the senior members.
OK, they did take care of the broken spare bed they supplied but in a less than helpful manor.
This could be due to the coach loads that file through the place.
The breakfast was rationed, as it was only at peak (8.30ish) that the full meat spread appeared.
This could be a minor detail to some, but it's put me off, when we left they charged 42 Euros for a taxi to FCO airport.
The drivers cab clock only notched up 30 Euros!
Had we made a mistake?
We hired a car and headed for the centre of Rome. Two adults and two under four years old. The original write up had said Rome city centre, but this was more like Croyden, a good distance from anything resembling Rome. The hotel was right on a main road (ask for room to rear) and looked like a large multi-storey motel. The staff however were welcoming, the room comfortably slept the whole family and breakfast the next morning was pretty good. Over the next 10 days, we stayed in many hotels... the star system is a joke, but the TOP American proved without doubt the best value. The car was in a secure area, at no cost. The underground is about 5 - 8 minutes walk, crossing a busy road. But the journey in to Rome, once on the train, was only 10 minutes. Do not be tempted to take the bus, it took us over and hour! The train runs late into the night, there are no quality restaurants in the area, although the hotel does serve very good food, with some panache. Bottom line, it is miles from the centre, but easy to get to and from and offers the best value for money for a car driver. Next time, we will still try to stay right in the centre of Rome and probably regret not returning to the Palace
Popular with school tours
It's located at the very end of the LIne B Metro in Laurentina in the far south of Rome so you have to travel, there's nothing of interest in the immediate area. Taxi's don't like going there from Termini (central train station) I was refused twice when I hailed a taxi for Laurentina and had to use an unlicensed cab who tried to charge 40E for the journey! The hotel seems very popular with school groups and was very noisey the entire time I was there with kids running up and down the corridors, slamming doors, using mobiles etc until around midnight. I mentioned the noise to the management who did nothing. I'm not a noise freak but it was enough to keep me awake. I don't feel it's worth the 4 star rating I've seen on Expedia, the place is more a 2 star kind of place. It's clean and relatively basic. No English language TV and domestic staff have limited English skills. I found it fine for a short stay although if you have an early morning flight it is not a good place to be as timing is so tight from the Metro to the Trains you could easily miss the train and the flight.
Enjoyed my stay
The hotel was nice enough and very reasonably priced. I really enjoyed the fact it was close to all sorts of transportation. However, this hotel is very noisey. It really needs soundproofing.
Hotels needs remodelling...
The hotel is far away from the Center; however, metro and bus station is near by. Hotel is in need of a serious remodeling, inside and out.
Rooms are very simple. They really could use some fresh paint. The hotel is OK for a budget traveller.
Love everything about this hotel, great view from our balcony, easy access to transportation, great capuccino, clean hotel
Great view from our balcony, easy access to transportation, great capuccino, clean hotel, great food.
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... backdrop to these statues shows the remnants of Caesar's Forum. I took pictures of the above ground ruins and the below ground ruins exposed to sunlight. One of the shots I took shows a room with blue and white tiled walls. It was very pretty, and the photo I took does not do it justice. There were a number of old ruins in this vicinity, and some of the structures were very intricate that remain. Though this particular area is called ...
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Applications are now open for the third year of the ROH Links scheme, a skills sharing and capacity building programme offered to small and medium-sized performing arts organizations across the UK.
Three organizations are invited to join the programme each year for a period of up to two years. During this time, they are assigned an ROH Partner from within the ROH Executive Team to discuss their strengths and development needs. Support is also provided in the form of 1:1 meetings with senior ROH staff, shadowing opportunities, site visits and conference calls for up to 20 hours per year combined.
'Taking on ROH advice, we launched a new individual giving scheme in spring 2014 and we are now exceeding our fundraising targets in this area', says Alison Porter, General Manager of Mahogany Opera Group, who joined the programme in 2012/13.
Other organizations who participated in 2012/13, the pilot year of the programme, included Balbir Singh Dance Company and Pavilion Dance South West.
Stopgap Dance Company, The Garage and Mid Wales Opera were invited to join the following year.
The programme is open to professional opera, theatre, ballet or dance organizations, orchestras, choirs, arts venues, digital companies, and learning and participation organizations in the arts sector, from any geographical or community background.
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Mid Wales Opera, The Garage Trust and Stopgap Dance Company have been selected to participate in the ROH Links Programme.
The programme, now in its second year, offers support to small and medium-sized artistic companies by sharing the skills and expertise of the Royal Opera House through a range of 1:1 meetings, conference calls and shadowing opportunities.
Balbir Singh Dance Company, The Opera Group and Pavilion Dance South West joined the scheme in September 2012.
'I am delighted that we are entering into a relationship with three very different organizations for the second year of this scheme,' says Alex Beard, Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House. 'We have gained enormously from our association with the first three companies we have partnered with and we now have a clearer idea how we can best assist the companies – we are always hungry to learn from their experiences. It also demonstrates in another way how we are contributing more widely as a resource for the nation.'
Mid Wales Opera, which this year celebrates its 25th anniversary, performs accessible, entertaining productions of high-quality opera in small and mid-scale theatres across England and Wales. The company is currently performing Handel's Acis and Galatea, and in the autumn will tour with a new chamber ensemble version of Carmen commissioned from composer Stephen McNeff.
The Garage Trust is a performing arts venue that supports the development of artists and young people, hosting live performances, creative classes and professional training, as well as working in partnership with schools and organizations. Find out more.
Stopgap Dance Company creates new dance productions with exceptional disabled and non-disabled dancers. Working under Artistic Director Lucy Bennett, the company tours both nationally and internationally. This spring, the company will tour a new stage production by Lucy Bennett entitled Artificial Things.
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Applications are now open for the second year of the ROH Links scheme, the skills sharing and capacity building programme offered to small and medium-sized performing arts organizations across England.
The programme is open to professional opera companies, theatres, orchestras, choirs and dance or ballet organizations.
Three organizations are invited to join the programme each year for a period of up to two years, with each organization assigned an ROH Partner from within the ROH Executive Team who discusses the strengths and development needs of each organization and identifies the areas where the ROH is best placed to offer guidance. Support is provided in the form of 1:1 meetings with senior ROH staff, shadowing opportunities, site visits, and conference calls for up to a maximum of 20 hours per year combined.
The 2012/13 scheme saw the Balbir Singh Dance Company, The Opera Group, and Pavilion Dance South West participate in the programme's pilot year.
Find out more about the ROH Links programme and how to apply. The closing date is 12 noon on Friday 24 January.
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The Royal Opera House will be partnering with three companies as part of the first year of the ROH Links scheme.
Balbir Singh Dance Company, The Opera Group and Pavilion Dance South West will be supported by the scheme which aims to share knowledge, experience and skills.
Balbir Singh Dance Company was established in 1997 as Diversity Dance before changing its name in 2008 to reflect the presentation of work by its creative director. In 2013 the company will tour a triple bill combining disciplines of Kathak, an Indian classical dance form, and contemporary dance to venues around the UK. The company is based in Huddersfield.
South East-based The Opera Group regularly commission and produce new opera. As well as touring other work, the company will be working with Opera North and Watford Palace Theatre to stage The Firework-Maker's Daughter, directed by Associate Director of The Royal Opera John Fulljames.
Pavilion Dance South West is a venue and programme which enable those in the region the chance to make, watch and take part in dance. They offer dance classes for all ages and abilities as well as staging work in Bournemouth.
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My expectations were a lot higher for this event. I was hoping for more tricks and entertainment. The show also could have been a bit shorter. Two hours of horsing around on the court.
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I watched on TV when I was the kid. The players have changed of course, the gags are still there. And they are hilarious. Great fun for the whole family.
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Which specialist for a back surgery.
I am pretty certain I am headed for lower back surgery....bulging discs, spinal stenosis, and a cyst...but have been told both ways...should I go to a neurosurgeon or an orthopedic surgeon? I have no pain when I sit or lay down, but I wobble like a duck so walking is very painful. I have already had two hips and a knee replaced, as well as 3 fusions in the upper part of my neck.
If I knew for certain the back surgery would improve my wobble and balance, I would do it, but I have had severe nerve damage in the one leg that one of the hips was replaced...this surgeon also put the joint in on a 30 degree angle and my other one is in straight! No one can seem to tell me just WHAT is causing my wobble!
Any and all help is appreciated...it would be more I am getting here!
It sounds like that your bones and cartridges are being destroyed. You can keep going to surgeons the rest of your life or look into fixing the problems, instead of treating the symptoms. Allopathic doctors love to treat symptoms it is good for business. Naturopaths go after causes and rebuild bones and joints. Check out Dr. Joel Wallach
I've check out Dr. Joel Wallach, who by the way is a "veterinarian, naturopathic physician" not an MD and from my google searches and reading the info, he appears to be nothing more than an "snake oil salesman" who is taking advantage of those that fall for his claims of cures and treatments that will make some feel better and maybe they do. Maybe some do feel better as they fall for the placebo affect of his recommendations that have not be scientifically proven.
I take my pets to a vet and myself, my husband and my children when they where young to a doctor that treats humans, not animals.
When Dr. Wallach can show, with double blind scientific studies, that his claims are more than a snake oil salesman, well then I will further check out his claims.
Until then, I've seen enough on a simple google search to see that he is an excellent snake oil salesman and makes millions selling his claims and treatments to those looking for a treatment that will aid them when there is no other.
Remember ground peach pits where the big rage once to cure cancer and it was nothing more than the same kind of snake oil salesman treatment that took advantage of those in need and didn't do anything to save their lives.
Vets are for animals, treat animals, no human beings.
Doug, you sound like Dr. Wallach's personal salesman and all of your posts refer people to check him out and in doing so, by way of a google search one comes up with just about every possible site that he has on the web to advertise and sell his products.
That's an indirect way of circumventing the rules of the forum in an attempt to sell a product. Do you make money on any sales of Dr Wallach's products?
Here is a link that might be useful: factual info on Dr Wallach, not the hype
I think you know that there are people, paid by the pharmaceutical companies to go on forums to discredit anything that are not pharmaceutical drugs and discredit anyone who is not a MD. They have been doing that for many years and people are starting to wake up to it. They normally use the name (sceptic) on the forums. The pharmaceutical companies make billions of dollars off of the sick and without any cures who is the snake oil salesman. I do not promote anything, only giving alternative options.
Pharmaceutical studies are usually done on animals first before they are done on human beings. If they are successful then they are done on humans only if there is a profit to be made. These companies canâÂÂt have it both ways. If someone would sell bottled water and say it cured dehydration the FDA would through them into jail, and force the removal of the product. The reason being there has never been a double blind study done, so the statement would be considered false.
Naturopath doctors help people also.
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If your post is an attempt to imply that I work for any pharmaceutical company, you couldn't be any more incorrect if you tried.
I've been a member of GW since 2003, long before you joined, long before Ivillage bought GW from the original owner "Spike".
I have been posting on various forums on GW, mostly garden ones since I joined, but what I am not is any representative of the pharmaceutical companies; and I certainly don't go posting false hope information on any kind of medical issues, medical information or any other kind of dribble that gives false hope to people, provides information that they should take supplements that have no safety checks within the US, or any of the other info that you have posted that lacks fully credited studies.
As for your ridiculous example, you bet the FDA would shut them down possibly have them end up in jail. Attempts to make claims of "curing hydration" are absurd and there is no such thing.
I see that you are from the Dominican Republic and maybe info is different there than in the US.
I stand by what I have posted and always will, the info you post is inaccurate, potentially dangerous, if not outright dangerous and people need to be very, very, very cautious with supplements and combining them with prescription, as well as over the counter medications.
Your alternative options are just plain dangerous and have been proven to be.
The medical system as it is, is a failure. It bankrupts people and countries. The number one cause of bankruptcy in the US is the medical system.
After giving trillions of dollars to the pharmaceutical companies we got nothing.
Last major disease cured was polio in the late 1950's. One would think with all the technology since then, more diseases would have been cured. But curing diseases and cancer is not in the best interest of the health care industry. Can you imagine all the money lost if there were a cure for any cancer? Billions of dollars would be lost and thousands of people in the health care industry would be out of work. Follow the money and you will see why nothing will ever be cured! Not even the common cold. The otc drugs for colds and flu only treat symptoms, not the cause.
$300 billion a year spent on prescription drugs alone last year
A surprising 17 percent of the doctors surveyed had direct, personal knowledge of an impaired or incompetent physician in their workplaces, said the study's lead author, Catherine DesRoches of Harvard Medical School.
One-third of those doctors had not reported the matter to authorities such as hospital officials or state medical boards.
Some of the medical lies that are accepted as true
Lies, Damn Lies and Medical Research
Medical lies medical fraud
The medical monopoly is to big to fail and to evil to expose
Sorry if you think the medical doctors are some sort of Gods and that the pharmaceutical companies are working for your health. and anything else is a fraud
Like in the Matrix you can take the blue pill and it will all stay the same or take the red pill and wake up to find that the medical system is killing people
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I would say a neurosurgeon. I live in Canada and would need a referral to either a neuro or an ortho - your primary care physician should be able to make the right referral for you. I have not had back surgery myself, but my uncle did - and I used to have 2 mini Dachshunds who had worst case back/neck disc disease. Their surgeries were performed by neuro surgeons. If our current dog developed a leg problem such as Patellar Luxation or a torn ligament, we would see an ortho. I realize of course that you are a person, but since so many human procedures are first tested on dogs, I am answering - neuro - in your case. I hope everything works out for you.


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