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Pioneer Restore is open to the public every Tuesday from noon - 7 p.m.! Come stop by to see what interesting items we have for sale. There is furniture, equipment, and unusual odds and ends. See pictures of the store on our facebook page.
Store Hours and Information
- Pioneer Restore is open to the public every Tuesday, noon -7 p.m. (even during the summer).
- Diverse inventory- from furniture, to unique equipment, you never know what you will find!
- Items are sold first-come, first-serve and "as-is."
- Checks and cash accepted, unfortunately we are unable to accept credit cards at this time.
- The store is located in Glenview Commons on Greenwood Ave., our entrance is located on the north east side of the building (map)
- Free parking during store hours is available in lot 22, just to the east of our store entrance.
- Please come prepared to haul your own items.
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Kelly works for surplus four days a week. If she doesn't reply to your message immediately, she will get back to you soon!
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Pioneer Restore opened with just online sales in 2014 and added a storefront in 2015. The store serves to sell University owned items that are considered "surplus" or items that are no longer needed by the University. The Store is self-sufficient, meaning it pays for itself through sales. All Pioneer Restore operations must comply with the Wisconsin Department of Administration Procurement Manual, PRO-F 1-3. Pioneer Restore is in the process of developing localized policy and procedures. See our draft policies here.
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- Wisconsin Surplus - Enter keyword "PLATTEVILLE" at top of screen to go directly to our items.
- Govdeals.com/Pioneerrestore
- All items must be picked up within two weeks of purchase. Items can only be picked up by appointment on Tuesday's from noon- 7:00 p.m.
Buy from Restore before Public Sale (Wisconsin public agencies only)
UW-Platteville departments and other Wisconsin public agencies (such as state departments, cities, villages, towns, counties, or school districts) have the first opportunity to purchase items from Pioneer Restore.
- Items valued at less than $250 are available for sale at the Pioneer Restore store (in Glenview Commons) from 11 a.m. - noon every Tuesday the store is open.
Items valued at $250 or more are listed online here by 5 p.m. each Tuesday for a minimum of one week before they are put on public sale: See items valued at $250 and more that are currently available for sale to Wisconsin public agencies.
- Wisconsin public agencies must pay the minimum list price or wait until the item is placed on a public auction to competitively bid for a lower price.
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aka "THE FACILITY FEE FIGHT"
By: Michael J. Schoppmann, Esq.
Kern Augustine Conroy & Schoppmann, P.C.
Regrettably, many physicians are receiving notices from insurance carriers demanding that the physician repay a substantial sum for claims previously billed to the insurance carrier and paid without objection. Perhaps most frustrating is that the carrier's demand comprises claims that the insurance company specifically instructed and dictated the mechanism for processing and payment. One such demand involves physicians who, for many years and with the explicit approval of the very same insurance carriers, have been billing a separate facility fee in connection with the performance of office-based surgical procedures.
The typical scenario is one in which a physician establishes a private dedicated operating room for performing procedures. A separate entity, owned by the physician is also established to receive payments for these services. That entity has a separate tax identification number and payments for the costs incurred in the use of this separate, dedicated room are provided to that new entity. These facilities are approved by formal accrediting organizations such as the American Association for the Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgical Facilities ("AAAASF"), the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations ("JCAHO") or the American Association for the Accreditation of Ambulatory Plastic Surgery Facilities ("AAAAPSF"). Inherent to the creation of such entities is full disclosure to the insurance carrier as to the formation of the separate entity. In fact, in many cases, insurance carriers have explicitly, in writing, acquiesced to this arrangement and informed the provider that it will pay for a separate facility fee in connection with the performance of office-based surgical procedures. In most cases the payments are made for a number years, in the regular course of business, without any objection by the insurance carrier.
Recently, however, in concert with the increasing emphasis on retrospective audits (industry wide) as a mechanism for increasing profits through the recouping of funds paid to physicians, the insurance carriers have sent out notices to hundreds of providers that not only will they no longer reimburse the physician for the facility fee in the future, they are also seeking repayment of claims paid previously – in direct conflict with their prior knowledge of the status of the facility, where the surgery was performed and their implicit, and/or explicit, approval of that facility.
As the claimed basis for these repayments demands, the insurance carriers are asserting that no "provider," whether participating or non-participating, can bill for a facility fee if that facility has not been licensed under Article 28 of the New York State Public Health Law. However, there is no statutory requirement that a facility be an approved Article 28 facility in order to bill a facility fee. In fact, there are no statutory or regulatory guidelines that either explicitly permit, or prohibit, a physician from billing a facility fee for a procedure performed in a separate operating room located in a physician's facility.
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Physicians should be aware, however, that the Department of Health has also advised that under certain circumstances, where the entity being paid the facility fee is owned by a non-professional, such an arrangement may constitute professional misconduct and/or criminal violations. While both Kern Augustine and The Medical Society of the State of New York have advised the Department of Health that its opinion is based upon a misinterpretation of existing law, each and every physician must have a clear understanding of their structural standing to ensure their compliance with the law before asserting same in defense of these repayment demands.
Bolstering the designation of this issue as inherently contractual is the notice resulting from the recent merger of United and Oxford. Oxford, having previously paid a facility fee for the performance of office-based surgical procedures, has notified participating providers that it will no longer pay a facility fee in order to conform to United's contract policy which does not allow for the payment of a facility fee. Logically, if a statutory authority existed to bar such claims, Oxford would have no need to defer to, and rely upon, the contract terms of United.
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Foreign Law and the U.S. Constitution
Kenneth Anderson
American University - Washington College of Law; Stanford University - The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace; Brookings Institution - Governance Studies
Policy Review, No. 131, pp. 33-50, June & July 2005
The use of foreign law and unratified international treaty law by U.S. courts in U.S. constitutional adjudication has emerged as a major debate among justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, with Justice Anthony Kennedy writing for a majority approving the practice in the March 2005 decision of Roper v. Simmons, and Justices Antonin Scalia and Stephen Breyer undertaking an unusual public discussion of the practice in January 2005 at American University law school. This article examines the arguments made by Justices Kennedy, Scalia, and Breyer for and against the practice, setting them in the broader context of constitutional theory. It criticizes the practice, and Justice Breyer's pragmatic defense of it, on grounds that it claims the use of foreign law merely provides "information" to the court about practices in other places, whereas in fact it is a potent source of ideology and values-based justification. The article further criticizes the practice on the basis of the value of democratic sovereignty and the adherence to the political legitimacy of a particular people and its democratic will. The article closes by suggesting that, beyond political theory, the practice of citing foreign law needs to be understood as sociology and social theory, and as the promotion of a shared set of globalized elite bourgeois values by particular Justices of the Supreme Court.
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Athens, Greece
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Athens - you will not find it in your guidebook !
Athens - capital and the largest city of Greece. Cradle of Western civilization,
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Brief Summary
Comprehensive Description
A. mexicanum, also known as the Mexican Axolotl, is a long, cylindrical salamander, reaching lengths of about 30 centimeters (12 inches). A neotenic salamander, its most notable physical feature is its gills, which protrude from the back of its wide head and remain there throughout adulthood. Its legs are short. It has four fingers on each of its front legs and five toes on each of its back legs. In the wild, its coloration is dark, but an albino variety has been bred in captivity (Utah's Hogle Zoo 2003).
- Griffiths, H. I. and Thomas, D. H. (1988). ''What is the status of the Mexican Axolotl?'' British Herpetological Society Bulletin, 88, 3-5.
Ambystoma mexicanum is historically found in Lakes Chalco and Xochimilco of the Valley of Mexico near Mexico City, Mexico.
Biogeographic Regions: neotropical
- Brandon, R., J. Armstrong, G. Malacinski. 1989. Natural history of the axolotl and its relationship to other ambystomid salamanders. Pp. 13-21 in Developmental biology of the axolotl. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, Inc..
- Smith, H. 1969. The Mexican axolotl: some misconceptions and problems. BioScience, 19: 593-597.
- Smith, H., J. Armstrong, G. Malacinski. 1989. Discovery of the axolotl and its early history in biological research. Pp. 3-12 in Developmental biology of the axolotl. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, Inc..
Range Description
Distribution and Habitat
Ambystoma mexicanum lives only in Lake Xochimilco and Lake Chalco, both adjacent to Mexico City. Xochimilco and Chalco are part of a complex of five lakes, among which the Aztecs built Mexico City and around which the city has since expanded. The lakes were once highly productive, many of their species being economically and nutritionally valuable. Today a great deal of the area has been drained, or compromised by development of other kinds. Lake Xochimilco is known for its "floating gardens," or "chinampas," strips of land between drainage channels where locals grow vegetables and flowers for market. A. mexicanum can be found in these channels and in remaining lake areas. It may have previously lived in the channels joining two of the other lakes in the complex (Griffiths et al. 1988). In the wild, the species lives underwater. Outside of the wild, it is kept as an aquarium pet and is used widely in laboratory experiments.
- Griffiths, H. I. and Thomas, D. H. (1988). ''What is the status of the Mexican Axolotl?'' British Herpetological Society Bulletin, 88, 3-5.
Physical Description
Axolotls are paedomorphic or neotenic aquatic salamanders, meaning they retain certain larval characteristics in the adult, reproductive state. They possess feathery external gills and finned tails for swimming. Laboratory animals exist in several color morphs, ranging from wild type (dark, mottled brownish-green) to albino. Axolotls reach lengths on average of 20 cm (9 inches), but can grow to more than 30 cm (12 inches) in length.
The sexes can be easily distinguished in adult axolotls. Males can be identified by their enlarged cloaca (similar to other urodeles), while females have a smaller cloaca and round, plump bodies.
Range mass: 60 to 110 g.
Range length: 30 (high) cm.
Average length: 23 cm.
Sexual Dimorphism: sexes shaped differently
Other Physical Features: ectothermic ; bilateral symmetry
- Brunst, V. 1955. The axolotl (Siredon mexicanum) I. As material for scientific research. Laboratory Investigation, 4: 45-64.
Sierra Madre de Oaxaca Pine-oak Forests Habitat
This taxon is found in the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca pine-oak forests, an ecoregion of northern Oaxaca, Mexico exhibiting a large number of endangered species, so that the conservation value is outstanding in terms of uniqueness of the habitat. The Sierra Madre de Oaxaca pine-oak forests is within the Tropical and Subtropical Conifer Forests biome, and the ecoregion is known for elevated plant endemism, especially within the Sierra de Juarez montane forests.
This ecoregion is located in northern Oaxaca State, and is delineated by the Sierra Norte de Oaxaca Mountains, which have characteristically abrupt and rugged topography. Its tallest peak is Zempoaltepetl (3400 metres), and most of the terrain in this area is above 1000 metres. Three mountain chains or sierras constitute the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca: Juarez, Aloapaneca and Zempoaltepec. The climate is temperate and humid with annual temperatures ranging from 16°C to 20°C. The annual mean precipitation varies greatly from 700 millimetres (mm) to as great as 4000 mm.
The forests also exhibit a high diversity of amphibians, including: the endemic Acultzingo Pigmy Salamander (Thorius dubitus EN), known only from the type locality near Puerto del Aire near Veracruz; the endemic Claw-toed False Brook Salamander (Pseudoeurycea unguidentis CR), known solely from Cerro San Felipe /Cerro San Luis in north-central Oaxaca; the endemic Lower Cerro Pygmy Salamander (Thorius pulmonaris EN), known only from Cerro San Felipe region, central Oaxaca; MacDougal's Pygmy Salamander (Thorius macdougalli VU); and the endemic Mexican Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum CR), found in Lakes Chalco and Xochimilco of the Valley of Mexico near Mexico City; the near-endemic Sierra Juarez Moss Salamander (Cryptotriton adelos EN); the endemic Schmidt's Pygmy Salamander (Thorius schmidti EN), known only from near the village of Zoquitlán in southern Puebla, Mexico; and the endemic Mustache False Brook Salamander (Pseudoeurycea mystax EN).
The Sierra Juarez Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus cryptus) is endemic to the ecoregion, and limited in range to drier parts of the Sierra de Juarez, in northeastern Oaxaca. There are a number of threatened reptilian taxa in the ecoregion including the Ribbon Graceful Brown Snake (Rhadinaea fulvivittis VU), a limited distribution snake endemic to southern Mexico.
Avian taxa found here include the Dwarf Jay (Cyanolyca nana EN), Bearded Tree Quail (Dendrortyx barbatus CR), Tamaulipas Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium sanchezi) and Grey-barred Wren (Campylorhynchus megalopterus) as restricted-range bird species, which includes this ecoregion. The Oaxaca Sparrow (Aimophila notosticta NT), Golden-cheeked Warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia EN), Russet Nightingale-thrush (Catharus occidentalis), Hooded Yellowthroat (Geothlypis nelsoni), and Collared Towhee (Pipilo ocai) are also species which thrive in the habitats offered by this mountainous ecoregion.
This ecoregion presents a mosaic of vegetatative associations, due to the varied climate and topography. These formations include tropical evergreen forest, montane cloud forest, pine forest, pine-oak forest, and oak forest. The pine forests, at elevations between 1600 and 2600 metres (m), include trees that are 25 to 40 m tall. Dominant pine species are Mexican White Pine (Pinus ayacahuite); Lawson's Pine (P. lawsonii), a Mexican endemic; Chiapas White Pine (P. strobus var. chiapensischiapensis); Michoacan Pine (P. devoniana LR/LC) and Smooth-barked Mexican Pine (P. pseudostrobus). These pine forests have a robust understory and an herbacious layer dominated by numerous species of the Ericaceae family.
The native habitats of A. mexicanum are large, relatively permanent (until recently), high-altitude lakes located near Mexico City. Of the two lakes - Chalco and Xochimilco - where these animals are historically native, only Xochimilco (elevation: ~ 2,274 m) remains. Axolotls are almost extinct in their native habitat, largely due to the introduction of predatory fishes and habitat loss.
Average elevation: 2290 m.
Habitat Regions: freshwater
Aquatic Biomes: lakes and ponds
- Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service. 2003. Xochimilco. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Accessed 06/13/03 at http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?.eu=79786.
- Shaffer, H. 1989. Natural history, ecology, and evolution of the Mexican "axolotls". Axolotl Newsletter, 18: 5-11.
Habitat and Ecology
- Freshwater
Trophic Strategy
Generally the top predator in their natural environment, axolotls will eat anything that they can catch, including molluscs, fishes, and arthropods, as well as conspecifics.
Animal Foods: amphibians; fish; insects; mollusks; terrestrial worms; zooplankton
Primary Diet: carnivore (Piscivore , Insectivore , Eats non-insect arthropods, Molluscivore )
Axolotls were the top predator in their native environment, making them important in structuring community dynamics.
Axolotls may be preyed on by large fish and conspecifics. Large fish have only recently been introduced into the lakes where axolotls are found, contributing to the demise of their populations.
Known prey organisms
non-insect arthropods
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 16, 2011 at http://animaldiversity.org. http://www.animaldiversity.org
Life History and Behavior
Axolotls communicate mainly via visual cues and chemical cues during mating. At other times of the year there is little to no intraspecific communication.
Axolotls can detect electrical fields and also use their vision and chemical cues to perceive their environment and discover prey.
Communication Channels: visual ; chemical
Other Communication Modes: pheromones
Perception Channels: visual ; chemical ; electric
Life Cycle
A. mexicanum is paedomorphic, which means that it retains larval characteristics in the reproductively mature adult form. Juvenile and adult axolotls possess feathery, external gills and tail fins suited to an aquatic lifestyle. Metamorphosis can be induced in axolotls via thyroid hormone injections. In the wild, axolotls rarely, if ever, metamorphose.
Development - Life Cycle: neotenic/paedomorphic; metamorphosis
Life Expectancy
Expected laboratory longevity is 5 to 6 years; however, some animals have been known to live as long as 10 to 15 years. Most laboratory animals die shortly after metamorphosis.
Range lifespan
Status: captivity: 15 (high) years.
Average lifespan
Status: captivity: 5 - 6 years.
Typical lifespan
Status: captivity: 6 (high) years.
Lifespan, longevity, and ageing
The courtship behavior of A. mexicanum follows the general Ambystoma pattern; it first involes each animal nudging the other's cloacal region, eventually leading to a "waltz," with both animals moving in a circle. Next, the male moves away while undulating the posterior part of his body and tail (resembling a "hula dance"), and the female follows. The male will deposit a spermatophore (a cone-shaped jelly mass with a sperm cap) by vigorously shaking his tail for about half a minute, and will then move forward one body length. The female then moves over the spermatophore, also shaking her tail, and picks up the spermatophore with her cloaca.
Mating System: polygynandrous (promiscuous)
Axolotls breed in the wild generally from March to June. From 100 to 300 eggs are deposited in the water and attached to substrates. Eggs hatch at 10 to 14 days and the young are immediately independent. Sexual maturity is reached in the next breeding season.
Breeding interval: Axolotls in the wild breed once yearly.
Breeding season: Breeding laboratory axolotls can be accomplished at almost any time; in the wild, it is thought that the best time for spawning is March to June.
Range number of offspring: 100 to 300.
Range time to hatching: 10 to 14 days.
Range time to independence: 10 to 14 days.
Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female): 1 years.
Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (male): 1 years.
Key Reproductive Features: iteroparous ; seasonal breeding ; gonochoric/gonochoristic/dioecious (sexes separate); sexual ; fertilization (Internal ); oviparous
Eggs are surrounded by a protective jelly coat and are laid singly, unlike frog eggs (which are laid in clumped masses), because they possess higher oxygen requirements. They are often attached to substrates such as rocks or floating vegetation.
Parental Investment: no parental involvement; pre-hatching/birth (Provisioning: Female)
- Eisthen, H. 1989. Courtship and mating behavior in the axolotl. Axolotl Newsletter, 18: 18-19.
Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Ambystoma mexicanum
The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.
There are 3 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank.
Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species.
See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Ambystoma mexicanum
Public Records: 3
Specimens with Barcodes: 3
Species With Barcodes: 1
Conservation Status
The natural habitat of A. mexicanum is nearly gone. Historically, they have been known to live in high altitude lakes near Mexico City. Lake Chalco is gone completely, drained for drinking water, and Lake Xochimilco is now nothing more than a scattering of canals and swamps. Because known populations are few and far between, very little is known about the ecology and natural history of A. mexicanum; there have been few ecological studies on wild populations.
CITES: appendix ii
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: critically endangered
IUCN Red List Assessment
Red List Category
Red List Criteria
Year Assessed
- 2006Critically Endangered(IUCN 2006)
- 2006Critically Endangered
- 2004Vulnerable
- 1996Vulnerable
- 1994Rare(Groombridge 1994)
- 1990Rare(IUCN 1990)
- 1988Rare(IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
- 1986Rare(IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
Population Trend
Life History, Abundance, Activity, and Special Behaviors
The most notable feature of the life history of A. mexicanum is that the species exhibits an extreme form of neoteny: it remains in its aquatic larval form its entire life, meaning that when it reaches sexual maturity at the approximate age of one and a half years, it remains in other regards a larva. Paedomorphic features include the maintenance of gills into adulthood. While young, A. mexicanum feeds on algae, but as it grows older, it takes to eating aquatic insects. If a locality where it lives dries up, A. mexicanum metamorphoses into the Mexican salamander. As for reproduction, the male releases sperm packets, which are taken up by the female for internal fertilization. Incubation lasts 2-3 weeks. In the wild, A. mexicanum lives ten to twelve years. Its major predators are predatory birds such as herons (Utah's Hogle Zoo 2003).
- Griffiths, H. I. and Thomas, D. H. (1988). ''What is the status of the Mexican Axolotl?'' British Herpetological Society Bulletin, 88, 3-5.
Life History, Abundance, Activity, and Special Behaviors
A. mexicanum has become vulnerable in the wild. The major threats to its continued existence are land drainage and the growth of Mexico City. Various efforts at flood control and sewage disposal starting in the seventeenth century have led to serious damage to the lake complex. The digging of wells for the burgeoning population of Mexico City has also caused drying of the valley in which the lakes are located. The largest of the lakes, Texcoco, has been greatly diminished in size, while Lake Chalco has all but disappeared. Xochimilco has likewise suffered a decline in size and water quality (Griffiths et al. 1988). A further threat specific to A. mexicanum is its commercial sale as food in the markets of Mexico (Utah's Hogle Zoo 2003).
- Griffiths, H. I. and Thomas, D. H. (1988). ''What is the status of the Mexican Axolotl?'' British Herpetological Society Bulletin, 88, 3-5.
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Relevance to Humans and Ecosystems
There are no negative effects of axolotls on humans.
Axolotls are an important research animal and have been used in studies of the regulation of gene expression, embryology, neurobiology, and regeneration. Occasionally taken as a food item (substituted for fish), axolotls are prepared by either roasting or boiling and the tail is eaten with vinegar or cayenne pepper. They have also been used for medicinal purposes.
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In the wild, the species lives underwater and is not commonly seen. Outside of the wild, it is a popular aquarium species around the world and is used widely in laboratory experiments (Griffiths et al. 1988).
- Griffiths, H. I. and Thomas, D. H. (1988). ''What is the status of the Mexican Axolotl?'' British Herpetological Society Bulletin, 88, 3-5.
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The axolotl (/ˈæksəlɒtəl/; etymol. Nāhuatl āxōlōtl /aːˈʃoːloːt͡ɬ/ (singular) or āxōlōmeh /aːˈʃoːloːmeʔ/ (plural) "water monster"),[2] also known as a Mexican salamander (Ambystoma mexicanum) or a Mexican walking fish, is a neotenic salamander, closely related to the tiger salamander.[3][4] Although the axolotl is colloquially known as a "walking fish", it is not a fish, but an amphibian. The species originates from numerous lakes, such as Lake Xochimilco underlying Mexico City.[5] Axolotls are unusual among amphibians in that they reach adulthood without undergoing metamorphosis. Instead of developing lungs and taking to land, the adults remain aquatic and gilled.
Axolotls should not be confused with waterdogs, the larval stage of the closely related tiger salamanders (A. tigrinum and A. mavortium), which are widespread in much of North America and occasionally become neotenic. Neither should they be confused with mudpuppies (Necturus spp.), fully aquatic salamanders which are not closely related to the axolotl but bear a superficial resemblance.[2]
As of 2010[update], wild axolotls were near extinction[6] due to urbanization in Mexico City and consequent water pollution. They are currently listed by CITES as an endangered species and by IUCN as critically endangered in the wild, with a decreasing population. Axolotls are used extensively in scientific research due to their ability to regenerate limbs.[7] Axolotls were also sold as food in Mexican markets and were a staple in the Aztec diet.[citation needed]
A four-month-long search in 2013 turned up no surviving individuals in the wild. Previous surveys in 1998, 2003 and 2008 had found 6000, 1000 and 100 axolotls per square kilometer in its Lake Xochimilco habitat, respectively.[8]
A sexually mature adult axolotl, at age 18–24 months, ranges in length from 15–45 cm (6–18 in), although a size close to 23 cm (9 in) is most common and greater than 30 cm (12 in) is rare. Axolotls possess features typical of salamander larvae, including external gills and a caudal fin extending from behind the head to the vent.[citation needed]
Their heads are wide, and their eyes are lidless. Their limbs are underdeveloped and possess long, thin digits. Males are identified by their swollen cloacae lined with papillae, while females are noticeable for their wider bodies full of eggs. Three pairs of external gill stalks (rami) originate behind their heads and are used to move oxygenated water. The external gill rami are lined with filaments (fimbriae) to increase surface area for gas exchange.[citation needed] Four gill slits lined with gill rakers are hidden underneath the external gills.
Axolotls have barely visible vestigial teeth, which would have developed during metamorphosis. The primary method of feeding is by suction, during which their rakers interlock to close the gill slits. External gills are used for respiration, although buccal pumping (gulping air from the surface) may also be used to provide oxygen to their lungs. Axolotls have four pigmentation genes which when mutated create different colour variants. The normal wild type animal is brown/tan with gold speckles and an olive undertone. The four mutant colors are leucistic (pale pink with black eyes), albino (golden with gold eyes), axanthic (grey with black eyes) and melanoid (all black with no gold speckling or olive tone). In addition there is wide individual variability in the size, frequency, and intensity of the gold speckling and at least one variant that develops a black and white piebald appearance on reaching maturity. Because pet breeders frequently cross the variant colours, animals that are double recessive mutants are common in the pet trade, especially white/pink animals with pink eyes that are double homozygous mutants for both the albino and leucistic trait.[9] Axolotls also have some limited ability to alter their colour to provide better camouflage by changing the relative size and thickness of their melanophores.[10]
Habitat and ecology[edit]
The axolotl is only native to Lake Xochimilco and Lake Chalco in central Mexico. Unfortunately for the axolotl, Lake Chalco no longer exists, as it was artificially drained to avoid periodic flooding, and Lake Xochimilco remains a remnant of its former self, existing mainly as canals. The water temperature in Xochimilco rarely rises above 20 °C (68 °F), though it may fall to 6 to 7°C in the winter, and perhaps lower.
The wild population has been put under heavy pressure by the growth of Mexico City. The axolotl is currently on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's annual Red List of threatened species. Non-native fish, such as African tilapia and Asian carp, have also recently been introduced to the waters. These new fish have been eating the axolotls' young, as well as its primary source of food.[11]
Axolotls are members of the Ambystoma tigrinum (Tiger salamander) complex, along with all other Mexican species of Ambystoma. Their habitat is like that of most neotenic species—a high altitude body of water surrounded by a risky terrestrial environment. These conditions are thought to favor neoteny. However, a terrestrial population of Mexican Tiger Salamanders occupies and breeds in the axolotl's habitat.
The axolotl is carnivorous, consuming small prey such as worms, insects, and small fish in the wild. Axolotls locate food by smell, and will "snap" at any potential meal, sucking the food into their stomachs with vacuum force.[12]
Axolotls exhibit neoteny, meaning they reach sexual maturity without undergoing metamorphosis. Many species within the axolotl's genus are either entirely neotenic or have neotenic populations. In the axolotl, metamorphic failure is caused by a lack of thyroid stimulating hormone, which is used to induce the thyroid to produce thyroxine in transforming salamanders. The genes responsible for neoteny in laboratory animals may have been identified; however, they are not linked in wild populations, suggesting artificial selection is the cause of complete neoteny in laboratory and pet axolotls.[citation needed]
Neoteny has been observed in all salamander families in which it seems to be a survival mechanism, in aquatic environments only of mountain and hill, with little food and, in particular, with little iodine. In this way, salamanders can reproduce and survive in the form of a smaller larval stage, which is aquatic and requires a lower quality and quantity of food compared to the big adult, which is terrestrial. If the salamander larvae ingest a sufficient amount of iodine, directly or indirectly through cannibalism, they quickly begin metamorphosis and transform into bigger terrestrial adults, with higher dietary requirements.[13] In fact, in some high mountain lakes also live dwarf forms of salmonids, caused by deficiency of food and of iodine, in particular, which causes cretinism and dwarfism due to hypothyroidism, as it does in humans.
Unlike some other neotenic salamanders (sirens and Necturus), axolotls can be induced to metamorphose by an injection of iodine (used in the production of thyroid hormones) or by shots of thyroxine hormone. The adult form resembles a terrestrial plateau tiger salamander, but has several differences, such as longer toes, which support its status as a separate species.[citation needed]
Use as a model organism[edit]
Six adult axolotls (including a leucistic specimen) were shipped from Mexico City to the Jardin des Plantes in Paris in 1863. Unaware of their neoteny, Auguste Duméril was surprised when, instead of the axolotl, he found in the vivarium a new species, similar to the salamander. This discovery was the starting point of research about neoteny. It is not certain that Ambystoma velasci specimens were not included in the original shipment.
Vilem Laufberger of Germany used thyroid hormone injections to induce an axolotl to grow into a terrestrial adult salamander. The experiment was repeated by Englishman Julian Huxley, who was unaware the experiment had already been done, using ground thyroids. Since then, experiments have been done often with injections of iodine or various thyroid hormones used to induce metamorphosis.[citation needed]
Today, the axolotl is still used in research as a model organism, and large numbers are bred in captivity. They are especially easy to breed compared to other salamanders in their family, which are almost never captive-bred due to the demands of terrestrial life. One attractive feature for research is the large and easily manipulated embryo, which allows viewing of the full development of a vertebrate. Axolotls are used in heart defect studies due to the presence of a mutant gene that causes heart failure in embryos. Since the embryos survive almost to hatching with no heart function, the defect is very observable. The axolotl is also considered an ideal animal model for the study of neural tube closure due to the similarities between human and axoltol neural plate and tube formation, which unlike the frog, is not hidden under a layer of superficial epithelium.[14] There are also mutations affecting other organ systems some of which are not well characterized and others that are.[15] The genetics of the colour variants of the axolotl have also been widely studied.[9]
The feature of the salamander that attracts most attention is its healing ability: the axolotl does not heal by scarring and is capable of the regeneration of entire lost appendages in a period of months, and, in certain cases, more vital structures. Some have indeed been found restoring the less vital parts of their brains. They can also readily accept transplants from other individuals, including eyes and parts of the brain—restoring these alien organs to full functionality. In some cases, axolotls have been known to repair a damaged limb, as well as regenerating an additional one, ending up with an extra appendage that makes them attractive to pet owners as a novelty. In metamorphosed individuals, however, the ability to regenerate is greatly diminished. The axolotl is therefore used as a model for the development of limbs in vertebrates.[16]
Captive care[edit]
It is a popular exotic pet like its relative, the tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigerinum). Axolotls live at temperatures of 12 to 20 °C (54 to 68 °F), preferably 17 to 18 °C (63 to 64 °F). As for all poikilothermic organisms, lower temperatures result in slower metabolism; higher temperatures can lead to stress and increased appetite. Chlorine, commonly added to tapwater, is harmful to axolotls. A single typical axolotl typically requires a 40-litre (11-US-gallon) tank with a water depth of at least 15 cm (6 in). Axolotls spend a majority of the time at the bottom of the tank.[citation needed]
Salts, such as Holtfreter's solution, are usually added to the water to prevent infection.[17]
In captivity, axolotls eat a variety of readily available foods, including trout and salmon pellets, frozen or live bloodworms, earthworms, and waxworms. Axolotls can also eat feeder fish, but care should be taken as fish may contain parasites [18]
There are persistent statements in pet care literature that axolotls cannot be kept on gravel because gravel causes fatal digestive impaction. There is no evidence to support this myth and counter evidence that normal healthy axolotls regularly ingest gravel and pass it without any negative consequences. The axolotl, like many amphibians, may be deliberately ingesting gravel to act as a gastrolith providing buoyancy control and aiding digestion, preventing impaction, rather than causing it. Axolotls deprived of appropriately sized gravel will ingest anything else they can find while attempting to satisfy their instinctive need for gastroliths and this behaviour, combined with lack of appropriate gastroliths, may be a cause, among others, of fatal impaction [19][20][21]
See also[edit]
- ^ Luis Zambrano, Paola Mosig Reidl, Jeanne McKay, Richard Griffiths, Brad Shaffer, Oscar Flores-Villela, Gabriela Parra-Olea, David Wake (2010). "Ambystoma mexicanum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ^ a b Malacinski, George M. (Spring 1978). "The Mexican Axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum: Its Biology and Developmental Genetics, and Its Autonomous Cell-Lethal Genes". American Zoologist (Oxford University Press).
- ^ http://www.aquariumindustries.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Mexican-Walking-Fish.pdf
- ^ "Axolotols (Walking Fish)". Aquarium Online. Retrieved 2013-09-12.
- ^ "Ambystoma mexicanum". Retrieved July 10, 2011.
- ^ Matt Walker (2009-08-26). "Axolotl verges on wild extinction". BBC. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
- ^ Weird Creatures with Nick Baker (Television series). Dartmoor, England, U.K.: The Science Channel. 2009-11-11. Event occurs at 00:25.
- ^ Stevenson, M. (2014-01-28). "Mexico's 'water monster' may have disappeared". Associated Press. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
- ^ a b Frost et al, A color atlas of pigment genes in the Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) Differentiation Volume 26, Issue 1-3, pages 182–188, June 1984
- ^ Pietsch & Schneider Vision and the skin camouflage reactions of Ambystoma larvae: the effects of eye transplants and brain lesions Brain Research Volume 340, Issue 1, 5 August 1985, Pages 37–60
- ^ "Mexico City's 'water monster' nears extinction". November 2008. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
- ^ Wainwright, P. C., et al. (1989). "Evolution of motor patterns: aquatic feeding in salamanders and ray-finned fishes." Brain, behavior and evolution 34(6): 329-341.
- ^ Venturi, S. (2004). Iodine and Evolution. DIMI-Marche. https://sites.google.com/site/iodinestudies/morosini
- ^ Gordon, R {http://dev.biologists.org/content/89/Supplement/229.short A review of the theories of vertebrate neurulation and their relationship to the mechanics of neural tube birth defects] November 1985 J Embryol Exp Morphol 89, 229-255
- ^ Armstrong, JB http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dvg.1020060102/abstract Developmental Genetics Volume 6, Issue 1, pages 1–25, 1985
- ^ Roy, S; Gatien, S (November 2008). "Regeneration in axolotls: a model to aim for!". Experimental Gerontology 43 (11): 968–73. doi:10.1016/j.exger.2008.09.003. PMID 18814845.
- ^ Clare, John P. "Health and Diseases", Axolotls
- ^ Streker et al The Aquarium Trade as an Invasion Pathway in the Pacific Northwest Axolotls are prone to cannibalism] Fisheries Volume 36, Issue 2, 2011
- ^ Kulbisky et al The axolotl as an animal model for the comparison of 3-D ultrasound with plain film radiography Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, July 1999 Volume 25, Issue 6, Pages 969–975
- ^ Wings, O A review of gastrolith function with implications for fossil vertebrates and a revised classification Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52 (1): 1–16
- ^ Rondeau, et al Larval Anurans Adjust Buoyancy in Response to Substrate Ingestion Copeia: February 2005, Vol. 2005, No. 1, pp. 188-195.
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Tess of the D'Urbervilles
by Thomas Hardy
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"Why didn't you tell me there was danger? Why didn't you warn me? Ladies know what to guard against, because they read novels that tell them of these tricks; but I never had the chance of discovering in that way, and you did not help me!" (12.81)
What's interesting about Tess's complaint to her mother is what she assumes about the purpose of reading novels. After all, we're reading a novel right now. What does Hardy want us to get out of it? Are we just supposed to learn what "tricks" to "guard against"? Perhaps this passage is partly a defense against those contemporary critics who accused Tess of the D'Urbervilles of being immoral – Hardy seems to suggest that reading novels, even novels with sex parts, is important for women, because too much innocence can be dangerous, like it was for Tess.
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The outskirt of the garden in which Tess found herself had been left uncultivated for some years, and was now damp and rank with juicy grass which sent up mists of pollen at a touch; and with tall blooming weeds emitting offensive smells – weeds whose red and yellow and purple hues formed a polychrome as dazzling as that of cultivated flowers. She went stealthily as a cat through this profusion of growth, gathering cuckoo-spittle on her skirts, cracking snails that were underfoot, staining her hands with thistle-milk and slug-slime, and rubbing off upon her naked arms sticky blights which, though snow-white on the apple-tree trunks, made blood-red stains on her skin. (19.11)
If you're thinking that this description of Tess in the garden is disturbingly provocative, you're absolutely right. She's getting pollen smeared all over her. You know what pollen is, biologically? Yeah, so did Hardy.
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[…] her mouth he had seen nothing to equal on the face of the earth. To a young man with the least fire in him that little upward lift in the middle of her red top lip was distracting, infatuating, maddening. […] Perfect, he, as a lover, might have called them off-hand. But no – they were not perfect. And it was the touch of the imperfect upon the would-be perfect that gave the sweetness, because it was that which gave the humanity.
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McCain Compares Obama to God in Latest Web Attack
Susan Davis and Elizabeth Holmes report on the presidential race.
John McCain's campaign is dialing up its latest line of attack—"But can he lead?"–against Barack Obama, which seeks to use Obama's own popularity and oratory skills against him. The argument: Obama is at heart an arrogant leader who believes he has been anointed to the presidency.
It's a message McCain began pressing early on. Initially, he was subtle about it. The night Obama clinched the Democratic nomination, June 3, McCain said:
"I don't seek the presidency on the presumption I'm blessed with such personal greatness that history has anointed me to save my country in its hour of need. I seek the office with the humility of a man who cannot forget my country saved me."
But if McCain was suggesting then that Obama was casting himself as God-like, the campaign is making it crystal clear now. In its latest Web video, the McCain campaign compares Obama with the Almighty himself, with a Moses cameo to boot.
"It shall be known, that in 2008, the world will be blessed. They will call him The One," opens the one minute Web video entitled, "The One." It features multiple clips of Obama making what his critics call self-congratulatory remarks, including this one: "I have become a symbol of America returning to our best traditions," which he said in a closed door meeting with House Democrats on Tuesday.
"Can you see the light?" the video asks, before it cuts to a clip of Obama saying, "A light will shine down from somewhere. It will light upon you. You will experience an epiphany, and you will say to yourself, 'I have to vote for Barack.'"
The video also features a clip from Obama's June 3 speech in which he stated, "This was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal," before it cuts to a clip of Moses in "The Ten Commandments" parting the Red Sea. Obama's jettisoned campaign seal emerges from the sea. The seal was used briefly by the campaign but quickly scuttled after Obama was criticized for looking arrogant by co-opting the official presidential seal for campaign purposes.
"Barack Obama may be The One," the video concludes, with a shot of the Oval Office, "But is he ready to lead?"
McCain adviser Nicolle Wallace told reporters the video strikes more for the funny bone than the jugular. Pressed whether the video was crossing the line with the Godly comparisons, she said "Humor is going to be determined by the recipient. If you don't and I do, that doesn't mean you're right and I'm wrong. Humor is in the eye of the beholder, so I can only tell you what our intent was with the Web video."
Spokesmen for Obama did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
UPDATE: Hari Sevugan, a spokesman for Obama, dismissed the video as "juvenile antics" on the same day 51,000 U.S. job losses were reported.
McCain discussed the Web video at a press conference in Panama City, Fla., Friday afternoon. "We were having some fun with our supporters that we sent it out to and we're gonna display a sense of humor in this campaign," McCain said. "I noticed a couple of days ago that Sen. Obama challenged me to a duel. Well, light sabers is my weapon of choice."
When pressed later about the Moses imagery, McCain demurred. "This is a very respectful campaign. I've repeated my admiration and respect for Sen. Obama. That clip is of Charlton Heston. It's a movie…I really appreciated the movie and I appreciated Charlton Heston's magnificent acting skills as I saw it, but it's a movie."
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By Russell Sellers, Army Flier Staff WriterJuly 20, 2011
FORT RUCKER, Ala. -- Fort Rucker named its noncommissioned officer and Soldier for the fourth quarter and inducted three new members of the Sgt. Audie Murphy Club during a ceremony at the U.S. Army Aviation Museum July 19.
Sgt. Benjamin Hutto, formerly of the 98th Army Band, and Sgt. Tricia Schindler, Troy Municipal Airport shift leader, were named Soldier and NCO of the quarter respectively. Hutto recently permanently changed duty stations to Germany and was unable to attend the ceremony.
Schindler said being named NCO of the quarter was only the beginning for her and she has some bigger plans for the future.
"I'm attending the Advanced Leadership Course in August and as soon as I graduate from that in September, I'm going to the Sgt. Audie Murphy board in October to try and become a member," she said. "It's a lot of work, but it's what I want to do."
Schindler said she was surprised by the win, despite having worked for a long period of time on accomplishing her goals.
"I was shocked, honestly," she said. "I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to keep up with all the guys, since I was the only female competing."
She said she knows the award also carries a hefty responsibility and plans to pass on what she's learned to other Soldiers and NCOs.
"Other NCOs and Soldiers look up to us and I would like to take another Soldier or NCO to the boards next year instead of competing myself," she said. "They should study and spend time in the books, but they can't forget about their Soldiers and being a leader. There's more to being NCO of the quarter than just boards."
In addition to NCO and Soldier of the quarter awards, the installation also inducted three new members to the Sgt. Audie Murphy Club.
Staff Sgts. Jeremy Johnson and James Borchardt, NCO Academy instructors, and Sgt. Maj. John Hendricks, U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence G3/5/7, were introduced to the ceremony attendees by guest speaker and 1st Battalion, 223rd Aviation Regiment Command Sgt. Maj., Michael Sutterfield.
Sutterfield told the crowd about the history of the Sgt. Audie Murphy Club before all the honorees received awards from various organizations including Army Commendation medals, presented by Col. Jessie O. Farrington, USAACE and Fort Rucker deputy commanding general.
Both Johnson and Borchardt said the path to being part of the Sgt. Audie Murphy Club isn't an easy one, but it's worth the effort and hard work required.
"It's an honor to be part of this club because it's not something that just anybody can achieve," Johnson said. "It's a process that requires a lot of physical and mental work."
Borchardt said the number of tasks involved can seem overwhelming, but the end results are easily worth the time and effort.
"You have to know combat movement of your Soldiers, you have to do a board presentation while answering a series of questions and you have to pass an Army Physical Fitness test," he said. "It takes at least three months to be ready for this, but it could take longer. All of this is in addition to your regular duties. Anyone thinking of doing this should practice by participating in the Soldier and NCO of the quarter boards. It'll definitely help them prepare for the next step."


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Definition of lanugo in English:
Fine, soft hair, especially that which covers the body and limbs of a human fetus or newborn.
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Deep veins are the veins that are near the bones and surrounded by muscle. These veins lie deeper under the skin and return more blood to the heart than surface (superficial) veins.
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