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The coastal town of Bentota in Sri Lanka is always an enjoyable place to visit. Bentota offers many interesting things to do for the visitor, with engrossing activities and places to visit.
Taking an enjoyable safari on the Bentota River will be an experience that will appeal to many visitors. A safari will take you to the well-known local mangrove areas and provide you with the opportunity to observe the attractive natural scenery of the region. Your safari craft will serenely glide through inlets formed by the lianas and entangled tree roots, beneath the shady canopy formed by the lush foliage. You will have the opportunity to observe a host of water birds like kingfishers, herons and cormorants which dwell within the undergrowth. Visitors may even have the chance to spot one of the intriguing water monitors which can occasionally be seen in the area.
The renowned Kande Viharaya which can be found near the town of Bentota is famous for featuring the world's tallest Buddha figure in the seated position. This striking statue stands no less than 48 m in its height. Visitors will notice a steady stream of devotees arriving at the temple, flocking to Kande Viharaya in search of spiritual and mental solace from the worries and troubles of the everyday existence. You will notice the remarkable tranquility and serenity of this famous Buddhist temple which fills the visitor with an extraordinary sense of peace and calm.
This famous temple is another place of worship in the area that will appeal to the curious sightseer. This temple which is located on a riverbank is an ancient shrine which is renowned for containing a bodily relic of an eminent disciple of the Buddha. This temple was initially constructed in the 12th century; after being destroyed in later years it has been reconstructed giving it a fresh appearance. You will see that this temple features a number of interesting features including several vividly coloured images and statues. As you experience these attractions a choice of accommodation that you could consider would be one of the attractive hotels in Bentota Sri Lanka such as the Bentota Beach by Cinnamon.
This splendid garden that was at one time just a rubber estate is a masterpiece created by the well-known landscape specialist Bevis Bawa. The Brief Garden has become a popular tourist attraction with its attractive garden sculptures, nooks, alcoves and bowers. Visitors will notice that the garden is encircled by numerous bamboo sprouts and they will find a gate with a bell that must be rung in order to enter the property. You will see that the garden has been subdivided into numerous sections which have been landscaped in accordance with various themes such as a Japanese themed water garden. Guests will also have the opportunity to visit Bevis Bawa's former residence where you will find antique wooden furniture, sculptures, paintings and wall hangings.
Near Bentota, you will find a turtle hatchery that is sure to appeal to animal lovers. Turtle hatcheries such as this one have been established with the aim of protecting and nurturing endangered turtles by assisting them in their early life. The hatchery purchases the eggs of marine turtles from the local people and reburies them on the beach. After the eggs hatch the hatchlings are collected and kept within tanks for a few days, after which they are released into the seas. Visitors who come to the hatchery will have the opportunity to observe the various conservation activities and also view a couple of unusual albino marine turtles.


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Gide is pleased to announce the creation of international chambers within the Commercial Court and the Paris Court of Appeal, which contribute to Paris' influence as a leading centre for international commercial litigation disputes.
The protocols governing the creation of international chambers within the Commercial Court and the Paris Court of Appeal were signed on 7 February 2018, in the presence in particular of the French Minister of Justice, Nicole Belloubet, upon recommendation of the Legal High Committee for Financial Markets of Paris (Haut Comité Juridique de la Place Financière de Paris), chaired by Guy Canivet, Honorary First President of the Cour de Cassation. The protocols were made public on 21 February 2018.
These protocols aim to clarify the manner in which the International Chamber of the Paris Commercial Court (created in 1995) and the newly created International Chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal (CICAP) will instruct and rule on the cases submitted to them.
Signing these protocols places France ahead of other European states, in particular Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, which are also looking into the creation of specialised courts to handle international commercial disputes.
The creation of such international chambers presents opportunities, but also significant challenges for all those concerned, namely the commercial companies that will be the future parties to these procedures, the lawyers who will assist them, and the judges responsible for instructing the cases.
It is one of the consequences of Brexit. As a financial centre, London has so far had to deal with the vast majority of transnational business law disputes. Among the many repercussions of the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union, and subject to the upcoming negotiations, decisions rendered by the English courts will no longer benefit from recognition and automatic enforcement within the European Union. Post-Brexit, such decisions will have to submit to the longer and more expensive exequatur procedures in force in each of the Member States in order to be recognised and executed in those countries.
Several innovations reflect France's desire to facilitate access to French jurisdictions and to break down the reservations – justified or otherwise – of foreign companies, in particular by:
These chambers are intended to hear disputes relating to international trade contracts, whether subject to French law or a foreign law, concluded between two companies of different nationalities. The protocols specify that the cases they will hear will include "disputes of an economic and commercial nature with an international element, and in particular those in which provisions of EU law or a foreign law apply or are likely to apply" (Article 1). CICAP will also be responsible for appeals against decisions handed down in international arbitration, as well as all decisions handed down at first instance by the International Chamber of the Paris Commercial Court.
These chambers can be used by the parties inserting a clause in their contracts designating them explicitly. In the absence of such clause, the allocation chamber (chambre de placement) of the Paris Commercial Court will also refer all international economic and commercial disputes to the international chamber.
The main innovation lies in the possibility for the parties to choose the language of the procedure. The parties may produce exhibits in the chosen language, and any witnesses, experts, as well as the parties and their lawyers, may speak in that language. Nevertheless, since the Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts imposes the use of French for all acts of justice, the judge, as a representative of the State, will only speak French, and all procedural acts (in particular, the final decision) will be in French.
English is given a prime position: the parties will be able to submit their exhibits directly in English, without translation (unless one of the parties raises an objection), and debates (pleadings, hearings of witnesses, etc.) can be carried out in English. As regards other foreign languages, all documents must be translated and oral exchanges must be translated simultaneously, the cost of which will be paid by the parties.
The procedure before these chambers is deliberately flexible and allows the parties to be involved in its organisation and conduct. The parties and the judges will meet several times (after the referral to the court, after the first submissions of the parties, and before opening the hearings) and together will determine the timetable of the procedure and the court administration measures concerning evidence, including the possible hearing of witnesses and experts.
These specialised courts also benefit from probative rules similar to those applicable to international arbitration (requests for the forced production of documents held by the opposing party, or a third party, using examination and cross-examination of experts, etc.), which are particularly popular with foreign companies, particularly for their flexibility.
The protocols will come into effect on 1 March 2018, and the courts are expected to be operational within two to three months.
The protocols can be seen here and here (in French).

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The billionaire brainbox was spotted entertaining Lily Cole on his yacht moored off St Barts in the Caribbean.
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Lily Cole, who has been single since she split from her long-term boyfriend, actor Enrique Murciano, in 2011, looked blissfully happy and relaxed as she and Dorsey soaked up the sun together.
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When leaders become shameless
By K.N. Pandita
Ishrat Muneer, a 25-year old girl of village Dangarpora in district Pulwama was gunned down by the jihadi terrorists although she had supplicated with folded hands for sparing her life. With the first bullet piercing her skull she fell down. The cannibal fired another bullet on her head. Her dead body was recovered from somewhere in Draggad area of Shupian in Zainapora. It became viral and their purpose was served.
Uploading the video on social media is meant to send a message across that "informers" in the valley would meet the identical fate. Until this day, so many killings have taken place for the same reason. And silent and non-reacting Kashmiris call it a service to faith. However, in the case of Ishrat, spurned-carnality may not be ruled out. Local hosts of guest mujahedeen from other side know it and perforce must remain glued to endemic and cowardly sadism.
The Federal and the State government both have failed to fulfil the first fundamental and most important duty of a state i.e. security of life to Indian citizens. Security wise, South Kashmir's three districts, Shupian, Pulwama and Anantnag are practically controlled by the Hizbul Mujahedeen with many Pakistani commanders calling the shots. They have carved the "liberated area". They have established a comprehensive network among their accomplices and their handlers across the border. Through massive mosque propaganda and religious fervour, they have successfully roped in not only the masses but also the political leadership and more importantly the nuts and bolts of district administrative machinery.
There is hardly a day when the encounters do not take place at one or the other place in South Kashmir. Each anti-terror encounter is followed by massive protest rallies by the civilian population comprising the old, the young, the women and the teenagers, to obstruct the security action like cordoning off the specific spot and conducting search operations. The security officers perforce take punitive measures like bursting tear gases or firing pallet guns, injuring the protestors and exacerbating anti-India frenzy.
The entire nature of proxy war in Kashmir is radically different from the fighting tactics taught to a regular soldier or a regular policeman during his training. It is a war between the unarmed masses of Kashmiri people and the armed defence forces of India. The enemy has planned so craftily as to make the Indian State fight the sneaked in a handful of Pakistani terrorists supported by entire Kashmir valley Muslim population. their strength lies in mobilizing the people successfully through propaganda, falsehood and canard.
Kashmir political leadership (of whatever hue/stream) is one with separatists and jihadists out of vengeance, sadism and compulsion. However, it has unique mastery over the art of deception, much more dimensional than what the Indian bosses have in regard to Kashmir issue. J&K bureaucracy and administrative paraphernalia have about 80 per cent representation from the valley. The golden principle which runs unhindered in the entire administrative system from top to bottom grabs and take home as much of money as you can from New Delhi, care two hoots for utilization certification of accounts, patronize pro-Pakistan mission and pro-Islam culture extensively, entertain the guest mujahedeen in homes, hearths, hideouts, hinterlands, hotels,, restaurants, universities, colleges, marriage parties social functions, Eid prayers etc.
The masses of people are asked to wear the mask of Kashmiriyat, talk soft with Indian chapters, use Indian media to project their selves as the victimized humanity, shed tears before the OIC, on international platforms, maximise counter terrorist activities and minimize even nullify the terrorist activities and pray for the success of the mujahedeen, the gun wielders, the stone throwers and the patronize under-ground and over-ground activists, fight elections, rig them wherever you can and then use power for subversion.
The so-called Kashmir mainstream political lot will take the oath of loyalty to the Indian constitution and walk behind the Hurriyat. It will profess secularism but will raise the constituency of Jamat-i- Islami, work as its mainstay and then will swear by Indian secularism and Islamic law of equality. It will order amnesty to the Kashmiri militants returning from PoK, promise and provide them with jobs, financial support, scholarships to their wards and subsidized material for the construction of residential accommodation in prestigious areas of the city of Srinagar. It will gladly accept forty thousand Rohingya Sunni Muslims from Myanmar in Jammu (not Srinagar mind you), provide them with ration cards, election cards, Aadhaar cards all secretly. After that is achieved, it will come out in the open and in the assembly to raise a hue and cry that New Delhi wants to scrap Article 370 or 35-A.
And the government in Delhi is busy forging one lie after the other about its Kashmir policy which is non-existent. When BJP formed an alliance with PDP and the coalition government came into being, Modi government, out of a bravado announced a hefty sum of eighty thousand crore rupees for developmental projects. How much money was given, only the recipients know, and all that we the hewers of wood and drawers of water know is that no utilization certificate for a single penny was submitted by the State government to the centre? And after four long years of bonhomie with PDP, the BJP pulled the rug from beneath the PDP's feet and its point-man shamelessly said in a press conference that as there was not an iota of development in the State, BJP had no alternative but to withdraw support. Despite this shamefacedness, the point-man continues to be the point-man although he should have been behind the bars for telling lies for four long years to the nation.
So-Called secular India is passionately nursing communalism in Kashmir. It has created a festering Pakistan within its domain. The valley is gone and, lo and behold, Ladakh is hanging by a slender thread as it is within the arms reach of Sino-Pak unholy alliance. Jammu stands encircled by thousands of Kashmiri Muslim entrepreneurs for whom propagation of faith under the rubric of winter habitat. They are not only basking in the sunshine of the State government's largesse but are faithfully carrying out the agenda of the Leviathan of Kashmir Muslim ruling circles after they have effectively cleansed the valley of the presence of Pandits.
Readers may ask me what the remedy is. Let me reproduce from Pakistan Army sources the achievements of its Zarb-e-Azab operation against the terrorists in North Waziristan. Here is the excerpt: "The military strategy used for this was SEEK-DESTROY-CLEAR-HOLD. Seek and Destroy component is from the Vietnam War, while Clear and Hold component is from the Iraq War. Pakistan military combined the two doctrines as one for the operation to be successful. The way forward for this would be that the military will seek the target, once found it will be destroyed then the infrastructure, bodies and weapons would be cleared and the area will be held both during and after its completion to ensure post operation and infrastructure rebuilding or rehabilitation doesn't take place. After one and a half years of Zarb-e-Azb phenomenal success was achieved. The terrorists' backbone was broken and their structure dismantled. Nexus sleeper cells largely disrupted and with the Intelligence Based Operations (IBOs) the remaining sleeper cells were busted. 3400 terrorists were killed, 837 hideouts destroyed from where the activities were being conducted. And another 183 hardcore terrorists killed, 21193 arrested. However this success came with a high price, 488 valiant officers, men of Pakistan Army, Frontier Corps KPK, Balochistan, Rangers Sindh sacrificed their lives and 1914 were injured. The result of this was the overall improved security situation and the terrorist attacks in Pakistan had dropped to a six-year low since 2008."
But for planning along these lines, the first step is to handover three districts of South Kashmir to the Army which must have the freedom to act and wipe-out terrorism from the valley lock, stock and barrel. Alas! For that, no elected government in New Delhi has shown either the guts or will-power. They are happy to remain glued to slavery and servitude. Hence, our brave soldiers will continue to get killed in Kashmir to no purpose and the governments will continue filling the coffers of Kashmiris with mountain-high monies which Kashmiris will use to buy war material.
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He recently became somewhat of a surprise sex symbol, which was reaffirmed when he was greeted like a rock star as he arrived in Japan on Monday.
And in keeping with his new status it seems Benedict Cumberbatch has resorted to an interesting hair and make-up technique.
The actor appeared almost like a wax work figure wearing far too much foundation and powder on his face while his hair appeared to be covered in excess product as he spoke during a press conference in Tokyo to promote his latest film Star Trek: Into Darkness.
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Made up: Benedict Cumberbatch wore a fair bit of make-up during a press conference to promote his latest film Star Trek: Into Darkness in Tokyo on Tuesday
His face, which is usually the same colour as the rest of his pale skin, was visibly covered in an orange tinged foundation.
And falling for the classic pitfall when applying make-up, the line where his make-up ended and his natural skin colour began again could be seen.
The dramatic colouring made the 36-year-old not only look older than his years but it also made his eyes appear significantly smaller.
Drawing the line: The actor's make-up line could be seen against his pale skin
Hair raising: Benedict appeared to have a lot of product in his hair which made it look very greasy
Keeping up: The actor was no doubt keen to hold onto his sex symbol status and used the make-up to help
The Sherlock star's beauty regime didn't end there though as his hair, which looked in need of a good washing, was covered in the remnants of hairspray making his curls look wet.
Unconcerned or more likely unaware of his grooming fail the British actor grinned away while talking about his latest role.
And the star seemed in particularly high spirits after he was presented with a surprise cake by Japanese actress Chiaki Kuriyama and TV personality Naoki Tanaka ahead of his 37th birthday on Friday.
Sitting pretty: Benedict dressed to impress in a grey suit with a pair of patent shoes
Giving the fans what they want: Hearing the star speak was no doubt a real treat for Benedict fans
Giggling away, the actor didn't hold back and he enjoyed his tasty treat - biting the head clean off a cake figurine of himself.
With his mouth totally full, Benedict was unable to speak as he chewed on his food - much to the amusement of the other stars on stage.
Benedict has been voted The Sun's Sexiest Man for two years running and even he admits he's somewhat surprised by the accolade.
Birthday boy: The star was later presented with a surprise cake by Japanese actress Chiaki Kuriyama and TV personality Naoki Tanaka ahead of his 37th birthday on Friday
Is that me? The intricately designed cake even featured a mini figurine of Cumberbatch made entirely from icing
Tasty treat! Benedict bit the head straight off the mini replica of his Star Trek character
Speaking about the attention, he said: 'I'm still processing this strange misperception.
'I suppose I'll have to find a way to deal with the strain. I enjoy being considered handsome, even though I think it's hysterical.'
While he may find it funny his Japanese fans certainly didn't as they came out in force to welcome the actor as he touched down in Tokyo's Narita airport on Monday.
In scenes that were reminiscent of a One Direction visit, the star chatted to the waiting crowd, some of whom had camped out overnight to get a glimpse of him.
Surprise! The actor seemed impressed with his birthday cake as he attempted to continue speaking into his mic
Oops a daisy! With his mouth totally full at one point, the actor seemed unable to continue his interview
Tickled pink: Benedict couldn't stop giggling as he eventually realised his blunder
The usually shy star, who is notoriously private, seemed to take the staggering welcome in his stride despite looking a little shocked.
Not wanting to let his dedicated fans down, he stopped to talk to them en mass as he emerged through the arrivals gate.
The humble actor thanked the fans and put his hands together and bowed before having a little fun by controlling their screams with his hands.
A-list Welcome! Benedict Cumberbatch proved just how popular he is in Japan as he touched down in Tokyo to be greeted by a sea of fans on Monday
Lapping it up! The actor seemed overwhelmed by the response, but decided to have some fun with the crowd
Addressing the crowd: The humble star took time out to talk to the patient crowd en masse, thanking them for coming
He then said: 'I just want to say to all of you - I'm sorry I can't come round and meet you all individually, I know how long some of you have waited here and I'm very, very touched.
'When I get home, my mum and dad don't even come and see me at the airport, so to have all of you here is so amazing.
'Now please all go and see the film that I'm here to promote - Star Trek Into Darkness, thank you,' he added.
Phenomenon: While he is popular in the UK, Benedict has an A-list status over in Japan
Adoring fans: Some of the crowd had camped out overnight at the airport to catch a glimpse of their idol
Hot property: Thanks to BBC show Sherlock, which is huge in Japan, Benedict has obtained a huge fanbase
While the BBC's Sherlock might be something of a hit in the UK, it has become a phenomenon over in Japan, turning Benedict into an instant superstar.
The actor spoke out about his enormous fanbase, who call themselves Cumberbitches, earlier in the year after another mind-blowing trip to Japan.
'I was mobbed at the airport in Japan, which was not my usual sort of thing,' he told Now Magazine.
'It's not what I expect when I arrive at the airport. It was amazing. Lots of fans turned out when we were recording in Tokyo,' he added.
Global success: The BBC show, which will return for its third series this year, seems to have created a winning formula
And Benedict might have to get used to this kind of reception, as his profile is set to rise yet again as he stars in the next two Hobbit films.
His portrayal of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in forthcoming film The Fifth Estate has already set tongues wagging thanks to the critical response from the man himself, and is set for release this October.
The new series of Sherlock is also rumoured to be making its return in October, although no official date has been announced.
Promo tour: Benedict was in Japan to promote the new Star Trek film Into Darkness
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Who other than the boss herself Blacc Widohh and Mr Juiced Up Loafer Gang to Host one of the biggest events ending the Year.
Rinaa Phoenix Started the Show off with some New New off her Anticipated Album Rise And Win: The Redemption. Mona Linski came out as one of the nominees and Blessed the stage repping Ruff Gang to the fullest.
Rager Boy came and swept up Artist of the Year and The Best Fashion Designer
Patrick and Travis were our 2018 Best Radio Station for the Underground Observance Awards. and it well deserved.
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Sleepwalking – Treatment
Sleepwalking is a condition that most commonly will be developed by children and teens. It would be a sign of lack of sleep, stress, suffering from emotional problems or fever. As these situations will resolve themselves in time or in some cases with some medical help, also the sleepwalking incidents will disappear.
In the majority of the cases, there is no need for treatment because such a condition will rarely show some important psychiatric or medical problems. Most kids get rid of the sleepwalking incidents as they turn into puberty but there are cases in which it can persist into adulthood and also there have been cases in which it has been developed into adulthood.
If a person will have a pattern of such a sleeping behavior, he or she must consult a specialist due to the implications that their actions may portray for example injuring himself or herself or in several cases becoming violent without any apparent reason.
In checking up a condition as sleepwalking there are no tests or exams that will specific then the complete medical evaluation in order to rule out other medical causes that may or not be linked to the symptoms. In addition it is recommended that a psychiatric evaluation should be taken in order to establish the amount of stress that the person is surpassing and if it is a cause of sleepwalking. Some sleep tests can be done on patients in whom the clear cause cannot be underlined. Night terrors, sleepwalking and confusional arousals are the most common non rapid eye movement sleep disorders that will tend to overlap in the majority of their symptoms.
Almost 15%-20% of adolescents can experience some of these conditions or in some cases all at the same time. A person that will suffer from a sleepwalking disorder can take a few self care home measures like trying to get an adequate amount of sleep, doing some relaxation exercises or meditation, trying to avoid any kind of auditory or visual stimuli prior to bedtime, lock the windows and the doors, sleep in a bedroom on the ground floor if possible and avoid bunk beds, rearrange the room in removing some obstacles from it, cover all glass windows with heavy drapes and place if needed an alarm bell on the windows or the bedroom door.
Medical treatment for sleepwalking is used in some cases in which the disorder will be linked with another one that the patient will be suffering form causing the sleepwalking to become a symptom of the underline disorder. If the possibility of injury will be real and any other measures that the person has taken have been proved to be inadequate then medical advice and treatment will be needed.
Some medications like benzodiazepines or estazolam have been proven to be effective if taken before bedtime. It will increase the neurogical activity and make the mind occupied during that window in which incidents may occur thus leaving the person so sleep perfectly sound. At the same time these drugs are quite powerful and can become addictive to the human body so a prolonged treatment is not recommended.
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CHEYENNE, Wyoming -- A group working to legalize medical marijuana in Wyoming has failed a second time to gather enough signatures to put the question on the statewide ballot.
The Wyoming Secretary of State's Office says the Wyoming chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws did not meet Tuesday's deadline to collect the 25,673 signatures needed to get the measure on the 2018 general election ballot.
The same group also failed to gather enough signatures to put the measure on the 2016 ballot.


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The Mountains Of Jamaica
Wow! Look at those lush mountains in this Micky video! Aren't they massive? Beautiful? Who would not love to scale those majestic peaks of plenty. And those mountains behind Micky are okay too, maybe worth a postcard. Micky's braless mountains are ready to burst out of her dress any second. This is a dangerous dress for Micky to wear in public. Everyone would be waiting and watching for a nipple slip. She never fails to impress.
"Sometimes men are intimidated because of my boobs," Micky says. "A lot of men have never seen boobs as big as mine, so they are taken aback." That's understandable. "I feel very proud when people look at my big chest. Not a lot of women have large boobs like mine. In fact, women get operations and get fake breasts just to make them this big. I am glad that people like what they see when they look at me. I like the attention." Thanks for sharing, Micky!


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Aircell, those guys who want to put WiFi on airplanes across the country, finally received the FAA certifications it needed to start building its equipment into airplanes proper.
It recently finished its nationwide network of transponders that would bounce the signals up to the airplane, and with this last hurdle out of the way, we could conceivably start seeing WiFi-equipped aircraft this year. Good news for those of us who travel often.


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Ps4 Exclusive Oneechanbara Z2: Chaos and Senran Kagura 2 for 3DS Announced for Western Release
XSEED Games announced today that Oneechanbara Z2: Chaos for PS4 and Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson for 3DS are coming west.
Both titles will be released by XSEED in North America this summer, whike NIS America will publish Oneechanbara Z2 in Europe and Marvelous Europe will take care of Senran Kagura 2 locally.
North American gamers will get to enjoy a physical retail release for both games. Oneechanbara Z2: Chaos will get a limited run "Banana Split" retail release, which will include a soundtrack CD, a softcover artbook and a free code to download the infamous "Strawberries & Bananas" DLC costume.
Senran Kagura 2 will get a limited run "Double D" pack with a two-disk soundtrack.
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In Vivo Therapeutics Core
The In Vivo Therapeutics Core (IVTC) is a multi-hub shared resource facility of the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center. The IVTC was established to facilitate the discovery and testing of novel pharmacological & cellular therapies. The IVTC is divided into five hubs of research expertise:
- state-of-the-art equipment for cancer research
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- preclinical toxicity and efficacy testing in xenograft models
- patient-derived xenografts
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As a centralized facility, the IVTC provides IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center investigators with advanced resources for analytical and investigational studies essential for the validation of novel drug targets and biomarkers of cancer required for future investigator-initiated trials. The core's aims are:
Specific Aim 1: To maintain on-site breeding colonies of mice and establish patient-derived xenografts essential for the exploration, testing and refinement of novel cancer therapeutics. Cost-effective on-site breeding facilities of prioritized mouse strains and validated in vivo cancer xenograft models facilitates the discovery and testing of novel pharmacological and cellular therapies. The IVTC will continue to work closely with research teams to establish and characterize adult and pediatric patient-derived xenografts.
Specific Aim 2: To provide specialized core services, technology and consultation to IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center investigators. IVTC personnel will oversee ectopic/orthotopic xenograft model set-up, including dosing, monitoring and necropsy. The IVTC will work with IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center research teams to coordinate timely delivery of mice and samples to other core facilities within the cancer center and IU School of Medicine. The IVTC manages the radiation facility and will perform irradiation services needed for in vitro and in vivo experiments, including hematopoietic stem-cell transplantations. The IVTC will coordinate all aspects of procedures and provide assistance with experimental design, regulatory requirements, methodology and data interpretation for each research hub. Shared equipment maintained by the IVTC provides investigators the means to simulate in vivo conditions. A hypoxia work station and recently acquired IncuCyteZOOM Live-Cell Imaging System are available for direct use or in partnership with technical staff in the IVTC. As new animal modeling technologies and imaging become available, they will be incorporated to meet IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center needs.
Specific Aim 3: To serve as an educational resource for IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center investigators and trainees. As outlined, exceptional connectivity between the IVTC and other IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center cores will not only augment the research but also the education of cancer center investigators and their students. To train the next generation of scientists, the IVTC participates in training of students on services and technology as well as enrichment events for students throughout the year.


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This is a tune that was inspired by the 'Muddy
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I was listening to it day and night…
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Learn the Most Important Aspect of Positioning
Words have always fascinated me for many reasons.
First, when I think about how a thought can be transferred into the spoken word to express an idea, I'm in awe.
Second, when I examine how choosing the precise word to express an individual thought so that your message is communicated and heard carries so much weight, I'm equally in awe.
And, third, when I think about how words can make you less attractive or more attractive, I'm somewhat daunted – and in awe.
It's a power tool…one that need to be used with great thought, attention and care.
You can be incredibly brilliant.
You can be highly skilled, trained or educated.
You can even be called to do the work you do.
Yet, if you can't take your thoughts and transfer them into statements that make people sit up and pay attention, you're going to have a hard time being fully seen for your brilliance.
Words have the power to communicate what you do so that others lean in and take notice.
Many people freeze up when they are asked, "What do you do?"
Or, worse, they answer by offering up some 30-second pitch after spending hours to come up with the "perfect" answer that either makes them sound arrogant or wishy-washy.
This is why the art of positioning, one of the three (3) components of executive presence, is critical to success.
Positioning enables you to choose the right words to communicate the power, value and brilliance you provide.
It is a gentle balance of combining humanity and expertise, vulnerability and credentials so that you're heard.
Introduced in 1969 by Jack Trout – Positioning is defined as "an organized system for finding a window in the mind…"
When you open your mouth you're either positioning or de-positioning yourself by the words you choose.
Only about 5% of the population gets this right.
I've done 100's of hours of research on this topic, and it's not a marketing fad.
It is understanding the science behind how people hire – and why they would want to work with you.
Positioning is different than being visible.
When I had red/white/blue nails and long blond hair, I was visible – and I wasn't seen for who I was nor what I could do.
And, just because you're the loudest voice doesn't mean people hear you.
Brain science and basic physiology have revealed that certain words are virtually unhearable when spoken or put together.
Once I learned how to position myself, I became the fastest promoted officer in my Federal law enforcement agency.
Over the years the art of positioning has also opened countless doors in my business, including my 1st $50,000 contract which I secured within 6 months of opening my business.
Positioning – part of Pillar #5 of my 7 Pillars of Leadership – is a topic we focus on for several hours during my annual Design Your Destiny Live event.
Ultimately, the purpose behind the implementation of positioning is that you want to be fully seen and heard so you can be valued, appreciated, and rewarded for your brilliance.
The Upside Challenge of the week is pay attention to how you speak about yourself and the work you do. What words and phrases do you use? Can you see how they position or de-position you? Remove language that depositions you, and practice positioning so that you can be seen and heard.
After all, it's crucial because…
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A popular tourist destination, the city of forts & palaces and also known as the "Sun City", Jodhpur is the city ruled by several kings and emperors. Jodhpur is rich in culture, expertise in sweet & handicrafts and has beautiful gardens & temples. It is the second largest city in Rajasthan and a popular tourist destination. Festivals are an integral part of Jodhpur and each celebration is kept as a priority. And, the festival of Raksha Bandhan dedicated to siblings is one of the important festivals in Jodhpur which is celebrated with utmost zeal and enthusiasm. Therefore, to embellish this sacred sibling with endless laughter, FlowerAura brings to you its online rakhi delivery in Jodhpur. Now, you can order a rakhi online in Jodhupur from FlowerAura comfortably seated at your home.
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Big Sky Real Estate
Big Sky real estate offers some of the best choices in the American real estate market, regardless of whether you are looking for an apartment, condominium, single-family home, or land to realize your dreams for the future. Through USALifestyleRealEstate.com, you are guaranteed to find a qualified broker or real estate agent who can help you find a property that is a great real estate investment and matches your lifestyle.
MountainsRocky Mountains
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ScenicRiver in the Absaroka Range
- Nearby, Gallatin National Forest includes the Absaroka-Beartooth and Lee Metcalf Wilderness areas.
- 48 miles (77 km) from the west entrance of Yellowstone National Park
- Montana Scenic Loop is a 400-mile (640 km) loop through four national forests.
SkiingLone Peak
- 5,500+ combined acres of skiing and 220 trails in Big Sky Resort and Moonlight Basin Resort
- Big Sky Ski and Summer Resort has a vertical drop of 4,350 feet (1,326 m).
- Ski season runs from late November through the middle of April.
- The Yellowstone Ski Festival for cross-country skiing is held every November.
- Most runs from the Lone Peak summit are expert trails.
- There are more blue-ribbon trout streams and lakes within 80 miles (129 km) of Big Sky than there are anywhere else in the nation.
- Fly-fishing is available year-round, from floats or wade fishing.
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- Bow hunting and rifle hunting are permitted in spring, fall, and winter.
- Bicycling, equestrian, golf destination, lake, tennis, water sports
- More than 9 million visitors annually in the Big Sky/Yellowstone area
- Big Sky Resort was ranked the sixth best terrain and sixth most challenging mountain by SKI magazine in 2010.
- Big Sky is an unincorporated community with no town government.
- There are 90+ technology companies in Gallatin County, where Big Sky is partially located.
- Nearby cities and towns: Bozeman (1 hour); Butte (2.5 hours); Billings (3.5 hours)
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The posted DTSE Goa LDC Syllabus 2019 is shared by the Environmental and Science Department of Goa. The examination is going to be very competitive because there is a very low number of vacancy but the competitors are very high. So the applicants who are attempting the DTSE Goa Group D Exam 2019 can verify the Goa Environmental Dept Group C (LDC, MTS ) Exam Pattern to start the syllabus preparation. Here we have given the DTSE Goa MTS Syllabus in pdf so the applicants will collect the exam topics easily.
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DSTE Goa LDC Syllabus 2019
The applicants of Goa Environmental Dept Recruitment now they have required this DSTE Goa Group C (LDC, MTS) Syllabus 2019. The online application link has been disabled by the officials because the board wants to prepare the exam dates schedule to the registration form submitted candidates until the last date. At any moment the applicants may get the exam call letter. In the available time contenders have to use for the DSTE Goa LDC Syllabus 2019 preparation. This is a one-stage written exam process where the contenders have to attempt the objective type questions as well as they have to write the letter writing. Only for the LDC Posts applicants, the letter writing section is there. The Goa Environmental Dept Exam Pattern is different for LDC, MTS Posts so the candidates should notice the difference.
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Goa Environmental Dept Group C (LDC, MTS ) Exam Syllabus 2019 Details
|Name Of The Organisation
|The Director, Department of Environment,
Porvorim – Goa
|Number of Posts
|26 Vacancy
|Name Of The Posts
|Group C Posts (LDC, MTS )
|Exam Dates
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|Admit Card Release Date
|July/Aug 2019
|Official Site
Preparation Tips to qualify in the DTSE Goa Exam 2019:
- Goa Environmental Dept conducting the exam for LDC, MTS Posts.
- Candidates should notice the exam pattern of both posts which are different.
- According to the exam pattern, the contenders should prepare the syllabus.
- In both the posts exam, more marks portion is allotted for the GK and Computer Knowledge so the candidates concentrate more on those topics.
DSTE Goa LDC Exam Pattern:
|Subject Name
|Computer Knowledge
|20 marks
|General Knowledge
|20 marks
|History and Politics of state of Goa
|20 marks
|Legal awareness (General Knowledge
|20 marks
|Letter Writing
|20 marks
DSTE Goa MTS Exam Pattern:
|Subject Name
|Computer Knowledge
|40 marks
|General Knowledge
|40 marks
|Office Procedure
|20 marks
DSTE Goa MTS Syllabus 2019
Follow the given the DSTE Goa LDC Syllabus 2019 Pdf while you are preparing the exam. Many of the candidates don't want to start the preparation till the confirmation of the exam date but that type of approach in these type of competitive exams is not at all good it won't make you qualify in the exam. Although sincere aspirants have downloaded the DSTE Goa MTS Syllabus 2019 and commenced the preparation when they have decided to appear for the exam. Remaining applicants who are still not able to get the proper Goa Environmental Dept Syllabus can visit this page posted by recruitmentindia.in team to collect the most appropriate syllabus of the exam. For any exam, we will share the syllabus which is recommended by the recruitment board. In case the board did not mention anything about the exam pattern or syllabus then we will verify the previous papers accordingly we will upload the syllabus.
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Goa Environmental Dept Group C (LDC, MTS ) Exam Pattern
Similarly, in this DSTE Goa Group C Syllabus page we have added the exam topics only after seeing the DSTE Goa LDC Exam Pattern in the official recruitment notification. Reference of the exam pattern makes the syllabus preparation of the candidate quite easy. Of course, officials have explained the Goa Environmental Dept Group C (LDC, MTS ) Exam Pattern for guiding the candidates to prepare well for the exam. In the links updating section of this page, we have attached the syllabus pdf which is stated by The Director, Department of Environment,
Porvorim – Goa authorities. So that many of the candidates will believe that the given syllabus is helpful for them to gain the score in the exam. Applicants compulsory should do the revision of the DTSE Goa LDC Syllabus to memorize the topics correctly until the time of the exam.
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Download DSTE Goa LDC Syllabus 2019
The candidates who have applied for both LDC, MTS Posts they should know the Goa Environmental Dept Syllabus is different for each LDC, MTS post. Carefully prepare for the exam and while doing the preparation check the DTSE Goa Practice Papers to identify up to what extent your preparation helpful for you to target high scores in the exam.


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RPGCast – Episode 498: "Bi-Kirby-ous"
A party of four puts on our thinking hats, contemplating games we haven't played – and which we should tackle in a packed April. Surprise announcements and an interesting debate on old looking games versus classic feeling games. Yup, that's the RPGCast!
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Aldemaro Romero. American Scientist. Volume 99, Issue 2. Mar/Apr 2011.
In a famous anecdote from the history of biology, a student of French naturalist Georges Cuvier is said to have shown up in Cuvier's bedroom dressed like a devil, horns and cloven hooves included, saying "Cuvier, Cuvier, I am going to eat you!" Cuvier looked at the apparition and retorted, "Horns, hooves, a tail: herbivore. You cannot eat me."
This story epitomizes how strongly we correlate forms of life and lifestyles. Animals with large eyes are assumed to be nocturnal, plants with large leaves are supposed to be from humid tropical environments, and so on. It is easy, then, to imagine that all cave creatures must be blind and depigmented; after all, what need does an animal have for eyes and pigmentation while living in perpetual darkness?
Research in the past few decades strongly indicates that affairs underground are not that simple, that in fact the ecology of the cave environment is extremely diverse and that evolutionary processes governing adaptation to that environment can be quite surprising even when explained in modern Darwinian terms.
Caves come in all shapes and forms, from caverns to lava tubes to ice caves. Some subterranean environments are never entered by humans because they lack an opening to the surface, as is the case for some underground lakes and rivers known as phreatic environments (from the Greek phrear, cistern or well). The most common caves are karstic or limestone. Because limestone is a highly soluble rock (at least 50 percent calcium carbonate), karst is easily modified by acidic rainwater. This type of landscape covers about 15 percent of the Earth's dry surface. One hundred thousand caves have been described in Europe and about 50,000 in the United States.
From bacteria to mammals, tens of thousands of living species have been described for cave environments and many more are yet to be discovered, especially as we have finally gotten serious in recent years about exploring the rich and relatively overlooked biota of tropical caves.
Generally biospeleologists divide the world in two: the epigean (epi-, upon, -gean, earth) and the hypogean (hypo-, under) environments. The former refers to the world outside caves that is exposed to light directly or indirectly on a regular basis; the latter represents any part of the biosphere that is found underground. The hypogean environment includes soil or interstitial, phreatic or artesian, and cave. The term cam is reserved for those underground habitats that can be directly explored by humans.
The degree of exposure to light is one of the characterizing features of the hypogean world. A fascinating case in biospeleology is the existence of caves with overhead openings that allow the passage of light. In those areas of caves where light interrupts what is otherwise total darkness, we can find eyed, pigmented organisms like those normally found outside caves. Sometimes those organisms belong to typical epigean species; sometimes they are eyed, pigmented forms of hypogean ones.
An example of the morphological differentiation among individuals of the same species is the case of the characid fish Astyanax fasciatus, a tetra that inhabits the Sótano del Caballo Moro cave in Mexico. At some unknown time in the past, part of the ceiling of that cave collapsed, allowing light to illuminate part of one of its underground lakes. Blind, depigmented individuals are found preferentially in the dark side, while eyed, pigmented fish are found in the illuminated side. Interestingly, genetic analysis revealed that the cave-dwelling eyed fish is closer to the blind fish than to the surface population. This finding suggests that the cave eyed fish were originally members of the cave population and reacquired eyes and pigmentation following the collapse of the cave ceiling and exposure to the light.
Hypogean organisms are grouped based on their morphology and behavior. The most popular system of classification defines troglobitic organisms, those always showing troglomorphisms, meaning cave-associated characteristics (characters in the language of taxonomies) such as total blindness and depigmentation; troglophilic organisms, those showing some degree of reduction in those characters; trogloxenes, organisms not showing such reductions but still spending significant portions of their lives in caves (for example, some bat species), and accidentals, those apparently present in caves by happenstance and not because they normally live there. Notice that acccidental is an ad hoc definition: In theory, when an individual of a species that later may become a permanent inhabitant of caves first enters a cave, it could also be called an accidental. Furthermore, there are many species of animals that spend their entire life cycles in the hypogean environment yet do not show any apparent morphological feature associated with their underground habitat.
In the quest for an archetypal definition of cave organisms, biospeleologists have been obsessed with troglomorphisms such as blindness and depigmentation. Yet we must ask, is there truly a hypogean archetype that fits most if not all hypogean organisms? And if it is possible to define such an archetype, does it have significant evolutionary meaning?
In most of the biospeleological literature, the same set of troglomorphic characters appears consistently as distinguishing features of cave organisms.
The first challenge to accepting'a hypogean archetype is that phenotypic characters may be enlarged or enhanced as well as diminished among these organisms. The rules are not consistent. Most changes in morphological characters are associated with the absence of light. Reduction of the visual organs, whether eyes or ocelli (primitive eyelike organs found in some invertebrates), is considered a rule for troglomorphic organisms; yet there are many exceptions. One is the cyprinid fish Sinocyclocheilus macrophthalmus. Other species of this same genus found in caves in China are blind or have reduced eyes and are depigmented, but this particular cave species, although it is depigmented, has eyes larger than those of any other species in the genus, including the epigean species. Having large eyes is an unusual adaptation for fish, but it is common among nocturnal vertebrates.
The enlargement of the size of sensory organs is not necessarily the rule for other troglomorphic organisms: The phreatic Texas blind catfish Trogloglanis pattersoni has rather minute barbels (whiskerlike sensory organs near the mouth), whereas most hypogean catfishes tend to have larger barbels than those of their epigean ancestors. Similarly, metabolic rate is commonly reduced in troglomorphs, yet the Mexican cave tetra A. fasciatus has nearly twice the basal metabolic rate of its epigean form.
Degrees of troglomorphisms such as blindness and depigmentation can be highly variable among different species. In results obtained by Kelly Paulson and myself, from a carefully sorted sample of the 86 species of troglomorphic fishes known at the time, only seven had the same level of troglomorphism for each one of those characters. Furthermore, when all the characters were combined in a phenotypic landscape, the results showed a very diverse mixture of character development, subtracting support from the hypothesis that troglomorphic characters necessarily develop in parallel. To explain such a mosaic of morphologies, it is plain that we must take into account both the evolutionary history of the species involved and the peculiar characteristics of the environment in which they live.
To make things even more complicated, a large number of hypogean species do not show any kind of troglomorphisms. For example, as of August 2008, 299 species of fishes had been reported living in the hypogean environment. Of those species, 184 have been described as having some kind of froglomorphisms. In other words, about one-third of hypogean fish species are fully eyed and pigmented.
Another confounding variable is that not all troglomorphisms can be explained as a direct consequence of the absence of light. An example is reduction or loss of scales among cave fishes. On the other hand, a functional explanation for the diminishment of the gas (swim) bladder among hypogean fish is more readily apparent. Hypogean waters tend to be very shallow, so the adaptive value of this organ disappears.
The emerging picture from the information summarized above is one of complexity and even contradiction. It certainly does not support blanket generalizations about the phenotypes of hypogean fauna. In other words, there are no archetypal hypogean organisms. We simply cannot make strong empirical generalizations about how each character trait affects individual fitness. Natural selection does not allow such easy predictions.
Getting There
Colonization of hypogean environments is a biological phenomenon riddled with controversy and speculation, largely because the process is difficult to observe in natural conditions. Further, most biospeleologists, whose field experience is largely confined to temperate, low-energy caves, have always assumed that there are no really good reasons why an organism would occupy a nutrient-poor habitat. Therefore, many have espoused the idea that colonization of the hypogean environment occurs only by accident or by some unusual circumstance. Yet field observations contradict such notions. Part of the argument for happenstance colonization is that once organisms get into hypogean environments, they only stay if they are trapped. But whether the cave colonizers reach the hypogean habitat by flying like insects, scuttling like arthropods or creeping like salamanders, there is apparently little that prevents them from returning by the same route to their original habitat. The accidental-entrapment hypothesis is but a weak generalization for the process of cave colonization.
Are there field observations that support some particular explanatory mechanism for the colonization of the hypogean environment? I carried out studies at a pond in Costa Rica that receives water from a phreatic source, a spring whose outlet was unviewable below a low ceiling of rock. An assemblage of about 120 epigean Mexican tetras, A. fasciatus, living in that pond were morphologically identical to other epigean tetras, with full eyes and pigmentation. However, I found that unlike the typical epigean population, the fish in the pool did not form schools. Schooling behavior is often .lost in cave fish populations. Furthermore, when I dropped floating food onto the surface of the water, the fish, almost without exception, pushed the food to the subterranean habitat before consuming it. A number of field observations and experimental manipulations of fish environments strongly suggest that fish both pushed the food into the subterranean cavity and also disappeared into that cavity at night to escape fishing bats of the species Noctilio leporinus. These observations suggested not only that A. fasciatus was using the underground pool as a shelter from bat predation, but also that the tetras may have been in the process of colonizing the underground waters as a response to selective pressures, not by accidental exposure.
The idea of active colonization has also been proposed for ice caves in temperate regions. (Ice caves are characterized by the presence of some amount of ice year round.) Plethodontid salamanders in the Cumberland Plateau of northwestern Georgia use both cave and epigean habitats, moving into caves to avoid hot, dry conditions in the epigean environment.
It is worth mentioning that some troglomorphic populations may be ecologically replaced by epigean ones, sometimes quite rapidly, and even if the epigean form is the reputed ancestor of the hypogean population in question. That is the case of the hypogean population of the catfish Rhamdia quelen from a cave in Trinidad. This fish population was originally described in 1926, and on the basis of its reduced eyes and pigmentation was designated a new troglomorphic genus and species, Caecorhamdia urichi. Beginning in the 1950s, a number of specimens collected in the cave displayed variability in eye size and pigmentation. Later studies indicated that this cave population was, taxonomically speaking, part of the widely distributed epigean catfish Rhamdia quelen, eyed, pigmented and living on the surface. In field studies conducted in 2000 and 2001, my collaborators and I examined all available specimens of the cave population and those that had been deposited in museums. Our results suggested that the troglomorphic population had been completely replaced by the epigean one of the same species in as little as 50 years. Most likely the reason for this replacement was the reinvasion of epigean individuals of R. quelen prompted by changes in precipitation regimes. Epigean individuals, because of their larger size, more aggressive behavior and generalist feeding nature, were well suited to outcompete troglomorphic individuals.
Another question frequently asked concerns cave species that are found in several caves, connected or not. Are those populations the product of a single colonization event followed by hypogean dispersion, or are they the product of multiple colonization events? Molecular genetic studies among cave crustaceans, insects and fish strongly suggest that caves are subject to multiple invasions by the same epigean species.
Are some species more likely to be successful hypogean colonizers than others? And more importantly, why do some hypogean species undergo major phenotypic changes while others remain similar to their epigean ancestors?
An idea with considerable currency in biospeleological discourse is the concept of preadaptation. The notion is that many organisms possess features that allow them to easily adapt to a particular environment or mode of life: thus, nocturnal animals should be "preadapted" to the dark cave environment. But is there any compelling evidence that an organism has to be preadapted to successfully colonize a hypogean environment?
My collaborators and I tested the preadaptation hypothesis among troglomorphic fishes. In our survey of the literature, we found that three features were generally invoked as "preadaptations" for the hypogean environment: hyperdeveloped sensory organs, low metabolism and nocturnal habits. One, two or all three might be implicated. We then grouped the 86 troglomorphic species of fishes then known into their 18 respective families and looked for any of the above "preadaptive" characters among those families. Of the 18 fish families with troglomorphic representatives, only 10 had any of the "preadaptive" features. We concluded that alleged preadaptations to the hypogean environment are neither necessary nor sufficient for a species to successfully colonize a hypogean habitat.
Some species even contain built-in arguments against the notion of "preadaptation." The Mexican blind cave terra is one the most studied cave organisms. This species can be found as an epigean (eyed and pigmented) and hypogean form (usually, but not blind and depigmented). The form has a broad distribution the freshwaters of the New World Texas to Argentina. Although populations of the eyed form been reported elsewhere, the only in which they have developed blind, depigmented individuals in East Central Mexico, where more 30 caves supporting subterranean of this fish can be found.
However, the cave populations of this area do not all display the same degree of morphological divergence from the surface forms. Some are completely blind and depigmented whereas others are only partially so. Three caves contain only individuals with full eyes and pigmentation. Eleven of these populations include blind and eyed forms, as well as phenotypically intermediate forms. At least one of them contains both eyed and blind forms with no intermediate forms.
Besides blindness and depigmentation, the troglomorphic and surface morphs of this fish differ in many other characteristics. For example, the troglomorphic populations have a larger number of taste buds, never school, are active all the time and are not aggressive. The blind form produces an alarm substance like the surface morph but does not respond to it. Differences in the level of phototactic responses among different populations have also been reported, indicating that even blind cave forms can respond to light; the level of response differs depending on the specific population.
The surface and troglomorphic forms of A. fasciatus interbreed in both natural and laboratory conditions, producing fertile hybrids with a phenotypically intermediate form in the first (Fl) generation. In the F2 generation (after self-cross), individuals range from an almost completely blind and depigmented form to an almost fully eyed and pigmented one. Other genetic studies also support the contention that the cave and epigean forms are the same species.
This biological picture is complicated not only in space but also in time. When the troglomorphic form of A. fasciatus was originally described in 1936, the entire population in that locality consisted of a very uniform morph of blind and depigmented fishes. I analyzed the gross morphology of individuals that had been collected between 1936 and 1942 as well as those I collected in 1982. 1 found that the La Cueva Chica population had evolved in 43 years or less into a morphologically intermediate population composed of individuals that were neither totally blind and depigmented nor fully eyed and pigmented. I concluded that this new morph was the result of introgressive hybridization—transfer of genes from one population to another via repeated crosses. The transfer probably started in 1940 with the invasion of the cave environment by epigean individuals.
With all this information at hand, no one has ever formulated a convincing description of what could have been the "preadaptive" features of A. fasciatus' s comparably well-studied epigean ancestor. Further, if the epigean A. fasciatus was indeed preadapted, why has it undergone such massive morphological, physiological and behavioral changes to become a troglomorph?
Gaining by Losing
Now it is time to address the most intriguing issue in biospeleology: Why are some phenotypic characters lost as cave organisms evolve?
One biological phenomenon that is rarely mentioned in the biospeleological literature and that, I believe, plays a major role in both the diversity of morphs and the evolution of cave fauna in general, is phenotypic plasticity. A number of casual observations carried out by researchers on different cave fish species have suggested that cave animals and their epigean ancestors can display responses to the presence or absence of light during the development of their pigmentation and their visual apparatus.
My collaborators and I were able to confirm these initial observations by controlling the light conditions for 24-hour-old larvae of A. fasciatus from three different populations: epigean (eyed, pigmented), troglomorphic (blind, depigmented) and their hybrids. For a period of 30 days, some of the larvae were exposed to light 24 hours per day, others were confined to total darkness. The results showed that the eyes of the epigean larvae were much less developed when the fish were raised under conditions of total darkness than when raised under constant light. However, the most spectacular results were obtained with the cave population: Although those larvae that were raised under conditions of total darkness did not show any noticeable eye tissue, as expected, those raised under constant light conditions did.
This result strongly suggests that many troglomorphic animals evolved from epigean species by means of phenotypic plasticity. That conclusion is consistent with the fact that lack of light can trigger heterochrony, meaning changes in the timing of development of features. Examples of phenotypic plasticity can be seen in paedomorphs (animals that do not reach morphological maturity, instead reproducing as juveniles) and neotenes (animals with slowed growth). Many cave organisms are either paedomorphic or neotenic. Most troglobitic salamanders are paedomorphic, and half of all known paedomorphic salamanders are troglomorphic. Neoteny among hypogean animals, particularly fish, is well documented. Individuals living in the hypogean environment gain an advantage by becoming paedomorphic because they can reproduce earlier in their life cycle. The disadvantage that immature individuals are less able to defend themselves is obviated because cave organisms commonly do not have natural predators.
These examples also reinforce the idea that troglomorphisms are the result of natural selection and not just undirected decay of a phenotype. We know that the reaction norm—the direction and degree of a phenotypic change in response to environmental factors—is genetically variable and subject to natural selection. Therefore, natural selection may favor those individuals with a higher capacity to express specific traits under appropriate conditions. Thus phenotypic plasticity often provides a reproductive advantage over a genetically fixed phenotype because environmentally induced phenotypes have a higher probability of conforming to prevailing environmental conditions than genetically fixed ones.
I believe that natural selection favors paedomorphs and neotenes by fixing paedomorphic and neotenic alleles in the cave population. Given that most cave populations are small and subject to very similar selective pressures within the same cave, this evolutionary process can take a relatively short period of time.
This explanation is further supported by the convergent nature of troglomorphic characters. Convergent evolutionary patterns are strong evidence of adaptation via natural selection. Isolation would later lead toward 'speciation through genetic differentiation from the epigean ancestor. Many troglomorphic organisms are believed to have recently invaded the hypogean environment because their epigean ancestry is easily recognizable, and the cave and surface populations can even interbreed and produce fertile hybrids.
Indeed, we can see the same types of selection-induced changes among deep-sea fishes and fishes in murky rivers where reduction or loss of eyes and pigmentation has occurred.
How can we explain, then, why the evolution of troglomorphic characters does not necessarily occur in parallel, but instead produces the uneven array of phenotypes? First, because they are controlled by sets of genes independent from one another. Second, the degree of development of some of these characters (for example, barbels in fish) is conditioned by their phylogenetic history. Lastly, the selective pressures on each one of those characters may differ from cave to cave.
What is there to say about all the nontroglomorphic species living in the hypogean environment? We know that there is abundant genetic variation for plasticity within natural populations, which in turn is subject to selection. Also, genetic variation for phenotypic plasticity is widespread, and the same population can harbor genetic variation for the plasticity of one trait while being invariant for the plasticity of another trait related to the same environmental variable. Again, this may explain the complexity observed in phenotypic responses among hypogean organisms. Some may display a high degree of blindness but very little depigmentation because the genes controlling one of the features are highly plastic while those controlling the other are not.
The ability of individuals of some troglomorphic species to regain some eye tissue and pigmentation, as reported here, may be the result of each population's retention of a substantial capability to alter its phenotype even if it represents an ecotype—a population that is genetically specialized to a particular environmental condition. This concept fits perfectly with our knowledge of population genetics for A. fasciatus, in which we find drastically different phenotypes (epigean and troglomorphic) yet very little genetic differentiation. The troglomorphic type could easily be characterized as an ecotype. A phenotypically plastic genotype could yield what looks like an ecotype under extreme environmental conditions. Substantial convergence in the reaction norm of different populations can occur within certain ranges of environments.
Plasticity can (and should) be maintained in fluctuating environments, especially when fluctuations in the environment are predictable to some extent. Another longstanding generalization about the cave environment is the belief that caves are so constant that no ecological fluctuations take place in them. However, this view has been under challenge for some time. Hooding, for example, is a relatively common periodic event in caves and represents a striking fluctuation in ecological conditions.
It is not surprising that cave organisms for which phenotypic plasticity has been demonstrated are all aquatic: sponges, crayfish, fishes and salamanders. Huctuating environmental conditions are common in tropical caves where there are constant (but predictable) variations in water level due to drastic seasonal changes in rainfall, which helps to explain why there are more troglomorphic species /populations in lower latitudes than in temperate regions.
Caves represent unique natural laboratories. They have served as a spring of biological ideas in the past, and they still provide us with an excellent venue for confirming and expanding our view of the evolution of life on Earth. As we explore more tropical and subtropical caves, we can expect to be further amazed and challenged by the creativity and opportunism of evolution.


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MISSING: Increasing concern for 12-year-old Bromley boy missing since Friday
PUBLISHED: 09:05 18 July 2016 | UPDATED: 09:05 18 July 2016
He was last seen in Hayes Lane just after 3pm
Officers are continuing to search for a 12-year-old boy who went missing on Friday.
Kieron Tuitt-Fray was last seen at 3.10pm in Hayes Lane, Bromley.
The youngster is known to frequent the Beckenham and Elmers End areas of the borough.
Police are "growing increasingly concerned" for his welfare.
He is described as a black male, 4ft 10ins tall, of slim build with short cropped hair at the sides.
When he was last seen, the 12-year-old was wearing his school uniform; a plain black jumper, white shirt, green striped tie, black trousers and black shoes with a black Adidas bag.
Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101 or Missing People on 116000 quoting Merlin reference: 16MIS030591.
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