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Cold beer and great pizza, one size, all the toppings you want, one price. Convient location near Saddle Back college. Pizza special on Monday's and wing special on Wednesday.
It has probably been 20 years since I was here last and the wings are just as good as ever. The only "complaint" is that it is very crowded as it seems that everyone has found out about how good it is
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The Bengali Inheritance - 1st US Edition/1st Printing
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It is well known that predators can induce morphological changes in some fish: individuals exposed to predation cues increase body depth and the length of spines. We hypothesize that these structures may evolve synergistically, as together, these traits will further enlarge the body dimensions of the fish that gape-limited predators must overcome. We therefore expect that the orientation of the spines will predict which body dimension increases in the presence of predators. Using phylogenetic comparative methods, we tested this prediction on the macroevolutionary scale across 347 teleost families, which display considerable variation in fin spines, body depth and width. Consistent with our predictions, we demonstrate that fin spines on the vertical plane (dorsal and anal fins) are associated with a deeper-bodied optimum. Lineages with spines on the horizontal plane (pectoral fins) are associated with a wider-bodied optimum. Optimal body dimensions across lineages without spines paralleling the body dimension match the allometric expectation. Additionally, lineages with longer spines have deeper and wider body dimensions. This evolutionary relationship between fin spines and body dimensions across teleosts reveals functional synergy between these two traits and a potential macroevolutionary signature of predation on the evolutionary dynamics of body shape.
1. Introduction
Linking ecological processes known to drive diversification on microevolutionary time scales to macroevolutionary patterns is one of the main challenges to understanding the evolution of phenotypic and lineage diversity. Species interactions are strong selective forces driving speciation and trait evolution as well as ecological dynamics. The impact of competition and predation writ large has been extensively investigated in the fossil record [1⇓–4], but phylogenetic comparative studies of ecological interactions are more limited. The impact of competition on macroevolutionary patterns has generally been inferred phylogenetically by fitting diversity-dependent models (see review by Rabosky [5]) or through sister comparisons of disparity and range overlap [6,7], although recent developments provide explicit competition-based models of trait evolution [8,9]. The impact of predation has however been neglected by phylogenetic studies. Within prey species, predators are viewed by some as the single most important agent of change [10]. Predators can drive rapid adaptive changes in phenotypes [11,12], and many evolutionary models demonstrate how predation may drive morphological and species diversification (see reviews by [13,14]).
The impacts of predation on fish morphology, life history and behaviour are well studied experimentally and on a population level [11,15,16]. Morphologically, two changes are consistently identified in fishes exposed to different predation pressures. The first is (unsurprisingly) an increase in the number and size of defensive structures, such as fin spines and armour plates, when predation pressure is higher. Several fish lineages have evolved spines that are formed from modified fin rays within one or more of their fins (dorsal, anal, pectoral or pelvic fin). Spines act as a defence against predators [17] by deterring predation attempts [18], reducing capture success or making it difficult for the predator to ingest the fish [19]. In wild fish populations, spine length increases with predator abundance [20,21] and predators have greater success eating individuals with shorter spines [22]. Moreover, a recent experiment found increases in length of the dorsal-fin spine relative to body length are induced in the presence of predators or predation signals [23].
The second consistent change in the presence of predators is in body shape. Common garden experiments have shown that the presence of predators or predation cues induces an increase in the body depth-to-length ratio in the juveniles of a diversity of fishes, including crucian carp (Carassius carassius [11]), perch (Perca fluviatilis [24]), goldfish (Carassius auratus [25]), Nicaragua cichlids (Hypsophrys nicaraguensis [26]) and three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus [27]). Similarly, populations of fish experiencing higher predation have deeper bodies [28,29]. Being deeper bodied is a morphological defence against gape-limited predators [11,30] such as piscivorous fish and some fish-eating birds (e.g. herons, kingfishers and grebes). Even individuals that have not yet exceeded the predators gape may benefit by being deeper, as predators often prey more frequently on fishes well below the maximum size ingestible [31,32]. Moreover, handling time increases with prey body depth [21,30,33], increasing the likelihood of escape. Whether the link between predators and increased body depth is direct or indirect is still debated, as it may be the consequence of altered behaviour [34] such as reduced activity in the presence of predators [35] or differential habitat use and diet [36]. The effect of predator pressure on shape may even reflect a functional trade-off between foraging performance in different habitats and predator avoidance [37].
The hypothesis that predation promotes the diversification of fishes has a long history [38,39]. Although there is the potential for mismatches across scales, predictions from short-term local observations provide useful 'seeds for a macroevolutionary hypothesis' [40, p. 716]. Population-level genetic divergence along with adaptive plastic responses to predators can drive microevolutionary change, speciation and thus potentially macroevolutionary patterns [41,42]. To investigate the macroevolutionary signature of predation, we focus on the relationship between fin spines and body dimensions. Body shape may be influenced by numerous selective forces [43], but spines are primarily an anti-predator trait, though they may also aid locomotion and have been co-opted for communication in some lineages [44].
On microevolutionary time scales, predation influences both body shape and spine length, and experimental evidence also reveals that these two traits increase concomitantly in the presence of predators [23]. Although body depth has been the only body dimension to be studied experimentally, increases in body width may also be a morphological defence against gape-limited predators. Moreover, synergy between spines and body dimensions may be energetically the most cost-efficient way to exceed the gape limitations of predators. To be active anti-predator structures spines must not be easily broken or pressed against the body by the predator's jaws [45], and can be associated with additional defences such as venom [46]. However, spines of any length or robustness will increase the effective body size dimensions of the fish, potentially deterring gape-limited predators. If true, we would expect that the orientation of the spines predict which body dimension is the most likely to concomitantly increase in the presence of predators. Spines can be present on the dorsal, pectoral, anal and pelvic fins (figure 1). Fishes with fin spines projecting in the horizontal plane (pectoral-fin spines) should increase their body width, whereas those with spines on the vertical axis (dorsal-fin, anal-fin or pelvic-fin spines) should increase in body depth.
Across the teleost tree of life, there is a high degree of variability in body dimensions, as well as in the presence and length of fin spines (figure 2). We explore the influence that the three most common fin spines (dorsal, anal and pectoral) have on body depth and body width across teleost fishes, using phylogenetic comparative methods. Across teleosts, we expect dorsal- and anal-fin spines to have opened up a new and deeper body depth optimum, and pectoral-fin spines a new and wider body width optimum compared with spineless lineages. Moreover, if spines and body dimensions are working together to reduce predation by gape-limited predators, we would also expect to find a positive relationship between spine length and body dimensions among species: lineages with longer spines on their dorsal and anal fins should be deeper bodied, whereas those with longer pectoral-fin spines should have wider bodies. In order to encompass the diversity of fin spines across teleosts, we focus on the family level, which will provide sufficient data for the analyses without requiring the measurement of thousands of species. Moreover, existing body shape data from several thousand acanthomorph species [47] suggests some of the most dramatic differences in relative body depth occur between families (see electronic supplementary material, table S1).
2. Methods
(a) Phylogenetic data
We used the most comprehensive existing time-calibrated molecular phylogeny of fishes [48]. The phylogeny was built using maximum likelihood with branch lengths optimized using penalized likelihood [48]. We pruned the phylogeny to the family level by randomly sampling a single exemplar species for each family. Each species in the phylogeny was assigned to a family using the FishBase systematic classification, which was accessed via the rfishbase package v. 0.2.2 [49] in the R statistical computing framework [50]. To take into account the possibility of families being non-monophyletic, we randomly sampled an exemplar species per family 100 times and ran all analyses across the resulting topologies. Traditionally built but less comprehensive phylogenies of teleost clades show some different family-level relationships [51,52]; to see if this was likely to change our results we also ran additional analyses on an alternative, albeit smaller topology [51] (see electronic supplementary material, table S2).
(b) Morphological data
Measurements were made on adults of one species from 347 teleost families in the research collection of P. C. Wainwright or the ichthyology collection at the California Academy of Sciences, thus including 77% of extant teleost families [53]. When there was a choice, each exemplar species was selected to be typical of the most common body form and spine configuration found across the family. We generated a morphological dataset of seven traits. These included three linear body dimension traits (standard body length, maximum body depth and maximum body width) along with the lengths of the anterior-most major spine in the dorsal fin, anal fin and pectoral fins (including both right and left fins; figure 2). For the purposes of this study, we made no distinction between unsegmented spines and the spines formed from a bundle of fused rays, as found in the dorsal fins of catfishes. All traits were measured in millimetres (mm) with hand-held dial callipers on one to three specimens per species, measuring three specimens when available. From these data, we generated two composite spine datasets; the first was the sum of the dorsal and anal-fin spine lengths, and the second the sum of the left and right pectoral spines lengths. These values were then log10-transformed.
(c) Stochastic character mapping
To infer the history of spines through time we first converted the spine lengths to a presence/absence score (absent = 0 mm in length and present >0 mm in length) for pectoral-fin spines and dorsal-fin and anal-fin spines combined. We then used stochastic character mapping [54,55], implemented in the R package phytools [56], to estimate the histories of the two spine traits. Character histories were simulated by fixing the transition rate matrix (Q) at the maximum-likelihood estimate, and the prior on the root state was estimated from the stationary distribution. We generated 50 character histories for each of the 100 family-level phylogenies; owing to computational constraints subsequent model-fitting analyses in OUwie (see below) were run on a random sample of 500 stochastically mapped trees.
(d) Generalized Ornstein–Uhlenbeck models
We test our predictions using generalized Ornstein–Uhlenbeck (OU) models [57–59], which allow the presence and absence of spines to influence the primary optima of body depth or width (θ), the stochastically constant rate of depth or width evolution (σ2), and/or the strength of pull towards the primary optima (α). θ is the trait value reached by an 'infinite number of populations identical to the common ancestor evolving independently' [57, p. 1342] with spines in a fixed state, and thus quite different from the realized trait optimum in real populations. The primary optima estimated across teleosts for spiny and spineless lineages allow us to gauge the influence of spines on fish body dimensions against a randomized evolutionary and ecological background. The strength of selection towards the primary optimum, α, reflects the phylogenetic covariance between species and determines how quickly θ will be reached following a state change. When α is low, it indicates that the trait places weak constraints on body depth or width and that influence of phylogeny on the trait is high. σ2 is a constant, describing the rate of stochastic evolution around θ. When α = 0, the OU model collapses to a simple Brownian motion (BM) model. Under BM, all else being equal, higher σ2 indicates that there is greater disparity in body dimensions between closely related species [60] in the same state (i.e. with or without spines). α and σ2 combined as σ2/2α determines the stationary variance of the joint OU–BM process [57]. This is a measure of the relative influence of stochastic factors, including unmeasured selective forces and phylogeny, in the adaptive process relative to the primary adaptive force. As we are looking broadly across teleosts and there are numerous factors that can influence body depth and width, we expect the estimates of σ2/2α to be high.
We used a model-fitting approach implemented in the R package OUwie [61] to compare seven different evolutionary models. As larger fish will have wider and deeper bodies on an absolute scale, we removed the influence of body size by analysing the residuals from a phylogenetic generalized least-squares (GLS) regression of log10 width and log10 depth against log10 standard length [62], as implemented in the R package phytools [56]. Therefore, positive estimates of θ will indicate body dimensions greater than expected for their standard length, whereas estimates close to zero reveal that the optimal body dimension matches the allometric expectation. The first two models fit a single-rate (BM1) and a single-optima model (OU1) to the data, which allow body depth or width to evolve independently of spines. If either BM1 or OU1 are the best-fitting model, then there is no evidence that the presence or absence of spines influences the evolution of body depth or width across teleosts. The other five models allow one or more of the three OU parameters (θ, σ2, α) to vary depending on the presence or absence of spines. There is a two-rate model (BMS), a two-optima model (OUM), a combined two-optima model with separate estimates of the strength of pull towards those optima (OUMA) and a combined two-optima model with separate estimates of the rates of stochastic variance around them (OUMV). Lastly, the most complex model (OUMVA) allows θ, σ2 and α to vary with respect to spines. The estimated primary optima from the OUM, OUMA, OUMV and OUMVA models indicate the influence that spines have on body depth and width. We predict that lineages with fin spines will have deeper/wider bodies plus greater variability in body dimensions; therefore, the best-fitting models should be OUMA, OUMV or OUMVA. These three models allow spiny and spineless lineages to have different primary optima and variance around them, either driven by α (OUMA), σ2 (OUMV) or σ2/2α (OUMVA). As we have no expectations of a relationship between pectoral-fin spines and body depth or dorsal- and anal-fin spines and body width, we would predict that the BM1 or OU1 will be the best fit for these analyses.
We fitted the seven generalized OU models across 500 stochastically mapped trees of 347 teleost families. As our preliminary analyses indicated that the estimates of θ for spiny and spineless lineages were stabilized by assuming θ at the root was distributed according to the stationary distribution of the OU process, we set root.station = TRUE for all analyses. We checked the results of the OUwie analyses to ensure that the eigenvalues of the Hessian were positive, as this is an indicator that the parameters were reliably estimated [58]. When a negative eigenvalue was found, we removed the results for that model and tree combination from the final dataset. Using the Akaike information criterion corrected for small sample size (AICc) [63], we calculated the relative strength of support for each model in the set using Akaike weights.
(e) Phylogenetic generalized least-square regression
We estimated the relationship between body depth or body width and spine length using phylogenetic generalized least-squares (PGLS) regression on the 100 family-level phylogenies, implemented in the R package caper [64]. We took overall size differences into account by adding log10 standard length as a covariate to every analysis. In addition, to account for the degree of phylogenetic covariation within the residuals of the model, we used the maximum-likelihood estimate of Pagel's λ [65] to transform the internal branches of the phylogeny. λ varies between 1, which indicates perfect phylogenetic signal as would be expected under a BM model, and 0, which indicates no phylogenetic signal. This transformation can be used to take into account non-Brownian-like patterns within the data that may be generated by a variety of evolutionary processes.
3. Results
(a) Stochastic character mapping
Dorsal-fin spines were found in 248 of the 347 teleost families sampled. Of those families with dorsal spines, 224 also had anal spines. We sampled no species that possessed an anal spine but no dorsal spine. Pectoral-fin spines were found in 28 siluriform (catfish) families and 21 of these also had dorsal-fin spines. From the stochastic character maps, we inferred a history of gains and losses of spines across teleost fishes. At the family level, pectoral spines evolved just once and were lost a median of three times across the phylogeny, all within the Siluriformes (see electronic supplementary material, figure S1). Dorsal- and anal-fin spines show greater evolutionary lability, with a median of six independent gains of spines, several of which occurred within catfishes, and seven losses across teleosts (see electronic supplementary material, figure S2). Our phylogenetic sampling scheme underestimates the actual number of independent gains and losses of spines as the presence of spines can be variable within families. The two cases we are aware of are the Cyprinidae (the exemplar species we sampled lacked spines, but some species have evolved dorsal or anal-fin spines) and the Syngnathidae (which includes many species without fin spines, but the species we measured had very short dorsal spines).
(b) Generalized Ornstein–Uhlenbeck models
The most complex model, OUMVA, is the best-fitting model for pectoral-fin spines and relative body width (AICc weight = 0.95) and for dorsal- and anal-fin spines and relative body depth (AICc weight = 0.793; table 1; electronic supplementary material, table S3). These results match our predictions as the best-fitting models allow both the primary optimum and the variance around it to vary depending on the presence or absence of spines. Moreover, when we look at the parameter estimates from the best-fitting models (figure 3), they also broadly fit our expectations. The primary optimum for relative body depth is positive for lineages with dorsal-fin and anal-fin spines (figure 3b), which means that the optimal body depth for spiny lineages is deeper than expected for their body size. In contrast, the primary optimum for spineless lineages is close to zero, indicating that they fit the allometric expectation. For relative body depth, the stationary variance of the OU process is greater within spiny lineages (figure 3a). This pattern may reflect that lineages without dorsal- and anal-fin spines are phylogenetically restricted, close to the base of the teleost tree, whereas spiny lineages encompass a wide diversity of teleost families. Similarly, the primary optimum for relative body width is positive in lineages with pectoral-fin spines, revealing that the optimal body width exceeds allometric expectations, while it is close to zero in lineages without pectoral-fin spines (figure 3h). For body width, lineages with pectoral-fin spines have lower variance around the primary optimum of body width (figure 3g), which is perhaps not surprising as pectoral-fin spines are restricted phylogenetically to Siluriformes (catfishes).
As expected, if fin spines and body dimensions work synergistically to exceed the predators gape limitations, we see no effect of spines on the body dimension that does not parallel the orientation of the spine(s) (table 1 and figure 3). The best-fitting model for relative body depth and pectoral spines is a single optimum model (OU1, AICc weight = 0.422). Although the best-fitting model for relative body width and presence of dorsal- and anal-fin spines is the most complex model (OUMVA, AICc weight = 0.54), the distributions of the estimated primary optima of body width are highly overlapping for spiny and spineless lineages (figure 2d). However, the variance around the width optimum is greater in lineages that have dorsal- and anal-fin spines (figure 3c).
The distribution of parameter estimates (figure 3) illustrates the influence of tree topology, which differ if there are non-monophyletic families, as well as the different character mappings of spines upon the phylogenies. The variance in the estimates reveal that topological and character history differences has a greater impact on the inference of the parameter estimates of lineages with dorsal- and anal-fin spines, as a few combinations of tree and character history lead to extremely large estimates of θ and σ2/2α. For the purposes of illustration, we have combined all of the extreme estimates into the last column in the histogram in figure 3. The standard errors around the median parameter estimates (which include the approximate standard error of the model parameters as calculated from the Hessian matrix as well as the variance across the tree topologies and stochastic character maps) can be found in electronic supplementary material, table S4.
(c) Phylogenetic generalized least-square regression
As predicted, there is a significant positive relationship between pectoral-fin spine length and body width, but not body depth, when standard length is added as a covariate (table 2). We also find a significant positive relationship between dorsal- and anal-fin spine length and both body depth and width, when standard length is included in the multivariate phylogenetic regression. The relationship between dorsal- and anal-fin spine length and body width remains even after catfishes with pectoral spines are removed (see electronic supplementary material, table S5). The 95% confidence intervals calculated from the PGLS analyses on the 100 family-level phylogenies reveal that non-monophyletic families have very little impact on the results. These results were not altered substantially by using the alternative phylogeny (electronic supplementary material, table S2).
4. Discussion
We have identified macroevolutionary relationships between fin spines and body form across teleost fishes that are consistent with the morphological changes driven by predators intraspecifically on microevolutionary time scales [23]. As predicted, if spines and body dimensions evolve synergistically to increase the minimum gape required to capture them, the orientation of the fin spines dictates which body dimension expands. Fin spines oriented on the vertical plane (dorsal and anal fins) open up a deeper body depth optimum, whereas spines on the horizontal plane (pectoral fins) open a wider body width optimum, both of which exceed allometric expectations. Spines, however, have no influence on the optimum of the opposing body dimension, and the optimum of spineless lineages matches the allometric expectation for both depth and width. Further support for spines and body dimensions evolving together is provided by the result that even after body size is accounted for, spine length and relative body dimensions are significantly and positively related.
The possibility that developmental or pleiotropic linkages are driving the relationships we observe between spines and body dimensions cannot be ruled out. Unfortunately, little is known about the developmental control of these traits. Within three-spined stickleback using the marine and benthic lake form, it has been inferred that bony plates, pelvic-fin spines and body depth may be linked [66]. However, in the wild these lineages show the opposite pattern to the one we identify across teleosts: benthic forms, which are deeper bodied, have reduced armour. The explanation for this pattern within sticklebacks is differential predation between habitats. In the benthic habitat, insects are the primary predator, and this is thought to drive the loss of spines, as the spines can be used by the insect larvae to grab hold of the fish [67], whereas in marine and limnetic habitats, gape-limited predators reign.
Across teleosts we inferred a single origin of pectoral-fin spines, probably at the base of Siluriformes (posterior probability 0.72), which means there is no evolutionarily independent replication to confirm that fishes with these spines have wider bodies. It is therefore possible that a codistributed factor could be driving the association between body width and pectoral spines. For example, catfishes are frequently benthic, and bottom-dwelling fishes are often dorsoventrally flattened [68]. Among other consequences, this shape may allow fishes to enhance contact with the substrate when they are at rest. However, the significant positive relationship between pectoral spine length and body width appears to provide strong support for the hypothesis that pectoral spines and body width are evolving in tandem. While the strong contrast between catfishes and the lineages that do not have pectoral spines could potentially be biasing the estimated relationship between width and spine length, a significant positive relationship remains when only catfish families with pectoral-fin spines are analysed (see electronic supplementary material, table S6). We therefore conclude that pectoral-fin spines do influence body width in the expected direction. The additional selective advantages conferred on wide-bodied benthic catfishes may explain the lower variance in body width across lineages with pectoral spines estimated from the OU models.
Dorsal- and anal-fin spines are common across the teleost tree, evolving a median of six times at the family level in our analyses. Across teleosts, we recover the expected relationship between the presence and absence of dorsal and anal-fin spines and body depth, with the primary optima for spiny lineages being deeper and with greater variance around the optima than spineless lineages. We find no influence of dorsal- and anal-fin spines on the estimated primary optima of relative body width, which fits our predictions, because the spines are oriented on a different axis to the body dimension. However, the best-fitting model is still one that estimates separate α, σ2 and θ for body width in spiny and spineless lineages, with the variance around the optima (σ2/2α) being much higher in lineages with dorsal- and anal-fin spines. This result is driven by the catfishes, which have greater relative body widths than most teleosts along with pectoral spines: when we re-run the analyses removing the lineages with pectoral spines, the best-fitting model is OU1 (see electronic supplementary material, table S7). Interestingly, the significant positive relationship between dorsal- and anal-fin spine length and relative body width is not similarly explained by the inclusion of catfishes, as the relationship persists after their removal (see electronic supplementary material, table S4). Diversity of body shape, along both the dorsal–ventral and lateral axes, is enhanced in lineages with spines in the dorsal and anal fins.
There are 92 families for which the exemplar species we measured had no dorsal-, anal- or pectoral-fin spines. Most spineless families are towards the base of the teleost phylogeny, primarily in Osteoglossomorpha and Elopomorpha (the notable exception being the spiny eels: Notacanthidae), along with basal Ostariophysi and Euteleosteomorpha families, which includes salmon and trout. We expect that spineless lineages or families with much shorter spines than expected for their size should have alternative anti-predator strategies. For example, the electric catfishes (Malapteruridae) lack fin spines, and the one spineless acanthomorph family in our dataset (Synbranchidae) burrow in mud and thick vegetation. Within spiny lineages, there are seven very slender-bodied families, including the Notacanthidae, which are extreme outliers with much shorter spines than expected for their body depth (see electronic supplementary material, figure S3). Many of these families exhibit behaviours such as burrowing (Ammodytidae, Mastacembelidae, Ptilichthyidae), living as commensals within invertebrates (Carapidae), hiding using camouflage (Sygnathidae) or live in habitats like the deep sea (Notacanthidae), which may provide anti-predator benefits and sometimes even select against spines.
Our findings and predictions concerning the synergy between fin spines and body dimensions theoretically spans evolutionary scales. If true, in response to predators species that have spines in their dorsal or anal fins will increase body depth, whereas species with pectoral spines ought to become wider, and those without spines may increase either dimension or exhibit alternative anti-predator strategies. Currently, every intraspecific experiment that demonstrates an increase in relative body depth in response to predation cues uses species with dorsal- and anal-fin spines [11,23–26]. Therefore, intraspecific experiments on adaptive plastic responses to predators in spineless species and catfishes with pectoral-fin spines are needed. Individually, spines and increases in body dimensions are a useful tool against predators, but together they may be more powerful.
The phylogenetic regression models reveal that body length and spine length combined only account for approximately 40% of the variance in body depth and width, which is noteworthy as allometric relationships between length and other size measurements across fishes are usually very tight (e.g. [69]). This result reflects the complex nature of body shape evolution, with interactions between ecological, social and functional factors ultimately determining the shape of fishes. For example, intraspecific studies have revealed an additive interaction between diet- and predator-induced morphological changes. The deepest individuals are those reared on benthic prey in the presence of predators, and the most slender are those reared on zooplankton in the absence of predation cues [70]. Therefore, the costs and benefits of deep and slender phenotypes depend on different ecological factors, such as predation risk versus competition [70]. Thus, only by including a wide variety of factors (such as habitat, trophic group, prey capture mode and mode of locomotion) into our macroevolutionary studies will we start to fully understand the remarkable diversity of body shapes that have evolved across the teleost tree of life.
No human or animal subjects were used in this analysis, only museum specimens.
Data accessibility
All datasets are presented as electronic supplementary material.
Authors' contributions
S.A.P. designed and carried out the analyses and wrote the manuscript; P.C.W. conceived of the study, coordinated the study and helped draft the manuscript; S.T.F. collected the data, drew illustrations and helped draft the manuscript. All authors gave final approval for publication.
Competing interests
We have no competing interests.
Support was provided by NSF grant DEB-1061981 to P.C.W.
We thank the California Academy of Sciences for providing access to their fish collections.
- Received June 15, 2015.
- Accepted October 15, 2015.
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BETHESDA, Md. — One of the most invaluable facets of basketball — and sports in general — is its ability to bring people together, no matter the circumstance, no matter the situation.
On Wednesday, basketball did just that.
In recognition of Warrior Care Month and as an early celebration for Veterans Day, the NBA sponsored a wheelchair basketball game at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center — one of the nation's largest and most renowned military hospitals in the country.
Two teams, made up of both active and injured service members, geared up for a 40-minute, full-court game that had no shortage of competitive spirit.
"It's been a little bit different now, the transition getting into a wheelchair, but it's been a lot of fun and keeps me competitive," Army Sgt. Chris McGinnis, who stole the show by commanding fastbreaks and knocking down transition three-pointers, told USA TODAY Sports.
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Florida International senior tight end Jonnu Smith will miss the remainder of the season after his girlfriend poured boiling water on him, causing burns to multiple parts of his body.
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My family has been gaga for the Star Wars series since my husband and I were our kids ages. We have watched the entire series more times than I can count, and it is consistently one of the top five movies we choose for a family movie night. So we were obviously excited to see that some of our favorite cereals were featuring glow in the dark Star Wars stickers. I decided fairly quickly that rather than letting them stick them all willy nilly I wanted to make something out of them.
Now don't worry you can get your hands on these decals too, they are in specially marked boxes of Cheerios, Multi-grain Cheerios, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, and Cookie Crisp.
I started off by painting a 8×10 canvas black. I then used a bottle of glow in the dark puffy paint to add some dots to the outside edges of a couple of the decals. I also added a couple of regular glow in the dark stars to the key points of my decals. Once they (and the canvas) were dry, I strategically stuck those bad boys down. I added some glow in the dark stars and some painted dots to the canvas to mimic outer space.
I am absolutely in love with how this turned out, and I tried so hard to get a good glowing in the dark picture to share with you, but man oh man, those are pretty much impossible to take!!
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All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. And we at ICML 2010 wouldn't dream of making you all dull. After 5 days of intense mental exercise, we plan to give you an opportunity to exercise your muscles on a 1-day trip to Jerusalem – capital of Israel and located west of the Dead Sea – on Saturday, June 26, 2010. The trip costs USD 25 and includes travel and lunch.
The bus will leave Haifa at 8:00 AM, with participating delegates led by an English speaking guide. You will get to visit The Mount of Olives, the Old City, Jaffa Gate, Jewish Quarter, Western Wall, and Via Dolorosa.
Jerusalem has the unique distinction of being pilgrimage site for Christians, Jews, and Muslims. The Old City, which is heart of Jerusalem, is divided into four quarters – Christian, Armenian, Jew, and Muslim. A walk through the quarters will transport you back into the times when Jesus and Prophet walked the Earth.
The Western Wall, remnant of the Second Temple of Judaism, is the holiest of Jewish sites world over. Another remnant, Via Dolorosa, is supposed to be the path on which Christ walked on his way to crucifixion. It is a holy Christian site.
The Mount of Olives is considered to be the cradle of many biblical events. You can walk up to the summit to get a panoramic view of Jerusalem, Judean Desert, and the Dead Sea.
The tour will end at Jerusalem around 4:00 PM. You may choose to return back to your hotel at Haifa or move on to the Ben Gurion airport to catch your flight. Keeping in mind the international flight schedules, trip organizers will arrange for airport drop facility any time after 2:00 PM. Just remember to intimate them of your travel schedules in advance, preferably while booking the trip.


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Thursday, June 9, 2016
Kickstarter - BR-5 Isle of the Ancients - Fantasy Adventure Module (AD&D)
I guess it's about time to peek at another Kickstarter. It's a good one this time - I'll focus on some train wrecks in the days to come ;)
BR-5 Isle of the Ancients is the latest in a series of adventures for AD&D 1e and 2e (I can say that directly - they can't). The first adventures in the series were not Kickstarted, but this isnt the first Kickstarter for Dark Cult Games.
They have successfully funded and spot on as for timely completion. As far as Kickstarter goes this is nearly unheard of (if you follow my posts). Those projects were a boxed game and specialty dice, both of which had elements of completion that were out of the hands of Dark Cult Games.
It's a 40 page adventure for levels 7 to 9 set on an island, so a controlled sandbox of sorts.
Oh, and I'm really enjoying the art samples. Very evocative B&W work.
15 bucks for the PDF, 20 for the Print + PDF and 50 for the 3 part series in print plus PDF.
And of course I see the previous release in the series is Oh RATTS! Looks like I need to back for the whole series, just to see if there's 2,000 coppers to go along with it.
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The amazing tool chest/tote pictured above is a project I am incredibly excited to be a part of. It is the Fred West Commemorative Tool Chest and it will be given away at the upcoming Woodworking In America conference in Winston Salem, NC, September 12-14, 2014. The chest came about through a discussion I had with Mark Harrell, of Bad Axe Tool Works, back around Memorial Day of this year. In passing, I mentioned an idea I had to make a collection of tools available to honor our late friend, Fred West. The idea took off.
To understand the basis of this idea, you have to understand a bit about Fred. He is the main reason that I am a plane maker today, and I know there are many other tool makers who can say something similar. Fred was the very first person to ever buy one of my planes. He saw something in those early examples that no one else did, and I will forever be grateful to him for the push into this direction. You will not find a single person who did more for the hand tool market then Fred. For many of us makers, he was far more than just a customer; Fred was a confidant, a prototype tester, an idea man, and the biggest fan and motivator anyone could ever ask for. He was one of the most generous people I have ever met, often buying new tools just to give to someone whom he thought needed them. Unfortunately, he lost a hard fought battle with a rare form of cancer this past January. The world was made better by Fred's presence in it, and he is dearly missed. When Mark and I first started putting the ideas together for this commemorative tool chest, we knew it had to include a broad spectrum of other makers and that it needed to somehow pass on Fred's generous spirit. We contacted our friends and fellow makers and put together a set of tools that will benefit a woodworker of any level. We also decided that it made the most sense to just give it away. We contacted Megan Fitzpatrick, editor of Popular Woodworking, to see if it would work out to give it away to someone at Woodworking In America. She agreed and has been a tremendous help in organizing this entire thing. We also contacted a close, mutual friend of Fred's and ours, Andrew Gore, to make the chest. Andrew blew us all out of the water with what he created. I'm so thrilled with all the other tool makers that agreed to help us honor Fred. Here is a list of them and the tools they have included in the chest:
Andrew Gore – Chest
Sterling Toolworks – Saddle Tail and Sterling Plane Hammer
Bad Axe Tool Works – dovetail saw and carcase saw
Blue Spruce Toolworks – round mallet and set of dovetail chisels
Lie-Nielsen Toolworks – rabbet block plane
Lee Valley Tools/Veritas -router plane
Hamilton Woodworks – 4″ and 6″ marking gauges
Czeck Edge Hand Tool – marking knife and birdcage awl
Elkhead Tools – set of screwdrivers
Randy Weber – carving mallet
Cronkwright Woodshop – "Melencolia" square
Christopher Schwarz – signed copy of "Workbenches: From Design & Theory to Construction & Use,"
Tom Fidgen – signed copy of "The Unplugged Woodshop: Hand-crafted Projects for the Home & Workshop"
Shannon Rogers: a free semester in The Hand Tool School
Popular Woodworking – 1-year subscription to Popular Woodworking Magazine and the 1995-2013 Popular Woodworking Magazine DVD.
Scott Meek Woodworks – Mesquite and African Blackwood Smoother
As I mentioned already, the chest will be given away at Woodworking In America next month. The value of it all is over $5000. The chest will be on display in my booth on the Friday and Saturday of the show. Be sure to stop by and check it out. For more information on how WIA attendees can enter the drawing, please check out the Megan's post on the Popular Woodworking Editor's Blog. I truly hope that this chest, the tools in it, and the generosity of everyone involved in this project shines through and truly honors the memory of our friend, Fred.


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Something with emotions,
something wiith an image
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It may talk of bread and wine,
talk of Jesus, it may rhyme,
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honest or, hypocritical.
Surely it must idolize something,
more likely someone.
A maid so fair, you had a fling with,
which is just a fancy way of sayin'
yo, I banged that hoe.
Occasionally it must break the pattern,
not use any rhymes or fixed rhythm, because
that would be too cliched.
It must copy cliched poetry while struggling to appear fresh,
for example, talk of crimson lips would be considered trash.
So, thine is mine heart,
fair maiden,
thy crimson lips I worship
with devotion that is
with meaning laden.
I must go and barf now,
for my vocal chords feel dirty,
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First off, like most Americans, I have had my problems carrying around too much weight. Now that I'm over 40 its tough trying to stay thin. Like a lot people, I've seen that scale go up and down and its been really hard to find the answer.
I may have found it….
First off, the name….. Is Lame.
No wonder why I'd never heard of it.
But it's really, really, really easy. Did I mention its Easy?
Its pretty much just skipping breakfast.
Its not a diet. You don't have to workout. You just need a little discipline.
I can be pretty lazy. I ADMIT IT! That's why I love this. Its sooooo easy.
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– A highlight video has been added to TNAWrestling.com regarding the Hard Justice PPV this past Sunday night in Orlando, FL featuring some of the more memorable moments from the event. The page also includes thoughts on the show by fans and a replay schedule for those who didn't catch it live on Sunday.
– The section for the upcoming Slammiversary PPV on June 19 has been added to TNAWrestling.com as well. The page only includes the video promo for the event at this time as no matches have been announced yet (although AJ Styles vs. Abyss for the NWA World Title is expected to take place). Wallpapers and a media pack are also provided.
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The thought of training days doesn't always fill the hearts of staff with joy, but by choosing a creative venue that feels a world away from stagnant office blocks and planning activities that will engage and inspire, it can be a truly rewarding experience for all involved.
Located in the heart of London's technology cluster, The Trampery is housed within what was once a long-abandoned building, now given a whole new lease of life as a hub for creativity and innovation. With spaces that can accommodate meetings and functions for anywhere between 4 and 200 guests, it's certainly flexible in its use, with expertly designed rooms providing everything you need to bring people together, including The Library, which lends itself particularly well to workshops.
The bright and airy spaces on offer at Arcola Theatre are utilised for more than 5000 events throughout the year, with a particular focus on engaging the local community whilst remaining internationally minded at all times. Championing engaging theatre, it is ideal as a training or rehearsal space for creative endeavours and upcoming stage productions, but also plays host to conferences and all manner of other professional occasions. The venue can be found just a stone's throw from Dalston Junction.
Hackney Marshes is a great venue for those looking to strike an indoor-outdoor balance, with modern yet neutral meeting rooms ideal for brainstorming sessions and as break-away spaces, and an impressive 340 acres of parkland which surround the building. The main bar and terrace make the most of the wonderful views out onto said land, but why not actually head out there and get your guests working in the fresh air? Despite feeling more removed from the bustle of the city, the nearest rail link can be reached in well under 20 minutes.
A million miles from what your guests will be expecting and surely one of the city's most unique offerings, Raven's Ait is in fact an island found on the River Thames, accessible only via its own private boat. Combining the very best of city centre convenience and the seclusion and tranquillity of a countryside retreat, this really is the perfect compromise between the two, with generous indoor and outdoor space that can accommodate up to 400 guests.
BAFTA 195 is in fact the headquarters of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, dedicated to developing and promoting innovation in the creative arts, whilst also offering up their corporate spaces, cutting-edge technology and first-class facilities for a wide range of events, all supported by top quality service from the onsite staff. Contemporary, stylish, practical and adaptable, the possibilities here are endless. As for reaching it, the nearest tube stops are Piccadilly Circus and Green Park.
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After coaching two people in a row for the same challenge I wanted to share this concept with you!
One lady asked me to help with her relationship with her husband. Her attraction to him was becoming less and less. This wasn't about him as her husband. I could feel she was bothered about the 'image' she had of him.
One of the things this lady was bothered about had to do with her husband's weight. When I heard this I shared with her how that was one thing bothering her about herself! For a while now she was expressing her dissatisfaction towards herself for putting on extra pounds.
Then I helped her to see some of the things she loved about herself. For example, this lady loves her eyes and her hair. She also loved her husband's eyes and hair. She started to see the unrest she was feeling with her husband was also unrest she had towards herself.
Another lady asked me for help with the relationship with her husband. She was upset because he wasn't being positive and was acting increasingly depressed. As much as she tried to help him, he wasn't willing to do things to change.
We talked about how she had been working with herself for those same challenges. What was still bothering her? She shared how she would catch herself cutting herself down for not being positive.
I talked about how she was ok with her husband's physical features and his strong business sense. She was not okay with his emotional state.
What am I showing you as the reader?
Most often the things that bother you about the people around you may be something you find hard to be with inside yourself! This commonly happens with spouses and family members. You will have judgment relating to whatever the person is or isn't doing.
Consider this…whenever you find you can't accept something in another person, the thing you can't accept will surface in the form of dissatisfaction within yourself.
Being aware of what you are experiencing is important. People around you are instrumental in guiding you to feelings you have inside yourself. Inside yourself is where the change takes place moving you even closer to loving yourself.
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Kendra McIntosh (ISF Kids Army) receives Hero Goody Necklace from FansofBOB
For being part of the ISF Kids Army, BOB Volunteers, Girl Scouts and organizing Youth Campaigns
Kendra McIntosh @RamtasticTeen received a Hero Goody Necklace this week from Angie Trombley @FansofBOB that represents global citizens making a difference. Kendra is part of the ISF (Ian Somerhalder Foundation) Kids Army, an Official Volunteer for the BOB (Built of Barnwood) Army, volunteers for the Girl Scouts, and has done several campaigns to ensure youth voices are heard.
Below is the write-up that the Goody Awards received about Kendra from Angie:
I am awarding Kendra with a #HeroGoody Award Necklace for so many reasons. I met Kendra on Twitter almost 2 years ago when somebody sent me an article about her. I was so impressed by this young lady, who at the time was 14, that I located Kendra and her mom on Twitter and began speaking with her.
Kendra is involved with many organizations and she is an asset to every one of them. She is an ISF Kids Army volunteer and works on projects to raise money for the Animal Sanctuary that they're trying to get built. She's in the Girl Scouts and works very hard to help that organization succeed.
Kendra is also one of the youth Official Volunteers for BOB Army, which is a group of volunteers I formed to help support and promote Built Of Barnwood and the wonderful family who is behind that business, Bob and Dena Somerhalder. Bob and Ian Somerhalder started BOB to reclaim, recycle and re-purpose vintage wood and building materials. Once reclaimed, they are turned into usable artwork, home furnishing and design accent pieces.
She is well known for her activism in her community. Kendra brought an anti-texting while driving campaign and re-enactment to her school. She personally organized and acquired the necessary items to create a memorial to her classmates who were taken from their families and communities much too early. Kendra also attended Beyond Coal rallies, and is a founding member of an anti-bullying campaign.
Kendra has so many wonderful ideas to help this planet and all who share it, and puts those ideas into action. Even though she has had several health issues, at times so severe she's been hospitalized; she still strives to achieve her goals even from a hospital bed.
Kendra is now 16. I've been so lucky to watch her grow these last couple of years into an even more self-aware and environmentally conscious young lady. Kendra is my hero. She gave me back the faith I had lost in this world. I know with her, and all the other amazing young people in the ISF Kids Army, that my own children's futures are going to be better. Young people have voices. And they won't stop fighting to be heard.
On a personal note to Kendra, I love you sweetheart. Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your life. You are going to achieve great things. I'm so proud of you. Merry Christmas.
If you know a hero, honor them with a Hero Goody necklace. Give them this gift from the heart, and then watch them beam with pride! You can also get 2 Hero Goody necklaces for the price of 1 during the holidays (Dec 1-31, 2013.) You will make an immediate impact because 50% of our profits will go to Free The Children, who teach children to be global citizens and help keep children out poverty. Since 1995, they've built 650 schools/classrooms and provided 1,000,000+ with clean water, health care and sanitation.
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Luxury in Copacabana: Colourful people, fun in the sun
Copacabana is a neighbourhood in the southern zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. It is world famous for its beaches. Visions of samba, carnival, speedos and alegria come to mind at the mention of Copacabana. It is every tourist's favourite stopping point. Visitors to Brazil's grandiose former capital often ponder whether to stay in Ipanema or Copacabana on a tour of Rio de Janeiro. These two beach communities are both great options, however first time visitors are best served in Copacabana, lined with dozens of diverse restaurants and kiosks on both side of the Avenida Atlantica. If you want to branch out from Copacabana vacations to other parts of beautiful Rio de Janeiro, you will find an extensive bus transportation network. Whatever Copacabana activities beckon you, you will be glad to explore more of this great city.
Located in Zona Sul, Copacabana Beach is one of the most celebrated beaches in the world. The atmosphere is very lively and the people are fun loving. Get to the beach by taking the subway on Line 1 or take one of the public buses. The view to the left of Copacabana beach is the towering mountain of Sugar Loaf and Fort Duque de Caxias built in 1779. On the other side is Copacabana Fort, which dates back to 1914. It houses the Army Historical Museum. The beach runs for 4 km in an east west direction. Stop by one of the several beach bars, enjoy a gold cup of draft beer with herbed meat and fried onions. Take a walk along the beach to enjoy some of the most unbelievable sand sculptures and when you get thirsty try some of the aqua de coco or coconut water straight from the coconut. Leo Trippi offers lovely luxury rental villas in Copacabana.


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LONDON--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--BizVibe, a smart b2b networking platform for global b2b buyers and suppliers, today announced the next generation of its b2b networking platform for Africa's textiles industry. BizVibe is introducing a revolutionary matchmaking chatbot that will change the way global buyers connect with suppliers for African fabric. BizVibe creates 1000's of opportunities daily for its users, and this new smart matchmaking chatbot is expected to further innovate for b2b networking platforms, making the process faster, simpler, and smarter. BizVibe is already home to over 3,700 African textiles and fabric suppliers ready to get their hands on this platform.
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Africa's largely untapped fabric market is providing companies around the world with new opportunities. It is an especially lucrative location for European buyers, many of whom have already started to enter Africa's emerging textile hub. East African countries, specifically Kenya and Ethiopia, are expected to drive the growth of the African fabric market through 2020. These countries offer reduced production costs, high availability of workforce, large production capacity, and benefits related to location and landscape – making it a hotbed for global sourcing opportunities for African textiles and African fabric.
In addition to 3,700 African textiles and fabric suppliers. BizVibe's networking platform also helps global trade professionals connect with over 7 million prospecting and sourcing candidates in over 700+ industries. BizVibe finds you the top suppliers, helping you to reduce time spent researching sourcing opportunities.
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BizVibe has been specifically designed to help industry professionals connect with like-minded businesses, providing them with a seamless, efficient, and easy-to-use platform. Using cutting-edge technology and advanced match-making algorithms, BizVibe has launched the smartest networking platform on the planet, something that can truly help companies find the right matches.
With extensive feedback from communities across multiple industries, BizVibe was able to identify the core problems and uncertainties when finding potential trade partners. Using this feedback, BizVibe developed an efficient networking tool dedicated to buyers, sellers, importers, exporters, and suppliers, helping them to connect, engage, and make business deals.
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BizVibe is home to over 7 million company profiles across 700+ industries total, including over 140,000 companies in the textiles industry worldwide. Using BizVibe's platform, users can generate leads, shortlist prospects, network with businesses from around the world, and trade seamlessly.
The BizVibe platform allows you to discover the highest quality leads and make meaningful connections with companies of interest, all in real-time. Claim your company profile for free and let BizVibe connect you with potential business partners. For mobile, don't forget to connect on-the-go via BizVibe's mobile app. To make things as simple as possible allow the chatbot to create business opportunities for you.
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The single-minded focus of BizVibe's platform is to make networking easier. Over the years, we've searched far and wide to figure out how businesses connect and enable trade. That first interaction is usually fraught with the uncertainty of finding a potential partner vs. a potential nightmare. With this in mind, we've designed a robust set of tools to help companies generate leads, shortlist prospects, network with businesses from around the world and trade seamlessly.
BizVibe is headquartered in Toronto, and has offices in London, Bangalore and Beijing. For more information on the BizVibe network, please contact us.


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Changes in the law mean that you can use your UK allowances while you're roaming in the EU for no extra charge. So as long as you're travelling somewhere in Europe, it doesn't matter which network you're on, right?
Wrong. Some networks offer inclusive roaming in countries outside the EU. While others don't. What's more, if you're canny and choose your network wisely you can even get inclusive roaming in destinations much further afield.
Below we take a look at each network in turn to see what's on offer.
Three's 'Feel At Home' offer lets you use your at–home allowance of calls, texts and data without paying extra in 71 locations.
These are in Europe and beyond, including USA, Australia and New Zealand. You can see the full list of countries here: Three Feel at Home.
It's worth noting that Feel at Home is reserved for customers on Three's Advanced Plans.
Calling numbers within a country will cost extra. But you'll be notified of the rates by a text message from Three when you arrive at your holiday destination.
If you're on a Three Essential Plan, you'll still be able to use your allowance for no extra charge in the EU from 15th June. But you won't qualify for free roaming in locations further afield.
To find out how much you could save, use the special calculator on Three's website.
Three also has a £5 per day Euro Internet Pass for other destinations.
Find out more about roaming on Three with our FAQ.
Vodafone offers two roaming schemes.
Roam-Free lets you use your regular monthly allowance of calls, texts and data in 50 European countries for no extra cost.
Roam Further allows you to access your monthly allowance in a further 60 countries for an additional £5 per day.
**Find out more about roaming on Vodafone with our FAQ.
All O2 pay monthly and business customers qualify for inclusive roaming in 47 European destinations. These are deemed to be in O2's Europe Zone.
The picture for pay as you go customers is less clear-cut. While they get inclusive roaming in most of those locations, they don't qualify in Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Monaco and Switzerland.
That's easily remedied, though, by signing up for an O2 Travel Bolt On.
Find out more about roaming on O2 with our FAQ.
All existing EE pay monthly and pay as you go customers get inclusive roaming to 48 European destinations as part of their mobile, mobile broadband or tablet allowance.
EE has also introduced a new range of 4GEE Max plans for new and upgrading customers that allow customers to use their monthly allowances across 53 destinations worldwide.
These include EU countries as well as the USA, Canada, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand. This covers over 80% of time EE customers spend overseas.
Find out more about roaming on EE with our FAQ.
Virgin Media
Virgin Media offers inclusive roaming in 43 destinations with its Roam Like Home scheme. These include 28 EU locations, as well as locations in Europe but outside the EU, such as Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Gibraltar.
Roam Like Home also includes some countries outside Europe, such as Canary Islands, French Caribbean, Martinique and Reunion.
Find out more about roaming on Virgin Media with our FAQ.
iD Mobile
iD Mobile offers inclusive roaming in 52 destinations in the EU and beyond with its Roam Like Home scheme.
The offer applies to SIM-only contracts, pay monthly mobile phone contracts and pay as you go.
Find out more about roaming on iD Moblie with our FAQ.
Sky Mobile
All Sky Mobile customers are able to use their mobile data, calls and texts in 36 European locations for no extra cost.
For customers with Unlimited Calls and Texts as part of their plan, all calls to landlines and mobiles and all texts sent within the EU are included.
If you're on Pay As You Use calls and texts, you'll pay the same rate as you do in the UK.
The other big benefit of Sky Mobile as far as roaming goes is that if you've already stored a trove of unused data your Sky Piggybank, you can use the data when you're in Europe too.
Find out more about roaming on Sky Mobile with our FAQ.
So which is best?
That largely depends on where you like to holiday.
While EE and Three's Roam at Home and Feel at Home schemes really stand out for the breadth of locations they cover, if you tend to travel mostly in the EU or within Europe you may feel you're paying for a service you don't really use. Especially given that those plans don't come cheap.
Conversely if you like to venture further afield on holiday, Three and EE's plans could save you a lot of money.
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Germany's Bundeskartellamt, or Federal Cartel Office, pushed back its deadline to review the joint venture under its merger control procedure by two months to Oct. 31. The move marks the third time the antitrust watchdog has delayed its review, which was originally set to be completed by July...
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SHADES OF BLUE AND WHITE in interior design have enjoyed almost a cult status since Egyptian times. From the blue lotus-flower murals of Queen Nefertiti's palace, to the flower-rich cultures of Persia, China and Mughal India, the aristocracy has always been fascinated by the color blue. Despite being rare as a flower color, blue has a rich cultural history derived from the use of blue flowers in medicine and myth. The Romans believed blue flowers were created by the gods as a gift; irises were a symbol of the Virgin Mary, and she is usually depicted wearing a blue cloak. Violets were a symbol of Christian humility, and the pale blue flowers of rosemary were thought to ward off black magic and the plague. Even today, brides traditionally wear something blue, as the belief persists that it is a lucky color.
Historically, the color blue was not easily available to all; the dyes that make blue fabrics were derived from the rarest flowers. A blue or purple garment was a status symbol for the wealthy. By the eighteenth century, however, that began to change. Indigo was cultivated in larger quantities in the New World, and fabulous porcelains were brought back from the Orient in massive quantities. Our love affair with blue and white had begun.
Beginning in the 16th century European traders sailed the globe, returning with ships full of valuable spices and silk. In order to keep the delicate fabrics and spices away from moisture in the hold, they needed to fill the lowest parts of the ship with wares that wouldn't be damaged if wet. Chinese porcelains were perfect. First seen only in the homes of the very wealthy, blue and white porcelain quickly became a collecting craze. Europeans were smitten by the shades of blue and handpainted designs. Its manufacture was a mystery; compared to European pottery, porcelain was miraculously refined, light, strong and white in color. It was the perfect vessel for drinking the newest popular drink, imported tea. Fascinated by the Oriental scenes depicted, French manufacturers copied the designs onto fabrics, creating the scenic toiles we still love today. To show one's wealth and sophistication, a roomful of blue and white "China", as it came to be called, was a must. Shelf brackets covered the walls, each holding a precious vase or jar, and plates hung side by side, closely filling the walls. Often the walls were handpainted to match, and blue and white fabrics covered the furnishings. After dinner, guests would relax for drinks in the China Room, and admire the host's impressive collection.
It was many years before potters in Europe discovered the secret to making true porcelain, and the passion for blue and white could hit the mass market. By the early 18th century, German potters at the now-famous Meissen factory had finally created true porcelain; once the secret leaked out, it spread quickly to England. By the mid-1700's factories in England were turning out copies of blue and white Chinese porcelain, and the passion for blue and white began to spread. Cobalt blue was a much cheaper glaze to produce, since it could be completed in fewer steps than multicolored pieces; in a short time the color became widely popular as a growing middle class could finally afford the magical China. However, these pieces were still handpainted and somewhat expensive to produce. In an effort to keep up with demand, English potters looked for a way to apply the decoration to the porcelain mechanically, so artists wouldn't be needed. They developed a way of transferring design from books onto tissue and firing it onto the plates. By the 1760's, factories were producing hundreds of thousands of pieces of "transferware" per year. While it was printed on a heavier pottery and not porcelain, the blue and white of the upper classes was finally available to nearly all.
So it was that the long-admired blue China spread like wildfire around Europe and across the Atlantic to America. Equally stunning developments in other manufacturing in the early 1900's not only allowed accompanying fabrics and wallpapers to be mass-produced, the Industrial Revolution created the American middle class. Now millions of people finally had access to and were able to afford beautiful things for their homes. While it is a popular belief that historic homes were plain inside, in actual fact vibrant color was used to paint interiors as early as the 1700's. Light blues were common for dining rooms, and deep blues for sitting rooms and libraries. Curtains and bed hangings were made up to match. So by the middle of the 1800's blue and white had been enjoyed in the finest homes for over a hundred years, and it was looked upon as a symbol of good taste.
Throughout the 19th century, the Victorians, with their passion for collecting stuff, amassed millions of pieces of blue and white China. They ate off it, filled rooms with it, and hung curtains and wallpaper to match. Some of the wallpaper and fabric patterns created a hundred years ago are still popular today.
Nowadays, blue and white seems to wax and wane on the decorating scene. There are those who never seem to give up on it, as if it is part of their collective unconscious. Generations have grown up dining on American-made Blue Willow china, sleeping under blue patchwork quilts, counting the flowers on blue and white wallpaper. So many of us remember cupboards full of blue and white dishes, and many of us have inherited collections that we continue to decorate around. Even when the color trends stray from the blue family, it eventually comes around again.
Blue is making a comeback this year, as we revisit it in our homes and lives. It reminds us of our family histories and exotic travels. It echoes the sea, the sky, and the rare flowers that we enjoy in summer. Living with blue and white helps brighten rooms in dark climates like Sweden and cool down the heat of a French country summer. It can capture the feeling of the beach without using cliche' elements like shells and sailboats. Like the limitless horizon on a summer day, blue and white seems to be with us to stay.
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Supreme Court Mulls Class-Of-One Claims Issue
However, a Georgetown University Law Center professor told the court that preventing such claims would deny public employees their constitutional right to not be discriminated against by their employers without a legitimate government purpose.
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that challenges how the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment, the equal protection clause, applies to employment cases. The case...
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In this video, students will learn about Governor Hunt, the first governor of the state of Arizona. As he fought for women's right to vote, the common man, and ended the death penalty, he also made time to build the state's first highway. One of the most controversial men in Arizona's history, his contribution to the state is undeniable.
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