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CBS Evening News
July 29, 2015 in Network News
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Still in Studio 57 this week. It looks nice, but it does feel temporary. They stuck to a shot of Scott standing in front of a video wall for most of the show.
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Kenneth Kissel 27 posts
Why are we talking about this? The head of CBS News is stepping down, not Norah O'Donnell. There's no indication Norah is going anywhere. Is it a possibility? Sure. But it's not a guarantee. Whoever t
It's very clear to me the problem isn't Norah; it's the nature of the evening news and CBS's position in it. They're always going to be third place no matter who they put in that chair.
How DARE YOU??? What nerve you must have to suggest [looks at notes]...that the network gets its shit together and does its job.
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Going to post this here since I saw it come up in the shoutbox:
My sources have informed me that the move is permanent. There was something about CBSN taking over the studio space in the newsroom but that didn't sound like it was confirmed yet.
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Birthday: November 6
Wow. It makes sense why the did some minor upgrades to studio 57. They redid the floor and a new video wall.
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Birthday: March 21
Studio 57 doesn't have the right feel...We'll see what they do, I guess.
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I like it for CBS-TM, but it doesn't feel right for the Evening News, nor do I particularly care for it during special reports.
One issue is that the sets a bit too bright compared to the other newscasts and their old set. I think it may give off a slightly lighter vibe.
Can't EN relocate to another studio?
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Yeah I had hoped that this was only temporary as it just doesn't look right coming from the CTM studio. Not the right look for a flagship evening broadcast.
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I agree with this. 57 is a great studio and the Evening News does do a nice job utilizing the various video elements there but I still get that temporary solution feel.
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Hello. I, too, wish the CBS Evening News as well as special reports of breaking news would permanently move to a new home. Now that both are premanently originating from Studio 57, there are two possibilities: either CBS This Morning would continue to originate from Studio 57 or it would move to its new home.
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Given the HUGE success CBS is having with ratings growth in the morning - maybe utilizing the same same studio at night will bring that same good mojo to the evening show. It also helps create some symmetry within the CBS News product.
According to twitter, you are right!!!
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The tweet in question:
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http://pagesix.com/2016/12/06/cbs-planning-to-move-scott-pelley-off-cbs-evening-news/
Total rumor but if it actually did happen i wonder who would replace him?
Maurice DuBois fills in quite often.. he could be a candidate
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Article mentioned Norah O'Donnell. I also read elsewhere that Jeff Glor is a possibility, and would bring a younger image (just as David Muir did at ABC) to the program.
I personally thought that Scott was always a bad fit for the program. As the article stated, he is too slow placed and always came across to me as boring as hell.
I also felt that John Dickerson was not the best choice for Face the Nation either.
CBS This Morning is one of few bright spots for the network and I feel they'd be dumb to mess with that team and the momentum they have going. I also like Jane Pauley on Sunday Morning, so that's another bright spot.
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Anybody but Josh Elliot!
But this is a bummer (if true). One of the main reasons I watched was for Pelley's pacing. The last thing I'd want to see is another ABC hyperpaced viral video fest.
But you'd know how serious a story is based on how squinted his eyes are!
Some overpriced consultant must be behind this- they can't just get rid of Pelley, he's been leading the revival of CBS News, they're actually good now.
How about..... Megyn Kelly?? Not likely but not impossible
They'd probably be relatively late to the game but I'd think she'd be a better fit on 60 Minutes than on the Evening News.
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How about ditching the entire
anchorman concept all together in favor of a "presenter" type of presentation.
That will save about 10mil or more a year right off the top....and millions more in the following years.
Rotating "News Readers" ...just like Europe.
Tonight, Pelley's in Washington, for some odd reason. Color me impressed, you can NEVER get him out when there's a major event.
It's the annual White House Christmas party for journalists.
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I'd like Anthony Mason in the Evening News chair. Anyway, it doesn't make sense for the EN anchor to do double-duty at 60 - it's as if they never learned from the Dan Rather debacle.


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Éric Le Van est un pianiste américain de notoriété internationale. Il est remarqué notamment pour ses interprétations non-conformistes de la musique de Brahms et de Scriabine.

Biographie
Eric Le Van est né à Los Angeles le . Bien qu'élève du maître Earle C. Voorhies (ancien élève d'Alexandre Ziloti), étudiant à l'Université de la Californie du Sud puis à la Musik-Akademie de Bâle dans la classe de Rudolf Buchbinder, il se forme essentiellement en autodidacte. Passionné de littérature, d'histoire et de philosophie, il est également violoniste avant de décider à l'âge de 16 ans de se consacrer exclusivement au piano.

En 1988, il s'installe à Bâle (Suisse), puis en Alsace dans un village de montagne (France). C'est dans cette région qu'il fonde le Festival Franz Liszt dont il assume la direction artistique entre 1997 et 2003 à Munster puis à Ingersheim. À l'âge de 23 ans, il réalise son premier enregistrement des œuvres pour piano de Johannes Brahms. Il est alors reconnu par la critique comme un interprète majeur de la musique de Brahms.

En 1998, il enregistre pour BMG-Arte Nova la musique de chambre pour piano et violoncelle de Franz Liszt avec le violoncelliste Guido Schiefen (réédité sur le label Oehms Classics). Ce disque réalisé sur le « Liszt Flugel » (piano historique de Bayreuth) est primé Meilleur disque de musique de chambre de l'année 2000 dans la Neue Musik Zeitung. De même, la parution des Mazurkas d'Alexandre Scriabine, en collaboration avec la Bayerisher Rundfunk et Music & Arts en 2003, remporte l'adhésion de la critique. Il se consacre également à la vulgarisation de répertoires moins connus (la musique de chambre de Joachim Raff notamment).

Il se produit dans de nombreux festivals en Europe et aux États-Unis, dont les Fêtes Romantiques de Nohant, le Festival Franz Liszt à Weimar, les Journees de  Musique de Chambre de Mettlach et le Festival International Beethovenfest Bonn, ainsi qu'au Kennedy Center et à la Library of Congress à Washington D.C..

Il réside actuellement aux États-Unis.

Discographie
 Johannes Brahms, Sonates n° 1 & 2, Gallo CD-946.
 Franz Liszt, Complete Works for Cello and piano, Guido Schiefen, violoncelle, Arte Nova 74321 76809 2.
 Joseph Joachim Raff, Sonatillen for violin and piano op. 99 et 6 Morceaux for violin and piano op. 85, Michaela Paetsch, violon. Tudor 7109.
 Franz Liszt Complete works for Cello and Piano, , Guido Schiefen, violoncelle. Oehms Classics OC 246.
 Alexandre Scriabine, Complete Mazurkas Music & Arts CD-1125.

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Pianiste classique américain
Naissance en juin 1964
Naissance à Los Angeles
Étudiant de l'université de Californie du Sud

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Q: MySQL : Count row where sum of left day is less than 30 I want to count the users in the table who's subscriptions are going to expire within a month (30 days). Here is my code:
user_db
id         name        exp_date
1          John        2013-03-01
2          Alice       2013-02-25
3          Ken         2013-01-10
4          Elise       2013-04-11
5          Bruce       2013-03-14

According to the DB above. There should be 3 persons whom their subscription is about to be expired - John, Alice and Bruce. I don't want Ken to be counted because he doesn't want to subscribe for more.
Here's my MySQL code:
SELECT count(id) AS exp_pax,
       datediff(exp_date,now()) AS day_left
FROM labour_db
WHERE day_left<=30

Well, the code does selects only a row in which the sum of day less than 30 but it doesn't count. So please you guy suggest me.
Regards,

A: If that's the case then you need to add condition wherein it checks if the exp_date is less than today.
SELECT  COUNT(*) totalCount
FROM    user_db
where   exp_date <= timestampadd(day, 30, now()) AND
        exp_date > NOW()

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*SQLFiddle Demo

A: If you want to count all records where (1) the expiration date is within 30 days of now and (2) the expiration date is not before now, then use
SELECT count(*) AS exp_pax
FROM   user_db
WHERE exp_date<=timestampadd(day, 30, now())
       AND exp_date >= now();

A: Remove the group by id to get your count.
Count will roll up rows, as you expect, but when combined with a group by clause, will count each "group". You could use this usefully, for instance, to group by expiration date.

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Writing assignment 1 is to make a comparison between any two pieces from the first two weeks of online reserves. As a rough guide, your paper should only be one or two pages (about 500 words). The paper should use some of the concepts that are being developed in class to make distinctions or find similarities between the two pieces you chose.
It might help to look at this mockup I wrote as an example.


Lets create "Heaven on Earth"….
On a bright sunny day, I was sitting on an armchair in my backyard reading a story from my literature book. Birds were chirping away in the tress that enclosed the yard, ducks were swimming in the pond which was located in the center of the backyard, and rabbits were running around on the grass with their family and friends. Occasionally I looked away from my story to take pleasure viewing the beautiful sight that was in front of my eyes. In fact, the backyard was the most favorite place of mine and the animals were so friendly and loving, I felt we were a part of a huge family.
"What's that hustle bustle?" I asked myself when I heard a loud scream. As I looked above my book, I saw two rabbits fighting. I then stood up from my armchair and slowly went forward to take a closer look of the scenario and understand the reasons for the fight. Therefore, as I came closer to the fighting spot I realized both the male rabbits were fighting to protect their territories. As the fight continued both the rabbits began to bleed. To stop the fight I immediately picked up a small block of wood and placed it abruptly between the two rabbits. I was perplexed to see both the rabbits fight like enemies. I had never before seen them fighting. They were like soldiers fighting a war to protect their nations. To make the rabbits friendly again I knew I had to once again introduce them to one another in a friendly manner. Thus, to help me out to do this process I called up my best friend, Afra. As soon as she came we both, wearing thick hand gloves, picked up the rabbits and carefully placed them in my bathtub. Then I began talking to them and treated them side-by-side. After an hour or so, I finally saw changes occurring in the behaviors of the rabbits towards each other. They were beginning to be friendly again! Keeping an eye on them, I continued to leave them alone for a while to play with each other. Finally when I was satisfied to see them loving and playing with each other, I brought the rabbits back to the backyard. In the backyard, once again the rabbits were happily spending time together amongst the rest of the animals.
It is a fact that birthdays do bring a lot of changes but at the same time, they are always very exciting. It brings to my mind the lovely cake, candles, balloons, party, friends, many ribbons, gifts, and mostly food and fun! That is how birthdays were for the first seventeen years of my life. My parents would start planning my birthday a month in advance. All my relatives, friends, and most of the neighborhood were invited. Pretty invitation cards were sent out to the guests. Themes were selected for my birthday party every year. Once we had Winnie the Pooh. The cake, balloons, and the decorations all had Winnie the Pooh on them. In simple words, my birthday was meant to be a fun and glamorous event! Everyone would look forward to that event every year. It was talk of the town after it was over because it was celebrated with great pomp every year! Nevertheless, it all changed once I was eighteen.
The year I was to turn eighteen, for some reason my parents didn't plan anything for my birthday party. I often wondered why no one was discussing my birthday anymore. Whenever I asked my parents to throw a party for me, they said that I was turning into a mature eighteen year old. Moreover, they also mentioned that now I shouldn't talk of birthday parties as they are considered childish. I did feel very hurt at that point. I could not understand why they didn't consider my birthday important anymore. Without any further thoughts, I decided to make the most of it by myself. Just because I would be able to vote after the age of eighteen didn't mean I had no right to celebrate my birthday! Therefore, I decided that I would celebrate it with my close friends. I ordered a beautiful chocolate truffle cake two days before my birthday and decided to call my few close friends. Surprisingly whichever friend I called was busy that day and said sorry to me because they said that they wouldn't be able to make it. I really wondered that after all such glorious birthdays why no one wanted to celebrate my birthday with me.
That's when I really felt that I am turning eighteen. I began to think that parties are only for kids not girls turning into adults like me. I didn't discuss my birthday anymore with anyone. However, when that day arrived I was very amazed and touched. When I got up in the morning, I saw the whole house decorated with flowers, balloons, candles, and with loads of other decorations! Indeed, I was so stunned that I thought I was dreaming! Later on, my parents came to hug me and asked me to get ready quickly because there was a party they had organized for me! I was content and thrilled! However, besides these feelings of joy I somehow began to feel matured.
Anyhow, I dressed myself up like how any eighteen year old would do and headed for the party! For the first time I was now eligible to open a bottle of champagne! Moreover, I was delighted to see all my friends who had few days back said no to me! It was at this moment my parents told that my friends refused me because we had already invited them and we request your friends not to discuss about this surprise party with me. Honestly, I did have the time of my life as I always did on my birthdays. Nevertheless, I now I knew that along with fun comes responsibility. Now I wasn't only a child anymore- now I was a woman who was eighteen. I now couldn't crave for those 'childish' themes and parties. It was a major turning point in my life. I thank my patents for that beautiful day- not that the others were bad. It was something different- the first milestone that drove me towards the way to maturity.
Love is now & Forever….
I accept your love, my sweetheart.
I am gratified by your love, oh sweet one.
You brighten up my day brighter than the sun.
By your side I will be whether you suffer or prosper.
But I will always be with you for you to confide.
You will have my love now and forever!


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Indonesia's plan to save its rainforests
Late last year Indonesia made global headlines with a bold pledge to reduce deforestation, which claimed nearly 28 million hectares (108,000 square miles) of forest between 1990 and 2005 and is the source of about 80 percent of the country's greenhouse gas emissions. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Indonesia would voluntarily cut emissions 26 percent — and up to 41 percent with sufficient international support — from a projected baseline by 2020.

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Eddington, KM; Dolcos, F; McLean, AN; Krishnan, KR; Cabeza, R; Strauman, TJ, Neural correlates of idiographic goal priming in depression: goal-specific dysfunctions in the orbitofrontal cortex., Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, vol. 4 no. 3 (September, 2009), pp. 238-246 , [doi] [abs].
Eddington, KM; Dolcos, F; Cabeza, R; R Krishnan, KR; Strauman, TJ, Neural correlates of promotion and prevention goal activation: an fMRI study using an idiographic approach., Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, vol. 19 no. 7 (July, 2007), pp. 1152-1162 , [doi] [abs].
Strauman, TJ; Vieth, AZ; Merrill, KA; Kolden, GG; Woods, TE; Klein, MH; Papadakis, AA; Schneider, KL; Kwapil, L, Self-system therapy as an intervention for self-regulatory dysfunction in depression: a randomized comparison with cognitive therapy., Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, vol. 74 no. 2 (2006), pp. 367-376 , [doi] [abs].


On Saturday April 18th, I joined a photowalk organised by Ready Steady Pro and Guild of Photographers. I got to know of it through Paul Griffiths of Photography: Live & Uncut.
The sun was out and Central London was buzzing.
It was really good to meet other photographers, chat and just enjoy photography. Here are some of the images I made on the day.
All photos were shot with a Fujifilm X100T and X-T1 with Heilos 44M.
Bumped into Adeel Akhtar from Channel 4 show Utopia. Nice and friendly guy.


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Moments Season 2 Moments
Alicia Philipp's Moment demonstrated how a mentor helps many others stand up – literally
Chris Schroder March 25, 2013 12:27 pm
By Chris Schroder
Alicia Philipp, president of The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, had her Moment 16 years ago when she spontaneously asked a question to a crowd of people and was surprised when nearly all of them stood up. That Moment taught her a lot about the value of mentorship and the special nature of her own mentor, Dan Sweat.
Dan was "a force to be reckoned with in Atlanta," Alicia said. He was president of Central Atlanta Progress, led the Atlanta Project for President Carter, and made it a priority to be an influential mentor for the generations behind him. Alicia was one of those that benefitted from what she thought was a unique mentor relationship with Dan.
Alicia worked for Dan right out of college at Central Atlanta Progress and he was a board chair for 15 years once she came to the Foundation.
"Dan opened doors for me but he didn't do my job for me," she said. "He made things happen in a way that I had to take advantage of the opportunity and I had to have my act together and be able to do the work.
"That's what I believe a good mentor relationship is – being able to make those connections and bridges for someone and not walking across the bridge for them but helping them find the bridge and cross it themselves."
In December 1996, Dan Sweat was honored by the Atlanta Gas Light Company with the "Shining Light Award." Alicia had the privilege of speaking at the ceremony. As Alicia gave her speech about the deserving factors that led to Dan's winning the award, she suddenly made a request to the audience.
"I asked everybody in the audience who had been mentored by Dan to stand – not really knowing what the response would be," she said.
The response she received was a Moment she'll remember forever.
"That audience rose as one," she said. "Everybody but maybe two people in the entire audience stood – black, white, young, old, male, female – it was amazing."
Alicia looked over at Dan who was feeble and ill at the time, and saw his face light up. Although Dan passed away in February 1997, that Moment was evidence that Dan had successfully instilled his passion for the community into many young people who would go on and instill their passion into others – keeping his legacy as a community leader alive.
The Moment the audience stood in unison sparked reflection for Alicia about what she should be doing to give to younger generations the way Dan had given to her, those standing in the audience, and undoubtedly countless others.
"I realized the greatest gift Dan had given this community wasn't Woodruff Park or all of the other things that happened because of his leadership, " she said. "It was the impact he had on people – I have been changed by that."
At the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Alicia and her team of 30 have the opportunity to facilitate community support by connecting donors with nonprofits in order to carry out their passion and a purpose. With $755 million in assets, the Foundation made grants of $95 million last year to more than 5,000 nonprofits and faith-based organizations locally, nationally and internationally.
The Foundation has served an integral role in initiatives like the Atlanta AIDS Partnership Fund, the Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund, the Neighborhood Fund and the Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative.
Alicia's 37 years at the Foundation and leadership in grant making, fundraising, and collaboration with donors and nonprofits haven't gone unnoticed. She has been recognized as Georgia Trend's "100 Most Influential Georgian's" and Atlanta Business Chronicle's "100 Most Influential Atlantans." While recognized as a leader in the community at large, one of the most rewarding and impacting ways Alicia serves as a leader is on a smaller scale.
Alicia mentioned that if you were to take a look at her calendar for any given week, you'll find at least two or three meetings with recent college graduates, graduate students or young professionals about how to find a place in a community and how to give back.
"If in some way, I can be helpful to them in figuring out how to engage in the community and take that next step – that's what really matters," Alicia said.
The importance of mentoring others is something Alicia understands from the Moment she witnessed a room full of people standing together for Dan Sweat.
"How I have worked to really encourage the next generation has been completely molded by that one day and seeing the impact one man can have on so many different lives.
"If you instill in young people this desire to be a part of this community, that's what is going to matter to us and that's how we are going to have a strong community forever."
Next week in Moments: Bill Clarkson
Next week in Moments: Bill Clarkson, Westminster's outgoing president, on a momentous day he spent alone with a patient in Duke University's mental ward.
Video by Mehran Moin. Research and writing assistance by Bailee Bowman of Schroder PR.
Don't miss previous 2013 Moments: Jay Smith, Jennifer Johnson, David Geller, Cynthia Jones Parks, Lee Katz, Keegan Federal, Brandi Helvey, Alwyn Fredericks, George McKerrow, Wright Mitchell, Shawn Wilson, Bill Bolling, Tracey Jackson, Fran Tarkenton, Drey Mingo, Andy Cash, Fred Northup, Wendy Binns, Ann Curry, Bill Clarkson, Alicia Philipp, Dennis Creech, Meredith Leapley, Raymond King, Jerry Farber, Larry Gellerstedt, Sally Bethea, Ken Thrasher, Herb Nelson.
Don't miss previous Moments from 2012: Solon Patterson, Charles Ackerman, Santa Claus, Mark McDonald, Frank Skinner, Tom Murphy, Matt Arnett, Kasim Reed, Alana Shepherd, Charles Driebe, Hank Aaron, Kevin Rathbun, Larrie Del Martin, Mike Luckovich, Dan Matthews, Arthur Blank, Doug Hertz, Thomas Dimitroff, Jenny Levison, Brad Cunard, Joe Roberts, Plemon El-Amin, Bob Williams, Gary Price, John Dewberry, Bill Tush, Milton Little, Hope Arbery, Bo Jackson, Lisa Borders, Tom Key, Bob Voyles, Joyce Fownes, Joel Babbit, John Pruitt, Noel Khalil, Chuck Leavell, Bill Nigut, Eveylyn Winn-Dixon, Steve Nygren, Chris White, Josh Starks, Ryan Gravel, Shirley Franklin, Sam Massell and Clark Howard
Central Atlanta Progress
As historic buildings disappear, Atlanta losing its sense of place
Not too Late to Focus on Water
'The Stitch' seeks to bridge the divide created by the Downtown Connector
Maria Saporta March 4, 2019 4:19 pm
Column: Georgia Bio names 'ambassador for life sciences' its new CEO
Maria Saporta February 21, 2019 7:48 pm
The Urban Land Institute to Advise Central Atlanta Progress on Planning and Development of the "Stitch," a Proposal for Vibrant Park Space Along I-75 and I-85 Connector
wpengine February 18, 2019 7:47 pm
When communities like Downtown and the Westside thrive, Atlanta thrives.
wpengine November 19, 2018 11:34 pm
Bill Todd March 26, 2013 2:38 pm
I am still very proud that I was one of those who stood up when Alicia asked her question. Like many, I learned so very much from Dan Sweat, and I still miss him.Report


I hate when they dont put the price!
Like they say, "If you have to ask, then you can't afford it!"
the green one looks like it's just rendered from a CAD file. also their official site doen't list those.
their vimeo account just has a year old video.
it doesn't look very hard to make one yourself anyway, sheet of polystyrene, cut in shape and cover with a layer of glass fibre, put on your regular frame, done.


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Music in General
Styx - 2017 The Mission
By One and a half
June 26, 2017 in Music in General
One and a half
Wow, the concept album is back, Styx created the Mission to Mars and an inkling of getting there and then some.
For gapless deniers, this album is not for you, it's broken into different tracks, but plays in one continuous hit.
Headbangin' - you bet, classic prog riffs and changes in atmospheres, man something new, it's been a while.
Acoustic Sounds release as a 88.2-24, and hey it doesn't sound too bad at all. DR5.6 (to Jriver measurements) is just about minimum I suppose, but when you want dynamics they're there. Hint : try "Locomotive" for dynamics and play this loud.
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On 29th November 2022 took place the Final Review Meeting in Brussels
By Watereye In newsPosted noviembre 30, 2022
The Final Review Meeting of Watereye project, took place on 29th November 2022 in Brussels. All the beneficiaries were duly represented and the conclusions and results of the Watereye project were presented to the Project Officer.
Watereye reaches the end, Watereye started long ago in 2019 and finished now in 2022. It has been really nice to work together towards a valuable goal which joins technology and research.
Thank you to all the partners involved in the project! We will keep on working.
Watereye
A new article of Watereye, was published at Horizon Results Booster webpage.
Last Project Newsletter and Final Dissemination Video
Last Project Newsletter and Final Dissemination Video diciembre 14, 2022
On 29th November 2022 took place the Final Review Meeting in Brussels noviembre 30, 2022
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Telephone: (+34) 943 212800
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This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 851207.
The dissemination of results herein reflects only the author's view and the European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
© 2020 WATEREYE


Jessica is in the Parent's Magazine photo contest and would love your vote once a day until July 3rd. Click HERE to vote. She says Thanks!
hahaha I feel awful because I want those sand toys for myself! xD I love playing in the sand! I've never been to the beach but the sandbox was always a treat and luxury for me as a kid!


Penta Gold Ltd (PGPL) is engaged in wholesale distribution of jewellery, precious stones and metals, costume jewellery, watches, clocks, and silverware. It's offices at Ahmedabad and Mumbai. They have a retail outlet in Mumbai. Penta Gold Ltd export products (gold jewellery studded with diamond) to overseas buyers and also sells to wholesalers domestically & they primarily sell gold jewellery i.e. Chains, Rings, Bangles, Necklace, Mangalsutra, Bracelet, Earrings and other jewellery studded or non-studded with pearls, diamonds, American diamonds and other precious stones. In this post we will check the Penta Gold Ltd IPO review and will check in case there is any profit opportunity in this public issue.
Issue Type – Fixed Price.
Augmenting additional working capital requirements.
Into Jewellery manufacturing / trading, Billion trading, E-commerce and retail jewellery stores.
Procures required gold from various Banks. We also procure gold and precious stones from local markets.
Outsources to manufacture of jewellery to various domestic corporate, local artisans and craftsmen.
Recognized as "One Star Export House" from directorate General of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India.
Exports Contributes around 22.23% of the Revenue.
Ketan M. Shroff's equity shares 39,36,500 and the average cost of acquisition Rs. 9.59.
Penta Gold Ltd IPO Review: Once again we warn investors about Indian markets are hovering near reaord highs and recent IPOs are fully priced, our Penta Gold Ltd IPO review stays with a NEUTRAL view on this public issue. Do not invest unless and until you have surplus cash.
the response to IPO was very bad, only 6 retail investors and they are related to promoters. The purpose of the IPO is to meet Issue Expenses which is a clear indicator that the whole IPO seems to be a fraud.
Sudhir, due to the bull market many weak companies are getting listed especially in the SME exchanges. Stay safe, invest wisely.


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Q: What is the implication if the Kretschmann scalar for two metrics are same? Does it mean that they are describing the same spacetime?

A: There is no implication. It doesn't mean that they are describing the same spacetime. The Riemann tensor has 20 independent components, so knowing one quadratic scalar combination of them isn't much of a constraint on the geometry.
In general, even a complete set of invariants is insufficient to determine the metric. See Wikipedia.


Posted on January 16, 2018 by Ching under Games, Shopping, Wishlist.
I asked Brian to take me to Game Stop before we had my last Zumba World Party party because I wanted to beef up my collection of dancing games. We found some games at Game Stop but we didn't remember what I already had correctly so we ended up getting a duplicate of Just Dance 2016. Brian had to take the game back the next day since I already had it. It worked out great for him though because he ended up getting one of the games he wanted.
In the meantime, we didn't want something like this to happen again so we decided to take a picture of all my dancing games. Next time we go to the store to pick up a new game for me, we can consult my collection first and then we won't end up mistakenly buying the same games over again.
Here's what I have so far..
Of course I have Zumba World Party. This is the whole reason that we bought me an XBOX and Kinect to begin with.
I also have several Just Dance games.
Just Dance 2016 is the one we ended up buying again on accident. I didn't realize I already had it. The ones I'm missing from the series are actually Just Dance, Just Dance 2, Just Dance 3, Just Dance 2017, and Just Dance 2018. I don't really much care about the first three Just Dance games but I did order Just Dance 2017 since they didn't have it at Game Stop. I'm waiting for the price of the latest game in the series, Just Dance 2018, to drop in price before I buy it.
I think these are the only ones they ever made in the series, though. Do you guys know of any dancing game that I should definitely add to my collection?
Posted on December 13, 2016 by Ching under Events, Games.
We had the opportunity to celebrate Becca's birthday last month. It was the Saturday after Thanksgiving so the theme was "Leftover Potluck," which was perfect because we had a ton of leftovers.
I was trying to earn some bonus points so I wore my one and only Pats shirt.
We played some Cards Against Humanity and the new Mouthguard Challenge game. I didn't want to put one of those things in my mouth so I volunteered to be the game master and official picture-taker.
It was hilarious! We had a great time celebrating Becca's birthday. Cheers to another awesome year!
Posted on August 12, 2016 by Ching under Games.
Came back to work after ZINCON and found this in our "fun" room at work. It's perfect because it's too hot to play outside at the pop-up park in the middle of summer. We've gotten great use out of the new ping pong table since we got it. Kinda makes me want to get one of our basement.
Posted on August 1, 2016 by Ching under Babies, Food and Drink, Games, Things to Do.
We took last Tuesday off to get ready for ZINCON since we had to fly out at 5 AM the next day. We took the girls to the pet boarding place and then got manis and pedis and even squeezed in some Pokémon hunting.
Molly was super excited she got to drive to the pet resort. She is such a good little driver. She always looks both ways.
Before you freak out, I'm only kidding about Molly driving. We were stopped at a light when we took these photos. She looks really cool driving Brian's car, though. Really gangsta. Just sayin'.
Then Brian and I were off to Nails and Beyond for manis and pedis.
I had my toes painted glittery purple to match my prom dress for the theme party.
After spending a couple of hours at the nail salon, we decided to head over to District Taqueria to support the Dress for Success fundraising event.
Don't ask me what three tacos I got because I can never remember.
Brian is not a huge fan of DT. He's more of a Qdoba kind of guy. I love the taco selection at DT, though. I also like the thick queso with kick. And, they have great desserts that they serve in cute, little mason jars (like the one the containing the queso in the picture above). We were good and skipped dessert this time, though. Plus, they were really busy. We almost left and ate somewhere else because there weren't any open tables. I'm glad we waited a bit though, because I really wanted to help Dress for Success even though in a very small way.
We walked off our lunch by walking along Douglas and hunting for Pokémon. It was over 100 degrees that day so we were a bit nuts but we're kind of addicted to the game. We got Rita's Italian Ice to cool us off a bit and I actually managed to talk Brian to checking out Wichita State University campus as well.
The WSU campus was a bit disappointing. They had a lot of stops and there were five gyms but not really any rare Pokémons. Actually, there were hardly any mons that popped up for us. By far, the best place I've found for Pokémon hunting is down by the river. The Keeper of the Plains area is always hopping with Magikarp and Psyducks, and has been buzzing with people (fellow Pokémon trainers presumably) since the game was released last month.
Here are some pictures of us hunting Pokémon downtown. This photo was taken a couple of weeks ago at the ICT Pop Up Urban Park, one of my most favorite places for hunting Pokémon because it's got four Poké stops all in the same vicinity. I was actually walking back and forth along the block to hatch some eggs and I ran into Rolo when I sat the the corner of Douglas and Main to take a break.
We're going to be really busy this coming week so we won't have time to hit the hot spots but we will definitely keep you guys posted next time we're out Pokémon hunting and perhaps we can all meet up. Until then, have a fantastic week!
Posted on December 5, 2015 by Ching under Events, Family, Games.
It was a little stressful this year but it turned out alright overall.
The days leading up to Thanksgiving were hectic. We found a car for Brian, which we paid for on Monday. Then we sold Bebot on Wednesday. That didn't really leave much time to get ready for Thanksgiving specially since Brian worked Monday and Tuesday.
Luckily, we don't really have to do much to prepare for the meal. We just buy the deluxe holiday meal from Fresh Market as we've done the last few years and follow the reheating instructions. The nice thing is we've done this a few times that we have it down. We just pull up our Thanksgiving project timeline year after year and follow the schedule.
The only hitch this year was that we didn't get everything that was supposed to be in the box. Didn't realize it until we were planning where everything was to go. I was like, "Turkey will go here. Ham will go here. Stuffing will go here…" And then Brian interrupts and tells me we don't have any stuffing.
"They didn't give us any," was Brian's reply.
I opened the fridge in disbelief. Sure enough, no stuffing. Brian didn't think we were supposed to get any and was rather calm about it. I don't really care for stuffing but I was quite upset. We paid for the deluxe holiday meal package and three pounds of stuffing was part of the deal. Not only is stuffing a big part of Thanksgiving, but it was on the list of things we were supposed to get. I had to show Brian this picture to prove to him that we got gypped.
I called Fresh Market at least three times but there was no answer each time. I don't know why I bothered or why I kept trying other than I was desperate. I knew that they would be closed for the day and there was nothing we could do. We had to go without stuffing for Thanksgiving this year.
On the bright side, I really don't like stuffing so it's not like we were missing anything important. Had they gypped us on the corn soufflé then I probably would have gone completely ballistic. LOL.
Here are some pictures from Thanksgiving.
Mom made lumpia so we just put it in place of where we were going to put the stuffing so there wasn't an empty slot. It turned out alright. I don't think anyone really cares for stuffing either, and I'd rather have lumpia any day.
Since we had lumpia, we had to bust out the bottle of Silver Swan soy sauce and Datu Puti suka. Mom brought a bottle of banana ketchup for also.
We got two different kind of bread to go with our meal. Fresh Market's bread is yummy!
We also had ham because that was part of the deal.
The mashed potatoes were delicious. Don't know what's so different about these, but the mashed potatoes made by Fresh Market are just better than others I think.
We had way too much green beans.
This is the corn shuffle, which is my favorite dish out of all the items that the deluxe holiday meal includes. It doesn't look like much but it is delicious. We usually have leftovers of everything else but this always gets wiped out.
We were expecting a few more people to join us but things came up and it was just us.
We still had a great time, though.
Brian made these decadent "adult chocolate pudding" desserts with Rumchata and Godiva. Everyone else thought it was too strong but I liked it.
Afterwards grandma taught mom and dad how to play Skip Bo.
And then it was time to video chat with Brian's folks in Oklahoma.
Here are some pictures of Brian getting everything set up.
Don't mind the bored look on Brian's face. That's how normally looks.
Later that evening our awesome neighbors came by and brought their dogs Nikki and Ellie over. Jim is working is Orlando now and he was home for the holidays. Their house just went on the market because Karen will be following him shortly.
These guys are hands down the best neighbors we've ever had. We are really going to miss them.
So that was our Thanksgiving in a nutshell. Even though I was a little stressed out about the whole stuffing situation. It all turned out okay.
Brian called Fresh Market the next day to complain about missing a vital part of our deluxe holiday meal package. They asked him if he still wanted the stuffing. It was pointless at that point since we had already eaten the rest of the food and so we had no more need for it. They offered us a gift card to compensate us for the missing item and that was fine with us.
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2 1 accruing to various upper-income groups, such as the top 10 percent or top 1 percent. We define income as the sum of all income components reported on tax returns (wages and salaries, pensions received, profits from businesses, capital income such as dividends, interest, or rents, and realized capital gains) before individual income taxes. We exclude government transfers such as Social Security retirement benefits or unemployment compensation benefits from our income definition. Therefore, our income measure is defined as market income before individual income taxes. Evidence on U.S. top income shares Figure 1 presents the income share of the top decile from 1917 to 2006 in the United States. In 2006, the top decile includes all families with market income above $104,700. The overall pattern of the top decile share over the century is U-shaped. The share of the top decile is around 45 percent from the mid-1920s to It declines substantially to just above 32.5 percent in four years during World War II and stays fairly stable around 33 percent until the 1970s. Such an abrupt decline, concentrated exactly during the war years, cannot easily be reconciled with slow technological changes and suggests instead that the shock of the war played a key and lasting role in shaping income concentration in the United States. After decades of stability in the post-war period, the top decile share has increased dramatically over the last twenty-five years and has now regained its pre-war level. Indeed, the top decile share in 2006 is equal to 49.7 percent, a level higher than any other year since 1917 and even surpasses 1928, the peak of stock market bubble in the roaring 1920s. Figure 2 decomposes the top decile into the top percentile (families with income above $382,600 in 2006) and the next 4 percent (families with income between $148,400 and $382,600 in 2006), and the bottom half of the top decile (families with income between $104,700 and $148,400 in 2006). Interestingly, most of the fluctuations of the top decile are due to fluctuations within the top percentile. The drop in the next two groups during World War II is far less dramatic, and they recover from the WWII shock relatively quickly.
4 3 income tax rates went up in 1993 during the Clinton administration (and hence a larger share of the gains made by top incomes was redistributed) while top income tax rates went down in 2001 during the Bush administration. The top percentile share declined during WWI, recovered during the 1920s boom, and declined again during the great depression and WWII. This very specific timing, together with the fact that very high incomes account for a disproportionate share of the total decline in inequality, strongly suggests that the shocks incurred by capital owners during 1914 to 1945 (depression and wars) played a key role. 1 Indeed, from 1913 and up to the 1970s, very top incomes were mostly composed of capital income (mostly dividend income) and to a smaller extent business income, the wage income share being very modest. Therefore, the large decline of top incomes observed during the period is predominantly a capital income phenomenon. Interestingly, the income composition pattern at the very top has changed considerably over the century. The share of wage and salary income has increased sharply from the 1920s to the present, and especially since the 1970s. Therefore, a significant fraction of the surge in top incomes since 1970 is due to an explosion of top wages and salaries. Indeed, estimates based purely on wages and salaries show that the share of total wages and salaries earned by the top 1 percent wage income earners has jumped from 5.1 percent in 1970 to 12.0 percent in Evidence based on the wealth distribution is consistent with those facts. Estimates of wealth concentration, measured by the share of total wealth accruing to top 1 percent wealth holders, constructed by Wojciech Kopczuk and myself from estate tax returns for the period in the United States show a precipitous decline in the first part of the century with only fairly modest increases in recent decades. The evidence suggests that top incomes earners today are not rentiers deriving their incomes from past 1 The negative effect of the wars on top incomes can be explained in part by the large tax increases enacted to finance the wars. During both wars, the corporate income tax was drastically increased and this reduced mechanically the distributions to stockholders. 2 Interestingly, this dramatic increase in top wage incomes has not been mitigated by an increase in mobility at the top of the wage distribution. As Wojciech Kopczuk, myself, and Jae Song have shown in a separate paper, the probability of staying in the top 1 percent wage income group from one year to the next has remained remarkably stable since the 1970s.
5 4 wealth but rather are working rich, highly paid employees or new entrepreneurs who have not yet accumulated fortunes comparable to those accumulated during the Gilded Age. Such a pattern might not last for very long. The possible repeal of the federal tax on large estates in coming years would certainly accelerate the path toward the reconstitution of the great wealth concentration that existed in the U.S. economy before the Great Depression. The labor market has been creating much more inequality over the last thirty years, with the very top earners capturing a large fraction of macroeconomic productivity gains. A number of factors may help explain this increase in inequality, not only underlying technological changes but also the retreat of institutions developed during the New Deal and World War II - such as progressive tax policies, powerful unions, corporate provision of health and retirement benefits, and changing social norms regarding pay inequality. We need to decide as a society whether this increase in income inequality is efficient and acceptable and, if not, what mix of institutional reforms should be developed to counter it.
6 50% 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% Share of total income going to Top 10% FIGURE 1 The Top Decile Income Share in the United States, Source: Piketty and Saez (2003), series updated to Income is defined as market income including capital gains. In 2006, top decile includes all families with more than $104,700 of annual income.
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Social Welfare in Japan is an important study of the historical development and fundamental characteristics of social welfare in Japan and beyond. Reviewing arguments about the welfare state and the conceptualization of the individual in society, author Kojun Furukawa traces the emergence of social welfare as a domain of theory...
Social Welfare in Japan is an important study of the historical development and fundamental characteristics of social welfare in Japan and beyond. Reviewing arguments about the welfare state and the conceptualization of the individual in society, author Kojun Furukawa traces the emergence of social welfare as a domain of theory and practice that is at once interdisciplinary and unique. Focusing on the post-war era, Furukawa deftly interweaves discussions on the state of social welfare research, the nature of social welfare aid, policy, management and organization, and the historical antecedents to these factors.
FURUKAWA Kojun, Professor and Vice President in the Faculty of Health and Welfare, Nishikyushu University, is a Japanese scholar whose primary research interest is social welfare.
He obtained his PhD in Social Welfare from Japan Women's University, and his career has seen him serving in the position of President of the Japan Society for the Study of Social Welfare. His early research focused on child welfare, but later shifted to the history and theory of social welfare.
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Braz. J. Biol. vol.72 no.1 São Carlos feb. 2012
Ichthyofauna diversity of Taperoá II reservoir, semi-arid region of Paraíba, Brazil
Diversidade da ictiofauna do açude Taperoá II, semiárido paraibano, Brasil
Montenegro, AKA.I, *; Torelli, JER.I; Crispim, MC.I; Hernández, MIM.II; Medeiros, AMA.III
IDepartamento de Sistematica e Ecologia - DSE, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza - CCEN,Universidade Federal da Paraíba - UFPB, Castelo Branco, CEP 58000-000, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil
IIDepartamento de Ecologia e Zoologia - ECZ, Centro de Ciências Biológicas - CCB, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC, Campus Universitário, Trindade, CEP 88040-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
IIIUniversidade Estadual da Paraíba - UEPB, Rua Baraúnas, 351, Bairro Universitário, CEP 58429-500, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil
To determine the fish species present in Taperoá II Reservoir, and their relevance to the local economy, this research aimed to evaluate the composition, abundance, degree of dominance and constancy of species, along with diversity, richness, evenness and similarity indices in a tropical semi-arid fish assemblage, during one year. Six 24 hour-long samplings were carried out between October 2005 and October 2006 using cast, seine and gillnets. The 889 collected individuals belonged to 11 species from 9 families. Temporal variation was observed in the capture frequency of different species, and a significant negative correlation between precipitation and number of individuals was also observed. Among the recorded families, Characidae showed a higher frequency of occurrence (38.4%), mostly due to Astyanax bimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) and A. fasciatus (Cuvier, 1819). Eight species were categorised as constant, two as accessory and one as accidental. Diversity index values were intermediate with low fluctuation throughout the study period, and no correlation with precipitation or water volume. However, the greatest diversity value was recorded in March 2006, when the peak of the precipitation was recorded. Evenness values showed a similar trend to the diversity index.
Keywords: reservoir, ecology, community, temporal variation.
Para determinar as espécies de peixe presentes no Açude Taperoá II e sua relevância para a economia local, objetivou-se determinar a composição, a abundância, a dominância e a constância de espécies da ictiofauna, bem como os índices de diversidade (H'), riqueza, equitabilidade e similaridade de espécies ao longo de um ano. Foram realizadas seis coletas ao longo de 24 horas, de outubro de 2005 a outubro de 2006, utilizando-se tarrafas, redes de espera e arrasto. Foram coletados 889 indivíduos, identificados em 11 táxons específicos, distribuídos em nove famílias. A abundância das diferentes espécies variou temporalmente, com correlação negativa significativa entre a precipitação e o número de indivíduos. Dentre as famílias identificadas, Characidae apresentou a maior frequência de ocorrência (38,5%), representada pelas espécies Astyanax bimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) e A. fasciatus (Cuvier, 1819). Oito espécies foram consideradas constantes, duas acessórias e uma acidental. O índice de diversidade apresentou valores entre 2,11 e 2,80, e não apresentou correlação com a precipitação e o volume do açude. Entretanto, o índice de diversidade mais elevado foi registrado no mês de março de 2006, pico do período chuvoso. Os valores da equitabilidade comportaram-se de forma semelhante aos do índice de diversidade.
Palavras-chave: reservatório, ecologia, comunidade, variação temporal.
The lack of knowledge on the composition of the freshwater ichthyofauna of the Northeastern region of Brazil is highly evident. In fact, species distribution lists and reports on the Neotropical freshwater ichthyofauna often show distribution gaps for many fish species within this region, due to the scarcity of fish records in the area (Santos, 2005).
Within Brazilian northeastern micro-regions, the semi-arid is highly limited in its hydrologic resources, particularly due to typical low precipitation and high evaporation rates, which increase the eutrophication processes of water bodies and constrain water accumulation in these environments. Water levels vary from total absence (dry periods) to great discharges (rainy season) in most semi-arid aquatic environments.
According to Rosa et al. (2003), the ichthyofauna of the Caatinga region consists of typical species from several Neotropical groups, with the exception of annual fishes (Rivulidae), showing a substantially small diversity when compared to other Brazilian environments. These fish assemblages are common in freshwater basins of the Northeastern Brazilian region, partially draining from, or encompassing entire environments located in the Caatinga. Consequently, due to these patterns, a regional ichthyofauna characterisation is precluded.
The hydrologic cycle initiates during the rainy period, when aquatic environments accumulate water. Following water evaporation in the dry season, variations in the trophic state take place over time. These events play an important role in the organisation and functioning of aquatic ecosystems, inducing adaptive surviving strategies by species, which enhance intra and inter-specific competition, alterations in the community structure, and alterations in the availability of food resources.
Teixeira et al. (2005) stated that investigating biodiversity, particularly fish assemblage structure and its variation patterns through space and time, is relevant to assess environmental quality, given that fishes occupy different positions in aquatic food webs. According to Wootton (1990), the communities from a specific environment can be analysed according to various aspects, including diversity, richness and evenness parameters.
To determine the fish species present in Taperoá II Reservoir, and their relevance to the local economy, this research aimed to describe the species composition, abundance, degree of dominance and constancy of species, species diversity index, species richness, evenness and similarity of the ichthyofauna of this reservoir throughout a one year period. Since little research on the fish diversity of semi-arid environments in the Northeastern region have been accomplished, this study also aims to contribute to fish diversity knowledge in the region by testing the following hypotheses: 1) this environment has low diversity due to extreme hydrological conditions; 2) there are no seasonal differences among species, and 3) species do not show similar abundances.
Taperoá II Reservoir is located in the Taperoá River basin, in the central region of Paraíba State (07° 11' 44" S-07° 13' 44" S and 36° 52' 03" W-36° 50' 09" W) (Figure 1). It has a surface area of 4.6 km2, a maximum water accumulation capacity of 15,148,900 m3, a maximum depth of 5.7 m and a mean depth of 1.4 m. The reservoir is mostly used to supply water to Taperoá city and neighbouring cities, eventually connecting to the intermittent Taperoá River.
The semi-arid region of Paraíba has two well-defined seasons, namely, the rainy season, lasting between three and four months, and the dry season, lasting for almost the rest of the year. The weather of this region is classified as BSh' (Köppen climate classification), which indicates a hot and dry semi-arid climate, with a rainy season during the summer and fall. This region has the lowest precipitation indexes of Brazil (i.e. 300 mm per year).
Sampling was carried out during the dry season of 2005 (October and December), rainy season of 2006 (March and June), and the dry season of 2006 (August and October) (http://www2.aesa.pb.gov.br/meteoro/chuvas.shtml) (Figure 2).
Water volume in the Taperoá II reservoir showed high fluctuations throughout the study period, varying from a minimum of 3.930.838 m3 in December of 2005 to a maximum 15.148.900 m3 in May, June and July of 2006 (overflow) (Paraíba, 1997). However, it did not dry completely during the study period (Figure 2).
2. Material and Methods
Six samplings were performed during a 24-hour period. Fish specimens were collected using the following fishing instruments: cast nets and seine nets (15 mm mesh net between adjacent knots, nylon bags with 0.2 mm of net open, length and width of 5 and 2 m, respectively) and gillnets (meshes of 15, 20, 25, 35 e 40 mm, between adjacent knots, length and height of 20 and 2 m, respectively).
Samples were collected in the deepest sector of the reservoir, near the dam, in the limnetic and shore zones, at four hours intervals, totalling six samples. During each interval gillnets and cast nets were used in the reservoir edges, 30 and 15 times, respectively, whereas the seine net was used 10 times, in the edges and in the limnetic zone of the reservoir.
2.1. Ichthyofauna composition
Specimens were preserved in the field in a 10% formalin solution and subsequently transferred to the Aquatic Ecology Laboratory/Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia/Universidade Federal da Paraíba. Taxonomic identifications were based on Fowler (1954), Britski (1972), Britski et al. (1988), Vari (1991) and confirmed by a taxonomist (Prof. Dr. Ricardo Rosa). Voucher specimens were deposited in the Universidade Federal da Paraíba Ichthyologic Collection (UFPB catalogue numbers: 6175, 6176, 6177, 6178, 6179, 6180, 6181, 6182, 6183, 6184 and 6185).
2.2. Abundance, dominance and constancy
Abundance of fishes was determined following the total number of caught individuals of each species per sample. Spearman's correlation was used to test the variation in the abundance of different species through time.
Simpson's Dominance Index was employed according to McNaughton (1968) to determine the degree of dominance (D) among species. This estimate is an important means of determining the effects of the most abundant species on fish assemblage dynamics and on the overall biotic community.
The Constancy Index (C) (Dajoz, 1973) was employed to classify the constant species in the Taperoá II reservoir during the study period. This index determines which species remain in the assemblage for longer periods, therefore, being less affected by seasonal environmental variations.
2.3. Assemblage parameters and similarity
Shannon´s Index (H') (bits/ind) was employed as a diversity index per sample, and the resulting values were classified according to Pinto-Coelho (2000). Diversity Index and Camargo's evenness Index (E') were calculated using the Ecological Methodology software (Kenney and Krebs, 2000), respectively, based on Equation 1:
where pi is the relative abundance of the ith species, S is the number of species in the community, and Equation 2:
where S is the number of species in the community h, pih is the relative abundance of a competing species i, pjh is the relative abundance of a competing species j, and K is the maximum number of possible binary subtractions between competing species, following K = S (S-1)/2 (Camargo, 1993). Species richness was considered as the number of species per sample.
Spearman's correlation and cluster analysis using Bray Curtis' Similarity Matrix were performed on Primer software with diversity, evenness, fish species abundance, pluviometric and water volume data. Spearman's rank correlation was performed to determine the relations between environmental (pluviometry and water volume) and biological (diversity, evenness and fish population parameters) variables. Data transformation was not necessary. Cluster analysis was used to verify the existence of patterns in species distribution throughout time. The Bray-Curtis index was used as similarity measure and groups were clustered using the unweighted pair-group average method (Sokal and Rohlf, 1980).
A total of 889 individuals belonging to 11 species, 10 genera, nine families and four orders were collected during the study period (Table 1).
Species richness varied among different months, from six (in June of 2006) to 10 species (in March and August of 2006). There was no significant correlation between species richness and precipitation rates [rS = 0.19; N = 6; p = 0.71], as well as between species richness and water volume in the reservoir [rS = -0.32; N = 6; p = 0.53].
The abundance of different species showed seasonal variation. A negative significant correlation was observed between number of individuals and precipitation [rS = -0.81; N = 6; p < 0.05]. This result indicates that during the rainy season, the number of caught individuals decreased (78 in March/2006 and 109 June/2006) (Table 2).
According to the Constancy Index, eight species were considered constant (Astyanax bimaculatus, Astyanax fasciatus, Hoplias malabaricus, Poecilia vivipara, Characidium bimaculatum, Steindachnerina notonota, Leporinus piau, Oreochromis niloticus), two accessory (Cichlassoma orientale, Hypostomus sp.) and one accidental (Prochilodus brevis).
Hoplias malabaricus showed higher abundance during the period with lower water volume (dry season of 2005). Astyanax bimaculatus and A. fasciatus were more abundant during the dry seasons. These species, which were the most abundant in the reservoir (38.5% dominance degree), belong to the Characidae, which comprised 18.2% of all caught species (Figure 3).
3.3.1. Diversity and evenness indices
The fish assemblage of Taperoá II Reservoir showed a mean Shannon diversity index of 2.4 bits/ind. There were no significant temporal variations in the diversity index throughout the study period. Also, no significant correlations between diversity index and precipitation rate, and between diversity index and water volume of the reservoir were observed. Nevertheless, the highest diversity value was recorded in March of 2006 (H' = 2.8 bits/ind), which coincided with a precipitation peak, and with the highest species richness (10 species). This was probably a consequence of greater food availability caused by a higher input of alloctone matter during this rainy period (Figure 4), favouring the presence of more diverse food, which was already observed in a previous work (Montenegro, 2007). The lowest diversity value was recorded in October of 2005 (dry period, H' = 2.1 bits/ind), coinciding with the low species richness value (7 species). In this sample, Cichlassoma orientale, Oreochromis niloticus, Hypostomus sp. and Prochilodus brevis were not collected.
Similarly to diversity, the evenness index values did not show significant variations throughout the study period. Evenness values did not correlate with the precipitation [rS = 0.4; N = 6; p = 0.4] or water volume [rS = 0.4; N = 6; p = 0.3]. The highest homogeneity of species abundance was registered in June of 2006 (rainy period, E' = 0.6), and the lowest in December of 2005 (dry period, E' = 0.4). Thus, in general, evenness values were considered low, which means that some species showed a higher abundance than others (Figure 4).
3.3.2. Similarity analysis
Cluster analysis distinguished three groups by sampling period (Figure 5). The lowest similarity value was obtained between June of 2006 and the remaining months. This month showed the lowest species richness, along with low diversity and high evenness indices. It represented the sum of precipitation during the rainy season, being the month with the highest water accumulation and an overflow.
Cluster analysis showed resemblances in the ichthyofauna between August and October of 2006. These months presented similarities in biodiversity and in the frequency of constant and accessory species. Further, on both months, the reservoir presented a great water volume, albeit not overflowing (Figure 2). The last cluster groups were formed by the months of March of 2006 and December of 2005, and by these two months together with October of 2005. Although these three months presented relatively different features, they were characterised by low water volume.
In the present study, an ecological succession was observed between the species Leporinus piau and Steindachnerina notonota. The former species is omnivorous, and latter is detritivorous, both species feed on the reservoir's substrate that observes alternation may be a strategy to avoid competition.
According to Welcomme (1979), the relative abundance of predatory fish usually increases during the dry season due to higher grazing rates. In the present study, the predator H. malabaricus showed a higher abundance during the dry period. It could also be due to the greater ecological densities in the community, given by the greater abundance of the organisms during the low water period volume. It is important to differentiate between total density (number by total space unit) and specific, or ecological density (number by space unit or habitat), which is the area or available volume that can be colonised by a population (Odum, 2001). A decrease in the dam's water volume is followed by a corresponding increase in ecological density, which is reflected in both an increase in predation risk and an increase in the concentration of individuals per space unit, increasing competition for food resources and accelerating environmental disturbances, such as eutrophisation processes (Crispim et al., 2000), which favours some species, but at the cost of negatively affecting others. This was illustrated for Characidium bimaculatum, which was not observed during December of 2005 (dry period). This species feeds on aquatic insects (Montenegro, 2007) and is likely to be more sensitive to the chemical and physical disturbances common during the dry period.
Agostinho et al. (2007) stated that almost 85% of the Brazilian reservoirs sustain a total richness of less than 40 fish species. Approximately half of these water bodies sustain a richness of 20 to 40 species, with a mean of 30 species per reservoir.
The variation in species abundance between seasons may also be related to the use of diverse environmental resources, which allows the species to coexist. A good example of this is the coexistence between A. bimaculatus and A. fasciatus in the reservoir, both abundant during the dry seasons. The abundance and coexistence of these two species was also observed by Hoffmann et al. (2005), Galetti Junior et al. (1990), Agostinho et al. (1997a,1997b), Schifino et al. (2004) and Teixeira et al. (2005).
According to Agostinho et al. (2007), the number of dominant species in Brazilian reservoirs is low, varying between two and 22, and with a mean of six species in each assembly. These researchers also stated that the dominance of few species is a recurrent phenomenon in reservoirs, because flexible, opportunistic species adapt better to new environments and can numerically surpass the others. In such reservoirs, approximately 25% of the species contribute with more than 80 of the total abundance.
The relevant participation of the Characidae (Characiformes), is a result of their wide distribution in freshwater environments. This family includes the majority of continental waters species of Brazil (Britski, 1972), where there is a predominance of small species and/or fishes that can complete their life cycle in lentic environments, as stated by Araújo and Santos (2001).
Species such as A. bimaculatus have flexible feeding habits and are able to reproduce in several types of habitats (Bennemann et al., 2000). These characteristics, along with their common frequency throughout the study may explain their abundance in Taperoá II reservoir. Agostinho et al. (2007) stated that A. altiparanae (Garutti and Britski, 2000) (same genus) is the most frequent species in Brazilian reservoirs (44%). These authors also emphasized the high frequency of A. fasciatus.
Seasonal variations in the abundance of species may be related to differences in resource utilisation, which allow coexistence. Astyanax bimaculatus and A. fasciatus were more abundant during the dry periods, an association possibly related to their ability to tolerate the inherent environmental conditions of this period. These species belong to the family Characidae which comprised 18.18% of all individuals collected in the present study, and, according to the constancy index, were also the most abundant (38.47% of degree of dominance). According to Luiz et al. (2003), A. scabripinnis paranae (Eigenmann, 1927) was dominant in Alagados Reservoir (Paraná, Brazil), accounting for nearly 86% of all collected individuals. The second most abundant species in this reservoir, Geophagus brasiliensis, accounted for only 8%.
Of the eleven taxa recorded throughout the study, most were categorised as constant, with Cichlasoma orientale and Hypostomus sp. categorised as accessory and Prochilodus brevis as accidental. Different results were observed by Galetti et al. (1990) in lakes from São Paulo (Brazil), where few constant species were registered. Bertoletti et al. (1989) recorded a total of 69 species in Uruguay River (Santa Catarina, Brazil), with only 24 species being considered constant.
In Taperoá II Reservoir, particularly, the high abundance of constant species may reflect its good conservation state. Vieira (2002) disagrees that such characteristic may be reflective of the conservation state of an environment. However, in this study, the author compared species from non-impacted environments with small samples of impacted environments.
The presence of constant species in these environments subject to major intermittent hydrological fluctuations illustrate the survivorship potential of these species during all ontogenetic stages, regardless of seasonal variations in feeding resources (Montenegro, 2007). According to Lemes and Garutti (2002), the constancy of some species reflects their biological ability to explore different environmental resources at each ontogenetic stage.
It is important to consider that Taperoá II Reservoir is located in one of the driest regions of Brazil (300 mm/year), with drastic variations in water volume along its hydrological cycle. This dynamic environment forces the organisms to develop different abilities to cope with them, such as dormant stages to support uninhabitable conditions. Among species of the study area, individuals of the trahira Hoplias malabaricus bury themselves in the soft substrate during adverse dry periods (personal observation).Barbiere and Kronemberg (1994) stated that during the rainy season, there is an increase in the diversity of microhabitats. Higher water levels reach the marginal vegetation, which provides shelter to organisms, more complex environments and food resources not available during the dry period.
The presence of water in the environment, even if in small quantities, is a determinant factor for the promotion of higher diversity values. Odum (2001) proposes that the diversity tends to decrease with higher stress or alterations in the environmental dynamics. In 1999 and 2003, this reservoir became completely dry, forcing fish species to recolonize the environment. This may explain its low fish species richness of the reservoir.
Evenness of Taperoá II fish species was considered low, the findings of Agostinho et al. (2007) in Brazilian reservoirs (Samuel reservoir, Amazon basin; Tucuruí reservoir, Tocantins river basin; Lajes, Paraíba do Sul river) support this.
Given the results of the present study, all initial hypotheses were rejected. The first hypothesis was accepted since the observed fish diversity was considered low, the second hypothesis was partially rejected because statistics do not found significant differences, but some species changed both diversity and abundance, along the sazonal period, the third hypothesis was also accepted because two species (A. bimaculatus e A. fasciatus) were dominant throughout the study period.
Acknowledgements - We thank PELD/Caatinga - CNPq, for financially supporting the project and CAPES for providing a Master's degree grant to Ana Karla Araujo Montenegro.
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