Environmental Services Programs for the Chesapeake Bay

Ecosystem Services, Payment for Ecosystem Services, Water Quality, Chesapeake Bay, Environmental Economics and Policy, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy, Q25, Q28, Q53, Q57,

Predictive climate signals

Presented at Irrigated agriculture responds to water use challenges - strategies for success: USCID water management conference held on April 3-6, 2012 in Austin, Texas.Includes bibliographical references.The Highland Lakes are operated by the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) in Texas to provide water supply to municipal, industrial, agricultural users and environmental flows for the river and Matagorda Bay. The Highland Lakes also provide for hydroelectric generation and recreation. The catchment area is in the Texas Hill Country, a region classified as the Edwards Plateau. Subject to extended droughts interrupted by intense rainfall, the region has the nickname of Flash Flood Alley. Precipitation in the region is understood to be influenced by oceanic conditions in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Gulf of Mexico. While the behavior of these global climate patterns is climatologically understood, finding strong skill in prediction of streamflows has been challenging. Identifying concurrent teleconnections, and to a lesser extend lagging indicators, is a critical first step for finding potential for predictors. Research efforts have often focused on predicting rainfall or climatic indexes. However, surface water managers need to relate predictions to streamflows. Climate indices can also be useful if they are hindcasted, enabling for relationships to the streamflow record to be established. Persistence is one of the strongest predictive indicators in the region, primarily through the winter season. Persistence is useful in short term predictions because it directly relates to streamflows and indirectly is influenced by teleconnection patterns. Therefore explicitly considering teleconnection patterns adds less incremental short term skill but potential benefit for longer term prediction. Use of persistence and ENSO forecasts are currently being used in water supply forecasts at the LCRA

Richard W. Rose in a Voice Recital

This is the program for the voice recital of baritone, Richard W. Rose, accompanied by Bob Braswell on the piano. The recital was held on April 18, 1967, in Mitchell Hall

Interview with Bob and Rose Hillman

An interview with Rose and Bob Hillman regarding their experiences in a one-room school house.https://scholars.fhsu.edu/ors/1181/thumbnail.jp

Stories from Edzell Lodge Children’s Home in the 1940s and 1950s:Lessons for practice and research

‘Gnatola ma no kpon sia, eyenabe adelan to kpo mi sena’ (‘Until the lion has his or her own storyteller, the hunter will always have the best part of the story’) (Ghanian proverb, available at: http://thelionandthehunter.org/). Historically, both the discipline and profession of social work have been imagined and constructed by those who oversee social work services – ‘the hunters’, according to the aforementioned Ghanaian proverb. Thus, it has been predominantly white, middle-class, non-disabled, mainly female, Global North voices that have determined what social work looks like and how it is carried out across the world. However, this is changing. Today, many more ‘lions’ are telling their stories, as this article demonstrates. Through the curated narratives of Bob, Doug and Rose, as well as that of their storyteller/collaborator, Viv, we learn that growing up in care in Scotland in the 1940s and 1950s was ‘confused and confusing’ for the children at the heart of it. Contradictory discourses competed for dominance, and the children experienced unintended consequences from the ‘care’ they received. While not attempting to universalise on the basis of three people’s stories, we believe that they have much to teach social work

I\u27ve Got My Habits On / music by Jimmie Durante; words by Chris Smith and Bob Schafer

Cover: drawing of African American male musicians; photo inset of singer Patricola; Publisher: Goodman and Rose Inc. (New York)https://egrove.olemiss.edu/sharris_d/1020/thumbnail.jp

Storfe, driftssystem og klima

Del en: Storfe og andre drøvtyggere blir gjort til et klimaproblem til tross for at de har foredlet gras, skapt variasjon i landskapet og vært en viktig del av stoffkretsløpet i millioner av år. Driftssystem betyr mye for det totale utslippet av klimagasser fra melk- og kjøttproduksjon. Redusert utslipp av klimagasser fra storfe trenger en helhetlig tilnærming og forståelse for å unngå at utslipp flyttes til en annen sektor eller et annet land. Dagens offisielle statistikk over klimagassutslipp fra storfe gir ikke et dekkende bilde av samlede utslipp fra storfehold. Beregningsmodeller bør videreutvikles slik at de i større grad gjenspeiler ulike driftssystems netto utslipp av klimagasser. Del to: Storting og forbruker har mange målsettinger for norsk storfehold. Målsettinger som må sees i sammenheng med hverandre. Det er en utfordring at det som er bedriftsøkonomisk lønnsomt i mange tilfeller innebærer en intensivering av melk- og storfekjøttproduksjon som utnytter mindre av norske fôrressurser. Skal bærekraften til norsk storfehold økes og legitimiteten opprettholdes, må vi bruke våre egne gras- og beiteressurser på en langt bedre måte enn i dag. Dette blir en av våre mange utfordringer i «Det grønne skiftet» - hvor vekst og utvikling skal skje innen naturens tålegrenser

Factors of resilience in informal caregivers of people with dementia from integrative international data analysis

Background/Aims: Although caring for a person with dementia can be stressful, some caregivers appear to experience few negative consequences to their well-being. This study aimed to examine what proportion of caregivers demonstrates resilience under different challenging circumstances and to identify factors related to their resilience. Methods: Baseline data from 4 studies from the Netherlands and UK among informal caregivers of people with dementia were harmonized and integrated. Caregiver resilience was defined as high levels of psychological well-being despite different types of high caregiving demands. Multivariate regression analyses identified factors significantly related to caregiver resilience. Results: The integrated data set included 15 harmonized variables with data from 1,048 caregivers facing a high care demand. The prevalence of resilience varied between 35 and 43%, depending on the demand for high care. Being a male caregiver, caring for a female, living apart from your relative, and low caregiver burden were positively related to caregiver resilience. Conclusion: Caregivers have the capacity to demonstrate resilience despite significant challenges. This study demonstrates how harmonization of data from multiple existing studies can be used to increase power and explore the consistency of findings. This contributes to a better understanding of which factors are likely to facilitate caregiver resilience and offers insights for developing services

Storfe, driftssystem og klima

Del en: Storfe og andre drøvtyggere blir gjort til et klimaproblem til tross for at de har foredlet gras, skapt variasjon i landskapet og vært en viktig del av stoffkretsløpet i millioner av år. Driftssystem betyr mye for det totale utslippet av klimagasser fra melk- og kjøttproduksjon. Redusert utslipp av klimagasser fra storfe trenger en helhetlig tilnærming og forståelse for å unngå at utslipp flyttes til en annen sektor eller et annet land. Dagens offisielle statistikk over klimagassutslipp fra storfe gir ikke et dekkende bilde av samlede utslipp fra storfehold. Beregningsmodeller bør videreutvikles slik at de i større grad gjenspeiler ulike driftssystems netto utslipp av klimagasser. Del to: Storting og forbruker har mange målsettinger for norsk storfehold. Målsettinger som må sees i sammenheng med hverandre. Det er en utfordring at det som er bedriftsøkonomisk lønnsomt i mange tilfeller innebærer en intensivering av melk- og storfekjøttproduksjon som utnytter mindre av norske fôrressurser. Skal bærekraften til norsk storfehold økes og legitimiteten opprettholdes, må vi bruke våre egne gras- og beiteressurser på en langt bedre måte enn i dag. Dette blir en av våre mange utfordringer i «Det grønne skiftet» - hvor vekst og utvikling skal skje innen naturens tålegrenser