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John Schroeder
2014 Texas Tech Integrated Scholar
Director of the National Wind Institute
Professor of Atmospheric Science
College of Arts and Sciences
I still love being in the field. If I spend a day taking measurements from a hurricane, severe storm or even wind farm, my passion is reignited.
The roles of an Integrated Scholar have come naturally for atmospheric science professor John Schroeder. His focus is on all things wind at Texas Tech. His research, which involves analyzing the wake patterns caused by an array of wind turbines, aims to improve the performance of wind farms, so they may yield greater amounts of energy at more affordable rates. In the area of wind engineering, Schroeder has also made notable developments with his publications and technologies. He has led the development of dual Doppler Radar platforms, the WEMITE instrument towers, Stick-Net probes and mobile mesonets to document the wind and inner workings of hurricanes, tornadoes and severe weather events. As director of the National Wind Institute, Schroeder works to recruit faculty from various colleges and departments to collaborate on the institute's projects. Interaction with colleagues across campus has proven valuable and strengthens the interdisciplinary essence of research in wind science. That approach also carries over to the classroom, and Schroeder is a champion of academics with a multidisciplinary format. As a result, Texas Tech's bachelor's program in wind energy and doctoral program in wind science and engineering stand out because of their foundational curricula and industry-centered research perspective.
Learn more about Integrated Scholar John Schroeder in this question-and-answer session.
What are your research objectives and interests?
One of my ongoing research objectives is to help obtain the foundational information necessary to enable system-level control of wind plants, leading to enhanced performance. Our contribution is through the development of new technologies and techniques to measure the complex flows across wind plants. This enables the identification of turbine-to-turbine interaction.
How do you feel your research impacts the globe?
Enhancing the performance of new and existing wind farms leads to more energy at a lower cost.
What types of service projects have you been involved with?
I serve as the director for the National Wind Institute, served on countless department and university committees, and take pride in mentoring young faculty.
What are you currently working on?
I am working to bring faculty from across the university together around the common themes associated with wind. These including wind energy, wind science, wind engineering, etc. This sounds easy, but includes breaking down barriers to interdisciplinary research and education.
Where do you find your inspiration?
I still love being in the field. If I spend a day taking measurements from a hurricane, severe storm or even wind farm, my passion is reignited.
What advice do you have for new faculty members about balancing the components of Integrated Scholarship—teaching, research and service—in their careers?
You have to do it all, so reach out to the successful colleagues and ask for their constant guidance. I was almost always blessed with great mentors throughout my career.
Scholar Background
When I was an undergraduate student, one professor profoundly impacted my career by opening my eyes to the opportunities and my potential. By the way, that one professor was one of the founding fathers of the Wind Center at TTU!
B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla (1994);
M.S., Atmospheric Sciences, Texas Tech University (1997);
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Texas Tech University (1999)
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It's 2018. Donald Trump is president of the U.S., Elon Musk will soon send a sports car into space aboard a massive rocket, and Cape Town, South Africa, will run out of water in 79 days.
Triggered by an intense drought, officials in Cape Town are poised to turn off the taps to about 3.2 million people on or around April 12. Given seasonal rainfall patterns, it's doubtful to impossible to avoid this once-unthinkable situation, since the region is in the midst of its typical dry season and unlikely to get much rain before then.
The drought in Cape Town began in 2015 and has refused to yield. It's brought the community closer and closer to "Day Zero," which is the point when the water in the reservoirs no longer can provide safe drinking water. That date has been pegged as April 12, recently revised from April 21, according to the Western Cape Water Supply District.
The predicament the city finds itself in is ironic, since the municipal government has been at the forefront of the movement for global cities to take a leading role in the fight against climate change. The city has sought to cut its emissions of global warming pollutants, such as carbon dioxide. But now the region finds itself in the grips of a withering drought that may be exacerbated by climate change, forcing city and regional agencies to take draconian actions to curb water use.
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Once water in the reservoirs falls below a certain level, residents won't have running tap water or water to flush their toilets, businesses and schools may be forced to close, and other significant disruptions will take place.
According to meteorologist Bob Henson at Weather Underground, last ditch efforts to avoid Day Zero could include accessing groundwater supplies, which would involve drilling deep wells, and constructing portable desalination plants that convert salt water to fresh water.
The six dams supplying Cape Town with water stood at just 27 percent of capacity as of Jan. 24., according to the Western Cape Water Supply District. A media statement issued by the district said Cape Town residents are still using too much water when compared to the restrictions in place.
Cape Town is located in an area that has a Mediterranean climate, with a wet season lasting from about June through September, when a series of cold fronts and low pressure systems strafe the region with rain and wind. From October to April, during the region's summer months, the weather systems tend to spin up to the south of South Africa, leaving an area of high pressure in control that keeps much of the country dry.
Climate projections show that droughts like this ongoing one are likely to become more common as the Earth warms in response to higher amounts of greenhouse gases in the air. In the case of South Africa, climate models project that areas of tranquil high pressure will become more common, sapping the atmosphere of moisture and lift needed to produce rainfall.
Climate models project continued year-to-year variability in rainfall in Cape Town, with a net decrease in precipitation over time.
"Not a permanent drought. Dry years and wet years. And "moderate" years in between. But the chance of dry years increases as we go towards the end of the century," wrote Piotr Wolski, a hydroclimatologist at the University of Cape Town.
"And the chance of wet years decreases as we go towards the end of the century. That's our New Normal, at least on the rainfall side."
Wolski analyzed rainfall data for the areas near Cape Town's dams and found that the ongoing drought, which began in 2015, has a return period of about 311 years.
He found that there has been a trend toward declining rainfall in Cape Town during the past 84 years, which is increasing the odds of severe droughts. This is in keeping with other climate data from elsewhere in the world that shows that climate change intensifies hydrological extremes, such as droughts, by raising temperatures and evaporation rates.
"Simply, if that trend was not there, a drought of [the] magnitude experienced in 2017 would be much less likely. Or, to put it in another way, if that trend was not there, then the 2017 drought would likely be much less severe," Wolski wrote on his blog.


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You can lose your soul anywhere
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This article reprinted from John T. Unger's Art Heroes. The original article can be found online:
© 2010, John T Unger
Duke Ellington one time said:
Rhythm came from Africa to America.
Do you know what it does to you?
Exactly what it's supposed to do."
I remember the night we drove Detroit back streets of your early childhood—a scratchy tape of your father's jazz 78's crashing through the speakers in the dash. The bombed and burned-out buildings seemed a natural setting for those tunes, sad and quiet but peaceful; the way I felt about leaving Michigan. Sometime way past midnight you pulled up to a house and took me to meet Rita. As we leaving, she looked at my palm and told me to avoid criminal elements and not to even think about getting married for at least five years. If only I had listened…Well, listen to this—"It is not the danger of losing your soul in such a place. You can lose your soul anywhere. It is that in a place with this quality of city, soul is the medium of exchange." But in Detroit or Ypsilanti, in any city with little to offer in exchange, it just may be possible to get a rebate. Look for the reflection of my headlights in the sky tonight as I wander once again those forsaken dark roads.
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Spotlight on:Aaron Judd
I first became interested in martial arts from a three week Taekwondo program my mom signed me up for as a 7-year-old. I found I had an interest in martial arts, but instead of continuing in Taekwondo I focused my attention on my family sport of wrestling through junior high and high school. I was still very interested in martial arts, but growing up in a small town in Minnesota, there weren't schools anywhere for that. Then I saw a Tai Chi video at the store in 7th grade, got it for Christmas, and loved it.
I self-studied in Tai Chi Chi and other martial art books and videos on and off for years, including Grandmaster Doc Fai Wong's books and articles in Kung Fu magazine, until moving to Minneapolis when I decided to look for a school where I could really begin to learn what so far I'd only experienced in videos and DVDs. I was very happy to find that there was one in the Twin Cities for Traditional Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan. The head instructor is Sifu Calph, whose teacher, I discovered, was Doc-Fai Wong!
The last three years have been amazing learning at Sifu Calph's school, traditional forms, martial applications, and wisdom of tai chi, something I thought I was going to have to move to either New York or San Francisco to find. Minnesota is truly lucky to have this school.
This fall I had the great fortune of meeting and training with Sifu Calph's tearcher, Grandmaster Doc-Fai Wong. That was an experience I will always be thankful for.


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Iranian authorities said Tuesday that a former member of the national football team arrested last week over his criticism of the government has been released on bail.
The announcement came hours before Iran was set to play the U.S. at the World Cup in a match that authorities are heavily promoting as they grapple with nationwide protests that are well into their third month.
Voria Ghafouri was arrested last week for "insulting the national team and propagandizing against the government," according to state-linked media. The judiciary announced his release Tuesday without elaborating.
Ghafouri, who was not chosen to go to the World Cup, has been an outspoken critic of Iranian authorities throughout his career. He objected to a longstanding ban on women spectators at men's football matches as well as Iran's confrontational foreign policy, which has led to crippling Western sanctions.
More recently, he expressed sympathy for the family of a 22-year-old woman whose death while in the custody of Iran's morality police ignited the latest protests. He also called for an end to a violent crackdown on protests in Iran's western Kurdistan region.
Iranian officials have not said whether Ghafouri's activism was a factor in not choosing him for the national team.
The latest protests mark one of the biggest challenges to Iran's ruling clerics since the 1979 Islamic Revolution that brought them to power. Rights groups say security forces have unleashed live ammunition and bird shot on the protesters, as well as beating and arresting them, with much of the violence captured on video.
At least 452 protesters have been killed and more than 18,000 detained since the start of the unrest, according to Human Rights Activists in Iran, a group that has been monitoring the protests.
Authorities have blamed the unrest on hostile foreign powers, without providing evidence.
The protesters say they are fed up after decades of social and political repression, including a strict dress code imposed on women. Young women have played a leading role in the protests, stripping off the mandatory Islamic headscarf to express their rejection of clerical rule.
Some Iranians are rooting against their own team at the World Cup, associating it with rulers they view as violent and corrupt. Others insist the national team, which includes players who have spoken out on social media in solidarity with the protests, represents the country's people. Billboards promoting the team have sprung up across the capital, Tehran.
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Last week, we started discussion on Skye Bank loan offers to SME customers, and like other banks we discussed in several editions, the discussions on Skye Bank will address their various products and services in the weeks ahead.
We discussed the bank's small businesses loan product called SME Asset Finance. In this edition, we focus on two of the bank's loan offers that are similar to their SME Asset Finance, viz., Short-Term Loan and the other is just called Advance. The difference between these two and the first one is in the tenor. While SME Asset Finance has longer tenor, the other two have relatively short tenor. Also, there are some differences in the usage of the loans.
The Short Term Loan has a maximum of 12 months tenor though the focus is on just six months.
The loan amount must not be tied to more than 20 per cent of your company's annual turnover subject to maximum of N10 million.
It seems this loan package is targeted at private schools proprietors as the emphasis on the usage is to purchase laboratory equipment, furniture, books for library, pay rent and related needs in the schools' capital expenditure.
The bank's other offer of loan to small businesses it calls Advance facility has a maximum tenor of three months (90 days) but comes with options of 45 days or 30 days to fee collection.
In this offer, the bank says the maximum loan amount must not be tied to more than 50 per cent of the school collections for a term, subject to maximum of N10 million.
To confirm this facility is meant for school proprietors, the bank says it is created to provide working capital to schools for payment of salaries, purchase of stationery, repairs, etc.
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Brownie Mary Hits the Big Time at CaDEM Convention
Exhibit Booth Record, First Cannabis Event with Cannabis, End Fed Marijuana Prohibition Resolution Passes
The 2019 CaDEM state convention was every bit as exciting as I thought it was going to be and it seems that one of the standouts of the Convention was the Brownie Mary Democrats. In a lengthy article in the Wall Street Journal on the convention mainly centering on the presentations by the Democratic presidential candidates and the reactions of the convention delegates to them, the only mention of anything else happening at the Convention was about an off-site event sponsored by the LGBTQ caucus and what the Brownie Mary Democrats were doing at the Convention with their exhibit booth and cannabis soiree.
"The Brownie Mary Democrats, meantime, gave away cannabis leaf necklaces and provided updates on marijuana legalization. The group hosted a "Cannabis Soiree" on Saturday evening at a licensed cannabis dispensary a block away from the convention center."
That only LGBTQ folk and cannabis consumers were the WSJ articles only notables other than Presidential candidates says something – I am not sure exactly what it says, but it says something.
As usual our exhibit booth was one of the most visited and this year we broke all records having over 400 people sign up for the drawing to win one of the five cannabis gift baskets. With 4,000 people in attendance, that means over 10% of everyone in attendance came to our booth and signed up for a chance to win a cannabis basket.
We also signed up 25 new members. With the email addresses of over 400 others, we will be sending them our email newsletter which always gets us new members as well as getting them to take action to contact their legislators when important pieces of legislation are coming up for a vote. Most importantly it will encourage them to promote the Democratic Party and to get them involved in electing Democrats to office.
Perhaps one of the most exciting events and certainly one of the most talked about was our Cannabis Soiree. As noted in the WSJ article, it was held at the Green Door "a licensed cannabis dispensary a block away from the convention center" that maintains an adjacent consumption lounge for private events. BMD and other cannabis groups have sponsored cannabis events at previous CaDEM state conventions, but this was the first one that actually had cannabis at the event.
Close to 100 people attended with conversation and joviality permeating the celebratory crowd. Unlike all the other convention events which featured alcohol with people tightly clenching their own glass of alcohol or bottle of beer, at the BMD soiree the fragrance of cannabis filled the air as people shared their personal stash with their new found friends.
A spectrum of cannabis activists, industry representatives and convention delegates attended this first ever cannabis event with cannabis. We still have a way to go to get elected officials to attend our events, but we were honored to have State Senator Anna Caballero in attendance. Representing District 12 which includes the cities of Merced and Salinas, Senator Caballero joined us at the Green Door lounge.
In addition to our exhibit booth and cannabis soiree, BMD also introduced a resolution to END FEDERAL CANNABIS PROHIBITION which called on California's Congressional Democratic legislators to work to "immediately" bring an end to federal cannabis prohibition and to join the bi-partisan Cannabis Congressional Caucus chaired by California Congresswoman Barbara Lee. To read the resolution CLICK HERE.
The resolution passed unanimously and was considered to be so important by CaDEM's Resolution Committee that it was given priority status and listed as one of the top ten resolutions for implementation out of the 200+ resolutions that were submitted for consideration at the 2019 state convention. A resolution is the policy of the Democratic Party and all elected Democrats are expected to support the resolutions and actively work to implement them.
Due to California's 2020 primaries being moved from June to March, CaDEM will be holding a second state convention in 2019 from November 15 – 17 in Long Beach for the purpose of endorsing candidates for the primaries and setting in motion programs to increase voter turnout and elect Democrats to office including the office of President of the United States. With California's primary in March, our state has truly become the big enchilada and what happens at the November state convention will have a profound impact on every Democratic primary throughout the country.
As we have since 2013, BMD will be at Long Beach with an exhibit booth AND will be publishing a list with the position of every Democratic presidential candidate on cannabis legalization and drug law reform. The list will be distributed to the 4,000 delegates and elected officials attending the Long Beach convention.
Cannabis legalization is an important issue for many delegates and what they find out from us may very well affect who they chose to vote for which could affect the eventual outcome of the all-important and much sought after endorsement of the California Democratic Party – the largest state political party in the country and the party that controls the government of the 5th largest economy in the world.
BMD does all of the above and more. Just the week before the Convention, BMD joined with the Pass Democratic Club to register voters at the High Times Cannabis Cup in San Bernardino. High Times provided the table free of charge and we registered 30 new voters – 19 Democrats, 6 NPP (no party preference) and 5 Republicans.
From the Wall Street Journal to High Times Cannabis Cup, BMD is active and involved, but we count on our members' support to help us do it all. If you are not a member of BMD, please take just a minute and JOIN NOW. If you were a member but haven't renewed for 2019, please renew now. Standard memberships are only $10 per year and only $5 for seniors, veterans, students and low-income.
Its super easy and super quick to join – won't take even 60 seconds. You know it's the right thing to do and along with cannabis, joining BMD will help you sleep better at night. To join now CLICK HERE.
Lanny Swerdlow, RN LNC
Chair & Founder
Brownie Mary Democrats of California


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CM Health Level 3 Visitor Policy; Guidance for outpatients and COVID contacts
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At Fort Worth Housing Solutions, we believe everyone deserves an affordable home.
We offer several different types of housing assistance, namely:
Housing Choice Vouchers
Qualified applicants receive a voucher that can be used to cover a portion of rent. Voucher holders are responsible for finding an acceptable unit whose owner agrees to rent under the program. Voucher holders pay 30% of their adjusted income toward an approved rent and FWHS pays the difference. Adjusted income includes most sources of support, such as Social Security, VA benefits and child support.
FWHS determines a payment standard based on the fair market rent established by HUD for our area. The payment standard is used to calculate the amount of assistance a family will receive. By law, if a family moves to a new unit where the rent exceeds the payment standard, the family may not pay more than 40 percent of its adjusted monthly income for rent.
HCV Wait List
FWHS manages a limited number of Housing Choice Vouchers each year based on its federal allocation and budget. The agency maintains a program Wait List through a lottery system and assigns vouchers as they become available. FWHS is currently processing vouchers for the last individuals selected for a 2017 Wait List.
Note: FWHS is not currently accepting new HCV applications. Applicants selected through a lottery for the 2021 Wait List may register and update contact information through the Applicant Portal at https://fortworth.myhousing.com/Account/Login
If you cannot access the portal or need further assistance, email us at email@example.com. Based on the volume of calls we receive, FWHS cannot respond to telephone inquiries.
For other housing opportunities, please visit our Properties page for a list of mixed-income, multifamily communities that offer a portion of units at reduced rents to qualified applicants. You may view our Project-Based Vouchers page to learn more about housing assistance offered to special populations or attached to specific properties.
Under certain circumstances, a family may use its voucher to purchase a modest home through our Homeownership Program.
Portability Information
You may transfer your Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) into the Fort Worth Housing Solutions jurisdiction. Currently we are absorbing households who are porting their vouchers from another jurisdiction.
1. Be a current HCV participant in good standing
2. Complete your initial 12-month contract and owe no outstanding fees to your landlord
If you would like to port into our jurisdiction, please provide the following information to your Housing Authority:
Contact: Shannon Kimble
Phone: (817) 333-3660
Fax: (817) 333-3675
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Mailing Address:
Fort Worth Housing Solutions
1201 E. 13th St., Fort Worth, TX 76102
Project Based Vouchers
These are subsidized units that are set aside at a variety of affordable apartment communities for individuals and families whose household income is lower than 50 percent of the area's median income. Tenants pay 30% of their adjusted income toward an approved rent and FWHS pays the difference.
Some programs have specific requirements, including programs that serve special groups such as veterans and individuals who are chronically homeless.
Homelessness Programs
FWHS offers housing assistance for individuals and families who are homeless, including veterans and those with disabilities. Persons must be referred by a partner agency.
Briefing for new clients (online version)
Mainstream Voucher Program
Mainstream vouchers assist non-elderly persons ages 18 to 61 who have disabilities. While they serve a special population, Mainstream vouchers are administered using the same rules as other housing choice vouchers.
Public Housing
Fort Worth Housing Solutions has transitioned out of traditional public housing in an effort to de-concentrate poverty and improve opportunities for our residents.
Click on the links to learn more about the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program, Butler Place and the Stop Six Choice Neighborhood Initiative.
Affordable Housing
FWHS owns numerous quality, affordable apartment communities across the City of Fort Worth. We are also developing new properties in neighborhoods with access to good schools, transportation, jobs, grocery stores and other important services. Many properties serve a mix of incomes in which some residents pay a lower rent and others do not.
Tenants pay 30 percent of their adjusted income for rent in this program. At any given time, RAD units may become available at any of these apartment communities.
Please contact the property directly to see if any RAD units are available and to find out if you qualify for an available unit.
FWHS is an Equal Housing Opportunity agency. No person shall, on the basis of race, color religion, actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity, national or ethnic origin, familial status, or disability, be excluded from participation or discriminated against by FWHS. Individuals with disabilities have the right to request reasonable accommodations. The agency's non-discrimination coordinator is Lanesha Davis, 817-333-3551, email@example.com.
Note to those with criminal records
Any applicant or household member who is required to be registered under a state sex offender registration program or who has produced methamphetamine on the premises of federally assisted housing is ineligible. Other crimes may affect an applicant's eligibility. For information, please see our Screening and Eviction for Drug Abuse and Other Criminal Activity (SEDACA) policy.