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Wind Engineering Expert Named Distinguished Member

May 3, 2018

ASCE News - Joseph E. Minor, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, an internationally renowned expert in wind engineering and natural hazards research, has been honored by ASCE with inclusion in its 2018 class of Distinguished Members for development and adoption of windborne debris impact provisions in building codes and standards, advocating the formal engineering of residential structures, contributions to window glass design practice, and educating the next generation of civil engineers.

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AgTexas Farm Credit recognizes AgYouth honorees

May 3, 2018

The Comanche Chief - Outstanding Central Texas 4-H and FFA high school students received prominent recognition for their dedication to agriculture through AgTexas Farm Credit Services’ 3rd Annual AgYouth Banquet at the Granbury Conference Center in Granbury on Wednesday evening (April 25).

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Now Available in the Oil Patch: Wind and Solar College Degrees

May 2, 2018

The Wall Street Journal - Schools offer renewable-energy programs as demand from companies grows

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Lesson From The Tax Court: The Cohan Doctrine Cannot Always Save You

Apr 30, 2018

TaxProf Blog - One of the first clients I had after graduating from law school in 1987 was a fellow in the construction business. I forget what dispute brought him to us, but I will never forget the “records” he brought: a truckload of paper bags. Turns out that each year he would set a paper grocery bag on the floor and, as the year went by, he would dump anything he thought important into the grocery bag ... if he remembered to do so. You can guess who got to go through all his paper bags.

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