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May 20, 2013
Fox News - In 2006, researchers at Texas Tech University proposed the “Enhanced Fujita” or EF scale with more realistic wind speeds. An EF-4 tornado with winds speeds of 170 miles per hour is comparable to a F3 tornado. There were 17 tornadoes of F3 intensity in Texas between 1999 and 2006.
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May 18, 2013
KVVU-TV - NewRetirement today announced that Texas Tech University’s Personal Financial Planning Department is among the resources providing free retirement planning knowledge and guidance to consumers at NewRetirement.com. The two organizations share a vision of providing unbiased financial planning and knowledge to all Americans, regardless of their income, amount of assets or level of financial sophistication.
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May 18, 2013
Glass on Web - “Glass transition is related to the performance of materials, whether it is inorganic glass or organic polymers,” said Gregory McKenna, professor of chemical engineering at Texas Tech. “For example, this would be important to people who own a boat made of fiberglass, or fly in an airplane made with epoxy-based composites. Information like that can help predict if that jet will still be flying in 30 years.”
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May 18, 2013
Fox News - “People are tired of seeing these alien films as well as the ‘end of the world’ type film like ‘Oblivion,’” explained Rob Weiner, Popular Culture and Film Studies librarian at Texas Tech University. “Alien forces will always have a place in superhero narrative, but right now people want heroes who fight villains that could be anyone.”
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