It also houses the Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas, which specializes in training for local, state, and federal law enforcement officers in the area of management and supervision.

The Institute for Creation Research ( ICR ) is a Christian institution in Dallas, Texas that specializes in education, research, and media promotion of creation science and Biblical creationism.

is a production studio located in Austin, Texas of the United States that specializes in the creation of live action shorts, animated pieces and machinima, or films created using real-time, interactive engines from computer and video games.

Aspyr Media, Inc. () is an Austin, Texas based company that specializes in porting Windows games to Mac OS.

* The Texas Tech Administrative Law Journal specializes in administrative law topics.

The label specializes in musical styles from the Americana, country music, alternative country and Texas music genres.

* Scott Field a bellend that specializes in ( Texas politician ) ( 1847 – 1931 ) Texas state senator, 1887 – 1891 and U. S. Representative, 1903 – 1906

David Anderson, a University of Texas School of Law professor who specializes in torts and mass communications law, said the standard of proof in defamation suits such as Wilson's hinges on whether the plaintiff is considered a public figure.

Along with Texas, Memphis & North and South Carolina, Kansas City is a " world capital of barbecue.

The Cooking School, titled " Texas Barbecue ... from the GRAVE !," is a dish based on the " secret barbecue recipe " of " JT Hague ," Jeff Fahey's character in the film.

In much of the world outside of the American South, barbecue has a close association with Texas.

Many barbecue restaurants outside the United States claim to serve " Texas barbecue ", regardless of the style they actually serve.

Texas barbecue is often assumed to be primarily beef.

This assumption, along with the inclusive term " Texas barbecue ", is an oversimplification.

Snow's BBQ, which Texas Monthly called " the best barbecue in Texas " and The New Yorker called " the best Texas BBQ in the world " is located in Lexington.

Hanks love for propane is sometimes shown in an ironic juxtaposition with his love of all things Texas, for example being introduced to mesquite, a traditional Texan barbecue wood, by his immigrant neighbor Kahn.

Since the establishment of the magazine, barbecue enthusiasts had been among the Texas Monthly staff.

The magazine's first article about barbecue in Texas was published in 1973.

The magazine often ranks what it considers to be the best barbecue restaurants in Texas.

Calvin Trillin of The New Yorker said in 2008 that East Texas barbecue often did not interest the Austin-based staff of the Texas Monthly, who were more focused on Central Texas barbecue.

Smoked brisket done this way is popular in Texas barbecue.

California's barbecue style is also influenced by the regional Southwestern American styles of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma.

It is also a popular wood for smoking Texas barbecue.

Cheese fries are also served in many diners in the American Southwest ; in Texas, for example, they usually include at least one variety of grated Cheddar cheese, and are commonly served with ranch dressing and, sometimes, bacon, jalapenos and chives, whereas in New Mexico, the fries are typically served with green chili and cheese, creating a dish that combines two Southwest favorites, french fries and chile con queso.

Oatmeal Festival began in 1978 as a spoof of the many chili cook-offs in the state of Texas.

It was incorporated in 1875 and is known for its German and Eastern European heritage and the local " Czhilispiel " festival ; the festival, named after Czech people who like to eat chili, receives visitors from a large area in Central Texas.

Seasonal flavors, past and present, include ketchup, zesty lime and chili, chili cheese dog, " pizzalicious ", paprika, Texas BBQ sauce, buffalo wing, and cajun.

Before World War II, hundreds of small, family-run chili parlors ( also known as " chili joints ") could be found throughout Texas and other states, particularly those in which émigré Texans had made new homes.

As early as 1904, chili parlors were opening outside of Texas.

One of the best-known Texas chili parlors, in part because of its downtown location and socially connected clientele, was Bob Pool's " joint " in Dallas, just across the street from the headquarters of the elite department store Neiman Marcus.

President Lyndon B. Johnson's favorite chili recipe became known as " Pedernales River chili " after the location of his Texas Hill Country ranch.

Wick Fowler, north Texas newspaperman and inventor of " Two-Alarm Chili " ( which he later marketed as a " kit " of spices ), insisted on adding tomato sauce to his chili — one 15-oz.

Willie Gebhardt, originally of New Braunfels, Texas, and later of San Antonio, produced the first canned chili in 1908.

* In southeast Texas, some people eat chili served over white rice.

Parker ( Gailard Sartain ( pilot season ), Noble Willingham ( seasons 1 – 7 )), a veteran Ranger ( later inducted into the Texas Rangers Hall of Fame ) who worked with Walker until retiring to operate a small restaurant and bar called " CD's Bar and Grill ", a restaurant widely known in the series for its chili.

Before the Columbian Exchange, there were no oranges in Florida, no bananas in Ecuador, no paprika in Hungary, no tomatoes in Italy, no potatoes in Germany, no coffee in Colombia, no pineapples in Hawaii, no rubber trees in Africa, no cattle in Texas, no donkeys in Mexico, no chili peppers in Thailand or India, and no chocolate in Switzerland.

Skyline Chili is unique in that it is not chili con carne, the meat dish that originated in ( and is the state dish of ) Texas.

When New Mexicans refer to chile they are talking about pungent pods, or sauce made from those pods, not the concotion of spices, meat and / or beans known as Texas chili con carne.

The young Texas pianist can make great chords ring out as well as anyone, so last night the massive sonorities of this challenging concerto were no hazard to him.

The type species of its genus, it is native to the Nearctic ecozone, originating in the lower Rio Grande and the Neueces and Pecos Rivers in Texas as well as the central and eastern parts of Mexico and Somalia.

The name " Branch Davidian " is most widely known for the Waco Siege of 1993 on their property ( known as the Mount Carmel Center ) near Waco, Texas, by the ATF, FBI, and Texas National Guard, which resulted in the deaths of their leader, David Koresh, as well as 82 other Branch Davidians and four ATF agents.

By then, the Texas Playboys were virtually two bands: one a fiddle-guitar-steel band with rhythm section and the second a first-rate big band able to play the day's swing and pop hits as well as Dixieland.

Dave Garrett served as the Cowboys ' play-by-play announcer from 1995 – 97, when Brad Sham left the team and joined the Texas Rangers ' radio network team as well as broadcast Sunday Night Football on Westwood One.

Parton continued to make inroads on the pop charts as well with a re-recorded version of " I Will Always Love You " from the feature film The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas ( 1982 ) scraping the Top 50 that year and her duet with Kenny Rogers, " Islands in the Stream " ( written by the Bee Gees and produced by Barry Gibb ), spent two weeks at number one in 1983.

He has appeared in a large variety of films, most notably in the 1980s and 1990s in major action releases such as Lethal Weapon, Point Break, and Under Siege, as well as making guest appearances on Gunsmoke, Walker, Texas Ranger, Law & Order, and Entourage.

The largest oil field in the lower 48 states, the East Texas oil field, was not discovered until 1930, when wildcatter Columbus Marion Joiner ( more commonly known as " Dad " Joiner ) drilled the Daisy Bradford No. 3 well, in Rusk County, Texas.

In addition to 2004's remake of Dawn of the Dead, as well as 2003's remake of both Herschell Gordon Lewis ' cult classic 2001 Maniacs and the remake of Tobe Hooper's classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, there was also the 2007 Rob Zombie written and directed remake of John Carpenter's Halloween.

During the 1992 election, Bush and Quayle were challenged in their bid for reelection by the Democratic ticket of Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and Tennessee Senator Al Gore, as well as the independent ticket of Texas businessman Ross Perot and retired Admiral James Stockdale.

These cities have large seasonal populations that arrive from the nearby urban areas such as Chicago, Milwaukee, Grand Rapids and Detroit, as well as from Southern states, such as Florida and Texas.

Unlike many of his contemporaries, he did not record in the early blues era, but his life is well documented thanks to his autobiography, I Say Me for a Parable: The Oral Autobiography of Mance Lipscomb, Texas Bluesman, narrated to Glen Alyn, which was published posthumously, and also a short 1971 documentary by Les Blank, A Well Spent Life.

During the 1999 NFL Draft, Ditka traded all of his picks for that season, as well as the first-round and third-round picks for the following season, to the Washington Redskins in order to draft University of Texas Heisman Trophy running back Ricky Williams in the first round.

Other games such as Texas hold ' em and Omaha hold ' em do not play well with wild cards.

Most community card poker games like Texas hold ' em are considered closed as well, because the only cards exposed before showdown belong to everyone ; the individual players ' cards are never seen until showdown.

Pumpjack pumping an oil well near Lubbock, Texas

Formed as a separate nation after gaining independence from Mexico in 1836, the republic claimed borders that included all of the present US state of Texas as well as parts of present-day Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, and New Mexico based upon the Treaties of Velasco between the newly created Texas Republic and Mexico.

Roy Orbison was born in Vernon, Texas, the middle son of Orbie Lee Orbison, an oil well driller and car mechanic, and Nadine Shultz, a nurse.

This led to a weakening of the backlash in Texas, as well as to the repeal of the Butler Law in Tennessee in 1967.

The cuisine of the Southern United States is defined as the historical regional culinary form of states generally south of the Mason Dixon Line dividing Pennsylvania from Maryland and Delaware as well as along the Ohio River, and extending west to southern Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas.