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Warbringer – John Kevill
Interviewed by Alan Gilkeson
Warbringer's second full length album, WAKING INTO NIGHTMARES, pounces you with ten slick, heavy hitting, super riffing rageful songs. A modern Thrash record that harkens back to the genre's heyday, yet makes it sound brand new. In spite of Gary Holt's emphasis on guitars, and they do crush, the real star of the record is vocalist John Kevill. He's ferocious and agressive and hits all the pockets. Here's my interview with him.
What's up buddy, What's going on with you?
Not to much. We've been doing rehearsals for the past few days, back with Nic on drums. Getting ready for some headline shows we're doing starting tomorrow.
I've been jamming the new record everyday…
Thank you man…
What's it like working with (producer) Gary (Holt) and why did you use him instead of Bill (Metoyer)?
Well we were looking for a different kind of sound. There was a lot of stuff we liked about the production with Bill but then there was some stuff that we would have done differently. Everything we wanted to do differently last time we tried to get right this time, and for the most part I think we did. We already knew Gary from the two tours we did with Exodus and they have been friendly with us since day one. People always ask "was Gary like a teacher?" No he was more like a pal really. He was mad cool. We'd get stuff done all day then have a beer afterwards.
I thought he really brought out the guitar sound…
Definitely, and that was like the first thing he said when we started. He listened to the old record and said the guitars "have to be more crushing". That's exactly what he said. They spent a whole day on the guitars. That's actually the single thing that took the longest in the whole recording of the record since we did the whole thing in twelve days.
What did you try to do different vocally?
Well, if you listen to the EP, it's a really sloppy vocal timing wise and that's what I've been working on ever since. On the first album the timing was much tighter, not perfect but much tighter, but I think I lost some of the aggression. So I was trying to get both of them together, but I've been touring a lot so I practiced doing everything trying to get better.
I think this record is so much better than the last one. The band is tighter. Do you think all the touring played a part in that?
It made us way tighter musicians. If we recorded the first record today it would come out so much better than it did when we recorded it.
What's a Warbringer show like?
We play fast and headbang the whole fucking time. We aim for huge mosh pits. Out of hundreds of shows there's been like two shows where no pit got going. We were like, 'you guys are bitches man'.
Where are the best places for you guys to play, and what places have sucked?
All House of Blues are nice because they sound really good. It never matters to me whether a place is big or small as long as it sounds good I'm happy with it cause it makes a good show for whoever the hell is there. Pretty much most of Canada, Edmonton, Calgary… they're all pretty good. We always hit the cities but it's like a nine or ten hour drive sometimes to get to the next show. We do Canada every time, drive through Canada north of Montana or Idaho…
Does it ever get to be a drag being on the road?
We got home like a week and a half ago from the longest tour we've ever done, just short of four months long with like a hundred shows. That can get to be a drag at a certain point cause you're ready to go home anytime now. But then you hit a point where we're so used to it that it doesn't even matter. When we were touring with Kreator and Exodus that went by really fast…
Anybody you toured with that you didn't like, or fight with?
No fights except for the ones within our band. We never fought somebody from another band but it'll probably happen someday.
You guys are always getting compared to old school Thrash, but I think there's much more to it than that. You're old school but you have your own vision for what you want to do.
We're aiming to be old school Thrash, but what we're trying to do is like… people compare us to every old school thrash band whether we sound like them or not. If they say Kreator, there's some things there. Slayer, yes. But then people will compare us to someone like Anthrax and we're like no. What we should be trying to do is if you put us in 1989 somehow, some sort of time warp, people should say, there's Kreator, they sound like Kreator. There's Slayer, they sound like Slayer. There's Warbringer, they sound like Warbringer. There's stylistic differences between us and all the other bands that we are influenced by.
So Who writes the songs and what are the main themes and topics you cover?
The songs come from Adam and John primarily, mostly John, but it is collaborative. Everyone does their own parts. It's very collaborative but most of the time it's John who is the root of songs. This album actually, Adam may have done a little more. Ben did one too. And I kind of throw in my two cents in everything too. While they work on riffs I work on a vocal idea. I did all the lyrics on this album except for the song Ben wrote.
How's the band changed since your E.P.?
We've grown tighter and more professional as musicians and because of that I think we can be a bit more diverse in our approach. The EP was pure shotgun to the face thrash, and we're still doing that, but also there's more progressive and technical leanings as well. We don't go to far with it but we want to spice it up a bit so we don't do the same record twice.
What has been you biggest challenge as a band?
Really it's just getting along with every body. Sometimes we want to kill each other. We've over come it though. We're still here. Nobody's dead yet.
What's the deal with Nic and his arm?
For the entire Kreator and Exodus tour he did not play a show because his arm was broken, so we're rehearsing and he's just really getting back into it.
I hope to catch you guys in September in NYC?
We're the first band on that tour so show up early. BB Kings has a habit of advertising doors an hour later than when the bands start to play…
Is it tough being the first band up?
We haven't been the first band in a while but yeah, it can suck. We're the first band on this tour but hopefully we won't have too on anymore tours. We've done that a few times…
You've earned your stripes…
Yeah, we have, but it'll work out, we've done it before. People will show up and we'll give them a show. This last tour they were starting shows early and venues would advertise doors at the wrong time. We'd have all these people asking when we went on and we'd be like you missed it man, we started early.
Do you have any pre-show ritual you do for your voice, like UDO told me he likes to have a cigarette before he goes on?
Ha ha, I don't smoke cigarettes but I'm pretty much a dedicated pot head. But I do that hours before so that I'm all cleared up before I go on. I don't drink or anything before I go on, but I'll have a beer on stage, that's where I start for the night. I take it pretty seriously. I try to get the best vocal I can every night. My ritual is to just hum four or five times (makes a sound of a hum, stretching vocal cords), then I yell at a wall a couple of times, and if I have a bunch of snot in my throat I'll do some Bathory Quorthon screams and that clears me up.
When did you realize that you could sing like you do?
When we first started the band we were horrible. It was our first band and I had never sang for anybody before. None of us at the time had a lot of ability but I was the only one that had the balls to sound really bad, really loud. Eventually I figured out how to be really loud without sounding really bad. We plugged away at it. Some of us just started to learn our instruments when we started. I've never sung for another band so the vocal style I have, it's the only way I know how to sing and it's for this band. I couldn't sing for anybody else.
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Shridhar was one of the finest technicians of our industry and a dear friend. We have worked together a number of times, and very closely during Lagaan. He did the final mix of the film, which is the last and most crucial creative process in film making. A close associate of A.R., he has worked together with him on a majority of his songs and background scores.
He was also working on Ghajini (2008). Check out Shridhar's portfolio -- from Rangeela (1995) to Dil Se (1998), Thakshak (1999), Lagaan (2001), Dil Chahta Hai (2001), Meenaxi (2004), Swades (2004), Mangal Pandey (2005), and more recently, Jodhaa Akbar (2008) and Yuvvraaj (2008). For soundtracks and/or background scores. He also did some work with two of my favorite music artists from the Indian classical music scene, Zakir Hussain and Hariprasad Chaurasia. Read on for one of Aamir's best posts yet. It's great to see some rationality here:
As I had expected various politicians have tried to use this traumatic and tragic attack to their advantage. I only hope that people see through them this time.
There's plenty more he's written, of which I am really quite proud. On a not entirely unrelated note, for this once, I'll include Ram Gopal Verma in this bucket of politicians. (Never cared much for Riteish Deshmukh to have a strong opinion.) Here's Sanjay Dutt on RGV:
If he wanted to be there, he should have been there from day one with the Armed Forces and with the media.
Not much to add this month, the new releases are listed below. It's been a below average year for our film industry, and we could surely use a couple of biggies to end on a high note. You know of the two films being referred to: 1) Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi on the 12th (here's a related post); and 2) Ghajini on the 25th. Aamir is on the cover of this month's GQ (India), there's more information here.
Here's the Ghajini songbook, and here's a compilation of all related posts. And since Jiah Khan has been kept out of the spotlight in the Ghajini promos (there's probably a good reason for that), we'll have to make do with her from a photo shoot for a fashion assignment (this is from several months ago; Filmi Girl notes Jiah's set to appear in Maxim (India) soon):
Also this month is Maharathi, a murder mystery starring Naseeruddin Shah, Paresh Rawal, and Neha Dhupia. Postponed to the fifth of the month, I'd mentioned it in the November releases post (#3, with the trailer).
December 5
Dil Kabaddi
Gumnaam - The Mystery
Kaashh... Mere Hote
Khallballi - Fun Unlimited
Meerabai Not Out
Oh, My God!!
December 12
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
December 19
December 25
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But how do you change the "value"?
You adjust the speed value of the speed effect.
In this screen shot the speed value is set .50 = 50% = half speed. Values above 1.0 speed up playback. 2.0 is twice speed. If you want to change the playback speed over time then you keyframe the speed value.
If you want to speed up audio + video, click on your clip on your timeline with right button and choose Speed/Duration, then change the percentage and click ok.
Where is the speed effect?
aha ya just found it but how tf u u get it to speed up without lag
reply asap
Great question @EhItsDaveProductions! I hadn't realized I could effect speed here in HitFilm. I usually do it over in Resolve.
If i change the speed to, for example, 3.0 from the Speed/Duration menu thing, the video gets laggy. I have not yet tried the other speed thing, but i could do it to test if it works better.
@SjadowhunterFI by changing speed to 3, you've changed the speed to 3 frames/sec. If by "laggy" you mean "choppy," well... Assuming your original video was 30 fps you've made it 10 times slower. Hitfilm is merely remapping frames, not doing optical flow or other transformations. You cannot expect super smooth slow motion from Hitfilm without shooting high frame rate to begin with, and you can never expect super smooth slow motion at 3 fps.
To interpolate normal footage into super slow motion, the best tool is Twixtor. That's a $300 program. Bear in mind Twixtor lists Hitfilm as a host. That's HITFILM PRO ONLY. Express can NOT use third-party plug-ins.
Thanks for the tips!
Is there also a way to make speed increase smoothly? I mean make it speed up and then slow down again? Or go from normal playing to gradually slower until slow motion then speed up again?
@AKBouwens Yes, there is. The "Speed" Effect.
Now, the Speed Effect is a pain in the butt. Try and follow along here. When you drop a clip on a Layer the In and Out points of the clip define a frame range for the clip. The Speed Effect, being an effect modifies the frames AFTER being defined. What this means is that changing the In point of a clip (trimming after applying the speed effect) will absolutely mess up your keyframes.
There are four ways (and three methods) of changing a clip's speed in Hitfilm. The first is by right-clicking on a media clip in the media bin, selecting "Properties," unchecking "from file" on the frames per second field, the setting a new frame rate. If the original frame rate was 30, setting 60 doubles the speed of the clip, setting 15 halves the speed of the clip. Second is by right-clicking a clip on the timeline and selecting "Speed/Duration." This is similar to defining the speed of a clip in the media bin. The third is using the Rate Stretch Tool and the fourth is the Speed Effect.
The Speed Effect is the only one of the four that can be keyframed, thus the only one that can be used to do speed ramping.
But, as mentioned above, the Speed Effect is a real pain.
To do a speed ramp, this is the procedure I would recommend. For this example, I'm assuming you're moving from normal speed to half speed and back up again. I'm also assuming you're doing most of this on the Editor Timeline.
Trust me, this is the easiest way to deal with speed ramping in Hitfilm. If you try to do it all in one clip with the Speed Effect it's really a pain. Any edits at one end tend to mess up what you want the keys to do at the other end. In fact, when using the Speed Effect it's always best to make the affected clip into an embedded Composite Shot. That way, if you need to trim the end points of the clip, you trim the Comp Shot while leaving the Speed effect baked in.
thanks for the lengthy and thorough reply, I am going to try this!
how to speed up without the music going to speed? too
why is hitfilm just making a empty screen when i put the speed to 20(max) and just showing the select thing, not the actual video?
@NERFFILMS Because the Speed effect also changes the viewable length of the clip. Higher speeds make it play faster and end sooner, so the part you're seeing that's blank is most likely past the end of the clip at its new speed and length. Scrub earlier in time and you should see your video.
You can also make composite shot where you change the speed of the video only. Then you use the composite shot you just created in your timeline. the audio should be unaffected.
Speeding up causes a lag in the timeline but after you finalize the video it should play at high speed without the lag. Like someone mentioned, when you speed up you increase the fps and your video card may not be able to handle it in the program but it will play normal.


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Alicia, Eli and Marilyn
Alicia represents a band suing a TV show for copyright infringement, but the simple case becomes psychological warfare when Will joins the opposing council and uses his knowledge of Alicia's strengths and weaknesses against her. Also, Eli hires Kalinda in an attempt to get ahead of a potential scandal. Photo: David M. Russell ©2013 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved


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The scourge of settings files
When zamboni started on Django, many years ago we started writing settings files. These python files are used by Django to determine site behaviour. It started off optimistically, developers would have have a local settings file, the production servers would have a slightly different one and that's that.
Except then tests get run and tests might need different settings, so a setting file was created for that. Then multiple staging servers got added, so multiple settings file were added for that. Then we split the site into two sites (AMO and Marketplace) so another settings file was added. That meant we could refactor some settings into a base file (my fault).
Each time a new feature was added emails were sent saying how to adjust your settings file locally. Then a settings change log was added that detailed what you needed to change in your settings file.
By now settings files were hundreds of lines long. When new developers joined, they were just sent a copy of someone else's settings file and that got them up and running.
I started thinking about how to make a virtual machine for the Marketplace and was start to think about tools for manipulating settings files, like Puppet. That's when I realised I was looking at the problem all wrong, the problem was that there was a need for a settings file at all. That was the root cause that needed to be fixed.
So we set down a new path. Since all the settings for production servers are in source control, the default should be that the settings value has a sane default and works without custom changes out of the box. Production servers can then override them.
Looking at the settings files, we found:
- Values that needed to be the same, but were set differently in three different projects. Those were cleaned up.
- Values that had to be overridden in the local settings files because they were based upon the value of an earlier setting. Those were moved into a lookup method in code.
- Values that were set because of security concerns, e.g.: SECRET_KEY. Those were set to default values. A check method was added to startup to raise an error if those were not altered on production servers.
- Values that were just never used. Those were deleted.
We then looked at the settings and grouped them into two values:
- Settings that are likely to be changed.
- Settings that might be changed locally for development or testing, but it's pretty unusual.
For the former, we used environment variables instead of settings files. This has the advantage of meaning that the environment variables are shared across the projects. We've currently got only five of those and they cover databases and urls. Those default to sane values, so even those are optional.
Finally we re-ordered the settings files into three categories:
- Environment setting: paths, hostnames that sort of thing.
- Django specific settings: which don't really need documentation.
- Application specific settings: which are commented well.
- Each of those categories is alphabetized, unless something needs to go before another.
The end result is that marketplace can be installed and run without any custom settings files. That's quicker, easier and saner to setup and maintain.


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Touro Law School lauds retiring professor Beverly McQueary Smith
Beverly McQueary Smith brought a drill sergeant-type approach to the classroom, but the tough-loving professor had compassion for promising law students and often traded legal discussions for life lessons.
Former colleagues and students paid homage Sunday to Smith, the 25-year educator at Touro Law School known for demanding excellence and instilling character and integrity that translated from the campus to the courtroom.
"She was no-nonsense and guided and pushed her students with high expectations," said Tianna Lyons, 31, a 2008 graduate of the law school who traveled from Washington, D.C., to attend her professor's retirement ceremony. "Her legacy is that she has a gift for helping students realize their potential."
Smith, who will retire from the Central Islip law school at semester's end, joined Touro Law in 1988, having taught contracts, torts, environmental law, consumer law, race and American law, among other disciplines.
She nearly single-handedly improved the school's reputation, and many in the legal community associate the school with Smith, Howard Glickstein, Touro's law school dean emeritus, said at the luncheon.
However, her hard-nosed reputation intimidated incoming students afraid to take on the well-intentioned professor.
Former student Valerie M. Cartright, now president of the Amistad Long Island Black Bar Association, spoke of the horror stories students heard about Smith. She managed to change professors, an admitted mistake.
"When I think of her, I think of great leadership and it rubs off on you," said Cartright, a Hempstead civil-rights attorney.
About a dozen more people shared experiences of the outgoing professor before Smith took the podium to briefly address the more than 100 attendees.
"The only good thing about today is that I'm allowed to hear it [these comments]," she joked as the audience burst into laughter. "It doesn't do any good to say it if I'm dead and gone."
Smith thanked her students for making her proud and walked back to her seat.
One attendee said Smith motivates the motivator. Another said she moves at two paces: fast and faster.
A stickler for professionalism and having courtroom etiquette, her classroom catchphrases include: "I don't charge you extra for this"; "If your grandmother doesn't approve, don't do it"; "Never go to court without your stockings"; and "Work hard, play hard and pray hard."
Frederick K. Brewington, an adjunct professor at Touro Law, said Smith can't be replaced.
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J. R. Smith scores 35 as Knicks beat Grizzlies for sixth straight win
The Knicks played the first half of last night's game as if it was November all over again. It proved to be just enough to beat the Grizzlies.
Great ball movement, strong defense and a barrage of three-pointers gave the Knicks a 30-point lead that they nearly squandered. The Grizzlies got within four in the final minute, but the Knicks held them off for their sixth straight win, 108-101, at the Garden.
Raymond Felton came up with a huge offensive rebound and J.R. Smith capped off a brilliant 35-point night with two big free throws to give the Knicks a seven-point cushion with 26.2 seconds left. "The beauty about tonight is our guys didn't crack," Mike Woodson said. "They made plays when it counted and we were able to secure the win. That's what I look at."
The Knicks (44-26) have followed a four-game losing streak with a season-high matching six straight wins. They opened up 6-0 before losing in Memphis. With the Heat's loss to the Bulls, the Knicks now own the longest current winning streak in the NBA.
It was an impressive win completing a back-to-back that started in Boston, and an important victory. The Knicks, who were without Tyson Chandler (bulging neck disc) again, have faltered against the better teams. This was their first win over a team with a .600 or better winning percentage since downing the Spurs on Jan. 3.
Memphis (47-24) owns the NBA's sixth-best record. The Knicks are seventh.
"I'm just glad we pulled this one out and we're keeping it going," Carmelo Anthony said.
The Knicks appeared to be headed for a laugher. They hit 11 of 21 from three in the first half and were up 71-41 in the first minute of the third quarter. "We spread the floor," Smith said. "We got stops, got on a run, kept the whistles from blowing. We like playing fast at home. It's easy to play here when we've got a big home advantage. Everybody likes New York, especially Western Conference teams, they only come here but once, so that helps us out."
Smith surpassed 30 points for the second straight night. He shot 10 of 18 and finished one-point shy of matching his season-high.
"He's dialed in right now," said Anthony, who scored 22 points. "We're just hoping he keeps it dialed in right now because the way he's going right now he's putting the team over the top."
Iman Shumpert got the Knicks off to a great start, scoring 13 of the Knicks' first 15 points. He finished with 16. It was just the fourth time Shumpert hit double figures in the 33 games he's played since returning from a torn ACL.
Mike Conley's 26 points led Memphis and Jerryd Bayless had 24 off the bench.
After the Grizzlies cut it to 94-84, Anthony fed Kenyon Martin for a dunk and hit back-to-back pull-up jumpers that put the Knicks up 100-86 with 3:38 left.
But the Grizzlies scored nine straight points to get within 100-95 with 1:38 left. On the next trip, Jason Kidd buried a corner three to make it 103-95. He was fouled by Bayless, but Kidd missed the foul shot.
Four Grizzlies' free throws made it 103-99 with 33.3 seconds left. Felton was fouled and made the first free throw, missed the second, but got the rebound. It led to Smith's two free throws that made it 106-99.
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Relief effort begins after Philippine typhoon
The U.S. and other governments and agencies are mounting a major relief effort to help victims of the Philippine typhoon.
Brian Goldbeck, acting ambassador at the U.S. Embassy in Manila, issued a disaster declaration to provide an immediate $100,000 for relief efforts. Officials from the U.S. Agency for International Development are deployed around the country to monitor the damage.
Other charities working to provide relief in the Philippines include:
United Nations world food
The United Nations World Food Programme said it has allocated $2 million for the disaster response and officials joined an assessment mission to survey damage in Leyte and Samar provinces.
WFP said it will send more than 40 tons of high energy biscuits and work with the Filipino government to help with logistics and emergency communications systems. It asks for donations at www.wfpusa.org or by texting the word AID to 27722 to instantly donate $10.
UNICEF said its staff in the Philippines is being repositioned to help in relief efforts and 66 tons of emergency supplies are being sent from Copenhagen. An airlift set to arrive on Tuesday will include water purification systems, storage equipment and sanitation supplies. Donations can be made to UNICEF at unicef.org/support.
Red Cross
The American Red Cross said it has deployed two people to assist with assessments in the Philippines and activated its family tracing services. It asked those who want to support relief efforts to mail a check to their local American Red Cross chapter, with "Philippines Typhoons and Flood" in the memo line. Go to redcross.org for local chapter information or redcross.org.ph to donate directly to the Philippine Red Cross.
Relief Services
Catholic Relief Services is accepting donations on its website, emergencies.crs.org, as it begins moving supplies and staff to respond to the typhoon.
World Vision
World Vision said it is putting together resources to assist 1.2 million people, including food, hygiene kits, emergency shelter and protection. It asked for one-time donations to be made at worldvision.org.
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee has begun collecting donations for relief efforts. To contribute, go to www.jdc.org or call 212-687-6200.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Simon Augustus scored 21 points, Maya Moore added 20 and the Minnesota Lynx held off the Los Angeles Sparks 80-79 on Sunday, advancing to the WNBA finals to defend their title.
Alana Beard missed a 16-footer at the final buzzer for the Sparks as Candace Parker pulled her jersey over her face in anguish.
Lindsay Whalen added 17 points for the Lynx, who trailed by 10 points early in the fourth and came in with a 4-21 record in Los Angeles.
The Lynx, who swept the series 2-0, await the Eastern champion, either Connecticut or Indiana.
Parker had 33 points and 15 rebounds, Kristi Toliver added 16 points and Beard 15.
Minnesota got two 3-pointers from Moore to close to 70-67 before the Sparks committed three turnovers. Whalen made two straight baskets to put the Lynx back in front, 73-72, for the first time since early in the third.
The Lynx extended their lead to 77-74 before Parker scored consecutive baskets. She banked in a 3-pointer from 30 feet with 1:31 remaining, giving the Sparks a 79-77 lead as Parker broke into a big smile.
But Monica Wright answered with a 3-pointer to put the Lynx back in front, 80-79. She then missed another 3 from in front of the Sparks' bench. After a timeout, the Sparks scrambled to make their final play, when Parker didn't touch the ball.
In the third, the Sparks used a 17-0 run to lead 65-57. The Lynx went more than 5 minutes without a basket while Los Angeles took its first lead since the start of the game.
The Sparks trailed by 12 points early in the second quarter, when they outscored the Lynx 22-15, to trail 40-39 at halftime. Parker keyed a 17-9 spurt with eight points, including a fast-break driving layup that got Los Angeles within one. She had 18 points and 10 rebounds in the half. Beard and Toliver each had four points in the spurt. The Lynx forced 10 turnovers in the half, when they got outrebounded 19-12.
Before the game, the Sparks' Nneka Ogwumike was honored as WNBA rookie of the year and Carol Ross was chosen coach of the year.
Ogwumike averaged 14 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists during the regular season. She was drafted No. 1 overall out of Stanford by the Sparks.
Ross, in her first season with the Sparks, guided them to a 24-10 record, including a 16-1 mark at Staples Center. She previously was an assistant with the Atlanta Dream and coached 16 years at Florida and Mississippi.
Parker was runner-up for league MVP honors to Connecticut's Tina Charles last month.
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First Epistle of Peter
The First Epistle of Peter, usually referred to simply as First Peter and often written 1 Peter, is a book of the New Testament. The author presents himself as Peter the Apostle, and the epistle was traditionally held to have been written during his time as bishop of Rome or Bishop of Antioch, though neither title is used in the epistle. The letter is addressed to various churches in Asia Minor suffering religious persecution.
The authorship of 1 Peter has traditionally been attributed to the Apostle Peter because it bears his name and identifies him as its author (1:1). Although the text identifies Peter as its author the language, dating, style, and structure of this letter has led many scholars to conclude that this letter is pseudonymous. Many scholars are convinced that Peter was not the author of this letter because the author had to have a formal education in rhetoric/philosophy and an advanced knowledge of the Greek language.[1]
Graham Stanton rejects Petrine authorship because 1 Peter was most likely written during the reign of Domitian in AD 81, which is when he believes widespread Christian persecution began, which is long after the death of Peter.[2] Current scholarship has abandoned the persecution argument because the described persecution within the work does not necessitate a time period outside of the period of Peter.[3] Many scholars also doubt Petrine authorship because they are convinced that 1 Peter is dependent on the Pauline epistles and thus was written after Paul the Apostle's ministry because it shares many of the same motifs espoused in Ephesians, Colossians, and the Pastoral Epistles.[4] Others argue that it makes little sense to ascribe the work to Peter when it could have been ascribed to Paul.[3] One theory used to support Petrine authorship of 1 Peter is the "secretarial hypothesis", which suggests that 1 Peter was dictated by Peter and was written in Greek by his secretary, Silvanus (5:12). John Elliot, however, suggests that the notion of Silvanus as secretary or author or drafter of 1 Peter represents little more than a counsel of despair and introduces more problems than it solves because the Greek rendition of 5:12 suggests that Silvanus was not the secretary, but the courier/bearer of 1 Peter,[5] and some see Mark as a contributive amanuensis in the composition and writing of the work.[3][6] On the one hand, some scholars such as Bart D. Ehrman[7] are convinced that the language, dating, literary style, and structure of this text makes it implausible to conclude that 1 Peter was written by Peter; according to these scholars, it is more likely that 1 Peter is a pseudonymous letter, written later by one of the disciples of Peter in his honor. On the other hand, some scholars argue that there is not enough evidence to conclude that Peter did not write 1 Peter. For instance, there are similarities between 1 Peter and Peter's speeches in the Biblical book of Acts,[8] and the earliest attestation of Peter's authorship comes from 2 Peter (AD 80–90) and the letters of Clement (AD 70-140).[3] Ultimately, the authorship of 1 Peter remains contested.
1 Peter is addressed to the "elect resident aliens" scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. The five areas listed in 1:1 as the geographical location of the first readers were Roman provinces in Asia Minor. The order in which the provinces are listed may reflect the route to be taken by the messenger who delivered the circular letter. The recipients of this letter are referred to in 1:1 as "exiles of the Dispersion." In 1:17, they are urged to "live in reverent fear during the time of your exile".[9] The social makeup of the addressees of 1 Peter is debatable because some scholars interpret "strangers" (1:1) as Christians longing for their home in heaven, some interpret it as literal "strangers", or as an Old Testament adaptation applied to Christian believers.[9]
While the new Christians have encountered oppression and hostility from locals, Peter advises them to maintain loyalty to both their religion and the Roman Empire (1 Peter 2:17).[10]
The author counsels (1) to steadfastness and perseverance under persecution (1–2:10); (2) to the practical duties of a holy life (2:11–3:13); (3) he adduces the example of Christ and other motives to patience and holiness (3:14–4:19); and (4) concludes with counsels to pastors and people (chap. 5).
David Bartlett lists the following outline to structure the literary divisions of 1 Peter.[4]
- Greeting (1:1–2)
- Praise to God (1:3–12)
- God's Holy People (1:13–2:10)
- Life in Exile (2:11–4:11)
- Steadfast in Faith (4:12–5:11)
- Final Greeting (5:12–14)
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The Petrine author writes of his addressees undergoing "various trials" (1 Peter 1:6), being "tested by fire" (1:7), maligned "as evildoers" (2:12) and suffering "for doing good" (3:17). Based on such internal evidence, biblical scholar John Elliott summarizes the addressees' situation as one marked by undeserved suffering.[11]
A number of verses in the epistle contain possible clues about the reasons Christians experienced opposition. Exhortations to live blameless lives (2:15; 3:9, 13, 16) may suggest that the Christian addressees were accused of immoral behavior, and exhortations to civil obedience (2:13–17) perhaps imply that they were accused of disloyalty to governing powers.[1]
However, scholars differ on the nature of persecution inflicted on the addressees of 1 Peter. Some read the epistle to be describing persecution in the form of social discrimination, while some read them to be official persecution.
Social discrimination of Christians
Some scholars believe that the sufferings the epistle's addressees were experiencing were social in nature, specifically in the form of verbal derision.[12] Internal evidence for this includes the use of words like "malign" (2:12; 3:16), and "reviled" (4:14). Biblical scholar John Elliott notes that the author explicitly urges the addressees to respect authority (2:13) and even honor the emperor (2:17), strongly suggesting that they were unlikely to be suffering from official Roman persecution. It is significant to him that the author notes that "your brothers and sisters in all the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering" (5:9), indicating suffering that is worldwide in scope. Elliott sees this as grounds to reject the idea that the epistle refers to official persecution, because the first worldwide persecution of Christians officially meted by Rome did not occur until the persecution initiated by Decius in AD 250.
Official persecution of Christians
On the other hand, scholars who support the official persecution theory take the exhortation to defend one's faith (3:15) as a reference to official court proceedings.[1] They believe that these persecutions involved court trials before Roman authorities, and even executions.
One common supposition is that 1 Peter was written during the reign of Domitian (AD 81–96). Domitian's aggressive claim to divinity would have been rejected and resisted by Christians. Biblical scholar Paul Achtemeier believes that persecution of Christians by Domitian would have been in character, but points out that there is no evidence of official policy targeted specifically at Christians. If Christians were persecuted, it is likely to have been part of Domitian's larger policy suppressing all opposition to his self-proclaimed divinity.[1] There are other scholars who explicitly dispute the idea of contextualizing 1 Peter within Domitian's reign. Duane Warden believes that Domitian's unpopularity even among Romans renders it highly unlikely that his actions would have great influence in the provinces, especially those under the direct supervision of the senate such as Asia (one of the provinces 1 Peter is addressed to).[13]
Also often advanced as a possible context for 1 Peter is the trials and executions of Christians in the Roman province of Bithynia-Pontus under Pliny the Younger. Scholars who support this theory believe that a famous letter from Pliny to Emperor Trajan concerning the delation of Christians reflects the situation faced by the addressees of this epistle.[14][15] In Pliny's letter, written in AD 112, he asks Trajan if the accused Christians brought before him should be punished based on the name 'Christian' alone, or for crimes associated with the name. For biblical scholar John Knox, the use of the word "name" in 4:14–16 is the "crucial point of contact" with that in Pliny's letter.[14] In addition, many scholars in support of this theory believe that there is content within 1 Peter that directly mirrors the situation as portrayed in Pliny's letter. For instance, they interpret the exhortation to defend one's faith "with gentleness and reverence" in 3:15–16 as a response to Pliny executing Christians for the obstinate manner in which they professed to be Christians. Generally, this theory is rejected mainly by scholars who read the suffering in 1 Peter to be caused by social, rather than official, discrimination.
The "Harrowing of Hell"
The author refers to Jesus, after his death, proclaiming to spirits in prison (3:18–20). "This passage, and a few others (such as Matthew 27:52 and Luke 23:43), are the basis of the Roman Catholic belief in the descent of Christ into hell, or the harrowing of hell.[16] Though interpretations vary, some theologians[who?] see this passage as referring to Jesus, after his death, going to a place (neither heaven nor hell in the ultimate sense) where the souls of pre-Christian people waited for the Gospel. The first creeds to mention the harrowing of hell were Arian formularies of Sirmium (359), Nike (360), and Constantinople (360). It spread through the west and later appeared in the Apostles' Creed".[16]
See also
- ^ a b c d Achtemeier, Paul. Peter 1 Hermeneia. Fortress Press. 1996
- ^ Stanton, Graham. Eerdmans Commentary of the Bible. Wm.B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. 2003.
- ^ a b c d Travis B. Williams (1 November 2012). Persecution in 1 Peter: Differentiating and Contextualizing Early Christian Suffering. BRILL. pp. 28–. ISBN 978-90-04-24189-3. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ^ a b Bartlett, David. New Interpreters Bible Commentary, 1 Peter. Abingdon Press. 1998.
- ^ Elliot, John. 1 Peter: Anchor Bible Commentary. Yale University Press. 2001.
- ^ Jongyoon Moon (30 November 2009). Mark As Contributive Amanuensis of 1 Peter?. LIT Verlag Münster. ISBN 978-3-643-10428-1. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ^ Ehrman, Bart D. (2011). Forged. HarperOne, HarperCollins. pp. 65–77. ISBN 978-0-06-201262-3.
- ^ Daniel Keating, First and Second Peter Jude (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2011) 18. Norman Hillyer, 1 and 2 Peter, Jude, New International Biblical Commentary (Peabody, MA: Henrickson, 1992), 1–3. Karen H. Jobes, 1 Peter(Grand Rapids: Baker, 2005), 14–19).
- ^ a b Stanton, Graham. Eerdmans Commentary of the Bible. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. 2003.
- ^ "Peter, first letter of" A Dictionary of the Bible. by W. R. F. Browning. Oxford University Press Inc. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. University of Chicago. 10 May 2012 <http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t94.e1457>
- ^ Elliott, John. 1 Peter: a new translation with introduction and commentary. Yale University Press. 2000
- ^ Elliott, John. I Peter: a new translation with introduction and commentary. Yale University Press. 2000
- ^ Warden, Duane. Imperial Persecution and the Dating of 1 Peter and Revelation. Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 34:2. 1991
- ^ a b Knox, John. Pliny and I Peter: A Note on I Peter 4:14–16 and 3:15. Journal of Biblical Literature 72:3. 1953
- ^ Downing, F Gerald. Pliny's Prosecutions of Christians: Revelation and 1 Peter. Journal for the Study of the New Testament 34. 1988
- ^ a b "Descent of Christ into Hell." Cross, F. L., ed. The Oxford dictionary of the Christian church. New York: Oxford University Press. 2005
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- NET Bible 1 Peter Bible Text, Study notes, Greek, with audio link
- Early Christian writings: 1 Peter
- Online Bible at GospelHall.org
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- Easton's Bible Dictionary 1897: First Epistle of Peter
- Ernst R. Wendland, "Stand Fast in the True Grace of God! A Study of 1 Peter"
- 12px "Epistles of Saint Peter". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.
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Current Year-1926
Born in Minneapolis Minnesota USA to a brick layer father and a waitress mother.The Hurtbottom's lived in a state of semi-impoverishment in the inner city where life could get hard at times.Habitually picked on for his name led to young Leonard to engage in fist a cuffs on a regular basis often with older,bigger and crueller children.Tired of receiving a beating Leonard joined the local gym and learned the sport of boxing.Soon the tables turned and the taunting ceased as Leonard engaged the biggest tormentors he could find in a bit of back room brawling leaving them all in bruised heap.Leonard in fact became so good at boxing that at the age of sixteen he became a junior state champion and something of a neighbourhood celebrity.
In collage Leonard joined the men's rugby team where he looked to be a rising star until a confrontation with the coaches son caused him to be removed from the team.... over yes you guessed it an insult/tease to his name whereby the coaches son had to spend a few evening in the local infirmary.
In 1912 Leonard joined the French Foreign Legion to see the world as he put it.When the Great War broke out Leonard had risen to the rank of captain where he saw action on both Somme and Verdun among other gruelling battlefields.During the war he was awarded many medals including the highest Legion d'honneur.
After his entire company was wiped out at Verdun due to an incompetent commanding officer ordering Leonard's company to assault a near impregnable machine gun position over open ground leaving him a badly wounded sole survivor.This caused him to return in a fury whereby he beat the man senseless.
Not wanting to execute a national hero for fear of the demoralizing effect it might have Leonard was quietly demoted to a lieutenant and sent on garrison duty to North Africa/Egypt to command a very small undermanned remote outpost.When not fighting off the Turks and renegade Arabs it was here that he learned the study of archaeology and acquired a fascination with the occult from celebrated British professor Tinsdale who was conducting an archaeological excavation who was to later join Leonard in many future adventures.
After the war Leonard resigned his commission and changed his name to Jack Steel so as to have no record hanging on him and also tired of the trouble his name caused.It was from here that he started his life as an adventurer, investigator and artefact seeker of both historical and occult objects.
It was actually Leonard who discovered King Tutankhamen's tomb,but John Carter wanting the glory for himself had him drugged and kidnapped and held in a basement in Cairo.Leonard escaped by being able to trick his kidnappers a into believing he was having a heart attack and feigning unconsciousness whereby this lured them into the basement where he sprung into action and overpowered them.However,by then the damage was done and nobody believed his story.
Disgusted Leonard left Egypt for adventures in the Himalayas where he accrued some fame,but that is another story.In 1925 Jack as we will now call him as this is his preference returned to Egypt with rumours of Ramses the Great suspected tomb location being found by his old friend Professor Tinsdale.The problem was funds were low and a mysterious group was shadowing their moves and making things difficult thus bringing investigations to a standstill.....that is until Jimmy arrived and this is where the story will begin.
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Science fiction has the potential to spark lively discussions while inviting students to extrapolate from their own working knowledge of scientific principles. This genre offers a human lens to what can otherwise be a complex science concept. In this lesson, students will be able to explore the genre of science fiction, while learning more about the science integrated into the plot of the story using nonfiction texts and resources. They first define the science fiction genre and then read and discuss science fiction texts. Next, they conduct research to find science facts that support or dispute the science included in the plot of the science fiction book they read. Students then revisit their definition of the genre and revise based on their reading. Finally, students complete a project that examines the science fiction genre in relation to real-world science concepts and topics.
- Suggested Science Fiction Texts: This resource provides an annotated list of science fiction and nonfiction texts.
- Venn Diagram: Use this online tool to organize ideas for a compare and contrast essay, or while reading to compare and contrast two works of literature.
- Persuasion Map: Students use this online tool to map out and print a persuasive argument. Included are spaces to map out the thesis, three reasons, and supporting details.
With the number of genres and specific titles we have to teach in our classrooms, why would a teacher want to find time to teach the genre of science fiction? Erin Pierce explains in her Voices from the Middle article, "Fantasy and science fiction allow us to step beyond our own world to discover more about this world. As we meet characters who might not ever exist and stand in lands forged in someone's imagination, we also confront the realities of this real world: the fight of good and evil, the search for identity, the courage common folks can summon, the sustaining joy of family and friends. This list offers readers that chance to wander away and return not only entertained, but enriched." To help bring the science fiction genre to the classroom, Pierce continues on to provide an annotated list of 40 titles, including some the texts used in this lesson plan.
This lesson plan makes the connections between the worlds in science fiction and students' real world explicit by asking them to explore the underlying science that supports the fictional world and considering its relationship to the real science in today's society.
Further Reading
Pierce, Erin. "Science Fiction and Fantasy." Voices from the Middle 9.2 (December 2001): 74-77.


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We may be at an academic conference inflection point.
Higher education gatherings seem to be evolving away from conferencing and towards unconferencing.
We may get to the point where we drop the "un" in "unconference", much like we've dropped the digital from digital from photography. (Come to think of it, we should probably drop the "digital" from digital learning as well - it is all just learning).
Last week I attended an ASU unconference on the future of learning in the digital age. The best place to catch up with what was discussed at the event is probably by scrolling through #shapingedu.
Academic unconferences differ from traditional professional meetings in at least 3 ways.
First, they are usually small. There were 129 people at the event, with representatives from the of academic technology, online learning, media, consulting, instructional design, library, futurists, faculty, and edtech company tribes.
Second, they are often held on campuses - as opposed to at hotels or conference / convention venues. The location at ASU's EdPlus offices was amazing, largely because anyone interested in the future of higher education needs to spend time with the people at EdPlus.
Third, and most importantly, the participants of an unconference largely create the agenda as the gathering unfolds. The event featured a few talks, but mostly the host and convener of the event Lev Gonick (ASU's CIO) energetically funneled the time into conversations (or neighborhoods) around specific topics.
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Lamar Odom -- Back in the Danger Zone
Lamar Odom Back in the Danger Zone
Lamar Odom threw himself back into the lion's den last night ... arriving at LAX, where swarms of photogs are always on the lookout for celebs ... and he NEARLY lost his cool.
Lamar was walking through one of the terminals when he claims a pap nearly ran him over. The photog denies the accusation, but you can tell ... Lamar's pissed.
At one point, Lamar looks the pap in the eye and says, "Don't antagonize me." He then publicly humiliates the guy with the biggest diss of all time ... you gotta see it.
Good thing Lamar kept his temper under control -- for the most part -- as we reported, he agreed to stay on his best behavior after his epic pap confrontation over the summer. He also agreed to get anger management counseling.
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Portal may be the name for a contemporary series from Valve, about mad robots and jumpsuits, but it's also the name of a video game first released nearly thirty years ago.
That game, Portal - Valve got the trademark after the original ceased using it - was a strange adventure title for personal computers, and was published by, of all companies, Activision.
Portal's story is a great one: you're an astronaut who, after spending 100 years in space on a mission, returns to Earth to find everyone gone and the planet an overgrown wasteland. Picture Life After People, only in a text-based adventure game.
Your goal, then, is to talk to a computer system called Homer, and by going back through its records try and piece together what happened. And that's it! No killing, no jumping, you were essentially digging your way backwards through a very depressing story. Think of it as Dear Esther 1986, if you will, complete with the very valid point that it was only half a game, the other half being some kind of interactive story.
Indeed, so heavy on story was it that in 1988 it was re-released as just that, a novel.
While that story is an interesting one, the game part left a little to be desired, your interaction with Homer being more than a little crude and obtuse.
Still, it had its fans, and that coupled with the name's popularity coupled with the current Kickstarter madness has its original creator, sci-fi author Rob Swigart, hoping to get the cash together for a "proper" remake, this time as " a full-fledged computer game with modern technology, music, sound effects, art, voice acting, and gameplay".


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Believe it or not, the Boston Red Sox are kind of like that kid.
The Red Sox are entering one of their more important free agency periods in recent memory, after what can only be described as a very disappointing season. So far, all they have done is cast their own free agents out into the wind, and started courting other teams free agents.
They have basically done nothing to try and keep Victor Martinez and Adrian Beltre, their two highest profile free agents, in the fold. They have effectively tossed them out of the pram, and they are now coveting other kid's toys.
The Boston front office should be correctly commended for their superior development process, the same process that has given us an incredible array of superior level stars. Jon Papelbon, Jon Lester, Dustin Pedroia, Clay Bucholz and Daniel Bard are just a few of the players that Boston has nurtured to the highest levels. Where Boston falls down, is their often awful free agency dealings.
Boston is way behind many of its rivals when it comes to, in particular, dealing with their own free agents.
It is all too easy to note how old, for example, the Yankees lineup is, with it's collection of almost forties players on enormous salaries. What does get lost in the wash though, is New York are vastly superior to Boston in terms of playing the free agency game.
When the Yankees covet a free agent player, they invariably get their man. Let's face it, much as most other MLB fans are in denial, Cliff Lee will probably be pitching in New York in 2011 (and not for the woeful Mets!).
Boston has question marks all over its lineup, all created by the glaring holes left by Martinez and Beltre. Maybe they have an uber-plan, but right now all they are doing is trying to placate its fans with press releases that add up to nothing but complete horse manure.
Theo Epstein went on record this week saying Boston would be happy to have much injured, talented but unproven and streaky Jarrod Saltalamacchia as its full time catcher. Is that so, Theo, and how is that an upgrade over the incredibly consistent Victor Martinez? It's not even close to being even. With all due respect to Saltalamacchia, it would be a massive slide in talent at the catching position. And, Theo knows it.
Maybe in five years Saltalamacchia will be a superior level catcher. However, we live in the right now, and right now you could make an argument that Martinez is the best offensive catcher in Major League ball, bar maybe Joe Mauer of the Twins.
So why not just pay the man, give him 3-4 years and sit back and enjoy the show?
Boston has also over-thought the whole David Ortiz situation, and created a potential issue in the making for next season. In exercising their one-year option on Ortiz this last week, they have kept the big amiable slugger in Boston for one more year, but have left the door wide, wide open to issues as Ortiz approaches free agency at the end of next season. Why not sign him up for a 2-3 year extension at decent money? Hasn't he earned the right? Didn't Boston's front office declare Ortiz the 'most clutch hitter that ever lived' and give him a shiny plaque to affirm that?
Ortiz is coming off a great season, and deserved an extension.
Boston has, once again, decided it is cleverer than everyone else, and has laid the foundations for issues next season. Meanwhile, Theo seems to be asking us Red Sox fans, 'are you ready for a season of Saltalamacchia at catcher?'
No, no. Not at all Theo.
The Boston front office will continue to over analyze and over-think the free agency market, while other teams swoop in and sign the parts Boston needs to contend in 2011.
You can over analyze yourself to a standstill, and, right now, Boston is doing that better than anyone else in baseball.


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The following graduates agreed to have their information posted. If you are an alumnus and willing to share your information please inquire by emailing the Career Center.
Randy Black
Graduation Date: May 2006
Major: Business Administration
Minor: Economics and Finance
Organization: Spectrum Financial Group
Concerning the employment process, Randy advises, "My suggestion is to start with yourself then rely on the professionals. I believe it all starts with an inward examination as to what makes you tick and gets you excited. From there, you convey those passions to an adviser at the Career Center and they will move you in the right direction. The two no-brainers are to have your resume reviewed and to strategically attend the career fairs"
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Jihan Noizet
Graduation Date: December 2004
Major: Masters of Business Administration
Organization: Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Office of International Programs in the Europe, Asia, and Middle East section
Jihan believes that her education at UT Dallas gave her "the knowledge and tools to accomplish anything that I wish to do in the future." And the best advice she could give is "that finding a job is easy, but finding a career takes time. Patience and perseverance got me to where I am today."
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Graduation Date: August 2009
Major: Double Bachelor's in Child Learning and Development and in Psychology
Organization: Healthy Beginnings Montessori House,
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Shannon advises that "individuals with work experience and a great education are the most sought after employees. Throughout college, I worked in my chosen field and was able to complete two work internships through the Career Center. These internships gave my employer an avenue to utilize my creativity on new and challenging projects. I've gained personal and professional experience that I find invaluable."
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Graduation Dates: May 2009
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Organization: The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth -Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
"Because of his UT Dallas education, Ramin believes he is ahead of the game, especially in the neuroscience and neuroanatomy spectrums. "At UT Dallas we had great value and quality in our programs which put me ahead of my peers from Texas A&M and UT Austin."
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The History of Destroyers Built in Orange, Texas During W. W. II
Description: This book discusses the naval base in Orange, Texas and shipbuilding activities, particularly focusing on World War II. It includes reprints of relevant newspaper articles, histories of action for ships built at the facility, articles on historical relevance and commemorative events, and information from other documentation.
Date: October 2002
Creator: Orange County Historical Society (Tex.)
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Allen Mendenhall is associate dean at Thomas Goode Jones School of Law and executive director of the Blackstone & Burke Center. His books include Literature and Liberty (2014), Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Pragmatism, and the Jurisprudence of Agon (2017), The Southern Philosopher: Collected Essays of John William Corrington (2017) (editor), and Lines from a Southern Lawyer (2017). Visit his website at AllenMendenhall.com.


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Dog mauls 3-year-old girl
Girl flown to Shriner's Hospital
A 3-year-old girl is being treated after police say she was attacked by a dog Thursday morning in Farmingdale.
The Kennebec County Sheriff Department said the girl's grandmother jumped on the girl to try and stop the attack.
The Sheriff's Department said when rescue crews arrived at the home on Littlefield Lane the dog, a 120-pound Rottweiler, was so aggressive they could not immediately treat the girl.
A Gardiner police officer arrived at the home and shot and killed the dog.
The sheriff's department said the girl suffered injuries to her head, as well as to her arms and legs.
She will likely require multiple surgeries, according to officials.
The Sheriff's Department said the preliminary investigation shows the girl wandered near the dog, which was secured to the side of a barn with a steel cable. The dog lunged at the child, a link in the choker-chain style collar broke freeing the dog. The dog was able to bite the child several times before the grandmother jumped on the child.
"Given the aggressive nature of the dog, I believe that the grandmother saved the young girl's life and should be commended for her bravery. Had she not shielded the young girl from the dog this event would have been much more tragic. The actions of the first responders to this terrible event contributed greatly to the safety of the young girl and grandmother," said Sheriff Randall Liberty.
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Brown: Texas ads unlikely to sway Calif. companies
A radio ad designed to convince California companies to move to Texas has sparked a throw-down between the governors of the two states.
Gov. Rick Perry launched a 30-second radio ad on Monday calling on California companies to consider moving to Texas.
"Building a business is tough, but I hear building a business in California is next to impossible," Perry says in the ad, which was paid for by a public-private marketing partnership called TexasOne. "There are plenty of reasons Texas has been named the best state for doing business for eight years running."
California Gov. Jerry Brown called the radio ads just "a few tricks from a politician" and will not have any substantive effect. The Sacramento Bee reported https://bit.ly/TBqA1x that Brown told reporters outside an event in Los Angeles the commercials are unlikely to make a difference because people invest in places where "big things have occurred."
The governor says everyone "with half a brain" is coming to California, home of Apple, Google and Hollywood studios. He says that includes the British, French, Russians and Chinese.
"So Texas," Brown said, "come on over."
Perry often brags about Texas' low taxes, industry-friendly regulations and strict limits on lawsuits. He regularly travels to California to convince companies to move their operations, using a special fund called the Texas Enterprise Fund to close relocation deals.
In recent years, though, lawmakers from both parties have expressed concern that Perry is not using the fund properly. Lawmakers have effectively suspended funding for the program while they re-evaluate it.