place_of_birth molly louise shepard
___MASK21___ Instruments Inc . ( TI ) is an American technology company that designs and manufactures semiconductors , which it sells to electronics designers and manufacturers globally . Headquartered in Dallas , ___MASK21___ , United States , TI is one ___MASK91___ the top ten semiconductor companies worldwide , based on sales volume . ___MASK21___ Instruments ' s focus is on developing analog chips and embedded processors , which accounts for more than 85 % ___MASK91___ their revenue . TI also produces TI digital light processing ( DLP ) technology and education technology products including calculators , microcontrollers and multi - core processors . To date , TI has more than 43 , 000 patents worldwide . Molly Louise Shepard is a published dramatic author , Off - Off - ___MASK89___ playwright , and produced screenwriter . She received her B . A . in theatre from the University ___MASK91___ Texas at Dallas . Shepard ' s two - act Southern Gothic piece , Tabula Rasa , was produced by the Judith Shakespeare Company at the Phil Bosakowski Theatre in New York City . An excerpt from her short play , Dog , was published internationally in Best Men ' s Monologues ___MASK91___ 1998 . Her screenplay ___MASK91___ that same piece won a grant from the Irving Community Television Network , went to the USA Film Festival , and was featured on PBS Dallas . Shepard ' s work also has been produced in Dallas , Fort Worth , ___MASK87___ , Texas , and New Orleans , ___MASK3___ . Off - Off - ___MASK89___ theatrical productions in ___MASK14___ City are those in theatres that are smaller than ___MASK89___ and Off - ___MASK89___ theatres . Off - Off - ___MASK89___ theatres are usually theatres that have fewer than 100 seats , though the term can be used for any show in the ___MASK14___ City area that employs union actors but is not under an Off - ___MASK89___ , ___MASK89___ , or League ___MASK91___ Resident Theatres contract . It is often used as a term relating to any show with non - union actors . The shows range from professional productions by established artists to small amateur performances . The City ___MASK91___ New York , often called New York City or simply New York , is the most populous city in the United States . With an estimated 2015 population ___MASK91___ 8 , 550 , 405 distributed over a land area ___MASK91___ just , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States . Located at the southern tip ___MASK91___ the state ___MASK91___ New York , the city is the ___MASK79___ ___MASK91___ the New York metropolitan area , one ___MASK91___ the most populous urban agglomerations in the world . A global power city , New York City exerts a significant impact upon commerce , finance , media , art , fashion , research , technology , education , and entertainment , its fast pace defining the term " New York minute ". Home to the headquarters ___MASK91___ the United Nations , New York is an important ___MASK79___ for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural and financial capital ___MASK91___ the world . ___MASK21___ is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population . Geographically located in the south central part ___MASK91___ the country , ___MASK21___ shares borders with the U . S . states ___MASK91___ ___MASK3___ to the east , Arkansas to the northeast , Oklahoma to the north , New Mexico to the west , and the Mexican states ___MASK91___ Chihuahua , Coahuila , Nuevo León , and Tamaulipas to the southwest , while the Gulf ___MASK91___ Mexico is to the southeast . The League ___MASK91___ Resident Theatres ( LORT ) is the largest professional theater association ___MASK91___ its kind in the United States , with 74 member theaters located in every major market in the U . S ., including 29 states and the District ___MASK91___ Columbia . LORT members collectively issue more Equity contracts to actors than Broadway and commercial tours combined . The University ___MASK91___ Texas at Dallas ( UT Dallas or UTD ) is a public research university in the University ___MASK91___ Texas System . The main campus is in the ___MASK2___ , Texas , Telecom Corridor , north ___MASK91___ downtown Dallas . The institution , established in 1961 as the Graduate Research ___MASK79___ ___MASK91___ the Southwest and later renamed the Southwest ___MASK79___ for Advanced Studies ( SCAS ), began as a research arm ___MASK91___ Texas Instruments . In 1969 , the founders bequeathed SCAS to the state ___MASK91___ Texas officially creating The University ___MASK91___ Texas at Dallas . An Off - ___MASK89___ theatre is a professional venue in ___MASK14___ City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499 . These theatres are smaller than ___MASK89___ theatres , but generally larger than Off - Off - ___MASK89___ theatres . The Telecom Corridor is a technology business ___MASK79___ in Richardson , Texas , a northern suburb of Dallas , which contains over 25 million square feet ( 2 . 3 million square meters ) of office space and accounts for over 130 , 000 jobs . Located in the Dallas / Fort Worth area and home to the University of Texas at Dallas , the Corridor is a strip about long along U . S . Route 75 ( US 75 ) ( the North Central Expressway ), between President George Bush Turnpike and Interstate 635 ( I - 635 ) and is often considered an area of the Silicon Prairie . More than 5 , 700 companies , including 600 technology companies are headquartered in the area , including significant players such as AT & T , Alcatel - Lucent , Ericsson , Verizon , Samsung , Texas Instruments , and MetroPCS . Some of these companies also have offices in Telecom Valley located in California . Although the Telecom Corridor was a booming area of Dallas ' s economy during the late 1990s , the dot - com bust of 2001 hit the region hard . However , it began recovering in 2004 , and that recovery has since picked up momentum , gaining both the operations of many non - technology - related companies and a large number of previously non - existent residential units designed in the New Urbanist style . The name " Telecom Corridor " is a registered trademark and may technically only be used to describe the area mentioned in this article . A research university is a university that expects all its tenured and tenure - track faculty to continuously engage in research , as opposed to merely requiring it as a condition ___MASK91___ an initial appointment or tenure . Such universities can be recognized by their ___MASK51___ focus on innovative research and the prestige ___MASK91___ their ___MASK41___ names . On the one hand , research universities strive to recruit faculty who are the most brilliant minds in their disciplines in the world , and their students enjoy the opportunity to learn from such experts . On the other hand , new students are often disappointed to realize their undergraduate courses at research universities are overly academic and fail to provide vocational training with immediate " real world " applications ; but many employers value degrees from research universities because they know that such coursework develops fundamental skills like critical thinking . ___MASK96___ is a major city in the state ___MASK91___ Texas and is the largest urban ___MASK79___ ___MASK91___ the fourth most populous metropolitan area in the United States . The city proper ranks ninth in the U . S . and third in Texas after ___MASK17___ and San Antonio . The city ' s prominence arose from its historical importance as a ___MASK79___ for the oil and cotton industries , and its position along numerous railroad lines . The bulk ___MASK91___ the city is in ___MASK96___ County , ___MASK91___ which it is the county seat ; however , sections ___MASK91___ the city are located in Collin , Denton , Kaufman , and Rockwall counties . According to the 2010 United States Census , the city had a population ___MASK91___ 1 , 197 , 816 . The United States Census Bureau ' s estimate for the city ' s population increased to 1 , 300 , 092 as ___MASK91___ July 1 , 2015 . The University ___MASK91___ Texas System ( UT System ) encompasses 14 educational institutions in the U . S . state ___MASK91___ Texas , ___MASK91___ which eight are academic universities and six are health institutions . The UT System is headquartered in ___MASK87___ , and has a total enrollment ___MASK91___ over 216 , 000 students ( largest university system in Texas ) and employs more than 87 , 000 faculty and staff . The UT System ' s $ 36 billion endowment ( as ___MASK91___ May 31 , 2016 ) is the largest ___MASK91___ any public university system in the United States .