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Barry Lubin and Mark Gindick cook up a clown gag inspired by "Singin' in the Rain." 02:46
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Juggling looks complicated, but anyone can learn to do it. Master juggler Jake LaSalle shows us how. 03:20
Circus | Circus DIY: How to Make a Clown Face | PBS
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Kids are everywhere on the back lots of Big Apple Circus. 03:04
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The circus sets up camp at it's first stop of the tour, Dulles, VA. 02:01
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'Parks and Rec's' Chris Pratt on stripping: 'I was the low-rent 'Magic Mike''Add to Favorites | Parks and Recreation
"The Ellen DeGeneres Show" is welcoming "Parks and Recreation" star Chris Pratt on Friday (Nov. 15), where Pratt talks about his past working as a stripper and having more kids with wife Anna Faris of CBS sitcom "Mom."
"When I was a kid, I was in a small town -- I was a stripper for a little while, for a little while. It's not, it was very low-rent. I was like the very, very low-rent 'Magic Mike,'" says Pratt. "40 bucks a pop ... I did bachelorette parties in my hometown, my friend's grandma had me."
"I couldn't afford a cop outfit on my budget. I would just wear, um, I wasn't good. I would just like slowly, awkwardly dance and then go down to my shorts and they'd be like, 'Aww. Aww. ... Here's your forty bucks.'"
Pratt also talks about having another child with Faris, which came to him in a dream recently.
"This is a true story about a dream. I did dream the other day that we had another baby. And then I woke up and Anna said that she had had a dream that she was pregnant," says Pratt. "So I was like, 'Whoa, might you be pregnant?'"
"I don't think she is. This isn't like an announcement or anything," he laughs. "[But] I think I would like one."
Ellen cracks, "Announce it and then she feels like she has to get pregnant."
"You got nine months, honey," Pratt deadpans.
Watch Pratt every Thursday night on "Parks and Rec" on NBC and see him in the upcoming movie "Delivery Man," out Nov. 22 nationwide.
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Lagos — The Nigerian Army on Monday said it will soon deploy soldiers to Ogun State to assist other security agencies fight crime in the metropolis.
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Gone And ForgottenYou might remember him as a guy with a lot of power potential—potential being the operative word. The Toronto Blue Jays designated for assignment former Red Sox first baseman Mauro Gomez yesterday. Gomez played 37 games in last year's debacle, hitting .275 with a couple of dingers. Boston signed Gomez in February of 2012 as a free agent. He had previously been in the Texas and Atlanta organizations.
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Software Development and Applications» open the printable major» search for more Areas of Study
Undergraduate Major
The Software Development and Applications major builds on the Bachelor of Information Technology's core technical skills for developing software, enabling students an expertise in producing the code and components that form software applications. Students learn of the potential of additional software tools, network administration, database analysis, administration, and other new areas of software technology. Mathematics, strategic business systems, web engineering, data security, and user interface design comprise this major's foundations.
Graduates can provide detailed technical support to major development teams for complex software applications through their knowledge of software foundations. Employment opportunities exist in varying levels and departments of government, information technology companies, telecommunications and communication companies, the mining industry, the business and finance sector, design and product development agencies, and research and development facilities.
Professional Accreditation
Students who successfully complete the Bachelor Information Technology are eligible to apply for membership to the Australian Computer Society.
For more information about Information Technology, visit the School of Design, Communication and Information Technology site.
View our Bachelor of Information Technology in the Program Handbook and the online prospectus What Can I Study?.
Academic advice: view Study Pathways for this major »
An Honours year is available to students as a separate program in the form of an additional year to those who meet the entry requirements. For more information about this program, see Bachelor of Information Technology (Honours).
Postgraduate Study:
Some occupations require a higher level of completed study than an undergraduate degree, and for this reason it is worthwhile considering the range of postgraduate study options available. Postgraduate study may also be useful for specialising in a particular area, or to stimulate career change. Some of the postgraduate study options include:
Postgraduate coursework programs can add further specialisations in areas including business, safety, quality assurance and teaching. To explore such options please visit the Postgraduate Handbook.
Sample Jobs
Graduates majoring in Software Development and Applications can find employment in a variety of roles in many different types of organisations. The list below provides typical job titles for graduates from this major.
Some of these jobs will depend upon the amount and level of study undertaken, level of experience, and the combination of other majors and electives studied, for example some may require further study.
- Analyst Programmer/Programmer
- Application Integration Developer/Enterprise Application Integration Developer
- Applications Developer
- Database Applications Developer
- Enterprise Applications Developer
- Java Applications Developer
- Mobile Applications Developer
- Web Applications Developer
- Applications Engineer
- Business Analyst/Consultant
- Business Intelligence Developer
- Chief Information Officer/IT Manager
Not everyone uses their degree in the same way and the transferable skills gained through university study may allow graduates to pursue a range of careers that might not be directly linked to their study. Below is a sample list of job titles that might be suitable for graduates with the skills gained majoring in Software Development and Applications.
Some of these jobs will depend upon the amount and level of study undertaken, level of experience, and the combination of other majors and electives studied, for example some may require further study.
Getting the Edge
Most employers seek to recruit people who have relevant work experience and an appreciation for their industry. Here is a check list of ideas about gaining experience and industry knowledge.
- Check the type of experience most employers in your field of interest expect. Don't overlook the part time work you may be currently doing. Most employers understand that the skills are transferrable even if the work is not in their industry.
- Check your academic program for any courses that involve a placement or the opportunity to undertake an industry based project.
- Check your school for Summer Scholarships for research opportunities.
- Check vacancy sites for advertised traineeships, part time employment and vacation work opportunities in your field.
- Source and approach organisations directly about possible work shadowing or information interview opportunities.
- Source and approach organisations directly for paid work opportunities.
- Consider volunteering.
Note: Gaining experience may be important but not at the expense of your studies. Make sure you do not overload your timetable with unrealistic work commitments.
Sample Employers
Graduates majoring in Software Development and Applications find employment opportunities in small, medium or large organisations of varying industries. Below are some examples of organisations that may recruit those holding this major.
Check employers' websites for sections titled Employment, Careers, Graduate Programs, or for similar sections. Some employers may also offer vacation work opportunities.
- Adobe (International)
- Apple (International)
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (Australia)
- Australian Taxation Office (Australia)
- BHP Billiton (Australia)
- Broadway Infotech (Australia)
- bwired (Australia)
- Department of Human Services (Australia)
- Cisco (International)
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Australia)
- CSC - Computer Sciences Corporation (International)
- CSIRO (Australia)
- Deloitte (Australia)
- Department of Defence (Australia)
- Deutsche Bank (International)
- EnergyAustralia (Australia)
- Ericsson Australia (Australia)
- Ernst & Young (International)
- Google (International)
- IBM (Australia)
- iFinity (Australia)
- Juuce Interactive (Australia)
- MaxDesign (Australia)
- Microsoft Australia (International)
- National Australia Bank (Australia)
- Netstarter (Australia)
- NGA NET (Australia)
- Optiver (International)
- Optus (Australia)
- Oracle (International)
- Orica (International)
- Qantas (International)
- Randstad (Australia)
- Reactive Media (International)
- Reserve Bank of Australia (Australia)
- Rio Tinto (International)
- Shivam (Australia)
- Sparsh Technologies (International)
- Telstra (Australia)
- Westpac (Australia)
Recruitment Timing
Some large organisations have specific graduate recruitment programs designed to employ the pick of graduates each year. You must be in your final year of study or recently completed to apply for these programs. The timing of these recruitment drives varies and may occur at any point in the academic year, in some cases starting as early as the first few weeks of the first semester or trimester.
Find out if employers in your area/s of interest have graduate programs, when they typically recruit and what recruitment methods they use. Check with the Careers Service .
Job Prospects and Salary
For up-to-date information please see Job Outlook Australia. This site provides basic Australian labour market information including job prospects, skills requirements and salaries. You might try some of the classifications below as a guide on this site.
Societies and Associations
Associations and societies often provide relevant and up to date information about a variety of issues relating to specific industry sectors. These can be a good starting point to learn more about occupations through profiles, industry news, links to academic journals and information on research developments. Many also offer student membership, conference and professional development activities, newsletters and the opportunity to participate in projects.
- American Association of Webmasters (International)
- Australian Computer Society (Australia)
- Australian Information Industry Association (Australia)
- Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (Australia)
Don't overlook student societies and associations. As well as student chapters of professional associations, some faculties or schools have discipline based student associations. Check your school or faculty web site; perhaps you might start one if one doesn't exist.
Some academic disciplines run Seminar Programs that involve regular seminars presented by University of Newcastle academics, visiting academics and postgraduate students. Check your schools website for the timetable.
Job Search Sites
Searching job sites is a good way to gain an understanding of: industries recruiting professionals in this field; types of roles and the requirements or expectations of employers for these roles. There are many online job search sites, here are a few to start with:
Australian and International
- CareerHub: the University of Newcastle Careers Service careers and job search site for enrolled students and graduates.
- CareerOne: Australia wide job listings, all levels and industries including executive positions
- MyCareer: Australian and international listings
- Seek: comprehensive Australian job listings, also includes New Zealand and UK listings
- The Big Chair: Management and Executive Jobs
- Overseas Jobs
- Mind Exchange: links to job listings in Asia, Europe and Latin America
- International Jobs
- Agency Central: UK recruitment agency and job sites directory
- Command Group: a recruitment company with vacancies in Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore
Graduate Attributes and EmployabilityBachelor of Information Technology graduates majoring in Software Applications and Development will have the skills, abilities and knowledge sought after by a broad range of employers.
On completion of the Bachelor of Information Technology degree, a graduate will be able to demonstrate:
- Expertise in information technologies with an emphasis on net-centric applications, information management, and user requirements.
- An understanding of the operation and constraints of contemporary enterprises, their dynamic environment, and how they can be supported by IT solutions.
- The ability to provide effective solutions to technical and organisational problems by being creative, inventive and a problem solver.
- Communication, leadership, project management, and teamwork skills.
- Professionalism, adaptability, social responsibility, and commitment to professional ethical standards.


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A RELATIONSHIP counsellor who was dismissed over his beliefs on homosexuality has launched an appeal after unsuccessfully taking his case to the European Court of Human Rights.
Bristol therapist Gary McFarlane (pictured), who lost his job after raising concerns about giving advice to same sex couples, is one of four Christians claiming their rights had been violated by their employers.
They took their case to the European Court of Human Rights last year but judges did not rule in favour of three of them.
Now they are trying to get the case heard before the court's Grand Chamber, which only hears claims in exceptional circumstances.
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The Christians, backed by the Christian Legal Centre, will attend a special briefing at the Council of Europe today to discuss referring the case to the Grand Chamber.
The case has focused on how the European Convention on Human Rights should protect the rights of Christians to follow their faith in public.
Mr McFarlane, 51, of Stapleton, was sacked from his role with the charity Relate for gross misconduct in 2008, after raising concerns about working with couples of the same sex.
He said he might have to raise a "conscientious objection" if the issue of giving psycho-sexual therapy, which includes giving advice on sexual intimacy, to same-sex partners, due to his Christian faith.
The other cases related to a Christian air stewardess and a nurse wearing crosses to work and a registrar being unprepared to conduct civil ceremonies for same sex couples.
Air stewardess Nadia Eweida, told by British Airways to stop wearing her white gold cross visibly, was the only one to win her case – with judges ruling her rights had been violated under Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
But the Government contested all the claims, arguing that religious rights were protected in private only and people could not insist employers accommodated them.
Judges acknowledged there had been interference with Mr McFarlane's religious freedom but agreed UK courts had acted within a "margin of appreciation" by throwing out his claim of religious discrimination in 2009.
The Christian Legal Centre will argue that the "margin of appreciation" had been used as a smokescreen to "wash their hands of a difficult decision".
Mr McFarlane, who now runs his own counselling business, is hopeful the appeal will be successful.
He said: "I remain hopeful that someone will grapple with the issues better than the European Court of Human Rights. They have ducked the issue."
Mr McFarlane won a claim for unfair dismissal against Relate in 2009 but a claim of religious discrimination was thrown out and also rejected on appeal.
An Appeal Court judge rejected an application to hear the discrimination case in 2010 and so the following year he took the case to the European Court of Human Rights.
Mr McFarlane admitted he had now reached the "last leg" in his five-year battle for recognition.
But he said: "I wasn't disappointed with the last judgement because I felt my purpose had been achieved to a significant degree because the media had understood what the case was about.
"More people are now happy to stand up and be counted."


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Judy Heller served as the Director and has interests in other corporate entities including Origin Ip Group, LLC, Origin Cruise Group, LLC and five more corporations. Judy's past corporate affiliations include Royal Yacht Cruises, LLC, Management Associated Properties, LLC and seven others.
Wayne Heller was the Director of Heller, Inc.. Wayne's additional corporate interests include J & W Heller Corp., Origin Ip Group, LLC and five more corporations. Wayne's past corporate affiliations include Great Vacations, Inc., Royal Yacht Cruises, LLC and six others.
The registered agent for the company is Thomas P. Moran. Also known as a statutory or resident agent, the registered agent is responsible for receiving legal notifications regarding court summons, lawsuits, and other legal actions involving the corporate entity.
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Street Car gets Whiting extension line listen10/09/09 Joshua Lee Holton
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Today the Teco Line Street Car Systemâs Whiting Street Extension had itâs groundbreaking ceremony at the downtown YMCA. The extension will use federal stimulus money and is one measure to bring more public transportation to the Tampa Bay Area.
The 4th grade class from the Rampello Downtown Partnership School Band played at the ceremony. City council members John Dingfelder and Linda Saul-Sena attended, along with all the TECO board members and HARTâs engineering staff. TECOâs ...Be the first to comment
HART alternative analysis could depend on sales tax listen09/10/09 Seán Kinane
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The Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART) is conducting a study of possible transportation routes from USF to downtown, and from downtown to the Westshore business district. This âalternative analysisâ could help determine the route of future light rail lines, assuming county residents are willing to pay for them.
A regional transportation network is expected to have its light rail beginnings in Tampa. A USF to downtown line could open by 2018 and another line from downto...Be the first to comment
Iorio addresses Hillsborough MPO on transit plan listen05/05/09 Mitch E. Perry
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The question of how to sell a light rail system to Hillsborough County voters next year was discussed at the Countyâs Metropolitan Planning Organization meeting this morning.
Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio, who has been the leading figure in raising the possibility of light rail finally coming to the region, was given the floor.
Iorio referred to the last serious plan for rail in Hillsborough County a decade ago. She said the biggest since her tenure as a County Commission in the 1980s was th...Be the first to comment
HART delays request by developer to pay for new bus site listen04/06/09 Mitch E. Perry
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Today the Board of Directors with Hillsborough Countyâs transit agency, HART, voted to delay until early next month a decision regarding a proposal to allow a private developer to fund a new transit site that needs to be built by the end of next month to receive state funding.
The developer, Atlantic Housing, wants and needs bus service to go to an affordable housing project that would be built on Falkenberg Road right near Progress Village in eastern Hillsborough County.
Today, HA...Be the first to comment
Mark Sharpe defends his work on mass transit listen02/25/09 Mitch E. Perry
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A clash of egos broke out at a budget meeting today with Hillsborough County Commissioners regarding a possible referendum next year on funding a mass transit system.
Commissioner Mark Sharpe has been actively involved in discussions with other local agencies over the past couple of years on the issue.
After coming back from a meeting with Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio, as well as members of HART, the Countyâs Metropolitian Planning organization and the regionâs transit agency, TBARTA, Shar...Be the first to comment
Stimulus funding wish list: More buses and an I-4 connector listen02/16/09 Seán Kinane
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President Barack Obama is expected to sign the $789 billion economic stimulus bill tomorrow. This morning two Hillsborough agencies, the countyâs MPO and HART, deliberated how they plan to use the federal funds for badly needed transportation projects.
The Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization MPO, voted unanimously to place the Interstate 4 connector at the top of their priority list. The freeway between the Selmon Expressway and I-4 ...Be the first to comment
HART proposes bus rapid transit line listen01/27/09 Seán Kinane
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Light and commuter rail will be part of a regional transit solution for the Tampa Bay region, but so will expanded bus service, especially bus rapid transit (BRT).
City and county officials and community leaders met at the offices of HART, the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority today.
Chad Luedtke is vice president of HDR engineering, a consulting group hired by HART for the BRT project. Leudtke says construction of bus stops along the proposed nort...Be the first to comment
Channelside residents balk over high taxes listen08/21/08 Mitch E. Perry
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During the boom of the early part of this decade, new condominiums were built in downtown Tampa and the Channelside District at an rapid rat,e with the promise to new urban dwellers that they would be pioneers in a burgeoning part of the city.
But thatâs hardly proven to be the case. The Tampa Tribune reported this morning that five developers have either filed for bankruptcy or walked away from projects in the area.
For those residents who did and still do live in downtown or Chann...Be the first to comment
Tampa streetcar manager ousted listen08/07/08 Mitch E. Perry
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Tampa City Councilwoman Mary Mulhern had harsh words today regarding the firing of Tampaâs Streetcar Manager by Hillsborough Countyâs transit system agency, HART.
Tim Borchers was hired to manage the streetcar line in 2002. His firing was said to be intended to save money and improve service.
Councilwoman Linda Saul-Sena also expressed reservations about the firing.
The streetcar has been derided by some as a boondoggle, but HART Executive Director David Armijo says currently 36...Be the first to comment
HART fare increase draws criticism listen08/06/08 Mitch E. Perry
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On Monday, board members of Hillsborough Countyâs Transit Agency voted to raise bus fares and gave initial support for a property tax increase to pay for more buses and a long-range transit study.
The 5-4 vote to support a property tax increase didnât settle well with Hillsborough County Commission Brian Blair today, who said the Commission has provided millions of dollars in financial support to HART already.
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On June 18, 2014, Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing the pricing of a public offering of $300 million principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2021 (the "Notes"). The Notes will bear interest at an annual rate of 1.75% and will mature on June 15, 2021, unless earlier converted, purchased or redeemed. The Company granted the underwriter an option to purchase up to an additional $45 million principal amount of Notes to cover over-allotments, if any. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes, including to fund possible acquisitions of, or investments in, complementary businesses, products and technologies.
The Notes will be convertible prior to December 15, 2020 only under certain circumstances and during certain periods, and will be convertible thereafter regardless of those circumstances. The conversion rate will initially be 23.4968 shares of the Company's common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $42.56 per share of the Company's common stock), subject to adjustment in certain circumstances. Upon conversion, the Notes may be settled, at the Company's election, in cash, shares of the Company's common stock or a combination of cash and shares of the Company's common stock.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is acting as the sole book-running manager for the Notes offering.
A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and incorporated by reference into this Item.
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Some thanks are long overdue... there are multiple NXT blogs that have popped up and I would like to point them out:
1. nxtbot.com - thanks to Jeff for many of the images you see - I can't take credit for a lot of these images as I wasn't at CES 2006. Jeff took some good photos of software and hardware.
2. bnxt.com - Filip has a great site, too... plus he has the aggregate news feed that pulls from numerous sources.
3. nxtclub.com - Steve and Lisa have another blog site dedicated to NXT that I check quite often.


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IT IS all too easy to paint a grim picture of chemistry in the UK. Undergraduate enrolment in chemistry courses began to plummet in the late 1990s, bottoming out in 2003 with barely 3000 students. These dwindling numbers, coupled with the high cost of teaching the subject, have led some universities to shut down their departments. Chemists graduating from the University of Exeter, King's College London and Queen Mary, University of London, have all seen windows boarded up behind them.
Countless papers, talks and initiatives have been spawned in an effort to entice students back into the field. Working chemists should venture into classrooms, they say, armed with demonstrations of the big, loud and dangerous reactions of past schooldays. Chemistry teachers should have chemistry degrees to impart their enthusiasm to students, reckons the UK government.
But maybe there is a simpler way to turn the tide: good old-fashioned PR. One way to do this is by demonstrating how chemistry can step up to the challenges of the modern world, be it answering energy needs, addressing climate change or improving our health. So New Scientist polled a selection of leading chemists and asked them what we should be celebrating in today's chemistry, and how this research will answer the future demands of life, just as it has done for the past 200 years.
At the forefront of modern chemistry are new energy technologies. It is up to chemists to sort out an alternative to burning fossil fuels, says Nobel laureate and former president of the Royal Society of Chemistry Harry Kroto. One of the most promising avenues is cheap photovoltaic cells. Solar cells are currently made with silicon, which although abundant on Earth, occurs as silicon dioxide. Refining it to make pure silicon is a costly endeavour, requiring temperatures of up to 1900 °C, meaning that manufacturing a solar cell can consume more energy than the cell eventually produces.
Now chemistry is offering the possibility of making photovoltaics from cheap organic polymers, or plastics, such as those developed by Richard Friend at the University of Cambridge. What's more, these thin, flexible materials can essentially be printed out by an ink-jet printer. "The possibility of producing large areas of solar cells by printing them on a printing press sounds like a major breakthrough to me," says Kroto. "At some point we need to design technologies that produce and store energy from the sun at the same rate as we consume it." For Kroto, the ultimate goal would be to take photovoltaics and use them to break apart the highly energetic bond between oxygen and hydrogen in water molecules - producing pure hydrogen fuel.
It will also be chemistry that is ultimately behind technologies to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, says Gerry Lawless, head of the recently reprieved chemistry department at the University of Sussex in Brighton. "Chemists are the only ones who can provide those answers. Our atmosphere is a giant chemical solution." For example, researchers in the US and Canada are working on ways to scrub the atmosphere of excess CO2, based on hydroxides that absorb the gas.
For Martyn Poliakoff meanwhile, who specialises in green chemistry at the University of Nottingham, one of chemistry's most vital frontiers is finding environmentally responsible ways to manufacture chemicals and products. For example, he has collaborated with chemists in Ethiopia and at Procter & Gamble to create plastic bags made from local sugar cane. "If you can do this, then Ethiopia doesn't have to import oil to make petroleum-based plastics, and when the bags are thrown on the ground the cows can just eat them."
Of course, chemistry's future lies not only in energy and materials but also at the molecular level of biology, says Lawless. "Our understanding of biology is deep enough now that we can apply chemical techniques to its study." Take the report in Nature last year by Stephen Fesik at Abbott Laboratories in Chicago. By interfering with the proteins that help cancer cells avoid programmed cell death, or apoptosis, they were able to kill tumours and also improve the efficacy of radiation treatment and chemotherapy. It is thinking like this - at a chemical level - that will advance the next generation of antibiotics, which are desperately needed to fight the growing plague of resistant infections such as MRSA, says Lawless.
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WWE Royal Rumble Matches
in a Nutshell
Since my WWE WrestleMania in a Nutshell series was such an explosive success that everybody loved (you know not to suck myself off or anything even though I am the ONLY person who can suck me off and I would be satisfied) I have been thinking of other events to do quick recaps off.
I originally intended to do Survivor Series in a Nutshell, but my schedule ended up being to the point that I couldn't even attempt to do it. I will get down to it eventually hopefully so I will let you all eagerly anticipate that moment for the time being until your eagerness turns to obsession and that gnaws away at you before you end up killing yourself when I eventually don't finish it…you know as you do.
Since the Royal Rumble is the next major PPV of WWE, even though its being headlined by the fucking Rock which is reason enough to lose my hope that WWE will ever move on from the fucking Attitude Era, I figured I would do the Royal Rumble in a Nutshell.
Then, I realized, 'Oh shit, even though I am the very definition of flawlessness, the Royal Rumble match itself covers most of the events and doing it in the same way I did Wrestlemania in a Nutshell, while the greatest entertainment that the IWC has enjoyed this year even though I could care less about entertaining those fat pathetic primates', would in no way do the events justice.
So I, being the intelligent Apex of Brainpower, decided to just cover the Royal Rumble matches themselves. You may call that laziness if only because you are jealous fucks…so here are the Royal Rumble matches in a Nutshell!
Here's how it will go down: I will list the participants in order of entrants and then the order of eliminations along with some mini comments on each individual. They are not intended to be reviews so just loosen up and don't fucking ask what I thought about the matches themselves. So let's get started:
WWE Royal Rumble 1988
1. Bret Hart (Masturbation Material out first? Sounds about right)
2. Tito Santana (I'm sure a lot of fans in the 80's learned Spanish from Tito and their sex life hasn't changed since)
3. Butch Reed (Sweet Daddy Siki 2.0)
4. Jim Neidhart (Oh look it's a fat guy in a unitard this isn't World's Strongest Man)
5. Jake Roberts (He keeps his snake in a sack)
6. Harley Race (Not gonna lie the whole King thing was awesome)
7. Jim Brunzell (Jumping through hoops)
8. Sam Houston (Does being an addict run in his family)
9. Danny Davis (Bringing his officiating skills to the match)
10. Boris Zhukov (Hey look a guy who you only know is a foreigner)
11. Don Muraco (THE Don might I add)
12. Nikolai Volkoff (better singer then everybody out there right now)
13. Jim Duggan (What was this guy's deal with the 2×4?)
14. Ron Bass (Ron who?)
15. B. Brian Blair (Triple B Baby!)
16. Hillbilly Jim (Don't go messing with country boy!)
17. Dino Bravo (I thought the dinosaurs were extinct)
18. The Ultimate Warrior (An asshole ladies and gentleman)
19. One Man Gang (Isn't he black?)
20. Junkyard Dog (No I mean One Man Gang)
1. Butch Reed (With as much success as Sweet Daddy Siki)
2. Tito Santana (Just like the Spanish)
3. Boris Zhukov (Hey look the foreigner is eliminated early)
4. Harley Race (I call for a restart the King wasn't prepared for the idiocy of the other competitors)
5. Jim Brunzell (only to go straight into Bee killing spray)
6. Jim Neidhart (Sorry World's strongest candidate you are on drugs)
7. Sam Houston (Answer is yes obviously)
8. Bret Hart (Masturbation Material not winning? Sounds about right)
9. B. Brian Blair (What? He's the opposite Triple H?!)
10. Jake Roberts (Half way there…just like his trousers exposing his snake in his sack)
11. Nikolai Volkoff (Just like every singer)
12. Hillbilly Jim (unless you are the One Man Gang)
13. Danny Davis (Disqualify Duggan Brad…I mean Danny)
14. The Ultimate Warrior (Excuse me I am having an orgasm)
15. Junkyard Dog (Racism and cruelty to animals)
16. Ron Bass (Who Bass?)
17. Don Muraco (By Dino Bravo as well…oh the tragic irony)
18. Dino Bravo (Eliminated by a Gang…foreshadowing much?)
19. One Man Gang (Should have bust a cap in his ass Gang)
Winner: Jim Duggan (A 2×4 and HO! Oh that's why)
WWE Royal Rumble 1989
1. Ax (Here comes the Ax!)
2. Smash (And here comes the Smasher!)
3. Andre the Giant (And yes he did make it to the ring IWC even if he can barely move)
4. Mr Perfect (The awesomeness that is Curt Hennig)
5. Ronnie Garvin (A guy who beat Ric Flair? Why not?)
6. Greg Valentine (What was the deal with 80's WWE and objects that could seriously hurt people?)
7. Jake Roberts (His snake scares people into having heart attacks)
8. Ron Bass (Ron who?)
9. Shawn Michaels (The Shawn Michaels of the Rockers)
10. Bushwhacker Butch (aka how to get over with horrible body odour)
11. The Honky Tonk Man (I demand a Honk y Tonk/Elvis duet)
12. Tito Santana (Would it take just a red cape to eliminate him?)
13. Bad News Brown (Oh hi prick!)
14. Marty Jannetty (The Marty Jannetty of the Rockers)
15. Randy Savage (The WWE Champion in the Royal Rumble? These days this would be so called salvation for the unify the belts crowd)
16. Arn Anderson (Flair must have been real lonely)
17. Tully Blanchard (Gee I wonder why they were called the Brain Busters?)
18. Hulk Hogan (Well I know who's gonna win)
19. Bushwhacker Luke (Apparently they were called the Sheepherders before going to WWE)
20. Koko B Ware (Hey Koko give me the bird!)
21. The Warlord (Apparently he is a legend in the Royal Rumble)
22. The Big Boss Man (Perfect Law Enforcer right there)
23. Akeem (Wasn't he a gang banger?)
24. Brutus Beefcake (How could people cheer for forced haircuts the savages?)
25. The Red Rooster (A Rooster? Let's eliminate it)
26. The Barbarian (Why do I have the song of an old cartoon about a barbarian in my head now?)
27. Big John Studd (He may be a studd but I'm a real stud)
28. Hercules (Ok…that is not the Hercules I was thinking off)
29. Rick Martel (How the hell did he go over a year without the Model gimmick?)
30. Ted DiBiase (See? Money is not the root of evil you poor poor bastard
1. Smash (Smasher got Smashed!)
2. Ronnie Garvin (huh…I guess him beating Flair was a fluke)
3. Jake Roberts (Ok just for the record I was talking about Damien not the other snake)
4. Ax (The ax got dented! Man I could write my own Demolition theme song)
5. Andre The Giant (Eliminated himself…first Hall of Famer for a reason kiddie)
6. The Honky Tonk Man (On second thought don't quite your day job of being a douchebag)
7. Ron Bass (who Bass?)
8. Greg Valentine (And there goes the hammer…why hasn't anybody's nickname been the power drill?)
9. Shawn Michaels (And here I thought Shawn was supposed to be good in Royal Rumbles)
10. Marty Jannetty (I could hear you all saying no shit earlier as well by the way)
11. Mr Perfect (and its Hogan who eliminates one of my favourites natch)
12. Tito Santana (A red cape would probably work and that's why he became a matador)
13. Bushwhacker Butch (Your body odour can't save you now!)
14. Koko B Ware (HEY! That's rude no reason to take your elimination frustration out on me)
15. Bushwhacker Luke (sheepherders ha ha…better than being a bushwhacker!)
16. Arn Anderson (He can feel free to catch to his best buddy and chicken out of WWE now)
17. Tully Blanchard (Man my brain is busting to know why Blanchard and Anderson are called the Brain Busters)
18. The Warlord (oh yeah…that's why (*smirk*))
19. Randy Savage (and in the modern era the title unification group would start moaning at this while I start collecting their tears)
20. Bad News Brown (This here what you call mediocrity)
21. Hulk Hogan (Oh…never mind then)
22. The Big Boss Man (except Hogan is above the law)
23. The Red Rooster (I said eliminate him not eliminate him you morons)
24. Brutus Beefcake (Oh wait as long as its people who deserves haircuts then that's alright)
25. Hercules (That's what the guy gets for stealing somebodies name)
26. The Barbarian (And there go all the folklore warriors)
27. Rick Martel (That's how now get the gigantic badge)
28. Akeem (you see if he was a gang banger this wouldn't have happened)
29. Ted DiBiase (And you poor poor bastards cheer because somebody who made something of himself has lost)
Winner: Big John Studd (He should have accepted the money…he needs it)
WWE Royal Rumble 1990
1. Ted DiBiase (Clearly wants to give everybody else a fighting chance)
2. Koko B Ware (Why didn't Koko give birds out to people in the audience? I think that would have gone down well)
3. Marty Jannetty (I would say that Marty Jannetty was like the Justin Gabriel of 20 years ago)
4. Jake Roberts (In the middle of a feud with Ted DiBiase)
5. Randy Savage (The Macho King baby!)
6. Roddy Piper (This year showed how emotionally invested in races Piper is)
7. The Warlord (Probably hoping that this rumble goes better for him)
8. Bret Hart (And the smart marks of the time start gushing)
9. Bad News Brown (Things Brown had going for him: He's big, He's black he's…umm give me a moment)
10. Dusty Rhodes (Can't beat his, Can't beat his, no can't beat his POLKA DOTS!)
11. Andre the Giant (Have to say pairing him with Haku was a smart move)
12. The Red Rooster (And now I feel hungry)
13. Ax (How resilient is that Ax?)
14. Haku (Hey look proof that Peter Maivia was trying to create his own Samoan army)
15. Smash (I think he's gonna…oh I don't know SMASH something)
16. Akeem (The epitome of the African dream)
17. Jimmy Snuka (So let me get this straight: A Superfly is a fly that is either a superhero or one on drugs?)
18. Dino Bravo (Will he be the victim of more tragic foreshadowing?)
19. Earthquake (Gotta love those simplistic naming of wrestlers there)
20. Jim Neidhart (And adding to the category of 'wrestlers nicknamed after objects that can cause a lot of harm…)
21. The Ultimate Warrior (Oh whoop de doo)
22. Rick Martel (You know I take modelling tips from this guy and he is a genius)
23. Tito Santana (Please let it be a red cape that eliminates him this time)
24. The Honky Tonk Man (Anybody notice how Honky's career just went spiralling down after losing the IC Title?)
25. Hulk Hogan (The WWE Champion's in the Rumble HOLY SHIT!)
26. Shawn Michaels (Wow Michaels might have a real shot here)
27. The Barbarian (Ok what is the BIG deal with this guy?)
28. Rick Rude (Ok Rude is awesome)
29. Hercules (Ok what is the bigger deal with this guy?)
30. Mr Perfect (…umm I really don't know what to say in regards to this)
1. Koko B Ware (You can't see it right now but I am giving Koko the bird right now because payback is fun time)
2. Marty Jannetty (except he isn't a guilty pleasure by any stretch of the imagination)
3. Jake Roberts (which ended up getting a screwy finish a staple of old WWE)
4. Randy Savage (Macho King being humble and WWE being idiots' baby!)
5. The Warlord (did better by 8 minutes and 14 seconds well done you less of a loser)
6. Bad News Brown (umm…oh yeah he's a prick as well)
7. Roddy Piper (which he proudly showed by having black face)
8. The Red Rooster (I don't mean that as some kind of joke by the way I actually am hungry)
9. Bret Hart (and now I am gushing)
10. Andre the Giant (although appearing after Wrestlemania VI was ind of pointless)
11. Akeem (which explains why WCW beat WWE to it)
12. Dusty Rhodes (except for that Earthquake)
13. Ax (It takes an Earthquake to break the Ax…I'll just go wake up a neighbour)
14. Earthquake (NO YOU FOOLS DON'T ELIMINATE HIM HIS FALL WILL WIPEOUT CHINA!)
15. Dino Bravo (eliminated by Warrior…tragic irony/foreshadowing denied)
16. Smash (HE GOT SMASHED…sounded funny in my head)
17. Jim Neidhart (Although seeing a guy get his head smashed by an anvil would be hilarious…in a cartoon you psycho)
18. Ted DiBiase (Shows how generous a millionaire can be doesn't it by giving these nothings a chance)
19. Jimmy Snuka (if a Superfly is a fly on drugs then it explains a lot of Snuka's life doesn't it?)
20. Haku (Yeah…League of Shadows it ain't Peter?)
21. Tito Santana (eliminated by Warrior and Martel…Maldiciones!)
22. The Honky Tonk Man (If not then here's some more evidence thickos)
23. Shawn Michaels (Oh wait it's later that he actually becomes good at Rumble matches)
24. Rick Martel (He had to let Warrior eliminate him because he has a modelling gig)
25. The Ultimate Warrior (I would say that there is a god but he ended up at Wrestlemania VI so there is a Satan which are the same thing granted)
26. The Barbarian (Yes I know I answered my own question pretty much)
27. Hercules (Because we know that you like em big right Vince? God I feel like DX now and want to kill myself)
28. Rick Rude (So totally not ravishing!)
29. Mr Perfect (Way to fucking cocktease me WWE you bitch!)
Winner: Hulk Hogan (Hulk Hogan is going to Wrestl…oh yeah not in effect yet my bad)
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
1. Bret Hart (Isn't Bret entering a Number 1 kind of been there done that)
2. Dino Bravo (It is slightly disturbing that I always look for tragic irony and foreshadowing when it comes to Bravo)
3. Greg Valentine (as a babyface as well)
4. Paul Roma (A legendary horsemen as well)
5. The Texas Tornado (How fast is the tornado you may wondering)
6. Rick Martel (Why don't they sell Arrogance in shops?)
7. Saba Simba (You can thank this character for saving Tony Atlas…literally)
8. Bushwhacker Butch (Again what is the appeal of the Bushwhackers?)
9. Jake Roberts (You can roll over and die or get yourself a bigger snake)
10. Hercules (If only he was wrestling during the time that Disney's Hercules was released)
11. Tito Santana (Blah Blah Red Cape elimination Blah)
12. The Undertaker (In his first Rumble appearance as well so he should do well)
13. Jimmy Snuka (Firmly entrenched in the role of 'Star maker')
14. Davey Boy Smith (Thank him for the UK getting SummerSlam a year later)
15. Smash (During the height of the Demolition demotion because the 'real' face painted motherfuckers arrived)
16. Hawk (How much of a rush?)
17. Shane Douglas (Why was Shane Douglas somewhat of a deal?)
18. Randy Savage (I realise that Savage made us care about all that heart-warming romance bullshit)
19. Animal (Here's another example of wrestling never going for complicated names)
20. Crush (Oh look Demolition's Paul Ellering)
21. Jim Duggan (First Royal Rumble winner…in case you didn't know)
22. Earthquake (Ok guys you wiped out China last year when you eliminated him so be careful)
23. Mr Perfect (The perfect Intercontinental champion)
24. Hulk Hogan (Aah…Warrior failed as a top star didn't he?)
25. Haku (I think I can say that once Andre left Haku was left sinking)
26. Jim Neidhart (Ok for those who like Bret blame Neidhart for it taking so long for him to become a singles wrestler)
27. Bushwhacker Luke (One arm up and there goes the front row)
28. Brian Knobs (One of Hogan's friends who is loud and obnoxious)
29. The Warlord (Is it safe to say that the stigma of Warlord's quick record elimination ruined him?)
30. Tugboat (…there is some innuendo there)
1. Dino Bravo (But come on he was eliminated by the Hammer…I'm going to hell)
2. Saba Simba (Doesn't make this character any less of a success but better the person be saved I guess)
3. Paul Roma (The Horsemen of Pestilence I should say)
4. Bret Hart (Used as fodder for the Undertaker sounds about right)
5. Bushwhacker Butch (Were people so sexually depraved that they would let a man lick them on the face)
6. Jake Roberts (I would ask how he got a bigger snake but I don't need to know)
7. The Texas Tornado (So fast that the tornado's leg flew off…in horrible taste I know)
8. Jimmy Snuka (Well see you later you highly regarded murderer)
9. The Undertaker (Hard to imagine that Undertaker was once like every other monster heel as well)
10. Hawk (You know that one's too easy)
11. Animal (I would call him Creature as opposed to Animal but I'm too intelligent I guess)
12. Jim Duggan (And if you didn't know that he was the first Rumble Winner then wait to you see the banking of nostalgia moments decades later)
13. Smash (Fuck Smash Hogan is the real smasher)
14. Greg Valentine (And his potential storyline was ruined when Honky left the poor poor prick)
15. Tito Santana (Earthquake had a bit of red on his costume so that sort of counts I guess)
16. Bushwhacker Luke (Quick elimination and Luke acts like he never entered the ring thank god)
17. Hercules (And you could have also brought in James Woods as a manager)
18. Randy Savage (Savage actually no showed the match…stupid romantic stuff)
19. Crush (How many gimmick changers did this fucker go through anyway?)
20. The Warlord (1 minute 35 seconds and eliminated by Hogan again…if you find Warlord on the streets homeless give him some change)
21. Shane Douglas (by cutting shoot promos…so Punk ripped off this asshole)
22. Tugboat (Get it cause Sailors occupy boats and with no women they generally…you know what you are all worthless)
23. Mr Perfect (Unfortunately Perfect Intercontinental Champion is as high as he could go without overdoing it)
24. Jim Neidhart (I am above blaming somebody for somebody else's problems personally…the hypocrisy right there)
25. Haku (Peter Maivia is not pleased…his plans against Liam Neeson can wait)
26. Rick Martel (See Arrogance causes long stints in Rumbles…all those blind sore losers)
27. Davey Boy Smith (and somewhere in the world Tom Billington laughs like the asshole that he is)
28. Brian Knobs (No I mean the blond Mohawk mullet guy not the other one)
29. Earthquake (Oh god damn it there goes Iraq…you did that on purpose didn't you Hogan)
Winner: Hulk Hogan (And he did it…for America!)
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
1. The British Bulldog (You can hear Tom Billington seethe over Davey Boy's ring name)
2. Ted DiBiase (I could go on and on about how humble and kind the Million Dollar Man is)
3. Ric Flair (You learn to love Flair again thanks to Bobby Heenan's masturbating…I mean commentating)
4. Jerry Sags (What a massive Sag of shit)
5. Haku (Am I right to assume that Samoan's that have stereotypical savage gimmicks don't normally prosper?)
6. Shawn Michaels (The beginning of the Heart Break Kid and becoming one of the most annoying legit people backstage)
7. Tito Santana (If rumours are to be believed Santana was considered for the title along with Bret)
8. The Barbarian (Barb, Barbarian, Ba Ba Barbarian)
9. The Texas Tornado (Tornado was literally…a one shot tenure)
10. Repo Man (When he repossess things he smashes' them)
11. Greg Valentine (One attack on old rival/partner and fade into the background)
12. Nikolai Volkoff (Right time to bring him back after the Cold War)
13. The Big Boss Man (Learned in the build-up to Wrestlemania VII that he doesn't like people insulting his momma)
14. Hercules (Oh god damn it he isn't Hercules!)
15. Roddy Piper (Piper's entering? Umm…cool nice kilt by the way)
16. Jake Roberts (Known to make people cry with his gigantic snake)
17. Jim Duggan (The very first winner of the Roy…)
18. Irwin R. Schyster (How can people boo a guy just doing the job of himself and the government?)
19. Jimmy Snuka (A Superfly zombie)
20. The Undertaker (I'm actually a fan of the Undertaker/Flair brief alliance)
21. Randy Savage (Hey Macho you're looking a bit weary how's the venom?)
22. The Berzerker (A nutcase found by Fuji…yay to the max)
23. Virgil (Him turning on DiBiase had great payoff)
24. Col Mustafa (What was so difficult about bringing him back as the Iron Sheik)
25. Rick Martel (Who would have thought that he would have ended up getting one upped by Shawn Michaels later that year?)
26. Hulk Hogan (At this point people were really sick of Hogan)
27. Skinner (Now here's the kind of grotesque freak that you people should strive not to become like)
28. Sgt Slaughter (Now back to be an American sympathiser…signs of the times much)
29. Sid Justice (aka the guy people wanted to win over Hogan)
30. The Warlord (Right this time he means business! No short time in the Rumble this time!)
1. Ted DiBiase (So I will…he let Bulldog eliminate him because he felt sorry for the English not being that successful in wrestling)
2. Jerry Sags (Go ahead and throw the Sag of Shit out of there Bulldog)
3. Haku (Of course I'm right for the most part)
4. Nikolai Volkoff (Too bad by that time nobody cared about Volkoff or the end of the Cold War…singings still good though)
5. Greg Valentine (The Hammer just got REPOED!)
6. Repo Man (Meh…Oh well I'll just keeping humming his theme song)
7. The British Bulldog (Contrary to popular belief I don't particularly care for Bulldog by the way)
8. The Texas Tornado (You may think I feel disgusted with myself but I'm actually proud)
9. Tito Santana (but this is proof that Canadians are a better target audience then Spanish)
10. Shawn Michaels (And this would lead to a pointless put over match with Santana)
11. The Barbarian (…oh come on somebody must know the cartoon I'm talking about)
12. Hercules (There he's eliminated, he's not the real Hercules now he can go away…I'm probably going to regret saying that aren't I? Nah probably won't)
13. The Big Boss Man (He's been eliminated? I guess his momma passed on the gene of failure to him…probably even her actual jeans considering how big she is)
14. Jimmy Snuka (That's what should have happened when he lost to Taker at Wrestlemania VII)
15. Jake Roberts (That and the King Cobra and being generally evil…truly a role model for us all)
16. Col Mustafa (Oh yeah shoot promos…welcome Col Mustafa and tough luck)
17. The Undertaker (Unfortunately it didn't last long and they became enemies years later but hey can't win them all…unless your me)
18. The Berzerker (Who would have thought that Berzerker predicted Immortal 18 years before it happened?)
19. Jim Duggan (Oh he's out? I guess he did get lucky)
20. Virgil (After the payoff? Let's just ignore that)
21. Skinner (which is why most of you are like this simple swamp thing)
22. Sgt Slaughter (He screwed over the Indy country Iraq for the mainstream country America…does this make him a sell out IWC?)
23. Irwin R Schyster (I'll just blame Stone Cold after all I blame the Attitude Era for a lot of things)
24. The Warlord (1 Minute 43 seconds…again you see him on the streets give him some change)
25. Rick Martel (Eliminated by Justice…some Justice)
26. Roddy Piper (Has Piper been eliminated? Is he out of ear shot? Good…IT'S A DRESS!)
27. Randy Savage (Fortunately I am not willing to sink low enough to say that the venom took effect 19 years after he was injected with it…oh shit)
28. Hulk Hogan (And who would have thought that people still would be 20 years later)
29. Sid Justice (No reason for you to be such a sore sport Hogan…how is he a role model to kids again?)
Winner and NEW WWE Champion: Ric Flair (YES YES YES YES YES YES FLAIR DID IT…man I feel like a colossal attention whore and am ok with it)


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Warren Christopher, the former secretary of State and eminence grise of the Democratic Party whose achievements in a wide-ranging public career include brokering the Bosnian peace agreement for the Clinton administration and leading an independent investigation of the Los Angeles Police Department that brought important reforms after a notorious police beating, has died. He was 85.
Christopher died Friday at his home in Los Angeles of complications from bladder and kidney cancer, said Kathy Osborne, his executive assistant at the law firm O'Melveny & Myers, where Christopher was a senior partner.
Called "the best public servant I ever knew" by President Carter, Christopher was known as a skilled negotiator whose tenacity, decorum and discretion were prized traits in crises.
As deputy secretary of State in the Carter administration, he played a pivotal role in securing the release of the Americans held hostage in Iran. As secretary of State for President Clinton, he kept warring parties at the table during the Dayton, Ohio, peace talks between the Bosnians and Serbs. After returning to private life, he served as Vice President Al Gore's emissary in the Florida vote recount that settled the disputed 2000 presidential election.
When Los Angeles fractured along racial lines after the 1991 police beating of Rodney G. King, Christopher was drafted to head the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department, which quickly became known as the Christopher Commission. Under his leadership, the 100-day inquiry produced a plan for the department's overhaul, including a strong call to replace Chief Daryl F. Gates, who later resigned.
The unity of the commission — which included members selected by Gates and his main antagonist, Mayor Tom Bradley — was in large measure a testament to its self-effacing chairman and his quiet diplomacy.
"Most talking is not glamorous," he once said. "Often it is tedious. It can be excruciating and exhausting. But talking can also tame conflict, lift the human condition and move us close to the ideal of peace."
Unfailingly courteous and calm, Christopher was known for keeping his emotions in check under the most trying circumstances. He sometimes told the story of the time he was a deputy attorney general in the Lyndon Johnson administration and the president called him in the middle of the night. He lunged for the phone and broke his toe but concealed the accident — and the throbbing pain — for the entire conversation.
That was a small reminder of the stamina that went on public display during his tenure as secretary of State, when Christopher logged more miles in pursuit of American objectives than any previous secretary in a four-year period. That record was built in part by his efforts to revive Middle East peace talks, which led him to make 35 trips to Israel and 24 to Syria.
But the lean, sober-faced diplomat was often portrayed by critics as weak and ineffectual. During his four years in the Clinton Cabinet he was faulted by Washington insiders for failing to articulate a coherent vision for American foreign policy in the post-Cold War era.
One of his sharpest critics, former national security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, said Christopher's weakness was his desire to "litigate issues endlessly, to shy away from the unavoidable ingredient of force in dealing with contemporary international realities and to have an excessive faith that all issues can be resolved by compromise." Skeptics called him "Dean Rusk without the charisma," comparing him to the Johnson-era secretary of State who was also known for his low-key style.
Gore, however, offered a different vision of Christopher, calling him "one of the great statesmen of our era." Beginning with the Carter era and during his tenure under Clinton, Christopher developed human rights "as a pillar of our working diplomacy," Gore said in a statement Saturday. "He methodically reviewed every element of American diplomatic practice, and by the time he was finished, human rights were welded, bolted and wedged into the core where they remain to this day."
After every stint in public service, Christopher returned to O'Melveny & Myers, the influential, old-line Los Angeles law firm where he began his career six decades ago and which he eventually led as chairman. He was credited with expanding the firm's international operations as well as its civic engagement, especially through pro bono projects.
Warren Minor Christopher, the fourth of five children, was born Oct. 27, 1925, in Scranton, N.D., a prairie town settled at the turn of the 20th century by Scandinavian and German immigrants.
His mother, Catherine, helped the needy, including hobos who found their way to the family's doorstep from freight cars that ran near their home. She always declined the men's offers to work in exchange for supper because she believed "that our relatively good fortune was something to be shared, not bartered," Christopher wrote in "Chances of a Lifetime," his 2001 memoir.
His father, Ernest, managed the local bank and was well-liked despite having what Christopher described as the demeanor of "a taciturn Norwegian Lutheran." He said later that he was profoundly affected by his father's stories about how the Depression ruined many farmers in town and his struggles to resist foreclosing on their mortgages. Christopher said the strains of trying to keep the bank afloat while many of his friends and neighbors went under led to his father's incapacitating stroke in 1937 when he was only 49. Ernest Christopher died five years later.
What he learned from his father was that "you do not have to make a public display of compassion to be a compassionate person," Christopher wrote in his memoir. "The human scenes I witnessed in the flat, dry North Dakota plains while at my father's side may account more than anything else for the tilt of my social and political concerns in the direction of the unfortunate."
Catherine Christopher moved the family to California in 1939 and went to work as a salesclerk. Warren earned money delivering papers for the Hollywood Citizen-News and excelled on the debate team at Hollywood High School.
At 16 he entered what is now the University of Redlands on a debate scholarship, but transferred after a year to the Naval Officer Program at USC. He graduated in 1945 as an ensign. He served on an oil tanker in the Pacific theater as World War II was winding down.
Warren Christopher dies at 85; Clinton secretary of State's quiet diplomacy was prized from Washington to L.A.
Warren Christopher's tenacity and decorum helped him secure the release of U.S. hostages from Iran for Carter and broker the Bosnian peace agreement for Clinton. He led a probe into the LAPD after the Rodney G. King beating that resulted in key reforms.
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Pretty Little Liars Spoilers: Who Pushed Ian Off the Bell Tower?
Hey, remember when a mysterious someone pushed Ian Thomas (Ryan Merriman) off the bell tower during the Pretty Little Liars Season 1 finale? The show has yet to clarify who exactly showed up at that fortuitous (for Spencer [Troian Bellisario], anyway) moment, but a spoiler-y new tweet from showrunner Marlene King tells us when we might find out more of that story.
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A fan asked Marlene King via Twitter, "Which A threw Ian down the bell tower?"
Marlene, excitingly, responded: "A sort of answer in 401!"
A "sort of answer"? We'd rather get a full answer, but we'll take what we can get. We're just happy that Ian is going to be revisited.
We wonder if this answer is related to Marlene's promise that we'll eventually learning who actually killed Ian, after he miraculously survived the bell tower incident.
Who do you think pushed him? So far, the only member of the "A" team who appears to have had the strength to pull Ian is Toby. This would imply Toby has been fooling the Liars since day one. Do you agree? Share your theories below!
Find more Pretty Little Liars spoilers here.
Catch the next episode of Pretty Little Liars on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC Family.
Source: @imarleneking
Rebecca Martin is an editor at Wetpaint Entertainment. Follow her on Twitter @BeccaDMartin.


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Just flowing - writing
and not stopping to think
or even to lift my pen
I kept going and the words seemed to have no end
Understanding that the process is a simple one
Love everyone and
stear free of the wicked one
I'm not sure if it was winter or spring
But, I gave way to all the flaws and imperfections
and realized that this is me
The change came when I saw fit
and not when someone else decides
It's not hard to forgive
And even easier to forget
Does that not reflect love and also what it begets?
Except too many hold grudges and even
pretend to be angry beyond whats necessary
Caught up in someone elses problem
and not dealing with their own is a hard burden to carry
Let it go
stop negativity where it begins
Cut people short if you have to
because this is your life you have to live
Be on the lookout for those looking to devour you
Pray for those who do ill sh@! to you
Respond in a way that makes them realize they love you
and hope it inspires change
Still maintain dignity and move on to something new
Growing, building up treasures for a place greater than
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