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[OS] UK/EU/ECON/EUROZONE - Barroso says UK demand put EU internal market at risk
Released on 2012-10-11 16:00 GMT
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Barroso says UK demand put EU internal market at risk
Jose Manuel Barroso says the UK's demands at the euro summit made
"compromise impossible"
The head of the European Commission has said the UK's demand for special
treatment for financial services would have risked the single market.
Jose Manuel Barroso told the European Parliament the UK's stance had made
compromise impossible at last week's EU summit on economic integration.
The UK vetoed treaty changes for the 27-member EU, arguing it had to
protect Britain's financial services industry.
But at least 23 other EU states agreed to forge ahead with deeper ties.
Speaking before Mr Barroso in Strasbourg, the President of the European
Council, Herman Van Rompuy, said he hoped to see the new fiscal deal
signed by most EU states by early March.
a**This is not an agreement at 17-plus, but an agreement at 27-minusa**
They envisage an intergovernmental treaty, or "compact", on stricter
fiscal rules.
"Early March at the latest, this fiscal compact treaty will be signed," Mr
Van Rompuy said.
The fiscal compact is designed to allow closer monitoring of countries'
spending, in order to prevent a repeat of the eurozone's current debt
British Prime Minister David Cameron's use of the UK's veto in Brussels
has strained relations between his Conservative Party and Liberal Democrat
coalition allies.
'More Europe'
In his speech to MEPs, Mr Barroso said: "As you know, one member state was
opposed to amending the Lisbon Treaty.
"The United Kingdom, in exchange for giving its agreement, asked for a
specific protocol on financial services which, as presented, was a risk to
the integrity of the internal market.
"This made compromise impossible. All other heads of government were left
with the choice between paying this price or moving ahead without the UK's
participation and accepting an internal agreement among them."
Mr Barroso said the "greatest" risk of the summit, a split between the 17
euro states and the other 10, had been avoided.
"This is not an agreement at 17-plus, but an agreement at 27-minus," he
"Last week, most heads of state or government of the member states showed
their willingness to move ahead with European integration towards a fiscal
stability union. They showed that they want more Europe, not less."
'Blunder of a lifetime'
Tuesday's plenary session of the European Parliament heard wide
condemnation from the floor of the UK's position within the EU.
French MEP Joseph Daul, who chairs the parliament's centre-right European
People's Party group, told Britain jokingly: "Don't worry, we're not
coming with tanks and Kalashnikovs before Christmas."
He said that "26 of the 27 states [had] shown responsibility", agreeing
that "shared sovereignty is better than sovereignty taken over by the
Guy Verhofstadt, the Belgian former prime minister and leader of the
Liberal group, piled condemnation on the British prime minister's position
at the summit.
"David Cameron will come to the conclusion that he has made the blunder of
a lifetime," he told MEPs.
"There is one golden rule in politics: you only walk away if you are sure
that the others will follow," he said, adding: "When you are invited to a
table, it is either as a guest or you are part of a menu."
Jan Zahradil, the Czech leader of the European Conservatives and
Reformists group which includes Mr Cameron's party, sought to defend his
British ally.
The British Conservatives, he argued, had been made a "scapegoat" for
European divisions.
"What Mr Cameron did was just a defence of his country's national
interest," he said.
But Mr Cameron also came under attack from a Lib Dem MEP, Sharon Bowles.
The deal may have "fooled the Lib Dems in London, but it hasn't fooled
me", she said, telling fellow MEPs she "abhorred" Mr Cameron's use of the
Emily Smith
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His latest shipment went to combat troops in Afghanistan, to which F.H.M.C. donated seven cases of wet wipes, enough for more than 500 troops.
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In June, GrowHaus won Maxwell House's Drops of Good contest and $50,000, which it's using to build a state-of-the-art hydroponic farm and create a market space.
Yesterday, that space was celebrated with a group of volunteers, GrowHaus board members, Maxwell House and Rebuilding Together reps (with marquee volunteer Bronco Mark Schlereth) and community members.
Among GrowHaus's goals is providing healthy food at reasonable prices to residents of the surrounding Elyria-Swansea community, who live in a food desert. The organization provides community garden space where neighbors can grow their own vegetables, and is setting up a market where produce from other parts of the farm will be sold. The HydroFarm will be for commercial production, which will bring in revenue so that GrowHaus can be self-sustaining.
GrowHaus produce is currently being sold to SAME Cafe, the restaurant on East Colfax which allows diners to eat on a pay-what-you-wish basis; the group also helps supply Linger and Root Down. Once the GrowHaus lettuce starts growing, it will be sold in area Whole Foods stores through Circle Fresh Farms, a co-operative of eight growing facilities on the Front Range. The lettuce here was grown in Brighton and shipped in to demonstrate what the area will eventually look like. GrowHaus's lettuce production only began Monday.
A few finishing touches still need to be done: The market is missing counters, for example, and the hydroponic farm will get a few more rows of the soil-free rowing system. However, the basics of the organic (though not-yet-certified) greenhouse facility are all in place. The black tubing attracts heat during the summer months and funnels it into an underground system that will help heat the greenhouse come winter.
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A connection is a person who works on a project but is external to an organization such as a client, supplier/vendor, or a partner. External connections can be created and deleted on demand so that the external relationship is effective and secure. Clients can have instant access to information they need rather than emailing files or making phone calls, improving the timeliness of the information they need, improving their experience and satisfaction with the results, and relieving the organization from having to receive and process customer requests.
Connections are an integral part of your Soonr Team and are crucial to your business. Previously, Connections could only log in to the Soonr Online Interface and mobile apps. Beginning with Soonr Desktop Agent versions 4.1 or later, your clients, partners and suppliers (who are your Connections) can install the Desktop Software and any Projects shared with Connections will be synced to their computers automatically.
All Soonr plans support the generation of QR codes for Public Links to files and Projects within Soonr in a feature called "QR Tagging". These QR tags can be attached to e-mails, collateral, business publications, online articles, or any type of digital or printed content which will allow a smartphone or any mobile device with a QR code reader to simply scan the code and open the URL for the Public Link or directly download a document (if the Direct Link option for the Public Link is checked in Soonr).
QR codes can also be generated and viewed on the Soonr Workplace Mobile apps for Android and iOS beginning with release 3.9 of the mobile apps.
Protect a link with a password to restrict who can open the file even if the link becomes known publicly.
The user can also control the following with Public Links:
Allow Download – allow other users to download the file in native format, download only as a PDF file, or only view a rendering of the file.
Upload (folders upload) – the ability to have anonymous upload of files.
Access count – the system keeps track of how many times an object has been accessed for auditing and analytics purposes.
The geographic location of the IP addresses which have accessed a specific public link can also be displayed on a map.
Centralized IT oversight and controls. Admin level control of account settings including permissions and privileges for individual team members and connections, for the entire organization, or a specific department. Manage permissions for accessing, viewing, downloading, editing, and sharing of documents. Password protect proprietary or confidential documents and set expiration dates for document access.
Soonr websites can be viewed in English, German, Italian, and French. A language selection button appears on the upper right area of the browser which allows the user to select the language of their choice.
Any Soonr user can be a Team Member, Connection, or an Admin in multiple team accounts, using the same user name (e-mail address). For example, a user may be an Admin on one team, a Team Member on another team, and a Connection to a third team. When such a user participates in multiple teams using the same e-mail address, the teams are called "Linked Teams" and the user is able to switch between them from the Web UI through a team pull-down list on the upper right of the screen. A user may also link other Soonr teams that he or she participates in using a different e-mail address to the Linked Team list to enable easy switching between all of his or her teams through the Web UI.
When such Linked Teams exist, one of the teams, usually the first team created, is designated the primary team and this is the team that is shown to the user when logging in from the Web UI. For security reasons, the passwords and policies associated for all Linked Teams are forced by the service to be the same (analogous to single sign-on) to enable switching from team to team without additional authentication steps. However, if one of the teams is using Active Directory for password management, then switching to that particular team always requires re- authentication.
The Soonr Enterprise Plan allows a highly privileged role for the Admin which allows access and control of all Projects created by all Team Members, including private Projects and folders, regardless of Share rights or permissions. This role allows IT, Security, and Compliance personnel to conduct audits or forensics on system use when such cases are warranted.
This capability allows a Team Admin to re-assign a Project to a different owner. By default, the owner of a Soonr Project is the user who originally created it. The owner has control over all aspects of the Project including sharing and permissions given to others to that Project. When users leave a team, or during routine moves/adds/changes that frequently occur in larger teams, Projects can be assigned to new owners for maintenance or disposition as needed.
Provides an integrated view of all recent Project activities with links to allow instant and secure access to all files. Comments and changes to Project files made by Team members are listed chronologically together with an easy way to view and access previous versions of documents.
Email change notifications about Project, folder, and file related changes to selected Team Members and Connections.
Send an SMS about Project, folder, and file related changes to selected Team Members and Connections.
Client Popup notification about Project, folder, and file related changes to selected Team Members and Connections.
Easy account provisioning with default security and permission setting inherited from AD, easy rollout without downtime or additional maintenance of authentication databases, no training.
Soonr supports two factor authentication in the Enterprise Plan as a Team level policy setting.
Two factor authentication (or 2FA) is an authentication scheme that requires two distinct items to access the service, one is something a user knows, and the other is something the user has.
Most commonly, this will be a username/password combination, and a piece of information that can be obtained from a token or an SMS text message on a user's phone (Soonr supports the Google Authenticator* soft token in addition to SMS). When the user logs into the service, before access is granted, the service asks for the received 2FA code which must be entered to grant access.
*Google Authenticator implements the time-based One-time Password Algorithm as defined in IETF RFC 6238, and the HMAC-based One Time Password Algorithm as defined in IETF RFC 4226. Various other client applications are available that implement the same logic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-based_One-time_Password_Algorithm
General Policies allow a Soonr Enterprise Admin to set global policies for allowing Public Links, and restricting unlock over-ride to only the Project owner. By default, public links are allowed. Remote Access to computers through installed PC and Mac desktop agents can also be enabled and disabled on a team basis which over-rides individual computer settings through the desktop agent. The Remote Access disable policy is designed for compliance with the security policies of certain types of organizations.
Mobile Device Policies allow the Soonr Enterprise Admin to set global policies on allowing/disallowing the ability to create content, edit content, and export content to secondary or third party applications on mobile devices. By default, no restrictions on mobile device creation or editing are applied.
Mobile Device Policy settings also allow the Enterprise team Admin to require entering a passcode when the Soonr mobile app is first started on a mobile device, as well as every time a user switches to the Soonr mobile app. Further, the Enterprise Admin can also enable or disable a policy to erase all locally cached app data, including favorited files, after a specified number of failed passcode attempts. The failed passcode threshold can be set between 3 and 10 attempts.
Password Policy settings allow the configuration of password expiration in days, recent password cycle times and interval days, minimum and maximum lengths, character complexity, threshold for failed login attempts before an account is disabled, and other settings. While larger companies may require using Soonr Active Directory integration to manage their user passwords, many other organizations can continue to use Soonr's built-in authentication mechanisms to manage their user and password policies. Soonr allows both mechanism to co-exist, as an example internal team member password policies may be managed using Active Directory and outside Connection password policies may be managed using Soonr.
Session Policies allow the configuration of session timeouts, use of "remember me" options on browsers, display of user source IP addresses on the web UI, and most significantly the configuration of an IP address white list which restricts device IP addresses that can login through a web browser, mobile app, or the desktop agent. The IP white list is a powerful ACL (Access Control List) feature that can be used to lock down access to the Soonr service from only authorized devices.
The IP Address White List is also commonly referred to as an Access Control List (ACL) in computer networking security terminology. This feature enables the Soonr Enterprise Admin to place restrictions on service login. Specifically, service login can be restricted based upon a combination of the mode of access (browser, mobile app, desktop agent) and the source IP address.
Manage Team Members and Connections easily from a single web based console. Team Members and Groups may be imported from Active Directory and managed using the same interface from Soonr that combines Soonr and Active Directory created records.
Soonr Team Admins can control how external cloud services such as Google Docs and Microsoft Office 365 are used to edit documents in Soonr Workplace on-line using a browser, enable/disable linking of external accounts by Team Members, specific white-listed domains for Web editing, and other policies.
Advanced Reports are included with the Soonr Enterprise Plan and include detailed audit trails and analytics on the following:
Team Report: Team member management, Group management, Team configuration, Team Branding.
Device Report: Device provisioning, Logins / Failed logins / IP mapping, Desktop agent connects / IP mapping.
Project Report: Project Management, File changes, File comments.
Allocate and control resource (quota) use of Team Members and Connections.
Monitor quota usage of Team Members and Connections.
Change Passwords of Team Members and Connections (Admin privilege) when their status changes or abuse is suspected, meet compliance and security policies.
SAS 70 / SSAE 16 security and availability certification, 99.9% uptime with zero data loss over 6 years, 256-bit encryption during transmission (browser dependent), 256-bit AES encryption in storage, RAID 6 Storage (24 drives/RAID - no loss even if 2 drives fail at the same time), encrypted files are stored in duplicate at 2nd geo-redundant Data Center connected via private secure fiber links.
Soonr operates Data Centers in the United States, Canada, and Denmark and is planning further expansion into other regions. Within each region, at least two Data Centers that are physically distanced and isolated from each other provide full redundancy, (geo- redundancy for short) for all data processing and storage operations, ensuring maximum availability and protection against data loss.
Physical Data Center presence in these regions also means that your data does not leave your region, it stays in the US for US based customer and in the EU for EU based customers (in compliance with EU Safe Harbor and EU Country policies), and in Canada for Canada based customers (in compliance with PIPEDA and local regulations).
Soonr Workplace for Salesforce allows Salesforce Teams to use Soonr as a repository for content related to Leads, Accounts, and Opportunities in Salesforce and to access and manage this content using Soonr's powerful secure file-sharing and collaboration capabilities from any computer, smartphone, or tablet. Leads, Accounts, and Opportunities created in Salesforce are automatically created as Projects in Soonr and any documents that are attached to these records are automatically synced to the Soonr Cloud. Document access, sharing, and management tasks are simple and easy from the Soonr embedded frame that appears in the Salesforce web user interface.
ConnectWise is an integrated business management solution for service providers, MSPs, technology consultants, integrators, and developers. Soonr integrates with ConnectWise APIs to provision and manage Soonr Teams. A Soonr partner's ConnectWise portal can be used to create and manage Soonr Teams.
Soonr Fast Track Service gives you the option to upload your data to the Soonr Cloud by sending to Soonr or to an Authorized Partner a physical hard disk drive (HDD) of your data which we upload on your behalf. Soonr Fast Track accelerates moving large amounts of data into Soonr, typically when a Team account is first created. Bypassing your Internet connection to upload large data volumes is often faster than using your own Internet and less expensive than having to upgrade your Internet connectivity speeds.


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Strong Bones for Life An Update on Osteoporosis
Speakers: Karen Kemmis, DPT Joslin Diabetes Center at SUNY Upstate Medical University
Jeri W. Nieves, PhD Helen Hayes Hospital Director of NYS Osteoporosis Prevention and Education Program
According to the U.S. Surgeon General, "…By 2020, half of all Americans over 50 will have weak bones if we do not make changes to our diet and lifestyle."
One in every two women and one in every four men over age 50 will have an osteoporosis-related fracture in her or his remaining lifetime. Osteoporosis is often considered a disease that affects only older individuals. However, prevention strategies (including proper diet and regular exercise) can help promote healthy bones throughout life. Drs. Kemmis and Nieves will explain the public health significant of osteoporosis, its prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
Broadcast originally aired May 18, 2006
For the purposes of providing continuing education credits, this program was reviewed in June, 2008 and renewed until June 2010.
Archived Broadcast*
Current Public Health Live Broadcasts
Past PHL Broadcasts
*Requires basic RealOne Player available as a free download
**Document in PDF format; requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.


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February 01st, 1967
Jimi Hendrix is interviewed by Alan Jones for the February 3rd edition of The Hull Times.
February 02nd, 1967
Following The Experience's performance, Jimi Hendrix is interviewed by Charles Webster for a February 3rd story in The Northern Echo.
February 06th, 1967
Jimi Hendrix is interviewed by Steve Barker for an article in Debris, the student newspaper for West One.
February 07th, 1967
Jimi Hendrix returns to Olympic Studios to complete further work on "Purple Haze" alongside Chas Chandler and Eddie Kramer. Noel Redding contributes some of the background vocals during this session.
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February 09th, 1967
Jimi Hendrix is interviewed for the February 10th edition of the Bristol Evening Post.


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Fish advisories have been issued for several Louisiana waterways.
The state department of health and hospitals, in conjunction with the department of environmental quality, and the department of wildlife and fisheries issued the advisories for eight waterways where they found elevated levels of mercury in local fish.
The list of waterways and associated fish which are currently under advisory include:
Bayou Nezpique: Largemouth Bass and Bowfin Fish.
Caddo Lake: Bigmouth Buffolo, Black Brappie, Bowfin, and Largemouth Bass
Cocodrie Lake: Laregemouth Bass
I-10 Canal (between Whiskey Bay and Ramah): Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie and Bowfin
Old River (Niblets Bluff): Freshwater Drum, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Bass Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie and Bowfin
Saline Lake and Bayou: Black Crappie, Bowfin, Carp Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Longer Sunfish, Spotted Bass and Warmouth
The D.E.Q. says these advisories are issued as a precaution, and they will continue sampling to determine when the advisory will be lifted. Louisiana consumption advisories are based on the estimate that the average resident eats fish around four times a month. Mercury poses a greater risk for children, and for women who are pregnant or breastfeeding. For more information about mercury in fish you can call the office of public health toll free at 1-888-293-7020.


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Letter From Founding Director Robert Alter
The creation of the Center for Jewish Studies is the most exciting development I have witnessed in four decades of deep involvement in the program at Berkeley — and I am honored to serve as its founding director.
Our university has long been a national leader in Jewish Studies, especially notable for the innovative scholarship promoted in its graduate program. The Center for Jewish Studies will provide a strong new focus and a vivid presence ...read more
4401 Dwinelle HallBerkeley, CA 94720
Phone: 510-664-4154
Email: email@example.com
Thursday January 29, 20155:00 p.m. Reading, 6:00 p.m. Reception
BOOK LAUNCH AND SIGNING WITH CHANA BLOCH Swimming in the rain; new and selected poems 1980-2015
Chana Bloch is an award-winning poet, translator, scholar and teacher. She is the author of five books of poems, six books of translation from Hebrew poetry, ancient and contemporary, and a critical study of George Herbert. Bloch is Professor Emerita of English Literature and Creative Writing at Mills College, where she taught for many years and directed the Creative Writing Program.
Location: University of California, 101 Doe Library, Morrison Room
Thursday February 5, 20156:30 p.m. Reception, 7:00 p.m. Lecture
Using the most recent data on American Jewry, Bruce Phillips will explore the complexities and ambiguities of Jewish identification in an age of intermarriage along with their implications for the Jewish community.
Bruce A. Phillips, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology & Jewish Communal Service, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles, is a leading researcher in the sociology of American Jewry. His published work covers a wide variety of topics from Iranians and Israelis in the United States to Jewish suburbanization, Jewish education, the economics of Jewish life, and the Jews of Los Angeles. In addition to his HUC position, he is Senior Research Fellow at the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture where he is conducting research on religion in California. He is a board member of the Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry and a member of the editorial board of Contemporary Jewry.
Location: The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley
Wednesday February 11, 20155:00 - 6:00 p.m.
ASSAF GAVRON on The Hilltop: A Novel
Israeli novelist Assaf Gavron grew up in Jerusalem, studied in London and Vancouver, and lives in Tel Aviv. He has published five novels, a collection of stories and a collection of Jerusalem falafel reviews. Among the numerous international awards he has won are the Prix Courrier International in France, Buch fuer die Stadt in Germany, the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin residency, and the Bernstein Prize in Israel. His fiction has been translated into ten languages, adapted to stage, and four of his books are optioned for movies. Gavron's first publication in the US, Almost Dead (HarperCollins, 2010) was chosen by the LA Times as one of the ten best books of the year. His second, The Hilltop, will be published by Scribner in Israeli-occupied West Bank: Catch-22 meets 21st century Israel. The book was a bestseller and won major awards in Israel, applauded by both sides of the political spectrum. Gavron is also one of the noted translators in Israel. Among the many authors he has translated from English are J.D. Salinger, Philip Roth, Jonathan Safran-Foer and J.K. Rowling. In 2014-15 Gavron will be teaching literature and creative writing at the University of Nebraska in Omaha.
Location: 3401 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley campus
Thursday March 12, 20155:00 p.m. Reception, 6:00 p.m. Lecture
SAMUEL KASSOW on "Jewish Warsaw before WWII"
The Taube Philanthropies, in collaboration with the Center for Jewish Studies, the Graduate Theological Union, and The Magnes, are pleased to host Professor Samuel Kassow who will discuss Jewish Warsaw before World War II as well as his involvement in co-curating the 19th century and interwar galleries of the new POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, in Warsaw.
Samuel Kassow, Charles H. Northam Professor of History at Trinity College, holds a Ph.D. from Princeton University. He has been serving as a consultant to the Museum of the History of Polish Jews that will be built in Warsaw. Professor Kassow is the author of Students, Professors, and the State in Tsarist Russia: 1884-1917 (1989), The Distinctive Life of East European Jewry (2003) and Who Will Write Our History: Emanuel Ringelblum and the Secret Ghetto Archive (2007), a book which received the Orbis Prize and which was a finalist for a National Jewish Book Award. He has also co-edited Between Tsar and People (1993).
Location: The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley
Wednesday March 18, 20156:00 - 8:00 p.m.
"Deus sive Vernunft: Schelling's Transformation of Spinoza's God."
Yitzhak Melamed is a professor in the Department of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. He holds an M.A. in philosophy and the history of science and logic from Tel Aviv University, and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Yale University (2005). He has been awarded the Fulbright, Mellon, and American Academy for Jewish Research Fellowships. Recently, he has also won the ACLS Burkhardt (2011), NEH (2010), and Humboldt (2011) fellowships for his forthcoming book on Spinoza and German Idealism.
Location: 282 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley campus
Wednesday March 18, 20156:30 p.m. Reception, 7:00 p.m. Lecture
AMERICAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE LECTURE SERIES: PROFESSOR SARAH BENOR "Mensch, Bentsh, and Balagan: Language as a Marker of Jewish Identity"
Sarah Benor describes the range of Jewish American English – from the addition of a few Yiddish words among Jews with weak connections to organized Jewish life to the "Yeshivish" of strictly Orthodox Jews, which is filled with words from Yiddish, Hebrew, and Aramaic and Yiddish influences in grammar and pronunciation. Jews of various stripes use subtle variation in language to signal their textual knowledge, religious denomination, ancestral origin, and orientation toward Israel. As this talk demonstrates, "Jewish language" serves not only to distinguish Jews from non-Jews but also to distinguish Jews from Jews.
Dr. Benor is Associate Professor of Contemporary Jewish Studies at the Los Angeles campus of HUC-JIR, where she teaches masters students in the School of Jewish Nonprofit Management and undergraduates at the University of Southern California. She has lectured widely about the social science of American Jews, sociolinguistics, Jewish languages, and Orthodox Jews. She is the author of Becoming Frum: How Newcomers Learn the Language and Culture of Orthodox Judaism (Rutgers University Press, 2012, winner of the Sami Rohr Choice Award for Jewish Literature), as well as several articles in Jewish studies and linguistics. She is founding co-editor of the Journal of Jewish Languages and founder and editor of the Jewish Language Research Website and the Jewish English Lexicon.
Location: The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley
Tuesday April 14 and Wednesday April 15, 2015Time: TBD
Reflections on the Legacy of Nuremberg: The 70th Anniversary of the Nuremberg Trials
Location: TBD
Friday April 24, 20154:00 - 6:00 p.m.
PHILIP SCHULTZ on The Wherewithal: A Novel in Verse
Author Philip Schultz will read from his newest book, The Wherewithal: A Novel in Verse, including remarks on the form of the book, followed by Q&A, and a book signing.
One of American poetry's longtime masters of the art, Philip Schultz is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and the founder/director of The Writers Studio, a private school for fiction and poetry writing based in New York City. He is the author of several collections of poetry, including Failure (Harcourt, 2007), winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize. These poems give voice to failures of many kinds and yet they are full of tenderness, empathy, and heartbreaking honesty, giving equal praise to the joy of life. His other collections include The Wherewithal: A Novel in Verse (2014), The God of Loneliness: New and Selected Poems (2010), Living in the Past (2004), and The Holy Worm of Praise (2002), all published by Harcourt. He is the author of Deep Within the Ravine (Viking, 1984), recipient of The Academy of American Poets Lamont Prize; Like Wings (Viking, 1978), winner of an American Academy & Institute of Arts and Letters Award and a National Book Award Finalist; and the poetry chapbook, My Guardian Angel (Stein, 1986). He has published a memoir entitled My Dyslexia (Norton, 2011), in which he recounts his difficulties with the debilitating language disability, and his struggles to overcome it. Schultz's work has been published in The New Yorker, Partisan Review, The New Republic, The Paris Review, Slate, and other magazines. He is the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship and a 2005 Guggenheim Fellowship in poetry. He also received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry (1981), a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry (1985), as well as the Levinson Prize from Poetry magazine.
Location: TBD
Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost George Breslauer has just announced the inauguration of the Center for Jewish Studies on the Berkeley campus. He and the Chancellor expressed their commitment to the Center and all of its aspirations, and invites the campus community to a lecture by the Center's Founding Director, Emeritus Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature Robert Alter on Wednesday, October 30.
Today I am pleased to announce the inauguration of a new Center for Jewish Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.
The Center will coordinate both a new "Designated Emphasis in Jewish Studies" for graduate students from a wide range of academic disciplines, and a robust Jewish Studies undergraduate minor. More broadly, it will gather faculty, students and visiting academics for research and debate across the broad scholarly landscape of Jewish Studies, and will provide an extraordinary opportunity for fruitful exchanges with the Bay Area Jewish community.
I have asked Robert Alter, Emeritus Professor and world-renowned scholar and translator of Hebrew Literature and the Bible, to serve as the Center's Founding Director; Professor of Architecture Jill Stoner will be the Center's first chair and chair of Graduate Programs; and Law Professor Kenneth A. Bamberger will serve as its co-chair, and chair of undergraduate Jewish Studies.
The Center builds upon Berkeley's long tradition of leadership in the study of Jewish literature, history, and rabbinics, providing institutional capacity to deepen these strengths programmatically and to expand our offerings. It offers a model for national leadership in Jewish Studies through its disciplinary breadth; the faculty of the Center comprises professors from departments and schools that include comparative literature, Near Eastern Studies, history, sociology, music, German, journalism, architecture, law and theater, dance and performance studies.
In addition to coordinating its academic programs, the Center will sponsor an annual series of endowed lectures, and host visiting scholars and faculty who will teach both undergraduate and graduate courses in Jewish Studies. In the context of these programs, students can take advantage of a wealth of resources from across campus, including the Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israeli Law; Economy and Society's constituent programs in Israel Studies and in Jewish law and thought; the vast Jewish cultural resources of the University's Magnes Collection for Jewish Art and Life; and the campus library's renowned Jewish Studies, Yiddish, and Hebrew-language holdings. The Center will also serve as an important locus for and convener of programs and collaborations with other institutions and with the community.
Chancellor Dirks and I share in the belief that the Center will enhance and augment the already strong tradition of Jewish Studies scholarship at Berkeley. We have committed funding to administer the Center through its first three years, and look forward to collaborating with the Bay Area Jewish community as the Center and the vision for its future take shape.
Please join us in celebrating this exciting addition to our campus. The first such opportunity comes already in 2 weeks. Founding Director Robert Alter will give an inaugural lecture for the Center on October 30th on the subject of "The Untranslatable Poetry of Yehuda Amichai." The lecture will be at 6:00 pm at the Graduate School of Journalism, Northgate Hall. We hope to see many of you there.
George W. Breslauer
Executive Vice Chancellor and ProvostInformation about the October 30 event may be found in the Calendar section of the Center's web site: http://jewishstudies.berkeley.edu


text: IntroductionThe following article discusses two British situation comedies and their relation to one another. Through a comparison of the characters and their class standing, the reader is able to see the complex issues that arise from class distinctions. Fletcher is the main character in Porridge, a half hour show set in H.M. Slade Prison. Porridge aired from its debut in 1973, to its successful conclusion in 1978. In addition, the show was made into a movie. The main character of the show is a middle-aged repeat convict named Fletcher. His innate ability to fool and exploit the prison guards entertains viewers as they watch him improve his life through the daily activities and circumstances of his position. His cunning wit, luck, and charm all contribute to the positive response from the viewing audience throughout the airing of the show. Steptoe and Son, the precursor to Sanford and Son in the United States, focuses on the relationship between a father and son. The show, which ran from 1962-1974, was aired on the British Broadcasting Company. The father and son duo are rag and bone men living in a small, shabby house in lower class society. Violent verbal and physical interaction plague their relationship as they make each otherís lives more difficult than necessary; however, these verbal and physical interactions make the show successful through their showing gestures and innuendoes. The father/son dichotomy is the basis for this humorous show where the two men rebel against one another, yet attempt to ignore the enormous amount of dependency they have on one another. Fletcher, Harold and Unfair ConstraintsBy Cheryl Pilot Focusing on British sitcoms as a genre of study, one can see many different levels in the structure of British society. Of particular interest is the classification of the characters into their social classes. In Porridge, Fletcher is seen as a working class convict who is confined to his place in society. However, within his incarceration a hierarchy among his "colleagues" is also apparent. Satisfied with his place at the top of this power structure, Fletcher continually maneuvers himself to improve his life without the ability to leave his social stratum. In contrast to Fletcherís contentment is the character of Harold in Steptoe and Son. As a rag and bone man, Harold occupies one of the least respected jobs and, therefore, one of the lowest social statuses in society. Irritation with his rank propels Harold into trying to "better" his life; however, he is unsuccessful. Because Haroldís ability to improve himself is dependent on intelligence, which he defines as upward mobility on the social ladder, his ignorance prevents him from ever leaving his classified status. By comparing the situations of Fletcher and Harold, we will examine the question of why Fletcher is able to make small advances (even though the cyclical cycle of sitcoms does not allow for permanent change), while Harold is denied any advancement. Fletcher and his viewers easily accept his place as a convict because background information suggests that porridge life, or prison life, is normal for Fletcher. His characterís main role and source of humor are his continually successful attempts to undermine the authorities and receive the best treatment possible. In the episode entitled, "A Day Out," Fletcher embarrasses MacKay, one of his favorite pastimes. By tricking his way into going out for the day to dig a trench, Fletcher takes advantage of the situation when MacKay leaves Barraclough, his assistant, in charge of the inmates. The role of Barraclough in this sequence is essential to the function of humor, as he must be susceptible to Fletcherís witticisms in order for the comedy to work. Fletcherís power in the hierarchy and Barracloughís representation of authority can be seen in the instance where a bee stings one of the inmates. Barraclough, who immediately loses control of the inmates after MacKay leaves, is convinced by Fletcher that the inmate needs ointment, otherwise he will die; Barraclough also gives Fletcher money for the ointment. One can already see that Fletcher gets the upper hand in the matter as he exploits Barracloughís gullibility. Traveling into town with money as a free man, Fletcherís social position is altered. The few beers and "crisps" that he buys signify the small amount of normal activities that he can no longer experience because of his current situation. Joy for Fletcher is derived from undermining the authorities, and receiving simple pleasures. Besides the visit to the pub, he also receives this enjoyment under the "careful watch" of Barraclough. The fact that Fletcher drinks a few beers at the expense of the prison adds irony to the situation; a prison is supposed to deny persons of certain privileges, rather than provide the means to receive them. Mike Storry and Peter Childs, editors of British Cultural Identities, say that Fletcherís immense enjoyment of the drink places him in the working class, "at the bottom end of the social pileÖ[the working class] enjoyed a pint down the local pub" (215-217). Such an enjoyment places Fletcher in this working class society for a brief moment, where he is temporarily free of all realistic constraints. The plot of this situation comedy revolves around unlikely events, such as MacKayís entrance into the same pub where Fletcher is having a drink. Fletcher treads dangerous realms to achieve the privilege of going into town unaccompanied. Although Fletcher avoids MacKay, he steals a clergymanís bike as a means of transportation. The stealing action encountered here reminds viewers of Fletcherís criminality, and hence the reasons for his restrictions in society. It is imperative that Fletcher is not caught, in order to maintain his dominance over the prison hierarchy and guards. Why is it important for MacKay to enter into the same pub? Besides the obvious comic reasons, MacKay always seems to be very close to catching Fletcher, but never close enough. This cat and mouse game signifies that Fletcher is faster than MacKay, and recognizes the absurdity of a police officer that can be continually outwitted by the convict. The ideal situation is that those in positions of authority are able to keep people seen as threats to society under control, yet, in this episode Fletcher is able to outwit two officers and have a splendid day out. Fletcherís actions suggest quite the contrary to the positions of authority, and therefore MacKay is lucky that Fletcher never tries to escape. Rather than remaining in prison, Fletcherís day out allows him to cross over into the outside world where he does not resist his incarceration. He does not attempt to escape while he is alone and could easily abandon prison life. All of these characteristics and pleasures lead viewers to believe that Fletcher does not resist his standing in society. Viewers are amused by Fletcherís antics and luck as a folk hero. He is never caught doing things wrong, and somehow manages to "better" his life in every episode, although the betterment is both restricted and temporary. Fletcherís subversion of authority is reinforced on the opposite side by the authorityís faith in his sly thinking. When Fletcher and the inmates are unknowingly locked into the church, it is Fletcher who Barraclough asks for help. Fletcherís successful outing and momentary pleasures, in conjunction with Barracloughís request for assistance, work together to boost Fletcherís confidence in his view of his own superiority and Barracloughís subordination. Fletcherís position as the head of the inmate hierarchy is also reinforced because of everyone expects that he will resolve the problem. The fact that the inmates are not responsible for their location is also pertinent here, as any of the other men who have the capability to assist Barraclough may be apathetic to the situation. Another amusement for viewers is Fletcherís interaction with the other characters, particularly Lenny. Fletcher takes a fatherly attitude towards Lenny, guiding and protecting the thoughts and actions of his young cellmate. He also conditions Lenny into understanding the workings of the prison. Therefore, Lenny is always included and accepted by the other prisoners in the hierarchy because of his friendship with Fletcher; the acceptance of Lenny also fortifies Fletcherís position of power in the structure. For instance, Lenny is not verbally attacked by anyone throughout the show, unlike his fellow cellmates. Fletcherís fatherly attitude towards Lenny makes him a more amiable character, which leads viewers root for Fletcher, "the nice guy," to achieve small steps in the episode. As viewers take pleasure from Fletcherís cunning character, it should not be surprising that they also enjoy watching Harold attempt to move out of his stagnated social status. Haroldís character on Steptoe and Son contrasts Fletcherís character because of Haroldís never-ending fight to change his social status. Harold, who lives with his father, also a rag and bone man, recognizes that he is at the bottom of the social world. Their house is despicably dirty and both men are extremely crude. It is apparent that Harold resents his father, as he refers to him as "you dirty old man." Because of examples such as the latter statement, Steptoe and Son has been accused of being a dramatized poverty full of blackmail, deceit and psychological dependence. The episode entitled "A Star is Born" gives a good glimpse at the complex confinement of Haroldís life and how his upward journey to a higher class is not fulfilled. Hope for the future is given to Harold when the lead actor drops out of the play for which he is providing props, and he is cast into the lead role. In an attempt to impress his fellow cast members, he dresses in a manner that completely negates his normal attire. Haroldís idea of sophistication provokes humor in the audience as he wears sunglasses, a dress coat, and smokes a cigar. His representation of his audience shows the ridiculous stereotypes that the lower classes have of them, assigning and reaffirming Haroldís layer in society. The contrast between the two wardrobes is so great that rude conversation is provoked between Harold and his father, Albert. Albert does not believe that Harold will ever be able to gain class status, and therefore steps into his usual demeaning role where it often seems that he sabotages his sonís prospects. This conversation produces resentment in Harold as he tells his father, "you never encourage me to try...it would really get you if I became a star." It is apparent that Albert has psychological control of the situation because his son reacts in such a childish way to the statements. This reaction is expected, of course, because of Albertís own childish mannerisms, yet somehow Harold is much more affected by Albertís statements than vice versa. The significance of recognizing Haroldís behavior(s) is that no matter how hard Harold may try, some force (his father in this instance) always holds him back. Harold, lacking psychological support, exercises his physical control over the situation by attempting to bribe his father to leave the house. But, because Albert is aware of his sonís embarrassment of him, he refuses to leave. Forced to accept the situation, Harold tells his father to be quiet while his friends are there, otherwise he will inflict harm on his fatherís "goolies." The crudeness of the many statements Harold makes next, including picking up a sword and pointing it at Albertís "goolies," is one of the main reasons viewers discredit Harold. It is difficult to pity him because he can be a dislikable character, someone whose actions and cockney accent may be laughed but never accepted. Storry and Childs state, "British people reserve their most negative comments for accents associated with areas containing large groups of working class people" (207). Therefore, while the upper class rejects Harold, the lower class in which he belongs may also reject him for his attempts to shift his status. Once Harold takes on a "better than you" attitude, even his father becomes discouraged and views Harold as a traitor to his class. Self-motivation during the rehearsal drives Harold to praise Rupert who has the potential to aid Haroldís rise in class status. However, Haroldís actions only exemplify his rank and ignorance when Rupert decides to cast Albert in an empty role. Throwing a fit, he begins to yell at his father. When Rupert tells Harold he is not giving his father a chance, viewers look sympathetically on Harold because he wants a chance to better himself. It is further insulting to Harold that the reprimand comes from Rupert. Albertís lack of education also contributes to Haroldís embarrassment as he yells at Albert for mispronouncing words. In a twist of irony as the episode concludes, a theater reviewer asks Harold about a mispronounced word, diminishing the little confidence he holds in his performance. As always, the show concludes with Albert receiving the upperhand in the battle father and son. Albert receives the most applause during the final bow, indicating that his performance was superior to Haroldís. Thus, Haroldís dream of this role being a way out of his limited category is destroyed, and his attempt to move to a higher level is denied. Why is it that the little steps Harold takes to improve himself are never successful? Is his attempt to better himself by reading books dismissed by the audience as foolish because a rag and bone man can never rise in society? If so, then why does Fletcherís character as a criminal allow him little, impermanent, advances? What would be so wrong about allowing Harold to succeed? Why can a convict advance when a law-abiding citizen cannot? One answer to these questions is that Harold is a threat to society. Although this upward mobility for a rag and bone man to rise to a higher division in society is unlikely, British culture has experienced such a jump in class status before. Storry and Childs state, "anyone can rise to the top in British society, whatever their social origins" (203). If Harold were to be successful, then viewers could see his lower class as threatening their higher place in society. Caught in a catch-22, Haroldís attempted rise is discouraged by his father who represents the low, working class society. Therefore, a rise in class may categorize him as a traitor by the lower classes and an insufficient candidate by the higher classes. Fletcher, on the other hand, is not seen as a traitor by attempting to better his life because any improvement he makes will not move him far enough out of the inmate hierarchy to have an effect on society. As comedy focuses on making fun of those lower than you, Haroldís small steps to rise have a realistic quality to them, and the capability to change the whole course of class standing in British society. Because other classes confine the majority of rag and bone man and other jobs to low statuses in society, the fact that there is no physical barrier between Harold and middle class viewers may be a difference between the threats that Harold and Fletcher impose. Fletcherís actions and attempts are seen as less intimidating because he is trapped in a jail cell. While he may make fun of the police officers, Fletcherís humor and actions are all entertaining because he cannot breach his social position. The fact that Fletcher does not desire to escape from the prison supports this idea that he does not desire to upset the external world, rather, his disruptions are only in the internal, enclosed society that separates him from viewers. In contrast, Haroldís main goal is to enter and maintain a higher-class level in society. The purpose of analyzing the characters and the double standard amongst these characters was to see that class status is important in British society. By looking at the complexity of these two characters and their positions, the hypocrisy of the restrictions is revealed. Viewers tend to give Fletcherís character more freedom because he cannot disrupt society any more than he already has, while an upward movement by Harold may reveal a sign of weakness in the class distinctions of the viewers. In addition to viewers from a higher class looking down upon Harold, one must also consider that those within his class may disapprove of his attempt to change positions in society. Therefore, when analyzing a situation comedy and considering a characterís attempt to shift from one social class to another, one must recognize the unfair restrictions placed on the characters, and the implications that movement may have for the viewers. Works Cited Storry, Mike and Peter Childs eds. British Cultural Identities. New York: Routedge, 1997. "A Day Out" Porridge. British Broadcasting Company. BBC. 26 September 1974. "A Star is Born." Steptoe and Son. British Broadcasting Company. BBC. 28 February 1972. |


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Boston College linebacker Luke Kuechly is always one step ahead of the other players on both sides of the ball. He sees plays develop faster, he reacts to them faster and he gets to them faster. He's one of the few elite players in this year's class because of his ability to do everything asked of him. That's further explained below, as well as his outstanding, 60-minute motor.
There aren't many questions that NFL scouts have about Kuechly, but prior to February's Combine there were questions about his size. How tall is he? What about his weight? Can he hold his weight and deal with slip blocking guards? 6'3″ and 242 pounds later, the answer was given and the latter question was answered with a simple "yes."
That size is just right for the position at the next level, as he's tall enough and not too light or heavy. He carries his weight well too.
Kuechly ran a 4.58 40-yard dash at the Combine, which is impressive, but what matters is how fast he plays on gamedays. There have been linebackers in the past that have ran very well and played slow because they think too much out on the field. There have also been linebackers that ran slow, yet played very fast because they're very instinctive as was seen with New England Patriots linebacker Brandon Spikes, who ran a very slow time.
Kuechly ran fast and plays fast on tape, and this is particularly noticeable when he's dropping down the seam and running well enough with a tight end or making a beeline for a pass catcher in the flats.
The greatest strength of Kuechly's game are his instincts. He's a very instinctive linebacker that makes big plays in big moments because of his ball awareness, and he's able to recognize plays very quickly. He often shows the ability to quickly "pull the trigger," as scouts say, and react to the play, which is why he's always around the ball.
Balance is an important aspect of evaluation, as it gives a hint to how good of an athlete the player truly is. Kuechly is also strong in this department as he often shows good balance when taking on base blocks or dealing with cut-blocking guards at his feet. He shows the ability to handle trash at his feet and continue his path to the ball carrier.
Stack and Shed
Although it has become a passing league, it is still very important that a defense has quality run defenders, especially in the front seven. If a defense struggles with stopping the run, even if it is situational running, they will have struggles with everything else because the offense's playbook opens up.
With that said, this is an area of the Boston College product's game that some have questioned, but the tape suggests otherwise to me. He plays with a strong base and can stack blockers against the run. He's also able to take on the blocks and then proceed to shed them by disengaging with his quick hands.
As a space player, you must be able to consistently bring down the ball carrier or you're not going to last long in the league. Kuechly tackles well, wrapping up and grabbing on to whatever he can if he doesn't have the right angle. There are instances in which he'll go high on the ball carrier, and although at times he brings them down despite going around the shoulders, he should look to target the opposition lower, especially when one-on-one in space.
Agility is a characteristic that can likely be discussed in any of the previously mentioned categories, but I chose to put it separately in an effort to talk about the ability to mirror a pass catcher in coverage.
Linebackers with speed are always wanted by NFL teams, and in the process of acquiring one, sometimes teams will overlook the agility of the player which will end up costing them on Sundays. A linebacker must have lateral agility to make plays horizontally and mimic the movements of his assignment.
In my opinion, this is one of the areas which Kuechly's game is very good as he's able to break down by sinking his hips and mirroring the pass catcher in coverage.
Hip Flexibility & Change of Direction
Last but not least is the hip flexibility and change of direction (COD) of a pass defender. This is simply something that a defender must be able to do well. There have been linebackers in the past that have gotten by in coverage despite having stiff hips and/or ankles, such as Brandon Spikes, but they were very instinctive and had a great feel for the game.
Kuechly is also very instinctive, and he has good hip flexibility. He's able to open his hips, change directions and run down field with a pass catcher.
In conclusion, Kuechly is one of the top prospects at his position, and in the entire draft class. He has a great work ethic to go along with rare instincts, good athleticism, and strength that will enable him to make an easy transition to the next level. I expect him to be a top fifteen draft choice in April and a quality player at the next level for many years.


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How to Navigate the Excel 2010 Ribbon
The Ribbon interface in Microsoft Office Excel 2010 may seem tricky to navigate until you get used to how commands are organized. The File tab on the left side of the Ribbon provides access to commands related to file management, such as opening, saving, printing, sharing, and closing files.
Let's take a tour of the Ribbon:
Click the File tab in the Ribbon.
Click New in the left pane.
Scan the Ribbon tabs and click the Home tab.
Take a gander at the groups.
Find the Styles group on the Home tab. You can control how a table in your worksheet looks from this group. Click the Format as Table button (in the Styles group) to see a gallery of table styles. (Click the Format as Table button again to close the gallery.)
In the bottom-right corner of many Ribbon groups is a little box with an arrow. This is a dialog box launcher. Click the Font dialog box launcher and the Format Cells dialog box appears, with the Font tab displayed. (Click Cancel to exit without making changes.)
Each of the tabs on the Ribbon interface works the same way. Buttons are collected into different Groups, and many groups have a dialog box launcher with even more options.


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I have come to understand that it is not possible to keep a sale price of a piece of real estate private, even if there is no mortgage or other lien to record. Is this true? Is this true for a transaction involving no realtor? Assume at least one realtor, the listing realtor, is involved in a cash sale for which the sale price is not private. That is, assume that by whatever means are typical, and I don't know what these are, the sales price is public info. My question concerns the remaining terms of sale and transactions. Can you find out, for example, whether the buyer agreed to pay the seller's realtor fees, back taxes, etc? |
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The other terms of the sale are not public information, at least in my state. That said, my former MLS required we disclose any seller paid costs (and so does a HUD statement) . It would be rare that a buyer paid additional costs, but it would have needed to be recorded in the MLS after the sale. One purpose of the MLS was to keep an accurate database of information about sales. It's used by realtors trying to price homes and used by appraisers. This is why that kind of info was disclosed--so people belonging to the MLS had a full and accurate picture of a sale. The information was not available to the general public. It could be disclosed by a member to a non-member looking to buy or sell a house. In general I would have only disclosed this information to a client. I would not have disclosed it to someone that called me up and was just curious. |
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Here is the DC/MD/VA MLS yes, I can see that there was a "Seller Subsidy" and how much, but it doesn't say what it went for, just the total. I can also look up the sale amount and if there was a mortgage and how much. |
This information varies by state, what state are you in? |
condo is in Illinois |
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