Berkley may refer to:

Places[link]

United Kingdom

• Berkley, Somerset

United States

• Berkley, Colorado
• Berkley, Iowa
• Berkley, Maryland
• Berkley, Massachusetts
• Berkley, Michigan
• Berkley, Virginia, formerly a town, and now a neighborhood in Norfolk, Virginia
• Berkley (Washington, D.C.), a neighborhood also known as Foxhall Crescent

Other uses[link]

• Berkley Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) (also known as Berkley Publishing Co.)
• Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University
• Berkley (fishing), a fishing tackle company

People with the name[link]

• Austin Berkley (born 1973), former English professional footballer
• Elizabeth Berkley (born 1972), American TV and movie actress
• George Berkley (engineer) (died 1893), British civil engineer
• Richard L. Berkley (born 1931), Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri (1979 - 1991)
• Seth Berkley (born 1956), American epidemiologist
• Shelley Berkley (born 1951), U.S. Congresswoman
• Theresa Berkley (died 1836), 19th century London dominatrix

See also[link]

• Berkley Bridge (disambiguation)
• Berkeley (disambiguation)
• Berklee College of Music in Boston

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Ulf Wakenius & Youn Sun Nah, 2009-11-07

Ulf Karl Erik Wakenius (born 16 April 1958 in Halmstad, Sweden)^[1] is a Swedish jazz guitarist.^[2] Wakenius was a member of the Oscar Peterson quartet from 1997. He was also a member of the Ray Brown trio. Wakenius also plays with his own band, and has recorded many albums.

In the 80s he played with Peter Almqvist in Guitars Unlimited playing,^[3] among other things, during the intermission for 600 million viewers of the Swedish International Finale of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1986. A stop in Rio de Janeiro resulted in three records with Sivuca Let's Vamos, Aquarela Do Brazil and Rendez-Vous in Rio (Sonet 1987). The cooperation with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen also started this decade, and they also recorded This Is All I Ask (Verve, 1998) and Those Who Were (Verve, 1996).

His own U.W. Group released Venture (1991) with Jack DeJohnette on drums, Bill Evans and Bob Berg on saxes, Randy Brecker on trumpet, Niels Lan Doky on piano, Chris Minh Doky and Lars Danielsson on bass. The work with American musicians continued in New York Meeting with Niels Lan Doky piano, Ira Coleman bass, and Billy Hart drums.

His Enchanted Moments (Dragon, 1997) was recorded with Lars Jansson piano, Lars Danielsson, bass and Raymond Karlsson drums. On Dig In (Sittel, 1997) he plays with Gösta Rundqvist piano, Yasuhito Mori bass and Jukkis Uotila drums. Live (Dragon), The Guitar Artistry of U.W. (Dragon, 2002). After that came Tokyo Blue (2003) with Carsten Dahl piano, Morten Lund drums and Yasuhito Mori bass; Forever you (Stunt, 2003), with Carsten Dahl, piano, Morten Lund drums and Lars Danielsson bass; and Checkin' In (Megaphon, 2004) His latest release, Notes from the Heart (ACT, 2005) is a tribute to Keith Jarrett, with Lund and Johansson.

Wakenius had together with Haakon Graf piano, in the early nineties the group Graffiti with members from the John Scofield group, Dennis Chambers drums, Gary Grainger bass. He appeared on Duke Ellington Swings (Telarc, 1998); with Oscar Peterson he released Summernight in Munich (Telarc, 1999) and Trail of Dreams with Oscar Peterson and Michel Legrand (Telarc, 2000). With Ray Brown he played on Summertime (1998) and Seven Steps to Heaven (1999), as well as Some of My Best Friends Are Guitar Players (Telarc, 2001).

With Pat Metheny he played Jazz Baltica 2003. In Norway he has played with Hot Club de Norvège and Vertavo-quartet (Hot Club Records, 2005), and also participated on the record Guitaresque on Hot Club Records with Jon Larsen, Stian Mevik, Jimmy Rosenberg and others. Other contributions has been on Lisa Nilssons Små rum (2001), Cæcilie Norbys First Conversations (2002), as well as recordings by Viktoria Tolstoy and Esbjörn Svensson. 2006 he toured with his show In the Spirit of Oscar with Kjell Öhman on piano, Hans Backenroth on bass and Jocke Ekberg on drums.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Ulf Wakenius official webpage
• Ulf Wakenius MySpace
• Swedish ASCAP website
• Guitar lesson by Ulf with presentation
• Ulf Wakenius at Allmusic

Oldham holding five $20 bills and a producer credit for The 1 Second Film in January 2005

Todd Oldham (born October 22, 1961) is an American-born designer and president of L-7 Designs Inc. His fun, lighthearted approach^{[citation needed]} to fashion and style has become known to millions through his fashion lines, interior designs, books and by appearing in television shows. Oldham is openly gay.^[1]

Oldham launched his first clothing line in 1989 and won the Council of Fashion Designer Perry Ellis Award for New Fashion Talent in 1991.^[2] In 1998, Oldham moved to New York with his business partner, Tony Longoria. Oldham served as creative consultant to Escada in the late 1990s. He launched a perfume line in 1995 and designed a clothing line for Target (2002–2003). In 1995, he produced a clothing line associated with the Warner Brothers film Batman Forever. Oldham designed furniture and home accessories for La-Z-Boy furniture (2003–2007) and served as creative director for Old Navy.^[3]

Oldham designed The Hotel of South Beach in 1999.^[4] He is currently designing the annex to the hotel. Oldham has become widely known to American TV audiences through his many television appearances, most notably as host of "Todd Time" on MTV's House of Style in the 1990s. He hosted Fashionably Loud on MTV in 1999 and recently served as mentor to contestants on Bravo's Top Design.

Oldham is also actively involved in book publishing. He has produced a number of books on various aspects of style for Ammo Books as part of the Place Space series. Books in the series include photos and essays on filmmaker John Waters, the artist compound in upstate New York owned by Joe Holtzman (the founder of Nest magazine), and the Rhode Island School of Design’s off-campus housing and Bedrock City. Oldham has also created Hand Made Modern, Without Boundaries, and various other titles. In June 2007, Oldham released a monograph of artist Charley Harper’s work titled An Illustrated Life.^[5]

Early life[link]

Oldham was born Jacky Todd Oldham^[6] in Corpus Christi, Texas, in 1961 to Jack and Linda Oldham. He has two sisters and one brother. At age 15, he designed his first dress when he stitched together some pillowcases.^[7] His father was a computer programmer and the family moved around due to his father’s job, including a four-year stint in Iran when Oldham was 12. He moved to Dallas, Texas, after graduating high school. His first job was in the alterations department at the Polo Ralph Lauren. He borrowed $100 from his parents, bought 41 yards of white cotton jersey, dyed it and put together a tiny collection that he sold to Neiman Marcus.^[8]

Philanthropy[link]

Oldham is on the advisory board of the Amazon Conservation Team (ACT), to work in partnership with indigenous people in conserving biodiversity, health and culture in Central America.^[9] He is also on the board of Aperture,^[10] a nonprofit foundation dedicated to promoting photography. Oldham has also been involved with Habitat for Humanity, Bailey House, the oldest supportive housing program for persons with HIV and AIDS in the United States,^[11] and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.^[12]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Todd Oldham designer profile at Fashion Model Directory

Elizabeth Berkley
with husband Greg Lauren (2008)
Born	(1972-07-28) July 28, 1972 (age 39)[1] Farmington Hills, Michigan, United States
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1986–present
Spouse	Greg Lauren (m. 2003–present)
Awards	NBR Award for Best Cast 1996 The First Wives Club

Elizabeth Berkley (born July 28, 1972)^[1] is an American television, film, and theatre actress. Berkley's most notable roles were in the television series Saved by the Bell, as brainy feminist Jessie Spano, and the 1995 Paul Verhoeven film Showgirls, as exotic stripper Nomi Malone.

Early life[link]

Berkley was born and raised in Farmington Hills, a community located among Detroit's northern suburbs in Oakland County, Michigan. She is the daughter of Jere, a gift basket business owner, and Fred Berkley, a lawyer.^[2] She was raised in a Jewish family.^[3] Berkley was born with heterochromia, the condition of differently coloured irises, so that her right eye is half green and half brown, and her left eye is all green. She graduated in 1990 from North Farmington High School in Farmington Hills after previously having attended the Cranbrook Kingswood School, a private school in Bloomfield Hills.

From a young age she danced, and she practiced in a room that her parents arranged for her in the basement of their house. In 1982 at age ten she auditioned for the lead role in the film Annie, but was turned down. As her love for dancing increased, she became more interested in pursuing it professionally, traveling to New York to train with other dancers and choreographers.^[4] She began to take part in several ballets, including Swan Lake and in 1983 she appeared in some musicals.^[5]

Career[link]

Berkley was a teen model for Elite before pursuing an acting career.^[6] She made her television film debut in 1987 with a role in the television film Frog and following this, made a number of guest appearances on several television shows. In 1989, at the age of seventeen, she auditioned for the role of Kelly Kapowski in Saved by the Bell, but the producers of the show could not decide whether to cast her or Tiffani Thiessen. In the end, they created for Berkley the character Jessie Spano, a role she played from 1989 to 1993, as well as in both of the show's television film installments.

After leaving Saved by the Bell to try to break into film, Berkley auditioned for (and won) the role of Nomi Malone, a character in the infamous 1995 Paul Verhoeven film Showgirls. The sex- and nudity-laden film was given a controversial NC-17 rating in the United States (the first big budget film that was deliberately intended to receive this rating), was a box office bomb,^[7][8][9] and was widely panned by critics.

Following the failure of Showgirls and being awarded two Razzie awards for her performance in the film, Berkley decided to audition for smaller roles in quality films, hoping to improve upon her acting skills before accepting another leading role.^{[citation needed]} As a result, she appeared in a small role in The First Wives Club, a comedy starring Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn, and Bette Midler, before accepting the title role in the straight to video anime Armitage III: Poly Matrix which also starred Kiefer Sutherland. She then played a Madonna body double named Tina in the independent film The Real Blonde.

As time has put distance between Berkley and the infamous film (which has since achieved cult status among film fans and placed number 36 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the Top 50 Cult Movies and is also one of top 20 highest grossing films of all time for MGM),^[10] she has performed in strong supporting roles in independent films such as The Taxman, Tail Lights Fade, Roger Dodger (which her manager advised her not to do), and Moving Malcolm. She also had a small role as a call girl hired by Al Pacino's character in Oliver Stone's sports drama Any Given Sunday, as well as a key supporting role in Woody Allen's The Curse of the Jade Scorpion.

Berkley appeared on stage opposite Eddie Izzard for her role as Honey in the London stage version of Lenny. She went on to make her Broadway debut in the comedy Sly Fox, opposite Richard Dreyfuss in February 2004, just three months after her marriage to artist Greg Lauren. She replaced Catherine Kellner as Bonnie in the 2005 Off Broadway production of David Rabe's Hurlyburly, appearing alongside Ethan Hawke, Parker Posey, and Bobby Cannavale.

Berkley received much praise for her role in Hurlyburly, with Charles Isherwood of The New York Times even going as far as apologizing to her for his past criticisms of her ability, stating that the fact she held "her own among this skilled company of scene-stealers is a testament to how much her talent has grown".^[11] Her most recent stage appearance was at the sixth annual 24 Hour Plays alongside Jennifer Aniston, Rosie Perez, and Lili Taylor, in which six writers, six directors, twenty-four actors, and production crews have twenty-four hours to write, direct, and perform six ten-minute plays.^[12]

Berkley has been seen in many dramatic television roles, guest starring on series such as CSI: Miami, NYPD Blue, Without a Trace, Threshold, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. However, she stayed true to her comic roots with a recurring role in the successful and critically acclaimed sitcom Titus, in which she played the title character's sister, Shannon. She also starred in the Lifetime television film Student Seduction, in which she played Christie Dawson, a high school teacher wrongfully accused of sexual harassment by one of her students who becomes obsessed with her.^[13] This was followed by another made-for-television film in 2007, entitled Black Widow in which she played a woman suspected of killing her husbands for their money. The film Meet Market, which she starred in along with Julian McMahon, Krista Allen, and Aisha Tyler was released straight to DVD in 2008 after having been in limbo since it was completed in 2004.

In 2008, Berkley signed on to star in a multi-episode arc of CSI: Miami, in which she plays Horatio Caine's (David Caruso) ex-lover, Julia Winston, who is also the mother of his recently discovered son.^[14] The episodes which Berkley appeared in were very highly rated and all of them featured in the top 10 Nielsen ratings chart.^[15] She has since appeared in the show's season six finale.^[16]

Berkley hosted Bravo's reality series, Step It Up and Dance, a competition featuring the exploits of ten wannabe dancers who compete against each other to win a cash prize of $100,000 as well as the opportunity to work with and perform for some of the country's top choreographers.^[17] The show premiered in April 2008 on Bravo and was cancelled after the first season. The show came out as the network's strongest ever in its time slot (10/11c) with 826,000 viewers.^[18] The show continued to perform well throughout its run, averaging 756,000 viewers each week – of whom 522,000 were aged 18 to 49 – and helped contribute to Bravo's highest-rated April ever.^[19] According to Berkley hosting the show is a very fulfilling job. She was recently quoted as saying that she gets "invested in the dancers" because she has befriended many of them offstage.^[20] Despite the show's success, it was not renewed for a second season and its show page has since been removed from the Bravo website.

During the press tour for Step It Up and Dance, Berkley appeared on various shows including various morning news programs, ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Fuse TV's The Sauce, E!'s Chelsea Lately, CNBC's The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, and ABC's The View. While on The View, she spoke of her admiration for co-host Whoopi Goldberg, calling her "an extraordinary being". Her appearance on the show was unique in that she brought the ladies of the show tap shoes and taught them a short dance routine.^{[citation needed]} Berkley starred alongside Thomas Jane in the David Arquette directed short film The Butler's in Love which premiered at Mann's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles in June 2008.

In 2009, Berkley starred in a multi-episode arc of the Showtime series The L Word, during its sixth and final season. She played Kelly Wentworth, the straight girl that got away from Jennifer Beals' character Bette Porter in college. Berkley and Beals are best friends in real life, having previously worked on the 2002 independent film Roger Dodger.^[21] She continued with television work, reprising her role as Julia Winston in CSI: Miami, appearing in three more episodes, including the season seven finale. She was cast as Trudy, a former drug addict turned born again Christian who becomes infatuated with her pastor in the sequel to cult hit Donnie Darko, S. Darko. She will also appear as Tracy in the upcoming comedy Women in Trouble.

While making an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in June 2009, Berkley's Saved by the Bell co-star Mark-Paul Gosselaar – as Zack Morris^[22] – expressed his desire to take part in Fallon's "class reunion" of the show's original cast members and revealed that Berkley has also agreed to take part in the reformation.^[23] It is unclear whether the reunion will simply be an interview with the original cast on an episode of Fallon's show, or whether a new television film or series will be produced.

It was also confirmed that Berkley, in conjunction with MTV, is developing a reality series which focuses on her Ask-Elizabeth self-help program—and has the same name as its working title, Ask-Elizabeth—for teen girls. The show will follow the actress as she travels around the country and meets with girls of all ages to discuss various topics that are important to them. The show was expected to air in late 2009, but the show was pushed back indefinitely.^[24]

In 2011, Berkley played the lead female role in Hallmark Channel's original movie "Lucky Christmas", about a woman who wins the lottery only to have to recover the ticket from the glove compartment of her stolen car. The film premiered on Hallmark Movie Channel on November 12, 2011.^[25]

Personal life[link]

Berkley in an advertisement for PETA

Berkley is a committed animal rights activist and in 1997, donned a $600 form-fitting gown made entirely of collard greens for the "Lettuce Be Lean" campaign, sponsored by PETA to try to encourage people to embrace vegetarianism.^[26] In 2008 & 2009, she was among a number of celebrities included in an online poll by PETA to select the "Sexiest Vegetarian of the Year".^[27]

In 2000, Berkley was made the subject of a $45 million lawsuit when actor and screenwriter Roger Wilson took action against Leonardo DiCaprio, claiming that DiCaprio had encouraged his friends to assault Wilson in a street fight after he tried to defend Berkley, who had been the subject of DiCaprio and his friends' unwanted advances.^[28]

On November 1, 2003, Berkley married artist and occasional actor Greg Lauren at the Esperanza Hotel in Cabo San Lucas. Berkley formally changed her name to Elizabeth Berkley Lauren, however, she still uses her maiden name professionally.^[29] On March 5, 2012, Berkley announced she was expecting her first child in the summer.^[30]

In 2006, she created her own website to help teen girls. The website, which she facilitates herself is a self-esteem program called Ask-Elizabeth.^[31]

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Elizabeth Berkley

• Official website
• Elizabeth Berkley at the Internet Movie Database
• Elizabeth Berkley at AllRovi

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Robert Bob McNally is an international energy market consultant and President of The Rapidan Group, a Washington-based energy market and policy consulting firm. His career has focused on energy markets and policymaking, specializing in global oil fundamentals, geopolitical risk, and regulatory policies affecting conventional and alternative fuel markets. During the first term of President George W. Bush, McNally served on the White House staff as Special Assistant to the President on the National Economic Council and Senior Director for International Energy on the National Security Council.

He received a BA/BS in International Relations and Political Science from American University and an MA in International Economics and American Foreign Policy from The Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). McNally served in the Peace Corps from 1988–1990 and was stationed in Senegal. He began his energy career in 1991 as an analyst at Energy Security Analysis, Inc. in Washington DC. In 1994, he joined Tudor Investment Corporation, where he advised portfolio managers on energy markets, macroeconomic policy and geopolitics.

Bob McNally co-authored an essay with Michael Levi in the July/August 2011 issue of Foreign Affairs entitled A Crude Predicament: The Era of Volatile Oil Prices.^[1] He has been interviewed by publications such as The Economist,^[2] Financial Times, Washington Post,^[3] and appeared on the news network CNN. In addition, McNally was interviewed by Reuters,^[4] Knowledge@Wharton,^[5] and on Platts Energy Week TV.^[6]

McNally informally advises officials on energy market trends and developments. In March, 2011 was invited by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources to brief a Senate member-only meeting on oil price developments.^[7]

Bob McNally was co-chair of the energy policy advisory group on the 2008 Mitt Romney presidential campaign and energy advisor on Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL)'s 2010 campaign.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Rapidan Group Official Website