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A preview of Pacific Northwest Ballet's "Contemporary 4" program, which will introduce Seattle-area audiences to one of the major forces in ballet today: Bolshoi-trained choreographer Alexei Ratmansky.
Pacific Northwest Ballet audiences may currently be unfamiliar with the name of Alexei Ratmansky. That's about to change, in a big way.
Ratmansky, a Russian who trained with the Bolshoi Ballet and later became its artistic director, is currently one of the hottest balletmakers around, frequently mentioned in the same breath as Christopher Wheeldon as the most influential classical choreographers of the new century. He travels to premiere his work at such companies as the Kirov, the Dutch National Ballet, the Royal Danish Ballet, San Francisco Ballet and American Ballet Theatre, where he has been artist in residence since 2009. His "Concerto DSCH," made in 2008 for New York City Ballet, will have its PNB premiere next week, as part of the "Contemporary 4" repertory evening — and his new full-length version of "Don Quixote," based on original choreography by Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky, will arrive here next season (see related story).
Peter Boal, artistic director of PNB, said that he wanted to obtain "Concerto DSCH" from the moment he saw it, in one of its earliest performances at New York City Ballet. He saw echoes of Jerome Robbins in the ballet's delicate connections between dancers. "Many choreographers," he said, "are rushing toward the more abstract, the busiest, the faster, the denser. It's as if [Ratmansky] pulls back for these nuances, and allows human emotion to come into his work. I really admired that. I saw a great storyteller."
"Concerto DSCH" is set to Dmitri Shostakovich's Concerto No. 2, written in 1957 as a birthday gift for the composer's teenage son, a pianist. The ballet, whose title is both an abbreviation of the composer's name and a musical motif, features a leading couple, a trio and an ensemble. Ratmansky and his wife, Tatiana, a former dancer with the Ukrainian National Ballet and Royal Winnipeg Ballet who now works with her husband, came to Seattle last summer to rehearse the work with PNB dancers, setting it in just three days due to tight schedules. "I think that breaks some kind of record," said Boal.
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Ratmansky, who's currently in Moscow at work on a new version of "Anna Karenina," choreographed "Don Quixote" for the Dutch National Ballet last year. Boal flew to Amsterdam to see it, and loved what he saw. "It's silly in places, it's endearing in places, it's passionate in other places," he said. "[Ratmansky's] storytelling is so beautiful, it's like when an age-old master tells a story. You feel like you're in the hands of Shakespeare or someone."
Though PNB has had a production of "Don Quixote" in the repertory before, some years ago, Boal's pleased to reintroduce the ballet with Ratmansky's version. "I really wanted to introduce Alexei to our audience and dancers, so this fit," he said.
"Concerto DSCH" will share the bill with the world premiere of "Place a Chill," choreographed by Marco Goecke ("Mopey") to music by Camille Saint-Saëns. The evening also includes two contemporary works previously seen at PNB: Mark Morris' "Pacific" and Paul Gibson's "The Piano Dance."
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Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays (1993)
by Stephen W. Hawking
No current Talk conversations about this book.
In this book Hawking talks about his life and about his major areas of interest in his researches.
The book is a collection of updated essays and speeches concerning the cosmology and related topics. Hawking explains scientifically, and explains his explanations using a clear and understandable language.
Like always, Steven Hawking makes even the most complex theory sound simple.
A long drive called for a good audio book. Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays by Stephen Hawking fit the bill. Hawking is the famous physicist who also has ALS.
Hawking published this book in 1993, five years after he published his bestseller A Brief History of Time.
I wanted to post this review as soon as I could while I could still remember and sort of understand the gist of what Hawking was saying. The first 1/4 of the book is autobiographical, him explaining his upbringing and love for cosmology. The rest are a compilation of essays and lectures he gave to various groups over two decades.
Hawking's research has primarily been on black holes. Much of what we know/suspect about black holes can be attributed to him. I'm awed by the mathematical concepts that had to be invented to do the research that he and other physicists do. There's a point where mathematics becomes philosophical-- and that is the deep soul of physics and cosmology.
His lectures always point to the quest for the grand unified theory of the universe (GUT). This is the one theory that will explain how everything in the universe works. As the years in the lectures progress, it becomes obvious to me that the GUT becomes a sort of deity, Hawking has said if we can know it we "can know the mind of God." It raises all sorts of philosophical questions about predestination and free will.
Here's the main point I got from the book and Hawking's work: If the universe is unlimited in scope then the laws of physics were the same at its creation as they are now. The universe was not created nor can be destroyed--it just is.
However, if the universe is actually limited in scope, then the laws of physics didn't apply at its creation as they do today. Some outside entity must be responsible for its creation.
Hawking believes the former, and I'm betting on the latter.
Hawking invented something called imaginary time. Kind of complex to attempt to explain here, essentially imaginary time is the sum of all possible points in time. Think about alternate realities, all the possible variations of possible histories. If you look at things through the lens of imaginary time (which is a heavy mathematical concept) then things like the Big Bang no longer become troublesome singularities where the laws of physics don't apply, but become like any other event in history.
Interestingly, Hawking believed in 1992 that the GUT was only about 20 years away, and inhabiting other planets less than 100 years away. Looks like is probably wrong on those. Apparently, new research has led Hawking to change his mind on some of his beliefs, and published another book recently. I've read recently about a high-powered particle accelerator being built to test several theories in physics. One guy in Hawaii is actually suing to get the scientists to stop because he fears they will create a black hole here on earth. The work of that particle accelerator will have profound implications for all of science, however.
This book reminded me that in talking about Biblical creation you have to start at the very beginning--when the universe was created. I think most Biblical creation apologists are biology-oriented and therefore don't have the mathematical understanding needed to develop a good Christian apologetic against theories like the ones Hawking purports. There are a few really good redeemed physicists out there, however.
This collection of essays by the famous Steven Hawking consists of pieces published by him between 1976 and 1992. Some chapters consist of autobiographical sketches, on his childhood, his education at Oxford and Cambridge, his experience with ALS (a motor disease), and his unexpected best-seller A Brief History of Time. One chapter deals with the future of theoretical physics, and another, with Einstein's ideas. (In discussing relativity, Hawking jokes: "you would have to fly around the earth 400 million times to add one second to your life; but your life would be reduced by more than that by all those airline meals")
Other essays in this collection deal with the origins of the universe, the future of the universe, the nature of black holes, and whether all events are determined (i.e., caused). (Regarding the latter, he answers "yes" but that "it might as well not be because we can never know what [result] has been determined.") A concluding piece is from a radio interview with BBC's "Desert Island Discs," in which Hawking reveals his five favorite/ indispensable recordings: "Gloria", by Polenc; Brahm's "Violin Concerto"; "The Valkyrie;" the Beatles' "Please Please Me"; and Edith Piaf's "je ne regrette rien".
All of the essays, even those dealing with astrophysics and cosmology, are quite readable by the general public. I found the autobiographical pieces less revealing than they might have been -- but Hawking guards his privacy, as he is of course entitled to do. Overall, I found these essays mildly interesting, and a reasonable introduction to life and ideas of one of history's greatest scientists.
Now nearly 20 years old, Stephen Hawking's collection of essays are rather a mixed bag. Some of his personal stories about his youth and contracting ALS have been repeated to some extent in other works, most of this I heard before. The quantum physics still causes glassy eyes, more so than the astrophysics anyway. On a windy day like today, though, the book had me contemplating whether a black hole the size of a proton (containing the mass of a mountain) could serve as a paperweight and keep the book from blowing shut.
Hawking is probably the most unique, remarkable scientist in human history -- not just for his achievements, but considering the debilitating handicap he has managed to overcome. I'll keep reading his stuff because comprehension seems so close...but my brain short circuits when I try to connect all of the dots (especially quantum dots).
Readers worldwide have come to know the work of Stephen Hawking through his phenomenal bestseller, The Brief History of Time. Now, in his first collection of essays and other pieces -- on subjects that range from the warmly personal to the wholly scientific -- Stephen Hawking is revealed variously as the scientist, the man, the concerned world citizen, and -- as always -- the rigorous and imaginative thinker. Whether he is remembering his first experience of nursery school; puncturing the arrogance of those who think science can best be understood only by other scientists and should be left to them; exploring the origins and the future of the universe; or reflecting on the phenomenon of A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking's wit, directness of style and absence of pomp are vital characteristics at all times.
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Forward Looking Statements
Certain information contained herein includes forward looking statements, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Liquidation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Act"). Forward looking statements in this report, or which management may make orally or in written form from time to time, reflect management's good faith belief when those statements are made, and are based on information currently available to management. Caution should be exercised in
interpreting and relying on such forward looking statements, the realization of which may be impacted by known and unknown risks and uncertainties, events that may occur subsequent to the forward looking statements, and other factors which may be beyond the Partnership's control and which can materially affect the Partnership's actual results, performance or achievements for 2012 and beyond. Should one or more of the risks or uncertainties mentioned below materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those anticipated, estimated or projected. We expressly disclaim any responsibility to update our forward looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Accordingly, investors should use caution in relying on past forward looking statements, which are based on results and trends at the time they are made, to anticipate future results or trends.
Since the Partnership's long-term goals include the acquisition of additional properties, a portion of the proceeds from the refinancing and sale of properties is reserved for this purpose. If available acquisitions do not meet the Partnership's criteria, the Partnership may purchase additional depositary receipts. The Partnership will consider refinancing existing properties if the Partnership's cash reserves are insufficient to repay existing mortgages or if the Partnership needs additional funds for future acquisitions.
As anticipated, the third quarter results reflect both last year's leasing gains as well as the current strong demand for rental units yielding revenue increases at the majority of the properties. These increases will be reflected over the next four quarters. Pending an early winter, we expect the 2012 results to continue to exceed 2011. Similar to the second quarter, the portfolio experienced higher tenant retention in the third quarter than it did for the same period in 2011. In addition to revenue growth, the portfolio continues to experience flat to lower operating expenses. External factors include, the rental housing supply/demand imbalance, limited additions to supply, national and local growth in the renter population, a historic shift in homebuyer sentiment and a local employment base stronger than the national average. These factors combined to produce an overall growth in rental income of 5.2% as compared to 2011. Management expects these increases to continue through the remainder of the 2012 calendar year. The Partnership properties and Joint Ventures have experienced a vacancy rate of 3% or less, with many properties 100% occupied as of November 1, 2012. Management believes that increasing student applications and a continued decline in the local unemployment rate will keep occupancy high for the next 18-24 months and revenue growth will continue to be positive during this time frame.
Eliminating depreciation from the comparative operations, operating expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared to 2011 have actually declined by 1.3%. Contributing to this has been the dramatic reduction in leasing commissions of approximately $76,000 (48%), a decrease in snow removal and heating costs due to an unseasonably warm winter in 2012 as well as management's capitalization of energy conversion and purchasing power. The high tenant retention experience has also resulted in no growth in the repairs and maintenance expenses for 2012 year to date.
Management expects to refinance at least $28m in long term debt for 62 Boylston Street and Westgate Apartments during the first quarter 2013. It is anticipated that the interest rates for these new mortgages will be lower than the current mortgage interest rates. Management will be considering raising additional debt with these new loans in balance with its future acquisition goals and to take advantage of the historically low interest rate environment. Management believes the existing trading range for the stock is worthy of continuing its Depositary Receipt Repurchase Program. As such, during the third quarter 14,932 Class A Depositary Receipts were acquired during at a cost of $432,849, 119 Class B units were acquired at a cost of $102,663 and 6 General Partner Units were acquired at a cost of $5,403. When appropriate, Management will continue to repurchase shares per its repurchase program as submitted to the SEC. Management continues to weigh investment alternatives against cash liquidity and the current depositary receipt price. Management believes the recent increase in distributions in 2012 is appropriate given the sustained performance of the portfolio and the expected future earnings that the Partnership will be realizing.
The Stock Repurchase Program that was initiated in 2007 has repurchased 1,211,945 Depositary Receipts through September 2012 or 39% of the outstanding Class A Depositary Receipts at September 30, 2012.
The Partnership has retained The Hamilton Company ("Hamilton") to manage and administer the Partnership's and Joint Ventures' Properties. Hamilton is a full-service real estate management company, which has legal, construction, maintenance, architectural, accounting and administrative departments. The Partnership's properties represent approximately 36% of the total properties and 45% of the residential properties managed by Hamilton. Substantially all of the other properties managed by Hamilton are owned, wholly or partially, directly or indirectly, by Harold Brown. The Partnership's Second Amended and Restated Contract of Limited Partnership (the "Partnership Agreement") expressly provides that the general partner may employ a management company to manage the properties, and that such management company may be paid a fee of up to 4% of rental receipts for administrative and management services (the "Management Fee"). The Partnership pays Hamilton the full annual Management Fee, in monthly installments.
At September 30, 2012, Harold Brown, his brother Ronald Brown and the President of Hamilton, Carl Valeri, collectively own approximately 40% of the Depositary Receipts representing the Partnership Class A Units (including Depositary Receipts held by trusts for the benefit of such persons' family members). Harold Brown also controls 75% of the Partnership's Class B Units, 75% of the capital stock of NewReal, Inc. ("NewReal"), the Partnership's sole general partner, and all of the outstanding stock of Hamilton. Ronald Brown also owns 25% of the Partnership's Class B Units and 25% of NewReal's capital stock. In addition, Ronald Brown is the President and director of NewReal and Harold Brown is NewReal's Treasurer and a director. One of NewReal's directors, Roberta Ornstein also owns immaterial amounts of the Partnership's Class A Receipts. The 75% of the issued and outstanding Class B Units of the Partnership, controlled by Harold Brown, are owned by HBC Holdings LLC, an entity of which he is the manager.
In addition to the Management Fee, the Partnership Agreement further provides for the employment of outside professionals to provide services to the Partnership and allows Hamilton to charge the Partnership for the cost of employing professionals to assist with the administration of the Partnership's properties. Additionally, from time to time, the Partnership pays Hamilton for repairs and maintenance services, legal services, construction services and accounting services. The costs charged by Hamilton for these services are at the same hourly rate charged to all entities managed by Hamilton.
Residential tenants generally sign a one year lease. During the first nine months of 2012, tenant renewals were approximately 69% with an average rental increase of approximately 3%, new leases accounted for approximately 31% with rental rate increases of approximately 6%. Tenant improvements were approximately $988,000 in 2012, compared to approximately $868,000 in 2011, an increase of approximately $120,000.
Hamilton accounted for approximately 5% of the repair and maintenance expense paid for by the Partnership for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011. Of the funds paid to Hamilton for this purpose, the great majority was to cover the cost of services provided by the Hamilton maintenance department, including plumbing, electrical, carpentry services, and snow removal for those properties close to Hamilton's headquarters. However, several of the larger Partnership properties have their own maintenance staff. Further, those properties that do not have their own maintenance staff and are located more than a reasonable distance from Hamilton's headquarters in Allston, Massachusetts are generally serviced by local, independent companies.
Hamilton's legal department handles most of the Partnership's eviction and collection matters. Additionally, it prepares most long-term commercial lease agreements and represents the Partnership in selected purchase and sale transactions. Overall, Hamilton provided approximately $148,000 (82%) and approximately $137,000 (71%) of the legal services paid for by the Partnership during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
Additionally, as described in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements, The Hamilton Company receives similar fees from the Investment Properties.
The Partnership requires that three bids be obtained for construction contracts in excess of $5,000. Hamilton may be one of the three bidders on a particular project and may be awarded the contract if its bid and its ability to successfully complete the project are deemed appropriate. For contracts that are not awarded to Hamilton, Hamilton charges the Partnership a construction supervision fee equal to 5% of the contract amount. Hamilton's architectural department also provides services to the Partnership on an as-needed basis. During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, Hamilton provided the Partnership approximately $20,000 in construction and architectural services, compared to $44,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011.
Prior to 1991, the Partnership employed an outside, unaffiliated company to perform its bookkeeping and accounting functions. Since that time, such services have been provided by Hamilton's accounting staff, which consists of approximately 14 people. During the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, Hamilton charged the Partnership $31,250 per quarter ($125,000 per year) for bookkeeping and accounting services.
For more information on related party transactions, see Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
The preparation of the consolidated financial statements, in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, requires the Partnership to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. The Partnership regularly and continually evaluates its estimates, including those related to acquiring, developing and assessing the carrying values of its real estate properties and its investments in and advances to joint ventures. The Partnership bases its estimates on historical
experience, current market conditions, and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. However, because future events and their effects cannot be determined with certainty, the determination of estimates requires the exercise of judgment. The Partnership's critical accounting policies are those which require assumptions to be made about such matters that are highly uncertain. Different estimates could have a material effect on the Partnership's financial results. Judgments and uncertainties affecting the application of these policies and estimates may result in materially different amounts being reported under different conditions and circumstances. See Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, Principles of Consolidation.
Revenue Recognition: Rental income from residential and commercial properties is recognized over the term of the related lease. For residential tenants, amounts 60 days in arrears are charged against income. The commercial tenants are evaluated on a case by case basis. Certain leases of the commercial properties provide for increasing stepped minimum rents, which are accounted for on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. Concessions made on residential leases are also accounted for on the straight-line basis.
Discontinued Operations and Rental Property Held for Sale: When assets are identified by management as held for sale, the Partnership discontinues depreciating the assets and estimates the sales price, net of selling costs, of such assets. If, in management's opinion, the net sales price of the assets which have been identified as held for sale is less than the net book value of the assets, a valuation allowance is established. Properties identified as held for sale and/or sold are presented in discontinued operations for all periods presented.
If circumstances arise that previously were considered unlikely and, as a result, the Partnership decides not to sell a property previously classified as held for sale, the property is reclassified as held and used. A property that is reclassified is measured and recorded individually at the lower of (a) its carrying amount before the property was classified as held for sale, adjusted for any depreciation (amortization) expense that would have been recognized had the property been continuously classified as held and used, or (b) the fair value at the date of the subsequent decision not to sell.
Rental Properties: Rental properties are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred; improvements and additions are capitalized. When assets are retired or otherwise disposed of, the cost of the asset and related accumulated depreciation is eliminated from the accounts, and any gain or loss on such disposition is included in income. Fully depreciated assets are removed from the accounts. Rental properties are depreciated by both straight-line and accelerated methods over their estimated useful lives. Upon acquisition of rental property, the Partnership estimates the fair value of acquired tangible assets, consisting of land, building and improvements, and identified intangible assets and liabilities assumed, generally consisting of the fair value of (i) above and below market leases, (ii) in-place leases and (iii) tenant relationships. The Partnership allocated the purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their fair values. The Partnership records goodwill or a gain on bargain purchase (if any) if the net assets acquired/liabilities assumed exceed the purchase consideration of a transaction. In estimating the fair value of the tangible and intangible assets acquired, the Partnership considers information obtained about each property as a result of its due diligence and marketing and leasing activities, and utilizes various valuation methods, such as estimated cash flow projections utilizing appropriate discount and capitalization rates, estimates of replacement costs net of depreciation, and available market information. The fair value of the tangible assets of an acquired property considers the value of the property as if it were vacant.
Other intangible assets acquired include amounts for in-place lease values and tenant relationship values, which are based on management's evaluation of the specific characteristics of each tenant's lease and the Partnership's overall relationship with the respective tenant. Factors to be considered by management in its analysis of in-place lease values include an estimate of carrying costs during hypothetical expected lease-up periods considering current market conditions, and costs to execute similar leases at market rates during the expected lease-up periods, depending on local market conditions. In estimating costs to execute similar leases, management considers leasing commissions, legal and other related expenses. Characteristics considered by management in valuing tenant relationships include the nature and extent of the Partnership's existing business relationships with the tenant, growth prospects for developing new business with the tenant, the tenant's credit quality and expectations of lease renewals. The value of in-place leases are amortized to expense over the remaining initial terms of the respective leases. The value of tenant relationship intangibles are amortized to expense over the anticipated life of the relationships.
In the event that facts and circumstances indicate that the carrying value of a rental property may be impaired, an analysis of the value is prepared. The estimated future undiscounted cash flows are compared to the asset's carrying value to determine if a write-down to fair value is required.
Impairment: On an annual basis management assesses whether there are any indicators that the value of the Partnership's rental properties may be impaired. A property's value is impaired only if management's estimate of the aggregate
future cash flows (undiscounted and without interest charges) to be generated by the property is less than the carrying value of the property. To the extent impairment has occurred, the loss shall be measured as the excess of the carrying amount of the property over the fair value of the property. The Partnership's estimates of aggregate future cash flows expected to be generated by each property are based on a number of assumptions that are subject to economic and market uncertainties including, among others, demand for space, competition for tenants, changes in market rental rates, and costs to operate each property. As these factors are difficult to predict and are subject to future events that may alter management's assumptions, the future cash flows estimated by management in its impairment analyses may not be achieved.
Investments in Partnerships: The Partnership accounts for its 40%-50% ownership in the Investment Properties under the equity method of accounting, as it exercises significant influence over, but does not control these entities. These investments are recorded initially at cost, as Investments in Partnerships, and subsequently adjusted for the Partnership's share in earnings, cash contributions and distributions. Under the equity method of accounting, our net equity is reflected on the consolidated balance sheets, and our share of net income or loss from the Partnership is included on the consolidated statements of income.
With respect to investments in and advances to the Investment Properties, the Partnership looks to the underlying properties to assess performance and the recoverability of carrying amounts for those investments in a manner similar to direct investments in real estate properties. An impairment charge is recorded if management's estimate of the aggregate future cash flows (undiscounted and without interest charges) to be generated by the property is less than the carrying value of the property.
Legal Proceedings: The Partnership is subject to various legal proceedings and claims that arise, from time to time, in the ordinary course of business. These matters are frequently covered by insurance. If it is determined that a loss is likely to occur, the estimated amount of the loss is recorded in the financial statements. Both the amount of the loss and the point at which its occurrence is considered likely can be difficult to determine.
Three Months Ended September 30, 2012 and September 30, 2011
The Partnership and its Subsidiary Partnerships earned income before interest expense, loss from investments in unconsolidated joint ventures and interest income of approximately $3,145,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2012, compared to approximately $2,983,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2011, an increase of approximately $162,000 (5.4%).
The rental activity is summarized as follows:
Occupancy Date November 1, 2012 October 24, 2011 Residential Units 2,270 2,270 Vacancies 68 50 Vacancy rate 3.0 % 2.2 % Commercial Total square feet 110,949 110,949 Vacancy 5,500 0 Vacancy rate 4.9 % 0 % Rental Income (in thousands) Three Months Ended September 30, 2012 2011 Total Continuing Total Continuing Operations Operations Operations Operations Total rents $ 8,783 $ 8,783 $ 8,544 $ 8,544 Residential percentage 90 % 90 % 90 % 90 % Commercial percentage 10 % 10 % 10 % 10 % Contingent rentals $ 167 $ 167 $ 168 $ 168
Three Months Ended September 30, 2012 compared to the Three months ended September 30, 2011:
Three Months Ended September 30, Dollar Percent 2012 2011 Change Change Revenues Rental income $ 8,782,896 $ 8,543,908 $ 238,988 2.8 % Laundry and sundry income 92,700 104,618 (11,918 ) (11.4 )% 8,875,596 8,648,526 227,070 2.6 % Expenses Administrative 463,687 411,836 51,851 12.6 % Depreciation and amortization 1,571,942 1,603,529 (31,587 ) (2.0 )% Management fee 360,578 347,833 12,745 3.7 % Operating 731,618 774,998 (43,380 ) (5.6 )% Renting 48,483 63,482 (14,999 ) (23.6 )% Repairs and maintenance 1,487,272 1,421,084 66,188 4.7 % Taxes and insurance 1,066,739 1,042,470 24,269 2.3 % 5,730,319 5,665,232 65,087 1.1 % Income Before Other Income and Discontinued Operations 3,145,277 2,983,294 161,983 5.4 % Other Income (Expense) Interest income 554 895 (341 ) (38.1 )% Interest expense (1,953,645 ) (2,033,082 ) 79,437 (3.9 )% (Loss) from investments in unconsolidated joint ventures (417,733 ) (491,128 ) 73,395 (14.9 )% (2,370,824 ) (2,523,315 ) 152,491 (6.0 )% Income From Continuing Operations 774,453 459,979 314,474 68.4 % Discontinued Operations Income from discontinued operations - (2,245 ) 2,245 (100.0 )% Gain on the sale of real estate - (808 ) 808 (100.0 )% - (3,053 ) 3,053 (100.0 )% Net Income $ 774,453 $ 456,926 $ 317,527 69.5 %
Rental income from continuing operations for the three months ended September 30, 2012 was approximately $8,783,000, compared to approximately $8,544,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2011, an increase of approximately $239,000 (2.8%). The factors which can be attributed to this increase in rental income are rental rate increases and a drop in the vacancy rates at the majority of the Partnership properties. The Partnership Properties with the most significant increases in rental income include 62 Boylston Street, Westgate Woburn, 1144 Commonwealth Avenue, Westside Colonial, North Beacon and School Street with increases of approximately $81,000, $43,000, $35,000, $23,000, $21,000, and $16,000, respectively. Included in rental income is contingent rentals collected on commercial properties. Contingent rentals include such charges as bill backs of common area maintenance charges, real estate taxes, and utility charges. These rental income increases are offset by a decrease in rental income at Cypress Street of approximately $77,000 due to the loss of tenants in 2012.
Operating expenses from continuing operations for the three months ended September 30, 2012 were approximately $5,730,000 compared to approximately $5,665,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2011, an increase of approximately $65,000 (1.1%). The most significant factors contributing to this increase is an increase in repairs and maintenance expenses of approximately $66,000 (4.7%) due to continued repairs to the properties to maintain occupancy, an increase in administrative expenses of approximately $52,000 (12.6%) due to an increase in professional fees, an increase in taxes and insurance of approximately $24,000 (2.3%) due to an increase in insurance recovery loss, and an increase in the management fee of approximately $13,000 (3.7%) due to the increase in rental income.
These increases are offset by decreases in operating expenses of approximately $43,000 (5.6%) due to a decrease in utility charges in 2012 compared to the same period in 2011, a decrease in renting expenses of approximately $15,000 (23.6%) due to decreases in rental commissions, advertising and rental concessions caused by the high occupancy rate at the majority of the Partnership properties, and a decrease in depreciation and amortization expense of approximately $32,000 (2.0%) due to assets being fully depreciated in 2011.
Interest expense for the three months ended September 30, 2012 was approximately $1,954,000 compared to approximately $2,033,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2011, a decrease of approximately $79,000 (3.9%). This decrease is due to a lower average level of debt outstanding in 2012 compared to 2011.
At September 30, 2012, the Partnership has between a 40% and 50% ownership interests in nine different Investment Properties. See Note 14 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a detail of the financial information of each Investment Property.
As described in Note 14 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, the Partnership's share of the net loss from the Investment Properties was approximately $418,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2012, compared . . .


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Rather than seeing conservatism as an ideology that's in trouble, Ponnuru asserts that it's the Bush administration's mismanagement that caused the Republican defeat -- Katrina, Iraq, the scandals.
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Voters, as well, had seen the scandals unfold, the subsequent cover-ups, the explosion of earmarks, the Abramoff payoffs, the hypocritical sanctimony of the Mark Foley types and the mocking politics of dissection that sought to win by carving up a nation into incongruent and antagonistic camps of believers and unbelievers, straights and gays, immigrants and native-borns, modernists and fundamentalists, patriots and wimps, pragmatists and true believers, givers and takers. …


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text: Juliet Simmons 2016-05-29T10:06:11-04:00 Juliet Simmons http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/author/index.php?author=juliet-simmons Copyright 2008, HuffingtonPost.com, Inc. HuffingtonPost Blogger Feed for Juliet Simmons Good old fashioned elbow grease. Why a UK Jewish Book Prize Matters tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2016:/theblog//3.9459252 2016-03-14T20:08:59-04:00 2016-03-15T09:59:01-04:00 Juliet Simmons http://www.huffingtonpost.com/juliet-simmons/ I am not one of the judges, nor a writer, but when I was asked if I would be the Prize's Director this year I was more than happy to agree. I've spent a considerable chunk of my working life thinking about what being Jewish means and how to make Judaism's stories and traditions more accessible to people who might feel it's a closed off world, one that is neither relevant nor interesting to them. For a long time, I've believed that the arts have the ability to open both doors and minds and I believe that a Jewish book prize is one way of doing just that. Not only does the prize shine a light on work that might otherwise not be read but, with its judges (not all of whom are Jewish), the award also brings together different perspectives of what being Jewish and Jewish interest mean in the UK in 2016. We live in a multicultural world where telling our stories and becoming aware of similar threads running through our different stories can bring us together. In a world where we all seem keen to victimise the "other", this seems more relevant and important to me now than ever. Giving a voice and a space to Jewish experiences and telling the world about them shouldn't be taken for granted and should be something that we make the most of. The prize provides a unique opportunity to question what being Jewish might mean, what Jewish interest is and why it might be interesting - not just to Jews but to the wider world. From my vantage point I could see how it took the belief of many organisations to make the prize happen. The judges often discussed and debated in JW3, the first Jewish Community Centre and arts venue of its kind to exist in London. Part of my working life was spent building the first programme at the JCC for London (now JW3) as its Creative Director, before it had any walls at all. When JW3 opened its Chief Executive, Raymond Simonson said that he was fed up with the Jewish conversation just being about Israel or anti-Semitism. "I want to talk about Curb Your Enthusiasm instead, and the paintings of Chagall, the music of Amy Winehouse and Woody Allen films," he said. That openness and ongoing commitment to redefining the Jewish conversation combined with the vibrancy of a place where "Jewish stuff is loud and proud" made JW3 a natural partner for a prize which questions what Jewish interest means and looks to define it in the broadest of terms. In the same way that Simonson has successfully created a Jewish place that people who might never think of going to synagogue will go to, the Wingate Prize looks to open people's eyes to books that they may otherwise never have considered reading. The Wingate Foundation created the prize almost 40 years ago. Together with their partner, the Jewish Quarterly, there is an ongoing commitment to shining a light on how important and relevant Jewish interest books are for the general reader today. What choosing a book for the "general reader" means was much debated throughout the year. The books should be accessible and engaging, informative and well written and, of course, Jewish. But perhaps they could be more than that and perhaps the concept of what a "general reader" might want to read could also be challenged by the prize. When the shortlist was chosen the chair of judges, Samantha Ellis said of the seven books that they illustrated "the richness and diversity of Jewish themes." The books moved, amused, gripped, provoked and absorbed our judges and I hope that readers everywhere will want to pick them up too. Throughout the year my role has varied. I sometimes saw myself as a kind of Executive Producer - it was my job to make sure that all the pieces of the jigsaw were on the table and that by the end of the process the puzzle would be completed. In reality that meant making sure that the judges would bring different perspectives to the prize - be that in terms of age, gender, religion and Jewish experience (or lack of it). It meant ensuring that publishers and writers knew about the prize and wanted to submit work to it and that all the possible books were tracked down. It meant working with partners and press to ensure that "the general reader" was aware of the prize and the chosen books, creating events and opportunities to showcase both it and them - and both JW3 and Jewish Book Week were vital in that. Directing the prize has also meant working with a small, dedicated and wonderful team who ensured that all this could happen - we moved a lot of books, ordered a lot of sandwiches and also had a lot of fun. Whilst not a judge I sat in many meetings, read some (although not all) of the books on our lists and, I hope, was able to bring a neutral and helicopter view to the table, when appropriate. The prize exists because writers still have much to say about their Jewish experiences in 2016. Would they still write about those experiences without a prize? I'm sure they would. When we approached publishers to call in books at the start of the process we were overwhelmed with how much was being written of Jewish interest today all around the world, and whilst some of what arrived was somewhat predictable, much of it was not. However, giving that writing focus, providing an opportunity to celebrate it and to learn from it - and its diversity - is not to be taken for granted. Nikolaus Wachsmann's KL is a book that the judges have chosen and is a book that they think "must be read". It's not a book that I would have chosen to pick up or look at if the prize had not shone a light on it - but it's one that I think I will keep coming back to in years to come. And perhaps that's the point of the prize -it opens doors it gets people to open and read books and perhaps most importantly it opens minds. The 2016 Jewish Quarterly Wingate Literary Prize Shortlist (which I hope you will read at least some of) • Ishmael's Oranges by Claire Hajaj • J by Howard Jacobson • The Life of Saul Bellow by Zachary Leader • Between Gods by Alison Pick • The Impossible Exile by George Prochnik • The Liberation of the Camps by Dan Stone • KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps by Nikolaus Wachsmann]]> Glove Love - Turning Facebook Likes and Amazon Wishes Into Real Life Love tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2016:/theblog//3.8921230 2016-01-07T19:00:00-05:00 2016-01-07T12:59:02-05:00 Juliet Simmons http://www.huffingtonpost.com/juliet-simmons/ A couple of people suggested that I set up a wish list on Amazon. The idea was that I'd put about 50 pairs of gloves on there and see if people might buy them. It sounded quite straightforward so I set a price point of a cup of coffee (around £3), found good but cheap thermal gloves and even though I wasn't quite sure what I was doing I created a wish list. On Monday morning I tested everything with a friend. I fixed all the glitches that I could and by lunchtime my list was live. I put another post on Facebook, explained why I was asking for gloves and wondered if anyone would buy them. Then I went off to a work meeting and when I came out I found lots of messages saying that all the gloves from my list had been bought and lots of requests for me to add more. I was amazed, in a good way. On Monday evening I updated the list adding enough gloves so that everyone coming to the drop in could potentially get a pair. My total wish list was now up to 400 pairs of gloves, 110 hats and 60 scarves - including the donation that got me started. I didn't know if I'd get anything but by 3.30pm on Tuesday I had everything I'd asked for. I'm now taking a moment to reflect on what has just happened. My project - I called it Glove Love - reached hundreds, maybe thousands, of people via my network on Facebook. People bought gloves from all around the world and it happened really fast. I have been called amazing and inspirational when really what I feel is humbled to see how so many small acts of kindness could be made to happen at the same time and make a big difference to the lives of many. How did that happen and what did I actually do? What was it that made people want to act? What created the Glove Love magic? A few months ago I wrote about why my Facebook friends matter. That piece concluded that, like the Force in Star Wars, Facebook can be used both for good and for evil. Facebook is as good as its users. If you only Facebook 'friend' interesting people whom you genuinely want to remain in touch with then you build a rich network. The power of Facebook then delivers a friendship group more extensive and diverse than one could maintain in 'real life' but no less meaningful for being virtual. As in life, each individual should choose their 'friends' wisely. And here's what I believe has happened. Glove Love used Facebook (facilitated by Amazon) for good and the real people who are my Facebook friends made the magic happen. They came together, driven by a cause that resonated with them. The Glove Love campaign didn't appear from out of the blue. I post quite regularly on Facebook about my experiences at the Drop In Centre and share stories of the asylum seekers who I help - I've done that for about a while now. Often people write and tell me that they are moved and want to do something. Glove Love came along and gave people that real life chance to help. And technology made it all possible as all people had to do was click. I wasn't asking for much money (the price of a cup of coffee), I wasn't asking people to leave home, to choose anything, to drive anywhere. I'd done all the work for them, they trusted me, they knew the project was real, they knew the gloves were going to real people and all they had to do was press one button. So they did. Facebook likes and Amazon wishes were turned (as if by magic) into real life love. I'm amazed at how technology has allowed so many people to give so much so quickly. In total we bought gloves and hats worth nearly £1500 in just over 24 hours. The glove company called me to say that they were grateful for the orders and that they were going to add an additional donation of children's hats for free. The campaign kept gathering momentum. I could have kept going - and probably will - but have decided to press pause and process all that we have achieved to date. For me this feels like a new way of giving and a new way of getting things done. We're all keen to give stuff - tangible things - to real people. We want to see where our money goes so we buy what we want from businesses and people that we trust and then pass those things on to others. We don't have much time, we might have less money but we still want to do something. It all feels like a democratisation of the giving process - and for this project it's a good fit. People chose the colour and type of the gloves that they wanted to buy, I chose the suppliers we used and the people we gave to - and technology allowed us to make it all happen much more quickly than I could have ever imagined. Yes of course there is still a role for the established NGOs - they achieve more than I could in ways that I couldn't imagine and I'll still give to them (as I imagine will a lot of the people who have supported me) but their campaigns sometimes just don't feel as entrepreneurial or as immediate as this one has. Without my network of Facebook friends (and their friends) this would all have come to nothing. But Facebook and Amazon aren't the magic, they "just" facilitate it. The technologies have brought out the best in people and harnessed empathy and action in an effective way. They helped to create a community and I think that's where the real magic lies. I'm grateful for every click and every pair of gloves that has been bought and saying thank you and being appreciative of these small acts of kindness - making it feel personal - has been a really important part of the Glove Love project too. All of this has got me thinking though. Might 400 people be willing to spend £3 and buy a pair of gloves (or socks, or something) each month for a year? That really would be something. Can we keep the magic going? "One person can make a difference and everyone should try" said John F. Kennedy. The idea isn't new but could this be the start of a Glove Love movement? Perhaps. Glove Love If you're interested in talking to Juliet about how to grow Glove Love please be in touch with her at firstname.lastname@example.com]]> Why Facebook Friends Matter tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2015:/theblog//3.7085990 2015-04-17T10:20:09-04:00 2015-06-17T05:59:01-04:00 Juliet Simmons http://www.huffingtonpost.com/juliet-simmons/ Recently I read an article in Wired magazine - actually found through a friend who had posted it on Facebook. It suggested that most of our Facebook friends aren't really our friends at all and that our Facebook relationships are one-sided and voyeuristic to a point where we would probably avoid face-to-face interactions with those people if we met them in the street. The article kept going round my head for days as, conversely, I felt that so many of my Facebook friends and relationships, even with people that I don't often see or have "real life" contact with, are actually so much more than that. For me, Facebook creates intimacy and connection in a way that other social media cannot. I wondered if it was only me feeling this way. If Facebook really is just about superficial friendships and the right now then why do I care much about the people out there and what they think about what I have to say? The truth is that I've found that Facebook has been a magical way of connecting me with people from different parts of my life. I've found that it has touched me and helped me and been a signpost to information that I would not otherwise have discovered. For me it's not superficial at all. A lifetime ago I worked in an advertising agency. I wasn't a typical advertising girl but I loved it - perhaps it was the combination of super smart minds, creativity, the pace of it and the way we seemed to make the ridiculous and the impossible happen. When I left to pursue new adventures it was Facebook that allowed me to stay "in touch" with some of the people who had been part of that agency world. I saw babies, weddings and even caught up with a couple of them when I travelled around the world. All very light touch, all very Facebook. One of those people was Tara. We were really the kind of Facebook friends that the Wired article talks about - we hadn't been close when we worked together and had happened across each other through other connections. To be honest Tara was one of those advertising people that I'd always been a little bit in awe of - super smart, confident, funny - and nice. She always had great advice and was strong and determined - a really positive role model. For a couple of years we followed each other - I saw pictures of horses and weddings and loved her witty posts. She got flowers and sunsets and the usual Facebook stuff. Last year I was vaguely aware that something was going on as quite suddenly Tara's feed went strangely silent. The posts about world travel and airport breakfasts stopped and through other friends I figured out that something had happened to her. She had had an accident. A bad one. She'd fallen from her horse and was in hospital and had broken her neck. I knew and it mattered and I cared. And I was able to be in touch and find out how she was getting on and send her messages without being intrusive, all because of Facebook. The simple act of liking a post became more significant - it felt like each time I did it I was silently cheering her on. I never knew if it made a difference but that didn't matter and wasn't the point. In turn she continued to like my flowers and sunsets so I knew that I was somehow on her radar. Then I read that article in Wired and it made me wonder if Facebook really did matter and if my random likes and comments had made any difference to Tara or if it had all just been an insignificant blur to her - so I wrote to her. Ironically that piece about shallow relationships had triggered a real conversation, one in which Tara wholeheartedly concurred that Facebook meant much more to her too. Her view was that, like most computer programmes, Facebook is as good as its users. If your newsfeed is populated by people who like to post boast or send out cryptic, emotional pleas for attention/help, then, in order to retain your sanity, a shallow relationship with them is probably advisable. If, on the other hand, you only Facebook 'friend' fun, interesting people who you genuinely want to remain in touch with then you build a rich network. The power of Facebook then delivers a friendship group more extensive and diverse than one could maintain in 'real life' but no less meaningful for being virtual. Tara told me that her Facebook friends were real friends and therefore the site had provided her with the means not only to stay in touch with them during eight months of hospitalisation but also to voice her fears and hopes and to receive a huge amount of love, support, encouragement and entertainment. Every 'like' did matter, every mickey taking post did make her laugh. It was through Facebook that her friends learned of her accident, through Facebook that they knew when and where they could visit and how she was doing. The virtual world crossed over into the real world - over 200 cards and letters arrived, flowers and packages were delivered. One friend, made twenty-two years earlier and not physically seen since, organised a box of hundreds of paper cranes inscribed with messages of hope from her friends and family all over the U.S. Facebook had provided a lifeline of support. Her conclusion therefore was that, like the Force in Star Wars, Facebook can be used both for good and for evil. As in life, each individual should choose their 'friends' wisely. Who knew that both Tara and I would be inspired by Facebook and what we found on our feeds in different ways? Touched not by beautiful images but by acts of kindness, strength of character and by real human interactions with the "friends" we have chosen. These Facebook friendships may not be the kind of friendships that we grew up with but they are real and how they touch our lives does matter. This is a new kind of human contact it allows us to make new discoveries and get different perspectives on the world around us. And if we do choose wisely it allows us to be in touch and stay in touch with people in truly meaningful ways. Who knows where it will take us next - I'm looking forward to the journey. Tara Stewart After working in the industry for 22 years, Tara abruptly left advertising inadvertently after falling from her horse in July 2014 and foolishly breaking her neck. Unfortunately for the world, she is still able to use voice recognition to write whilst she continues her rehabilitation. @The_HWIC]]> Fifteen Years tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2014:/theblog//3.6108480 2014-11-05T12:41:29-05:00 2015-01-05T05:59:01-05:00 Juliet Simmons http://www.huffingtonpost.com/juliet-simmons/ That's just part of a conversation that I had with an asylum seeker earlier this week. What made him come to the UK in the first place I asked? Could he ever contemplate going back? No, not back but perhaps forward - somewhere other than here, Canada, Mexico or maybe America. Somewhere where there might be an opportunity to do more, to make a difference, to really have a life. Let's face it, to pack up and leave your home, your family, your friends, things must be pretty bad. You must be living in fear for your life, you must have reached a place where you realise that any kind of life is better than death and you take a chance and you make a decision to live. And the gentle gentleman that I spoke with he decided to live. He told me that even though he had no home, even though he was still waiting, he was grateful for the kindness in his life, for the person who gave him a bicycle; the people who help him at a monthly drop in centre that he goes to, the people who let him sleep in their living room. He told me that he's grateful that he's alive but he still wonders if just living is enough and he wants more. He wants to stop waiting. When someone is brave enough to make the decision to live rather than die shouldn't we help them? Don't we have some kind of obligation to provide safe haven, to help them rather than, as our government suggested, just last week, to let them just drown in the sea? Open your eyes and there are reminders of this country's rich history of helping refugees everywhere. When you walk through Liverpool Street train station there are statues of the Kindertransport children who were rescued from Nazi Germany in the 1930s and 40s; when you turn on the television you see 105 year old Sir Nicholas Winton being honoured by the Czech Republic for all that he did to help people to live. When you ask children in a classroom how many of their grandparents were born in this country you get a snapshot of the impact that migration and immigration have had on our country, in a positive way. At that time there was no question of leaving people to die or letting them drown on their way here. If things had been different the UK would be a very different place. You could argue that once you've had a glimpse at death you work harder to make the most of your life. According to a new study produced by University College London (UCL) immigrants from the 10 countries that joined the EU in 2004 contributed more to the UK than they took out in benefits. So isn't it win win all round? Fifteen years is a long time to wait. You can do a lot in that time. Those of us who have opportunities and choices, homes and families around us, those of us who have freedom often don't take the chance to stop, take stock and be grateful for all that it is that we have. Nobody will kill or harm us for the decisions we make. For us it's not a choice between life and death, it's really just a choice between life and a life really well lived. Others are not so lucky. Surely it's our responsibility to give everyone the opportunities we have - a life well lived should not be a privilege it should be something that anyone can have. Nobody should be waiting 15 years for that.]]> Old and Wise...and Beautiful tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2014:/theblog//3.5104001 2014-04-07T08:17:34-04:00 2014-06-07T05:59:01-04:00 Juliet Simmons http://www.huffingtonpost.com/juliet-simmons/ Some of my earliest memories involve me being surrounded by strong women. My grandmother was one of five sisters (she also had a brother but somehow I have no memory of him). Her mother, my great grandmother was the matriarch of the family and each of her daughters became, in turn, the matriarch of theirs. I remember their husbands, my great uncles, but it's the women who are indelibly etched on my memory. There's a photograph of each of the sisters that each of them had in their homes and whenever we went to visit all of their eyes would be on us, not in judgement but smiling down somehow telling us we could be and do whatever we wanted to. These women ran businesses (one a hairdresser, another ran the kosher catering company in Birmingham) at a time when that was anything but normal, but to them it was nothing but that. My life continued to be peppered with women for whom age was irrelevant. My father's sister is over ten years older than he is and, although she'd probably not be overjoyed at my over sharing, is now over ninety and still goes to work running her business three days a week and has a timeless sense of style. She always looks immaculate, has seen the latest film or play in the West End and still has a point of view on almost everything - not least what my cousins and I should or should not be wearing. Her wise words, - which include 'never say no to an invitation'; 'try your hardest'; and 'buy the best coat that you can afford' - have guided me through life. That said I never turn to her because she is old, in fact quite the contrary, I turn to her because she is young at heart, because she doesn't think of herself as old and for that reason she remains relevant and vibrant and more alive than other people I know who are many many years younger than she is. When she was alive and when I was in New York I always visited my cousin (who was in her 90s), not out of a sense of duty but because I wanted to. She was a dancer, she took up painting in her 60s. Talk of the arts, music and culture filled my head with ideas whenever I stayed with her. She and her late husband introduced me to the Lincoln Centre and Chinese take-out when I was a teenager and she is the one who encouraged me to paint so whenever I pick up a paintbrush I think of her. I saw her as someone who was smart and stylish, someone defined by how life's experiences had shaped them not just by the number of years that they'd lived. In a world where we're surrounded by the young and the beautiful, the thin and the perfect, it is inspiring to hold a different lens up to what aspirational and beautiful might look like. Don't get me wrong. I'm not only inspired by old ladies - there are plenty of other people who've driven me and shaped who I am (young and old, male and female) but what I do know is that over the years I've learned to keep both my mind and my eyes open and found inspiration and friendship in some unconventional and unexpected places.]]> Somewhere Over the Rainbow tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2012:/theblog//3.2240641 2012-12-04T18:45:35-05:00 2012-12-05T07:20:21-05:00 Juliet Simmons http://www.huffingtonpost.com/juliet-simmons/ A couple of weeks ago I felt that darkness wrapping itself around me when I went to see the Batsheva Ensemble at Sadler's Wells in London. When I booked my ticket it was because I wanted to see something beautiful and be taken to a happy place, I wanted to be given an injection of colour. I wasn't making a political statement of any kind. When I got to the theatre Israel and Gaza were making the headlines and I was faced with protesters from both sides, searched as I entered the building and told that the blood of Palestinian babies was on both my tickets and my hands. I sat in the auditorium about as far away from my happy place as I could possibly be. Tears came to my eyes as I was overwhelmed by the assumptions people were making about me, the performance and the performers: the assumption that because I was Jewish and I was there I must have a particular point of view; the assumption that because the dancers were Israelis they all endorsed a certain political viewpoint: the assumption by the largest security men I've ever seen that there would be trouble, and there was. Leonard Cohen wrote "There is a crack in everything. That is how the light gets in" and when I was least expecting it that's what happened that evening, the light came in. As the second half of the performance began the dancers appeared, dressed as religious Jews, (chassidim) and jumped from the stage to the sound of a hip hop version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". Each dancer chose a partner from the audience and took them back on to the stage where everyone danced together. That was the moment, where everyone somehow became the same, equal in some way, it was quite beautiful and left the audience with, perhaps, just a little bit of hope. The way the performance shifted our emotions and moved us is really the true power that art has. In the theatre it brought people together, touched them and perhaps changed perceptions, just a little. Later that same week I saw an art installation created by three women of different faiths at the Urban Dialogues exhibition in Shoreditch. Again I was moved by the beauty of the work and by what could be created when people who come from different backgrounds work together and talk. And just this week reading The Gaza Poetry Roundtable by Tala Abu Rahmeh and Marcela Sulak in the LA Review of books I was again struck by how there is more that unites than divides us. It is winter and darkness is all pervading and trying its hardest to seep into all that we do. It's easy to forget to let the light in but seeking it out, in people, places and art is what will get us through these dark days - it's out there - we just need to remember that.]]> We Are Family tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2012:/theblog//3.2089097 2012-11-07T13:57:41-05:00 2013-01-07T05:12:01-05:00 Juliet Simmons http://www.huffingtonpost.com/juliet-simmons/ Just over a week ago Hurricane Sandy struck New York. The apartment that had been my refuge was left without power. The friends that were my rescuers were left with no heat, no food and no gas. Trees smashed into houses, water levels rose and buildings were flooded indiscriminately. One week later as temperatures plunge some get back to normal and for others normal is a long way off. Their recovery, as mine was, will be slower than anticipated - and their plight runs the risk of being forgotten. A friend of mine who has breast cancer recently wrote about not wanting her life to drift too far from whatever "normal" is and not wanting to find herself living on "Planet Cancer". As I read her words I wondered if the victims of the Hurricane feel that their lives are slipping out of their control and if they fear that they might end up living on "Planet Sandy". When I was growing up one of my favourite books was To Kill a Mockingbird. I love the bit which says that "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view . . . until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." It's been on my mind over the past days, as I've asked myself how do we practically take responsibility for doing that? Can we make change happen and make a real difference? We can help those who have been affected by Sandy by volunteering, by donating money, by remembering that they need our help and that recovery will take a long time. We can step into the shoes of others by developing projects and programmes that allow us to work together - (The Three Faiths Forum in London has developed a project bringing artists together that does just that, launching in a couple of weeks). In his acceptance speech this week President Obama said that "while each of us will pursue our own individual dreams, we are a(n American) family and we rise or fall together as one nation and as one people.". I was struck by the truth of his words and reminded once again just how easy it is for everything to change in a minute and that it's all too easy to take things for granted. I was reminded that we need to take responsibility not just for ourselves but for those around us. And when things feel tough (and when I get fed up of wearing that same pair of trainers) we need to step into the shoes of others and remember just how lucky we are. To donate money to Occupy Sandy : https://www.wepay.com/donations/occupy-sandy-cleanup-volunteers To donate blankets, etc. via Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/registry/wedding/32TAA123PJR42 ]]> Mistaken Identity tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2012:/theblog//3.1947563 2012-10-10T19:00:00-04:00 2012-12-10T05:12:02-05:00 Juliet Simmons http://www.huffingtonpost.com/juliet-simmons/ As a 12-year-old North London Jewish girl I probably had a somewhat unnatural obsession with Anne Frank and her diary. I was aware that I was connected with Anne in some way that if I'd been born in a different place at a different time perhaps her life would have been mine. That said, this link to the past, to the holocaust, wasn't how I wanted to define myself or my identity as I grew up. I wanted to be a different kind of Jewish - someone who asked questions, and searched to create ways to look at the beautiful traditions and rituals in my life through a twenty first century lens. Last week the New York Times published an article about how a handful of children and grandchildren of Auschwitz survivors in Israel have taken the step of memorializing the darkest days of history by having the same numbers that their relatives had tattooed on them placed on their own bodies. The story stayed with me. This was how a generation of young Israelis had chosen to identify with the holocaust, with their Jewishness. This was how they wanted to be identified as Jews. Of course I understand the argument that this is showing how proud they are of their families, that they don't want the stories to be forgotten. Perhaps they might even have said that they were holding up their own twenty first century lens to memory and traditions. That said, as someone who's spends time creating work which questions identity it felt a bit negative. It was as if they were defining themselves and their Jewish identities through suffering and victimhood. As a girl that was never allowed to write anything on her hands because of the holocaust connotations I found the whole thing disturbing. This week the first UK exhibition of the work of Israeli artist Adi Nes opens at the Jewish Museum in London. In his stunningly beautiful large photographs our eyes are opened to how another Israeli perceives himself and his land. Again the central questions are about belonging, being an outsider and the reactions to that. Do we have to be what people expect us to be as Jews? As Israelis? What happens if we are different, what happens if we don't want to mark ourselves out and what happens if we do? The questions centre around if and how difference can be celebrated and how Israeli and broader society responds to that - does that difference need to be couched in the familiar to make it palatable? Nes doesn't use obvious differences to ask his questions - he makes you look more than once and question what you see before you. The answers - well they are in the photographs and it's for their audiences to make up their own minds. One thing is for certain; many will be challenged and faced with much that they did not expect to find there. Identity is complicated. It's complex and it's sometimes confusing too. There are always questions to be asked and even though the answers are never straightforward it doesn't mean that we should stop asking them. Ultimately perhaps we're all trying to find balance in an unstable world - a world where all of our identities are comprised of different pieces of people and stories patched together like a quilt. As I sat in Sadler's Wells Theatre recently and experienced the dancer Akram Khan's latest work, DESH, myth, memory and experience were woven together to create something moving and magical. I was moved to tears - of a good kind. That's the power art has. Long may it continue.]]> The Bible and the 21st Century Gal tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2012:/theblog//3.1290331 2012-02-21T07:40:51-05:00 2012-04-22T05:12:01-04:00 Juliet Simmons http://www.huffingtonpost.com/juliet-simmons/ If the story of Adam and Eve was written today, the apple Eve would be worried about would be her Apple iPhone and the total lack of signal it had in the Garden of Eden. No, I don't have much in common with women who appear in stories from the bible - or do I? You have to wonder how much of our lives are shaped by the experiences that others have had in the past - and how relevant those experiences are to our identities today. Over the last few years I've produced and commissioned a number of artistic projects for the new JCC for London. Each time I worked on one I was surprised and delighted to find characters, especially women, in the bible who are messy, imperfect and, of course, sometimes even emotional - just like me. So, for a while now I've wanted to delve a little deeper into some of their lives and motivations. The fact that the Jewish holiday of Purim falls on International Women's Day this year provided the perfect opportunity for me to do so through creating a new event for the JCC, called Subtext. The Purim story is filled with strong women. What I wondered is whether their stories, their heroism, their "issues" were relevant and interesting to women today? I approached some other well-known female writers, who also all just happened to be Jewish. These women crossed generations and backgrounds and included Irma Kurtz, Cosmopolitan's agony aunt, Rachel Rose Reid, UK Young Storyteller of the year, award-winning writer Tania Hershman and TV producer Eleanor Greene. Would they also discover the world of the Purim story, indeed of the bible, to be as deeply flawed as the world we live in today? Would they find that these women spoke to them as friends? And so these writers began to write their 21st century Purim stories. Their new tales were ones of heartbreak and lost lovers; of relationships with parents, with mothers, with husbands, uncles and, of course, with mothers- in-law. And there were tales of true love. The writers unearthed women who were real and vulnerable and strong, smart and funny. Their stories don't all have happy endings, of course, - but perhaps that's the point. However they end perhaps there is something reassuring in knowing that women have always faced the same issues - and have always had the strength to cry, to laugh and to get through the challenges that life throws at them - supported by each other. We all have stories that we don't yet know how to tell, what we've discovered is going into the narratives of the past can help us to do so. Perhaps we need the support of those women, our new friends, from the bible to remind us to be ourselves - 21st century girls that both they and we are proud of. These new Purim stories will be told at the JCC event Subtext: Black Market Tale Traders on 8 March, 2012 in London. Set in Cargo, a theatrical underground bar, in the City of London, the audience will enter a world of characters and music, where they will be given a fistful of currency to barter for tales, unearthing the narrative gems from amongst the stalls and cast of this black market pop-up world. 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Soap Lake GEAR UP sophomores and freshmen will be taking a trip to Big Bend Community College on May 15. Although universities are becoming more of a destination, Big Bend is a destination for many Soap Lake students who have the need to stay closer to home. Many GEAR UP students have not visited the campus since their 8th grade WSU Career Day.
The visit will include a tour of several of the buildings housing classrooms plus the ATEC building which houses the library. Soap Lake students will also hear a presentation from BBCC admissions on the importance of education past high school, and college financial aid. Different programs will be presented and students can get more of an idea about what they would like to study after high school. Now is the time for GEAR UP students to be thinking about college and narrowing their college and career choices.
Campus visits are important to GEAR UP and to students making college choices. This campus visit follows out most recent trip for freshmen and sophomores to Central Washington University.


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Review: This market goes from the second or third weekend in May to October 31, sometimes a week or 2 later. 8am-12pm Apple Ridge farms grows everything without chemicals, but isn't organic listed because it costs too much. The garlic vinegar is excellent. The Maple Syrup is local as is the honey. The honey gal is very protective of her bees and has lots of places for the queen to hold up over the winter. Top Crops is also pesticide free. Gould's is not, nor is anyone else. The coffee joint , I don't like coffee, is suppose to be really good. Prices are reasonable and there are some heirloom foods available. Breads are fantastic.
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Fujitsu Microelectronics, a major supplier of semiconductor products, including WiMAX solutions, has teamed up with a number of Taiwan makers for the production of PC related mobile peripherals, with the product mix to include WiMAX modules later on, according to Makoto Awaga, general manager, mobile solution division of Fujitsu. Fujitsu's partners in Taiwan now include Universal Scientific Industrial (USI), Delta Networks, Accton Technology and CyberTAN Technology, with initial cooperation focusing on the production of PC related products such as USB dongles and ExpressCards, Awaga noted.
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Nissin Cup Noodle: The Brand
Although this post trilogy on Cup Noodles started out in good fun, and we found ourselves giggling and amused by the 20 ads as well as the custom Cup Noodles... we became inspired by the innovative thinking behind this brand when stumbling across a pdf from Nissin Foods about how "Cup Noodle Looks Ahead", where President Komori sat down with Koki Ando, president of Nissin... For the most noteworthy excerpt first:
Making the impossible possible. One of my plans for our company is to double the number of 'eccentrics' in Nissin Foods. As a manufacturer, we must continue to make new breakthroughs. We must 'make the impossible possible,' and common-sense individuals often can't accomplish this. Breakthroughs can only be achieved by those who are a bit eccentric. organizations, however, necessarily aim at efficiency, and eccentrics, who may only work one week out of a year tend, to vanish from the organization. When the chips are down, though, these people are capable of great feats. Corporate leadership must find and keep these valuable human resources. By 'encouraging eccentrics' we can achieve our impossible dreams.
Isn't that an inspiring thing to hear someone in a corporation say? That passage has given me a whole new level of respect for Cup Noodle - don't get me wrong, i'm also slightly horrified to find that the noodles are deep fried for efficiency, and are really mostly fat and salt... so luckily we don't indulge in the college staple often! As for the sweet Eco Style Cup Noodle Refill pack? Read more below...
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The rebels were not whistle-blowers in the traditional sense. They did not wantâ€â€?indeed avoidedâ€â€?publicity. (Goldsmith confirmed public facts about himself but otherwise declined to comment. Comey also declined to comment.) They were not downtrodden career civil servants. Rather, they were conservative political appointees who had been friends and close colleagues of some of the true believers they were fighting against. They did not see the struggle in terms of black and white but in shades of grayâ€â€?as painfully close calls with unavoidable pitfalls. They worried deeply about whether their principles might put Americans at home and abroad at risk. Their story has been obscured behind legalisms and the veil of secrecy over the White House. But it is a quietly dramatic profile in courage. (For its part the White House denies any internal strife. "The proposition of internal division in our fight against terrorism isn't based in fact," says Lea Anne McBride, a spokeswoman for Vice President Dick Cheney. "This administration is united in its commitment to protect Americans, defeat terrorism and grow democracy.")
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