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STAR TREK BEYOND Movie Review by The Commander
"To boldly go where no man has gone before." That is from the opening line from the Star Trek television franchise. Unfortunately, the current film does not adhere to that philosophy.
What made Star Trek a fan favorite for decades was the writing talents of D.C. Fontana, who made the show very philosophical about the human condition and emotional conflicts, not just a battle of good versus evil. The issue was how to determine what was right and what was wrong. Different people have different opinions, which became the ideology behind the series. One of my favorite episodes was the 1969 Star Trek: Let That Be Your Last Battlefield, where two chromatic and mutually belligerent aliens put the enterprise in harm's way in order to continue their old conflict. Their bodies are split half black, half white, lengthwise (top to bottom), but mirror images of each other, which generates their racism amongst themselves.
Justin Lin (The Fast and the Furious) directs this new rendition of the franchise, loading it with plenty of action and battle scenes, but fails to capture the philosophy and emotional ties between the characters. The picture is void of any emotional response (as Bones would say). Captain James T. Kirk (Chris Pine), abandoning his destroyed ship, Spock (Zachary Quinto), learning of the death of his other self (Leonard Nimoy), Uhura (Zoe Saldana), breaking up with Spock, all show no sign of emotions.
This is what you get when you pair an action movie director with a philosophical sci-fi film. You're left with mostly action sequences and battles. The only redeeming character is the wit and sarcastic humor portrayed by Dr. Leonard McCoy (Karl Urban). The script, written by Simon Pegg (Scotty) and Doug Jung (with collaboration from a few other uncredited writers) yields an uninteresting story. This is sci-fi, so expect sensational CGI, graphic detailed depictions of future Space Stations, battling spaceships, and other wizardry. Too bad they didn't spend as much time working on the script. It looks like they were much more intent on working out the finite details of the fight scenes. They left the story in the battlefield's dirt and destruction.
There was so much more that could have been delved, with regarding the enemy KralI (Idris Elba), a former star fleet officer who turned against the Federation. Examination of that moral conflict alone would have been a great philosophical discussion. What could have occurred in a person's lifetime that would make him turn against his own race?
I was disappointed in this movie, but as a Trekkie fan, I'm still going to see it on the big screen no matter what they do next, good or bad.


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Her Little Girl Needed A Night Light For Her Bedroom. Now These Sweet Fairies Watch Over Her And 'Keep Her Safe' Every Night
As grown up as the little ones want to act during the day, there always comes a time when they admit they're not quite as grown up as they think. For many children, this comes when it's time for bed, and they would still like the use of a night light.
Jen from Paging Fun Mums has a little girl who uses a night light to sleep. But instead of an ordinary tapered bulb, Jen thought it would be fun to inject some whimsy into this time-honored tradition.
You'll need mason jars, white tissue paper, craft glue, fairy foam stickers, optional decorations, and battery operated tea lights.
First, Jen removed the lid from the mason jar. She covered the outside of the jar in craft glue, including the bottom.
Then, she placed tissue paper all over the sides and bottom of the mason jar. The white tissue paper will soften the light, but still give your child comfort.
She found some fairy foam stickers at her local $2 store. She bought the kind with peel-able backing, so all she had to do was remove the backing and stick the fairy into the inside wall of the jar.
The fairies can also be made by using a Cricut to cut out the silhouettes from cardstock paper. When the fairy is adhered to the inside of the jar, place the battery-operated tea light inside.
The flickering lights are the best for this project!
Jen went the extra mile and decorated the lid of the mason jar with fake flowers and ribbons. At night, the beautiful fairy will sit in her home and watch over your child as she falls asleep.
Jen's daughter says the fairies "keep her safe" and is absolutely in love with them!
This project can easily be modified for a boy if you find or make another shape such as a dinosaur or even a robot.
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JAPAN Earthquake: Every disaster of unimaginable horror and magnitude needs a single human face to make it real to those of us tuning in to watch on the telly. The Australian floods introduced the world to Jordan Rice. Hiromitsu Shinkawa, 60, was luckier. He was found drifting nine miles off the coast of Minamisoma.
Want to try to imagine what he was thinking? Mr Shinkawa helps us to wonder by saying to a news agency:
"Several helicopters and ships passed by, but none of them noticed me… I thought today was the last day of my life."
In Japan, tens of thousands of people might be dead. Countless other lives have been damaged. You can't cope with the numbers. The figures are not relevant. But one man's face can touch your heart…
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How To Excel In School As An Introvert: Part Two
Now that you have read my post about recognizing and appreciating your introverted personality, it is time to step out of your comfort zone and show your great personality to the world. I know that this is the hardest part, since it requires to push your extraverted self while staying true to the more silent side of your personality. Therefore: Start with baby steps, but do them consistently! The following tips will surely help along the journey to academic success as an introvert.
Practice the "skill" of extraversion
While it seems daunting at first, extraversion can be practiced. I, for instance, committed myself to speak up in every lecture, presentation, group work, or meeting at least once. Not five times, not ten times, just once. If I feel comfortable enough, the rest would come along. The easiest way to do this is to ask a question. People will notice that you have listened to the material, understood their reasoning, and can critically assess the presented ideas. That's good! And it is so much better than just leaving the room without having said anything. No one requires you to talk all the time if that just does not fit your personality – leave that to others who are comfortable with that. But listen actively and ask questions where others already did not pay attention anymore.
A second tip, which is especially good to incorporate at social events, is to go with a friend who is a bit more extroverted than you and can act as ice breaker. He or she may start the conversation and after the first one or two minutes, commit yourself to actively engage in the conversation. At the beginning, it pays off to just observe how more extroverted people behave in these situations. Make a mental list of options to use at different parts of the conversation. What is a good beginning? Which are thing in life that excite me and I can talk about in an enthusiastic way? What are good questions to ask? How can I close the conversation? Preparing these elements gives you a rich toolbox to choose from when being confronted with situations that require you to "put yourself out there".
Fake it 'till you make it
Picture your extroverted self: What do I wear? How is my body language? And, for girls, what type of make-up and accessories do I wear? Pick an outfit that resembles this mental image. It will serve as uniform of your extroverted self. I, for example, always wear heels to events that require my more extroverted self: They require me to stand upright, walk energetically, and "put me at eyes level", especially when talking to male students or professional contacts. Although you might not feel 100% comfortable, your outward appearance will help you look and act more comfortably. Why else do superheroes wear such impressive costumes? Superman probably wouldn't have saved the world in jogging pants.
Stay true to yourself
Despite practicing to become more extroverted in several situations, you should not try to alter your entire personality. You will never be truly successful if you constantly act against your natural tendency to behave. Thus, the same way you selected occasions to practice extraversion, make time to pamper your introverted self. For instance, after a straining day of recruiting, take the evening off. Do things that recharge you, such as reading a book, journaling, cooking, or doing sports. Also, take some time to review your practice sessions of extraversion and note down the small successes you made. Actively appreciating yourself for your progress will make you feel more self-conscious at the next event.
I promise you, with this balanced strategy, you will notice that you soon begin to like your extroverted self. You will have fun putting on your superhero uniform. Embrace the small changes – and after some time, you will rock school in your own more silent tone. And if you have further tips for exceling in school as introvert, please let me know in the comment section! We at Rakbo are happy to hear from you.


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In winter, when a hot meal is always welcome, it is a good time to experience the Japanese pleasure of eating at a street food stall (yatai in Japanese).
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Silicon Valley Tightens Its Grip On Free Speech
In a chilling oped published in The New York Times on July 14, Lisa Feldman Barrett, a professor of psychology at Northeastern University, argued that so-called "hate speech" is the same thing as physical violence because it may possibly cause emotionally fragile individuals stress — and should be made illegal.
Thankfully, the First Amendment prohibits the federal government from following such advice, but online companies are taking it upon themselves to stamp-out so-called "hate speech," strangling free speech and the free exchange of ideas in the process.
A number of troubling actions by internet companies — Google most prominent among them — are making it increasingly clear that some in Silicon Valley have proclaimed themselves defenders of the progressive, politically correct faith, and that those firms will silence any and all heretics who challenge those beliefs.
"Silicon Valley lives in a politically regressive, exclusive bubble. They are not aware of their own biases in how they talk, have a limited understanding of the philosophy behind free speech, and find it difficult empathizing with other points of view," said Aaron Ginn, co-founder of the Lincoln Network, a think tank that seeks to promote libertarian ideas in the tech industry.
But Google not only has difficulty empathizing with other points of view — it is also actively trying to suppress them.
Google recently made the controversial decision to fire engineer James Damore for authoring an internal memo questioning the company's ideologically motivated diversity practices and highlighting sound scientific research suggesting that possible biological differences between men and women, not discrimination, could be a factor in the tech field's high percentage of men


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I didn't slow down as I emerged from the labyrinth of alleys. Instead, I kept running down the sidewalk until the ghetto was well behind me. Only when it was and I knew I'd lost everyone did I finally let myself walk.
I couldn't keep from smiling as my heart continued to race. That had been exactly what I needed. Styx had pissed me off at first, but it was worth it.
My stomach growled as I worked to blend in with everyone else walking down the sidewalk. The adrenaline rush I got from killing always made me hungry.
I glanced around, looking for a restaurant, but didn't see anything that looked edible. A hippy place that advertised vegan food in big, bold letters across its window almost ruined my appetite. I wanted a nice, bloody steak, or maybe a burger. None of that hippy shit was going to work for me.
My hotel was close, so I decided to go back and order room service, instead. I figured it would give me a chance to shower before eating, anyway, which sounded good.
It only took me about three minutes to make it back to the hotel. As I approached the entrance, I noticed that everything seemed a little brighter. The sun had finally managed to break out from the clouds. The city was still a hellhole, but things weren't quite as bad as I had thought. Once we finished with our main job, I'd be off to better and brighter places. All I had to do was be patient.
I took the elevator back up to my floor and quickly walked down the hall. My shirt clung to me thanks to the sweat I'd worked up while running. Before I called for food or did anything else, the first thing I planned to do was strip.
I opened my door and stepped inside. As I flipped the light on and closed the door behind me, a sharp pain bit into my side. Then, without giving me a chance to move, something kicked me behind the knee and I dropped to the ground "Shit."
I reached for my gun and tried to stand back up, but whoever had knocked me down pistol whipped me. "Don't," a woman's voice said. "Reach for it and you're dead."
My face went red and I grit my teeth. The bitch thought she was going to jump me? As my blood pressure spiked, I felt warm liquid begin to spread at my side. I glanced down at it and realized I was bleeding. She'd stabbed me.
I looked back up and stared at the woman. She was a short Asian girl that couldn't have been more than fifteen or sixteen years old.
"Don't move, Asshole," she said.
"You really shouldn't talk like that," a man's voice said from within my room.
I turned back around and looked at him. He was just some punk kid, too. Between his messy, black hair and his pale, stubble-less face, I didn't think he was any older than seventeen at most.
"What the—"
"Shut up," the girl said as she hit me with her gun again.
She was dead. As soon as I figured out how to get my gun, I was going to kill her friend. Then, I'd take my time with her.
"Do me a favor and don't haunt me," the boy in front of me said as he lifted a gun and pointed it at my face. "We let you do something good with your life at the end. That gang leader was a menace."
If the piece of shit really thought he was going to kill me, he had another thing coming. There was no way in Hell he was going to—what did he mean they let me do something good?
A sudden realization hit me as my stomach dropped. The stupid clues. The random job. It hadn't been Styx. The kids had me on my knees. They both had guns to my head. If they shot me, it would look like an execution. No. That couldn't be right.
I reached for my gun and prepared to launch myself at the boy. I couldn't let two kids kill me. There was no way the little shit had the stones to do it.
"Requiescat in pace," he said as his finger tightened around the trigger. My eyes widened in surprise as I tried to move toward him, but his finger, and the bullet, were faster.


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A lot of companies have undergone massive engineering challenges to build and mount the best aftermarket and performance parts for MINIs, and yet none of them has managed to put together a faster MINI than AC Schnitzer. The German BMW tuner has raced their MINI on the occasion of the 2012 Tuner Grand Prix, held by Sport Auto magazine – the car has managed to pull off quite an impressive time.
Reportedly name the AC Schnitzer Raptor and based on the MINI JCW Coupé, the bug has managed to achieve a 1:10.87 time – its fastest lap on the renowned Hockenheim racetrack. This time is actually 1.11 seconds faster than the fastest MINI of last year's, a car built by the same brand – the AC Schnitzer Eagle, based on the JCW.
If this doesn't amaze you, think again – the Raptor has managed to beat cars like the Porsche 911 GTS and the Ferrari 599 GTB, placing itself in the same category with the Pagani Zonda F.
In terms of performance, the car has a radically improved engine delivering 296 HP (221 kW) instead of the 208 HP (155 kW) courtesy of a stainless steel exhaust system with racing catalysts, turbo, intercooler and a new engine management system. The car has also been fitted with a lightweight ion battery, limited slip differential and a sports clutch.
Having been built for the racetrack, it had to be equipped with roll cage, a racing suspension with antiroll bars and has had to shed off some pounds too – the manufacturers used new door panels, rear diffuser, rear wing, luggage lid and hood made of carbon fiber.
For the moment, the officials at AC Schnitzer have declared that the car's value is €62,000 and that the Raptor is a concept vehicle developed as a technology platform. It remains to be seen if they decide to put a few into production.


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Who's paying Assemblyman's auto bills?
Keith Wright's campaign pays for repairs — but so do taxpayers
Manhattan Assemblyman Keith Wright, one of the state's most influential Democrats, has been a remarkably regular commuter on the state Thruway: In 2012 alone, Wright submitted vouchers seeking taxpayer reimbursement for 39 separate drives that he says he took from his Harlem district to Albany for legislative business — including many days when the Legislature was out of session. As a result, he collected about $7,000 just that year.
The reimbursements claimed by Wright were meant to cover all of his costs for the trip to Albany and back, including expenses such as gas as well as "oil, maintenance, repairs and insurance" costs related to the two-and-a-half-hour journey, according to a long-standing Assembly travel policy.
But according to a Times Union comparison of Wright's campaign filings with a report on the assemblyman's vehicle generated by the consumer website CarFax.com, for at least several years virtually all the repair and maintenance costs that show up on the CarFax report for the Chrysler 300C Wright regularly drove to Albany seem to have been footed by the lawmaker's campaign committees, not by Wright himself.
Of the 14 visits that Wright made for auto repairs and maintenance shown in the CarFax report during a period of more than three years — from October 2011 to January 2015 — 13 closely correspond to expenses reported in Wright-affiliated campaign accounts. (Outside of that time period, there were a handful of Wright auto shop visits listed by CarFax the Times Union could not match up with Wright's campaign spending — though several other instances did match.)
Lawmakers are eligible for the blanket travel mileage reimbursements routinely claimed by Wright only if their expenses for gas, oil, repair and insurance expenses "are not reimbursed to the member or paid from any other source," according to Assembly rules.
Put another way: A politician can't ask taxpayers to reimburse him for Albany travel expenses that are also being covered by his campaign.
Wright, who was first elected in 1992, is a leading candidate to replace longtime U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel, who is retiring from Congress in 2016 from his high-profile Harlem-based congressional seat. Wright is also among the current lawmakers who stands out for taking frequent taxpayer-funded Albany travel reimbursements while spending ample amounts of campaign cash on cars. Over the past 15 years, five different committees closely affiliated with Wright have racked up about $100,000 on auto-related payments, even as Wright submitted some of the Legislature's higher annual mileage reimbursements.
In addition, Wright-affiliated campaign accounts have spent thousands at gas stations — some on the drive between New York City and Albany.
Wright purchased the vehicle, a lightly used 2007 model, in 2009. Both Wright's own campaign account and the New York County Democrats' filings report what appear to be frequent payments for auto loans or auto insurance to separate companies. A Wright spokesman said insurance and auto loan costs for Wright's vehicle were footed both by campaign funds and out of Wright's own pocket.
As a matter of course, Assembly members have been allowed to pick and choose which types of expenses they pay. For Instance, a lawmaker might pay all their own gas bills but have their campaign fund pick up more costly repair expenses. Legal problems could arise, however, if a lawmaker is believed to have pocketed far more in Albany travel reimbursements than they are spending out of their own pockets on those expenses. It's impossible tell from public records alone how much of that tab Wright has been picking up, though his office did provide a sample of bank records showing he had extensively paid for gas during the first half of 2014.
Further complicating the rules is that members who take the mileage reimbursements can use campaign funds to cover auto expenses for non-Albany-related campaign travel — such as costs for gas or repair expenses incurred while driving around one's legislative district. Lawmakers can't spend campaign funds for strictly personal business, but can spend campaign cash for activities related to holding governmental office.
In 2004, Brooklyn Democratic leader and Assemblyman Clarence Norman was indicted for allegedly stealing money from taxpayers by "falsely claiming to have incurred expenses which the (mileage) allowances were meant to reimburse" for gas, oil and routine maintenance – when they were allegedly covered by the Brooklyn Democratic Party. Norman was eventually acquitted, though he was later convicted on separate charges.
In its 2013 preliminary report, the Moreland Commission on public corruption expressed concerns about "double-dipping" by lawmakers for auto expenses. More recently, the acting Nassau County district attorney has been examining the travel records of a number of Long Island lawmakers, including several Republicans.
Legislators, especially those from New York City, often complain that their base $79,500 salary for part-time employment is not sufficient. Good-government group have expressed concerns that powerful special interests can curry favor by donating heavily to elected officials, who then use campaign funds to subsidize their lifestyles under loose election laws.
Unlike some upstate lawmakers, it would be more difficult for Wright to rack up mileage driving around his Harlem-based district, one of more of the more geographically compact in the state; city mileage, of course, can reduce a car's performance and longevity. Wright has rarely faced a serious campaign challenger, but did have statewide campaign duties as co-chair of the New York Democratic Party from 2012 to 2014, and since 2009 has served as chairman of the Manhattan Democratic Party.
"Between navigating the farthest corners of the state as co-chair, attending meetings and events across the boroughs as county leader, and visiting with his son, who attends college in Onondaga County, he has effectively crisscrossed the state for 23 years adding thousands of miles and tremendous wear and tear on his sole vehicle," said Wright spokeswoman Emma Forbes. "Consequently, the overwhelming majority of major repairs have been necessitated by campaign and personal use, as opposed to his routine travel to and from Albany as a legislator.
"Not only is the assemblyman's practice consistent with IRS regulations, state election law and Assembly policy, but Keith uses his only family car for all work, campaign, volunteer and leisure activities while many finance separate, publicly issued or campaign-issued vehicles," Forbes said.
The Times Union asked Wright's office for proof he had paid for the expenses related to Albany travel for which he regularly claimed taxpayer-funded reimbursements — including any records of gas, oil, maintenance, repair and insurance payments that came out of Wright's own pocket.
Wright's office says he personally paid for repair and maintenance expenses that don't show up on the CarFax report. Wright's office provided an invoice from 2013 at Teddy's Place Auto Repair in the Bronx for $1,600 that doesn't appear to match up with the spending of his campaign committees. His spokeswoman provided three other invoices worth $215 from a shop called Mobil 145th St. Auto Repair in Harlem. Two of them were for emissions testing.
The invoices do not say that Wright actually paid in those three instances, and one of the invoices — $37 to cover emission testing on Sept. 24, 2012 — bears a resemblance to spending from a Wright-affiliated campaign account, the New York County Democratic Committee, that two days later listed a $37 unitemized expense for "transportation" that was paid for via "debit." Another invoice provided to the Times Union by Wright concerned a $141 air conditioning repair completed last month at Mobil 145th St.
Wright's office directed a reporter to contact the manager of that shop, Julian Price, who said Wright comes in for gas and repairs "more than once" a year. He told the Times Union that Wright "always pays in cash," not with a debit card, which appears to have been the preferred payment method for campaign spending on Wright's vehicle.
Asked about Wright's very frequent spending on auto repairs and maintenance, Price explained that, "It's a Chrysler — they don't have the best record."
Wright also provided redacted copies of his personal banking records for the first half of 2014 showing he had made payments out of his own pocket either at gas stations or for an E-ZPass 33 separate times during that period, totaling about $1,900.
From public records alone, it's difficult to say to what extent Wright has been paying for gas and car insurance costs out of his own pocket.
For Wright's auto repair and maintenance costs, however, a clearer comparison could be made. A source provided a copy of the Vehicle Information Number for Wright's personal vehicle, registered to his official Assembly license plate, which the Times Union then entered into CarFax. Often used by consumers shopping for used cars, the site's reports are generally considered to be the industry standard and cull data from some 91,000 sources, though they are not always found to be 100 percent comprehensive.
The report includes a lengthy record of when and where the vehicle had been serviced or repaired. The service records could then be compared with several campaign accounts directly affiliated with Wright.
Since the car purchase in 2009, several campaign committees affiliated with Wright have incurred maintenance and repair expenses that closely track with the history of Wright's vehicle history, as presented by the CarFax report.
On Feb. 8, 2012, for instance, Wright left Albany as the week's legislative session ended and put in for the maximum, blanket taxpayer-funded mileage reimbursement of $177.60 (based on a federal formula and the distance he drove to and from Albany, 320 miles) that is meant to cover all costs related to the travel – including any bills for gas, oil, maintenance, insurance and auto repairs. He was also granted a separate $556 lodging per diem for spending three nights and another half-day in Albany.
During that same trip to Albany, according to the CarFax report, Wright's vehicle was serviced at the Armory Garage on Central Avenue. Through Wright had taken the taxpayer reimbursement covering expenses for that Albany trip, on Feb. 9, 2012, one of Wright's several campaign committees, the Campaign for Friends of Keith Wright, reported a $1,143 expense at the same Armory Garage.
In 2012, Wright's vehicle was serviced at auto shops five times that show up on the CarFax report. Either the New York County Democratic Committee's campaign finance report or one of Wright's committees, Campaign For Friends of Keith Wright, has mirroring expenses on those dates, or nearly the same dates.
Wright made no other auto repair visits that year reported on CarFax, even as he regularly took the mileage payments.
In 2013, the New York County Democrats appeared to pick up three of the maintenance trips to Riverdale Chrysler Jeep, while another committee, Wright For New York, appears to have paid for the other, expending more than $1,100 in campaign cash on that trip.
Those were also the sole auto shop expenses the vehicle that year that appear on the CarFax report. Wright took more than 35 reimbursements for Albany travel in 2013.
Two New York City Democrats, ex-Assembly members William Boyland and William Scarborough, have been convicted or pled guilty on federal charges of collecting reimbursements for staying in Albany, when they were in fact elsewhere. The New York Post reported last year that on three occasions over a two-year period, Wright received the per diem lawmakers receive for spending the night Albany when E-ZPass records revealed he was elsewhere. A Wright spokesman at the time called it a "clerical" error.
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February 26, 2015 17:12 ET
MISSISSAUGA, ON--(Marketwired - February 26, 2015) - Chartwell Retirement Residences ("Chartwell") (TSX: CSH.UN) announced today results for the fourth quarter and for the year ended December 31, 2014.
2014 Highlights
"In 2014 we made important progress in enhancing the efficiency and sophistication of our operations, improving the quality of our real estate portfolio and strengthening our financial position, while delivering strong operating and financial results which support our 2.0% increase in cash distributions," commented Brent Binions, President and CEO. "Looking forward, we are confident that the investments we are making in our branding, online presence, operating, sales and marketing processes and information management systems, together with the growing contribution from our newly-acquired and developed properties, will continue to deliver long-term value and growing distributions for our investors."
Financial Highlights
AFFO in the fourth quarter of 2014 was $32.7 million ($0.18 per unit diluted) compared to $26.6 million ($0.15 per unit diluted) in the fourth quarter of 2013. For the year ended December 31, 2014, AFFO was $128.5 million ($0.72 per unit diluted) compared to $119.1 million ($0.68 per unit diluted) in the same period of 2013. Growth in AFFO in the fourth quarter of 2014 was primarily driven by higher NOI and interest cost savings in the same property portfolio, the positive impact of foreign exchange on the U.S. dollar, lower G&A costs and lower early mortgage repayment costs. The AFFO increase in the year ended December 31, 2014, was also driven by higher NOI and lower interest expense in the same property portfolio, the positive impact of foreign exchange on the U.S. dollar as well as by the proceeds from the settlement of litigation in the U.S., net of related legal costs, certain tax refunds and the reversal of the previously-recorded provision for impairment of mezzanine loans on repayment of such mezzanine loan. These increases were partially offset by the impact of non-core asset sales, net of the increased contribution from new acquisitions and developments, lower management fee income and higher G&A expenses.
In the fourth quarter of 2014, FFO was $36.2 million ($0.20 per unit diluted) compared to $30.5 million ($0.17 per unit diluted) in the fourth quarter of 2013. For the year ended December 31, 2014, FFO was $143.0 million ($0.80 per unit diluted) compared to $133.5 million ($0.75 per unit diluted) in the same period of 2013. In addition to the items discussed above, FFO has been impacted by changes in the amortization of financing costs and debt mark-to-market adjustments.
Operating Performance
Same property occupancy in the fourth quarter of 2014 improved by 0.6 percentage points compared to the fourth quarter of 2013, reflecting occupancy improvements in Western Canada, Quebec and in the U.S., offset by lower occupancies in Ontario. For the year ended December 31, 2014, same property occupancy was 89.8%, consistent with the same period of 2013.
Same property NOI increased by $0.8 million or 1.3% and by $3.1 million or 1.3% for the three months and year ended December 31, 2014, respectively, compared to the same periods of 2013, driven primarily by rental rate growth in line with competitive market conditions, higher revenues from ancillary services provided to our residents and strong expense controls, partially offset by higher staffing, food, marketing and utilities expenses.
G&A expenses decreased by $1.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2014 compared to the same period of last year primarily due to a reduction in legal costs following the settlement of litigation in the U.S. and timing of certain other expenses. For the year ended December 31, 2014, G&A costs increased by $0.6 million or 1.8% compared to the same period of 2013 as higher compensation costs and information technology expenses were partially offset by lower professional and consulting costs.
In addition to the items discussed above, net loss for the three months and year ended December 31, 2014 was impacted by depreciation of properties, amortization of limited life intangibles, transaction costs arising on business acquisitions and dispositions, gains on sale of assets, changes in fair value of financial instruments, unrealized foreign exchange translation gains and deferred income taxes.
Financial Position
At December 31, 2014, cash on hand amounted to $14.6 million and the available borrowing capacity on Chartwell's credit facilities was $82.0 million.
At December 31, 2014, the Indebtedness Ratio was 51.9% (55.4% including convertible debentures), compared to 53.1% (56.6% including convertible debentures) at December 31, 2013. The Interest Coverage Ratio for the three months and year ended December 31, 2014 improved to 2.37 and 2.26, respectively, from 2.02 and 2.16, respectively, in the same periods of 2013. The Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA ratio at December 31, 2014 was 8.4 compared to 8.6 at December 31, 2013. The contractual weighted average interest rate of Chartwell's mortgage portfolio declined to 4.85% at December 31, 2014 from 5.02% at December 31, 2013 with the average term to maturity of the mortgage portfolio at 6.7 years at December 31, 2014 consistent with December 31, 2013.
Chartwell's financial statements, including its Management's Discussion and Analysis ("MD&A") are available at www.chartwell.com. A detailed list of Chartwell's property portfolio can also be obtained under "Supplementary Information" in the "Investor Relations" section of the web site.
Chartwell announced today a 2.0% increase in distributions from $0.0450 per unit monthly ($0.5400 on an annual basis) to $0.0459 per unit monthly ($0.5508 on an annual basis) effective for the March 31, 2015 distributions payable on April 15, 2015.
Investor Conference Call
A conference call hosted by Chartwell's senior management team will be held Friday, February 27, 2015 at 10:00 AM ET. The telephone numbers for the conference call are: Local: (416) 340-2217 or
Toll Free: (866) 696-5910. The passcode for the conference call is: 2202074#. The conference call can also be heard over the Internet by accessing the Chartwell website at www.chartwell.com, clicking on "Investor Relations" and following the link at the top of the page. A slide presentation to accompany management's comments during the conference call will be available on the website. Please log on at least 15 minutes before the call commences.
The telephone numbers to listen to the call after it is completed (Instant Replay) are: Local: (905) 694-9451 or Toll Free: (800) 408-3053. The Passcode for the Instant Replay is 1057278#. The call, along with the accompanying slides, will also be archived on the Chartwell website at www.chartwell.com.
About Chartwell
Chartwell is an unincorporated, open-ended trust which indirectly owns and manages a portfolio of seniors housing communities across the complete continuum of care. It is one of the largest participants in the seniors housing business in North America. Chartwell's aim is to capitalize on the strong demographic trends present in its markets to maximize the value of its existing portfolio of retirement residences, and prudently avail itself of opportunities to grow internally and through accretive acquisitions.
Chartwell's Distribution Reinvestment Plan ("DRIP") allows unitholders to have their monthly cash distributions used to purchase units without incurring commission or brokerage fees, and receive bonus units equal to 3% of their monthly cash distributions. More information can be obtained at www.chartwell.com.
Forward-Looking Information
This press release contains forward-looking information that reflects the current expectations, estimates and projections of management about the future results, performance, achievements, prospects or opportunities for Chartwell and the seniors housing industry. The words "plans", "expects", "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "intends", "anticipates", "does not anticipate", "projects", "believes" or variations of such words and phrases or statements to the effect that certain actions, events or results "may", "will", "could", "would", "might", "occur", "be achieved" or "continue" and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based upon a number of assumptions and are subject to a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, and that could cause actual results to differ materially from those that are disclosed in or implied by such forward-looking statements.
While we anticipate that subsequent events and developments may cause our views to change, we do not intend to update this forward-looking information, except as required by applicable securities laws. This forward-looking information represents our views as of the date of this press release and such information should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date of this document. We have attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to vary from those current expectations or estimates expressed or implied by the forward-looking information. However, there may be other factors that cause results, performance or achievements not to be as expected or estimated and that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from current expectations. There can be no assurance that forward-looking information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those expected or estimated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. These factors are not intended to represent a complete list of the factors that could affect us. See "Risks and Uncertainties" in the MD&A and risk factors highlighted in materials filed with the securities regulatory authorities in Canada from time to time, including but not limited to our most recent Annual Information Form.
Non-GAAP Measures
Chartwell's consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"). Management uses certain financial measures to assess Chartwell's financial performance, which are measures not defined in generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") under IFRS. The following measures, FFO, FFO per unit diluted, AFFO, AFFO per unit diluted, NOI, Same Property NOI, G&A as a percentage of Revenue, Interest Coverage Ratio, Indebtedness Ratio, Adjusted EBITDA, Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA Ratio and Distributions declared as a percentage of AFFO, as well as other measures discussed elsewhere in this release, do not have a standardized definition prescribed by IFRS. They are presented because management believes these non-GAAP measures are relevant and meaningful measures of Chartwell's performance and as computed may differ from similar computations as reported by other issuers and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by such issuers. For a full definition of these measures, please refer to the "Non-GAAP Measures" section of the 2014 MD&A available at sedar.com.
For more information, please contact:Chartwell Retirement ResidencesVlad Volodarski Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer Tel: (905) 501-4709 Fax: (905) firstname.lastname@example.com
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Azure Key Vault is a cloud service that safeguards encryption keys and secrets (such as certificates, connection strings, passwords) for your cloud applications. Since this data is sensitive and business critical, you want to secure access to your key vaults so that only authorized applications and users can access key vault. This article provides an overview of key vault access model, explains authentication and authorization, and describes how to secure access to key vault for your cloud applications with an example.
Access to a key vault is controlled through two separate interfaces: management plane and data plane. For both planes proper authentication and authorization is required before a caller (a user or an application) can get access to key vault. Authentication establishes the identity of the caller, while authorization determines what operations the caller is allowed to perform.
For authentication both management plane and data plane use Azure Active Directory. For authorization, management plane uses role-based access control (RBAC) while data plane uses key vault access policy.
Here is a brief overview of the topics covered:
Authentication using Azure Active Directory - This section explains how a caller authenticates with Azure Active Directory to access a key vault via management plane and data plane.
Management plane and data plane - Management plane and data plane are two access planes used for accessing your key vault. Each access plane supports specific operations. This section describes the access endpoints, operations supported, and access control method used by each plane.
Management plane access control - In this section we'll look at allowing access to management plane operations using role-based access control.
Data plane access control - This section describes how to use key vault access policy to control data plane access.
Example - This example describes how to setup access control for your key vault to allow three different teams (security team, developers/operators, and auditors) to perform specific tasks to develop, manage and monitor an application in Azure.
Authentication using Azure Active Directory
When you create a key vault in an Azure subscription, it is automatically associated with the subscription's Azure Active Directory tenant. All callers (users and applications) must be registered in this tenant to access this key vault. An application or a user must authenticate with Azure Active Directory to access key vault. This applies to both management plane and data plane access. In both cases, an application can access key vault in two ways:
- user+app access - usually this is for applications that access key vault on behalf of a signed-in user. Azure PowerShell, Azure Portal are examples of this type of access. There are two ways to grant access to users: one way is to grant access to users so they can access key vault from any application and the other way is to grant a user access to key vault only when they use a specific application (referred to as compound identity).
- app-only access - for applications that run daemon services, background jobs etc. The application's identity is granted access to the key vault.
In both types of applications, the application authenticates with Azure Active Directory using any of the supported authentication methods and acquires a token. Authentication method used depends on the application type. Then the application uses this token and sends REST API request to key vault. In case of management plane access the requests are routed through Azure Resource Manager endpoint. When accessing data plane, the applications talks directly to a key vault endpoint. See more details on the whole authentication flow.
The resource name for which the application requests a token is different depending on whether the application is accessing management plane or data plane. Hence the resource name is either management plane or data plane endpoint described in the table in a later section, depending on the Azure environment.
Having one single mechanism for authentication to both management and data plane has its own benefits:
- Organizations can centrally control access to all key vaults in their organization
- If a user leaves, they instantly lose access to all key vaults in the organization
- Organizations can customize authentication via the options in Azure Active Directory (for example, enabling multi-factor authentication for added security)
Management plane and data plane
Azure Key Vault is an Azure service available via Azure Resource Manager deployment model. When you create a key vault, you get a virtual container inside which you can create other objects like keys, secrets, and certificates. Then you access your key vault using management plane and data plane to perform specific operations. Management plane interface is used to manage your key vault itself, such as creating, deleting, updating key vault attributes and setting access policies for data plane. Data plane interface is used to add, delete, modify, and use the keys, secrets, and certificates stored in your key vault.
The management plane and data plane interfaces are accessed through different endpoints (see table). The second column in the table describes the DNS names for these endpoints in different Azure environments. The third column describes the operations you can perform from each access plane. Each access plane also has its own access control mechanism: for management plane access control is set using Azure Resource Manager Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), while for data plane access control is set using key vault access policy.
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|For Keys: Decrypt, Encrypt, UnwrapKey, WrapKey, Verify, Sign, Get, List, Update, Create, Import, Delete, Backup, Restore
For secrets: Get, List, Set, Delete
|Key vault access policy
The management plane and data plane access controls work independently. For example, if you want to grant an application access to use keys in a key vault, you only need to grant data plane access permissions using key vault access policies and no management plane access is needed for this application. And conversely, if you want a user to be able to read vault properties and tags, but not have any access to keys, secrets, or certificates, you can grant this user, 'read' access using RBAC and no access to data plane is required.
Management plane access control
The management plane consists of operations that affect the key vault itself. For example, you can create or delete a key vault. You can get a list of vaults in a subscription. You can retrieve key vault properties (such as SKU, tags) and set key vault access policies that control the users and applications that can access keys and secrets in the key vault. Management plane access control uses RBAC. See the complete list of key vault operations that can be performed via management plane in the table in preceding section.
Role-based Access Control (RBAC)
Each Azure subscription has an Azure Active Directory. Users, groups, and applications from this directory can be granted access to manage resources in the Azure subscription that use the Azure Resource Manager deployment model. This type of access control is referred to as Role-Based Access Control (RBAC). To manage this access, you can use the Azure portal, the Azure CLI tools, PowerShell, or the Azure Resource Manager REST APIs.
With the Azure Resource Manager model, you create your key vault in a resource group and control access to the management plane of this key vault by using Azure Active Directory. For example, you can grant users or a group ability to manage key vaults in a specific resource group.
You can grant access to users, groups and applications at a specific scope by assigning appropriate RBAC roles. For example, to grant access to a user to manage key vaults you would assign a predefined role 'key vault Contributor' to this user at a specific scope. The scope in this case would be either a subscription, a resource group, or just a specific key vault. A role assigned at subscription level applies to all resource groups and resources within that subscription. A role assigned at resource group level applies to all resources in that resource group. A role assigned for a specific resource only applies to that resource. There are several predefined roles (see RBAC: Built-in roles), and if the predefined roles do not fit your needs you can also define your own roles.
Note that if a user has Contributor permissions (RBAC) to a key vault management plane, she can grant herself access to data plane, by setting key vault access policy, which controls access to data plane. Therefore, it is recommended to tightly control who has 'Contributor' access to your key vaults to ensure only authorized persons can access and manage your key vaults, keys, secrets, and certificates.
Data plane access control
The key vault data plane consists of operations that affect the objects in a key vault, such as keys, secrets, and certificates. This includes key operations such as create, import, update, list, backup, and restore keys, cryptographic operations such as sign, verify, encrypt, decrypt, wrap, and unwrap, and set tags and other attributes for keys. Similarly, for secrets it includes, get, set, list, delete.
Data plane access is granted by setting access policies for a key vault. A user, group, or an application must have Contributor permissions (RBAC) for management plane for a key vault to be able to set access policies for that key vault. A user, group, or application can be granted access to perform specific operations for keys or secrets in a key vault. Key vault supports up to 1024 access policy entries for a key vault. Create an Azure Active Directory security group and add users to that group to grant data plane access to several users to a key vault.
Key vault Access Policies
Key vault access policies grant permissions to keys, secrets and certificates separately. For example, you can give a user access to only keys, but no permissions for secrets. However, permissions to access keys or secrets or certificates are at the vault level. In other words, key vault access policy does not support object level permissions. You can use Azure portal, the Azure CLI tools, PowerShell, or the key vault Management REST APIs to set access policies for a key vault.
Note that key vault access policies apply at the vault level. For example, when a user is granted permission to create and delete keys, she can perform those operations on all keys in that key vault.
Let's say you are developing an application that uses a certificate for SSL, Azure storage for storing data, and uses an RSA 2048-bit key for sign operations. Let's say this application is running in a VM (or a VM Scale Set). You can use a key vault to store all the application secrets, and use key vault to store the bootstrap certificate that is used by the application to authenticate with Azure Active Directory.
So, here's a summary of all the keys and secrets to be stored in a key vault.
- SSL Cert - used for SSL
- Storage Key - used to get access to Storage account
- RSA 2048-bit key - used for sign operations
- Bootstrap certificate - used to authenticate to Azure Active Directory, to get access to key vault to fetch the storage key and use the RSA key for signing.
Now let's meet the people who are managing, deploying and auditing this application. We'll use three roles in this example.
- Security team - These are typically IT staff from the 'office of the CSO (Chief Security Officer)' or equivalent, responsible for the proper safekeeping of secrets such as SSL certificates, RSA keys used for signing, connection strings for databases, storage account keys.
- Developers/operators - These are the folks who develop this application and then deploy it in Azure. Typically, they are not part of the security team, and hence they should not have access to any sensitive data, such as SSL certificates, RSA keys, but the application they deploy should have access to those.
- Auditors - This is usually a different set of people, isolated from the developers and general IT staff. Their responsibility is to review proper use and maintenance of certificates, keys, etc. and ensure compliance with data security standards.
There is one more role that is outside the scope of this application, but relevant here to be mentioned, and that would be the subscription (or resource group) administrator. Subscription administrator sets up initial access permissions for the security team. Here we assume that the subscription administrator has granted access to the security team to a resource group in which all the resources needed for this application reside.
Now let's see what actions each role performs in the context of this application.
- Security team
- Create key vaults
- Turns on key vault logging
- Add keys/secrets
- Create backup of keys for disaster recovery
- Set key vault access policy to grant permissions to users and applications to perform specific operations
- Periodically roll keys/secrets
- Developers/operators
- Get references to bootstrap and SSL certs (thumbprints), storage key (secret URI) and signing key (Key URI) from security team
- Develop and deploy application that accesses keys and secrets programmatically
- Auditors
- Review usage logs to confirm proper key/secret use and compliance with data security standards
Now let's see what access permissions to key vault are needed by each role (and the application) to perform their assigned tasks.
|User Role
|Management plane permissions
|Data plane permissions
|Security Team
|key vault Contributor
|Keys: backup, create, delete, get, import, list, restore
Secrets: all
|key vault deploy permission so that the VMs they deploy can fetch secrets from the key vault
|Keys: list
Secrets: list
|Keys: sign
Secrets: get
Auditors need list permission for keys and secrets so they can inspect attributes for keys and secrets that are not emitted in the logs, such as tags, activation and expiration dates.
Besides permission to key vault, all three roles also need access to other resources. For example, to be able to deploy VMs (or Web Apps etc.) Developers/Operators also need 'Contributor' access to those resource types. Auditors need read access to the storage account where the key vault logs are stored.
Since the focus of this article is securing access to your key vault, we only illustrate the relevant portions pertaining to this topic and skip details regarding deploying certificates, accessing keys and secrets programmatically etc. Those details are already covered elsewhere. Deploying certificates stored in key vault to VMs is covered in a blog post, and there is sample code available that illustrates how to use bootstrap certificate to authenticate to Azure AD to get access to key vault.
Most of the access permissions can be granted using Azure portal, but to grant granular permissions you may need to use Azure PowerShell (or Azure CLI) to achieve the desired result.
The following PowerShell snippets assume:
- The Azure Active Directory administrator has created security groups that represent the three roles, namely Contoso Security Team, Contoso App Devops, Contoso App Auditors. The administrator has also added users to the groups they belong.
- ContosoAppRG is the resource group where all the resources reside. contosologstorage is where the logs are stored.
- Key vault ContosoKeyVault and storage account used for key vault logs contosologstorage must be in the same Azure location
First the subscription administrator assigns 'key vault Contributor' and 'User Access Administrator' roles to the security team. This allows the security team to manage access to other resources and manage key vaults in the resource group ContosoAppRG.
New-AzureRmRoleAssignment -ObjectId (Get-AzureRmADGroup -SearchString 'Contoso Security Team')[0].Id -RoleDefinitionName "key vault Contributor" -ResourceGroupName ContosoAppRG
New-AzureRmRoleAssignment -ObjectId (Get-AzureRmADGroup -SearchString 'Contoso Security Team')[0].Id -RoleDefinitionName "User Access Administrator" -ResourceGroupName ContosoAppRG
The following script illustrates how the security team can create a key vault, setup logging, and set access permissions for other roles and the application.
# Create key vault and enable logging
$sa = Get-AzureRmStorageAccount -ResourceGroup ContosoAppRG -Name contosologstorage
$kv = New-AzureRmKeyVault -VaultName ContosoKeyVault -ResourceGroup ContosoAppRG -SKU premium -Location 'westus' -EnabledForDeployment
Set-AzureRmDiagnosticSetting -ResourceId $kv.ResourceId -StorageAccountId $sa.Id -Enabled $true -Categories AuditEvent
# Data plane permissions for Security team
Set-AzureRmKeyVaultAccessPolicy -VaultName ContosoKeyVault -ObjectId (Get-AzureRmADGroup -SearchString 'Contoso Security Team')[0].Id -PermissionsToKeys backup,create,delete,get,import,list,restore -PermissionsToSecrets all
# Management plane permissions for Dev/ops
# Create a new role from an existing role
$devopsrole = Get-AzureRmRoleDefinition -Name "Virtual Machine Contributor"
$devopsrole.Id = $null
$devopsrole.Name = "Contoso App Devops"
$devopsrole.Description = "Can deploy VMs that need secrets from key vault"
$devopsrole.AssignableScopes = @("/subscriptions/<SUBSCRIPTION-GUID>")
# Add permission for dev/ops so they can deploy VMs that have secrets deployed from key vaults
New-AzureRmRoleDefinition -Role $devopsrole
# Assign this newly defined role to Dev ops security group
New-AzureRmRoleAssignment -ObjectId (Get-AzureRmADGroup -SearchString 'Contoso App Devops')[0].Id -RoleDefinitionName "Contoso App Devops" -ResourceGroupName ContosoAppRG
# Data plane permissions for Auditors
Set-AzureRmKeyVaultAccessPolicy -VaultName ContosoKeyVault -ObjectId (Get-AzureRmADGroup -SearchString 'Contoso App Auditors')[0].Id -PermissionsToKeys list -PermissionsToSecrets list
The custom role defined, is only assignable to the subscription where the ContosoAppRG resource group is created. If the same custom roles will be used for other projects in other subscriptions, it's scope could have more subscriptions added.
The custom role assignment for the developers/operators for the "deploy/action" permission is scoped to the resource group. This way only the VMs created in the resource group 'ContosoAppRG' will get the secrets (SSL cert and bootstrap cert). Any VMs that a member of dev/ops team creates in other resource group will not be able to get these secrets even if they knew the secret URIs.
This example depicts a simple scenario. Real life scenarios may be more complex and you may need to adjust permissions to your key vault based on your needs. For example, in our example, we assume that security team will provide the key and secret references (URIs and thumbprints) that developers/operators team need to reference in their applications. Hence, they don't need to grant developers/operators any data plane access. Also, note that this example focuses on securing your key vault. Similar consideration should be given to secure your VMs, storage accounts and other Azure resources too.
Note: This example shows how key vault access will be locked down in production. The developers should have their own subscription or resourcegroup where they have full permissions to manage their vaults, VMs and storage account where they develop the application.
Azure Active Directory Role-based Access Control
This article explains the Azure Active Directory Role-based Access Control and how it works.
This article details all the built-in roles available in RBAC.
Understanding Resource Manager deployment and classic deployment
This article explains the Resource Manager deployment and classic deployment models, and explains the benefits of using the Resource Manager and resource groups
Manage Role-Based Access Control with Azure PowerShell
This article explains how to manage role-based access control with Azure PowerShell
Managing Role-Based Access Control with the REST API
This article shows how to use the REST API to manage RBAC.
Role-Based Access Control for Microsoft Azure from Ignite
This is a link to a video on Channel 9 from the 2015 MS Ignite conference. In this session, they talk about access management and reporting capabilities in Azure, and explore best practices around securing access to Azure subscriptions using Azure Active Directory.
Authorize access to web applications using OAuth 2.0 and Azure Active Directory
This article describes complete OAuth 2.0 flow for authenticating with Azure Active Directory.
key vault Management REST APIs
This document is the reference for the REST APIs to manage your key vault programmatically, including setting key vault access policy.
Link to key vault REST API reference documentation.
Link to Secret access control reference documentation.
Link to Key access control reference documentation.
Set and Remove key vault access policy using PowerShell
Links to reference documentation for PowerShell cmdlets to manage key vault access policy.
Next Steps
For a getting started tutorial for an administrator, see Get Started with Azure key vault.
For more information about usage logging for key vault, see Azure key vault Logging.
For more information about using keys and secrets with Azure key vault, see About Keys and Secrets.
If you have questions about key vault, visit the Azure key vault Forums


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Are you planning to buy a Pilates machine? To the number of people this may appear or number of people that there is machine for Pilates also; as it almost look like a yoga exercise, right? Actually the Pilates are hardly yoga with the equipment. Basically the Pilates does not require any equipment to fulfill your needs whether at the home or at the gym.
Reformer the very much liked Pilates Machine
Whenever people discuss about Pilates machine, most of the times people are talking or asking about only one machine that is Pilate's reformer. Basically the reformer is Pilates very old machine which gives lot of work to the person using it, it also offers the alignment, and these are very good for the Pilates workout.
One might have found the reformer machine lying at some place in your local gym where Pilate's exercises are carried out or maybe placed at one corner in the gym specially the yoga gym. And number of people would have wondered that this machine is for what, these machines are really very expensive and their parts are also very expensive which are changed during the servicing, but if you change your reference this machine can be considered as investment. This machine offers you great fitness and its worth to spend some amount for fitness.
Pilates machine for the resistance training
The resistance training is basically behind the design of the reformer machine. In order to achieve or be in the right Pilates form the equipments are provided with the sliding bars, ropes and springs. The most important point is that the structure of the machine is so made that it makes your moves easier and this precision is actually made to maximize the results of the efforts made by you. The Pilates machine is not basically designed for the Pilates part time.
Novices are always requested for not investing in reformer machine other than the Pilates machine. The other way out is to keep on going to the local gym where trained and qualified instructors teaches you under their eye.
Style and the designs of Reformer machine
There are number of styles or designs of reformer machine available in the market nowadays. Number of design is made metal and have good metallic look and some are made of wood. There are number of styles which sit on the floor, many styles sit on the legs, few on ropes and few on the leather straps. And to solve the problem of keeping those machine in one small room there are specially designed reformer machine which slides under your bed after you fold it. Basically these reformer machines are designed for the Pilates exercise only and to keep you fit and body or mind fusion.
Where should one go to buy the Pilates reformer
One can buy the Pilates reformer machine from any of the shop or dealer which sold the fitness equipment. But before you order or buy any of the Pilates machine it's recommended to visit your local dealer in order to check the working and condition of your machine. Actually these machines are not something on which one should invest without checking.
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Q: What are your goals as a homebrewer?
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Q: What is your "go-to" beer to drink?
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Q: What areas do you want to grow or learn this year?
A: Think I might gear up to keg some of my beer instead of bottling all of it. Looks like it should be easy enough to do.
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NBC's "The Voice" named Javier Colon as the first winner of the popular vocal competition series in Wednesday's live results show and season finale. Colon earned the grand prize of a recording contract and $100,000.
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