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Newsletter 201106 Published twelve times a year by the International Men’s Club of Zug I IIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIII Editors • John Hosking / Muthana Kubba • e-mail: [email protected] IMCZ NEWS JUNE 2011 Editorial Early Summer IMCZ I can’t remember a sunnier April and May this year since I came to Introducing…new members Switzerland over 30 years ago. We have been truly blessed with THE IMCZ WELCOMES: continuously nice weather, even if the farmers complain of too little rain. If, and it is a very big IF, the next three months prove to be Adrian Lüdi just as nice then, apart from breaking all records, we should get My foreign assignments in ready to enjoy such a blessing. Melbourne, Hong Kong and Singapore came to an end a few years ago. There is no other country which can beat Switzerland for outdoor I have since been living with my activities. In spite of its small geographical size, the variety it offers family, wife and one 17 years old is breathtaking. Take your pick: sailing, boating, swimming, hiking, daughter in Zug for the past ten rambling, paragliding, cycling, diving, the list is long and getting years. Now I work with the UBS, longer. Whatever and wherever your interest may lie, you shall Zirich in international wealth always find the right place and opportunity to practice it. management, looking after UHNW (Ultra High Net worth) clients In all my travels, I have not seen any other country which can offer segment from Asia, Israel and Africa. more in outdoor activities and have never seen peoples who are I grew up in Lucerne and studied at more sporty than the Swiss. Even during bad weather, I keep St; Gallen where I got my masters coming across and admiring persons, who are obviously on the degree in International Relations in wrong side of 65, cycling up a steep mountain with the ease of a 1984. My hobbies include Golf, IN THIS ISSUE 20 year old athlete. Biking, Swimming, Wine & good food. PAGE ONE I am looking forward to meeting Let us enjoy the summer with all what it offers including our annual • New Members many interesting new people from open air barbecue on August 14. We need to tank up for the long various backgrounds in your club. • Editorial dark winter nights. • Future Events Muthana Kubba The IMCZ also welcomes and hopes EVENT NEWS to receive more information from • Follow-up: Global Ethics Joint Newsletter Editor [email protected] • Shooting without thinking… Ari Adricopoulos HEALTH Roberto Mastrandrea • Fat burning: on a low-calorie René Welti stomach or rather full-fat? Fabio Manlo SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY Mathijs Steegstra • Jet Cars, the Ultimate Hybrids of the Future FINANCES • Market leaders are the darlings of the Institutionals SPORTS • From the Lanes: Glacier 3000 Diablerets - Gstaad • On the Slopes: A Great Start After Easter HUMOUR WWW.SELECTIONS • Websites Worth Visiting PUZZLES • Sudoku TIDBITS • Member's Marketplace • IMCZ Rates • Corporate Space FUTURE EVENTS • JUNE 15TH: Bowling Centre White Lone, Meierskappel • JUNE 16TH: Joint Stammtisch with ZIWC • JUNE 29TH: Brilliant Brains in Business, Casino Zug • AUGUST 14TH: Annual Barbecue in Unteraegeri, 'Scandinavia at a Glance' • NOVEMBER 24TH: New Members' Reception EVENT NEWS •IMCZ NEWS Global Ethics Miscellaneous In the second half of our normal Stammtisch on Thursday May 18, we were treated to a lecture by Tobias Karcher on an unusual subject: Global Ethics . Mr. Karcher is Happenings the director of Lassalle-Haus in Bad Schönbrunn in Edlibach near Menzingen. It was quite refreshing to learn that there exists a Global Ethic Foundation right on our doorsteps. A very interesting venture in today’s time and age where making money at any cost has become almost a religion. Annual Barbecue in Unteraegeri, We all enjoyed Tobias lecture and there was a lively discussion afterwards. 'Scandinavia at a Glance' Sunday August 14 Shooting without thinking… On May 17th and 24th, a group of 6 IMCZ But there are even more “strange members were the guest of the Zuger elements”: we were told not to aim right Stadtschützen in Chollermüli. The pistol at the middle of the target (from the shooting trainer Heinz Färber welcomed us numbers 7 to 10, the target is black), but warmly in the name of the club and introduced instead just under the black circle. So us to this fascinating sport. we could see the front and rear sight In theory, shooting is very easy: load the more easy. The pistol is adjusted in a magazine of the sports pistol with 5 rounds, way that the bullet then gets right to slowly lift the pistol towards the target with the 10. front and rear sight in line and increase the In contrast to these highly sophisticated As a result, some of us were so fascinated pressure on the trigger continuously until the descriptions, the technical part is quite easy by this sport, that they joined the club on shot suddenly breaks. If you are “surprised” to understand: at a distance of 25m, it is the the spot. by the shot, then it might be a good result. task to hit a round paper board target of Thanks again to the Zuger Stadtschützen But if you start thinking and incidentally pull 50cm diameter subdivided into 10 rings with who invited us to this wonderful event. the trigger, thinking “now I am in the 10” - you the highest score, worth 10 points, being a might never hit the black of the target. Too circle of 5cm. The weapons used have an P.S.: The Zuger Stadtschützen welcomes many muscles in your arm are activated in anatomic grip that makes it easy to hold tight. everybody who is interested in sports shooting this whatsoever short moment when you pull “Normally” it is not allowed to hold it with either with pistol or with rifles (50m or 300m). the trigger that the aim of the pistol is far off two hands – but Heinz allowed us to facilitate If you are interested please drop me a line … the point where it should be … the whole “thing” by using a helping second Next shooting events in the mens club will be What a great surprise to most of us – shooting hand. Just the way you can always see on TV air pistol shooting in November. and being surprised when the shot breaks. when there is some shooting going on … Board Member bios are posted under the following link: http://www.imcz.com/Board.asp . IMCZ BOARD MEMBERS Go ahead and check them out! PRESIDENT SECRETARY AND VICE PRESIDENT TREASURER JOINT NEWSLETTER EDITOR Andy Habermacher JOINT NEWSLETTER EDITOR Max Leyherr John Hosking 078 815 8837 Muthana Kubba 041 781 3305 056 631 6420 [email protected] 041 748 0080 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR EVENT COORDINATOR WEBMASTER INTERNATIONAL MEN’S Andrew Joines Ermano Bassi Patrick Weber 076 501 7573 041 711 8787 079 509 5839 CLUB OF ZUG [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] P.O. BOX 4241, 6300 ZUG IMCZ NEWS June 2011 2 HEALTH• IMCZ NEWS Fat burning: on a low-calorie stomach or rather full-fat? Maximizing fat burning (lipid Contributed by IMCZ member Remo P. Jutzeler van Wijlen, oxidation) may be wishful for Head R&D Sponser Sports Food Ing. Appl Food Sciences, athletic, medical, or simply MAS Nutrition & Health ETHZ esthetic reasons. Among couch potatoes and many only low insulin levels in our than such a meal delivers. However, this occasionally active individuals body. In the opposite, the should be super-compensated through the seeking to lose weight, it is often intake of carbohydrates following 12-24 hours by an increased fat believed that to burn fat one has can reduce fat oxidation to oxidation rate as mentioned above. to train at a rather low intensity. It about 2/3 of its maximum. Precondition is the capacity to endure the is true that the highest relative In exercise time: to burn intensity and duration of the exercise, the lipid oxidation rate of approx. 0.54 100 g of fat at 60% mentioned composition of the pre-exercise g/min occurs at 60-65% VO2max VO2max 3.5 hours are meal, as well as a nutritionally and (maximal oxygen uptake). In other needed if fasted, but after quantitatively reasonably balanced diet words: for the combustion of 100 g the intake of 75 g glucose 6 throughout the rest of the day, of course! If fat at this lipid oxidation rate, one hours are necessary. A any one of these conditions cannot be has theoretically to train during brand-new study showing fulfilled – better train with an empty stomach. 185 minutes, that is more than 3 hours! also an increased fat oxidation during Athletes performing endurance exercises in moderate cycling when fasted ( Paoli et al, order to improve their lipid metabolism But a high relative fat oxidation rate must not IJSNEM, 2011 ), demonstrated, however, the be interpreted as a high absolute fat burning! opposite after 12 h and 24 hours post The lipid oxidation rate increases from low to exercise: the fat oxidation rate was higher moderate intensity, and decreases again at after training in subjects taking breakfast higher intensity. Still, “Fat burns in the fire of before exercising than in those without! Yet, carbs” is a valid term, meaning high-intensity the breakfast taken in that study consisted of exercise depending on a relative high 25% protein, 53% fat, but only 22% carbohydrate burning rate, may produce a carbohydrates, making it a severe low-carb higher overall quantity of lost fat due to its meal! It can be safely argued that such a “afterburner” effect post exercise.
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