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Winstar to Farmout 50% of its Interest in Sabria Concession09:00 EDT Thursday, August 18, 2011CALGARY, Aug. 18, 2011 /CNW/ - Winstar Resources Ltd. ("Winstar" or "the Company") (TSX: WIX) is pleased to announce that it has executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a privately held European exploration and production company ("Privateco") to farmout for cash and a work program, up to 50% of Winstar's current 45% working interest in the Sabria Concession in west-central Tunisia, including existing production, inventory and reserves. All amounts are in US dollars unless otherwise stated.Winstar and Privateco have agreed to expeditiously work towards drafting and executing a comprehensive Farmout Agreement plus ancillary agreements in accordance with the commercial terms and conditions contained within the executed MOU.This transaction is attractive to Winstar as it:Provides an opportunity to accelerate the development of the extensive probable reserves associated with the Sabria Concession;Provides incremental working capital to fund the current and near term capital programs; andProvides meaningful near term incremental drilling operations at Sabria during a period in which Winstar's capital is focused on developing the Triassic and Silurian potential within the southern Tunisian concessions of Chouech Essaida and Ech Chouech.The basic terms and conditions of the executed MOU are as follows:Privateco will earn an undivided 22.5% working interest within the Sabria Concession upon Closing in exchange for a cash payment of US$6.55 million, subject to final closing adjustments, and a work commitment to pay 45% of the capital costs to:Work-over an existing Sabria well;Drill and complete 3 new Sabria horizontal development wells to a depth to exploit the reserves within the Ordovician Sandstones of the Hamra and El Atchane Formations.The work commitment is to be completed within 2.5 years from the date on which the Tunisian government issues a decree granting approval of the title transfer to Privateco.The work commitment is subject to budgetary approval by ETAP (Tunisian State Oil and Gas Company) which owns the remaining 55% working interest in the Sabria Concession.The Effective Date of the transaction is July 1, 2011 with a closing date expected during the fourth quarter of 2011. At closing, Winstar will receive $6.55MM USD of which 5.7MM USD represents the estimated value for the proved developed producing ("PDP") reserves at July 1, 2011 plus seismic and inventory. This is based on a value of $7.0 MM USD for the PDP reserves at January 1, 2011 and will be adjusted based on actual net after tax cash flows attributable to the 22.5% interest from January 1, 2011 to coincide with the December 31, 2010 RPS Energy report mentioned below.Winstar will remain as the Operator.This transaction is subject to execution of the formal transaction documents and final approval by the parties' respective boards and the government of Tunisia.The work commitment is estimated to have a value to Winstar, after earned carried working interest (22.5%), of approximately $US12.3 million. Privateco also agrees to transfer the deductible tax pools associated with Winstar's carried interest of the work commitment, which is estimated to be an additional $US6.1 million of tax benefits for Winstar. Thus, the total value of the transaction is estimated to be $US 25.5 million, subject to final closing adjustments, net to Winstar in cash, work and tax benefits.Based on RPS Energy Independent reserve report as December 31, 2010, and using a value of $7.0MM USD at January 1, 2011 for PDP reserves, the 22.5% working interest in the reserves and value of Sabria, which will be earned by the Privateco is as follows:Total PDP Reserves; 326,000 boe (before royalty),Total PDP Reserves; $6.4 million (Present Value, discounted at 10%, after tax)Winstar's 45% working interest in current production at Sabria is 190 boepd and would be 95 boepd net to Winstar's 22.5% working interest after giving effect to this transaction.Based on reserve values estimated as of December 31, 2010, and using a value of $7.0MM USD at January 1, 2011, the Privateco is paying $21.77 per boe for PDP reserves.Winstar is currently producing 1,500 to 1,700 boepd (1,050 to 1,150 bopd of crude plus 450 to 550 boepd of solution gas). Sales of the solution gas produced in association with the crude oil are still partially restricted due to mechanical issues within the Tunisian national gas transmission system owned and operated by STEG (Tunisian National Electric and Natural Gas Company). As a result of the mechanical restriction, Winstar is currently selling 1,500 to 1,650 boepd. The mechanical challenges are anticipated to be resolved within the near future.BOE Reference herein to "boe" mean barrels of oil equivalent and is derived by converting gas to oil in the ratio of six thousand cubic feet (Mcf) of gas to one barrel (bbl) of oil. Boe may be misleading, particularly if used in isolation. A boe conversion ratio of 6 Mcf to 1 bbl is based upon an energy conversion method primarily applicable at the burner tip and does not represent a value equivalency at the wellhead. References herein to "boepd" means barrels of oil equivalent per day.Forward-Looking StatementsThis press release contains certain forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future events or future performance of the Company. When used in this press release, the words "may", "would", "could", "will", "intend", "plan", "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "predict", "seek", "propose", "expect", "potential", "continue", and similar expressions, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the Company's current views with respect to certain events, and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Many factors could cause Winstar's actual results, performance, or achievements to materially differ from those described in this press release. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should assumptions underlying forward-looking statements prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described in this press release as intended, planned, anticipated, believed, estimated, or expected. Specific forward-looking statements in this press release include, among others, statements pertaining to the following: factors upon which Winstar will decide whether or not to undertake a specific course of action; and estimated volumes and timing of future production; business plans for drilling, exploration and development; and other expectations, beliefs, plans, goal, objectives, assumptions, information and statements about possible future events, conditions, results of operations or performance. The risks to which the Company is subject include those of the oil and gas industry in general including operational risks in exploring for, developing and producing crude oil and natural gas; risks and uncertainties involving geology of oil and gas deposits; volatility in global market prices for oil and natural gas; general economic conditions; competition; liabilities and risks, including environmental liability and risks, inherent in oil and gas operations; uncertainties as to the availability and cost of financing and changes in capital markets; alternatives to and changing demand for petroleum products; and changes in legislation and the regulatory environment, including uncertainties with respect to the Kyoto Protocol. 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Arizona wants online real estate tracker Zillow.com to stop providing its free home price estimates in the state.
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Both sides of the Arizona debate aren't talking much. State officials didn't return my calls seeking comment. And Zillow only publicly offered up a written statement essentially saying its output known as Zestimates is in no way an appraisal - and backed that notion with an appraisal industry group's opinion.
Where do these automated home price values come from? High-brow math splices together transactional nuggets - like prices of recent purchases near a home or how similar homes are selling in a region - to arrive at ballpark estimates. Bankers have been using these tools for a decade or more as a backstop for human-made appraisals as well, in some cases to make mortgage loans.
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- Certificate presented to Heinrich (Henry) Munzel at the 1866 Inter-Colonial Exhibition. It was presented for a model double spiral staircase made from Brazilwood, which Henry had crafted in Pernambuco, Brazil between 1835 and 1850. Henry brought the model with him when he migrated from Brazil, and entered it Sandhurst Divison of the Inter-Colonial Exhibition, where it was awarded an Honourable Mention.
The Intercolonial Exhibition was held from 23 October 1866 until 23 February 1867 in a new exhibition area at the rear of the Public Library. Seen as 'a temple of industry' it celebrated the wealth created from Victoria's goldfields and the colony's growing confidence in its manufacturing and industrial future. Nearly 3,000 exhibits were on display and it attracted almost 100,000 visitors. Five days after its closure exhibitors were invited to contribute objects to form the nucleus for the Industrial and Technological Museum which was established in 1870.
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1 Division of Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and 2 Research Center for Exercise and Health, Department of Biomedical Kinesiology, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. 3 Radiology Section, Department of Morphology and Medical Imaging and Leuven University Center for Metabolic Bone Diseases and Division of Geriatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. 630 4
Journal of Gerontology: MEDICAL SCIENCES 2007, Vol. 62A, No. 6, 630�635 Copyright 2007 by The Gerontological Society of America Impact of Whole-Body Vibration Training Versus Fitness Training on Muscle Strength and Muscle Mass in Older Men: A 1-Year Randomized Controlled Trial An Bogaerts,1 Christophe Delecluse,2 Albrecht L. Claessens,2 Walter Coudyzer,3 Steven Boonen,4 and Sabine M. P. Verschueren1 Division of Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and 2Research Center for Exercise and Health, Department of Biomedical Kinesiology, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. 3 Radiology Section, Department of Morphology and Medical Imaging and 4 Leuven University Center for Metabolic Bone Diseases and Division of Geriatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. Background. This randomized controlled study investigated the effects of 1-year whole-body vibration (WBV) training on isometric and explosive muscle strength and muscle mass in community-dwelling men older than 60 years. Methods. Muscle characteristics of the WBV group (n � 31, 67.3 6 0.7 years) were compared with those of a fitness (FIT) group (n � 30, 67.4 6 0.8 years) and a control (CON) group (n � 36, 68.6 6 0.9 years). Isometric strength of the knee extensors was measured using an isokinetic dynamometer, explosive muscle strength was assessed using a counter movement jump, and muscle mass of the upper leg was determined by computed tomography. Results. Isometric muscle strength, explosive muscle strength, and muscle mass increased significantly in the WBV group (9.8%, 10.9%, and 3.4%, respectively) and in the FIT group (13.1%, 9.8%, and 3.8%, respectively) with the training effects not significantly different between the groups. No significant changes in any parameter were found in the CON group. Conclusion. WBV training is as efficient as a fitness program to increase isometric and explosive knee extension strength and muscle mass of the upper leg in community-dwelling older men. These findings suggest that WBV training has potential to prevent or reverse the age-related loss in skeletal muscle mass, referred to as sarcopenia. 1 A GING is associated with a decline in muscle mass and muscle strength, referred to as sarcopenia (1). Sarcopenia is accompanied by decreased mobility, loss of independence, increased fall risk, and diminished quality of life (2�4). Additionally, sarcopenia may contribute to several age-related chronic disorders (e.g., osteoporosis, type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, arthritis) and is considered to be a major public health concern in older individuals (2). Loss and atrophy of individual muscle fibers, decreased synthesis of muscle proteins, and reduced mitochondrial function constitute the primary physiological mechanisms that underlie sarcopenia (2,5�7). The prevalence of sarcopenia, estimated to be as high as 30% for persons older than 60 years (3), will increase further as the proportion of older persons continues to grow. In this regard, there is an urgent need for efficient and feasible interventions to prevent or reverse sarcopenia. Progressive resistance training appears to be effective to slow down the effects of aging on muscle (8,9). The increases in muscle strength and muscle mass are the results of high mechanical loading (with loads up to 70% and 90% of one repetition maximum) (10,11). However, a significant proportion of elderly persons may be unable or unwilling to comply with high-intensity exercise regimens. Whole-body vibration (WBV) training might be an alternative to conventional resistance training. During WBV, the individual stands on a platform that generates vertical sinu- soidal vibrations. These mechanical stimuli are transmitted to the body where they stimulate the primary endings of the muscle spindles, which in turn activate a-motor neurons resulting in muscle contractions, comparable to the tonic vibration reflex (12,13). Compared to conventional resistance training, long-term WBV training results in identical gains in muscle strength and jump performance in untrained young men and women as well as in postmenopausal women (14� 16). In older men, the effects of WBV training have not yet been reported, nor have there been studies on the long-term effects of WBV on muscle mass. It has been hypothesized that the WBV-induced strength increase is mainly due to neural adaptations following the massive stimulation of propriospinal reflex pathways, whereas morphological changes (hypertrophy) would be rather limited (14,16). It has been shown that vibratory stimulation applied directly to the achilles tendon of rats attenuated an enlargement of slow- and fasttwitch fibers (17). In untrained young women, we previously reported a minor increase in total fat-free mass after 24 weeks of WBV training, measured by underwater weighing (18). The aim of the current randomized controlled trial was to measure the changes in muscle strength and muscle mass in men between 60 and 80 years after 1 year of WBV training. METHODS Participants were locally recruited, between 60 and 80 years old, and noninstitutionalized. Exclusion criteria were 630 VIBRATION EXERCISE AND SKELETAL MUSCLE MASS 631 Table 1. Characteristics of the Whole-Body Vibration Training Program Intensity Period (Week) 1!4 5!9 10 ! 14 15 ! 19 20 ! 24 Midtests (25 ! 26) 25 ! 29 30 ! 34 35 ! 39 40 ! 44 Posttests (45 ! 47) y Volume Duration of exercise (s) 30 45 60 60 60 30 30�45 45�60 60 60 60 Frequency (Hz) 35 40 40 40 30 30�35 35 35 35 35 35�40 Amplitude (High 5 mm/Low 2.5 mm) Low High High High High Low High High High High High Number of Series per Exercise* Rest (s) 60 60 45 45 30 30 30 15 15 15 15 Modality Staticy Dynamic � Static� Dynamicz 8 s principlek 8 s principle Dynamic � Static Dynamic Dynamic 8 s principle 8 s � Dynamic 8 s � Dynamic a 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 b 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 c 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 d e f 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 g 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 h 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Notes: *Exercises: (a) squat, (b) deep squat, (c) wide stance squat, (d) one-legged squat, (e) lunge, (f) toes-stand, (g) toes-stand deep, (h) moving heels. Static: exercises are performed isometrically. z Dynamic: slowly going up (2 seconds), slowly going down (2 seconds). � Dynamic � static: the first two series were performed in a dynamic way, the last series in a static way. k 8 seconds principle: four repetitions performed in a dynamic way, 4 seconds static performance, four repetitions in a dynamic way, static performance until the end of the exercise. (i) diseases or medications known to affect bone metabolism or muscle strength and (ii) engagement in moderateintensity exercise programs for .2 hours/week. After a medical screening including a graded maximal bicycle test where heart rate was recorded continuously, 220 men (n � 114) and women (n � 106) were randomly assigned to one of three groups: the WBV group, fitness (FIT) group, or control (CON) group. All participants were enrolled in a 1-year randomized controlled study on the effects of training on health-related parameters. Muscle mass was only measured in a subset of 97 men. The main focus of this article is muscle mass and muscle strength of those 97 participants (WBV: n � 31, FIT: n � 30, and CON: n � 36). For comparison, isometric strength data of the 106 female participants (WBV: n � 46, FIT: n � 30, and CON: n � 30) are described briefly at the end of the Results section. The study was approved by the University's Human Ethics Committee according to the declaration of Helsinki. All participants gave written informed consent. Medicine for exercise prescription in older individuals were used to set up the intensity of the program (19). The cardiovascular program (70%�85% of the heart rate reserve) consisted of walking/running, cycling, or stepping. The resistance program (1�2 sets with a load between 8 and 15 repetition maximum) consisted of exercises for the whole body, including leg press and leg extension (Technogym Systems, Gambetolla, Italy). Balance was trained by standing on one or both legs with the eyes open or closed, on a firm or unstable surface. At the end of each session, the participants performed stretching exercises. CON Group The CON group was repeatedly advised not to change lifestyle or physical activity during the project. The Flemish Physical Activity Computerized Questionnaire (FPACQ) determining lifestyle and activity patterns, showed no significant changes in physical activity level in the CON group during the study (p � .909). Outcome Measurements Isometric and explosive strength of the quadriceps muscle and muscle mass of the upper leg were evaluated at baseline and after 12 months. Isometric strength.--Isometric knee extension strength was tested on an isokinetic dynamometer (Biodex; Shirley, NY) (20) on the right side, unless there was a medical problem. The rotational axis of the dynamometer was aligned with the transversal knee-joint axis and connected to the distal end of the tibia using a lever arm. The highest torque (Nm) of two maximal contractions (with a knee joint angle of 1208) was further analyzed. Explosive strength.--A counter movement jump (21) was performed on a contact mat to evaluate the explosive capacity of the lower limb muscles after a stretch-shortening cycle. We analyzed the average jump height (in centimeters) of three separate jumps. Interventions The WBV and FIT groups trained three times weekly for 1 year, with at least 1 day of rest between the training sessions. All sessions were held at the University Training Center and were closely supervised by qualified health and fitness instructors. WBV Group The WBV group exercised for a maximum of 40 minutes on a vibration platform (Powerplate, Amsterdam, The Netherlands): squat, deep squat, wide stance squat, toesstand, toes-stand deep, one-legged squat, and lunge. Training load increased gradually according to the overload principle (Table 1). FIT Group The FIT group performed cardiovascular, resistance, balance, and flexibility exercises for about 1.5 hours in total. The guidelines of the American College of Sports 632 BOGAERTS ET AL. Muscle mass.--A multislice computed tomography (CT) scan (Siemens Sensation 16; Forcheim, Germany) delivered axial slices of the right upper leg which were analyzed with the program Volume (Siemens). If necessary, corrections were made for artefacts (e.g., varix clips). The midpoint between the medial edge of the greater trochanter and the intercondyloid fossa of the patella was determined, and subsequently a 2 mm-thick axial image (1 mm above and 1 mm below this midpoint) was further analyzed. This procedure was repeated 3 cm above and 3 cm below the midpoint. Muscle tissue area was segmented by using standard Hounsfield Units ranges for skeletal muscle (0�100) (22). We analyzed the summed muscle volume (in cubic centimeters) of the three slices. Corrections were made for bone marrow with similar Hounsfield Units as those of skeletal muscle, as this tissue was also seen as muscle tissue. Test�retest reliability, evaluated by repeated scans within 2 weeks in an extra group of 12 older men, yielded an intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.99. Measurements were performed in the Universitary Hospital and were executed by an expert radiologist. Table 2. Participant Characteristics of the Control (CON), Fitness (FIT), and Whole-Body Vibration (WBV) Groups (Mean 6 Standard Error) Characteristic Age, y Body mass, kg Body mass index, kg/m2 VO2max, ml/min/kg Isometric strength, Nm Explosive strength, cm Thigh muscle mass, cm3 CON (N � 32) 68.6 80.6 26.9 24.3 165.2 16.2 121.1 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 1.0 1.5 0.5 0.8 7.3 0.9 2.3 FIT (N � 25) 67.6 84.2 28.0 23.1 164.3 16.9 124.7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 0.9 2.1 0.7 0.9 7.4 1.1 2.7 WBV (N � 25) 66.9 79.9 27.0 24.8 161.3 16.5 121.4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 0.7 2.0 0.7 1.0 6.8 0.7 2.9 p Value* .37 .23 .44 .43 .90 .71 .57 Notes: VO2max � Maximal oxygen uptake, determined by gas analysis during a graded maximal bicycle test. *Results of one-way analysis of variance. respectively), whereas no changes were detected in the CON group (�0.6%, p � .838) (Figure 1). The changes in both the WBV and FIT groups were different from those in the CON group (p � .026 and p � .004, respectively). Training effect was not significantly different between the training groups (p � .467). Explosive strength.--Jump performance of the men changed significantly over time (p , .001), and this change was different for the three groups ( p � .031). Contrast analysis showed a significant improvement in explosive strength in the WBV group (10.9%, p , .001) and FIT group (9.8%, p , .001) but no significant changes in the CON group (1.8%, p � .499) (Figure 2). Training effect was not significantly different between the training groups ( p�.808); both the WBV and FIT groups were significantly different from the CON group (p � .017 and p � .030, respectively). Muscle mass.--Muscle mass of the men changed significantly over time ( p , .001), and this change was different for the three groups ( p , .001), with a significant increase in the WBV (3.4%, p , .001) and FIT (3.8%, p , .001) groups but no changes in the CON group (�0.7%, p � .180) (Figure 3). Training effect was similar in the WBV and FIT groups ( p � .465); both groups differed significantly from the CON group ( p , .001 and p , .001, respectively). Isometric strength of the women increased significantly over time (p , .001), and this change was different for the three groups (p � .03). The WBV and FIT groups improved significantly (12.3%, p , .001 and 10.6%, p � .005, respectively), whereas no changes were detected for the CON group (2.2%, p � .468). Training effect was not significantly different between the training groups ( p � 714). Only the changes in the WBV group were significantly different from the changes in the CON group ( p � .01). The relative change over time in isometric strength was comparable for men and women of the WBV group ( p � .609), FIT group (p � .194), and CON group ( p � .643). DISCUSSION To our knowledge, this is the first randomized controlled trial investigating the effects of 1-year WBV training on Statistical Analysis One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to test for differences between the groups at baseline. The changes over time in isometric strength, explosive strength, and muscle mass were analyzed by repeated-measures ANOVA. Contrast analysis was used to assess between- and withingroup differences. All analyses were executed using Statistica 6.1 (Statsoft, Tulsa, OK). Level of significance was set at p .05. RESULTS Dropouts and Training Compliance No adverse side effects of the intervention were reported in the training groups. All dropouts were related to personal reasons (n � 5) or health problems (n � 8), none of which, according to the physician, related to the training program. The average overall adherence (number of exercise classes attended as a percentage of the total number of classes) to the training program was 87.6% in the WBV group and 87.1% in the FIT group. Only the results of the participants with a minimal compliance rate of 66% are reported. Therefore, two participants of the FIT group were not included in the analysis. Table 2 shows the basic characteristics of the remaining participants (WBV: n � 25, FIT: n � 25, CON: n � 32). No significant baseline differences were detected between the groups in age, body mass, body mass index, maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max), isometric strength, explosive strength, and muscle mass. VO2max was determined by gas analysis during a graded maximal bicycle test. Outcome Measurements Isometric strength.--Isometric strength of the men changed significantly over time ( p � .002), and this change was different for the three groups ( p � .009). Both the WBV and FIT groups showed significant improvements in muscle strength (9.8% [p � .005] and 13.1% [p , .001], VIBRATION EXERCISE AND SKELETAL MUSCLE MASS 633 Figure 1. Isometric knee extension strength in the control (CON), fitness (FIT), and whole-body vibration (WBV) groups at baseline (PRE) and at 1 year (POST). Results of repeated-measures analysis of variance are presented as means 6 standard errors. *Significant pre�post difference within group ( p , .05). muscle performance and muscle mass in communitydwelling men older than 60 years. In line with results previously reported in older women (15), our current findings confirm a WBV-induced increase in isometric and explosive muscle strength in men. Additionally, our study indicates that this improvement is not solely due to neurological adaptations, but also to an increase in muscle mass. Isometric muscle strength increased by about 10% in the WBV group participants. The relative improvement was comparable for men and women, indicating that both sexes Figure 2. Explosive muscle strength in the control (CON), fitness (FIT), and whole-body vibration (WBV) groups at baseline (PRE) and at 1 year (POST). Results of repeated-measures analysis of variance are presented as means 6 standard errors. *Significant pre�post difference within group (p , .05). 634 BOGAERTS ET AL. Figure 3. Muscle mass in the control (CON), fitness (FIT), and whole-body vibration (WBV) groups at baseline (PRE) and at 1 year (POST). Results of repeatedmeasures analysis of variance are presented as means 6 standard errors. *Significant pre�post difference within group ( p , .05). respond similarly to vibration stimuli. The gains in isometric strength were similar to those induced by an equal number of fitness training sessions. In a previous study in older women, we reported slightly higher increases in isometric strength after 6 months of WBV and FIT training (15% and 18.4%, respectively) (15). In the FIT group of the present study, the gain in muscle strength was also slightly lower than expected from other studies using high resistance and/or explosive strength training (23,24). However, training intensity of the present resistance training program was designed according to the recommendations of the American College of Sports Medicine to improve, not to maximize strength (19). It has been hypothesized that vibration training may improve muscle strength by facilitating neural control following tonic vibration reflex muscle activation (i.e., increase in motor unit synchronization, co-contraction of the synergist muscle, increased inhibition of the antagonist muscles, and increased ability of motor units to fire briefly at very high rates) (24�26). However, the extent to which WBV might induce muscle hypertrophy remained to be clarified (17,18). To our knowledge, this is the first study providing direct evidence for a WBV-induced increase in muscle mass. This increase was similar in magnitude (3%�4%) than the one observed in the FIT group. A coefficient of determination of 0.27 (r � 0.52) between the gains in muscle strength and the gains in muscle mass suggests that, next to neural adaptations, also hypertrophic adaptations contribute to the functional improvements after long-term WBV. The gain in explosive strength in this study is in line with previous reports (14�16,27), and may indicate that WBV specifically trains fast-twitch fibers, although it remains unclear if there is a difference in hypertrophic response between slow- and fast-twitch fibers. Whereas highfrequency electrical stimulation has been shown to elicit a preferential recruitment of fast-twitch fibers (28�30), recent studies with electrostimulation resistance training and frequency-controlled muscle vibration suggest that slowtwitch fibers are also activated and develop hypertrophy (31,32). Because aging is associated with a preferential loss in size and number of fast-twitch fibers (33), future (biopsy) studies could examine the WBV-induced changes at the level of the individual muscle fibers. Our findings may have important clinical implications. WBV does not only improve muscle function but, because of its hypertrophic effect, may potentially improve health outcome by reducing and/or reversing the age-related process of sarcopenia and its related disorders. Maintaining muscle strength and muscle mass may be critically important for elderly persons to perform daily activities and to remain independent (34). In this regard, the present results suggest that WBV training may potentially be useful as a low-impact training method to enhance muscle mass and muscle strength of the lower limb muscles in older individuals. In contrast with conventional resistance training, WBV training minimizes the need for conscious exertion and stress on the musculoskeletal, respiratory, and cardiovascular systems. In the context of this study, the compliance of the WBV program was excellent. The vibration sessions were experienced as pleasant and both socially and physically rewarding. After the study, most participants wanted to continue to participate, suggesting that WBV might be feasible over longer time periods, in apparently healthy older individuals. The hypertrophy due to WBV might also be beneficial for other populations with atrophy. For instance, it is well VIBRATION EXERCISE AND SKELETAL MUSCLE MASS 635 known that long-term exposure to microgravity induces skeletal muscle atrophy in astronauts (35,36). In this respect, it has recently been shown that frequency-controlled muscle vibration during 55 days of bed rest results in a preservation of muscle strength and an increase in myofiber size (32). Vibration training may also have implications for patients in various clinical settings, including patients with neuromuscular diseases or those in rehabilitation. Conclusion The present study supports the use of WBV as an efficient training stimulus to enhance isometric and explosive muscle strength, and muscle mass, in community-dwelling men older than 60 years. WBV training deserves further research in instutionalized elderly persons in whom the control of sarcopenia is even more critical for health and independence. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This study was supported by grant G-0521-05 from the `Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek' (FWO) to S. Boonen, S. Verschueren, C. Delecluse, and A. L. Claessens. S. Boonen is senior clinical investigator of FWO and holder of the Roche & GSK Leuven University Chair in Osteoporosis. S. Verschueren is postdoctoral fellow of the `Bijzonder Onderzoeksfonds' (BOF) (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven). We thank all the participants for their cooperation. We also thank Guus Van Der Meer, Jelte Tempelaars, and Nick De Poot for help in the design of the WBV training program and for logistic support. CORRESPONDENCE Address correspondence to Christophe Delecluse, PhD, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, Department of Biomedical Kinesiology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Tervuursevest 101, 3001 Leuven, Belgium. E-mail: email@example.com REFERENCES 1. Rosenberg IH. Summary comments. Am J Clin Nutr. 1989;50:1231� 1233. 2. Deschenes MR. 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There was plenty of praise flying at the program titled American Ballet TheatreAn Evening with Frederick Franklin and moderated by Wes Chapman, an ABT ballet master and former principal dancer with the company. The presentation was one of a number of enriching events in the Guggenheims ongoing Works & Process series. Leslie Norton, who has recently published a biography of Franklin, spoke admiringly about him. Georgina Parkinson, a ballet mistress at ABT, said that Freddie wasnt just a ray of the sun; he was the sun (Franklin got very pink and laughed in embarrassment). It was reported that when ABT principal David Hallberg was asked backstage why he had agreed to learnand perform for this occasion with fellow principal Julie Kenta pas de deux from Léonide Massines Gaité Parisienne that Franklin originated in 1938 with Alexandra Danilova, Hallberg said, Anything for Freddie.
Lively reminiscences, slides, archival film clips, and excerpts from the film Ballets Russes were interspersed with live performances: Kent and Hallberg also performed a duet from Balanchines Mozartiana (Franklin had seen the ballet in London in 1933 and danced in the 1945 production for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo). He appeared delighted with the live performance of the Czardas from Coppelia, which he had staged for members of ABT II (there was some especially lovely dancing by a sprite named Isadora Loyola), and he got up on stage to demonstrate his coaching techniques on students at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, to whom hed also taught an excerpt from Coppelia.
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One of the first roles he learned with that company was that of the Baron in Gaité Parisienne, in which he partnered Alexandra Danilova13 years his senior, glamorous, sophisticated, and initially dubious about this 24-year-old Brit. She, after all, had been trained at the Imperial Ballet School in St. Petersburg; he had seen her perform with Serge Diaghilevs Ballets Russes in 1929; shed been George Balanchines lover. Franklin and Danilova ended up dancing the Baron and the Glove Seller in Gaité Parisienne for 20 years and were paired in numerous other ballets. Thinking back on Gaité years later, Jerome Robbins wrote, No one has ever danced a waltz like Freddie and Shura or were more in love, or lived a more idyllic life than at the moment they came on from the wings, her arm across his shoulder and behind his head. . . Even old black-and-white footage of the ballet, shot clandestinely during a performance, conveys the magic those two conjured up onstage.
The projected photographs and films also revealed Franklins versatility. Here he is in cowboy duds as the Roper in Agnes De Milles Rodeo! Here he is be-wigged, booted, and mustachioed in Massines Russian-legend ballet Bogatyri! Here he is jumping with marvelous élan in a clip from Igor Schwezoffs version of The Red Poppy!
Christine Wright, who teaches at 890 Broadway, where ABT has its headquarters, once told me that whenever Franklin gets into the elevator there, he chats with whomever he chances run into during his brief ride, as if the two of them were friends. Lovely! is a word he uses often, and lovely is most certainly a word others apply freely to this modest, greatly gifted man, when they recount how much he has contributed in the way of inspiration and knowledge to colleagues, students, audiences, and the history of an art form.
A week after the Frederick Franklin tribute, Works & Process moved from honoring the past to giving the audience a glimpse of the future, although the title of the evening, Ballet in Sneakers, hardly heralds a new concept. To the young New York City Ballet dancers who learned Jerome Robbinss New York Export: Opus Jazz in 2005, when it entered the companys repertory, the work seemed vital and contemporary. Never mind that it was created in 1958 for Robbinss new group, Ballets: U.S.A., which made its debut in Spoleto, Italy, the first summer of the Spoleto Festival, and the following year toured Europe as a wildly successful, cold-war ambassador for American culture. Two NYCB dancers, Sean Suozzi and Ellen Bar were less concerned with the ballets history than with what it felt to them like now.
Suozzi and Bar were at the Guggenheim to speak about the project thats fired them up and that theyre working to complete: a film of New York Export: Opus Jazz, with its NYCB cast members wearing up-to-date clothes and with each of its five sections shot in a different New York City location. Amanda Vaill, who wrote the Robbins biography Somewhere, moderated two successive panels. Barbara Milberg-Fisher, who danced in the original cast of Opus Jazz; Edward Verso, who performed with Ballets: U.S.A. in 1961 and staged the work for NYCB; and Jean-Pierre Frohlich, the NYCB ballet master most concerned with the Robbins repertory, talked about the original production and the revival. Suozzi, Bar, their co-producers Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost, and cinematographer Jody Lee Lipes (he and Joost are co-directors as well) discussed the filming of Opus Jazzs duet, Passage for Two, this past summer, and how they envision continuing. Passage for Two won the Best Camera Re-work Award at the recent Dance Screen Festival in The Hague, but, as you might expect, fund-raising still is an issue.
Ed Sullivan opened the Guggenheim programthat is, his tight-lipped, black-and-white image didhosting his decades-ago television show and giving his audience a look at Ballets U.S.A. performing the opening section of Opus Jazz. Given the shows 1959 date and the fact that it must have been broadcast live, the quality of the filming and the choice of angles were amazingly fine (its hard to believe that Robbins didnt have some input). And as Verso said afterward, the performers were wonderfully raw. Despite their proficiency, whether they were primarily jazz dancers or ballet dancers, they looked like the teenagers they were supposed to besuspicious of the adult world behind the camera lens and full of beans when Robert Princes jazzy score got under their skins.
At the end of the Guggenheim event, an NYCB contingentGina Pazcoguin, Andrew Veyette, Adam Hendrickson, Adrian Danchig-Waring, Amar Ramasar, and Antonio Carmenaperformed the Statics section, with its implications of gang rape, and they were fine too, although a little less rough-and-tumble.
But the featured event was the finished film sequence. It was not, as Ellen Bar noted, created haphazardly by two dancers with camcorders. The production team, with a crew of 20 or more, shot it on 35 millimeter stock, with the camera atop a craneducking, dollying, and swooping up. The chosen site for Passage for Two was an unkempt section of the old elevated freight railroad, the High Line, which is in the process of being transformed into a city park. By way of additional entertainment for the Guggenheim crowd, Schulman read an itemized list of the trash they had to clear from the track in the summer heat before Rachel Rutherford and Craig Hall could meet in the narrow space between the two rails, dance searchingly together, and part. I dont even want to think about the two of them having to run through this poignant, understated duet 25 times a day for two hot days. The very last take is the one the team chose. The sun was sinking behind the brief idyll. Hall walked away from the camera as a silhouette against an orange sky.
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Metro Manila's stroke
When foreign visitors ask me about travel time within the Philippines, I sometimes crack a joke like, "Oh, the flight from Cebu to Manila is an hour, but to get from the airport to Quezon City it can take two."
Monday night, I broke my own record of airport commuting ordeals, clocking 13 hours to get from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport to my home in San Juan.
I'm sure many of my readers had similar experiences but I'm still going to recount what happened, and add an analysis of what the government needs to do, as well as some tips and reminders for surviving commutes during the typhoon season.
Let's start with a quick recap of what happened:
I left Naia at about 5:30 p.m. in a taxi, calling the kids and telling them I was back, but because it was rush hour, I warned them it would probably take me about an hour to get home.
At 6:30 p.m., I called home again and said the traffic was really bad because of the rains, and I was still on Ayala and Edsa.
Half an hour later, the taxi had crawled to Buendia and Edsa. After some 15 minutes of not moving, I knew something was terribly wrong, but the radio stations weren't very helpful except for sporadic reports of flooding in different parts of Metro Manila.
MMDA app
I turned to my phone. The Metro Manila Development Authority app (available for iPhones and android phones) has a "Line View" section giving updates on traffic on main thoroughfares. It said that traffic was L (light) on Edsa's intersections: Ayala, Buendia, Guadalupe. I told the taxi driver, who was not amused. I later clicked on its "Map View," which was working. The map view uses GPS, so I could see a blue dot representing our vehicle, hardly moving on Edsa, along a rather long segment in red, which means very bad traffic. (Other areas are either in green for light traffic or yellow for medium traffic.)
I went into the Internet, googled MMDA's traffic updates, and was referred to a Facebook site. There were all kinds of postings from stranded motorists in varying moods: irate, hungry and pleading ("gutom na gutom ako"), and informative but panicky (the area in front of Megamall, one posting said, was "tire-deep" in floods and impassable by light vehicles).
Worried that I'd have to swim home and that the taxi driver would also have difficulties getting back, I had to think of alternatives. My son, disappointed about the delay, begged me to take a tricycle home. I thought of the MRT but the coaches were all packed, and besides I had heavy luggage.
I thought of a hotel. Makati's hotels were already behind me, and besides they were all too expensive. Sogo Hotel on Guadalupe? No… I could imagine gossip spreading around me in a motel. Then I remembered that Gokongwei had some hotel along Edsa but couldn't remember the name. Stupid me: Sogo, Gokongwei, what else but Go Hotel?
At 8 p.m., two and a half hours after leaving Naia, I got to Go, and to go (you know, as in senior citizens' got to go, quickly now).
I went to a Tokyo Café next to the hotel for dinner and ran into a friend and her three children. Her son had walked all the way from Mapua (I presume from the campus in Makati), unable to get public transport.
I was still entertaining thoughts of returning home maybe around 11 p.m. but the MRT was still packed and the vehicles on Edsa were moving only a bit faster. I was exhausted, and knew the kids would be asleep anyway, so I went back to my spartan, windowless Go room.
The next morning I was up at the crack of dawn and dragged my luggage into the lobby. There were some Fil-Ams preparing to leave for the airport, for a provincial medical mission. They asked where I was headed for and I sheepishly answered, "San Juan," about five kilometers away.
I finally got home at 6:30 a.m., 13 hours after leaving Naia.
Strokes, big and small
What dismayed me most about Monday night's experience was that the traffic gridlock was triggered by "Emong," a fairly small storm. To use a medical metaphor, what happened was a small or transient stroke, the flash floods stalling vehicles, which, like plaques and clots in our blood vessels, prevent blood from reaching the brain.
Like a stroke's effects on the body, parts of Metro Manila ended up paralyzed. And if strokes impair speech in humans, the Metro Manila stroke aggravated our communications problems. Like a stroke patient, the radio stations were "saying" a lot of things but weren't making much sense.
The taxi driver kept muttering about the MMDA having to do something, and I agreed. Why can't we have a government radio station devoted to weather and traffic updates, rather than having people depend on private radio stations that tend to create panic with exaggerated reports but not much practical advice on what to do? The MMDA also needs to fix its phone app's Line View. The Map View needs improvement as well, maybe a flashing red for areas where vehicles are no longer moving, and a blue one for flooded areas.
At one point near Guadalupe bridge, where we stalled for some 10 minutes, I had to endure a large billboard with a video of a woman model seductively showing off Jag jeans. Now, I thought, why can't MMDA have a billboard advising people on traffic flow along Edsa and alternative routes?
Until the government acts, we just have to be prepared for long commutes, or worse, gridlock induced by rains. Remember it doesn't have to be a typhoon, as we saw in the habagat (western monsoon) rains in August 2012.
By public or private transport, the stuff we bring may as well be for camping: some food and water, a smartphone that allows you to keep in touch with family and to check the Internet. The Internet got me Go Hotel's phone, which allowed me to call in to check if there were rooms available.
I did have an iPad, which allowed me to continue reading a book I had started on the plane, but I'm not sure you want to drag around a tablet or iPad in the rain.
On the smartphone, you can download I-typhoon and MMDA apps that give you general updates, but, as I mentioned earlier, the Line View doesn't seem to be working. Use the Map View. Power banks for the phone are worthwhile; you charge them at home, and then plug in your low-bat phone while on the road. A small flashlight will be useful (some phones have the flashlight built in), as well as a foldable umbrella and rainwear.
At the rate Metro Manila is deteriorating, we just might get to the point where swimwear, together with floating gear, will become essential for travel. What happened on Monday night was just a mini-stroke, a warning that a larger, more serious and debilitating stroke might be around the corner.
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In late 2007, hundreds of dead and stranded seabirds washed up on the shores of Monterey Bay, their feathers saturated with water and coated with an unknown substance. After an intensive investigation, scientists determined that a massive "red tide" bloom of marine algae had produced a foamy soap-like substance that stripped the natural waterproofing from the birds' feathers.
This is the first documented case of its kind, but similar events may have gone undetected in the past, the researchers reported in a paper to be published in the online journal PLoS ONE on Monday, February 23.
"The problems we traditionally associate with harmful algal blooms are caused by toxins produced by the algae. In this case, it was a surfactant that removed the water-repellent properties of the feathers," said Raphael Kudela, professor of ocean sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and corresponding author of the paper.
Although this red tide bloom was nontoxic, it was very harmful to the affected birds, which included grebes, loons, northern fulmars, and surf scoters. Live birds found stranded on beaches around Monterey Bay were starving and severely hypothermic, having lost the insulation normally provided by their waterproof plumage. A total of 550 birds were stranded alive and 207 were found dead during this event.
Kudela teamed up with researchers from the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG), Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), and Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML)--all members of the Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS)--to investigate the mass stranding, which occurred at the same time as the Cosco Busan oil spill in San Francisco Bay and an ongoing controversy over aerial spraying on the Central Coast to control the light brown apple moth.
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