Lebanon launches major security operation

A masked Sunni gunman stands guard on a road leading to a Shiite neighborhood after overnight clashes that erupted between Sunni and Shiite gunmen in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday Oct. 22, 2012. Lebanese security officials say overnight clashes in Beirut between Sunni and Shiite gunmen have wounded several people. The officials say troops managed to separate the gunmen and calm returned Monday morning to the two neighborhoods in the capital where fighting had erupted. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A masked Sunni gunman stands guard on a road leading to a Shiite neighborhood after overnight clashes that erupted between Sunni and Shiite gunmen in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday Oct. 22, 2012. Lebanese security officials say overnight clashes in Beirut between Sunni and Shiite gunmen have wounded several people. The officials say troops managed to separate the gunmen and calm returned Monday morning to the two neighborhoods in the capital where fighting had erupted. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A Sunni gunman holds his AK-47 as he rides a scooter on a blocked street leading to a Shiite neighborhood after overnight clashes between Sunni and Shiite gunmen in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday Oct. 22, 2012. Lebanese security officials say overnight clashes in Beirut between Sunni and Shiite gunmen have wounded several people. The officials say troops managed to separate the gunmen and calm returned Monday morning to the two neighborhoods in the capital where fighting had erupted. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Sunni gunmen patrol empty street leading to a Shiite neighborhood after overnight clashes between Sunni and Shiite gunmen in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday Oct. 22, 2012. Lebanese security officials say overnight clashes in Beirut between Sunni and Shiite gunmen have wounded several people. The officials say troops managed to separate the gunmen and calm returned Monday morning to the two neighborhoods in the capital where fighting had erupted. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A Sunni gunman instructs a driver to turn back on a blocked street leading to a Shiite neighborhood, after overnight clashes that erupted between Sunni and Shiite gunmen in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday Oct. 22, 2012. Lebanese security officials say overnight clashes in Beirut between Sunni and Shiite gunmen have wounded several people. The officials say troops managed to separate the gunmen and calm returned Monday morning to the two neighborhoods in the capital where fighting had erupted. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A bus pushes a garbage container used as a roadblock by Sunni protesters after overnight clashes between Sunni and Shiite gunmen in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday Oct. 22, 2012. Lebanese security officials say overnight clashes in Beirut between Sunni and Shiite gunmen have wounded several people. The officials say troops managed to separate the gunmen and calm returned Monday morning to the two neighborhoods in the capital where fighting had erupted.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

(AP) ? Lebanese troops launched a major security operation on Monday to open all roads and force gunmen off the streets, trying to contain an outburst of violence set off by the assassination of a top intelligence official who was a powerful opponent of Syria. Sectarian clashes killed at least five people.

Opponents of Syria have blamed the regime in Damascus for the killing of Lebanese Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan in a Beirut car bomb on Friday. With Lebanon already tense and deeply divided over the civil war next door, the assassination has threatened to drag the country back into the kind of sectarian strife that plagued it for decades ? much of it linked to Syria.

"The nation is passing through a crucial and critical period and tension has risen in some areas to unprecedented levels," the army said in a statement. It urged politicians to be careful not to incite violence "because the fate of the nation is on the edge."

"Security is a red line," the statement said, adding that strict measures are being taken to "prevent Lebanon from being an arena for settling regional problems."

Cracks of gunfire rang out in Beirut as soldiers and armored personnel carriers with heavy machine guns took up position on major thoroughfares and dismantled roadblocks. The state news agency reported sporadic gunfire in parts of Beirut and around the northern city of Tripoli.

Tripoli saw clashes between two neighborhoods that support opposite sides in Syria's conflict and have a decades-long history of shooting at each other. Four people were killed in the fighting between the Sunni neighborhood of Bab Tabbaneh and the adjacent Alawite neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen, which supports the Syrian regime.

Lebanon and Syria share similar sectarian divides that have fed tensions in both countries. Most of Lebanon's Sunnis have backed Syria's mainly Sunni rebels, while Lebanese Shiites tend to back President Bashar Assad who belongs to the minority Alawite sect ? an offshoot of Shiite Islam.

Tripoli residents said scores of soldiers deployed around the city in an attempt to bring back calm. The military also set up checkpoints, searched cars and asked people for identity cards.

Security officials also said one man was killed in the Wadi Zayneh area north of the southern city of Sidon. They said the clashes also wounded at least six people in Beirut and 11 in Tripoli. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

Al-Hassan, the assassinated intelligence official, was a Sunni who challenged Syria and its powerful Lebanese ally, the Shiite militant group Hezbollah.

Al-Hassan's killing has imperiled Lebanon's fragile political balance. Many politicians blamed Syria for the killing and angry protesters tried to storm the government palace after al-Hassan's funeral on Sunday, venting their rage at leaders they consider puppets of a murderous Syrian regime. But they were pushed back by troops who fired their guns in the air and filled the street with tear gas.

Prime Minister Najib Mikati, a Sunni, told As-Safir newspaper that when he took up his post last year, he intended to protect all Lebanese, particularly Sunnis.

"I was convinced that through this mission, I am protecting my country, my people and especially fellow members of my sect," he said.

The prime minister of Lebanon is usually a Sunni according to a sectarian division of top posts in the state. Over the past year, pro-Syrian Hezbollah and its allies have come to dominate the government.

On Sunday night, a group of anti-Syrian protesters started an open-ended sit-in outside Mikati's house in his hometown of Tripoli. The protesters said they will only end the sit-in when Mikati resigns.

Ambassadors of Britain, the U.S., Russia, China and France and the U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon met President Michel Suleiman to express support for him.

"The permanent members at the United Nations call upon all the parties in Lebanon to preserve stability," Derek Plumbly, the U.N. representative, told reporters in Arabic while surrounded by the five ambassadors. "We strongly condemn any attempt to shake Lebanon's stability."

Later in the day, Mikati met with Suleiman but did not make any statements afterward.

An Associated Press photographer saw dozens of gunmen roaming the streets on Monday in Beirut's predominantly Sunni neighborhood of Tariq Jadideh, where fighting has taken place. Local Sunni leaders were calling the gunmen by telephone urging them to pull out of the streets.

In some roads around Tariq Jadideh, masked Sunni gunmen set up checkpoints, stopping cars and asking people about their destination and where they were coming from.

A woman who lives in the neighborhood said the fighting began shortly after midnight and lasted until sunrise.

"We couldn't sleep because of the shooting. There were also some booms," she said, referring to rocket-propelled grenades. She asked that her name not be used for fear of reprisals.

Associated Press

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Critical care ultrasound training can improve physician trainee knowledge and skills

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A dedicated critical care ultrasound (CCUS) training program could help improve physician trainees' knowledge and skills at the bedside.

Researchers from the University of North Carolina implemented a dedicated CCUS curriculum for critical care fellows consisting of didactic/bedside sessions. Participants completed surveys prior to and following the program to assess confidence in ultrasonography knowledge and skills, as well as their perception as to training effectiveness.

The preintervention knowledge/bedside image acquisition scores were 71.4%and 31.5%, while the global preintervention score was 51.4%. All postintervention measures demonstrated significant improvement: 89.1%, 85.6%, and 87.3%, respectively. In addition, the preintervention confidence score was 2.96, which improved to 4.35 postintervention.

Researchers conclude that an educational intervention for CCUS can result in significant improvements in both subject knowledge and image acquisition skills. This study was presented during CHEST 2012, the annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians, held October 20 25, in Atlanta, Georgia.

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847-498-8306
American College of Chest Physicians

A dedicated critical care ultrasound (CCUS) training program could help improve physician trainees' knowledge and skills at the bedside.

Researchers from the University of North Carolina implemented a dedicated CCUS curriculum for critical care fellows consisting of didactic/bedside sessions. Participants completed surveys prior to and following the program to assess confidence in ultrasonography knowledge and skills, as well as their perception as to training effectiveness.

The preintervention knowledge/bedside image acquisition scores were 71.4%and 31.5%, while the global preintervention score was 51.4%. All postintervention measures demonstrated significant improvement: 89.1%, 85.6%, and 87.3%, respectively. In addition, the preintervention confidence score was 2.96, which improved to 4.35 postintervention.

Researchers conclude that an educational intervention for CCUS can result in significant improvements in both subject knowledge and image acquisition skills. This study was presented during CHEST 2012, the annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians, held October 20 25, in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Make Your Personal Brand Pass The Resume Scan | Business 2 ...

How to Win the Five-Second Resume Scan

One of the reasons that resumes are so hard to write is that they have to speak to many different audiences ? and to be compelling to each of them.

On top of that, they have to sell you in 5 seconds or less.

And, let?s be honest, the email is open and the phone ringing in that five second time frame. In other words, it has to sell you in a very distracted five seconds.

That?s a tall order.

Lucky for you, there are strategies that enable you to control where the reader?s eyes look for that five seconds. And, when you control where they look, you can control what they think!

Five Ways to Pass the Five Second Scan

Start with a Super-Hero Summary

The very first thing anyone reading your resume should see is a concise statement of why they should hire you. This should be at the top, bold and discrete from your resume. It needs to be specific to the position and compelling.

By putting this summary up front, you make certain that they get the one-two punch, even if they only look at your resume for one second!

Draw Attention to Your Key Points

Start by outlining the key points that you want to make on your resume. Perhaps you?d like to draw attention to relevant industry experience, a specific software program you use or an achievement from a previous employer.

Once you have this outline, think about the best way to make these points jump out above all others. You may want to include a box of languages you know or highlight your business philosophy prior to your work experience.

Make a plan that will enable you to focus energy on the key points you want to get across.

Using Bolding Like a Pro

Bolding (and formatting generally) helps you control the eyes of the reader. So use it wisely.

If everything is bolded, nothing jumps out. If nothing is bolded, you are losing a huge opportunity to guide your reader to the most important parts of your application.

Here are some rules of thumb that will help you get past the five second scan (and earn you the interview!)

  • Less than 20% of the page should be bolded. Less is more.
  • Keep your formatting & bolding patterns consistent across jobs.
  • Bold only the key phrase in a line.
  • When you read through ONLY the bolded words on your resume, it should make sense

When you follow these rules, your reader?s eyes will be able to glance down the page and still pull out all of the most important details!

Psst ? you can read more on bolding & formatting your resume here

Get Rid of Glaring Errors

The biggest thing that five second scans do is identify immediate ?No? resumes. Glaring errors are a sure route to that pile.

Glaring errors are extremely common. Extremely.

Have someone else read your resume from start to finish. Use spell check (duh). Double check all acronyms, industry-specific names, etc.

Ensure that you have all the requisite information on your page. (Have you been meaning to fill in the years on that one position and forgot?)

Don?t get rejected for a silly error.

Earn Yourself More Attention

This is the most interesting strategy. It?s also the riskiest, but, when done well, pays off big time.

Put yourself in the place of a recruiter, HR or Hiring Manager. They?ve got a stack of resumes on their desk. A big one. Now ask yourself how you can stand out in a way that is both effective and positive.

This is not the time to send a baseball glove with the note ?I?m a great catch.? Will you stand out? Yes. Is it positive? Almost certainly not. You will be the punchline at lunch.

So let?s talk about what is effective and positive: Using the Skills You Need for the Job to Stand Out.

What does that mean exactly? Let?s take a look at some examples:

If you are in sales, it might mean using your follow-up and consistency to ?close the deal? over the phone.

If you are a designer, it might mean using your application as an opportunity to show off your design skills ? specific to the company. (Use their branding, but make it your own!)

If you are in customer service, perhaps you include testimonials from callers you?ve handled.

The possibilities are endless. The idea is that you find a way to show the skills that you are going to need to excel at your work. This makes you unique and helps you to stand out in a way that is effective ? not tacky. And, of course, it will earn you more time and attention on your resume!

Why It Is Important to Cater to the Five Second Scan

It?s a reality that 80+% of candidates get rejected in the five second scan. It may not be pretty, but it?s true.

It?s the scan that narrows the field and defines your competition. Your resume needs to be built to win the scan.

Implementing these changes will drastically improve your chances of getting the job ? and impressing recruiters, HR and hiring managers alike.

Author:

Rebecca Rapple has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Business Insider, Keith Ferrazzi?s My Greenlight and more. You can learn more about the fundamentals of a remarkable job search on her site, The Resume Revolution.

Source: http://www.business2community.com/human-resources/make-your-personal-brand-pass-the-resume-scan-0311793

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Iran seeks renewed talks with familiar demands

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ? Iranian officials have made no secret about their desire to reopen nuclear talks with the U.S. and other world powers as economic sanctions dig deeper ? with Iran's supreme leader even depicting his envoys as waiting at the negotiating table.

But Tehran's proposals remain essentially echoes of demands made during previous rounds of dead-end talks that tried to force the West into a corner: Whether or not to allow the Islamic Republic to keep some level of uranium enrichment despite worries the labs could become the foundation for an eventual nuclear weapons program.

Iran has signaled it could open bargaining over its highest-level uranium enrichment ? now at 20 percent ? in exchange for step-by-step easing of sanctions and international acknowledgment that Tehran has the "right" to make lower-grade nuclear fuel. Iran also could push to expand the agenda to include regional issues such as the Syrian civil war against Tehran's key ally Bashar Assad.

Stripped bare, however, the impasse is largely over Iran's ability to make nuclear fuel and whether the U.S. and its allies ? particularly Israel ? would agree to allow some degree of uranium enrichment.

It's perhaps the one issue that Tehran cannot put in play. Iran's leaders portray the nuclear fuel expertise as a symbol of national pride and Iran's self-declared role as the Muslim world's technological leader.

Yet the West cannot easily give a green light to Iran's enrichment program, making the chances for a breakthrough in any negotiations a major test of wills between the sides. The U.S. and allies fear Iran's uranium enrichment could quickly move to weapons-grade material ? an assertion Iran denies.

In France, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told Europe-1 radio that Iran appears on track to reach the ability to produce a nuclear weapon by the first half of next year. He said unspecified experts have made the prediction based on "absolutely indisputable" data, but gave no other details.

Fabius' comments echoed a statement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the U.N. General Assembly last month that the world has until next summer at the latest to stop Iran before it can build an atomic bomb. Netanyahu said Tehran would be ready to move to the "final stage" of making such a weapon by then.

With the U.S. election less than three weeks away, both the Obama White House and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are cautious about discussing potential compromises as Iran's economy shows signs of increasing strain from sanctions, including a plummet in the value of Iran's currency.

The U.S. and its European allies strongly favor a mix of economic pressure and diplomacy to seek nuclear concessions from Iran and, at the same time, try to undercut Israeli calls to keep a military option in the forefront.

"There is no question about the desire to keep talks going from all sides," said Bruno Tertrais, an Iranian affairs analyst at the Foundation for Strategic Research in Paris. "The stumbling point is over how to get past the preliminary maneuvers and into real negotiations."

The White House on Saturday said it was prepared for one-on-one talks with Iran as a possible parallel initiative with a larger negotiations group, the five permanent Security Council members plus Germany. But National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor denied any deal had been reached for bilateral Washington-Tehran dialogue.

Such contacts would be extremely rare after a more than 30-year diplomatic estrangement ? Washington and Tehran have had no official diplomatic relations since the 1979 Islamic Revolution ? but the two countries have taken part in Baghdad-hosted talks over Iraq stability plans and have shared information on international efforts such as anti-drug trafficking.

"The onus is on the Iranians" to convince the world they aren't seeking nuclear weapons, Vietor said. "Otherwise they will continue to face crippling sanctions and increased pressure."

The statement was released shortly after The New York Times reported that the U.S. and Iran have agreed in principle for the first time to negotiations. The paper said Iran has insisted the talks wait until after the Nov. 6 election.

On Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi refused to discuss the report, saying "it is not our responsibility to comment on what they say." However, he reiterated Iran's traditional stance that the country will hold no direct nuclear talks with the U.S. and all dialogue must be through the seven-nation framework.

He predicted the next round could be as soon as late November. Some analysts believe Iran is unlikely to make any additional overtures until after the U.S. election.

What Iran has put forward so far is effectively a two-track path.

One is seeking to secure an international pledge that it can continue uranium enrichment at some level, perhaps at lower grades for its lone energy-producing reactor. Iran is a member of the U.N. treaty overseeing nuclear technology and insists its uranium labs are within the guidelines. The U.N. nuclear watchdog agency, however, says Iran still needs to open up more sites for inspection.

The second goal is getting the West to roll back sanctions, which have cut into Iran's critical oil exports and cut off access to most international banking networks. A panic on exchange markets this month plunged Iran's rial nearly 40 percent to record lows against the U.S. dollar. The currency on Sunday again flirted with the all-time low of 35,500 rials to the dollar.

But the U.S. and allies would likely require major concessions from Iran ? that the leadership may be unwilling to give ? for any significant sanctions relief just as the economic squeeze appears to be bringing more pain. Last week, the European Union banned imports of Iranian natural gas and imposed other restrictions on trade and financial dealings ? on top of a previous embargo of Iranian oil.

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast described the new EU measures as "inhuman," but said they would not force any retreat on the country's nuclear program.

Sergey Barseqian, an independent Iranian political analyst, said the prospects for renewed talks are stuck in a "negative loop" with the West pressing harder on sanctions and Iran not willing to be portrayed as caving to the pressures.

"In practice, there is no initiative in Iran's hand" to restart talks, he said.

Iran's leaders also must juggle twin strategies.

For crowds at home, the Iranian hierarchy frames the country's nuclear advances as part of the country's modern identity. To a global audience, they display willingness for some degree of deal-making.

Last week, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Iran will withstand the "conspiracies and tricks" of its foes, including sanctions and "talk of military aggression." But he also said Iran has never stepped away from the nuclear talks, which were last held in Moscow in June.

"The West ... says pressures on the Islamic Republic are aimed at forcing it to return to table of the talks," said Khamenei. "Have we ever left the negotiating table?"

The foreign ministry spokesman, Mehmanparast, last week reinforced the message, saying Iran was prepared to "show flexibility" over the 20 percent-enriched uranium if the West would give some ground.

"The other party needs to take measures to fully recognize Iran's nuclear rights and Iran's enrichment for peaceful purposes," he added.

The 20 percent fuel is needed for Tehran's medical research reactor, whose output includes isotopes for cancer treatment. A lower level of enrichment, 3.5 percent, is needed for Iran's electricity-producing reactor.

In the previous talks, the West demanded that Iran halt its 20 percent enrichment, ship out its stockpiles and shut down the enrichment labs at a subterranean facility south of Tehran that is believed to be virtually impervious to aerial attacks.

On Saturday, Iranian nuclear chief Fereidoun Abbasi told the official IRNA news agency that negotiations will "will be continued."

"There is no particular problem in the direction of the talks," he said.

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Associated Press writer Nasser Karimi in Tehran, Iran, contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/iran-seeks-renewed-talks-familiar-demands-164920070.html

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Floods in France prompt evacuations in shrine town

PARIS (AP) ? Pilgrims trek by the millions each year to the Roman Catholic shrine in Lourdes, many looking to drink its spring waters reputed for their healing powers. This time, visitors were fleeing a different kind of water ? floodwaters ? in the southwestern French town.

Rescue teams helped hundreds of pilgrims escape waterlogged hotels on Saturday after heavy rains led the Gave River to overrun its banks ? and even wash up into the town's famed grotto, where many Catholics believe the Virgin Mary appeared to a 14-year-old girl named Bernadette Soubirous in 1858.

The regional government issued a statement late Saturday saying 427 people had been evacuated from their hotels. The Red Cross and regional authorities provided food and shelter to the escapees, as authorities warned of forecasts for more rain in the region.

In one televised image, a rescuer waded waist-deep into a hotel lobby with a red boat in tow and teams helped elderly visitors inside for a trip to higher ground. Others showed a fast-flowing, white-water river rumbling through the town, and the grotto ? or cave ? was filled with about 1.5 meters of water, under a niche statute of the Virgin Mary.

Visits to the grotto were temporarily suspended. Officials say the town draws about 6 million visitors a year ? mainly looking to see the grotto. The shrine has special meaning for the suffering, many of whom believe its spring water can heal and even work miracles.

Thierry Castillo, director of the nearby Lourdes sanctuary, said visitors had shown "understanding" and predicted that the grotto would remain closed at least through Monday.

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Adam Loses 65 Pounds within Months | Belley Fitness - Personal ...

Adam Loses 65 Pounds within Months

Adam happens to be one of the hardest working individuals I?ve ever had the fortunate opportunity to personal train.?His results are nothing short of staggering.

Adam ditched any excuse to fully commit himself to accomplishing his goal!

He trains at both 5:45 am (before his children and wife awake) at the studio, and again after a long day at the office (sometimes in his neighborhood, others while running Myles Standish Monument hill with all 3 of his children in tow).

A man who is a bit of a foodie and wine enthusiast (such as myself), he stuck to his caloric needs as comfortably as could, and reaped the rewards of his consistency.

But this is the mark of the man Adam is.

He?s consistent in life.

Adam engages fully into all elements and passions: family, career, fun, past-times and fitness.

And he has absolutely inspired me to train not only smarter but harder.

He?s simply an inspiring individual to be around and listen to.

I am very proud to have gained Adam as a friend over the course of the last 6 months working together.

We?ve hiked Mount Washington together, competed in Vermont at the World Championship Spartan Ultra/Beast, played at the beach with family and are preparing to run a marathon together (Adam?s first).

If I could fill my hours with the ideal trainees, they would all be reflective of Adam?s dedication and intensity. Much like another Adam who trains at our studio when he?s home from Florida.

Something in a name perhaps, but none the less, intrinsic, I?m a fortunate person to have mornings begin with the motivation and good-heartedness that Adam brings to his sessions.

Nothing like waking up to laughter and intensity each morning before the sun rises.

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ADAM?s WORDS (testimonial):

When I was finally ready to get off the couch I am fortunate that I found Bell?y Fitness.

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In High School and College I was very active with many organized sport teams.? However, like many former high school and college athletes, I was very unsuccessful at maintaining any sort of regular diet and exercise program in the years following organized sports and I had fallen into some unhealthy habits.

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As a father of three young kids and a business owner, I convinced myself that I just did not have the time to take care of myself.? I didn?t even notice, or was willing to admit to myself, that my weight was spiraling out of control.? When I could no longer squeeze into any of my cloths and was again forced to buy the next round of bigger cloths, I knew it was finally time to make a real change.

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I decided to commit to living a healthier lifestyle and to start exercising again.? I called Rob to learn about semi-private classes.? I?ll admit that I was initially concerned about the added cost of the semi-private training.? Like most people in the world, I was currently paying for a monthly gym pass that I never went to and finally admitted to myself that I could not do this on my own.

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Energetic, encouraging, creative, and professional are the words that immediately come to mind to describe Rob as a trainer. His encouragement took on various forms, such as his always enthusiastic greetings, the genuine interest he showed in me as a person, and most importantly, the way in which he would guide me through his well-designed workouts.

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In addition to encouraging me while in the studio, Rob helped me design a healthy diet and a workout routine at home.? He pushed me far beyond where I thought I could be at 36 years old and I am by far in the best shape of my life!?? In less than 7 months I have lost a total of 65 pound and have completed numerous 5K?s, one sprint triathlon, one half marathon, two mud runs, the hellish 14 mile Spartan Beast in Vermont, and I will be running in my first full Marathon with Rob in a few weeks.

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PS.? In regards to my initial concerns about the added expense, I am spending far more money on my new wardrobe as shrunk from 258 pounds down to 193 pounds.? The money that I spend on my Semi-Private Training is the best investment that I have ever made in myself!

Source: http://www.rbfit.com/2012/10/19/3420/

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Researchers explore how the brain perceives direction and location

ScienceDaily (Oct. 19, 2012) ? The Who asked "who are you?" but Dartmouth neurobiologist Jeffrey Taube asks "where are you?" and "where are you going?" Taube is not asking philosophical or theological questions. Rather, he is investigating nerve cells in the brain that function in establishing one's location and direction.

Taube, a professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, is using microelectrodes to record the activity of cells in a rat's brain that make possible spatial navigation -- how the rat gets from one place to another -- from "here" to "there." But before embarking to go "there," you must first define "here."

Survival Value

"Knowing what direction you are facing, where you are, and how to navigate are really fundamental to your survival," says Taube. "For any animal that is preyed upon, you'd better know where your hole in the ground is and how you are going to get there quickly. And you also need to know direction and location to find food resources, water resources, and the like."

Not only is this information fundamental to your survival, but knowing your spatial orientation at a given moment is important in other ways, as well. Taube points out that it is a sense or skill that you tend to take for granted, which you subconsciously keep track of. "It only comes to your attention when something goes wrong, like when you look for your car at the end of the day and you can't find it in the parking lot," says Taube.

Perhaps this is a momentary lapse, a minor navigational error, but it might also be the result of brain damage due to trauma or a stroke, or it might even be attributable to the onset of a disease such as Alzheimer's. Understanding the process of spatial navigation and knowing its relevant areas in the brain may be crucial to dealing with such situations.

The Cells Themselves

One critical component involved in this process is the set of neurons called "head direction cells." These cells act like a compass based on the direction your head is facing. They are located in the thalamus, a structure that sits on top of the brainstem, near the center of the brain.

He is also studying neurons he calls "place cells." These cells work to establish your location relative to some landmarks or cues in the environment. The place cells are found in the hippocampus, part of the brain's temporal lobe. They fire based not on the direction you are facing, but on where you are located.

Studies were conducted using implanted microelectrodes that enabled the monitoring of electrical activity as these different cell types fired.

Taube explains that the two populations -- the head direction cells and the place cells -- talk to one another. "They put that information together to give you an overall sense of 'here,' location wise and direction wise," he says. "That is the first ingredient for being able to ask the question, 'How am I going to get to point B if I am at point A?' It is the starting point on the cognitive map."

The Latest Research

Taube and Stephane Valerio, his postdoctoral associate for the last four years, have just published a paper in the journal Nature Neuroscience, highlighting the head direction cells. Valerio has since returned to the Universit? Bordeaux in France.

The studies described in Nature Neuroscience discuss the responses of the spatial navigation system when an animal makes an error and arrives at a destination other than the one targeted -- its home refuge, in this case. The authors describe two error-correction processes that may be called into play -- resetting and remapping -- differentiating them based on the size of error the animal makes when performing the task.

When the animal makes a small error and misses the target by a little, the cells will reset to their original setting, fixing on landmarks it can identify in its landscape. "We concluded that this was an active behavioral correction process, an adjustment in performance," Taube says. "However, if the animal becomes disoriented and makes a large error in its quest for home, it will construct an entirely new cognitive map with a permanent shift in the directional firing pattern of the head direction cells." This is the "remapping."

Taube acknowledges that others have talked about remapping and resetting, but they have always regarded them as if they were the same process. "What we are trying to argue in this paper is that they are really two different, separate brain processes, and we demonstrated it empirically," he says. "To continue to study spatial navigation, in particular how you correct for errors, you have to distinguish between these two qualitatively different responses."

Taube says other investigators will use this distinction as a basis for further studies, particularly in understanding how people correct their orientation when making navigational errors.

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  1. Stephane Valerio, Jeffrey S Taube. Path integration: how the head direction signal maintains and corrects spatial orientation. Nature Neuroscience, 2012; 15 (10): 1445 DOI: 10.1038/nn.3215

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BMW 7-Series handed over as CIMB Classic official car

BMW Group Malaysia recently handed over the keys to a fleet of BMW 7-Series to be used as official cars at the CIMB Classic golf tournament. The fleet of limos will shuttle all players, officials and VIPs. BMW has been the automotive partner of the tournament for the last three years.

?BMW is no stranger to the game of golf. We have been involved with the sport for a very long time now as it is one of our three main sporting commitments worldwide which also includes Motorsports and Sailing,? said Dr Gerhard Pils, MD of BMW Group Malaysia.

?Our commitment to the sport of golf is at every level, from premium amateur events in the likes of our BMW Golf Cup International which is the largest and most prestigious amateur golf competition in the world to competitions like the CIMB Classic, the first PGA Tour-sanctioned event in Southeast Asia. These competitions truly resonate with the BMW brand,? he added.

CIMB Classic 2012 will be held at the Mines Resort & Golf Club from October 25-28. Now in its third edition, the event will feature 30 players from the PGA Tour, 10 players from the Asian Tour and eight sponsors? exemptions. They will compete for a prize purse of US$6.1 million, with US$1.3 million going to the winner.

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Source: http://paultan.org/2012/10/19/bmw-7-series-handed-over-as-cimb-classic-official-car/

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