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Who is Rosa Parks? Rosa Parks is someone who grew up believing people should be judged by the respect they have for themselves and others. (Le Blanc, 190) Rosa Parks is mostly known for standing up for herself and for other all other African Americans when she refused to go to the back of the bus to give up her seat for a white man. (Le Blanc, 190) When Rosa took a stand, she didnt do it to make her name go down in history. She did it because she believed in herself and she stood up for an injustice she thought was wrong.
Rosa Parks is a courageous and very remarkable person. Rosa Parks was born in Tuskagee, Alabama. When she was a young child her parents separated. After her parents got divorced, she moved to Montgomery with her mom.
(Le Blanc, 189) She grew up with an extended family that consisted of her maternal grandparents and Sylvester, her younger brother. (Le Blanc, 189) Rosas mother was a school teacher and she was taught by her until age 11. (Celsi, 1) At age 11 she went to Montgomery Industrial School for Girls. It was an all black school. Everything in Montgomery was either blacks only or whites only.
Though she found it humiliating, Parks became used to obeying segregation laws. (Celsi, 1) With her mothers help, Rosa was able to grow up proud of herself and other black people. (Contemporary Black Biography, 190) By the time she reached the midpoint of her life, Rosa was no longer a stranger to white intimidation. (Le Blanc, 190) At the age of 20, Rosa married Raymond Parks, who was a barber.
Rosa and Raymond had to keep steady jobs to support themselves. (Le Blanc, 190) Rosa hated the way of life. She had always dreamed of equality and freedom. (Stewart, 1) Although Rosa grew up with segregation, she turned out to be a very well rounded unique person many people can look up to.
She was just a normal person with a normal life, but she did something that not many black people back then had the courage to doshe stood up for herself. In Rosas spare time, she became active in the NAACP. She was also active in the Montgomery Voters League. (Le Blanc, 190) The Montgomery Voters League was a group that helped black people pass a special test so they could register to vote. (Le Blanc, 190) Rosa had been silently protesting segregation in her own quiet way over the years. For example, instead of riding up an elevator that said blacks only she would take the stairs.
(Le Blanc, 190) The most well known boycott is the Montgomery Bus Boycott. This was a boycott that took place in response to Rosas arrest. Her arrest caused black people throughout Montgomery to refuse to ride buses. (Church, 393) The success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott encouraged a wave of massive demonstrations that swept across the South. (Church, 394) Rosa Parks has succeeded in establishing herself in history by what she did. She is one of the most honored and distinguished African Americans in our history.
(Asante, 71) Rosa Parks stood didnt only stand up for herself, she stood up for racism. It must have been hard for her because not only was she an African American, she was also a woman, and back then things were much more difficult for women. Even though Rosa did something very courageous, some might say she isnt the best leader. Many leaders give speeches, lead demonstrations and write petitions.
Rosa Parks didnt do any of these things. Other people were motivated to do these things because of her standing up for herself. (Asante, 71) The most important incident that happened in Rosas life occurred on December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks was riding the bus home from work like she did every day. But that day had been especially tiring. (Le Blanc, 190) The bus was a constant irritation to black people.
The front four rows were reserved for whites (and remained empty even when there were not enough white passengers to fill them). The back section, which was always very crowded, was for black passengers. In between there were some rows that were really part of the black section, but served as an overflow area for white passengers. If the white section was full, black passengers in the middle section had to vacate their seats, not just one seatthe whole row had to be empty even if only one white passenger required a seat. (Celsi, 2) That is exactly the situation, which happened to Rosa Parks on the evening of December 1, 1955. Rosa took her seat in the middle section.
(Celsi, 2) She was glad to be off her feet at last, when a white man got on the bus and demanded her row be cleared because the white section was full. The others who were sitting in the same row obediently moved to the back of the bus, but Rosa just didnt feel like standing the rest of the way home. So, surprising everyone she quietly refused to move. (Celsi, 2) The white bus driver threatened to call the police unless Rosa gave up her seat. Rosa just calmly replied, Go ahead and call them.
By the time the police arrived the driver was very angry. When he was asked whether he wanted Rosa to be arrested or let off with a warning, he insisted for Rosa to be arrested. Rosa was then taken off to the police station, where she was fingerprinted and jailed. She was allowed to make one phone call. (Celsi, 2) Rosa used her one phone call to call E.D.
Nixon, a friend from NAACP and a lawyer. When he heard what happened to Rosa, he was outraged. (Le Blanc, 190) Her case was the last straw for the blacks of Montgomery. (Church, 393) Word of Rosas arrest spread quickly. The Womens Political Council decided to protest her treatment by organizing a boycott of the buses.
( Celsi, 2) The boycott was set for December 5, the day of Rosas trial, but Martin Luther King Jr. and other members of Montgomerys black community realized that they had the chance to take firm action and stand up to segregation. (Celsi, 2) So, the Montgomery Improvement Association was formed to organize a boycott that would continue until the bus segregation laws were changed. (Celsi, 2) The boycott lasted for 382 days, and caused the bus company to lose a large amount of money. The following year, the U.S.
Supreme Court ruled the Montgomery segregation law illegal, and the boycott was finally called off. (Celsi, 2) Also, the rules of the bus were changed. They new rules were: 1. Black and white people could sit wherever they wanted to 2. Bus drivers were to respect all riders 3. Black people were now allowed to apply for driver positions.
(Stewart, 1) This caused other cities to follow in Montgomerys example. Rosa Parks is known as the mother of the Civil Rights Movement. Though it seems like an honorary role, its not an easy one. Rosa was harassed with threats and phone calls during the boycott, which even caused her husband to have a nervous breakdown. In 1957 they moved to Detroit where her brother Sylvester lives.
(Celsi, 3) For awhile, Rosas live went without harassment, over the years she even received honorary degrees and awards. But then on August 30, 1994, everyone was stunned when Rosa had been assaulted in her home. She was hit repeatedly and had 53 dollars stolen from her. (Celsi, 3) Many great things have happened because of one remarkable women named Rosa Parks. It all happened because she wasnt afraid to stand up for herself.
So in conclusion, Rosa Parks is a courageous woman whom we can all look up to and admire.


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What Is FERPA?
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) protects the privacy of student education records. FERPA is a federal law that applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education.
Why Is FERPA Important to Our Campus?
All faculty, staff and students, including temporary employees, student assistants and consultants, must comply with state and federal laws and University policies regarding the access to, and use of, student education records, whether these records are printed or electronic. Maintaining the confidentiality of student education records is everyone's responsibility.
Who Has Access to Student Records?
Only those individuals who have been authorized as having a legitimate reason to access student education records can do so. Access to student education records is strictly limited to the specific information and data that is relevant and necessary for those authorized individuals to perform their job-related duties.
How Can I Obtain Access to Student Records?
- Review all the information on this site, presented in the form of a tutorial, to become familiar with the rules governing the handling and release of student education records.
- For employees, after completing the tutorial and test, print the Certificate of Completion and submit it to Human Resources Management who will file it in your official personnel file.
- For student assistants, after completing the tutorial and test, print the Certificate of Completion and submit it to the Career Development Center who will file it in your student personnel file.
- For vendors/consultants, after completing the tutorial, print the Certificate of Completion and submit it to your campus sponsor to be included with your contract documents.
- A FERPA Certificate of Completion must be renewed every two years. If an applicant does not have a certificate or if the certificate has expired, the request for access to students records, or any other administrative system, will not be processed until a new certificate is issued.
- Access to grading and class rosters is granted to faculty when the department assigns a course to faculty in GET.
- Access to advisement or additional access requires the faculty to complete a Student Administration Account Request form.
Where can I complete the FERPA training?
Everyone who has a MyCalStateLA ID account is required to complete a FERPA training. Depending on who you are, you will access FERPA training differently.
- For Cal State LA faculty, student assistants, and staff (state & UAS), you will complete the FERPA training through CSU Learn. To access CSU Learn, log in to the MyCalStateLA Portal and click the CSU Learn link on the Quick Launch menu. In CSU Learn, click on Assigned Learning, then click on Data Security and FERPA to begin your training.
Note: For newly hired employees, your CSU Learn account will be created by the Chancellor's Office based on your employment activation date. It will take approximately three days after your start date before you receive an email message from CSU Learn that the Data Security and FERPA training has been assigned to you. If you take the Department of Education's FERPA 101 for Colleges and Universities prior to your employment start date, you are still required to take the Data Security and FERPA training since the CSU Learn training is focused primarily on Data Security with only a small portion focused on the FERPA topic.
For individuals who are not employees (e.g., third-party vendors) or volunteers processed through Human Resources Management, you will complete the FERPA 101 for Colleges and Universities training available on the Department of Education website: https://studentprivacy.ed.gov/training/ferpa-101-colleges-universities. Once you have completed the training, email your certificate of completion to your Cal State LA contact or the contracting department contact at Cal State LA.
For questions with problems related to FERPA, MyCalStateLA ID account, or CSU Learn, contact the ITS Help Desk at 323-343-6170, email [email protected], or visit in-person at the Library Palmer Wing Lobby during regular office hours.


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By its own count, DC9 hasn't had any trouble attracting musicians since Ali Ahmed Mohammed died feet from the 9th Street NW venue one year ago. "Hundreds, if not thousands, of bands have played since that time," says Steve Lambert, who books acts at DC9 and other venues in the District. "DC9's been booking full storm since we were exonerated."
Exonerated, he means, after the incident that saw one of DC9's owners, Bill Spieler, and four of its employees charged with murdering a 27-year-old Ethiopian immigrant who had thrown at least one brick through the club's window last October. And exonerated, perhaps, in the public's eyes—even following Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier's description of the alleged murder as a "savage beating" and "vigilante justice" not long after Mohammed's death; following a liquor license suspension issued by the Alcoholic Beverage and Regulation Administration that left the club shuttered for three months; and following numerous protests and vigils.
Considering that the U.S. Attorney's office dropped criminal charges against the DC9 employees in November and stopped pursuing the case in June, it's no surprise that Lambert describes business as "normal booking as usual."
That said, savvy concert-goers may notice that DC9 is booking fewer buzz acts in 2011 than in years past—a product, most likely, of another venue booked by Lambert, The Red and the Black, merging with the bar next door and doubling its capacity. (The newly minted Red Palace and DC9 each hold about 200 patrons.)
As far as Lambert will admit, there's really been just one blip: In March, local bands The Cornel West Theory and Noon:30, facing pressure from fans and peers, pulled out of their DC9 show. The concert was with Trophy Wives, a four-piece punk outfit from Louisville, Ky., and Phonic Riot, a D.C.-based noise-pop group (who did not respond to interview requests). The concert was one of the first live acts scheduled at DC9 after Mohammad's death; ABRA had lifted the venue's remaining liquor-license restrictions only weeks earlier.
"Phonic Riot had contacted us and we were really excited," Noon:30 guitarist Aissa Arroyo-Hill says. "We contacted The Cornel West Theory and honestly, we weren't really tapped into the substance how everybody was feeling about DC9. We weren't aware of it until we took the booking. It wasn't anything that was thought about before."
According to DC9 co-owner Joe Englert, bringing live music back to DC9 was tricky. The club officially reopened in December, but only on weekends and holidays, and at first without live acts. "We were basically screwed," he says. "We couldn't book high-caliber bands because they book so far in advance." When ABRA lifted its restrictions, he explains, the venue relied on booking "faithful locals" to fill the first few months. The March 28 concert, like other shows in the spring, was an important step toward returning to DC9's standard routine.
Arroyo-Hill says she caught the first inkling of trouble when she told a fan about the concert. That's when she learned about ongoing tension between the club and some residents that live near 9th and U Streets—the neighborhood knows as Little Ethiopia. "It was around the time we were all like, 'Oh wait a minute. There's a protest,'" she says.
The Cornel West Theory, on the other hand, had kept tabs on the Mohammed case and was eager to play DC9. "I'll listen to anyone say anything, but it always comes down to us," vocalist Rashad Dobbins says. "My goal was to play at that place to smash it all and touch those people."
Noon:30, which makes atmospheric art punk, and The Cornel West Theory, which makes politically conscious rap rock, are among a fairly small number of acts whose members are mostly black and have followings within D.C.'s largely white indie-rock scene. You could put rapper Head-Roc, who also leads the funk-rock band GODISHEUS, in the same category.
"Head-Roc left us a message on Facebook," Noon:30 singer Blue S. Moon says. "He basically reiterated what we'd been hearing, that there's this ongoing protest against DC9 regarding what happened and what it means to this community."
Head-Roc, who contributes to Washington City Paper and has been a fixture in the D.C. music scene for more than a decade, is a prolific critic of Lambert, who in addition to scheduling DC9 and Red Palace also books Rock & Roll Hotel, where he's a co-owner. Many shows at Lambert's venues use a practice called "door polling," in which fans are asked which act they're there to see; bands are paid according to that data. Head-Roc and other indie rockers have criticized the practice in recent years.
Head-Roc proudly admits to "taking chunks" out of Lambert on his Facebook page; in conversation, he calls him a "menace" and a "predator" to the scene. "It's such bad karma and such bad juju that these unfortunate things, like the death of the Ethiopian cat, have befallen that establishment," he says.
Moon says that she knew about Head-Roc's history with Lambert when she read his message, but nonetheless considered his advice. "Everybody knows about his issues with DC9," she says. "I don't really know what his intentions were, but all I can really go on is the face value of what he wrote."
Dobbins, who has known Head-Roc since 1994, also heard from the rapper. "I understand how he felt, but personally I wanted to go right into the belly of the beast and talk about it," he says. "I want to go right to the center of it all."
In the end, though, it came down to respect. Noon:30 kept hearing from peers that playing DC9 would be disrespectful to Mohammad's memory and his family. Dobbins didn't hear from fans of The Cornel West Theory, he says, but friends within the Ethiopian community told him that playing "would be like stomping on their soul." So with two weeks to go before the concert, the bands called Lambert and told him they wouldn't play. "If what happened to that young man happened to my brother, I would hope people would handle it with respect," Moon says. "Our choosing to pull out had less to do with Heady or any other person and more to do with wanting to respect his family and the people who were affected by this tragedy."
After The Cornel West Theory released a statement announcing its decision, Head-Roc sent out a Facebook message lauding them. "The Cornel West Theory is family to me," he says. "I would never put any type of family business out in the street, so I congratulated them."
The news caused the smallest of ripples within the local music scene. Some black musicians, such as Steve McPherson, who has performed at DC9 as DJ Stereo Faith, never even heard of pressure to avoid the venue. And if he had, McPherson says, he wouldn't have budged. "As far as I could tell, there hasn't been a thing going around where you shouldn't play that particular venue," he says. "As a black man who has run up against false accusations with the law, I feel like that's wrong—banding against people who were proven innocent. That's something I cannot support."
Englert says that opinions like McPherson's—which he says are shared by "the people who know the club, the kids who come and dance and know what we're all about"— are largely responsible for getting DC9 back on its feet. And now, the venue's decidedly upright: Since Lambert started booking major acts again in June, Englert says sales have jumped 75 percent compared to past months. "We really had no business from Oct. 15 on because we couldn't book bands and the miserable spring weather kept the outdoor deck closed," Englert says, estimating the club lost $500,000 in income and attorney's fees. "It's been a hell of a comeback that proves this is a good place."
And for what it's worth, Lambert says he has no hard feelings about the dropped sets. "I booked The Cornel West Theory and Noon:30 numerous times before, and honestly, I would book them again," he says. "It was annoying that they dropped off, but it was what it was and it was what they felt. There wasn't any bad blood. I didn't write them off or black list them or anything. We just moved on."
With DC9 back to where it used to stand financially, Lambert says he's no longer concerned. "These are two bands, relatively unknown D.C. local bands, out of the large pool of local bands that came back and played DC9," he says. "This is a very, very small pool. Not downgrading either bands' importance—but, for me, I don't really need to dwell on this. There's tons of other bands that want to play DC9. I'm not gonna put much thought into it."
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Peace by the numbers
Israel is unique in a lot of ways. One involves the next election which will take place on March 17, 2015. The new 3.25% threshold will act as a barrier to some of the smaller or new parties and as an incentive to merge for some others to cobble together enough votes to realistically have a chance to gain seats in the 20th Knesset. But if you look at the snap polls by Channel 2 & 10 as well as the Teleseker/Walla poll yesterday they all project the same result; a marked movement by voters to the right providing a Netanyahu led coalition well over 70 seats in the 120 seat Knesset without either Tzipi Livni's Hatnuah Party or Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid Party. This result would represent a stinging defeat for the opposition Labor Party and for any tangible prospect for negotiating or achieving a peace agreement with the Palestinian Authority.
In the aftermath of the summer war with Hamas and the continuing low level attacks in and around Jerusalem public sentiment equates a conservative government led by Likud; Benjamin Netanyahu, Jewish Home; Naftali Bennett, Israel Beitenu: Avigdor Lieberman, United Torah Judaism; Yaakov Litzman and Moshe Gafni and Shas; Aryeh Deri with security and considers that as a fundamental necessity for the future of Israel and the relative safety of each individual and their family.
Moshe Kahlon, a well respected ex-Likud member of the Knesset is projected to be next year's political darling in the electoral circus and is projected to lead a new, (as yet unnamed), party. The math works out to roughly 66 seats for a Likud led 20th Knesset with Kahlon adding 10 to 12 seats making it a solidly hard right government.
Polls don't always equate with votes as Gershom Gorenberg recently said in Haaretz especially early polls. But to change what appears to be the inevitable outcome will require multiple leaders and their parties to recognize reality now and do something highly unusual, (maybe even more so in Israel on the left end of the political spectrum). They must come together and boil down one singular political message to be carried by every member of every party and reinforced by their constituents, by advocates, NGO's, academics, business leaders and countless others. They must agree to market the message together that Peace = Security and they must utilize well known leaders from the military to answer the critical question of how? To do that they have almost no time to agree to join together, to agree to promote this singular message and to agree on a broad group of highly respected military men and women to sell it incessantly as the latest fashion.
It is a very long shot indeed that if the leadership on Israel's left does everything right that it will be able to shift the mood of the public enough by March to change the outcome of this election. But if they try and work together in earnest the numbers will not be as dreadful and far more importantly they may reintroduce peace as a viable goal for Israel in a time of incredibly rough seas that I'm afraid will only get worse locally, regionally and internationally. Peace must become viable once again and be seen as a vehicle to advance stability between Israelis and Palestinians, between Israel and its Arab neighbors, between Israel and Europe and between Israel and its key international partner, the United States. It is not necessary to achieve peace on someone else's timeline, be in Mahmoud Abbas or Barack Obama. I believe Israel's future will only be secured through the active pursuit of peace with the Palestinians until all the final status issues are resolved and a peace process is in place on the ground to create and secure the borders of two independent states. This is a mission that transcends party affiliation and any and all infighting by the left requiring a commitment to a process that must begin immediately and will only end with two peoples working to finally settle a conflict that has cost many lives and will cost many more without a solemn promise to sit and stay at the table until peace is achieved on paper and enacted on the ground by two governments and the people of Israel, the West Bank and Gaza.


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Estonia based design company HMF (HandMadeFont). It was founded in 2008 by Vladimir Loginov and Maksim Loginov. They specialize in developing unique, untraditional fonts. They take inspiration from everything that surrounds them. Developed fonts are of such a high standard that they can be very widely used, from business cards to an outdoor advertisement.
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Starting Point: Basic Oil Boiler system
We'll start with a simple oil fired hot water baseboard system comprised of very common components. This is a plumbing schematic for the initial system before the wood boiler is added:
In this simplified example, There is a system with three heating zones: Top floor, Main floor, and Domestic Hot Water. Pipes carrying hot water are shown in red, and cooler water is in blue. In this simplified diagram, many components such as air separators, isolation valves, and makeup water connections have been omitted for clarity.
When there is a demand for heat, the built-in oil boiler controller will turn on the circulator, and if the boiler is not at temperature, it will turn on the oil burner as well. The circulator moves water through the oil boiler where it's heated to around 180 degrees, then through any open zone valves and associated baseboards or heat exchangers, then back to the circulator.
From a controls standpoint, the system is also straightforward. There are two thermostats and an aquastat. Each of these is essentially a temperature controlled switch that closes when the temperature drops below the setpoint. They are each wired to a zone valve motor so that the zone valve opens when the contacts are closed:
Each zone valve has electrical contacts (limit switches) that close when the zone valve is open. These contacts are connected to the oil boiler controller so that if any zone valve is open, the oil boiler is signaled that there is a heat demand.
Control Block Diagram
This is a very typical system, though of course there are many variations. A common variation is for each zone to have a circulator instead of a zone valve. In this case, there is no circulator for the oil boiler itself. Systems may not have indirect hot water heaters, or may heat using forced hot air rather than baseboards.
The process for other system architectures is similar. Study the diagrams above and make sure that you understand how the system works.


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It is next to impossible to choose ten best songs featuring one of the biggest superstars of Bollywood Salman Khan. Even while selecting his 10 best in the last 5 years, you will miss quite a few gems. Salman has been a part of more than 80 movies and his songs and dance numbers are always ones to remember in each of his films.
Musically Salman Khan's career is heavily influenced by 3 artists – singer S.P. Balasubramaniam and music directors Himesh Reshammiya and Sajid-Wajid. Legendary singer SP sang some of the evergreen hit songs of Salman's initial career and being Salman's prodigies, Himesh and Sajid-Wajid composed for his maximum movies.
To select 10 best Salman's songs, we must require some filter criteria. Since it's the best of Salman Khan, the list will only have those songs which wouldn't be the same without the superstar's presence.
So without much ado, here we are with the Top 10 songs of Salman Khan:
(click on the song title for the lyrics!)
1) O O Jaane Jaana: Easy! Hope most of you would agree with me on this. This track sung by Kamaal Khan from 'Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya' has to be Salman's most famous song till ever. The addictive guitar tune combined with Salman's trend-setting shirt-less dance made the country crazy for him. The song changed the outlook of a Hindi Movie hero and as a result all the actors from the current generation are in shape and are ready to take off shirt if required. Salman has to be credited for starting the 'gym-phenomena' across the nation.
2) Didi Tera Devar Deewana: This song from Salman's biggest hit 'Hum Aapke Hain Koun' became a house hold number across the board and topped the charts for years. The set of Salman's and Madhuri's outfits from the song are still imitated in Hindi movies. Didi Tera.. ignites with Salman's famous catapult shot. It is one of those few songs where everything was perfect – be it lyrics, music, singing, choreography, picturization and lead actors.
3) Mere Rang Mein Rangne: Salman's first blockbuster 'Maine Pyaar Kiya' had arguably the best music of the 80s. All songs became chartbusters and are still fresh in the minds of listeners. This particular song is taken to heights by SP's wonderful singing and then the icing on the cake is the innocence of Salman's performance and his boyish looks.
4) Tere Naam: This is arguably Salman Khan's best performance till date. He lived the character of Radhe Mohan to the fullest. Himesh Reshammiya composed superb melodies for his mentor and this title track sung magically by Udit Narayan is the best of the lot. Tere Naam revived Salman's drowning career in a big way and brought him back in reckoning.
5) Hud Hud Dabangg: The 'Dabangg' word became synonym with Salman's personality and the title song of the movie composed by Sajid-Wajid is like an anthem of his current massy demi-god image. Sukhvinder Singh's rustic vocals and Jalees Sherwani's poetic lyrics accentuate the iconic 'heroism' feel portrayed by Salman as Chulbul Pandey.
6) Tan Tana Tan: Anu Mallik composed a peppy number for many of Salman's movies. He also did playback for the actor in hugely popular dance numbers including Jaanam Samjha Karo, Ek Garam Chai Ki Pyaali and Oonchi Hai Building. His most famous composition for Salman is the foot tapping 'Tan Tana Tan' from David Dhawan's 'Judwaa'. The song became a rage for its raunchy lyrics, bouncy tune and naughty dance steps.
7) Dekha Hai Pehli Baar: We are back again to golden days of SP sir singing and Madhuri dancing. 'Saajan' is the best music album ever by composer-duo Nadeem-Shravan after 'Aashiqui'. Salman got some of the best songs to portray the womanizer character of Aakash. Madhuri and Salman are ever so lovable in this foot-tapping number.
8.) Teri Meri: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan has sung quite a few memorable songs for Salman including Surili Akhiyo Wale, Tere Mast Mast Do Nain and Dagabaaz Re. His best rendition for Khan is this melody from 'Bodyguard' composed by Himesh Reshammiya which boasts of an ever-lasting shelf life. Song is brilliantly picturised on Salman and Kareena – both looking at their hottest best.
9.) Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyan: Salman's chemistry with Aishwarya Rai in this Sanjay Leela Bhansali's epic love saga is probably his best ever with any actress. He is as natural as ever and effortlessly performs in this mellow and semi-classical number from 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam'.
10.) Oo Jaana Na Jaana: 'Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai' is yet another album which boasts of many melodious and popular songs. Jatin-Lalit were the masters of love tracks in 90s and this track is as beautiful as it is melodious and as romantic as it is nostalgic. The yoddling interlude vocals by Kumar Sanu, who is assisted by legendary Lata Mangeshkar, are addictive.
Well, I am not going to mention the list of the songs that I have missed as there are plenty of them and I know almost all will be covered in the comments sections below. I just hope that I did justice to the ever-lasting song bank of Salman.
Finally, much like his arch-rival Shahrukh Khan, we can have several 'Best of Salman Khan' lists and it would still be better than the Top 10 list of many actors.
Do let us know your list of Top 10 Salman Khan songs in the comments section below.
Coming up next week, 'Best Of Madhuri Dixit', stay tuned for that!
Abhishek Sharma tweets @abhu_sharma


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At the progressive F# hackathon yesterday I set myself the task of getting something written in F# running on a PlayStation Vita. It's something that I've wanted to do for a while now and thought there was no better time to try it. Here's the results running on an actual device which is always a bit more impressive than just running it within an emulator.
How to do it
- The first thing you'll need is a Mono compatible version of FSharp.Core 22.214.171.124, the quickest way I found to get this was to download the fsharp_30 branch of the fsharp tools from http://github.com/fsharp/fsharp and in the FSharp.Core.fsproj add the defined symbol CROSS_PLATFORM_COMPILER. I also removed the listed references and instead added those provided by SCE in C:\Program Files (x86)\SCE\PSM\mono\lib\mono\2.1 and then run the fsharp-library-build.proj file with MSBuild
- Create a new F# library project (I did this in Visual Studio)
- Remove all of the references. Add a reference to FSharp.Core which you just built. Add a reference to all of the Sce.PlayStation dlls listed in C:\Program Files (x86)\SCE\PSM\mono\lib\psm Add references to System.dll and mscorlib.dll as provided in C:\Program Files (x86)\SCE\PSM\mono\lib\mono\2.1
- Delete all of the files in the project and add a new file called game.fs replace it with the following code
namespace TestPSMLibrary open Sce.PlayStation.Core.Graphics open Sce.PlayStation.Core.Environment type Game() = let graphics = new GraphicsContext() member this.Run () = while true do SystemEvents.CheckEvents () graphics.SetClearColor(127, 127, 127, 255) graphics.Clear () graphics.SwapBuffers () ()
- Build your library project
- Open up PSM Studio and create a new PSM Application
- Add a reference to your library project as well as the version of FSharp.Core you built in Step 1
- Replace the contents of main.cs with the following
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using TestPSMLibrary; namespace TestApplication { public class AppMain { public static void Main (string[] args) { var game = new Game(); game.Run(); } } }
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This month I've written two posts condemning the get-rich-quick, get-everything-for-nothing mentality prominent both in evangelical Christianity (The Root of All Evil) and in New Ageism (The Secret). (It occurs to me that this is April – tax month, for us Americans – and though I didn't intend these posts to appear during this month, the correlation pleases me.) This brand of supernatural selfishness has never brought humanity any benefits, instead only giving grief and distracting us from truly important paths to achievement. But I don't think the desire to be rich is always a bad thing. Consider this post from the New York Times Dealbook blog, from last December, titled Craigslist Meets the Capitalists:
Jim Buckmaster, the chief executive of Craigslist, caused lots of head-scratching Thursday as he tried to explain to a bunch of Wall Street types why his company is not interested in "monetizing" his ridiculously popular Web operation. Appearing at the UBS global media conference in New York, Mr. Buckmaster took questions from the bemused audience, which apparently could not get its collective mind around the notion that Craigslist exists to help Web users find jobs, cars, apartments and dates — and not so much to make money.
Wendy Davis of MediaPost describes the presentation as a "a culture clash of near-epic proportions." She recounts how UBS analyst Ben Schachter wanted to know how Craigslist plans to maximize revenue. It doesn't, Mr. Buckmaster replied (perhaps wondering how Mr. Schachter could possibly not already know this). "That definitely is not part of the equation," he said, according to MediaPost. "It's not part of the goal."
…Larry Dignan, writing on Between the Lines blog at ZDNet, called Mr. Buckmaster "delightfully communist," and described the audience as "confused capitalists wondering how a company can exist without the urge to maximize profits."
I have to admit that I, too, find something faintly hilarious in the image of an audience of baffled analysts and investors, unable to comprehend the idea that the owner of a massively popular service like Craigslist would not want to extract as much revenue from his company as he possibly can. But strange as it sounds, I think this decision is worthy of criticism.
Some of the commenters on Dealbook have praised Craigslist owners Jim Buckmaster and Craig Newmark for not selling out, calling their business model "benevolence baked in" or "business for the greatest good". However, several other commenters raised a point which I would like to echo: wouldn't the most benevolent thing to do here be to indeed monetize the site, and then use the profits to fund some worthy charitable efforts?
There are billions of people in the world who lack access to clean drinking water, who suffer from treatable disease, who scrape by in desperately poor living conditions. Wouldn't a greater good be served by leveraging Craigslist's vast popularity to transfer some wealth from relatively prosperous people of the First World to those who have far greater need of it? (How much would a million, or even a thousand, dollars mean to Dr. Alain Mouanga?) Indeed, who has done more good for the world: Buckmaster and Newmark, who seem content in the knowledge that they have everything they need, or Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, who have pledged billions of dollars to relieving human suffering? And even beyond human needs, there are the many species in critical danger of being driven to extinction, the hot spots of biological diversity being irreversibly destroyed by human activity, the climate change that threatens to disrupt vital ecosystems all over the planet. A measly few billion dollars spent to defend our world's environment from these threats could pay dividends for thousands of years to come.
The larger point is that neither money, nor even the desire to make money, are intrinsically evil. In itself, money is nothing but a measure of ability: the ability to work one's will, the power to affect and change the world as one desires. A person can have a strong desire to become wealthy so that they can advance the cause of human happiness in general, or they can become rich and then think of nothing but their own comfort. The latter is wrong, the former is not. In either case, it is how one uses one's money, not how much money one has, that is the determining factor in whether its acquisition is for the good.


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How to optimize pneumonia treatment for the elderly
Can you tell the age of this patient with pneumonia by looking at her chest X-ray (Fig. 1)? Neither can the germ infecting her. And yet there are unique aspects of treatment to know if the patient is elderly. The elderly with pneumonia acquired in the community already have a higher rate of disease and mortality than younger adults with the same type of pneumonia.
The mortality rate of the general population who gets admitted for community-acquired pneumonia is approximately 10%, but it can be as high as 25% in the elderly. The financial burden is consistent with this as well. Some strategies of treatment are the same for any age patient, such as starting antibiotic therapy in the emergency room rather than waiting for a patient to be admitted to a room, and switching to oral antibiotics when a patient reaches criteria for stability. The drug regimens recommended by the American Thoracic Society/Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines for community-acquired pneumonia are appropriate for all aged adults (Table 7, pg 45 of http://www.idsociety.org/Guidelines/Patient_Care/IDSA_Practice_Guidelines/Infections_By_Organ_System-81567/Lower/Upper_Respiratory/Community-Acquired_Pneumonia_(CAP)/), but physicians should have an awareness of potential adverse events and interactions.
The elderly may have exaggerated adverse responses to medicines, and because they tend to take more medications, have more opportunities for drug-drug interactions. The elderly have a higher rate of arrhythmias that produce a lengthening noted on their electrocardiogram (EKG) – the QT interval (Fig. 2). Some antibiotics (macrolides – e.g., azithromycin) can prolong it as well. If a patient with a long QT interval at baseline receives a drug that has the potential to make it longer, then a severe arrhythmia may occur. Second, the elderly are also sensitive to dementia when they are sick in general, and again some quinolone antibiotics may cause confusion, so combining the two may result in severe mental status changes. Quinolones can also cause tendon rupture. Aminoglycosides can cause acute kidney injury and ototoxicity. Oxazolidinones (e.g., linezolid) can cause serotonin syndrome and thrombocytopenia. Finally all antibiotics can cause infectious colitis (Clostridium difficile colitis).
Finally, it is important to prevent community-acquired pneumonia too. This can be done with vaccines that commonly cause pneumonia, including the influenza virus, and the Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria. These are typically referred to as a "flu shot" and a "pneumonia shot". Additionally, it has been shown that vaccinating children protects the adults around them as well. By preventing and treating pneumonia optimally, thousands of lives could be saved.
Forest W. Arnold
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville, USA
How Antibiotics Should be Prescribed to Hospitalized Elderly Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia.
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Drugs Aging. 2017 Jan
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Mr. Coffee Cafe Barista Espresso Machine Review
Mr. Coffee Cafe Barista Espresso Machine Review
Looking for a quality espresso machine that won't break the bank? The Mr. Coffee Cafe Barista Espresso Machine is one of the best you can buy for under $200. This simple but capable semi-automatic espresso machine uses one-touch controls to brew all your favorite coffee drinks. Read our full Mr. Coffee Cafe Barista review to see if this is the best espresso machine for you.
Mr. Coffee Cafe Barista Overview
Our Mr. Coffee Cafe Barista review will go over all the things you need to know before purchasing this espresso machine. While it isn't the most attractive-looking espresso machine, it's compact enough to fit on even the smallest countertops. It's a great choice for tight living spaces and anyone new to making espresso. The removable water reservoir and milk pitcher make it easy to use, clean and maintain.
Coffee Specialists
Mr. Coffee, like the name implies, has been specializing in making great coffee machines and accessories since 1970. The company is well-known for its great products and is even popular enough to have been featured in songs and endorsed by celebrities. When you buy a Mr. Coffee product, you know you're purchasing from a brand that knows what it's doing in the coffee world.
Drink Variety
Unlike other affordable espresso machines, this one also includes an automatic frother. You can easily whip up delicious lattes, cappuccinos, americanos and even flat whites!
The Mr. Coffee Cafe Barista Espresso Machine is unique in that it comes with an automatic milk frother instead of a traditional steam wand. After selecting the foam type, this machine froths for you. It even pours the foam straight into your coffee cup. This allows you to brew all of your favorite specialty drinks without making your own foam!
Our Mr. Coffee Cafe Barista review has a lot of positive things to talk about. Here are the top pros of this machine:
- 15-bar pressure pump: This kind of pressure pump helps get all the flavor you want from your drinks.
- Adjustable cup tray: The Mr. Coffee Cafe Barista lets you adjust the tray to fit different mug sizes, making it simple to find a mug that will work with your espresso machine.
- Affordable: This espresso machine costs less than $200, allowing you to invest in your own home espresso machine without breaking the bank.
- Automatic milk frother: You can select your milk froth level to get the perfect milk for your cappuccinos and lattes.
- Compact: The Mr. Coffee Cafe Barista machine is small enough to fit in just about any kitchen.
- Easy cleaning: The removable milk pitcher and water reservoir make this machine easy to clean.
- One-touch control panel: You'll feel like you're using a machine more expensive than it actually is. Your machine lets you choose between single or double espresso shot, cappuccino or latte.
Unfortunately, everything has some downsides. Here are some negatives to keep in mind as you read our Mr. Coffee Cafe Barista review:
- No integrated grinder: No grinder in your machine means that you'll need to have your own grinder or buy pre-ground coffee.
- Small output: This semi-automatic espresso machine can't brew a full pot of coffee at once. This makes the Mr. Coffee Cafe Barista less ideal for larger groups or families.
- Small water reservoir: Compared to other espresso machines, this machine doesn't have a large reservoir. You'll have to fill this machine more often.
Product Stats
- Brand: Mr.Coffee
- Color: Stainless Steel
- Product Type: Espresso machine (pump fully automatic)
- Product Weight: 6.28 lbs
- Product Height: 14.6 in.
- Product Depth: 10.6 in.
- Product Width: 13.2 in.
- Cord Length: 26 inches
- Wattage: 1040 watts
- Programmable: Yes
- Adjustable Features: Adjustable drip tray
- Brewing Options: Single or double shot of espresso, latte, cappuccino
- Control Type: Dial selector, one-touch control system
- Electric Use and Care: Wipe clean
- Removable Water Reservoir: Yes
- Removable Milk Pitcher: Yes
- Machine Type: Pump-driven, semi-automatic
- Steam Wand: Automatic, programmable frother
- Accessories Included: Glass carafe, coffee scooper, milk pitcher, plastic tamper, and recipe book
Other Notable Features:
- 15 bars of pressure
- Customizable coffee strength
- One-touch control panel
Customizing your favorite espresso drinks has never been easier or more affordable. Anyone can be a coffee expert with the Mr. Coffee Cafe Barista. This machine gives you everything you really need to brew delicious coffee drinks at home. We'll go over some of those key features in this section of our Mr. Coffee Cafe Barista review.
Automatic Milk Frother
No more figuring out how to pull the perfect espresso shot or froth the best milk foam. You can customize the strength of both your brew and froth preference.
The automatic milk frother is a little different than a traditional steam wand. After filling the milk reservoir and selecting your foam preference, it froths the milk automatically for you. You can even program this machine to dispense the foam directly into your coffee cup.
The only downside to the milk frother is that it's only able to froth cold milk. If you want warm milk for a latte, you'll have to pop the finished foam into the microwave for a few seconds before adding it to your espresso.
Easy Cleaning
When it's time to clean your espresso machine, just press the clean button to have the machine backflush and rinse the interior for you. You can also easily rinse the removable water reservoir and milk pitcher. For under $200, it's hard to beat the quality and convenience of this compact semi-automatic espresso machine.
Easy to Use
One of the things that many Mr. Coffee Cafe Barista reviews mention is how incredibly easy it is to use this machine.No need to constantly pull out the manual or frantically search google to figure out how to use this machine either. You won't find it intimidating or difficult to use at all.
You'll love the one-touch system controls. You can select your brew preference with the control settings and make the perfect foam completely hands free. To make your favorite drinks, all you need to do is choose your brew size, fill the coffee grounds and milk pitcher and select the style of coffee or espresso you want to brew. This semi-automatic espresso machine will make your morning coffee simple. All your favorite espresso drinks brew automatically with rich, delicious flavor.
Warranty and Returns
Unlike some espresso machines, the Mr. Coffee Cafe Barista Espresso Machine doesn't come with a free one-year manufacturer's warranty. Even though this espresso machine is extremely affordable, you still might want to consider buying a warranty to save on the costs of replacement parts and labor.
If you decide to forgo the warranty and want to try troubleshooting espresso machine repairs yourself, check out our helpful guide. If you're interested in a warranty, consider one of the options from these popular retailers.
Amazon Warranty
Amazon offers warranties through SquareTrade, an Allstate company. You can choose from a three-year major home appliance plan or a four-year kitchen appliance protection plan. Features include:
- Full power surge coverage
- Nationwide customer support
- Replacement or reimbursement for machines that cannot be repaired
* Price of warranty is dependent on appliance cost and discounts applied
Best Buy Warranty
Best Buy offers a warranty that will cover your semi-automatic espresso machine for two years. These warranties can be transferred to another person or appliance if you decide you no longer want the warranty on your machine. This warranty covers:
- Claims support
- Normal wear and tear
- Power surge repair
- Product replacement
Walmart Warranty
If you buy your Mr. Coffee Cafe Barista from Walmart, you can get a three-year or four-year warranty. These warranties can be refunded within 30 days and covers:
- Customer support
- Fast repairs and replacements
- Replacement or reimbursement for machines that are unfixable
Mr. Coffee Cafe Barista Review Conclusion
After our full Mr. Coffee Cafe Barista review, we think that it's hard to go wrong with this option. At under $200, it's one of the most compact and high tech coffee machines in its price range. This semi-automatic espresso machine makes brewing easy with one-touch control settings and an automatic milk frother. It's ideal for espresso newbies and small living spaces. With this espresso and coffee maker, you can be your own barista without any prior brewing experience.
It isn't the best espresso machine to buy if you're looking for a more traditional model though. The milk frother is convenient if you don't like making your own foam for specialty drinks, but it doesn't heat up the milk for you. If you're looking for an espresso machine that gives you more control over the foam and espresso pull time, choose a manual machine with an attached steam wand instead. Overall, however, we think that this is a great option.
Do you have this machine? If so, leave your own Mr. Coffee Cafe Barista review below.


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Below are a few pictures of China Town in Singapore, taken Feb. 14, 2013.
Guest Mary O'Donnell was on board Maasdam and sent in this great Cruise Diary from her voyage. Stay tuned for more posts from Mary! Day 20 or so – 2/27/13 – Parintins & Alter do Chao I believe Holland America saved the best for last! Two delightful, small cities, with clean, well kept little homes,… read more of "Cruise Diary:…"
Recently aboard Zaandam, the newly hired crew members, along with the recipients of service awards, came together during our new hires & service awards coffee-chat. Senior staff, managers and supervisors were on hand to present service awards to our dedicated and hardworking crew members, all the while giving encouraging words to our newly hired crew… read more of "Zaandam New Hires…"
Here is a view from top of the cable car ride in St. Thomas. Noordam is in the middle of Carnival and Disney ships. Joanne Gardner is Noordam's future cruise consultant.
Thanks to cruise passenger Yobel for this great picture of Prinsendam docked at Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. We really had great weather when we arrived at Tortola on March 11, 2013. Another favorite port to visit.
Statendam's Foreman Engine Robert Feber Gosal recently celebrated 20 years with HAL! A service award ceremony was held to commemorate this special occasion and present him with his award. Below is a fun Q & A with Robert. Congratulations! How long have you been with the company? 20 years. What ships have you been on?… read more of "Commemorating 20…"
Amsterdam's "All White" night, created a beautifully elegant environment that was enjoyed by all during a delicious dinner.
Thanks to guest Scott Lara who recently sailed on Eurodam and sent in more fun photos from his cruise! No wonder why Half Moon Cay has been voted number one private island by Porthole Magazine year after year! The white sand, the incredible blue water, the great water sports and even horses that take you… read more of "Postcards from a…"


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An amazing find in the Black Sea: a 2,400-year-old Greek trading vessel, intact, at the bottom of the sea floor.
Google is launching a new streaming test to push Assassin's Creed Odyssey to the Chrome browser.
A new analysis of past NASA data points to water ice near the Martian equator where scientists thought it could not exist.
Minivans are cool again, more or less. The new Odyssey nails it on driver assists and passenger entertainment. And it's super-quiet on the highway.
Cars and car tech shift from Las Vegas to Detroit. NAIAS debuts include best selling vehicle (F-150) and car (Camry) and a five-day tech show, AutoMobili-D (get it).
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Treyarch has announced that the Black Ops 3 beta on Xbox One and PC has been extended. The beta will now end on August 31st at 10PM PT.
All things end (but not today)! The Xbox One/PC #BO3Beta closes on Monday at 10pm/PST. Today, we're raising the level cap to 49. Let's go!
— Treyarch Studios (@Treyarch) August 30, 2015
As a reminder, the Black Ops 3 beta on Xbox One and PC is now open to everyone – no code required.


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This is a surf rock instrumental tune in the general ball park of Dick Dale, The Ventures etc. featuring 2 electric guitars, bass and drums.
The musical style has Middle Eastern, Surf, Western and Hasidic influences, and played in a fast tempo (170bpm).
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At long last, Valkyrie Doughnuts has (soft) opened on Corporate Boulevard near UCF ... Bitters & Brass, a cocktail bar and absinthe house, has opened in Sanford ... Chuan Lu Garden has opened its second location near UCF on the northeast corner of Colonial Drive and Alafaya Trail ... Hong Kong Rice Box, serving congee, dumplings and Hong Kong-style fare, has opened on Alafaya Woods Boulevard in Oviedo ... Mesa21 will open in the old Gargi's location in Ivanhoe Village March 17 ... Another Teak Neighborhood Grill will open in the former Ran-Getsu space in Maitland by mid-April ... Bates New England Seafood & Steakhouse opens this April near the West Oaks Mall in Ocoee ... Bem Bom on Corrine hopes to complete renovations in the next four weeks and will soft open by mid-April, with a grand opening slated for Cinco de Mayo.
Pincho Factory in Dr. Phillips has shuttered. According to a statement released by the company, the franchisee "mismanaged the restaurant" and failed to meet Pincho Factory standards ... After 80 years in business, Burton's Bar in Thornton Park has closed, though look for them to reopen in a new location in the coming weeks.
Scott Pizzo, former chef de cuisine at Cask & Larder, is now chef de cuisine at Highball & Harvest at the Ritz-Carlton ... Raglan Road's Mighty St. Patrick's Festival runs March 16-19 with a bevy of Irish musicians, dancers and cuisine, including loin of bacon and cabbage, the quintessential St. Patrick's Day dish. Visit raglanroad.com for more ... Liam Fitzpatrick's Restaurant in Lake Mary will stage its ninth annual St. Patrick's Day block party. The event is free and open to all ... Redlight Redlight, Ten10 Brewery and Cask & Larder team up for a Brewery Crawl March 17 starting at 5 p.m., with each releasing a special Irish-inspired beer ... The St. Patrick's Day Roast at the Ravenous Pig starts at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 18. For $18, guests can enjoy corned beef brisket, choucroute, potato salad, Irish soda bread and a chocolate-stout cupcake with Baileys buttercream ... Crooked Can Brewery's Celtic Festival March 17-19 includes Highland games, live music by Off-Kilter, and plenty of Irish grub. The festival is open to all ages.


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The magical diets surround us and do not stop adding victims with their tempting proposals, beyond the many times we hear that their practice is not recommended . Much of the problem is that miracle diets hide very well, confuse us and we come to consider healthy proposals when they are not, so today we show you how to recognize and dismantle a miracle diet, to lose weight thanks to science .
Common characteristics of miracle diets to recognize them at first
To not be a victim of these proposals that can leave traces forever in our body, we show you the common characteristics of miracle diets that will allow you to recognize them easily:
They have a tempting and attractive name or message
Let's start with his name or the first thing we usually see about them. They tend to be presented with tempting, eye-catching or attractive messages that encourage us to see what it is about and thus, start with their consumer capture trap.
The " diet of astronauts " or " diet of beer " certainly appeal to us by its simple name, and even more if accompanied by a message like "to lose weight easily" or "to drink all the beer you want and lose weight".
These are common characteristics of miracle diets that consist of nothing other than "selling". They apply different methods of neuromarketing that end up conquering the consumer who expects to lose weight and is often vulnerable.
They promise a great loss of weight
There are miracle diets that even promise to lose 10 kilos in a month , or 1 kilo per day and this is undoubtedly a very effective weapon to capture the attention of different people who, no matter how much effort they make, intend to lose a lot of weight already.
Most diets really achieve what they promise, but they do so at the expense of very low calorie diets , severe restrictions on food or other resources that do not favor changing habits, and that are not sustainable over time.
As if that were not enough, the faster we lose weight more likely you are to lose muscle and bone mass, and can increase the risk of osteoporosis as a study published in The Journal of Nutrition says .
The metabolism suffers completely, altering hormones that produce hunger and satiety and reducing daily caloric expenditure, all of which favors the most frequent rebound effect the more restrictive is a diet as scientists in Stockholm conclude .
They are promoted as easy resources, effortlessly
Another characteristic of the miracle diets that makes them tempting is that they are promoted in such a way that they look like easy resources, without effort or at least without what we should do with an adequate plan and exercise to lose so much weight in a short time as they usually promise this. type of strategies.
Messages like "eat all you want", "without restrictions" or "without starving" are frequent in miracle diets such as Atkins ketogenic diets for example or the Dukan diet where unlimited protein foods are allowed but on the other hand, they restrict the intake of carbohydrates to the maximum.
Completely eliminate fruits, vegetables, legumes, cereals and cereal seems easy if we much satiety and not feel hungry, but it is not at all nor is it sustainable over time, because without leaving visible, these strategies remain restrictive and strict to prohibit food and this, leads to stressful situations as noted in a study published in the magazine Appetite that finally tells us about the great effort that is made for their practice.
They are based on a single food
Based on a single food or a single preparation we find many miraculous proposals such as the " pineapple diet " or " soup diet " that enhance the characteristics of a product by attributing magical properties to it and, on the other hand, disregarding other foods.
The foods are not good or bad , but act together, in the framework of a diet and other life habits, therefore, the diet of the pineapple works because it only consumes it and drastically reduces calories , not because the Pineapple has miraculous properties.
The monodietas or diets based on a single food are very frequent and not only create misconceptions about different ingredients or dishes but also can promote nutritional deficiencies by not promoting the achievement of a varied and balanced diet as noted by scientists .
They are not personalized
Journal diets, web pages or other spaces that are miraculous strategies are extended without considering your weight, your size, your biological condition, your level of physical activity or if you suffer or not diseases. They are universal diets, they are proposed for everyone equally and they are not personalized as a Nutritionist or Nutrition specialist would receive us in their place in a particular way.
This not only leads us to obtain variable results but it can place our health at risk and, of course, does not favor adherence to the diet over time, but rather the opposite.
For all these reasons, the best is always the individualized diets, adapted to our particular characteristics and created by professionals, as this research from the University of Valladolid suggests .
The most known miracle diets and why they do not work, according to science
At our disposal, there are a variety of diets that meet the aforementioned characteristics and that is why we can recognize them as miracle diets . Among the best known are:
Atkins Diet
It is one of the most popular miracle diets and as old as current. It is based on the production of ketone bodies in our body or ketosis that derives from the great fat burning before the elimination of hydrates in the diet.
It is a restrictive proposal that can not only promote the rebound effect and the alteration of the alimentary behavior by eliminating different groups of whole foods such as fruits and vegetables or cereals and legumes, but also has several side effects, among which are included bad breath, dizziness, irritability or decline in cognitive performance as American scientists point out .
Montignac Diet
The Montignac diet owes its name to its creator and is based on the selection of foods based on the glycemic index , including those whose glycemic response is low and eliminating those with a higher glycemic index.
It is an incorrect proposal because selecting foods based on the glycemic index can lead to errors if we do not take into account other parameters such as the combination of nutrients and the effect of more complex dishes that can modify the glycemic response of a food.
Pineapple diet
The diet of the pineapple is a monodiet, exacerbates the properties of the pineapple and proposes it as a basis for food. This alternative is promising with depurative and slimming effects.
It is a strategy very poor in calories and therefore, considerably restrictive, being able to propitiate from nutritional deficiencies to severe metabolic changes that accentuate the risk of suffering a rebound effect .
And like all diets that promise to detoxify the body , are not endorsed by science , are not beneficial more than a balanced diet rich in fruits and vegetables.
Dissociated diet
The dissociated diets are based on dividing the foods according to their nutrients, not allowing to mix hydrates and proteins mainly.
This premise gives rise to false beliefs about the combination of nutrients and according to a study published in the journal Nature , there is no scientific evidence that shows advantages when separating nutrients , so that its practice would not make any sense if we seek to lose weight.
Dukan Diet
The Dukan diet is like the Atkins diet one of the most famous ketogenic proposals, is structured in four phases that among other things promise a great weight loss and then, the maintenance of lost weight.
However, those who have done it point to having experienced a marked rebound effect due to the fact that in its initial phases, the Dukan diet restricts to the maximum the sources of carbohydrates to promote the burning of fat by means of ketosis.
Its creator is a doctor and this gives value to the diet, however, it hides a big business and as a professional, he was expelled from the school of nutritionists and dietitians who supported him for obtaining economic return with his proposal.
HCG diet
Its name derives from the hormone that is released in pregnancy: human chorionic gonadotropin because in this diet the intake of 500 Kcal dailyis combined with an injection of HCG a day that favors the mobilization of fats.
During pregnancy the hormone allows you to obtain energy to feed the fetus, but if we are not pregnant, this energy expenditure promotes weight loss.
However, it is a very restrictive diet and because it involves hormonal changes, it is risky for the organism as pointed out by experts at the Mayo Clinic who also list a large number of side effects such as: emotional instability, fatigue, irritability, depression, edema, gynecomastia, among others.
Pronokal Diet
The diet or Pronokal method is based on a high protein diet and closely resembles in structure to the Dukan diet, it establishes three different stages, the first only protein foods are consumed, then they go adding other foods in the second stage and the last one tries to consolidate the maintenance.
However, the restriction and prohibition is again present and therefore, there is a risk of rebound effect as well as altering the eating behavior after its proposal that eliminates whole groups of foods rich in carbohydrates.
As if that were not enough, there is also a big business behind it with a variety of products that are sold and are apt to follow the Pronokal method.


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L.A. Tourism Board Announces Record Tourism and Visitor Spending during National Travel & Tourism Week Celebration: 44.2 Million Visitors Spent $19.6 Billion in 2014
LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board (L.A. Tourism) today announced L.A.'s record-breaking visitation, visitor spending and tourism job growth for 2014. The announcement was made to coincide with this week's National Travel & Tourism Week, an annual nationwide event established by Congress and organized by the U.S. Travel Association to celebrate the power of travel.
Los Angeles welcomed 44.2 million visitors in 2014 – a final total which exceeds previously reported estimates – an increase of 4.8% over 2013 levels. Total domestic visitation reached 37.7 million visitors and domestic overnight visitation achieved 23 million visitors. International visitation, an ever-important segment of the market, reached new levels at 6.5 million visitors, a 5.6% percent increase over 2013.
Record visitor spend of $19.6 billion increased 6.8% from the previous year, generating $30.2 billion in total economic impact including the induced and indirect benefits. International visitors, who tend to stay longer and spend more during their visit, accounted for nearly 33% of all visitor spending. Tourism generated $2.3 billion in state and local tax revenues in 2014.
L.A.'s tourism industry was a significant driver for jobs in the Leisure & Hospitality sector, one of the area's largest and strongest economic sectors, which helped support 464,600 jobs and employed 1 in every 9 workers in L.A. County. Tourism contributed to the addition of 25,300 new jobs in the sector last year, making it the County's leading job growth sector.
"A shining star of our local economy, the tourism industry continues to thrive, supporting good-paying jobs for our families and generating significant revenue for our city's vital public services," said Mayor Eric Garcetti. "National Travel and Tourism Week is the perfect time to celebrate these record-breaking tourism numbers and their benefits to our community. Angelenos should be proud our city continues to be a desired destination for millions of visitors from around the globe."
"This remarkable growth for the local tourism industry elevates L.A.'s status as a leading global tourist destination to new heights," said Ernest Wooden Jr., president and CEO of the Los Angeles Tourism and Convention Board. "These achievements, along with L.A. Tourism's accelerated marketing efforts, firmly position Los Angeles towards reaching our goal of 50 million visitors by 2020."
L.A.'s hotel occupancy and hotel room nights sold both set all-time highs in 2014. Hotel occupancy for the year reached 78.9%, surpassing the previous 2013 high of 76.8%. L.A. County's hotels sold a record 28.1 million room nights in 2014, an increase of 3.2% percent over 2013.
"Our hospitality community should be very proud of these stellar results since hoteliers play an important role in achieving these economic impacts as our city's ambassadors," said Javier Cano, chairman of Los Angeles Tourism Marketing District Board; vice president and market general manager at The Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles and JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE. "While the spotlight showcases our Leisure & Hospitality community during National Travel and Tourism Week, it's their everyday passion and dedication for the guest experience that contributes to making L.A. such a welcoming, inspiring destination for our visitors."
Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board is a private, non-profit business association whose primary mission is to market and promote Los Angeles as the premier site for leisure travel, meetings and conventions as the City's official tourism marketing organization. For more information, visit the official visitor information website of Los Angeles at discoverLosAngeles.com, join the more than one million people who follow L.A. Tourism's Facebook page at facebook.com/LosAngelesFan, or follow @discoverLA on Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest.
Data sources include Tourism Economics, an Oxford Economics company, and the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation.