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Comprehensive Physician Evaluations
Our comprehensive physician evaluations are very thorough due to the complex nature of the human balance system. Our doctors look at each unique aspect of your balance system and try to identify the source of your vertigo, dizziness, or concussion. During one of our free medical evaluations, one of our physicians will go over the Patient History & Dizziness Questionnaire and Dizziness Handicap Assessment that you are required to complete before your appointment. They will be trying to discover any obvious conditions like orthostatic hypotension, low blood sugar, medication conflictions, and dizziness as a symptom of other conditions you may be currently experiencing.
After your medical history has been reviewed, our physician will perform a physical examination to asses your balance system and your functional abilities. Your balance system consists of three sensory inputs to maintain proper balance. They are: touch (feet, ankles, joints), sight (eyes), and vestibular (inner ear system). These sensory inputs interact with the brain, which then drive and control our motor functions. Because of the complexity of the balance system, diagnosing a dizziness or balance problem and its specific cause can be difficult at times.
Based on your descriptions and exam results, our doctor will develop a working diagnosis. Depending on what our doctor determines may be the cause of your problems, our doctor may then order diagnostic tests designed to confirm the diagnosis. The diagnostic test results also determine how key components of your balance systems are functioning, and which systems may be the problem. If our doctor has ordered diagnostic tests for you, it's important that you read our medication guidelines at least 2 days before your scheduled tests.
There is a possibility that your problem does not have one specific cause. If no single cause can be identified, our physical therapist may design an exercise-based treatment program that can maximize your functional abilities and minimize disruptive symptoms. The good news is that there are a number of diagnostic tests that can be performed to more accurately determine the source of your dizziness or balance problem.
In order to provide you the best care, we ask that if you have any medical records appropriate for our comprehensive physician evaluations, please have your doctor send them to our clinic prior to your initial appointment. These tests aid our doctor in making a more accurate diagnosis of your condition, but are not required to be seen here at NDBC. This includes past ENGs, EMGs, MRIs, CT scans, hearing tests, or any other related balance studies. If you don't know how to obtain or send your medical records, call our office at (952) 345-3000 and we will be glad to help locate them for you.
To take advantage of our free medical evaluations, please schedule your complimentary consultation today.


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Natural Standard Monograph, Copyright © 2014 (www.naturalstandard.com). Commercial distribution prohibited. This monograph is intended for informational purposes only, and should not be interpreted as specific medical advice. You should consult with a qualified health care professional before making decisions about therapies and/or health conditions.
Related Terms
- Acupoints stimulation, acupressure point K-D2, aromatic acupressure, Asian bodywork therapy, auricular acupressure, automated massage chair, barefoot shiatsu, Bodymind acupressureTM, finger acupressure, five element shiatsu, G-Jo acupressure, high touch acupressure, integrative eclectic shiatsu, Japanese shiatsu (Namikoshi shiatsu, Nippon shiatsu), Jin Shin acupressure, Jin Shin acutouch, Jin Shin Do®, Ki-Shiatsu®, Korean acupressure point K-D2, Korean hand acupressure, macrobiotic shiatsu, Ohashiatsu, oriental bodywork therapy, Sea-Band, Seitei shiatsu, shiatsu anma therapy, tapas acupressure techniqueTM, Tao shiatsu, traditional Chinese medicine, tuina, tuina massotherapy, vaginal acupressure, WatsuTM, Wu Shu, Zen shiatsu.
- Not included in this review: Acupuncture, acutherapy, AMMA® therapy, Ampaku, Ampuku® therapy, anma (amma), anmo (an-mo, an mo), Ayurvedic (marma) massage therapy, Chi Nei Tsang, Chinese reflexology, Hoshino therapy®, Kerala kalari massage, Indian head massage, Jin Shin Jyutsu®, Okazaki restorative massage, point holding, SHEN® Therapy, Qi gong, Taoist pressing point massage, Tibetan massage (Ku Nye), Tibetan pulsing, traditional Thai massage (Nuad Bo Rarn).
- The practice of applying finger pressure to specific acupoints throughout the body has been used in China since 2000 BC, prior to the use of acupuncture. Acupressure techniques are widely practiced internationally for relaxation, wellness promotion, and the treatment of various health conditions. Multiple human studies suggest the effectiveness of wrist-point (P6) acupressure for treating nausea.
- Shiatsu means finger (Shi) pressure (Atsu) in Japanese. Shiatsu technique involves finger pressure at acupoints and along body meridians. It can incorporate palm pressure, stretching, massaging, and other manual techniques. Shiatsu practitioners commonly treat musculoskeletal and psychological conditions, including neck/shoulder and lower back problems, arthritis, depression, and anxiety. Tuina (Chinese for "pushing and pulling") is similar to shiatsu but with more soft tissue manipulation and structural realignment. Tuina is a common form of Asian bodywork used in Chinese-American communities.
The below uses are based on tradition or scientific theories. They often have not been thoroughly tested in humans, and safety and effectiveness have not always been proven. Some of these conditions are potentially serious and should be evaluated by a qualified health care professional.
- Several traditional Asian medical philosophies consider health to be a state of balance in the body that is maintained by the flow of life energy along specific meridians. A disease state is believed to occur when energy flow is blocked, is deficient, or is in excess. A goal of acupressure is to restore normal life energy flow using finger and palm pressure, stretching, massaging, and other bodywork techniques. It is believed that there are 12 primary channels and eight additional pathways circulating life energy throughout the body, maintaining the balance of yin and yang.
- It is proposed that acupressure may reduce muscle pain and tension, improve blood circulation, release endorphins, and release/eliminate toxins. The mechanism of action may be similar to other techniques such as acupuncture (stimulation of acupoints with needles), moxa (burning with a stick including dried mugwort leaves), or other forms of manual stimulation. Techniques that involve soft tissue manipulation may have similar effects on the body as therapeutic massage.
Uses based on scientific evidence
These uses have been tested in humans or animals. Safety and effectiveness have not always been proven. Some of these conditions are potentially serious, and should be evaluated by a qualified healthcare professional.
Numerous scientific studies support the use of wrist acupressure at the P6 acupoint (also known as Neiguan) in the prevention and treatment of nausea after surgery, intra-operative nausea (during spinal anesthesia), nausea from chemotherapy, as well as pregnancy related nausea/vomiting and morning sickness. Effects have been noted in children as well as adults.
Acupressure may significantly reduce general and pre-operative anxiety. However, these studies have been small and poorly designed, warranting better-quality research.
Acupressure using aromatic essential oils (lavender) may reduce pain intensity, stiffness, and stress in patients with neck pain for up to one month.Auricular acupressure may reduce pain and anxiety among hip fracture patients. Acupressure may also aid in the improvement of hemiplegic shoulder pain and motor power among stroke patients.
Agitated behavior (in dementia)
Acupressure may decrease verbal and physical agitation among dementia patients. Further study is needed before recommendations can be made.
Acupressure at stimulation and relaxation points may have different effects on alertness in a classroom setting. Further research is necessary to confirm these findings.
Asthma (quality of life)
Preliminary research suggests that patients with chronic asthma who receive acupressure may experience improved quality of life. Further well-designed studies are needed before firm conclusions can be drawn.
Bed-wetting (children)
Early research seems promising. Further research is necessary before a recommendation can be made.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
A combination of acupressure and massage may reduce dyspnea (labored breathing) and anxiety in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who use prolonged mechanical ventilatory support. Further study of acupressure alone is needed before a recommendation can be made.
Several studies suggest that fatigue and depressive mood may improve with acupressure therapy. Further research is necessary to confirm these findings.
Drug addiction
Preliminary evidence suggests that acupressure may be a helpful adjunct therapy to assist with the prevention of relapse, withdrawal, or dependence. Further research is necessary to confirm these findings before a firm conclusion can be reached.
Dyspnea (shortness of breath)
A small study of patients undergoing pulmonary rehabilitation reported acupressure to be beneficial for decreasing dyspnea. Larger, well-designed studies are needed before clear conclusions can be drawn.
Epilepsy (children)
Preliminary evidence suggests that acupressure may help epileptic seizures among children. Further research is needed to confirm these results.
Exercise performance
Preliminary research reports that ear acupressure may reduce muscle fatigue and lactic acid production, thereby possibly improving athletic performance. Additional research is necessary before a firm conclusion can be drawn.
Facial spasm
There is preliminary positive evidence from one small study in this area. Further research is needed before a clear recommendation can be made.
Gastrointestinal motility
A small study suggests acupressure may improve gastrointestinal motility. Additional research is necessary before a firm conclusion can be drawn.
Self-administered acupressure is reported to help tension or migraine headaches in early studies. More research is needed before a recommendation can be made.
High blood pressure
Small studies in men and women report that acupressure may reduce blood pressure. Study results on the effect of acupressure on heart rate have yielded mixed results. Large, well-designed studies are needed before conclusions can be drawn.
Labor pain
One study reports that LI4 and BL67 acupressure may reduce labor pain specifically during the first stage of labor. Further study is needed before a recommendation can be made.
Low back pain
One study showed that acupressure was effective in reducing low back pain in terms of disability, pain scores, and functional status. The benefit was sustained for six months. More study is needed to make a firm recommendation.
Menstrual pain
Based on initial research, acupressure may reduce menstrual pain severity, pain medication use, and anxiety associated with menstruation. Further research is needed before a clear recommendation can be made.
Palliative care
Preliminary research in patients with advanced progressive diseases reports that acupressure may improve energy levels, relaxation, confidence, symptom control, thought clarity, and mobility. Further research is necessary to confirm these findings.
Parkinson's disease
Acupressure may benefit several measures of severity of Parkinson's disease. Further study is needed before recommendations may be made.
Post-operative pain
Several studies report that acupressure provides pain relief to patients after surgeries. Research suggests that acupressure may be as effective as intravenous pain medications. However, further evidence is needed from well-designed trials before a firm conclusion can be drawn.
Sexual dysfunction
Results from preliminary study suggest a benefit of vaginal acupressure/pelvic massage in the reduction of aspects of sexual dysfunction. Additional studies are needed.
Sleep apnea
A small study reports that acupressure may provide early prevention and treatment for sleep apnea. Larger, well-designed studies are needed before conclusions can be drawn. Patients with known or suspected sleep apnea should consult with a licensed healthcare professional.
Sleep quality
Preliminary research supports the use of acupressure for improving sleep quality in elderly patients and possibly in healthy adults of all ages. Better-designed trials are needed to support these results.
Smoking cessation
Early study indicates that auricular acupressure may help with quitting smoking. Further research is needed to confirm these results.
Promising early data suggests acupressure may aid in the recovery of post-stroke paralysis.
Cervical spondylosis
Results from a meta-analysis do not support use of tuina for cervical spondylosis.
Weight loss/obesity
Preliminary evidence suggests that acupressure may not be effective for weight loss but may aid in weight maintenance following weight loss.
*Key to grades:
A: Strong scientific evidence for this use;
B: Good scientific evidence for this use;
C: Unclear scientific evidence for this use;
D: Fair scientific evidence against this use (it may not work);
F: Strong scientific evidence against this use (it likely does not work).
For full grading rationale, click here.
Uses based on tradition or theory
The below uses are based on tradition or scientific theories. They often have not been thoroughly tested in humans, and safety and effectiveness have not always been proven. Some of these conditions are potentially serious, and should be evaluated by a qualified health care professional
Abuse (sexual, physical, psychological), angina, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, anorexia nervosa, apoplectic hemiplegia, arthritis, beauty treatment, Bell's palsy, bloating (after surgery), cancer therapy for children, cancer treatment side-effects (other than nausea), carpal tunnel syndrome, cerebral birth injuries (infants), childbirth facilitation/induction, colds/flu, congestion, constipation, chronic fatigue syndrome, dementia, edema, emotional repression/trauma, eyestrain, fatigue, fibromyalgia, gag reflex abnormalities (for prevention during dental procedures), gastrointestinal disorders, gum disease, head injury, HIV/AIDS, hormonal pain, hyperactivity, immune deficiencies, itchiness, joint inflammation, jetlag, kidney infection (related pain), menopausal pain, multiple sclerosis, muscle tension/ache, neuralgia (postherpetic), optic atrophy, organ transplantation, phobias, poor circulation, post-traumatic stress disorder, prolapse of lumbar intervertebral disc, psoriasis, recurrent urinary tract infections, renal disease, restless leg syndrome, Rett syndrome, sickle cell anemia (pain), sinus problems, sports injuries, stress, sunburn pain, tendonitis, toothache, ulcer pain, weight gain (premature infants).
Many complementary techniques are practiced by healthcare professionals with formal training, in accordance with the standards of national organizations. However, this is not universally the case, and adverse effects are possible. Due to limited research, in some cases only limited safety information is available.
- With proper training, self-administered acupressure and that performed by an experienced therapist appear to be generally safe. There is a lack of serious long-term complications reported in the scientific literature. Hand nerve injury, herpes zoster ("shingles"), carotid dissection, and retinal and cerebral artery embolism cases have been reported after shiatsu massage. Forceful acupressure may cause bruising.
- This information is based on a professional level monograph edited and peer-reviewed by contributors to the Natural Standard Research Collaboration (www.naturalstandard.com).
Selected References
Natural Standard developed the above evidence-based information based on a systematic review of the available scientific articles. For comprehensive information about alternative and complementary therapies on the professional level, go to www.naturalstandard.com. Selected references are listed below.
- Agarwal A, Ranjan R, Dhiraaj S, et al. Acupressure for prevention of pre-operative anxiety: a prospective, randomised, placebo controlled study. Anaesthesia 2005 Oct;60(10):978-8.
- Barker R, Kober A, Hoerauf K, et al. Out-of-hospital auricular acupressure in elder patients with hip fracture: a randomized double-blinded trial. Acad Emerg Med 2006 Jan;13(1):19-23.
- Chen HM,Chen CH. Effects of acupressure at the Sanyinjiao point on primary dysmenorrhoea. J Adv Nurs 2004;48(4):380-387.
- Cho YC, Tsay SL. The effect of acupressure with massage on fatigue and depression in patients with end-stage renal disease. J Nurs.Res 2004;12(1):51-59.
- Harris RE, Jeter J, Chan P, et al. Using acupressure to modify alertness in the classroom: a single-blinded, randomized, cross-over trial. J Altern Complement Med 2005 Aug;11(4):673-9.
- Ho CM, Tsai HJ, Chan KH, et al. P6 acupressure does not prevent emesis during spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery. Anesth Analg 2006 Mar;102(3):900-3.
- Hsieh LL, Kuo CH, Lee LH, et al. Treatment of low back pain by acupressure and physical therapy: randomised controlled trial. BMJ 2006 Mar 25;332(7543):696-700.
- Maa SH, Sun MF, Hsu KH, et al. Effect of acupuncture or acupressure on quality of life of patients with chronic obstructive asthma: a pilot study. J Altern Complement Med 2003;9(5):659-670.
- Puangsricharern A, Mahasukhon S. Effectiveness of auricular acupressure in the treatment of nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy. J Med Assoc Thai. 2008; 91(11):1633-8.
- Roscoe JA, Jean-Pierre P, Morrow GR, et al. Exploratory analysis of the usefulness of acupressure bands when severe chemotherapy-related nausea is expected. J Soc Integr Oncol 2006 Winter;4(1):16-20.
- Sheehan P. Hyperemesis gravidarum–assessment and management. Aust Fam Physician 2007 Sep;36(9):698-701.
- Smith CA, Collins CT, Cyna AM, et al. Complementary and alternative therapies for pain management in labour. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2006 Oct 18;(4):CD003521.
- Stein DJ, Birnbach DJ, Danzer BI, et al. Acupressure versus intravenous metoclopramide to prevent nausea and vomiting during spinal anesthesia for cesarean section. Anesth Analg 1997;84(2):342-345.
- Tsay SL, Wang JC, Lin KC, et al. Effects of acupressure therapy for patients having prolonged mechanical ventilation support. J Adv Nurs 2005 Oct;52(2):142-50.
- Wang SM, Escalera S, et al. Extra-1 acupressure for children undergoing anesthesia. Anesth Analg. 2008; 107(3):811-6.


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Hospitality is a courtesy that is mentioned in the Holy Qur'an. With reference to Hadhrat Ibrahim (on whom be peace) it is mentioned twice. Firstly, in Surah Al Dhariyat when the guests greeted Hadhrat Ibrahim (on whom be peace) with 'Salaam' Hadhrat Ibrahim responded in kind. 'When they entered upon him and said, 'Peace!' he said, 'Peace!' They were all strangers'. (51:26). The apparent significance of this is that they both wished each other peace. However, according to lexicon a distinction has been made; the guests greeted with the word 'Salaam', however Hadhrat Ibrahim (peace and be on him) responded with 'Salaamun', which has more eloquent connotation. Here the courtesy of the Quranic verse, 'And when you are greeted with a prayer, greet ye with a better prayer or at least return it…' (4:87) was being abided. Huzur explained that the greeting of 'Salaamun' signifies lasting peace. This was the high standard of the morals and courtesy of a Prophet of God. By citing this example it is indicated to us that as the Ummah of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) we should always follow this standard to welcome guests; thus expressing and conveying our delight at receiving our guests. The Qur'an goes on to state that Hadhrat Ibrahim (on whom be peace) made prompt arrangements to serve the guests, 'And he went quietly to his household, and brought a fatted calf,' (51:27) or it is stated in Surah Hud, '…They said, 'We bid you peace.' He answered, 'Peace be on you,' and was not long in bringing a roasted calf.' (11:70). Huzur explained that God likes timely hospitality extended in the best possible manner that one can afford. In Surah Al Dhariyat the subject-matter is not of hospitality, yet by mentioning it, the excellent civility has been cited that in spite of being strangers they were greeted and served in a fine manner. Preparation for their hospitality ensued without any questions asked. Huzur said God loves this quality and it is a characteristic of Islam.
Excellent hospitality was the distinction of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) even before the advent of his prophethood. Arabs are a very hospitable people, but this quality was present in the Prophet with greater splendour. When he received his first ever Divine revelation and went home perturbed with the awe of his experience, Hadhrat Khadija (may Allah be pleased with her) consoled and comforted him. She said that God would never let him down because he was most careful in fulfilling the dues of his relations, shared others' problems, established the high morals that had been abandoned, was hospitable, helped the poor and the needy, how could God let him be wasted? Huzur said here the mention of hospitality, among his other qualities, tells us that it was of distinct excellence. Indeed, after prophethood this was further burnished to perfection.
The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) did not merely honour his guests with good arrangements of food; rather, he took care of their small needs and at times served them personally. He counselled his followers to do the same and said, 'if you claim to love me then follow me'. The hospitality he enjoined was without the hope or wish for a return of favour, or praise and purely for the sake of obeying God's command. He advised to serve guests in an excellent manner for three days for this was the guests' due. He said if one believed in God and the Day of Judgement one should honour guests. The Holy Prophet's (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) hospitality was borne out of fervour to serve but he also carried it out to exemplify the teachings of Islam to people of other faiths or of no faith. We thus note that his hospitality was not just for the apparent and physical well-being of his guests but also for their spiritual well-being. This is also the teaching he imparted to his followers.
Once, a disbelieving guest came to the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him). The Prophet sent for milk of one goat to serve him. The person drank the milk. One after another, on his request, milk of seven goats was brought for him and he drank it all. The man was most impressed at the level of this hospitality which was without any hesitation and without the hope for reciprocation. The next day he embraced Islam. Again, it was arranged to fetch some milk for him. He drank one goat's milk but could not finish the second round. Following this, the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) said that a believer eats the fill of one bowel where as a disbeliever eats the fill of seven bowels. Huzur explained that first arrangement was made to meet his needs and only when he declined to drink any more did the Prophet made the remark informing him of the station he had acquired by coming into Islam.
Once, a delegation from Emperor Najashi came to visit. The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) personally served them. His Companions asked him why he undertook serving them when the Companions were there to be of service. The Prophet replied that the people of Najashi had honoured the Muslims therefore he preferred to serve them himself to reciprocate their favours. Once, due to some ailment, a visiting Jew soiled the bedding. Embarrassed, he left early in the morning leaving behind the soiled bedding. The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) washed it himself. The man had left something behind, so he returned. When he saw the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) washing the soiled bedding he was mortified. It is said he embraced Islam. Once, a traveller came to the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) who sent a message to his household to send some food. The reply came that there was nothing in the house except water. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) asked his Companions who among them could arrange for some food. An Ansari said he would. When he went home to ask his wife to prepare some food for the guest she said they only had enough to feed the children. He asked her to light the lamp and send the children to bed. When the food was ready and the guest arrived, he got up on the pretext of adjusting the lamp and instead extinguished it. He and his wife pretended to eat in the dark while the guest ate satisfactorily. Next day, when the Ansari went to the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him), he laughed and said, 'your planning of last night also made Allah laugh'. It is then that the following verse was revealed: '…and find not in their breasts any desire for that which is given them, but prefer others to themselves even though poverty be their own lot. And whoso is rid of the covetousness of the soul – it is these who will be successful' (59:10).
Huzur said the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) had a group of Companions who accompanied him all the time lest they missed something he enjoined. It is an immense favour of theirs on the Ummah to have imparted so many ahadith to us. Hadhrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) was the one who related most ahadith. He had the occasion to hear what most others did not. Huzur said this was because he had a disadvantaged background and he simply stayed around the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) while others would visit during certain times of the day. In the early days Hadhrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) would tie a rock to his belly to fight hunger pangs.
One day, in such a state, he sat at a spot where people would usually pass by. He stopped Hadhrat Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked him about the meaning of a Quranic verse with the hope that he would also feed him. However, he just explained the verse and left. Later, Hadhrat Umer (may Allah be pleased with him) passed and Hadhrat Abu Huraira repeated the question with the same expectation but he also left after explaining the verse. Then the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) passed. He saw Hadhrat Abu Huraira and asked him to go with him. He took him to his home where there was half a bowl of milk some had sent over. The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) asked Hadhrat Abu Huraira to gather all the As'hab us Suffah (Companions who had no means of subsistence and who lived in a portion of the Prophet's Mosque). Hadhrat Abu Huraira did not like this as he was extremely hungry and wondered how many people the bowl of milk could satiate. However, in obedience, he called everyone. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) asked Hadhrat Abu Huraira to pass the bowl to everyone. When they had all drank, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) smiled and gave the bowl to Hadhrat Abu Huraira and asked him to drink to his fill. When he had had his fill the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) took the bowl, praised God, said Bimillah and then drank the milk. Huzur said the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) considered Ashab us Suffah his guests, that is why he offered the milk to them first. The milk would have been blessed even if he had drunk it first but he gave it to the others out of his sense of hospitality.
After the victory of Makkah many foreign delegations would come to meet him. He would receive them with great respect and would arrange for gifts for them. He had said when a leader or a dignitary of another nation visits you, afford him honour accordingly. Although he commanded to honour leaders, he would respect all his guests.
Huzur said the ardent devotee of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him), the Promised Messiah replicated this blessed model in the current age. Once he was visiting the town of Gurdaspur and although a visitor himself, he would take great care of those who came to see him. He often said that people who came to visit should feel relaxed in asking for whatever their specific needs were. He went to great lengths to make his guests feel comfortable and relaxed. He once said the heart of a guest is like a glass; it breaks at the slightest of knocks. He enjoined his followers to be extremely polite and courteous to guests and to keep quiet in a situation that escalated to verbal abuse. He instructed the person who was in charge of the Langer Khana (communal/public kitchen) to take care of every person's needs. He added that as he handled all the work on his own, he may forget to do so, in which case others should remind him of this. He instructed to serve everyone, regardless of their outward appearance, without any distinction.
Huzur related a few incidents exemplifying the extraordinary measures the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) took to serve his guests. He would always meet people with cheerfulness and this was because it was the Sunnah of his master.
Huzur said it is now our responsibility to carry this tradition on. These days we are receiving guests who have come to attend Jalsa Salana. The Jalsa that the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) initiated after being Divinely informed. He also prayed abundantly for those who attend Jalsa Salana. In this way these are the guests of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) and we must extend our hospitality to them purely for the sake of seeking God's pleasure and in consideration of religious brotherhood.
Huzur said the Jalsa duty-holders should carry out their duties with diligence, courtesy, patience and tolerance. Every small requirement of the guests should be taken care of. Each guest should be treated as if he/she is a special guest of the person on duty. May God enable each duty-holder to fulfil his/her obligation in an excellent manner.
Next Huzur announced that he would lead two funeral Prayers in absentia after Jummah. Chaudhry Mahmood Ahmad Cheema sahib who was a life-devotee passed away on 12 July in Rabwah. He was 81. He had served in Sierra Leone, Germany and Indonesia. His service in Indonesia spanned 33 years. He finally returned to Rabwah in 2002. He had had the privilege to perform Hajj. He was a pious, sincere, and dedicated life-devotee. He had an extremely sincere connection with Khilafat. He leaves behind daughters, may they continue with the piety of their father.
Sahibzadi Amatul Momin sahiba, wife of Sahibzada Mirza Naeem Ahmad sahib passed away at the age of 68. She was the paternal granddaughter of Hadhrat Mirza Sharif Ahmad and maternal granddaughter of Mirza Aziz`Ahmad sahib. Her father was Sahibzada Mirza Zafar Ahmad sahib and her mother was Amatul Naseer sahiba. She was a daughter-in-law of Hadhrat Musleh Maud (may Allah be pleased with him). She was most steadfast, patient and sincere. She bore the passing away of her parents and her husband most steadfastly. She suffered from a long illness with fortitude and never complained. May God elevate her status and keep her offspring firm on piety.
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The auditreduce command summarizes audit records that are stored in binary format. The command can merge audit records from one or more input audit files. The command can also be used to perform a post selection of audit records. The records remain in binary format. To merge the entire audit trail, run this command on the audit server. The audit server is the system that mounts all the audit file systems for the installation. For more information, see the auditreduce(1M) man page.
The auditreduce command enables you to track all audited actions on multiple systems from a single location. The command can read the logical combination of all audit files as a single audit trail. You must identically configure all systems at a site for auditing, and create servers and local directories for the audit files. The auditreduce command ignores how the records were generated or where the records are stored. Without options, the auditreduce command merges audit records from all the audit files in all of the subdirectories in the audit root directory. Typically, /etc/security/audit is the audit root directory. The auditreduce command sends the merged results to standard output. You can also place the results into a single, chronologically ordered output file. The file contains binary data.
The auditreduce command can also select particular types of records for analysis. The merging functions and selecting functions of the auditreduce command are logically independent. The auditreduce command captures data from the input files as the records are read, before the files are merged and then written to disk.
By specifying options to the auditreduce command, you can also do the following:
Request audit records that were generated by specified audit classes
Request audit records that were generated by one particular user
Request audit records that were generated on specific dates
With no arguments, the auditreduce command checks the subdirectories within the /etc/security/audit directory, the default audit root directory. The command checks for a files directory in which the start-time.end-time.hostname files reside. The auditreduce command is very useful when audit data resides in separate directories. Figure 31–1 illustrates audit data in separate directories for different hosts. Figure 31–2 illustrates audit data in separate directories for different audit servers.
If the partition for the /etc/security/audit directory is very small, you might not store audit data in the default directory. You can pass the auditreduce command another directory by using the -R option:
# auditreduce -R /var/audit-alt
You can also specify a particular subdirectory by using the -S option:
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Charlotte, NC – Curling iron brands are as many as the type of curls women can imagine. According to one of their articles called Story Of Your Curly Hair & Curly Iron, each curl pattern is uniquely different than the other. To achieve these curls, different types of curling irons are also needed. These range from the most expensive to the ones with the most advanced features. Each of these brands presents the best feature of their products making it difficult to sort out which claims are real. My Curling Iron cuts to the chase and gives an honest review of each brand and their models. One of their contributors is professional hair stylist Orni Ibant who has spent most of her life researching the best hair products and tools for different hairstyles.
For those who are looking for the best regardless of the hefty price tag, T3 is considered the best in this category. Professional hair stylists regard T3 as the mother of all curling iron brands. Two of their most popular models are the Whirl Trio and the Twirl 360. Whirl Trio has three interchangeable barrels that make it possible to create a myriad of curls and styles. The Twirl 360, on the other hand, is equipped with the latest hand motion sensor technology that propels the barrel in the desired direction.
For people who are looking for more affordable brands but can still deliver good results, Conair and Hot Tools top the list. At present, Conair has a total of 32 types of curling irons which are all presented on their website. One of their most popular models is the 1-inch Nano Tourmaline Ceramic Curling Iron which uses nanotechnology to produce long-lasting curls. Hot Tools, on the other hand, has 52 types of curling irons categorized by their material, barrel size, and styling. Their 24K Gold series has ergonomic design and high-tech features, like temperature control and timer settings. Despite all of these curling iron brands and types, achieving the perfect curly hairstyle boils down to the hair type of a person. Their hair type will determine what material, barrel size, and temperature setting are needed.
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Yves Saint Laurent was one of the first designers to make pants suits for women. "I want to put myself at women's disposal . . . to serve them," he once said. "It was my wish to accompany them in that great moment of liberation."
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Dead Space 3: Awakened DLC gets a trailer
The Awakened DLC for Dead Space 3 has a trailer available, and it's posted below. It's out next on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 from March 12. Thanks, Evil Avatar.
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Dead Space 3 - Awakened DLC to release in March
Visceral Games has announced the first DLC for Dead Space 3 will arrive in March.
Dead Space 3 has unlockable modes, "additional story"
Dead Space 3 producer Steve Papoutsis has hinted at new DLC modes coming to the game post release, along with a "top secret additional story."
Dead Space 3 co-op trailer and screenshots released
Dead Space 3 has a new trailer which shows the game's co-op mode. It's below.
Dead Space 3 shots show very bad things wandering around the research facility
Dead Space 3 shots have landed, and some are mighty creepy. Each shows something horrible going on in the research facility, but it seems there's always something awry when comes to research of any kind in facilities. Enjoy the shots below courtesy of AGB. Dead Space launches on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 in February.
Dead Space 3 news teased for tomorrow
Dead Space 3 news is being teased by EA, and said teasing should end sometime tomorrow, November 8. We've no idea what it could be, but keep your eyes glued to the game's Facebook page. Dead Space launches on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 in February.
Dungeon Siege III dev sets co-op party limits and more
Obsidian has fielded questions from fans eager to know more about its upcoming hack 'n slash RPG. Save game, party-size and control scheme-based results are inside.
Dungeon Siege III doesn't need a respec option
Obsidian CEO Feargus Urquhart says players won't need to redistribute their upgrades points in Dungeon Siege III, because the dungeon crawler doesn't have an MMORPG-like player-versus-player aspect.
80Gb PS3 confirmed for Europe, says French site
GI was right it seems: according to Jeux Video the 80Gb is a definite for Europe and will cost the same as the current 40Gb.Best news of all, though, is that the new SKU will apparently come bundled with the DualShock 3 controller. It doesn't look as though backwards compatibility has made the cut, however.By […]
Amazon.com to get white DS3
It seems Amazon.com has decided to import Sony's snazzy white Dual Shock 3. The pad goes on sale tomorrow for $59.99, so be quick.No news if this will come to Europe. In fact, we're just happy we got the black one at long last, so don't mind us.By Mike Bowden
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9780062262349 Past, present, and future collide to throw respected forensic anthropologist Bill Brockton's successful, secure life into devastating turmoil in this poignant novel in the New York Times bestselling Body Farm mystery series. It's been ten years since Dr. Bill Brockton created the Body Farm—the world's first postmortem research facility dedicated to advancing the frontiers of forensic science—and the researcher is at the pinnacle of his career. Under his leadership, the University of Tennessee's forensic anthropology program has become the most prominent in the world, and Brockton's skills and knowledge are in high demand among top law enforcement. Calling him in for a number of high profile cases, the FBI now wants him to identify the charred remains of a maverick millionaire, killed in a fiery plane crash. But a storm is about to hit Brockton with cataclysmic force. First, his identification of the crash victim is called into question. Then he receives a threatening message from the serial killer who attempted to murder the scientist and his family a decade ago. And from Brockton's beloved wife Kathleen—his lodestone and his source of security—he gets the most shocking news of all. Will Brockton be able to weather this deluge . . . or has he finally reached the breaking point?
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DUST 514 takes the prize for most intriguing hybrid - console FPS/RTS/MMO that performs in the persistent EVE Online universe. Here, the CCP Games CEO explains the concept more, including the fundamental difference in EVE and Dust characters.
Hilmar Pétursson drew a familiar analogy - EVE Online players are the air force; DUST 514 players are the (wait for it) marines. Space marines! Pétursson went on to say that while EVE inhabitants are "different people," focused on operating spacecraft. a character in DUST "would rather run around, blow shit up. That is his skill."
You see, EVE players talk like this and DUST 514 players talk like this.
Pétursson says the game have persistency elements of its own, as well as ones from the EVE universe. He made no announcement or hint of when this will be available, other than CCP's been working on it for three years.
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More and more, it seems, no good deed goes unpunished.
Take the revelation this week by Identity Finder that nearly a fifth of nonprofits between 2001 and 2006 published the social security numbers of donors, scholarship recipients, tax preparers, directors, employees and trustees on their tax returns, which are open to the public.
Identity Finder's report analyzed sensitive information, such as SSNs, contained in nearly 3 million IRS Form 990 tax returns, which tax-exempt organizations file each year.
Social Security numbers are not required on the form, but Identity Finder found that 132,362 charitable groups published 472,866 SSNs—171,005 of them unique.
Between 2001 and 2006, more than 18% of all nonprofits or their tax preparers published at least one SSN on their public tax return. In all, 287,238 Form 990 returns contained at least one SSN.
Identity Finder noted in a statement that all Form 990s are "open to public inspection" and are regularly published by the IRS and multiple third parties.
It found that at least 35% of the total SSNs belonged to tax preparers who identified themselves by their SSN instead of preparer tax identification number.
"Organizations and tax preparers must understand the risks of including social security numbers on public documents, such as the IRS 990 form," Todd Feinman, Identity Finder's chief executive, said in the statement. "Unlike a credit card number, social security numbers cannot easily be revoked. Given the risks of identity theft, tax preparers should avoid including SSNs on 990 forms."
In its report, Identity Finder issued guidance to individuals and charitable organizations:
- Nonprofits that have published SSNs should alert those affected that they may be at increased risk of identity fraud.
- Organizations should avoid placing personal information, especially SSNs, on public documents such as Form 990s and court documents.
- College foundations should determine whether exposure of student PII, or personally identifiable information, on tax returns violates provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974.
- Donors should not provide their SSN to charities.
- Scholarship applicants should review the most recent Form 990 of any foundation prior to applying to verify that it does not publish SSNs.
- Individuals should always require any organization to justify a request for SSN.
- Tax preparers should supply their PTIN rather than their SSN on tax documents.
- Tax preparers should ensure that no PII is unnecessarily disclosed on IRS forms they approve.
- The IRS should publish explicit guidance explaining that SSNs are not to be published on Form 990s.
- The IRS and other stewards of past 990 filings should provide only redacted copies of the forms.
- The IRS, courts and private stewards of public documents should use data loss prevention and data discovery software to prevent the disclosure of PII on documents made public.


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1-15 October 2014 Cyber Attacks Timeline
Paolo Passeri 3 Comments #OpHK Moroccan Islamic Union-Mail, #OpHK The Fappening, 000, 17, 2014, 322 individuals who used Oregon Employment Department, 5-cont.com N.C. Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources, @UNICEF Flinn, Alliance for True Democracy, AnnaLynne McCord, Anonymous, ATD, ATM, ATM China, Axiom UC Davis Health System thesnappening.org, bellogate HP, Bilawal Zardari, BJP pakrail.com, BMW Car Club of America. University College London, caa.gov.lk, Changxing County, Cryptolocker Kaspersky Lab, CVE-2014-4113 BC Wildfire Management Branch Cyberswim, CVE-2014-4114, Cyber Attacks, Daisy Lowe North Dakota State College of Science, Democratic Party Hong Kong, Doctor Who, DPHK, Dr Web, Erin Heatherton, FinFisher iSIGHT, Google Indonesia, google.co.id ABC, Hewlett-Packard Kmart HaXor Beast Prayer, Hong Kong, Hurricane Panda, Inc. Hidden Lynx, India, Interpol Tyupkin, Jammu, jietjodhpur.com Alicenorin, JP Morgan Chase & Co snapsaved.com, Kashmir Bloomberg News, Keke Palmer Kai-H4xOrR, Lahore campus, Mac.BackDoor.iWorm, maritime.edu [email protected] [email protected], Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Matt Smith, Michael Arthur, Mudit Grover Shane Haley IamLupo, Nato Dropbox 851, ncdenr.org Palo Alto Networks, NDSCS Volexity, Nick Hogan, Nina Dobrev Jonathan Hall, Ningbo Free Trade Zone, Nitro Provo City School The Fappening, NUML, nybmwcca.org, October, OS X Syrian Electronic Army, Pakistan, Pakistan Electric Power Company, Pakistan Mohanlal Viswanathan Nair National University of Modern Languages, Pakistan People's Party, People Power, PEPCO ArianaSecurity, PPP, Professional Commons ESET India, Russia, SAMAA TV, samaa.tv Bahrain, Sandworm, Scientific ManiAc Naiem, Shellshock, Snapchat, Sri Lankan Consumer Affairs Authority, Team Danny, The Snappening, The Snappening The Fappening, Timeline, UCL, Ungu Anonymous. China, UNICEF, Winona Ryder, WinZip. Yahoo MaDLeeTs, WOMIS CrowdStrike, WorkSource Oregon Management Information System, Zhejiang
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Tribes: Implementing new authority over non-Indians in domestic violence crimes will take time
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Tribal courts will have the authority to prosecute non-Indians in domestic violence cases under a bill expected to be signed Thursday by President Barack Obama.
The measure is seen as a huge step forward by many who live on reservations and decry the high rates of domestic violence with no prosecution there. But some say it could take years to make a difference.
Indian women suffer incidents of domestic violence at rates more than double the national averages.
The new law gives Indian courts the ability to prosecute non-Indians for a set of crimes limited to domestic violence and violations of protecting orders. Tribal officials say its implementation will be slow as tribes amend their legal codes and ensure defendants receive the same rights offered in state and federal courts.


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Model Hannah Davis graces the cover of the 2015 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, which was unveiled on "The Tonight Show" on Feb. 4, 2015.
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Model Christie Brinkley posed three years in a row for the coveted cover spot - she graced the front of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue from 1979-1981.
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Rebecca Romijn has graced the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover twice. In addition to sharing the cover with seven other models for the 2006 issue, she also graced the cover by herself in 1999.
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Kathy Ireland has posed for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover three different times - 1989, 1992 and 1994. The American model and businesswoman also competed on the ninth season of "Dancing with the Stars."Photos: Season 9 of "Dancing"
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Tyra Banks made history in 1996 - she became the first African-American to grace the front of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue when she shared the cover with model Valeria Mazza. The next year, she made history again when she posed for the cover solo.
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Elle Macpherson holds the record for the most Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover shots - five in all. She posed for the coveted spot three years in a row, from 1986-1988, once again in 1994 and a final time in 2006 with seven other models.
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Victoria's Secret model and "Project Runway" host Heidi Klum graced the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover in 1998.
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American model Carolyn Murphy, seen here in a 2007 photo, was the cover model for the 2005 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue.
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For the 2006 swimsuit issue, Sports Illustrated chose eight models to grace the cover. They are, from left, Carolyn Murphy, Daniela Pestova, Elle Macpherson, Elsa Benitez, Rachel Hunter, Rebecca Romijn, Veronica Varekova and Yamila Diaz-Rahi.
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Beyonce posed for the cover of the 2007 swimsuit issue, making her the first non-model/non-athlete and second African-American to get the coveted spot.Photos: Beyonce
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Victoria's Secret model Marisa Miller posed for the cover of the 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue. The American model has appeared in every edition of the magazine from 2002 to 2008.Photos: Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
Model Bar Refaeli, then 23, graced the cover of the 2009 edition of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue. It was Refaeli's first time on the SI cover, but not the first time she was included in the issue. She was photographed for the 2007 edition, which made her the first Israeli model to be featured in the magazine.
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In 2010, 22-year-old model Brooklyn Decker received the coveted cover shot.
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This image provided by Sports Illustrated shows the cover of the magazine's 2011 Swimsuit Edition featuring Irina Shayk.
In this cover image released by Time Inc. on Feb. 13, 2012, model Kate Upton graces the cover of the "Sports Illustrated 2012 Swimsuit Issue."
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This image provided by Sports Illustrated shows the cover of the magazine's 2013 Swimsuit Edition featuring Kate Upton, which will launch across multiple platforms on Feb. 11, 2013. Upton, 20, is the first model to score two consecutive SI swimsuit covers since Tyra Banks in 1996 and 1997.
Pictures: Kate Upton
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From left, Nina Agdal, Lily Aldridge and Chrissy Teigen grace the cover of the 2014 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, which was unveiled on Feb. 13, 2014.
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Model Hannah Davis poses on the cover of the 2015 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, which was unveiled on "The Tonight Show" on Feb. 4, 2015.


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Jeter's retirement announcement promotes foundation
Unlikely Facebook user expounds on why he let everyone know via social media
TAMPA, Fla. -- Derek Jeter has often said that because of how much he values his privacy, the Yankees captain would never dabble with social media. So why did Jeter choose Facebook to make one of the most important announcements of his career?
The answer was simple, as Jeter explained on Wednesday. Jeter released his 15-paragraph note on the afternoon of Feb. 12 via the Facebook page for his Turn 2 Foundation, aiming to draw more attention to the organization's message.
"Everyone said, 'First of all, I didn't even know you had a Facebook page,' but if you guys scroll down a little further, you'd see a lot of this Facebook page has to do with my foundation," Jeter said. "So that was one of my hopes.
"One, I wanted to get the entire message out. I didn't want people to cut and paste it and put what they chose. I wanted people to read the entire message. And two, for selfish reasons, I thought it would draw a little bit more attention to the foundation."
Formed in 1996, the mission statement of Jeter's Turn 2 Foundation is "to create and support signature programs and activities that motivate young people to turn away from drugs and alcohol and turn to healthy lifestyles."
Jeter said that he wrote "each and every word" of the statement, which has received more than 74,750 "likes" as of Wednesday.
"I was sitting down at home and I had a few questions I wanted to answer, so I started taking notes," Jeter said. "I wish I would have brought the notebook to show you, but it was a lot of pages. I could have written another three or four pages, but I thought I'd lose interest of people after one.
"But I just answered a few questions I had, and I wrote down my thoughts and my ideas."


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I love instant messaging. I use it both for work—we use instant messaging extensively at the Orbiting HQ—and for play, talking to my girlfriend, my family, and random people around the world. For most IM protocols, I use Digsby, but for Windows Live Messenger I've always tended to stick with the official client. I depend on many of Windows Live Messenger's built-in features—photo sharing, multiple-location sign-in, and webcam support—that I just don't get with third-party clients.
I also use social networks, including Facebook, Flickr, and Twitter. So, I was looking forward to the new version of Windows Live Messenger. An update to the client I use all the time, designed to integrate better both with Windows 7 and the social networks I use all day sounds great. What could possible go wrong?
First, it all looks new. Though the basic design is unaltered, the new Messenger looks cleaner and crisper. Spurious gradients have been banished, whitespace has been added. Some changes are quite subtle; scroll bars, for example, fade out when the mouse isn't near them. It looks familiar, but considerably smarter.
Windows 7 integration has been improved. The previous Messenger included a Jump list and a taskbar icon overlay to show your online status; this has now been extended with a multicolored status-switching toolbar.
Less welcome is Microsoft's new solution to a sticky issue. Neither this version nor the previous version of Messenger minimizes to the notification area; instead, they use icon overlays and the taskbar icon. This is a good thing: the notification area isn't actually meant for long-running applications, it's meant for notifications.
However, to ensure that the taskbar button is actually visible (and hence able to display the overlay and the Jump list), an application needs to have a window. If the application has no open windows at all, Windows removes its taskbar button entirely—which would leave users no way of manipulating Messenger.
The current version of Messenger addresses this by creating a dummy window. If no other Messenger windows are open, an invisible dummy window is created. It doesn't appear in alt-tab, and it doesn't have a "proper" thumbnail (instead it uses your display picture), so it never really gets in the way. Clicking the icon opens up the contact list, so the behavior is reasonably sensible—it's just a slightly inelegant hack to accommodate the taskbar's behavior.
In the new Messenger, the dummy window is gone. But this is not a good thing. Instead of having a dummy window to ensure that Messenger always has an open window, and hence always has a taskbar button, the contact window is now persistent. Even if you click the X to dismiss it, it just minimizes. There's no way of getting rid of it.
The reason I find this objectionable is that it means that the window now appears in the alt-tab list. Windows Live Messenger isn't the only application to do this: recent versions of Skype also make their contact window persistent, so it's always polluting my alt-tab list. But it's nonetheless a step backwards.
The real fix is for Microsoft to decouple the taskbar buttons from application windows—allow running applications to create a button even if they have no visible windows. Maybe in Windows 8.
The most profound visual changes are found in the Messenger main window. It's here that the social networking features really come to the fore. By default, the Messenger main window is large. It's no longer just a container for contacts: Microsoft is positioning it as a one-stop shop for all your social networking needs. So it's been split in two: the left-hand side contains social-networking updates, with the right-hand side used for the contact list.
The social networking support is pleasant. It shows a regularly-updated view of status updates and picture uploads, supports Facebook commenting, and integrates other Windows Live Essentials where it makes sense to do so.
Clicking a Facebook photo gallery opens up the gallery in Windows Live Photo Gallery, which provides an attractive and effective picture browser that's a great deal better than the one built in to Facebook.
For those preferring to keep it old-school, the traditional contact view can be used. This has been smartened up somewhat, as it now does something useful when the window is enlarged: as the window grows and shrinks, the contacts re-arrange themselves to create multiple columns.
Overall, I like these changes. Making the contacts view work better for larger window sizes is an obvious and welcome change, and social networks are important enough to me that including their data in Messenger makes sense.
I do, however, have quite a few user-interface niggles. For example, in social view, the drop-down box that lists my name and sign-on status never gets big enough to show all the text it needs, instead always hiding some text behind ellipsis marks.
The social view also doesn't handle huge windows very effectively. Microsoft says that an alarming proportion of Windows Live Messenger users run with the window maximized. Maximizing the new version of Messenger is certainly more useful than it was in the past, but it still fails to capitalize on all the space available to it. No matter how wide I made the window, it never grew to more than two columns of social information or two columns of contacts.
The big—and some may say, overdue—change to IM windows is that they're now tabbed. Multiple conversations are now grouped together into a single window. Though this has long been possible with Messenger Plus, it's now built-in.
Unfortunately, Microsoft hasn't done a very good job of it. The tab support is extremely rudimentary. Common conventions like middle-click to close tabs aren't implemented. Tabs can be detached from the main window through a context menu, but once detached, they can't be re-attached, and unlike applications like Digsby or Chrome, I can't detach them simply by dragging them away. Nor can a bunch of separate windows be grouped together—I can't, for example, have one window with my work conversations, and another for my friends and family.
To my mind, this is all quite basic tab functionality, and I'm quite surprised that Microsoft has implemented it this lazily. Windows Live Messenger Wave 4 implements the bare minimum of tab functionality, and frankly, I don't think it's good enough. This is a shame; tabbing is a good addition to the client. I just wish it was done well.
To top it all off, the tab functionality seems quite buggy. Undocking a tab didn't remove it from the list of tabs, it just made it unselectable. It's a graphical glitch that I'm sure will be fixed eventually, and yes, I do understand that it's a beta (though to my mind, "obviously buggy behavior" shouldn't be in a beta), but given how rudimentary the tab support is, it's disappointing that it doesn't even work properly.
Nor was this the only graphical glitch I've seen; text seems to spew outside the confines of the toolbar in chat windows, and on one occasion the contact list was placed completely off-screen. Ooops.
The mechanics of chatting are much the same as always, but with some nice refinements. Paste a link to a YouTube video (or, no doubt, various other video services), and the window switches to a mode that embeds the video right inside the chat window. It's similar to the previous version's Photo sharing—but made more general. Microsoft has clearly been paying attention to how people use the product—people pass around links to videos all day long—and is streamlining the experience. This capability is also extended to still images; pasting a link switches to an inline image viewer.
Content-sharing extends to more than images and videos. Certain keywords acquire dashed underlining. These words are automatically linked to integrated Bing searches. Opening the search pops up a window that gives Bing search results; it defaults to image search, but other kinds are also available. A search result can then be selected and shared, switching to the inline image viewer if necessary. Whether this is useful or just plain annoying is harder to determine.
Embedded YouTube makes me happy. What makes me less happy is that webcam functionality appears to have been crippled. The current version of Messenger has two kinds of webcam operation. There's "View webcam," which lets one or both parties stream their webcam, and there's "video call," which enables both parties' webcams, and their microphones. "Video Call" is obviously more limited. If one party has no webcam, there's no Video Call option. If one party doesn't want to broadcast their webcam, or their microphone, video call isn't an option.
And yet the new Messenger discards the basic webcam features. It's video call or nothing. I have nothing against Video Calls, and use the feature from time to time. But I use the basic webcam capabilities more.
It's not a bug. It's not an accidental omission. It's a deliberate decision by Microsoft: the new Messenger will have only one webcam mode, and it's Video Call. The company claims that by concentrating on one webcam mode they can make it better. Apparently the picture quality is improved.
In addition, the company hasn't fixed some long-standing annoyances. The current version of Messenger has an annoying habit of resizing and repositioning the window in a more or less random way whenever a webcam connection is offered, and again when it's accepted. Not only is this behavior retained with Video Calls, it's now extended: it happens when images and videos are linked too! Brilliant.
The interface is still confused, too. The menu bars are hidden by default throughout the application, just as in previous versions. And, just as in previous versions, there are options that reside exclusively on the menus. Hiding the menus is a fine design choice if the interface provides a genuine alternative (as is the case, for example, with the Ribbon UI). But hiding it just for the sake of making it hard to find seems pointless, at best.
I like what Microsoft has done with the product. The visual refresh is welcome, and for the most part, well-done. There are lots of small touches, like use of animation when resizing, that makes the software pleasant to use. I think I like the social networking integration, too, and am certainly going to keep it enabled, at least for the time being (it might end up annoying me in the long run).
But the webcam feature regression kills my interest almost stone dead. It's totally insensitive to the way that I, and a lot of others, use Messenger, and the decision is frankly unfathomable. If this change doesn't bother you, then Messenger is shaping up to be a nice upgrade.


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Lawmakers and governors in many states, faced with huge shortfalls in employee pension funds, are turning to a strategy that a lot of private companies adopted years ago: moving workers away from guaranteed pension plans and toward 401(k)-type retirement savings plans.
What's a "huge shortfall"? Amazingly, nowhere in the 1,500-word article does Greenhouse actually say. Instead, we get incomprehensible tales like this:
Utah decided to adopt a 401(k)-type plan after the stock market plunge in 2008 caused the shortfall in the state's pension plan to balloon to $6.5 billion…
Under the new plan, [state senator Dan] Liljenquist said, the state's retirement contributions for new workers will be roughly half that for current employees, potentially saving $5 million a year for every 1,000 new workers hired.
So, the state of Utah has been putting insufficient money into its pension plan, and now there isn't enough money there to meet upcoming liabilities. And the solution here is for the state, in future, to contribute "roughly half" of what it's been spending up until now in pension contributions.
Needless to say, this makes no sense on either front. The liability to existing workers doesn't go away if a different plan is adopted for new workers, so the problems at the pension plan aren't being addressed. On top of that, it's hard to see how contributing much less to new workers' retirement is going to help them at all, either. From a pensions perspective, there's no winner at all: the only entity better off is the state, from a cashflow perspective.
On top of that, Greenhouse makes no attempt to put numbers like $6.5 billion or $5 million in any kind of context. Are they big? Who knows.
The only way I could make any sense at all of Greenhouse's article was to read it in parallel with Dean Baker's paper on the origins and severity of the public pension crisis. The table he includes, which includes all state public pension funds, is invaluable; here, for instance, is Utah.
What this shows is that the Utah pension fund, at the end of 2009, was about $2.8 billion in the hole. If it rose by 15% in 2010, which is a pretty reasonable assumption given the performance of the stock market, the gap is likely to have been all but eliminated. But even the gap at the end of 2009 was less than one tenth of one percent of Utah's state income.
All of these numbers are fuzzy, of course. Valuing assets is hard enough; coming up with a present value of future liabilities is much harder, and depends crucially on which discount rate you use. But Baker's numbers are pretty reasonable, and show that there really isn't anything to panic about here.
More generally, as Teresa Ghilarducci notes elsewhere on the NYT website (but not in the paper), the idea that moving from defined-benefit to defined-contribution plans is going to help anybody at all is highly problematic.
401(k) plans are bad deal for taxpayers. Dollar for dollar, a traditional pension plan yields more pension benefits than do 401(k) plans because 401(k) management and investment fees are three times higher. And professionals who manage money in pooled pension funds usually get higher returns than workers who manage their own 401(k) accounts. The only clear winners when pensions switch over to the 401(k) plans are brokers and bankers…
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Try exercising outdoors in the morning before work, leaving your office during lunchtime for a zesty walk, and rearranging your furniture at home for optimum exposure to natural light. Basically, the key here is to take advantage of natural daylight even when it's overcast. Mood food: During the winter do you find yourself frequently carbo-loading and polishing off pints of Ben and Jerry's in your pajamas? Although eating calorie-laden comfort food may bring some sort of insta-relief when you're feeling down in the dumps, it's important to eat nutritious foods that naturally help to boost your mood. Don't normally eat bananas? Have a couple along with breakfast or as a snack during the winter to help boost levels of serotonin. For meals, feast on fresh fruits and veggies and whole grains and don't shy away from poultry, fish, milk or eggs. These items are rich in both the amino acid tryptophan and in vitamin B-12, both crucial players in the production of serotonin. 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And if you've never tried your hand (or rather your whole body and mind) at yoga, winter is an excellent time to give it a shot. Deep breathing exercises and meditation are also helpful in combating SAD. Odds and ends: Getting plenty of exercise, exposing yourself to sunlight, real or artificial, and eating nutritious, serotonin-boosting foods are the biggies when it comes to naturally fending off wintertime depression. And then there are a few other activities that, although more minor, do add up and help to send the wintertime blahs packin'. Don't keep your feelings all bottled up. Talk to someone whether it's a friend, family member or therapist. Use winter as an excuse to plan a get-together with your long-lost college roommate or call up your sister in Cleveland who you've fallen out of contact with. 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In the stock market, it's the best seven months to start a year since 1997. This year has also been the 11th best since 1929.
Wow. Maybe it's time for a pullback. In years when the S&P 500 gained at least 15% through July, there was a decline 44% of the time in August. Use only the post-war data and it's 58%.
At the same time, fast-forward to year end and there's good news. 83% of the time, the stock index finishes the year higher still compared to the seven-month mark. Figures are from Ned Davis Research.
If you like those odds, you could do worse than simply standing pat with your stock market exposure, even if things get rocky this summer and fall.
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