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The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lost 7.6 points, or 0.16 per cent, to 4,838.6 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index dropped 6.6 points, or 0.14 per cent, to 4,846.2 points.

RBS Morgans private client adviser Bill Bishop said the slight fall was still a strong performance given Wall Street’s losses on the back of weaker than expected US housing data.

“I’d say it was an excellent performance, given that Wall Street was down,” he said.

“But it’s not entirely surprising given the strength of practically every indicator we’ve got.

“It was a good market today, a relative outperformance.”

BHP Billiton lost eight cents to $39.83 and Rio Tinto dropped 20 cents to $66.60.

BHP reported record quarterly iron ore output driven by improved performance at its Western Australian operations, but flagged softer Chinese demand for commodities for the rest of calendar 2009 following recent stockpiling.

IG Markets research analyst Ben Potter said the miner’s outlook seemed at odds with some economists’ predictions.

“Given the recent strong import data out of China and a rosier than expected GDP number due for release tomorrow, BHP Billiton’s comments that it is yet to see evidence of sustainable demand for metals emerging is slightly puzzling,” he said.

Among banking stocks, NAB fell 10 cents to $31.20, Commonwealth Bank dropped 47 cents to $54.43, Westpac lost 11 cents to $26.37 and ANZ gained five cents to $23.84.

Making news, Qantas says the global economic outlook remains uncertain but it sees some encouraging signs for the economy and no further deterioration in its business.

The carrier also defended its executive remuneration and indicated it will reject calls for its budget arm Jetstar Asia to cease flight services to Burma.

Qantas shares closed steady at $2.99, while rival Virgin Blue gained 4.5 cents, or 8.82 per cent, to 55.5 cents.

Brewer Fosters Group said its first quarter results were in line with expectations as beers sales continued to grow but the company still faced challenges in its wine division.

Its shares were steady at $5.56.

Telstra shares gained seven cents to $3.19 as the federal opposition called for a delay of parliament’s consideration of government legislation to pave the way for the break-up of the telco.

On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 16:25 (AEDT), the December share price index contract was one point lower at 4844 on a volume of 16,534 contracts.

Source: Australian share market closes lower | Business Breaking News | News.com.au

A standalone version of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Help file is available for download here.

Note: This Help content is also available online from the Exchange 2010 TechCenter.

Thanks, Jinesh.

One of the most common issues I see has to do with certificates, so to start out we need to understand some things about certificates.

Certificates are used to encrypt traffic between exchange servers and clients.

There are 3 things that need to be true for a certificate to be valid.

1. The name used to access the resource needs match the certificate exactly.
   Example: If I connect to say owa with mail.mydomain.com then the certificate needs to also have mail.mydomain.com on it in either the subject or the subject alternate name field.
2. The Certificate time must be valid
3. The issuing Certificate Authority must be trusted by the client. (It needs to exist in the “Trusted Root Certificate Authorities)

Now that we have some VERY basic info about certificates.

The issues I see constantly are: Autodiscover, Out of Office, Free Busy and Outlook Anywhere don’t work.

Reasons:

1. Not using a trusted certificate
   • Solution: use a 3^rd party cert provider
2. The certificate name does not match the DNS name\s
   • Solution: create a new cert request containing all the names used to access the server. Minimum of
     1. Autodiscover.domain.com
     2. <ExternalName>.domain.com
     3. <InternalName>.domain.local (if using for internal systems also)
3. External URLs not defined correctly
   • Solution: Configure the External urls
   • Set-WebServicesVirtualDirectoy -ID server.domain.com\* -externalurl https://mail.domain.com/ews/exchange.asmx
   • Set-OABVirtualDirectoy -ID server.domain.com\* -externalurl http://mail.com.com/OAB
   • Set-UMVirtualDirectoy -ID server.domain.com\*-externalurl https://server.com.com/UnifiedMessaging/services.asmx
4. Can’t resolve Fully qualified domain names (FQDN)
   • Solution: make sure that the FQDNs for your external URLs as well s autodiscover have A records registered in DNS

I had a co-worker ask me to put together the most common exchange issue I see, so I figure that would be a good thing to pass on in this blog

Over the next couple weeks I will post the details as well as the solutions, for now here is the list.

• Certificates!! Autodiscover, Free Busy, Outlook Anywhere, OWA
• Database Corruption
• Database Replication
• Public Folder Replication (especially after migration from 2003 to 2007)
• Mail Flow
• Exchange AD Topology or System Attendant doesn’t start
• Performance

we walked about 5-6 km? first to cimiez then 1 round st jean cap ferrat. it was really beautiful. so glad i went at least once befor ei go back. see how clear the water is! i really wanted to jump in and swim

and finally a photo of Nice beach in fall.

So trying to install BES 4.1 on a SBS premium (I know not the best situation but thats what the client wants).

Anyway we try to install and get the following error: Faulting application Setup.exe, version 4.1.4.19, faulting module ntdll.dll

Well so we start thinking ok maybe its Antivirus or something else using the DLL, maybe a permission issue….. NOPE, turns out that BES install doesnt like multiple IP address on 1 NIC, we simply removed the extra IP from the external interface and viola install works without a hitch!

How did France become a cultural capital and will its economy continue to operate on the basis of cultural capital?

what did i do to get such a soc-sci question for my final exam? what am i going to do!! i dont even know what is cultural capital!

i’m loving the culture more and more. took me sometime to embrace and understand it, yes, but now i’m beginning to see it. haha.

for example, my microwave that i still don’t know how to use. it’s french u know, nice to look at but doesn’t work. hahaahhaa. just like the shoes they design. nice to look at, can hardly walk in them.

so we were on the bus to monaco (again!). and beside us were these 5 german-speaking girls, who annoyed us to the max by their language, so we had to speak in our broken french so we don’t have to listen to all that noise.

to be honest i couldn’t get the inefficiency of the place when i first came. i dont understand why internet takes 1 week to repair, why people here are always on strike. and J had to call the svc center 5 times just to terminate his contract! all he needed was an address to send the form to, and neither the ppl in the shop nor the reception on the phone (the ‘filter’) could give to him. and why do they need a filter for? i thought it’s all machine now? dont even get me started on my carte de sejour application.

yet… i love living here sooo much. it’s sad to think about leaving. the whole feel of Nice is just simply amazing. weather is good and people here actually smile! (u’ll be surprised when u go to paris, where people point at the wrong direction when u ask them in english). can’t bear to leave this place. dont know when i’ll be back!! did i mention good weather?

tomorrow’s our farewell cocktail, and this weekend there’s this huge bash that i’ll miss coz i’ll be in london, and there’s hardly any more weekends or time to bid everyone goodbye. aww. i feel sad typing the cliche phrase of all good things must come to an end. reality!

Quite often, I see questions like “Why is my Get-Recipient command so slow?”, with a syntax like:

You would think that would work lickity split, because there is only 1 result, me.

Ah, not so fast, grasshopper.  We are doing client side filtering – all recipients are returned by the Get-Recipient call, and THEN we pass those objects to the Where-Object.

On my Exchange 2007 system, this takes over a minute to return my information in $user1

So, I did some research, and read about –Filters and doing server side filtering:

http://blogs.technet.com/evand/archive/2007/02/19/filterable-properties-in-exchange-2007-rtm.aspx and http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb738155.aspx

Modifying my script to use the –Filter produces results in less than 1 second:

I suggest that you check for the –Filter parameter for any cmdlet that you use, and learn its syntax!

The international organization known as Rotary promotes travel each year, that all men aged between 26 and 40, male and female, and from all backgrounds know – - because it is a Rotary-funded study, six weeks on board, and everyone can apply, should a part of this important life experience. If you are in that age group – you could enjoy the kind of experience that is described in my notes in this article, too. They want to know more about the program go to the Rotary International Web site andSearch for GSE – Group Study Exchange – and contact your local Rotary Club for more information.

Our adventure continues:

13. April – Wednesday:

Nope, no women in the Rotary Club or English either – and she translated my speech with a cell phone – it's all an experience. After Ms. Tanaka served me a hearty breakfast – they said that was the coffee from Seattle, the cereal from Switzerland, Germany, the marmalade, almonds from California, and the balm from somewhereothers – the avocado was definitely from here – Alan and I went on the road for about 40 minutes to a more rural town called Ukiha, Fukuoka to attend the Rotary Club Ukiha, Fukuoka. I laughed, although I do not understand the language – at a Rotary meeting is like go to church, because the world more than they have the same format.

This club had about 40 members – and like the others, they open the meeting with a song – in Japan, with what we as Glory, Glory Hallelujah, the know consider them tobe religious recognition. Tamaki Oi came with us for the visit – and it was fun to meet them because they will be on the incoming team, if this area her team sends us next year. The ride there and back reminded me of a trip to Gilroy from home in California – two mountain ranges on both sides, one more roll and velvet-like, and the other tougher mountains, with green meadows in between. It is expensive to belong to Rotary in Japan – they tell me that their contributions are $ 250 a month – butthey do not fund-raising projects, they write checks. Alan has asked me to speak about women – imagine my reluctance – and he says that this is a topic of its governor. So – I asked for questions at the end of my speech – and a man asked me if I knew the Soroptomists – in other words could, women, instead of joining the club.

Yahoo …. we become a famous hot springs this evening – I would love all the hot springs can be found on Kyushu, and I understand that there is a lotthem. It helps me recover from jet lag.

As the evening turned – it was wonderful inspiration – if the girls – Teiko Tanaka, her daughter, Ai, and I went out to dinner. We went to a restaurant, the French we had a nice selection and then another. The food here – and the small dishes that you please the eye and the palette with thoughtful details in French cuisine and Japanese. We talked at length about the role of women in Japanese society and the changesthat occur. Women here see the same dilemma, and these are secular women who have a cross cultural perspective. The conversation continues in a long enjoy the hot springs – a charming spot, is in the mountains overlooking the valley. We first wash, as is customary, and then go outside to the shallow basin surrounded by large boulders that the pelvis of forms for its mineral water. It is good to bask in the intimacy. It's 1PM on the time that we fall in bed. The other teamMembers had a good day.

14. April – Thursday:

A really full day is held today – a day of sightseeing. We gather at about 10 in the house Izumi – and the team looks forward to each other after going their separate ways to see yesterday. Let us get to Hiroshi (Mr. Tanaka's) Toyota minibus and off we go. The first stop is at the brewery in Tanoshimaru Sake Wakatakeya. We sit in the Japanese style around a large brown wooden table with a Japanese flower arrangement in the center – a large bowl withCamellia have branches and pink flowers. What do they serve us all delicious, and from some of the production's sake – like the soup from the separation of the rice and made sake and the dessert was a plum, also because of the sake. The sweet little cup filled with clear reasons – and later unfiltered sake – what we all agreed the best, and we all took home bottles for later from the store.

We drove forty-five minutes or so – and were too Akizuki and led theRuins there. Marvelous – it was a perfect picture of the city, and we walked the length of Market Street which was lined with blossoming cherry trees. There were vendors and charming shops all the way along, and the walls and bridges of the old castle. We stayed for a while and took in the peaceful character of the village, walked the long staircase through the old gate has a lot of pictures because it was so beautiful, and had laughed together. The cherry blossomsfloated in the air like it's snowing, and the green hills were alive. We stopped at the ice cream parlor because he thought it was Antonio Tiger Woods – and everybody laughed. We noted that we are the way that feels life is very popular in Japan.

Down the street, we ducked into Takagi Kyusuke Shoten for Kuzu-kiri. If you are wondering what that is – it's a noodle from a root that a strength is made, and immerse them in a molasses kind of soup to eat with chopsticks. Itwas a famous little shop, and we enjoyed tea with Kuzu-kiri – and said as Izumi, this is the real Japan. We are blessed because we have begun to understand that we see things that are possible only because this is the home of our hosts, that if all the good things known – and show us the inner parts of their culture and country . As we drive on the road, turn left Akizuki, we stop at a bridge, a thousand years old and Tumbling take water over the rocks below – withabundant green touch the edges.

Again, a little less than an hour in the car – and we come in Dazaifu, the very famous shrine in Dazaifu Shinto. We learn that not a wonder-Shinto religion but a way to further knowledge for the mind. We are treated to an unusual experience – we are on the side steps on the floor of the shrine, with the decoration in front of us – and Izumi has arranged for a special ceremony for us with the priest. It is a blessing, and as inJapanese, we do not understand what they say – but bless them a few palm trees and invite us to place them on the altar. We stopped at the front of the shrine of the "flying plum tree, see" (because legend has it that she flew there from another island), and a thousand year old tree with a big base. And then went back on a famous bridge to the village.

Well, we would to dinner – I thought that the Japanese do not eat as much until today. We drove for about an hour Ogori- By Ogori Tsuzumi. This was a special occasion, organized by the hosts. It has not been a restaurant, which is advertised – it is the hobby of a man, the president of a well known company for ten years in retirement, and now cooks for special groups. We were greeted warmly – and came into a room in a Japanese style tables. We had to first learn how to make soba noodles add – and with a big bowl of him, we were invited to join the chef to start with the buckwheat flour, on water, shakeCornmeal consistency, knead – and then turning with sticks until very thin, cut with a sharp knife – make the noodles. The boss was very precise about the thickness and get the dough into a square. Harry, Monica, Julia, Antonio and I all take turns in preparing. Harry learned to see the dough to feel if they're all the same thickness.

Then, dinner – a start with half the cast in a bucket to dive with the pan, and highlight the first of many plates – by the soba noodles. ThePlates were very pretty and half cups were bright colors – and we filled each others cups. Meanwhile, we have been sitting on the floor in Japanese style for about four hours today – and our American butts and hips are groaning – and we notice how comfortable sitting our Japanese hosts. We laugh a lot when eating is not surprising because Hiroshi magic tricks that left us all spell. How did he do it? The dollar bills out of his hand hovered a person to another – and the chopstick was moving in theTable and not even touch it – and to look after the operation to Julia's in hand, with fixed concentration, the time is shifted forward by one hour – and bend the spoon, if none of us can touch it.

In this group, we need not reach all the talk to understand because there are only good humor and fellowship. The chef is happy that we are satisfied with his works, and each arc many, many, many times on the way out the door. It was a day in which no tourist would encounter –and it is only through the gift of the network of Rotary – and every one of my team members individually make the comment to me – that we have experienced this incredible day.

This article is a series – so read on – and for many days to follow in our wonderful adventure!

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In the private sector, e-procurement has been on the table well before the Internet became accessible.

I will focus only on ICT procurement: from computers to consulting, to any associated services and infrastructure.

This is just a summary.

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