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In the wee early hours of the morning I recently got an email saying I had been awarded a MVP for another year.
This time I got awarded as an Azure MVP coming from BizTalk MVP. My love has been BizTalk for the last 12 years (and even Site Server before that for those that remember back that far…no they didn't have punch cards ).
As always I don't feel this is personally my award, but more of an award to you, the community with your hunger and thirst for knowledge to make a difference in your day to day.
And of course thank you to Microsoft for your belief in the MVP program and individuals such as myself.
The formal bits out of the way….I'm back for 2012/13!!! Should be a great year…great tour…and huge developments. Stay tuned.
My focus will be How to Integration and how-to integrate to/from Windows Azure.
Here's something I go this morning which I think is a SharePoint error:
Firing up Win2012 Server for the first time you might notice that you can do a
'net use * http://mywebsite/docs'
Which is a classic thing we do in SharePoint or other WebDAV enabled Servers.
After spending far too long on this issue the secret is to make sure the Desktop Experience feature is installed.
On 2012 here's the way to do it - http://www.win2012workstation.com/desktop-experience/
2 hours I'll never get back
I recently ran into an interesting one while building some InfoPath forms for SP2010/2013 forms services.
I wanted to return some Rich Text (XHTML) fields back from a WCF WebService call.
I was at the point as a developer, where I couldn't even say 'Works on my machine…'.
The problem was – no matter what I tried, I would always have *plain text* and no 'richness' of the Rich Text. Didn't work for me.
So I have:
1) a basic WCF Web service – running on my dev environment.
2) an InfoPath Form that makes the call and displays the results.
The WCF Service:
This is the field that I eventually want to return as RichText to InfoPath.
Here's the Service Method code (which basically goes into a file and returns back a list of clauses) – just focus on the CONTENT = …GetXHTMLRichText(…)
InfoPath and Returning a RichTextField2 things need to happen for this to work.
1. When InfoPath adds the WCF Service to the form, it needs to 'detect' the field correctly when it build the underlying schema.You need (nb – 'Content' is my field name):<xs:element minOccurs="0" name="Content" nillable="true"> <xs:complexType mixed='true'> <xs:sequence> <xs:any minOccurs="0" processContents="lax" maxOccurs="unbounded" namespace="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"></xs:any> </xs:sequence> </xs:complexType>
</xs:element>Note the namespace on the ANY element above – this is the winner to tell InfoPath that this is a richtext field.
2. When returning data via this field (in my case the 'Content' field), it needs to be in a certain shape, as in:<Content xmlns=http://yournamespace> Rich text here
</Content>
<Content xmlns=http://yournamespace> Rich text here
</Content>
Your rich text content needs to be 'wrapped' for InfoPath to play nicely with it.
This was the purpose of my GetXMLRichText method as
The gotcha:
When I pointed InfoPath at my webservice and added a service reference I was getting back a SimpleType for the field and not a ComplexType/Rich Text field.
The WCF Service WSDL was 'almost there' but not close enough:The Content field described in a ComplexType which is almost there, but not quite.
It's missing the <xs:complexType mixed='true'>…<xs:any namespace='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml' …/>. The rest were good.
The fix:
Cutting a long story short, the simplest way forward here was to simply edit the form components that InfoPath had built and correct the schema. Then reuse the form.
The form looks like this:
From the File->Publish->Export Source Files you can get to the source and edit the correct schema (XSD) file.
Close the form down in InfoPath (or you may even need to close InfoPath) to edit the Schema.
You may need to hunt through a few of them to find the right one. My file was GetKCCTerms12.xsd
Modify, save and close that file.
Right click on manifest.xsf –> Design to launch InfoPath and then select Save As to work with it as *.XSN form (*.xsn files are just CABs with all these files inside)
The final result as viewed from an InfoPath form – notice the bolding sent through.
With Hyper-V now available on Win8 it's more important than ever.
VOTE here: https://connect.microsoft.com/WindowsServerFeedback/feedback/details/390443/hyper-v-needs-usb-support
The more votes...the more importance this issue has.
Let's get it in there.
p.s. I'm aware of the 'workarounds' after having to plug 183 usb devices into a virtual environment. Hours I'll never get back
Now that the dust is settling after WPC 2012, I'm able to catch up on all the emails still coming from the event.
I had a picture taken with John (against a green screen) and is it's amazing what they can do with modern technology now.
From my research a couple of points:
See more here
Talk to you soon.
Hi folks, BizTalk has some great new features on the horizon and this CTP is jam packed of new and improved features. I believe the CTP is non-public atm, with MVPs etc. able to get access (or if you're on the TAP program)
I've got a VM up and running with the setup and config working a treat – I'm not sure how much I can say, but I'd like to say I'm very pleased with what I'm seeing!
The official feature set blurb goes something like this…
Improved productivity with new Microsoft Platform support
Customers can now leverage the latest and greatest platforms, such as Windows Server 2012 RC, SQL Server 2012, Visual Studio 2012 RC. All new BizTalk projects will target .Net Framework 4.5 RC by default. The CTP also provides support for latest LOB versions enabling customers to use BizTalk for integrating their applications with the latest versions of SAP, Oracle and SQL Server. The new adapters provide a seamless experience to enable hybrid connectivity, all done via configuration. The CTP provides native support for ACS authentication and is extensible for other authentication mechanisms.
· Platform support
o Windows Server 2012 RC, Windows Server 2008 R2
o SQL Server 2012, SQL Server 2008 R2
o Visual Studio 2012 RC
o Office 2010
o Support for latest LOB versions
§ Support for SQL Server 2012
§ Support for SAP 7.2
§ Support for Oracle DB 11.2
§ Support for Oracle EBS 12.1 …
· Adapters
o WCF-WebHttp adapter, to consume REST service or expose REST service
o SB-Messaging, for sending/pulling data from Service Bus Queues/Topics
o WCF-NetTCPRelay, for hosting relays or sending data to NetTCPRelay end points
o WCF-BasicHttpRelay, for hosting relays or sending data to BasicHttpRelay end points
Better B2B with schema updates
EDI standards evolve and one of the key investments made in this new BizTalk CTP is to ensure that we support the latest B2B standards natively. This enables you to transact messages based on the latest versions of EDI protocol.
· B2B enhancements to support latest standards natively
o Support for X12 5040, 5050, 6020, 6030
o Support for EDIFACT D06A, D06B, D07A, D07B, D08A, D08B, D09A, D09B, D10A, D10B
o HL7 2.5.1
We are working on further schema updates such as HL7 2.6, these will be enabled in the BizTalk 2010 R2 Beta.
Improved Performance
The CTP provides performance improvement for certain key scenarios. In case of two way MLLP adapter scenarios where ordered delivery is set, the tests have revealed up-to 5X performance improvement so far in our environments. We have also made enhancements in our engine to improve the performance in ordered send port scenarios.
Building hybrid applications
Today, there is an increase in the adoption of hybrid application scenarios where some components of an application run in the cloud and some other components/LOB applications remain on-premise. It then becomes important to integrate between these components and leverage the richness of both worlds. In this CTP release, we enable hybrid connectivity by providing first class support for integrating with Azure Service Bus Queues/Topics/Relays. We are introducing the following adapters
· SB-Messaging, for sending/pulling data from Service Bus Queues/Topics
· WCF-NetTCPRelay, for hosting relays or sending data to NetTCPRelay end points
· WCF-BasicHttpRelay, for hosting relays or sending data to BasicHttpRelay end points
Integrating with Azure Service Bus entities is now just a few configurations away!
Integration with RESTful services
One of the other prevalent trends in the market today is the proliferation of RESTful services. Almost all new services, as well a lot of services created previously, have a REST interface exposed. For example, all services in Windows Azure, data market place, Salesforce, etc. have support for REST services. With this CTP release, we are making it really easy for you to integrate RESTful services with BizTalk Server using the new WCF-WebHttp adapter. All the REST operations like GET, PUT, POST and DELETE are now supported natively. It gets better. We received community feedback during and post TechEd conference that there should be a way to expose REST services as well from BizTalk. We listened to your feedback. Along with consuming REST services we are also really excited to announce that you now have an early preview to exposing REST services from BizTalk Server as well in this CTP.
BizTalk Server in Azure Virtual Machine role
All the above enhancements are available right away for you to preview with BizTalk Server in Azure Virtual Machine role. Setting up a new BizTalk Server environment usually involves long lead time to procure hardware, get the dependencies in place, set up the server, etc. This means long lead times before you can get started with your new BizTalk Server environment. We are now leveraging the power of the cloud and the richness of Windows Azure to provide an experience where you can get up and running with your BizTalk Server environment in matter of minutes and move your existing applications to the cloud without making any changes. Furthermore, the CTP provide improvements to the BizTalk multi machine configuration and now you can do this using some basic configuration settings with the click of a button in a single machine, without having to go and configure BizTalk Server Group in each of the individual nodes.
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Have a great day folks,
Crm looking good
After a bit of hunting on this site I found the x64 bit version under 'Install Options'
As part of the installation I get:
In which during this time my account is being provision in the 'MS Cloud'
Almost there….
I am still in shock over this award and are very humbled in receiving it – over 3500+ entries and our story won. Thank you Microsoft, thank you Breeze team and thank you to our great customers in which all of this would not have been possible without you.
Application Integration
Cloud Partner
So today was the day at WPC2012 to receive the award up on stage here in Toronto. Not nervous at all seeing we had a 2hr rehearsal yesterday.
What a time has this been so far at my first WPC!!! Compared to 'techie' conferences the dress standard is higher, different type of events and some great tech demos that are mind blowing (there was one on the keynote today where a partner had developed software around Kinect that created a 3d model of a person by moving the Kinect camera around the person, their software stitched the images together to produce a 3d model. Then the image/model was fed to a 3D printer and presto…out came the 3D person! Very cool)
So after having a photo down under the stadium we were to come out of I was ready to go….
Waiting in the tunnel:
My View from out in the middle:
Your view of the middle:
So all in all it's been a great day, great time so far and well worth it. I was then fortunate enough to be invited to a Azure Round table discussion with Satya Nadella (President of Server and Tools) and what a lovely lovely lovely guy. He's very switched on and a refreshing experience was had with myself and 6 others in the room.
He took away our Azure stories and feedback so let's wait and see what transpires – very inspirational stuff! Thank you Satya.
And I think I the Northern Hemisphere could be affecting me slightly…
More filming tonight and then I can relax!!
WPC Day 2.
After getting tickets to the Mets V Cubs tonight 4 of us decided to go to the baseball. First game and I'm very sketchy on the rules.
What a night!! Great night and I can totally see why you get hooked on it.
Chanting and cheering through the game, a home run hit came our way hit from a Cubs player. I *caught* it(my brother was waiting for a hit all game unfortunately he was off buying food when all this was going on) and had the match ball in my hot little hand.
What to do next? – being my first game ever and not knowing too much about the traditions the whole crowd erupted all around me.
I thought it was just crown banter for catching the ball, it was intense as one half was screaming to keep the ball, the rest throw it back – either way I figured I was done for by someone.The game was stopped in the meantime…
After conferring with some guys behind me, I ended up throwing it back as to a Mets supporter this indicates that the ball is not worthy of keeping. (The Cub's supporter reciprocate while at home as well)
What a moment, what a game and what fun. Jane – one of the boys behind me later went and bought me a baseball, as a good will gesture. Thanks Jane that's very kind of you.
Great fun – what a game.
Hi folks, you've probably heard a fair bit about the make over of Azure into 'Azure 2.0' (the SDK is still 1.7)
There's some great new tools within VS.NET to manage your environment better, even a Service Bus 'explorer' which was much needed.
I've collected a few links to start with for you guys to read up on when you've got a moment:
Azure 2.0 Details on:
Hi guys, I gave an online presentation earlier this afternoon as part of Microsoft Readiness on Azure Virtual Networks.
I had the whole presentation prepared until the http://meetwindowsazure.com announcement, where I had to go to the drawing board and just share all this goodness that was pouring out in Azure V2.0.
Thanks to the healthy turnout for those online and to those who registered, then check the emails for a link shortly.
As promised here's the slide deck guys that I used through my demos
Now we're talking….
Off to do some damage…umm play.
Windows Azure SDK for .NET - June 2012 available.
I thought I'd give it a go and see how far this would take me. (One of the Win8 x64 beta installs caused alot of grief)
So my environment:
Installed the CRM 2011 Client by going to the web address of our crm site e.g. https://crm.acme.com
There's a button on page that says 'download Dynamics CRM for Outlook' – after a short download and install all went well
I grabbed CRM2011 CU8 - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29692 and updated accordingly.
Note at this point CRM plugin had not been configured.
CRM Client Log files prove very helpful here:
When I fired up Outlook and went to configure the CRM Plugin, Testing connection I would get back
"…we can't authenticate your credentials…"
Digging into the log files…..
22:05:18| Error| Error connecting to URL: https://crm.acme.com/XRMServices/2011/Discovery.svc Exception: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.IdentityModel, Version=184.108.40.206, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.File name: 'Microsoft.IdentityModel, Version=184.108.40.206, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' at Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Client.ServiceConfiguration`1.CreateLocalChannelFactory() at Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Client.ServiceConfiguration`1.CreateChannelFactory(ClientCredentials clientCredentials) at Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Client.DiscoveryServiceConfiguration.CreateChannelFactory(ClientCredentials clientCredentials) at Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Client.ServiceProxy`1.get_ChannelFactory() at Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Client.ServiceProxy`1.CreateNewServiceChannel() at Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Client.ServiceContextInitializer`1.Initialize(ServiceProxy`1 proxy) at Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Client.DiscoveryServiceProxy.Execute(DiscoveryRequest request) at Microsoft.Crm.Application.Outlook.Config.DeploymentsInfo.DeploymentInfo.LoadOrganizations(AuthUIMode uiMode, Form parentWindow, Credential credentials) at Microsoft.Crm.Application.Outlook.Config.DeploymentsInfo.InternalLoadOrganizations(OrganizationDetailCollection orgs, AuthUIMode uiMode, Form parentWindow)
Solution: Install the Windows Identity Framework 3.5 that comes with Win8 RC.
And in my case, you're done.
Happy CRM-ing.
Now to fill in my timesheets
So we've gotten through the final part of our TFS upgrade and as with all new products there's a sense of anticipation in discovering the new, the brilliant and the clever that's been baked into these products.
So I've offloaded as much as possible such as the DBs, SSRS and Analysis on our SQL2012 cluster, leaving the function of TFS and SharePoint 2010 on the one box.
Here's my list:
Before I embark down the track like the Leyland Brothers I go hit with a very informative message – BOOM"TF400080: Your system does not have the recommended amount of system memory available: 10 GB. While SharePoint 2010 with Team Foundation Server can operate with less than this amount of memory, the performance will be degraded. Upgrade your system memory to at least the recommended minimum for optimal performance"
Soooo…the old 10GB means it will run 'better'. I reckon anything in 10GB will run great! SQL supporting 4000 concurrent transactions, etc.
10GB! Run TFS + SP2010 = 10GB (optimal).
I guess for years the 'recommended guides' have undersold themselves. This time round, they're not guilty of that.
Looks to be a great upgrade though.
Cracking on.
I think at the moment, the short answer is no! Off to check the documentation…"To continue with this installation or upgrade…please remove!…"
From the documentation – we uninstall TFS 2010 bits, but not the DB obviously and you do….
Use Control Panel to completely uninstall the previous version of Team Foundation Server. If SharePoint Products is running on a computer other than Team Foundation Server, you have to uninstall the TFS Extensions for SharePoint from the SharePoint server, too. If SharePoint Products is on the TFS application tier, don't worry: We'll automatically uninstall the TFS Extensions for SharePoint while we remove the old version of TFS.
Run the Team Foundation Server install from the product DVD and then use the Upgrade Configuration wizard to upgrade your installation. But wait—if SharePoint Products is running on a computer other than the computer running Team Foundation Server, you'll first want to install the new TFS Extensions for SharePoint on the SharePoint server. Similar to the previous step, if SharePoint Products is on the TFS application tier, we'll automatically install the Extensions for SharePoint while we set up the new version of TFS.
Can you imagine developing Apps on your WP7 phone? I couldn't even begin to contemplate anything of the sort until I saw Touch Develop!!
TouchDevelop is a novel software development environment that lets users write programs for Windows Phone directly on the smartphone, no PC required. TouchDevelop can be used in the classroom to teach programming concepts, and TouchDevelop is also ideal for classes on Mobile Computing, as it cuts the time required to write apps.
To help students gain access to this revolutionary new programming language and environment, we have set up a loan program, from which you can get Windows Phones for a semester. Please send a short proposal to email@example.com. Give the name of the instructor, the class website, the number of students, and how the phones will be used.
Visit TouchDevelop teaching page at Microsoft Research for a list of how TouchDevelop has been used and is being used in classrooms.
Teachers and students should work with actual Windows Phones devices in the classroom — the TouchDevelop user interface was designed around the idea of only using a touchscreen to write code and performing gestures to navigate; using TouchDevelop on an emulator doesn't provide the intended experience. When teaching in the classroom, you can use a webcam or desktop visualizers to project the image of the phone on a big screen. As a teacher, consider subscribing to your students to see what they are publishing and if they are asking questions
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static void Main(string[] args)
//enumerate all the TPM Profiles in BizTalk
var builder =
new SqlConnectionStringBuilder("DATA SOURCE=localhost;Initial Catalog=BizTalkDB;"
+ "Integrated Security=SSPI;MultipleActiveResultSets=True");
var tmpCtx = TpmContext.Create(builder);
Console.WriteLine("Connected to BizTalk Global Parties");
var partners = tmpCtx.Partners;
Console.WriteLine("Number of Parters:{0}", partners.Count());
foreach (var ptr in partners)
var profiles = ptr.GetBusinessProfiles();
Console.WriteLine("{0} Business Profiles:{1}", ptr.Name, profiles.Count);
foreach (var profile in profiles)
Console.WriteLine("\tProfile:{0}", profile.Name);
if (bCreateProfile)
createProfile("Breeze Partner #");
// need to do this through a single threaded connection - no MARS
private static void createProfile(string partnerName)
partnerName += DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMdd-hhmmss") + (new Random().Next(0, 65535));
Console.WriteLine("Writing a new Profile for {0}", partnerName);
var builder = new SqlConnectionStringBuilder("DATA SOURCE=localhost;Initial Catalog=BizTalkDB;Integrated Security=SSPI");
var tmpCtx = TpmContext.Create(builder);
var ptr = tmpCtx.CreatePartner(partnerName);
var pname = "Breeze Profile-#" + DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMdd-hhmmss") + (new Random().Next(0, 65535));
var bp = ptr.CreateBusinessProfile(pname);
bp.Description = "Created from Code";
var pcol = new AS2ProtocolSettings("BreezeProtocolSettings");
http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-renames-azure-services – article talks about MS renaming services and essentially dropping the 'Windows…' out of it.
My experience has seen this will appeal to the non-MS types that see 'Windows…' as something they don't want to go near.I personally think it's a good move as sure it's Windows but the Azure Platform offers so much more…..
Here's some of the proposed changes….
Local MS Developer pillar Andrew Coates spilled the beans on this next new language to come out of MS Research.
Db.NET or 'D flat' – F#, C# and the Cinderella of the 3 sisters 'VB.NET' (Last year I was introduced to F# over a 5 month project and absolutely loved the simplicity and freshness of it – async was simple, tasks, functions and code that would normally take 400 lines in C#, we were able to do in 100 in F#)
It promises:
- speed
- optimisation (I wonder if it'll be smart enough to run tasks on different CPU cores?)
There is a focus on Orchestration – data Orchestration found here http://thenextlanguage.net/a-focus-on-orchestration/
Where it talks about "An example of the close collaboration between the product team and the company's research arm is the use of Schenkerian Analysis in the compiler to maximize orchestration between sections of the code."
Oooh I thought – let's check out what this is Schenkerian Analysis and a quick check of Wikipedia reveals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schenkerian_analysis
"Schenkerian analysis is a method of musical analysis of tonal music based on the theories of Heinrich Schenker. The goal of a Schenkerian analysis is to interpret the underlying structure of a tonal work. The theory's basic tenets can be viewed as a way of defining tonality in music. A Schenkerian analysis of a passage of music shows hierarchical relationships among its pitches, and draws conclusions about the structure of the passage from this hierarchy. The analysis is demonstrated through reductions of the music, using a specialized symbolic form of musical notation that Schenker devised to demonstrate various prolongational techniques. The concept of tonal prolongation, in which certain pitches determine the goal of other, subordinate pitches, is a cornerstone of the pitch hierarchy that Schenkerian analysis involves itself with."
So tones, pitches and music is where this algorithm has its roots…I can see how you could take this analysis when applied to the frequency of music and apply it to the frequency of code items; data being hit etc.
I'll crack open this VS.2011 extension and see what transpires…
Grab the TOOLS here - http://thenextlanguage.net/tools/
Should be an interesting month this April - http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/337290/australia_gets_azure_cloud_april/
Let's see what the pricing will be… be great to handle alot of those data sovereignty issues.
It's like waiting for Santa all over again
Pretty quick and Win8 is looking pretty slick.
It found all my drivers and in about 15 mins I was up and running.
Let's see how we go over the next couple of weeks
I'm finally back home after a great trip to Seattle and to see some fellow VTSPs from all over the globe. Very switched on bunch.
I was fortunate enough to be asked to present and with Scotty at the demo controls, we steered a pretty good session.
Thanks to 'all y-all' whom was in the session and I hope you got as much out of it as I did.
Grab the Public Version of the slide Deck – HERE.
So as promised on the advice of John Brockmeyer here's some current limitations of the Azure 'Integration' Services.
Easy but effective

Folks I've decided to list some useful links and tips that I've come across as part of our work we do. This list will grow and expand as time goes on.
While currently setting up a BizTalk 2010 developer machine, I've got to do a couple of others to do also for the team.
I figured 'we surely can copy/clone this' – here's a handy link for SysPrep and we use files from the BizTalk SDK to work the magic.
Looking forward to it.
Folks, here's a great page showing which Azure OS and SDK applies to what version.
One to keep handy – get prepared for a v1.7 SDK release
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Keep smiling,
You know it's a Friday when…who can spot the 'yes/no/cancel' buttons?
Hi folks, I hope 2012 has been a great start for you as well.
Currently at Breeze I'm after 2 more BizTalk/SharePoint/.NET junior Developers to join a great team.
If you love technology and want to get your hands dirty then we should chat – ideally you've got sound .NET development experience and exposure to SharePoint and BizTalk.
We're also a training company, so we will skill you up in required areas – the thing I'm looking for is a great attitude. The rest can be learnt…
If you want to get into the Software/Systems integrations space and start solving some great puzzles then let's hear from you.
Here's the Job Details.
After ranting on a couple of emails today about a particular Azure issue, I've popped up a couple of features to vote on.
Add yours now
With the ever changing Azure space, chances are you've had services working a treat and then one day just fail.
"Can't connect…" etc.
This has happened to me twice this week – with over 14 IP Address ranges defined in the client's firewall rules.
It appears that my service bus services were spun up or assigned another IP outside the 'allowed range'.
It gets frustrating at times as generally the process goes as follows:
1) fill out a form to request firewall changes. Include as much detail as possible.
2) hand to the client and they delegate to their security/ops team to implement.
3) confirmation comes back.
4) start up ServiceBus service
5) could work?? may fail – due to *another* IP address allocated in Windows Azure not on the 'allowed list of ranges'.
6) fill out another form asking for another IP Address……By the 3rd iteration of this process it all is beginning to look very unprofessional. (in comparison, these guys are used to tasks such as 'Access to SQL Server XXX – here's the ports, there's the machine and done'. Azure on the other hand – 'What IP Addresses do you need? What ports?'… we need better information in this area)
Anyway – here's the most update to date list 10/02/2011.
Scotty & myself have had this error going for over 2 weeks now, and have tried many options, settings, registry keys, reboots and so on.(we have had this on 2 boxes now, that are *not* directly connected to the internet. They are locked down servers with only required services accessible through the firewall)
Generally you'll encounter this error is you install Azure SDK v1.6 – there has been people that have revert back to Azure v1.5 SDK when this error has been encountered and this seems to fix most of their problems.
Here I'm using netTcpRelayBinding, BizTalk 2010 but this could just have easily have been IIS or your own app.
Finding the outbound ports and Azure datacenter address space is always the challenge. Ports 80,443,9351 and 9352 are the main ones with the remote addresses being the network segments of your Azure Datacenter.
The problem: "Oh it's a chain validation thing, I'll just go and turn off Certificate checking…" let me see the options.(this is what we thought 2+ weeks ago)
Here I have a BizTalk shot of the transportClientEndpointBehaviour with Authentication node set to NoCheck and None (you would set these from code or a config file outside of biztalk)We found that these currently have NO BEARING whatsoever…2 weeks we'll never get back.Don't be drawn into here, it's a long windy path and you'll most likely end up short.
I am currently waiting to hear back from the folks on the product team to see what the answer is on this – BUT for now as a workaround we sat down with a network sniffer to see the characteristics.
Work around:
1. Add some Host Entries
2. Create a dummy site so the checker is fooled into grabbing local CRLs.
Add these Entries to your HOSTs file.
127.0.0.1 www.public-trust.com127.0.0.1 mscrl.microsoft.com127.0.0.1 crl.microsoft.com127.0.0.1 corppki
Download and extract these directories to your DEFAULT WEB SITE (i.e. the one that answers to http://127.0.0.1/…..)This is usually under C:\inetpub\wwwroot (even if you have sharepoint installed)-------------------- The nasty error -------------------
The Messaging Engine failed to add a receive location "<receive location>" with URL "sb://<rec url>" to the adapter "WCF-Custom". Reason: "System.ServiceModel.Security.SecurityNegotiationException: The X.509 certificate CN=servicebus.windows.net chain building failed. The certificate that was used has a trust chain that cannot be verified. Replace the certificate or change the certificateValidationMode. The revocation function was unable to check revocation because the revocation server was offline.---> System.IdentityModel.Tokens.SecurityTokenValidationException: The X.509 certificate CN=servicebus.windows.net chain building failed. The certificate that was used has a trust chain that cannot be verified. Replace the certificate or change the certificateValidationMode. The revocation function was unable to check revocation because the revocation server was offline.
at Microsoft.ServiceBus.Channels.Security.RetriableCertificateValidator.Validate(X509Certificate2 certificate) at System.IdentityModel.Selectors.X509SecurityTokenAuthenticator.ValidateTokenCore(SecurityToken token) at System.IdentityModel.Selectors.SecurityTokenAuthenticator.ValidateToken(SecurityToken token) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.SslStreamSecurityUpgradeInitiator.ValidateRemoteCertificate(Object sender, X509Certificate certificate, X509Chain chain, SslPolicyErrors sslPolicyErrors) at System.Net.Security.SecureChannel.VerifyRemoteCertificate(RemoteCertValidationCallback remoteCertValidationCallback) at System.Net.Security.SslState.CompleteHandshake() at System.Net.Security.SslState.CheckCompletionBeforeNextReceive(ProtocolToken message, AsyncProtocolRequest asyncRequest) at System.Net.Security.SslState.StartSendBlob(Byte[] incoming, Int32 count, AsyncProtocolRequest asyncRequest) at System.Net.Security.SslState.ProcessReceivedBlob(Byte[] buffer, Int32 count, AsyncProtocolRequest asyncRequest) at System.Net.Security.SslState.StartReceiveBlob(Byte[] buffer, AsyncProtocolRequest asyncRequest) at System.Net.Security.SslState.StartSendBlob(Byte[] incoming, Int32 count, AsyncProtocolRequest asyncRequest) at System.Net.Security.SslState.ProcessReceivedBlob(Byte[] buffer, Int32 count, AsyncProtocolRequest asyncRequest) at System.Net.Security.SslState.StartReceiveBlob(Byte[] buffer, AsyncProtocolRequest asyncRequest) at System.Net.Security.SslState.StartSendBlob(Byte[] incoming, Int32 count, AsyncProtocolRequest asyncRequest) at System.Net.Security.SslState.ProcessReceivedBlob(Byte[] buffer, Int32 count, AsyncProtocolRequest asyncRequest) at System.Net.Security.SslState.StartReceiveBlob(Byte[] buffer, AsyncProtocolRequest asyncRequest) at System.Net.Security.SslState.StartSendBlob(Byte[] incoming, Int32 count, AsyncProtocolRequest asyncRequest) at System.Net.Security.SslState.ForceAuthentication(Boolean receiveFirst, Byte[] buffer, AsyncProtocolRequest asyncRequest) at System.Net.Security.SslState.ProcessAuthentication(LazyAsyncResult lazyResult) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.SslStreamSecurityUpgradeInitiator.OnInitiateUpgrade(Stream stream, SecurityMessageProperty& remoteSecurity) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.ServiceModel.Channels.SslStreamSecurityUpgradeInitiator.OnInitiateUpgrade(Stream stream, SecurityMessageProperty& remoteSecurity) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.StreamSecurityUpgradeInitiatorBase.InitiateUpgrade(Stream stream) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ConnectionUpgradeHelper.InitiateUpgrade(StreamUpgradeInitiator upgradeInitiator, IConnection& connection, ClientFramingDecoder decoder, IDefaultCommunicationTimeouts defaultTimeouts, TimeoutHelper& timeoutHelper) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ClientFramingDuplexSessionChannel.SendPreamble(IConnection connection, ArraySegment`1 preamble, TimeoutHelper& timeoutHelper) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ClientFramingDuplexSessionChannel.DuplexConnectionPoolHelper.AcceptPooledConnection(IConnection connection, TimeoutHelper& timeoutHelper) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ConnectionPoolHelper.EstablishConnection(TimeSpan timeout) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ClientFramingDuplexSessionChannel.OnOpen(TimeSpan timeout) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.CommunicationObject.Open(TimeSpan timeout) at Microsoft.ServiceBus.RelayedOnewayTcpClient.RelayedOnewayChannel.Open(TimeSpan timeout) at Microsoft.ServiceBus.RelayedOnewayTcpClient.GetChannel(Uri via, TimeSpan timeout) at Microsoft.ServiceBus.RelayedOnewayTcpClient.ConnectRequestReplyContext.Send(Message message, TimeSpan timeout, IDuplexChannel& channel) at Microsoft.ServiceBus.RelayedOnewayTcpListener.RelayedOnewayTcpListenerClient.Connect(TimeSpan timeout) at Microsoft.ServiceBus.RelayedOnewayTcpClient.EnsureConnected(TimeSpan timeout) at Microsoft.ServiceBus.Channels.CommunicationObject.Open(TimeSpan timeout) at Microsoft.ServiceBus.Channels.RefcountedCommunicationObject.Open(TimeSpan timeout) at Microsoft.ServiceBus.RelayedOnewayChannelListener.OnOpen(TimeSpan timeout) at Microsoft.ServiceBus.Channels.CommunicationObject.Open(TimeSpan timeout) at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.ChannelDispatcher.OnOpen(TimeSpan timeout) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.CommunicationObject.Open(TimeSpan timeout) at System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostBase.OnOpen(TimeSpan timeout) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.CommunicationObject.Open(TimeSpan timeout) at Microsoft.ServiceBus.SocketConnectionTransportManager.OnOpen(TimeSpan timeout) at Microsoft.ServiceBus.Channels.TransportManager.Open(TimeSpan timeout, TransportChannelListener channelListener) at Microsoft.ServiceBus.Channels.TransportManagerContainer.Open(TimeSpan timeout, SelectTransportManagersCallback selectTransportManagerCallback) at Microsoft.ServiceBus.SocketConnectionChannelListener`2.OnOpen(TimeSpan timeout) at Microsoft.ServiceBus.Channels.CommunicationObject.Open(TimeSpan timeout) at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.ChannelDispatcher.OnOpen(TimeSpan timeout) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.CommunicationObject.Open(TimeSpan timeout) at System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostBase.OnOpen(TimeSpan timeout) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.CommunicationObject.Open(TimeSpan timeout) at Microsoft.BizTalk.Adapter.Wcf.Runtime.WcfReceiveEndpoint.Enable() at Microsoft.BizTalk.Adapter.Wcf.Runtime.WcfReceiveEndpoint..ctor(BizTalkEndpointContext endpointContext, IBTTransportProxy transportProxy, ControlledTermination control) at Microsoft.BizTalk.Adapter.Wcf.Runtime.WcfReceiver`2.AddReceiveEndpoint(String url, IPropertyBag adapterConfig, IPropertyBag bizTalkConfig)".
Well folks it's now 2 days after the swim and I'm beginning to feel back to normal.(I have 2 more swims to go, but this was the big one)
Firstly I'd like to thank all of you whom sponsored me to face the sharks in
'Jacques Cousteau' style.
There's a great video that does a good job of covering the race and the beautiful day we had.
The Race- I got there with a bit of time to spare grabbed my PINK cap + ankle bracelet (which had to be worn on the LEFT ankle, as sharks eat only right ones )- The race kicked off at 10am with staggered starts and as it turned out my group 40-49yr males started last!- I got pretty nervous before the start…I'd kill for a cocktail out the back.- As the other groups were hitting the water, there were 16yr olds that I reckon would be done before I got out past the break.- Livesavers were on hand, helicopters overhead and I stuck to my strategy 'keep at least one other person between you and the ocean'.- We hit the water and had about 400m around the first marker, and the 40-49s were up for some serious competition. Elbows, knees, goggles off and I even had someone pull my foot. Anyone would think we're doing Olympic time trials!!! And this is in the first 200m.- The swell was up around the point and there was a lot of ups and downs, downs and ups with some guys seeking help from nausea.- I swam close as I could to the rocks with the pack a good 100m to my left out to sea. I did think 'Micks' taken the wrong track here'- What seemed like forever around that headland and surf was up there, I finally rounded the point into Whale beach. (the video has a great shot of this spot)- Headed for the last marker that I could see way down the other end of the beach.- Turned and headed towards the only break I could see….caught a wave in – which made it all worth while and came in at 50mins (some people were around 25mins!)- As I emerged out of the water about to kiss the sand like the pope, my family was literally 1m away right in front!!! Amazing!
OverallIt was a great experience with even an 82yr old man doing the swim – puts me in my place.
Thanks all for the support and 2 more to go for me.
Windows Azure cannot perform a VIP swap between deployments that have a different number of endpoints.
Which begs the question – what happens as part of an upgrade if you add-endpoints???
So clearly the VIP Swap operation is not a simple process.
Now off to delete some production instances so I can get the changes through…
Recently there's been an update to the 'on-premise' AppFabric for Windows Server.
Grab the update here - http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27115 (runs on win7, 2008, 2008R2)
What's new
I'm in the process of updating my components, but the majority of updates seems to be around caching and performance.
This allows a backend provider to be used on the cache servers to assist with retrieving and storing data to a backend, such as a database. Read-through enables the cache to "read-through" to a backend in the context of a Get request. Write-behind enables updates to cached data to be saved asynchronously to the backend. For more information, see Creating a Read-Through / Write-Behind Provider (AppFabric 1.1 Caching).
Graceful Shutdown
This is useful for moving data from a single cache hosts to rest of the servers in the cache cluster before shutting down the cache host for maintenance. This helps to prevent unexpected loss of cached data in a running cache cluster. This can be accomplished with the Graceful parameter of the Stop-CacheHost Windows PowerShell command.
Domain Accounts
In addition to running the AppFabric Caching Service with the NETWORK SERVICE account, you can now run the service as a domain account. For more information, see Change the Caching Service Account (AppFabric 1.1 Caching).
New ASP.NET Session State and Output Caching Provider
New ASP.NET session state and output caching providers are available. The new session state provider has support for the lazy-loading of individual session state items using AppFabric Caching as a backing store. This makes sites that have a mix of small and large session state data more efficient, because pages that don't need large session state items won't incur the cost of sending this data over the network. For more information, see Using the ASP.NET 4 Caching Providers for AppFabric 1.1.
You can now enable compression for cache clients. For more information, see Application Configuration Settings (AppFabric 1.1 Caching).
Multiple Cache Client Application Configuration Sections
A new dataCacheClients section is available that allows you to specify multiple named dataCacheClient sections in an application configuration file. You can then programmatically specify which group of cache client settings to use at runtime. For more information, see Application Configuration Settings (AppFabric 1.1 Caching).
Hi folks, welcome to Monday…so I thought.
Here I was registering a message inspector which should take 5 mins tops.
Find the right config, make sure the .NET full assembly name is cool and away we go.
I wanted to use this guy from my custom WCF Adapter within BizTalk – so I needed my new message inspector to be seen by BizTalk.
So I used:
<add name="wcfMsgPropPromoter" type="Breeze.WCF.Extensions.BreezeMessagePromoteBehaviour,Breeze.WCF.Extensions,Version=126.96.36.199,Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=c2c8c7e827e9dd6a"/>
and added this guy to the <behaviorExtensions> element in the Machine.Config for .NET 4.0 x64/.NET 4.0 (& .NET 2.0 for good measure)
As if a scene from SpongeBob,… 3 hours later….
I had triple check GACs, caches, full assembly names etc…Scotty popped his head around and said "Oh yeah I had this one ages ago you need to use this…"
<add name="wcfMsgPropPromoter" type="Breeze.WCF.Extensions.BreezeMessagePromoteBehaviour, Breeze.WCF.Extensions, Version=220.127.116.11, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c2c8c7e827e9dd6a"/>
Can you spot the difference?
Interestingly enough – this work is part of a .NET plugin I wrote for IIS 7.5 and to register the plugin you use "Breeze.WCF.Extensions.BreezeMessagePromoteBehaviour,Breeze.WCF.Extensions,Version=126.96.36.199,Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=c2c8c7e827e9dd6a"
My head hurts for a Monday…
Hopefully you reclaim the hours I've lost here.
Just came across this one – Microsoft of recently released the Storage Client source code.
Could come in handy!
Hi folks, we've set a cracking pace into 2012 and are in need of an additional team member.
If you love technology, we love technology and I'd love to hear from you to be part of my team.
You will be stimulated, constantly thinking and challenged – azure, integration, biztlak, sql, windows phone 7 and many other technology areas you'll be exposed to. Integration is all about the glue we use to achieve the result.
If you're keen for a chat check out the blurb - http://www.breeze.net/about/jobs.aspx
Thought I'd start off the year with a bang around Azure and what's been happening in the land of Integration.
So I contacted a Conor Brady to see what was cooking.
The user group is meeting next Thursday 19th Jan 2012.
Here's the blurb…..
'Integration using Windows Azure Application Integration Services'
Local Integration & Training guru Mick Badran CTO at Breeze Training & Consulting and veteran BizTalk Server MVP will present on 'Integration using Windows Azure Application Integration Services'
The presentation will show how to use Microsoft Windows Azure to be the cornerstone of your integration strategy, whether it's a small piece or larger deployment. Find out what new tools you can use to extend your existing toolbox and the best way to use them.
This session will cover:
- Strategies on complementing your on-premise <-> cloud integration and what tool to use when.
- High availability solutions with a demo of fault tolerance.
- Casting an eye what's around the corner to new features coming out of Azure Labs such as EAI, EAI Bridges, EDI – azure style and new XML over HTTP endpoints.
Here's the link to REGISTER - http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2739308345
See you there!
Well folks – the appfabric labs have come out with a real gem recently.
In CTP we have:
and of course the latest version of
To get the real benefit from this 'sneak peek' there's a bit of setup required. To those familiar with BizTalk there's a few EDI screens declaring parties/partners and agreements you'll have seen before.
To get cracking:
Wrapping up - Here is obviously a quick walk through of what's possible, performance, scale and throughput are other measures that we haven't got here – given it's CTP/Labs we're not quite ready for that conversation.
BizTalk adapter pack will expose out for e.g. your SAP system to a wider audience and imagine having restful WCF services to call that provide you customer data in the format you want…or better still…deliver it straight to you!(currently in BTS 2010, the adapter pack is licensed separately, it's part of BTS standard or enterprise. BTS2009 it *was* licensed separately for RRP $5K. Maybe we'll see this as a separate component again.)Or you could do like the SharePoint team and write a brand new WCF Adapter ('connector' in their terms) – 'Duet' and spend 18 months doing so.Some things I'd like to see here is a Rules Processor or Engine – being a long long BizTalk fan, the rules engine is a massive strength of any loosely coupled solution. The majority of BizTalk solutions I come across don't employ any rules engines…or better still, Windows Workflow 2,3+ (but not 4 or 4.5) has a rules 'executor' which is very powerful in it's own right. Who's heard or used the Policy shape?
Given that this is a sneak peak at what is on the horizon, this is definitely a space not to miss.
Get those trial accounts going and enjoy!
In particular I'd like to call out Rick's Article (well done Rick!) for a great read on this space also.
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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder visited Manhattan Tuesday to thank the prosecutors who helped convict Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, who was convicted last week of conspiring to kill Americans after the September 11 attacks. NY1's Dean Meminger filed the following report.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said it was the right decision to try Sulaiman Abu Ghaith in federal court.
"Before a jury of New Yorkers and in full view of many of those who lost loved ones in the attack. The verdict has proved beyond any doubt that proceedings such as these can safely occur in the city," Holder said.
Abu Ghaith was convicted last week of conspiring to kill Americans after the September 11 attacks. Prosecutors from the U.S. attorney's office successfully argued to jurors that Abu Ghaith used video and audio messages to recruit Muslims to try to blow up planes.
"Throughout, the attorney general and the department have been supportive of all of our efforts, but especially in the prosecution of international terrorists who have tried to kill Americans, harm American interests and have not only targeted this country, but put a bullseye on this very city," said Preet Bharara, U.S. attorney for the southern district of New York.
There have been lots of local and national debates over whether high-profile terror trials should be held in federal courts, especially just blocks away from the World Trade Center. Some have suggested that they be held in military hearings at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. The attorney general said that debate can be put to rest.
"While our military courts remain an appropriate venue in certain circumstances, decisions on how best to seek convictions against terrorism defendants must always be based on prosecutorial considerations and never on political ones," Holder said.
The attorney general said that since 2009, the Department of Justice has been successful in convicting more than 165 people on terrorism charges.
One case that will be held in a military hearing and not in federal court is the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the so-called mastermind of the September 11 attacks.
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SEFFNER, Fla. (AP) - As crews entombed a man who was swallowed by a sinkhole near Tampa, the earth opened up again just a few miles away.
In a neighboring county, officials investigated reports of a home cracking on Tuesday, perhaps due to another sinkhole.
Across Florida this time of year, State Geologist Jonathan Arthur says it's the start of what's unofficially considered the "sinkhole season."
He says it coincides with the state's rainy season and usually lasts until the end of summer.
Arthur looked at 50 years of data and found that there is usually an uptick of reported sinkholes in February, with an increase until about July, when activity tapers off.
Both extremely dry weather and very wet weather can trigger sinkholes. Man-made activities can also cause the earth to collapse.
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|Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.
– Zig Ziglar
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– Peace Pilgrim
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– Saint Francis de Sales
|Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come.
– Chinese Proverb
|Make hunger thy sauce, as a medicine for health.
– Thomas Tusser
|Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy you can't build on it it's only for wallowing in.
– Katherine Mansfield
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– Miguel de Cervantes
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|make strong women weak and weak men strong
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The thing is he's had home sickness before and has gotten through it by going home and texting and calling me telling me he misses me and he wants to spend the rest of his life with me, but before it was just home sickness and feeling like he doesn't belong where I am from. Now it's all of the above and staying with me in our relationship. So I'm really confused as to what he needs from me. He knows I would go with him and I love him very much. I have asked him to sleep in the other room because I don't know how he feels about me right now and it did seem to make him sad but he agreed that it was fair to me. He says he doesn't want to hurt me but then I find him asking me to go hang out and eat with him and he even still wants to play fight and laid with me in bed one night before I feel asleep, then retreated to his room. The main thing is he doesn't have an answer for me and he says he just needs to think and go back to his roots and realize who he really is since the military changed so much about him. What should I do? Do I back off or hang out? I don't want to loose him I want to give him his time an I hope he comes running back to me and asks me to go with him. This is so unlike him it's scaring me, he has never lead me to think something was wrong in our relationship. Does he just need time to realize how much he loves me and what he's losing.
He said "I love you" first, he has always taken the first step in our relationship and said my heart was safe with him and now he truly does seem confused and it's killing me. What does he want from me? How can I help him through this? We still have a great time hanging out right now, just no kissing or sleeping together or telling each other we love each other. But he has moments where he hugs me really tight and kisses me on the head like he still really loves me and feels torn. He said when he feels confused he tries to picture himself 20yrs from now and see what he's doing and I said "am I there with you" and he said it's funny because part of me thinks well laugh about this someday and say we almost didn't make it. I'm so confused as to what to do, I love him so much but I don't want to hope for something that he may not want or will work out.
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The only truth that always holds is that – "In the end, Love wins the day"
If you truly love him and desire him, it's a given that you will find him in your life. Love is a very strong force and it has the power to bring the whole universe to its knees. From your words it's very clear that you love him deeply and sincerely. You are very clear in your mind about your feeling for him, and you are completely committed to him. This is good news, because if you were unclear about your feelings then it would be the end of the relationship but your clarity is sure to hold it together. Stay with it.
Guys are impulsive beings. Most guys, as they become men, get quite concerned about their purpose and their position in the society. They also get ambitious and feel a drive to get something going for themselves in the way of a career or business. Men have been the "protectors" and women have been the "protected" ever since the primitive ages, this tendency has not changed in men even though women have become completely independent financially and culturally, truth be said it has not changed in women either. So right now your boyfriend is going through the phase of "what's my purpose".
In life, change is permanent. Everything changes, or rather "evolves". This is true for relationships also. A relationship cannot remain in the same "vibration" all the time. It has to evolve to keep pace with the changing minds, and outlooks, of the partners involved. This does not mean that the relationship has to end, in fact, as it evolves, the relationship has the opportunity to get deeper and more meaningful. Most people panic when they see their relationship changing, and start thinking all the negative things possible. But in truth, if you stay positive during the change you will be amazed at what flowers at the other side.
Allow your boyfriend the space to figure out his confusion. It can take a couple months, or may be even a year at the worst, but he will have it figured it soon enough. Just give him the space and time, without pressurizing him in any way. Stay true in your love for him, and keep faith. Don't do anything impulsive, like breaking off even when you feel that you are not sure where you are standing. Give it time, simply because you love him sincerely. True love always cuts through the dregs of time.
From your description it's quite clear that your boyfriend is in love with you too, and it looks like a deep love. He's just uncertain about where his life is headed, and like most men, he's does not want you to be a part of his confusion. He's not trying to break up with you, it's just that he's wants to be clear in his mind about where he's going in his life. He is feeling a little insecure about his future, and he's pushing you away because he does not feel so confident in his ability to take responsibility for the relationship. This will change as soon as he finds some grounding in his life, just let him figure it out.
Most guys are quite oblivious to their emotional standing. He may not even know how much in love with you he really is, until he is away from you. The good news is that your boyfriend does not seem to be "the playboy" type who will ditch and run, neither does he seem fickle minded. He comes across as a strong individual who is just confused presently about what he wants from his life.
Just relax and let things happen for a while. Don't let negative thoughts disturb your peace of mind. Stay true to your heart and don't take any impulsive decisions, even if he does so. He might get distant from you for a while, but don't take it as a sign that your relationship has ended. It's just a phase, let it pass. Stay patient and you will find your love winning the day.
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Mel said..
I have the same exact story. It's scary to almost hear it from someone else. So I am curious what happened? I am tired of waiting for my boyfriend. Same military thing, school thing, moving back home thing.
Staying Positive said..
Similar situation for me, except my boyfriend is trying to figure out his future in terms of graduate school and isn't sure where I fit. Let's all keep each other posted. Best wishes to you girls! We are not alone.
Sandra said..
Me as well. Mine plays soccer professionally and is always moving all over the world at risk of being traded anytime. He recently told me that he worries about what will happen with us if he has to leave and that I deserve someone with a stable life to offer me. We are still together, but the fact that he said he doesn't know what he wants really scares me. Why can't we just enjoy the present time and let things happen on their own instead of stressing out so much?
Hope said..
My boyfriend is confused these days too. But it's more the opposite, cause he was supposed to move to my country and now he is unsure about us cause he feels like "something has changed" but he still loves me and doesn't want this to end. I also feel like he is stressing it all way too much, but it's nothing I can do about it. For the first time we haven't planned when we will meet next time. I am not going to stress him; I feel he needs to sort things out. He still calls every day and text me how much he loves me! Good to know I'm not alone, but I'm sad to hear that you girls suffer too. Good luck to you all! And keep posting!


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I Love You Phillip Morris(2009)
Steven Russell is a happily married police officer, churchgoer and upstanding citizen of his local community. One day, a car accident dramatically snaps him out of this average existence. Steven realises that he is gay and embarks on a flamboyant and extravagant new lifestyle. Drawing on his knowledge of crime from his days in the police force, he turns to conmanship to pay for his luxurious new life, and eventually finds himself in prison for fraud. There he falls in love with the sweet-natured and sensitive Phillip Morris, and channels his powers of ingenuity and daredevilry into his plan to escape jail and build the perfect life with Phillip.
For more about I Love You Phillip Morris and the I Love You Phillip Morris Blu-ray release, see I Love You Phillip Morris Blu-ray Review published by Jeffrey Kauffman on March 18, 2011 where this Blu-ray release scored 3.5 out of 5.
Starring: Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro, Antoni Corone, Brennan Brown
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Catch him if you can.
Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman, March 18, 2011
The state of Texas has the reputation for being about as no-nonsense as it gets in the United States of America when it comes to prosecution of crimes. A state that is at least perceived as being just as likely to go for broke with a lethal injection as it is to lock a criminal up in the first place, the Lone Star state would seem to be the least likely location ever for a long running series of cons, faked identities, and, most impressively, an incredible string of prison escapes. And yet the story of Steven Jay Russell (portrayed by Jim Carrey) as depicted in I Love You Phillip Morris is more or less based on fact, as incredible as it may seem. A one time small town Georgia cop, Russell came out, despite being married with a young daughter, and saw his life change drastically after he was involved in a freak car accident. Already obviously caught up, at least in certain ways, in a life of deceit and subterfuge, Russell decided to leave his wife and child and pursue an openly gay lifestyle, a lifestyle which is in the film rather humorously described as being "really, really expensive," leading to a rather improbable life of crime. That criminal activity saw Russell impersonate an equally improbable number of well trained professionals, including a Judge, a CFO of a major medical supply company, as well as assorted lesser professional types, in a certain sort of Catch Me If You Can scenario. That Catch Me connection takes on even more meaning because Russell does indeed come within the sometimes bumbling grasp of the long arm of the law, and is repeatedly incarcerated, only to break free time and again in one fairly hilarious escapade after another.
I Love You Phillip Morris is written and directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, the brains behind the often scabrously funny Bad Santa. This film, however, eschews the sort of outright politically incorrect and scandalously rude behavior of that erstwhile "holiday" film and takes instead a decidedly sweeter, even Hollywood-esque, approach toward its subject. Steven Russell is shown to be something of a psychological cipher, a man who is able to become just about anything he wants to at the drop of a hat. In a funny-disturbing flashback, we see young Steven being told that he's adopted, which sets him out on a decades' long quest to find his birth mother. Already he's discovering he's not who he thought he was, and that seems to be his psychological stumbling block for the rest of his life, at least as far as it's portrayed on film.
He takes a job as a policeman in order to raid the police databases for information on his birth mother, but once he tracks down the hapless suburban woman, he's left desperately disappointed. His seemingly happy, and very sexual, marriage to born again Debbie (Leslie Mann) is given a quick, glossy treatment here which features one of the more Bad Santa-ish punchlines of the film, when a raucous sex scene between Steven and an unseen partner turns out not be with Debbie, but with a male. Soon after, Steven is involved in a horrible car accident and decides that if his days are numbered, he's going to number them his way.
A stint in South Florida really starts the fraud ball rolling, due to Steven's extravagant lifestyle with his new boyfriend Jimmy (Rodrigo Santoro). He soon finds himself jailed, where in the rabble of an insanely sunny-yellow prison, he meets the man who would change his life, Phillip Morris (Ewan McGregor). Steven and Phillip couldn't be more different. Steven is wise, conniving and in his own actually sweet-natured way, incredibly ruthless. Phillip is a sweet southern lad, a sort of gay Forrest Gump, a man-child who sees the good in everyone, but who is arguably not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
The romance, such as it is, between Phillip and Steven gives I Love You Phillip Morris one of the strangest central conceits in recent film history, even niche films with a putative "gay interest" angle. These are two inmates who manage to reach out and touch each other (figuratively and literally, believe me), even as the prison is in the midst of lockdowns, guards freaking out and other background noise that would seem to be more at home in one of those 1950's B-movies featuring all women inmate casts. But against all odds, the film manages to convey a sense of tender heartedness that helps to give it some passing emotional immediacy.
This is not an outright comedy, nor indeed an outright drama, and the film had a long and laborious post-production gestation where its rather uninhibited depiction of gay sex made it something of a hot potato for potential distributors. (As perhaps improbable as anything depicted in the film, I Love You Phillip Morris bears the imprimatur of Luc Besson, whose Europa financed the film). In fact the film's wavering tone may be more problematic than any actual salacious content, for there really isn't anything that is going to overly offend most modern day filmgoers. This is a movie which rises and falls on the strength of its performances more than any shock value in the plot or characters, and in that regard it succeeds admirably. Carrey manages to invest Steven with both sweetness and subterfuge, and for once his tics and mannerisms don't get in the way of a convincing, heartfelt performance. But the real revelation here is McGregor, bleached blonde and gracefully effeminate, in one of the most interesting and provocative performances of his career.
What really sets the two lead characters apart, even from other "gay jailbird" films like Kiss of the Spider Woman, is their devotion and, as odd as it may sound (especially within the context of them being convicts), their innocence. The film doesn't shirk from especially Steven's duplicitous nature, but it also manages to convey his essential humanity and the fact that he goes to insane (and illegal) lengths all in the name of love. I Love You Phillip Morris actually doesn't even get into some of Steven's more outrageous exploits, leaving an amazing (and true) story concerning a fatal disease as the apex of his life of crime. The film evidently underwent a larger than average amount of post-production tinkering, including some judicious editing to make the final product supposedly more audience friendly, but this gives the final product a sometimes disjointed feeling, including this final gambit of Russell's. The real Steven Jay Russell managed to go on for some time even after this peak of hubris, but the (edited) film, perhaps sensing its point had been made, leaves well enough alone before wending its way into one element that some viewers may in fact find objectionable, though for radically different reasons. The film utilizes some brief superimposed text to inform the viewer that due to Russell being such an embarrassment to then Governor George W. Bush, he was put in prison for the rest of his life, despite never having killed anyone. Justice may in fact be blind, but in Texas it packs heat and a fearsome punch.
I Love You Phillip Morris Blu-ray, Video Quality
I Love You Phillip Morris features an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.78:1 that will impress most viewers with its unexpectedly lemon yellow ambience within the confines of the Texas prison where Steven and Phillip meet and fall in love. But even if the saffron hues of that extended segment are beautifully saturated and very memorable, the entire film is candy colored and very bright, offering a nice variety of solid primary colors as well as cooler pastel hues once Steven moves to Miami. The image here is nicely sharp and very well detailed, with nice depth of field, natural looking grain structure, and excellent contrast. Even tricky items like closeknit fishnet stockings (and you'll have to wait to see who's wearing them) resolve nicely here, with no aliasing or other artifacting. The film is very occasionally on the dark side, including a couple of dimly lit bedroom scenes which were probably intentionally darkened to make the film more accessible for audiences squeamish about either straight or gay sex, but otherwise this is a very nice looking transfer that is filmic and wonderfully clear and precise appearing.
I Love You Phillip Morris Blu-ray, Audio Quality
Aside from the copious use of source cues and some fun immersive moments in the chase sequences, there's not a huge amount of "wow" surround activity in I Love You Phillip Morris' lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 mix, but there really doesn't have to be. The film, while full of well placed ambient effects as well as the occasional jolt of LFE (be prepared for the sonically overwhelming car crash Steven is involved in), exists mostly in smaller scale dialogue scenes, and in that regard the track does very well, with fine and nuanced reproduction of quieter moments. The fact is, for such a character-driven story, there are surprising amounts of admittedly subtle surround activity, including lots of nice environmental effects in various outdoor scenes, and good use of directionality in a couple of fun sequences when the police descend on Steven. This is certainly not "summer blockbuster" material, but it's a very enjoyable mix that is cinematic without overtly drawing attention to itself.
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I Love You Phillip Morris' inherent sweetness elevates it above the faults of its disjointed final version, as well as the somewhat formless approach the filmmakers take toward a fascinating real life subject. Carrey and McGregor are wonderful together, and there are some scattered laughs here, despite the underlying premise of the film being more melancholic than funny. Recommended.
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Retired Will County Sheriff's Deputy Karin Kendzora (seated) and her granddaughter, Deputy Kim Topolewski (standing) listen as the names of Will County officers who have died in the line of duty are read. Karin's son (and Kim's uncle), Deputy Ray Topolewski, died in 1985 while on patrol. | Photo: Brian Stanley/Sun-Times Media
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JOLIET — The drizzle held off Thursday afternoon until immediately after the ceremony ended on the Will County Courthouse lawn.
The honor guards of the Joliet and Will County Sheriff's police lowered their rifles and flags. Some Joliet officers carried away their bagpipes and drums while a delegation of state troopers stood at ease. Chiefs and commanding officers from dozens of other local departments shook hands and began walking to the annually-mandated major crimes task force board meeting.
As the 32nd Will County Law Enforcement Memorial Day ceremony broke up, Karin Kendzora got up from the bench she'd been sitting on alone in the center of the action and reached out to touch the granite monument that bears the names of the 33 officers killed in the line of duty since 1865.
Kendzora's hand rested briefly on the name of her son, Will County Sheriff's Deputy Raymond Topolewski, who was killed by a hit-and-run driver while he was on patrol in 1985.
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- Helps hold rug in place to help prevent bunching & slipping
- Solid construction for maximum surface coverage & helps protect floors
- Extra cushioned for added padding & comfort
- Designed for use under rugs of any kind and helps prevent premature wear
- Can be easily trimmed to fit any rug size
- To clean, wipe with a water damp sponge and air dry
- Guaranteed to hold non-slip properties for 10 years with proper maintenance
|Polyester, Rubber
|2.4 - 65.9 Pounds
|Made in USA, Quick Ship
|Rug Pad Function
|Cushion, Non-Slip
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Great rug pad!
By Colleen van den N. from Ridgeland, MS on Nov 07, 2011
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