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The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) said Keki Mistry, vice chairman and chief executive of Housing Development Finance Corp Ltd (HDFC) has joined its board as shareholder director.
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The global remittance market has been growing exponentially over the past few years and India is at the epicentre of this growth. Players in this business are looking to come out with a slew of new initiatives surrounding remittances. TimesofMoney, an India-based digital payment services company, is also at the forefront of this action and is planning to come out with a bouquet of services to help Indian migrants connect better with their families here. The president of TimesofMoney, Avijit Nanda, speaks with Moneylife's Sanket Dhanorkar in the second of a two-part series
Sanket Dhanorkar (ML): Which is the largest market for your company and where will your focus lie going forward?
Avijit Nanda (AN):North America is the biggest market for us. It's reflective of the fact that most of the Indian NRIs have migrated here. That's where most of the consumption of knowledge workers has happened. The NRI footprint is the strongest there. We also have UK, Europe, Canada, Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong. While we have coverage of about 24 countries today, these are our top markets. We will still continue to focus on these countries while improving product offerings and customer experience based on customer needs. Our product development team constantly researches customer needs and behaviour so that we are able to quickly translate that into a product offering through partnerships and alliances. So while we also focus on newer geographies to get more customers, our focus will also be towards trying to achieve depth in each of these countries. While the overall market is about $58 billion, the online space is just about 20% of that. Out of this $58 billion, at least 70% comes from North America in terms of volume. In terms of value, about 60% comes from the Gulf.
ML: What new products are you planning to come up with?
AN:Since we are an Internet-based service provider it is easy for us to reach out to clients. We are not dependent too much on physical infrastructure or capabilities to reach out. We do pilots on the basis of which we tweak our product offering. One such product which is in the pipeline is the bill-pay product. The idea behind it is that remitters need to send money for several reasons. There is this bouquet of non-financial services that we are looking at. We have an offering called Window2India which provides an NRI an opportunity to connect to India, much beyond remittances - a connect to his parents in the form of gifting or healthcare planning for parents, etc. Health is a very emotional play with immigrants there because they are not around to look after the wellbeing of their parents. We also offer services around investment advisory for asset classes like property. Our property services team researches real-estate solutions available in residential and commercial verticals. We give them end-to-end solutions of walking them through various options, providing background research on builders. Beyond that there are smaller services where NRIs can send money for charity or religious causes, donate money to their alma-mater or even make utility bill payments on behalf of parents. That is a big connect we are trying to establish. This is part of the BillPay2India service which we will launch shortly.
Our focus will be to build value beyond remittances. This is why we continue to focus on non-remittance solutions to surround the customer with. Our services should become a one-stop-shop for all his into-India requirements.
ML: Do you have any plans to launch mobile platform based services?
AN: Yes, we are working on the capabilities for having a mobile based platform and the modalities for the same. For example, would a customer have the appetite to transfer $3,000? We have done some research. We have the advantage of being able to offer similar solutions to the domestic market in India. We will cross that and make it a cross-border solution. At this point of time, regulations do not permit us to do so. But we have the capability. We are working with the RBI. We should be able to offer the service as and when the regulator allows us.
ML: Will this product be something along the lines of M-PESA, the mobile payment service launched in Kenya? (M-PESA is a service allowing users to transfer money using a mobile phone. Kenya is the first country in the world to use this service, which is offered in partnership between Safaricom and Vodafone).
AN:M-PESA is a financial inclusion story. Kenya is a hugely under-banked economy. People are also at risk while carrying cash - it may get stolen or robbed. That's where the concept of converging value into a mobile phone came into being. This is a domestic solution. It is not yet a cross-border payment solution. We are trying to launch a similar service in a while in India as well, as a domestic commerce and money transfer solution, as and when regulators allow us.
Other than the regulatory hurdle, there are some other challenges as well. With the exception of M-PESA there have been many pilots, but no full-fledged customer rollouts. The challenge here is to get the customer excited to adopt. The preferred mode is cash. We have moved people from cash to credit cards to bank account payments to the Internet. Now, everything is converging on the mobile phone. It is critical that the ecosystem has to be built. Such a solution involves multiple parties, each having a significant role to play. So just having a customer is not sufficient. Once you have money in your mobile phone, you must have usability - you should be able to shop, eat out or order and pay out of the mobile phone. If it is just about giving your customer an ATM or debit card, then he might as well do it from his bank account. Then there is nothing fancy about getting a mobile phone involved. That is not a mobile-wallet solution. That is, using the mobile to do a transaction like one does with Internet banking. So all these factors - regulatory, customer acceptability, technology and ecosystem - have to converge. Adoption is not going to come overnight. It is a long-term story.
The customer will have to be shown the value in using such a service. The regulator is also aware and concerned about how such services can be provided to the customers while safeguarding their interest. Mobile service providers are also looking at creating an ecosystem.
ML: What other challenges do you face in this business?
AN: While on the one hand, the overall remittance market is growing, the online category is only 20%. The biggest challenge is getting consumers to adopt such services. People have been habituated to do wire transfers through banks. While it is a challenge, it is an opportunity also. If you are able to establish a proof of concept with these users and get them on board, they will never go back once they use the system. They see the value demonstrated. So the challenge is how to break the mindset and get the customers to adopt such superior services. The other challenge is outside the India story. As a brand, how do we connect with clients outside India like the Mexicans or the Filipinos, for instance. We need to try and engage with these clients.
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Mumbai: India's entertainment and media (E&M) industry is poised to log a double digit growth of 12.4% cumulatively over the next five years touching Rs1040 billion by 2014, reports PTI quoting a latest report by research firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
"Many of the factors which caused the slowdown in 2009 are not likely to persist. With confidence returning alongside a likely increase in consumer and advertisement spends, the E&M industry is looking to get back to its high growth trajectory," Timmy S Kandhari, leader-entertainment & media practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers India, said in the report titled 'Indian Entertainment & Media Outlook 2010'.
Unveiling the outlook for the industry during 2010-14, he said the television industry is projected to continue to be the major contributor to the overall industry revenue pie and is estimated to grow at a stable rate of 12.9% cumulatively over the next five years, from an estimated Rs265.5 billion in 2009 to Rs488 billion by 2014.
The film sector is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.4% over the next five years, reaching Rs170.5 billion in 2014 from the present Rs95 billion in 2009.
The E&M industry registered one of its slowest growth rates in 2009, growing at a rate of 2.2%. This was largely due to lower than expected uptake in the advertisement spend which registered no growth and hence affected sectors like print, Out of Home (OOH), radio as well as Internet advertising. Negative growth in filmed entertainment also affected growth in 2009, the report said.
The print media industry is projected to grow by 7.4% over the period 2010-14, reaching to Rs230.5 billion in 2014 from the present Rs161.5 billion in 2009.
The radio advertising industry is projected to grow at a CAGR of 12.2% over 2010-14, reaching Rs16 billion in 2014 from the present Rs9 billion in 2009.
Due to the tremendous uptake of the mobile Value Added Services (VAS) market, the industry is projected to grow at a CAGR of 28.6% over 2010-14, reaching Rs26.5 billion in 2014.
The key growth driver for the music industry over the next five years will be digital music, and its share is expected to move from 29% in 2009 to 75% in 2014.
Given the trends of increased internet usage, internet advertising is projected to grow by 20.1% over the next five years and reach an estimated Rs15 billion in 2014 from the present Rs6 billion in 2009.
The estimated size of OOH advertising spend is Rs12.5 billion in 2009, which is projected to reach Rs21 billion in 2014. Its share in the total ad pie is expected to go down marginally to 5.6% in 2014 from a current level of 5.8% in 2009.
Animation, gaming and VFX industry will continue to maintain its growth pace and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 25.2% to Rs73.4 billion in 2014 from its current size of Rs23.8 billion.
The advertisement spend, which registered no growth in 2009, is showing a rebound with increasing business confidence returning to the market as well as with innovative structuring. The spend will grow at 11.4% CAGR for the period 2010-2014.


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In front of a bumper Bank Holiday crowd of 549, play off chasing Chasetown FC secured a vital three points against league leaders Stafford Rangers.
The Scholars had a glorious chance inside the opening minute as Kev Hemagou rushed through on goal, but the visitors cleared the danger through Levi Read as the striker went past goalkeeper Adam Whitehouse.
Paul Sullivan should have given the home side the lead but volleyed over the bar from close range.
Stafford pushed forward on a number of occasions but Chasetown's defence stood resilient against the league leaders preventing the table toppers from a clear sight at goal.
Rangers bossed the opening stages from a possession point of view with a succession of corners but still failed to trouble John Bateman with a serious shot at goal.
Sullivan fired over the bar after a neat pass from substitute Nick Turton, while Scholars full back Mike Williams was booked for simulation after a challenge on the edge of the penalty area.
Ben Haseley saw a shot blocked by Williams midway through the half as the game remained at stalemate.
Bateman had to be at his best to keep out Christian Dacres at his near post before Haseley acrobatically volleyed the rebound wide.
With ten minutes left, Haseley got ahead of his defender to power a header towards the bottom corner but somehow Bateman got down to claw away his effort and then recovered to make an even better save to keep out the rebound.
Five minutes from the end, Williams drove the ball across the six yard box and Turton left the ball for substitute Stan Mugisha, who fired home from close range against his former club.
Stafford were unable to force an equaliser and Mugisha was a whisker away from a second.
Chasetown: Bateman, Williams, Thompson, Slater, Eze, Dance, Washbourne, R Davies (Mugisha, 79 mins), Hemagou (Turton, 62 mins), Sullivan, J Davies (Edwards, 85 mins). Subs not used: Adaggio, Pond.


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This is a beautiful and super clean home. It is great for kids too. We stayed there with our 3 kids for the weekend. They loved running through the backyard and picking rasberries.
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Where can you go when you're looking for a beautiful, peaceful place to unwind, that's comfortable and roomy enough for your whole family? Well... we think we've got just the place! When you're ready for a quiet time away from it all, there's just nothing like a lovely country setting– and Raspberry Farm is just the place!
Conveniently located only a mile from the shops, restaurants, festivals, and activities of downtown, this very attractive home is nestled into a beautifully serene setting, surrounded with wonderfully landscaped grounds. Lots of wildflowers, grapevines, fruit trees and– yes– even a sizable raspberry patch envelope a yard that's big enough for the whole family to enjoy, with the stunning Enchantment Mountains peeking through the landscape in the distance.
Spacious enough to accommodate up to 9 people, with four bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths, Raspberry Farm is attractively furnished and decorated with wood, stone and tile. One bedroom with private bath is located on the main floor; three bedrooms–one with a private bath– are upstairs, and all of the upstairs bedrooms have their own private balconies. There is a large walk-in shower in the roomy bathroom located off the upstairs Master Bedroom.
On the main floor, the large, fully equipped kitchen and wonderful, large dining room table are both perfect for families or small groups. A large living room easily accommodates a group, with TV, DVD, games and books. The glass-fronted wood-burning stove framed with river rocks provides that special atmosphere for festive seasonal get togethers.
With a full acre of land surrounding this beautiful little "farm," there's lots of room outdoors for BBQ's and summertime relaxing in the sun. Located close to a trailhead, it's a great place for hikers, with a private hot tub that's ideal for relaxing in after a day of recreation.
Comfortable, clean, inviting, restful, attractive...This place is lovely! It might just become the "country home" you come back to over and over!
View of the house from the lovely side lawn
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Spacious dining area with large, lovely table
Wood burning stove with stone back in the dining room
Roomy kitchen is fully equipped, overlooking yard
Comfortable and beautifully furnished living room
Downstairs Master Bedroom with private bath
Upstairs bedroom, perfect for the kids, with private balcony
Additional upstairs bedroom with private bath and private outside balcony
Large upstairs Master bedroom with King bed plus futon
Master balcony overlooks beautiful yard
Private hot tub in a lush, green setting
Beautifully manicured yard is huge
Special gardens in the backyard
Lots of yard space for recreation
This is a beautiful and super clean home. It is great for kids too. We stayed there with our 3 kids for the weekend. They loved running through the backyard and picking rasberries.
Ed, July 2014
We had such an amazing weekend! The house and the amenities are perfect! So close to Downtown for the tree lighting festival. This is the second time we have stayed here and are already excited for our next visit!!! The kids loved building smowmen in the huge yard and seeing the visiting deer!
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Description: Soft experimental original electronica - ambient music chill out lounge in the vein of Depeche Mode last albums. Great for films, documentaries, TV travel productions or meditation. Spacious, calming, ethereal track with soft melody and electric piano above carpets of pads. Dreamy.
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Artist or Group: Valeriy Antonyuk
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Duration: 3:49 Tempo: Med Slow BPM: 98
Arrangement: Synth Ensemble
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What strategies are available for hosting plone sites? For charity organizations, Plone is an awesome framework. However, the inexpensive hosting companies do not seem to deal with Plone sites. (Go Daddy, etc.) My thought is to rent some Linux cloud rackspace and build it/host it from there but I am concerned that I don't know how to secure a cloud server that is not sitting behind somebody's firewall. Having the whole server sitting out there without a 'deny mostly everything' sitting in front of it is a scary proposition. Any thoughts or possible paths?
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Hi David, thanks for the question.
My focus is more on hosted email and hosted security solutions. I think I can get you an expert answer on this, but it will take a day or two. Let me reach out to a few individuals and as soon as I get an answer I'll post it here.
Sorry for any confusion, but I'm interested in your question now and looking forward to finding out. :-)
Aug 3, 2011 at 7:17 UTC
Hi Shane..
Thanks for responding.
I was thinking along the lines of - Cloud server = hosted and keep the bad guys out of the web server = security. I look forward to following the rest of the discussions.
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We use Enfoldsystems.com to host our Plone sites, and have been happy with their service
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As Chair of the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Associate Dean of the Maryland Campus of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, I take great pride in our growth and our national recognition as a "one of a kind" regional college of veterinary medicine.
By establishing interdisciplinary teams within several departments at both campuses, our research programs continue to grow and develop. Over two-thirds of our current budget is research-related and is provided by the federal government through extramural grants. In addition, our unit has significantly increased the opportunities available to students by offering financial aid, and by providing high quality research training using cutting edge technology.
In the past decade, we have recruited top faculty and students from around the world, and have revised our graduate programs to better prepare our young scientists for the challenges of the 21st century. In doing so, we have established a successful record of integrating education, cutting edge research, and collaboration with various governmental agencies.
Our goal is to continue on this path of excellence in all facets of research, to increase funding for our students and our programs, and to enhance our educational component by offering additional courses that will challenge our students and increase their knowledge in animal and human health. We are pleased to share our accomplishments with you and welcome your involvement in our educational, research, and outreach activities.
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Get an overview of this hotelZhoushan hotel in Putuo with restaurant and 24-hour front desk
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Located in Putuo, this hotel is 0.5 mi (0.8 km) from Mount Putuo.
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Along with a restaurant, this hotel has meeting rooms and a 24-hour front desk. Other amenities include express check-out.
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The hotel offers a restaurant. This Zhoushan hotel also offers express check-out and an elevator (lift).
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- Number of floors - 4
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Thwompalloons are inflatable Thwomps that first appeared in Mario Party 4 and then in Ultra Mario World as enemies.
Ultra Mario World
In this game they act the opposite of Thwomps (Go up fast, and come down slowly) and they can be defeated by ground-pounding on them twice in a row.
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The Thwompalloon appears in this game as one of the available vehicles. It's, in fact, usable since the beginning. It has good off-road stats but it's slow and heavy.


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I have been getting my hair dyed for years and this product was recommended to me. I went out that day and got it. I haven't a bad to say about it. The one thing I noticed is you don't loose a lot of hair when washing
It keeps you color healthy and it doesn't go down the drain
The smell could be a little better but i love it anyways
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This is advertised as the "inner hair fuel for color-treated hair". You spray on clean wet hair, and leave in. This product gives color treated-hair a shot of cuticle-reinforcing ceramides and vitamin E. It is touted as a conditioning system that protects, detangles and adds shine. But, my hair stylist recommended it for longer lasting color. And it seems to work for me! It is sometimes difficult to find if not carried in your local hair salon. But, the price is right for the length of time the quantity lasts (5 fl oz)
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Highlights help keep my hair looking young and fun just the way the rest of me feels. We all love our new highlights when we get home and we're even at peace with the time and money we just spent to get them but if they fade or just disappear too soon it's just too sad.
My stylist recommended Redken Color Extend with the New Fade Resist Complex. I really do trust her. I know she's not just trying to make a sale. She really wants me to be happy with my highlights. Besides, hers always look great.
Redken is pricier than over the counter shampoos but it really does work. I've been able to go **up to six weeks longer **between highlights! Yeah.
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After my trying to color my hair, at home, out of a box, I ran to hair dresser and cried, "I did it again." Every two years or so, I forget how damaging it could be to chemically treat ones hair without proper training.
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What if a group of nations was determined to colonize the Moon, and they based their decisions only on technical and economic merit?
This project is building a series of virtual colonies on the Moon. They will be richly detailed and interactive presentations that are entirely plausible, technically and scientifically. They will examine all the questions, consider all the implications. When humanity undertakes ventures on the scale of space settlement, it matters a great deal how many people have given it real thought beforehand. These colonies serve that purpose.
The first colony created will show a full town with a population of 20,000. It will have developed industries and facilities, spacious beautiful architecture, transport systems moving high volumes of people and cargo around the Moon and the solar system. It shows what happens just beyond the tipping point, when technology enables a space boom. To evaluate the importance of space exploration, this is the stage that must be understood.
The next two colonies work outwards from there... forwards to the city that grows from the town, when technology allows a segmented glass dome to be placed over a crater 22 km across, becoming home to a million people... and backwards to the first missions that develop the basic techniques and infrastructure that make it all possible.
These environments will be places to explore, create, collaborate, tell stories, and above all to learn and to contemplate our future. To that end, the project assumes an ideal political environment, in which a broad alliance of countries pursues lunar settlement with determination and vision, making the best technical decisions and investing as much as it takes to do it properly. In this way the project can educate regarding the real gamut of options before us, and the complete scope of such a vast endeavor.
The entire project will always be open source, free of copyright, and free of charge. In this way, as long as it has a strong core framework, it has incredible potential for growth. Some virtual world project along these lines is going to explode in the near future. The time is right. Once a world is vivid enough, and provides the right tools, it will mushroom as talented people see the potential and dive in. Never have there existed ways for so very many people to collaborate so powerfully. Moonwards can reach towards two final frontiers - the one above our heads, and the one inside our heads. Let us see how powerful vision can be.
All the project's files are on the GitHub repository of Moonwards. It is at an early stage. It will always be 'under construction', though - that's its nature. You will see this revamped website filling out in the coming weeks, and then get new content regularly as the project advances. The same will happen to the repo, after that. You will see the models changing and new models being added, animated, and supplemented with other media. When the first, simple version of the virtual colony comes online, then we are really rolling. If you are inclined to take part, please use the contact options shown on the Project page, or email me.


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Owl Eyes Cookies Recipe
These cookies are a real hoot, and they taste as good as they look. Each fall, it was a tradition for my Grandma to bake batches of Owl Cookies. The sweets were so tasty that we'd beg her to make them before the leaves had even begun turning. —Liz Clemons, Sumter, South Carolina
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate, melted
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- Orange and yellow M&M's
- Whole cashews
- 1. In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture. Remove two-thirds of the dough; roll into an 8-in. square on plastic wrap and set aside.
- 2. Combine melted chocolate and baking soda until thoroughly blended; beat into remaining dough. Shape into an 8-in log. Place chocolate log at one end of the square and roll up; pinch seams together. Wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
- 3. Unwrap dough; cut into 1/4-in. slices. To form owl's face, place two slices side by side on a lightly greased baking sheet. Pinch dough at the top of the circles to form ears. Place M&M's in the center of each circle for eyes. Place a cashew in the center of the face for the beak.
- 4. Bake at 350° for 9-11 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to a wire rack. Yield: about 1-1/2 dozen.
Nutritional Facts
1 each: 210 calories, 10g fat (6g saturated fat), 32mg cholesterol, 196mg sodium, 27g carbohydrate (13g sugars, 1g fiber), 3g protein.
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I am not sure what the problem is here. We have a user that once in a while will get a random number of messages that they read, moved, or deleted back in their inbox as unread new messages.
He is the only user that is experiencing this and he does have a Black Berry. I am not sure if that would be causing it or what. It is Exchange 2003 and we do have a BES server.
I have searched the internet for awnsers but come up with nothing. Please let me know if you have any ideas or suggestions. By the way, this user also has the largest mailbox of everyone weighing in at 8 GB.
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Aug 11, 2008 at 9:03 UTC
Check the settings on the Blackberry and see if it is set for the device to win on conflicts. After the messages are read/deleted, does it sync correctly to the Blackberry device, and then the messages return, or does it not ever sync correctly to the Blackberry (which would be my guess)?
Aug 11, 2008 at 10:38 UTC
These are his settings:
He says that his mailbox updates after reading messages and such on the blackberry.
Aug 12, 2008 at 12:05 UTC
Based on those settings, id bet the messages coming back as new were deleted from his blackberry and not from outlook, then when it resynched they went back in his mailbox because mailbox wins. try setting it so that the blackberry can delete from the mailbox as well.
Aug 12, 2008 at 12:46 UTC
Well, I just talked to him again and apparently this is only happening in Outlook. I thought that the messages where coming back on both. There is no pattern to it, he said that sometimes it is just a couple messages, sometimes it is 500, and sometimes they come back as read, sometimes not. I've never heard of anything like this and I am assuming that it has something to do with his large mail box and or the fact that we have not done an offline defrag in several years because the that preceded me didn't do it. Now we have a 90 GB store! What do you guys think? Any input?
Aug 12, 2008 at 1:15 UTC
In the Blackberry Manager (I'm assuming you're using 4.0 or up, as it's all I've used), if you right click on the user and go to Properties, then PIM Sync, check all of those settings. On my users, I have Sync Enabled True, Sync Type Bidirectional, and Conflict Resolution Server Wins on all of the settings.
So this happens if he has deleted a message either in Outlook or from the Blackberry?
Can you make sure he is connecting via RPC or RPC over HTTP in Outlook? If it's connecting via POP I could see something weird like this happening...
Another item I've noticed, but I don't know if it could cause this to happen, is that when you delete something from Outlook, you need to leave it in the Deleted Items for a bit for the BES to recognize that things are deleted. If you delete them from Deleted Items before the BES syncs up, they won't be removed from the Blackberry. Theorizing a bit, I guess if that were to happen then the Blackberry may put some of the items back in the Inbox if it doesn't see them there and doesn't know that they have been deleted.
Aug 12, 2008 at 1:22 UTC
No, I thought it was happening on both but it isn't. Messages that he reads and puts in other folders sometimes go back to the inbox and he has to go through them all again and re-file or delete them. He is not connecting through POP, none of our users do. I am begining to think that this something with Outlook.. I did check the PIM setttings and they are the exact same as yours.
Aug 12, 2008 at 1:39 UTC
Have you checked to make sure he didn't accidently set up some kind of rule to move his items around in Outlook? You could also try running ScanPST and/or ScanOST on his local data file to make sure there are no errors in it.
If he could, you could try having him close Outlook and use OWA for a bit and see if it still happens.
If it comes down to it, create a new Outlook profile and set it up for him and have him try that. It will take a while to sync down 8gb of e-mail even on a local gigabit network, but corrupted Outlook profiles can be a little weird too.
8gb can also be a lot for Outlook to handle - I've read that once you start getting over 2gb in size, Outlook will fail to close right sometimes and have other errors, which could be causing it not to sync correctly - I could really see this if he deleted/moved a bunch of mail and then closed Outlook before it synced to the server, and Outlook failed to save changes or something. May want to try to archive off some of his mail, either create another user account and move it there or a public folder with locked down permissions so that only he can access it, or some other archiving solution.
Aug 12, 2008 at 1:44 UTC
He is going to archive some stuff. We will see how it goes. Hopefully the errors will fade away!
Aug 12, 2008 at 1:48 UTC
After he does that, might want to hit this to compact the OST file:
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1.0 of 5
July 30th, 2015
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5.0 of 5
July 24th, 2012
Dr. Oh is fantastic-her office staff is not. Every time I call to make an appointment, I am on hold for at least 25 minutes (not an exaggeration). The staff does not check the voicemail-when I needed a prescription refill, I called three times, and it did not get filled. I had to go to the office and get in someone's face to get anything done. I lI've Dr. Oh, but it's almost not worth the hassle of dealing with her incompetent and apathetic office staff.
5.0 of 5
June 21st, 2012
Dr. Oh is a very caring,smart,awesome Dr.
5.0 of 5
May 15th, 2012
Really like her
I have been going to Dr Oh for at least 10 years for general physical and other issues. Have found her to be extremely careful, competent, and compassionate. She spends plenty of time, answers the questions, and gives good advice about taking care of oneself.
1.0 of 5
May 2nd, 2012
Staff returning calls
Called 5 times on 3 different days both my wife and I were told we would receive a call back each time. Never received a call back ever. Staff are a bunch of unprofessional's. We were calling about our 85 year old Mother. She is in the Hospital now. Thanks for the great service, and lousy office manners. If you didn't want us as Patients why not just tell us? That would be more appropriate then having us wait three days by the phone.
5.0 of 5
February 27th, 2012
Great bedside manner
Although it may take a little longer waiting for Dr. OH to see you. It is because she is very good at listening to what her patients have to say, discusses the symptons with you, goes over her diagnoses of what she recomends her patients needs for treatment. Dr. OH has helped me with gout, sleep apnea, physical, and pre surgery qualifications due to car accident, and is my primary care physician. I never felt like a patient that is seen for 5 min and rushed out the door. Dr. OH genuinely cares for her patients. U highly recommend her.
5.0 of 5
November 29th, 2011
Excellent physician
I've been going to Dr. Oh since she started her practice in Longwood. I wouldn't want to go to any other doctor. She is helping me keep my cholesterol and sugar in a good range. I don't mind taking pills to help me do this. Dr. Oh is very good in listening to my problems and always seems happy to see me. I would recommend her to anyone.
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November 10th, 2011
Over the past several years, I have appreciated Dr Oh's compassion and comforting bedside manner. She is easy to talk to talk with and very thorough in her explanations. I like that she gives multiple options and explains the pros and cons. She allows time to try natural approaches when appropriate. Dr Oh takes the time to talk with me.
1.0 of 5
October 18th, 2011
Lack of Empathy
Dr. Oh lacks empathy when dealing with patients going through personal problems. If you don't agree with her wanting to feed you pills (antidepressants & tranquilizers) she says you are uncooperative and refuses to discuss other options. Basically she is a pill-pusher and is narrow minded to alternative forms of therapy.
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December 18th, 2009
Avoid at all costs
I woke up with the stomach flu and made the mistake of calling Dr. Oh's office to ask if I should go to emergency - I was severely dehydrated; no fluids would stay down for over 7 hours. She told me to come in and I was seen by her associate Kar-Yee Ng. Dr. Ng wanted to give me a shot to reduce nausea which I agreed to since I felt so horrible. 15 minutes after the shot, I had a full out seizure with convulsions and passed out. Dr. Ng did not know what to do or what happened. They called 911 and I was taken to ER in an ambulance. I was told later that the drug she gave me should never be given to a patient who is dehydrated and it could have had much more severe risks than going into shock. All I needed was an IV to replace fluids and this office should have told me to go directly to the hospital when I called. I am currently looking for a new doctor!
5.0 of 5
October 8th, 2009
When patients go in for an annual physical, Dr. Oh sends them out to a lab for bloodwork. Then patients must return a 2nd time to discuss their bloodwork results about 10 days later. Dr. Oh is very thorough in explaining results including cholesterol(HDL & LDL). She might give you a chance to diet vs. putting you on meds if your numbers are just a little too high. She seems to use a team approach, which works well for many people. 5 Stars!
5.0 of 5
September 2nd, 2009
I love that Dr. Oh has appointment times at 7am in the morning!
Dr. Oh is great, the staff is friendly. I have never waited long to see a P.A. or Dr. Oh. Their new office is nice. I drive all of the way from Oviedo to see Dr. Oh.
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