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Secure Authentication between Zimbra and AD (self-signed certificate)
How to configure authentication with Active Directory using SSL.
Before everything else, make sure that the non-ssl (port 389) AD authentication is working, by following that article.
1. Review the following article to familiarize yourself with the authentication with AD from Zimbra side in AdminUI. The only difference from the article, is that in the "Active Directory Settings", we need to check the "Use SSL:" tick box:
2. Convert the zimbra CA to .der, and copy it to the DC:
cd /opt/zimbra/ssl/zimbra/ca openssl x509 -in ca.pem -outform der -out ad.der
- Use tools such as WinScp to copy the /opt/zimbra/ssl/zimbra/ca/ad.der file to the DC.
3. Install the Zimbra certificate authority (CA) (ad.der) on the domain controller:
- Start->Run > Type mmc > Right click on it > "Run as Administrator". This will open the Microsoft Management Console.
- Click "File" > "Add/Remove Snap-In..." to open the "Add Standalone Snap-in" dialog.
- From the Available snap-ins on the left, select "Certificates" and press "Add".
- Select "Computer account" and press "Next".
- Select "Local computer" and press "Finish"
- Click "Ok" to close the "Add/Remove Snap-in" dialog.
Once the "Certificates snap-in" is open, click on the "Certificates" node under "Trusted Root Certification Authorities". Right-click on the "Certificates" node, select "All Tasks" -> "Import...", and import the Certificate Authority (in my case "ad.der") you copied from Zimbra. Accept the default location: Trusted Root Certification Authorities
Leave the Microsoft Management Console open for step 8
4. Create a CSR. For this purpose we will use Microsoft's certreq utility. To generate csr, we need to create a *.inf file. Below is a sample *.inf file you ca use.
- Open a text editor (Notepad) and paste the following text into the file. Make sure no CR/LF character is added to the "Subject =" line when you copy and paste the text. Remove if any.
- Update the Subject attributes with appropriate values. For example: CN=ad.example.com. The FQDN must be the name of the AD server.
;----------------- csr.inf ----------------- [Version] Signature="$Windows NT$" [NewRequest] Subject = "CN=ad.example.com, OU=Organizational_Unit, O=Organization, L=City, S=State, C=Country" ; Replace mail.example.com with the FQDN of your AD server's FQDN. ; Replace the remaining Subject attributes. KeySpec = 1 KeyLength = 2048 HashAlgorithm = SHA256 Exportable = TRUE MachineKeySet = TRUE SMIME = False PrivateKeyArchive = FALSE UserProtected = FALSE UseExistingKeySet = FALSE ProviderName = "Microsoft RSA SChannel Cryptographic Provider" ProviderType = 12 RequestType = PKCS10 KeyUsage = 0xa0 [EnhancedKeyUsageExtension] OID=22.214.171.124.188.8.131.52.1 ; this is for Server Authentication
5. Once you have a inf file, generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) using certreq. Open CMD and type:
certreq -new csr.inf ad.csr
6. Create and Sign the certificate. Copy the ad.csr file to the ZCS server (/tmp) and run as root:
openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in /tmp/ad.csr -CA /opt/zimbra/ssl/zimbra/ca/ca.pem -CAkey /opt/zimbra/ssl/zimbra/ca/ca.key -set_serial 01 -out ad.crt
That will create a file ad.crt. Copy the file (ad.crt) back to the AD server.
(If you are purchasing an SSL certificate, send the CSR to your vendor and they will generate and sign the certificate for you. If you have already purchased an SSL certificate, you can skip this step.)
7. Accept the Certificate. After the ad.crt file has been copied to the AD server, run the following command to accept it, using the "certreq" utility:
certreq -accept ad.crt
This will accept the cert in the Windows certificate store and it will be available to those services and products that make use of the Windows certificate store. These products include but are not limited to: IIS, Exchange, Active Directory (LDAPS), Terminal Services and Microsoft Management Console (MMC).
8. Install the certificate.
From Step 3, open the "Certificates snap-in", expand the "Certificates" node under "Personal". Right-click on the "Certificates" node, select "All Tasks" -> "Import...", and import the "ad.crt".
9. Restart AD server
After installing the certificate you must restart the AD server.
- To check you can go back to that article, and check the SSL tick box (from step 1). Then proceed forward until you reach the window to test the authentication. The authentication should succeed.
- The next test includes the ldp.exe utility located on the DC. Click Start > Run > type ldp.exe and open it. At top left, click on "Connection" > "Connect...".
Make sure the port is 636, the SSL check box is ticked and you type the FQDN of the AD server.
If the "Connect" is successful, the following output is produced:
Then, you can Bind to AD.
You can choose any of the authentication methods. In my case I authenticated as "aduser" user:


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Hello Everyone... I don't know about you but am I glad the weekend is here,i am a little wornout... well stressed out is the right word, I got locked out my craftroom last night and was panic stricken to say the least, I made today card and was waiting for it to dry before photoing it, and the stoopid door catch jammed and would not budge, had to get poor Paul out of bed wait half hour for blinkin stairlft to ferry him down, holding onto his wheelchair while he tried to kick door in, yep drastic measures!! i was beside meself, it would not nudge we were there nearly an hour, what a mess we made of the door, using screwdrivers and all sorts, but in the end we got the cath out all bent and buckled, now I have to barracked the door up so Stamford don't go in and chew me stash up, oh my copics I would cry if that happened...
Anyhoos on to the Dare u 2 digi challenge and what a fab one it is this week too!! Gingham and stitching...., well I used me new mini sewing machine Paul got me for me birthday, I know I shouldn't be using it till Sunday, But I needed it as my main one has got a little sick...lol I used the uber beautiful Lily Rosabella Digi image from Sandra Dry, Doodlebug paper cardstock Stampin up as is the sentminet and the oval standard and oval scallop punches, buttons and flowers from me stash!! gorgeous buttons too I think they are from woodware, some are glittered, Oh yes and coloured with copics from craftsulove.. Finished with glitter....
Hope ya likes..... The rest of the team have made some spectacular creations, and theres a prize too well fabby includes a Martha Stewart punch, go check out the blog...This weeks dare is for Post pals...."Post Pals is an organisation that was set up to create smiles for children who suffer from life threatening and long term illnesses. We ask people to log on to send the children featured on our website 'happy post'. When a child is very ill, often a visit from the postman can make their day. A cheery card or letter can make them feel less alone and bring welcome distraction from what they go through each day. To see the difference happy post can make please watch this great video (link) To find out more about Post Pals, please log on to http://www.postpals.co.uk/ and have a look around the website.
To send a card to a child and brighten their day, please follow the 5 easy steps on the home page. Post Pals is sponsoring the card competition at Dare U 2 this week. To enter, we ask that you choose a Pal on the website and make a card for them. Please post a photo to your blog of the card and say which pal it's for then link us to it. Here is the most important bit though… please then post the card to the address on your chosen child's page. Please also remember to fill out the stats page (link to this is on the 5 easy steps) so we can see the card has been sent. The reason we're sponsoring this challenge is to create more awareness of Post Pals and increase the amount of
cards that are sent to the children to brighten their days. We look forward to seeing your creations!"
Well I have decided to send a card and gift to Ethan C and his siblings and mum she is dealing with this on her own, and william m and his siblings, it seems all the girls at the moment in the stats are recieving bits, and the boys are somewhat left behind!! and whilst we love to do girlie cards and such, i am gonna go out my box and make cards for boys,.....
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this is just beautiful....so soft and prettyReplyDelete
Fiona x
Good morning Kim, sorry to hear your feeling fed up. I know how your feeling, ive got the dentist this morning the perfect end to a perfect week - NOT!!!! thank goodness for the weekend! hope you have a good one whatever you decide to do. sorry to hear about the trouble with getting into your craft room, how awful! loving your card hunny its gorgeous that fairy is so pretty. Have a good day, hugs Linda xReplyDelete
Oh my lord Kim you have really had stress big time. What a to do sorry that you had that happen and hope you can fix it soon.ReplyDelete
Love your beautiful card!
Such beautiful colouring and gorgeous colours and detail!
Hope your weekend helps you to de-stress take care.
kim x
What a beautiful card,l love the image and colour.ReplyDelete
Hugs Riet.x
wow another stunner Kimmie...i loves it:)ReplyDelete
lol... at you and your antics,bet Paul was seriously cheesed off with ya...lol
Beautiful card. xReplyDelete
Great card Kim! Love the colors!ReplyDelete
how stressed were you?!! poor Kimmy! I love this card Kim, great shade of blue and fab layout. Hope you have a chilled out weekend, take care, Justine x xReplyDelete
Dan Dan Daaaaaaan (to dramatic film scene music) Oh my Gosh Kim. Total drama night at your house! Look at your door. Boy that's messed up for sure. Hope you've managed to sort it out.ReplyDelete
Beautiful card Sweetie... so worth bashing the door in for. Rosabella looks stunning in blues.
Sandra x
WOW Kim....i love this card,the image is gorgeous and your delicate colour scheme suits it so well.ReplyDelete
The door well what can i say....extreme measures when it comes to crafting....lol,you must have a very understanding hubby,no way would mine have done that for the sake of a card...lol,i would have!
Take care
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this is beautiful!ReplyDelete
hope the rest of your weekend is better for you & your DH. even though it involves footie watching!
great cause to support, post pals not footie!
love tina x
I'm sorry, but LOL to the drama though I'm sure it was far from funny at the time Kim! Your card is fabulous so I'm very glad we got to see it on the day! Lovely that you're doing all that for Post Pals too, you're brilliant! Hugs, Chris xReplyDelete
This is really lovely!ReplyDelete
I must get my sewing machine out (I keep saying that but I really must)it is a lovely addition to a card.ReplyDelete
Great card Kim - glad you got out of your craft room ok! Hope you manage to get your door sorted out soon..... xxxReplyDelete


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by Movin64 on 30 September 2020 - 06:09
Mine was 7 1/2 yrs when he developed DM , Yes it's true you can't be for sure that's what they had without tests done after death, But for one it was hard enough to go through all what he and us went through that year have to say goodbye to him in my arms , Knowing this could have prevented through breeding , Did I want them cutting or sticking big needles into him after he passed to see if that's what if really had? No at that point he Needed to RIP , He went through a lot that year after and faught to stand up, fall over , and couldn't walk after 10 months , he gave it his best Dragging himself with his front legs , He couldn't figure out what was going on with him, With his test at Risk and him having all symptoms and the specialist looking at him , they were 99.9% sure that's what he had , didn't need after death testing . They said disc decease or slip disc will cause the same thing but will happen and will be more noticeable quicker , This happen with him much slower but noticeable but the last 3-4 month it increase , very horrible decease and not fair to the pup at 7-8 yrs old that they cant play and run or stand anymore with other dogs , I bought wheels, built ramps, put rugs through out the house , tests, Physical therapy , I did everything I could for my sweet boy , But there's no stopping this decease once it starts , You might be able to prolong it , But it's there for good , Worst experience ever for the owner and pet Breeders need stop breeding DM dogs
by Rik on 30 September 2020 - 09:09
and again I ask, who are these breeders producing dogs without regard to DM? the ones I know are now paying attention to it and making decisions that give them the best opportunity to avoid it. I'm noticing now even breeders in Europe are starting to test their dogs.
I would not breed to an at risk male and certainly not pay money to do so. are there examples of responsible breeders doing this? responsible breeders (the ones breeding with a goal other than supplying the pet market) hope that they will get one, maybe 2 pups that they keep and the others have to go to other owners/homes. not too many are stupid enough to make this process more difficult.
by Baerenfangs Erbe on 30 September 2020 - 12:09
by Movin64 on 30 September 2020 - 17:09
by Rik on 03 October 2020 - 11:10
the bottom line is that there are still some breeders who have both the knowledge and experience to contribute to the original vision of the GSD. they know how to weigh the risks and rewards and act responsibility.
they also know that there is no way to get 100% perfection.
there came a point that I realized what I was doing contributed nothing, and I was just being selfish in continuing just to have a hobby, so I stopped.
and, also, there will always be people who have and will never contribute anything but an opinion. never anything with hair, pointy ears and a bushy tail on it .
just an undying belief that they are the true keepers of the breed.
and just for the record and any that think I do not take this matter seriously here is the results of my last one, before I made the decision to breed her.
DNA: GS-DM2592/48F-PI Normal (n/n clear degererative myelopathy)
by Koots on 03 October 2020 - 16:10
there came a point that I realized what I was doing contributed nothing, and I was just being selfish in continuing just to have a hobby, so I stopped.
Thanks, Rik, for your conscious decision to stop just 'making puppies'. IMO, a breeder should be trying to IMPROVE the breed, not just make puppies for the sake of it, or for the sake of their pocket-book. A TRUE breeder passionately CARES about their breed, and will seek out individual examples of it to thoughtfully put together to increase the chances of making an excellent litter of dogs that will contribute something to the gene pool.
With DM, there is still enough controversy about genetic testing that people can argue it is not an effective tool for trying to eliminate the disease. But, until the testing improves, the conscientious breeders will use existing methods to help determine dogs worthy of contributing their genetic material for the betterment of the breed.
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by kitkat3478 on 04 October 2020 - 05:10
I myself cannot b believe how many would breed to a known carrier (or so the test said). I would not. I don t care how exceptional a dog is. There also are exceptional dogs that are not carriers.
It's inevitable someone going to get one of them pups or their pups pups and breed to another carrier. And there you go. Your fault for producing dogs born to suffer. It's just not worth it.
Big deal if you paid for a pup not knowing but found out later. We throw away that money in so many other ways that money is just not a reason to breed in DM.(or any health problems for that matter)
by Movin64 on 04 October 2020 - 18:10
That's my saying all through these post, I understand a lot think it's ok to breed a Carrier with a non carrier as the pups might come out carriers and some won't , But will never be at risk for DM , As they will only be carriers , To keep the Generations going in the Breed they keep breeding , Claiming it's not for the money but to keep it going . But really are they keeping the Generation going ? Or the spread of DM in future Pups That's the Question .. .
by Baerenfangs Erbe on 05 October 2020 - 01:10
But I couldn't wash my male because he was the last existing male out of my parents bloodline. A single male (carrier) and female (dm clear) out of a 40 year old legacy. You don't wash that. You make sure you breed selectively to the right female.
My goal will always be to breed clear dogs. That should be everyones goal. That being said, I have no issues breeding to a carrier if I need to. It would be unwise to toss them out of the genepool. It's hard enough to come by good males. If we further restrict the genepool, it will create an even tighter bottleneck than we already have.
Just try and find Fero, Tom, Mink or Ellute free dogs these days. Say you find that one dog that has zero Fero, Mink, Tom and Ellute, and he's actually a super nice dog and you really like him. He's had a few litters with overall good hip and elbow results, dogs are solid. But shoot, he's a DM carrier. Would you seriously forgo that breeding? It'd be stupid to do so! This dog is genetically super valuable, and being a DM carrier doesn't diminish that value. We need these dogs.
by jillmissal on 05 October 2020 - 20:10
In that case the breed is a net loss, let it die out, it can no longer produce good healthy working dogs.
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Hidden up in the mountains near Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, the Kalash tribe loves homemade wine and whisky, dances for days at colourful festivals, and practices a religion that holds that God has spirits and messengers who speak through nature.
Long before the campaign of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, the villagers fretted over whether they needed walls or do-not-enter lists to protect them from their more conservative Muslim neighbours - ultimately deciding that the towering heights of the Hindu Kush would protect them.
But over the past century, Muslims from modern-day Pakistan and Afghanistan began moving in. Now villagers say their Kalash culture and religion are threatened by forced conversions, robberies and assaults.
"We are scared," said Yasir Kalash, the manager of a hotel here in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. "They capture our lands, our pastures and our forests and sometimes take our goats and women. . . . We are afraid, in the next few years, we will be finished."
The Kalash religion was once widespread in Central Asia, but the 4200 villagers who live here in Pakistan's Chitral Valley make up the last known Kalash settlement in the world.
And now those villages are yet another test of Muslim-dominated Pakistan's tolerance for minorities and cultural diversity.
The Kalash tribe is so fearful of being overrun that its members are considering packing up their children and goats and embarking on a modern-day pilgrimage in search of a new country.
"The younger generation think they cannot live here anymore," said Zahim Kalash, 34.
In June, a two-day riot erupted on this plateau after Kalash villagers said a 15-year-old girl was tricked into converting to Islam. Last month, two Kalash goat herders were killed in a mountain pasture, the latest in a series of attacks on the tribe. And heated arguments are erupting overpractices as simple as using the local spring water.
"According to our traditions, we consider all the springs to be holy," said Imran Kabir, who lives in the valley and acts as an unofficial spokesman for the tribe. "We don't allow anyone to wash clothes or take baths in the springs."
Last month, several of their Muslim neighbours started doing just that - bathing and washing clothes in the cool, emerald waters that flow from the nearby heights.
"We said, 'Please don't do that. People drink from those springs.' They said, 'You people are stupid'. " And then a scuffle broke out.
The Kalash villages are accessible only by one-lane jeep trails, and residents live in wood-and-mud houses that contain few furnishings except for cots. They eat mostly what they can produce.
The Kalash believe in one God who has a number of messengers. To communicate with them, the tribe erects outdoor altars where worshipers offer sacrifices, usually goats.
Some scholars say the Kalash religion originated during Alexander the Great's conquest of South Asia around 300 B.C. But other scholars and villagers are skeptical, noting that neither the tribe's written history nor its oral traditions, including song and poetry, includes any reference to Alexander.
The Kalash religion at one time flourished in the Hindu Kush region. Over the centuries, however, armies and members of competing faiths moved in, and many followers of the Kalash religion were converted. Those who remained fled into the mountain passes, largely left alone when the area was a western frontier of British colonial India.
After Pakistan became a country in 1947, Muslim families began moving into the Kalash Valley, drawn by the crisp climate, undisturbedforests and rich grazing lands.
Salamat Khan, who doesn't know his age but estimates it to be at least 75, said that for much of his life, the Kalash and their new neighbours lived in relative harmony.
But he and other villagers said the mood has changed over the past decade as a less-tolerant form of Islam began taking hold here.
Travelling Islamic scholars are increasingly showing up in the valley, and after each visit, villagers say, their Muslim neighbours appear less tolerant.
"They will say, 'Why do you people make wine?' " recalled Yasir Kalash. "We make wine because it's our culture. We use wine in our rituals, we use wine to cook, and we use wine because, in our mind, wine is purification."
In June, according to police and local officials, a 15-year-old girl named Rina wandered away from home and ended up at a local Islamic seminary.
After a few hours, the cleric declared that Rina had converted to Islam. She later returned to her village, saying she had not intended to convert.
But angry Muslim villagers began pelting Kalash villagers with bricks and stones, arguing that a conversion to Islam cannot be undone. A judge agreed, effectively severing ties between the girl and her parents.
"The conversion rate is very high, and we are afraid if this goes on, our culture will be finished within the next few years," Yasir Kalash said.
Kalash villagers are also fearful of violent attacks, including raids by Taliban militants.
Zabir Shah, 26, a Kalash villager, said that two years ago, Taliban militants from Afghanistan sneaked into Bumberet, the unofficial capital of the valley, and stabbed a 15-year-old boy to death.
"I saw 25 Taliban, from a distance, surrounding the guy and killing him," Shah said. "There can be no reason for them to kill him except that he was a non-Muslim."
We are people from both religions living together
Villagers say the recent killing of two Kalash goat herders underscores the overall threats to the tribe's way of life.
"If we cannot take our goats high up in the pasture, then our culture cannot survive," said one Kalash villager. "The goats are part of religion, and we sacrifice our goats, and down in the valley, there is not enough grazing land."
Not everyone believes tensions are rising between the two groups.
Qimat Shah, 24, a local Muslim man who spends his day making flat bread in a wood-fired oven, noted that young Muslim and Kalash villagers go to school together. He said that whatever problems exist stem from a lack of education among village elders.
"We are people from both religions living together," Shah said
But Javed Michael, chairman of the Karachi-based Pakistan Minorities Front, said the problems facing the Kalash community are a subset of the intolerance that afflicts minority groups in Pakistan.
Thousands of Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists and non-Sunni Muslims have fled the country fearing persecution or state-sponsored policies including harsh laws on blasphemy.
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Seventh-grader Amy Zocchi of St. Peter School in Poughkeepsie is the winner of this year's Catholic Education Night essay contest. The topic was, "How Can I Be a Witness for Christ When I Play Sports?" This is the second consecutive year Amy has won the contest. She will throw out the first pitch when the Hudson Valley Renegades play the Connecticut Tigers Tuesday, June 26, at 7:05 p.m., at Dutchess Stadium in Wappingers Falls.
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But there is another fascinating process that unfolds in the heat. Native trees produce seed pods. Most of them are hard and protective–understandable, soft seeds would wither and dry up in hours.
Nothing rots here; it's too dry. Leaves that drop, branches that blow down, rot in weeks on the East Coast. Not so here. You'll find them years later, just where they fell. They will be the bones of trees, bleached and stiff, but not rotting.
In order for seed pods to free the seeds, they need a threshing machine. Well, something to break open the pods so the seeds can drop to the dirt and wait for rain, or birds, or coyotes. Unless those pods break open, the seed can't put out roots.
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Raoul Moat, the fugitive who allegedly shot his ex Samantha Stobbart, along with her lover Chris Brown and PC David Rathband, has reportedly written a letter warning that he will 'keep killing police until I am dead'.
The shocking letter, said to have been passed to friend Andy Mcallister, is a 49-page 'confession' from the alleged gunman. In the letter, given to The Sun, he warns that he has 'declared war on Northumbria Police.' and that 'they're gonna pay for what they've done to me and Sam'.
The letter also reportedly confesses to the killing of Chris Brown and wounding Samantha Stobbart , stating that Moat hid under a living room window, listening to Stobbart and her new boyfriend Chris Brown, 29, 'mocking' him.
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Moat then goes on to warn the doctors battling to save Stobbart that they must succeed, declaring: 'Those doctors better save her or I'll hit that hospital.'
The freed convict – who served a two-month sentence at Durham Jail – insisted that the police were to blame for his alleged rampage, stating: 'The public need not fear me, but the police should as I won't stop till I am dead. They took it all from me, kids, freedom, house, then Sam and Chanel. Where could I go from there. Obviously I have issues, but I was pushed. I never beat my kids.'
Northumbria police are desperately seeking the 39-year-old bodybuilder and last night revealed that they are looking for a a black Lexus IS200 SE saloon car, registration V322 HKX, in connection with the fugitive. The car, which has a body kit, two alloy wheels and two 'space saver' wheels, is owned by an associate, though police believe that the gunman may be using the vehicle.
Moat is also suspected of gunning down PC David Rathband , 42, as he sat in a police patrol car. Police took the unusual step of releasing pictures of Rathband's injuries last night, showing his wounds prior to entering surgery.
Police have launched armed raids on two homes in the North East in an attempt to catch Moat, though have so far failed to catch the alleged gunman.
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Paul Grabowsky is a pianist, composer, arranger and conductor, and is one of Australia's most distinguished artists.
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Born in Papua New Guinea in 1958, Paul was raised in Melbourne where he attended Wesley College. He began classical piano lessons at the age of five, studying with Mack Jost from 1965-1978. He began informal studies in jazz around 1976, and fully devoted his energies to improvised music from 1978. During the 70's he became prominent in the music scene in Melbourne, working in various jazz, theatre and cabaret projects. He lived in Munich, Germany from 1980-1985, where he was active on the local and European jazz scenes, performing and recording with Johnny Griffin, Chet Baker, Art Farmer, Benny Bailey, Guenther Klatt, Marty Cook and many others. He returned to Australia in 1986.
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NY Fed President Blames Housing Industry for Slow Recovery
Even though the Federal Reserve just started another round of economic stimulus, at least one Fed member does not think it is doing enough, mainly because of the housing market.
Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley said recently that "with the benefit of hindsight, monetary policy needed to be still more aggressive."
In September, the Fed began its third stage of quantitative easing, or QE3, a policy of buying up $40 billion worth of mortgage-backed securities each month to pump more money into the economy and lower interest rates.
There is no arguing that the stimulus has been effective in lowering mortgage interest rates. Since the start of QE3, the average rate on a 30-year conventional fixed rate mortgage had fallen as low as 3.36 percent, a record-shattering all-time low.
And other housing reports have shown a slow general uptick of home prices and sales. So what is Dudley's beef?
The recovery is not moving forward as fast as it could be, he says.
"One reason that monetary policy may have been less powerful than normal is that one of the primary channels through which monetary policy influences the real economy — housing finance — has been partially impaired," Dudley said as quoted in a CNN Money article.
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Vol 306, Issue 5696
Special Issue
Genes in Action
Introduction to special issue
This Week in Science
Editors' Choice
Products & Materials
News of the Week
Random Samples
News Focus
Policy Forum
- A Precocial Avian Embryo from the Lower Cretaceous of China
The large skull, feathers, and ossified skeleton of an Early Cretaceous bird embryo from China suggest that early birds could move around on their own after hatching.
Research Article
- A Gene Expression Map for the Euchromatic Genome of Drosophila melanogaster
Measurement of gene expression during development from the entire Drosophila genome reveals an unexpectedly large number of new spliced RNAs and noncoding RNAs.
- Quantum-to-Classical Transition with Single-Photon-Added Coherent States of Light
Adding one photon at a time produces a smooth transition between quantum and classical light through a new nonclassical state containing a few coherent photons.
- Quantum State Transfer Between Matter and Light
Single photons can be stored and retrieved in a cloud of cold rubidium atoms, a process that can be used to encode information.
- Electric Field Effect in Atomically Thin Carbon Films
Exfoliating graphite yields stable carbon films just a few atoms thick, which on a silicon substrate act as a new type of strong semimetal transistor.
- Hydrated Electron Dynamics: From Clusters to Bulk
Photoelectron spectroscopy reveals that an excited electron in a water cluster relaxes rapidly and then transfers energy to surrounding water molecules, disrupting their hydrogen bonding.
- Electrons in Finite-Sized Water Cavities: Hydration Dynamics Observed in Real Time
Photoelectron spectroscopy reveals that an excited electron in a water cluster relaxes rapidly and then transfers energy to surrounding water molecules, disrupting their hydrogen bonding.
- How Do Small Water Clusters Bind an Excess Electron?
An excess electron in a small water cluster mainly resides with a water molecule that accepts hydrogen bonds from two others, resolving a long-standing question.
- Reconstructing Past Climate from Noisy Data
The climate of past centuries was more variable than is represented in regression-based reconstructions that use noisy data from climate indicators such as tree rings.
- Mycobacterial Ku and Ligase Proteins Constitute a Two-Component NHEJ Repair Machine
Prokaryotes can repair a double-stranded break in DNA with just one multipurpose and one joining enzyme, whereas mammals require numerous enzymes.
- Elemental and Redox Analysis of Single Bacterial Cells by X-ray Microbeam Analysis
The distribution and oxidation state of chromium and other metals important in cell metabolism can be observed in single living cells with a high-energy x-ray beam.
- A Chromosome 21 Critical Region Does Not Cause Specific Down Syndrome Phenotypes
In a mouse version of Down syndrome, the so-called Down syndrome critical region unexpectedly fails to cause typical facial abnormalities, implying that other genes are involved.
- In Silico Genetics: Identification of a Functional Element Regulating H2-Eα Gene Expression
Computational analysis of genetic maps can quickly identify the genes responsible for trait variation in 16 inbred mouse strains.
- The PP2A-Associated Protein α4 Is an Essential Inhibitor of Apoptosis
An inhibitory subunit of a phosphatase enzyme prevents it from activating the transcription factors that trigger suicide in mammalian cells.
- A Network of Control Mediated by Regulator of Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Signaling
A previously undescribed protein increases signals transmitted by neurons by amplifying two major signaling pathways.
- Plant Cuticular Lipid Export Requires an ABC Transporter
The waxy coating on the leaves of plants is deposited by lipid transporters similar to those found in mammals.
- Oscillations in NF-κB Signaling Control the Dynamics of Gene Expression
Nuclear-cytoplasmic oscillations of a transcription factor are required for sustained gene expression in response to a stimulus.
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