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The official a senior member of the U.S. delegation at the International Atomic Energy Agency's board of governors spoke as U.S and European negotiators moved closer to agreement to censure Iran ... Associated Press
By GEORGE JAHN
VIENNA, Austria - A U.S. official expressed alarm Thursday about a possible nuclear-weapons-related test site in Iran and accused the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency of keeping silent on its own concerns about the issue.
The official a senior member of the U.S. delegation at the International Atomic Energy Agency's board of governors spoke as U.S and European negotiators moved closer to agreement to censure Iran for reneging on a freeze on uranium enrichment and setting a deadline for Tehran to dispel suspicions it is trying to make nuclear arms.
The official, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity, said the United States was suspicious that Iran's Parchin complex, southeast of the capital, Tehran, is being used by the Islamic Republic to test high explosives, possibly with applications to nuclear weapons.
"This is a serious omission," on the part of IAEA director general Mohamed ElBaradei, said the official, alluding to the lack of specific mention on Parchin in a report written for the board by ElBaradei on the status of a probe into Iran's nuclear activities.
The official said the United States would "go to the other board members" and make sure the suspicious site is considered in any Iran resolution submitted to the board meeting.
An Iran delegation member dismissed as "a lie" reports that the agency had asked to visit the site. IAEA officials refused comment.
A diplomat who follows the agency, however, said there was an oblique mention of Parchin in the ElBaradei report, in one paragraph.
"The agency has discussed with the Iranian authorities ... information relating to dual use equipment and materials which have applications in the conventional military area and in the civilian sphere as well as in the nuclear military area," the paragraph reads.
The revelations on Parchin were likely to be used by Washington to push its case for tough Iran resolution.
The latest version Thursday made available in full to The Associated Press showed the two sides agreed on the need for Iran to agree to a full freeze on uranium enrichment but still negotiating language and a list of other demands.
The draft expressed "serious concern" that Iran "has not heeded repeated calls from the board to suspend ... all enrichment-related and reprocessing activities." And it expressed alarm at Iranian plans to process more than 40 tons of raw uranium into uranium hexafluoride, the feed stock for enrichment.
It also urged Iran to suspend all such activities; called on IAEA director general Mohamed ElBaradei to submit a report by November reviewing the past two years of his Iran probe, and demanded Iran "resolve all outstanding issues and inconsistencies" feeding fears it may have a weapons program.
A proposal in the draft submitted by the United States, Canada and Australia would also set an Oct. 31 deadline on Iran to meet all the conditions. While no punitive action is directly threatened should it fail to do so, one western diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity described the date as an "indirect trigger" that could open the way for referral of Iran to the U.N. Security Council.
The United States is seeking European support for Security Council action if Tehran defies the call for an enrichment freeze and other demands.
Iran is not prohibited from enrichment under its obligations to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. But it has faced mounting international pressure to suspend such activities, which can produce uranium for generating power or making nuclear weapons, as a good-faith gesture to prove it is not seeking to make atomic weapons.
The IAEA meeting adjourned Wednesday to allow for back-room negotiations and consultations with capitals. Plans were to reconvene Friday for a vote on a final version of the Iran resolution.
Last week, Iran confirmed an IAEA report that it planned to convert more than 40 tons of raw uranium into uranium hexafluoride, the feed stock for enrichment.
Even before that, international concerns over Iran's nuclear program were growing, fueled by suspicions that Tehran had never really suspended enrichment activities, as it had pledged to do so a year ago.
An IAEA report gave Iran some good marks for cooperating with the most recent phase of a two-year agency probe into the country's nearly two-decade-old covert nuclear program, which surfaced publicly only two years ago. But the report also said Iran must do more to banish all suspicions that it harbors nuclear weapons ambitions.


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It's a rare day for a story to open with something as blunt and straightforward as Scripture. These stories, after all, are intended to entertain and inspire you, not preach.
But frankly, there's no better way to get at the heart and soul of what Casting Crowns is all about. You see, Casting Crowns simply isn't your typical magazine cover band. Sure, the group sells millions of CDs in an age when most artists are thrilled to break 100,000. Plus this seven-piece act zooms to the top of Christian radio charts faster than a speeding bullet, causing Nashville label promoters to shake their heads in awe and wonder. And, of course, Casting Crowns tours with everyone from its musical heroes (Steven Curtis Chapman), to top writers and critics' darlings (Chris Tomlin, Nichole Nordeman), to the hottest new acts to hit the scene (Leeland), all while scoring award nominations in the double digits.
Still, despite the numbers and the accolades, primary writer/front man Mark Hall and the rest of the Casting crew will be the first to laugh at any notions of impending rock stardom. They are, they counter, merely following a clear calling for this season of life, however long it may last.
"You hate saying it, but Casting Crowns isn't our priority," says keyboardist/vocalist Megan Garrett. "Our priority is to our churches and to our families. God's made it so obvious that Casting Crowns is something He's doing, and we know it's not going to last forever. It's just something we're doing right now, and we're giving 110 percent to it. We didn't try to do this. It's something God has moved into place and made possible."
And this group believes God has made the band's success possible for a specific and uncommon purpose. Mark and Megan along with guitarist Juan DeVevo, violinist/vocalist Melodee DeVevo, guitarist Hector Cervantes, bassist Chris Huffman and drummer Andy Williams are convinced the divine lead they are following is merely a musical extension of their day jobs. While other artists concentrate on crafting the newest sounds, perfecting the hippest image or crossing over to impact the mainstream, the men and women of Casting Crowns — all with deep roots in youth ministry — focus on an unlikely goal for Platinum-selling, chart-topping musicians: discipleship.
Walking Through the Open Door
From the church, to the church, for the churchC9 those phrases show the origin, direction and mission of Casting Crowns, leading us back to the verses that opened this piece. While the band's self-titled debut encouraged believers to reach out to those in need with tracks like "If We Are the Body," and sophomore disc, Lifesong, celebrated what God is doing among his people, Casting Crowns' newest CD shifts attention to difficult pitfalls in the Christian life, challenging listeners to deeply examine their own relationship with Jesus.
The first verses of Old Testament Psalms form the backdrop for the primary theme behind the band's newly released album, The Altar and the Door (Beach Street). Hall explains how the picture painted in Psalm 1 portrays the temptations of a slow fade of faithfulness, from walking to standing to sitting. Though the verses describe a man who is blessed, the implied alternative presents "someone who doesn't walk with God and gets everything he believes from other people. You experience a slow, gradual change because you weren't delighting in the law of the Lord. You weren't walking with Jesus; you were walking with people, and people are messed up."
The ideas behind The Altar and the Door were inspired about 18 months ago when Hall and his co-youth pastor were encouraged by one of their students to check out MySpace. "It wasn't any major surprise, but we did see a lot of kids who had two worlds going on. MySpace can be Spring Break for the brain, this place you can go and not think anyone's ever going to find out. Kids would be listed as Christians and then show their porn star name or what kind of kisser they are. They were just presenting so many contradictions on one page. The temptation was to just get upset and think that's terrible. But MySpace isn't really a big problem — it's just revealing what the problem is."
Hall is quick to assert it's not a problem unique to teenagers.
"I could talk down to the students and tell them they're terrible for doing these things, or I can realize that this is in all of us. We don't want to be bad. We want to love God. We come to church — we're believers — and we want to serve, but we get out there in the world, and it's just different. We want to be accepted; we want friends. The compromises start coming in small little increments until you're just kind of out there. Church becomes more of a guilt activator than a place to go to be with the Lord. It's a nasty place to live, and we all live there.
"When we're at the altar, everything's clear, and it all makes perfect sense, and we know how to live. We know what's right and what's wrong. The struggle is getting this life at the altar out the doorC9 That's the problem; we're finding ourselves somewhere in the middle."
It's a concept delivered time and again through the band's new songs and even in the graphics gracing the album cover for The Altar and the Door. The view from a church pulpit, down that imposing center aisle, past the wooden pews, through the open double doors, into a brightly lit worldC9as Castings' Juan DeVevo notes, "It's a short walk to the front door, but it can be the longest walk of your life."
Walking in Wisdom
The compromises that take place after walking out the church door Sunday mornings are often triggered by misunderstanding — or taking for granted — the basics of faith, according to Hall. In fact, he asserts that knowing God personally is at the center of many faith crises because believers have a tendency to attempt to use human reason to comprehend the supernatural.
"We've all got our own picture of the little red phone in the back of the house where we can call God up," says Hall. "Some of us see him as Santa Claus or that doting grandfather that you can't ever quite please or as the big, bad wolf who's going to zap us any time we do something wrong. Some of us see him as a loan shark — he'll bless you, but he's going to call on you later. We all insert our personalities on God, but us trying to figure God out is crazy."
Hall then relates a story he often shares with his students. Imagine, he says, you bring a new goldfish home to join the one already in the bowl. The older pet does his best to tell the new arrival about their owner. The veteran fish explains how the owner comes in and out of the room through the swinging rectangle, how he watches the box with flashing lights for hours on end and talks on the ringing machine.
"The fish says, "And that's all you need to know about this guy.' That's us trying to talk about God. So many times we attach our logic to theology. We create it around how we live or how we want to live. We make God more relevant to our lifestyle than to his Word."
Garrett agrees, noting that God is God and we are not. "Our culture has a way of saying, "Well, God wouldn't do that.' I'm not saying that God is some entity in the sky pointing His finger and cursing people, but God never promised us life was going to be easy, all rainbows and puppies. The hard realization is that God is God, and God doesn't have to answer for anything."
The only way to know God is to invest time in the Bible and discipleship. What Mark and his fellow youth ministers see, however, is a Christian culture comfortable with following people, rather than the Creator.
Mark explains, "The crux of the whole thing to me is an individual friendship with Jesus. Otherwise, you just have audiences sitting in chairs enjoying Mark's walk with God. You can't ask Mark into your heart; you can't ask Megan into your heart. Kutless can't go home with you and sing to you in the morning. You've got to have something on your own.
"The biggest thing I want our fans to be drawn to are the Scriptures and statements listed below the songs in the liner notes. A song can change your afternoon, but the Word can change your lifeC9 Preachers are great; music's great; books are great; but it needs to be you and God. You've got to delight in the law of the Lord. You've got to meditate not on Casting Crowns but on what God says to you."
Walking Out Forgiveness
Delighting in the law of the Lord ultimately starts with understanding our need, with glimpsing the essence of grace. Casting Crowns' new radio single, "East to West," focuses on a concept central to salvation, what many call the most basic building block of faith: forgiveness.
I know you've cast my sin as far as the East is from the West / And I stand before You now as though I've never sinned / But today I feel like I'm just one mistake away / From You leaving me this way
"A lot of us have been sold this idea that you need to be a Christian to be happy, that Christianity will improve your life," says Hall. "Instead, the reality is that we're lost. We need Jesus because we're lost without Him. I've earned the deepest pit with the hottest fire and the heaviest chains. I see forgiveness as God giving away His right to revenge in my life. He loved me so much that He's choosing to remember that against me no more, all because of Jesus.
"We feel we're supposed to be past forgiveness now. We want to talk about millennial views and predestination and deep stuff. We feel we're supposed to know about forgiveness already. We act like everything's fine, but this is one you can't skip, you can't move past."
Garrett agrees: "It's hard for me to wrap my brain around forgiveness. We're not really good at forgiving. We say we've forgiven someone, but then every time you see that person, it still really, really bothers you. It makes it hard to imagine God not responding the same way to me. Grudges are so big in our minds and our hearts, and it's amazing to me to think of the ability of God to love us no matter what."
That unconditional love often has a way of reproducing itself, as evidenced by the familial ties that exist within Casting Crowns. From the band members themselves to spouses and kids to road crew to management, label and business partners, everyone connected to the band plays a vital role in their ministry. This is a dedicated and tightly-knit group, one that elbows and teases one another around the lunch table while sharing any number of inside jokes. More importantly, this is a band that cries together, worships together and lives out life together.
In the past five years, these seven have experienced more together than they could have ever imagined. So what comes next? Don't ask. Just wait and see.
Hall concludes, "Any time I've ever gotten messed up in life is when I've decided where I'm going to be in five years. I'm not going there. Will we still be singing? Maybe. I could never have dreamed this up, so I don't know what comes next. I'm just going to keep following God."
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Science advisors to government are an embattled lot. Remember the l'Alquila earthquake debacle or David Nutt's stance on drugs which cost him his job. Bridging the gap between politics and science isn't easy. Politicians like clear messages but science, and the reality it tries to describe, is rarely clear-cut.
Modelling the spread of disease is a difficult business. Epidemiologists use incredibly complex models involving huge amounts of transport, social contact and disease data to predict the spread of diseases. But is there a way to hide all this complexity and draw a simpler picture of how diseases spread, even in today's complex world?
Sequences of numbers can have limits. For example, the sequence 1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, ... has the limit 0 and the sequence 0, 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, ... has the limit 1. But not all number sequences behave so nicely. Can we still discern some sort of limiting behaviour?


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Immigration bill clears hurdle in Senate
WASHINGTON — A sweeping bipartisan plan to overhaul the nation's immigration system headed to the Senate floor after a key committee approved it Tuesday, setting the stage for a debate next month that could lead to the biggest victory for advocates of immigrant rights in a generation.
The centerpiece of the legislation — a 13-year path to citizenship for many of the 11 million people now in the country without legal status — survived intact. But the bill's supporters accepted amendments that tilted it to the right to attract GOP backing, including some to toughen border security.
The bill faces weeks of debate in the Senate. Both Democrats and Republicans will seek to undo some of the compromises in the bill, and GOP opponents may yet try to sink it. An even tougher challenge lies ahead in the House, where members of the Republican majority have been less interested than their Senate counterparts in a comprehensive revamping of immigration policy.
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the bill, 13 to 5, with three Republicans joining the majority Democrats. A last-minute deal persuaded one GOP senator to join the two Republicans who had helped draft the bill, but the other Republicans remained adamantly opposed.
"All of us know our immigration system is not working," said Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.), committee chairman. "It's long time past for reform. I hope that our history, our values and our decency as a people — as a people — can inspire us to take action. We're Americans. We need an immigration system that lives up to American values."
With passage, cheers erupted in the audience, which has been packed each day for the three weeks of hearings. "Yes we can!" the crowd chanted before switching to Spanish, "Si se puede!"
The bill, drafted by four Democrats and four Republicans, would be the most substantial change in immigration law since the 1986 reforms under President Reagan, which gave legal status to 3 million people.
As the Senate committee blazed through the last of 300 amendments Tuesday, President Obama met at the White House with young people from immigrant families. Immigration overhaul is the administration's top second-term priority, and the president acknowledged that compromise was necessary.
"None of the committee members got everything they wanted, and neither did I," Obama said in a statement. "But in the end, we all owe it to the American people to get the best possible result over the finish line."
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has vowed to make the bill the chamber's priority in June and try to send it to the House with some momentum behind it.
Earlier Tuesday, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican minority leader, said, "I'm hopeful that we'll be able to get a bill that we can pass here in the Senate."
Although substantial resistance remains, many Republicans are increasingly open to changing immigration policy. Party leaders believe support of the overhaul will help them attract Latino and minority voters who have abandoned the GOP in recent elections. Business and religious leaders who are influential among Republicans have also pushed the benefits of bringing immigrants into the legal system.
What began a month ago as a 844-page bill now includes a complicated series of political trade-offs.
The bill would provide a path to citizenship for people who came into the country illegally or overstayed visas, so long as they entered before December 2011. They must get provisional status, show a viable income, pay back taxes, fees and fines, and learn English. They can gain permanent legal status in 10 years and apply for citizenship in 13 years. The process is half as long for agricultural workers who commit to jobs in the fields and adults who were brought to the country as minors but serve in the military or attend college.
The legislation also would provide $4.5 billion for increased border security, and a new low-skilled guest-worker program would begin for maids, landscapers and others who could enter the country for three-year stints. All employers would be required, within five years, to verify the legal status of their workers.
During the debate over the bill, major changes proposed by opponents were thwarted, but others that did not endanger the bill were accepted. In all, 141 amendments were adopted.
More are coming. Both sides promised to fight some of the same battles anew as the Senate tries to craft a bill that can win support in the House.
"The reality is that work still remains to be done," said Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who is not on the committee, but whose work as one of the authors gave the bill a push. "Immigration reform will not become law unless we can earn the confidence of the American people that we are solving our immigration problems once and for all."
Rubio, a potential presidential hopeful, promised a fight on the Senate floor for tougher border security provisions, a warning shot that encouraged the committee to move the bill to the right.
The committee obliged by adding a new exit-visa system at the nation's busiest international airports to track immigrants as they depart. An estimated 40% of the illegal immigration in U.S. stems from those who stay after their visas expire.
The committee also beefed up rules on student visas after the Boston Marathon bombings. But it is unclear whether the tougher provisions go far enough to satisfy Rubio's conservative allies.
At the same time, liberals lost their drive to allow immigrant gay partners and spouses of U.S. citizens and legal residents to qualify for legal status, as straight spouses do. The room grew quiet late Tuesday as Leahy shelved his amendment "with a heavy heart" after some senators warned it would tank GOP support.
"You've got me on immigration. You don't have me on marriage. I don't know how to put it more plainly," said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), one of the Senate authors.
An 11th-hour agreement on high-skilled visas with Republican Sen. Orrin G. Hatch of Utah proved crucial to gaining his support; his was the sole GOP vote aside from those of the authors. Hatch won changes that included tripling the number of high-skilled visas available, to 180,000, more quickly than originally proposed.
The Hatch provisions were popular with big business, but opposed by labor.
For Democrats, the biggest win was the path to citizenship, which remains crucial for their support. The arguments against such a path have grown more muted than they were six years ago, when Congress last attempted an immigration overhaul. But Republican opponents of the bill, including Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, repeatedly conjured up the 1986 bill, which they say granted amnesty and failed to secure the border.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), the son of Cuban immigrants, offered an amendment to gut the path to citizenship, which was rejected. He voted against the bill, saying "it doesn't fix the problem."
The divide among Republicans was evident when all committee members — except Sessions — shot down the Alabama senator's amendment that would have capped the overall number of newcomers.
Democrat Sen. Charles E. Schumer of New York, one of the bill's chief architects, said that without the legalization program, there would be no reform. "That is so against the lady that stands in the harbor of the city I represent," he said. "You won't have my vote. You won't have the vote of a whole lot of people."
After the vote, Schumer was among the senators whom many in the audience sought out for pictures.
"This is the hope we've been looking for, for many years," said Claudia Quinonez, an 18-year-old high school senior in Maryland, who came to the U.S. from Bolivia when she was 11. "We're fighting for our mothers, fathers, cousins — everyone who wants that American dream."
Christi Parsons in the Washington bureau contributed to this report.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Hungarian Mushroom Soup
9 comments:
- Gone-ta-pott said...
OHHH YES I'm making this! Looks beautiful!
- January 12, 2012 at 8:57 AM
- Tracy's Living Cookbook said...
Hi Pattie! This is one of my all time favorite soups. The dill and soy sauce are just perfect additions aren't they? Actually, I love everything from the Moosewood Cookbooks - I recommend them all to everyone!!
- January 12, 2012 at 2:08 PM
- Maureen Hayes said...
This is officially making me hungry! When I get well (notice I am trying to think positive) I want to make a big batch of this. I love mushrooms and this sounds delicious. Thanks for shain!
- January 12, 2012 at 3:27 PM
- SavoringTime in the Kitchen said...
That looks like a very hearty and delicious mushroom soup. The paprika and dill sound wonderful!
- January 12, 2012 at 7:20 PM
- Pinky at Designs by Pinky said...
OH, this sounds YUMMY! Thanks for the recipe! We made soup today, well, hubby did. I forgot to take pics so will post it next week at FF. XO, Pinky
- January 12, 2012 at 7:34 PM
- Unknown said...
Pattie, my hubby will love this. He LOVES any type of mushroom soup! THANK YOU! Pinning this!
- January 13, 2012 at 2:09 PM
- Mary said...
This looks delicious Pattie! We are soup lovers so I will have to try :)
- January 15, 2012 at 5:19 AM
- Marigene said...
Looks delicious!
- January 15, 2012 at 10:00 AM
- ~~louise~~ said...
I gave my Moosewood Cookbook to my daughter this past summer and I forgot to write down this recipe. Is it the same as the book, I just can't remember? She tells me she's going to bake some bread from the book, it sure would go perfectly with your soup.
Thanks for sharing, Pattie. I had better bookmark it. Happy Soup Month!!!
- January 15, 2012 at 4:38 PM


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General Questions
- Are there any chances to see YAM being ported to other GUI systems such as Reaction?
- Will YAM ever be ported to other non-Amiga platforms like MacOSX, Linux or Windows?
- Why does YAM complain about a wrong version of a MUI custom class (e.g. NList.mcc)?
- (How) can I access an IMAP mail server from YAM?
- Can I use YAM to read newsgroups from the Usenet?
- I lost/forgot the passwords of some of my configurated users in YAM. How can I restore them?
- I want to migrate to YAM, but I don't want to lose the mails in my current e-Mail application. How?
Are there any chances to see YAM being ported to other GUI systems such as Reaction?
Even if it would be a nice opportunity for YAM to be available for other GUI systems than just MUI, chances are more or less zero to see it ever be ported to something that isn't at least compatible or derived from MUI. Not only would it take a very large amount of time to adapt it to other GUI systems, which in fact would certainly end up in a complete rewrite from scratch, but there doesn't exist any other GUI system on AmigaOS which is as feature rich and flexible as MUI.
Even the advanced Reaction classes supplied with AmigaOS4 won't allow to convert all current functionality in YAM over to a Reaction GUI. And then, YAM uses numerous third-party MUI custom classes such as TextEditor.mcc, NList.mcc and so on which are not or only partly available as e.g. Reaction classes. In addition, MUI is so flexible that you can very easily tune its look&feel to be pretty much the same like the GUI system you normally use. And another point is that all current Amiga platforms come with at least a MUI compatible GUI toolkit (AmigOS3, AmigaOS4, MorphOS, AROS) so that YAM can be very easily maintained as a multi-platform email program by just using MUI.
So we currently don't really see a possibility or reason to port YAM to any other GUI system available to AmigaOS-based computer systems. MUI is still the most advanced, flexible and available GUI toolkit for any Amiga platform.
Will YAM ever be ported to other non-Amiga platforms like MacOSX, Linux or Windows?
The only sensible answer to that question can unfortunately be: No.
There are several reasons that prevent YAM from being easily ported to any non-Amiga like platform such as MacOSX, Linux or Windows:
- YAM is deeply using the AmigaOS programming interface which is not common or available any other platform which is not derived from AmigaOS.
- YAM is using Magic User Interface (MUI) as the graphical user interface API and therefore MUI have to be first ported as well to get YAM running at all. And this won't happen as well, too. Especially because MUI is still a closed source project.
- The great Arexx functionality in YAM isn't portable to any other platform as well as there doesn't exist any real Arexx functionality on other non-Amiga platforms.
- Last but not least, there is no real 'market' for yet another email client on those more modern and more frequently used systems. Where on AmigaOS there are currently only 2 email clients available, platforms like MacOSX, Linux or Windows have probably a dozen different mail clients whereas the majority is still more advanced than YAM.
So, to sum it up: The only way to get YAM running on a non-Amiga platform is to either use an Amiga emulator suite, e.g. WinUAE or UAE because it isn't possible to port YAM to anything that hasn't AmigaOS as its root.
Why does YAM complain about a wrong version of a MUI custom class (e.g. NList.mcc)?
Either the installer script didn't update the MUI libraries properly, or there is still an old version loaded in the memory or somewhere on your hard disk. Try rebooting your Amiga; if this doesn't help, copy the contents of the MUI directory from the YAM archive to 'MUI:libs/mui'.
Please also make sure you don't have a 'YAM:Libs' or 'YAM:mui/libs' directory in which old MUI classes are stored. The only path were #?.mcc and #?.mcp files belong is 'MUI:libs/mui'.
(How) can I access an IMAP mail server from YAM?
Unfortunately, YAM isn't currently able to access mail servers that do only support IMAP as the mail access protocol. Up to now, YAM only supports the POP3 protocol for downloading/retrieving emails from a mail server. But we have already considered supporting IMAP in a future version of YAM. According to our roadmap we have planned to support IMAP presumably in version 3.0+.
However, for current versions of YAM, there might be chances that the IMAP server you want to get the mail from also supports the POP3 protocol. Either your provider also allows POP3 downloads or the IMAP server software itself is able to manage the POP3 protocol directly. Please consult your provider for more details.
Can I use YAM to read newsgroups from the Usenet?
YAM doesn't support newsgroups (NNTP) and it's not planned to implement this in a later version. If you're looking for a newsreader, have a look at NewsRog or any similar Usenet client.
I lost/forgot the passwords of some of my configurated users in YAM. How can I restore them?
The 3-digit numbers are in fact the password in encrypted form. The "official" way is to log into YAM as a user with manager privileges (usually the first user). This user can change any other user's data. Deleting these 3-digit numbers will effectively clear the password.
This password has nothing to do with the password for your mail accounts. It is just for logging into YAM. Without any password for a single user YAM will start up without any interruption. With multiple users you first have to select the user and then enter the optional password.
I want to migrate to YAM, but I don't want to lose the mails in my current e-Mail application. How?
Well, the answer isn't that straight forward and highly depends on the application you are currently using. However, YAM allows to import mails from various mailbox formats:
- MBOX - The 'unfortunatly' famous mbox format is the common format, mails were maintained on UNIX operating systems. It was the defacto standard for mail storage until the successor 'maildir' was invented. YAM ≥ 2.4 should be able to import mbox mail files and allows to extract all mails separatly from them.
- MAILDIR - maildir files contain a single mail per file whereas YAM ≥ 2.4 should be able to import those files.
- OutlookExpress Mailbox Files (*.dbx)
This should sum up for YAM being able to import mail files/data from the following list of e-mail applications (partly depending on the format those clients can export mails):
- SimpleMail
- Thunderbird
- KMail
- Outlook Express
And any further applications that allows to export mails in the various mailbox formats mentioned above. You just have to first export the mails from your old application (either by an explicit export operation or via direct access to the mailbox files) and then use the 'Import' functionality in YAM.


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Ducks, Red Wings victims of rallies
NHL Headlines
- No positive tests by teams at hub cities
- Ehlers, Jets top Flames to even series
- Kucherov, Lightning beat Capitals in SO
- 'Canes go up 2-0 as Svechnikov scores 3
- Golden Knights rally for win over Stars
Lately, when the Anaheim Ducks and Detroit Red Wings are on the ice, no lead is safe.
Sunday, the Ducks blew a 2-0 third-period lead on home ice and dropped a 3-2 shootout decision to the Pacific Division rival San Jose Sharks.
It was the eighth time this season that the Ducks have let a third-period lead disappear, although in six of those games they at least managed to garner an overtime or shootout point. They've lost an NHL-high 11 games via OT or the shootout.
"It started in the second period," Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf told the Orange County Register. "We didn't play very well at all. We had two shots in the second period. At that point, you're receiving the game a little bit.
"We have to find ways to put those games away."
The Red Wings also aren't enjoying prosperity. On Sunday, they squandered a 4-1 third-period lead at Washington, but rallied to defeat the Capitals 5-4 in overtime. Two nights earlier, the Wings let 3-0 and 5-2 advantages escape their grasp in a 7-6 OT setback to the New York Islanders.
"I almost lost my mind again on the bench," Red Wings left winger Tomas Tatar told detroitredwings.com. "We had a three-goal lead and it just can't happen. It was tough. I was worried it might be the same story as against the Islanders. You don't want that to happen. It felt really bad after the game.
"If you have two in a row like that, it would be just miserable. I'm glad we had the two points. That's big for us and now we are back home and we need every point now."
As with the Ducks, Tatar felt the Wings got away from what was working for them as the game wore on.
"I think we played really good the first two periods," Tatar said. "We put the pucks deep, we had a great forecheck and we created a lot of chances from the forecheck. We backed up a little bit and they started pressuring us.
"It shouldn't happen and we're working on it."
Tatar, who led the Wings with 25 goals last season, scored twice Sunday, including the game winner, to end his eight-game goal-less drought. He has 14 goals this season.
"When you have the chances to score a goal and the puck just won't go in, you begin to feel a little frustrated, especially when the team is not winning," Tatar said. "It doesn't feel good, so when you score, you get that monkey off your back for sure."
Right-winger Anthony Mantha leads the Wings this season with 19 goals, and he's scored three times in the last three games after tallying once in his previous nine games. Mantha believes shooting the puck with more frequency has led to his offensive outburst.
"Obviously, you want to shoot as much as you can," Mantha said. "As a team we're doing a better job these days and we're getting results."
Anaheim right winger Corey Perry, the Rocket Richard Trophy winner with an NHL-leading 50 goals in 2010-11, has also rediscovered his scoring touch after a brief demotion to the fourth line. Perry has 3-4-7 totals in the past four games after scoring four times in his previous 22 games.
"Nobody wants to be demoted, as per se or perception," Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said. "Goal scorers seem to score in streaks and he's on a streak that's going his way right now and that's great. He's helping our hockey club.
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text: Holy handicraft, Batman! As summer's blockbusters pass through megaplexes faster than speeding bullets, we've noticed a trend: superheroes and their madcap sci-fi co-stars are the greatest designers, inventors, and scrappy do-it-yourselfers we know. Many of our pop-culture icons achieved greatness not by magic or mutant powers, but with brains and bandsaws. Here's our top 10 list of most inspired makers in film, who've inspired mere mortals everywhere to follow in their footsteps. Are your fave weekend warriors missing from the list? Add them in the comments!Tony Stark Movie: Iron Man, Iron Man 2, The Avengers DIY Distinction: Implanted arc reactor in his chest; created weaponized, flying suit of armor. Equal parts Armani and Air Force One, Iron Man's suit is a marvel of high-power haberdashery. We might not be able to do much to match Tony Stark's billionaire status, rapier wit, or Mensa-level IQ, but nothing can stop us from creating a suit of badass armor in our garage. Real Life Counterpart: Before the Iron Man suit was a weapon, it was a medical device designed to keep Tony Stark alive. The Quantified Self movement has spawned a host of companies that are developing biometric sensors to track everything from sleep to physical exertion. Next up, outputs. Let's get cracking on repulsor beams and the whole flying thing. Photo Credit: Paramount PicturesSyndrome Movie: The Incredibles DIY Distinction: This prolific inventor has tackled force fields, transportation, even interior decor -- fabricating a room divider out of lava. Spurned by his hero, Mr. Incredible, Buddy Pine turned his rejection into a passion for inventing and became Syndrome, the most impressive animated arms dealer since Destro. Seeking to level the playing field, Syndrome developed products that gave "normals" superhuman powers. With their sinuous lines and sleek modern profile, his creations would make Alvar Aalto proud. But his failure to follow best practices ("No Capes!") led to his demise. Real Life Counterpart: Jony Ive. Syndrome created beautiful restraints. Apple captures users in its gorgeous iOS cages. Photo Credit: PixarWile E. Coyote Movies: Made his debut in a 1949 Looney Tune called "Fast and Furry-ous." Take that, Vin Diesel! DIY Distinction: Rube Goldberg-esque Road Runner hunting contraptions. He'll get no love from PETA, but Mr. Coyote deserves points for persistence. His patronage of the ACME products company has helped spur more bizarre R&D than almost any other fictional character. Real Life Counterpart: Quirky's Ben Kaufman. Acme made a "Do-It-Yourself Tornado Kit" and "Rocket Powered Roller Skates." Quirky, a crowdsourced product development company, makes similarly specific and absurd-sounding products like the "Bobble Brush," a tooth brush holder that won't fall over; and the "Scratch and Scroll," a combo notepad/mousepad. Photo Credit: Warner BrothersJohn Hammond Movie: Jurassic Park DIY Distinction: Cloned Dinosaurs, opened a theme park, and helped velociraptors dethrone T-rex as king of the prehistoric beasts in the minds of boys the world over. This reptilian Walt Disney had big ambitions that came back to bite him -- literally. An early adopter of lean startup techniques, he built his first business as the host of a flea circus, went on to found a biotech firm called InGen, and nearly triggered a dinopocalypse when his experiments at Jurassic Park evolved beyond his control. Real Life Counterpart: BioCurious, a DIY BIO Hackerspace. They haven't found any dino DNA preserved in amber -- yet -- but these biohackers are showing the potential of putting powerful tools in the hands of amateur scientists. Photo Credit: Universal StudiosWilly Wonka Movie: Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory DIY Distinction: Advanced candy manufacturing techniques. He may be OSHA's bête noir, but Willy Wonka was an R&D whiz and a master marketer. Even Steve Jobs idolized Wonka, once suggesting that he turn in his turtleneck and don a purple suit and top hat to give the millionth iMac buyer a "golden ticket" tour of Apple HQ. His candy-making methods may have been dangerous, but they captured the imagination of kids across the world. Real Life Counterpart: Food-based 3-D printers that can now churn out everything from chocolate to burritos. They lack Wonka's theatrical nature, but they also don't drown you in chocolate rivers. Photo Credit: Warner BrothersAnakin Skywalker Movies: Star Wars: Episodes 1-6 DIY Distinction: Pod racer design and fabrication; droid repair. Before pioneering planet-destroying weapons and the art of Force choking, Anakin Skywalker was an accomplished vehicle designer, crafting a champion pod racer out of a junk in his master's scrap yard. His mechanical aptitude, cough -- the rise of an evil galactic empire -- cough, and ultimately the Return of the Jedi. Real Life Counterpart: Ryno Motorcycles. These unique bikes have a single wheel, are kept upright by Segway-like gyroscopes, and offer a pod racer style experience for those who can't make it to a galaxy far, far, away. Photo Credit: LucasFilmGhostbusters Movies: Ghostbusters & Ghostbusters 2 DIY Distinctions: Figuring out how to detect, capture, and store supernatural creatures. The Ghostbusters were elite paranormal researchers who needed advanced scientific instruments. They built tools to detect ghosts and branded wheels to generate buzz for their fledgling service. Fun Fact: The scientific principle behind their proton packs is the same as that in the Large Hadron Collider. Real Life Counterpart: Bre Pettis and the MakerBot crew are today's Ghostbusters -- building machines that consort with skulls and helping to reinvigorate New York with a dose of can-do spirit. Photo Credit: Sony PicturesLucius Fox Movies: Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises DIY Distinction: Being Batman's quartermaster. Batman may be a billionaire playboy and ninja-trained warrior, but he's got help in the design dept. Lucius Fox does for Batman what "Q" does for James Bond, outfitting the batcave and batmobile with bleeding-edge gadgetry. When Batman needs new tools, it's Fox who makes them. Real Life Counterpart: Elon Musk. Like Fox, Musk's Teslas look like batmobiles and may go as fast. Now he's upped the ante with a commercial space flight. Your move, Batman. Photo Credit: Warner BrothersEmmett "Doc" Brown Movies: Back to the Future trilogy DIY Distinction: The Flux Capacitor, Mr. Fusion, and scale models of Hill Valley. Doc Brown risked assassination by terrorists, electrocution, and train derailment to test his DIY time-machine. Real Life Counterpart: We're not holding out hope for a time-traveling Delorean, but some of the futuristic innovation seen in Back to the Future 2 has come to fruition. Tabletop ordering at restaurants? ElaCarte. Opening doors with your thumbprint? Craftsman AssureLink. The eyes of the nation are now turned toward Mattel in anxious anticipation of a functional Hoverboard. Photo Credit: Sony Pictures


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- 3 red bell peppers, quartered
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 4 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme
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- 3 cups whole milk
- 2 cups water
- 1 bay leaf
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- 1 cup polenta (coarse cornmeal)
- 2 tablespoons whipping cream
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- 6 6-ounce sea bass fillets
- 6 tablespoons tapenade
Recipe Preparation
Preheat oven to 350°F. Toss peppers, 2 tablespoons oil, garlic, and 3 teaspoons thyme in 13x9x2-inch metal baking pan. Roast until peppers are tender and brown in spots, turning occasionally, about 1 hour. Cut peppers into 1/2-inch strips and return to pan. Season to taste with salt and pepper. DO AHEAD Can be made 2 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature.
Bring milk, water, bay leaf, and 1 teaspoon thyme to simmer in heavy large saucepan. Cover and remove from heat. Let steep 15 minutes.
Gradually whisk polenta into milk mixture. Bring to simmer over medium-low heat, whisking constantly. Continue cooking until thick and creamy, stirring often, about 20 minutes. Discard bay leaf. Mix in cream. Season with salt and pepper.
Meanwhile, preheat broiler. Heat remaining 2 tablespoons oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle fish with salt and pepper. Add to skillet; cook until opaque in center, about 4 minutes per side. Remove from heat. Spread 1 tablespoon tapenade over each fillet. Broil red peppers in pan until heated through, about 2 minutes.
Spoon polenta onto 6 plates. Top with fish and red peppers.


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Top 10 Beauty Secrets Found in Your Kitchen
As a vegan, you have undoubtedly struggled with the desire to avoid animal products from over the counter beauty solutions. This is a challenge faced by new vegans and people who have been vegan-minded for a long time. And while you may find...
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Mexican police seize 2 tigers at ranch hiding meth lab
- The men guarding the ranch escaped
- Police found precursor chemicals used to make methamphetamine
- Jalisco is considered the heart of the Sinaloa cartel%27s meth production
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in western Mexico say they seized two tigers and several deer at a ranch where police also found what appears to be a drug lab.
Jalisco state police say officers found precursor chemicals in barrels and buckets and boilers that were probably used to manufacture methamphetamine.
Authorities said Friday that police found the ranch a day earlier in the town of Yahualica, after people reported that suspicious men were guarding the ranch and that there was a strong smell of chemicals.
Police say the men guarding the ranch escaped.
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How can one teach a 5 year old that acetone, white spirit and other household solvents are not to be played with if he somehow manages to get a hold of them?
One idea is to go to the yard far enough from any flammable structures, pour some amount onto ground (where no plants grow of course) so that a pool about two feet in diameter forms and set that on fire so that a kid could see that violent flame and think twice whether he wants it anywhere in a house.
Is that a good idea? What are other options?


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- Date: 05/30/2019 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- Location: Whittier Public Library
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Whittier, California 90602
- Introduction: This month's speaker will be Jill Swaim-Traveling Adventure with Road Scholar.
Bring a bag lunch and hear an exciting speaker from our community talk about a hobby or interest. Cookies and drinks provided by the Friends of the Library.
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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2005 News Releases > July 2005 > WBU community venture gets new name, focus and leader
WBU community venture gets new name, focus and leader
PLAINVIEW – A longtime component of the Wayland Baptist University program is getting a facelift, a new name and a new leader. Longtime local educator Debbie Stennett is the new director of the Community Classroom, formerly known as the Lifelong Learning Center.
The new name is indicative of the new focus and overhaul in the programming at the center, which is located on the west edge of the Wayland campus at 7th and Yonkers Streets. Based on research gathered from community leaders and businesses, Community Classroom will cater to all ages of citizens and varying interests.
"We wanted to reflect the diversity of learning needs in our community, from growing a bigger tomato to discussing literature," Stennett said. "We want to be able to serve the learning needs of the companies in our area as well by offering continuing education classes such as English as a Second Language or technology courses."
Community Classroom will offer short-term courses, ranging from 2-4 weeks, as well as some single evening workshops, and has plans to include special events such as educational field trips to area points of interest. Offerings will be held during evenings to accommodate working residents as well as throughout the day, using Wayland faculty and other local professionals as instructors.
The program's emphasis will be on growing minds by offering various educational opportunities based on community interests. Topics can range from the arts and hobbies such as gardening or photography to technology classes that help individuals raise their skill levels. Unlike traditional college coursework that involves lectures, tests and papers, Community Classroom offerings will be geared toward hands-on learning experiences that broaden an individual's knowledge base without stressful testing measures. Course offerings will eventually be posted online and in the newspaper.
A new emphasis will be placed on serving children and youth through the Academy of Fine Arts and Kids Kollege, which will provide a variety of short courses and camps for children.
Drawing on Stennett's own experiences, Community Classroom will offer staff development for teachers and school districts as well. Stennett also wants community organizations to know they are welcome to use meeting rooms at the facility. Residents are also encouraged to contact Stennett with any suggestions for course topics so offerings can be planned to meet needs.
Stennett began her duties officially on July 1, coming to Wayland from a position as education specialist with the Region 17 Education Service Center in Lubbock. In that role, she provided staff development and technical assistance to school districts within the region. Prior to that, Stennett was a classroom teacher in Plainview for 24 years, pulling double duty for the last 16 of that as elementary gifted and talented program coordinator for the Plainview I.S.D. as well.
"We really want to do a better job of reaching out and meeting needs in the community," said Dr. Glenn Saul, VP for academic services. "There are so many things we can help with, and we're making a new commitment to using our resources to do that.
"We feel that someone with Debbie's background and qualifications will certainly make a big impact as we revise what we're planning to do in the community. Debbie's expertise and training in educating in poverty areas will help us plan how to reach those areas in our community and provide things that might not otherwise be available to them."
A native of Lockney, Stennett holds a bachelor's degree in education and a Master of Education degree from Wayland. She and husband Gary, an insurance agent with Morgan-Eaves, have two grown children, Brandye and Tucker, and a granddaughter, Ashlyn.
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Hey everyone!
Sorry for the inexcusably long absence from the blog. Summer time is research time for me, and I've (finally) gotten the chance to put in the long hours that I really don't have the time for during the semester. Maybe this is just my undergraduate naivete speaking, but to me there's nothing like working full time in the lab. It's just nice to have no distractions. The warm weather probably helps too. Anyway, I apologize for my lack of posting. Organic synthesis can, as many of you know, can be very distracting.
In the midst of my synthesis-induced bliss, I came to a realization. I want to get into graduate school, and in order to get into graduate school, it is important to take the Graduate Record Exam, or GRE. Luckily, I had signed up for the test several months ago, for July 18th. I figured that it was probably time to go ahead and start studying. This realization came on Monday.
If you're sitting at home doing the math, this would mean that I have a week to study for the GRE. It turns out that a week is more than enough time, if you budget it correctly. I had already purchased some good GRE review books, and got to work right away. In my experience (which should not be mistaken for an expert's), as long as you know how the text works, you'll be okay. GRE questions, much like the SAT ones, come in very specific formats that, once you can recognize the pattern, are pretty easy to figure out.
So how am I studying if I only have a week? Pretty carefully, actually. Here's how I've been doing it: (Disclaimer: DON'T wait until the last week to study for the GRE. It's not a good idea.)
- Figure out the format. I've found the GRE workbook series to be very helpful, as they go over test-taking strategies for each question type on the exam, and give an hour's worth of practice for each, so you can focus on one type of question at a time. Another good source I've been using is the website Syvum to be very helpful in test prep questions. They have some pretty tough ones there, and (so far) has been good in prepping for the verbal portion.
- Practice, Practice, Practice. (This is where I'm at). Use a book, use your friends, use the internet. I've been looking at practice problems while reactions have been running, and at night before bed, which I hope is enough. I'll let you all know how it goes, I guess.
- Practice Tests. Time yourself! Because you only get to do one question at a time, it is important that you time each and every question. Use all the time allotted, as well. Be sure of the answer.
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A judge "quite reluctantly" denied Giovanni (John) Palumbo's request to be freed while he awaits his next court date on Nov. 15, citing an insufficient release plan.
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After Justice Richard Schneider reached that conclusion, Palumbo — who has been an animated presence throughout his trial, twice previously interrupting Twain's video testimony with loud protestations — swore under his breath before shouting at the court.
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Last month, Palumbo pleaded guilty to criminal harassment and one count of failure to comply with a court order. He pleaded guilty after listening to testimony from Twain.
Prosecution lawyer John Flaherty requested at the time that Palumbo undergo a psychiatric evaluation before sentencing. While Dr. Helen Ward's report concluded that Palumbo suffers from bipolar disorder and a narcissistic personality disorder, she also deemed him criminally responsible for his actions.
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But after Palumbo testified earlier this week,Flaherty asked for further clarity on the evaluation and Schneider agreed it was necessary. Ward will testify on Nov. 15, and Palumbo could face sentencing.
Last month, Twain testified via video link and described the numerous lovelorn letters Palumbo had mailed to her residences in Ontario and Switzerland, and discussed the feelings of fear and vulnerability conjured by his unwanted visits.
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He was seen at her family cottage, her grandmother's funeral and at the Juno Awards in March, where he was arrested. He's remained in custody since then.
A day after Palumbo told court about the uncomfortable conditions he has endured in jail, Schneider expressed some regret in extending his incarceration.
Defense lawyer Gary Barnes had proposed that Palumbo would return to his last residence, Toronto's Royal York hotel. He added that Palumbo would abstain from contacting Twain and would agree to pursue any treatment plans deemed necessary by the court.
However, no one in Palumbo's family volunteered to care for him and Schneider said "some degree of supervision" might have been necessary for his release.
"Nobody at this juncture wants to see Mr. Palumbo in custody unless it's demonstrably necessary," Schneider said, before adding that he didn't think his lawyer's proposed plan would "mitigate the risk he poses."
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A Sandwich a Day: Spicy Pork Sandwich at Dot's in Seattle
With Paseo essentially across the street and serving some of the best pork sandwiches in Seattle, it's pretty much a pig throwdown with Dot's Delicatessen offering up its Spicy Pork Sandwich ($9) as an alternative.
Dot's takes pork loin marinated in jerk seasoning, slices it thin, and tosses it on a grill to cook to a slightly crispy texture. Thrown in a grilled herb roll from Macrina Bakery, the pork and house pickles form a perfect marriage, the vinegar countering the slight spiciness of the meat slices. Gruyere cheese melts into the bread and mellows things a bit as well, though each bite brings just enough heat to satisfy even serious chile-heads. With just three ingredients inside, Dot's sandwich is simple and satisfying, and while ultimately less compelling than Paseo's Cuban Roast, it's generally available without a long wait, or worry that they'll run out.
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