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With government in disarray, Ukraine in no shape to resist expansion of Russian invasion
Russia appeared on the brink Friday of intensifying and expanding its invasion of Ukraine, a move Ukrainian officials all but admit they would be powerless to stop.
Russian officials made statements about eastern Ukraine that were eerily similar to those they made in February about Crimea, shortly before invading and occupying the Black Sea peninsula.
Ukrainians spoke of a "Plan B" to deal with the Russians, but Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk cautioned that while there have been discussions with NATO on a technical level, "We must clearly understand that now it is the sole responsibility of Ukraine."
Coming during a week when the Ukrainian Parliament admitted the nation can call on only 6,000 battle-ready troops to defend its borders against a far better equipped Russian force near their eastern border that is feared to number more than 200,000, Ukrainians appear not to be holding out much hope.
A Ukrainian officer reached Friday at one of a handful of Ukrainian military bases in Crimea still in Ukrainian hands said he and his fellow officers have asked officials in Kiev repeatedly for instructions on what to do but have yet to receive a response. The officer spoke on condition of anonymity because his family lives nearby and he fears for their safety.
The heightening of tensions comes just two days before a referendum in Crimea in which residents are expected to vote to secede from Ukraine and ask Mother Russia to take them in.
Ukrainian television reported that Russian troops in Crimea, known widely here as "little green army men" because their uniforms do not carry identifying insignia, said Friday that their real job begins after the referendum, when any remaining Ukrainian troops will be classified as bandits and dealt with.
Signs that Russia was considering an expansion of its presence in Ukraine came after a stabbing death during a riot between pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian demonstrators in Donetsk, the industrial capital of eastern Ukraine.
In a mocking statement that referred to the government in Kiev as "those who call themselves the Ukrainian authorities," the Russian Foreign Ministry said that "the Kiev authorities are not in control of the situation in the country."
"Russia recognizes its responsibility for the lives of countrymen and fellow citizens in Ukraine and reserves the right to take people under its protection," the statement said in wording similar to that of Russian officials before their troops moved into Crimea.
Russia repeatedly has denied that the troops now almost completely occupying Crimea are Russian, saying that they are instead Crimean militiamen seeking to defend their homeland. But the troops have acknowledged to their Ukrainian counterparts that they are Russian troops. And while Russian license plates have vanished from most of their vehicles, as recently as Wednesday a long convoy of green military vehicles included one with Russian plates.
Russian forces appear to have captured most Ukainian military bases in Crimea. The few bases that remain under Ukrainian control are surrounded. At one surrounded base, the home of an elite Ukrainian unit that fought in both Kosovo and Iraq, a captain reported Friday that an officer from the camp was beaten by unknown assailants when he stepped outside the gates.
Ukrainian television reported that Russian troops had said that after Sunday's vote, Ukrainian troops will be offered two options: Leave or accept Russian citizenship. "Those who resist we will fight," the report quoted a Russian soldier as saying.
In the same report, the Russian troops noted that they had orders not to harm civilians, but to "simply change their passports to Russian."
Friday's events come at a time when Ukraine is clearly reeling, and on all fronts. Economics Minister Pavlo Sheremeta told a news conference that as the government faces crises in Crimea and Donetsk, it also is beset by an economic crisis brought about by no money in the treasury and no foreign investment.
"You don't attempt a military solution unless you have an advantage, and we have none," he said. "A military assault is the worst strategy we could use."
Oleg Ustenko, director of the Center for World Economies and International Relations in Kiev, said that years of corruption in Ukraine had led to a woefully inadequate military, to the extent that the country doesn't really have any military options at this time.
He suggested that despite the likelihood of a Russian occupation of Crimea and perhaps other parts of Ukraine, the government first must deal with its economic issues. "The budget has to be job one," he said. "And it will require a generation of politicians willing to sacrifice their political futures for what Ukraine needs right now. None of this will be easy."
Viktor Sokolov, first vice president of the Gorshenin Institute, a political research group in Kiev, agreed. Half of Ukraine's economy is "black" or illegal, and half of the federal budget each year vanishes in kickbacks and other forms of corruption. Of the remaining piece of the economy, exports to Russia account for 17 percent of the country's economic output.
The result is Russia is looking at invading a very vulnerable nation, and one that a trade war _ much less a shooting war _ can cripple. Given Russian actions in Crimea, Sokolov said, there should be little surprise if Russia moves into other areas. Crimea, a peninsula, relies on a land connection to the Ukraine for gas, power and water. To effectively administer Crimea, Russia would need a land bridge.
"We've been doing surveys in the east for some time asking the question the Russians are now asking, would you prefer a united Ukraine, or for parts to join the Russian Federation," he said. "Outside of Crimea, where the numbers used to be 40 percent in favor of joining Russia, the answer was overwhelmingly in favor of a unified Ukraine. But while the oblasts that would make up that land bridge offer too little support for the Russians to count on a referendum working, there are enough pro-Russia people in that region that an invasion force would find many friendly faces."


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Production I.G of Ghost in the Shell fame is launching a Kickstarter for a new production. Dubbed Kick-Heart, the anime short is about 10 minutes long and is helmed by Masaaki Yusasa.
Kick-Heart is a love story between Romeo, a successful pro-wrestler, and Juliet, a nun who lives a secret double-life as a female pro-wrestler. Romeo's secret is that he enjoys taking a beating in the ring, while Juliet feels invigorated when facing her opponents as a wrestler. When the two meet in the ring, the fireworks fly. Their story is set in the colourful backdrop of the professional wrestling world. Will Juliet reveal her true identity to the one she loves? Will Romeo be able to share his secret to the world?
It's interesting that Production I.G is using Kickstarter. Why Kickstarter, though? According to the studio, it allows riskier projects to see the light of day.
"This is a bit of an experiment for us, and we are trying to see if is possible to make these types of artistically driven films with the help of crowd-funding," wrote Production I.G. "If this goes well, we would definitely like to pursue more projects like this in the future."
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Astronauts flying on Space Shuttle Endeavour's maiden voyage were transported to the launch site by RV. Now, 20 years later, the Endeavour was flanked by two more RVs as it made its way through Los Angeles on its final journey to the California Science Center.
During this 48-hour mission, one El Monte RV served as mission control for the team charged with securing and transporting the shuttle. The other was used a ready room for the film crew tapped to film this once-in-a-lifetime event.
"El Monte RV is honored to have been selected to provide two motorhomes as Endeavor makes its way through Los Angeles," says Joe Laing, director of marketing for the RV rental firm headquartered in Santa Fe Springs, Calif.
Some of the crew members for this land-based mission have mentioned that the El Monte RVs and Endeavour are similar in many ways. They are self-contained, have plenty of cargo room and have everything you need to take a long trip.
"That's true," adds Laing, "but the RVs' bathrooms are a lot more comfortable."
While RVs can cruise at high speeds down the highway, on this trip they will be going about two miles per hour. That is a far cry from their normal cruising speeds and a world away from Endeavour's 17,500 miles-per-hour capabilities.
The Endeavour left its berth early Friday morning and is reached the California Science Center Sunday.


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Measurements taken from parts that are believed to have been leaked from Apple's assembly line reveal that the iPhone 5 could be 18 per cent thinner than the iPhone 4S.
An article from the Chinese newspaper Apple Daily was scanned by Apple.pro, revealing the measurements taken from an alleged iPhone 5 enclosure.
Apple Daily recorded that the enclosure is 58.7mm wide, 123.83mm long and 7.6mm thick, and is about 18 per cent thinner than the iPhone 4S, at just 7.6mm thick. These dimensions match with previously leaked iPhone 5 drawings published by Mobile Fun.
Apple Insider reports that Apple could achieve a thinner iPhone by making it taller, moving the headphone jack to the bottom of the device, a smaller SIM tray to accommodate the new nano-SIM, and a smaller dock connector.
The iPhone 5 is expected to be revealed at a special event on 12 September. See: Everything we know about the next iPhone's specifications, features, launch date.


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I don't think many people realize that Brussels sprouts are not quite as old as most heirlooms go, mainly because they are a mutation that occurred on a tall, open-headed cabbage during the 1700s. This transformation occurred in a field in Belgium and since Brussels was the first market to see these novelties, they became known as Brussels sprouts. Essentially, the cabbage began to grow little heads where it normally would have gotten leaves, and today through careful breeding we have managed to take this freak of Nature and turn it into the most amazing and tasty dishes. The Long Island Improved variety, which was originally developed for the New York market – and a great favorite seedsman Peter Henderson, is perhaps one of the best for American gardens because it is well adapted to our climate. It will even overwinter in many parts of the country; a little touch of frost only makes the sprouts taste all the better!
From the start, Brussels sprouts were considered a specialty crop, indeed a high end vegetable, yet it is revealing to see how readily available they are in most farm markets today – popular demand keeps them front and center. Finicky kids may turn down cabbage, but there are so many easy ways to prepare Brussels sprouts that an enticing and healthy meal can be conjured up without much resistance. You can even cut them up and convert the sprouts into salads.
I have been experimenting with sauerkraut recipes and discovered that you can add Brussels sprouts shaved into tiny slices. The whole effect is delicate and much different from your typical one-color sauerkraut. In fact, for a vegetarian twist, you can cook this "Brussels-Kraut" with mushrooms or even better, with chestnuts. They also work elegantly in flans or tarts with a little grated cheese or caramelized onions. Once you put your mind to it, and think creatively, you can graduate quickly from plain old boiled Brussels sprouts and butter and explore many delicious flavor combinations that will add variety and interest to the family menu.
Of course, this all goes to suggest that you should add Brussels sprouts to your planting scheme for 2013. The sprouts are extremely easy to grow, and they are ideal for small gardens because you can get a lot of sprouts from each plant. If you harvest the sprouts judiciously, pulling off a few here, a few there, the plants will send out more sprouts, and you can just keep on picking all season. If you happen to harvest all the sprouts, don't pull up the stems. Let them overwinter. In the spring, they will send out another crop of sprouts, so you will have something to harvest when other gardeners are just starting to till the soil.
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William Woys Weaver is a culinary historian living in Devon, Pennsylvania, were he maintains the Roughwood Seed Collection consisting of some 4000 varieties of food plants. http://www.williamwoysweaver.com/
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text: Advertisement Advertisement Quint Kessenich's midseason lacrosse grades Mar 22, 2013 | 1:21 AM It might be hard to believe, considering that it has yet to feel like spring for any extended period of time, but the men's lacrosse season is already at the halfway point. No. 1 Maryland is in cruise control, Johns Hopkins has yet to beat a ranked team and defending champion Loyola is still seeking its mojo. Conference play will be the theme of the rest of the regular season as teams jockey for NCAA tournament berths. So now is a perfect time to hand out midterm grades. —By Quint Kessenich, For The Baltimore Sun (By Quint Kessenich, For The Baltimore Sun) Advertisement Advertisement


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I've been critical of David Stern and his obsessively fascist measures to cultivate a friendly,
lilly-white non-threatening image for the NBA, but perhaps I was misguided on that.
Because when you see something like the video above, you realize just how deep the NBA's image problem goes. If this sort of thing continues, everyone's going to start thinking the NBA's superstar players are... well... a bunch of panty-wearing mimsies who are incapable of violence under any circumstance.
It's time to encourage players wear brass knucks, bulletproof vests, prison shanks in their socks... anything that will make someone feel tough. It's time for a leaguewide memo that reads something like, "Alright, boys. On Wednesday, January 24th, if you want to get in a fight, just this once, I'll look the other way... because I need someone to throw a punch and not look like Richard Simmons in the process, otherwise, people are going to start watching hockey."


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As Ars has previously reported, Google has been working on an updated version of its Chrome OS UI, abandoning the company's fullscreen browser approach for a more traditional, familiar windowing system. Now, certain Chromebook owners can finally try the revamped interface for themselves.
The new Chrome OS window manager is dubbed "Aura." According Google, Aura will offer "rich visuals, large-scale animated transitions and effects that can be produced only with the assistance of hardware acceleration." Some of the more obvious changes include a Windows-style task bar and system tray, overlapping windows, and a traditional desktop where application shortcuts now live. However, most of the operating system's core functionality will still be accessed in-browser.
Curiously, Google has decided not to support the original CR-48 Chromebook with this release "due to platform considerations," according to the Google Chrome team's Orit Mazor. However, this appears to be only a temporary measure, with the promise that CR-48 devices will be brought "back onto the release train" after Chrome 19.
Owners of Samsung Series 5 and Acer AC700 Chromebooks can download the most recent update, version 19.0.1048.17, from the Chrome OS development channel now. It's likely that more information—including news of a Sony VAIO Chromebook—will be unveiled at Google's I/O conference in June.


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From the days of the PS one, this downloadable game allows you to play the classic original on your PSP handheld system or PS3 home console.
Final Fantasy Tactics' strategic battle system is a twist on the turn-based system of the other Final Fantasy titles. You begin as a noble squire named Ramza in a time of confusion and war in the land of Ivalice. Your best friend, a commoner named Delita, is caught in the middle of the struggle between nobles and commoners, and this affects you; so begins your long quest for the truth. Much of the story in Tactics is told on the battlefield or as a direct result of battles, which take place on a three-dimensional grid that can be rotated 360 degrees. You select your battle party, put them on the field, and determine their every move. Between battles, you can explore towns and forests on the world map, acquire new items, and undertake side quests. Tactics has plenty of nostalgia for Final Fantasy veterans, as well as a new play style to keep newcomers interested.
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Release Region: United States
Release Date: September 17, 2009
Also available on: PlayStation, iPhone, iPad, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Portable
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HUMANITY IS LOSING THE WAR AGAINST ITS ALIEN INVADERS. Earth has been almost entirely conquered, with the Americas as the only free territories still under human rule. This could be humanity's last chance to strike back.
A TEAM OF SIX HAS BEEN CHOSEN to inflitrate the enemy's headquarters in the heart of the Australian Outback.
The six teens have been modifined to look like aliens. They have spent years mastering alien cluture so that they can talk, act, even think like their enemies.
But from the start, the recon mission goes terribly wrong. It's only when they are close to discovering the shocking truth of the aliens' plans that the team is forced to ask:
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1. Where Angels Fear
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[2335 hours local time]
[F-35 Lightning II Stealth Bomber, somewhere over the center of Australia]
"Angel Chariot, this is Heaven. How copy?"
"Heaven, this is Angel Chariot, clear copy, over."
"Angel Chariot, we have zero five bogies now airborne in your proximity. Repeat, zero five bogies. Expect enemy craft approaching from your six. Anticipate interception in one seven mikes, confirm."
"Angel Chariot confirming zero five bogies, interception in one seven mikes."
"Confirmation acknowledged, Angel Chariot. Proceed as planned. Good luck. Out."
The voices in his ear fell silent, and Lieutenant Ryan Chisnall glanced around at the vague shadows that were the five other members of his team, crouched together in the impossibly small space in the bomb bay of the aircraft. A space that was not designed to hold human beings.
The other members of the team couldn't hear the voices of the pilot (snug in the cockpit somewhere above them) and their mission controller (safe thousands of miles away at the Operational Command Center). Only Chisnall had a link to this channel, so the others did not know that five enemy jets were heading their way and the first would be right on their tail in less than seventeen minutes.
He decided not to tell them.
A ripple of fear welled up from his gut, stretching dark fingers out around his chest. His heart began to race as a tingling sensation spread from his fingertips to his shoulders.
He took a deep breath and expelled it slowly, humming to himself as he did. Panic, not the circumstances, was the killer. That was what his combat instructor had rammed home again and again. Fear is your friend, keeping you sharp. But panic is the unclean spirit, twisting your soul, consuming logic, training, and, finally, you. So Chisnall hummed to himself and, in doing so, banished the panic to the far corners of his mind.
"Okay, final sys-checks," he said in a steady voice.
The noise inside the fuselage of the plane would have deafened a corpse. The bomb bay had been heated and pressurized for this mission, but not soundproofed. With the continuous roar from the other side of the bomb bay doors, it was like being in front of the speakers at a thrash metal concert. If they hadn't all been wearing comm units, talk would have been impossible.
One by one, each of the team members' systems checks came up on his HMDS. Five of them had sys-OK, including him, but one was showing a problem.
"Angel Three, you're showing a helmet breach. What's going on, Hunter?" Chisnall could barely see Specialist Stephen "Hunter" Huntington, although he was no more than a few feet away from him. The darkness in the fuselage was almost absolute. The only light came from the ready lights on the six half-pipes on the floor beneath their feet.
"Just scratchin' my nose, Angel One," Hunter replied, and his sys-check lit up before he finished speaking.
"Picking your nose, you mean," Private First Class Trianne Price said.
"This is Angel Five. I have visual confirmation, over," Private First Class Blake Wilton said. "He was definitely picking."
"Mate," Sergeant Holly Brogan said, "if Hunter could pick his nose, would he have picked that one?"
Hunter's voice came immediately in Chisnall's ear. "Angel One, I wish to report Sergeant Brogan for breach of regulations, subsection C, paragraph six—intentionally dischargin' a joke that's older than my grandmother, without regard for the safety of others."
"Is not Price your grandmother?" Specialist Janos "Monster" Panyoczki asked.
"Bite me," Price said, and there was a muffled thump on the comm.
Chisnall grinned. Nearly eighteen, "Phantom" Price was the oldest member of the team.
The pilot's voice cut across the banter. "Angel One, this is Angel Chariot, how copy?"
"Angel Chariot, this is Angel One. Clear copy," Chisnall replied immediately.
"Angel One, I have six greens showing on my board. Please confirm you are ready to Echo Victor."
"Angel One confirming six sys-OKs. All angels ready to fly, over."
"Echo Victor in approximately one four mikes, confirm?"
"Confirm Echo Victor in one four mikes." Chisnall checked his pulse again. Fourteen minutes until the EV, which was just a short way of saying they were going to be ejected from a fast-moving jet at 32,000 feet.
"Four mikes! That's crap," Wilton said. "Let's go now. I can't wait to stick it down those Bzadian throats. Booyah!"
Chisnall thought he could hear a tremor in Wilton's voice, despite all his bravado.
"You know we can't," he said. "We have to wait until the pilot fires off chaff. As soon as one of the Pukes gets missile lock on us, we are out of here."
"So hit the chaff and let's go," Wilton said.
"Wilton, ya plonker," Hunter said. "If Angel Chariot releases chaff before one of the Pukes gets missile lock, then the Pukes start saying to themselves, 'What'd he do that for?' And the last thing we need is a bunch of suspicious Pukes on our six."
"Yeah, and if the Puke gets a shot off before we EV, then we're CFC!" Wilton said.
"CFC? What is this CFC?" Monster asked. "Not in the SMTPA manual."
"Crispy fried chicken," Holly Brogan informed him.
Chisnall shook his head. "If we don't jump in the chaff, then we might as well take out a front page ad on Google, telling the Pukes we're on our way."
"I know it, LT," Wilton said. "But that don't make it any easier to sit up here with our butts hanging out waiting for the first Puke fast mover to kick us where it hurts."
"You think?" Price said.
Silence spread like a thick cloud through the confined space. This was it. The real thing. A combat drop over enemy territory. A first for all of them. Chisnall couldn't see their faces, but he could sense their tension.
The timing had to be perfect. A second wrong either way and the mission was compromised or they were dead. Which pretty much amounted to the same thing.
The Operational Command Center, with its all-seeing satellite eyes, was back on the comm to the pilot of their aircraft.
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Life continues apace, with plenty of craziness to go around.
First off, Imbibe Magazine printed my Nocino recipe in their last issue, which was pretty fun, especially since they included an original drink recipe with it. Funny story, I actually sent them two recipes. When I was working on some cocktail recipes for the Nocino, I came up with two, one that I liked better, and one that Mrs. Flannestad liked better. There was a deadline for the article, so I just sent both cocktail recipes in to the magazine unnamed. When the issue came out, I discovered that they had named the cocktail the "Matrimony Cocktail"! For the record, the recipe they printed in the magazine was Mrs. Flannestad's favorite of the two.
Bartenders in San Francisco have a crazy amount of events. It's kind of silly, really, how many contests, gatherings, and industry shin digs happen in this town. Since I live a double life as a bartender and desk jockey, I don't get out to a lot of these events. You know, usually they are during the day, or on a "school night". The other month, though, I got word of an event sponsored by Absolut. Two things, piqued my interest. First, one of my cocktail writer heroes, David Wondrich, was going to speak, and second, Grant Achatz, the chef at Alinea in Chicago, was designing the menu. Well, geez, how could I not go to something like that? Alinea is often bandied about as one of the top restaurants in the US, this would probably be as close as I would ever get to dining there! Near the beginning of the event they told us there would be a little contest. They asked us to identify, by smell alone, the contents of 8 opaque glasses. I did my best, nothing seemed that hard, but I so rarely win contests of any sort, I figured, eh, whatever. After the amazing, outstanding, and mind-blowing dinner, they announced the winners. I was one of the two people who got the most right! The Prize? Dinner at Alinea with Simon Ford and the other winners from New York and Washington, DC. Holy crap! I think I have just been playing the wrong contests all these years…
In terms of work, well, it goes on.
I started working at Heaven's Dog in January of 2009. From January through September, I worked full time at my day job and picked up shifts as I could at Heaven's Dog. Starting in September, I dropped a day at my day job and started working regularly on Sunday nights at Heaven's Dog. It was an interesting experiment, but it didn't work out. I am not super great at money management. So, for the time being, I am keeping Sundays, but re-joining the legions of food service employees who work 6 days a week, hoping to get the finances back on an even keel. Mentioning that I was already kind of missing my two weekend days off with Mrs. Flannestad, Daniel Hyatt at Alembic said, "You just gotta make that one day count."
Speaking of Daniel Hyatt and Alembic, we've now been doing Sunday Savoy Nights for over a year. Crazy. I missed one Sunday when I was out of town, but they have developed into a nice little Sunday night event for Alembic. Alembic has also started a couple fun new programs, one around cask finished bottled beer and another around having a special punch every Sunday. The food is as good as ever. I know I am a bit suspect as a semi-employee, but the guys in the kitchen really are executing food as good as any well known restaurant you can name in San Francisco, and they are doing it in a tiny kitchen at the back of a cocktail bar. It's really awesome. Since its opening, Alembic has been one of my favorite bars in San Francisco and I continue to be grateful and humbled that they let me come in and play one Sunday a month.
Mrs. Flannestad and I celebrated our 10th Wedding Anniversary with a trip to Spain and Portugal. Talk about crazy! Too much good food and drink to even list, but my two favorite meals were at Casa Marcelo in Santiago de Compostella and Pasadis del Pep in Barcelona. Both were amazing.
That's about it, hope you continue to enjoy the site! There will be some surprises coming this year, and, if I'm lucky maybe I'll even finish this pesky Savoy Cocktail Project. Or at least get to the "End of Cocktails". See you around!


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CROMWELL >> Police from Cromwell and Rocky Hill are combing their efforts as they search for a 55-year-old man who was been missing since Sunday.
Rocky Hill Police identified the man as Zbigniew Piekarski. He is described as a white male, 5 feet, 9 inches tall, weighing approximately 200 pounds, with short partially gray hair, hazel eyes and a mustache.
Rocky Hill Police said Thursday they could not provide a description of what Piekarski was wearing when he was last seen.
On Sunday, before Piekarski was reported missing, Detective Sgt. Kevin A. VanderSloot located Piekarski's 2005 Nissan Pathfinder in a parking lot on the south end of River Road facing the Connecticut River. The vehicle "was locked and unoccupied," said Capt. Denise Lamontagne, "which is not that unusual."
VanderSloot had a dispatcher conduct a computer check of the license plate number to determine the owner of the vehicle, and he made a note of the vehicle's discovery.
On Monday, Rocky Hill Police began their investigation into the man's disappearance in earnest. When they conducted a similar computer check of the vehicle's license plate number, they discovered Cromwell police had done so the previous day.
A call was made to Cromwell police, and the two departments began working together in conjunction with one another, Lamontagne said.
Rocky Hill Police came to the area where the vehicle was discovered with their K-9 unit and conducted a search of the immediate area without finding any trace of the missing man.
Cromwell Police also conducted a search "of the area between Route 9 and the river," Lamontagne said.
On Tuesday, in the company of Cromwell firefighters, Cromwell Police conducted another search for Piekarski along both banks of the river, "so far with negative results," Lamontagne said.
On Thursday afternoon, Lamontagne said police have requested state police to lend them a dog that is specially trained to locate cadavers.
In the meantime, Lamontagne asked anyone with information about Piekarksi's whereabouts or who may have seen him on River Road on Sunday to contact Cromwell Police at (860) 635-2256, ext. 45.
Rocky Hill Police have also asked anyone with information about the missing man to contact them at (860) 258-7640.


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Beneath Rome's Fiumicino airport lies a "mini-Colosseum" that may have played host to Roman emperors, according to British archaeologists.
The foundations of the amphitheater, which are oval-shaped like the much larger arena in the heart of Rome, have been unearthed at the site of Portus, a 2nd century A.D. harbor near Ostia's port on the Tiber River.
A monumental seaport that saved imperial Rome from starvation, Portus is now reduced to a large hexagonal pond on a marshy land owned by a noble family, the Duke Sforza Cesarinis.
The two-square-mile site has been known since around the 16th century, but only in the 1860s was it seriously excavated by the Italian archaeologist Rodolfo Lanciani, who marked the remains of what he believed was a theater.
"Our team has rediscovered this structure and proved it was in fact a building more akin to an amphitheater. Lanciani had only found half of the structure, leading him to misinterpret its shape and function," said Simon Keay, project director and leading expert in Roman archaeology at the University of Southampton.
Measuring 138 feet by 125 feet (42 meters by 38 meters), the arena was found inside an imposing imperial-style palace.
According to Keay, the amphitheater's luxurious materials and its location, tucked away at the eastern end of the palace, suggest that the building was used as a private venue by high status officials, or even emperors.
It is likely that the emperors stayed at the palace before and after their travels, and possibly received distinguished visitors at the arena.
Keay estimates the structure could hold up to 2,000 people — by comparison, the Colosseum could seat more than 50,000 spectators during public games — but is cautious about its real function.
"It is unusual to find this type of building so close to a harbor, and it is unclear exactly what it was used for. Gladiator fights may have taken place there, as well as wild beast baiting, and even the staging of mock sea battles. It might have also been a form of Roman 'folly,' shaped like an amphitheater, but used as a monumental garden," Keay said.
Led by the University of Southampton, who worked with colleagues from the Italian Archaeological Superintendency for Ostia, Cambridge University and the British School at Rome, the three-year dig has revealed many other findings, confirming that Portus was of the largest maritime infrastructures of the ancient world.
"The project is the first ever large-scale dig at this unique site and mixes excavation, 3-D geophysics, computer visualization, environmental analysis and digital recording. This allows us to experience, analyze and interpret Portus in a wholly new way," Graeme Earl, one of the team leaders, told Discovery News.
With the help of ground-penetrating radar, the archaeologists have uncovered luxuriously decorated rooms, a colonnaded garden, a finely carved marble head, possibly depicting the Greek hero Ulysses, and a well-preserved toilet, designed to be used by three people at a time.
"The toilet belonged to the palace. It is located between the amphitheater and a porticoed garden. It is really an impressive building, with marbled floor and walls," Keay told Discovery News.
The researchers are now analyzing the dirt from the toilet — basically ancient human waste — to build a picture of the diet of the people who frequented the site.
Another finding, a 295-foot (90-meter) shipping canal, further confirmed the importance of Portus.
Begun by the emperor Claudius in 42 A.D., inaugurated by Nero and greatly enlarged by Trajan in the 2nd century A.D., the harbor fed a city of more than 1 million down into the Byzantine period and beyond.
Ships from Egypt, Turkey, Greece and the Middle East unloaded supplies into 300-meter-long warehouses supported by 15-meter brick arches.
The goods, ranging from wheat and wine to slaves and exotic animals, were then transferred by canal to the Tiber for transport to Rome.
"This is one of the most important archaeological sites in the world. ... Certainly, it should be rated alongside such wonders as Stonehenge and Angkor Wat in Cambodia," Keays said.
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She was in seventh grade and excited to finally be in one of the popular crowds. Then one day her best friend—a girl she idolized—handed her a note. As she read the scribbled words, tears burned her eyes: "I don't want to be your friend anymore."
And just like that, it was so.
The rest of her friends followed the note-writing leader because that's what middle school girls do. With one swift kick they booted her out. Yesterday's friends now ignored her and talked about her. She was rejected, alone and heartbroken.
"What did I do? Why me? What's wrong with ME?"
Through the rest of middle school she chose isolation rather than facing the pain of possible rejection from new friends.
Oh, middle school is a tough road for young girls to travel as they struggle to find their place in the world. Their transparent actions cry out, "Do you see me? Am I worthy? Do I fit in?"
As adults we say, "Whew! I wouldn't want to go through that again!" and take solace in the fact that rejection like this ends in middle school, and that we're so self-confident and secure now.
But are we?
Loneliness, depression and anxiety are epidemic among us. We may have figured out how to put on our big girl pants and get through the day to day, but inside so many of us carry wounds from life's disappointments, hurts and rejection. Time and again we've wondered, "Do you see me? Am I worthy? Do I fit in?" Often the world has answered—or our inner voice confirms—"No." We live believing the lie.
There's a woman in the Gospels who knows about rejection. For twelve years she bled and no doctor could make her well. Because she was perpetually unclean she knew oh so well what it was like to have people move aside when she walked by. To be talked about, excluded and ignored.
After twelve years of living as an outcast, surely she craved acceptance, human touch and affirmation. When she cried out, "Do you see me? Am I worthy? Do I belong?" a "No!" filled her ears. I imagine the pain of loneliness was even greater than the pain of her illness.
Then one day she heard Jesus was coming. In her heart she knew this was her chance for healing! Desperate for a cure, she gathered her courage and pushed through the crowds. Finally she came behind Jesus and touched the edge of his cloak. Her bleeding immediately stopped.
Despite the crowds crushing against Him, Jesus said, "Someone touched me; I know that power has gone out from me."
"Then the woman, seeing that she could not go unnoticed, came trembling and fell at his feet. In the presence of all the people, she told why she had touched him and how she had been instantly healed. Then he said to her, 'Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace.'" (Luke 8:45, 47-48)
Where she was used to being invisible . . . Jesus saw her, and called her forward.
Where she'd wanted to remain silent . . . Jesus asked her to testify.
Where she expected to be chastised . . . Jesus praised her faith.
Jesus knew it wasn't just her body that needed healing. With one touch He stripped away the lies of who she thought she was and showed her exactly as God sees her: Daughter. His actions proclaim, "I see you. You are worthy. You belong…to me! Now go in peace."
Where are you most broken? Where do you need healing? What lies block the truth of who you are in God's eyes?
What Jesus said to the woman, He says to you.
He sees you. He adores you. And He claims you as His own—Daughter. Reach out to Him in faith . . . for just a touch.


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Nannycam Puts New York City Nanny in Jail
(NEW YORK) -- A nanny is sitting in a New York City jail cell after a hidden camera recorded her slapping the face of a 5-month-old baby girl.
Mamura Nasirova, 52, was caught striking the tot as she sat in her baby seat, according to court papers. The child began crying and her face was clearly red from the blow, the complaint says.
A video of the incident, which now has over 46,000 views on Youtube, shows an unharmed older child watching close by and Nasirova apparently slapping the infant's leg and face, aggressively picking her up, and walking into the next room.
The smack was witnessed by the girl's suspicious father who had installed a "nanny cam" inside a smoke detector, and it sent the girl's mother rushing home to confront Nasirova, comfort her baby and call the police, the complaint says.
Nasirova was arrested on misdemeanor charges, including child endangerment and resisting arrest. But the complaint says she didn't go easily.
When police tried to put handcuffs on Nasirova she "refused to take her hands from her pockets and did lock her arms to her side and pull her hands away… in an effort to avoid lawful arrest," it says.
She is being held in the city's Rikers Island jail in lieu of $1,000 bail. The incident occurred on Jan. 28.
The parents, identified as Mrs. and Mrs. Roman Mardakhaev, installed at least two cameras in and around their home after becoming concerned about their live-in nanny, said a spokesman for Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan.
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T.I.: "He may be used to talking after his fights. Where I'm from, we don't talk after ours."
T.I., who reportedly was involved in an altercation with Floyd Mayweather recently, says he doesn't talk after fights.
"He may be used to talking after his fights," T.I. says in an interview with TMZ. "Where I'm from, we don't talk after ours."
When asked if he is willing to squash a feud with Mayweather, T.I. says the following:
"I don't even know what there is to squash," he says. "I don't even
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The clip also features T.I. boasting about his looks, seeming to refer to reports that he had been injured and/or bruised in the alleged brawl. He says this after further stating that he doesn't want to speak about the reported scuffle.
"Now, ain't nothin' else to say," T.I. says. "I move forward. I just
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Reports from various publications have indicated that the brawl was over Tiny, T.I.'s wife. When asked how the family is doing following the incident, T.I. says "everybody's phenomenal."
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Astronomer Discovered Milky Way's Newest Planet
Could there be more planets waiting to be discovered in our galaxy after the birth of a new planet was spotted forming in January? Sascha Quanz, who led the astronomy team in Zurich, Switzerland, explains on the News Hub. Photo: Getty Images.
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Part 6: Salute To The Services
Patriotism abounds in this section as well. However, these songs also pay special tribute to one or more branches of the armed services and thus merit their own section. A more detailed examination of this topic is planned for the future. In the meantime, this archive is presented.
Ground Forces
"The Caissons Go Rolling Along" by Victor Military Band (1942)
"The Jeep's Jumpin'" (V-Disc) by Nat Jaffee (c. 1945)
"Here Comes The Navy" by Andrews Sisters (1942)
"LST Party" (V-Disc) by Sam Donahue (c. 1944)
"The Navy Hymn" by Danny O'Neil (c. 1945)
"You'll Never Be Blue In a Blue Uniform" by "Texas" Jim Robertson (1945)
Sheet Music: "Keep 'Em Flying!" (1941)
"Keep 'Em Flying" by Gene Krupa (1941)
"Keep 'Em Flying" (instrumental) by Glenn Miller (1941)
"The Air Corps of Uncle Sam" by Texas Rangers (1941)
"B-19" by Harry James (1941)
"B-19" (V-Disc) by Harry James (1944)
"B-19" by The Ink Spots (1941)
"Comin' In on a Wing and a Prayer" by The Song Spinners (1942)
"Comin' In on a Wing and a Prayer" by The Four Vagabonds (1943)
"Comin' In on a Wing and a Prayer" by Golden Gate Quartet (1943)
Sheet Music: "Johnny Zero" (1943)
"Johnny Zero" by The Song Spinners (1942)
"Johnny Zero" (V-Disc) by Marion Hutton (1943)
"Sky Anchors" by Fred Waring (1942)
"Guns In The Sky" (V-Disc) by Sgt. Johnny Desmond (c. 1943)
Sheet Music: "The Helldiver March" (1944)
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High-Yield Bonds in Diminishing Return Period, Downside Surprises Possible
Potential positive returns are constrained by historically high interest rates.
If we shift out the risk curve to corporate bonds, we find the same process applies to both investment-grade and high-yield credit spreads (OAS). Just as trees do not grow to the skies, their roots do not go to the center of the earth, no matter how much money central banks shove into the system. By last Wednesday, the OAS for the Bank of America-Merrill Lynch High-Yield Master II Index was at 4.35%; this compares to 5.34% on June 24, 2013, the time when FOMC members embarked on their so-sorry-for-mentioning-tapering tour of 2013. The high-yield index returned 5.71% over this period. High-yield ETFs such as the iShares iBOXX High-Yield Index (NYSEARCA:HYG) or the SPDR Barclays High-Yield Fund (NYSEARCA:JNK) did even better than the unmanaged index, returning 7.11% and 7.22%, respectively.
Rate and Credit Risks
Let's take a look at both investment-grade and high-yield indices' risk histories along two dimensions. The first, measured by a ratio of effective duration to yield, tells us how the index is approaching the 100% limit defined by a zero-coupon bond. The second, measured by a ratio of OAS to yield, tells us how the index is approaching the 0% limit defined by a Treasury bond.
Risks for investment-grade bonds peaked on the interest rate risk front in May and hit a local maximum on the credit risk front in early September.
Risks for high-yield bonds look different as the nature of the index changes more with various index reconstitutions. Its interest rate risk peaked in June and as in the investment-grade case, its credit risk hit a local maximum in early September.
While Wall Street keeps itself amused by talking about a tapering of QE, that move is unlikely anytime soon. This will keep interest rate risk high. A further decline in high-yield credit risk, that OAS/yield ratio, would require an improvement of economic and earning conditions inimical to lower interest rates. This suggests that prospective positive returns for high-yield bonds are going to be constrained because investors are not getting paid enough today to take on more credit risk at a time when interest rate risks remain high historically.
We are not yet in a "sell" zone for high-yield bonds. But we are in a diminishing return period similar to 2006-2007 that exposes us to downside surprises.
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Remember back in January when an anonymous Jet said of Mark Sanchez, "We have to bring in another quarterback that will make him work at practice. He's lazy and content because he knows he's not going to be benched," and all Jets fans (and management) nodded and agreed that finding such a quarterback would be the team's offseason priority?
Folks, the Jets found that quarterback. He has five career touchdowns and nine career interceptions. He was the Lions' third-stringer last year. He is Drew Stanton.
Cue one of the most depressing block quotes in recent Jets history, from ESPN New York's Rich Cimini:
Initially, the Jets had hoped to lure former Miami Dolphins starter Chad Henne and reunite him with ex-Dolphins coach and new Jets offensive coordinator Tony Sparano. But it quickly became apparent that Henne was out of their price range. He signed Wednesday with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
The Jets' renewed commitment to Sanchez may have scared away potential candidates. With the Jets paying Sanchez $20.5 million in guarantees over the next two seasons, it was clear the No. 2 quarterback would have no realistic chance to compete for the starting job.
But that was fine by Stanton, the Lions' third-stringer last season behind Matthew Stafford and Shaun Hill, who is also a free agent.
We'll get to the second paragraph in a second. The first and third are pretty rough. "Hoped to lure Chad Henne" is a descriptor intended only for women with lower-back tattoos. "Henne was out of their price range" is a phrase typically reserved for Ann Arbor's worst bar mitzvahs. And "Lions' third-stringer," well, that's just explicit.
As for the Jets' "renewed commitment to Sanchez," I'd be careful about going that far. As Mike Florio explained, Sanchez's extension provided him only $2.75 million in new money, while the Jets got $6 million in new cap space. And the Jets can ditch Sanchez without penalty after the 2013 season. There's very little renewed commitment that comes from the contract.
The "renewed commitment" in question arose only when the Jets signed Drew Stanton. Stanton is a big-armed scrambler, the wrong guy for the conservative, run-based offense Rex Ryan wants. Plus, he doesn't have much experience. Henne has started more games in his career. So has Kyle Orton. Even Brady Quinn has. (All were on the market.) It doesn't seem that Stanton, who doesn't even have a rookie season's worth of starts in his career, will push Mark Sanchez, who, at his worst, plays like a rookie.
Then again, maybe positive yardage alone, which Stanton can deliver, would be an improvement.
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menu_driver - command processor for the menus subsystem
cc [ flag... ] file... –lmenu –lcurses [ library... ]
#include <menu.h>
int menu_driver(MENU *menu, int c);
menu_driver() is the workhorse of the menus subsystem. It checks to determine whether the character c is a menu request or data. If c is a request, the menu driver executes the request and reports the result.
If c is data (a printable ASCII character), it enters the data into the pattern buffer and tries to find a matching item. If no match is found, the menu driver deletes the character from the pattern buffer and returns E_NO_MATCH.
If the character is not recognized, the menu driver assumes it is an application-defined command and returns E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND.
Menu driver requests:
Move left to an item.
Move right to an item
Move up to an item.
Move down to an item.
Scroll up a line.
Scroll down a line.
Scroll up a page.
Scroll down a page.
Move to the first item.
Move to the last item.
Move to the next item.
Move to the previous item.
Select/de-select an item.
Clear the menu pattern buffer.
Delete the previous character from pattern buffer.
Move the next matching item.
Move to the previous matching item.
menu_driver() returns one of the following:
The routine returned successfully.
System error.
An incorrect argument was passed to the routine.
The routine was called from an initialization or termination function.
The menu has not been posted.
An unknown request was passed to the menu driver.
The character failed to match.
The item cannot be selected.
The menu driver could not process the request.
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
curses(3CURSES), menus(3CURSES), attributes(7)
Application-defined commands should be defined relative to (greater than) MAX_COMMAND, the maximum value of a request listed above.
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WHAT IS RACETEC? RaceTec has been timing events for over 15 years and has over 300 000 timing chips in the market. Specialising in mass-participation sporting events like OMTOM, RaceTec times hundreds of thousands of athletes in various disciplines annually.
WHY DO I NEED A CHIP? Your RaceTec Chip, together with your race number, plays an important part on Race Day.
- First, an athlete who participates in events timed by RaceTec only needs one chip. It stores not only all your personal, emergency and medical details, but also displays your race results in a central location (provided that your race has been timed by RaceTec). This helps with your seeding for future events.
- On Race Day, your RaceTec Chip not only tracks you on the route and records your split and race times; it also has your personal details available in case of an emergency.
All runners are required to wear a RaceTec timing chip on one of their shoes during the race. The chip must be registered in your and not belong to someone else. Runners who do not own a chip (or have lost theirs) must purchase a new chip when they enter, and runners who lose their timing chips after entering or have left them at home will be able to buy a new timing chip at Registration.
Remember: NO TIMING CHIP, NO RESULT. NO EXCEPTIONS. It is compulsory to have your RaceTec chip at Registration in order to collect your race pack with race numbers etc. The timing chip becomes your property upon purchase and collection and can be used for all RaceTec-timed events in SA.
Please ensure that you keep your timing chip in a safe place after the race in order to avoid having to buy a new chip.
WHY CHIP TIMING? Your RaceTec Chip is a small, lightweight electronic transponder that uniquely identifies you as you cross strategically placed, electronic mats. The chip is typically worn attached to the shoe with the shoelaces (see below). In its most basic and common form, chip timing electronically handles the task of collecting and processing results at the end of the race.
The primary benefits of electronic timing are more accurate finish time recording - available almost immediately - and a less crowded finish area. In addition, chip timing eleminates the problems inherent to manual timing (e.g. confusing the times of runners crossing the finish line in the large bunch). Chip timing also assists with the minimising of cheating, and in the past, timekeepers have often referred to the results recorded by athletes' RaceTec chips during investigations.
HOW TO WEAR YOUR CHIP? Runners basically have one option when it comes to wearing their RaceTec chip: vertically laced into the shoelaces of one shoe. Please look at the helpful diagram below and do not attempt to wear your chip in any other way, as this will affect your timing.
HOW DOES CHIP TIMING WORK? Multiple mats are placed along the course to provide each runner with split times. Since these times are available immediately, they can be posted as they are recorded, allowing fans to track the race as it progresses. Splits are also valuable because they can help limit cheating. Runners with suspicious split times and runners who did not run over one of the intermediate mats, can be identified quickly and easily. The presence of mats at various locations requires that each athlete cross every mat to prove that he or she completed the entire course.
Chip timing systems feature two components: a chip that carries a unique identification number, and a number of mats that activate the chip. The chip alongwith an energizing coil is encased within a durable shell, often glass or plastic, which is then housed in another plastic case. The shell is weatherproof, which allows the chip to be worn in any racing condition, regardless of temperature or moisture level. Of significant importance is that there are no batteries inside the chip and it can be reused repeatedly. The chip's transponder is passive, and sends no signals until it is placed within the magnetic field created by the special mats.
However, once within this field, the coil within the chip becomes energised, produces an electric current, and powers the chip's transponder. The transponder send a signal, reporting its own unique identification number, and this signal is captured by the "receive" antennas in the mat, and then collected by a computer. The mats contain two types of antennas. One type creates the magnetic field, while the other detects the signal emitted byt the activated chip. The mats are placed at key locations along the course of the race: the finish and various checkpoints. A battery and some wiring are attached to the mat, providing energy to the "send" antennas, which create a magnetic field. The entire process of activating the chip and recoding its signal takes merely a fraction of a second.
For more information about RaceTec, visit www.racetec.co.za.


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KDE Commit Digest for 10 April 2011
In this week's KDE Commit-Digest:
Great work keeping the commit
Great work keeping the commit digest up to date Danny!!
By trixl at Sun, 2011/04/17 - 12:50pm
Not Danny
Ouch, I accidentally voted you up before reading the last word.
Danny apparently wasn't even directly involved with this digest. He built the platform (for which we are grateful, of course), but this digest was compiled by:
Marco Krohn
Thank you, guys!
By onety-three at Wed, 2011/04/20 - 8:01am
Hehe, yes - full credit for
Hehe, yes - full credit for these Digests must go to the people listed above (and to the top right of each issue) :)
I'm still lurking around, but I mostly only fix Enzyme issues as they appear so that others can continue doing their good work!
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It happened at South Shore India Market on Quincy Avenue in Braintree last Friday night. The toddler was with his parents when police say a shirtless stranger picked him up and bolted for the back door.
"He just threw him over the shoulder almost as if you were carrying your gym bag," store owner Mehtab Ahmed said. "It was bizarre and
The attempted kidnapping was caught on the store's surveillance video.
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Courtesy of the great commonwealth of Kentucky, we have this horrifying creation, which was posted on ebay last Sunday. The seller set a starting bid of $550 for his artfully arranged shriveled cat carcass. Someone must have jumped on that incredible deal, because the item is no longer for sale.
Presumably created by a very deeply disturbed Kentucky Wildcats fan, it includes a shot at the rival Louisville Cardinals. It's seemingly inspired by this slightly less horrifying taxidermy project from a 2008 Craigslist ad. Card Chronicle speculates that this grotesque abomination might be a sort of macabre homage to that earlier project.
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My Strategies to Deter Cheating on Online Exams
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I'm often asked by colleagues just stepping into distance education what to do about cheating on online exams. I chuckle and admit that I don't worry too much about it anymore. Why? I accepted the fact that if someone wants to cheat, they'll find a way to do it. This became clear in my second year of teaching when I found a #2 lead pencil with notes carefully etched into each of the facets of the barrel without cracking the yellow paint covering it. People can and will be sneaky. Here are a few things I do to inhibit cheating on my online exams delivered through DesireToLearn (D2L):
- Address the Issue in the syllabus. I address the issue of cheating, especially plagiarism, upfront in the the syllabus. I inform the students of the potential consequences and point them to university policies they should read.
- Open exams. I've made the exams open book and notes hence cheating by using forbidden resources is no longer relevant. Students can use any resource they want to solve the problem-oriented questions that populate my exams. I'm a firm believer in helping student be "knowledge-able" not just "knowledgeable". Michael Wesch describes being knowledge-able as being ""able to find, sort, analyze, ultimately criticize, and even create new information and knowledge." (Michael Wesch: Moving From Knowledgeable to Knowledge-able. (n.d.). nancyrubin. Retrieved September 1, 2013, from http://nancy-rubin.com/2012/01/24/michael-wesch-moving-from-knowledgeable-to-knowledge-able/
- Problem-oriented questions. I use problem-oriented questions addressing Bloom's level 3, 4 & 5 in addition to those that rely on recall of basic information largely at Bloom's level 1 & 2. The problem-oriented questions require an understanding of spatial processes and relationships, the answers for which are not easily found online or in a printed textbook. Students are given a scenario with four to five possible outcomes. Quantitative, map reading, and graph interpretation skills are needed to answer these kinds of questions.
- Timed Exams. Exams are accessible on a single day unless special circumstances require a student to reschedule their exam date. My introductory physical geography course has a 75 questions objective test for each of the four units of the course. Approximately fifty questions relate to the conceptual content and twenty-five questions to the lab component. These are the same exams given to my face-to-face sections of the course. When teaching face-to-face, an entire 110 minute lab period was devoted to the exam. Thus I set the time limit for the online exam to 110 minutes.
- Randomization. Randomization is easy with an online exam. I have my quiz questions grouped by topic. Each set of questions in the group are randomized as are the answers to each question. It's very rare two students get the exact same test. It does not prevent them from copying the exam and questions, but this is true of regular printed tests if you allow access to them. Performance statistics for each group of questions identifies where I need to tweak questions or course content and delivery to achieve better learning and assessment.
- Submission view. Desire2Learn has a variety of options for viewing exam submission view options that can be used to prevent cheating during the exam period. I allow students to view their score upon submission but not the answer key. Answer keys become available a few minutes after the exam closing time. Students can access their answers and seek help with those that were incorrectly answered at this time.
Cutting down on group cheating is more difficult. Students have the ability to meet as a group with one person taking the test while the others help and take notes. Using web cams for exam proctoring virtually eliminates this problem. In any case, trying to find a reasonable approach to controlling cheating is a challenge, made even more so by the connected culture we live in.


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Dearest Sallie, I have waited and anxiously looked for a letter for two long weeks, but alas! alas! none yet. I reed' yours of the 11th of May yesterday was two weeks ago, and answered it this day two weeks. I thought I would write again last Saturday or Sunday, but kept putting it off thinking that I would get another every day until today, and the mail boy has come in and no letter yet. I almost know there must be two or three on the way, but it looks like they never will get here. The Smith boys got a letter a few days ago written the 5th of this month and stating the death of your Uncle Josiah, and Billie Gray reed' one day before yesterday written the 10th stating that he died the 30th of May. I was really sorry to hear of it and truly sympathize with the bereaved family, but hope that he is better off today than any of us here in this world of war and trouble. Dear, I want you to write if he died happy, and all about the particulars. Billie's letter stated that you and Alice were still sick, I am some what uneasy for fear it is something more than effects of my furlough, but hope it is neither that nor anything so serious.


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