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THE MAROON Loyola University New Orleans VOL. 81, NO. 16 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2003 "For a greater Loyola" Few abroad options available By Jill Scahill Contributing Writer Study abroad options increasing, but still difficult to use The Education Abroad Fair provided Loyola students with 27 representatives from off-campus study abroad programs along with the nine Loyola programs. "We have a good variety of programs here, but we need to link our students with the wide variety of programs elsewhere," the Rev. Bernard Knoth, S. J., university president, said. Knoth stressed the need for a person and place students can go to for all information regarding both Loyola's programs as well as the programs of other universities and organizations. The Office of Student Activities, with the Student Government Association, is working to create a study abroad office and the college deans are working together to develop a go-to person for interested students. The deans have been working with Knoth and the university for more than a year to develop Loyola's study abroad program, and he says he hopes to have a study abroad advisor as soon as next fall. Currently, for undergraduate credit, Loyola offers seven summer sessions in a variety of countries including Great Britain, Spain and Belgium. There are also semester-long programs offered in Mexico City and Berlin. Anyone wishing to participate in these programs must contact the professors in charge of each program or pick up information in their dean's office. The College of Business Administration offers semester-long student exchange programs, stressing the world's different economic, political and cultural environments, in Belgium, China, and in three Spanish cities. The Business school is hoping to make studying abroad a requirement for all students within the next two years. "Studying abroad really opened up a huge world for me," Annie McNulty, Spanish/ communications senior who spent her junior year in Seville, Spain, said. "I was able to understand so much more about all that I was learning in the classroom by seeing it all from a different, more international perspective. The people I met, the things I did and saw changed me for life," she said. Robert Dewell, associate professor of modern foreign language and literature and chair of the Loyola in Berlin program, said that the study abroad experience promises a lot. "In terms of the experience itself, the first benefit of study abroad is that it's exciting, stimulating and fun," Dewell said. "Routine aspects of life that are boring here suddenly become an adventure in a foreign country, from getting on a streetcar to buying a loaf of bread. You don't do quite the same things when you go out; the food's not quite the same: conversations with people aren't quite the same." Many students who want to study abroad say they find it difficult to sift through the numerous programs offered and also to fill out the necessary forms and go through the process involved in taking a leave of absence from Loyola. With no head of a department to go to, students have to work with the dean's office in order to get acceptable transfer credit. Often, between going abroad and returning, students encounter less credit than they had hoped to receive due to a misunderstanding when dealing with foreign transcripts. This can be frustrating to students who are attempting to graduate in four years and are depending upon those credits. "Loyola needs to not only have more programs, but also more options, more dates and STAFF PHOTO BY GILLIAN DICKER Tatyana Sheps, visual graphic junior, (right) views a brochure at the Education Abroad Fair in the Danna Center lounge. Twenty-seven representatives from off-campus programs were at the fair. Zellner provides insight By lan Morrison Staff writer Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks recruited Bob Zellner, a white boy from Alabama, into the Civil Rights Movement. Zellner, a civil rights activist, was the most recent speaker in the Biever Guest Lecture Series co-sponsored by the departments of sociology and history, the Black Student Union, the Loyola Student Sociology Organization and the Twomey Center for Peace Through Justice. He spent some time in an Albany, Georgia prison with Martin Luther King Jr. as his cellmate. "1 got to know MLK before he was a mythic figure of American history. He was a true radical who insisted on going to the roots of the problem," he said. Zellner's father was a Methodist minister and a member of the Klu Klux Klan. His parents attended Bob Jones College, named after the man who officiated at his parents' wedding. Until recently, the school had a long history of segregation policies. The school also awarded U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft an honorary degree. "You could say I came from a terrorist upbringing," Zellner said. He related his spur to civil rights action to an incident he experienced while attending Huntington College. He and some fellow classmates decided to interview Martin Luther King Jr. for a sociology paper concerning race problems. Their professor warned them against approaching King, saying they would most likely be arrested and assaulted by local Klansmen. Activist praises Martin Luther King for actions in the Civil Rights movement "I got to know MLK before he was a mythic figure of American history. He was a true radical who insisted on going to the roots of the problem," - 808 ZELLNER,CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST, on Martin Luther King Jr. NASA head O'Keefe a Loyola graduate By Stephanie Sarradet Contributing writer NASA administrator and Loyola graduate Sean O'Keefe, is putting his leadership skills to the test after the Columbia disaster. 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Fox News is America's election headquarters less than 100 days to go now until Election Day.
A new poll finds President Obama has his work cut out for the Gallup poll finds mr.
Obama's job approval rating.
But low 50%.
In 37 of the fifty states.
That's significant because post World War II incumbent president's above the 50% mark on Election Day were easily reelected those below that mark.
Have more uncertain prospects.
Let's talk about -- would Jonah Goldberg the editor at large for the national review he is also a Fox News contributor.
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Obama is under the 50% mark what does that say -- you Joan.
Without it it's it's bad.
News for Obama but it's not it's it's not up -- of doom either.
Historically under the general rule of thumb is that.
-- come Election Day if you're below 50% that the undecideds are going to.
Tend to break for the challenger as people know Barack Obama is they've gotten to -- -- he's not an he's not.
Unknown quantity any more and what -- what basically voters are waiting for it to be persuaded to vote against him.
And so the longer he goes under 50% more likely it is that those people can't be persuaded to vote for him and that they'll go to Romney it also says.
That Obama has probably though not definitely probably wasted.
Over a hundred million dollars on ads trying to demonize Mitt Romney that don't seem to have moved the polls very much.
And get considering his burn rate.
Liberated his campaign how much money that this spending that should be pretty worrisome -- as well.
Well three of the states where he is under water include Florida Pennsylvania and Ohio he is a loaf.
He's in the mid forties in those states forty.
Four to 46%.
Those are critical states in the Electoral College.
Yeah although you know to be fair there are other polls -- New York Times just came out with a -- with quinnipiac and I think CBS.
Having Obama above 50% and a lot of -- swing states.
I think that poll was deeply flawed he claimed to be polling likely voters but it's green had way too many Democrats -- it and a better -- forum.
In 2012 and -- what I had in 2008 of these same thing that the flawed poll but the same time.
You know in the -- and some of these swing states like Ohio Mitt Romney still has a lot of his work cut out for him.
And it may be that some of these negative ads that Obama has blown a lot of money on.
Aren't moving the national poll numbers but they are moving.
Some of these numbers in the state by state but still at the end of the day what would Obama is desperate to do is to have this be a choice between.
Obama and -- and they demonize Mitt Romney if it's a referendum on Obama.
Obama -- in a lot of trouble particularly given how the economy seems to be stalling out again but you say that voters tend to break you know -- -- They know old the president they know the job he's done late decider is tend to break for the opponent is.
That's right the latest -- and most elections late this understand the -- opponent by a wide margin.
That's because.
Most voters see these elections as referendum on the incumbent how is the president doing his job.
And that's how Mitt Romney wants to make this race that's why he doesn't try to take a lot of the debate about always distractions.
He wants to have this be a referendum on the economy a referendum on -- Obama's job performance vis a vis.
His promises in 2008 where he was gonna make the -- turn around and recycle unicorn -- for renewable energy and all that kind of thing.
And I think you -- keep the focus on whether Obama has done what he promised he's gonna do and whether -- been good for the economy.
Then I think Romney wins by default and I think that's basically their strategy right Jonah Goldberg from the national review.
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When Food Changed History: Louis Pasteur
If you've never considered the connection between beet juice and rabies prevention, read on.
This is the first installment in an occasional series about important food-related events in history. I can think of no better subject to begin with than the scientist whose discoveries led to important innovations in both food preservation and prevention of infectious disease, Louis Pasteur. And although he can't be credited with inventing the process that turns grapes into chianti and grain into amber bock, he was the first to explain the role of microorganisms in fermentation, and his work led to improvements in beer and wine making.
Pasteur was born in Dôle, France in 1822. He first gained acclaim as a young professor for his studies in how certain crystals affect light. He continued his work on crystallography at the University of Strasbourg, in the Alsace region of France, where he concluded that asymmetry was the defining characteristic of the molecules of living things, while the molecules of minerals were symmetrical—an important contribution to the scientific understanding of life. He also experimented with the effect of heat on molecular structures, and made his first foray into medical applications, developing a new and more stable isomer of quinine, which was used to treat fever.
But Pasteur's most famous discoveries were made after he became dean of the science department at the University of Lille, in a region known for its beet juice distilleries. In 1856, a local industrialist approached him about the quality problems some manufacturers of beet root alcohol were having. Pasteur set about studying yeast under a microscope.
Patrice Debré writes in his 1994 biography Pasteur, "Indeed we are indebted to fermentation for some of the most powerful symbols of our myths, at least in the Western tradition. The ancient Egyptians brewing beer, the ancient Gauls making their bread dough rise with yeast—these images evoke ancestral practices. Yet scientists, including the earliest chemists, from Paracelsus to Robert Boyle, had no convincing explanation to account for the phenomenon."
In Pasteur's time, Debré explains, yeast was thought to have only a passive role in fermentation. His experiments showed that yeast was not only the cause of fermentation, but that it was a living microorganism and that fermentation was the result of a biological rather than chemical process. His research became the basis for the new field of microbiology. It also paved the way for a number of other important advancements in science, including his debunking of the centuries-old and widely held idea of spontaneous generation—that some life forms, like rats and flies, could arise spontaneously from non-living matter under certain circumstances.
Pasteur's promotion of the germ theory—which proposed that many diseases, such as anthrax and rabies, are caused by microorganisms—led to a new understanding of how infectious disease spreads, and therefore how to prevent it. Sanitary practices in medicine followed. The capstone of his long and fruitful career, according to Debré, was his role in the development of a rabies vaccine. This led to the establishment of the Institut Pasteur, in 1887, which continues to research the prevention and treatment of infectious disease.
Of course, the achievement most obviously associated with Pasteur, and most relevant to this blog, is the process of pasteurization. In 1863 Pasteur received a letter from one of Napoleon III's aides, commissioning him to study the spoilage of wine—a matter of great urgency in France, where wine was vital to the nation's cultural life and economic prosperity. The aide wrote, "The Emperor is firmly convinced that it would be of the highest importance that you turn your attention in this direction at the time of the grape harvest." Drawing on his earlier research, Pasteur developed a method of heating wine to slow microbial growth and prevent spoilage, without destroying the beverage in the process. Pasteurization, as it came to be known, is still used to treat wine, milk and other perishable liquids.
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The 13 Most Useless College Majors (As Determined By Science)
After majoring in #11 (high school) and #7 (college), I dropped out before completing a masters in #8. What do I win?
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4. Commercial Art and Graphic Design
5. Architecture
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8. Journalism
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I majored in #8 with a minor/cognate in #13!
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Omg Econ is 13th on the most useful list. If you're majoring in some sort of Business…it's best to go with either...
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I'd add general Business Management/Administration to the list
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oh wow! i see they hate the art and arts… but oh wait architecture too?! these people are bonkers
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I get why when it comes down right about science
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Uselessness is not determined by a college major, but how you use it. There are several more practical major choices...
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I hate how these lists tend to do 2 things 1) Bring out the inferiority complex in lib/arts majors. Yeah, our majors...
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Analysts divine traces of Windows 8 weakness, ego clash in Sinofsky exit
Disagree about future course for Windows and company, but 'damage control' is likely
Computerworld - Steven Sinofsky, Microsoft's top Windows executive, abruptly left the company Monday, a move that some analysts saw as an indictment of Windows 8. But other experts believe more was at play and that Microsoft will stick to the strategic trail Sinofsky blazed.
The mixed reaction from long-time Microsoft watchers, some of them former company employees, reflected the "Kremlinologist" tactics necessary to peer into a major company like Microsoft, especially one where Sinofsky's penchant for secrecy had taken hold.
Microsoft announced Sinofsky's exit late Monday. According to the company, yesterday was his last day, as his departure was effective immediately. Microsoft promoted Julie Larson-Green, a Sinofsky lieutenant and Window's chief designer, to head all Windows software and hardware engineering. Meanwhile, CFO Tami Reller, who also is the firm's head of marketing, will manage the business side of Windows.
Although Microsoft did not say why Sinofsky left, in a memo obtained by CITEworld -- a sister publication of Computerworld -- Sinofsky said it was his decision. "This was a personal and private choice that in no way reflects any speculation or theories one might read -- about me, opportunity, the company or its leadership," Sinofsky wrote.
Some analysts weren't buying that.
"There is undoubtedly either a major culture or personality clash going on internally at Microsoft, or something personally going on," said Patrick Moorhead, principal analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy in an email.
Others noted Sinofsky's quick exit as a reason to doubt his story. "When an executive plans to leave, there is usually a lot more than what this [Microsoft press] release states," said Al Gillen of IDC in an email. "It sure looks like this was a decision that was made for him."
The idea that Sinofsky was forced out because of his leadership style -- which has been characterized as abrasive and non-collaborative -- was a thread that ran through many analysts' thoughts today.
"He had a reputation of being difficult to work with," said Michael Silver of Gartner, choosing his words carefully in an interview late Monday. But if Windows 8 -- Sinofsky's last project -- had been wildly successful, that would have been overlooked. "I'm not saying that Windows 8 is the reason for this ouster. But I am saying that the lack of huge success may have made his personality and way of doing things less tolerable. They needed someone who could bring parts of Microsoft together and reduce the sniping."
Silver wasn't the only one who drew a line between Windows 8 and Sinofsky's egress.
"This departure appears to be a repudiation of the strategy and direction of Windows 8 design, partner strategy, and Microsoft hardware," said Frank Gillett, an analyst with Forrester Research.
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It's been nearly three years since a powerful earthquake devastated the already fragile economy and living conditions in the Caribbean country of Haiti. While the distant country remains in a state of chaos, the needs of the Haitian people have not been forgotten by a teacher and a group of students in Elma.
Under the guidance of Leslie Zielinski, a science teacher at Annunciation School on Clinton Street, seventh and eighth grade students at the Catholic elementary school have been collecting items such as toothbrushes, washcloths and soap that will be counted and packaged at the school and transported to Haiti for distribution at a Haitian clinic. Parishioners of Annunciation Church have also been very active in supporting this goodwill initiative.
Students have also been holding baked good sales and collecting donations through other means to raise funds to purchase even more items. Additionally, they have been creating handmade "salvation bracelets" — each bead having a special message — that will be given to those in Haiti still struggling to pick up the pieces following the 2010 earthquake.
And on Friday, Nov. 2, Mrs. Zielinski will join other representatives from Western New York's faith community on a journey to Haiti to assist at the clinic and distribute the collected items to those in need. The week-long journey will be Mrs. Zielinski's first trip to Haiti.
Annunciation students and staff take part in numerous service projects throughout the year and have recently assisted organizations such as the Food Bank of Western New York, St. Luke's Mission of Mercy and The Franciscan Center, to name just a few.
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Osteopilus Fitzinger, 1843, Syst. Rept.: 30. Type species: Trachycephalus marmoratus Duméril and Bibron, 1841 (=Hyla septentrionalis Duméril and Bibron, 1841).
Calyptahyla Trueb and Tyler, 1974, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 24: 41. Type species: Trachycephalus lichenatus Gosse, 1851 (= Hyla crucialis Harlan, 1826), by original designation. Synonymy by Henderson and Powell, 2003, in Henderson and Powell (eds.), Islands and the Sea: 13.
Cuban Treefrogs (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 61).
West Indian Treefrogs (Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 66; Collins, 1997, Herpetol. Circ., 25: 12; Crother, Boundy, Campbell, de Queiroz, Frost, Highton, Iverson, Meylan, Reeder, Seidel, Sites, Taggart, Tilley, and Wake, 2001 "2000", Herpetol. Circ., 29: 11).
Antilles Frogs (Calyptahyla [no longer recognized]: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 52).
The Greater Antilles, Jamaica, Bahama Islands, and southern Florida (USA).
For a review of the genus and species accounts see Trueb and Tyler, 1974, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 24: 1-60. According to immunological evidence presented by Maxson, 1992, in Adler (ed.), Curr. Res. Biol. Amph. Rept.: 49, Osteopilus is paraphyletic with respect to Calyptahyla and most species of West Indian Hyla. (See also comment by Hedges, 1996, in Powell and Henderson (eds.), Contr. W. Indian Herpetol.: 101, who suggested that other unpublished data supported the same conclusion. But, Anderson, 1996, in Powell and Henderson (eds.), Contr. W. Indian Herpetol.: 154-168, provided karyological evidence that may be in conflict.) Crombie, 1999, in Crother (ed.), Caribb. Amph. Rept.: 89, suggested that an unnamed species existed in Jamaica, similar to Osteopilus brunneus, that obviated any diagnotic difference from Calyptahyla. Delfino, Brizzi, Nosi, and Terreni, 2002, J. Morphol., 253: 176-186, suggested a close relationship with Phrynohyas on the basis of cell ultrastructure. The various authors in Henderson and Powell, 2003, Islands and the Sea, casually transferred Calyptahyla, Hyla vasta, Hyla pulchrilineata, Hyla marianae, and Hyla wilderae into Osteopilus, as commented on by Powell and Henderson, 2003, Herpetol. Rev., 34: 341-342. In Lophiohylini of Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 107-108. Moen and Wiens, 2009, Evolution, 63: 195-214, reported on the molecular phylogenetics of Osteopilus.
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There is no doubt that energy demand has grown astronomically in recent years - with primary energy demand increasing by more than 50% since 1980. This growth is forecast to continue - at an annual average rate of 1.6% between 2004 and 2030. Over 70% of this growth will come from developing countries, where populations and economies are growing considerably faster than in the OECD nations. China alone will account for some 30% of increased energy demand.
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Well, Stephenie said this about that in the Personal Correspondance #10 that she had with the Twilight Lexicon:
"What Jasper does effects not the thoughts, but the body. He doesn't make you THINK you are calm, he actually puts your body into a calmed state. Or angry, or whatever. It's physical rather than mental."
If you think about it you can kind of see that in Twilight when they are in the hotel room. Yeah, she feels calm but her thoughts are still troubled and it feels weird to her that her body feels one way and her mind another --or I guess that's just how I saw it.
@jessica-No I cud of sworn she actually got upset wen jasper was controllin her emotions at 1 point but she cudnt snap outa it. I think it was in New Moon.
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Kieron of SCS Astro sent me one of the above scopes to review. I must admit when it arrived and I opened the box I was totally bowled over.
The scope came in a fully-padded aluminium case - and this case was suspended by 8 strong springs from an outer metal frame, and the lot was in a tough cardboard box. No cries of "the collimation must have got lost in the shipping" with packing like that - other telescope manufacturers please take note.
The silky smooth 11:1 ultra-beefy focuser was a real joy to use and you could suspend a tank off that focuser with no focus creep - superb job.
So now the big question - do the 5 pieces of glass perform? The short answer is with the scope I had - no. I also believe someone else had one of these and returned it to the vendor - blast, what a huge let down.
No chromatic aberration from what I could see, covered an APS size chip with no vignetting and good uniformity, so what was wrong? Well I can't tell you what the proper optical term is for what I saw but basically I don't think it focuses too well. All the stars no matter what size or brightness are "fuzzy" there is a clear ring (halo) around a core for each star and the bright central core is also off-centre. Now I'm not sure why this is so as I got good collimation and reasonable focus numbers with CCDInspector - but the stars simply weren't good. The real shocker was looking at the star image as Robofocus brought it into best focus. As it came into focus it went through all sorts of funny shapes with lines across the star (forgot to mention there was a clear "cross" across very bright stars indicative of pinched optics). In the Sky 90 you get a big round nice uniform circle coming down to a small nice uniform circle as the Robofocus does its job.
So - after what looked like a brilliant start it was let down by the optics. Here's my guess at what's wrong.
I don't believe they've got the optical design wrong, I do know it's really tough getting the lens alignment right with short focal length low f# optics. It's a pig collimating the Sky 90 doublet - and in the Sky-Watcher we have 5 pieces of glass, not 2. My bet is that the manufacturers had not thought it through (cost wise) in that I reckon it would take a skilled person a day (at least) to optically align a 5 lens system. If the cell and the adjusters haven't been properly designed, then you'll never get there. There will be precision gaps between the lenses to sort as well as the X-Y position in plane. And did I mention there are 5 lenses?
Well that's my guess for what it's worth. What I can say is that if Sky-Watcher can sort out the optical issues then they have a most brilliant imaging product here - effectively an FSQ-106 at half price. Get the optics sorted and they have a real winner on their hands. But can it be sorted??


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Vandijkophrynus Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 220. Type species: Bufo angusticeps Smith, 1848, by original designation.
Van Dijk's Toads (Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 172).
Extreme southern Namibia through Rep. South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland to Zimbabwe and Mozamibique.
Vandijkophrynus is the former Bufo angusticeps group of Tandy and Keith, 1972, in Blair (ed.), Evol. Genus Bufo: 158. Smith and Chiszar, 2006, Herpetol. Conserv. Biol., 1: 6-8, implied that this taxon should be considered a subgenus of Bufo; see comment under Bufonidae. Van Bocxlaer, Biju, Loader, and Bossuyt, 2009, BMC Evol. Biol., 9 (e131): 1-10, did not address this taxon, but in a subsequent more densely-sampled analysis found Vandijkophrynus to be imbedded within an African clade composed of Capensibufo, Poyntonophrynus, and Mertensophryne. Van Bocxlaer, Loader, Roelants, Biju, Menegon, and Bossuyt, 2010, Science, 327: 679-682, Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 172-183, provided a key and accounts for the species of the southern Africa. Pyron and Wiens, 2011, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 61: 543-583, in their study of Genbank sequences, confirmed the monophyly of this taxon (although this is difficult to see because the authors explicitly adopted a non-monophyletic and out-dated taxonomy), provided a tree for their exemplar species, and suggested that it is the sister taxon of Poyntonophrynus + Mertensophryne.
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Is 'peaceful rise' only rhetoric?American President Barack Obama's recent schedule reflected just how deeply the United States is getting involved in Asia and, at the same time, sent clear signals that despite its severe budgetary problems, its involvement in the region will deepen rather than otherwise. This is a major shift for Washington which, while extricating itself after long years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, is attempting to hitch its economic wagon to Asia's rising star. At the same time, it is trying to maintain positive relations with Beijing while offering its security blanket to countries in the region anxious about China's growing heft. How China responds to this wide-ranging strategic shift will to a large extent shape the political landscape of the region. It is too early to speak of a new Cold War, but there are signs that the countries of Southeast Asia, at least, are being told to choose sides. President Obama's Asian schedule began in Honolulu, where he held a meeting with China's President Hu Jintao on the margins of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, chaired this year by the United States. He publicly asserted that China was "grown up" now and must abide by international trading rules. Seven days later, he was in Bali, Indonesia, for a meeting of the East Asia Summit, and a private talk with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. This time, politics was in the forefront, as he and most of the other leaders present insisted on talking about the problems of the South China Sea, despite China's objections. In between, the U.S. leader was in Australia, where he announced an expanded American military presence in the country. "Our enduring interests in the region demand our enduring presence in this region," he told the Australian Parliament. "The United States is a Pacific power, and we are here to stay." So far, the official Chinese reaction has been moderate. The foreign ministry, asked for comment, did not take offense at Obama's "grown up" remark, simply saying that it is up to the international community to judge whether China has behaved responsibly. In Indonesia, Premier Wen, after saying that "outside forces" should not be involved in the South China Sea dispute and that the matter should not be discussed in the East Asia Summit, delivered a measured response after the issue was raised by 16 of the 18 leaders present despite Chinese objections. This rejection of China's position showed that, when the United States is around to back them up, the vast majority of countries in the region are willing to stand up to China despite its impressive economic, political and military rise. If the United States was to withdraw from the region, the converse would no doubt also be true. China's neighbors are in no position to challenge the giant next door. While Chinese leaders maintained a facade of calm and reason, the disquiet in China was evident. The Global Times, an affiliate of the official People's Daily newspaper, published several commentaries that threatened a variety of actions against the United States and its supporters in Asia. One commentary, also carried by the People's Daily online, questioned America's economic capacity, pointedly saying, "China has more resources to oppose the U.S. ambition of dominating the region than the U.S. has to fulfill it." At the same time, the article warned, "there will be no room for those who choose to depend economically on China while looking to the U.S. to guarantee their security." Last month, the paper issued a blunt warning to countries that challenge China's maritime claims. "If these countries don't want to change their ways with China, they will need to prepare for the sounds of cannons," it said. Since then, it has shifted its focus to economic warfare. "China could postpone the implementation of investment agreements," the Global Times said in an article targeting the Philippines. "Chinese people could reject traveling to the Philippines and China should decrease imports from the Philippines. Any slowdown in Sino-Philippine cooperation will put long-term pressure on the country." While punishing the Philippines, the article said, "China should enhance cooperation with countries like Malaysia and Indonesia, allowing them to benefit more from the Philippine vacuum." The thrust of all these articles is that China should transform its new-found economic power into political muscle to be flexed against the United States and its supporters in Asia. All this leads one to wonder, what ever happened to the promises of "peaceful rise" and "peaceful development" which used to fill the speeches of Chinese officials? Frank Ching is a journalist and commentator based in Hong Kong. Email the writer at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter: @FrankChing1. |


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I've looked through the FAQs and tried searching this forum, but can't find the answer to my question.
Does Zoom (v 4.2) index the filename and path of documents? For example, if I have a document called OrgChart/Smithers.pdf and the word "orgchart" does NOT appear within the text of the document, would a search for it ever pull it up?
It seems not to work that way for me, but it would be nice if it did.
I'm using the javascript version as I have limited access to the webserver, and it needs to run on CD as well.
Ah hah! Configuration / Indexing Options / What to index - filename
However, still unsure if that includes the path, or just the actual name of the document itself.
It only includes the file name and not the full path / full URL.
I get correct results in that, the file name is correct, but the link does not include the correct path causing the link to fail. For example if the file("1924 June Volume.2 No.2 Page 55 to 78.pdf") in the result resides in a folder called "1923_1925", the a href tag just mentions the file name without the folder. Please let me know how I can fix this.
It sounds like you are using Offline Mode, and your Base URL is incorrect. The base URL needs to be specified to appropriately for your search result links to point to the right folder.
Please see chapter 2.1.6 in the Users Guide for more information.
I too, would like zoom to be able to index the file names as well. Has this become a viable option yet?
File names are indexed in V4, V5, V6 and V7 (beta at the moment).
The file path is not, but this will be added in V7. Indexing the entire path increases the index size, making things slower. But computers have got a lot faster since V4 was released.
Just wondering, when will the full version of V7 be out.. as in out of beta phase?
See this post for details of the V7 beta.
There is no fixed release date at the moment. It won't be in 2011 however.