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On their third full-length Remembering The Rockets (out 7/26 via Tiny Engines), Strange Ranger continue to excel at translating the way intimacy can feel so overwhelmingly gigantic. With a dozen releases across their 10 years as a band, the Philly-via-Portland-via-Montana group, currently featuring Isaac Eiger (guitars, vocals), Fred Nixon (bass, piano, vocals), Nathan Tucker (drums), and Fiona Woodman (vocals), have traversed genres, moods, and textures while maintaining one important throughline: an exploration of closeness.
"Trying to close the distance between yourself and another person and wondering how much can really be done about that gap," Eiger says. "Sometimes you don't want to be close with others but you feel guilty, and sometimes you do but you can't."
Eiger, who writes the bulk of Strange Ranger's lyrics, is a modern master of conveying the anxiety and uncertainty of growing older through a mixture of childhood nostalgia and interpersonal tidbits. There's plenty of that on Remembering The Rockets, but after all of these years of singing about his own coming-of-age story, the album approaches the quandary of whether he'll ever be able to impart that process—through which he's reaped so much artistic joy and curiosity—onto someone else.
"So much suffering and horror is coming if we don't seriously restructure our entire society, and I just really hope we get it together. I want to be a dad more than basically anything, and it's unclear if that'd be an OK decision to make," he says.
For a topic as severe as ecological collapse affecting his own parental aspirations—as well as other melancholy ruminations on loneliness, the passing of time, and the complications of emotional intimacy—Strange Ranger still ended up making the lushest, smoothest, and most pleasingly hypnotic album of their careers.
"After making Daymoon, I think Isaac and myself were both feeling pretty creatively exhausted with the rock band format," Nixon says. "We wanted the feel of the next record to put you in a trance."
Opener "Leona" is a celestial pop song with a springy bassline and a shimmering, magical synth effect that dusts over its punchy outro groove. "Nothing Else To Think About" is a bobbing sunset soundtrack with a drum sample that puffs and clacks behind its ASMR-inducing bassline. For "Beneath The Lights," Eiger pulls out the drawly, prickly croon of a Daymoon ballad like "Most Perfect Gold of the Century" and then contorts it with warbling, Justin Vernon-esque auto-tune. Ambient interludes like "athens, ga" and "'02" are void of vocals and "traditional" rock elements altogether.
"It was definitely a learning curve figuring out how to do some of the weirder stuff," Eiger says. "We've been using keyboards for a while now, but before we made this record we got this old Japanese synthesizer [Korg M1] which has like a trillion sounds. So that was a totally different experience."
"We really didn't know what we were doing and probably stumbled our way into a bunch of sounds we wouldn't be able to recreate if we tried," Nixon adds.
Portland, OR producer Dylan M. Howe was an essential contributor in this regard. Most of the samples and electronic beats were designed with Howe's assistance, and he helped the band navigate the archaic software of the Korg M1—which was used for nearly every synth sound on the album. For many of the songs, such as "Message To You", which Fiona Woodman sings the entirety of, the only component the band had going into their home studio was the drum loop. From there, they experimented with different arrangements and benefitted from Nathan Tucker's versatile drumming abilities to build that song, and many others, outward.
"I think we've always been attracted to music that you can nod your head to, and this time around I think we really tried to emphasize that," Eiger says.
Tracks like "Pete's Hill," "Planes in Front of the Sun" and "Leona" lock into a pleasing breed of entrancing, rhythmic bliss. And they hit with maximum impact every time because they're tastefully offset by a cheeky alt-country burner like "Ranch Style Home," or a Lemonheads- esque cruiser like "Sunday." But like all Strange Ranger albums, the band saved the most emotionally devastating songs for its finale.
"Living Free" and "Cold Hands Warm Heart" play like they're in conversation with one another. The former is a synth-soaked reckoning with age ("all the years as blurry cars and trees / screaming right past me") and purpose ("awkward angels in the snow / what if I just want a family?"). The latter is a sparse, two-and-a-half-minute piano ballad where Eiger acknowledges tepid hope as the only way forward. "Flickers of a world to come / here but lovelier than this one / see it rippling in the river," he sings with a shaky intonation.
"The image of a rocket in the sky just feels very beautiful to me and full of possibility," Eiger says. "If you're someone who wants to have kids and you decide not to, that kinda feels like folding and just saying, "yeah everything is fucked, there is no future." And why even live at that point? It sucks that 'hope' has—for good reason—become this cheesy, lame idea. But if you've got no hope, you're completely fucked in a situation like this one."
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The Walker, along with the entire cultural community in Minnesota, lost a great friend and an unparalleled champion with the passing of John Cowles, Jr. last Saturday. While I admired his steadfast commitment to the arts, John was also one of the most elegant and inspiring individuals I have had the pleasure of knowing. I was drawn to his probing and inquisitive mind, his generous spirit and intellect, and learned much from his experience and savvy as a passionate and vital community leader. He was never afraid to take risks, and encouraged risk-taking and freethinking in others—a characteristic embodied by his performance in Bill T. Jones' Last Supper at Uncle Tom's Cabin: The Promised Land in 1990.
John's adventurous spirit carried over to his role as a longtime Walker Trustee, who with his wife, Sage, made the Cowles Conservatory possible in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. They were also longtime members of the Patrons' Circle and founding members of the Walker Producers' Council, which supports our performing arts program. Their gifts to the Walker included support for the 1998 Art Performs Life exhibition, the 2005 expansion to our building, and numerous performances, including the once-in-a-lifetime production of Merce Cunningham and John Cage's monumental Ocean in 2008.
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When planted in your garden, squash is planted in hills containing two to three plants spaced 3 to 5 feet apart; they need consistent feeding and require a good mulching to protect a broad, shallow root system
Squash is a summer fruit, not a vegetable, categorized as summer squash, including zucchini and yellow crookneck squash, or winter squash, including pumpkins, acorn and spaghetti squash. The name indicates how long the fruit may be stored
The fruit is one of the largest groups of food and oldest cultivated crop. China and India produce nearly half of the squash worldwide, and New York is the largest producing state in the U.S.
The flowers, seeds and flesh of the squash are edible, packed with vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, promoting eye and skin health, aiding in wound healing, fighting free radicals and providing fiber promoting good digestive health
Fun Facts About Squash
Plant Garden Squash at the Proper Time and in the Proper Space
Planting Sisters Increases Your Yield and Discourages Weeds
Add Food and Remove Pests
Harvest and Store Your Squash
Health Benefits and Taste Make Squash a Great Addition to Your Meals
Simple, Tasty and Healthy Squash Recipes
Squash is a flowering plant in the gourd family. Although you may think of them as vegetables, they are actually fruit. The seeds, blossoms and fruit may all be cooked and eaten.1 Squash are often categorized as summer or winter squash, depending upon the length of time they may be stored, and not their growing season, as both are warm weather crops.
Summer squash grows in a short bush formation and include zucchini, yellow crookneck squash and pattypans. Winter squash usually grow on a vine and generally bear large fruit, which characteristically can be stored for many months if they're kept dry and well above freezing. Common winter squash includes butternut squash, acorn squash, spaghetti squash and giant pumpkins.
Along with beans and corn, squash is believed to have originated in Mexico and Central America. They are one of the largest groups of foods and the oldest cultivated crop.2
Today, pumpkins and squash are grown worldwide and are popular in many Eastern European countries.3 Winter squash differ from summer squash as the fruit have hard thick skins and seeds. The flesh in winter squash is firmer than summer squash and requires longer cooking time.
Roasted seeds of the squash can be used in salads, while the meat of the fruit may be baked, roasted, flattened into patties, fried or used as a base flavoring in soups. The word squash comes from the Narragansett Native American word askutasquash, meaning "eaten raw" or "uncooked."
Although typical pumpkin pie today is baked in a pie shell, pilgrims made their pumpkin pies by first hollowing out a pumpkin and then filling it with apples, sugar, spices and milk. The stem was then replaced and the entire pumpkin baked.4
An average pumpkin may weigh between 10 and 20 pounds, but the Atlantic Giant variety can weigh up to 600 pounds, providing enough flesh for nearly 300 pies. Historically, in addition to being grown for food, many squash were also used as containers after the hard outer gourd was dried. Several types of squashes are also made into candies in Latin America.
Worldwide, it is difficult to quantify production as most of the fruit is consumed locally. Data does suggest China and India make up nearly half the worldwide production. In the U.S., Florida and Michigan are tied for total acres planted, but Michigan leads in total production,5 followed by Oregon, California, Florida and New York.
The U.S. is also the world's largest importer of squash, having imported more than 300,000 metric each year, 90.5 percent of which came from Mexico in 2016.6 There are hundreds of different named varieties of squash, but there are likely countless more yet to be developed as they are prone to cross-pollination.7
As demonstrated in the video above, summer squash grow in a low bushy formation and work well in containers or in the ground, while winter squash grow along vines, working best when planted directly in the ground.8 If you live in an area with a short growing season, you can start the seeds indoors approximately two to three weeks before the date of your last frost.
Indoors, plants can be started in deep flats or large cell six-packs. Keep the seeds in a warm area until germination, usually occurring five to 10 days after planting. Don't allow the soil to dry out, but also avoid excessive watering as squash seeds will rot in cool wet soil.
Prepare garden soil to a depth of about 20 inches. In the early spring or late fall, consider adding about 2 inches of composted manure, mixing it thoroughly with the soil. At the same time, you may also add organic fertilizers and soil amendments as the plants are heavy feeders. The soil pH should also be adjusted as squash grows best in a pH of 6.1 to 6.5, or a slightly acidic soil.9
If you have started your plants indoors, don't use those that have already begun flowering, as they will not develop well and will reduce your yield. The best time to plant seedlings in the garden is after they've developed the first set of true leaves, but before the second set have appeared. Take care not to disturb the roots as this increases the length of time it takes the plant to become established.10
When planting directly in the ground, sow the seeds 1 inch deep and about 6 inches apart on hills spaced between 3 and 5 feet apart.11 At each hill plant between six and eight seeds. As the seedlings germinate, remove all but the strongest two to three when the plants are approximately 4 inches tall. This will significantly improve your total yield.
Squash have an extensive root system that spreads broadly, but does not go deep. Mulching around your plants is critical, especially in hot climates, in order to keep the plants from drying out quickly. If squash are grown in overcrowded conditions, it promotes the development of mildew and other diseases. The plants need plenty of air circulation to reduce fungal growth.12
Early Native American farmers learned to grow squash, corn and beans together, using a symbiotic relationship called "The Three Sisters" approach. The corn was a natural trellis for the beans, while the bean roots naturally added nitrogen into the soil to nourish the corn. The vines would help to stabilize the corn on windy days.
The squash growing low to the ground would shelter the shallow roots of the corn plants, discourage weed growth and preserve moisture in the ground. The tradition of calling these crops "The Three Sisters" originated with the Iroquois who lived in regions around the Great Lakes in Northeastern U.S. and Canada.
All three are planted together in the same hill as it assists with drainage and avoids water flooding the roots, important in a region receiving abundant rainfall. In dry areas where rainfall is not abundant, the plants are separated with wide spacing to maximize limited amounts of water, allowing the vine plants to provide ground cover and "stack" the planting area to fill the space.13
If you choose to plant "The Three Sisters" together, they should be planted in the order of corn, beans and then squash to ensure they grow and mature together and not at the expense of another.14
Corn is planted first, followed by beans two to three weeks later when the corn is at least a few inches tall. Squash seeds can then be planted one week after the beans have emerged, as you don't want large squash leaves shading out young corn and bean seedlings before they've had time to establish.15
Other companion plants for squash that do well together are basil, catnip and other aromatic herbs. These can be planted on the borders around your squash patch or between the hills. The flowers from these aromatic herbs attract pollinators and the volatile oils deter squash bugs.16
Even when planted in composted soil, squash are heavy feeders and may require a side dressing of compost, composted manure or good organic fertilizer midseason.17 The plants grow consistently throughout the summer months and produce heavy amounts of fruit requiring a steady supply of water and food.
During dry hot weather, water your squash a good 1 to 1.5 inches each week to maintain the plants. Once the plant begins flowering and fruiting you may consider drip irrigation to reduce the potential for fungal diseases like powdery mildew. If you use overhead sprinkling, do it early in the day so the foliage has time to dry before evening.18
Watch for signs of diseases or pests and intervene as quickly as possible to prevent more severe problems from developing. Cut back leaves toward the center of the plant overshadowed by larger leaves, as the older leaves will pick up powdery mildew and spread it later in the season. If you see fuzzy leaves with powdery mildew, cut off them off where they join the main stem.
Powdery mildew doesn't usually affect yields but may spread quickly. If you're growing winter squash consider burying a few nodes where the side vines branch away from the main vine throughout the growing season. This encourages rooting from the node so you won't lose the whole plant if the main vine is severed by pests, or if the roots are eaten by gophers.19
If you see a sudden, severe wilting of an entire plant, it's often the sign of gopher damage, especially in the western states. You may be able to discourage gophers by lining the beds with wire mesh. Squash can also be attacked by spotted or striped cucumber beetles, squash bugs and squash borers.
Adult beetles and nymphs bore holes in the leaves and a heavy infestation of any of these pests may reduce the number of fruit from the plant. Squash borers are the larvae of orange moths that burrow into the stems of the squash. Follow the vine back to the nearest healthy leaf and look for chewed up stem shavings to locate the borers tunnel.
You can dig the borers out of the vine with a pocket knife. Bury the damaged area of the vine under soil or mulch and water it. The plant may develop roots from the wound. It is important to clear the debris left in the ground in the fall to reduce infestation of vine borers the following year, as they can overwinter in the dead stems.20
As demonstrated in the video above, cut your summer and winter squash at an angle with the open area facing the ground. This helps reduce moisture buildup in the stem left on the plant and the potential for disease. Once harvested, summer squash should be used within a couple of days for the best taste, but can last up to a week in the refrigerator.
Winter squash can be stored and used much longer. After fall harvest you can keep the garden-fresh flavor buy curing your squash and preparing it for long-term storage.21 During the curing process, winter squash is stored at a warm temperature with good circulation for approximately 10 to 14 days. This helps remove excess water, slows the fruits respiration rate and helps reduce the chance of rot.
Look for blemishes on the fruit. If the skin is broken or bruised the squash will not store well.22 Maintain 2- to 3-inch-long stems for the best results. Keep your squash dry and don't handle or harvest wet fruit.
The length of storage for the fruit will vary depending upon the type of squash you harvest. Acorn squash stores well for up to four weeks, spaghetti squash for up to five weeks and butternut squash for up to six months. You'll get the best results when the squash are stored in a cool dry area, between 50 and 55 degrees Fahrenheit with a relative humidity between 60 and 70 percent.
Squash have a very rich nutritional profile containing a variety of nutrients, vitamins and minerals responsible for providing an impressive number of health benefits. The rich orange color is a hint to the high amount of beta-carotene, contributing to the health benefits to the fruit. Also included in the list of nutrients are:23
The nutrients found in squash contribute to an impressive number of health benefits, including:
• Help for eye and skin health — Vitamin A is an essential nutrient responsible for protecting your eyes and skin from cellular damage.
• Aid in wound healing and skin health — High levels of vitamin C are important for collagen production, vital in wound healing and skin repair. According to the Journal of Investigative Dermatology,24 vitamin A may help prevent skin damage caused by ultraviolet light (photoaging).
• Fighting free radicals — As a good source of antioxidants, squash may protect you from oxidative stress and damage.
• Building strong bones — A total of 46 milligrams of calcium are found in a cup of acorn squash,25 which may help build strong bones.26
• Protecting heart health — The levels of magnesium and potassium form an effective line of defense against cardiovascular disease, including helping to regulate blood pressure.27
• Protecting digestive health — A single-cup serving of acorn squash contains 2.1 grams of dietary fiber.28 This can help promote digestive health by adding bulk to your stools, thereby promoting regular waste elimination. As a result, the risk for common digestive problems such as constipation and diarrhea are reduced.29
• Helping regulate metabolism — A good source of B-complex vitamins essential in metabolic activity. Certain types of squash also contain high amounts of pectin, a dietary fiber helpful in regulating blood sugar.
• Helping to reduce inflammation — Studies using squash have found a link to reducing gastric and duodenal ulcers, and to general anti-inflammatory effects in the cardiovascular system.30
• Preventing infection — The seeds have antimicrobial,31 and antifungal activity32 in the body.
Squash are a favorite fall addition. They add depth and flavor to your dishes and a powerful nutrient-dense punch to your health plan. The seeds provide fiber and unsaturated fatty acids with protein, mineral and vitamins. They can be added to your salad or packed as an afternoon snack.
To bake your own, separate the seeds from the squash, spread them on a baking sheet and toast lightly at 160 to 170 degrees F for 15 to 20 minutes. The low temperature decreases damage to healthy oils like linoleic acid (polyunsaturated omega-6 fatty acid) and oleic acid — the same nonhydrogenated substance found in olive oil.
Hazelnut Squash Soup
• 1 1/2 cups mashed cooked acorn squash
• 1 cup finely chopped hazelnuts
• 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
• 1 quart chicken or vegetable stock
• Salt, to taste
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 2 tablespoons sherry (optional)
• 1 teaspoon white miso
1. Combine squash, hazelnuts, onion and stock in saucepan. Bring to a boil; cover and simmer 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
2. Stir in salt to taste, pepper, sherry and miso.
3. Puree mixture in a food processor and spoon into dishes.
4. Garnish with sour cream if desired.
Note: Hazelnuts are also known as filberts.
Spicy Roasted Butternut Squash Recipe
• 1 butternut squash
• 1 tablespoon coconut oil
• 1 1/2 teaspoons red pepper flakes, or to taste
• Pinch of salt
• 1 teaspoon curry powder
• Fresh thyme (optional)
1. Heat the oven to 375 F.
2. Cut the butternut squash in half and remove the seeds.
3. Combine the coconut oil, red pepper flakes, salt, curry powder and thyme.
4. Rub the mixture on the squash.
5. Place the sliced squash face up on a baking sheet and bake for 30 minutes or until soft.
6. Scoop out the insides of the squash into a bowl and mix.
Note: If you have time, you can peel the squash and cut it into cubes to save time when cooking.
1 Encyclopedia Britannica, Squash
2, 4 Everyday Mysteries, How Did Squash Get It's Name
3 The Spruce Eats, All About Squash
5 USDA Vegetables 2017 Summary, February 2018
6 AgMRC Agricultural Marketing Resource Center
7 Tons of Facts, March 17, 2018
8, 9, 12, 16, 18, 19, 20 Grow it Organically, How to Grow Squash
10, 17 Gardening Know How, Tips for Growing Squash
11 Bonnie Plants, Planting Squash Step-by-Step
13 Grow Veg, December 10, 2015
14 Heirloom Gardener, Ancient Companion Planting
15 Native Seeds, How to Grow a Three Sisters Garden
21, 22 Bonnie Plants, How to Store Winter Squash
23, 27 Organic Facts, May 11, 2018
24 The Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 2000; 114(3):480
25, 28 United States Department of Agriculture, 11482, Squash, Winter, Acorn, Raw
26 Harvard Health Publishing, Two Keys to Strong Bones
29 University of Michigan, High Fiber Diet
30 Medical News Today, May 18, 2017
31 Journal of Food Science, 2015; 52(2)
32 Southern Illinois University, 2009;6
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Maynooth University is working to develop the first publicly accessible 'gender equality dashboard,' which will allow users to compare the composition of staff and students across third-level institutions.
MU's Athena SWAN Committee is working closely with the All-Island Research Observatory (AIRO) at the University to develop an interactive system that will allow users to monitor progress by third-level institutions in tackling gender equality, based on data from the Higher Education Authority. It is expected to be launched in early 2019.
Maynooth University was today officially presented with the internationally recognised Athena SWAN Bronze Award by the Minister of State for Higher Education, Mary Mitchell O'Connor, TD. The Athena SWAN Awards in Higher Education recognise work in advancing gender equality for women in academia, and in promoting diversity and inclusion for staff and students in third-level institutions.
Maynooth University was the first institution in Ireland to apply for and receive the Athena SWAN Bronze Award under the expanded Athena SWAN Charter. The expanded Charter recognises work undertaken in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences disciplines, as well as STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine).
Maynooth is also the first Irish institution to incorporate 'intersectionality' as part of its Athena SWAN application, taking into account factors that can overlap with gender inequality, such as race and ethnicity.
President of Maynooth University, Professor Philip Nolan, said: "This award is a welcome recognition of Maynooth University's collective commitment to advancing gender equality and represents a key milestone for us.
"Our approach to gender equality is grounded in a wider strategic goal to be a model university of equality, diversity and inclusion. We are proactively improving the position of women at every level and in all parts of our institution, including some initiatives which we hope will serve as models of best practice," Prof Nolan said.
Maynooth University's gender equality dashboard is one of 57 actions in its Gender Action Plan for 2018-2021, which was a cornerstone of Athena SWAN application for a Bronze Award. The Action Plan is underpinned by the University's recently renewed Equality and Diversity Policy.
The action plan includes the appointment of a Vice-President for Equality, Diversity and Interculturalism; a Gender Identity and Expression Policy for transgender and gender diverse staff and students; and other strategies to address the under-representation of women in different disciplines and grades within the University.
A Vice-President for Equality, Diversity and Interculturalism to be appointed shortly, following completion of applications process in October. The successful nominee will be a member of the University Executive.
Maynooth's Gender Identity and Expression Policy for transgender and gender diverse staff and students to be published in early 2019.
The Department of Biology will this month submit its first application for an Athena SWAN Bronze Department Award. Other departments/schools have already committed to applying in later rounds (Geography, Business, both in 2019, and Law, Chemistry, Experimental Physics).
Athena SWAN accreditation is awarded by the Equality Challenge Unit (ECU) recently reconstituted as Advance HE). The Maynooth University Athena SWAN Bronze Institution Award Application was prepared by the University's Self-Assessment Team and chaired by Professor Linda Connolly, Director of the Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute. Professor Connolly was assisted in this role by Athena SWAN Project Officer Claire McGing.
The original Athena SWAN Charter was established in 2005 to encourage and recognise institutional commitment to advancing the careers of women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths and Medicine (STEMM) in both higher education and research. In 2015, the Charter was expanded to recognise work done in Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Business and Law; in professional and support roles; in work that considers intersectionality; and efforts to support transgender and gender diverse staff and student populations.
Is i gcomhar leis an Ionad Breathnaithe um Thaighde Uile-Éireann (AIRO) atá an córas idirghníomhach á fhorbairt in Ollscoil Mhá Nuad agus tabharfaidh sé an deis dá chuid úsáideoirí measúnú a dhéanamh ar an dul chun cinn atá déanta ag institiúidí tríú leibhéal agus iad ag tabhairt faoi chomhionannas inscne a bhaint amach. Tiocfaidh na sonraí ón Údarás um Ard-Oideachas. Is é an sprioc ná go seolfar an córas idirghníomhach go luath sa bhliain 2019.
Bhí Gradam Cré-Umha Athena SWAN, a bhfuil aitheantas idirnáisiúnta bainte amach aige, bronnta go hoifigiúil ar Ollscoil Mhá Nuad ag an Aire Stáit don Ardoideachas, Máire Mistéil Ní Chonchubhair, TD inniu. Tugann Gradaim Athena SWAN san Ard-Oideachas aitheantas d'obair a dhéantar chun comhionannas inscne do mhná sa saol acadúil agus éagsúlacht agus ionclúideadh do bhaill foirne agus do mhic léinn in institiúidí tríú leibhéal a chur chun cinn.
Is í Ollscoil Mhá Nuad an chéad institiúid in Éirinn chun cur isteach ar Ghradam Cré-Umha Athena SWAN mar atá sé forbartha faoi Chairt Athena SWAN agus is í Ollscoil Mhá Nuad an chéad institiúid in Éirinn chun an gradam céanna a bhaint amach freisin.
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Is í Ollscoil Mhá Nuad an chéad institiúid in Éirinn chun 'trasnachas' a ionchorprú mar chuid den iarratas Athena SWAN agus chun aird a thabhairt ar thosca a thagann trasna ar chomhionannas inscne, mar aon le cine agus eitneacht.
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El Templo de las Máscaras, también llamado Templo de la Luna"o Templo II, es un templo funerario-ceremonial construido en el 700 d. C. por la civilización maya. Se encuentra en la ciudad más grande del período maya-clásico-tardío, Tikal, situada en la región de Petén, Guatemala.

Historia
El templo fue construido bajo el mandato del gobernante maya Hasaw Cha'an Kawil también conocido como Ah Cacao y sirvió de monumento a su esposa Señora 12 Guacamaya, cuyo retrato se plasmaba en un dintel de la parte superior del templo (dintel que se conserva en el Museo de Historia Natural de Nueva York). El templo se utilizaba para diversas ceremonias rituales. Se denomina «Templo de las Máscaras» debido a las dos máscaras que flanquean la escalera central. No ha sido hallada en su interior ninguna tumba o enterramiento.

Redescubrimiento

Aparentemente la población de la región nunca se olvidó de Tikal y, en la década de 1840, guiaron expediciones guatemaltecas a las ruinas. Algunos relatos de segunda o tercera mano de Tikal aparecieron en prensa, a partir del siglo  y fueron seguidos por los escritos de John Lloyd Stephens, en el siglo , quien durante sus viajes en Guatemala y Yucatán entre 1839 y 1840 junto con el ilustrador Frederick Catherwood escuchó rumores de una ciudad perdida, con edificios blancos, cuyas partes superiores dominaban la selva.

Debido a la lejanía del sitio, ningún explorador visitó las ruinas de Tikal hasta que Modesto Méndez y Ambrosio Tut, respectivamente el corregidor y el gobernador de Petén, las visitaron en 1848, junto con Vicente Díaz, Bernabé Castellanos y el maestro Eusebio Lara, quien los acompañó, para elaborar las primeras ilustraciones de los monumentos.  En el último párrafo del informe que remitió al gobierno de Carrera, escribió: «Yo debo de cumplir con mi deber, pues me sería sensible que otros curiosos extranjeros vengan a dar publicidad a todos los objetos que estoy viendo y palpando. Vengan en hora buena esos viajeros con mayores posibilidades y facultades intelectuales, hagan excavaciones al pie de las estatuas, rompan los palacios y saquen las curiosidades y tesoros que no podrán llevar, jamás, sin el debido permiso; pero nunca podrán nulificar, ni eclipsar el lugar que me corresponde, al haber sido el primero en descubrir estas ruinas; sin gravar los fondos públicos, les abrí camino, y tuve el honor de comunicar al supremo gobierno de la república, cuanto interesante y superior se encuentra en la capital de este imperio; sin miras de interés personal o particular, únicamente satisfecho y persuadido que mi persona y cortos bienes pertenecen a la patria, al gobierno y a mis hijos».

En 1853, tras la publicación del diario de Méndez en la Gaceta de Guatemala, se dio a conocer el redescubrimiento a la comunidad científica, mediante una publicación de la Academia de Ciencias de Berlín.>

A finales del siglo  y principios del siglo , varias otras expediciones siguieron, para profundizar las investigaciones, incluyendo la expedición de Alfred P. Maudslay en 1881-82 y los arqueólogos pioneros comenzaron a limpiar, dibujar mapas y registrar las ruinas, en la década de 1880.

En 1951, una pequeña pista de aterrizaje fue construida cerca de las ruinas, a las que previamente sólo se podía acceder tras un viaje de varios días por la selva, a pie, o en mulas.

Arquitectura
 Ubicación: Situado al oeste en la Gran Plaza de Tikal.
 Altura: 38 metros
 Forma: piramidal, con 4 terrazas o plataformas, una escalera que recorre desde la base hasta la cima y escaleras de servicio en los laterales.
 Tres estancias en el santuario superior.
 En la decoración exterior destacan estelas con altares.

Conservación

Su estado de conservación es bueno, y está restaurado parcialmente, lo cual se realizó principalmente, durante la década de 1960 por parte del Museo de la Universidad de Pensilvania, por lo que es posible acceder hasta la crestería del templo por unas pasarelas de madera y desde allí contemplar el Templo del Gran Jaguar y las acrópolis central y norte.

En 1956, el proyecto Tikal comenzó a dibujar mapas de la ciudad, en una escala nunca antes vista en la región maya.  De 1956, a 1970, excavaciones arqueológicas importantes fueron realizadas por el Proyecto Tikal de la Universidad de Pensilvania; levantaron mapas de la mayor parte del sitio y excavaron y restauraron varias estructuras. De 1957 a 1969, las excavaciones dirigidas por Edwin M. Shook y más tarde por William R. Coe, de la Universidad de Pensilvania; los trabajos se enfocaron en la Acrópolis Norte y la Plaza Central.

Véase también

 Templo de la Serpiente Bicéfala
 Templo del Gran Jaguar
 Templo de Rosalila
 Templo del Gran Sacerdote
 maya

Notas y referencias

Referencias

Bibliografía

Enlaces externos

 Guatelinda.com Galería de Tikal y otros lugares.
 Gobierno de Guatemala.
 Instituto Guatemalteco de Turismo.

Véase también
 Parque nacional Tikal

Tikal
Arquitectura maya
Pirámides de Guatemala

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Theta Alpha Kappa publishes a refereed, scholarly journal titled the Journal of Theta Alpha Kappa, with two issues appearing each year. This journal exists primarily to honor and disseminate student academic work in religious studies or theology, as exemplified by the Albert Clark Awards for both undergraduate and graduate papers.
The journal editor receives submissions for possible publication on an on-going basis—whether or not in competition for the Clark Awards, and whether or not from current students.
While submissions for possible publication are preferred from TAK members or students and faculty of institutions with chapters, other types of submissions may be entertained.
The ALBERT CLARK AWARDS are given for the best papers in religious studies or theology. The award consists of $200 each for the best undergraduate and best graduate papers. Winning essays are published in JTAK.
The Kathleen Connolly-Weinert Leader-of-the-Year Award is given annually to one of Theta Alpha Kappa's outstanding faculty advisors/chapter oderators. Nominations are received from individual members or chapters, and the winner is selected by the Board of Directors.
The National Dean's List is a national educational organization providing scholarships to worthy students and publishing an annual "who's who" volume listing students from a number of national honor societies (including Theta Alpha Kappa) who have been honored with induction. Theta Alpha Kappa participates in this program in two ways: 1. It annually nominates all inducted students to be listed in the National Dean's List (NDL), and to be eligible for scholarship monies; and 2) it receives a special $100 grant annually from the NDL to use as it sees fit in honoring some particular student. In the latter case, Theta Alpha Kappa asks that its Kathleen Connolly-Weinert Leader- of-the-Year award winner select the student to receive this grant, and Theta Alpha Kappa grants that student the award.


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What Nixon Can Teach the GOP About Courting Black Voters
Call it pandering, but Nixon made an effort to win over African Americans. And it worked.
By THEODORE R. JOHNSON
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Perhaps the easiest tactic for today's Republican candidates to emulate is Nixon's reliance on black Republican advisers to help craft his message—men and women who held actual status and sway with black Americans. One JET ad cites Black Power Republican Floyd McKissick, who led the civil rights group the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and believed in economic self-sufficiency for black Americans, an intriguing overlap between the GOP and the Black Power movement. Nixon also brought black intellectuals into the fold, among them Senator Brooke and Robert J. Brown, a onetime race relations consultant to Robert F. Kennedy. Today's crop of candidates will need to choose nationally known and respected black surrogates who are capable of forging an organic connection with black communities, and not simply because they're black. They'd likely court the obvious choices—Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Michael Steele—but they could also get creative. For example, Republican Sheryl Underwood, a co-host on CBS' The Talk and former national president of the historically black sorority Zeta Phi Beta, would be electric as a spokesperson and can instantly connect with black audiences. So would emerging political stars like recent Illinois congressional candidate Erika Harold.
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Lastly, Nixon focused his message on what he considered the only segment of black voters that would be receptive to his message. In that sense, he had enough respect for the black electorate that he took care to learn its nuances and tailor his pitch to the bloc he thought he could win. "Nixon's approach was not a universal approach, but rather aimed at middle-class, college-educated African Americans" and those who aspired to be among them, as Rigueur writes in her analysis of the ads. The ads speak to all the trappings of the middle-class: good jobs, safe and prosperous communities, a solid education, homeownership—the tenets of the proverbial American Dream. Republican presidential candidates today can and should communicate the same, and, in so doing, proactively dispel the notions of those in the GOP who continue to associate blackness with dependence on government handouts, welfare, affirmative action and free benefits at the taxpayers' expense.
If these seems like simple suggestions, that's because they are. There are, after all, Republican policy solutions to black issues—yet this requires abandoning fainthearted, race-neutral proposals as a means to address race-specific systemic inequities. The core message Nixon's strategy conveys is that black Americans simply want the same things as most Americans; this is not an insignificant recognition.
On Election night 1968, the payoff from Nixon's strategy became clear. Just four years after Barry Goldwater only got 6 percent of the black vote—and with only 3 percent of black voters identifying as Republican in 1968, the lowest total since 1936—Nixon received 15 percent of their votes. For perspective, Mitt Romney earned only 6 percent, and John McCain, 4 percent.
Nearly as instructive as Nixon's courting of black voters was his ability to keep his conservative base motivated while doing it. Nixon's housing plan to rebuild largely black slums implied that African Americans would be kept away from white communities; the focus on economic self-sufficiency tacitly suggested to segregationists that their hard-earned tax dollars would not be used to take care of irresponsible black people; and Nixon's promises for black schools offered a portentous nod to the toxic politics of busing.
But Nixon's electoral success also offers a cautionary tale. For a time, Nixon's governing style matched his campaign. His first executive action established the Council on Urban Affairs, which set out to "present programs that attack the special problems of poor people, particularly minority groups." Nixon also established the White House Office of Minority Business Enterprise, instituted a forerunner to affirmative action called the Philadelphia Plan and appointed a number of black Republicans to his administration, effectively establishing a "Black Cabinet." But the rest of Nixon's presidency—and his infamous reelection strategy—would lay the groundwork for generations of damage to communities of color, beginning with his declaration of a war on drugs and uneven application of criminal justice.
The result: a near monolithic voting bloc of black Americans who vote routinely for Democrats, despite far more varied policy positions held by black Americans individually. The consensus would appear to be a lose-lose situation for people of color: a black vote taken for granted by one party and ignored by the other.
But this is cheap logic. As I've written elsewhere, black people, like anyone else, vote where their interests are. There's no reason Republicans can't deliver. "Republicans need to campaign everywhere—not just amongst Latinos, but amongst blacks" Jeb Bush said at a campaign stop last month. "It's not OK to not try. That's the difference." He's right. But trying requires more than just showing up with a standard stump speech; it should include tailored initiatives that specifically address black Americans' plight. Doubtless there will be political fallout if the Republican nominee of 2016 forces the party to pay serious attention to black voters; given Donald Trump's current grip on the "silent majority," the repercussions could be considerable. But whatever—or whoever—the GOP sheds in such a process, the party will have gained far more: a strategy that is vibrant, inclusive, expansive—and built to last.
Basic demographic trends dictate that minority voters are indispensable, on track to become the political majority this century. Republicans certainly don't have to like it. If nothing else, that is Nixon's primary lesson. He showed that the cold, electoral calculus of self-interest can prove an unlikely sword against racial intolerance. The tale of two Nixons, then, is one that Republicans can take with them as they march into the upcoming election. The Nixon of '68 would breathe new life into the party. The Nixon of '72 would force the party to resign, once more, in failure.
Theodore R. Johnson is a public policy doctoral candidate at Northeastern University and former White House fellow.
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I often get asked how my dad came up with his pen name Nicholas Rhea
A question I am often asked is how my father came up with the pen name Nicholas Rhea. I respond that Nicholas is after the Martyr of the Moors, Father Nicholas Postgate, and Rhea was his mother's family name. I'm so used to it that I tend to forget that he was writing for many years under alternative pseudonyms before he began to use Nicholas Rhea.
I'm sure Dad was asked the same question frequently, as demonstrated by a reader letter that I found in a folder in which Dad kept all his columns and reader correspondence from 1981. For the first time, I read Dad's own words in the copy of his reply which confirmed the back story of his most famous pseudonym. He provides a little more history too, which I'd like to share here.
My dad writes: "I use the name Rhea because it is my maternal grandfather's surname. Nicholas is taken from the martyr, Nicholas Postgate, who worked in the Egton Bridge/Glaisdale areas of Eskdale where I was born. I have been trying to trace the origin of the Rhea family, and it possibly comes from a cousin of the Duke of Argyll's who fled from Scotland to Ireland in the fifteenth century in disgrace, and adopted the surname Rhea before marrying in Derry Cathedral. There is a Kyle Rhea on the West Coast of Scotland but I cannot find any trace in Scotland today – maybe the Campbells/Argylls do not wish their past to be known?"
He then goes on to explain why he uses pseudonyms: "I use the name because I have lots of other books published either as Peter N. Walker, or as Christopher Coram, and wanted a different name for a different sort of book (he was talking about his Constable series)…I also write a regular column as Nicholas Rhea in the Police Review, so the name is getting known!"
He couldn't have realised back then that Nicholas Rhea would become the most well-known name he adopted, thanks to the success of his Constable books and subsequently of course, Heartbeat. In fact in one of his replies composed later in the year (September 1981) he writes: "Thank you for your interest in my Constable books…You might be interested to know that Yorkshire Television is to make a 13-part series based on those books. It might be two years or so before it gets onto the screen, but I understand it will be a sort of James Herriot of the police force, set in the North York Moors area."
Little did Dad know, but it would be a full 11 years before the first episode of Heartbeat would make it to the TV screen. Further into the 1980s, Dad would drop all of his other pen names (which also included Andrew Arncliffe, Tom Ferris and James Ferguson) and for the rest of his writing life, would stick to Nicholas Rhea and Peter Walker.
I did notice that although most of the correspondence in the file came from the north east, he did get some letters from other parts of the country, including Nottinghamshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey. I too get correspondence from various parts of the country, and thanks to having an online presence (www.countrymansdaughter.com) I am able to receive messages from just about anywhere in the world. Only this week I had a note from Gerry Jonsson in Canada who asked if Dad knew Alf White, who of course wrote under the very famous pseudonym of James Herriot.
I replied that they did know each other and Herriot's success likely inspired my dad to keep trying to get his Constable books published. He first had the idea for a humorous book based on the life of a rural bobby back in 1969 but his agent turned it down saying there was no call for Yorkshire humour. When Alf White told him about an idea he had for a humorous book based the life of a rural vet, Dad passed on this sage piece of wisdom about Yorkshire humour. Obviously, Alf ignored it and went on to achieve huge success. It was another 10 years before Dad's first Constable book was finally published and Heartbeat landed on TV in 1992.
So it proves that if you truly believe in something, you should never give up! I wish you all a very happy New Year.
This column appeared in the Darlington & Stockton Times on 31st and the Gazette & Herald on 29th December 2021
Author The Countryman's DaughterPosted on January 2, 2022 Tags Alf white, alf wight, james herriot, Nichola Rhea, pseudonyms
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Q: Ruby on Rails app on Heroku file upload not working I'm new to Rails and Heroku as well.
Following tutorials I succeed to upload my app to Heroku.
My app is enable us to upload csv file to uploads folder in public.
So I can upload file in heroku deployed app and show table as I want.
But after 30 mins or so those files are removed automatically and showing error that no such file in public/uploads folder.
It is properly working on my local which is using sqlite3.
But heroku want to use psql for production mode so I changed production mode to use psql.
So if I upload csv file then it is stored in 'public/uploads' folder.
I think heroku app is automatically update to github repo even I didn't execute 'git push heroku master' command.
In my local repository files are stored but they are run on development mode.
How can I make upload functionality fully working?
Any help would be appreciate.

A: Ephemeral filesystem is just the way heroku works, as explained in the article - uploaded files will be removed when the instance is restarted.
What you should do is to upload those files for example to S3 (https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/s3), you can achieve this with CarrierWave gem with Fog gem but there are other possibilities as explained in this thread here: https://www.reddit.com/r/rails/comments/2k9sq4/heroku_any_files_you_upload_will_not_be_saved/

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Any ideas for Hotel English?
Hi, I'm preparing an English communication program for hotel employees and I want to offer them something unique. For example, we have been running a review of their websites so they might be able to attract more English speaking guests and customers.
Do you have any additional suggestions?
Re: Any ideas for Hotel English?
For example, we have been running a review of their websites so they might be able to attract more English speaking guests and customers.
im confused, how is that going to help them speak better English.
Anyway, i teach in the tourism department at a college and a few of my classes are hotel classes.
this semester i am using First Class: English For Tourism. its ok, though not entirely about hotel language. it really focuses on using polite/formal speech so if thats your focus, it'd be really good for that.
for hotel students its good to be aware of language that is used outside of the hotel like at the airport and restaurant because guest will usually be asking questions about those things as well.
that being said, i haven't found a book im completely satisfied with that strictly deals with hotel language.
Well, Eric those people are not just 'students' or 'pupils' in the conventional sense of the word. They are business people who are trying to attract more English speaking guests. If you run a hotel or any tourist oriented business, you can only grow and spend money on 'English classes' if you actually are able to attract this target market. So why not provide them with tools and ideas in this area too?
I'm teaching ESP (Hotel and Turism industry) for Teens, my students are between 16 to 24 years old. I pick up somethings from Higly Recomended (OUP) and may I help you? (Longman).
I ca'nt ask my students to buy the book, becouse it's a project for Public School students.
If someone has new ideasn and some worksheets, os games with the Hotel and Turism vocabulary please tell me!
Hi. I'm teaching English for tourism at a college in China, and for my students the biggest issues is getting them to actually use the language they already know. I've found that roleplays are a good way to get them to speak. I try to bring conflict into them, too, both to give them an increased amount of language practice (things end too quickly if you just agree) and to give them practice with different types of emotional intonation.
I've just started podcasting about my class (ESL etc.) and I've got some materials up at that site as well. I don't have a relevant textbook - we're using a very mediocre Chinese book called Challenge to Speak.
I've been trying to take a task-based approach - focusing on having students practice using the language they will actually need in their jobs, roleplaying situations, etc. I'm new to English for tourism, though, and I'm sure I'll figure more stuff out as I go.
ESL etc. - Bringing global issues and activism into language teaching.
You could also review the signage in the hotels. Travelling around Asia, I've seen some awful even bizarre signs even in four star hotels.
I like that idea. I just went to a national park with my students and found the signs very entertaining. I took pictures of a bunch of them so that I can talk about them in class next week.
[I've found that roleplays are a good way to get them to speak.
I agree. Role plays are the best way to make people speak. in this areas it won't be difficult to make some.
I am also teaching hotel English, and would love some advice. In addition, I am a PhD researching interested in doing my research on hotels in Beijing in September. So, if any of you out there are in Beijing, let me know! I would love to meet up, hear about your experiences, and share some lesson plans!
I am the author of Be My Guest, English for the hotel industry, published by Cambridge University Press in 2002.
It has proved to be very successful, worldwide. It is for false beginner to pre-intermediate students and those in service already, and every word in it is one a student/hotel worker will need to say, hear, read or write in his or her hotel work. It is very job oriented.
author of Be My Guest, English for the hotel industry.
How's it going with your program? I must do the same for Asian staff. Any advice you can give me?
It sounds like a good book to use but I can't open the link.
Hiya, I need a bit of help as well. I have been asked to do an English course for a hotel in France where I live. I don't actually teach english yet but they have specifically asked if I can do it as they want an english native!! Easier said than done when you aren't sure of what you're supposed to do. Basically, I know they want 25 hours of training, including general receptionnist tasks, emails, telephone calls, directions etc. Can anyone tell me the right way to make up a 25 hour lesson plan to present to them - what info do I need to put into it etc ie objectives, target language. I have just started a TEFL course as living in France, my english is a big bonus. However, I don't yet know how to organise a course plan and in what order to do things. Any help much appreciated.
In the Penguin Books 'Test your Business English' series there is a hotel and catering edition by Alison Pohl, which I highly recommend. It's got all the vocab they will need and lots of activities such as crosswords etc.
In addition throw in lots of dynamic activities. Hospitality offers numerous opportunities for role plays, telephone activities and so on.
I'm sure you could also find some fun things to do with a few episodes of 'Fawlty Towers'.
Are there any new ideas for teaching in the tourism industry since the last posting in May of 09?
Hi, I'm preparing to teach English for tourism, especially English for restaurant staff, My Centre forces me to give them the outline of the lesson plans and phases or steps to teach English before I have class. You know, The waiter or watress has to be good communication in English at work so I have to try train them how to communicate well in specific situations. I love your ideas in this forum. I'd like to have some more suggestion from all of you. I am going to apply the task - based language teaching for my class.
What if you got copies of real menus and then had students do role plays? Or you can make your own menus. In the role play, you can add problems so that the students have to resolve the problems (real life is the same).
Hi, need help from all of you.
Thank you Bread Baker, I am going to use pair and group work in my teaching. I also device the content into 2 parts - basic structures and vocabulary; and specifics ( topics ralated to restaurant industries).


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IRAN and the UNITED STATEs
More threats
Mercredi 6 juin 2007, par Gareth Porter
After revelations of a US administration policy to hold Iran responsible for any al-Qaeda attack on the United States that could be portrayed as planned on Iranian soil, former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski warned last week that Washington might use such an incident as a pretext to bomb Iran. Brzezinski, the national security adviser to president Jimmy Carter from 1977 through 1980 and the most senior Democratic Party figure on national-security policy, told a private meeting sponsored by the non-partisan Committee for the Republic in
Washington on May 30 that an al-Qaeda terrorist attack in the US intended to provoke war between the United States and Iran was a possibility that must be taken seriously, and that the administration of President George W Bush might accuse Iran of responsibility for such an attack and use it to justify carrying out an attack on Iran.
Brzezinski suggested that new constraints are needed on presidential war powers to reduce the risk of a war against Iran based on such a false pretense. Such constraints, Brzezinski said, should not prevent the president from using force in response to an attack on the US, but should make it more difficult to carry out an attack without adequate justification.
Brzezinski's warning came a few weeks after the publication in April of former Central Intelligence Agency director George Tenet's memoirs, which revealed that CIA officials had told Iranian officials in a face-to-face meeting that the Bush administration would hold Iran responsible for any al-Qaeda attack on the US that was planned from Iranian territory.
The administration has made persistent claims over the past five years that Iran has harbored al-Qaeda operatives who had fled from Afghanistan and that they had participated in planning terrorist actions - claims that were not supported by intelligence analysts.
Pentagon officials leaked information to the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) in May 2003 that they had "evidence" that al-Qaeda leaders who had found "safe haven" in Iran had planned and directed terrorist operations in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere. Then-secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld also encouraged that inference when he declared on May 29, 2003, that Iran had "permitted senior al-Qaeda officials to operate in their country".
The leak and public statement allowed the media and their audiences to infer that the "safe haven" had been deliberately provided by Iranian authorities.
But most US intelligence analysts specializing on the Persian Gulf believed that the al-Qaeda officials in Iran who were still communicating with operatives elsewhere were in hiding rather than under arrest. Paul Pillar, former national intelligence officer for Near East and South Asia, told Inter Press Service in an interview last year that the "general impression" was that the al-Qaeda operatives were not in Iran with the complicity of the Iranian authorities.
Former CIA analyst Ken Pollock, who was a Persian Gulf specialist on the National Security Council (NSC) staff in 2001, wrote in The Persian Puzzle, "These al-Qaeda leaders apparently were operating in eastern Iran, which is a bit like the Wild West." He added, pointedly, "It was not as if these al-Qaeda leaders had been under lock and key in Evin prison in Tehran and were allowed to make phone calls to set up the attacks."
Although most elements in the Bush administration appear to oppose military action against Iran, Vice President Dick Cheney has reportedly advocated that course. He has also continued to raise the issue of al-Qaeda officials in Iran.
Cheney told Fox News in an interview on May 14, "We are confident that there are a number of senior al-Qaeda officials in Iran, that they've been there since the spring of 2003. About the time that we launched operations into Iraq [2003], the Iranians rounded up a number of al-Qaeda individuals and placed them under house arrest."
Cheney did not say that the al-Qaeda officials who were communicating with other operatives outside Iran were under house arrest.
As recently as February, Bush administration officials were preparing to accuse Tehran publicly of cooperating with and harboring al-Qaeda suspects as part of the administration's strategy for pushing for stronger United Nations sanctions against Iran. The strategy of portraying Iran as having links with al-Qaeda was being pushed by an unidentified Bush adviser who had been "instrumental in coming up with a more confrontational US approach to Iran", according to a report by the Washington Post's Dafna Linzer on February 10.
As Linzer revealed, the neo-conservative faction in the administration was still pushing to link Iran with al-Qaeda despite the fact that a CIA report in February had reported the arrest by Iranian authorities of two more al-Qaeda operatives trying to make their way through Iran from Pakistan to Iran.
The danger of an al-Qaeda effort to disguise an attack on the US as coming from Iran was raised in an article in Foreign Affairs published in late April by former NSC adviser and counter-terrorism expert Bruce Reidel.
In the article, Reidel wrote that Osama bin Laden may have plans for "triggering an all-out war between the United States and Iran", referring to evidence that al-Qaeda in Iraq now considers Iranian influence in Iraq "an even greater problem than the US occupation".
"The biggest danger," Reidel wrote, "is that al-Qaeda will deliberately provoke a war with a 'false-flag' operation, say, a terrorist attack carried out in a way that would make it appear as though it were Iran's doing."
In a briefing for reporters about the article, Reidel said al-Qaeda officials have "openly talked about the advisability of getting their two great enemies to go to war with each other", hoping that they would "take each other out".
Reidel, now a senior fellow with the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, was one of the leading specialists on al-Qaeda and terrorism, having served in the 1990s as national intelligence officer, assistant secretary of defense and NSC specialist for Near East and South Asia up to January 2002.
Supporting the warnings by Brzezinski and Reidel about an al-Qaeda "false-flag" terrorist attack is a captured al-Qaeda document found last year in a hideout of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq. The document, translated and released by Iraqi National Security Adviser Mouwafek al-Rubaie, said, "The best solution in order to get out of this crisis is to involve the US forces in waging a war against another country or any hostile groups."
The document, the author of which was not specified, explained, "We mean specifically attempting to escalate tension between America and Iran, and America and the Shi'ites in Iraq."
Gareth Porter is a historian and national-security policy analyst. His latest book, Perils of Dominance : Imbalance of Power and the Road to War in Vietnam, was published in June 2005.
(Inter Press Service)


On his way to join DC United , no where near the player he was , the football brain is still there , the body isn't unfortunately .
Wayne played for my club Everton , at 16 the street footballing kid was released onto the Premier League pitches and proceeded to terrorise defences , we had never seen anything like it , he reminded me of the young Mike Tyson , rough , tough and super talented . At the 2004 Euro Championships Rooney now 18 was sensational but he was callously nobbled and with it England's chance of winning. After the tournament Everton agreed to a huge fee from Man Utd , very disappointing but inevitable.
Wayne Rooney has had awful press in his career , a lot justified , you can take the kid out of the ghetto kid you can't always take the ghetto out of the kid, but he went on to be Man Utd and England's all time goalscorer a great achievement as he hardly played as a striker , he won everything in club football. He may have played for Manchester Utd but he was still an Everton supporter , his kids were brought up as Evertonians and his return to Everton last season should have been a two or three year swansong but the club was in turmoil and it wasn't to be.
So go west Wayne and give 'em what you got left , all the best.
You mentioned how Rooney's transfer to Man U was inevitable. I've always wondered how fans of the lesser known teams deal with knowing any time they have a good player, they will be sold to one of the giants within a few years. Does it make it harder to remain a loyal fan to a team like Everton?
Not at all , it's in the blood , it no longer need happen as the TV money has made all the Prem teams rich these last couple of years. Now players move for a bigger wage and are pushed by their agents who get an obscene cut , Pogba's agent got 40 million plus .
Does anyone over there care at all about MLS? Im just wondering if bringing these older stars is helping to get any international interest.
I read an article about how the MLS strategy of getting washed up stars while bringing in temporary attendance is long-term unwise and i buy that.
Does anyone over there care at all about MLS?
There is no media coverage at all , its not a case of caring we are just oblivious of the MLS , time zones don't help . There will no doubt be a few bulletins about Rooney as we had with David Beckham .
Maybe the better question is do you think people would have any interest in seeing these older "stars" play. Im more just trying to figure out if what MLS is doing makes any sense. I personally think that they should be going after younger players from Latin/South America.
The old big name players coming from outside are purely to increase attendances , to move the MLS forward and get international interest they must apply for inclusion in the Copa Libertadores or whatever the top Mexican / Central american club sides compete in . The European leagues are all geared to getting into the following years European Champions League. The MLS winner/runners-up competing outside the MLS in a Champions League equivalent * would be a huge boost to the game in the States and surely attract younger players from around the world.
* I'm presuming this is not the case at the moment ?
They have one for CONCACAF, which includes Mexico and all of the Central American countries, but not South America.
Not a lot more than they can do then really , I believe the schools are playing more soccer , the leagues are increasing , just got to catch up with the other three major team sports.
I think we'll see this happen during the back end of our lifetimes.
American Football, while a great game, has inherent injury risks that cannot be mitigated without significantly altering the nature of that game. By extension, youth American Football and school-sponsored programs will have to either change the game, or face insane liability insurance costs in the future. Fewer and fewer parents [to include former American football players] want to see their kids have premature neurological issues as a result of playing American football.
By extension, I'd imagine that the other team sports [Baseball, Basketball, Soccer] will have more kids participating who once played American Football in the past.
How old of an article is that? If it's a recent article then it seems like a lazy article.
That may have been true in the mid 2000s through the the Beckham area but not really true anymore. Teams have figured out which players still have something left in the tank and which players are done and looking for an easy paycheck.
Last year everyone thought John Terry was MLS bound and no team wanted him. Steven Garrard was a bad signing but it's nowhere near the levels from years ago. And MLS fans aren't that dumb anymore.
Chicago Fire should have bought him , Wayne might have become a Sox fan .
I think MLS is finding a better balance of getting the older stars and some young up and coming talent. Atlanta is loaded with South American studs in the front half of their 20s. Meanwhile, Zlatan has been terrific on the field and Rooney did this.
I think it's important to do both, even at this stage of MLS. Maybe another player can make the play Rooney did on this play, but it's only getting a fraction of the attention if it's not Wayne Rooney. Get a big name star, make sure he has something left in the tank, and get the younger players around him. Getting those guys is like having a multiplier on your marketing. MLS isn't established enough (even 20+ years in) to turn that kind of stuff down.
There's still a lot of things that frustrate me with MLS (mostly the complicated cap structure), but I don't think bringing in guys like Schweinsteiger, Zlatan and Rooney is a problem. Just do the rest of the roster better and it's not a problem.
The concussion issue has changed soccer as well. Most youth leagues have eliminated headers because the concussion incidence in youth soccer was second only to football. This has dramatically reduced the incidence of concussions but has fundamentally changed the game.
Yes anybody could do it but after 40 years of watching soccer in UK I've never seen that happen before , usually the player scores or just misses at the empty goal . This all came about because Rooney pre-guessed the scenario , the goal assist was the icing on the cake.
Meh, kids shouldn't play sports the same way adults do.
I don't think no-headers-in-youth-soccer will significantly change soccer as much as CTE has changed American Football.
Hell, it isn't even "just" the concussion issue for American Football, as it is the summation of sub-concussive hits making your 17 year old have CTE playing American Football.
Ya, that was one of the better plays I've ever seen when you include everything he did and the time/score situation.
I see he hit the net twice last night including a free kick .
Nice to see Wazza doing well, shouldn't take long before the burgers and beers slow him down though. It's a shame he's here so young to be honest.
Ok goal is 30 plus yards away , stick a few people in the way and and kick it in the net , easy .