辽阳地会 六百年乐舞欢腾

舞姿扭转龙戏水，彩扇翻飞凤点头。每逢节假日，如果你来到辽阳，就会发现无论在广场、公同、乡村场院甚至宽敞的街头，一支支秧歌队鼓乐喧天，舞姿翩跹，竞相施展才艺，使古城变成一片欢乐的海洋。据不完全统计，全市城乡现有具备一定规模的秧歌队共47支，经常参加秧歌活动的群众达4000人之多。被称为民间文艺奇葩的辽阳地会，就是在这种氛围中被培育得越发鲜艳夺目。“辽阳地会”，又称“地秧歌”、“地蹦子”、     

辽阳 悠然古风 蓬勃新象

乙烯裂解炉是石油化工的“龙头”装置，长期以来中国的乙烯裂解炉一直从国外引进。1987年，为结束成套引进乙烯装置技术的局面，中石化总公司决定在北方和南方各建一台乙烯裂解试验炉。“北方炉”选址在辽阳。1987年9月破土动工，1988年10月“北方炉”建成，并获得“国家重大技术装备研制特等奖”。这是中国大地上第一台自己建造的乙烯裂解炉，也为辽阳市建设现代化的芳烃基地打下了基础。     

不倦的精神家园守望者——记辽阳乡土文化研究会

走进辽阳博物馆，沿着幽静的小路寻到一间碧瓦雕梁的古式小屋，不时从古色的窗棂间传出一些老者的谈论声。谈话的正是辽阳乡土文化研究会的主要会员。2003年3月17日辽阳市乡土文化研究会正式成立。目前，研究会会员已由建会时的101名离退休人员，发展到现在的老中青281名。这些会员都是自愿参加并经过筛选。由大家选出的会长张成良已连任两届。     

唤醒珍藏久远的城市记忆——铁岭博物馆小记

著名笑星赵本山对家乡的一句调侃：“较大城市铁岭”不但使这座本以农业为支柱产业的辽北城市蜚声遐迩，而且成为今天铁岭人张扬其“新铁岭大铁岭”豪放个性的特色名片。这个城市从春秋战国时期北方民族的一个小小部落，发展到以山水生态环境作为城市品牌的今天，城市的全部记忆就储存在这座城市的博物馆里。     

重返白垩纪——游朝阳鸟化石国家地质公园

第一只鸟飞起的地方!第一朵花绽放的地方!这耳熟能详的两句话,似乎已成为朝阳的代名词,符号般地嵌入记忆。尽管如此,当步入“朝阳鸟化石国家地质公园”时,一种陌生的震撼还是扑面而来。昔时的鸟语花香,因火山一次次爆发凝成巨大的印记,为我们铺就了通往远古的历程。     

The Soldier, The State, and The Clash of Civilizations: The Legacy of Samuel Huntington

The major military challenge that the United States faces today is the war in Afghanistan. The U.S. military is engaged in a grueling counterinsurgency campaign against the Islamist movement known as the Taliban, which is based among Pashtun tribes in Southeastern Afghanistan and Northwestern Pakistan, who have never been permanently subdued by a foreign military force. This challenge comes in the wake of that other grueling counterinsurgency war that the U.S. military has had to conduct in Iraq, where its chief adversary was the Islamist movement known as al Qaeda in Mesopotamia. Moreover, the challenge in Afghanistan comes on what could be the eve of an impending military challenge, perhaps even a war, with Iran, as that Islamist state relentlessly moves toward acquiring nuclear weapons. In its entire history of two- and-a-quarter centuries, the United States has never been engaged in an unbroken succession of three wars, in three different countries. Together, the U.S. wars with or within Islamist countries add up to what is a “long war,” indeed.