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Debates of Nov. 26th, 2004
House of Commons Hansard #33 of the 38th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was seniors.
Department of Canadian Heritage Act
Department of Social Development Act
Canadian Rangers
Banting Homestead
Tourist Industry
Tantramar Regional High School
Engineering Scholarships
The Greatest Canadian
Maison Simons
Herring Fishery
Drug Strategy
National Arts Centre Orchestra
Sikh Community
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Mirabel Airport
Softwood Lumber
Textile and Clothing Industry
Canada-U.S. Relations
Provincial Centennial Projects
Tabling of Documents
Canadian Food Inspection Agency Enforcement Act
Question No. 13
Excise Tax Act
Manufacturing IndustryOral Question Period
Gary Schellenberger Conservative Perth—Wellington, ON
Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Industry. Many manufacturing plants in my riding are concerned about the high Canadian dollar and the impact it is having on their businesses.
Companies in my riding like Honeywell-Fram, Richardson Foods and Nuhn Industries Ltd. are well managed and efficient.
What is the government doing to protect Canadian manufacturing jobs in light of the high Canadian dollar?
Wascana Saskatchewan
Ralph Goodale LiberalMinister of Finance
Mr. Speaker, as I identified in the fiscal statement of a week or 10 days ago, the rapid escalation in the value of the Canadian currency does pose a downside risk to growth in the future.
The Government of Canada is obviously anxious to foster the conditions that will encourage growth. That is why in the throne speech and in the fiscal statement we laid out a plan for productivity that we believe would help Canadian business and industry to move forward. That is why we are also prudent in the planning to ensure that nothing pushes us off our fiscal track.
Financial InstitutionsOral Question Period
Monte Solberg Conservative Medicine Hat, AB
Mr. Speaker, the finance minister has been promising new guidelines for bank mergers for months now. Tens of billions of dollars have been tied up while investors try to figure out what the minister is doing.
Are we going to see these guidelines before Christmas? If not, when? What is the holdup?
Mr. Speaker, the hon. gentleman in asking the question was groping for his BlackBerry. I encourage him to deal with one thing at one time, which is what I propose to do with respect to the issue of mergers.
The issue is very much before the government. As indicated earlier, we are anxious to produce a statement that lays out the guidelines for going forward. At the moment, I am taking the time to speak directly with the chief executive officers of all the major financial institutions to collect their views.
Official LanguagesOral Question Period
Mr. Speaker, in her November 9 report, the Commissioner of Official Languages pointed out some serious shortcomings as far as official languages are concerned in our foreign missions. These included security services not being available in both languages, a large percentage of unilingual mission staff, and some English only websites.
What steps does the Minister of Foreign Affairs plan to take to remedy these very serious shortcomings?
Papineau Québec
Pierre Pettigrew LiberalMinister of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for this important question. I am proud of our history and linguistic duality, which are among Canada's best features and assets internationally.
We constantly strive to improve the delivery of our services in both official languages. We have in excess of 160 missions throughout the world, and over 5,000 employees in those missions, so this is a major challenge.
Our foreign missions all provide services in both official languages, sometimes in difficult conditions. Consular services are always provided in French and English. Web pages for Canadians are always available in English and in French—
The hon. member for Calgary East.
Provincial Centennial ProjectsOral Question Period
Deepak Obhrai Conservative Calgary East, AB
Mr. Speaker, we have another example of the Liberal government ignoring the west.
In the past, the federal government has allocated funding to promote provincial centennial projects. Next year Alberta and Saskatchewan will be celebrating their centennials. As of today, there has been no allocation of funds to Alberta and Saskatchewan. Why?
Mr. Speaker, we are preparing a very thoughtful plan in consultation with the people in those two provinces. I am very pleased to reassure the hon. member that the Government of Canada will be participating vigorously in the anniversaries of those two provinces.
Drug StrategyOral Question Period
Randy Kamp Conservative Dewdney—Alouette, BC
Mr. Speaker, in the communities I represent, lives are being ruined. In fact, lives are being lost from the use of crystal meth. Hundreds of concerned citizens are participating in local campaigns to do something about this drug that is poisoning our children, but we are frustrated because of the lack of an effective drug strategy.
I know the government is focused on funding injection sites and decriminalizing marijuana. Can the Minister of Justice tell us what programs he has in place to help us combat the use of crystal meth?
Mount Royal Québec
Irwin Cotler LiberalMinister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
Mr. Speaker, the drug strategy is the responsibility of the Minister of Health. With respect to the Ministry of Justice, any matters that constitute a health hazard or are prejudicial to health, and constitute a criminal matter in that regard, we will fully explore those issues.
Regional Economic DevelopmentOral Question Period
Sébastien Gagnon Bloc Jonquière—Alma, QC
Mr. Speaker, leaders in the Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean region are setting up a major regional investment fund. There is strong support in the region for this initiative, in which the Government of Quebec is participating.
Instead of insisting on implementing a new structure that does not bring anything concrete to our region, as is the case with Bill C-9, will the government finally listen to the Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean region and participate in this brilliant initiative?
Mr. Speaker, I am sure my colleague from regional economic development always has the interests of all the regions of Quebec, especially those of Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean, very close to his heart. He will certainly look into this matter when he gets back from the summit of the Francophonie.
SeniorsOral Question Period
Mario Silva Liberal Davenport, ON
Mr. Speaker, as members of the House know, the number of seniors is growing in our country. Seniors within my riding of Davenport and indeed across the country will want to know what the government plans to do to address issues of concern to them.
Could the Minister of State for Families and Caregivers assure seniors what action plan he plans to put in place?
Trinity—Spadina Ontario
Tony Ianno LiberalMinister of State (Families and Caregivers)
Mr. Speaker, first of all I would like to thank the hon. member who has been working on this issue for many years.
The government has proclaimed in the Speech from the Throne that it will be working toward increasing the guaranteed income supplement for low income seniors. Social Development Canada will be taking the lead on issues related to seniors and working with other departments to ensure seniors live the kind of life that we all can dream of. Seniors have contributed tremendously to our country and we owe them that much.
IndustryOral Question Period
Joe Comartin NDP Windsor—Tecumseh, ON
Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Deputy Prime Minister. We know the Chinese government wants to buy up our resource industries, a government with a terrible workers rights and environmental protection record. The Noranda mining company is a likely acquisition and now we learn that Husky Oil is coming next. The Prime Minister has said he thinks it is great that foreign governments are buying up our resource industries.
When it comes to a government with the kind of record that China has, does the Prime Minister still hold that same position?
Kings—Hants Nova Scotia
Scott Brison LiberalMinister of Public Works and Government Services
Mr. Speaker, Canada is a world leader in human rights. We will continue to be a world leader in human rights. We are committed to that. That is part of our social fabric as a country. It is a Canadian value that we promote around the world.
At the same time, we believe in fair and free trade with our trading partners. Canadian companies and investors continue to invest around the world. In fact, Canadian investors are taking leadership roles in countries around the world. We are proud of that.
The EnvironmentOral Question Period
James Rajotte Conservative Edmonton—Leduc, AB
Mr. Speaker, the government has still not clarified to companies and industries across Canada its plans on the Kyoto accord. Many companies in fact took early action to reduce their emissions to take environmental leadership on this issue. They deserve credit for their leadership.
I want to ask the Minister of the Environment very clearly, and to be very specific to these companies and industries, will those companies that took early action before this House ratified Kyoto deserve credit for their emission reductions, yes or no?
Saint-Laurent—Cartierville Québec
Stéphane Dion LiberalMinister of the Environment
Mr. Speaker, this is a very important issue. The Government of Canada, especially the Minister of Natural Resources, for two years has been discussing this issue with the industry in order to have targets decreased, and that we will adjust with each industry, with the overall goal to have a decrease in the intensity of emissions by 15%. In doing so, Canada will play its role in order to decrease those gas emissions as a partner in the Kyoto protocol.
Arts and CultureOral Question Period
Pauline Picard Bloc Drummond, QC
Mr. Speaker, in November 2003, the Minister of Canadian Heritage said in my riding that discussions would be conducted with the executives of the Légendes fantastiques and the problem resolved, because this production is very important to Drummondville. And she added that the federal government has many envelopes and many subsidies unknown to the public in general.
One year later, in spite of repeated requests by the executives of the Légendes fantastiques, the problem remains unresolved and the subsidies remain unknown.
When does the minister plan to resolve this problem?
Jeanne-Le Ber Québec
Liza Frulla LiberalMinister of Canadian Heritage and Minister responsible for Status of Women
Mr. Speaker, I discussed this particular issue with the mayor of Drummondville perhaps three weeks ago.
The assistance provided to the Légendes fantastiques at the time came from two sources, namely the communications program and the sponsorship program. Everyone cashed in on this much maligned program. And now, everyone wishes it was still around.
I indicated to the mayor that we now have to check our programs. We have nothing right now, but we plan to be reviewing these programs to help—
As there is no one else on the list, this will bring an end to oral question period.
Tabling of DocumentsRoutine Proceedings
York West Ontario
Judy Sgro LiberalMinister of Citizenship and Immigration
Mr. Speaker, I would like to table in the House the document that I made reference to regarding the website.
Canadian Food Inspection Agency Enforcement ActRoutine Proceedings
Parry Sound—Muskoka Ontario
Andy Mitchell LiberalMinister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-27, an act to regulate and prohibit certain activities related to food and other products to which the acts under the administration of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency apply and to provide for the administration and enforcement of those acts and to amend other acts in consequence.
Jean-Claude D'Amours Liberal Madawaska—Restigouche, NB
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the first report of the Standing Committee on Human Resources Development, Skills Development, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities on Bill C-5, an act to provide financial assistance for post-secondary education savings.


A house can be just about any person's dwelling but in order for you to call it your home, you need to be able to convert it into your very own space — a structure which has your imprint all over it and exudes with the very same aura that you put out. For first time homeowners and those who haven't really put much thought into what makes a house a home, this process of transformation can be a very difficult one. No need to fret though; below are easy tips to follow so that you can decorate your home with lots of love and warmth.
One way that you can always be reminded of what you want to achieve and have achieved in life is to decorate using items which remind exactly of these things. Were you raised in a farm and have always been a farm girl by heart? If so, then have a picture of your childhood home framed and place it next to the foyer so that you can be reminded of where you came from every time you step into your new home. Or maybe you've always dreamed of going to Paris like almost everyone else in the world. Then put up a frame of the Eiffel Tower and be motivated to smile a little brighter and work a little harder to get to your dream destination.
If you're the traveler at heart, then you ought to pick out a map, have it framed against a corkboard and then mount it on the wall of your living room. Then, together with your kids or partner or just yourself, dot the different cities and countries that you wish to visit in the future. This can be some sort of inspiration board for those who want to travel the world. At the same time, you can also dot the places which you have already been to. The daily sight of your map will be a reminder of how you need to work hard at getting to the places that you've dreamed of going.
And not on just on your social media wall but on the very walls of your home, too. We all try to live by certain principles which we do our best to adhere too. However, sometimes, the world can get very rowdy and when this happens, we forget about all of these life quotes that we so try to pattern our life on. So why not give yourself daily reminders of how kinder and more patient you ought to be by posting these sayings. You also have a great time at flea markets by hunting for these posters and framed sayings.
And to further add a whimsical feeling, print the pictures in a sepia tone so that they have an old but warm feel to them.
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international human rights movement
Black Lives Matter (BLM) is a decentralized political and social movement advocating for non-violent civil disobedience in protest against incidents of police brutality and all racially motivated violence against black people.
Black Lives Matter logo
I continue to be surprised at how little Black lives matter... Our lives matter. (after the July 2013 acquittal of George Zimmerman of murder in the death of Trayvon Martin) ~Alicia Garza, Co-Founder
Part of our calling as people who do this work for Black lives is to lift our people up, both in their living, but also in their death," Cullors said. "The need to lift our folks up feels so incredibly spirit-driven for me. ~ Patrisse Cullors, Co-Founder
I just don't equate the loss of life and the loss of property. I can't even hold those two in the same regard, and I think for far too long we have seen that happen. ~ Opal Tometi, Co-Founder
When someone like Roger Goodell says "Black lives matter," ... what that means is that the NFL recognizes that it has to begin a new process... ~ Angela Davis
Defunding the police is... about shifting funding to education, to housing, to recreation... to create security and safety... learning that safety, safeguarded by violence, is not really safety. ~ Angela Davis
Atlanta, Georgia, USA, June 1, 2020
Boston Protester White Privilege
To truly promote confidence in these vaccines, we must start by acknowledging this history of mistreatment and exploitation of minorities by the medical community and the government. But then we need to explain and demonstrate all that has been done to correct and address these wrongs.
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams in Hope is on the way': Pence gets coronavirus vaccine on live television
Black Lives Matter is our call to action. It is a tool to reimagine a world where black people are free to exist, free to live. It is a tool for our allies to show up differently for us. I grew up in a neighborhood that was heavily policed. I witnessed my brothers and my siblings continuously stopped and frisked by law enforcement. I remember my home being raided. And one of my questions as a child was, why? Why us? Black Lives Matter offers answers to the why. It offers a new vision for young black girls around the world that we deserve to be fought for, that we deserve to call on local governments to show up for us.
Patrisse Cullors in An Interview with the Founders of Black Lives Matter, Ted Talks, (October 2016)
We have to invest in black leadership. That's what I've learned the most in the last few years... I think our work as movement leaders isn't just about our own visibility but rather how do we make the whole visible. How do we not just fight for our individual selves but fight for everybody? And I also think leadership looks like everybody in this audience showing up for black lives.... the movement for black lives isn't just for us, but it's for everybody.
Patrisse Cullors inAn Interview with the Founders of Black Lives Matter, Ted Talks, (October 2016)
So we know that young people are the present and the future, but what inspires me are older people who are becoming transformed in the service of this movement. We all know that as you get older, you get a little more entrenched in your ways. It's happening to me, I know that's right. But I'm so inspired when I see people who have a way that they do things, have a way that they think about the world, and they're courageous enough to be open to listening to what the experiences are of so many of us who want to live in world that's just and want to live in a world that's equitable. And I'm also inspired by the actions that I'm seeing older people taking in service of this movement. I'm inspired by seeing older people step into their own power and leadership and say, "I'm not passing a torch, I'm helping you light the fire."
Alicia Garza in An Interview with the Founders of Black Lives Matter, Ted Talks, (October 2016)
Antiblack racism is not only happening in the United States. It's actually happening all across the globe. And what we need now more than ever is a human rights movement that challenges systemic racism in every single context... We need this because the global reality is that black people are subject to all sorts of disparities in most of our most challenging issues of our day.
Opal Tometi in An Interview with the Founders of Black Lives Matter, Ted Talks, (October 2016)
I think about issues like climate change, and how six of the 10 worst impacted nations by climate change are actually on the continent of Africa. People are reeling from all sorts of unnatural disasters, displacing them from their ancestral homes and leaving them without a chance at making a decent living... We also see disasters like Hurricane Matthew, which recently wreaked havoc in many different nations, but caused the most damage to Haiti. Haiti is the poorest country in this hemisphere, and its inhabitants are black people. And what we're seeing in Haiti is that they were actually facing a number of challenges that even preceded this hurricane. They were reeling from the earthquake, they were reeling from cholera that was brought in by UN peacekeepers and still hasn't been eradicated. This is unconscionable. And this would not happen if this nation didn't have a population that was black, and we have to be real about that.
While we see that a lot of anger and outrage and frustration was sparked by the barbaric murder of George Floyd, it's also clear to me that we have been sitting in our homes, navigating the pandemic, dealing with loved ones being sick, dealing with a great deal of fear and concern about what the day and the future will hold. We have millions of people who have lost their jobs and filed for unemployment and are living paycheck to paycheck and hand to mouth, and I believe they are just thoroughly fed up and thoroughly beside themselves with grief and concern and despair because the government does not seem to have a plan of action that is dignified and comprehensive and seeks to address the core concerns that the average American has....
And so my belief and my view of these protests is that they are different because they are marked by a period that has been deeply personal to millions of Americans and residents of the United States, and that has them more tender or sensitive to what is going on. People who would normally have been at work now have time to go to a protest or a rally, and have time to think about why they have been struggling so much, and they are thinking, This actually isn't right and I want to make time, and I have the ability to make time now and make my concerns heard...
Opal Tometi quoted in A Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Explains Why This Time Is Different, By Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker (3 June 2020)
I absolutely think people are concerned with police brutality. Let me make that absolutely clear. We have been fighting and advocating to stop a war on black lives. And that is how we see it—this is a war on black life. And people understand that this system is filled with all sorts of inequality and injustice, and that implicit bias and just outright racism is embedded in the way that policing is done in this nation—and when you think about it historically, it was founded as a slave patrol. The evolution of policing was rooted in that. People recognize that. So their frustration is absolutely about the policing and the criminal-justice system writ large and the racial dimensions of it, and its lethal impact on our communities.
One thing I just want to underscore is that the world is watching us. We see these rallies in solidarity emerging all across the globe, and I have friends texting me with their images in France and the Netherlands and Costa Rica, and people are showing me that they are showing up in solidarity. People are really trying to show up in this moment for black people, but I think they are also doing it because they have been mad for a minute, almost like this pandemic was a pause, and they were able to think about what would justice look like, and what is actually going on, and they have been able to reflect on what is going on. I think they have been not O.K. for so many years, and they are finally saying, "Hey, we are going to take it to the streets and say we are going to show up in solidarity with you."
Our role is to start to begin to translate some of the energy and passion into transforming institutions. The process has already begun, and it can't be turned back, at least not by the current occupant of the White House. I'm not suggesting that it's easy to create lasting change, but at least now we can see that it is possible. When someone like Roger Goodell says "Black lives matter," even though he did not mention Colin Kaepernick, and even though he may have — he probably did not really mean it, what that means is that the NFL recognizes that it has to begin a new process, that there is a further expansion of popular consciousness...
Angela Davis in Angela Davis on Abolition, Calls to Defund Police, Toppled Racist Statues & Voting in 2020 Election, Democracy Now, (12 June 2020)
Racism is integrally linked to capitalism... it's a mistake to assume that we can combat racism by leaving capitalism in place... The Industrial Revolution, which pivoted around the production of capital, was enabled by slave labor in the U.S... we have a long way to go before we can begin to talk about an economic system that is not based on exploitation and on the super-exploitation of Black people, Latinx people and other racialized populations... We now have the conceptual means to engage in discussions, popular discussions, about capitalism... The notion of the prison-industrial complex requires us to understand the globalization of capitalism. Anti-capitalist consciousness helps us to understand the predicament of immigrants, who are barred from the U.S. by the wall that has been created by the current occupant. These conditions have been created by global capitalism. And I think this is a period during which we need to begin that process of popular education, which will allow people to understand the interconnections of racism, heteropatriarchy, capitalism.
Black people. I love you. I love us. Our lives matter. Black Lives Matter... We see black death all the time, and I don't know what it was about this, but I know I went home and then I woke up in the middle of the night crying. And I picked up my phone and I started clickety-clacking, right?... Patrisse and I, we started talking about building an organizing project around state violence... Patrisse had been working on her own stuff at the time — the Dignity and Power Now. She was just getting that off the ground. All of this stuff kind of came into synergy. I knew designers and artists here in the Bay [Area] who were really excited to help and reached out...
Alicia Garza quoted in How the movement that's changing America was built and where it goes next, By Jamil Smith, Rolling Stone (16 June 2020)
I was mostly thinking about building a mass movement that people can be a part of and feel an identity around. I was interested in giving folks like black, poor people who've been marginalized, brutalized, an opportunity to have more visibility. Before seven years ago, we could barely get the news to talk about police violence, let alone police death.
Patrisse Cullors quoted in How the movement that's changing America was built and where it goes next, By Jamil Smith, Rolling Stone (16 June 2020)
There [was] a lot of rage, a lot of pain, a lot of cynicism. But her (Garza's) post resonated with me, for a number of reasons. I think it being explicitly black, it being a message rooted in love, and it just felt very hopeful.
Opal Tometi quoted in How the movement that's changing America was built and where it goes next, By Jamil Smith, Rolling Stone (16 June 2020)
I'm really proud of the work we've been able to do in the last seven years... What is clear is that Black Lives Matter shares a name with a much larger movement and there are literally hundreds of organizations that do impactful racial and gender justice work who make up the fabric of this broader movement."
Patrisse Cullors quoted in Aaron Morrison | Black Lives Matter network establishes $12M grant fund, Associated Press, U.S. News and World Report (17 June 2020)
Beginning July 1, affiliated chapters can apply for unrestricted funding of up to $500,000 in multi-year grants, the foundation announced. Grants from both funds will be administered through a fiscal sponsor.
Kailee Scales, managing director of the foundation, quoted in Lives Matter network establishes $12M grant fund, Associated Press, U.S. News and World Report by Aaron Morrison (17 June 2020)
"...It was an 18-year fight to (make) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a national holiday... Systemic racism can have an ending. Police brutality can have an ending. Economic repression of Black and brown people can have an ending... A movement without action is a movement standing still. To those who say they care: Move more than your mouth. Move your feet to the polls, and use your hands to vote... Black lives do matter. And this is not another digital, viral trend, moment or hashtag... Yes, all lives do matter, but they only matter when black lives matter too.
Stevie Wonder quoted in Stevie Wonder calls for action on Black Lives Matter efforts: 'Move more than your mouth', Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, republished by USA Today, (24 June 2020)]
When we first started Black Lives Matter, I always knew that this needed to be a global movement and that we needed more people to participate. The issues of police brutality, extrajudicial killings and anti-Black racism requires everybody to pay attention. I knew from the beginning that the project was big, that the mandate was big and that, if we use new media and technology – social media, specifically – we could get the message out there to thousands, if not millions of people. I'm extremely gratified that people have heard and are taking ownership of Black Lives Matter. People now know that in their respective industries and countries, they have the responsibility to ensure that Black people are respected, protected and affirmed.
Opal Tometi quoted in Black Lives Matter Was Always Designed to Be a Global Movement, By Chanté Joseph, Vice (magazine) (7 July 2020)
We are finally achieving a mass consciousness. We're seeing a widespread awareness and commitment to anti-racism that we have long needed. People are now alert and active because the pandemic demonstrated how interconnected our lives are. We finally had time to sit at home and reflect on how our society functions and whether or not it's functioning well for all of us. The overwhelming consensus was that it is not, it is insufficient – in fact, it's been unsustainable for decades, if not generations.
People have begun to engage in mutual aid and support for their neighbours. Even if people didn't have much, they were still looking out for each other. Through this, we began to see the ways in which new webs were being constructed. When you're sitting at home or living at a slower pace and you see that Black folks in your community are attacked, killed, murdered by vigilantes and by the police, you wake up, you rise to action, and you rise quickly.
We are now in a moment where people have no excuses to deny the injustice that's happening in the middle of a global pandemic. Things feel different this time because we were able to tap into a sense of our own agency, our own power and our genuine love for each other.
(Oldest first)
If you aren't moved by the George Floyd video, you have nothing in you ~ Professor Daniel Q. Gillion
I feel as though there is a cycle of things and we are at a boiling point of ignored pain... an unstoppable movement to create change and bring justice to all people. ~ Matt Hunter
If we don't address this issue of poverty... we will never energize the 100 million Americans who stayed home in 2016. If you mobilize 2 to 10% of the poor around an agenda, you can fundamentally shift every election in this country. ~ Rev. William Barber II
Republicans have racialized poverty, and Democrats have run from poverty. And we're forcing them to deal with the reality. We are very political, but we're not partisan... There is not some separation between Jesus and justice; to be Christian is to be concerned with what's going on in the world...
It's better to die having fought for justice than to live and stay on the sidelines and to watch injustice have it's way without a challenge.
William J. Barber II quoted in There Is Not Some Separation Between Jesus and Justice. How Rev. William J. Barber II Uses His Faith to Fight for the Poor, by Mary C. Curtis, Time Magazine, (21 Feb 2020)
Civil-rights organizers Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi put those three words into our minds and hearts seven years ago, when they began to change the country. The sweeping calls for change we see today are not sudden, but the fruits of the labor of activists like them. Their work has given us room to demand more, because black lives don't truly matter just because people simply say so. This year alone, a white father and son carried out the modern-day lynching of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery near Brunswick, Georgia. If black lives mattered by now, we wouldn't have to say the name of Breonna Taylor, lost to a hail of police bullets in her own home in Louisville in March. Or chant the name of Floyd, killed for allegedly spending a counterfeit twenty-dollar bill at a corner grocery... Accountability after the fact used to be the most that I once hoped for, as a black man just living and trying to survive. Wishing for the cops not to target me indiscriminately felt almost like too much to ask. But I must be honest: If this era of Black Lives Matter activism has not resulted in the kinds of changes to America that would ensure my safety, then it has made me feel more secure in demanding those concessions from my country.
How the movement that's changing America was built and where it goes next, By Jamil Smith, Rolling Stone (16 June 2020)
The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation has established a fund worth more than $12 million to aid organizations fighting institutional racism, in the wake of the George Floyd protests. On Wednesday, the foundation, which has been influential in the emergence of the broader Black Lives Matter movement, said it was setting aside $6 million in donations to support black-led grassroots organizing groups. Last week, it unveiled a separate $6.5 million fund for its network of affiliate chapters. Beginning July 1, affiliated chapters can apply for unrestricted funding of up to $500,000 in multi-year grants, the foundation announced.
The foundation told the AP it has received more than 1.1 million individual donations at an average of $33 per gift since the death of Floyd, a black man who died May 25 pleading for air as a white Minneapolis police officer held a knee to his neck for nearly eight minutes. The surge of financial support adds to roughly $3.4 million in net assets the BLM Global Network had on hand last year, according to a 2019 financial statement of Thousand Currents, the fiscal sponsor which receives donations on the network's behalf and then releases money to the group.
Aaron Morrison | Black Lives Matter network establishes $12M grant fund, Associated Press, U.S. News and World Report (17 June 2020)
Millions of dollars were raised for the Black Lives Matter Foundation, a nonprofit that is entirely unassociated with the Black Lives Matter movement. In the wake of police brutality protests across the United States, people have been opening their wallets in support of the Black Lives Matter movement — but some have inadvertently been sending their donations to a similarly titled, but entirely unaffiliated, organization. Companies including Apple, Google and Microsoft have reportedly raised more than $4 million for the Black Lives Matter Foundation — a registered nonprofit that is different to the Black Lives Matter Global Network... An estimated $4.35 million was raised for the foundation in the first weeks of June, though much of that was frozen before it could be disbursed.... Google confirmed to PEOPLE that it learned last week that the foundation was not affiliated with the movement, and subsequently updated its employee-led internal giving campaign to redirect all donated money to the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation.
More Than $4M Was Raised for the Wrong Black Lives Matter Organization, By Rachel DeSantis, People (17 June 2020)
An 11-year-old boy is doing a small part to make a big change when it comes to social justice. Jack Powers recently started mowing lawns around his neighborhood to raise money, but the sixth-grader from Missouri isn't using the extra cash to buy the latest video game or gadget. Instead, he's donating it to the Black Lives Matter movement, which has been behind the nationwide protests following the death of George Floyd on May 25. "I just wanted to make a change and I didn't like how people were being treated," Jack told KMOV. "I saw what happened to George Floyd and saw how people were being treated, and I decided to make a change," he told the news station.
11-Year-Old Boy Mows Lawns to Raise Money for Black Lives Matter: 'I Decided to Make a Change' By Jason Duaine Hahn, People Magazine (23 June 2020)
High school students have organized protests in California, Maryland and Michigan. In one Texas suburb, three teenagers led hundreds of people in a march, and they say they aren't done organizing. In early June, as outrage over racism and police brutality erupted nationwide, three teenagers from Katy, Texas, grew frustrated by a void of activism in their affluent Houston suburb. They banded together under the name Katy4Justice. Over four days, through text messages and video chats, they organized a protest at a neighborhood park, leading hundreds of people in a march through soccer fields and picnic areas in the summer heat...
"Katy loves to think it's progressive and stuff, but nothing ever happens," said Erika Alvarez, 17, one of the three organizers, all of whom will start their senior year in the fall. Jeffrey Jin, 17, concurred. "It's very all talk and no do... There's a lot of white silence."...The youth-led protest in Katy is representative of the way the nationwide demonstrations after George Floyd's death have energized a diverse cohort of the youngest generation. In recent weeks, high school students have led protests in Greenville, Mich.; Laurel, Md.; and Berkeley, Calif. Several teenagers, including those in Katy, said that it was the first time they had organized any sort of demonstration — and that it would not be the last. In Katy, the students' activism was years in the making, they said, shaped by their own experiences with racism.
'I Need People to Hear My Voice': Teens Protest Racism, By Mihir Zaveri, The New York Times, (23 June 2020)
Despite warnings from public health officials, new research suggests Black Lives Matter protests across the country have not led to a jump in coronavirus cases... A new study, published this month by the National Bureau of Economic Research, used data on protests from more than 300 of the largest US cities, and found no evidence that coronavirus cases grew in the weeks following the beginning of the protests.
Black Lives Matter protests have not led to a spike in coronavirus cases, research says, By Leah Asmelash, CNN (24 June 2020)
Stevie Wonder delivered an emphatic, at times impatient video message Tuesday urging on the Black Lives Matter movement. Saying he has listened to "voices on the left, voices on the right... What I've not heard is a unanimous commitment to atone for the sins of this country."... Wonder lamented that three states — North Dakota, South Dakota and Hawaii — have failed to formally recognize Juneteenth as a holiday. "...It was an 18-year fight to (make) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a national holiday," said Wonder, who teamed with late U.S. Rep. John Conyers in that ultimately successful campaign. "Systemic racism can have an ending. Police brutality can have an ending. Economic repression of Black and brown people can have an ending... A movement without action is a movement standing still. To those who say they care: Move more than your mouth..." The short video, titled "The Universe is Watching Us," was posted to Wonder's social media... "Black lives do matter. And this is not another digital, viral trend, moment or hashtag... Yes, all lives do matter, but they only matter when black lives matter too."
Stevie Wonder calls for action on Black Lives Matter efforts: 'Move more than your mouth', Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, republished by USA Today, (24 June 2020)
The protests are colliding with... the country's most devastating pandemic in modern history. "With being home and not being able to do as much, that might be amplifying something that is already sort of critical, something that's already a powerful catalyst, and that is the video," said Daniel Q. Gillion, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania... "If you aren't moved by the George Floyd video, you have nothing in you," he said. "And that catalyst can now be amplified by the fact that individuals probably have more time to engage in protest activity."
Doug McAdam, quoted in Black Lives Matter May Be the Largest Movement in U.S. History, By Larry Buchanan, Quoctrung Bui and Jugal K. Patel, The New York Times, (3 July 2020)
Besides the spike in demonstrations on Juneteeth, the number of protests has fallen considerably over the last two weeks according to the Crowd Counting Consortium. But the amount of change that the protests have been able to produce in such a short period of time is significant. In Minneapolis, the City Council pledged to dismantle its police department. In New York, lawmakers repealed a law that kept police disciplinary records secret. Cities and states across the country passed new laws banning chokeholds. Mississippi lawmakers voted to retire their state flag, which prominently includes a Confederate battle emblem.
Without gainsaying the reality and significance of generalized white support for the movement in the early 1960s, the number of whites who were active in a sustained way in the struggle were comparatively few, and certainly nothing like the percentages we have seen taking part in recent weeks... It looks, for all the world, like these protests are achieving what very few do: setting in motion a period of significant, sustained, and widespread social, political change... We appear to be experiencing a social change tipping point — that is as rare in society as it is potentially consequential.
Artists have turned boarded-up businesses into powerful Black Lives Matter art. After finishing a mural of George Floyd on Broadway in downtown Oakland, Matt Hunter started painting his second one when The Verge caught up with him. This time, he decided to paint a mural of Breonna Taylor. It took him about three days to finish this monochromatic piece of Taylor depicted as "a new monument for a new future," he said. "I feel as though there is a cycle of things and we are at a boiling point of ignored pain."... Taylor is... surrounded by thousands of people behind her, which he says represent an unstoppable movement to create change and bring justice to all people. The Moon and Sun on each side of her are a reminder that the Earth keeps turning. "Things
33 Powerful Black Lives Matter Murals, By Amelia Holowaty Krales and Vjeran Pavic, The Verge,] (5 July 2020)
What we are seeing now in America is about so much more than people just being sick of the police murdering innocent people. It is a generational and class revolt. Yes, COVID certainly exacerbated it... Look at what the Congressional Black Caucus is doing. They are repeating the same kind of tired clichés about police reform we have heard for years. Most people participating in the George Floyd protests know that such reforms are useless. Empty symbolism. The mayor of Washington, D.C., Muriel Bowser, paints "Black Lives Matter" in 35-foot-tall letters on a street near the White House. But at the same time, she's pushing for a $45 million increase in the police budget and the construction of a $500 million new jail. I don't think people are buying such a performance. I also don't believe that people are buying Pelosi's little kente-cloth, "take a knee in solidarity with Black Lives Matter" trick either....
I'm more optimistic because I see the resistance in the streets, which wasn't there a few weeks and months ago. That's where hope lies. It lies in the streets. And I have got to acknowledge these people. They're mostly young, incredibly courageous, they are out there braving economic misery, arrests, indiscriminate, brutal and often lethal police violence and COVID-19, and they're fighting against injustice and the elites anyway. They're all heroes in my book.
Chris Hedges, Chris Hedges: America faces a historic choice — "ugly corporate tyranny" or revolution, Chuncey Devega, Salon (16 July 2020)
The aim should be to reshape our society as a whole. We are not doing nearly enough to address the root causes of poverty, addiction, homelessness, and mental-health crises. Instead, we criminalize poverty through harsh fines and debt regulation; criminalize addiction through drug laws; criminalize homelessness by conducting sweeps of people sleeping in parks; and criminalize mental illness by turning prisons into de facto psychiatric hospitals. Why do we focus on these symptoms instead of the true diseases?... The Black Lives Matter movement and the pandemic has taught us that we're all in this together, opening up the opportunity to explore building a new, care-based reality. We need a vision of a future in which vital needs like housing, education, and healthcare are met, allowing people to live big, beautiful, fulfilled lives—with not a prison in sight.
Here's how we get to a world where we don't need prisons at all, by Mary Rinaldi and Ashish Prashar, Fast Company] (17 July 2020)
In order to have a legal arrest, you need probable cause to believe that the person committed a crime... There is nothing in the law that allows "proactive arrest.".. It's the power of the people, and people are in the streets—hundreds of thousands of people in the streets in US cities, and in cities around the world—in support of the Movement for Black Lives, and against police brutality.... we can't rely on the legal system, but it's a tool that we have to use... there is an ACLU lawsuit... asking for an injunction against these federal agents targeting legal observers, and targeting journalists as well, because the last thing in the world that the Trump administration and his goons want are witnesses, are media that are witnessing what's happening... there are lawsuits being filed in support of the real power, and that is the power of the people.
Marjorie Cohn, 'Trump's Troops Are Breaking the Law and Creating Chaos'... CounterSpin interview with Marjorie Cohn on Portland secret police, Janine Jackson, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) (30 July 2020)
Now the truth has come out. There was no intent by the Kentucky Attorney General to present a full and comprehensive case before the grand jury on behalf of Breonna Taylor(Breonna Taylor).
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I Have a Dream (1963 MLK Speech)
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Virat Kohli becomes fastest to score 18,000 international runs
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India's captain Virat Kohli walks back to the pavilion. (Photo: AFP)
Indian skipper Virat Kohli completed 18,000 runs in international cricket on the second day of the final Test match between India and England at the Kia Oval in London.
Kohli took 382 innings to achieve the feat – the least by any batsman – and is the only cricketer to score that many international runs in less than 400 innings.
At the end of the second day's game, England were on the top in the ongoing fifth Test match of five-match series.
India's batting woes continued as they were left reeling at 174/6 in reply to England's 332 in the first innings, at stumps on Day 2. Resuming the overnight score of 198/7, Jos Buttler (89) and his 98-run ninth-wicket partnership with Stuart Broad (38) helped England post 332 despite a middle-order collapse on Day 1.
Here is a list of other records that were created on Day 2 of the fifth Test:
1- KL Rahul has so far taken 13 catches in the ongoing series – most by a fielder in a series in England.
2- Rahul's catches so far in this series is the joint highest taken by an Indian fielder in any series. Rahul Dravid had taken 13 catches against Australia in 2004.
3- Former England skipper Alastair Cook on Saturday took his 38th catch against India, which is the second highest after Sir Viv Richards.
4- In the ongoing Test series, Indian pacers have taken 59 wickets so far – the most by any set of Indian pace bowlers. The previous record was held by Kapil Dev and company against Pakistan in 1979-80.
5- Star England pacer James Anderson has taken 107 wickets against India – most by any bowler against the sub-continental cricketing giant. Anderson went past the tally of Muttiah Muralitharan (105 wickets) when he dismissed Cheteshwar Pujara on Saturday.
The Day 2
In reply, India's top order showed no signs of improvement against quality swing bowling with opener Shikhar Dhawan (3) falling early.
KL Rahul and Cheteshwar Pujara made identical 37 to join hands for a 64-run second wicket stand before Sam Curran (1/46) bowled a beauty to dismiss Rahul.
Rahul looked good throughout his stay but Curran made light of his defence with an unplayable delivery that swung back in the air after pitching on the middle and off stump.
India then lost three wickets for 33 runs as Anderson wreaked havoc with the moving ball, removing both Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane (0) in quick succession.
Kohli (49) looked in great touch like he has been throughout the series. He hit six boundaries during his 70-ball knock before edging a Stokes delivery to his counterpart Joe Root at the slip cordon.
-With IANS inputs.
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package it.unibz.krdb.obda.reformulation.tests;

import it.unibz.krdb.obda.ontology.*;
import it.unibz.krdb.obda.owlapi3.OWLAPITranslatorUtility;
import junit.framework.TestCase;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.apibinding.OWLManager;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.*;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Iterator;

public class TranslatorTest extends TestCase {

	public void test_1() throws Exception{
		OWLOntologyManager manager = OWLManager.createOWLOntologyManager();
		OWLDataFactory factory = manager.getOWLDataFactory();

		OWLClass class1 = factory.getOWLClass(IRI.create("http://example/A"));
		OWLObjectProperty prop =  factory.getOWLObjectProperty(IRI.create("http://example/prop1"));

		OWLObjectPropertyRangeAxiom ax = factory.getOWLObjectPropertyRangeAxiom(prop, class1);

		OWLOntology onto = manager.createOntology(IRI.create("http://example/testonto"));
		manager.addAxiom(onto, factory.getOWLDeclarationAxiom(class1));
		manager.addAxiom(onto, factory.getOWLDeclarationAxiom(prop));
		manager.addAxiom(onto, ax);

		Ontology dlliteonto = OWLAPITranslatorUtility.translate(onto);

		Collection<BinaryAxiom<ClassExpression>> ass = dlliteonto.getSubClassAxioms();
		Iterator<BinaryAxiom<ClassExpression>> assit = ass.iterator();
		assertEquals(1, ass.size());

		BinaryAxiom<ClassExpression> a = assit.next();
		ObjectSomeValuesFrom ex = (ObjectSomeValuesFrom) a.getSub();
		assertEquals(true, ex.getProperty().isInverse());
	}

	public void test_2() throws Exception{
		OWLOntologyManager manager = OWLManager.createOWLOntologyManager();
		OWLDataFactory factory = manager.getOWLDataFactory();

		OWLClass class1 = factory.getOWLClass(IRI.create("http://example/A"));
		OWLObjectProperty prop =  factory.getOWLObjectProperty(IRI.create("http://example/prop1"));

		OWLObjectPropertyDomainAxiom ax = factory.getOWLObjectPropertyDomainAxiom(prop, class1);

		OWLOntology onto = manager.createOntology(IRI.create("http://example/testonto"));
		manager.addAxiom(onto, factory.getOWLDeclarationAxiom(class1));

		manager.addAxiom(onto, ax);

		Ontology dlliteonto = OWLAPITranslatorUtility.translate(onto);

		Collection<BinaryAxiom<ClassExpression>> ass = dlliteonto.getSubClassAxioms();
		Iterator<BinaryAxiom<ClassExpression>> assit = ass.iterator();
		assertEquals(1, ass.size());

		BinaryAxiom<ClassExpression> a = assit.next();
		ObjectSomeValuesFrom ex = (ObjectSomeValuesFrom) a.getSub();
		assertEquals(false, ex.getProperty().isInverse());
	}

	public void test_3() throws Exception{
		OWLOntologyManager manager = OWLManager.createOWLOntologyManager();
		OWLDataFactory factory = manager.getOWLDataFactory();

		OWLObjectProperty prop =  factory.getOWLObjectProperty(IRI.create("http://example/R"));
		OWLObjectProperty invofprop =  factory.getOWLObjectProperty(IRI.create("http://example/S"));

		OWLInverseObjectPropertiesAxiom ax = factory.getOWLInverseObjectPropertiesAxiom(prop, invofprop);

		OWLOntology onto = manager.createOntology(IRI.create("http://example/testonto"));
		manager.addAxiom(onto, ax);

		Ontology dlliteonto = OWLAPITranslatorUtility.translate(onto);

		Collection<BinaryAxiom<ObjectPropertyExpression>> ass = dlliteonto.getSubObjectPropertyAxioms();
		Iterator<BinaryAxiom<ObjectPropertyExpression>> assit = ass.iterator();
		assertEquals(2, ass.size());

		BinaryAxiom<ObjectPropertyExpression> a = assit.next();
		BinaryAxiom<ObjectPropertyExpression> b = assit.next();
		ObjectPropertyExpression included =a.getSub();
		assertEquals(false, included.isInverse());
		assertEquals("http://example/R", included.getName());

		ObjectPropertyExpression indlucing = a.getSuper();
		assertEquals(true, indlucing.isInverse());
		assertEquals("http://example/S", indlucing.getName());

		included = b.getSub();
		assertEquals(false, included.isInverse());
		assertEquals("http://example/S", included.getName());

		indlucing = b.getSuper();
		assertEquals(true, indlucing.isInverse());
		assertEquals("http://example/R", indlucing.getName());
	}

	public void test_4() throws Exception{
		OWLOntologyManager manager = OWLManager.createOWLOntologyManager();
		OWLDataFactory factory = manager.getOWLDataFactory();

		OWLClass clsA = factory.getOWLClass(IRI.create("http://example/A"));
		OWLClass clsB = factory.getOWLClass(IRI.create("http://example/B"));

		OWLEquivalentClassesAxiom ax = factory.getOWLEquivalentClassesAxiom(clsA, clsB);

		OWLOntology onto = manager.createOntology(IRI.create("http://example/testonto"));
		manager.addAxiom(onto, ax);

		Ontology dlliteonto = OWLAPITranslatorUtility.translate(onto);

		Collection<BinaryAxiom<ClassExpression>> ass = dlliteonto.getSubClassAxioms();
		Iterator<BinaryAxiom<ClassExpression>> assit = ass.iterator();
		assertEquals(2, ass.size());

		BinaryAxiom<ClassExpression> c1 = assit.next();
		BinaryAxiom<ClassExpression> c2 = assit.next();
		OClass included = (OClass) c1.getSub();
		assertEquals("http://example/A", included.getName());

		OClass indlucing = (OClass) c1.getSuper();
		assertEquals("http://example/B", indlucing.getName());

		included = (OClass) c2.getSub();
		assertEquals("http://example/B", included.getName());

		indlucing = (OClass) c2.getSuper();
		assertEquals("http://example/A", indlucing.getName());
	}
}

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About this Lecturer
In this twelve-part course, Dr Ross Wilson (University of Cambridge) explores Romanticism, the literary movement that originated in Europe toward the end of the eighteenth century. In the first module, we think about the question of genre in Romantic poetry. In the second, we think about poetic language. In the third, we explore the theme of emotions, sensations and feelings in Romantic poetry before turning in the fourth to the concepts of 'poetry' and 'the poet'. In the fifth module we think about the important concept of the sublime in Romantic poetry before moving on in the sixth to consider the presentation of nature more generally. In the seventh module, we think about the presentation of the supernatural in the poetry of the Romantic period, while in the eighth we consider the political context in which the poetry of the Romantic period was being written. In the ninth module, we think about the idea of the Romantic canon, before turning in the tenth to the manifestation of Romanticism in other media, including architecture, painting, music and theatre. Finally, in the eleventh and twelfth modules, we turn to some more recent criticism of Romanticism, looking first at the twentieth century, and then at the twenty-first.
About the Lecturer
Ross Wilson was born in Salford and brought up in north Manchester, where he attended Philips High School and Bury College. He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and University College London before completing his doctorate at Cambridge in 2004. He held a Research Fellowship at Emmanuel (2004-7) and a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship in the Faculty of English, Cambridge (2007-9) before being appointed to a lectureship in Literature in the School of Literature, Drama, and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia in 2009. He returned to Cambridge in 2013 as Lecturer in Criticism in the Faculty of English and took up a fellowship at Trinity College. He is editor of Romantic Circles Reviews & Receptions and very occasionally tweets @RossWilso . In 2015-16 he is the Crausaz Wordsworth Fellow at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities.
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Q: PHPunit name space class not found I use phpunit for test my codes
And use namespaces, but on run command line i get error
Code.php :
<?php
namespace Check;

class Code {
    private $code;

    public function set($code){
        $this->ensureIsValidCode($code);
        $this->code = $code;

        return $this->code;
    }

    private function ensureIsValidCode($code) {
        if(!is_numeric($code) || strlen($code) != 5) {
            echo "Not valid code : ".$code.PHP_EOL;
            exit();
        }
    }
}
?>

CodeTest.php
<?php
use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
use Check\Code as Code;

final class CodeTest extends TestCase {
    public function testSet(){
        $random = 34211;
        $code = new Code();
        $res = $code->set($random);

        $this->assertEquals($res, 34211);
    }
}
?>

Error :
1) CodeTest::testSet
Error: Class 'Check\Code' not found

Command Line :
./vendor/bin/phpunit --bootstrap vendor/autoload.php tests/CodeTest

But i use require file, work fine

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Maori Designs Symbols Meanings, Koru, Manaia, Twist and Hei Matau.
This page provides the basic meanings of some popular Maori designs or symbols. The meanings provided are the result of many books and web pages of information, and as such is as accurate as we were able to get it. Some meaning's will not agree with every tribal interpretation as not all interpretations are exactly the same.
These Maori Designs are the Koru is the Beginning of Life. The Maori have taken their symbolism from the unfurled new leaf of the silver fern. It depicts new beginnings, growth and harmony. New Zealand is the home of the most beautiful ferns in the world.
These Maori Designs are the Hei-Matau and is the fish hook. It symbolizes prosperity. Much of Maori traditional food is fish. The fish were so plentiful to the Maori that the simple ownership of a fish hook meant prosperity. Today it also represents strength, determination and good health. It provides safe journey over water.
The carrier of supernatural powers.
The circle of life which includes the path of life ever ongoing, with no beginnings and no end. It also represents inner harmony and balance.
The Tiki is commonly known as a good luck charm (Hei meaning to wear around the neck). these Maori designs are considered a symbol of fertility. The wearer of the Hei Tiki is assumed to be clear thinking, perceptive, loyal and knowledgeable. Their strength is their character. The Tiki is a talisman of New Zealand and her Maori people. From ancient times it has been regarded as a good luck charm. It is widely believed that it represents the unborn human embryo. And in Maori culture this represents a particularly powerful spirit for warding off bad luck. Years ago the most valuable tiki's were hand carved from greenstone. They were handed down through the generations and are treasured New Zealand Souvenirs today. You can still get such tiki's and start your own cycle of good luck.
Drop: Indicates strength, independence, unity and pride. Often called a comfort stone.
Heart: Indicates love, emotional balance, compassion and generosity.
Adze: Signifies strength, control, determination and focus.
Teardrop: signifies reassurance, positive energy, healing and comforting.
Dolphin: A symbol of protection. Dolphins in large schools often attacked sharks that got to close to canoes. Shows affinity to nature, especially the sea. A free spirit. Today the dolphin represents protection on all forms of transport.
Whale Tail: Another symbol of protection. Many whales in an area often meant an absence of sharks. Shows empathy for conservational issues. Strength but sensitivity. Today the Whale represents protection on all forms of transport.
Stairway: To assist you in your spiritual journey.
Adze: Signifies strength and honer and a tremendous amount of determination.
Turtle: The sign of the Turtle is the symbol of the sea navigator.
Some Maori legends claim the origins of Tuna (the eel), is from the heavens known as Orukateraki. Tuna was one of the lesser Maori deities, the son of Manga-wairoa. Legend says there was a drought in heaven, and after meeting Tawhaki, a man who travelled from earth to the heavens, Tuna decided to descend to the earth (Papatuanuku) in search of water. He found a cool place in which to live called Muriwaiowhata.
Maui (a great demi god in Maori mythology) and his wife Hine lived close to Tuna's pool. In Maui's absence Tuna would come up out of the water and ravish Maui's wife. Upon hearing this Maui laid logs between his hut and the river and there lay in ambush. At night Tuna came gliding over the logs to see Hine and Maui slew him.
Maui scattered the pieces of Tuna. The tail produced the various types of fresh water eels, and his head produced all the varieties of salt water eels that inhabit New Zealand (Aotearoa) to this day.
Tuna is a symbol of youth and new beginnings.
The Tuatara (native to New Zealand) is the only living fossil in the world. All of its relatives died over 60 million years ago.
Tuatara are reptiles and therefore cold blooded. They shed their skin like a snake once a year, can regrow their tails, range in colour fro green to brown to orange, can change colour over their lifetime and can hold their breath for nearly an hour. They live on average for 60 years (some have been recorded over 100 years old).
Males with the distinctive crest of spines along their back reach 600mm in length and weigh about 1.5kg when fully grown. Females are smaller and reach sexual maturity at 15 to 20 years of age. They mate every 2 to 5 years there after. 9 Months later she will lay 6 to 10 eggs and in another 12 months the baby Tuatara will hatch.
They are nocturnal, preferring to forage for food, mainly insects, lizards, sea bird eggs and chicks at night.
Tuatara feature in a number of Maori legends and are held as Ariki (god forms). Today, Tuatara are regarded as a Taonga (special treasure).
It is important to note that the figures in Maori carving, with rare exceptions, are not religious, but secular. They do not represent the idols, but renowned ancestors (tipuna) of the tribe.
The Wheku is found at the apex of the gable on the front of a large carved house, symbolises an important ancestor after whom the house was named. The house itself represents his body. The sloping barge boards between his arms (maihi), the rafters (heke) being his ribs and the inside being his stomach.
The head is usually represented on its own with no part of the body visible. In old houses it is actually carved on the projecting end of the ridgepole (tahuhu), and the body of the figure will be seen on the ridgepole.
There are many tribal variations in how the head is represented. The three main styles of head in Maori carving are: the Wheku, the Koruru and the Ruru, each distinguished by the shape around the eyes.
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Vitale Statement In Response To Kean Criticism On Arts Funding Cuts
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TRENTON – Senator Joseph F. Vitale, D-Middlesex, Chairman of the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee, and a member of Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement today in response to criticism from former Governor Tom Kean on Governor Corzine's proposed cut to arts funding below statutorily-mandated levels:
"The arts are absolutely important. Cultural identity is one of the key measures of a society, and there is no doubt that arts funding is not only a boon to the economy, but also helps encourage students – particularly in struggling urban areas – to achieve their maximum potential.
"However, during this global economic crisis, we have to recognize that New Jersey cannot afford to fund every worthy cause, and must prioritize its funding. Governor Corzine has proposed funding arts at a level that's roughly $3 million less than last year, while still managing to provide $25 million in funding for projects in the proposed budget. Meanwhile, we're struggling to fund every state priority, from health care to public safety to education.
"The ability to appreciate the arts is going to come as little consolation to a child who doesn't receive adequate health coverage, doesn't have a safe place to grow up, or doesn't get a proper education. Funding for our State's priorities must be bottom-up, and we must fulfill our promise to keep kids safe and healthy before we can restore arts funding.
"Governor Kean's disappointment in the cut to arts funding is understandable, but ultimately, it's a symptom of the stark fiscal times, not Governor Corzine's performance. If anything, the current Governor has done his best to preserve our priorities, and help alleviate the pain of cuts in other places of the budget. While it might be easier to criticize from the sidelines, it's much harder to govern when facing the economic realities that this Governor has had to face.
"I think Governor Kean's threat of a lawsuit to restore the full level of arts funding is short-sighted. At this time, we have bigger battles to fight, and bigger priorities to fund. Governor Kean's efforts would be better spent lending his clout to raising funds through private sources than forcing public spending on something we cannot afford in the current economic climate."
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Google Update Underway: But For Payday Or Panda?
There appears to be an update underway, one that will be rolling out over a "multi-week" timeframe according to Google's head of search spam, Matt Cutts. The update was announced by Matt on Twitter in response to a question about why some of the search results look spammy. Matt replied saying, "Yup we saw that. […]
Barry Schwartz on June 25, 2013 at 12:58 pm
There appears to be an update underway, one that will be rolling out over a "multi-week" timeframe according to Google's head of search spam, Matt Cutts.
The update was announced by Matt on Twitter in response to a question about why some of the search results look spammy. Matt replied saying, "Yup we saw that. Multi-week rollout going on now, from next week all the way to the week after July 4th."
It is unclear exactly what this is an update for. Is it in response to an update on the PayDay algorithm or maybe the softer Panda update? We asked Matt Cutts and Google to clarify but Google won't clarify.
Google has said that Panda is a multiday update, so maybe this update is related to that. If that is true, we'd probably be at the 27th update to Panda. The last Panda update we counted was Panda 25 but Google stopped announcing them; however, we think there has been at least one Panda refresh since the last confirmed update.
Or, this update Matt is referring to may be designed to improve the situation with the PayDay loans algorithm having some oddities. Such as the example Matt responded to with a search for [car insurance] in Google UK and the Matt Cutts payday loan hack from a week ago. There are many examples of places where the payday loan algorithm did not remove spam, so this update might be related to that.
Have you noticed ranking and traffic changes from Google over the past few days? Let us know in the comments.
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ICG to receive two new H225 helicopters
Airbus Helicopters is to supply the Icelandic Coast Guard (ICG) with two H225 heavy search and rescue (SAR) helicopters to renew the ICG's three existing Airbus AS332L1 Super Puma helicopters.
The twin-engine H225 is latest in the line of Airbus Helicopter's Super Puma family. The 11-tonne category is equipped with state-of-the-art electronic instruments and a four-axis autopilot system. Powerful engines provide a far smoother ride and enhanced performance compared to the AS332L1 model, and the aircraft can also be fitted with a wide range of SAR equipment. The new aircraft are being leased by Norwegian helicopter lessor Knut Axel Ugland Holding AS and will both be in service by the end of April 2019, and by 2022, the ICG plans to have purchased permanent replacements for all three aircraft in its fleet.
The helicopter is operated by two pilots and can be configured with up to 18 seats or six stretchers, making it an asset to any rescue mission – able to fit more crew and passengers within the cabin than many EMS aircraft on the market today. Airbus Helicopters will also be providing pilot and technician training on key features of the H225, as well as ongoing maintenance and support under an 'HCare Smart Parts by the Hour' contract.
Commander Sindri Steingrimsson, Director of Flight Operations at the ICG, said: "The experience with our current fleet of Super Pumas has been excellent through the years. Overall, they have done a fantastic job for us here at the ICG, in some of the most challenging conditions for aircraft SAR operations in the world. We fully expect that the new Super Pumas will add great value to the safety and security of our operations, increasing capability and reliability while at the same time modernising our technological standards to meet current needs."
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After much deliberation and soul-searching (okay, more like apathy and frustration), I deleted and purged my Delicious and Livejournal accounts, so the Network page displays two less links. Two less profiles to keep up with, two less sites to update on slow-as-molasses internet. Also, two less things I have to update.
I got rid of the Delicious account because it took about 45 minutes to load just the start page on dialup, and I already have a Stumbleupon account, so I don't really need two link-saving services. I got rid of my LJ because most of the people I followed on there are fairly inactive, and I don't really blog about my everyday life anymore–at least, not in so many words. These days, there are Facebook statuses (stati?) for that.
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BUT! I did get it fixed, and now all the little leafy navigation thingies have WORDS to go with them, all the time! WHOOPEE!
Also, since my old-as-grass LJ account is no longer being used as the update journal, I purged it of its networky updates and began again. I have no clue what I'm going to use it for, but I'll keep it around for randoms.


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Ternate (Ternà in dialetto varesotto) è un comune italiano di  abitanti della provincia di Varese in Lombardia.

Storia

Preistoria
Le scoperte di palafitte preistoriche nei laghi svizzeri alla metà dell'Ottocento accesero la curiosità di studiosi italiani e lombardi che, indagando nei laghi varesotti, ottennero risultati significativi sul lago di Varese e sul vicino lago di Monate (1864). Vennero anche effettuate ricerche sul lago di Comabbio, tuttavia si resero difficoltose a causa della sua natura limacciosa, che permisero, nell'area ternatese, solo il rinvenimento di carboni e testate di palo e di altri reperti, come una piroga monossile, di cui però si è persa traccia; non è stato pertanto possibile dare una precisa collocazione cronologica, che li farebbero risalire all'Età del bronzo.

Una certa presenza preistorica nel territorio ternatese è stata riscontrata nella Palude Brabbia, nei pressi della Palude Lia, oggi individuabile presso Cascina Palude, denominata localmente Cà dul Lia, grazie a Napoleone Borghi, proprietario del lago. Egli, infatti, nel settembre del 1879 scopri una stazione preistorica, un rialzo di terra formato da una serie numerosa di cumuli alti da 70 cm a 2.20 m su un'area di 8000 m2, rinvenendovi 300 coltellini in selce, 500 cocci di ceramica, carboni, legni appuntiti e un arco di castagno di 1.14 m con due cuspidi di selce ed una freccia con una cuspide in selce ancora innestata.

Periodo romano
La presenza romana a Ternate è avvalorata dalla presenza di alcune necropoli fuori dal paese, specialmente nella località Longori o Longarolo, in vicinanza della strada abbandonata tra Travedona e Ternate e nella selva detta "dell'Abbate" posta a destra della strada comunale che porta Biandronno (a poca distanza dal cimitero) grazie ai lavori di recupero effettuati da Giuseppe Quaglia, nell'anno 1879.

Medioevo
Ternate, dopo la caduta dell'Impero Romano d'Occidente ha seguito le vicende che hanno coinvolto tutti i territori sotto l'influenza delle Pievi e della Diocesi di Milano.

Punto qualificante nella vita del territorio ternatese è stata la fondazione del Monastero di San Sepolcro nel XI secolo, ad opera di un tale Ansegiso, tempore domni Heriberti, su quell'altura a cavallo tra il Lago di Comabbio e quello di Monate, ove oggi sorge la località omonima; una testimonianza della fondazione di questo monastero è attestata in un diploma dell'Arcivescovo Ariberto, da lui sottoscritto. Viene riportato che costui, su ispirazione divina, aveva edificato una chiesa in onore del Santo Sepolcro di Cristo Redentore vicino alla villa di Trinade (l'attuale Ternate) nella località Crusicula (crocetta, indicante il punto dove le strade formavano una croce, la principale da Comabbio a Travedona e l'altra che scendeva nel borgo di Ternate), sita nella parrocchia della Pieve di S.Pietro di Brebbia. Essendo tale manoscritto non datato, sono state avanzate diverse ipotesi che collocano la fondazione tra il 1024 e il 1032, benché sia plausibile una data antecedente il 1025 (anno in cui l'Arcivescovo di Milano ne ottiene lo iuspatronato).

Fino al 1065 sono attestate diverse donazioni da parte dei fedeli, che accrebbero enormemente l'importanza religiosa ed economica del monastero. Benché fino al 1137 non si hanno attestazioni di donazioni, non si ha invece un segnale di decadenza economica, dato che il monastero aumentò il proprio patrimonio terriero.

Società

Evoluzione demografica
248 nel 1751
406 nel 1805
613 nel 1809 dopo annessione di Varano
726 nel 1853

Cultura
Dal 2012, si tiene annualmente, presso il parco Berrini, il Woodinstock Music Art Festival, un festival che unisce musica, arte e sport col fine di raccogliere fondi da destinare alla ricerca sulla malattia di Parkinson.

Infrastrutture e trasporti

Stazioni ferroviarie
Stazione ferroviaria di Ternate-Varano Borghi lungo la linea ferroviaria Milano-Luino. Il locale è ubicato interamente nel territorio comunale, sede della locale Protezione Civile.

Strade
Da Ternate passano le strade provinciali N° 18 Vergiate-Bardello e che innesta con la N° 33 "delle Palafitte" Barza-Ternate in direzione Comabbio,

Amministrazione

Sindaci dal 1860

Sport
Ternate ospitava annualmente il "Torneo tra i laghi", l'unica manifestazione internazionale indoor di tiro con l'arco organizzata in Italia.

Note

Voci correlate
 Stazione di Ternate-Varano Borghi
Chiesa di Santa Maria del Sasso

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

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Listen: Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak turn up the summer heat
Plus new releases from Jade Bird, Ty Segall, Jungle and more
Adrian Spinelli	August 12, 2021Updated: August 12, 2021, 7:11 am
Anderson .Paak and Bruno Mars of Silk Sonic perform during the 63rd annual Grammy Awards broadcast on March 14. Photo: Theo Wargo
The Chronicle's guide to notable new music.
Jade Bird, "Different Kinds of Light" (Glassnote)
The 23-year-old South Londoner's sophomore album has her rising in the ranks of Americana and alt-country music. Recorded primarily at RCA Studios in Nashville, "Different Kinds of Light" shows Bird taking a step forward in her artistry, hitting the studio with revered producer Dave Cobb, who has won Grammy Awards for his production on albums from Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile and Jason Isbell. Bird now finds herself among those peers; and while songs like "Houdini" and "Now Is the Time" feel decidedly rooted in the Nashville sound, this is music that bucks traditional country norms by marrying them with pop, rock and a global perspective. Her fierce, gravelly voice burns beyond lovelorn songwriting on the album.
She is scheduled to perform at the Independent in San Francisco on Sept. 28.
Jungle, "Loving in Stereo" (Caiola)
The first release on the band's Caiola Records label, "Loving in Stereo" is the very essence of feel-good music. The high-pitched harmonious duality of singers Tom McFarland and Josh Lloyd-Watson bursts forward on the London duo's third album, like on the disco-funk of lead single "Keep Moving," where they preach forward movement toward brighter skies. "Romeo," featuring New York City rapper Bas, achieves a splendor akin to notable producer/rapper collaborations like Gorillaz and De La Soul's "Feel Good Inc" or Flight Facilities and Reggie Watts' "Sunshine."
Jungle is heading out on tour next month and is expected to stop in the Bay Area for two nights at Oakland's Fox Theater on Oct. 26 and 27.
Ty Segall, "Harmonizer" (Drag City)
Without any advance notice, the prolific musician's 13th album seemingly fell from the sky and into our ears on Aug. 3. "Harmonizer" sees the University of San Francisco grad — and crucial force in the city's garage rock movement in the 2010s — tapping into a synth-heavy sound, but with no absence of the biting guitar he's known for. "Whisper" still feels like Segall's San Francisco-era work with his signature vocal harmonics over filthy guitar riffs. But synths prop up Mikal Cronin's jolt of bass on "Erased" and are fully in the driver's seat for the title track. Recorded at Segall's brand-new Harmonizer Studios in his new home city of Los Angeles, the album is backed by the Freedom Band, featuring frequent collaborators Cronin, Ben Boye, Emmett Kelly and Charles Moothart. Segall's wife, Denée, co-wrote and provided vocals on "Feel Good," a slacker punk number that shows that the pair's edge remains very sharp.
Dave McMurray, "Grateful Deadication" (Blue Note)
On July 16, Detroit saxophonist Dave McMurray released an album of interpretations of songs from the Grateful Dead songbook. McMurray, who played in Was (Not Was) with current Blue Note Records President Don Was as far back as the early '80s, applies a distinct Detroit soul expression to songs like "Dark Star," "Touch of Grey" and album standout "Loser," featuring Bettye LaVette, Was, Bob Weir and the Wolf Bros band. On the latter track, the group stunningly takes on the Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter classic with McMurray's sax, Maurice O'Neal's organ and LaVette's incomparable range leaving a lasting mark.
McMurray told The Chronicle he was inspired to make the album after performing the Jerry Garcia/Robert Hunter ballad "Days Between" with Weir and other special guests at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in 2018.
"It was so intriguing musically I thought, 'I've got to investigate the Dead's music,'" he said.
Read more about McMurray's project and his upcoming show scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 14, at Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael.
Dave, "We're All Alone in This Together" (Dave/Neighbourhood Recordings)
The follow-up to the Brixton rapper's 2019 Mercury Music Prize-winning "Psychodrama" has been far and away the No. 1 album in the U.K. since its release on Aug. 3. The context of Dave's Nigerian roots is present everywhere throughout the record. "What's the point of bein' rich when your family ain't?/ It's like flyin' first class on a crashin' plane," he raps on album opener "We're All Alone." "Clash," with layers similar to Atlanta rapper 21 Savage's "Bank Account," features fellow U.K. rap star Stormzy and is one of this year's best tracks.
Silk Sonic, "Skate" (Warner)
The second single from the super pop duo of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak is pure summer heat. The two are at their most jovial with brightly clad roller skaters winding around them in the happy-go-lucky video for the song, which feels like a new-age tip of the cap to "I'll Be Around" by the Spinners. "Skate" is set to appear on their debut album, "An Evening With Silk Sonic," which features Parliament-Funkadelic bassist Bootsy Collins as its "guest host" and is due out this year.
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Cold Beat, "Mandelbrot Fall" (Like LTD)
The San Francisco synth-wave quartet's latest single is a buoyant number with a waterfall of synths that nod toward '80s pop panache. Hannah Lew's vocals are swathed within the track's upbeat drops and glitchy effects, giving rise to movement and a sense of hope through chaotic times. Appearing on Cold Beat's upcoming album, "War Garden," out Sept. 17, Lew said in a statement that the song "is about embracing change and surrendering to uncertainty. There's no fighting time or gravity. This song is about submission to those forces."
War Garden by Cold Beat
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When many people think of web design, they think of putting as many elements on a site as possible.
However, for anyone who's involved with web design in a professional capacity, they're well aware that this practice is about much more than how something looks.
Instead, one of the primary goals of web design is to make it as easy as possible for visitors to access and navigate through a website.
Additionally, quality web design is also focused on maximizing a site's conversion rate.
Even the best inbound marketing companies know that once visitors are brought to a site, it still needs to have all the necessary elements to persuade them to compete the desired conversion action.
Since the most effective approach to web design has a very specific focus, it's possible to accomplish a lot with less than most people expect.
It's common to see forms with anywhere from six to ten fields. While some forms require that much information, others simply do it because they think they should collect as much information as possible. In reality, that approach will ultimately lower the form's effectiveness and overall conversion rate. By removing fields that aren't absolutely necessary, you can reduce friction and increase the number of people who submit the entire form.
Since you want to make it easy for visitors to get around a site, you don't want to overwhelm them with too many options. Instead, you can maximize usability by limiting options and then complementing the menu with a search box.
Embedding videos on a site can significantly boost its engagement. However, the one downside to using videos is they can take a while to load. If a design includes too many videos, it may defeat the propose of increasing engagement by causing visitors to leave before the site finishes loading. Being selective about video usage will prevent that from being an issue.
Conversion studies have shown that including a trust seal throughout the design of a payment process will boost purchases. However, other studies have also found that including numerous seals has the opposite effect. If you're not sure which seal will work best, split testing can reveal the winner.
As with videos, too many pictures can slow down loading times. Additionally, an excess number can also distract visitors from the content that matters most. While pictures definitely have their place in web design, use them wisely to get the most mileage.
Although it's not always easy to get clients on board with a more minimalist approach, using concrete examples like the ones above can help you present the strongest possible case.


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Clash between Kurds and Arabs raises risks of war
Confrontations started after two Arabs refused to pay Kurd for fuel
Published: November 21, 2012 13:50 By Liz Sly
Police inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad. Image Credit: Reuters
Tuz Khurmatu, Iraq: A shootout over an unpaid gasoline bill in this small but hotly contested town has sent tensions soaring between the Iraqi government in Baghdad and the northern Kurdish region of Iraq, threatening to ignite the Arab-Kurdish conflict that many have long feared.
On Tuesday, the Iraqi army rushed thousands of troops and reinforcements to the area after the Kurdish regional government placed its Peshmerga militia forces on high alert along the arc of disputed territory that spans the borders of the semiautonomous Kurdish enclave.
Colonel Dhia Al Wakil, a spokesman for the Iraqi army, said the additional troops were dispatched "only as a precautionary measure, to face any possible attack from the Peshmerga".
But Kurds said they suspect that the reinforcements, which include tanks and heavy artillery, signal an intent to attack their forces.
"If the central government keeps sending these extra troops, we fear there may be clashes," said Jabar Yawar, the Peshmerga's secretary general. "If one bullet is fired, the whole of the disputed areas will erupt in flames."
American officials have stepped in to mediate amid concerns that a crisis that is rapidly becoming the country's worst since US troops left almost a year ago could explode into full-blown war.
"Diplomats are in contact with leaders throughout Iraq "to emphasise the need to move quickly to alleviate current tensions," said a US Embassy spokesman. "It is important that all sides remain committed to resolving their differences through dialogue," the spokesman added.
The escalation came after days of taut exchanges between Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki and Kurdish President Masoud Barzani in the wake of the firefight, which flared after two Arab men refused to pay a local vendor for gasoline.
The vendor complained at an Iraqi police checkpoint, Kurdish guards at the nearby home of a Kurdish official accused the police of complicity, the Iraqi army showed up, "and everyone started shooting at everyone else," said Shalal Abdul, Tuz Khurmatu's Kurdish mayor.
Guards at the offices of three local political parties — Arab, Kurdish and Turkmen — joined in the battle, in which 10 guards and police officers were injured and a passing tractor driver was killed.
"It was a kind of chaos," Abdul said. "It was personal, not political. But it has blown up beyond all proportion."
Indeed, the speed with which a seemingly minor fracas spiralled into a full-fledged crisis underscores the dangers of the many unresolved disputes between Baghdad and Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish region.
Their quarrels, over the distribution of land, money, power and oil, are not new, but they have intensified in the year since US forces withdrew, taking with them the mechanisms and structures put in place during the final years of the Iraq war to avert such an escalation.
Tuz Khurmatu, a forlorn, windswept town of 50,000 straddling the highway linking Baghdad to the disputed city of Kirkuk, typifies the combustible mix of sects and ethnicities that characterises more than a dozen contested communities strung out along the country's Arab-Kurdish fault line, dubbed "the trigger line" for its potential to ignite conflict.
US troops had deployed along the line in the last two years of the war in an effort to forge an understanding between Iraqi and Kurdish forces that they hoped would outlast the American presence. It appears it did not.
"As long as the Americans were there, they kept people talking," said Joost Hiltermann of the International Crisis Group. "But now that they're gone, anything could happen." Although Tuz Khurmatu has long been regarded as a majority-Turkmen town and is in the Arab Iraqi province of Salah Al Deen, no census has been conducted in decades and Kurds claim to be the bigger community.
They have administered the town since the US-led invasion in 2003 overturned the local government, and they want it to be absorbed permanently into the Kurdish region. But in recent months, an increasingly assertive Al Maliki has stirred Kurdish fears that the central government in Baghdad is preparing to wrest back the territories by force.
The creation this past summer of a new Iraqi army command structure, known as the Dijla Operations Command and comprising the mostly Arab units of three northern provinces, further fuelled those concerns. Iraqi government officials say the new command's purpose is only to streamline efforts to fight terrorism, but Kurds suspect that the goal is to usurp their hegemony over the disputed territories.
A day after the firefight, the head of the Dijla Operations Command threatened to dispatch his forces to the town unless all those involved in the fight were handed over, turning what had started as a personal dispute into a political crisis, the mayor said.
"Tuz Khurmatu is a mini-Iraq. It contains Kurds, Turkmens, Arabs, Sunnis and Shiites," he said. "If any force that comes to this city consists only of Arabs, it will not serve the interests of the town." But the town's Turkmen residents expressed a different view. In recent months, a surge of bombings, assassinations and kidnappings that seem to target mostly Turkmens has left the community feeling vulnerable, and many say they would welcome the deployment of Iraqi army forces to end Kurdish rule.
"It's the Kurds who are the biggest problem in this town," grumbled a 23-year-old Turkmen resident who hid during the firefight in the back of his shop. "They are 20 per cent of the population, but they control everything."
— Washington Post
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