In towns and villages on the flat lands south towards Baghdad and in the communities that dot the sprawling desert west towards the border with Syria, militant groups are imposing their influence with brutal efficiency.
I wish for a meaningful response to these challenges: city leadership that values diversity, meaning the support and promotion of inclusive, accessible, and multicultural communities – young and old, LGBT, people with disabilities and the Aboriginal communities which dot the city and which face so many new pressures to maintain connection and a sense of ownership, value and belonging.
Dozens of "For Sale" signs already dot the lawns across new residential communities.
One of the stranger side effects of the Roanoke fixation has been the periodic re- discovery" of one of the many multire- discoveryities that dof the rural East.
But in Iqaluit and the other Muslim communities that dot the Arctic, the long days have forced a shift in how the element of fasting is approached.
The Aboriginal communities that dot the Northern Territory would say so, having lived for thousands of years in the roasting, arid Centre (as the southern part of the NT is called) or the hot and humid Top End (northern NT).
Importantly, none of this regeneration seems to be to the detriment of the older town, meaning that in a geographically compact space, you get a little of everything you might ask of Japan, be that the ancient temples and zen gardens at nearby Dazaifu, the hi-tech gadgetry on sale in the Tenjin district, or the craft-loving communities that dot the Itoshima peninsula to the west.
Steve and Margie Rothman, as the couple were known to their neighbors before last week, were well-known among residents of the half-dozen gated communities that dot the six-mile stretch of beach just north of Rosarito.
Falzone's P.S.A. will be shown in Ugandan video halls — community TV rooms that dot the countryside outside Kampala, the capital.
The other hubs in the community are the numerous churches that dot the hillsides.
