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Not so much welcome back to the pills. These are blood pressure pills. I was off all of my blood pressure meds for awhile, but I've had to go back on two of them. My goal (one of them) is to get back off of these.
When to the back of our property today for a Assassins Creed shoot.
Even though it was humid as hell in the bushland, and burning summer sun outside of it we had lots of fun!
I'm very confident we will do more of these shoots :)
Character Refference: assassinscreed.wikia.com/wiki/Edward_Kenway
Class 85 85025 Passes through Norton Bridge with a Plymouth to Liverpool Service, on the right is a allotment i got friendly with the man who used it and he let me come stand it so i could take pictures from inside it without tresspassing he also made me many cups of tea, he said when he died he could not pass the allotment on so the railway would get the land back. 08/06/1983.
image Kevin Connolly - All rights reserved so please do no use this without my explicit permission
Landscape Gardens (L04) by Leon Kluge (South Africa) and Bayley Luu Tomes (New Zealand) at the Meadow, Gardens by the Bay during the Singapore Garden Festival 2016. Best Outdoor Lighting Award and Gold Award.
Nocturne 2013 - Another fire breathing shot. I had to really work at this one to bring back the detail in the fire.
Always rotating displays so this changes often. Painting from a garage sale. Photo is boyhood photo of the man I bought the house from.
Merl is all ready to go back to school! She's had a great summer boating with her brother Lir, but she knows that studying is important, too. She bought her new textbooks and is very excited to start learning about marine biology.
Malaysia.
(Image credit Ahmad Fitri, Malaysia)
Sonneratia ovata Back. Lythraceae. CN: [Malay and regional vernacular names - Gedabu, Rogam (Sarawak), Perapat (Brunei); Indonesia - Bogem (Palembang), Kedabu (Sumatra); Cambodia - Ampea, Lapea; Thailand - Lamphaen], Mangrove apple. Distribution - found scattered in widely separate localities from China and Thailand through Peninsular Malaysia, the Riau Archipelago, Java, and Borneo, to Sulawesi, the Moluccas, and Daru Island and Milne Bay in New Guinea. Habitat - mangroves, tidal creeks. The pneumatophores are erect side branches of the horizontal roots which grow just below the soil. They grow more slowly to become woody and may even reach 3 m in height, though most will be less than 50 cm tall. Its flowers are ephemeral and open at sunset, lasting for only one night; stamens fall off in the early morning. Bats and nectar-feeding birds are the pollinators. The fruits are edible, though they taste very sour. The fruit is also applied in poultices to relieve sprain. An IUCN Red List near threatened species due to diminishing landward margin where it is the most vulnerable to coastal development and human activities in many parts of its range.
Synonym(s):
Sonneratia alba auct., non J. Smith
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-50039669
proseanet.org/prosea/e-prosea_detail.php?frt=&id=3045
The exposed cab of an abandoned EMD locomotive sees the Illinois countryside overgrow its controls at Relco in Minooka, Illinois back in 2004.
April 21, 2023
University City Townhomes Residents React to Legal Settlement Between City, Altman Management
Residents continue to demand a “Right to Return,” participation in any future development and deeply affordable housing
Philadelphia: After a two-year struggle, in which residents of “The People’s” Townhomes fought back against plans to displace one of the few remaining, predominantly Black, affordable housing developments in that area of West Philadelphia, the City and property owners, Altman Management/IBID settled an ongoing lawsuit over the property. The agreement, that stems from the lawsuit filed by Altman Co/IBID against the City, includes:
Partial preservation of the site for “Affordable Housing” and demolition of the existing site
Some level of compensation for residents who were—and are—being forced to relocate
Today’s settlement was shaped in part by over two years of Townhomes Residents fighting back to demand the City and local universities hold large developers accountable to increasing displacement throughout the city.
There was a resident-led Press Event on Friday, April 21, 4pm at 40th and Market St. in West Philadelphia to announce next steps. It included a march into surrounding streets with banners, signs and chants before ending backat 40th and Market.
Residents see today’s settlement agreement as falling far short of the solutions to address the individual needs of families and seniors being pushed out of the Townhomes and that of the City’s growing affordable housing crisis. The deal sets aside just over 19% of the current site for affordable housing and does not specifically address residents “right to return” or direct involvement in the future development of the property. Additionally, the settlement’s current “affordability” terms, which target tenants with incomes at 60% to 80% of the Area Median Income (AMI), do not meet the affordability needs of seniors and families currently living at and around the site. Residents have continued to demand that the site prioritizes housing for families on fixed incomes at 30% AMI or lower.
“We must have a written commitment from the City that guarantees a ‘Right to Return’ with a housing subsidy for current and former residents and a commitment to work with the residents on the redevelopment of the preserved site” said Rasheda Alexander, a resident and member of the UC Townhomes Resident Council.
While this settlement–which residents were not a party to–is an important step in recognizing the importance of preserving affordable housing, there is a significant amount of work left to do to ensure meaningful preservation and reduce the harms of displacement. Residents have worked hard over the last two years to plan for a comprehensive vision of what resident-centered preservation is and are still prepared to work collaboratively with the City to bring this vision into existence.
Residents expect the City to fulfill its assurances–made to residents- to protect seniors and families by partnering to make sure any future development includes:
A written framework and process for a “Right to Return” for residents to any future development at the site, especially for residents with disabilities and homebound seniors
A subsidy attached to the future development that ensures tenants pay no more than 30% of their income in rent and utilities
Inclusion of residents in the redevelopment process for the future site
Accessibility for seniors, residents with disabilities and homehound residents
A future design that includes support for inter-generational living in unit sizes and building layout
Inclusion of community spaces for residents and young people
While residents see today’s settlement agreement as falling short of addressing their individual needs and the growing lack of deeply affordable housing, we realize this agreement would not have happened if it weren’t for residents and advocates standing up and pushing back to hold developers accountable. Residents will also continue to call upon the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University to address the displacement of historically Black communities by contributing funds toward this future development and other sites in the area.
“We said last year that we’re not going anywhere and we’ll continue to fight to make sure any future site includes deeply affordable housing for very low income seniors and families” -Darlene Foreman, UC Townhomes resident and Resident Council member.
a few spots are puckered, but hey, who sees the back much? never admited to being a perfectionist.
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