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It is a brief explanation about a relativistic space propulsion system which uses a lattice/matrix of Phase Displacement Space Drives, producing crisscrossing pattern of Phased Standing Waves, to generate a sequence of spinning waves for causing a FTL moving force, in order to warp spacetime, enabling fast interstellar travel in an energy-efficient way.
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.
Using one image as a displacement map for another one.
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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.
The Kigoma IDP settlement (in Buhiga commune, Karuzi province) is home to more than 6000 people from three ethnic groups. The original inhabitants were Tutsi and Batwa, and they were later joined by Hutus. It was set up in 1993 by the local administrator, and is on the outskirts of the provincial capital. Some inhabitants walk up to five hours to farm the land they were displaced from, while many others make a living from informal trade and jobs in the service sector.
(June 2010, IDMC/Greta Zeender)
September 2024
UN Women spoke with three generations of women from one family in Gaza, who have endured war, displacement, and uncertainty for decades.
Despite her tender age of only 14, Leen Nahal, a girl born in Gaza, has endured the trauma of five wars and has been displaced more than four times, residing in a tent that offers little relief from the summer heat and winter cold. She reflects on her experience:
"This war has irreversibly changed my life. We have been displaced repeatedly, losing my education, my friends. The fear we live with is beyond words. Once, we could buy food, fruits, and clothes; now, eight of us are crammed into a makeshift tent. I bear responsibilities I never imagined— my younger sisters."
"I was once a top student, while my friends who left Gaza continue their education. Now, I sit in a tent with all my books, school uniforms, and bag gone. I feel as if I am losing my future, my education, and my childhood. My dream is to end this war and become a history teacher, to share the story of Palestine’s history and our unending suffering. I urge children around the world to support Palestinian children. We are dying every day. I call for an immediate end to this war so that we may finally find a chance to live."
Photo: UN Women/Suleiman Hajji
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Supporting Women and Girls in Gaza and Throughout the Middle East: www.unwomen.org/en/articles/in-focus/supporting-women-and...
The Bwasare IDP settlement (in Gasorwe commune, Muyinga province) was set up by the local administrator in 1998 to settle ethnic Tutsi and Batwa closer to their place of origin. These IDPs had fled five years earlier to various locations in the province. About 550 people currently live in the settlement, which is close to a communal centre and a main road. Most of the inhabitants are able to farm the land from which they were displaced.
(June 2010, IDMC/Greta Zeender)
"Displacement: The Three Gorges Dam and Contemporary Chinese Art" includes five monumental oil paintings by Liu Xiaodong. Photos by Dr. J Caldwell.
June 10, Philadelphia
A diverse, energetic crowd of over 3,000 people marched from Chinatown to City Hall to show Philadelphia City Council that our city is not for sale! We don’t need or want an arena in the heart of our city.
Our communities are united. We don’t need or want corporate-designed billionaire-driven predatory development in Philadelphia.
Our neighborhoods need investment that is driven by the needs of the people who call it home. We need investment that builds community and connections - instead of tearing them apart.
June 10, Philadelphia
A diverse, energetic crowd of over 3,000 people marched from Chinatown to City Hall to show Philadelphia City Council that our city is not for sale! We don’t need or want an arena in the heart of our city.
Our communities are united. We don’t need or want corporate-designed billionaire-driven predatory development in Philadelphia.
Our neighborhoods need investment that is driven by the needs of the people who call it home. We need investment that builds community and connections - instead of tearing them apart.
Following 1967 war, Israel annexed East Jerusalem and extended its municipal boundaries incorporating larger parts of the West Bank. Al Nu'man village, east of Beit Sahour, suddenly found itself within the extended Jerusalem municipal boundaries. Overnight the residents of Al Nu'man became “illegal” residents in their own village as the vast majority of them hold West BanK ID and were not given Jerusalem IDs.
The residents have faced a wave of demolitions since then. In 2002, the village of Al Nu'man also started to witness the construction of the Israeli Wall on its lands, which isolates it from the nearby Palestinian communities. There is only one entrance and exit from the village through an Israeli military checkpoint which can only be passed by Palestinians from Al Num'an registered on a list, meaning that the residents from Al Nu'man cannot have visitors from outside the village
Nidal Aldrawi Family
The Aldrawi family have three children (2 girls and 1 boy). Nidal Aldrawi, the head of the family, is a school administrator in a school in Beit Sahour. On 31st of January 2006, their family house was demolished in Al Nu'man. During a scuffle, Nidal Aldrawi hit his head and fell unconscious: “when I woke up I saw that all the furniture was thrown out, even my computer on which I prepared my Master thesis. I lost everything.” Their house had been built in 1999, and had received the demolition order in 2000. After the demolition, the family was compelled to leave Al Num'an and rent a place elsewhere.
For further information on internal displacement in the OPT see
www.internal-displacement.org/countries/opt
© Activestills/Anne Paq
3 August 2016. Juba: Children attend the activities organised by the UNICEF supported NGO, Terre des Hommes, in a Child Friendly Space at the UN Protection of Civilians (PoC) site in Juba. Following the clashes between Government and opposition forces that started in the city on July 8 during four days, thousands of people and many children, had to run away from their homes and look shelter in the PoC.
According to the UN, hundreds of people were killed, many wounded and 36,000 fled their homes after days of intense gun battles between Government and opposition forces that started on July 8 in the capital of South Sudan.
Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - www.albertgonzalez.net
Displacement:V8, 4244cc
Maximum power output:405 CV
Maximum torque:460 Nm
Top speed:285 km/h
0-100 km/h acceleration:5.2 sec
The can of WD40 was by chance. I didn't notice it until I opened the pics in Photoshop. It's appropriate, somehow.
First Peoples’ Convening on Climate Forced Displacement; a conference in Girdwood, Alaska featuring activists and community leaders from five regions: Alaska, Bangladesh, Louisiana, the Pacific Islands, and Washington State; the convening had roughly 70 participants, approximately 60 of which were UUSC partners, the remainder being UUSC staff.
Location: Aleyska Resort, Girdwood Alaska
Copyright: Property of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
Credit: Rob Stapleton
15 January 2017. Yambio: Ten displaced children lay down in one of the rooms owned by their relative Maderina Edward, who host them in her house in Yambio, South Sudan. The family fled their village in Bawma due to the armed conflict. The house accommodates now 20 people. Yambio town is currently hosting a total of 4,000 displaced, mostly living among the local community.
Yambio and most of the rest of the formerly Western Equatorial State, has experienced periodic population displacement since around mid-2015 when fighting broke out between government forces and armed rebel groups.
Humanitarian agencies, including UNICEF, are providing health and nutrition assistance as well as basic supplies such as mosquito nets, buckets and soap.
Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNICEF - www.albertgonzalez.net
Bedouin village of Umm Batin threatened of displacement by the Prawer plan.
The Israeli government is expecting the Knesset to pass a law confiscating over 850,000 dunums in the Negev, uprooting approximately 40 villages which will lead to the displacement of between 30,000 to 40,000 Palestinian Bedouins.
Umm Batin, Negev, Israel
By Eloise Bollack
Trying to capture milk in the overflow without the use of strobe lighting and other clever equipment, missed the object though as it was at an angle, might try a sky shot once I have cleaned the kitchen of milk!
Displacement map using a canvas pattern with a grid of blobs texture. I think it gives a reasonable paint effect. View large size to see the detail. I have enlarged a portion to highlight the texture.
Anti displacement activists gathered on April 7, 2016 in St. Joseph's Church, Somerville, MA to share stories about gentrification and build a coalition to push for neighborhood development without displacement.
Photo: Leonardo March/ Normal
Normal is a photography collective based in Boston, MA documenting political activism in the city. Find out more about us here:
Z's Displacer field I built this from a bunch of old brownie parts and some clock bits all on an Ipod case. Its a dodge field generator for the LARP i run called eclipse.
Natacha Atlas - Vocals (1-6)
Yazz Ahmed - Flugelhorn (2-5)
Jason Singh - Beatbox, Analogue Synths (1 & 6)
Alcyona Mick - Original Piano Takes (1-6)
Samy Bishai - Violin, Viola, String Arr. (2), Electric Bass (3), Beats (1, 3, 5, 6), Programming & Sound Design (1-6)
All Tracks by Atlas/Bishai (Wise Music Publishing)
Produced & Arranged by Samy Bishai
Mixed by Samy Bishai
Mastered by Jon Astley
'The Outer' is the first single from the upcoming project between globally renowned vocalist Natacha Atlas and production partner Samy Bishai, featuring composer, musician and sound artist Jason Singh.
Exploring themes of societal dystopia, ’The Inner & The Outer’ is an emotional and contemplative musical reaction to the challenges society has faced since the start of the pandemic.
Our single ‘The Outer’ opens the musical project with a relentlessly groove-driven digital fable, an exotic cousin of Massive Attack. The song juxtaposes throughout - from the menace of dark analogue bass synths and distorted beatboxing to Natacha’s transcendental flow of melodies, soaring over a bed of Alcyona Mick's cutup piano motifs.
This duality can be found in every aspect of the upcoming album; angular dissonance/melodic resolution, analogue/digital production techniques, working alone/collaboratively..
‘The Outer’ sees Natacha boldly progressing her musical journey through new realms, deftly sidestepping nostalgia. Evolving from her electrifying 90s-era Transglobal Underground sound, she opts instead for her blend of jazz-infused 21st century electronics, providing the perfect opportunity to collab with old friend Jason Singh, whose uniquely varied skills have him composing all over the world, for the BBC and many others.
As a writing team, Atlas & Bishai have brilliantly orchestrated the seamless integration of Middle Eastern maqam vocabularies with hiphop, jazz and electronica, with Bishai's arrangement and production skills working invisibly behind the scenes, tying it all together. The resultant sonic synergy is unparalleled in its effortless transition of various styles to create a complete new sound, which remains eerily familiar; the memory of a sound unheard.
'The Outer' explores the fragmentation of a pandemic society - the extroverted and externalised emotional responses to the power, influence and corruption of the outside world: the virus, the media, the powers that be... and all the feelings that come with that: isolation, disorientation, destabilisation, displacement, mistrust, fear, anger…
This album is really something special...after setting the dystopian tone with ‘The Outer’, Natacha takes us to the other side of the experience: 'The Inner', a delicately introverted meditational space, a paean to the tranquillity of zen...
We will soon present 'The Inner', which features award-winning jazz trumpeter Yazz Ahmed. (released 18th of June 2021).
natachaatlas.bandcamp.com