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State Secretary's Office forwards District 8 Runoff Complaint to Attorney General Wamp
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Community activist Marie R. Mott has filed a complaint against Chattanooga's mayor and city officials, citing their alleged involvement in the District 8 City Council runoff in August. Marvene Noel defeated Mott by 70 votes in that race. "I will seek justice no matter the cost," Mott said.
By Marie R. Mott, Civil Rights Activist
Many believed I would not press the issue after the District 8 runoff, followed by a level of mayoral, council, and undue political influence to a degree we've never seen. Some highly uninformed people considered my outrage akin to me being a sore loser. What many did not understand until the questioning of Eric Atkins and Attorney Jerry Summers was a newly created problem that transcended me as a candidate and set forth precedence unimaginable.
Will the community ever choose its representatives again or those in power?
Will mayors down the line step in and publicly use city time and property as a platform to choose council members who will rubber stamp their agenda?
Should the community accept this self-centered behavior as the new standard?
The days following the election would be a whirlwind. I had only five days after the election to contest the results and have an attorney do so. This route didn't particularly appeal to me after being bounced between the Hamilton County Election Commission and the Hamilton County Clerk's Office.
If local politicians could use their influence in such an egregious manner, could I trust the courts at home to be fair and justice blind? I sought council and concluded the best route would be to send a formal complaint to the Secretary of State Tre Hargett's office. After months of following up, phone discussions, and interviews with community members who also were turned away at the polls, I was informed that my original assumptions about our politicians' decisions were correct.
The email correspondence I received explicitly states that under Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-19-208 and Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-19-201, a violation of the Little Hatch Act, is a Class C misdemeanor, which is enforceable by the District Attorney General. The Secretary of State can only investigate and enforce as far as the election commission.
Holding our elected officials accountable for breaking the law is now in the lap of Coty Wamp. For over a week, I have attempted to contact General Wamp and left messages, to which she has not replied. Her secretary has all but brushed off my follow-ups and made excuses for her.
This is unacceptable, considering the magnitude of this issue and the oath Attorney Wamp swore before assuming power. If no one is above the law, our elected officials are included. The threats to our democracy have never been more significant, and undo influence in elections or disruption to peaceful transfers of power seek to be the greatest unraveling of our republic. I am publicly requesting Attorney General Coty Wamp to accept the responsibility given to her by our Secretary of State's office to pursue this matter to the best of her ability. The political future of Chattanooga hangs in the balance.
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Melina Druga, Author
Bringing the Past to Life in All Its Myriad of Color
Melina's Books
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Victorian and Edwardian Orphans: Nothing Like Their Fictional Counterparts
Edwardian era Hettie's World History Lucretia's World Victorian era
April 14, 2016 December 17, 2020 by Melina Druga
An orphanage in Ottawa
In the 19th and parts of the 20th centuries, orphans, abandoned children, runaways and children those whose parents were too poor to take care of them ended up in orphanages.
Orphanages were funded by public charities. They provided orphans with a home, education, food and clothing.
Many of these institutions, however, were overcrowded and underfunded, exposing children inadvertently to malnutrition and disease. They also were subjected to corporal punishment.
In addition, children had to be admitted to orphanages. If there wasn't an opening, the child was turned away. Often these children became homeless criminals or were forced into child labor.
The orphanages themselves were beautiful structures, often with a fence surrounding the property. Sometimes orphanages were segregated into all-boys or all-girls facilities.
Children in one of their orphanage's wards
If orphans were lucky, they were adopted by relatives or friends of their parents. Perhaps a childless couple would adopt them. If they were lucky, they would be treated respectfully.
Some agencies accepted requests from parents seeking children, but not all.
Adoption did not always equal a happy ending. Children, especially those from a lower socio-economic class than their adoptive parents, were never fully accepted as members of the family. They were treated coldly or like servants.
If a child was not adopted, upon adulthood, he or she was forced to leave the institution and was now homeless.
No legal rules regarding adoption, however, existed during this era, so any adoptions were informal agreements.
In 19th century America, orphan trains took children west from New York and Boston so they could be adopted. Children were forced to stand in a public building while they were inspected by their potential parents. Siblings usually were separated.
Authorities visited the orphan-train-children's homes, and if abuse was evident, the child was removed to be adopted by another family.
Orphans in Literature
An Australian orphan asylum
Orphans have a been a popular subject in literature for the past two centuries. In Victorian and Edwardian literature, orphans were always depicted as brave heroes and heroines.
Some famous works containing orphans include:
"The orphan is … an essentially novelistic character, set loose from established conventions to face a world of endless possibilities (and dangers)," professor John Mullan says of the popularity of orphans in literature. "The orphan leads the reader through a maze of experiences, encountering life's threats and grasping its opportunities. Being the focus of the story's interest, he or she is a naïve mirror to the qualities of others. In children's fiction, of course, the orphan will eventually find the happiness to compensate for being deprived of parents."
Melina Druga
Most kids have an active imagination.My imagination has stayed strong into adulthood, and I've funneled that creativity into a successful writing career.I write history, both fiction and nonfiction, because although your school history classes may have been boring, the past is not.My goal is to bring the past to life in all its myriad of colors.
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Most kids have an active imagination. My imagination has stayed strong into adulthood, and I've funneled that creativity into a successful writing career. I write history, both fiction and nonfiction, because although your school history classes may have been boring, the past is not. My goal is to bring the past to life in all its myriad of colors.
Website https://www.melinadruga.com
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Melina Druga: Creating fictional people since 1989
I write history, both fiction and nonfiction, because although your school history classes may have been boring, the past is not. My goal is to bring the past to life in all its myriad of colors.
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A delightful and mysterious communication where one is being discovered, words, codes, information, as in the crypts of the "Da Vinci Code", has begun for a few days, among young people, in social networks.
They are exchanging details and are inviting each other to come together in a great event that, as they reveal themselves, is specially organized for young people aged 18 to 25, on February 8, at the Palace of Arts Congresses, in Tirana.
In every communication, everyone is using a key word - JUTH. They are talking about an innovation, such as getting a free ticket, downloading the Juth app.
Nothing more is said to reveal what JUTH is, what is this unprecedented event that will be organized on February 8, at 9 pm at the Palace of Congresses. We must continue to read the youth codes as in the "Da Vinci Code" cryptics, to understand more. Blessed is who is over 18 and under 25, so that he can take the ticket and enjoy this unforgettable holiday itself.


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Q: React - Bootstrap: Offcanvas with embedded mapped tabs content disappearing on Re-Render I have a React application that includes a Bootstrap Offcanvas component with embedded Tabs. For the Tabs and Content, they are created from an array of Table components which is mapped to create them dynamically. These Table components take a container as input, which I used a Ref to bind them to the dynamically generated Tabs. The first render works perfectly, however; when I close the Offcanvas and open it again, the Tab content is now empty. I'm assuming this is an issue with the Ref.
Here is the code for the Tab component.
import React, { useEffect, useRef } from 'react';

import Tabs from "react-bootstrap/Tabs";
import Tab from "react-bootstrap/Tab";

function LayerResults({featureTables, mapView, placeFeatureTables}) {
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}, [mapView])

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And here's the code for the placeFeatureTables() function from an even higher component that the useEffect uses which updates the featureTables state with the container / Ref.
  const placeFeatureTables = (containerRefs) => {
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I feel like this is most likely the issue area and the Containers / Refs are not being updated properly on re-render and I should be using something other than useRef. The thing that's really bugging me though, is that I swear this was working earlier.
Note1: The FeatureTables come from ESRI ArcGIS Javascript API. Although, it's just the Ref being passed, so I don't think it's necessary to know about them. FeatureTable Documentation
Note2: If I console.log the featureTables. The first time, the container highlights the area where it's at. Once I close and re-open and then click on the new featureTables container, it says the node does not exist.

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Support for Migrant Workers
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Migration Support Centres
A majority of inter-state migrants do not have identity cards, residential proofs and education certificates at the destination, lack in information and skills for gainful and progressive jobs, forced to work in dissatisfactory conditions, on low wages and with an absence of social security provisions.
We embarked on the journey of providing holistic support to migrants and their families in the year 2013 with launch of Agrasar Bachpan – wherein we teach their children who do not go to schools, facilitate their admissions in the formal schools and then work for enhancing the quality of education in these schools where most of the children belong to migrant communities. The program evolved further over last six years as diverse needs of migrant workers and their families started taking priority in our journey towards a caring and compassionate society for all. Today, through our Migration Support Centres, we focus on enabling Gainful and Progressive Employment, Basic Entitlements related to Identity, Education, Health and Financial Inclusion and humane and thriving working conditions.
A Practical Guide to Acts and Rules applicable to "Migrant Workers" in India
For Development Practitioners
| Published in July, 2020 |
This document is a compiled and abridged version of the major labour laws that exist in the country along with the recent amendments. Each law is preceded by a scenario which will allow the reader to connect further with the everyday issues faced by workers. For better understanding, readers should try to apply the major sections of the law to the scenario and develop their own understanding. The document is designed for perusal of development practitioners for whom understanding needs to be in a practical manner to be further disseminated through the community.However, while consulting the document, one needs to be aware that these labour laws have been formulated for a different era and have mostly remained unchanged over decades. There is a need to make these archaic laws friendly for both the employer and the employee so that the whole system benefits. This document is the first step towards making the existing laws understandable and easy for our development practitioners so that they have a baseline to judge the laws, use them as much as possible and further move towards advocacy.
Download the full Document
Migration Support Centres | DDU-GKY
Social Assimilation, Identity Documentation, Financial and Legal Literacy, Placements, Post Placement Support, Linkages with ESI, PF and other government schemes for the people who have migrated from Odisha through ORMAS (under DDU GKY skilling program) and working in Delhi, Bahadurgarh, Gurugram and Hyderabad.
Migration Support Centres Gurgaon
Social Assimilation, Identity Documentation, Financial and Legal Literacy, Placements, Post Placement Support, Linkages with ESI, PF and other government schemes for people who have migrated from rural parts of various states in India and working in Gurgaon, Rewari and Bhiwadi regions.
Legal Aid Cell
Ensuring legal awareness among workers through capacity building workshops and provision of legal aid to them for engaging with complex legal cases with contractors or principal employers. This facility is run in collaboration with Aajeevika Bureau and seek support from Aajeevika Helpine on need basis.
Agrasar Saathis
Socially concerned and proactive Youths among the primary stakeholders are identified, trained and collectivised as "Agrasar Saathis" who inturn support their fellow community members on all the aspects dealt by Agrasar.
Community Radio
'Career Express' covers a wide range of topics including Career Counselling, Interview Tips, Time Management, Stress Management, Job Search, Rights at Workplace, Awareness about Sexual Harassment, Financial Literacy, ESI, PF and more.
Listen to the full program on Youtube
Our program design is informed by thorough research studies that we consistently keep doing to better understand various facets of our migration support work.
Learn about our Impact Philosophy
Baseline Assessment
Actor Mapping and Partnerships
Facilitating access to rights
Research and Knowledge Building
Agrasar has an innovative range of outreach activities to reach every nook and cranny of the community. Initiatives such as personalized door-to-door visits, group meetings, street plays, canopies, and focused community camps are meticulously planned to spread awareness amongst youth who are constrained in finding gainful employment opportunities or struggling with any other challenges to avail basic rights and services. Agrasar runs a Radio Programme-Career Express-in collaboration with Community Radio, Gurgaon Ki Awaaz 107.8 FM to reach youth who cannot access regular brick and mortar training facilities. Weekly Radio Shows, Newscasting Sessions and Workshops provide timely information regarding Identity Cards, soft skills, interview preparation, spoken English, Financial Literacy, Social Security, Workers Rights and Job Opportunities.
Baseline is conducted before beginning of any project. This serves the dual purpose of helping us understand contextual needs and hence adapt the program and also serving as a reference for Impact Assessment.
Rural to Urban migration leads to creation of a contextualised, dynamic and complex system. Our work begins with understanding the various actors, their roles and relationships among themselves. Relevant institutions are identified for partnerships.
While the capacities of stakeholders is continuously enhanced, one of the major endeavours of the program is to facilitate access to rights and services. Focus is always on the primary stakeholders taking up the responsibility for sustaining the efforts.
Instead of questioning the intent, and therefore getting into a dysfunctional loop, we focus on enhancing the capacities of various stakeholders – the government, industry, contractors, and the "migrants" and their families to achieve program goals.
Collation and integration of secondary research and complimenting/ strengthening emerging knowledge with localised research forms an essential part of our work. This also helps in adding to the body of knowledge in the field of migration.
Our Impact Philosophy
Even though we understand that designing scalable interventions is important, we do not believe in targeting numbers. Whenever being asked the question - "How is it going?", our team members would normally talk about students and people - successes achieved or challenges being faced in particular cases. We also try to be fair and objective in communicating about 'impact' to all stakeholders. e.g. you would often hear us mentioning that - "Around 20% of the youth who come to our Employability Centres would have gone in similar jobs had they not joined us. Therefore, we need to find even better avenues of placement." We would also talk about children who we were not able to mainstream. We share our successes as well as challenges so as to attract people and organizations in our journey who mean to make a "real impact".
Tidings from the field
Regular Health Camps are being organised at our Migration Support Centre in Bhiwadi, which is run in collaboration with Odisha Government (ORMAS) under DDU-GKY scheme of Ministry of Rural Development. The camps mainly focuses on preventive healthcare, identifying nutritional deficiency and advising people on practices they can follow in their context.
Monthly Meeting of community corps in Gurugram. "Community Corps" are central to our work on migration support. These are general or theme based solidarity groups of people belonging to migrant communities and are willing to support their fellows by regularly putting in time and efforts.
Last December, 55 students visited Pizza Hut at Ansal Plaza. The students got a glimpse of how the kitchen and store are managed. Through such exposure visits, the youngsters learn and get to explore job opportunity in various sector.
Our Participant
Manish, Sunil and Rahul
"Berozgaari" - A Research Report on status of unemployment among migrant workers in Gurugram
During Covid (un)Lockdown month of June 2020
This report brings in insights from a rapid survey of 108 migrant workers to understand their employment status as at mid-Jun20. This Survey shows that almost half of these workers are unemployed, despite the majority of this sample being skilled workers. Even those who have found employment have a large proportion whose incomes are much lower than their already meagre pre-COVID19 salaries. Many of them do not want to continue in the same jobs. Of the unemployed in Gurugram, majority are ready to do a lesser paying/lower skilled jobs but are uncertain of job prospects and most have borrowed money from landlords and friends/family to survive. Those who have gone back to villages are still mostly unemployed. In fact, money, not Corona virus, is the main concern for both the employed and the unemployed. If this is the state of this largely skilled sample of workers, one can only imagine the even worse status of the less skilled workers/daily wagers.There is a need for a more co-ordinated employment approach by the government and industry to improve this situation and a desperate need for cash-transfers to the unemployed until they are back in gainful employment. Employers also need to do better to retain their workers and for better productivity.
"Unworthy?" - A Research Report on salaries of migrant workers in Gurugram
During the covid lockdown period in 2020
| Published in May, 2020 |
In May 2020, Agrasar, in partnership with Safe in India, conducted a rapid survey of migrant workers for their April 2020 wages and found that despite the government announcement regarding employers paying their employees in full for the months of March and April, 75% of the migrant workers were yet to receive their salary. 77% these workers remained in their pre Covid-19 place of residence hoping to get a call soon but only half of them received a call from their previous employer. In May 2020, the government withdrew this mandate leaving the migrant workers to fend for themselves. SII and Agrasar have once again partnered to conduct a rapid survey of 111 migrant workers to understand their employment status post the lockdown.
"What can safeguard workers?" - A Research Report on workers' accidents in manufacturing Industry
Case Studies and Stakeholders' Response
| Published in September, 2015 |
The industry has several manufacturing clusters in India, of which the Delhi-Gurgaon-Faridabad region is one among the largest four. This region is home to many Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM), and Sub Contractor manufacturers ranging from tier-1 to tier-3 who employ over 80,000 workers across a very large number of factories in the region. This Study focuses only on the Gurgaon-Manesar belt within this larger region. Despite, and to some extent due to, its growth and success, more than a thousand workers meet with serious accidents just in the Gurgaon–Manesar belt every year. Most of these accidents lead to permanent disabilities, followed by either a loss of or significant deterioration in the employment of such injured workers. Unsurprisingly, while laws regarding work place safety, post-accident care and compensation do exist, there is an absence of strong and effective institutional mechanisms to support their implementation. This had led to unnecessarily hazardous working conditions, a low level of safety consciousness and training and inadequate post-accident treatment, care, compensation and rehabilitation. Injured workers are therefore often left with long term psychological and physical damage, with it consequent financial implications.
"I have been living in Gurgaon for the past 11 years. All these years, I rarely went out of home alone because I feel uncomfortable while talking to new people. My husband used to accompany me whenever I had to go out for household chores or my personal work. I felt dependent on others but I could not overcome my fear of being in unfamiliar surroundings. I came to know about the course through Agrasar's Camp at Dundahera Chaupal and I decided to give it a try. I have been a part of the training for the last four months and I can feel some improvements in my personality like I feel less anxious when I talk to people now. Not only do I come to the centre alone, I have also started to go out in the market and am more conscious about my appearance now than before. I have learnt new things from the trainers as well as from my batch-mates. I feel like it is an achievement for me to be able go out on my own and meet new people confidently."
Agrasar team has received salary related queries from Manish, Sunil Kumar, and Rahul who are working in an automobile parts manufacturing company. They took leaves without any notice and went to their villages. When they returned, the contractor in the company terminated their employment and held their salaries. Agrasar team organized a meeting with Manish, Sunil and Rahul to discuss about their problem. After the discussion the team visited the Company and met the contractor at the company and discussed the problem and find a solution together. During the discussion, contractor told that they always take leaves without any prior information and work could not be completed in time which had unfavorable repercussions for the company. Agrasar team requested the company contractor to release pending salaries and also had a conversation with the three youngsters about the importance of informing the staff as well as to the reporting officer before taking leaves. After some days, the company contractor released the pending salary and hired them again on the same job.
Savita is working as a caretaker. Her house in Odisha was damaged in August 2019 due to floods in the region. She took a sum of Rs. 50,000 from a money lender to meet the damage cost. The money lender gave money on compound interest without fully informing her about the concept of installment with compounded interest. After some time, the Money Lender started pressuring her to return the money with hefty compounded interest. Meanwhile, her husband became ill and had to return to his home town for treatment which added the financial burden. The team had a discussion with the money lender and learnt that he genuinely needs money urgently as there is a wedding in the family. The team helped her get Rs. 30,000 from the current Employer as advanced salary. Savita was able to repay her loan and saved herself from falling under a debt-trap.
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Alita Box Office: The Battle Angel Does Much Better Than Expected
Feb. 17. 2019 8:57 PM
Made with a budget of $170 million, Robert Rodriguez Alita: Battle Angel brought out the pessimist in box office prognosticators in recent weeks. Even though the film got a mostly positive early reception, there were many in Hollywood who were ready to write it off as a flop. It turns out that they were a bit off the mark, however, as while the movie's opening weekend numbers aren't exactly "impressive," the film definitely overperformed compared to expectations to take the number one spot away from Mike Mitchell's The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part. Check out the full Top 10 below, and join me after for analysis!
1. Alita: Battle Angel*
$27,800,000 Total: $36,516,232
LW: N
THTRS: 3,790
2. The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
LW: 1
3. Isn't It Romantic*
5. Happy Death Day 2U*
$9,816,000 Total: $13,527,500
6. Cold Pursuit
7. The Upside
8. Glass
$3,859,000 Total: $104,489,915
9. The Prodigy
10. Green Book
Predictions suggested that Alita: Battle Angel might not top $25 million across its extended opening weekend - having been released on Wednesday night instead of Friday - but audiences demonstrated a lot more interest than that. The movie managed to not only top $25 million in the three day weekend alone, but it's domestic total now stands at $36 million. Again, this isn't exactly record-breaking, but few saw the ticket sales coming.
It's also important to note that the film is also continuing to do very well overseas - and while it won't be arriving in China until later this month, it has already made some serious cash abroad. We reported last Monday that Alita: Battle Angel had made $32 million during a fast start in foreign markets, and in the time since that number has nearly tripled. Thanks to those contributions, the global total for the manga adaptation has gone over the century mark and currently stands at $130.9 million. It still has a long way to go before it can be considered profitable, but right now it's not a goal that will be totally impossible to reach. The next really huge global release will be Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck's Captain Marvel, and that won't be hitting cinemas until early March.
For what it's worth, Alita: Battle Angel also seems to be getting a positive response from audiences - though the statistics suggesting this aren't super scientific. Cinemascore surveys were apparently not distributed at screenings, but it does at the very least hold a 93% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, and a 7.6 on IMDb. Will that lead to folks buying tickets to see it again, or influential watercooler chatter? It's hard to say right now, and the full picture won't be clear until this time next week.
It's nice that Alita: Battle Angel did better than expected, but also important to note that this was overall a pretty dismal weekend for Hollywood (to say the least, 2019 is not off to a tremendous start). According to Box Office Mojo, the collective performances of all titles currently in theaters - both new and old - resulted in the worst President's Day Weekend since 2004 (which had Peter Segal's 50 First Dates as the big draw). In recent years we have seen mid-February become a stronger and stronger release window, with massive hits like Tim Miller's Deadpool and Ryan Coogler's Black Panther absolutely crushing in their debuts, but we saw none of that heat active in 2019.
Counterbalancing the action of Alita: Battle Angel, it appeared like Todd Strauss-Schulson's Isn't It Romantic was being set up to try and get the date movie crowd, but it turned out to not have a great deal of appeal and couldn't beat out The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part in week number two. The box office stakes aren't exactly as a high as they are for the Robert Rodriguez-James Cameron collaboration, as it surely cost a small fraction of the visual effects-heavy project, but one could also imagine that there was hope that the film would do better than a little over $20 million across a five-day holiday weekend.
Of course, things could be worse, as illustrated by Christopher Landon's Happy Death Day 2U - which, editorially speaking, is a real bummer. The first Happy Death Day was a big hit when it came out, making a global total of $125.5 million against a $4.8 million budget in October 2017, but it looks like Universal Pictures and Blumhouse made a big mistake changing up the release season for the follow-up. On top of that, given the time loop narrative one might think that it would have done a lot better if its release had been timed to Groundhog Day, which would have meant that its only real competition would have been Catherine Hardwicke's Miss Bala (which has been a box office dud and opened behind M. Night Shyamalan's Glass in its fourth weekend).
Estimates said that the sequel would make as much as $25 million during the holiday, but the final results were closer to half that. The movie has already made its $9 million budget back, and has a worldwide total of $25.3 million so far, but this is a disappointment when you think about what could have been (and the fact that it's actually a really fun film that deserves to be completed with a trilogy capper).
On the superhero beat, it's also noteworthy that two titles that have been lingering for weeks are now off of the Top 10. Both Peter Ramsey, Bob Persichetti, and Rodney Rothman's Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse and James Wan's Aquaman managed to maintain solid placement on the chart since coming out in mid-December 2018, but the slate of new releases bumped them down to eleventh and twelfth, respectively. Combined they have made $514,092,006 domestically, and that's a remarkable feat worth celebrating, and honestly kind of a nice spit in the face to anyone prognosticating the death of the comic book movie.
Coming up we have a pretty quiet weekend, with the only new wide release being Dean DeBlois' How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World - the film that will end the trilogy that began nearly a full decade ago. How will it fare against the features that are already doing a nice job beating each other up? We'll find out when the dust clears seven days from now, so join me again then!
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El lenguaje HTML para desarrollar páginas web no permite el alineamiento arbitrario de los objetos dentro del documento.

Cuando Internet no se encontraba tan desarrollado, y prácticamente el HTML era lo único con lo que se contaba para mostrar contenidos, un truco que los desarrolladores utilizaban para poder alinear los textos a la altura y anchura que se desearan dentro de la página, era crear un archivo transparente de un píxel de tamaño y en formato gráfico GIF, que en aquel entonces era el único que permitía manejar transparencia en las imágenes. El archivo era manipulado dentro del código de la página web para que apareciera con cierta alineación, ya que las imágenes si permitían la alineación, pero no el texto.

La transparencia era importante, pues permitía que la imagen no apareciera dentro de la visualización de la página web.

El archivo era usualmente llamado clear.gif, aunque cualquier desarrollador que hiciera la imagen podía crearla con el nombre que quisiera. El nombre de dicho archivo dio lugar al de la técnica.

La manera sencilla en la que se hace trabajar este truco en el código HTML es la siguiente:

Donde x y y son las coordenadas de espaciado horizontal y vertical que se desean, y el atributo SRC señala la ruta hacia el archivo clear.gif. El texto que se escriba a continuación de ese fragmento de código, se alineará a la altura y anchura indicada en la etiqueta.

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15 Chic Sneakers for Anywhere BUT the Gym!
Raise your hand if you're guilty of wearing heels all work-week long. Even if you were born to strut in pumps, your feet deserve more on a day to day basis, like a little RnR in the form of a sneaker. No, we're not saying you should wear gym shoes to work—they're called gym shoes for a reason! But these 15 fancy sneakers are fit to be paired with your fave everyday outfits, and yes, are even office friendly!
1. Keds for Kate Spade Striped Kick Sneakers ($75): Colored chevron? Count us in! Contrast trim and laces in deep blue add an elegant touch to these kicks.
2. Jeffrey Campbell Dougray Cutout Slip-On Sneaker ($100): Cutouts are back this spring, and we've got our sights set on this starry pair. Slip 'em on with cuffed or cropped pants to let them really stand out.
3. Keds for Kate Spade Kick Sneakers ($75): We're seeing spots—specifically the red and white ones floating over these navy lace-ups. Go bold and wear this playful pattern with a pair of crazy-colorful pants.
4. Printed Plimsoll Sneaker ($20): Hold the phone: confetti printed sneakers? We're obsessed! This peachy pastel palette is right on trend for spring, too.
5. ASOS Diva Sneakers ($48): Let us state our case for fancy high tops: any shoe that hides the sock line is a-okay in our book. The geometric pattern takes these sporty shoes to chic new levels.
6. Jim Lambie Printed Canvas Slip-On Sneakers ($370): If we could splurge on a pair of everyday kicks, these pastel-striped slip ons would be it. We'd argue that this leather lined sneaker is the epitome of casual cool.
7. ASOS Dialog Sneakers ($42): Could these shiny gold slip ons be the king of fancy kicks? We vote yes oh yes!
8. Mesh Top Sneaker in Coral ($38): Just imagine: a black blazer, cropped dark-wash denim, and these coral lace-ups—it's a slick, office-appropriate outfit waiting to happen. Add a red lip to make it a home-run look.
9. Keds Rookie Loop De Loop ($60): What a versatile pair of kicks! Wear 'em high to keep a neutral palette, or flip 'em down to reveal that fun pop of color. We've said it before, mint and grey are a color match made in heaven.
10. ASOS Dulwich Sneakers ($23): Can you tell we're nuts about this wild geo pattern? It definitely dresses up these ultra-casual slip ons that would look ace with any pair of peg pants.
11. Vans Polka Dot Cedar ($55): Dots are also really doin' it for us when it comes to fancy sneakers—there's something so effortless about this timeless pattern, especially as dainty white polka dots over a bright red canvas.
12. Keds for Kate Spade Floral Pointer Sneaker ($75): If you're in the market for a pair of floral-print kicks this spring, this is the pair to buy. Not only is the bright pink and red color palette to die for, that pointed toe is everything.
13. Jeffrey Campbell Peg Daisy Cutout Sneaker ($100): We're nuts about this no-frills floral sneaker. It's a clever way to sneak some girly flair into a sportier looking shoe.
14. Keds for Kate Spade Kick Sneakers ($75): Hot pink, black and white can look a tad teenage, but the balance of print and color in these sneakers keeps them age appropriate. Turn them into a real statement by rocking 'em with a pair of patterned pants (yes you can!).
Which sneakers would you rock outside of the gym or from 9-5? Tell us about your favorite fancy pair in the comments below.


The WHP project started with Tom in 2014. With the idea of giving people some unique kind of interviews and showcasing music worth of a listen he started contacting various bands worldwide in order to have with them some interesting chats in order to get to know and make people know the artists in a better and deeper way. After a few months he get in touch with Arcana Coelestia's leader and through him with Rob, singer on the band's latest album "Nomas". Rob got touched by Tom's idea and offer to start collaborating in order to create and improve the Podcast. By the end of the year Tom and Rob collected 40 shows moving through interviews, live interviews and live recordings and showcase shows. With 3 different formats thus far and a quite good ammount of followers they created a new and interesting way of supporting the scene! 2015 is starting and more is to come!
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Landlords 'need protection too'
Landlords need legal protection as much as tenants, an association head has said.
In response to plans for a register of licensed landlords to be established in the Island, Robert Weston, chairman of the Jersey Landlords' Association, said that the rental market is a 'two-way' street and it is always property owners and not tenants who are punished when new regulations are introduced.
He called for landlords to have greater powers to recover costs from or promptly evict tenants who fail to keep a property in the condition they found it.
Last week the Environmental Health Department unveiled proposals, which, if approved, would see landlords required to obtain licences to rent out their properties.
It is hoped that the move would help States officers identify all of Jersey's landlords and ensure that their properties meet minimum standards set out in last year's rental dwellings law, such as ensuring there is safe drinking water and no broken windows.
Mr Weston said that the proposals would be 'counter-productive', however, and a 'huge and costly exercise in red tape'.
He added that the costs of the new regulations, including an annual licence fee of £50 to £200, would be passed on to tenants.
'The present proposal, as it now stands, will undoubtedly deter new landlords from entering the letting industry,' he said.
'And it will encourage existing private landlords to sell their rented dwelling property and reinvest their money in something else, preferably where there is less red-tape, or no red-tape at all.
'The bottom line is that this registration and inspection proposal is wholly counter-productive to the Island's desperate need for more rented accommodation in our Island, at lower rents.
'An even worse consequence will be that, for every landlord who now leaves the industry, the States will have to provide Andium Homes with sufficient funding to build one or more replacement properties for the rental market.'
Mr Weston also said he believed any additional legal protection for tenants should be matched by further protection for landlords, as there are 'delinquents' on both sides.
'There are a relatively few imperfect landlords in Jersey, just as there are a relatively few imperfect tenants,' he said.
'In the case of any delinquents on either side, it is only those delinquents who should be punished – not everyone, as is yet again being proposed here.
'There should also be some similarly protective provisions for landlords. These should require tenants to keep their dwellings in a clean and tidy state and to leave it, on departure, as they found it on arrival.
'Delinquent tenants should be obligated to pay any costs resulting from their failure to fulfil that obligation and should also be rendered liable to prompt eviction if unable or unwilling to comply.
'This fresh landlord and tenant scenario would then become more rationalised, as a "two-way" street rather than the present one-way street.'
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