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The Latest: Hundreds march peacefully in Albuquerque
Las Vegas Police block off Las Vegas Boulevard South after a shooting in front of a federal courthouse during a Black Lives Matter protest in downtown Las Vegas Monday, June 1, 2020. (Christopher DeVargas/Las Vegas Sun via AP)
The Latest on the May 25 death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer pressed a knee on his neck:
TOP OF THE HOUR:
— Virginia governor won't send national guard to Washington
— Minnesota prosecutors still working on Floyd case
— Streets around White House sealed off and fence put up
— Family members of George Floyd expected to attend memorial service
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Hundreds of people marched peacefully Monday night in downtown Albuquerque a day after a similar protest against the death of George Floyd preceded the setting of dozens of small fires and other damage in New Mexico's most populous city.
There was a heavy police presence as the crowd that gathered Monday evening near the University of New Mexico marched in rain while chanting "I can't breathe."
The crowd began to disperse around 10 p.m. and most had left by midnight. Mayor Tim Keller said agitators for violence were to blame for damage that occurred hours after Sunday' evening's largely peaceful march.
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam rejected a request from Secretary of Defense Mark Esper to send between 3,000 to 5,000 of the state's national guard to Washington D.C. as part of a massive show of force organized by the Trump administration in response to violent protests, according to Northam's chief of staff, Clark Mercer.
Mercer said Trump's comments to governors in a phone call Monday, in which the president said most governors were "weak" and needed to "dominate" the streets, played a role in the decision.
"The president's remarks to the governors heightened our concerns about how the guard would be used," he said.
MADISON, Wis. — Protesters spray painted graffiti on the Wisconsin state Capitol, dumped paint on the beloved "Forward" statue outside, broke into businesses downtown and defaced the Wisconsin Veterans Museum before police in riot gear used tear gas to disperse the crowd.
Police say that around 1 a.m. Tuesday someone fired a handgun in the air, two men were beaten with a crowbar and others attempted to light Molotov cocktails. Madison Police Chief Vic Wahl says in his blog that multiple police officers were struck with rocks and projectiles.
It was the third night of violence in Madison, the liberal state capital with one of the deepest racial divides in the nation. There was also a peaceful protest Monday night in Milwaukee in reaction to the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
The unrest late Monday in Madison came after an hours-long peaceful protest during which the mayor spoke with marchers who stopped traffic on a busy six-lane street downtown. Although the demonstration was tense at times it had moments of levity, with participants line dancing in the street.
Madison police said 15 people were arrested Monday night, bringing the number of arrests since Saturday to at least 32.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas authorities used tear gas for the third night in a row Monday to disperse protests outside the state Capitol over the death of George Floyd.
Arkansas State Police fired tear gas to break up the protest, which had grown to several hundred people in downtown Little Rock and went beyond a 10 p.m. curfew the city's mayor implemented because of the demonstrations and the coronavirus outbreak..
Mayor Frank Scott marched with demonstrators and pleaded for calm. But the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported some protesters became unruly. Buildings along Capitol Avenue, including a bank, were damaged and crews put out a fire at the Arkansas Pharmacists Association building.
The Democrat-Gazette reported one of its reporters was assaulted and taken to the hospital late Monday night.
The damage followed mostly peaceful demonstrations throughout the day that included Little Rock's police chief meeting with protesters outside City Hall.
NEW YORK — New York's mayor extended an 8 p.m. curfew all week in hopes of stopping destruction that continued overnight despite the city's efforts to stop protests over George Floyd's death from devolving into lawless mayhem.
"We're going to have a tough few days. We're going to beat it back," Mayor Bill de Blasio said at a news conference Tuesday as he announced that an 8 p.m.-to-5 a.m. curfew would hold through Sunday.
The plan came after a night when chaos broke out in midtown Manhattan and the Bronx.
On Monday, an 11 p.m. curfew — the city's first in decades — failed to prevent destruction as groups of people smashed their way into shops, including Macy's flagship Manhattan store.
Police said nearly 700 people were arrested and several officers were injured during the chaos Monday night and early Tuesday.
LAS VEGAS — Separate shootings in Las Vegas during continuing protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis have left one man dead and a police officer gravely wounded.
Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said Tuesday that the officer was on life support after being shot as police tried to disperse a crowd of protesters outside a Las Vegas strip hotel and casino.
Lombardo says the other shooting happened outside a federal building. He says a man was shot by officers several times after he reached for a weapon. The identities of the wounded officer and the fatally shot man have not been made public.
STOCKHOLM — More than six thousand people have attended a Sweden-organised online protest to express support with the Black Lives Matter movement.
The digital "Sweden in solidarity with Black Lives Matter" rally Tuesday urged participants to "check in" at the Facebook accounts of the U.S. Embassy in Sweden and Nordic neighbors Denmark, Finland and Norway and post photos inspired by the ongoing U.S. events with George Floyd's death.
The one hour-long online event with several speakers including poets, activists and politicians was organised by Swedish non-governmental organisations and Aysha Jones, a Gambia-born and Sweden-based activist and fashion blogger.
Jones said the protest was important to show support to people in America, but also to remind Swedes that racism "does exist here, it's very real and people are being harmed from it."
In his speech, Rashid Musa, head of the Young Muslims of Sweden, called the current situation with African Americans in the United States as "colonialism 2.0."
"Malcom X said it best: 'Racism is like a Cadillac, they bring out a new model every year,'" Musa said.
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota's attorney general says prosecutors are working as fast as they can to determine whether more charges will be filed against officers involved in the death of George Floyd, but they also have to work carefully and methodically.
Attorney General Keith Ellison was appointed lead prosecutor in the case Sunday. He told "Good Morning America" on Tuesday that those who have culpability will be held accountable.
Floyd, who was black, died May 25 after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee against Floyd's neck as Floyd said he couldn't breathe and became motionless. Derek Chauvin has been charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. But members of Floyd's family and many others are calling for more serious charges, as well as charges against the three other officers who were there.
Ellison says despite the widely viewed bystander video of Floyd's final moments, cases against police are hard. He pointed to the deaths of Freddie Gray and Philando Castile, and the beating of Rodney King, as examples of cases where striking video of an incident did not lead to convictions of officers.
Ellison did not give a timeline for any new charges. All four officers have been fired.
ORLANDO, Fla. — The U.S. Census Bureau says it has temporarily closed offices in several cities as a precaution as cities grapple with unrest following the death of George Floyd.
The Bureau would not say Monday which offices have been closed. A spokeswoman says in an email that the closures were done out of an abundance of caution.
The Census Bureau is in the middle of the 2020 census, which is attempting to count every resident in the U.S.
Census Bureau offices around the country were closed for a month and a half as field operations were suspended in March to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The offices only began reopening on a rolling basis in the past several weeks.
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly says that bringing the military "into this contentious moment" would do more harm than good.
Kelly on Monday expressed sympathy for George Floyd's family, families of other people killed by police and people outraged by Floyd's "tragic murder." She promised to work to address systemic racism.
"We need our leaders — myself included — to listen to those who felt their only means of being heard was to take to the street in protest," Kelly said after President Donald Trump threatened to deploy the military to states if they did not stamp out violent protests.
"We need action to change the systemic inequalities we have ignored for far too long. We need to stop with the divisive language and instead, come together and do what's right for our state," Kelly added.
She noted that Kansas protests have been peaceful and promised to work closely with local officials to ensure public safety.
WASHINGTON — The streets around the White House complex were shut Tuesday morning, guarded by a mix of Secret Service officers and FBI agents.
Overnight, a fence was constructed around Lafayette Park and along 17th St at Pennsylvania Ave, two areas that have been focal points for protests.
Work crews were still at work boarding up businesses in the area and attempting to remove graffiti from federal buildings.
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A state trooper who was run over by an SUV that barreled through a group of officers at a George Floyd demonstration in Buffalo broke his leg and shattered his pelvis, police said.
Another trooper and a Buffalo police officer were treated for minor injuries after being struck by the Ford Explorer when it broke through a blockade at about 10 p.m. Monday.
Troopers were deployed to Buffalo after violence flared downtown this weekend.
Officers fired shots at the vehicle before it was apprehended. The driver and a passenger had been shot and were hospitalized with injuries not considered life threatening. A second passenger was uninjured and taken into custody, police said.
It was not immediately clear whether the pair in the SUV were wounded by police. Officials in Buffalo initially said they may have been shot at a nearby intersection shortly before the officers were struck. State police say the investigation continues.
The unidentified trooper who was run over was treated at a hospital. The other trooper was treated and released for a hand-and-wrist injury.
WASHINGTON — A man in the nation's capital said he sheltered about 70 protesters in his home all night after they got caught between police lines after curfew.
Rahul Dubey told WJLA-TV he was sitting on his porch around 8:30 p.m. last night when law enforcement officers began corralling protesters on his street. He let some sit with him, and helped others out through his back alley, but the situation then escalated when officers started pushing protesters to the ground and releasing pepper spray, creating a "human tsunami" into his home.
"I was hanging on my railing yelling, 'Get in the house! Get in the house!'" he told The Washington Post.
Officers also released pepper-spray through the window after he closed the door, Dubey told WJLA-TV. The protesters inside the home screamed, and started pouring water and milk into their eyes in a scene he described as "pure mayhem."
One officer came to the door to ask for a piece of the pizza that was delivered to the house overnight as Dubey was on the phone with the TV station, WJLA reported. The protesters left the home after 6 a.m. Tuesday when the district's curfew ended.
ST. LOUIS — Police in St. Louis say officers in a marked police car were fired on early Tuesday from a car occupied by suspected looters.
The incident led to a chase that ended in the suburb of Jennings, where one of the suspects was shot. Police said the incident was separate from a shooting around midnight Monday in which four St. Louis officers were shot and injured.
The Jennings shooting began when officers in a marked police car on the north side of St. Louis who were searching for looting suspects were fired on from men inside a car, police said. That led to a chase that ended in Jennings, just north of St. Louis, when the three suspects bailed out of the car, and one was shot by a St. Louis County officer, police said.
One man, identified only as 21 years old, was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. Police said another man who had been in the car was arrested, and a third escaped.
No officers were injured in the Jennings shooting.
MINNEAPOLIS — Family members of George Floyd are expected to attend a memorial service in his honor Thursday in Minneapolis.
The Rev. Al Sharpton is to deliver the eulogy at the service on the campus of North Central University.
The civil rights organization Sharpton founded, National Action Network, organized the memorial. The family's attorney, Ben Crump, is also expected to make remarks at the service from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
A Minneapolis police officer was charged last week with third-degree murder in Floyd's death May 25, and three other officers were fired. Bystander video showed the white officer, Derek Chauvin, holding his knee on the neck of the black man while he pleaded for air with his hands handcuffed behind him.
WASHINGTON — Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said on CNN on Tuesday it's inappropriate for the military to be used for police work on U.S. streets.
"We don't think that the active duty military should be used on American streets against Americans," he said.
"It's an inappropriate use of our military. And we have police in Washington, D.C. We have federal police in Washington, D.C., to focus on the federal properties, and that is an appropriate use. Police have policing power, and bringing in the military to do police work is inappropriate in any state in the United States of America without the consent of the governor, and it would be inappropriate in Washington, D.C."
NEW YORK — An unprecedented curfew in New York City did little to prevent destruction as groups of people smashed their way into shops including Macy's flagship Manhattan store, grabbed merchandise and fled.
Police said more than 200 people were arrested and several officers were injured during the chaos Monday night and early Tuesday that followed another day of peaceful protests throughout the city over the death of George Floyd. One officer was struck by a hit-and-run driver in the Bronx and was taken to a hospital in critical condition, police said.
Monday was the fourth night in a row of mainly peaceful daytime demonstrations followed by violence and arrests after nightfall.
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, both Democrats, announced an 11 p.m. curfew late Monday afternoon. De Blasio said Tuesday's curfew would start earlier — beginning at 8 p.m. and ending at 5 a.m — in an effort to quell late-night violence and destruction.
ST. PAUL, Minn. — At least 65 people were arrested at Minnesota's Capitol in St. Paul Monday night for violating a curfew, police said. They gathered peacefully on the Capitol grounds following a march down a St. Paul street.
Thousands had gathered earlier in the day at the governor's mansion to demand the arrest and prosecution of all four former police officers involved in the death of George Floyd.
In Minneapolis, at the site of Floyd's fatal encounter with police that has become a memorial, the crowd grew slightly agitated awaiting the arrival of police, but there was no widespread property damage.
BERLIN — Germany's foreign minister says the peaceful protests in the United States following the death of George Floyd are "understandable and more than legitimate."
Heiko Maas said in Berlin on Tuesday that his thoughts are with the friends and family of Floyd, who "lost his life in a truly terrible and shocking way, or one should say it was taken from him."
Maas said that peaceful protests must always be allowed. He added that "the peaceful protest we are seeing in the United States — with many very moving gestures including by American police officers — this protest is understandable and more than legitimate."
He added: "I can only express my hope that the peaceful protests do not continue to lead to violence, but even more express the hope that these protests have an effect in the United States."
Maas also stressed that journalists must be able to do their jobs without risking their safety and criticized violence against them.
BRUSSELS — The European Union's top diplomat said Tuesday the death of George Floyd was the result of an abuse of power and that the 27-nation bloc is "shocked and appalled" by it.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told reporters that "like the people of the United States, we are shocked and appalled by the death of George Floyd."
Floyd died last week after he was pinned to the pavement by a white police officer in Minneapolis who put his knee on the handcuffed black man's neck until he stopped breathing. His death set off protests that spread across America.
Borrell says law enforcement officials must not be "using their capacities in the way that has been used in this very, very unhappy death of George Floyd. This is an abuse of power and this has to be denounced."
He underlined that Europeans "support the right to peaceful protest, and also we condemn violence and racism of any kind, and for sure, we call for a de-escalation of tensions."
Borrell says "we trust in the ability of the Americans to come together, to heal as a nation and to address these important issues during these difficult times."
BUDAPEST, Hungary — The Hungarian soccer federation has issued a written reprimand to a player of African origin who showed his undershirt with the words "Justice for George Floyd" after scoring for Ferencvaros in its 1-1 draw with Puskas Akademia on Sunday.
Tokmac Nguen was born in a refugee camp in Kenya to parents from South Sudan and grew up in Norway.
The federation's disciplinary committee said in its ruling issued Monday that any similar actions by Nguen in the future would result in "actual penalties" on each occasion.
Just hours after Nguen's reprimand, FIFA, the world soccer's governing body urged soccer competition organizers to apply "common sense" and consider not sanctioning players demanding justice for Floyd during matches.
The German soccer federation is investigating similar actions by four players in the Bundesliga, including American midfielder Weston McKennie, who wore an armband over his Schalke jersey with the handwritten message "Justice for George."
LAS VEGAS — An officer has been shot in Las Vegas and authorities are responding to another shooting as people protest the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, authorities said.
The officer was shot in the area of the Las Vegas Strip and an officer was involved in a shooting in the downtown area, according to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Protesters have been rallying for days across the country over the death of George Floyd, a black man seen on video pleading that he couldn't breathe while a white police officer pressing his knee into his neck for several minutes before he stopped moving.
Police in Las Vegas said Monday that 338 people were arrested during three nights of protests. Police said suspects were jailed despite a local court policy calling for most people accused of misdemeanors to receive court summons to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
SEOUL — South Korea's Foreign Ministry says it has far confirmed 79 cases of property damage at stores run by Korean Americans amid U.S. protests over the death of George Floyd.
The ministry, which held a teleconferencing meeting with diplomats based in the United States to review the demonstrations' impact on Korean Americans and South Korean citizens, said Tuesday it has yet to confirm any injuries or deaths.
The ministry says 50 cases of property damage were reported from Philadelphia, 10 from Minneapolis, five form Raleigh and four from Atlanta.
SYDNEY — More than 1,000 protesters marched through downtown Sydney on Tuesday in solidarity with Americans demonstrating against the death of George Floyd half a world away.
Police escorted a crowd carrying banners that said: "Black Lives Matter," "Aboriginal Lives Matter," "White Silence is Violence" and "We See You, We Hear You, We Stand With You."
The group marched from Hyde Park to New South Wales state Parliament with plans to continue to the U.S. Consulate.
The protest proceeded despite some organizers canceling it Monday for fear of conflict with counter protesters. But no counter protest emerged.
Around 2,000 demonstrators gathered in Australia's west coast city of Perth on Monday night to peacefully protest Floyd's death, and rallies are planned for other Australian cities this week.
Referring to the violence in U.S. streets, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said "there's no need to import things … happening in other countries here to Australia."
ST. LOUIS — Police say four officers were hit by gunfire after protests in St. Louis that started peacefully Monday became violent overnight, with demonstrators smashing windows and stealing items from businesses and fires burning in the downtown area.
The police department tweeted early Tuesday that the officers were taken to a hospital with injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening. It was unclear who had fired the shots.
The chaos in St. Louis followed continued protests Monday in Missouri over the death of George Floyd and police treatment of African Americans, with gatherings also held in Kansas City and Jefferson City.
On Monday afternoon, several hundred people rallied peacefully outside the justice center in downtown St. Louis, including Mayor Lyda Krewson and St. Louis Public Safety Director Jimmie Edwards. Protestors later walked to the Gateway Arch National Park and then onto nearby Interstate 64.
But later Monday, protesters gathered in front of police headquarters, where officers fired tear gas. Some protesters smashed windows at a downtown 7-11 store and stole items from inside before the building was set on fire.
NEW YORK — New York City imposed a late-night curfew Monday that failed to prevent another night of destruction, including arrests after a break-in at the iconic Macy's store on 34th Street, following protests over George Floyd's death.
As the 11 p.m. deadline to get off the streets approached, bands of protesters marched peacefully through Manhattan and Brooklyn, but police simultaneously responded to numerous reports of roving groups of people smashing their way into shops and emptying them of merchandise.
The doors of Macy's flagship Manhattan store were breached. Police pulled two handcuffed men out and put them in a van.
People rushed into a Nike store and carried out armloads of clothing. Near Rockefeller Center, storefront windows were smashed and multiple people arrested. Bank windows were smashed. Wreckage littered the inside of an AT&T store.
Video posted on social media showed some protesters arguing with people breaking windows, urging them to stop, but instances of vandalism and smash-and-grab thefts mounted as the night deepened.
New York joined other cities around the country in imposing a curfew after days of unrest. It comes on top of months of restrictions on public gatherings already imposed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Enough mayhem happened before the curfew took effect that Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted that it would move up to 8 p.m. Tuesday. The curfew lifts at 5 a.m.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Workers in Alabama's largest city began removing a Confederate monument Monday night after demonstrators failed to knock down the obelisk the night before.
Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin sent workers with heavy equipment to take down the more than 50-foot-tall Confederate monument made of stone. Late on Monday, after a 7 p.m. curfew took effect and streets were mostly clear, crews began their work.
Live video showed workers attaching straps to the peak of the obelisk so it could be lifted away with a crane. Within a few hours they had removed the top of the monument.
Woodfin said the city would see if the memorial could be given to a museum or another group.
Woodfin said the fine the city may face for violating a state law banning the removal of Confederate and other long-standing monuments is more affordable than the cost of continued unrest in the city.
Attorney General Steve Marshall, in a statement, said the city would face an assessment of $25,000 if it removed the monument, which has been the subject of a court fight between the mostly black city and Republican-controlled state.
CICERO, Ill. — Two people have been killed during unrest in the Chicago suburb of Cicero as protests continued over the death of George Floyd, according to a town official.
Spokesman Ray Hanania says 60 people were arrested in the town of about 84,000 located west of Chicago. Hanania didn't provide additional information about those killed or the circumstances of their deaths.
The Illinois State Police and Cook County Sheriff's Office were called in to help local police Monday as people broke into a liquor store and other businesses and stole items.
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A vehicle plowed through a group of law enforcement officers at a George Floyd demonstration Monday night in Buffalo, injuring at least two.
Video from the scene shows the vehicle accelerating through an intersection shortly after officers apparently tackle a protester on the street and handcuff him. Officers are seen scattering to avoid the SUV as it drives off on Buffalo's east side. Apparent gunshots are heard.
The officers were taken to Erie County Medical Center. Authorities said they were in stable condition.


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Forum: Unions took in ground input to work out PWM
A cleaner at a mall on Oct 2, 2020. ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN
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We refer to Workers' Party MP Jamus Lim's comment in Parliament that union leaders use "folksy wisdom and beliefs" in referring to how we justify the progressive wage model (WP MPs and NTUC deputy chief spar over minimum wage, Oct 16).
Mr Lim has not studied the efforts unions have put in to roll out the progressive wage model (PWM) over the years.
The Union of Security Employees discussed and negotiated for the private security industry PWM from 2012 till 2014. We engaged the industry extensively, speaking to security agencies, security officers and also service buyers, not the folksy approach Mr Lim imputes to us.
The tripartite work group, comprising the union, employer associations, buyers and government representatives considered all input before setting out the PWM ladders of productivity, skills, career path and wages.
For months, the work group stood up to widespread criticism, and even anger, over even considering a wage regulation for the industry.
Some agency bosses were upset that they might be put out of business, while many buyers were upset that they had to pay more. Facing these objections required a strong sense of moral conviction that we were doing something right, certainly not the folksy naivety that Mr Lim accuses us of.
Due to the PWM, the gross wages of security officers have increased by around 12 per cent in the last two years, and this steady wage increase even surpasses recent median wage growth, and we cannot help but be offended by his accusation.
His theoretical claims suggest that he knows of better ways to help our security officers, yet his conceding in Parliament a month ago that he did not know what level of minimum wage would be appropriate for Singapore suggests a complete lack of careful consideration or study.
This is surprising, given that his party had proposed a national minimum take-home wage of $1,300 a month for full-time work, and even added that this could be pro-rated for part-time work. This begs the question of whether Mr Lim had indeed carefully studied the issue, if at all.
Raymond Chin
Union of Security Employees
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on October 19, 2020, with the headline Forum: Unions took in ground input to work out PWM. Subscribe
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Q: How do I highlight markers on hover in Google Maps for a sortable table? I have a table that I've made sortable using the jQuery plugin Tablesorter 2.0. On the same page, I have a Google Map that displays a marker for each item in the table. Now, I want to make it so that when a
 is hovered, the corresponding marker on the Google Map is highlighted. I also want to do the vice versa, where clicking on a marker will highlight the table row.
The problem I'm running into is that I don't know how to associate a marker with a table row. I can get the coordinates and markers for each item by using (in Javascript):
var list = [
    <% foreach (var item in Model) { %>
        new GMarker(new GLatLng(<%= item.Latitude %>, <%= item.Longitude %>)),
    <% } %> ];

and this works fine, but I don't know how to then relate this array of markers with the table rows, considering that the rows can be sorted. Any help in the right direction would be appreciated, as I'm pretty stumped right now.

A: I suggest that you first push your markers into a global array, so that you can refer to them by number. Place the code that references the marker inside your table before you sort it. Perhaps something like
  var n=gmarkers.length - 1;

  onclick='GEvent.trigger(gmarkers[' +n+ '],"click")'

The array, and any other variables or functions you mention in your table, needs to be global, because JavaScript launched the from HTML in the tables executes in global context.
You'll almost certainly need to use a createMarker() function to hold Function Closure on the variables associated with your markers in order to do anything useful with your markers once you've associated them with table entries.

A: I would suggest creating each row at the same time that you create each marker.
In each iteration of the loop, generate an id for that marker/row.  Add the id to the row, and add a GEvent listener to the marker with the code to highlight the row of the same id.  Add the marker to an array with the index of the id.
You can add a listener for the row mouseover which gets the row id, which you can use to access the related marker from the array.
If I have time later, I'll see if I can come up with some code.

A: Take a look at this sample.
This is how you subscribe to the client event.
@(
    Html.Googlemap()
        .Name("map")
        .Markers(m => m.Add()
                       .Id("marker-1")
                       .Title("Hello World!"))
        .ClientEvents(events => events.OnMapLoaded("onMapLoadHandler"))
 )

My Marker

and this is how to trigger the map click.

A: Rails 5.2 Ruby 2.6.6
I made a global array of all markers on the map:
        allMarkers = []
        var marker, i;
        var count = 1

        for (i = 0; i < whatever.length; i++) {
            marker = new google.maps.Marker({
                position: new google.maps.LatLng(whatever[i][0], whatever[i][1]),
                map: map,
                id: "marker-" + count,
            });

            allMarkers["marker-" + count] = marker;
            var count = count + 1

The table is made with an id for tbody and a marker for each row:

      <%i = 1%>
    <% @whatever.each do |this| %>
      <tr dataid="marker-<%=i%>">

      <%i += 1%>
    <% end %>

Then some javascript to grab the table, get the marker-id on hover, and click the appropriate map marker:

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I love mid-week road trips. You get that tiny thrill of playing hooky from your life while everyone else is at work, going through the usual routine. It's like flipping everything upside down for 48 hours. It also means there is nobody around, which makes photo adventures all the better: few interruptions from curious onlookers, less traffic. Wednesday becomes more like Sunday with everything open. Jeff is from Allegany, a tiny town in western New York. We went to visit with his sister and her family. I'm fascinated how isolated Allegany is from everywhere else: "everywhere" meaning Buffalo or Pittsburgh, the two closest "big" cities. How did he learn about punk rock? Where did he see art house flicks and go to basement shows? These were the things that a river-town kid like me agonized over if I had to grow up far away from city life. I've spent the last few weeks working on photo projects, working day-job OT, and exploring the back roads around us. It's my birthday month, and I'm celebrating all I love about July through my lens.
These are all lovely, Lisa. I especially like the playful second one.
thanks, john! it was such a beautiful morning too, it made me want to dance (and so I did).
It's always strange to go back because it feels different, but a lot is the same. The motel is never changing though!
I feel lucky that each time we've gone back, there is something else to see – love this place.
The motel De Soto is fabulous: I love the grass growing through the cement and the pool. When you and Jeff take these road trips, its as if we can take them too and its great. Happy Birthday and thanks for your creative efforts.
I'm glad that our travels can be your travels too, in some ways. Each time we've been back to Olean, the motel has not changed – not one bit! Someone takes care of that pool, which is kind of strange and lovely too. I'll be heartbroken if we go back and it's gone.
Very nice post and photos. Thank you!
Seems like the places you visit are hanging in a limbo. Timeless places. Nobody around, no cars. Anywhere, at any point in time. Great.
Thanks, Chiara! It helps to take the back roads, and having patience for the places nobody seems to want to see (it also helps to get up early in the morning and make sure nobody is around! ;)).
"How did he learn about punk rock? Where did he see art house flicks and go to basement shows? These were the things that a river-town kid like me agonized over if I had to grow up far away from city life." I love all those words and the imagery it conjures. Gorgeous.
thanks, lady! you know what i mean too, fellow river-child. i marvel at what we all were able to discover pre-Internet – and now I spend most of my time trying to get back to those moments so I can share them on the Internet. This digital age we live in!


"Parking Ticket Inspired Him to Take on City Hall"
They say you can't fight City Hall. While that may be true in some sense, the following is a letter I sent to the city concerning a recent parking ticket, and their official reponse. Portions of both letters have been edited for length. My effor was successful.
I was greeted on Friday by one of your lovely orange envelopes on my car door. I can't thank you enough.
I thought I had done everything right on that day. I got out, dutifully parked immediately in front of a shiny new parking kiosk on Central Street. Put in my card, punched up the maximum time and even came back to my car a full 10 minutes before my time had come up. Good Mr. Citizen.
So why did I have one of those lovely orange presents under my wiper? I was within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.
I have no doubt that this is a grandfathered city ordinance, if not an outright tradition. For sure it's an easy money maker, because I didn't have the tape measure and video camera that's needed to document such an incident. I understand, times are tough and every effort needs to be made to raise some much needed capitol. But why me?
I called and heard you took a picture of my car. lovely isn't it? Which do you like best? It's classic German Diesel engineering? It's boxy European headlights or the stylish tones coming from it's muffler when it starts up. I'm partial to the later, though you probably weren't there to appreciate that aspect of my classic 300TD. Which, by the way, you labeled a "MERZ STWG" on your ominous parking violation. Is this a new form of texting?
Anyway, to the point. I can't really dispute how far away I was from said fire hydrant. I can say that, short of knowing the exact detail of the ordinance, there would be no way to know what to expect. That and our recent downfalls of snow have slightly obscured the hydrant in question.
Surely, had the road been cleared underneath that ugly rotten ice and snow, it would have revealed a cross-hatch pattern, indicating "no parking." I'm not blaming the plow guys, those poor people have worked enough, I'm just saying I would have parked elsewhere. In fact, there were other spaces. I simply chose the one closest to the kiosk. Who would expect that's not a "legal" space?
Does that picture you took include the lack of a proper sign? Does it show the crusted snow on top of the road, making it impossible to see any tell-tale road markings?.
At any rate, some sort of signage is necessary here. I don't think anything short of that is sufficient.
Until that sign is in, I just don't feel comfortable paying this ticket. I'd rather donate $50 to the Food Bank. Lord knows they could use it.
I'd also be happy to send a check for the full amount owed ($50) immediately with one condition: that it is earmarked specifically for a sign saying something like "Read All Ordinances" or "Danger: Meter Maid Loitering Area." Or even simply, "No Parking." I'm assuming that last one is probably better. It seems more suited for public service.
Otherwise, I won't pay. I'm telling this to you with certainty. You can hunt me down, like a dog, wasting countless hours on wages and gasoline in vehicles and watch your blood pressure rise as you spend thousands of dollars lugging around a yellow boot all in the name of my $50, or we can come to some sort of mutually beneficial agreement.
So, in case my intention has been obscured in this lengthy diatribe, let me state this clearly: I'm formally asking for a review of my ticket.
I received your parking ticket dispute for the above citation, and I recalled speaking with you on the phone some time back. First, let me say that we have already voided your parking ticket, as the pictures taken at the time the ticket was issued do indeed show that the striping is covered in ice and the vehicle was parked directly in front of a Pay & Display meter.
During wintertime, we do receive some disputes of this nature, and we always try to fairly resolve each situation. The PCO's out in the field generally take snow and ice into consideration when deciding to issue a ticket. In some cases there is a difference of opinion and when we receive disputes, management and enforcement staff discuss them as a group to determine a fair and consistent method of enforcement.
With regards to your suggestion about signage, we do our best to reduce the amount of visual noise (or "stuff") on the sidewalks, and a large percentage of that "stuff" is sign posts. We have found that when there is snow and ice obscuring the striping in that area, people don't park illegally. Most winters, the street is clear up to the curb and we haven't had a problem. So, rather than install more sign posts, we will opt to take it easy on enforcement this winter and see what happens next winter.


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New gameplay of Team Sonic Racing unveiled. This one and a half minute video goes over some of the special moves you can use to aid the other drivers on your team. By working together online or locally, you can help guarantee your side a win.
The video points out five specific moves Team Sonic Racing players can use. Here are the official Sega descriptions.
You can also see Ice Mountain, the wintry new track, and members of Team Rose, Amy Rose's racing team. Team Sonic Racing will come to the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC in Winter 2018.


This guide is devoted to the review of the OPFOR armored vehicles that we have on the server at the moment of the creation of this post.
Almost all tanks have year of production, mentioned in [square brackets] or in the name of vehicle variant itself in (round brackets).
Because of the amount of vehicles guide divided on three posts with hyperlinks to them.
Secondary: 2x 7.62 "DT" machinegun.
Time to start up: 3 sec.
Secondary: 7.62 "PKT" machinegun, 12.7 "NSVT" AA-machinegun.
Time to start up: 20 sec.
Amphibious capability: Yes. Dive up to 5 meters deep.
Secondary: 7.62 "PKT" machinegun, 12.7 "NSVT" machinegun.
Note: "45M" or, more correctly, "1A45M: is the name of FCS this tank should feature, but it's not modelled yet.
Special features: Autoloader, Shtora, TTS.
Special features: *sigh* Log, Full Interior.
Rear View Camera available in interior view.
Special features: Full Interior, Unmanned Turret.
Secondary: 7.62 "PKT" machinegun, 12.7 "6P49 KORD" machinegun.
Rear View Camera available (pops-up automatically when reversing).
Special features: Full Interior, Unmanned Turret, Passive Sensor Array.
Secondary: 7.62 "PKT" machinegun, 30mm "2A42" autocannon.
Special features: Autoloader, Adjustable suspension.
Secondary: 7.62 "PKT" machinegun, PL-1 Laser Designator.
Note 1: Technically 2S25 is not a Tank, but Self-Propelled Ant-Tank Gun (SPATG) based on BMD-3. But since in Zeus interface it's in VDV/Tanks so I have put it here.
Note 2: Due to a bug when suspension is lowered 2S25 can't float and physical model is VERY jerky. You have been warned.
Special features: AA-Radar, Full Interior.
Rear View Camera available in interior view (turns-on automatically when reversing).
Note: Turret turn will start up the engine.
Secondary: 12.7 "M2" machinegun, 40mm "Mk 19" grenade-machinegun.


Hiking in Tenerife is not only possible all year round, but offers a lot of variety, unforgettable impressions and impressive experiences.
The Canary Island is a paradise for hikers with different levels of difficulty, to the high alpine tour of Spain's highest mountain, the Pico del Teide (3718 m).
While the Anaga Mountains and the Teno Mountains with their dense laurel and tree-lined forests are highly recommended to nature lovers and botanists, the Teide National Park with its calderarand form special challenges for fitness-oriented mountaineers and mountaineers.
In the north-west of Tenerife you can find the Teno Mountains. It is one of the oldest parts of the island, which originated 17 million years ago as an independent island.
Characteristic are very large differences in the height of the numerous Barrancos, which drop steeply.
The highest peak is the Cruz de Gala (1345 m).
The total area is about 80 km2.
In the north-east of Tenerife, the Anaga Mountains offer hikes on wild, natural trails. They have almost fairy sections through green forests, which have a special charm. There are numerous legends around witches in the area.
Due to the fact that here is the wettest region of the island with lots of rain and humidity, the forest of laurel trees thrives so magnificently and gives the island an "Irish touch".
Since 1994, the National Park Parque Rural de Anaga has been under special protection. The Roque de Anaga forms the northernmost tip of Tenerife and is a popular postcard motif.
The highest mountains are Cruz de Taborno (1024 m) and Chinobre (909 m).
The total area is about 160 km2.
Our enthusiasm for hiking led us here before on Tenerife to some walks such as the Roque de los Brezos, Roque del Conde or the Malpais de Guimar.
Until we one day "discovered" the crater plateau for us.
We want to visit the 10 highest peaks of the island of Tenerife.
On May 31, 2014, at 9:40 am, it was finally time. We were standing on the last missing peak. Surprisingly, almost a bit wistfully, we looked back in memories of the tours. After all, you could really follow all our previous hikes and goals from up here.
It gave us a little pride to have stood on all these mountains.
In 5.5 months we reached this goal in the hiking tour area.
Guajara, Pico Viejo, Montaña Blanca, Montaña Rajada, Montaña de Pasjajiron, Roque de los Almendros, El Sombrero, Teide, Sombrero de Chasna and the "La Pitufina", crowned by Laura.
Due to our experience in the Teide National Park and the life in Tenerife, we would like to pass it on. We plan with you the individual hiking trip to the Canary Islands.
Enjoy a week of hikes and adventures in Tenerife, explore the island, enjoy typical food and, especially far away from the mass tourism, get to know the country and the people.
At the end of March 2017 it was time and the first hiking trip to Tenerife with a group of 14 from Fichtelgebirge stood. All members of the FGV (Fichtelgebirgsverein), Ortsgruppe Bischofsgrün.
After the breakfast we drove to the "Malpais de Güimar", literally translated as a bad country. This acclimatization tour led through an impressive volcanic landscape to the sea. Astonishingly, the flora here is how many plants have adapted to the particular habitat. After the brewing time under sea noise, the way back to our starting point, where we were fortified with a delicious ice cream and a coffee specialty, barraquito.
After learning more about Hermano Pedro, the only saint of the island of Tenerife, we started our hike today. At first we descended into a Barranco. After crossing this section typical of the volcanic island, the climb to the Roque de los Brezos, which we all managed together, followed. We shared the group due to the different "traveling intentions". While one of them rode directly down into the valley to Arona, the other one set out to mount the Roque del Conde (Ischasagua). This demanded security and dizziness. The view from this cliff was impressive: down to the tourist harbors by the sea, Los Christianes and Las Americas and on the other side to the Teide National Park.
The descent over the lighter side is varied and offers further great views. The canyon crossing before Arona is a regular experience, which also the other group liked very well. We find this in a cafe where we meet again. Karl and Michael previously helped an older lady, who at first made a very bad impression. However, this turned out to be a strongly alcoholic state. In any case, the woman could be helped, which she also rewarded with several "Te amo" and "Te quiero".
In preparation for the Guajara, the entire group went together to the "white" mountain. This path and climb is very well suited for acclimatization for more challenging hikes and mountains in Tenerife.
Day 5: The morning of the fifth day was free at Granadilla. Next to the museum, cafes and the town hall were explored.
In the afternoon we watched the surfers in Medano and settled down at a beach bar, where a supposed beach beauty as Hombre turned out.
Well recovered and motivated, we took the Guajara summit in two groups. The weather was fantastic and there were impressive views of the islands of La Gomera, El Hierro, La Palma and Gran Canaria. Besides, at any time the Teide was mighty over all of us.
Everyone at the Parador de Cañadas del Teide was in a good mood for a refreshing drink. Also here, the separation worked out excellently, each participant could choose his pace and was satisfied with the tour.
In the evening the 77th birthday of a participant was celebrated. Despite Calima, the outdoor sitting was pleasant and the right conclusion of a great hiking week.
A nice week with a super working hiking group brought entertaining moments, great experiences and the one or the other adventure away from mass tourism.
If you also want to participate in a one-week hiking trip to the Canary Island of Tenerife, book your individual experience here.


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BA & Virgin say Birmingham Airport will never be international hub
British Airways and Virgin Atlantic Airways have hit out at Birmingham's call for government intervention to encourage airlines to make better use of airports in the north and Midlands. They say Birmingham can never be a national hub airport, and that regional airports such as Birmingham could not provide an alternative to expanding capacity in the South East. BA and Virgin say Heathrow and Gatwick are full because people want to fly from them. Birmingham isn't because people don't. Also that Government should not intervene to force airlines and passengers to use airports they "do not want to fly from". They also claim foreign governments are only interested in Heathrow in talks about opening new air routes and capacity. Birmingham Airport has launched a campaign to convince ministers that it can provide an alternative to expanding Heathrow without the need for a new runway – and it can double passenger numbers from 9 million today to 18 million without new infrastructure, and by extending its existing runway it will be able to serve 27 million people. The industry is fighting fiercely among itself on the capacity issue – and is likely to continue to do so for the foreseeable future.
BA and Virgin say Birmingham Airport will never be international hub
by Jonathan Walker, (Birmingham Post)
Two of Britain's leading airlines have launched an astonishing attack on Birmingham Airport, saying it will never be a national hub.
British Airways and Virgin Atlantic Airways hit out at Birmingham's call for government intervention to encourage airlines to make better use of airports in the north and Midlands.
And they claimed that regional airports such as Birmingham could not provide an alternative to expanding capacity in the South East.
The airlines said:
• Heathrow and Gatwick are full because people want to fly from them. Birmingham isn't because people don't.
• The Government should not intervene to force airlines and passengers to use airports they "do not want to fly from".
• Foreign governments are only interested in Heathrow in talks about opening new air routes and capacity.
• Birmingham Airport could "never" be an alternative destination for London and the South East.
Ministers are grappling with the question of whether to build a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport and have set up an inquiry chaired by economist Sir Howard Davies, which is due to publish its initial findings next year.
Birmingham Airport has launched a campaign to convince ministers that it can provide an alternative to expanding Heathrow without the need for a new runway.
It says it could double passenger numbers from nine million today to 18 million without requiring any new infrastructure, and by extending its existing runway it will be able to serve 27 million people.
But it insists it needs formal Government recognition as one of the UK's national airports to give it the credibility needed to attract more business from airlines in other parts of the world.
Birmingham also wants Ministers to introduce a regional air passenger duty so that passengers pay higher taxes to fly from Heathrow, to encourage airlines to offer services from regional airports.
But its arguments came under fire in submissions from BA and Virgin to the Commons Transport Select Committee, which is holding an inquiry into the Government's aviation strategy.
Virgin rejected calls for regional passenger taxes, stating: "Airlines respond to passenger demand and operate services accordingly. Heathrow is operating at full capacity and Gatwick is full at peak times because passengers want to fly from those airports.
"Stansted, Birmingham and other airports with excess capacity can attract more passengers and airlines by reducing their charges, improving their passenger experience and marketing their services.
"We do not believe the Government should intervene in a well-functioning market by somehow forcing airlines and passengers to fly from airports they do not want to fly from or by distorting the aviation taxation system.
"We need more capacity at airports people want to use. Avoiding this difficult issue by trying to force more people to fly from airports they don't want to use is not a realistic or long-term solution."
Foreign governments wanted their airlines to have access to Heathrow – not other airports, Virgin said.
"When we attend bilateral talks between the UK government and other countries, UK officials always promote the other London airports and regional airports, but the response is usually the same: foreign governments are generally only interested in Heathrow.
"When foreign governments are unable to access or increase their own airlines' access to Heathrow, they are understandably reluctant to open up or increase UK carriers' access to their airports."
By failing to increase capacity at Heathrow for foreign operators, the Government was making it harder for British airlines to expand operations overseas, Virgin said.
And it added: "We believe the UK needs one internationally competitive hub airport located where people where to fly to and from.
"We supported the proposal for a third runway at Heathrow because it delivered significant extra capacity at an affordable cost, in a convenient location for passengers, within a relatively short timeframe."
British Airways also warned that it was up to regional airports to win new business on their own – and attacked calls for the Government to intervene to help them.
It said: "There is no evidence that existing government policy is leading to the under-utilisation of regional airports. Any action to increase the utilisation of regional airports would require intervention in the market which would distort competition.
"British Airways believes that any efforts to support the development of regional airports must not extend to distortive and unfair fiscal incentives, such as variable Air Passenger Duty or the subversion of the economic regulation system to deliver government airport policy outcomes."
And it added: "While regional airports fulfil an important role in the UK aviation economy, British Airways does not believe that regional airports can ever be an alternative to provision of effective hub airport capacity serving London and the South East.
"Anecdotal evidence from international air service agreement negotiations in recent years suggest that many foreign airlines have no interest in accessing regional airports as an alternative to access to Heathrow."
Birmingham Airport did however enjoy the support of Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, which has sent its own submission to the inquiry.
The chamber said: "A regional rate of air passenger duty or equivalent taxation should be introduced whereby the Government would have some mechanism to encourage airlines to operate outside of the South East."
http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2012/11/22/ba-and-virgin-say-birmingham-airport-will-never-be-international-hub-65233-32288317/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
See also earlier news items on expansion of Birmingham airport:
Midlands MPs and business people say a 2nd runway at Birmingham would boost regional growth
August 30, 2012 A letter in the Telegraph, signed by 35 MPs and 41 business people from the Midlands area, backs the expansion of Birmingham airport. The letter says the Midlands needs global air links to emerging markets, rather than just having the national hub airport in the south of England. They say airports in the great industrial cities in the Midlands, such as Birmingham, have huge spare capacity. They also talk of Birmingham having a second runway, and with that its capacity could rise from the current 8.6 million passengers annually (in 2011) up to 50 million. They are calling on the Government to support expansion of Birmingham's airport to maximise regional growth. Back in September 2007 the airport abandonned plans for a 2nd runway, saying it was not needed and there would be enough capacity for up to 27 million passengers per year up to 2030. Click here to view full story…
Birmingham airport promoters boosted by Lib Dem enthusiasm for regional hub airports
August 25, 2012 Those lobbying for Birmingham Airport to expand to become a regional hub are expecting their campaign will get a major boost when Liberal Democrats urge the Government to block new runways at Heathrow – and expand regional hubs instead at their autumn party conference in September. A motion by Julian Huppert calls for UK aviation to be based on accessibility from north and south; moving non-hub flights away from Heathrow, and making best use of existing airport capacity with improved transport links to Gatwick, Stansted, Luton,Manchester, Birmingham and Edinburgh. Click here to view full story…
Vince Cable backs Birmingham, while Boris pushes for Stansted expansion (and the estuary)
June 19, 2012 The campaign to expand Birmingham Airport has gained a new ally – Business Secretary, Vince Cable. The airport recently launched a new London publicity campaign to persuade the Government to throw its support behind Birmingham at the expense of a third runway at Heathrow. Vince Cable said there was no resistance from residents to this expansion to Birmingham building up to being a "really serious international airport", and this would be a "short-term, pragmatic solution that would bring an awful lot more flights to the country" while extra runway capacity at an airport in the South East could take years to deliver. So Boris has been suggesting a 2nd Stansted runway (opposed even by the aviation industry) and Vince is backing Birmingham, as interim "solutions" to an alleged problem of capacity. Click here to view full story…
"Chocks away as Birmingham Airport hits road to London" – ad campaign
June 7, 2012 This is yet more publicity for Birmingham airport, to position itself as the solution to the airport capacity problem that is alleged for the south east. There are now roadside billboards in Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire or Oxfordshire warning motorists of "Heathrow: congestion ahead" and questioning whether or not they are "Going in the right direction?" if heading to a London airport. And the strap-line of this high profile advertising campaign delivers the main message: "Birmingham makes more sense." Paul Kehoe continues his campaign to boost his airport, saying that after a £200 million investment programme, they could handle an extra 9 million passengers a year. etc Click here to view full story.
Birmingham Airport calls for Government backing. Claims 36 million passengers by 2030?
May 1, 2012 Paul Kehoe is lobbying for his airport again. He is calling on the Government to endorse the ational status of Birmingham Airport, and dismissed claims from BAA that Heathrow is the only answer to forging new air links with the country. He says, after a trip to China, that Chinese airlines are now considering Birmingham as a new destination once the runway extension is completed in 2014. He says there is a partnership between Birmingham airport and MG Motors, owned by Shanghai Automotive. There is a large Chinese community in Birmingham, and thousands of Chinese students come to Birmingham each year. Kehoe says since 2003, after London, Birmingham has attracted more Chinese investment projects than any other UK city. And he claims the number of passengers using Birmingham airport will rise from 9 million per year now to 36 million by 2030. !? 36 million ?? Click here to view full story…
Birmingham sets sights on China flights
April 28, 2012 Paul Kehoe, the CEO of Birmingham airport, is planning to start direct flights to China as an alternative to services from the south-east. He visited the Chinese city of Chengdu for the Routes Asia aviation conference last week and met with airlines to discuss possible direct flights between Birmingham and China. Birmingham is hoping to attract long-haul services from the airport once its runway extension is completed in 2014, and said feedback from the airlines had been positive. Kehoe says direct China flights from Birmingham will bring investment to the region, and giving airlines and passengers an alternative to battling with London's congestion problems. Click here to view full story…
Kehoe says BAA claims are a con, and Chinese companies are happy to fly to Birmingham, by-passing Heathrow
April 22, 2012 We have heard many aviation lobbyists claiming that if business people cannot get direct flights from Heathrow to a multitude of destinations, Britain's economy is doomed. Now Paul Kehoe, CEO of Birmingham airport, publicly disagrees, wanting to persuade those in power that flights to or from Birmingham will be quite acceptable to commerce, and can bypass Heathrow. And Birmingham gets the profit. He says BAA is "trying to conflate the wider British economic interest with the interests of Heathrow". Kehoe says the claims that Britain's economy requires new runways in the south-east are a "con" that an industry dominated by BAA will not question. He says he was in Chengdu recently, talking to Chinese airlines that were considering any entry point into the UK. Kehoe says the Chinese he had spoken to would be happy to come to Birmingham: "they see the UK as an important market and don't care how they get there." So lots of in-fighting within the industry, like dogs over a bone … They all want the money … Click here to view full story…
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I've always been intrigued by the idea of saving seeds from the current season's harvest to plant the following year. We've made plans in the past to save seeds, but for some reason just never got around to it. This year, we were determined to try it out with our tomatoes since we had success with several different varieties.
You may remember a previous post in this series where I wrote about our black cherry tomatoes and how they were my favorite from this year. In addition to the black cherries, we also had good luck with some red and yellow cherries, yellow pears, and San Marzanos.
In order to save the seeds, we picked the best tomatoes and waited until they were really ripe. We cut them in half, then squeezed out all the seeds and juice into a jar. To each jar, we added a little bit of water then covered the jar with plastic wrap and let it sit for 2-3 days.
You want the seeds and water mixture to ferment, so when a thin film is covering the seeds, they are ready to rinse and dry. Simply rinse the seeds in a fine mesh sieve until they are clean, then spread out to dry in a coffee filter or on parchment paper. Once the seeds are completely dry, they are ready for storage.
We labeled different envelopes with the name of each tomato seed so we wouldn't get them confused, and have the seeds stored in the envelopes for next year. I was surprised at how easy the seed saving process was, and I'm really excited to see how the seeds do in next summer's garden. But I think I'm most excited about the fact that we hopefully won't have to buy any tomato seeds next year!
Do you save any of your seeds?
This week in the Homemade Living series, I am joined by Mary and Jackie in posting about how we incorporate homemade items into our lives. Next week Daisy, Staci, and our new blogger, Sue, will be up. If you have some free time, please check out the other posts in this weekly series!
I don't have a garden, so I don't save seeds, but it seems like a good idea to save them for the following year.
I've never tried this and didn't know about the fermenting process. I'm looking forward to seeing your crop next year!
Yes we buy heirloom seeds so we can save our own seeds. I lost my bean seeds this year due to the geese getting in the garden - I was gutted.
I'm such a slacker....we haven't saved any seeds this year! I hope we get it together for next year!
Lovely is the cat with the tomatoes photo!
I hope they do well for you!
Hi, fairly new reader to your blog here... and love it!
I love collecting and saving seeds...I also read that you can root a favorite tomato from a stem on the plant to get that same plant...I haven't tried it...but I want to. Have a wonderful day!!
Hi, my husband And I have been saving seeds for several years. We save a variety of tomato seeds as well as different kinds of peppers, squash, okra, onion, lettuces etc...saving seeds year to year is really only successful with heirlooms. It is a wonderful feeling to save seeds and watch them grow the next year it is also a wonderful way to save money!
I have been wanting to do this with all of my seeds. We've saved some before, but only for a few plants. Your cherry tomato variety is gorgeous!! Thanks for the tutorial!
What a great idea! For some reason I never considered doing this with tomatoes. I'm definitely going to give it a try next year!
I didn't even know you COULD save your seeds. What a cool thing to do!
Tammy-what a great idea! We have volunteer tomatoes come back every year, but they don't usually get very big. My problem right now is that every vegetable and flower bed in my yard is getting over run with hollyhocks! I didn't know they were so naturally prolific!
Tammy, you make everything seem so easy. I love tomatoes and it is wonderful to be able to go right outside and pick your own fresh tomatoes. We also have some volunteer cherry tomatoes this year and were very happy with them. Thanks for sharing, I hope you are having a great day!
Wow - I love that you are doing this, and I am excited that you taught me how I could as well! Thanks my friend and hope you are having a fantastic day!
Wow! What a great idea! I had never thought to do that!
What a helpful post. I've never tried saving seeds because I imagined it was quite a complicated process.
I also agree with Leslie from the above post, I have never tried because I thought it was complicated too.
Great post and a great reminder that I need to get busy!! :) Your photos are stunning as always. I love that at least one of the critters usually makes their way into a photo or two.
Love your photo of all the different colors of tomatoes on the platter. We don't ever save our seeds - my hubby just buys new ones every year.
It's amazing how simple it is to save seeds and astonishing how many seeds you can get from just one plant or fruit. I started saving several years ago and rarely buy seeds anymore. Not only does it save money but it also helps preserve varieties. The only drawback is it can become addicting, my office is filled with envelopes, paper bags and jars filled with all sorts of seeds!
Tammy that was very interesting . I didn't know how to save tomato seeds !
I have never ever had black cherry tomatoes and I have never ever stored seed, I have however forwarded this post to the OH with a very big hint.
Those tomatoes are bursting with colour and flavour!
oh how neat! who knew?!
I never knew about the seeds in water part. It will be fun to see the results.
I always save my seeds, I love it. It's a lot of work, but it's incredibly satisfying. Are you a member of Seed Saver's Exchange?
You make it look so easy! I can't wait to see how they grow next summer. Won't that be exciting to grow something from seeds you saved yourself.
Great tip, great photos and congrats on your sold print :) yay!
I LOVE that you have so many tomato varieties. They look great and bet they taste delicious too. I planted some heirloom varieties late winter and how they are just seedlings. Hope they thrive!
Very cool post!! Thanks for sharing. I want to try this sometime... hopefully next year when we get a bigger garden going. I think it would be *so* awesome to have a seed that has come from years down the line, saving seeds each year. So neat!
I've never saved my seeds because I never thought to do it (nor would I have known how). These are great instructions! Too late for me to do it this year... but hopefully I'll remember next year.
That is so cool. My husband and I were just talking about this subject the other day. I enjoyed my visit here this morning.. Hope you have a happy week.
Ohh great tips! Very helpful!
One beautiful try of colorful tomatoes. Thanks for the seed saving process. I didn't know to do the fermenting part.
Thank you, what perfect timing for this post because I am just about to let the chickens loose in my summer garden.
Ha I didn't even know how to do this! How easy! I got to try it someday ;) Thanks Tammy.


In 1911, Walter Burley Griffin won the international competition for the design of Canberra. Two years later, he arrived from the USA to begin the work and was soon invited to become the architect of a new Melbourne University college, to be erected on land granted by the State Government to the Catholic Church in 1882. The Gothic Revival style building of Newman College features a top lit dining hall with long low cloisters and corridors. The straight planes of the student residential wings connect with the rounded rotunda. The battered base, two-storey band of windows and parapet strip exaggerate the horizontal lines of the building. The college expresses Griffin's own architectural style, and his ability to design every aspect of a building down to the finest detail including the furniture. Newman College was to consist of four wings with the chapel in between. Funds were lacking to complete this plan following the Great War, and in later years, financial considerations forced a departure from Griffin's original design. The chapel, designed by architects Messrs Connelly, Dale and Payne, was consecrated in 1942. The Kenny (1958) and Donovan (1961) wings were designed by T. Payne.


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Movie ReviewsThoroughbreds – An Entertaining Dark Comedy
Keith NoakesMarch 14, 2018
Surprisingly not about horses.
Synopsis: Childhood friends Lily and Amanda reconnect in suburban Connecticut after years of growing apart. Lily has turned into a polished, upper-class teenager, with a fancy boarding school on her transcript and a coveted internship on her resume; Amanda has developed a sharp wit and her own particular attitude, but all in the process of becoming a social outcast. Though they initially seem completely at odds, the pair bond over Lily's contempt for her oppressive stepfather, Mark, and as their friendship grows, they begin to bring out one another's most destructive tendencies. Their ambitions lead them to hire a local hustler, Tim, and take matters into their own hands to set their lives straight. (Focus Features)
Starring: Olivia Cooke, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Paul Sparks
Writer: Cory Finley
Director: Cory Finley
Rating: 14A (Canada)/R (United States)
Running Time: 92mins
For showtimes and more, check out Thoroughbreds on movietimes.com.
Some of the best films are the ones where you can't tell where the story is going but makes you care enough to find out and this one definitely fit that bill. With a running time of around 90 minutes, it doesn't matter that much as it will be done before you know it. Amanda (Cooke) and Lily (Taylor-Joy) are two childhood friends who reconnect after several years apart. Things have changed for both girls over their absence with Lily becoming an upper-class while Amanda had become a social outcast due to her attitude which could be attributed to some sociopathic tendencies.
The best and most compelling part of the film was the pairing of Amanda and Lily. What was a pairing of two opposites evolved over the course of the film. Through their time together, Amanda helped Lily to bring out the feelings she kept repressed and in order for her to be honest with herself. Meanwhile, Amanda was unable to feel any feelings. Lily revealed her feelings about her vain and cruel stepfather Mark (Sparks) for whom she didn't like. She used her hatred of Mark to deflect from her own problems which could make her come off as entitled. At first, she wasn't sure how to deal with him. Her original plan was to not deal with him at all despite the fact that he would often get on her nerves. Then the idea of killing him was presented.
What seemed like a risky option for both Lily and Amanda became less of a risk after their arduous planning process. They were fun to watch together as they would go to some pretty dark places. This also meant running into a loser dealer named Tim (Anton Yelchin) for whom they would implicate in their alleged crime. Things became tense quickly and suspenseful to watch because of the uncertainty around whether they would succeed and also what would happen to them afterwards.
The film did a good job at creating a sense of dread throughout beit through its haunting score and beautiful cinematography. Both would help to set the mood and atmosphere of scenes. There were some great shots throughout the film, beit tracking shots and framing shots of Lily's house to emphasize her position of wealth and her subsequent disillusion. Next to the performances, the best part of the film was its sharp script. Not only did it feature two complex and authentic characters, it was often hilarious.
The best part of the film was Cooke and Taylor-Joy's excellent performances and chemistry. The script played a large role in their performances. Cooke was a revelation, bringing depth to the witty, sociopathic Amanda while stealing a majority of the scenes. Taylor-Joy was good as the subtly frustrated Lily despite the character being borderline unlikable. Sparks was fun to hate as Mark. Yelchin in his final onscreen performance gave the second scene stealing performance as Tim, the aspirational loser. What was funny about him was how he sort of acted as a moral center despite being a bad guy.
Overall, this was an entertaining dark comedy aided by a strong script with complex characters, funny dialog, a haunting score, beautiful cinematography, and excellent performances from Cooke and Taylor-Joy.
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The Nov. 6 midterm election is 32 days away.
Here are the political events scheduled for Friday, Oct. 5 in Chicago and across Illinois.
• 7:45 a.m. — Mayor Rahm Emanuel will deliver remarks at the Skills for Chicagoland's Future fourth annual employment champions breakfast. Palmer House Hilton, 17 E. Monroe St., Grand Ballroom.
• 10 a.m. — Senator Tammy Duckworth speaks with David Axelrod at the Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts. Other speakers at the forum include former Senator George J. Mitchell and Hazim Avdal, a U of C student and Iraqi refugee. University of Chicago Logan Center for the Arts, 915 E. 60th St.
• 11 a.m. —The Chicago Committee Against War & Racism hold a picket by Congressman Mike Quigley's Lakeview office on the 17th anniversary of the launch of the war in Afghanistan. 3223 N. Sheffield Ave.
•11:30 a.m. — Inspired by the haunting imagery of "The Handmaids Tale", women dressed in the distinctive red capes and bonnets of the Handmaids will gather at the Attorney General Town Hall hosted by Reform for Illinois to urge the candidates to support a woman's right to choose. Until 12:15 p.m. Union League Club, 65 W. Jackson Blvd.
• 12 p.m. — Reform for Illinois hosts an Illinois Attorney General Town Hall with Republican nominee Erika Harold, Democratic nominee Kwame Raoul and Chicago Tonight & WTTW correspondent Amanda Vinicky.
Read about the candidates' visit with the Sun-Times editorial board, and watch the video.
•2:30 p.m. — Cook County Board President and mayoral candidate Toni Preckwinkle will join Cook County Health and Hospitals System CEO Dr. Jay Shannon at the 11th annual Journey Through Breast Cancer event. Stroger Hospital, 1969 W. Ogden Ave.
• 8:45 a.m. — Gov. Bruce Rauner receives "Defender of Manufacturing" Award from the Technology & Manufacturing Association. 1651 Wilkening Rd., Schaumburg.
•10:45 a.m. — Gov. Bruce Rauner visits Laser Precision in recognition of National Manufacturing Day. Laser Precision, 2400 Commerce Dr., Libertyville.


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Dropping the Ball Directly Onto Dads
Why Dads Aren't Lesser Parents Than Moms
Chris Bernholdt,
Editor's Note: Dads can't catch a break in a new book that claims that if moms drop the ball because they need a break, dads won't pick it up and run with it when it comes to parenting. Local dad, Chris Bernholdt, calls out this outdated notion, argues that teamwork between moms and dads IS a very real phenomenon, and points out the ways our society incorrectly perpetuates the idea that moms are the only real parents.
I've read lots of books lately about what it means to be a man or woman in this world raising a child. Everyone is an expert but no one really knows what they are doing. There is no LEGO manual for making every day awesome because no two families, let alone people are the same.
Finding balance between work and family life is constantly in flux for all of us no matter what your work and home situation may be. In the latest book which tells you everything you are doing is wrong, Tiffany Dufu has dropped the ball right onto dads. In her book, Drop the Ball she has chosen to perpetuate the lazy dad stereotypes of old.
I mean, I'm sure Dufu meant well. She meant to share her personal experience backed by some semblance of research on how other moms feel about their perceived lazy husbands. But be warned, these, "experts" scream to you from bookshelves that the reason your husband doesn't clean the toilet taint (you know that area between the bowl and the tank) is because men don't want to share the worry and work that accompanies managing a home.
Wrong. We both worry though we probably worry about different things at different times. Let's be honest though, you can't be a parent and not worry about something. Our mental health issues are on the rise on both sides of the coin. Men's mental health issues are steadily increasing with many men's worries escalating towards suicide which they believe is the only way out. Read up on Josh Levs' book All In where he conducted interviews with countless men over the ways they and their partners teamed up together to find a solution for their families. He will shed light on these sources who claim that women are doing most of the heavy lifting.
Teamwork is and always will be the key to any relationship and it is where most success resides for individuals and companies. People didn't get where they are today without influence from other people, period. Sometimes that meant that they took the lead and other times they were a support person.
The same holds true for relationships. Think of examples where teamwork works the best; on sports teams where their motto is "I don't want to win it for me, but the person next to me." It happens in businesses where people play specific roles that ebb and flow. Oftentimes a project manager takes on a role because they are the best at it while their supporting players may not be as strong. Nothing gets done in America without teamwork. But keeping score and holding that over your team will never make you a star.
What isn't productive is the claim that one gender works harder than the other at something. Claims that men work harder than women who work at home or claims that women work harder than men because they don't do as much housework doesn't bring us closer together, it divides us even more.
Authors like Dufu want to show one side only. They know extreme examples sell books. They want to prove that one sex is superior to the other based on quantifiable reasons. Why does there have to be this giant scale where we keep score?
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I'm not in competition with my wife for who can do more. We don't keep a tally of all the things we accomplished that day like some maniacal tail-gunner taking out enemy planes. We don't compare notes at the end of the day over who did more like scars on a small fishing boat hunting down a shark.
We divide and conquer, together. I'm not good at the finances and she hasn't changed the cat litter since her first pregnancy. It works because we do the things that we are good at. In her case it's organizing and numbers and mine is just dealing with crap.
Dufu makes a claim that "When men change a diaper, they feel like they're helping us out; when we change a diaper, we feel like we're just doing our job." If this is you, I'm sorry if you've been around men that don't see that caring for your children is an equal partnership.
The men that I know don't think of changing diapers as helping out their wives. We had children TOGETHER. We take care of them TOGETHER. We will always raise them TOGETHER. The very definition of a partnership is doing something together.
If I were babysitting a neighbor's kid, that is helping out. If I were changing the diaper of my nephew, I might be helping out. If I am picking up someone's son to bring him home in addition to my own, that is helping out. Being a parent and managing the household is not a job, it's a responsibility you both enter and navigate together.
I ran into this so often as a stay at home dad of nine years who was praised for doing the everyday tasks any parent would do with their children. People would say I was a good dad because I took my kids to the grocery store alone or because I could make an afternoon recital that my wife couldn't because she was working. These stereotypes make it hard to gain ground when it comes to equality on either side.
I feel this way every time someone calls me Mr. Mom or asks me if I am babysitting. Stop referring to me as a character from a movie made in 1983. I'm a dad caring for my children while my wife works to support our family. The care and worry won't change once I am back in the workforce, it will just intensify since I won't be with them during the day anymore.
I recently started teaching again and now that I have a job, I'm still caring for the children. That part never changes no matter whether you are working or staying at home. I'm still carting the kids to after school activities and making dinner in the evening. Now that our family dynamic is changing again, we are figuring it out all over again.
Books like Drop the Ball reinforce these negative stereotypes about dads who are unwilling to be an active part of the household beyond just raising the children. Society may keep those stereotypes alive but it's our job to disprove them, not reinforce them. Instead of figuring out who is doing more, let's focus on how doing it together looks like instead.
Chris Bernholdt is a local dad of three and founder of the Philly Dads Group. This post is adapted from his blog DadNCharge.
This article appears in the March 2017 issue of MomSpeak.
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Tags: 1983, All In, America, babysitter, balance, children, cleaning, dad, divide, Drop the Ball, dynamic, equality, equality of the sexes, experience, family, family structure, finances, gender, gender roles, gender stereotypes, home, housework, husband, in it together, Josh Lev, keeping score, lazy dad, man, marriage, mental health, mom, movie, Mr. Mom, numbers, parenting, partner, personal, raising a child, relationship, research, sex, sexes, sports, spouse, stay at home dad, stay at home mom, stereotypes, stress, suicide, team, teamwork, Tiffany Dufu, together, wife, winning, woman, work, worry


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Q: Using phyton.exe in .net c# controller: could not load file or assembly 'python.runtime' or one of its dependencies ,an attempt was made to load a program with an in correct format
im am facing same problem, My error was not resolved using phyton 3.5 , calling the phyton.exe path to execute phyton file in .net c# controller ,facing error only after publishing in to the server ,it working fine in my system
below was my code
if (Result.Success)
{
    System.Diagnostics.Process process = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
    System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo();
    startInfo.WindowStyle = System.Diagnostics.ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
    startInfo.FileName = "C:/Program Files/Python 3.5/python.exe";
    startInfo.Arguments = "C:/PythonScripts/Test.py";
    // startInfo.Arguments = HttpContext.Server.MapPath("~/PythonScripts/Test.py").ToString();

    startInfo.Verb = "runas";
    startInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
    startInfo.RedirectStandardError = true;
    startInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
    process.StartInfo = startInfo;
    bool t = process.Start();

    StreamReader myStreamReader = process.StandardError;
    string error = myStreamReader.ReadToEnd();

    StreamReader reader = process.StandardOutput;
    string output = reader.ReadToEnd();

    process.WaitForExit();
    process.Close();

    if (!error.Equals(""))
    {
        Result.Success = false;
        Result.Exception = true;
    }
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A: Not so much info about what you are using, but sometimes, the badformatexception is caused because your project configuration is not compatible with the dll it's complaining about, change it to x86 or to x64.


Discussion in 'In The News' started by Feldon, 22/3/19.
A beer battle that started brewing around the Super Bowl earlier this year has gone into overtime.
It started with a number of high-profile ads ... Bud Light called out MillerCoors products for using corn syrup. Bud Light then put up billboards in the heart of Coors country, along a busy highway running from where Coors brews in Golden, Colorado leading into Denver.
On Thursday, MillerCoors filed a lawsuit against Anheuser-Busch, which owns Bud Light, for the ads, calling them "false" and "misleading."
"We only use corn syrup in the fermentation process not in the final product" they must have gone to the same school as donald trump!
Company of one likes this.