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The Toons' Viking?
By Saumy Deepak Tripathi
Tall strikers. There is something mesmerising about them. Watching them tear the field with their runs, jumping over the defence to unleash a powerful header, and having duels with equally tall defenders is a sight to behold. Fernando Torres, Didier Drogba, and Cristiano Ronaldo are some of the famous names. And then there's Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The Swede has been one of the top players in this century and is still going strong at 40 years. So, when the Swede lavished praise on a certain 17-year-old, the world took notice.
"I have seen him in action, and he is fantastic," Ibrahimovic had said of that kid. Praise from Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a rare commodity. To live up to that is an even more challenging proposition. Alexander Isak is well on his way to doing it.
The 22-year-old now stakes claim to become his heir for the Sweden national football team. Alexander Isak, dubbed the "new Zlatan Ibrahimovic", is one of the hottest properties in Europe and his move to a European elite was long time coming. The market is hot for strikers and Alexander Isak followed suit. Newcastle have officially completed the signing of Isak for €70m including add-ons.
✍ Newcastle United are delighted to announce the signing of Alexander Isak from Real Sociedad.
Welcome, Alex! 🇸🇪⚫⚪
— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) August 26, 2022
Standing at 1.90 metres tall, Alexander Isak has a lot of similarities with Ibrahimovic. They are both tall, technically gifted, extremely dangerous in the box and love to find the back of the net.
So, what do the numbers say about the brilliant youngster?
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Alexander Isak Stats
Isak is a brilliant goalscorer and gets involved in the attacking build-up for the team. Smarterscout, which rates player's between 0-99 on different attributes, has given him 93 and 97 for dribbling and shooting, respectively.
This is a rare quality for a true centre-forward. He also has a respectable rating of 45 when it comes to defending quality.
An interesting thing to note is that these ratings came in a season where the Swede has struggled with only six goals and two assists to his name.
Even in the Europa League, he was rated 99 for shooting and 82 for dribbling, which is respectable for young prospective talent.
Stats from fbref confirm this too. Isak has made 3.89 dribbles per 90 minutes in the last 365 days, putting him in the top five percentile compared to other forwards. He is equally successful at completing his dribbles. With 1.87 dribbles completed, he again ranks among the top five percentile.
Isak is also quite adept at exploiting the gaps in the opposition's defence be it between the centre backs and full backs or between the defenders and midfielders.
And all his magic comes in the opposition's penalty area. Isak has scored 31 goals since 2017-18. Out of these, 19 were inside the penalty area, six from inside the box, and four from outside the box.
Another essential thing to note is that he scored 18 goals from his right foot and 10 from his left foot. And it's his goals from the left foot where he has shown over performance, scoring 1.73 goals more than he was expected to.
Alexander Isak's rollercoaster career
To say that Alexander Isak had a bad season last year is an understatement. But it happens to the best players. and if he returns to the form of the 2020-21 season, he will be a menace for the opposition.
During that season, he showed himself to be a complete forward, scoring 17 goals which was 28 per cent of the entire team's goals.
He was also ranked eleventh when it came to expected goals (xG) in the league, according to Soccerment.
His 0.65 goals per 90 minutes was the tenth best in the league, better than Antoine Griezman, Joao Felix, and Iago Aspas.
His stat was even better when it came to non-penalty goals, where he ranked fourth in the entire league ahead of players such as Luis Suarez, Vinicius Jr, Joselu and Santi Mina.
However, last season, his stats came crashing down like his performances. Compared to the previous season, he was rated lower on non-penalty goals, touches in the box, and his stats dropped when it came to goals per 90 minutes, assists, and accurate passes.
But as a 22-year-old, he can make a comeback. Furthermore, looking at his shot map from last season, we can make important observations. Isak took 28 shots from inside the box and scored three goals.
However, the goalkeeper only missed four shots while the rest were blocked or saved. Of course, it's still alarming that he can't find the back of the net, but his shot accuracy is still high, which means that he can reconquer or even pass the highs of the previous season with a bit of luck.
Alexander Isak potential- Toons calling?
It is no secret that many teams have already filled up their centre-forward spot. Bayern Munich got Mane, and Liverpool signed Darwin Nunez to replace him. Rivals Manchester City answered with the signing of Erling Haaland, where Dortmund splashed the cash on Karim Adeyemi as a replacement. Real Madrid aren't in the market anymore after Benzema's sterling last season and Mbappe has reaffirmed his commitment to Paris. Therefore, the road is clear for Newcastle United, the new big club on the blocks, to make a run at Alexander Isak.
3 – Alexander Isak 🇸🇪 (21 years and 153 days) became the youngest player to score a hat-trick for @RealSociedadEN in LaLiga in the 21st century. Giant. pic.twitter.com/nKCjMkp7rz
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) February 21, 2021
And in Alexander Isak, they could have a player who, with the right coaching, can become the next great thing. The Swede is not just a goal-scoring striker but also can be deeply involved in the team's build-up play. In addition, he is a natural dribbler and thus will offer more flexibility to a team's frontline.
His heatmap, both from the previous and current seasons, shows that he loves to wander around the pitch, looking to conjure up the perfect attack. In Eddie Howe's free-flowing system, he can be the perfect focal point of the attack.
For a player his height, Isak is very mobile, which puts him into a scarce breed of tall players blessed with skills usually seen in players of more diminutive stature.
And he is still just 22 years old. He has the potential to be the poster boy of Newcastle United's rise in the same way as Aguero did during Manchester City's rise to prominence.
Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland are the top superstars to headline the next generation. But several others will be looking to join them as the best of their age, and Alexander Isak should hope that he is one of the first in line to do so.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Just Called A Snap Election
Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe may call a snap election.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe just called a snap election, after the country slumped into recession .
He has told his party leadership earlier Tuesday that he planned to call a snap election for Japan's lower house next month, Japanese public broadcaster NHK World said.
Abe was expected to announce an early election on Tuesday after an unexpectedly bad GDP report showed that Japan had slipped back into a recession. Analysts were expecting a 0.5% increase in GDP for the third quarter, but the figure actually came in at -0.4%.
The prime minister wants the election to get a mandate for some changes, including support for a plan to postpone a sales tax hike scheduled for October next year.
The GDP slippage is being attributed to a sales tax hike in April, which was agreed by political consensus before Abe came to office. Japan's NHK is reporting that Abe wants an 18-month delay on the hike, which he says will be the last delay.
Abe's party currently has an 85 seat majority in the lower house.
Pushing back the tax hike will also likely extend Japan's monetary easing until at least 2017. The Bank of Japan unexpectedly boosted its quantitative easing (government bond purchases) at the end of October, as the April sales tax hike's effects were more severe than expected. The combination of fiscal easing, monetary easing and structural reforms pursued by Abe have become known as 'Abenomics'.
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Big 7 Baseball Playoff Picture Coming Into Focus
By Editor | April 19, 2019 | 0
Two District 31 – 5A baseball playoff contenders squared off Tuesday night at La Joya Palmview High School with the visiting Rio Grande City Rattlers stopping the Palmview Lobos 14 – 2. Despite the loss Palmview (6 – 5 in district) still controls their own post season hopes with just a few games remaining in the regular season.
The victory helped the RGC Rattlers keep pace with Sharyland High and Sharyland Pioneer for the District's top spot. All three have 9 – 2 district records.
Rio Grande City sent all nine batters to the plate in both the first and second innings to build a seven to nothing lead and was never really threatened. Robbie Ayala's two out RBI triple in the bottom of the second got the Lobos on the board but four hits in the top of the third plated three more runs for RGC. Palmview got a solo home run from Jonathan Martinez in the bottom of the fourth to account for the final Lobos run before Rio scored three more times in the fifth to end it. The loss halted a three game inning streak for Palmview.
Palmview coach Ricky Garcia lamented the early deficit which he described as "free runs" for the Rattlers that "gave them confidence" the rest of the night. He still, however, remains optimistic about the remainder of the season. "People didn't expect us to be in this position at the beginning of the season," said Garcia. That position is currently fourth in the standings with two to play next week against PSJA Southwest. (The Lobos played Rio again last night.)
Mission Veterans is the team giving chase to Palmview for the fourth and final 31 -5A playoff spot. A 14 to nine victory over PSJA Memorial improved their district record to 4 – 7 helping them close the gap with the Lobos and end a five game losing streak. Coach Ben Gonzalez said the key to finishing the season would be to play "every inning; every game". Like the Lobos, the Patriots played again last night (PSJA Memorial) and have two games against Roma next week to finish the regular season.
Much more secure in their post season plans are the Sharyland Pioneer Diamondbacks and the Sharyland Rattlers. Both entered play last night in a three-way tie for first with Rio Grande. Tuesday night saw the Diamondbacks blank Roma 13 to 0 to complete their sixth straight victory. (The two played again last night.)
Coach Casey Smith cited his teams "more consistent effort and focus" as one of the keys to their current place in the standings. In addition, Pioneer has a pitching staff that has "given us a chance to win every game. "The Diamondbacks close out the regular season with two games against Rio next week.
Sharyland High has stayed in the race for first with their own six game winning streak after defeating PSJA Southwest 8 -0 on Tuesday. The Rattlers played last night (PSJA Southwest) and close out the regular season playing PSJA Memorial twice next week.
District 30 – 6A
Things are much tighter in the District 30 – 6A playoff picture for Big 7 schools La Joya and Mission. A 6-4 loss on Tuesday to PSJA North dropped the Coyotes to 7 – 5 in district and out of a third place tie with the Raiders.
The loss reduced their cushion for the fourth and final playoff spot to just one game over Mission (6 – 6).
Both teams were scheduled to play last night and conclude the regular season next Tuesday.
La Joya coach Mario Flores credits three freshman starters that have "played like veterans" and "treating every game the past two weeks like a play- off game" as the reasons for staying in the hunt to make the post season. The Tuesday loss ended a three game winning streak. The Coyotes were scheduled to play McAllen Rowe last night and, in what could be a game for a play-off spot, close out their regular season hosting Mission next Tuesday.
Mission High extended their own winning streak to three with an 8-4 victory over McAllen Rowe on Tuesday. They were scheduled to play PSJA last night and close out their regular season next Tuesday at La Joya.
While no longer in contention the La Joya Juarez – Lincoln Huskies got a Tuesday night victory over McAllen Memorial by a score of 11-4. Coach Chuck Garza hopes to end the season by seeing his team "continue to learn". He is excited about the prospects of bringing back most of his team for next season.
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Even if your Medicare premiums are automatically deducted from your Social Security check, you can take tax-free withdrawals from a health savings account to reimburse yourself for them.
Q: You told another reader that people can't make new contributions to a health savings account once they enroll in Medicare, but they can withdraw the money tax-free from the account to pay Medicare premiums. If I have my Medicare payments deducted directly from my Social Security benefits, can I still withdraw money from my HSA for those expenses? And do I need to withdraw the money right away, or can I keep the money growing in the HSA and withdraw it for those premiums sometime in the future?
A: Even though you have your Medicare premiums paid directly out of your Social Security benefits, you can withdraw money tax-free from your HSA to reimburse yourself for those expenses. After you turn 65, you can use HSA money tax-free to pay premiums for Medicare parts B and D and Medicare Advantage plans (but not premiums for Medicare supplement policies), in addition to paying for other out-of-pocket medical expenses.
And there's no time limit for withdrawing money from an HSA to pay for those expenses. You can keep the money growing tax-deferred in the account, then withdraw it tax-free at any time in the future to reimburse yourself for any eligible expenses you have incurred since you opened the HSA. So if you've had an HSA for several years and didn't realize you could withdraw money tax-free for Medicare premiums, you could reimburse yourself for all of those premiums at any time.
You just need to keep receipts showing that you paid for eligible expenses. And you can't withdraw money for expenses you incurred before you opened up the HSA. "When reimbursing himself from the HSA, it's important that he maintains proof of payment and documentation that the expenses were eligible, in the event of an audit (although he does not need to submit any receipts to be reimbursed)," says Begonya Klumb, head of HSAs for Fidelity Health Care Group.


BLACK was commisioned to conceptualise and create the branding and identity for the Resorts World Sentosa's production of Voyage De La Vie, a circus theatre extravaganza. The illustration was done in collaboration with Pixelpastry. Images Courtesy of Resorts World Sentosa.
BLACK worked with WOHA on their presentation at the ICSID World Design Congress 2009, creating infographics and layout of a newspaper – the 'Strange Times', for the future year of 2050.
The Icsid World Design Congress 2009 was the parallel event to the Singapore Design Festival 2009. BLACK played a key role in the branding and visual communications of the congress, working on a seamless system of graphics that gradually evolved and depicted the underlying message of 'Design Difference'. Collaterals included printed materials such as the congress book, brochures, nametags to badges. As well environmental design, infographics and signages for the congress venue.
BLACK worked on the brand revamp of NTUC Foodfare's corporate identity as well as the interiors and brand outlook of its food outlets. The design process focused on thoughtful usability for the consumers, from comfort of seating and visibility of stalls, to specially designed hooks located under the tables, for patrons to hang and tuck away their bags.
A set of brochures for DesignSingapore Council's Scholarship and Capability programs.
UseLess Life 無用生活 was featured in the Kaohsiung Design Festival 2009, in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. 'UseLess 無用' is a thematic design project that presents ideas, works and exhibits by leading international designers and creators unified in their exploration on how design can create positive value for the self, society and the world. The concept engages the audience in presentations that dramatically highlight the role and direction design plays in creating a sustainable future.
New Wave, Singapore's Contemporary Design Culture explores the recent emergence of Singapore's contemporary design culture. The exhibition captures an exciting phase as the island-stage repositions itself as a global design centre.Featuring 8 prominent local designers who have established themselves as the 'New Wave'. BLACK curated and designed the show. The exhibition was showcased at the centre for creative communications(CCC); Shizuoka, Japan. Supported by Design Singapore Council. Organised by CCC.
This project was a collaborative effort between W Architects and BLACK. BLACK developed the graphic content, multi-media content including the signage system and decorative graphics for the museum. It is the first museum in Singapore to use graphic design intensively within its environment as both content and decor.
Green Cities was Singapore's bid for the UIA World Congress 2014. Design of the bid documents and booth in Turin, Italy were inspired by theme of sustainable and green cities for the future.
The fourth installment of 20/20, titled 'BASE' was exhibited at the National Library in 2007. It explored alternative ways of construction and was built entirely using plastic crates.
The President's Design Award is Singapore's highest accolade for design – acknowledging good design in the fields of architecture and urban design, fashion design, industrial and product design, interior design and visual communications design. Black created the branding and identity for award – featured here is the publication and nomination kit design for 2007.
Utterubbish!: A Collection of UseLess Ideas, the featured event of Singapore Design Festival 2007, is a unique design experience that presents ideas, works and exhibits by 30 leading international and local designers and creators unified in their exploration on how design can create value for individuals, society and the world, whether Social, Cultural, Emotional, Functional, Economic, Commercial or Intellectual. The event fully integrated an exhibition, a conference, talks and workshops, a publication and a retail concept store to engage audiences as diverse as professional designers and design students to school students, community groups and families. Utterubbish was presented by DesignSingapore Council and produced by Utterubbish Pte Ltd.
The President's Design Award is Singapore's highest accolade for design – acknowledging good design in the fields of architecture and urban design, fashion design, industrial and product design, interior design and visual communications design.
Black created the brand concept and visual identity for the award – featured here is the publication and nomination kit design for 2006.
Black worked on the brand logo and advertising campaigns for ModLiving, a furniture retailer specialising in contemporary and modern furnishings for the home.
Featured at the 2006 London Design Festival and then in Singapore at the National Library, 20/20 MOVEMENT featured the next crop of 20 local designers. The graphics and exhibition concepts were inspired by the theme of movement, signifying our local designers crossing international borders.
20/20 was an annual show-case of Singapore's designers that captured the emerging design culture, and shared their ideas and visions of the ever-evolving local creative landscape. For Under Construction, scaffolding was creatively integrated into the exhibition format to represent the 'construction' process of the Singapore design scene.
Animation for website of Nanyang Technological University, School of Art, Design & Media.
This set of lobbying campaign materials designed for Design-Singapore Council successfully won them the bid for the Icsid World Design Congress 2009 to be held in Singapore.
With the client's view of its exclusive apartment building as a piece of art, an exercise in luxury both internally and externally. Targeted at the young and affluent, the apartments were launched with an art exhibition where various young international artists exhibited their interpretations of the Lincoln Modern. A commemorative book of the artwork was then presented to the prospective buyers at the launch.
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ARIES: Today if someone's comments annoy you, you could get sidetracked by criticizing their grammar or general demeanour instead of analysing what's really bugged you. Give attention to your nearest and dearest. Heed the call of family and give what they ask.
TAURUS: Social aspects may require too much of your time. Travel plans to meet loved ones can be finalized. A financial gain is within your grasp if you focus in one direction. High spirits and anticipation in romance are highlighted. You shall have a marvellous time today.
GEMINI: There may be minor health problems and work or daily routines will not go as planned. You need to step back and take some time out for yourself. Perhaps something happened recently which you need to look at. Stars are creating tension with partners and close associates.
CANCER: You may have more invitations than you can possibly manage. You realize you have been kidding yourself about a close friend. This period is full of mental anxiety, it is a period when you will not be able to get the desired results. On the home front, however, all is well and makes you feel secure.
LEO: It's a great day for communication, but don't force issues where personal interests are concerned. A gruesome loudmouth spouts clashing ideas. Try not to take sides, and you may be offered a better position. A useful bargain turns up in the shops. Don't miss the chance to reaffirm your love for your sweetheart.
VIRGO: There'll be a few startling ideas and communications floating around. The trick will be to work out which ones are actually worth listening to. The price of living or doing things a certain way makes itself known. As the day wears on, things shift into a distinctly 'emotional and domestic'.
LIBRA: You will be expected to provide all the answers, so you should be on your toes but you have to put limits on what is being demanded of you. You have to make your colleagues realize that they need to do their share of work.
SCORPIO: Don't rise to any emotional bait that's offered: stay calm and you'll stay in control of the situation. If the thought of a makeover really appeals, it's time to hit the shops! But be careful while spending money. Don't rise to any emotional bait that's offered: stay calm and you'll stay in control of the situation.
SAGITTARIUS: It's one of those days when it's awfully easy to get caught up in silly details and nit-picking problems that distract you from what you really should be concentrating on. The day starts on an upbeat note as you're in sync with everybody, doing what needs to be done. However, as the day progresses the mood also changes.
CAPRICORN: Today is pointing towards your general well-being and asking if you're taking as much care of yourself as you should. You may be preoccupied with responsibilities or obligations, but dealings with authorities or elderly people may take time and attention.
AQUARIUS: Ensure everything's paid and up to date. Examine things to see where you could make the sort of economies that lead to good savings. Sometimes a fresh new look can be a great help make sure you're not taking bad advice or allowing your legendary realism to desert you.


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Oct. 19, 2018 / 9:35 AM
Golfer Michelle Wie has season-ending hand surgery
Michelle Wie had four top-15 finishes during the 2018 season. File photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Golf star Michelle Wie will miss the rest of the 2018 season after having hand surgery.
Wie had the surgery on Thursday in New York City. She posted photos and messages on social media to update her status.
"I think John Mayer once said, 'Someday, everything will make perfect sense. So for now, laugh at the confusion, smile through the tears, be strong and keep reminding yourself that everything happens for a reason.' A lot of people have been asking me what's been going on with my hand and I haven't shared much, because I wasn't sure what was going on myself," Wie wrote. "After countless MRI's, X-rays, CT scans, and doctor consultations, I was diagnosed with having a small Avulsion Fracture, bone spurring, and nerve entrapment in my right hand. After three cortisone injections and some rest following the British Open, we were hoping it was going to be enough to grind through the rest of the season, but it just wasn't enough to get me through."
Wie said she made the decision to withdraw from the rest of the season and have surgery after having surgery following the 2018 LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship. Wie was 8-over-par for the tournament and finished in 66th place.
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I think John Mayer once said, "Someday, everything will make perfect sense. So for now, laugh at the confusion, smile through the tears, be strong and keep reminding yourself that everything happens for a reason." ☺ A lot of people have been asking me what's been going on with my hand and I haven't shared much, because I wasn't sure what was going on myself. After countless MRI's, X-rays, CT scans, and doctor consultations, I was diagnosed with having a small Avulsion Fracture, bone spurring, and nerve entrapment in my right hand. After 3 cortisone injections and some rest following the British Open, we were hoping it was going to be enough to grind through the rest of the season, but it just wasn't enough to get me through. So I made the decision after Hana Bank to withdraw from the rest of the season, come back to the states, and get surgery to fix these issues. It's been disheartening dealing with pain in my hand all year but hopefully I am finally on the path to being and STAYING pain free! Happy to announce that surgery was a success today and I cannot wait to start my rehab so that I can come back stronger and healthier than ever. Huge thank you to Dr. Weiland's team at HSS for taking great care of me throughout this process and to all my fans for your unwavering support. It truly means the world to me. ❤ I'll be back soon guys!!!! Promise 🤝
A post shared by Michelle Wie (@themichellewie) on Oct 18, 2018 at 1:40pm PDT
"It's been disheartening dealing with pain in my hand all year but hopefully I am finally on the path to being and staying pain free! Happy to announce that surgery was a success today and I cannot wait to start my rehab so that I can come back stronger and healthier than ever," Wie said.
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"Huge thank you to Dr. Weiland's team at HSS for taking great care of me throughout this process and to all my fans for your unwavering support. It truly means the world to me. I'll be back soon guys! Promise."
Wie, 29, began the season with a win at the HSBC Women's World Championship. She had three additional top-15 finishes while playing a full schedule through June.
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Officials of Nakheel and Centara at the signing ceremony.
Nakheel's partnership with Centara is the developer's second international joint venture at Deira Islands.
Work on the first, an 800-room, Dh670-million ($182.3 million) beachfront resort with Spain's RIU Hotels & Resorts, is already under way with construction proposals currently being assessed.
Set to open in 2020, the resort is the first Centara facility in the UAE and will cover an area of almost 300,000 sq ft. The key features will include a waterpark, multiple restaurants including alfresco rooftop dining options, kids' club, spa and fitness centre, and business facilities. Recent enhancements to the hotel's design have added 50 rooms to the original plan, bringing the total number of keys to 600.
The joint venture will deliver a family-centric lifestyle destination at Deira Islands, Nakheel's new, 15.3-sq-km waterfront city that is set to become Dubai's newest tourism hotspot, remarked Nakheel chairman Ali Rashid Lootah after signing the deal with Centara chairman of the board, Suthikiati Chirathivat, at a key ceremony held in Bangkok.
The resort will be managed by Centara, whose portfolio already includes over 14,000 room keys across 67 hotels and resorts in Asia, Indian Ocean and the Middle East.
"This strategic joint venture underlines our commitment to bringing new hospitality concepts to Dubai in line with the government's tourism vision," stated Lootah.
Chirativat said the official formation of the joint venture company and signing of the hotel management agreement is the natural next step following the joint venture agreement last December. This is the rubber stamp that paves the way for the finalisation of the design and development of our first resort in the UAE, he noted.
"With Nakheel's development expertise and Centara's record of delivering best-in-class hospitality and inspiring extraordinary guest experiences, we will create a unique resort that will surprise and delight guests for years to come," added Chirativat.


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Q: Does lwc combobox have a maximum number of options? I'm trying to diagnose a performance problem, and we have isolated it down to a rendering cycle around a lightning-combobox. The architecture is roughly as follows:

*

*TopLevel - component that organizes multiple different types of child component

*SourceLevel - child component dispatches an event up which contains the relevant data

*TargetLevel - child component which has the combobox

*

*Has an @api enabled attribute with an options property

*This options property is bound to the combobox with a getter
get options() { return this.someAttribute && this.someAttribute.options; }

As the size of options grows, performance exponentially degrades. Based on some profiling, if we represent with x the number of options, the execution time in milliseconds is roughly 1.86 x^2 - 77.95 x + 923. With 125 items, it was averaging over 20 seconds to execute. The picklist that brought this problem to light has 136, and execution time was about triple the above for most of the day.
We tried swapping out the combobox for a custom component loosely based on lwc-combobox-autocomplete by Ben Edwards. This custom component uses
 and
 tags with no lightning-combobox anywhere, and suffered similar performance problems.
We're not sure where else to look at this point to investigate/remediate this performance issue. But I would like to know if others have experienced similar performance problems binding picklists to large collections of options (100+). Or if there is some issue with the binding structure, it is not immediately obvious to me how to fix it. I can add any information still missing if needed.

A: To prove it's not LWC itself, I wrote the following code:
<template>
    <lightning-combobox label="Select Option" options={options} placeholder="Select an Option"
        onselectoption={handleOptionChange} class="slds-m-bottom_small"></lightning-combobox>
    <c-combobox-autocomplete label="Select Option" options={options} placeholder="Select an Option"
        onselectoption={handleOptionChange} classes="slds-m-bottom_small">
    </c-combobox-autocomplete>
    Performance:
</template>

import { LightningElement } from "lwc";

const options = [...Array(1000).keys()].map((key)=>({ label: `Option ${key}`, value: key }))

export default class App extends LightningElement {
  options = options;

  selectedOptionValue;
  selectedOptionLabel;

  constructor() {
    super();
    performance.mark('start');
  }
  renderedCallback() {
    performance.mark('end');
    this.template.querySelector('.output').innerText = ` ${performance.measure('start', 'end').duration}ms`;
  }
  handleOptionChange(event) {
      this.selectedOptionValue = event.detail.value;
      this.selectedOptionLabel = event.detail.label;
  }
}

Your milage may vary, but I'm getting an output of a rendering time of 0.2 milliseconds between constructor and renderedCallback. For 1,000 items. For both lightning-combobox and combobox-autocomplete, running at the same time.
I suspect that you're running into this problem. Locker Service is known to have abysmal issues with performance. Try Enabling Lightning Web Security or using the solution provided in the first link of this paragraph, namely, copying the elements at each level:
get options() { return [...(this.someAttribute?.options || [])];
}

Edit: I added a child component to use an @api attribute, and it changed the render time from 0.2ms to 0.3ms. The boundary layer hardly adds any extra rendering at all, which should be further proof.
Demo.

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Matt Hink advanced to second on a wild pitch.
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Marcal, Will doubled to left center.
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Tanner Anderson doubled to right center, RBI; Drew Reid scored, unearned.
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Jack Colton doubled to left field; Connor Quinn advanced to third.
Drew Reid grounded out to ss, RBI; Jack Colton advanced to third; Connor Quinn scored, unearned.
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Tanner Anderson walked, RBI; Ethan Ferreira advanced to second; Mitch Klug advanced to third; Jack Colton scored, unearned.
McKeithan, Tim singled to right field.
Greeno, Grant to p for Mann, Nathan.
Matt Hink singled to left field.
Connor Quinn walked; Matt Hink advanced to second.
Drew Reid reached on a fielder's choice; Connor Quinn advanced to second; Matt Hink out at third 3b unassisted.
Levine, Jake singled to center field.
Shulman, Noah reached first on an error by 3b; Levine, Jake advanced to second.
Marcal, Will doubled to right center, 2 RBI; Shulman, Noah scored, unearned; Levine, Jake scored.
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Huntley, Josh homered to left field, 2 RBI; Fornaca, Nick scored.
Dylan Combs to p for Matt Timoney.
McKeithan, Tim singled to left field.
Levine, Jake reached first on an error by 1b, advanced to second, RBI; Henry, Robert advanced to third; McKeithan, Tim scored, unearned.
Mitch Klug doubled to center field.
Spezial, Jake to p for Greeno, Grant.
Tanner Anderson walked; Ethan Ferreira advanced to second; Mitch Klug advanced to third.
Matt Rothenberg singled to left field, RBI; Tanner Anderson advanced to second; Ethan Ferreira advanced to third; Mitch Klug scored.
Matt Hink singled to right field, 2 RBI; Matt Rothenberg advanced to third; Tanner Anderson scored; Ethan Ferreira scored.
Matt Rothenberg scored on an error by 1b, unearned.
Jack Colton singled to shortstop; Matt Hink advanced to second.
Drew Reid singled up the middle, RBI; Jack Colton advanced to third; Matt Hink scored, unearned.
T.J. Laurisch to p for Dylan Combs.
Tanner Anderson doubled to left field.
Matt Rothenberg doubled to left field; Tanner Anderson advanced to third.
Connor Quinn doubled to center field, 2 RBI; Matt Hink advanced to third; Matt Rothenberg scored; Tanner Anderson scored.
Connor Quinn advanced to third on a wild pitch; Matt Hink scored on a wild pitch.
Jack Colton flied out to rf, SAC, RBI; Connor Quinn scored.
Josh Ellis to c for Ethan Ferreira.
Mitch Klug singled to center field.
Josh Ellis hit by pitch; Mitch Klug advanced to second.
Matt Rothenberg reached on a fielder's choice; Josh Ellis advanced to second; Mitch Klug out at third 3b unassisted.
Josh Ellis advanced to third on a wild pitch.
Matt Hink doubled to right field, RBI; Matt Rothenberg advanced to third; Josh Ellis scored.
Matt Sanders pinch hit for John Fallon.
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It's so hard to say goodbye: Celebs gone too soon (+Photos)
By Paulinus O.	 Last updated May 6, 2015
Brittany Murphy was only 29 when she died but she had dozens of television roles under her belt and starred in even more films. She is perhaps best known for her breakout role in the cult classic film "Clueless," starring opposite Alicia Silverstone and Stacey Dash. In December 2009, Murphy was rushed to the hospital after collapsing in her bathroom. She went into cardiac arrest and died. The official cause of death was an accidental combination of pneumonia, iron deficiency and multiple prescription drugs. Her husband Simon Monjack died six months later.
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In a small village near Malawi's border with Zambia, Vincent lives a quiet life with his wife and children. It hasn't always been easy for them, though. He was born with a severely cleft lip and had to endure teasing, discrimination and mockery for 43 years. Surgery funded by Smile Train has utterly transformed his world, his smile and his confidence. Watch this heart-warming story to see for yourself how his life has changed.


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Himmelbjergruten er en ca. 44 km lang vandrerute, som strækker sig gennem det midtjyske søhøjland fra Ry nord om Himmelbjergsøerne til Silkeborg, hvor ruten forsætter tilbage østpå syd om søerne til Himmelbjerget (eller omvendt).

Ruten er markeret med røde pile og prikker på pæle. Pælenes farve viser, om du befinder dig på statslige (røde), kommunale (sorte) eller private arealer (brune). På de private arealer må man kun færdes på veje og stier og kun fra kl. 6.00 til solnedgang. På de offentlige arealer må man som udgangspunkt færdes døgnet rundt - også uden for veje eller stier.

Himmelbjergruten har på flere stræk sammenfald med vandreruten Aarhus-Silkeborg. Undervejs er der desuden mulighed for at kombinere med kortere, lokale ruter, der er markeret med gule pile og prikker. Vil man afkorte ruten, er der i sommerhalvåret mulighed for at sejle med en soldreven færge, Danmarks første, mellem Skyttehusets Camping og Ålekroen ved Svejbæk omtrent midt på strækningen. Solfærgen Søhøjlandet har kun plads til otte personer ad gangen, men skal til gengæld kun tilbagelægge en distance på mindre end 70 meter over Gudenåen.

Der er togforbindelse fra Aarhus til Silkeborg og Ry, som derfor er oplagte udgangspunkter. Der er busforbindelse fra Himmelbjerget til Ry (Flexbus). Alternativt kan man følge vandreruten Aarhus-Silkeborg det sidste stykke fra Himmelbjerget til Ry (ca. 6 km). Sidst, men ikke mindst, sejler der i sommerhalvåret rutebåde mellem Silkeborg og Ry, der blandt andet lægger til for foden af Himmelbjerget.

Himmelbjergruten er blevet til takket være et samarbejde mellem Silkeborg Kommune, Skanderborg Kommune, VisitSkanderborg, VisitSilkeborg, Danmarks Naturfredningsforening, Banedanmark og Naturstyrelsen Søhøjlandet samt en række lokale aktører. Udover etableringen af nye stiforbindelser og opgraderingen af den eksisterende færgeforbindelse ved Svejbæk til en soldreven færgerute, er der blandt andet også opført informationstavler, en ny bro, et fugletårn, sheltere og andre faciliteter.

Galleri

Referencer

Eksterne henvisninger
 Folder om ruten
 Kort over ruten på Waymarked Trails

Vandreruter i Danmark
Stier i Danmark
Silkeborg Kommunes geografi
Skanderborg Kommunes geografi


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Tag Archives: Black sea bass
Rep. Zeldin Blasts NY's ASMFC Delegates for Failure to Deliver for NY Fishermen
May 21, 2019 Mid Atlantic
Today, Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1) blasted New York's delegates to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) following the conclusion of this month's spring meeting, during which no progress was made in rectifying New York's already inequitable quotas for species across the board, including Black Sea Bass, Striped Bass and Fluke. >click to read<19:10
Assessment Oversight Panel (AOP) meeting for Monkfish, Scup, Bluefish, Black Sea Bass, May 20, 2019,
May 19, 2019 Mid Atlantic, New England
The Northeast Fisheries Science Center would like to inform you of the 2019 stock assessments.,,, There will be several sets of assessments conducted this year, and the assessment process begins for Scup, Bluefish, Black Sea Bass, and Monkfish on Monday May 20, 2019 with a panel review of scientific information and assessment plans (details below). After this plan review, the assessments will be conducted and later peer reviewed in 2019. Attend In Person, >click to read< or online, >click to register<13:59
Scup, Bluefish, Black Sea Bass, and Monkfish – 2019 Fisheries Stock Assessments
May 14, 2019 Marine Science, Mid Atlantic, New England
The Northeast Fisheries Science Center would like to inform you of the 2019 stock assessments. During these assessments we will use existing models and data sources to evaluate stock health. Our data come from a variety of sources, including recreational and commercial fishermen, fish dealers, fishery observers, and research surveys. There will be several sets of assessments conducted this year, and the assessment process begins for Scup, Bluefish, Black Sea Bass, and Monkfish on Monday May 20, 2019 with a panel review of scientific information and assessment plans (details below). After this plan review, the assessments will be conducted and later peer reviewed in 2019. >click to read<09:49
How eating sea bass and crab can help Maine lobstermen
April 7, 2019 New England
A group of Rhode Island fishermen who witnessed southern New England's near-shore lobster fishery evaporate and its offshore fishery diminish dramatically in their time on the water came to last month's Maine Fishermen's Forum in Rockland to give lobstermen here a bit of seasoned advice: Embrace ecosystem change while you're in a good position to do so.,,, "As the poster child for a fisherman who has had to adapt to sea change, I can tell you that black sea bass represents a huge opportunity," said Norbert Stamps, a Barrington, Rhode Island-based offshore lobster fisherman. Even if fishing for black sea bass is only done on a small scale, Stamps said, it can make an impact. >click to read<09:58
Black sea bass gobbling up lobsters
March 12, 2019 New England
Black sea bass, a saltwater fish taken commercially and recreationally in Massachusetts, have increased in number throughout southern New England waters and rattled the lobster industry with their wolfish appetites. "They feed aggressively," Rutgers University marine biologist Olaf Jensen said. "They're not picky eaters. If it's the right size and it's alive, they'll eat it." The young of New England's iconic crustacean fall into the right size category. "Black sea bass love little lobsters," Michael Armstrong, assistant director of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, said. That's of deep concern to Beth Casoni, president of the Massachusetts Lobstermen's Association, who says lobster traps are being pillaged by these fish. >click to read<18:41
Open Season: It might be time to 'seal' a deal to help fishermen
December 16, 2018 International News, National, New England
According to local lobstermen, the fishing in Buzzards Bay suffers a lull in the heat of late summer but usually picks up again around Thanksgiving when the water cools. But that's not the case this year, according to my own experience. I have a recreational lobster license, which allows me to run up to ten pots with a stipulation that the lobsters can't be sold. I run those ten pots in the Bay from spring through December and fished them as late as mid-January last year, but I hauled them for the season on Tuesday. It stopped being fun. For November and early December, my harvest was less than half of what I caught last year during the same period. Some say that the increase in ocean temperatures, due to climate change, is chasing the lobsters North to colder waters but it's my opinion that the populations of lobsters, like any other wildlife species, are cyclical with highs and lows. Wildlife numbers are never stagnant. >click to read<18:33
Scientists say black Sea bass behavior could be affected by offshore wind
October 1, 2018 New England
Scientists from the Northeast Fisheries Science Center say that offshore wind energy construction could affect the behavior of Black Sea Bass. Black Sea Bass live up and down the east coast from Maine to the Gulf of Mexico, providing a significant ecological and economic importance. The fish are also attracted to structurally complex habitats, often found around rocky reefs, mussel beds, cobble and rock fields, and artificial habitats like shipwrecks. Scientists, commercial and recreational fisherman have expressed their concerns about how the sounds that come with the development of offshore wind energy overlapping with the natural habitats of Black Sea Bass. >click to read<09:37
Black sea bass surge off R.I.
July 15, 2018 New England
Scientists tell us that some fish will be winners and others losers as oceans warm. In Rhode Island, count lobster, silver hake and winter flounder among the losers, their numbers plummeting as climate change drives water temperatures higher. On the list of winners so far are squid, summer flounder, butterfish. And black sea bass. The population of the dusky-colored fish with striking blue accents has historically been strongest off the mid-Atlantic Coast, but over the past decade or so its numbers have spiked off New England and it is becoming a more important catch for the region's fishermen. How they are managed will have important implications not only for those fish but for lobsters and other key species in the ocean ecosystem. >click to read<12:30
Scientists say Maine's lobster boom won't last. Here are the fisheries coming next
May 12, 2018 New England
In southern New England, many fishermen have turned their attention to species such as Jonah crab and black sea bass, the numbers of which have increased as ocean temperatures warm and as lobster in the region have become more scarce. Maine's lobster landings remain near historic highs, but some say the changes that have occurred south of Cape Cod are inevitable in the Gulf of Maine. "I know it's a hard concept to get around, but it's going to happen," Norbert Stamps, a Rhode Island fisherman, told a roomful of other fishermen at the Maine Fishermen's Forum in Rockport in March. "It seems as the lobster declined [in southern New England], the crab increased. And sea bass are everywhere." >click to read<10:43
Rep. Zeldin Statement in Opposition to Black Sea Bass Quota "Deal"
May 3, 2018 Mid Atlantic
"This 'deal' is no victory for New York fishermen and is worse than status quo with other states receiving an increase. New York continues to roll over for the ASMFC while New York fishermen get screwed. I will not pull the wool over the eyes of hardworking New York fishermen and claim victory. Any deal on behalf of New York fishermen needs to place them on a level playing field with New Jersey and Connecticut, and this deal, cementing a quota cut for local fishermen in comparison to other states, is not equitable. I will not accept anything less than what New York fishermen, both recreational and commercial, deserve – parity." >click to read<21:13
Fisheries commission to vote on NY black sea bass appeal
An interstate fisheries commission is scheduled to vote Thursday on New York's appeal for a less stringent quota on locally abundant black sea bass. New York recreational fishermen and women could face a 12 percent reduction in the allowable catch for black sea bass this year under a federal mandate.,, DEC commissioner Basil Seggos said the state was "willing to go to the bear cage" to fight the planned reductions, including filing suit and going into noncompliance on the rules if the federal government did not act. The state has made similar demands to change New York's share of the commercial fluke quota. >click to read<08:20
2018 Mass. DMF fishing regulations go into effect April 20
April 10, 2018 New England
The Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) has enacted new regulations, which were informed in part by this winter's public hearings. The regulations were reviewed and approved by the Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission at its March 15 meeting, and go into effect on April 20. The most substantive change is an adjustment to the open commercial fishing days for black sea bass. The new open commercial fishing days are Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.,, The commercial black sea bass season will begin on Tuesday, July 10.,, During the inshore small-mesh trawl squid fishery, April 23–June 9, trawlers will be allowed to retain a 50-pound bycatch limit of black sea bass. >click to read<18:00
BLACK SEA BASS – THE NEW "WAR BETWEEN THE STATES"
April 9, 2018 Mid Atlantic
On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia, signifying the end of the U.S. Civil War. One hundred and fifty-three years to the day, north and south are set to do battle yet again, this time over sea bass. From April 30 through May 3, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASFMC) will hold its 2018 spring meeting in Arlington, VA, a city that was once the dividing line between Confederates to the South and the Union Army to the north during the bloodiest war in U.S. history. >click to read<12:41
Fishing quotas on black sea bass draw lawmakers' ire
New York lawmakers on Sunday pushed back against federal fishery quotas and regulations that reduce the amount of black sea bass fishermen can catch in the upcoming season. "New York State needs to take an immediate stand against the unfair black sea bass allocation coming out of the ASMFC [Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission] by issuing its own fair and equitable quota and going into what is formally known as noncompliance," Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) said Sunday at a news conference with fishermen in Patchogue. "Going into noncompliance is never the first option, but at this late hour it may be the only one.">click here to read< 18:09
Black sea bass quota reduction for N.Y. has local lawmakers up in arms
April 3, 2018 Mid Atlantic, New England
The decision last month by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to reduce New York's black sea bass quota by 12 percent this year has anglers, state environmental regulators and local lawmakers up in arms. "This action discriminates against the State of New York. It would have a significant adverse effect on the Long Island economy," State Senator Ken LaValle (R-Port Jefferson) and Assemblyman Fred Thiele (I-Sag Harbor) said yesterday in a joint statement. New York has joined Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut in an appeal,,, >click to read<09:12
Proposed 2018 regulations on black sea bass and other commercially targeted fish covered at DMF public hearing.
March 6, 2018 New England
With no proposed changes in conch fishing regulations on the agenda, the annual Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) winter public hearing on proposed regulations was a relatively collegial gathering. A baker's dozen of Island fishermen and stakeholders gathered at the Katharine Cornell Theater on Monday morning to weigh in on the potential changes the DMF is looking to implement in 2018. The main topic of conversation was changes to regulations for the commercial black sea bass fishery. >click to read< 19:00
Hearings set for changes to black sea bass fishing
January 7, 2018 Mid Atlantic, New England, South Atlantic
Interstate fishing managers are holding hearings in East Coast states about a plan to change the rules about one of the Atlantic Ocean's most popular recreational fisheries. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission is considering changing the way it manages the recreational black sea bass fishery. The commission says the proposed changes could alter the way it allocates harvesting limits for the fish. The hearings began on Wednesday in Lewes, Delaware. click here to read the story 13:31
More fluke, less sea bass, but no difference for frustrated CT commercial fisherman under 2018 quotas
December 28, 2017 Mid Atlantic, New England
East Coast fishermen will be allowed to catch more summer flounder and not as much sea bass as last year, under new quotas proposed by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. But Stonington fisherman say the effects of the changing quotas will be nominal, and they will continue to advocate for an overhaul of the quota system, which they say has been unfair for decades. click here to read the story 21:54
Losing hope for lobster south of Cape Cod
December 2, 2017 New England
Tom Tomkiewicz remembers when there were so many lobster traps in Buzzards Bay it looked as if he could walk across the water on their buoys. Now, the 42-year-old lobsterman and his dwindling number of colleagues have to set their traps far out to sea, well beyond view of the coast, to catch the few lobsters that remain. "There's nothing here," said Tomkiewicz, one of only 35 Massachusetts lobstermen who still have permits to fish in the state and federal waters that stretch from Nantucket Sound to Long Island Sound. "It's crazy.",,, The steep decline has left regulators in a quandary click here to read the story 21:20
D.E.C. Ticketed Montauk Anglers for Dumping Fish
September 14, 2017 Mid Atlantic
Marine enforcement officers from the State Department of Environmental Conservation, on patrol in Montauk Harbor on Aug. 31, saw what they estimated was hundreds of pounds of fish being thrown overboard from a Montauk party boat and wound up ticketing eight people, including the boat's captain, Keith Williams. According to a D.E.C. spokeswoman, the officers approached the 75-foot Fin Chaser, based on Star Island, and ordered the anglers to stop what they were doing. Their orders were ignored, she said. The party boat's customers were cited for possessing too many black sea bass and porgies, undersized black sea bass and summer flounder, and for failure to stop dumping upon command. click here to read the story 08:25
NY Commercial fishermen reeling from shutdown of fluke fishery
September 5, 2017 Mid Atlantic
It was the busy Labor Day Weekend, and Southold Fish Market owner Charlie Manwaring had been forced to stock his popular East End restaurant and market with out-of-state fluke for the first time in recent memory. "This is my backyard, and on a holiday weekend I have no fluke," he complained to Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) at a meeting Friday morning with two dozen angry Long Island fishermen and women at the Mattituck fishing dock. "I have to rely on Rhode Island and Jersey and Massachusetts and Carolina.". "The fluke paid our bills," said Cindy Kaminsky, who fishes commercially out of Mattituck.,,, "Nobody's been willing to stand up and say to lawmakers, 'You need to make this fair to New York fishermen,' " said Southampton attorney Dan Rodgers of New York Fish, an advocacy group. click here to read the story 17:42
Warming oceans: fish on the move
August 17, 2017 Mid Atlantic, New England
The oceans are getting warmer, and fish are adapting to rising ocean temperatures with their fins and swimming to waters that better suit their temperature preferences. Shifts in the distribution of important coastal fish species are resulting in changes to historical fishing options, new fishing opportunities and new fisheries management challenges.,, These northern shifts in fish populations have presented fisheries management challenges. Coastwide or regional Fisheries Management Plans (FMPs) are used to manage all of these species, but these FMPs have not always kept up with the changing distribution of these species. Take summer flounder and black sea bass as examples. click here to read the story 10:51
Black sea bass poachers on Buzzards Bay return with the season
Harbormaster and shellfish employees waded knee-deep in the Wareham River last weekend, fetching dead, floating fish and dropping them into black plastic trash bags. Each fish would serve as evidence. An angler had spied Environmental Police seizing 225 black sea bass from another boat and dumped his own illegal catch to avoid arrest. On the same sunny Sunday, beach-goers snapped cellphone pictures of boats that buzzed to the shoreline to drop off coolers, which Wareham Harbormaster Garry Buckminster believes were filled with illegal fish. The boats then motored back offshore to catch more. Its really a wild west in some of these areas, Buckminster said. Black sea bass season had officially begun. click here to read the story 09:12
Recreational Fishermen caught with nearly 300 more black sea bass than allowed
On just the second day of the black sea bass fishing season, two boats of fishermen were caught by harbormasters with nearly 300 more of the black sea bass than allowed in the recreational limit. The Wareham Harbormaster Department alerted the Massachusetts Environmental Police to the two boats on Sunday at the Tempest Knob Public boat ramp. When officers inspected the first boat, which had four people aboard, they found multiple coolers that contained 225 more black sea bass than the recreational limit allows, Environmental Police said. Fifty-nine of those fish were smaller than the 15-inch limit. That boat also had 98 more scup than legal possession limit, as well as two undersized tautog and one 17-inch striped bass. Click here to read the story 17:25
NMFS – Revised black sea bass quotas for the 2017 fishing year and projected specifications for 2018.
April 14, 2017 Mid Atlantic, New England
NMFS proposes revised black sea bass specifications for the 2017 fishing year and projected specifications for 2018. In addition, this rule proposes to remove an accountability measure implemented at the start of the fishing year designed to account for commercial sector overages in 2015. Updated scientific information regarding the black sea bass stock indicates that higher catch limits should be implemented to obtain optimum yield, and that the accountability measure is no longer necessary or appropriate. This action is intended to inform the public of the proposed specifications for the 2017 fishing year and projected specifications for 2018. Comments must be received by 5 p.m. local time, on May 1, 2017. continue reading the notice here 10:38
MAFMC & ASMFC Set Black Sea Bass Specs for 2017-18 – Benchmark Assessment Finds Resource Not Overfished & Overfishing Not Occurring
February 21, 2017 Mid Atlantic
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (Commission) have approved revised specifications for the 2017 black sea bass fishing year as well as specifications for the 2018 fishing year for the Northern black sea bass stock (Cape Hatteras, North Carolina to the US-Canadian border). The revised specifications are based on the results of the 2016 benchmark stock assessment, which found the stock is not overfished and overfishing is not occurring. The approved limits are consistent with the recommendations of the Council's Science and Statistical Committee. The Commission's actions are final and apply to state waters (0-3 miles from shore). The Council will forward its recommendations for federal waters (3 – 200 miles from shore) to NOAA Fisheries Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Administrator for final approval. Read the rest here 11:23
New Effort Underway To Study Black Sea Bass In Southern New England
September 21, 2016 New England
The Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation is kicking off a new project to collect data on black sea bass, a species that has moved north in search of cooler water. Catch limits for black sea bass in New England are a small compared to the Mid-Atlantic states, where the fish are typically found, according to Anna Malek Mercer, the foundation's executive director. That means New England fishermen are throwing back very large quantities of black sea bass, she said. And it's a highly valuable species. "So this will fetch at the dock between $4 and $7 a pound," said Malek Mercer. "It's super important in that way. Really could begin to fill some of this economic void caused by the downturns in things like ground fish and southern New England lobsters. " The project will enlist Rhode Island fishermen to collect data on black sea bass. Read the story here 16:29
MAFMC and ASMFC Actions on Black Sea Bass, Bluefish, Scup and Summer Flounder
August 15, 2016 Mid Atlantic
Last week the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (Commission) reviewed previously implemented specifications for scup, black sea bass and bluefish fisheries and modified specifications for summer flounder. The Commission's actions are final and apply to state waters. The Council will forward its federal waters recommendations regarding summer flounder specifications to NOAA Fisheries Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Administrator for final approval. For summer flounder, both groups approved a commercial quota of 5.66 million pounds and a recreational harvest limit of 3.77 million pounds for 2017, an approximate 30% decrease from 2016. This decrease in catch and landings limits responds to the findings of the 2016 stock assessment update, which indicates summer flounder has been experiencing overfishing since 2008. Read the rest here 12:06
A dwindling North Fork fishing community urge emergency measures to keep black sea bass season open
About a dozen of them met at a Mattituck marina Thursday to vent their frustration at the measure, which one fisherman said would reduce his income by 80 percent. Meanwhile, the state's top fishing regulator wrote a letter to federal fisheries managers urging them to expedite an assessment to improve the data upon which local quotas are based. State regulators are pushing federal regulators to fix the problem. In a May 17 letter to top federal fishing regulators, Basil Seggos, acting DEC commissioner, noted the fishery has been rebuilt since 2009, yet fishermen "continue to struggle under low catch limits and restrictive measures while black sea bass appear to be more abundant than in any time in recent history." Read the story here 14:41
NMFS Announces 2016-2018 Regs for Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass
December 28, 2015 Mid Atlantic
NOAA Fisheries NMFS announces the 2016-2018 regulations for summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass. The summer flounder catch limit is reduced by 30 percent (from 23 million lbs to 16 million lbs) due to 4 years of below average recruitment (young fish entering the fishery). The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council has requested a stock assessment update for next year. The scup catch limit is slightly reduced compared to 2015 levels, but is still well above recent catch. Read the rest here 12:45
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namespace Google\Cloud\Bigtable\Tests\Snippet\Filter\Builder;

use Google\Cloud\Bigtable\Filter;
use Google\Cloud\Bigtable\Filter\Builder\OffsetFilter;
use Google\Cloud\Bigtable\V2\RowFilter;
use Google\Cloud\Core\Testing\Snippet\SnippetTestCase;

/**
 * @group bigtable
 * @group bigtabledata
 */
class OffsetFilterTest extends SnippetTestCase
{
    private $builder;

    public function set_up()
    {
        $this->builder = Filter::offset();
    }

    public function testClass()
    {
        $snippet = $this->snippetFromClass(OffsetFilter::class);
        $res = $snippet->invoke('builder');
        $this->assertInstanceOf(OffsetFilter::class, $res->returnVal());
    }

    public function testCellsPerRow()
    {
        $snippet = $this->snippetFromMethod(OffsetFilter::class, 'cellsPerRow');
        $snippet->addLocal('builder', $this->builder);
        $res = $snippet->invoke('limitFilter');
        $rowFilter = (new RowFilter)->setCellsPerRowOffsetFilter(2);
        $this->assertEquals($rowFilter, $res->returnVal()->toProto());
    }
}

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The Davis Companies Completes Capital Improvements at One Cabot Road
Written By: Patty Colman
Full Article: https://cre.nerej.com/davis-cos-completes-capital-improvements-one-cabot-road/
Medford, MA The Davis Companies (TDC) has completed a substantial capital improvement program at One Cabot Rd. One Cabot Rd. is a four-story, 308,954 s/f building, four miles from Boston. TDC's capital improvements have transformed the building into a modern, dynamic environment with high-end amenities designed to enhance the tenant experience. One Cabot Rd. is walking distance from Wellington MBTA Station with immediate access to the MBTA's Orange Line, Commuter Rail and local bus lines, and is in close proximity to the AC Hotel by Marriott and a wide variety of restaurants and retail amenities.
TDC acquired One Cabot Rd. in 2015 with a plan to revitalize the building. Working with Margulies Perruzzi Architects, TDC has re-imagined the building to offer a new entrance with additional visitor parking access; a fully renovated two-story common area that functions as both a main lobby and a lounge area; refurbished elevator cabs and common areas to reflect the lobby aesthetic; a re-energized 10,333 s/f cafeteria with new lighting, seating and game space; an updated fitness center, complete with locker rooms and showers; and an activated 10,000 s/f outdoor patio featuring expansive city views and comfortable year round seating and gas heaters, which is centered around an outdoor fire pit and game space. In total, the amenity space consists of 17,500 s/f.
"Boston's urban markets are rapidly evolving, attracting a wide variety of companies looking for work environments that are creative, efficient, and convenient. Having a parking ratio in excess of 3 spaces per 1,000 square-feet on-site (395 of which are garage spaces) along with being in a transit-oriented location with the Wellington T Station right across the street, One Cabot Road is a strong value alternative to the Seaport and Cambridge at 35-50 percent less rent," said Duncan Gilkey, Senior Vice President at The Davis Companies. "Furthermore, the infrastructure at One Cabot Road, with three full building back-up generators and dual power feeds into the building was designed to function as a 24-hour operation so tenants that value data center level power, redundancy, reliability and value will find One Cabot Road an incredible alternative."
"We are excited to be marketing the revitalized One Cabot Road," said JLL Managing Director Peter Bekarian. "The updated building has undergone a dramatic transformation. Visitors will first experience One Cabot's bright, re-energized showpiece lobby, and then find their way to a renovated and full-service café before experiencing the new outdoor patio. The submarket continues to enjoy numerous new additions to the amenity base; from new restaurants and shops to new housing. One Cabot also benefits from great public transportation, top of market parking ratios, and the buzz of this hot submarket."
One Cabot Road is currently home to: Agero, Expedient, Partners Healthcare and First Marblehead Corporation.
TDC has applied its repositioning expertise to transform other office properties into prime, modern work environments. A few of those projects include: The Xchange in Bedford, MA, which TDC transformed into a contemporary, engaging office campus with cutting-edge amenities; The Center at Corporate Drive in Burlington, MA, which TDC reimagined to create a Class-A office park campus; CrossPoint at Valley Forge in Wayne, PA, which TDC upgraded to become a Class A, LEED Gold-certified and Energy Star-rated office building; and the Union Trust Building in Pittsburgh, PA, a 100-year-old icon which TDC is currently transforming into a 21st century destination building with Class-A retail, traditional office and tech-startup space and amenity space.
Committed to excellence in both investment performance and operations, The Davis Companies is an integrated real estate investment, development and management firm headquartered in Boston that has invested over $4 billion in gross asset value through real estate equity, debt, and fixed-income securities. A unique combination of capital markets, development and management expertise allows The Davis Companies to nimbly tackle complex and contrarian opportunities. Directly, and with its valued partners, The Davis Companies currently owns a real estate portfolio of approximately 12 million s/f across the Eastern United States.


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Q: get last row in linq I have 1 table that have PK is string I can't get last row
when I use order by code desc
9999 is incorrect

73858 is correct

Help me please T__T
I'm from Thailand sorry if incorrect language
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This problem is solve by grek40 Thank you so much
var lastrow = db.table.OrderByDescending(x => x.Code.Length).ThenByDescending(x => x.Code).FirstOrDefault().Code;

A: As your Code-property is a string values are compared using string-arithmetic where 9999 is greater 73858 as it starts with 9. What you want is number-arithmetic, so convert your strings to numbers first. Unfortunately you can´t use int.TryParse or Convert.ToInt32 in EF, so you´re stuck on converting your query to an IEnumerable first:
var query = myQuery.AsEnumerable();

Now you can convert every string and get the actual last row
var lastRow = query.OrderByDescending(o => Convert.ToInt32(o.Code)).FirstOrDefault().Code

This means you´d have to get all the data into memory in order to get the greatest value which might be an issue when you have many rows.
Anyway as others already pointed out you should consider to use a datatype that allows this kind of search-behaviour. Then you could easily avoid these situations from the very beginning.

A: The best solution would be to use proper type in DB, i.e. if Code is actually Int why it is stored as String? As a workaround you can sort by Convert.ToInt32(code).

A: If your string is at least well formatted (no whitespaces around), you could try to first get the longest code and then the largest from the longest codes.
db.Entries
    .OrderByDescending(x => x.Code.Length)
    .ThenByDescending(x => x.Code)
    .FirstOrDefault();

Or in SQL bring the highest code to front with ordering
order by LEN(code) desc, code desc