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Home > 2014 > 05/16 > Flames Next Steps – Functional Toughness
Flames Next Steps – Functional Toughness
May 16, 2014, 5:00 PM | Kent Wilson
Season 1 of the official Calgary Flames rebuild was, by many measures, a success. The club was competitive on most nights but finished low enough to guarantee a high caliber prospect in the upcoming draft. We saw the emergence of potential new core pieces in Mikael Backlund, TJ Brodie, Mark Giordano and Sean Monahan, while many of the organization's hopefuls (including Johnny Gaudreau, Jon Gillies, Joni Ortio, Markus Granlund, Max Reinhart, Emile Poirier and Morgan Klimchuk) had very strong seasons in their respective leagues.
Despite all the positive indicators, there is still a lot of work that needs to be done. The Flames finished second last in the Western Conference, after all. On top of the most obvious and necessary next step – acquire more elite talent – Calgary has other pressing areas of concern that will need to addressed if they want to find a way out of the basement sooner rather than later.
Find Functional Toughness
A lot of the Flames youngsters looking to break into the show over the next few years aren't big bodies. Granlund, Baertschi, Reinhart, Gaudreau – none of them tip the scales. It's also true this coaching staff and executive team is interested in upping the grit factor of this roster moving forward as a result.
The challenge is to do so without undermining the "ability to play hockey" factor at the same time. I've said before that "toughness" as a skill is the only one in the game that also trumps the typical (and very necessary) threshold of "must be able to play hockey at an NHL level" to get a player in the league. Put another way – the only type of sub-replacement level guy who persists on NHL rosters to this day is the guy who has "grit" as a lone item on his hockey resume.
No other player type gets this sort of pass. Unfortunately, the preference for non-functional tough guys can be a trap, particularly for lousy teams. Observe, for instance, how earnestly the Edmonton Oilers have added sandpaper and goons to their roster each and every off-season during their ever expanding rebuild. Notice as well how that has done exactly nothing to prevent injuries or raise the level of the team's play.
So if the Flames are going to pursue big bodies with fire in their eyes and malice in their hearts, they should also make it a mandate that their targets can actually play the game to some reasonable degree. Otherwise they might as well slap a pair of skates on some MMA fighters.
The Utility of a Nice Bottom End
Let's look at the utility of a functional bottom end of the roster with an illustrative comparison: the Calgary Flames vs the Chicago Blackhawks…
We all know the there is a striking difference between each club's top-end, but there is also a marked advantage for Chicago when it comes to their depth as well. Let's have a look:
Player ES ICE ZS % Corsi % Corsi Rel QoC %
Markus Krueger 13.6 21.1 51.4 -5.2 22.3
Michal Hanzdus 13.4 60.7 51.8 -4.2 22.6
Ben Smith 12.5 26.6 51.1 -5.5 22.2
Bryan Bickell 11.1 69.3 58 3.1 21.9
Brandon Bollig 10.1 18.0 50.9 -5.6 20.3
Lance Bouma 12.4 38.6 43.5 -3.6 21.0
Kevin Westgarth 6.9 58.1 41.1 -8.0 14.1
Joe Colborne 14.1 51.0 46.5 -1.3 25.0
Brian McGrattan 6.6 57.3 38.4 -9.1 13.6
These tables show the lowest ice time forwards for each team, as well as their average even strength ice time per game, zone start ratio (offensive zone/defensive zone), corsi rate (all shots for/all shots against), relative corsi rate (corsi relative to the rest of the team) and a quality of competition metric (average % of ice time of opponents for each player).
Excluded from the analysis were players who didn't regularly appear in the NHL – so less than 30 games. The Flames in particular had a large cast of rotating characters who had a cup of coffee in the show, but there is sample size concerns with their results.
The Chicago Blackhawks mixed a couple of relative heavyweights (Brandon Bollig and Bryan Bickell) in with a couple of capable NHLers in Smith and Krueger at the bottom end (plus Handzus…the one area the Hawks could stand to improve the middle rotation). Every player in question finished the year with a corsi above 50%. In addition, no Hawks player averaged less than 10 minutes of ES ice per night and everyone a quality of competition of above 20%.
What's noteworthy on the Blackhawks side is Quenneville absolutely buried a portion of his bottom end: Krueger, Smith and Bollig had some of the lowest zone start ratios in the league and they still managed not to be hopelessly outshot in aggregate. That left the Hawks the ability to grant players like Kane, Toews and Hossa the high ground most nights – those guys had zone starts of 62% or better (!!). We call this "the Sedin treatment" because it's what Alain Vigneault did with the twins when they were winning scoring titles in Vancouver.
On the Flames end of the spectrum, Kevin Westgarth and Brian McGrattan are the obvious outliers. They have the worst possession ratings of anyone involved (both absolute and relative) despite playing by far the easiest minutes available. They mostly skated against other 6-7 min/guys, started more often in the offensive zone and still spent way too much time watching pucks get fired at their own net. As a consequence, Bob Hartley could only afford to give them about 6 minutes of work every night.
The effect of playing a couple of sub-replacement enforcers every night ripples throughout the roster: there are less o-zone starts for the top-6 players since some of them have to be sacrificed to the tough guys. And because enforcers can't defend, score, or play special teams, there is an increased burden on the rest of the guys to get things accomplished, a burden that is magnified when the top is playing through a rough patch or the team is hobbled by injuries.
In addition, non-functional tough guys also drag down the other, potentially useful players who are stuck playing with them. For example, Lance Bouma's corsi rate was 43.5% for the year, but when he was on the ice with either Westgarth or McGrattan, it cratered to 38.2 and 39.5 respectively. In contrast, when Bouma played with Mikael Backlund or TJ Galiardi, his results were much improved (49.5 and 52.3 respectively). In short, it's pretty much impossible to make any 4th line saddled with a pure enforcer to be effective…outside of sitting the big guy on the bench for the rest of the game.
Bouma is a good example of a guy who may be able to fill this niche for the Flames as he matures: a defensively capable NHLer who is tough but can actually play the game. Calgary's signing of David Wolf may be an indication that the org is starting to look to fill the team's toughness quotient with a Bryan Bickell type player rather than a Dave Semenko.
I've been identified as guy who doesn't like "toughness". My position is a bit more nuanced: I think a lot of NHL coaches and GM's over-emphasize toughness to the degree that it alone is considered a good enough factor to get a player on an NHL roster. In contrast, I consider toughness a tool like any other attribute and not an end unto itself. I'm all for tough guys – as long as they can leverage that toughness to promote good outcomes (like scoring more goals or giving up less goals).
Calgary probably doesn't have to worry about skating a Krueger-eqsue line next year since they are still at least two seasons away from competing. Still, the goal for the club for when it finally emerges at the bright end of the dark tunnel should be to have functional toughness taking the place of it's current collection of sub-replacement level ruffians.
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FeyWest 5 years ago
Awesome article. Agree on all counts.
I like that, "Functional Toughness" is a great representation of what we should be trying to acquire if we are going the big, hard to play against mold.
Should coin that before someone takes credit Kent ;D cheers.
"I consider toughness a tool like any other attribute and not an end unto itself…" This is what I hope is in Burke and Treliving's vision and not just plugger hulks. I'm optimistic though and am in your corner regarding size and toughness.
Kent Wilson 5 years ago
Lordmork 5 years ago
Great read. I'm not and was never a hockey player, so my perspective is completely from an off-ice viewpoint. To me, it makes zero sense to bring along guys who are tough, but nothing else, if they hurt the team. I recognize there are intangibles that stats may not capture, but if he makes your team worse, I can't understand why you'd want a Kevin Westgarth in your lineup.
mattyc 5 years ago
I agree on the whole, but I think there is a bit of a tendency to get too wrapped up with the 4th line. As your table shows, Westgarth and McGratton play so little, that even if they're terrible possession players, there's only so much damage they can do when they're only on the ice for 6 minutes (most of it together against other terrible possession players (QoC% in the table).
I only mention this, because we're all going to have conniptions when the flames invariably sign another face-punching leadership/grit toughness guy this summer.
Edit: I should add that I do think it's really important to have a strong 3rd line though…
That's true, but it's a chicken and egg thing – if they were better players, they'd play more than 6 mins per night. And even at that minimal amount they are getting their head absolutely kicked in on a regular basis.
My blueprint as a GM would be a 4th line that could potentially play 10 mins a night, start way more often in the defensive end without fear and move the puck with some efficiency.
SmellOfVictory 5 years ago
Agreed. The fourth line should be for guys who have limited offensive capability, but can acquit themselves reasonably well in the defensive/neutral zone. They don't even have to be able to gain offensive zone entry; just be good enough to prevent shots/goals against and dump the puck into the other end while the other three lines get a rest.
For sure, that would be the ideal. I don't even know if they need to be defensive stalwarts – they just need to be able to beat other 4th lines. This should also be one of the easiest things to acquire.
Ultimately, though, I think you live and die based on your best players (who play 2-3 times as much as the bottom of rotation players). If your best players are beating the other best players head to head, you'll be controlling the majority of the play.
That's true. Still, as a GM, I'd be looking for incremental ways to improve my chances of success everywhere on the roster. What if your top guys are injured? Or playing hurt? What if you're facing Pittsburgh and you basically have very little chance of your elite talent beating out Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin?
You build a more robust roster if you look to have capable players everywhere. Their relative importance slides gradually as you make your way down the roster, but you might as well try to win every possible minute of every 60+ minute segment per game I'd say.
DoubleDIon 5 years ago
Exactly, if you look at the best Flames teams of the past 25 years that was how we stayed competitive. Outside of the 5 years of Iginla's prime we've had no real elite talent on this team. The 04 team we all love won by having really solid guys in the bottom 6. All of them could drive possession. Centermen like Langkow, Conroy and Lombardi while all 2/3 type of guys offensively could drive the play. We have Backlund who does that now and Monahan looks like he could become that.
Honestly, I don't think we're bad enough to land a McDavid/Eichel type in the next draft. But Backlund's are available every year if you make solid trades/picks.
Hello Burmistrov?
Yeah, that's a good point.
To play devil's advocate a bit: I wonder how much the salary cap limits your ability to balance your roster well. Having $2million 3-4th liners playing on your 4th line ultimately amounts to 3-5$ less to spend at the top of your roster, which could be the difference between getting a Hossa/Parise type versus a Stempniak or Glencross (all things being equal, blah blah blah).
I guess it comes down to a strategy thing (assuming of course you can choose your strategy and elite players fall to you instead of playing the cards you're dealt). Do you try and built a top-heavy lineup, or balance it throughout your lines? Personally, I'd probably spend allocate my FWD budget on lines 1-4 as 40-70% on the top 6, another 20-40% on 3rd line, and whatever's left on the 4th line replacements.
Well I think now we're starting to talk about middle rotation guys more than the end of the roster. Personally, I think there's plenty of players you can get for $1M or less who are a better bet to deliver value than the typical enforcer.
jonahgo 5 years ago
I actually think that having a decent 4th is a great way to make up for a lack of elite talent or to help elite talent shine. Chicago, as Kent points out, is an excellent example of the latter, and, to a lesser degree, Columbus is a good example of the former.
Look at the final four teams… there are no McGrattan-esque black holes on any of their rosters. Over an 82 game schedule, I would actually expect the quality of a team's fourth line to have a significant effect.
Greg 5 years ago
That's a good point actually. Makes me curious… Of the teams who still have a westgarth type on the roster, who finished highest in the standings?
redhot1 5 years ago
What about the penalties that tough guys on a fourth line incur – surely that hurts the team
Can't disagree, the bottom six has proven to be very valuable especially in the playoffs when a lot of the offensive forwards go dry. The Flames are going to need guys like a Bollig, Bickell, on the bottom six. If there are better options than the Flames should explore those but yes they do need elite talent on the top six. I don't think the Habs get by the Bruins without guys like Weise, Weaver, Moen, Prust, etc.
beloch 5 years ago
The fourth line can be a crucial part of a "virtuous possession cycle", or they can be the hole that sinks the boat.
On a great possession team, the fourth line is typically going to start in pretty rosy circumstances. Higher lines will, more often than not, turn the job over to the fourth line when the puck is in their opponents' end. Some opponents, when hemmed into their own end, might try to get their fourth line out there, but many will keep a higher line out. Whether it's a fourth line or a dead-tired first to third line, the quality of competition is not high. A good fourth line can take advantage of their circumstances to keep the play in the opposing zone for long enough to give the top three lines a decent rest.
The "energy line" grants the whole team more energy, not with crushing hits or goonery, but by keeping the ice tilted while their teammates rest. Tired players make more mistakes and are injured more often. Players who are well rested, and who know they will continue to get rest, can skate harder and faster, and with more confidence, than players who know they will barely be on the bench before it's time to go over the boards once more. A fourth line that plays a lot makes the top three lines play better. If a fourth line does its job and gives the top three lines some rest, the top three lines can dominate the other team, wear down their players, and make the fourth lines job easier. It's a feedback loop when things work well.
Now, consider the poor opponent of this possession colossus. Constantly hemmed into their own end, they are in perpetual jeopardy. Their fourth line is a goon squad that is exceedingly dangerous to deploy when play is in their defensive zone. Even on a good night the goon squad never plays more than 5 minutes. Their top three lines all play more time as a result. If they were rested they might be good enough to drive play forward, but tired and wore down, they cannot tilt the ice enough in their favor to deploy the goons and get a rest. They will play their entire game with a shortened bench. This is why any fourth liner who can't play hockey is a detriment to his team, no matter what his merits as an enforcer may be. The energy line is important for giving the whole team energy, but that energy comes from minutes rather than hits and punches.
The Flames fourth line played 5 minutes or less for far too many games this season. Toughness, bigness, and truculence are all great, but must come paired with the ability to play hockey for more than five minutes a night!
TheRealPoc 5 years ago
Great piece Kent, this is spot on.
Wholeheartedly agree, and I #PlayedTheGame
Back in the Winter of '89 5 years ago
I think Kent did a great job of outlining the butterfly effect that is really at play with having 1 and especially 2 non-functional tough guys in your line up on a nightly basis.
Full marks!
ChinookArchYYC 5 years ago
To Burning Sensation,
I told you the 2013/14 Season was the first year of the Rebuild, it says it right here on the internet.
"Season 1 of the official Calgary Flames rebuild".
Thank you Kent Wilson for settling the debate.
I was unaware there was a debate.
There shouldn't be, but BS has promoted his view that the Flames rebuild started with the Regehr trade.
And . . . I thought I'd just poke the bear a bit.
T&A4Flames 5 years ago
I find it interesting that Bouma has better corsi % with Galiardi than with Backs. I know Gali siffered with some bad luck last year but if he and Bouma can push possession on the 3rd line, that could be a very good 3rd line, reminiscent of Moss, Stajan, Glenx. At least a start to it.
You're a good writer Kent. I agree with most of your opinions too. Since I'm going counter to my usual loathing indictment of bloggers I'd like to offer one final compliment. You have a top flight mustache.
PS. Will you go to prom with me?
How did you end up here if you hate bloggers?
PS – Sorry. They won't let me back near the high school after the fire.
dotfras 5 years ago
Shouldn't Galiardi be included in that analysis?
I'm assuming he gets re-upped and fills a hole on our 3rd or 4th line nightly.
Yeah…he and Byron were in the 14.5 ES minute range which is getting into top-9 territory. I really only included Colborne to round things out a bit.
The Flames actually have pieces who could be good bottom-sizers: Byron, Colborne and Galiardi as well as Bouma isn't a bad start.
supra steve 5 years ago
Thanks Kent..loved your post..a nice follow up on Ryan's McGrattan discussion and Wolf's signing a couple days ago.
Regarding your Chicago comparatives if your article is more about functional toughness than 4th line players then I might suggest including PIMs in your evaluation to determine which players to select for comparison.
As such I am not sold on including Handzus (16 PIM)and Smith (2 PIM) and even possibly Krueger (36 PIM). Instead for Functional Toughness I might include Andrew Shaw, while just 5'10", but who has 72 PIM (along with 20G & 39 Pts), would likely be a better prototypical model possessing both Grit and Skill/Capability.
For the Flames if Bouma, VanBrabant, Wolf and Ferland can provide Grit (energy, tenacity, physicality, protection) while also showing Capability (skating, possession, Corsi, defensive responsibility), while playing 10+ Min per night on different lines, this would be gold!
Maybe its too much to ask (especially for the 3 rookies), but it would be great to see all four of them aiming for 8-12 goals each, a relative Corsi of -3 or better, and 10-13 min ATOI whether with the Flames or developing in the AHL.
loudogYYC 5 years ago
My question is where do you play them? (Bouma, VB, Wolf, Ferland) Do you create a 4th line from them? Or do you play them throughout the line up?(my choice) Don't forget McG who in the last 10 or 15 games was more effective than the start of the season. Poirier (IMO)also brings many of those same things but with more skill .
I too would prefer to roll 4 equitable lines rather than a 6 minute 4th line which is detrimental. At RW I would likely play Hudler, Colborne on the first & second lines.
I'm thinking Poirier (eventually 1RW or 2RW)will likely start the first half year in Adirondack with a call up or two, and then come up for the last third of a year after trading a vet.
So that means rotating VB, Wolf, and Ferland as 3RW / 4RW as an initial plan for now…?
Where do you see Bouma playing? Has Hudler played much RW? My problem is we don't have many natural RW and I'm not sure which of the veteran LW would adapt best. I agree that Poirier will be moved up and own through the AHL/NHL during the course of the year. I also suspect that Ferland may need to start there as well depending on his knee.
I recall Hudler playing RW a fair bit, most often when Glencross was in the line-up. I agree we have DJones as about the only natural scoring RW but personally I'd rather buy him out, free up his minutes for player development and invest his $$ into a good 3-4 D.
If Hudler and Colborne play RW, that leaves 5 heavies for 2 positions including McG, Westgarth, VB, Wolf, Ferland. By signing Wolf with the intention of finding someone who can be both tough and functional/capable, Westgarth will likely not be re-signed. His ability to actually play beyond being a tough guys was limited.
So we're really down to 3 (less McG and Westgarth) to figure out which 2 can actually play, along with slotting in some Poirier development times a couple times during the year.
I'm one of the people who liked how TJG played last year although he did not have the traditional stats to back up his play. While I would like to see him re-upped I'm not sure he will be (if he is a LW he is likely behind: Hudler, GlenX, Johnny, Sven and Byron, if he plays RW he's behind Bouma, Colborne, McG, Wolf, Poirier or Ferland) I see him as being next years version of BJones but better.
In previous discussions Galiardi's Corsi/relCorsi etc stats were shown to be mildly positive, especially considering team factors. However the team invested 14 ATOI and received 4 Goals in return..a poor return overall.
While many want to re-sign him I believe the higher priority is to support the ~15 prospects needing his NHL minutes. We could provide 5 prospects with 15 NHL games experience each, speeding their development.
If I was Treliving I would find it very difficult to re-sign TJ and take away that opportunity from team development. DJones is also a big question mark.
I don't disagree with you. He is a bubble player but I see him a shaving some value especially if he could be moved up and down as happened with BJones and Street last year(although I think he would be picked up on waivers)I also agree that providing the prospects with NHL game experience as they earn it is more important, which is one of the reasons I'm an advocate of 4 real hockey lines.
In regards to DJones, I'm mostly commenting on him being in the line up for the following reasons: one he is signed and his salary helps us be closer to the cap floor, both Hartley and Burke endorsed him at the end of the season, he is one of the few natural RW we have and he is big(maybe not truculent but heavy for sure). He is not part of the long term plans and if they could move him I would not be against it. When I make lines etc I only go with what we have; I don't like to speculate about whom we might acquire or sign as that just get's silly.
Functional toughness, as coined here is a reasonable assessment.
I would like to float, though, the idea of a broader toughness (not unlike what we see in the LA Kings), not truly 'truculence' of just a select number of players, but a level of grit and sandpaper up and down the roster.
Illustrations on the current roster are Gio and, yes, Bouma, but think that Curtis Glencross is another who isn't shy in the corners. In the system, we have someone like Michael Ferland, who has always demonstrated a bit of a touch around the net to go with a snarl. From watching Tyler Wotherspoon in the Dub and before he got hurt during his recall, he has demonstrated that he can make it difficult in front of the net. Even Emile Poirier, whose PIMs belie his scoring numbers, might, given his size, develop into a feared power forward. And at the draft, Sam Bennett appears to be soft hands with a mean streak, ditto for Nick Ritchie.
Just an alternative to employing solely that designated 6 minute a night guy. . .
For an ideal team, the fourth line should;
– Be able to cycle the puck competently and consistently
– Be physical (to be effective physically, you need to have some speed)
– Occasionally chip in with some offence
– Have one, or even two who can kill penalties
Our fourth line last year with the terrible two didn't really address any of these, with the exception of McGrattans scoring streak in March(?)
In my opinion, Bouma can be a really good fourth liner for this team.
Functional toughness, I like it. It's pretty much how I would like to see the Flames approach next season, however I would like to see them roll 4 lines. Yes I'm pounding that drum again, quite frankly it's not very different than Kent's idea of having a 4th line that is defensively responsible. How many times this last season did we cringe when Westgarth, McG and whomever was centering them get stuck in the defensive zone for what seemed like forever only to have them ice the puck or get scored on. This in my mind does not need to happen as often as it did. Or watching both McG and Westgarth stapled to the bench for all but 4-6 minutes of the game, again far to often and not needed.
For me what I would want the Flames to do is have 2 lines that play 14 minutes even strength, 1 line 12 minutes even strength and a line to play 10 minutes even strength making 50 minutes and then most games have around 10 minutes of either pk/pp time and players get used as best suites their skills.
Each line would consist of more skilled forward, a solid two way forward and one of those functional toughness guys referred to in this article. Based upon who is signed at this times my lines would look something like this:
Johnny G/ Backs/Bouma
Hudler/ Monahan/Colborne(Wolf)
GlenX/Stajan/Ferland(Poirier)
Sven(Byron)/Granlund(Knight)/Djone(McG) depending whom we were playing.
In a season where you are developing and evaluating your organizational depth you would be able assess and develop a lot of players as you would still have some of the guys in brackets playing in the AHL as well as the following other players in the AHL chomping at the bit: Rhino, Arnold, Agostino, van B and anyone else I missed.
Reidja 5 years ago
Do we know whether or not Heartly would have a tendency to deploy elite talent (should we obtain any), in Sedin-esque circumstances? He seems more of the egalitarian ilk where ice-time and good opportunities are concerned.
I'm 100% bought-into having responsible 100% bought-in guys who can play hockey in our bottom 6. I guess I'm still looking for proof that the Flames are building a team with the strategic intent that Kent suggests is nessisary. It seems we are currently adding guys that are big. Full stop.
It's hard to tell right now. Hartley had a handful of true ES NHLers last year and after about 2 months of floundering around he seemed to figure things out.
Playing guys in a Sedin fashion is a luxury that not a lot of coaches have. You gotta have the intent do it, but you gotta have the personnel as well.
Yeah, imo at least, you can't really do the Sedin thing unless you have a Kesler line that can play the other team's best players to a draw at least.
Functional Toughness – I love it! It perfectly describes the balance that is lacking in some stats vs gut debates.
Call me an optimist, but this is what I believe Burke actually believes in, and the Treliving hire will prove it (I really hope). A skilled team surrounded by meat that can actually play NHL hockey.
@mattyc
I agree regarding the Kesler line; and to illustrate it even more, Kesler's counting stats exploded when he had a capable 3rd line centre behind him in Malhotra.
The young budding stars like Gaudreau and co. won't accomplish much if Backlund, Galiardi and co. don't excel in their respective roles too. It's all about balance in the salary cap world.
Speaking of functional toughness I wonder how much that will play into the draft and what factor it will have in BAP. Both Trevling (wanting a team to play heavy) and Burke(truculence) have made it clear that it will be a clear factor in their definition of BPA. I doubt it will play a key factor in the first round I suspect it will be a key factor in later picks.
Look for the Flames to add size with their second and third round picks:
34th overall:(all speculation as we don't know who will available)McKeowan(D), Lemieux(LW),Magyar(RW) or a stretch to H Smith(RW, 6-7/220).
5?th overall from Colorado: Jacobs(D), Macleod(D), Chatham(RW), Lernout(D), Sanheim(D)
64 overall: guys from the same list plus: Peters, Collins
I'm looking forward to see what transpires between now and the draft.
Kent said: On the Flames end of the spectrum, Kevin Westgarth and Brian McGrattan are the obvious outliers. They have the worst possession ratings of anyone involved (both absolute and relative) despite playing by far the easiest minutes available. They mostly skated against other 6-7 min/guys, started more often in the offensive zone and still spent way too much time watching pucks get fired at their own net. As a consequence, Bob Hartley could only afford to give them about 6 minutes of work every night.
I agree with Kent but would also like to add that by not being able to play McG and Westgarth you may contribute to fatigue related injuries as well as reduced production from some players caused by fatigue as well. These are just two of the factors why I advocate for rolling 4 effective lines.
Regarding DJones, potentially better than a buy-out would be to trade him for a late round pick and pay 1/4 of his salary as his market value likely tops around $3M.
Also if Poirier plays the first ~10 games up with the big club in Oct, then goes to the AHL for 3-4 months to further develop, he would be in good position to take over from Hudler if/when Hudler is traded in Feb/Mar.
This then continues to allow 2 of Ferland, VB, Wolf to fight it out for the 3RW & 4RW slots.
So with Jones gone, and the Flames paying $1M of his salary, they then would have to come up with another option towards the other $3M in order to get up to the Cap floor? Why? I'm already hearing that the team may have to overpay some UFAs in order to reach that floor, why not just overpay this player that you already have under contract?
We're at $39M for 14 players, leaving $12-$14M for 10 players. Selling off Jones reduces current spend to $36M for 13 players, leaving $15-$17M for 11 players, or roughly $1.4M per player.
Resigning Colborne, Byron, Bouma, Breen will cost ~$3.5-4.0M. Butler or equivalent will cost ~$3M-$4M. A reputable back-up goalie will be ~$1.5-$2.5M.
Playing 6 kids at a time will cost $4.0-4.5M (Poirier, Reinhart, Wotherspoon, Sieloff, Baertschi, Granlund, Ferland, Knight, Arnold, Wolf, VanBrabant, Kanzig, Culkin, Kulak).
So that's ~$12-$15M for ~12 players. The numbers work.
Of course, as perhaps you are intimating, maybe the easiest thing to do is to keep DJones, see if he has another poor year, then bury him in the minors and absorb his full salary.
That way we reach the cap floor, go aw shucks we sucked and get a Top 3 draft pick and rebound quickly in 2015-16 with a generational player in hand along with prospects who've had good development time.
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Ummm, so NHL rosters are only 23 players just to be clear, not 24. David Jones has upside, they need his salary to reach floor (unless Cammi re-signs) and could store 20+ goals, under 30, and is big so will stay. I hope, but don't necessarily expect, that Flames get a 2nd good goalie since Ramo is still unproven so Elliott or maybe Hiller would be possible but cost $3M to $5M as proven goalies (less for Elliott). Colborne and Bouma will be back but don't see both of Breen and Byron back due other prospects needing a chance, more likely just Byron on a 2-way contract. And Butler likely back but will only cost 2.5M. And I actually think Cammi returning is likely as Burke would not let him walk, so that means $6.5M or more for 3-5 years as I think he stays and drops down in lineup in 2 years as young guys move up. So no worries reachng cap.
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Updated Thursday, 19th November 2020, 12:43 pm
SUVs are taking over the world and there's nothing we can do about it.
Every segment, from superminis to supercars now has an SUV equivalent and car makers are now finding new segments we didn't even know we wanted.
The Mazda CX-30 is a prime example of this. It's a bit bigger than the firm's CX-3 or Nissan Juke but a bit smaller than the CX-5 or a Qashqai, and features a sleeker design that puts it up against Toyota C-HR, Honda HR-V and Ford Puma in the compact-coupe-crossover sector.
It's an interesting segment, aimed at people who are willing to pay a bit more for a smarter or sportier take on the crossover. And while Mazda has followed the crowd in getting in on this segment it has once again strayed from the path in other areas.
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Mazda CX-30 GT Sport
Price: £28,875 (£29,865 as tested)Engine: 2.0-litre, four-cylinder petrolPower: 178bhpTorque: 165lb ftTransmission: Six-speed manualTop speed: 127mph0-62mph: 8.5 secondsEconomy: 47.9mpgCO2 emissions: 105g/km
Mazda is famous for embracing alternative engine technology, returning to rotary engines again and again, for example. Even in the 21st century when everyone else is downsizing and turbocharging, it is not following the herd.
The CX30 is the first car to feature Mazda's Skyactiv X technology which uses compression ignition along with a spark to create a more efficient petrol engine. Mazda says it allows the non-turbo 2.0-litre offer petrol-like performance with diesel-like economy. Having tested the engine a couple of times now I'm still not convinced. Without a turbo, response from the 178bhp unit feels sluggish and you have to rev it hard to access that power. Of course, working the engine hard has a negative impact on the economy, meaning you're not getting the best of both worlds.
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The engine is at least smooth and refined and paired with a smooth and surprisingly short-throw manual transmission that reminds you of the tiny sports car Mazda is so famous for.
The CX-30's handling isn't in the same league as the focused MX-5 but it still has hints of Mazda's chassis wizardry. Unlike so many small SUVs the Mazda has quick, responsive steering and body control that means you can hustle along B roads with confidence. Yet it rides impressively, with composure and comfort you might expect in the class above.
So, engine aside, the CX-30 offers a strong driving experience but its real strength lies in its design. In the slightly odd bit-bigger-than-a-B-SUV-but-not-quite-a-C-SUV-coupe segment different brands have taken different approaches. Honda's H-RV is relatively conservative while Toyota's C-HR is a riot of angles, triangles and eye-catching styling. The CX-30 is the antithesis of the Toyota, with simple elegant lines and minimal styling details. It is still bold in its own way, with the deep grille and slimline headlights, but there's a classy understated feel.
The slick, elegant feel continues inside where the CX-30 is unmatched in terms of appearance and feel. Compared to its Japanese rivals the Mazda has a far more premium look and feel. Clean lines flow between cabin elements and there are high-grade metal, plastic and leather finishes everywhere you look and touch. Some premium European brands could learn a thing or two from Mazda's less-is-more philosophy. The cabin is also comfortable for front seat passengers, with supportive seats and plenty of legroom. But those in the back will feel the pinch due to restricted legroom and the swooping roofline.
The more premium feel of the CX-30 is reflected in a fairly premium price - our GT sport model cost £29,865 after options. But your money does get you everything from adaptive cruise control and dual-zone climate control to a head-up display, heated steering wheel and 12-speaker Bose sound system. It also gets you the best-looking, best-handling car in its class and interior quality and comfort that's a step above the mainstream.
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Nunavut ATIPP tips public on their information rights
Brochures hitting northern communities on privacy rights and how to seek information
By DAVID MURPHY
The Government of Nunavut is informing Nunavummiut about their options when it comes to government-stored information.
The GN is distributing brochures around the territory at health centres, gathering places and other selected locations to inform people about how to fill out access to information requests for government stored documents and information that the public has a right to see.
It outlines how people can get in touch with the Access to Information and Privacy Protection unit to ensure private information stays with the government. It also explains how to fill out an ATIPP request, the $25 fee and the purpose of ATIPP's services.
"We developed brochures in plain language," said Jessica Bell, manager of access to information and privacy protection in Nunavut. "We decided the best way to do it was to strip it down to the basics and get the conversation started."
Last year, 119 ATIPP requests were submitted, and requests have been on rise for three fiscal years since 2008-2009, when 70 were made.
The most requested documents involved the departments of health and social services, 23, justice, 20, and education, 15.
The rise in ATIPP requests comes down to spreading the word and educating people on the right to request information, and the growth of the territory, said Bell.
"We're in a lot of different areas, we do a lot more contracting — we're out there," said Bell. "I think the awareness of it is one of the biggest things for sure."
Nunavut's ATIPP department is overlooked by the information and privacy commissioner, Elaine Keenan Bengts, who reviews all disputes related to ATIPP requests when applicants are not satisfied with the government's response.
"[It] doesn't speak to the work we do," said Bell of getting reviewed. "I think it speaks to the education and what we recommend for individuals."
"It's great to be reviewed. It ensures we do the process right."
The director of communications at the GN, Pam Coulter, said the brochure is not linked to any complaint, event, or report that has occurred, but she wants to people to be aware of the right to privacy protection.
In a recent ATIPP public service announcement, it said, "The Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act ensures you can feel safe and secure providing personal information to the government."
But mistakes do happen when processing information Bell said, and the privacy commissioner stressed in her recent annual report that, although the rules for privacy are clear and focused, they are unenforceable.
"There is absolutely no mechanism provided for in the [Privacy] Act to ensure compliance or allow redress when the rules are not followed," said Bengts in her annual report.
The maximum penalty for a government official found in breach of the act is a $5,000 fine and is guilty of an offence punishable on summary review.
However she does go on to say when privacy breaches do occur, they are "unintentional or inadvertent, or simply done without thought about the privacy implications."
For Bell, she hopes people can trust the government with their information.
"I would like to think that they do," said Bell. "It's difficult as an individual, because governments can be intimidating."
"We always encourage individuals to talk to someone about the process. We can build that trust as well."


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Patrick Goldstein in the LA Times really should have put down his penis and picked up a calculator when writing about the new Peter Biskind biography of Warren Beatty.
Warren-beatty According to Biskind, who caused a similar media maelstrom with his 1998 book, "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls" -- about the excesses of '60s filmmakers -- it wasn't all that hard, based on "simple arithmetic," to come up with a perfectly plausible guesstimate. According to the Post, Biskind estimates the bedded-by-Beatty women figure at "12,775, give or take, a figure that does not include daytime quickies, drive-bys, casual gropings, stolen kisses and so on."
First of all, no adult male-- gay or straight-- should ever use the word "guesstimate."
Secondly, some simple math would prove that Biskind's "guesstimate" is shitdiculous.
There is no way Warren Beatty managed to have sex with 12,775 different woman. If he did, I'll eat my cervical cap.
Let's go to the chalkboard.
Beatty, who was born in 1937, claims to have lost his virginity at the age of 20. In 1992, he married Annette Benning and had four children. Assuming he didn't go all Tiger Woods on her ass and actually remained faithful to his family, we are dealing with a time period between 1957 and 1992. That's a span of 35 years.
In order to have intercourse with 12,775 different women in 35 years, Warren Beatty would have had to convince 365 women per year to go to bed with him. That's an average of one woman per day.
One woman per day... every day... for 35 years. Maybe the occasional threesome or orgy could give him a long weekend off while still maintaining his average but, not even the great Warren Beatty can keep up those kinds of numbers. Over the years, I'm sure he got sick every now and then. Any man who has every had the stomach flu knows it's impossible to bed down a strange woman when you have multi-port ejection.
Factor in his very public long-term relationships and the assertion seems even more ludicrous.
But the LA Times and the New York Post would rather get a vicarious thrill than call the author out on his nonsense.
And if you can work in a Wilt Chamberlain reference, all the better.
The sleaze-reading public will probably be more interested in his very pubic short-term relationships.
Little known factoid (there's a word no mammal should ever utter)... Neville Chamberlain bedded over 14,000 barnyard animals during his years of public service.
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John Traynor was raised in Southern California, on a steady stream of comic books and television. He moved on to science fiction books and movies. While a life-long reader of fiction, he has spent his life writing technical, and other non-fiction literature.
Now with his first novel, Unintended Matters, he combines his personal approach to writing, with his love of science fiction and fantasy.
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Xotels will be coming to World Travel Market 2017 in London with an even greater team than any year before. Revenue management is really a hot topic in the hospitality industry. And we are not just talking hotels.
We have expanded our services with technology, and have developed a new KPI dashboard which helps hotels to oversee the day to sales results, and provides reporting which will make it easier to make strategical and tactical yield decisions. We have been rolling out our revenue management software in many hotels over the last year with great success.
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At a time when a host of Arab nations have condemned French President Emmanuel Macron's anti-Islamic remarks, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan even suggesting that the French leader should get a "mental health check", Ankara itself appears to be 'boycotted' in the Middle-East.
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Following the boycott call of French products over Macron's comments, it turns out that Turkey was second in line for a similar treatment with Saudi Arabia leading the fight to replace Turkish products with Greek ones.
According to local media reports, a host of large supermarket chains in Saudi Arabia have replaced various Turkish products with products from Greece, in order to support Athens in its long-ongoing fight against Ankara over the maritime border in East Mediterranean.
The #SaudiArabia had begun enforcing an informal ban on Turkish goods
Results, Erdoğan's #Turkey exports fall by 20 percent, FTD double since Jan, following tax hikes & high tariffs at customs in #Morocco and #Algeria
Erdoğan want French product boycott😂https://t.co/Xd8uNXn1DT
— Abhijit Chatterjee (@abhijitc4) October 26, 2020
I'm so disgusted by Turkey's invasions and world silence. Children are in horrific situation there. Please ban all @Turkishproduct and @Turkishairline . We can all do that
— lullaby for Syrian kids (@Syriankidslove) October 16, 2019
Andreas Mountzouroulias, while writing for Greek-based news agency, Pentpostagma, says – "We hope that the Greek authorities and especially the Greek businessmen will hear all this about the serious boycott of Turkish products in the Gulf region and that they will hurry to cover these needs as much as possible, in order to help the Greek economy first and foremost with creating new opportunities."
The move which began with boycott calls made by pro-government social media influencers with a large number of followers has turned into a massive campaign that not only has a hashtag but a logo as well.
"A true citizen doesn't wait for a decision from the government," tweeted a Saudi columnist, Salman Aldosary, close to the kingdom's leadership.
According to Vivian Nereim, writing for the Bloomberg Quint – "Over the past two weeks a series of Saudi businesses, including major grocery chains like Abdullah Al Othaim Markets Co., announced that they'd stop carrying products from Turkey. A dwindling stock of Turkish dairy was still available during a recent visit to a Tamimi Markets outlet in Riyadh, but that chain has now also joined the boycott. A small online fashion business that sold mostly Turkish products announced it was shutting down entirely less than a month after its launch."
In what is considered an unofficial boycott of Turkish products by Saudi Arabia so far, a burger chain changed the name of one of its burgers from "Turkish Burger" to "Greek Burger".
The Herfy burger franchise, which is considered the fastest-growing multinational fast food restaurant chain in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia and one of the leading food services companies in the Middle East, changed the name of the beef patty while also reducing the price of it.
A netizen, Ghaith Al-Tamimi, commenting on the ban of Turkish products, tweeted – "What a blessing to see the products from Greece, Egypt, Morocco replacing the products from Turkey."
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The latest actions display how fast a political disagreement between the two regional powers has led to an adverse effect on their trade, especially global brands like Mango.
Recently, Mango, a Spanish clothing design and manufacturing company based in Barcelona, which has around 55 outlets in Saudi Arabia along with manufacturing facilities in Turkey, was forced to look for alternative manufactures in order to maintain its business operations.
Moreover, Saudi Arabia is the largest economy in the Middle East, much to the immense wealth it acquires from the sale and export of its petroleum products. Ankara would be wary that losing a trade partner of such high stature, despite all the clamor by Erdogan.
While the relations between the two nations had already remained strained, they were worsened after the murder of a Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey, who was a critic of the Saudi leadership.
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At the time of acquisition non-current assets are recorded at cost. After initial recognition however, entities can either continue to measure asset on historical-cost basis or change it to revaluation basis.
Under revaluation model non-current assets may be carried at revalued amount i.e. fair value of asset at the date of revaluation less subsequent accumulated depreciation and impairment losses.
What is Fair value and how to determine it?
Fair value of usual non-current assets like land, building, machinery etc can be determined by considering fair value of similar assets. By similar asset we mean the assets that are similar state having similar use in the similar industry located in similar market.
As the valuation is sometime complex, therefore, this task is usually carried out by independent professional valuers.
Lets understand the accounting process with the help of an example.
Step 2: Any existing accumulated depreciation at the time of revaluation can be treated in two ways but the most followed option is to eliminate any accumulated depreciation.
Revaluation gain or revaluation surplus is the increase in entity's asset that it will realize over the useful life of asset or when its sold. Therefore instead of crediting the whole amount to profit and loss account in the period of revaluation increase, it is recorded under equity.
Entity has a choice to reduce the amount of revaluation surplus at the same rate used to calculate depreciation using excess depreciation concept or leave it as is.
Entity holds a machinery that was bought for 1.2 million few years back. To this date accumulated depreciation is $850,000. During the year, entity revalued all of its machinery. It is found that fair value of the machine is 1.5 million.
If there is any previously recognized revaluation decrease (as revaluation loss in P&L a/c) then current revaluation increase will first be applied to reverse previous decrease and the remaining amount will then be credited to the revaluation surplus account.
Entity has a machinery the fair value of which is fluctuating rapidly. Management reviewed the asset again this year and found its fair value to be 100,000.
In this case, this year's revaluation to 100,000 has resulted in 60,000 loss as fair market value is less than net book value. As we have previously recognized gain of 80,000 in the books, therefore, it will be first adjusted against this.
With accumulated depreciation of 10,000 and net book value of 160,000 it means the revalued amount in asset's account is 170,000.
In this case, previous revaluation loss will be reversed first and any amount of current gain over exceeding previous loss will be taken to revaluation surplus.


This is Denny O'Neil's first issue, but he's not joined by artist until #161 so it's not truly the beginning of what will become a very important, excellent run on Iron Man. This is a one-off about a fat kid with powers who is cruel to his mommy. It's weird and creepy. And the creepiest part is how he eats his breakfast. I remember when I first read this. I was twelve. Those eggs looked absolutely disgusting, and who drinks milk with eggs?!?
Iron Man gets in the mix because the kid has the power to affect machines, so Tony traces him to his farmhouse and takes him down.
"I'm more than a tin suit." It's a little strange to see Tony denigrate his own tech like that—his armor is clearly not made of tin—especially since all he really did here is beat up a fat kid. But that last panel, where the mom says "hit him again," caps off the story in as creepy and gross a place where it started.
This is a very different, very icky issue. But it has stuck with me for decades. Especially the eggs.
Also, I like the development of the "villain" in this—it's rare to see a comic spend so much time on a character who is basically disposable. He'll never appear again after this.
For those reasons, I'm rating it highly.
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Gurgaon: 'Kidnapped at gunpoint, minor raped by 3 men'
The Station House Officer of the local police station said that though the accused are yet to be formally arrested, one of the alleged rapists has been apprehended.
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The child is "still in shock", said officials from the Child Welfare
A 14-year-old girl was allegedly forced into a vehicle at gunpoint and raped by three men in Gurgaon on Monday evening. The girl's mother had sent her to buy milk from a nearby shop when the three men abducted her, took her to a room in a nearby village and raped her, police said.
"The child's parents registered a complaint about their daughter going missing on Monday. We tracked her down on Tuesday," said Subhash Boken, PRO of Gurgaon police.
The Station House Officer of the local police station said that though the accused are yet to be formally arrested, one of the alleged rapists has been apprehended. "When we reached the spot to rescue her, two of the men managed to get away, but the third jumped off the terrace of the house and fractured his foot. He is undergoing treatment," said SHO Dalbir Singh.
"We will question him once he recovers; efforts are on to arrest the other two men," he said.
The child is "still in shock", said officials from the Child Welfare Committee. "She is very shaken and traumatised. She shudders even when we or her mother touch her. We have conducted one round of counselling today, but she is not able to speak much right now," said CWC chairperson Shakuntala Dhull.
"We have sent the child home, and told her parents to make sure she is comfortable and in a proper environment. We will look to counsel her again in a couple of days, once she is more settled," she said.
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Recommended Audience: Fans of Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Denis Villeneuve, Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life novel fans and Sci-fi movie fans
Arrival Movie Synopsis
When mysterious spacecraft touch down across the globe, an elite team—lead by expert linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams)—are brought together to investigate. As mankind teeters on the verge of global war, Banks and the team race against time for answers—and to find them, she will take a chance that could threaten her life, and quite possibly humanity.
Arrival Movie Viewer Rating: 4.5/5 ****
Arrival Movie Review:
Before watching Arrival, I thought I had enough of sci-fi films, I meant sci-fi films involving outer-space, hostile aliens and the earth under attack. Gravity was good and The Martian was exciting, but when you see aliens attacking from Battleship to Independence Day: Resurgence, I couldn't help but subconsciously judge this film, wincing inwardly having to go through yet another "alien invasion". which I don't have to watch to know the outcome – human defeat aliens and they live happy after.
Instead of the violent action film everyone is assuming it to be, Arrival is a film unlike anything else I've seen in recent years. It is an introspective, sophisticated art-house film using big Hollywood actors – The Lois Lane Amy Adams and Hawkeye Jeremy Renner to catch your attention (at least it did catch my attention).
The film focused on expert linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) who was thrown into a military mission when 12 unidentified flying objects enter Earth's orbit, and how she tried to identify the reason these aliens arrive to Earth. Subdued with a dark story in her life, Louise is a character with depth. She is intelligent, strong and very real. She did not try to be a feminist, neither was she a weakling. Her passion in linguistics and her patience in trying to communicate with these foreign beings made me find the missing piece of puzzle in many "alien-invasion" films, especially the recent Independence Day: Resurgence.
Despite the massive invasion project, the film has a relative small team being focused on screen. This is relative of the message the director wish to express. Look inward rather than outward. Ian Donnelly (Jeremy Renner), a military scientist who was also roped into the team for his knowledge, played an (almost supporting) main role. Instead of trying to outshine, Jeremy Renner provided some balance by adding light humour to the otherwise solemn film, with some stereotypical masculinity.
I like how the film presented the gigantic problem (of an alien invasion) on a single story from Louise Banks' point of view, yet not neglecting the macro view on how the rest of the world handles the problem. It showed how different people, different countries communicate and derive messages from the unknown. Some tried to do the "Independence Day" way, being hostile and launch attacks despite not knowing the aliens' intention. Some countries are the follower, doing what the big powers say.
One aspect that had me in awe was how Director Denis Villeneuve brought across the complex concept of human memory trigger (object and sensory association) in a clear cut way without trying to be too philosophical. The story and messages challenge the viewer to think, to guess, and it ask questions about communication, humanity, society and even romance, getting the audience to talk about it.
However, this movie is not for you if you are going for something loud, brainless, and maybe adrenaline pumping action. It is not for you if you entered the cinema to go on a fantasy adventure with the cast. It is definitely not for you want to be horrified by some CGI-heavy aliens and have them snaring their teeth at you.
Arrival is something special, something personal, something emotionally beautiful. This refreshing film made me want to say #ThanksForBeingHere rather than #WhyAreTheyHere.
Arrival Movie is based on the 1998 short story "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang. In the novella, "Stories of Your Life" by Ted Chiang, nine "looking glasses" arrive in America, a total of 112 worldwide. The film reduces that number and alters the dimensions to more profound effect.
The inky circular alien language was created by Montreal artist Martine Bertrand. It is also the artist's son who created Hannah's drawings. A fully functioning, visual, alien language was created for the movie. Heisserer, Vermette and their teams managed to create a "logogram bible," which included over a hundred different completely operative logo-grams, seventy-one of which are actually featured in the movie.
Director Denis Villeneuve and the writing team took extensive efforts to ensure the movie's scientific ideology was accurate. Renowned scientist and tech innovator Stephen Wolfram and his son Christopher Wolfram were consulted to ensure all terminology, graphics and depictions were sound.
This movie reunites American Hustle (2013) co-stars Jeremy Renner and Amy Adams. Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner have both appeared in comic book films dealing with alien invasions. Adams starred in Man of Steel (2013) (Earth invaded by Kryptonians) while Renner starred in Marvel's Avengers series (Earth being invaded by the aliens known as Chitauri).
The helmets worn are respiratory protection units manufactured by Sundstrom, which are widely used in industry.
The heptapod's craft owes its design to an asteroid called 15 Eunomia. During research, director Denis Villeneuve became attracted to Eunomia's "insane shape like a strange egg" and thought that kind of pebble or oval shape would bring a perfect sense of menace and mystery to the spacecraft.
Octopuses, whales, elephants, and spiders were all sources of inspiration when it came to creating the aliens, Abbott and Costello. Director Denis Villeneuve wanted their design to evoke a very strong presence, an air of intelligence, and the feeling of being close to a "huge beast underwater." He also wanted the aliens to feel like something you might imagine in a surreal dream or nightmare and, in the later stages of the film, he wanted them to be suggestive of the Grim Reaper.
Check out Arrival Movie Official Website and Facebook Page!
Arrival Movie is out in Singapore cinemas on 12 January 2017.
*Disclosure: No monetary compensation was received for the movie review. Invitation by Sony Pictures.
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Zwitsy
Whoah, I jsut watched the trailer and boy, it is something worth watching, indeed! It looks like the independence day movie but sure it that people have something to look forward in this film. I am quite excited about it.
shubhadabhide
The other day while watching passengers, saw the trailor of Arrival. Found it quite intriguing. After reading this review, looks like not to be missed.
Franc Ramon
I rarely follow movies now but arrival looks really interesting. I'll check this out.
I heard many good reviews about this movie as well. l am going to watch it this weekend.
Bhushavali
I think i might like this movie. While the movie deals with alien invasion, of its main story line is about human emotions, I might like it!
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TOP 10 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES REDEFINING THE FUTURE OF CODING - NullClass
TOP 10 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES REDEFINING THE FUTURE OF CODING
WHAT ARE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES?
Programming languages are the fundamental building blocks of software. They define the syntax and semantics of the programming languages we use to write apps, websites, programs, and other software. programmers use programming languages to express solutions to complex problems and write code that a computer can understand. Most programming languages are designed to be simple, so that even people without a background in computer science can understand them.
Programming languages are the languages that programmers use to write programs. They define how computers should behave. They define the commands that a computer can understand and execute. They also determine how software is designed and what it looks like.
Programming languages are used to write programs that control computers and other machines. Programming languages are used to express algorithms and processes. They are also the language that programs are written in. This article describes the different types of programming languages and the similarities and differences among them.
Programming languages are a way of encoding computation instructions in a way that is easy to understand and modify. There are many different programming languages, and they each have their own strengths and weaknesses. The most common programming language is JavaScript. Other languages include C++, Python, Java, and C#.
Programming languages are the building blocks of software. They tell the computer what to do and how to do it. Different programming languages specialize in different tasks, making it possible for a single program to perform different functions depending on the programming language used to write it.
Programming languages are the backbone of every software system. They help us solve complex problems, build amazing products, and shape the world we live in. But not all programming languages are created equal. Some languages are better suited for certain tasks than others.
Programming languages are the backbone of any software application. They determine the functionality and user experience of software products, the speed and efficiency of software processes, and the quality of software products. While programming languages may seem like a static field, the landscape of programming languages is evolving at a rapid pace. New programming languages are being created, existing programming languages are being revamped, and existing programming languages are being used in new ways.
Programming languages have come a long way since their humble origins in the 1950s with the advent of machine language. Today, the most widely used programming languages are used to build the software and applications that we rely on in our daily lives. The programming languages of today are used by millions of developers to write software that can do anything and everything, from controlling our internet-connected thermostats to sending people to the moon. But just like the languages of today, the programming languages of tomorrow will be used by millions of developers to write software that will take us to places and achieve things we never even dreamed of.
The world of programming has changed a lot over the years. It's evolved, matured and become more complex. Today, however, programming is more accessible than ever before. We no longer need to learn complex languages like C++ or Java in order to build websites or apps.
programming is one of the most lucrative careers to pursue, and with the right programming languages, a programmer can build the most complex programs and applications. Programming languages are the building blocks of software and apps, and the right languages can help a programmer build the most innovative products and services. With the right programming languages, a programmer can build just about anything. The world is constantly evolving, and so are programming languages.
list of the top 10 programming languages:
PYTHON – The Python programming language is one of the most popular programming languages in the world. It was originally designed by Guido van Rossum in the late 1980s and has since grown into a fully-fledged programming language used for a wide variety of applications. Python is a versatile programming language that can be used to do complex data analysis, build websites, create video games, and much more. Because of its versatility, Python is a great programming language for beginners to learn.
JAVA – Java is a programming language and platform originally developed by Sun Microsystems in the 1990s. Java is one of the most widely used programming languages in the world, and is a multi-paradigm language that can be used to solve a wide variety of problems. Java is also a platform, which means that it consists of a set of libraries and frameworks that can be used to build software. The Java platform can be used to build both web applications and mobile applications.
JAVASCRIPT – You've probably heard a lot of things about JavaScript over the years. It's the language of the web, the first programming language that most people learn, and it's the language that powers a lot of the things you use every day. But JavaScript is so much more than just a programming language. It's also a programming platform, which means it gives you access to a wide range of programming technologies that you can use to build websites, games, apps, and so much more.
KOTLIN – You've probably heard a lot of things about JavaScript over the years. It's the language of the web, the first programming language that most people learn, and it's the language that powers a lot of the things you use every day. But JavaScript is so much more than just a programming language. It's also a programming platform, which means it gives you access to a wide range of programming technologies that you can use to build websites, games, apps, and so much more.
R – R is a programming language originally designed for statisticians and mathematicians. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, it was widely used to write code for statistical analysis and data manipulation tasks. Over time, it has expanded to cover a wide variety of programming tasks. R is now widely used for data science, data exploration, and data analysis.
THE OTHER 5 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES IN THIS LIST ARE:
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A.	Conventional electric generation occurs when mechanical energy is converted to electrical energy. Generally, when a coil of wire is mechanically rotated through a magnetic field, an electric charge gets created and is forced to flow through the wire as an electric current. Solar electric generation occurs when rays of sunshine strike a solar panel, they give some of the electrons inside the solar panel more energy, a process that also creates an electric current.
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Why Would Anyone Hire a KonMari Consultant?
When I tell people I am becoming a KonMari Consultant, some asked me - why would anyone hire a KonMari Consultant?
Tidying is something that we're all expected to do as a responsible human beings (#adulting) but most of us weren't taught how to do it at all. We were just told to clean up after ourselves - whatever that means. This is why people generally have a junk drawer, a secret shame room, a rental storage locker or a garage so full of things they can't park their cars inside.
When we hang onto the things we no longer need, we're hanging onto the past or have fear for the future. That is not to say you shouldn't have anything. I love things! The difference is that I keep my things not out of fear or regret but because they spark joy or are a necessary part of my life. But mostly joy. Even my can-opener sparks joy! There is no perfect formula for joy or a set number of items to own in each category, which is what makes tidying so personal and emotional at the same time. As a consultant, I am there to help you define what is right for you: Your ideal lifestyle.
Here's the thing, most people don't think to hire a consultant, just like not everyone hires a personal trainer. We could all probably benefit from a personal trainer but not everyone needs one to get into shape. I like to think of KonMari Consultants as personal trainers for your home organization. The role of the trainer is to give you motivation and clarity; to bring you focus. Some of my fittest friends are the ones who have personal trainers! You don't need to be completely overwhelmed with your things to hire a consultant. A tidying consultant may be just what you need to get you over that last hump.
Like personal trainers, we don't do the exercises for you. You still have to put in the time and do the work if you want the results. We are your coach and accountability buddy. We are your support throughout this emotional and personal journey. We make sure you're doing things the right way so you don't end up wasting time moving your clutter from room to room whenever you need to "tidy up" before having guests over. We will help you deal with your things once and for all so you don't have to think about it anymore and this will, in turn, change your attitude when it comes to acquiring new things in the future. Imagine a life where you will only let things that truly sparks joy to enter!
As a consultant, I will help you learn to hone your sensitivity to what sparks joy for you throughout the process. And once we finish your once in a lifetime 'tidying festival,' I will help you figure out how to store everything to keep things tidy. You'll want to show off and enjoy the company of your belongings and everything will have its place.
Why would anyone hire a KonMari consultant? If you haven't been able to get there on your own, I'd love to help you achieve your ideal lifestyle living a life surrounded by only the things that sparks joy for you. Doesn't that sound like a life full of joy?


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This contemporary fiction book is the first in the " Real TV" series by Wendy Lawton and is published by Moody Publishers.
Changing Faces is written for teens. The age range reflects readability and not necessarily content appropriateness.
Brainy, heavily scheduled Olivia O'Donnell wants nothing more than to be valedictorian of her senior class. It looks promising, too — until she discovers the selection committee will consider the candidates' volunteer hours as well as grades. Though Olivia is a committed Christian, she fears she is "mercy challenged," especially when she's placed in the uncomfortable position of doing public relations for a shelter. Life becomes even more complicated when she's selected to represent the shelter on her favorite makeover reality show, Changing Faces. Meanwhile, her relationship with best friend, Jane, begins to crumble, and she faces the endless ridicule of her nemesis, Aubrey. With the help of friends at the shelter and church, Olivia begins to realize that the transformation she really needs isn't about clothes or make-up but about the state of her heart.
Olivia, her family and best friend, Jane, are all faithful Christ followers and regular church attenders. Olivia begins working at the shelter at the suggestion of her youth pastor's wife, and the friends she makes there (Carter and Mia) have a faith in God as well. Olivia struggles throughout the book to maintain a quiet time with God in the midst of her chaotic schedule. Toward the end, she writes down verses and keeps them with her to remain focused on God's direction. With God's help, she also changes her attitude toward the "down-and-out" people living at the shelter and her rival, Aubrey.
Olivia's parents insist the family eats together to stay connected, and they encourage her to maintain her devotional time. Olivia's mother accompanies her to the taping of Changing Faces, and the two women share fun, memorable moments. Diane, the youth pastor's wife, remains courageous and encouraging throughout her battle with breast cancer. Olivia's teacher, Mrs. Brenner, also urges Olivia to make her quiet time a priority, and she helps Jane, Olivia and Aubrey iron out the differences that have been tearing them apart. The only negative authority figure is Carlos, Mia's step-father. Wanted for murder and other illegal activities, he tracks Mia's family down at the shelter with a gun; he intends to harm them.
If your children have read this book or someone has read it to them, consider these discussion topics:
As Olivia and Jane try to rebuild their friendship, Jane says that just listening to Aubrey's mean comments about Olivia (even if she didn't agree) was enough to subtly change her attitude toward Olivia.
Have you ever seen that happen — someone else's negative opinion started making you feel more negative, too?
Has God ever put you in a position (like Olivia at the shelter) where you feel uncomfortable?
What did you learn from the experience?
Would you ever want to be on a reality show?
If so, which one? Why?
Have you ever dealt with a bully, or someone who was jealous of you, the way Olivia has to deal with Aubrey?
How did you handle it?
Do you ever feel, like Olivia, that you could be "mercy challenged" or that your desire for personal gain is stronger than your desire to help others?
What could you do to change that?
Book reviews cover the content, themes and world-views of fiction books, not their literary merit, and equip parents to decide whether a book is appropriate for their children. A book's inclusion does not constitute an endorsement by Focus on the Family.
Wendy Lawton


The past couple of weeks have been pretty amazing (read as busy and amazing).
I've been working on some branding (which I'll be sharing soon) and some birth announcements (which I'll also be sharing soon...). Dominic had that last week before half term off school, coughing like an 80 year old man and wheezing (he's better now tho we did joke we'd have to shelve him if his squeaker was broken, he wasn't amused) and we had our 7 year anniversary celebrations which included THAT re-scheduled Killers concert.
I've loved The Killers for a really long time and they seem to have had an album for every major event in our lives (Dominic was born to the sounds of Day and Age in the operating theatre having already been to one of their concerts in utero, the tickets for which I got the same day I found out I was pregnant...). The date was re-scheduled from the failed date in November and perfectly timed for our 7th anniversary weekend (thanks Mr Flowers, I owe you one). We spent the day at The Mere health spa (a much needed break from the children) and then on to the concert, which for me was emotionally charged right the way from Sam's Town at the start to Mr Brightside at the close. The whole thing was like a musical anthology of the last ten years of our lives together. Can you go another ten Killers? I can't quite imagine life without you.