Glad it's done! He's proven to be worth it, game manager or not. Moving forward!
It feels like sanity and logic prevailed. This was the deal we all knew should happen. I'm not sure why this whole thing had to feel like a root canal.
"The @Vikings paid Cousins and re-signed all their guys. The @Packers paid Rodgers and were first in line to pay FA pass-rushers.
Finding cap room usually is not the problem. Finding really good players usually is the problem.
Bravo, Mike. So often the voice of reason.
Can't believe some people think you have to go cheap at QB to be able to afford a superbowl roster.
Great news! Looks like a good compromise all round if true.
Phew, yesterday was the first time I truly doubted whether Wilson would be in Seattle for the long haul. Much ado about nothing in the end, that's not a slight on your coverage of this topic either rob, it was well reasoned and comprehensive throughout. But im very glad to be able to move on now.
I blame Rob. He just made way too damn much sense with that playing the franchise tag game. Considering Wilson is under contract for five seasons now at $31.4M APY, I feel like we got off lucky. I was even more worried when it seemed like Wilson wanted to get a jump on the new CBA. No way we could have endured three seasons playing by a different set of rules; that's simply way too much of a tactical disadvantage.
Is it true there is a no trade clause? If so, then that suggests he never wanted to leave anyway doesn't it?
More like part of these negotiations involved threats of being sent to Cincinnati or Miami. He can waive them I assume — this just ensures he doesn't have to go anywhere he doesn't want to go. I'm sure not having one made leveraging this negotiation harder.
It appears to be true but it doesn't indicate anything regarding Wilson.
All this does is protect the player from being traded to a team/city he doesn't want to join. Now that he has a contract until 2023, the Seahawks could (theoretically) trade him somewhere and he'd had no way of stopping it. Now he has the ultimate say on his future. A no-trade clause means he would be able to decide whether to waive it or not. So he's in control of a move if it comes to that. It's not an indication of his commitment to Seattle.
But the Seahawks aren't trading him anyway. It's just a bit of fluff on the contract, a minor protection.
Doesn't it also allow him to control his next contract negotiations? I mean, if the alternative was, take this deal or we trade you. Then Seahawks can't get anything for him in a trade if/when they draft his replacement. They'd essentially be forced to cut him or let him walk due to this clause in 2022 or 2023 following drafting the heir apparent.
It's true, that's tomorrow's problem. I'm just saying that's why I think it's there.
Only until the point where he's tagged (if it gets that far).
But even then — it's more about him controlling which team he'd get moved to. Which hopefully is a moot point anyway.
Big W for the front office, if I'm understanding correctly.
Seattle stuck to their structure on the full guarantee, as Wilson gets $65M signing bonus and this year's $5M base fully guaranteed. There are $5M roster bonuses in the final two years, as well.
So maybe the no-trade clause was a way of guaranteeing he will be on the roster, but without compromising their precedent on guarantees?
Honestly, John Schneider deserves some plaudits for staying calm and standing his ground in such a grueling slobberknocker of a negotiation. I think we sometimes take for granted and forget how good the man is at his job. He deserves a nice long nap after this.
Scheider doesn't sleep…………..he rests with his eyes open.
You wonder about these QB and the guarantees. These QB deals are basically 100% guaranteed anyways. They never leave and really dont get hurt.
QBs don't get hurt? Tell that to RG3, and Teddy Bridgewater, and Sammy Sleeves, and etc etc.
The position doesn't have the same injury rate as running back or something, but career ending injuries are very possible.
While he and his wife deal with the myriad of challenges of raising a child with autism.
Emotions aside, I think our draft would have been a little bit more fun had they not compromised and JS could have netted multiple 1st round picks. Oh well, this result is a good alternative.
So, this 65mil signing bonus…does that count for 2019 SC or it starts form 2020?
Did you have to use form 2020 for your taxes, millhouse-serbia? I have that question too – if its going to impact the 2019 cap or not until next year.
I don't think Clark gets traded.
Pete tied his future to Russ 4 years ago with the first mega deal they gave Russ this deal all but ensures that that balance of his career as a HC will be resting on the arm of Wilson.
One thing for sure if we want to see another SB in Seattle over the next 5 years PC/JS are going to have draft and manage the roster a whole lot better than they have the last 5 years.
Rob once again I think you nailed one key point going forward. Don't Pete and the Hawks need to change thier philosophy a bit going forward? Do they really want to be a power run focused team when they have the highest paid QB in NFL history? Does not seem like the best use of resources if not.
Given this deal you have to think WR, Pass catching TE and OL depth rise up the draft board.
Wilson isn't a gunslinger, and the number of dollars earned doesn't need to equate into passing attempts and yards, but wins. Wilson is one of the best and can pull games our of the bag with his skill set and improvisation. That's what he is being paid to do.
Not to speak for Rob, but I don't think he's ever made the point that the Hawks have to change their philosophy to feature more pass attempts now that Wilson is getting paid. In fact, of all the bloggers and writers that cover the Seahawks, he seems to be the most supportive of their offensive philosophy.
And rightly so, Brandon laid it out wonderfully in the article yesterday exactly why that line of thinking is so wrong.
2, Don't make stupid mistakes, like piruette into a sack or making really stupid INTs.
Wilson doesn't make bad-throw-INTs, he make really stupid ones, like not even a WR in that area kind a couple of times (1-2-3x) every year. I want those to be non-existent. I don't mind INTs, those are part of the game, but do not make really awful, bad ones. And run or throw the ball away or just escape horizontally and not backwards.
Those changes depend on finding WR resources. IMO this draft should focus on DL (pass rush) and WR.
I am pretty hopeful that a second year of cooperation between RW and BS leads to an evolution and more complex and varied offensive play-calling.
And even if a guy like Paris Campbell doesn't seem to fit right now, maybe a revised game plan would make hime the perfect addition to our WR corps … or JC Prosise stays healthy?
No I don't think the Seahawks need to change anything. I want Pete Carroll to stick to his vision. Not because it's my preferred way of operating. I don't have a preference. I just want a coach with clarity on what he wants to achieve. Pass more, run. I'm not bothered. I just have an issue with all these people who think they know better than Pete.
They're paying Wilson because he's clutch and is perfect for their system. He makes the most of the throws he makes, is an incredible downfield passer and he just had statistically the best year of his career. Nothing needs to change.
I envision an evolution, not a "change". And if there is no evolution, not revolution, in playcalling, I guess then all Seahawks Twitter that thinks bad of BS is right at the end.
I expect BS to add something this year! And that does not mean going away from PC's way of doing IMO.
I think there will be some evolution. Not massive though.
I agree Rob I have always loved that about Pete there has always been a clarity to his Vision and plan. I just think that if you allocate that much cash to your QB there is going to be a ton of pressure on him to have a system that features to QB.
Pressure from who? Seahawks twitter!?
Pete is going to do what he wants.
After following PC's career at USC — as a UCLA grad, I hated him then — and now with the Seahawks, I really don't think PC has a single offensive scheme or system. More than any other head coach, I believe he is a master at changing his offenses to match the skills of his QB and other players. RW's skill set has evolved from a read -option running QB, to a scrambling QB, to more of a pocket passer, but I don't see PC dictating RW's playing style to fit a particular scheme. I expect RW to naturally evolve into an even better pocket passer.
This is the kind of talk we can expect to hear from the national media all season long, and it's as ridiculous as it is banal. Did Pete Carroll's philosophy, which he's spent decades honing suddenly change? Did Russell's skill set somehow warp into something completely different when he signed his name?
No, Don't change a damn thing.
I slagged Wilson off a bit yesterday but so glad he's signed up, would be hard to imagine the Seahawks without him. Hope they can sort Clark out now too. Great going into draft knowing we don't have to spend a pick on a qb.
The best, most reasoned, discussion of the whole saga predictably took place on this site.
Don't understand something.. Do they tear up the last year of his current contract, or does this new deal begin in 2020?
It's 4 new years. In a sense it 'begins' in 2020. To put it another way his new deal ends after the 2023 season in 2024.
I'm so happy that this is over. I'm over it. Unfortunately I have a feeling that the hawks will trade Frank Clark to a top 10 team in this draft to get a rashan Gary or someone like that.
If they trade Clark it almost certainly will not be for a top-10 pick.
But why trade him then? You won't get a similar talent after #10 or #15.
Trade talent loss for CAP relief?
I would give up Clark and a 4th round pick for the #6 for example, but anything more is a lose in our side in my opinion.
Sign Clark, sign Bobby and tag Reed if he has a superb season.
I feel Bobby is the centerpiece of this defense. Amazing player, key contributor and the voice of the defense.
A must have. He doesn't have HUGE injury flags and still plays at a really high level. He'll have 4 more years in him. Clark is the new seed in this defense. A top10-15 DE for sure and might be a top3-5 even. It's not that huge of a contract, especially if other DEs will sign soon a new contract. We have CAP space for next year and forward, so pull the trigger. These guys performed well for at least a couple of years.
It's not like we have 3-4-5 really talented DEs. It's not like we have a MIKE even close to Bobby.
Several month ago I wrote here that the whole RW conundrum is not really an Issue. I stated that the Seahawks practically have a QB under club control for the next 3 years and will not be pressured into anything crazy.
I also said that unlike Cousins, RW will not be happy to go down the TAG trail since it means losing this wonderful signing bonus (65M) in his bank account right now just to hope for a big FA deal 3 years from now.
I even ventured to say that this is all a game over nothing since the range of deal is similar to the TAG cost and limited to a 32-35M APY range.
I was actually hoping that a deal will not be reached before the "deadline" just to prove that RW does not hold all or even most of the cards now. I was afraid that reaching a deal under this dead line could indicate that JS caved in to the pressure by Rodgers and went out beyond the reasonable scope.
Now, it is all over exactly where it should have been and all is well in the NW kingdom.
Can we finally talk DRAFT?
Kudos to your predictive abilities, but I'll respectfully disagree this was a "non-issue". It easily could have gotten ugly. In the end, it came down to where Wilson wanted to play, and despite many hints floated to the media these past months, thankfully that ended up being Seattle.
Rob was just as right as you in repeating endless times that it would take a compromise on both sides to get something done. In the end, that is exactly what happened.
RW's agent gave up on the ground-breaking contract structure and stuck to the Seahawks normal one, and the Seahawks pushed up more money up front into the signing bonus and added a no-trade clause to virtually guarantee him he would be on the roster.
But yeah, now we can celebrate and talk draft!
Eran — with respect — you can't say this was all a storm in a teacup, that it wasn't a worthwhile topic of discussion or that you knew all along Wilson wouldn't go down the Cousins route.
He was very prepared to do that. 100% prepared. The Seahawks and Wilson needed to find a compromise and thankfully they've achieved that. We all could've done without the ugly 'negotiations through the media' but this was a serious dilemma for team and player. That it's now resolved is a cause for relief — not a cause for saying it was never serious and was always going to get done.
Every time your franchise QB is involved in contract consideration it's a worthwhile topic of discussion.
As for the rest, I said it than and I say it now, RW is the exact example of the TAG mechanism. He is right where his "reasonable" salary and his TAG price match. Neither side holds better cards to force straying beyond that narrow range. RW has as much to lose from not getting this deal signed as the Seahawks.
It wasn't a storm in a teacup but it was not particularly ugly either. It was both sides doing the song and dance trying to get the best of each other knowing full well that neither side can force the issue and both sides have a lot to lose from trying too hard to force their hand.
We will probably never know what either side had on the table to start the talks and how willing they were to go the other way. Still, having this contract signed right at the range that all the non emotional voices predicted is the proof that is was not an existential conundrum.
Still, it could have gone ugly and I'm happy it didn't. It's a reasonable and fare conclusion that should make us all happy and shift our attention to the matters at hand.
It was ugly Eran. Both parties were using the media, aggressively, to say things like 'the Seahawks don't think he wants to be in Seattle' or 'there will be no talks, ever, after this deadline'.
This idea that we've all been caught up some mild hype simply isn't true.
This was a very serious situation and thankfully common sense has prevailed. Both parties have compromised to find a deal.
We should be relieved and happy — not trying to argue you knew all along this would be fine and dandy.
The hindsight bias is often referred to as the "I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon." It involves the tendency people have to assume that they knew the outcome of an event after the outcome has already been determined.
If it were 100% up to his agent, he likely would not have backed off the opportunity to push for a ground-breaking contract tied to cap %.
Agent Mark Rodgers told me his job was to make sure Wilson stayed in Seattle, with the best deal possible. The no-trade clause clinched it.
My response to Mark Rodgers would be to get stuffed.
There was no need for all this drama. He can take 100% responsibility for that.
Rob — I could not have said it any better….Mark Rogers deserves "get stuffed"!
With all due respect, had they not created a barrier by setting the deadline, we would still have the most important contract in limbo.
I think, RW learned his part from two contract nightmares within a year.
So set a deadline then. There was no need for all the other nonsense. Just like there wasn't any need for the nonsense before a deal was signed in 2015.
That's right, but this is how the game is played, and – TBH – neither RW nor his agent invented it.
I didn't see Aaron Rodgers needing to go on Jimmy Fallon and hint about possibly wanting to play in a bigger market.
This was not how a normal negotiation with a respectable agent is supposed to go down.
I have been really impressed with how Earl has handled things since singing with Baltimore. No hard feeling and ripping his old team like Sherm for example. Good for him as he is a true Hawks legend and along with Kam and Kenny Easly (3) great HOF safety's.
He was such a joy to watch play and I am not sure we will ever see another single high safety like him again.
Well, apparently Wilson did feel a little urgency to get a deal done earlier rather than later.
And that just makes good sense of course. It's hard to argue that waiting until after the draft gives Seattle more leverage while also arguing that Wilson wouldn't want to get a deal done sooner. If he would be losing leverage, of course he would want to get a deal done sooner.
Getting the exact same extension done this year instead of next saves the team $2 million per year in cap space and 12-15 months of media distraction and fan hand wringing regarding Wilson being tagged.
I have repeatedly contended that getting this deal done earlier rather than later was in both sides' interest, but for some reason it took Wilson giving the team an early deadline to make the FO feel some urgency.
Glad it's done and we can get back to debating the merits of a run as primary strategy.
We have RW under club control for the next 7 seasons (5 year contract + 2 TAG years at reasonable cost). It is as good as it gets for a 30 year old franchise QB entering his prime years.
All this does is prevent the Seahawks trading Wilson (which they won't do anyway) without his clearance.
They can't trade him to, for example, the Bengals and force him to play for them until 2023.
It's a minor thing, something the team can easily add to the contract if asked for.
I'm nervous mostly because of the cap implications and inability to get out of this contract. It will remain to be seen if the Hawks can compete for a championship with so much tied into their QB. History has shown in the salary cap era that the teams that win championships have either a young cheap QB, a great defensive unit, or a veteran at a point where they're taking pay cuts to help the team bring in talent. We are none of those right now.
Exactly. Welcome to the procession of 10-6, 9-7 records…. Or worse if Russ gets injured. At least we got a great player, even if the cost was so high. Could be worse, plenty of teams give too much money to bad players.
If RW gets hurt, Seahawks will take a dive into the early end of each round of the draft. Once RW recovers from injury, you have him and higher end talent.
And this 'history' is based on such a small sample size as to be essentially meaningless.
Salary Cap Era started in 1994, so 25 years now. I'd say it's a good sample size.
Rob has covered this extensively. I have no idea why this narrative continues to get pushed. The sample size is small, and half of it is skewed by one team / one QB – the Patriots and Tom Brady. The era of mega contracts is still relatively young, and going forward every successful team is going to have a franchise QB on a rookie deal or a franchise QB making top dollar. Given what it takes to get a competent QB on a rookie deal (1. likely sitting through a last place season to get a pick high enough to secure that player, 2. actually being able to secure said player and not one of the many MANY QBs who end up as busts) I will take my chances with paying a guy who we already know is a top 5 QB in the league.
On top of that, in either scenario you have to draft well or you aren't going to be successful. I would rather have the pressure to draft well with a top 5 QB on my roster than have the pressure of drafting well without one.
This entire notion that the only way to win a SB is to have a cheap QB or have your franchise QB take a below market deal is 100% contrived.
Well. . . Russ isn't going anywhere. He's not done building his legacy in the PNW. He will retire a Hawk in another 10yrs from now, if football last that long.
Now that it's all said and done I'm glad Russell set the deadline in April. Can you imagine if this was going down right before training camp? I have no idea whether they feel they can pay the 3 left of the big 4. I have my suspicions that Clark won't be the odd man out pass rush is just to valuable. They might look to draft Reed's replacement this year if they decide to let him go. Jeffrey Simmons could be the target. I can't wait till next years 11 picks.
Well, I couldn't have been more wrong. And I couldn't be happier that I was. The key was RW wanting to stay in Seattle. Congrats all around.
"4 years, 142.4 million, 35.6 APY, 60m signing bonus, 105m total guaranteed would be where I think the two sides could meet to suit all parties.
Total money? Exceeds Andrew Luck's 6yr/139m contract.
Percentage of the Cap? Exceeds Aaron Rodgers by .01%.
Signing Bonus? Exceeds Aaron Rodgers' 57.5m.
It seems like the Seahawks signed him to pretty much that deal.
Russell signed: 4 years, 140m, 35m APY, 65m signing bonus, 107m total guaranteed.
The only thing that Russell didn't beat Rodgers (or any other QB) on was percentage of the cap: Rodgers got 18.9%, Wilson got 18.5%.
Glad this deal got done.
In the end, it basically adds up to about what he would have made over the next 4 years on the tags, even a little cheaper, and then just apply the usual Seattle contract structure.
The deal is 4 more years so we have him from 2020 to 2023 as he already is under contract for 2019. This certainly reduces the average as you cannot include 2019 in your calculations as he is under contract and the salary for 2023 would be way higher than 25.28 as you have assumed only 3 years of tags.
In any event it is a lot money but in a couple years given the rising cap will be considered a bargain. Having Russell under contract also effectively gives club control via the franchise tag (assuming it is still there under a new collective agreement) for 2 or 3 years after 2023. I am sure glad this is done and we can move on to draft and look forward to contracts with Wagner, Clark, and Reed. I think this Seahawk management team will sign all of these core players long term.
The would not approve a % of the cap anyway. Moot conversation.
The awesome part of this deal 5 more years of Wilson's amazing play on the field.
The worrisome part of this deal is how do you build a SB roster around him now.
The dreadful part of this deal is 5 more years of creepy / corny Russel Wilson + Ciera social media. Just have to turn block that part out I guess.
Right? Just a bit awkward.
Russ is the king of being awkward on social media.
Whatever, I want him on my team at the right price, and this was fine, all things considered.
You BUILD AROUND WITH CHEAP DRAFT TALENT!!!
Really hope they can get a Clark deal done now. If they can lock up him and Wags this off season then at least they have a foundation going forward to try and draft / build around for the next 5 years.
I think Clark gets traded and Wagner reaches free agency. Out of respect, I don't think JS/PC will franchise Wagner, but allow him to shop his services (a lá Wright, Thomas, etc.), then decide to match or not. He's earned it.
I get the impression they want to lock up Wagz before the season, based on Pete's comments about keeping KJ.
Interested to know what Wagner would want. I understand Mosley got $17 but hes also 26. Wagner will be 30 the start of the 2020 season and Im pretty sure the Seahawks wont go near that high.
BW could want very close to that – he's been 1st team all pro for years and has only missed 1 or 2 tackles the last couple seasons. Mosley may be younger, but he's a step down as far as talent. BW has almost 1000 tackles in 7 seasons and has seemed to be playing his best the last 2-3 years, all 1st team all-pro, 4 of the last 5. Mosley has just under 600 tackles in his 5 years, and is only 2 years younger than BW. Hopefully Wagner will compromise and not need to be the highest paid at his position like ET and other players have wanted, possibly giving a hometown discount since they re-signed KJ.
Glad to be wrong. I didn't think JS/PC would be able to work with Mark Rogers.
Also glad to be wrong. I really did not think a compromise was going to happen here–serves me right for getting sucked into the posturing around the negotiations!
Now it is up to JS/PC to build the team up around Russ to give it the best chance to win. A happy Russ is a good start.
Anyone seen anything with regards to the cap hit each year for the new deal?
I have not but can take a guess. I think i heard is base salary this year is $5 million. If we split his $65 million signing bonus by five you get $13 million. Then add his previous signing bonus from the last contract and you get something like this for 2019.
Something like that for 2019.
Well let's hope we can get to the big dance again with paying this much for one player. There really is nothing in the NFL like watching Russ at QB. Nobody deserves more except Brady.
I'm just glad Rob can get back to writing articles about the draft.
You would love to really know what both sides wanted? Seems like we all knew what the final numbers would be so why not just go there from the beginning? I understand it is a negotiation and that is unrealistic but this happens all the time. We want this, they want that, lets just meet in the middle…done.
so why not just go there from the beginning?
Ot any agent for that matter.
I went to bed last night thinking IF something happened overnight there might be a few comments in the morning. Haha. Gotta love all you Seahawks crazy fans like me.
Wonderful news. I really thought a lot about Russ' character a lot through this saga. Does he want to go? Will he let his agent go for blood and put a wedge between him and the team? What is with all the media games? I'm glad to see that he is the same guy he has always been. Genuine, dependable, and a little dull… doesn't he know we love drama on this team. Nice win for management too as the didn't break their contract structure as well. Huge tool for them in future negotiations. Kudos to both sides on a sensible and fair deal for all. Breathe easy now and focus on the draft!!
What wonderful news to wake up to! And now we get to focus on the draft again. Glorious.
My exact sentiments had Seattle drafted a QB from this class and placed their best on him being the guy for the foreseeable future.
Not their fault if RW had forced them into that situation.
Lets Get her Done!!! Good news for fans, Wilson is staying.
I never really though that Wilson would want to play on a franchise tag. He would have made less money the first two tags, and wouldn't have an injury guarantee past that year.
This contract makes much more sense for Wilson and it provides continuity for the team.
Wilson was very prepared to play on the tag.
We can all be happy both sides found common ground.
I'm happy it's over and we can get back to focusing on the draft.
This draft is so open ended for the Hawks. Rob, if the Hawks take a Defensive lineman/edge rusher with their second pick (whatever compensation they get from trading down), who do you think it will be? Who are the Hawks showing interest in?
I think there are multiple options — and I will focus on those now with the Wilson situation resolved.
It's a bit bitter sweet as far a victory's go. He's a great fit for the team on the field, and the contract doesn't seem ridiculous in any way considering what the free market has deemed the value of a franchise QB is, really happy they managed to tie up 5 years instead of three giving the potential of this contract being a deal after the new CBA. It's going to be Damb tough to build a Super Bowl rooster around this contract for the next couple years, and really hope we manage to somehow keep Clark, Wagner, and Reed still. I'll always love the fact that the salary cap adds parity to the league but watching your home grown talent leave year after year because you are willing to invest in coaching and training them so they can get paid elsewhere isn't awesome for us fans. First and foremost I'd like to kick Wilson agent in the junk hahahaha, anyone else could have gotten him the same deal without creating such drama, and secondly thank goodness this is over and we finally get to address the draft with some ideas of what team needs are. If we only get to keep 2 out of the three Clark, Reed, and Wagner I'd say Clark would be my odd man out meaning our first draft pick almost certainly has to be an edge rusher now. Age would make you question whether it's possibly a Wagner replacement that we should be looking for, but Reed is in my eyes the one guy you can't let leave.
It's not bitter sweet. It is as sweet as sweet can get. We just extended a top 5 QB through 2023. It is damn tough to field a super bowl roster in any situation. Gets a whole lot tougher if you have a mediocre (or worse) quarterback. Great teams are built through the draft – extending Russ doesn't change that, it just makes it easier.
Mike Salk/Jake Heap were talking about Bobby Wagner this morning. Heap mentioned 18mil per season. Let me be the first to that I love Bobby Wagner. Bobby Wagner is a totally Class Act. But I just don't see John Schneider and Pete Carroll giving Bobby Wagner an 18 mil per season deal. Just because the Jets were desparate to give Moseley 17.5 mil per season that doesn't mean that John Schneider is going to break the bank for Bobby Wagner. Bobby Wagner is the QB of the defense. I don't see the Seahawks paying Wagner 18mil per.
John Schneider knows the market value of these players better than anymore. In my opinion if you are ever going to sit down at the poker table and John Schneider joins the game. You better walk away. No one plays poker better than John Schneider. John Schneider will clean your clock.
They can franchise Bobby now in 2020 at a cheaper cost.
Just heard on John Clayton. He said that Bobby Wagner salary should be in the 14-15mil range.
They will likely let Wagner test FA just like KJ. As a vet, I don't think they will tag him. He will most likely sign after checking what his market will be.
That could be a dangerous game to play with Wagner. Not sure that is one I would want to play.
I wouldn't want to give more than 3/36M or 2/25M. I think he would want more. He will be 30 in the first year of his contract, so it makes no sense to give him 15-17M.
The tag for LB this year is 15M, next year will be even more. That's too much for 30 yr old LB.
I know Wagner is a key leader on this D but IIRC, Kendricks can play inside or outside backer. Could be a bit of leverage…?
This isn't New York. That's what I was told by Colin Cowherd. I also thought Seattle thought RW didn't wanna play here? Huh. So your telling me that most of the 'rumors' this time of year are all BS? Who would've thunk?
Maybe there was no trade market for Wilson.
I don't think we can conclude anything regarding the validity of the rumors based on Wilson signing an extension.
Who's to say any of the rumors were true or not? Just because he signed and he and his agent say they wanted to stay? That has no more value than the rumors. I think what happened proves it wasn't BS. He set a deadline, and a deal got done on that deadline.
As what Rob was saying, both Russ and the Seahawks used the media to leverage negotiations. That's just how it works.
Teams have go to reporters to spread their agenda and players also have go to reporters. It's the nature of the beast.
I don't recall Aaron Rodgers needing to go to the media last time he wanted the NFL's highest contract.
Nobody has to go to reporters. Look at how the Seahawks get deals done with other agents. IMO Mark Rodgers is the only one who feels he needs to go to the media to make a name for himself.
On to Frank Clark. The Seahawks, more specifically Pete Carrol, have been pretty vocal about the people they intend to keep. Pete has commented on Bennet, Kam and now Russ being hawks for a long time. He named dropped Bobby and Frank too. Notable names he did not name long term in the past were Earl and Sherm. I don't think the trade Frank. He has got too much talent and I think another level in him too. I think something gets done by his deadline as well. Same with Bobby. The odd man out, if any, is Reed. I think his performance this year will be big for both sides. If he drops to 4 sacks and less disruption maybe that increases the likely hood of a discount. But if he hits 8-10 sacks again he is gone to the highest bidder. They will hedge him with someone like Trystan Hill and give Poona snaps to develop.
I remember Pete absolutely talking about how Earl Thomas was going to be a Hawk for a long-time. Then they made him the highest paid safety in the NFL when he got his extension.
Not the second time around. He got the "we will see" treatment.
You're right. But he never specified that – he just mentioned ET "never" got that treatment (and he did).
I also liked the idea of Chris Lindstrom to the Raiders at 27. Mayock BC connection and all as well as team need makes sense.
The Clemson guys fall a bit far, as usual though.
As much as I rate Simmons as a player, I just can't imagine the Seahawks drafting a player who won't play in 2019.
I understand the Seahawks' precedent and accept that it gives legitimate cause for doubt, but I'm also not sure that any of the medical redshirt guys that created that precedent were top-10 talents at a position of need.
That said, he very well could play in 2019 IMO.
ACL full recovery is right around 9 months. Players are usually cleared to resume running and cutting at 6 months.
His injury was February 12th. That means that, barring unforeseen setbacks, he should be back practicing in full at the very latest by mid November (and getting back into shape well before then). He could realistically play December and playoff football for us this year, and we get by with Poona and Meder or whoever until then.
Not saying it's likely or even probable that they target him, and certainly there could be more info on the extent of the injury than we know, but I certainly don't want to rule it out.
I really like Simmons and appreciate people's excitement about a player being available that otherwise wouldn't be.
But the Seahawks just paid their QB major money and they have to box clever in the draft. Wasting a year of good, cheap club control isn't wise.
With the assumed draft capital next year (11 picks?!), is there any thoughts to the idea that they may use some of those picks to move around this year? I know they will trade down from 21, but using maybe a 3rd from next year as capital to get two picks in round 2 in some way would make a Simmons pick more palatable for me.
It has been discussed ad nauseam here. You lose a round of value to make the trade, so it would cost a second next year to get a third this year.
The only way I could see them sacrificing next years mother load is if they cant find any trade down options this year, which seems unlikely to me.
JS was on the radio loving his 11 picks next year.
I just get the feeling that Tysten Hill DT UCF with that incredible combine is a serious contender for a draft and get guy. Everyone will say they reach to get such a troubled player. I think he would be a steal here.
Im of the Firm belief that we can snag 1 Edge 2 DT 1 WR.
If they could somehow get those 4 I would do backflips.
Drafting the positions is not he issue. Getting players of value and available when we pick is.
Thank God in more ways than one. This contract signing was a win for everybody and I mean everyone. Its a win for JS/PC program who drafted him. Its a win for the fans to know that by the time he's done here he will be the greatest Seahawk QB in history. Russel will also benefit staying on a winning team. Seattle will continue to be talked about in the media markets. I can't find anything wrong with this signing. Who are the 4 most important people on the Seahawks? Well I'd say John, Pete, Russel, and Bobby. They brought back K.J. Wright and I think that helps us to get Bobby Done going forward. Then we will just have to see to Clark and Reed if its possible.
I truly believe that Russel Wilson and Bobby Wagner are the 2 guys that bought into Pete's program from the very beginning and they still believe its works. Its raining here but Sunny in Seattle today.
Mad: Agreed. Russell Wilson/Bobby Wagner bought into Pete's program. They are both TOTAL CLASS ACTS.
Where's that one MEME when we needed it?
Wow. That's such great foresight from PCJS.
Dang, hate to hear it, because I think Spotrac has much prettier formats, which matters when all you are looking at on the site are tables.
APY of $31.5 over the next five years is way cheaper than I expected Russ to settle for. Kudos to Schneider and Russ. I take back my A-Rod comparison/insult. MaHomes will get more and in three years this will seem like a bargain. It'll be interesting to see what LA does with Goff.
After Amazon pays for streaming rights and legalized gambling is embraced by the league this will be dirt cheap. Dudes will be getting $50mil/year soon.
I haven't seen anything that indicated the NFL was thinking of "embracing" legalized gambling. There has been speculation that if legalized sports gambling spread to all of the states..that might increase viewership and that might increase broadcast rights fees…that's a lot of "if's" and "mights". I personally think it would turn a lot of casual fans off..
1. Lol, no. Illegal gambling is a $150,000,000,000 a year industry. Making it legal and easy is only going to increase that number.
And so on and so on. Heck, listen to the Around the NFL podcast where the hosts confidently predict that the NFL will go hard for gambling.
I would like to point out another Seahawk "gain" from the RW deal.
The Seahawks with their 4 picks in the draft don't NEED to spend a day-1 draft pick on a QB like Grier now. That day-1 pick can now be used on a position of real need and that is a BIG +. In the event that Grier falls in the draft to say round 3 or 4, then he could be a viable B/U QB pick – as an option to consider, if they like him.
IMO-They will likely wait and sign an obscure developmental QB as an UDFA due to the lack of draft capital this year. Next year could be a better time to consider actually drafting a QB (unless they really love Grier, who would have to fall into late day-2 or early day-3 to make him a real option).
I have probably followed the Seahawks the least this off-season than I can remember and part of it had to do with how sickening all this talk was… so thankful it's over and we can move on to the draft.
At least I can ignore it (or try to) while you've got a successful blog to run. Kudos to you for keeping sane during all of the "he's a selfish jerk" or "he's arrogant and I don't like him anymore" vs. "keep him no matter what" or "pay the man!" talk.
Right now – the "depth" is brutal at DT after Reed and Ford. Reed played in about 78% of the snaps last year and that means there are important snaps to be had from a back-up there and Ford won't play that many so there is plenty of room for a good DT to be added and potentially even play more snaps than Ford in whatever rotation they use (based on the skill set of this rookie, too).
I haven't paid any attention to DTs who may be June 1 or later additions (who could become available after the draft – depending on how teams draft) but our Tony McDaniel/Kevin Williams veteran DT could still be out there somewhere. And who won't count against all the picks they have coming to them next year. I have a hard time seeing them going into 2019 with Ford penciled in as a starter and no depth. It's not going to happen, as we know. Just curious to see what they're going to do.
+1000….let's get Clark done next …by deadline 🤞🤞🤞.
Just a thought experiment: I wonder if Jarran Reed's 2020 FA market will be diminished by the incredibly robust 2019 DL draft class. If there is something like 8-10 DT's and another 8-10 DE/EDGE type guys selected in the first couple rounds, and they show promise, would that limit the number of teams with DL needs and thus limit his market. Aided by a number of the Ansah's and Suh's who might be forced to take 1 year deals this year and re-enter the 2020 market.
That's assuming he doesn't have a spectacular 2019. I would think a fantastic year would propel him to a place where he is market-proof.
I would prioritize Clark before Reed because a great Edge is harder to find.
Sign Clark, extend Bobby, replace Reed with one of Clemson's DT, and just maybe we can get a early 3rd for Reed since his salary is still fairly cheap.
However, if Reed is will to accept a reasonable extension say 10 mils per, then I still think our first pick is going to be Paris Campbell.
I think every team is looking for a DT than can also rush the QB. If Reed puts up similar numbers next year he will be making some serious money.
I'd love to do a podcast right now. Pumped to do one. So much to discuss.
I read a post here stating " Given the increased salary cap every year, by 2023 Wilsons salary will be a bargain" Not so sure I agree. This is predicated upon fan base and revenues continuing grow at a good pace, not so sure that is going to happen.
Even if there is a decline, the NFL is still by far the most profitable thing doing in television and sports in America.
Besides, I think the predictions of revenue increase are based on streaming rights selling and legalized gambling.
I know the Hawks have never taken a guy they would have to red shirt because of injury but Jeffery Simmons is really impressive and a top 5 talent. They have to at least be mildly interested to bring him in for a visit. Probably just background work for down the road but I really would be pumped about the pick if they went against their norms.
Wouldn't he be the ultimate hedge if you can't resign Jarren Reed?
But in a loaded class for DL you can find a hedge who can actually be part of the 2019 rotation.
With Dissly and Fant on the roster as amazing blocking TE I would love to the Hawks add a vertical threat at TE like Noah Fant or Knox from Miss.
Dissly will miss at least the start of next year and Fant isn't a TE, just a 6th OL, regardless of what they call him. Not a threat to catch a pass and do anything with it. Our TE depth is deceptively thin.
updated mock draft, Rob? …feed us!!
What I don't want to do is: Have him play under the franchise tag. Then become an unrestricted free agent in 2020. And then Seattle settles for a 3rd round comp pic in 2021.
Either of the first two options is great. Either sign Clark to a long-term deal. Or trade him. I just am tired of the Seahawks losing their good players and get very little in return.
Everyone is tired of that.
But you can't magic up a great trade offer. So if the trade offers aren't there and they don't feel comfortable paying him a huge new extension, they have to play out 2019.
Playing on the tag worked out pretty well for the Cowboys and Demarcus Lawrence. Plenty of time to sign a new contract, it's not "Sign him right now or let him walk" by any means.
If Ansah or Suh sign after May 7th, I don't believe they'll count against the comp pick formula….
This is a new, young, hungry team being built through the draft.
"Why hasn't pass-rusher Ziggy Ansah signed yet? His agent said teams wanted more info about his surgically repaired shoulder. The plan is to wait until his 4-month appointment in mid-April to help determine his readiness. After the initial FA push, there's no rush to sign now," Rapoport tweeted.
If teams like the Colts are building through the draft and signing vets like Justin Houston, why can't the Seahawks sign Ansah if his shoulder checks out after May 7th? Especially if they trade Clark.
But people get excited about Ansah because he's a 'name'. And it's important to know why he's still out there. Injuries and major question marks about how much he actually wants to carry on playing football at a top level.
The Seahawks don't need someone either injured or not pulling their weight. Same with Suh.


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Fabrication of YBCO thick films on Nd2CuO4 buffered Ni tapes by liquid phase epitaxy
Xiaoding Qi, Masood Soorie, Zainovia Lockman, Judith L. MacManus-Driscoll
International Curriculum for Advanced Materials Program
REBa2Cu3O7-δ (RE = rare earth, REBCO) thick films with Tcs of 91 K and Jcs over 1 MA/cm2 have successfully been grown on single crystal substrates by liquid phase epitaxy (LPE), with a fast growth rate of 1 μm/min. However, the growth of REBCO thick films on metallic substrate is much more difficult. There is an urgent need to find a suitable metallic substrate and its buffer layers, which can meet the special conditions of the LPE growth. We have developed a new buffer, Nd2CuO4, on surface oxidised Ni tape by a number of liquid-phase processing methods. The Nd2CuO4 buffer layers grown from liquid phase had excellent biaxial texture and a good surface smoothness suitable for subsequent REBCO growth. LPE growth of YBCO on such Nd2CuO4/NiO/Ni substrates showed that dense nucleation of YBCO on Nd2CuO4 was possible without any REBCO seed layer and there was little reaction between the Nd2CuO4 buffer and the high-temperature CuO:BaO solution.
Published - 2002 Aug
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Qi, X., Soorie, M., Lockman, Z., & MacManus-Driscoll, J. L. (2002). Fabrication of YBCO thick films on Nd2CuO4 buffered Ni tapes by liquid phase epitaxy. Physica C: Superconductivity and its applications, 372-376(PART 2), 742-746. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0921-4534(02)00896-1
Qi, Xiaoding ; Soorie, Masood ; Lockman, Zainovia ; MacManus-Driscoll, Judith L. / Fabrication of YBCO thick films on Nd2CuO4 buffered Ni tapes by liquid phase epitaxy. In: Physica C: Superconductivity and its applications. 2002 ; Vol. 372-376, No. PART 2. pp. 742-746.
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Q: Linear algebra with discrete, ordinal, but non-numeric values? I have a series of statements relating various discrete, ordinal, but non-numeric values.  I'd like to reason about those statements intelligently.  Looking at the relationships I want to say that it is a linear algebra problem but I'm not sure you can use linear algebra rules with non-numeric coefficients.
vastly oversimplified example case
I have the following ordinal relationships
a < b < c
d < e

and the following equations
{a, d} = f
{c, e} = g

in this case, there is no relationship between, say, a and e.  It's not that the relationship isn't known, it doesn't exist.
I want a formal way of analyzing those equations to say that f < g given that all the components of f are < all the comparable components of g.  Is linear algebra applicable?  Is there a better toolset I should be looking at?

A: I don't see how linear algebra would be relevant here; the "linear" in "linear algebra" doesn't refer to an ordering but rather to linearity in the sense of a function satisfying $f(ax)=af(x)$ and $f(x+y)=f(x)+f(y)$ for $x,y$ vectors and $a$ a scalar. Rather, what you're considering here are partial orders (or posets), and the relevant subject is order theory - although partial orders are so ubiquitous in mathematics that you won't need to specifically look at order theory to see them.
Incidentally, your proposed ordering on subsets of a given poset - namely, $A\trianglelefteq B$ iff for each $a\in A$ and $b\in B$, either $a$ and $b$ are incomparable or $a<b$ - isn't very well-behaved. Specifically:

*

*It's not antisymmetric: if $a$ and $b$ are incomparable then $\{a\}\trianglelefteq \{b\}$ and $\{b\}\trianglelefteq \{a\}$.

*More importantly, it's not transitive: suppose we have a partial order with elements $a,b,c$ where $a<b$ and $c$ is incomparable with both $a$ and $b$. Then $\{b\}\trianglelefteq\{c\}\trianglelefteq\{a\}$ but $\{b\}\not\trianglelefteq\{a\}$.
A better notion is to compare all elements at once: say $A\preccurlyeq B$ if for every $a\in A$ and every $b\in B$ we have $a<b$. This still isn't entirely great (if $a<b<c$ then consider $\{a,c\}$ versus $\{a,b,c\}$) but at least it's transitive.

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Badasses in History: Rasputin
When someone uses the phrase "historical figure" you can usually make two assumptions. First, that the person is probably complaining about a paper they have to write (complaining makes everything better); and second, that the "historical figure" in question is probably dead.
We only tend to refer to people as "historical figures" if they've been dead for at least half a century or so (sorry Amy Winehouse, but you'll have to wait). Unfortunately, we can't be so sure about this week's Historical Badass. You see, our guy has this thing about cheating death.
Looks like an unholy cross between Steve Buscemi and Marilyn Manson
That's right, I'm talking about Rasputin, the Mad Monk. Before we get into the whole "this-guy-just-won't-die-he's-the-devil-save-us-Jesus" bit, it's time to provide some background.
But first check out his picture.
Yeah, this dude was one crazy motherfucker. Look into those eyes and tell me you don't see a gateway to nightmares and years of serious trauma therapy. I don't think we ever get to see a dementor's eyes, if it even has them. But if it does, that's what I think they look like.
I think I'm going to need a drink before this article is over, but we'll keep going for the moment.
Alright. Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was born in 1869 in the small town of Pokrovskoye, Siberia. Upon exiting the womb, he reportedly cackled and wrote up a pact with the Devil then and there. His parents, understandably concerned, tried to enroll him in the local preschool, but historical texts tell us the effort stalled slightly when the school was inexplicably sucked into another dimension while little Cthulhu sat nearby baking muffins.
Years went by and the wee lad Grigori prospered, and by prospered, I mean got way scarier. Like the kid in that movie The Omen, or a teenage Tom Riddle, Rasputin seemed destined for a pale complexion and dead, soulless eyes with a presence that made small children cry and grown men shit themselves with terror.
Eventually, Rasputin joined a monastery and "found God"—I don't know what god he found, but it sure wasn't a happy one—at which point events elsewhere conspired to bring him into the limelight.
Rasputin modeling how to properly smize
As it turned out, the family members of the Czar Nicholas II often sickened and died at fairly young ages, and the Czar understandably wanted to see if someone could fucking do something about it. Shamans, old ladies with "homeopathic medicine," and even real doctors tried to find out why and affect a cure, but all failed.
As history informs us, the problem was hemophilia, but since today's pharmaceutical clusterfuck of drugs was unavailable at the time, there wasn't much that could be done. Making matters even more interesting, bleeding was a common treatment at the time. Yep. Perhaps the one thing that couldn't possibly make things worse was being used to treat the Czar's family.
Here it is expressed as a formula: Bleeding+Hemophilia=Lots of Dead People
Rasputin however, claimed to have the answer. And thanks to his deal with the Devil, he soon became a close confidant for the Czar's family, especially Czar Nicholas' wife, Alexandra, who grew to regard Rasputin as her closest adviser after he affected "miraculous" cures. She had so much belief in his powers that she believed God spoke through him.
You can guess how that went over.
His immense influence on the family, and thus on Russia's ruling policies, was not well regarded by a number of men who thought they could do a far better job of fucking things up than Rasputin, so — doing what all Russian politicians do in a time of upheaval and doubt — they decided to kill the guy they felt was responsible.
Strangely, the animated Rasputin looks slightly more human than the real Rasputin did
Things got started when the former prostitute Khionia Guseva attacked Rapustin as he was exiting a church. She stabbed him and cut open his stomach. Eyewitness accounts tell us that Rasputin looked at the wound, flipped off the sky, then healed up Wolverine-style and went out to lunch at the Russian version of Denny's.
It was then that Rasputin received a lovely dinner invitation from Prince Felix Yusupov, who totally wasn't going to try to kill him. For some reason Old Grigori accepted the invitation and arrived wearing a batman cape. Taking him down to the cellar, the nobles fed Rasputin tons of food, all laced with cyanide, better known to us today as a rat poison.
Now, this would kill fucking anybody. Rasputin however, shrugged it off like nothing, all the while telling his favorite knock-knock jokes. They must have been bad ones to, because one guy got so pissed off that he shot Rasputin in the back.
The dude blinked less than even Dick Cheney
Relieved that he was finally dead, the nobles started to go off to their coaches, when one idiot realized he'd forgotten his coat. When he went to grab it, Rasputin leaped off the floor like that possessed chick in The Exorcist. Freaked the fuck out, the bastards shot Grigori three more times.
Was he dead?
Nope. The crazy fucker still kept trying to go after them, so they all grabbed clubs and gave him a prison-style beatdown. They then wrapped his body in a sheet and tossed it in the icy — actually, all rivers in Russia are icy — Neva River.
Days later, when Rasputin's body was found, full of poison, bullet holes, and clubbing wounds, the mortician determined the cause of his death.
Take a guess about what finally killed this preposterously insane fucknut. No really, I'll wait.
Yep. The cause of death was drowning. He had even broken out of the sheet and tried to swim… with four gunshot wounds and broken bones.
By the way, one of the shots was through his forehead. Yeah.
To be fair, autopsy reports differ, and several were done on Rasputin with different conclusions, but this is the one I'm going with because, frankly, it's that badass.
–Josh Kopel
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Author Doctor Tattersail
Badasses in History: Winston Churchill
Rumor has it that Churchill fathered his successor to the throne of Badassery, Morty Schapiro
The study of history is, in many ways, the study of humanity. From kings and heroes to slaves and cowards, history provides us with an unrivaled view into the inner workings of the human mind.
But never has any historical figure kicked quite as much ass as Winston Churchill.
Let's start off by investigating what the man had to work with. On the pros side, he was born the grandson of the seventh Duke of Marlborough. Aristocratic blood? Check. He was enrolled in the best schools. Education? Check. He was a brilliant politician. Acumen? Check. Oh, he also beat the Nazis. Awesomeness? Check.
Now for the cons. That school he was in? He hated it and got bad grades. Good GPA? Not check. He was fat…and rude…and a bit of a drunk. Winning personality? Not check. At the time of his political achievements, he faced a weak parliament and a weaker aristocracy. Strong support system for confronting foreign difficulties and interacting with the power-hungry, vicious Nazis? Not check.
The man was born with five-pound jowls
So to recap: Winston Churchill was born rich, but balked at any attempts to civilize him beyond what was required to find and light cigars, and—who could forget?— jimmy open the liquor cabinet. He then went off to the Royal Military College where he had the option of enrolling in either the cavalry or the infantry. He chose the cavalry. Why? Because it had a lower grade requirement and he hated math. Here was a man who had his priorities straight.
At that point, his father asked that he transfer to the infantry, to which I can only presume Winston replied: "Suck it." Whatever his exact words, he stayed in the cavalry for some time until he got bored—again I can only assume because he was too bitching at everything for his regiment to handle—at which point he became a journalist and war-correspondent. Even more awesome (if such a thing could be possible) Churchill then went to Cuba to follow a conflict between Spain and the Cuban rebels, where he learned about cigars. His response was reportedly to blow smoke in the face of the Spanish General Ramon de Not-As-Mind-Blowing-as-Churchill. As history has taught us, this ended the war then and there.
But while his early life was too grandiose for words, it was Churchill's later life that cemented his place as history's greatest badass. You see, Churchill's greatest quality was this: he was fucking hilarious. Yes, Churchill played a central role in the defeat of the Axis powers and the preservation of Great Britain beyond the bombing of London. But all of that nonsense pales in comparison to his rollicking contributions to insult comedy.
This image was captured moments after Churchill listed off the gut-wrenchingly filthy sexual activities he had engaged in with Stalin's mother
Though Churchill's insults can — and do — fill entire books, some of them stick as even more groin-grabbingly funny than others. When asked about his opinion of Neville Chamberlain (who some of you may remember as the dickwad who tried appeasing the Nazis as British Prime Minister before Churchill), Old Winston had this to say: "He looked at foreign affairs through the wrong end of a municipal drainpipe." In other words: "That dude is a shitface."
On cultured people, tubby had this to say: "Cultured people are merely the glittering scum which floats upon the deep river of production." What a baller.
Still, as funny as Churchill was in general, he had two particular adversaries with whom he had supreme moments of insulting hilarity: Lady Nancy Astor, member of Parliament and second-class comic, and playwright George Bernard Shaw.
We'll start with Shaw. Both intellectuals (Shaw of the kind that actually does things of artistic and literary merit, and Churchill of the kind that makes fun of those things), the two often enjoyed exchanging witticisms. Shaw, no real fan of Churchill's, thought it might be funny to send Winston a pair of tickets to Shaw's newest play, Major Barbara. Accompanying the tickets was a short note: "Have reserved two tickets for opening night. Bring a friend, if you have one."
Now, at this point, any lesser man would have accepted the truly hilarious burn at face value. Not Chubby Churchill. He wired back—in a moment where even God himself spit out his top ramen in laughter—"Cannot possibly come first night, will attend second, if there is one."
Onto adversary number two: Lady Astor. The two had a long legacy of mocking one another, Astor for Churchill's rampant alcoholism and obesity, Churchill for Astor's general bitchiness. Who can forget this exchange:
He usually only needed one of those fingers to properly express himself
Astor: If you were my husband, I'd poison your tea.
Churchill: Madam, if you were my wife, I'd drink it.
Again, awesome. But these clashes of wits pale in comparison to a later insult. One particular evening, Churchill came to a party visibly drunk and irate, so much so that a Mrs. Bessie Braddock quite publicly remarked, "Mr. Churchill, you are drunk!" But Winston, drunk or not, knew a challenge when he heard one. After shouting "Challenge Accepted!" he looked the offending woman in the eye (or chest, as Churchill was not one for manners) and said: "Yes, and you, Madam, are ugly but tomorrow I shall be sober and you will still be ugly."
So yeah, no one rocked the house like Winston.
Some more Churchill insults for your consideration:
Young man (after seeing Churchill leave the bathroom without washing his hands): At Eton they taught us to wash our hands after using the toilet.
Churchill: At Harrow they taught us not to piss on our hands.
[Referring to Arthur Balfour] If you wanted nothing done at all, Balfour was the man for the job.
The British Prime Minister after single-handedly clearing Juno Beach during D-Day
Churchill: Madam, would you sleep with me for five million pounds?
Woman: My goodness, Mr. Churchill… Well, I suppose… we would have to discuss terms, of course…
Churchill: Would you sleep with me for five pounds?
Woman: Mr. Churchill, what kind of woman do you think I am?!
Churchill: Madam, we've already established that. Now we are haggling about the price.
And now for the winner:
[Referring to Charles De Gaulle] He looks like a female llama who has been surprised in the bath.
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Q: Why am i not able to show more than one widget in mainwindow? I have created two custom widgets using pyqt5. I want to show both of them in my mainwindow.But the problem is that only any one of them is showing up.Only the object which is being created at second number is visible.
class Mainwindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
     xfactor = 0.0
     yfactor = 0.0
     windetails = []

    def __init__(self):
        QtWidgets.QMainWindow.__init__(self)
        # Ui_MainWindow.__init__(self)
        # self.setupUi(self)
        self.setresolutionparams()
        self.setupobject()

    def setresolutionparams(self):
        desk = QtWidgets.QDesktopWidget()
        self.xfactor = desk.width()/1600.0;
        self.yfactor = desk.height()/900.0;
        print(self.xfactor)

    def setupobject(self):

        self.windetails.append((int)(1130 * self.xfactor))
        self.windetails.append((int)(732 * self.yfactor))
        self.windetails.append((int)(470 * self.xfactor))
        self.windetails.append((int)(160 * self.yfactor))
        pepwin_ = pepwin(self)
        pepwin_.setupwindow(self.windetails,self.xfactor,self.yfactor)
        pepwin_.setbtncnfg(3,3,self.windetails[2], self.windetails[3])
        pepwin_.settext(1,1,"Select\nFiles")
        pepwin_.settext(3, 3, "Exit")
        pepwin_.show()

        self.windetails.clear()
        self.windetails.append(0.0)
        self.windetails.append(0.0)
        self.windetails.append(1600.0 * self.xfactor)
        self.windetails.append(50.0 * self.yfactor)
        scrntitle_ = screentitle(self)
        scrntitle_.setupwindow(self.windetails, self.xfactor, self.yfactor)
        scrntitle_.show()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
    window = Mainwindow()
    window.setStyleSheet("background-color:black")
    window.showFullScreen()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())

A: When a widget is the son of a window, it is placed on top of it, in your case the second widget is placed on top of the first one. If you want to show both widgets should not overlap, a possible solution is to use a layout set in the centralwidget
# ...
def setupobject(self):
    self.windetails = [
        int(1130 * self.xfactor),
        int(732 * self.yfactor),
        int(470 * self.xfactor),
        int(160 * self.yfactor),
    ]
    pepwin_ = pepwin(self)
    pepwin_.setupwindow(self.windetails, self.xfactor, self.yfactor)
    pepwin_.setbtncnfg(3, 3, self.windetails[2], self.windetails[3])
    pepwin_.settext(1, 1, "Select\nFiles")
    pepwin_.settext(3, 3, "Exit")

    self.windetails = [0, 0, 1600.0 * self.xfactor, 50.0 * self.yfactor]
    scrntitle_ = screentitle(self)
    scrntitle_.setuowindow(self.windetails, self.xfactor, self.yfactor)

    centralwidget = QtWidgets.QWidget()
    self.setCentralWidget(centralwidget)
    lay = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout(centralwidget)
    lay.addWidget(pepwin_)
    lay.addWidget(scrntitle_)
# ...

A: From the official documentation of QDesktopWidget:

Screen Geometry
To obtain the dimensions of a particular screen, call the
  screenGeometry() function. On some desktop environments, not all of
  the screen is available for applications to use; for example, an
  application dock or menu bar may take up some space. Use the
  availableGeometry() function to obtain the available area for
  applications.
QDesktopWidget also inherits the QWidget properties, width() and
  height(), which specify the size of the desktop. However, for desktops
  with multiple screens, the size of the desktop is the union of all the
  screen sizes, so width() and height() should not be used for computing
  the size of a widget to be placed on one of the screens.

So instead of scaling the geometry of your widgets with desk.width() and desk.height() you should be scaling it with desk.screenGeometry().width() and desk.screenGeometry().height().


Today's image (approx. 5,7 Km - such as about 3,539 miles - across) features the Outer Edge and Slopes of a relatively small (~10 Km - such as about 6,21 miles - in diameter) Unnamed Impact Crater located to the North/West of Copland Crater. The bowl shape of this Simple Impact Crater (meaning without Inner Terracing and/or Central Uplift and/or a common Wall with another Crater) results in a particularly dramatic shadow at High Solar Incidence Angles.
This picture (which is an Original NASA - MESSENGER Spacecraft's b/w and Map-Projected image-mosaic published on the NASA - Planetary Photojournal with the ID n. PIA 18737) has been additionally processed, contrast enhanced, Gamma corrected, magnified to aid the visibility of the details and then colorized in Absolute Natural Colors (such as the colors that a human eye would actually perceive if someone were onboard the NASA - MESSENGER Spacecraft and then looked outside, towards the Surface of Mercury), by using an original technique created - and, in time, dramatically improved - by the Lunar Explorer Italia Team. Different colors, as well as different shades of the same color, mean, among other things, the existence of different Elements (Minerals) present on the Surface of Mercury, each having a different Albedo (---> Reflectivity) and Chemical Composition.


Many thanks to the parents who attended the Grades 10 - 12 information meetings last week. The meetings were very informative. The Grade 12 power point has been put on the D6 communicator.
Two surveys have been sent home with your children. Please fill them in and return to school ASAP your feed-back is important.


It didn't seem to matter much in the current events. We did not have a chance to build up much momentum for such things.
We did kill a lot of Saurians though.
The +2, +2, +1 benefit does add up nicely.
Though, I think Tony's move to draw Brash and perhaps pick up a few more Swaggering Techniques is not a bad strategy. As the penalty for a bad roll would continue into next week, it seemed better to not toy with the deck (as some might say). Kill the foe and move along.


Getting to Climate Neutrality: Does Wood Biofuel Help or Hurt?
Bioenergy has been declared a carbon neutral energy source by the US, EU, China, and other governments around the world. In alignment with these national policies, AASHE-STARS and other sustainability rating systems treat bioenergy as carbon neutral, making it an attractive source of energy to colleges and universities seeking to meet their ambitious climate neutrality goals. But is bioenergy actually carbon and climate neutral? A molecule of CO2 emitted today has the same impact on radiative forcing whether it came from fossil fuel or biomass. Bioenergy only reduces atmospheric CO2 over time through post-harvest increases in photosynthesis and ecosystem carbon stocks. This webinar will present results from a new model for dynamic life cycle analysis of the carbon and climate impacts of wood bioenergy over policy-relevant time horizons. The model enables interactive scenario testing with different wood sources, harvesting regimes, and post-harvest land use assumptions for wood bioenergy that displaces coal, natural gas, or a zero-carbon energy source such as solar or wind. The results show that the carbon and climate impact of wood bioenergy is worse than coal for decades to centuries under a wide range of wood source, harvesting, and post-harvest assumptions, making it clear that policies that treat wood bioenergy as carbon neutral are flawed. We will end with a discussion about the opportunity that AASHE-STARS and its member institutions have to lead the way to science-based decisions about wood bioenergy.
Juliette Rooney-Varga is an expert on climate change and sustainability. She is the director of the UMass Lowell Climate Change Initiative and associate professor of Environmental Science. She has more than twenty years' experience as a scientist studying biogeochemistry and microbial ecology. Her current work focuses on developing and researching the learning impact of interactive simulations that enable people to explore, for themselves, the expected climate and energy impacts of decisions and policies. She currently leads the Geo-Interactive Project — a project funded by the National Science Foundation that is developing, propagating, and researching the impact of simulation-based climate and energy education tools in programs designed to foster academic success among low-income, first-generation college students across the US. She also works closely with the climate and energy think tank, Climate Interactive, and is a research affiliate of MIT's System Dynamics Group.


This application has been specifically designed for plugin LSGallery Premium (LiveStreet CMS). It allows you to upload picture from a phone to selected gallery or create a new gallery. The application can be customized for any site powered by LiveStreet, as long as it have our LSGallery plugin turned on.


The Canon Store has 15% off refurbished items for St Patrick's day. One of the great deals available is the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV for $2379. Just use the coupon code "MRGREENIE" during checkout.
Want to Increase The Dynamic Range of Your EOS 5D Mark IV Raw Files?
FastRawViewer and RAWDigger have created a utility that will split the Dual Pixel RAW files from the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV do increase dynamic range of the highlights about +1EV in a single explosure.
GUANGDONG , China – November 30, 2017 – CamFi, maker of wireless controllers for digital cameras, today announced the launch of a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for the fastest wireless camera controller, CamFi Pro.
Do You Use Third Party Batteries in Your Canon Cameras?
Out of personal curiosity, I asked on last night on Twitter if you folks used third party batteries in your Canon cameras. The results so far actually shock me, it's quite close to a 50/50 split.
MELVILLE, N. Y. , September 12, 2017 – Canon U. S. A. Inc. , a leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced the Canon DP-V2411 4K HDR1 Reference Display, a 24-inch display that features stable high luminance and 12G-SDI terminals, ideal for use on-set in broadcasting vans, and in-studio needs.
BuyDig, an authorized Canon dealer has the EF 16-35mm f/2. 8L III for $1749 on its own, or for $1799 with a Pixma Pro-100. Canon EF 16-35mm f/2. 8L III USM w/ PaintShop Pro X9 $1749 (Reg $1999) Coupon Code: TMAF177107755 No mail-in rebate required Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.
The Canon Store has the refurbished EOS 5D Mark IV in stock for the first time at $2799, which is a $500 savings. PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS 30. 4MP Full-Frame CMOS Sensor DIGIC 6+ Image Processor 3. 2″ 1.
Even with today's advancements in digital photography and cinematography, being precisely in focus isn't that easy – especially when doing it alone. But there's no more need to fear autofocus with dual pixel CMOS autofocus from Canon.
Firmware Version 1. 0. 4 is incorporated with the following correction. Enhances the effects of image stabilization when using the EF24-105mm F4L IS II USM with the EOS 5D Mark IV at a shutter speed between 1/100 sec.
CIPA has released their latest camera sales numbers, and it appears the decline in sales continues. It looks like compact point & shoot cameras continue the biggest decline year over year. You can see shipment comparisons between 2014, 2015 and 2016 in the images below.
The Digital Picture has completed their review of the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV. The review does a good job of covering Dual Pixel RAW and showing you what sort of adjustments you can make in post processing using Canon's DPP (Lightroom support coming).
Roger completed his teardown of the EOS 5D Mark IV relatively quickly, now the folks at Lensrentals. com have completed their review of the EOS 5D Mark IV, and I pretty much agree with their assessment of the camera and its place in the industry.
Changes in the Firmware Firmware Version 1. 0. 2 incorporates the following improvement. Improves communication reliability when using EOS Utility to register/update* new Digital Lens Optimizer. Download Firmware 1.
Lightroom CC (2015. 7) and Lightroom 6. 7 are now available. The goal of this release is to provide additional camera raw support and lens profile support, and to address bugs that were introduced in previous releases of Lightroom.
The indepth reviews of the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV seem to be coming out fairly quickly. It's a bit surprising to see DPReview has completed theirs already, but that may just come down to the popularity of the EOS 5D line of DSLRs.
LensRentals. com didn't take long doing a teardown of the brand new Canon EOS 5D Mark IV. It looks like the new body shows some build quality improvements and should provide reliable performance in tough environments.
Cnet is reporting that Adobe has confirmed they're going to add dual pixel RAW support to a future version of Lightroom. "We're working on it," Adobe spokesman Roman Skuratovskiy said Thursday.
Pricing for all of the new Canon gear should be leaking out this week ahead of the August 25, 2016 launch day. The following are the prices floating around in USD for the new Canon lenses. Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.
*UPDATED* When is All of the New Stuff Going to Ship?
A specifications list has appeared at Digicame-Info and it pretty much matches what we have posted recently. It also looks like the image we posted was real as well. I've updated this specifications list to include things reported earlier.
This list is constantly being updated. All specifications have been sourced by us, Digicame-Info or Nokishita Specifications: (Google translated & new in bold) 30. 4mp 7fps 150,000 actuation rating for shutter DIGIC 6+ 100% viewfinder Magnification: 0.


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A Three  az angol Sugababes poptrió harmadik stúdióalbuma, amelyet az Island Records adott ki 2003. október 27-én. Négy kislemez jelent meg róla, köztük a Hole in the Head, amely a csapat harmadik első helyezett kislemeze lett az Egyesült Királyságban. A csapat mindhárom tagja egy-egy "szóló" dalt vett fel az albumra – "Whatever Makes You Happy" (Keisha Buchanan), "Sometimes" (Heidi Range), és "Maya" (Mutya Buena). A második album, ami a második formációban, Heidi Range közreműködésével készült. Az album a harmadik helyet érte el az UK Albums Chart-on.

Történet

A csapat második stúdióalbuma, az Angels with Dirty Faces (2002) negyedik, és utolsó kislemeze, a Shape megjelenése után, a lányok bejelentették, hogy visszatértek a stúdióba, hogy elkészítsék harmadik korongjukat, és így született meg 2003 őszére a Three. Producerek tekintetében ez az album már nem annyira vegyes, mint az előző, de az újak között köszönhetjük Linda Perryt és Guy Sigsworthöt, és persze a régi segítők közül is sokan megmaradtak még. Céljuk volt az is, hogy Amerikában népszerűsítsék az albumot. Ez az egyetlen album, amelyen szerepel három szólódal, vagyis olyan dalok, amelyben minden szólórész egy lányhoz tartozik. Ezek a Sometimes (Heidi), a Maya (Mutya), és a Whatever Makes You Happy (Keisha). Október 13-án pedig bejelentették az album első kislemezét, a Hole in the Head-et. A brit kiadás egy különleges kiadás volt, két extra számmal, a "Twisted"-del, és a "Buster"-rel. Kezdetben a Woolworths által az Egyesült Királyságban kínált digitális letöltési verzió véletlenül tartalmazta a Whatever Makes You Happy korábbi demóverzióját, de a hibát gyorsan kijavították. A streaming szolgáltatásoknál a "Whatever Makes You Happy" felváltotta az eredeti albumverziót.

Fogadtatás és siker

A lemez a címéhez híven az angol liste #3 helyén nyitott, és tripla platina minősítést ért el. A lányok szintén egyik legjobb albuma. Az első kislemez a Xenomania által producerelt #1 Hole in the Head lett, ezt követte az Igazából szerelem betétdala, a Too Lost in You, majd jött az ismét Xenomanianak köszönhető In the Middle, és egy befejező ballada, a Caught in a Moment. A Sugababes történetében ez az egyetlen album, amelyről az összes kimásolt kislemez bekerült a TOP10-be! Nemzetközileg ugyanolyan sikeres volt, mint az elődje, ugyanis négy országban volt TOP10-es a lemez, és ötben pedig TOP40-es.

Dallista

 "Hole in the Head" (Brian Higgins, Miranda Cooper, Tim Powell, Nick Coler, Niara Scarlett, Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena, Heidi Range) – 3:38
 "Whatever Makes You Happy" (Keisha Buchanan szóló) (Keisha Buchanan, Craig Dodds, Stuart Chrichton, Pete Martin) – 3:15
 "Caught in a Moment" (Jony Lipsey, Karen Poole, Marius De Vries Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena, Heidi Range) – 4:24
 "Situtation's Heavy" (Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena, Heidi Range, Tim "Rolf" Larcombe, Shawn Lee, Brian Higgins, Miranda Cooper, Edele Lynch) – 4:10
 "Million Different Ways" (Craig Dodds, Stuart Crichton, Felix Howard, Guy Sigsworth, Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena, Heidi Range) – 4:29
 "Twisted" [Egyesült Királyság és Japán bónuszkiadás] (Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena, Heidi Range, Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins, Martin Buttrich, Malte Hagemeister) – 3:05
 "We Could Have It All" (Craig Dodds, Felix Howard, Johnny Dollar, Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena, Heidi Range) – 3:37
 "Conversation's Over" (Tom Elmhirst, Jony Lipsey, Karen Poole, Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena, Heidi Range) – 4:06
 "In the Middle" (Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins, Niara Scarlett, Shawn Lee, Lisa Cowling, Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena, Heidi Range, Andre Tegler, Phil Fuldner, Michael Bellina) – 3:59
 "Too Lost in You" (Diane Warren) – 3:58
 "Nasty Ghetto" (Linda Perry, Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena, Heidi Range) – 4:16
 "Buster" [Egyesült Királyság és Japán bónuszkiadás] (Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena, Heidi Range, Karen Poole, Johnny Douglas) – 4:22
 "Sometimes" (Heidi Range szóló) (Jony Lipsey, Marius De Vries, Felix Howard, Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena, Heidi Range) – 4:34
 "Maya" (Mutya Buena szóló) (Craig Dodds, Guy Sigsworth, Mutya Buena, Heidi Range, Keisha Buchanan) – 4:43

Kislemezek

Jegyzetek

Ranglista

Külső hivatkozások
Sugababes a lap.hu-n

Sugababes-albumok
2003 nagylemezei

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Reclaimed coffee table – The living area is not complete without a coffee table. They have many uses. Beautify the room and used for storage as well. Due to the fact that there are different types and Design coffee table, you need to choose one that is based on many factors. Here are 6 tips on how to pick one. You can get cheap or expensive ultra tables based on your budget. In essence, the budget set based on many factors, such as lighting, furniture and accessories. Make sure that the table will blend well with other items of furniture in the place as a table, a sofa and a Chair. Table with curved edges can cause injury to pets or children. In addition, the form is an important factor to consider if you want table look good with other furniture in the room. You don't want to spoil the beauty of your living room with an ugly coffee table.
Make sure that the table height sufficient for your needs. Ideally, this should be a few inches lower than the seat of the couch. In addition, the high standard of the reclaimed coffee table is approx. A coffee table made from various kinds of materials such as steel, brass or a combination of both for a classic look. They are also made of wood, maple, oak or walnut, just to name a few. Cherry and Walnut give a formal look to your table. When buying a coffee table, you can choose from a variety of styles, such as vintage, modern, informal or formal. If you're into modern display, we recommend that you visit the base. If you want a romantic table, you can choose the one with the wood and round up.
Once you have decided on the style, function, size and budget, you're ready to buy a table. Where can you buy one? Well, you can visit the large reclaimed coffee table department stores, flea markets or antique dealers. Keep in mind that you should measure your space before making your purchase. In addition, you need to measure the height of a sofa or couch. Taking into account all of these factors will help you decide on the table that would fit the style and look of your room. Long story short, find the right coffee table will cost you a bit of time and effort. Finally, make sure that you do not cross the limits of your budget when buying one. You don't want a table that will cost you thousands of dollars. Maybe you have some other more important needs.


Warren C. Harder, 74, of Palos Park, a retired sales executive, died Sunday at Palos Community Hospital, Palos Heights. He was a sales executive for Central Cartage Co., Dearborn, Mich. Survivors include his wife, Donna Mayfield Harder; and a sister. Visitation will be held from 3 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Thornridge Funeral Home, 14318 S. La Grange Rd. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. at Peace Memorial Church, 10300 131st St., Palos Park.


Wilton "zews" Prado (born November 3, 1987), is a former professional Brazilian Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Counter-Strike: Source, and Counter-Strike 1.6 player. He is currently the coach of MIBR.
He wore the jersey of former Team Liquid coach: Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka at Intel Extreme Masters Season XII Oakland, in honor of the former Overwatch player, captain and coach, who had passed away days prior to the tournament.
zews wearing Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka's jersey at Intel Extreme Masters Season XII Oakland in honor of the former Overwatch player, captain and coach, who had passed away days prior to the tournament.
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Mike Woods
Weather Anchor
Mike Woods joined FOX 5 NY in June 2001 as the weekend meteorologist and "Good Day New York" feature reporter. He became the morning meteorologist for "Good Day" in October 2003.
Mike has covered many major weather events in the tri-state area, including blizzards, Nor' Easters, hurricanes and heatwaves. Most recently, he spent nearly 72 hours on-air covering Hurricane Irene.
Mike is originally from Sacramento, Calif., but has lived in a variety of different cities around the country since 1993.
His first job on the air was in Eastern North Carolina, where he worked as the morning and noon weather anchor from 1993 to 1996. While in North Carolina, he covered several hurricanes, including Bertha and Fran in 1996.
Before heading to New York, Mike provided the arid forecasts in the deserts of Phoenix from 1996 to 2001.
Mike holds a degree in Rhetoric and Communications, with an emphasis on atmospheric science, from U.C. Davis. An AMS seal holder, Mike has received an Emmy nomination for best weather forecast by the NATAS and in 2009, McDonald's presented him with the Black Media Legends award.
Mike's charitable works include a cause that's very near to his heart – cancer. Recently, he raised over $10,000 for Leukemia and Lymphoma Society through the program, Team in Training, which is dedicated to training runners, walkers, triathletes, cyclists and hikers for events to raise money for cancer patients and their loved ones.
Mike is also a Patron for the Fox News Apprentice Program, which is a diversity program that assists students and young professionals interested in pursuing a career in broadcasting and journalism.
Mike is an active member and supporter of 100 Black Men Inc of New York and its Eagle Academy, The Ronald McDonald House, Housing Works, AYUDA for the Arts and Big Brothers Big Sisters.
An accomplished triathlete, Mike enjoys working out, skiing and any activity involving physical fitness. He has been featured in Muscle and Fitness magazine in the "Real People" column.
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Finnish Ski Association extends partnership with Infront for FIS Nordic Ski World Cups until 2025 26
At the same time, national public broadcaster YLE secures the rights to air all Finnish events on an internatioanal basis for the next five seasons
Zug, Switzerland – Infront Sports & Media, a Wanda Sports company, has extended its media and marketing partnership with the the Finnish Ski Association (FSA) through till 2025/26. The newly extended agreement was officially announced today by the Finnish Ski Association and covers media rights to the FIS Nordic Ski World Cup events that take place in Finland as well as media production and selected advertising packages.
The media rights distribution and production operation includes all competitions of the FIS Men's and Women's Cross-Country, Ski Jumping (including Ski Flying)and Nordic Combined World Cups, all competitions of the Cross-Country, Ski Jumping (including Ski Flying) and Nordic Combined Finnish National Championships and all competitions of the popular "Suomen Cup".
YLE to broadcast to Finnish ski fans nationwide
In a second agreement, the Finnish public broadcaster YLE secured the media rights to ensure consistent coverage of the Nordic events for Finnish ski fans over the next five years. The contract with YLE comprises the media rights for live, delayed and highlights coverage across all TV and digital platforms with the broadcaster also handling the production operation to produce high quality coverage of the events for the next five seasons.
Jukka-Pekka Vuori, President of the Finnish Ski Association: "The agreement we have concluded with Infront is extremely significant, both in financial and practical terms. It is the most important commercial collaboration agreement concluded by the Finnish Ski Association to date. It offers the Finnish ski community the opportunity to continue to enjoy world class skiing for many years to come, and makes it possible for Finnish athletes to compete in high profile Nordic ski events in their own country."
Bruno Marty, Infront's Executive Director Winter Sports: "Over the past few years we have managed to increase the visibility of the Nordic events in Finland which are true highlights of the FIS Nordic World Cup season. Our collective treatment of the FIS Alpine and Nordic World Cup series makes sense for broadcasters and we are delighted that the Finnish Association has recognised this advantage and is continuing to put its trust in Infront."
Leading role in international ski and snowboard
For the majority of FIS World Cup events, Infront facilitates global media rights distribution through a collective approach and has developed and produced attractive programming formats and increased worldwide visibility for the series. Together with FIS, Infront has also established guidelines to ensure a consistent quality in media production across the entire season.
Infront Sports & Media is the most respected sports marketing company in the world, managing a comprehensive portfolio of top properties. Led by President & CEO Philippe Blatter, Infront covers all aspects of successful sporting events – including distribution of media rights, sponsorship, media production and event operation – and has won a reputation for its high standards of delivery. As the number one player in winter sport and with a leading role in football, summer and endurance sports, Infront enjoys long-lasting partnerships with 170 rights-holders and hundreds of sponsors and media companies. Headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, Infront has a team of more than 900 experienced staff working from over 35 offices across more than 15 countries, delivering 4,100 event days of top class sport around the world every year. In November 2015, Infront was integrated into Wanda Sports Holding, part of the Chinese conglomerate the Dalian Wanda Group.
See also: News News: Winter Sports News: Media


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Man killed by police after home invasion in Menomonie
Rebecca Loroff Appleton Post-Crescent
Police officers killed an unidentified man Saturday night in a traffic stop involving a stolen car in Menomonie, the Menomonie Police Department said Sunday.
At around 9 p.m., law enforcement from the Dunn County Sheriff's Office, the University of Wisconsin-Stout Police Department and the Menomonie Police Department were dispatched to the area near Terrill Road and Bongey Drive in Menomonie, police said.
The suspect had broken into an area apartment, threatened the homeowner and then stolen the homeowner's vehicle, police said.
Sheriff's deputies and police officers stopped the stolen vehicle in the same area around 9:10 p.m. and shot the driver, who died at the scene, according to the Wisconsin Department of Justice.
No law enforcement officers were injured, but a deputy from the Dunn County Sheriff's Office and officers from the Menomonie Police Department have been placed on administrative leave, the DOJ said.
The DOJ is investigating the shooting, while police continue to investigate the home invasion, according to both agencies.
Contact Rebecca Loroff at 920-907-7801 or rloroff@gannett.com.


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On the Red Hill : Where Four Lives Fell Into Place
Parker, Mike
Publisher: Cornerstone (Windmill Books)
A multi-layered memoir of love, acceptance, finding home and the redemptive power of nature. In 2006, Mike Parker and his partner Peredur were witnesses at the civil partnership of their friends Reg and George, the first in the small Welsh town of Machynlleth. Years later, when Reg and George died within a few weeks of each other, Mike and Peredur discovered that they had been left their home: a whitewashed 'house from the children's stories', buried deep within the hills. On the Red Hill is the story of Rhiw Goch, 'the Red Hill', and its inhabitants, but also the story of a remarkable rural community and a legacy that extends far beyond bricks and mortar. It is a story that celebrates the turn of the year's wheel, of ever-changing landscapes, and of the family found in the unlikeliest of places. Highly commended by the judging panel for the 2020 Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing____
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Stream The Radio Dept.'s New Teach Me To Forget EP
| July 14, 2017 - 10:47 am
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Radio Dept perform in Rome. (Photo by Simone Cecchetti/Corbis via Getty Images)
Last year, The Radio Dept. returned from a six-year hiatus with Running Out of Love, a 10-track LP in protest of Sweden's far-right Svenskarnas Parti. Today, the band have released a new EP called Teach Me To Forget, which includes two new tracks ("Just So" and "You're Not in Love"), as well as remixes and alternate versions of album tracks "Teach Me To Forget," "We Got Game," and "Swedish Guns." Listen to it below.
The Radio Dept. – "Going Down Swinging"
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