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Lots of studies have shown that cigarette smoke isn't good for a fetus. So many pregnant women use nicotine gum or skin patches or inhalers to help them stay away from cigarettes.
A few years ago, Megan Stern became one of those women. "I smoked heavily for the first seven weeks of my pregnancy because I didn't know I was pregnant," she says. "It was an accidental pregnancy, and I found out while I was in the emergency room for another issue."
Stern, who lives in Massachusetts, was 21 at the time and had been smoking since she was 14. So she spoke with an attending physician at the hospital about quitting. "I said, 'I want to, but I'm afraid I'll mess up and I won't be able to do it,' " Stern says. "He suggested that I use the patch and prescribed it for me."
No one knows exactly how many women use nicotine replacement therapy during pregnancy. But the number is probably large. Each year, more than 500,000 babies in the U.S. are born to women who smoked while they were pregnant. And surveys show that up to 30 percent of doctors offer nicotine replacement to pregnant women who smoke.
I smoked heavily for the first seven weeks of my pregnancy because I didn't know I was pregnant.
Yet researchers have widely differing views on whether pregnant smokers should consider nicotine replacement. Some think it's a good way to reduce a fetus's exposure to many of the toxic chemicals other than nicotine found in cigarette smoke. Others point to studies suggesting that nicotine replacement doesn't help pregnant women quit smoking, and that nicotine itself can endanger a fetus.
"Let's first start with, does it work?" says Ted Slotkin, a professor of pharmacology at Duke University School of Medicine. "The answer is not very well or not at all."
For a typical smoker, nicotine patches, gum, lozenges or inhalers can double the likelihood that an effort to quit will succeed. But studies haven't shown that kind of success in pregnant women.
Just last year, the New England Journal of Medicine published a study of 1,000 pregnant smokers in the United Kingdom. All of them got counseling and were asked to wear an adhesive patch on their skin. Some women got nicotine in the patch and some women got placebo. There was no difference in the women's quit rate.
I used the nicotine patch for about two months, and then I was done completely and I had quit smoking. It did work.
By the time the women gave birth, the ones who got nicotine replacement were just as likely as those who didn't to have resumed smoking, the study found. But the women who got nicotine patches had been less likely to smoke early in their pregnancies.
That sort of result suggests nicotine replacement may help a mom even if she doesn't quit, Slotkin says. "It's much better that she takes nicotine instead of all the other smoke products, because they're going to cause lung cancer and other things."
But it's not clear whether her baby is better off. There are thousands of chemicals in cigarette smoke, and it would be almost impossible to figure out how each one affects a fetus.
The real question, Slotkin says, is how many of the health problems seen in the offspring of smokers are due to nicotine? "And the answer is, an awful lot."
Animal studies show that nicotine is especially disruptive to a developing brain. This may be why women who smoke are more likely to have children with problems including ADHD and conduct or learning disorders.
Brain development is a delicate process controlled by chemical signals that act a bit like a piano score. Ordinarily, the signals make sure that individual brain cells play the right note at the right time. But nicotine interferes with these chemical signals.
"It would be the equivalent of trying to play this piano piece and some clown comes along with a chunk of two-by-four and slams a bunch of keys down and holds them down," Slotkin says.
A developing brain can repair the damage when signals are interrupted temporarily, Slotkin thinks. So pregnant smokers who use nicotine replacement might be better off avoiding the patch, which provides a continuous dose of nicotine through the skin.
In contrast, gum or lozenges or inhalers allow nicotine levels to fall between doses. But the best option for a pregnant smoker, Slotkin says, is no nicotine at all.
Going cold turkey is daunting for a lot of smokers, though, including Megan Stern, the Massachusetts mom. "I used the nicotine patch for about two months, and then I was done completely and I had quit smoking," she says. "It did work."
I just know that nicotine is a negative thing to experience, and [my son] experienced it up until he was a 4-month-old fetus. That's a pretty long time.
A number of researchers believe nicotine replacement therapy can help some pregnant women smoke less even if they can't quit. They also say it's hard to draw conclusions from some of the big studies of nicotine replacement in pregnant women.
For example, the study of pregnant smokers in the U.K. is hard to interpret because only 7 percent of the women who got nicotine patches actually used them correctly, says Dr. Cheryl Oncken, a researcher at the University of Connecticut Health Center. The rest simply stopped using the patches after a few weeks.
In her own research, Oncken has found that nicotine gum does help. "It helped women reduce their smoking but not actually quit," she says. The study also showed that women who used nicotine gum had lower overall exposure to nicotine and had babies who weighed more.
And nicotine isn't the only toxin in cigarette smoke that can affect brain development, Oncken says. There's also a lot of carbon monoxide, which has been shown to damage fetal brain cells. "And there are other things that could be neurotoxic," she says, "such as lead, there's arsenic, there's a lot of bad things in cigarettes."
He's a great little kid. He's really smart and he's fascinated by all kinds of scientific stuff. He loves to go on nature walks and collect samples. He has a microscope.
Unfortunately, science has yet to provide the solid answers that pregnant smokers need to assess nicotine replacement therapy. "There's no clear path to follow," she says. "So the decision has to be between the patient and her health care provider."
That's how Megan Stern ended up using a patch while she was pregnant. Her son is now 5 and has some problems with behavior and attention, she says. "There could be a lot of reasons for that," she says. "I just know that nicotine is a negative thing to experience, and he experienced it up until he was a 4-month-old fetus. That's a pretty long time."
But Stern says she doesn't dwell on how smoking or nicotine might have affected her son. "He's a great little kid," she says. "He's really smart and he's fascinated by all kinds of scientific stuff. He loves to go on nature walks and collect samples. He has a microscope."
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A successful new Chinese healthcare company is building its business by eschewing traditional weight-loss approaches that trigger anxiety and feelings of inadequacy and promoting personalized programs that instead foster self-acceptance and realistic strategies for happiness and well-being.
Founded in late 2019 in Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, the Hunan Echin Health Management Co. Ltd. was founded by a small team of entrepreneurs who were troubled by the proliferation of companies aggressively pushing "wellness" schemes that prioritized profits over the physical and psychological health of their clients, mostly women under the age of 50. They felt strongly that both ethical practices and robust medical plans drawing upon the respective strengths of both Western and traditional Chinese medical (TCM) concepts could change the landscape of Chinese healthcare for women in a positive fashion.
Echin's personal health managers construct personalized programs for clients that are designed together with nutritionists, sports coaches, Western and TCM doctors, and mental health counselors. These programs utilize some Western anti-obesity medicines such as Orlistat, but they also incorporate the inclusion in the clients' diet of fermented fruit and vegetable drinks, natural dietary fibers, and soybean extracts.
In addition to addressing obesity, Echin also treats conditions such as insomnia and menstrual irregularity, as well as chronic diseases— diabetes, hypertension, and chronic gastrointestinal disease.
Jingjing Liu is a member of the founding team who felt especially motivated to provide young Chinese women with new and innovative wellness alternatives to those dominating the market. "So many of my peers dread not being 'good enough' or 'slim enough' or even 'likable,'" she says. "That perfect figure in commercials has sensitized us to our flaws, as we chase the impossible idea of perfection. This is not healthy and therefore not a viable solution, because chronic stress generated by fear erodes good health and well-being, physically and psychologically. Something has to change." She notes that nearly 70% of Echin's clients are women.
Liu points out that the prevalence of new media in China provides Echin with direct access to the audience they want to reach: as of December 2020, there were 989 million internet users in China, almost all of them using mobile internet on a regular basis. This provides Echin a way to circumvent the often-overloaded and ineffective medical establishment and speak directly to young, savvy consumers who are looking for what Liu calls "an authentic healthy lifestyle," as well as to those seeking treatment for chronic disease management.
A New York-based NGO, Worldview Global Impact (WGI), has been working with Liu to further refine and sharpen the company's approach. WGI Co-Chair Jasmine Wang says that Echin can do a great deal to give individuals control of their lives and help them focus on genuine well-being rather than superficial and stress-inducing body envy. "Advertisers have successfully manipulated a rarefied version of 'an average person' into the minds of the public," Wang points out. "This pollution of headspace can devastate people's sense of self. The fierce desire to be slimmer or better-looking has been normalized for the sake of amassing huge profits. Is that ethical? I doubt it."
In fiscal year 2020, Echin generated revenues of RMB 200 million (approximately $31 million), with a net profit of 15%. The company now employs over 1300 people and hopes its innovative business model will enable it to reach even more Chinese clients in the coming years.
Liu is fond of quoting Theodore Roosevelt's maxim: "Comparison is the thief of joy." She sees a bright future for Echin though popularizing "self-acceptance" as a guiding principle for its consumers. "We would rather help our clients achieve a state of being healthy and happy in an imperfect shape, rather than feeding a morbid obsession with achieving a flawless figure."
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Company Name: Worldview Global Impact
Contact Person: Cheng Peng
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Phone No: 917-913-4108
Country: China
Website Url: https://www.worldviewglobal.com/
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New technique for sorting live cells may expedite biomedical research (w/video) |
(Nanowerk News) Researchers from North Carolina State University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed a new technique that uses sound waves to rapidly separate selected collections of cells for use in biomedical research. | |
"We think this is important because it will make it faster and easier for researchers to sort out the live cells they need for research ranging from disease study to drug development," says Dr. Xiaoning Jiang, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and adjunct professor of biomedical engineering at NC State and co-author of a paper on the work ("Ultrasound-Induced Release of Micropallets with Cells"). | |
Video of a micropallet being released can be seen here: | |
Biomedical research often focuses on how specific cell types respond to various chemicals or environmental factors. These cells are often grown in a liquid medium and on top of a collection of "micropallets," which are essentially small plastic platforms that sit on the substrate at the bottom of the container. Researchers then select the cells they want and detach the relevant micropallets, which can be removed for additional experimentation or analysis. | |
Current techniques for removing these micropallets rely on lasers or physical manipulation to separate the pallets from the substrate. But each approach has its drawbacks. Physical manipulation is a slow process, while the energy produced by lasers to release larger micropallets (e.g., a micropallet 500 micrometers in diameter) can inadvertently kill a significant number of the cells. Neither technique is efficient at detaching a significant number of large micropallets quickly. | |
The new technique from NC State uses ultrasound technology to release the micropallets. Specifically, it uses focused, relatively high-frequency sound waves that are translated into a wave of pressure within the substrate itself. When that wave of force hits a targeted micropallet, the pallet is lifted off the substrate and can be removed, together with its attached cells, for further study. | |
Using this technique, micropallets can be selectively released in less than a millisecond. This is not as fast as laser-based techniques, but is much faster than physical manipulation. However, the ultrasound technique has a viability rate of better than 90 percent, meaning that more than 90 percent of live cells survive the process. This is significantly better than existing techniques for the release of large-sized pallets, which can have viability rates of less than 50 percent. |
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Since the school was established in 1782, faculty members have improved human health by innovating in their roles as physicians, mentors and scholars. They've piloted educational models, developed new curricula to address emerging needs in health care, and produced thousands of leaders and compassionate caregivers who are shaping the fields of science and medicine throughout the world with their expertise and passion.
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Members of the Harvard Medical School community have also excelled in the research arena. Faculty members have been making paradigm-shifting discoveries and achieving "firsts" since 1800, when HMS Professor Benjamin Waterhouse introduced the smallpox vaccine to the United States. Their accomplishments are recognized internationally, and, in fact, fifteen researchers have shared in nine Nobel prizes for work completed while at the School.
The Faculty of Medicine includes more than 11, 000 individuals working to advance the boundaries of knowledge in labs, classrooms and clinics. The school's main quadrangle in Boston houses 146 tenured and tenure-track faculty members in basic and social science departments as well as classrooms where students spend their first two years of medical school.
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With its vast reservoir of talent, extensive network of affiliates and commitment to problem solving, Harvard Medical School is uniquely positioned to steer education and research in directions that will benefit local, national and global communities.
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The S.C. Department of Corrections mental health program is "inherently flawed and systemically deficient in all major areas," and prison officials should address the constitutional deficiencies and provide more humane treatment of prison inmates with serious mental health illnesses, a circuit court judge ruled January 8, 2014.
Circuit Judge Michael Baxley said in his ruling that the five-week trial of T.R., P.R., K.W., et al. v. South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. was the most troubling of the 70,000 cases to come before him in the past 14 years.
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"The evidence in this case has proved that inmates have died in the South Carolina Department of Corrections for lack of basic mental health care, and hundreds more remain substantially at risk for serious physical injury, mental decompensation, and profound, permanent mental illness. As a society, and as citizen jurors and judges make decisions that send people to prison, we have the reasonable expectation that those in prison – even though it is prison – will have their basic health needs met by the state that imprisons them. And this includes mental health. The evidence in this case has shown that expectation to be misplaced in many instances," Baxley wrote.
The judge's order requires the corrections department to remedy constitutional violations by submitting a remedial plan within six months to include: development of screening and mental health treatment programs; a plan to employ sufficient mental health professionals; a plan to maintain treatment records and administer psychotropic medication with appropriate supervision and periodic evaluation; and a program to identify, treat, and supervise inmates at risk for suicide.Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc., on behalf of inmates with serious mental health needs filed a class-action lawsuit in June 2005 alleging inadequate mental health treatment for prisoners held statewide by the S.C. Department of Corrections. The lawsuit did not seek financial damages; rather, it asked the court to require the department to design and maintain a program that provides adequate treatment of inmates with mental illness. South Carolina houses some 23,000 inmates, with more than 3,000 inmates with serious mental illness diagnoses (S.C. Department of Corrections data as of June 30, 2011)."We are greatly pleased with the outcome and call on the Department of Corrections and the Legislature to take steps immediately toward meaningful reform," said Gloria Prevost, P&A executive director. "As the judge pointed out, the evidence is overwhelming that the Department of Corrections has known for over a decade that its system exposes seriously mentally ill inmates to a substantial risk of serious harm. Inmates with serious mental health illnesses are dying needlessly and treated inhumanely. We want the state to provide the resources to allow the Department of Corrections to implement meaningful change and the Department to be fully committed to meeting the medical needs of inmates with serious mental illness."Ashley Twombley, chair of the board of directors of P&A, noted that "the 19th century Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky said, 'The degree of civilization of a society can be judged by entering its prisons.' The idea is no less true today. Judge Baxley's order gives us reason to be ashamed of our state's treatment of mentally ill men and women. On the other hand, the ruling gives us hope they will be given proper medical care and treated with basic human decency."In his conclusion, Judge Baxley noted the eight-year length of the litigation. "Rather than accept the obvious at some point and come forward in a meaningful way to try and improve its mental health system, Defendants have fought this case tooth and nail…The hundreds of thousands of tax dollars spent defending this lawsuit, at trial and most likely now on appeal, would be better expended to improve mental health services delivery at SCDC," Baxley wrote.
The judge noted that providing mental health services to inmates has significance beyond the prison walls. "What happens at the Department of Corrections impacts all of us, whether it is from the discharge of untreated seriously mentally ill individuals from prison into the general population, or tremendously increased costs for treatment and care that might have been prevented, or the needless increase in human suffering when use of force replaces medical care. The decisions of our Courts reflect the values of our society. To that end, our state can no longer tolerate a mental health system at the South Carolina Department of Corrections that has broken down due to lack of finances and focus," he wrote."This ruling reinforces the evidence that the SC Department of Corrections is in crisis and has been in crisis for more than a decade as several studies have shown," said Joy Jay, executive director of Mental Health of America for South Carolina who served as guardian for the prisoners. "People are dying needlessly in our prisons because of poor treatment. The public should also view this as a public safety issue in that inmates with serious mental health issues who receive no or very abusive treatment will return to their communities worse than when they went in."National experts and more than 10 inmates testified on prison conditions, including long-term solitary confinement – in one case from February 2001 – February 2008; multiple hours of restraint in crucifix positions with no bathroom breaks; placement naked in shower stalls, interview booths, and holding cells for hours and days with no toilets; and routine and excessive use of pepper spray.During the five-week trial that began in February 2012, Baxley heard arguments from Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough attorneys Dan Westbrook and Stuart Andrews, representing the plaintiffs. Mr. Westbrook argued at closing that the evidence presented at trial proved that SCDC's mental health system was constitutionally deficient in such areas as crisis intervention, solitary confinement, clinical staffing, record keeping, mental health screening, use of force, and medication administration. Mr. Westbrook argued that SCDC knows of the deficiencies and has failed to correct them.SCDC attorney Andrew Lindemann of Davidson & Lindemann argued that the court should dismiss the case on a variety of legal grounds, including lack of standing and the separation of powers doctrine. Mr. Lindemann also argued that SCDC should not be held liable when it cannot control its funding. Mr. Lindemann further argued that SCDC has improved mental health services in recent years.P&A is an independent, statewide, nonprofit corporation that protects and advances the legal rights of people with disabilities. The case is T.R., P.R., K.W., and A.M. on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated; and Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc., v. South Carolina Department of Corrections; and William R. Byars, Jr., as Agency Director of the South Carolina Department of Corrections.


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Make an origami star lantern
I learned how to fold this paper candle holder by following directions from Passengers on a Little Spaceship, right here. It's quick and fun! I used a 12" x 12" piece of cardstock. It was more difficult to fold than thinner paper, but made a very sturdy lantern. You can experiment with different sizes, colors, and thicknesses of paper. This size was good for a glass votive holder.


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The city of Tajimi, located in the southern part of Gifu Prefecture, Japan, is famous for Mino earthenware. The city is dotted with historical pottery producers and ceramic art museums. It has facilities where you can try your hand at making pottery, and many restaurants that serve food on Minoware dishes.
The story begins when a high school girl moves to a shopping street in Tajimi. Many encounters await her, friends, town folk, ceramic art, etc. What will she discover in a town famous for ceramic?
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Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren offered a public apology Monday to Native Americans over her past claim to tribal heritage, directly tackling an area that's proved to be a big political liability.
"Like anyone who has been honest with themselves, I know I have made mistakes," the Massachusetts senator said at a forum on Native American issues in this pivotal early voting state. "I am sorry for the harm I have caused."
Monday's remarks were an effort to move past the fallout from her past claims of tribal ancestry, which culminated in a widely criticized release of a DNA analysis last year. The issue nearly derailed her campaign in the early days as President Donald Trump began derisively referring to her as "Pocahontas."
Now that Warren is gaining in most polls, she's trying to prove to voters that the controversy won't doom her in a general election matchup against Trump. The detailed policy agenda to help Native Americans that she released last week helped her secure a warm reception from attendees at the tribal forum.
After drawing a standing ovation, Warren said "I have listened and I have learned a lot" from conversations with Native Americans in recent months, describing herself as "grateful" for the dialogue. She fielded questions about her proposals, which include a legislative change for a Supreme Court ruling that impedes tribal governments' ability to prosecute crimes committed on tribal lands by those who don't belong to a tribe.
She did not receive any questions about her own background.
Warren's DNA analysis — part of a broader pushback against Trump's disparaging nickname — showed evidence of a tribal ancestor as far as 10 generations back, but the Cherokee Nation joined some other Native Americans in rebuking the senator for attributing tribal membership to genetics. Warren later apologized privately to the Cherokee and had addressed her regret before Monday's appearance.
As of Monday, her campaign website's page containing a video and other materials Warren had released on the DNA analysis was no longer active.
The Native American forum this week is expected to draw 10 of her White House rivals.
New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland, who last year became one of the first two Native American women elected to Congress, introduced Warren on Monday after endorsing her presidential campaign last month and aligning with her for new legislation aimed at helping tribal communities. Haaland lamented that Warren's ancestry has attracted outsized attention when Trump faces his own charges of racism.
Those who "ask about Elizabeth's family instead of issues of vital importance to Indian Country," Haaland told the forum audience, "feed the president's racism."
Warren's remarks were well-received by attendees at the Native American forum.
Manny Iron Hawk, 62, who lives on the Cheyenne River Sioux reservation in South Dakota, said Warren "did excellent" in her Monday appearance and has done a good job of addressing her past mistakes. "I think she did. A person has to admit their mistakes and move on."
Iron Hawk said he had hoped to talk to Warren about tribal governance issues, but she left too quickly for him to catch her.
Snuffy Main, 64, who traveled to the conference from Montana, said he doesn't think Warren needs to continue apologizing for claiming Native American heritage.
"I don't understand why she is constantly apologetic for making a mistake," said Main, who is a member of the Gros Ventre Tribe of Montana. He said he liked what Warren had to say about making sure the country honors its promises and treaties with tribes.
"If she can do even a fraction of what she promised, that would be beneficial," he said.
Gary Funmaker, 72, of Black River Falls, Wisconsin, said Warren had "good energy to her" and he didn't see much need for further apology.
"That's accepted. That's old news," said Funmaker, a Republican who used to work for the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Later Monday, Warren campaigned in Minnesota, a state Trump hopes to take out of Democrats' column next year. The senator drew her largest crowd yet — 12,000 people, according to her campaign — to an outdoor rally at Macalester College, a private liberal arts school in St. Paul.
"I don't want a government that works for giant multinational corporations. I want one that works for our families," she told the crowd.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — In a bitter debate filled with tension and insult, Hillary Clinton declared that Donald Trump's vulgar comments about women reveal "exactly who he is" and prove his unsuitability to be president. Firing back, he accused her of attacking women involved in Bill Clinton's extramarital affairs and promised she would "be in jail" if he were president.
Trump, who entered Sunday night's debate desperate to steady his floundering campaign, unleashed a barrage of attacks and continually interrupted Clinton. He repeatedly called her a "liar," labeled her the "devil" and contended she had "tremendous hate in her heart."
On one substantive matter, he acknowledged for the first time that he had paid no federal income taxes for many years.
The debate was the culmination of a stunning stretch in the race for the White House, which began with the release of a new video in which Trump is heard bragging about how his fame allowed him to "do anything" to women. Many Republicans rushed to revoke their support, with some calling for him to drop out of the race.
Answering for his words for the first time, Trump denied he had ever kissed and grabbed women without their consent. He said repeatedly that his words in 2005 were merely "locker room talk" and paled in comparison to what he called Bill Clinton's abuse of women.
"She should be ashamed of herself," Trump declared. Ahead of the debate, the businessman met with three women who accused the former president of sexual harassment and even rape, then invited them to sit in the debate hall.
Bill Clinton never faced any criminal charges in relation to the allegations, and a lawsuit over an alleged rape was dismissed. He did settle a lawsuit with one of the women who claimed harassment.
On the debate stage, Clinton did not respond directly to Trump's accusations about her husband or her own role, but was blistering in her condemnation of his predatory comments about women in the tape released Friday.
"I think it's clear to anyone who heard him that it represents exactly who he is," she said, adding that she did not believe Trump had the "fitness to serve" as commander in chief.
The second debate was a town hall format, with several undecided voters sitting on stage with the candidates. The voters, all from the St. Louis area, were selected by Gallup.
The tension between Trump and Clinton was palpable from the start of their 90-minute debate, the second time they have faced off in the presidential campaign. They did not shake hands as they met at center stage.
Trump, who is several inches taller than Clinton, stood close behind her as she answered questions from the voters. At other times, he paced the stage, repeatedly interrupting her and criticizing the moderators.
Trump struggled at times to articulate detailed policy proposals, repeatedly dancing around questions about how he would replace President Barack Obama's health care law, a measure he has vowed to repeal. But he leveled several charges against Clinton that will likely energize his supporters, including saying she should have been criminally charged for her controversial email practices at the State Department.
In a rare public break with his running mate, Trump made clear he did not agree with Mike Pence on how to deal with war-torn Syria. Last week, Pence said the U.S. military should be ready to strike Syrian military targets that are under the command of President Bashar Assad. The threat of military action against the Russia-backed Assad government marks a departure from Trump's preference for a focus on Islamic State targets.
Said Trump, "He and I haven't spoken and I disagree."
Trump's campaign was already struggling before the new video was released, due in part to his uneven performance in the first presidential debate. Many Republicans saw Sunday's showdown as his last best chance to salvage his campaign.
It was unclear whether Trump's performance did anything to expand his support beyond his core backers. He did repeatedly cast Clinton as a career politician who had accomplished little during her years in Washington and would be incapable of bringing about change, one of his strongest arguments in a campaign that has highlighted American's deep frustration.
"With her, it's all talk and no action," Trump said.
The new revelations about Trump overshadowed potentially damaging revelations about Clinton's paid speeches to Wall Street firms. Emails released by WikiLeaks last week showed Clinton told a group that it's acceptable for a president to project differing positions in public and private.
Asked in the debate whether that's "two-faced," Clinton pointed to Abraham Lincoln, saying he did whatever he could to get the 13th Amendment passed, allowing emancipation of the slaves, by lawmakers who did not support African-American equality.
"I was making the point it is hard sometimes to get the Congress to do what you want them to do. That was a great display of presidential leadership."
Rolling his eyes, Trump said, "Now she's blaming the late, great Abraham Lincoln."
The political firestorm that preceded the debate was sparked by a video obtained and released Friday by The Washington Post and NBC News. In the video, Trump, who was married to his current wife at the time, is heard describing attempts to have sex with a married woman. He also brags to Billy Bush of "Access Hollywood" about women letting him kiss them and grab their genitals because he is famous.
Trump used the revelations as an opening to make good on his repeated promises to throw Bill Clinton's sexual history into the center of his campaign against his wife. Less than two hours before the debate, he brazenly met publicly in a hotel conference room with three women — Paula Jones, Juanita Broaddrick and Kathleen Willey — who have accused Bill Clinton of unwanted sexual advances and even rape. Kathy Shelton, a fourth woman who appeared with Trump, was a 12-year-old Arkansas sexual assault victim whose alleged assailant was defended by Hillary Clinton.
Trump refused to answer questions from reporters about his own aggressive sexual remarks about women during the meeting.
In the heated debate's final moments, the candidates briefly put aside their animosity when asked by a voter if they respected anything about each other.
Clinton said she respected Trump's children, calling them "incredibly able and devoted."
Trump, as if pulling a line directly from the Clinton campaign, called his Democratic opponent a "fighter."
"She doesn't quit, she doesn't give up," he said. "I respect that."
Pace reported from Washington. AP writers Steve Peoples, Catherine Lucey, Jonathan Lemire, Laurie Kellman and Kathleen Ronayne contributed to this report.
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Only two more days until the first annual Haven of Hope Retreat for mothers that are grieving the death of a child.
I head out tomorrow to meet with Susan and Daisy to set up, organize and PRAY for these women and our time together.
There's always something going on at my house.
Not always good, but always something!
I will be praying for you Marsha!
You know I'm praying! It's so funny... what you said about not where but in whom your hope lies... that was this week's Pause and Ponder. Must be how the Spirit is moving... :)
<3 You!
I'm definitely praying!!!
I love you!
Praying here Marsha! ((hugs))
ABSOLUTELY! WOW!!! God can make and will make a difference through this meeting of lives.
I will be praying. Wish I were going to be there. I know everyone will be blessed :)
I have been praying for you, Marsha, and will continue to do so. May the Lord give you the strength (physical and emotional) for each moment....
Hi Marsha,
I will definitely be praying for you and thinking of you. May the Lord work through you to touch many lives and I pray you are also blessed, warmed and comforted too.....
I've been praying!!


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They appear every summer as reliably as the stories about shark attacks: a rash of articles raising the alarm about the "summer slide," or the loss of learning that grade-school students experience over the months when classes are out. Concern about this leads many a parent to stock up on workbooks and flash cards, or to enroll their children in educational camps and enrichment programs. But is the summer slide really the seasonal disaster that we've been warned about? A close look at the research reveals a more complicated picture.
For kids from middle- and upper-middle-income households, for example, the summer slide doesn't exist at all — at least in terms of reading skills. Affluent children actually make slight gains in reading over the summer months, according to an analysis of 13 research studies led by Harris Cooper, professor of education at Duke University. Meanwhile, lower-income kids lose more than two months of reading achievement over the same period. (The math skills of both affluent and less-affluent kids tend to decline over the summer break.)
Even among underprivileged students, however, the summer slide is not universal. A study published last year in the Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk reported that "not all low-SES [socio-economic status] students experience summer learning loss." The authors, led by Johns Hopkins University sociologist Stephanie Slates, identified a sample of poor children from Baltimore who gained as much as their higher-SES peers in reading or math during at least three of the four summers of elementary school.
(MORE: Reading Literature Makes Us Smarter and Nicer)
What makes these "outliers" different? Their parents, the investigators found, are significantly more likely than other low-income parents to take their children to the library during the summer and to check out books while there. The parents of these "exceptional summer learners" also read to their children for longer periods of time, and are more likely to check their children's homework and have higher expectations for their children's conduct grade during the school year — "types of parental involvement that could well carry over into the summer months," the researchers note.
As simple as it sounds, reading books can reverse the summer slide in literacy skills for even the poorest children. Richard Allington, a professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and his colleagues found that giving kids 12 books to read over the summer was as effective as summer school in raising the students' reading scores. The increase in test scores was especially pronounced for those who were most economically disadvantaged.
The children in Allington's study were allowed to pick their own books, and while parents may cringe at their selections (most popular: a biography of Britney Spears), the researchers believe that giving students a choice of reading material is a critical part of their intervention: not only are the kids more motivated to read the books, but the words and facts they learn build on knowledge they already possess.
Another study — this one led by James Kim of the Harvard Graduate School of Education — found that regardless of family income, the effect of reading four to five books over the summer was large enough to prevent a decline in reading-achievement scores from the spring to the fall. Kim's other finding: children who said they had easy access to books over the summer ended up reading more. So seasonal alarm bells aside, the best way to push back against the summer slide is with your library card.
MORE: The Case Against Summer Vacation


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Palmer resident and former Homer resident Carol Ann Dickerson, 62, died peacefully in her home Oct. 18, 2013.
Carol was inspired by Alaska's natural beauty. Her richly detailed, hand-drawn posters identified Alaska wildflowers, wildlife, and wild berries. She worked with acrylic paints in a watercolor style with delicate brush strokes and attention to detail. Carol's originals and limited edition prints now hang in countless homes in Alaska, the Alaska Governor's Mansion in Juneau, across the Pacific Northwest and around the world.
Mrs. Dickerson was born Dec. 9, 1950, in Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada, to Francis "Frank" and Mary LaFalcia, neé MacKay. She earned a bachelor of science in education from Boston State College in 1971.
Carol married James Dickerson in 1976, and moved to Palmer, where they lived for 37 years except for a brief time in Homer. "She's the kind of person that, when she came in the room, everyone got better," her husband James said.
In September 2008, Carol was diagnosed with cervical cancer. At the time, it was estimated she had less than a year to live. After a five-year battle with the illness, she passed away, surrounded by family.
Carol is survived by her husband, James; her two sons, Brian and Kevin; and her brothers David LaFalcia of Oshawa, Ontario, and James Gillis of Truro, Nova Scotia; and her stepfather Michael Gillis of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
As she requested, Carol's family will honor her memory privately next summer.


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XCLIPBOARD(1) XCLIPBOARD(1)Powered by man-cgi (2024-03-20). Maintained for NetBSD by Kimmo Suominen. Based on man-cgi by Panagiotis Christias.
xclipboard - X clipboard client
xclipboard [ -toolkitoption ... ] [ -w ] [ -nw ]
The xclipboard program is used to collect and display text selections that are sent to the CLIPBOARD by other clients. It is typically used to save CLIPBOARD selections for later use. It stores each CLIPBOARD selection as a separate string, each of which can be selected. Each time CLIPBOARD is asserted by another application, xclipboard transfers the contents of that selection to a new buffer and displays it in the text window. Buffers are never automatically deleted, so you'll want to use the delete button to get rid of useless items. Since xclipboard uses a Text Widget to display the contents of the clipboard, text sent to the CLIPBOARD may be re-selected for use in other applications. xclipboard also responds to requests for the CLIP- BOARD selection from other clients by sending the entire contents of the currently displayed buffer. An xclipboard window has the following buttons across the top: quit When this button is pressed, xclipboard exits. delete When this button is pressed, the current buffer is deleted and the next one displayed. new Creates a new buffer with no contents. Useful in constructing a new CLIPBOARD selection by hand. save Displays a File Save dialog box. Pressing the Accept button saves the currently displayed buffer to the file specified in the text field. next Displays the next buffer in the list. previous Displays the previous buffer.
The xclipboard program accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line options as well as the following: -w This option indicates that lines of text that are too long to be displayed on one line in the clipboard should wrap around to the following lines. -nw This option indicates that long lines of text should not wrap around. This is the default behavior.
In order to specify resources, it is useful to know the hierarchy of the widgets which compose xclipboard. In the notation below, indenta- tion indicates hierarchical structure. The widget class name is given first, followed by the widget instance name. XClipboard xclipboard Form form Command Quit Command delete Command new Command Save Command next Command prev Label index Text text TransientShell fileDialogShell Dialog fileDialog Label label Command accept Command cancel Text value TransientShell failDialogShell Dialog failDialog Label label Command continue
Text is copied to the clipboard whenever a client asserts ownership of the CLIPBOARD selection. Text is copied from the clipboard whenever a client requests the contents of the CLIPBOARD selection. Examples of event bindings that a user may wish to include in a resource configura- tion file to use the clipboard are: *VT100.Translations: #override \ <Btn3Up>: select-end(CLIPBOARD) \n\ <Btn2Up>: insert-selection(PRIMARY,CLIPBOARD) \n\ <Btn2Down>: ignore ()
X(7), xcutsel(1), xterm(1), individual client documentation for how to make a selection and send it to the CLIPBOARD.
DISPLAY to get the default host and display number. XENVIRONMENT to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/XClipboard specifies required resources
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Explanation: Is this painting the earliest realistic depiction of a total eclipse of the Sun? Some historians believe it is. The above painting was completed in 1735 by Cosmas Damian Asam, a painter and architect famous in early eighteenth century Germany. Clearly drawn is not only a total solar eclipse, but the solar corona and the diamond ring effect visible when sunlight flows only between mountains on the Moon. The person depicted viewing these eclipse phenomena is St. Benedict. Roberta J. M. Olson and Jay Pasachoff have hypothesized that Asam himself may have seen first hand one or all of the total solar eclipses of May 1706, 1724, and 1733. Many facts about our astronomical universe that are taken for granted today have been known -- or accurately recorded -- only during the last millennium. Asam's painting currently hangs in Weltenburg Abbey in Bavaria, Germany.
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UPDATE: 03/12/14 1:33 p.m.:
Is Tyler Wilson Ken Whisenhunt's next Kurt Warner?
It's a possibility put forth by Matt Ward on SI.com's Fansided site.
Ward writes: Nobody ever expected Kurt Warner to have the career resurgence that he did under Whisenhunt in Arizona. He beat out their first-round draft pick for the starting gig and took them all the way to a Super Bowl.
This has Titans fans buzzing about who they should bring in to compete with Locker. The cupboard is pretty bare as far as free agents go, but there is a fresh crop of rookies available this May in the NFL draft. While there are several intriguing options in the draft, I think we are overlooking one painfully obvious possibility.
Tyler Wilson.
The carousel continues to go 'round for former Razorback quarterback Tyler Wilson. News from the Raiders organization this evening is he has been waived the day before the team takes on the Dallas Cowboys.
From the Raiders:
The Oakland Raiders have added Jared Veldheer to the active roster, General Manager Reggie McKenzie announced Wednesday.
Veldheer has been on the Reserve/Injured – Designated for Return list since Sept. 7. A fourth-year player from Hillsdale, Veldheer did not miss a game in any of his first three seasons prior to 2013, appearing in all 48 games and making 43 starts. The former third-round selection (69th overall) in the 2010 NFL Draft originally returned to practice Nov. 13.
In a corresponding move, the Raiders have waived QB Tyler Wilson.
From Raiders.com: The Oakland Raiders have signed QB Tyler Wilson to the active roster, General Manager Reggie McKenzie announced Saturday.
Wilson has spent the entire season on the Raiders' practice squad after re-signing with the club on Sept. 2. He was waived on Sept. 1. The 6-foot-2, 215-pounder was selected by the Raiders in the fourth round (112th overall) of the 2013 NFL Draft.
The native of Greenwood, Ark., played collegiately at the University of Arkansas, appearing in 37 career games with 24 starts over four seasons. He set school records with 7,765 passing yards and 593 completions, and totaled 52 career touchdowns passes, becoming one of just four players in program history to top 50 career scoring strikes. Wilson finished his career ranked second in school annals with 7,721 yards of total offense. As a junior, he became the first quarterback in school history to earn All-SEC first-team recognition after throwing for 3,638 yards and 24 touchdowns.
To make room for Wilson, Oakland has waived DL Brian Sanford.
The Raiders cut 3rd-stringer Matt Flynn Oct. 8, 2013 and here is the latest on that may mean for Tyler Wilson:
With Flynn gone, a quote from Raiders' head coach Dennis Allen: "We'll look," Allen said, when asked where the Raiders go from here. "We'll always be looking in terms of what's out there. Obviously right now we've got Matt McGloin, who's on the roster, and we've got Tyler Wilson, who's on the practice squad, and we feel good about those two guys."
Updated 7/23/13
Tyler Wilson is officially an Oakland Raider. The former Razorback quarterback has signed a 4-year deal with the Raiders according to the NFL franchise.
The Raiders have signed fourth-round draft pick Tyler Wilson, General Manager Reggie McKenzie announced Tuesday.
The Raiders have now signed eight of the team's 10 selections from the 2013 NFL Draft.
Wilson (6-2, 215) was selected 112th overall by the Raiders in April. He played in 37 career games with 24 starts in four years at Arkansas, setting program records with 7,765 career passing yards on 593 completions. He also totaled 52 touchdown passes, becoming just the fourth quarterback in Arkansas history to top 50 career scoring tosses.
The native of Greenwood, Ark., was a finalist for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award and was named preseason third-team All-American as a senior. He became the first Arkansas quarterback to earn first-team All-SEC honors after establishing program records with 3,368 passing yards and 24 touchdowns as a junior.
Tyler Wilson, who has taken a break back home in Arkansas before the start of preseason training camp, is making some more noise this offseason, and getting praise for his approach and saying the right things. The Silver and Black Pride SB Nation site is reporting:
"You understand that it is important that you continue to maintain your body and everything that goes into the season," Wilson said. "That way when you get into training camp here in the next couple week you are ready to go and it's a lot different than college because you step into training camp and you've got a preseason game the next week. The season is right around the corner and I'm excited."
It is really great to hear a young rookie like Tyler Wilson saying the right things such as understanding the need to maintain his physique during this time off. It is easy to fall back into a vacation mode when you are away from the team for as long of a time as this wait is so understanding that you can't let that happen is an important thing to learn early in an NFL career. As long as Tyler backs up his words with the proper actions it appears the young QB has already learned that pivotal lesson.
There is no doubt that the world of the NFL is an entirely different beast than the world of the NCAA, because of that it is important to treat it differently as well. Wilson might not have realized it coming in but his eyes have been opened and he is enjoying his experience, though he also acknowledges that it is nice to be back home for a little bit.
"It's been an eye opener experience playing in a new system and a new environment but it's been awesome," Wilson said. "I've enjoyed the challenge and everything that's gone through it. It's good to be back home and get a little bit of a break but continue to work on some things before we get into summer workouts."
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Some beat writers who cover the Oakland Raiders haven't been impressed with what they've witnessed at quarterback so far during mini-camps. Despite the journos' evaluations, the Raiders' GM says he's happy.
Reggie McKenzie vehemently disputes the judgment of those who would say there is great cause for concern among this group from either those media in attendance or those speaking of them second hand.
"I don't know about those great evaluators that were out there (in the media) but in my eyes [the Raiders quarterbacks] had a pretty good off-season, pretty good OTA's, and they had some really good days," McKenzie told Bay Area radio station, 95.7 The Game. "Everyone has a bad day, but as far as the development of Flynn, the development of Pryor, the development of Wilson, all these guys, they have gotten a ton better from day one to when they left last week.
"I like what the offensive coaches are doing with Pryor and they try to implement his plan. The way they're throwing everything at Flynn and the rookie to try to see if he can pick it up… they all can throw the football and Pryor's definitely working on his mechanics. So, it's encouraging to see what this staff is doing with these guys and I'm kind of anxious to see them in training camp and how preseason rolls along.
"As far as the beat writers' evaluations, I really don't pay a whole lot of attention to that. Sorry about that, beat writers. If you were really good I'd probably get you in one of these scouting jobs."
Tyler Wilson meets the press after a Raiders mini-camp work out. Here are a few snippets from that press conference. Full transcripts and video is available at the this link.
Q: When you were in school, you got all the reps. Now maybe a third of them. It's a lot different trying to learn a new system when you don't have as much time.
Wilson: No question. Rookie camp was a big step for me because I got the majority of the reps. And then OTAs, you get about a third or a little more. And then today, it was somewhat similar to that. So, it is an adjustment period. You're trying to learn. There's a curve there and you've got to do that as quickly as possible in order to play full speed and play like you can play. I think that's the most frustrating part is that you want to go out and just complete every pass like you did and just roll. I think we will get there, sooner or later, but I'm excited. I think we're headed in the right direction. We can do a lot of positive things and this is a big week for us headed into a little break before training camp.
Q: You always hear rookies talk about the surprise of the speed of the game, is that something that you also think?
Wilson: The guys are the same, as far as physical ability. They're going to run really similar times. So, as far as actual speed, no. It's similar to play in the SEC — they're fast guys. Guys are a little more instinctive, a little more smart, so they get there naturally quicker. That would be the only thing and I'm kind of a half a step behind right now, so maybe that's where you're feeling a little bit of that too. I think it's fast but nothing I haven't seen. I'm sure it's going to get quicker too as you move on as we're in shorts right now. So when the pads get on, it's going to get a little bit faster and then once you get to game time, preseason…so I haven't seen the full go of it yet. I'm humble right now and will stay that way for sure.
And here are the latest photos of Tyler Wilson from the Raiders minicamp this week.
Updated 5/28/13
Tyler Wilson has been going through drills at a Raiders camp this week and below are some photos of him in action.
Tyler Wilson has even more competition at the Raiders, perhaps, beyond Matt Flynn and Terrelle Pryor. This news from the Raiders yesterday.
The Oakland Raiders signed free agent quarterback Matt McGloin, General Manager Reggie McKenzie announced Thursday.
The 6-foot-1, 210-pound McGloin is a non-drafted rookie out of Penn State. He set a career school record with 46 touchdown passes, and in 2012 set single-season program marks in completions (270) and passing yards (3,266), while tying the season standard in touchdown passes (24).
Tyler Wilson is drawing strong reviews at the Raiders' rookie mini-camp. In this post, the writer says it's conceivable Wilson starts this year:
"It's an opportunity," Wilson said. "Obviously, there's a lot I have to learn. … I've got a lot of work to do to get up to speed because there have been veteran guys that have been here that are way ahead of me right now. So, I'm playing catch-up from that point."
Raiders coach Dennis Allen praised Wilson's arm strength — a trait that caused some of the receivers problems, according to Corkran — and accuracy while pointing out some rust in picking up the team's offensive system. Assuming that gets knocked off now that Wilson is able to practice with the teams, he should at least draw consideration for the job from a team that should take a page from Seattle's book and pick the best man for the job instead of the likeliest choice at the start of offseason work.
Here's something fun for you, Tyler Wilson's rookie jersey for the Raiders and team roster, as it stands now.
Now that Tyler Wilson has been drafted by the Oakland Raiders, we thought we would keep up with the buzz surrounding him as he prepares for his new career in the NFL.
Below these occasional updates, you can read through what the experts were saying about Wilson leading up to the draft in April.
Our first Wilson Buzz post is from Sports Illustrated today. Wilson is listed as the third most likely quarterback to start on week one of the 2013 season, behind No. 2 E.J. Manual who was drafted by the Bills and Geno Smith who was drafted by the dumpster fires, er, we mean NY Jets.
Here is what SI had to say about Wilson:
3. Tyler Wilson, Raiders: The Raiders traded down in Round 4 to add an extra pick later, then scooped up Wilson at No. 112 overall. Wilson never really reached the elite level many thought he would at Arkansas, but his toughness and ability to make every throw painted him as an intriguing prospect heading into the draft — NFL.com compared his skill set to that of Brett Favre.
So, what if the light flips on right out of the gate? The Raiders currently sit with Matt Flynn as their No. 1 QB and Terrelle Pryor at No. 2. At the very least, Wilson should feel confident in his chances of unseating Pryor, and Flynn lost the Seattle job (to another "Wilson," coincidentally) last summer.
Oakland would love to give Flynn a little rope after trading for him. Wilson, however, could change the plans.
Here is a link to Tyler Wilson's career stats as an Arkansas Razorback. Wilson was selected in the fourth round by the Oakland Raiders.
[tweet https://twitter.com/Jerrymcd/status/328214087265824769]Tyler Wilson is headed to the NFL draft after a record-setting career as the Arkansas Razorback quarterback for the past two seasons.
Had Wilson declared early after the 2011 season, he would have been a sure-fire first round pick according to most mock drafts last year. He was even picked by one Sports Illustrated draft guru as the #1 overall pick for the 2013 draft before the 2012 season started.
But after the disastrous 2012 Razorback season, we're wondering what they are saying now.
But first, a little bio and background on the quarterback from Greenwood:
Tyler Wilson graduated from Greenwood High School in 2008. Wilson played on three teams that won the Arkansas state championship, two as the starting quarterback. In his two years as starter for the Greenwood Bulldogs, Wilson threw for over 8,000 yards with 94 touchdown passes. Wilson won the 2007 Landers Award as the state of Arkansas' top football player.
He was ranked as the #9 pro-style quarterback in the nation and #5 overall player in the state of Arkansas by Rivals.com, and ESPN rated Wilson as the #8 quarterback recruit in the nation.
Having grown up just a few miles from the Arkansas campus, there was never really any doubt that Wilson would be a Hog once Bobby Petrino was hired as head coach, even if there was a brief flirtation with Guz Malzahn while he was the OC at Tulsa prior to the Petrino hiring.
He played sparingly in 2008 behind Casey Dick – but eventually received a medical redshirt for an extended illness. In 2009-10 he backed up another record-setting Hog quarterback, Ryan Mallett, and played well, especially in the 2010 game on the road at Auburn when he came in for relief of the injured Mallett and promptly threw for 323 yards and 4 TD's in a heartbreaking loss to the eventual National Champs.
Becoming the unquestioned starter in 2011 and 2012, Wilson had a record-setting years as the Hog quarterback. According to this writer at Arkansas Expats, Wilson owned 27 school records going into the final game of the season. (We can't find a list of what they are and would love anyone who has a list to post them in the comments below.)
Playing in the toughest conference in the country, he performed at an amazingly high level for two years. Even in 2012, as bad as it was, behind an offensive line that under-performed and without a consistent receiver aside from Cobi Hamilton, he was pretty amazing.
His stats speak for themselves.
His leadership, his toughness, his poise, and his obvious skills has made Tyler Wilson the epitome of what it means to be a Razorback. While we all wonder what might have been in 2012 had Bobby Petrino not gotten caught with his finger in the cookie jar (so to speak), Tyler Wilson has played his way into the eternal heart of every Razorback fan.
Here is a highlight video of one of our favorite Tyler Wilson games: the 2011 dismantling of the South Carolina Gamecocks.
Tyler Wilson drafted in the fourth round by the Oakland Raiders:
So, let's move on to what we can find regarding Tyler Wilson and the NFL draft, shall we?
Tyler Wilson is still on the board after the first round of the NFL Draft. In interviews he remains hopeful he goes sometime during Friday's second and third rounds. While researching updates for this post today, we stumbled across a statistical comparison (as flawed as the writer admits it may be) between Wilson and other quarterbacks in this year's draft.
The name that jumps out is Tyler Wilson. The Arkansas quarterback put up the best numbers on that board in 2011. That's especially impressive when you factor in three of his five top 40 defenses faced were Alabama (No. 1), South Carolina (No. 2) and LSU (No. 3). Wilson did not have the breakout season expected of him. But with his injuries, his lost receivers and the utter program implosion that happened around him (not to mention never having a great offensive line), his regression is more than accounted for.
Wilson faced the toughest opponents and endured the most adversity the past two seasons. One could argue he was still the best in this group at playing football when it counted. …
The full comparison from Big League Sports is worth a look and is available here.
The Verdict: I'm a lot higher on Wilson than most people. A lot of the issues with his game are correctable after a year or two of development with an NFL coach, and shouldn't scare teams from him. Wilson possesses a lot of the necessary abilities to succeed as an NFL quarterback that you can't teach and surely something has to be said for that. I see Wilson becoming a starter at some point in his NFL career.
Where he should be drafted: Third round.
Where he will be drafted: Somewhere after the fourth.
Ideal Fits: Kansas City, Miami
Wilson mentioned on a radio interview Tuesday he was getting interest from Buffalo, when asked which teams had shown the most interest in him before the NFL Draft. From Buffalo:
Wilson is a fantastic rhythm thrower that needs to go to a team with a horizontal timing offense that gets the ball out quickly. He's best in a system where information is mostly complete pre-snap, and he can drop, step, and fire. He's a good decision maker that needs to learn that he can't fire the football everywhere he wants, and can't challenge NFL defenses the way he challenged SEC defenses the past two years.
Wilson needs to go to a team that turns the game into a mental match-up contest. A horizontal passing offense that gets the ball out quickly with solid pass protection is the right fit for Wilson. A team that runs an offense similar to what Buffalo ran last season is ideal. Wilson is a better version of former Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, with more accuracy, more arm strength, and better leadership skills.
The U-T San Diego publication, reports an endorsement from Jon Gruden of Tyler Wilson for a possible back-up position to Phillip Rivers – someone who can be groomed to take over for the team in the future.
Is it time? Should the Chargers draft a quarterback? Not someone to replace Philip Rivers in 2013. Someone who can learn from Rivers and, with growth, become a franchise quarterback.
I think they should be ready to act if a passer intrigues them after the first or second round. So I asked Jon Gruden to name a candidate or two.
"I like Tyler Wilson at Arkansas," he said.
Gruden said Wilson is unusually tough. A two-year starter, Wilson visited the fourth Gruden QB Camp, which airs on ESPN.
But he's not the only SEC passer named Tyler admired by Gruden.
"I think Tyler Bray as a middle-round quarterback could come in there and really take advantage of watching Philip Rivers prepare on a weekly basis," Gruden said. "I think there's a couple of guys in this draft quite honestly that could come in there and be a good quality backup to Philip Rivers."
From NFL.com we have this, contrarian view: Tyler Wilson Over Geno Smith. Smith seems to be the consensus top QB in the draft.
The most surprising evaluation: Norris has Arkansas' Tyler Wilson ranked first among the quarterbacks. Geno Smith ranks second, Zac Dysert third, with big names like Matt Barkley and EJ Manuel falling out of the top five.
In a year where there is no quarterback consensus, you can be sure plenty of NFL teams have surprising ranks at quarterback, too. That's the thing that gets me about most prospect rankings. NFL teams vary far more from one another than the draftnik community consensus. Wilson's ability to deliver under pressure is why Norris ranks him so highly.
USA Today has a feature on Wilson headlined, "Arkansas' Tyler Wilson falling draft stock may be Bobby Petrino's fault." An excerpt from the article is below and you can read it all here.
"It's pretty dry right now as far as what I'm hearing," Wilson said Thursday from Fayetteville, Ark. "I feel like I'm a very good football player. … Hopefully someone assesses me to be an early pick. That can be Round 1 or Round 2.
"Obviously, as a player who's very competitive, you want to go as high as you possibly can. … I want to be really successful. And I'm going to do what it takes to get there."
Latest from Mel Kiper, Jr., conference call on the draft April 3, 2013 (full transcript is here where he also discusses UAPB's Terron Armstead and Arkansas State University's Don Jones):
Q. Can you talk about Tyler Wilson and where you see him going, what round, and what you like about him? He's kind of been a little bit overshadowed here and you don't hear much about him?
MEL KIPER, JR.: Yeah, he's the forgotten man in this quarterback class now. It's amazing. He went into the year, you thought maybe late first round, early second round, then all of a sudden kind of the wheels came off of the program. You think about with Petrino gone and obviously a lot of changes, three receivers moved on to the NFL, you had the injury with Gragg at tight end, the offensive line issues continued. All of a sudden then you had Davis didn't play as well as you thought he would. He's obviously had a lot of injury issues at Arkansas, the running back, and then Tyler Wilson had the injury early on. The Alabama game, which you thought was going to be a key game for him, injured.
Then you talk about he's kind of one of those guys, small hands came up, but he's a tough kid. He looks down that gun barrel, he makes some very difficult throws. He's the kind of kid if he slides, becomes a value pick, a nice pick, and if he gets into the fourth round mix, which he could, third, fourth round mix, then there's a kid who at one point if things would have fallen right could have been a first round pick and I don't think anybody could have argued with it.
At the end of the day some things worked against him, a lot of things beyond his control, the small hands came into the equation, as well. So I think he drops into the third or fourth round.
The Bleacher Report draft scouting report on Wilson has him going somewhere in the second or third rounds. Grading on tools, intangibles, system, arm strength, accuracy, mechanics, pocket presence, mobility and future role/scheme versatility, the scouting report is loaded with video examples and worth a look.
Tyler Wilson possesses relatively average physical tools.
At just 6'2", 215 pounds, he is slightly undersized for an NFL signal-caller. His ability to escape the pocket and create windows, however, makes a lack of size less of an issue.
What actually may be more concerning: Wilson has small hands (8 3/4″), which could hurt him at the next level. We occasionally see this show up on tape, as he cannot grip the ball as completely as others, leading to many "wounded duck" throws.
Athletically, Wilson once again grades out as average. While he ran a relatively poor 4.95 40-yard dash at the NFL Scouting Combine, Wilson appears to move around better than test numbers indicate.
The Buffalo News in Buffalo, NY, which is profiling 50 draft prospects in 50 days leading up to the NFL Draft, quotes ESPN's draft guru, Mel Kiper, Jr.:
"Wilson right now is solidly, I think, the fourth quarterback to come off the board. This year obviously circumstances were beyond his control. … Also three wide receivers moved on as well via graduation. So it just didn't fall into place. I think he's an early to mid-second round, at worst an early three. … Tough, a guy that looks down that gun barrel and makes a lot of throws. When the pressure is on him he showed he is tough and would hang in there and make some nice, accurate throws. As tough as they come. Has the toughness of a linebacker." — ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr.
Here are a few links to wrap up what is being said about Wilson after his Pro Day workouts in Fayetteville, March 15, 2013.
From the Buffalo Bills, link through to video interview with Wilson:
A day after watching West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith throw, Buffalo's top two personnel men headed further south to Arkansas where they observed Razorbacks signal caller Tyler Wilson. In an offseason where the need to add a quarterback of the future was increased with the release of veteran quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick this week, the Bills scouting department has literally been going the extra mile.
"I think now is the time for us," said Nix. "You're trying harder to make sure that you know every little thing. We're turning over every stone to make sure we know all there is to know possibly about these players."
Wilson is a player that Buffalo has seen a lot of through the pre-draft process meeting with him at the Senior Bowl and the NFL Combine. He stood on his workout numbers in Indianapolis last month, but did perform throwing drills with his receivers.
From the Associated Press:
Wilson is considered one of the top quarterbacks available in the draft after earning All-Southeastern Conference first-team honors as a junior and throwing for an average of 307.9 yards per game last season. He let his other performances — including his 40-yard dash time of 4.95 seconds — stand from last month's combine on Friday, instead focusing on a detailed presentation of his passing ability.
"The combine is a tough representation," Wilson said. "… I threw the ball pretty well there. There some balls location-wise that could have been a little better. But this is a more accurate depiction of what you can do because these are the throws we threw in college. You're familiar with the receivers, you're familiar with the setting and this is who you are."
And from SBNation.com:
A consensus top five quarterback in the 2013 NFL draft, former Razorbacks helmsman Tyler Wilson showed off his arm at the Arkansas pro day on Friday. Though he did not participate in all drills — skipping the 40-yard dash and the vertical — Wilson did partake in accuracy and deep passing drills. His teammate, running back Knile Davis, also chose to not participate in traditional drills, instead running pass-catching drills in front of the pro scouts.
If you are a Tyler Wilson fan, this is a fantastic read.
Lex Carpenter of Yahoo Sports says that Tyler Wilson could be a draft day surprise:
In every NFL draft there is a Tyler Wilson, a player who the draft experts say is not The Great New Thing. The list of negatives they spill come in a nitpicking torrent: Not fast enough, not big enough, not accurate enough, throws too hard, throws too soft. Then comes the draft day when the player who was supposed to go the second day – or the third – is taking a first-round phone call as his name is announced on national TV.
From NFL.com's Albert Breer, writing primarily about Geno Smith, we get this tidbit…
Arkansas' Tyler Wilson is seen by many as a dark horse after a train wreck of a senior year.
We have draft tidbits in our NFL Combine Live Post here, too. You may be interested in some of that information.
From USA Today on Feb. 19:
BRADENTON, Fla. — Former Arkansas quarterback Tyler Wilson came to IMG Academy quarterback guru Chris Weinke seven weeks ago as a long strider who dipped his throwing shoulder, weakening his ability to drive his deeper passes accurately down the field.
Heading into Sunday's scouting combine throwing showcase in Indianapolis, Weinke thinks Wilson and former West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith are prepared to light up the Lucas Oil Stadium stage.
"Those two will stand out by far," Weinke told USA TODAY Sports on Tuesday. "They're locked and loaded. … I believe Tyler belongs in the first round. That's my personal opinion. His arm talent is as good as some of the big boys, if not better in some cases.
Our friends at Arkansas Expats have put together a nice collection and analysis of what ESPN's draft guru, Todd McShay, has said the past couple of days while reviewing game film of Wilson in action. It's worth a read.
From Shawn Zobel, of DraftHeadquarters.com:
[tweet https://twitter.com/RazorbackFB/status/295321537593090049]As of right now, this year's draft class is the worst at the quarterback position since 2007. With the quarterback class being so lumped together at this point, and lacking any true stars, NFL coaches are going to have their work cut out for them. After seeing Arkansas' Tyler Wilson in person twice, I can say without reservation that he is worth a first round pick in this year's draft.
With Suzy Wilson's permission,Tyler Wilson's Outstanding Quarterback Performance Trophy!!! #WPS #GoHogs @HogDatabase pic.twitter.com/sOWccAFz
— Sharp Williams (@SharpTusk) January 26, 2013
Peter Schrager, Fox Sports Mock Draft Board, has Wilson going as the first quarterback in the draft and No. 6 overall to the Cleveland Browns:
[tweet https://twitter.com/ShawnZobel_DHQ/status/293823373522382848] [tweet https://twitter.com/NFLDraftMonster/status/293454360518737921] [tweet https://twitter.com/KCChiefs_Reid/status/293819683109482496] [tweet https://twitter.com/AlexS_ESPN/status/293816760522665984] [tweet https://twitter.com/TomMurphyADG/status/293819027585916929] [tweet https://twitter.com/nfldraftscout/status/291585265238163457]Browns fans, please don't scratch your heads and pull the plug out of your computers just yet. Hear me out on this one. Yes, Cleveland drafted a quarterback in the first round a season ago. And sure, there are other pressing needs. But Tyler Wilson is the real deal and is the type of quarterback that can turn around a franchise that's been idle for so many years. Norv Turner won't fail with grooming a quarterback and if there's any college coach that can help mold and develop a kid at the NCAA level, it's Bobby Petrino. Wilson is a 6-foot-2, athletic, smart kid who went through the ups and downs of last year in Fayetteville. He's been through adversity. He's the number one quarterback on my big board. This, to me, is a perfect match.
Wilson participates in the Senior Bowl this week in Mobile, Ala., and as a result, the chatter regarding him and his draft spots heats up.
Mike Glennon, QB, North Carolina State. He has a chance to pass Smith and Barkley and become the No. 1 quarterback in the class if he can excel in this format. The game also will provide solid opportunities for fellow QBs Ryan Nassib from Syracuse and Tyler Wilson from Arkansas.
Tyler Wilson going into the year you thought could be a first round pick, and now more of a second or third rounder," said Kiper. "A kid that can throw the football. Tough, a guy that looks down that gun barrel and makes a lot of throws. When the pressure is on him he showed he is tough and would hang in there and make some nice, accurate throws. As tough as they come. Has the toughness of a linebacker.
We all remember Jim Kelly when he came out of Miami he was recruited as a linebacker at Penn State. It's a guy with an NFL arm and tremendous toughness. Under the previous coaching staff and with the talent around him, remember they lost their top three receivers from the prior year you expected this year to be a tough go and then he had an injury early on.
So I think Tyler Wilson is the kind of guy maybe second round, at worst third, but second round is where you look at him. Had he had the great year you thought was possible based on what we saw two years ago he might've been a mid-first round pick.
Wilson is the draft's toughest quarterback, which he'll need to be behind Arizona's shoddy offensive line. Arizona has weapons at receiver but not a reliable player to get them the ball.
It's still too early to be making concrete predictions, but Wilson has a chance to reclaim his high preseason stock with strong showings at the Senior Bowl and Combine.
Tyler Wilson and the entire Arkansas team had a very, very underwhelming season and unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it) Arkansas' season is over. Wilson is still a first round pick if you ask me, because outside of Cobi Hamilton and Dennis Johnson he did not have much in the way of help this season. I'm sure some will argue that he was boosted by his supporting cast last season, but if his play was elevated by it last year it was dragged down by his cast this season. Outside of Cobi Hamilton no wide receiver was a consistent threat, and Knile Davis was not his regular self for almost the entire year. Dennis Johnson stepped up to fill the void when they gave him the opportunity, but even with his "emergence" (some of us already knew he could play) Wilson was under near constant pressure because of his terrible offensive line.
He has a bit of a gunslinger mentality that some will like and some won't, and he isn't a perfect prospect by any means either. But I love his intangibles and leadership capability and I think he has more than enough arm talent to be a quality NFL starter. I think he still ends up in the top 15 after the draft process runs its course and teams get to interview him. Someone will fall in love with him (if not multiple QB needy teams) and they'll make an effort to go get him.
Something that typically doesn't come with coaching — toughness — was demonstrated by Wilson last season. Despite his relative lack of starting experience, Wilson showed surprising poise and courage in the pocket last year. Against top competition Wilson repeatedly showed the toughness to ignore an oncoming defender, absorb the hit and still get off an accurate pass.
Tyler Wilson will appeal to scouts as a safe prospect with no boom/bust potential as well as a prospect that fits well into most offensive systems. As demanding of a position that QB is in the NFL, a strong senior bowl week could solidify him as a first round pick.
The redshirt senior put up good numbers in his final game against LSU despite a 20-13 loss. Wilson completed 31 of 52 passes for 359 yards, one TD and one INT. Though he's not normally known as a scrambling QB, he also added 38 yards on the ground. Wilson's season wasn't what many expected overall, but he still has the size and the arm to be a high pick.
One thing you can't question about Wilson is his toughness. Aside from the concussion that kept him out 2 games, he has played through multiple injuries this season and has looked determined to win, despite his team having a disappointing season.
Wilson had a very disappointing season this year and he isn't a perfect prospect, but he has a NFL arm and is one of the best leaders at the quarterback position in this class. He's extremely tough, and he's going to be easy to play for because he's willing to take a hit to deliver a throw. He played behind a terrible offensive line this year and it showed in the win/loss column and in his stat line. I still think he's going to go in the first round, most likely in the top 15 picks. I don't know if he's going to be a franchise quarterback, but I think he can be a quality NFL starter.
I was a torch bearer for Wilson to begin the season. I fell in love with him throughout the course of the 2011 season. Clearly, he has been hampered by injuries and the coaching change. I still see Wilson as worthy of a first round selection with his blend of arm talent, sneaky athleticism, and toughness. Arkansas can't protect Wilson and he's developing some bad habits because of it. If he reverts back to 2011 form during the second half of the season its conceivable that Wilson could still land in the top 15 of the 2013 NFL Draft.
The Bills are ready to move on from Ryan Fitzpatrick and would like to break in a new quarterback along with their new coach. It looks like Wilson or North Carolina State's Mike Glennon will be the third QB picked.
Two of the top quarterbacks in this year's draft class are West Virginia's Geno Smith and Arkansas' Tyler Wilson. If the team at the top of the draft board — likely to be the Kansas City Chiefs — decides to draft a quarterback, either one could end up being the No. 1 overall pick.
Going through the process of researching this article, we've learned that it is still very early for the NFL mock drafts to start really heating up. After the bowl games are over and the senior bowls are played, we will start seeing an astounding amount of articles written on the topic. There is very robust NFL mock draft/player prospect/pro evaluation sub-culture on the internet.
Tyler Wilson certainly has the size, the skills, the stats and the intangibles to be a very high NFL draft pick.
It remains to be seen what what the disappointing season has done to his draft stock. The only real hit on his stats in 2012 is the increase in interceptions, but honestly, he was running for his life back there this season.
The consensus at this (early) point seems to be that Wilson is still in late first/early second round area of the draft, but a good showing at the Senior Bowl and a good Combine performance could boost his stock.
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