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Palinopsia (Greek: palin for "again" and opsia for "seeing") is a visual disturbance that causes images to persist to some extent even after their corresponding stimulus has left. These images are known as afterimages and occur in persons with normal vision. However, a person with palinopsia experiences them to a significantly greater degree, to the point where they become difficult or impossible to ignore. This often results in mild to severe anxiety and/or depression. Palinopsia sometimes appears on its own, but is more often accompanied by other visual disturbances such as visual snow, and can be attributed to a number of conditions affecting the brain including, but not limited to, medications,[1] seizure disorders, tumors, occiptal lobe or visual pathway lesions,[2] subcortical hemorrhage,[3] and dural arteriovenous malformations.[4]
There are two kinds of afterimages. The first kind is of a relatively short duration and is positive, meaning that the color of the afterimage is the same as that of the original image. The other type is a negative afterimage, meaning that the colors of the original image are inverted, which tends to last comparatively longer. The duration of the positive afterimage generally does not depend upon the length of exposure to the original image, while the intensity and duration of the negative afterimage depend on that of the original image. In other words, viewing an image for a longer period of time, or being exposed to a brighter image, can lead to either a longer or more vivid afterimage, or both.
Both positive and negative afterimages are experienced by those with normal vision. For example, a very fast-moving object will often be perceived as having a trail, as might a point of light, such as a moving hand-held flashlight, in an otherwise unlit room. These are both examples of positive afterimages, or "trails." Lasting negative afterimages can occur after prolonged exposure to an unchanging visual stimulus, due to the "tiring" of cone cells. The canonical example of this uses the color-inverted American flag (see the article on afterimages).
For palinopsia sufferers, the effects are largely the same, however the intensity and length of stimulus required to produce a noticeable afterimage is much less. This can apply to both positive and negative afterimages; for example, virtually any moving object will often be accompanied by trails, and negative afterimages can be formed after viewing an object for seconds or less. Furthermore, the afterimages can accumulate if the time between stimuli is shorter than the time it takes for an afterimage to fade.
Palinopsia is thus a condition which mimics normal phenomena, but with far greater intensity. The degree to which the afterimages are amplified can vary over time, in different circumstances (e.g. different amounts of ambient light, levels of stress, amount of sleep, or influence of substances), and from person to person.
The pathology which leads to palinopsia can occur through several pathways, which makes teasing out the source of a patient's palinopsia difficult. Though normal negative afterimages are generally understood to be a retinal phenomenon, palinopsia is thought to be a brain-related disorder, and not an eye-related disorder. This is likely because palinopsia is most commonly encountered in connection with diseases, drugs or injuries which affect the brain.
In their 2007 article in the Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, ME Ritsema and MA Murphy advise that "palinopsia, or perseveration of a previously viewed image, may be caused by drug use or by posterior visual pathway lesions. Most cases of palinopsia due to visual pathway lesions have an associated homonymous hemianopic visual field defect. We report two patients with palinopsia caused by structural lesions of the posterior visual pathway in the absence of visual field defects. Patients with palinopsia should undergo neuroimaging even in the presence of normal visual fields."[2]
In 2002, Hayashi et al. wrote of a "patient who exhibited transient palinopsia and visual hallucinations. Disturbances initially included an auditory component and increasingly were localized to the left visual field. These events occurred during recovery from a right subcortical hematoma with left homonymous hemianopia. Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) demonstrated extensive perilesional hyperperfusion involving parts of the right parietal, temporal, and occipital cortex. Perilesional hyperperfusion disappeared as the visual abnormalities diminished. We believe that excitatory neuronal activation in perilesional cortex during recovery contributed importantly to the transient abnormal perceptions." [3]
In addition to subcortical hemorrhage and posterior pathway lesions being possible underlying conditions for this visual phenomenon, palinopsia also seems to occur in those with dural arterial defects which affect blood flow to the occipital regions of the brain. In their 1999 Neurology paper, Kupersmith et al. describe seven patients with visual disturbances, including palinopsia, which all have dural arteriovenous malformations (DAVMs). They describe that such malformations, if caught early, should be amenable to treatment before irreversible damage or visual field loss should occur through surgical intervention. In such patients, neurological and visual deficit can be correlated to venous hypertension, from incorrect occipital venous emptying.[4]
Although palinopsia refers to a specific type of visual symptom, there are other conditions, such as visual snow, which often accompany it. Many of these disorders can be loosely described as "overactive vision." As such, the predominate hypothesis states that these and certain other visual disorders may be the result of a lack of inhibitory neural signals in all or part of the visual center of the brain (in particular, the lateral geniculate nucleus, which is the primary processor of information received from the retina). Due to lack of inhibition, the neurons continue to fire when they otherwise would be suppressed, which results in increased perception of visual activity.
It is important for health care practitioners to be able to differentiate between the visual phenomenon of palinopsia and that described by those experiencing migraine aura. The aura described most often by migraineurs is a Scintillating scotoma, in which a zig-zag begins from a center of a field and moves outwards to encompass the visual field. Troost and Newton describe features of differentiating migraine headache from AVM (arteriovenous malformations) in a 1975 Journal of Ophthalmology article, to which there follow ups that include how to distinguish migraine visual aura from occipital epilepsy and other brain disorders.
Currently research into the causes and treatment of palinopsia is nearly nonexistent. Research articles concerning palinopsia, which are relatively rare, most often only document its occurrence, typically as either a reversible or irreversible effect of a prescribed medication or injury. Due to the comparatively few sufferers of the disorder, awareness is largely restricted to those affected and their confidants. As such, funding is difficult to come by.
From a practical point of view, studying the causes and treatment of palinopsia presents many challenges to the researcher. Since the condition does not produce effects apparent to an outside observer, animal testing, is impossible unless more is known about the pathology. If, as is likely, the problem stems from differences at the neuronal level, cell culture experiments or animal model experiments could lead to an understanding of how to induce, and possibly correct, the malfunction. However, characterizing that pathology would be a difficult process, as the option of isolating known dysfunctional neurons from a sufferer would be very difficult, as palinopsia is not fatal (by way of contrast, much of our early knowledge of the pathology in Alzheimer's Disease was learned by examining the brains of recently deceased Alzheimer's sufferers). Future research, such as advances in MRI technology, or immunofluorescence experiments, might allow insight into the physiological differences between the visual systems of persons with normal vision and those with palinopsia, without requiring invasive procedures. In addition, advances in knowledge of the brain, particularly in how the brain recycles visual stimuli, might provide an explanation for palinopsia.
The treatment for palinopsia largely depends on the root cause for the disorder. If the disorder's root cause is epileptic in nature, anti-epileptic drugs will likely be prescribed. If the root cause of the disorder is due to brain damage, further evaluation by a neurologist is necessary to make informed decisions about treatment path for the patient in question. For those with dural defects, surgery may be required. Some treatments involve benzodiazepines, which are prescribed primarily for their anxiety-reducing effects, although as they promote uptake of GABA, an inhibitory neurotransmitter, they might reduce the overstimulation which has been shown to occur in palinopsia sufferers. However, few if any patients treated with benzodiazapenes report any noticeable, let alone complete, reversal of visual symptoms, and thus treatments for the underlying condition remain unknown.
In some instances, cases resolve themselves after a period of time, though the length of time varies considerably and can be lifelong; in fact what little evidence there is suggests that the condition is lifelong more often than not. Most sufferers seek to adapt to their condition by accepting it as part of normal experience. However, this adaptation is not as easy as it might seem and can take many years.
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Mom Cries Over Kid's Response to Race Test
A 5-year-old in Georgia took part in a CNN study about race. And her answers to the questions stunned her mother so much it brought tears to her eyes.
The girl, a Caucasian, examined five cartoon images of girls -- all identical save for their skin color, which ranged from light to dark. The administrator asked who the smart child was, and the girl pointed to a fair-skinned doll. When asked who the mean child was, she pointed to a dark-skinned doll. The little girl justified her choice by saying that the white girl was good because "she looks like me." She called the black child ugly because "she's a lot darker." Her mom, bearing witness to this sad reveal, just started crying. And what's even more sad and disturbing is, her daughter wasn't the only kid responding in this way.
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One dad of an African-American participant said of the study, "You cannot get away from the fact that race is a factor, but hopefully what we instill in [our kids] at home will help them to put that in its right place and move on."
Do you feel it's necessary to discuss race issues with your kindergartner?
As long as we make race an issue, it will be an issue. Like Morgan Freeman said, "Stop talking about it." Until we treat everyone the same, we will never be the same.
Not talking about it is not going to make it go away. I feel as a parent it is your duty to teach your kids everything they need to know and different races is what the world something the world consist of. I think it is very important to discuss race with your child unless you want to be embarassed when your child says something stupid when encountering another race.
Yes, you must talk about it. We don't live in a color blind world and they need to be ready to stand up to racism.
Here's what I want to know…if the picture-girls were all exactly the same except for their skin color, how is any kid going to be able to tell which is the mean one, smart one, etc. UNLESS she bases it on skin color??? As for more kids picking the fairest girl-picture for the good characteristics and the darkest girl-picture for the bad characteristics, for things that AREN'T about skin color, lighter is usually better. Light sky over dark, cloudy sky; daytime over dark, scary (to kids) night….and any fantasy story (White/black Knight…or wizard, or mage or whatever).
well I think that maybe the child is too young to understand other than that young kids should learn how to not care about races
I have to agree with Puzzled… just as any Disney movies portray the evil characters as ugly and awkward, relatively scary and mean looking, in real life, you can't really tell who's nice and who's not, let alone judge them by appearances, whether it'd be race, sex, weight, color, etc.
On the other hand, i don't think it's a matter of "having a discussion" per se but acknowledging and celebrating differences. People think that if we don't see differences, we won't know differences… try to convince a child THAT! You teach them to recognize colors and numbers, good from bad, etc. During the process of growth, it's all they've been in contact with… differences and how to differentiate.
I do have to say this seems more about good=light and bad=dark because that's how it's often portrayed in books and shows. And of course she identified the good one with herself so the only logical conclusion in her mind was to go to the opposite end of the spectrum for the bad one. It's how children process.
My daughter has recently started mentioning how one of the children in her class is black or as she calls him dark colored. (She's 4) But she just mentions it as something that identifies him, not that he's bad in any way. Actually she says he's the best in the class boy wise, the rest (all fair skinned) are the mean ones. So she doesn't equate for whatever reason that good=light and bad=dark. At least not with people.
We don't talk race, I did tell her why the boy wasn't the same color as her. But we've always talked about how people look different, some have curly hair, some are short, some are tall, and some happen to be a different color. She seems to accept this and that's that.
WOW this little experiment is way behind! And totlaly inacurate as ALL races at a young age find their own race more attractive - whatever looks like them will be difned as good/right if they are ASKED/FORCED to choose. As a teacher turn child behavoiralist I've taken many a child psych class and had access to many similar studies - and it's a KNOWN fact that all children below age 8/9 instinctually find their own race/color familiar/attractive when asked. And there is nothing racist about it - it's familiarity. Black babies are more drawn to other black babies, Asian babies are the same and so are white. Let's stop trying to keep pushing this non-existent "racism" towards African Americans. As a person of mixed-race I find it offensive that for some reason people want to act like there is still some big divide between blacks and whites when there really isn't.
Are you people serious? It's naive and wrong to assume that the kids picked white because they were taught that a light sky is good, or some such nonsense. If that were true, then the black kids would have also picked white as consistently as the white kids. But they didn't. Obviously there is a race-based component there. Or did only the white children's perceptions count for you? I think white parents are living in denial and this is why we still have a racist society. Only someone with race privilege can have the luxury of not talking about race, or worse, saying "some kids have curly hair and some have straight hair" and thinking that is enough. White people think that they're doing something about the persistent racism in this country by just sweeping it under the rug, while black people have no choice in the matter and are forced to confront race every day. It is this sweeping it under the rug that actually perpetuates racism. So maybe you people are fine with denial, but I for one am raising my white 5-year-old with a more reality-based (but still age-appropriate) view of the world. She knows that our society categorizes people in certain ways, but that we're all human, and that there were once unfair laws against some of us. We actually discussed these things and provided moral guidance, as parents should do. We wouldn't just let kids figure out other important issues by themselves with no guidance; why would we let them when it comes to race?
You asked a question that only made her think there was a right answer. That I better find which one is the bad girl. I don't want the bad girl to look like me….hmmm…..why ask that question, why not ask a different question. Like what do these friends do today? What was there day like? Your the evil one, who would ask such a question. Your trying to create categories already by your words, by asking such a ridiculous question. You are saying she should judge others by guessing who is bad. Ridiculous!! It's more of an issue if parent's at home are racist and making racial slurrs or even ignoring a person who looks different than them. EVEN as simple as treating a person lowly when you need something fixed around the house. Remember you called for help not the other way around. You weren't smart enough or educated enough to figure it out yourself. Don't fill children's minds with idea like that. Your just setting them up to be less of a human. We are all human so don't be superficial unless you can take the heat of being so.
Dr.Roz needs to go back to school! The black children didn't even like their own skin complexion and thought lighter was better. Racism still exist it's just hidden because it's socially unacceptable.
Speaking from my experience, I've had to explain race because my children asks the questions of why this? i,e. how come they only show the black dolls at the end of the commercial? How come there are no black people in the cartoons (Shrek)? Before Princess Ayianna, how come there are no black Princess'?
Yes-but careful not to teach hate based on what you experienced and/or were taught.We can't generalize. I have met just as many blacks/mexicans who are biased against whites and teach their kids to think that way. I buy books with black/hispanic/indian themes/pictures and dolls that are all colors just like my friends are. This is normal to them and their friends are diverse, too.Oh and I have always told them not to judge a book by its cover.
In answer to the last sentence of the story: of course! Other research also points to the importance of actively bringing up and discussing issues of race with children starting at a very young age. I wrote about my own family's experience with this issue at http://katsong.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/raising-racist-kids/.
I am an African American woman engaged to a caucasion man. And distinctly remember getting stared at by a young girl no older than 7 or 8. She gave us the same odd look a black or white would give…they learn it from some where. I highly doubt it's just something of a preference. There are times where it goes deeper.
I guess I was "raised right" I am white, and my best friend through my youngest years was black. It probably helped that my neighborhood literally had every race and religion one could think of in a quarter mile radius. I grew up 100% colorblind and hope to do the same with my children.
My son (12 white) experienced something last week that had it been reverse, would have had people calling MY son racist. He was walking out of a friend's garage, when another boy (about 7 and black) gave him the middle finger and said "F—- you, white boy!!" And NO, my son had done nothing! My son didn't react and just kept on walking. It did give us a chance to discuss it - he thought I should go talk to his mother - hahaha - I told him no way, that at this kid's age, his home life was probably what was causing it!! I told him that he did the right thing because this kid was looking for a reaction! My son has friends of all races and this had never happened to him - that is a good thing - but so sad to see such a young child doing it. See, if this had been reverse, there would have probably been an uproar over it - people never see this type of thing happening - supposedly, it doesn't exist - yeah, right!!
Oh Lord, I'm sick of the constant pretension and insistance that everybody must be racist against blacks. Perhaps there's another reason why most liked the lighter drawings better. Perhaps there's a reason why white dogs are adopted more than black dogs. Perhaps there's a reason why children are afraid of the dark and not the sunlight. Why not consider that we may be biolgically programmed to respond more positively to lighter things and examine that instead of making us like something we shouldnt be forced to and drawing the one and only tired, same old conclusion-racist! Racist! If there's a more positive response to lighter things in human beings so what? Doesn't mean lighter is better, just means there's a reason we respond more positively. Figure out that reason instead of repeating the same thing with the same results over and over again-the unfair white or non-black guilt imposed on other people for having a right to their preference.
Yes you would be sick of it,commonsense because it doesnt affect you.Id much rather go about my daily life without having to think about race too.Except Im black And thats impossible.Im constantly reminded that im black and thought of as less than.It takes effort to be proud of yourself and not just break down and cry.Can you imagine if a 5yr old on her first trip to Disney had to see the cab driver yell at us and throw us out of the car (for being 5 min. late)and our bags behind us?A 5 yr old girl now wearing her Mouse Ears?He literally left us on the street in Orlando.Then while my lighter skinned child sat in Santas lap he asked if I were her mom,then said,"Shes not pretty enough to be your mom."to my child!!!Seriously!!!I wish I were making this stufff up.It hurts,it happens.You need to be prepared.


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National Journal's Jim Tankersley reported today that the wonkfest's organizers decided not to post the video of a TED presentation by a venture capitalist named Nick Hanauer, who'd spoken about how the American middle class has been left behind:
"We've had it backward for the last 30 years," [Hanauer] said. "Rich businesspeople like me don't create jobs. Rather they are a consequence of an ecosystemic feedback loop animated by middle-class consumers, and when they thrive, businesses grow and hire, and owners profit. That's why taxing the rich to pay for investments that benefit all is a great deal for both the middle class and the rich."
You can't find that speech online. TED officials told Hanauer initially they were eager to distribute it. "I want to put this talk out into the world!" one of them wrote him in an e-mail in late April. But early this month they changed course, telling Hanauer that his remarks were too "political" and too controversial for posting.
TED curator Chris Anderson* emailed Hanauer that while "I personally share your disgust at the growth in inequality in the US," he felt that posting the talk would lead to "a tedious partisan rehash of all the arguments we hear every day in the mainstream media."
Tankersley has posted the text and slides from Hanauer's talk. A couple of his charts will be familiar to MoJo readers—we originally published them as part of our packages on income inequality and the workplace speed-up.
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The slogan of the nonprofit group behind the site is "Ideas Worth Spreading."
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TED organizers invited a multimillionaire Seattle venture capitalist named Nick Hanauer – the first nonfamily investor in Amazon.com – to give a speech on March 1 at their TED University conference. Inequality was the topic – specifically, Hanauer's contention that the middle class, and not wealthy innovators like himself, are America's true "job creators."
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One of the worst quakes to hit northeast Italy in hundreds of years rattled the region around Bologna early Sunday, killing at least four people, collapsing factories and sending residents running out into the streets, emergency services said.
The magnitude-6.0 temblor struck at 4:04 a.m., with its epicenter about 35 kilometers (22 miles) north of Bologna at a relatively shallow depth of 5 kilometers (3.2 miles), the U.S. Geological Survey said.
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The GOP House passed a defense budget Friday that exceeds the deal cut by Congress and President Barack Obama last summer, and that would have to be paid for with cash taken from poverty programs, health care and the federal workforce. The National Defense Authorization Act permits $642 billion in defense spending next year. The White House has threatened to veto the bill, which passed 299 to 120, citing more than 30 changes to the budget the administration was seeking. But the measure also adds $8 billion more than called for in the Budget Control Act that Congress agreed to last summer in exchange for raising the nation's debt limit. – HuffPo
Are Republicans deliberating trying to hurt the economy for political gain? Some top Democrats say yes, pointing to GOP stances on the debt limit and other issues that they claim are causing unnecessary economic anxiety and retarding growth. [...] "The last thing the country needs is a rerun of last summer's debacle that nearly brought down our economy," Schumer said in a statement. In an interview, Schumer added: "I hope that the speaker is not doing this because he doesn't want to see the economy improve, because what he said will certainly rattle the markets." Regardless of whether Schumer's suspicions are right, there's evidence that unceasing partisan gridlock and the prospect of big tax increases and spending cuts in January are causing some companies to postpone expansions. Even small economic slowdowns are bad news for Obama, who is seeking re-election amid high unemployment. – AP
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The severe racism of white, far-right Christians – Phyllis Schlafly founded a group called the Eagle Forum and this is what it had to say about the growing minority population here: It is not a good thing. The immigrants do not share American values, so it is a good bet that they will not be voting Republican when they start voting in large numbers.[...] Instead, the USA is being transformed by immigrants who do not share those values, and who have high rates of illiteracy, illegitimacy, and gang crime, and they will vote Democrat when the Democrats promise them more food stamps. That explains why the far-right — especially old-schoolers like Pat Buchanan and Schlafly — are so kerfuffled. First, America is becoming more brown and therefore "ghettoized" (their term) and, two, the brown people vote Democratic. They simply don't believe that America can remain civilized and ordered if brown people take over, so they will use whatever means at their disposal to oppress the minority and immigrant population. This is racism illustrated. – Bob Cesca
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The leaders of the G8 conference, assembled this weekend at Camp David, Maryland, took a break to watch the riveting overtime shootout of the Chelsea vs. Bayern Munich Champions League soccer final today. Check out the range of expressions in this photo — especially those of Cameron and Obama (upper left) versus France's new President, Francois Hollande at the lower right. — TPM
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Watch Live from the NATO Summit in Chicago — This week, leaders from the 28 member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization will gather in Chicago for a summit aimed at discussing international security and the war in Afghanistan. This will be the 25th time NATO has held a summit and the first time the United States has hosted the event since 1999. It will also be the largest such event in the organization's history. Throughout the day on Sunday and Monday, the U.S. State Department will broadcasts events with President Obama and foreign leaders. Click here to watch.
World Leaders at U.S. Meeting Urge Growth, Not Austerity — CAMP DAVID, Md. — Leaders of the world's richest countries banded together on Saturday to press Germany to back more pro-growth policies to halt the deepening debt crisis in Europe, as President Obama for the first time gained widespread support for his argument that Europe, and the United States by extension, cannot afford Chancellor Angela Merkel's one-size-fits-all approach emphasizing austerity. Pointedly recognizing "that the right measures are not the same for each of us," the leaders of the Group of 8 nations, at a meeting hosted by Mr. Obama at Camp David, committed to "take all necessary steps" to strengthen their economies. They said they wanted to keep Greece in the euro zone and vowed to work to promote growth in Europe, though they did not detail how they would do so. "Our imperative," the leaders said in their statement, "is to promote growth and jobs." – NY Times
Hawaii wants Arizona to know it is sick of their nonsense: The attorney general's office in Hawaii is telling Arizona's secretary of state that if he wants confirmation of President Obama's birth records, he'll have to prove he legitimately needs it. Special Assistant Joshua Wisch said late Friday that Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett hasn't done that despite numerous email and phone exchanges between their offices. […] Hawaii officials have confirmed multiple times that Obama was born there. – John Cole
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TOWN OF MENASHA, WI (WTAQ) - An Appleton woman is facing multiple charges after allegedly driving drunk with a child in her car.
Town of Menasha police says it happened Sunday evening, when the 44-year-old woman tried to drive away from a crash scene near South Oneida Street and West Wilson Avenue.
Authorities say the woman had a child in a car seat in the back, and initially gave officers a false name when asked. She appeared to be under the influence and was asked to perform field sobriety tests.
The woman was taken into custody for OWI and brought to a hospital for a blood draw.
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I know Collins is solid in coverage usually. I barely remember any time that Rouse has been burned however.
I think it's important to add that Collins is a solid tackler.
Hey may not have the best tackling form, often times choosing to try and tackle players with only his arms, but he is pretty darn effective regardless.
And that's what the coaches are worried about. If I'm not mistaken, DB coach Schotty said Rouse's tackling in space was the problem, something that needed more consistency.
He is a good tackler? Have we been watching the same Nick Collins?
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[size=18]Talented Rouse again stuck in logjam at safety[/size]
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Denver - Barring an injury at safety, Aaron Rouse will have to be content with a second season playing special teams and little else for the Green Bay Packers.[img_r]http://graphics.jsonline.com/graphics/packer/img/news/aug08/aaron21.jpg[/img_r]
Despite having more reliable hands and better production as an interceptor than Nick Collins, itll be Rouse on the bench, Collins at free safety and Atari Bigby at strong safety in 2008, just as it was in 2007.
Kurt Schottenheimer, the clubs third-year secondary coach, said at midweek that the staff saw no reason to make a change.
Were very pleased with where Nick and Atari are, Schottenheimer said. Nick Collins, in particular, has been very, very good. But we recognize the fact that Aaron Rouse has the physical tools to be competitive against those guys.
Rouse knew the score from the beginning of camp when the Collins-Bigby tandem began receiving almost every snap with the No. 1 defense.
I havent had that many reps with the 1s, Rouse said. You know, fighting for a starting job, man, Ive been with the 2s.
Its not an easy thing to do, to kind of sit back and let somebody else be in the drivers seat. But as long as were heading in the right direction, then its OK. As far as being one of those players that causes turmoil or stirs up things, thats just not me. When they need me, Ill be there and will make the most of it.
Coach Mike McCarthy offered the best explanation for the decision, saying Wednesday, Aaron, his consistency level early in camp wasnt where it needed to be. I think hes definitely picked it up probably the last week to 10 days.
There has been a fascination with Rouse since the Packers drafted him in the third round a year ago. Standing 6 feet 4 inches, weighing 225 pounds and able to run 40 yards in 4.57 seconds, Rouse would be the model for an artist looking to draw the prototypical safety.
In the last 20 years, only three other drafted safeties stood 6-4 or taller. They were Steve Hawkins (6-5, 210), sixth round by New England in 1994; Scott Shields (6-4, 232), second round by Pittsburgh in 99; and Pat Watkins (6-4, 209), fifth round by Dallas in 06.
Hawkins lasted one season. Shields started one game in four years. And Watkins remains a backup in Dallas.
Two big safeties, Seattles Ken Easley (6-3, 206) and Denvers Steve Atwater (6-3, 212), had fabulous careers. David Fulcher (6-3, 228) made the Pro Bowl three times for Cincinnati.
Fulcher, who lacked speed to cover, might not have been able to survive today given the proliferation of spread offenses. Rouse, however, is far from a liability in either man-to-man or zone coverage. The Packers like his length matching up against tight ends.
If Rouse does have shortcomings, they would be open-field tackling and running a secondary.
In San Francisco, Rouse walked up to a position directly on the line of scrimmage and made three solid tackles. Rouse has more than enough upper-body strength but, since hes cut so high, the coaches would like him to develop a stronger base.
When Rouse isnt in the box, the angles that he takes to the player with the ball need improvement. Collins (5-11) and Bigby (5-10) are regarded as more dependable open-field tacklers.
Wide receiver Jason Hill gained 14 yards on a reverse Saturday night when five Packers missed the tackle. Rouse, the third of the five, had Hill dead against the sideline but missed.
Hell, hes got to go in there and blow his (expletive) up, Schottenheimer said. You got leverage, position, people all around to help. But he got a little lazy in his technique. He got a little straight-legged and he got high and the guy cut back on him.
The Packers dont have one of those cerebral-type safeties such as Eugene Robinson to direct traffic. But Collins is capable of making more checks than Bigby or Rouse, who allowed that becoming even more fluent in the defense is his primary focus.
Against the 49ers, Schottenheimer said Rouse made a few errors in adjustments that the coaches didnt expect to happen.
He is trying to make plays, Schottenheimer said. Theres times when theres an opportunity for you to go make a play and theres other times where your responsibility may have to take precedent over those kinds of things. Weve got to make sure we defend our area. Im not saying Aarons been out of place on some of the turnovers hes made.
Forcing turnovers is the pre-eminent objective of every defense, however, and again this summer Rouse has been a ball magnet.
He has a team-high seven interceptions in camp, one more than Charles Woodson, besides getting one of the Packers two in the exhibition season on a sensational play against Cincinnati. Last year, he had two interceptions in 326 snaps, compared with none for Collins in 724 and five for Bigby in 998.
I feel like Im a big-time playmaker, said Rouse, who had a modest five interceptions in 52 games at Virginia Tech. Ive made a lot of plays out there that basically proved my case. Im the type of player thats going to change the game around.
What has held Rouse back most this summer, according to Schottenheimer, is missing four practices Aug. 6-8 with a hip injury. Collins and Bigby havent missed any time.
Yeah, I think the guys that are there, Collins and Bigby, are our guys, Woodson said. One thing about him (Rouse) he has pretty good instincts. Theres some different things he has to work on as far as recognizing the whole game and not getting focused on one thing.
Woodson added that there aint no doubt Rouse would one day be a starter.
Yet, Rouse knows that Collins, 25, is only five months older than him, and that Bigby is just 26. Collins and Bigby have positioned themselves for long-term contracts and Rouse, who wont become an unrestricted free agent until March 2011, acknowledges wondering if he has a future in Green Bay.
I want to be a Green Bay Packer, Rouse said. I want to be around for a very long time. But all I can do is control my play and hope my skills are getting noticed out there.
The more I see this kid and hear his stuff, the more I like him.
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He is a good tackler? Have we been watching the same Nick Collins?
Not too many people break tackles that Collins is in on.
He may not be textboox in terms of form, but he's a pretty solid tackler. I don't remember a whole lot of times where I've said/thought "Damn Nick, TACKLE the guy better".
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I disagree with McGinn. I seriously doubt Collins will be starting on week 9. Week 1, yes. But Rouse is a potential playmaker, Collins is not.
Collins is a good Safety. He's consistent. But Rouse will pass him up in abilities. With good coaching, Rouse can be a monster.
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yeah, but blown assignments change games too. I love Aaron Rouse, but i think the issue with his consistency has much to do with an inability to not give up big plays. Collins isn't flashy, and he does drop interceptions, but you hardly ever see him screw the pooch. I've also heard he's basically
leader on the defense, and that counts for a lot too.
I was under the impression Barnett was the leader on D.
From what I've heard, it's Charles Woodson.
HA, I knew I wasn't going crazy and this was just recently discussed! :)
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just because it was recently discussed doesn't mean you're not going crazy.
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just because it was recently discussed doesn't mean you're not going crazy.
Very true, but sometimes I think of something to say but just don't post it cuz ... well ... yeah. :)
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because you don't want others to know you're going crazy?
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Herbert Hoover once said, "Children are our most valuable resource." It is this idea that is at the heart of Imua Family Services, a nonprofit organization on Maui and Lanai dedicated to helping the families of children facing developmental, behavioral or disability-associated challenges.
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Is tired even a word anymore?
Well coming off of thanksgiving break my schedule involves sleeping,eating,classes, studying,riding,more sleeping, and working mens basketball. I feel like in school you can never get a good amount of sleep unless you have really easy classes. But for me this term Ive been basically reading and studying anatomy and my brain is about fried. Other then that I've enjoyed so far working with the mens basketball team. Its defiantly way different then working with the football team as in theres less guys and theres not a whole lot of running around. I'm quite sad though that riding is only once a week now because I miss being with my team on weekends and at shows where as now I only see 4 of them once a week. Its only 2 more weeks till Christmas and It honestly cant come any slower.