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Sherry McKee, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Yale Behavioral Pharmacology Laboratory; Clinical Director, Forensic Drug Diversion Clinic; Director, Yale-SCOR to Develop Gender-Sensitive Therapeutics for Addiction
Research Interests
Criminal Psychology; Tobacco Use Disorder; Substance-Related Disorders; Alcohol-Related Disorders; Psychiatry and Psychology
Research Organizations
Psychiatry: Center for Nicotine and Tobacco Use Research at Yale (CENTURY) | Connecticut Mental Health Center: Division of Substance Abuse | Division of Addictions | Division of Law and Psychiatry | Division of Women's Behavioral Health Research | Neuroscience Research Training Program (NRTP) | Psychology Section | Psychotherapy Development Center | Stress & Addiction Clinical Research Program | Yale Behavioral Pharmacology Laboratory | Yale Translational Center to Develop Gender-Sensitive Treatment for Tobacco Dependence
WHRY Pilot Project Program Investigators
Yale Cancer Center: Cancer Prevention and Control
Research Summary
Tobacco and alcohol use are leading causes of preventable morbidity and mortality, with 656,000 deaths annually in the U.S. alone. My laboratory has focused on the development of clinical and translational research for these two addictive disorders, for the purpose of translating these findings into effective therapeutics for women and men. We have a translational and interdisciplinary team that probes the noradrenergic system's effects on stress-reactivity and nicotine reinforcement - hypothesizing that different brain systems modulated by noradrenergic activity are activated by smoking in women and men, and that noradrenergic agents can preferentially target these gender-sensitive systems to improve smoking cessation outcomes (P50DA0335945 funded by the Office of Research on Women's Health and NIDA). Secondly, our work is focused on developing and utilizing human laboratory paradigms to efficiently and cost-effectively screen Phase II medications for tobacco dependence. These paradigms are designed to model the first instance of smoking during a quit attempt (i.e., smoking lapse), to identify mechanisms underlying relapse, and to highlight important group differences (i.e., sex differences) in relapse. As a third focus, we translate knowledge of alcohol-tobacco interactions to alter alcohol drinking. This work examines how smoking status can be used as a clinical indicator for alcohol misuse, how tobacco policies reduce alcohol use, and how nicotinic acetylcholine medications can be used to treat alcohol use disorders.
As a newer focus to my research, I am developing and implementing effective treatments for addiction in criminal justice populations. I lead a federally funded partnership between Yale University, the of Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, and the State of Connecticut Department of Correction, to develop and implement an integrated system of addiction care for offender re-entry.
Extensive Research Description
- Translational and interdisciplinary team that probes the noradrenergic system's effects on stress-reactivity and nicotine reinforcement to develop gender-sensitive medication for tobacco dependence. Specific studies range from molecular biology through to policy investigations covering T1 to T4 translation.
- Development of human laboratory models to screen Phase II medications for tobacco and alcohol use
- Phase II clinical trial and human laboratory studies targeting stress-reactivity for medication development for alcohol use disorders and tobacco dependence
- Laboratory studies examining whether nAChR agents alter alcohol self-administration behavior
- Collaborative Care Model applied to addiction care for offender re-entry
Selected Publications
Sex Differences in Varenicline Efficacy for Smoking Cessation: A Meta-Analysis.
McKee SA, Smith PH, Kaufman M, Mazure CM, Weinberger AH. Sex Differences in Varenicline Efficacy for Smoking Cessation: A Meta-Analysis. Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal Of The Society For Research On Nicotine And Tobacco 2016, 18:1002-11. 2016
Sex Differences in Smoking Cessation Pharmacotherapy Comparative Efficacy: A Network Meta-analysis
Smith PH, Weinberger AH, Zhang J, Emme E, Mazure CM, McKee SA. Sex Differences in Smoking Cessation Pharmacotherapy Comparative Efficacy: A Network Meta-analysis. Nicotine Tob Res. 2017 Mar 1;19(3):273-281. 2017
Effects of varenicline on alcohol cue reactivity in heavy drinkers
Roberts W, Harrison ELR, McKee SA. Effects of varenicline on alcohol cue reactivity in heavy drinkers. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2017 Jun 9. doi: 10.1007/s00213-017-4667-9. 2017
A translational investigation targeting stress-reactivity and prefrontal cognitive control with guanfacine for smoking cessation.
McKee SA, Potenza MN, Kober H, Sofuoglu M, Arnsten AF, Picciotto MR, Weinberger AH, Ashare R, Sinha R. A translational investigation targeting stress-reactivity and prefrontal cognitive control with guanfacine for smoking cessation. J Psychopharmacol. 2015 Mar;29(3):300-11. 2015
How can we use our knowledge of alcohol-tobacco interactions to reduce alcohol use?
McKee SA, Weinberger AH. How can we use our knowledge of alcohol-tobacco interactions to reduce alcohol use? Annual Review Of Clinical Psychology 2013, 9:649-74. 2013
Crime and psychiatric disorders among youth in the US population: an analysis of the National Comorbidity Survey-Adolescent Supplement
Coker KL, Smith PH, Westphal A, Zonana HV, McKee SA. Crime and psychiatric disorders among youth in the US population: an analysis of the National Comorbidity Survey-Adolescent Supplement. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2014 Aug;53(8):888-98. 2014
Developing and validating a human laboratory model to screen medications for smoking cessation.
McKee SA, Weinberger AH, Shi J, Tetrault J, Coppola S. Developing and validating a human laboratory model to screen medications for smoking cessation. Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal Of The Society For Research On Nicotine And Tobacco 2012, 14:1362-71. 2012
Varenicline reduces alcohol self-administration in heavy-drinking smokers.
McKee SA, Harrison EL, O'Malley SS, Krishnan-Sarin S, Shi J, Tetrault JM, Picciotto MR, Petrakis IL, Estevez N, Balchunas E. Varenicline reduces alcohol self-administration in heavy-drinking smokers. Biological Psychiatry 2009, 66:185-90. 2009
Full List of PubMed Publications
- Moore KE, Roberts W, Reid HH, Smith KMZ, Oberleitner LMS, McKee SA: Effectiveness of medication assisted treatment for opioid use in prison and jail settings: A meta-analysis and systematic review. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2019 Apr; 2018 Dec 15. PMID: 30797392
- Verplaetse TL, Roberts W, Moore KE, Peltier MR, Oberleitner LM, McKee SA: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Immediate-Release Versus Extended-Release Guanfacine in Adult Daily Smokers. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2019 Mar/Apr. PMID: 30707118
- Moore KE, Oberleitner LMS, Zonana HV, Buchanan AW, Pittman BP, Verplaetse TL, Angarita GA, Roberts W, McKee SA: Psychiatric Disorders and Crime in the US Population: Results From the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions Wave III. J Clin Psychiatry. 2019 Feb 12; 2019 Feb 12. PMID: 30758921
- Verplaetse TL, Ralevski E, Roberts W, Gueorguieva R, McKee SA, Petrakis IL: Alcohol Abstainer Status and Prazosin Treatment in Association with Changes in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in Veterans with Comorbid Alcohol Use Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2019 Jan 30; 2019 Jan 30. PMID: 30698839
- Roberts W, Moore KE, Pittman BP, Fillmore MT, McKee SA: High Risk of Alcohol-Impaired Driving in Adults With Comorbid Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders in the U.S. Population. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2019 Jan. PMID: 30807283
- Roberts W, Moore KE, Peltier MR, Verplaetse TL, Oberleitner L, Hacker R, McKee SA: Electronic Cigarette Use and Risk of Harmful Alcohol Consumption in the U.S. Population. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2018 Dec; 2018 Oct 4. PMID: 30222189
- Roberts W, Ralevski E, Verplaetse TL, McKee SA, Petrakis IL: Tobacco use during a clinical trial of mecamylamine for alcohol dependence: Medication effects on smoking and associations with reductions in drinking. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2018 Nov; 2018 Sep 2. PMID: 30243424
- Smith PH, Chhipa M, Bystrik J, Roy J, Goodwin RD, McKee SA: Cigarette smoking among those with mental disorders in the US population: 2012-2013 update. Tob Control. 2018 Oct 30; 2018 Oct 30. PMID: 30377242
- Moore KE, Hacker RL, Oberleitner L, McKee SA: Reentry interventions that address substance use: A systematic review. Psychol Serv. 2018 Oct 11; 2018 Oct 11. PMID: 30307269
- Han MK, Arteaga-Solis E, Blenis J, Bourjeily G, Clegg DJ, DeMeo D, Duffy J, Gaston B, Heller NM, Hemnes A, Henske EP, Jain R, Lahm T, Lancaster LH, Lee J, Legato MJ, McKee S, Mehra R, Morris A, Prakash YS, Stampfli MR, Gopal-Srivastava R, Laposky AD, Punturieri A, Reineck L, Tigno X, Clayton J: Female Sex and Gender in Lung/Sleep Health and Disease. Increased Understanding of Basic Biological, Pathophysiological, and Behavioral Mechanisms Leading to Better Health for Female Patients with Lung Disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018 Oct 1. PMID: 29746147
- Verplaetse TL, Moore KE, Pittman BP, Roberts W, Oberleitner LM, Peltier MR, Hacker R, Cosgrove KP, McKee SA: Intersection of e-cigarette use and gender on transitions in cigarette smoking status: Findings across waves 1 and 2 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study. Nicotine Tob Res. 2018 Sep 19; 2018 Sep 19. PMID: 30239953
- Michaelsen KC, Lewis AS, Morgan PT, McKee SA, Wasser TD: The Barriers and Benefits to Developing Forensic Rotations for Psychiatry Residents. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2018 Sep. PMID: 30368464
- Verplaetse TL, Weinberger AH, Ashare RL, Pittman BP, Shi JM, Tetrault JM, Lavery M, McKee SA: Pilot investigation of the effect of carvedilol on stress-precipitated smoking-lapse behavior. J Psychopharmacol. 2018 Sep; 2018 Apr 25. PMID: 29692206
- Smith KZ, Smith PH, Oberleitner LM, Grekin ER, McKee SA: Child Maltreatment and Physical Victimization: Does Heavy Drinking Mediate the Relationship? Child Maltreat. 2018 Aug; 2018 Jan 18. PMID: 29347837
- Moran-Santa Maria MM, Vanderweyen DC, Camp CC, Zhu X, McKee SA, Cosgrove KP, Hartwell KJ, Brady KT, Joseph JE: Network Analysis of Intrinsic Functional Brain Connectivity in Male and Female Adult Smokers: A Preliminary Study. Nicotine Tob Res. 2018 Jun 7. PMID: 29059410
- Roberts W, Verplaetse TL, Moore KE, Oberleitner LM, McKee SA: A preliminary investigation into the effects of doxazosin on cognitive functioning in tobacco-deprived and -satiated smokers. Hum Psychopharmacol. 2018 May. PMID: 29878501
- Roberts W, Shi JM, Tetrault JM, McKee SA: Effects of Varenicline Alone and in Combination With Low-dose Naltrexone on Alcohol-primed Smoking in Heavy-drinking Tobacco Users: A Preliminary Laboratory Study. J Addict Med. 2018 May/Jun. PMID: 29438157
- Sandiego CM, Matuskey D, Lavery M, McGovern E, Huang Y, Nabulsi N, Ropchan J, Picciotto MR, Morris ED, McKee SA, Cosgrove KP: The Effect of Treatment with Guanfacine, an Alpha2 Adrenergic Agonist, on Dopaminergic Tone in Tobacco Smokers: An [11C]FLB457 PET Study. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2018 Apr; 2017 Sep 25. PMID: 28944773
- Moore KE, Oberleitner L, Smith KMZ, Maurer K, McKee SA: Feasibility and Effectiveness of Continuing Methadone Maintenance Treatment During Incarceration Compared With Forced Withdrawal. J Addict Med. 2018 Mar/Apr. PMID: 29341974
- Thompson AB, Mowery PD, Tebes JK, McKee SA: Time Trends in Smoking Onset by Sex and Race/Ethnicity Among Adolescents and Young Adults: Findings From the 2006-2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Nicotine Tob Res. 2018 Feb 7. PMID: 28339616
- Roberts W, McKee SA: Effects of varenicline on cognitive performance in heavy drinkers: Dose-response effects and associations with drinking outcomes. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2018 Feb. PMID: 29389170
- Verplaetse TL, Moore KE, Pittman BP, Roberts W, Oberleitner LM, Smith PH, Cosgrove KP, McKee SA: Intersection of stress and gender in association with transitions in past year DSM-5 substance use disorder diagnoses in the United States. Chronic Stress (Thousand Oaks). 2018 Jan-Dec; 2018 Jan 17. PMID: 29527591
- Scoglio AAJ, Shirk SD, Hoff RA, Potenza MN, Mazure CM, Park CL, McKee SA, Porter EA, Kraus SW: Gender-Specific Risk Factors for Psychopathology and Reduced Functioning in a Post-9/11 Veteran Sample. J Interpers Violence. 2017 Dec 1; 2017 Dec 1. PMID: 29295023
- Allen AM, Weinberger AH, Wetherill RR, Howe CL, McKee SA: Oral Contraceptives and Cigarette Smoking: A Review of the Literature and Future Directions. Nicotine Tob Res. 2017 Nov 18; 2017 Nov 18. PMID: 29165663
- Smith PH, Zhang J, Weinberger AH, Mazure CM, McKee SA: Gender differences in the real-world effectiveness of smoking cessation medications: Findings from the 2010-2011 Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2017 Sep 1; 2017 Jul 10. PMID: 28715776
- Roberts W, Harrison ELR, McKee SA: Effects of varenicline on alcohol cue reactivity in heavy drinkers. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2017 Sep; 2017 Jun 9. PMID: 28600734
- Lind KE, Gutierrez EJ, Yamamoto DJ, Regner MF, McKee SA, Tanabe J: Corrigendum to Sex disparities in substance abuse research: Evaluating 23 years of structural neuroimaging studies [Drug Alcohol Depend. 173 (2017) 92-98]. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2017 Jul 1; 2017 May 6. PMID: 28483488
- Verplaetse TL, Weinberger AH, Oberleitner LM, Smith KM, Pittman BP, Shi JM, Tetrault JM, Lavery ME, Picciotto MR, McKee SA: Effect of doxazosin on stress reactivity and the ability to resist smoking. J Psychopharmacol. 2017 Jul; 2017 Apr 25. PMID: 28440105
- Roberts W, Verplaetse TL, Moore K, Oberleitner L, Picciotto MR, McKee SA: Effects of varenicline on alcohol self-administration and craving in drinkers with depressive symptoms. J Psychopharmacol. 2017 Jul; 2017 Mar 29. PMID: 28351203
- Jung Y, Lee AM, McKee SA, Picciotto MR: Maternal smoking and autism spectrum disorder: meta-analysis with population smoking metrics as moderators. Sci Rep. 2017 Jun 28; 2017 Jun 28. PMID: 28659613
- Powers MS, Smith PH, McKee SA, Ehringer MA: From sexless to sexy: Why it is time for human genetics to consider and report analyses of sex. Biol Sex Differ. 2017; 2017 May 3. PMID: 28473910
- Verplaetse TL, McKee SA: Targeting Stress Neuroadaptations for Addiction Treatment: A Commentary on Kaye et al. (2017). J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2017 May. PMID: 28499101
- Lind KE, Gutierrez EJ, Yamamoto DJ, Regner MF, McKee SA, Tanabe J: Sex disparities in substance abuse research: Evaluating 23 years of structural neuroimaging studies. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2017 Apr 1; 2017 Jan 31. PMID: 28212516
- Verplaetse TL, McKee SA: An overview of alcohol and tobacco/nicotine interactions in the human laboratory. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2017 Mar; 2016 Jul 20. PMID: 27439453
- Smith PH, Weinberger AH, Zhang J, Emme E, Mazure CM, McKee SA: Sex Differences in Smoking Cessation Pharmacotherapy Comparative Efficacy: A Network Meta-analysis. Nicotine Tob Res. 2017 Mar 1. PMID: 27613893
- Verplaetse TL, Smith PH, Smith KM, Oberleitner LM, McKee SA: Guanfacine alters the effect of stress and smoking on heart rate variability in regular daily smokers. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2017 Mar; 2016 Dec 27. PMID: 28028603
- Park CL, Smith PH, Lee SY, Mazure CM, McKee SA, Hoff R: Positive and Negative Religious/Spiritual Coping and Combat Exposure as Predictors of Posttraumatic Stress and Perceived Growth in Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans. Psycholog Relig Spiritual. 2017. PMID: 28217246
- Smith PH, Bessette AJ, Weinberger AH, Sheffer CE, McKee SA: Sex/gender differences in smoking cessation: A review. Prev Med. 2016 Nov; 2016 Jul 26. PMID: 27471021
- Laws H, Mazure CM, McKee SA, Park CL, Hoff R: Within-unit relationship quality mediates the association between military sexual trauma and posttraumatic stress symptoms in veterans separating from military service. Psychol Trauma. 2016 Sep; 2016 Mar 10. PMID: 26963956
- Cooper J, Borland R, McKee SA, Yong HH, Dugué PA: Depression motivates quit attempts but predicts relapse: differential findings for gender from the International Tobacco Control Study. Addiction. 2016 Aug; 2016 Feb 17. PMID: 26888199
- Smith KZ, Smith PH, Cercone SA, McKee SA, Homish GG: Past year non-medical opioid use and abuse and PTSD diagnosis: Interactions with sex and associations with symptom clusters. Addict Behav. 2016 Jul; 2016 Feb 16. PMID: 26946448
- Verplaetse TL, Pittman BP, Shi JM, Tetrault JM, Coppola S, McKee SA: Effect of Varenicline Combined with High-Dose Alcohol on Craving, Subjective Intoxication, Perceptual Motor Response, and Executive Cognitive Function in Adults with Alcohol Use Disorders: Preliminary Findings. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2016 Jul; 2016 Jun 1. PMID: 27246567
- Verplaetse TL, Smith PH, Pittman BP, Mazure CM, McKee SA: Associations of Gender, Smoking, and Stress with Transitions in Major Depression Diagnoses. Yale J Biol Med. 2016 Jun; 2016 Jun 27. PMID: 27354839
- Whiting SW, Potenza MN, Park CL, McKee SA, Mazure CM, Hoff RA: Investigating Veterans' Pre-, Peri-, and Post-Deployment Experiences as Potential Risk Factors for Problem Gambling. J Behav Addict. 2016 Jun; 2016 May 9. PMID: 27156377
- Lewis AS, Oberleitner LM, Morgan PT, Picciotto MR, McKee SA: Association of Cigarette Smoking With Interpersonal and Self-Directed Violence in a Large Community-Based Sample. Nicotine Tob Res. 2016 Jun; 2015 Dec 30. PMID: 26718905
- Young-Wolff KC, McKee SA: Potential Unintended Consequences of Electronic Cigarette Use in Drinking Venues. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2016 May; 2016 Apr 7. PMID: 27062550
- Verplaetse TL, Pittman BP, Shi JM, Tetrault JM, Coppola S, McKee SA: Effect of Lowering the Dose of Varenicline on Alcohol Self-administration in Drinkers With Alcohol Use Disorders. J Addict Med. 2016 May-Jun. PMID: 27159341
- McKee SA, Smith PH, Kaufman M, Mazure CM, Weinberger AH: Sex Differences in Varenicline Efficacy for Smoking Cessation: A Meta-Analysis. Nicotine Tob Res. 2016 May; 2015 Oct 6. PMID: 26446070
- Lechner WV, Knopik VS, McGeary JE, Spillane NS, Tidey JW, McKee SA, Metrik J, Leventhal AM, Rohsenow DJ, Kahler CW: Influence of the A118G Polymorphism of the OPRM1 Gene and Exon 3 VNTR Polymorphism of the DRD4 Gene on Cigarette Craving After Alcohol Administration. Nicotine Tob Res. 2016 May; 2015 Jun 19. PMID: 26092968
- Falcone M, Bernardo L, Ashare RL, Hamilton R, Faseyitan O, McKee SA, Loughead J, Lerman C: Transcranial Direct Current Brain Stimulation Increases Ability to Resist Smoking. Brain Stimul. 2016 Mar-Apr; 2015 Oct 23. PMID: 26572280
- Morgan PT, Angarita GA, Canavan S, Pittman B, Oberleitner L, Malison RT, Mohsenin V, Hodges S, Easton C, McKee S, Bessette A, Forselius E: Modafinil and sleep architecture in an inpatient-outpatient treatment study of cocaine dependence. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2016 Mar 1; 2016 Jan 8. PMID: 26777774
- Oberleitner LM, Smith PH, Weinberger AH, Mazure CM, McKee SA: Impact of Exposure to Childhood Maltreatment on Transitions to Alcohol Dependence in Women and Men. Child Maltreat. 2015 Nov; 2015 Jun 30. PMID: 26130105
- Mineur YS, Bentham MP, Zhou WL, Plantenga ME, McKee SA, Picciotto MR: Antidepressant-like effects of guanfacine and sex-specific differences in effects on c-fos immunoreactivity and paired-pulse ratio in male and female mice. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2015 Oct; 2015 Jul 7. PMID: 26146014
- Sullivan TP, Flanagan JC, Dudley DN, Holt LJ, Mazure CM, McKee SA: Correlates of smoking status among women experiencing intimate partner violence: Substance use, posttraumatic stress, and coping. Am J Addict. 2015 Sep; 2015 Aug 6. PMID: 26249027
- Rojewski AM, Morean ME, Toll BA, McKee SA, Krishnan-Sarin S, Green BG, Bartoshuk LM, O'Malley SS: The Yale Craving Scale: Development and psychometric properties. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015 Sep 1; 2015 Jul 6. PMID: 26183404
- Toll BA, Martino S, O'Malley SS, Fucito LM, McKee SA, Kahler CW, Rojewski AM, Mahoney MC, Wu R, Celestino P, Seshadri S, Koutsky J, Hyland A, Cummings KM: A randomized trial for hazardous drinking and smoking cessation for callers to a quitline. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2015 Jun; 2014 Nov 24. PMID: 25419583
- Smith PH, Saddleson ML, Homish GG, McKee SA, Kozlowski LT, Giovino GA: The relationship between childhood physical and emotional abuse and smoking cessation among U.S. women and men. Psychol Addict Behav. 2015 Jun; 2014 Oct 27. PMID: 25347015
- Weinberger AH, Pittman B, Mazure CM, McKee SA: A behavioral smoking treatment based on perceived risks of quitting: A preliminary feasibility and acceptability study with female smokers. Addict Res Theory. 2015 Apr. PMID: 25904837
- Gaiser EC, Matuskey D, Perkins E, D'Amico C, Abdelghany O, McKee SA, Cosgrove KP: A case series on the heightened autonomic response due to guanfacine and amphetamine interaction. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2015 Apr. PMID: 25634160
- Verplaetse TL, Weinberger AH, Smith PH, Cosgrove KP, Mineur YS, Picciotto MR, Mazure CM, McKee SA: Targeting the noradrenergic system for gender-sensitive medication development for tobacco dependence. Nicotine Tob Res. 2015 Apr; 2015 Mar 11. PMID: 25762760
- Smith PH, Kasza KA, Hyland A, Fong GT, Borland R, Brady K, Carpenter MJ, Hartwell K, Cummings KM, McKee SA: Gender differences in medication use and cigarette smoking cessation: results from the International Tobacco Control Four Country Survey. Nicotine Tob Res. 2015 Apr. PMID: 25762757
- Weinberger AH, Smith PH, Allen SS, Cosgrove KP, Saladin ME, Gray KM, Mazure CM, Wetherington CL, McKee SA: Systematic and meta-analytic review of research examining the impact of menstrual cycle phase and ovarian hormones on smoking and cessation. Nicotine Tob Res. 2015 Apr. PMID: 25762750
- McKee SA, Weinberger AH: Innovations in translational sex and gender-sensitive tobacco research. Nicotine Tob Res. 2015 Apr; 2015 Mar 11. PMID: 25762746
- Udo T, McKee SA, Grilo CM: Factor structure and clinical utility of the Beck depression inventory in patients with binge eating disorder and obesity. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2015 Mar-Apr; 2014 Dec 9. PMID: 25537344
- McKee SA, Potenza MN, Kober H, Sofuoglu M, Arnsten AF, Picciotto MR, Weinberger AH, Ashare R, Sinha R: A translational investigation targeting stress-reactivity and prefrontal cognitive control with guanfacine for smoking cessation. J Psychopharmacol. 2015 Mar; 2014 Dec 16. PMID: 25516371
- Thompson AB, Tebes JK, McKee SA: Gender differences in age of smoking initiation and its association with health. Addict Res Theory. 2015; 2015 Apr 27. PMID: 27499723
- Smith PH, Potenza MN, Mazure CM, McKee SA, Park CL, Hoff RA: Compulsive sexual behavior among male military veterans: prevalence and associated clinical factors. J Behav Addict. 2014 Dec. PMID: 25592306
- Udo T, Grilo CM, McKee SA: Gender differences in the impact of stressful life events on changes in body mass index. Prev Med. 2014 Dec; 2014 Sep 7. PMID: 25204986
- Smith PH, Mazure CM, McKee SA: Smoking and mental illness in the U.S. population. Tob Control. 2014 Nov; 2014 Apr 12. PMID: 24727731
- Weinberger AH, Smith PH, Kaufman M, McKee SA: Consideration of sex in clinical trials of transdermal nicotine patch: a systematic review. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2014 Oct; 2014 Aug 18. PMID: 25133506
- Weinberger AH, Pilver CE, Mazure CM, McKee SA: Stability of smoking status in the US population: a longitudinal investigation. Addiction. 2014 Sep; 2014 Jul 2. PMID: 24916157
- Smith PH, Rose JS, Mazure CM, Giovino GA, McKee SA: What is the evidence for hardening in the cigarette smoking population? Trends in nicotine dependence in the U.S., 2002-2012. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2014 Sep 1; 2014 Jul 14. PMID: 25064023
- Coker KL, Smith PH, Westphal A, Zonana HV, McKee SA: Crime and psychiatric disorders among youth in the US population: an analysis of the National Comorbidity Survey-Adolescent Supplement. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2014 Aug; 2014 Jun 12. PMID: 25062596
- Smith PH, Young-Wolff KC, Hyland A, McKee SA: Are statewide restaurant and bar smoking bans associated with reduced cigarette smoking among those with mental illness? Nicotine Tob Res. 2014 Jun; 2014 Feb 24. PMID: 24566280
- Udo T, McKee SA, White MA, Masheb RM, Barnes RD, Grilo CM: Menopause and metabolic syndrome in obese individuals with binge eating disorder. Eat Behav. 2014 Apr; 2014 Feb 1. PMID: 24854801
- Weinberger AH, Mazure CM, McKee SA, Caulin-Glaser T: The Association of Tobacco Use and Gender to Cardiac Rehabilitation Outcomes: A Preliminary Investigation. J Subst Use. 2014 Mar 1. PMID: 24817825
- Udo T, McKee SA, White MA, Masheb RM, Barnes RD, Grilo CM: The factor structure of the metabolic syndrome in obese individuals with binge eating disorder. J Psychosom Res. 2014 Feb; 2013 Oct 18. PMID: 24439692
- Kim SS, Fang H, McKee SA, Ziedonis D: Prospective Evaluation of Factors Predicting Nicotine Withdrawal Symptoms Among Korean Americans. J Smok Cessat. 2014. PMID: 26413165
- Udo T, Harrison EL, Shi J, Tetrault J, McKee SA: A preliminary study on the effect of combined nicotine replacement therapy on alcohol responses and alcohol self-administration. Am J Addict. 2013 Nov-Dec; 2013 Apr 11. PMID: 24131167
- Udo T, McKee SA, White MA, Masheb RM, Barnes RD, Grilo CM: Sex differences in biopsychosocial correlates of binge eating disorder: a study of treatment-seeking obese adults in primary care setting. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2013 Nov-Dec; 2013 Aug 19. PMID: 23969142
- Kim SS, Kim S, Seward G, Fortuna L, McKee SA: Korean American Women's Experiences with Smoking and Factors Associated with Their Quit Intentions. ISRN Addict. 2013; 2013 Aug 24. PMID: 25938119
- Weinberger AH, Mazure CM, Morlett A, McKee SA: Two decades of smoking cessation treatment research on smokers with depression: 1990-2010. Nicotine Tob Res. 2013 Jun; 2012 Oct 25. PMID: 23100459
- McKee SA, Young-Wolff KC, Harrison EL, Cummings KM, Borland R, Kahler CW, Fong GT, Hyland A: Longitudinal associations between smoking cessation medications and alcohol consumption among smokers in the International Tobacco Control Four Country survey. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2013 May; 2012 Dec 14. PMID: 23240586
- Weinberger AH, Pilver CE, Hoff RA, Mazure CM, McKee SA: Changes in smoking for adults with and without alcohol and drug use disorders: longitudinal evaluation in the US population. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2013 May. PMID: 23721534
- Esterlis I, McKee SA, Kirk K, Lee D, Bois F, Stiklus SM, Seibyl JP, Krishnan-Sarin S, O'Malley SS, Staley JK, Cosgrove KP: Sex-specific differences in GABA(A) -benzodiazepine receptor availability: relationship with sensitivity to pain and tobacco smoking craving. Addict Biol. 2013 Mar; 2012 Feb 21. PMID: 22353491
- Young-Wolff KC, Hyland AJ, Desai R, Sindelar J, Pilver CE, McKee SA: Smoke-free policies in drinking venues predict transitions in alcohol use disorders in a longitudinal U.S. sample. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2013 Mar 1; 2012 Sep 20. PMID: 22999418
- McKee SA, Weinberger AH: How can we use our knowledge of alcohol-tobacco interactions to reduce alcohol use? Annu Rev Clin Psychol. 2013; 2012 Nov 13. PMID: 23157448
- Weinberger AH, Pilver CE, Desai RA, Mazure CM, McKee SA: The relationship of dysthymia, minor depression, and gender to changes in smoking for current and former smokers: longitudinal evaluation in the U.S. population. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2013 Jan 1; 2012 Jul 17. PMID: 22809897
- Udo T, Grilo CM, Brownell KD, Weinberger AH, Dileone RJ, McKee SA: Modeling the effects of positive and negative mood on the ability to resist eating in obese and non-obese individuals. Eat Behav. 2013 Jan; 2012 Oct 31. PMID: 23265400
- Weinberger AH, McKee SA: Mood and smoking behavior: the role of expectancy accessibility and gender. Addict Behav. 2012 Dec; 2012 Jul 28. PMID: 22958868
- McKee SA, Weinberger AH, Shi J, Tetrault J, Coppola S: Developing and validating a human laboratory model to screen medications for smoking cessation. Nicotine Tob Res. 2012 Nov; 2012 Apr 6. PMID: 22492085
- Weinberger AH, Pilver CE, Desai RA, Mazure CM, McKee SA: The relationship of major depressive disorder and gender to changes in smoking for current and former smokers: longitudinal evaluation in the US population. Addiction. 2012 Oct; 2012 May 17. PMID: 22429388
- Toll BA, Cummings KM, O'Malley SS, Carlin-Menter S, McKee SA, Hyland A, Wu R, Hopkins J, Celestino P: Tobacco quitlines need to assess and intervene with callers' hazardous drinking. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2012 Sep; 2012 Jun 15. PMID: 22703028
- Gearhardt AN, Harrison EL, McKee SA: Does co-morbid depression alter the inverse relationship between obesity and substance use disorders? Drug Alcohol Depend. 2012 Jul 1; 2012 Jan 28. PMID: 22285319
- Ralevski E, Perry EB Jr, D'Souza DC, Bufis V, Elander J, Limoncelli D, Vendetti M, Dean E, Cooper TB, McKee S, Petrakis I: Preliminary findings on the interactive effects of IV ethanol and IV nicotine on human behavior and cognition: a laboratory study. Nicotine Tob Res. 2012 May; 2011 Dec 16. PMID: 22180582
- Weinberger AH, McKee SA: Gender differences in smoking following an implicit mood induction. Nicotine Tob Res. 2012 May; 2011 Sep 8. PMID: 21908458
- Cosgrove KP, Esterlis I, McKee SA, Bois F, Seibyl JP, Mazure CM, Krishnan-Sarin S, Staley JK, Picciotto MR, O'Malley SS: Sex differences in availability of β2*-nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in recently abstinent tobacco smokers. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2012 Apr. PMID: 22474108
- Herman AI, Waters AJ, McKee SA, Sofuoglu M: Effects of pregabalin on smoking behavior, withdrawal symptoms, and cognitive performance in smokers. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2012 Apr; 2011 Sep 24. PMID: 21947318
- Weinberger AH, McKee SA, George TP: Smoking cue reactivity in adult smokers with and without depression: a pilot study. Am J Addict. 2012 Mar-Apr. PMID: 22332857
- Ashare RL, Sinha R, Lampert R, Weinberger AH, Anderson GM, Lavery ME, Yanagisawa K, McKee SA: Blunted vagal reactivity predicts stress-precipitated tobacco smoking. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2012 Mar; 2011 Sep 21. PMID: 21938416
- Ashare RL, McKee SA: Effects of varenicline and bupropion on cognitive processes among nicotine-deprived smokers. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2012 Feb; 2011 Sep 26. PMID: 21942262
- Ashare RL, Weinberger AH, McKee SA, Sullivan TP: The role of smoking expectancies in the relationship between PTSD symptoms and smoking behavior among women exposed to intimate partner violence. Addict Behav. 2011 Dec; 2011 Jul 29. PMID: 21849230
- Harrison EL, McKee SA: Non-daily smoking predicts hazardous drinking and alcohol use disorders in young adults in a longitudinal U.S. sample. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2011 Oct 1; 2011 Mar 26. PMID: 21441000
- Weinberger AH, McKee SA, Picciotto MR, Mazure CM: Examining antidepressant drug response by smoking status: why is it important and how often is it done? J Psychopharmacol. 2011 Oct; 2010 Dec 17. PMID: 21169392
- Weinberger AH, George TP, McKee SA: Differences in smoking expectancies in smokers with and without a history of major depression. Addict Behav. 2011 Apr; 2010 Dec 28. PMID: 21239119
- Esterlis I, Mitsis EM, Batis JC, Bois F, Picciotto MR, Stiklus SM, Kloczynski T, Perry E, Seibyl JP, McKee S, Staley JK, Cosgrove KP: Brain β2*-nicotinic acetylcholine receptor occupancy after use of a nicotine inhaler. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2011 Apr; 2010 Oct 29. PMID: 21029513
- McKee SA, Sinha R, Weinberger AH, Sofuoglu M, Harrison EL, Lavery M, Wanzer J: Stress decreases the ability to resist smoking and potentiates smoking intensity and reward. J Psychopharmacol. 2011 Apr; 2010 Sep 3. PMID: 20817750
- Mazure CM, Toll B, McKee SA, Wu R, O'Malley SS: Menstrual cycle phase at quit date and smoking abstinence at 6 weeks in an open label trial of bupropion. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2011 Mar 1; 2010 Sep 15. PMID: 20832955
- Safdar B, McGregor AJ, McKee SA, Ali A, Radulescu R, Himelfarb NT, Klein MR, Mazure CM: Inclusion of gender in emergency medicine research. Acad Emerg Med. 2011 Feb; 2011 Jan 28. PMID: 21314767
- Weinberger AH, McKee SA, Mazure CM: Inclusion of women and gender-specific analyses in randomized clinical trials of treatments for depression. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2010 Sep. PMID: 20799923
- Weinberger AH, McKee SA, George TP: Changes in smoking expectancies in abstinent, reducing, and non-abstinent participants during a pharmacological trial for smoking cessation. Nicotine Tob Res. 2010 Sep; 2010 Jul 19. PMID: 20644207
- Leeman RF, O'Malley SS, White MA, McKee SA: Nicotine and food deprivation decrease the ability to resist smoking. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2010 Sep; 2010 Jun 29. PMID: 20585761
- Weinberger AH, Mazure CM, McKee SA: Perceived Risks and Benefits of Quitting Smoking in Non-Treatment Seekers. Addict Res Theory. 2010 Aug. PMID: 23662097
- McKee SA, Harrison EL, Shi J: Alcohol expectancy increases positive responses to cigarettes in young, escalating smokers. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2010 Jun; 2010 Mar 30. PMID: 20352411
- Cosgrove KP, Esterlis I, McKee S, Bois F, Alagille D, Tamagnan GD, Seibyl JP, Krishnan-Sarin S, Staley JK: Beta2* nicotinic acetylcholine receptors modulate pain sensitivity in acutely abstinent tobacco smokers. Nicotine Tob Res. 2010 May; 2010 Apr 6. PMID: 20371741
- Esterlis I, Cosgrove KP, Petrakis IL, McKee SA, Bois F, Krantzler E, Stiklus SM, Perry EB, Tamagnan GD, Seibyl JP, Krystal JH, Staley JK: SPECT imaging of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in nonsmoking heavy alcohol drinking individuals. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2010 Apr 1; 2010 Jan 13. PMID: 20074869
- Weinberger AH, Desai RA, McKee SA: Nicotine withdrawal in U.S. smokers with current mood, anxiety, alcohol use, and substance use disorders. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2010 Apr 1; 2009 Dec 16. PMID: 20006451
- McKee SA, Weinberger AH, Harrison EL, Coppola S, George TP: Effects of the nicotinic receptor antagonist mecamylamine on ad-lib smoking behavior, topography, and nicotine levels in smokers with and without schizophrenia: a preliminary study. Schizophr Res. 2009 Dec; 2009 Aug 22. PMID: 19700263
- McKee SA, Harrison EL, O'Malley SS, Krishnan-Sarin S, Shi J, Tetrault JM, Picciotto MR, Petrakis IL, Estevez N, Balchunas E: Varenicline reduces alcohol self-administration in heavy-drinking smokers. Biol Psychiatry. 2009 Jul 15; 2009 Feb 27. PMID: 19249750
- O'Malley SS, Krishnan-Sarin S, McKee SA, Leeman RF, Cooney NL, Meandzija B, Wu R, Makuch RW: Dose-dependent reduction of hazardous alcohol use in a placebo-controlled trial of naltrexone for smoking cessation. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2009 Jun; 2008 Sep 17. PMID: 18796184
- McKee SA, Higbee C, O'Malley S, Hassan L, Borland R, Cummings KM, Hastings G, Fong GT, Hyland A: Longitudinal evaluation of smoke-free Scotland on pub and home drinking behavior: findings from the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project. Nicotine Tob Res. 2009 Jun; 2009 Apr 7. PMID: 19351787
- Harrison EL, Hinson RE, McKee SA: Experimenting and daily smokers: episodic patterns of alcohol and cigarette use. Addict Behav. 2009 May; 2009 Jan 9. PMID: 19176271
- Harrison EL, Coppola S, McKee SA: Nicotine deprivation and trait impulsivity affect smokers' performance on cognitive tasks of inhibition and attention. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2009 Apr. PMID: 19331485
- Weinberger AH, Maciejewski PK, McKee SA, Reutenauer EL, Mazure CM: Gender differences in associations between lifetime alcohol, depression, panic disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder and tobacco withdrawal. Am J Addict. 2009 Mar-Apr. PMID: 19283566
- McKee SA: Developing human laboratory models of smoking lapse behavior for medication screening. Addict Biol. 2009 Jan; 2008 Oct 9. PMID: 18855800
- Toll BA, Leeman RF, McKee SA, O'Malley SS: A brief 7-day estimate of alcohol consumption for use in smoking cessation clinical trials. Addict Behav. 2008 Dec; 2008 Jul 23. PMID: 18722721
- Harrison EL, Desai RA, McKee SA: Nondaily smoking and alcohol use, hazardous drinking, and alcohol diagnoses among young adults: findings from the NESARC. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2008 Dec; 2008 Sep 25. PMID: 18828805
- Leeman RF, McKee SA, Toll BA, Krishnan-Sarin S, Cooney JL, Makuch RW, O'Malley SS: Risk factors for treatment failure in smokers: relationship to alcohol use and to lifetime history of an alcohol use disorder. Nicotine Tob Res. 2008 Dec. PMID: 19023831
- Weinberger AH, Krishnan-Sarin S, Mazure CM, McKee SA: Relationship of perceived risks of smoking cessation to symptoms of withdrawal, craving, and depression during short-term smoking abstinence. Addict Behav. 2008 Jul; 2008 Feb 23. PMID: 18384974
- Toll BA, Cooney JL, McKee SA, O'Malley SS, Cooney NL: Correspondence of Interactive Voice Response (IVR) reports of nicotine withdrawal, craving, and negative mood with questionnaire ratings. Nicotine Tob Res. 2008 Jun. PMID: 18584469
- Harrison EL, McKee SA: Young adult non-daily smokers: patterns of alcohol and cigarette use. Addict Behav. 2008 May; 2007 Nov 21. PMID: 18093745
- McKee SA, O'Malley SS, Shi J, Mase T, Krishnan-Sarin S: Effect of transdermal nicotine replacement on alcohol responses and alcohol self-administration. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2008 Feb; 2007 Oct 3. PMID: 17912500
- Husky MM, Mazure CM, Paliwal P, McKee SA: Gender differences in the comorbidity of smoking behavior and major depression. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2008 Jan 11; 2007 Sep 11. PMID: 17850991
- Easton CJ, Weinberger AH, McKee SA: Cigarette smoking and intimate partner violence among men referred to substance abuse treatment. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2008. PMID: 18161642
- Toll BA, Salovey P, O'Malley SS, Mazure CM, Latimer A, McKee SA: Message framing for smoking cessation: the interaction of risk perceptions and gender. Nicotine Tob Res. 2008 Jan. PMID: 18188760
- McKee SA, Carroll KM, Sinha R, Robinson JE, Nich C, Cavallo D, O'Malley S: Enhancing brief cognitive-behavioral therapy with motivational enhancement techniques in cocaine users. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2007 Nov 2; 2007 Jun 15. PMID: 17573205
- White MA, McKee SA, O'malley SS: Smoke and mirrors: magnified beliefs that cigarette smoking suppresses weight. Addict Behav. 2007 Oct; 2007 Mar 7. PMID: 17428615
- Husky MM, Paliwal P, Mazure CM, McKee SA: Gender differences in association with substance use diagnoses and smoking. J Addict Med. 2007 Sep. PMID: 21768952
- Toll BA, Schepis TS, O'Malley SS, McKee SA, Krishnan-Sarin S: Subjective reactivity to the first cigarette of the day as a predictor of smoking relapse: a preliminary study. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2007 Jul 10; 2007 Feb 22. PMID: 17320313
- Toll BA, O'Malley SS, McKee SA, Salovey P, Krishnan-Sarin S: Confirmatory factor analysis of the Minnesota Nicotine Withdrawal Scale. Psychol Addict Behav. 2007 Jun. PMID: 17563141
- Toll BA, McKee SA, Martin DJ, Jatlow P, O'Malley SS: Factor structure and validity of the Medication Adherence Questionnaire (MAQ) with cigarette smokers trying to quit. Nicotine Tob Res. 2007 May. PMID: 17454716
- McKee SA, Falba T, O'Malley SS, Sindelar J, O'Connor PG: Smoking status as a clinical indicator for alcohol misuse in US adults. Arch Intern Med. 2007 Apr 9. PMID: 17420431
- O'Malley SS, Sinha R, Grilo CM, Capone C, Farren CK, McKee SA, Rounsaville BJ, Wu R: Naltrexone and cognitive behavioral coping skills therapy for the treatment of alcohol drinking and eating disorder features in alcohol-dependent women: a randomized controlled trial. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2007 Apr. PMID: 17374042
- Weinberger AH, Reutenauer EL, Allen TM, Termine A, Vessicchio JC, Sacco KA, Easton CJ, McKee SA, George TP: Reliability of the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence, Minnesota Nicotine Withdrawal Scale, and Tiffany Questionnaire for Smoking Urges in smokers with and without schizophrenia. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2007 Jan 12; 2006 Jul 31. PMID: 16876968
- McKee SA, Nhean S, Hinson RE, Mase T: Smoking for weight control: effect of priming for body image in female restrained eaters. Addict Behav. 2006 Dec; 2006 Mar 29. PMID: 16567057
- McKee SA, Krishnan-Sarin S, Shi J, Mase T, O'Malley SS: Modeling the effect of alcohol on smoking lapse behavior. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2006 Dec; 2006 Sep 30. PMID: 17013640
- Cavallo DA, Duhig AM, McKee S, Krishnan-Sarin S: Gender and weight concerns in adolescent smokers. Addict Behav. 2006 Nov; 2006 Mar 29. PMID: 16567058
- Krishnan-Sarin S, Duhig AM, McKee SA, McMahon TJ, Liss T, McFetridge A, Cavallo DA: Contingency management for smoking cessation in adolescent smokers. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2006 Aug. PMID: 16893273
- Toll BA, Katulak NA, McKee SA: Investigating the factor structure of the Questionnaire on Smoking Urges-Brief (QSU-Brief). Addict Behav. 2006 Jul; 2005 Oct 14. PMID: 16226843
- Toll BA, Cooney NL, McKee SA, O'Malley SS: Correspondence between Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and Timeline Followback (TLFB) reports of drinking behavior. Addict Behav. 2006 Apr; 2005 Jun 21. PMID: 15975732
- O'Malley SS, Cooney JL, Krishnan-Sarin S, Dubin JA, McKee SA, Cooney NL, Blakeslee A, Meandzija B, Romano-Dahlgard D, Wu R, Makuch R, Jatlow P: A controlled trial of naltrexone augmentation of nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation. Arch Intern Med. 2006 Mar 27. PMID: 16567607
- Toll BA, Cooney NL, McKee SA, O'Malley SS: Do daily interactive voice response reports of smoking behavior correspond with retrospective reports? Psychol Addict Behav. 2005 Sep. PMID: 16187808
- McKee SA, O'Malley SS, Salovey P, Krishnan-Sarin S, Mazure CM: Perceived risks and benefits of smoking cessation: gender-specific predictors of motivation and treatment outcome. Addict Behav. 2005 Mar. PMID: 15718060
- Duhig AM, Cavallo DA, McKee SA, George TP, Krishnan-Sarin S: Daily patterns of alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use in adolescent smokers and nonsmokers. Addict Behav. 2005 Feb. PMID: 15621398
- Toll BA, McKee SA, Krishnan-Sarin S, O'malley SS: Revisiting the factor structure of the questionnaire on smoking urges. Psychol Assess. 2004 Dec. PMID: 15584799
- McKee SA, O'Malley S, Steward WT, Neveu S, Land M, Salovey P: How to word effective messages about smoking and oral health: emphasize the benefits of quitting. J Dent Educ. 2004 May. PMID: 15186074
- McKee SA, Hinson R, Rounsaville D, Petrelli P: Survey of subjective effects of smoking while drinking among college students. Nicotine Tob Res. 2004 Feb. PMID: 14982695
- Jatlow P, McKee S, O'Malley SS: Correction of urine cotinine concentrations for creatinine excretion: is it useful? Clin Chem. 2003 Nov. PMID: 14578327
- McKee SA, Wall AM, Hinson RE, Goldstein A, Bissonnette M: Effects of an implicit mood prime on the accessibility of smoking expectancies in college women. Psychol Addict Behav. 2003 Sep. PMID: 14498816
- McKee SA, Maciejewski PK, Falba T, Mazure CM: Sex differences in the effects of stressful life events on changes in smoking status. Addiction. 2003 Jun. PMID: 12780373


text: Authorities in Berlin, Germany, sent this notice to Barbara Wohlfahrt, informing her of her husband Gregor's execution on the morning of December 7, 1939. Although he was physically unfit to serve in the armed forces, the Nazis tried Wohlfahrt for his religious opposition to military service. As a Jehovah's Witness, Wohlfahrt believed that military service violated the biblical commandment not to kill. On November 8, 1939, a military court condemned Wohlfahrt to beheading, a sentence carried out one month later in Ploetzensee prison in Berlin.

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First Time
Entry posted by worried Dad ·
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Never Blogged before so forgive my ineptitude and be gentle with me!!!
So, being a Dad just became a whole lot harder. My 15 year old son has been suffering with acne for the last 6 months. It has now spread into his hair, causing patchy hair loss. GP been treating it to no avail. First visit to Dermatologist today. He did very well, talked very openly, and showed the doctor everything she needed to see. Prescribed Ru accutane.
Poor lad wont get his hair cut to hide the patches, terrible when it occasionally gets warm. I don't understand what has caused it to be so bad, but the stress he has had to put up with, that is not his fault, is likely. As I am responsible for a lot of the stress it makes me feel awful.
I didn't get a chance to read the Ru accutane leaflet, so read up on Acne.org. I hope that we have done the right thing? I also hope that the side effects are not too bad and that the treatment works.
My son is very like me which makes me realise how terrible this condition can be.
I will try to keep this blog going from a parents view. My son wont speak about it, so I am often observing rather than stating facts.
I would love to have other parents contribute with any tips or advice that I can maybe sneak into his life to help. As well as all those who also suffer this problem.


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I just received my second edition and love it to pieces! Something for everyone.
Price: $18.00 for 6 issues.
March/April topics:
(Quoted from the index)
Behavior: "Both Ends of the Leash"...it's okay to give a senior citizen pass
Wellness: "Stretch it Out"...help your dog stay fit and fleible
Gear: "Lend a Helping Hand"...products to make their lives and yours more comfortable
Legal: "Pet Trusts"...providing for your pet when you are gone
On the Road: "Airstream Dreaming"....a woman, her rescue adn a vintage Airstream
Nutrition: "Dig Deeper"...10 home feeding misperceptions
Research: "Spot On"...Dalmation DNA holds the key to a medical mystery
Vet Advice: "More Than a Pretty Smile"...Dental hygience promotes good health
Training: "Ask the Behavioralist"...how to teach your dog to have a "soft mouth" (when taking treats)


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CANON ImageRunner 5000E Toner CartridgeBack to Ink & Toner Finder
Receiving a parking ticket, getting stuck behind a slow driver, listening to condescending people, dealing with ear wax buildup, getting a dropped call in the middle of a conversation, walking through a spider web as you cross your front patio, and having to wait in line for the copy machine. What do they all have in common? They are all on the list of annoying things society throws at us. The Canon Imagerunner 5000E - along with the rest of the Canon Imagerunner series - aims to do away with the last one. By offering fast print speeds in a compact size, the Canon Imagerunner 5000E has become an indispensible tool for its fast print speeds and ease of use. Office workers are in and out when they need to make copies, avoiding the dreaded photocopier queue.
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Person with knowledge tells AP: LeBron James to get MVP award for 4th time
A person with knowledge of the situation tells The Associated Press that LeBron James of the Miami Heat has won the NBA Most Valuable Player award for the fourth time in five years.
James will receive the award Sunday, according to the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the league hasn't publicly announced the winner. NBA Commissioner David Stern is expected to present James with the trophy again Monday in a ceremony shortly before the Heat open their Eastern Conference semifinal series in Miami against Chicago or Brooklyn.
James will become the fifth player with at least four MVP awards, joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan, Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain.
James averaged 26.8 points, 8.0 rebounds and 7.3 assists this season, shooting a career-best 56 percent.


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In a continuation of a perfect pairing, The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: BONT) and designer John Bartlett have partnered to create John Bartlett Pet. John Bartlett Pets, is an extension of Bartlett's sportswear and furnishing line, which will offer pet items such as accessories, beds and treats. One percent of the sales of all John Bartlett Pet products will be donated to Bartlett's charitable organization, the Tiny Tim Pet Rescue Fund which will help provide rescue animals with medical attention, and foster parent placement.
"Designing and creating a pet line that donates back to the animal rescue and welfare community is an absolute dream of mine," notes Bartlett. "I am passionate about the dedication to raise and distribute funds to independent rescue groups who are pulling directly from the high-risk shelters and saving lives of countless animals."
As a cause that has always has been dear to his heart, Bartlett donates his time to the North Shore Animal League and other animal rights organizations in order to help raise awareness in spreading the message of compassion. It was through this endeavor that he met "Tiny Tim", a 3-legged Rottweiler-Pitbull mix that inspired the logo of his eponymous line. The "Tiny Tim" logo has evolved to also represent animal welfare and rescue.
"The Bon-Ton Stores are proud to be sponsoring and supporting on the corporate level an initiative for animal welfare. Creating the John Bartlett Pets collection exclusively for The Bon-Ton Stores is a movement to increase awareness of animals in need of homes and medical assistance," stated Bud Bergren, President and Chief Executive Officer.


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Allowing Mid-Flight Mobile Calls: Who Decides, Airlines or Government?
Late last year the Federal Aviation Administration gave the all-clear on using electronic devices at every stage of a flight, from boarding to landing. It was the first big update to restrictions on electronics on planes in decades, liberating hand-held devices like phones and tablets to be used during take-off and landing.
And now, it looks like we could have another big decision in the making. From the WSJ's Doug Cameron:
The U.S. government is getting closer to its final word on whether to allow cellphone calls on airplanes. And that word appears to be "no."
Airlines, meanwhile, are pressing for the final decision to be left to them.
The Department of Transportation plans to pursue the next step in what could lead to a formal ban on in-flight calls, General Counsel Kathryn Thomson said in a speech last week at the International Aviation Club in Washington, according to people present.
It's not as if there's a vast wave of popular demand for in-flight phone calls. More on this after the jump…


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Facilitating the legal admissionOf Professionals, Business Persons, and Skilled Workers.
Work Permit ProcessingThe work permit process varies by case, but there are some general steps that must be followed:
There must typically be arranged work in Canada (with some limited exceptions). Arranged work can take the form of a direct offer of employment from a Canadian company, or a contract with an organization by which an individual is assigned to work in Canada (without being a direct employee of a Canadian company).
If applicable, a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) should be obtained in advance of applying. However, in some cases a case may be exempt from this requirement. In other cases, the work in Canada could be subject to an exemption from a work permit under business visitor or other provisions.
In all cases, the application materials must be presented in a thorough and clear manner. An incomplete or ambiguous application can result in significant delays or even refusal, which could impact subsequent admissibility.
The work permit application must be submitted to the appropriate venue for processing. This may include a visa office abroad, a port of entry (depending on nationality and the nature of the case), or centralized processing offices responsible for pre-screening of port of entry applications (depending on nationality and the nature of the case).
There may be multiple methods by which to submit and process a given application. Differences in these methods can have a significant impact on the requirements and, possibly, the outcome of the application. As a general rule a case is processed at a Canadian visa office prior to arrival in Canada. In some cases, however, an application for a work permit can be submitted at a Canadian port of entry (i.e., airport, border crossing, etc.). In the latter approach, advanced decision-making on the application is possible in certain situations, which may affect the time needed to conclude the application.
Some applicants for a Canadian work permit will be required to undergo medical examinations prior to issuance of a Canadian visa, which can also effect the duration of the application process. Situtations in which this is necessary depend on the duration of the work permit being sought, the residence of the applicant in the 12 months prior to the submission of a case, and the nature of the occupation (e.g., some occupations involving direct contact with the public for greater than three hours per day may always require medical examinations).


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Pat Robertson says Alzheimer's Makes Divorce OK
Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson told his "700 Club" viewers that divorcing a spouse with Alzheimer's is justifiable because the disease is "a kind of death." Do you agree with him or do you believe in the traditional vows of "in sickness and in health, 'til death do us part"? Click COMMENT below to share your thoughts. Your comments may appear on Eyewitness News.


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LaConsuelo needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 112 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
I am launching a new business & my new life as THE LIFE RECONSTRUCTIONIST. I've been a construction litigator for many years & now want to live my purpose & make a difference in the world.
As an only child, after my mother's death from Alzheimer's it felt as though the rug had been pulled out from under me. This major life event became an opportunity to recreate my life & relationships while learning about compassion & gratitude - and got through it with an unfailing sense of humor. I want to guide others through that process; having them see that it is during darkest times the greatest growth and possibilities await. My tagline may be "navigating life's difficulties with a dollop of compassion and a wallop of humor." I'm a combination of strength, compassion, safety and funny and I LOVE LIFE!
For a sense of my "voice" to to: http://lostmymomburiedmymind.blogsp…chive.html
People who inherently have a positive outlook and love of life, but who have recently gone through a major life transition/difficulty and want to regain a toe-hold on their lives and come out the other side with a greater love of themselves and their lives - to reconstruct what felt like it was torn away.
I want a logo to represent my speaking/coaching/life design brand - THE LIFE RECONSTRUCTIONIST
Some of the images I've been toying with are an acorn (possibility of new life, breaking through hardness into the magnificence of an oak tree - plus my Mom' nickname for me). I love this image: http://island11.files.wordpress.com…crets3.jpg
But I'm open to a great, unique idea that really captures me, my message and attracts the clients I'm targeting.
A few things to think about:
1. No Cartoons - not cheap, childish
2. Elegant but not cold
3. Warmth, joy, smoothing BUT NOT DULL zzzzz
I'm more interested in a logo, but offer this if it helps. I can always use thee colors on the website if I have a logo I love that work. Here is an example of the feel/colors I like:
Here is an example of what I definitely do not like:
I'll need:
Print file format - .ai (CMYK)
Web file format - .jpg and layered .psd (RGB)
Would prefer no stock images or clip art in the logo.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Spin-A-Word Freebie & More Literacy Work Stations
15 comments:
- FirstGradeBlueSkies (Jennifer) said...
Awesome freebies!!
First Grade Blue SKies
- April 26, 2012 6:36 pm
- Jessica said...
Great ideas! Thanks for sharing! =)
- April 26, 2012 6:37 pm
- KinderKiddies said...
These are amazing, thanks for taking the time to share...
- April 26, 2012 7:01 pm
- Lori said...
Lots of activities! Thanks for sharing!
Conversations in Literacy
- April 26, 2012 7:07 pm
- Sue said...
cute ideas.....thanks for sharing!
Sue :)
- April 26, 2012 8:30 pm
- erika said...
Thank you for the freebies. I LOVE your blog and truly appreciate your generosity. It's been a long day and I look at blogs as my way to unwind. It is so fun to get some new recording sheets!!!
- April 26, 2012 10:17 pm
- Ashley said...
I love all of your ideas! I can't wait to work on getting some together this summer. I am switching to a prek/k classroom next year so your blogs are going to be a huge help to me!
- May 01, 2012 11:33 am
- Mrs. Lirette said...
Love the idea of a spinning top and graphing for sight words! Thanks! :)
Mrs. Lirette's Learning Detectives
- June 02, 2012 11:32 pm
- Kris Carbone said...
I can't figure out how to print these!?!
- June 29, 2012 11:09 am
- Anita said...
I'm not sure what you're having trouble printing...but everything that's written in orange is the link to the printables.
- July 02, 2012 4:15 pm
- Hollie Fumero said...
Thank you for sharing your literacy ideas with us. This are great and I can not wait to incorporate them into my kindergarten classroom. I too look forward to being able to share ideas with you as well. I am new to the blogging world and would love it if you would follow my blog.
- August 10, 2012 12:45 pm
- Hollie Fumero said...
I forgot the "s"
- August 10, 2012 12:46 pm
- Hollie Fumero said...
I am new to blogging and I try real hard to mention where I find my ideas however when on pinterest I don't always pin ideas and sometimes write them but if I forget where I found the idea I say I saw it on pinterest. I dont think there is away but if you see the idea thayb originated from your page you can say I love your idea I do something like that as well and link it to yourbpage and people should make a connection.
- February 16, 2013 6:13 pm
- Wendy Pryschuk said...
Hi there...love your alphabet sheet for stamp-a-letter. Do you have it with lower case letters too? If so, would you mind sharing?
- June 20, 2013 11:41 pm
- bhmg52099 said...
Anita, Thanks for sharing some of your word work activities and freebies! I was wondering if you could email me an editable version of Spin-a-Word? I'd love to be able to change the sight words, so I could use this activity with my Kinders more than once. Thanks! firstname.lastname@example.com
- July 08, 2014 9:15 pm


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The Presidents Club
by Nancy Gibbs
Library Journal (c) Copyright Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. 9781439127704 If you think you know the history of the American presidency since World War II, think again. Gibbs and Duffy (TIME magazine deputy managing editor and executive editor, respectively) tell the inside story of specific U.S. Presidents from Harry S. Truman through Barack Obama from the perspective of the use each made of previous Presidents' experience, knowledge, and political skills. In-depth reports of unlikely relationships between opponents such as Truman and former President Hoover, Nixon and LBJ, and Kennedy and Eisenhower show that each man knew when to put politics and personal feelings aside for the good of the country and administration success. Especially engaging is the authors' account of the improbable mutual admiration society that developed between George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. The authors cover Nixon's careful cultivation of his successors as he set about to rehabilitate his image, and they give readers a new appreciation for his invaluable advice on foreign policy and his near-faultless political instinct (albeit with exceptions). Jimmy Carter's postpresidential independence and unwillingness to follow instructions frustrated sitting Presidents, but results often showed Carter's intuition was correct. With research in presidential papers and the published record, this is a fascinating and fun read that will appeal to political junkies and history buffs alike. Highly recommended.-Jill Ortner, SUNY Buffalo Libs. (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publishers Weekly (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved 9781439127704 In this anecdote-rich book, Gibbs and Duffy, the deputy managing editor and executive editor of Time, respectively, maintain that the relationships among former presidents have been characterized by "cooperation, competition, and consolation." Perhaps the most interesting tie they discuss is their first: Faced with the great need for food relief in Europe in 1945, Harry Truman and Herbert Hoover (who had provided food relief to Europe in WWI) overcame their mutual distrust to rally non-isolationist Republicans around the Marshall Plan. Another striking example of bipartisan cooperation, was that between George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton to raise millions for the victims of the 2004 tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, and the Haitian earthquake. But the authors' most remarkable stories are of competition, such as candidate Richard Nixon pursuing his own diplomatic track with North Vietnam, undermining LBJ's efforts to secure a peace deal to end the Vietnam War. As for consolation, and plain practical help, Gibbs and Duffy (co-authors of The Preacher and the Presidents, about the Rev. Billy Graham) provide numerous examples, such as Kennedy relying on Eisenhower (whom he once called "that old asshole") for advice following the Bay of Pigs fiasco. While this work could have used some pruning, it is canny, vivid, and informative on an important and little-explored subject. 16 pages of b&w photos. Agent: Bob Barnett(May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Book list From Booklist, Copyright © American Library Association. Used with permission. 9781439127704 Silence, Gibbs and Duffy aver, is one rule of the ex-presidents club, one evidently with a time limit, since they offer 600-plus pages of Oval Office anecdotes from Truman to Obama. Developing other informal protocols of membership in their accounts, Gibbs and Duffy underscore the advice given and tasks undertaken by former chief executives at the behest of the incumbent. They don't mention the retirement correspondence between club founders Jefferson and Adams but start with Truman's summons of Herbert Hoover from exile to help fix up postwar Europe. This sets up a suprapartisan ethos as an aspiration for interpresidential relations, one difficult to maintain, as attested by Truman's feud with Eisenhower, Nixon and Johnson's skulduggery over Vietnam peace talks during the 1968 election, and Reagan's nomination challenge to Ford in 1976. Political battles over, presidents indulge in, if not mutual admiration, at least commiseration on the unique responsibilities of the office: witness JFK's consultation with Ike after the Bay of Pigs fiasco. For its behind-the-scenes flavor and accent on personalities, Gibbs and Duffy's production will score with the political set.--Taylor, Gilbert Copyright 2010 Booklist


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RIAA To Congress: We're Finally Innovating... Now Go Shut Down Pirate Sites
from the kicking-and-screaming deptCary Sherman, RIAA boss, is testifying before Congress on Wednesday morning, and (not surprisingly) he uses the opportunity to whine about those dirty pirates again, while asking Congress to buck up and do something. To his credit, it appears that Sherman (or one of his PR handlers) has realized that the combative and confrontational approach he took right after SOPA and PIPA died. He got a ton of backlash for that, and has since tried to be a little less condescending.
Thus, he starts out by talking about all the new business models and modern services that the record labels have adopted and licensed. Of course, he also says that CDs are not digital, so he's a bit confused about the technology. He also leaves out the fact that the labels had to be dragged, kicking and screaming, all the way to agree to the various services that he talks up -- and even then, its stance in negotiating licensing deals with them has been to try to strangle any service that gets too popular. He also talks up the recently negotiated royalty rates between labels, publishers and some digital music services -- leaving out the fact that they include royalty rates on things that don't require royalties (like mere music storage lockers).
But, in the end, Sherman is a one-trick pony, and back to that trick he goes. After talking about all of this "voluntary" innovation they've done -- and highlighting the various "voluntary" six strikes deal, as well as advertising putting together a blacklist of "rogue" sites they won't advertise on -- Sherman goes back to whining about how "piracy" must be stopped. He starts out by, yet again, misleading and misrepresenting what's happening. He talks about how there's less revenue from music sales -- but ignores that more money has gone into music itself, once you look at the massive increase in live music. He ignores the fact that people are actually spending more on enjoying music today than ever before in the past. The idea that people aren't paying is simply wrong.
And then he has the ridiculous gall to suggest less music is getting out to the world because of this:
What kind of harm? Massive layoffs, of course. But also less money to invest in artists. That means fewer artists on our rosters, fewer people who can make a living from music, fewer songs permeating through our culture that help form a piece of our national identity.That's ridiculous. Look at any credible data, and you see that more music is being created today than ever before. More artists are making money today from music than ever before. And you know how songs can better permeate through our culture and help form a piece of our national identity? Well, here's a hint: by not locking up that music, by allowing it to be shared and played and heard. But that's not how the RIAA works.
He brings up the record labels favorite talking point these days: which is that fewer people list themselves as full time musicians in the Bureau of Labor Statistics data. This is, at best, a red herring. This is a time of transition, and certainly the labels are funding fewer musicians. But new business models are growing rapidly and while they may not be funding as many full time musicians (yet), they are helping more musicians make some money. And, as we've seen over and over again, the trend on these new platforms is that they're growing and able to fund more and more, as they grow. It's a classic innovator's dilemma situation. Similarly, the deeper you dig into the BLS numbers, the more interesting things you find. For example, there's been a massive increase in independent artists. But, the big labels that the RIAA represents don't want you to know that.
He then goes on to claim that enforcement works -- and uses Limewire and MegaUpload as examples. He notes the correlation between growth in sales after Limewire's shut down, and suggests "it is not a coincidence" the two things happened at the same time (though, other reports note the release of some very popular albums at the same time). He also insists that a survey of Limewire users claims they didn't sign up for any other unauthorized service. That's something more like wishful thinking. The data actually suggests there continues to be a pretty big growth in unauthorized sharing. The death of Limewire looks like a temporary blip. Also, if you were a former Limewire user, and a research firm representing the guys who shut it down came and asked you what you were using now, how many of you would point your finger to the new service you found so they could shut it down? Exactly.
As for Megaupload, nice work by the RIAA to support a case that is rapidly falling apart for the US, where it looks increasingly like the US didn't even come close to following the law in shutting down a site that had significant non-infringing uses. And, of course, he leaves out the fact that it was the RIAA's own bogus evidence, which they could never back up, that resulted in a hip hop blog, Dajaz1, being shut down and censored for over a year. That's the kind of enforcement he's supporting?
And then there's the push for a new SOPA:
These voluntary programs are not a panacea. No program ever will be. And sometimes, the Congress must step in to assure that our property rights, and U.S. economic interests, are being protected. Especially against sites overseas whose business model is the theft of U.S. works.Funny that he says this right after talking about the success in shutting down Megaupload -- which didn't (according to the RIAA or the feds) require any new action from Congress.
He also continues to take shots at the tech industry, and at search in particular. After talking about things like the six strikes program and the ad blacklist, he notes:
We hope other intermediaries like search engines will follow suit in negotiating voluntary marketplace best practices to prevent directing users to sites that are dedicated to violating property rights.Of course, this ignores the realities of the situation, in which you can't just block out sites because the RIAA doesn't like them. The RIAA has a long and detailed history of blaming perfectly legitimate products for being "illegal." Remember, this is the same group that sued to kill the first MP3 player. And now they want the search engines to just trust them in determining which sites are evil and which are good? It doesn't work that way.
He then points out that he wants to "reach out" to "the tech and Internet communities." He could just say, you know, "the public." Also, I'm trying to figure out why Sherman, Dodd and others keep talking about reaching out, but never actually do. Once again, it's not at all difficult to get into a discussion online. Why don't they ever do it?
Sherman also uses the opportunity to once again push for a RIAA bailout from radio, by forcing a tax to advertise their music. The RIAA has been pushing for this tax for years and it makes no sense. The labels know that radio is free advertising for them. It's why they're so often accused of payola. Because they know that if they get their songs on the radio, there's massive value in that and lots of ways to monetize it. So they pay ridiculous sums of money to "promoters" who pass that along to radio people to get the songs on the air. And now they're claiming that the labels need to be paid if the radios play that same music? It's insanity.
Either way, it's still more of the same. Until Cary Sherman is replaced by someone who actually spends time on the internet, the RIAA is going to increasingly represent a smaller and smaller portion of the music industry. The new music industry -- including tons of new artists, new music services, and even new labels, know that the RIAA's focus is on the past, not the future.
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Level 1: Trade Federation Battleship
Mission: Get to the hangar bay
In this level you play Obi-Wan. As a droid enters, you notice the conference room fill up with poison gas. You can talk to the droid if you want, but do it quickly. Exit the room, and have your lightsaber handy.
Kill all the droids in the immediate area (you can also use force push). Qui-Gon will help you. In the room to the left of the conference room, you can find a thermal detonator in a compartment ("use" the handprint icon). There is also a full health powerup in the little round room (service closet). In the other room to the right of the conference area, the compartment has a blaster with 250 shots.
At the end of the hallway, there is an R2 unit fixing a broken door. Be careful, to the right of him are 2 battle droids waiting in ambush. Kill them, then go through the service closet and use the control panel to open the broken door. If you need it, grab the full health powerup in the compartment to the left of R2 droid.
Go through the newly opened door and you end up in a hallway. To the left is a destroyer droid carousel and a dead end. Destroyer droids are a nightmare! It is possible to kill the destroyer droids by having their shots reflect off your lightsaber and back at them, but this takes practice. The thermal detonator will hardly put a dent in them, so don't waste it. You really need a proton missile launcher, which you don't have yet. And at this point, you probably haven't had enough practice to take them out with your saber. You don't have to go left, but if you are quick, go beyond the destroyer droid carousel to the worker droid, and kill her immediately before she can release them.
If you chose not to go left, go right, down the hallway, and your path is blocked by a locked door. Go into the open control room on the right near the locked door and use the handprint panel. It will open up a hidden area with a battle droid in it directly across from you. Go across and kill the battle droid. There's a full health in the service closet, but it will only open if the R2 unit is in this room with you. If he's not already there, go back down the hallway and find the R2 unit (he may be hiding behind the destroyer droid carousel or he may have been destroyed) and coax him into this room. He should then open the service closet for you. Then use the handprint panel to unlock the big door.
Follow Qui-Gon and go straight ahead all the way to the next intersection. The trade federation viceroy closes the blast doors (you may even get a quick glimpse at him), and you are ambushed by more destroyer droids. These guys have personal shields and are hard to kill. So follow Qui-Gon's advice: tuck your tail between your ass, Jedi-boy, and get the hell out of there! Go right, and another locked door blocks your path. Take the small opening to your left. You run down a long hallway, but the floor gives way and you fall into a shaft. You are separated from Qui-Gon and on your own for the rest of this level.
Follow the catwalk into a hangar, and watch as your ship is blown to bits. Keep going down the path. Maintainance droids are cleaning this area, and can electrocute you to death if you're not careful. Avoid walking too close in front of or behind them, or they will zap you. Use your blaster (not your saber) from far away to kill them.
This area is a bit of a maze, but it's not very big. Keep to the right side of the maze until you come to a door with a red, double triangular symbol on it. Face the door. Then go to the area to the left where you will find a handprint panel that opens this door (note the same triangle symbol near the panel). If you find yourself at the ventilation fan (or blades in the floor) then you've gone too far. Just turn around and you should see the control panel on the wall.
Use the control panel, and run as fast as you can back to the triangle-symbol door you passed earlier. There is a maintainence droid inside, so let him pass first. Go inside quickly and use the handprint. Notice the double circle symbol -- it opens a door with this same symbol on it. Exit the room, go straight until you hit a wall, then right into the newly opened door. The doors are timed so if you don't make it, you'll have to do it all over again. The control panels and two doors are in such close vicinity so you can't get lost too easily (I hope).
Follow the new path past the fan into another cramped hallway. The fork to the left will take you to a room with 3 battle droids and a full health powerup. After you're done taking them out, go back down the hallway. There's a grate in the floor. If you can manage to jump the grate, you'll come to a room with a thermal detonator. Go back, and the grate will give way under your feet. Go straight until you reach an intersection with 2 blue doors and a red door. There are a lot of battle droids here to kill. They'll come out the right door first, then the door straight ahead. After that, look at the hallway behind you for more droid action.
Directly across from the red door is a room with two boxes and a pit in the floor. The box on the right has a full health powerup hidden inside it. Push the box into the pit to reveal it, and hopefully hopefully you'll take out a droid or two in the process. Jump down into the pit and kill any battle droids that are left. Turn around and use the handprint to open up the big doors. Talk to the Neimoidian for background information. Go into the service closet on the left and use your lightsaber or blaster to destroy the power generator (the lights will go out). The red door should now be open.
To get out of the pit, just jump up onto the ledge or wait for the small elevator to lower/raise and exit the room. Fight more droids. Go through the red door. Immediately go to the elevator to the left and use it, because there is a starfighter droid (the big one with pointy legs) on the ground. If it's not there, walk forward a little bit to trigger its arrival before you get on the elevator. Kill the battle droid waiting for you on the upper platform. To make the starfighter droid disappear, go through the small, open hallway about 2-3 feet (relatively speaking). When the starfighter sees that it has nothing to kill, it will go away (you can watch him leave to the left through the grates). It should now be gone for good.
Once its gone, exit the hallway and take the elevator back down to the ground. Kill any battle droids that are left. There is a small health powerup on top of one of the crates. Snatch it. And do you see that bottom crate sticking out? It's just begging to be touched. If you move it, you can find a secret room with a thermal detonator and a small health powerup. In the upper right corner of this room, you can pull out another crate and find a secret room within a secret room. This second room has a proton missile launcher with 5 missiles.
If you want a nice view of the hangar bay, exit into the blue tunnel off to the side. Once you're through, go back up the elevator onto the upper platform. (If you missed it earlier, you can use the panel and go through the big door to find 3 droids and a full health powerup). From the upper platform, go back into the hallway (where you hid from the starfighter) and continue forward until you find yourself on a catwalk. Keep walking, and you'll soon hear Qui-Gon say "Obi-Wan." He's on the left catwalk below you. Wait for him to speak. Follow his directions, and find a way offplanet.
Keep walking until you reach a dead end where an elevator should be (look for the square-shaped metal on the ground). You need to find a way to bring the elevator up to this area. Go down the path near the elevator, and it's time to play the moving catwalk game. There is a purple barrier blocking your path. Go left, press the control panel to move the barrier. The barrier is now blocking the path that you just came from, and freeing the path that was blocked before. Follow the new path until you get to another control panel. Press it, and it will activate a moving catwalk to your left. Quickly cross it and press the control panel at the end. This control panel calls up the elevator. Wait on this catwalk until it moves back into place on the other side. Once in place, use the control panel on this catwalk one more time. This will move the purple barrier back into its original position. Exit, and now you are free to use the elevator.
At the bottom of the elevator, you will find yourself on the lower catwalk where Qui-Gon was. There is only a dead end to the left. So go the other way (right) towards all the battle droid ships. A couple of hovering platforms with droids on it will start rising up towards you. You can fight them or just keep running forward. A platform on your left (near the dead end you're coming up on) will have a control panel on it. Walk onto this platform, and the level will end.
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Houston Rockets forward Terrence Jones was arrested in Portland early Wednesday morning and charged with harassment after yelling at a homeless man and stomping on his leg, according to local news station KATU.
Jones, a former Kentucky standout, walked by two homeless men sleeping in a doorway while leaving a Portland bar and proceeded to yell "Wake Up" before allegedly stomping on one of the men's legs, according to the police report filed by police spokesman Sgt. Pete Simpson.
The victim, identified as 46-year-old Daniel John Kellerher, suffered only minor injuries to his leg that did not require immediate medical attention.
The incident occurred in the vicinity of 114 Northwest 3rd Avenue in downtown Portland.
Jones was booked at the Multnomah County Jail and released this morning. He is due in court on Tuesday at 2 p.m.
Prior to last night's arrest, Jones had appeared in 19 games for the Houston Rockets last season, averaging 5.5 points and 3.4 rebounds in 14.5 minutes.
He had also spent time in Vegas this summer, playing with the Rockets in the Las Vegas Summer League.


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Friday, November 29, 2013
Thought for the Day, #67
Next to accepting themselves and overcoming self-loathing, the single greatest challenge most gay men experience is finding a partner.
In my reading, I read these quotes from Andrew Holleran, well-known writer of the seminal Dancer of the Dance, published in 1978:
A friend of mine told me that a psychiatrist in New York once told him that whenever anybody walked into his office and said, "Oh, I want a lover and I can't find a lover," he'd say, "Oh, stop it. If you wanted a lover, you'd have a lover."
In the end, the people who don't have lovers fundamentally at some level don't want one. And so don't bitch about it.
Quotes taken from "Andrew Holleran," Something Inside: Conversations with Gay Fiction Writers, Philip Gambone, p. 179.
What do you think? Is there some truth to Holleran's assertions?
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Okay, I'll bite (but only briefly...I could go on and on after a nudge like that). I wonder what the psychiatrist's relationship status was at the time he made that remark. And one must also consider the times. The '70s were known to be a time of sexual freedom when relationship may not have been as valued. I wonder if there was also some other judgment behind the psychiatrist's statement. Homosexuality wasn't entirely removed from the DSM until 1986 so he may have viewed his client as disordered from the outset.ReplyDelete
To be sure, there would have people then and now who didn't want commitment no matter what kind of front they put up. However, to generalize the statement to all single people is ridiculous. In the movies, dream it and it shall happen. In life, well, not so much. Luck (some who succeed would call it fate) plays a role in any kind of good fortune. Perseverance, optimism and effective communication are also factors and these are things a single person can reflect upon and look to improve.
The comment blames the single person. When I read it, I hear my mother's voice rather than some unnamed psychiatrist. "You're just not trying hard enough. Are you eating too much? Don't you have friends with friends? You're not still wearing those shoes with the worn out soles, are you? I read in Ann Landers once that people judge based on your footwear. Why don't you give women a try?"
RG, I didn't look at this quote like you did at all.Delete
What I imagined was a psychiatrist in an office, in a large centre with a big gay population, seeing one gay man after another, each complaining about the same thing: being single and wanting to be in a relationship. That would have been me twenty-plus years ago, although I would never have gone to see a psychiatrist about it. Eventually, he got so fed up that he began to give out the advice in this quote, which he probably believed, perhaps, as you point out, because he was already partnered himself and didn't understand why it was so difficult for his patients.
At any rate, the minute I read this quote, I knew it was provocative. Which is, in part, why I decided to use it as a "Thought for the Day," I also decided to use it because I've heard from a number of gay young men, particularly in emails, who are single and really want to be in relationships. I thought that this quote, at the very least, would prompt them to think about why they're still single, and to ask themselves if there's anything they're doing to prevent themselves from getting what they want most.
I know, as you put it, luck or fate has been very good to me in the relationship department, and I never want to take that for granted or assume everyone will be similarly blessed. That said, I also think, at some level, there is truth in Holleran's quote. I'm sure you'll disagree with me, but, while luck and fate definitely play a part, I also think we have some control over our destiny in this regard, for example, in how we see ourselves, and, as a result, how we project ourselves into the world and what choices we make.
I know for a fact that, when I not only accepted my sexual orientation but also knew, without a doubt, that I deserved to be partnered and happy (there was a lot involved in this for me), things started to happen. I can't tell you how many times I've asked myself why it didn't happen before then, when I tried so hard to make it happen. And, in my case anyway, I believe the answer is, to some degree, because I got in my own way. Not to mention, I still had some fundamental things I needed to accept, learn, and change about myself.
The bottom line is, I want every single gay person, who wants to be partnered, to find the love of his life. I'm not some relationship guru with all the answers–I wish I was. But if I can say one single thing, based on my own experience, that helps a gay man look at himself or his life differently, and that, in turn, helps him achieve what he most wants, then it's all worth it. I know how love has transformed my life, and I want everyone else to know what that's like too.
Thank you for biting and sharing. I appreciate your interest and the chance to converse with you about this.


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