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Negative Valence Brain Targets and Predictors of Anxiety and Depression Treatment
PI: K. Luan Phan, MD
R01MH101497 – National Institute of Mental Health
Internalizing psychopathologies (IPs) involving depression and anxiety are among the most prevalent, costly and disabling illnesses. Not everyone who gets treatment for depression and anxiety gets better. We do not know very much about how treatments work in the brain, or how differences in brain function may be used to guide the right patient to the right treatment with the highest likelihood of success. This study uses state-of-the-science approaches to study brain and behavior in patients with depression and/or anxiety in the context of medication treatment and psychotherapy to help us better understand how treatments work and for whom.
Determinants of Drug Preference in Humans
PI: K. Luan Phan, MD (UIC) & Harriet de Wit, PhD (University of Chicago)
2R01DA002812-32 – National Institute on Drug Abuse
Individuals differ in their risk for developing drug addiction, possibly because of neurobiological differences in the brain reward circuit. In this project we combine psychopharmacological and neuroimaging approaches to investigate individual differences in pleasurable effects of drugs, in relation to both the brain's response to reward, and the personality trait of extraversion. The studies will advance our understanding of the biological basis of substance abuse risk, and help to identify at-risk individuals.
Brain and Mental Health Recovery
PI: K. Luan Phan, MD
5I01CX000913 – VA Clinical Science Research and Development
Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) exhibit brain dysfunction that could explain disturbances in how they perceive others around them and how they manage negative emotions and stress. Little is known if these patterns of brain dysfunction exist in soldiers returning from deployment in Afghanistan and Iraq who subsequently develop PTSD, or if and how the brain changes in those veterans whose PTSD persists and in those who recover from PTSD. The purpose of this study is to use a brain imaging technique that is non-invasive, inexpensive, easy-to-conduct, and portable to the outpatient clinical setting. The imaging will be used to study the brain processes involved in the processing of fear and in the regulation of negative emotions to evaluate how these brain processes change over the course of one year in relation to PTSD in OEF/OIF/OND veterans. This knowledge should improve our understanding and treatment of PTSD.
Brain Mechanisms of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder
PI: Heide Klumpp, PhD
K23MH093679 – National Institute of Mental Health
Cognitive behavioral treatment (CBT) is a widely used first-line treatment for social anxiety disorder (SAD), a prevalent, debilitating disorder. Although many do not fully recover from SAD with CBT, the specific mechanisms by which CBT exerts its therapeutic effects are unknown. The primary goal of this research is to discover the effects of CBT on brain function, particularly in relation to specific emotion regulation strategies implicated in CBT-namely, increased attentional control over threat stimuli and higher-order cognitive regulation of emotions evoked by threat-relevant stimuli. A better understanding of the brain mechanisms of CBT and of individual differences in treatment response in patients with SAD will improve our understanding of CBT mechanisms thereby optimizing current therapies and contributing to the advancement of improved therapies to increase the probability of therapeutic success.
Brain-Behavior Markers of Negative Affectivity, Comorbidity in Anxiety Disorders
PI: Annmarie MacNamara, PhD
K23MH105553 – National Institute of Mental Health
Anxiety disorders (ADs) may be more similar than different in terms of neural dysfunction. For instance, comorbidity in the ADs is common and is known to relate to severity and measures of emotional reactivity such as self-reported negative affectivity (NA), yet evidence of its underlying neurobiology is scarce. The primary goal of this research is to test the utility of a dimensional transdiagnostic approach in linking neural and behavioral measures of dysregulated negative emotion processing to clinically relevant anxiety burden characterized by comorbidity load and self-reported NA. Comorbidity load, a marker of disease burden, may aid understanding of dimensional and categorical internalizing psychopathology.
Emil Coccaro, MD
at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at the University of Chicago
Michelle Craske, PhD
at the Department of Psychology at the University of California in Los Angeles
Harriet de Wit, PhD
at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at the University of Chicago
Kate Fitzgerald, MD
at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan
Greg Hajcak, PhD
at the Department of Psychology at Stony Brook University
Kate Keenan, PhD
at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at the University of Chicago
Andrea King, PhD
at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at the University of Chicago
Benjamin Lahey, PhD
at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at the University of Chicago
Israel Liberzon, MD
at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan
Stephen Maren, PhD
at the Department of Psychology at the Texas A&M University
Michael McCloskey, PhD
at the Department of Psychology of Temple University
Mohammed Milad, PhD
at the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University
Christopher Monk, PhD
at the Department of Psychology at the University of Michigan
Pradeep Nathan, PhD
at the Department of Psychiatry at University of Cambridge
Christine Rabinak, PhD
at the Department of Pharmacy Practice at Wayne State University
Sheila Rauch, PhD
at the Department of Psychiatry at Emory University School of Medicine and the Mental Health Service at the Atlanta VA Medical Center
Murray Stein, MD, MPH
at the Department of Psychiatry and Family & Preventive Medicine at the University of California San Diego
Stephan Taylor, MD
at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan
For Phan KL: My Publications
For Klumpp H:My Publications
In Press
- Lieberman L, Gorka SM, Shankman SA & Phan KL (in press). Impact of Panic on Psychophysiological and Neural Reactivity to Unpredictable Threat in Depression and Anxiety. Clinical Psychological Science
- Gorka SM, Lieberman L, Shankman SA, Phan KL (in press).Startle Potentiation to Uncertain Threat as a Psychophysiological Indicator of Fear-based Psychopathology: An Examination across Multiple Internalizing Disorders. Journal of Abnormal Psychology
- Xing M, Tadayon-Nejad R, MacNamara A, Ajilore O, DiGangi J, Phan KL, Leow A, Klumpp H (in press). Resting-State Theta Band Connectivity and Graph Analysis in Generalized Social Anxiety Disorder. NeuroImage: Clinical
- Fitzgerald JM, MacNamara A, Kennedy AE, Rabinak C, Rauch SAM, Liberzon I, Phan KL (2016). Individual differences in cognitive reappraisal and emotion regulatory brain function in combat-exposed veterans with and without PTSD. Depression and Anxiety
- Burkhouse K, Kujawa A, Klumpp H, Fitzgerald KD, Monk CS, Phan KL (in press). Neural Correlates of Explicit and Implicit Emotion Processing in Relation to Treatment Response in Pediatric Anxiety. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
- Stange JP, MacNamara A, Barnas O, Kennedy A, Hajcak G, Phan KL, Klumpp H (in press). Neural Markers of Attention to Aversive Pictures Predict Response to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Anxiety and Depression. Biological Psychology
- Gorka SM, Hee D, Lieberman L, Mittal VA, Phan KL, Shankman SA (in press). Reactivity to uncertain threat as a familial vulnerability factor for alcohol use disorder. Psychological Medicine
- Xing M, Ajilore O, Wolfson OE, Abbott C, MacNamara A, Tadayon-Nejad R, Forbes A, Phan KL, Klumpp H, and Leow A (in press). Thought Chart: Tracking Dynamic EEG Brain Connectivity with Unsupervised Manifold Learning. Brain Informatics and Health
- Gorka SM, Fitzgerald DA, de Wit H, Phan KL (in press). Cannabinoid modulation of amygdala subregion functional connectivity to social signals of threat. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
- Gorka SM, MacNamara A, Aase, D., Proescher E, Greenstein J, Walters R, Passi H, Babione JM, Levy DL, Kennedy AE, DiGangi JA, Rabinak C, Schroth C, Afshar K, Fitzgerald J, Hajcak G & Phan KL (2016). Impact of alcohol use disorder comorbidity on defensive reactivity to errors in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 30(7):733-742
- Rabinak CA, Mori S, Lysons M, Milad M, Phan KL (2016). Acquisition of CS-US contingencies during Pavlovian fear conditioning and extinction in social anxiety disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders 207:76-85
- Hummer TA, Phan KL, Kern DW, McClintock MK. (2016). A human chemosignal modulates frontolimbic activity and connectivity in response to emotional stimuli. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 75:15-25
- Kujawa A, Wu M, Swain JE, Fitzgerald KD, Monk CS, Phan KL (2016). Altered Development of Amygdala-Anterior Cingulate Cortex Connectivity in Anxious Youth and Young Adults. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience & Neuroimaging 1(4):345-352.
- Kujawa A, Weinberg A, Bunford N, Fitzgerald KD, Hanna GL, Monk CS, Kennedy AE, Klumpp H, Hajcak G, Phan KL (in press). Error-Related Brain Activity in Youth and Young Adults Before and After Treatment for Generalized or Social Anxiety Disorder. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry 71:162-8.
- Coccaro EF, Keedy SK, Gorka SM, King AC, Fanning JR, Lee RJ, Phan KL (2016). Differential fMRI BOLD Responses in Amygdala in Intermittent Explosive Disorder as a Function of Past Alcohol Use Disorder. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging 257:5-10
- Crane NA, Jenkins LM, Dion C, Meyers, KK, Weldon AL, Gabriel LB, Walker SJ, Hsu DT, Noll DC, Klumpp H, Phan KL, Zubieta JK & Langenecker SA (in press). Comorbid Anxiety Increases Cognitive Control Activation in Major Depressive Disorder. Depression and Anxiety 33(10):967-977
- Gorka SM, Nelson BD, Phan KL & Shankman SA (in press). Intolerance of Uncertainty and Insula Activation during the Anticipation of Reward. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience 16(5):929-39.
- Tadayon-Nejad R, Klumpp H, Ajilore O, Leow A, Phan KL (in press). Aberrant pulvinar effective connectivity in generalized social anxiety disorder. Medicine 95(45):e5358.
- MacNamara A, Verges A, Kujawa A, Fitzgerald KD, Monk CS, Phan KL (2016). Age-related changes in emotional face processing across childhood and into young adulthood: evidence from event-related potentials. Developmental Psychobiology 58(1):27-38
- Cremers H, Lee R, Keedy S, Phan KL, Coccaro EF (2016). Effects of Escitalopram Administration On Face Processing In Intermittent Explosive Disorder: an fMRI study. Neuropsychopharmacology 41(2):590-7
- Fitzgerald J, MacNamara A, Rauch S, Kennedy A, Rabinak CA, Greenstein J, Proescher E, Hajcak G, and Phan KL (2016). An Electrocortical Investigation of Voluntary Emotion Regulation in Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging 249:113-21
- MacNamara A, Rabinak CA, Kennedy A, Fitzgerald DA, Stein MB, Liberzon I, Phan KL (2016). Emotion regulatory brain function and SSRI treatment in PTSD: Neural correlates and predictors of change. Neuropsychopharmacology 41(2):611-8.
- MacNamara A, Phan KL (2016). Psychobiological operationalization of RDoC constructs: Methodological and conceptual opportunities and challenges. Psychophysiology 53(3):406-9
- DiGangi J, Tadayyon A, Fitzgerald DA, Rabinak CA, Kennedy A, Klumpp H, Rauch S, Phan KL (2016). Reduced Default Mode Network Connectivity Following Combat Trauma. Neuroscience Letters 615:37-43.
- Gentili C, Cristea IA, Angstadt M, Klumpp H, Tozzi L, Phan KL, Pietrini P (2016). Beyond Emotions: A Meta-analysis of Neural Response Within Face Processing System in Social Anxiety. Experimental Biology and Medicine 241(3):225-37.
- Coccaro EF, Fitzgerald DA, Lee R, McCloskey M, and Phan KL (2016). Fronto-Limbic Morphometric Abnormalities in Intermittent Explosive Disorder and Aggression. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience & Neuroimaging 1:32–38
- Evans GW, Swain JE, King AP, Wang X, Javanbakht A, Ho SS, Angstadt M, Phan KL, Xie H, Liberzon I (2016). Childhood Cumulative Risk Exposure and Adult Amygdala Volume and Function. J Neuroscience Research 94(6):535-43.
- Gorka SM, Phan KL, Angstadt M, Mori S, Lysons M, Rabinak CA (2016). Cannabinoid modulation of frontolimbic activation and connectivity during volitional regulation of negative affect. Neuropsychopharmacology 41(7):1888-96.
- Klumpp H, Fitzgerald DA, Piejko K, Roberts J, Kennedy A, Phan KL (2016). Prefrontal Control and Predictors of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Response in Social Anxiety Disorder. Social Cognitive Affective Neuroscience 11(4):630-40
- Gorka SM, Phan KL, Shankman SA (2015). Convergence of EEG and fMRI measures of reward anticipation. Biological Psychology 112:12-19.
- Javanbakht A, King AP, Evans GW, Swain JE, Angstadt M, Phan KL, Liberzon I (2015). Childhood poverty predicts adult amygdala and frontal activity and connectivity in response to emotional faces. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 9:154.
- Coccaro EF, Fanning JR, Phan KL, Lee R (2015). Serotonin and impulsive aggression. CNS Spectrums, 20(3): 295-302.
- de Wit H, Gorka SM, Phan KL (2015). The Ups and Downs of MDMA: Linking Subjective Effects to Spontaneous Brain Function. Biological Psychiatry 78(8):519-21.
- Tso I, Fang Y, Phan KL, Welsh RC, Taylor SF (2015). Abnormal GABAergic Function and Face Processing in Schizophrenia: A Pharmacologic-fMRI Study. Schizophrenia Research 168(1-2):338-44
- Strawn JR, Hamm L, Fitzgerald DA, Fitzgerald KD, Monk CS, Phan KL (2015). Neurostructural abnormalities in pediatric anxiety disorders. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 32:81-88.
- Kujawa A, MacNamara A, Fitzgerald KD, Monk CS, Phan KL (2015). Enhanced neural reactivity to threatening faces in anxious youth: evidence from event related potentials. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 43(8):1493-501.
- MacNamara A, Rabinak CA, Fitzgerald DA, Zhou XJ, Shankman SA, Milad MR, Phan KL (2015). Neural correlates of individual differences in fear learning. Behavioral Brain Research 287:34-41.
- Gorka SM, Fitzgerald DA, Labuschagne I, Hosanagar A, Wood AG, Nathan PJ, Phan KL (2015). Oxytocin modulation of amygdala functional connectivity to fearful faces in generalized social anxiety disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology, 40(2):278-286.
- Nelson BD, Fitzgerald DA, Klumpp H, Shankman SA, Phan KL (2015). Prefrontal engagement by cognitive reappraisal of negative faces. Behavioral Brain Research, 15;279:218-225.
- Prossin AR, Zalcman SS, Heitzeg MM, Koch AE, Campbell PL, Phan KL, Stohler CS, Zubieta JK (2015). Dynamic interactions between plasma IL-1 family cytokines and central endogenous opioid neurotransmitter function in humans. Neuropsychopharmacology, 40(3):554-565.
- Klumpp H, Keutmann MK, Fitzgerald DA, Shankman SA, Phan KL (2014). Resting state amygdala-prefrontal connectivity predicts symptom change after cognitive behavioral therapy in generalized social anxiety disorder. Biology of Mood & Anxiety Disorders, 4:14.
- Strawn JR, Dominick KC, Patino LR, Doyle CD, Picard LS, Phan KL (2014). Neurobiology of Pediatric Anxiety Disorders. Current behavioral neuroscience reports, 1(3):154-160.
- Hamm LL, Jacobs RH, Johnson MW, Fitzgerald DA, Fitzgerald KD, Langenecker SA, Monk CS, Phan KL (2014). Aberrant amygdala functional connectivity at rest in pediatric anxiety disorders. Biology of Mood & Anxiety Disorders, 4:15.
- Sripada C, Angstadt M, Kessler D, Phan KL, Liberzon I, Evans GW, Welsh RC, Kim P, Swain JE (2014). Volitional regulation of emotions produces distributed alterations in connectivity between visual, attention control, and default networks. NeuroImage 89:110-121.
- Klumpp H, Fitzgerald DA, Cook E, Shankman SA, Angstadt M, Phan KL (2014). Serotonin transporter gene alters insula activity to threat in social anxiety disorder. Neuroreport 25(12):926-931.
- Klumpp H, Fitzgerald DA, Angstadt M, Post D, Phan KL (2014). Neural response during attentional control and emotion processing predicts improvement after cognitive behavioral therapy in generalized social anxiety disorder. Psychological Medicine. 44(14):3109-3121.
- Jacobs RH, Jenkins LM, Gabriel LB, Barba A, Ryan KA, Weisenbach SL, Verges A, Baker AM, Peters AT, Crane NA, Gotlib IH, Zubieta JK, Phan KL, Langenecker SA, Welsh RC (2014). Increased Coupling of Intrinsic Networks in Remitted Depressed Youth Predicts Rumination and Cognitive Control. PLoS ONE 9(8):e104366.
- Gorka SM, Nelson BD, Phan KL, Shankman SA (2014). Insula response to unpredictable and predictable aversiveness in individuals with panic disorder and comorbid depression. Biology of Mood & Anxiety Disorders, 4:9.
- Swartz JR, Phan KL, Angstadt M, Fitzgerald KD, Monk CS (2014). Dynamic changes in amygdala activation and functional connectivity in children and adolescents with anxiety disorders. Development and Psychopathology, 26(4 Pt 2):1305-1319.
- Gorka SM, Fitzgerald DA, de Wit H, Angstadt M, Phan KL (2014). Opioid modulation of resting-state anterior cingulate cortex functional connectivity. Journal of Psychopharmacology 28(12), 1115-1124.
- Clark-Elford R, Nathan PJ, Auyeung B, Voon V, Sule A, Müller U, Dudas R, Sahakian BJ, Phan KL, Baron-Cohen S (2014). The effects of oxytocin on social reward learning in humans. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 17(2):199-209.
- Taylor SF, Demeter E, Phan KL, Tso IF, Welsh RC (2014). Abnormal GABAergic function and negative affect in schizophrenia. Neuropsychopharmacology 39(4):1000-1008.
- Rabinak CA, Angstadt M, Lyons M, Mori S, Milad MR, Liberzon I, Phan KL (2014). Cannabinoid modulation of prefrontal-limbic activation during fear extinction learning and recall in humans. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 113:125-134.
- Rabinak CA, Phan KL (2014). Cannabinoid modulation of fear extinction brain circuits: a novel target to advance anxiety treatment. Current Pharmaceutical Design 20(13), 2212-2217.
- Swartz JR, Phan KL, Angstadt M, Klumpp H, Fitzgerald KD Monk CS (2014). Altered activation of the rostral anterior cingulate cortex in the context of emotional face distractors in children and adolescents with anxiety disorders. Depression and Anxiety, 31: 870–879.
- Wheaton MG, Fitzgerald DA, Phan KL, Klumpp H (2014). Perceptual load modulates anterior cingulate cortex response to threat distractors in generalized social anxiety disorder. Biological Psychology. 101:13-17.
- Gorka SM, Huggins AA, Fitzgerald DA, Nelson BD, Phan KL, Shankman SA (2014). Neural response to reward anticipation in those with depression with and without panic disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 164, 50–56.
- Wardle MC, Fitzgerald DA, Angstadt M, Rabinak CA, de Wit H, Phan KL (2014). Effects of oxycodone on brain responses to emotional images. Psychopharmacology 231(22): 4403-4415.
- Rabinak CA, MacNamara A, Kennedy AE, Angstadt M, Stein MB, Liberzon I, Phan KL (2014). Focal and aberrant prefrontal engagement during emotion regulation in veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. Depression and Anxiety, 31: 851–861.
- Shankman SA, Gorka SM, Nelson BD, Fitzgerald DA, Phan KL, O'Daly O (2014). Anterior insula responds to temporally unpredictable aversiveness: an fMRI study. Neuroreport, 25(8), 596–600.
- Dodhia S, Hosanagar A, Fitzgerald DA, Labuschagne I, Wood AG, Nathan PJ, Phan KL (2014). Modulation of resting-state amygdala-frontal functional connectivity by oxytocin in generalized social anxiety disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology, 39(9), 2061–2069.
- MacNamara A, Post D, Kennedy AE, Rabinak CA, Phan KL (2013). Electrocortical processing of social signals of threat in combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder. Biological Psychology, 94(2), 441–449.
- Kim P, Evans GW, Angstadt M, Ho SS, Sripada CS, Swain JE, Liberzon I, Phan KL (2013). Effects of childhood poverty and chronic stress on emotion regulatory brain function in adulthood. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110(46):18442-18447.
- Fitzgerald KD, Liu Y, Stern ER, Welsh RC, Hanna GL, Monk CS, Phan KL, Taylor SF (2013). Reduced error-related activation of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex across pediatric anxiety disorders. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 52(11):1183-1191
- Wheaton MG, Holman A, Rabinak CA, MacNamara A, Proudfit GH, Phan KL (2013). Danger and disease: electrocortical responses to threat- and disgust-eliciting images. International Journal of Psychophysiology: Official Journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology, 90(2), 235–239.
- Wardle MC, Fitzgerald DA, Angstadt M, Sripada CS, McCabe K, Phan KL (2013). The caudate signals bad reputation during trust decisions. PloS One, 8(6), e68884.
- Sripada,CS, Kessler D, Welsh R, Angstadt M, Liberzon I, Phan KL, Scott C (2013). Distributed effects of methylphenidate on the network structure of the resting brain: a connectomic pattern classification analysis. NeuroImage, 81, 213–221.
- Klumpp H, Fitzgerald DA, Phan KL (2013). Neural predictors and mechanisms of cognitive behavioral therapy on threat processing in social anxiety disorder. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry 45:83-91
- Maren S, Phan KL, Liberzon I (2013). The contextual brain: implications for fear conditioning, extinction, and psychopathology. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 14(6):417-428
- Sauder CL, Hajcak G, Angstadt M, Phan KL (2013). Test-retest reliability of amygdala response to emotional faces. Psychophysiology, 50(11), 1147–1156.
- Gorka SM, Fitzgerald DA, King AC, Phan KL (2013). Alcohol attenuates amygdala-frontal connectivity during processing social signals in heavy social drinkers: a preliminary pharmaco-fMRI study. Psychopharmacology, 229(1), 141–154.
- Das P, Coulston CM, Bargh DM, Tanious M, Phan KL, Calhoun VD, Malhi GS (2013). Neural antecedents of emotional disorders: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study of subsyndromal emotional symptoms in adolescent girls. Biological Psychiatry, 74(4), 265–272.
- Malhi GS, Tanious M, Fritz K, Coulston CM, Bargh DM, Phan KL,Calhoun V, Das P (2013). Differential engagement of the fronto-limbic network during emotion processing distinguishes bipolar and borderline personality disorder. Molecular Psychiatry, 18(12), 1247–1248.
- Klumpp H, Post D, Angstadt M, Fitzgerald DA, Phan KL (2013). Anterior cingulate cortex and insula response during indirect and direct processing of emotional faces in generalized social anxiety disorder. Biology of Mood & Anxiety Disorders, 3(1), 7.
- Rabinak CA, Holman A, Angstadt M, Kennedy AE, Hajcak G, Phan KL (2013). Neural response to errors in combat-exposed returning veterans with and without post-traumatic stress disorder: a preliminary event-related potential study. Psychiatry Research, 213(1), 71–78.
- Sripada CS, Angstadt M, Liberzon I, McCabe K, Phan KL (2013). Aberrant reward renter response to partner reputation during a social exchange game in generalized social phobia. Depression and Anxiety 30(4):353-61.
- Strawn JR, Chu WJ, Whitsel RM, Weber WA, Norris MM, Adler CM, Eliassen JC, Phan KL, Strakowski SM, DelBello MP (2013). A pilot study of anterior cingulate cortex neurochemistry in adolescents with generalized anxiety disorder. Neuropsychobiology, 67(4), 224–229.
- Phan KL, Coccaro EF, Angstadt M, Kreger KJ, Mayberg HS, Liberzon I, Stein MB (2013). Corticolimbic brain reactivity to social signals of threat before and after sertraline treatment in generalized social phobia. Biological Psychiatry 73(4):329-36.
- Prater KE, Hosanagar A, Klumpp H, Angstadt M, Phan KL (2013). Aberrant amygdala-frontal cortex connectivity during perception of fearful faces and at rest in generalized social anxiety disorder. Depression and Anxiety 30(3):234-41
- Rabinak CA, Angstadt M, Sripada CS, Abelson JL, Liberzon I, Milad MR, Phan KL (2013). Cannabinoid facilitation of fear extinction memory recall in humans. Neuropharmacology, 64, 396–402.
- Sripada CS, Phan KL, Labuschagne I, Welsh R, Nathan PJ, Wood AG (2013). Oxytocin enhances resting-state connectivity between amygdala and medial frontal cortex. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 16(2), 255–260.
- Klumpp H, Angstadt M, Phan KL (2012). Shifting the focus of attention modulates amygdala and anterior cingulate cortex reactivity to emotional faces. Neuroscience Letters, 514(2), 210–213.
- Rabinak CA, Sripada CS, Angstadt M, de Wit H, Phan KL (2012). Cannabinoid modulation of subgenual anterior cingulate cortex activation during experience of negative affect. Journal of Neural Transmission 119(6), 701–707.
- Klumpp H, Angstadt M, Phan KL (2012). Insula reactivity and connectivity to anterior cingulate cortex when processing threat in generalized social anxiety disorder. Biological Psychology, 89(1), 273–276.
- Rabinak CA, Angstadt M, Welsh RC, Kennedy AE, Lyubkin M, Martis B, Phan KL (2011). Altered amygdala resting-state functional connectivity in post-traumatic stress disorder. Frontiers in Neuropsychiatric Imaging and Stimulation, 2, 62.
- Labuschagne I, Phan KL, Wood A, Angstadt M, Chua P, Heinrichs M, Stout JC, Nathan PJ (2011). Medial frontal hyperactivity to sad faces in generalized social anxiety disorder and modulation by oxytocin. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 15(7):883-896.
- Sripada CS, Gonzalez R, Phan KL, Liberzon I (2011). The neural correlates of intertemporal decision-making: contributions of subjective value, stimulus type, and trait impulsivity. Human Brain Mapping 32(10):1637-1648.
- Phan KL, Lee R, Coccaro EF (2011). Personality predictors of antiaggressive response to fluoxetine: inverse association with neuroticism and harm avoidance. International Clinical Psychopharmacology, 26(5), 278–283.
- Rajarethinam R, Venkatesh BK, Peethala R, Phan KL, Keshavan M (2011). Reduced activation of superior temporal gyrus during auditory comprehension in young offspring of patients with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 130(1-3), 101–105.
- Coccaro EF, Sripada CS, Yanowitch RN, Phan KL (2011). Corticolimbic function in impulsive aggressive behavior. Biological Psychiatry 69(12):1153-9.
- Klumpp H, Ho SS, Taylor SF, Phan KL, Abelson JL, Liberzon I (2011). Trait anxiety modulates anterior cingulate activation to threat interference. Depression and Anxiety 28(3):194-201
- Sripada CS, Angstadt M, McNamara P, King AC, Phan KL (2011). Effects of alcohol on brain responses to social signals of threat in humans. NeuroImage 55(1):371-80.
- O'Neill, B.V., Croft, R.J., Mann, C., Dang, O., Leung, S., Galloway, M.P., Phan, K.L., Nathan, P.J. (2011). High-dose glycine impairs the prepulse inhibition measure of sensorimotor gating in humans. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 25(12), 1632–1638.
- Phan KL, Sripada CS, Angstadt M, McCabe K (2010). Reputation for reciprocity engages the brain reward center. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107(29):13099-104.
- Labuschagne I, Phan KL, Wood A, Angstadt M, Chua P, Heinrichs M, Stout JC, Nathan PJ (2010). Oxytocin attenuates amygdala reactivity to fear in generalized social anxiety disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology 35(12):2403-13.
- Klumpp H, Angstadt M, Nathan PJ, Phan KL (2010). Amygdala reactivity to faces at varying intensities of threat in generalized social phobia: an event-related functional MRI study. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging 183(2): 167-169.
- Oliva J, Leung S, Croft RJ, O'Neill BV, O'Kane J, Stout J, Phan KL, Nathan PJ (2010). The loudness dependence auditory evoked potential is insensitive to acute changes in serotonergic and noradrenergic neurotransmission. Human Psychopharmacology 25(5): 423-427.
- Leung S, Croft RJ, Guille V, Scholes K, O'Neill BV, Phan KL, Nathan PJ (2010). Acute dopamine and/or serotonin depletion does not modulate mismatch negativity (MMN) in healthy human participants. Psychopharmacology 208(2):233-44.
- King A, McNamara P, Angstadt M, Phan KL (2010). Neural substrates of alcohol-induced smoking urge in heavy drinking nondaily smokers. Neuropsychopharmacology 35(3):692-701.
- Labuschagne I, Croft RJ, Phan KL, Nathan PJ (2010). Augmenting serotonin neurotransmission with citalopram modulates emotional expression decoding but not structural encoding of moderate intensity sad facial emotional stimuli: an event related potential (ERP) investigation. Journal of Psychopharmacology 24(8):1153-64
- Klumpp H, Keller J, Miller GA, Casas BR, Best JL, Deldin PJ (2010). Semantic processing of emotional words in depression and schizophrenia. Int J Psychophysiol. 75(2):211-5.
- Klumpp H, Deldin P (2010). Review of brain functioning in depression for semantic processing and verbal fluency. Int J Psychophysiol. 2010 Feb;75(2):77-85
- Bedi G, Phan KL, Angstadt M, de Wit H (2009). Effects of MDMA on sociability and neural response to social threat and social reward. Psychopharmacology 207(1):73-83.
- Sripada CS, Angstadt M, Banks S, Nathan PJ, Liberzon I, Phan KL (2009). Functional neuroimaging of mentalizing during the trust game in social anxiety disorder. Neuroreport, 20(11), 984–989.
- Phan KL, Orlichenko A, Boyd E, Angstadt M, Coccaro EF, Liberzon I, Arfanakis K (2009). Preliminary evidence of white matter abnormality in the uncinate fasciculus in generalized social anxiety disorder. Biological Psychiatry, 66(7), 691–694.
- Shah SG, Klumpp H, Angstadt M, Nathan PJ, Phan KL (2009). Amygdala and insula response to emotional images in patients with generalized social anxiety disorder. Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience : JPN, 34(4), 296–302.
- King AP, Abelson JL, Britton JC, Phan KL, Taylor SF, Liberzon I (2009). Medial prefrontal cortex and right insula activity predict plasma ACTH response to trauma recall. NeuroImage 47(3):872-80.
- Kerestes R, Labuschagne I, Croft RJ, O'Neill BV, Bhagwagar Z, Phan KL, Nathan PJ (2009). Evidence for modulation of facial emotional processing bias during emotional expression decoding by serotonergic and noradrenergic antidepressants: an event-related potential (ERP) study. Psychopharmacology 202(4):621-34.
- Monteleone GT, Phan KL, Nusbaum HC, Fitzgerald D, Irick JS, Fienberg SE, Cacioppo JT (2009). Detection of deception using fMRI: better than chance, but well below perfection. Social Neuroscience 4(6):528-38.
- Amir N, Beard C, Taylor CT, Klumpp H, Elias J, Burns M, Chen X (2009). Attention training in individuals with generalized social phobia: A randomized controlled trial. J Consult Clin Psychol 77(5):961-73.
- Klumpp H, Amir N (2009). Examination of vigilance and disengagement of threat in social anxiety with a probe detection task. Anxiety Stress Coping 22(3):283-96.
- Klumpp H, Amir N, Garfinkel SN. False memory and obsessive-compulsive symptoms.Depress Anxiety. 2009;26(5):396-402
- Pitroda S, Angstadt M, McCloskey MS, Coccaro EF, Phan KL (2008). Emotional experience modulates brain activity during fixation periods between tasks. Neuroscience Letters 443:72-76.
- Phan KL, Angstadt M, Golden J, Onyewuenyi I, Popovska A, de Wit H (2008). Cannabinoid modulation of amygdala reactivity to social signals of threat in humans. Journal of Neuroscience 28(10):2313-2319.
- O'Neill BV, Guille V, Croft RJ, Leung S, Scholes KE, Phan KL, Nathan PJ (2008). Effects of selective and combined serotonin and dopamine depletion on the loudness dependence of the auditory evoked potential (LDAEP) in humans. Human Psychopharmacology, 23(4), 301–312.
- Guille V, Croft RJ, O'Neill BV, Illic S, Phan KL, Nathan PJ (2008). An examination of acute changes in serotonergic neurotransmission using the loudness dependence measure of auditory cortex evoked activity: effects of citalopram, escitalopram and sertraline. Human Psychopharmacology 23:231-41.
- Mann C, Croft RJ, Scholes KE, Dunne A, O'Neill BV, Leung S, Copolov D, Phan KL, Nathan PJ (2008). Differential effects of acute serotonin and dopamine depletion on prepulse inhibition and p50 suppression measures of sensorimotor and sensory gating in humans. Neuropsychopharmacology 33(7), 1653–1666.
- Banks SJ, Eddy KT, Angstadt M, Nathan PJ, Phan KL (2007). Amygdala-frontal connectivity during emotion regulation. Social Cognitive Affective Neuroscience 2: 303-312.
- O'Neill BV, Croft RJ, Leung S, Oliver C, Phan KL, Nathan PJ (2007). High dose glycine inhibits the loudness dependence of the auditory evoked potentials (LDAEP) in healthy humans. Psychopharmacology 195(1):85-93.
- Coccaro EF, McCloskey MS, Fitzgerald DA, Phan KL (2007). Amygdala and orbitofrontal reactivity to social threat in individuals with impulsive aggression. Biological Psychiatry 62(2):168-78.
- Scholes KE, Harrison BJ, O'Neill BV, Leung S, Croft RJ, Pipingas A, Phan KL, Nathan PJ (2007). Acute serotonin and dopamine depletion improves attentional control: findings from the stroop task. Neuropsychopharmacology 32(7):1600-10.
- Liberzon I, King AP, Britton JC, Phan KL, Abelson JL, Taylor SF, (2007). Paralimbic and medial prefrontal cortical Involvement in neuroendocrine responses to traumatic stimuli. American Journal of Psychiatry 164:1250-8.
- Liberzon I, Taylor SF, Phan KL, Britton JC, Fig LM, Bueller JA, Koeppe RA, Zubieta JK (2007). Altered central micro-opioid receptor binding after psychological trauma. Biological Psychiatry, 61(9), 1030–1038.
- Yoon KL, Fitzgerald DA, Angstadt M, McCarron RA, Phan KL (2007). Amygdala reactivity to emotional faces at high and low intensity in generalized social phobia: a 4-Tesla functional MRI study. Psychiatry Research, 154(1), 93–98.
- Segrave R, Croft RJ, Illic S, Phan KL, Nathan PJ (2006). Pindolol does not augment central serotonin function increases to citalopram in humans: An auditory evoked potential investigation. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior 85(1):82-90.
- O'Neill BV, Croft RJ, Leung S, Guille V, Galloway M, Phan KL, Nathan PJ (2006). Dopamine receptor stimulation does not modulate the loudness dependence of the auditory evoked potential in humans. Psychopharmacology 188:92-9.
- Britton JC, Phan KL, Taylor SF, Welsh RC, Berridge KC, Liberzon I (2006). Neural correlates of social and nonsocial emotions: An fMRI Study. Neuroimage 31:397-409.
- Fitzgerald DA, Angstadt M, Jelsone LM, Nathan PJ, Phan KL (2006). Beyond threat: Amygdala reactivity across multiple expressions of facial affect. Neuroimage 30:1441-1448.
- Phan KL, Fitzgerald DA, Nathan PJ, Tancer ME (2006). Association between amygdala hyperactivity to harsh faces and severity of social anxiety symptoms in generalized social phobia. Biological Psychiatry 59:424-429.
- Nathan PJ, Segrave R, Phan KL, O'Neill B, Croft RJ (2006). Direct evidence that acutely enhancing serotonin with the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor citalopram modulates the loudness dependence of the auditory evoked potential (LDAEP) marker of central serotonin function. Human Psychopharmacology 21:47-52.
- Phan KL, Britton JC, Taylor SF, Fig LM, Liberzon I (2006). Corticolimbic blood flow during nontraumatic emotional processing in posttraumatic stress disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry, 63(2), 184–192.
- Cortese BM, Phan KL (2005). The role of glutamate in anxiety and related disorders. CNS Spectrums 10(10):820-830.
- Green A, Ellis KA, Ellis J, Barthomomeusz CF, Ilic S, Croft RJ, Phan KL, Nathan PJ (2005). Muscarinic and nicotinic receptor modulation of object and spatial n-back working memory in humans. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior 81(3):575-584.
- Taylor SF, Phan KL, Britton JC, Liberzon I (2005). Neural response to emotional salience in schizophrenia. Neuropsychopharmacology 30(5):984-995.
- Britton JC, Phan KL, Taylor SF, Fig LM, Liberzon I (2005). Corticolimbic blood flow in posttraumatic stress disorder during script-driven imagery. Biological Psychiatry, 57(8), 832–840.
- McCloskey MS, Phan KL, Coccaro EF (2005). Neuroimaging and personality disorders. Current Psychiatry Reports 7(1):65-72.
- Phan KL, Magalhaes A, Ziemlewicz TJ, Fitzgerald DA, Green C, Smith W (2005). Neural correlates of telling lies: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study at 4 Tesla. Academic Radiology, 12(2), 164–172.
- Phan KL, Fitzgerald DA, Cortese BM, Seraji-Bozgorzad N, Tancer ME, Moore GJ (2005). Anterior cingulate neurochemistry in social anxiety disorder: 1H-MRS at 4 Tesla. Neuroreport 16(2):183-186.
- Phan KL, Fitzgerald DA, Nathan PJ, Moore GJ, Uhde TW, Tancer ME (2005). Neural substrates for voluntary suppression of negative affect: a functional magnetic resonance study. Biological Psychiatry 57(3):210-219.
- Teter CJ, Phan KL, Cameron OG, Guthrie SK (2005). Relative rectal bioavailability of fluoxetine in normal volunteers. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology 25(1):74-78.
- Amir N, Klumpp H, Elias J, Bedwell JS, Yanasak N, Miller LS (2005). Increased activation of the anterior cingulate cortex during processing of disgust faces in individuals with social phobia. Biol Psychiatry. 57(9):975-81.
- Fitzgerald DA, Posse S, Moore GJ, Tancer ME, Nathan PJ, Phan KL (2004). Neural correlates of internally-generated disgust via autobiographical recall: A functional magnetic resonance imaging investigation. Neuroscience Letters 370:91-96.
- Erskine FF, Elllis JR, Ellis KA, Stuber E, Hogan K, Miller V, Moore E, Bartholomeusz C, Harrison BJ, Lee B, Phan KL, Liley DT, Nathan PJ (2004). Evidence for synergistic modulation of early information processing by nicotinic and muscarinic receptors in humans. Human Psychopharmacology 19:503-509.
- Lu K, Gray MA, Oliver C, Liley DT, Harrison BJ, Bartholomeusz CF, Phan KL, Nathan PJ (2004). The acute effects of L-theanine in comparison to alprazolam on anticipatory anxiety in humans. Humam Psychopharmacology 19:457-465.
- Hayasaka S, Phan KL, Liberzon I, Worsley KJ, Nichols TE (2004). Non-stationary cluster size inference with random field and permutation methods. NeuroImage 22(2):676-687.
- Phan KL, Wager TD, Taylor SF, Liberzon I (2004). Functional neuroimaging studies of human emotions. CNS Spectrums, 9(4), 258–266.
- Taylor SF, Welsh RC, Wager TD, Phan KL, Fitzgerald KD, Gehring WJ (2004). A functional neuroimaging study of motivation and executive function. NeuroImage 21:1045-1054.
- Phan KL, Fitzgerald DA, Gao K, Moore GJ, Tancer ME, Posse S (2004). Real-time fMRI of cortico-limbic brain activity during emotional processing. NeuroReport 15:527-532.
- Phan KL, Taylor SF, Welsh RC, Ho SH, Britton JC, Liberzon I (2004). Neural correlates of individual ratings of emotional salience: a trial-related fMRI study. NeuroImage, 21(2), 768–780.
- Liberzon I, Britton JC, Phan KL (2003). Neural correlates of traumatic recall in posttraumatic stress disorder. Stress 6:151-156.
- Liberzon I, Phan KL (2003). Brain imaging studies of posttraumatic stress disorder. CNS Spectrums 8:625-634.
- Liberzon I, Phan KL, Khan S, Abelson JL (2003). Role of GABA-A receptors in anxiety: Evidence from animal models, clinical psychopharmacology, and neuroimaging studies. Current Neuropharmacology 1:267-283.
- Wager TD, Phan KL, Liberzon I, Taylor SF (2003). Valence, gender, and lateralization of functional brain anatomy in emotion: A meta-analysis of findings from neuroimaging. NeuroImage 19:513-531.
- Liberzon I, Phan KL, Decker LR, Taylor SF (2003). Extended amygdala and emotional salience: A PET investigation of positive and negative affect. Neuropsychopharmacology 28:726-733.
- Phan KL, Liberzon I, Welsh RC, Britton JC, Taylor SF (2003). Habituation of rostral anterior cingulate cortex to repeated emotionally salient pictures. Neuropsychopharmacology 28:1344-1350.
- Taylor SF, Phan KL, Decker LR, Liberzon I (2003). Subjective rating of emotionally salient stimuli modulates limbic activity. NeuroImage 18:650-659.
- Phan KL, Taylor SF, Welsh RC, Decker LR, Noll DC, Nichols TE, Britton JC, Liberzon I (2003). Activation of the medial prefrontal cortex and extended amygdala by individual ratings of emotional arousal: a fMRI study. Biological Psychiatry 53:211-215.
- Amir N, Elias J, Klumpp H, Przeworski A (2003). Attentional bias to threat in social phobia: facilitated processing of threat or difficulty disengaging attention from threat? Behav Res Ther. 41(11):1325-35.
- Phan KL, Wager TD, Taylor SF, Liberzon, I (2002). Functional neuroanatomy of emotion: a meta-analysis of emotion activation studies in PET and fMRI. NeuroImage 16:331-348.
- Liberzon I, Zubieta JK, Fig LM, Phan KL, Koeppe RA, Taylor SF (2002). mu-Opiod receptors and limbic responses to aversive emotional stimuli. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the Unites States of America (PNAS) 99:7084-7089.
- Phan KL, Taylor SF (2002). Clozapine-associated cardiomyopathy. Psychosomatics 43(3):248.
- Phan KLD, Aldridge AM (2000). Clinical case presentation: delusional depression in an elderly patient. Journal of Practical Psychiatry, 1:52-54.
- van Dyck CH, Malison RT, Seibyl JP, Laruelle M, Klumpp H, Zoghbi SS, Baldwin RM, Innis RB (2000). Age-related decline in central serotonin transporter availability with [(123)I]beta-CIT SPECT. Neurobiol Aging 21(4):497-501.
- Fetters MD, Doukas DJ, Phan KL (1999). Family physicians' perspectives on genetics and the human genome project. Clinical Genetics, 56:28-34, 1999.
- Phan KL, Doukas DJ, Fetters MD (1995). Religious leaders' attitudes and beliefs about genetics research and the Human Genome Project. Journal of Clinical Ethics, 6:237-246.
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I now have c|hfi and c|eh , I have read a fair bit of security+ but now I'm a bit confused as to which exam I should sit, the sy0 201 (which is listed as 2008) or sy0 101 (which many people think is expiring any day) . Comptia haven't bothered replying to emails I've sent looking for confirmation....
can anyone shed light on this..... my basic question for comptia is should I prepare for the sy0-201 exam!
I'm also considering ccna security , again don't know enough about what cisco people think of this, should I got cissp?
and then theres taking a microsoft security whats the quickest ? I've come from 13 years in Ops to security recently.
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Here is one from Red Jacket for $489.00. If I wasn't short on cash I would like to get one myself.
As a follow up to my post from last week entitled Pistol Suppressors I have decided to purchase a suppressor for my .22lr rifle as I could actually justify the expense and noise reduction while varmint hunting. This will also be less expensive than the .45 acp suppressor by a longshot.
I read that the .22 suppressor will also handle my .17 hm2 ammo with no problem?
Any suggestions? I see that there are a few different manufacturers and know nothing about them.
AAC, Gemtech, AWC, Bowers, Surefire, HTG, etc.
Also, is it difficult/possible for a machinist to thread the bull barrel on my rifle to accomodate this silencer?
Here is one from Red Jacket for $489.00. If I wasn't short on cash I would like to get one myself.
"Man needs but two things to survive alone in the woods. A blow up female doll and his trusty old AK-47" - Thomas Jefferson 1781
I have to agree with 4Th, a 22 suppressor will serve you better in the long run - You'll get
more use out of it for practical shooting. Back in the day I used to have fun with a High Standard suppressed 22. Xfrog
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Thanks for all of the info, fellas. I read that the .22lr suppressor will accomodate a .17 cal, does anyone know if this is correct?
I'll also check with the folks at silencertalk.com forums later
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Looks like they are the same?
ALso tried to register with silencertalk forums, but they DO NOT accept memberships with Yahoo or hotmail accounts, so I emailed the admin and see if I can join with my yahoo account anyways?
In general, a larger caliber suppressor can be used on a smaller caliber, it just might not work as well. The .17 rimfires in the .22 rimfires, for example, will be similar gas volumes and such, but the hole is "too big" for the .17 and allow more gas to escape around the bullet. Design also factors into this, some baffles use very small holes only slightly larger than the bullet, this in effect "plugs the hole" as the bullet passes through it, diverting the pressure into the baffle. Others use the flowing gases themselves to disrupt the straight line flow of gases, and on these the holes tend to be larger so it wouldn't matter as much with the .17.
Of course, this is only true with rounds of similar pressure, or shooting a low pressure round throiugh a high pressure suppressor. While a .30-06 bullet will pass through a 9mm baffle with no problems, the extra pressure behind it may just disassemble the unit. OTOH, popping .22LRs through your .223 suppressor will usually be OK.
I see what you mean, and will now focus my efforts on a reasonably priced suppressor for the .22 lr.
Heres a pretty good 223 suppressor made from stainless steel and is fully disassembled. It can also support full auto. Price $450
Heres a aluminum 22lr supp thats just bout the cheapest you will ever find a supp. $250. DO NOT try to use an aluminum supp with 223. TAC65 .22LR SUPPRESSOR Excellent Suppression, Easy To Clean by:
Anyways both those got pretty decent scores on silencer talk for their price. And the ability to be disassembled is a feature to look for in 22lr because a lot of rounds aren't jacketed and theres a lot of lead build up from vapors. Personally I'd grab that 223 supp for future upgrades and it can be used on the 22lr and 17 (but it is about 6" long and will weigh about the same as a walther p22 so the balance will be off) Anyways good luck and have fun.
I would only recommend the SWR Spectre and if they ever release the new core the AAC Prodigy.
For all things considered I think the Spectre is the better buy because its SS and will last forever no matter what. It is a little heavier then the Prodigy though.
I've done quiet a bit of research on .22 cans. I wouldn't recommend anything other then those two.
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April 27, 1977
Richfield, OH US
Richfield Coliseum
The Song Remains The Same, (The Rover intro) Sick Again, Nobody's Fault But Mine, In My Time of Dying, Since I've Been Loving You, No Quarter, Ten Years Gone, Battle of Evermore, Going to California, Black Country Woman, Bron-Y-Aur Stomp, White Summer ~ Black Mountainside, Kashmir, (Out On the Tiles intro) Moby Dick, Jimmy Page solo, Achilles Last Stand, Stairway to Heaven, Rock and Roll, Trampled Underfoot.
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Press Review: LED ZEPPELIN – The Coliseum – April 27
It took those over two years to do it, but Led Zeppelin finally reached a Cleveland area stage once again last Wednesday night at the Coliseum. This show in particular, as well as their current tour in general, is nothing less than a re-assertion of their status among the Rolling Stones, Who and any other acknowledged deities of rock. It presents a challenge – as well as a set of standards to equal – to new wave heroes such as Aerosmith, Frampton and Blue Oyster Cult.
Zeppelin's three-hour set passed with flying colors my personal shorthand estimation of a concert's quality. It didn't seem that long. The amount of material played, the musicianship involved, and the internal and external (special effects) manifestations of their music merged into an impressive, at time awe-inspiring, whole. The width of styles, moods and atmosphere, paired with consistent authenticity, crossed one of the widest spectrums of which any current combo seems capable.
Zeppelin's show, considerably revamped since their '75 appearance in the same arena, was in general an effective mix of blues-ended structures such as In My Time of Dying, Nobody's Fault But Mine and Since I've Been Loving You. The maximum amount of instrumental stretching-out however came on No Quarter. Working from both electric and acoustic pianos, John Paul Jones again impressed with his general versatility. Jimmy Page later joined in for what to me was his apogee of an evening's worth of standout soloing. It was one of the best rock jams I've ever witnessed.
About midway through, Zep revived something they haven't done in concert since the early 70s – an acoustic set. The founders and main perpetrators of the heavy metal music form sat themselves down and ran through delightful versions of Battle of Evermore, Going to California and Black Country Woman, even reviving the rockabilly Bron-Y-Aur Stomp from Led Zeppelin III (with Jones on stand-up bass).
Some more electrically oriented playing led into the visual highlight of the evening; a rotating, smoke-filled laser light cone surrounded Page as he spun out his famed violin bow work, with lasers behind him shooting arrow-straight beams at the ceiling at well-timed intervals. The show wound up with more conventional crowd-pleasers such as Kashmir and the Zeppelin signature song, Stairway to Heaven (with the biggest mirrored ball in rockdom used to wind it up.
John Bonham consistently kicked ass on drums, Robert Plant was 100 percent improved in voice and stage demeanor since their last time here, and a warm, lucid in-group chemistry projected even across the Coliseum's vast terrains. A surprisingly sedate and mature crowd did their part to create something I had previously thought was unique to small-hall presentations – a general warmness and intimacy of feeling emanating from the band and its reception by the listeners. It's an attitude much more difficult to project over 20,000 seats than it is over 3,000. Such was the strength of Led Zeppelin's performance, an in-person proof of why they still rank as one of the top viewing experiences in rock.
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thanks very much for this, I been trying to track down which of the 2 Ohio dates it was where Jimmy gets his fingers stuck...It was actually his necklace/chain that fell off according to my dad, who at the end managed to find the necklace lying around at his feet (after Jimmy threw it out into the crowd, it having clearly caused a little problem.)
Sadly my dad doesnt have it anymore as he said it was a bit of old tat, and he was getting rid of old junk while moving. Regardless your post was invaluble in helping me, so thanks again.


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I Love Eli!
He Is A True Class Act.
I Love Eli!
He Is A True Class Act.
New York Giants Superbowl XXI, XXV, XLII, XLVI Champions!!!!!
Not surprised but good to hear....
"Measure Twice......Cut Once"
You couldn't be more full of **** if you were break dancing in a Port-a-Potty.......Kruunch
And Jeff Darlington was inundated with negative posts after posting that. He seemed pretty disgusted by the negativity.
Guy discretely does something probably because he doesn't want anyone to know........let me broadcast it to the entire world.
When you do things in secret and you're genuine about it, that's how you get rewarded. Not to get all extra religious but it says that in the bible. When I went down to donate bone marrow to my sister I didn't broadcast it expecting a pat on the back, I did it because I want my sister to live.
Eli is a good guy, you can tell by how he carries himself. I like meeting people too and I try to treat all with respect until they cross me because you never know if you're gonna ever need that person again. That's good for Eli to still consider himself human instead of carrying that bigger than life God like syndrome(ego) that most millionaires do.
Every single day I log onto this message board thinking i've seen it all, every single day I am wrong...NYGiants2120


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Excerpt: "Here are a few candidates. I compiled this list, incidentally, keeping in mind the franchise's long-established tendency to try and stay in-house, or at least stay with people it has some type of past relationship with.
The In-House Candidate
Perry Fewell -- I can hear you screaming "nooooooooooooooooooooooooo" already. Reality is, however, that Fewell would likely be at the top of the list if Coughlin were to ride off into the sunset after 2013. That would be especially true if 2013 is a good year for the Giants, and maybe a fait accompli if they happen to win a Super Bowl title. The franchise knows Fewell, he would almost certainly have Coughlin's support and Fewell could easily be back on the "hot candidate" list after 2013.
The Rising Former Giants' Assistant
Mike Sullivan -- Sullivan has gone from Giants' quarterback's coach under Coughlin to offensive coordinator of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He received interest from the Chicago Bears for their head-coaching position after Lovie Smith was fired. It seems logical the Giants would consider him." Read more...


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- Spaceport America expects 200,000 yearly visitors once Virgin moves in
- The population boom could change the area, which remains remote
- The nearest town, Truth or Consequences, has 7,000 residents
The town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, is tiny. The population barely reaches 7,000, and the smattering of tourists it attracts throughout the year are undoubtedly lured by its rustic, small-town charm.
Its handful of attractions include some vintage hot spring resorts (pre-World War II, the town was a hotspot for wellness tourism), some nearby ghost towns and roaming buffalo.
"Here, you're in the middle of what I consider to be the real West," says John Mulcahy, mayor of Truth or Consequences (or T or C, as it's known locally).
"It's a back-to-nature kind of place. I love to take my four-wheel drive and head out into the wilderness, where there are 100-mile vistas. There's nothing like it in the continuous United States."
Not surprisingly, T or C lacks the name recognition of, say, Santa Fe or Albuquerque. That is set to change in the next couple of years however, as the town is on the brink of becoming the epicenter for space tourism. Spaceport America -- which next year is slated to send a troupe of multi-millionaires up into the stratosphere when Virgin Galactic moves in -- is a mere 30 miles to the northeast.
"Spaceport America employs 1,300 people across New Mexico, and we're looking to add another 1,800 jobs by 2018," says Christine Anderson, executive director of Spaceport America and the New Mexico Spaceport Authority.
With an additional 200,000 yearly visitors projected once Virgin moves in -- and the Spaceport completes its Welcome Center (which Anderson estimates will take another 16 months to finish) -- T or C is likely to experience a serious uptick. In fact, experts estimate the population is likely to double.
"The number that I've seen that scares me the most is 3,000 people in our downtown on a Saturday," admits Mulcahy.
Currently, the potential of space tourism has everyone in the area on high alert. Virgin are meeting with local tourism suppliers next month to help ready them for the supposed onslaught, while T or C has embarked on a mission to spruce up ahead of its visitors.
"We're working hard to make the town more attractive, but at the same time, we don't want it to lose its character. We don't want a 5-star hotel in downtown," he says.
Still, it's difficult to imagine Richard Branson's clients, many of whom have paid $250,000 for their ticket to space, feeling content staying at the local budget hotel.
"I would say there's plenty of hotels to handle the initial amount of space tourists, but I don't think there is anything (in the luxury market)," says Dr. Alison Green, an assistant professor at the William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration in Las Vegas, Nevada.
While some have called on the luxury hospitality industry to anticipate the needs of the projected high-fliers, it seems many brands are slow to answer.
In April, CNN founder Ted Turner bought T or C's Sierra Grande Lodge and Spa -- one of the few upscale accommodations in the region -- but other investors seem to be playing wait-and-see.
"We are lagging in terms of business investment," admits Mulcahy, though he maintains he's not worried about the future of T or C.
"This is the most amazing, iconic facility in the world, but it's like anything else: you have to see it to believe it, and that's true of investment. Investment follows opportunity, it doesn't really lead opportunity."
Monique Jacobson, the New Mexico state tourism secretary , says that developers have been scoping out the area ever since the Spaceport was first proposed. The challenge, she says, won't be luring investors, so much as ensuring the region keeps its charms.
"If there are luxury resorts, they still need to be true to what makes New Mexico so unique, because that's what's going to keep it a special experience for the people that visit," she says.


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Why does it matter?
Original post made by Janis Connelly, another community, on Jan 15, 2008
Dear neighbors,
Sports is entertainment and this industry's performers are pursued for perfornance-enhancing drugs as an exception to the overall entertainment industry. We are sending sports performers to prison and giving other entertainers and celebraties a few days of jail time.
Please would someone explain the inequity? Most importantly, why do federal authorities and Congress take such a narrow review of entertainment with focus on sports.
It's unimaginable,
Janis Connerly
Alamo Region California
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on Jan 23, 2008 at 7:41 am
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In research of sports as entertainment, there is a different perception. Sports, especially baseball, are considered USAmerican institutions and not just purely entertainment by a small portion of their audience and mostly by USAmerican governments. Clearly, it does seem silly to give a CBS Survivor winner a $million for being a LIAR and put various sports stars in prison for the same result.
One only needs to repeat, "Baseball, Hotdogs and the American Flag" to understand how a core sports culture and our governments view this institution. The fact that sports are broadcasted as entertainment, and are perceived as such by the vast majority, does not change the special circumstances our governments apply to its stars.
It would be my thought that if various players wish to LIE to protect their professional and personal lives, they should become politicians.


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It's not like stalking is beneath me...I mean, watch out Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw! It's just that Young House Lovin' couples just aren't quite my thang! You see, way back in November, I read on my favorite blog, Young House Love, that the slightly geeky, yet super funny and completely inspiring authors, John and Sherry would be touring the U.S. for their book tour and that they would be coming to my neck of the woods! I was stoked! I definitely planned on A) buying their new book as soon as it hit the stands (which in true mom of an infant style turned into buying it the day before they came for their book tour stop!) and B) trying to get access to the private invite only meet and greet set up with them for local bloggers. I now have no idea where I even read about it...now I'm starting to wonder if I made the whole thing up, but here is the story of how my persistence paid off (oh yeah, and also why I'm not a stalker!)
In early November, I sent the following message to the Young House Love facebook page totally not expecting to hear back. Not only did I hear back, but they messaged back that same day!
After receiving that message I decided that I was really going to try to make it happen. You see, ever since being on maternity leave, my world has become consumed by blogs and blogging and thinking about blogging since I've been up feeding the baby at all hours of the night. Thanks to my iPad, I have been able to follow blogs instead of just stare at the paint on the wall or watch the digital minutes flash by or think about how much I'd rather be sleeping. So, I decided to e-mail the publishers of the newly minted Young House Love book and the organizers of the Tacoma Home and Garden Show (site of the YHL book tour stop in our area).
As cool as I thought it would be to meet John and Sherry (um hellooo...they have millions of followers and are pretty much a household name!), I was just as excited to learn more about blogging and to possibly meet other local bloggers in my area. So, I continued to send e-mails until I was connected to the right person (ok, so I think there were a total of five e-mails...again, this is why I'm not really a stalker! Five is reasonable, right?). My dad always taught me that if you don't ask, you'll never receive, so I figured there was no harm in asking for an invite (heck, it's not like I was inviting myself to dinner with them or trying to figure out which hotel they were staying at...that would be stalkerish!). In my e-mail, I stated that it was ok if I was not to be included in the bloggers only session, but that if I wasn't to be included, I would like to know why. Finally, last Monday I heard back from the PR guy with the following e-mail!
Although it was a little vague (and the date was written wrong), I was stoked! Persistence truly pays off! I invited my way into an invite only blogger session! I'm thinking at this point I'm going to be the only one their with a little tiny "hobby" blog and that I'd get to shmooze it up with the big league local bloggers! As I'm sure you are beginning to gather...this is not what occurred.
Friday morning arrived. I wanted to make something funny for John and Sherry to sign so that I might have a chance to get referred to on their blog (they write reviews of each of their book tour stops and show pictures of people that brought unique items or had funny faces at the signings). I wanted to make a t-shirt for Phil that said, "My wife got 4 months maternity leave & a brand new house. All I got was this Young House Love T-shirt." But, I didn't get my act together. Instead, at the last minute, I found my fabric pens and a white onesie and wrote out #1 Fan Young House Love on it for Micah, which was not unique and turned into just #1 Fan Young House, since the Love part hid under his little jeans!
|#1 Fan Young House...Where is the Love?
I gave myself plenty of extra time to drive down to Tacoma since I was not only hauling a four month old baby, but I was also dragging along my mom and gramma, who were visiting from California! I figured
|the crowded room at the invite only Meet and Greet
|Excuse Me, Coming through! Media, coming through, I said!
As we are waiting, I figure I've got a little time to feed Mr. Micah and wouldn't you know who walks in, but John and Sherry! Seriously!? This really is going to be a private Meet and Greet!? No freakin way! This is crazy! I pondered getting nervous, but then thought that would be silly since although John and Sherry are now pretty famous (at least in the blogging world), they are just normal people who do normal things, who I happen to have a lot in common with! I mean, think about it. They are young, Phil and I are young; they love their house, we love our house; they have one child, we have one child; they have Burger, we have Charlie! See...the list goes on and on.
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To make a long story short, we really enjoyed our time with the Young House Lovers. My mom asked a zillion questions (since she had flipped through their book the night before and just love love loved a bunch of their ideas!) and I asked a few about blogging. We learned a bit more about their background and their friends and family that I either forgot about or maybe just maybe they haven't written about on their blog (did I mention before that their blog is amazing?). I thought it was funny that Sherry had worked on the Got Milk campaign in her previous life as those ads were randomly what I collected and taped up all around my room during high school. As expected, John and Sherry were totally nice and down to earth. A few things surprised me. #1) I thought they for sure would have someone working for them or leading them around from place to place all day, but it was basically just them. What!? They didn't have an entourage of people waiting on them hand and foot!? #2) While reading their blog, I've occasionally wondered if they really spend that much time with their daughter (I know, I know...I feel so bad since I hate when people are judgey of other people...especially about parenting stuff, but seriously...how on earth can they do so much blogging, crafting, remodeling, book touring, and still manage to hang out with their little girl!?). Turns out they do most of their projects and blogging while Clara is sleeping. They also said that their sweet little girl has even gotten to be with them for some of their book tour locations, which I thought was pretty cool. You can tell how much they love her and how much they were totally missing her. #3) Their slightly geeky blog writing humor comes off as slightly geeky humor in person! They sure are witty. I'm always impressed by witty people since I'm rarely one of them. Phil is, but that's another story. Now I'm just rambling!
I really enjoyed the opportunity to meet them, chat with them, and learn from them. I hope that I can continue to grow this blog to the point where I might be able to connect with other bloggers and make friends with some of them as they have done with other awesome bloggers like Katie Bowers of BowerPower blog. Add the opportunity to my Once in a Lifetime opportunities list! Actually, don't. Hopefully they'll come crash our house when we're done remodeling and decorating! John & Sherry...how does 2015 sound?
Mom, Gramma, Micah and I took a few photos with them and they took some of Micah. Thanks John and Sherry for not seeing just us and turning back around deeming it not worth it! Thanks also for spending the whole time with us! Let's just say, I learned a few things from you guys, my mom is still bragging and raving to anyone and everyone she knows and sees, my gramma is now following your blog, and Micah is still in a daze from staring at Sherry's
|Sherry in photo taking action. I swear I've already lost the baby weight! This is an odd photo of me, ugh!
|New fans with the Best Selling (and now signed by the authors) book!
We stuck around the show until they did their main talk for the General Public. They had a really sweet PowerPoint presentation and told the history of themselves and their blog and then did a little Q and A. We even stuck around for the book signing part since I decided to buy another book for my best friend. We were towards the front of the line, so we didn't get to see all the fun creative things that people brought and made for them or fun things for them to sign. The crowd was full of young couples and there were even lots of other kids around. Micah fell asleep under my sweater again as they were speaking to the crowd and he was still like that when it got to our turn in the book signing line. John cracked a joke about how he always seems to see me this way. Oh, breastfeeding humor! How you never get old.
|Not scared of their own mugs
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|The super crowded event for, you know, those common folk!
It was a long, yet super satisfying day. As you may have noticed, I've neglected to say much about the actual Tacoma Home and Garden show. Let's just say that my parents (and Bambi) taught me that if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. I am trying so hard to not tell you that Tacoma really did nothing to impress me. Trying so hard not to say how much more amazing the Seattle Home Shows and the Seattle Garden Shows are. Trying so hard not to talk all about how terrible the lunch at the Tacoma Dome was. Trying so hard to not shout out to John and Sherry that it stinks that they had to go to Tacoma instead of Seattle and that they missed the best parts of life by the Puget Sound. So, I won't. I'm a good girl after all. A good girl that does not stalk blog celebrities. Now excuse me while I go read their latest blog post and read their most recent tweets, and look at their most recent instagram photo, and see what they just posted on facebook.....


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PUEBLO, Colo. - A former Pueblo teacher violated the school district's sexual harassment policy last year, according to a review of police reports.
Larisa Oringdulph, 31, taught at South High School until she resigned on Nov. 7 after admitting to police she kissed and sexted with a student.
According to police reports from 2012, Oringdulph said she "did not mean anything by it" when she texted a student, asking if he was going to buy porn when he turned 18.
KRDO read the district's policy on sexual harassment. The policy defines sexual harassment, in part, as "sex oriented verbal 'kidding.'"
In 2013, Oringdulph admitted to police she texted with a student "about what they liked to do during sex."
Several parents and students told KRDO that they complained to South High School Principal Aaron Bravo about Oringdulph having inappropriate relations with students. They said Bravo told students they would be suspended from their sports teams if they continued to make those accusations.
School policy, however, prevents anyone from being retaliated against "who reports sexual harassment or participates in a harassment investigation."
Bravo has referred all questions to the school district. The district's spokesperson has responded "no comment" to most of the questions posed by KRDO.


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Redskins and Cowboys both should have lost today.
Redskins and Cowboys both should have lost today.
No. Both of those teams suck as does the conference from whence they came.
The Giants lost to the Bengals, that doesn't make the Bengals good.
Both the Cowboys and Redskins should have lost today and we would have a 2 game lead with breathing room. Now we have to beat ATL and BAL away.
Yeah. Because we lost to the crappy Bengals, Eagles, Cowboys and Redskins.
Don't ask someone else to do your work for you.
Well if the Giants can play the rest of the season like they did tonight, then it won't matter how many wins the Skins and Boys get. We can win out, and as the Giants have proven this season (and last), they can pull out the W against the toughest teams, and that's all we have for the rest of the season.
Having the other teams in the division lose wouldn't hurt, but Big Blue still controls their own destiny.
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When a bunch of fun boys start moving out of big cities and into the suburbs. A large amount of them have the look of Keith Urban. They have some kind of fancy haircut and they're always overdressed. They like riding bikes, gardening and riding each other. If they aren't gay, they're into tall pasty white Irish women with red hair and no tits.
Rick: "I saw two men buttfucking near the community church the other day. I ain't ever seen anything like that in this small town."
Stevie: "I know man, it's that God damn Keith Urban Sprawl."
Stevie: "I know man, it's that God damn Keith Urban Sprawl."
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- 6 fresh asparagus spears, trimmed
- 4 eggs
- Dash salt
- Dash pepper
- 1/2 cup diced plum tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons butter, divided
- 1 can (6 ounces) crabmeat, drained, flaked and cartilage removed
- 1/2 cup (2 ounces) provolone cheese, shredded
- Place asparagus in a steamer basket. Place in a saucepan over 1 in. of water; bring to a boil. Cover and steam for 4-5 minutes or until crisp-tender; set aside. In a small bowl, whisk the eggs, salt and pepper. Stir in tomatoes.
- Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a small skillet over medium heat; add half of the egg mixture. As eggs set, lift edges, letting uncooked portion flow underneath. When the eggs are set, spoon half of the crab, asparagus and provolone cheese over one side; fold omelet over filling. Cover and let stand for 1-2 minutes or until cheese is melted. Repeat for second omelet. Yield: 2 servings.
Originally published as Asparagus Crab Omelets in Taste of Home February/March 2004, p31
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And as for Romney's "5 trillion dollar tax cut" that Obama claims.......Romney has NEVER said he would cut taxes by $5 trillion. He said that he would reduce rates by 20% and offset that with elimination of loopholes and deductions for the wealthy.
You do realize that by reducing rates by 20% youre already adding to the deficit, right? In fact it would *gasp* cut $5trillion in revenue!! =O
I'd like to know how tax loopholes are going to add that much money to counter. No really, do we have examples yet?


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Discussion in 'April 2010' started by roscoe36, Nov 3, 2009.
Notable plus/minus: Chucky +6 CV +16 Ben Wallace -12
The good thing about the recent two wins is that it increases our ping pong balls chances next season.
That's only a good thing if we also get a good player out of this year's draft. Getting a high draft pick next year is not a good consolation prize for having an awful year and then winning too many games at the end of the season to get a high pick this year.
Its sad to state that Chucky a player who probably won't be on next seasons team is giving us +'s that may move us out of the real lotto pick.
Glad to see someone understanding that Gordon is far better defensive player (better that Stuckey) then is normally recognized. You are quite right about calling out his sloppy ball handling at times. One of the problems I see, is that is has never developed an automatic cross-over dribble that comes second nature to him. He has exceptional lateral quickness and a great change of speed/directions. His problems occur when he goes on auto-pilot (usually in the 20-25 ft. range)and is thinking purely in shooting mode and doesn't keep the defender honest with his potential moves. AI (much like DWillams) always brakes the rhythmic vertical plane with lateral, mis-directional cross-overs. Makes a big difference for a PG. Just another great write-up and I never miss one. Keep up the good analysis.
What's the difference between a cross-over and a lateral, mis-directional cross-over?
I understand your enthusiasm, but they are hardly our core. Some big development needs to happen over the summer for Daye and Jerebko. The latter needs to understand how the 4 position works, because his future is there. Daye (the third best shooter on the club behind RIP and Bengo, but gaining) needs to develop some post moves and one-step back turn-arounds (ala McHale and Dirk) to mix easily between the 3-4 positions. The latter of course means that he must compete at these positions because, quite naturally, he would want more playing time to score. Much will depend on him and how his tweets are manufactured. Stuckey is at his limits and this is especially so because he comes cheap and will continue to be through next year. Then the big decision. His future with the Pistons (playing time) will depend on what JD does this summer.
Depends on the defensive player (quick hands as most PG's have) and the game situation. Many times it occurs as second-nature and for a new-by (like Gordon) means he has to think about it. A conscious decision where he must make it happen. So my original breakdown did try to comment on the natural occurrence and one that must be learned. I used different definitions for each.
Aren't all cross-overs lateral change of directions, though?
Sarcasm? Gordon is absolutely not a better defensive player than Stuckey. I wouldn't say Stuckey is anything better than average defensively (at times he can be great) but I have a hard time picking between Gordon and Bynum on this team for who lets his man blow by him more often. Couple that with their inability to contest shots, it usually results in a big night for the opposing back court.
Yeah, there are definitely holes in his game - like you said, from his propensity to look for an outside shot when on the perimeter. However, compared to Rip, Gordon is much more able to control the ball while driving to the basket (provided he does not get checked at the perimeter.) Man, I sure do miss Billups in this respect. He had guys so off balance sometimes - but of course that speed diminished some of late. Still effective though, far beyond what Gordon or Rip can do. Stuckey can do a lot - but the problem then is his decision making once he is on the way toward the paint area. Bynum? Maybe if he was taller, more reach, he would be more effective passer out of the paint area. But the team, for both Bynum and Stuckey should be crashing to the basket with him more to give easy dropoff ops. Well, the team is changing as of late with Rip out. Less standing around waiting for Rip to work for a shot - and more energy toward moving to the hoop. Things are looking up for the moment, but this season as a whole is wasted. While on the subject, my take on Kuester. I don't like excuses. The last thing on earth he had most of the season as a priority was winning games. Then again, my take on Dumars is getting pretty darn low - letting a string of coaches make the same mistake - not expanding the rotation. Flip actually started his last season for us using an expanded rotation - but completely reverted by the time the playoffs came around and led a tired, bruised up team into the playoffs when he could have had a fresh group of players capable of going far. Kuester had the opportunity to have a great season - but that meant playing guys like Tay light minutes that he can actually handle, playing Ben Wallace only the minutes he could handle while running hard play after play. He got the crazy notion that Kwame had to be a featured player, completely misidentifying this role player. And he went into the regular season with the notion that the rookies would not play. Bad mistake. Young, multi-talented players with tons of energy should not be left to rot on the bench. Sure, JJ got into a lot of games due to all the injuries, but meanwhile possibly two guys that might have helped us win games more readily vs. JJ sat. (Daye and Summers.) Other blunders, keeping Wilcox in the rotation long after it was obvious his back was too far gone to play effectively. Letting Atkins play a huge role - despite playing consistently losing basketball, much of the season. A bit more of slamming Kuester. Perhaps he has learned some now. Perhaps not. He has no pressure on him to win at all at this point. No possibility to make the playoffs. He has done what his history suggests he does, lose. Early in the season, what we saw is him making plans, but forgetting any and all plans during the game. We saw him make very poor plans too. When the pressure is again on him next season, will he again become the incompetent coach he was at the beginning of this season? Will he shelve the younsters when everyone returns healthy for next season? And if there are injuries, will he consistently choose to let injured, ineffective vets play over promising young players? (That right there lost us a ton of games - CV, Gordon, Rip, Tay all played when it was clearly hurting the team to let them play themselves out of an injury.) And will Kuester learn the lesson - does he even notice - that a jump shooting game promoted by Rip hurts the team? Can he keep this team on track - attacking the basket most of the time - to the point the outside shot then becomes much more uncontested and makeable? He says he is his own guy - not a clone of his mentor, Brown. Just maybe, as far as basketball strategy, he should rethink that.
Good analysis of the team, Lee. I disagree about Kuester, though. I think he is a fine coach. Only time will tell, I guess.
If you are on a nude beach with a h**d-on and wearing trunks, it's a lot less exposing if you get rid of them. And you had that coming.
Nope. None intended. I disagree. That is intended and also was your expected response.
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