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Steven Ciccone battled cerebral palsy, became a star chef, then his Metro-North train derailed
Steven Ciccone was a master pastry chef. His life changed after his train crashed in 2013 at Spuyten Duyvil
Steven Ciccone battled cerebral palsy, became a star chef, then his Metro-North train derailed Steven Ciccone was a master pastry chef. His life changed after his train crashed in 2013 at Spuyten Duyvil Check out this story on lohud.com: https://www.lohud.com/story/news/investigations/2018/11/28/spuyten-duyvil-derailment-steven-ciccone/1835860002/
Thomas C. Zambito, Rockland/Westchester Journal News Published 6:00 a.m. ET Nov. 28, 2018 | Updated 7:32 a.m. ET Dec. 2, 2018
Many have settled claims against the railroad. As of February, Metro-North had paid out $60 million in legal fees and settlements, making it the costliest accident in the railroad's 35-year history.
Steven Ciccone, 35, walks on the High Line in the Chelsea section of New York City on Wednesday, October 31, 2018. Ciccone was born with cerebral palsy, he's suing Metro-North for the brain injury he says he sustained after Hudson Line Train 8808 crashed in the Bronx on Dec. 1, 2013, killing four and injuring dozens of others.(Photo: John Meore/The Journal News)Buy Photo
Metro-North sent a private investigator to watch Steven Ciccone while he taught a chocolate-making class
Former New York City police officer Eddie Russell, a passenger aboard the derailed train, settled his claim against the railroad for $450,000.
Steven Ciccone made cakes for Whitney Houston, Cyndi Lauper and Rosie O'Donnell
When he was a boy, no more than 2 years old, Steven Ciccone tumbled to the ground on legs weakened by cerebral palsy.
"Why don't you just pick him up, lady?" passersby asked Terri Cronin as mother and son made their way through a mall near their home in Portsmouth, Virginia.
Cronin pretended not to hear. Her son leaned against her and pulled himself up.
"I'd get lots of stares and people pointing their fingers saying what a bad mother I was for making him do that," Cronin recalls.
From that came a boy determined to get up on his feet.
While others his age were outside playing on legs sturdier than his, Ciccone was tearing through his mother's kitchen cabinet, pulling out his grandmother's cake pans to create another masterpiece of sugar and flour.
SPUYTEN DUYVIL DERAILMENT: 5 years later
DERAILMENT: By the numbers
At 11, he was helping out in a bakery near his home. By 30, he had a degree from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park and celebrity status in his hometown as a cake decorator making regular appearances on the local TV station.
Steven Ciccone, 35, sits on a bench on the High Line in the Chelsea section of New York City on Wednesday, October 31, 2018. Ciccone was born with cerebral palsy, he's suing Metro-North for the brain injury he says he sustained after Hudson Line Train 8808 crashed in the Bronx on Dec. 1, 2013, killing four and injuring dozens of others. (Photo: John Meore/The Journal News)
He created cakes for Whitney Houston, Rosie O'Donnell, Cyndi Lauper, Adam Lambert and Gavin DeGraw, while winning awards in international competitions like the Salon of Culinary Arts competition sponsored by the Société Culinaire Philanthropique.
In an instant, it all came crashing down.
Ciccone was riding in a Metro-North train destined for Grand Central Terminal on Dec. 1, 2013, when it derailed on the approach to the Spuyten Duyvil station in the Bronx. Ciccone was thrown into the side of the car. When the train settled a few feet from the Hudson River, Ciccone found himself pinned to the floor by a seat that had come unhinged. Rescue personnel formed a human chain to lift him from the train.
His doctors say he suffered a traumatic brain injury and a post-traumatic stress disorder. He's been unable to return to the work he loved, his energy sapped by the toll the crash took on his body and mind.
"Life is a bell curve and I was just at the crest," said Ciccone.
For the past five years, Ciccone and his lawyers have traded punches with Metro-North in a pitched battle over compensation for life-altering injuries they say were due to the railroad's negligence. Ciccone says the railroad went so far as to spy on him while he taught a chocolate-making class in Virginia.
Steven Ciccone, seated center, is joined by members of his chocolate-making class in Norfolk, Va. in 2014. (Photo: Courtesy: Steven Ciccone)
Four passengers were killed when Metro-North engineer William Rockefeller fell asleep at the controls of Hudson Line train 8808 while it sped through a curve more than 50 miles over the posted limit.
Dozens were injured.
Five years later, many of them live with the mental and physical scars from an accident federal safety investigators say could have been prevented if Metro-North had installed a backup safety system that automatically slows speeding trains.
"This is my lot," said Ciccone, 35. "I have accepted the death of the former Steven Ciccone but as I still mourn for all I lost and the death of other passengers, I am just getting to know the new Steven Ciccone. I am grateful to still be alive."
This is the story of a survivor of the deadliest derailment in Metro-North's history. It's a tale of despair and recovery whose final chapter is still waiting to be written.
It is based on interviews, emails, text messages, court papers and correspondence shared with The Journal News/lohud in recent months.
On the morning of the crash, Ciccone left his aunt's house in Wappingers Falls, on his way to Penn Station so he could make his way to a friend's house in New Jersey.
He was seated in the third car from the front, crocheting a scarf for a friend and listening to gospel music that had become the soundtrack of his life from the day he was introduced to it on Sunday mornings back in Portsmouth.
"I remember hearing the rattle but to experienced riders of the train that sound is momentary," Ciccone said. "It didn't sound out of the ordinary but then as that noise didn't go away and it got louder and louder and louder, I thought 'OK now we have a problem.' "
The train was speeding out of control on a sharp left hand curve marked for 30 mph.
"I remember the man's face that was sitting across the aisle," Ciccone said. "I remember the look of terror on his face as he was falling towards me and a light fell from the ceiling and the train car flipped on its side. I hit the wall and the next thing I knew there was a heavy train seat and two people on top of me."
A man and woman got up and moved the seat out of the way. Ciccone was transported to a hospital in Washington Heights where he called his mother. She was in the kitchen having coffee with her father.
"I think I'm OK but it's pretty chaotic here," he told her.
"I wanted to go, I was ready," said Cronin, recently retired from a job training school bus drivers as a safety specialist for Portsmouth schools. "He told me because he was in the emergency room there was nothing I could do, no place for me to stay."
She waited by the phone for days. "It was awful," she said.
He was going to get through it himself. Like at the mall.
The lawsuit
In 2014, Ciccone filed a lawsuit against Metro-North in state Supreme Court in the Bronx, claiming, among other things, that the derailment could have been prevented if Metro-North had installed technology that automatically puts the brakes on speeding trains.
Identical claims have been lodged by other survivors as well as the families of the four who died.
Many have already settled claims against the railroad. As of February, Metro-North had paid out $60 million in legal fees and settlements stemming from the crash, making it the costliest accident in the railroad's 35-year history.
Dozens of other passenger claims are still pending.
In most cases, Metro-North conceded liability, meaning it has accepted responsibility for the accident. The only decision remaining is how much compensation is owed.
In Ciccone's case, that has fueled a debate over his injuries that has, at times, become contentious.
In 2014, Metro-North deployed a private investigator to watch Ciccone while he taught a class on chocolate making at Wine & Cake Hobbies Inc. in Norfolk, the place where he got his start learning cake decorating as a young man, according to court records.
A surveillance report obtained by The Journal News/lohud shows a minute-by-minute breakdown of Ciccone's movements.
At 1:52 p.m.: "The claimant pulled a walking cane from next to the refrigerator and moved it to the hallway area."
3:09 p.m.: "The claimant called the class over to a table on the side of the room. He put latex gloves on his hands and began instructing the class on how to make caramel popcorn covered in chocolate. He demonstrated all steps to the class."
4:02 p.m. "The claimant walked to the other side of the room. He stood at a table and demonstrated how to agitate chocolate. He also talked about his future plans of getting back into touring the world and participating in 'celebrity chef' again."
Metro-North, citing pending litigation, refused to comment on their attorneys' use of a private investigator.
Attorneys who have gone up against Metro-North say such a move is typical of a railroad that has aggressively defended itself in litigation over the derailment, a stance they say is designed to force quick settlements.
"They did not hire any investigators in my case but I'm not surprised," said Robert Vilensky, who represented passenger Eddie Russell, a former New York City police officer from New Windsor who received a $450,000 settlement in April. "It's what they do."
Ciccone's attorney, Frank Floriani, criticized the move.
"It's outrageous." Floriani said. "It is unfortunate that Metro-North has to stoop down to this level in an attempt to get dirt where there is none to get."
It is not the first time Metro-North has taken similar steps to protect its interests in litigation stemming from the derailment.
In 2016, The Journal News/lohud reported that Metro-North informed Samuel Rivera, a Metro-North air conditioning mechanic paralyzed in the 2013 derailment, that it was cutting him off from his $85,000-a-year salary while he was still in a nursing home.
Rivera's lawyer accused Metro-North of refusing to pay for modifications to his Ossining home so Rivera could get out of thenursing home. Months later, the case settled for an undisclosed amount.
Time doesn't heal wounds
Since the accident, Ciccone has been through hours-long depositions and lengthy evaluations by doctors hired by Metro-North as well as his own.
"This is not a situation where time heals all wounds," Ciccone said. "Every time they make me relive it as vividly as I can possibly express it's like they're hammering it into my soul. I don't really see the need for such torment."
His friends have noticed a change.
The wedding cake that won Steven Ciccone a gold medal in a competition held by the Societe by Culinaire Philanthropique de New York. (Photo: Courtesy Jacqueline Curtis)
He once was able to spend hours on the most delicate of tasks, like using a piping bag for hours on end until the intricate string work on his cakes was just how he wanted it. Now, such a task it would take him twice as long, his friends say.
"That was his personality, perfection," said Jacqueline Curtis, one of Ciccone's former students who herself became a master decorator. "He didn't do anything halfway…So when he had the accident it ended Steven and everything he worked so hard for."
Zach Martin, a friend who worked at Ciccone's side for several contests, agreed.
"He was just a very determined person," Martin said. "He always got things done. I would wish people could see the before and after. This is a totally different person. You can see how he's trying to be the same person but he's not. It's sad to see."
Steven Ciccone, 35, walks on the High Line in the Chelsea section of New York City on Wednesday, October 31, 2018. Ciccone was born with cerebral palsy, he's suing Metro-North for the brain injury he says he sustained after Hudson Line Train 8808 crashed in the Bronx on Dec. 1, 2013, killing four and injuring dozens of others. (Photo: John Meore/The Journal News)
In October, Ciccone agreed to meet in New York City to take pictures at a favorite spot -- along the High Line in Chelsea. The above-ground park, built on out-of-use rail road tracks on Manhattan's West Side, was a favorite spot for reflection when Ciccone was living in the area in the years after graduating from the Culinary Institute.
He lived there until a few months before the accident when he needed surgery for a medical procedure and had to stop working for several months.
The time spent on the High Line exhausted Ciccone as he tried to describe what he'd been through while negotiating his way through crowds of foreign tourists posing for pictures. Afterward he headed back to a friend's house on Long Island and prepared for more doctor's visits.
Steven Ciccone with his student Jacqueline Curtis (center) and his longtime mentor Betty VanNorstrand. (Photo: Courtesy Jacqueline Curtis)
"I was on the 3 p.m. train and went to bed at 6," he wrote the next day. "It took a lot of energy to successfully walk, talk & think…Isn't the High Line amazing? I love it up there."
Since the accident he has moved back in with his mother in Virginia.
"The road to recovery has been a difficult one to travel," he wrote last month. "Thankfully, my life has always been full of courageous individuals. After this bomb went off in our lives they began working overtime in what was often a very painful job…Can you imagine being 35 and trying to plan the rest of your life with physical & emotional damage that was not your fault?"
He has thrown himself into his rehabilitation, the physical and the mental, asking questions, too many questions, like he did when he was a boy and doctors tried to describe to him the impact that cerebral palsy had on his body. His condition primarily impacts the muscles in his legs and he's required surgery to improve his gait.
"I taught him at a young age when he was having surgeries and seeing doctors to ask why all the time," Cronin said. "I just told him straight up what was going on and what was being done. And that way he always knew."
She raised him and his two younger brothers mostly by herself after divorce.
She knows he doesn't much like being back home.
"I just hope he can put this behind him and maybe go back to New York where he would like to be," Cronin said.
Whether he can recapture his past in the field that embraced him from an early age is unclear.
"The people in the cake world, they wonder where he went," Cronin said. "He was on TV. Everybody knew him. And then it was like he fell off the face of the earth."
PAYOUTS: Metro-North's legal costs soar to $90M for Spuyten Duyvil and other rail accidents
DERAILMENT: Four years after Spuyten Duyvil, Metro-North struggles to find its way
PROBE: Lohud probe of Bronx derailment spurs call for safety fix
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LSD (Acid)
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NOTES #
The primary health concerns about LSD use are related to psychological health rather than risk of physical damage to the body or brain. As senior LSD researcher Dr. David Nichols, Distinguished Chair of Pharmacology at Purdue University and head of one of the world's top LSD research labs, stated in his 2004 review article on hallucinogens, "There is no evidence that any of the hallucinogens, even the very powerful semisynthetic LSD, causes damage to any human body organ. [...] Hallucinogens do not cause life-threatening changes in cardiovascular, renal, or hepatic function because they have little or no affinity for the biological receptors and targets that mediate vital vegetative functions."1 Deaths resulting from the pharmacological effects of LSD are rare to non-existent.
However, like all psychoactive drugs, LSD can induce cognitive and emotional alterations that can greatly affect behavior. With psychedelics such as LSD, there can be powerful and unexpected changes in thinking and perception. While under the influence of these drugs, an individual can exhibit poor judgement and delusional behavior, leading to accidents or dangerous situations. In those individuals predisposed toward certain psychiatric conditions, hallucinogens may precipitate psychotic responses or depression. In some individuals, long-lasting anxiety and/or depression may result from the unpleasant experiences and frightening visions that occurred during the psychedelic experience.
Experienced users often caution new users of psychedelics about the dangers of inebriated behavior and a common fear while inebriated that the effects of the drug will be permanent. One bit of popular trip wisdom highlights some risks of LSD use: "Cars are real. Cliffs are real. Cops are real. You cannot fly. It's never a good time to die. And don't forget: you will eventually come down." Sober sitters or psychotherapeutic guides are often suggested as a means of substantially reducing the risk related to adverse mental and physical events that may be associated with LSD use. Individuals have also been encouraged to prepare themselves psychologically for the experience, by being ready to accept whatever emerges out of their psyche ("I love this, too... even the snarling spider about to eat me who looks like my mother.").
LSD is reported to have some beneficial effects on health, including improvements in mental health; increased connection to spirituality; insights into self and world; the treatment of cluster headaches; use in combating addiction to other drugs and behaviors; and reducing use of pain medications and anxiety levels in people facing terminal illnesses. Although small-scale clinical studies by legitimate scientific laboratories have suggested these claims may be worthy of further investigation, large-scale clinical studies have yet to be conducted to validate this pilot work.
DEATHS #
Less than a handful of deaths have been directly attributed in the medical literature to the pharmacological effects of LSD, and none of these have been unquestionably attributable to LSD's actions. Estimates of what could be a potentially lethal dose of LSD are higher than 10 mg orally, a dose that is more than 100 times the common, moderate dose of LSD (100 ug). The administration of this amount would require the ingestion of more than 200 units of street blotter, which typically contain about 50 ug of LSD (as of late 2010).
It is important to note that LSD has been associated with deaths as a result of inebriated behavior (falling from a height or fighting with police) or by suicide. There are also occasional deaths misattributed to LSD when another substance was actually taken.2
See LSD Deaths for a discussion of documented LSD-related fatalities.
WARNINGS #
Precipitation of Psychosis. LSD may have the ability to trigger psychotic symptoms in those predisposed to psychosis. This is problematic because psychotic or schizophrenic disorders most frequently manifest in those in their late teens or early twenties, the same age that use of LSD is most common. Individuals with a family history of schizophrenia or early onset mental illness should be extremely careful because LSD is known to trigger latent psychological problems. "Fortunately, however, these drugs do not appear to produce illness de novo in otherwise emotionally healthy persons, but these problems seem to be precipitated in predisposed individuals."1 This adverse event is apparently quite rare: as Dr. Nichols of Purdue University observed in 2004: "A search of Medline in early 2003 for case reports of LSD-induced psychosis found only three reports in the previous 20 years."1
Precipitation of Depression. Experts dispute whether LSD use has been solidly linked to depression resulting in intentional suicide. See LSD Death: Suicide. LSD use, even in the context of formal psychotherapy, has been reported to trigger short-term or lasting depressions in some people.14 LSD psychotherapy researchers in the 1950s and 1960s regularly identified depression following an LSD experience in articles discussing its use. Betty Eisner and Sidney Cohen wrote: "We have observed that a transient depression sometimes follows an LSD-25 session. This may be due to several factors: (1) the inability to integrate all of the unacceptable traumatic material uncovered during the session; (2) the feeling that the necessary effort is too great to be undertaken; (3) "coming back to earth" after a transcendent experience. It is therefore important that some sympathetic person be with the patient during the evening following treatment. A more serious type of depression has been observed to occur when insights acquired under the drug are not translated into the life situation."14 People prone to depression or suicidal thinking may be more likely to suffer this response following exposure to psychedelics.
Dangerous Interaction: Lithium or tricyclic antidepressants. LSD can cause dangerous reactions when used by someone taking lithium or tricyclic antidepressants. Some people report having experienced seizures after ingesting these combinations. Individuals have typically reported an undesirable intensification of the hallucinogenic response that is not akin to "getting higher for free". Such people have reported being unable to communicate with their friends, becoming uncharacteristically violent or going into fugue states (ending up somewhere else without knowing how they got there). In addition, the interaction of lithium and LSD has been reported by some persons to result in seizures in those who do not have a history of this condition. 3,4
Reduction of Response to LSD when taken with SSRI and possibly MAOI drugs. In persons regularly taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) or monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOI) a reduction or abolishment of response to LSD has been reported. This effect is not reversible by taking a higher dose of LSD or by going off the antidepressant for a day or two. It generally appears to take weeks or a month off of an SSRI or MAOI before the full psychedelic response returns. However, it is not advisable to stop taking an antidepressant that is effective just to have an LSD experience.20 As opposed to the diminished effect resulting from chronic use, there have been some reports that the accute use of a MAOI in combination with LSD increases the psychoactive effects; this could be viewed as a sort of ayahuasca-like effect.
HPPD. Hallucinogen Persisting Perceptual Disorder (HPPD) has been reported by individuals who have taken LSD. Although a large portion of LSD users report lasting visual effects, only a small percent of those report these effects as troubling. When lasting visual effects interfere with normal function, these are classified as HPPD, a disorder identified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV-R). See the HPPD Vault.
CAUTIONS #
Dramatic Changes in Thinking. Changes to thought processes, while among the many reasons why people choose to use LSD, can also impair judgement. A sober sitter who assumes responsibility for the welfare of a person under the influence of LSD can reduce the chances of problems caused by impaired judgement. Some LSD-related deaths and injuries have been the result of dangerous behavior such as walking on a freeway, staring at the sun, stepping through a window, or fighting with police. [see Behavioral Fatalities]
Hyperthermia/Overheating. While uncommon, a few cases have been reported in the medical literature of dangerous overheating following ingestion of LSD, including one non-fatal case that brought the patient's body temperature to over 106°F (41°C).6
Anxiety/Panic Reactions. LSD may precipitate awareness of and access to surreal, existential, disorienting, or abstract psychological material resulting in experiences that are difficult to process, horrifically frightening, disturbing, or simply unsettling. These experiences and "insights" may result in lasting confusion about the nature of reality and the solidity of the material world. Individuals in the midst of emotional or psychological upheaval, due to personal history or stress in their everyday lives, are likely to be more prone to such reactions.
PTSD. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that involves recurring unwanted thinking about trip visions, nightmares, and unease related to the LSD experience.
Pregnancy. LSD and other closely related chemicals are known to cause uterine contractions, which may be problematic during a pregnancy. In the mid-20th century, there were many erroneous rumors about the possibility of chromosome damage resulting from the use of LSD during pregnancy. Further research has disproven this theory.10, 13
Breastfeeding. LSD is likely to pass into breast milk although little data is available about how much or for how long. Recommendations range from waiting 24 to 120 hours after LSD use before resuming breastfeeding.7
No Potential for Physical Dependence (Addiction). LSD does not cause physical dependence (as determined by the development of a withdrawal syndrome upon drug discontinuation following long-term administration). It is also not likely to lead to psychological dependence in most people, although there are a few reports of individuals who have taken it daily for months. As with most substances, a few people have reported developing a bad relationship with LSD, where they continue to use the drug despite adverse consequences in their lives. Tolerance (a reduction in response after taking the same dose of a drug on a subsequent occasion) begins with a single dose of LSD, due to a reduction ("down-regulation") of serotonin 5HT2 receptors. This effect is increased following continued use of LSD the next day, but reverses over time. Thus, using LSD two days in a row is likely to lead to a diminished experience the second day, but this effect is less likely if LSD is taken with at least three days in between experiences.
BENEFITS #
Positive Effect on Mood and Life. Most users of LSD report that it has had a positive effect on their life, from simple recreational fun to profound life-changing spiritual experiences. In a survey conducted by Erowid on our website with over 49,000 valid responses, 53.4% of respondents reported that LSD use had affected their lives positively and only 3.4% reported it had a negative effect on their lives. The balance was made up mostly of 21.9% who reported that LSD had "no effect" on their lives over the long term and 17.2% who reported a "mix of positive and negative effects".15
Insights into Self, Other, and World. Perhaps the most commonly reported benefits from LSD are changed perspective and substantive insights into one's life.16
Treatment of Cluster Headaches. User reports by people with a severe form of migraine-like headaches called cluster headaches include descriptions of nearly complete blocking of the painful experiences with the use of LSD, psilocybin, and related compounds. Research into this issue is ongoing.8, 17
Use in Psychotherapy.9
Use in Addiction Treatment. LSD and other psychedelics have been investigated as an adjunct to psychotherapeutic treatment of addiction and alcoholism. Such research stalled in the late 1960s, when prohibition made studies with LSD much more difficult to conduct, and addiction treatment remains an unproven-yet-potential health benefit from LSD.18,21
Reducing End-of-Life Anxiety. LSD and other psychedelics (such as DPT and psilocybin) have been shown to reduce depression, anxiety, and medication needs in some people facing terminal illness. 19
RELATED RESOURCES #
RELATED LINKS #
LSD Dose Information
LSD Deaths
Interactions Between LSD and Antidepressants
Definition of Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder
HEALTH MYTHS #
LSD Does Not Stay in your Body Forever (Erowid 2006)
Take LSD 7 Times & You're Legally Insane? (Erowid 2003)
Bogus Science: LSD and Chromosome Damage (Erowid 2002)
Is Strychnine in LSD? (Erowid 1997)
References #
Nichols DE. "Hallucinogens". Pharmacol Therapeut. 2004;101:131-81.
Erowid. "Reported LSD-Related Death was Not LSD". Erowid.org. Jul 2007. Erowid.org/chemicals/lsd/lsd_media2.shtml
Brown M. "Interactions Between LSD and Antidepressants". Erowid.org. Apr 6, 2002. Erowid.org/chemicals/lsd/lsd_health3.shtml
Various Authors "Erowid Experience Reports: IDs 31861, 42999, 75153, 37002, 81932". Erowid.org. 2004-2009.
Various Authors "Erowid Experience Reports: IDs 64918, 5549, 14788, 4426, 32413". Erowid.org. 2001-2008.
Friedman SA, Hirsch SE. "Extreme Hyperthermia After LSD Ingestion". JAMA. 1971;217:1549-50.
Psilo, Erowid E. "How Long After Ingesting LSD is it Safe to Breast Feed?". Ask Erowid. Dec 4, 2000. Erowid.org/ask/ask.php?ID=231
Erowid. "Cluster Headache Treatment with Psilocybin Mushrooms & LSD". Erowid.org. Dec 17 2000.
Grof S. "LSD Psychotherapy". Hunter House. 1994.
Leavitt F. "Drugs and Behavior". Sage Publications. 1995.
Johnson MW, Richards WA, Griffiths RR. "Human Hallucinogen Research: Guidelines for Safety". J Psychopharmacol. Jul 1, 2008.
Strassman RJ. "Adverse Reactions to Psychedelic Drugs. A Review of the Literature". J Nerv Ment Dis. 1984 Oct;172(10):577-95.
Erowid E. "Bogus Science: LSD and Chromosome Damage". Erowid Extracts. Oct 2002;3:12-15.
Eisner BG, Cohen S. "Psychotherapy with lysergic acid diethylamide". J Nerv Ment Dis. 1958;127:528.
Erowid F, Erowid E. "Erowid Visitors on LSD: The Results of Eight LSD-Related Surveys. Conducted on Erowid Between Oct 2005 and Jan 2006". Erowid Extracts. Jun 2006;10:10-12.
Erowid. "Comments from LSD Survey 8 'How Has LSD Affected Your Life?'". Erowid.org. Jun 2006.
Sewell RA, Halpern JH, Pope HG Jr. "Response of Cluster Headache to Psilocybin and LSD". Neurology. Jun 27, 2006;66(12):1920-2.
Van Dusen W, Wilson W, Miners W, Hook H. "Treatment of Alcoholism with Lysergide" Quart. J. Stud. Alcohol. 1967;28:295-303.
Pahnke WN, Kurland AA, Goodman LE, Richards WA. "LSD-Assisted Psychotherapy with Terminal Cancer Patients" Psychedelic Drugs. 1969;33-42.
Bonson KR, Buckholtz JW, Murphy DL. "Chronic Administration of Serotonergic Antidepressants Attenuates the Subjective Effects of LSD in Humans" Neuropsychopharmacology. 1996 Jun;14(6):425-36.
Mangini M. "Treatment of alcoholism using psychedelic drugs: a review of the program of research" J Psychoactive Drugs. 1998 Oct-Dec;30(4):381-418.
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Neonatal Critical Care| January 01 2003
Heart Period Variability of Intubated Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants During Incubator Care and Maternal Holding
Sandra Lee Smith, PhD, APRN
The University of Utah College of Nursing, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Am J Crit Care (2003) 12 (1): 54–64.
https://doi.org/10.4037/ajcc2003.12.1.54
Sandra Lee Smith; Heart Period Variability of Intubated Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants During Incubator Care and Maternal Holding. Am J Crit Care 1 January 2003; 12 (1): 54–64. doi: https://doi.org/10.4037/ajcc2003.12.1.54
• Background Heart rate has been used to measure infants' physiological stability during skin-to-skin holding. Variability in heart period (interbeat interval), a more sensitive measure of autonomic nervous system tone, has not.
• Objective To describe heart period variability in intubated very-low-birth-weight infants during incubator care and during maternal skin-to-skin holding.
• Design/Methods An experimental, interrupted time series, crossover design was used; infants served as their own controls. Infants were randomly assigned to treatment order: 2 hours of intermittent skin-to-skin holding for 2 consecutive days followed by 2 days of incubator care or vice versa. The analog signal representing heart period was sampled and quantized at 5 Hz via a dedicated computer system in multiple 300-second epochs each day.
• Results Fourteen infants with similar characteristics completed the protocol. The mean interbeat interval was 332 ms during skin-to-skin care and 368 ms during incubator care. Power within the low-and high-frequency regions of heart period was not significantly different between skin-to-skin holding and incubator care. Mean low-frequency power was 124.6 ms2 during skin-to-skin holding and ranged from 51.9 ms2 to 71.4 ms2 during all periods of incubator care. Mean high-frequency power was similar during skin-to-skin holding and incubator care (8.8 ms2 and 6.1 ms2). Infants of 32 to 34 weeks' corrected gestational age had increased power in the low- and high-frequency regions.
• Conclusions Heart period variability did not improve during skin-to-skin holding. Gestationally older infants had increased power in the low- and high-frequency regions, suggesting a maturing autonomic nervous system.
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While other bands just count on their neo satanic attitude or revived old school imagery, Graveyard deliver it all along with stunning tunes that take you on a journey to a long lost decade of true musicianship. Recorded at Atlantis Studios in Stockholm by Janne Hansson, Innocence And Decadence is Graveyard's fourth full-length release. In 2014 and 2015, Graveyard wrapped up tours through North America with Motorhead, Mastodon and Clutch and this Fall the band will head back to the continent as headliners.


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Salon Saffier is een literair theatertje in Utrecht, dat in theatrale vorm aandacht besteedt aan — wel of niet vergeten — overleden schrijvers en dichters, aan literair-historisch interessante figuren. Het theatertje is ongesubsidieerd en opent maandelijks één weekeinde zijn deuren. Met net nog geen 50 stoelen is het een der kleinste theaters in Nederland.

Geschiedenis
Salon Saffier is van start gegaan in december 1995 in de woning van de oprichter, Marijke van Dorst, aan de Saffierhorst (vandaar de naam) in Den Haag, later gebruikmakend van andere podia. Begin 2000 verhuisde Salon Saffier naar Utrecht, eerst op een paar wisselende locaties en vanaf herfst 2000 in een werfkelder aan de Nieuwegracht. Van september 2007 tot herfst 2013 was Salon Saffier gevestigd in een ruimte aan een intiem hofje achter de huizen aan de Herenstraat in het Utrechtse Museumkwartier. Een literair-historische plek, want hier was rond 1915 het kantoor van uitgeverij Bruna gevestigd en in het buurhuis woonde de dichter Martinus Nijhoff in 1940 twee maanden bij zijn Utrechtse vriendin. Begin 2014 vond het theatertje een nieuw onderkomen aan de Wijde Doelen in het zuiden van de Utrechtse binnenstad. Vanaf begin 2019 vinden de voorstellingen plaats in een theaterruimte aan de Boorstraat 107 en soms in een werfkelder aan de Nieuwegracht, beide in Utrecht.

Voorstellingen
Het programma van Salon Saffier bestaat uit eigen producties en kant en klare voorstellingen van derden, altijd van theatrale aard. De vorm kan sterk wisselen: dramatisering van literair werk; voordrachten van literair werk, omkleed met toepasselijke muziek en beelden; interviews met biografen, afgewisseld met beeld en geluid, enz.. Een deel van de eigen producties is in handen van Boris van den Wijngaard, theatermaker en 'huisacteur'. Op verzoek worden de eigen voorstellingen ook elders gespeeld.
Naast het brengen van literaire voorstellingen wordt er ook op andere wijze aandacht besteed aan literair erfgoed, zoals het verzorgen van kleine exposities over leven en werk van de schrijvers bij de desbetreffende voorstellingen en door het organiseren van literaire wandelingen (bijvoorbeeld over de Utrechtse schrijver C.C.S. Crone).

Hoogtepunten
Enkele hoogtepunten in de geschiedenis van Salon Saffier zijn:
het historisch unieke gesprek tussen Couperus-biograaf Frédéric Bastet († 2008) en Van Deyssel-biograaf Harry Prick († 2006)
het portret van de Russische dichteres Anna Achmatova, incognito bezocht door Prinses Irene
adaptaties van werk van Honoré de Balzac en W.F. Hermans
de solo-voorstelling Vrouw alleen naar verhalen van Dorothy Parker
de literaire wandeling Awater achterna – en Nijhoff langs de huizen van Martinus Nijhoff en de plaatsen in zijn gedicht 'Awater' in Utrecht
het festival Fernando Pessoa in Nederland in april 2009, georganiseerd samen met Poëziecircus
de theatrale lezingenserie Schrijvers onder Habsburg
de voorstellingen van acteur Henk van Ulsen († 2009), die graag en regelmatig in Saffier optrad
het themaweekend over de Tachtigers
het weekend over Thomas Mann en zijn familie
de Slauerhoff-voorstelling Verwonderd saam te zijn — het verhaal van een dichter en een danseres
de expositie C.C.S. Crone - Utrechts schrijver - 1914-2014, Stadhuis Utrecht, 7 juli t/m 7 sept. 2014.

Samenwerking
Salon Saffier stond mede aan de wieg van City2Cities - Internationale Literatuurdagen Utrecht, een jaarlijks terugkerend festival waarin steeds twee buitenlandse contrasterende 'literaire' steden samen met gaststad Utrecht centraal staan, maar nu opgevolgd door het Internationaal Literatuur Festival Utrecht (ILFU), en het tweejaarlijkse Festival Literaire Meesters. Voor beide festivals maakt Salon Saffier speciale producties in samenwerking met het Literatuurhuis, Utrecht.

Publicaties
Salon Saffier geeft ook publicaties uit. Al in 2002 was dat een boek met tekeningen en bijbehorende teksten van Franz Kafka - inmiddels bij buitenlandse uitgevers uitgekomen in Duitse, Engelse, Spaanse en zelfs Chinese vertaling.
Mede onder haar verantwoordelijkheid verschenen in het kader van het festival Literaire Meesters in 2009 een bundel aforismen van de Portugese dichter Fernando Pessoa en het jaar erop een bundel nieuw vertaalde teksten van de Spaanse schrijver Federico García Lorca.
In 2011 startte de uitgave van het gratis PDF-tijdschrift De Utrechtse Boekhouder over Utrechts literair erfgoed, vanaf 2012 vergezeld van de boekjesreeks De Utrechtse Boekhoudpers, waarin als eerste deel de in Utrecht geschreven cyclus Infernale Impressies van Willem Kloos. Daarna volgden Geert van Istendael, Reizen in Utrecht, vervolgens De Utrechtse Maliebaen (ca. 1715), een ode van de Utrechtse doopsgezinde textielhandelaar Dionys Oortman, Kruisiging in Utrecht met houtsneden van William D. Kuik en poëzie van Ep Köster, en de dichtbundel Een laatste onderdak van Hans van Straten. Herfst 2013 verschenen Herinnering & De jongen - twee teruggevonden verhalen van W.G. van de Hulst en Utrechtsche brieven (1839) van C.L. Schuller tot Peursum.

Vriendenkring
Sinds 2008 is Salon Saffier een stichting. Deze stichting kent een Vriendenkring. Donateurs hebben recht op één gratis voorstelling per kalenderjaar. De stichting is door de Belastingdienst aangemerkt als een Algemeen Nut Beogende Instelling (ANBI).

Externe links
Salon Saffier
Boris van den Wijngaard
Literatuurhuis Utrecht
Internationaal Literatuur Festival Utrecht
Literaire meesters

Theaterzaal in Utrecht (stad)

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How can we think race, class and gender together when we consider postcapitalist alternatives in the here and now? J.K. Gibson-Graham, among others, have provided rich analyses that encourage us to see how much of our material lives are already not-capitalist. However, gender and race are too often reduced identity politics, and split away from class, so that it remains unclear how, or whether, gender and race are linked to a decentering of capitalism.
A thorough decentering of capitalism requires a more critical examination of the very category of the "economic." Doctrines of gender, race, and colonial modernity are built into contemporary notions of the national and world "economies," into our perceptions of scale. Equally, the concept of community is oftentimes romanticized in ways that render invisible its connections to markets, commodification and dispossession. Colin Danby will make the case for reworking modernist categoeries of the local and global. S. Charusheela will re-open subjectivity, demonstrating a robust alternative to the opposition of class and identity.
Please note that this event will be in English.


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Marcial Antonio Lafuente Estefanía (Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha; 1903-Madrid, 7 de agosto de 1984) fue un popular escritor español de unas dos mil seiscientas novelas del Oeste, considerado el máximo representante de dicho género en español. Además de publicar como M. L. Estefanía, utilizó seudónimos como Tony Spring, Arizona, Dan Lewis o Dan Luce y para firmar novelas rosas María Luisa Beorlegui y Cecilia de Iraluce. Las novelas publicadas bajo su nombre han sido escritas, o bien por él, o bien por sus hijos, Francisco o Federico, o por su nieto Francisco Lafuente, por lo que es posible encontrar novelas "inéditas" de Marcial Lafuente Estefanía.

Biografía

Vida personal
Marcial Antonio Lafuente Estefanía nació en 1903 en Toledo, era hijo del abogado, periodista y escritor Federico Lafuente López-Elías, que contaba entre sus obras un El Romancero del Quijote (1916). Aprendió de su padre a amar el teatro clásico del Siglo de Oro, que llegó a conocer muy bien; sin embargo, quiso estudiar ingeniería industrial y ejerció en España, África y América. Entre 1928 y 1931 recorrió gran parte de los Estados Unidos, lo que habrá de servirle para ambientar sus historias, cuyos detalles de atmósfera y localización son rigurosos.

Se casó con María Luisa Beorlegui Carril, y tuvieron dos hijos, Francisco María Lafuente Beorlegui y Federico María Lafuente Beorlegui, quienes colaboraron en la producción literaria de su padre. El matrimonio vivió en Madrid, pero Marcial fue un enamorado de Arenas de San Pedro (Ávila), donde residió mucho tiempo y donde su esposa falleció el 28 de julio de 1975, a los 71 años.  Marcial falleció de pulmonía a los 81 y fue enterrado en el cementerio de la Almudena, donde es posible contemplar su nicho.

Guerra Civil
Una vez iniciada la Guerra Civil española, se afilió a la Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) y ejerció como tercer teniente de alcalde y concejal en Chamartín de la Rosa (hoy barrios de Madrid) entre diciembre de 1936 y marzo de 1938. El 5 de marzo de 1938, se alistó voluntario en el Ejército Popular, y llegó a ser nombrado general de Artillería del Ejército Republicano en el frente de Toledo. El 28 de marzo de 1939 con la guerra ya perdida, decidió no exiliarse y se entregó al bando sublevado en Ciudad Real, por lo que padeció cárcel varias veces.

Fue en prisión cuando comenzó a escribir de forma concienzuda, aprovechando cualquier trozo de papel:

Durante la guerra, el escritor y dramaturgo Enrique Jardiel Poncela le había dado un consejo: «Escribe para que la gente se divierta, es la única forma de ganar dinero con esto». Ese fue el fundamento de su manera de escribir; desde el principio buscó la amenidad, prescindió de largas descripciones y trabajó los diálogos, con unos modismos muy característicos y una acción disparada.

Inicio de carrera literaria
Al salir en libertad, y sin poder ejercer como ingeniero, comenzó a publicar en Cíes, una pequeña editorial de Vigo, obras policíacas o románticas. Sus primeras novelas las firmó bajo los pseudónimos de "Tony Spring" o "Arizona", las románticas bajo el nombre de su esposa, "María Luisa Beorlegui" y como "Cecilia de Iraluce", aunque usó otros seudónimos como "Dan Luce" y "Dan Lewis". Comenzó a publicar novelas del oeste con las siglas ML Estefanía -que algunos confundieron con María Luisa- o con su nombre Marcial Lafuente Estefanía, en la Editorial Bruguera, de la cual fue uno de los principales activos junto con otra novelista popular, Corín Tellado, y las publicaciones de historietas.

La novela del oeste
Escribió su primera novela del oeste en 1943: La mascota de la pradera (Ediciones Maisal: Biblioteca Aventuras, n.º. 78), y firmó un contrato con la Bruguera que le llevaría a producir dos mil seiscientas novelitas en formato octavilla de no más de cien páginas. Para componerlas, se inspiró en el teatro clásico español del Siglo de Oro, sustituyó los personajes del XVII por los arquetipos representativos del oeste. Estas violentas historias inundaron España e Hispanoamérica y se hicieron muy populares como literatura de pasatiempo incluso en Estados Unidos, donde la universidad de Texas las grabó para que los ciegos de origen hispano pudieran escucharlas. Sabedor de que sus novelas se leían en los Estados Unidos, cuidaba mucho la verosimilitud histórica, geográfica y botánica del Oeste norteamericano, para lo cual recurría a tres libros en particular: una obra muy completa de historia de Estados Unidos, un atlas muy antiguo de este país, donde aparecían los pueblos de la época de la conquista del Oeste, y una guía telefónica en la que encontraba los nombres de sus personajes.

La novela del oeste, tal como la configuró Estefanía, principal representante del género, constaba de unas cien páginas de impresión barata y muy característica, semejantes al pulp norteamericano; se escribía y publicaba una por semana y se vendían a duro (cinco pesetas) cada una; y, con la devaluación, a veinticinco pesetas. A veces bastaba con comprar una y, tras ser leída, se podía devolver al quiosquero para, por un precio inferior, conseguir otra. De esa manera las tiradas resultaban engañosas, pues aunque eran muy crecidas y baratas, una misma novela podía ser leída por decenas de personas. La obra de Estefanía alcanzó reediciones continuas de treinta mil ejemplares.

Desde 1958 sus dos hijos Francisco y Federico comenzaron a colaborar con su padre en la escritura de sus novelas, llegó a escribirlas bajo el nombre genérico del padre y, tras el fallecimiento de Federico, también su nieto Francisco Lafuente continuó su legado. Tan prolífica es la pluma familiar que —aún bajo el sello de Bruguera mexicana—, su obra de western continúa en circulación a lo largo de América Latina y los Estados Unidos.

Ya mayor, el veterano escritor intentó publicar sin éxito una novela seria, El maleficio de Toledo, fruto de sus notables conocimientos históricos sobre la ciudad natal.

Véase también
 Literatura popular española
 Novela del oeste
 Viejo Oeste
 Wéstern

Fuentes y referencias

Bibliografía
 Ramón Charlo, "Marcial Lafuente Estefanía y sus compañeros: los escritores de la novela del oeste", en VV. AA., La novela popular en España, Vol. 2, 2001, págs. 113-142. ISBN 84-931827-1-0

Enlaces externos
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El mejor escritor del Oeste era español en El Mundo.es
Biografía en Manchegos ilustres
Biografía en Bolsilibros Bruguera

Escritores de la provincia de Toledo
Escritores de España del siglo XX
Escritores en español del siglo XX
Novelistas de España del siglo XX
Escritores de aventuras
Escritores de la Comunidad de Madrid
Novela popular española
Novelistas románticos de España
Nacidos en Toledo
Sepultados en el cementerio de La Almudena
Fallecidos en Madrid


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AAA: SWB (44-40) won 9-6. As expected, Tyler Wade was called up. 3 hits, 2 HR, 4 RBI CF Clint Frazier. RF Shane Robinson 3 hits. 1B Billy McKinney 3 hits, 1 RBI. DH Zack Zehner 2 hits, 2 RBI. LF Mark Payton 2 hits, RBI. Solo HR C Wilkin Castillo.
Cortes (W, 3-3, 3.43) 6 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 5 H, 0 W, 4 K.
AA: Trenton (49-36) won 8-2. CF Trey Amburgey 2 hits, 3 RBI. RF Devyn Bolasky 4 for 4, RBI. SS Kyle Holder (just up from high A tampa) 2 hits, RBI. 3B Mandy Alvarez 3 hits.
Low A: Charleston (42-39) won 7-4. DH Pablo Olivares 2 hits, RBI. 2 hits, LF Carlos Vidal.
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✿ Hi and welcome to my den. c: It's a place for people to get to know each other and to have fun. This forum is full of wonderful people and I would like to know as many of them as I can.
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Hit Period Drama Victoria Returns to WTTW The MASTERPIECE series premieres Sunday, January 13 at 8:00 pm on WTTW11 and wttw.com/watch
Chicago, IL - December 26, 2018
It is 1848, and revolution is breaking out across Europe. In Britain, one woman stands between order and chaos: Queen Victoria. Jenna Coleman (Doctor Who) stars as the young but fearless monarch, facing a crisis that threatens to end her reign, on Victoria, Season 3, premiering on Sunday, January 13 at 8:00 pm on WTTW11, wttw.com/watch and the PBS app. This is the first time U.S. PBS stations will air the series before stations in the U.K.
WTTW members will also have a chance to be among the first in the U.S. to see the highly anticipated premiere at a Chicago History Museum watch party on Tuesday, January 8.
A coproduction of Mammoth Screen and MASTERPIECE, Victoria is created, written, and executive produced by Daisy Goodwin. The series was a runaway hit during its first two seasons, with The New York Times calling it "tremendously engaging…immediately gratifying." The Boston Globe pronounced it, "captivating," and Paste Magazine proclaimed, "Victoria is a royal masterpiece."
Continuing the story of Victoria's rule over the largest empire the world has ever known, Victoria, Season 3 introduces fascinating new historical characters, including Laurence Fox (Inspector Lewis) as the vainglorious Lord Palmerston, who crosses swords with the queen over British foreign policy. Also vexing the queen this season is Kate Fleetwood (Harlots) as Victoria's devoted but troubled half-sister, Princess Feodora, who seeks refuge at Buckingham Palace due to political unrest back home in Germany.
Other new characters include John Sessions (Outlander) as reformist Prime Minister John Russell, and Lily Travers (Kingsman) as the beguiling Duchess of Monmouth.
Returning are Tom Hughes (Dancing on the Edge) as Victoria's devoted, obsessive husband, Prince Albert; Nell Hudson (Outlander) as the queen's chief dresser, Nancy Skerrett; Ferdinand Kingsley (Borgia) as Charles Francatelli, the royal chef and cookbook king; plus a host of others.
As Season 3 gets underway, Victoria is pregnant with her sixth child. But she has much else on her mind, chiefly the Revolutions of 1848, when the downtrodden throughout Europe begin agitating for the overthrow of aristocratic rule.
In England, this discontent leads to Chartism, a set of demands for universal male suffrage, the secret ballot, equal representation for voters and other reforms that were considered radical by leading political figures during Victoria's reign. As with many crusades, passions are aroused on both sides—sometimes violently. At the time, who knew if events might turn out like the French Revolution, which resorted to widespread use of the guillotine?
Passion is also an issue in the bedroom at Buckingham Palace, where Victoria is reluctant to risk more pregnancies. Parents now of six, Victoria and Albert find themselves at odds about their offspring, especially the troubled Bertie, the role of the monarchy, and increasingly with each other.
The third season of Victoria was commissioned by ITV's Head of Drama, Polly Hill, and production is being overseen by Senior Drama Commissioner Victoria Fea for ITV. It is being executive produced by Damien Timmer, Kate McKerrell and Daisy Goodwin for Mammoth Screen, and Rebecca Eaton for MASTERPIECE. The series is being produced by David Boulter (Dickensian), and Geoff Sax (Tipping The Velvet) is directing the first block.
Victoria is distributed by ITV Studios Global Entertainment and has been sold to 189 countries worldwide.
WTTW is the PBS member station in Chicago, committed to creating and presenting unique media content across distinct television and digital channels – WTTW11, WTTW Prime, WTTW Create/WTTW World, WTTW PBS Kids 24/7, wttw.com and the PBS/WTTW video app. Recognized for award-winning journalism and local productions such as Chicago Tonight, Chicago River Tour, Check, Please!, the digital-first series Urban Nature and Chefs Off the Clock and the national productions 10 That Changed America, Soundstage, and Nature Cat, WTTW presents the very best in public affairs, arts and culture, nature and science, history and documentary, and children's public media content. Connect with WTTW on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.
About MASTERPIECE
Winner of 86 Primetime Emmys® and 16 Peabody Awards, MASTERPIECE has been essential Sunday night viewing for millions of fans since 1971. Rebecca Eaton is the executive producer of the series. Funding for MASTERPIECE is provided by Viking and Farmers Insurance® with additional support from public television viewers and contributors to The MASTERPIECE Trust. Presented on PBS by WGBH Boston, MASTERPIECE is known for recent hits such as Sherlock, Downton Abbey and Victoria, and beloved classics such as Upstairs Downstairs, Prime Suspect, The Forsyte Saga and Poldark.