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Posted by: IceWizard - 09-05-2023, 09:01 PM - Forum: World News
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Steve Harwell,
Smash Mouth Founding Singer,
Dead at 56
"Walkin' on the Sun" and "All Star" vocalist announced his retirement in 2021
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STEVE HARWELL, who cofounded the band Smash Mouth in 1994, has died at the age of 56,
band manager Robert Hayes confirmed. The musician, best known for hits like “All Star” and
“I’m a Believer,” died at his home in Boise, ID “surrounded by family and friends.”
Harwell had been in hospice care following medical complications. The cause of death was liver failure,
Hayes told Rolling Stone.
Hayes said Harwell “passed peacefully and comfortably.” In a statement to Rolling Stone, he offered
a lengthy tribute to the artist, who was a staple of Nineties rock music and saw success with multiple
albums and singles, selling more than 10 million albums with his band worldwide.
“Steve has been retired from Smash Mouth for two years now, and the band continues to tour with new
vocalist Zach Goode,” Hayes said. “That said, Steve’s legacy will live on through the music. With Steve,
Smash Mouth has sold over 10 Million albums worldwide-wide and topped the charts with two #1 hit singles,
five Top 40 singles, three Hot 100 singles, four Billboard 200 albums and a Grammy nomination not to
mention the hundreds of film and television placements and of course those musical features in Shrek.”
He continued, “Steve’s iconic voice is one of the most recognizable voices from his generation. He loved
the fans and loved to perform. Steve Harwell was a true American original. A larger than life character
who shot up into the sky like a Roman candle. Steve should be remembered for his unwavering focus and
impassioned determination to reach the heights of pop stardom. And the fact that he achieved this
near-impossible goal with very limited musical experience makes his accomplishments all the more remarkable.
His only tools were his irrepressible charm and charisma, his fearlessly reckless ambition, and his king-size
cajones. Steve lived a 100 percent full-throttle life. Burning brightly across the universe before burning out.”
While Harwell has not been an official member of Smash Mouth since 2021, he and bassist Paul Delisle are
the only two original band members who had remained consistent through the majority of the group’s run.
Harwell began his music career in San Jose, California as a rapper with the group F.O.S. (Freedom of Speech).
After the group’s demise, he began working with his friend, drummer Kevin Coleman in 1990. Later, he teamed
up with guitarist Greg Camp and bassist Paul Delisle. The four-piece issued two demos that garnered airplay
at a local radio station. They soon performed at a summer festival alongside No Doubt and Beck.
Their debut album, Fush Yu Mang, arrived in 1997 via Interscope and spawned “Walkin’ on the Sun,”
a Number One hit on Billboard’s Modern Rock Tracks chart that reached Number Two on the Hot 100 chart.
The band’s sophomore set, 1999’s Astro Lounge, incorporated more pop and was more musically diverse
than its ska-influenced predecessor. It also spawned “All Star,” their biggest hit of their career. The song
appeared in numerous film soundtracks, including the first Shrek movie and helped propel the album to
triple-platinum status. Their cover of the Monkees’ “I’m a Believer” also appeared in 2001’s Shrek.
Harwell spoke of Astro Lounge’s new direction and had a message for the band’s detractors in a 1999
interview with Rolling Stone. “A lot of people said that we weren’t talented enough to do that type of sh*t.
Well, we did it, and I want them to eat their words. We got slagged so much by people who wanted us to fail,”
he said. “Even friends want you to fail. They’d get a good laugh if I fell flat on my face. We did this record
to let people know, “Hey, don’t f*ck with us. We built this team and nobody’s going to take it away from us.”
That same year, the band released a collection of early songs called The East Bay Sessions. Coleman left
shortly after, citing back problems. Ex-Tripping Daisy drummer Mitch Marine eventually replaced Coleman
on tour and on later albums.
The band dropped two more albums in the early aughts — 2001’s self-titled LP and 2003’s Get the Picture?
They issued their fifth album, 2006’s Summer Girl on new label Universal following Harwell’s appearance
on reality show The Surreal Life alongside Alexis Arquette, C.C. DeVille, Sherman Hemsley, Maven Huffman,
Tawny Kitaen, and Andrea Lowell, with Florence Henderson serving as the house therapist.
Smash Mouth’s most recent full-length album, Magic, was released in 2012, the same year their book
Recipes From the Road dropped. The band continued to tour as more members rotated in and out of the group.
While Harwell remained a mainstay, he was prone to onstage outbursts before ultimately leaving the
group in 2021. At a Fort Collins, Colorado show in 2015, he reportedly became angry during the encore,
yelled profanities, and exited after bread was thrown onstage. He later apologized. (In August 2016,
Harwell reportedly collapsed and was taken away by ambulance while the band finished the set without him.)
But it was an incident in Oct. 9, 2021 that led him to retire from music. At the Big Sip festival in
Bethel, New York, Harwell was captured on video slurring his words, threatening the audience, and giving
the middle finger to fans. A rep for the singer told the New York Post at the time that his Wernicke
encephalopathy, a neurological condition, impacted Harwell’s motor functions and memory.
“Steve has been dealing with long-term medical issues over the last eight years and during his last
performance at the Big Sip stage, he suffered numerous symptoms directly linked with his current
medical situation,” the rep said at the time. “As of today, Steve will be retiring from Smash Mouth to
focus on his physical and mental health.”
NSYNC members Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick paid tribute to Harwell on Monday. “Known this dude
for a very long time.. opened for NSync and even was my wedding singer at my wedding,” wrote Fatone
on Instagram alongside an image of him and Harwell. “We had some good times ! Sad all things must
come to an end and some times too soon due to things that are past fixing because too much damage
has been done .. but let’s be real its never too late! Hopefully people out there that are dealing with
addiction. get the right help that they need. Its a crazy world we live in now.”
In a separate social media post, Kirkpatrick said, “Rest easy my friend. I’m truly sorry for the difficult battle
you had to fight. You were an amazing soul and will be deeply missed.”
To mark the 20th anniversary of “All Star” in 2019, Harwell addressed the enduring appeal behind the song
for Rolling Stone’s oral history of the track. “All Star” was more than just an inescapable hit that flavored
films and your favorite memes, it became part of the fabric of generations of music lovers for nearly a
quarter century and continues to resonate.
“It was definitely a moment where other artists and people finally realized we’re not a bunch of punk kids.
We write great songs and it’s iconic,” he said.
“The song just won’t go away because it’s just one of those songs,” Harwell added. “It’s like f*cking
Led Zeppelin ‘Stairway to Heaven.’ It’s like f*ckin’ Lynyrd Skynyrd. You have certain songs that bands
make that just don’t go away. We were blessed with that, and it was ‘All Star.’”
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Posted by: Charon - 09-05-2023, 07:10 PM - Forum: The Lounge
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the suburbs of NY are 89 and it is still rising. humidity alert. yada yada.
stay safe. hydrate. *although i got me cold power aid drinks here, I don't bother. dunno why*
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| CA biolab shrouded in mystery w/China links |
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Posted by: Charon - 09-05-2023, 04:24 PM - Forum: World News
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AFox News review of court records, health reports and interviews with people who did business with Universal Meditech Inc. (UMI), a California medical supply firm, raises serious questions about its legitimacy and Chinese ties – as well as an apparently illicit biolab.
The underground biolab in the central California town of Reedley – population 25,000 – was discovered late last year and immediately set off alarm bells with local officials who said they were unaware of what was taking place inside the previously vacant warehouse.
As multiple local, state and federal governmental agencies continue to look into the biolab, a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identified 20 different infectious agents inside the building, which was once used to package food. That report found cultures of tuberculosis, dengue, HIV, COVID-19 and malaria interspersed with old lab equipment and slipshod storage, along with dead and dying mice in an overall unsanitary environment.
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When municipal code enforcement officers entered the building in March, UMI personnel said they were making COVID-19 and pregnancy tests, according to an affidavit filed by a Reedley city official. No officials with the Fresno County Department of Health nor anyone else contacted by Fox News could explain definitively why the company purportedly making such tests was also in possession of potentially deadly agents.
The inability to get reliable information from UMI, its successor Prestige Biotech or its management – at a time when officials were unsure of what was happening and concerned about public safety – was reflected in the CDC report: "Prestige Biotech or various owners of the materials present in the warehouse have yet to cooperate with document requests from multiple partner agencies fully."
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| Many Ice creams in NY and elsewhere contaminated |
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Posted by: Charon - 09-05-2023, 04:14 PM - Forum: World News
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Health officials are very worried that ice cream that could lead to a "fatal infection" is in freezers across New York State.
The Ice Cream House is recalling all Dairy Ice Cream Products and Non-dairy [Parve] frozen Dessert products due to potential health risks in regards to Listeria monocytogenes, the FDA reports.
Ice Cream House Recalled In New York
"Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women," the FDA states.
The recalled products were sold at Ice Cream House in Brooklyn, New York as well as at supermarkets in New York, New Jersey and Ohio.
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FDA
"Ice Cream has a long shelf life and may still be in the freezers of consumers. Consumers should check their freezers and throw away the recalled ice cream products or return (them) to the place of purchase," the FDA states.
This recall is related to the Soft Serve on the go cups which had been previously recalled by Real Kosher Ice Cream, the FDA confirmed.
Real Kosher Ice Cream Recalls Soft Serve on the Go Cups Because of Possible Health Risks in New York
FDA
FDA
Two people were hospitalized due to the Real Kosher Ice Cream recall. No deaths have been reported, the FDA reports. One of the two people lives in New York.
The recalled product's brand name is Soft Serve On The Go. The recalled items include:
FDA
Soft Serve on the go Vanilla Chocolate, 8 fl oz UPC 0-91404-15129-0
FDA
Soft Serve on the go Razzle, 8 fl oz UPC 0-91404-15133-7
FDA
Soft Serve on the go Caramel, 8 fl oz UPC 0-91404-15131-3
FDA
Soft Serve on the go Parve Vanilla Chocolate, 8 fl oz UPC 0-91404-15113-9
Soft Serve on the go Sorbet Strawberry Mango, 8 fl oz UPC0-91404-15128-3
Soft Serve Lite Peanut Butter, 8 fl oz UPC0-91404-15285-3
The recalled products are packaged in an 8 oz. clear plastic cups. The product looks like a soft serve cup served in an ice cream store, with a clear plastic cover with a seal and spoon attached to it, the FDA reports.
Real Kosher Ice Cream has stopped production and distribution of the products.
Identifying a Recalled Product Ice Cream House
Recalled products include all Ice Cream House branded items currently on the market. This includes all Dairy and Non-Dairy [Parve] products, like ice creams, cakes, logs and novelty items with the “Ice Cream House” logo.
Below is the long list of recalled Ice Cream House items:
Premium Sorbet 5 Liter / All flavors parve 1 PACK Food Service
Premium Ice Cream 5 Liter SUGAR FREE / All flavors dairy 1 PACK Food Service
Premium Ice Cream 5 Liter / All flavors dairy / parve 1 PACK Food Service
Premium Sorbet Mix 4 gal. All flavors parve 1 PACK Food Service
Trio Log Sorbet parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15166-5
Trio Log Ice Cream Dairy dairy 1 PACK 0-91404-15137-5
Trio Log Ice Cream Parve parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15136-8
9'' Ice Cream Pie Vanilla / Chocolate dairy / parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15428-4
9'' Ice Cream Pie Razzle dairy / parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15112-2
Premium Sorbet Trifle Medium parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15164-1
Premium Sorbet Trifle Small parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15165-8
8' Sorbet Cake Strawberry / Mango parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15429-1
10'' Sorbet 4 Layer Cake parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15111-5
10' Heart Cake dairy / parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15171-9
10' Hello Kitty Cake dairy / parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15174-0
10" Round Cake dairy / parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15179-5
Mini Heart Cake dairy / parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15173-3
Mini Round Cake dairy / parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15182-5
Mini Sorbet Cake Blueberry / Lime parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15219-8
Mini Sorbet Cake Strawberry / Mango parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15132-0
Heaven Layer Vanilla / Strawberry / Mocha / Vanilla parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15184-9
Tropical Flute / Pre-Cut 12 Slices parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15243-3
Adventures Twist / Pre-Cut 12 Slices parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15244-0
Mont Blanc D'zert Ice Cream / Pre-Cut 12 Slices parve 1 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15247-1
De’Lighting Frozen Dessert / Pre-Cut 12 Slices parve 1 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15266-2
{P} Cookies & Cream Roll Cake parve 1 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15299-3
{P} Strawberry Shortcake Roll parve 1 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15298-0
6' Heart Cake dairy / parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15172-6
6' Hello Kitty Cake dairy / parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15176-4
{P} 6' Round Cake dairy / parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15181-8
6'' Razzle Bomb dairy / parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15422-2
6" Sorbet Cake Passion Pomegranate parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15155-9
8" Square Vanilla Mocha Strawberry parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15143-6
8' Heart Cake dairy / parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15309-6
8' Hello Kitty Cake dairy / parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15175-7
8" Round Cake dairy / parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15180-1
8'' Razzle Bomb dairy / parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15421-5
Check'ice board Ice Cream Pre-Cut 12 Slices dairy / parve 1 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15144-3
Check'ice board Sorbet Pre-Cut 12 Slices Straw/Mango/Van parve 1 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15144-3
Car Cake large dairy / parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15423-9
Car Cake Small dairy / parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15425-3
10'' Sorbet Cake cherry parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15111-5
Ocean Waves dairy / parve 5 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15300-3
Cream 'N' Sorbet Pizzazz Mango parve 4 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15140-5
Cream 'N' Sorbet Pizzazz Strawberry parve 4 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15141-2
French Coffee Oval dairy / parve 4 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15360-7
Black 'N' Whites Vanilla Chocolate dairy / parve 6 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15260-0
Sorbet Swirl parve 6 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15400-0
Double Fudge Sandwich dairy / parve 6 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15240-2
Mini Cigars dairy / parve 10 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15120-7
Cigar Shells dairy / parve 6 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15130-6
Mini Cone dairy / parve 6 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15220-4
Mini Ice Cream Lollies dairy / parve 12 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15110-8
Mini Sorbet Lollies parve 12 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15246-4
Kleina Bites parve 12 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15148-1
Hearty Tart parve 6 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15363-8
Mister Cone dairy / parve 6 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15430-7
Sushi 'N' Cream parve 8 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15291-4
Mini Razzle 'N' Dazzle dairy / parve 9 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15409-3
Mini Sorbet parve 9 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15408-6
Rosebuds parve 5 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15185-6
Mini Chocolate Sorbet Tarts parve 12 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15411-6
Strawberry Himalaya parve 6 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15135-1
Peanut Butter Core parve 6 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15134-4
Trimocha Vanilla dairy / parve 6 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15229-7
Triangle Up Strawberry Mango Vanilla parve 6 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15308-9
Blossoming Daisies parve 6 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15154-2
Viennese Crunch Bites parve 10 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15262-4
Mini Roll Cake Assorted parve 8 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15350-8
Cup Cake Party dairy / parve 6 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15287-7
Mini Sorbet Pops parve 7 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15305-8
Biscoloti Dessert Cups parve 6 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15311-9
Coffee Dessert Cups parve 6 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15313-3
Smores Dessert Cups parve 6 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15312-6
Tiramisu Dessert Cups parve 6 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15314-0
Mini Dippers Ice Cream parve 6 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15289-1
Mini Sorbet Dippers parve 6 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15303-4
Frubic Scube parve 6 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15301-0
Kremlin's parve 6 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15302-7
Mini Strawberries parve 12 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15304-1
Frozen Squares dairy / parve 4 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15338
Dessert on Wheels dairy / parve 4 PACK / SINGLE 0-91404-15339-3
Premium Sundae Quart / Chocolate Fudge dairy / parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15340-9
Premium Ice Cream Quart / Vanilla Fudge dairy / parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15340-9
Premium Ice Cream Quart / Vanilla Razzle dairy / parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15161-0
Premium Sorbet Quart / Blueberry Lime parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15162-7
Premium Sorbet Quart / Mango parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15162-7
Premium Sorbet Quart / Strawberry parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15162-7
Premium Sorbet Quart / Strawberry Mango parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15162-7
Premium Sorbet Quart / Trio / Vanilla Strawberry Mango parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15162-7
Premium Sunday Quart / Caramel Fudge Dairy / parve 1 PACK 0-91404-15340-9
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All products involved in both recalls should be thrown out or returned to the original point of purchase for a full refund or replacement, the FDA reports.
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Posted by: IceWizard - 09-05-2023, 10:49 AM - Forum: World News
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Soros Foundation Argues Trump Could Be
Worse for the EU Than the US
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The Open Society Foundation, now run by billionaire George Soros’ son, Alex, will be hyper-focused
on defeating former President Donald Trump in next year’s election should he go on to become the
GOP nominee.
In an op-ed for Politico, Alex Soros argued that defeating Trump is important for the left-wing group’s
ongoing work across Europe, which has focused primarily on undermining the traditional values-based
democratic order on the continent.
“As someone who spends up to half their time working on the Continent and thinks former
United States President Donald Trump — or at least someone with his isolationist and anti-European
policies — will be the Republican nominee, I believe a MAGA-style Republican victory in next year’s
U.S. presidential election could, in the end, be worse for the EU than for the U.S.,” Alex Soros wrote, in part.
“Such an outcome will imperil European unity and undermine the progress achieved on many fronts in
response to the war in Ukraine,” he continued, going on to pledge financial support for efforts to oppose
Trump: “We are adapting [Open Society Foundations] to be able to respond to whatever scenarios might
emerge, on both sides of the Atlantic.”
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Alex Soros also pledged to continue supporting its foundation in Ukraine, which helped sponsor the
Orange Revolution in 2004 and the Maidan uprising in 2014.
“[T]here should be absolutely no doubt that we will continue to support our foundation in Ukraine. We
are proud that the network of civil society groups it has assisted, with over $250 million since 2014, has
played such an important role in Kyiv’s resilience in the face of Russia’s horrific war of aggression,” he wrote.
In the U.S., the OSF’s latest ‘project,’ so to speak, has been funding the campaigns of district attorneys
in major cities run by Democrats — candidates who de-emphasize traditional law enforcement and
prosecutions of many crimes and who implement “bail reform” and other measures that critics say have
led to crime explosions in their cities.
*** My Take
At this point in time, it would seem that if you are a fan of law, you love the USA
and you are not thrilled about outside. non-elected entities running our country,
no matter what you think of Trump, it seems he is what the OSF fears. Because
he couldn't be bought, it interferes with their NWO agenda ... Do you love our country,
and what our flag represents or are you prepared to live in a regiem where our vote no
longer counts for anything.
Together we stand, but divided we all suffer the full weight of Marxism
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| new icecream recalled |
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Posted by: Charon - 09-03-2023, 02:22 PM - Forum: World News
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New Ice Cream Recall Issued Due To Undeclared Ingredient
p. s. the undeclared ingredient is egg. ???
A new ice cream recall has been issued by a manufacturer in the region, this time due to an undeclared ingredient.
Weis Quality Brownie Moose Tracks Ice Cream (48 ounces).
Weis Quality Brownie Moose Tracks Ice Cream (48 ounces).
Photo Credit: FDA
Joe Lombardi
09/02/2023 8:50 a.m.
Weis Markets Inc. said it is recalling containers of Weis Quality Brownie Moose Tracks Ice Cream (48 ounces) because the product may contain undeclared egg.
People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to eggs run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reactions if they consume this product, according to an announcement by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The product was distributed to all 197 Weis Markets’ retail stores throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.
The ice cream is packaged in a round container with a UPC of 041497-01194.
All sell-by dates are included in the recall as a precaution. Sell-by dates are located on the bottom of the container. An example of the container and lid has been included with this release.
There have been no illnesses reported to date, the FDA noted.
The recall was initiated after discovering that the product may contain trace amounts of egg due to processing on shared equipment in error.
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Posted by: IceWizard - 09-02-2023, 08:17 PM - Forum: World News
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Jimmy Buffett,
Singer-Songwriter Who Turned ‘Margaritaville’ Hit into an Empire,
Dies at 76
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Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, whose laid-back, good-humored, often tropically-themed brand
of country-laced pop spawned a lucrative one-man business empire, died Friday. He was 76.
A cause of death was not immediately released.
Buffett’s death was confirmed through a statement on his official website: “Jimmy passed away
peacefully on the night of September 1st surrounded by his family, friends, music and dogs. He
lived his life like a song till the very last breath and will be missed beyond measure by so many.”
Over the course of a 50-year professional career, Buffett collected just one top-10 pop hit:
“Margaritaville,” a marimba-laced, tequila-soaked paean to kicking back on the beach in the
aftermath of a breakup, which rose to No. 8 on the national charts.
But Buffett’s boozy, punny, often marijuana-scented variety of tropical good-time music struck
an abiding chord with an army of enthusiastic fans, who dubbed themselves “parrotheads” in
reference to the colorful avian headgear they sported at the musician’s sold-out concerts.
That faithful audience made Buffett a consistent record seller, even absent major radio hits.
Active in the studio for five decades, he released four platinum and eight gold studio albums;
his 1985 hits compilation “Songs You Know by Heart” was certified for sales of 7 million copies,
while the 1992 boxed set “Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads” rang up 4 million units.
From the early ‘90s on, after establishing himself on ABC and MCA Records, Buffett released his
music entrepreneurially via his Margaritaville and Mailboat imprints.
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Buffett’s highly palatable variety of party-hearty music translated into a host of products, making him
one of the most successful and wealthiest performers in the world. In 2016, his personal worth was
estimated at $500 million.
Writing about “Margaritaville” on the 40th anniversary of the song’s release in 2017, Forbes stated that
it “morphed into a global lifestyle brand that currently has more than $4.8 billion in the development
pipeline and sees $1.5 billion in annual system-wide sales. This year, Margaritaville Holdings announced
a partnership with Minto Communities to develop Latitude Margaritaville, new active adult communities
for those ‘55 and better,’ including the $1 billion Daytona Beach, Florida location and a second in
Hilton Head, South Carolina.”
The business magazine noted that the performer’s licensed brands included apparel and footwear,
retail stores, restaurants, resort destinations, gaming rooms, restaurants and even a Margaritaville-branded
line of beer, LandShark Lager, which was projected to shift an estimated 3.6 million cases during its first
year of availability.
Buffett found success as a writer: His novels “Tales from Margaritaville” and “Where is Joe Merchant?”
and memoir “A Pirate Looks at Fifty” all reached No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list. He was also
active in film and TV work, writing soundtracks and appearing as a cameo player, most recently in
Harmony Korine’s 2019 comedy “The Beach Bum.”
His lone shot at musical theater, an adaptation of Herman Wouk’s “Don’t Stop the Carnival” written with
the novelist, was an out-of-town flop in 1997.
An unflagging stage performer, Buffett toured annually with his Coral Reefer Band and remained a top
concert draw late in his career – in 2018, he appeared co-billed on a national tour with the Eagles.
Endlessly reprised in concert, his songs like “A Pirate Looks at Forty” and “Cheeseburger in Paradise”
were perennial sing-along favorites for a legion of parrotheads garbed in Hawaiian shirts and flip-flops.
Analyzing the enduring appeal of Buffett’s music, Christopher Ashley, director of the 2017 jukebox musical
“Escape to Margaritaville,” said, “There is a celebratory bacchanalian quality but also a real strain of
sadness in those songs. I think his songs have a real philosophical commitment to finding joy now, being
as now is the only moment… Don’t postpone joy. Embrace it. Grab it. I think that’s profound and a great
message to send in a world as joy-challenged as this one.”
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James William Buffett was born on Dec. 25, 1946, in Pascagoula, Miss. and grew up in Mobile, Ala. He began
playing the trombone in grade school. His grandfather was a sailing enthusiast and he took up the sport,
which would play a thematic role in his music, as a youth.
He took up the guitar as a student at Auburn University, but ultimately graduated from the University of
Southern Mississippi. He briefly worked as a Nashville stringer for Billboard magazine.
Buffett began playing professionally in Nashville, and cut his folk-inflected debut “Down to Earth” for
Barnaby Records in 1970. He toured with country/folk singer-songwriter Jerry Jeff Walker on a 1971 trek
to Key West, Fla, and soon relocated to the Keys, where he developed his easygoing beachside persona.
Signed to ABC/Dunhill, Buffett made his first mark on the country charts; his early sets “A White Sport Coat
and a Pink Crustacean” (which spawned the early, slightly blue turntable hit “Why Don’t We Get Drunk”)
and “Havana Daydreaming” reached No. 43 in 1973 and No. 21 in 1976 on the country album charts,
respectively.
His breakthrough came with “Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes,” the million-selling No. 12 pop
collection that included his signature “Margaritaville.” The set was succeeded by the platinum
“Son of a Son of a Sailor” (No 10, 1978) and the gold “Volcano” (No. 14, 1979). The 1978 live set
“You Had to Be There” also went gold.
Through his ‘80s tenure at MCA, Buffett’s albums languished in the middle reaches of the U.S. pop charts,
but he remained a top concert attraction. During that decade he began his deep move into personal branding
and ancillary marketing, establishing the first Margaritaville retail store in Key West in 1987 and the first
Margaritaville Café in 1987.
His fortunes rose in the ‘90s with the founding of his Margaritaville imprint, distributed successively by MCA
and Island Records; four of his five studio albums during that decade – “Fruitcakes,” “Barometer Soup,”
“Banana Wind” and “Beach House on the Moon” – reached the pop top 10 and went either gold or platinum.
A pair of ‘90s concert shots, “Feeding Frenzy” (1990) and “Buffett Live: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays” (1999)
were certified gold; the latter album was the first release on a new personal imprint, Mailboat Records.
After the turn of the millennium, marking his first appearances at the apex of the American pop charts,
Buffett belatedly launched a pair of studio albums, “License to Chill” (2004) and
“Take the Weather With You” (2006) to No. 1 on the pop album charts.
His biggest latter-day singles were collaborations that found success on the country singles charts. A duet
with Alan Jackson, “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere,” was No. 1 nationally in 2003, garnering a CMA Award as
vocal event of the year. A 2004 version of Hank Williams’ “Hey Good Lookin’,” cut with Jackson, Clint Black,
Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith, George Strait, rose to No. 8. In 2011, he reached No. 1 again alongside the
Zac Brown Band on “Knee Deep.”
Buffett is survived by his second wife Jane, their two daughters, Sarah and Savannah, and son, Cameron.
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Posted by: Charon - 09-02-2023, 07:52 PM - Forum: IOP General Discussion
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What patients — and doctors — should know about ‘benzo’ withdrawal
By Sharon Goldman
September 2, 2023 at 7:00 a.m. EDT
Valium tablets. An estimated 30 million adults in the United States take benzodiazepines such as Klonopin, Ativan, Xanax and Valium for anxiety, stress and related mental health conditions. (AP)
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When my primary care doctor prescribed Klonopin to treat my severe anxiety in the months before and after major surgery in December 2021, I had no idea that getting off the drug later — as well as the Ambien I had taken for over a decade — would become a nightmare.
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After struggling to quit on my own, and unsure of where to turn, an online search led me to several frightening, confusing weeks in detox and rehab facilities. Despite the intervention, I still suffered what seemed like endless sleepless nights, heart palpitations, severe agitation and tremors. As it turns out, I was one of the lucky ones — my withdrawal could have been not just miserable but also long-lasting or even life-threatening.
An estimated 30 million adults in the United States take benzodiazepines such as Klonopin, Ativan, Xanax and Valium for anxiety, stress and related mental health conditions. Millions more take sedative-hypnotics including Ambien for sleep, which, like “benzos,” work on a specific brain neurotransmitter called gamma-aminobutyric acid, or GABA.
Yet there is little awareness about the consequences of withdrawing from long-term use or high doses of these medications and how to do it safely. Even primary care physicians — who write half of all benzodiazepine prescriptions — are often unaware that a slow, supervised taper off the drugs is necessary.
“The vast majority of doctors don’t think that these medicines are addictive or habit forming,” says Anna Lembke, a psychiatry professor at Stanford University School of Medicine and chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. The medical community often “overestimates the benefits and underestimates the risks of long-term benzodiazepine use.”
The higher the dose, the greater chance of harm
A safe taper typically takes much longer than a week-long detox or 28-day stay in rehab — an average of six to 12 months, experts say.
Last year, the Food and Drug Administration announced that it would commit up to $2 million to fund efforts to generate new guidelines for safe withdrawal from benzodiazepines. Experts say the move is desperately needed.
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Benzodiazepines, and “Z-drugs” like Ambien (generic name: zolpidem), are not meant for long-term use. “There is no reliable evidence for efficacy beyond a few weeks, and we know that the longer people are on benzodiazepines, and the higher the dose, the more likely they are to suffer harms related to them,” Lembke says.
In 2020, the FDA added its “most prominent safety warning” — a boxed warning — to benzodiazepine packaging clarifying that “physical dependence can occur when benzodiazepines are taken steadily for several days to weeks.” And Ambien’s FDA warnings have been updated over the years to make clear it is indicated for “short-term treatment of insomnia” — meaning not longer than a few weeks.
But many physicians fail to follow the guidelines. One reason is that doctors typically don’t learn much, if anything, about the drugs in medical school, Lembke says.
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Even those doctors who understand the dangers don’t realize the withdrawal challenges, says Sarah Nadav, who recently founded a company called Coheal that offers online services to help people withdraw safely from benzodiazepines. “Many people come to us who are being abruptly cut off by their doctor,” she says.
Research estimates that some 10 to 15 percent of patients taking the drugs long-term will experience protracted withdrawal syndrome if withdrawal is done too quickly, and “cold turkey” withdrawal can cause seizures, including potentially fatal ones.
Often, patients lack the health literacy to understand what they may face, especially if they stay on the drugs for more than three months, says Alexis Ritvo, an assistant psychiatry professor at University of Colorado Medicine and medical director of the nonprofit Alliance for Benzodiazepine Best Practices.
“They just know that in the short term, they work really well,” she says. “Then they realize if they don’t take them, they can’t sleep or they feel anxious or irritable,” but they may not understand that these are signs of physical dependence on the drugs. Even dosages can be misleading, she says — for instance, the half-milligram of Klonopin I took fairly regularly over a period of four months may not sound like much, but it is equivalent to 10 milligrams of Valium.
All withdrawals don’t look alike
Nadav says she has been through protracted withdrawal syndrome: Six weeks after starting to taper off Xanax and Ambien in 2021, “my hands and my head were shaking, I was hallucinating,” she says. While the delirium (a well-documented symptom) resolved within three months, the symptom can be dangerous — and Nadav says her doctor should have sent her to the emergency room.
For Nicole Lamberson, a former physician’s assistant who went to detox 13 years ago to get off Xanax, Klonopin and Ambien, the struggle is ongoing. After years of being bedridden, she is still unable to work full time.
“It’s a very slow healing of the nervous system, which has been like clawing my way out of hell,” she says.
A recent article in the journal PLOS One gave voice to patients like these, showing that discontinuing benzodiazepine use can be “associated with nervous system injury and negative life effects that continue after discontinuation.”
Co-author Christy Huff, a cardiologist and director of the Benzodiazepine Information Coalition, says she is also a patient. “Even though I took my medication as prescribed, I still experience symptoms on a daily basis after four years off of benzodiazepines,” she says.
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The ideal withdrawal scenario is one the patient can tolerate, Lembke says, and that differs from person to person. Even if you don’t see yourself as “addicted,” she suggests seeking an addiction doctor who knows how to properly manage withdrawal — “until we better educate the average doctor.”
For prescribers, the Benzodiazepine Information Coalition and the Alliance for Benzodiazepine Best Practices have many resources, Ritvo adds.
“We need to figure out how to support the prescribers to help them navigate this, so that it’s not just ‘I won’t prescribe these’ or ‘I take people off really quickly,’” she says.
I wish I had understood the options before going down my own path of withdrawing from Klonopin and Ambien. While I feel lucky to have healed with no lasting ill effects, in hindsight I wish I had slowly tapered off the drugs. Instead, I had a hard landing.
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