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MICHAEL JACKSON - JACKSON TRIBUTE PLANNED FOR NYC SUBWAY
MICHAEL JACKSON is set to be honoured by New York City transit officials with an artistic tribute in the subway station where he filmed the promo for BAD with MARTIN SCORSESE.
A proposal to rename Brooklyn's Hoyt-Schermerhorn station and erect a plaque in Jackson's honour was rejected last year (09), amid fears commuters would be confused by the name-change.
But now organisers at the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership (DBP) local development corporation have agreed to have a mural designed to highlight the significance of the station in the 16-minute music video, which was shot in 1987.
Partnership President Joe Chan confirms: "We see this as a great opportunity to potentially establish Hoyt-Schermerhorn's role in American pop culture and as a tourist destination to attract people to a part of Downtown Brooklyn already rapidly growing."
DBP has yet to select the artist who will create the music tribute, which will replace the subway station's blank facade.
Chan adds of the planned work: "The art could be the size of a huge mural and possibly rely on lights and projection at night time."
The Bad video featured Jackson dancing with pals, and also starred a young Wesley Snipes at the start of his Hollywood career.
http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/jackson-tribute-planned-for-nyc-subway_1132359
Was Michael Jackson Part of the Cause and Clearly the Victim of a Perverted Doctor-Patient Relationship?
The death of Michael Jackson was both unnecessary and deeply troubling. The thought of a well-trained cardiologist divorcing himself from the realm of sanity and performing general anesthesia in someone's bedroom defies words. This rogue physician's lack of integrity cost a man his life, his family a loved one and the world a prodigy.
Unfortunately these actions underscore a potentially dangerous and far too common trend occurring in doctor's offices throughout America: patient-mandated care.
I am all for patient education and the benefits of the internet but there is an appropriate manner in which to utilize this information. Direct marketing of drugs, procedures and surgical implants to patients has significantly altered the doctor-patient relationship and the dynamics of the interaction.
It is virtually impossible to watch the evening news without being bombarded with the latest celebrity endorsed osteoporosis drug. Watching the TV commercials during a major sporting event is far better than an actual office visit to diagnose and treat one's erectile dysfunction. And if the erection lasts more than 4 hours, consider yourself blessed!
A person walking into a doctor's office and demanding various treatments and/or medications often before the doctor has completed their greeting is a common example of what I call patient mandated care. "Hello Mr. Smith, I'm Dr. Benjamin. I understand...yeah nice to meet you doc. I'm here for some pain medication". No history and physical examination, no review of prior treatment or medications, just give me what I want.
Information is empowering and useful. A patient demanding specific care is potentially dangerous and often a tremendous waste of resources. Truly, a version of this scenario plays out everyday in virtually every doctor's office in America.
The correct answer is for the physician to merely say no; many do, which invariably sparks a confrontation. It only takes one doctor to acquiesce and take the easy road and write that prescription, order that unnecessary test or perform that procedure.
Unfortunately, as in the case of Michael Jackson, the world has painfully learned how horribly wrong the perverted doctor patient relationship can go. The moral to this story is to be very careful of what you demand and beg for in a doctor's office, because you may be just one questionable physician away from serious heartache and pain.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/johnny-benjamin/was-michael-jackson-part_b_463496.html
1990 - Janet Jackson's single "Come Back To Me" hit #20 in the U.K.
MICHAEL JACKSON is set to be honoured by New York City transit officials with an artistic tribute in the subway station where he filmed the promo for BAD with MARTIN SCORSESE.
A proposal to rename Brooklyn's Hoyt-Schermerhorn station and erect a plaque in Jackson's honour was rejected last year (09), amid fears commuters would be confused by the name-change.
But now organisers at the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership (DBP) local development corporation have agreed to have a mural designed to highlight the significance of the station in the 16-minute music video, which was shot in 1987.
Partnership President Joe Chan confirms: "We see this as a great opportunity to potentially establish Hoyt-Schermerhorn's role in American pop culture and as a tourist destination to attract people to a part of Downtown Brooklyn already rapidly growing."
DBP has yet to select the artist who will create the music tribute, which will replace the subway station's blank facade.
Chan adds of the planned work: "The art could be the size of a huge mural and possibly rely on lights and projection at night time."
The Bad video featured Jackson dancing with pals, and also starred a young Wesley Snipes at the start of his Hollywood career.
http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/jackson-tribute-planned-for-nyc-subway_1132359
Was Michael Jackson Part of the Cause and Clearly the Victim of a Perverted Doctor-Patient Relationship?
The death of Michael Jackson was both unnecessary and deeply troubling. The thought of a well-trained cardiologist divorcing himself from the realm of sanity and performing general anesthesia in someone's bedroom defies words. This rogue physician's lack of integrity cost a man his life, his family a loved one and the world a prodigy.
Unfortunately these actions underscore a potentially dangerous and far too common trend occurring in doctor's offices throughout America: patient-mandated care.
I am all for patient education and the benefits of the internet but there is an appropriate manner in which to utilize this information. Direct marketing of drugs, procedures and surgical implants to patients has significantly altered the doctor-patient relationship and the dynamics of the interaction.
It is virtually impossible to watch the evening news without being bombarded with the latest celebrity endorsed osteoporosis drug. Watching the TV commercials during a major sporting event is far better than an actual office visit to diagnose and treat one's erectile dysfunction. And if the erection lasts more than 4 hours, consider yourself blessed!
A person walking into a doctor's office and demanding various treatments and/or medications often before the doctor has completed their greeting is a common example of what I call patient mandated care. "Hello Mr. Smith, I'm Dr. Benjamin. I understand...yeah nice to meet you doc. I'm here for some pain medication". No history and physical examination, no review of prior treatment or medications, just give me what I want.
Information is empowering and useful. A patient demanding specific care is potentially dangerous and often a tremendous waste of resources. Truly, a version of this scenario plays out everyday in virtually every doctor's office in America.
The correct answer is for the physician to merely say no; many do, which invariably sparks a confrontation. It only takes one doctor to acquiesce and take the easy road and write that prescription, order that unnecessary test or perform that procedure.
Unfortunately, as in the case of Michael Jackson, the world has painfully learned how horribly wrong the perverted doctor patient relationship can go. The moral to this story is to be very careful of what you demand and beg for in a doctor's office, because you may be just one questionable physician away from serious heartache and pain.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/johnny-benjamin/was-michael-jackson-part_b_463496.html
Today in
Michael Jackson History
Michael Jackson History
1990 - Janet Jackson's single "Come Back To Me" hit #20 in the U.K.
1998 - It was announced that Michael Jackson was planning a benefit called "We Are The World 2" for starving children in North Korea.
2003 - "Dateline NBC" aired a segment entitled "Michael Jackson Unmasked."
2003 - ABC repeated an airing of "The Many Faces of Michael Jackson."
