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FEAR GOD

Revelation 14: 7 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, 7Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. 8And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. 8And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. 9And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, 10The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: 11And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. 12Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

Ecclesiastes 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.14For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

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Jackson Memorial Hospital

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Jackson Memorial Hospital
Geography
Location Miami, Florida, United States
Organization
Care system Medicare
Hospital type Teaching
County-owned and operated
Affiliated university University of Miami
Florida International University
Services
Emergency department Level I trauma center
Beds 1,550
History
Founded 1918
Links
Website http://www.jhsmiami.org/
Lists Hospitals in the United States
Jackson Memorial Hospital (also known as "Jackson" or abbreviated "JMH") is a non-profit, tertiary care teaching hospital and the major teaching hospital of the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Florida. It is owned and operated by Miami-Dade County through the Public Health Trust, and is supported by Miami-Dade County residents through a half-cent sales tax.
Jackson Memorial Hospital is directly served by the Metrorail rapid transit system at the Civic Center Station.
Located in the Miami Health District, in the Northwest quadrant of the intersection of I-95 and FL-836, the hospital is the center of a thriving medical center that includes the Miami VA Medical Center, the University of Miami Hospital (formerly Cedars of Lebanon Medical Center), and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, with its numerous research affiliates and laboratories - including the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, the UM/Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, the world-renowned Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and Anne Bates Leach Eye Hospital, the Diabetes Research Foundation and the National Parkinson Foundation. The Miami-Dade Justice Center and Miami-Dade County Jail are also within a few blocks of the hospital. It is readily accessible via the Civic Center Station of the Miami MetroRail.
It is the third-largest public hospital and third-largest teaching hospital in the United States. With more than 1,550 beds, it is a referral center, a magnet for research and home to the Ryder Trauma Center - the only Level 1 Adult and Pediatric trauma center in Miami-Dade. Jackson Memorial is the centerpiece of the Jackson Health System, operated by the Miami-Dade County Public Health Trust. The Jackson Health System also includes Jackson North Medical Center (formerly Parkway Regional Medical Center) in North Miami, which is the teaching hospital of the new Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Jackson South Community Hospital (formerly Deering Hospital) in Perrine, FL, Holtz Children's Hospital, Jackson Rehabilitation Hospital and Jackson Mental Health Hospital.

[edit] Rankings and awards

In 2007, four University of Miami specialties Jackson Memorial Hospital were ranked among the best in the country by U.S. News & World Report. The University of Miami Bascom Palmer Eye Institute was ranked as the best Ophtalmologic center in the U.S. Jackson Memorial's Ear, Nose and Throat was ranked 17th, while the digestive disorders and kidney disease programs were ranked 32nd.[1] JMH is home to Holtz Children's Hospital, which has 254 licensed beds and cares for children—newborn to 21 years old—with everything from common ailments to multi-organ transplants. Holtz was ranked among the top hospitals in treating child kidney disorders.[2]
The UM/Jackson Memorial Medical Center is a world leader in organ transplants, performing more than 400 solid organ transplants a year. It is also known for having outstanding residency and fellowship programs.[citation needed]
The UM/Jackson Memorial Burn Center is a regional referral center.

[edit] Other notability

  • On July 15, 1997, fashion icon Gianni Versace was declared dead at Jackson Memorial Hospital, following a shooting in front of his Ocean Drive mansion, the Casa Casuarina, in Miami Beach.
  • In 2007[3] Jackson denied a lesbian woman, Janice_Langbehn, access to her partner of 17 years as she was dying. The hospital stated that, "it has no obligation to allow their patients' visitors nor any obligation whatsoever to their patients’ families, healthcare surrogates, and visitors."[4] The court dismissed the case.[5][6] In part as a result of this incident, on April 15, 2010, President Barack Obama issued a memorandum ordering hospitals receiving Medicare and Medicaid funding to allow patients to decide who can visit them and prohibit discrimination, including sexual orientation and gender identity.[3][7] According to Langbehn, the hospital has refused to apologize for their denying her access to her partner as she died.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ JHSmiami.org
  2. ^ "Holtz Children's Hospital Ranked among the Best Children's Hospitals by U.S.News & World Report". Jackson Memorial Medical Center. June 2009. http://www.jhsmiami.org/body.cfm?id=10005. Retrieved 2010-02-20. 
  3. ^ a b c Sheryl Gay Stolberg (April 15, 2010). "Obama Widens Medical Rights for Same-Sex Partners". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/16/us/politics/16webhosp.html. Retrieved 2010-04-16. 
  4. ^ Court asked to reject bid to dismiss lesbian’s case against Fla. hospital
  5. ^ Rothaus, Steve (September 30, 2009). "Lesbian's case against Jackson Memorial Hospital tossed". Miami Herald. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1258772.html. Retrieved 2010-02-20. [dead link]
  6. ^ "Federal Court Dismisses Lambda Legal’s Lawsuit Against Jackson Memorial Hospital on Behalf of Deceased Lesbian’s Family". Lambda Legal Defense Fund. September 29, 2009. http://www.lambdalegal.org/news/pr/fl_20090929_fed-court-dismisses-lambda-legal-suit-jackson-memorial-hospital-langbehn-family.html. Retrieved 2010-02-20. 
  7. ^ Christi Parsons and Kathleen Hennessey (April 16, 2010). "Obama orders most hospitals to grant gays visitation rights". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-gay-couples-hospitals16-2010apr16,0,7453911.story. Retrieved 2010-04-16. 

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Sylvester (singer)

Sylvester (singer)

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Sylvester

Sylvester
Background information
Birth name Sylvester James
Born September 6, 1947(1947-09-06)
Origin Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died December 16, 1988(1988-12-16) (aged 41)
Genres Disco, soul, Hi-NRG, dance
Occupations Singer
Instruments Vocals
Years active 1972–1987
Labels Fantasy, Megatone
Associated acts The Cockettes
The Hot Band
Sylvester James (September 6, 1947 – December 16, 1988) better known as Sylvester, was an American disco and soul singer, and a gay drag performer. Sylvester was sometimes known as the "Queen of Disco," although this moniker has also been bestowed on some of the women of the disco era (i.e. Gloria Gaynor, Donna Summer).[1] His most significant works are the songs "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" 1978,"Dance (Disco Heat)" and "Do You Wanna Funk" 1982.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Sylvester James was born in Los Angeles, California, into a low-income family, and he was raised by his mother, Letha. According to TV One's Unsung, he lived in a tiny two-room house, where he and his brother shared a bunk bed. He was the oldest of six children. His father was not in his family's life. Many of the facts of his early life are uncertain, and birth dates from 1944 to 1948 have surfaced. One thing is certain though: Sylvester was a child gospel star.
Encouraged to sing by his grandmother, the 1920s and 1930s jazz singer Julia Morgan, James' talent first surfaced at the Palm Lane Church of God in Christ in South Los Angeles, and soon he was making the rounds and stirring up audiences at churches around Southern California and beyond, sometimes billed as the "Child Wonder of Gospel."
Sylvester's home life disintegrated when he was a teenager. He clashed with his mother and stepfather, finally running away from home at age 16. For several years he lived on and around the streets of Los Angeles, but managed to finish high school and enroll at Lamert Beauty College. James moved to San Francisco in 1967 and, by his own account, his life began at that time.

[edit] Career

“ My life started when I moved to San Francisco. ”
—Sylvester
In San Francisco, Sylvester performed in a musical production called Women of the Blues, with his repertoire of Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday songs in tow. In the early 1970s Sylvester joined a short-lived group of performance artists called The Cockettes, a psychedelic drag queen troupe founded by Hibiscus, aka George Harris. After leaving The Cockettes, Sylvester performed in San Francisco a number of different times as a solo act. One of his most famed shows, entitled "Jungle Sin," which reprised Sylvester’s greatest Cockette solo songs, took place at the San Francisco supper club Bimbo's, and was produced by the rock impresario David Ferguson in 1972. That same year, Sylvester performed at The Temple in San Francisco with the then-unknown Pointer Sisters, which was also produced by Ferguson. Sylvester can be seen in the Cockettes' outrageous short film Tricia's Wedding, lampooning the wedding of President Nixon's daughter Tricia, and in an eponymous 2002 documentary about the group (which at one time included Divine).
In 1972, Sylvester supplied two cuts to Lights Out San Francisco, an album compiled by the KSAN radio station and released on the Blue Thumb label.
In 1973, Sylvester & The Hot Band, featuring Bobby Blood on trumpet, Chris Mostert on sax, James Q. Smith on guitar, Travis Fullerton on drums, and Kerry Hatch on bass, released two rock-oriented albums on Blue Thumb (their self-titled debut was also known as "Scratch My Flower," due to a gardenia-shaped scratch-and-sniff sticker adhered to the cover).
In 1974, Sylvester met Horus Jack Tolsen (Keyboards), and together with Sylvester's drummer Amadeo Barrios (drums) and his brother Adrian Barrios (Bass), formed a trio which backed up Sylvester at a nightclub in San Francisco called Cabaret - After Dark. Shortly thereafter Horus was fired, and Amadeo brought in new players — Archie White (Keyboards), Angel Reyes (Guitar), background vocalist Bianca Thorton, Gerry Kirby and another vocalist named Debbie. This took Sylvester into a new musical direction. The band unofficially called themselves The Four A's and had finally thrown in the towel after several attempts to get signed by a major label. In 1975 The Brothers Barrios gave it one last shot before joining The Lenny Williams Band , and Sly Stone.
Sylvester signed a solo deal with Fantasy Records in 1977, working with the production talents of legendary Motown producer Harvey Fuqua, who produced his album Stars in 1979. Sylvester later alleged that Fuqua cheated him out of millions of dollars. Sylvester soon met his frequent collaborator Patrick Cowley. Cowley's synthesizer and Sylvester's voice proved to be a magical combination, and pushed Sylvester's sound in an increasingly dance-oriented direction; his second solo album, Step II (1978), unleashed two disco classics: "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)," and "Dance (Disco Heat)". These two songs charted together on the American dance chart, and spent six weeks at #1 on this chart in August and September 1978. By this time both his live shows and recordings also recognizably featured the back-up vocals of Two Tons O' Fun: future Weather Girls Martha Wash and Izora Rhodes. 1979 brought three Billboard awards and an appearance in the movie, The Rose, starring Bette Midler. He sang "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" live for The Castro Street Fair, thanks to future first openly gay supervisor Harvey Milk.
Moving to Megatone Records in 1982, Sylvester quickly landed a Hi-NRG classic with "Do You Wanna Funk", which was featured in the 1983 film Trading Places. He was close friends with other Megatone artists Linda Imperial and Jeanie Tracy
Sylvester was also very close to Patti LaBelle and Sarah Dash for whom he recorded background vocals for her dance hit "Lucky Tonight".
Later pressure from the label to "butch up" his image would result in him attending meetings in full-on drag. A drag photo shoot, which he staged and presented to label heads as a gag (calling it his "new album cover") would later grace the cover of Immortal after Sylvester died; it was the label's way of paying tribute to his spirit. In 1985, one of his dreams came true as he was summoned to sing back-up for Aretha Franklin on her Who's Zoomin' Who? comeback album. His sole Warner Bros. Records album was Mutual Attraction in 1986; a single from the album Someone Like You became Sylvester's second #1 hit on the U.S. dance chart, and featured original cover art by Keith Haring.
In early 1987, Sylvester stated -
“ I don't believe that AIDS is the wrath of God. People have a tendency to blame everything on God. ”
NME - January 1987[2]

[edit] Death

Sylvester died of complications from AIDS in San Francisco on December 16, 1988. He was 41 years old. His good friend, Jeanie Tracy took care of him before he died.
On September 20, 2004, Sylvester's anthem record, "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)", was inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame. A year later, on September 19, 2005, Sylvester himself was inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame for his achievement as an artist.

[edit] Discography

Sylvester discography
Releases
↙Studio albums 11
↙Live albums 1
↙Compilation albums 3
↙Singles 41

[edit] Studio albums

Year Title Chart positions
US
[3]		 US R&B
[3]		 IT
1973 Sylvester and the Hot Band (performed by Sylvester & the Hot band)
– – –
Bazaar (performed by Sylvester & the Hot band)
  • Label: Blue Thumb
 – – –
1977 Sylvester
– – –
1978 Step II
  • Label: Fantasy
 28 7 6
1979 Stars
  • Label: Fantasy
 63 27 15
1980 Sell My Soul
  • Label: Fantasy Honey Records
 147 44 –
1981 Too Hot To Sleep
  • Label: Fantasy Honey
 156 51 –
1982 All I Need
  • Label: Megatone Records
 168 35 23
1983 Call Me
  • Label: Megatone
 – – –
1984 M-1015
  • Label: Megatone
 – – –
1986 Mutual Attraction
164 46 –

[edit] Live albums

Year Title Chart positions
US
[3]		 US R&B
[3]		 IT
1979 Living Proof
  • Label: Fantasy (Double-LP)
 123 45 –

[edit] Compilation albums

  • Mighty Real (1979, Fantasy) UK #62[4]
  • 12 By 12 (1985, Megatone)
  • Immortal (1989, Megatone)

[edit] Singles

Year Title Album Chart positions
US
[5]		 US Dance
[5]		 US R&B
[5]		 UK
[4]
1973 "Southern Man"
(performed by Sylvester & the Hot Band)		 Sylvester and The Hot Band



"Down On Your Knees"
(performed by Sylvester & the Hot Band)		 Bazaar



1977 "Down, Down, Down" Sylvester



"Over and Over"



1978 "Dance (Disco Heat)" Step II 19 1 4 29
"You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"
(additionally charted in Italy #24)		 36 1 20 8
1979 "I (Who Have Nothing)" Stars 40 4 27 46
"Stars"


47
"Can't Stop Dancing" Living Proof
2 43
1980 "You Are My Friend"

30
"I Need You" Sell My Soul
6

"Sell My Soul"
6

1981 "Here Is My Love" Too Hot To Sleep

44
"Ooo Baby Baby"



"Give It Up (Don't Make Me Wait)"



"Magic Number"
(performed by Herbie Hancock featuring Sylvester)		 —
9[6] 59[6]
1982 "Do You Wanna Funk"
(Patrick Cowley featuring Sylvester)
(additionally charted in Norway #8, Switzerland #12, Netherlands #17)		 —
4
32[7]
"Don't Stop" All I Need


77
"Tell Me"



"Be With You"



"All I Need"

67
1983 "Hard Up"



"Band of Gold" Call Me
18
67
"Too Late"
16 68
"One Night Only"



"Trouble In Paradise"



1984 "Stargazing"
(performed by Earlene Bentley featuring Sylvester; UK-only release)		 —



"Good Feelin'"
(Germany-only release)		 Call Me



"Call Me"



"Menergy" —



"Rock the Box" M-1015
25
88
1985 "Take Me To Heaven"
6
100
"Sex"
6

"Takin' Love Into My Own Hands"
(Mexico-only release)



"Lovin Is Really My Game"



1986 "Living for the City" Mutual Attraction
2

"Someone Like You"
1

1987 "Mutual Attraction"
10

"Sooner Or Later"



[edit] Additional recordings

  • Lights Out San Francisco (1972)
    • Sylvester supplies two tracks on this album compiled by the KSAN radio station

[edit] Audio samples
Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) excerpt
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Sylvester With Patrick Cowley - Do You Wanna Funk excerpt
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[edit] Books

  • The Fabulous Sylvester : The Legend, the Music, the 70s in San Francisco by Joshua Gamson, New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2005. ISBN 0-8050-7250-0

[edit] Motion Picture

A film is currently being developed on the life of Sylvester, based upon the book The Fabulous Sylvester by Joshua Gamson. There is no release date as of yet, and principal photography has not begun yet as supporting cast is not decided. Alan Paoul is said to be directing the film.

[edit] See also

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[edit] References

  1. ^ The New York Times Obituaries | "Sylvester, Singer and Entertainer, Dies at 42" | December 18, 1988
  2. ^ Tobler, John (1992). NME Rock 'N' Roll Years (1st ed.). London: Reed International Books Ltd. p. 426. CN 5585. 
  3. ^ a b c d "allmusic ((( Sylvester > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". Billboard. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5582. Retrieved 2010-09-10. 
  4. ^ a b "Chart Stats - Sylvester". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=2982. Retrieved 2010-09-10. 
  5. ^ a b c "allmusic ((( Sylvester > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Billboard. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5582. Retrieved 2010-09-10. 
  6. ^ a b "allmusic ((( Herbie Hancock > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Billboard. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p6656. Retrieved 2010-09-10. 
  7. ^ "Chart Stats - Sylvester With Patrick Cowley". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=3649. Retrieved 2010-09-10. 

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