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Stopping to Smell A Mad Rose – A Day with Neal Rosenthal
It happens every now and then. 'Those Moments' that reminds us why we do what we do. I had a day full of those moments this spring when I went to New York to meet with the Rosenthal group.
First, allow me a trip down memory lane. There was a time when selling Kendall-Jackson and Beringer paid my bills. Having started in the wine business with a large distributor, I was well schooled in the Gallo U principles. "Stack them high and watch them fly", etc. But, when I would catch little glimpses of 'authentic wine' I always took notice. Coming to Vintner was a natural progression for me, as I prefer to sell the kinds of wines that I enjoy on my own table. The Vintner Select portfolio is really an embarrassment of riches. From each country we represent there are relationships, families and stories behind the carefully selected wines.
In looking to add a stateside supplier of French wines to this portfolio, Rosenthal was my first choice. Their company philosophy is so similar to ours here at Vintner, and their wines are chosen on the same principles. Being a person of strong integrity, Neil insisted that we meet each other and taste the wines together before making a handshake agreement to work together. So, he assembled a few other distributors that he has been working with for years, and we met in Brooklyn at the Mad Rose warehouse to taste thru an extensive collection of wines. 45 wines. Before lunch.
Neil chose to pour mostly older vintages, some of them from more difficult years, chosen to demonstrate the producer's quality in lesser years. As we tasted, he gave us all an in depth picture of the people, processes and land behind each label. We discussed Character, Typicity and Grace. The overriding theme was BALANCE. I couldn't agree more with Neil as he stated that "Striving for balance is the human condition". To me, balance is what makes a wine resonate with us on a deep level. It's like recognizing that person in a crowd who has managed to find happiness and balance in their life – balanced wines just stand out.
As for the 45 wines, to say that they were all 'unique and expressive of terrior would be the grossest understatement. We took hours to taste, but the wines were demanding of more time and attention. Usually in that lengthy of a 'lineup', it's easy to skim over most of the wines and easily assign them to certain categories of style. Not so easy with these wines. They made new categories for themselves – giving a gentle stretch to the part of my brain that stores tasting impressions.
Neil's portfolio has a few unique defining characteristics. Often the vintages are released years behind what is typical in this business, as traditional wines take time to in the bottle. There is NEVER any acidification added to any Rosenthal wine. Ever. Sometimes there is chaptilization when necessary. Also, there are no Stelvin closures on any of the wines for the following two reasons - 1) the romance 2) 'it's not right for a living thing' For natural wines that evolve in the bottle, this makes sense. Wine should breathe, and stay balanced – as should we all.
Personally, I'd recommend seeking out a glass of Rosenthal's Thevenet Brut, Soucherie Anjou Blanc or Chat. Peyre Bordeaux. These wines pair beautifully with a wide variety of foods, but also are fully balanced and complete on their own. Or, set up your own Rosenthal tasting, and share one of 'Those Moments' with friends. Santé!
- Jennifer Stewart


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ASSAP: The Association for the Scientific Study of Anomolous Phenomena
ASSAP (Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena) have investigated many cases in the past with the main emphasis on a scientific approach to strange events. There is a small fee for joining which includes a newsletter and the option on becoming as much involved with the society as you wish.
The Ghost Club
This society is dedicated to the investigation of ghosts and other paranormal events, they are one of the oldest established paranormal groups in Britain.
BUFORA - The British UFO Research Organisation
BUFORA is a non-cultist, scientifically-oriented organisation dedicated to the investigation and research of the UFO enigma and related anomalies. The UFO phenomenon is wide-ranging and diverse in its characteristics and manifestations and can no longer be approached as a single phenomenon with a possible single solution. Read More »
The Spooked Team
The SPOOKED!! Paranormal Team evolves around the world of the Paranormal, their goal is to travel around the UK, WALES, SCOTLAND & IRELAND conducting over night Paranormal Investigations to see if there is any truth of Paranormal existence as they strongly believe that there is something ghostly out there & they don't mean an entire collection of Cliff Richard records!!!! Read More »
UK Ghost Investigators
UKGI are a non-profit organisation dedicated to investigating paranormal sites in the United Kingdom. Please feel free to share any stories of the supernatural you have, and of course you can leave photographs for public viewing in our Photo Album. Joining this website is free, so we hope to see you on the forums soon!
Spiral Paranormal
Established in January 2007 by Founders Marq English and Alexis Pelling following the completion of Marq's first feature film Return to Ravenswood, Spiral approaches the world of the paranormal visually with online video episodes detailing both investigations and related topics. Read More »
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"The Edinburgh Fortean Society was founded in 1999 and meets on a regular basis, on the second Tuesday of every month at 8.30pm for lectures on all aspects of the Fortean world.
All are welcome, and it's only £1! Hope to see you there!"
P.R.O.O.F Paranormal Research Team
We at P.R.O.O.F are a group of professional paranormal researchers that operate across the United Kingdom, investigating reports of hauntings, poltergeists, residual energies and all forms of paranormal phenomena to find out if a location is truly active or not.
UK Paranormal Study
Founded in 2005 by Jester and a good friend Dave Cable the UK Paranormal Study have investigated many haunted locations around the UK locations such as The Galleries Of Justice (Nottingham), The Ancient Ram Inn (Wotton-Under-Edge), Bradgate Park (Leicester), Manor House (West Bromwich) plus many more. Read More »

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I have looked into the eyes of evil. A reflection of a broken man, wiping away the tears of self-hatred and my finger is on the trigger of a cosmic cannon. There is an eternal depth to these roots. The juices of forbidden fruit dripping from failed frown, swallowed by shattered teeth hidden by shattered glass; the mirror reminds me of holy ordinance of which I have fallen incalculably short.
I have tasted the hate of apathy, ignored the cries of the innocent, and blurred the lines that separate neighbor from enemy. I have set fire to the Garden of Shalom, and run for the shelter of fig leaves and invisible bushes. I have touched, with blood-stained hands, the Holy Mountain.
This then is my confession: A guilty plea to a Righteous Judge. There is no defense offered, and no retention fee for a Counselor in this heavenly court. I have murdered the innocent, plundered the poor, pillaged the powerless, and built for myself a castle of sand.
How broken is this universe? Even the natural world is imploding with a virus expressed in the whole earth convulsing with shockwaves registering on the richter scale; emanating salty Tsunami tears flushing out toxic chemicals from the inside out. The whole earth is groaning for redemption…
Redemption. This is what every man, woman, and child is thirsting for. Redemption is the inexplicable itch that fuels the human engine toward achievement and success. The unholy Kingdoms of Accumulation have proven unsatisfactory; the itch remains. Success is an uncatchable wind, and our hands are blood-stained. Redemption is the ineffable hope for which there is no vocabulary. Words fail. Language limits. The inexplicable itch is spreading…
Which brings me to the Table.
I have come here starving for grace. Emaciated in deprivation, wrinkles around eyes swollen with tears. How many times have we been through this, God? Still, Your mercies are new every morning! I am crawling toward the First and the Last Supper, only to collapse at the feet of the One whom I have betrayed. I lay here motionless, save the dry heaving admissions of sincere sorrow. This repentance is borne in a furnace of regret. My tears fall like rain on the dusty feet of the Mercy King.
A tap on my shoulder… a nail-scarred hand is extended. I look up to receive His assistance to be transported to the empty seat [saved] for me, beside Him. He then takes the Bread and breaks it apart… dipping into the Cup of Wine. "Taste and see", He says. "I have loved you with an everlasting love."
Selah. The curse is reversed. The Story is re-written. The Garden is now a City, and leaves once used for hiding have now become the healing of the Nations! The slaughtered Lamb has now become the sanctifying Lion. The image reflected in the mirror is no longer mine, but His own.
I have looked into the eyes of love. A reflection of the Mercy King, who wipes away my tears of self-hatred and absorbs the bullets of my betrayal. There is an infinite width to this embrace. The cup of suffering now spills over with the Living Water.
I have tasted the hope of empathy, implored the octave of the heavenly choir. I sing of the power of life after death; the anthem of the children of the rising up again! I have run to the shelter of an old-rugged cross, and hidden my past in His future!
This then is my admission: I've been set free, released, forgiven, declared righteous by the One True King! My Kinsman Redeemer lives to make intercession for me in the trembling face of the Accuser. Death has lost, and love has won. The mallet of the Righteous Judge slams into the jugular vein of Prosecuting Attorney; and the local media has a new evangelion: "Good News!" The removal of sin has become the restoration of Shalom!
Which bring me back to the Table…
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Dear and Glorious Physician
Category: Classic
Genre: Biography-Autobiography
Date Published: 1959
Number of Pages: 560
Print Price: $16.63
eBook Price: $8.00
I first read Dear and Glorious Physician, Taylor Caldwell's biographical novel about St. Luke, approximately thirty years ago. It left me in awe. It inspired me to want to read more, anything that could help fulfill the need to increase my closeness and knowledge of God. I felt St. Luke come to life. His faith was so strong as he faced overwhelming obstacles. His feelings of total devotion were something I had never heard of or felt. So, when I recently saw the book advertised in paperback on a Catholic website, I immediately ordered it. Would it be as captivating as I remembered it to be? Would it rekindle that spirit of growth in faith that I was hungry for?
When I began reading it for the second time, I realized I had totally forgotten the inner core of this work. This time, I understood more of the deeper meaning behind St Luke's emotions. I suffered through the agony of loneliness and the awe and wonder of discovering the workings of our Lord along with St. Luke. It was not just a touching, moving story. It was the beautiful love story of man and Christ. It was the understanding that life here on earth can be harsh and can leave us totally empty of spiritual strength, limited as we are by our human intellect and beliefs. And yet, it also reveals the truth that deep within each of us there is a driving faith that, if we have the courage to investigate and follow it, and hang onto it tightly, the most magnificent wonder can overtake us and reveal to us God's infinite love. This is a story of how God gives us time and patience to understand His mysterious ways. Taylor Caldwell shows us the true relationship that we can have with Christ when we allow ourselves to persevere and continue searching and following what our Church teaches us; when we allow God to overtake us, and be within us.
Caldwell's dialogue regarding Mary, Mother of God, is so tender and realistic. I felt I was there with St. Luke: I heard Mary's words and felt the love and compassion in her voice.
This is a book I will read again after a period of time, and will, more than likely, find even more moments of spirit and strength through the words of Taylor Caldwell. It will always be my favorite work of fiction.
Original Language: English
Book Dimensions: 6.1 x 1.5 x 9.1 inches
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Latin Pop-Megastar Romeo Santos on His Big Year
"When Drake told me, 'I want to sing Spanish,' I was like, oh boy."
It may have come as a surprise to the uninitiated last July when Romeo Santos, the king of bachata, sold out two concerts at his home borough's Yankee Stadium. But any latecomers to the angel-voiced singer's R&B-tinged romantic balladry were only getting clued in to what the Spanish-speaking world already knew: Santos, 33, is one of music's biggest stars — in any language. As if any further proof were needed, this past week, Billboard placed Santos at No. 1 on its Top Latin Artists chart, and gave the same position to his latest LP, Formula Vol 2, on its Top Latin Albums ranking.
Santos, spoke to us about where he's come from and where he's going.
English-language papers are always saying things like, "They don't know who Romeo Santos is below 187th Street." Does that annoy you?
Not at all! Every year, more people that aren't Spanish are learning about me.
Do you feel like you're a New Yorker? A Dominican?
It depends where I'm at. If I'm performing in the United States, I'm able to speak Spanglish, and the crowd comprehends. If I'm in the Dominican Republic or Puerto Rico, then I'm completely Spanish. I feel like a New Yorker that represents all Latinos.
Your song "Propuesta Indecente" has over 500 million YouTube views, but you have an untapped Anglo market. You grew up speaking Spanish and English — why don't you perform in the latter language?
My record label sees so much potential in me to be able to cross over like Shakira, Ricky Martin, Marc Anthony. They think this is what you need to take it to another dimension — perform in English. No! I have nothing against crossing over, but I don't need to change to cross over. I'm not just selling out Yankee Stadium; I'm selling out stadiums in Mexico, in Argentina — with my bachata. I try to stay true to what I do.
Your manager, Johnny Marines, was a New York City cop while he was also working for you. He was actually making arrests while on the phone booking concerts. How did that happen?
We had our group Aventura, and were starting to do well. Guys would do security for us, but most of them were just trying to pick up women. Johnny was very disciplined, very focused. And I felt like, I really trust him, which was the most important thing for me. So I promoted him to manager, and he's been my manager ever since.
You were born Anthony, and your friends call you Tony. Do you think of yourself as Romeo or Tony?
Tony is the family guy. This Romeo character is something I decided to create, like my alter ego. I was extremely shy when I first started in the business. I didn't know how to act onstage, I would sing and keep my head down to avoid eye contact with the audience — that wasn't going to be appealing to women. I noticed these living legends, from Michael Jackson to Prince, they make you feel special; I needed that. So the name Romeo was invented from the original Romeo and Juliet. I wanted to show people I'm like a modern Romeo. I'm romantic but I can also be seductive. I can be cool and charismatic, swagger-type. Onstage, I'm Romeo. That gave me confidence, self-esteem.
So Romeo Santos is intentionally a sex symbol?
My fans love me; they've made me this sex symbol. I don't feel I am, but they feel that way. They find me attractive, like I'm a sexy dude. I try my best to make them believe the illusion. I make them all my girlfriends. I just express to each and every one of them every chance I get that I have millions of girlfriends, my fans.
Bachata used to be thought of as the sappy music favored by your grandmother's generation. As a teenager growing up in the Bronx, is that what kids were listening to?
My dad is Dominican, my mother's Puerto Rican, and I got into bachata at the age of 10 or 11. When I started listening, it had a reputation for being music for hick people. I thought that had to be changed. I was born and raised in the Bronx, and I knew you make something cool if you're cool. My brothers and me, we spoke Spanglish, which was cool. We were very stylish. Before we came along, the youngest bachatero was probably like 25. We were all like 16, 17.
You're collaborating with English-speaking stars like Nicki Minaj, Usher, Drake. Do they help you sell tickets?
I'll tell you like this. I've never, ever, ever promoted a concert with the concept of "Romeo and friends." And every time I've done a press conference, when they ask me, "Who will be there?" I tell them, "No one's going to be there but me." My biggest tunes — "Eres Mía," "Llévame Contigo," "Propuesta Indecente" — they aren't featuring anyone but me.
How was their Spanish, by the way?
You know, honestly, I was amazed. I was worried, you know, when Drake told me, "I want to sing Spanish." I was like, oh boy, let's see, I don't know. Even I have an accent in English, and my world is Spanish, and his world is English. And to hear him, you know, I was guiding him in the studio, and he was a perfectionist. He did a great job. Some people are so naïve to even say, "So does that mean Drake speaks Spanish?" And I had to tell them, "No, absolutely not." He did such a great job that you would think that. Same thing with Nicki.
So where is Romeo Santos in five years?
It's hard to say. I can honestly tell you that it'll definitely be in this business, because it's what I do best and it's what I love to do. It's my life. But, you know, I don't know. I definitely visualize myself — I don't know if [in] five years, it might be a little too soon, but I do see at one point me being more behind the scenes and just producing other talents. To be able to create, to produce. It's fascinating to me.
You once described your ambition as "just trying to take over the world." Do you still feel that way?
Yeah, I always feel that way. That's my goal. To get the world to know who Romeo Santos is. His music. My music. Even if they don't like it, I want them to know who I am.


text: Pediatrics / Pediatric Research Newsletter / July 2013 July 2013 Newsletter Strong Children's Research Center Summer Student Program Every summer, 15-20 students join our research team for the SCRC Summer Student Program directed by George Schwartz, M.D., Associate Chair for Research Training. Eligible participants who have completed their junior year or senior year of an undergraduate program or their first year of medical school are selected from up to 180 application packets consisting of essay-driven questions, transcripts, letters of recommendation, and curriculum vitae. These packets are carefully reviewed for commitment to research, GPA, areas of interest, future goals, and expectations from the SCRC Program. For some, this is a first research experience. For others, it is a chance to experience a different kind of research, continue an ongoing research project, or explore the world of a physician-scientist. This summer, we will mentor 18 students from 15 different universities who were chosen from 135 applicants. Three are medical students, one will be a graduate student this August, and the rest are undergraduate students. They are an impressive group, with an average GPA of 3.84 and scientific interests that range from subcellular organelles to specific organ systems to individual human diseases to population biology! Their time with us includes weekly lectures with topics covering careers in science and medicine, research ethics, and a round table discussion with a group of clinical and basic science researchers from the Department of Pediatrics. In addition, students tour the research and clinical facilities of the URMC, the Golisano Children's Hospital, and the UR Medical School, and even attend social outings in popular Rochester venues in the evenings and on the weekends. All students are given the opportunity to shadow a pediatric physician in an outpatient clinical setting. This intensive research program culminates at the end of the ten week period with a student-prepared poster presentation. This session is open to URMC faculty and staff, mentors of the SCRC and their research teams, as well the parents and families of the SCRC students. Here is a brief snapshot of the diverse array of students, mentors, and projects that are making our Rochester summer so exciting! Summer Research Overview John Dawson, from the University of Rochester (UR), is working with C. Andrew Aligne, M.D. to analyze data gathered in an effort to define barriers and facilitators to the use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets in Senegal. Gregory Golembeski, also from the University of Rochester, is studying the phenomenon of the morning surge in blood pressure in children with hypertension, under mentor Marc Lande, M.D. Layla Hatem, a student at Jefferson Medical College, and mentor Gloria Pryhuber, M.D. are determining the effect of maternal smoking during pregnancy on oxidative stress in the newborn infant. Working with George Porter, M.D., Ph.D., Kathryn Hockensmith from Drury University is trying to determine whether the membrane portion of ATP synthase separates from the head of the molecule during permeability transition in cardiac mitochondria. How's that for organelles to organs to people to populations? Faraz Khan came from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) to work with George Schwartz, M.D. on the role of ion transporter adaptation in acidotic cortical collecting ducts in the kidney. Rakhee Lalla, from New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, is working with surgeon Yi-Horng Lee, M.D., studying the feasibility of the STAT intervention for ASD students and their teachers. Nicklaus Lewis, from North Carolina Central University, is studying the geographic and racial correlates of adolescent opioid misuse with faculty member Leesha Hoilette, M.D., M.S., while David Luor, from Rutgers University, is evaluating an integrated care pathway for children with asthma with faculty member Eric Biondi, M.D. Mandy Hei Ma has joined us from University of Buffalo School of Medicine to work with child neurologist Alex Paciorkowski, M.D. on using a novel developmental assessment tool to evaluate children with abnormalities in the FOXG1 gene. Proof positive that research is not just one thing! The work of John (Jay) Petosa from St. Lawrence University and Heidi Connolly, M.D. is aimed at comparing quality of life outcomes in adenotonsillectomy vs. CPAP in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea in overweight and obese children and adolescents. Jonathan Pierce came from St. Bonaventure University to work with Francis Gigliotti, M.D. on the effect of macrophage phenotype and opsonins on phagocytosis of Pneumocystis, a cause of pneumonia in immunocompromised patients. Taylor Streetor, from Tougaloo College, is working with Ruth Lawrence, M.D. on the effect of quiet or listening to music while breastfeeding on the production and lipid and sodium content of breast milk. From Williams College, Daniel Underberg is working with Tristram Smith, Ph.D. as a Haggerty-Friedman Scholar, studying the impact of preoperative imaging studies on the efficiency of care for pediatric appendicitis. Kathryn Voss, from the College of William and Mary, is working with Stephen Cook, M.D., M.P.H. on a project aimed at determining current childhood obesity rates in Monroe County. Intellectual diversity? It's our middle name! Chantelle White, a University of Rochester student, is working with Kate Ackerman, M.D. defining cardiac morphology in a genetic mouse model found to have a congenital heart defect. Another University of Rochester student, Claire Wyman, is working with Mary Caserta, M.D. on respiratory pathogen co-infection in children with respiratory syncytial virus infection. Emily Leubner, who joined us from the University of Pittsburgh, and her mentor, Laurie Steiner, M.D. are studying the effects of erythropoietin on neuronal cells exposed to hypoxia. Finally, Chelsea Young, a student at the University of Connecticut, is studying the inhibition of STAT3 function in primitive and definitive erythropoiesis. In a day and age in which many bemoan the disappearance of the physician-scientist, we are training, mentoring and nurturing the next generation of these extraordinarily creative and industrious individuals! We have always made this enterprise a priority. Our children and families deserve nothing less than to know we will always foster the pursuit of the next diagnosis, the next cure, the next preventive strategy. Of course, it gets harder and harder to fund this wonderful program as time goes on. The Haggerty-Friedman Fund has started us off, endowing funded positions for one or two students annually who work on developmental and behavioral pediatrics projects. Anyone interested in following their lead? Learn more about the SCRC Summer Student Program.


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Caller ID can be a blessing and a curse. A blessing, when the Consumer Research people are calling for the umpteenth time to find out what I think about fabric softener (um, it's stinky), or when a well-meaning person is calling to collect funds for the Underprivelidged Endangered Species annual ball (not that we don't support underprivelidged endangered species, of course). A curse when a random person is calling to give you good news and you don't answer because you don't recognize the number.
This "Burgess T Ric" person had been calling our house nonstop for several evenings. Clearly, s/he wasn't going to take no for an answer, so I was primed and ready to give our standard "we don't give money over the phone" in the most polite but firm voice possible when it turned out to be Sue Burgess, Chairman of the SCBWI Work-in-Progress Grant Committee. Who was calling me! To tell me good news! I won a grant!
I was too flustered to even ask which grant (I had applied for the Contemporary Novel for Young People category but was automatically entered in the Grant for a Work Whose Author Has Never Had a Book Published category), but I know I was the first runner up for...something. I think it was the Contemporary Novel category, but then I guess I will have to wait for the official announcement in September to find out. But here's the cool part - the Contemporary Novel grant is funded by none other than Judy Blume. Holy cow! Judy Blume read my manuscript!
You have to forgive my excitement, which comes on the heels of me thinking my novel is a huge waste of time, money, and megabytes. A friend said writing is like being a comedian who tells a joke then hears the laugh three (or five, or ten) years later. So getting some validation between the telling and the laugh is a huge, huge thing, a little particle of hope that it might be good. Or at least the first 25 pages are, which will serve as fuel to keep going. I looked up previous winners on Amazon, and all but three of them were now published and many of them critically acclaimed. Wow!
This also served as a little push to finally finish updating my website, which might (hopefully) get more traffic once this is officially announced. So stop on by! Read stories! Make stuff! Read a Brimstone Soup teaser! Read my blustery bio! And enjoy.
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
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- AnonymousSeptember 6, 2006 at 4:34 AM
To me this is just as much a success as getting it published! Well, almost, LOL Congratulations, Holly, so proud of you! I am dying to read it I can't wait!ReplyDelete
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SOURCE: MCW Energy Group
August 19, 2013 17:37 ET
TORONTO--(Marketwired - Aug 19, 2013) - MCW Energy Group (TSX VENTURE: MCW) (MCW.V) ("MCW"), a Canadian holding company involved in fuel distribution and the creation of oil sands extraction technology, today announced that an independent rating agency member of Universal Rating Agency, has assigned a credit rating of "BB" (a favourable rating) to MCW Fuels Inc. According to the agency, the assigned rating is based upon the presence of a qualified and experienced management team, a moderate current debt burden and the substantial market value of assets controlled by the parent company, MCW Energy Group.
About MCW Fuels:
MCW Fuels (Originated in 1938 as McWhirter Fuels Distributing Inc.) is a petroleum products distribution company which provides over 250 service stations throughout western United States with branded and unbranded fuels and diesel products. This division has demonstrated significant sales growth during the past three years with total sales in 2010 of $ 188,700.000 USD. In 2011, sales were $ 241,500,000 and in 2012, (to fiscal year end of August 31st,) sales totalled $ 363,300,000. MCW Fuels has long term branding contracts with Valero and ConocoPhillips, and the Company is heavily involved in rebranding programs, together with value-added programs such as inventory control systems, price management, credit card controls and has achieved a 38% annual compound growth rate (CAGR) over the past three years. In 2013, MCW Fuels delivered over 156 million gallons of fuel and diesel products. After acquiring two major Californian distributors in 2012, MCW Fuels is continuing to implement an aggressive distributor acquisition program for further growth opportunities.
About MCW Energy Group:
MCW Energy Group Limited, is focused on value creation as (i) a distributor of gasoline and diesel fuels to service stations in Southern California for over 72 years, (MCW Fuels) and, (ii) as a developer of proprietary technology for the extraction of oil from oil sands at its first field in the Uinta Basin of Utah, USA.(MCW Oil Sands Recovery, LLC), The Company is in the process of assembling its initial extraction plant in Asphalt Ridge, where it will implement its environmentally-friendly and cost efficient technology MCW's management team is comprised of individuals who have extensive knowledge in both conventional and unconventional oil and gas projects and production, as well as refinery and fuel distribution experience. For more information, please visit the corporate website at: www.mcwenergygroup.com.
The information in this news release includes certain information and statements about management's view of future events, expectations, plans and prospects that constitute forward looking statements. These statements are based upon assumptions that are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Because of these risks and uncertainties and as a result of a variety of factors, the actual results, expectations, achievements or performance may differ materially from those anticipated and indicated by these forward looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this news release, include, but are not limited to the commercial viability of the technology and the extraction plant, economic performance and future plans and objectives of the Company. Any number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements as well as future results. Although MCW believes that the expectations reflected in forward looking statements are reasonable, they can give no assurances that the expectations of any forward looking statements will prove to be correct. Except as required by law, MCW disclaims any intention and assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward looking statements to reflect actual results, whether as a result of new information, future events, changes in assumptions, changes in factors affecting such forward looking statements or otherwise.
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A couple of weeks ago I was invited to Sessions Spa in Beverley for a pamper day. The whole experience was amazing from start to finish. I'll show you some pictures from my day at Sessions!
I had my washed, cut and blow dried. As you can see, i'm growing my hair, and my trim was performed by the lovely Courtney. She was so friendly and really enhanced my experience.
The spa had these lovely changing areas with everything you can think of in products to use.
I loved the layout of the spa, my favourite aspect was the treatment rooms, the lighting and comfort they offered is just something i've never had before at a spa. I had the best back, neck and shoulder massage I've ever had. I MUST go back.
A few other bloggers came along, and we were also allowed drinks throughout our time at the spa, which was a nice treat.
In addition to everything we experiences whilst at the spa, they also gave us a huge goodie bag with freebies to try.
I'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone at Sessions Spa for making this an unforgettable experience.
*As always this review is of my own experience.
* All treatments were gifted by Sessions Spa Beverley.


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Lutheran Church Altar Found at Ruin of J'lem Army Camp
For 60 years it did not occur to anyone to open the wooden chest in the main hall of Camp Schneller in north Jerusalem and see what was in it.
For 60 years it did not occur to anyone to open the wooden chest in the main hall of Camp Schneller in north Jerusalem and see what was in it. The chest, discovered by accident amid piles of garbage and the ruined hall's debris, was recently opened to reveal the altar of the German Lutheran church, on whose site the camp stood until two years ago.
Last Monday the altar was transferred to its new home, the Lutheran Church at the Augusta Victoria Compound on Mount Scopus.
Camp Schneller is familiar to almost every Jerusalemite who served in the army. It was where soldiers went for forms to apply for sick leave.
The camp's largest structure, once the Lutheran church, was turned into a gymnasium with basketball hoops replacing statues of Jesus. The soldiers playing there could not imagine the hall's history or what was in the wooden chest near one of the walls.
The compound, which German-Swiss missionary Johann Ludwig Schneller started building as a small mission in 1854, quickly became a thriving community. In 1939, with the eruption of World War II, the British Mandate authorities expelled all German nationals from Palestine, including the clergy. The compound was captured by the British army and taken over by the Israel Defense Forces in 1948.
Three years later Israel gave the World Lutheran Church 48 hours to remove artifacts from the site. Church people dismantled the bells, windows and the big organ, but left the altar, which was too heavy to take apart and move at such short notice.
"The altar is the heart of the church, it's the most important part of it," says , the provost of the Evangelical German Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in the Old City of Jerusalem. "For us God is in the letters, and the altar is the place on which the Holy Book is placed."
The altar, erected in 1910, was made of heavy marble plates, decorated with a mosaic of gold-painted glass and blue stones. The movers built a wooden chest around it instead of taking it apart, Graebe suggests.
Whey the chest remained sealed for six decades remains a mystery. "When you're in the army you probably don't think too much, you do what you're told, " Graebe says. "They must have sat on it to watch the basketball games."
While the chest kept the altar fairly well preserved, the structure around it eroded over the years. A hole was drilled in the former church floor for a chimney, the ornate wooden doors were destroyed and the ceiling collapsed.
About two years ago the IDF evacuated the site and the city put together blueprints for a preservation and construction plan. After a struggle by the Site Preservation Council and architect Gil Gordon, eight of the compound's main structures were earmarked for preservation. They are to serve as public institutions for the ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods to be built nearby.
In October 2009, Gordon, the compound's preservation architect, took Lutheran Church leaders on a tour of the site. It was the first time Graebe visited the place. The hall, its walls in ruins, was filled with garbage and covered with bird droppings. Amid the garbage, Graebe noticed the small wooden chest. "An hour later I thought of it again and realized there must be something in it," he says.
He told Gordon, who returned to the site the next day with tools. He told the guard he "forgot something" and opened the wooden box, discovering the altar.
"The altar is the last evidence at Schneller for the Christian ritual there," Graebe says. "It's very exciting."
That posed a problem. Preservation principles stipulate leaving the altar at Schneller, but since the compound is earmarked to serve the ultra-Orthodox, an object of Christian ritual cannot be left there. As Gordon diplomatically wrote in his report to the city: "The altar's survival chances are zero in view of the compound's current neighbors and future users."
The altar's discovery was kept under wraps as the city and Lutherans negotiated its transfer.
Deputy Jerusalem Mayor Naomi Tsur, responsible for preservation, conditioned the transfer on the altar's not leaving Israel and having a sign discussing its history in its new location. The church agreed.
The altar was transferred piece by piece, exactly 100 years after it was built. Its marble plates, which were cracked, were placed in a stretcher to prevent them from breaking, lifted with a crane and moved out through the church window to their new home on Mount Scopus.
In the beautiful Augusta Victorian Church the altar was placed under a beautiful stone embossment of Moses holding the Ten Commandments. It will be inaugurated in November.
"I didn't sleep for two nights thinking of how they were going to take it out of the window," says Tsur. "But this is definitely a happy end."
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|John Brombaugh
Brombaugh testing an organ pipe,
16 June 2011
March 1, 1937
Dayton, Ohio
|Alma mater
|University of Cincinnati
John Brombaugh (born March 1, 1937) is an American master pipe organ builder known for his historically oriented tracker action pipe organs.
Personal life and early training[edit]
Born in Dayton, Ohio, Brombaugh (related to the Brumbaugh families) first heard a Hammond organ while in the fourth grade and was "mesmerized" by the combination of organ and electronics,[1] a combination that would shape his career. Brombaugh has degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati (EE, 1960) and Cornell University (MS-EE, 1963) specializing in the field of acoustics, in particular musical acoustics.
After college graduation, Brombaugh worked as a development engineer for the Baldwin Piano Company. His charge "was to develop a method to produce electronic chiff and to design an artificial reverberation system." For the former, he extensively studied the construction of organ pipes, while the latter included ideas pioneered in the Hammond organ.[2] Brombaugh also secured seven patents with the Baldwin Organ Company. [3]
As a lifelong lover of classical music, especially as he heard ancient European organs on recordings - e.g. E. Power Biggs' The Art of the Organ and Helmut Walcha's of J.S. Bach's music on the Schnitger organ in Cappel, he became an apprentice under the two leading American tracker action pipe organ builders, Fritz Noack (1964–1966) and Charles Fisk (1966–1967) and then served as a journeyman (Geselle) with the Rudolph von Beckerath firm in Hamburg in 1967–68 to complete his training, especially in making reed pipes. While in Hamburg, Brombaugh used every opportunity to study the many historic organs in northwest Germany and adjacent Netherlands.
In June 1968, he established his own firm, John Brombaugh & Co., in the farmlands west of Germantown, Ohio, his hometown; this sole proprietorship eventually became a partnership including George Taylor, John Boody, Herman Greunke and others. In 1977, the partnership dissolved in a friendly way when Brombaugh moved his firm to Eugene, Oregon under the new name, John Brombaugh & Associates, Inc. that continued until completing its final instrument in summer 2005. He built 66 organs that are located in 23 states, Canada, Sweden and Japan and was a teacher to many upcoming younger builders, e.g. Bruce Shull, Michael Bigelow, Charles Ruggles, Paul Fritts, Munetaka Yokota, Bruce Fowkes, Trent Buhr, Karl Nelson, David Petty, Aaron Reichert. A grant from the Ford Foundation in Spring 1971 enabled Brombaugh to do intense study of about 100 historic organs in Germany, the Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Austria and Italy and he has continued his studies at all possible times since.
Organ building style[edit]
The majority of Brombaugh organs are tuned in a "Well temperament." This enables them to play music composed in any key but, compared with Equal Temperament, favors the central keys used in most organ literature of all periods. Since its introduction in 1978, the "Bach" temperament by Herbert Anton Kellner has become Brombaugh's standard tuning, though several of his organs are tuned in 1/4 Syntonic comma Meantone where their primary intention is for historically oriented performance of the organ literature older than that of Johann Sebastian Bach's. Many of his easily movable small positives have transposition capabilities to facilitate their playability at different pitches; these (excepting his Op. 2 that was made during his apprenticeship with Noack) are his only instruments tuned in Equal Temperament.
Although he has been interested to recover and use many of the lost concepts from the ancient organ-builders (e.g., they only use mechanical key action), he also considers himself a builder of this time who is amenable to the use of the best current construction methods and the use of ideas necessary for the convenience required by organists of our time. For example, his Opus 35] - an organ of 3,250 pipes, 3 manuals and pedal with 46 stops that was dedicated on Pentecost 2001 at the First Presbyterian Church in Springfield, Illinois (of which congregation Abraham Lincoln and his family attended, and Mary Todd Lincoln was a member) - is a synthesis of historical and modern techniques.
Among John Brombaugh's contributions to modern organ-building are:
- the first use in modern times of an unequal temperament for tuning a large pipe organ in North America - on his Op. 4 at First Lutheran Church, Lorain, Ohio that was dedicated by David Boe [1] in June 1970. The temperament used was Andreas Werckmeister's IIIrd temperament, Werckmeister's first inventive departure from the ancient Pythagorean or Meantone tunings. This temperament has since been used on many new organs worldwide. [2]
- general absence of plywood in the construction of his instruments, especially in the casework and by the earliest return in 20th century organ-building (beginning in 1968) to using only solid wood for the windchest tableboards.
- consistent use of fine architectural concepts and details for his case designs, for example, those described by the renowned Renaissance artisan, Andrea Palladio and those found in instruments made by the late Gothic builders. He has also been interested to develop designs with suitable modern styles where appropriate, not just to work only making historically governed copies.
- the first use of hammered pipe metal in modern times in the United States, also done for his Op. 4 for Lorain, Ohio.
- beginning in 1970 with his Op. 4 for Lorain, Ohio, consistent use of "wedge bellows" in all of his work to provide a slightly unstable winding that gives the organ a more musical character or "life." A few of Brombaugh's instruments have the mechanism needed so the organ's wind could be produced by foot pumping its bellows - the norm before electricity (or other energy sources) could take over this rather boring job.
- beginning in 1970, development and use of an electronic "tuning machine" having a CRT display that can be set for any temperament and a reference pitch variable over a 4:5 ratio; the device provides an accuracy of 1/5 cent or 0.1 Hz and also has a filter settable to observe the various harmonics individually so all pipes of compound stops (such as the Mixtures and Cornets) may be very accurately tuned.
- the first use worldwide of the high lead content pipe metal alloy such as was found in the work of Hendrik Niehoff in 16th century northwestern Europe for his Op. 19 at Central Lutheran Church in Eugene, Oregon.
- among the first uses of Meantone tuning in a major new organ in the United States, (along with Charles Fisk's organ at Houghton Memorial Chapel, Wellesley College and Gene Bedient's organ at Augustana College in Rock Island, IL) for his Op. 24 organ for Fairchild Chapel at Oberlin College that was dedicated in September 1981 by Harald Vogel. Meantone organs in North America remain very rare.
- the general use of "vocale" voicing of the pipes to achieve the tonal beauty so common to the organs in and prior to Bach's lifetime.
- first installation into Continental Europe since the 1930s of a new pipe organ built in the United States - the Meantone organ for the Hagakyrkan in Göteborg, Sweden, dedicated by Harald Vogel on March 8, 1992.
- first use of the Ruckpositive in a major concert hall organ - by using two Ruckpositive divisions to the left and right so the organist is not hidden from view of the audience in the Toyota City, Japan, Op. 37 instrument inaugurated by Harald Vogel on November 11, 2003.
- Montgomery County, Ohio, Brombaugh won design prize awarded to Montgomery County high school students; his home design was built for 1955 Home Show, at the county fairgrounds.
- Ford Foundation, 1971, awarded for financial support to study historic organs in Europe.
- University of Cincinnati, College of Engineering Distinguished Alumi Award (1981)[4]
- Oregon Governor's Arts Award (1996)[5]
- University of Oregon's Distinguished Service Award (2006)[6]
Brombaugh Organs of Note[edit]
|Trinity Lutheran Church, LCMS
|Ithaca, New York, USA
|First Lutheran Church Destroyed by fire August 28, 2014 [3]
|Lorain, Ohio, USA
|Ashland Avenue Baptist Church Video on YouTube [4]
Church closed Oct 2006, moved to Sacred Heart RC Cathedral,
Rochester, NY, for use by Eastman Rochester students, [5] [6]
moved again to St. Michael's RC Church, Rochester, NY
in 2014 installed in Schroeder Hall at Sonoma State University [7] [8]
|Toledo, Ohio, USA
Rochester, New York, USA
Rohnert Park, California, USA
|Private residence practice organ
|Nebraska, USA
|First Methodist Church
|Oberlin, Ohio, USA
|Grace Episcopal Church
|Ellensburg, Washington, USA
|Central Lutheran Church [9] [10]
|Eugene, Oregon, USA
|St. John's Presbyterian Church [11]
|Berkeley, California, USA
|St. Mark's Episcopal Chapel, UConn [12]
|Storrs, Connecticut, USA
|Christ Episcopal Church
|Tacoma, Washington, USA
|St. Paul's Lutheran Church
|Durham, North Carolina, USA
|Fairchild Chapel, Oberlin College
|Oberlin, Ohio, USA
|Southern Adventist University
|Collegedale, Tennessee, USA
|Hagakyrkan [13]
|Göteborg, Sweden
|Iowa State University, Music School Recital Hall [14]
|Ames, Iowa, USA
|Pilgrim Lutheran Church
|Beaverton, Oregon, USA
|St. Barnabas Anglican Church
|Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
|Christ Church, Christiana Hundred, Episcopal [15]
|Wilmington, Delaware, USA
|Lawrence University Memorial Chapel
|Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
|Duke University Memorial Chapel [16] [17] [18]
|Durham, North Carolina, USA
|First Presbyterian Church
|Springfield, Illinois, USA
|Toyota City Concert Hall [19]
|Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
|Florence Henry Memorial Chapel, The Highlands
(Brombaugh's final instrument)
|Seattle, Washington, USA
- ^ Ferguson, Homer A. III (2008). "John Brombaugh: The Development of America's Master Organ Builder." Doctoral thesis, Arizona State University (unpublished), p. 6.
- ^ Ferguson, Homer A. III (2008). "John Brombaugh: The Development of America's Master Organ Builder." Doctoral thesis, Arizona State University (unpublished), p. 14.
- ^ Ferguson, Homer A. III (2008). "John Brombaugh: The Development of America's Master Organ Builder." Doctoral thesis, Arizona State University (unpublished), p. 73.
- ^ http://ceas.uc.edu/alumni_friends/Distinguished_Alumni/previous_distinguishedalumni/previous_years.html. Missing or empty
- ^ "Governor's Arts Awards (1996)". Oregon Arts Commission. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
- ^ "University Awards - John Brombaugh". University of Oregon. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
- Owen, Barbara (2001). "Brombaugh, John". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 4 (2 ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries. ISBN 1-56159-239-0.
External links[edit]
- the Westfield Center conference in Eugene, April 2010, celebrating Brombaugh's influence on modern organbuilding
- How It All Got Started by David Boe for a conference at the Eastman School of Music,
- Rochester, NY, October 2006, describing the state of the Pipe Organ in America in our time
- University of Cincinnati alumni magazine article with notes on Brombaugh's work, particularly on the historic
- Niehoff-Dropa (1551, 1714) organ at the Johanniskirche, Lüneburg, Germany and a photo of his Op. 37 in Toyota City, Japan
- The Development of America's Master Organ Builder - doctoral thesis by Homer Ashton Ferguson
- Information on many Brombaugh organs including Notes from the Builder on his Op. 19 at Central Lutheran Church in Eugene, Oregon
- "Pipe Organ Builder - John Brombaugh" a synopsis of an article in The Lutheran (June 1998)
- Herbert Anton Kellner's "Bach" temperament, an explanation from English Harpsichord Magazine and Early Keyboard Instrument Review (EHM), April 1978, p. 32-36


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An aquarium is a clear-sided container in which water-dwelling plants and animals are kept. A public aquarium is where people are able to see multiple displays of plants and animals in aquariums.
Aquarium (or the plural Aquaria) may also refer to:
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Tag and Title Coordinator
- Employer
- DARCARS Automotive Group
- Location
- Bowie, MD
- Posted
- May 15, 2018
- Closes
- Jun 04, 2018
- Function
- Automotive Repair and Mechanic, Sales
- Industry
- Automotive
- Career Level
- Experienced (Non-Manager)
- Hours
- Full Time
About Us
At all DARCARS stores, it is our pleasure to provide our customers with a shopping, buying, and ownership experience that consistently satisfies each individual's needs and expectations in a comfortable, supportive environment.
We strongly believe in and adhere to our Founder's Mentality: that passion, hard work, dedication, support, and development are the fundamental, driving principles of our business. Everyone loves that feeling they get when they've won something; won the big race, hit the winning home run, achieved the fastest time at the swim meet. By adhering to our founder's mentality, our people experience that winning feeling every day. We also genuinely care about our people: our customers, our employees and our community. If you believe in these principles, too; if you like to work hard and play hard; if you like winning; DARCARS IS THE PLACE FOR YOU!
Position Summary:
DARCARS Automotive Group endeavors to secure a highly engaged, detail-oriented, and self-sufficient Coordinator, Tag & Title to ensure the timely and accurate processing of vehicle titles through a solid understanding of industry best practices and in compliance with relevant laws and company policy.
In this role, you'll:
- Interact with customers and store, regulatory agency, and bank personnel to resolve title issues
- Manage customer inquiries and requests
- Work with Sales & Finance Managers/Directors on title-related matters
- Prepare tax and title documents
- Confirm negotiability of title documents and report discrepancies
- Review incoming titles for accuracy with lien holder, VIN, odometer reading, etc; confirm releases of liens
- Verify funds have been collected and correct lienholder paid off before processing
- Prepare legal transfer documents for the MVA; verify and enter any fees assigned to a vehicle
- Bill out dealer trades and prepare Certificate of Origin
- Maintain an accurate temporary and out of state tag log Monthly U/C title reconciliation
- Conduct physical inventory reconciliation (Month End) Monthly U/C title reconciliation
- Maintain assigned schedules (MVA and Out of State)
- Calculate and issue MVA refund checks
- Reassign titles to the appropriate dealership
- Responsible for MVA bundle reconciliations and customer refund checks in accordance with the general ledger
- Maintain list of all outstanding title work
- Submits all legal transfer work to MVA, both electronically and physical documents
- Register vehicles within the 30-day time frame allotted from MVA
- Verify acceptance of title in state for which it is filed
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University of Louisville School of Law
Parent institution
|University of Louisville
|Colin Crawford
|Approx. 400
|Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
|USNWR Ranking
The University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, commonly referred to as The University of Louisville School of Law,[2][3] U of L Brandeis School of Law,[4] or the Brandeis School of Law,[4] is the law school of the University of Louisville. Established in 1846, it is the oldest law school in Kentucky and the fifth oldest in the country in continuous operation.[5] The law school is named after Justice Louis Dembitz Brandeis, who served on the Supreme Court of the United States and was the school's patron. Following the example of Brandeis, who eventually stopped accepting payment for "public interest" cases,[6] Louis D. Brandeis School of Law was one of the first law schools in the nation to require students to complete public service before graduation.[7]
The school offers six dual-degree programs that allow students to earn an MBA, MSW, MA in humanities, M.Div. (with the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary), MA in political science, and MUP in urban planning while attaining their J.D. These classes are offered in conjunction with other University of Louisville departments.
The school's law library contains 400,000 volumes as well as the papers of Louis D. Brandeis and John Marshall Harlan, both Supreme Court Justices and native Kentuckians. It is one of only thirteen Supreme Court repositories in the nation. The law school's flagship law review is the University of Louisville Law Review.[8]
According to University of Louisville's 2017 ABA-required disclosures, 95% of the Class of 2017 was employed within nine months of graduation. This includes 87% who obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation, excluding solo practitioners.[9]
19th and early 20th century history[edit]
Louis D. Brandeis School of Law began in 1846 as the Law Department of the University of Louisville. For most of the nineteenth century the Law Department remained small and focused on practical education. "As late as the 1870s the school still supported a faculty of only three professors, each of whom met classes two days per week for four hours."[10] Classes were held in the late afternoon to allow students to keep daytime jobs as law clerks. The faculty ignored the casebook method of instruction that was being developed at Harvard Law School at the time, instead encouraging students to visit local courts and offering optional mock court sessions. The "school literature even boasted that the faculty consisted of 'practical lawyers' and not professional educators."[10] As a result, prominent faculty members such as James Speed and Peter B. Muir often eschewed their part-time positions in favor of politics or private practice.
The turn of the twentieth century saw the Law Department finally begin to accept emerging national standards in legal education. In 1909, the school adopted Harvard Law's casebook method. In 1911, the school graduated its first female student, N. Almee Courtright. In 1923, the Law Department officially became the School of Law and hired a full-time professor. The following year University of Louisville President Arthur Younger Ford insisted that students must take some college courses before being admitted to the law school.[10]
The UofL School of Law and the Jefferson School of Law[edit]
Despite these efforts at reform, the students and professors of the School of Law continued to prefer part-time practical education over the national trend towards more formal legal education. This partly reflected the success of and competition from the Jefferson School of Law, which opened in 1905 and offered night classes.
Organized by several prominent local attorneys, the part-time professors at the Jefferson School of Law received tuition directly from the students and were responsible for renting classroom space. With students wishing to clerk and part-time professors continuing to practice, both schools were located within walking distance of the courthouse. As the national trend continued towards formal legal education, the Jefferson School of Law found it difficult to manage as a part-time law school. In 1950 the Jefferson School of Law merged with the University of Louisville School of Law.[10]
Louis D. Brandeis and the UofL School of Law[edit]
Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis was a great supporter of the University of Louisville. A native Louisvillian, Brandeis planned to make the university a "major center of academic research by creating specialized library and archival collections in such areas as sociology, art, music, and labor."[10] In addition to time and money, Brandeis also donated his personal papers, books, and pamphlets, numbering over 250,000 items. He was also instrumental in getting Supreme Court briefs and a collection of Justice John Marshall Harlan's papers deposited in the law school library.[11]
In honor of Brandeis, the University of Louisville School of Law changed its name to the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law in 1997.
The Brandeis Law Library owns a limited edition print of Andy Warhol's portrait of Brandeis which is on display in the library's main reading room.[12]
The ashes of Brandeis and his wife Alice Goldmark Brandeis are buried underneath the law school portico. His ashes are buried approximately fifty yards away from Auguste Rodin's The Thinker.[11]
True to its history, the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law has retained a strong focus on practical legal education. The school offers students a chance to gain experience at its law clinic, on moot court teams, in skills competitions, and on three student-edited law journals. As part of the Samuel L. Greenebaum Public Service Program, the school also requires all students to complete 30 hours of law-related public service. The school has several pre-professional student-run organizations, including the Student Trial Lawyers Association, International Law Society, Student Health Law Association, Environmental Law Society, and The Brand (intellectual property).
In addition to pre-professional student organizations, there are also a number of student-run social and political organizations on campus. A partial list of these includes the Federalist Society, the American Constitution Society, Lambda Law Caucus, Black Students Association, Asian-Pacific Law Students Association, Jewish Law Students Association, Christian Legal Society, and Woman's Law Caucus.
The Law Library supports the curriculum and research needs of the school's faculty and students, and is open to the university community, practicing bar, and the general public.[13]
Deans of Louis D. Brandeis School of Law[edit]
- 1846–1873: Henry Pirtle
- 1881–1886: William Chenault
- 1886–1890: Rozel Weissinger
- 1890–1911: Willis Overton Harris
- 1911–1919: Charles B. Seymour
- 1919–1921: Edward W. Hines
- 1922–1925: Charles B. Seymour
- 1925–1930: Leon P. Lewis
- 1930–1933: Neville Miller
- 1934–1936: Joseph A. McClain Jr.
- 1936–1946: Jack Neal Lott Jr.
- 1946–1957: Absalom C. Russell
- 1957–1958: William B. Peden
- 1958–1965: Marlin M. Volz
- 1965–1974: James R. Merritt
- 1974–1975: Steven R. Smith (interim)
- 1975–1976: James R. Merritt
- 1976–1980: Harold G. Wren
- 1980–1981: Norvie L. Lay (interim)
- 1981–1990: Barbara B. Lewis
- 1990–2000: Donald L. Burnett Jr.
- 2000–2005: Laura Rothstein
- 2005–2006: David Ensign (interim)
- 2007–2012: Jim Chen[10]
- 2012–2017: Susan H. Duncan (interim)
- 2017-2018: Lars Smith (interim)
- 2018-Present: Colin Crawford
According to University of Louisville's 2017 ABA-required disclosures, 95% of the Class of 2017 was employed within nine months of graduation. This includes 87% who obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation, excluding solo practitioners.[14] University of Louisville's Law School Transparency under-employment score is 5%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2017 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation.[15]
The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at University of Louisville for the 2013–2014 academic year is $53,614.[16] The Law School Transparency estimated debt-financed cost of attendance for three years is $204,989.[17]
Notable alumni[edit]
- Michael C. Kerr (1827–1876) (class of 1851), former United States House of Representatives member from Indiana and 28th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.[18]
- Lawrence Wetherby (1908-1994), 48th Governor of Kentucky.
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge (1837–1901) (class of 1857), former United States House of Representatives member from the Seventh District of Kentucky[19]
- John Breckinridge Castleman (1841–1918) (class of 1868), Confederate brigadier general
- Joseph Koenig (1858–1929) (class of 1884), co-founder of Metal Ware Corporation
- William Marshall Bullitt (1873-1957) (class of 1895), served as Solicitor General of the United States 1912-1913[20]
- Emmet O'Neal (1887–1967) (class of 1910), former United States House of Representatives member from the Third District of Kentucky[21]
- Charles R. Farnsley (1907–1990) (class of 1930), former United States House of Representatives member from the Third District of Kentucky[22]
- Fuller Harding (1915–2010), former member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (1942) and Taylor County county attorney for twenty-four years[23]
- Louie B. Nunn (1924–2004) (class of 1950), the 52nd governor of Kentucky[24]
- Marlow Cook (1926–2016) (class of 1950), former United States Senator[25]
- Jon Ackerson (1943– ), former member of both houses of the Kentucky Legislature, former member of the Louisville Metro Council, and Louisville lawyer[26]
- Chris Dodd (1944– ) (class of 1972), United States Senator from Connecticut, 1981–2011[27]
- Gerald Neal (1945– ) (class of 1972), member of the Kentucky Senate 1989–present, first black person elected as party leadership in the Kentucky House or Senate [28][29]
- Greg Stumbo (1951– ), former Kentucky Attorney General and former Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives[30]
- Bob Heleringer (1951– ) (class of 1976), former member of the Kentucky House of Representatives and Louisville lawyer[31]
- Howard Fineman (1948– ) (class of 1979), former Newsweek Magazine editor and chief Washington correspondent; Huffington Post editor[32]
- Sannie Overly (1966– ) (class of 1993), member of the Kentucky House of Representatives[33]
- University of Louisville Law Review
- Journal of Law and Education
- Journal of Animal and Environmental Law
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- ^ Business First: "Law student's public service is bedrock aspect." Friday, March 10, 2006
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- ^ "Fuller Harding". Columbia Magazine .com. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
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- ^ "Greg Stumbo". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
- ^ "Biography of Robert L. "Bob" Heleringer". equineregulatorylaw.com. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
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J. Holly McCain
On January 2, 1996, J. Holly McCain lost her younger brother, Don, to AIDS. STAR is her emotional and touching response to this tragedy. Each poem in this collection takes us closer to McCain's feelings of grief, pain, and anger, and, eventually, peace. And each poem takes us closer to Don, the baby brother with blond hair and a mischievous grin, whose last words to his sister were, "Think of the living and not the dead." Though the poems in STAR focus on the life and death of Don, McCain's poetry speaks to everyone who has ever lost a loved one.
In 2007 she published the book, Brown Eyes, about her dog, Shadow.
McCain was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and grew up in Sheffield Lake. McCain raised her only daughter, Elizabeth, in Lorain. She wrote for both her high school and college newspapers. She graduated from Lorain Community College in 1991.
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Effects of Mixtures of Tween80 and Cellulolytic Enzymes on Nutrient Digestion and Cellulolytic Bacterial Adhesion
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Effects of Mixtures of Tween80 and Cellulolytic Enzymes on Nutrient Digestion and Cellulolytic Bacterial Adhesion
Hwang, Il Hwan; Lee, Chan Hee; Kim, Seon Woo; Sung, Ha Guyn; Lee, Se Young; Lee, Sung Sill; Hong, Hee Ok; Kwak, Yong-Chul; Ha, Jong K.;
A series of in vitro and in vivo experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of the mixture of Tween 80 and cellulolytic enzymes (xylanase and cellulase) on total tract nutrient digestibility and rumen cellulolytic bacterial adhesion rates in Holstein steers. Ground timothy hay sprayed with various levels of Tween 80 and cellulolytic enzymes was used as substrates in an in vitro experiment to find out the best combinations for DM degradation. The application level of 2.5% (v/w) Tween 80 and the combination of 5 U xylanase and 2.5 U cellulase per gram of ground timothy hay (DM basis) resulted in the highest in vitro dry matter degradation rate (p<0.05). Feeding the same timothy hay to Holstein steers also improved in vivo nutrient (DM, CP, CF, NDF and ADF) digesibilities compared to non-treated hay (p<0.05). Moreover, Tween 80 and enzyme combination treatment increased total ruminal VFA and concentrations of propionic acid and isovaleric acid with decreased acetate to propionate ratio (p<0.001). However, adhesion rates of Fibrobacter succinogenes and Ruminococcus flavefaciens determined by Real Time PCR were not influenced by the treatment while that of Ruminococcus albus was decreased (p<0.05). The present results indicate that a mixture of Tween 80 and cellulolytic enzymes can improve rumen environment and feed digestibility with variable influence on cellulolytic bacterial adhesion on feed.
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