ALBUM PHOTO: "The Future- We Hold" (Copyright 2013 Nicholas Jack Marino Publishing--BMI Music Affiliate--All Rights Reserved) When France gave "We The People" the gift of the "Statue of Liberty" at the end of the 19th Century, it is said that the only words engraved upon it read as follows: "Liberty the Light of the World" See also "America the Light" released this week at my CdBaby site--in the rotation of Albums above- Let Us Never Forget--From Where We Came--OR--"Who We Are AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN --YANKEES--&--AMERICANS -AND REMEMBER--The Rich and Powerful in England and the rest of the World--THOUGHT "OUR FOUNDERS"- WERE--FOOLS-IDIOTS & GUILTY OF TREASON--Even those in France-"HOW COULD ANYONE BELIEVE-- ALL PEOPLE ARE CREATED EQUAL"- THEY HATED "US" and they HATED "LIBERTY" --HAS IT NOW COME THE NEED FOR "US" --TO LEAD AGAIN --IN----LIFE, LIBERTY EQUALITY & JUSTICE-- WITH OUR "ACTIONS" & WORDS --Is part of the "GOLDEN RULE' --"NEVER EXPLOIT"--"PROTECT & RESPECT--"ALL LIFE"--WHICH MUST CONSIDER & NEED "GREEN"--"ALL LIFE NEEDS GREEN--RIGHT?? JOHN DENVER--was a "GREAT ARTIST" and probably the "GREATEST GREEN ARTIST" of our time--In another time--The first "GREEN ARTIST" was the great-- Ludwig van Beethoven --Symphony #6--He also like John Denver--Loved Liberty--BUT--All that came AFTER--1776--When our "FOUNDERS" decided they could "CHANGE THE WORLD"--AND DID JUST THAT-- --"IN OUR HANDS--THE FUTURE HOLD"-- I think John & Ludwig would have liked and worked with each other--In another time-- --THE ENTIRE WESTERN WORLD NEEDS TO LEAD --THIS TIME--BUT -WE THE PEOPLE- MUST MOVE FIRST TO --SHOW THEM AS BEFORE--- AS OUR FOUNDERS DID--IT CAN BE DONE--Just-- US YANKEES AGAIN ---RIGHT--?? THE SONG OF CHRISTMAS As I looked into the sky on a Starry Starry Night I thought I heard the Song of Christmas With all the World below over hill & dale it flowed Could it just be the Song of Christmas There’s a Song in the air that could Still be Everywhere Could it just be the Song of Christmas There’s a Light in the sky that can give the answer why Could it just be the Song of Christmas Where you find Love & Peace where the Meek will finally meet Could it be inside the Song of Christmas And Everyone who’s there will only Love & Care As they sing the Song of Christmas As we look into the sky on a Starry Starry Night What is it that we really see For all those who believe a better place the World could be Could it just be the Song of Christmas As I look & see the World full of Poverty I remember the Song of Christmas As I wonder why little Children need to Die I remember the Song of Christmas Somewhere inside a dream there’s a World where Love will be Could it be inside the Song of Christmas And everything you dream could be reality Inside the Song of Christmas As I Look into the sky on a Starry Starry Night What is it we really see For all those who believe a better place the World could be Could it just be the Song of Christmas Do you remember when mostly Darkness filled the Earth Before the Song of Christmas Peace & Love hardly there Slavery almost everywhere In the World Before Christmas The History books are clear the World was RULED BY FEAR In the World Before Christmas Some may choose not to Pray and think they can find their way But not without the Song of Christmas As we look into the sky on a Starry Starry Night What is it we really see For all who believe a better place the World could be Could it just be --His Birth on Christmas Day Nicholas Jack Marino --December 2012 PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHY— CURRICULUM VITA NICHOLAS JACK MARINO--NICK JACK MARINO ATTORNEY OHIO & NEW YORK LITIGATION – MEDIATION – COPYRIGHT ARTIST MANAGEMENT GREATER CLEVELAND TO NEW YORK, NY MarinoLaw.Biz--NickJackMarino.Biz HIGHLAND SQUARE – AKRON OFFICE 697 W Market St Suite 300 Akron, Ohio 44303 - Phone(s) -330-620-8163 -Toll Free- 1-800-533-1446 -Fax - 330 376 5069 -E-Mail- MarinoLawBiz@gmail.com -Web- MarinoLaw.Biz CLEVELAND APPOINTMENTS -Downtown at Superior Ave -Rockside Rd at I-77 -Beachwood at I-271 -Westlake at I-90 OTHER APPOINTMENTS -Lake, Ashtabula & Lorain Counties, Ohio -Medina, Canton, Kent & Ravenna, Ohio -New York, NY -Western New York State -Erie & Western PA -& OTHER CITIES & STATES OVER 30 YEARS OF CIVIL, CRIMINAL & GENERAL LITIGATION-JURY TRIALS OVER 30 YEARS –HANDS ON- PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS (CRIMINAL- -ACCIDENTS-INJURIES & OTHER)-THOUSANDS OF COURT CASES A YEAR LICENSED ATTORNEY IN OHIO & NEW YORK CERTIFIED MEDIATOR & NATIONAL CERTIFIED CASA/GAL CHILD PROTECTION & FAMILY LAW LITIGATION & MEDIATION OTHER CIVIL LITIGATION & SELECTIVE CRIMINAL LITIGATION COPYRIGHT LAW & ART LAW CONSULTATION (Licensed in New York) MUSIC & ART BUSINESS LAW & ARTIST MANAGEMENT & EDUCATION GLOBAL VIDEO CONFRENCING FROM CLEVELAND & OTHER CITIES & MUSIC EDUCATION & INSTRUCTION-VOICE-KEYS & GUITAR -PERFFORMANCE & THEORY & HISTORY ----BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE--- -Graduate Cleveland-Marshall College of Law 1981. Law Review Publication in Federal Antitrust Law: City of Cleveland v CEI: A Case Study in Attempts to Monopolize by Regulated Utilities, 30 Cleve St L Rev 1 (1981) with Barry Kellman. ( For More on Early 1980’s Public Utilities View-See Also –Barry Kellman- “De-Utilizing the Energy Industry: Planning the Solar Transation”-28 UCLA Law Rev. 1 –1980 ) -Magna Cum Laude Graduate of the University of Akron Undergraduate School 1978. Background in Economics, Music, and Certified Teacher in all Social Studies. -Licensed Attorney in Ohio 1981. -Licensed Attorney in New York 2003. -United States District Court Northern District of Ohio Federal Court – ADR & Mediation Court Panel. -Adjunct Professor-Kent State University-Department of Sociology-Justice Studies-2011 (“Law & Society” & “Introduction to Justice Studies/Criminal Law”). -Member of the Ohio State Bar Association Litigation Section and Labor and Employment Law Section and Intellectual Property Law Section and Antitrust Law Section and Real Property & Real Estate Law Section. (Federal & State Law Mediations & Arbitrations & Other ADR in all Areas & -Copyright & Entertainment Law). -Member & Donner-Kent, Ohio-Free Library Association -Member Summit County, Ohio-Farm Bureau & Association -Litigation & Negotiation studies and training by Attorney Gerry Spence in California, Ohio & Wyoming-Judge Herbert J Stern-University of Virginia-College of Trial Advocacy & Studies & Audio Lectures by Attorney Gerard I Nierenberg-Father of Modern Negotiation & Founder of the Negotiation Institute-New York, NY -Artist Member-California Lawyers for the Arts -Member Mediate.com (American Bar Association Awards for Professional Education) -Member of Community Partnership for Arts & Culture-Cleveland, Ohio -Music Publishing Member BMI-New York, NY -Music Publishing Member ASCAP-New York, NY -Artist/Composer Member BMI-New York, NY -Professional training and studies in Music Business/Law beginning in 1980’s. -Over 100 hours of formal Mediation training. Certified by Ohio Supreme Court in all areas of Mediation dispute. Ohio’s requirements among the strictest in USA -Private Mediations in almost all 50 States -Over 30 years experience in Personal Injury Litigation and Other Civil Litigation including extensive litigation experience in Criminal Law & Family Law & Negotiation & Litigation of Thousands of Civil Litigation cases with extensive Criminal Law background & experience including Criminal Law & Civil Law teaching experience at Kent State University-Stark Branch-Undergraduate Justice Studies Program -Extensive Civil Trial and Civil Jury Trial experience, and Family Law Trial experience and Criminal Law Trial experience. -Court Appointed Attorney Mediation Panels in Multiple Ohio Counties & Federal Court -Court Appointed Arbitration Panels & American Arbitration Association & Insurance Law & Uninsured Motorist Law Arbitrator Experience -Former Member-Cleveland, Ohio Better Business Bureau Attorney Mediation Panel -Attorney Guardian Ad Litem Certification in Multiple Ohio Counties & Cleveland -National CASA/GAL- Guardian ad Litem Certification -Over 30 years experience in the Mediation Process & Arbitration Process & Litigation Process of Civil Litigation cases -Former Member-Summit County Juvenile Court Attorney Help Desk-Client Legal Education Panel -Former Member-Summit County Juvenile Court Detention Center-Street Law Teaching & Education Panel -Former Member-Akron Hoban High School-Substitute Teaching Panel-Social Studies ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION -Graduate of St Vincent Grade School-Akron, Ohio & Archbishop Hoban High School-Akron, Ohio. -Niagara Cup-Law School Moot Court Competition-Detroit, Michigan 1981. -Awarded Admission to Three Graduate Programs in Economics upon graduation from University of Akron in 1978: The Ohio State University (Economics) - & Full Scholarship & Graduate Teaching Assistantship to the University of Akron (Economics) & Full Scholarship to the University of Cincinnati-Department of Economics-Labor Negotiations Program & Studies ( All declined to study law) -Background in grade school Football, and Football and Wrestling in high school until senior year-Senior Year Member-Hoban High School Stage Band-Vocals -Youth coaching experience in multiple sports as an adult volunteer -Music Education & Teaching Services-Guitar, Piano & Vocal-Theory, Performance & History-Your Place, Our Place or Video Web Cam -Numerous public performances as child solo vocalist beginning at around age 8. -Music Studies and College Choir -Golden West College- Huntington Beach, California 1974/75 with public performances & with employment in moving & storage storage industry & later as factory worker in Orange County, California. -Background in multiple employment areas prior to Law including five year membership and employment as Teamster. Also a member of the Retail Clerks Union- UFCW- and employment as such while in high school, and the American Federation of Musicians Union & professional music career began as high school senior. -Background as professional musician (Bands & Solo/Club) with Music Business, Marketing and with Business Management & Promotion experience and over five year membership in the American Federation of Musicians Union. -Music Composer/Singer/Songwriter & Performer & Recording Arts since around 1970 -Background and professional studies in Recording Arts and Audio Engineering including major studio classes & training & experience with major studio professionals covering all aspects of the major studio experience including audio engineering, mixing and studio performance- vocal & instrumental. Both Analog & Digital experience & current private studio available in conjunction with Artist Management practice. Composer & Music Production, Recording & Publication & Copyright Registration of over 100 solo music compositions with both studio & live room productions---