Jeff Rusinow

It’s that time of year again when tens of millions of birds crash into glass while migrating through the United States on their way to points south.  In fact, it is estimated that A BILLION birds perish every year as a result of these collisions during migration.
The Rusinow Family Foundation has made a five-year grant [...]

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In yesterday’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, a second year medical student at The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), Jessica Weaver, wrote a letter to the editor objecting to MCW’s continued backward use of live animals during physiology classes.  MCW is now one of the last medical colleges in the United States using this outdated, inhumane practice. [...]

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In late November, 2007, The Medical College of Wisconsin(MCW)  Department of Physiology finally relented to public pressure and will no longer be killing dogs in their student labs.  MCW was joined  by the New York Medical College, which also announced on November 26, 2007 that it will be ending it’s live dog lab, the fourth [...]

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As friends and family know, I’m really into birding. I’m hoping to aggregate interesting links and content going forward on this site. For starters, here is a cool link that’s managed by We Energies in Wisconsin, which has set up webcams aimed at large nestboxes at five of their power plants. The [...]

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It’s official.  The Medical College of Wisconsin(MCW)  Department of Physiology, headed by one of the most respected yet old-school veterans in the field,  Dr. Allen Cowley, has finally relented to public pressure and will no longer be killing dogs in their student labs.  And earlier this week, on Monday, November 26, 2007, the New York [...]

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The Zak Black store was opened in August, 2004, and closed a few short months later. Here are some interior and exterior shots of the store.

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Here is a notice that ran in early 2007 in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in support of trying to get the Medical College of Wisconsin to stop killing dogs in their physiology labs. This was part of a significant campaign, involving the use of a billboard, having a press conference at the Wisconsin Humane [...]

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Involvement in Companies and Organizations
BuyCostumes.com

Buycostumes.com was launched in the Fall of 1999. After leaving corporate mainstream in 2000 and becoming an angel investor, I became the Chairman and lead investor of the company, which became BUYSEASONS, Inc. Over the years, Buycostumes.com has become the largest seller of costumes on the Internet. In [...]

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