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- Sting for Best Movie Song. He has died his hair and beard for the show. Springsteen gets the first "The Wrestler" award. Wonder if he'll say anything about Obama? Good Eastwood joke.


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3 Sun-Dried Tomatoes
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Chapter One; Jacob.
Did you ever stop to think about how your life would be if you had done even the smallest things differently? Like, if you had said no, instead of yes, or if you had left your house just five minutes earlier? Or, how about if you had decided to stay at home, rather than visit a friend the day you found the love of your life? Ever thought about that? I certainly have.
I realize now that these tiny choices can mould and shape your life into something you never thought it could be. When i look back on all the choices I've made in my own life, i know that I'll be eternally thankful of one in particular. The choice to go back to the girl i loved, needed, and adored. I went home that day with a heavy heart and dark thoughts. I sort of always knew that Bella would choose Edward, and when i look at them now, i see why. They're meant to be. Just like i realized that same day, that me and Renesmee are meant to be too. Meant to be what though? That's a choice i still had to make...
I will forever remember the day i found her, the day I imprinted on Nessie. It was almost exactly eighteen years ago. After all that time, though, i can still remember exactly how i felt, how the air smelled, how the weather was that day, everything. A second before i saw her, i had just lost my best friend. Or so i had thought anyway. Whenever i think about it, which is often, I can still feel the lead in my legs as i walked downstairs, away from her frozen heart. I had always had a gravity that drew me towards Bella, which i thought meant we were soul mates, supposed to be together. But when her heart had stopped beating and i thought she was gone forever, i felt that same pull yanking me downstairs, away from her. I followed it willingly, wanting to be anywhere else but there, in that room, with that vampire and his dead wife. So, i allowed myself to be forced into the front room, where Blondie was cooing to the monster who had just killed my Bella. Anger rippled through me as i stared at the space where the suckling noises were coming from. I was shaking so hard, i was almost vibrating. I was a second away from phasing, from taking one huge leap across the room and lunging at Rosalie and the tiny murderer. Then she looked at me. It was the strangest feeling ever, one i will never experience again. The intensity of it was breathtaking. The baby looked at me through impossibly observant, beautiful brown eyes and i knew i would be tied to her forever. As simple as that. From that moment on, wherever Nessie was, was where i had to be. It physically hurt to be away from her for more than a few hours. Even now, after the years that have passed, i still can't bear to be kept from her. I now understand what Edward meant when he said "She is my everything.
"Jake! Ness! Come in here, NOW! I will not ask you again!" Bella called, anger shadowing her beautiful face.
"Momma... we're just here! Calm down." Nessie replied, giggling back at her mother.
"Renesmee Carlie Cullen! Do not make me come out there and get you two... You're going to be late!"
Nessie rolled her eyes at the threat. You knew you were in trouble if Bella called you by your full name. It always made me chuckle.
"C'mon Jake. We better get moving. I really don't want her coming out here, she'll go ballistic" Nessie sighed, climbing neatly on to my back.
She dug her knees in between my shoulder blades and wrapped one delicate hand in my long, shaggy hair. She leaned down to kiss the top of my head once, stroking down the hair on my neck with the other hand. I sighed once, turned to give her a wolfy grin, and then dropped on to all fours. Running with Renesmee on my back was a daily event. I was her favorite mode of transport, she'd once told me.
"Even though i don't feel the cold, ever, I sort of feel... a different kind of warmth this way. It's like a safety harness, you know? I know I▓ll always be safe with you." She had explained, when i asked her why she insisted on running this way, when she was just as quick as me.
I didn't mind at all. I knew what she meant, and i felt the same way, of course.
So, now, as we ran back to the house at lightening speed, she squealed with delight in my ear, like she did every time. I dodged the trees, jumped the lake and leaped over the giant boulders that made her giggle, today doing it in record time. Although i laughed about it, there really was nothing funny about making Bella angry. Even for me, a giant, supposedly fearless werewolf, there was nothing scarier than Bella with a rage on. You see, it was particularly scary because she hardly ever got seriously angry, but when she did, you knew you had really gone too far. She was always pissy with me about something stupid I'd done, but never really angry. Well, not really since she had found out about my imprinting on Renesmee in the first place. . . I shuddered slightly at the memory and ran faster still.
Running like this, with Nessie on my back, giggling as I made neighing noises to entertain her, was when i was at my happiest. I never, ever got bored of spending time with her. When she was little, i let her cover me in make-up, braid my hair and paint my nails, all because it made her happy. My pack brothers got a real kick out of that one. No matter what she wanted to do, it was fun for me, as long as she was there. But, now, she was older, and things had changed. She painted her own nails and braided her own hair now, instead of mine. She wasn't a little girl anymore. Of course, Renesmee had never been, what you would call, a conventional little girl. Always bigger, and smarter for her biological age. She grew, physically, mentally and emotionally, at a rapid rate, which had always scared the hell out of the rest of us. But, about eleven years ago, she stopped growing. Although she continued to learn, she reached maturity exactly seven years after her birth. So, now, Nessie looked like any other seventeen year old girl. Which, of course, at first, scared us all too.
She done things every other teenage girl done, like school, shopping and going to parties. Nessie had a lot of friends. She was a genuinely, warm and happy girl. People gravitated towards her, they always had. She could win over the coldest of hearts. She had proved that all those years ago with the strange, red-eyed vampires. You couldn't help but love her, so she was never short of attention. With waist length, curly hair, the same bronze colour of her fathers, and big, bright, warm brown eyes, she was beautiful, exquisite. You could see, from the way other boys looked at her, that they wished she would pay them some attention. But she never did. Every party she went to, every shopping trip she went on, she asked me to come along, and i eagerly went. So, this was where we were heading tonight, another party. However, the party tonight was special. Today was Renesmee's 18th birthday. Well, her first 18th birthday anyway. This was big for everyone, and we were all nervous.
"What if no one comes, Jake?" She whispered suddenly
I stopped running immediately and stood up. Nessie slid off my back and looked at me. I held up one paw, and turned to run swiftly into the trees. I was back in a second, in human form, wearing a pair of old sweats.
"You don't have to go in to the woods to phase, you know, Jacob. It doesn't scare me. . . Or embarrass me." She added, with a slight blush to her cheeks which contradicted her statement.
I ignored that and answered her first worried question,
"Of course people will come Ness. Don't be silly! This is going to be, like, the biggest party of the year!" I grinned at her. She elbowed my ribs for my mock, high-school enthusiasm.
"Stop it, Jake! I'm serious! I'm so nervous! Mom says that she's had an r.s.v.p from almost everyone she invited, but still, what if something comes up and they can't make it? Or what if they all decide that they don't want to come any more?" She looked at me with devastated eyes, her bottom lip slipping in to a pout.
"Renesmee Carlie Cullen, that is enough of that!" I said, wagging my finger at her. She smiled slightly at my impression of her mother.
"Seriously though, Ness. Of course people will come. They love you, they want to celebrate your birthday with you. Stop panicking."
I took her face in between both my hand and kissed her lightly on the forehead, "Now, lets get moving before your mother bans us both from the party for being late!"
She grinned at me, relaxed slightly and covered my right hand with her left. She looked deep in to my eyes for a second, then sighed, and pulled my hand down from her face, locking her fingers in to mine.
"I guess you're right. Thanks, Jake." She smiled sweetly at me.
Just then, we heard a quiet throat clearing and turned towards the house. Bella stood with her back against the big glass back door, arms crossed, tapping one foot, glaring out at us.
"Uhoh." Nessie giggled. Then she tightened her grip on my hand and we ran back to the house, laughing until we skidded to a halt in front of, a less than amused looking, Bella.
I swallowed loudly, "Hey, Bells. Erm.. what's up?" I asked carefully.
"What's up? What's up he asks me! Jacob, i have been yelling at you two to come into this house for almost an hour! What do i have to do to get you to listen to me? I am not your mother Jacob, but i am Renesmee's and she will do as i ask! Do you hear me? I'm not asking for a lot. I am not going to. . . Renesmee, what is so funny?" She glared from one to the other of us.
Nessie stood, the whole time, looking at her mother with a grin on her face, "Nothing, Momma. I love you, that▓s all." She kissed Bella on the cheek and danced away, shouting "Aunt Alice!"
Bella stood staring at the spot from which Nessie had vanished for half a second, then turned her eyes to follow Ness skipping upstairs. A reluctant smile spread across her face, then she turned back to me. I stuck my tongue out at her and ducked as she took a swing at me,
"Get upstairs and change, Jacob. You're going to be late." She grinned.
I stood poker straight and saluted to her, "Yes, ma'm!" Then i darted away before she could get the shot into my ribs.
Bella giggled and shouted after me, "And take a shower, Jake! You smell like a dog!"
I jumped the stairs, taking three at a time. Having long legs really saved a lot of time. I ran along the second floor until i came to the room that was now mine and threw myself in. I really was late! I rushed through my shower, and got dressed at record speed. I knew i had to let Alice give me the once over before i would be allowed to mingle with the guests. My messy hair and nonchalant attitude towards my appearance had always irritated her. Tonight though, i was going to make an effort. Alice would have nothing to complain about. I had washed my hair and had brushed it, neatly into a low ponytail. My jeans were pressed and my shirt was creaseless. She'd even bought me new shoes. I took one last glance in the mirror, nodding in approval at myself, and went to find the inspector.
I got to Alice's bedroom door and heard soft music playing, with Nessie singing sweetly along, in her perfect voice. I smiled to myself at the beautiful sound before knocking on the door,
"Hey ladies. It's only me. Everyone decent?" I asked through the door.
The door was just about ripped off its hinges as Alice pulled it open. " Jacob, don't joke with me, please? I don't have time for it! Get in here!" She growled at me, pulling me in before leaping into the hall, yelling, "Bella! Your turn! Hurry up!" The door closed behind her with a snap.
Joke with her? What had i done now? I looked at Nessie to ask what that was all about, but instead i stopped dead in my tracks, and i gasped. Renesmee stood in front of Alice's long vanity table, looking at me expectantly.
"What?" She asked, quickly, when i didn't speak " Do i look ok? Is it too much?" She waved her hand at her dress.
I stood frozen, my eyes moving slowly from her head to her feet. Her hair was cascading down her back, a delicate, silver tiara placed on top. Along her throat, lay a thin line of small, glittering diamonds, held there with a silver chain so thin, it was almost invisible. Her dress was black satin, starting with thin straps, flowing flawlessly down to the floor, almost completely covering her new high silver shoes. She twirled slowly and when she did i saw that the dress was backless, the material just meeting the sides at the bottom of her back. On her wrist she wore a familiar bracelet. It was a charm bracelet, holding one small, intricately carved wooden werewolf on one side and a blindingly sparkling heart shaped diamond on the other. The bracelet i had given her mother as a graduation present so many years ago. Edward had added the diamond the night Bella and him got engaged. It fitted Nessie perfectly and finished off her outfit with precision. I had never in my life seen anything so beautiful as Nessie tonight.
"Wow," I choked out " Nessie. . .You look. . ." I couldn't finish. There were no words for how wonderful she looked.
"Is that good? Jake, tell me honestly, do i look ok?" She asked nervously.
I walked over to her slowly and looked in to her eyes, " Renesmee," I whispered, " before tonight i thought i had seen some beautiful things. Until i looked at you just now. There can be nothing in the world more exceptional than you are right now. To say you look stunning, beautiful, would be an insult to how you look tonight. You took my breath away."
She looked down shyly, a blush rising in her cheeks. My fingers caught her chin and lifted her face back up to meet my eyes. I stroked my fingers along her cheek, then placed both hands gently on either side of her face. I stared in to her eyes for one more long second and my heart thumped loudly in synchronization with hers. She closed her eyes, and sighed slightly before opening them again to stare in to my face. She placed her hands over mine as i leaned down to softly press my lips to hers. . .

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The Element Keys Each element is repre- sented on the periodic table by a box called the element key. An enlarged key for hydrogen is shown in Figure 4. An element key shows you the name of the element, its atomic num- ber, its symbol, and its average atomic mass. Element keys for elements that occur naturally on Earth include a logo that tells whether the element is a solid, a liquid, or a gas at room temperature. All the gases except hydrogen are on the right side of the table. They are marked with a balloon logo. Most of the other elements are solids at room temperature and are marked with a cube. Two elements on the periodic table are liquids at room temperature. Their logo is a drop. Elements that do not occur naturally on Earth are marked with a bull’s-eye logo. These are synthetic elements. Element Atomic number Symbol Atomic mass
Figure 4 As you can see from the element key, a lot of informa- tion about an element is given on the periodic table. Identify the two elements that are liquids at room temperature.
What does periodic mean in the periodic table?
Ratio of atoms
E lements often combine with oxygen to form oxides and chlorine to form chlorides. For exam- ple, two hydrogen atoms combine with one oxygen atom to form oxide, H2O or water. One sodium atom combines with one chlorine atom to form sodium chloride, NaCl or table salt. The location of an element on the periodic table is an indication of how it combines with other elements. Periodicity 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 H He Li Be B C N O F NeNa MgAl Si P S Cl Ar K Ca Oxides Atomic number/Element Chlorides
Identifying the Problem The graph shows the number of oxygen atoms (red) and chlorine atoms (green) that will combine with the first 20 elements. What pattern do you see?
Solving the Problem
Find all of the elements in Group 1 on the graph. Do the same with the elements in Groups 14 and 18. What do you notice about their positions on the graph?
This relationship demonstrates one of the properties of a group of elements. Follow the elements in order on the periodic table and on the graph. Write a statement using the word periodic that describes what occurs with the elements and their properties.
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Under Senate Bill 520, the occupations that faced the automatic elimination of licensing requirements also included dietitians, home inspectors, land surveyors, massage therapists, professional soil scientists, real estate brokers, certified surgical technologists, and others.
Kim Fipps, a Howard County home inspector, said the current licensing threshold isn’t high enough to keep some poor home inspectors out of the business.
“Either get rid of [licensing] or make it tougher,” Fipps said. “Right now it’s a nuisance.”
The bill’s original language, supported by Pence, would have set in motion a process to automatically eliminate licensing requirements for 35 occupations. The Senate reduced that number to 13 occupations.
In the Pence-supported version of the bill, licensing requirements in certain occupations would have been automatically eliminated unless the legislature voted to continue licensing for that occupation. Head said there were lawmakers who were open to the bill but wanted to do away with the automatic elimination of licensing and change the language so that the General Assembly would have to vote to end the license.
Republican state Rep. Ed Clere of New Albany is one of the legislators who expressed concern about the bill’s potential negative impact.
“At a time when we’re trying to find ways to help stabilize employment and promote job creation, we shouldn’t be doing anything that could cause additional uncertainty or disruption in any business.”


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Low have announced a new album, Hey What, and shared the lead single, "Days Like These."
It's almost a full minute into the new track from slowcore greats Low before we get to something musical. The first fifty seconds are giant bursts of vocals that grab attention and reveal an almost deafening silence between each chant. Once the twinkle of a guitar emerges, we are met once again with vocal force that will stop someone in their tracks. The sonic shifts that unfold over the remainder of the track are haunting and gorgeous, much like the best of their past work, and continues to explore the space between the notes. Illustrious synths find their way and cut like daggers through the fog of sonic texture that bubbles up from the band and the track seems to ascend with each passing moment. When your music feels so minimal and singular, it can often be challenging to find new ways to express a signature sound, but Low remain true innovators and uphold the ideals of "less is more" better than most. This is a truly massive song, but it never feels overpowering or extreme and instead, it finds real beauty in its power.
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There is no scientific evidence that human activity is causing the planet to warm, according to Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore, who testified in front of a Senate committee on Tuesday.
Moore argued that the current argument that the burning of fossil fuels is driving global warming over the past century lacks scientific evidence. He added that the Earth is in an unusually cold period and some warming would be a good thing.
“There is no scientific proof that human emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) are the dominant cause of the minor warming of the Earth’s atmosphere over the past 100 years,” according to Moore’s prepared testimony.
There is no scientific proof that human emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) are the dominant cause of the minor warming of the Earth’s atmosphere over the past 100 years. If there were such a proof it would be written down for all to see. No actual proof, as it is understood in science, exists.
At this point I could care less if it is humans that caused it or not. This constant arguing as to the why of it, is taking away from the argument we should be having. Which is; What can we do about it?. It is time to find solutions all this blame game crap is simply a distraction.
The Koch Brothers (and others of their ilk) don't want to face up to their societal obligations. Constant arguments (many funded directly by the Koch's) are nothing more than a distraction.
“There is no scientific proof that human emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) are the dominant cause of the minor warming of the Earth’s atmosphere over the past 100 years,”
Human interference had altered the surface of the earth long before the present era (Thomas, 1956). The first major change started about 7000 years ago when man developed agriculture. This led to systematic changing of forested areas to fields and pastures. Other reasons for deforestation were the needs for structural timber and lumber. In recent times, paper requirements have led to large-scale reductions of forests. Only gradually is a systematic harvesting and replacement policy taking over.
Agriculture and lumbering have undoubtedly led to mesoscale climatic changes, but these are poorly documented, although one can make some approximate guesses at their magnitude. In many instances secondary changes have been more far-reaching. After the clearing, wind and water erosion have washed or blown the top soil away. Bare rock has become exposed, and now far more extreme temperatures and lower humidities prevail where once the even-tempered mesoclimate of the forest dominated. Stretches of Anatolia, the Spanish plateau, and some slopes of the Italian Apennines are silent witnesses to this development.
But by far the most alarming development has been the substitution of rocklike, well-compacted, impermeable surfaces for vegetated soil, a development that is the natural consequence of urbanization. Square kilometer after square kilometer has yielded to the bulldozer and has been converted to buildings, highways, and parking lots. Reservoirs and irrigation also have become important.
Svensmark's Theory Explained
Man-made climate change may be happening at a far slower rate than has been claimed, according to controversial new research.
Scientists say that cosmic rays from outer space play a far greater role in changing the Earth's climate than global warming experts previously thought.
In a book, to be published this week, they claim that fluctuations in the number of cosmic rays hitting the atmosphere directly alter the amount of cloud covering the planet.
High levels of cloud cover blankets the Earth and reflects radiated heat from the Sun back out into space, causing the planet to cool.
Henrik Svensmark, a weather scientist at the Danish National Space Centre who led the team behind the research, believes that the planet is experiencing a natural period of low cloud cover due to fewer cosmic rays entering the atmosphere.
This, he says, is responsible for much of the global warming we are experiencing.
He claims carbon dioxide emissions due to human activity are having a smaller impact on climate change than scientists think. If he is correct, it could mean that mankind has more time to reduce our effect on the climate.
The controversial theory comes one week after 2,500 scientists who make up the United Nations International Panel on Climate Change published their fourth report stating that human carbon dioxide emissions would cause temperature rises of up to 4.5 C by the end of the century.
Mr Svensmark claims that the calculations used to make this prediction largely overlooked the effect of cosmic rays on cloud cover and the temperature rise due to human activity may be much smaller.
He said: "It was long thought that clouds were caused by climate change, but now we see that climate change is driven by clouds.
"This has not been taken into account in the models used to work out the effect carbon dioxide has had.
"We may see CO2 is responsible for much less warming than we thought and if this is the case the predictions of warming due to human activity will need to be adjusted."
Mr Svensmark last week published the first experimental evidence from five years' research on the influence that cosmic rays have on cloud production in the Proceedings of the Royal Society Journal A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. This week he will also publish a fuller account of his work in a book entitled The Chilling Stars: A New Theory of Climate Change.
Cosmic rays and climate change over the past 1000 million years
T. Sloan, (Dept of Physics, University of Lancaster), A.W. Wolfendale, (Dept. of Physics, University of Durham)
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The Galactic cosmic ray (GCR) intensity has been postulated by others to vary cyclically with a peak to valley ratio of ~3:1, as the Solar System moves from the Spiral Arm to the Inter-Arm regions of the Galaxy. These intensities have been correlated with global temperatures and used to support the hypothesis of GCR induced climate change. In this paper we show that the model used to deduce such a large ratio of Arm to Interarm GCR intensity requires unlikely values of some of the GCR parameters, particularly the diffusion length in the interstellar medium, if as seems likely to be the case, the diffusion is homogeneous. Comparison is made with the existing gamma ray astronomy data and this also indicates that the ratio is not large.The variation in the intensity is probably of order 10-20% and should be no more than 30% as the Solar System moves between these two regions, unless the conventional parameters of the GCR are incorrect. The variation in the intensity is probably of order 10-20% and should be no more than 30% as the Solar System moves between these two regions, unless the conventional parameters of the GCR are incorrect. In addition we show that the variation of the GCR intensity, as the trajectory of the Solar System oscillates about the Galactic Plane, is too small to account for the extinctions of species as has been postulated unless, again, conventional assumptions about the GCR parameters are not correct.
The cosmic ray link between solar activity and the terrestrial climate. The changing solar activity is responsible for a varying solar wind strength. A stronger wind will reduce the flux of cosmic ray reaching Earth, since a larger amount of energy is lost as they propagate up the solar wind. The cosmic rays themselves come from outside the solar system (cosmic rays with energies below the "knee" at 1015eV, are most likely accelerated by supernova remnants). Since cosmic rays dominate the tropospheric ionization, an increased solar activity will translate into a reduced ionization, and empirically (as shown below), also to a reduced low altitude cloud cover. Since low altitude clouds have a net cooling effect (their "whiteness" is more important than their "blanket" effect), increased solar activity implies a warmer climate. Intrinsic cosmic ray flux variations will have a similar effect, one however, which is unrelated to solar activity variations.
- Greenpeace founders
The current Greenpeace web site lists the founders of The Don't Make a Wave Committee as Dorothy and Irving Stowe, Marie and Jim Bohlen, Ben and Dorothy Metcalfe, and Robert Hunter. According to both Patrick Moore and an interview with Dorothy Stowe, Dorothy Metcalfe, Jim Bohlen and Robert Hunter, the founders of The Don't Make a Wave Committee were Paul Cote, Irving and Dorothy Stowe and Jim and Marie Bohlen
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There has to be a better way.
"the science is settled"
Moore’s comments come after Secretary of State John Kerry and President Obama declared global warming not only a “fact,” but a matter of national security; rivaling weapons of mass destruction.
No matter if we are, or are not, now affecting our climate today, that is overshadowed by the fact that climate always changes on its own and it will not stay as it is now anyway.

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South Side teen put on probation for arson
A teen who admitted involvement in three arsons on the South Side was placed on two years' probation yesterday by a Franklin County Juvenile Court magistrate.
Ryan Parsley, 13, of E. Morrill Avenue pleaded guilty to a delinquency charge of complicity to commit aggravated arson for a fire set Jan. 11 in a vacant house at 224 Barthman Ave.
"He was charged with one arson but admitted to two others, at a garage and another vacant house," Assistant Prosecutor Irene Knapp said. "Detectives said he was cooperative, and they were able with his help to identify some other youths involved in setting fires."
Ryan's father, William Parsley, 33, of 229 Innis Ave., has been charged with two counts of aggravated arson stemming from the same Barthman Avenue fire and is set for trial in July in Common Pleas Court.
Magistrate Mary Goodrich placed the teen in the custody of Franklin County Children Services.
He was moved yesterday from the Downtown detention center to New Horizons, a secure residential center near Cambridge in Guernsey County, where he is to receive mental-health and behavioral counseling, Knapp said.
In a presentence report, Ryan expressed "no empathy and no remorse for his actions," Knapp said. "He did not and has not ever expressed any explanation as to why he was doing this."
He had been truant from Columbus Public Schools and had been missing for three weeks after escaping from a Columbus residential treatment center in March, she said.
"When he got assistance before and escaped, he was only 20 minutes from his old stomping grounds," Knapp pointed out. "This place (in Cambridge) is in the middle of nowhere, and he will hopefully get the help he needs."
Family visits will be supervised, she said, and Ryan will face additional felony charges if he leaves the New Horizons building or grounds.
No one from Ryan's family attended the hearing, but his mother and grandmother have previously shown support, Knapp said.
More than 20 South Side arsons since January remain under investigation, Columbus Fire Battalion Chief David Whiting said yesterday.
Ryan will not be charged with any other fires.
"The hope is he can be rehabilitated," Whiting said. "When we took him into custody at his house, he did have some family support. They want to see him get some help and get his act together. The plan is to get his life back on track."
Anyone with information about an unsolved arson is asked to call Columbus fire investigators at 614-645-3011. Reward money is available through a Blue Ribbon Arson Committee.


by Sam Klein
The Brookline High Music Collective came on stage decked out in every color of the rainbow.
The front row of the Music Collective included saxophonists junior Zach Altshuler, freshman Evan Jacobson, seniors Gabriel Mininberg and Jared Shanks, and trumpeters senior Korey Caron and freshmen Jason Altshuler and Eddie Lee. Each of the seven musicians wore a different colored top, ordered according to the rainbow, for the 10th annual Improvised Music Festival.
The Music Collective began the performance Friday, Nov. 21 at 7 p.m. in the Roberts-Dubbs Auditorium with Billy Taylor’s upbeat “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free,” which was arranged by Zach Altshuler. The song highlighted Altshuler himself on saxophone and junior Tristan Geary on guitar.
From there, the Music Collective moved into part 2 of George Duke’s “Black Messiah.” A slower, more exploratory piece, it featured a powerful piano solo by junior Hal Triedman. “Black Messiah” was followed by “Viejo Mundo” (Spanish for “Old World”), a song written by Mininberg. The song began slowly, but soon picked up and included Caron delivering a heartfelt trumpet performance.
After “Viejo Mundo,” Charlie Kohlhase joined the Music Collective on trumpet for “Trondar,” one of his own compositions. Kohlhase is the leader of the Charlie Kohlhase Explorers Club, a group of adult musicians that followed the Music Collective. “Trondar” included juniors Noah Vanderwerf and Neda Morakabati on the vibraphone. The piece was prominently centered on the four saxophonists.
At 7:38, the Music Collective left the stage, and Music Collective director Carolyn Castellano introduced the Charlie Kohlhase Explorers Club. The group consisted of seven musicians. They performed five songs; John Tchicai’s “I Want This and That Too” followed by four of Kohlhase’s originals.
The trombone player, Jeff Galindo was the highlight of the group’s performance, with strong solos in three of the five songs.
During the final song of the night, “Doom is Mine” (named after Doctor Doom of comic book lore), there was an impressive duet of tuba, played by Josiah Reibstein, and trumpet, played by Daniel Rosenthal.
This duet was followed by a long drum solo by Curt Newton, which included some playing done with one drumstick and his hand instead of a second drumstick. The rest of the instruments came back briefly and then the performance ended with a few final notes from Rosenthal.
The performance had a comfortable and personal atmosphere, with the seats of the auditorium unoccupied; the approximately 50 spectators sat on chairs on the stage only five feet from the performers.
At only 80 minutes long, the Improvised Music Festival was a very intimate performance. The knowledge that the performers were, at times, just as unsure about the notes to come as the people watching, gave the observers a closer connection to the music.
Sam Klein can be contacted at [email protected]


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CCG seeks public views on local community services
NHS East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is seeking the views of people who use adult community services. This is to ensure that the CCG commissions the right services for those who need and use adult community nursing. It will help patients get the most out of the service and help services to see where improvements can be made.
The CCG wishes to hear from people who have used the following local health services:
- District Nursing – This is a service for patients who are unable to visit a GP or health centre and need nursing care at home
- Domiciliary Phlebotomy – This is routine blood testing for patients who are confined to their home due to illness or disability
- Tissue Viability – This is a specialist service provided by nurses who treat and improve the healing of wounds
East Lancashire CCG is responsible for commissioning (buying) health care services on behalf of local people. The CCG commissions East Lancashire Hospitals Trust (ELHT) to deliver these community services to patients living in East Lancashire.
Dr Santhosh Davis, Integrated Care Lead at the CCG said:
“Our overarching aim is to improve health and wellbeing outcomes and the quality of care for our population. We have a unique opportunity, in undertaking these service reviews to do so in partnership with patients and the public. By listening to people’s views about adult community nursing we can use this information to develop services which really do meet the needs of patients.
“We are asking people, about their experiences and views of community services in a stakeholder engagement campaign called ‘Your Services, Your Say’. The first survey will focus on a review of adult community nursing services and will involve asking patients and carers as well as health professionals, for their views about district nursing, domiciliary phlebotomy and tissue viability. Health professionals will also be asked for their views on Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INTs).”
People who have used any of these services are encouraged to submit their views on the following three questions:
1. What do you like about the service?
2. What, if anything could we do better?
3. Is there anything else you would like to tell us about the service?
Feedback can be submitted via any of the following methods:
CCG website: www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/communitynursing
Phone: 01282 644627
Writing: NHS East Lancashire CCG
Your Services, Your Say