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Nr katalogowy: BISSACD 2176
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Data wydania: maj 2018
EAN: 7318599921761
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Epoka muzyczna: współczesna
Obszar (język): fiński
Instrumenty: flet, obój
Rodzaj: kwintet

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Aho: Wind Quintets 1 & 2

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Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet:
Michael Hasel, flute
Andreas Wittmann, oboe
Walter Seyfarth, clarinet
Fergus McWilliam, horn
Marion Reinhard, bassoon
Wind Quintet No. 1
Wind Quintet No. 2
With 17 symphonies in his list of works, not to mention operas and concertos, it is easy to forget that KaleviAhoalso composes chamber music. He has in fact written some ten quintets alone, for various combinations of instrument. Two are ‘normal’ wind quintets and it is these that the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet (BPWQ) perform on the present disc. The ensemble came into contact with the Finnish composer’s Wind Quintet No. 1in 2010, and was immediately struck by the qualities and challenges of the score. The composer himself has described the difficulties in writing for wind quintet, in terms of achieving a balanced and homogeneous sound and soft dynamics. In his first quintet he therefore included unison passages and sometimes even reduced the music to one or two parts. In the fourth movement he also added a spatial dimension by having all of the players perform from offstage at some point.

Having played the work a number of times on their many tours, the BPWQ decided to commission their own quintet, and in 2015 they gave the first performance of Wind Quintet No. 2. This time, Ahofound another solution to the inherent difficulties –by making the flutist and oboist change instruments to piccolo or alto flute and coranglaisat various points, the piece achieves an even wider spectrum of unusual and innovative tone colours and moods.

Recording: October 2014 at the Kammermusiksaal, Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany (No. 1) and October 2016 at Traumton Studios, Berlin-Spandau, Germany (No.2). Played on: Flute - Anton Braun, Egelsbach, No. 279.3; Oboe - Marigaux, Paris, No. 36764

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The commission released a new report this week assessing the state's transportation needs from 2011 through 2035. The grading system isn't the same as the 2009 report. But the gap between expected revenue and the investment needed to maintain 2010 conditions is now a whopping $170 billion.

Continuing the current level of funding will result in “unacceptable conditions.” Between now and 2035, the average Texas household would “pay almost $6,100 per year for extra travel time associated with traffic congestion and detours around deficient bridges, increased fuel purchases due to longer trips and stop-and-go traffic, and additional vehicle maintenance expenses due to rough roads.”

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The new study notes that “Texans pay less in transportation fees than residents of 43 other states, including residents in almost all states with which Texas competes economically.” Mind you, this is a Rick Perry commission.

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MSA’s Charitable Box to Watch in 2017: Love Goodly, $29.95/month

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MSA’s Runner Up: Benevolent Beauty Box, $29.95/month

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  1. What about FlourishBox? They do fair trade scarves. Love their stuff!!!!

  2. Elevita is my favorite fair trade box! The have consistently great items which make unique gifts. Customer service is wonderful. I believe they are also an all-volunteer team.

    • Good to hear about their CS. I just dropped a fair trade box because of CS issues and am thinking about picking up Elevita. Every time I read a review for it I wish I had gotten it!

  3. Love goodly looks awesome. That is on my wishlist. I have to figure out my favorites and just have a few really good boxes, instead of a dozen or so some great, some just Ok if you know what I mean. I also love the idea of putting my money towards a box that gives back. 😉

  4. Does anyone sub to the Globein Club for $10. I’m interested in what items you receive or is there a review?

    • I subscribed last month for the first time and my box came in 2 days ago, I received 2 cups and they was really pretty! They was stainless steel in the inside and they had a beautiful color on the outside.

    • So far they have all been items available in the Globein online store that have been previously featured in the Artisan boxes. They used to give spoilers that you should be able to find on the MSA site (search Globein Club maybe???) but starting this month they are giving subscribers different items instead of everyone getting the same thing. I got the jewelry roll from the Pamper box.

    • There was a scarf, sea salt, wooden salad grabbers, hanging wall organizer (my favorite item so far). This month I received a jewelry roll which is my least favorite item. The best part about club is they let you do ad ons and you can purchase previous artisan boxes for $35 so you can pick which ones you want without subscribing to the artisan box.

      • I didn’t know this! That’s really not a bad deal. I’ve been interested in GlobeIn for over a year, but $40/month is almost $500 a year. 🙁

    • Thank you for the valuable information! May give this one a try!

  5. I honestly didn’t know about the charity aspect of Happy Rebel. Proud to be a subscriber! The winter box was ten shades of awesome.

  6. Pearlesque box, and Squarehue give back too!

  7. January, sorry

  8. How come GlobeIn Juanuary has not been reviewed?

    • Since that box was very limited in supply, we requested not to review it. Hope that makes sense. We will have a review of the February box, though. But since the January box was the box with inventory issues that took some subscribers by surprise, it didn’t seem right for us to review.

      • Liz, thank you so much for your reply and thoughtfulness. I am getting Love box in February, that’s why I asked, but I totally understand and respect your reasons.

      • Liz, I didn’t even sub to GlobeIn until February, but I admire this train of thought. 😄 I wonder if the Love box will ever be available again to newer subscribers. I was aware of the inventory issues before I signed up, thanks to MSA, but I knew there were a couple of old boxes I’d still be happy to get.

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Mar 11, 2018 - 8:05 PM

Hi All,

We are planning a 10 day honeymoon flying into Zurich. We plan on having our base location be in Lucerne and then visiting Interlaken. We are going back and forth on whether we should rent a car or just take the train. Looking for recommendations for non skiing activities. We love hiking and tours so any suggestions would be great! Since it’s only 10 days we didn’t want to spread ourselves too thin with a lot of different cites to visit. This is our first trip to Europe as well so we are very excited!

Thank you all very much in advance!!

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Mar 11, 2018 - 9:30 PM in reply to HeatherP

Hello Heather,

This www.myswissalps.com/ca rversustrain might help you stop going back and forth.

Keep reading until you decide train is best.

Good decision. 🤓

Lucerne is a great place for a starting base for a few days. Jungfrau Region is renowned for alpine scenery and hiking. Wengen a great option.

Gotthard Panorama Express (www.myswissalps.com/go tthardpanoramaexpress) to Lugano and Bernina Express (www.myswissalps.com/be rninaexpress) well worth factoring in to your plans.

As your itinerary develops use the Swiss Train Timetable (www.myswissalps.com/ti metable) to plan your travel. If you haven’t used it before it will pay to read the instructions on that page before delving into the timetable.

You should read “How to choose the best travel pass” (www.myswissalps.com/tr ain/ticketspasses/prac tical/chooserailpass).

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Mar 11, 2018 - 10:41 PM

Definitely a train pass! And one that includes cable cars.

I would recommend a few days in Luzern as a base for some hikes at Rigi and Pilatus. I would also recommend Wengen rather than Interlaken or commuting from Luzern. There are many things to do in this beautiful village with no car that is convenient to many interresting hikes and day trips. The beauty of the swiss rail pass is that it will allow you to do your trails one way (down or up,according to your preference) and return with a mean of transport. I believe that a train pass gives you more flexibility than a car as you will, for sure, decide to change your original plan to take advantage of a gondola, a bus or a train to take you somewhere that is very probably not accessible by car.

Make sure you include Schynnige Platte in your itinerary! As well as the beautiful hike fro Grutchalp to Murren (the higher trail).

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As a tourist you definitely do not need a car for a visit to Switzerland.

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Mar 13, 2018 - 6:55 PM

Hi HeatherP-

Congrats! Sounds like a fun trip! My husband and I just took our son through Zurich & Murren. I actually just wrote a blog post that has details on our travel (things to do/getting around/eating/etc.) -- may prove to be helpful to you!

www.thelush.us/traveli ng-to-switzerland-zurich-murren/

Have a wonderful time!

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Mar 13, 2018 - 7:33 PM

HI All!

Thanks so much for your advice. We have hands down decided on train travel. Now we just need to research passes and the trains we need!

Thanks so so much and please add anymore suggestions you have!

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Hi Heather,

Not too many skiing options in July so not to worry there!

If mountain scenery and hikes are your preference I focus your attention on the Bernese Oberland region and perhaps Valais as well (Matterhorn). For 10 days only I would focus on two base towns if possible so you aren't packing/moving too much. There are a lot of details on what you can do and see on the links above as well as everyone else's recommendations.

If you have more questions about what you've found do let us know!

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Saturday October 29 2011

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The Grand National Union (GNU) party is riding on the popularity wave of Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta in Central Kenya to court grassroots support.

The GNU, a relatively small party, but with ambitions to garner support across the country, is supporting the Mr Kenyatta’s candidacy for president in next year’s elections.

Mr Kenyatta is a popular figure in Central Kenya at least judging from the huge crowds and the number of MPs who accompany him to events.

GNU’s dalliance with one of the leading presidential candidates seems to have captured the interest of several grassroots leaders and, recently, more than 200 councillors from Nyeri and Laikipia attended a meeting at the home of Laikipia East MP Mwangi Kiunjuri to plan for the 2012 elections.

Mr Kiunjuri, the party leader, said GNU would front its own candidate, in 2017 once it strengthens its grassroots support.

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Mr Kenyatta, the Kanu chairman, has not announced the party whose nomination he intends to seek.

In his meetings, Mr Kiunjuri has been categorical that the party will be backing the Finance minister, which has endeared the party to the electorate.
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“We are listening to each and every party and, even though we would like a single party with Uhuru as the candidate, it is still early to decide which party to join,” said Benson Gichohi, a Nyeri county councillor who attended the Laikipia meeting.

Former Mathira MP Nderitu Gachagua, who is the GNU secretary-general, said having may parties does not divide the vote from the region so long as there is a single presidential candidate.

“All we need is synergy between the presidency and the county assemblies so that there is a good working relation at the county and national levels,” said Mr Gachagua, who is eyeing the governor’s seat in Nyeri county.


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(Natural News) There really are two systems of “justice” in America today, and the Left is making it clear which side of that system they are on.

Hint: It’s not the correct side. But what’s maddening and frustrating to tens of millions of Americans is that they keep getting away with it.

And of course, when you’re a celebrity on and of the Left like Rosie O’Donnell, there’s definitely a second set of rules — and when those rules are broken, the punishment isn’t too severe if you didn’t mean to break them.

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Hillary Clinton, flat out, should be wearing prison stripes for her serial violations of The Espionage Act via her trafficking in classified material while conducting official business as Secretary of State on an unsecured email server.

Obama national security advisor Susan Rice and State Dept. official Susan Powell absolutely should have been indicted for improperly unmasking hundreds of American citizens for purely political reasons — just to undermine President Donald J. Trump’s campaign.

Former Secretary of State John Kerry should have already been arrested by federal agents for violations of the Logan Act after reports noted he has been consulting with an American enemy — Iran — as a private citizen, in a bid to salvage the so-called “nuclear deal.”

And Left-wing actress/comedian Rosie O’Donnell ought to be sitting in a booking room at a local FBI office on orders from the Federal Election Commission following serial violations of campaign finance laws.

You may recall that in December, as the vote neared in the Senate for the Trump-backed GOP tax reform bill, O’Donnell took to Twitter to bribe a pair of Republican senators — Jeff Flake and Susan Collins — to vote “no.”

“So how about this…i promise to give 2 million dollars to senator susan collins and 2 million to senator jeff flake…if they vote NO…” she tweeted. “DM me susan…DM me jeff…no s**t…2 million…cash…each.”

They never took her up on the offer and the tax reform measure, as we know now, passed by the narrowest of margins (51 votes).

But the offer alone was a felony based on a little statute called “18 U.S. Code § 201 – Bribery of public officials and witnesses” which states:

  1. (1) the term “public official” means Member of Congress, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, either before or after such official has qualified, or an officer or employee or person acting for or on behalf of the United States, or any department, agency or branch of Government thereof, including the District of Columbia, in any official function, under or by authority of any such department, agency, or branch of Government, or a juror

There’s more:

  1. directly or indirectly, corruptly gives, offers or promises anything of value to any public official or person who has been selected to be a public official, or offers or promises any public official or any person who has been selected to be a public official to give anything of value to any other person or entity, with intent—
  2. to influence any official act

Notice the statute says persons need only make the offer to be in violation.

But as is so often the case in the Jeff Sessions-run Justice Department, nothing happened to O’Donnell.

Now, however, it’s been revealed that her campaign contributions to Democrats have gone far over the legal limits.

She’s done it before

As reported by the New York Post, O’Donnell substantially surpassed the legal donation limit of $2,700 to at least five Democratic candidates over the past year. In all, filings show she gave a combined $5,400 in over-the-limit contributions. She claimed to the Post in an email that there was “nothing nefarious” about the excessive donations, adding she just ‘assumed’ that campaigns would return excessive funds.

But then why would she use five different New York addresses and four variations of her name to make these excessive contributions?

The thing is, it doesn’t matter if O’Donnell uses the excuse James Comey/Hillary Clinton criminal mishandling of classified emails excuse — that she ‘didn’t intend’ to violate campaign finance laws.

She apparently did violate them, and being ignorant of the violations is no defense.

So why isn’t she being charged? We know the answer.

Read more about the corrupt system of justice in America at Corruption.news.

J.D. Heyes is also editor-in-chief of The National Sentinel.

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'We Will Never Forget': Oakland to Honor 36 Lives Lost in Ghost Ship Warehouse Fire

The first anniversary of the fire at the building known as the Ghost Ship, which arrives on Dec. 2, is bringing back painful memories for victims' families

    Anniversary of Deadly Oakland Fire Brings Heartache

    The first anniversary of the fire at the building known as the Ghost Ship, which arrives on Dec. 2, is bringing back painful memories for victims' families. Jodi Hernandez reports. (Published Friday, Dec. 1, 2017)

    David Gregory has faced a recurring nightmare that still wakes him up in tears nearly one year after a massive fire tore through an Oakland warehouse, killing 36 concert-goers in the city's deadliest blaze in history.

    Gregory's 20-year-old daughter, Michela, was among the slain, and in the dream Gregory can hear her calling his name and screaming for help.

    "And there's nothing I can do," he said during a recent telephone interview, his voice quivering with emotion. "I always wake up crying, and it happens a lot."

    The first anniversary of the fire at the building known as the Ghost Ship, which arrives on Saturday, is bringing back painful memories for Gregory and other victims' families.

    "You never recover from it," said Mary Alexander, an attorney who is representing Gregory and other victims' families in a lawsuit that names the city, the warehouse's owner and its operator. "All of them are anxious about the one-year. It's creating a lot of emotions."

    The warehouse was a gathering place for artists and musicians, a number of whom were at 1305 31st Ave. for an electronic music event that was not permitted by law.

    The structure, which was powered by a labyrinth of electrical cords, ignited, trapping dozens of people inside. The structure had no fire alarms or sprinklers. Most of the 36 people who died just couldn’t get out in time and succumbed to the smoke inhalation.

    The city of Oakland was criticized afterward for not having shut the place down in spite of previous visits by police and fire officials.

    Mayor Libby Schaaf said city leaders have learned lessons from the tragedy and are improving residents’ safety. She also vowed never to forget the victims.

    "We will learn all we can from this horrific tragedy to make Oakland a safer and more resilient community," she said in an executive order directing city officials to prioritize building inspections, audit the fire department's inspection bureau and create a database to share information about problem buildings across city departments.

    A city report in November touted Oakland as safer since the blaze, but some officials have a more mixed assessment of the city's efforts, criticizing them as slow and incomplete.

    Just months after the Ghost Ship blaze, a fire at a dilapidated building killed four people, reinforcing criticism that Oakland was inept after emails showed a fire captain recommended shutting the place down weeks earlier and another fire official warned it was dangerous.

    The city is more than doubling its number of fire code inspectors, but the full contingent of 20 inspectors won't be in place until the end of 2018. The database to share information about problem buildings also won't be up and running until next year.

    The system is considered vital after the Ghost Ship fire exposed communications breakdowns between officials. Records show in the months before the blaze, city officials received numerous complaints about the warehouse and police repeatedly visited the site. Inspectors had knocked on the Ghost Ship's doors a few times, but none had stepped inside the warehouse for at least 30 years.

    Dan Robertson, head of the union that represents city firefighters, said the city is moving in the right direction.

    "But we'd like to see change come a little bit faster and perhaps with more dedication of resources coming directly to the fire department, he said.

    Rebecca Kaplan, an Oakland councilwoman, said she was "very concerned about the number of things that haven't been done yet."

    City spokeswoman Karen Boyd did not comply with a request for interviews with city officials.

    Since the Ghost Ship fire, the city has investigated 32 warehouses or commercial spaces that were suspected of serving illegally as housing, work or gathering spots and scores of other properties with multiple hazards identified by firefighters, according to its November report.

    The city also got a new fire chief in October.

    The Ghost Ship fire highlighted the precarious living situations of artists seeking affordable housing amid skyrocketing rents in the Bay Area.

    In its wake, Los Angeles, Baltimore and other cities cracked down on commercial spaces that were used illegally as housing or performance venues. The Ghost Ship fire was the deadliest U.S. building fire in more than a decade.

    Schaaf said in her January executive order that Oakland wanted to avoid displacing "vulnerable community members" while improving safety -- a balance that can be tricky to achieve.

    The city is working with the owners of 16 of the 32 commercial properties to address residential violations, but acknowledged many owners have evicted tenants instead of trying to bring their properties up to code.

    Prosecutors, separately, have charged two men, Derick Almena and Max Harris, with involuntary manslaughter in the blaze. Almena rented the warehouse and lived there with his family. Harris also lived in the building and helped Almena book musical acts and sublet the space to artists looking for affordable housing.

    Prosecutors say the men knowingly created a firetrap and deceived the building's owner, police and fire officials about the fact that people were living there. The two have pleaded not guilty and say they are being scapegoated.

    In their lawsuit, the victims' families say the city knew the Ghost Ship was a major fire risk but took no action to protect its occupants. Police body camera footage obtained by the East Bay Times shows officers visited the warehouse site multiple times in 2015, once talking to Almena and threatening to shut it down.

    A judge in a Nov. 8 ruling indicated he was not inclined to allow the city to avoid the suit, saying there was "no question of the authority and obligation of the city to act when faced with an unsafe and substandard building."

    Gregory, 49, said he hopes the city "will do what's right." He recalled going through denial in the hours after the fire, as he tried to contact his daughter but didn't want to believe she was at the party.

    "I know it happened," he said. "It's been 12 months. She's not coming home. But it hasn't gotten any easier."

    On Friday morning, the Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland – where a plaque reading “Ghost Ship Fire: We Will Never Forget” is housed – will open its doors so people can commemorate the lives that were lost. It is located at 4499 Piedmont Ave. in Oakland.

    “This is a chance to gather together in community, to remember the victims of the Ghost Ship fire, and to inspire thinking about our shared future,” a Facebook event page reads.

    A pop-up memorial will be found at the Oakland warehouse at 4 p.m. and a community vigil is scheduled at 7 p.m.

    Separately, the New Parish at 1743 San Pablo Ave. in Oakland will host a “Ships in the Night” benefit from 11 p.m. Saturday to 2 a.m. Sunday for survivors of the fire as well as the families of the victims.

    San Francisco dance clubs are urged to hold a moment of silence between 11 p.m. Saturday and 12 a.m. Sunday in honor of the people who died.

    --Bob Redell contributed to this story.


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A bird's-eye view of Carson City has been executed by Mr. Augustus Koch, which he proposes to have lithographed, if he receives sufficient encouragement to warrant the expense. It undertakes to exhibit every street and building in Carson, and is a handsome picture.

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An Irishman in Tuscarora writes a letter taking issue with the Appeal for holding that American sympathy should be with England in case of war with Russia. "In conclusion, I beg to inform the Carson Appeal that the only sympathy true Americans owe to Great Britain, is shot and shell." — Irishman.

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The I.W.W.'s, who did more to hurt Nevada in 1907-08 than did the financial panic, are again preparing for a rain on this state. They have been organizing slowly for a couple of years and small bunches have caused periodic trouble in Tonopah, Goldfield and one or two towns in the east part of the state.

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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt died late this afternoon from a cerebral hemorrhage at Warm Springs, Ga. Harry S. Truman now becomes president.

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A Utah man was killed early this morning in a two-car collision on icy Interstate Highway 80, 22 miles east of Wells to bring the traffic death toll to 35.

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Galactosemia is one of those medical conditions which a newborn may inherit from his parent(s). What basically happens in this genetic disease is that an enzyme (known as galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase or GALT), which assists digestion or metabolism of galactose (a form of simple sugar in the blood stream and commonly found in milk and milk related products), is deficient or absent. This deficiency leads to the accumulation of galactose in the blood stream of the newborn, as he continues to intake milk or milk related products.

Is it curable?

Galactosemia, sadly, cannot be cured. It is usually categorized in three forms namely:

  • Galactose 1 (the most common form),
  • deficiency of galactose kinase, and
  • deficiency of galactose 6 phosphate epimrase.

This condition typically develops shortly after the birth and it is for this reason, that certain babies (whose parents are affected with such disease) should invariably be tested for this incurable medical condition, instantly, to ensure the prevention of any serious symptoms of this condition.

Quite commonly, the tests are carried out by obtaining a sample of blood from the baby’s heel, to check for the low levels of GALT. For parents who have just found out about it, may be advised to take genetic counseling services and regular follow up with a metabolic disease specialist, to ensure necessary precautions.

Preemptive tests:

In the instance where the parents or the doctor are aware of this condition in the family of the newborn, then a preemptive test could be done by checking the fluid sample from the fetus or the fetal cells from the placenta, during the pregnancy stage.

Other tests may also be carried out, depending on the condition of the baby, such as blood culture for bacteria infection (E.coli), enzyme activity in red blood cells and ketones in the urine. Such tests should reveal certain signs (low blood sugar count (hypoglycemia), fluid in the abdomen (ascites), liver enlargement (hepatomegaly) or presence of amino acids in urine or blood plasma (aminoaciduria), leading to the diagnosis of a form of Galactosemia.

Milk Intolerance:

It is vital to note that infants who suffer from this medical condition are intolerant to milk (formula or breast fed) or related products and it is imperative that parents are cautious in avoiding such products (particularly by religiously reading the product labels of all consumable items for the infants), for life.

Infants with this problem will usually rely on soya formula, meat based formula, nutramigen, any other lactose free formula and calcium supplements. Any recklessness may potentially have a damaging effect on the liver, brain (leading to delayed speech development or mental retardation), kidneys or eyes of the newborn.

And in case this wasn't enough a scary read, let me add here that its other complications in the future may include irregular menstrual periods and even malfunctioning of the ovaries leading to ovarian failure.

Newborn babies affected with this medical condition can show certain symptoms during the initial few days from the time of their birth (after having consumed any form of lactose based milk), such as convulsions, irritability, lethargy, refusal to feed, lack of weight gain, vomiting or jaundice in newborns.

As mentioned above, Galactosemia is not curative. Infants who are timely diagnosed with this condition and follow a strict diet (as discussed above) usually lead a relatively normal life. Having said that, moderate disability relating to intellect may, nevertheless, develop.

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When Tony Rodriguez arrived in Dunbar Monday to mow a vacant lot he owns, a bystander told him it could be contaminated. By the City of Fort Myers. Patricia Borns/The News-Press

For years, Tony Rodriguez has been bringing his lawn mower from his home to cut a vacant lot he owns in Dunbar.

Last week when the Cape Coral man arrived at the 3313 Jeffcott St. parcel, he got a surprise.

“They told me the block is contaminated,” Rodriguez pointed up the road to some young men on the sidewalk.

The city of Fort Myers didn’t tell the neighbors that the soil children played in for generations is laced with arsenic; The News-Press did.

Turns out it didn’t tell Rodriguez, either. He and his wife are among five lot owners in the toxic block bounded by Jeffcott and South streets and Henderson and Midway avenues who are affected in a unique way.

“I think the city has to give us the money we paid for it and the taxes we’ve been paying, because the land is worthless now,” said Noemi Rodriguez, who bought the property for $19,500 at the height of the real estate bubble in 2005.

The city says not so fast.

"We do not have knowledge that these properties are environmentally impacted by the lime sludge deposits,” spokeswoman Kristen O’Donnell said.

The Department of Environmental Protection thought otherwise, however. In 2010, it advised city staff the affected property owners would have to be told.

“The city at some point will have to inform the property owners that their property is contaminated and will have to be remediated by the city,” the DEP meeting memo read.

Read the DEP memo,

In addition, the city’s 2007 soil sample contained a disclaimer that sludge might exist on properties besides the city's.

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The neighborhood here is zoned single-family residential. The Rodriguezes had planned to build a duplex and sell it to an investor for rental income. Whether or not the seller knew about the contamination is unknown.

Ralph Henry of Miami is another who bought in the same block as the sludge dump. Henry paid $11,400 for his lot at3320 South St. Henry in a tax deed sale.

“I bought that property and put it in my son’s name to build a home on it,” Henry said.

He, too, was never told about the contamination by the city or the seller; in his case, Lee County Clerk of Courts.

“All I’ve received is tax bills,” he said.

City staff have tried to call the adjacent property owners but haven’t as yet spoken with any directly, O’Donnell says. A letter will go out to them requesting permission to access their properties for environmental testing.

Can the property owners use their land?

Soil samples taken 10 years ago showed the toxic site exceeds the residential standards for arsenic. The DEP repeatedly recommended the contaminated soil be removed.

The city bought the land in 1962 for 'municipal purposes' a place to dump the sludge from its water treatment While people were building homes in the neighborhood, it was dumping waste. For more than 40 years, no one knew the waste contained arsenic. Andrea Melendez and Patricia Borns/

That changed in 2010, when the DEP’s Chuck Masella, who’d been after the city to start taking out truckloads of sludge, agreed to what he called “a compromise.” The city would be allowed to monitor the groundwater on the site, and the sludge could stay there.

The reason: the city complained it didn’t have the money to remove it.

Today the city and DEP say the soil is acceptable for commercial uses that would require little to no remediation.

Recent statements lean to this possible use for the site:

“It may not be habitable for a park or homes, but may be a site for solar systems (panels),” Councilman Johnny Streets said in a regular council meeting. Streets represents the ward affected by the toxic site.

“With everyone’s cooperation, it will become a usable greenfield site,” Streets wrote in a letter on file with the DEP

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(A greenfield is undeveloped land that’s lightly contaminated and earmarked for commercial or industrial projects.)

Streets didn't respond to The News-Press request for comment.

Attorney Ralf Brookes says the lot owners are entitled to a residential use, however.

If either arsenic or sludge extend to their properties, the city must clean them out; otherwise, the property owners won’t be able to use their land for its legally intended purpose, Brookes said.

“I don’t even know what we are supposed to do about it," Noemi Rodriguez said. "We can’t afford a lawyer."

What’s next for Dunbar’s toxic sludge site?

Since The News-Press investigation, the city and DEP are taking action:

  • Work on fencing the site continues.
  • City staff met with their DEP counterparts Monday to discuss a site assessment and further testing.
  • The city is expanding its tests to include additional chemicals.
  • It’s also expanding the assessment area to include the privately owned lots.
  • The city will notice the public of its proposed assessment plan and solicit input.
  • The city will test any residential wells still in use to make sure contamination from its site hasn’t spread.
  • The city will provide a public meeting “to update citizens and gather any additional input.”
  • The city and DEP haven't yet decided how and when the public will be invited to help decide the use for the site – a key decision that will determine how much clean-up is required.

“At this point, the city has not determined any future use for this property, and will not do so until testing is complete and some form of public input has been gathered,” O’Donnell said.

Any rezoning for a commercial use will have to go through public hearings before the planning board and city council.

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A year after his unsolved slaying at Club Blu, Stef'an Strawder's legacy will not falter, several attendees at a vigil Monday night pledged.

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About 60 people gathered to honor the slain Lehigh Senior High basketball standout and Sean Archilles, who were gunned down outside the Fort Myers nightclub after teen night on July 25, 2016. Twelve others suffered gunshot injuries.

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Standing in 96-degree weather on blacktop, the group prayed, sang and lit candles in Strawder's memory. Coaches, friends, family and about 14 uniformed officers stood in the parking lot at the former Club Blu site on Evans Avenue near Winkler.

"I believe in God, and things happen for a reason," said Strawder's mother, Stephanie White, wearing a yellow T-shirt with her son's likeness on it,

She stopped at the STARS Complex, where Strawder often played basketball with younger kids, for lunch Monday, just hours before the vigil.

Boys, about 8 to 12, she guessed, pointed her out, saying that's Stef'an's mom. The older one asked a younger one, "you remember Stef'an?" and the younger one said of course he did, she recounted.

"They still talk about him playing basketball," White said with pride. "He was a respectful kid and loved to play basketball. He was an all-round perfect young man."

Lee County Sheriff Sgt. Sylvester Smalls agreed. Strawder's last videotaped appearance was at Smalls' first Showcase, which featured 40 basketball players destined for the college basketball ranks, four of which played for schools in Southwest Florida.

Three have advanced to college ball, Smalls said. Strawder would have been looking at colleges, too.

Smalls said Strawder had great things ahead of him, and they talked about life and college all the time. Their conversations centered on getting good grades and "the rest taking care of itself."

Smalls imagined different talks this year.

"We would be having a conversation on where he was going (to college)," he said.

At 5 p.m. Wednesday, 40 players from across the U.S., including Indiana, South Carolina and Georgia will play in the free, renamed, NCAA-sanctioned Stef'an Strawder Memorial Showcase.

Honoring Stef'an Strawder

"His legacy is creating opportunity for others," Smalls said.

Dsean Archilles arrived late to the vigil, quietly representing his younger brother, Sean Archilles. While he is upset there's no  arrests in the shootings, he says the police are doing their job.

"It's not really getting anywhere," he said. He recalls his brother as funny and always telling jokes.

The Fort Myers Police Department has forwarded the case to the state attorney's office. Chief Derrick Diggs declined comment, saying the department does not comment on active investigations.

Case before the state attorney

"It's a prayer vigil," Diggs said. "We're here to show support and show concern."

Timothy Settles bears the marks from the Club Blu shooting. Shot in the right side of his neck, a dime-sized spot is surrounded by raised scar tissue, with other scars from fragments dotting the skin around it.

He's a quiet man.

"I've got a lot on my mind," he said when asked about the night he almost died, declining to elaborate.

He was there to honor Strawder, as was Strawder's uncle, Keith White, who led the vigil.

He was struck by those who attended to show support and told them, "these murders will be solved."

He urged people to come forward if they knew anything about the perpetrators, while thanking the police for their efforts.

"Thank you for the change we have seen," he said. "and the help the police have given our community."

As the crowd lit candles, he reminded them that Strawder's light continues to burn.

"Everybody loved him," he said. "You can tell just by looking at that impact. His legacy will live on."

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CHINESE palaeontologists have found a downy dinosaur that could flap its long
front limbs like a bird. The discovery implies that the first birds evolved from
fast-running two-legged predators called theropods.

The key evidence lies in the sturdy shoulders of the new discovery,
Sinornithosaurus, says Xiao-Chun Wu of the Institute of Vertebrate
Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology in Beijing. “[The joint] allows the arm to
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Trump wins the Shutdown of 2018. The first one, anyway

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer walks to his office in the Capitol on Monday, Jan. 22, 2018. Photo Credit: Bloomberg / Andrew Harrer

Trump’s not the cave man

By Donald Trump’s standards, his celebration was low-key after Senate Democrats accepted a deal to end the government shutdown, while setting the stage for another cliffhanger in less than three weeks.

“I am pleased that Democrats in Congress have come to their senses,” the president said in a written statement after he and Republicans emerged from the standoff as apparent victors.

The Democrats, led by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, already had made concessions on Trump demands such as funding a Mexican border wall. To approve the spending bill, they wanted the DACA program that protects young immigrants from deportation written into law.

They settled for a statement from Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that it was his “intention” to take up legislation addressing DACA, border security and other issues if Democrats agreed to fund the government until Feb. 8. That guarantees nothing, and Democrats face a tougher struggle on DACA in the House. Trump has made no specific promises either.

“My Administration will work toward solving the problem of very unfair illegal immigration,” Trump said. “We will make a long-term deal on immigration if, and only if, it is good for our country.” See Newsday’s story by Laura Figueroa Hernandez.

Janison: Art of deal-me-out

During the 2013 shutdown, Trump ripped then-President Barack Obama for not doing enough to end it. “The president’s the leader, and he’s got to get everybody in a room, and he’s got to lead,” Trump said then.

When his shutdown arrived, Trump stood off to the side, limiting his role to grandstanding and finger-pointing. That was just as well: In the heat of the showdown, both sides seemed to treat Trump as something of an irritant who couldn’t make clear the details of what he wanted in the bill. But watching the Democrats cave may be what he wanted most of all.

See Dan Janison’s column for Newsday.

No after-tweets for him

More than three hours after a big earthquake off Kodiak, Alaska, set off tsunami warnings along the U.S. West Coast, Trump's real-time perpetual tweet machine was silent on the matter -- much as it was the other weekend when a false air raid warning spread in Hawaii.

Instead, his first tweets after the event was reported consisted of political advertisements for himself. One was about tangential FBI texts, an issue pushed by Fox News to detract from the Russia-collusion investigation. The other was about CNN's "crazy" Jim Acosta attributing a big "win" to Trump and "loss" to Schumer on the shutdown.

Terms of engagement

Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump was engaged enough during efforts to end the shutdown, even as he stayed out of the public eye.

“The president was putting pressure and standing firm on exactly what he was willing to do and what he wasn’t,” Sanders said. “And it very clearly worked, because we’re back where we basically started on Friday.”

Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), a frequent Trump critic, said that Trump’s leadership will be more necessary when it comes to getting legislation through the House.

“It’s going to be very difficult to pass anything through the House without the president’s support,” Flake told reporters.

See Emily Ngo’s story for Newsday.

Democrats splinter

The Democrat-on-Democrat anger over the shutdown deal spiked at levels not seen since Bernie Sanders was challenging Hillary Clinton.

Progressive activists and immigrant advocates ripped it as a sellout.

“It’s official: Chuck Schumer is the worst negotiator in Washington — even worse than Trump,” said Murshed Zaheed, political director of the liberal group CREDO.

Ben Wikler, Washington director of, said, “The grass-roots movement demanding unity and courage has a lot of work to do to ensure that the whole Democratic caucus is ready to fight when the time comes.”

But a GOP talking point — that the Democrats had given priority to “illegal immigrants over American citizens” — took its toll.

Two-thirds of Senate Democrats and allied independents went with Schumer, while 16 voted no, including several talked about as possible 2020 candidates: Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.), Cory Booker (N.J.), Kamala Harris (Calif.), Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Sanders (Vt.)

Tariff-ic moves

Trump approved big tariffs on imported solar-energy components and large washing machines in a move advertised as helping U.S. manufacturers and American workers against competition from China.

Most of the U.S. solar industry opposed new trade barriers, concerned they will halt the trend toward lower costs that have helped sales. The administration is considering tariffs on imports of aluminum and steel.

Feeling his impulse

The latest inside-the-White House book — this one by Howard Kurtz of Fox News — echoes Michael Wolff’s “Fire and Fury” in key respects: It portrays a White House frequently in chaos, trying to catch up with a president driven by impulse.

Example: Then-chief-of-staff Reince Priebus was en route to the Oval Office to discuss the four options awaiting the president in a decision memo about transgender people serving in the military. Before he could get there, Trump tweeted a decision to ban them.

Aides privately described Trump’s behavior as a defiance disorder — a seeming compulsion to do whatever it is his advisers are most strongly urging against, leaving them to handle the fallout. The book, “Media Madness: Donald Trump, the Press, and the War Over the Truth,” goes on sale Jan. 29.

What else is happening

  • Trump has grown irritated with hearing that chief of staff John Kelly is getting or taking credit for being “the adult in the room” and has started thinking about a replacement, according to Vanity Fair. Ivanka Trump is playing a central role in the search, but nothing is imminent, the report said.
  • George Papadopoulos, the Trump campaign foreign policy aide who is now a cooperating witness for special counsel Robert Mueller, will prove to be a “John Dean” in the case, his fiancee told The Washington Post. Dean was the Richard Nixon aide who provided crucial Watergate testimony.
  • A $130,000 payment to buy the silence of former porn star “Stormy Daniels,” who claimed to have had an affair with Trump, violated federal election law, according to complaints filed by the watchdog group Common Cause.
  • An end to the shutdown likely means Trump will go ahead with a trip to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Cabinet members in the delegation were expected to go Tuesday, one day late.
  • Vice President Mike Pence told Israel’s parliament on Monday that the U.S. embassy will move to Jerusalem by the end of 2019, a faster timetable than U.S. officials previously indicated.
  • Pence defended Trump’s vulgar remarks about immigration from Haiti and African countries. He told The Associated Press in an interview, “I know the president’s heart,” and Trump wants immigrants considered on merit “regardless of what country they come from or what their race and creed is.”
  • Trump’s now-dissolved voter fraud commission tried to obtain the files from Texas that identified voters with Hispanic last names, The Washington Post reports.

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has retaken the lead in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Romney now leads former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum 38 to 32 percent, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll showed.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, were tied at 13 percent.

Romney has picked up support among tea party supporters, where he has gone from 21 percent in January to 35 percent now, the Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll shows. Among GOP members who describe themselves as very conservative, Romney's support has nearly doubled, to 32 percent.

However, the poll, taken nationwide, shows that President Barack Obama's numbers are inching up as the economy improves, and his approval rating is now at 50 percent.

The Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll also showed that Obama would defeat all Republican challengers. Against Romney, Obama would win 50 to 44 percent; Gingrich, 54 to 37 percent; Santorum, 53 to 39 percent; and Paul 50 to 42 percent.

Support for Obama is increasing from white women and white, blue-collar workers.

The poll querried 800 adults Wednesday through Saturday, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

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Machinery manufacturer announces 200 new jobs for Monaghan

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200 new jobs are on the way to Monaghan.

Combilift, which manufactures construction machinery such as forklifts, already employs 550 people in the county.

The company's new €50 million headquarters will be officially opened by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar later this morning.

Combilift says it is looking for technicians, design engineers, logistics and supply chain specialists, and people with mechanical and electrical mechatronics skills.

Martin McVicar, Managing Director of Combilift, said: "The combination of this state of the art production plant and a skilled workforce will allow us to double production within the next 5 years.”

Business, Enterprise and Innovation Heather Humphreys said the company is one of the 'most significant' employers in Monaghan.

She said: "The positive impact that Combilift has on the county, the border region and Ireland cannot be under-estimated.

"Perhaps above all, the company is living proof that you don’t have to be in a big city to achieve global success. "

The new jobs will be created over the next three years.


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The professional networking ads will draw more qualified attorneys, department officials say.

The Justice Department plans to spend up to $550,000 to recruit attorneys and interns to its criminal division using the professional networking site LinkedIn, contracting documents show.

The money will go to job ads targeted at the most qualified attorneys on the 150 million member site and to tracking the rate at which qualified applicants click on those ads and apply for jobs, according to contracting documents posted on Dec. 17.

The LinkedIn strategy should free up time for the department’s recruiting staff which will be able to spend less time searching out applicants and reviewing resumés from less qualified attorneys, the document said.

The contracting document is a brand name justification that explains why the government plans to use LinkedIn rather than competitively bidding the contract to other job sites. The justification describes LinkedIn as the only site that offers professional networking among active and passive job candidates rather than a simple job board.

About 22 percent of online Americans use LinkedIn and the site is especially popular among college-educated and high income Americans, according to a study released on Monday by the Pew Research Center.

The proposed contract will be for one year with an option to extend the contract up to three more years. The $550,000 price tag is for all four years of the proposed contract.

Government agencies have turned to social network advertising several times in the past to reach out to job applicants and other constituents. A division of the Veterans Affairs Department committed $3 million over the past two years to Facebook ads alerting veterans to benefits they may be eligible for but aren’t receiving.