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The Fabulous La Fontaine
With La Fontaine's Fables, we do not have to burrow far under the surface to recognize a discreet opposition to the grandeur of style and the servile obedience wanted by the court, an opposition never openly expressed but manifest on every page. It is an opposition all the more striking in view of the moments of the Fables which realize the ideal of the sublime so essential to seventeenth-century aesthetics. In any case, the opposition is already inherent in La Fontaine's choice of genre. The fable was always considered a minor form without pretensions. It has an important classical history starting with Aesop, but it never had the prestige of the ode or the epic forms. Fumaroli remarks on the contempt for the genre of the fable in the period following the accession of Louis XIV to power, and he deploys a formidable erudition in an attempt to demonstrate that its earlier prestige, particularly among humanists of the Italian Renaissance, was greater than is sometimes thought, but the evidence he brings actually tends to prove the contrary.1 However, he decisively proves that La Fontaine was heavily indebted to Italian sources as well as to the classical and the Renaissance French versions of Aesop and the Latin fables of Phaedrus.
The superiority of La Fontaine as a fabulist to all of his predecessors—and successors, for that matter—is impossible to demonstrate in translation. It is often said about poetry that it cannot be appreciated in translation, but this applies much more to some poets than to others. Baudelaire and even Racine, for example, come through in English much better than La Fontaine. The most famous translation of the Fables into English is by one of the greatest poets of this century, Marianne Moore, and it is a disaster both for La Fontaine and for Moore. Her translation is, in a way, a tour de force: she rendered every one of La Fontaine's lines of irregular length with all the rhymes in the same place and exactly the same number of syllables. She was inspired to undertake this extraordinary project by W.H. Auden, who observed that Moore's prosody was based, not on accent as in standard English verse, but idiosyncratically on counting the number of syllables per line, as in French; she also wrote wonderful animal poems, like "The Frigate Pelican" and "The Pangolin," and she had a profound feeling for moral observation.
She was apparently the ideal translator of La Fontaine. What was missing was one part of the poet's craft, which no one regrets when reading Moore's original poems (its lack may even be part of her charm), but was essential for La Fontaine. In a famous essay, "Lord Tennyson's Scissors," R.P. Blackmur recalled Tennyson's boast that he knew the "quantity" of every word in the English language except "scissors." No twentieth-century poet could make this claim, wrote Blackmur, except for W.B. Yeats, T.S. Eliot, and W.H. Auden. This suggests that the genius of the greatest poets is less intellectual than physical, like being good at throwing a forward pass or playing a violin strictly in tune.
English verse is regulated ostensibly by accent or emphasis, and not by quantity—that is, not by the weight of the vowel sounds, which make a syllable long or short; in English, quantity is regulated only by the ear of the poet. Eliot's sensibility for quantity gives his weak poems a melodious balance that is missing in even the finest poems of, for example, William Carlos Williams. (Perhaps only John Ashbery today possesses this sense of quantity.)
In French verse, the line is principally ordered by the number of syllables, but vowel sounds have greater impact than in English poetry. That is because all syllables in French have, at least theoretically (and most of the time in practice as well), equal emphasis until the last syllable, which receives an accent. All French words are invariably accented on the last syllable unless the last syllable is an unaccented "e," which is not pronounced except by speakers from the south of France; when words are grouped together in phrases, only the final syllable of the last word is accented. (For example, in the case of "Louis XIV," the word "Louis" used alone would be accented on the second syllable; but when the words are pronounced together, the only accent is on the last syllable of "quatorze.") In addition, most consonants are not pronounced with English force. When I was taught French in high school, our class was told to light a candle: if one pronounced a "p" (as in "petit") in front of the candle, the flame was not supposed to flicker as it did when we pronounced an English "p" (I should think that a German "p" would blow out the candle).
This makes vowels play a role in French poetry which might seem wildly extravagant even to foreigners who speak French well. Most American and English students have a hard time understanding why Alfred de Musset literally fainted with ecstasy at the Comédie Française when he heard the line in Racine's Phèdre:
La fille de Minos et de Pasiphaé.
No doubt, the idea that Phaedra's parents were a man who now rules over Hell and a woman who had an amorous passion for a bull and gave birth to a monster has something to do with the dramatic force of the line, but its power for Musset came from the sonority, the way the tight vowels of "fille" and "Minos" move into the open double sound at the end, along with the symmetrical echo of "a-i" at the beginning by "a-i-a-é" in the last word.
La Fontaine was the greatest master of this kind of aural patterning in French before Victor Hugo, and he is subtler and more elegant than Hugo. Paul Valéry handled it almost as well, but he was a much less interesting poet in almost every other way. Marianne Moore's translation finds no equivalent and no substitute for this play of sound. It is, however, precisely by this play that La Fontaine became the greatest lyric poet of his time. It was essential to his achievement that the lyricism was never constant, but intermittent. In the middle of the narrative, the virtuoso patterns of sound suddenly set into relief a sentiment, a detail of landscape, or a simple action. In English, the following observation about a rabbit has nothing special:
After having grazed, trotted, done all his turns,
Jack Rabbit returns to his subterranean dwelling.
In French, however, the play of echoes and the symmetry of the sound arrangements are enchanting for the ear:
Après qu'il eut brouté, trotté, fait tous ses tours,
Janot Lapin retourne aux souterrains séjours
where "Janot" and "séjour" balance each other as a kind of mirror symmetry, "souterrains" mirrors the phonemes of "retourne," and the "ou" of "brouté" keeps echoing through the two lines as "tours" finds itself again in "retourne." There are other aspects to the pattern, but the most essential is the way the staccato rhythm of the first line, imitating the movement of the rabbit, opens out into the long sonority of the second.
This sense of almost pure sound is not a modern critic's anachronistic aberration. Starting earlier in the seventeenth century with François de Malherbe, who more or less established many of the principles of high classical French prosody, some writers became abnormally sensitive to effects of pure sound. This has been famously documented: Malherbe's copy of the works of a contemporary poet, Philippe Desportes, was annotated with disagreeable comments about unpleasant sound effects, as well as other faults. Desportes had written "Comparable à ma flamme" (comparable to my flame), and Malherbe maliciously set down in the margin "PARABLAMAFLA." The most often quoted lines by Malherbe, from an elegy on the death of a young girl, reveal the pure balance of sound in a mirror image:
Et Rose, elle a vécu ce que vivent les Roses,
L'espace d'un matin
[And rose, she lived the lifetime
of a rose,
The space of one morning]
where the end echoes the beginning, and the consonants of "vécu" mirror those of "que vivent." La Fontaine's virtuosity, however, was even more varied and more supple than Malherbe's.
Fumaroli does not discuss La Fontaine's prosody or technique in any detail, but he calls attention frequently to the mastery of a great variety of tones that one finds in La Fontaine, and correctly ascribes this to the profound influence of the Latin poet Horace. The observation needs to be carried further. Other poets have mastered a variety of tones, styles, and genres: in John Donne and Victor Hugo, to give only two examples, we find the amorous lyric, satire, invective, conversational verse, philosophical meditation, and classical eloquence. What sets La Fontaine and Horace apart from almost all other poets is that the different tones are not in separate poems, and they are in no way contrasted or opposed within the single poem; both poets glide from one tone or style to another, and the transitions are almost imperceptible. The Fables mingle comedy and eloquence, mock epic and satire, personal lyric and witty conversation; and all these tones belong to the same world and coexist happily without the slightest sense of incongruity.2 In a period when the separation of high and low genres was consistently affirmed, this was a major stylistic triumph that was also a challenge to classical principles.
It was seen very early on that the Fables presented an image of contemporary society. La Fontaine transformed the little moral apologues that were the basis of the genre into a critical view of his world. Fumaroli treats this aspect with great elegance and more good sense than most critics. In the late nineteenth century, Hippolyte Adolphe Taine published a brilliant essay on La Fontaine in which he dogmatically ascribed a single social and political meaning to almost every detail, as if there were a hidden code to be broken: the lion, for example, with all his cruelty and his arbitrary will, and with his dependence on servile flatterers, was always to be understood as Louis XIV. Fumaroli steers a course between this rigid extreme and a purely aesthetic interpretation of the kind best found in Paul Valéry's essay on La Fontaine's poem Adonis. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of Fumaroli's book depends on an interpretation, supple and tactful, of the social criticism evident enough in the Fables, as he raises the problem of the awkward position of a poet faced with political acts of obvious injustice.
The question of what political engagement is to be expected of a poet is discussed with great intelligence by Fumaroli, and if his answer is not completely satisfying, it is unlikely that any answer will be. He treats with disdain Jean-Paul Sartre's absurd condemnation of Baudelaire's refusal after his early youth to take a political position. Other critics have interpreted the fables as a disguised attempt to attack the prime minister, Colbert, in order to avenge Fouquet, and Fumaroli remarks acidly that this would make La Fontaine "not an amiable madman, but an idiot." Most of the important writers in the last half of the seventeenth century made no public protest against the most outrageous acts of the King and his ministers, although private dismay was widespread.
He writes that Leonardo Abstemio in 1495 "combats the prejudice of the ignorant, for whom the animal fable is a poor genre," and he cites Le Maistre de Sacy's preface to his fables of 1647 which says "that this sort of fable has little cause to pass for a low and puerile form since people believed in the past that Aesop was inspired by God." These quotations are largely defensive, and demonstrate that only a small minority respected the animal fable as a grand genre.↩
The only important essay on La Fontaine that Fumaroli seems not to know is Leo Spitzer's brilliant "The Art of Transition in La Fontaine." Spitzer, however, deals only with the transitions from one subject to another and does not discuss the transitions from one style or genre to another that are even more remarkable, and which give La Fontaine his unique position in French poetry.↩
He writes that Leonardo Abstemio in 1495 "combats the prejudice of the ignorant, for whom the animal fable is a poor genre," and he cites Le Maistre de Sacy's preface to his fables of 1647 which says "that this sort of fable has little cause to pass for a low and puerile form since people believed in the past that Aesop was inspired by God." These quotations are largely defensive, and demonstrate that only a small minority respected the animal fable as a grand genre.↩
The only important essay on La Fontaine that Fumaroli seems not to know is Leo Spitzer's brilliant "The Art of Transition in La Fontaine." Spitzer, however, deals only with the transitions from one subject to another and does not discuss the transitions from one style or genre to another that are even more remarkable, and which give La Fontaine his unique position in French poetry.↩


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Woodstock Valley- Jane A. (Bazinet) Mowry, 75, died Saturday, June 22, 2013 at her home in Woodstock. The beloved wife of Alfred Mowry, they were married August 18, 1962. She was born September 14, 1937 in Putnam, daughter of the late Theodore and Doris (Favreau) Bazinet.
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About 90 people showed up at Calvary Chapel in Tustin on Wednesday to pray for the victims of a deadly shooting spree that tore through Orange County early Tuesday morning.
The evening vigil began with worship songs by the chapel band, after which Pastor Barry Stagner addressed the mourning parishioners, urging them to rely on their faith rather than question it in the face of tragedy.
"We cannot penetrate the depth of evil or despair that is in the hearts and minds of some," Stagner said. "But rather than propose the question "Why?" and seek to answer it, let me remind you of an essential word in times like these: help. God is our helper."
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The names of the victims and their families, including the Syeds, were then displayed above the dais, and the prayer meeting was opened up to the congregation.
With heads bowed and reverent music playing softly in the background, some parishioners spontaneously broke into prayer. One woman condemned the "sin (that) has entered the heart of this young man." Another acknowledged the bravery of the first responders and asked the Lord to "post warrior angels" around them.
The shock of Tuesday's violence had yet to wear off for some.
"The on-ramp where it occurred is the one I use," said Chapel Calvary's head usher Dexter Winzey. He said that he was grateful he and his wife had been spared, but added that his faith gave him courage.
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The first shooting on Tuesday occurred shortly before 5 a.m. in Ladera Ranch, when Syed shot a 20-year-old woman in his home for unknown reasons.
Syed then took his family's SUV and drove north on the 5 freeway until a flat tire caused him to exit in Tustin, police said. Syed stayed in Tustin long enough to shoot out the rear-window of a fleeing car whose driver had seen Syed's shotgun, injuring the driver, and to car-jack a truck from a nearby gas station.
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Twenty-one people experienced a special Christmas as President Obama granted them clemency.
Eight received shortened sentences, most due for release in the spring. Thirteen others received outright pardons. Most were convicted of non-violent drug offenses like possession or distribution of crack cocaine. The pardons and commutations received applause from the civil rights community, which has long fought against the 100:1 disparities between crack cocaine and powder cocaine sentences.
"The administration is continuing to correct a badly drawn path by law and practice," stated NAACP Interim President/CEO Lorraine Miller. "When the War on Drugs was initiated, too many laws were passed that were not fully thought through — one of those being mandatory sentencing for crack cocaine possession and other drug offenses partially driven by media sensationalism and faulty information on drug distinctions, their use, and their effects. Caught in the middle of that war were the poor and communities of color in America that are more likely to be targeted, caught and incarcerated for crack cocaine offenses."
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I believe this is one of the most vibrant cities I have been to and apart from being the heart of Turkey it surely deserves some mention in the greatest cities of the world.
The city which divides Asia and Europe is truly a place which has a lot of culture, tradition, the new meeting the old and history and a lot more perhaps.
Being the first time to Turkey I think it is a good idea to stay over in Sultan Ahmet area since this is the heart of where the backpackers stay and this area could be classified as the centre of the city as most of the monuments in Istanbul can be reached over walking distance or easily through the transport network.
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Arriving in Istanbul airport and taking the metro to Sultan Ahmet I was just overwhelmed by looking at this city for the first time and not certainly the last one
The Grand Bazaar, Kapali Carsi, Blue Mosque, Top Kapi palace, Aya Sofia Mosque and the area around the grand bazaar can easily be done on foot and perhaps as I realized it's much better as this is how you come into contact with more people and see more.
I stayed at Cordial House which is a moderately priced hostel at 15 Ytl a night for a dorm bed and the staff is pretty friendly besides the area where it is located is generally safe even at 2 am at night although it's better to take precautions by taking as little cash or valuables with oneself.
I befriended a lot of locals and they took me to a lot of places.
The open air theatre is a place to go to.
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It's near the Hilton. I went there to see the Leila Majnu folklore and although it's in Turkish but one can easily understand what's happening if you have a local along to do some translation. Besides the place being open has a great ambience for shows of this nature and with some slight drizzle you wouldn't mind feeling romantic!
Any trip to Istanbul would be incomplete without going to Taksim and Beyoglu. These are the areas which are famous for being the heart of Istanbul nightlife and these places rock at night. Firstly passing through taksim with its different souks and the performers and jugglers showing there skills or sharpening them is a treat especially since we don't need to pay. Furthermore the small streets unwind into great coffee places and the party area but the clubs are mostly empty on regular days and only fill up on weekends.
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The coffee places generally are full. The Turks love hanging out especially the young Turks with their multitude of friends. Besides in this area you would find people of all ages and all classes so its very cosmopolitan but be careful after 12 am because the public transport stops and you need to hire a regular taxi not a dolmush to take you and the taxis at this time are very expensive. So bring a tent over or party the whole night!!!
The area around Istanbul University is also a place to pay a visit and this is the place where you can find a lot of young people honing their skills of English so if you speak English you can get first hand information from these students but be prepared to be patient if they don't understand what you mean.
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The area around the Bosphorous is a treat especially if you if book a ferry ride from the local companies on the terminal and this is cheap. I feel there is no need to take a guided tour. Once on the ferry one can easily savor the different architecture of the Anatolian and the European side and how Istanbul is such a great city because of the enmeshing of these two cultures and how it could not be Istanbul if one of the cultures is removed. The bridge over the bosphorous is also a great landmark.
Once you are finished with the ferry trip you can easily go around the area where there are lots of small clothing stores and electronic outlets as well as restaurants. The food tastes great and so does the Turkish desserts like baklava and other ones I just tried them for free. The Turks also love their ice creams and one can easily observe the ubiquitous ice cream stalls although it could leave a hole in your pocket if you are on a tight budget in indulging in all these pleasures but then life doesn't come more than once so just go for it.
The Top Kapi palace is a big landmark to visit.
taksim street
The articles on display are simply amazing and mind boggling. Most of the articles on display are off limits to taking pictures which is why I believe they are full of mystery and opulence. If the sultans lived in such times they would have been the most ingenuous and crafty people to say the least and the fact that these have been preserved very well is testament to the Turks ability to take care about their legacy.
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These flows are just sitting in my closet now, collecting dust.
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I wouldn't board another day with out them!!!! I got off the lifts at Brighton and got to watch everyone else strap up by the time they were done I was half way down the runs!!!!
Worked for me
I tried my new Flow M9's out last week in Colorado at Breck, Vain and Copper. No problems adjusting the binding untill they felt perfect. After hitting the sweet spot I did not make any other adjustments all week. It was great to be able to take right off from the lifts and lock in on the fly. My friends that ski appreciated not having to wait on me.
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ok guys, I was a Flow fan, and I have m9 and The Five.Bought other bindings at the end, the brand doesn't matter but with classic construction(And i wasn't alone with this move).Probably it's my foot or boot or something in between, but the I-Flex powerstrap doesn't really provide the right feel of the board, especially the upper part, it works fine on a prepared slope, but for serious mountains and rude surfaces it's not the right thing.Just try and compare by yourself, i have friends who love their Flows still and say they're super great for them and they have that "response" etc, me not.Choose what works best for you, my view is just another opinion.
Jason Kerouac
Star player in my line-up.
I bought a set of the 2010 M9's last year -- I don't love anything more than my bindings.
Can't even tell you how great it is to push off the lift, slide your foot in and lock the backs without even stopping. I love turning around to see all my pals sitting on the ground, or fighting with their straps when I'm just ready to go, and waiting on them.
Their design provides for a little more weight than a traditional strap binding, however, you can counter this by going with a little more expensive model. Both the M11's and the NXT-ATSE's feature aluminum base-plates and siding. Much more durable, and much lighter than their other models. I'm picking up a set of NXT's next week for this exact reason.
As per Chaoz's post: be smart about your purchase. You can obviously tell from the image (when you use your eyes) that the top-strap is not true black. These are high-res images, and easily provide accurate colors. You can tell the strap is a little white-washed.
Closing, these bindings make getting in and starting the run completely effortless; they're quick, innovative and comfortable. Tons of flexibility and response. You'll feel solid, and once more, you'll look solid. Randoms will envy you, and your friends will hate you.
A must buy for any serious rider.
Performance 5 Finish 3
I guess I made a mistake, since I ordered the Ratrod finish. I looks great out of the box, but even by the time I had finished the installation, it had some minor scratches. This wouldn't be bad, if the material under the finish was black instead of white.
On the Performance side, these are EPIC... A little firm, and definitely have a bit of a learning curve to them as far as hyper responsiveness, and how to get into them if your used to regular bindings. It's even worse for me, if you just upgraded from 1999 Burton SI bindings, which were as easy as just stepping in. But once you get the rear loading down, it's just as quick and way more secure.
One other note, if your using boots that are a bit wider you may feel a bit of resistance before you start getting some snow and ice to help you slide right in.
Definitely recomend, just be careful with the RATROD finish, it looks good, but can't take much abuse.
Board: 163W K2 Illusion (2008)
Style: Regular
Front: 9 degrees
Back: 7 degrees
Activities: Freeride
Rat Rod Color
So i gave this review 4 stars because i never actually used the bindings and don't want to discourage people from buying them. This is more of an FYI for anyone looking to get these in the Rat Rod color. In the pictures above and on the FLOW website itself, the 3D toe strap looks black. This is actually not the case, the top of it is black but it looks as though someone spilled a container of bleach on it. I originally thought this was a manufacturing defect, but after receiving a second pair i realized it was intended as even they suffered from the same result. So yeah i get it bindings are about performance and not so much as looks, but personally if i am going to spend 200+ dollars on brand new bindings i want them to at least look nice before i destroy them on the mountain.
Ended up going with the M11's. I'll post a review about their performance after i break them in. I would encourage dogfunk to add more pictures of this binding in Rat Rod so no one has to go through the same experience.


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Staging a revolution is a pretty big venture. Can you give us an idea of what specific characters will be focused on?
Kripke: Charlie and Miles are really going to be focused on the war against Monroe. Miles leading the rebels gives them a fighting chance and Charlie is right beside him. Rachel and Aaron will focus the ongoing mythology in terms of revealing why the lights go out. I can reveal now that we do reveal it, now that we've written that scene. And reveal how to turn them back on.
You're not that deep into production on the second half of the season, so can we assume that revelation comes fairly early?
Yeah in the second half it happens sooner than anyone is thinking it will happen.
As the season went on, some characters got increased screen time like Nora and Rachel. While others like Jason and Danny were seen much less compared to the early episodes. Is that deliberate and will that continue after the break?
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Reviews - Hotel Budapest
- Age Group: 31 - 40
- From: United Kingdom
- Traveller type: Culture Vulture
The breakfast was served in the second floor restaurant and offered a good selection for all nationalities but a bit too much garlic on offer for my liking esp for so early in the day.
Hotel reception was very helpful if you needed any information.
Tried to get a drink in the bar one evening and ended up walking out as we had to wait that long, even though there were staff behind the bar.
The hotel seemed to accommodate lots of coach parties. It is about a good 10 minute walk from bus and train station and about 20mins walk from the Danube.
If you are wanting luxury this hotel is not for you but if you are wanting a room to wash and sleep for a night then it's not bad but have stayed in better for the same money.
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Worth a stayfrom tawny
The locality has shops,cashpoints and anything else you need.
Above all this is a perfectly acceptable place to stay with all the amenities of a modern hotel.
Average Hotel...Poor Locationfrom Samuel71
Check in at the hotel was prompt and we were allocated a room on the eleventh floor. The view from the room was stunning! Panoramic views across the entire city with the Parliament Building directly in front of us in the distance. However, whilst the room and bathroom were clean I would not classify it as a 4* hotel. It was extremely basic and had none of the luxuries you would expect of a 4* hotel. No sign even of the standard complimentary toiletries you would imagine to find in the bathroom. In addition, whilst the room had controls for air conditioning whether it was working was another matter. With temperatures averaging 33 degrees celsius during the weekend better air conditioning would have been most welcome.
No problems were encountered with the infamous two lifts in the hotel. This may have something to do with the fact that the hotel did not appear to be full by any means. As for breakfast, other reviews have said it all. Various meats, cheeses, salads and bread. It was adequate but most irritating that staff were in no real hurry to refill the food.
The major downside of the hotel was its location. It's based on the Buda side of the city whilst most of the shops, bars and restaurants are on the Pest side. After a trek on foot on the first day (didn't realise prior to the visit how large the city actually is) we decided that the Metro was called for. A five minute walk from the hotel gets you to Moscow Square from where you can catch the very good Metro system. However this stopped at 11pm and meant that we had to catch taxis back to the hotel after night outs. The taxi charges were astronomical for what was no more than a 5 to 10 minute journey. I would highly suggest that for a little bit more money it would be far more advisable to stay in a hotel on the Pest side.
Value for money.....from Adrian9
The staff at the hotel are excellent, polite and efficient.
The downside about this hotel is that there are indeed only two lifts serving 15 floors, and it is fairly basic for what is listed somtimes as a 4* hotel. There are many coach parties stay here so the retaurant is very busy at breakfast.
On the whole I got a cheap weekend in Budapest and the accomodation was here. I feel I have had value for money, though would probably stay in downtown Pest next time.
much enjoyed visit to Budapestfrom A TripAdvisor Member
We found breakfast to be very basic and not at all varied from day to day.the food was very slow to be replenished.
Not bad at all!from A TripAdvisor Member
we liked the placefrom liamuk
The hotel itself was dated circa 1960's mostly dark wood and brass yet the rooms were spotless and well appointed with all the neccessary fittings. The lifts are slow but we always got around this problem by utilising the third lift around the back which we think was the service lift used by the maids but it sure beat waiting for the two at the front of the hotel.
Breakfast was very busy but we found that the coffee and the orange juice was all that we needed......we are not to big on breakfast.
The location of the hotel we found to be no problem and on most days we either walked to the pest side (by walking you get to see so much more than if you were to use public transport all the time) or caught the local tram to moscow square and then caught the metro all of three stops to vaci utca the main shopping district. Remember to validate your tickets all the time as we got blasse about this and was subsequently fined 2000 forints each for this little slip up.
We had some great meals there and we reccomend that you try the restaurants around raday utca.......not far fron vaci utca and the great indoor market.
all in all it was a great visit and we would not hesitate to use this hotel again.
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No!!!from ShelaPetrova
CONS: Good location??? Please!!! Yes, the tram is right outside but then you have to change at Moskova station before you cross to the Pest side where the shops and Parliment are. You also need to change to go to the Castle. It was annoying! And Budapest taxi? BEWARE we got ripped off even with the meter! We got the 5th floor facing the hills of Buda...no great sight. You cant hear the traffic from the road but at around 7, 8 the corridor is so very noisy as all the tour groups waking up and head for the buffet breakfast. I wont be surprised if our neighbours heard our physical activities as well as we did hear noises from other rooms. The lift takes FOREVER, PROMISE! 2 lifts for a hotel this size. We took the stairs nearly eveytime down. The room was okay, clean and the bathroom is great and just been refurbished I think. The lobby is great looking. But if you keep in touch with people on the internet, forget about trying to log on at the one terminal in the lobby...its like £10 per hour! The lobby shop has nice souvenirs but forget about buying stamps there. They will only sell stamps if you also buy their cards.
For the annoying tram change, the general distance, for the noisy breakfast times, for the horrendous lifts, I wished I had splurged a bit and stayed by the river bank, like at the Danubis Gallert which is right near the bridge and facing the Danube...why stay so isolated? And beware! Budapest pretends to be a western european city and the price to match but it certainly doesnt deserve it.
t do it!!!from maxford
Novelty factorfrom nigel57
The number 18 tram takes you to Mozka ter (Moskow square) where you can change to any number of trams buses or the metro and the cog wheel railway is opposite the hotel. All in all a good hotel
Great Hotel !from A TripAdvisor Member
The reception and restaurant areas are the dark wood and bronze creation much favoured by Soviet designers of the 1970s, but there are copious places to sit and bide your while on deep leather sofas, as well as a luggage store for those of you, like me, who depart in the evening.
The rooms themselves are spacious, clean, well-furnished, and most have an excellent view across the area - mine had a lovely view of the Buda Hills.
The breakfast is buffet style, tea, coffee, hot and cold food, eggs, salads, cheese, cold cuts, rolls, bread, jams, cereals, and some typically Hungarian stuff.
The Hotel is popular with tour groups, and well organised. The desk staff are friendly, multilingual and attentive.
The hotel is certainly 4**** standard, but maybe not what someone from the other side of the Atlantic associates with a 4**** hotel.
My only criticism of this hotel is that 2 lifts are hopelessly inadequate in the morning for the amount of people who stay there. Other than that, perfect and excellent value via Hotelopia !
Top Local Tips for Budapest
Great beers and excellent food Budapest does not really have a "beer" culture but if you appreciate Belgium beer there is an excellent Belgium beer cafe called the Belgian Brasserie at Bem Rakpast 12, just along from the Chain Bridge. They serve a great selection of Belgium beers and wonderful food at reasonable prices. It has a nice relaxing atmosphere and a good local following. Definitely not for stag nights or large groups.
Get a travel pass We got a 3 day pass for our trip - cost roughly £8.00 for unlimited travel in budapest which is a bargain.
Taxis If you fly in get one of the black taxis outside the airport, they charge by the zone and are not metered so it is much better and they really know how to drive around Budapest - ours was like a scene from the Bourne Identity but is was great fun and the driver was great. Book them through the hotel when you go back to the airport, they do give you a card. We stayed quite far from the centre and our trip was around £12 single trip - well worth it
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|Fri, 05-30-2014 - 4:09pm
My husband bought me a sodastream two Christmases ago and honestly, I've used it 3x max. I do not like the syrups that they have. I've been seeing some recipes with making simple syrup (this strawberry one looks good!) and was wondering if you have any recipes you like to use or think would be good. She mentions chocolate mint but I can't for the life of me figure out how! LOL I figure mint leaves come into play, but the chocolate? Cocoa? Also I was wondering if when making simple syrup if you can use Splenda rather than sugar. Has anyone tried that?
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Thanks, everyone, for the input! I'm going to try to make some sumple syrup from Splenda this weekend and see how it turns out.
I saw a sodastream for the first time this weekend and thought it was a great idea. Can you tell me how you like it and how easy it is to use? How is the clean up?
The clean up is super simple because you're only making a mess in the bottle. The syrup never touches the machine. The only thing that touches the machine is water and the CO2. (UNLESS you're carbonating something like wine, but then it's still just the spout.)
I don't like the flavored syrups they offer, and find the soda does not taste like name brand. It's sweeter, definitely more soda fountain taste. While I do love soda (I drink diet) with the sodastream, I add less syrup to get more of a seltzer water taste.
It's easy when you get used to it. The first few times I jumped from the sound of the CO2. :)
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I saw a sodastream for the first time this weekend and thought it was a great idea. Can you tell me how you like it and how easy it is to use? How is the clean up?
|Sat, 05-31-2014 - 2:49pm
I have experimented with making cream soda, and just adding the syrup to bottled club soda. I've never used a sodastream, though. I'm not sure about Splenda in simple syrup but it is worth a shot. Stevia is too, and you can grow your own. Cream soda is just vanilla; but I do enjoy it. But I confess, I don't drink much soda unless it is beer soda...as my MIL calls it!


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ST. PETERS, MISSOURI -- How many postcards and phone calls have I received now that start with "Our records indicate that the manufacturer's warranty on your vehicle is about to expire or has already expired"?
And these people won't stop, even after I've told them they have the wrong information about me or any vehicle they think I have. Because they don't know what vehicle I have, when I question them. Automotive Financial Consultants, 1395 Jungermann Road, Suite C, St. Peters, Missouri, 63376 continues to blindly call and mail out postcards to any address and phone number they can buy, hoping to catch someone in this situation.
During my many phone discussions with them, I have asked 'who told you I have a vehicle with an expiring warranty?' ... answers are - your car dealership, the bank that financed your car, your car insurance company, your credit card company, your current warranty holder ... however, they cannot name a specific company that gave them this information nor a contact name and number for that company.
When asked why do they keep repeating to send me mail and phone me, although I have asked them not to, they respond vaguely with another source had provided my contact information. Yet again, they cannot say what company that is, but seemingly they have over a dozen companies telling Automotive Financial Consultants that I need auto warranty coverage now.
Automotive Financial Consultants says the federal 'do not call' list does not apply to them because it is companies I have dealings with that are giving them the information. If they can't name who gave them my contact info, well that makes it hard for me to call up whoever I have these dealings with to get them to stop having Automotive Financial Consultants to stop contacting me.
During some downtime, I have repeated to call them back on 866-538-1212, the number they provide to me to call them back as soon as possible to extend this coverage, and question them about what warranty and on what vehicle they are talking about, who told them I need coverage, and question why they keep contacting me to immediately contact them.
The only information they really want from me is my VIN, mileage and credit card number.
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Sparticus on 04/11/2007:
I almost fell for this trick many years ago... now I chalk them up as spam and just toss em...
Anonymous on 04/11/2007:
First, the Do Not Call Registry DOES apply, and second they most likely got your information and others from the State's Motor Vehicle Administration for around $200.00. Good Luck
Slimjim on 04/11/2007:
Yep, the do not call list certainly does apply to them. File a complaint.
subm on 10/23/2008:
I have also been receiving the same kind of phone calls and most recently a letter. I am quite fed up with this - wonder what can be a solution - reporting a case of harassment to a consumer court or the police?
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ST. PETERS, MISSOURI -- In March of 2009 I received a letter from Automotive Financial Consultants, Inc, 1405 Jungemann Road, Suite A, St. Peters, MO 63376 offering me an extended warranty on my car. I wrote them back on March 26 at the above address and requested that they remove my name and address from their mailing list. I also filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau of Eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois, 15 Sunnen Drive, Suite 107, St. Louis, MO 63413-1400. This complaint was evidently forwarded to the office of the Attorney General of Missouri, with whom I am currently corresponding. AFC claimed to the AG that they never received my letter of March 26, so I am dealing with that at present.
If you receive a communication from AFC please file a complaint with BBB or the AG of Missouri. If there are enough of them the AG might be able to shut them down.
By the way, the office manager at AFC is [snip - no personal info/names please].
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MSCANTBEWRONG on 06/16/2009:
Write them again and send it certified w/confirmation of delivery receipt. That way you'll have proof you sent the letter and proof they received.
PepperElf on 06/16/2009:
also contact your postmaster if you think it's a scam
cos it's a federal offense to do scams in the mail
Slimjim on 06/16/2009:
Holy cow! You are going through all this trouble because they sent you an offer in the mail!? How inconvenoenced could yout have been? A lot less than what you are bogging down the bbb and ag with. Try throwing it out and move on
Slimjim on 06/16/2009:
It's not any scam. The poster is freaking out because they got a couple advertisements in the mail. Who on earth does't get at least some junk mail?
PepperElf on 06/16/2009:
yeah I got one of those yesterday... some company trying to sell me acai berries or whatever.
I was going to look them up to see if they were a hoax. if they were I was going to take the letter to the post office
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Joubert Syndrome and Related Disorders
Clinical Characteristics
Ocular findings like systemic features are highly variable both within and between families. Vision can be normal but in other patients it is severely reduced to the range of 20/200. The pupils may respond sluggishly or even paradoxically to light. ERG recordings have been reported to be normal in some patients, but absent or reduced in others. The fundus appearance is often normal but in other individuals the pigmentation is mottled, the retinal arterioles are attenuated, and the macula has a cellophane maculopathy. Drusen and colobomas are sometimes seen in the optic nerve while occasional patients have typical chorioretinal colobomas. The eyebrows are often highly arched.
The oculomotor system is frequently involved. Apraxia to some degree is common with most patients having difficulty with smooth pursuit and saccadic movements. Compensatory head thrusting is often observed. A pendular nystagmus may be present while esophoria or esotropia is present in many patients.
There is a great deal of clinical heterogeneity in this group of ciliary dyskinesias. Developmental delays, cognitive impairment, truncal ataxia, breathing irregularities, and behavioral disorders are among the more common features. Hyperactivity and aggressiveness combined with dependency require constant vigilance and care. Postaxial polydactyly is a feature of some cases. Hypotonia is evident at birth. Liver failure and renal disease develop in many individuals. Neuroimaging of the midbrain-hindbrain area reveals agenesis or some degree of dysgenesis of the vermis with the 'molar tooth sign' in the isthmus region considered to be a diagnostic sign. The fourth ventricle is usually enlarged while the cerebellar hemispheres may be hypoplastic.
The facies features are said to be distinctive in older individuals. The face appears long with frontal prominence due to bitemporal narrowing, the nasal bridge and tip are prominent, the jaw is prominent, the lower lip protrudes, and the corners of the mouth are turned down.
This is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of disorders with many overlapping features. Most disorders in this disease category, known as JSRD, are inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern. Mutations in at least 18 genes have been identified. One, OFD1 (300804), is located on the X chromosome (Xp22.2).
There are significant clinical similarities with Meckel syndrome (249000) and with Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (270400).
Treatment Options
Treatment is mostly for specific symptoms such as respiratory distress, renal disease, speech and physical therapy, low vision, and hepatic failure.
Poretti A, Huisman TA, Scheer I, Boltshauser E. Joubert syndrome and related disorders: spectrum of neuroimaging findings in 75 patients. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2011 Sep;32(8):1459-63. Epub 2011 Jun 16.
Sturm V, Leiba H, Menke MN, Valente EM, Poretti A, Landau K, Boltshauser E. Ophthalmological findings in Joubert syndrome. Eye (Lond). 2010 Feb;24(2):222-5.
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Spastic Ataxia 4, mtPAP Deficiency
Clinical Characteristics
Ocular examinations in 4 adult individuals of a single family aged 18 to 27 years were reported to have optic atrophy. One of these had a horizontal nystagmus and another was described as having a vertical nystagmus. No ocular evaluations were available for 2 children, aged 2 and 6 years. Visual acuity testing was not reported but all individuals participated appropriately in family and educational activities.
This is a congenital disorder with cerebral ataxia (limb and truncal), spastic paraparesis (increased lower limb tone with brisk knee jerks and extensor plantar responses), cerebellar and spastic dysarthria, learning difficulties and emotional lability as prominent features. The onset of both speech and mobility are delayed. Older individuals have slow and spastic tongue movements with brisk jaw jerks, and increased tone in the upper limbs. Motor function progressively declines although even older individuals in the third decade of life remain mobile albeit with an increasingly spastic and ataxic gait, and require only minimal assistance with self-care. Children in grade school require special education accommodations but there is no obvious deterioration in intellectual function as they mature.
This is an autosomal recessive disorder resulting from homozygous mutations in the MTPAP gene (10p11.22). The mutation leads to a defect of mitochondrial mRNA maturation in which the poly(A) tails are severely truncated.
Optic atrophy is also present in some patients who have autosomal dominant spastic ataxia with miosis (SPAX7) (108650) and in another form of autosomal recessive childhood-onset spastic ataxia and mental retardation (270500).
Treatment Options
No treatment is known but special education and physical and speech therapy may be helpful.
Crosby AH, Patel H, Chioza BA, Proukakis C, Gurtz K, Patton MA, Sharifi R, Harlalka G, Simpson MA, Dick K, Reed JA, Al-Memar A, Chrzanowska-Lightowlers ZM, Cross HE, Lightowlers RN. Defective mitochondrial mRNA maturation is associated with spastic ataxia. Am J Hum Genet. 2010 Nov 12;87(5):655-60.
Leber Congenital Amaurosis
Clinical Characteristics
Leber congenital amaurosis is a collective term applied to multiple recessively inherited conditions with early-onset retinal dystrophy causing infantile or early childhood blindness. There are no established diagnostic criteria. First signs are usually noted before the age of 6 months. These consist of a severe reduction in vision accompanied by nystagmus, abnormal pupillary responses, and photophobia. Ametropia in the form of hyperopia is common. Keratoconus (and keratoglobus) is frequently found in older children but it is uncertain if this is a primary abnormality or secondary to eye rubbing as the latter is commonly observed. Repeated pressure on the eye may also be responsible for the relative enophthalmos often seen in these patients. The ERG is reduced or absent early and permanently. Final visual acuity is seldom better than 20/400 and perhaps one-third of affected individuals have no light perception. Some individuals experience a period of vision improvement.
The retina usually has pigmentary changes but these are not diagnostic. Retinal vessels are generally attenuated. The RPE may have a finely granulated appearance or, in some cases, whitish dots, and even 'bone spicules'.
A variety of metabolic and physical abnormalities have been reported with LCA but many publications are from the pre-genomic era and the significance of such associations remains uncertain. Most extraocular signs result from delays in mental development but it is uncertain what role, if any, that visual deprivation plays. Perhaps 20% of patients are mentally retarded or have significant cognitive deficits.
Leber congenital amaurosis is genetically heterogeneous with 17 known gene mutations associated with the phenotype. It is also clinically heterogeneous both within and among families and this is the major obstacle to the delineation of individual clinicogenetic entities. As more patients are genotyped, it is likely that more precise genotype-phenotype correlations will emerge. At the present time, however, it is not possible to use clinical findings alone to distinguish individual conditions.
Below are links to the genotypic and phenotypic features of the 17 known types of LCA. All cause disease in the homozygous or compound heterozygous state.
LCA type OMIM# Locus Gene Symbol
LCA 11 613837 7q31.3-q332 IMPDH1
It is likely that more mutant genes will be identified since these are found in only about half of patients studied in large series.
*(Heterozygous mutations in CRX may also cause a cone-rod dystrophy).
**(Mutations in RPE65 has been described as also causing retinitis pigmentosa (RP20; 613794) with choroidal involvement.)
Mutations in the GUCY2D gene seem to be the most common being present in about 21% of LCA patients with CRB1 next at 10%.
Treatment Options
Until recently, no treatment was available for LCA. However, results from early clinical trials with adeno-associated virus vector mediated gene therapy for RPE65 mutations in LCA 2 show promise. Subretinal placement of recombinant adeno-virus carrying RPE65 complementary DNA results in both subjective and objective improvements in visual function. Patients generally report subjective improvement in light sensitivity and visual mobility. Some recovery of rod and cone photoreceptor function has been documented. Studies have also documented an improvement in visual acuity, size of visual field, pupillary responses, and in the amouunt of nystagmus. More than 230 patients have now been treated and improvements seem to be maintained for at least 3 or more years. However, we have also learned that along with the enzymatic dysfunction of RPE65 that disrupts the visual cycle, there is also degeneration of photoreceptors which continues after treatment and the long term prognosis remains guarded. Multiple phase I clinical trials have demonstrated the safety of this approach and phase III trials are now underway.
It is crucial for patients to be enrolled early in sensory stimulation programs to ensure optimum neural development. For patients with residual vision, low vision aids can be beneficial. Vocational and occupational therapy should be considered for appropriate patients.
Arcot Sadagopan K, Battista R, Keep RB, Capasso JE, Levin AV. Autosomal-dominant Leber Congenital Amaurosis Caused by a Heterozygous CRX Mutation in a Father and Son. Ophthalmic Genet. 2013 Oct 4. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24093488.
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Mutations in NMNAT1 cause Leber congenital amaurosis and identify a new disease
pathway for retinal degeneration. Nat Genet. 2012 Jul 29.
Bowne SJ, Humphries MM, Sullivan LS, Kenna PF, Tam LC, Kiang AS, Campbell M, Weinstock GM, Koboldt DC, Ding L, Fulton RS, Sodergren EJ, Allman D, Millington-Ward S, Palfi A, McKee A, Blanton SH, Slifer S, Konidari I, Farrar GJ, Daiger SP, Humphries P. A dominant mutation in RPE65 identified by whole-exome sequencing causes retinitis pigmentosa with choroidal involvement. Eur J Hum Genet. 2011 Oct;19(10):1074-81. Erratum in: Eur J Hum Genet. 2011 Oct;19(10):1109.
Hauswirth WW, Aleman TS, Kaushal S, Cideciyan AV, Schwartz SB, Wang L, Conlon TJ, Boye SL, Flotte TR, Byrne BJ, Jacobson SG. Treatment of leber congenital amaurosis due to RPE65 mutations by ocular subretinal injection of adeno-associated virus gene vector: short-term results of a phase I trial. Hum Gene Ther. 2008 Oct;19(10):979-90.
Bainbridge JW, Smith AJ, Barker SS, Robbie S, Henderson R, Balaggan K, Viswanathan A, Holder GE, Stockman A, Tyler N, Petersen-Jones S, Bhattacharya SS, Thrasher AJ, Fitzke FW, Carter BJ, Rubin GS, Moore AT, Ali RR. Effect of gene therapy on visual function in Leber's congenital amaurosis. N Engl J Med. 2008 May 22;358(21):2231-9.
Zernant J, Külm M, Dharmaraj S, den Hollander AI, Perrault I, Preising MN, Lorenz B, Kaplan J, Cremers FP, Maumenee I, Koenekoop RK, Allikmets R. Genotyping microarray (disease chip) for Leber congenital amaurosis: detection of modifier alleles. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2005 Sep;46(9):3052-9.
Perrault I, Rozet JM, Gerber S, Ghazi I, Leowski C, Ducroq D, Souied E, Dufier JL, Munnich A, Kaplan J. Leber congenital amaurosis. Mol Genet Metab. 1999 Oct;68(2):200-8. Review.
Galvin JA, Fishman GA, Stone EM, Koenekoop RK. Clinical phenotypes in carriers of Leber congenital amaurosis mutations. Ophthalmology. 2005 Feb;112(2):349-56. PubMed PMID: 15691574.
Sergouniotis PI, Davidson AE, Mackay DS, Li Z, Yang X, Plagnol V, Moore AT, Webster AR. Recessive Mutations in KCNJ13, Encoding an Inwardly Rectifying Potassium Channel Subunit, Cause Leber Congenital Amaurosis. Am J Hum Genet. 2011 Jul 15;89(1):183-90.
Krabbe Disease
Clinical Characteristics
Subtle cherry red spots have been reported in one patient. More than half (53%) have abnormal VEP response but the ERG is normal. Optic atrophy with blindness is not uncommon but the full ocular phenotype remains unknown. A 6-month-old male child had MRI T2 evidence of intracranial optic nerve hypertrophy which was attributed to an accumulation of globoid cells.
There is considerable variation in the time of onset and rate of progression in Krabbe disease, even within families. Patients with infantile disease may present with symptoms at about 6 months of life, while others are not diagnosed until late childhood or adolescence. Some evidence of psychomotor retardation is often the first sign of disease with ataxia and limb spasticity soon following. Irritability is an early sign. Neurophysiologic studies often show abnormal nerve conduction and this has been documented even in newborns. The disorder is one of progressive neurodegeneration of both central and peripheral nervous systems leading to weakness, seizures and loss of protective reflexes. The MRI may reveal T2 hyperintensity in cerebral and cerebellar white matter, internal capsules and pyramidal tracts. Infection and respiratory failure are responsible for most deaths.
The life-span of Infants with Krabbe disease is approximately one year while those with late-onset disease may not develop symptoms until almost any age and the clinical course is highly variable.
This is an autosomal recessive disorder secondary to mutations in the GALC gene (14q31) encoding the enzyme galactosylceramidase, important in the growth and maintenance of myelin.
One patient has been reported with 'atypical' Krabbe disease (611722) secondary to a homozygous mutation in the PSAP gene (10q22.1). The infant had a deficiency of saposin A as well as decreased galactocerebrosidase activity in white blood cells
Treatment Options
Normal blood galactocerebrosidase can be restored and CNS deterioration may be delayed or improved with transplantation of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cells or umbilical cord blood. However, some patients have residual language deficits and mild to severe delays in motor function. Results are better if treatment is commenced during infancy before development of symptoms. These treatments are experimental and long range outcomes remain uncertain.
Debs R, Froissart R, Aubourg P, Papeix C, Douillard C, Degos B, Fontaine B, Audoin B, Lacour A, Said G, Vanier MT, Sedel F. Krabbe disease in adults: phenotypic and genotypic update from a series of 11 cases and a review. J Inherit Metab Dis. 2012 Nov 30. [Epub ahead of print]
Shah S, Freeman E, Wolf V, Murthy S, Lotze T. Teaching NeuroImages:
Intracranial optic nerve enlargement in infantile Krabbe disease. Neurology. 2012
May 15;78(20):e126.
Siddiqi ZA, Sanders DB, Massey JM. Peripheral neuropathy in Krabbe disease: effect of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Neurology. 2006 Jul 25;67(2):268-72.
Escolar ML, Poe MD, Provenzale JM, Richards KC, Allison J, Wood S, Wenger DA, Pietryga D, Wall D, Champagne M, Morse R, Krivit W, Kurtzberg J. Transplantation of umbilical-cord blood in babies with infantile Krabbe's disease. N Engl J Med. 2005 May 19;352(20):2069-81.
Hofman KJ, Naidu S, Moser HW, Maumenee IH, Wenger DA. Cherry red spot in association with galactosylceramide-beta-galactosidase deficiency. J Inherit Metab Dis. 1987;10(3):273-4.


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