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Immunoablative Mini Transplant (Hematopoietic Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant [HPBSC])
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00179764
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : September 16, 2005
Last Update Posted : August 30, 2019
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|Condition or disease
|Tumors Malignant Melanoma Hematological Malignancies Myelogenous Leukemia, Chronic Leukemia, Lymphoblastic, Acute
|Procedure: Immunoablative Hematopoietic PBSC Transplant Procedure: Busulfan pharmacokinetics Radiation: Central Nervous System (CNS) prophylaxis radiation
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The standard treatment in many disorders of the bone marrow is high dose chemotherapy and whole-body radiation treatment followed by the stem cell transplant. This type of transplant not only suppresses or kills off the immune system, but is very toxic to the bone marrow. This study uses a chemotherapy regimen that will suppress the patient's immune system; however, it is non-myeloablative (not toxic to the bone marrow). It does not use whole-body radiation treatment. This approach can minimize the short- and long-term effects of transplantation. Other studies have shown that using chemotherapy followed by bone marrow transplantation without whole-body radiation can produce similar results as treatment with whole-body radiation.
Patients will be given chemotherapy with Fludarabine and Busulfan prior to the stem cell transplant. This treatment not only destroys diseased cells, but it also kills normal bone marrow cells. Following this experimental treatment, the patient will be given the stem cells through a central venous catheter (tube inserted in a vein). When the healthy stem cells are given to the patient, they will replace the destroyed bone marrow cells and produce new blood cells. The Allogeneic (not one's own) stem cells used in this experimental transplant will be obtained from a related matched donor or from an unrelated matched donor located through the National Marrow Donor Program.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|68 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Immunoablative Protocol for Allogeneic Related and Unrelated Hematopoietic Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant (HPBSC)
|Actual Study Start Date :
|March 10, 2000
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|January 24, 2014
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|January 24, 2014
|Reduced Intensity Conditioning Regimen
Procedure: Immunoablative Hematopoietic PBSC Transplant
Immunoablative conditioning chemotherapy regimen, followed by transplantation of peripheral blood stem cells on Day 0 of the conditioning regimen.
Procedure: Busulfan pharmacokinetics
Pharmacokinetics of once-a-day dosing of intravenous busulfan as a 3-hour infusion
Radiation: Central Nervous System (CNS) prophylaxis radiation
- Evaluate the morbidity and mortality of matched related and unrelated hematopoietic progenitor cell (HPC) transplantation at Children's Memorial Hospital using high dose CD34+ HPCs after a reduced intensity conditioning regimen. [ Time Frame: To study end ]
- Determine the toxicity of a reduced intensity conditioning regimen consisting of Fludarabine and Busulfan. [ Time Frame: To study end ]
- Validate the pharmacokinetics of once-a-day dosing of intravenous Busulfan given as a 3-hour infusion, using a limited number of samples. [ Time Frame: To study end ]
- Assess chimeric engraftment utilizing this regimen in malignant and non-malignant disorders. [ Time Frame: To study end ]
- Assess the relapse rate of patients transplanted with this reduced intensity regimen. [ Time Frame: To study end ]
- Determine the incidence of acute and chronic Graft vs. Host Disease (GVHD) using prophylaxis with Cyclosporine A and mycophenolate mofetil following this reduced intensity regimen. [ Time Frame: To study end ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|up to 21 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with recurrent solid tumors
- Patients with malignant melanoma
Patients with hematological malignancies.
- Chronic myelogenous leukemia in chronic or accelerated phase, to include chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (juvenile chronic myelogenous leukemia (JCML) or CMML).
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
- First remission high-risk ALL (Ph+ with initial high white blood cell (WBC)t (4-11) in infants less than 1 year and CALLA negative)
- Second or subsequent remission ALL or isolated extramedullary disease on or off therapy.
Acute non-lymphocytic leukemia (ANLL)
- Patients with ANLL in first remission who have a matched sibling donor.
- ANLL in second remission, or patients who only achieve an initial partial remission < 15% blasts, or early relapse.
- Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS): refractory anemia (RA), refractory anemia with excess blasts (RAEB), refractory anemia with excess blasts in transformation (RAEB-T) and CMML/JCML.
Selected immunodeficiencies:
- Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome.
- Severe combined immunodeficiency variants that require ablation.
- Hyper-Immunoglobulin M (IgM) syndrome.
- Other immune deficiencies after approval from the medical director.
- Bone marrow failure syndromes (single or multiple hematopoietic lines)
- Venous access: A double lumen central vascular access device or its equivalent will be required for all patients entered on the protocol.
- Informed consent: The donor and the patient and/or the patient's legally authorized guardian must acknowledge in writing that consent to become a study subject has been obtained in accordance with the institutional policy approved by the United States (U.S.) Department of Health and Human Services.
Patient organ function requirements:
- Adequate renal function: serum creatinine < 2 x normal, or creatinine clearance calculated by Schwartz formula, of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) > 40 ml/min/1.73m2, or an equivalent GFR as determined by the institutional normal range.
- Adequate liver function: total bilirubin </= 2 x normal; and Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) </= 4 x normal.
- Adequate cardiac function: shortening fraction of > 24% by echocardiogram, or ejection fraction of > 30% by radionuclide angiogram.
- Adequate pulmonary function: Diffusion Lung Capacity Carbon Monoxide (DLCO), Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second (FEV1) / Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) > 30% by pulmonary function test. For children who are uncooperative for pulmonary function tests and have no evidence of dyspnea at rest or exercise intolerance, pulse oximetry > 94% on room air is considered acceptable.
- Performance status: Lansky Score >/= 60% for children </= 16 years of age; or Karnofsky > 60% status for those > 16 years of age.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients who are pregnant
- Inability to find a suitable donor for the patient
- Patient is HIV-positive
- Patient has active Hepatitis B
- Disease progression or relapse prior to HPC infusion
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00179764
|United States, Illinois
|Lurie Children's Hospital
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611
|Principal Investigator:
|Morris Kletzel, M.D.
|Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
|Responsible Party:
|Reggie E Duerst, MD, MD, Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00179764 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
BMT 0300 Mini
|First Posted:
|September 16, 2005 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|August 30, 2019
|Last Verified:
|August 2019
Patients with recurrent solid tumors
Patients with malignant melanoma
Patients with hematological malignancies
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML)
Leukemia, Myeloid
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neuroendocrine Tumors
Neuroectodermal Tumors
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue
Nevi and Melanomas
Leukemia, Lymphoid
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Lymphatic Diseases
Immunoproliferative Disorders
Immune System Diseases
Myeloproliferative Disorders
Bone Marrow Diseases
Hematologic Diseases
Alkylating Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
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Using the NLP Four-Point Formula for Business Success
You can apply this neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) formula for success to both long-term and short-term goals. So, whether you simply want to hold a productive meeting or are planning the holiday of a lifetime, here's the quick way to hit your target:
Know your outcome.
Specifying precisely what you want is vital. You can use the outcome frame to fine-tune the desired outcome and satisfy the well-formedness conditions.
Take action.
Unless you take that first step, and then the following ones, nothing happens to help you towards your outcomes, no matter how clearly they're defined.
Have sensory awareness.
If you have the awareness to see, hear and feel what isn't working, you can modify your behaviour to steer you towards your desired outcome.
Have behavioural flexibility.
This point ties in beautifully with the NLP presupposition that 'In interactions among people, the person with the most flexibility of behaviour can control the interaction.' Or you can say, 'If it ain't working, do something different.'

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Peter Jackson is interested in directing an episode of Dr Who, so long as its producers donate him a Dalek.
The Lord of the Rings director told Entertainment Weekly he is still serious about directing an episode of the cult science fiction TV series.
Jackson, a long-time Who fan, said he would even do the job without pay so long as he got his hands on one of the series' prized props.
"They don't even have to pay me," Jackson writes. "But I have got my eye on one of those nice new gold-colored Daleks. They must have a spare one (hint, hint)."
Daleks - a race of extraterrestrial cyborgs - are the most famous of Dr Who's adversaries.
Dr Who executive producer Steven Moffat kept the door open for Jackson to temporarily join the show.
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The state will divvy up as much as $762 million in economic-development funds Wednesday...
The state will divvy up as much as $762 million in economic-development funds Wednesday to help finance projects boosted by 10 regional councils.
The competitive grants and tax breaks -- which Gov. Andrew Cuomo has promoted as a way to spur the state's economy -- totaled $785 million last year, the first year the Regional Economic Development Council program was developed. Those incentives were used to help finance 732 projects across the state, according to the Cuomo administration.
Five awards of $25 million will be awarded to the top regions based on development plans created by the councils, which are made up of elected officials, business representatives, college presidents and labor leaders.
Four councils topped $100 million in total grants last year, including those in central New York, the North Country, Long Island and the Buffalo area. The other panels -- including those in the Hudson Valley and Finger Lakes -- received pots of money for their regional projects.
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Dihydroergotamine can also be given through a vein (intravenous, or IV) or by an injection
in the muscle (intramuscular, or IM) for emergency treatment of a severe
cluster headache.
Ergotamine narrows blood vessels in the
head (vasoconstriction), which relieves pain by reducing pressure on
pain-sensitive structures in the head and scalp that may be associated with
cluster headaches. This drug may also affect certain brain
chemicals that affect how a person feels pain.
Dihydroergotamine and ergotamine are used to stop a cluster headache. Ergotamine may also be used to prevent cluster headaches during a cluster cycle.
When taken at bedtime or several
hours before going to sleep, ergotamine is especially useful for preventing
headaches at night.1
The nasal spray form of dihydroergotamine can help reduce the pain of a cluster headache when used at the first sign you are getting one.2
which is typically given as a shot, may provide rapid relief of a headache. A
person may be able to give his or her own shot.
All medicines have side effects. But many people don't feel the side effects, or they are able to deal with them. Ask your pharmacist about the side effects of each medicine you take. Side effects are also listed in the information that comes with your medicine.
Here are some important things to think about:
Call 911 or other emergency services right away if you have:
Call your doctor right away if you have:
Check with your doctor if you have:
Common side effects of this medicine include:
See Drug Reference for a full list of side effects.
(Drug Reference is not available in all systems.)
To treat a cluster headache that
has already begun, ergotamine must be used as early as possible for best
results. The sooner you treat the headache, the less painful it may be.
If you are taking ergotamine, be sure to follow your
doctor's instructions on when and how often to take it. Overuse of
ergotamine can lead to a
rebound headache.
Ergotamine should not be used with serotonin receptor
agonists (triptans), such as naratriptan, rizatriptan, sumatriptan, or zolmitriptan.
Ergotamine should not be used to treat headaches in
children. And it should not be used in women who are pregnant or who
are thinking about becoming pregnant.
Also, ergotamine should not
be used by people who have:
Medicine is one of the many tools your doctor has to treat a health problem. Taking medicine as your doctor suggests will improve your health and may prevent future problems. If you don't take your medicines properly, you may be putting your health (and perhaps your life) at risk.
There are many reasons why people have trouble taking their medicine. But in most cases, there is something you can do. For suggestions on how to work around common problems, see the topic Taking Medicines as Prescribed.
Do not use this medicine if you are pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning to get pregnant. If you need to use this medicine, talk to your doctor about how you can prevent pregnancy.
Follow-up care is a key part of your treatment and safety. Be sure to make and go to all appointments, and call your doctor if you are having problems. It's also a good idea to know your test results and keep a list of the medicines you take.
Complete the new medication information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you understand this medication.
Citations Ropper AH, Samuels MA (2009). Cluster headache section of Headache and other craniofacial pains. In Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology, 9th ed., pp. 174–176. New York: McGraw-Hill.Capobianco DJ, Dodick DW (2006). Diagnosis and
treatment of cluster headache. Seminars in Neurology,
26(2): 242–259.
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Anyone concerned about the planet's future and our ability to bring our climate-disrupting emissions under control, can't help but regularly steal nervous glances at China. What China, with its massive population and prodigious growth rate does or doesn't do, will have a significant impact on all of us. So when China said they wanted 500,000 "new energy vehiclesâ on the road by next year and five million by 2020, many of which would be driven by first time car buyers newly entering the middle class, that gave us reason to be hopeful. Many have been skeptical that such numbers could be achieved. Especially since last year, only 17,600 EVs were sold. Today, there are approximately 50,000 of them on the road.
But a number of recent developments could be turning up the heat.
First, Chinese EV-maker BYD, which is partially backed by Warren Buffett, has been selling most of their cars in their home city of Shenzhen. Earlier this week, they gained approval to begin selling in Beijing with its population of 11.5 million. Beijing officials will provide a subsidy for EVs and they also commit to installing 100 charging stations in the city by the end of the year with roughly ten charging units per station. This roughly coincides with Swiss electrical equipment-maker ABB's announcement that it would begin making and marketing wall-mounted home electric vehicle chargers in China. The chargers are being developed for Denza, a new joint venture between BYD and Daimler.
Says Chunyuan Gu, ABB's top man in China, "Either you believe or you don't believe. What's difficult to predict is how fast the volume will come."
BYD also received approval this week to sell its plug-in hybrid, the Qin, in Shanghai
China's fast growing car market is attracting the attention of automakers around the globe. Last year 22 million cars were sold there, compared with 15.6 million in the US. Major problems like air pollution and gridlock are leading local officials to tighten restrictions on new drivers' licenses, which will slow the pace of growth. Electric cars, which don't contribute to air pollution are getting a warmer reception.
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The Broons go to the allotment.
The panel is taken from a strip which originally appeared in The Sunday Post.
The Broons are an 11-strong family. The members are Paw, Maw, Granpaw, Hen, Daphne, Joe, Maggie, Horace, The Twins, The Bairn.
The Broons first appeared in The Sunday Post, Dundee, in March 1936, drawn by the legendary draftsman Dudley D. Watkins. They are still appearing every week in The Sunday Post.
I especially enjoy using Watkins's panels in my screenprints as they were drawn so well – he took great pains to give each panel a well balanced composition. And with just a few lines he was able to give a huge range of expressions to his characters.
The Broons and Oor Wullie – the other Sunday Post strip drawn by Watkins – have become hugely popular across Scotland – and often seem to regarded as part of Scots' extended families.
I love the stories for their invention and the language that the characters use – it's full of Scottish turns of phrase which you don't often see elsewhere.
The Broons and Oor Wullie are known to every Scot – wherever they may be. Many of my customers are Scots or the children or grandchildren of Scots who live outside Scotland.
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Lazerblade wrote:Thanks for posting this Rook. I know for a fact I could put this to good use.Rook wrote:Greebles & Other Details. (Too much and it looks cluttered and too little and looks too simple.)
Angles and/or Curves. (Nobody likes a flying box.)
Hear is a "good" example Rook.
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Muros de Nalón
Beach: La Guardada
- Autonomous region: Principality of Asturias
- Province/Island: Asturias
- Municipality: Muros de Nalón
- Town or city: Muros
Located next door to San Esteban port, this beach is separated from San Juan Beach by the river Nalón. The beach has a restaurant and a car park. On the right hand side there is a large rock that protects it from the wind and beside it is the San Esteban lighthouse. It has a promenade which reaches as far as the beach of Garuncho.
Type of beach
- Seafront promenade:
- Composition: Pebbles
- Conditions: Strong waves
- Mooring berths:
- Vegetation:
- Protected space:
- Length: 60 (m)
- Width: 5 (m)
Occupancy rate:
- Degree of urban development: Semi-urban
- Marina: San Esteban de Pravia
- Distance to beach: 0,8 km.
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- Marina: San Esteban de Pravia
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Dear Clues Forum readers,
While I have been moderately successful in presenting and defending the groundbreaking research conducted here, I would like to request assistance in continuing to pick off the inept counter-arguments being proffered up within the following thread at temp.tmalliance.com:
Though I have already mentioned this to Simon in an e-mail, my request for backup fell just one day before cluesforum.info was forced to go offline last week. I understand that Simon is busy, of course, but would like to extend the request to all forum participants who have the time to help myself and another poster continue to shut down the tired arguments being presented against The Vicsim Report, September Clues and fakery in general.
The forum is typically tempered by an "anything goes" feel, so it is incredibly difficult to be banned simply for making a case for a particular body of research.
On the surface, it may appear not to be worth the effort, but I would like to think that the benefit of having the research represented as properly as possible to the entirety of the forum's readership far outweighs the drudgery of arguing with the blind.
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There must be a reason why I don't talk to random people on Xbox Live. Oh, right. This is it. [Update]: We've gotten another copy of this video (above), which was pulled by YouTube shortly after our story aired.
Internet person Cody is having an argument with some kid's mother. There's apparently a 12 minute version of this forthcoming. Twelve minutes! Life's too short, and that's way too long.
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Before the [Qirel Encounter]? started the Orbital Wars, many thought this would prevent any interstellar wars from ever taking place. The idea of sending military forces to a system that it would take them years to reach, based on information several years old, and knowing that one wouldn't hear a response of how things went for an equal number of years, seemed ludicrous. However, the reaction of both individuals and groups to the [Qirel Encounter]? spread throughout all civilization, and the conflict it created quickly bred more conflicts. The Belated History Effect also managed to stretch these wars out far longer than it might have taken had it not been an issue, as it made diplomatic negotiations rather difficult. Indeed, there are some conflicts still going on in the Fringe Systems which are directly traceable as being caused by events which were consequences of the Orbital Wars, although few would argue that they are actually a part of the Orbital Wars themselves.
Another consequence of the Belated History Effect pertaining to the Orbital Wars was that many of the military forces of groups involved, or at least those based on a specific location rather than an ideology, had to become increasingly self-sufficient to operate in distant systems without reliable communication with the place of their origin. Some of these, the most famous being the Jatok Fleet, effectively split off from their home system after operating autonomously for several decades, to become a societal entity in their own right. And of course, the Belated History Effect meant it took quite a while for the governments involved to realize that this had happened.


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Weekly Wire: the Global Forum
These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.
Voices from Eurasia
Social media for anticorruption? Exploring experiences in the former Soviet block
"Spurred by events in the Arab world and high profile examples like the Indian Ipaidabribe.com, the role of social media to fight corruption and, more broadly, improve governance has been in the spotlight recently (see e.g. the Accountability 2.0 blog). Perhaps the most comprehensive reports we have come across in this area are from the Transparency and Accountability Initiative. Their global mapping report on technology for transparency and the latest piece on the state of the art in transparency, accountability and citizen participation are particularly informative. Ditto for the online tracking tool on technologies for civic engagement.
A recent post from Aleem Walji on the World Bank's CommGap site, "From egov to wegov" provides a good summary of the key issues at stake:
As Tim O'Reilly famously said, the days of 'vending machine government' where citizens pay their taxes and governments solve their problems are gone."


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Slice's Brooklyn Pizza Map lists all pizzerias we have reviewed and/or mentioned in Brooklyn. Clicking the pizza icons will bring up address, phone number, URL (if any), and a link back to all entries Slice has on the particular pizzeria. It's a handy way to visually navigate what Slice has to offer. The map legend is at right.
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As of February 15, 2007, veterinary biological product permits for research and evaluation, and transit shipment became available through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ePermits system. ePermits allows you to submit permit applications, track applications, and receive a copy of the permit on-line, or by fax or email.
Alternatively, you may continue to submit applications directly to the Center for Veterinary Biologics (CVB), Riverdale, MD.
Permits are offered through the on-line web-based ePermits system.
Apply on-line (for eAuthenticated users only):
APHIS Form 2005 - Application for United States Veterinary Biological Product Permit to import veterinary biologics for research and evaluation or transit shipment.
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After all the fuss about France's first lady having a small role in Woody Allen's next film, it now turns out Carla Bruni may end up on the cutting room floor.
The French press recently made a big to-do over what appeared to be Bruni's difficulties filming even the simplest line-free scenes for Allen's "Midnight in Paris," about a love triangle between Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams and Marion Cotillard. From here it looked like much ado about nothing, just tabloid grist.
Now comes word that Bruni's acting debut has been such an utter failure that most of her scenes have been re-shot with the much younger Lea Seydoux taking over the role of the gallery opener in Allen's film.
'The American director has taken the precaution of filming the First Lady's scenes with someone else,' a movie insider told the Paris website Bakchich.info, according to the Daily Mail.
Who really cares if Carla Bruni can't act? She's a beloved singer and a gorgeous model and married to the president -- she's had a pretty good run. Is it embarrassing? Sure, but so what?
Seydoux, a star in France, is known to American audiences for her small role in this year's "Robin Hood," in which she played... She's certainly hot enough to replace Bruni and is undoubtedly a much better actor, and at the end of the day that all Woody cares about.
Allen's next film, "You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger," hits theaters Sept. 22.


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Adding IP Addresses to Your Server's Cisco PIX Hardware Firewall Device Manager (Traditional)
Some of the information in this article is advanced material we make available as a courtesy. Please be advised that you are responsible for properly following the procedures below. Customer Support cannot assist with these topics.
When you receive additional IPs for your server, you have to configure your server and firewall to accept requests from them.
Note: We configure all of your server's IP addresses automatically whenever you reprovision your server. However, reprovisioning erases all content from your server's hard drives. For more information, see Starting over with My Server (Reprovision)
We automatically configure additional IP addresses for Virtual Private Servers (VPS).
To configure additional IPs, you must create two static translation rules, one outside traffic and one for inside traffic.
Note: For this example, we assume that the next available internal IP address is
To Add an IP Address to the Cisco PIX 501 Firewall
- In a Web browser, navigate to: https://[your firewall management IP address]/
- You may receive a number of security certificate warnings. If you accept the certs and save them as "Trusted," you will avoid warnings in the future.
- Enter your User name and Password, and then click OK.
Note: Your browser must have Java enabled and allow pop-ups from your firewall management IP.
- In the Device Manager toolbar, click the Configuration icon.
- Click the Translation Rules tab.
- Click the Translation Rules radio button.
- Click the New Rule icon.
- In the window, enter the following information:
- Interface: Inside
- IP Address: 10.0.0.2
- Mask: 255.255.255.255
- Translate address on interface: outside
- Translate address to: select (x) static IP Address: Enter your new IP address.
- Click the New Rule icon.
- In the window, enter the following information:
- Interface: Outside
- IP Address: Enter your new IP address.
- Mask: 255.255.255.255
- Translate address on interface: inside
- Translate address to: select (x) static IP Address: 10.0.0.2
Now you must add the internal IP address to your server. The process differs depending on your server's operating system.
For Fedora/CentOS
- At root, copy
- Edit
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0:0, changing the IP to the new internal IP, and changing DEVICE to
- Restart the network service using this command:
service network restart.
For Ubuntu
- Edit
- Add the following lines to the bottom of the file:
# The secondary network interface
auto eth0:0
iface eth0:0 inet static
address 10.0.0.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
- Restart the network service using the following command:
/etc/init.d/networking restart
- Access your server via Remote Desktop. For more information, see Connect via Remote Desktop (RDC) to your Windows server.
- From the Start menu, select Network.
- In the upper-left, double-click Network and Sharing Center.
- On the left, click Change Adapter Settings.
- Right-click Local Area Connection, and then select Properties.
- Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), and then click Properties.
- Select Use the following IP address, complete the following fields, and then click OK:
- IP Address — Enter your server's new internal IP address.
- Subnet Mask — Type
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The kitchen is all about ambiance, and the new Lumen vent hood from Miele knows it. The stainless steel canopy is elegant enough on its own, but the integrated multicolored LED light band takes things to a new level. You could go with the ordinary white, green, red, or blue lights–or you could take advantage of the built-in feature that lets you transition through all 196,000 colors in the spectrum. You can set its color changeover at 1 minute or 15 minute intervals–or pick your favorite illumination and stick with that.
The hood also sports front-mounted controls, halogen dimmer lights, and dishwasher-safe metal filters. You can select from four fan speeds, program a delayed shutdown, and let the timer tell you when to stick the filters in the dishwasher for cleaning. The Lumen can be island or wall mounted and it uses sound dampening acoustics to minimize its noise. Miele hasn't announced the Lumen's price, but look for it to hit showrooms in the fall.


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I've a used saab and I need to determine the Trim for Amazon.com's car maintenance section.
Here's a picture of it:
I really don't know how to determine the Trim. Amazon wants to know if its a:
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text: Don't underestimate what I get about the world around me. Baby image via www.shutterstock.com. March 22, 2017 Children understand far more about other minds than long believed Henrike Moll, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences A revolution in the tools and techniques developmental psychologists use to investigate kids' knowledge and capabilities is rewriting what we know about how and when children understand their world.


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The Pentaho BI Project provides enterprise-class reporting, analysis, dashboard, data mining and workflow capabilities that help organizations operate more efficiently and effectively. The software offers flexible deployment options that enable use as embeddable components, customized BI application solutions, and as a complete out-of-the-box, integrated BI platform.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia student was charged with causing a disruption at a middle school when he refused to remove a T-shirt that displayed the National Rifle Association's logo and hunting rifle.
Jared Marcum, 14, said the shirt did not violate Logan Middle School's dress code policy.
"I was surprised. It shocked me that the school didn't know their own dress code and their own policy. I figured they would have known not to call me out on that shirt because there was nothing wrong with it," Marcum said in a telephone interview.
Marcum's stepfather, Allen Lardieri, said the youth was waiting in line in the school cafeteria Thursday when a teacher ordered the eighth-grader to remove the T-shirt or to turn it inside out.
Marcum said was sent to the office where he again refused the order.
"When the police came, I was still talking and telling them that this was wrong, that they cannot do this, it's not against any school policy. The officer, he told me to sit down and be quiet. I said, 'No, I'm exercising my right to free speech.' I said it calmly," he said.
Police charged him with disrupting an educational process and obstructing an officer, he said.
"The only disturbance was caused by the teacher. He raised his voice," he said.
The Associated Press typically does not identify juveniles charged with crimes, but Marcum and his family wanted his name and case known.
A call to the Logan Police Department rang unanswered on Sunday and an automated message said the voice mail system was full.
Lardieri said Marcum wore the shirt during five class periods before he was ordered to remove it.
Logan County Schools' dress code, which is posted on the school system's website, prohibits clothing and accessories that display profanity, violence, discriminatory messages or sexually suggestive phrases. Clothing displaying advertisements for any alcohol, tobacco, or drug product also is prohibited.
Their lawyer, Ben White, said that the T-shirt did not appear to violate any school policy.
"I just don't understand why this teacher reacted the way he did," said White, who said he asked school officials to preserve surveillance video of the cafeteria.
White said he planned to meet Monday with Principal Ernestine Sutherland.
A message left Sunday at a phone listing for an Ernestine Sutherland in Logan wasn't immediately returned.
White said schools can place restrictions on students to prevent disruptions, but can't take away their First Amendment right to free speech.
"If a teacher is telling you to do something that's wrong, I don't think you should follow it. But I also don't think you need to do it in a disrespectful way," he said, adding that he does not think Marcum was disrespectful.
White said he also wants to get the criminal charges dropped.


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We all make mistakes. Here's where you can tell us about ours.
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For anyone who looks in this thread: besides the official UP errata, Pocket Ultimate Power corrects other errors that never made it into the official errata. A (presumably incomplete) list is here.
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Element Control allowed you to choose an element (air, fire, water, earth) and AP the others. UP split the elements into their own control arrays (air control, fire control, water control, earth control). It provided a way to list unique power types for each element without bogging down an Element Control description. You can still AP each control array if you want.
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What's worth watching on TV this summer? Our TV critics Erik Adams and Claire Zulkey of the AV Club have a few suggestions (yes, other than Breaking Bad). Adams suggests Disney Channel's Gravity Falls, which airs on Fridays. Zulkey recommends The Franchise, which airs on Showtime on Wednesdays at 10pm.
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Lisa Kudrow broke out to TV stardom on the hugely popular sitcom Friends, portraying the clueless but street-wise Phoebe Buffay. The cast members of Friends were practically America's Sweethearts, but Kudrow has pursued roles as less easily lovable characters in movies like Easy A and the short-lived but critically acclaimed cable series The Comeback.
Most recently, Kudrow has co-created and stars in the improv-comedy series Web Therapy, about a self-centered therapist who has an unusual "modality" approach -- she insists on cutting the usual 50-minute dreams and feelings session to a three-minute web chat. Web Therapy was adapted for TV by Showtime last year, and just began its second season on the network.
Kudrow talks to us about her early career in science research, how the fickleness of middle-schoolers set her on the path to acting, and being mentored by none other than Jon Lovitz.
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Maximum Fun Headquarters recently relocated to a beautiful, but barren, new office -- and it needed a touch of character. There's probably no better place to find it than at the huge Rose Bowl flea market in Los Angeles, but we needed a seasoned antiquer to help us out. Enter Danielle Colby, star of the History Channel's series American Pickers, who helped us pick a doozy.
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Eric Andre isn't a comedian with a household name, but that didn't stop him from getting his own talk show. And it didn't stop him from breaking every rule in the book when it comes to doing monologues or interviewing guests, either. The Eric Andre Show is hard to describe, but if you know that Andre isn't averse to pouring ketchup down his own pants or borderline abusing his guests, you might start to get the idea. His extremely low-key straight man Hannibal Burress provides a counterpoint to the madness.
Andre talks to us about literally deconstructing the talk show, setting up unexpected situations for guests, and more.
The Eric Andre Show airs Sundays at 12:30am on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.
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This week, Jesse recommends that we all overcome any reluctance to let salsa music into our lives, and to begin with the Fania All-Stars.
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Then sometime before 1850, Jane Frances, her brother George, and Mary Shane Blackmore King, and second spouse William King, moved to Illinois.
Jane and Thomas Blackmore had seven children (5 single births and then twins), all of whom were born in Illinois. Each of their children lived to adulthood and were married, at least once. The family moved to Nebraska sometime between 1870 and 1880, and then went on to Colorado before 1896. While Thomas died in 1898 in Colorado, Jane Frances lived until 1927. I have been unable to find her in the 1900 census records, but in 1910 and 1920 she was living in Illinois, again. Now she is listed as living with her daughter Mary and son-in-law William Cottrell. Jane is buried in Five Mile Cemetery near Saunemin, Illinois.


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applebomb needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 15 designs submitted by 11 freelance designers.
Design a clean logo for the "Pacific Beach Boxing" club. Name in Strong bold letters and have boxing gloves.
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Car Restraint Requirements (Child)
The U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), sets the safety standards for child car restraints.
The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) (Vehicle Code Section 27360.5) requires that a parent or legal guardian be responsible for any child 6 years of age or older, but less than 16 years of age, or who is less than 6 years and weighs 60 pounds or more and is a passenger in a vehicle. For safety purposes, any child within these guidelines must use a seat belt in a vehicle. Any child less than 6 years of age and less than 60 pounds must be strapped into a car seat secured by a seat belt.
NHTSA's 800 HOTLINE is for parents concerned about child safety seats and proper installation: If restraints (seat belts) are defective or fail to comply with safety standards imposed by NHTSA, complaints and specific defects should be reported to NHTSA.
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The CHP enforces Vehicle Code 27365, requiring car rental companies to make child safety seats available for rental cars (companies charge for use in rental cars).
Consumers should consult with specific airline before taking child aboard an airplane. Each airline has its own policy because FAA is not requiring airlines to supply child restraint equipment. Passengers may bring their own child carriers but should check with airline customer service before traveling.
Issues relating to safety and fire resistant filling for child safety seats:
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VEHICLE CODE SECTION 27362 applies to:
Parents: Must secure children with seat belts (or child carrier seats) when traveling in their own vehicles.
VEHICLE CODE SECTION 27362 for seat belts DOES NOT apply to:
School buses, Vehicles registered outside California, children exempted by court due to size, medical condition, or physical unfitness.
ALL DRIVERS: Are responsible for properly securing small children in safety belts (or child carrier seats) when transporting them in a vehicle when a child's parent is not present. All safety seats sold by California retailers must meet federal standards.
LIMOUSINE OPERATORS: Are required to wear a seat belt and secure any passengers that are four years or forty pounds with a seat belt.
Vehicle Code Section 27908 does not apply when the taxicab is driven on a city street.
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Aela Mass is a lesbian writer and editor living on Martha's Vineyard with her wife and their dog, Darla. She miscarried her twins at 17 weeks, and suffered another miscarriage three years later at 10 weeks. She has undergone numerous IVF, FET, and IUI cycles. Her wife has also miscarried. Through it all, she shares the light and the dark of her journey.
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The amount of coffee I drink in a day:
Zero! My body can't tolerate caffeine — motor mouth, pounding heart, and trembling hands for a solid 12 hours.
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WAKEFIELD — On Saturday, April 6 at 7 p.m. the Wakefield Opera House Performing Arts Committee will host a performance by Black Agnes, an indie folk rock band from Portsmouth.
Black Agnes formed in the wake of the break up of another band, The Grounded. The Grounded split up when their lead guitarist left to join the U.S. Navy. The Grounded, which worked successfully for a number of years was comprised of several members who would go on to join Black Agnes. After a brief respite, a new band was formed of remaining members, with Brian Finnell being hired to play drums.
Mike Dunbar, Nico Zottos, Collin Garcia and Brian Finnell met while attending St. Thomas Aquinas High School. The group originally worked together playing small shows at the high school. Buzz quickly grew about this young band, and soon, offers from the community were coming in to play at local venues.
The band's first break came when they won ProPortsmouth's Battle of the Band's in 2011. At that time, the group was a serious underdog compared to professional acts like Red Sky Mary, who also competed. Their win would later bring them media attention, and won them the opportunity to play center-stage at Portsmouth's Market Square Day.
In 2012 the band took on a new direction, changing its name to Black Agnes and incorporating folk and indie rock into their sound. The name Black Agnes is taken from the Scottish ancestral folklore of the band's leader, Mike Dunbar. Legend tells of a siege by the British on Scotland's Dunbar Castle in 1338. Left alone at the garrison by her husband, Agnes Randolph single-handedly rallied those in the castle and successfully defended the castle from the onslaught. To this day, she is known as "Black Agnes." That spirit lives on in the raw, tenacious energy of this band.
Since Black Agnes officially debuted, they have quickly gained popularity in the Portsmouth area. They were invited to appear twice on Portsmouth's WSCA as well as Portsmouth's public television station. They recently won ProPortsmouth's Battle of the Bands for a second time and played successful shows at The Salt Hill Pub, RiRa, and Southern New Hampshire University.
Black Agnes is beloved for their high energy performances and eclectic tastes as well as their gracious charm. The band's original music, which is written by lead singer Mike Dunbar and brought to life by the band's creative chemistry, is reminiscent of 1970s folk rock with a healthy nod toward today's music. This allows their music to span generations, and audience members of all ages leave their shows satisfied. Black Agnes also covers music by The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, The Lumineers and many more. Black Agnes puts on a show that you will not soon forget.
Tickets are $15 at the door or $12 advance sale and are available for online purchase at http://wakefieldoperahouse.org/tickets.html. Tickets are also available locally from Ed Morrison 603-522-0126, Angie Casperonis at the Wakefield Town Hall Tax Office, Lovell Lake Food Center, Muddy Paws, The Personal Cut, Wakefield Massage Therapy — all in Sanbornville; Sharper Image, and Woodman's Corner Barber Shop in East Wakefield; and The Folk Cellar in Wolfeboro.
For more information about this and other upcoming concerts, visit our web site at http://wakefieldoperahouse.org/. The web site also provides accessibility information and directions to the Opera House.


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Our knowledgeable tasting associates will guide you through your tasting flight as you take in breathtaking panoramic views of our vineyards. With over 15 varietals of award-winning red and white wines, there's something for everyone to sip, savor, and enjoy.
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Controversy is roiling the waters of San Francisco's public harbor, as city officials move to impose new rules governing use of the prime boat slips fronting the Marina Green.
Gone would be the tenants' longtime practice of subleasing their berths and if they leave for good, selling their boats and transferring the slips with them to the highest bidder or people they know. City officials believe some buyers have been more interested in getting a berth instead of a boat.
"We don't think people should be profiteering off a public asset," said Phil Ginsburg, general manager of the city's Recreation and Park Department, which operates the harbor.
But to many longtime boaters there, the proposed rules are unreasonable and need to be stopped.
"They have been making their concerns known," said Supervisor Mark Farrell, who represents the city's north-side Marina district, where the harbor is located. He will convene a meeting this week with Recreation and Park Department officials and leaders with the San Francisco Marina Harbor Association, a representative of harbor tenants.
Some of the proposed rules – among them requiring people who use the facility to be properly attired, a demand that boaters must alert the harbormaster when their vessels will be out of the harbor for 24 hours or more, and a requirement that children under 18, including practiced junior sailors, have adult supervision – are "obtrusive and completely silly regulations that are impractical and/or unenforceable," said Bruce Stone, who heads the association.
But the plans for sublets and transfers have raised the most ire, which shouldn't be surprising given the potential financial consequences for the people who berth their boats at the marina.
"When we came into the harbor, we were told that we could transfer our berths to someone who purchases our boat. I believe the city and harbor management will be going back on its word to us if this right is taken away. It may also be illegal since it will have a negative effect on our ability to sell our boats," Bruce Munro, an attorney and vice president of the Marina Harbor Association, wrote in a recent e-mail to Ginsburg and others on his staff.
"Any purchaser of a boat naturally needs a place to keep it," added Munro, a tenant in the San Francisco Marina for more than three decades.
Stone said that the boaters aren't looking to make a profit but to recoup the investment they made when they took over a slip through the transfer process, and in physical improvements they may have made to their slips and the dock.
Bypassing waiting list
But city officials say they believe that some leaseholders have sold boats at prices above their market value because the slip transfer was part of the deal.
The private transfers, tied to the sale of a boat, result in bypassing an official waiting list, which has stretched to 194 names long.
The Recreation and Park Department timed the new rules to the long-planned renovation of the marina's west harbor, a $24.8 million project now under way, and the upcoming America's Cup regatta. The overhaul, set to be completed by year's end, will include reconfiguring the berths. Once the west harbor renovation is finished, there will be 315 berths, two fewer than now.
If a proposed financing arrangement between America's Cup organizers and the city is cemented, San Francisco will host the prestigious event expected to draw hundreds of thousands of spectators, starting with exhibition matches in August and then the trophy races next year. Some viewers will want to sail their own boats to San Francisco and will need a place to dock, with the San Francisco Marina expected to be one of the most desirable locations.
Nontransferable slips
Under the newly proposed rules, tenants could not transfer their slips to anyone not named on the lease. Ginsburg said there may be room for compromise. Farrell said he expects movement.
The Recreation and Park Commission is scheduled to take up the proposal next month.
The issue of subleasing also is expected to be on the table. Currently, it's not uncommon for tenants to sublease their slips while their boats are away. The proposed rules would ban that. Not only would the tenants have to keep up with their rent payments, but also the city could rent the temporarily vacated slip to a visiting boater.
"If a tenant goes cruising for an extended period of time, as many of us do, we have to pay rent to the marinas where we travel," Munro told Ginsburg in the e-mail. "If we cannot sublease our berth in San Francisco, it means that we have to pay double rent for one boat. The flip side is that the harbor now wants to rent out the empty berth and keep the rent money from the substitute tenant."
Ginsburg said the rule was proposed both to ensure that no private party can profit from the public harbor and so the harbormaster has better control over who docks there.
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Inquiry Question
Symbol of Pride and Industry--
Supplementary Resources
By looking at Mechanics Hall: Symbol of Pride and Industry, students will learn about the Industrial Revolution and the mechanics whose skill not only ran the factories but also built enduring institutions, including Worcester's Mechanics Hall. Those interested in learning more will find that the Internet offers a variety of interesting materials.
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor
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801 Alaskan Way Pier 52
Seattle, WA 98104
The Seattle terminal and ferry dock is currently under major construction until 2023, and could affect your travel plans. The passenger terminal is much smaller, and the entrance for drive-on customers is located south of the main dock. Learn more about construction.
801 Alaskan Way Pier 52
Seattle, WA 98104
WSF has implemented a U.S. Coast Guard approved security plan, for more information please check Security.
Parking options closest to the terminal (hourly, daily, monthly, evening, early bird and weekend parking options) include:
1. Commuter Center surface lot, across the street at 811 Western Ave., $4.00/hour. Call (206) 284-6303.
2. First and Columbia Garage, two blocks away at 721 First Ave.; $3.00/hour up to 4 hours; $25.00 for 4 to 24 hours. Call 877-717-0004.
3. Waterfront Place, two blocks away at 1101 Western Ave; $6/hour, $10.00/2 hours, $14.00/3 hours, $16.00/4 hours, $18.00/6 hours, $21.00/10 hours, $24.00/24 hours. Call (206) 624-2482.
4. Street parking ($2.50 per hour, 2 hour maximum). Sundays are free but time limits are enforced.
There are more garages along the waterfront and in Pioneer Square, six of which offer $3.00/hour parking for up to four hours (taxes included). Rates vary on event days. Check directly with the garage for additional information.
Follow signs for I-5 North. Seattle Ferry terminal is exit 164B, about 30 minutes driving north; this is the Atlantic St exit and Safeco field exit.
The exit will take you to Edgar Martinez Dr which is between Safeco Field and the parking garage. At the stoplight on 1st Ave you can either go straight out to Alaskan Way on the waterfront or turn right on 1st Ave go one block to Royal Brougham Way and turn left to get out to Alaskan Way.
The terminal is about 1.2 miles north. Look for overhead signage. There is a special left hand turn lane specifically for vehicle traffic into the toll plaza.
NO DROP OFF at the toll plaza. It is strictly for vehicles and occupants boarding the ferry. Vehicles traveling Southbound take the Safeco Field exit.
While motorcycles are not, by Washington Administrative Code (WAC 468-300-700), a preferential loading category of users, they are often loaded prior to automobiles for operational and staging purposes. Arrival at the dock after vehicle load has commenced requires motorcycles to wait until all cars have been loaded for the next motorcycle loading opportunity. Motorcycles should proceed, while on the dock, at no more than 10 mph. Use caution when car decks are wet. The following information details specific staging for this terminal:
Motorcycle Fare Purchase/Redemption
Purchase tickets at the auto tollbooths, at the passenger booth, at the kiosk inside the terminal waiting room, or online in advance.
Motorcycle Entry/Staging
Use booth #4 (right lane), if pre-ticketed, during commuter hours. May turn right into the toll plaza from southbound Alaskan Way or left from northbound Alaskan Way.
Bremerton staging in lane #4.
Bainbridge staging in lane #38.
Motorcycle Loading
Loading order: Bicycles, motorcycles, vehicles, late arriving motorcycles as space permits.
WSF requires trucks with a gross vehicle weight of over 80,000 lbs and/or over 8'6" wide to have "travel approval" before crossing any of our routes. Vessels on this route have a limited height clearance and trucks may be loaded out of sequence.Trucks that have a gross vehicle weight of over 80,000 lbs but are hauling less than 80,000 lbs will need to provide a weight slip.
Please fill out our Oversized/Overweight Vehicle Travel Request Form by downloading a pdf version of the form and fax it to us at (206)515-3773. Please allow three business days for completion and approval. You can contact us at anytime for status updates at (206)464-6400 (Seattle).
Bicyclists may bypass the line of vehicle traffic to get onto the ferry dock but must go through a tollbooth. Bicyclists should arrive 20 minutes prior to departure time to be loaded at the beginning of loading process. If a bicyclist arrives after vehicle loading has begun, they will be loaded at the end of the load. During the commute hours (2:45 pm to 6:45 pm), mid-loads of bicyclists are allowed. Bicycle racks are available under the terminal building. There are 6 racks holding 150 bikes.
Amtrak is located at 3rd and King St.,
303 S. Jackson Street
Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 382-4125 or 1-800-USA-RAIL Amtrak.
The train station is approximately 7 blocks from the ferry terminal and is within walking distance. Taxis are readily available in front of the ferry terminal or across the street.
Please check at (206) 553-3000, TTY users call (206) 684-1739, online at Trip Planner. For the scheduled departure times of regular bus service at bus stops, call Bus Time (automated schedule information) at (206) 287-8463.
Taxicabs are located in front of the ferry terminal or across the street and are readily available.
How do I make a complaint about the Taxis/Limousine drivers at Colman Dock, Pier 52?
Call the taxi complaint line at (206) 296-8294 or e-mail your complaint to firstname.lastname@example.com. You can also go to Consumer Affairs
The limousine chauffuer complaint line is (206) 684-CITY or you can fill out a Complaint Form online.
When traveling to Pier 52, carpool/vanpool drivers may turn right onto the ferry terminal during peak commute hours when other vehicles cannot. Carpool/Vanpools must be ticketed and in line 10 minutes before scheduled sailing time to receive preferential loading. If you are late, you will be loaded on a space available basis at the end of the loading. Car/van pools need to be registered or a recognized HOV with the ferry system HOV program, to receive loading privileges.
For information or to register for our rideshare program check
We offer seniors (65+), persons with disabilities and passengers with a Medicare card, or other eligibility verification, travel at half the regular passenger fare rate. We offer special rates for youth ages 6 to 18. Children ages 5 and under travel free. For more information check Fares.
Multi-ride cards are good for 90 days from the date of purchase and are non-refundable.
Fare Purchase/Redemption
Purchase and redeem tickets at the auto tollbooths. Tickets may be purchased at the passenger booth, or at the kiosk inside the terminal waiting room, or online in advance.
Pre-purchasing Wave2Go tickets does not guarantee a space on the vessel.
Changes to Seattle Ferry Terminal access due to construction
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We were intrigued to learn that David Cronenberg's son Brandon is about to start filming his first feature. Antiviral stars Caleb Landry Jones (X-Men: First Class), Sarah Gadon (A Dangerous Method) and Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange) and will be shot in Hamilton and Toronto from November 7 through to December 11.
From the press release: "Written by Cronenberg, the film follows Syd March, an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. Biological communion – for a price. Syd also supplies illegal samples of these viruses to piracy groups, smuggling them from the clinic in his own body. When he becomes infected with the disease that kills super sensation Hannah Geist, Syd becomes a target for collectors and rabid fans. He must unravel the mystery surrounding her death before he suffers the same fate."
"ANTIVIRAL is a fascinating mystery which revolves around society's primal hunger to own its idols. It's smart, engaging and scary, " says producer Niv Fichman in a press release. "Brandon's film is the third first-time feature we've produced in two years. Rhombus Media is committed to working with young writers and directors to bring new visions to the screen."
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Summit County: Credit card thief gets six years
A woman who pleaded guilty to identity theft after she stole a credit card at Walmart in Frisco was sentenced to six years in prison Monday.
Christy Lee Rose, 34, of Colorado Springs used the card to go on a shopping spree with her now-husband, racking up almost $9,000 in charges at Summit County stores in September, according to a statement from the 5th Judicial District Attorney's Office.
Their purchases included a new laptop, car parts and an engagement ring for Rose.
The card had been misplaced by the owner and was sitting on a return counter at Walmart.
When authorities later contacted Rose and her then-fiance, Curtis Greene, outside Walmart they discovered several of the items that had been purchased with the stolen card, as well as multiple fake driver's licenses, blank check paper, a printer and a laminating machine, according to the DA's statement.
Rose has previously been charged with identity theft, possession of identity theft tools, theft forgery and criminal impersonation.
She was wanted on identity theft charges out of El Paso County when she was arrested in Summit County. She will serve her six-year sentence concurrently with a five-year sentence for the El Paso County charge.
"Identity theft is an ever-increasing problem in today's society, and one that has a far-reaching impact on its victims," DA Bruce Brown said. "As such, we need to make it clear to those persons who would engage in such activity that our office will pursue charges that match the consequences that have unfairly impacted their victims."
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CitationsAmerican College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2012). Prediction and prevention of preterm birth. ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 130. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 120(4): 964–973.Rouse DJ, et al. (2008). A randomized, controlled
trial of magnesium sulfate for the prevention of cerebral palsy.
New England Journal of Medicine, 359(9):
895–905.Haas DM (2011). Preterm birth, search date June 2010.
BMJ Clinical Evidence. Available online:
http://www.clinicalevidence.com.American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
(2012). Management of preterm labor. ACOG Practice Bulletin
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The Religion Under the Ptolemies
After the conquest of Egypt by the Greeks in the year B.C. 332, and on the building of the Greek city of Alexandria, Heliopolis lost much of its importance as a. school. Alexandria then became the seat of that mixture of opinions which had made Heliopolis famous. The Jews there gained yet further acquaintance with Greek literature, and gave to the Greeks some knowledge of the Hebrew Bible. The Greeks of Alexandria embraced many of the Egyptian views of religion, and some of them even entered the Egyptian temples as priests, and lived under all the austerities of the Egyptian monastic rules. We even now possess on papyrus the original documents, in the Greek language, relating to the complaints of a Greek who lived as a monk in the Temple of Serapis, near Memphis, in the reign of Ptolemy Philometor. He suffered from the jealousy of the Egyptian monks in the same building. He lived confined to one cell, and our English, or rather, Latin word, a recluse, is simply a translation of the Greek name therein given to the Egyptian monks.
Greeks and Egyptians intermarried, and the children of these mixed marriages, who were declared to be Egyptians,. not Greeks, carried many Greek opinions into the Egyptian religion. Under Greek toleration, as we learn from the sculptures, the Theban temples freed themselves from the intrusion of gods from Lower Egypt, and returned to their old worship of Amun-Ra. But old religions are not easily re-established. Changes are always going forward, and during the reigns of the Greek kings, and particularly among the Greeks who held the Egyptian religion, we find one god rising in rank over the others, as if he were their chief or king. This was Serapis, who at first had united the two characters of Osiris and Apis, but was now receiving from his worshippers yet more of the attributes which had been divided among so many gods. He was, like Osiris, the husband of Isis, and judge of the dead, but, unlike Osiris, he had no portion of human nature. On the building of Alexandria, the chief temple, the largest in the world, was dedicated to his worship. It was called the Serapium. To Serapis the prayers and sacrifices of many were directed as to one only God, and when the altars were dedicated to "The Great God, the Sun, Serapis, and the other gods of the temple," these others, without names and of lower rank, took away very little from his oneness. In this way an approach was being made in some minds to monotheism, which was, of course, very much assisted by the doctrine of Plurality in Unity, by which it had been always held that many gods could be at the same time only one god. Other temples in Alexandria were that to Pan and that to Neptune for the use of the sailors in the harbour. Among the Greeks, however, we learn more of their philosophy than of their theology.
In Alexandria we find Platonism becoming every year more mystical, or if we may say so, more Egyptian and less Greek. We find traces of it in the Septuagint, and in the Apocryphal Book of Jesus, the son of Sirach, and in the Book of Wisdom, and in the works of Philo, all written in Egypt. When Christianity rises into notice in Alexandria, it in the same way always wears somewhat of a Platonic dress, as we see in the writings of Athenagoras, Clemens, and Origen. The quarrel between the Christian sects in Egypt arises always from the struggle between the Greek and Egyptian opinions, or rather the struggle how far Christianity, which entered Egypt as a Greek religion, and which readily met the Egyptian opinions so far as to ally itself with the new Platonism-how far it will yet further consent to become Egyptian.
In the Hebrew Scriptures we find frequent mention of Egypt, of its wars, and of its arts and civilisation. The writer of the Book of job shows some acquaintance with Egypt. The ornaments of its temple worship are sometimes. copied, while its idolatry and superstition are again and again forbidden in the Mosaic laws. But we find very few traces of the Hebrew writers having borrowed any Egyptian opinions, except in the second and third chapters of Genesis, where the garden of Eden is watered like Egypt without rain; where there is a sacred tree of Life, and another of the knowledge of good and evil; where the serpent is able to speak, and tempts the woman to sin, and is declared to be the enemy of the human race; and where the door of the garden is guarded by a cherub, or one of the Cabeiri, with a flaming sword, lest the sinner should approach the tree of Life. But, in more modern times, we become acquainted with a body of Jews who had been for centuries living in Egypt, and were no longer confined to their own towns, on the eastern branch of the Nile. They had learned the use of the Greek language, and were thence called Hellenists; and among them we find many philosophical and even religious opinions, which owe their origin to the Egyptian priests among whom they were living. They received a wise patronage from the Ptolemies, who founded the museum of learning in Alexandria. In the third century before the Christian era, some of them translated the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek, for the use of their brethren who were less acquainted with Hebrew; and the translators often show a leaning towards opinions very foreign from those of the original writers. In the disputed question of the age of the world, in order to make it better agree with Egyptian history, they add largely to the age of each patriarch at the time of his son's birth, thus making the world older by an Egyptian cycle, of four times 365 years. They lessened the number of years during which the children of Jacob dwelt in Egypt, by 175 years, in which they may have been justified by the Egyptian records, though they neglected their duty as faithful translators. In the Book of Zechariah, the translator's knowledge of the climate leads him to omit the threat against the Israelites in Egypt, that they shall have no rain if they come not up to Jerusalem to the feast. The translator of the Chronicles changes the name of the great Jewish feast in a manner that gives to the word an Egyptian etymology, instead of a Jewish. He calls it not Pascha, the passing over, but Pasek, the leading forth.
As the Jews, in their Greek translation of the Bible, thought fit to accept from the Egyptians, and to introduce some improvements as they might call them, into the Chronology, so they were not willing to be behindhand in mysticism and spiritual refinements. By a refinement of criticism, they sometimes found more meaning in their scriptures than had ever entered the minds of the writers. Thus, when the Psalmist, speaking of the power of Jehovah, says, with a truly eastern figure (Psalm clv. 4): He maketh the winds his messengers and the lightnings his servants, these translators change the sentence into a philosophical description of the spiritual nature of angelic beings, and say, He maketh his angels into spirits and his servants into a flame of fire. Again, when Isaiah (chap. xi. 2), describes the spirit of the Lord, as a Spirit of wisdom and understanding, a Spirit of counsel and might, a Spirit of knowledge and godly fear, the Jews of Egypt made these six qualities of the mind, into six angelic beings, which had proceeded from the Almighty, and they added a Spirit of piety, to complete the mystic number of seven, which with the Almighty himself, afterwards made the Ogdoad. We have seen in our notice of the gods of the Egyptians, as learned from the monuments, how they often supposed that a god divided himself into two, three, or more characters, which may have given rise to this opinion of spiritual beings proceeding from the Almighty. But we now begin to see hints of some, at least, among the Egyptians beginning to reject polytheism, and to declare that all their numerous gods were only so many characters of the one Almighty, or else inferior beings which proceeded out of him. Osiris-Apis, or Serapis, the judge of the dead, by becoming chief of the numerous gods, was making some approach to being the sole god. The Alexandrian Jews seem to have had in their mind this Egyptian system of defending polytheism, by declaring that it was only a Plurality in Unity, when they translated Deuteronomy vi. 4. We there read in the Hebrew, Jehovah is our God, Jehovah alone; but the Greek translation says, The Lord our God is one Lord, meaning simple and undivided, as opposed to a unity formed of plurality. At the same time the Greek translators removed from their Bible some words which declare that God appeared upon earth in a human form to Moses and his companions; and they alter Exodus xxiv. 10, 11, to make it say that they, saw, not the Almighty, but only the place on which he stood to speak to them. In these two cases the translators, instead of making any approach to the Egyptian opinions, retreated yet farther from them.
The opinions of the Egyptians show themselves equally clearly in two of the Apocryphal books of the Bible, which were written by Jews living in Lower Egypt, perhaps in Alexandria; namely, The Wisdom of the Son of Sirach, and The Wisdom of Solomon. The Egyptians had believed that some of their gods, and particularly the four lesser gods of the dead, acted as mediators with the judge Osiris, to turn aside his wrath and the punishment for their sins, and they thought that even their kings had power to do them the same service. No similar opinion appears in the Hebrew Bible; the prophets never speak of any mediator or intercessor as standing between man and his Maker; but the Son of Sirach, misquoting the last words of the Hebrew prophet Malachi, says that Elijah was taken up to heaven for the purpose of acting as a mediator to pacify the wrath of God's judgment before it break forth into fury, and to turn his heart towards his children (chap. xlviii. 10). This writer also, in his strong figurative expression in praise of Wisdom, follows the Proverbs of Solomon. He makes Wisdom into a person created before the world, who says, "I am the mother of love, and fear, and knowledge, and holy hope." In the second of these two books, The Wisdom of Solomon, God's Word and God's Wisdom, are both spoken of in terms yet more befitting a person. God is said to have made all things by his Word, and to have ordained man by his Wisdom (chap. ix. 1). And again, Wisdom was said to have been with him when he made the world (chap. ix. 9), and his Word afterwards to have leaped down from heaven as a fierce man of war, to punish the Egyptians (xviii. 15). In this way these Alexandrian Jews, making use of bold figures of speech, not unusual in the Hebrew poets, at the same time indulging themselves in a love for Egyptian mysticism, introduce us to a trinity, of God, his Wisdom, and his Word. This is the Trinity described by Theophilus, Bishop of Antioch (fl. 120), who is the first Christian writer who makes use of that term, since so common in controversial divinity. This is also the Trinity of Pistis Sophia, a Coptic treatise of a later age, which describes the penitential hymns which Wisdom sang at the Creation, and which the Word afterwards conveyed to mankind. It is a Trinity of the Almighty and two of his attributes, and it helped to prepare the minds of the Alexandrians for the Arian Trinity of the third century, and the Athanasian Trinity of the fourth century.
Philo, the eloquent Jew of Alexandria, shows an Egyptian fondness for the mystical properties of numbers, and for finding an allegory or secondary meaning in the plainest narrative. He thus makes the Old Testament speak a meaning more agreeable to the modern views of religion. He says that Abraham's wife Sarah is Wisdom, while Hagar is Instruction, who, after being banished, is recalled by the Word in the form of an angel; and he elsewhere explains God's word to be his first begotten Son, by whom he governs the world. He was the first Jewish writer that applied to the Deity the mystical notion of the Egyptians that everything perfect has three parts. Speaking of the Creator, he says that there are three orders, of which the best is the being that is, and that he has two ancient powers near him, one on the one side and one on the other, the one on the right hand being called God, and the one on the left Lord; and that the middle divinity, accompanied on each side by his powers, presents to the enlightened mind sometimes one mage, and sometimes three. Philo's writings thus explain to us how Platonism became united to Judaism, and again show us several points of agreement between the New Platonists and the Platonic Christians, and jointly, with the "Wisdom of Solomon," teach us the steps by which the Egyptian doctrines of plurality in unity, and of everything perfect having three parts, found their way first into the Alexandrian philosophy, Jewish as well as Pagan, and then into Christianity, and at last established the Christian Trinity. From Philo also we learn that a large body of Egyptian Jews had embraced the monastic rules and the life of self-denial which we have already noted among the Egyptian priests. They bore the name of Therapeut. They spent their time in solitary meditation and prayer, and only saw one another on the seventh day. They did not marry; the women lived the same solitary and religious life as the men. Fasting and mortification of the flesh were the foundation of their virtues. They thus introduced into the neighbourhood of Alexandria a way of life which, though common among the Egyptians, had been unknown in that dissipated city.
We have already seen that the Egyptians gave to every one of their kings the title of God, and in this custom of idolatrous flattery, they were followed by the Greeks of Alexandria. The Ptolemies and their queens were all styled gods. The Saviour-gods were succeeded on the throne by the Brother-gods, the Beneficent-gods, the Father-loving gods, the Illustrious-gods, and others. Such were the titles given to the several Ptolemies. This custom was copied by some of the Greek kings of Syria, and in part continued under the Roman emperors, though Augustus, on his Alexandrian coins, only claims the lower rank of being a Son of God. From such political flattery the meaning of the word in the Greek language got changed. It had by no means the grave and solemn meaning that it has with us, and hence we shall hereafter see that when the Alexandrian theologian penned the Nicene Creed, and wished to declare the true deity of Jesus, it would not have been enough to declare him to be simply God; it was necessary to add emphasis, and to say that he was God from God, very God from very God, and of one substance with God, as the simple word had with the Greeks lost much of its meaning.
The Eleusinian mysteries had been introduced into Alexandria from Greece about 300 years before the Christian era. But it seems probable that they were then only returning to their native soil. What little is known of them seems to be of Egyptian origin, coloured by the Greeks, Egyptian grossness cloaked over by Greek elegance. The temple dedicated to Ceres and Proserpine stood in the south-east quarter of the city, which was thence called the Eleusinis; and there the priestesses, a troop of young women, were to be seen carrying the sacred basket through the streets, and singing hymns in honour of the goddess while they charged all profane persons who met the procession to keep their eyes upon the ground, lest they should see the basket and the priestesses, who were too pure for them to look upon. What was shut up in the basket was, of course, a secret meant never to be known beyond the walls of the temple; and it is only after two centuries that we learn from a coin of Asia Minor (see Fig. 85) that this sacred basket held a serpent, the enemy of the human race, who introduced sin and death into the world. This is the serpent of which we have seen the conquest in page 46, the serpent of the third chapter of Genesis, which misled Eve, and the serpent of wickedness of the Gnostics. Within the temple the hierophant wore the dress and mask of the god Kneph, the crier the mask of Thoth, the priest at the altar the emblem of the moon, while another with the dress of Ra carried a torch. The celebration of these mysteries, whatever their meaning was, was said to be a screen for immorality and vice, and probably with much truth.
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Alexandria under the Ptolemies, a Greek city built on Egyptian soil, and colonised by strangers who were courted to settle there. shows a strange mixture of European, Asiatic, and Egyptian civilisations. There the, religious opinions and the philosophy of all these nations were alike patronised by the sovereign, and alike struggled for mastery, and in some minds moulded themselves into union. Political despotism was there, united with freedom of philosophic thought, active trade with industrious scholarship, credulity with scepticism, Egyptian superstitions with Greek satire, the self-denying asceticism of the Jewish Therapeut with the immoralities of the Eleusinian mysteries, the science and cold criticism of one half of the Museum, with the imaginative Platonism of the other. There flourished in particular, mathematics, astronomy, chemistry, anatomy, verbal criticism, together with fortune-telling, mysticism, and scoffing. The despotism of the sovereign checked all lofty aims after moral excellence; but the toleration, or rather impartial patronage, which descended like an heirloom with the crown, allowed such a free play to speculative opinions in religion and philosophy, as the world has never seen in any other country, or at any other time whatever. This was in part interrupted by the wars in Judea, during which the Egyptian Jews rebelled against the government, and blood was often shed in the streets of Alexandria. But if this political warfare in some respects took the form of religious persecution by the government, it very little disturbed the minds of the Alexandrian men of letters, The Greeks in that city were too little in earnest, too indifferent to all opinions, to be intolerant of any, till Christianity gave a new importance to religion, and it became a bond of union between Egyptian slave and Greek freeman, which clogged the hitherto unchecked despotism of the rulers.
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