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By Danny Peary
I Origins fits my category Movies That Should Play in Sag Harbor. The second science-based SF film written and directed by Mike Cahill (the impressive Another Earth, starring Brit Marling) opens in New York City on Friday. It is described in the press notes as being "both a molecular biology thriller and a love story." Smart, provocative, and well cast, it begins as a SF film but no experiment goes wrong and leads to horrific consequences, and it turns into an exploration of reincarnation. Michael Pitt is cast against type as Ian, an atheist scientist who is studying the origins of the eye. Ian is aided in his research by Kenny (Steven Yeun of The Walking Dead) and Karen (Brit Marling), his brilliant freshman assistant. Ian falls for Sofi (Astrid Bergès-Frisbey), a mysterious, spiritual woman he meets at a party. Years after Sofi's death, Ian goes to India because it's discovered that a young girl, Salomina (Kashish), has eyes that are, impossibly, a perfect match for Sofi's. Last week I participated in roundtables with Mike Cahill, Brit Marling and Steven Yeun, and Michael Pitt and Astrid Bergès-Frisbey. I note my questions.
Q: What is the origin of your movie?
Mike Cahill: I didn't know I was going to make the movie until I met Michael Pitt. I was asked if I wanted to meet him, and since I'd admired him for a very long time, I jumped at the opportunity, just to chat. We sat down in Brooklyn in a coffee shop, on Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn. During the conversation I told him the story of I Origins, and he was like, "That's really cool, I'd love to hear more about that one day." And that set off a wildfire in my head to write it. I'd had the idea for twelve years floating around in the ether, and I'd written many, many things up until that point on it, but I didn't have a script. I wrote it two weeks later, that was in August, and we started shooting at the end of January 2013. It was one year in the making, and we released it at Sundance, literally to the day that we finished production, January 2014.
Q: I think it you should be commended for making affordable science fiction films.
MC: For me, the sense of wonder in movies, over the last fifty or sixty years, has partially been driven by visual effects, but it has also been driven by ideas. Cutting-edge visual effects that are in very expensive movies and give us a sense of wonder are lame after about two years. But an idea can last forever. And an idea is free.
Q: Virtual technology has actually become reality these days. The question is, How do you bring those elements in and separate the spiritual element?
MC: Well, I think writers of science fiction are often influenced by current technologies and the predictions of where they may go in the future. So they extrapolate what's going on now to tell their stories. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was about electricity animating dead things and it was extrapolated to be this great horror/sci-fi, but that's what science fiction writers do, except for Jules Verne who was completely prophetic. Iris biometrics first began in 1987 at Cambridge University. Minority Report is set years after that, but it's an extrapolation to where we may end up. On the other hand, I wanted to make my movie grounded in now, using current technologies.
Q: The giant eye billboards in your movie remind me of the Great Gatsby eye posters–with kind of a dark God looking down on us in a sense.
MC: Completely. I'm sure something made me choose to have a billboard. I once lived in LA and this company, Joe's Jeans, had a billboard of just eyes on Sunset Boulevard. I remember thinking that was really a pretty spectacular image, and it was very different from the Gatsby one. It was sexy. The one we have has a different feeling. It is as if a ghost were looking from the void. I kind of wanted to create that feeling, I guess. Originally, Ian didn't find the girl in India through a billboard. That was an idea that Alex Orlovsky, the producer, came up with. That was kind of cool.
Q: So this idea for the eye, was that from this poster on Sunset Boulevard?
MC: I worked at National Geographic a while ago, and I used to read National Geographic when I was a kid, in my childhood bedroom, and the June 1985 issue was of that famous "Afghan Girl." Steve McCurry took that picture. His story really inspired me, because he didn't know the little girl's name [Sharbat Gula], and it was something like seventeen years later they mounted a mission to find her, and they found her through her eyes. They had had these biometric scientists scan her eyes from the photograph. That was a trigger for me. What if you could find somebody through their eyes? What if they were a different person and their eyes persisted? And we live in a world now where there are databases of eyes. Hundreds of millions of eyes are catalogued in biometric databases. And in India, where the third act of the movie takes place, there is a national program to scan all of its citizens' eyes. There's over a billion people there. I wanted to tell a science fiction story that uses current technology and that is romantic.
Danny Peary: Michael Crichton used to mix real science with fake science, and jumble it around so readers couldn't tell the difference. Your film does that.
MC: I like when you're not entirely positive if something is true or not. What we propose in this film is not something you can disprove, right? It gets me really excited that you can actually believe the narrative when you leave the theater. I've heard people say that when they see the moon in the day sky that reminds them of Another Earth. I like grabbing that thing that's right in front of us. One time I was on this island called Brioni in Croatia, in the Adriatic Sea. And there are these old and beautiful Roman ruins on the beach. Tourists were taking pictures of the ruins. Along the water are all these rocks and on the rocks are dinosaur footprints. It was so fascinating to me was that this civilization had risen and fallen and all the kids for centuries had played in the puddles of the dinosaur footprints long before we discovered dinosaurs had lived on earth. People came and went without finding dinosaurs. I asked myself, "What are the dinosaur footprints we will leave behind." What is it that we look at right under our noses that has such a significance that we just take for granted? And so that kind of inspired the story, in a way.
Q: Do you truly believe in reincarnation? You've done a documentary on it before.
MC: No, I never did a documentary. I edited a documentary about Leonard Cohen and he talks about reincarnation a little bit. But do I believe in reincarnation? I don't know. Scientifically speaking, nothing gets destroyed. If something's destroyed it then manifests into energy.
Q: You've described filmmaking as being similar to being a scientist. Do you feel that connection with this storyline?
MC: I really admire scientists, I wish I were a scientist. I was kicked out of biology in freshman year at Georgetown. I was in one of those 101 classes, with like 200 people, in a big auditorium, and I remember the professor kept showing the atom and how the electrons move around it, and I was asking, "Why do artists draw it like this, why don't you draw it a different way?" I couldn't get over the fact that there were so many different ways to artistically render an atom that would accurately show what it does. And the professor told me to see him after class. He said "You're going to be here for twelve years if you can't get over the fact that an atom looks like that. You're not going to make it through." He didn't kick me out but he encouraged me to get the fuck out of biology and pursue something else. I had a little knack for economics, which I thought it was fun and interesting. I didn't love it like I love filmmaking, but filmmaking was very much a hobby. So I ended up studying economics and doing filmmaking through a crazy series of coincidences and fortunate happenstances.
Q: Do you feel this movie is challenging to the scientific community because of its ideas on reincarnation?
MC: My oldest brother is a neuroscientist and my second-oldest brother is a molecular biologist. They watched the film–and a lot of scientists watched the film–and I was wondering what they'd think. What one brother said to me was that more so than anything else, the movie captures the spirit of young PhD students in the lab, wanting to make discoveries. He has never seen that in a film, and thought it was true to the reality of being a scientist. I thought what he said was really exciting and nice. When I got the Sloan Award, a scientist came up to me. He was a really sweet, older guy, and he kind of whispered to me, "I just want to thank you, you made scientists fuckable." It was one of those moments! Jill Tarter, who's the head of SETI at NASA, was the one who presented the award for scientific themes to me, for this movie, so that was one of the most exhilarating, rewarding feelings.
DP: I'm the only person who likes the movie Winter's Tale. Basically, Colin Farrell's character falls in love with a young woman and you think that's what the film is all about, but it turns out this romance leads to him years later saving a little girl who has a connection to his true love. Is your film about such fate? Does he meet Sofi, an adult, and fall in love with her only so he can save this girl later on?
MC: I don't know I can say entirely that was meant to be. Anyone who watches the film can read it any way they wish, so I can't necessarily put in the interpretation that it's about fate.
DP: But did you want it to be about fate?
MC: It's suggested that Sofi lost her parents at a very young age. Salomina has a very similar fate. If you watch the film several times, there are layers upon layers that hopefully can be pulled from it. There's something that's very subtle there and I don't know if one gets this or not, but it's part of a read. It's that you get the sense ever so slightly that once Ian has found Salomina–and Priya [Archie Punjabi] pulls up in a car–the child's going to be okay, someone's going to look after her. Perhaps this was meant to be.
Brit Marling, Michael Pitt and Steven Yeun
Brit Marling & Steven Yeun Roundtable
Q: How did your careers begin?
Brit Marling: We both have weird origin stories. We ended up in this business ass-backwards, both of us.
Steven Yeun: My story's just very kismet. Everything just kind of happened and there were a lot of closed-doors and open-windows situations. I'll give you one example. I remember moving to Chicago and everyone was telling me that it was impossible to get into Second City. I decided to go for it even if it took four or five years to break in. I went to this agent panel, where everyone in the audience was trying to get an agent. After the panel was done, everyone rushed the stage and tried to give the agents their headshots. I thought there was no way I was going to get a word in edgewise with any agent, so I dropped back. The stage lights went down and the house lights went up one by one, and one just goes on– bonk–right over my head. And the agent Vanessa Lanier points over everybody and says to me, "You, stop right there." And then she walked over and said, "Give me your headshot, I'll call you tomorrow." That's just one of many crazy stories.
Q: What's your weird-fate story?
BM: Gosh, it's funny that I was actually having a conversation with somebody the other day about the difference between fate and destiny–and how much of fate is you muscling your way through a certain amount of something and how much is a happy accident. I don't know, I sort of muscled my way through a lot of it, writing my way in, because it was so hard to decide that I wanted to be an actor at 24. If you have an econ degree and are not even in SAG, people are allergic to you in LA–they want to put on a hazard mask when you come in the room because you're just so illegitimate and so out of left field. So I had to really just try to eke it out by writing and certain happy accidents totally happened. Another Earth and Sound of My Voice were programmed the same year at Sundance, and that was a total happy accident, and created enough of a thing where I could sort of keep working. Fate and destiny is a confusing thing, how much of your free will is involved, and how much is it you marching toward some place that is preordained. I don't know the answer to that.
SY: If I did, I would be in space.
BM: Yeah, we would be in space.
Q: To play your parts were there any scientists who you borrow from?
BM: Michael Pitt was reading a lot of Richard Dawkins. Michael and I visited some labs. Mike Cahill's brother used to work at Johns Hopkins, so we went down there and put on lab coats and gloves and sort of started living in real time that lab life. We read a lot, reading Dawkins and sharing evolutionary biology textbooks. But I didn't really model Karen after any particular female scientist. I was interested in the idea of a girl who really didn't wear any make-up. And not like a no-makeup look, where she's secretly curling her eyelashes and secretly putting on foundation. Nothing on her face, and never brushes her hair, and shows up in sweats and doesn't care about presentation and doesn't care about being loved or having her work recognized. She's just obsessed with the work. In a time period in which we're all so fixated on Instagram and Facebook and capturing the moment, and validating our tweets, she's the opposite of that. She's just obsessed with the work and doesn't care what anyone thinks of her, and doesn't care how many fans or followers she has. That type of character was really interesting to explore right now.
Q: Do you get that certain perspective from playing a female in a male-dominated field?
BM: I remember reading a bit about Marie Curie, about her and her family. Of course there have been really influential women in science, but their stories are just a lot less told. I think a lot of times it's been hard for women to be validated in that profession. I was just reading something the other day about a group of women who were testing very well to go into space, even better than the men in some of the physical and psychological trials. But they just felt, "No, if someone's going to put their foot on the moon, it needs to be a man first." And I think that has been part of our culture for a long time, but it's changing.
Danny Peary: Brit, you tend to play educated women, as you are yourself. Karen is educated. Would you ever want to play a stupid character?
BM: I think definitely I could. I think there are just different kinds of intelligence. Some people are very academic and well-read, and that's one kind of intelligence, and some people are very into their bodies, about movement and communicating with a physicality, and that's another kind of intelligence. I'm very interested in playing people who think or feel differently than I do.
DP: Can Karen and Sofi ever have a conversation?
BM: Often with love triangles it's about two women fighting over a man and them competing. Because the world has been arranged for women to fight over men. And I thought the moment when they came together was so interesting. We didn't plan this, but the look that happened in that scene between us wasn't of hatred or anger or jealousy or–it was of compassion. These two women really deeply love the same person, and because they deeply love him they love each other. And there is something painful about that, and intense and overwhelming. Though they're really different people, I think the truth is if they had a conversation they would have respect for each other and been interested in each other's ideas. Maybe.
Q: Was this role a challenge for you in any way?
SM: Yeah, it was a challenge because Karen's a bit socially awkward. I think in real life, like when we all went out to do the scene in the bar and were hanging out, Michael and the three of us, and we were just being ourselves, we were having a great time. Karen just isn't quite able to communicate or engage that way. I think she's drawn to people like [Steven's character] Kenny in the story.
Q: Steven, you bring an energetic, comedic side to the film.
SY: I guess Kenny ends up kind of being the relief in a pretty heavy discussion. I don't know. Going back to the bar scenes, which were a lot of fun–there's a lot of stuff on the cutting room floor that, if anything, served the purpose of getting us all into character. And it was great to improvise.
Q: How was it balancing making this film and the Walking Dead?
SY: I loved to be a part of this film just to get to work with Brit and Mike Cahill and Michael Pitt. That's what initially drew me to Mike Cahill and Brit–knowing Another Earth, knowing what they do. I love their aesthetic, that you can take something that's science fiction, which can be totally out there, like space aliens and lasers, and ground it with reality that it could happen tomorrow. That to me is the ultimate draw for this film. At the time, when I wanted to be a part of it, I remember I was reading Schopenhauer and really dark, weird stuff. I was reading about suffering, and how that's the norm. It was just perfect. I was in that weird middle space of: What is life? Is it spiritual, is it science? Also, on The Walking Dead, we talk about that. What is humanity? What does it mean to be connected? Are we made of the same material? For me the biggest joy of this was discussing such things with you guys, Brit and filming it. And the final thing is that people walk away from this film questioning everything.
BM: Between shooting scenes we'd be sitting in this room off the set, and we would just start talking about what the scenes provoked us to ask each other. In our conversations we'd ask, "How did you grow up? What did you first think of spiritually? Are you interested in thinking about things logically or not?" So we got to know each other because of what the film makes you hone in on. It was really an amazing thing.
SY: We got close in a very short span of time, and were propelled toward each other. It was just a great bonding experience. We were in a collaborative environment that really allowed all of us to just play. And I think that might be the fabric of what this movie is.
Q: How do the two of you feel about reincarnation?
BM: I have very complex feelings about it. I feel that human perception and language are so limited that we don't yet have any way to talk about this stuff we don't understand. There is something that I think every woman will say at some point in their life–that they met someone and during the encounter they locked eyes and there was a sense of knowing them far beyond what was possible in the brief time they'd spent with each other. What is that? How do we explain phenomena like that? I don't know what any of that means. I think that if reincarnation is happening, if there is some recycling of energy, then it's probably not as literal as any of human attempts to describe it are. But I think when we tell stories, we're just pointing at something that we're collectively feeling.
SY: Have you ever read [Andy Weir's] short story, "The Egg?" Basically, to sum it up, this guy dies and he talks to God, and God's going to send him right back down to Earth, and he's like, "Why?" And He explains that you are to experience every single person on this Earth until you have a complete understanding, because you're all one. You get to experience everybody's life. So maybe those moments when you lock eyes and you're feeling that you know this person, it's because you're looking at yourself. That kind of stuff is interesting to me.
Q: You talk about reading scientists and biologists, but did you read anything about metaphysics or reincarnation, or the idea of science needing spirituality?
BM: I was reading some theology and poetry that was hinting at the spiritual, but not any texts that actually fused them together. I think I didn't go deeper on purpose, because the movie was looking to do that. So I didn't want to read too much about other people's ideas.
Michael Pitt & Astrid Bergès-Frisbey (pictured left in still from film)
Astrid Bergès-Frisbey: It's a shame that today we have to convince people to leave their living rooms and go to the theater to watch the film. But at the same time I understand and I'm happy to do it because I feel from all the screenings and Sundance that people view it as an experience. This is cinema and it's different from just watching TV.
Q: I absolutely love your character. I loved how she is honest and didn't beat Ian over the head with her beliefs but she just tries to convince him in a loving manner.
AB: I would change a lot of what you're saying. I would say that she invites him to see the world in an entirely different way. Just assume that it exists. And that's a little bit what the film does in a way, too, to people. It doesn't tell you the way to think, it just invites you to think about it. I like that she tries different ways, including having a serious conversation using his vocabulary to explain things. Something that I'm amazed by is that she sees these possibilities inside him.
Michael Pitt: I love how you explain things, it's so awesome.
Q: Michael, you've played insane or irrational people, rock 'n' roll people, and dangerous people but here you play this very grounded character. I think that's a compliment to your skills.
MP: Thank you, thank you. When I met Mike Cahill he said, "I want you to play that character." Normally in this business people want you to keep doing what you've been doing and they can't think out of the box. Right off the bat, I was very impressed that he was a young director who seemed to see something in me that other people hadn't. And so that was one of many things that went into my decision to play this character.
Q: Because this is a completely different role from anything you've ever done, were you hesitant about it at all?
MP (tongue-in-cheek): Yeah, I was hesitant when Mike Cahill asked me to play the role and offered me insane amounts of money and fancy cars and said I'd get laid for the rest of my life if I made this movie. Was I hesitant? It was a very organic experience. We started talking about the project and we just kept workshopping it, and then it just seemed like we were on the set. I'm really happy I made this film, I think it's a great film and I'm happy to have been able to work with the actors who are in this film, I totally support them and everything they're going to do in the future–and the same with Cahill. When you can say that and mean it, that's a really good feeling.
Q: What do you think about the symbolism of the eyes?
AB: That made me probably escape a little bit from eye contact. When you're an actor, something that I regret sometimes is that you disconnect a little bit from people, just to preserve your soul. In some ways something that I felt was that the soul is behind the eyes of the people. There is something very mysterious about it. I think there are so many people who ask themselves, "Have I met this person before?" Our eyes can look so much like planets, as if everybody has a single unique planet. There's research that cannot explain the eyes. It's such a mysterious organ.
MP: If a religious group is debating science, and that debate gets to a really a high level, they bring up is the human eye [as an example of intelligent design]. Which Darwin said could never be–the stages of evolution of the eye are not there. The data's not there. It's what religious groups use to discredit evolution. And the truth is if you base it on data and proof, you can't say they're wrong. You can't explain it yet..
Q: During the research process, scientists sometime shy away from the religious element because they are always going for facts.
MP: Richard Dawkins is a brilliant scientist. I think it's obvious that he's a bit mischievous and is definitely trying to provoke people. He has very strong atheism. He's a lover of knowledge and [detests] groups who in the name of religion throughout history have tried to hold science back. He doesn't want that to happen. It's his passion, his love, so he gets very defensive about it.
Danny Peary: Can Ian lie, is he capable of lying?
MP: I've never been asked that question before. Can he lie? Hmm. I think that in his pursuit of truth in data, lying would be a waste of time. For him to flat out lie about things is maybe against his nature. For better or worse. Maybe there are things that he should lie about, you know, that he shouldn't be so up-front with.
DP: So, when he tells Karen that he didn't want to stay with Sofi because she was too childlike, is he telling the truth or is he lying?
MP: When he says to his wife that he didn't think that he and Sofi would end up together, he believes that. I do think he believes that. But that doesn't necessarily mean it would have been his choice. That could have been what he thought Sofi's choice would have been. It's good that you're asking that question because it's really interesting. I think that he believes in data and he has to be obsessed with science. When you really research these guys, you find that they have to be obsessed. They pick a thesis and go in that direction and don't know for seven years whether or not they went down the wrong road. It's heavy.
DP: Karen's the better match for Ian, in that way.
MP: Yes, I think certainly that. But he's haunted by Sofi. She explained to him that there's a crack in the door and the light's coming through. What she sees in him immediately, which makes him very uncomfortable, is the 2% of the unexplainable. He knows it's in there, and if no one else is around, he'll think about it. But certainly he'll never talk about it. And she sees it from the moment she meets him, and that is a very powerful thing when someone sees that. And I think that's one of the reasons why he's haunted by her.
DP: Astrid, in the opening sequence when Sofi meets Ian at a party, she tells him she's from outer space.
AB: Another planet. That's the scene where she provokes him.
DP: This film is about origins and connectivity so is there a 1% possibility that's true?
AB: I never thought about it! Maybe she is an alien.
MP: I never thought about it either, but now I think it's true!


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First I overslept ... my fault for staying up way too late, trying to get ahead of the game, only to start off behind. Dumb, I know. Then I took my husband to the airport, realizing only as I drove home that the next six days on the calendar were jam packed and I was simply going to have to bi-locate. Not possible. Those feelings of anxiety and panic that almost paralyze me began to set in.
By the time I got home, I was falling apart. One thing after another went wrong, compounded by the fact that I was functioning on little sleep. Definite recipe for disaster. By the time 3 pm hit, I was an emotional wreck inside.
I couldn't just go to my room and sob. The schedule said we had baseball practice, ballet and my weekly hour of adoration …not to mention dinner, which still needed to be planned. So, I pulled myself together and moved ahead though I wanted to run away and hide.
I dropped the kids at baseball and ballet and headed to our parish chapel for our family holy hour. "Why am I doing this?" I asked myself. After all, I was a mess, the four kids with me were arguing, and my two year old was fussy. But I felt a tug on my soul and entered the church. I told the kids to give me sometime alone and suggested that they make the Stations of the Cross around the church together. Thankfully, they willingly complied. There I sat, and the tears started flowing. Certainly I was tired physically, but I was also just plain tired of the same old routine. Physically and emotionally, I was worn out.
After a good cry, I looked up to see my children, quietly walking from station to station, explaining each image to their little sister. When they got back to me, my two year old, Lucy, looked up at me and said, "Jesus' cross was very heavy!" I held her close and thought, "Indeed it was. And He was carrying that cross for me. Here I am trying to carry this cross all by myself."
So easily I forget Jesus' words to his followers, "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." Matthew 11:28-30.
No wonder the weight of my burdens was too heavy for me. Until that moment, I had forgotten to unite myself with Our Lord.
Suddenly the hope started to flow through me and the days ahead---which had seemed so impossible—seemed doable. With Jesus beside me every step of the way, I could manage whatever lay ahead.
We all have had days like this when our daily responsibilities seem too much for us to handle. How do you find solace?
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Signed Lewis Carroll, Beatrix Potter and HG Wells books to sell online
Signed Lewis Carroll, Beatrix Potter and HG Wells books to sell online
With estimates upwards of $120k, this auction is unmissable for rare book collectors
You have one day left to bid online in the Pat McInally Collection of Children's Literature Auction, which takes place tomorrow (December 16).
Born of Mr McInally's determination to collect only the finest copies available of some of the most important children's books ever created, the sale is easily among the finest of book auctions.
Estimated at $40k-60k
As we previously reported, starring at the auction is an utterly remarkable book: a first edition of Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass which was once presented to, and signed by, the original Alice - Alice Pleasance Liddell (1852-1934), who inspired the story.
The edition was autographed by her, in 1872, above a dedicated acrostic poem printed in the back of the book. It carries an estimate of $100,000-150,000.
Another outstanding lot is Beatrix Potter's personal, specially-bound presentation copy of The Tale of Peter Rabbit, inscribed by Potter herself. This 1902 edition, published by Frederick Warne & Co, is one of two - the other of which was gifted to Edward VIII as a young boy
It will sell with a pre-sale estimate of $80,000-120,000.
Estimated at $80k-120k
Afirst edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit, one of only 2,000 copies from the first 8,000 bound in green cloth, will also go under the hammer at $50,000-70,000.
Also selling is a book sometimes described as the "holy grail of children's literature": a first edition (first state of the text and first state of the plates) of L Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, published in Chicago and New York in 1900.
The fine condition book, very bright and clean throughout, will auction with an estimate of $40,000-60,000.
Collectors with a soft spot for science fiction won't want to miss out on a first edition, presentation copy of HG Wells' landmark novel The Time Machine: An Invention.
This edition is inscribed by Wells himself, reading: "With the Author's Kindest Regards." The novel with which Wells invented the now-popular term "time machine" has an estimate of $20,000-30,000.
Alongside science fiction is Middle Earth fantasy in the form of JRR Tolkien's Fellowship of the Ring trilogy; namely a first edition of The Lord of the Rings, published in London by George Allen and Unwin Ltd in 1954.
Crucially, the book has its dust jacket intact. Described as being, despite minor wear, "as fine as can be found" by the auctioneers, it could well exceed its $10,000-$12,000 estimate.
Alice in Wonderland... signed by the real-life Alice ($100-150k)
Meanwhile, limited editions of Winnie the Pooh and Now We Are Six signed by the author and illustrator, "A. A. Milne" and "Ernest H. Shepard", on Japanese Vellum will sell estimated at $30,000-50,000. In particular, Now We Are Six included unopened - actually uncut - pages.
Editions of AA Milne's We Were Very Young, Winnie the Pooh, Now We Are Six and The House at Pooh Corner will also appear in their original Publisher Deluxe Issue original boxes - going up to the auction block at $8,000-12,0000.
For bidders who miss out on the exceptional Through the Looking Glass lot, The Nursery Alice, a rare first edition presentation copy of the Lewis Carroll tale, is also auctioning.
Inscribed by Carroll's sister, the 1889 edition carries an estimate of $10,000-15,000.
The sale, hosted by Profiles in History,takes place in Calabasas Hills, Californiatomorrow, December 16. More information on live biddingcan be found at the iCollector website.
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A Roll Of The Dice – Dungeons and Dragons – 5th Edition
Welcome back ladies and gentlemen to another stupendously amazing edition of A Roll of The Dice board game reviews, with your game guru of greatness, Fat Adam! This week I want to take on a powerhouse in the industry. A name that almost every nerd knows, and most of the normies know too, Dungeons and Dragons! That's right ladies and germs, we are diving into the amazingly intricate world created by the players and the DM (Dungeon Master) themselves.
I want to focus on Fifth Edition for the most part, but it would be hard to give you a proper review and comparison of why I believe Dungeons and Dragons NEEDED a Fifth Edition, without giving a brief overview of their rise and fall to power. I'll make it quick, so strap in and read on!
– Dungeons and Dragons was one of the first pen and paper RPG systems, and it was amazingly popular among nerds and geeks like you and me.
– First Edition was a masterpiece for its time, and was not really rivalled by any other games that came around the same time. It gave the players the ability to live out a fantasy world, while escaping every day life, even if only for a few hours.
– Dungeons and Dragons second edition cleaned up some of the rules of first, making it a bit more user friendly. It added an even further level of gaming by introducing a few more class and race combinations, but for the most part fine tuning the combat system. Advanced Dungeons and Dragons (AD&D as it was called) added skills and powers, but also made it possible to multi-class, also adding additional classes (As DnD 1st ed started only with Cleric, Fighter, and Magic User).
– Third Edition is when the powerhouse company Wizards of the Coast stepped in and basically took over. They fine tuned the levelling system for cross classing your character, they added feats which gave an amazing depth of additional features for character creation and development, and they also introduced what is the modern standard for most Pen and Paper RPG's nowadays. I mean of course, the D20 system of rolling. I assume they did this in part to sell a hell of a lot more dice, but I could be wrong.
– DnD 3.5 (Or the most popular of the DnD world at the time) came next, and really just added a lot of supplements to the core Third Edition. Giving the users the ability to use additional feats, amazing prestige classes, and further developing multi class ability. This is actually the version that gave birth to the game that would eventually take DnD's spot as the RPG powerhouse : Pathfinder.
– Pathfinder (Or DnD 3.75 as a lot of users call it) took what DnD 3.5 had done, and made it so much more in depth). It created a world in which there was HUNDREDS of supplements for the game, using dozens of races (pre created and the ability to create your own), dozens of classes (again with the ability to use third party created classes if the DM allows it), and just fine tuned the shit out of everything DnD had left either confusing, or questionable at best. Pathfinder quickly dethroned the 20+ year king in a couple of years, and reigned supreme since.
– DnD, in a desperate move to regain control, tried coming out with a brand new system in DnD Fourth Edition. The were trying to simplify the game itself and focus more on the roleplay of it all, and while some believe this to be a major improvement, most actually went the other way. Most critics and players alike coined this the worst DnD (a few actually said top three worst RPG's) of all time. The giant took a swing at Pathfinder, missing horribly, and the rumor mill went abuzz wondering if Wizards was going to drop the now dying Dragon, and try to find a partnership elsewhere.
– No give up for Dungeons and Dragons, and they came out (quite quickly in my opinion) with Dungeons and Dragons Fifth Edition. This is where our story starts, and we find out in this one player/DM's opinion. Was this finally the start of a climb back to relevancy, or had DnD run its course and tried to give one final fan effort.
There are FAR too many to list. I know this is the place where I always do a breakdown of the rule system, but seriously this would be a Six part review if we went in depth, so why don't I list a few of the more fun rules instead!
Dungeons and Dragons Fifth Edition did take a separate route from its brothers and while making the game easier to get into even then Fourth, it still kept its amazing flavour, and ability to create a lot of customization (although not nearly as much as 3.5). You are really only limited to your own imagination, and a set of guidelines that assist in making you a real character.
The biggest "rule" differences are the fact that skills are now fast tracked. There is no more massive chart of 30 skills to use, and instead you just use the relevant attributes to add together for a skill roll (that has worked really well for games like 7th Sea which uses a similar style). This makes the skill rolling a lot easier and takes away from having to create a specific type of skill monkey, making most characters have more broadened roles in the party.
The addition of the Advantage and Disadvantage system was brand new and has been seen as an amazing addition to the game (my thoughts on this later). Essentially what they've done is add flavor for roleplaying. If you have an advantage on hitting an enemy, you would roll two D20's and take the higher roll, if you had disadvantage you would do the opposite taking the lower of the two. It makes putting yourself into bad situations an even worse idea than before.
Finally my third change I will be discussing is the addition of the roll system for death. It used to work that you were down at -1 hit points and dead at minus your Constitution score hit points. You could bleed out, and it made it a bit easier for newer players, while seasoned players would have so many more hit points. Now? You roll dice and too many fails equals death, or you may live, all based on the luck of the dice.
I have a lot to say about these three rule changes, and we will get there in the actual review, and while these are not the only changes by far, these are the three that I noticed having a big impact on the game itself. The three most players talk about the most, so they stick out more than others.
The turn system is fairly straight forward. Each player rolls what is called Initiative, adding any bonuses they may get to this D20 roll, and in doing so the "turn order" is decided. Highest Initiative goes first, second goes second, and so on. This also includes the rolls that are done by the Monsters you are fighting, so a low rolling team may get caught unaware, while an initiative based team may strike an enemy down before he/she even gets a chance to act!
When it is your turn to act, you need to actually plan out how you want things to go. Are you a ranged fighter who wants to fire down hell from afar, but make sure you are not caught by an enemy? Do you bull rush your enemies, crushing their spirit and soul, knowing that the others will follow you into the heat of battle? Do you hide in the shadows, waiting for others to strike first, then dealing the deadly final blow? Either way there are a lot of things you can do on a turn.
The turn is split into two main parts. A move action, and a standard action.
You can move, up to your given speed, anywhere on the battlefield. Your speed will be on the character sheet under, you guessed it, Movement Speed!
Meat and Potatoes of your actions. This is where you will be attacking, ranged or melee, and also where you would be casting the majority of your spells. Each player gets one standard action (unless they have feats or class abilities for bonus actions).
This is where class features, and feats come into play. There are some that allow a bonus action or specific event that can be done based on the situation. You may only take ONE bonus action on your turn, so it may not be beneficial to take three separate feats that allow bonus actions, unless they all require a different situation to apply.
Certain abilities and actions will only trigger if another action has already taken place. These special actions are called Reactions. The attack of opportunity for instance is a perfect example. If an enemy moves through a space that you are threatening (that your melee attack can reach) then you get a free attack on them before they get to continue moving. This will only be allowed on one enemy one time per turn.
This is the basics of a single turn of combat, with there being a lot of other things you can do. Talk, drink a potion, read, or anything else allowed to be done in six seconds. Make sure to gain the Dungeon Masters approval before doing anything that is not normally done by your character.
+ The artwork inside the book is absolutely phenomenal, as with most Wizards of the Coast material. They took a long look at the fantasy genre, and re-invented it quite a bit.
+ The game was stripped down to a simpler, but more well rounded version of itself. Making it easily accessible for all players, and not just the hardcore number crunchers.
+ The design of the improved (in my opinion) skill trees, added together with the advantage and disadvantage opportunities are absolutely the right decision. It adds a lot of ability for the Dungeon Master to make a more challenging or less challenging scenario for the players.
– I absolutely find the biggest pitfall in this game is the new death and life tracker when you're downed. Other than hit points being different, you are making it so a level one will die at the same chances of a level twenty, which to me is absolutely crazy. That is the one rule I would have axed if given the choice.
– For anyone who has been following and buying Dungeons and Dragons over the years, your pocket book must be getting sore from all of the add-ons they keep tossing out. People complain about World of Warcraft coming out with a 60$ expansion once a year or two, but Dungeons and Dragons comes out with a new 50 to 60$ book every few months.
+ Being a pen and paper RPG the replay value is through the stars. You can always play a new class, race, character, or even just rebuild some one you liked before with minor adjustments to them. There is literally no limit to the customization of the universe in Dungeons and Dragons. Only limited to your own imagination.
+ When being a player bores you (I don't know how it ever could, unless you never wanted to play in the first place) then you can always try your hand at being a Dungeon Master, which will also add an infinite amount of options to you.
+ The length it takes to do a full campaign (there are one shot stories as well) can be months or even years, so you will be playing sessions for the foreseeable future. Each one being different, and fun in it's own right.
– The only negative I find for replay is if you want to keep building a newer and more relatable character, you need to invest time and money into the research of the newest books, and of course to actually buying the books themselves.
+It puts you into a fantasy world, freeing you from the constraints of every day life. You get to be whatever and whoever you have ever wanted to, and with the right group, that spell is not broken until the end of the session. It is, by far, one of the most immersive games I have ever had the joy of playing.
+ With the character customization, you can create anything you really want to. You can have free reign on what makes your character fight, and what may cause him to even turn evil. Your choices in the game, will help dictate who you will become by the time the campaign is coming to an end.
+ The camaraderie from one another (most of the time anyways) helps build lasting friendships among players that possibly never knew each other before the game started.
– It is SUPER frustrating when a character you have put your heart and soul into dies because of chance happenstance. This is life though, so be prepared to face the worst to get the best results.
– With the wrong group, as in any RPG, it can become a battle hungry, no RP game. This is no fun to a player like myself, who enjoys the flavour of a well rounded game. Make sure you are a fit for the group BEFORE joining. Ask to watch a session or two and see how the personalities mesh with one another, and how they may mesh with you.
There is absolutely no regret with this game. This is something you play for fun, for joy, and for the ability to do almost anything you want to do. The world and choices are endless, but working towards a common goal is even more amazing in the long run. I have NEVER felt more fulfillment from a game, then when you complete a campaign in any Pen and Paper RPG, but I would place Dungeons and Dragons Fifth Edition at the top (or very least second) of the list.
DnD is back, and in my opinion, has just started a long, but absolutely needed return. I am looking forward to seeing what is to come from the giants, and I hope that this is more than enough to stick with Wizards of the Coast for the long haul. I look forward to seeing what is next!
Thanks for checking into this review, I hope you found it fair and informative, and please stop by your local Comic Hunter to pick up your copies of the books. I'll see you out there adventurer, and may you rise up among those chosen to fight for the cause, be it noble or not. Strike fear into your enemies, no matter how far their reach!


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The Associate of Applied Science (AAS) in Physical Therapist Assistant degree program prepares students for employment as a Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA), a health-care provider who, with the guidance of a physical therapist, performs a wide variety of functions as part of the health-care team. This field has been expanding in recent years and the employment outlook continues to be good in hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, home care, and outpatient facilities. In addition to class work in psychology, medical terminology, neuroanatomy and physiology, instrumentation and kinesiology for physical therapy, and advanced physical therapy techniques, students gain "hands-on" experience through clinical practice at area health-care facilities. The Physical Therapist Assistant program at Anoka-Ramsey Community College is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE).
Developmental Courses
Some students may need preparatory courses in the areas of English, mathematics or reading. Courses numbered below 1000 will not apply toward this degree.
The Physical Therapist Assistant program at Anoka-Ramsey Community College is accredited by CAPTE.
If needing to contact the program or institution directly, please call Lisa Lentner at 763-433-1293 or email email@example.com.
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Effective July 1, 2020 the U.S. Department of Education is implementing a new regulation (Regulation 34 CFR 668.43 (a) (5) (v)) which requires all college's with nursing or allied health programs that end in certification or licensing to provide the following:
- A list of all states/jurisdictions where the institution's curriculum meets state educational requirements for professional licensure or certification;
- A list of all states/jurisdictions where the institution's curriculum does not meet state educational requirements for professional licensure or certification; and
- A list of all states/jurisdictions where the institution has not made a determination of whether the curriculum meets educational requirements.
NOTE: This information only relates to at initial licensure by exam requirements for the state listed. Students should contact the Board of Physical Therapy in the state they would like to be licensed for specifics.
This information DOES NOT relate to transferring Licensure to another state.
A link to the law is: https://www.nasfaa.org/uploads/documents/2019_State_Authorization_Federal_Regulations.pdf
By completing this program, students will achieve the following learning goals:
- Demonstrate competent written and electronic documentation skills, and oral communication skills.
- Perform all treatment procedures skillfully and safely, including modalities, massage, manual skills, gait training, and data collection for the physical therapist to use for assessment purposes.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the normal structure and function of the human body and understand the physiological and psychological effects of disease and injury.
- Demonstrate understanding of his/her professional role as a PTA and demonstrate awareness of ethical behavior, legal responsibility, and the PT/PTA professional relationship.
- Recognize and appreciate diversity within society and the health care profession.
- Successfully pass the PTA licensure exam and begin practice as an entry-level physical therapist assistant.
To apply for admission to the Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) program, submit the Application for Physical Therapist Assistant program to the Records and Registration Office between February 1 and February 28 for the following fall. Application materials are available online. All PTA Program requirements are offered at the Coon Rapids Campus.
- A minimum of 69 semester credits in courses numbered 1000 or above.
- A minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 in courses numbered 1000 or above at ARCC.
- Satisfy residency requirements.
- A minimum grade of C in all program requirements and general education courses and a grade of "Pass" in clinical practices must be earned.
- All program requirements must be completed at ARCC.
- Completion of specific degree requirements.
- To receive your diploma, you must apply to graduate.
- The requirements of this program are subject to change without notice.
NOTE: You are encouraged to contact an academic advisor at 763-433-1230 for course planning assistance and information about transfer credit evaluation and transfer options.
PROGRAM NOTE: Students who fail to meet the sequence requirements, prerequisites, and academic achievement levels will be dropped from the program.
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The PTA Program Core course requirements are only offered at the Coon Rapids Campus. BIOL 1102 Medical Terminology 2 PTAC 1010* Clinical Practice I 3 PTAC 1020* Musculoskeletal Anatomy and Kinesiology for the PTA 4 PTAC 1030* Introduction to Physical Therapist Assistant Theory 2 PTAC 1040* Introduction to Physical Therapist Assistant Lab 2 PTAC 1050* Modalities and Massage Theory 3 PTAC 1060* Modalities and Massage Lab 3 PTAC 1070* Therapeutic Exercise Theory 2 PTAC 1080* Therapeutic Exercise Lab 3 PTAC 1100* Communication and Documentation for the Physical Therapy Assistant I 1 PTAC 1110* Communication and Documentation for the Physical Therapy Assistant II 1 PTAC 2000* Musculoskeletal Disorders 3 PTAC 2010* Neuroanatomy and Functional Rehabilitation Theory 3 PTAC 2015* Neuroanatomy and Functional Rehabilitation Lab 2 PTAC 2020* Clinical Practice II 3 PTAC 2040* Special Topics I 3 PTAC 2050* Special Topics II 4 PTAC 2060* Clinical Practice II** 3
22 credits
Complete at least 22 credits in courses from the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) including the following: BIOL 2113* Human Anatomy and Physiology I** 4 BIOL 2114* Human Anatomy and Physiology II** 4 CMST 1110
Introduction to Communication
OR Public Speaking
OR Interpersonal Communication
3 ENGL 1120* OR ENGL 1121* Cross-Current College Writing and Critical Reading
OR College Writing and Critical Reading
4 PSYC 1110 General Psychology 4 Humanities/Fine Arts Elective (Goal Area 6) 3
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PTAC 2110* Physical Therapy Research I 1 PTAC 2120* Physical Therapy Research II 1 PTAC 2130* PTA Clinic 1 PTAC 2170* Physical Therapy Seminars 1
In 2017, the graduation rate for the Anoka-Ramsey PTA Program was 93.8%, in 2018 it was 81.5% and in 2019 it was 96.8% for a three-year average of 90.7%.
For the graduating class of 2017, 97% of those who graduated and sought employment in physical therapy (full-time or part-time) were employed within one year following graduation. For the graduating class of 2018, 100% of those seeking employment as a PTA were employed within one year after graduation. In 2019 96% of graduates who passed the licensing exam and were seeking employment are now working as a PTA.
Upon successful completion of the PTA program, graduates must pass the National Physical Therapy Licensing Exam (NPTE).
Our graduates have been very successful on the PTA National licensing exam (NPTE). In 2017 our program's first time pass rate was 93.3% and ultimate pass rate was 96.7%. In 2018 the first time was 90% and ultimate pass rate was 100%. In 2019 the first time pass rate was 89.7% and the ultimate pass rate was 96.6%. A total of 79 graduates from those three cohorts have taken the exam. The mean scores have improved almost every year since 2008 and for 2017 the ultimate mean score was 685.9 in 2018 the ultimate mean score was 675.1 and in 2019 it was 685.7. A score of 600 is required to pass the licensing exam.
Scale Scores of 600 and above are passing
According to the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT) reports, ARCC PTA graduates scored above the national mean scale score in all content areas of the licensing exam except the musculoskeletal system.
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New parts, as the name implies, are those coming fresh from the manufacturers. You'll go for new parts when you're sure you're going to use that car part for a very long time. These are the preferred type if you want to invest in those parts. Car parts such as leafsprings, mufflers, brake pads and wheel cylinders should be bought new since these parts affect the safety of your car. Safety should never be compromised when driving. Moreover, it is worth investing on parts such as the radiator because frequent repairs for parts such as these are expensive, and not to mention a big hassle.
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In the case of the computer, you can replace the parts of the CPU and still keep the CPU case to save money. Same goes for some car parts that can be rebuilt. There are some car parts when some of its components would wear out but the casing could still be recycled. An example would be starters, carburetors, and alternators. Some of the parts would wear out but manufacturers can still use the casing. And just like the computer example mentioned earlier, it would be cheaper if you buy these parts and just recycle the casing.
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The size of the garage door cable to be used depends on the size of the door. For instance, if the door is seven feet tall, you will need to use a cable of around 8 ft. 6 in. length. You can have replacement garage door cables from garage door cables Costa Mesa stores, and seek help from professional garage door repair technicians to have them replaced efficiently.
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The technician will be equipped with tools necessary for the task, such as locking pliers, winding bars, replacement cables, sockets, wrenches, gloves, ratchet stepping ladder, and safety glasses. The garage door repair expert will then unplug and disengage the door opener by pulling the emergency release handle. This will allow to open and close the door manually.
After that, the technician will open the door and place a vice grip below the bottom roller on both the sides to hold the door open to change the cables. Then the professional will move to center of the door and loosen the screws on springs with ¼ turns, making sure that winding bars are fully inserted and both the bars are used simultaneously, to prevent injury.
Experts say that unwinding the spring until all tension is removed is essential for replacing the garage door cables. Professional garage door repairers would also loosen the set screws on cable drum, and remove it along with the bottom lag screw from jamb bracket. Then the bottom bracket and the old cable will be removed, and the new cable will be installed in the bracket, threading it up to the drum.
The garage door technician will then insert the cable into the slot of drum, making sure that the cable does not overlap, and wind the cable into the drum, followed by sliding the drum to the bearing plate. Then the drum will be turned counter-clockwise until the cable is stretched tight.
These are the steps to replace the cables in your garage door. As the process is very difficult and complex, it is always better to leave the work to the experts at the best garage door repair service Costa Mesa. Besides, hiring an expert not only makes sure that the work is done effectively, but also ensures that your garage door is in good working condition, always.


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What is etanercept (enbrel)?
Etanercept is a medication that is used for treating autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn's disease, psoriasis, and refractory asthma.
Etanercept is the generic name, and the trade name is Enbrel.
Etanercept is a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor, which means it interferes with TNF.
TNF is made by the body's immune system. It encourages an inflammatory response that is needed for the body to fight disease. But, this stimulation of the inflammatory response is also what causes many of the clinical problems linked to autoimmune diseases. People with these immune disorders have too much TNF in their bodies.
How does etanercept work?
TNF inhibitors reduce the inflammatory response that causes joint pain in conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis.
The role of TNF is to transport white blood cells to areas of inflammation. In doing so, it can make an inflammation worse.
Etanercept inhibits, or prevents, the action of TNF. In this way, the drug can reduce the body's inflammatory response.
The inflammatory response is a reaction in which the body releases various substances and chemicals that allow it to fight infections and other harmful cells.
Being able to stop the inflammatory response is useful when treating autoimmune diseases.
What does etanercept treat?
In the United States, etanercept has been licensed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat a number of conditions.
Ankylosing spondylitis
This is a chronic, painful and progressive inflammatory disease that affects the joints and ligaments that normally allow a person's back to move and flex. It is estimated to affect between 0.2 percent and 0.5 percent of people in the U.S. It mostly affects the lower back, but it can affect the upper spine, chest, and neck.
Plaque psoriasis
Psoriasis is an autoimmune skin disease. In psoriasis, skin cells grow more rapidly than usual. It is a chronic, or long-term, condition. Plaque psoriasis is the most common type.
People with plaque psoriasis have raised areas of inflamed skin covered with silvery white scaly skin, or plaques. A flaky white buildup of dead skin cells collects on the plaques, and this is called scale. Plaque psoriasis can appear on any skin surface.
Etanercept can be used in cases of moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.
Psoriatic arthritis
Psoriatic arthritis is a chronic disease, which means it is a long-term condition. It is a form of inflammatory arthritis that affects between 10 percent and 20 percent of patients with psoriasis.
Most patients with psoriatic arthritis developed psoriasis first, and are later diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis.
Symptoms include inflammation of the skin, or psoriasis, and joints, which is arthritis. It may appear at any time, but usually between the ages of 30 and 50 years.
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
Also known as polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis, moderate and severe cases of this condition can be treated with etanercept.
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis is the most common chronic, rheumatic disease in children. It is a major cause of short-term and long-term disability. It causes chronic pain, stiffness, and swelling of the joints. In severe cases there may be joint damage and deformities.
It usually starts before the age of 16 years. Some form of juvenile arthritis is thought to affect between 70,000 and 100,000 American children under the age of 16 years.
Moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, progressive, and disabling auto-immune disease that causes inflammation, or swelling, and pain in the joints, the tissue around the joints, and other organs in the human body.
It normally starts with the hands and feet. People with RA often feel generally unwell and tired.
How is etanercept used?
Etanercept cannot be swallowed, because the digestive system would destroy it. Patients normally take it once or twice weekly, as an injection. Patients can learn to inject themselves.
Etanercept comes in two separate formulations:
- A freeze-dried powder in 25 mg vials that is reconstituted with a diluting agent and then injected into the patient under the skin. Most patients can do this themselves.
- A pre-mixed liquid in 50 mg/ml syringes or auto-injector pens.
The duration of the therapy may be several months, as determined by the physician.
Cautions when taking etanercept
Etanercept can reduce the amount of TNF in the body, and reduce the damage that too much TNF may cause.
As a result, it can also reduce the capacity of the immune system to fight infections.
This means that patients who take etanercept have a higher risk of getting infections, and if they have an infection, such as pneumonia or tuberculosis (TB), it can become worse.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) note that people who use TNF medications are at risk of a reactivation of latent TB infection.
There have been reports of incidence of cancers such as lymphoma and other malignancies in patients who are receiving TNF inhibitors.
Etanercept (Enbrel) (Video Medical And Professional 2020).


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Instructions on how to use FlexNow
Basically, all students have to register for module-related examinations in the FlexNow system. In particular, students have to register for
- exercises that have to be passed to be allowed to write the exam
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- term papers
Please pay attention to the particular deadlines for registration that you can review here for each module.
An introduction to the utilisation of FlexNow can be found in this video (German):
Examination office
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Our product range includes a variation of own-label and branded products.
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Last weekend I engaged in a one of my regular exercises in futility: searching for milksnakes under the rocks of Northwest Philadelphia.
I date the beginning of my writing about herping to May of 2005. On that cool, cloudy evening (about 7:30pm) I was flipping rocks on a hillside above the Wissahickon, when under a hefty slab of rock I found not centipedes, not ants, not pill bugs nor crickets, not even a redback salamander (Plethodon cinereus) - all somber-hued creatures that blend in with the soil, stone, and dead leaves - but a vividly crimson and cream little beauty of a milksnake. It felt like a dream, finding something so unexpected and gorgeous, and I felt the need to post about it on a field herping forum that I no longer frequent. I don't think that post drew a single follow-up, which motivated me to launch this blog. I know that sounds backward, that the lack of response spurred me to write about a topic, but I was thinking more along the lines of 'to hell with you rattlesnake-obsessed Californians, I'm going to write about herping on my own damn website.'
For the rest of that season into the next couple years, I went back to that same hillside as well as others in the area, thinking that thar be milksnakes, I could go out and just flip some more.
Nope, that was not the case. Eventually this turned into an absurd ritual as it became clear that finding that first milksnake was an incredibly lucky fluke.
In the meantime, non-herper friends have unintentionally mocked me as they have sent me photos or other accounts of their own milksnake finds in that same area. Just a couple months ago a friend sent me this photo:
Here's a DOR from near the Upper Roxborough Reservoir (where they do the Toad Detour):
Here's a road jerky specimen (I think I only just threw this away a few months ago after keeping it in a drawer) from a couple years ago. Scott found it next to the car after we had concluded another unsuccessful expedition:
So, this is why I keep heading up to the far northwest corner of our fair city, to strain some more ligaments in my back and find lots of things that aren't milksnakes.
Here is a typical rock, one of hundreds (thousands?) at this spot:
As per usual in the fall (and spring), redback salamanders were out in force:
A rustling in the leaves alerted me to this hefty toad (Bufo americanus). I find a plump toad like this really satisfying. There's something comforting about having it fill your hand instead of having to handle it gingerly with your finger tips.
I did flip a snake. Here it is, twelve inches of puffing, pooping, biting garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis). This is not the first garter I've found under a rock in that part of town, but it is the first for that particular hillside.
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Granai airstrike
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|Granai airstrike
|Casualties and losses
|Estimate: 86–147 killed, mostly women and children
The Granai airstrike, sometimes called the Granai massacre, refers to the killing of approximately 86 to 147 Afghan civilians by an airstrike by a US Air Force B-1 Bomber on May 4, 2009, in the village of Granai (sometimes spelled Garani or Gerani) in Farah Province, south of Herat, Afghanistan.[1][2][3][4][5]
The United States admitted significant errors were made in carrying out the airstrike, stating "the inability to discern the presence of civilians and avoid and/or minimize accompanying collateral damage resulted in the unintended consequence of civilian casualties".[6][7][8]
The Afghan government has said that around 140 civilians were killed, of whom 22 were adult males and 93 were children.[2][3] Afghanistan's top rights body has said 97 civilians were killed, most of them children.[2] Other estimates range from 86 to 147 civilians killed.[6][9] An earlier probe by the US military had said that 20–30 civilians were killed along with 60–65 insurgents.[2] A partially released American inquiry stated "no one will ever be able conclusively to determine the number of civilian casualties that occurred".[6] The Australian has said that the airstrike resulted in "one of the highest civilian death tolls from Western military action since foreign forces invaded Afghanistan in 2001".[10]
Airstrike video[edit]
A Combat Camera video of the airstrike was made by the bomber aircraft involved. When the Pentagon investigation on the incident was released in 2009, it did not include the video.[6][11] In 2010, Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower in the Pentagon Papers case, called for President Obama to release the video of the airstrike online.[12][13]
By May 2010, WikiLeaks had an encrypted copy of the video it had received from then U.S. Army Specialist Chelsea Manning and was attempting to decrypt it.[14][15][16] In a March 2013 statement, Julian Assange disputed prior news reports claiming WikiLeaks had been unable to decrypt the file and alleged that the video "documented a massacre, a war crime."[17] Assange said WikiLeaks no longer had the video due to former spokesperson Daniel Domscheit-Berg deleting it along with other files when he left WikiLeaks in September 2010.[17] In the Julian Assange Reddit AMA in January 2017, Assange detailed a Swedish Intelligence operation conducted in September 2010 in which other copies of the video were also lost.[18]
See also[edit]
- Haska Meyna wedding party airstrike
- Wech Baghtu wedding party airstrike
- Azizabad airstrike
- Sangin airstrike
- Civilian casualties of the War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
- ^ Campbell, Matthew (11 April 2010). "Whistleblowers on US 'massacre' fear CIA stalkers". The Times. London. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
- ^ a b c d de Luce, Dan (8 June 2009). "We failed to follow bombing rules: Pentagon". AFP. Google. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
- ^ a b Shalizi, Hamid; Graff, Peter (16 May 2009). "U.S. strikes killed 140 villagers: Afghan probe". Reuters. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
- ^ Gall, Carlotta; Shah, Taimoor (14 May 2009). "Afghan Villagers Describe Chaos of U.S. Strikes newspaper". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
- ^ Boone, Jon; MacAskill, Ewen; Tran, Mark (6 May 2009). "US air strikes kill dozens of Afghan civilians". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
- ^ a b c d Farmer, Ben (11 April 2010). "Wikileaks 'to release video of US strike on Afghan civilians'". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
- ^ Tran, Mark (3 June 2009). "US military admits errors in air strikes that killed scores of Afghan civilians". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
- ^ Schmitt, Eric P; Shanker, Thom (2 June 2009). "US Report Finds Errors in Afghan Airstrikes". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
- ^ Denselow, James (23 June 2010). "Hail to the whistleblowers". The Guardian. London.
- ^ "'More than 100' die in US-led air strike in Afghanistan". The Australian. 6 May 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
- ^ de Luce, Dan (18 June 2009). "US military debates release of Afghan air strike probe". AFP. Google. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
- ^ Ellsberg, Daniel. "Obama Should Release the Garani Massacre Video to the American Public Immediately". 17 June 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- ^ With Rumored Manhunt for Wikileaks Founder and Arrest of Alleged Leaker of Video Showing Iraq Killings, Obama Admin Escalates Crackdown on Whistleblowers of Classified Information, Democracy now, June 17, 2010.
- ^ McGreal, Chris (16 June 2010). "WikiLeaks to release video of deadly US Afghan attack". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
- ^ Poulsen, Kevin; Zetter, Kim (6 June 2010). "U.S. Intelligence Analyst Arrested in Wikileaks Video Probe". Wired. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
- ^ Savage, Charlie (1 March 2013). "Soldier Admits Providing Files to WikiLeaks". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ^ a b "WikiLeaks has more US secrets, Assange says". March 5, 2013. AU: The Age. 2013-03-05. Retrieved March 5, 2013.
- ^ Assange, Julian (Verified User: _JulianAssange). "I am Julian Assange founder of WikiLeaks -- Ask Me Anything". Reddit. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
External links[edit]
- Gregory, Thomas (26 Apr 2012). "Potential Lives, Impossible Deaths: Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties and the Politics of Intelligibility". International Feminist Journal of Politics. 14 (3): 327–347. doi:10.1080/14616742.2012.659851.
- Rethink Afghanistan (video) (report from the scene).
- Destroyed buildings and victims (images), Rawa, archived from the original on March 14, 2013. ()
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Government of India
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Simplification of Pension Procedure
The Ministry of Rural Development is administering National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP), Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS), Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS), Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS), National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS) and Annapurna. These Schemes are for the households living Below Poverty Line (BPL). Under these schemes pension/assistance is provided to the eligible BPL households on fulfilling the eligibility criteria prescribed by the Government.
On the basis of representation received from various quarters for simplification of procedure and process for implementation of schemes under NSAP, the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment has issued two advisories, requesting States/UTs to adopt such procedure and process which do not put the onus of identification and selection on the beneficiaries and as far as possible adopt a procedure which is simple and requires minimum documents and certification. Copies of the Advisories issued.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Shri Vijay Sampla in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha here today.