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Red Cross
- (775) 856-1000
- Fire, flood, hazardous materials, weather events – emergency
- Money for clothing replacement (only if clothing is not salvageable)
- Food (if client placed in motel)
- Lodging 2 nights (3 if weekend or holiday)
- Emergency prescriptions (if needed immediately)
- Mental health counselors (on-call if needed)
- Referrals to thrift stores
- Help with replacement of eye glasses, bedding and linens, and 1st month's rent if deemed necessary by a Red Cross caseworker
- Will help even if insured – help is free
- Health and safety classes – fee based
Fernley, Nevada 89408
Access to Health Care
- Call center screening
- Non-profit medical discount program
- Federal poverty level 100-250%
- Provide services to those who fall in gaps
- Pay to participate – membership fee – Family – $770/yr
- Screen to determine if other agencies can help
- Ryan White program to help those with HIV/AIDS
- Women's health – 40 years +
- Grants and independent funding
- Pregnancy program – flat fee – $2,000 (Estimate) – pre-natal and delivery
- Grants to help with screenings – cancer
- Dental/Vision program
- Phone enrollments for rural residents
- Require proof of income or letter from employer, utility bill, picture ID
- Ship – Medicare counseling
- NV checkup applications
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Access to Healthcare Network (AHN) is a non-profit providing over 200,000 Nevadans with access to healthcare services annually. Since 2006, AHN has been developing services that help individuals, families, and organizations manage healthcare effectively and affordably.¡Hablamos Español!
Please visit our 'Services for Individuals and Families' page by clicking here to learn more about how we can get you access to health.
Examples of programs we offer are:
The AHN Medical Discount Program
– Not everyone will qualify for ObamaCare, which is why AHN offers a Medical Discount Program. This program is not insurance, it's assurance. . . to assure that uninsured and under-insured individuals and families get access to medical treatment at a greatly reduced price. It is the only program of its kind licensed with the State of Nevada Division of Insurance. This is also a great healthcare resource for undocumented immigrants.
AHN also offers programs like Women's Health Connection, the Nevada Colorectal Cancer Control Program, the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Part B Program, the Aging and Disability Resource Center, the State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) and Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) (both of which provide Medicare info and counseling). To those who qualify, these programs offer free preventive care, like mammograms and colon cancer screenings, as well as provide financial help and access to other health resources in Nevada.
Please call 1-877-385-2345 (toll free) if you or someone in your family is in need of one of these programs.
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Students can work toward earning a high school diploma, study for one of the three high school equivalency (HSE) tests, or just brush up on a subject.
We have live classes and both our independent and online learning programs allow students to work from home.
There is no cost for participation in our program or for taking the Nevada Proficiency Test that we give four times each year.
We have the Rosetta Stone English and Spanish versions for students to study at our school site at 280 S. Russell St.
We follow the Churchill County School District calendar.
We are open from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Monday-Friday.
952 S. Maine St.
Fallon, Nevada 89406
Aging and Disability Resource Center – Nevada's Care Connection
The Aging and Disability Services Division (ADSD) in the State of Nevada, Department of Health and Human Services, represents Nevada's elders, children and adults with disabilities or special health care needs.
The Aging and Disability Services Division offers the following types of programs:
Reno, Nevada 89406
American Home Companion
American Home Companion, Inc. takes great pride in the work we do. As a top-notch in-home personal care service provider, we give seniors the freedom to continue living well in the comfort of their own homes. We give the disabled a smiling face to smile back at. We give both the young and young-at-heart hope for a better life. And we give our clients and their families peace of mind—perhaps our greatest achievement.
In your quest for the best non-medical in-home care for you or your loved one, we are confident that you'll find the superior care, trustworthiness and utter compassion you seek in American Home Companion, Inc.
- Non-skilled help with laundry, prescriptions, shopping, etc.
- Serve Gardnerville, Fallon, Fernley, Silver Springs, Reno, Carson
- Caregivers needed
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Locally owned and operated
- Durable medical equipment
- Oxygen LOX (Medicare)
- 24/7 care
- Referral forms
- Patient assessment
- Personal Care Assistants
- Private clients accepted
Fallon, Nevada 89406
American Legion
The American Legion was chartered and incorporated by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic veterans organization devoted to mutual helpfulness. It is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization with great political influence perpetuated by its grass-roots involvement in the legislation process from local districts to Capitol Hill. Legionnaires' sense of obligation to community, state and nation drives an honest advocacy for veterans in Washington. The American Legion refers Veterans to the Veterans Affair office. The Veterans Affair office are able to provide the services below.
Veteran Services Rendered:
- Free assistance on benefits
- Benefits Calculator
- Veteran employment center
- Employment and business guidance to ease transition
- Education assistance and assistance with GI Bill
- Health services and advocacy for veterans who earned and deserve timely, high-quality care
- Personal finance tips and advice from experts who understand Veterans
- Free, accredited assistance with VA claims and appeals
Fallon, Nevada 89406
Arborwood Apartments I, II & III
Link for Application:
- Low Income
- Disabled
- Families
- A family member with a physical disability
If you qualify for Arborwood Apartments I, your rent cannot exceed roughly 30% of your monthly income. The Income Limits & Rent Estimates table estimates the maximum monthly rent you would pay based on your household size and income.
Fallon, Nevada 89406
Banner Community Hospital
- Referrals to local agencies
- Thrift store available
- Financial assistance program
- Case-worker to facilitate referrals to resources
- Host community awareness events
Health Services
Visiting Banner Churchill Community Hospital
At Banner Churchill Community Hospital, we want to provide you with a patient experience that is unsurpassed in clinical quality and service. We encourage patients and families to be involved in all aspects of your care and treatment.
Visiting Hours
We believe that family and friends play an important part in a patient's recovery, and we encourage visits with patients. From 2 to 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. we ask all guests to honor our patient quiet time. This is to allow our patients sleep and healing time.
Guest Wireless
We are pleased to offer guest wireless services to our patients and their family. Your own laptop or electronic device is needed. Hospital computers are not available for this use.
Patients, guests and their families can get a meal in the cafeteria. Snacks and beverages are available from vending machines also located in the cafeteria.
Fallon, Nevada 89406
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By Martin McTague, Policy Director at FSB
They say it's good to talk. And, with Brexit, it's not just good, it's absolutely vital – to make sure whatever deals are done work for small businesses. So, as the political negotiations take place in Brussels, FSB is making the small business voice heard loud and clear both in the UK and the EU.
Hard-working entrepreneurs are the backbone of the UK economy, and it's my job to make sure the politicians know that – and how vital those businesses will be in making a success of Brexit.
There's been a lot of coverage in recent months about ministers holding top-level meetings with business leaders. FSB Policy Chairman Mike Cherry and I have been determined that small businesses must be represented equally alongside the big corporates. And so between us – and I hope I'm not spilling too many secrets – we've been securing our seats at the top tables, putting the interests of our members firmly on the agenda.
While Mike was at Downing Street talking to the Prime Minister, I was in the grandeur of Chevening – a Government-owned stately home in Kent – pushing our case with leading cabinet ministers such as Brexit Secretary David Davis and Business Secretary Greg Clark.
My discussion with David Davis was hugely encouraging, as he told me he placed the interests of small firms above the wish lists of the giant corporates. Why did he say that?
Because ambitious, striving smaller businesses have far less capacity than big ones to overcome high tariffs and time-consuming bureaucracy in international trade.
But it's not just about international trade, as important as that is. It's about small businesses accessing the workers and skills that they need, and UK regions that have benefited from EU funding not facing a cliff-edge on investment and financing.
And those are the points we've been making to key decision-makers. Mike and I have had many meetings in Westminster and Brussels, and many other members have played a crucial part in engagement in all parts of UK politics.
This is not about us enjoying the canapés and rubbing shoulder pads with the powerful. This is about us getting the small business voice heard everywhere it matters.
Decision-makers must also keep in mind that, whatever the Brexit negotiations lead to, the economy will only benefit if small businesses are supported. That won't happen if they have obstacles thrown in their way in the form of extra taxes or administrative burdens.
That includes everything from National Insurance to the taxes charged on actual insurance products. It includes sorting out the unfit-for-purpose business rates system. It includes supporting small firms by awarding them contracts for publicly-funded projects.
And it includes new steps to protect them from the scourge of poor payment practices by some of the bigger businesses they supply, leaving them starved of cash for months on end and therefore unable to invest. These priorities would help pave the way for small firms to thrive and grow at home as we approach a post-Brexit world.


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The Minnesota Timberwolves have now defeated the Houston Rockets for the third time this season. This was the last meeting of these two teams (in the regular season) as the Wolves win the season series 3-1.
The Timberwolves frontcourt was key in this one as Pekovic & Love combined for 63pts, 29rebs, 3stls, 5blks, shot 24-36 FG (67%) and played a combined 84 minutes! Total domination by the Wolves frontcourt that's beginning to look like one of the better 4, 5 combos in the League!
It was kept close through the first two quarters. The Wolves were up just one-point after one quarter and they held a 7 point lead (61-54) through the first half. Then, the Timberwolves (definitely a second-half team) took over in the the third quarter and were able to push the lead to 17 points at one point! The Timberwolves went on a big run to grab that lead. But this one became a game of runs. The Rockets went on one of their own, so much so that they cut the Wolves' lead to just one point. The TWolves never gave up the lead and quickly answered to finish the game on a 16-4 run to win this one by 13!
The Timberwolves moved to one game under .500, 15-16 and one game over .500, 7-6 on the road this season! The Rockets move to 17-14 this season, which still keeps them ahead of Minnesota in the Western Conference. The Rockets also fell to 11-4 at home (two of those losses to the Wolves).
During that fourth quarter Kevin Love showed why he is the NBA's best power forward. He scored the first 12 points of the quarter for the Wolves and finished with 14 of the Wolves' 20 final quarter points! Rubio added 4 & Pek had 2.
The Rockets had five of their players reach double figures with impressive performances from Parsons (18pts, 6rebs, 3ast), Lee (17pts, 2rebs, 1ast, 2stls) & Lowry (17pts, 3rebs, 6ast). Scola had a bad night with just 10pts & 4rebs on 5-of-13 shooting and the Rocket's best player, Martin, finished with 16pts, 3ast, 1stl on 4-of-11 shooting. When Martin has big games, the Rockets usually grab the win--tonight Minnesota held him to just 6pts in the final three quarters (none in the fourth quarter) after Martin had 10pts in the first quarter.
For the TWolves, beyond Love & Pek, Rubio had a big game. Rubio scored 18pts, 2rebs, 9ast, 1stl. Ridnour also added 9pts, 6rebs, 6ast, 1stl. Even Wes Johnson performed well. He had 9pts, 5rebs, 3ast, 2blks, shot 4-of-6 FG in 29 minutes, while posting a +23 +/-. The Timberwolves had 13 active players, but played just 8 total players. Off the bench came three players: Martell Webster (3pts, 1ast, 1blk), Beasley (6pts, 2rebs, 3ast, 2stls, 3-7 FG), Williams (3pts, 1-2 FG).
One of the Timberwolves main reserves (J.J. Barea) didn't play tonight, here's why: http://mnwolves.weebly.com/1/post/2012/02/jj-out-vs-houston-11712.html
Tonight it was all about ball movement. Guys were 'swinging the ball' finding the open man and hitting the easy, open shots! The Wolves finished with 24 assists, but did still turn the ball over 19 times. 6 turnovers came in the third quarter, another 6 came in the fourth quarter. The Timberwolves crushed the Rockets on the boards 44-26. The Rockets got back in the game with their three-point shooting. They shot an impressive 50% from deep (10-20), compared to Minnesota's 5-15 from deep.
That's all for now. Thanks for reading HOWL and GO WOLVES!
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Editor Brendan Perring has written a great 5 page feature in the July edition of Print Monthly on Laminating and Encapsulating.
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Our Marketing & Communications Manager, David Smith, was also interviewed for the article "Our key message has always been bring it in-house, cut down your costs, cut down your production time".
The piece features our Linea Encapsulation Laminators, as well as the Matrix Single Sided Laminating Systems.
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One Direction may technically be on a break right now, but that doesn't mean their music is going anywhere.
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Video: Fifth Harmony Sings & Dances Along With Elmo & Friends!
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Epic Object Final
I enjoyed this project. First, I really liked the topic. When Mr.Goble originally proposed the Epic Object topic, turning an inanimate object into an object that portrays a type of emotion, my mind started racing. My ideas ranged everywhere from a bouncy ball to a piggy bank, but I ultimately decided on the idea of running shoes. The aspect of the shoes leading a person to an end destination seemed intriguing. After some class discussion I solidified my story line and started my story board. The story board was a helpful tool in visualizing the story. In addition, obtaining my shots was somewhat difficult. My sister, who I used as one of my actors, strongly disliked when I would ask her to redo a shot or change the way she moved. After some explaining, I helped her understand that producing videos is always a team effort and that striving for the best result possible is more important than few extra seconds it takes to reshoot. Giving up early and the mentality that "It's good enough" is never acceptable while attempting to create thoughtful videos. Often, I need to teach this lesson to myself as well, remind myself to invest the time and energy needed to complete my best work. Overall, producing this video was a fun, enlightening experience. I really appreciated the opportunity to push myself to imagine a creative video and portray a story with a purpose through an object. Click here to watch.
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it's hard to mess up "vagrant up"
Say goodbye to XAMP, WAMP and all the other WAMP stack all-in-ones. Seriously, uninstall them. There's a new kid on the block and his name is Vagrant. Coupled with virtualization software such as VirtualBox and VMWare, Vagrant allows you as a developer to create portable development environments in a matter of seconds.
You're a smart person though, and you can research how to set up Vagrants and all of the amazing features they offer. With this article, I'm going to cut to the chase on how to get your development environment up and running as quickly as possible in Windows, skipping over a lot information regarding Vagrant.
In order to get this going, a few programs will need to be installed. First and foremost, you'll need to install Vagrant.
Second, because linux CLI is so amazing, Cygwin is a must. That, and because Cygwin allows you to install other very useful packages during install. The packages that will prove useful (and you can search for them with the handy search field in the installer) are ssh, git, svn, and an editor of your choice. I like nano. You can always rerun the installer to add other packages.
For those unfamiliar with Cygwin, just think of it as a handy terminal for Windows. Once installed and opened, it will place you in the home folder of the Cygwin. The actual windows file system is accessible via the root folder
/cygdrive. I've been saving my different Vagrants inside a
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mkdir vagrant inside your home folder. Additionally, for your first Vagrant, create a
test-dev folder inside the
~/vagrant folder.
And third, install VirtualBox. VirtualBox is the default virtualization tool used by Vagrant.
Once Vagrant, Cygwin+packages, and VirtualBox are installed, you're ready to get a VM set up with a few simple commands.
Like I said before, I won't be going into much detail regarding Vagrant configuration files and functionality. Instead, we're going to use an amazing website called PuPHPet.com. What PuPHPet does is allow you to easily create your Vagrant configuration file via a slick UI. For simplicity's sake, I recommend your first Vagrant use all of the default settings on PuPHPet except for one. Change the distro to Ubuntu 12, because that's what I'm used to and we can have the same settings. If you change anything else, I can't guarantee you'll be able to walk through the rest of this article.
Once you've changed the distro, jump down to the create section and download the configurations. PuPHPet will give you a zip with a folder inside named with a bunch of random characters. Inside that folder is the configuration files you need. Copy those files into the
~/vagrant/test-dev folder created earlier in Cygwin. Using Window's file explorer, that folder is located at
Now, in Cygwin, navigate to the
~/vagrant/test-dev folder and run the command that makes Vagrant so amazing:
vagrant up.
When that's done, realize you have just created a fully functioning LAMP stack, and in addition to everything being set up and turned on, the contents of your
~/vagrant/test-dev folder are now accessible to the VM via VirtualBox's shared folders and symlinked to its apache web root in
/var/www. You should now be able to navigate to http://192.168.56.101/ in your browser. Before you go there though, add phpinfo to an index.php in your
~/vagrant/test-dev/default to double-check php is installed.
Woohoo, PHP is installed!
A MySQL server was also created and can be accessed via your windows MySQL client through SSH tunneling. In order to do this, you'll need to use the key generated by PuPHPet. My MySQL client of choice is SQLyog which has SSH Tunneling available via the SSH tab. Use the following information in your MySQL client on your host machine to connect to the vagrant's MySQL server:
- host address: localhost
- username: dbuser
- password: 123
SSH Tunneling:
- ssh host address: 192.168.56.101
- username: vagrant
- passphrase: vagrant
- public key:
And there you go, you should be able to connect to your Vagrant's MySQL server. Other Windows MySQL GUIs should have very similar options for creating connections. You can use that same key to SSH into the VM via putty, or you can simply run
vagrant ssh via Cygwin anywhere inside your Vagrant folder to SSH into the machine.
The configuration files copied from PuPHPet are the DNA of this Vagrant. You can run
vagrant up on any machine with Vagrant installed with those configuration files, and it will create the EXACT same development environment that you just created. No longer is creating development environments a tedious task with a million hiccups along the way due to differences in OS or simple user error. It's really hard to mess up
vagrant up
But, I'm tired of this VM, and I want the space allocated for the VM back. So, in Cygwin, run
vagrant destroy. The VM you just created no longer exists. All that's left are the config files and the web root folders such as
~/vagrant/test-dev/default. There's no need in keeping the VM lingering about when you're not developing anymore, but there are ways to keep the VM and shut it down,
vagrant halt, or suspend its current state,
vagrant suspend. To get the VM back up and running, no matter the case, just run
vagrant up.
This was a crash course on getting a Vagrant up and running fast, and I hope you're already in the process of uninstalling XAMP or whatever other WAMP stack you were using before. Those Windows stacks were useful at one point in time, but they really can't beat Vagrant. If you're new to Vagrant, definitely read up on more of its configurations and functionality. PuPHPet really does all of the work for a quick VM, but Vagrant also offers a lot of other functionality. For instance, VagrantCloud allows for you to instantaneously share your Vagrant VM to the outside world with a single command
vagrant share. Okay, time to get back to work:
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Mimaki TS55-1800
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The evolution of production printing
- Maximum output speed of 140 sqm/h (1,506 sq.ft/h)
- Option units provide for the achievement of low running cost and long-time continuous operation
- Newly developed heads to ensure high-quality print even at a high speed
- "NCU" and "NRS" technologies for stable operation
- Sophisticated "TxLink4 Lite"(*1) RIP software that has been further advanced
*1 TxLink4 Lite or RasterLink6Plus is bundled according to a user's choice.
- Spot color inks (light black/fluorescent inks (*2)) that enable more beautiful and unique expression
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- Transfer paper enabling long-time continuous operation — "Mimaki Vision Jet-X"
Maximum output speed of 140 sqm/h (1,506 sq.ft/h)
Incorporates various print modes suitable for any work, ranging from high-speed print with a maximum rate of 140 sqm/h (1,506 sq.ft/h) to practical quality print with output speed of 55 sqm/h (592 sq.ft/h) and finally, quality-oriented enhanced picture quality print speed of 31 sqm/h (333 sq. ft/h). The practical quality mode achieves approximately 140% (*) higher productivity in comparison with our conventional model (TS300P-1800).
* Comparison using TS55-1800:600x600dpi, 2pass and TS300P-1800:720x720dpi, 4pass, Hi (in the practical quality mode)
Option units provide for the achievement of low running cost and long-time continuous operation
Mini jumbo roll unit
This is a feeding unit to load [Mimaki Vision Jet-X] transfer paper with a length of about 2,500m (8,202 ft). Reduces the cost per square meter and shortens the downtime due to media replacement in comparison to smaller transfer paper rolls.
10kg (22 lb) ink supply unit
This is an ink supply unit to set a 10kg (22 lb) ink tank for a single color. Compared with the conventional 2L ink pack, the running cost is much reduced and the downtime due to ink replacement is shortened.
Extended heater
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2019 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL: The past four years have been full of learning and connection for producer Jenifer Westphal. Just a few short years ago, she decided to turn a family experience into a documentary. From there, she met and connected with filmmakers, launched a company, and served as an executive producer on films that include last year's "Won't You Be My Neighbor?"
That journey led to new and very unexpected places, including the mountains of Park City. Westphal attended this year's festival in support of the documentary, "Where's My Roy Cohn?" We met there, on a brisk January morning, to talk about her work and career, what inspires her, and how she wants to give back to others.
Karen Peterson/AwardsCircuit: How have you been enjoying Sundance?
Jenifer Westphal: Oh, it's been great! Really great! We had a nice year, a good year. The big film we're involved with is "Where's My Roy Cohn?" And that sold to Sony, which was really fun.
KP: Congratulations!
JW: Thank you! I guess it's the second film I've been involved with that's sold, so it's really exciting.
KP: That must be really exciting. What's that like for you, when you have been putting so much work into a project and you know it's going out into the world?
JW: I started a film company when I was 52 years old, because why not, right? You know, it's been an incredible experience. The first film that went out into the world was "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" That was a really exciting project to be a part of and really launched my company in a lot of ways. That has been extraordinary. I find working in this business, and especially in the independent film space, to be really fun. I love the people, the filmmakers, the producers, the companies, the production companies I've been building relationships with. My team, we have the best time.
I think, in addition to that, being able to put really important stories, these filmmakers work so hard on what they do. Every single one of them are so passionate about their projects. It's hard not to get intoxicated and want to get into every film. But they make it all worth it. And to see their passion project out there in the world, up on the screen, and then someone buys it and it goes out to theaters and people are asking about it and telling you stories about how it's impacted you. I've had people sitting next to me just ugly cry because they're like, "You were in 'Won't You Be My Neighbor?' You don't understand what Fred Rogers did for me when I was a child!" And that, you know, that's what it's all about right there.
KP: When you know you can have such an impact on people, it must be so gratifying.
JW: It is so gratifying, yes. And as a female in the industry, I feel like I've walked in at a really important time. So I really have huge respect for everyone in the industry, female-wise, that has come before me. I feel like they've laid the groundwork for this time… in particular being part of the Sundance family, and how amazing they are at raising the bar and encouraging. They are so supportive of independent filmmakers, but also women and people of color. Challenging all of us to think deeper, go deeper, find those filmmakers that need our support. It's such an exciting time. An important time, really.
KP: It really is. The 4% challenge has come up in the last week or so. What are your thoughts about that?
JW: I think it just has to be done. I have a lot of films in development, two are going to be coming out this year, hopefully. One film is co-directed by a [woman], the other is directed by a female team. It wasn't like I set out to do that. It was just the right people for the film. But we have a new project in development and we are absolutely going to get a female director. And I hope a woman of color. Because I think if somebody doesn't give people a chance, it's very hard, especially women of color to get any financial support for their films. So we're just going to do it. We're going to start a fund this year. We're going to give away a grant to a female director of color and… It just has to happen.
KP: A lot of critics say, "Oh, this is just affirmative action." What would you say to that?
JW: Yeah, okay. But there were a lot of people of color who couldn't go to college otherwise. You know what? I serve on a university trustee board, and I've brought this up many times. People really cringe at that as some kind of socialization or something. But if we don't make it possible, especially us of white privilege, if we don't make it possible for people of color to get even a chance, they won't get a chance. They just don't have the opportunity. I can't ever know that experience, so all I know that I can do is make sure I can offer whatever opportunities I can.
KP: There's only so much of pushing and pushing for women, especially women of color. At some point someone has to be there to pull them in and say, "Here you go. We're going to let you make your film or act in this performance, or whatever it is."
JW: There's so much of this, and I understand the controversy. Why would you give someone money to make a film just because of the color of their skin and their gender identification? And I would say, there's a lot of times I got an opportunity and it wasn't based on the color of my skin, but it was, right? I don't have to go through what they go through every day. I don't have to walk into a restaurant and feel worried or scared. I don't have to worry if the police stop me. There are just things I don't have to worry about in my day. I don't have the anger and the outrage that people of color must feel today. I can do anything. Even the littlest bit I can do to help, I will.
KP: Yeah. And that's something that we all need to be willing to do. To reach out. It's funny because this is a conversation I have a lot with people and no one really ever asks white men about the merit of getting a movie with a $150 million budget.
JW: Exactly! And the stories of women and women of color, but in particular all women, everyone's got a story. Is there a group of people that are more victimized or less victimized because of their skin color? Absolutely. Would I feel like if I offered an opportunity for a woman of color to come direct one of my films, do I feel like I'm racist against a white woman? No. I'm offering lots of opportunities for women of all colors. But I think it's important at this point in time for a person like myself, and a lot of women in the film industry to step back and say we've got to support our sisters of color. We just have to. Yeah, it's been a struggle. Yes, I've been sexually harassed, but does that make it so that somehow I can't understand what it's been like for someone else? No. And it's really just that simple. We don't have to make it so complicated. Why not? Why wouldn't I [help]?
KP: You said you started your company at 52. What was it that made you decide to do that?
JW: I have lots of versions of this story, but I'll tell you the truth. I spent 25 years with kids at home, but I wasn't your typical stay-at-home mom. I ran a homeschooling program for our three kids. And then our middle guy, he was diagnosed as autistic when he was 5. And I ran an in-home program for him, so then he could join our homeschooling program once he was finished with that. Ironically, as I was very involved with their education, you know, you get very attached to your day to day life, then they did this annoying thing, which is grow up and go off to college!
KP: I hate when they do that!
JW: What is that about? So mean! I honestly did have a little bit of a breakdown and I gave myself a year. I said, you know what? I'm just going to wait and see what happens. And then my husband started dabbling in this idea of making a documentary about this, we call it unschooling. And we actually have a documentary coming out called "Unschooled." And I thought, you know, I have this story of my son. He does not present himself as autistic. He doesn't have a lot of the characteristics of an autistic person. Not that that's bad or good, it's just that there are a lot of behaviors for autistic people that really keep them in a home-bound state and he doesn't have that. So he went to college, graduated, we have film of that. And I have archival [footage] of the program, and we're putting all that together. So I thought, you know what? The world of autism is a tough place. They haven't been, in the past, open to stories of success. And there's a lot more stories of success than you'd probably ever know about. So I thought maybe this is the time to start thinking about doing a documentary film about my son's story.
That was four years ago. I started my company three and a half years ago. And then I got involved with Sundance. I said to my husband, if we're going to do these couple of films, we probably should meet some people in the industry. So we became donors of Sundance, and then I got invited to the Catalyst Program. It's a really great program. They started about five years ago. They vet films, especially filmmakers coming out of their labs, and they match them with investors. And these are angel investors, a lot of them, who are just passionate about independent film. I went in 2016 and it changed my life. I went in a little terrified, like, what am I doing? My husband will tell you, I came home and said, "Okay! I'm going to start a film company and I'm ready to go." And we have right now, currently about 25 projects on our plate. Ones that we're doing ourselves, then I have some co-productions with people, and then I invest.
KP: That's so great.
JW: It's so fun.
KP: What type of producer are you? What's your style? Do you like to be hands on or do you let the filmmakers do their thing?
JW: I do a little bit of all of the above. I have my producing partner, Joe Plummer. He handles a lot of the day to day, minute to minute production stuff. I come in, especially the ones we're doing, because both of them are kind of personal stories. So I've been much more hands on producing in terms of, what interview do we need, how should the archival work, really kind of getting on the director about getting this interview, make this happen, we need them to say this. Because I know those stories cold. We have another film that we became the producing partner for the director and the producer. They're young and they're talented, but they needed help in terms of how to put a story together. So we've been pretty active in that as well.
And then, "Won't You Be My Neighbor?," for example, I came in as a grantor. I was brand new to the world, and then you have a team of Morgan Neville and Nicholas Ma and Caryn Capotosta, and they're the A Team. So I really looked to them and said, "Listen, I don't know what I don't know, so I'd love to learn from you guys." And they were fantastic with me. I was in edits, they talked me through when they were going to sell the film and what that all looked like. I got to do notes. It was such a great experience.
I'm a big supporter of just going out there and learning as much as you possibly can. Just dive in, make mistakes. I love my role as Executive Producer. And I really don't ever want to be directing, I don't want to be producing. But I love to get in and talk through the story, take it apart, figure out what else we need. I think I have been able to contribute some really creative ideas to a bunch of the stuff that we work on. And sometimes I give a grant and I say, "Good luck with your film. Show me a cut if you want."
KP: Who are some people, or what are some films that have really influenced you?
JW: In the doc world, I have really fallen in love with all of Morgan Neville's films. I have always been a fan of films that are human-centered. And I particularly love the flawed humans, you know? Because it's just about human beings doing human being. I find those stories fascinating. Matt Tyrnauer, I've developed a fabulous partnership with Matt and his producing partner, Corey Reeser. So I was in on "Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood." I love that film. To me, that is a perfect documentary because it really shows the good, the bad, and the ugly of a very simple man who had a huge impact at a very important time for gay men in Hollywood. While other people might not find that interesting, I find it fabulously fascinating.
And now with "Roy Cohn," I love how Matt puts the story together. I've also become a huge fan of people who really know how to work with archival footage. Because you can do a very bad job of that, or you can use it to masterfully tell a story, and I think that's what Matt did with "Where's My Roy Cohn?" So I love that.
In the world of narratives, I love indie films. I could watch "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" like 12 times. It's just such a beautiful film. "Moonrise Kingdom," I love that film, I probably watched it ten times. The other one [Wes Anderson] did with the hotel, "The Grand Budapest Hotel!" I love irony, humor, a beautifully crafted story about humans doing human things in whatever kind of crazy, ironic way.
Not a fan of violence, really just have a hard time with that. My joke is when someone asks have you seen my movie? I'm like, can it be shown on the Weather Channel? Because if it can't I probably didn't see it. I love "Native Son," but the end of that was tough. I understand the beauty of the film, and I was hoping it was kind of like "Moonlight," so you might think something violent is going to happen but it never does. But, unfortunately it does. That being said, my children, I tell everybody parental guidance is really for the parents! It's not for the kids. They can handle it. I just don't want to be scarred for life.
But there are some amazing indie films, "Juno," Oh! And "Benny and Joon!"
KP: I love that movie!
JW: And "Little Miss Sunshine!" The ending of "Little Miss Sunshine" is the most brilliant filmmaking I've ever seen. Who would have seen that coming, right? That the grandpa is teaching the little girl a strip tease? I just weep from laughter.
KP: But when you get to that point and you see that's what's happening, it makes perfect sense!
JW: You're like, "Of course! Why didn't I see that coming?" It's perfect. To me, that's what filmmaking is all about. It's hard to explain, but I know it when I see it. My son's in film. He's been a film master since the very beginning. I mean, I used to argue with him when he was nine years old about why he couldn't watch R-rated movies. Finally I gave in and said, "Fine, you want to go to that film, you have to find someone to take you." So he did! He found my brother-in-law.
KP: I was going to say, I bet it was an uncle!
JW: I learned early on with him that this was in his blood already. Give it up. He's not watching it to become a terrible person. He's watching all of this because he's fascinated by the filmmaking.
KP: What's some advice you would give, particularly to women who want to get into the industry as filmmakers, as producers?
JW: Don't apologize and don't let up. I can't tell you how many persistent calls I get from men. For money, to get involved, whatever. And I don't get the same from women. I get a nice phone call or a "Would you be interested?" We gotta put ourselves out there. Don't give up and just be persistent. Don't take anything personally. We've gotta let that go. Stop apologizing and just go for it.


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Mount Sinabung as Dark Tourism?
As a "ring of fire" natural feature of volcanoes where natural disasters occur in Indonesia has become the "niche market" of dark tourism tourism attraction in Indonesia. Some examples of volcanoes in Indonesia that has become a tourist attraction include Mount Tangkuban Parahu in Bandung, Mount Bromo Mountain in East Java, Mount Batur in Bali and Mount Merapi in Central Java. Impressions of electronic media (television) to social media many preach the phenomenon of a volcanic disaster that caused some tour operators offer tour packages to the area of active volcanoes. Sinabung Mountain in North Sumatra which became the study locus, has recently become a tourist attraction of a number of tourists visiting North Sumatra.
The eruption of Mount Merapi in Central Java in 2010 caused 2,200 families to be displaced. But Behind the eruption of Mount Merapi tragedy, there are members of the community who live from the tourism sector such as a tour guide, souvenir sellers, etc. (May et al, 2016). Stone mentions there are several variables that encourage dark tourism is produced (Stone, 2005). One of these variables is the sensation of closeness and spontaneity to the sites of death, disaster, and suffering;
In the context of volcanic eruptions, the scale of the disaster and its effects and the media's influence in covering these events seems to have attracted tourists to come to visit, from where it appears that the term dark tourism emerged and began to be widely used for tourists visiting volcanic sites in Indonesia (Komsary, 2016).
The area around the eruption location of Mount Merapi after the eruption became a tourist attraction and a source of community income in the eruption of Mount Merapi (Sagala et al., 2012). The location of the house where Maridjan lived refused to evacuate during the eruption became one of the main tourist destinations in the area of Mount Merapi. Visits to disaster sites in the context of tourism raises a number of fundamental issues, especially in terms of ethics / morality in categorizing sites where disaster sites occur as "dark tourism".
One issue in the development of "dark tourism" in disaster sites is the vulnerability of local communities during the post-disaster recovery period. In the case of Indonesia there is an idea of developing disaster-based tourism as a solution in restoring the condition of society and this has caused controversy in various circles (Suyadnya and Fatanti, 2017).
In some cases, tourist visits at disaster sites in various themes (volcanic tourism, geotourism, dark tourism) have a tendency to decrease the number of tourist visits when associated with sustainability (Sagala et al., 2012). Therefore a comprehensive typology construction can lead to a better understanding of disaster-based tourism development.
Komsary, K. (2016). Commemorative tourism: Menuju Sebuah Tipologi Daya Tarik Wisata yang Berhubungan dengan Kematian dan Bencana. Jurnal Hospitality dan Pariwisata, 52.
Meia, E., Fajarwatia, A., Hasanatia, A., & Saria, I. (2016). Resettlement Following the 2010 Merapi Volcano Eruption. Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, 361 – 369.
Sagala, S. (2018, January 23). Promoting Volcano Tourism in Hazard Zone Area for Rebuilding Local Economy:. Retrieved from http://www.pl.itb.ac.id/dosen/sas/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Sagala-Promoting-Volcano-Tourism-in-Hazard-Zone-Area-for-Rebuilding-Local-Economy.pdf: http://www.pl.itb.ac.id/dosen/sas/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Sagala-Promoting-Volcano-Tourism-in-Hazard-Zone-Area-for-Rebuilding-Local-Economy.pdf
Stone, P. R. (2006). A dark tourism spectrum: Towards a typology of death and macabre related tourist sites, attractions and exhibitions. Journal of Tourism, 145-160.
Suyadnya, I., & Fatanti, M. (2017). A Tale of Two Disasters: How is Disaster Emerging as a Tourist Destination in Indonesia? Asian Journal of Tourism Research, 33-64


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One of the beautiful things about worship is that it gives us the opportunity to open up our hearts and present ourselves fully to God. But often we are thwarted in our worship because of the stuff we hold in our hearts. The pain of our past. The angst of our present. The longing for a future that doesn't seem possible.
In January I had the privilege of taking a Proskuneo Team to Burma (Myanmar) and Thailand to carry encouragement to some believers there. One of the things that we took with us to offer our friends was permission to look at their hearts. The activity required very little supplies. A plain piece of paper, a heart shape cut from another piece of paper, some glue sticks, and a willingness to enter in.
In Burma we served at an orphanage. It is not an orphanage as we would normally think of one. Many of these children still have a parent somewhere who could not care for them. The country requires that you belong to a "family list." So when a child comes to live in this beautiful place, they actually become a part of a new family. This particular family is around 26 strong. The children and young adults are from many different tribes and do not have the same language, but all communicate using Burmese. They are loved and taught the Word of God. They are loved and sent to school. They are loved. Period.
Even still, there are wounds that are carried into this place. And wounds take time to heal. So when we handed out the hearts and said "take some time to talk to God about your broken places," we opened a door.
We watched and prayed as an eleven year old with an alcoholic dad tore his paper bitterly, letting out all of that brokenness and hurt as he ripped. We wept as an eight year old laid on his face on the floor and poured out his pain. And as they glued their hearts back together Sarah, our artist who was leading the activity, told them they could share some of their broken pieces with someone sitting next to them. What a sacred moment for our team, as children would offer little pieces of torn paper to mix in with ours.
We did the same exercise with the students at the Bible College in Thailand. The college is in a refugee camp. These students have lived through horrific crimes against their families and their souls, and they found comfort in allowing the broken places to be mended. A beginning… not an end. But the beginning brought with it worship that came more freely, and hearts that were more willing to be opened to forgiveness and trust.
As our worship leading class was preparing to lead in chapel the next day, they asked if they could share their "open hearts" in some creative way. In this extremely traditional and conventional place, they stood on the stage and held their journals open toward the congregation as Grace sang "My heart is an open space for You to come and have Your way…"
And then they walked through the aisles showing their hearts pieced back together, while encouraging their fellow students to open their hearts and give God the broken places. It was unprecedented and I am sure some were a little uncomfortable, but these students had rivers of life flowing again in some barren places, and that spilled over to the world around them.
Sometimes all we need is permission to tear paper. Sometimes all we need is permission to be broken.


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Garden sheds are usually used for tools we use in the garden and around the house, such as the lawnmower, brooms, hoses, etc. However, it seems that we tend to use our sheds as places where we tuck all the stuff that can't find its place inside the house, yard or the garden. Of course, over time, our sheds become overstuffed and overcluttered, and pose a potential health risk for anyone who tries to enter.
Let's face it: the shed needs to provide you with enough storage space. And, of course, this does not mean building a new shed when we overstuff the old one, since that is absurd. What we can do, however, is fix the ongoing problem and increase the storage capacity of our garden sheds.
How you may ask? Well, scroll down and go through the following tips for making your garden shed more organized, which will make your life easier.
First of all, we need to get rid of all the things that create a mess. The most effective way is to start from the floor upwards. The floor is usually covered with hoses, so think about wrapping them around hooks you previously attached to the walls. Also, use the corners of your shed as much as you can, and put the large stuff there, such as lawnmowers and other bulky machines.
No hard feelings
If we're aspiring hoarders, then keeping stuff we haven't used for ages is a great thing to do. However, if we want to make more room, we need to quit being emotional about things and throw them away or donate them. Dozens of glass bottles and jars most likely won't ever be turned into pretty garden and house décor items, so think about donating them, or making a garage sale. You can keep a few, but those things keep coming either way.
Divide et impera
The Latin proverb that means ''Divide and rule'' can be used in our garden sheds.
Organize the things in your shed according to their use. Dedicate one side of the space to gardening tools, place machines in the other, and so on. This way, you will create a perfect order in your shed and you won't have to turn the place upside down to find that one screwdriver.
Make everything easily accessible
In order to make this happen, you should definitely check out various shelving solutions. Installing shelves on the walls of your shed is a great idea, since we usually don't use them as much as we should. Plus, they offer a lot of storage space and they are easily accessible. If you want all of your tools to be in the same place, think about wall tool holders. They can be store-bought or easily made out of spare wood. You'll find that screwdriver much easier now! A cheaper version of this are the DIY hanging storage bins and baskets. The bins can be made from plastic bottles for tiny things, like nails, while you can buy or also make the baskets out of cardboard boxes and some twine.
As you can see, even the messiest garden sheds can be organized or serve their purpose. What we need to do about it is be smart and efficient, which means clear up the mess, get rid of the excessive items, arrange by use, and use all the available space in the room. Following this pattern, you'll make your garden shed roomier, and you won't be annoyed every time you walk in to find a tool.


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It has become normal practice for Kim Jung Un to conduct a banned nuclear bomb or ballistic missile test on any major North Korean holiday. But today, April 15th is almost over and as yet, the festivities in Pyongyang the birthday of the fat little leader's grandfather and founder of the North Korean Communist Party, has gone off without any big booms.
This has come as somewhat of a surprise to governments around the world, since intelligence agencies have confirmed that there is an Atomic Bomb that has been loaded and prepped for a test at the testing grounds. Kim has been under mounting pressure from both China and the U.S. To abandon its nuclear program in the interest of world peace. Just Thursday, China's President Xi announced that his country was stopping flights to the North Korean Capital city and has also stopped importing coal from them.
On Friday Kim was still talking loud and threatening the U.S. And its allies with nuclear attacks, and had invited more than 200 members of the media to witness something big at today's celebration. But there has been no test, at least not yet. Whether it is in response to China's pressure, or the fact that there are over 600 Tomahawk missiles and a complete U.S. Carrier task force less than 300 miles from where he is standing, we don't know.
But maybe it is just a case of him finally waking up to the fact that his mouth has been writing checks his mouth is not prepared to cash. Hopefully, Kim has learned a lesson. That while he may be a big deal in North Korea, he is just a pebble in the road for the rest of the world. He needs all of us, a lot more than any of us need him.
As for Donald Trump who has engaged vigorously with China on the North Korean nuclear issue, he said Pyongyang is a problem that "will be taken care of." While refusing to specify how and when, Trump has ordered significant military buildup on the Korean Peninsula, sending an "armada" of vessels and promising to act unilaterally if China is unwilling to help. But it would appear that China has told Kim to "Sit Down and Shut up", at least for the time being.


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Robin says
We enjoyed using this. (The multiplication table answer sheet has addition instead of multiplication listed in the title. I just wanted to let you know.)
Renee says
Thanks Rachel—can't wait to use this game in my math stations.
Anonymous says
Love this idea! I just numbered my blocks and put the questions on separate laminated sheets, that way I put the sheet of the skills I want them to focus on that day!
Arlene says
Do you have division labels?
Wendy G says
Hi Rachel
I wanted to download the free addition Jenga but can't seem to locate the link to be able to do that. Does it still exist?
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Low Glycemic Vegetables & Fruits – List of Food Sources With the Lowest Glycemic Value
The Glycemic index is a very useful indicator of foods that are healthier for our body. Low Glycemic Vegetables & Fruits can do wonders for any diet program whether it is aimed at weight loss or detoxification.
These foods especially fruits and vegetables are very fibrous, and require a long time to digest, thereby ensuring a steady supply of glucose to the blood supply rather than sudden spurts in the blood sugar levels. A List of Food Sources with the Lowest Glycemic Value is provided here so that you can truly benefit from this list:
Low Glycemic Vegetables:
All vegetables that are high in fiber have a low Glycemic index. They are not digested quickly, due to high fiber content, and are healthier compared to foods with a high G.I.
o Zucchini
o Pumpkin
o Water gourd
o Watercress
o Broccoli
o Turnips
o Radish
o Carrots
o Spinach
o Bell peppers
o Lettuce
o Cabbage
o Parsley
o Cauliflower
o Cucumber
o Mushrooms
o Yellow summer squash
o Avocados
o Brussels sprouts
Low Glycemic Fruits:
o Watermelons
o Musk melons
o Green coconut
o Tomatoes
o Berries
o Guavas
o Pears
o Apples
o Oranges
o figs
o Lime
o lemon
o Pineapples
o Kiwi.
Other foods such as whole grains, nuts, and lean meats are also useful in achieving a low Glycemic index count for your diet. This will also ensure a good supply of nutrients and fiber to your body, both if which are necessary for keeping fit healthy and energetic. Fruits and vegetables are also very rich in anti oxidants which will ensure that your body's immune system runs better and wear and tear is repaired regularly. It is a healthy way to beat the odds of a high carb, high Glycemic index diet.
Low Glycemic Vegetables & Fruits – List of Food Sources With the Lowest Glycemic Value by Anna Holman


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Monthly Archives: February 2018
Critical Prep: Providing early and meaningful feedback
Providing meaningful feedback to students goes beyond a final mark on a summative piece of assessment. Meaningful feedback is provided early and often throughout a student's study. It provides guidance to students and encourages reflection, action, improvement, planning, and the list goes on. The impact that feedback can have on student success cannot be overstated. […]
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Self and Peer Learning Assessment Tool available in your course
Blog article by Kym Schutz, Educational Technologist Academics have asked for a MyUni tool that provides a way for students to assess the contributions of individual members in their team, as well as themselves when doing groupwork. SPLAT (Self and Peer Learning Assessment Tool) now available in all courses, provides a confidential assessment mechanism that […]
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Use grades in MyUni to support students self-management of their learning goals
In addition to eSubmission opportunities, MyUni also supports assessments which are not submitted electronically. When entered in MyUni courses, non-eSubmission assessments also appear in student 'to do' calendars for effective planning of study activities, and allow marks to be recorded in the course gradebook. Including marks in MyUni for all assessments assists students in self-managing […]
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Take the next step – Echo360's Active Learning Platform
As you are preparing for teaching and thinking about how to get your students more engaged in the lecture theatre, it's time to give the Active Learning Platform (ALP) a try. Many of you have heard about the Echo360 Active Learning Platform (ALP) but in brief you can use ALP to embed interactive slides into […]
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How analytics can inform learning design
Blog by John Murphy, Learning Designer In Australia and New Zealand two primary ways of using learning analytics (LA) are emerging (ALASI, 2017): 1) institutions that explore LA for the purposes of improving retention and reducing attrition 2) those that explore LA for the purposes of improving learning design and the environment where it occurs. At […]
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text: Newsletter SUBSCRIBE ARCHIVE PRINT SUBMIT NEWS February 10, 2013 I've been reminded recently that we have many ophthalmic office staff members who read our newsletter and publication. I think it goes without saying, but it must be said, that office staff are the life-blood of any solid contact lens practice. Our office staff obviously help in so many key aspects of regular patient care, but also contribute in beyond measure to the ultimate success of the contact lens patient as well. Thank you all for your contribution to the contact lens field. Jason J. Nichols, OD, MPH, PhD Vistakon Announces Creation of New Professional Development Group Vistakon, Division of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., announced the creation of a new Professional Development group, which combines its Professional Affairs, ODLean Consulting Program, and optometry school educational efforts into one department. Damian May, PharmD, MBA, has been appointed Senior Director, Strategy & Professional Development, responsible for working with the new organization to set the vision, strategy and roadmap for the Group to meet the changing demands of the optometric marketplace. Dick Wallingford, OD, FAAO, has been named Senior Director, Professional Affairs. In this expanded role, Dr. Wallingford will continue to lead the company's professional affairs activities with associations and eyecare practitioners, as well as oversee management of its optometry school programs. W. Lee Ball, OD, FAAO, will continue to work with Dr. Wallingford to support these efforts. Dr. May has been with Johnson & Johnson for seven years with experience in both the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device and Diagnostics Sectors. Since 2008, he has been responsible for Market Access & Strategy for Vistakon. Prior to joining the company, he held positions focusing on health economics, clinical consulting, third party reimbursement (commercial and governmental), outcomes research and market access within Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Prudential Healthcare, Alcon Laboratories, and VHA, Inc. Dr. Wallingford joined Vistakon in 2008. He is a past President of the American Optometric Association. He is also the past President of the Maine Optometric Association and past President of the Maine Board of Optometry, serving eleven years by the Governor's appointment. Dr. Wallingford served on an AOA committee or board continuously for over 28 years. Dr. Wallingford is a graduate of the New England College of Optometry and has served on their Board of Trustees for over 8 years. He is a member of the Governing Board and the Treasurer of the World Council of Optometry, and the World Foundation for Optometry. He is also the Past President of the Partnership Foundation for Optometric Education. Houston's College of Optometry Opens Surgery Center Vision Source announced that the Vision Source-named surgical center has opened at the University of Houston and it is the first surgery center in the nation to be housed and affiliated with a college of optometry. Classes have already started in the new Vision Source Ambulatory Surgical Center at the University of Houston. The Center is a fully licensed ambulatory surgery center whose primary activity will be to perform ophthalmic surgery of all types. It is an open facility that is available for any qualified surgeon that meets the VSSC credentialing criteria. The Vision Source Surgery Center is equipped with the latest technology and is one of only 50 centers in the nation, and the only licensed ambulatory surgery center in Houston, to offer bladeless cataract surgery. Keratoconus Patient Fit with Silicone Hydrogel Lens By Boris Severinsky, MOptom, Jerusalem, Israel Silicone hydrogel soft lens fitted on keratoconic cornea shows initial good motion. The right image, taken 5 hours after the lens insertion, demonstrates conjunctival imprint and signs of tight lens syndrome. We thank Boris Severinsky for his image. We welcome photo submissions from our readers! It is easy to submit a photo for consideration for publishing in Contact Lenses Today. Simply visit http://www.cltoday.com/upload/upload.aspx to upload your image. Please include an explanation of the photo and your full name, degree or title and city/state/country. ^ Back to top CARE SOLUTION CORNER Susan J. Gromacki, OD, MS, FAAO The Evolving Standards of Lens Care Contact Lens Spectrum recently named the United States Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) progress towards establishing new guidance documents for contact lens care systems its 2012 "Event of the Year." (http://www.clspectrum.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=107845) A presentation at this year's Global Specialty Lens Symposium helped review some of the FDA's research regarding lens care. Based on a series of 2012 publications in the Eye & Contact Lens journal, Loretta Szczotka-Flynn, OD, PhD, FAAO reported that the FDA has been studying the physiochemical properties of silicone hydrogel (SiHy) contact lenses in order to classify them into their own material categories with regards to solution testing and compatibility. In addition to the four current groupings for soft lenses, the FDA has proposed a group 5 for silicone hydrogel lenses, which would then be subdivided into five subgroups. Group 5-A: low water content, non-ionic, and surface treated lenses Group 5-B1: Low water content, non-ionic, non-surface treated, and hydrophilic monomer-containing lenses Group 5-B2: Low water content, non-ionic, non-surface treated, and semi-interpenetrating network-containing lenses Group 5-C: High water content, non-ionic lenses Group 5-D: Ionic materials, both low and high water content lenses If finalized, there will be a total of five groups, with Group 5 further divided into 5 subgroups. This will certainly be a welcome change, for both classification and solution testing purposes. 1. Eydelman MB, Kiang T, Tarver ME, Alexander KY, Hutter JC. Preclinical Research to Aid in the Development of Test Methods for Contact Lenses and Their Care Products. Eye Contact Lens. 2012 Nov;38(6):385-7. Published ahead of print. 2. Green JA, Phillips KS, Hitchins VM, Lucas AD, Shoff ME, Hutter JC, Rorer EM, Eydelman MB. Material Properties That Predict Preservative Uptake for Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lenses. Eye Contact Lens. 2012 Nov;38(6):350-357. 3. Hutter JC, Green JA, Eydelman MB. Proposed Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lens Grouping System for Lens Care Product Compatibility Testing. Eye Contact Lens. Nov 2012;38(6):358-362. ^ Back to top OCULAR SURFACE UPDATE Katherine M. Mastrota, MS, OD, FAAO OSD in Patients with Prosthetic Eyes: Part 2 of 2 Part one of this series discussed a study that concluded that the tear meniscus height of artificial eyes was significantly lower than that of normal eyes. In this second study, Jang and coworkers showed that eyelids with an ocular prosthesis were associated with a significantly greater degree of meibomian gland dysfunction, particularly obstructive MGD, and meibomian gland loss compared with the normal paired eyelid. The authors propose two mechanisms for the above finding. First, they postulate that meibomian gland loss in prosthetic eye wearers is similar to that induced by contact lenses, that is, that mechanical rubbing of the prosthesis on the tarsus and posterior surface of the lid margin might induce hyperkeratinization and/or inflammation of the tarsal epithelium, resulting in MGD. Second, that obstructive MGD occurring in eyelids associated with prosthetic eyes is due to decreased and weakened eyelid blinking.1 Decreased blinking might be associated with MGD.2 . Jang SY, Lee SY, Yoon JS. Meibomian gland dysfunction in longstanding prosthetic eye wearers. Br J Ophthalmol. 2013;0:1-5 2. Shah CT, Blount AL, Nguyen EV, Hassan AS. Cranial nerve seven palsy and its influence on meibomian gland function. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 2012;28:166-8 ^ Back to top Dry Eye Symptoms and Chemosis Following Blepharoplasty: A 10-Year Retrospective Review Researchers wanted to determine the incidence of and risk factors associated with dry eye symptoms (DES) and chemosis following upper or lower blepharoplasty. They also wanted to examine the outcomes among long-term blepharoplasty data to better understand the incidence of and risk factors associated with dry eye symptoms (DES) and chemosis, to evaluate the known risk factors for DES in the general population, and to analyze intraoperative procedures (such as forehead-lift, midface-lift, canthopexy, and canthoplasty) to determine their effects on DES and chemosis. A retrospective medical record review was performed among all the cases of upper or lower blepharoplasty performed by the senior author during a 10-year period (January 1999 through December 2009). A self-reported dry eye questionnaire was used to collect baseline and follow-up data. Patients with incomplete medical records, multiple (>1) revision procedures, less than 3 weeks of postoperative follow-up data, or a history of Sjogren syndrome, severe thyroid eye disease, histoplasmosis ocular infection, periocular trauma causing eyelid malposition, or radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal cancer were excluded from the study. Binary logistic regression analyses were performed to analyze the relationship between 13 preoperative and anatomical variables and DES or chemosis. Chi2 Tests were performed to analyze the relationship between intraoperative risk factors and DES or chemosis. In total, 892 cases met the study inclusion criteria. Dry eye symptoms and chemosis following blepharoplasty were reported in 26.5% and 26.3% of patients, respectively. The incidences of DES and chemosis were significantly higher in patients who underwent concurrent upper and lower blepharoplasty (P < .001) and in patients who underwent skin-muscle flap blepharoplasty (P = .001). Hormone therapy use and preoperative scleral show were associated with DES after blepharoplasty (P < .05). Male sex, preoperative eyelid laxity, and preoperative DES were associated with an increased incidence of chemosis following blepharoplasty (P < .05). Intraoperative canthopexy significantly increased the risk for developing chemosis (P = .009), and postoperative lagophthalmos significantly increased the risk for DES following blepharoplasty (P < .001). The researchers concluded that dry eye symptoms and chemosis are common following blepharoplasty, and the risk for developing these conditions may increase with intraoperative canthopexy, postoperative temporary lagophthalmos, concurrent upper and lower blepharoplasty, and transcutaneous approaches violating the orbicularis oculi muscle. Patients with a preoperative history of DES, eyelid laxity, scleral show, or hormone therapy use may be at greater risk for developing dry eyes or chemosis following surgery. Prischmann J, Sufyan A, Ting JY, Ruffin C, Perkins SW. Dry eye symptoms and chemosis following blepharoplasty: a 10-year retrospective review of 892 cases in a single-surgeon series. JAMA Facial Plast Surg 2013;15:39-46. ^ Back to top A Proud Supporter of Contact Lens Spectrum, Contact Lenses Today and CLToday are registered trademarks of PentaVision LLC, 321 Norristown Road, Suite 150, Ambler, PA 19002, 215-628-6550 © 2020 PentaVision LLC. All Rights Reserved.


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A 'Natural' Business Case For PdM
EP Editorial Staff | March 26, 2019
Consider the value that predictive maintenance can bring to your operations in terms of safety, reliability, environmental health, and sustainability.
By Drew D. Troyer, CRE, Contributing Editor
Predictive maintenance (PdM) ticks multiple value-adding boxes for plants, regardless of sector. While this article specifically addresses it in the context of an "all of the above" business case in the natural-gas arena, owner/operators in other industries can adapt—and benefit from—a similar best-practice approach.
Natural-gas production, distribution, and use are growing rapidly. Between June and December of 2018, production numbers rose from roughly 98.5 to 107.5 billion cubic feet (Bcf) per day, an increase of more than 9% in daily production over a six-month period. From an environmental perspective, these numbers should reflect a feel-good story. But do they?
Methane, the primary component of natural gas, produces about half the amount of CO2 than coal does to generate an equivalent amount of electricity. Without going into significant detail, this is because methane—CH4—has a 4:1 ratio of hydrogen to carbon atoms, as opposed to coal, which has a ratio of about 1:1. Burning hydrogen produces water. Burning carbon produces CO2, solids (soot), and intermediate products. That's why natural gas is often touted by sustainability experts as a "bridge fuel" that can provide electricity until a true low- or no-emissions energy source becomes available.
Methane is a much-cleaner-burning fuel than coal. That's the good news. Fugitive methane emissions, however—in the production, processing, and transportation of natural gas—are spoiling the story.
To be clear, methane is a very powerful greenhouse gas (GHG). In the first 20 years after methane is released, it's about 80 times more powerful a GHG than an equivalent volume of CO2. As it ages, or oxidizes, the methane's GHG-strength weakens. Most experts agree that, on average, its 100-year GHG multiplier is about 25, meaning it's 25 times more powerful than CO2 as a climate change-inducing GHG. Because of methane's efficiency as a GHG, the release of even a small amount of fugitive methane emissions has a big impact.
A relatively recent study conducted by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), New York (edf.org), in conjunction with researchers from Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins (colostate.edu), found an emissions rate of 2.3% in the Barnett Field in Texas (Zavala-araiza et. al., 2017). The bad news is that 2.3% is much higher than the estimate of about 1.4% provided by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington (epa.gov). Fortunately, according to researchers, a significant portion of those emissions can be traced to a few bad-actor assets that lend themselves to predictive-maintenance (PdM) monitoring, reliability analysis, and asset-performance improvement and management. More on that later, but let's first look at the true cost of such emissions.
Numbers don't lie. Fugitive methane emissions are expensive. In terms of dollars and cents, assuming a production rate of 107 Bcf/day (the Dec. 2018 rate, which is rising) at the specified fugitive leak rate of 2.3%, we're losing about 2.5 Bcf/day (or slightly more than 900 Bcf/yr.). At US$3 per thousand cubic feet (Mcf), fugitive emissions are costing the industry about $2.7 billion in annual lost revenue—money that would go straight to the bottom line if the leaks were contained. Of course, that doesn't factor in the cost for equipment, energy, equipment maintenance due to wear and tear, labor, overheads, and all the other costs associated with extracting, processing, and transporting the fugitive emissions of natural gas—product that's literally vanishing into thin air. These losses must be made up for with additional drilling, production, and processing of natural gases to make up for the volume that escapes as fugitive emissions.
The lost revenue is just the tip of the iceberg. The cost to society, or the so-called social cost of carbon (SCC), associated with the release of methane gas is much higher. Environmental analysts evaluate all gaseous releases, including methane, using the carbon-dioxide equivalent (CO2-e) unit. In round numbers, a single Mcf of natural gas weighs about 0.0192 metric tons, which equates to slightly more than 52 Mcf of natural gas per metric ton. However, because the GHG-effect multiplier for methane is 25, each Mcf of it lost to fugitive emissions has a GHG impact, or SCC, that's equal to about 0.48 tons of CO2. Most experts peg the SCC at between $40 and $50 per metric ton of CO2-e. Consequently, each Mcf of natural gas, which would sell for $3 on the open market if it were contained, carries an environmental cost of $22. If you were doing the math in your head as you read this, you probably concluded the following:
• About 18-million metric tons of methane is lost each year to fugitive emissions, assuming 2018 production levels.
• 18-million metric tons has the GHG impact of 450-million metric tons of carbon dioxide.
• Assuming the generally accepted SCC rate of $45 per metric ton of CO2-e, the price tag to society exceeds $20 billion.
While this massive SCC may not currently be affecting all players in the natural-gas arena, it makes sense for them to plan for the eventual rollout of more comprehensive carbon taxing as concerns about climate change continue to grow and evolve. The bottom line is this: The public is demanding more-sustainable energy solutions, and responsible participants in the natural-gas sector really do want to be sustainable and environmentally conscious. The great thing is that if suppliers eliminate or minimize fugitive emissions, they can make more money by increasing the amount of natural gas they sell and do right by the environment at the same time. That makes the targeting of fugitive methane emissions a very attractive and sustainable proposition. As a bonus, production, distribution, and end-user sites will be safer, given the fact many midstream fires and explosions occur because of these types of emissions.
The last thing that a reliability engineer wants to hear is that the opportunity to improve lays within the random many causes of failure. Luckily, that's not the case here. Researchers who evaluated methane emissions in the Barnett Field in Texas found that a comparatively small number of "super-emitters" represented a disproportionately large percentage of the observed methane emissions, i.e., basically the 80:20 rule, where 80% of the emissions are localized to 20% of the emitting sources. In fact, in a meta study of 18 previous studies, Brandt (2016) found that 50% of the total volume of fugitive methane emissions can be attributed to 5% of the sources. According to the researchers, the "super-emitters" might be persistent or episodic.
Addressing super-emitters in the natural-gas sector, is, candidly, quite pedestrian from a predictive-maintenance and reliability-engineering perspective. Predictive monitoring can be tricky, but it's doable. Here's a suggested game plan for those in the natural-gas sector. It's a basic model that owner/operators in other process sectors can use as well.
1. Survey the operation to identify and quantify leaks employing predictive monitoring and inspection techniques and technologies. Test for leaks using technologies such as infrared (IR) thermography, ultrasonic leak detectors, sniffer technologies, and soapy solution, among others.
Each of these techniques has its own unique strengths and weaknesses. IR provides the best overall macro view. Ultrasonic analysis is the best at localizing and quantifying the emission, assuming a threshold compression pressure value that's necessary to produce the detectable turbulence. Gas sniffers are relatively effective when applied right on the leak. Application of a soapy solution to find leaks is a tried and true method, but it's laborious and time-consuming and should probably be limited to localizing leaks.
More recently, a new mid-IR laser detector has been developed and is available in a handy portable package. It delivers excellent detection resolution and can simultaneously detect and differentiate between methane (CH4) and ethane (C2H6), which is a minor component of natural gas.
Since weather and atmospheric conditions can influence the effectiveness of any of these technologies, it is important to always take those environmental conditions into consideration.
2. Tag and catalog the leaks. Catalog details should include an estimate of the leak volume, risks to the organization (which are higher if the methane leak is near an ignition source), cause(s), and corrective action(s). This helps personnel prioritize the game plan for taking corrective action. If the leak is fixed-as-found, it's important to note that to maintain complete records.
3. Perform cause analysis on the collected data. In some instances, the problem is clear—so apparent-cause analysis (ACA) is effective and efficient. In other cases, root-cause analysis (RCA) is required to evaluate more serious and/or complex problems.
4. Develop corrective plans. There may be multiple optional solutions for correcting a particular type of leak. Test them for effectiveness and cost-benefit ratio. Prioritize the implementation for addressing each identified leak with an optimized set of test-solution packages. The plan may include one or more of the following:
• redesigning the equipment
• modifying operating context and/or procedures
• employing corrective maintenance to fix the leak
• employing preventive maintenance (PMs) to prevent the recurrence of the leak
• employing predictive monitoring to ensure that corrective measures are effective
• electing to live with the situation (Sometimes nothing is the best option, however, when it comes to leaking flammable gases that have a significant impact on the environment, it's recommended that operations use this option sparingly.)
• scheduling ongoing testing and monitoring to ensure that corrective actions are effective and implementing continuous improvement. (This is consistent with the Plan-Do-Check-Act [PDCA] cycle, which is specified in the ISO 55000 series of standards for managing physical assets [see chart]).
The direct costs associated with leaky midstream natural-gas systems have a significant direct impact on owner/operator profits. Effects on safety, reliability, environmental health, and sustainability are even greater because methane is such a strong greenhouse gas, and fires, which result from natural gas leaks, destroy property, and cause injuries or loss of life. Fortunately, most fugitive methane emissions are caused by bad-actor-asset super-emitters.
Note that the problems and strategies discussed here aren't necessarily exclusive to natural-gas operations. Reliability engineers in any sector where process safety is an issue can take dead aim at sources of emissions with predictive-monitoring techniques and, in turn, better manage emissions-related risks and costs to their operations, personnel, and society at large. EP
Brandt, A. (2016). Methane Leaks from "Natural Gas Systems Follow Extreme Distributions." Environmental Science and Technology, 50(22), 12512-12520.
Zavala-araiza, Alvarez, Lyon, Allen, Marchese, Zimmerle, & Hamburg. (2017). Super-emitters in natural gas infrastructure are caused by abnormal process conditions. Nature Communications, 8, 14012
Drew Troyer is a senior manager with T.A. Cook Consultants Inc., The Woodlands, TX (tacook.com). Email email@example.com.