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Context and overview
1. Key details
Policy prepared by: Jennifer Blacow
Approved by board / management on: 10 May 2018
Policy became operational on: 10 May 2018
·Next review date: 10 May 2020
2. Why this policy exists
Aspiedent is committed to protecting your privacy when you use our Services. Our Data Protection Policy explains how Aspiedent collects, uses and protects the data that we hold.
3. Your Personal data - what is it?
(a) Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable living individual, and includes, name, residential address, telephone numbers, email addresses and other identifying information.
(b) Special category data is data which needs greater protection due to its sensitivity. This is likely to include anything that can reveal one or more of the following:
- racial or ethnic origin;
- political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs or trade union membership;
- genetic / biometric data;
- physical or mental health; or
- sex life and sexual orientation.
(c) Aspiedent is an Autism and Aspergers training and consultancy company, which means that in some circumstances, Aspiedent collects, processes and stores special category data relating to its customers, including information relating to mental and physical health and trade union membership.
(d) This data protection policy applies to any personal data (including special category data) we collect, use or create about you. This includes information:
- which we collect from visitors to our website;
- which is given to us by phone, social media, email, in letters, in forms and other correspondence; and
- which is given in person.
4. Definitions
(a) "Aspiedent", "we", "us" or "our" means Aspiedent CIC.
(b) "Aspiedent data storage" includes physical, electronic or cloud-based storage of data.
(c) "Personal data" has the meaning as defined in Paragraph 3 of this Policy.
(d) "Services" means services provided by Aspiedent to its customers, including Autism Training and Consultancy to employers and adults with autism spectrum conditions (ASCs) and employment training and employment support to people with ASCs.
(e) "Special category data" has the meaning as defined in Paragraph 3 of this Policy.
Who are we? Contact details of the Data Controller and the Data Protection Officer
5. Data controller
Aspiedent is a data controller. This means we decide how your personal data is processed and for what purposes.
Aspiedent's contact details are as follows:
Aspiedent CIC
Office 19, Bradford Chamber Business Park
New Lane, Laisterdyke
Bradford, BD4 8BX
Tel: 07717 404846
6. Contact details of Data Protection Officer
Jennifer Blacow
c/o Aspiedent CIC
Office 19, Bradford Chamber Business Park
New Lane, Laisterdyke
Bradford, BD4 8BX
Email: email@example.com
How do we process your personal data?
7. Compliance with all laws
(a) We comply with all laws concerning the protection of your personal data.
(b) As part of our compliance measures we:
- keep personal data up to date;
- store and destroy it securely;
- do not collect or retain excessive amounts of data;
- protect personal data from loss, misuse, authorised access and disclosure; and
- ensure that appropriate technical measures are in place to protect personal data.
(c) We have security measures in place to reduce the risk of theft, loss, destruction, misuse or inappropriate disclosure of personal data. Examples of our security include:
- protecting data by strong passwords;
- keeping the paper or files in a locked drawer, filing cabinet or a locked office when it is not required and unattended;
- ensuring that our staff do not transfer data via any unauthorised channel;
- controlling access to systems and networks, which allows us to stop people who are not allowed to view your personal information from getting access to it; and
- training for our staff so as to allow us to make them aware of how to handle information and how and when to report when something goes wrong.
8. Children
We will not process any data relating to a child (under 13) without the express parental / guardian consent of the child concerned. We will make reasonable efforts to verify age and parental responsibility.
9. Data storage and transfer of data outside the EEA
If you need a copy of the safeguards on which we rely on when we store our data on data storage systems which are outside of the EU, please contact our Data Protection Officer whose details are set out in Paragraph 6 of this Policy.
What personal data may we collect about you and where does it come from?
10. Types of personal data we collect
(a) Aspiedent collects personally identifiable information whenever you agree to access, and access any of our Services, request information, make a compliant or participate in activities provided by us. This information may include your name, email address, home or work address, telephone or mobile number, date of birth or bank account details.
(b) We may also, in the course of providing our Services or activities, collect your employment related data, including your employment status, qualifications, aspirations or goals, and, with your written and informed consent, certain special category data, such as your trade union membership data.
(c) We may also ask customers for their written and informed consent to provide us with special category data, including ASCs-related information or other health data necessary for us to tailor our Services, including training and employment support we provide to you.
(d) There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is collected by Aspiedent. This information can include unique identifiers such as your IP (Internet Provider) address, which is a number that can uniquely identify a specific computer or other network device on the internet, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. We use this information to maintain quality of the Services and our website (www.aspiedent.com), and to provide general statistics regarding use of our website.
(e) Although in most cases the information comes from you, personal data may also come from other sources set out in Paragraph 12 of this Policy below.
11. Types of data subjects
(a) We process personal information about the following categories of people:
- customers (including ASC customers seeking our support and employees of corporate customers looking to engage an ASC customer);
- potential customers;
- persons acting on behalf of a customer or potential customer and other related persons, including his parent or carer;
- suppliers;
- staff and directors;
- people contracted to provide a service;
- representatives of referral organisations, employment support agencies and other charities and organisations, such as Leeds Autism AIM; and
- other persons coming into contact with us.
12. Sources of data other than you
(a) Sometimes other people may provide us with your personal data, including through:
- submitting information or communicating with us on behalf of someone else, including such person's parent, carer or therapist;
- Leeds Autism AIM, which forms part of Advonet, disclosing your personal data, including your ASCs-related or other mental health data and trade union membership data, to us when we collaborate to provide you with certain services; and
- other referral organisations.
Purposes and legal bases for the processing
13 Legal basis for processing you personal data
(a) We will only process your personal data in accordance with the law. In most circumstances, we will rely on the following legal bases as the lawful justification to process your data:
- to allow us to perform our contract with you or take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract with you where the processing is necessary for such purposes;
- to pursue legitimate interests of our own or those of third parties where the processing is necessary, provided your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests;
- to comply with a legal obligation;
- to protect the vital interests of yourself or another person (and, in the event of processing your special category data, only where you are also incapable of giving consent);
- to perform or exercise obligations or rights which are imposed or conferred by law on us or our employee in connection with employment, social security or social protection where the processing is necessary; and
- to conduct scientific research.
(b) If we process your personal data on a basis not listed above in Paragraph 13(a) of this Policy, we will seek your explicit consent for such processing.
(c) If we rely on your consent to process your personal data, we will ask you to read and agree to the terms of a separate consent form.
(d) You have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. If you wish to withdraw your consent, please contact Jen Blacow at Aspiedent, Office 19, Bradford Chamber Business Park, New Lane, Laisterdyke, Bradford, BD4 8BX or email@example.com.
(e) We have indicated in Paragraph 14 of this Policy below the legal basis or bases on which we are processing or will process your personal data in each of the situations listed in Paragraph 14 of this Policy.
14. Purposes for the processing
(a) We process personal data in a range of situations which include:
- providing our Services (as defined in Paragraph 4 of this Policy);
- maintaining our own accounts and records in order for us to run the business of Aspiedent;
- supporting and managing our employees in order for us to run the business of Aspiedent (and, in case of processing special category data, performing or exercising obligations or rights which are imposed or conferred by law on us or our employees in connection with employment, social security or social protection);
- marketing our Services;
- carry out Autism and Asperger awareness campaigns; and
- undertaking research related to ASCs and neurodiversity.
(b) If you are unable to provide information we seek from you, we may not be able to perform the contract we have entered into with you (such as providing you our Services), or we may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations.
(c) We will only use your personal information for the purpose for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If we need to use your personal information for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.
Sharing your personal data
15. Who do we share your personal data with?
(a) We may share your information with partners, agents or service providers to allow them to perform services on our behalf or to help us understand our customers more effectively. These partners will only act under our instruction and will not use your information for their own purposes. Where we have these arrangements there is always an agreement in place to make sure that the organisation complies with data protection law.
(b) In most cases, we will not disclose your personal data without your consent, but there are circumstances when your consent is not required, such as when we are required to do so by law or if we have other legal basis (as set out in Paragraph 13 of this Policy).
(c) Some examples of the organisations with which we may share your data:
- providers of Aspiedent data storage services and email service providers, such as Sync, Zoho and HubSpot;
- providers of web hosting services for Aspiedent's website;
- Leeds Autism Aim, part of Advonet;
- your employer, if your employment has been coordinated through our Services; and
- your parent, carer or therapist or an appropriate health authority, including the National Health Service, if we consider it necessary to protect your vital interests.
Contacting you
16. When may we use your details to contact you?
Aspiedent may contact you in a variety of circumstances, for example:
- in relation to any Service, activity or online content you have requested or signed up for to make sure that we can deliver the services to you;
- in response to any correspondence we receive from you or any comment or complaint you make; and
- in relation to any contribution you have submitted to Aspiedent via social media
17. Contacting you for marketing purposes
Aspiedent will only send you marketing emails with your prior consent.
How long do we keep your personal data?
18. How long do we keep your personal data?
Your data will be stored for 2 years, after which if you are no longer using Aspiedent's services, it will be destroyed.
Your rights
19. Your rights
You have a number of information rights which give you more control over your personal data. These rights include:
- right of access;
- right to rectification (to correct anything that is wrong);
- right to restrict processing;
- right to object;
- data portability (being able to transfer your data from one organisation to another); and
- right to erasure (right to be forgotten).
20. Right to access
You can request to see the information we hold about you by sending an email to our Data Protection Officer, whose contact details are listed in Paragraph 6 of this Policy.
21. Right to rectification
(a) If your details change, or you believe we are processing inaccurate information about you, you can ask us to change it. Factual inaccuracies will be amended promptly but there may be instances where we are unable to change a record, such as where there is a difference of opinion on a comment made during a meeting. However, in such cases a note will be placed on record to make sure your views are recorded. If you wish to amend inaccurate information, please contact tour Data Protection Officer, whose contact details are set out in Paragraph 6 of this Policy.
22. Right to restrict processing
You have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data if you are in dispute with us over its accuracy while it is being verified. You can also restrict our use of your personal information if the processing is unlawful. If we no longer need your personal information for the purpose it was held, you can ask us to keep records if they are required to establish, exercise or defend legal claims. If you wish to restrict the processing of your information, please contact our Data Protection Officer, whose contact details are set out in Paragraph 6 of this Policy.
23. Right to object
(a) You have the right to object to the following kinds of processing:
- processing based on legitimate interests or the performance of a task in the public interest/exercise of official authority (including profiling);
- direct marketing (including profiling); and
- processing for purposes of scientific/historical research and statistics.
Where we process data using one of the abovementioned methods, we will give you the opportunity to object to any further communications when we first contact you.
(b) You do not have the right to object to processing based on your consent, though you may withdraw your consent at any time.
24. Right to data portability
(a) You have the right to receive personal information, which you have provided to us by electronic means, in a reusable format. This means that where you have submitted information to us online or through an automated process, you can have a copy of that information returned to you in an electronic format to enable you to transfer the information to another organisation.
(b) Please note that this only applies where the processing is based on consent or is necessary for the performance of a contract with you, and in either case where we processes the data by automated means.
25. Right to erasure (right to be forgotten)
(a) If you withdraw consent or there is no lawful basis to process your personal information, you can request that any of your personal data that we hold is erased. If there is no lawful basis for us to process your personal information, we will take reasonable steps to delete it as soon as possible.
26. Right to lodge a complaint
(a) We try to meet the highest standards when collecting and using personal data. For this reason, we take any complaints we receive about this very seriously. We encourage you to bring it to our attention if you think that our collection or use of information is unfair, misleading or inappropriate. We would also welcome any suggestions for improving our procedures.
(b) If you have any concerns, questions or comments, please contact our Data Protection Officer, whose details are set out in Paragraph 6 of this Policy.
(c) If having exhausted the complaint process you are not content that your request or review has been dealt with correctly, you can appeal to the Information Commissioner's Office to investigate the matter further by writing to:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
How you use this website
27. How you use this website – Google Analytics
(a) We may use Google Analytics to collect information about how people use our website. We do this to make sure it's meeting people's needs and to understand how we can make the website work better.
(b) Google Analytics stores information about what pages on this site you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click on while you are here.
(c) We do not collect or store any other personal information (e.g. your name or address) so this data cannot be used to identify who you are.
(d) We may also collect data on the number of times a word is searched and the number of failed searches. We use this information to improve access to the site and identify gaps in the content and see if it is something we should add to the site.
(e) Unless the law allows us to, we do not share any of the data we collect about you with others, or use this data to identify individuals.
Data Protection Policy
28. Changes to our Data Protection Policy
(a) We regularly review our Data Protection Policy and encourage you to check it from time to time. This notice was last updated in May 2018.
29. Contacting us about this Data Protection Policy
(a) If you have any questions or comments about this Data Protection Policy, please contact our Data Protection Officer, whose contact details are set out in Paragraph 6 of this Policy.


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As you have likely heard, I will be leaving Hall County Cooperative Extension in January for a new job at the Georgia Department of Agriculture. Commissioner-elect Gary Black has asked me to serve as chief operating officer for the department.
I was honored to be asked to serve in this role and look forward to the challenges ahead. However, before I depart, I would like to offer my thoughts and words of thanks to the people of Gainesville and Hall County.
I moved to Hall County in May of 2002 to serve as the County Extension Coordinator and Agriculture Agent, and I must say I was thrilled to get the gig! I grew up outside of Athens in rural Oconee County, and my wife is from South Hall. So moving back to Northeast Georgia was just fine with us.
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Following agents like Gene and Bob does make for some pretty big shoes to fill, but at least the shoes are there. Because of the strength of Hall County Extension's programs over the years, Extension receives unwavering support from county government, local agricultural organizations and the community at large. Such support is priceless to a county agent.
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There are a variety of personalized gifts you can get to make a house a home. Usually you can accomplish this by taking an item and having initials or a last name carved into it. For the foodies in your life, consider purchasing cooking tools, such as a cutting board or platters, that can be engraved. Another great addition for the kitchen are towels with last names or initials sewn on them. For those who love art, browse through your local home good store or online for a quote that fits your friend or the family. Since art is personal, invest in something small that they can set on a dresser or hang that doesn't take up too much space. You can also find other gifts to personalize that fits their style such as glasses, aprons, door mats, welcome signs and baskets.
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Moving can be a hassle. It often takes some time to get settled and everything in its place. A great holiday gift for a person that has moved are subscriptions to services! For instance, you can purchase them a one month subscription to a food service that will send them pre-planned meals. This way they don't have to shop and they have everything they need to quickly cook a meal. There are other food services with beer, wine or snacks that will be something they can look forward to. Also, if you know the person is trying to get settled, they may love a gift of a service to clean parts of the house (such as carpets or a good cleaning service to come in and take care of trouble areas). You know them best and only buy what they would feel comfortable with.
The Gift They Never Knew They Needed
One of the best things about the holidays are getting presents you never knew you needed! For technology, you can find wireless Bluetooth speakers that they can take wherever they go. They even make speakers that are waterproof and can be used in the shower. You can also buy them a power bank for their cellphones which will come in handy if playing music or using their phone a lot during their settling in phase. There are even versions that are so small, they fit on a keychain. For foodies or wine connoisseurs, you can find cheese and wine plates that hold all in one. You can also find different types of wine corks, including electric to make it easy to pop open their favorite bottle. (Bonus—get them a bottle along with their opener!) Be sure to check out Real Simple's
holiday gift guide
for more out of the box gift ideas.
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Avoid Spoilers! Read from Episode One
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The day of the wedding
"Melody?" Mark Gilmore says to the woman walking down the aisle. He grabs a hold of Cathy's arm to reassure her. "What are you doing here?"
"I loved you, Mark," Melody says, stepping down the aisle closer to the couple. The noise from the congregation grows louder. "You were supposed to marry me! You weren't supposed to marry your own wife again!"
Three Months Later
"Come back here bastard!" Melody Walker screams as a fleeing Mark Gilmore runs across the road. "You can't hide from me forever, you arsehole!"
Constance Helling steps up to the woman's side and puts her hand on Melody's shoulder, attempting to provide her comfort. "It's over dear," Constance says. "Mark and Cathy are enjoying their new life together. The sooner you realise that, the better it will be for you."
Melody spins around quickly, pushing Constance away from her. "Get your hands off me, you bitch!"
"Excuse me," Constance says, finding her feet. "Do you know who I am?"
"Should I care?" Melody laughs.
"I'm Constance Helling. My grandparents were the founders of this town!"
"I've heard about you," Melody laughs again. "Constant Hell!"
"How dare you!"
Melody abruptly pushes Constance again and brushes past her, continuing on her way along the sidewalk. "Get out of my way, you fat cow!"
Michael Anders gently caresses Amber Harp's brown hair. He pushes back her fringe as he looks over his sleeping lover.
A tear falls down Michael's face.
Amber looks so peaceful.
"It's all my fault," Michael whispers, another tear falling. "I should have protected you."
Amber stirs suddenly and groggily looks up at Michael. He quickly wipes the tears from his face.
"Oh, you're still here Mister Anders," Amber says.
"You remember who I am?" Michael is surprised.
"Of course," Amber smiles. "Your name is Mister Anders."
"Please call me Michael."
"Michael," Amber smiles again. "I like that name. I think I had a friend named Michael once."
"You did," Michael sighs heavily. "And I once had a close friend named Amber."
Another tear rolls down Michael's face.
Akemi Helling makes her driver get out of the vehicle and open the gates to the construction site. The protestors outside the gates chant loudly while holding their placards. They tap on the vehicle's window trying to draw Akemi from the Statesman she has arrived in.
"Go away and make yourselves useful," Akemi says from the safety of the car.
Once inside the safety of the gates, she steps out of the car and looks around the construction site. Building works on her new hotel had progressed in the last few weeks and the foundation work was well under way.
Akemi closes her eyes and envisions the ten storey hotel resting on the bank of the Helling River overlooking the town of Peppercorn Patch. She had met a lot of resistance from locals, but was happy that work had begun. She knew that once the hotel was complete, it would draw visitors from near and far. The locals would soon be thanking her for reinvigorating the local economy.
"It's over here, Ms Helling," the site manager leads Akemi over to a section of the building site. She is given a fluro coloured vest and helmet and promptly puts them on.
"When was it discovered again?" Akemi asks the site manager.
"This morning. We found it while digging the foundations and thought you might want to look at it first." The site manager points to a large pile of soil and the pair walk closer towards it.
As Akemi approaches the soil, she can see a metal object half covered. "What is it?" she asks.
"It looks like a metal tool box," the site manager explains. "And if you look closer, you can see something else."
The site manager uses his hand to brush away some of the soil resting on the top of the metal box. Akemi reaches for her reading glasses and rests them on her nose, squinting as she tries to make out the inscription on the side of the box.
"Does that say what I think it does?" Akemi asks.
"Are you sure you're ready to do this?" Constance Helling sits on the hospital bed next to Valerie Pickering.
"Well, you don't have much of a choice, do you?" Constance asks.
"I should be just left to die," Valerie pouts.
"And what good would that be?"
"One less burden. I never wanted to be anyone's burden." Valerie looks away from Constance, feeling ashamed.
"Listen to me." Constance grabs Valerie's hands and holds them in her own. "You need to stay strong."
Valerie nods, although unconvincingly.
"This isn't going to be easy," Constance continues, "but you need to have this kidney transplant."
"You shouldn't have asked him."
"Michael was only too happy to help out. He likes you Valerie. Many people do."
"You haven't told him the truth about me, have you?" Valerie is suddenly worried.
"He only knows the bare minimum. He thinks he's helping out a friend," Constance informs Valerie. "You're going to have to tell him one day. It's best that it comes from you."
"I'd be too ashamed to tell him." Valerie pulls herself away from Constance. "I don't deserve to be called his mother."
"Where am I, Michael?" Amber Harp asks from her hospital bed.
"You were in an accident, Amber," Michael says. "You've had some memory loss. You're in a hospital. You are being looked after."
"When will I be allowed to go home?"
"I'm not sure, Amber," Michael replies. "When you are feeling better, I guess."
"But I am feeling better," Amber says.
The harsh knock on the hospital room's door interrupts the couple's conversation and makes Michael jump.
"I'm sorry to bother you, Michael," Cathy Gilmore says from the doorway. "Are you ready?"
"Of course," Michael says as he follows the nurse out of the room.
"You're a very good friend to do this," Cathy says. "I'm sure Valerie feels honoured that you would give up one of your kidneys for her."
"She's always been a good friend," Michael agrees. "But I'm also doing this for Joanne."
Cathy Gilmore looks Michael Anders in his eyes and tries to hold back tears.
"I'm doing this in Joanne and her baby's memory," Michael adds.
Cathy Gilmore takes Michael Anders by the hand and leads him towards the hospital's operating theatre.
Happy 2016!
Welcome back to the intriguing town of Peppercorn Patch.
Next Episode – Thursday March 10
Happy Season Four!


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A depot to maintain and service trains for the planned HS2 route is to be built at a logistic and manufacturing park on the edge of Leeds, the Government confirmed today.
The HS2 rolling stock depot east of the city will allow 24-hour maintenance of the high speed trains running from London to Manchester and Yorkshire and create 125 skilled jobs, Department for Transport officials say.
It will be built at the Gateway 45 site, a centre for logistics and manufacturing next to junction 45 of the M1 at Rothwell, after previously being earmarked for the village of Crofton near Wakefield.
A consultation was launched when it emerged that the high speed line would pass to the east of Crofton, rather than the west, and "appeared likely to have a greater impact on the local community".
New details as HS2 rail bosses reveal next Leeds blueprints
Officials say the new location will reduce the site's environmental impact by cutting the distance empty trains travel for overnight stabling.
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said: "Constructing this vital depot in Leeds underlines how the benefits of HS2 drive prosperity right across the UK, with Yorkshire playing a crucial role in maintaining the new high speed trains and delivering significantly better journeys for passengers.
"The depot will act as an economic catalyst, creating skilled jobs, boosting the local economy by unlocking regeneration opportunities and driving continued investment."
The depot is the latest major development to come for Leeds as part of HS2, with the UK's first dedicated hub for high-speed rail technology also set to be built in the city.
Next stop for plan to bring 'world-class' high speed rail testing base to Leeds
Leeds City Council leader Judith Blake said they would "make Leeds and the region a global centre for advanced rail and high speed technology".
She added: "I welcome the news that the HS2 depot will be located at Gateway 45 in Leeds.
"It's now important that through our continued work with HS2 and the Department for Transport that we finalise the proposals for the University of Leeds' Institute for High Speed Rail, which will be world leading in its field, and underpin the continued success of the Leeds City Region Enterprise Zone.
"Taken together, both of these facilities located at Gateway 45 will make Leeds and the region a global centre for advanced rail and high speed technology, further strengthening the economy.
"Leeds City Council are already working with our partners across Leeds City Region to ensure that people will have the right skills and be ready to take advantage of the skilled jobs and other opportunities these developments will bring."


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Sorry Ali, my holiday in Ireland throw me so behind with my blog and my blogging friends, so I'm only now coming to this.
It sounds so intersting. I love Irish lore. And cheers on entering the Amazon top 100 so early. But I had no doubts 😉
And hey, this is the first time I see the new look of your site! I really like it. I've been looking mobile friendly theme myself… for the problem you know, but haven't decide on one yet… I'd hate to renouce to my dar background, which is what I should do if choosing a new theme.
Ah, let's see… things change so fast…


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We all get stuck in a weeknight routine, I know. I've heard the complaints — "I don't know what to make and I don't have the time to make it anyway."
Maybe all you need is to take something familiar and give it a little tweak.
Enter pork jowls. In Italian it's guanciale, and it's sliced and cured in a manner similar to bacon. But it's a deeper, richer almost gamey flavor that brings something different to your weeknight plate. Fry them up, toss them with some familiar ingredients and you'll have a pasta that's delicious on its own. Add some slices of easily-prepared monkfish and you can serve your loved ones something wonderfully unexpected.
Just be sure to maintain the mystery: don't tell them how easy it was.
Pork Jowl Pasta with Roasted Monkfish
For the pasta sauce:
1/3 lbs. of sliced pork jowl


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Elaine Evans, quality control manager at $62 million asset Marion (Ohio) Community Credit Union, received a Compliance Champion Award Best in Class for credit unions with assets of less than $100 million.
The new honors from CUNA recognize outstanding achievements in credit union compliance management by individuals and credit unions.
Q: What's your compliance philosophy?
A: We have rules and regulations for a reason—to keep credit unions' and members' money safe and secure. I've found over the years that when you start moving away from those rules and regulations, that's when you see the problems begin, and then you end up chasing problems and potentially seeing losses.
The rules give everyone guidelines to make better decisions, and without them, there's chaos. Compliance brings order.
While we don't want to alienate members by asking for too much information, they're very understanding if you break down why you need what you need. They know we're helping them and protecting everybody.
Q: How have recent regulatory changes affected how your CU runs its compliance program?
A: It mostly means we're doing more with the same or less resources than before, because the more regulations there are, the more money it costs, and the harder it becomes to manage.
We try and get management as involved as possible, to get the word out, and make sure people aren't getting stuck in the old way of doing things.
This means always having the latest policies in place, developing procedures in a timely fashion, and making sure forms and programs are up to date. That can tend to get people bogged down, but it's one of the most important functions of the institution.
Q: What's one of the biggest compliance challenges you've faced? How did you address it?
Making sure you update everything—from top to bottom of the credit union—with new information. One small change has a ripple effect on everything from advertisements to membership packets, and it all needs to be correct. We include everyone at the credit union—including marketing and tellers—in the process to make sure the system is correct.
For example, with recent Truth in Lending Act changes, we were tracking down every sheet of paper that had the old information printed on it. It was like following a ball of yarn to the end.
It is rewarding once you finally get to the bottom, though, because you can be confident that your credit union's members are getting the correct information.
Q: How can you make a positive impact on the CU system as a whole?
A: Being consistent in your practices, because you've got to safeguard the reputation not only of your credit union, but of credit unions as a whole. People tend to look at credit unions as all being related, so it means any mistakes make the credit union system vulnerable.
Any time you're able to make a positive impact on a member helps the credit union system as a whole.
Q: What advice would you offer your compliance colleagues?
A: Make sure you use the vast number of resources available to you.
CUNA and the leagues have a lot to offer when it comes to compliance issues, and so does NCUA. Don't be afraid to reach out to other compliance professionals when you have questions. They're a great resource because chances are they've already dealt with a similar problem you're facing and solved it.
Networking is very important in the compliance community, and it gets to the nature of the credit union philosophy of people helping people.
It's rewarding to help someone solve a problem, and it's rewarding to put procedures in place to help your staff succeed. You need to help those on the front line stay motivated.


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About me
I'm currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Copenhagen, working in Kasper Hornbæk's Body-based User Interfaces project. Within this project, I'm focusing on how the body can be used as an input and output surface for less engaged and more subtle interactions.
Before moving to Copenhagen, I worked for four years as a research assistant in the HCI group of the University of Hannover, led by Michael Rohs.
Previously, I worked with Roderick Murray-Smith's group at the University of Glasgow during the summer of 2012 and with the Human-Computer Interaction group of the Hasso Plattner Institute for the two years before.
I hold a BSc in Digital Media / Media Informatics from the University of Bremen and a MSc in Computer Science from the Darmstadt University of Technology. During my time as a Master's student, I spent one year at the University of Florida, studying Digital Arts and Sciences on a Fulbright scholarship.
Research Interests
Most interactive systems today are designed under the assumption of focused and engaged users. However, users might want to engage less with their devices for many different reasons: e.g., because they are tired, want to signal their full attention to others, or are lazy. I'm interested in how to design and build systems for such more casual interactions. With interactive devices permeating more and more of our life and surroundings, how not to be overloaded by the respective interactions is a challenge. I see giving users a way to scale back their engagement and be more casual as a way to empower them to stay more in control of their life. This poses questions of how interactions change and adapt according to uncertainty, intend, or engagement. In my work I have approached this in areas such as whole body interaction, around device interaction, haptic and subtle feedback, text input, and natural user interfaces.
What's New
- October 2019
- Visited Liwei Chan's lab at the National Chiao Tung University in Hsinchu, Taiwan and gave a talk on "Empowering UIs".
- October 2019
- Presented a paper at MobileHCI 2019 on how the size of users' hands influences their touch accuracy. This work started as a student project in my 2018 ATHCC course and evolved into a larger collaboration of two of the students with Sebastian Boring, Joanna Bergström, and me. Great example of how teaching and research can support each other.
- March 2019
- Our CHI 2019 paper Charting Subtle Interaction in the HCI Literature has received an honorable mention award.
- February 2019
- Happy to have two full papers, one alt.chi paper, and one poster accepted to CHI 2019. We will be presenting a survey on subtle interaction, an augmented reality system for interaction with occluded objects, an investigation of how people write at CHI, and work on what impacts users' engagement with chatbots.
- August 2018
- Can our devices mimick how our body grabs our attention? Later this year at UIST 2018, we will present a paper on repurposing itching sensations for just that. By electrically stimulating the skin, we induce itching and compare that against vibrotactile feedback in a smartwatch. We find that itching is less comfortable and more interrupting, but was also seen as more natural and activating.
- March 2017
- Our article on emoji similarity is now published in the first issue of this year's TOCHI. Unfortunately, the formatting is a bit off and that version contains some editing hiccups. Be sure to grab our author version instead. It's the same great content, but, as an added bonus, also comes with higher resolution emoji 😍.
- March 2017
- I successfully defended my dissertation in Hannover. My dissertation on Casual Interaction: Devices and Techniques for Low-Engagement Interaction is available at the University of Hannover's library, and is also available for download here.
- February 2017
- At CHI 2017 we will be presenting a full paper on using compression feedback as a notification modality. In several studies, we explored how well users can perceive and distinguish compression stimuli from inflatable straps around their wrists. While this uses comparably low pressure levels, higher pressures can even be used to inhibit users' freedom of movement. We built a jogging game that shows this, which will appear as an extended abstract, also at CHI. Both publications are already available for download here.
- January 2017
- Started working in the Body-based User Interfaces project at the Human-Centered Computing section of the University of Copenhagen as a postdoctoral researcher.
- December 2016
- Our article on emoji similarity modeling was accepted to TOCHI. It will likely appear in one of the first issues in 2017.
- September 2016
- Presented two full papers, showed two corresponding demos, and presented one poster at MobileHCI 2016 in Florence, Italy.
- April 2016
- I contributed a chapter on casual interaction to a great new book that just came out: Peripheral Interaction: Challenges and Opportunities for HCI in the Periphery of Attention.
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Asita needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 296 designs submitted by 57 freelance designers.
Little Stars
The industry is not just only childcare, but also early childhood education.
Services: private bilingual nursery (1-6 years old) English/German.
Target country: Germany
Target audience: high-income / career couples & parents(s)
See attachement: brief on competition analyisis (with logos), who we are / what message we want to convey, and some suggestions.
all Information is in the word document attachment and should be useful! Glad to do more email exchange with individual designers if further questions :)
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15 Steps the Democratic Party Must Take to Reverse Wage Stagnation Across America
The party's platform committee gets an earful.By Steven Rosenfeld
The causes and remedies for the economic stagnation facing most American households are no mystery and should be clearly stated in the Democratic Party's 2016 platform. That was the message from Lawrence Mishel, president of the Economic Policy Institute's Policy Center, as he testified this month at hearings in Washington and said the nation's key economic challenge was generating "robust wage growth for the vast majority."
Mishel's comments, which listed trends and solutions Democrats should call out and embrace, run counter to the oft-cited resignation that economic trends are larger than government can address. The 2016 campaign has brought inequality center stage, he said, underscoring that federal and state government have big roles to play in rebalancing the economy.


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Energy financing arm of General Electric to partner with Japanese power plant developer Pacifico Energy on construction of the plant, in the prefecture of Miyazaki.
GE Energy Financial Services – the energy and power financing arm of General Electric – has announced it is to partner on the development of a 96.2 MW solar PV plant in Japan with Pacifico Energy, the third such occasion the two firms have collaborated on solar development in the country.
Together with Virginia Solar Group, which will act as EPC for the plant, the two companies will jointly invest equity in the project, with GE Energy Financial Services pledging a total of ¥7.5 billion ($62.7 million) and a further ¥35 billion ($292 million) arriving in the form of a 22-year term loan facility provided by a syndicate of 12 Japanese financial institutions.
The project in Hosoe, Kyushi Island, Miyazaki prefecture, is expected to begin commercial operation in the spring of 2018, and construction has already begun on a 140 hectares site that was originally earmarked for a golf course.
Once complete, the Hosoe solar plant will be the largest single PV installation on Kyushu Island, and will use 300,000 solar modules supplied by Trina Solar.
GE will supply 50 of its own 1.26 MW Brilliant solar inverters to the project, eliminating the need for intermediate transformers and generation a higher conversion efficiency and superior grid performance.
Power generated by the plant is to be sold to local utility Kyushu Electric Power Company under a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA). The project will deliver clean energy at a scale to power 30,000 local households, and will mitigate the effects of 68,200 tons of CO2 each year.
The project represents the third collaboration between GE Energy Financial Services and Pacifico Energy in Japan, as the country takes all necessary steps to generate 20% of its energy from renewable sources by 2020.
"We aim to continue helping Japan achieve a diversified mix of power," said Sushil Verma, MD and head of Asia Pacific at GE Energy Financial Services. "Working with reliable and regional counterparties supports our international expansion and renewable energy investment commitments."
Globally, GE Energy Financial Services has invested close to $1.9 billion in 2 GW of solar PV projects, and has earmarked a further $1 billion for future renewable energy developments. In Japan alone, the Hosoe plant represents the company's fourth project since May 2014, having participated last year in the Kumenan and Mimasaka Musashi solar plants, and also Setouchi City – at 230 MW the largest solar park in Japan.
"We are excited about partnering again with GE on Japan's third-largest solar power plant, and the largest in the country that is invested 100% by foreign financial institutions," said Pacifico Energy president Kazuomi Kaneto. "This investment, leveraging the extensive development experience of our team, helps Japan achieve 20% of its power generated from renewable sources."(This news story is from PV Magazine)


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this might be the hardest one to explain because even i don't know the full story here. so, what if i didn't explain anything at all?
nothing, probably, because you only come here for the pictures. don't you? long story short there is a doll in the grey's writers' room that looks like this:
i know, super cute and not weird or creepy as fuck at all. his/her name is bobo/babu. he/she is a replacement doll for another monkey whose head fell off of it's body, as is typical with creepy as fuck monkey dolls. i am also told that this original doll, umi, died and was reincarnated many times over, as is typical with creepy as fuck monkey dolls. however, despite these efforts to revive umi for good, he/she was never the same as he/she used to be, which is when bobo/babu entered the picture/photograph.
bobo/babu seems to have made his/her home here. writers are knitting him/her hats and scarves and clothing him/her and offering him/her jobs on the writing staff. just when you thought grey's couldn't push the envelope any further, there we go again, letting monkeys write episodes. i apologize in advance for all the banana puns alex karev is going to be dropping in the third episode of the season... bobo/babu is really into those.
anyway, season ten. here we go!
TOTAL DECORATING TIME: 3.5 hours + a 3 page email chain containing the origin story of umi/bobo/babu that i pretended to read but totally didn't.
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Ludacris Launches Children's Website with Daughter
The rapper/actor launches a children's website with his daughter, Karma.
Karma Bridges is one lucky girl.
Not only is her dad famous rapper and actor Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges, but just in time for the holidays the New Year's Eve star has gifted the 10-year-old with her very own educational website — Karma's World.
Featuring cool characters named L'il Luda and Smartacus, the site is loaded with age-appropriate games and stories in a variety of subjects including geography, math, science and social studies.
Also, parents and teachers can download fun lesson plans for their elementary school-aged children.
Added bonus: Karma wrote and recorded all the songs including "Fractions" and "Manners".
"[Karma] absolutely loves [the site]. I [keep] telling her people not only from around the country but around the world are listening to her songs and looking at her website and she's just like, 'Really?'" Bridges told BET.
"[But] she's more focused on the fact that Justin Bieber said congratulations to her more than anything else. That's all she really cares about right now."


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This relates back to the conveying emotion post.
One of the most common writing rules that writers will hear is "show don't tell." I'm not particularly fond of hard and fast rules, but this is a time where that can be very useful. Emotion is a key part of any story, and conveying that in a way that's meaningful to readers can be difficult. That's where body language comes in. Just as it is a natural way to communicate both conscious and unconscious feelings and attitudes in real life, it can be used in our writing too.
Body language gives away a lot of information without a single piece of dialogue. Let's break this down, shall we?
Firstly, we have the broad use of body language and how that relates back to the character's species. For example, a predatory creature (such as werewolves) will view strong eye contact as aggression; an alien race, however, say one that can read minds when eye contact is made, could see it as a sign of honesty and openness.
Next, we have the character's position within the dynamic at hand. If someone stands over another person, they are establishing dominance over them and controlling the dynamic. Is your character dismissive of this? Do they submit? This gives insight into their personality and those around them.
Then we have the relationships and potential relationships that are displayed through body language. Did George just run his finger over the back of Dave's hand? That very small gesture could say a lot of things about their relationship. It could be that they're an established couple, they could be hiding a relationship, or George could be hoping to initiate one.
Finally, we have the actual emotions and reactions displayed, which again says a lot about the characters at hand. If Cindy has been poker-faced and completely unfazed up until the mention of the word 'Selene', upon which she clenches her fists and tightens her jaw, then you know there's something there.
First up we have the broad strokes that tell us a little bit more about the character's species. This is far more applicable to speculative fiction, as they're more likely to have non-human characters. We'll take the classic wolf shifter as an example. They will have body language that relates back into their wolf side. For example, a particular awareness of eye contact, dominance and submission displays, marks of territory, and a keen eye for signs of aggression.
These could come across as displaying wolf-like behaviours while in their human form, such as baring of the teeth, intense eye contact, and raising of the head to display the throat. All of that information and those little cues can then go into the writing to add to the plot and character development. The main character could be a fae who despises the overt aggression and territorial nature of werewolves. That could be mentioned as a reaction to one baring its teeth at him for stepping foot in what the werewolf perceives to be its territory. That gives a little insight into the character and potential for further conflict.
Another example of where species-specific body language and interpretation would be where one species is trying to blend into and pass as another species, but they don't understand the finer points of the body language, so they get caught. Or conflict could ensue due to a misunderstanding – see the eye contact point earlier.
Now we can look into how body language shows the character's position within the dynamic at hand. For more information on dominance displays read this post. This is again species specific and could be tied back into the points above with regards to confusion and misunderstandings. Generally speaking, the character that is bigger than the other is the dominant party.
Body language gives the opportunity to show someone is scared of another character. That can come across as defensive posture, a refusal to meet eye contact, and appeasement gestures. For a more firm example of this:
Daniel scurried into the boardroom, the hot coffee mug burning his hands as he prayed that he'd put in exactly the right amount of sugar. He kept his eyes low and placed it carefully on the purple placemat, exact centre, hand facing directly northeast. He gulped and edged away to the far corner as she entered the room. Her eyes flicked around the empty room before they settled on the coffee, a small smile flickered across her lips. Daniel didn't dare allow the relieved sigh to escape as his shoulders relaxed a little.
That's a pretty extreme example, but it shows the fear quite well. You'll notice that the woman had no time or energy for Daniel; he was beneath her. He wasn't worthy of her focus. That gives insight into her character and the dynamic.
When people say relationships and they don't specify, they generally mean romantic relationships, so we'll start there. There are a lot of cues that show romantic relationships including (but far from limited to):
- Relaxation of the muscles, particularly facial muscles, while in proximity.
- Touch
- Eye contact.
- Placing themselves between their partner and other people, particularly potential rivals.
These can be used to show the health and state of the relationship. Did Loren and Larry start their relationship with lots of touching, but now Loren gets tense every time Larry tries to touch her? Does Larry's gaze wander away from Loren during intimate moments? These are all little clues that something's wrong. On the other hand, if Zara starts moving closer to Mark, and Mark reciprocates by giving her more focus and attention, then there could be something starting there.
There are other forms of relationship though, such as a boss and an employee, friends, co-workers, and family. Tension, eye contact, proximity, posture, and tone of voice can all be used to display the health and status of those relationships. That unspoken understanding can then help character development, introduce or remove secondary characters, and move the plot forwards through conflict and resolution. Relationships are very important to people and thus characters; use them to add depth and meaning to the plot.
Displaying Emotion.
Finally, the most simple and obvious use of body language in writing is to display emotion. It could be an unconscious display such as shifting the weight back away from someone the character doesn't want to be near, which could then be a clue into further things. Or it could be a far more conscious thing such as a large grin and opening of the arms to greet someone.
Rather than having the characters say or even think that they are sad, worried, joyous, nervous, excited, etc., have them show it. That allows for smaller details and hints to come in too, all of which add more depth and can be clues to later events in the plot. Those clues give the readers something more to enjoy and help the complete immersion into the plot.
In Summary.
Body language is a natural way to add in a lot of information in a more subtle way that adds layers and depth to the narrative while also having potential to aid character development and world building. It helps the reader become more immersed, because rather than being told that someone is thinking or feeling something, they can read into the actions and decide for themselves, much more like the real world.
Body language also has room to give clues about later plot events as well as character relationships and dynamics, without openly stating them as being what they are. This removes clunky narrative explanations and makes for a smoother, more immersive read throughout. Of course, the use of body language and description thereof needs to fit into the character and style of the writer. A fantasy written from a wolf shifter's perspective will likely have a sharper understanding of the little clues and signs than a contemporary fiction written from an extroverted party girl. Body language is a great tool when used in combination with a thoroughly developed character voice, and it does give some more understanding into why people insist on saying "show don't tell."


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With its tiny hidden beaches and secluded swimming spots, north eastern Corfu is just the place you might expect to find a Simpson Secret; ideal for the more independent traveller, yet still within easy reach of the small and rather exclusive villages that cling to its unspoilt coastline.
This Secret sits tucked in amongst olive trees in its own private grounds, with the calm blue waters of Nissaki bay lapping gently below. The setting may be timeless, quintessential Corfu, but this stylish new villa is totally 21st century, with tasteful contemporary décor and wi-fi-controlled air-conditioning, TV and lighting. Smart technology aside, the real beauty of this spot is the view; park yourself on the terrace with a book and something chilled from the handy pool fridge, and savour the ever-changing outlook as the sun makes its languorous way across the infinite blue of a Greek island sky.
Once evening falls you can dine in romantic seclusion beneath the stars, or if you feel like a little company and some authentic Greek cuisine, you'll find one of the best-rated tavernas in the area just a couple of kilometres away. Nissaki village, with its bakery, boat-hire and beaches, is a 5-minute drive.
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The presidential campaign of 2016 was not just a defining moment for award-winning playwright and University of Texas graduate Robert Schenkkan. It was a call to action.
Concerned by what he saw as Donald Trump's divisive talk on immigration — "build the wall" — and his supporters' chorus of approval, Schenkkan wrote "Building the Wall," an exploration of race and a bleak warning about anti-immigrant politics. "I was so alarmed, so angry, so anxious," he said. And that was before the election.
"I wrote this in late October just before the election. I was already sufficiently upset about the incendiary rhetoric of the Republican presidential candidate and already feeling the country had crossed a line," the Austin-raised Schenkkan told the American-Statesman. "That first draft was written in a fury in a week."
By comparison, his Tony Award-winning play "All the Way," about President Lyndon B. Johnson's struggle to pass civil rights legislation, took more than three years from conception to production, with two years of research.
"Building the Wall" opened in Washington, D.C., April 30 after premiering in Los Angeles, Denver and Portland, Ore. It will come to Austin on Aug. 31 for two weeks.
In what is known as "a rolling world premiere" through the National New Play Network, a consortium of regional theaters, the play is being staged at multiple sites at the same time — many with discussion sessions after the show. And Schenkkan is keeping it current with news developments, updating the play when he thinks it's appropriate.
Schenkkan attended the Washington opening at Arena Stage, just 2 miles from the White House. It is being produced by the Forum Theatre, which will, after the D.C. run, then showcase "Building the Wall" at its theater in Silver Spring, Md., May 18 to 27.
On May 12, the play opens in New York off-Broadway at New World Stages.
In addition to the stop in Austin (it is set for UT's Oscar G. Brockett Theatre), the play will be staged in other border states, including in Santa Fe, N.M., and Tucson, Ariz. It is being produced this month in Vienna, Austria.
Schenkkan says that much of the interest about the play is like the visceral response to the immigration executive orders that banned visitors from some majority-Muslim countries and called for a wall on the southern border. "This is the greatest political crisis the republic has faced in this century," he said. "What we're witnessing is a coordinated assault on fundamental American rights.
"The wall was such a cornerstone of his campaign, it rolls up a whole lot of issues. It's an interesting Rorschach test for the country as a whole," Schenkkan said.
"Building the Wall" is set in a West Texas prison in the fall of 2019, late in Trump's first term. It is an intense two-person exchange between a former private prison operator awaiting sentencing for a crime — unspecified at first — and an African-American history professor who wants to know what happened and why. It runs for 90 minutes without intermission.
The crime at the center of the play took place at a prison outside of El Paso, and "the wall" is a metaphor for what happens in a crackdown of immigrants in the country illegally — what it does to people and the fabric of the country. And it has had an intense response.
"The play is a very compelling story, a metaphor for personal responsibility and government action with immigration policy," said Brant Pope, the director of the play in Austin and chairman of UT's Department of Theatre and Dance. "I don't think I've ever seen a play that was more incendiary and more hot at the moment."
In Los Angeles, where the play first opened at the Fountain Theatre in March, it has been extended twice and sells out every night.
"With the national cry of outrage over what was going on, it was the perfect vehicle," said Stephen Sachs, the Fountain's artistic director. "It was very important to me that we speak out as artists." He describes the speed with which Schenkkan has written and produced the play as "unheard of." "No play is ever done that fast," said Sachs.
The theater holds weekly after-play discussions on various subjects with different speakers, such as local immigration activists and attorneys, and gives theatergoers a stamped postcard addressed to the president to write what they want — there's even a mailbox in the lobby.
No longer 'business as usual'
At the Forum Theatre outside Washington, Artistic Director Michael Dove scrapped his spring schedule when he saw that "Building the Wall" would be available. "This year has been about immediate connections," Dove said. "After the election, it was a really hard time — nothing felt relevant or immediate." And he thinks the public is clamoring for a place to talk. "People do need meeting places, scenes of interaction, and the theater is best suited to do that."
For Bruce McKenna, co-founder of Santa Fe's new Adobe Rose Theatre and an old friend of Schenkkan's, it was serendipity. "We are a border state. The play has additional topicality for New Mexico. We have private prisons. A lot of issues strike home in our community," he said. "You can't put 'A Streetcar Named Desire' on every year."
Schenkkan, who won a Pulitzer for drama in 1992 for "The Kentucky Cycle," was nominated this year for an Oscar for the screenplay of "Hacksaw Ridge," director Mel Gibson's look at a World War II conscript who would not carry a gun. He has kept a busy schedule, writing screenplays for two upcoming movies: "The Project," directed by Robert Redford, which is based on Jennet Conant's book about the atomic bomb, "109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos"; and "Fall of Saigon," being directed by Peter Berg, who directed the iconic movie about Texas high school football, "Friday Night Lights."
But Schenkkan is most devoted at the moment to "Building the Wall," hoping that it marks a sea change in how theater responds to current events.
"We no longer live in a world of business as usual and can no longer continue to make theater as we once did," he said. "This is how I fight for what I believe in."


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