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What to do in Miyajima – How to Visit The Itsukushima Shrine Island
September 21, 2019 by Sarah Carter (updated on May 19, 2020 )
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As one of Japan's most scenic locations, a visit to Miyajima Island should be high on your list of things to do in Hiroshima. Miyajima is easy to reach from Hiroshima and a day trip to Miyajima from Hiroshima city is a great way to see a little more of Hiroshima prefecture. The trains from Hiroshima to Miyajima and the ferry from Miyajimaguchi to the island is also covered on the JR Pass. While most only visit Miyajima for a day, it's the perfect place to spend the night and enjoy the peace, quiet and relaxation of a ryokan stay too.
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What to do in Miyajima
How long do you need to visit Miyajima
Best Things to do in Miyajima
The Floating Torii entrance to the Itsukushima Shrine Miyajima
The Itsukushima-jinja Shrine
Daisho-in Shrine and Temple
Misen Ropeway – Miyajima Cable Car
Hike to the top of Mount Misen
Visit the Shishiiwa Observatory on Miyajima
Stay in a Ryokan in Miyajima
Take a cooking class on Miyajima
Five storey Pagoda
Feed the deer in Miyajima
Omoto Park
Omoto Shrine
The Miyajima Aquarium
The Miyajima History Museum
The Okinadou Confectionery Store
Map of Things to do on Miyajima Island
What to Eat on Miyajima
Eat Oysters from Miyajima
Anagomeshi Ueno
Eat Momiji Manju on Miyajima
How to get to Miyajima
What will you do on Miyajima?
Miyajima is known as one of Japan's Nihon Sankei. It translates literally as Japan's three most scenic places. A few centuries ago, the Japanese people selected Miyajima, Matsushima and Amanohashidate as the Nihon Sankei. Miyajima Japan is probably the most well-known of the Nihon Sankei and the easiest to visit.
The official name of Miyajima is Itsukushima, however, it's more commonly known as Miyajima, which is "shrine island in Japanese. This comes about because Miyajima is so closely related with the Itsukushima Shrine. You're likely to hear of Miyajima Shrine Island.
Here's our guide to some of the best places to visit in Miyajima Island and how to get there. You can cover the Miyajima things to do in one day if that's all the time you have, but if you have longer it's worth staying around for a little more peace and quiet.
Most people visit Miyajima Island from Hiroshima and spend either a half-day on Miyajima Island or a full day. Miyajima is easy to reach from Hiroshima, (and its one of the best things to do in Hiroshima prefecture) but you want to spend longer here and stay overnight. The Iwaso Ryokan, built in 1854 is highly recommended (Check Availability here) or there are several other options on the island
As the main item to do on the top of everyone's list to visit Miyajima is visit the "floating tori" and the Itsukushima Shrine then the first thing you need to do is check the Itsukushima Shrine tide times and tide timetables and ensure that you'll be able to see the shrine gate at your favourite state of the tide, or if you're lucky both low and high tide. You can check the tide tables here.
As the Itsukushima Shrine is considered to be a Shinto shrine and the boundary between the spirits and the human world. The 16 metres tall, vermillion coloured torii or shrine gate is best seen at high tide when its surrounded by water. The colour is distinctive and is seen in other places in Japan like the Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine in Kyoto, its thought to keep evil spirits away, so entering through the shrine gate purifies you of evil spirits before you enter the shrine itself.
There has been a shrine gate here since 1168, although the first documented record of a shrine is from 811, the current Torii has been here since the 1800s. This shrine gate weight 60 tonnes and is made from cedar. From June 2019 its undergoing repairs and is unlikely to be visible.
However, its also interesting to see up close when the tide is low.
This Shinto shrine has origins back to the 6th century and it's almost pier-like structure dates back to the sacred status of the island. Commoners were not allowed on the island and so had to approach the shrine by boat through the Torii.
You can combine visiting the shrine and also experiencing a tea ceremony in Miyajimas oldest temple – its an incredible way to extend your experience here on Miyajima and truly experience the culture of the island and Japan. Check dates and availability here.
Just 5 minutes from the famous UNESCO world heritage site the Itsukushima Shrine and on the beginning of the hiking trail to Mount Misen, is the Daisho-in Temple. The Daisho-in shrine is unique in Japan. It's part of the Japanese Shingon sect of Buddhism and has a san mandala laid out by Tibetan Buddhist monks. The temple is said to have been founded in 806 by the monk Kukai. There are thousands of images of a deity called Fudo, and 30 plus statues of Kannon, the goddess of compassion.
The Mount Misen Ropeway or Cable Car goes from the base station in Momijidani Park to the top station on Mount Misen. To reach the summit of Mount Misen (and the observation deck) however, you'll need to hike on a further 20 minutes or so. The journey is split, with the first half of the journey in one cable car to the mid-station of Kayatani and from there to the top station Shishiiwa.
The Mt Misen ropeway journey takes 15-20 minutes and costs 1,000 Yen one way, or 1,800 yen round trip for adults. The ropeway on Miyajima is open from 0900 – 1630.
The hike to the top of Miyajima's Mount Misen is the most popular Miyajima hike. We loved our Mount Misen hike up through the forest of Miyajima's tallest mountain. There are 3 different routes to the top, the Momijidani trail, the Daisho-in trail and the Omoto trail.
It's easy to take one trail up and another down or to combine a one way trip on the ropeway with a hike. It takes about 1.5-2 hours to hike to the top of Mount Misen. You can take an extended and guided hike by booking this tour with a local guide. You'll get to experience all the beauty of Misen and get local interpretation as well. Book Now or see your options here.
Mt Misen rises just 500 metres from the Seto Inland Sea but gives glorious views over the area.
Located right next to the Miyajima midway station on the ropeway of Shishiiwa is the Shishiiwa Observatory. Views are different from here than from the view at the observatory at the top of Mount Misen, but this is considerably easier to get to – with little walking required. If you have taken the ropeway up you can hike to the top of Mt Misen from here too. There's a restaurant here where you can stop for a bite to eat too.
Most people visit Miyajima for a day or half-day from Hiroshima, but if you'd like to experience the peace of the island before and after the day-trippers arrive, then there are a variety of places to stay here. The Iwaso Ryokan has been here since 1854 and is quite stunning. Individual Japanese style rooms have gorgeous individual designs, focusing on specialities of the area. Some rooms have private bathrooms. You'll find indoor and outdoor onsens here too. There is no Wi-Fi here, but enjoy the peace while you can. Check out availablility and enjoy a little luxury here.
Check out our guide to staying in a Ryokan and get all our hints and tips on ryokan etiquette here.
There are a selection of cooking classes available in Miyajima, but our favourite has to be learning how to make onigiri in Miyajima. This is traditional Japanese comfort food – rice balls stuffed with various fillings and wrapped in seaweed. In our opinion they're better than sandwiches and a fabulous snack food! Check out this class, which is held in one of the old temples in Miyajima, and see what other options you have!
The five-storey Pagoda was originally built in 1407, restorations followed in the 1500s and its stunning in the bright vermillion colour. Its to be found close to the entrance of the Itsukushima Shrine and stands more than 27 metres in height. It's one of only 22 five-stored pagodas in Japan. The five-storied pagoda is decorated with dragons, Japanese patterns and carved pictures.
It's not possible to go inside the pagoda, but you can visit the "hall of one thousand tatami mats, the Senjokaku.
This popular park is just 20 minutes' walk from the pier where the Miyajima ferry docks. It's at the foot of Mount Misen and a popular place to visit with the deer of Miyajima.
Momijdani Park is popular in autumn for viewing the fall foliage as its home to more than 500 Japanese maple trees.
Around 500 wild Japanese deer wander the island of Miyajima. They're unafraid of humans, and you'll want to hang onto your bags and food, as they
're not just curious but also will eat most things and follow you for a long way if they sniff food in your bags.
These whitetail deer are friendly and they won't hurt you. According to the Shinto religion, they're sacred, holy and messengers of the Gods.
Popular also as a fall foliage viewing point, Omoto Park is also popular as a Japanese Cherry blossom viewing point. It's close to the Miyajima aquarium.
This shrine was founded in 1523 and is the only shrine building in Japan with a sextuple 3-storied roof. It's older than the main shrine, the Itsukushima shrine to which it belongs.
The aquarium at Miyajima has been open since 2011 and costs 1400 yen for adults to enter, it contains more than 13,000 marine animals from 350 different species from the Seto Inland Sea. The aquarium is open from 0900 until 1700.
This history and folklore museum of Miyajima contains many historical artefacts and documents relating to the local area. You'll also find Japanese gardens here that explain the significance of the garden and an understanding of how Miyajima became a UNESCO World Heritage site. The museum is closed on Monday but opens all other days from 0900 until 1700.
It's here, in this very famous confectionery store that you'll find the popular Japanese specialities of Momiji Manju – the maple leaf-shaped bun with a filling. This store is the first in the world to provide it with a cream filling, although traditionally it's filled with red bean paste.
Closed on Thursday but open all other days from 0900 until 1900.
Oysters on Miyajima come from the Seto Inland Sea that surrounds Miyajima. You'll probably notice the oyster beds on the ferry on the way over. Miyajima oysters are supposed to be bigger and juicier than oysters from the rest of Japan, so you're in for a treat.
There's an oyster festival here every February, but you don't have t wait for that to enjoy Miyajima oysters. There are several restaurants on the island and also snack bars where you can pick some specialities up. We loved the Oyster Curry Bread – a bread roll stuffed with curry and oysters. It was excellent! If you're looking for a sit-down meal, then Yakigaki No Hayasai is recognized for its raw oysters as well as oysters barbecued on the grill. Kakiya is renowned as the place to try fried oysters, or oysters done 5-ways in the Kakiya set.
This speciality seafood – it translates as conger eel, is very popular on Miyajima Island. Anago-meshi is grilled eel is served over white rice. The grilled eel is topped with a further piece of eel that has been toasted over charcoal and flavoured with soy sauce. Try it at Fujitaya or Mame-Tanuki.
Sold mainly as souvenirs of the area, these are maple leaf-shaped cakes usually stuffed with red bean paste, although you can get other fillings such as matcha and chestnut too.
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Read about other Japanese Snacks to try in Japan and at home in our full guide here
If you're visiting Miyajima from Hiroshima simply take the JR train from Hiroshima to Miyajimaguchi station. You then take a ferry from Miyajimaguchi to the island.
If you want to take a day trip to Miyajima from Kyoto or Osaka then you'll need to pass through Hiroshima and change trains there. All the travel from Hiroshima including the ferry is possible on the JR Pass (get yours here) – read about where else you can use the JR Pass here.
We visited Miyajima from Hiroshima, where we stayed in the fabulous Court Hotel (check prices here.). We petted the deer, ate Oysters, hiked up to the top of Mount Misen and enjoyed the views from the Mount Misen Observatory. We very much enjoyed the Torii and low and high tide and travelled here all courtesy of our JR Pass.
So what are your plans for Miyajima island?
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Balsamic honey glazed carrots are the perfect fall side dish! Tender roasted carrots coated with a sweet balsamic honey glaze. Our family gobbles these honey roasted carrots up in no time, and I think you're going to love this recipe as much as we do! Watch the VIDEO below to see how I make them!
** I originally posted this recipe in September 2015. I'm re-sharing it today with a delicious new video and some updated photos! Enjoy!
I came home from the grocery store yesterday with almost 10 different kinds of root vegetables…I think I might have a problem. I just couldn't walk past the butternut squash, the carrots, the sweet potatoes or the beets without loading up my cart!
Now that I've got a pantry full of root vegetables, I've got to start cooking, and there's no better recipe to start with than delicious and tender roasted carrots with a sweet honey balsamic glaze. This is such an easy, healthy side dish recipe, and it's perfect for this time of year, when carrots are fresh and plentiful.
Do you love carrots, too? Check out these recipes for Apple Carrot Ginger Muffins and Slow Cooker Carrot Ginger Soup (Dairy-Free).
How do you make honey glazed carrots?
Making honey glazed carrots is SO easy, you can practically do it with your eyes closed.
Set your oven to preheat to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
Prepare a large baking sheet by lining it with a sheet of unbleached parchment paper. Don't skip this step! The glaze will caramelize in the oven and if you don't line your baking sheet you're going to have a heck of a time getting it clean! Parchment paper also prevents sticking so you don't have to add any oil or fat to the recipe which keeps it nice and light! I like the pre-cut parchment paper sheets.
Wash your carrots very well, making sure to scrub off any lingering mud.
Snip the tops off leaving about 1 inch of green attached.
Dry the carrots and place them on the prepared baking sheet.
Whisk together the honey and balsamic vinegar in a small bowl and brush it on to the carrots. Drizzle any remaining honey mixture over the carrots and roll them around a bit to make sure they're all well coated. Sprinkle a pinch or two of sea salt over the carrots.
Once the oven has preheated, roast the carrots for 18-22 minutes or until they're roasted to the texture you prefer.
When you pull them out of the oven they'll be tender and coated with the sticky honey balsamic glaze.
Transfer them to a platter and serve immediately.
This is truly the perfect healthy side dish for a fall meal! It's also great for holiday dinners because you can double or triple the recipe easily for a crowd.
I hope you enjoy this recipe! Let me know in the comments below, what's your favourite fall vegetable?
Looking for more easy side dish recipes? Try these!!
Tender roasted carrots coated with a sweet balsamic honey glaze. Our family gobbles these honey roasted carrots up in no time, and I think you're going to love this recipe as much as we do!
Prepare a large baking sheet by lining it with a sheet of parchment paper. Don't skip this step! The glaze will caramelize in the oven and if you don't line your baking sheet you're going to have a heck of a time getting it clean! Parchment paper also prevents sticking so you don't have to add any oil or fat to the recipe which keeps it nice and light!
Whisk together the honey and balsamic vinegar in a small bowl and brush it on to the carrots. Drizzle any remaining honey mixture over the carrots and roll them around a bit to make sure they're all well coated. Sprinkle a pinch or two of sea salt over the carrots.
Once the oven has preheated, roast the carrots for 18-22 minutes or until they're roasted to the texture you prefer.
When you pull them out of the oven they'll be tender and coated with the sticky honey balsamic glaze.
Transfer carrots to a platter and serve while still immediately.
To make additional sauce, if desired, simply heat an additional 4 tablespoons of honey and 4 teaspoons of balsamic vinegar over low heat, whisking until combined and smooth. Serve with additional sauce, if desired.
This looks like it would be a wonderful side dish for Thanksgiving! We're still getting lots of carrots from our CSA so I am definitely trying this!
This sounds delicious! I have tons of carrots to use up so I'll have to try this!
What a delicious – and gorgeous! – side dish!
This may be my favorite fall veggie! I love how easy and tasty this is. Do you think a silpat liner would work on the cookie sheet? I'm liking that balsamic and honey combo. Looks great and we have LOTS of carrots. Thanks!
Carrots are always a hit around my house. Can't wait to spice things up with this recipe! Simple and delicious!!
Looks like a perfect side dish! So simple yet incredibly delicious, I'd love to try this!
I love veggies! And these carrots look like a must make recipe for Christmas table!
I definitely need to make these for my family! Going to pick up some carrots at the next farmer's market!
Roasted veggies are my favorite! These carrots look fantastic!
These were perfect with a roast chicken. Thank you for sharing this fabulous recipe!
I am definitely making these roasted carrots for holidays! I love the balsamic flavor!
These carrots make a great side dish! they are so pretty!
I love this! Such an easy side dish!


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Puppetry is an ancient art form believe to have originated some 3000 years ago — possibly predating the use of live actors. Puppets made of clay and ivory have been found in Egyptian tombs and might have been used for religious dramas. And there are written records of puppets being used in ancient Greece, as far back as the 5th century BC.
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For the complete list of shows and venues visit chicagopuppetfest.org.


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Friday October 12, 2018 Chester Fire Department received an email saying our application for a Firewise Community had been accepted. Our community signs have been ordered and should arrive shortly. Congratulations Chester. This is not the end of the road but the beginning. There will be updates in the upcoming future as the Chester Firewise community works on plans to help our community become more prepared for wild fire.
Our community Assessment conducted on April 23, 2018. Sue McCourt from OES and Sean Delacourt from Cal Fire assisted Joe Waterman, Chester Fire Department Chief, Sherry Johnston, Firewise Committee Member and Karen Lichti, PIO, Chester Fire Department.
We had a wonderful morning looking at maps of Chester and the surrounding areas, talking about the past fire history of the area and the potential for future wildland fires in the area. Then we took a tour of several homes in Chester to see what the potential fire danger there is to the structures. There was alot to discuss.
With the assessement done, the committee will got together and went over the assessment findings and start formulating a plan of action. Once that was done we set some goals and will start our community outreach and projects. We are also going to be preparing a CWPP. Once that is in place we will be able to apply for grants to help us with our Firewise projects.
The ultimate goal is that the residents of Chester will know the risk of fire danger around their home and know what steps to take and to accomplish those steps to become more fire resistant.
If you would like to be involved please contact the Chester Fire Department at 530 258 3456.
STAY TUNED AND SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO TO MAKE YOUR PROPERTY MORE FIRE RESISTANT!
There will be a meeting at the Chester Public Utility District Conference room at 6:30pm to discuss the business owners role in a Firewise Community.
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Report: Suspect in 1975 missing sisters case to plead guilty
By Crimesider Staff
Updated on: September 8, 2017 / 11:44 AM / CBS/AP
BEDFORD, Va. -- A convicted sex offender accused in the 1975 murders of two young sisters who disappeared from a Maryland shopping mall is expected to plead guilty to the crime that has haunted the region for more than four decades.
Lloyd Lee Welch Jr., 60, was scheduled to stand trial Tuesday in the killings of 12-year-old Sheila Lyon and 10-year-old Katherine Lyon.
Online court records in Bedford County, Virginia, indicate the trial has been "withdrawn" and a plea hearing is scheduled instead for the same date.
A source confirmed the expected guilty plea to CBS affiliate WUSA9. The Washington Post, citing multiple officials familiar with the case, also reported Thursday that Welch plans to plead guilty.
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Prosecutors and Welch's attorneys declined to comment, citing a gag order that Circuit Judge James Updike issued in the case.
The Lyon sisters disappeared March 25, 1975, after walking from their home in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., to Wheaton Plaza to have pizza with friends during a school vacation.
Police affidavits unsealed in 2015 detailed how Welch surfaced in the case. A week after the girls vanished the then-18-year-old Welch went to the mall, Wheaton Plaza, and told a security guard that he had seen the sisters leave with a man in a car. Police gave him a polygraph test which showed he was lying, according to the affidavits, which did not say whether authorities continued to look into Welch.
The detectives on the case in 2013 set out to learn more about Welch, who had been arrested in 1977 in a burglary case. His mug shot from that arrest strongly resembled a sketch in the Lyon sisters case that had been drawn based on a witness's description of a man at Wheaton Plaza who was staring at the girls and following them, according to the affidavits.
In interviews with police beginning in 2013, Welch acknowledged he was there, and said he believed they'd been "abducted, raped and burned up," according to court documents. He also allegedly admitted leaving the mall with the girls.
Welch, a former carnival worker, was charged two years ago in the killings. He was already in prison in Delaware, having pleaded guilty in 1998 to molesting a 10-year-old girl.
If convicted at trial in Bedford of two counts of first-degree felony murder during "the commission of abduction with the intent to defile," he faced the possibility of the death penalty.
Welch was prosecuted in Bedford because authorities believe he dumped the girls' bodies there, on a remote mountain where his family owned land. The mountain has been the subject of several searches. But without recovering the girls' bodies, prosecutors may have had a difficult time proving their case at a trial.
The case shook the community.
"It was very scary at the time," recalled Jane Harding, who lives around the corner from where the sisters lived, told WUSA9. Harding has lived there since the 1950s.
Any plea deal would not be final until Welch appears before a judge and agrees to the terms. The deal would also need the judge's approval.
The Post reported that the plea agreement also would resolve two unrelated sexual assault cases in Prince William County in northern Virginia. In 2016, Welch was indicted there in the rape of a 6-year-old girl in 1996. Earlier this year, he was indicted for allegedly sexually abusing another girl about the same time.
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Moby Dick – Melville regényéből készült 1956-os film Gregory Peck főszereplésével
Moby Dick – Melville regényéből készült 1998-as minisorozat Patrick Stewart főszereplésével

Hasonló címmel
Moby Dick, a fehér bálna – Melville regényéből készült 2010-es film Barry Bostwick főszereplésével

Zene
Moby Dick – A Led Zeppelin együttes 1969-ben kiadott dala
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Llista de topònims (noms propis de lloc) del municipi d'Alt Àneu, al Pallars Sobirà

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Durbach Block Jaggers' four storey commercial building in Sydney's Kings Cross is a response to the particular character of this 'colourful' precinct. Known affectionally by locals as the 'Barcelona Building' its tiled 'Catalan' form could be seen as a benevolent angel. As a building it's an extraordinary gesture, an artwork that gives of itself whilst accommodating a commercial program of restaurant, bar and offices. In this pleasurable endeavour I was received warmly and amused by amiable locals and ably assisted by Katherin Lu.


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La Lliga de Campions de la UEFA 2010-11 fou la 56a edició d'aquest campionat. Es disputà entre juliol de 2010 i maig de 2011. La final, celebrada al nou estadi de Wembley el dissabte 28 de maig de 2011, fou guanyada pel Futbol Club Barcelona, que superà el Manchester United FC per 3 a 1.

Rondes classificatòries
Hi hagué dos torneigs de classificació: un per als equips campions de les seves lligues que no s'havien classificat automàticament per a la fase de grups, i l'altre per als equips que havien guanyat les seves lligues i que no s'havien classificat automàticament per a la fase de grups.

En ambdues seccions, els equips perdedors de la tercera ronda classificatòria entraven a la ronda eliminatòria de la Lliga Europa de la UEFA 2010-2011 i els equips perdedors de la ronda eliminatòria entraven a la fase de grups de la Lliga Europa de la UEFA.

Els caps de sèrie jugaven contra equips que no fossin cap de sèrie.

Primera ronda classificatòria
Anada el 30 de juny i tornada el 6/7 de juliol de 2010.

Segona ronda classificatòria
Anada el 13 i 14 de juliol i tornada el 20 i 21 de juliol de 2010.

Tercera ronda classificatòria
Anada el 27 i 28 de juliol i tornada el 3 i 4 d'agost de 2010.

Ronda eliminatòria
Anada el 17 i 18 d'agost i tornada el 24 i 25 d'agost de 2010.

Fase de grups

Grup A

Grup B

Grup C

Grup D

Grup E

Grup F

Grup G

Grup H

Vuitens de final
El dia 17 de desembre del 2010 es van sortejar a Nyon (Suïssa) els encreuaments dels vuitens de final. Els equips classificats es van distribuir en dues urnes, segons si es van classificar com a primers de grup o com a segons. En els enfrontaments no es podien emparellar equips de la mateixa federació estatal ni equips que haguessin jugat al mateix grup.

El calendari dels enfrontaments ha quedat així:

Classificat el Xakhtar Donetsk per 6-2.

Classificat el Tottenham per 1-0.

Classificat el Schalke per 4-2.

Classificat l'Inter de Milà pel valor doble dels gols en camp contrari (3-3).

Classificat el R. Madrid per 4-1.

Classificat el FC Barcelona per 4-3.

Classificat el Chelsea FC per 2-0.

Classificat el Manchester United per 2-1.

Quarts de final
Els equips classificats pels quarts de final són: FC Barcelona, Xakhtar Donetsk, Tottenham Hotspur FC, Schalke 04, Inter de Milà, Manchester United FC, Chelsea FC i Reial Madrid.

El 18 de març de 2011 es va sortejar a Nyon els encreuaments dels quarts de final i les semifinals. El sorteig va ser pur, permetent que equips de la mateixa federació es trobin a la mateixa eliminatòria. Els partits d'anada es jugaran el 5 i 6 d'abril i la tornada el 12 i 13 d'abril.

Els enfrontaments de quarts són aquests:

Classificat el R. Madrid per 5-0.

Classificat el Schalke 04 per 7-3.

Classificat el Manchester United per 3-1.

Classificat el F.C. Barcelona per 6-1.

Semifinals
Els equips classificats per les semifinals són: FC Barcelona, Manchester United FC, Schalke 04 i Reial Madrid.

Els partits d'anada es jugaran el 26 i 27 d'abril i la tornada el 3 i 4 de maig.

Els enfrontaments de semifinals són aquests:

Classificat el Manchester United per 6-1.

Classificat el F.C. Barcelona per 3-1.

Final
La final de la Lliga de Campions es va jugar el 28 de maig del 2011 al Wembley Stadium de Londres (Anglaterra).
La van disputar el Manchester United FC i el FC Barcelona.

Quadre resum

Vegeu també
 Lliga Europa de la UEFA 2010-2011

Referències

Lliga de Campions
Competicions futbolístiques del 2010
Competicions futbolístiques del 2011


February 15, 2018 – eOriginal, Inc., announced today that David Campbell has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the rapidly growing financial services technology company.
Dave joins eOriginal as the latest addition to the company's leadership team under CEO Brian Madocks, marking another key milestone for eOriginal to extend its position as a leading player in the digital transaction management marketplace. As CTO, Dave will lead the development of innovative product offerings, as well as information technology (IT) and cloud operations functions that the company's clients rely on to execute millions of trusted transactions on eOriginal's platform.
Dave joins eOriginal from Prometric, Inc., a technology-enabled testing and assessment solutions provider, where he led a globally distributed team of software engineers as Vice President of Software Development. Prior to Prometric, Dave was Vice President of Product Development at MICROS Systems, Inc., which was acquired by Oracle in 2014.
In November 2017, eOriginal was named to Deloitte's Technology Fast 500™ ranking as one of North America's fastest growing technology companies. eOriginal earned the rank of 294 by more than doubling revenues during the evaluation period of FY 2013 through FY 2016. eOriginal's recent growth was spurred by a $26.5-million expansion capital investment in 2016, led by private equity firm LLR Partners.


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Fully Flexible MBAs
NEOMA restructures its Global Executive MBA to accommodate every participant's schedule.
By Jerome Couturier • August 25, 2019
TO KEEP UP with the rapid pace of change, today's executives need no small degree of agility. At the same time, institutions that offer executive education must provide a range of flexible programming to accommodate the hectic schedules of business clients.
At NEOMA Business School in France, we recently restructured our Global Executive MBA (GEMBA) so we could provide the widest range of program options to participants. The revamped program offers flexibility by incorporating variable times to completion, customizable content, and a range of in-person and online options.
A variable timeline. GEMBA's three "entrance gates" provide students the choice of three different learning paces. In the Intensive 15-month program, candidates begin in October and spend four days a month in class. In the Accelerated 11-month program, participants begin in February and spend four to eight days a month in class. Finally, in the Full and Flex option, which begins in July, participants are fulltime students for a two-month period in the summer before assuming a lighter class load over the next four months. To make the program even more flexible, we can work with participants on a case-by-case basis to suit candidates with even the most challenging schedules.
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Despite the different starting times, students from the three versions of the GEMBA program are provided multiple opportunities to mingle. The program includes four international experience trips: to London in January, to New York City in May, to Bangalore in July, and to Accra in October. Students from all three cohorts—even those in the summer program who haven't started their full-time classes yet—go on all four trips together. Additionally, the programs are timed so that the three cohorts will graduate at the same time, which enables participants to network before the program ends in December.
Customizable content. Not only does the GEMBA offer multiple learning pathways, it is customizable through à la carte mini-specialization tracks available on-campus or online, through a series of personal development workshops, and through both individual and collective business plan coaching activities. These sessions allow participants to keep their skills current or meet the demands of roles they'd like to move into after they graduate.
Online and on-campus options. For added flexibility, all three tracks allow students to complete a significant portion of the curriculum online. Generally speaking, the modules that cover quantitative skills are the ones that are available online, while qualitative managerial skills are taught in-person. While online learning is a fantastic resource for enabling flexibility, faceto- face education is critical for teaching students some of the soft skills, such as communication, that are in demand today. We limit classes to about 40 students to facilitate quality mentoring and personal development.
To make program components easier to manage and customize, we began thinking of the program as a game of LEGO. Every LEGO "brick"—or two-day program module—can be combined with any other brick. This makes expanding and updating content a painless task. We also can maximize the reusability of bricks, as content is designed with multiple learning contexts in mind.
The LEGO approach benefits students, who can choose to complete only one set of bricks at a time to earn a certificate in that subject or test the waters before committing to the entire program. In addition, the model allows the school to simplify scheduling, manage costs, and work with companies that might want to customize up to 30 percent of the course for small groups of their executives.
We introduced our GEMBA in 2018, and we have been pleased by the positive response. However, it's a complex task to run these different versions of the same Global EMBA program. To guarantee flexibility, stability, and consistency, we ensure that the same faculty are available across the courses, so that all GEMBA students will view them as familiar figures of expertise whom they can turn to for support.
With our redesigned Global EMBA program, our goal was to design the world's most flexible executive course. We believe that executive education should allow managers to realign their skill sets with market demand without compromising their ongoing careers. But business schools can provide executives with that opportunity only by designing programs that are fundamentally flexible and open to regular reconstruction. When they do that, everyone wins.
A detailed infographic shows how the three cohorts are constructed and overlap.
Jerome Couturier is associate dean of professional graduate programs and executive education at NEOMA Business School, which has campuses in Reims, Rouen, and Paris, France.
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Dispelling Myths about Online Education
Think online learning isn't effective? Think again, say two online educators who stress that online learning can—and should—offer rich learning opportunities that are interactive, engaging, and experiential.
EMBAs in Profile
A look at the top trends from the EMBA Council.
Uptick for MBAs
Applications have increased by almost a third since 2015.


On Saturday, Professor SalimAbdool Karim received the Kwme Nkrumah Award at the Africa Union General Assembly in Addis Ababa.
He received the award because of his contribution through science to the socio-economic development of Africa. Karim is a world renowned AIDS researcher. He's leading the Centre for AIDS Program of Research in South Africa which has impacted international policies for HIV prevention and treatment. The wish of Salim and his group of scientists is to see African leaders' commitment to find long term consideration of medical research.


The Secret to Handling Review Responses – Don't Take it Personally.
The 3 Most Powerful Brand Rituals. What's Their Effect On Today's Renter?
What are community brand rituals? A ritual is a habit or routine and when a renter associates a ritual with a brand, there is a powerful effect on loyalty and enjoyment….
How do residents feel about their decision to live at your community? Our Insite Move-In Survey reveals all!


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Totora (do quechua tutura, Scirpus californicus) é uma planta herbácea aquática, da família das ciperáceas, comum regiões de pântanos da América do Sul.

Seu talo mede entre um e três metros, dependendo da espécie. É utilizada tradicionalmente na construção de embarcações e ilhas flutuantes no Lago Titicaca e em algumas praias do Peru.

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Oxenfree Looks To Be A Supernatural Teen Thriller In Its Debut Trailer
By Chris Priestman March 3, 2015
Night School Studio is an independent game studio that consists of Telltale and Disney alumni who want to make story games filled with wonder, danger, and humor. So what? Well, take a look at the studio's newly announced game Oxenfree.
It's described as being "a supernatural teen thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift." In it, you play as Alex as she and her stepbrother Jonas attend an overnight party. Of course, the party goes wrong, and that's when the adventure starts.
As you'll see in the trailer, you'll get the opportunity to guide Alex's reactions to conversations by selecting one of three speech bubbles. Other mechanics on show include changing the radio station, some basic sidescrolling platforming and exploration, and contextual interactions such as taking selfies and drinking alcohol.
Little else is know about Oxenfree right now other than that it stars voice actors who performed in Telltale's The Wolf Among Us, The Walking Dead, and Tales From The Borderlands, as well as talent from Borderlands and its sequel, and Tomb Raider.
Check out its website for more screenshots and teasers.
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Project Xehanort Will Reveal The Backstory Behind The Seeker of Darkness on Smartphones
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The Great Australian Battery Race
With the end of coal nigh, there is still much work to be done on making the shift to renewable energy – namely around storage. Power providers, governments and researchers are scrambling to find a solution to our energy woes with much of the focus being placed on batteries.
The Victorian government is currently developing a 20 megawatt battery storage facility and has requested expressions of interest from battery storage firms capable of supplying grid-scale systems. Whilst, thanks to Mr Musk, Tesla is the name we continually hear put forward for such solutions, who are the local players running the race to secure our energy future?
What new battery technologies are in development in Australia? How do they compare?
What are the areas of focus for batteries - grid storage, household storage, vehicles, personal electronic devices
The role of Australian industry & the research sector - is commercialisation generating successful outcomes in battery development?
Australian opportunities and projects requiring battery solutions
Valentin Muenzel - Cofounder & CEO, Relectrify
Relectrify is a Melbourne-based company creating uniquely capable, affordable, and sustainable battery storage. The company's advanced control technology gives used batteries from electric cars a second life as energy storage in solar homes, businesses and the power grid. The company is an alumni of the Melbourne Accelerator Program, and has been recognised as a leading innovator by Tech23 Australia, Falling Walls Germany, and the Environment Bureau Hong Kong.
Valentin has worked on battery projects with IBM Research, the CSIRO, PennState University under ARPA-E support, and BMW Germany where he worked on prototype electric vehicle battery packs. Valentin's experience in technology commercialisation includes consulting projects with hardware / energy companies ranging from startups to listed corporations. He holds undergraduate engineering degrees from the University of Southampton, UK, and a PhD from the University of Melbourne.
John Wood - CEO, Ecoult
John is the Chief Executive Officer of Ecoult. He joined the energy storage community in 2008 having previously launched technologies globally in Security, Identity, Payment Technology, and Telecommunications. As a technology CEO for more than 20 years, John has had the good fortune to have worked with excellent individuals and led excellent teams that have created businesses and numerous successful products and solutions from the ground up that are used and trusted by many of the world's largest enterprises and governments, either directly or under license by many of the largest global technology enterprises.
John is now leading the Ecoult effort to commercialise UltraBattery® storage solutions.
Dr Andrew Basile - Post Doctoral Fellow at Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University
Andrew is a 2015 Endeavour Fellow and is currently working as an electrochemist with the Institute for Frontier Materials and BatTRI-Hub, which are based within Deakin University.
Since completion of his doctoral candidature at RMIT University, Andrew has worked with several research groups and companies, including University of Warwick, CSIRO and BHP Billiton. His PhD thesis covered the topic of novel electrolytes for lithium metal battery technologies. These materials classed as 'ionic liquids' show potential as safer and greener electrolytes. The knowledge gained during that research has led to publication in scientific journals such as Nature Communications, and has led to utilising these novel electrolytes towards rising technologies 'beyond lithium' such as the low temperature sodium-ion rechargeable battery.
Kane Thornton - Chief Executive, Clean Energy Council
Kane is Chief Executive of the Clean Energy Council, the peak body for the renewable energy and energy efficiency industry in Australia.
Kane has more than a decade's experience in energy policy and leadership in the development of the renewable energy industry. Kane has advocated for and helped design the policies that have been critical to the renewable energy industry's growth, and continues to be an active political advocate, public presenter and media spokesperson.
His previous roles include senior manager and advisor for Hydro Tasmania – Australia's largest generator of renewable energy – and executive officer of Renewable Energy Generators Australia.
Kane has broad international management experience having previously worked in technology, living and working in Asia. He has held a range of advisory and board roles with government and non-government organisations in the climate change and energy sector, and is a non-executive director of Sustainability Victoria.
Kane is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, has a Masters in Social Science and Bachelor of Information Technology.


Living in Italy isn't always easy. There's a whole bunch of unwritten rules and conventions that can be simply impossible to grasp as a foreigner. I am not even a real stranger to this country (In fact, I'm 50% Italian which is practically unnoticeable except for when I'm gesturing wildly, which tends to happen) and I still make an arse of myself ALL OF THE TIME. Many of these particular incidents are downright embarrassing, some just leave you hungry or confused or both. Here's four of the numerous times I messed up while living here – and my very personal approach to damage limitation.
Italians really have a thing for very specific meal times. Lunch starts from about 12.30 and can be eaten up until 2 pm and that's it. Seriously, this is a non-debatable norm in Italy. I did a grammar exercise with some kids at the high school where I "assist" the teacher (or do the lesson while she checks her emails because I'm so very qualified for that – topic, topic, what was my topic?!). During the exercise the kids were supposed to explain what they did the day before at certain hours. One of the guys got the hour wrong and answered that at 4 in the afternoon, he had been eating pasta. The other kids in the class just lost it, they laughed their faces off as if he had just revealed that he was busy cuddling his favourite teddy bear at that time.
What I'm saying is: If you missed lunch hour, don't even try to find a cooked meal to be served to you. Not gonna happen. Avoid a desperate, useless and for Italian minds absolutely incomprehensible search for food at let's say 3 pm, just grab some pizza al taglio or a panino and wait until cooked food is socially acceptable again. They're not kidding about this.
Sometimes you do everything right, your breakfast was tiny enough to have you hungry by 12.30 pm and you start to look out for a nice place to have pranzo. The problem is: So does everyone else. The city you're in seems to be ridiculously busy and all of the cute places you come across you can't quite seem to squeeze yourself into – leave alone find a table to actually eat at. This happened to me the other day when I was visiting Arezzo (and apparently, so was the rest of the nation, because it was a public holiday). I will be honest here: A no food when hungry situation is a serious bummer for me. And frankly, for everyone unfortunate enough to be around me.
How do you fix this mess and save your day from being ruined by a major case of aggresive hunger syndrome (or should that be hungry agression)? That's right, you go back to Solution No 1 and stuff your face with pizza al taglio again. I know it's not equally satisfying as the nice lunch you probably had in mind, but it is cheap and usually good if you like pizza (who the hell doesn't?). Most of all – it is easily accessible and fast, which at this point, if you are anything like me, are the main arguments here. To make up for the lack of an actual cooked lunch meal, I can only recommend having an overpriced coffee* at the main piazza, then refusing to move from your sunny lookout for about two hours and just letting the crowds swarming calm you down.
Pay special attention to the Italian street style here, which surely isn't for everyone. In Italy, there is no such thing as being overdressed, ever. Every stroll is a catwalk. This doesn't stop at 89 years old when you can hardly walk and it doesn't exclude fancy three year olds either. Many of the kids are dressed so delicately (and probably more pricey than yourself) that it is clear they are their moms' brightest accessories – which obviously is to say a lot, because the moms are strutting by in knee-length high-heel boots, fur jackets, super expensive handbags and optional other shiny stuff. How could you stay mad at whatever genius pasta you missed out on when marvelling at the beautiful people of Italy showing off their natural grasp of style? It's simple, you can't. Day saved.
*As you have already messed with Italian culture, you might as well make that a cappuccino, which is strongly frowned upon by most Italians, because cappuccino contains milk, which makes it a breakfast thing. So, if you want to blend in with the Italians, better not order one after 11 am. In this case, I shall say, I tend to accept the judgmental glares cause, you know – I like milk in my coffee.
…I hope these ladies' stylishness will soothe you.
Along with the great sense for style and fashion that many Italians seem to own as a birthright comes another high risk for every non-Italian to just do everything wrong when it comes to dressing. As we all probably won't be able to do justice to the Italian street style (for above mentioned genetical reasons), we might as well stick to the basic stuff and just try to at least dress appropriately for the weather while in Italy. Think you can do that? Yeah, I thought so, too.
Many Italians I know are insanely cautious about catching a cold or whatever other horrifying disease might infest their system by not wearing a jacket and scarf in every month that isn't June, July or August. One still pretty hot day in October, I was brave enough to take off my sweater because I was practically melting in my sunny spot of the universe. I then took a quick trip to the nearby supermarket to grab a bottle of water and had to seriously consider the possibility of having turned into a true-to-life unicorn on my way – at least that would have explained the looks I got!
More accurately, this should be: telling someone you're German. This is not a mistake from the beginning, but after having spent some time especially in Northern Italy, it sure will feel like one. Because once you mention you're German, everyone will have a story to tell you. Everyone, I swear, everyone has either been to Germany or so has their sister, uncle, cousin, grandfather or dentist. As the two countries aren't that far away from each other, this is not a huge surprise. Everyone I know in Germany probably knows someone who has been to Italy (me obviously? Very weird logic here). The really astonishing thing is: they will tell you about it every time – if they know any details about this particular visit or not. For example, kids at school will say things like "my cousin has been to Germany" and you will say "cool, where did she stay?" and the answer will most often be "I don't know" or "Swiss". But hey, that's kids and it's mostly very cute. I will be honest though – after the hundredth story about that one person that went to la Germania once, you will feel quite fed up while smilingly replying bello, bello.
Oh and how are you going to fix this? You're not. You're going to hear out all the tales of when someone went to Berlino, Monaco or Francoforte. And after the initial phase of heartwarming "aww" and the very quickly following "I don't even care where your zia has been"-stage, you will find yourself in a very comfortable place somewhere in between these two extremes. And you will only very rarely want to punch yourself in the face for saying where you're from.
Sidenote on that: One day after publishing this blog article, my "Being German" impression was kind of put into perspective so I thought I should share the experience here. I was at a bar with my friend, when an Italian gentleman overheard as speaking in German, what he took as an occasion to come up to our table and perform a hitler salute, while repeating "deutsch, deutsch, deutsch". Mildly irritated, I asked him why he did that, whereupon he answered that he was Hitler's grandson. I then decided to ignore him (which obviously, I should have done in the first place) and he decided to stay right beside us with his right arm in the air while calmly eating his kebab (I'm not even kidding). Some other people who knew the guy approached us and told us that "it doesn't matter" because he's not right in the head. I felt like starting a discussion about whether or not it mattered that someone does that into somebody elses face, but was put off by the constantly repeated "doesn't matter" thing. After another minute or so, the guy finally left our table and we went inside to pay our bill. When we left the bar, he was already standing by the door waiting to "salute" us again, while everyone else was watching and minding their own business.
This has never happened to me before, neither in Italy nor elsewhere, and it sure wasn't pleasurable but what I ment to say was just this: I'll gladly take the stories of ALL your family members' and friends' visit to Germany over that anytime. Your love for my country will from now on be appreciated, folks!
Hi Aneta, sorry I'm a bit late on replying, but thanks very much for your comment. Glad that my post has succeeded to amuse you 🙂 Happy 2016!
Haha, this cracked me up. As a Canadian living in Italy, I totally get what you're saying – I know those "oh, my uncle once travelled to Canada" conversations all too well, and by now I've probably put at least a hundred little old ladies into a state of shock when I go running in shorts and a tank top on a chilly October morning (or maybe it's less the attire and more the fact that I'm running?).
Oh yes, I can attest that as a Canadian in Germany (or anywhere, this happened in the UK as well), we get the 'My second cousin went to Canada once.' Also the: 'Do you know Peter, he lived in Canada?' But I totally ruined this by actually knowing the person in question, more than once. So that's that myth proved then, isn't it?!


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El 3.º distrito congresional es un distrito congresional que elige a un Representante para la Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos por el estado de Wisconsin.  Según la Oficina del Censo, en 2011 el distrito tenía una población de 727 023 habitantes. Actualmente el distrito está representado por el Demócrata Ron Kind.

Geografía
El 3.º distrito congresional se encuentra ubicado en las coordenadas .

Demografía
Según la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos, en 2011 había 727 023 personas residiendo en el 3.º distrito congresional. De los 727 023 habitantes, el distrito estaba compuesto por 698 788 (96.1%) blancos; de esos, 691 100 (95.1%) eran blancos no latinos o hispanos. Además 6 939 (1%) eran afroamericanos o negros, 4 887 (0.7%) eran nativos de Alaska o amerindios, 11 271 (1.6%) eran asiáticos, 189 (0%) eran nativos de Hawái o isleños del Pacífico, 4 534 (0.6%) eran de otras razas y 8 103 (1.1%) pertenecían a dos o más razas. Del total de la población 14 563 (2%) eran hispanos o latinos de cualquier raza; 11 013 (1.5%) eran de ascendencia mexicana, 1 124 (0.2%) puertorriqueña y 159 (0%) cubana. Además del inglés, había 12 608 (1.8%) personas de más cinco años que solamente hablaba el español en casa.

El número total de hogares en el distrito era de 285 996, y el 65.9% eran familias en la cual el 29.2 tenían menores de 18 años de edad viviendo con ellos. De todas las familias viviendo en el distrito, solamente el 53.7% eran matrimonios. Del total de hogares en el distrito, el 6.7 eran parejas que no estaban casadas, mientras que el 0.4% eran parejas del mismo sexo. El promedio de personas por hogar era de 2.45.

En 2011 los ingresos medios por hogar en el distrito congresional eran de US$48 291, y los ingresos medios por familia eran de US$72 752. Los hogares que no formaban una familia tenían unos ingresos de US$100 898. El salario promedio de tiempo completo para los hombres era de US$41 588 frente a los US$32 612 para las mujeres. La renta per cápita para el distrito era de US$23 930. Alrededor del 8.3% de la población estaban por debajo del umbral de pobreza.

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Enlaces externos
Distritos congresionales en la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos

Distritos congresionales de Wisconsin


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Racing News Uncategorized
Begg takes easier path with Nonconformist
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Grahame Begg thought long and hard about kicking off his exciting staying prospect Nonconformist in the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield but reasoned it would be a tough way for him to start a spring campaign.
Instead, he has taken a softer option and the horse will run in a 1400m Handicap on the same program on Saturday as he starts his Caulfield Cup bid.
"It's a better way to kick off. He's one-and-a-half kilos above the minimum weight so that's going to be easier than running in the Memsie Stakes," Begg said.
"If he was to come back to racing in a Group One Memsie Stakes he'd have to be trained right up to the mark, which as he's got bigger goals he's not.
"With Begood Toya Mother and Streets Of Avalon in that race they are going to run along and in the end it might take too much out of the horse."
The four-year-old gelded son of Rebel Raider created a big impression at his first campaign with six starts for three wins, a second and two thirds.
He ended his preparation with a victory in the Group Two Alister Clark Stakes at Moonee Valley in March.
"He's coming along very nicely. (The) 1400 metres isn't his cup of tea but in saying that, if he's going to measure up to better races he's got to run well.
"I want to see him put himself in the frame and run home well with an eye on his next start. Also to say we're heading in the right direction with the Caulfield Cup as our aim."
Begg said Nonconformist looked good physically but still needed fine-tuning.
"He's really lengthened out. He's such a rangy, big bloke. Hopefully he can continue on from his first preparation," Begg said.


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Q: Onsen UI with JQuery ons.ready() and onResume Hi have an app that's close to done but I am unsure if I have the onResume and ons.ready events registered/firing properly. Sometimes the onResume fires, sometimes not. As well on Android I am getting "Argument DOM element must be attached in DOM document." errors on occasion.
Here is my code in app.js:
( function(){

    'use strict';

    document.addEventListener( "resume", onResume, false );
    document.addEventListener( "offline", onOffline, false );
    document.addEventListener( "online", onOnline, false );

    /**
     * @summary Handle the resume event
     */
    function onResume( e ) {

        setTimeout( function() {
            tabbar.setActiveTab( 1 );
            app.navi.list.resetToPage( "list.html" );
        }, 0 );

    }

    /**
     * @summary Handle the device onReady event
     */
     ons.ready( function( e ) {

        // create dialogs

        // set up API authentication

        // clear the splashscreen
        if ( navigator && navigator.splashscreen ) {
            setTimeout( function() { navigator.splashscreen.hide(); }, 1000 );
        }

    }

...

})();

In my index.html:
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
    <head>
        <meta charset="utf-8">
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1, user-scalable=no">
        <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no">
        <meta http-equiv="Content-Security-Policy" content="">

        <script src="components/loader.js"></script>
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="components/loader.css">
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css">

        <script src="js/app.js"></script>
    </head>

    <body>

        <ons-tabbar var="tabbar">
        <ons-tab page="navigator-fav.html" label="Favourites" icon="fa-heart" no-reload="true"></ons-tab>
        <ons-tab page="navigator-list.html" label="Near me" icon="ion-ios-location" active="true" no-reload="true" persistent></ons-tab>
        <ons-tab page="navigator-srch.html" label="Search" icon="fa-search" no-reload="true"></ons-tab>
    </ons-tabbar>

    <script>
        ons.bootstrap();
        var refreshList;
    </script>

</body>

Is it good practice to set the default page when using the tabbar via the active attribute? Or should I be navigating to the default page manually in ons.ready?
Any advice or guidance would be appreciated. I am aiming for the most reliable UX.
Thanks

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In partnership with adidas, Lyft, P&G, Reebok, SurveyMonkey, and UnidosUS, LeanIn.Org is highlighting the unfairness of this pay gap and the double discrimination that holds Latinas back.
Palo Alto, CA—November 1 is Latina Equal Pay Day, which marks how far Latinas had to work into 2018 to catch up with what white men earned in 2017 alone. On average, Latinas are paid 47 percent less than white men and 31 percent less than white women. Even when factors like education, experience, location, and occupation are taken into account, a pay gap remains. To raise awareness of the pay gap and its negative effect on Latinas and families, LeanIn.Org is launching #47PercentCounts, the final of three public awareness efforts this year rooted in the idea that equal pay matters.
New research conducted by LeanIn.Org and SurveyMonkey in partnership with UnidosUS shows that there is a striking lack of awareness around the pay gap Latinas face. Nearly one in three Americans is not aware of the pay gap between Latinas and white men, and more than four in ten Americans are not aware of the gap between Latinas and white women. When presented with information that Latinas on average are paid 47 percent less than white men, 72 percent of Americans think it's not fair. In addition, 68 percent believe that bias against immigrants is a factor in the pay gap Latinas experience. Complete findings are listed in this release and also can be found at leanin.org/47percentcounts.
With the help of adidas, Lyft, P&G, and Reebok—all leaders in the push for equality in the workplace—LeanIn.Org is asking people to think about the impact of getting 47 percent less on November 1.
At adidas and Reebok stores across the country and on adidas.com and reebok.com, customers will see the messages of #47PercentCounts on items from purchase receipts to shopping bags. Lyft is asking customers how they would feel if their trip ended with 47 percent left to go. Salesforce is providing the financial support for events hosted by members of our Lean In Circles community to raise awareness of the Latina pay gap. And P&G sponsored a video that shows the everyday impact of the pay gap on Latinas and their families.
In addition to the 47 percent pay gap, Latinas face barriers in the workplace. Compared to white women, Latinas receive less support from managers, get less access to senior leaders, and are promoted more slowly. The unique challenges faced by Latinas—and women of color more broadly—are examined in LeanIn.Org and McKinsey & Company's annual Women in the Workplace study.
LeanIn.Org and SurveyMonkey's research, in partnership with UnidosUS, also shows that even when people know there's a pay gap, it's bigger than they realize. More than half of people who are aware of the Latina pay gap underestimate its size. The research also points to a lack of awareness of the discrimination Latinas experience. Forty-five percent of white men think obstacles to advancement for Latinas are gone, but only 30 percent of Latinas agree. Moreover, 73 percent of white men think that racism, sexism, or both are uncommon in their company—yet 51 percent of Latinas say they've experienced discrimination at work.
"UnidosUS is pleased to join our partners in this campaign to bring awareness to the wage disparities that exist for Latina women at all income levels. We are hoping to raise public awareness in very visual ways so that the general public can understand just how unjust it is for Latina women to make on average only 53 cents to every dollar that white non-Hispanic men are paid. This affects our ability to care for our families, and we urge everyone to join us in the push for equal pay for equal work," said Janet Murguia, president and CEO of UnidosUS.
To further bring the impact of the pay gap to life, LeanIn.Org collaborated with Latina illustrator Christine Suggs to create a series of cartoons that highlight the unfairness of the pay gap for Latinas. Additionally, LeanIn.Org is releasing a video of Latinas and their families—many from our Lean In Circles community—explaining what earning less means for them. When asked what equal pay would mean in their lives, one woman says she could pay off her student loans and mortgage; another says closing the gap is "two times, maybe three times as important" for her all-women household; and a mother tells her daughter the money could put her and her brother through college.
Their sentiments are supported by a large body of research that underscores the benefits of equal pay for Latinas. More than half of Latina mothers are the primary breadwinners for their households, and the pay gap means less money for their families. If Latinas were paid fairly, the average Latina would earn more than $1 million more over the course of her career.
At leanin.org/47percentcounts visitors can show their support for #47PercentCounts, watch our campaign video, and see the Latina pay gap "by the numbers." In addition, business leaders and managers can learn what they can do to close the pay gap in their companies, and women can find expert tips and tricks for negotiating more effectively.
With the help of large-scale distribution and advertising partners—including Facebook, Instagram, PayPal, and SoFi—#47PercentCounts is also reaching millions of people online.
Too many people don't know that Latinas are paid less. 30% of Americans are not aware that, on average, Latinas are paid less than white men.
Even when people know there's a pay gap, it's bigger than they realize. On average, Latinas are paid 47% less than white men, which amounts to more than $1 million lost over the course of a typical career. 57% of people who are aware of this gap underestimate its size.
People are overly optimistic about the state of Latinas. 45% of white men think obstacles to advancement for Latinas are gone, but only 30% of Latinas agree. Moreover, 73% of white men think that racism, sexism or both are uncommon in their company—yet 51% of Latinas say they've experienced discrimination at work.
Almost everyone agrees that earning less is a huge problem. 85% of Americans think it would be a major problem or crisis if they earned 50% less money. Yet compared to white men, Latinas face this pay gap every day.
When people know there's a pay gap, they think it's unfair. When presented with information that Latinas on average are paid 47% less than white men, 72% of Americans think it's not fair.
Many people believe that prejudice plays a role in the gap. 68% of Americans believe that bias against immigrants is a factor in the pay gap Latinas experience.
The pay gap between Latinas and white women is even less understood. On average, Latinas are paid 31% less than white women. Yet 42% of Americans—and almost as many hiring managers—think Latinas and white women are paid equally. And 75% of working Americans think no gap exists between Latinas and white women in their own organizations.
An initiative of the Sheryl Sandberg & Dave Goldberg Family Foundation, LeanIn.Org works to help women achieve their ambitions and create a more equal world. LeanIn.Org offers inspiration and support through an online community, free education materials, and Lean In Circles, small groups of peers who meet regularly to learn and grow together. The Lean In community includes more than two million women and men and 40,000 Lean In Circles in 169 countries. The Sheryl Sandberg & Dave Goldberg Family Foundation, which also runs OptionB.Org, is a private operating nonprofit organization under IRS section 501(c)(3).


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Are Wolves the Pronghorn's Best Friend?
May 9, 2018 Chris Gill
Wolf and coyote eradications have exploded coyote numbers across North America. This has increased coyote predation of pronghorn fawns. Coyotes are pronghorns' most effective predators; wolves will not tolerate coyotes. 150-years of coyote 'management' using methods that have proven highly effective with wolves, actually increase coyote populations and range.
Coyotes outbreed any control effort. Coyotes change their breeding according to wolf and coyote population and food available for their expansion. They live on small animals which proliferate with predator removals. Unlike wolves, they can live and hunt by themselves. They can form packs when it suits them but unlike wolves do not need packs to live or hunt. They are superbly adapted to withstand wildlife 'management'. Kill more coyotes – and coyote packs – and individual coyotes will respond with larger and more frequent litters. It is estimated that it would require killing 75% of all coyotes every year – for 50 straight years – to achieve a temporary reduction in coyote numbers.
Notwithstanding the killing of millions of coyotes – 500,000 last year alone – there are now more coyotes than when the efforts began. This is an unintended consequence of removing their most effective natural enemy, the wolf. Coyotes which at the time of Louis and Clark were restricted to the Great Plains and Southern deserts , are now found from Alaska to Panama, from the Pacific to the Atlantic, from the Bering Sea to the Sea of Cotez. They inhabit our cities from New York to Chicago, Denver, San Francisco and Seattle.
NOTE: this article was published to ScienceDaily.com on March 4, 2008. The source is Wildlife Conservation Society
Yellowstone pronghorn populations directly benefit from the presence of wolves, a new Wildlife Conservation Society study says. Credit: Julie Larsen Maher/Wildlife Conservation Society
As western states debate removing the gray wolf from protection under the Endangered Species Act, a new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society cautions that doing so may result in an unintended decline in another species: the pronghorn, a uniquely North American animal that resembles an African antelope.
The study, appearing in the latest issue of the journal Ecology, says that fewer wolves mean more coyotes, which can prey heavily on pronghorn fawns if the delicate balance between predators and their prey is altered. According to the study, healthy wolf packs keep coyote numbers in check, while rarely feeding on pronghorn fawns themselves. As a result, fawns have higher survival rates when wolves are present in an ecosystem.
"People tend to think that more wolves always mean fewer prey," said WCS researcher Dr. Kim Berger, lead author of the study. "But in this case, wolves are so much bigger than coyotes that it doesn't make sense for them to waste time searching for pronghorn fawns. It would be like trying to feed an entire family on a single Big Mac."
Over a three-year period, researchers radio-collared more than 100 fawns in wolf-free and wolf-abundant areas of Grand Teton National Park and monitored their survival throughout the summer. The results showed that only 10 percent of fawns survived in areas lacking wolves, but where coyote densities were higher. In areas where wolves were abundant, 34 percent of pronghorn fawns survived. Wolves reduce coyote numbers by killing them outright or by causing them to shift to safer areas of the Park not utilized by wolves.
While pronghorn are not endangered, the population that summers in Grand Teton National Park, part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, had been reduced to fewer than 200 animals in recent years. Since wolves were reintroduced in 1995, the pronghorn population in Grand Teton has increased by approximately 50 percent. These pronghorn have the longest migration — more than 200 miles roundtrip — of any land mammal in the lower 48 states. The Wildlife Conservation Society has called for permanent protection of their migration corridor, known as "Path of the Pronghorn," to prevent the animals from going extinct in the Park. Representatives from the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Forest Service recently pledged support for protecting the corridor.
If delisting occurs, Wyoming and Idaho have announced their intention to reduce wolf number by 50percent and 80 percent, respectively. At present, there are an estimated 300 wolves in Wyoming and 700 in Idaho.
"This study shows just how complex relationships between predators and their prey can be," said Berger. "It's an important reminder that we often don't understand ecosystems nearly as well as we think we do, and that our efforts to manipulate them can have unexpected consequences."
Materials provided by Wildlife Conservation Society. Note: Content may be edited for style and length.
Wildlife Conservation Society. (2008, March 4). Are Wolves The Pronghorn's Best Friend?. ScienceDaily. Retrieved April 4, 2018 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080303145300.htm
John Marble says:
Over the years I have read many articles that suggest the population and range of the coyote has gradually expanded decade after decade. This, in the face of massive efforts to trap, shoot, poison or kill by any means. Obviously, these efforts are ineffective, at best. Churchill said,
"However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results."
When people call me with news of seeing coyotes in our pastures I always tell them that's just the rodent control program in action. And no, you may not shoot them.
Thanks John.


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Police Blame Mice for Eating Half-Ton of Pot
Photo by: Szasz-Fabian Jozsef/Shutterstock
PILAR, Argentina — The Guardian reported on Wednesday that 8 police officers in Argentina have been fired after they claimed that the missing half-ton of marijuana housed in a police warehouse had been eaten by mice. Pilar is a city approximately 35 miles northwest of the capital, Buenos Aires.
Approximately 1,191 pounds of marijuana that had been stored in the police warehouse for two years is unaccounted for. Former police commissioner Javier Specia left his post in 2017 and was responsible for the warehouse inventory while he was the commissioner. He had not signed for the inventory when he left his position last April, prompting suspicion from investigators. Several colleagues and the former commissioner claimed that the missing weed must have been eaten by warehouse mice.
The former police commissioner's replacement was the first to notice the discrepancy with the missing inventory. Current police commissioner Emilio Portero advised the international affairs division once he realized that some of the marijuana was missing from the inventory, leading to an inspection.
Judge Didn't Bite, Does Not Believe Mice Ate Marijuana
Photo by: Indypendenz/Shutterstock
Judge Adrián González Charvay did not believe the police officers when they said the mice ate the weed and said that there would have been dead mice found in the warehouse had the mice eaten the missing drugs. He added that forensic experts from Buenos Aires University told the court that even a large group of mice could not consume so many pounds of marijuana, also highly doubting that mice would even mistake weed for food in the first place.
Clarín and Pilar de Todos were the first to report that the police officers had been terminated by the security minister in Buenos Aires, Cristian Ritondo. Specia is the focus of another internal investigation within the police department. The former police commissioner is being questioned regarding his 2017 tax report.
Specia and three of the other officers are scheduled to appear in court May 4 for questioning and to give testimony. A judge will then decide whether the officers purposely removed the marijuana from the inventory or were just negligent.
The Senate in Argentina legalized medical marijuana in March of 2017 after a group of 136 families with autistic and epileptic children petitioned for permission to treat their children with medical marijuana.
The legislature made cannabis oil and other marijuana extracts legal. Regulations were then written and implemented which authorized government agencies permission to cultivate medical marijuana.
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Above: Front splitter, first seen on the 2009 ZR1, channels the very important air towards the right places.
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If you missed the Raymond Scott Orchestrette/Ghost Train Orchestra double bill at Subculture on October 26, we have video with decent audio thanks to Mike Nogami, a well-known Japanese photographer who sat near the stage. Our mutual friend, Takashi Okada, has posted 14 clips (seven of each band) on YouTube for your enjoyment. (Links below by title.) Not captured was GTO's grand finale, a spectacular nine-minute-plus arrangement of Scott's "Celebration on the Planet Mars," which closes the band's new album, Book of Rhapsodies. Incidentally, the respective RSO and GTO drummers look remarkably similar. They are, in fact, one and the same: GTO's Rob Garcia filled for the RSO's Clem Waldmann, who had a prior commitment.
One of the characters is a real-life Oliver Sacks-type genius and piano virtuoso who discovers Raymond Scott in the 1970s, when people with that kind of mind were generally ignored or misunderstood. The guy thought he hit the lottery. Here's a quote about watching him learn to play "Powerhouse: "The songs starts with a grumpy, mechanized rhythm, like someone stomping downstairs, and later fires up into a madly-escalating riff that has unfinished phrases flying out of the horn section like parts off an assembly line."
If you want to read something about the East Village that's not full of famous cranky people in black clothes and their famous cranky friends, check out my book. It's brand-new, in paperback and eBook from Water Street Press, and you can get it on Amazon, iTunes, and all the usual places.
If you live in the New York City metro area, chances are high you missed the MeanEnsemble's March 2013 performances of Don't Beat Your Wife (Every Night): A Tribute to Raymond Scott and the Perfect World of Commercials at the Baruch Performing Arts Center. We were there—and we didn't see you. In fact, the first night's attendance was about six (not including the band and staff), and the second night's "crowd" numbered about 15. Which is a shame for two reasons: 1) because it was a spectacular and highly entertaining show, and 2) the band hails from Norway and rarely visits the U.S. There was apparently some serious PR fail that resulted in very little public awareness of the event. Nonetheless, the musicians performed admirably and most entertainingly.
A high-quality, beautifully directed video of the entire program (as performed in a studio in their home country) will be screened on Saturday, November 23, 2:00pm, at the WFMU Record Fair, held at the Metropolitan Pavilion on West 18th Street. I will introduce the video and provide a little context for those unfamiliar with Scott's legacy.
The MeanEnsemble vid will be followed by our friends Sport Murphy, Steve Young and Laura Lindgren's absurdist extravaganza based on their new book, Everything's Coming Up Profits: The Golden Age of Industrial Musicals.
No Exit ensemble will start their fifth season by focusing on the music of the legendary Raymond Scott Quintette, with concerts scheduled in Cleveland and Buffalo (see below).
No Exit's artistic director Timothy Beyer says: "We did a series of concerts inspired by jazz luminary Eric Dolphy. It proved to be one of our most popular programs and was a great deal of fun to put together. We're basically doing the same thing this time around with Raymond Scott."
This will be the Cleveland-based ensemble's first program to consist entirely of world premiere pieces. The concerts will feature new arrangements of Scott's music by pianist Geoffrey Burleson, saxophonist/composer and founder of the Either/ Orchestra Russ Gershon, and composers Greg D'Alessio, Chris Auerbach-Brown, and Eric Gonzalez. Also on the program are original pieces by No Exit's own James Praznik and Timothy Beyer which were inspired by the music of Scott's Quintette.
Beyer: "Scott was a truly brilliant guy whose genius couldn't be contained within a single medium. He was one of the early pioneers of electronic music — some of which will be featured on the program along with pieces inspired by his jazz Quintette — and developed many early devices for composing and creating electronic works. He had his own unique sensibility, a very singular vision as to how music should be and didn't seem too concerned with what everyone else was doing. Just a remarkable artist who throughout his prodigious career always seemed to be doing something all his own."
Beyer adds: "There has been a big resurgence of interest in Scott's music over the last decade or so. While Raymond Scott may not yet be a household name, most folks have heard his music whether they know it or not. I'm certain that there will be many people at the concerts thinking to themselves, I've heard that tune before!"


When the central place of the mother is also a hereditary mechanism of enslavement.
At once a performer, director, and playwright, Ahmed El Attar tirelessly works on moving the lines of our understanding and always bases his work on reality in order to change our perception of it. His shows find their central questions and storylines in modern Arab society and always focus on oppression, in particular in a family environment, to shine a new light on the habitual. Beyond his work as an artist, Ahmed El Attar is very active in Cairo's cultural scene, where he founded and directs a training centre as well as the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival.


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What Would Jefferson Do?
March 9, 2001 12:01 am ET
W hat if City Hall opened itself up to outside groups and every Sunday morning a church used it for services? Wouldn't that be unconstitutional? This was the question Justice Stephen Breyer asked during oral arguments in a Supreme Case -- Good News Club v. Milford Central School -- involving a children's Bible group denied after-hours access to a New York public school.
The tone and direction suggested the answer was clear: Of course it would be unconstitutional. But Justice Breyer would do well to point his browser to the Web site for the Becket Fund (www.becketfund.org ), a bipartisan, interfaith public-interest law group that acts as sort of an ACLU for religious freedom. In a posting this morning, the Becket site shows that the Founders would have permitted services not only in City Hall but in the Supreme Court itself. Even more compelling, Exhibit A here is a Library of Congress program on "Religion and the Founding of the American Republic" declaring that Mr. Separation-of-Church-and-State himself was a "most regular attendant" at services in the Capitol -- even dispatching a Marine band to accompany the hymnists.
Indeed, Jefferson attended a Congregationalist service in the House just two days after sending his letter to the Danbury Baptists with its now-famous phrase about the "wall of separation." Jefferson did not object to government buildings being used as such, because use was open to any denomination that wished to do so -- even Catholic priests and female preachers appeared on occasion -- and participation was voluntary.
"The Framers did not share the suspicion that religion is some sort of allergen in the body politic," says the Becket Fund's Kevin Hasson. "Quite the contrary, they welcomed public expression of faith as a normal part of cultural life." They must have. In Jefferson's day the Treasury Building was used for a Presbyterian communion, Episcopal services were held in the War Office and, as the Library of Congress exhibition states, "the Gospel was also preached in the Supreme Court chambers."
That America today doesn't know its own history here is a reflection of the larger revisionism that today portrays the churches, synagogues and mosques that criss-cross the country not as bulwarks of freedom but as incipient threats to the American way of life. And the ridicule and distrust that characterize this revisionism are readily apparent: in the knee-jerk suggestion that George W. Bush's effort to enlist faith-based social services will lead to a U.S. version of the ayatollahs' Iran; in the latest Ted Turner crack, this one referring to employees of his who had ashes on their foreheads for Ash Wednesday as "Jesus freaks"; even, sadly, in the Court itself, which Chief Justice William Rehnquist wrote in a dissent last year "bristles with hostility to all things religious in public life."


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Student Access to Treatment Act of 2007
The National Capital Asthma Coalition (NCAC) developed a policy enacted into law by the DC Council as the "Student Access to Treatment Act of 2007" (A17-0226). This DC law permits public, charter, private, and parochial school students with a valid action plan to possess and self-administer lifesaving asthma or anaphylaxis medications at school, among other key provisions.
Community Setting, English, Day Care, Document (PDF, Word, Excel), Health Care Setting, Home/Housing, Other, School
Managing Asthma and Allergies in DC Schools Guide
The National Capital Asthma Coalition (NCAC) published and conducted trainings with the "Managing Asthma and Allergies in DC Schools Guide" to help administrators, staff, and families create environments where students with asthma and allergies are healthy, active, and ready to learn. The guide provides recommendations for managing asthma, allergies, and anaphylaxis, including relevant laws, s
http://www.dcasthma.org/schools.htm
Community Setting, English, Day Care, Document (PDF, Word, Excel), Training Materials, School
DC Asthma Action Plan (Spanish)
DC launched its first-ever standard Asthma Action Plan form for children and adults developed collaboratively by members of NCAC's Health Services & Quality Improvement Committee, piloted at Children's National Medical Center, and endorsed by the DC Department of Health. The form includes copies to share with schools, childcare providers, nursing homes, and other caregivers. It also fulfills t
Community Setting, English, Day Care, Document (PDF, Word, Excel), Health Care Setting, Home/Housing, Spanish, Other, School
DC Asthma Action Plan (English)
Asthma Triggers- For children and Families
http://www.cshcn.org/forms/Triggers.pdf
Brochure, English, Document (PDF, Word, Excel), Spanish, Vietnamese
Peak Flow Meters
http://www.cshcn.org/forms/PeakFlow.pdf
What is Asthma? For children and Familes
http://www.cshcn.org/forms/WhatIsAsthma.pdf
The Nebulizer/El Nebulizer
http://www.cshcn.org/forms/Nebulizer.pdf
Brochure, English, Document (PDF, Word, Excel), Home/Housing, Training Materials, Spanish, Vietnamese
BrainPOP Asthma Movie
BrainPOP's Asthma movie features Tim and Moby and discusses the facts of Asthma, what causes Asthma and how to cope with Asthma if you have it. It is an educational resource that is used in Health classes nation-wide.
http://www.brainpop.com/health/diseasesinjuriesandconditions/asthma/
English, Day Care, Home/Housing, Spanish, Video (VHS or DVD), School
Resources for Addressing Asthma in Schools
CDC DASH
CDC's Resources for Addressing Asthma in Schools provides a list of CDC and other federal and nonfederal publications and website links for addressing asthma in schools. This list provides valuable resources, but it is not intended to be exhaustive.
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/asthma/pdf/pubs-links.pdf
Brochure, English, Document (PDF, Word, Excel), School


A feast of rich and finely detailed work..
Hailed as a cultural landmark of the 21st century, Black Watch has received standing ovations and enjoyed sold-out performances everywhere it has appeared, garnering over 20 international awards along the way. Now Chicago theater-lovers can join the tens of thousands of people across three continents who have made this production the soaring international success it is today. Chicago's Broadway Armory will create a dramatic military environment for this searing exploration of Scotland's legendary regiment, as it hurls audience members into the frontline soldier's experience through an astonishingly theatrical use of movement, music and song.