askland on November 14th, 2008

Middle section includes interview with Sheldon Adelson - posted on YouTube August 27, 2007. Mr. Adelson talks about Macau and the new Cotai Strip developments.

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askland on November 10th, 2008

Video clips of the 2003 film “Luther” about Martin Luther and the Reformation. I have a wide variety of views listed here. I don’t agree with all of them, but I enjoy the diversity. And it interests me that 500 years later people are still so passionate about Martin Luther.

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askland on November 6th, 2008

I’m not very much into politics. Partly because I have heard too many political rantings from people in my life. Armchair quarterbacks spouting off all the absolute truths of how things are, so convinced of how brilliant they are. I used to ask what they were doing about it, and get no fulfilling answer. They [...]

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askland on October 24th, 2008

Three guitars accompanied by a tractor providing the drum beat.

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askland on October 5th, 2008

Roman Tomanov (at this stage 15 years old) performing at the straps in 2004 at the International Circus Festival in Budapest (Hungary) where he won the bronze medal.
He’s currently a member of Cirque du Soleil’s latest resident show “Zaia” based at The Venetian Macao

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askland on October 5th, 2008

James Randi is a leader in the skeptical community who has been debunking paranormal and supernatural claims for most of his life. A magician himself James Randi is excellent at exposing the frauds that make up the paranormal and psychic communities. He offers a one million prize to anyone who can prove a paranormal claim [...]

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askland on March 14th, 2008

Here is my personal “Conrad update” post that I’ll keep stickied on the top of my blog until our Cirque show opens. Click the “Read the rest of this entry” link to read current status, or the rest of the blog for tidbits on our new Cirque Du Soleil adventure in Macau, China. Sorry, no [...]

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