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Friday, November 26, 2004
Copyright @ Las Vegas Review-Journal
Cirque Tops Itself
'Ka,' the most expensive live show in modern history, takes a new direction by telling a story
By MIKE WEATHERFORD
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Lo Ngaching performs during the pageant scene in "Ka," the new epic from Cirque du Soleil at the MGM Grand.
A turbulent storm at sea leaves "Ka's" young heroine and her nanny underwater, which is shown through a stage transformation, aerial wires and film projection.
Jorg Lemke (background, as Counselor) and Miro (as Counselor's Son) rehearse.
Jorg Lemke
Chinese Wushu artists perform in the pageant scene.
"Ka" performers are hooked into their harnesses.
Kleber Berto from Brazil rehearses in the "Ka" training room.
Photos by Jeff Scheid. (Check all the photos with LVRJ please.) [You may view them from the section of "Neon" on reviewjournal.com at November 30, 2004.]
Seen from directly overhead, two opposing groups of armor-suited warriors charge to meet in the middle. A fierce battle ensues, the warriors using staffs, swords and kung fu. Some have an almost-supernatural power to leap over their enemy.
That's how the scene unfolds in Cirque du Soleil's new "Ka." But the audience doesn't see the overhead perspective on film, or reflected in mirrors. They see it because the warriors are suspended in the air, their feet rappelling onto a near-vertical wall, upon which the image of the battlefield is projected.
Along with performing their stunt combat, the performers are squeezing control units, hidden in their fists, to move the wires that suspend them from a grid 90 feet above the stage.
In part, it's the answer to the question everyone had: How could Cirque top itself and deliver a distinct new product in its fourth show on the Strip?
The $165 million "Ka," which begins its first ticketed "preview" shows today at the MGM Grand (the formal opening is in February) marks not only a watershed for Las Vegas entertainment, but perhaps the creation of an all-new entertainment medium: the live movie; theater that uses the language of cinema.
"In movies you will see a battlefield from different angles ... We've had the opportunity to give people a live experience about battle that is completely different than what you would get in any other theater," says Lyn Heward, who oversees Cirque's creative content division.
"Ka" has the rich, textured atmosphere of grand opera, except that nothing is stagebound, not even the two stages themselves.
Scenes flow from one to another, changing perspective. When the nanny of the young protagonist falls overboard during a turbulent storm at sea, you first see the older caretaker (Teuda Bara) swept off the side of the boat that spins and bobs like a cork on the water.
Then the stage transforms to an underwater point of view, to show the nanny sinking to the bottom -- again by using aerial wires and film projection -- and the young heroine (Jennifer Haight) plunging in to rescue her.
"It does focus the way a spectator can watch an activity. When I go see `O,' I have difficulty choosing what to look at," Heward says. "But this is a little bit different. We are giving you a point of view to look at this from."
Moreover, the signature Cirque music, acrobatics and overall aesthetic have been focused into actual storytelling for the first time. "Cirque du Soleil is at the point where it wants to reinvent itself and see how it can push further," says Robert Lepage, the director hired to help Cirque turn that corner. "You have to move on to something different and you have to break something to do that."
Lepage -- perhaps best-known in the United States for staging two Peter Gabriel tours -- says he and Cirque founder Guy Laliberté wrestled with questions of, "How can this feel familiar without being redundant? How can this feel like you're walking into a different world, but still with the confidence you have in your guide, which is Cirque du Soleil?"
The long road
"If your foundations are solid, then you can build it," says "Ka" production manager Stephane Mongeau.
The first Cirque production to be storyboarded in advance came together, perhaps not coincidentally, in a relatively compressed time frame.
In June 2002, Cirque and MGM Mirage confirmed rumors that dated back to at least mid-2001: "EFX" would close at the end of that year, to be replaced by the new Cirque and, as it turned out, a theater gutted and rebuilt from the ground up.
But Lepage had come up with the basic treatment for "Ka" by the end of 2001. And Cirque had dropped a major clue to its new direction with its tribute to special effects in the 2002 Academy Awards broadcast.
"What we were trying to do at that time was say to people, `Look, you don't need the magic of film to do "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"-like movements.' You can actually do it in real life, too," Heward says.
Cirque knew it wanted to create an epic, and to present it in a suitable theater. For that it turned to Mark Fisher, production designer for the Queen musical "We Will Rock You," currently at Paris Las Vegas, as well as the U2 "PopMart" tour and the Rolling Stones' "Bridges to Babylon" stadium tour.
"He was a real sprinter for us," Mongeau says of Fisher. "He had a very quick vision of the entire big picture (and) computer-animated a rendering of the entire theater within a month. Someone like him inspires the others."
In lieu of a fixed playing area, the stage design resembles a black void, where the two main stages move in and out of position. One is the "Tommy deck," a platform that slides in and out much like a drawer. The other -- the one hosting the vertical battle -- is the "cliff deck," an 80,000-pound rectangle lifted in and out of place by a 230,000-pound gantry arm.
The old theater was gutted and construction of the new one began in July 2003. Cirque took over the 1,951-seat theater in November 2003, but missed its goal of opening last summer, chiefly because of problems with the gantry arm.
A big star of the show was the last to join the cast: fire. At first, county fire inspectors told the creators that the theater's lack of a formal proscenium -- and thus, the traditional type of fire curtain --would prohibit pyrotechnical effects. Cirque agreed, but later reopened discussions. Inspectors signed off on the pyro effects Oct. 31.
The cinematic feel of the show also introduces a new, home-theaterlike dimension to the theater: Every seat will have its own personal set of speakers.
"It is not as if sound always comes out of the seat. It is just another pair of speakers," says sound designer Jonathan Deans. In fact, there are 180 outputs of sound, compared to 60 for "EFX."
"We take a sound and shred it into multiple sections," Deans explains. "It will go out and fly around the auditorium shredded, then come back into that (original) sound. Will the audience know that is happening? No. But they will feel something different is happening."
Much of the music is recorded, but all sound effects are live. "If a fireball comes up through the stage," Deans explains, "we draw little squares on the camera image (that monitors the stage action). So when the fireball crosses through the squares, it actually triggers different sounds, and places the sounds to different speakers."
War and peace
"It simplified itself," Lepage says of the story that was code-named "Duality," and takes its name from the Egyptian concept of a spiritual double. "It's difficult to talk about simplicity in this context, but it did."
"The story was very ambitious in the beginning, and that is what simplified itself, to where you get a thread more than a story and that thread becomes your emotional guide," he explains. "It's still a Cirque du Soleil show. It's all based on numbers and pretexts to have acrobatics or martial arts. It's the way you string these things together that forms a story line."
In this case, it's the story of twins (Haight and sister Sheri) in an ancient Asian society who are separated when enemy archers kidnap one of them. Along the way, their separate journeys include a giant forest and a beach full of giant animal puppets created by Michael Curry, best known for Broadway's "The Lion King."
The biggest challenge: "How do you present conflict in a Cirque du Soleil show?" Lepage remembers. "How do you present violence in a nonviolent way? How do you make a ballet out of an attack?"
Cirque traveled the world to find swordsmen, archers and the roof-jumping Yamikazis of Paris. "You show these videos in sequence and you went, `Yikes! This is so violent,' " Lepage recalls.
Help came from Taiwanese martial arts choreographer Yung Biau Lin and his experience dating back to his childhood with the Chinese Opera, which trains youngsters in gymnastics, acrobatics and martial arts as well as performance skills such as mime and dance.
"There are many ways to use the martial arts. Fighting is one, but there are a lot of others," Biau Lin says through an interpreter.
"What I am trying to do in this show is look at the whole span of energy and play with that," he says of the rare mix of disciplines: Chinese Wushu -- an umbrella term for a variety of styles -- and Brazilian Capoeira.
For all that is new about "Ka," longtime fans of Cirque will hear the sounds of a long-lost friend. René Dupéré, who composed the soundtrack to "Mystere" and most of the Cirque shows before it, returned to the fold at Laliberté's request after a 10-year break.
"It has to be a score, like a movie score," Dupéré says. "The music has to tell what's going on, because there's nobody talking."
The most distinctive aspect of the score is a 42-voice choir, which sings "invented lyrics" by Dupéré's wife, Elise Velle, who was principal singer for the first year of "Mystere."
The choir and orchestral sounds are blended in with the live performance of a seven-piece band, which the audience doesn't see.
But, Dupéré says, in places "I had to soften (the music) a bit. It was so dramatic, I couldn't see the action. The music was too big."
It's a larger lesson the creators of the most expensive live show in modern history are trying not to forget. One key special effect is created by nothing more than the shadow of a candle.
"Human beings make the effects, and not machines," Heward says. "The technology is simply a support to the human performance."

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Advisory Board: Governor Kenny Guinn, Chairman; U. S. Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Vice Chairmen; U. S. Representatives James Gibbons and Shelley Berkley, and Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, Executive Directors.
U. S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao
Chairperson
Dr. Tony T. Lei
President
District Judges Mark Denton and Valorie Vega
Vice Presidents
Dr. William N. Thompson
Director of Public Administration Institution
Dr. E. Lee Bernick and Dr. G. Keong Leong
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Dr. Sue Fawn Chung
Director of Culture Institution
Justice of the Supreme Court William Maupin, Attorney General Brian Sandoval, and District Judge Stewart Bell, Honorary Chairmen of Clark County District Attorney and Police Civil Commission (CCDAPCC)
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*It's our pleasure to pay a tribute to the above officials who dedicate to the civic and community service spects of our organization in an honorary or adjunct capacity.
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U. S. Congresswoman Shelley Berkley extends to you this invitation to join in her Campaign Kick-off on July 1, 2004
By Shelley Berkley and GSBPA of WBTI*1
Good morning my friends! It is my integrity and endeavor to devote myself for the people and country of Nevada and the United Stated of America. How nice will it be for more of my friends to join my "Berkley Campaign Kick Off 2004"!
I extend to you this invitation (by Berkley for Congress) to join in my
Campaign Kick-off
for Re-election to the U.S. Congress
Thursday July 1st, 2004
at the Club in the Cannery Hotel & Casino
2121 E. Craig Road at Losee
BBQ Reception begins at 6:00pm
LIVE MUSIC with Doo-Wopp.com
$20.04 Donation Per Person Requested(Children under Voting Age Free)
Please RSVP by returning enclosed envelope, calling 212-3350
or by e-mail to RSVP@BerkleyforCongree.com.*2
The following is my stetement on Passing of Former President Reagan:
Berkley statement on Passing of Former President Reagan
June 9, 2004
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my sincere condolences to former first lady Nancy Reagan and the entire Reagan family. And I join our Nation in expressing profound sorrow at the loss of our 40th President.*3
Ronald Reagan had a special place in the hearts of Nevadans. Long before he came to the White House, Ronald Reagan in a another life headlined on the Las Vegas Strip as an entertainer in the early 1950s. Later as Governor of California, he worked with his counterpart from Nevada, former U.S. Senator and Governor Paul Laxalt, to address environmental threats to Lake Tahoe.
While in the White House, Ronald Reagan would often turn to his old friend from Nevada, Senator Laxalt, who was one of his closest advisers during his time in our Nation's Capital.
Ronald Reagan served our Nation with honor and distinction. He will long be remembered for his warm wit, his quiet strength, and ability to inspire through his words and his deeds. His actions as President reshaped the course of the 20th century, and his unbridled optimism helped restore America's faith in itself.
Today we also remember Ronald Reagan for his leadership and for his unwavering vision that Americans remain for all a land of hope, promise, and opportunity.*4
It is important to have more "grass-roots support" for people to win. GSBPA would like our friends to share some idea of the following article:
Thursday, June 24, 2004
Copyright @ Las Vegas Review-Journal
JANE ANN MORRISON: In today's politics, grass-roots effort requires more seed money*5
The definition of "grass-roots support" is changing.
Years ago, it meant that a candidate's neighbors, friends and supporters got out and spread the word. Or volunteers from each party called and walked.
Then the unions made it more sophisticated, going door to door to their members, urging them to vote for union-friendly candidates.
Today you can buy grass-roots support, which is what Las Vegas City Councilman-elect Steve Wolfson did.
With his $100,000 war chest, he hired Billy Rogers' Southwest Group to walk door to door, find out the specific issues voters cared about and follow up with letters on those issues. It was part of a coordinated effort with Gary Gray, who handled the political and advertising strategies, including the nine Wolfson mailers.
One sign that it worked: After the only candidates' forum for the Ward 2 race, a man explained to me how he had been wavering between Gabriel Lither and Wolfson.
Wolfson won his support by coming to his door personally and talking issues with his wife, then soon afterward receiving a letter from the criminal defense attorney about those issues.
In addition, Wolfson would follow up with a personal phone call several days later. He spent six to seven hours on the phone toward the end, calling voters.
"I asked voters what's important to them and made them feel like I care," he said on the night of the election, before realizing that didn't sound quite right. Then he added, "Because I do care."
"It was very personal; it was grass roots for the 21st century," Wolfson consultant Gray said.*6
But it didn't come cheap.
The first campaign finance reports showed that Wolfson paid Southwest Group $38,000, and another $43,000 went to Gray & Associates. Those numbers probably will increase in the next report after final bills are paid.
But Lither, who was in second place trailing Wolfson by only 245 votes, has his own grass-roots support. The deputy attorney general, who had fought to limit the size of the Red Rock Station resort and most often is described as a neighborhood activist, had backing from walkers from the Culinary union Local 226, foes of the anti-union Station Casinos.
These walkers weren't hired by Lither; they were part of the union effort.
"This was not David and Goliath," Rogers said after Wolfson was the declared winner and Lither was in second place. "These were evenly matched operations doing everything they could to ID their voters and get them to the polls."
Sarah Jaffa, one of the 15 Wolfson walkers from Southwest Group, said she was nervous on Election Day when she overheard a Culinary walker say someone hadn't voted, "but she gets off at 3."
The Culinary effort to get out the vote was frightening, Jaffa said, because organizers knew details about potential union voters, such as what hours they worked, which made it easier to find potential voters and urge them to vote.
Jaffa called Rogers and said the main competition wasn't from commercial real estate agent Ric Truesdell, who had raised the most money next to Wolfson. It was from Lither, who had reported raising less than $4,000.
For Wolfson, it was a long, nerve-wracking evening. "At first, I was encouraged. I had a 10-point lead." But that lead started dipping. He finally won with a 4 percentage-point victory when final results rolled in at 9 p.m.
The 6 percentage-point drop as voting progressed showed that the Culinary effort helped, even if it didn't succeed.
(This marks the second City Council race in which the union's efforts failed to bring victory. In 2003, the union worked on behalf of Las Vegas Councilman Michael McDonald, who lost to Janet Moncrief. What does this bode for Democratic Assemblyman David Goldwater's union-backed challenge of Clark County Commissioner Lynette Boggs McDonald?)
"When I first started this, there were tons of stay-at-home moms, and you could get them to make calls all day," Gray said. "They don't exist anymore because the moms have full-time jobs, just like their husbands."
Now you hire your "grass-roots support."
If you have enough money.
***Jane Ann Morrison's column appears Monday, Thursday and Saturday. E-mail her at jane@reviewjournal.com or call 383-0275.
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References
*1. GSBPA of WBTI is the initial of Graduate School of Business and Public Administration of Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI). GSBPA did also the editing of this article.
*2. Berkley for Congress. 'Berkley Campaign Kick Off 2004,' "A mail of the invitation card to Dr. Tony Lei from the Campaign Office for Congreewoman Shelley Berkley," (June 21, 2004), Las Vegas, Nevada: Office of Berkley for Congress.
*3. Las Vegas Review-Journal is the largest newspaper in Nevada. It has its website at the address of: reviewjournal.com. This website is famous with its communitylink. WBTI's website is brought to you through the communitylink of Las Vegas Review-Journal at http://communitylink.reviewjournal.com/lvrj/wbti.
*4. Ibid.
*5. Las Vegas Review-Journal. 'In today's politics, grass-roots effort requires more seed money,' "reviewjournal.com on Thursday, 06-24-2004," (June 24, 2004), Las Vegas, Nevada: LVRJ.
*6. Ibid.
*****About the Author Shelley Berkley
U. S. Congresswoman Shelley Berkley --- a real star for Nevada
Congresswoman Shelley Berkley was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in November, 1998. Shelley represents constituents living in the First Congressional District of Nevada, including residents of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, and unincorporated areas in Clark County. The District annually records the largest population increase in the nation. U. S. Congresswoman Shelley Berkley has A Lifetime of Commitment to Nevada.
She has lived in Las Vegas for over four decades. Shelley has a deep sense of commitment to give back to the community that opened the doors of opportunity for her. She also has never forgotten that her family headed west seeking a better life, and found it in Las Vegas. She completed junior high and high school in Las Vegas, then went on to become the first member of her family to attend college when she enrolled in UNLV. Elected Student Body President, 1971-1972, she graduated with honors and a B.A. in Political Science from UNLV in 1972. After earning her law degree at the University of San Diego School of Law in 1976, she returned to Las Vegas to begin her career.
U. S. Congresswoman Shelley Berkley has successfully sought appointments that enable her to meet the needs of Southern Nevada, since she swore in as a Member of Congress on January 6, 1999.
Shelley is a former Vice Chair of the Nevada University and Community College System Board of Regents. Appointed to the Board in 1990 by the Governor, she was then twice elected as a Regent by Las Vegas-area voters. She completed her second term on the Board in 1998. Throughout her tenure, Shelley worked to keep higher education in Nevada affordable and accessible to all qualified students.
This bright lady has devoted her energies to charitable and civic efforts ever since she was a teenager. Her work and ideas have contributed to many of Southern Nevada’s successes.
On February 23, 2004, U. S. Congresswoman Shelley Berkley wrote Dr. and Mrs. Tony Lei that,"Thank you for your generous contribution to my re-election campaign. I greatly appreciate your support. Please know that your help makes a significant difference. I look forward to continuing my service in Congress and shall endeavor to serve in the manner that merits your confidence in me."
Shelley Berkley is born a leader. Shelley is an educated leader. Shelley is a prctical and bright leader since her college life. She received her juris doctorate degree from San Deigo Law School. She was the former Regent of University and Colleges of Nevada. She has been Executive Advisor for Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI) since 1996. Her successful leadership both good in work performance and human relations has won all her assistants' and followers' full and sincere respects. In order to celebrate Shelley Berkley's winning as U. S. Congresswoman, elected as a member of the International Relations Committee (IRC) of the Congress, and Dr. Tony Lei as her Senior Advisor; Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI) and Chinese American Academic Association of Nevada (CAAAN) established the "Literature and Academic Forum" ("LAF") in 1999. It is brought to you now by Las Vegas Review-Journal through the section of "LAF5" at: http://communitylink.reviewjournal.com/lvrj/wbti.
At the time when Shelley was elected as the Member of IRC, she told Las Vegas Review-Journal that to promote the tourism, trade, and investment with foriegn countries for Nevada and our states is her primary interest. Her emphasis is enhancing the 2004 mission of WBTI:
(1). To encourage and promote academic research, community service, humane spirit, and educational programs. (2). To launch and participate events and projects for the development and cooperation of tourism, education, business, and culture.*10 We are pleased to welcome her good wishes to all our citizens, residents, and visitors of Nevada that "I look forward to continuing my service in Congress and shall endeavor to serve in the manner that merits your
confidence in me."
WBTI was honored by China Business Chain, Inc. (CBCI), Shangshai People's Municipal Goverment Cooperation Office (SPMGCO), and China State Development and Planning Commission as Organizer of Nevada Expo Mission to China to attend the Annual International Mayors for City Development Forum and Shanghai International Industrial Fair and Yangtze Investment Project Expo. Joined together with the invitation by Xiemen, Fukien, China for the cooperation of education and business between Fukien and Nevada, WBTI will organize a sound team joined by many high-ranking officials both of Nevada and California. U. S. Congresswoman Shelley Berkley, Nevada Lt. Governor Lorraine Hunt, and Las Vegas City Mayor Oscar Goodman have been honored by WBTI, CBCI, SPMGCO, and International Professors and Scholars Mutual Cooperation and Development Association in California as Honoray Chairpersons of Nevada Expo Mission to China.
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It is our pleasure to receive an e-mail from the Campaign Office of U. S. Congresswoman Shelley Berkley to WBTI in the afternoon on June 29, 2004:
--- rsvp@berkleyforcongress.com wrote:

> Sounds good!!!
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> Quoting Tony Lei :
>
> > Dear Ms. Sami,
> >
> > Good morning! How are you? On June 30,
> 2004,
> > we'll send you by e-mail a list of the names of
> our
> > friends who are invited and interested to
> join
> > Shelly at her campaign kick-off on July 1, 2004.*
> >
> > *For more details, please have your Assistant
> > or yourself click on the sections of "PPAA18" and
> > "LAF5" at:
> >
> > http://communitylink.reviewjournal.com/lvrj/wbti
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Judy &
> Tony
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> > PPAA18 ***** Tuesday, June 29, 2004
> *****
> > # First Edition
> > Washington Business and Technology Institute
> (WBTI)
> > http://communitylink.reviewjournal.com/lvrj/wbti
> >
> > Advisory Board: Governor Kenny Guinn, Chairman;
> U. S.
> > Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Vice
> Chairmen; U.
> > S. Representatives James Gibbons and Shelley
> Berkley,
> > and Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, Executive
> > Directors.
> > U. S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao
> > Chairperson
> > Dr. Tony T. Lei
> > President
> > District Judges Mark Denton and Valorie Vega
> > Vice Presidents
> > Dr. William N. Thompson
> > Director of Public Administration Institution
> > Dr. E. Lee Bernick and Dr. G. Keong Leong
> > Deans of Graduate School of Business and Public
> > Administration
> > Dr. Sue Fawn Chung
> > Director of Culture Institution
> > Justice of the Supreme Court William Maupin,
> Attorney
> > General Brian Sandoval,
> and
> > District Judge Stewart Bell, Honorary Chairmen of
> > Clark County District Attorney and
> Police
> > Civil Commission (CCDAPCC)
> > District Attorney David Roger and Clark County
> > Sheriff Bill Young
> > Chairmen of CCDAPCC
> > (702) 255-9058
> > *It's our pleasure to pay a tribute to the above
> > officials who dedicate to the civic and community
> > service spects of our organization in an honorary
> or
> > adjunct capacity.
> >
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> > Welcome your input to Pan Pacific and Asian
> American
> > Forum (PPAAF) and Literature and Academic Forum
> (LAF)!
> >
> > By GSBPA and PAI of WBTI*1
> >
> > Welcome your input to Pan Pacific and
> Asian
> > American Forum (PPAAF) and Literature and
> Academic
> > Forum (LAF)! These Forums are offered freely to
> the
> > faculty, advisors, and friends of Washington
> Business
> > and Technology Institute (WBTI). The Forums are
> a
> > daily presentation of WBTI website at:
> >
> > http:/communitylink.reviewjournal.com/lvrj/wbti
> >
> > by WBTI through Communitylink of the largest
> > newspaper in Nevada, "Las Vegas Review-Journal".
> >
> > PPAAF and LAF are non-profit and
> non-partisan
> > contributions of WBTI to our community with both a
> > philosophy and spirit of serve about self through
> > modern information management and effective
> research
> > methodology. In management, our efficiency is "do
> the
> > things right" and our result is "do the right
> > things."
> >
> > The Forums welcome articles, literatures,
> photos,
> > campaigning speeches, ect. on the basis of
> > righteousness that they may contribute to make
> Nevada
> > a wonderful place for home living and business
> > development.
> >
> > Hope our efforts together may help improve
> the
> > quality of life of all our residents and visitors
> of
> > the silver state Nevada.
> >
> > The responses to WBTI's Forums of PPAAF
> and
> > LAF have been enhanced by the infomation
> documents
> > sent to us for post from U. S. Senator Harry
> Reid's
> > office in U. S. Senate, Washington D. C.;
> Nevada
> > Governor Kenny Guinn's office at Carson, Nevada,
> U.
> > S. A.; among others since the establishment of
> WBTI on
> > January 8, 1996.*2
> >
> > The PPAAF has advanced to the number of
> > sections at "PPAA18", while LAF has advanced to
> > "PAI5".
> >
> > Any comment extends from you to WBTI will
> > highly be appreciated.
> >
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> > References
> >
> > *1. GSBPA and PAI of WBTI are the initials of the
>
> > Graduate School of Business and Public
> Administration
> > (GSBPA) and Public Administration Institution
> (PAI)
> > of Washington Business and Technology Institute
> > (WBTI).
> > *2. Walsh, Jessie; Moss, Cheryl; and Chang,
> Tiffany.
> > 'Drs. Lee Bernick, Keong Leong appointed deans
> of
> > GSBPA of WBTI,' "The Special Column on 'Nevada
> > Examiner'," (March 28, 2003), Las Vegas, Nevada:
> > Nevada Examiner.
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