#one ring circus

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Various circus-folk of Monte d'Or! These were all used as 2D sprites in the character biography bonus section. It's great to see them in such a high resolution!  I’m also working on upscaling all the 2D sprites and will put them on the Layton wikia too!

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Weekly Reading for Pisces 7/21/17

One-Ring Circus Reversed

This is a time when you are so concerned about how others see you that you are trying to change your behavior so it pleases them. You need to stay true to who you are because it is what will make you happy in the long run.

Deck: The Enchanted Map Oracle Cards by Colette Baron-Reid, Copyright 2011 Hay House

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"One Ring Circus" a moment from All My Favorite People

"One Ring Circus" a moment from All My Favorite People Visit http://ift.tt/1MqAGh5 still available: http://bit.ly/1NfT7Fp Cincinnati Ballet is excited to bring more Behind the Ballet during the 2015-2016 Season. In our Behind the Ballet series we explore ballet from impossible vantage points, such as high above the action in this aerial video. Adam Hougland's All My Favorite People was first performed in Cincinnati Ballet & Over The Rhine Live in 2014. But you've never seen it quite like this: suspended high above the action.

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Chloé - One Ring Circus

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Artist: W.W. Denslow From: Denslow's One Ring Circus and Other Stories Publisher: G. W. Dillingham Co. Date: 1903

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Note: This review originally appeared here

A review of Katherine Dunn’s One Ring Circus: Dispatches From The World Of Boxing

I don’t know a lot about boxing. I’ve heard the names “Ali” and “Tyson” thrown around before, and I have some basic idea about what the sport entails; but mostly I’ve just watched The Simpson’s episode “The Homer They Fall” where papa Simpson figures out he can sustain numerous blows to the head without any damage. He fights his way through the amateur league in Springfield (which consists entirely of hobos) until he finally ends up going pro and getting in over his head. The episode isn’t one of my favorites, and I never thought I’d find myself the least bit interested in the sport itself.

Enter Katherine Dunn.

Over a year ago, I read Geek Love as a supplementary novel in an American Literature class and got hooked. I still haven’t quite put my finger on what it is about Dunn’s writing that charms me, but I’ve been looking for more ever since. Recently, I used my college’s Academic Research Database to find some of Dunn’s journalistic articles and read those. I’m not a “news” guy, and I’ve never been a reader of newspapers or periodicals of any sort. I read “The Knockout”—which appears in this volume—online and was instantly enchanted.

Maybe it was Dunn’s writing that drew me in once again. Maybe it was the fact that I had never considered the dynamic of women, boxing, and feminism before. And maybe I’m rooting for the underdog again, developing an interest in a sport that hasn’t gotten much press lately. I wasn’t sure if an entire book of essays on boxing was up my alley even then, but I took a risk and ordered a copy online as my first, declared summer reading novel.

I wasn’t disappointed.

One Ring Circus is not a neophyte’s guide to boxing. There’s no glossary of boxing terminology, and don’t expect to have the rules explained blow by blow. This collection of Dunn’s journalism—and it is a collection (everything here has appeared elsewhere as well)—reads like a true aficionado’s journal of the sport. Some sections are accounts of particular bouts or the profiles of certain boxers. Others are more like reflections or informed personal essays. I enjoyed these latter pieces best, although Dunn’s accounts of the fights themselves are just as engaging; however, I’ll admit to having trouble keeping up with the lists of stats and names at various points. But that’s just me.

Some personal favorites of mine include “The Vice and Virtue of Boxing,” “Buckaroo Boxing,” “Just As Fierce,” and “Fight or Die: The Johnny Tapia Story.” It’s all worth reading. I don’t think this is the sort of book you just dive into and read in an afternoon though. Eventually the profiles and descriptions of the fights start to run together, so it works best in doses. I wouldn’t call it bathroom reading either, but most of the segments are short enough that you can read one or two at night before bed without feeling like you are missing out by putting the book down for a while.

Outside of some typographical errors, the presentation of the material is as nice looking as you’re likely to find in a softcover book. The design (cover photograph, font, etc.) is also very nice looking.

Maybe I just like Dunn’s brand of feminism better than anything else I’ve read by Gilbert and Gubar and others. Perhaps I’m just enchanted with the image of a woman (especially this woman who looks like your sweet, little grandmother) enjoying this “Sweet Science,” with its stereotypically masculine heavyweight image. I like to think that at least part of my interest is genuinely focused on the sport itself.

I definitely learned something reading One Ring Circus and I also enjoyed it immensely. It’s a perfect read for the Dunn fan waiting for the author’s next fiction offering, and the curious (eager Googling may also be required to make complete sense of the material) could do worse than to read what is truly a knowledgeable look at the sport from the perspective of an observer whose journalistic objectivism often gives way to impassioned explication. It’s not written in academic jargon and never takes on the tone of one who knows it all and is imparting wisdom to the uninitiated.

I won’t call it a knockout (it’s been said), but One Ring Circus is definitely worth a gander if you’re up for some generally accessible nonfiction reading.

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CHLOE - One Ring Circus - One In Other