SOLEIL SOLEIL SOLEIL ("Sun" in French) is a synchrotron facility near Paris, France. It performed its first acceleration of electrons on May 14, 2006. The name "SOLEIL" is a backronym for "Source optimisée de lumière d’énergie intermédiaire du LURE" (LURE optimised intermediary energy light source), LURE meaning "Laboratoire pour l'utilisation du rayonnement électromagnétique". The facility is run by a civil corporation held by the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), two French national research agencies. It is located in Saint-Aubin in the Essonne département, a south-western suburb of Paris, near
Zed (Cirque du Soleil) du Soleil had come to an agreement to permanently close the production on December 31, 2011. The closure was due to the business environment that arose from the impacts of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. "Zed" had reached its one-millionth guest faster than any show in Japan, and had seen great success with over 1,000 performances. Cirque du Soleil spent three years constructing the Cirque du Soleil Theatre Tokyo for its resident show "Zed". The theatre, which is located at the Tokyo Disney Resort, was exclusively designed for "Zed". The roof was formed by polyhedrons and was made to