diff --git a/starling/src/starling/animation/Juggler.as b/starling/src/starling/animation/Juggler.as
index 3d0b001d0..01e433278 100644
--- a/starling/src/starling/animation/Juggler.as
+++ b/starling/src/starling/animation/Juggler.as
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 
 package starling.animation
 {
-    import starling.core.starling_internal;
-    import starling.events.Event;
-    import starling.events.EventDispatcher;
-
+    import starling.core.starling_internal;
+    import starling.events.Event;
+    import starling.events.EventDispatcher;
+
     /** The Juggler takes objects that implement IAnimatable (like Tweens) and executes them.
      * 
      *  <p>A juggler is a simple object. It does no more than saving a list of objects implementing 
@@ -48,12 +48,14 @@ package starling.animation
     {
         private var mObjects:Vector.<IAnimatable>;
         private var mElapsedTime:Number;
+        private var mPaused : Boolean;
         
         /** Create an empty juggler. */
         public function Juggler()
         {
             mElapsedTime = 0;
             mObjects = new <IAnimatable>[];
+            mPaused = false;
         }
 
         /** Adds an object to the juggler. */
@@ -187,7 +189,9 @@ package starling.animation
         
         /** Advances all objects by a certain time (in seconds). */
         public function advanceTime(time:Number):void
-        {   
+        {
+            if (mPaused) return;
+            
             var numObjects:int = mObjects.length;
             var currentIndex:int = 0;
             var i:int;
@@ -237,6 +241,10 @@ package starling.animation
         }
         
         /** The total life time of the juggler. */
-        public function get elapsedTime():Number { return mElapsedTime; }        
+        public function get elapsedTime():Number { return mElapsedTime; }
+
+        public function get paused():Boolean { return mPaused; }
+        public function set paused(value:Boolean):void { mPaused = value; }
+        
     }
 }
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diff --git a/starling/src/starling/core/Starling.as b/starling/src/starling/core/Starling.as
index 7da1aad86..43eb3df35 100644
--- a/starling/src/starling/core/Starling.as
+++ b/starling/src/starling/core/Starling.as
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ package starling.core
         private var mLastFrameTimestamp:Number;
         private var mLeftMouseDown:Boolean;
         private var mStatsDisplay:StatsDisplay;
+        private var mStatsAlpha:Number;
         private var mShareContext:Boolean;
         private var mProfile:String;
         private var mSupportHighResolutions:Boolean;
@@ -779,6 +780,10 @@ package starling.core
                 {
                     mStatsDisplay = new StatsDisplay();
                     mStatsDisplay.touchable = false;
+                    if (!isNaN(mStatsAlpha))
+                    {
+                        mStatsDisplay.alpha = mStatsAlpha;
+                    }
                     mStage.addChild(mStatsDisplay);
                 }
                 
@@ -802,6 +807,18 @@ package starling.core
                 removeEventListener(starling.events.Event.ROOT_CREATED, onRootCreated);
             }
         }
+
+        public function set statsAlpha(value:Number):void
+        {
+            if (mStatsDisplay == null)
+            {
+                mStatsAlpha = value;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                mStatsDisplay.alpha = value;
+            }
+        }
         
         /** The Starling stage object, which is the root of the display tree that is rendered. */
         public function get stage():Stage