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...Among the exceptional acts are the Kabanov, Russian aerial acrobats who perform flips and drops from a swaying platform. Breaking with the circus convention of aerial acts defying gravity, the Kabanov embrace it, turning somersaults as they fall from a high moving perch, always landing safely on the tent floor...
...Perhaps in an effort to present a kinder, gentler animal act, Kaleidoscape puts forth Olga Rogacheva and her trained geese. Yes, geese. There is undoubtedly a moment of wonder as the fowl take to the ring and perform a series of maneuvers. Who would have thought geese could be trained to do anything? And when you realize that they aren't really doing much, you think that there may be a reason no one has done it before. The most remarkable thing about the act was seeing Hungarian fourth-generation circus performer Istvan Toth, who stands 27 inches tall, almost...
...committee did not, however, make recommendations on a site, saying the city should hire consultants to perform a site study following guidelines of the committee...
...prevalence of viruses will probably only increase with time, especially as it becomes easier and easier to program them to perform all sorts of tasks. Perhaps the best way to protect against them is to--unlike me--actually follow the advice that most people give. Important files should be backed up and e-mail attachments shouldn't be opened until they're scanned. Avoid files with extensions that are unfamiliar, and most importantly if you're not expecting any attachments, don't open any files. Harvard makes it remarkably easy for us to do this through Pine, as well...
...Bombay, 940 people sit at terminals in a huge, air-conditioned hall, working for World Network Services, a unit of British Airways. They perform a variety of long-distance functions--tracking cargo, processing reservations, collating sales--for BA and other carriers. Qualifications for the jobs aren't high. Anyone who knows English and can use a keyboard can apply. WNS general manager Roy Marshall says the company looked at several countries before settling on India. The main reason: so many people speak English that expansion would never be a problem...