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Many analysts and observers say Kudrin is being massively optimistic. Talk of 2% or 3% growth next year are "the numbers of a public official who is trying not to add fuel to the fire of public fears," says Roland Nash, chief strategist at Renaissance Capital. "There are a lot of politics being played out and a lot of fears. I don't think anybody anywhere trusts any forecasts right...
...After working as a paramedic and a fire department lieutenant, Fugate went on to serve 10 years as Alachua County's emergency management chief, a position that reportedly came with a basement office that was so tiny Fugate had to dodge the door when unexpected visitors dropped by or risk getting hit in the head...
...Liked to surprise the 130 state employees he oversaw with "thunderbolt" exercises by walking into their offices and saying, "Okay - there's a fire in the building and you have to evacuate. What...
Circus performers can twist themselves into pretzels and somersault through rings of fire, but even they are struggling to jump through new hoops set up by the U.K. immigration authorities. In November, the British Home Office introduced a points-based system to crack down on illegal immigration and create what its website describes as "a significantly more straightforward and transparent structure." It's easy enough for foreign trapeze artists and acrobats to secure the requisite points for entry into Britain based on their unique skills. But ringmasters say various problems with the new system - including faulty computer software and poorly...
...totally incompatible with the needs of Britain's circus sector. According to Malcolm Clay, secretary of the Association of Circus Proprietors of Great Britain, British circus schools don't produce artists at an acceptable standard, largely because their students refine skills like tightrope-walking or fire-breathing as a hobby, not as part of a lifelong career. As a result, British circuses rely on artists from countries with long-established histories of state-sponsored circus schools: they call on Argentina and Colombia for their renowned high-wire acts, China and North Korea for acrobats, and Mongolia and Russia for horse...