Come to meet our stars! The world-famous Ringling Bros Circusis building up the excitement one hour before the show begins. At the All Access Pre-Show children of all ages are invited to join our performers on the show floor. It's your chance to be right in the middle of the circus action. You can learn circus skills and get signatures from extraordinary circus stars, try on a traditional Ringmaster jacket and be part of our dance party!

Gypsy Gomes comes from Argentina where she was taught her circus skills as a child. She will leave your head spinning as she controls up t0 80 hoola hoops (呼啦圈) while balancing on a huge mirror ball. Having many hoops thrown in her direction all at once is just one of her many talents.

Emily Ryan gives thrilling performances in her German Wheel. Her beauty and courage go hand in hand with her broad talents and tricks.

With the most elegant touch, Emma Avery bravely steps out into thin air on a silver thread of wire, showing her skills not only of balance but of beautifully performed talents.

Sixth generation Swiss circus artist, Rosita Gasser performs a unique and very modern display on the Roman Rings with skill, balance and style. Her strength and control during performance has come from being a single, double and flying trapeze (空中飞人) from the young age of eight and a lifetime in the circus.

To take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime experience, just visit ringlingbros.expapp.com from your iPhone or Android smartphone, provide your name, email and phone number to see the exciting experiences that are waiting for you!

Pacha London     www.pachalondon.com

The world’s most historic club is set in a building of the 1920s beautifully decorated in its original oak paneling and features an impressive glass ceiling. You can enjoy beauty, style    and elegance when clubbing at London’s most historic night club Pacha and appreciate    works of some famous musicians.

Amika London     www.amikalon london.com

Amika plays host to the new super elite(精英) who are seeking the latest fashion trends. A unique playground is designed for fun．It is the final destination for major players and glitterati(上层人士) alike．It features table reservations & bookings, events and corporate bookings．

SeOne Club London  www.seonelondon.com

SeOne is one of London’ largest music clubs. Situated in the north of London, SeOne consists of five rooms. It can be broken down into smaller spaces and can be used for parties as small as 100 people. SeOne Club has attracted all kinds of promoters and event organizers，from corporate giants  to dance promoters.

KoKo Club     www.koko.uk.com

Situated at 1 A Camden High Street, Central London, Koko Club represents a versatile(通用的), 21st-century club．It’s very adaptable so it can be used for anything—from small comedy to international music awards. A must visit!

Bar Rumba           www.barrumba.co.uk

Located in London’s west end, Bar Rumba is one of London’s leading late night clubs. Playing funk, jazz, Afro-beat, Latin, Cuban, salsa, drum &bass, break beat, it has an amazing sound system for dance music. Every night it delivers a different beat—from hip hop to Latin dance, from grime to jazz. 

    Club Colosseum           www.clubeolosseum.com

Situated in 1 Nine Elms Lane, Vauxall, London, Club Colosseum won the world’s best club award in 1999. Now it features a new VIP room, a spectacular riverside bar with a view all over London & the River Thames.

New York City is a great city which has a lot of romantic getaways. They’re the perfect places to relax and escape from the busy life. You can start planning a weekend getaway to the following places.

Rochester: Edward Harris House

It offers guests a great place right next to the heart of the Rochester Arts/ Cultural District, which is packed with urban village shops, fine dining cafes and museums to explore. Seriously, they’re all just one block away!

Chester: The Glenmere Mansion

This adult-only country house in the Hudson Valley was once a private palace where many kings and queens have rested their heads. With only 18 rooms and suites and a grand piano player willing to take requests, you’ll feel as if it’s your own private palace.

Finger Lakes: Geneva on the Lake

You’ll feel like you’re in another world on the edge of Seneca Lake. Every little detail will transport you back in time, from the heavily decorated dining room to the 17^th-century furniture. As a bonus, the elegant vacation spot is not far from the Wine Trail, making it very easy to drink a glass.

New Paltz: Mohonk Mountain House

The only decision you’ll have to make at this holiday village is how many of the activities you want to try. On the list of options are skating and cross-country skiing, not to mention additional offerings like a cocktail tasting in an extremely beautiful castle.

Technology offers conveniences such as opening the garage door from your car or changing the television station without touching the TV.

Now one American company is offering its employees a new convenience: a microchip implanted in their hands. Employees who have these chips can do all kinds of things just by waving their hands. Three Square Market is offering to implant microchips in all of their employees for free. Each chip costs $300 and Three Square Market will pay for the chip. Employees can volunteer to have the chips implanted in their hands. About 50 out of 80 employees have chosen to do so. The president of the company, his wife and their children are also getting chips implanted in their hands.

The chip is about the size of a grain of rice. Implanting the chip only takes about a second and is said to hurt only very briefly. The chips go under the skin between the thumb and forefinger. With a chip in the hand, a person can enter the office building, buy food, sign into computers and more, simply by waving that hand near a scanner. The chips will be also used to identify employees. Employees who want convenience, but do not want to have a microchip implanted under their skin, can wear a wristband or a ring with a chip instead. They can perform the same tasks with a wave of their hands as if they had an implanted chip.

Three Square Market is the first company in the United States to offer to implant chips in its employees. Epicenter, a company in Sweden, has been implanting chips in its employees for a while.

Three Square Market says the chip cannot track the employees. The company says scanners can read the chips only when they are within a few inches of them. “The chips protect against identity theft, similar to credit cards.” The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the chips back in 2004, so they should be safe for humans, according to the company.

In the future, people with the chips may be able to do more with them, even outside the office. Todd Westby is Chief Executive Officer of Three Square Market. He says, “Eventually, this technology will become standardized allowing you to use this as your passport, public transit, all purchasing opportunities, etc.”

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 Washington, D.C. Bicycle Tours

Cherry Blossom Bike Tour in Washington, D.C.

Duration Tour

This small group bike tour is a fantastic way to see a world-famous cherry trees with beautiful flowers of Washington, D.C. Your guide will provide a history lesson about the trees and the famous monuments where they blossom. Reserve your spot before availability — the cherry blossoms—disappear!

Washington Capital Monuments Bicycle Tour

Duration:3 hours (4 miles)

Join a guided bike tour and view some of the most popular monuments in Washington, D.C. Explore the monuments and memorials on the National Mall as your guide shares unique facts and history at each stop. Guided tour includes bike, helmet, cookies and bottled water.

Capital City Bike Tour In Washington, D.C.

Duration:3 hours

Morning or Afternoon, this bike tour is the perfect tour for D. C. newcomers and locals looking to experience Washington, D.C. in a healthy way with minimum effort. Knowledgeable guides will entertain you with the most ,interesting stories about Presidents, Congress, memorials, and parks. Comfortable bikes and a smooth tour route(路线）make cycling between the sites fun and relaxing.z.xxk

Washington Capital Sites at Night Bicycle Tour 

Duration:3 hours(7miles)

Join a small group bike tour for an evening of exploration in the heart of Washington, D.C. Get up close to the monuments and memorials as your bike the sites of Capitol Hill and the National Mall. Frequent stops are made for photo taking as your guide offers unique facts and history. Tour includes bike, helmet, and bottled water. All riders are equipped with reflective vests and safety lights.

Inspiring young minds!

TOKNOW Magazine is a big hit in the world of children’s publishing，bringing a unique combination of challenging ideas and good fun to young fans every month.

Sounds too good to be true?

Take a look online—evidence shows that thousands of teachers and parents know a good thing when they see it and recommend TOKNOW to their friends.

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What could be more fun than a gift that keeps coming through the letterbox every month? The first magazine with your gift message will arrive in time for the special day.

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Earlier this year, the social media website Facebook announced that it would work with several news organisations — including The New York Times, The Guardian, and the BBC — to place news stories directly into users’ personal Facebook webpage.  Stories published using Facebook Instant will load more quickly and keep the style of the original publisher, who will keep all the advertising income the stories earn — at least for now. The deal shows how important social, media has become to news organisations, and is a clear sign of how the world of news is changing — and has been for a while.

When Google News began in 2002, many saw it as the death of the newspaper. It had no human editor. Instead Google used, and still uses, a secret computer program that selects and displays news stories according to the reader’s personal interests. More recently, Associated Press and Yahoo! have been punishing computer-written articles. Both use special software to automatically produce stories about company financial results and sports reports — areas where the quality of writing is felt to be of secondary importance to the accuracy of the data.

Should we be worried about such developments? I think we should. One concern is that facebook, Google and other social media websites see journalism as a sideline, a way of putting people in front of advertisements. It isn’t their primary function — so if it stops making them lots of money, they're likely to stop doing it.

There’s also a concern that computer-written articles are not actually journalism at all, because what a human news team produces is actually quite complex. A well-written news story puts information in context, offers a voice to each side of an argument and brings the public new knowledge.

Though economics and speed of delivery mean readers will probably choose a computer-written story over a carefully shaped article — at least for daily news — I don't think the computers will be writing any in-depth articles for a while yet.

(Reuters) — A group of Chinese scientists and explorers are looking for international help to organize a new search for the country’s answer to Bigfoot, known locally as the “Yeren”, or “wild man”.

       Over the years, more than 400 people have said they saw the half-man, half-ape (半猿) Yeren in a remote, mountainous area of the central province of Hubei, state news agency Xinhua said on Saturday.

       Expeditions (探险) in the 1970s and 1980s found hair, a footprint, and a sleeping nest suspected of belonging to the Yeren, but there has been no conclusive proof, the report added.

       Witnesses describe a creature that walks upright and is more than 2 meters tall with grey, red or black hair all over its body, Xinhua said.

       Now the Hubei Wild Man Research Association is looking for volunteers from around the world to join them on another expedition to look for the Yeren.

       “We want the team members to be devoted, as there will be a lot of hard work in the process,” Luo Baosheng, vice president of the group, told Xinhua.

       But the team will have to come up with about 10 million yuan ($1.50 million) first, and is talking to companies and other bodies to secure the money, so there is no timetable yet for when they may start, the report added.

      China is no stranger to cryptozoology. There are many tales about mysterious, monster-like creatures in remote parts of the country. For example, Tibetans have long talked about the existence of the Yeti (喜马拉雅雪人), or “Abominable Snowman”, in the high mountains of their snowy homeland.

The Best Places to See Giant Pandas

Dujiangyan Panda Base – Best Panda Volunteer Program

• Location:Dujiangyan Prefecture, 67 km or 1.5 hours from Chengdu
• Activities: panda viewing, holding pandas, and panda keeper program
• Suitable for: those who want a less-crowded panda volunteer program

Though newly established in 2014, Dujiangyan Panda Base is quieter and sees fewer travelers than Bifengxia Panda Center, so volunteers have more time and chances to get close to the pandas. Besides, this center boasts an interactive experience: the Panda Keeper Program. Travelers can assist caretakers in taking care of pandas.

Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Center – Most Popular

• Location:Chengdu city outskirts, 10 km away from Chengdu, easily accessible
• Activities: seeing pandas, watching panda breeding movies
• Best for: tourists who have limited time, and are only interested in seeing or holding pandas

Well-equipped, especially, for giant panda breeding, the base aims to create an approximation of the panda’s wild living environment, and to train the pandas to adapt to wild living, and then releases them into the wild.

Wolong Panda Center – Home of Wild Pandas

• Location: southwest Wenchuan County, 121 km west of Chengdu
• Activities: seeing pandas, taking care of pandas, taking a photo with a panda
• Best for: people who want to take part in the volunteer program (taking care of pandas)

With a comprehensive natural resources, Wolong Panda Center has been opened after the “5.12”earthquake. Visitors can not only see pandas, but also participate in panda keeper programs to experience taking care of pandas, and take photos with them.