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... Albert Lucas said he did a 12-ring flash in his show in Colonial Williamsburg on his birthday May 11, and he was flashing 10 on the floor of the IJA festival in LA He is working at a hotel in Atami, Japan, through next June.

... The latest issue of the Land's End clothing catalog featured that company's computer director, Dave Barbian, juggling in a feature photo and story. The story said Barbian has been at it for 16 years and is a regular entertainer at company functions.

... Dr. Norman Estin, a family practitioner and scuba instructor on the Hawaiian island of Maui, took his act underwater shortly after learning to juggle a year ago. He's now aiming to beat the Guinness World Record of 20 minutes with three balls, and has also been working with five. "Five doesn't look too good," he said, "but it's a lot easier for me to do them underwater than on land." He has found that an eight-ounce ball is the ideal weight for underwater work. Estin also incorporates juggling into his medical practice, keeping a set of scarves and bean bags in the waiting room and juggling in the examining room to put young patients at ease.

.. The Flaming Idiots appeared in a Public Broadcasting System docudrama this spring hosted by Carl Sagan. It was called "Idiots or Genuises: The Secret Within." They also juggled at the Scarborough Faire near Waxahachie, Tex

... A mid-July edition of the Houston Chronicle newspaper carried a photo of a young girl with a prosthetic arm playing with juggling scarves. The session for her and other amputees was sponsored by the Limbs of Love Foundation and Gene Jones of the Mime/Jugglers Network. Jones heard on TV one night of Limbs of Love and their work to give children limbs with working fingers. He volunteered to try to teach them juggling and left for Houston with equipment supplied by Jugglebug. He taught parents to juggle one night, and worked with children and parents the next day. The artificial limbs are too clumsy and slow to allow for real juggling, Jones reported, but he said the experiment got some good publicity for the foundation and helped the children see beyond the mental limits of their affliction.

.. Dick Franco worked at Busch Gardens in Florida until the end of November, then had a month scheduled in Osaka, Japan, and a two-month engagement at the Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas. Franco is also working on revising his three-club book, and is working with fellow juggler Alan Howard on a book about Bobby May.

.. Jack Swersie was named in August's "Philadelphia" magazine's "Best of Philly" review as best juggler for an act that includes comedy juggling of a machete, a cigar and a can of Spam. Swersie performed in Atlantic City's Trump Regency Hotel in mid-July with Laura Branigan in a presentation that was filmed for television.