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Kisai Quasar Silicone combines the simplicity of a digital watch with a cryptic, geometrically patterned display that camouflages time.
Housed in a comfortable and lightweight silicone case with matching strap, Kisai Quasar Silicone has date & alarm modes, stop watch, animation and EL backlight.
A Compact & Light Watch Design for Men or Women
Kisai Quasar Silicone is a small watch design that is comfortable to wear for both men and women.
Made from durable silicone with a clean matte finish, the display is housed in a metal case framed by a mineral crystal glass lens. Choose black or white silicone with a blue, red, mirror or green LCD display.
Easy to Read at a Glance - Mysterious to the Uninformed
Kisai Quasar Silicone offers three user-selectable time display modes, explained below. For each mode, you can choose 12 or 24 hour clock.
Number Mode presents the time in regular digits. Pattern Mode camouflages the digits in a web of lines that follow the shape of the numbers. Animation Mode pulsates between these modes creating an eye-catching zoom effect.
A Functional Watch with Time, Date, Alarm, Stop Watch & EL Backlight
The date is shown in the same way as the time, by pressing the lower button. You can choose whether the date is show as DD:MM or MM:DD in the settings. The watch also has an alarm mode, a stop watch and EL backlighting to illuminate the display at night.
Watch the video below to see the watch in action.
Adjustable Watch Strap To Suit All Wrist Sizes
Kisai Quasar Silicone has an adjustable strap making it suitable for small and large wrists and uses a standard CR2025 watch battery which will last at least 12 months and can easily be replaced.
Each part of Kisai Quasar Silicone has been individually designed and manufactured, including the case, strap and uniquely programmed display.
Like all watches from Tokyoflash Japan it is a limited edition design, meaning that it is guaranteed to be a watch that not many other people own.
- Displays the time (12 or 24 hour mode)
- Date mode (DD:MM or MM:DD format)
- Stop watch (hours, minutes, seconds)
- Alarm mode
- Unisex design for small & large wrists
- LCD "always on" display
- 3 different display modes
- Electroluminescent (EL) backlight (for night time only)
- Silicone body with metal inner case
- Adjustable silicone strap with stainless buckle
- Minimum wrist size: 100 mm (approx.)
- Maximum wrist size: 210 mm (approx.)
- Case Dimensions: 46 mm x 46 mm x 13 mm
- Weight: 60 grams
- Battery: CR2025 standard replaceable watch battery
- English instructions
- One year warranty
Concept to Reality
In February 2010, Tokyoflash Japan opened its Design Studio Blog to showcase concept designs and request ideas for new watch designs from fans. The idea for Kisai Quasar was submitted by László Scheffer from Hungary.
Find out more about the original concept on the Tokyoflash Design Studio Blog.
Blog reader & watch designer László Scheffer says:
I bought my first watch from Tokyoflash back in 2005 (a Twelve 5-9 to be exact). I really liked the idea that a watch is not just a chronometer anymore, but something that can worn as jewellery, too.
When I found out in October 2010 that designs and concepts can be submitted to the Tokyoflash Design Studio Blog, I felt that my time had come.
The reception that the first design I submitted received made me really happy and ever since then designing watches has become one of my hobbies.
I feel thrilled and honoured that my Quasar design was chosen for production! I truly wish that everyone who plans to get this watch feels the same joy wearing it as I felt designing it!
I would like to say thank you to Tokyoflash for the development and production, to my wife for her patience, to all my friends for their encouragement and to the readers for their comments and sharing my work with others!
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Mexico City
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The OECD presented the initial findings and recommendations of the OECD Public Procurement Review of the State Employees' Social Security and Social Services Institute (Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado, ISSSTE) of the United Mexican States.
ISSSTE is an important health care and social services provider in Mexico, and supports more than 12 million employees of the public sector (active or retired) and their families. In early 2012, it requested the OECD to review the integrity and efficiency of its procurement system.
Prepared in partnership with ISSSTE, the OECD review will:
Extensive research took place under this initiative, including more than 40 interviews with employees of ISSSTE and other Mexican federal entities, as well as with suppliers of ISSSTE and civil society representatives.
The joint event hosted by ISSTE and the OECD drew more than 140 ISSSTE employees, including its Director General Sergio Hidalgo Monroy Portillo. Representatives of other Mexican federal agencies were also present to participate in the dialogue, such as the Ministry of Public Administration (SFP), the Federal Competition Commission (CFC), Federal Superior Audit (ASF) and the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS).
The OECD acknowledged significant initiatives undertaken by ISSSTE within the last year to improve its procurement function and provided initial recommendations for further improvements in areas such as co-ordination, performance and data management, e-procurement, professionalisation of the procurement workforce, integrity and transparency. ISSSTE welcomed these initial findings and recommendations and indicated agreement with them.
ISSTE also presented the outline of an organisational procurement strategy, covering the whole procurement cycle as well as transversal elements such as profesionnalisation and information automation. An open discussion took place on this strategy as to better define it and identify potential risks and challenges.
The event was recognised by both ISSSTE and the OECD as an important step in the review and the institute's efforts to improve its procurement function. A survey of attendees following the event gave the report's initial findings and recommendations high marks both in terms of quality and feasibility of implementation.
A final version of the public procurement review will be presented to ISSSTE in the next months and will be subject to review and discussion with OECD member countries.
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Four Must-Have Android Settings, From a Security Expert
Last week Google said it had fixed the latest security flaw in Google Wallet, whereby a determined thief could root your non-rooted device ex post facto and retrieve your Google Wallet prepaid card. That was partly true. From what we can tell the technical issue still remains, even if Google Wallet itself is safer.
To recap the Google Wallet brouhaha this month, first researcher Joshua Rubin from zvelo revealed a quick, simple brute force technique to extract the Google Wallet PIN from a rooted phone. That actually requires some skillz, but the next day The Smartphone Champ revealed that even in a non-rooted Nexus smartphone with Google Wallet, a thief can steal your Google Wallet prepaid card by simply wiping Google Wallet settings and attaching the app to a new Google account. Finally, Rubin reported how a thief can root your non-rooted phone ex post facto and steal your Google Wallet funds. This works because some root privileges do not remove all the data on your Android device, and Google prepaid cards are stored in the device, not in one's Google Wallet account.
Google responded to Rubin's discovery by suspending new prepaid cards on Sunday. It began re-issuing Google Wallet prepaid cards on Tuesday, claiming it had fixed the problem. But as a spokesman told my colleague Neil Rubenking, Google's "fix" was to require users to contact Google Support to re-activate a Google Wallet account. So yes, the technical issue still remains.
Rubin, who discovered the latest hack and told us how one might get past the lock screen to perform the root exploit, offered four easy ways to tighten the security settings on your Android device. Not only do we urge anyone using Google Wallet to do this, but any Android user concerned about securing the data on his device should make sure the following Settings are turned on:
1. Enable Lock Screens: Under Settings\Security. Enable Face Unlock, Pattern, PIN, and Password to increase physical security to the device. Slide doesn't do much.
2. Disable USB Debugging: Under Settings\USB debugging. When enabled, the data on mobile devices can be accessed without first passing a lock screen challenge unless Full Disk Encryption is also enabled.
3. Enable Full Disk Encryption: Under Settings\Security. This will prevent even USB Debugging from bypassing the lock screen.
4. Maintain Device Up-To-Date: Ensure the device is current with the latest official software. Unfortunately, users are largely at the behest of their carrier and cell phone manufacturer for this, but when you are finally prompted to upgrade your operating system, do so. Using only official software and keeping devices up-to-date is the best way to minimize vulnerabilities and increase security overall.
Bonus: Stick to official app stores. This is far less likely, but an attacker can also discover your PIN lock (which is necessary for him to root your phone) if you accidentally install a malicious app that records your personal data, including PIN. Most malicious apps are distributed through shady Chinese/Russian app stores; to be on the safe side stick to the Android Market, GetJar, and the Amazon App Store.
And always read through app permissions, as malicious apps typically make unusual requests. Most mobile security apps, like McAfee Mobile, Lookout Mobile, and F-Secure Mobile Security, come with an app auditing feature to help you keep tabs on permission requests.


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President Obama will nominate former campaign staffer and Labor Department official Katherine Archuleta to head the Office of Personnel Management, the White House has announced.
Archuleta has vast experience in federal government, most recently serving as chief of staff to Labor Secretary Hilda Solis. She previously served in the Clinton administration as chief of staff to Transportation Secretary Federico Peña, and as senior policy advisory when Peña became Energy secretary. She also worked as an aide when Peña was mayor of Denver.
Most recently, she was political director to Obama's re-election campaign.
"Katherine brings to the Office of Personnel Management broad experience and a deep commitment to recruiting and retaining a world-class workforce for the American people," Obama said in a statement. "I am grateful Katherine has agreed to serve, and I look forward to working with her in the coming years."
Archuleta will replace John Berry, whose term expired in April. OPM's general counsel, Elaine Kaplan, has served as acting director in the interim.
As the chief personnel officer for all federal employees, Archuleta will be charged with overseeing the implementation of furloughs across many agencies due to sequestration.
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- Focus 2 is a career and education planning system for college students. Access Code: Spartan
- Humanmetrics is a personality test to help discover talents and preferences. It is based on the work of several leaders in psychology: Carl Jung, Katharine Cook Briggs, and Isabel Briggs Myers. This assessment is referred to as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). At the end of the assessment you will be given a four-letter code and a brief explanation of what that code represents.
- Holland Interest Inventory was created by John Holland based on the belief that our profession is an expression of our personality and likes. This link will take you to the California Career Zone. From the home page click on "Begin Assessment" then "Interest Profiler." After taking the assessment you will be given a three-letter code and a list of occupations that correspond to that code.
- Celebrity MBTI - Just for fun take a look at the Myers-Briggs codes for various celebrities.
- 16 Personalities - A personality test of who you are and why you do things the way you do.
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In the log book of H.M.S. Endeavour, commanded by Captain Cook, the entry for April 29 1770 reads "Anchored at 3 p.m. in a place which I called Sting Ray Harbour." The 'place' is the current location of the New South Wales Golf Club (ranked #43 in the world) located in La Perouse, just south of Sydney. The bay was subsequently renamed Botany Bay, and it was here that the current history of Australia began. As I am always cautious to be politically correct, obviously, the indigenous aboriginal people were already on the continent. It's interesting to think that Australia hadn't even been settled by westerners yet, while some thirty years before, in 1744, the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers was established in Scotland.
You can see the white New South Wales clubhouse perched on top of the hill to the right, in the middle distance, when you land at Sydney Airport. Planes headed towards its parallel runways are visible throughout your round.
Alister MacKenzie produced the initial routing map for New South Wales, but real credit for the design is largely given to Eric Apperly, who completed the work. Apperly also made changes to several holes over time, including designing the most famous hole on the course, the par three sixth. From 1942-1946 the land and clubhouse were surrendered to the armed services, and the course was rebuilt after the war under his supervision.
New South Wales is a links-style course that has a great routing, plays fast and firm and has a fair number of blind shots. The course has two distinct personalities to it. Holes three through six are characterized by great use of the hilly terrain and dramatic views. The stunning water holes like the fifth and sixth have a feel similar to the Monterey Peninsula and are inspiring. The inland holes on the back nine, particularly the severe doglegs, have a completely different feel and play inland, away from the headlands. My favorite stretch of the course was not the renowned water holes, but the inland stretch from thirteen through sixteen. The interesting combination of heavy vegetation, dunes and blind shots was at times reminiscent of Royal County Down to me.
The carry to the top of the ridge is about 240 meters, but if you can pull it off, you'll have only 100 meters to go to the green. The cliffside green is situated at the bottom of the dramatic hill with the water behind it. If you don't carry the ridge, you'll have another blind shot over the top, down the hill. Walking over the ridge and seeing the breathtaking view of the bay below is one of the great vistas in the game of golf.
The 5th green near the water
The sixth hole is the famous cross-ocean hole similar to Cypress Point's sixteenth hole, although I don't think any hole in the world truly compares to Cypress's sixteenth. The 500 Toughest Golf Holes in the World ranks the sixth among its holes and I concur. It is 185 meters and uphill from the back tee and all carry. I hit a driver from the far back tee and made a par on the hole, the highlight of my day.
The 500 Toughest Holes book's characterization of these back-to-back holes is right on: "In the same way that Pebble Beach's par five sixth offers a worthy prelude to the par three seventh, the fifth hole is a prologue to the beloved par three sixth."
The iconic par three 6th at New South Wales
The fourteenth hole is one that I enjoyed very much. Beware of short par fours. This 323 meter gem is not an easy hole. Tom Doak describes the fairway as "roller-coaster" and it is indeed. Like many of the world's greatest, it is a classic risk-reward hole. You have to hit over a huge scrub-filled chasm to a dogleg left fairway that largely slopes back toward you, right to left. The best play is further right, leaving you a greater distance from the flag, however, at least your ball stays where you hit it. Trying to cut off too much of the dogleg and playing toward the flag to the left is not a smart play, primarily because the slope of the fairway will shoot your ball way left down the imposing hill. Normally, the safer route allows the less skilled player a fair shot of hitting the fairway. The fourteenth is especially tricky in this regard. Although it is a shorter carry off the tee, if you carry too far right it runs through the fairway and your ball is lost. It is like hitting a putt, where you need precision in both line and distance, but on your tee shot! Planet Golf calls the second shot at fourteen one of the best pitch shots in the world to its exposed skyline green.
The difficult to hit 14th fairway over chasm
The seventh and fourteenth holes have a similar feel of playing at Kawana in Japan with holes routed through lush vegetation along dramatic high headlands. In particular, the fourteenth hole at New South Wales reminded me of the classic fifteenth at Kawana, requiring a demanding tee shot over a chasm to a difficult to hit, harshly sloping fairway.
New South Wales is at its best on its many severe dogleg holes. The most testing of these are the fifteenth and sixteenth. Fifteen is a 372 meter sharp dogleg right that demands an exacting drive up a hill into a narrow landing area. With the prevailing wind, it is quite unlikely that you can hit it far enough to see around the corner of the dogleg to the difficult green. This hole has the highest average in relation to par on the Australasian tour. The narrow, uphill, tight, difficult to hit 15th fairway, from the tee:
It is one of the hardest holes I have ever played, first, because the landing area off the tee is so small and, second, because you have to hit a LONG blind second shot to a tough green.
The 15th fairway looking back from the green
Sixteen is a difficult 403 meter sharp dogleg to the left that requires a precise shot off the tee to have a chance at hitting the well-bunkered green. Note the nice sod faced difficult bunkers on sixteen. Adam Scott ranks this hole as one of the top three holes in Australia, along with the third hole here.
The 16th green
The course is difficult to pin down into one style and to compare to other courses. While playing some of the inland holes on the back nine, which are surrounded by bottle-brush (similar to gorse), the course reminded me a bit of Durban in South Africa and had a real feel of playing through the bush.
The club doesn't own the land the course is on; instead, it leases it from the government, since it is set within a national park, making it a nicely isolated piece of property.
There are not many courses in the world that can be compared to such a diverse group of courses such as Cypress Point, Durban, Royal County Down and Kawana. The eclectic feel of the various parts of the course really makes New South Wales a microcosm of many of the greatest courses in the world. It was also the most difficult of all the courses we played in Australia.
Many thanks to my gracious host Michael Taylor, a golf-crazed student of the game. I didn't experience the full impact of New South Wales while visiting, as the greens were punched and the wind wasn't blowing. Thus, I hope to return someday to play the course and experience the greens in top form. Also, I would like to prove to him that my game isn't really as bad as it looked the day we played. In what was clearly an appropriate gesture, the black and white Magpies and their distinctive 'laugh,' had a riotously funny day mocking me.
Magpie at New South Wales
Sydney, Australia
I visited Sydney once before, about fifteen years ago, and was very much impressed with it. The iconic Opera House is quite a spectacle, and Sydney Harbour is one of the natural wonders of the world. The water is so clear you can just about see to the bottom of it.
It was nice to be back in this great city. One of the things I like to do when traveling is to get up early in the morning and go for a walk while the world is still asleep. One of my best memories on this quest is waking very early and going for a walk around Campbeltown, Scotland as the sun rose on the day I played Macrahanish. Aided by jet leg and an adrenaline rush, I awoke at 4:00 am in Sydney and went for a walk in the old part of town.
The collection of buildings around Hyde Park are pretty cool. The old Sydney Hospital, the Mint building, the New South Wales Supreme Court, the Hyde Park Barracks and St. Mary's Cathedral are an impressive bunch. The old bank buildings in the financial district remind me of similar buildings in San Francisco, built during each's gold rush; they were built to last and to convey strength.
Sydney combines the best of the world's greatest cities into an experience that doesn't overwhelm. It takes the best of what many world-class cities have and improves on them just a bit. Aside from a feel of San Francisco in its gold rush years, it has New York's buzz and traffic (but is cleaner), and L.A.'s weather (but no earthquakes). Like many European cities it is easily walkable, has good museums and proper coffee. Of course it also has a major British touch: they drive on the wrong side of the road, talk funny and there are statues of Queen Victoria all over.
Most Americans' image of an Australian has unfortunately been set by advertising for Outback Steakhouse and Paul Hogan's image of Crocodile Dundee. There didn't appear to me to be many people "who throw another shrimp on the barbie," and we didn't see one person drinking Foster's the entire time in the country.


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Real People, Real Stories – Shine On Hollywood Magazine
Welcome to the September and October 2014 exciting bonus issue of Shine On Hollywood Magazine (SOHM)! As the summer draws to a close and the fall season ushers in, it reminds us that change is inevitable. We are fortunate here in Hollywood to live in a place where change often times brings some new form of excitement. From the hot, sexy summers to the glamorous film awards season to the party-filled holiday season, there is always something for everyone. Moreover, the lives that have changed and shaped Hollywood have brought us glamour, fascination and excitement. This month, our focus is on "Top Music Industry Professionals." These individuals entertain, inspire and enhance the condition of our lives and we are proud to include them in our SOHM family.
From our digital archives, we catch up with Asha Puthli. First featured in July 2012, Asha is a "world music" pioneer who is known in the jazz world for her daredevil vocals. She talks with us about her latest exciting projects.
This month's cover story features Michael Orland, pianist, arranger and Associate Musical Director extraordinaire of American Idol. Some refer to him today as a "Star Maker" and his attitude toward work and life are inspiring. You won't want to miss out on reading about his fascinating journey.
This issue also features Jon Mullane, an internationally acclaimed rock singer and songwriter who has an intuitive talent for writing songs that connect with his audiences across North America, Europe and Asia. This month's issue also includes Glenn Treibitz, an accomplished composer, lyricist and playwright and the owner and President of one of the largest piano companies in the United States. Finally, we are proud to feature the multi-talented Cindy Paulos, the first female DJ to be on-air in Los Angeles who has had a remarkable life as a minister, writer, artist, composer and radio and T.V. personality.
We encourage you to "Let them be your motivation."
SOHM remains a politics and gossip free publication with its focus on, Real People, Real Stories, from the Arts and Pop Culture Community who make a difference by giving back, and we are delighted to share their heart-felt stories with you. We will continue to provide the industry's foremost creative meeting place with monthly showcases, news, opinions, analysis and audience feedback.
The upcoming issue a tribute to an American legendary actress who graced us with her undeniable talent and left us with unforgettable memories of her movies and TV shows, Arlene Martel. Her daughter, Avra Douglas, shares about her loving mother also known as "Tasha". Look for exclusive interviews with fans and celebrity peers who are mourning the loss of her as a brilliant and talented woman that played roles from T'Pring in Star Trek to appearing in Uncle Willie on Broadway. Her diversified roles have indelibly stamped her memory in fans' minds worldwide.
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Pokémon Hackers Online is back!
Hey guys, this is an announcement to tell you all that Pokémon Hackers Online is back, RHO is no more. You might be wondering what's going on over the past day with all the changes, so I'm going to go over every update that we've done in this announcement, as well as welcoming back PHO.
Why did we change back to PHO again?
The reason we went back to the name PHO is because of many things, but mainly about what our focus is and has always been: hacking Pokémon. Everyone on the site is a Pokémon ROM Hacker (or should be), and everyone from the past is a Pokémon ROM Hacker. Not to mention, all of our content is Pokémon related.
We tried to change things up and reach a broader audience with the introduction of ROM Hackers Online back in December 2012, but despite this offering we didn't get the audience we desired visiting the site, and things stayed how they were up until today (with a small gap in the middle when the site was offline).
A year ago from now on October 6th 2012, I became the new owner of PHO. Back then the site was more of a replica of PC than a hacking site. Our members were not hacking, and were more interested in playing in off-topic or other sections. And, like PC, we had a range of Pokémon discussion sections. Throughout the year this is what I wanted to strive for. A place that's designed for hackers and attracts hackers, rather than any other audience. With PHO today, it's purely focused at Pokémon ROM Hacking, with a bit of Game Dev as well.
So, today, I'm proud to announce we've decided to go back to the past and become Pokémon Hackers Online once more.
Where are all the staff?
Some may have noticed already, but we've cut down on a lot of staff members. This was for many reasons, some that we won't mention here. The main reason is we can run the site right now with a smaller staff team due to activity and size. With a smaller staff team, things get done quicker as we get peoples opinions faster without having to wait for everyones vote, especially if some staff are not very active.
So, until our activity picks up and there's a demand for further members of staff, things will stay how they are currently.
The new (old) domain is up
Naturally with this change of name there comes a change of domain, and for this I have to apologise as nobody wants to remember a new name or change bookmarks. But, from now on (and since last night) you can browse the site using www.pokemonhackersonline.com. Since this is still in propagation, I'll make www.romhackersonline.com redirect to the new domain sometime this evening.
I lost my favourite style!
This is another thing we decided to do, disable a lot of the styles we had and pick 2-3 of the best ones for people to use. This is so PHO's theme and style becomes a memorable place for everyone and a consistent experience to what to expect from PHO. The 3 styles which are available now are Black 2 (and 2.1), PHO 2007: Reimagined and Super RHO. We believe these 3 styles are part of the core PHO experience and want everyone to experience that. New styles might created in the future, we'll see how things go.
Condensed and tweaked forum layout
Not much changes but we condensed the forum layout a bit so all hacking topics are in a ROM Hacking section instead of the separate sections we had in the past. Also, the image links to view hacks from different consoles have been removed from the front page as they took up a lot of space, and many of them are not in use. However, the forum listing still shows the console image next to the thread.
New censor system in place
This is something that should have happened years ago. A few months ago we enacted a harsh censoring across the forums, which replaced every bad word with ****. Well, something was suggested yesterday to swap these words with funny words. So we thought that was a fucking great idea and all you bitches would love it, so I implemented it.
Something important to say, and maybe it's just me, but this makes me want to swear across the forums just for the fun of it. But guys, please *don't* do this. The staff know the words that are replaced (and the original post can be edited to see the original words) so you will be warned or infracted if we see excessive "swearing" across the forums.
So, what now?
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The third season of MindFreak brought a partnership between Criss Angel & The Luxor in Vegas. Recently it was announced that Criss will team up with Cirque du Soleil for a permanent live show at The Luxor.
The rumors I've heard over the past couple of years was that the only reason Criss wanted to do MindFreak was to get a live Vegas show. No doubt the TV exposure will help put people in the seats. It's worked for Lance Burton, with far less TV exposure. Another rumor is that this fourth season will be the last season for MindFreak. I had heard that before the second season and also the third season, so we'll see what transpires. It would be a heck of grind to do both!
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Out of all the plots that there are in card magic what is your favorite?
I'm looking forward to hearing what kind of things you guys enjoy the most!
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Out of all the plots that there are in card magic what is your favorite?
I'm looking forward to hearing what kind of things you guys enjoy the most!
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I do have versions of these, but neither of them are proper OOTWs or Triumphs - one being my own trick the other being a variation of Spidey's Out Of My Mind mixed with some elements from The Mental Mysteries of Hector Chadwick, mixed with my own tweaks.
The HP Lovecraft of Bizarre Magic
I have a few favorites but...
I love the simplest plot out there: Wrong card/ Right card.
I just think it's super magical and there isn't much that can beat it. It's also very surprising when sold right (with good acting etc.).
I'm also a really big fan of any trick that the spectator does and it looks hands off from you. Those are always a lot of fun :-)
One of my favorites is the Oil and Water plot. Been working on routining that for many years now. I'm quite happy with what I have now but I really enjoy studying new variations of it.
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I really like you do as I do. It is so powerful to the participant. Because they really did shuffle and everything.
You get great reactions with the simple effect. There are different presentations to the effect as well.
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The one plot that (when done right) always gets me is card (or part of card) to impossible location plot. I mean, just look at Madison's Angle Zero. The audience can see the corner of the card be torn off, then all of a sudden it is found in their back pocket, in a book on a shelf ten feet away or whatever impossible location you can dream of. That's good stuff right there.
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I also love to do Color Changes it really amazes the Participant. Losing a card in the deck and turning any card into their signed card is amazing. I performed it the other day for a kid. He really loves it! Some simple things like that can be very powerful.
Just have to carry around cards and you can amaze.
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Coincidence Plot (especially Juan Tamariz`"Total Coincidence" from "Sonata". To me, this is one of the best card tricks I´ve ever seen)
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Memory Plots (for example Pit Hartlings "Unforgettable")
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Triumph (the classic Vernon-version in Stars of Magic. I`ve read and seen countless of versions, but none of them is really better than the original in my opinion. More appropriate in some circumstances, yes, but better ? Not really.)
Card to impossible location (Card to Mouth -> my favorite ->David Williamson`s version, Homing Card -> the classic Carlyle version in Stars of Magic)
Weighing the Cards (favorite-> Woody Aragon`s "The human scale")
Cards through Table (favorite->Jason Ladanye`s "Through and Through")
Two card transposition
Chicago Opener (favorite -> Whit Haydn`s excellent "Chicago Surprise")
Personally I like all kinds of gambling plots. I just don`t do them usually (with some exceptions), as most wouldn`t work for the people I do magic for.
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I really love the Sting--the granddaddy of all gambling themed card magic effects.
I really like 'you do as I do' as well. I think it's extremely strong stuff with the right character.
I also like the Ambitious card/riser plots. I'm working on them. But I think they are neat with a boatload of variations and uses
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After hatching on a reef, many fish drift out to sea where they mature and, once they become strong swimmers, return to reefs to live and breed.
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Talking in a matter-of-fact tone, P.J. Hairston made a telling and somewhat startling observation while sitting in the visitor�s locker room of Cameron Indoor Stadium on Wednesday night.
�If you look back at that game, you could say that North Carolina played with effort really for the first time this season,� the sophomore guard said of the 73-68 loss against Duke.
Now, the challenge will be to replicate the intensity North Carolina used to grab what was once a 10-point without the natural energy boost that comes from a trip to Durham.
It�s a task made even tougher by the fact that one of the Tar Heels� recurring problems this season has been a lack of consistent energy.
�I told the guys you can�t just play like that because it�s Duke. You�ve got to play like that the first half of every single game,� senior Dexter Strickland said. �We can�t use the excuse of having a young team and them not being experienced. That�s just something we have to work on.�
�We just learned how hard we have to play every possession,� added Marcus Paige. �When we play hard we�re a really tough team, we could be one of the best teams around. But it has to be consistent throughout the entire 40 minutes.�
North Carolina�s first chance to prove that it turned a corner � and that the energy level against Duke was not a one-time feat � comes against Virginia today at noon.
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�I was really pleased with our effort (against Duke),� North Carolina coach Roy Williams said. �� It was by far the best we have had this year.�
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�We talked about yeah, we�re not into moral victories but we showed a lot more effort,� North Carolina�s Reggie Bullock said. �There�s a lot of season left. We still have Virginia, they beat us at their place � so we just have to take that same effort we came out and played with in our rivalry game and take it to them when they come to our place.�
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The problem with a woman running for President.
"Thank you all," she yells in that harsh tone her voice gets when she's going for volume. "Well," she says, now properly modulated and holding her hands out, palms up. "I'm Hillary Clinton." She leans forward and laughs, like it's a big joke that she actually is Hillary Clinton. The crowd laughs, either because they get the "joke" or they actually are jazzed up at the experience of witnessing the grand personage in the flesh.
"I'm running for President, and I'm in it to win it." Has she been going around saying "I'm in it to win it"? This sounds clever for half a second, and then you get distracted thinking about what other possible reasons might lead a person to run for President. And then I find myself in a pit of irrelevance musing about the mind of Dennis Kucinich...
She has some material about how ordinary people aren't making enough money these days, unlike rich people, who make too much money. Democrats are required to say this. To me, it sounds like patronizing the audience. You folks are the good, deserving people. Elsewhere, there are bad people taking way more than their share.
Next, she talks about how a woman can be President. Americans are "good at breaking barriers, and I wanna see us get back to doin' that." Droppin' those gs is really gettin' to me. Kerry did that too, didn't he?
"We need strong leadership and smart solutions to deal with our problems."
Okay, enough generalizations. It's time for the town hall questions... the conversation...
The first question is about whether a woman can be President. Clinton's response sounds natural and decent enough, and I'm thoroughly bored with this issue now. Of course, a woman can be President, but we shouldn't elect her President just to prove the point. She's a specific person, now get on with it.
The second question comes from a doctor who wants to know what she's going to do about obesity and diabetes in the United States. I pause the TiVo and the expression on her face seems to show exasperation at having to respond to this sort of thing. I unpause and see the gears click into place: It's time for Universal Health Care tape loop. The system is screwed up because it's easier to get insurers to pay if you need to have your foot amputated than if you'd like to visit a nutritionist.
There's a question about education from a teacher, who informs us that her job requires her to deal with "raging pubescent hormonal individuals" -- 8th graders -- and the hard thing is she's going through menopause. She says this in a stand-up comedian style, and I get the feeling that she thinks Hillary is going to offer her some special menopausal camaraderie. Hillary does not. Bill may have told us about his underpants, but Hillary isn't going to let us in on the extent of her need for Tampax.
The next woman complains about how "women's work" -- she does air quotes -- is underpaid. "How do we change the culture" to value this work? The obvious answer is: not through the presidency. Hillary talks at length about women's work, the culture, etc.
How I'd have loved to hear something like: You know, what's ironic here is that I'm a woman, and you're undervaluing me, asking me questions about women's things, and not treating me like someone who is offering to take on the work that genuinely belongs to the office I'm seeking. How is a woman supposed to become President if all you ever picture her doing is taking on the caregiving responsibilities that have typically belonged to women?
I can't endure the whole event, not in one sitting... but I do vlog about it...
ADDED: Wait, it will take me a minute to get the vlog up. Meanwhile, the show was almost over, and I did watch it to the end. All the questions were on womanly subjects. I predict trouble if HC can't get people to think of her outside the traditional role while she's trying to get hold of a nontraditional role.
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- Wickedpinto said...
I watched a lot of her meeting (random, I just saw Kerry say ON THE SENATE FLOOR! that he isn't running for president, how BIG OF YOU! to use the senate floor to make an anti-bush campaign speech from 2 years ago) Anyways, I watched a lot of Hillary's whatever it was today.
Before I comment on hillary specificaly, let me say this about women presidents. I don't care. a woman will be president one day, not because whoever is the first woman president will not be "revolutionary" or "groundbreaking" or a "change in the male dominance that women have absorbed" or any such thing, but rather because the ceiling HAS ALREADY been shattered. The first female president won't be world shaking, it will be a natural action based on the innevitability of American life.
People in the US will not soil themselves if there is a woman president, we will accept it, because it is no longer a major thing, the only thing "significant" about a female president isn't about the US finaly electing one, but rather that whoever is the first female president will be the first. THAT IS ALL that is significant (granted significant enough, but it won't change america, America has already changed) but it won't be Hillary.
Back to Hillarie's little (and STUPID! campaigning in IOWA) people will quickly get tired of being guilted into being attracted to a politician who CONSTANTLY mentioned that she's a "woman. . . . . . .and a Mother. . . . . ... . . " and BLAH BLAH BLAH she didn't say anything.
She's like the SNL sketches where Keenan Thompson would play Star Jones on "The View" "I am a LAWYER!!!"
Same thing with Hillary "I AM A WOMAN, and a MOTHER, and a LAWYER!!!"
okay, I heard the spiel, I'm done with it.
Ann has stated many times (hasn't she?) that even if Democrats are elected.....nothing's gonna change.
Same old same old , status quo.
So, if we know that.....what else is there to say, except to marvel about her being a woman, how incredible it is....her womanhood, a woman President. The woman thing...
Not much else to talk about.
Peace, Maxine
- ASX said...
After reading all of your posts about Hillary, I have one thing to say.
Wow, you really hate Hillary Clinton!
It's so personal.
- Palladian said...
Why do people assume that because a woman criticizes a candidate, it must be personal. Do you two have a personal problem with George Bush? You're always criticizing him! Liberals all must have personal problems to be criticizing George Bush so much!
It seems to me that the criticism here is with Hillary's campaign and the way people react to her. Pelosi, Hillary and Obama need to be careful. If they spend so much time and energy explaining and celebrating the fact that they're special because they're [insert demographic here], then they will fail.
"I personally think that sniping at Hillary for the next two (or possibly ten) years is beneath you. Please use your creativity wisely."
In other words, shut up. Don't speak about the most over-saturated candidate for president because, well, because we don't want you to.
Come to think of it, this blog's nattering nabobs criticize Althouse all the time! What the hell is wrong with you guys?! It must be something personal! You must be jealous!
ricardo, admit it: on a "deep visceral level" don't you want to see a cat fight between Hillary and Ann?
--A total smackdown: scratching, kicking, biting.
Men love it when women fight each other.
Anway, it's crunch time. Hillary has her feelers out, and her people are very displeased with the Althouse Blog.
It's gonna be a fun two years.
Peace, Maxine
- Joe said...
I don't think her sex has anything to do with her negatives. Her knock is the absence of core values. Something shared by Congressional Democrats on the war - they don't want to be seen as supporting it, nor do they want to be responsible for losing. One night Brit Hume asked the panel what they thought were Hil's core values on foreign policy. Pause - and they all burst into laughter.
BTW "in it to win it" is a NY lottery ad slogan. I can't decide if her campaign knows that or not.
Hillary's having a "conversation" but at this juncture, there's nothing much to talk about.
Maybe she shouldn't have announced this early, ya think? If she'd held back....at least there'd be something to discuss.
What we need is some sort of Memogate, or Swift Boat Veterans....but that type of thing usually doesn't happen till the 11th hour, and so, what we're left with is a woman insisting on "conversation" with absolutely nothing to say!
Peace, Maxine
- Ann Althouse said...
I don't like or dislike her, but I question her front-runner-itude!. Why her? What did she ever do? She needs to prove it! This "I'm a woman" business is absolutely nothing! What I hate isn't her, but this attitude of entitlement and the way the manipulation works on other people.
- Palladian said...
And, if one is honest, her horrible, hectoring, dentist-drill voice is pretty unbearable, especially when she forgets to modulate and slips into her imitation of Mrs. Portman, my sixth-grade English teacher, barking and shrieking her way through sentence diagramming.
When you played that little clip on the vlog, it startled the hell out of me.
- Ruth Anne Adams said...
I really wonder what Hillary will do about Bill. He's a better speaker, an accomplished politician, oozes charisma, and successfully upstages her in every relevant political category. What if he's being unfaithful and he's caught in a public way during her campaign? Does she divorce him? If she can't stand up to him how can she stare down islamofascists bent on our destruction? Does she send him out internationally to do the ex-president's tour? Every time they appear together, we have that same sinking feeling that the 1976 Republicans had at their convention when Ford was narrowly selected over Reagan: oops! We picked the wrong candidate.
- Joe Baby said...
That sense of entitlement will rule her campaign, by the way.
And when her opponents don't lay down and grovel at her feet, there will be scorched earth. Hillary is not a natural (her smile looks like it's ratcheted down with one of those garage-door springs), and if her opponents don't naturally succumb, it will get ugly.
And if her posse ever gets scared that the thing is getting away from her, all bets are off.
The only thing I'd ask is that she stop clapping for herself like she's one of those fat men wearing a mustard-colored uniform adorned 70 medals at a May Day parade.
Hillary's patented campaign stunt -- the listening tour, the conversation -- evidently is designed to allow to take center stage without ever saying anything. She can talk freely about small-ticket issues, and strike a pose of concern about, oh, 8th grade teachers going thru menopause, but can straddle in just the way the DC Democratic leaders have been straddling since the 90s. She can strike the "We need to change direction in this country," pose, and have a reasonable hope no one notices you haven't figured out what the new direction should be.
That said, the "horrible, hectoring, dentist-drill voice," and the smile that "looks like it's ratcheted down with one of those garage-door springs" probably can't be overcome. I think we elect people partly on the voice we want to hear for the next four years. Not that one.
- Sloanasaurus said...
As much as I despise Hillary's liberalism, I would prefer her any day over Obama. Even though she would be the first woman president, she seems to be more of a traditional American candidate than Obama. In general, America has done well with traditional candidates - we should stick with them.
- somefeller said...
"I don't like or dislike her, but I question her front-runner-itude!. Why her? What did she ever do? She needs to prove it!"
Well, I suspect the reason she sees herself (and others see her) as the front-runner is because the polls of likely Democratic voters over the last few years have consistently ranked her as the leading choice for the 2008 Democratic Presidential nomination, much to the chagrin of the more left-leaning antiwar netroots crowd and the conservative Hillary-hater crowd (two groups she is fortunate to have as her adversaries). A consistent lead in the polls tends to give a person front-runner-itude. If that lead disappears, which is possible, the front-runner-itude will disappear, too. But for now, she's done all that one needs to justify that attitude - lead in the polls.
- boston70 said...
I also watched this on c-span today.
I am ambivalent about Hilary. I do think she is too focused tested and risk aversive.
I do think she is smart, talented, but too tightly scripted. Also, from what I have read she seems to be surrounded by a well oiled operation. I don't know if she is capable of being spontaneous.
Also, I too, found all of the women's questions a problem. I specifically was watching a couple of older gentlemen behind her during all of those questions and they seemed bored and over it. I actually felt bad for these two men sitting through this meeting.
If these "conversations" are going to turn into a bunch of women venting their issues this will turn off many voters, me included.
Her assistant, though, the dark hair woman who was pushing through all of the autograph seekers was absolutely fabulous. Great hair, makeup, body and suit. I actually thought she looked a little too put together for an audience in Iowa. I thought she needed to tone down her NYC fabulousness a little bit.
"Middle America" can detect a NYTimes reading, latte drinking etc. etc. a mile away. She looked just a little to Sex in The City for this crowd but I did think she was actually stunning.
Hey whats up with the word verification in the blogger comments section? I thought you did away with that.
I'm happy to see word verification again if it means you don't have to moderate comments anymore.
Un-moderated comments "zkqicq" ass.
- Wickedpinto said...
She's a woman, and 1/2 black by injection (after all BILL! was the first black president, EXACTLY HOW PERSUMPTUOUS WAS THAT!?!?!?!) and any sort of other BS guilt campaign she can put together.
But who cares, none of it will be researched cuz she's not just a Dem, she's a clinton.
- AllenS said...
"The second question comes from a doctor who wants to know what she's going to do about obesity and diabetes in the United States."
What is she supposed to say? What an idiotic question.
- Tim Sisk said...
"Dentist drill voice" classic. I think that those annoying tics can be overcome, remember GW Bush's Alfred E. Newman smirk? Sure it has crepted back, but Bush seemed to be able to contain it during the actual campaigns. Hillary's annoying voice comes out when she speaks loudly, particularly in front of a cheering crowd. If she'll learn to trust her mics, we probably won't hear that.
Her cautiousness on the issues, however, I think will prevent her from winning the Democratic nomination. I don't think they'll elect a "safe" candidate a la Kerry again.
I watched some of the Iowa meeting.
It was like watching paint dry. I have had about all I need of election politics for the time being. At this point I am far more intrested in the politics of governing, and getting something done for a change.
I also watched a conservative forum with Laura Ingrahm, Michelle Malkin,and Kate O'biern. It was almost as bad as Hillary's event.Not a shrill,dentist drill voice in the bunch.Just a lot of whining about how conservatives never got a break in the press and how and why they had lost their way, as well as the election.Pathetic!
I don't much care for Hillary Clinton or Bill for that matter, but if it comes down to a choice between her vision of things or the vision of these right wing pundits and others of their ilk, I'll choose Hillary's in a heartbeat.
My only hope is that something will change between now and 2008 and that we all will have a better choice to make.We all deserve better.
- Joe Baby said...
A big question that has occurred to me ever since Al Gore ran for Prez:
Does Bill Clinton want Hillary to win?
Sure, yes, the trappings of office and all that...but I think there's also a competitive angle...and Bill certainly doesn't want her to win based upon her own people/ideas.
Maybe this explains why he continues to put himself in positions where he is questioned...and not by Rush Limbaugh, but by Canadian media, which is not predisposed to hate the Clintons.
Look up Belinda Stronach. Her shamelessness and political ambition must be extremely attractive to a man like Bill Clinton.
- Paco Wové said...
Jace says:
"We all deserve better."
We do? Why do you think that? If we deserved better, don't you think we'd produce better?
If we're producing dismal candidates, I think it's more likely a symptom of a dismal social and political culture.
She has a big problem in this campaign; there's nothing to talk about!
She can't talk about Heath Care--that ship has sailed and she's just reminding people of her failures.
The New Deal/Basic Bargain stuff...that falls flat because we are not in an FDR-Jimmy Carter Depression. The Index of Leading Indicators is up. Interest Rates are stable. Nobody cares about a "basic bargain" when there's not so much as a whiff of recession in the economy.
Foreign Policy: What foreign policy? She had none. No conversation to be had with that.
Iraq: Maybe, but she wouldn't be taking office till 2009. Who knows what Iraq will look like by that time. Anything she says now about Iraq feels obselete, and superfluous given what might happen by then.
Face it----she doesn't have a lot to say. This isn't like the book tour where all she has to do is sign books...
---or the listening tour, that was completely different, she was a sitting First Lady then, and the State of New York was enthralled.
This time out, she's got to deliver and come up with something....and for the next two years.
You just know she's got to be miserable knowing that for the next two years, she's basically on-the-hook.
You get the feeling she'd much rather be sitting in a Manhattan high-rise reading her Sylvia Plath book....than putting up with this nonsense.
Two long years of shaking hands of the unwashed, simpleton masses--bobbing for apples---gamely attending bake sales, trying to put on a smile....
She's miserable, trust me. This isn't the book tour, or the listening tour anymore!
Peace, Maxine
- Kirk Parker said...
"What is she supposed to say? What an idiotic question."
Well, "What an idiotic question!" as a rejoinder would be a refreshing change, wouldn't it? However, it would also just about be the definition of impolitic, so I wouldn't expect to hear it.
But as long as we're dreaming, let me dream of Hillary possessed by the spirit of P.J. O'Rourke: "I'm sorry, sir, you must be in the wrong room. The Des Moines Department of Health meeting is across the hall."
- esmense said...
I thought your point about the questions being posed to Clinton was a very interesting one. It's something that people of good faith should be able to discuss without regard to partisanship.
But the dreary personal, partisan sneering at Clinton you allowed yourself to indulge in in your vlog is silly, of zero usefulness in terms of political debate, and all too common (in more than one sense of the word) and expected. This kind of very personal derogatory commentary is always popular of course -- because it takes no brains or subtlety to perform and can be aimed at anyone with equal ease. Are you really so sure that your own speaking manner is without irritant and above parody, dear? That your own human foibles, self-delusions and self-satisfied airs are any less transparent and easily ridiculed as Ms. Clinton's? Or any and every other mere human being brave enough to step forward in the public arena?
- Richard Fagin said...
Hillary gets asked the questions she does in interviews and press conferences because of her fan club in the press.
A lot of people like Sen. Clinton's views on domestic issues, particularly health care and child rearing.
If the press were serious about determining her real views on other important issues, however, such as the worldwide war on Islamofascists, they'd ask her. What her fans in the press understand clearly is that Sen. Clinton's answers to such questions would reflect a profound distrust of, no, an animus toward, the American Armed Forces, and a core belief that projection of American power is itself a major cause of trouble in the world. She's still a 60s radical at the core. Expose that and she's sunk as a presidential contender.
"What is she supposed to say? What an idiotic question."--Allen
Well, the questions really aren't very substantive, are they?
Stuff like...."my husband and I work like dogs but we still can't afford a new home. How will you help us?"
"I'm going through menopause and my employer won't pay for hormones, is there anything you can do?"
Very reductive, common and shallow.
And she's always got her standard, cliched replies:
"We've got a program for that"....
or ... "I'm concerned about that too, and we need to do a better job".
After about the 50th time hearing that, and it's only been a week since she announced.....it becomes a little mind numbing.
Why doesn't someone ask her who she's going to pick for her Cabinet? Who's her running mate? Why'd she vote for McGovern?
She gets the dumbest questions, and the sort of constituents she's cultivating....it makes you wonder.
Peace, Maxine


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The school has received a second grant from the national Fuel Up to Play 60 program, sponsored by the National Dairy Council and the National Football League, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Studies show that Kentucky has one of the highest percentages of overweight and obese children and adolescents nationwide, and Spencer County is no exception.
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For more information about the SCES Wellness and Safety Committee or the upcoming Fuel 60 program, call Hayes at 477-6950.
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