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Right out of the gate, Mana Khemia 2 is all about building on its predecessor and making it a better experience, and this is made apparent by the inclusion of not one, but two main heroes. Ulrika, the happy-go-lucky and sometimes complete ditz heroine, and Razeluxe, the male protagonist bound to a life of servitude to a totally overbearing spoiled brat who totally has the hots for him but would never admit it. If the teenage angst and saccharin doesn't kill you, then some of the more sadistic characters will. For example, Ulrika's got a friend who specializes in curses, or incantations as she would have you believe, and of course she needs someone to test them on. Or if you're Raze, then you'll need to be on the lookout for teachers. The cast is seriously all over the place in this game and they really don't seem to take it too seriously with the dialog here considering how dirty it gets sometimes. The story is also incredibly light-hearted and amusing, and if you've got the right sense of humor then this game will definitely put a smile on your face.
While this multi-character angle offers a lot of character interaction, it also gives you two paths of a game to complete with much overlap. Yes, if you want to completely finish this game you're going to be playing it twice, with a different set of characters. The upside being that you can carry items over between characters, making the second playthrough much faster. The problem here is getting through the game the first time around. The first adventure will clock in at about forty hours, and a lot of this is spent putting together alchemy recipes to get items for your second playthrough. There is also a ton of dry segments where nothing is going on in the story, and you're just exploring, trying to find ingredients, that are unfortunately out of your reach until much later in the game, but that doesn't stop the game from giving you recipes you couldn't possibly hope to complete at your current state, whatever it may be.
Having completed this game once already with one character, I feel inclined to go back and play again from the other angle, and the game did a pretty good job of crossing the character paths enough that you get a few ideas about the other team and their motivations and interest me enough that I would want to play it. But it's unfortunate that the entire game has to be experienced twice to get the full story. If the game had not included the option to carry items over from the previous playthrough then this game would be receiving a much lower score, because that really is the biggest fault in the title, is working with the cumbersome alchemy system that takes quite a while to get the results you want. Couple that with items that can only be made after finding items in the other character's story line and you can see where this gets old quite quickly.
Being an RPG, combat is obviously a big deal, and thankfully Mana Khemia 2 doesn't disappoint in this regard. Fights are speedy and have a good wrinkle of strategy to them. Similar to a lot of titles out there, you have a queue in which turns occur, and attacks will alter your place and the enemy's place in the queue. Strategy plays a big part in attempting to delay your opponents as much as possible. You've also got a "Unite" system in place to swap characters in and out at opportune times, allowing you to take advantage of special skills that each characters have. As you battle you will fill up a gauge which activates Unite Mode and allows access to your character's specific skills for attacking and defending. One character for instance will be able to restore a bunch of hit points after defending, while another will steal all the items your enemies are holding. This battle system is quite functional and is never dull, and when your game has a battle system where I never feel the need to run away because I am enjoying myself, then you know it's a pretty choice title. The only downside being that due to the frenetic pace of battle, the camera is all over the place for dynamic shots, which at times can be a little jarring considering how quickly the action is going on screen, but overall is a minor quibble.
Then there is the alchemy system that I talked about earlier. Quite possibly the most dull and time consuming aspect of this game. Basically you are tasked at various points in the game to participate in classes which teach you all about alchemy and battle. And the alchemy really winds up being the focal point. Without alchemy you cannot advance through this game. Alchemy is the source for all your consumable weapons, items, and armor, and rather than level up, you grow by creating items and dumping ability points in to a "Grow Book" where you trade points for stats and new skills. In order to get the most out of the items you must make them to a certain quality. In doing so you'll be sent on wild goose chases for the rarest of items to combine with your helper's skills to make these items, and after much trial and error you'll succeed. But the time spent to get there is long and arduous and at times makes the game feel like a much slower experience than it really is.
So, if you've followed previous NIS and Gust releases then you know what to expect from the graphics department. It's a 2-D title with some very dated looking visuals, but the characters and locales attempt to compensate for this by being quite varied and colorful. When you get in to battle things look a little different with wild character abilities and larger sprites and better detail. Overall I liked the character designs much more than the first Mana Khemia title, but they are still a little bit over the top. That giant bell on Et's neck, pass. Audio is a mixed bag when it comes to the music, it's mostly a rock affair while in battle, and the driving riffs at times just grate on the ears, and then there are the mellow ditties that are also forgettable while out traveling. There is also a heavy use of steel drum which really I didn't expect, and could really go either way on, a little variety was nice. The voice acting stars a lot of familiar individuals, so if names like Johnny Bosch or Liam O'Brien are on your radar then you'll be pleased with the acting. There is also the inclusion of a Japanese vocal track for those who are in to that sort of thing.
Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy is a pretty solid RPG title. It's not going to win any awards or dethrone Persona 4 from the top of my RPG pile, but it does a good job at providing a lighthearted story with some likable characters which is quite the opposite from a lot of games these days who just have an asshole protagonist with some sort of amnesia and the entire female cast throwing themselves at him. And it's not to say that that's a bad thing, but it is good to shake it up every now and again, especially when one of the new characters is a ninja who likes to go around dressed as a stuff animal and captivate women, yeah pretty off the wall stuff here. The combat system is a lot of fun and makes some good strides towards breaking up your normal turn based affair. If you're hankering for an RPG then this is a good title to pick up, especially when you consider that there is no progress on the next-gen consoles at getting us some decent titles in this category. Give Mana Khemia 2 a chance when you're picking up game boxes at your local game emporium, there isn't much out there right now, but this title will keep you going through that drought to Final Fantasy XIII.
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Morrissey is ailing again.
The Smiths' former frontman was hospitalized in San Francisco over the weekend, forcing him to postpone a concert that was scheduled for Saturday night to May 1.
"Due to Morrissey's medical condition, tonight's engagement at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco will need to be rescheduled and will now take place on May 1," read an update on his Facebook page, adding that all tickets purchased for the original gig will be honored on the new date.
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According to a release posted Sunday on True To You, a Morrissey webzine which has issued statements from the singer in the past, Morrissey "is presently being treated in San Francisco for 'double pneumonia,' but remains on course to headline the Vive Latino festival in Mexico City on March 14."
Morrissey hospitalized in Michigan
This is the second time in less than two months that the 53-year-old British rocker has been felled by an illness.
He was previously hospitalized in Michigan in January for what turned out to be a bleeding ulcer, prompting him to reschedule a string of shows in cities like Chicago, Minneapolis and Atlanta.
Morrissey subsequently resumed the tour on Feb. 9 in Las Vegas. The English crooner then made headlines a couple of weeks ago after pulling out of a planned performance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" to protest his fellow guests, the duck-hunting stars of the A&E reality hit "Duck Dynasty."
Jimmy Kimmel addresses Morrissey feud, invites singer back despite his "Duck Dynasty" boycott
Morrissey's latest release also offered an apology to fans apparently for what he called the "extreme and silly" security at Portland's Arlene Schnitzer Theater where he played on Friday.
Said the singer: "Place an obese McDonalds fry-girl into a venue security uniform and she is suddenly Eva Braun."
At least he hasn't lost his sardonic sense of humor.
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About David Holmes
David Holmes is the among the best in a growing cadre of invisible-soundtrack producers inspired by the audio verité of classic film composers -- Lalo Schifrin, John Barry, Ennio Morricone -- as well as the usual stable of dancefloor innovators and a large cast of jazz/soul pioneers to boot. Similar to the work of Howie B., Barry Adamson, and Portishead's Geoff Barrow, Holmes' productions are appropriately spacious and theatrical, though usually focused on future club consumption as well. His first album, hotly tipped in England, rose the stakes significantly for his second. Let's Get Killed hardly disappointed, gaining critical and artistic success given the constraints of instrumental dance music. The increased exposure even helped him hire in on Hollywood's bankroll to provide the score for the 1998 feature film Out of Sight.
Born in Belfast the youngest of ten children, David Holmes listened to punk rock as a child and began DJing at the age of 15 -- his sets at pubs and clubs around the city during the next few years embraced a range of grooves including soul-jazz, Mod-rock, Northern soul and disco. Holmes also worked as an underground concert promoter and wrote a fanzine as well, though he was still just a teenager when the house and techno boom hit Britain in the late '80s. Soon he was integrating the new dance music into his mixing, and his club night Sugar Sweet became the first venue for serious dance music in Northern Ireland. Back-and-forth contact between England and Northern Ireland brought Holmes into contact with leading DJs Andrew Weatherall, Darren Emerson and Ashley Beedle. After familiarizing himself with the studio, he began recording with Beedle (later of Black Science Orchestra) to produce the single "DeNiro" (as Disco Evangelists), a sizeable dancefloor hit in 1992. The following year, his Scubadevils project (a collaboration with Dub Federation) appeared on the first volume of the seminal compilation series Trance Europe Express.
That first taste of success brought David Holmes much remixing work during 1993-94, for Weatherall's Sabres of Paradise, St. Etienne, Therapy?, Fortran 5, Sandals and Justin Warfield, among others. He later signed to Go! Discs and in 1995 released his debut album This Film's Crap, Let's Slash the Seats. Besides the cinema-terrorist persona evoked in the title, the album featured other ties to the cinema: the single "No Mans Land" had been written in response to the controversial Guildford 4 film In the Name of the Father. Television director Lynda La Plante ended up using many of the tracks from the album for her series "Supply & Demand", and one track was used in the Sean Penn/Michael Douglas film The Game. Holmes' first proper soundtrack, the Marc Evans film Resurrection Game, appeared in 1997. The experience inspired Holmes to travel to New York and gather a wealth of urban-jungle environment recordings, compiled and mixed into his second proper album, Let's Get Killed.
He followed with the remix collection Stop Arresting Artists, and in 1998 scored Steven Soderbergh's A-list Hollywood feature Out of Sight with a prescient set of groove-funk. (The attention also earned him a place in Entertainment Weekly's list of the Top 100 Creative People in Entertainment.) His single "My Mate Paul" even featured as the theme music to the Sony Playstation game Psybadek. Essential Mix 98/01 followed later that year, and in 1999 This Film's Crap, Let's Slash the Seats was reissued with a bonus disc of rarities and unreleased tracks. Holmes issued his third studio effort Bow Down to the Exit Sign in September 2000. One year later, Soderbergh tapped him to produce another feature-film soundtrack, Ocean's Eleven, and it pushed a single -- Elvis Presley's "A Little Less Conversation," as remixed by Junkie XL -- into the charts (as well as the top spot in many countries).
Holmes' next project was a studio band, the Free Association, introduced on the 2002 mix album Come Get It. I Got It. On the record, Holmes mixed and matched older tracks with new productions from him and his lab-mate Stephen Hilton. Late that same year, a full album of new tracks (David Holmes Presents the Free Association) followed it onto the racks. ~ John Bush
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FARMINGTON —In one of the shortest town meetings in living memory, fewer than 100 Farmington voters wrapped up business before 8:30 p.m. with all articles approved. As a result, the town portion of the tax rate will now rise 16 cents, according to Town Administrator Keith Trefethen.
Before business got underway, Boy Scout Troop 188 posted the colors and led the hall in a Pledge of Allegiance. Then Board of Selectman Chair Charlie King presented Town Clerk/Tax Collector Kathy Seaver with a plaque of appreciation for the smooth way in which the general election was conducted…an occasion that required over 500 new voters to be authenticated on the day.
Next, Chairman of the Conservation Commission Dave Connolly presented plaques to three Citizens of the Year for their individual efforts to help the environment — John Borg, Abigail Pagan-Ellis and Rodney Thompson.
The meeting took up Article 3: To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into a seven year lease purchase of up to $58,792 a year for the purpose of leasing a Rescue Pumper for the Fire Department and to withdraw up to $58,792 from the Fire Vehicles and Equipment Capital Reserve Fund to cover the first year's payment of the Rescue Pumper. The remaining payments for this lease, which totals up to $352,752 will come from taxation in ensuing years.
The Board of Selectmen and the Budget Committee, recommend the article's passage, because the vehicle it will replace is 23 years old. Polls remained open for an hour and when the result was announced, a 2/3 majority was easily achieved with 81 people in favor and 15 opposed.
Article 4, the town's main operating budget, sought $6,169,473 for general municipal operations. In produced almost no discussion and was approved by a show of hands in under four minutes'
Article 5 sought $10,000 to be added to the previously established Public Buildings Maintenance Capital Reserve Fund and Article 6 sought $50,000 to be added to the previously established Road Improvements & Paving Capital Reserve Fund. Both passed without debate, as did Article 7 asking voters to authorize the Board of Selectmen to withdraw up to $60,000 of the revenue collected from cable franchise fees to fund staff, offer programming and renegotiate the cable franchise agreement for the town from the special revenue fund previously established. No amount to be raised from taxation.
Article 8 sought authorization for the withdrawal of up to $80,000 to pay for the cost of police outside details from the Police Department Outside Detail Special Revenue Fund previously established for this purpose. No amount to be raised from taxation. After it was established that this was in line with past practice and that the wording, this year, was at the behest of the Department of Revenue Administration,
Article 9 sought authorization of the withdrawal of up to $66,202 from the Landfill Closure Fund previously established. Funds were set aside to close the Landfill; this remaining balance will be used to perform additional responsibilities including groundwater monitoring and reporting.
No amount to be raised from taxation, and Trefethen explained that only such money as needed will be taken from this fund. He estimated that ground water monitoring runs at about $11,000 annually. That article was approved
Article 10 sought to withdraw up to $30,224 from the Building Inspector Position Special Revenue Fund previously established to assist in paying for a building inspector. Budget Committee member Gail Ellis made a successful amendment to increase this amount to $45,000, again with no impact on the tax rate, as the money would come from building permit fees. The amended motion was the approved by voters.
Article 11 sought to take up to $33,907 from the Main Street School Operations & Maintenance Fund previously established to operate and maintain the Main Street School Facility, with no amount to be raised by taxation. It was speedily approved.
Article 12 sought approval for mutual aid assistance, whereby the Fire Chief sends apparatus out of town, and to receive fire apparatus from other towns, as needed, in line with past practice. This was also approved overwhelmingly.
Article 13 was boilerplate, authorizing selectmen to sell in the best means possible, municipal vehicles and other equipment no longer needed, as determined by the Board of Selectmen with proceeds to go into the General Fund. It was passed.
Article 14 was a proposed land swap. It asked authorization for selectmen to swap land with Cameron's Home & Garden Center on Route 11. The town will convey them a portion of land consisting of approximately 47,500 square feet (a little over one acre) and approximately 600 feet of frontage on Route 11 that abuts their business. In exchange Cameron's will convey to the town 104,100 square feet (about two and a half acres) and approximately 721 feet of frontage on River Road. All costs associated with this land swap will be the responsibility of Cameron's Home & Garden Center.
Town resident and Cameron's employee Barry Elliott explained that the swap would enable Cameron's to secure its property against theft if it could have the parcel of land left over from a realignment of Route 11 that occurred decades ago. The town would benefit by getting land on River Road abutting land already in conservation.
"I grew up on River Road. I camped, I fished, I swam there. I would love to see that land conserved," said Elliott.
Voters agreed, and passed the article on a show of hands by a large majority.
Article 15, the final one, was to transact such other business as may legally came before this meeting. There was none, and Moderator Chris Somma, called for a motion of adjournment at 8:18 p.m.


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Whoopi Goldberg took aim at Suzanne Somers on Tuesday for comments she reportedly made about the late Patrick Swayze, claiming the actor's chemotherapy — and not his cancer — was what killed him.
"In case she doesn't know, Patrick did everything and went everywhere to try and stay healthy as long as he could," "The View" co-host said of her "Ghost" co-star on Wednesday's show.
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"That he's been gone a week and this statement came out is bad timing and bad taste and Suzanne, you know better," Whoopi continued. "And I'm not sure that's not what you meant to do, but you should have thought about it"
Somers came under fire last week for comments she made about Swayze in a new interview with Toronto's National Post.
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"They took this beautiful man and they basically put poison in him," Somers reportedly told National Post columnist Shinan Govani. "Why couldn't they have built him up nutritionally and gotten rid of the toxins in his body?"
Somers – a cancer survivor herself – responded to incident on her Web site.
"In a casual conversation at a private party (with someone who never identified himself as a reporter) at the Toronto Film Festival last week, I was asked about this beloved actor. It was never my intention to make an official statement about his passing," she wrote in a blog post. "I was not informed or aware I was being interviewed. I would never have been so insensitive as to offer a public statement so close to his untimely passing. I sincerely apologize if my comment has caused any additional pain to his family during this difficult time. I send my deepest condolences for their loss."
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text:
Written by Theodore Annemann
1964 Reprint
Work of Various
225 pages (Hardcover),
published by D. Robbins & Co., Inc.
Language: English
(230 entries)
|Comments & References
|legacy from tibet\ntwo routines with one-way picture/symbol cards\ndr. stanley jaks\ndas erbe von tibet\ndr. stanley jaks\nlegacy from tibet\ndr. stanley jaks 1940 Dr. Stanley Jaks
|Legacy From Tibet
|match hypocrisy\n\nr. c. buff\nflame in duplicate\ngeorge delaney 1940 R. C. Buff
|Match Hypocrisy
|eerie cards\nusing eight cards, card finally spelled to\nkent arthur\nthe nobo lie detector\njustin higham\nkevin baker 1940 Kent Arthur
|Eerie Cards
|bent corner in fan glimpse\n\n unknown 1940 Unknown
|Bent Corner in Fan Glimpse
|salt & pepper separation\ngrains mixed and magically separated, static electricity\nmitchell dyszel 1940 Mitchell Dyszel
|Salt & Pepper Separation
|double discard\ncheating technique, see also page 664\n unknown\nart lyle\nfake drawing\n unknown\nverne chesbro 1940 Unknown, Art Lyle
|Double Discard
|odd event\n\nsigmund krumgold 1940 Sigmund Krumgold
|Odd Event
|a thought ahead\ntantalizer\nherb runge\nlast chance\nl. vosburgh lyons 1940 Herb Runge
|A Thought Ahead
|"whiskers"\nusing full deck\nherb runge 1940 Herb Runge
|circum-location\nthree cards, odd-even, identities and positions named\ndon medley\nharry jordan 1940 Don Medley, Harry Jordan
|tip on q&a act\n\ntheodore annemann 1940 Theodore Annemann
|Tip on Q&A Act
|the passing of sherlock holmes\nmedium out of room, then returns to divine type of murder and a playing card transposes with the ace of spades (death card)\njames g. thompson jr. 1940 James G. Thompson Jr.
|The Passing of Sherlock Holmes
|mentelimination\nnaming missing card(s), three methods\nverne chesbro 1940 Verne Chesbro
|tomato cocktail\ntomato vanishes from paper bag, where only tomato skin remains, in cup appears tomato juice\nu. f. grant\nwatch the lemon\nsid lorraine\nbert douglas 1940 U. F. Grant
|Tomato Cocktail
|mental temple\none of six, oosoom\nlu brent 1940 Lu Brent
|Mental Temple
|merlin the inscrutable\npencil shavings in tissue paper "write" name of selection\nallan howell 1940 Allan Howell
|Merlin the Inscrutable
|counting force\nmaking some piles\nallan howell 1940 Allan Howell
|Counting Force
|fisherman's fancy\ngoldfish cut out of carrot becomes real\nbruce elliott 1940 Bruce Elliott
|Fisherman's Fancy
|king's kards\nfifteen double facers\nhenry hardin 1940 Henry Hardin
|King's Kards
|etchings in magic\nrosini writes about his influences in magic\npaul rosini 1940 Paul Rosini
|Etchings in Magic
|dimes and pennies of confucius\npuzzle\nemil jarrow\nall in a row\nemil jarrow\ntheodore annemann\nconfucius coins\nemil jarrow 1940 Emil Jarrow
|Dimes and Pennies of Confucius
|a futile lesson in magic\nspelling lesson with thirteen cards, see page 650 for missing set-up\npaul rosini\na futile lesson in open spelling\nedward g. brown\npaul rosini 1940 Paul Rosini
|A Futile Lesson in Magic
|the devil's die secret\ntop number of die under cup correctly announced, two methods (one with simple cut-out in paper cup)\npaul rosini\n unknown 1940 Paul Rosini, Unknown
|The Devil's Die Secret
|the diving pasteboard\none of four random cards is thought of, they're shuffled back, three-spot locator used to locate selection\nsam leo horowitz 1940 Sam Leo Horowitz
|The Diving Pasteboard
|card of the gods\ncard thought of from top third, found with procedure and counting\ndai vernon\ncard of the gods\ndavid britland 1940 Dai Vernon
|Card of the Gods
|seven wenches of bluebird\ncoincidences with cut-out heads\nbruce elliott 1940 Bruce Elliott
|Seven Wenches of Bluebird
|pastiche\ncard selected, another turns over, third selection predicted\nkent arthur 1940 Kent Arthur
|equiloball\nball balances on rope\npaul curtis\nrollo\ntom sellers 1940 Paul Curtis
|the postman's dream\nmarked stamp travels from paper to inside watch\n shaman 1940 Shaman
|The Postman's Dream
|bartender's nightmare\nwater to wine, glass of wine vanishes\n shaman 1940 Shaman
|Bartender's Nightmare
|modern monte\nusing different switches\nchris charlton 1940 Chris Charlton
|Modern Monte
|lost and found\ndeck in glass, spectator removes deck but selection remains inside, narrow card\njim wheeler 1940 Jim Wheeler
|Lost and Found
|stabbing force with knife\n\njim wheeler 1940 Jim Wheeler
|Stabbing Force with Knife
|traveling sugar\nadaption of al baker's salt vanish with rice bowls\ndr. victor m. trask 1940 Dr. Victor M. Trask
|Traveling Sugar
|the triple reverse\ntwo duplicates\nles vincent 1940 Les Vincent
|The Triple Reverse
|countdown force\nany number up to ten, set-up with eights and nines\nles vincent 1940 Les Vincent
|Countdown Force
|psychic type\nseveral names written on cards, one selected, it appears on previously empty slates\nstanley collins 1940 Stanley Collins
|Psychic Type
|the future deck\nprediction written on a playing card matches selection, gaffed deck, related to curry's "touch"\njack vosburgh\nthe future deck\njack vosburgh\nfuture shock\nmichael sibbernsen 1940 Jack Vosburgh
|The Future Deck
|noodle soup number prediction\nusing noodle soup digits\n unknown 1940 Unknown
|Noodle Soup Number Prediction
|fake drawing\ncheating move\n unknown\nverne chesbro\ndouble discard\n unknown\nart lyle 1940 Unknown, Verne Chesbro
|Fake Drawing
|magically stringing beads\nin mouth, credit information\njohn mulholland 1940 John Mulholland
|Magically Stringing Beads
|on the coin in bottle\n\njohn mulholland 1940 John Mulholland
|On the Coin in Bottle
|card finesse\ntwo cards lost, deck covered in paper, selections come to top and bottom, duplicates in paper\nthe great maurice 1940 The Great Maurice
|Card Finesse
|love conquers all\n"a new card story"\njack vosburgh 1940 Jack Vosburgh
|Love Conquers All
|the magician and the judge\na card becomes blank, story presentation\nverne chesbro 1940 Verne Chesbro
|The Magician and the Judge
|percepto\nselection divined in impressive manner while spectator looks at cards in his own hands\nverne chesbro\npercepto\nverne chesbro 1940 Verne Chesbro
|paper burns by itself\nphosphor spit on it\ntheodore annemann 1940 Theodore Annemann
|Paper Burns by Itself
|black sandwich, red sandwich\ncard travels from sandwich in one half to sandwich in other half\nl. vosburgh lyons\nsecurity express\nmilton kort 1940 L. Vosburgh Lyons
|Black Sandwich, Red Sandwich
|palming one card: tenkai's method \n(too) brief\ntenkai ishida 1940 Tenkai Ishida
|Palming One Card: Tenkai's Method
|a day of your life\none spectator writes some things on billets, performer divines all\ntheodore annemann 1940 Theodore Annemann
|A Day of Your Life
|mass production\nlong short divided deck\nclayton rawson 1940 Clayton Rawson
|Mass Production
|bewildering blocks (with a sucker finish)\nprop trick with colored blocks in tube\nwalter b. gibson 1940 Walter B. Gibson
|Bewildering Blocks (with a Sucker Finish)
|backhanded\nreprinted from the magic wand, card sticks to back of hand, key card location\ng. w. hunter\ng. w. hunter's laugh\ng. w. hunter 1940 G. W. Hunter
|a trick\nroutine with vanishes and productions of three silks, also featuring a small mirror tube/box for silk productions by tom sellers\n thirteen of magic\nstanley collins\ntom sellers 1940 Thirteen of Magic, Stanley Collins, Tom Sellers
|A Trick
|silk vanish with pull\nchoreography\n unknown 1940 Unknown
|Silk Vanish with Pull
|tribal try\npaper wrapped between boards, prediction or something else appears on paper inside\nlen sewell 1940 Len Sewell
|Tribal Try
|memory aid for programs\nremembering the order of tricks\noscar thomson 1940 Oscar Thomson
|Memory Aid for Programs
|mixed mystery\nletter cards chosen, word selected from newspaper with number addition, letter cards arrange magically in chosen word\nh. c. mole 1940 H. C. Mole
|Mixed Mystery
|addition subterfuge\nswitch of paper before addition\ndavid allison 1940 David Allison
|Addition Subterfuge
|penetration\nsilk through paper, new use for phantom tube\nedward bagshawe 1940 Edward Bagshawe
|curious coin\nmarked coin wrapped in newspaper and burned, appears in nest of boxes\n shaman 1940 Shaman
|Curious Coin
|dry splitting\nremark\ntheodore annemann 1940 Theodore Annemann
|Dry Splitting
|"at last, poor yorick, i knew him when"\ncard to nest of envelopes\ntheodore annemann\ncard in high\ntheodore annemann 1940 Theodore Annemann
|"At Last, Poor Yorick, I knew him when"
|simple force\nbold\ntheodore annemann 1940 Theodore Annemann
|Simple Force
|inevitable\none of 16 cards fairly chosen and lost, then found\nharry w. burger 1940 Harry W. Burger
|stalemate\n\njack vosburgh 1940 Jack Vosburgh
|swallowing a watch\n\n unknown 1940 Unknown
|Swallowing a Watch
|behind the eight ball\neffect #1: top card changes into selection effect #2: another selection comes to top effect #3: selection is stabbed to with another card effect #4: magic thrust effect #5: spectator seals card in envelope (glimpsed with alcohol)\nthe great merlini 1940 The Great Merlini
|Behind the Eight Ball
|slip shuffle key placement\n\n unknown 1940 Unknown
|Slip Shuffle Key Placement
|corner crimp in fan\nselection secretly crimped from behind\n unknown 1940 Unknown
|Corner Crimp in Fan
|making envelope transparent\nalcohol\n unknown 1940 Unknown
|Making Envelope transparent
|utility tube\n\n edgar 1940 Edgar
|Utility Tube
|"fifth column"\npolitical story presentation\njack vosburgh\na matter of policy\ntheodore annemann 1940 Jack Vosburgh
|"Fifth Column"
|instanto\ncutting to any named card, gaffed deck\nbilly o'connor\nflip deck\nrussell "rusduck" duck\nside effects\nkarl fulves\nname-o-card\n cardini\nspeller notes\nkarl fulves\nbilly o'connor's instanto deck\ndoug edwards\nbilly o'connor\n cardini 1940 Billy O'Connor
|rising cards\nusing "instanto" deck\nbilly o'connor 1940 Billy O'Connor
|Rising Cards
|location of consequence\nusing "instanto" deck, named card version of annemann's magic thurst\norville wayne meyer 1940 Orville Wayne Meyer
|Location of Consequence
|thought across space\nmedium finds card, center tear and gaffed "instanto" deck\nharold denhart 1940 Harold Denhart
|Thought Across Space
|cutting off any number of cards\nusing "instanto" deck\nbilly o'connor 1940 Billy O'Connor
|Cutting Off any Number of Cards
|coincidence\nspectator and performer cut their decks, bottom cards are the same, "instanto" deck\ntheodore annemann 1940 Theodore Annemann
|playing card squiggles\ndrawing contest\ntheodore annemann 1940 Theodore Annemann
|Playing Card Squiggles
|linking rings presentational ideas\n\n unknown 1940 Unknown
|Linking Rings Presentational Ideas
|it's a miracle?\nmutilated parasol combined with borrowed watch\ngrace hartman\npaul hartman 1940 Grace Hartman, Paul Hartman
|It's a Miracle?
|tomorrow's card\nprediction written, six cards from shuffled deck selected, then one of those, matches prediction, five-billet index\ndon diavolo\nstuart towne 1940 Don Diavolo, Stuart Towne
|Tomorrow's Card
|diavolo hide-out fan\nbrief, hiding packet underneath one-handed fan\ndon diavolo\nstuart towne 1940 Don Diavolo, Stuart Towne
|Diavolo Hide-Out Fan
|business card selection\nspectator choses card with business card details\ntheodore annemann 1940 Theodore Annemann
|Business Card Selection
|cherchez la lady\nperformer finds money card in different situations\njack vosburgh\nsid lorraine\ntheodore annemann 1940 Jack Vosburgh, Sid Lorraine, Theodore Annemann
|Cherchez La Lady
|vanishing wand presentation\n\nj. a. sheterom 1940 J. A. Sheterom
|Vanishing Wand Presentation
|double key location\n\ncharles arbuthnot 1940 Charles Arbuthnot
|Double Key Location
|xkwizit!\ntwo hinged cards in deck to keep cards together while shuffled freely\n crocker\nfaked cars for flourish\n unknown\nsub trap\nkarl fulves\nthe "portfolio" card\nellis stanyon 1940 Crocker
|the blindfold discovery\nreally blindfolded, using xkwizit gimmick\n crocker 1940 Crocker
|The Blindfold Discovery
|the four aces\ncards shuffled in fairly, duplicates produced from xkwizit gimmick\n crocker 1940 Crocker
|The Four Aces
|a card to pocket\nusing xkwizit gimmick\ntheodore annemann 1940 Theodore Annemann
|A Card to Pocket
|i'll read your mind\none is a brainwave/invisible deck\njohn j. crimmins jr. 1940 John J. Crimmins Jr.
|I'll Read Your Mind
|copy cat!\none si stebbins, the other brainwave/invisible deck\nverne chesbro\njames g. thompson jr.\ndo as i did\ndarwin ortiz 1940 Verne Chesbro, James G. Thompson Jr.
|Copy Cat!
|pointer reverse\nusing a card as pointer while turning over rest of deck\n unknown 1940 Unknown
|Pointer Reverse
|animal magnetism\ndemonstrations with common objects, see following entries for details\nralph w. read 1940 Ralph W. Read
|Animal Magnetism
|static\npaper sticks to things, apparent magnetism\nralph w. read 1940 Ralph W. Read
|ascension\nrising stick/pencil on hand\nralph w. read 1940 Ralph W. Read
|the impulse\nstick/pencil taps by itself\nralph w. read 1940 Ralph W. Read
|The Impulse
|control\nhinge\nralph w. read 1940 Ralph W. Read
|cane mystery\ncane sticks to hand\n unknown 1940 Unknown
|Cane Mystery
|those aces\nfair preliminary actions\nstanley collins 1940 Stanley Collins
|Those Aces
|bent palm-off from packet\ncards bent in half\nstanley collins 1940 Stanley Collins
|Bent Palm-Off from Packet
|your magical scrapbook\ntip\ngeorge johnson 1940 George Johnson
|Your Magical Scrapbook
|words\nhomonyms principle\njack vosburgh\nprinted matter\nphilip t. goldstein\nuncanny\nlarry becker 1940 Jack Vosburgh
|separate liquids\ndifferent colored liquids remain separate, then become clear\nalbert russell\ntheodore annemann 1940 Albert Russell, Theodore Annemann
|Separate Liquids
|lost-found\nblank silk, then with card printed on it\n shaman 1940 Shaman
|hindu dream\ncards in hat, shaken and top card removed four times\nhenry hardin\nhindu dream variation\nhenry hardin 1940 Henry Hardin
|Hindu Dream
|houdini's book identification system\nfor personal library, mentioned by ralph w. read\nharry houdini 1940 Harry Houdini
|Houdini's Book Identification System
|the perfect prisoner\nperformer names cards, one then travels into previously examined glass frame\nchester morris 1940 Chester Morris
|The Perfect Prisoner
|magician's cone\nproduction of various stuff from paper cone\ndr. edward g. ervin 1940 Dr. Edward G. Ervin
|Magician's Cone
|gum at large\ntwo gums from two different packages change places (their flavors)\njack vosburgh 1940 Jack Vosburgh
|Gum at Large
|key location\nmedium finds selection in shuffled deck, coding using stacking principle\nwalter b. gibson 1940 Walter B. Gibson
|Key Location
|short card & riffle shuffle\ntwo cards stay together\n unknown 1940 Unknown
|Short Card & Riffle Shuffle
|pick up\n\nherb runge 1940 Herb Runge
|Pick Up
|help from hades\nthree cards selected, and written on paper and lost, found again with pieces of paper, miscall\njack vosburgh 1940 Jack Vosburgh
|Help from Hades
|bewilderment of santa\n"tale of saint nicholas", rhyming patter\ntom osborne 1940 Tom Osborne
|Bewilderment of Santa
|the mystery of the suits\none of the aces is selected and found, then the suit of another selected ace is predicted\njack vosburgh 1940 Jack Vosburgh
|The Mystery of the Suits
|double dollar\nbill folded so that it looks like two bills, then it actually doubles\njack vosburgh\ntime is money\nasi wind 1940 Jack Vosburgh
|Double Dollar
|double edged sword of might\ntwo card prediction, one-ahead, mirage deck\njack vosburgh 1940 Jack Vosburgh
|Double Edged Sword of Might
|silk gone mad\nhandkerchief to egg combined with handkerchief to light bulb\ngordon r. mckenney 1940 Gordon R. McKenney
|Silk Gone Mad
|wand information\n\ntheodore annemann 1941 Theodore Annemann
|Wand information
|crystal cutup\nbroken and repaired watch\n unknown 1941 Unknown
|Crystal Cutup
|a penny - a bet - a drink\nguessing in which hand the coin is, bar bet, see also page 728\n unknown 1941 Unknown
|A Penny - A Bet - A Drink
|time to shine\nnew deck opened, shuffled, put back, performer knows cards in order, whole in case and shiner\ntheodore annemann 1941 Theodore Annemann
|Time to Shine
|matches to silk\n\n unknown 1941 Unknown
|Matches to Silk
|the dream of a hermit\nthree decks, with spelling coincidence in third deck\ndr. stanley jaks\nein traumhafte Übereinstimmung\ndr. stanley jaks\nthe jaks two-deck trick\ndr. stanley jaks\njaks two-deck trick variation\nj. w. sarles\nthe dream deck\n unknown\njaks two deck trick\ndr. stanley jaks\nkarl fulves\ncutting corners\nkarl fulves\ndream of the hermit\nnick trost\n力ルイ千ビンナコネコナンビ千イル力?\nphilip t. goldstein\ndream of a hermit\ndr. stanley jaks 1941 Dr. Stanley Jaks
|The Dream of a Hermit
|ten and one\nten and one put on table, spectator puts two coins on top, coincidence, nail punch\njack vosburgh 1941 Jack Vosburgh
|Ten and One
|leipzig's penetrating card fake\nusing blank-backed card\nnate leipzig 1941 Nate Leipzig
|Leipzig's Penetrating Card Fake
|gipsies won't tell\nthoughts on the reading act\njoseph dunninger\ntheodore annemann 1941 Joseph Dunninger, Theodore Annemann
|Gipsies Won't Tell
|a story\n\nherb runge 1941 Herb Runge
|A Story
|the sane viewpoint of exposure\nreprinted from linking ring\nfulton oursler 1941 Fulton Oursler
|The Sane Viewpoint of Exposure
|once in a life time\nodd-backed unknown card is chosen from face\njack vosburgh\nremote control\ntheodore annemann\nremote control improved\norville wayne meyer 1941 Jack Vosburgh
|Once in a Life Time
|the twin princess\n\nwalter b. gibson 1941 Walter B. Gibson
|The Twin Princess
|double ender princess trick\nbrief mention\ntheodore deland 1941 Theodore DeLand
|Double Ender Princess Trick
|painless chirurgery\ncut in thumb heals\njoseph h. fries 1941 Joseph H. Fries
|Painless Chirurgery
|money enraptured\nbill becomes giant bill\njack vosburgh 1941 Jack Vosburgh
|Money Enraptured
|egg on fan\n\ngene gordon 1941 Gene Gordon
|Egg on Fan
|parade of the lamas\nusing lama cards\nbruce elliott 1941 Bruce Elliott
|Parade of the Lamas
|elliott at the bar\ndeck with selection put on top of beer glass, name of card appears written into beer foam\nbruce elliott 1941 Bruce Elliott
|Elliott at the Bar
|elliott humor\ncigarette falls apart when smoking, chemical, see page 778 for alternative chemical\nbruce elliott 1941 Bruce Elliott
|Elliott Humor
|elliott elysium\nstriped invisible thread\nbruce elliott 1941 Bruce Elliott
|Elliott Elysium
|scrambled egg bag\nscrambled egg from handkerchief\ngeorge delaney 1941 George Delaney
|Scrambled Egg Bag
|fifth row, center aisle\nrant on too positive reviews of magic show\n cagliostro, jr. 1941 Cagliostro, Jr.
|Fifth Row, Center Aisle
|pay day\ncoins distributed to envelopes with mathematical procedure, predicted, see page 746 for correction\njack vosburgh 1941 Jack Vosburgh
|Pay Day
|the odd estate\npuzzle with a story about a will\n unknown 1941 Unknown
|The Odd Estate
|the weird inn\nwith rhyme\n unknown 1941 Unknown
|The Weird Inn
|suspensamus\nbowl with rice suspends on knife\neddie joseph\nlighter\nkarl fulves 1941 Eddie Joseph
|good night\ntwo colored torn and restored tissue papers spell word after restoration\ntheodore annemann 1941 Theodore Annemann
|Good Night
|call poker\nspectator chooses five cards in various way and ends up with royal flush\njohn j. crimmins jr.\nfour card force\n unknown 1941 John J. Crimmins Jr.
|Call Poker
|s.a.m. benefit show\nshow review with performers: fred keating, the hanlons, jay palmer & co, the great le roy, al baker, dai vernon, dagmar & co, the five elgins, roner, prince leon and gus wayne, roy benson\n cagliostro, jr.\n 1941 Cagliostro, Jr. (reviewer)
|S.A.M. Benefit Show
|suggested program no. 7 - "a varied magic act"\ncombining some tricks of the jinx into a program\ntheodore annemann 1941 Theodore Annemann
|Suggested Program No. 7 - "A Varied Magic Act"
|6 card repeat presentation\npolitically incorrect\nken the uncanny 1941 Ken The Uncanny
|6 Card Repeat Presentation
|ribbon of eurus\n\nrudy reimer 1941 Rudy Reimer
|Ribbon of Eurus
|the triple deal\nimproved 21 card trick\nh. g. cleveland 1941 H. G. Cleveland
|The Triple Deal
|automaton spell\nusing one-way backs\njack vosburgh 1941 Jack Vosburgh
|Automaton Spell
|the old timers of the y.m.h.a. present master magicians in "a night of magic"\nshow review\n rhadamanthus, jr.\n 1941 Rhadamanthus, Jr. (reviewer)
|The Old Timers of the Y.M.H.A. present Master Magicians in "A Night of Magic"
|that nazti man\nweird number gag\nsid lorraine 1941 Sid Lorraine
|That Nazti Man
|ten word telegram\npsychological gag\ntheodore annemann 1941 Theodore Annemann
|Ten Word Telegram
|idea of 40,000 words\ndictionary test, whole in book\nsid lorraine\n50'000 words\nal mann\nsidesidal\nthomas alan waters 1941 Sid Lorraine
|Idea of 40,000 Words
|"my card, sir!"\ndouble blank card changes into business card\ntom bowyer 1941 Tom Bowyer
|"My Card, Sir!"
|show review\nshow review\n rhadamanthus, jr.\nmickey macdougall 1941 Rhadamanthus, Jr. (reviewer)
|Show Review
|weird coin\ncoin borrowed, half deck dealt in four piles, top card correspond with year of coin, sum counted down, card predicted\ndel cartier 1941 Del Cartier
|Weird Coin
|name your poison\nspectator decides how selection is found: turns over, is spelled to or travels to pocket\nthe great merlini\nname your poison\nclayton rawson 1941 The Great Merlini
|Name Your Poison
|packet turnover\nunder misdirection\n unknown 1941 Unknown
|Packet Turnover
|pen kink\nborrowed pen is placed away and then produced again\nmartin gardner\npen kink\nmartin gardner 1941 Martin Gardner
|Pen Kink
|philadelphia's greater magic show\nshow review, elmer eckam, "balloons" bonnert, john mulholland,roberta & marlon, al flosso miaco, al baker\n unknown\n 1941 Unknown (reviewer)
|Philadelphia's Greater Magic Show
|the fairy goblet\nspectator remembers long forgotten memory, psychological (and weird)\nlew smith\nl. vosburgh lyons 1941 Lew Smith, L. Vosburgh Lyons
|The Fairy Goblet
|entity alone\n\nl. vosburgh lyons\nbruce elliott 1941 L. Vosburgh Lyons, Bruce Elliott
|Entity Alone
|magic shuffle\ntwo halves shuffled face-up into face-down bring two selection next to each other\ndon diavolo 1941 Don Diavolo
|Magic Shuffle
|further than that\nproduction of selection, royal flush, and other stuff\nstewart james\nfurther than that\nj. w. sarles\ntaking further than that too far\njon racherbaumer\nstewart james\neven further\npaul swinford\na novelty spelling mystery\nwilliam larsen\nt. page wright\nthe gypsy foretells further than farther\ncushing strout\nfurther than that and the lie detector\ncushing strout\nfurther than that\nstewart james\nas far as you want to go\ncushing strout 1941 Stewart James
|Further Than That
|half and half\nthree dice and list of letter combinations, a coincidence/prediction happens\nstewart james\nthe new half and half\nl. vosburgh lyons\ntypecast\nkarl fulves\nheartbreaker\nthomas alan waters\nhalf and half\nstewart james 1941 Stewart James
|Half and Half
|sleightly off\nthreaded ping pong ball is removed underneath cloth\nstewart james 1941 Stewart James
|Sleightly Off
|the waiting place for unborn thoughts\nspectator forms word with alphabet cards, performer knows it, three phases/methods\nstewart james\ntheodore annemann 1941 Stewart James, Theodore Annemann
|The Waiting Place for Unborn Thoughts
|moonlight madness\nthorough discussion of his and julia thompson's two-person code act, involving flash light for coding, esp coding, see also p. 348 of pallbearers review for credit claim\njames g. thompson jr.\nthought transmission\ndr. l. rothbart\nimproved light communicator\ntony corinda 1941 James G. Thompson Jr.
|Moonlight Madness
|the psychic slates\nunseen selection is duplicated on slate, marked & stacked\nherbert hood 1941 Herbert Hood
|The Psychic Slates
|a thought out-thought\nfree selection divined, marked & stacked\nherbert hood\nthe words of jaks\ndr. stanley jaks\nkarl fulves 1941 Herbert Hood
|A Thought Out-Thought
|you and yours - me and mine\n\nherbert hood 1941 Herbert Hood
|You and Yours - Me and Mine
|a peculiar happenstance\ntwo cards in two piles appear at the same position, stacked & marked\ngeorge w. lord\nm. d. overholser 1941 George W. Lord, M. D. Overholser
|A Peculiar Happenstance
|nonpareil\nfree selection (and switched) appears on marked slates\nstanley collins 1941 Stanley Collins
|elliott at play\npuzzle/game "my grandmother likes tea"\nbruce elliott 1941 Bruce Elliott
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|the ghost of a chance\nbillet switching box, q&a\notis manning\n(b) the key test\neddie clever\nthe o.m. switch box\nharry stanley\notis manning\na k.f. idea on an o.m. switch\nkarrell fox\nomanation\nthomas alan waters 1941 Otis Manning
|The Ghost of a Chance
|ode to the sun\ndeck put in threaded paper bag, bag put on fire, only selection remains on thread\n shaman 1941 Shaman
|Ode to the Sun
|joey hoppensack poses a problem and its answer...\nstring melts into ice cube, physics\n unknown 1941 Unknown
|Joey Hoppensack poses a problem and its answer...
|he fools you!\nspectator cuts deck to match prediction in suit and value\nherb runge 1941 Herb Runge
|He Fools You!
|cross cut force\nwith time misdirection\n unknown 1941 Unknown
|Cross Cut Force
|hit parade\nspectator thinks of song from top ten, pianist starts playing it, verbal code\norville wayne meyer 1941 Orville Wayne Meyer
|Hit Parade
|cartes mechant\ncard to pocket or wallet with lengthy sucker presentation in which an obviously palmed card vanishes from a handkerchief\nlouis capiaux 1941 Louis Capiaux
|Cartes Mechant
|card determined\ncard selected via down-under-deal procedure is divined by performer, general rule\ndr. william t. palchinas 1941 Dr. William T. Palchinas
|Card Determined
|vampire silks\nwhite silks are pushed in covered tumblers of colored glass, silks get color and tumblers clear\ntheodore annemann 1941 Theodore Annemann
|Vampire Silks
|the card knows\nthree cards chosen and one pocketed, the other shuffled back, card with cat picture shown which whispers card in pocket and divines other two cards, stacked deck\nhen fetsch 1941 Hen Fetsch
|The Card Knows
|a miller melange\nshow review of a charlie miller performance\ncharles bertram\ncharlie miller 1941 Charles Bertram (reviewer)
|A Miller Melange
|cards don't lie\ncard with question written on it is divined\nvern schoneck\npast and future\nkarl fulves 1941 Vern Schoneck
|Cards Don't Lie
|sympathetic pips\nblank card with loose pips placed in envelope, pips arrange themselves onto card to match selection (which for no reason travels to pocket)\nfrank stobbart 1941 Frank Stobbart
|Sympathetic Pips
|one up\ncards shuffled face-up/face-down by spectator, two methods (stripper and deck switch)\noscar weigle 1941 Oscar Weigle
|One Up
|big deal?\n"rapid set-up" & "expert deal", two special full deck stacks for stud poker, draw poker, black jack, bridge, rhummy\nfrank travers 1941 Frank Travers
|big deal?
|correcting a mistake\naces change to kings\nfrank travers 1941 Frank Travers
|Correcting a Mistake
|on the treasure trail\ncoin travels from sand pile to paper\nfrank travers\nbruce elliott\ntheodore annemann 1941 Frank Travers, Bruce Elliott, Theodore Annemann
|On the Treasure Trail
|kids and koins\nthree coins travel into covered tumbler, marked coin into candy bar\nstuart p. cramer 1941 Stuart P. Cramer
|Kids and Koins
|middle maze\ntwo card location, center key card\nbruce elliott\nthe twenty-sixth location\n unknown 1941 Bruce Elliott
|Middle Maze
|grimaces\nthree double facers\ncharles arbuthnot\nralph schugar 1941 Charles Arbuthnot, Ralph Schugar
|"my case"\nword from ten selected, appears on previously empty slate, flap with corner cut\nclarence hubbard 1941 Clarence Hubbard
|"My Case"
|elliott's error\nwrong card is spelled out and finds selection\nbruce elliott 1941 Bruce Elliott
|Elliott's Error
|highly improbable\ntorn card put in handkerchief, joker in card case, torn card reappears stapled together with joker except one piece\ntheodore annemann 1941 Theodore Annemann
|Highly Improbable
|duo locato finale\n\nherb runge 1941 Herb Runge
|Duo Locato Finale
|another dictionary effect\n\notis manning 1941 Otis Manning
|Another Dictionary Effect
|magical headache\n\nbruce elliott 1941 Bruce Elliott
|Magical Headache
|one drop more\nbar bet\nart lyle 1941 Art Lyle
|One Drop More
|evaporato\n"coin that gets around", marked coin vanishes from sealed glass, reappears into spectator's breast pocket\notto waldmann\nwinged silver\nkarl fulves 1941 Otto Waldmann
|coin vanish from glass\n\notto waldmann 1941 Otto Waldmann
|Coin Vanish from Glass
|simplex pocket index files\n\n unknown 1941 Unknown
|Simplex Pocket Index Files
|a torn letter\npaper with letter of alphabet is torn and restored between slates, pocket index\ntheodore annemann 1941 Theodore Annemann
|A Torn Letter
|show at brown's camp\n\njohn mulholland\nbertram adams 1941 John Mulholland (reviewer)
|Show at Brown's Camp
|ghost writer\ncard reversed behind back, name appears on slate\nclayton rawson 1941 Clayton Rawson
|Ghost Writer
|daub substitute\n\ncharles nyquist 1941 Charles Nyquist
|Daub Substitute
|the professor's card trick\nmathematical\nkent arthur 1941 Kent Arthur
|The Professor's Card Trick
|tin can trickster\n\ntheodore annemann 1941 Theodore Annemann
|Tin Can Trickster
|the new half and half\nthree dice and list of letter combinations, a coincidence/prediction happens\nl. vosburgh lyons\nhalf and half\nstewart james 1941 L. Vosburgh Lyons
|The New Half and Half
|card voice\nthree spectators pocket cards, a snoopy card tells them to performer, based on jordan's "the sagacious joker"\ntheodore annemann 1941 Theodore Annemann
|Card Voice
|card to fake teeth\n\nsid fleischman 1941 Sid Fleischman
|Card to Fake Teeth
|bank night simplified\n\nwarren e. simms 1941 Warren E. Simms
|Bank Night Simplified
|boom-boom show\n\ntheodore annemann\nherman l. weber 1941 Theodore Annemann (reviewer)
|Boom-Boom Show
|surpasso!\ntwo marked cards, envelopes\nhen fetsch 1941 Hen Fetsch
|not for the meek\nbill to roll of life savers, gaffed knife\nbruce elliott\ntheodore annemann 1941 Bruce Elliott, Theodore Annemann
|Not for the Meek
|monk's mystery\n14-15 stack that forces number\njack vosburgh\nmental monk\nsam schwartz 1941 Jack Vosburgh
|Monk's Mystery
|poker challenge\nbet/game in which performer and spectator openly draw cards, solution on page 885\ngerald lynton kaufman 1941 Gerald Lynton Kaufman
|Poker Challenge
|thought ablaze\nashes on arm for card revelation\ncharles roe 1941 Charles Roe
|Thought Ablaze
|headline hunter\nmagician's choice strategy\ntheodore annemann 1941 Theodore Annemann
|Headline Hunter
|hypocritical memory\ndeck switch in mirror glass\narthur monroe 1941 Arthur Monroe
|Hypocritical Memory
|trance card\nal koran type deck for spelling routine\ntheodore annemann 1941 Theodore Annemann
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Default Folder X Gives a Power Boost to Everyday Ops
Oct 22, 2013 5:00 AM PT
Default Folder X by St. Clair Software is available from the developer's website for US$34.95.
How many times a day do we open and save files on our Macs? The operations are so common, we don't think twice about doing them. Fortunately, the folks at St. Clair Software have thought about those operations, and they've cooked up an app to improve them.
Default Folder X is available from the company's website for $34.95, although you can try it free for 30 days.
What DFX does is add features to Save and Open dialog boxes -- features that allow you to perform a number of productive tasks within those boxes without needing to access other programs, like Finder.
Keyboard shortcuts add to the app's power, giving you quick access to folders you've opened recently or favorite folders you use frequently. What's more, pop-up menus let you navigate to a file or folder faster than in Finder.
Neat Features
DFX installation on my MacBook Air was a very slow process, but once it was complete a DFX icon appeared on the Apple toolbar. The icon allows you to perform some basic tasks. You can access the program's preferences and key locations on your Mac.
You can also access folders on your desktop and your computer, including cloud services like Dropbox and Google Drive. Any folders you designate as "favorites" can be reached from the menu, too, as well as recently accessed folders and previously opened Finder windows.
You'll find some of the neatest DFX features when you Open or Save a file in an application.
When you open a file, for instance, you'll see the typical dialog window framed with some new additions. By the right side of the window are tools for jumping to a Finder window, as well as to recent or favorite folders.
You can also jump to another disk on your computer and access DFX's utilities. The disk tool includes desktop, home location, hard drive and iCloud -- but not Dropbox, Google Drive or your network hard drive.
Metadata Made Easy
The utilities tool includes a number of rich options. You can access DFX features like Help and Preferences from the tool. You can make your current folder location the default folder for the app that opened the dialog box. You can create new folders or open your current folder in the Finder.
What's more, you can rename the folder you're in, trash it, or compress the files in it and add them to a zip archive.
DFX also adds a panel below an open dialog box with some useful file customization features. Want to see a thumbnail of a file? Select it in the list of files in the open dialog and click the Preview button on the panel. A thumbnail of the file will appear below the panel's button row.
If you click on the thumbnail, it will zoom to full size. However, DFX can't work its thumbnail magic with all files. For instance, I couldn't preview Microsoft Word or Excel files; nor could I preview some image files.
A click of the Information button displays information about the file. Comments searchable by Spotlight and tags can be added to a file from the panel, too. In addition, you can modify the permissions for a file.
The toolbar and file panel also appear when saving a file from an application, but the panel only lets you add comments, open meta tags, and label information to a file.
I recommend taking advantage of DFX's try-before-you-buy offer to see how your system responds to the app, since my MacBook Air had bouts of logy performance after I installed the software.
Nevertheless, Default Folder X enhances OS X's Open and Save dialog boxes in very productive ways -- ways that may outweigh any performance issues that might arise after installing the app.
Ulysses, Airmail Updates
Two apps I recently reviewed have announced updates.
Ulysses, a program for scribblers designed for creating digital rather than printed documents, has released the "biggest update" ever for the software, according to its developers, The Soulmen.
More than 287 tweaks, fixes and optimizations have been incorporated into version 1.1 of the app. Global searching and quick opening of files have been added to the offering, as well as improved typewriter scrolling.
Export file types -- PDF, HTML and ePub -- can be customized, and the ability to preview HTML and PDF files is built into the program.
A number of smart features have been added to the software, too. Smart paste lets you switch on the fly between paste modes -- text, code block or raw source. Smart lists automatically formats a list as you type, and smart tags automatically completes a tag as you compose a document.
Airmail is an email app that filled a gap left in the market when Google purchased Sparrow and buried it. When I reviewed the app, I liked the way it organized email flow but found its lack of support for a variety of email systems a deal-breaker.
With Airmail 1.1, its developers, Bloop, have addressed that problem in a big way. It supports not only POP 3 systems, but also IMAP and Microsoft's Web mail offerings -- Outlook, Hotmail and Live -- as well as its Exchange platform. It will even support Exchange contacts.
There are a number of other improvements, too. You can compose messages in HTML and Markdown, for example. Multitouch gestures are now supported. Search has been improved. Vcalendar is now supported. The program will automatically update threads and let you customize its plain text font and color in its default mode.
These latest enhancements make Airmail a true alternative to Apple Mail.


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This article or section contains lore taken from Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, the manuals, and official bonus maps.
There were four Icecrown Obelisks surrounding the pinnacle of Icecrown — which contained the Lich King trapped in the Frozen Throne. Arthas defeated Kael'thas, Lady Vashj, and the demonic Illidan to activate the four Icecrown obelisks to enter the Frozen Throne Gate.[1]
Four stone obelisks carved with runes of powerful magic surround the Frozen Throne. Bridges of pale blue, translucent energy stretch from the obelisk platforms to the Frozen Throne. Jets of frost periodically spew blue flames into the air, and there are glyphs carved into the rocky ground surrounding the Frozen Throne. Whoever wishes to enter the Throne Chamber, to risk the Lich King's wrath, must activate all four obelisks.[2]
- ^ A Symphony of Frost and Flame
- ^ Lands of Mystery, page 108
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Dan Rogers, Associate Professor of Spanish at Wabash College, will present the 26th Annual LaFollette Lecture on Friday, October 28 at Wabash College.
"Saints and Demons in the Palace" will be the title of the presentation, which will begin at 4:15 p.m. in Salter Hall of the Fine Arts Center. A reception will follow his talk in the Littell Lobby in the Fine Arts Center.
The LaFollette Lecture Series was established by the Wabash College Board of Trustees to honor Charles D. LaFollette, their longtime colleague on the Board. The lecture is given each year by a Wabash College faculty member who is charged to address the relation of his or her special discipline to the humanities broadly conceived.
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I see that there were many votes for Que-Mars Redath-Gom... is he the same as Sora Bulq? or were there two Weequay Jedi? Edit: I guess there were 2... different lightsaber colors and face.
Is there someplace out there that compiles all the arena Jedi, so someone could peruse that if they wanted some inspiration for who to vote for? For humans, I mostly just want them to complete the two that toss Ani/Obi sabers, and one of those is already done... Just now to get the other guy.
The best thing I can find is the Wookieepedia Battle of Geonosis page.
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2010-11-15 ROKVISS completes its very successful mission (see ROKVISS Results)
For publications and videos see ROKVISS Results.
System and experiment description
Germany's recent space robot project ROKVISS was successfully launched on December 24th 2004 form Baikonur Cosmodrome. During a spacewalk on January 26th 2005, the ROKVISS experiment hardware was mounted to the outer wall of the Russian Svesda module.
ROKVISS aims at the qualification of the newest light weight robot joint technologies as developed in DLR's lab. They are the basis for a new generation of ultra-light, impedance controllable and soft arms, which, combined with DLR's newest articulated 4-fingered hands, are the essential components for future robonaut systems.
DLR's focus on space robotics was driven by strong considerations, how to push robotic technologies for space applications. A new generation of light weight robots with an unbeatable weight to load ratio as well as impressive control features, which makes the system easy-to-use and safe for terrestrial servicing applications was developed. To test and verify all these new technologies in space, recently the ROKVISS (RObot Komponent Verification on ISS) Experiment was born. The main goals of the ROKVISS experiment are the demonstration and verification of light-weight robotics components, under realistic mission conditions in free space, as well as the verification of direct tele-manipulation to show the feasibility of applying tele-presence methods for further satellite servicing tasks.
One basic idea for the ROKVISS project was to get rid of bulky and expensive radhard components for a space born application in favor of highly integrated circuits used with terrestrial devices. To come to a first assessment of the applicability of the joint mechatronics for free space, we performed a radiation, an EMC and a thermal test with one of the existing joints. The results of all these tests were very convincingly, no problem in principle could be identified.
Despite these encouraging test results, it was clear that some kind of redesign had to be done:
In addition to the tests mentioned above, we verified the performance of our recently developed latch-up protection system at the ISL (ion beam laboratory), Berlin.
General Experiment Descriptions
The ROKVISS experiment consists of a small two-joints robot, mounted on a Universal Workplate (UWP), a controller, an illumination system, a power supply, and a mechanical contour device for verifying the robot's functions and performance. These two robot joints will be tested for further use in free-space by repetitively performing predefined robot tasks in an automatic mode, i.e. without direct operator interaction. A priori defined joint trajectories will be sent to the on-board system then and performed autonomously.
For the tele-presence demonstration a stereo camera is mounted on the 2nd joint: The video images together with the current robot joint and torque values will be fed back as the current situation to an operator, located at DLR's ground station. The operator controls ROKVISS robot via a force-feedback-control device. Force and position commands are generated, to drive the robot joints into the desired state. Using high-rate up- und downlink channels, the operator will be directly involved into the control loop. Crucial factors in gaining a high quality immersion of the operator into the remote scenery are high data rate, low latency and jitter-free force/position data as well as a reasonable good and up-to-date stereoscopic video transmission.
The stereo images from a stereo video camera, mounted to the last joint of the robot, are transmitted to the ground station together with the measured joint positions and current joint moments. The robot receives its motion commands from the ground station in real-time via an S-band communications link. The robot will be operated in automatic and tele-presence mode. The tele-presence mode can be used for up to seven minutes during the phase of direct radio contact, when the system passes over the tracking station in Germany (German Space Operation Center, GSOC). A major requirement for this mode is to keep the total data round-trip-time significantly below 500 milliseconds (the real round trip time for ROKVISS is below 20 ms). In automatic mode, the system goes through selected, predefined motion sequences. The measured joint data will be stored on-board and transmitted to ground during the next radio contact phase.
Scientific Goals
The main elements of the ROKVISS experiment are the two light-weight robot joints, which should be tested and verified under free space conditions for further missions. Most of the ROKVISS experiment time will be used to set the robot joints into continuous operation to record all the interesting data for further analysis on-ground.
For satellite repair and servicing tasks, the direct inclusion of a human operator into the control loop is inevitable, due to the fact, that such missions couldn't be prepared in detail off-line on-ground. Therefore a tele-operation mode must be provided, which gives the operator the feeling to do the job directly at the remote site. Especially for operation in geosynchronous orbits, this tele-presence mode could be applied around the clock because of unlimited radio contact. Such a classical master-slave tele-operation mode has the advantage to minimize the efforts on H/W and S/W on-board. On the other hand, very high demands are given onto the data communication w.r.t. to the jitter of the data transmission as well as the entire round-trip time.
Tele-Presence Mode Experiments
As mentioned above, for all the space robotics applications, which can be imagined in the field of servicing, the direct inclusion of a human operator into the control loop is inevitable, because such missions couldn't be prepared in depth off-line on-ground. Therefore a tele-presence mode must be provided, giving the operator an immersive feeling to do the job immediately at the remote site. The most significant problem is the time delay between the command generation on-ground and the arrival of the feedback data from the remote robot system. Many attempts have been made to compensate or overcome these problems. Model-based approaches, e.g. using predictive graphics, are very helpful, if an accurate geometric and dynamic model of the remote environment exists. Signal based methods can handle varying time delays. But, to achieve a good immersion, the best way to do this, is reducing the time delay and eliminate possible jitter in data transmission.
For the tele-presence demonstration the operator controls the slave robot at the remote site via a force-feedback-control device. Force and position commands are generated to drive the robot joints into the desired state. Using high-rate, low latency and jitter up- und downlink channels, the operator will be "immersively" included in the control loop. A major requirement for this mode is to keep the total data round-trip-delay significantly below 500 milliseconds. Indeed for the ROKVISS direct over flight situation we maesured only 15-20ms roundtrip delay, but we will also introduce additional time-delays to simulate tele-presence operation via a geostationary communication satellite.
While large and varying time delays can be compensated by model based approaches, e.g. using predictive simulation (as demonstrated in ROTEX), we will have a strong signal based coupling between the ground operator and the space robot. First the force feedback loop is realized with a common position / force control structure. To cope with longer and varying time delays, sophisticated bilateral control structures are used.
The evaluation contour, mounted to the ROKVISS base plate, is used to verify the tele-presence control schemes under realistic mission conditions.
Tele-Robotic Mode Experiments
During direct radio contact the remote robotic system can be commanded by an operator via the supervisory control techniques as realized in the man-machine-interface (MMI) of the MARCO tele-robotic ground station. Feedback will be provided via the on-board camera system and the telemetry data. All the force-controlled tasks can be executed by sending a predefined path to the on-board system. In contrast to the automatic mode experiments (below), these experiments are conducted via direct operator interaction. This means, that all experiments as described in the following section, which do not exceed the link coverage time, may be performed in tele-robotic mode, too.
Automatic Mode Experiments
The main purposes of the automatic mode experiments, automatically activated several times via the mission timeline, are:
These experiments are a very good means to obtain comparable data sets of joint parameter. The experiment data (robot paths and control modes) are up-linked prior to their execution. The automatic mode experiments will be automatically activated via the mission timeline, independently of direct RF contact. All measured joint parameters are stored on the on-board storage device and down-linked on demand during the next radio contact phase.
The following experiments will be conducted:
Dynamic Parameter Identification
The dynamic behavior of robotic motion simulation and hence the operational overall performance depends on a large extent on the validity and reliability of the underlying dynamic models. In the micro-gravity and hostile space environment the dynamic behavior of robotic manipulators is quite different from their on-ground behavior. In-flight dynamic data therefore are required, with the primary goals to update and validate mathematical models and to gain increased confidence in the modeling process, especially w.r.t. more advanced servicing missions.
To increase confidence in the dynamic modeling process and in ground-based simulations, the proper knowledge of system parameters, especially in the non-linear joint dynamics, is very important. Therefore, we use ROKVISS also as an in-orbit testbed for verifying methods for dynamic parameter identification and for identifying the unknown parameters in situ. ROKVISS provides an outstanding opportunity to close that gap.
Accurate dynamic models for guaranteeing expected manipulator performance in micro-gravity environment are required for both the pre-mission development and testing phase and for the final in-flight operations phase. The effects of strongly reduced gravity and temperature changes as well as the expected physical parameter changes due to material degradation, act severely on the proper modeling of joint non-linear dynamic behavior (Harmonic Drive gear type). This influences especially effects such as friction, stiffness, and control. In-flight identification of system parameters and dynamic model validation is therefore a prerequisite to gain increased confidence in the modeling process.
The objectives of the technological experiments are:
Joint Parameter Identification
For the design of the joint level controller for the DLR light-weight joints (position, torque, and impedance control), efficient and reliable autonomous off-line identification methods have been developed, which provide the stiffness and damping, as well as the friction parameters. These identification methods will be used for the estimation of parameters for controller design during the mission. Starting from the model and the corresponding identification measurements, a modified time-efficient, on-line identification procedure based upon Recursive Least Squares algorithms has been successfully tested on ground and will be used for the identification.
Contact Dynamics Experiment
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) uses the ROKVISS facility onboard the ISS to study how the space environment affects the behavior of bodies interacting together in a contact situation. Specifically, the project proposes to measure
Three different environments will be used to study how the space environment affects the contact model parameters:
For publications and videos see ROKVISS Results


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I think this verifies with some pretty substantial numbers that there just isn't the same excitement for Paul Ryan as there was in 2008 for Governor Palin. Via Mediabistro (emphasis):
On night two of the Republican National Convention, Fox News Channel was once again the network more people went to to get their political fix. That said, every network was down substantially from the same night in 2008, when Sarah Palin made her RNC debut…
Every other network was down. Every network was also down from 2008, with FNC down 1.5 viewers, NBC down 3.5 million viewers, CNN down nearly five million viewers, ABC down three million viewers, CBS down two million viewers and MSNBC down about two million viewers. It is worth noting that night two of the RNC in 2008 saw a speech delivered by Palin, who at the time was still a relative unknown.
All told, just over 20 million people were watching last night on the Nielsen-rated networks, compared to 37 million for night two of the RNC in 2008. Night one of the 2012 RNC was roughly on par with night one of the 2008 RNC ratings-wise, making the gap all the more dramatic.
This is just speculation on my part, but maybe it wouldn't have been as bad for Fox had they not benched Governor Palin for their night two coverage. Just sayin.
You can read all the numbers here.
Update by Doug: Minus Palin, Convention's TV Ratings Plunge
Updated by Steve:
The Washington Post reports the difference: Without Sarah Palin. a ratings dive
CBS also reports: Paul Ryan Not Nearly the TV Draw Sarah Palin Was