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SubscribePhysical Basis for Problems
http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/ michael/ blog/ 2008/ 10/ physical-basis-for-p…-
Skeptical Movies? Three You Might Have Missed
http://podblack.com/ ?p=961Flicking back through my records, I noticed a list that was first started by Daniel Loxton on Facebook, recommending some good films for skeptics. He suggested: Leap of Faith - with Steve Martin, loosely based on the Peter Popoff faith healing scam.
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He's Baaack....Well, Somebody's Back, Anyway
http://lpcprof.typepad.com/ law_and_magic_blog/ 2008/ 10/ hes-baaackwell-somebod…Via Magic Magazine's update, I hear that MyNetwork TV has begun airing new episodes of the Masked Magician's exposes of "Breaking the Magicians Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed." Who is the Masked Magician? Only the Shadow knows.
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Criss Angel with the Epic FAIL
http://www.epiccarnival.com/ 2008/ 09/ criss-angel-with-epic-fail.htmlCriss Angel's new $85 million Cirque de Soleil show Believe opened on Friday. Fans came in from all over the world to see the show open at the Luxor. Why? No idea, but they did. What were they treated to? FAIL. Creatively, Believe is a possibly unsalvageable "waste of time" and a "dead end" that literally bored some audience members to sleep.
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On PBS This Week: A Mystery Featuring a Lady Detective, Spiritualism, a Magician, and Social History
http://lpcprof.typepad.com/ law_and_magic_blog/ 2008/ 09/ on-pbs-this-week-a-mys…AIring this week on PBS' Masterpiece series is a BBC adaptation of Philip Pullman's novel The Shadow in the North, the second in a quartet of books set in late nineteenth century England about plucky detective Sally Lockhart.
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Interrelated: Magic, Law, and Science
http://lpcprof.typepad.com/ law_and_magic_blog/ 2008/ 09/ interrelated-magic-law…Idealawg has this post about the link between magic and negotiation, pointing to this Science Daily article about the science behind magic. More of interest: how magic can give one confidence (but you knew that!), how belief in witchcraft serves a psychological need, neurology and magic, and the workings of the eye and magic.
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Is Criss Angel Dead?
http://www.babble.com/ CS/ blogs/ famecrawler/ archive/ 2008/ 09/ 25/ is-criss-a…Worried fans of Criss Angel are wondering: Did the magician die during his latest stunt? Apparently the ominous ending to the latest episode of his series, Mindfreak, has fans thinking Angel perished in a car crash and have been leaving frantic messages on his MySpace page.
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This is Upside Down in the Bizarro World
http://www.celebuwreck.com/ 2008/ 09/ 24/ this-is-upside-down-in-the-bizarro-wor…So magician David Blaine isn’t exactly upside down 24/7 for 60 hours straight isn’t exactly what he’s really doing. Apparently he’s upright every hour for roughly 10 minutes to drink, pee, and get medical checkups.
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CNN's Anderson Cooper On David Blaine's Latest Caper
http://lpcprof.typepad.com/ law_and_magic_blog/ 2008/ 09/ cnns-anderson-cooper-o…CNN has this video about David Blaine's latest performance, the "hanging upside down for 60 hours thing," pointing out that Mr. Blaine will be resting periodically so that the blood doesn't rush to his head, and so that he minimizes that possibility of injury. Anderson Cooper seems to criticize him for it, by showing a photo of Doug Henning, and suggest that Mr.
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The Magicians Handbook Cursed Valley - PC Game
http://www.allyoulike.com/ ?p=7266The Magicians Handbook Cursed Valley - PC Game GAMES, PC No Comments » The Magician’s Handbook has come to you, but in order to reveal its pages you must travel to the dark and mysterious Cursed Valley and remove the curse that has haunted the valley these many years.
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Religion and Magic
http://lpcprof.typepad.com/ law_and_magic_blog/ 2008/ 09/ gods-magic.htmlIn the current issue of Mother Jones magazine, Catherine Price takes a look at the Fellowship of Christian Magicians. Her article is called "Jesus Is Magic." Here's a link. Also food for thought in the same issue: Vaccine Skeptics vs. Your Kids.
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