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	<description>Bad advice for magicians, delivered somewhat weekly</description>
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		<title>How Derren Brown Predicted the Lottery Results Live</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have received a number of e-mails from people who saw Derren Brown on television revealing that he knew the results of the British lottery before the balls were drawn. Even though Brown promised to reveal the secret behind the effect on Friday, people are (understandably) impatient, and since Brown will be revealing the secret [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mallusionist.com/blog/2009/09/10/how-derren-brown-predicted-the-lottery-results-live/</link>
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		<title>Magic at The Ringling Brothers Circus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I attended The Ringling Brothers Circus this weekend with a number of my young fans, and was pleased to find that this year they were featuring a magic theme. In accordance with this theme, the ringmaster was an actual magician (possibly David Copperfield, but I had left my glasses in the car), and quite a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mallusionist.com/blog/2009/07/12/magic-at-the-ringling-brothers-circus/</link>
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		<title>Annual Super Bowl Prediction Failure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I was off by a point in my prediciton of today&#8217;s Super Bowl score. As a mentalist, I never claimed to be 100% accurate. Rather, I aim for 90% accuracy, and have consistently met that goal, both in my psychic predictions and in my famous &#8220;sawing a woman in half with a dull blade [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mallusionist.com/blog/2009/02/02/annual-superbowl-prediction-failure/</link>
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		<title>Annual Super Bowl Prediction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although I no longer perform much in public, I am still a mentalist at heart. As such, I would like to take a moment to prove that mentalists are far more accurate than any so-called psychic that you might encounter on a daytime talk show or supermarket-checkout periodical.
In that spirit, I offer the following prediction: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mallusionist.com/blog/2009/02/01/annual-superbowl-prediction/</link>
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		<title>Four new reviews</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am a bit behind on my schedule, but have posted new reviews of Gecko, Frozen, Sleeping Queen, and CastleMaynia.
After purchasing and practicing these effects, I discovered that I could get some very nice audience reaction by putting an entire deck of cards to sleep, instantly building a house out of it, magically turning it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mallusionist.com/blog/2008/11/28/four-new-reviews/</link>
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		<title>Criss Angel elephant vanish</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A commentor on one of my posts asked how Criss Angel made an elephant vanish. I haven&#8217;t seen that particular episode of Mindfreak, but it is well known that Angel uses the old &#8220;inflatable elephant&#8221; gimmick. With a slightly over-inflated elephant, the prick of a pin is all it takes to explosively decompress the &#8220;animal,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mallusionist.com/blog/2008/11/28/criss-angel-elephant-vanish/</link>
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		<title>Most dangerous effects in magic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The folks a the Ellusionist blog invited discussion of what a list of the ten most dangerous effects in magic might include. I am pleased to add my vast knowledge of magic to this area of inquiry. My list of ten most dangerous magic effects (in no particular order) would include:

Straight Jacket Plummet. The magician [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mallusionist.com/blog/2008/09/30/most-dangerous-effects-in-magic/</link>
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		<title>Clarification on Criss Angel&#8217;s lake walk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A reader writes:
Ok of course I&#8217;m gonna be skeptical on how he walked on the lake. But you guys said he had batteries on him and electricity was going, to the bottom of his shoes that had strips of metal. Don&#8217;t you see what&#8217;s wrong with that,as I recall there was water below his feet [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mallusionist.com/blog/2008/09/29/clarification-on-criss-angels-lake-walk/</link>
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		<title>New Effects Exposed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had time this weekend to do a little research and have posted the results in the main part of the Web site. This time around I have a clear, detailed explanation of how magician Criss Angel walked across Lake Mead on his Midfreak show, and the secrets behind Ellusionist&#8217;s newest effect Flow (which won&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mallusionist.com/blog/2008/08/11/new-effects-exposed/</link>
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		<title>Angel Ages a Child</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Finally I&#8217;ve received another question! My dear new friend Jordan writes:
how does criss angel turns a little 8 year old to a 20 year old?
I have not personally seen Angel perform this effect, but the secret is well known to television magicians.  The secret is simple: an eight-year-old child is selected and filmed. Then [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mallusionist.com/blog/2008/08/05/angel-ages-a-child/</link>
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