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Martin Gardner Dead; I Miss My Friend!
Posted on 22. May, 2010 by James L. Clark.
I almost don’t know what to say. The same thing happened when my grandmother passed away; I just didn’t see it coming. And hearing that Martin has passed hurts just as bad now as it did back then. What’s worse is, I just visited him last week, just as I had the week before that. [...]
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Haiti Mission
Posted on 12. Jan, 2010 by James L. Clark.
TO DONATE CLICK HERE! Haiti needs our help. No BS. No talk. The only thing that saves lives is action — and that’s what I’m doing. I’ve done it before and proved it works. In 2005 I went on my own to Katrina and made a difference. You wouldn’t believe what I’ve seen. With or [...]
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James & De’vo Published in PokerPro Magazine
Posted on 02. Nov, 2009 by James L. Clark.
James worked with PokerPro Magazine to publish De’vo’s 4-Packet Book Cut. It’s in the newest issue of the magazine on page 56. Share on Facebook
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Published in PokerPro Magazine
Posted on 23. Sep, 2009 by James L. Clark.
Just published again in PokerPro Magazine. They have a 150K circulation, which is sweet. Check em’ out. I’m on page 64 and 65 teaching a poker chip puzzle. Share on Facebook
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Sleepless in Skopia
Posted on 03. Sep, 2009 by James L. Clark.
The first real sign of danger in the area comes from the ominous drone of an aging Russian Antonov cargo plane as it sweeps over the remote Sudanese village. Soon it opens its doors and unloads a deadly payload of crude oil barrels stuffed to the brim with explosives and shards of metal. The entire village is ablaze sending terrified men, women, and children desperately running for safety; there is nowhere to hide.
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Interview with Magician Keith Barry
Posted on 03. Sep, 2009 by James L. Clark.
News of any magician coming to the “Mecca of Magic” spreads pretty quickly among the locals here in Las Vegas, but even more so when that magician is going to be headlining at a major casino-on the Strip. If you’ve never been to Vegas, Planet Hollywood is directly situated on the most active section of one of the most famous 4-mile stretches of road in the world.
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Quoted in IEEE Spectrum
Posted on 03. Sep, 2009 by James L. Clark.
“The late Arthur C. Clarke famously said, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” For its part, technology has long played a vital role in the world of magic. One of the world’s first steam engines served a magic trick when Heron of Alexandria, the first-century scientist and engineer, opened a temple door with a secret counterweight.”
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You’ve Got To See Stonehenge
Posted on 23. Aug, 2009 by James L. Clark.
There’s a lot of speculation about what significance the stones at Stonehenge hold, how they got there since there aren’t any quarries with rock of that specific composition nearby, and a bunch of religious themed ideas on the place being used for rituals, sacrifice, and as a burial site.
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To Media Section of Site
Posted on 23. Aug, 2009 by James L. Clark.
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My New Google Search Business Card
Posted on 22. Aug, 2009 by James L. Clark.
Not long ago I came across a business card that had a simple Google search bar in the middle and that sparked my creativity to come up with a more enhanced version that marketed me and the various sites I use online in an interesting and effective way.
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Interview with Magician Cyril Takayama
Posted on 22. Aug, 2009 by James L. Clark.
Humble, determined, talented, skilled, engaging, personable, creative, motivated, and a thousand other favorable words can be used to describe this incomparable magician. In an art too often plagued by arrogance and conceit, deception and deprecation, envy and a self-induced sense of entitlement, Cyril embodies all of the positive traits that makes him one of the best diplomats America has ever had representing magic to the masses.
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Grandpa’s Experience with Amsterdam Coffee
Posted on 22. Aug, 2009 by James L. Clark.
Make no mistake about it, coffee in Europe is not the same as it is in the United States. And on one particular trip to Amsterdam, my grandfather found that fact out on a very, well, guttural level.
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Why London? Part 1
Posted on 22. Aug, 2009 by James L. Clark.
I love the UK. No seriously, it’s one of my favorite countires in the world, and London is one of my favorite cities. Why go? That’s easy… it’s huge, old, and has a ton of things to see—Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, The Portobello, Tate Modern, The Imperial War Museum, and so much more.
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Hero Awards – Hurricane Katrina
Posted on 18. Aug, 2009 by James L. Clark.
In 2005 I had the opportunity to go down to Mississippi and eventually to New Orleans to help out. The story was featured across the world on the CBS Evening News, on the BBC, Fox News, and more. Then, the producers of the Hero Awards invited me to the show. This is a clip that tells the story nicely.
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Photographing People’s Spirits
Posted on 17. Aug, 2009 by James L. Clark.
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Classic Center Tear – Magic Trick
Posted on 13. Aug, 2009 by James L. Clark.
Richard Osterlind in The Perfected Center Tear writes, "The history of the center tear is fascinating and mysterious. To this day, no one can be sure who invented it. In all fairness, it could have been one of those discoveries that a number of people came upon independently." A "Billet" in the magical sense of [...]
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Lighting Basics – Three Point System
Posted on 12. Aug, 2009 by James L. Clark.
All aspects of production matter, but if you can’t see a subject, you can’t film it. And unless you’re planning on shooting in night vision because of noise and light security constraints on the battlefield in Iraq or you’re running and gunning for a TV show that involves someone cheating on a spouse in Dallas, my suggestion is you learn to use fixed lighting in production.
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Tony Andruzzi’s Pulse Stop – Magic Trick
Posted on 12. Aug, 2009 by James L. Clark.
In real life stopping your pulse isn’t really possible, as your brain can’t live without oxygen for more than four minutes. However, you can act like you can stop your heart by stopping the blood flow to pulse points and create the illusion that you’re super human.
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VISION – Magic Trick
Posted on 12. Aug, 2009 by James L. Clark.
Borrow a business or plain card and ask the owner to write a question, line of verse, or name of a dead friend on the back. Take it from him at one end with the writing underneath and with your left thumb on top and the first finger under. With right hand pull out your [...]
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10 Tips to an Organized Life
Posted on 11. Aug, 2009 by James L. Clark.
Being organized isn’t something to put off until tomorrow; that’s procrastination, not organization. Have you ever heard of the “Pareto Principle”? It’s the idea that 80% of the outcome in a given project come from 20% of the effort.
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I Think I’m Turning Japanese
Posted on 11. Aug, 2009 by James L. Clark.
The last time I stepped foot in Japan was nearly 20 years ago. I was a young soldier serving in the US Army and had a fascination for all things I perceived to be military, including traditional Japanese Daito-ryu Aikijujustsu and Aikido.
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Crediting in Magic
Posted on 11. Aug, 2009 by James L. Clark.
It’s a common scenario these days. You hear about a brand new effect on magic coming out and you rush out and buy it. You practice it and then a week later you show one of your magician friends and hand him the DVD to look at only to be told, “Dude, that’s a total rip off!”
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30 Second Cold Reading
Posted on 11. Aug, 2009 by James L. Clark.
Cold Reading is a process used by psychics, fortunetellers, mind readers, and other scam artists to obtain information about a person they do not know and then present it as if they received it through some form of paranormal power.
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Range of Legal Considerations, UK and EU
Posted on 11. Aug, 2009 by James L. Clark.
An entrepreneur with a UK based businesses operating within the EU must consider a plethora of legal areas; commercial, tort, employment, competition, contract, and intellectual property law are but a few areas that one must be concerned with.
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IT Tools Assist in Knowledge Management
Posted on 11. Aug, 2009 by James L. Clark.
‘Man is a tool-using animal… Without tools he is nothing, with tools’ -Thomas Carlyle (Essayist & historian, 1795-1881)
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Coercive Control or Cost, Productivity & Convenience
Posted on 11. Aug, 2009 by James L. Clark.
Question Pondered: “To what extent has the implementation of customer relationship management moved away from coercive control of staff and a preoccupation with cost, productivity and convenience?”
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Maintaining Strategic Competitive Advantage
Posted on 11. Aug, 2009 by James L. Clark.
Pressures from competitors, changing customer needs, and the macroeconomy continuously confront businesses, requiring them to constantly evaluate and change their strategic goals and their management tactics (Inkpen, 2000).
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Entrepreneuership in Economic Development
Posted on 11. Aug, 2009 by James L. Clark.
Before one can fully explore and grasp these areas, they must define what entrepreneurship is. One definition is, the act of being an owner or manager of a business enterprise who, by risk or initiative, attempts to make profits (Collins, 2000).
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Hard Work Pays Off
Posted on 11. Aug, 2009 by James L. Clark.
When I first set out to become a publisher and producer, I decided I didn’t want to go about it the typical way. That is, going to some media school, then moving to a major publishing area like NYC or television production area like LA just to become oh, let’s say a PA (production assistant) [...]
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Using Gravatars
Posted on 08. Aug, 2009 by James L. Clark.
The fact we humans are all innately narcissistic. For the most part we are attracted to ourselves; we love to see our faces in the mirror, on the wall, on the television, and online. And why shouldn’t we, after all, there’s only one of us.
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Recipe: Dundee Cake
Posted on 17. Jul, 2009 by James L. Clark.
Dundee is one of my favorite cities in Scotland (yes, it is actually classified as a city vs. a town, village, etc). Famous for Jute, Jam, and Journalism, Dundee was a historical Roman outpost and one of the first cities a fledgling America chose to have a Mission or consulate. This recipe is named after this wonderful city.
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Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince
Posted on 17. Jul, 2009 by James L. Clark.
Sitting amoung a large crowd of most pre-pubesant girls from a local church group, fledging high schoolers, peppered by the occasional old bastard like myself was a strange yet exciting experience. Not because of my company mind you, but because I was just about to see the sixth installment of the Harry Potter series. Share [...]
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Martin Gardner My Friend
Posted on 31. Jul, 2010 by James L. Clark.
Page has moved: http://www.jameslclark.com/martin-gardner-dead/ Click here. The whole article is there. Share on Facebook
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