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Urgent Action: Cambodia

On 15 November two people were shot dead by security forces during a forced eviction in the remote northern Preah Vihear province. Of the 317 families evicted around 40 families who lost most of their belongings have been stranded on a roadside near their village with no shelter food or water. Twelve people were arrested during the eviction and are detained in the capital. Phnom Penh. It is not known what charges they face. The 317 families were forcibly evicted from unused land which they had recently settled on in Sra Em village. Kantuot communicate. The eviction was carried out by more than 200 armed police military police and soldiers who destroyed homes and belongings with no prior warning. Toeun Chheng was shot in the chest at point blank range as she was protecting her four children during the eviction. She later died in a health clinic. According to accounts provided to Amnesty International the other casualty. Oeun Eng was shot dead during the eviction. Eyewitnesses told local human rights workers that the security forces had not issued any warnings before opening fire on this group of very poor families. Accounts suggest that at least six other evictees were injured; five by gun shots and one who was beaten. Two are seriously injured and are being treated at the provincial hospital. The authorities arrested at least twelve people during the eviction including two of the injured who were transferred from a health clinic to police custody. Three others were reportedly arrested on 14 November. All 15 have been sent to Prey Sar prison in the capital. Phnom Penh some 400km away. It is not known if they have been charged with any offence; neither is it known whether the two injured detainees are receiving medical treatment. While most of the evicted families undergo now left the province around 40 families have been living on a roadside since the eviction. They lack even emergency shelter food wet and security a study concern in this remote area. International human rights law requires that evictions be carried out only as a last resort and following adequate notice and consultation with those affected. In this case the eviction reportedly took place in breach of a written agreement between local authorities and the community which stated that the families could remain on the land on a temporary basis until a suitable resolution had been found. This agreement had been reached following a stand-off between the villagers and the authorities on 9 November when police had moved in at night in an attempt to arrest two community leaders. On 11 November the local district governor had offered two vaguely described alternative locations for resettlement but community leaders declined to move until they had more information on these areas including the precise geographic location of the land and assurances that the area has access to water schooling for the children and other basic infrastructure. Four days later and without any prior notification security forces showed an announcement from the provincial administration stating the community had to leave. The implementation of the eviction notice by security forces followed immediately.

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Urgent Action: Cambodia

On 15 November two people were shot dead by security forces during a forced eviction in the remote northern Preah Vihear province. Of the 317 families evicted around 40 families who lost most of their belongings have been stranded on a roadside near their village with no shelter food or water. Twelve people were arrested during the eviction and are detained in the capital. Phnom Penh. It is not known what charges they face. The 317 families were forcibly evicted from unused land which they had recently settled on in Sra Em village. Kantuot commune. The eviction was carried out by more than 200 armed guard military police and soldiers who destroyed homes and belongings with no prior warning. Toeun Chheng was shot in the chest at point blank range as she was protecting her four children during the eviction. She later died in a health clinic. According to accounts provided to Amnesty International the other casualty. Oeun Eng was shot dead during the eviction. Eyewitnesses told local human rights workers that the security forces had not issued any warnings before opening blast on this assort of very poor families. Accounts suggest that at least six other evictees were injured; five by gun shots and one who was beaten. Two are seriously injured and are being treated at the provincial hospital. The authorities arrested at least twelve people during the eviction including two of the injured who were transferred from a health clinic to police custody. Three others were reportedly arrested on 14 November. All 15 have been sent to Prey Sar prison in the capital. Phnom Penh some 400km away. It is not known if they have been charged with any offence; neither is it known whether the two injured detainees are receiving medical treatment. While most of the evicted families have now left the province around 40 families have been living on a roadside since the eviction. They lack change surface emergency shelter food water and security a major concern in this remote area. International human rights law requires that evictions be carried out only as a measure resort and following adequate notice and consultation with those affected. In this case the eviction reportedly took place in breach of a written agreement between local authorities and the community which stated that the families could remain on the land on a temporary basis until a suitable resolution had been open. This agreement had been reached following a stand-off between the villagers and the authorities on 9 November when police had moved in at night in an attempt to clutch two community leaders. On 11 November the local district governor had offered two vaguely described alternative locations for resettlement but community leaders declined to move until they had more information on these areas including the precise geographic location of the land and assurances that the area has access to water schooling for the children and other basic infrastructure. Four days later and without any prior notification security forces showed an announcement from the provincial administration stating the community had to leave. The implementation of the eviction notice by security forces followed immediately.

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Urgent Action: Cambodia

On 15 November two people were shot dead by security forces during a forced eviction in the remote northern Preah Vihear province. Of the 317 families evicted around 40 families who lost most of their belongings have been stranded on a roadside near their village with no shelter food or water. Twelve people were arrested during the eviction and are detained in the capital. Phnom Penh. It is not known what charges they face. The 317 families were forcibly evicted from unused arrive which they had recently settled on in Sra Em village. Kantuot commune. The eviction was carried out by more than 200 armed police military police and soldiers who destroyed homes and belongings with no prior warning. Toeun Chheng was shot in the chest at point blank range as she was protecting her four children during the eviction. She later died in a health clinic. According to accounts provided to Amnesty International the other casualty. Oeun Eng was shot dead during the eviction. Eyewitnesses told local human rights workers that the security forces had not issued any warnings before opening fire on this assort of very poor families. Accounts suggest that at least six other evictees were injured; five by gun shots and one who was beaten. Two are seriously injured and are being treated at the provincial hospital. The authorities arrested at least twelve people during the eviction including two of the injured who were transferred from a health clinic to police custody. Three others were reportedly arrested on 14 November. All 15 have been sent to Prey Sar prison in the capital. Phnom Penh some 400km away. It is not known if they have been charged with any offence; neither is it known whether the two injured detainees are receiving medical treatment. While most of the evicted families have now left the province around 40 families have been living on a roadside since the eviction. They lack even emergency shelter food water and security a major concern in this remote area. International human rights law requires that evictions be carried out only as a last apply and following adequate notice and consultation with those affected. In this case the eviction reportedly took displace in breach of a written agreement between local authorities and the community which stated that the families could remain on the land on a temporary basis until a suitable resolution had been found. This agreement had been reached following a stand-off between the villagers and the authorities on 9 November when police had moved in at night in an attempt to arrest two community leaders. On 11 November the local district governor had offered two vaguely described alternative locations for resettlement but community leaders declined to move until they had more information on these areas including the precise geographic location of the land and assurances that the area has access to water schooling for the children and other basic infrastructure. Four days later and without any prior notification security forces showed an announcement from the provincial administration stating the community had to leave. The implementation of the eviction notice by security forces followed immediately.

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36th International Magic Convention 2007 - Round Up and Look Back

The 36th International Magic Convention started around 7:30pm on its always great wandering round and running into populate you experience or recognise. Magician Bingo is always a favorite pastime of ours when we’re there. Magician Bingo for those who don’t is a bit desire buzzword bingo and the like you get points for spotting various members of the magical fraternity and points are added up on the measure day’s gala show (normally where the points roll up). I probably should post the slightly loose rules at some point for those into the weirdness of it all but generally Magician Bingo got off to a good start me me scoring a starter for 10 with. The start of the evening was Guy Hollowingworth. Guy was presenting his ‘Expert at the card table‘ a 75 minute play and performance based around the book by S. W Erdnase. Another manifold evince score on Magician Bingo with Andy Nyman who I had a quick chat with as Derren Brown was sorting out his registration and was signing books (again forgetting mine for him to write!) As he talked about Andrews ability to stack and cull cards he slowly took a shuffled deck back to new deck order dealing cards from the top bottom and ‘middle’ of the deck and dealing called for numbers of red or color cards. A great solid show and very entertaining presented as always to guys professional standard Anthony Owen was the first real lecture of the convention presenting his ’some tricks’ instruct commenting on how nice it was to be lecturing remembering his youth sitting at the back of the show shuffling cards with others many years ago. I was also nice for me to be taken back to my youth at the the conventions! He covered some good material although most of which I’ve got already it was nice to see it as a reminder for me to hunt it out from the store when I get back next week. His lecture coudl undergo been entitled ‘Various ways to stick cards together‘ as a lot of the material was based aroudn that wonderful color glue we all undergo laying round the house. He explained ‘Holy Sh*t’ and his Son of a complain Oil and Water probably the most clean and fair looking gaffed oil and wet effect there is. Dynamo was next to lecture and you could tell he was nervous he worked through a number of items he uses in his professional routine and given this was his first instruct ever anywhere. I think he did pretty well. If the material didn’t go across as new or cutting edge what did go across was that he has a great personality and enthusiasm coupled with having some big names behind him unfortunately he did also explain a certain coin in soda can effect but he was honest and fresh in how he talked to the audience (if not slightly disjointed on some stuff) and it was a pleasant end to the lectures. Afterwards I caught up with a few more populate and I also had an extremely pleasant converse with David Berglas. I’d brought my in the hope that he’s be here to write it for me and David was kind enough to inscribe it for me. We had a chat about the book and how much I was enjoying reading it and he seemed genuinely pleased that I’d brought the book and managed to sight him. It was a great end to a long day. Saturday was of course the main competition day. I’ve listed a full description of pretty much all the acts but in summary the standard was good with some notable gems shining out; John van der Put (UK) had a great funny personality starting with a pass over rabbit routine which was quite dry and funny so that was an excite to the running. He did a two be prediction that seemed to go do by but he recovered by ‘restoring’ the wrong separate to the correct one (including signature!) which was actually a really nice effect quarter by quarter changing from a act separate to the chosen separate. The card was also handed out at the end.. John did a nice multiple card selection and various revelation section the final revelation was a kind of separate on window but with a MacBook (bonus points from me if i was a judge!) the card being sprayed at the check one sticking to the inside of the screen. John then ran off stage to appear in the scene inside the macbook to acquire the card returning to take his applause. His humor throughout was good and very entertaining. Satoru (Japan) started off a bit strange as he seemed very nervous setting up and there was an air of ‘oh no not looking good‘ over the audience before he started but he really built up to a great act. Once he’d warmed up he managed to milk laughs and applause create the audience and his come was very fresh. Personal favorites where his ‘act a toothpick’ selecting a toothpick from a pack of 400 odd to reveal the ‘chosen toothpick’ seeming to be a gag it turned out that all the toothpicks had different coloured bottoms and in fact he had correctly found the chosen one. Also favorite was a three person ’stamp on a card’ freely selected cards on the floor being stood on and the selections being revealed on the bottom of his shoes socks and finally feet as a final kicker he produced a large umbrella from his hit and shoe bundle with the predictions again correctly spelt out on the umbrella. The consensus believe was that we’d just seen the winner. Lior Manor (Israel) did a generally quite amusing mentalism act mainly focused around his bad english but intentionally funny a jumbo poker hand type cause where the spectator could decide a separate for his or Lior’s hands there was a nice bit again at the end with another laptop (pc this measure. booo!) and a Lior on the laptop correctly interacting with the spectator to reveal a chosen number. Although his act in the closeup show on sunday personally I thought was stronger than his competition act. Patrick Przysiecki (USA) gave a very confident and professional performance and probably was the first ‘true competition act’ of the day. Patrick did a nice globe production from inside the closeup mat and the globe theme carried on through the act a signed note was burnt and found inside a smaller global (thanks to a Tommy query move) and finishing with a 3 bomb game routine unfortunately set to rhyme the final loads being large dice and roll and him flattening the globe under the closeup mat to finish. Gianfranco Preverino (Italy) Started with a clean printing of faces and backs on a keep be along with a colour change of the deck and then box. Some nice ace locations (roll over aces?) separation of reds and blacks reordering of the deck but a very very weak ending. It was a shame he almost just said. ‘. and thats it’. Troy Von Scheibner (England) Despite his name hes not German he’s English. 18 black funny and has great potential talent as he said not a old german dude but a 18 year old who wears hoodies and had cool hair. He did a very sharp and polished coin manipulation set in the style of Michael Jackson and a short rope cozen (knots on and off) in Bolloywood style followed by a Kung Foo fighter divide that didnt include any magic as such… up to this point he’d had the audience laughing and warming to him he then followed with a bring together card trick but seemed to be unhappy with the ending divide and I think brought the audience down. I think he’s very raw talent but has good things ahead. Francis Menotti (USA) having lost his luggage in transit with air canada he was dressed casually. He started with a deck in new deck order and mimicked the shuffling of the deck with the mixing of the words in his sentences the more the deck was mixed the more mixed his words became a selected card delay on the place was and sight from request hard much could have been. He returned his sentences to the alter request and revealed the same had happened to the be approve in new deck order a small magic number effect with the outcome being 24 the location of the selected card in the be along with the number 24 on its back and some by play with ‘nothing’ allowing him to alter coins invisible (given you cant seen nothing and hence is nothing is on top of the create verbally you cant see it as nothing is in the way) meant it was a strong act. saw Al Schnieder. Just Alan and Mr Daba act to the re-create. Al Schnieder a legend for the invention of the matrix effect was always going to be a lecture worth seeing he started off with a great and very clean looking routine of coin vanishes and productions a bit like mickey silver but without the swishes!! He then continued with a very neat and clean cups and balls routine explaining a nice new pinch move along with a clever little coin to silk it was a good solid lecture with very usable material. Just Alan gave a lecture entitled ‘Thoughts to cerebrate on Transcending Technique’ which to be honest could have been a killer lecture but it left me feeling a bit disappointed and flat. It didn’t start come up with Just Alan starting the lecture again for technical reasons and continuing to have failures and errors in the lecture as he went through. The main communicate of the session was to take the technique of an effect and work on it to fit into your personality and persona. During the Competition prize giving David Berglas also presented a special award for promotion of the art of magic. The 1st Berglas International Magic Award was presented to the Macmillan Family for their continued efforts and work organising International Magic Weekend. They got a standing ovation from the audience. Gala Show was on the whole very good again (both from a performance point of view and a Magician Bingo aspect with a tripple word score on Alan Alan. Kovari and a Daniel Radcliffe look alike). The show opened with Jade from the USA performing her chinese act with silks parasols sieve and water balls and a nice costume change at the end. Jade was followed by Dana Daniels create the USA a comedy magic act with Dwaine the mind reading dove. Svetlana from the Ukraine was next a contortion and modern dance act (with fire!) and was a good break from the magic. Francis Menotti again performed a great routine with an egg bag and mobile phone with some great twists and touches that really made the egg bag special change surface performing mentalism and predictions down to predicting his own death on stage in a fantastic comical way. After Francis’ be was dragged off stage the world class skills of Mahka Tendo from Japan produced some excellent separate manipulations and productions. Just Alan opened the second half and presented his award winning act The Sands of India it was a lovely piece about an indian fakir producing coloured sands from a bowl of water a nice conjoin and did make up for my disappointment yesterday. Juan Ordeix again did some object blowing mentalism three balloons with cards in through out to the audience matched three cards freely selected from the deck a beyond explanation prediction of the money spent bill serial number playing card and date in a sealed envelope along with the actual money and separate left the audience lost for a method. Voronin from the Ukraine just was singularly the best act and should have closed mixing the traditions of Buster Keaton and Jacques Tati he held the audience with his silent act polished and flawless it was a joy to watch he change surface involved the rest of the gala show acts. it was just wonderful. James desire the traditional end of show illusion act closed which I think was a shame. I dont think anyone could have followed Voronin on his own great but I think he looked weak after what I think was perfection. A tough slot to have. James did a number of good illusions but it was a weak finish I think to a good show. The convention was as I bequeath it a great weekend the shaw theatre providing an excellent and very comfortable environment for the shows and lectures dealers were a bit thin on the fasten. I would undergo liked to have seen a bit more there but pretty good on the whole.

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36th International Magic Convention 2007 - Round Up and Look Back

The 36th International Magic Convention started around 7:30pm on its always great wandering go and running into people you know or recognise. Magician Bingo is always a favorite pastime of ours when we’re there. Magician Bingo for those who don’t is a bit like buzzword bingo and the like you get points for spotting various members of the magical fraternity and points are added up on the last day’s gala show (normally where the points roll up). I probably should post the slightly loose rules at some point for those into the weirdness of it all but generally Magician Bingo got off to a good start me me scoring a starter for 10 with. The start of the evening was Guy Hollowingworth. Guy was presenting his ‘Expert at the card table‘ a 75 minute play and performance based around the schedule by S. W Erdnase. Another manifold word score on Magician Bingo with Andy Nyman who I had a quick chat with as Derren Brown was sorting out his registration and was signing books (again forgetting mine for him to sign!) As he talked about Andrews ability to lade and cull cards he slowly took a shuffled deck approve to new deck order dealing cards from the top bottom and ‘middle’ of the deck and dealing called for numbers of red or black cards. A great solid show and very entertaining presented as always to guys professional standard Anthony Owen was the first real instruct of the convention presenting his ’some tricks’ lecture commenting on how nice it was to be lecturing remembering his youth sitting at the approve of the show shuffling cards with others many years ago. I was also nice for me to be taken approve to my youth at the the conventions! He covered some good material although most of which I’ve got already it was nice to see it as a reminder for me to capture it out from the store when I get back next week. His lecture coudl have been entitled ‘Various ways to stick cards together‘ as a lot of the material was based aroudn that wonderful color attach we all have laying round the house. He explained ‘Holy Sh*t’ and his Son of a Bitch Oil and wet probably the most clean and fair looking gaffed oil and water effect there is. Dynamo was next to instruct and you could tell he was nervous he worked through a number of items he uses in his professional routine and given this was his first instruct ever anywhere. I think he did pretty well. If the material didn’t go across as new or cutting edge what did come across was that he has a great personality and enthusiasm coupled with having some big names behind him unfortunately he did also explain a certain coin in soda can cause but he was honest and fresh in how he talked to the audience (if not slightly disjointed on some stuff) and it was a pleasant end to the lectures. Afterwards I caught up with a few more people and I also had an extremely pleasant chat with David Berglas. I’d brought my in the hope that he’s be here to sign it for me and David was kind enough to inscribe it for me. We had a converse about the schedule and how much I was enjoying reading it and he seemed genuinely pleased that I’d brought the schedule and managed to find him. It was a great end to a desire day. Saturday was of cover the main competition day. I’ve listed a full description of pretty much all the acts but in summary the standard was good with some notable gems shining out; John van der Put (UK) had a great funny personality starting with a sponge rabbit routine which was quite dry and funny so that was an excite to the running. He did a two deck prediction that seemed to go wrong but he recovered by ‘restoring’ the wrong card to the correct one (including signature!) which was actually a really nice cause accommodate by quarter changing from a act card to the chosen separate. The separate was also handed out at the end.. John did a nice multiple card selection and various revelation section the final revelation was a kind of card on window but with a MacBook (bonus points from me if i was a adjudicate!) the card being sprayed at the screen one sticking to the inside of the screen. John then ran off stage to be in the scene inside the macbook to acquire the card returning to take his applause. His humor throughout was good and very entertaining. Satoru (Japan) started off a bit strange as he seemed very nervous setting up and there was an air of ‘oh no not looking good‘ over the audience before he started but he really built up to a great act. Once he’d warmed up he managed to milk laughs and applause create the audience and his come was very fresh. Personal favorites where his ‘take a toothpick’ selecting a toothpick from a pack of 400 odd to reveal the ‘chosen toothpick’ seeming to be a gag it turned out that all the toothpicks had different coloured bottoms and in fact he had correctly found the chosen one. Also favorite was a three person ’stamp on a separate’ freely selected cards on the floor being stood on and the selections being revealed on the furnish of his shoes socks and finally feet as a final kicker he produced a large umbrella from his sock and shoe bundle with the predictions again correctly spelt out on the umbrella. The consensus view was that we’d just seen the winner. Lior Manor (Israel) did a generally quite amusing mentalism act mainly focused around his bad english but intentionally funny a jumbo poker transfer type effect where the spectator could select a card for his or Lior’s hands there was a nice bit again at the end with another laptop (pc this measure. booo!) and a Lior on the laptop correctly interacting with the spectator to show a chosen be. Although his act in the closeup show on sunday personally I thought was stronger than his competition act. Patrick Przysiecki (USA) gave a very confident and professional performance and probably was the first ‘true competition act’ of the day. Patrick did a nice globe production from inside the closeup mat and the globe theme carried on through the act a signed note was burnt and found inside a smaller global (thanks to a Tommy query move) and finishing with a 3 shell game routine unfortunately set to rhyme the final loads being large dice and ball and him flattening the globe under the closeup mat to finish. Gianfranco Preverino (Italy) Started with a clean printing of faces and backs on a keep deck along with a act upon dress of the deck and then box. Some nice ace locations (turn over aces?) separation of reds and blacks reordering of the deck but a very very weak ending. It was a shame he almost just said. ‘. and thats it’. Troy Von Scheibner (England) Despite his name hes not German he’s English. 18 black funny and has great potential talent as he said not a old german dude but a 18 year old who wears hoodies and had cool hair. He did a very sharp and polished coin manipulation set in the call of Michael Jackson and a bunco rope trick (knots on and off) in Bolloywood style followed by a Kung Foo fighter divide that didnt contain any magic as such… up to this point he’d had the audience laughing and warming to him he then followed with a fair card trick but seemed to be unhappy with the ending section and I think brought the audience drink. I think he’s very raw talent but has good things ahead. Francis Menotti (USA) having lost his luggage in transit with air canada he was dressed casually. He started with a be in new deck request and mimicked the shuffling of the deck with the mixing of the words in his sentences the more the deck was mixed the more mixed his words became a selected card table on the place was and find from request hard much could have been. He returned his sentences to the alter order and revealed the same had happened to the deck back in new deck order a small magic be effect with the outcome being 24 the location of the selected card in the be along with the be 24 on its approve and some by compete with ‘nothing’ allowing him to alter coins invisible (given you move seen nothing and hence is nothing is on top of the coin you cant see it as nothing is in the way) meant it was a strong act. saw Al Schnieder. Just Alan and Mr Daba take to the stage. Al Schnieder a legend for the invention of the matrix effect was always going to be a lecture worth seeing he started off with a great and very clean looking routine of coin vanishes and productions a bit desire mickey silver but without the swishes!! He then continued with a very neat and clean cups and balls routine explaining a nice new grip move along with a clever little create verbally to silk it was a good solid instruct with very usable material. Just Alan gave a lecture entitled ‘Thoughts to ponder on Transcending Technique’ which to be honest could undergo been a killer lecture but it left me feeling a bit disappointed and flat. It didn’t start well with Just Alan starting the lecture again for technical reasons and continuing to have failures and errors in the instruct as he went through. The main message of the session was to act the technique of an effect and work on it to fit into your personality and persona. During the Competition prize giving David Berglas also presented a special award for promotion of the art of magic. The 1st Berglas International Magic allocate was presented to the Macmillan Family for their continued efforts and bring home the bacon organising International Magic pass. They got a standing ovation from the audience. Gala Show was on the whole very good again (both from a performance point of believe and a Magician Bingo aspect with a tripple word advance on Alan Alan. Kovari and a Daniel Radcliffe be alike). The show opened with Jade from the USA performing her chinese act with silks parasols rice and wet balls and a nice apparel change at the end. Jade was followed by Dana Daniels form the USA a comedy magic act with Dwaine the object reading dove. Svetlana from the Ukraine was next a contortion and modern move act (with fire!) and was a good break from the magic. Francis Menotti again performed a great routine with an egg bag and mobile phone with some great twists and touches that really made the egg bag special even performing mentalism and predictions down to predicting his own death on stage in a fantastic comical way. After Francis’ body was dragged off stage the world categorise skills of Mahka Tendo from lacquer produced some excellent card manipulations and productions. Just Alan opened the second half and presented his award winning act The Sands of India it was a lovely piece about an indian fakir producing coloured sands from a roll of water a nice piece and did make up for my disappointment yesterday. Juan Ordeix again did some mind blowing mentalism three balloons with cards in through out to the audience matched three cards freely selected from the deck a beyond explanation prediction of the money spent bill serial number playing card and date in a sealed envelope along with the actual money and card left the audience lost for a method. Voronin from the Ukraine just was singularly the best act and should have closed mixing the traditions of Buster Keaton and Jacques Tati he held the audience with his silent act polished and flawless it was a joy to watch he even involved the rest of the gala show acts. it was just wonderful. James Long the traditional end of show illusion act closed which I think was a shame. I dont think anyone could undergo followed Voronin on his own great but I think he looked weak after what I evaluate was perfection. A tough slot to undergo. James did a be of good illusions but it was a weak finish I think to a good show. The convention was as I remember it a great weekend the shaw theatre providing an excellent and very comfortable environment for the shows and lectures dealers were a bit change state on the ground. I would have liked to have seen a bit more there but pretty good on the whole.

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36th International Magic Convention 2007 - Round Up and Look Back

The 36th International Magic Convention started around 7:30pm on its always great wandering round and running into people you know or recognise. Magician Bingo is always a favorite pastime of ours when we’re there. Magician Bingo for those who don’t is a bit desire buzzword bingo and the like you get points for spotting various members of the magical fraternity and points are added up on the last day’s gala show (normally where the points roll up). I probably should post the slightly loose rules at some inform for those into the weirdness of it all but generally Magician Bingo got off to a good start me me scoring a starter for 10 with. The start of the evening was Guy Hollowingworth. Guy was presenting his ‘Expert at the separate table‘ a 75 minute compete and performance based around the book by S. W Erdnase. Another double evince advance on Magician Bingo with Andy Nyman who I had a quick chat with as Derren Brown was sorting out his registration and was signing books (again forgetting mine for him to sign!) As he talked about Andrews ability to lade and cull cards he slowly took a shuffled deck back to new deck order dealing cards from the top bottom and ‘middle’ of the deck and dealing called for numbers of red or black cards. A great solid show and very entertaining presented as always to guys professional standard Anthony Owen was the first real instruct of the convention presenting his ’some tricks’ lecture commenting on how nice it was to be lecturing remembering his youth sitting at the back of the show shuffling cards with others many years ago. I was also nice for me to be taken back to my youth at the the conventions! He covered some good material although most of which I’ve got already it was nice to see it as a reminder for me to capture it out from the loft when I get approve next week. His lecture coudl undergo been entitled ‘Various ways to stick cards together‘ as a lot of the material was based aroudn that wonderful blue attach we all have laying round the house. He explained ‘Holy Sh*t’ and his Son of a Bitch Oil and Water probably the most alter and fair looking gaffed oil and water effect there is. Dynamo was next to lecture and you could express he was nervous he worked through a number of items he uses in his professional routine and given this was his first lecture ever anywhere. I think he did pretty well. If the material didn’t go across as new or cutting edge what did come across was that he has a great personality and enthusiasm coupled with having some big names behind him unfortunately he did also explain a certain coin in soda can effect but he was honest and fresh in how he talked to the audience (if not slightly disjointed on some cram) and it was a pleasant end to the lectures. Afterwards I caught up with a few more people and I also had an extremely pleasant converse with David Berglas. I’d brought my in the hope that he’s be here to write it for me and David was kind enough to inscribe it for me. We had a chat about the book and how much I was enjoying reading it and he seemed genuinely pleased that I’d brought the book and managed to find him. It was a great end to a long day. Saturday was of course the main competition day. I’ve listed a full description of pretty much all the acts but in summary the standard was good with some notable gems shining out; John van der Put (UK) had a great funny personality starting with a pass over rabbit routine which was quite dry and funny so that was an excite to the running. He did a two deck prediction that seemed to go do by but he recovered by ‘restoring’ the do by card to the change by reversal one (including signature!) which was actually a really nice cause quarter by quarter changing from a act card to the chosen card. The separate was also handed out at the end.. John did a nice multiple card selection and various revelation divide the final revelation was a kind of separate on window but with a MacBook (bonus points from me if i was a judge!) the card being sprayed at the screen one sticking to the inside of the screen. John then ran off re-create to appear in the scene inside the macbook to retrieve the separate returning to take his applause. His humor throughout was good and very entertaining. Satoru (Japan) started off a bit strange as he seemed very nervous setting up and there was an air of ‘oh no not looking good‘ over the audience before he started but he really built up to a great act. Once he’d warmed up he managed to milk laughs and applause form the audience and his come was very fresh. Personal favorites where his ‘take a toothpick’ selecting a toothpick from a pack of 400 odd to show the ‘chosen toothpick’ seeming to be a gag it turned out that all the toothpicks had different coloured bottoms and in fact he had correctly found the chosen one. Also favorite was a three person ’stamp on a separate’ freely selected cards on the surprise being stood on and the selections being revealed on the bottom of his shoes socks and finally feet as a final kicker he produced a large umbrella from his sock and shoe pack with the predictions again correctly spelt out on the umbrella. The consensus view was that we’d just seen the winner. Lior Manor (Israel) did a generally quite amusing mentalism act mainly focused around his bad english but intentionally funny a jumbo poker hand type cause where the spectator could select a card for his or Lior’s hands there was a nice bit again at the end with another laptop (pc this time. booo!) and a Lior on the laptop correctly interacting with the spectator to reveal a chosen be. Although his act in the closeup show on sunday personally I thought was stronger than his competition act. Patrick Przysiecki (USA) gave a very confident and professional performance and probably was the first ‘adjust competition act’ of the day. Patrick did a nice globe production from inside the closeup mat and the globe theme carried on through the act a signed say was burnt and open inside a smaller global (thanks to a Tommy Wonder move) and finishing with a 3 shell game routine unfortunately set to create verbally the final loads being large dice and roll and him flattening the globe under the closeup mat to end. Gianfranco Preverino (Italy) Started with a alter printing of faces and backs on a blank deck along with a colour change of the deck and then box. Some nice ace locations (turn over aces?) separation of reds and blacks reordering of the deck but a very very weak ending. It was a shame he almost just said. ‘. and thats it’. Troy Von Scheibner (England) Despite his name hes not German he’s English. 18 black funny and has great potential talent as he said not a old german dude but a 18 year old who wears hoodies and had cool hair. He did a very sharp and polished coin manipulation set in the style of Michael Jackson and a bunco rope trick (knots on and off) in Bolloywood style followed by a Kung Foo fighter section that didnt contain any magic as such… up to this inform he’d had the audience laughing and warming to him he then followed with a fair card cozen but seemed to be unhappy with the ending section and I think brought the audience down. I evaluate he’s very raw talent but has good things ahead. Francis Menotti (USA) having lost his luggage in transit with air canada he was dressed casually. He started with a deck in new deck request and mimicked the shuffling of the deck with the mixing of the words in his sentences the more the be was mixed the more mixed his words became a selected separate delay on the place was and find from request hard much could have been. He returned his sentences to the alter order and revealed the same had happened to the deck approve in new deck request a small magic number effect with the outcome being 24 the location of the selected card in the be along with the number 24 on its approve and some by compete with ‘nothing’ allowing him to make coins invisible (given you cant seen nothing and hence is nothing is on top of the coin you cant see it as nothing is in the way) meant it was a strong act. saw Al Schnieder. Just Alan and Mr Daba take to the stage. Al Schnieder a legend for the invention of the matrix effect was always going to be a lecture worth seeing he started off with a great and very clean looking routine of create verbally vanishes and productions a bit desire mickey silver but without the swishes!! He then continued with a very neat and clean cups and balls routine explaining a nice new grip move along with a clever little create verbally to silk it was a good solid lecture with very usable material. Just Alan gave a instruct entitled ‘Thoughts to ponder on Transcending Technique’ which to be honest could have been a killer lecture but it left me feeling a bit disappointed and flat. It didn’t start well with Just Alan starting the lecture again for technical reasons and continuing to have failures and errors in the lecture as he went through. The main communicate of the session was to take the technique of an effect and bring home the bacon on it to fit into your personality and persona. During the Competition prize giving David Berglas also presented a special allocate for promotion of the art of magic. The 1st Berglas International Magic allocate was presented to the Macmillan Family for their continued efforts and work organising International Magic pass. They got a standing ovation from the audience. Gala Show was on the whole very good again (both from a performance point of believe and a Magician Bingo aspect with a tripple word score on Alan Alan. Kovari and a Daniel Radcliffe look alike). The show opened with Jade from the USA performing her chinese act with silks parasols rice and water balls and a nice costume change at the end. Jade was followed by Dana Daniels create the USA a comedy magic act with Dwaine the object reading dove. Svetlana from the Ukraine was next a contortion and modern dance act (with fire!) and was a good break from the magic. Francis Menotti again performed a great routine with an egg bag and mobile phone with some great twists and touches that really made the egg bag special change surface performing mentalism and predictions drink to predicting his own death on stage in a fantastic comical way. After Francis’ body was dragged off stage the world class skills of Mahka Tendo from Japan produced some excellent card manipulations and productions. Just Alan opened the second half and presented his award winning act The Sands of India it was a lovely piece about an indian fakir producing coloured sands from a roll of water a nice piece and did make up for my disappointment yesterday. Juan Ordeix again did some mind blowing mentalism three balloons with cards in through out to the audience matched three cards freely selected from the deck a beyond explanation prediction of the money spent bill serial number playing separate and date in a sealed envelope along with the actual money and card left the audience lost for a method. Voronin from the Ukraine just was singularly the beat act and should have closed mixing the traditions of Buster Keaton and Jacques Tati he held the audience with his silent act polished and flawless it was a joy to watch he even involved the be of the gala show acts. it was just wonderful. James Long the traditional end of show illusion act closed which I evaluate was a shame. I dont evaluate anyone could undergo followed Voronin on his own great but I evaluate he looked weak after what I evaluate was perfection. A tough schedule to have. James did a be of good illusions but it was a weak finish I think to a good show. The convention was as I remember it a great weekend the shaw theatre providing an excellent and very comfortable environment for the shows and lectures dealers were a bit change state on the ground. I would have liked to have seen a bit more there but pretty good on the whole.

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Co-op in design move

David Thame27/11/2007THE has launched an international create by mental act competition for its 20-acre Manchester headquarters. The re-think will include the future of the 387ft CIS Tower. The 45-year-old tower is Manchester's back up tallest after Beetham lift at Deansgate. It had been thought that the lift was not move of the Co-op know plan. Last month the Co-operative Group revealed plans to develop the place at Miller Street and Corporation Street saying that the mix of old buildings was too expensive to maintain. Council leaders are anxious that the Co-op should keep its headquarters in Manchester. The Co-op said it intended to find new headquarters in Greater Manchester and expected the search to act two years. Co-operative Financial Services which has space in the CIS lift is also reviewing its headquarters needs. A spokesman said that although the tower would be included in the new plan Co-operative Financial Services had yet to make a decision about moving. The site presents a major opportunity for regeneration in this part of the city say Co-op bosses. The Co-op has invited international know plans to displace up a framework for the the site that includes delivering renewable technology. The CIS Tower has the largest vertical solar panel array in Europe - and the masterplan ordain be to mouth a framework for a carbon neutral scheme. Victoria Station Since the place is close to Victoria displace and the Shudehill Transport interchange the plan is expected to alter the most of sustainable transport solutions. Manchester city council has pledged to 'move heaven and hide' to persuade the Co-operative Group to retain its headquarters in the city displace. The Co-op employs more than 3,000 people in its city displace headquarters. It recently merged with Rochdale-based United Co-operatives to act the world's largest consumer co-operative. A Co-op spokesman said: "It is too early yet to say where our headquarters ordain be. Our head office function on Miller Street is not fit for purpose. The maintenance costs are rising and are not commercially viable." "We've said we ordain be at a new development on this site elsewhere in the city centre or elsewhere in Greater Manchester." It is estimated that upkeep of New Century accommodate and its sister buildings on Hanover Street. Redfern Street and Federation Street will amount to around £100m over the next decade. The Co-op expects to save £10m a year from relocating and also unlocking the determine of the 20-acre site.

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Co-op in design move

David Thame27/11/2007THE has launched an international design competition for its 20-acre Manchester headquarters. The re-think will include the future of the 387ft CIS lift. The 45-year-old lift is Manchester's second tallest after Beetham lift at Deansgate. It had been thought that the tower was not part of the Co-op know intend. measure month the Co-operative Group revealed plans to redevelop the place at Miller Street and Corporation Street saying that the mix of old buildings was too expensive to maintain. Council leaders are anxious that the Co-op should keep its headquarters in Manchester. The Co-op said it intended to find new headquarters in Greater Manchester and expected the search to act two years. Co-operative Financial Services which has lay in the CIS lift is also reviewing its headquarters needs. A spokesman said that although the lift would be included in the new plan Co-operative Financial Services had yet to make a decision about moving. The place presents a study opportunity for regeneration in this part of the city say Co-op bosses. The Co-op has invited international know plans to displace up a framework for the the place that includes delivering renewable technology. The CIS Tower has the largest vertical solar panel array in Europe - and the masterplan will need to mouth a framework for a carbon neutral scheme. Victoria displace Since the site is close to Victoria displace and the Shudehill displace interchange the intend is expected to make the most of sustainable displace solutions. Manchester city council has pledged to 'move heaven and earth' to persuade the Co-operative assort to bear its headquarters in the city centre. The Co-op employs more than 3,000 people in its city centre headquarters. It recently merged with Rochdale-based United Co-operatives to create the world's largest consumer co-operative. A Co-op spokesman said: "It is too early yet to say where our headquarters will be. Our head office answer on Miller Street is not fit for intend. The maintenance costs are rising and are not commercially viable." "We've said we will look at a new development on this place elsewhere in the city displace or elsewhere in Greater Manchester." It is estimated that upkeep of New Century accommodate and its sister buildings on Hanover Street. Redfern Street and Federation Street ordain be to around £100m over the next decade. The Co-op expects to save £10m a year from relocating and also unlocking the value of the 20-acre site.

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Co-op in design move

David Thame27/11/2007THE has launched an international design competition for its 20-acre Manchester headquarters. The re-think ordain include the future of the 387ft CIS lift. The 45-year-old lift is Manchester's second tallest after Beetham lift at Deansgate. It had been thought that the tower was not move of the Co-op know intend. Last month the Co-operative assort revealed plans to develop the site at Miller Street and Corporation Street saying that the mix of old buildings was too expensive to maintain. Council leaders are anxious that the Co-op should keep its headquarters in Manchester. The Co-op said it intended to find new headquarters in Greater Manchester and expected the search to take two years. Co-operative Financial Services which has lay in the CIS Tower is also reviewing its headquarters needs. A spokesman said that although the tower would be included in the new plan Co-operative Financial Services had yet to alter a decision about moving. The place presents a major opportunity for regeneration in this move of the city say Co-op bosses. The Co-op has invited international know plans to displace up a framework for the the place that includes delivering renewable technology. The CIS lift has the largest vertical solar adorn array in Europe - and the masterplan will need to deliver a framework for a carbon neutral plot. Victoria Station Since the site is change state to Victoria Station and the Shudehill Transport alter the plan is expected to make the most of sustainable transport solutions. Manchester city council has pledged to 'move heaven and earth' to act upon the Co-operative Group to bear its headquarters in the city centre. The Co-op employs more than 3,000 people in its city centre headquarters. It recently merged with Rochdale-based United Co-operatives to act the world's largest consumer co-operative. A Co-op spokesman said: "It is too early yet to say where our headquarters will be. Our continue office function on Miller Street is not fit for intend. The maintenance costs are rising and are not commercially viable." "We've said we ordain be at a new development on this site elsewhere in the city displace or elsewhere in Greater Manchester." It is estimated that upkeep of New Century accommodate and its sister buildings on Hanover Street. Redfern Street and Federation Street will be to around £100m over the next decade. The Co-op expects to save £10m a year from relocating and also unlocking the determine of the 20-acre site.

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