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Al Mann Exolusives
FOR1:!."'WORD
Tests done with newspapers have a profound effeot on the audienoel Properly presented they are "killer" effeots!
It is the power of the printed word, no less. Audiences are enraptured with the sheer illusion of magio when they realize that they have just wit-nessed a miracle o What else can it be? The ma
gician can not change the printed word that the audience have read also and they can read again and check it and thrill again in doing it and retelling it.
Maurioe Fogel, the late world-famous Mentalist, ranked the "Headline Hunter" effect in the same class (in effectiveness) with a billet testl
Fogel presented it on national T.V. and hundreds of times and each time with the same stunning brain-busting effect!
This treatise only scratches the surface on the subject. The possibilities for many more miraoles has no limit.
The mentalist should concentrate his cunning and showmanship to only one effect for one show. Properly presented each effect is this manuscript is a winner.
Wishing
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Fig. 1
?~&dc An Al Mann creation
EFFECT: The front page of a newspaper is given to anyone to choose any paragraph and to read it secretly and concentrate on what he is reading. Mentalist tells the person what he is reading!
METHOD: The dit-dah Morse-type coding is applied to the first four words of each paragraph. This coding was first used by yours truly in 1979 and applied to an effect released in 19800
While preparing material for this book, I went to a New York City news-stand looking for a newspaper with plenty of pictures on the front page and also some paragraphs. I found several papers. For this article I picked The New York Times as shown in Fig. 1.
Please note that the front page is divided into six columns. We will use only the top half of the front page and only the right quarter. So in the presentation the performer folds the front page into quarters and tells the spectator to pick a paragraph from the three columns there (with the picture of Mr. Margiotta).
The three columns are shown in Fig. 2.
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THE CODE . . . . . . cont. . . . The first four words of each column are coded in short and long dashes, or dits and dahs. A word is short if it has five letters or less. Long if it has six letters or more.
Here are the codes in order of there appearancel
Left column The Mobil Corporation, stymied •• In an exceptionally outspoken •. Based on the most •••. The possibility of an • - •• Analysts said that if - •.•
Center column
Joseph M. Margiotta, the -.-. When the jury announ-ced •• 0
"Of course," he told • - (I 0
Right column President Reagan today rescinded --.-A Presidential statement said 0--' But the limited nature .. --Critics of the President Mr. Reagan said next .- •• The indication was that
MOBIL IS SET TO BUY 151, TO 251, SHARE 'OF U,s. STEEL CORP.
Step Seen as Tactic in Bidding Conlest With Steelmaker to Obtain Marathon Oil
., ROSERT I. COLE n. MoIIII CorpDratIon.1IJmIed 1111 ..
...- IMollle for lIMo Ma .. _ 011
REAGAN ENOS BAN ON FEDERAL JOBS
FOR CONTROLLERS BUT BARS RETURN TO POSTS
President Says Move Reflects 'Compassion' While Critics
Call It 'Empty Gesture'
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-.. -(The above three columns are only an example. Other newspapers have fewer paragraphs and are therefor simpler to code) . -..
Some paragraphs have the same code. For example the first two paragraphs in the left column and the 3rd paragraph in the right column. These three are coded the same ( .. --)0 Also the 4th paragraph in the left column, the last in the Center and the last 2 in the right column are coded the same (.- •• ).
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THE CODE . . . . . . cont. • ••••
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YOUR PROMPT-ER. Your prompter list should look something like this I LEFT COLUMN
., •• The Mobil Corporation, stymied (in) etc. (this is repeated with the three columns).
Also a note is made of the paragraphs that have the same code. This matter is easily resolved simply by making a note of the 5th word as in the above example, the 5th word is "in." However it will be noted in performing the test that it is quite easy to tell just where the spectator is reading. If you are in doubt tell the spectator to pass his finger over the paragraph. You can then tell in what column it is.
Also. if you are in doubt about the length of the word, whether it is short or long, just say, "That word had six or more letters, I belive." The spectator should then answer 'yes' or 'no.'
An Example. You fold the front page of the 'Times' into quarters, saying that the left side has too many pictures and asking the spectator to please choose any paragraph to his liking from the right hand quarter.
After he has decided on a paragraph, you notice that he is looking at the right hand column (your left).
Tell him to please concentrate on the first word only. Then to please use hid finger tip and write the word on the palm of his hand 0 Or he can be told to write the word on paper with a pencil. In any event, you notice that he has written a short word. So you make a dit mark on your pad (.).
Next you notice that he has written (or spelled a long word silently with his eyes closed) a long word. So now you make a second mark on your pad, a dash (.-). You now have a dot and a dash. He next is told to write the Jrd word and you notice that it is a short word. And also the 4th word appears to be a short word. So now you have your code which is (.- •• ).
Since you did not have any trouble noticing that his 2nd word was a long word, and you know that he is looking at the bottom of the right hand column, you can be sure that he is thinking of the bottom paragraph on the right column, The indication was, etc!
If you are ever in doubt of anyone word, tell the person to please concentrate on that one word again.
You will find it quite easy to tell exactly what paragraph has been chosen, simply by making leading statements like.
"The last word is "in," correct?" That is the gist of the "Code o " The effect is devastating.
Your audience see the day's paper which they have already read and they get a thrill out of seeing you use something that they are acquainted with and know that it is ungimmickedl
Try the method once and you will love it.
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If"'·' $ea."et'-In the #22) Phoenix,
we read of a fabulous effect called, "Jaks' Subtlest Secret" by Dr. Stanley Jaks.
In Effectl The Mentalist tears a piece from a newspaper and clips it to his clipboard. He then passes the board into the audience and has several persons circle words
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with a pencil. Spectators then remove the piece of newspaper and discard it.
Mentalist then reads Fig. ) the minds of the persons and divines each of the circled words!
A more direct and impressive test is hard to find. BUT the method offered in the Phoenix left much to be desired.
It required the use of an ancient Reilly clip board which are today collectors' items not readily available and if you do find one the price is out of sight. During the presentation the Mentalist also had to fumble a bit in front of the audience to properly align the newspaper piece with its duplicate secreted in the board.
In my method, a regular ungimmicked clipboard is used. Everything is prepared before the show so that during the show the Mentalist can devote all his cunning to the presentation.
THE CLIPBOARD. The clipboard measures 9 by 12 inches. A smaller board may be used with the sizes of the gimmicks reduced accordingly.
Prepare the board by placing a sheet of white paper 8t by 11 in. and fixing it to the board with two spots of rubber cement as shown in Fig. 4x.
On the white sheet place a streak of rubber cement horizontally about ) inches from the bottom edge, Fig. 4y. Allow the cement to dry.
THE NEWSPAPER. Align two identical sheets of the newspaper (Fig. ) t the sheet you intend to use, and cement the two sheets together with 1/4 inch of cement running along the top edge only.
The best way of doing this is to look at the sheets
x .j -- x
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Fig.4
against a strong light, clip them together and then cement them.
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JACKS' SECRET •••••• cont.
THE IMPRESSION GIMMICKl Take a piece of white paper and cut a flap-window in it. The paper measures about 5! by 9 inches and the flap about 5 by 7! in. The flap opens by pulling the top down. Fig. 6 flap The back of this sheet is covered with carbon paper with the carbon facing out. This impression gimmick is then inserted between the two duplicate sheets of the newspaper carbon side down and cemented in place at the top between the gimmick and the bottom sheet. Shown by the dash lines in Fig. 7.
As shown in Fig. 7, the Fig. 6
gimmick is placed behind the Imp. three upper left frontpage columns.
N~T, turn the doublesheet over so that you can see the back side, and trim away all of the back duplicate sheet except for a piece that fits of the impression gimmick.
This is shown in Fig. 8. The piece of the duplicate measures about 5! by 8 inches. It is just smaller than the carbon paper.
Last, apply a blob of rubber cement as shown in Fig. 8 and allow it to dry.
All is now ready!
Fig. 7
This is all that is left of the duplicate back sheet.
The carbon paper and white sheet insert
Dried rubber cement
Fig. 8, showing the back view of the prepared duplicates
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JACKS I SECRET •..••• cant.
The prepared newspaper sheet is placed back into the newspaper so that it looks normal and all is now ready for •••
THE PRESENTATION. Speaking of the transferance of thought between minds, pick up the newspaper and remove the prepared sheet. Open it out so that the back, Fig. 8, is towards you. Hold the paper so that the part containing the impression gimmick is in your right hand and with your left hand tear down the sheet as shown by the wavy line in Figs. 7 and 8. You can see exactly what you are doing so be careful that the white gjmmick sheet is not exposed. Tear away also the bottom half of the opened sheet.
Place the piece in your right hand on the clip board, not necessarily in perfect alignment. The white gimmick sheet will become anchored to the white sheet on the clipboard due to the rubber cement.
Now take an ink pen and draw a large circle as shown in Fig. 7. Tell the audience that inside of that circle are many words. Asked them to circle two or three of the words, etc. They may circle any word, short or long. Then they are to tear off the newspaper piece. Here you must make sure that they do not open the clip to do so. Just tell them to tear it off with a flourish.
When they do tear the paper off, they see only a white sheet under it and they can not lift this up as it is anchored. The white sheet of course should arouse no suspicion.
When you receive the board back, open the clip and remove the piece of newspaper there and lower the gimmick a bit so that you can then lower the flap and see the impressions.
This effect is so strong that your audience will believe that you can read minds. When they see you again they will want to see the effect again as they have been talking about it. So if you are not prepared then you resort to Annemann's original center tear test that is done with a piece of newsprint and a circled word. Do not undersell the center tear effect. To your audience it is the same thing!
NOTE: In Fig. 8, you may want to also place a blob of rubber cement at the back top of the gimmick and a corresponding blob on the white paper on the clip board.
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ROBERT NELSON pr8Hllti
WEIRD WONDERS A brilliant new .. ries of Weirel Wonele,., pseuelo mirocles thot boreler on the stronge
anel unbelievable. Increelible hoppenings of the minel-veritable broin baffle,.! Impolliblllties mode ostounelin,I, possible anel reol. Brilliantl, conceived psychic effects, imPretnatec! with .eol, showmanship anel superb presentations that will baffle ond ostound the keenest of minels. Privately offered.
lust as radio transmits the voiee - television the pieture, the Mind transmits the thought.
-Nelson Tele.Thought is conceded to be the greatest of all pseudo psychic and
tests. Present Tele-Thought as a prediction-a prophecy-as a genuine experiment in mental telepathy, or both!
Read mo.t carefully the followin •• uperb effect: With a few well chosen remarks about mental telepathy and the ability of a 'chosen few' to pierce the wall of the future, the mentalist asks any spectator to select any page from any group of newspapers. The selection is absolutely free. The mentalist now writes a prediction on a borrowed and signed piece of paper, seals it in a borrowed envelope, and gives it to any spectator to hold all during the test.
Taking the selected sheet of newspaper, the mentalist proceeds to tear the sheet into two equal pieces. The audience is asked to state which piece of paper is to be discarded. This piece is discarded, and the remaining piece is torn again into two equal parts. Again the audience directs which piece of paper is to be retained. This proceedure continues until the full sheet has been torn five times, the audience at each junction ascertaining the piece of paper to be retained, After the third tear, a 1/32th of the sheet remains.
The mentalist nolY tears this remaining 32th of a page into a number of small pieces, about one by two inches in size. The audience is now requested to select any one of the remaining pieces, as the mentalist places them, one at a time, on a table, all in plain view of the audience. When ever the audience selects a piece of paper, that paper is immediately and actually given to any spectator. The spectator is re· que5tt?d to stand, read aloud the major contents on one side of the selected paper! Immediately, the other spectator is directed to open the prediction and read it aloud. 1'he prediction and the copy on the selected paper are IDENTICAL!
Now for the second terrific climax-the selected piece of newspaper can then be given by the first spectator to any other spectator, who mentally (and silently) reads the copy on the reverse side of the paper AND the mentalist then apparently reads this spectator's mInd, and proclaims aloud-word for word-the copy just read mentally by the ~econd spectator. Or, he can write the 'mental impression' on a blackboard, and then reveal it as being identical. This is a second climax in a dual experiment in the realm of the impossible-tint, prediction-then, mental telepathy!
Points to be remembered: The prediction or revelation of the reverse Hid! of the paper can be done in many wayS. The prediction can be made before or aft,,- t.1e sheet of paper is selected. The prediction is written on a borrowed, spectator-signed piece of paper, sealed in any envelope and placed in the complete custody of any spectator. The spectator opens the envelope and verifies same.
Once the prediction is made and delivered to the spectator, the mentalist never approaches the spectator at any tim_he tears th'e newspaper as directed by the audience, and actually hands the piece of paper selected by any spectator for immediate verification. This brilliant 'weird wonder' can be repeated immediately, if desired.
This superb dual effect does not employ any stooges or confederates. It is strictly a one man presentation, and suitable for presentation under practically all circumstances. The performer is under complete control of the situation at all times.
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"What can we do with those people who will not believe anything unless it is in print."
Chapt. 13, "Of Experience" Michel De Montaigne
Effects done with newspapers, allowing the audience a free choice of any paper, page or coluIIm, have always been "killer" effects.
David J. Lustig, author of several books on Magic and Mentalism and director and assistant to leading Mentalists, used the newspaper test as a 'brilliant finale' to a show of Mental Marvel~ in the days before-movies when magic and mindreading acts were the rage.
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His effect, itA Later Day Miracle" in his book Vaudeville Mindreading, is still one of the best. Newspapers are collected from the audience and a volunteer is asked to choose one. Then to choose any article on any paget The Mentalist or medium on stage then divines, after much effort, the chosen article, word for word!
Mr. Lustig states, UThis test baffles any audience but must be worked up to a big dramatic climax."
The solution was simple. The volunteer was a paid assistant and the 'force' newspaper was added to the ones collected!
TELE-THOUGHTI In the 1930'S, Bob Nelson of Columbus, Ohio put out his ad for his effect called, 'Tele-Thought.'
Any novice Mentalist or uninitiate who reads the ad, cannot help but to marvel at the baffling and enchanting art of the Mentalistt We owe it to the late Robert Nelson for the creation of such impressive and inspirational ads. His catalogues, which are today collectors' items, are loaded with 'miracles' and anyone reading them will be indoctrinated into a world of wonders which is only possible through the art of the Mentalist.
The above effect has been identified with the late worldfamous mentalist Maurice Fogel who did a masterful job of it. Fogel published the secret in The Gen, Vol. 26 for Sept., 1970 and called it, "The Headline Hunter."
The test was also exposed by Burling Hull in his, 'Dictionary of Mentalism' Vol. 1.
Nelson's catalogue and Tele-Thought are now owned by Micky Hades, Int.
In the original effect, it is necessary to buy six or seven copies of one newspaper. Performer predicts what piece of paper will remain after the news-sheet is torn to bits and pieces discarded as the audience chooses. Want-Ads are used in the Nelson effect and newsprint is used in Fogel's. At the end it is necessary to switch bits of paper.
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POWER OF THE PRESS •••.•• cont ••• 0 ••••
A VARIATION to Tele-Thought. Nothing new here, except that you will not have to buy six newspapers. Any piece of newsprint will do. You will need a magici~ts thunmb tip, any old newspaper and a piece of newsprint from anywhere as shown in J.ig. 9.
The scrap of paper in ig. 9. is one column wide and one inch high.
You must memorize what is on the scrap or make a written prediction and seal it in an envelope before the show. You must make sure that there is no print on the back
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of the scrap. so choose one that has a pic-ture on the back. Fig. 9
Place the scrap of newsprint into your thumb-tip so that about 1/8 or 1/4 inch sticks out on the ball of the thumb. Since you will have your hands full and your fingers will cover the thumb tip, you can wear the tip all through the presentation without danger of detection.
THE PRESENTATION, Have someone choose any page from an old newspaper or anyone's newspaper.
You take the page and give your lecture and pass out the prediction. Then tear the page in half and have the audience tell you which half to throwaway. Like Fogel, throwaway the chosen half with a flourish.
Continue tearing what is left in half and throwing away the part called by the audience until you are left with only two pieces the size of the scrap in your thumb tip. Whichever piece is thrown away. take the piece left so that it covers you thumbtip and show your hands, to indicate that there is only one piece left, then call a lady on stage and in the confusion, place the hands together, steal the thumb tip and the piece left and take out with your right finger tips, the 'force scrap of paperS
You can get rid of the thumb tip and the piece of unwanted newsprint as you reach into your coat pocket for a piece of chalk.
When the lady comes on stage she is given the scrap of paper and told to read it. Mentalist then writes on a slate or whathave-you some of the outstanding words and then the prediction is opened and read for a dramatic climax!
( In the above instructions, it is assumed that the Mentalist is right handed and that he wears his thumb tip on his right thumb. )
(see "Easy-Do Tele-Thought" on page 25)
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EFFECT. Mentalist predicts which newsclip will be chosen after a full sheet of newsprint is foldded and cut into 16 separate squares I
Let Fig. 10, represent a full page from a newspaper like the New York Times, lSi by 22i inches,
It could be the front page or any page that contains photos and print.
The lines shown in the Fig. are only imaginary.
The sheet is divided into 16 squares BUT we are only interested in square #12. This is shown by the circle. It is this square which will fall to any number chosen by ~1 the audience! ~~~~,
A prediction is prepared before
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the show showing Fig. 10 the contents of the news in the circle. If possible, a page is chosen that will show a picture on the other side. If not then the other side is studied and a prediction is made accordingly. In Fig. 10, the section refers to "Hotel-Cancelations, etc."
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THE N~~S FORCE ••••• cont ••.•.•••
THE Mh~HOD for performing this miracle involves an expansion of the Stanley Collins "Color Forcing Board" (Jinx #70).
The Color Forcing Board is divided into 16 squares and the 'force' color will fall to any number from 1 to 16 as chosen by the audie.nce 1 The board must be placed in one of four positions.
In our effect with a full sheet of newspaper, the sheet is also placed in one of four different positions as shown in Fig. 11.
NOT'E, The Color Forcing Board has four squares with the same color! While our newssheet has only one forcing square, here represented by the circle.
In oder to adopt the principle to a single forcing square, we must learn two simple ways of folding the sheet of newsprint.
Once the method is mastered, the folding and cutting can be done in what seems like a split second of time.
Top
Position 1
Top Position 3
Position 2
Fig. 11. Representing a full sheet of newsprint measuring 15t by 22t inches.
Position 4
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THE NEWS FORCE •.•••• Cont. • •••••
Here are the two simple folds that must be learned.
Fold #1.
BIT, BIT, RIL, R/L.
A
Fold #1 is done as follows.
C B
Fig. 12.
A- Sheet is folded from bottom to top edge, in half.
D
B-Then folded again from bottom to top edge, into quarters. C- Then the right edge is folded towards the left. DT Same again, right edge to left, in 16ths.
To make the fold correctly, take the sheet of newsprint facing you as shown in Fig. 10, and make the folds as seen in Fig. 12. The last sixteenths of the page as it faces you is to be considered the top of the fold (marked "X" in Fig. 12 D).
After the folded wad of paper is cut with a pair of scissors the "x ft piece is the top piece, for the purpose of counting.
Fig. 13. Fold #2.
RIL, BIT, RIL, BIT.
Fold #2 is made by folding the right edge of the newspaper sheet towards the left edge, folding the sheet in half lengthwise.
Then it is folded from bottom to top, into quarters.
Next it is folded right to And again bottom to top. Again the last fold as you
of the wad, marked "XIt in Fig.
B qJD A
Fig. 13 left.
face the paper, becomes the top 13 D.
These two simple folds, combined with the four positions of the paper in Fig. 11, is all you need to know to make the force square of the newspaper sheet turn up in any number called by thr audience!
You may want to prepare a prompter gimmick or you may wish to memorize the following tables.
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THE NEWS FORCE •••••• contI •••••••
A TRIAL RUN, With an ink marker, mark square # 12 on any full sheet of newspaper. This square is below the center line of the sheet and next to it, and at the extreme right edge of the sheet.
Now hold the sheet. facing you. in position #1 (Fig. 11) and do the #1 fold.
Then with a pair of scissors. cut all around the wad. This will give you 16 separate pieces of paper. If you count from the top down, the force square will be 11th from the top. BUT ----
If you count from the bottom up, the force square will be in position 6th! .
In actual performance, the wad is turned over if you wish the force square to turn up 6th, and the counting is done from the top down 0
Now if you do Fold #2 in position #1. the force square will show up at number 3 from the top, and #14 from the bottom!
So for every position. you will get 4 numbers. for a total of 16 numbers, which covers any number called by the audience I
Here are the tables. Fold # 1 Position
Fig. 11.
1 2
4 Fold # 2 1
2 ,3 4
Fig. 14. shows a small square of cardboard that can be used as a prompter showing all the positions and the folds and the numbers resulting from each.
A few trials will show how easy the system is.
THE PRESENTATION I This test can be done impromptu. Audience chooses any page from a newspaper. You study it and make your prediction. Then lecture on the test, and ask the audience to choose any number
Force square will appear From top
down
11th 2nd
13th 8th
,3rd 12th 1st
10th
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From Bottom u12
6th 14th
th 9th
14th 5th
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from 1 to 16.
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THe: Nl!..'WS FORCE ••.••.• cant. • .••••.
A more dramatic presentation can be done is you prepare for it. You may choose a page, before the show that has a good news story or large words on the 12th square. Then you can prepare a newspaper that has all the inside pages alike. You will need about 15 or 20 newspapers to make one.
The cover with the headlines is shown, then the next two pages which haven't been altered are flipped over and then the audience is told to call stop as you continue to flip over the pages. A duplicate page is arrived at and the test is done with it.
?he BIt,4r/,,,,, oj '7t.ca9'J,~ EFFECT. Three pieces of newsprint are torn
from a newspaper and passed out into the audience. Spectators secretly choose any line of print and any word on the line.
The Mentalist does not know the line or the number of the word chosen, yet divines all three words.
Mh~HODI This is a variation of the II impact" effect. The Mentalist prepares a newspaper that has three duplicate pages, all alikeo
During the presentation he tears out a portion of the three duplicate pages and passes the three pieces (all alike) into the audience. The audience are of course not aware that the pieces of newsprint are all alike.
Anyone is instructed to write down secretly a line, say from one to 10, and a number 1 to 5 for the word on the line. He is then instructed to show his choice to the three persons in the audience. All three persons then read the chosen words, which are all alike.
For the purpose of concentrating, all three persons are asked to write the words down on a slip of paper. They are told to look inTently at the words and then to tear up the slips of paper. Performer takes one of the slips and does the center tear and gains the knowledge of one word. That is all he needs!
Mentalist then calls out the one word and any other two words and asks the three persons to acknowledge their words. They all do!
Fig. 15 shows a piece of a news column that has been torn off from the upper right section of the paper. The section has been chosen because on the back of it, Fig. 15 B, there is only a piece of an ad.
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THE CHAIN OF THOUGHT • • • • • • cont • • • • • • • •
During the presentaion, as the Mentalist passes out the three pieces of paper which are torn off all at the same time, he tells the persons receiving them that the test will be done with the column of print most prominent and to ignore the headline and to concentrate on the first paragraph of the article. The Mentalist may point to the article as he gives each piece of newsprint.
This effect is most impressive. You of course are acquainted with the article and have a copy
of it or a prompter list. If a too short line is chosen, tell the audience to go to the next line. In Figo 15A, line 8 is very short, so you may instruct the person to choose a line between one and sevenS
Fig. 16, shows an en
· on larged "Public Notices" sect~ of the New Yor Herald Tribune Sa turday, Jan
k
• 1960.
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more effective when you know the name of the person that will be part of the test. The name is then included in the ad. and if a word from a book or a newspaper is forced the effect is a brain-buster.
Keep this in mind as you read how to force a news headlinel A person is most intrigued when he or she realizes that they
have been part of a unique and mysterious test that also appeared in print. They will talk about the event for years and of course will remember youl
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Surely the reader is acquainted with the 5-Star Miracle deck made famous by Al Koran. The effect is indeed a 5-star Miracle since it appears that the spectator has a free choice of any card in a 52 card deck and yet the Mentalist predicts the
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card to be chosen. The deck forces anyone of four
different cards. Fig. 17 shows four of the Novelty Headline papers that are sold at fairs and amusement centers. Any headline desired can be placed on the front sheet of the Novelty paper.
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SELECT THE TWO OF HE-ARTS For the 5-Star Miracle, the Men
talist has four Novelty newspapers with headlines for each of the four force cards of the deck. The audience is only aware of one paper. These papers can be folded and hidden about the performer's clothing or about the room. After the card is chosen, performer simply pulls out the correct
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SELECT THE FIVE OF SPADES
paper. These Novelty newspapers are not
cheap. They may cost as much as $5 each. So your investment depends on how much you wish to impress your audience or on the amount of your fee. However once the papers are bought they can be used in many performances.
If you can do a good card force, then all you need is one paper. (see "Unknown Forces" in the tlH Factor.")
Fig.18, shows a Novelty paper with headlines of the three-word book test that can be done with the Magico-Sherlock Holmes Force book, I'The Hound of the Baskervilles" available from AM!!:.
The book forces two words, "Yes" and "whom." The third word "late" is the dummy used. This is the "Impact" effect Which is well known. The reader may refer to the AME "Of Words and Wizards."
Hasbro Industries, Pawtucket, R.I. 02861, sell a "Make the Headlines!" kit which comes with letters and four sheets.
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ALL-FAIR WA.NT AD TEST by Ii VOL T A Ii ( Bu:rl1ng voLTA Hull)
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It seems that the whole of Magicdom. back in the late 1920's and early 1930's, went bananas for doing tests with 'Want Ads' from the newspapers and magazines. Many ideas cropped up.
Al Baker's idea of producing the 'force' Want Ad from a thumb tip was about as good as any.
Burling Hull in 1932, copyrighted an amazing collection of 'Want Ads' that came on a page similar to a page from the ttModern Mechanics" magazine. This is shown in Fig. 19.
~ach Ad appeared different, yet each Ad contained two 'force' words, as follows.
The word 'money' is the seventh word in each ad of the entire page! .
The word 'offer' is the 13th word of every ad in the left columnl The word 'new' is the 15th word in every ad in the 2nd column! The word 'write' is the 10th word in every ad in the 3rd column!
These pages (Fig. 19) are sold by Micky Hades, Box 476, Calgary Alberta Canada
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They sell for a minimal sum and the test is still good today.
For the presentation, one of the gimmicked ad sheets is inserted into a magazine like the Popular Mechanics type. The sheet is doctored so that it looks as though it has been torn out of it.
When the magazine is picked up for the test, it is opened to where the loose sheet is and it and the next sheet are torn out of the magazine. The necessary tearing noise is heard which makes it most convincing. The • straight 'sheet is thrown away and the test is done with the gimmicked sheet.
A dynamic presentation can be done by using the straight sheet in a one-ahead combination. A person is told to just pick out any ad and concentrate on it. Performer makes a prediction, one ahead, by writing a force word from the gimmicked sheet. Then another prediction is made containing the ad just chosen and the force word is forced on a second person.
The All-Fair Want Ad Test comes with three pages of instructions.
NOTE, The All-Fair Want Ads. contain numerical powers not memtioned in the instructions. For example, The left column contains 15 ads; The center column has 12 ads and the right hand column has 16 ads! These numbers can be used to advantage by the Mentalist! A person can be told to callout a number from 1 to 160
If number 2 is called, he is given the left hand column and told to snip off two ads and to count the remaining ads. He gets '13' of course and then is told to choose any ad and to count to the 13th word! Every number from 1 to 16 can be manipulated in like manner.
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THE WANT AD MYST'ERY • • • • • • • cont. • ••••• A'sbury Park Press/Tues. April 28, 1981
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Here is a way of making your own 'forcing' Want-Ad sheet!
Study the Want-Ad section of your local newspaper and you will be surprised to see many ads that read differently but contain the same word in the title or in the first line of print.
Fig. 20 shows an example. To make your own sheet, cut
out three sets of ads that have the same word at the top.
In Fig. 20, the three words are "Accountant," "Bookkeeper," and "Management!'f The word "Receptionist" is also shown as there are many.
Paste these ads on a sheet of white paper and take them to a Xerox place and have them reproduced several times. Then cut them out and arrange them neatly into about seven columns. The ads are just repeated several times so that they fill up a sheet measuring 11 by 15 inches. This size sheet will fit into the tabloid newspapers.
The sheet is made to look realistic by placing the headings "Help Wanted" at the top of the columns, and also the name of your local paper and the page number.
Then take the sheet to a printer and tell him to make you several hundred copies printed on both sides on newsprint paper. The other side of the sheet can be covered with 'movie' ads from the local paper.
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For the presentation, a force sheet is inserted into the local paper. Proposing a test you pick up the paper and take the loose sheet plus another sheet and tear them out, making sure that everyone sees the action and then proceed to do miracles!
A good effect is to tack the force sheet to a bulletin board and have someone throw a dart at
the sheet. You have predicted the longest word in the first line of print with your 3-way prediction envelope!
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THE LONGEST WORD ••••••• cont ••.•••••
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THE "IMPACT" AD MYSTERY. Get some young people into the act and have them cut up all the ads and drop them into a bowl. Three persons are then asked to come over and pick out an ad each.
They are to concentrate on the longest word on the first line etc. They are to think intently on it as you callout the three force words. They may each have chosen a different ad or perhaps they all chose the same ad. It does not matter. You have called their word for surel
~~e Ctt-p ~iM (II Interest in lines of new/print and cliping effects with scis
sors revived again amongst a select group of magicians in the 1950's. Bill Nord and Tom Sellers offered effects with a small see-through plastic box measuring 2 by 2 inches square which was packed with news clippings. A person is told to choose anyone of the clippings and any word which the performer divines.
Bill Nord called his effect "Thought Master" and sold through Magic shops. Tom Sellers published his idea in The Gen. It also appears in Magic of The Mind by Lewis Ganson. Sellers' idea is a very good force which makes for a good prediction!
In 1954, Jack Yates authored "Minds in Close-Up" through Goodliffe Publications. In it· he included his effect called, "Clip Line!" It is a mathematical well known principle applied to a column of newsprint. This one effect sold the bookl
The column of newsprint was next turned up-side down, unknown t? the audience, and the column is cut anywhere the audience des1res, and the bottom line of the cut is predicted. This idea was published by Albert Spackman in The Gen, Vol. 20, #6 for October 1964.
Len Graham next added a headline to the top of the up-side down column, which made the showing most convincing. This idea was contributed to the New Pentagram by Freddie Firth for Vol. J #4, June 1971.
In the States, U. F. Grant, put out the effect calling it, the Sensational "Snip-Snip" Want Ad Test. Syd Bergson put out another version of the same that is clipped on a clip board.
In early 1975, your humble author tried to fool his wife with the upside-down Snip-Snip idea. I failed miserably, as my wife saw the 'trick.' This made me feel very stupid and in my consternation I glimpse the inspiration for the creation of the AME release "Super Clip Line Plus!"
"Super Clip Line Plus." betters and makes obsolete all other versions of the 'Clip Line' effect. In the Super Clip Line effect, the news column is held right-side-upl And it is held right in front of the spectator's eyes. He can actually be reading the column while you are clipping away at itl
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SUPER CLIP LINE PLUS 8001 CONTAINS FOUR VARIATIONS:
I. The original Super Clip line effect: While the spectators are readin{j U ".,w, "",Iumn, mentalist snipt. off lines of print with a pair of scissors right in front of theor eyes. They tell you when to stop. You predict the line $ topped at.
2. Challenge Clip Line I: Any spectator tears out any page from a book, a magazine or a n_'poper and challenges the mentalist to repeat the super Clip line effect. Mentalist immediotely proceeds to do the some effect, right in front of the spectators without hiding his hands under the table or behind his bock.
J. Challenge Clip line II: Three spectators cut up 0
news column and each retain on .. piece. rhe performer
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without knowing where they mode the cui, proceeds to tell eoch speclotor what each piece contains. The lost line or the first lin. or th. center hne OR THE ENTIRE CONTENTS!
... Challenge Clip line III: This is a super version of the Super clip line method Ihat you will do any place and any tim •.
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Here's one in the mental line for Europe that has "Flair and Fairness" written all over it. Several unprepared strips of classified ads are cut from any paper. One is FREELY selected. It is held at the top and the free hand with shears snips. snips, and snips strips off the lower
end until someone calls stop. The last line on that strip you have pre.dicted in advance. For example, someone holds your prediction before you start. or it was mailed to them. or they phoned your wife, or what not. The actual prediction is correct before you even start and no switch, etc. etc. This is the best in this line we have ever seen, •.
PRICE $2.00 POSTPAID
Fig. 22 The U. F. Grant release
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THE CLIP LINE •.•••• cont. • • • • • • •
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In the Super Clip Line effect, a spectator or two may be allowed to snip away at the printed column. Since the column is right side-up no one can see the 'trick.'
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Fig. 23, shows a headline over the inverted body of the news column. The foto makes the illusion more convincing!
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Max Andrews from London, published an idea of how to use any newspaper headline to code the name of a chosen card!
Please refer back to page 1. On the front page of The New York Times is a headline under the foto of Mr. Margiotta, which reads, "Jury, in 2d trial, Finds Margiotta Guilty of Fraud." The "2d" in the headline stands
for 'second,' but it also codes the two of diamonds!
You, of course force the two of diamonds after having made a prediction that you say, The New York Times have published! You refer the spectator to read the headline under Mr. Margiotta's picture.
The Ace of Clubs or the Five of Clubs can be found in the headline that reads, "Mobil is set---" etc. You simply direct the spectator to write down the first digit in the headline and the first letter of the last word! which will give you the Ace of Clubs, or the 5 of clubs depending in what digit you care to use.
In Fig. 3, page 4, the name Alexander's codes the Ace of Spades, by using the first and last letter of the name!
In the presentation, you can have another spectator tell the first one what card he is thinking of. You simply direct the second spectator to write down the code.
Almost any newspaper that you may pick up will give you suitable headlines. All you have to do is to force the correct card!
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This one is weird! No one will believe the effect even after they see it. And if they do they may request that you leave town the soonest.
'EFFECT, Mentalist shows the local paper to the audience.
The audience is well acquainted wi~h the news headlines as they have no doubt read them.
A member of the audience is asked to choose any page. This is a free choice.
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Fig. 24
The page is torn from the newspaper and shown. Now any headline chosen by the audience is circled by the Mentalist with an ink marker.
The Mentalist then opens an envelope that has been in sight at all times and produces an exact xerox copy of the chosen page with the same chosen headline circledl
METHOD. You will need a gaffed newspaper. The tabloid size newspaper is the best. These measure 11 by is inches and open like a book.
There are two ways of gimmicking the newspaper. One is to have all the inside pages alike except for the front and back page and the first two pages after the front headline page.
A better method is to make a two-way newspaper as follows. Fig. 24 shows one page of the two-way paper. The left page
is right side up, but the other page glued to it is upside down! To make your two-way newspaper you will need to buy about 10
duplicate papers. These papers may be a day or a week old and you may get them very cheap, so the expence is not too big.
All the pages are gaffed. The front page with the headlines, has the same page attached to it but upside down so that there are the same headlines on the front of the paper as on the back!
The rest of the pages are normal looking up to the centerfold. From the center fold back, the pages are upside down but all alike except for the back page!
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Now if you turn the n~wspaper over end-for-end, it will look the same on both sides! And most amazing it looks normal from both sides even if it is opened. The gaff side may contain one or two pages after the front page which are the real pages and then the rest are duplicates I
You are going to force one of the all-alike pages. So take that page to a Xerox place and have them reduce the page to about a 6 by 8 inch size. In order to do that the xerox operator may have to reduce it in steps. Then tell him to make you two more copies of the reduced size.
THE MARKING. Let me say here that the circling of the headline is not really necessary. The effect is strong enough as it is! However, the method is included here as the reader may want to do it that way.
Please note again Fig. 24. The left hand page, which we will use as the force page contains three prominent headlines. So in your reduced copies, circle a different headline on each and remember how the circles look as you will later circle one of the headlines during the show.
Next make a three way envelope and seal the three reduced xeroX copies in it.
The PRESENTATION. Pass out your sealed three-way envelope. Show the newspaper. Here you must always have the gaffed side of the paper facing the audience and of course you must be careful not to show the back of the paper which shows upside down.
Open the paper to the first one or two pages which should look normal and comment on the headlines, etc. Then place the paper flat on a table and start flipping the pages over one at a time. Tell someone to tell you when to stop. He may change his mind, etc. But the page must be picked before you get to the center fold. He will of course get one of the duplicate pages.
Tear the page out and show it and then tell someone to choose one of the headlines and you make a circle with an ink marker around that headline. Then open the three-way envelope to the correct compartment ( and keep an eye on the nearest exit in case you have need for a fast exit).
Handling the two-way newspaper. After you tear the page out, close the newspaper from left to right, so that it is again the same way as when you opened it. Then during the confusion, fold the paper into a "V" shape with the gaff side outside and the headlines touching the table top and the open end of the "V" towards the audience. (Fig. 25) That way if you have to pick it up to show it all you have to do is open it upwards and the ungaffed half of the paper will show with the headlines!
It is also a good idea to tear out the 'force page from the ungaffed half of the paperl
Fig. 25
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The J-way Envelope. After you have taken out the desired prediction from your J-way (or 2-way) envelope, what do you do with it? You are left holding an envelope that, unknown to the audience contains other predictionsl Throwing it on the table or crumpling it up and putting it into your neatly pressed tuxedo coat pocket is not really the correct thing to do. The best thing is to tear it up! That's correct. Tear it up into quartersl Do neat tears. without paying much attention to it and place the pieces out of sight or throw them into your brief case or wastepaper basket. Crumpling the envelope looks suspicious and if you leave it on the table, someone may take it home for a souvenir.
KASY-DO TEL~-THOUGHTI While we have the glue pot handy and are in a pasting-up mood we might as well gimmick some pages to do the easiest version of Nelson's Tele-Thoughtl
Take four duplicate pages and cut them up into quarters. Then take four identical quarters and make up one page as shown in Fig. 26. A B
Quarters marked "A" are facing up while the "B" quarters are facing the other way. This gimmicked page is now attached to a straight page and placed into the newspaper. You now have a A B page that is made up of four quarters all alike!
FOR THE PRESENTATION tear out the gimmicked page, saying that you are going ~o do a test, and fold the page into quarters and then take a pair Fig. 26 of scissors and trim the cemented edges, which gets rid of the evidence. Then take two quarters in each hand and ask the audience to tell you which two quarters to throwaway. Next take one quarter in each hand and have them tell you which one to discard. You are left with a quarter of the sheet which of course you have predicted.
If you wish to go further, prepare a two-way envelope predicting either eighth of the one quarter. You have chosen quarters that can be torn in half and which contain predictable headlines on either one! The other eigth can be shown to be different!
The gimmicked page in Fig. 26 must not contain large fotos. It should be made up mostly of print. With a little practice you can make up sheets that are hardly different from the actual pagesl
There are hundreds of effects possible with gimmicked newspapers. Newspapers are easier to gimmick and cheaper than books as the pages are loose and yet the paper can be handled like a book.
It is assumed that the reader knows what a J-way and 2-way envelope is. If not please refer to Annemann's Practical Mental effects pages 75 and 155.
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,~ua.1t,. 'ir.9~ : EFFECT. Mentalist passes a newspaper and a sealed envelope
into the audience. He then uses a second newspaper and has anyone choose a page.
Mentalist then makes a large cross with an ink marker covering the whole chosen page. (Fig. 27)
The spectator holding the other paper is told to please turn to the same page, say number 11. When spectator opens his paper to page 11 he finds that it too has a large cross covering the whole pagel Fig. 27
The newspaper that is held by the Mentalist is then opened to the same place and it is seen that the page has vanished and is then found in the sealed envelope that has been held by the audience from the beginning!
Both newspapers are then given out as souvenirsl
METHOD. Two versions will be treated, the first one is for the platform or stage and the second one for close up.
You will need three newspapers, but only two are seen by the audience. These newspapers must look identical.
#1. This is an ungimmicked newspaper but has page 11 torn out after having placed a cross mark on it with the ink marker. The page is folded and sealed into the envelope. This newspaper is hidden under the table or in a servante and is switched for the gimmicked one later. Mark this paper #1.
#2. This newspaper is also ungimmicked except that page #11 has a cross mark covering the whole page. This is the paper that is passed out to the audience. Mark this paper number 2.
#3. This newspaper is gimmicked and is a two-way newspaper as follows. The gimmicked half is composed of the front page with headlines, then pages 1/2 and 3/4 and then all the rest of the pages to the center fold are identical or duplicates of pages 11/12. The other half that comes into view when the paper is turned over end-for-end has the same front page with headlines and then all the pages look normal except that page #11 is missing. It has been torn out. Mark this paper # 3 secretly.
For switching the newspapers in the stage or platform version a servante is recommended although there are many other ways and a non-gimmic version will be given later. Also an assistant can do the switching since there is plenty of misdirection in the presentation.
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THE PRESENTATION. Pass out the sealed envelope as you say that it contains a surprise. Make sure that the audience can see the envelope openly at all times.
Call another spectator to the stage or platform and give him newspaper #2 and tell him not to open it yet.
Bring out newspaper #3. the two-way gimmick and hold it in front of you with the gimmick half and the headlines facing the audience. Comment about the headlines and that the two newspapers are identical and here you may flip over a page or two. These are straight pages. Tell the audience that yoa are going to attempt a bizarre effect so they should watch carefully.
Next place the newspaper flat on the table with the gimmicked half up making sure that the other side of the paper is not seen. Then start flipping over the pages one at a time making sure that the pages are not exposed to scrutiny. Tell a young lady to stop you anywhere as you want her to have a free choice of any page in the newspaper. When she stops you, tell her that she may change her mind if she wishes.
After the selection leave the paper flat on the table and take the ink marker out and invite the young lady to come on stage and watch you mark the page. Make the big cross and then ask her to read the page number. That was her choice you say. "I did not influence you in any way. We did not prearrange anything, etc. "
She of course reads page #11 which is the force page. Pick up #11 page and the rest of the pages in that fold, but not the front pages and show the mark to the audience and then put the pages back the way they were and close the paper by placing the gimmicked half up (as it was before) and then fold the paper as you patter leaving the same headlines on the outside and place the paper on the table as in Fig. 25 with thetop headlines touching the table.
Now tell the spectator that is holding the paper #2 to please open it to page 11. (you have asked the young lady to return to her seat). The spectator finds a big cross on page 11.
To many in the audience this will be a climax. You now say, Ills that page 11?" lilt is.·1
"Let's see. Is it the same identical page that was chosen?" As you say this you open up the newspaper by picking it up and unfolding it to show the same headlines again, which makes everything look normal, but now the gimmicked newspaper will show the apparently ungimmicked half. So you hold it again in front of you and flip the pages. But when you get to page 11 it is missing!
You then instruct the person with the envelope to open it and inside he or she will find the missing page.
Then you turn to the person holding newspaper #2 and say, "Sir, You may keep the paper as a souvenir. 1t and at the same time you put your paper away next to the number 1 paper. On second thought you turn to the person that chose the page and say,
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"Would you like the paper as a souvenir. You may have it if you wish. 1f Here you bring out paper #1 and leave it on the table. The folded page taken out of the sealed envelope fits the #1 paperl
Everything can now be examined by the curious. Isn't that just great?
THE CLOSE UP PRESENTATION. Here we resort to Richard Himberts idea. The gimmicked newspaper looks normal from both sides. It is not a two-way oaoer but all the inside pages are 11/12 duplicates!
This gimmicked newspaper is used only for tearing out the corners with the page numbers 11/12 which are all alike to the center fold. A person is asked to pick one of the cormers and to see what number was picked and Lo and Behold he gets numbers 11/12 and when newspaper #2 is opened to page 11 it is found to be missing! It is then found inside the sealed envelope I
The gimmicked newspaper is switched when no one is expecting it for another one that has half of the corners cut off and when it is opened to page 11, there is a message that says, "This is the page that will be chosen!"
The all alike corners may also be switched for the regular ones.
NOTE. The original Pegasus Page effect is that the chosen page from a book, like the flying horse, flies into an envelope that was shown empty before! So if you wish to stick to the original effect which is a good one, you must first show the envelope to be empty.
A large manila, end-opening envelope, measuring 9 by 12 inches is recommended. Make it into a double envelope. Place the force sheet folded in half (7i by 11) into the secret compartment and seal the tow flaps so that the envelope will look empty.
If you wish the page to show up whole and not folded in half then you must make a J-fold folder about 12 by 16 inches. This folder will act like a flip-over wallet. By placing rubber cement on the empty side, it will seal itself and will not open. When the other side opens it will reveal the pagel
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