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	ABC.com -
		David Blaine, known for his headline-making feats of physical, emotional and mental endurance, will once again put his life on the line in a death-defying attempt to hold his breath underwater longer than any human being, which is currently a stunning eight minutes, 58 seconds.
		This will be Blaine's most interactive challenge, as passersby will be able to touch the aquarium, take photos with him and even communicate with him underwater from the time he enters the sphere on Monday, May 1, until he is leaves it live on his special.
		Blaine's last mesmerizing challenge was successfully completing a 44-day fast in an acrylic box suspended over the Thames River in London in the fall of 2003, surviving only on water.
	abc.go.com /specials/davidblaine.html (800 words)

	David Blaine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		David Blaine (born David Blaine White on April 4, 1973 in Brooklyn, New York City, USA) is an American magician and stunt performer.
		Blaine's next stunt was called "Vertigo." He was to have started training for this particular stunt in Los Angeles, California, and was scheduled to board an American Airlines flight from JFK Airport to Los Angeles on September 11, 2001 at noon.
		Blaine emerged on schedule on October 19, murmuring "I love you all!" and was quickly hospitalized.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_Blaine (1493 words)

	David Blaine Magic Man (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Magician David Blaine at age 27, wearing only a pair of pants and boots to protect himself, was frozen alive inside...
		Blaine's body contour was cut into it, welded together, so that Blaine can stand up right with little room to scratch his nose.
		David tells her to open the book to page 30, and an "M" is burned in fire on that page.
	groups.msn.com /DavidBlaineMagicMan/frozenintime1.msnw (758 words)

	David Blaine Begins A Week Underwater - The Deadbolt
		Blaine has sunk himself into a 2.5m acrylic sphere in New York as part of his most recent attempt at the outrageous.
		Blaine intends to stay underwater for 7 days before attempting his most daunting challenge to date: Holding his breath for almost 9 minutes.
		In the past, David Blaine has been buried alive for seven days, he has been frozen in a block of ice for 61 hours, he has perched himself up a 90 pole for 35 hours, and more recently, has suspended himself in a glass box over the River Thames for 44 days.
	www.thedeadbolt.com /news/050206/davidblaineunderwater.php (586 words)

	FREE David Blaine Street Magic Biography
		Born of humble beginnings in Brooklyn, New York, Blaine's earliest exposure to magic was watching a street performer in a New York subway.
		This year, David Blaine appeared in his fourth television special entitled, "David Blaine's Vertigo." Blaine, known for his headline-making daring and his death-defying feats of physical and emotional endurance, put his life on the line by balancing on a small circular platform one hundred feet above the crowd for 35 hours.
		Viewers were also treated to pre-recorded segments of David Blaine performing his unique brand of in-your-face style street magic to astonished onlookers.
	www.i-host.com /magic/blaine.html (812 words)

	CNN.com - Tears as Blaine leaves London box - Oct. 19, 2003
		Blaine was immediately attended to by paramedics before he was taken to a private hospital.
		Illusionist David Blaine is in a hospital after ending his 44 days suspended in a box over the River Thames in London with only water for sustenance.
		Blaine smiled as his transparent box was lowered to the riverbank by Tower Bridge on Sunday night.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/europe/10/19/blaine.release/index.html (496 words)

	David Blaine News
		David Blaine was free and possibly still a little dizzy Friday as he led a hundred children and their families on a shopping spree at a Target store in New Jersey.
		David Blaine held a press conference for his new stunt in NYC on Friday.
		David Blaine is set to take on one of his most terrifying challenges yet later this month when he attempts to escape from shackles while dangling above Times Square.
	www.topix.net /who/david-blaine (763 words)

	David Blaine: Frozen in Time (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Magician David Blaine at age 27, wearing only a pair of pants and boots to protect himself, was frozen alive inside...
		Blaine's body contour was cut into it, welded together, so that Blaine can stand up right with little room to scratch his nose.
		David tells her to open the book to page 30, and an "M" is burned in fire on that page.
	www.magicdirectory.com /blaine/frozenintime.shtml (906 words)

	AskMen.com - David Blaine
		David Blaine is one of the most intelligent and talented performers to hit the big time in years.
		Born in Brooklyn, New York on April 4, 1973, David Blaine was inspired by his mother to dabble in magic.
		Blaine began at the age of four when he witnessed a subway performer and then chose to try his first card trick routine.
	www.askmen.com /men/entertainment_60/79_david_blaine.html (459 words)

	David Blaine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Created for use on David Blaine's recent DVD/Video Fearless, a compilation of three of his TV specials that is the best introduction to his work.
		David Blaine is to magic as Yo-Yo Ma is to classical music or Tiger Woods is to golf — a superb performer who takes a venerable art form and makes it hip again, especially for younger audiences.
		David Blaine's book Mysterious Stranger will be available Oct 29, 2002, and offers a $100,000 prize to the first person to decypher the clues and find the hidden treasure.
	www.scottkim.com /inversions/gallery/davidblaine.html (323 words)

	The Real David Blaine Magic and Levitation
		Telstar introduced Blaine to a UK audience and is responsible for creating a huge amount of recognition for Blaine (through ads created by BananaSplit's Steve Kemsley) that deliberately introduced David Blain to Britain more as a rock star idol than as a magician.
		Blaine took the crude footage to ABC television in New York, managed to get an appointment, and after completely wowing executives with his bland yet powerful brand of close up magic - got a $1,000,000 contract and paycheck to perform in the first ever Street Magic television special.
		Blaine's mother, Patrice White discovered she had ovarian cancer.
	www.ellusionist.com /david-blaine.htm (2556 words)

	David Blaine
		This trick was performed on David Blaine's second special where he asked a spectator sign a card, the card was shuffled into the pack and it was made to re-appear between two cards held by David.
		David approaches a passer-by and asks that they hold a pack of cards and to merely think of any card that is in the pack.
		As David asks his helper the come to the other side he lifts his right hand up slightly and turns it clockwise through 360 degrees and replaces it on the ground in that position.
	f4bscale.worldonline.co.uk /Blainex.htm (5336 words)

	Why I hate David Blaine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		If David Blaine is going to float around in a giant fish bowl for a week and make me sit through a two-hour live TV special, I want more than seven minutes of breath holding and teary thanks.
		In the hours before his final breath-holding, Blaine's personal physician reported in sombre tones that he was suffering pin prick pains, that his blood fluids had been compromised and that he may have even suffered permanent liver damage.
		Some see David Blaine as a Dadaist champion of an era in which magic was a theatrical clash between the realm of mystery and the hard-science reality of the temporal world; the bastard offspring of Houdini and self-proclaimed freak Jim Rose, who was best noted for being able to put construction nails up his nose.
	www.canada.com /nationalpost/story.html?id=122ecb79-3bb1-4c0e-b713-8ad6c2d26979&k=73705 (528 words)

	David Blaine - Levitation
		Blaine's challenge is to escape from the gyroscope by Friday at 5AM to make it to the Target 2-Day Sale where he will escort 100 deserving kids chosen by The Salvation Army on a shopping spree.
		David Blaine is back with an upcoming 2-Hour TV special that will air in Prime-Time on Monday, May 8, 2006 on ABC at 8pm-10pm EDT.
		Blaine is said to have suffered liver and kidney problems - hopefully of a temporary nature.
	antigravitypower.tripod.com /DavidBlaine/index.html (1294 words)

	David Blaine goes for a spin in NYC - USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		NEW YORK (AP) — David Blaine's latest stunt is as much about charity as publicity.
		The gyroscope, with three spinning steel rings, is said to be able to flip Blaine in assorted directions as often as eight times per minute.
		In May, Blaine spent some 177 hours underwater in one of his endurance stunts.
	www.usatoday.com /life/people/2006-11-21-david-blaine_x.htm?csp=34 (381 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		But, before that, David Blaine in his first primetime, one-on-one since he spent a week underwater and then tried to set a new world record holding his breath and got rushed to the hospital after nearly drowning himself.
		BLAINE: Well, I felt like I failed from achieving my goal which was to hold my breath as long as nine minutes but in retrospect I think the only thing that would mean failure would be to stop doing what I love doing.
		BLAINE: The toughest part was dealing with being in that water and falling asleep for less than two hours a night and waking up with the water over my nose and over my mouth like a nightmare.
	transcripts.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0605/10/lkl.01.html (6306 words)

	The Real David Blaine Magic and Levitation
		Blaine has been rumored to date some of the hottest names in the business: Fiona Apple, Madonna, and Josie Maran to name a few.
		Her son David Blaine was devastated and Patrice remains a key figure in Blaine's life to this day - both in spirit and memory.
		According to sources the site is often recommended by David Blaine himself (and his managers) to those who want to learn the art of street magic.
	www.ellusionist.com /david-blaine.html (2556 words)

	David Blaine: Magic Around the World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		David Blaine was born April 4, 1973 in Brooklyn New York.
		David's grandmother was a gypsy, and passed down some tarot cards to him.
		David Blaine will probably continue performing magic and stunts to his 'audience' for the rest of his life.
	www.magicdirectory.com /blaine (872 words)

	#1 David Blaine Magic Information and Techniques
		David asks who it is. The man looks at his phone to see that the phone call came from none other than his selected card.
		Blaine points to the Queen Of Spades, the card the inmate is holding, and asks if she knows what his card is. Upon closer examination, the Queen is seen to be holding the Four Of Spades - the chosen card.
		Blaine's final underwater attempt was short of the world-record (8 minutes, 58 seconds), but Blaine succeeded in demonstrating his rock-solid focus and absolute dedication to his craft.
	www.1streetmagic.com (1308 words)

	ABC News: David Blaine: 'Drowned' Alive
		Magician David Blaine has been buried alive for seven days, frozen for 61 hours, perched 90 feet up on a pole for 35 hours, and suspended for 44 days.
		Blaine said he had lost 50 pounds while practicing holding his breath.
		Blaine, who is 6-foot-1, appears about 33 percent larger because of the way the spherical tank refracts the light.
	abcnews.go.com /GMA/story?id=1913098&page=1 (451 words)

	CNN.com - David Blaine: 'I'd like to go as far as I can' - Aug. 30, 2003
		David Blaine hopes to spend 44 days suspended over the Thames River in a clear plastic box.
		Magician David Blaine has been entombed in a block of ice and buried in a coffin for an extended period of time.
		BLAINE: I have a few friends that try to talk me out of all these ideas, but, no, nobody that tries to talk me into them.
	www.cnn.com /2003/SHOWBIZ/08/30/cnna.david.blaine/index.html (815 words)

	David Blaine Photos - David Blaine News - David Blaine Information
		David Blaine, a young and talented magician, is rapidly changing the face of magic.
		Known as the "magician of the millennium" Blaine broke through cult status by levitating on the streets of New York in his first ABC special "David Blaine: Street Magic".
		David: This is my chance to give back to The Salvation Army and to benefit other families...
	www.tv.com /david-blaine/person/102713/summary.html (335 words)

	CNN.com - Blaine shaken but not stirred - Sep. 10, 2003
		Blaine, a self-styled modern-day Houdini, has also been taunted by the smell of fish and chips, and woken up by a man banging a drum.
		Blaine is being permitted to take diapers, a journal, some pens, lip balm, a pillow and a pad to lie on into the box.
		On Monday, Blaine shocked a group of journalists in London when he appeared to cut off part of his ear at a news conference.
	edition.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/europe/09/10/uk.blaine.update/index.html (588 words)

	The Sun Online - Life: Meet amazing David Blaine
		David is often referred to as the natural heir to escapologist Harry Houdini, whom he hero worships.
		David describes the spectacles in the video as “Evel Knievel meets Harry Houdini” and adds: “What I do is intuition, curiosity and magic coming to life.
		In her final months one of his tricks which made her smile was to turn on the TV to her favourite programmes — without using a remote control or touching a button.
	www.thesun.co.uk /article/0,,5-2001530664,00.html (1246 words)

	Amazon.com: David Blaine - Fearless: DVD: David Blaine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Blaine's amazing tricks are super-cool but wouldn't have held their own displayed merely in a Vegas showroom; it's the who and where that makes this DVD special.
		Blaine often performs his tricks up close and with plenty of audience participation, to an extremely diverse set of people.
		David Blaine is the Houdini of our time.This is a great compilation of his first 3 specials.If you are a fan of magic,this dvd is for you.
	www.amazon.com /David-Blaine-Fearless/dp/B0000640VL (1589 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Blaine plans underwater challenge
		Blaine's London stunt, in which he was suspended in a glass box by the river Thames, saw him heckled by crowds.
		Blaine's spokesman Pat Smith said the magician did not expect to receive similar attacks in the star's "home town".
		Blaine is to get a two-way audio link, allowing the media to interview him during the challenge.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/4942002.stm (271 words)

	David Blaine>
		David Blaine approaches a passer-by and asks that they hold a pack of cards and to merely think of any card that is in the pack.
		David takes the packet from the spectator and removes the deck - fanning the cards face up he comes to one face down card.
		David indicates that the helpers should "Watch the coin" by pointing to it.
	website.lineone.net /~triggerfish/Blainex.htm (4556 words)

	David Blaine to live in aquarium for a week - TELEVISION - MSNBC.com
		David Blaine to live in aquarium for a week
		Blaine, who will stay in a specially built aquarium, for seven days and nights, in front of New York's Lincoln Center, will attempt to hold his breath underwater longer than any human being in the finale of the stunt on live television.
		Blaine's previous feats of endurance include balancing on a small platform for 35 hours and surviving inside a massive block of ice for 61 hours, both of which were performed in New York.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/12302813 (435 words)

	The Linking Page - David Blaine
		David Blaine took the magic community by storm with his first ABC special "David Blaine: Street Magic." Virtually unknown prior to the broadcast, the name David Blaine was immediately on the lips of most magicians.
		For his third special, "David Blaine: FROZEN IN TIME" David was frozen in a block of ice for 58 hours and "defrosted" live during the special's broadcast.
		David is taking things to a new level with his next special "Vertigo" in which he will leap from a 100 foot pillar with nothing but cardboard to break his fall!
	www.linkingpage.com /blainearchive.html (848 words)

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