Illustrated Maze Cartoons

Maze Book Review, Mazes To Amaze by Yonatan Frimer

2011-12-20T11:07:00.000-08:00

Yonatan Frimer's latest book, "Mazes To Amaze" by Tarquin Publications is an a-maze-ing journey though a range of optical illusion art that always starts in the upper left corners, and ends in the lower right. As you find your way through the illusion, your mind melts away all other occupying thoughts and allows the user to transcend to a different reality in which only finding the way through the maze is what needs to be focused upon. This elaborate distraction is ideal for all ages and boggles the mind in a way that enables you to enjoy both an optical illusion, and a maze. Have fun.

Enjoy the U Maze and remember to just try again if you get stuck.

Mazes to Amaze, the latest book of mazes by Yonatan Frimer, Tarquin Publications

2011-11-27T07:51:00.000-08:00

When it comes to maze art, no one is better than Yonatan Frimer. His latest book, by tarquin publications, highlights his ability to create incredible mazes that are either optical illusions, cartoons, comics, letters, chemical symbols, table of elements, math equations, hilarious funnies and many other random mazes. You can find the book at http://www.tarquingroup.com/product.php?SKU_Code=1977

Awesome mazes of all types.

2011-07-25T03:18:00.000-07:00

Maze of Gilad Shalit Wearing Uniform and Rifle

Maze of Gilad Shalit wearing Uniform and Rifle

Click here to Download these Images of Gilad Shalit in High resolution PDF

Cartoon maze on sniper sanctions against Iran fuel imports

Maze cartoon of snipers aiming a big gun marked USA/Iran sanctions as they take aim at the gasoline imports. Created by Yonatan Frimer
Click here for a printable, hi-res version of this maze
Click here for the maze solution of sniper sanctions on Iran

Cartoon Maze: Not the size of the boat... By Yonatan Frimer

Maze cartoon of Bibi Netanyahu and PM Erdogan in the mens room, sizing each other up. Erdogan has a scronful look on his face and defends, "It's not the size of the boat, it's the motion of the ocean" Created by Yonatan Frimer
Click here for a printable, hi-res version of this maze
Click here for the maze solution.

Super Trippy Optical Illusion spinning maze

Chaos Maze

Maze Museum 2006

Mazeum, by Yonatan Frimer

“Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route.”

Charles Caleb Colton quotes (English sportsman and writer, 1780-1832)

Maze Kong - Ink on Paper

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Hallucamazenic Maze-A-Delic - Ink On Paper, Winter 2006, by Y. Frimer

Maze of a a field of mushrooms

The Frimer Coriolis Maze

2011-06-11T13:52:00.000-07:00

Coriolis Effect Maze - Tornado Forming

Maze of a twisted and warped time-space.
This maze should be fairly easy for you to solve but if you can't,
then you can find the solution to the twisted and warped maze

Top four-teen places to download the Twisted and Wraped Maze

The Coriolis effect is a strange phenomenon of our globe shaped planet. As objects are hurled at speed toward the north or south, their trajectory bends as the projectile flies because the earth's rotation gives every atom of our world and existing speed which alternates with latitude. This maze celebrates and draws inpiration from this concept and illustrates the formation of a tornado.

one cool thing about teh Coriolis effect, it is reversed when you cross the equator. Bathtubs and sinks and toilets swirl the opposite direction in the southern hemisphere as they do in the northern hemisphere. And if you were on an airplane and ran the sink as the plane crossed the equator, it would stop swirling at some point and then start swirling the opposite direction. WILD!

Chaos Maze of Optical Illusion by Yonatan Frimer

2011-05-02T12:06:00.000-07:00

Chaos Maze - Optical Illusion

Maze of artists rendition of Chaos mixed with Optical Illusion mantra

If you can't solve this maze, have a look at the Chaos maze solution

Chaos

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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For other uses, see Chaos (disambiguation).

Chaos ( /ˈkeɪ.ɒs/;^[1] Greek: χάος ) in Greek mythology and cosmology referred to a gap or abyss at the beginning of the world, or more generally the initial, formless state of the universe^[2] (the antithetical, or possibly complementary, concept was cosmos).

Later uses of the term by philosophers varied over time. In modern English, the word is used in classical studies with the original meaning; in mathematics and science to refer to a very specific kind of unpredictability; and informally to mean a state of confusion.^[3] In philosophy, and in popular culture, the word can occur with all three meanings.

Top Twelve Places to Download The Chaos Maze

‘Lost’ maze revealed in Buckinghamshire

2011-04-28T01:23:00.000-07:00

click here to read the article source

A ‘lost’ maze has been revealed in the gardens at Cliveden in Buckinghamshire by the National Trust. The maze that disappeared over half a century ago, originally made for Lord Astor in 1894, has been re-created using over 1,000 two metre (six feet six inches) high yew trees.

The fully-fledged maze is based on one that was built for Lord Astor in 1894 but had ceased to be maintained since the mid-1900s.

The new maze, a horticultural project on a scale rarely seen these days, has taken two years to create, using over 1,000 metres of steel edging and 120 tonnes of gravel to produce 500 metres of path over one third of an acre. It is the same size as the world-famous Hampton Court maze.

Lord Astor’s designs for the maze were discovered in National Trust archives in 2005. Apart from a few surviving yew trees that provided the exact location of the maze, little else was known about the original maze.

The two-year project was led by Cliveden’s head gardener Andrew Mudge. He said: “Once we found the old plans in 2005 we just felt compelled to recreate it. It took a lot of research and planning to firstly draw out the plans, and to prepare the ground.

“The maze will take a little while to really establish itself and fill out, but it’s fantastic that people can enjoy it straight away. And don’t worry, you can’t cheat by pushing through the hedges because they are all enclosed by metal railings.

“And because it’s yet to appear on Google Earth, there’s no cheating using mobile phones either, so it’s a real treat for people who want to puzzle their way in and out of the maze.”

Each tree on arrival, weighed approximately 60 kilograms, and four 40 foot long lorries were required to transport them.

Mike Calnan, head of gardens and parks at the National Trust, said: “Mazes provide a perfect opportunity for people to get outdoors and to have fun exploring these rare, but important features from our gardening past. The Cliveden maze will be the most important yew maze the Trust will have restored to date.”

The Maze is a highlight in Cliveden’s ongoing renaissance to return it to its former 19th Century splendour, when the grounds were world famous for their sophisticated planting and landscaping. Other recent developments include the opening up of long lost vistas and footpaths and the re-instatement of historical planting schemes.

Jewish Pride Maze by Yonatan Frimer

2011-04-27T11:39:00.000-07:00

Jewish Pride Maze by Yonatan Frimer

Maze of a Star of David hovering afront a glowing center orb of some sort. Created by Yonatan Frimer

Having problems solving the maze? View the maze solution to Jewish Pride Maze, in the rare event you can't solve this maze on your own :)

Top Twelve Ways to Download the Jewish Pride Maze

Pulsating Diamond Maze and Maze Solution - Optical illusion Mazes by Yonatan Frimer

2011-04-24T06:37:00.000-07:00

Pulsating Diamond Maze - Optical Illusion

Maze of artists rendition of a pulsating diamond.

If you can't solve this maze, have a look at the pulse diamond maze solution

Top Thirteen Places to Download Diamond Pulse Maze

Awesome Optical Illusion Mazes by Yonatan Frimer

2011-04-21T11:36:00.000-07:00

Inside the Mobius strip - Optical Illusion Maze

Maze of artists rendition of the inside of a Mobius Strip.

Top Twelve Places to Download Mobius Maze

"Please Stop Spinning" Optical Illusion Maze

Maze of a crazy optical illusion that causes the viewer to think that the circles are moving or spinning, although they don't change or move at all.

Top Twelve Places to Download The Super Swirly Optical Illusion Maze

Doppler Optical Illusion Maze of an Elliptical Spiral

Maze art of a Doppler warping elliptical spiral by Yonatan Frimer

Top Thirteen Places to Download Doppler Elliptical Maze

Happy Judaica Maze by Yonatan Frimer

Maze of two Hamsas (Hand of Fatima) for the eyes, a magen david (AKA Star of David) and a menorah make the crude appearance of a smiley face. Created by Yonatan Frimer

Having problems solving the mazes, view the maze solution to happy judaica Maze, in the rare even you can't solve this maze on your own

Top Eleven Ways to Download the Happy Judaica Maze

And you can get the Happy Judaica Maze at the source at Team Of Monkeys . Com

Optical Illusion Mazes

2011-04-05T13:26:00.000-07:00

Optical Illusion Maze | Hurts The Eyes | Floating Box Illusion

Hurts-The-Eyes Optical Illusion Maze | Maze of floating box optical illusion | Yonatan Frimer

Close your eyes and look away if you feet faint or dizzy. Created by Yonatan Frimer

Top eleven Places to find the Psychedelic Optical Illusion "Hurts The Eyes" Maze:

Optical Illusion Maze | Your Ad Here Campaign | Maze Ad

Swirly Optical Illusion Maze | Maze with psychedelic swirly | Maze Ads | Yonatan Frimer

Graphic sample to be used with a logo or ad in the middle. Created by Yonatan Frimer

Top Eleven Places to find the Psychedelic Optical Illusion Swirly Maze:

And you can get the Yonatan Frimer Optical Illusion Swirly Maze at the source at Team Of Monkeys . Com

Maze Source here

Coca Cola Maze Ad Sample by Yonatan Frimer

2011-03-27T12:21:00.000-07:00

Coco-Cola Maze Coca-Cola Campaign Maze Ad

Coca Cola Classic Maze | Maze with Bubbles | Maze Ads | Yonatan Frimer

Ad Sample for Coca-Cola that I made to pitch the idea of making Coca Cola ads with mazes.

These ads where created for sample purpose only and have not been used in any actual campaign by Coca-Cola and do not represent their brand.

Top Ten Place to Download the Coca Cola Classic Maze Ad:

And you can get the Coca-Cola Maze at the source at Team Of Monkeys . Com

Or Get the Coca Cola Maze from a maze blog
or Enjoy your Coca Cola Maze at this maze blog
Or get the maze from this mirror blog

Maze of Car Jacking LoJack Ad by Yonatan Frimer

2011-03-06T12:02:00.000-08:00

Car Jacking Maze LoJack Ad

Car Jacking Maze | Advertisement for LoJack | Maze Ads | Yonatan Frimer

Maze of a Car Jacking as an advertisment for LoJack. The image was created using high contrast style that is very memorable. If you find yourself thinking about this ad in the next 3 days, then I think it worked.

These ads where created for sample purpose only and have not been used in any actual campaign by LoJack and do no represent their brand.

Top Ten Place to Download Car Jacking Maze

And you Car Jacking Maze at the Source on Team Of Monkeys . COM

Quarter Maze | Monkey Maze | Night Maze | by Yonatan Frimer

2011-02-24T08:40:00.000-08:00

M is for Monkey(s) Maze

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Maze of monkeys holding up their own letters. Created to go right next to the maze of the letter M for the kids book, "Learn To A Maze" Which uses mazes to teach kids the alphabet, basic reading, and how to count. Maze ends in the lower left corner and begins in the upper left corner.

Top Ten URL's to download Monkey Maze:

Also thanks to this source for the monkey maze

N Is For Night Maze

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Maze of the moon in the dark of night with stars all around. Created to go right next to the maze of the letter N for the kids book, "Learn To A Maze" Which uses mazes to teach kids the alphabet, basic reading, and how to count. Maze ends in the lower left corner and begins in the upper left corner.

Top Ten (Eleven) URL's to download Monkey Maze:

And special thanks for this maze source for the night maze cometh

Q is for Quarter Maze

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Maze of a quarter of a quarter dollar for the letter Q maze. Created to go right next to the maze of the letter Q for the kids book, "Learn To A Maze" Which uses mazes to teach kids the alphabet, basic reading, and how to count. Maze ends in the lower left corner and begins in the upper left corner. Try to solve it without peaking at the solution. Good Luck!

Top Ten +1 |URL's to download Quarter Maze

we'd also like to thank this source for providing the quarter maze

Also, thanks to this source for these mazes

Quarter Maze by Yonatan Frimer

2011-02-17T04:07:00.000-08:00

Q is for Quarter Maze

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Maze of a quarter of a quarter dollar for the letter Q maze. Created to go right next to the maze of the letter Q for the kids book, "Learn To A Maze" Which uses mazes to teach kids the alphabet, basic reading, and how to count. Maze ends in the lower left corner and begins in the upper left corner. Try to solve it without peaking at the solution. Good Luck!

Top Ten +1 URL's to download Quarter Maze

Quarter Maze on Flickr
Quarter Maze on Twitpic and Twitter
Quarter Maze on Saatchi Online
Quarter Maze on Team Of Monkeys . Com
Quarter maze on photobucket
Quarter Maze on Facebook
Quarter Maze on PicasaWeb
Quarter Maze on Live Journal
Quarter Maze on Devian Art
Quarter Maze on Fine Art America
Quarter Maze on Rossello Damiano

Mazes by Yonatan Frimer includeing Stop Sign Maze, electricity Maze and Union Maze

2011-02-05T11:29:00.000-08:00

S is for Stop Sign Maze

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Maze of a Stop Sign to go right next to the maze of the letter S for the kids book, "Learn To A Maze" Which uses mazes to teach kids the alphabet, basica reading, and how to count. The maze begins in the upper left corner and ends in the lower right corner. Try to solve the maze in as little time as possible, and by starting at the begining and going all the way to the end of the maze. By Yonatan Frimer.

Special thanks to this source for introducing us to Stop Sign MAZE!

Top Ten |URL's to download Stop Sign Maze

U is for Union Maze

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Maze of two hands holding to form a union, to go right next to the maze of the letter U for the kids book, "Learn To A Maze" Which uses mazes to teach kids the alphabet, basica reading, and how to count. The maze begins in the upper left corner and ends in the lower right corner. Try to solve the maze in as little time as possible, and by starting at the begining and going all the way to the end of the maze. By Yonatan Frimer.
Maze source for Union Maze

Top Ten |URL's to download Union Maze

E is for Electricity Maze

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Maze of an electrical outlet with psychedelic lightning bolts coming out of it. The maze starts in the upper-left corner and the maze ends in the lower right-hand corner. This maze goes with the maze of the letter J for the kids book, "Learn To A Maze" Which uses mazes to teach kids the alphabet, basica reading, and how to count. By Yonatan Frimer.

Source for the Electricity Maze by Yonatan Frimer

Top Ten |URL's to download Electricity Maze

J is for Jump Maze

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Maze of a car driving in a skid, almost drift pattern. Maze starts in the upper left corner and the maze exits in the lower right corner. This maze goes with the maze of the letter J for the kids book, "Learn To A Maze" Which uses mazes to teach kids the alphabet. By Yonatan Frimer.

Maze Image and content came from this source

Top Ten List of where to download the Jump Maze by Yonatan Frimer:

Random Maze Link

January 2011 Mazes: Jump, Car, X-Ray, and Doctor Mazes by Yonatan Frimer

2011-01-31T03:56:00.000-08:00

J is for Jump Maze

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Maze of a car driving in a skid, almost drift pattern. Maze starts in the upper left corner and the maze exits in the lower right corner. This maze goes with the maze of the letter J for the kids book, "Learn To A Maze" Which uses mazes to teach kids the alphabet. By Yonatan Frimer.

Source for Jump Maze

Top Ten List of where to download the Jump Maze by Yonatan Frimer:

C is for Car Maze

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Maze of a car driving in a skid, almost drift pattern. Maze starts in the upper left corner and the maze exits in the lower right corner. This maze goes with the maze of the letter C for the kids book, "Learn To A Maze" Which uses mazes to teach kids the alphabet. By Yonatan Frimer.
Source for Car Maze

Top Ten List of where to download the Car Maze by Yonatan Frimer:

X is for X-Ray Maze

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Maze of a chest X-ray. The maze starts in the upper left corner and the maze exits in the lower right corner. This maze goes with the maze of the letter X for the kids book, "Learn To A Maze" Which uses mazes to teach kids the alphabet. By Yonatan Frimer.
Source for X-Ray Maze
Top Ten List of other places you can download the X-Ray Maze by Yonatan Frimer other than this site:

D is for Doctor Maze

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Maze of a doctor with a tongue depressor about to ask a patient to say "AAAhHHH". The maze starts in the upper left corner and the maze exits in the lower right corner. This maze goes with the maze of the letter D for the kids book, "Learn To A Maze" Which uses mazes to teach kids the alphabet. By Yonatan Frimer.
Source For Doctor Maze by Yonatan Frimer
You can also find The Doctor Maze online at these links:

Fish and Volcano Mazes, For the Learn To A Maze Book by Yonatan Frimer

2011-01-18T05:33:00.000-08:00

V is for Volcano Maze

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Maze of an erupting volcano, with magma and lava forming the walls of the maze. The maze starts in the upper left corner and the maze exits in the lower right corner. This maze goes with the maze of the letter V for the kids book, "Learn To A Maze" Which uses mazes to teach kids the alphabet. By Yonatan Frimer.

You can also find Fish Maze online at these links:

F is for Fish Maze

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Maze of a tropical fish. The brave swimmers of our planet's waters. Maze starts in the upper left corner and maze ends in the lower right corner, marked by the arrows. This maze goes with the maze of the letter F for the kids book, "Learn To A Maze" Which uses mazes to teach kids the alphabet. By Yonatan Frimer.

You can also find Fish Maze online at these links:

i is for igloo maze, by Yonatan Frimer

2011-01-10T17:22:00.000-08:00

I is for Igloo Maze

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Maze of an Igloo, the houses made of snow bricks that the eskimos make. The entrance of the maze is in the upper left corner, and the exit is in the lower right corner of the maze. This maze goes with the maze of the letter i for the kids book, "Learn To A Maze" Which uses mazes to teach kids the alphabet. By Yonatan Frimer.

Maze blog source for this post

Amazing maize maze in New Zeland, plus a few Yonatan Frimer Mazes and maze links thrown in

2011-01-10T08:14:00.000-08:00

I found this article about a maze in New Zeland that I wanted to share with you, my readers.

Below is the article mixed in with a few of my mazes with fun links of other mazes. I guess you can say is a maze of maze links of a reposted article about maize mazes that I wanted my maze fans to read about. Wow that was a tongue twister :)

this link on Karaka

Amazing Maze

When:

Tuesday 11th January, 10:00am – 5:00pm

Wednesday 12th January, 10:00am – 5:00pm

Thursday 13th January, 10:00am – 5:00pm

Friday 14th January, 10:00am – 5:00pm

Saturday 15th January, 10:00am – 5:00pm

Show all upcoming and past dates…

Where:

The Amazing Maze 'n Maize, 833 Kingseat Road, Karaka

Ticket Information:: Children:$8.00; Adults:$12.00; Family (2 + 2):$35.00

Websites:: www.maze.co.nz; www.spookers.co.nz; www.creepers.co.nz

The Amazing Maze 'n Maize is a giant maze cut into a paddock of maize (animal feed corn). The maze takes on average 45 minutes to complete. There are over 8 kms of paths, with bridges in the middle to get your bearings or to watch your friends from. Trivia and joke signs are placed throughout the mazes, and visitors can choose to make it a competition or just a walk in the corn.
There are 100 “Kernels of Knowledge” scattered throughout the maze, which relate this year’s new maze theme, Weird and Wacky.

Zebra maze by Yonatan Frimer

The Amazing Maze ‘n Maize has many games and activities to play once you find yourselves out of the maze, including a bouncy castle. Open 7 days a week until the end of April.
The maze is located adjacent to Spookers, at Kingseat, Karaka. There are other family friendly activities for children ages 8 years and older, such as Terror Tours of Spookers Haunted House, and Disturbia, the 3D mind blowing extravaganza.
Children 8 years and older can also come to Creepers, on Thursday nights during the school holidays.

— eventfinder.co.nz

Train Maze by Yonatan Frimer

Maze of a deer caught in the headlights by Yonatan Frimer

I grabbed this from this maze link

O is for Ostrich Maze by Yonatan Frimer

2011-01-10T04:00:00.000-08:00

O is for Ostrich Maze

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Maze of an ostrich, a very big flightless bird that is the largest bird in the world and is larger than an average human. The entrance of the maze is in the upper left corner, and the exit is in the lower right corner of the maze. This maze goes with the maze of the letter O for the kids book, "Learn To A Maze" Which uses mazes to teach kids the alphabet. By Yonatan Frimer.

Source page for this maze of an ostrich
Yonatan Frimer Maze art on Flickr
Maze art prints for sale by Yonatan Frimer
Maze blog
Another maze blog source

Penguin maze for the letter P maze in the book "Learn To A Maze" By Yonatan Frimer

2010-12-30T15:30:00.000-08:00

P is for Penguin - Maze of Penguin

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Maze of cute little penguin, a flightless bird that is found around Antarctica and the north pole. The entrance of the maze is in the upper left corner, and the exit is in the lower right corner of the maze. This maze goes with the maze of the letter P for the kids book, "Learn To A Maze" Which uses mazes to teach kids the alphabet. By Yonatan Frimer.

Some interesting links for y'all to check out:

Some fun facts from wikipedia about Penguins:

Penguins (order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae) are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the southern hemisphere, especially in Antarctica. Highly adapted for life in the water, penguins have countershaded dark and white plumage, and their wings have become flippers. Most penguins feed on krill, fish, squid, and other forms of sealife caught while swimming underwater. They spend about half of their lives on land and half in the oceans.

Although all penguin species are native to the southern hemisphere, they are not found only in cold climates, such as Antarctica. In fact, only a few species of penguin live so far south. Several species are found in the temperate zone, and one species, the Galápagos Penguin, lives near the equator.

Mill Meadows maze idea dubbed ‘lunacy’ - Henley Standard

2010-12-29T23:44:00.000-08:00

Mill Meadows maze idea dubbed ‘lunacy’

A MAZE could be created in Mill Meadows in Henley. It would have waist-high hedges and notice boards with information about the meadows, which are popular with visitors, and other places of interest in town.

On Tuesday, members of the town council’s recreation and amenities committee agreed to investigate the proposal and consider reinstating the putting green. Councillor Elizabeth Hodgkin called the maze a “lovely idea”.

“This could be one thought for celebrating the Queen’s jubilee,” she said.

But Councillor Barry Wood said the maze would just be a case of “filling spaces” and claimed that the council had previously used Mill Meadows for “dumping things”.

He said: “A maze is lunacy — it would be blocking an open space. I would like to see more open space and keep the ambience of Mill Meadows.”

Cllr Hodgkin responded: “The maze would not be built on the meadow but on a more feasible area.

“This particular space has been very difficult for us. We have tried a number of things such as a putting green there but it didn’t go well. Then we tried a picnic area but that didn’t go well either.

“I propose carrying out further investigation because it is worthy of it.”

Her proposal was seconded by Mayor Jeni Wood and passed by three votes to one with one abstention.

An earlier proposal to put a maze in Marsh Meadows was rejected by town councillors following an objection from Paul Mainds, chief executive of the River and Rowing Museum, and because it was an inappropriate location.

Read this article at it's source

Maze of Number Four (4) and Maze of Lucky Number Seven (7) by Yonatan Frimer

2010-12-29T16:28:00.000-08:00

Number Seven (7) Maze

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Maze of the number Seven (7) in a psychedelic half-tone that creates a great illusion. Maze starts in the upper left corner and ends in the lower right corner. Created by Yonatan Frimer

Number Four (4) Maze

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Maze of the number Four (4) Maze starts in the upper left corner and ends in the lower right corner. Created by Yonatan Frimer

Visit http://www.teamofmonkeys.com for more cool mazes

Check out some other Yonatan Frimer Maze Art Mazes:

Source for these mazes thanks to this source

Kangaroo Maze and Number One (1) Maze by Yonatan Frimer

2010-12-29T01:01:00.000-08:00

K is for Kangaroo - Maze of Kangaroo

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Maze of a leaping kangaroo, an animal that only lives in the areas near Australia. The entrance of the maze is in the upper left corner, and the exit is in the lower right corner of the maze. This maze goes with the maze of the letter K for the kids book, "Learn To A Maze" Which uses mazes to teach kids the alphabet. By Yonatan Frimer.

Number One (1) Maze

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Maze of the number One (1) Maze starts in the upper left corner and ends in the lower right corner. Created by Yonatan Frimer

Image info: (Line Drawing)

Check out Yonatan Frimer's Editorial Cartoon Maze Blog on The Jerusalem Post
Check out Mazes by Category on Team Of Monkeys . com
Check out some new and old hot mazes:

The Word "Maze" in the news....

Victims oppose Euro funding for Maze site

TWO victims' groups have hit out after it emerged that government has applied for £20m of European funding to develop the former prison buildings at the Maze.

A development corporation was set up in September to decide what to do with the site.

There are several options which include the relocation of the Balmoral Show and establishing a peace facility in the remaining buildings on the site where some of Northern Ireland's most infamous killers were once housed.

However two victims group have said they were "aghast" to discover that an application has been submitted to the EU for funding to establish a conflict transformation centre in the disputed buildings.

A core part of the proposal is the maintenance, preservation and future development of the former H-Blocks and hospital wing.

Director of Lisnaskea-based victims' group South East Fermanagh Foundation Kenny Donaldson has expressed his opposition to the plan.

"In recent weeks we have had OFMDFM's bosses announce that funding was being sought to develop a CTF at that site, so OFMDFM have presided over the non-delivery of a National Sports stadium but are now backing the development of a Conflict Transformation Facility/shrine to terrorism at that site.

"I, along with many from throughout the Northern Ireland community, am aghast at this turn of events.

"The vast majority of our society whether nationalist, unionist or otherwise are not opposed to the creation of a Peace Building Centre, which seeks to educate and inform the generations of today and tomorrow as to the folly of terrorism.

"What people have a problem with is; the building of such a centre on a site synonymous with evil and criminality."

The group Justice for Innocent Victims of Terrorism has also spoken out
"The former Maze Prison site will never be considered a neutral location for the innocent victims of terrorism," a spokesman said.

"In principle, we are not opposed to there being a peace centre developed in Northern Ireland, which genuinely examines the consequences terrorism has upon a society but we will not consent to such a centre being built at a location synonymous with Republican resistance and terrorism against our state."

The groups have set up a petition opposing the siting of the centre at the former prison.

Animal Mazes: Zebra Maze and Deer Maze - By Yonatan Frimer

2010-12-23T10:04:00.000-08:00

Maze of a Zebra amongst the stripes, by Yonatan Frimer

Maze of a shy zebra with his stripes against other stripes. Entrance of the maze is in the upper left corner and exit of the maze is near his mouth in the lower right corner.
Click for Maze Solution of Z is for Zebra Maze

Maze of deer caught in the headlights

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Maze of a deer caught in the headlights. Optical illusion psychedelic effects are caused by perpendicular lines to represent the shape of a deer. Causes the image to process in the brain longer and more memorable maze.

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Maze of a Walrus, by Yonatan Frimer

2010-12-22T14:42:00.000-08:00

W is for Walrus - Maze of Walrus

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Maze of a Walrus. Big tusks on these friendly creatures. Maze starts in the upper left forner around his right eye and exit of the maze is in the lower right corner right past his blubber and right tusk. This maze goes with the
for the kids book, "Learn To A Maze" Which uses mazes to teach kids the alphabet. By Yonatan Frimer.

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Yo Yo Maze and Raccoon Maze, by Yonatan Frimer

2010-12-21T03:04:00.000-08:00

Y is for Yo-Yo - Maze of a Yo-Yo

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Yo Yo Maze. Maze of a guy with a yo yo. This maze goes with the maze of the letter Y for the kids book, "Learn To A Maze" Which uses mazes to teach kids the alphabet. By Yonatan Frimer.

Maze of the letter Y, upper-case:

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R is For Raccoon - Maze of a Raccoon

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Raccoon Maze for the Letter R Maze. Part of a series for a book called, "Learn To A Maze" which uses image themed mazes to teach kids the alphabet and how to read. This maze of a raccoon goes next to the maze of the letter R. Created by Yonatan Frimer

Maze of the letter R:

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These mazes are from Yonatan Frimer's upcoming book, "Learn To A Maze". An edutainment booklet that teaches children (and adults!) the alphabet and simple reading using mazes. For more examples of Yonatan Frimer's mazes, visit Team Of Monkeys . com or Ink Blot Mazes . com

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Maze portrait of Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, by Yonatan Frimer

2010-12-14T08:32:00.000-08:00

Maze of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange

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Maze of Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange. Maze entrance is found in the upper left corner and the exit of the maze is in the lower right corner. Click the link for the solution to the maze if you can't solve it on your own. Created by Yonatan Frimer

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2010-11-05T05:48:00.000-07:00

Maze of the letter P, uppercase:

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Very swirly maze of the letter P. Maze starts in the upper left corner of the image and maze ends in the lower right corner. Click on the maze solution if you are unable to solve, but MUST know the solution. Created by Yonatan Frimer

Maze of the letter T, uppercase:

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Maze of the letter T composed of various blocks and alternating colors to create the illusion of the letter T. You might need to stare at this maze for a few moments before you notice the T. Entrance to the maze is in the upper left and exit to the maze is in the lower right. Created by Yonatan Frimer

Maze of the letter Q, uppercase:

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Various thickness lines to create the maze of the letter Q. The Alternating contrast of the lines creates the optical illusion of the letter Q. Maze starts in the upper left corner and ends in the lower right. Created by Yonatan Frimer

Maze of the letter J, uppercase:

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Loopy maze of swirl alternating in color to create the letter V, the 22nd letter in the alphabet. Maze entrance is in the upper left corner, and the maze exit can be found in the lower right corner, pointed out by arrows. Created by Yonatan Frimer

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Did Charlie Chaplin film a time traveller?

2010-10-30T10:01:00.000-07:00

Charlie Chaplin Time Traveller? Video created by George Clarke on how he noticed a strange person in some extra footage of a Charlie Chaplin video, a person who appears to be talking on a cell phone, in 1928! At first it might seem wierd, but the best and most logical explanation is that this is a time traveller with some form of communication device, which did not exist in 1928. Watch for yourself and decide...

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Maze art of the letter, E, F, H by Yonatan Frimer

2010-10-28T04:21:00.000-07:00

Maze of uppercase letter F:

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Yonatan Frimer maze of a capital F, as part of the "Learn To A Maze" series to teach kids the alphabet by using psychedelic mazes. Maze entrance is in the upper left corner and maze exit is in the lower right corner.

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Maze of uppercase letter E:

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Maze of the letter E. To solve the maze, find the entrance in the upper left corner of the maze and the exit in the lower right corner of the maze. Created by Yonatan Frimer

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Maze of uppercase letter H:

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Maze of the letter H. To solve the maze, find the entrance in the upper left corner of the maze and the exit in the lower right corner of the maze. Created by Yonatan Frimer

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Justin Bieber Maze Portrait by Yonatan Frimer

2010-10-24T10:58:00.000-07:00

Justin Bieber Maze Portrait

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Maze of Justin Bieber, the teenage pop-sensation that teenage girls go wild for. The maze starts in the upper left corner, and ends in the lower right. Should take you only a few minutes to solve this maze, which is also about how long it too Justin Bieber to become famous. Created by Yonatan Frimer

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Maze of 15th letter of the alpha-bet, Uppercase O, by Yonatan Frimer

2010-10-22T06:18:00.000-07:00

Maze of the letter O - Upper-Case

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Maze of the 15th letter in the English alphabet, the letter O. Using a centrally located vanishing point and alternating the shade of the lines in a chequered pattens, the illusion of the letter O is created in the maze. The optical illusion is caused by the mind's eye forcing the brain to recognise lines that are not completely there, yet exist in the maze. Maze entrance and exit are in the upper left and lower right corners.

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Maze of the letters X and N by Yonatan Frimer

2010-10-21T02:19:00.000-07:00

Maze of the letter X - Upper-Case
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Maze of the letter X, Upper-Case. This was a very complex maze to draw and I had to label the "bottom" of the maze to make sure I didn't draw it upsidedown! The maze entrance is in the upper left corner and the exit is in the lower right corner. X dazzles the maze, created by Yonatan Frimer

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Maze of the letter N - Upper-Case

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Maze of an over-sized uppercase letter N. This maze takes advantage of certain properties of optical illusions to give the effect of lines continuing, when in fact, they are just a trick on your eye. Created by Yonatan Frimer

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I'd Like To Maze A Vowel By Yonatan Frimer

2010-10-19T09:35:00.000-07:00

Maze of the letter A - Upper-Case

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Very psychedelic maze of an uppercase letter A. To solve the maze, find the entrance and exit located in the upper left and lower right corners of the maze and the path that connects them.
Created by Yonatan Frimer

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Psychedelic maze of a deer caught in the head lights by Yonatan Frimer

2010-10-17T03:43:00.000-07:00

Maze of deer caught in the headlights

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This is a maze of a deer caught in the headlights. The perpendicular lines that create the illusion of the deer are processed differently in the brain than a regular shape and you may find yourself thinking about this maze several times later on in the day. This is the mind attempting to process information that is common, but in a different way.
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The Last Maze The Mouse Sees By Yonatan Frimer

2010-10-14T14:32:00.000-07:00

Last Maze The Mouse Saw

John Lennon Maze - Happy 70th Birthday to the soul of John Lennon, by Yonatan Frimer

2010-10-08T06:07:00.000-07:00

Today, October 8th 2010 would have been the 70th birthday of John Lennon. The great singer and song-writer from the Beatles was shot in the 80's near his home in New York. I drew this maze using a technique that involves a ruler and a compass to created the psychedelic effect in the shadow areas.

John Lennon Psychedelic Maze Portrait

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Favorite Maze By Yonatan Frimer

2010-10-07T12:20:00.000-07:00

This is one of my favourite mazes that I have ever created. Its basically a merger of 3-d vanishing points and a bunch of monkeys jumping around all in a maze. It took me over 20 hours to complete this maze, and it is one of the most popular mazes that I have ever created. Click on the maze to view it in much greater detail.

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King Kong of Mazes

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Maze cartoon by Yonatan Frimer on Peace in the Middle East as a movie rerun

2010-10-01T01:34:00.000-07:00

Maze cartoon of peace in the middle east movie rerun
Maze cartoon by Yonatan Frimer of an empty movie theatre playing "peace in the middle east" and the audience exlaims, "haven't we seen this movie alread!"
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Middle East Peace Talks: Déjà Vu all over again all over again

Middle East peace talks to resolve the so-called Israeli-Palestinian crisis have been coming and going most of my adult life and I’m no spring chicken — free range or otherwise. And now here they are again! But this time, as opposed to all those other times, the AP’s Robert Burns informs us, “the stakes are high.” Well, yes… but maybe not in the way Burns intended.

What’s really going on here? Let’s do a thought experiment.

The last time a hopeful world got transfixed by this roundelay (although this time it might not be paying much attention anyway) was back at the tail end of the Clinton presidency when Bill was trying to untie this Gordian knot and win himself a Nobel Peace Prize. Those discussions began at Camp David in 2000 and dribbled on to Taba in early 2001 when it all went south with the Second Intifada and an Israeli election.

Tons of books and articles have been written about this, I’ve even read and forgotten a few, but I recall enough to know that a lot of ink was spilled about just what percentage of the Palestinian demands were acceded to by the Israelis. Some said as much as 98%, while others said more like 90, or maybe even a paltry 88.

Now here’s the thought experiment part. I’m assuming most of the readers here — in this case I’d wager 99% of you — have been in negotiations themselves. When you got 98% or even 88% of what you wanted, did you walk away and start a war… okay, just walk away? And if you did, why did you do that … when you were so close to making a deal? You could obviously hang around in negotiations and get most, if not all, of what you wanted....

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Caricature maze of Ahmadinejad's new drone, the 'Ambassador of Death' by Yonatan Frimer

2010-09-20T03:18:00.000-07:00

Maze cartoon caricature of Ahmadinejad's new drone.

Maze cartoon caricature of Ahmadinejad's new Ambassador of Death Drone with the Iranian president saying, "Our nuke program is for peaceful purposes ONLY...By the way, this is our new drone, the Ambassador of Death."
Created by Yonatan Frimer
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Iran Unveils 'Ambassador of Death' Unmanned Drone Bomber

TEHRAN, Iran – TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday inaugurated the country's first domestically built unmanned bomber aircraft, calling it an "ambassador of death" to Iran's enemies.

The 4-meter-long drone aircraft can carry up to four cruise missiles and will have a range of 620 miles (1,000 kilometers), according to a state TV report — not far enough to reach arch-enemy Israel.

"The jet, as well as being an ambassador of death for the enemies of humanity, has a main message of peace and friendship," said Ahmadinejad at the inauguration ceremony, which fell on the country's national day for its defence industries.

The goal of the aircraft, named Karrar or striker, is to "keep the enemy paralysed in its bases," he said, adding that the aircraft is for deterrence and defensive purposes.

The president championed the country's military self-sufficiency program, and said it will continue "until the enemies of humanity lose hope of ever attacking the Iranian nation."

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Hamas derailing the peace train, Yonatan Frimer maze cartoon

2010-09-17T04:47:00.000-07:00

Maze cartoon of Hamas derailing the peace train.

Maze cartoon of the middle east peace process getting derailed by Hamas.
Created by Yonatan Frimer
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Gaza militants launch rocket attacks in effort to derail peace talks By Catrina Stewart in Jerusalem

Short-range rockets and mortars rained on southern Israel yesterday as militants sought to derail the revived peace process on the second day of talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders.

Militants in Gaza, the coastal enclave controlled by Hamas, fired at least nine projectiles into Israel, causing no injuries. Israel responded with an air strike on Gaza, killing a 23-year-old Palestinian man.

The upsurge in attacks came during talks in Jerusalem, where Washington is pushing for a breakthrough in the peace process, launched a fortnight ago after nearly two years of stalled negotiations.

At the end of the second day, George Mitchell, the US envoy, sounded a cautious note of optimism, hinting that the two sides were making progress over the extension of a construction freeze in the Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.

"We continue in our efforts to make progress in that regard and believe we are doing so," Mr Mitchell told reporters after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met in Jerusalem.

"The two leaders are not leaving the tough issues to the end of their discussions," he added. "We take this as a strong indicator of their belief that peace is possible."

Ahead of a packed day of meetings, Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, had reiterated...(click here to read the full article source)

Edvard Munch The Scream and Sunset with birds by Yonatan Frimer

2010-09-12T14:05:00.000-07:00

Scream maze, by Yonatan Frimer

Maze of Edvard Munch "The Scream"

Maze of a Sunset with birds, by Yonatan Frimer

This one is hanging up in my house.

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Cartoon maze about Obama, Ground Zero, and Jerusalem. By Yonatan Frimer

2010-09-07T03:52:00.000-07:00

Maze cartoon about Obama's stance on the Ground Zero Mosque.

Maze cartoon by Yonatan Frimer about Obama's stance that the Ground Zero mosque should be built since no one should be restricted from building based on their religious beliefs, except he says the opposite when building in Jerusalem, which is a conflict in policy.
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Maze cartoon of a maze by Yonatan Frimer

2010-08-31T05:28:00.000-07:00

Maze cartoon of a maze of the stimulus funds application process.
Maze cartoon a maze representing the stimulus fund application process maze. The monkey character says, "Why is this just not working?!
By Yonatan Frimer
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Cartoonist 4 Hire - Editorial maze cartoonist, Yonatan Frimer, portfolio and resume

2010-08-25T05:27:00.000-07:00

Open letter to anyone who works at a newspaper:

Please forward this to the Editor-in-Chief or HR department at your newspaper.

I'm an editorial cartoonist and am interested in submitting my portfolio and resume for review by your newspaper.

Please have a look at my editorial cartoons and let me know if there are any freelance, part-time, or full-time positions at your paper that would make good use of my talents.

My portfolio and resume can be viewed at:
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If you'd like me to submit my works in any other format, please let me know.

Best,

Yonatan

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Maze cartoon of recession's effect on jobs, bullet thru queen of hearts, an illustration by Yonatan Frimer

2010-08-20T03:44:00.000-07:00

Maze cartoon of recession's effect on jobs, bullet thru queen of hearts, an illustration by Yonatan Frimer

Maze cartoon of a bullet cutting the queen of hearts, to represent the effect of the recession on jobs.
By Yonatan Frimer
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Worst joblessness statistics for nine months and gloomy manufacturing data send dollar and Wall Street tumbling

Shares plunged on Wall Street and the dollar fell sharply tonight after an increase in jobless claims and weak signals from industry prompted fears that the US is heading for a double-dip recession.

The Dow Jones index fell 200 points at one stage in morning trading in New York after the US labour department reported that 500,000 new claims for unemployment benefit were filed in the week ending 14 August – an increase of 12,000 on the previous week and the highest figure for nine months.

The already gloomy mood was compounded when the Philadelphia Fed, one of the Federal Reserve's 12 regional reserve banks, published its monthly health check on manufacturing in America's mid-Atlantic region. The survey, seen by Wall Street as a barometer of US industrial conditions, showed activity had contracted unexpectedly for the first time since July 2009.

President Barack Obama called on Congress to pass a bill providing support for small businesses, but Wall Street believes the threat to the world's biggest economy will also require action by the Federal Reserve to expand the money supply through its quantitative easing programme. James Bullard, president of the St Louis Fed, said tonight that the central bank would need to step up its purchases of bonds should the threat of deflation intensify.

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Maze cartoon of Lions, Tigers and Bears, OH MY! by Yonatan Frimer

2010-08-08T06:49:00.000-07:00

Maze cartoon of Lions, Tigers and Bears, OH MY!

Maze cartoon ofa tiger or lion roaring, an off panel characters says, "hey Roy, can you reach in there and get my car keys?"
By Yonatan Frimer
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Roy's tiger injury

On October 3, 2003, during a show at The Mirage, Roy Horn was bitten on the neck by a seven-year-old male tiger named Montecore. Crew members separated Horn from the tiger and rushed him to the only Level I trauma center in Nevada, University Medical Center. Horn was critically injured and sustained severe blood loss. While being taken to the hospital, Horn said, according to sources, "Don't shoot the cat!"

Horn was in critical condition for several weeks thereafter, and was said to have suffered a stroke and partial paralysis. Doctors removed one-quarter of his skull to relieve the pressure of his swelling brain during an operation known as a decompressive craniectomy. The portion of skull was placed in a pouch in Horn's abdomen in the hope of replacing it later. Horn was eventually transferred to UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California for long-term recovery and rehabilitation.

As of 2006, Horn was walking, assisted only by Fischbacher, and talking. To host Pat O'Brien on the television news program The Insider, he complained about his daily rehabilitation, "They are slave drivers over there. You'd think they are the KGB from Russia."

It is disputed whether or not the tiger intentionally attacked Horn. Montecore had been trained by Horn since he was a cub; he had performed with the act for six years. Fischbacher, appearing on the Larry King interview program, said Horn fell during the act and Montecore was attempting to drag him to safety, as a mother tigress would pull one of her cubs by the neck. Fischbacher said Montecore had no way of knowing that Horn, unlike a tiger cub, did not have fur and thick skin covering his neck and that his neck was vulnerable to injury. Fischbacher said if Montecore had wanted to injure Horn, the tiger would have snapped his neck and shaken him back and forth.

Former Mirage owner Steve Wynn (who hired the duo in 1990) told Las Vegas television station KLAS-TV the events were substantiated as described by Fischbacher. According to Wynn, there was a woman with a "big hairdo" in the front row who, he says, "fascinated and distracted" Montecore. The woman reached out to attempt to pet the animal, and Horn jumped between the woman and the tiger.

According to Wynn, Horn said, "Release, release," attempting to persuade Montecore to let go of his arm, and eventually striking the tiger with his microphone. Horn tripped over the cat's paw and fell on his back; stagehands then rushed out and jumped on the cat. It was only then, said Wynn, that the confused tiger leaned over Roy and attempted to carry Horn off the stage to safety. Wynn said that although the tiger's teeth inflicted puncture wounds that caused Horn to lose blood, there was no damage to his neck. Stagehands then sprayed Roy and Montecore with a fire extinguisher to separate the two.

A white tiger in the Mirage habitat.

Montecore was put into quarantine for ten days in order to ensure he was not rabid, and was then returned to his habitat at The Mirage. While Horn has requested that Montecore not be harmed, the incident may augur the end of exotic animal shows in which there are no barriers between tigers and audience members. Some animal rights activists, many of whom oppose the use of wild animals in live entertainment, sought to use the incident as a springboard for publicity, though few have ever accused the Siegfried & Roy show of mistreating animals.

The injury to Roy Horn prompted The Mirage to close the show indefinitely and to lay off 267 cast and crew members with one week's severance pay. While Fischbacher has said "the show will go on", a hotel spokesman told the production staff that they "should explore other career opportunities."

According to the Las Vegas Advisor, The Mirage will suffer financially, not just from the loss of $50+ million in annual ticket sales, but from having to forgo untold millions in sales of food, beverages, hotel rooms and the casino's gambling winnings. An MGM Mirage spokesman said losing Siegfried & Roy is a bigger hit to the Mirage brand than to its finances, because the entertainers are "practically the faces" of the hotel, and finding a new hotel brand or identity will be difficult.

In February 2009, the duo staged a "final" appearance with Montecore as a benefit for The Lou Ruvo Brain Institute. This performance was recorded for broadcast on ABC television's 20/20 program.The 10-minute program featured one of Siegfried & Roy's signature illusions, in which Siegfried and Montecore (now 12 years old) magically switched places from within separate, locked transparent enclosures.

On April 23, 2010, the duo officially said farewell to show business. “The last time we closed, we didn’t have a lot of warning,” said longtime manager Bernie Yuman. “This is farewell. This is the dot at the end of the sentence.”

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Maze cartoon of the WORST time to answer your cellphone by Yonatan Frimer

2010-07-27T10:51:00.000-07:00

Maze cartoon of the WORST time to answer you cellphone.

Maze cartoon of acrobats on the trapeze. The cellphone of one rings and he says, "ooooh! Hold on 1 sec, Linda, I really need to grab this call.
By Yonatan Frimer
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Maze cartoon of pizza delivery to the International Space Station by Yonatan Frimer

2010-07-24T15:03:00.000-07:00

Maze cartoon of pizza delivery to the International Space Station

Maze cartoon of the space shuttle and the international space station. The space shuttle has the words "Domino's" on it and the International Space Station exclaims, "Dude, that took way longer than 30 minutes! By Yonatan Frimer
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Maze cartoon of a patient on a rollercoaster track to healthcare reform by Yonatan Frimer

2010-07-21T08:32:00.000-07:00

Maze cartoon of a patient on a rollercoaster track to healthcare reform.

Cartoon maze of a patient on a rollercoaster track to healthcare reform, without the rollercoaster car.
By Yonatan Frimer
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Maze cartoon of nuclear horse race, with Iran catching up by Yonatan Frimer

2010-07-20T06:07:00.000-07:00

Maze cartoon of nuclear horse race, with Iran catching up.

Maze cartoon of horse in the nuclear race, with USA, Russia and France in the lead, and with Iran trailing but catching up. By Yonatan Frimer
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Iran will not back down in nuclear standoff: Ahmadinejad

QAZVIN - Iran will not step back an inch in its nuclear program, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in Qazvin on Monday.

No sanctions resolution can force Iran to relinquish its right to access to nuclear technology, he added.

The president stated that the imposition of sanctions on Iran has not only proven to be counterproductive but has actually helped the country consolidate its self-sufficiency.

Since they imposed sanctions on Iran in 2006, the country’s industrial exports have nearly tripled in Qazvin and some other provinces, he noted.

“If they step up their pressure now, our industrial complexes will be able to become competitive at the international level,” he added.

He also criticized .... (Read full article on Tehran Times)

Maze cartoon on volatility of stock markets. By Yonatan Frimer

2010-07-11T12:27:00.000-07:00

Maze cartoon on volatility of stock markets. By Yonatan Frimer

Maze cartoon of a bear and a bull in a room with a referee who says, "How about you run one day and the other runs the next day..." Created by Yonatan Frimer
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Earnings reports could spark summertime market rally

TORONTO — Investors could find a reason to extend last week's strong advance on North American stock markets if U.S. second-quarter corporate earnings, the first of which are expected Monday, live up to high expectations.

"If we can get some confirmation from the earnings and then the stocks rally on that, it will be a very good sign that we'll have a decent summer," said Blair Falconer, portfolio manager at HSBC Securities.

North American markets finished higher last week, with the TSX up 3.34 per cent and the Dow industrials ahead 5.28 per cent as bargain hunters moved in following big slides of over four per cent the previous week.

Projected profits rise as stocks fall

NEW YORK — Analysts are raising earnings estimates for U. S. companies at the fastest rate since at least 2004 during a quarter when stocks have posted some of their biggest losses in 16 months on concern that the economy will sink back into a recession.

Profit for companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index now are expected to jump 34 percent this year, according to more than 8,000 estimates compiled by Bloomberg. On March 29, the projected increase had been 27 percent. The revision is the greatest during any quarter in at least six years.

But lower-than-forecast home sales, manufacturing and private-sector job growth have sent the benchmark gauge for U. S. equities down 11 percent since hitting 1,217 April 23, despite last week’s rally.

Maze cartoon of Israel on the 4th of July By Yonatan Frimer

2010-07-11T01:24:00.000-07:00

Maze cartoon of Israel on the 4th of July. By Yonatan Frimer
Maze cartoon of Israel on 4th of July. As fireworks appear in the sky, one monkey says to the other, "Oh Wow! I didn't realize Israel has fireworks on July 4th!" The other responds, "Oh we don't, those are just rockets from Gaza."
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Qassam hits building in southern community

A Qassam rocket landed near a building in one of the communities in the Sdot Negev Regional Council early Wednesday, causing damage to a packing-house. There were no reports of injuries.

Avi Aptelboim, head of the community's emergency squad, reported that "a Color Red siren was sounded at around 4 am, followed by a rocket which landed inside the community, near the packing-house. The packing-house sustained heavy damage and it won't be operated today. There were no injuries, thank God."

"The rocket landed right next to the packing-house.
The equipment near the packing-house was damaged, and the building itself sustained damage from shrapnel," said one of the residents.

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Maze cartoon a Lamboghini racing down the road. Analogy of the economy by Yonatan Frimer

2010-07-07T13:14:00.000-07:00

Maze cartoon a Lamboghini racing down the road. Analogy of the economy. Created by Yonatan Frimer

Maze cartoon of a hot Lamborghini racing down the road. The car is labeled "Economy", it passes signs that read "Recession" and goes in the direction of the sign that reads, "GDP growth. As nails on the road are magnified to show they are labeled "Weak Euro", "BP oil spill" and "Unemployment rate"
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Obama: Economy Headed in Right Direction

President Barack Obama says the latest employment figures show the U.S. economy is headed in the right direction, but more needs to be done to put Americans without jobs back to work.

The U.S. economy lost 125,000 non-farm sector jobs during the month of June. That figure reflects the end of some 225,000 temporary U.S. census worker jobs.

The Labor Department reported a decline in the overall unemployment rate which dropped to 9.5 percent from 9.7 percent, the lowest level since 2009.

While the private sector gained 83,000 jobs, the figure was below levels from the previous two months.

President Obama recognized the mixed nature of the latest figures. He said they show the economy is headed in the right direction...(Read More)

Maze cartoons for first week of July 2010 by Yonatan Frimer

2010-07-07T08:39:00.000-07:00

Maze cartoon of a SR-71 Blackbird spy plane Created by Yonatan Frimer

Maze cartoon of SR-71 Blackbird spy plane with the Beatles song, "All we are saying, is give peace a chance" written on the side of the plane and peace signs coming out the engines. Created by Yonatan Frimer
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Cartoon maze on sniper sanctions against Iran fuel imports

Maze cartoon of snipers aiming a big gun marked USA/Iran sanctions as they take aim at the gasoline imports. Created by Yonatan Frimer
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Maze Cartoon of peace and war mongers in the middle-east

Maze cartoon of warmongers and peace mongers in the middle east. The peacemongers are all locals, voters, and people who actually live in the middle east. The warmongers are the press, newspapers and media. Created by Yonatan Frimer
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Maze Cartoon of the Afghanistan handoff between Petraeus and McCrystal.

Cartoon maze sports analogy of an NFL football handoff between Petraeus and McCrystal as generals for the war in Afghanistan. Created by Yonatan Frimer
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Maze Cartoon self-portrait of cartoonist Yonatan Frimer

Self portrait maze cartoon of cartoonist Yonatan Frimer
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Maze Cartoon of the Afghanistan hand-off between Petraeus and McCrystal by Yonatan Frimer

2010-07-01T09:53:00.000-07:00

Maze Cartoon of the Afghanistan hand-off between Petraeus and McCrystal.

Cartoon maze sports analogy of an NFL football handoff between Petraeus and McCrystal as generals for the war in Afghanistan. Created by Yonatan Frimer
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News on this cartoon's topic

Gen McChrystal removed

WASHINGTON - US PRESIDENT Barack Obama yesterday removed his top US commander in Afghanistan following a public flap over the general's controversial remarks to a magazine.

The unceremonious exit of General Stanley McChrystal injected greater uncertainty into the troubled war effort, taking place just as the United States was about to launch a major offensive in and around the key southern Afghan city of Kandahar, the stronghold of the Taleban.

Gen McChrystal, who derided the Obama administration and its handling of the war in Afghanistan in a lengthy profile in the Rolling Stone magazine, was summoned to the White House yesterday to explain his remarks.

After a 30-minute face-to-face meeting, Mr Obama said he accepted the resignation of the petulant general and relieved him of his command of US forces in Afghanistan. 'It was a difficult decision, it saddens me to lose a soldier who I've come to respect and admire,' said Mr Obama, noting that the decision was not prompted by the 'personal insult'.

'But war is bigger than any one man or woman. Difficult as this is, it is the right decision for our national security.'

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Maze Cartoon of a Predator Drone as the border of US and Mexico - By Yonatan Frimer

2010-06-30T00:28:00.000-07:00

Maze Cartoon of a Predator Drone as the border of US and Mexico

Maze cartoon of a predator drone in place as the border between the USA and Mexico. Created by Yonatan Frimer.
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US to Deploy Predator Drones Along Texas-Mexico Border

Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano has confirmed plans for the United States to deploy unmanned Predator drones to patrol the US-Mexico border in Texas. The United States currently has four drones patrolling the border with Mexico in Arizona and one in the northern border with Canada in the state of North Dakota. Napolitano made the announcement during a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Janet Napolitano: "I’m also proud to announce today that the Federal Aviation Administration has approved the use of CBP unmanned aircraft system flights along the Texas border and in the Gulf region...These types of flights aren’t useful everywhere, but in some places they’re part of the right mix of infrastructure, manpower and technology that improves border security."

Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano also unveiled new plans to increase government surveillance along the border by developing a system to begin photographing the license plates of every vehicle.

Janet Napolitano: "We’re partnering with the Office of National Drug Control Policy to implement Project Roadrunner, an automated license-plate recognition system. Project Roadrunner was conceived to target both north- and southbound drug trafficking and associated illegal activity along the Southwest border."

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Cartoon that is a maze of Middle East motorcycle speeding down the road of diplomacy in the direction of war, not peace. By Yonatan Frimer

2010-06-25T02:39:00.000-07:00

Maze Cartoon of motorcycle of the Middle East speeding down the diplomatic road in the direction of war, not peace. Created by Yonatan Frimer

Maze cartoon of a motorcycle lableled, "middle east" speeding down a road in the direction of war, and away from the direction of peace. Created by Yonatan Frimer
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Dark War Clouds Loom on Mid-East Horizon

by Herbert London 06/23/2010

The gathering storm in the Middle East is gaining momentum. War clouds are on the horizon and, as with conditions prior to World War I, all it takes for explosive action to commence is a trigger.

Turkey’s provocative flotilla—often described in Orwellian terms as a humanitarian mission—has set in motion a flurry of diplomatic activity, but if the Iranians send escort vessels for the next round of Turkish ships, it could present a casus belli.

It is also instructive that Syria is playing a dangerous game with both missile deployment and rearming Hezbollah. According to most public accounts, Hezbollah is sitting on 40,000 long-, medium- and short-range missiles and Syrian territory has served as a conduit for military material from Iran since the end of the 2006 Lebanon War.

Should Syria move its own scuds to (Click here to read the full article)

Maze Cartoon of Tony Hayward sailing around the Isle of Wight on "Bob" By Yonatna Frimer

2010-06-23T03:33:00.000-07:00

Maze Cartoon of Tony Hayward sailing around the Isle of Wight on "Bob"

Cartoon maze of Tony Hayward sailing around the Isle of Wight on his boat "Bob" while the Oil spill in the Gulf Of Mexico gets worse and worse. He exclaims, "Holy %#&*, this water is so much clearer than in the Gulf of Mexico." Created by Yonatan Frimer
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BP chief's weekend sailing trip stokes anger at oil company

Pictures of Tony Hayward yachting at the Isle of Wight billed as a PR nightmare and insulting to those affected by oil slick

Crew aboard the yacht belonging to BP chief executive Tony Hayward at the Isle of Wight. Photograph: Chris Ison/PA

Images of the beleaguered BP chief executive, Tony Hayward, attending a yacht race on the Isle of Wight, just 48 hours after a hostile interrogation by a US congressional committee on the Gulf Coast oil spill, have provoked sharp criticism on both sides of the Atlantic.

President Barack Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, condemned Hayward's attendance at the event as "part of a long line of PR gaffes and mistakes" on ABC television, adding: "I think that we can all conclude that Tony Hayward is not going to have a second career in PR consulting".

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Maze Of Monkeys jumping off a building in 3-D maze goodness

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« Back to Article Farmer looks to agritourism to save his business

2010-06-22T09:19:00.000-07:00

NEW MILFORD -- On Monday, farmer Dean Schultz finished planting corn seeds that will eventually grow and be landscaped into a haunted corn maze.

Since it opened in 2000, the Larson's Farm Market corn maze has become a local tradition.

The corn maze may also be an integral part of saving Schultz's livelihood. He is hoping he can use agritourism, or bringing visitors to the farm, to sustain the business originally started by his grandfather.

Schultz sells sweet corn to a local farmers market and is getting ready to open his own produce stand in a couple of weeks, but his main focus is expanding the agritourism part of the business.

He plans to have two mazes next year and perhaps start a garden where people can pick their own produce.

Schultz tried to start a community supported agriculture program, commonly referred to as a CSA, at the beginning of the season to bring in income. In a CSA, community members buy shares of the crops before the season starts. In return, they are given part of the yield every week during the growing season.

Initial interest was strong, Schultz said. More than 300 people inquired about joining.

"But when it came time to sign on the dotted line, we didn't get enough of a response," Schultz said. Only 40 people made a commitment, so Schultz has had to scrap the CSA idea for now.

"I don't see how anyone could survive on crop sales alone," said Stephen Paproski, who owns the 100-acre Castle Hill Farm in Newtown. "A third of our income comes from agritourism."

Agritourism has been growing for the last 10 years and has become more popular in the past five years, said Jane Eckert, the president of St. Louis-based Eckert Agrimarketing.

Agritourism can include all types of activities, from pick-your-own crops to hunting, Eckert said.

"When people step into our personal properties, they're willing to pay for the experience," Eckert said. "There is a growing category of people who have their weddings or large group picnics on farms. Farms have large spaces that can accommodate large numbers of people."

Castle Hill Farm has a maze, a hay ride, a pumpkin patch and bonfires in the fall. Paproski is a third-generation farmer, but the first who has had to turn to agritourism to survive.

Schultz is also a third-generation farmer. His grandfather owned Larson's Farm, where New Milford High School was built. Schultz now leases land because it is too expensive to buy. He used to farm the cornfields on Junction Road in Brookfield, until that property was sold to the Steiner family for development.

He is hesitant to invest too much money in his current farm, out of fear it will be sold as well.

"This is my last shot, but if this piece goes I'm done for sure," Schultz said.

Contact Vinti Singh at vsingh@newstimes.com or 203-731-3331.

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Maze of Monkey Illusion - 2009
Optical illusion maze caused by conflicting horizontal and vertical lines.

John Lennon Psychedelic Maze Portrait

Imagine All The Mazes

Maze Rushmore

Maze of Gilad Shalit Wearing Uniform and Rifle

Maze of Gilad Shalit wearing Uniform and Rifle

Cartoon Maze of Iranian & Turkish hands milk the flotilla ordeal by Yonatan Frimer

2010-06-20T02:19:00.000-07:00

Milking the flotilla ordeal for all it's worth;
Maze Cartoon by Yonatan Frimer

Cartoon maze of a cow being milked. The utters are labeled "Flotilla Ordeal" , the arms that squeeze the milk out are labeled "Iran" and "Turkey" and the pail that has the milk says on it "Got PR?" Created by Yonatan Frimer

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Joel HillikerColumnist

A Good Excuse to End a Bad Relationship

Israel could see what was coming. Before the convoy set sail, Israeli leaders pleaded with Turkish officials to stop it; they offered to allow the supplies to be delivered through an Israeli checkpoint. But Erdoğan’s government let it go anyway. Thus, Israel had no choice but to intervene directly. And those on the boat made sure it turned violent.

Now, Turkey is milking the event for all it’s worth. It accused Israel of state-sponsored terrorism. It compared the psychological impact of the incident on Turks to the 9/11 terrorist attacks on Americans. Turkish President Abdullah Gül called the Israeli raid a crime against humanity and said Israeli-Turkish relations will never be the same. Erdoğan labeled it a massacre. Turkish armed forces announced several cutbacks in cooperation with Israeli forces. The government also offered to supply Turkish naval protection for the next “aid” convoy to Gaza; “This would be, in effect, an act of war,” wrote Mark Steyn, “—more to the point, an act of war by a nato member against the State of Israel.”

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What do the Swedish Gaza activists hope to achieve?

.....Who actually profited from what happened? Well, most analysts agree that the biggest beneficiaries are the radical Islamists of the Middle East, notably Hamas, the terrorist organization which currently rules Gaza. Hamas won a major PR victory and gained valuable international legitimacy at the expense of moderate Palestinians and the Fatah leadership of the West Bank. Politically this is a boost for those Palestinians who object to peace negotiations with Israel, and prefer the more violent path of jihad, the so-called holy war against Israel and the non-Muslim world.

In Turkey, Islamist extremists are milking the incident to win easy points against secular and modernising forces. Iran is delighted that the world’s attention is being diverted away from its nuclear programme and arms deals with Hezbollah and Syria. As so often before in the Middle-East, the rhetoric of peace and freedom becomes a tool to strengthen despotic, terror-sponsoring regimes which scoff at both. This happened largely because, as Israeli author David Grossman put it, Israel acted like a puppet on strings pulled by a small fanatical Turkish organization......

Read the full article on The Local, a Swedish paper in English

Maze Of Monkeys jumping off a building in 3-D maze goodness

Mushroom Maze

Maze-a-delic by Yonatan Frimer

Maze proves that bigger bonus equals worse performance

2010-06-18T01:49:00.000-07:00

BUSINESS BOOKS-Bigger bonus, worse performance

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* Author says bonus pressure leads to poorer performances
* Bankers still convinced their skills deserve big pay

By Kristina Cooke

NEW YORK, June 17 (Reuters) - Around the turn of every year, bankers can think of only one thing: the size of their bonuses.

Even beyond bonus season, they run different scenarios and assumptions, trying to calculate their number.

This distracts them so much that the bigger the bonus at stake, the worse the performance, according to behavioral economist Dan Ariely, who lays out his theory in his new book "The Upside of Irrationality" (HarperCollins, $27.99).

"For a long time we trained bankers to think they are the masters of the universe, have unique skills and deserve to be paid these amounts," said Ariely, who also wrote the New York Times bestseller "Predictably Irrational."

"It is going to be hard to convince them that they don't really have unique skills and that the amount they've been paid for the past years is too much."

Ariely's findings come as regulators try to rein in Wall Street's bonus culture after the 2008 financial collapse. The financial industry argues it needs to pay large bonuses to attract and motivate its top employees.

In an experiment in India, Ariely measured the impact of different bonuses on how participants did in a number of tasks that required creativity, concentration and problem-solving.

One of the tasks was Labyrinth, where the participants had to move a small steel ball through a maze avoiding holes. Ariely describes a man he identified as Anoopum, who stood to win the biggest bonus, staring at the steel ball as if it were prey.

"This is very, very important," Anoopum mumbled to himself. "I must succeed." But under the gun, Anoopum's hands trembled uncontrollably, and he failed time after time.

A large bonus was equal to five months of their regular pay, a medium-sized bonus was equivalent to about two weeks pay and a small bonus was a day's pay.

There was little difference in the performance of those receiving the small and medium-sized bonuses, while recipients of large bonuses performed worst.

SHOCK TREATMENT

More than a century ago, an experiment with rats in a maze rigged with electric shocks came to a similar conclusion. Every day, the rats had to learn how to navigate a new maze safely.

When the electric shocks were low, the rats had little incentive to avoid them. At medium intensity they learned their environment more quickly.

But when the shock intensity was very high, it seemed the rats could not focus on anything other than the fear of the shock.

This may provide lessons for regulators who want to change Wall Street's bonus culture, Ariely said. Paying no bonus or smaller bonuses could help fix skewed incentives without loss of talent.

"The reality is, a lot of places are able to attract great quality people without paying them what bankers are paid," Ariely said. "Do you think bankers are inherently smarter than other people? I don't." (Reporting by Kristina Cooke; Editing by Daniel Trotta)

Rodent of the Week: How habits are formed

2010-06-14T12:44:00.000-07:00

Rodent of the Week: How habits are formed

June 11, 2010

When I was in high school, I had to drive a long distance on a freeway to get to school. After arriving, I often wondered how I got there. I didn't remember the drive or even thinking about driving.

This feeling is a common (and, yes, somewhat scary) experience that a group of neuroscientists think they can better explain. In an experiment with rats, researchers at MIT identified two distinct neural circuits in the brain that show distinct changes when the rats were learning to navigate a maze and, later, after they mastered the task.

The rats were placed in a maze that had chocolate sprinkles at the end. The activity in specific parts of their brains was analyzed as they learned the maze, which included a T-juncture where they had to stop and choose to turn right or left. The rats performed the maze repeatedly until they had learned it.

The study showed that one specific neural circuit became stronger with practice. A second neural circuit showed high activity occurring at times when the rats had to make a decision in the maze. But as they learned the maze, activity in this circuit declined. The task had become habitual.

So, arriving at school in one piece wasn't just a matter of luck. "It is good to know that we can train our brains to develop good habits and avoid bad ones," the lead author of the study, Ann Graybiel, said in a news release.

Understanding how specific regions of the brain change through learning could help in developing new treatments for brain-based diseases. The study was published Thursday in the journal Neuron.

-- Shari Roan

Photo credit: Advanced Cell Technology Inc.

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Mushroom maze

Maze of Mushrooms by Yonatan Frimer 2006

Maze Portrait of Albert Einstein.

"Genius Maze" - By Y. Frimer

Maze Cartoon of Erdogans comparison of Flotilla raid to September 11th.

Maze cartoon of Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan comparing the Flotilla raid to September 11th. Someone from the crowd asks how it would "stack up against the Armenian Genocide." Created by Yonatan Frimer
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Maze cartoons of news headlines for immediate release. By Yonatan Frimer

2010-06-14T04:09:00.000-07:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Released Monday, June 14th, 2010

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Maze Cartoon UN Bombing Iran with Sanctions By Yonatan Frimer

Cartoon maze of a UN fighter jet dropping bombed marked "Sanctions" on Iran, while he has other with the name of known targets and the pilot says, "If these don't work, then we drop the real ones!" Created by Yonatan Frimer
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Cartoon Maze Chemtrails Vs. Kassams By Yonatan Frimer

Maze cartoon contrasting the difference between USA and Israel. In the USA they complain about chemtrails in the sky, in Israel, they have Kassams. By Yonatan Frimer
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Maze cartoon of a week in the life of Helen Thomas By Yonatan Frimer

Maze cartoon of a week in the life of Helen Thomas. First she tells the Jews to go back to Germany, then says she is sorry, then quits her job.
Created by Yonatan Frimer
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Cartoon Maze: Sh*t My Son Tweets By Yonatan Frimer

Maze cartoon of The Dad of Sh*t My Dad Says saying, "The book ought to be called "Shit My Son Tweets" or "Twitters" or whatever young people call it. Created by Yonatan Frimer
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Cartoon Maze: Not the size of the boat... By Yonatan Frimer
Maze cartoon of Bibi Netanyahu and PM Erdogan in the mens room, sizing each other up. Erdogan has a scronful look on his face and defends, "It's not the size of the boat, it's the motion of the ocean" Created by Yonatan Frimer
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UN Bombs Iran with sanctions, Maze Cartoon by Yonatan Frimer

2010-06-12T21:12:00.000-07:00

U.N. imposes another round of sanctions on Iran

UNITED NATIONS -- After several months of grueling diplomacy, the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday imposed a fourth round of sanctions on Iran's military establishment -- a move that the United States and other major powers said should prompt the Islamic Republic to restart stalled political talks over the future of its nuclear program.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and the foreign ministers of allied nations asked the European Union's chief diplomat to pursue talks with Iran at the "earliest possible opportunity," and President Obama asserted that "these sanctions do not close the door on diplomacy."

"We think that the sanctions send a kind of message to the entire Iranian leadership, which.... (Read Source Article)

Cartoon Maze Chemtrails Vs. Kassam Rockets By Yonatan Frimer

2010-06-12T10:55:00.000-07:00

Cartoon Maze Chemtrails Vs. Kassam Rockets By Yonatan Frimer

Maze cartoon of two monkeys talking about the skies in the USA and in Israel. In the USA there are "Chemtrails from who knows what" and in Israel their are Qassams that "We know are from Gaza" Created by Yonatan Frimer
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Illustrated Maze Cartoons

Maze Book Review, Mazes To Amaze by Yonatan Frimer

Mazes to Amaze, the latest book of mazes by Yonatan Frimer, Tarquin Publications

Awesome mazes of all types.

Cartoon Maze: Not the size of the boat... By Yonatan Frimer

Maze Kong - Ink on Paper

Hallucamazenic Maze-A-Delic - Ink On Paper, Winter 2006, by Y. Frimer

The Frimer Coriolis Maze

Coriolis Effect Maze - Tornado Forming

Top four-teen places to download the Twisted and Wraped Maze

Chaos Maze of Optical Illusion by Yonatan Frimer

Chaos

‘Lost’ maze revealed in Buckinghamshire

Jewish Pride Maze by Yonatan Frimer

Jewish Pride Maze by Yonatan Frimer

Top Twelve Ways to Download the Jewish Pride Maze

Pulsating Diamond Maze and Maze Solution - Optical illusion Mazes by Yonatan Frimer

Awesome Optical Illusion Mazes by Yonatan Frimer

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Quarter Maze | Monkey Maze | Night Maze | by Yonatan Frimer

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Mazes by Yonatan Frimer includeing Stop Sign Maze, electricity Maze and Union Maze

January 2011 Mazes: Jump, Car, X-Ray, and Doctor Mazes by Yonatan Frimer

Fish and Volcano Mazes, For the Learn To A Maze Book by Yonatan Frimer

V is for Volcano Maze

F is for Fish Maze

i is for igloo maze, by Yonatan Frimer

I is for Igloo Maze

Amazing maize maze in New Zeland, plus a few Yonatan Frimer Mazes and maze links thrown in

I found this article about a maze in New Zeland that I wanted to share with you, my readers.

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Amazing Maze

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Tuesday 18th January, 10:00am – 5:00pm

Wednesday 19th January, 10:00am – 5:00pm

Thursday 20th January, 10:00am – 5:00pm

Friday 21st January, 10:00am – 5:00pm

Saturday 22nd January, 10:00am – 5:00pm

Sunday 23rd January, 10:00am – 5:00pm

Monday 24th January, 10:00am – 5:00pm

Tuesday 25th January, 10:00am – 5:00pm

Wednesday 26th January, 10:00am – 5:00pm

Thursday 27th January, 10:00am – 5:00pm

Friday 28th January, 10:00am – 5:00pm

Saturday 29th January, 10:00am – 5:00pm

Sunday 30th January, 10:00am – 5:00pm

Monday 31st January, 10:00am – 5:00pm

Tuesday 1st February, 10:00am – 5:00pm

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