Monday, May 31, 2010

Politcal Maze Cartoons for Publication, By Yonatan Frimer

For immediate release -

May 31st, 2010 -

The link below contains 5 (five) maze cartoons on this weeks headlines that you may freely publish in your newspaper and/or website. They are pretty funny and each one is also a maze. Check it out...

http://teamofmonkeys.com/press

This week's maze cartoon topics:
* Politicians and lie detector.
* Sarah Ferguson and bribes.
* Arizona immigration law.
* Turkey-Iran nuclear fuel swap.
* Dow Jones.

Again, the link to get these at is http://teamofmonkeys.com/press

Maze cartoons are an "interactive" way to entertain your audience, even on a printed or static page. The cartoon aspect captures current events, while the maze aspect captures the reader to interact with the image for a few moments. Try it for no cost and watch how your audience loves it.


Contact: Yonatan Frimer
Phone: +972-545-683-040
email: yfrimer@yahoo.com
website:http://teamofmonkeys.com
URL for this weeks cartoons: http://teamofmonkeys.com/press

***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE***

Released Monday, May 31st, 2010

You may print or publish these cartoon mazes.

  • Each of these cartoons is also a maze, entrance/exits marked by arrows.
  • Links to printable version and the solutions are under each cartoon.
  • Please attribute to Yonatan Frimer and RSL.
  • Yonatan Frimer is available for hire as a freelance cartoonist, fore more info click here.

Cartoon Maze Lie Detector Electricity, by Yonatan Frimer

Maze cartoon of lie detector and erdogan, sarkozy, netanyahu and medvedev

Cartoon maze of Sarah Ferguson thinking about taking money out from a bear trap which is labeled "News Of The World" and says, "I am going to try and grab it, Hopefully it's not a trap." Created by Yonatan Frimer
Click here for a printable, hi-res version of this maze
Click here or on the image for the solution to the maze.




Cartoon Maze of Sarah Ferguson taking bribes.
Cartoon maze of Sarah Furguson taking a bribe from a trap.
Cartoon maze of Sarah Ferguson thinking about taking money out from a bear trap which is labeled "News Of The World" and says, "I am going to try and grab it, Hopefully it's not a trap." Created by Yonatan Frimer
Click here for a printable, hi-res version of this maze
Click here or on the image for the solution to the maze.




Editorial Maze Cartoon on Arizona Immigration laws.
Arizona immigration laws maze cartoon
Cartoon maze editorial bunch immigrants sneaking into America. Leader tells them "We are almost there folks, make sure you have plenty of water and get your fake birth certificate from Sanchez before the border." As they stand near a road with a sign that says, "Arizona 50 Miles." Created by Yonatan Frimer
Click here for a printable, hi-res version of this maze
Click here or on the image for the solution to the maze.




Editorial Maze Cartoon on Turkey Giving Iran Nuclear Fuel Rods.
Turkey Fuel Rods to Iran Maze Cartoon
Cartoon maze editorial of a turkey reading the newspaper with the headline, "Turkey to supply Iran with fuel rods." The turkey has a sad face and says, "Lets hope I can make enough nuclear fuel rods by Thanksgiving." Created by Yonatan Frimer
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Editorial Cartoon Maze on a Dow Jones Airline, by Yonatan Frimer
Dow Jones Airlines Maze Cartoon
Cartoon maze editorial of an airplane, labled Dow Jones that has sand bags on its wings and tail and the sand is leaking out an labeled, "Glitch, EU, Greece and Reform" the co-pilot exclaims, "Sir! We are losing altitude! We gotta keep above 10,000 to avoid a crash!" Created by Yonatan Frimer
Click here for a printable, hi-res version of this maze
Click here or on the image for the solution to the maze.


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To contact the artist, Yonatan Frimer, please email yfrimer@yahoo.com
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

'The Mirror Maze' Review – Ow, My Brain Hurts

'The Mirror Maze' Review – Ow, My Brain Hurts

posted by Eli Hodapp on May 25th, 2010 4:34 AM EDT in $0.99, Games, Puzzle, Reviews, iPhone games, iPod touch games

Re-posted by Yonatan Frimer

Last weekend, Assyria Games' unleashed The Mirror Maze [$1.99] on the App Store. Like any good puzzle game, the entire premise of The Mirror Maze can be explained in a single sentence: Control a red and a green ball, and get each of them in to their matching color zones on the other side of the screen.

This goal is accomplished by touching where you want the red ball to go. The green ball then goes in the opposite direction. The first few levels are very easy, and it doesn't take you long to understand the remarkably simple concept of the game. This is the exact moment that The Mirror Maze starts throwing increasingly difficult mazes at you which require a surprising amount of brain power to complete once the levels advance to the point of not being symmetrical at all.

Not only do the mazes become completely asymmetrical, but they eventually start being composed of both moving barriers and the warp gates seen above which act like little portals warping your ball between them. All of these obstacles must be successfully avoided using a single input for both balls, and it's really surprising how much thought goes in to figuring out the movements of both balls using a single touch input.

The Mirror Maze has online leaderboards powered by Agon, and while there are currently only 36 levels included in this version of the game, the following gameplay trailer makes mention of more levels coming soon:

There have been a ton of maze games released on the iPhone, but few offer much variation on just getting a single ball to the end of a maze. It would be nice if there were more levels, and there is an odd pause as mazes reload upon each retry (of which there will likely be many), but The Mirror Maze is worth trying just to see how difficult it can be to not only avoid obstacles with the ball with regular controls but also constantly thinking in reverse while you manage the other ball.

App Store Link: The Mirror Maze, $1.99

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Top Ten Maze Cartoons of May By Yonatab Frimer

Top Ten Maze Cartoons by Yonatan Frimer for May 2010.


Want to check out some more extremely cool mazes? These links are for you!
Political Maze on Go Comics - Sign up for daily maze cartoons
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Maze Cartoon of all of Obama's eggs in the wrong basket.

All the eggs in the wrong basket
Editorial Cartoon maze on the Obama Administration's modus operandi of putting all their eggs in the "Campaign Promises" basket and none in the "Strategic Decision" basket. Created by Yonatan Frimer
Click here for a printable, hi-res version of this maze
Click here or on the image for the solution to the maze.



Maze Cartoon of your job on drugs, I mean financial reform.
This is your brain on financial reform
Editorial Cartoon maze poking fun at the 1987 commercial "This is your brain on drugs" by making the egg "jobs" and the frying pan is financial reform. Any questions? Created by Yonatan Frimer
Click here for a printable, hi-res version of this maze
Click here or on the image for the solution to the maze.
Maze Cartoon of Steve Jobs Getting Flashed, by Yonatan Frimer

steve jobs fear of flash maze cartoon

Editorial Cartoon maze of Steve Jobs getting flashed and he thinks to himself, "Avoid anything that is relatable to this incident, even just by name" Created by Yonatan Frimer
Click here for a printable, hi-res version of this maze
Click here or on the image for the solution to the maze.

Cartoon maze of how the Tea Party started. By Yonatan Frimer

how the tea party started maze

Cartoon maze editorial of a bunch of sheep in a field. One sheep stands up and exclaims, "I will no longer be a follower!" The rest of the flock yells, "Me too!" and the group in the front explaim "If this catches on, we got to get that fox on board."
Can't solve the maze? Click here for the maze solution



Good year to be a Cameron, cartoon maze:
James and David Cameron
Cartoon maze editorial both David Cameron, the new prime minister of England and of James Cameron, who produced and directed Avatar, a movie that has broken many records for generating the most revenue. 2010 sure is a good year if your last name is Cameron.
Can't solve the maze? Click here for the maze solution


Maze Cartoon - Effects of Human Error on Stock Market

human error in stock market maze cartoon
Maze cartoon editorial showcasing how stocks are effected by human error, buy having a bull represent stocks and a cowboy wrangling him to represent human error.
Can't solve the maze? Click here for the maze solution




The all new electric hummer, h3

hummer hybrid electric

Editorial maze cartoon of the all new Electric Hummer. No longer will Humvees and Hummers be called gas guzzlers. Now they are better for the environment than a Toyota Prius.
Can't solve the maze? Click here for the maze solution


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gulf and Golf with Tiger Woods
Editorial maze cartoon of Tiger Woods in the Gulf, the crewman apologizes for the mix up, says "We need a GULF clean up"
Can't solve the maze? Click here for the maze solution




Cartoon maze of Lustiger and Fahd in Paris
Editorial maze cartoon of a conversation between King Fahd and Jean-Marie Lustiger on having a grand mosque built in Paris. Lustiger replies, "Sure, just as soon as I can build a grand cathedral in Mecca."
Can't solve the maze? Click here for the maze solution


BP Maze disaster - Cartoon Maze
BP oil spill cartoon maze

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Thursday, May 6, 2010

Maze cartoon editorial of the gulf oil spill by BP

BP Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico - Maze Cartoon

BP oil spill cartoon maze


Editorial maze cartoon showing the location of the BP oil spill and how it's been used to establish their name. By Yonatan Frimer


Next Maze >>

The topic of this Maze Cartoon in the news:

Timeline of BP Oil Disaster

A Timeline of the BP Oil Spill Crisis [Pics]

The BP Oil Spill is shaping up to be the biggest black swan in a while. In case you missed the details, here is the Cheat Sheet:

April 20: Transocean’s (NYSE: RIG) Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes off Louisiana coast. The Coast Guard responds with a search-and-rescue mission. More than 100 workers are rescued. Eleven workers missing and presumed dead.

April 21: Deputy Interior Secretary David Hayes is dispatched to the Gulf to coordinate the government’s response.

April 22: The rig sinks. President Obama briefed in the Oval Office by members of his Cabinet and other advisers, including Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and economic adviser Larry Summers. The government is monitoring the spill, but the focus is still largely search and rescue.

April 23: Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry says no oil appears to be leaking from the undersea wellhead or at the water’s surface.

April 24: Leak reported; oil is estimated to be leaking at the rate of 1,000 barrels a day.

April 29: Coast Guard says leak may be five times greater than earlier estimate: 5,000 barrels a day. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal declares state of emergency. Napolitano declares this a “spill of national significance,” allowing additional resources to flow to the Gulf from around the country.

April 30: Napolitano and Salazar visit the Gulf region. Obama says he continues to believe in increased domestic oil production but adds it must be done “responsibly” to protect both workers and environment.

May 1: Allen, the Coast Guard commandant, is named national incident commander.

May 2: Obama visits Coast Guard station in Venice, La. Federal government bans fishing for at least 10 days in a large swath of the Gulf between the mouth of the Mississippi River and Pensacola Bay.

May 3: BP CEO Tony Hayward tells NPR his company will pay for the cleanup and any “legitimate” legal claims.

(Source: NPR)



Monday, May 3, 2010

What New START Treaty is this maze about?

New START Treaty - Cartoon Maze: maze cartoon new start treaty by Yonatan Frimer

Editorial Cartoon Maze on the New START Treaty, aimed at reducing the stockpiles of nuclear weapons to "only" 1,550 by 2017.

Click here for the maze in larger, printable format
Can't solve the maze? Click here for the maze solution

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Latest Political Cartoon Maze
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Maze Cartoon topic in the news:

United States Moves Rapidly Toward New START Warhead Limit

By Hans M. Kristensen

The United States appears to be moving toward early implementation of the New START treaty signed with Russian less than one month ago.

The rapid implementation is evident in the State Department’s latest fact sheet, which declares that the United States as of December 31, 2009, deployed 1,968 strategic warheads.

Current pace of U.S. strategic warhead downloading could reach New START limit in 2010.


The New START force level of 1,550 deployed strategic warheads is not required to be reached until 2017 at the earliest. But at the current downloading rate, the United States could reach the limit before the end of this year.

Since the signing of the Moscow Treaty in 2002, the United States has removed an average of 490 warheads each year from ballistic missiles and bomber bases, for a total of approximately 3,436 warheads. There are now only a few hundred strategic warheads left at U.S. bomber bases, with most of the deployed warheads concentrated on ballistic missiles.

The last time the United States deployed less than 2,000 strategic warheads was in 1956. The peak was nearly 12,790 deployed strategic warheads in 1987.

The rapid downloading of U.S. strategic forces illustrates....(read more)

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Thursday, April 29, 2010

Dream a Little Dream of Recall - Those who dream about mazes solve them better

Dream a Little Dream of Recall

As the sleeping brain builds memories it generates dreams about recently learned material

Click here for source article

By Bruce Bower, Science News

People who have nap-time dreams about a task that they’ve just practiced get a big memory boost on the task upon awakening, Harvard researchers report.

Those who dream about anything else have no such enhanced recall, the team reports in a paper published online April 22 in Current Biology. Neither do those who stay awake, even if they think about the task.

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“I was startled by this finding,” says study coauthor Robert Stickgold, a cognitive neuroscientist at Harvard Medical School. “Task-related dreams may get triggered by the sleeping brain’s attempt to consolidate challenging new information and to figure out how to use it.”

His new findings elaborate on research suggesting that sleep generally enhances memory and learning (SN: 4/28/07, p. 260).

Dreaming about a demanding undertaking doesn’t cause enhanced memories for that experience, Stickgold emphasizes. Rather, memory-fortifying brain processes during sleep cause the dreams, he proposes. During slumber, Stickgold posits, a structure called the hippocampus integrates recently learned information, such as how to navigate a virtual maze, while other brain regions apply this information to related but broader situations, such as how to navigate a maze of job application forms.

That’s a “tempting speculation,” remarks physiological psychologist Jan Born of the University of Lübeck in Germany. Stickgold’s idea has much potential for fostering advances in dream research, Born says.

Stickgold’s group focused on dreams that occur during non–rapid eye movement, or NREM, sleep. Previous studies found links between chemical and electrical activity in the brain during NREM sleep and better learning by rats and people. Neural activity sparked by recent learning has not been observed during rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep, which often includes especially vivid and bizarre dream elements.

In the new investigation, 99 college students age 18 to 30 spent an hour practicing a virtual maze task on a computer. In a series of trials, volunteers navigated through a complex, three-dimensional maze, starting from a different spot each time. They were instructed to remember the location of a particular tree in the maze.

For the first 90 minutes of a five-hour break from practicing, students were assigned either to take a nap or to engage in quiet activities such as watching videos.

Nappers’ electrical brain activity was monitored with scalp sensors. Experimenters questioned the students about their dreams just before they fell asleep, after one minute of continuous NREM sleep and at the end of the nap period. Volunteers who stayed awake recounted their thoughts at the start, middle and end of the 90-minute session.

After lunch and a period of quiet activity, participants reentered the virtual maze at random spots and were asked to find the tree that they had previously tried to remember.

Those who had dreamed of the experimental task — four of 50 nappers — found the tree much faster than they had in initial trials. These individuals described dreams such as seeing people at particular locations in a maze or hearing music that had played in the lab during testing.

All of the volunteers who dreamed about the maze had performed relatively poorly during pre-nap training, Stickgold notes. Memory processes invoked by the sleeping brain may respond most strongly to challenges perceived as difficult and important to solve, he suggests.

Stickgold’s group is now designing a more exciting maze task intended to elicit task-related dreams in a larger proportion of volunteers.

The researchers also plan to examine whether people who have REM dreams about a maze task during a full night’s slumber navigate that maze better the next day.

In The Popes Defence - Maze Cartoon by Yonatan Frimer and RSL

In defence of the Pope - Cartoon Maze
cartoon maze pope vatican
Editorial Maze Cartoon "In Defence of the Pope"

The Pope's defence in Child Sex Scandal
CS- Pope Response
Pier Paolo Cito / AP Photo

The buck may stop with the previous pope, if Pope Benedict XVI's defence is accurate. As fresh child sex abuse scandals rock the Vatican, The Washington Post reports that the current pope is going on the offensive with a media blitz in anticipation of Easter Sunday. This week...(READ MORE)

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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Monday, April 19, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Editorial cartoons on the middle east, Obamacare and Iran

***For Immediate Release***

April 19, 2010 - Tel Aviv, Israel - Cartoonist Yonatan Frimer has released a handful of editorial cartoons to help drum up publicity of his upcoming book. These cartoons may be published for no charge for editorial purposes.

Each of the cartoons is actually also a solvable maze, making them one of the few "interactive" forms of media that can be printed in traditional newspapers.

The cartoons can be viewed and downloaded at http://teamofmonkeys.com/press

About Team Of Monkeys
Team Of Monkeys is a cartoon created by Yonatan Frimer and RSL, two highly creative professionals that have made a living by poking fun at the ironies of society. In addition to carrying a complex message within the cartoons, each of the images is also a solvable maze, a feature that makes them ideal for reversing the declining market share of traditional newspapers. Both Frimer and RSL are based in Israel and have conflicting political views, making them able to cater to both the left, center and right political leanings.

Contact:
Yonatan Frimer, Cartoonist
email:yfrimer@yahoo.com
phone: +972-545-683-040
URL: http://teamofmonkeys.com/press

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Maze and Solution: Bluetooth, Doctors, and Chainsaw Team of Monkeys, by Yonatan Frimer and RSL

Team Of Monkeys Lumberjacks Maze.
Arrows mark the entrance and exit to the maze.


Team Of Monkeys Maze By Y.Frimer & RSL
Chainsaw  monkeys maze, cutting down a tree
Maze of Lumber jack monkeys
Maze of a team of monkeys for:
Bluetooth and voice recognition technology
Arrows mark the entrance and exit to the maze.


Team Of Monkeys Maze By Y.Frimer & RSL
STOM Research maze of a team of monkeys for  bluetooth and voice recognition technology
Maze of a team of monkeys for bluetooth and voice recognition technology
Team Of Monkeys MD - Cardialogy Monkeys

Team Of Monkeys Maze By Y.Frimer & RSL
doctor monkeys,  paramedics defibrilator by Yonatan Frimer and RSL
Team of monkey doctors, jump starting a human patient

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Alfardan Group opens the first maze Gordon Ramsay in the Middle East on the Pearl-Qatar

  • First maze restaurant in the Middle East promises ‘European cuisine with an Asian twist’

  • maze Gordon Ramsay welcomes guests for lunch and dinner, seven days a week



11 March 2010: Alfardan Group welcomed international restaurateur and three Michelin Star celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay to Doha to celebrate the opening of the first maze Gordon Ramsay restaurant in the Middle East on the lavish Pearl-Qatar.

Mr. Omar Alfardan, President of Alfardan Group, joined Ramsay and a host of local dignitaries for maze’s grand opening event, as Qatar’s elite enjoyed a fine dining experience amid the Pearl-Qatar’s magnificent marinas and island views of an Arabian Rivera with architectural settings inspired by Tuscan, Moroccan, Italianate and Andalusian designs.

“We are delighted to introduce the first maze Gordon Ramsay to the Middle East. maze is a thriving international brand and the Pearl-Qatar is the perfect setting for a restaurant offering Gordon Ramsay’s renowned cuisine. This alliance emphasizes Alfardan Group’s long-term strategy of collaborating with leading innovative brands. We are looking forward to a solid partnership,” commented Mr. Omar Alfardan, President of Alfardan Group.

Guests can expect a luxurious and stylish dining experience within the modern and uniquely designed restaurant. Modeled on the Michelin starred maze and maze grill in London, maze Gordon Ramsay Doha’s impressive show kitchen, at the heart of the restaurant is led by Executive Chef, Rob Daniels. The menu – designed by Gordon Ramsay – breaks with the formal traditions of European cuisine by adopting Asian influences in tasting-size dishes, perfect for sharing.

With dishes prepared using the finest local and international ingredients, maze Gordon Ramsay welcomes guests for lunch and dinner seven days a week to enjoy signature dishes including starters grilled Gulf macquerel, daikon cress, various radishes, tartare of yellow fin tuna, ponzu dressing and avocado. Main courses feature shoulder of slow-cooked Rivarina lamb, flavoured with garlic, asfar, zaatar and sauce epice and roasted hammour served with a Provencale board and garlic aioli. maze guests can choose from a selection of delicious desserts including Valrohna chocolate fondant, salt caramel sauce, peanut butter ice cream, pink peppercorn macaroon, roasted pineapple and white chocolate ice cream.

Comfortably seating 70 guests inside the modern décor restaurant and a further 90 on the opulent terrace, maze is also the perfect setting for exclusive events and private functions.

maze Gordon Ramsay on the Pearl-Qatar includes Doha in the elite collection of exclusive maze restaurants alongside London, New York, Cape Town and the soon-to-open maze Melbourne.

Known around the world for presenting TV cookery and food programs such as Hells’ Kitchen and Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares, Gordon Ramsay OBE is the pre-eminent British chef and television personality of our generation. Ramsay’s restaurants have been awarded a total of 15 Michelin Stars and he and is one of only three chefs in the United Kingdom to hold a coveted three Michelin Stars.
Commenting on the launch, Gordon Ramsay said: “I am extremely excited about the launch of maze Doha and the beginning of what will become a long-standing relationship with Alfardan Group.

maze Gordon Ramsay is located at Parcel 1, Porto Arabia on The Pearl-Qatar. For reservations 495 3876 extension 1431 or +9747171212 or email maze@alfardan.com.qa for more information.

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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Mazes of a Rose, Karl Marx, Ataturk and Lennon, By Yonatan Frimer

Maze of a rose - Flower Maze
Maze of a rose
Don't forget to water your mazes.

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Mazes of the World, UNITE
Maze portrait of Karl Marx
Karl Marx Maze communism
Communist Maze-festo
Workers of the world UNITE! You have nothing to lose but your chains

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Kemal Mustafa Ataturk - Maze
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
Peace at home, peace in the world - Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

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John Lennon Psychedelic Maze Portrait
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Imagine All The Mazes

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