One of the leading artists included logos for the tech giants on a two-metre tall statue of the Garuda -- a half-bird-half-human creature in Hindu and Buddhist mythology -- as a way of paying tribute to Bhumibol's embrace of technology.
But their inclusion sparked a backlash when photos of the statue were published online, prompting their removal and an apology from the artist.
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
"Apple, Facebook and Google logos have been removed from a giant statue of a mythical beast that will stand inside the sprawling cremation complex being built for Thailand's late king"
Yahoo:
"Outside of the U.S., the Smiley Company owns the trademark on the [yellow smiley face] in 100 countries"
"Why DC Comics can’t use the most iconic Watchmen image outside of America"
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
"Meet the 'Dungeons & Dragons' Players Who Make a Living Running Games"
Glixel:
Securing a seat in Armstrong's tabletop campaigns cost $100 per month. He is, without a doubt, one of the most in-demand professional game masters on the internet. Gamemasters are responsible for directing the adventures and storylines that weave through RPGs like Dungeons & Dragons and Pathfinder – they’re the people who decide when and where the scorpions emerge from the sand dunes. Armstrong is talented enough that his Patreon rakes in $3,300 a month, which meshes nicely with the 87,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel. For $2,000, he's willing to fly to your city and host an in-person session with you and your friends, but most of his business happens in the fellowship of Google Hangouts.
"Mylan Chairman Received Nearly $100 Million Last Year"
"Mylan disclosed that its chairman received nearly $100 million last year, among the largest pay packages disclosed this year for any public company, even as the drugmaker was buffeted in 2016 by a public furor over hefty price increases on its lifesaving EpiPen."
"Casting JonBenét, my favorite film at this year's Sundance"
MTV:
At first, Casting JonBenét feels like a prank. There is no movie; or rather, the auditions are the movie. The actors are lousy, eager to please, and, like the tabloids, judgmental about Patsy and John Ramsey tarting up their daughter to turn her into a star. Patsy must have been “a royal bitch of a mother,” speculates a guy in a Santa costume. (A Santa impersonator was one suspect on the 1,600-person list topped by the Ramseys themselves and their 9-year-old son, Burke.) Yet these hypocritical men and women and stage parents are selling themselves, and their children, to Green. She opens on a shot of eight would-be JonBenéts in polka dots and ponytails scrambling for a seat.
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The media thought Patsy and John acted suspiciously. But how do loving parents act? Her actors can't agree. When Green has her Patsys call 911, some cry, some panic, some stay calm, some scream.
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