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Leonardo da Vinci just became even more prolific. An analysis released in the U.K.-based Antiques Trade Gazette claims a small portrait once attributed to a 19th century German artist was actually painted by the Italian master around the year 1500. The surprising revelation is but the latest in a series of cases in which "lost" pieces of artwork were rediscovered through art authentication. But how can experts - who have previously certified works by Caravaggio, Raphael, Van Gogh and countless others - be so sure that a specific painter is responsible for a work...
Read TIME's art blog, Looking Around...
Luckily, at around that time, Optoma - a company that makes digital projectors - had just come out with the first high-definition projector to hit the market for less than $1,000. These things used to cost many thousands of dollars and were found in only the highest-end home theaters. But with the Optoma HD20 ($999) and subsequent offerings from competitors, the middle market can now afford super home-theater projection too. In fact, with all these pocket-size microprojectors flooding the lower end of the market, it's practically raining projectors these days...
...last month, 800 people had applied. And with the College repeatedly saying they will try to keep the number of students on campus at around 1,000, this isn't a deadline to play chicken with...
...Yeah, I'd like to do that, but don't ask me when.' Then exactly a year ago I fell downstairs and smashed my ankle badly. I was a lousy patient. It was bad enough not being Taoiseach and now to be told that now I had to hang around with a cast and crutches. So I got a notebook and started working. (Read "Rogue Journalist: Joel Stein writes his memoirs Palin-style...