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Life Was Good For The Former President Of Ukraine

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKrHvmb_hLtRJzBCt-ysEXvLp6Ym-HqOOs3Swbacler6qpMawElqbg1byw2XLfxVqVkQ9rPlplvaGIdkNnlg1i6Rc4nYjhSPpsWG3z4DRwdkY26htGn6rtVjmtVTfyxlj3LALsPRBWynl3/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKrHvmb_hLtRJzBCt-ysEXvLp6Ym-HqOOs3Swbacler6qpMawElqbg1byw2XLfxVqVkQ9rPlplvaGIdkNnlg1i6Rc4nYjhSPpsWG3z4DRwdkY26htGn6rtVjmtVTfyxlj3LALsPRBWynl3/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">One visitor takes in the view of the house from across the artificial lake. Hundreds of people entered the grounds but not one has entered the building itself</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>House Fit For A Tyrant: Protestors Storm The Sprawling, Luxury Estate Of Ukraine's Fugitive President Which Has Its Own Private Zoo, Golf Course And Is Half The Size Of Monaco -- Daily Mail</b></span></div><br />* Protestors took full control of the residence after the security detail charged with protecting the compound fled<br />* Property is around an hour's drive from Kiev and stands as a symbol of the folly of the country's ousted president<br />* Visitors rubbed their eyes in disbelief as they entered the compound and saw the scale of opulence<br />* 140-hectare estate has a garage full of luxury sports cars below the house in Mezhyhirya, an hours drive from Kiev<br />* Anti-government demonstrators stormed the house on the day President Viktor Yanukovich fled the capital<br />* His arch-nemesis Yulia Tymoshenko was released from prison and made a speech at Independence Square<br />* Congratulated protestors for freeing the 'cancer' from Ukraine and called victims of the violence 'heroes'<br />* The root of the problems in Ukraine stem from a political divide between the east and west <br /><br />A beautiful forested estate of graceful waterways, summer houses and exotic gardens.<br /><br />This is the home of Ukraine's fugitive president, who was dramatically ousted from power after one of the worst periods of violence in the country's history.<br /><br />Ukraniains streamed to see Viktor Yanukovich's luxury estate, which has been closed off to the world for nearly a decade, and rubbed their eyes in disbelief when they were confronted by the scale of the opulence he built around him.<br /><br />The property in Mezhyhirya, an hours drive from Kiev, has a golf course, helicopter pad and is situated in a country where the average salary is less than £300 a month.<br /><br />Below the house, a garage is filled with classic sports cars worth millions, while in the exotic gardens Australian and African ostriches stretch their legs.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2565697/House-fit-tyrant-Protestors-storm-sprawling-luxury-estate-Ukraines-fugitive-president-private-zoo-golf-course-half-size-Monaco.html">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>My Comment</b>: Viktor Yanukovich sure knew how to stretch his salary to (cough cough) to afford all of this stuff. My grandparents home (and now my cousin's country home) is not far from this place. And while it is a very poor region .... it is also an incredibly beautiful area of the country.<br /><br /><b>Update:</b> This is not a surprise ....<b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/23/us-ukraine-crisis-estate-idUSBREA1M0B920140223"> Ukraine parliament strips Yanukovich of his luxury estate</a></b> -- Reuters

Life Was Good For The Former President Of Ukraine

One visitor takes in the view of the house from across the artificial lake. Hundreds of people entered the grounds but not one has entered t...

Where Is The Ukrainian President?

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<div style="text-align: center;"><object data="http://www.reuters.com/resources_v2/flash/video_embed.swf?videoId=281682011&edition=BETAUS" height="259" id="rcomVideo_281682011" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="460"> <param name='movie' value='http://www.reuters.com/resources_v2/flash/video_embed.swf?videoId=281682011&edition=BETAUS'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowScriptAccess' value='always'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.reuters.com/resources_v2/flash/video_embed.swf?videoId=281682011&edition=BETAUS' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' allowScriptAccess='always' width='460' height='259' wmode='transparent'></embed> </object></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ukraine Unrest: President Viktor Yanukovych's Whereabouts A Mystery As Opposition Calls For Him To Take Responsibility -- ABC News (Australia)</b></span></div><br />A day after fleeing Kiev and being stripped of his powers by a vote in the Ukrainian parliament, the whereabouts of embattled president Viktor Yanukovych remains a mystery.<br /><br />Legislators on Saturday passed a resolution to remove Mr Yanukovych from office after three months of street protests, while his arch-rival Yulia Tymoshenko hailed opposition demonstrators as "heroes" in an emotional speech in the capital after she was released from jail.<br /><br />On Sunday, parliament voted to transfer presidential duties to speaker, Oleksander Turchinov, who ordered a new government be formed by Tuesday. An early election has been set for May 25.<br /><br />Mr Yanukovych abandoned the capital to the opposition on Saturday and denounced what he described as a coup after several days of bloodshed this week that claimed 82 lives.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-23/ukraine-president-viktor-yanukovychs-whereabouts-a-mystery/5278250">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>Update</b>: <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2565933/Where-Ukrainian-president-Fugitive-Viktor-Yanukovychs-plane-denied-permission-fly-Russia-spokesman-does-not-know-is.html">Where is the Ukrainian president? Ousted Viktor Yanukovych's private jet denied permission to fly to Russia... and even his spokesman does not know where he is</a> -- Daily Mail<br /><br /><b>My Comment:</b> (Former) Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych is in his home in Donetsk. I am not surprised that the Russians denied him permission to enter the country. He is toxic right now .... and the Russian authorities know that by fleeing into Russia he will only inflame the situation more.

Where Is The Ukrainian President?

Ukraine Unrest: President Viktor Yanukovych's Whereabouts A Mystery As Opposition Calls For Him To Take Responsibility -- ABC News (Au...

Lenin Is Toppled In My Father's Home Town

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp17408viR459EQiC52ydvykCNKCXucl3EYNSszuBEPpfj2vBCllIxR-WDjvo_Xo3Igv-TXY36Puf6jpPchRGNMS1VkpHQQRc-F6nGvViu88xf04xPjwClxRbuP2jZpTZqWUFf0W68Q2-A/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp17408viR459EQiC52ydvykCNKCXucl3EYNSszuBEPpfj2vBCllIxR-WDjvo_Xo3Igv-TXY36Puf6jpPchRGNMS1VkpHQQRc-F6nGvViu88xf04xPjwClxRbuP2jZpTZqWUFf0W68Q2-A/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWywx4LDQ5PtBB8Fuev8QAzKcsdN5jGRnlHUEUgDgpN2WXBb5bWOcMcxUn35lt80dbDmYKgeMdiArjtSxwOrpX4jnE_lYnG77_834fyf5zuJugKABM2AbqIOcV95JCMXCdZX7VaoZINapS/s1600/27979823_371919_ED.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWywx4LDQ5PtBB8Fuev8QAzKcsdN5jGRnlHUEUgDgpN2WXBb5bWOcMcxUn35lt80dbDmYKgeMdiArjtSxwOrpX4jnE_lYnG77_834fyf5zuJugKABM2AbqIOcV95JCMXCdZX7VaoZINapS/s1600/27979823_371919_ED.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The toppling of the Lenin statue in Bila Tserkva, Ukraine. <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2565961/As-Ukrainian-parliament-names-new-acting-president-country-finally-pulled-apart-bitter-divide-20-years-making.html">Daily Mail</a></span></div><br /><b>My Comment: </b>I was stunned to see these images in <b><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2565961/As-Ukrainian-parliament-names-new-acting-president-country-finally-pulled-apart-bitter-divide-20-years-making.html">The Daily Mail.</a></b> Bila Tserkva is my father's home town, and it is the burial site on my father's side of the family. I have visited this city a number of times, and I always found the Lenin statue to be out of place in modern day Ukraine. It is a shame that my father is not alive to see this .... he hated that statue and all that it represented.

Lenin Is Toppled In My Father's Home Town

The toppling of the Lenin statue in Bila Tserkva, Ukraine. Daily Mail My Comment: I was stunned to see these images in The Daily Mail. Bila...

What Is Ukraine's Future

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAs7jQpdWc5XLxMYruokY9PdBzfZmB-t1JrUjEtIlVPHM709Lv1EeVGFRH_wHaRgNdts5Ju1yWWvbJVJqKQxcb9BPo_IjqMUG5rs0FNJ7RE1EgH8uFTgMR1Yy8tNJs3AJGWwSDjrRzCc3i/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAs7jQpdWc5XLxMYruokY9PdBzfZmB-t1JrUjEtIlVPHM709Lv1EeVGFRH_wHaRgNdts5Ju1yWWvbJVJqKQxcb9BPo_IjqMUG5rs0FNJ7RE1EgH8uFTgMR1Yy8tNJs3AJGWwSDjrRzCc3i/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The map shows the political divide that has developed since the country gained independence in 1991. <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2565961/As-Ukrainian-parliament-names-new-acting-president-country-finally-pulled-apart-bitter-divide-20-years-making.html">Daily Mail</a></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>With President’s Departure, Ukraine Looks Toward a Murky Future -- New York Times</b></span></div><br />KIEV, Ukraine — As ranks of riot police officers, Interior Ministry troops and even the president vanished Saturday from the capital, Ukraine slipped, with often-eerie calm after months of tumultuous protests and a week of bloody mayhem, into the hands of revolution.<br /><br />Gone along with President Viktor F. Yanukovych, who had fled to eastern Ukraine, was any trace of a Friday peace deal that had sought to freeze the country’s tumult by trimming the powers of the president while allowing him to stay in office until the end of the year.<br /><br />At the president’s mist-shrouded residential compound just outside the capital in Mezhgorye, Sergey Belaus, a major in Ukraine’s State Protection service, said he had handed over control of Mr. Yanukovych’s living quarters and his tennis court to the head of a small band of antigovernment militants at 9 a.m.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/world/europe/with-presidents-departure-ukraine-looks-toward-a-murky-future.html?_r=0">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>My Comment:</b> So .... a corrupt but democratically elected President with one year left in his mandate is overthrown by the mob. To say that I feel very uncomfortable with what is happening in Ukraine is an understatement. After the political fallout .... I expect the economic one to be even more severe. Ukraine is broke .... and is facing default on it's debt obligations. Runs on the banks by depositors grabbing their money in the fear that they may <b><a href="http://rt.com/news/panic-ukraine-shops-banks-069/">lose their deposits have been reported</a></b>. Businesses are at a standstill. And everyone is now wondering if they will get paid (from work, pensions, government salaries, etc.). I do not expect any help from the EU (they are also broke) .... and as for the U.S. .... the White House and the State Department are completely out to lunch on what is happening there. The only country that can help is Russia .... but I know that they are not going to give one cent to this interim (and in Moscow's eyes illegitimate) government. <br /><br />But what is more worrisome to me is the seizure of power by Ukrainian nationalists. Ukraine is a deeply divided country along ethnic and political lines ....and if the more radical Ukrainian nationalists get their way (purging the government of Russians, laws limiting the use of the Russian language, discriminatory laws, targeting assets owned by Russians, etc.) .... I can all but guarantee that the Russian part of Ukraine will rebel with votes of succession from Ukraine. Will Ukrainian nationalists accept the division of the country .... I doubt it .... and like Yugoslavia in the 1990s .... a civil war is possible. Peter Hitchens is spot on in his analysis <b><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2565762/PETER-HITCHENS-Beware-nation-steeped-blood-carpeted-graves.html">on what may happen. </a></b>

What Is Ukraine's Future

The map shows the political divide that has developed since the country gained independence in 1991. Daily Mail With President’s Departure, ...

The Kremlin’s Worst Nightmare Is Coming True In Ukraine

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1QXtvScorDFp8rZA1z6N9bXVR4LckJyF-3iQ4WO6gYXD74jLpp1kMuDn3dQfjX3JeX80j_3fbEi9PBUON33bPutSyUSsm7twDEIIk6y35FZR6buswvETDCxrv6iRcIYgb_wEIwot8sN4U/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1QXtvScorDFp8rZA1z6N9bXVR4LckJyF-3iQ4WO6gYXD74jLpp1kMuDn3dQfjX3JeX80j_3fbEi9PBUON33bPutSyUSsm7twDEIIk6y35FZR6buswvETDCxrv6iRcIYgb_wEIwot8sN4U/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Why A New Ukraine Is The Kremlin's Worst Nightmare -- Andrew Wilson, The Independent</b></span></div><br />The domino effect of democracy on Russia's border threatens the entire system Putin has built since 2000 - and he will not let it go lightly<br /><br />The details still need to be decided, but the revolutionaries have won in Ukraine. Some elements of the old regime may survive, but that is precisely why the protesters on the “Maidan” (Kiev’s main square) don’t trust the mainstream politicians who claim to be negotiating on their behalf.<br /><br />The politicians in suits can do the donkey work – writing a new constitution to improve on the old one they have just restored, and trying to save the collapsing economy. But the Maidan leaders in the fatigues and helmets will set the agenda on justice – dismantling the militia and reworking the corrupt legal system, so that the many guilty end up behind bars. And there are credible reports that the snipers who killed more than 70 on Thursday were based in the government buildings that are  already being occupied by protesters combing for evidence. Once the world knows who gave the deadly orders, justice will decapitate the old regime. And the “official”  opposition will be radicalised by the need to compete with the moral authority of the Maidan.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/why-a-new-ukraine-is-the-kremlins-worst-nightmare-9146751.html">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>My Comment:</b> For the moment .... Russia will stay out of Ukrainian politics. But once the situation stabilizes .... and if Ukrainian nationalists pursue their agenda .... expect no favors from Russia but do expect the following .... higher gas prices, no debt relief, stricter visa enforcement, and ridiculous tariffs on Ukrainian goods. And if violence and civil war becomes a reality in Ukraine .... all bets are off.

The Kremlin’s Worst Nightmare Is Coming True In Ukraine

Why A New Ukraine Is The Kremlin's Worst Nightmare -- Andrew Wilson, The Independent The domino effect of democracy on Russia's bord...

Editor's Note

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Editor's Note

I will be stuck with family obligations this Sunday. Blogging will return Monday morning.

Sometimes I Feel Like An Ass

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Or two.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgerOmq6yBBXlcKgbPAoStKfq9DirP7_00ECvs7Uts-oIL6wop65nTLgcehI_WNQBfs_9vJzhxbHKo_EC7qWibUhMgqR2m9Ye77yKw_qZBvALKR0-zfioTC5n_1A1zxUsc_YZ6sTf1yFm1g/s1600/cute-butt-ass-gifs-shake.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgerOmq6yBBXlcKgbPAoStKfq9DirP7_00ECvs7Uts-oIL6wop65nTLgcehI_WNQBfs_9vJzhxbHKo_EC7qWibUhMgqR2m9Ye77yKw_qZBvALKR0-zfioTC5n_1A1zxUsc_YZ6sTf1yFm1g/s640/cute-butt-ass-gifs-shake.gif" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHcetg4YVZFnd4m_jMOYMKgnGaNMnLYY8oMlAK2Asu6BozSMNKGIzLY1E6POTxCtelGA-_u457rRB-CbkBWycGeHCAmmafAKDsSs08YmaisV62b7LQmdqKrRIPMEMEro4h4x_me0C8Jdyg/s1600/bgPn9.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHcetg4YVZFnd4m_jMOYMKgnGaNMnLYY8oMlAK2Asu6BozSMNKGIzLY1E6POTxCtelGA-_u457rRB-CbkBWycGeHCAmmafAKDsSs08YmaisV62b7LQmdqKrRIPMEMEro4h4x_me0C8Jdyg/s640/bgPn9.gif" /></a></div><br />

Sometimes I Feel Like An Ass

Or two.

Gehry Atop Wright

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While looking at <a href="http://curbed.com/archives/2014/02/20/here-now-a-short-history-of-destructive-museum-expansions.php">an article on Curbed</a> earlier today, I was intrigued by a photo of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Specifically, what was the undulating canopy atop the cylinder in the foreground, mounted in front of the <a href="http://www.gwathmey-siegel.com/solomon-r-guggenheim-museum-2/">Gwathmey Siegel-designed slab addition</a>?<br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSpiFixWFLe4TZV2_UaVf6b_qwDxTEm4Sj7oR2DQhcQu1b99gg5NhCv22AeOhRj_tLidG4iPoM3NcO20LqU0IaA97-gDolCRD1JN151g8BfWwA9aA0sO1NZpDKo8XBQhvhnCptc9B5sovl/s1600/guggenheim-2001.jpg" /><br /><br />The rippling metal looked undeniably Frank Gehry, so my first thought was an exhibition on the architect who is responsible for the Guggenheim in Bibao, Spain.<br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeleKDchRvS-3q4sDAoaODAMb_erGqc2OcR-xgQ0DZSXh7E5DLHCa5gv_nGa7d4dAkJc7CbOydqnuWOmiMmcHkvlyIbWgYjgCA9IDSay6HL58OFPhFz01KIAxPU6DTPcr1ZaRnUJyDC6w-/s1600/guggenheim-2001crop.jpg" /><br /><br />Turns out <a href="http://pastexhibitions.guggenheim.org/gehry/"><i>Frank Gehry, Architect</i></a> was on display from May 14 until September 14, 2001, an exhibition I did not attend but whose <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0810969297/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0810969297&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20">catalog I have seen</a>. As part of the major retrospective:<br /><blockquote>A second site-specific architectural element [in addition to one in the rotunda] is a titanium-clad  canopy above the sculpture terrace off Tower 5. The canopy extends over  an outdoor café, which has been created especially for this exhibition.  The undulating forms of this structure recall those used to create the  façade of a hotel at Marques de Riscal (1998–present), a winery in  Elciego, Spain, and dramatically mediate between the robust curves of  the Frank Lloyd Wright building and the rectilinear vocabulary of the  Gwathmey Siegel tower. This special installation provides a first-hand  opportunity for visitors to experience Gehry's designs on a built scale. [<a href="http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/press-room/releases/press-release-archive/2001/682-may-15-frank-gehry-architect">Source</a>]</blockquote>A. Zahner Company was listed as a supporter of the exhibition on a press release for the exhibition, and not surprisingly they <a href="http://www.azahner.com/portfolio/guggenheim-canopy">fabricated the aluminum and titanium canopy</a>, first in Kansas City:<br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAcx9OKvywLiI2jbeyWQTWc8r2gm2prHJXf84O62rQ8VprAC05yN7XGUssvHfD8-QL2AXDu0HPaT1Gl-Qiv2J-XoCtc-vvpr5_T71-LVJfaiFmd6p5Veb4s9LR1tvCzyvZT7j-JivGfOFL/s1600/guggenheim-fabrication.jpg" /><br />[Photo from <a href="http://www.azahner.com/portfolio/guggenheim-canopy">A. Zahner website</a>]<br /><br />Then on the Fifth Avenue site:<br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTGXCINNI-6n-H6eIkQ6kWZ0n3gnj_RC-mBC2j462YiKs-4qu87wIHukJKlBDngNlPRRs6JIr79r0nxueIPApWXqcMsk-fQObD9zCPAj0syhg-OKHQgpgYRVeQnOi4d-o5FTpPPGOq7ff1/s1600/gugenheim-canopy-install.jpg" /><br />[Photo from <a href="http://www.azahner.com/portfolio/guggenheim-canopy">A. Zahner website</a>]<br /><br />A couple of A. Zahner elevations conveyed the scale of the canopy relative to the Wright museum:<br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0PudrIUu96G-JJ_PTZLMZgz4NNpQ4ftweC0I67LBhwwKvnJa6PfXP56jTIWxBrtxusIKfmt1f4xzKq_p15tzBV3_HN6_AXG1zE6aY-DvIOOwTGTAKpS5bxbpuQ4zQu9zERhEs7xbPImji/s1600/guggenheim-north-elevation.jpg" /><br />[North elevation from <a href="http://www.azahner.com/portfolio/guggenheim-canopy">A. Zahner website</a>]<br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFjj6PekWY2dthyQK-0qXF1-qUbrMVdCKxraThDQz8cWLrsoyIBwaPB_myb8_GyMnSxl0Up0aVvvasDuef5k7RyEFGQFvGgVCezWEmKQ9ljL90yPHNz4XqhfFV7wHeFftaxv7rcAWDkZt7/s1600/guggenheim-retrospective-west-elevation.jpg" /><br />[West elevation from <a href="http://www.azahner.com/portfolio/guggenheim-canopy">A. Zahner website</a>]<br /><br />And I think their photo from above captured how the canopy "mediate[d] between the robust curves of  the Frank Lloyd Wright building  and the rectilinear vocabulary of the  Gwathmey Siegel tower":<br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Wj5OBwRnjf2fN442jYAZScoyoCBGgXYaB7aeSuwoE5I6DSd36mCEUCsEDHMcuFVwp4OcJOVGwZDDThpm62nYzriUvv62LtdJyFlgtl4NwwjHEP8RYwuP7gHBa1niXj9cbBVpqkR0F4iI/s1600/guggenheim-installation.jpg" /><br />[Photo from <a href="http://www.azahner.com/portfolio/guggenheim-canopy">A. Zahner website</a>]<br /><br />Lastly, what I thought to be a now-forgotten element from a major exhibition about the world's most famous living architect (even then, four years after the Guggenheim Bilbao was completed), was embraced by at least one artist, <a href="http://www.rachaelcozad.com/contemporary-art/frank-gehry/">Rachel Cozad</a>, who moved the canopy and cafe to an otherwise empty field:<br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDuRIpO0lbUMv61N1dyc7frniGY2HahMfGNgi1IJd0dO-93JWEpIKV2ELbT4MZ_ywjB9-B3AX6HviNoXBa9NxXJ4Wr2DTg4peBBugKiajKXGQVam-YGHS0tWKJWw920pU7a_wJfYBw_s0s/s1600/Gehry-Canopy-1024x662.jpg" /><br /><br />According to both Zahner and Cozad, the canopy was considered for permanent installation. It's kind of a shame that didn't happen, as Gehry's canopy seems to fit well atop the Wright building...better than in a field or a Kansas City parking lot, at least.

Gehry Atop Wright

While looking at an article on Curbed earlier today, I was intrigued by a photo of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Guggenheim Museum in New...

Caturday V2.0 Damn Cats Edition

3:31 PM Tukiyooo 0

I dunno WTF has gotten into my cat Baby lately but she is looking to get some fucking flying lessons again here real quick.<br /><br />About a week ago the clingy brain damaged little shit decided that my laptop keyboard looked like a good place to start taking naps on while Daddy is out having a smoke.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9WzFSvV7VY3VrBi0yOPGNW61I8Hz10dwndVV1-WpmKHSNPfstjLpVpq6vRD0yasYdEvEBKYEU_csib8YSSiq_T7pi4TjHCOCY7PF6biNp_kImWqW9Axdc8lLPuapf9tQbbhXTaQHOFc-q/s1600/Cat+key.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9WzFSvV7VY3VrBi0yOPGNW61I8Hz10dwndVV1-WpmKHSNPfstjLpVpq6vRD0yasYdEvEBKYEU_csib8YSSiq_T7pi4TjHCOCY7PF6biNp_kImWqW9Axdc8lLPuapf9tQbbhXTaQHOFc-q/s640/Cat+key.jpg" /></a></div><br />( A remarkable resemblance, looks almost exactly like her)<br /><br />I usually set the damn thing down on the floor, still open, when I go have a smoke because of all the damn wires and shit hooked to it and it goes to sleep when I shut the lid.<br /><br />Last week I came back in to sit down and the little shit is laying on the keyboard and rubbing her chin all over the edge of the monitor.<br />Happy as a clam at high tide.<br /><br />I shooed her off and picked it up.<br /><br />Sure as shit, there were about 200 new Firefox windows opened up.<br />The entire screen was a cascade of open tiles.<br /><br />It took me a while to clean that up.<br /><br />She has done this a few times now, it just started out of the blue. <br />Just completely fucks things up.<br /><br />I thought I got smart and would set it down with the mouse inside and close the lid so she couldn't get to the damn keyboard.<br /><br />I would still catch her rubbing her chin all over it, she gets into it so much she starts drooling.<br /><br />Ick.<br /><br />Sick bitch.<br /><br />So today I set it down again without thinking, right in the middle of a Blog post.<br /><br />Damnit.<br /><br />I come back and this thing is so fucked up I had to restart it.<br />The blog post screen was one long string of characters and locked clear the hell up.<br /><br />Then I can't get online.<br />It took me twenty minutes to figure out she somehow managed to turn the wireless off.<br />The little icon was good but nothing would connect.<br />It said it was connected to an unknown WIFI but wouldn't let me connect to the house WIFI.<br /><br />She is one stubborn cat, has been since she was tiny.<br />I started to walk away and she went right to it to start her little game. I stopped and told her NO!<br /><br />She looked all butt hurt and sat there for at least three whole seconds before she starts in again.<br />I yelled NO again and got the same results.<br /><br />My wife hates it but I trained this fucking cat years ago the hard way.<br /><br />She would get into the garbage and up on the counters all the time.<br />Used to piss me clear off.<br /><br />It didn't matter what I did, she would just do it again.<br /><br /><br />Until I started throwing my hat at her, Goldfinger style.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7AZlapRJn4RRm9SMdr2zxh3R6kMym1fbOHZyWNP9IlnmEGE_vvfz5E2hLEOc9HXd4WEULLBToe1xpj6S2tDZYp0mhWOI3Lkz-BmEKUYJDTGUCxiCZre4qZVazdIXHxdwKiPcL7frjfyD/s1600/goldfinger.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7AZlapRJn4RRm9SMdr2zxh3R6kMym1fbOHZyWNP9IlnmEGE_vvfz5E2hLEOc9HXd4WEULLBToe1xpj6S2tDZYp0mhWOI3Lkz-BmEKUYJDTGUCxiCZre4qZVazdIXHxdwKiPcL7frjfyD/s640/goldfinger.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />Grab it by the bill and spin it while throwing. It takes a while but I got good at it.<br /><br />I have drilled the little bitch from across the room from my recliner while she is at a dead run before. A little lead time and calculate the curve because it is spinning.<br /><br />It doesn't hurt the cat,just scares 'em.<br /><br /><br />Like I said, she is stubborn so this took repeating.<br /><br /><br />About fifty times.<br /><br /><br />Now she is deathly afraid of the thing.<br /><br /><br /><br /><i>Good.</i><br /><br /><br /><br />All I have to do now is reach my hand to my forehead, hat on or not, and she is outta here looking for cover.<br /><br />Tell me you can't train a fucking cat.<br /><br /><br /><br />Next time she goes to fuck with my lap top and I see her, I will tell her NO one more time. then the hat is coming off.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpUAqxRFXARaGdx4urmlqTTA7_kstxF7vjE7zSaobGGokCkzw4S5YTAXWvc_OgFrE244xp7FaeOUeKtZ1I-7_r2nGC5bveygCQK7kWatThyNZmRVJ0F1tRaw53Mnb8ONAKvgQ7YNk4WnOI/s1600/theend.bmp" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpUAqxRFXARaGdx4urmlqTTA7_kstxF7vjE7zSaobGGokCkzw4S5YTAXWvc_OgFrE244xp7FaeOUeKtZ1I-7_r2nGC5bveygCQK7kWatThyNZmRVJ0F1tRaw53Mnb8ONAKvgQ7YNk4WnOI/s320/theend.bmp" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />

Caturday V2.0 Damn Cats Edition

I dunno WTF has gotten into my cat Baby lately but she is looking to get some fucking flying lessons again here real quick. About a week ago...

The News UNIT's GOLD and SILVER analysis proves reasonable accuracy

12:01 PM Tukiyooo 0

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>GOLD up 2%</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>  SILVER up 7%</b></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWkuMznGT3EctRGwjf43mfNKyyG2pJZpb-qFfb7d48rQ-e6tRfZAy4oLClwGRyd0HbqF562JuZU-I9Hs7BVeBjdqEAFYLC_xFBpsI6lcWzPAWxalqv6LVyzulhzvvAD8XHNAQJxc15et4/s1600/AmericanZombuffPIC.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWkuMznGT3EctRGwjf43mfNKyyG2pJZpb-qFfb7d48rQ-e6tRfZAy4oLClwGRyd0HbqF562JuZU-I9Hs7BVeBjdqEAFYLC_xFBpsI6lcWzPAWxalqv6LVyzulhzvvAD8XHNAQJxc15et4/s1600/AmericanZombuffPIC.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Since The News UNIT's February 13, 2014 trend analysis on GOLD and SILVER and related expectations, GOLD has moved 2% HIGHER and SILVER has moved 7% higher.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-news-units-gold-and-silver-analysis.html" style="color: red;">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-news-units-gold-and-silver-analysis.html</a> </b><br /><br /><b>Keep stacking Zombucks! </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>...developing...</b></div>

The News UNIT's GOLD and SILVER analysis proves reasonable accuracy

GOLD up 2% SILVER up 7% Since The News UNIT's February 13, 2014 trend analysis on GOLD and SILVER and related expectations, GOLD has ...

A Closer Look at Retail Employment

11:31 AM Tukiyooo 0

The following chart compares the growth in the number of retail production and nonsupervisory employees (in black) to the growth in the aggregate weekly hours worked by retail production and nonsupervisory employees (in blue).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqqL6ePBH0b8fSYJh1feiR6w8fPcqjD0_r1Aq7IFijVhP07sOq0L_ifc7SPgZg6n5_gSM9XpJ_62sSLEMMQbxIQ2xsrVG8vYi3VxGeUQ3vDI4elPmY0QTAwl4cQRGgwg3uUoJ69hMyjmo/s1600/Retail+-+Employees+vs.+Hours.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqqL6ePBH0b8fSYJh1feiR6w8fPcqjD0_r1Aq7IFijVhP07sOq0L_ifc7SPgZg6n5_gSM9XpJ_62sSLEMMQbxIQ2xsrVG8vYi3VxGeUQ3vDI4elPmY0QTAwl4cQRGgwg3uUoJ69hMyjmo/s320/Retail+-+Employees+vs.+Hours.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />We have "successfully" transitioned to a "weaker than appears" retail employment economy. Get out the party hats.<br /><br /><b>See Also:</b><br /><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2010/06/sarcasm-disclaimer.html">Sarcasm Disclaimer</a><br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=sn2">St. Louis Fed: Custom Chart</a>

A Closer Look at Retail Employment

The following chart compares the growth in the number of retail production and nonsupervisory employees (in black) to the growth in the aggr...

A closer look at FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES

11:30 AM Tukiyooo 0

A closer look at FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES

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U.S. Military Purge Revealed

11:09 AM Tukiyooo 0

<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Obama Government reinventing the U.S. Military</span> </b></div><br /><b>Not only INFOWARS but World Net Daily can confirm this...</b><br /><br /><b>When you express a positive belief in God, do not embrace the LGBT culture and community,  and have any inclination toward upholding the U.S. Constitution and Bill Of Rights and so forth it is now proven to be DETRIMENTAL TO CAREER ENHANCEMENT.   The phrase "EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER" only applies to the growing new cultural agendas and ideologies that are being promulgated by those who are the children of the Devil and Satan.</b><br /><br /><b>This is why the U.S. Government is removing people from their positions in Federal service and replacing them with a workforce of those who are ready to cooperate with the New World Order.  Even the private sector is doing this: </b><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/kY60CZ5eQf4?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe><br /><b><br /></b><b>FULL SHOW...</b><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/lg9dFQ2BS5I?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe>

U.S. Military Purge Revealed

Obama Government reinventing the U.S. Military Not only INFOWARS but World Net Daily can confirm this... When you express a positive belief...

1885-O Morgan Silver Dollar worth $1,000?

10:04 AM Tukiyooo 0

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Really?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1889 Morgan Silver Dollar:</b></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b> </b><b>Mintage 21,726,000 </b></li><li><b> .7734 oz. SILVER </b></li><li><b> Grade EF-40 or AU-50</b></li><li><b> Worth about $25 to $30</b></li><li><b> Selling on EBAY for $25 to $40 depending on condition</b></li></ul><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1885-O  Morgan Silver Dollar:</b></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>  Mintage 9,185,000</b></li><li><b>  .7734 oz. SILVER</b></li><li><b>  Maximum value at MS-65 about $175</b></li><li>  <b>Selling on EBAY for $35 to $45</b></li></ul><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/IWNCPPANrWI?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The 2018 American Silver Zombuff</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxafn2qHpWpcHh57pnDsanLXguXRQbonzY-3zR8OgR9unMNeQ6FnyH6_cQ8SVFlOKQ6auLqBwAD7JvllP2JCy_U5NXtnJ1acP-72FcOx_8CNKuYrtpwxszyMaKRKLohszBRb87T9qd9ac/s1600/AmericanZombuffPIC.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxafn2qHpWpcHh57pnDsanLXguXRQbonzY-3zR8OgR9unMNeQ6FnyH6_cQ8SVFlOKQ6auLqBwAD7JvllP2JCy_U5NXtnJ1acP-72FcOx_8CNKuYrtpwxszyMaKRKLohszBRb87T9qd9ac/s1600/AmericanZombuffPIC.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Zombucks Currency of the Apocalypse </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><ul><li><b>Mintage to be announced (ends April 1, 2014)</b></li><li><b>1 oz. of 999 FINE SILVER (99.9% FINE SILVER)</b></li><li><b>known as a quasi-numismatic round</b></li><li><b>Selling on EBAY at $29 to $33</b></li><li><b>Condition: New/Brilliant Uncirculated</b></li></ul><b>Got Zombies?</b><br /><br /><b>...developing... </b>

1885-O Morgan Silver Dollar worth $1,000?

Really? 1889 Morgan Silver Dollar: Mintage 21,726,000 .7734 oz. SILVER Grade EF-40 or AU-50 Worth about $25 to $30 Selling on EBAY fo...

Silver Guru and Consultant David Morgan

9:28 AM Tukiyooo 0

Silver Guru and Consultant David Morgan

David Morgan's 2014 Precious Metals Outlook

LEAD BULLION SHORTAGES again at Walmart

8:59 AM Tukiyooo 0

<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Is the AMMUNITION SUPPLY running low again?</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFPt9t22PrsiclGibl_4Te-pdGgjfnoT7UOx8YRNk-0u5TeB_pbwEQ00a_c5fimqGYAg-2Lip7gC0n8IA9mka33JSbJCCcZa_M2pmfr2o-d_WcgCE8818-xRSeITC3PniDiWp3e4hB5O8/s1600/AmmunitionBOXESpic.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFPt9t22PrsiclGibl_4Te-pdGgjfnoT7UOx8YRNk-0u5TeB_pbwEQ00a_c5fimqGYAg-2Lip7gC0n8IA9mka33JSbJCCcZa_M2pmfr2o-d_WcgCE8818-xRSeITC3PniDiWp3e4hB5O8/s1600/AmmunitionBOXESpic.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>We just went to get some AMMUNITION and again the shelves are empty of .22LR and various other common gun calibers with the notice posted of rationing of ammunition purchases due to hoarding.  What is going on here?  Is the U.S. POSTAL SERVICE purchase starting to corner the market?  Who's really doing the hoarding?</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Anyone with information LEAVE A COMMENT BELOW... </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/mlm7bz5JuH0?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe> <br /><b>...developing...</b></div>

LEAD BULLION SHORTAGES again at Walmart

Is the AMMUNITION SUPPLY running low again? We just went to get some AMMUNITION and again the shelves are empty of .22LR and various other c...

DEADLY FLU VIRUS and WATER BACTERIA reports

8:53 AM Tukiyooo 0

DEADLY FLU VIRUS and WATER BACTERIA reports

Is America heading for PANDEMICS? Our own WATER SUPPLIES and WATER FAUCETS are testing positive with BACTERIA that causes LEGIONNAIRES DISEA...

Tech Force Pen

8:45 AM Tukiyooo 0

Tech Force Pen

Josh Wilson of Chicago is looking to manufacturer the Tech Force Pen, a "minimalist pen and ruler sleeve, precision machined from aircr...

Rising Economic Concerns, Food Shortages, Money, Gold, and Silver

8:42 AM Tukiyooo 0

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Is SHTF coming soon?</b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Many PREPPERS are already prepared </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>We now have the MAJOR DROUGHT and WATER SHORTAGE in California and area western states leading to FRUIT and VEGETABLE shortages.  Also cattle and hogs will have to be slaughtered because they cannot be fed and maintained and the price of CATTLE is rising along with BEEF and PORK prices.  All manner of FISH concerns still exist as questions on the Fukushima fallout still are ignored by government officials.  What about POULTRY?  Is it time to grow a garden this year?  These are the type of problems that quantitative easing and tapering cannot easily solve:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2014/02/severe-california-drought-leads-to-food.html" style="color: red;">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2014/02/severe-california-drought-leads-to-food.html</a> </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>CORN, SUGAR, OATS, SOYBEANS, WHEAT and so forth are all rising and projected to rise even further.   </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Right now a number of people I know are planning to grow their own food this year as they are expecting extreme price increases on products:</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>What about financial survival?</b></span></div><br /><b>Perhaps the economic concerns that were seemingly far fetched and treated as conspiracy theories and fear mongering will really come to pass.   We are already seeing GOLD and SILVER rising but with FOOD and WATER shortages you cannot eat GOLD and SILVER.  However there is increasing evidence that the world is moving toward a major financial upheaval:</b><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/8nYCmA_T5eU?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe> <br /><b>...developing... </b><br /><br /></div>

Rising Economic Concerns, Food Shortages, Money, Gold, and Silver

Is SHTF coming soon? Many PREPPERS are already prepared We now have the MAJOR DROUGHT and WATER SHORTAGE in California and area western stat...

BARS and RESTAURANTS becoming TELEVISION CENTERS

8:13 AM Tukiyooo 0

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The growing number of TV's in SPORTS BARS and RESTAURANTS</b></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg__2MDrh_cDZumcdLuUs9IvDeZZ1FsPlQOIXKFHQ14a4m_KndjwhKXOyxWfyV3sGA-PqEkfuuAbOzgVqnwmft7bDjOVSTmX6GBOsY6E_mZC_1GledWkfkz0IpiG10yo1v8VW0ES8xq3hs/s1600/TVsONWALL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg__2MDrh_cDZumcdLuUs9IvDeZZ1FsPlQOIXKFHQ14a4m_KndjwhKXOyxWfyV3sGA-PqEkfuuAbOzgVqnwmft7bDjOVSTmX6GBOsY6E_mZC_1GledWkfkz0IpiG10yo1v8VW0ES8xq3hs/s1600/TVsONWALL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>Has anyone been around some of these bars and restaurants that have loads of television screens playing loads of channels simultaneously?  In America we have become a society of anti-social people now while technology expands to keep us CONTINUALLY MULTITASKING all day long between TV's, SMART PHONES, TABLETS, and COMPUTER TERMINALS while we are being convinced through SOCIAL MEDIA, TWEETING and TEXTING that we are all becoming CONNECTED and no one even talks to each other anymore:</b><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/-TzMh7UHDk4?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe>