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History of Vilnius
The tolerant capital of the largest medieval state (Until 1655)
According to a legend, Vilnius was established by duke Gediminas in the early 14th century, after his dream of an iron wolf was so interpreted by a pagan oracle Lizdeika. Modern historians, however, usually claim that the city is at least as old as the Lithuanian state itself and that the country's first Christian church built by King Mindaugas in the 13th century stood at the exact same spot where the Vilnius Cathedral stands today.
Whatever its beginnings were, Vilnius became an important city by the 14th century (it had received Magdeburg law in 1387). With the conquests of Grand Duke Vytautas Vilnius became the capital of what was at the time the Europe's largest country, stretching from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea. It was a very tolerant city where Muslim Tatars from Crimea, Lutheran German merchants, Jewish craftsmen, the Catholic Lithuanian and Polish elite, pagan-leaning Lithuanian commoners and Orthodox Ruthenians lived side-by-side peacefully, each group building their own temples in their own streets and districts.
In this era, the irregular Old Town layout developed, walled in 1503. As the richness of the city grew, more and more palaces, churches and monasteries adorned its narrow streets. Not even the 1569 Union of Lublin which created a Polish-Lithuanian confederacy with capital in Warsaw rather than Vilnius was able to defuse the importance of Vilnius as the Kings still used their palace here. Vilnius University established in 1579 by the Jesuits became a primary center of science and education in the Eastern Europe.
Where to see the era today? The Gothic churches of Saint Anne, Saint Francis, Saint Nicholas, and some others in Maironio, Šv. Mikalojaus, Trakų streets (all in the Old Town) date to this era (even if their interiors have been modified). The old campus of Vilnius University also survived the historical ravages almost intact. There are some very old buildings in Pilies street.
The era of lavish churches and impending doom (1655-1795)
The prosperous centuries came to a horrible halt on 1655 when the strengthening Russia (Muscovy) invaded and sacked the city in a long campaign of looting, mass-murdering and raping. The days of Poland-Lithuania as a great power ended, and so were the days Vilnius as a seat of power. Vilnius palace became neglected and the Kings ceased visiting it. Furthermore, the Russian (Orthodox) and Swedish (Lutheran) invasions eroded the remarkable religious tolerance.
Although no longer one of the Europe's main cities Vilnius continued to exist. The uncertain future at mercy of surrounding great powers encouraged the local noble families to secure their afterlife by building lavish Baroque churches that still crown the city skyline. By that time, Polish-speaking Catholic culture had become the elite one as many local Lithuanians abandoned their language in favor of the more prestigious Polish.
The knot around Poland-Lithuania was tightening and the country started to lose lands rapidly in the late 18th century. In 1795, Vilnius was captured by the Russians who were to stay for 120 years.
Where to see the era today? The Baroque churches in Vilnius Old Town and former suburbs (Antakalnis, Verkiai) are your best option, as well as many manors and other stately buildings in the Old Town.
The industrial era under Imperial Russian rule (1795-1918)
After Vilnius was annexed to Russia in 1795 it continued to be a backwater with a population of 50 000. However, Vilnius University remained a major intellectual center with various secret societies swiftly established, such as filaretai or filomatai, each of them aimed at critically studying history and potentially restoring the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth.
Knowing this the Russians closed the Vilnius Univesity in 1832 (after a failed revolt) forcing the Lithuanian elite to seek education in Saint Petersburg. Vilnius remained an administrative seat (the capital of Northwestern Krai, roughly comprising of today's Lithuania and Belarus). As such, the government wanted to make the city look more Russian. Some of the Catholic church buildings were converted to Russian Orthodox or secular use, some others demolished, monuments for czars and governors were constructed.
A true possibility to change the face of the city came in 1860 when the industrial revolution finally reached Lithuania. That year the first train on the new Saint Petersburg-Warsaw railroad arrived at Vilnius. Other amenities of the era came to the city as well, even if lagging several decades behind the West: gas lighting in 1864, horse-drawn tram in 1893, electricity in 1903 and public buses in 1905.
Technological changes implicated social changes and a process of rapid urbanization started. A grand new civic center was constructed to the west of the Old Town (known as New Town), to be joined by largely wooden suburbs of Žvėrynas, Šnipiškės, Naujininkai, Rasos, Žvejai and Naujieji Pastatai in the 1890s and 1900s. The main extensions were planned to follow a grid layout that was anchored on large new Russian Orthodox churches. Their wide streets were named after locations and heroes of the large Russian Empire. With Lithuanian language banned in 1863, the official public inscriptions were also in Russian.
The final decades before the World War 1 witnessed the most massive construction. Businessmen conceived 4 to 6 story buildings in the New Town, full of rental apartments, hotels, trade rooms for their businesses and smaller yet elaborate so-called urban villas for their own residences. Many stately administrative buildings were erected, such as the enormous Railways HQ. On the eve of the World War I, Vilnius had a population of over 210 000.
No ethnic, religious or linguistic majority existed in Vilnius after tens of thousands Russians and Jews moved in (Vilnius had been among the few cities where Czar would permit Jews to freely settle). But even this policy of cultural dilution failed to promote assimilation.
The Lithuanian National Revival turned Vilnius into a capital once again, even if a shadow one. With the scrapping of some anti-Lithuanian policies in 1904, "Vilniaus žinios" newspaper became published here by the Vileišis family. In the year 1905, the Great Seimas of Vilnius convened in the city, declaring an aim for an autonomous Lithuanian country that soon turned into a drive for independence.
Where to see the era today? New Town (Naujamiestis) borough still boasts pre-war stately buildings and Orthodox churches, once visited by the career government workers from Saint Petersburg. In Žvėrynas and Šnipiškės you may catch a glimpse of how poorer suburban people lived at the time (in the case of Šnipiškės some live that way even today, lacking basic amenities). In Bernardinai and Rasos cemeteries (Old Town and Southern Vilnius boroughs respectively) the elite and the commoners of the era are interred, while Markučiai manor (Southern Vilnius) is now a museum partly dedicated to the Russian nobility of the era.
The era of Polish rule and conflict over Vilnius (1918-1939)
With the revolution of Russia and German surrender in World War 1, the rulers of Vilnius changed some 10 times in years 1918-1922. The city was culturally important to four different ethnicities: Lithuanians, Poles, Jews, and Belarusians. Furthermore, both Russian monarchists and communists wanted to restore the former boundaries of Russia, with Vilnius inside them. Of these six entities, only the Jews lacked a military force.
Having beaten back the Russians who in turn subdued the Belarusians, Poles and Lithuanians were the last two left to quarrel over Vilnius. In 1920 Polish irregular forces captured the city in breach of the previous treaty of Suwalki. This was the start of a painful final divorce of Lithuanian and Polish nations.
Lithuania never recognized the loss of Vilnius and remained at a state of war with Poland. International mediation failed. The plight for Vilnius was a major topic at any interwar celebration in Lithuania where the choirs would sing "Mes be Vilniaus nenurimsim" ("We won't calm down without Vilnius") hymn. Many streets and squares in Lithuanian towns were renamed after the city, "Vilnius oaks" were planted, "Union for the Liberation of Vilnius" established.
It is unclear how many people in Vilnius itself identified themselves as Lithuanians as the 1931 census asked only for a single mother tongue (Polish-speakers reclaimed majority and less than 1% were said to reply "Lithuanian"). Ethnic minorities faced restrictions, e.g. having their students in Vilnius (Polish name: Wilno) university limited by law. Most of them decreased in numbers after WW1: the majority of Russians (Imperial officers and officials) left for Russia, many Jews departed to Palestine and some Lithuanians also migrated away. However, the minorities still cherished their cultural institutions, such as YIVO (an international institute of Yiddish that has since relocated to New York).
A joke of the era was that Vilnius would not be subjected to a conflict only if it would be depopulated and turned into a museum. If people would have known that the first part of this joke will soon almost become true they probably wouldn't have laughed at it.
The city was an economic outback of Poland and only a limited construction took place, in contrast to Kaunas or Warsaw of the era. The total population of the city was 195 071 during the 1931 census, the declining communities largely replaced by new Polish migrants.
Where to see the interwar era today? Limited large-scale construction left limited opportunities. The best visible building of the era is the hilltop Three Crosses monument even if it was demolished by the Soviets and then rebuilt. There are 1930s buildings in the Gedimino Avenue (New Town). Typically a flat roof coupled with old school architectural details indicate that a building was built in this era. A district of terrace homes in Antakalnis borough ant the opposing side of the roundabout from the Saint Peter and Paul church is another remnant of the era. There are many interwar homes in Žvėrynas and Šnipiškės (including the Žvėrynas Catholic church). In the case of wooden residentials, it might be hard to differentiate between pre-1918 and post-1918 ones unless a date is inscribed somewhere on the facade.
The 20 years that changed Vilnius forever (1939 – 1959)
In 1939 Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland and this sparked the World War 2. Vilnius was captured by the Soviets on September 1939. They sacked the city and then presented an ultimatum to Lithuania. Under this ultimatum, Lithuania would be given 1/5th of the Vilnius region (including the city) but would have to accept Soviet military bases in its territory. Refusal would have meant imminent Soviet invasion, therefore Lithuania accepted.
"Vilnius belongs to us and we belong to the Russians" was a popular irony at the time. It wasn't far from the truth as by the mid-1940 Russian forces deposed the Lithuanian government and completely occupied and annexed Lithuania in three months time. Vilnius felt the full swing of nationalization campaign and the genocide of the Lithuanian nation. "There will be Lithuania – but without the Lithuanians" – said Mikhail Suslov, the chairman of USSR Central Comity Bureau for Lithuanian Affairs. In June 1941 alone some 2% of the entire Lithuania's population (50 000) were forced into railroad cattle carriages and deported to Siberia where most died. Campaigns like this became even larger under the Second Soviet Occupation. Vilnius's eastern location and railway hub status meant that most deportees were moved through the city.
Nazi German invasion (1941) relieved the pressure on some ethnicities (among them Lithuanians) but increased it on some others. The entire Jewish population of Vilnius, never before segregated from the others in what for centuries had been a tolerant multicultural city, was suddenly locked in a ghetto. A large share of them (up to 30 000) eventually were killed at Paneriai suburb in 1941-1943, many others were sent to labor camps or fled; the Jewish population declined from 54 600 in 1931 to 16 400 in 1959.
With the help of other allies in the west Soviets beaten back the Germans in the east in 1944. Vilnius was in turmoil as here not two, but at least four different factions fought for dominance, every single of them hostile to every other one. In addition to the Germans and Russians, there was Lithuanian resistance that sought to re-establish independent Lithuania and also Armia Krajowa – a Polish force that fought for Wilno as a part of Poland. The later two were poorly armed and never played a significant role. They were eventually crushed by the Soviets, although their ability to sometimes hoist their own flags on the Gediminas Hill Castle Tower and inflict damages on the enemies boosted their morale.
After the 1944 occupation of Lithuania Vilnius saw one of the biggest campaigns of destruction it witnessed in its history. Soviets closed and desecrated churches, destroyed chapels, upturned cemeteries, burned non-communist books, removed archives, stole sacred paintings and sold them on the black market, arrested, deported and murdered people. Everything that reminded of either Germany, Lithuania, Poland or non-Orthodox faith was attacked and destroyed. But this was only the beginning. When the Russian architects have drawn their plans of Vilnius of the future it became clear that the Soviets want to completely obliterate entire boroughs of the old city and rebuild it on the Soviet model.
The project was started but never completed. Buildings that you may now only see in old pictures include large chunks of Jewish district and the Vilnius Great Synagogue, multiple cemeteries, residential districts in Vokiečių, Rūdninikų, Vilniaus and other streets, the municipal building, "Europa" hotel (the largest in Vilnius), the Piarists college, the Kardinalija palace. Luckily a change of policies saved Saint Catherine church, the Gate of Dawn and many other famous centuries-old structures that were also initially condemned to destruction by Anikin, the architect from Leningrad behind the plans of Vilnius "redevelopment".
The districts destroyed by the Soviets were replaced by large Stalinist buildings or transformed into squares and wide avenues. Old statues were replaced by new ones, dedicated to various communists and Russian soldiers. Road maps had to be redrawn with the majority of centuries-old street names changed to ones such as "Lenin Avenue", "Red Army Avenue" or "Gorkiy Street". Citizens themselves were replaced: Russians, Belarussians, and Ukrainians were being relocated to the Vilnius homes of Poles, Jews, and Lithuanians who were recently murdered or expelled.
In this time most of the Catholic churches were closed and turned into sports halls, warehouses, and factories, their cultural wonders stolen and lost. Lutherans, Reformed Christians, Muslims and Jews shared a similar uprooting of their religious culture. The only mosque of Vilnius was destroyed, while the majority of Vilnius Jews switched from Yiddish to the Russian language, and only 25% of them did not abandon their religion.
The only religious community that was persecuted less was the Russian Orthodox one. Not only their churches were not attacked but even their Holy Spirit monastery was allowed to operate at a time when monastic life was banned in Soviet Lithuania and every Catholic monastery had been disbanded.
Where to see the era today? The Soviet demolition campaign may be best seen in the Old Town Vokiečių street, Geto Aukų square and parts of Vilniaus street, where dense medieval neighborhoods had been replaced by squares and 1950s-1980s buildings. Massive Stalinist buildings are best visible in Goštauto street and nearby Žaliasis bridge, additionally there is Pergalė cinema in Pamėnkalnio street (all in Naujamiestis). To learn about the genocides you may visit the Genocide museum in former HQ of both KGB and Gestapo (New Town), Tuskulėnai memorial (Žirmūnai borough) as well as the Paneriai memorial (southwestern suburbs).
The era of concrete slab boroughs followed by fifteen minutes of worldwide fame (1959 – 1991)
With the death of Joseph Stalin, the Soviet persecutions were gradually weakened although the policy remained totalitarian. What was already changed remained changed (including the closed churches and street names), save for an occasional removal of references to Stalin, whose personality cult was uprooted by the new leader Nikita Khrushchev. However, the tide that threatened to destroy the Lithuanian culture altogether ceased to rise. For instance, the settling of the country slowed down: while the number of Russians and Russophones in Vilnius increased from 10 000 (~5% of total) in 1939 to 100 000 (~40%) in 1959, it only further increased to 170 000 by 1989 (~30%).
The monumental style of Stalinist buildings was changed to a functionalist one devoid of any architectural details. It was these mass-produced apartment blocks that were to become the new face of Vilnius. Instead of replacing Old Town, they were largely built in place of former wooden suburbs throughout the 1960s. In the 1970s and 1980s completely new boroughs were constructed to the north and west of the city, connected to the center and to each other by wide avenues, traversed by unbelievably crammed public buses and trolleybuses (private cars were always a kind of luxury in the USSR).
New construction in downtown was now limited to flagship buildings, such as the apartments of Communist Party officials, meeting hall of the Supreme Soviet of Lithuania (currently the parliament) or the Opera and Ballet theater.
The population of Vilnius increased from 236 000 in 1959 to 576 000 in 1989 in what was effectively the prime era of urbanization in Lithuania's history. Some of this increase was due to immigration from the rest of USSR, but more and more rural Lithuanians found their home in Vilnius as well. The relocation was no easy deal, as the population was tightly controlled by the government and many of those who wanted to settle in Vilnius were refused permits and forced to live in the countryside instead.
Vilnius became the intellectual center of Lithuania. However with only 50% of its population ethnically Lithuanian it left the title of the cultural center to Kaunas. Russian language was the lingua franca in the Soviet Union, thus it was also much-used in the interethnic Vilnius (something heavily promoted by the Soviets). Nevertheless, an underground opposition always existed, its secret networks uniting street musicians of Gedimino Avenue to the Roman Catholic Church, to the banned and persecuted Freedom League of Lithuania, to the hiking clubs that were always treated with suspicion due to their habit to choose historically important places as the goal of their weekend expeditions.
With the rise of Gorbachev and his perestroika campaign, the Sąjūdis movement was born in 1988 out of this underground opposition. It was also joined by freedom-sympathisers who previously would not have risked their lives to openly endorse Lithuanian independence. In mere months, what the Soviets once considered to be just another of their provincial capitals was catapulted to worldwide news networks such as CNN and BBC as the global population impatiently waited how would the Lithuanian aspirations unfold. By the March 11th of 1990 in the same old hall of the Supreme Soviet the first democratically-elected parliament to convene in Vilnius declared independence. The Russian blockade followed, leaving Vilnius without fuel for heating or cars. Later, a Russian military aggression on January 11th-13th of 1991 that killed 14 people and injured 700. Due to an unbelievable cohesion of the people of Vilnius who stood armless against the Soviet tanks all these actions failed. The Soviet Union collapsed. This collapse (and the end of Cold War) started here – in Vilnius.
Where to see the era today? Entire Soviet districts survive almost intact with only a few modern shops and apartment buildings here and there. You may easily pick up one of them and stroll, be it Fabijoniškės, Pašilaičiai, Pilaitė or Lazdynai. There are some functionalist buildings of the era in the city center as well. The focal points of defense by January 1991 were the TV Tower (Karoliniškės) and the Parliament (New Town) - memorials exist at both.
Capital of a modern European state (1991 and beyond)
The restoration of independence (marked in Vilnius by a removal of Soviet statues, restoration of the old street names and vacation of Soviet military bases) flattered Lithuanians' hearts, but the 50 years of exploitation took their toll. The city was lagging far behind the Western standards in almost every statistic. Its factories were uncompetitive, its people crammed into little-yet-uneconomic flats, real estate prices ridiculously small but nevertheless out of reach for many locals. Many reforms were to be done, and in the following decade, Vilnius led these reforms in Lithuania, always followed by Klaipėda and Kaunas, in that order.
The free market killed some of the old factories yet new businesses started to thrive in places such as Gariūnai marketplace in western Vilnius. Private shops sprung up and the lack of goods that plagued Soviet era was a thing of the past, all the Western trademarks becoming readily available. By some 1995s the shopkeepers even started to smile (something unheard of in the Soviet Union where the client was "always wrong" and regularly yelled at).
Most of the churches were reopened and new ones were conceived in the churchless Soviet boroughs. Used car import business was among the most lucrative, the number of private cars quadrupled in 1990-2010 and traffic jams formed for the first time in the late 1990s. McDonald's opened its first 4 outlets in the late 1990s.
In 1997 the first office high-rise was built (Hanner building). By 2003 there was entire skyscraper district in southern Šnipiškės. Modern style with glass facades prevailed. Among those was the new Vilnius municipality building, the first example of public-private partnership in Lithuania.
In the year 2000 Akropolis, the first hypermarket in Vilnius and Lithuania, opened, to be followed by many others. This changed the Lithuanian shopping habits, luring them from bazaar-like markets.
After the year 2000, the residential construction boomed with bank credits supplanting the cash payments (in US dollars or German marks) that used to be common in the quite lawless era of the early 1990s. North Town Soviet military base in Žirmūnai was the first area to be redeveloped, to be followed by many modern apartment blocks elsewhere.
Most of the newly-rich did not wait for the construction boom. Starting in the early 1990s they would construct large detached homes in one of the rapidly developing suburbs (Kairėnai, Pavilnis, Zujūnai). Such "prestigious buildings" sprung up, their owners caring primarily about size rather than architectural appeal. By 2000s the Western ideas reached suburbia and new uniformly-developed gated communities outcompeted the "private castles" of 1990s.
Being the capital, Vilnius received a fair share of new public buildings. Among those are the Sodra palace, two extensions of Vilnius airport (1993 and 2007), a minimalist General prosecutors office (a black cube with windows that glow blue at night) and the extension of the parliament building. The most controversial addition was undoubtedly the Palace of Grand Dukes, a hundreds-of-millions-worth reconstruction of a long-lost palace right next to the Vilnius Cathedral. Despite the complaints on wasted money and doubtful authenticity, many needed the Palace to signify that Vilnius is once again the Lithuanian capital - just as in the Medieval era.
The Medieval tolerance and social cohesion returned as well. The percentage of Lithuanians peaked at ~60% - as the city-majority and the government-majority ethnicities were now the same (while the minorities were allowed full democratic participation), the communities stopped to see each other as a threat.
In 1997 a campaign to repair the crumbling Old Town of Vilnius was launched. The main squares and streets became picture-perfect. Abandoned buildings were bought up by residential and hotel developers. Hotels received more and more guests from the West, discovering this once hidden gem.
The main transformation ended in some 2001 when Vilnius was effectively a modern Western city. Its population still earned smaller wages, however, causing tens of thousands Vilnius residents emigrate westwards after the Lithuania's European Union membership (2004) abolished migration controls.
Vilnius was saved from a major population slump only by Lithuanians moving in from other localities. These trends made the demographic decline in the rest of Lithuania even acuter, increasing the gap between Vilnius and other cities.
By the year 2011, Vilnius was already 69% more populous than the second-largest city Kaunas (the difference stood at 37% back in 1989). As the capital, it also attracted most talents and key business HQs. Such transformation of Lithuania into a "single-city nation" is popularly seen as unwelcome. To combat it, the government has been transferring the majority of income tax paid by Vilnius residents to other areas.
Where to see the era today? If you want to see 1990s suburbs like Kairėnai are your best bet as well as the church boom religious buildings like the Blessed Jurgis Matulaitis church in Karoliniškės. If you prefer the 2000s, you have inherently more options: the main shopping malls (Akropolis, Ozas, Panorama), the extensive new residential districts (North Town in Žirmūnai, Perkūnkiemis beyond Pašilaičiai) and of course the New City Center high-rises in southern Šnipiškės. Grand Dukes Palace is near the Cathedral.


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Wednesday, May 04, 2005
Drew we have our own supply of trolls here
To be a good troll you must have courage. You will be getting your ass whipped daily.
Creativity is a prize among trolls. Screaming Pathetic, Hypocrite and Racist is not original. My blogs trolls are unskilled but I have a few.The official Beaks speaks troll is the moron Viper and his asssssssistant Craig B.
Q Drew what qualifications do you posses if you want to be the official troll.
Q Do you have creativity
If you want Big Bubba is looking for an official troll. http://mindlesstwitmagnet.blogspot.com/
If you want to be a troll here you will have to share the stage with the others.
9 comments:
- beakerkin said...
Warren do you think Drew has the talent to be the official troll. He is less whiny then Viper but the Viper has more Camp.
- Drew said...
Sans any mild caliber of concept and topic, there is very little to 'troll' about. No trolls live under bridges which no one ever crosses -- this is simply not economically viable. The 'trolls' under the deprecated bridges -- those are called crackheads.
How old are you anyway? - 1:19:00 PM
- beakerkin said...
I am in my thirties
We might have to promote you to official troll. You have demonstrated something Viper and Craib B lacked a sense of humor.
Pending a discussion with Warren I hereby welcome you as the unofficial Beaks Speaks resident Troll. - 1:33:00 PM
- Warren said...
Welcome, Your Trollness... er, Drew.
- beakerkin said...
Drew You are now the official blog troll of the Beak Speaks. I do find you more talented then the whiny Viper or the crybaby Craig B.
Practive the craft and remember trolls are graded on originality
and camp. - 3:24:00 PM
- Mr. Beamish the Instablepundit said...
How much is that trolly in the window?
- beakerkin said...
Drew has talent at least he doesn't cry. - 6:57:00 PM
- Warren said...
He has potential!
Craigy, (et al), back on the dole with ya. - 9:55:00 PM
- beakerkin said...
He doesn't whine . I like my trolls
manly. Do you hear that CraigB and Viper. Recidoofus why should you be the official troll of this blog - 11:06:00 PM

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Khaleejia said: Khoosa Boosa is an old game Khaleeji children played in the past. And it's the name of a new 3-D cartoon about Emirati lifestyle!
Khoosa Boosa is a new cartoon shown on Sama Dubai this Ramadan. It's about Emirati lifestyle! Everything in the cartoon is exactly how it is in real life of average UAE locals! And that's why it maybe difficult to understand for people outside Emirati society... nevertheless some things can be understood without translation and explanation:)
Enjoy the cartoon!
And there's even one more new cartoon consisting of short parts about health and healthy life style in Khaleeji families :)
August 28, 2009
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Salam alaikum Khaleejia ;)
first i want to say i adore your blog! mashallah, you have alot of interesting things in it!
i only wanted to point out that the english transaltion for the cartoon is "khoosah" not "hoosa"...maybe you didnt see that, sorry if i bothered you! i didnt know that this was an emirati game though! thats so cute!
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"No one is useless in the world who lightens the burden of it for anyone else."
Charles Dickens
"This season we wanted to sort of lighten it up and make it a little bit more transparent ... a little bit more interesting (and) new."
Greg Myler
"That I may apprehend thee as light lightening every creature and everything, every moment; that I may know thee as truth, hearing thy voice; that I may serve thee as love, loving thy people, asking for no reward, no place, but one only and for one instant-to lean on thy bosom."
Eric Milner-White
"Many hands make light work. So, everyone who goes contributes just a little bit and that lightens the people's hearts that much more."
Daniel Almarode
"I always talk about not tightening up, but lightening up in all areas."
Tubby Smith
"I was not very happy with the way things were going, ... I've lightened up considerably, but I will push very hard for that championship next year."
Dario Franchitti
"The mood always lightens after a win. People are nicer, the food tastes better, practice is a lot more fun,"
Chris Bosh
"A coma is not an absolute all-or-nothing state. There are various stages. His coma may be lightening a bit. It's not a dramatic breakthrough."
Dr. Anthony Rudd
"Whatever touches the nerves of motive, whatever shifts man's moral position, is mightier than steam, or calorie, or lightening."
Edwin Hubbel Chapin
""Asking An Angel To Blow Kisses You Way, Hoping To Lighten & Brighten Your Day." ~ Tom Baker"
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Caleb is playing Uno with the kids and here is what I just witnessed. Joe was down to two cards, both blue. The play to him was a green something or other so he had to draw a card and lo and behold he drew the dreaded draw 4! He triumphantly threw it on the stack and when asked what color he wanted it to be said, "red." Caleb pointed out that he didn't have any red cards in his hand, but he was adamant that he wanted it to be red. Blythe drew 4 cards making it Joe's turn again (he and Caleb are on a team) so Caleb told him, "Ok, you have to play a red." Joe very sadly replied, "but I don't have any reds."
Another great conversation I have witnessed recently took place one of the first days we were back from Christmas. We were all sick during our trip to Texas. Both of the kids threw up for a couple days and didn't eat for another couple days. Wasn't the most fun I've ever had on vacation, but at least we were with family. Blythe likes to brag about her great fasting abilities so while driving around last weekend the kids had this little exchange...
Blythe: Joe, did you know that when I was sick I didn't ate for 2 days.
Joe: Eight?
Blythe: No, 2.
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Blythe: No, I didn't eat for 2 days.
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LOL...thats so true :)..i do the same when i talk to mom n dad! just 'hmmm's n 'aah's n 'oh's...
nice post :)LOL..i hate to talk on the phone..and mmmmm a lot when i talk with my frens..it distract me a lot and sometimes the mmmmm may sound awkward to the person on the other side of the line..
i usually have the conversation on speaker so that i can resume whatever i was doing:):)Pretty much the case with me.. Aaahh yaa mmm haa with parents... In fact when my cousin calls he tells me it looks like he's talking to some stranger :P ...
But with besties I go on and on and on... Is that weird? Coz I don't wanna lose these guys too.. Looks like "taken for granted" in my case also.. shyaa kashtam :PIts like opposite in my case. :O
I keep on blabbering and dad is like hmm..okay and all :P
P.S. Nice post :)..
I totally like the way you write. :) I hope one day I will be able to write as well. :)Huhuhuuu :P
I can talk for hours with anyone and everyone. :P
Poor your mom re :p I hate when people keep doing mmmm for everything I say!
Funny post, as usuaaal :DROFL!!!! This reminds me of my conversation with my own parents!! :D
and btw, I was going through your previous post and trust me, those are the few words that I have picked up well being in Chennai for a year now.. :D I didn't know thala though .. in Bengali, thala means plate :D however, now I know what it means in Tamil..lol.. thanks.. enjoyed reading your posts!! :D and oh , CHEERS TO NARCISSISM \M/ :Dnice and realistic post mr narcissist . Same with me too and with dad i exchange sms now and its working fine ....
ReplyDeleteI so relate to this. If I talk for more that ten minutes on the phone, my ears start to pain and I get restless. I start scribbling something or go into a world of my own. Then it'll be just a lot of mmm's and ok's.
I marvel at people who can talk on the phone for 2-3 hours. Yes, I know such people. I mean, HOW! When I was in a relationship, the max I could talk was 1 hour. After that relationship ended, so did my tolerance for talking on the phone. The only person I talk to daily is my mom. And that too just for 10 minutes, unless she has the news of the entire khaandaan to give me. I can text at the speed of light, but talking... nah..
By the way, I suffer from a disease called postsmilelongcomments-itis. Please to be excused.your amma is just soo cute!!Rerminded me of the conversations i have with mine..
Dada just talk the core of every subject and hang up..Leaves me to figure out the rest!Loved your conclusion :)
But if my Hubby were to ever try this ruse with me, I'd roast him alive.nice post Abhishek... Yes even I know people who talk hours on phone... Even I used to talk for hours in night during college days (conference calls u know). But I can't do that now as time is very limited but I had abundance of time then... :)


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Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G (T-Mobile) Review
Snappy performance and good graphics; Long battery life; Fast 4G downloads; Good audio
Display not the sharpest; Heavy on T-Mobile apps and widgets; Lacks HDMI output
The Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G offers strong performance and long battery life in a more compact design than the Galaxy S II.
Not everyone is looking for a big-screen phone like the Samsung Galaxy S II. The Galaxy S Blaze 4G for T-Mobile has a smaller display (3.9 inches versus 4.5 inches) and smaller price ($149 versus $229) than its big brother. But can Samsung shrink the dimensions of its flagship phone without sacrificing the power and performance consumers have come to expect?
Measuring 4.8 x 2.5 x 0.4 inches and weighing 4.4 ounces, the Blaze 4G is smaller and lighter than the 4.9-ounce, 5.1 x 2.7 x 0.4-inchSamsung Galaxy S II. The Blaze is also more compact and lighter than the HTC Sensation 4G (5 x 2.6 x 0.4 inches, 5 ounces). The smaller footprint makes this handset easier to operate with one hand.
The Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G draws somewhat from the Samsung Galaxy S II's design. The front is black with dark chrome accents surrounding a glossy 3.9-inch display. It's the handset's rear rubber panel that helps it stand out. While there's no lip like the Galaxy S II, it feels very comfortable to hold. The grippy material is emblazoned with a white Galaxy S insignia. The 5-megapixel camera, LED flash and twin speakers sit along the top in a dark gray brushed metal strip.
The top of the Blaze 4G houses the headphone jack with the microUSB port resting at the bottom. The volume rocker is on the left, while the power button and microSD port are on the right. Both buttons are noticeably smaller and more angular than on the Galaxy S II.Note that the Blaze 4G doesn't include an HDMI port, not does it support a USB adapter for connecting the phone to your TV. You'll have to go the wireless route.
The Galaxy S Blaze 4G features a 3.97-inch 800 x 480 Super AMOLED display. It offers rich deep color, but the sharpness left something to be desired. Text on CNN.com and ESPN.com looked a bit fuzzy, as did the images. The HTC Sensation 4G has a sharper resolution of 960 x 540 pixels, although its viewing angles aren't as wide as the Blaze 4G.In terms of brightness, the 231 lux display fell short of the 297 Android smartphone category average, as well as the Galaxy S II's 249 lux display.
Watching the HD YouTube trailer for "Mirror Mirror," we were delighted by Snow White's ebony hair, ruby red lips and royal blue dress with accompanying marigold sash. However, the trailer appeared somewhat dark, and the same graininess we encountered with websites was also present here.
The twin rear speakers on the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G have a lot of kick, and easily filled a small room. The overarching disdain in Julia Roberts' voice came through loud and clear in that trailer. When we played Andre 3000's rendition of "My Favorite Things," the piano trilled brightly while the horns blared during the spastic delivery.
The Blaze 4G comes equipped with the stock Samsung keyboard, which has nice big keys with generous spacing in both portrait and landscape modes. You can access special characters by long-pressing on a regular character. Swype is also included, and we continue to enjoy the trace technology that allows us to jot down a text or email quicker with one finger. Similar to the Samsung keyboard, we can could access special characters such as numbers and punctuation marks by long pressing.Both keyboards employ pleasant haptic feedback for a more tactile typing experience.
Software and Interface
The Blaze 4G runs Android 2.3.6 (Gingerbread) with Samsung's TouchWiz 4.0 software. We like that the seven customizable homescreens are looped. However, out of the box, the Blaze 4G is heavy on T-Mobile content. The active widgets include T-Mobile's MobileLife Organizer, AccuWeather.com, T-Mobile Bonus Apps and T-Mobile Highlights, which features news from CNN, E! and MSNBC.Swiping down on the display reveals the Notifications shade for quick access to Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS settings.
The Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G comes with a bevy of entertainment apps that provide access to a robust offering of free and paid content. Samsung Media Hub allowed us to rent the latest movies and TV shows for $3.99 and $1.99, respectively. We liked the OnDemand and LiveTV options offered on T-MobileTV that allowed us to watch up-to-the-minute news from Fox News and the Associated Press, but the $12.99 monthly fee is too steep. Netflix rounds out the premium video lineup.
In terms of gaming, there's T-Mobile's GameBase, where you can purchase classics such as "Pac-Man" for $4.99. Zinio, the digital newsstand, is also on board for magazine fans. Slacker is included for personalized radio, and multimedia sharing apps include Samsung AllShare and Kies Air.Other T-Mobile-branded apps include T-Mobile Mall, the Cozi-powered MobileLife Organizer, T-Mobile Name ID, 411 & More (which offers directory assistance and horoscopes) and More for Me, a location-based deals finder.
Third-party apps include Facebook, YouTube, Yelp, Qik and Google Tags, which organizes all your scanned Tags for easy sharing.
Similar to the Samsung Galaxy S II, the Blaze 4G is powered by a dual-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 CPU with 1GB of RAM. We were able to play a few rounds of "Collaspe!" while streaming music from Slacker without any hiccups.
On the CPU portion of the Benchmark app, the Blaze 4G scored 2,576. That's 813 points above the 1,763 Android smartphone average, but well below the Galaxy S II (3,365). The HTC Sensation 4G and the T-Mobile myTouch Slide 4G, which both have 1.2GHz Qualcomm processors, scored 1,716 and 2,255 respectively.
On An3DBench, which measures graphics, the Blaze 4G scored 7,017, well above the 5,933 category average. However, the Sensation 4G and the myTouch Slide 4G performed slightly better with 7,072 and 7,098. The Galaxy S II continued to dominate, notching 7,394.
The Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G comes with a 4GB microSD card that can be expanded to 32GB via the microSD slot, conveniently located on the right side of the phone.
Web Browsing and 4G
We surfed the Web at a speedy clip on T-Mobile's HSPA+42's network, which the carrier claims has a top download speed of 27 Mbps and an average speed 8 Mbps.The mobile versions of NYTimes.com, ESPN.com and CNN.com loaded in an average of 5.2, 6.2 and 8.6 seconds respectively. The desktop version of Laptopmag.com loaded in 11.2 seconds. By comparison, the Galaxy S II loaded took an average of 6 seconds to load mobile sites and 11.6 seconds to load Laptopmag.com. The myTouch 4G Slide loaded NYTimes.com, ESPN.com and Laptop in 4.7, 7.5 and 12 seconds.
On Speedtest.net, the Blaze 4G delivered average download speeds of 11.4 Mbps and 1.5 Mbps uploads. That was more than enough to beat the Sensation 4G and the myTouch 4G Slide, which averaged 4.3/1.8 Mbps and 2.7/1.2 Mbps, respectively. However, the Galaxy S II was even better, notching speeds of 16.2 Mbps down and 1.7 Mbps up.
Camera and Camcorder
The rear-facing camera on the Blaze 4G captures 5-MP images and 720p video. In our test shots around Union Square, we saw vibrant greens, yellows and magentas. However, sharpness was lacking and there were quite a few instances where images appeared washed out.Our test video of New York City traffic yielded similar results. While we saw brilliant yellow cabs zoom past sleek black Crown Victorias, there was a noticeable amount noise that made reading text on signs somewhat difficult. The camera took about a second to readjust after we panned up to the sky and back down to street level.
The 1.3-megapixel front camera captures images in 720p. While our electric blue shirt appeared quite vivid, we also noticed a constant color fluctuation. Our Skype caller reported a fairly clear image with some motion blur, but told us the audio was clear.
Battery Life
During the LAPTOP Battery Test (continuous Web surfing over 4G), the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G 1750 mAh battery lasted a whopping 7 hours and 11 minutes. That's 1 hour and 25 minutes longer than the Android smartphone category average. The HTC Sensation 4G lasted 7:12 while the T-Mobile myTouch Slide 4G clocked in at 6:09. The Samsung Galaxy S II reigned supreme with 7:38.Call Quality
We made some test calls to landlines and cellphones in New York and New Jersey. Calls to landlines delivered loud, clear audio. However, we did hear some echoes on speakerphone calls. Cell phone conversations were loud and clear in Manhattan, but experienced a few dropped calls in the Bronx.
The $149 Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G is a mid-range Android phone that delivers strong performance, long battery life and fast 4G speeds. Some may find the avalanche of T-Mobile branded apps annoying, however. The identically priced HTC Sensation 4G has a sharper qHD display and higher-resolution 8-MP camera, but we suspect that many would rather carry the smaller and lighter Blaze 4G. Overall, the Blaze 4G is a very good choice for shoppers looking for a pocket-friendly Android phone with fast speeds and long endurance.
Carrier | T-Mobile |
Form Factor | Candybar Touchscreen |
Operating System | Android 2.3.6 |
Networks | GSM,UMTS/HSPA+42 |
Data | UMTS/HSPA+42 |
CPU | 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 processor |
Internal Memory | 4GB |
Memory Expansion Type | microSD Card |
Display (main) | 3.97 inches |
Display (secondary) | |
Bluetooth Type | Bluetooth 3.0 |
Wi-Fi | 802.11 a/b/g/n |
Front Camera Resolution | 1.3MP |
Camera Resolution | 5 MP |
Talk / Standby Time | 7 hours/9.5 days |
Ports | microUSB |
Ports | 3.5mm headphone |
Size | 4.79 x 2.48 x 0.44 inches |
Weight | 4.4 ounces |
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Company Website | www.samsung.com |


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Alleghany County Farmers Market, Sparta
Ashe County
Ashe County Chamber and Visitors Center, West Jefferson
Ashe County Extension Office, Jefferson
Ashe County Farmers Market, West Jefferson
Bohemia, West Jefferson
Boondocks Brewing Tap Room & Restaurant, West Jefferson
The Hotel Tavern, West Jefferson
Rose Mountain Butcher Shoppe, Lansing
West Jefferson Coffee House, West Jefferson
Asheville – Downtown
All Souls Pizza
Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce
Asheville (downtown) YMCA
Blue Dream Curry House
Buncombe County Extension
Buncombe County Soil & Water
Chai Pani
Cheese Store of Asheville
The Chop Shop Butchery
City Bakery
Cucina 24
Downtown Books & News
Early Girl Eatery
Earth Fare
Farm Burger
Fifth Season Garden Center
Foothills Deli & Butchery
French Broad Chocolate Lounge
French Broad Food Co-op
Green Sage
Hi-Wire Brewing & Big Top
Hopey & Company
Jerusalem Garden Cafe
Laughing Seed
Lexington Avenue Brewery
Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe
Mast General Store
Mela Indian Restaurant
Mellow Mushroom
Mojo Kitchen & Lounge
Nine Mile
Over Easy Cafe
Pack Memorial Library
Posana Cafe
Roman's Local Deli & Catering
Rosetta's Kitchen & The Buchi Bar
Smoky Park Supper Club
Sow True Seed
Storm Ruhm Bar & Bistro
The Lobster Trap
The Market Place
The Southern Kitchen & Bar
Vortex Doughnuts
YMCA of Western North Carolina
Asheville – East
Copper Crown Restaurant
Highland Brewing Company
Ultimate Ice Cream
Warren Wilson College
Whole Foods
Asheville – North
City Bakery
Farside Farms Market
Greenlife Grocery
Luella's BBQ
Neighborhood YMCA of Woodfin
Omni Grove Park Inn
Omni Grove Park Inn Sports Complex
Rise N' Shine Café
The Chop Shop Butchery
The Hop Ice Cream Cafe
Ultimate Ice Cream Company
UNC Asheville Dining Services
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Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity
Corner Kitchen
Diamond Brand Outdoors
Earth Fare
Farm Burger -South
Hopey & Company
Medea's Espresso & Juice Bar
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Red Stag Grill
Reuter Family YMCA
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Tupelo Honey Cafe
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Asheville Food Park
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Nine Mile
Sunny Point Cafe
Urban Orchard Cider Co.
West End Bakery
West Village Market & Deli
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Avery County Extension Office, Newland
Avery County Farmers Market, Banner Elk
Avery Farms, Newland
Blind Squirrel Brewery, Newland
Mountain Grounds Coffee, Banner Elk
Lowes Foods, Banner Elk
Reid's Cafe and Catering, Banner Elk
Williams YMCA of Avery County, Linville
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Artisan Gourmet Market, Black Mountain
Black Mountain Chamber of Commerce, Black Mountain
Foothills Farm & Butchery, Black Mountain
Fresh Wood Fired Pizza, Black Mountain
Hopey & Company, Black Mountain
Louise's Kitchen, Black Mountain
Native Kitchen, Swannanoa
Roots and Fruits Market, Black Mountain
TroutLily Deli Market, Fairview
Buncombe County – Weaverville
Blue Mountain Pizza & Brew Pub
Glass Onion
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Burke County
Burke County Extension Office, Morganton
Burke County Travel and Tourism, Morganton
Burke County: Visitor Information Center, Morganton
Colonel's Pantry, Morganton
Food Matters Market, Morganton
Wisteria Southern Gastropub, Morganton
Caldwell County
Caldwell County Extension Office, Lenoir
Caldwell County Chamber of Commerce, Lenoir
Comfort Inn, Lenoir
Betsey's Ole Country Store, Collettsville
Wilson Creek Visitor Center, Collettsville
Coffey's General Store, Edgemont
American Trade and Loan, Lenoir
Blue Ridge Mountain Stop Gas Station, Lenoir
Caldwell County Library-Lenoir Branch, Lenoir
Cheek's Grill, Lenoir
Hog Waller Outfitters, Lenoir
Jameson Inn, Lenoir
Lenoir Veterinary Hospital, Lenoir
Lowes Food Store, Lenoir
Luna Cycles, Lenoir
Red Carpet Inn, Lenoir
Walkard Store, Lenoir
Cherokee County
Brasstown Beef, Brasstown
Brasstown General Store, Brasstown
John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown
Blue Mountain Grill, Murphy
Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce, Murphy
Cherokee County Extension Office, Murphy
Murphy Medical Center, Murphy
Doyle's Cedar Hill Restaurant, Murphy
Long Family Farms and Gallery, Murphy
Clay County
Brothers On Farms, Hayesville
Clay County Chamber of Commerce, Hayesville
Clay County Extension Office, Hayesville
Walnut Hollow Ranch, Hayesville
Franklin County
Franklin Chamber of Commerce, Franklin
Deal Family Farm, Franklin
J.W. Mitchell Farms, Franklin
Macon County Extension Office, Franklin
Smoky Mountain Host of NC Visitor's Center, Franklin
Graham County
Graham County Extension Office, Robbinsville
Graham County Travel and Tourism Authority, Robbinsville
Wehrloom Honey, Robbinsville
Yellow Branch Cheese and Pottery, Robbinsville
Haywood County
City Bakery, Waynesville
Coffee Cup Cafe, Clyde
Greater Haywood County Chamber of Commerce, Waynesville
HART Theater, Waynesville
Haywood Co. Extension, Waynesville
Haywood Community College, Clyde
Haywood County Public Library, Waynesville
Haywood County Tourism Visitors Center, Waynesville
I-40 Welcome Center, Waynesville
Lake Junaluska Visitors Center, Lake Junaluska
Mast General Store, Waynesville
Montgomery Street Market, Waynesville
Panacea Coffee House and Cafe, Waynesville
Sunburst Market, Waynesville
The Strand, Waynesville
Henderson County
Asheville Regional Airport Authority, Fletcher
City Market, Hendersonville
ECO (Environmental & Conservation Organization), Hendersonville
Flat Rock Post Office, Flat Rock
Flat Rock Village Bakery, Flat Rock
Fletcher Valley Market & Bakery, Hendersonville
Hands On: A Childs Gallery, Hendersonville
Henderson County Extension, Hendersonville
Henderson County Habitat for Humanity, Hendersonville
Henderson County Library, Hendersonville
Henderson County Travel & Tourism, Hendersonville
Hendersonville Community Co-op, Hendersonville
Highland Lake Inn, Flat Rock
Park Ridge Health, Naples
Season's at Highland Lake, Flat Rock
West First Wood Fired, Hendersonville
Jackson County
City Lights Café, Sylva
Guandalupe Café, Sylva
Harold's IGA Super Market, Sylva
Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, Sylva
Jackson County Extension Office, Sylva
Jackson County Public Library, Sylva
Mad Batter Bakery & Cafe, Sylva
Signature Brew Coffee Company, Sylva
Sylva Convenient Market and General Store, Sylva
Western Carolina University, Cullowhee
Madison County
I-26 (Eastbound) Welcome Center, Mars Hill
Madison County Extension Office, Marshall
Madison County Visitors Center, Mars Hill
Mars Hill University, Mars Hill
The Sweet Monkey Bakery & Cafe, Marshall
Zuma, Marshall
McDowell County
Belle Nicho Winery, Nebo
English Farmstead Cheese, Marion
McDowell County Extension Office, Marion
McDowell Tourism Authority and Visitors Center, Old Fort
Mitchell County
Knife & Fork, Spruce Pine
Mayland Community College, Spruce Pine
Mitchell County Chamber of Commerce, Spruce Pine
Mitchell County Extension Office, Bakersville
Mitchell County Visitor Center, Spruce Pine
Orchard at Altapass, Spruce Pine
Penland School of Crafts, Bakersville
The Pizza Shop and Dry County Brewing Company, Spruce Pine
Polk County
Apple Mill Market, Saluda
Fresca! (Giardini Gardens), Columbus
I-26 Westbound Welcome Center, Columbus
Meanwhile, Back in Saluda, Saluda
Mill Spring Farm Store/Ag Center, Mill Spring
Open Road Cafe, Columbus
Parker-Binns Vienyard, Mill Spring
Polk County Extension Office, Columbus
Purple Onion, Saluda
Town of Tryon Visitor Center, Tryon
Tryon International Equestrian Center, Mill Spring
Rutherford County
Hickory Nut Gorge Chamber of Commerce, Chimney Rock
Plum Natural Market, Forest City
Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce, Rutherfordton
Rutherford County Extension Office, Spindale
Rutherford Welcome Center, Lake Lure
Swain County
Darnell Farms, Bryson City
Marianna Black/Swain County Library, Bryson City
Nantahala Outdoor Center, Bryson City
Swain Community Hospital, Bryson City
Swain County Chamber of Commerce, Bryson City
Swain County Extension Office, Bryson City
Swain County Health Department, Bryson City
Transylvania County
Brevard College Library, Brevard
Food Matters Market, Brevard
Healthy Harvest Natural Foods, Brevard
The Phoenix, Brevard
Queens Produce and Berry Farm, Pisgah Farm
Transylvania County Extension Office, Brevard
Watauga County
ASU Library, Boone
ASU Student Union, Boone
Bare Essentials Natural Market, Boone
Black Cat, Boone
Boone Mall, Boone
Broyhill Wellness Center, Boone
Caldwell Community College – Watauga Campus, Boone
Canyons, Blowing Rock
Earth Fare, Boone
Espresso News, Boone
Footsloggers, Boone
Foscoe Fishing, Foscoe
The Gamekeeper Restaurant, Boone
Magic Cycles, Boone
Mountain Rooster Produce Stand, Banner Elk
The New Public House, Blowing Rock
North Carolina High Country Host, Boone
Pepper's Restaurant and Bar, Boone
Vidalia, Boone
Watauga County Extension Office, Boone
Watauga County Library, Boone
Wilkes County
Northwest NC Visitors Center, North Wilkesboro
Tumbling Shoals Farm, Millers Creek
Wilkes County Extesion Office, Wilkesboro
Wilkes County Farmers Market, North Wilkesboro
Wilkesboro Open Air Market, Wilkesboro
Yancey County
Garden Deli, Burnsville
TRACTOR Food and Farms, Burnsville
Yancey County Extension, Burnsville
Yancey County Chamber of Commerce, Burnsville


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Photographer's Note
I was spending the long week end at friends house and I paid a visit to the neighbours' horses at the end of the day. I took a lot of shots, concentrating on the horses themselves, when I saw their shadow on the barn, at the right angle. I felt like a kid who just discovered a treasure... Lens: 28-300 mm, taken at 210 mm, ISO 1600
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Photo Information
- Copyright: Jacques Cinq (voyou) (32)
- Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2004-06-25
- Categories: Decisive Moment
- Camera: Nikon D100
- Exposure: f/8, 1/1250 seconds
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Theme(s): World of Horses [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2004-06-28 21:01
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- To altonv: Thanks for the welcome (1)
by voyou, last updated 2004-06-28 10:21