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If you can listen objectively and with an open mind, there is a damn good album awaiting you.
Kings of Leon dropped their fourth studio album Only by the Night earlier this week. With the growing buzz surrounding the band, this seems to be a crucial release for them in terms of their commercial reputation. Known for their raw energy and passionate live performances, will the Kings of Leon remain on their throne after this one, or will this album be the one that critics will love to hate? Let's find out.
Early on, you can tell this is a different Kings of Leon with the album-opening "Closer." The song features a reverb-heavy snare sound and layered guitars reminiscent more of Radiohead than the southern-garage rock riffs we're used to from Kings of Leon. The band began to challenge their fans with their third release Because of the Times, and they seem to be continuing to evolve more into a studio band rather than the garage band early fans came to love.
The album continues on with "Crawl"; this track starts off with a squeal of feedback and a heavy overdriven bass sound. You can certainly tell the approach to recording was different this time around, as the production values are significantly more polished. Intriguing is the chorus: "The red and the whites and abused/ the crucified USA/ as their hypocrisy unfolds/ oh hell is truly on its way." Are the Kings defending their homeland from foreign critics, or is this their own political cry against the fall of the good ol' USA?
We're three songs in and things will begin to sound more familiar to fans of Kings with "Sex on Fire." A driving, danceable beat and a solid rhythm section carry the song. Frontman Caleb Followill's voice shines here and is sure to make a solid live song for the female fans with his lyrical hook, "You...your sex is fire." Ouch!
We continue on our way with "Use Somebody." This one shows another different side of the Kings, and a good one at that. A sparse verse led by the vocal line, "You know that I could use somebody" leads way to a melodic chorus with layered, harmonized vocals. This is definitely different territory for these boys, but a nice display of diversity in their crafty songwriting.
Okay, I'm starting to like this record. We're onto "Manhattan," another track that will feel familiar to those fond of previous Kings of Leon records, but with a noticeable progression. A catchy bass melody is backed nicely by reverb-laden, overdriven guitar that creates a smooth wall of sound. Is this a more mature, grown-up Kings of Leon? We're almost halfway through the record and it's beginning to sound that way.
Moving right along to "Revelry," this is interesting territory that the Kings often walk in. They take their Southern influences but manage to merge them in a way that won't alienate the more (sub)urban listeners. Often, Caleb writes from an open-book, singer-songwriter-type place more similar to that of a Neil Young than most of the "indie" artists out there today. Certainly a song full of lyrical sentiment backed with twangy guitars and a more urban beat.
"Oh, she's only seventeen," sings Caleb on the track "17." Ah, here you are, Kings of Leon. The familiar and always ear-grabbing bass lines of Jared Followill jump at you here along with the vocal harmonies. Outside of that, this is another track that shows yet another different side of Kings.; a little bit of that "soul" vibe infuses this one.
All right, I am really enjoying this record; "Notion" helps to confirm that feeling for me. Kings of Leon have always been an expressive band that had a raw quality to their music. Early on with this record ,I had begun to wonder if the more pristine production may have stripped that quality from their music, but this song confirms to me that certainly didn't happen; the raw expressiveness is just executed in a different way than on their earlier records. This song is carried by a strong vocal performance and a nice arrangement.
"I Want You" is by far the sparsest of the tracks on Only by the Night. A beat with plenty of cowbell, some country-style licks on the gee-tar, and a lyrical narrative telling the story of friends riding around the town, drinking booze and picking up on the local girls. Some graphic sexual details in here and a catchy chorus with a nice vocal melody which states, "I want you/ just exactly like I used to/ and baby this is only bringing me down." Also a cool chicken pickin'-style guitar lead on this one by guitarist Matthew Followill.
Things pick up again here with the up-tempo number "Be Somebody." A driving beat carries the tune early, accompanied by atmospheric guitars layered with overdriven riffs. The chorus breaks the pacing and opens the song up with the hook, "Given a chance, I'm gonna be somebody." As the song reaches its crescendo, the Kings don't pass up the opportunity to rock out with a grooving outro.
Ah, the album closer, "Cold Desert." So sad to see you guys go so soon. This melodic ballad sends us on our way until their next release, a beautifully orchestrated arrangement that certainly provides a sense of closure, though still leaves you wanting more. Well done; very well done.
So how do I sum up a record such as Only by the Night that is very much a mixed bag? At first I didn't quite know what to make of it. I liked it; I knew that, but it didn't quite sound like the Kings of Leon I had come to know. Many bands are criticized for not evolving and continuing to put out the same record time and time again, and then other bands are criticized for changing too much. I don't think the Kings did either of these things. This record shows a natural progression in their songwriting and certainly a more mature side of the band. I feel this record may appeal to some people who may not have liked earlier Kings efforts, but at the same time this one may alienate some longtime fans who feel that they lost their roots or "sold out" a bit.
Overall, if you can listen objectively and with an open mind, there is a damn good album awaiting you. It's full of curious and thoughtful lyrics, lots of solid rhythms, an abundance of textural guitar work and nice production. If I had to criticize something about this album it would be that what initially made the Kings of Leon such a refreshing band to me was somewhat lost here. For once, I was kind of hoping for more of the same from these guys. Their overdriven Gibson guitar sound was mostly missing from this record, and with that, I felt that something essential to their sound was lost. In its place, though, they put other elements that were nicely orchestrated and that show the diversity and talent of these four gentlemen, but a little more of their raw rock sound certainly would have been welcomed by me and, I'm sure, other fans alike. | Christopher Sewell
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Khan, Kahn (Mongolian: хан/khan; Turkish: kağan or hakan; Azerbaijani: xan; Ottoman: han; Old Turkic: 𐰴𐰍𐰣, kaɣan; Chinese: 可汗, kèhán; Goguryeo : 皆, key; Silla: 干, kan; Baekje: 瑕, ke; Manchu: ᡥᠠᠨ, Pashto: خان Urdu: خان, Balochi: خان Hindi: ख़ान; Nepali: खाँ Bengali: খ়ান; Bulgarian: хан,[1] Chuvash: хун, hun) is an originally Mongol and subsequently Central Asian title for a sovereign or military ruler, widely used by medieval nomadic Mongol tribes living to the north of China. "Khan" is also seen as a title in the Mongolic Xianbei confederation[2] for their chief between 283 and 289.[3] The Rourans were the first people who used the titles khagan and khan for their emperors, replacing the Chanyu of the Xiongnu, whom Grousset and others assume to be Turkic.[4] It was subsequently adopted by the Ashina before Mongols brought it to the rest of Asia. In the middle of the sixth century it was known as "Kagan – King of the Turks" to the Iranians.[2]
It now has many equivalent meanings such as commander, leader, or ruler. Presently khans exist in South Asia, Central Asia, Eastern Europe and Turkey. The female alternatives are Khatun and Khanum. These titles or names are sometimes written as Han, Kan, Hakan, Hanum, or Hatun (in Turkey) and "xan", "xanım" (in Azerbaijan). Various Mongolic and Turkic peoples from Central Asia had given the title new prominence after the Mongol rule throughout the Old World and later brought the title "khan" into Northern Asia, which later was adopted by locals in the country as a title. Khagan is rendered as Khan of Khans. It was the title of Chinese Emperor Taizong of Tang (Heavenly Khagan), also was the title of Genghis Khan and the persons who are elected to rule the Mongol Empire. For instance Möngke Khan and Ogedei Khan would be "Khagans" but not Chagatai Khan who was not proclaimed ruler of the Mongol Empire by the kurultai.[5]
According to the book Persian Inscriptions on Indian Monuments, the word khan has roots in Sanskrit and Persian and Sogdian language word khana or khanva meaning chief and khan in Persian means landlord and chief of town.
Khanate rulers and dynasties[edit]
Ruling Khans[edit]
The usage of the word 'Khan' is firstly shown in Korean history of Silla Dynasty. Originally khans headed only relatively minor tribal entities, generally in or near the vast Eurasian steppe, the scene of an almost endless procession of nomadic people riding out into the history of the neighbouring sedentary regions. Some managed to establish principalities of some importance for a while, as their military might repeatedly proved a serious threat to such empires as China and kingdoms in Central Asia.[citation needed][tone]
One of the earliest notable examples of such principalities in Europe was Danube Bulgaria (presumably also Old Great Bulgaria), ruled by a khan or a kan at least from the 7th to the 9th century. It should be noted that the title "khan" is not attested directly in inscriptions and texts referring to Bulgar rulers – the only similar title found so far, Kanasubigi, has been found solely in the inscriptions of three consecutive Bulgarian rulers, namely Krum, Omurtag and Malamir (a grandfather, son and grandson). Starting from the compound, non-ruler titles that were attested among Bulgarian noble class such as kavkhan (vicekhan), tarkhan, and boritarkhan, scholars derive the title khan or kan for the early Bulgarian leader – if there was a vicekhan (kavkhan) there was probably a "full" khan, too. Compare also the rendition of the name of early Bulgarian ruler Pagan as Καμπαγάνος (Kampaganos), likely resulting from a misinterpretation of "Kan Pagan", in Patriarch Nicephorus's so-called Breviarium[6] In general, however, the inscriptions as well as other sources designate the supreme ruler of Danube Bulgaria with titles that exist in the language in which they are written – archontеs, meaning 'commander or magistrate' in Greek, and knyaze, meaning "duke" or "prince" in Slavic. Among the best known Bulgar khans were: Khan Kubrat, founder of Great Bulgaria; Khan Asparukh, founder of Danubian Bulgaria (today's Bulgaria); Khan Tervel, who defeated the Arab invaders in 718 Siege of Constantinople (718), thus "saving Europe"; Khan Krum, "the Terrible". "Khan" was the official title of the ruler until 864 AD, when Kniaz Boris (known also as Tsar Boris I) adopted the Eastern Orthodox faith.[citation needed]
The title Khan became unprecedently prominent when the Mongol Temüjin created the Mongol empire, the greatest land empire the world has ever seen, which he ruled as Genghis Khan. His title was khagan, or "Khan of Khans", but has often been abbreviated to Khan (rather like the Persian Shahanshah -also meaning "King of Kings"- is usually called Shah, equally incorrect, in most Western languages) or described as "Great Khan" (like the Ottoman Padishah being called "Great Sultan"). The great leader was regarded as a khan in the middle east and Asia. Ming Dynasty Chinese Emperors also used the term Xan to denote brave warriors and rulers. The title Khan was used to designate the greatest rulers of the Jurchens, who, later when known as the Manchus, founded the Manchu Qing dynasty.
Once more, there would be numerous khanates in the steppe in and around Central Asia, often more of a people than a territorial state, e.g.:[citation needed]
- of the Kazakhs (founded 1465; since 1601 divided into three geographical Jüz or Hordes, each under a bey; in 1718 split into three different khanates; eliminated by the Russian Empire by 1847)
- in present Uzbekistan, the main khanate, named after its capital Buchara, was founded in 1500 and restyled emirate in 1753 (after three Persian governors since 1747); the Ferghana (valley's) khanate broke way from it by 1694 and became known as the Khanate of Kokand after its capital Kokand from its establishment in 1732; the khanate of Khwarezm, dating from c.1500, became the Khanate of Khiva in 1804 but fell soon under Russian protectorate; Karakalpakstan had its own rulers (khans?) since c. 1600.
While most Afghan principalities were styled emirate, there was a khanate of ethnic Uzbeks in Badakhshan since 1697.
Khan was also the title of the rulers of various break-away states and principalities later in Persia, e.g. 1747–1808 Khanate of Ardabil (in northwestern Iran east of Sarab and west of the southwest corner of the Caspian Sea), 1747–1813 Khanate of Khoy (northwestern Iran, north of Lake Urmia, between Tabriz and Lake Van), 1747–1829 Khanate of Maku (in extreme northwestern Iran, northwest of Khoy, and 60 miles south of Yerevan, Armenia), 1747–1790s Khanate of Sarab (northwestern Iran east of Tabriz), 1747 – c.1800 Khanate of Tabriz (capital of Iranian Azerbeidjan).[citation needed]
There were various small khanates in and near Transcaucasia and Ciscaucasia established by the Iranian Safavids, or their successive Iranian Afsharid and Qajar dynasties outside their territories of Persia proper. For example, in present Armenia and nearby territories to the left and right, there was the khanate of Erivan (sole incumbent 1807–1827 Hosein Quli Khan Qajar). Diverse khanates existed in Dagestan (now part of Russia), Azerbaijan, including Baku (present capital), Ganja, Jawad, Quba (Kuba), Salyan, Shakki (Sheki, ruler style Bashchi since 1743) and Shirvan=Shamakha (1748–1786 temporarily split into Khoja Shamakha and Yeni Shamakha), Talysh (1747–1814); Nakhichevan and (Nagorno) Karabakh.[citation needed]
As hinted above, the title Khan was also common in some of the polities of the various – generally Islamic – peoples in the territories of the Mongol Golden Horde and its successor states, which, like the Mongols in general, were commonly called Ta(r)tars[7] by Europeans and Russians, and were all eventually subdued by Muscovia which became the Russian Empire. The most important of these states were:[citation needed]
- Khanate of Kazan (the Mongol term khan became active since Genghizide dynasty was settled in Kazan Duchy in 1430s.
- Sibir Khanate (giving its name to Siberia as the first significant conquest during Russia's great eastern expansion across the Ural range)
- Sibirean Khanate (giving its name to Siberia as the first significant conquest during Russia's great eastern expansion across the Ural range)
- Astrakhan Khanate
- Crimean Khanate.
Further east, in Xinjiang flank:[citation needed]
- Khanate of Kashgaria founded in 1514; 17th century divided into several minor khanates without importance, real power going to the so-called Khwaja, Arabic Islamic religious leaders; title changed to Amir Khan in 1873, annexed by China in 1877.
Compound and derived princely titles[edit]
The higher, rather imperial title Khaqan ("Khan of Khans") applies to probably the most famous rulers known as Khan: the Mongol imperial dynasty of Genghis Khan (his name was Temüjin, Genghis Khan a never fully understood unique title), and his successors, especially grandson Kublai Khan: the former founded the Mongol Empire and the latter founded the Yuan Dynasty in China. The ruling descendants of the main branch of Genghis Khan's dynasty are referred to as the Great Khans.[citation needed]
The title Khan of Khans was among numerous titles used by the Sultans of the Ottoman empire as well as the rulers of the Golden Horde and its descendant states. The title Khan was also used in the Seljuk Turk dynasties of the near-east to designate a head of multiple tribes, clans or nations, who was below an Atabeg in rank. Jurchen and Manchu rulers also used the title Khan (Han in Manchu); for example, Nurhaci was called Genggiyen Han. Rulers of the Göktürks, Avars and Khazars used the higher title Kaghan, as rulers of distinct nations.[citation needed]
- Gur Khan, meaning supreme or universal Khan, was the ruler of the Khitan Kara-Kitai, and has occasionally been used by the Mongols as well
- Ilkhan, both a generic term for a 'provincial Khan' and traditional royal style for one of the four khanates in Genghis's succession, based in Persia. See the main article for more details.
- Khan-i-Khanan (Persian: خان خانان, "Lord of Lords") was a title given to the commander-in-chief of the army of the Mughals, an example being Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana of the great Mughal emperor, Akbar's (and later his son Jahangir's) army.
- Khan Sahib Shri Babi was the complex title of the ruler of the South Asia princely state of Bantva-Manavadar (state founded 1760; September 1947 acceded to Pakistan, but 15 February 1948 forced to rescind accession to Pakistan, to accede to India after Khan Sahib's arrest).
- In southern Korean states, the word Han or Gan, meaning "leader", possibly derived from Khan, was used for various ruling princes, until Silla, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, united them under a now hereditary king, titled Maripgan, meaning the 'head of kings' (e.g. King Naemul Maripgan).
- Khatun, or Khatan (Persian: خاتون) – a title of European Sogdian origin[8][9][10] – is roughly equal to a King's queen in Mongolic and Turkic languages, as by this title a ruling Khan's Queen-consort (wife) is designated with similar respect after their proclamation as Khan and Khatun. Also used in Hazari (instead of Khanum). Famous Khatuns include:
- Khanum (Turkish: Hanım, Azerbaijani: Xanım, Persian: خانم) is another female derivation of Khan, notably in Turkic languages, for a Khan's Queen-consort, or in some traditions extended as a courtesy title (a bit like Lady for women not married to a Lord, which is the situation modern Turkish) to the wives of holders of various other (lower) titles; in Afghanistan, for example, it ended up as the common term for 'Miss', any unmarried woman. In the modern Kazakh language, Khatun is a derogatory term for women, while Khanum has a respectful meaning.
- The compound Galin Khanum – literally, "lady bride" – was the title accorded to the principal noble wife of a Qajar
- Khanzada (Persian: خانزاده)(the Persian suffix -zadeh means son or more generally male descendant; not to be confused with Khannazad: female harem attendant; for analogous titles see Prince of the Blood and links there) is a title conferred to princes of the dynasties of certain princely states.
- Khaqan or Khakhan (Persian: خاقان) is used as a title in Pakistan.
- Khandan (Persian: خاندان) ('Khan holder') means "Family" in Hindustani (ख़ानदान (Devanagari), خاندان (Nastaleeq)).
- Kanasubigi or Kana subigi, as it is written in Bulgarian Greek inscriptions, was a title of the Bulgars. Among the proposed translations for the phrase kanasubigi as a whole are lord of the army, from the reconstructed Turkic phrase *sü begi, paralleling the attested Old Turkic sü baši,[11] and, more recently, "(ruler) from God", from the Indo-European *su- and baga-, i.e. *su-baga (an equivallent of the Greek phrase ὁ ἐκ Θεοῦ ἄρχων, ho ek Theou archon, which is common in Bulgar inscriptions)
- Kavhan[12] or Kaukhan was one of the most important officials in the First Bulgarian Empire. According to the generally accepted opinion, he was the second most important person in the state after the Bulgarian ruler.
Other khans[edit]
Noble and honorary titles[edit]
In imperial Persia, Khan (female form Khanum) was the title of a nobleman, higher than Beg (or bey) and usually used after the given name. At the Qajar court, precedence for those not belonging to the dynasty was mainly structured in eight classes, each being granted an honorary rank title, the fourth of which was Khan, or in this context synonymously Amir, granted to commanders of armed forces, provincial tribal leaders; in descending order, they thus ranked below Nawab (for princes), Shakhs-i-Awwal and Janab (both for high officials), but above 'Ali Jah Muqarrab, 'Ali Jah, 'Ali Sha'an (these three for lower military ranks and civil servants) and finally 'Ali Qadir (masters of guilds, etc.)[citation needed]
The titles Khan (the lowest commonly awarded) and Khan Bahadur Mongolic root baghatur, related to the Mongolian baatar ("brave, hero"); were also bestowed in feudal India by the Mughals (whose protocol was largely Persian-inspired) upon Muslims, and later by the British Raj, as an honor akin to the ranks of nobility, often for loyalty to the crown. Khan Sahib was another title of honour, one degree higher than Khan, conferred on Muslims; again like Khan Bahadur, it was also awarded with a decoration during British rule.[citation needed]
In the major South Asian Muslim state of Hyderabad, Khan was the lowest of the aristocratic titles bestowed by the ruling Nizam upon Muslim retainers, ranking under Khan Bahadur, Nawab (homonymous with a high Muslim ruler's title), Jang, Daula, Mulk, Umara, Jah. The equivalent for the courts Hindu retainers was Rai. In Swat, a Pakistani Frontier State, it was the title of the secular elite, who together with the Mullahs (Muslim clerics), proceeded to elect a new Amir-i-Shariyat in 1914. It seems unclear whether the series of titles known from the Bengal sultanate are merely honorific or perhaps relate to a military hierarchy.[citation needed]
Other uses (surname)[edit]
Like many titles, the meaning of the term has also extended downwards, until in Persia and Afghanistan it has become an affix to the name of any Muslim gentleman, like Effendi in Osmanli, Esquire in English.[citation needed]
Khan and its female forms occur in many personal names, generally without any nobiliary of political relevance (although it remains a common part of noble names as well). Notably in South Asia it has become a part of many South Asian Muslim names, especially when Pashtun and Baloch descent is claimed. It is also used by some Muslim Rajputs of India and Pakistan after earlier converts from Hinduism to Islam translated the term Rajput (son of Raja) to Khanzada (son of Khan)in order to claim Muslim nobility rather than their Hindu origin.[13] As used by the Pashtuns the name is claimed to be related to the Hebrew name Cohen or Kohen. The more plausible explanation is the Hun origin of the Pashtuns. Hun in its original pronunciation is Khun and thus Khan. To this day in India a Pashtun is ordinarilly called Khan Sahib regardless of whether his surname contains that word or not.[citation needed]
During the Russian Civil War following the Bolshevik takeover of 1917, White general Roman Ungern von Sternberg, who, admittedly was trying to reconstitute the empire of Genghis Khan, was often styled as "Ungern Khan" between 1919 and his death in 1921.[citation needed]
- Khanzadeh (Tatar: Xanzadä) – a prince, khan's son
- Khanbikeh (Tatar: Xanbikä) – a queen, khan's wife
- Yuruk Khans in Ardemush or Erdemuş Village in Kailar. (see : Ottoman Tapu Archivies)
Other meaning[edit]
The title khan influenced Iran and the Muslim countries in Central Asia, but in the Arab world (the origin of Islam), khan is the word for "inn" (its first use was applied to "inn for the caravans").
See also[edit]
- ^ bg:Хан Аспарух (пояснение)
- ^ a b Henning, W. B., 'A Farewell to the Khagan of the Aq-Aqataran',"Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African studies – University of London", Vol 14, No 3, p 501–522
- ^ Zhou 1985, p. 3–6
- ^ René Grousset (1988). The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia now. Rutgers University Press. pp. 61, 585, n. 92. ISBN 0-8135-1304-9.
- ^ Fairbank, John King. The Cambridge History of China. Cambridge University Press, 1978. p. 367
- ^ Източници за българската история – Fontes historiae bulgaricae. VI. Fontes graeci historiae Bulgaricae. БАН, София. p.305 (in Byzantine Greek and Bulgarian). Also available online
- ^ The spelling with 'r' is due to a confusion with tartaros, the classical Greek hell. Genghis Khan's conquering, ransacking Mongol hordes terrorized Islam and Christianity without precedent, as if the apocalypse had started.
- ^ Carter Vaughn Findley, "Turks in World History", Oxford University Press, 2005, p. 45: "... Many elements of Non-Turkic origin also became part of Türk statecraft [...] for example, as in the case of khatun [...] and beg [...] both terms being of Sogdian origin and ever since in common use in Turkish. ..."
- ^ Fatima Mernissi, "The Forgotten Queens of Islam", University of Minnesota Press, 1993. pg 21: "... Khatun 'is a title of Sogdian origin borne by the wives and female relatives of the Tu-chueh and subsequent Turkish Rulers ..."
- ^ Leslie P. Peirce, "The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire", Oxford University Press, 1993. pg 312: "... On the title Khatun, see Boyle, 'Khatun', 1933, according to whom it was of Soghdian origin and was borne by wives and female relations of various Turkish Rulers. ..."
- ^ Veselin Beševliev, Prabylgarski epigrafski pametnici - 5
- ^ Moravcsik, G. Byzantinoturcica II. Sprachreste der Türkvölker in den byzantinischen Quellen. Leiden 1983, ISBN 978-90-04-07132-2, с. 156
- ^ http://www.khyber.org/articles/2007/StudyofthePathanCommunitiesinF.shtml
Sources and references[edit]
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- on-line encyclopaedia on all Bengal, in English
- Etymology OnLine
- RoyalArk- see under each present country
- Princely states in British India – look each up by name, in that section, BUT a taluq in Oudh in that section
- WorldStatesmen- see under each present country


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The Madras High Court Bench here on Monday refused to pass interim orders restraining Madurai District Police from executing a non-bailable arrest warrant, issued by a Judicial Magistrate at Melur, near here, against Durai alias Dayanithi Alagiri, son of Union Minister M.K. Alagiri, in connection with the ongoing probe into a multi-crore granite scam.
Justice T. Mathivanan declined to pass any such interim order while hearing an anticipatory bail application filed by Mr. Dayanithi, despite the insistence of his counsel Veera Kathiravan and John Satyan, who alleged that the police had intentionally bypassed the jurisdiction of the High Court by obtaining the warrant from a Magistrate though the advance bail application was pending since November 9.
"We have filed an anticipatory bail application as well as a petition to quash the First Information Report. When the High Court is seized of the matters, what was the necessity for the police to have filed an application seeking arrest warrant? They have to have some respect for the rule of law. Let them wait for the outcome of the cases pending here without precipitating the matter," said Mr. Kathiravan.
However, Advocate General A. Navaneethakrishnan opposed the plea for interim relief and said that he too would not give any undertaking on behalf of the police to refrain from executing the warrant. Later, the judge adjourned the hearing on the anticipatory bail application to Thursday. This was the second application filed by Mr. Dayanithi, as the first one was dismissed by the same judge on September 25.
The hearing on the petition to quash the FIR had already been posted to November 7.
Keywords: High Court, warrant, Madurai Police, Dayanithi Alagiri, interim order


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Dreams of glory? Housecat watching deer from window.
Photo by Jackie Veats, Pleasant Hill, CA
This is my indoor kitty, Kody, wistfully watching a deer outside our bathroom window, perhaps dreaming of taking it down.
Jackie Veats, Pleasant Hill, California
Dreaming is all Kody is going to be able to do. Actually, I suspect Kody is more likely dreaming of playing with that deer. When I used to do wildlife rescue, whenever I'd raise orphan fawns in my backyard, cats from throughout the neighborhood would come over to play. They'd chase the fawns, then the fawns would chase them, they they'd chase the fawns … lots of full all around. Happy Holidays, kiddo! /Gary
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Boulder Oaks RV Resort
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Phone: (702) 294-4425
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Recent Rate: $44 8/2013
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Date of Stay: August, 2013 - $44.00
This is a full timers or snowbird park. Sites are very nice and terraced for a view from most areas. The sites are privately owned and rented out when owners are not present. The park was very quiet 24/7 - in fact didn't see many residents at all during our 3 days. It is close to Hoover Dam and a good home base for visiting Las Vegas and being out of the crowds. To sum it up - there wasn't any thing wrong with the park - it just wasn't a great place for overnighters. We probably will look somewhere else next time in area. We camped at Boulder Oaks RV Resort in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: June, 2013 - $40.00
If your looking for a resort this is for you. It's not a campground, more of a RV subdivision. No picnic tables or fire rings, weak WiFi. There is a book for the 45 rules for this resort. Close to the Hover Dam. Think we'll pass on this one next time. We camped at Boulder Oaks RV Resort in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: June, 2013 - $17.00
Its a very nice park, well kept and has a 'resort' feel to it with the nice pool and recreation facilities. The bathrooms are not private and usually have two showers on the male side per station. The facilities are clean and include two fenced dog areas. The Wi-Fi (depending on spot) and basic cable are quite good for being free. There is some differences in price between renters and those that own and live on the lots so my price isn't quite reflective as I lived there monthly and lot are rented from either the owner or through the agency from the owner at the park entrance. Usually lots are 450-500 again depending on how one rents the lot. If you rent the electricity is additional and is reasonable compared to Las Vegas. We camped at Boulder Oaks RV Resort in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: April, 2013 - $43.00
Top rate park with a nice heated pool and spa. Full hook ups with Wi-Fi and cable, concrete pads, and the park is extremely neat and clean. The staff was helpful and responded to our request for a site with shade. It might not be the best park, but we liked everything about it including the convenience to Hoover Dam. It's about 35 minutes to Vegas and is quiet and in a location that left us feeling safe. We would stay again. We camped at Boulder Oaks RV Resort in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: April, 2012 - $44.00
Very nice clean park with large sites. All are back in. A couple small laundry rooms but are very clean. Cable is great but cannot connect to WIFI. Not sure if most of the people here work or what but as you walk around not many people out and no one very friendly. Close to Lake Mead, Hoover Dam and Las Vegas. We camped at Boulder Oaks RV Resort in a Fifth Wheel.
Date of Stay: September, 2011 - $42.00
This is a privately owned RV Resort and all sites are rented out by the owners. Some are for sale if anyone is interested. Every site is a back-in with a concrete pad, full hook-ups, cable and Wi-Fi. Large enough for any size motorhome and plenty of space on the side. Very clean and well taken care of. This is basically an adult park and not really made for children. There is a clubhouse and other amenities but only if staying for an extended period of time. We were here for only 3 days. It's about 6 miles to Hoover Dam and Lake Meade and about 20 miles to Las Vegas. Our site had a view of the Lake although at a distance. Nice and quiet with no traffic noise. Great RV Park if visiting Hoover Dam, Lake Meade and Las Vegas. If we ever get back to this area, we would stay here again. We camped at Boulder Oaks RV Resort in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: August, 2011 - $42.00
It is a nice park but definitely an adult community. Pool was a bit warm, but the temps were in the 100s. Site was large, and we had a view of part of Lake Mead - not worth the extra $ as it is too far away. Close to Hoover Dam and Las Vegas. They advertise a game room (pool table) but it is only available for owners. If you plan to be there for a month, I would recommend you look into private party rentals. The ones we saw while walking around the park were very nice and some with great views of the lake. We camped at Boulder Oaks RV Resort in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: January, 2011 - $41.00
Lots of sites are for sale. Most are owned and rented out when owners are not there. Very clean park, lot's of cement. Wi-Fi at our site was fast but kept going off line. Lots of cable channels! Nice place to stay when going to Hoover Dam. We might stay here again. We camped at Boulder Oaks RV Resort in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: October, 2010 - $45.00
A very nice park that could be a 10 except for barking dogs, speeding drivers, and too many permanents/workers. Does not really feel like a "resort", but the location is great, sites are large and level, everything is paved, and management is friendly and helpful. Wi-Fi at site is fast. We will stay here again. We camped at Boulder Oaks RV Resort in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: June, 2010 - $56.00
We stayed here for 5 nights while visiting Las Vegas, Death Valley, and the Hoover Dam. We had a premium site which was exactly that. A view of Lake Meade, nicely landscaped and entirely paved. Good utilities well located. Very pleasant neighbors and nice office staff. All sites are back-in and the management leads you to your site. Escort noticed a few tree limbs contacted my coach so they immediately pruned them. Close to downtown Boulder City and Hoover Dam. A very pleasant stay. Easy to find using GPS address input. There were a few sites less desireable than ours with views of a storage area or next to less-than-desireable seasonals, but nothing that would ruin your stay. I would definitely return. We camped at Boulder Oaks RV Resort in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: June, 2010 - $38.00
Nice resort with level concrete sites and a great location to Hoover Dam, Las Vegas and Lake Mead. All back in sites so no pull-throughs, but the owner will take you there and direct you in. Pretty quiet location for being in town. Internet got a little spotty at times. A great home base for the area. We camped at Boulder Oaks RV Resort in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: June, 2010 - $44.00
This is really a snowbird owners destination, but they rent owner sites when not used, for transient use. Signage is very confusing as the name of the resort community out front is not Boulder Oaks. There is a small Boulder Oaks RV sign but you have to look for it. The sites identified as premium waterfront view (for which you pay extra) are a bit misleading. The view is only out the back (not helpful for a MH since there are essentially no view windows out the back), you look over and between other RV's, and the lake is about 10 miles away. The office closes at 5 PM so if you need something after that you are out of luck. However, the place is very clean, residential in nature, and the utilities were fine. Pool is nice, and laundry and restroom, though not convenient, were very clean. A bit pricey for what you get, but there is not much else in the area to choose from, for a big rig and the facility is well kept. We would stay here again. We camped at Boulder Oaks RV Resort in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: May, 2010 - $41.00
Excellent overnight spot away from the noise of Las Vegas. As stated by an earlier reviewer, these are privately owned spots which are rented out. Very quiet and nicely landscaped for the permanent residents, with level concrete pads. We saw a quail strolling through the patio of our neighbor. Our only problem was the 90-degree back-in on a slightly sloping street; it took hubby a few tries to get our 30-foot fiver straight! We would highly recommend this place if you're visiting Las Vegas but want some peace away from the hubbub. We camped at Boulder Oaks RV Resort in a Fifth Wheel.
Date of Stay: May, 2010 - $36.00
The people in the office couldn't be nicer. When I made reservations, I told staff that I'm not very good at backing in (I usually get pull throughs). He said, "No problem, I'll back it in for you." staff made checking in a very pleasant experience. The rate is more than reasonable for everything that's included in the price even with $2 per night for electric use. Since I'm staying a week, I got one free night. My daughter is meeting me, and she's not a "camper". This is a "resort" so she'll be happy. It's conveniently located to everything we want to do while she's here, yet quiet. Cement pads which means "clean inside". Nicely landscaped. A place for dogs to walk with small play areas. I'm close to them and to the restrooms and showers so I have all the conveniences of home. I'm very happy that I chose Boulder Oaks and can't say enough nice things about it. I agree with the other poster--I'd give it a 12 if I could. We camped at Boulder Oaks RV Resort in a Travel Trailer.
Date of Stay: March, 2010 - $38.00
This is perhaps the nicest campground we have ever stayed in. Sites are owned by individuals and sublet back to the park for overnight rental. The site we are on, is a premium site that has a view of Lake Mead in the distance, and a wrought iron table with 6 chairs. Our site is landscaped with too many plantings to count, and landscape lighting. There is very few parts of the park that are not improved with landscaping, and concrete. The roads are all blacktop. The park does have a lot of rules, to maintain the ambiance. If you do not like to follow these rules, then this place would not be for you. There is a gravel campground across the street, where boats and trailers can be parked on a site, and most anything goes. The rate reflects the weekly registration, as they give the 7th night free. We camped at Boulder Oaks RV Resort in a Motorhome.
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Prince Myshkin quickly settles himself in Lebedev's summer cottage in Pavlovsk. Though Lebedev makes sure the prince receives few visitors aside from himself, many of the other characters are also in Pavlovsk: Varya and Ptitsyn own a summer house in the town, and General Ivolgin, Ganya, and the Yepanchins also are present. On the third day of Myshkin's stay in Pavlovsk, Madame Yepanchin—who is convinced that the prince is on his deathbed—comes to call on him along with her three daughters and Prince S., who remembers that he is an old acquaintance of Myshkin. Kolya announces the visitors shortly before their arrival. It just so happens that, at the same time, the Ptitsyns, Ganya, and General Ivolgin also come to visit Myshkin. The entire company establishes itself on the spacious veranda of Lebedev's cottage.
Suddenly everyone starts joking about the "poor knight." Madame Yepanchin is a bit irritated because there is a hint that they are talking about Myshkin. Kolya remarks that Aglaya, as she was leafing through Don Quixote, said that there was nothing better than a poor knight. General Yepanchin and Yevgeny Pavlovich Radomsky, Aglaya's suitor, join the company. Aglaya recites Pushkin's poem "The Poor Knight," which is about a knight who idealizes Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ. Instead of the initials A.M.D., which stand for Ave, Mater Dei, ("Hail, mother of God"), Aglaya says N.F.B.—Nastassya Filippovna Barashkov—implying that Myshkin has chosen Nastassya Filippovna as his ideal. Aglaya begins in a rather mocking tone, but soon speaks very seriously and earnestly. Most of those present—with the exception of General and Madame Yepanchin—notice the substitution.
Myshkin has five other visitors: General Ivolgin; Keller, the "boxer" from Rogozhin's company; Antip Burdovsky, who claims to be the son of Pavlishchev, the late benefactor of Prince Myshkin; Hippolite Terentyev; and Mr. Dokrorenko, Lebedev's nephew. The group behaves rather insolently and rudely. Lebedev gives Madame Yepanchin a newspaper article that concerns Myshkin and the newly arrived guests (the Prince asked Ganya to handle this matter a month prior to this meeting). Upon Madame Yepanchin's insistence, Kolya reads the article.
Written by Keller, the article is a slanderous and insulting account of the history of Myshkin's family and his own, particularly regarding the prince's illness and his benefactor, Pavlishchev. The article also alleges that Burdovsky is Pavlishchev's illegitimate son, and that the prince must therefore give Burdovsky some of his money. Everyone is shocked at the article and feels ashamed to hear such insults read out loud in front of Myshkin. In the face of rude exclamations by Burdovsky and his group, Myshkin says that the article is full of slanders. Ganya has visited Burdovsky's mother and learned that Burdovsky is not indeed the son of Pavlishchev. The prince is not angry, however, as he believes that Burdovsky's lawyer tricked his client into thinking he was Pavlishchev's son and urged him to pursue the matter. Myshkin feels pity for Burdovsky and promises to pay his "simple man" 10,000 rubles anyway, in the memory of Pavlishchev. The prince then invites Ganya to tell of his findings in more detail.
Ganya announces that Burdovsky cannot possibly be Pavlishchev's son, as Pavlishchev left Russia a year and a half before Burdovsky's birth. Pavlishchev did indeed help Burdovsky and his mother, however, as long ago Pavlishchev had been in love with Burdovsky's aunt, a serf girl. Burdovsky quickly renounces the claim on the 10,000 rubles and says he wishes to leave. Before doing so, he returns an envelope with the 250 rubles the prince sent him. Kolya remarks that the article said that the sum had been fifty rubles, not 250. Ganya looks in the envelope and notices there are only 150 rubles inside.
Burdovsky's friends accuse Myshkin of sending the money as a charity. They say they will repay the missing 100 rubles, which they claim had to be paid to the lawyer. The group continues to act rudely and shout haughty insults at Myshkin. Suddenly Madame Yepanchin stands up and angrily denounces Burdovsky and his group. She also denounces the prince for his willingness to give Burdovsky money and offer him his friendship despite Burdovsky's slander. Madame Yepanchin wishes to leave, but Hippolite asks her and everyone to stay for tea. Even though it is eleven o'clock in the evening, everyone decides to satisfy the wish of the dying young man, so they all stay.
The setting of The Idiot changes drastically when Myshkin moves to Pavlovsk. Rather than a dreary city, we are now in a spacious summer residence in the country. Lebedev's house has a large veranda and lots of trees in front. Unlike the oppressive humidity of St. Petersburg, the country is full of fresh air and open space. The shift in setting is accompanied by a shift in the main characters; it is now the Yepanchins who are at the center of the plot along with Myshkin. Rogozhin does not appear at all in Part II; Nastassya Filippovna appears only once, for a brief amount of time.
Indeed, it is Aglaya who emerges as the main female character of Part II. Her motivations and her relationship to Myshkin are very unclear at this point. She seems to mock him and his relationship to Nastassya Filippovna. Before she comes to visit the prince with her family, we learn that she has often joked about the "poor knight," implying that such an icon is an appropriate model for the Prince. The poor knight is a sad character out of a poem by Pushkin, a famous Russian poet. The knight blindly sets an ideal of the Mother Mary and forgets about everything and everyone else. He fights Muslims with this ideal in mind, but then returns to his castle and lives out his last days as a solitary and crazy man. When Aglaya recites the poem in front of Myshkin, she even substitutes Mary's initials with Nastassya Filippovna's. In doing so, Aglaya is flagrantly mocking the prince and his devotion to Nastassya Filippovna. The prince, however, notices that Aglaya changes her tone during her recitation of the poem, becoming very serious. It appears that Aglaya begins wanting to mock Myshkin, but ends up very reverent for the "poor knight." She seems to suddenly admire what she sees as his blind devotion to the ideal of Nastassya Filippovna.
The Prince does not understand Aglaya at first; conversely, she fails to understand him. She has childlike mood swings that make it difficult for us to understand her or her feelings toward Myshkin. Through the literary figure of the poor knight, Aglaya attempts to understand the essence of the prince, but is not necessarily successful.
Indeed, upon close comparison, Myshkin is very far from being the poor knight. First, he does not just randomly pick ideals and blindly follow them; he cares about Nastassya Filippovna for real reasons—her sad past and her character that allows her past to destroy her and any possibility for a normal life in the future. Second, Myshkin would never consciously hurt other people in light of his ideal; he is an extremely nonviolent person. Third, Myshkin's devotion is not just empty veneration; he takes real, genuine actions in an attempt to save Nastassya Filippovna from destruction, even if he does so unsuccessfully.
Part II contains a scandalous scene much like the scenes at the apartments of Ivolgin and Nastassya Filippovna in Part I. The scandal scene in Part II, however, concerns the conflict between Myshkin and a group of young men led by Burdovsky, who claims to be the son of Pavlishchev, the prince's benefactor. The group demands that Myshkin give up some of his inheritance to Burdovsky. Although it is clear all the witnesses of this scene that the young men are merely insolent swindlers, Myshkin does not throw them out; in fact, he agrees to pay Burdovsky money, and then even apologizes for not having offered the money in a correct fashion. Madame Yepanchin, believing the prince is being duped, becomes enraged at his seeming naïveté and even threatens to break all ties with him. Myshkin's reaction to Burdovsky and his group serves to further cast him as an outsider, a far cry from the other Russian aristocrats.
The young prince is supposed to symbolize the good. The image of "Christ", the kindness at his own expense. Though because of his epilepsy everyone takes advantage of his naiiveness, and he is looked at like an idiot. So I believe since Fyodor had epilepsy himself he was aware of the losing of knowledge, that can make one feel stupid, hence "the idiot." I know from having many seizures that over time they do affect our brain in various ways. I am not the only one to feel that way, but I never thought any book could incorporate that feeling a... Read more→
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Edwards' annual directory to the inhabitants, institutions,
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"w.west & B. Dougiass" Pumps, Pratt & Fox , 139 and 141 Main Street.
Sleaven, Michael, tab. Gt Work
Sledge, Melissa, wid.widow William, , r.residence 131 Morgan
Smser, John, saloon. 167 Carondelet av.avenue
Sleet, Michael, teamater. L.Eepeoschled, 's
Sleeth, L. M.shirt manfr. 56 n.north 5th, r.residence 236 Morgan
Sleith, Hirraan, r.residence 67 South
Slevin B. & J.F. & Co.company (Bernard and John F.
Slevin , JosephCain, , and Edward P.Slevin, ),
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Slevin, Charles(T. & c.corner Slevin ). r.residence 252 Pine
Slevin, John, actor , r.residence 154 n.north 6th
Slicer, w.west c.corner bookkeeper , John Finn & Co.company bds.boards
es.east side 6th, bet.between Biddle and O'Fallon
es.east side 6th, bet.between Biddle and O'Fallon
Slich, Nicholas, porter , r.residence rear 218 n.north 11th
Slingman, William, lab.laborer r.residence ws.west side 18th, bet.between Bremen
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av.avenue and Garibaldi
Sliter, Mollie Mrs. boardinghouse, 44 s.south 10th
Sloan, A. D.dentist , 2 s.south 4th, r.residence same
Sloan, James w.west steward., Fire Engine Co.company r.residence
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22d, bet.between Franklin av.avenue and Wash
Slowy, Michael, lab.laborer Hemphill & Co.company
Sluder, Henry, lab.laborer r.residence al.alley bet.between 9th and Broadway,
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Sluder, William, finisher , Excelsior Stove Works,
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r.residence es.east side 11th. bet.between Spring and Montgomery
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WilliamMiller, Jr.,
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Bluer, Gottlieb, r.residence 344 n.north 12th
Sly, Selina, wid.widow Peter, , r.residence 63 Spring
Slyman, Bridget, wid.widow John, , r.residence al.alley bet.between 8th and
9th, O'Fallon and Cass av.avenue
9th, O'Fallon and Cass av.avenue
Smale, John H.student , 52 n.north 3d, r.residence same
Smailey, Henry, musician , r.residence 1 s.south 8th
Smallman, Martin, salesman , Ubsdell, Barr, Dun-
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Smart, Reuben, bricklayer , r.residence ss.south side Penrose, bet.between
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Broadway and Bellefontaine rd.road
Smelsie, James, baker , r.residence 208 Franklin av.avenue
Smick, John, lab.laborer r.residence 3 Moore
Smigley, s.southmachinist. National Iron Works
Smiley, William, carpenter , r.residence al.alley bet.between Franklin
av.avenue and Wash, 14th and 15th
av.avenue and Wash, 14th and 15th
Smith, Albert, bds.boards 82 n.north 7th
8mith, Albert, portrait painter , r.residence 168 n.north 5th
Howe, Bascome & Brawner , Insurance Agents. Office, Northwest corner Main and Loeust Streets, over Merchant's Bank.
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Physicians are required to obtain the informed consent of the patient or a substitute decision maker before proceeding with investigation or treatment.
IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS In situations involving immediate risk to life and limb and a valid consent is not possible from the patient or substitute decision maker, the physician must act in the best interests of the patient and proceed with investigation and treatment as required. Advance directives or "living wills" (a document stating how one wishes to be treated in the event of illness) are now commonplace and should be adhered to as well as possible.
PRINCIPLES OF A VALID CONSENT: The physician should provide the patient the necessary information in understandable language to make an informed choice. The principle of autonomy or self-determination should form the basis of your approach.
AGE OF CONSENT There is no minimum age of consent In Ontario or Canada. The above principles of a valid consent apply. The maturity and understanding of the child and not the age is considered the important factor. Prudent physicians will involve parents in decision making, especially for those patients less than 16 years of age.
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Raquel Andueza (Soprano)
Born: Pamplona, Spain
The Spanish soprano, Raquel Andueza, began her music training at the age of 6. Subsequently, a scholarship from the government of Navarre and the Town Hall of London enabled her to go on to train at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where she was awarded a Bachelor of Music degree with Honours and the School Singing Prize. Afterwards she met the singing teacher Richard Levitt, who has been her referent to date. Raquel Andueza works regularly with a number of ensembles: L'Arpeggiata, Gli Incogniti, B'Rock, La Tempestad, Al Ayre Español, Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla, El Concierto Español, Private Musicke, Conductus Ensemble, La Real Cámara, Hippocampus, Orphénica Lyra, etc. In 2003 she became a member of the vocal quartet La Colombina. Together with the theorbo player Jesús Fernández Baena she began a duet specialised on the Italian music of the 17th century, and in 2010 she founded her own ensemble, La Galanía. Raquel Andueza currently sings as a soloist at the main festivals and halls in Europe (Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Brussels, Frankfurt, Utrecht, Prague, Bucarest, Viena, Mexico, Naples, Granada, Minneapolis, Bern, London, Hong Kong, etc). In 2012 she made her New York debut at Carnegie Hall and also at the London's Proms. She has performed with such conductors as William Christie, Fabio Biondi, Emilio Moreno, Jacques Ogg, Monica Huggett, Eduardo López-Banzo, Christina Pluhar, Richard Egarr, Ottavio Dantone, Christian Curnyn, Pablo Heras, Sir Colin Davis, José Ramón Encinar, etc. Raquel is regularly invited to teach singing courses at the Teatro Real in Madrid and at the universities of Burgos and Alcalá de Henares. Raquel has made recordings for the labels Virgin Classics, Glossa, K617, NB Musika, Accentus and Zig-Zag Territoires. In 2010 she created her own label, Anima e Corpo, and she released the disc 'Yo soy la locura' in January 2011, which obtained the award "Festclásica 2011", given by the Spanish Association of Classical Music Festivals.
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Her, and turkey is her favorite.
Her, and turkey is her favorite.
This is cycling advocacy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1d1gaRQ2ZM
So is this: http://www.railstotrails.org/resourc...A_20081020.pdf
Today's bicycle light setups are light years ahead of my old bottle generator setup on my commuter of years ago, so no quibbling on my part when it comes to having too much lighting.
I will continue to wear my helmet, and use my mirror. And I will ride with all that common sense and experience has taught me.
As for mirrors, I did a group ride this morning with two other guys equipped with helmet mirrors. Most of the time, I would heard a car coming from behind before they saw it in their mirror. So there's that.
As far as lights, specifically the picture that 10Wheels put up, I met a guy who had about that many lights on his bike, which of course generated a discussion about the lights. Which, for him, always leads to the time that he had all of them blazing at night and got rear ended by a cop car. So there's that as well.
Two very anecdotal bits, but isn't this all anecdotal?
When it comes to hi-vis, I like some of it. I have the Mavic hi-vis arm warmers, bright orange with a reflective stripe, which I love. I've been on the lookout for a hot pink jersey, because that's less likely to be confused for a traffic worker, and really catch people's eyes. And it's, you know, fun! But when you feel like you HAVE to wear hi-vis everything to be safe, that's when it becomes a chore.
And that brings me to my main point, and what probably really made me start this thread: cameras. Cameras are supposed to be fun. Riding is supposed to be fun. Riding with a camera on a really great ride can be really fun. Keeping tabs on charging batteries, making sure there's enough space on the card, and mounting it day in and day out to and from work/school/whatever because you're SURE you're going to eventually be involved in a hit and run? That sucks.
And it all flows from there. It reminds me of preppers. Bitter folks who seem like they almost can't wait for something terrible to happen so they can finally prove how prepared they are. Hi-vis jackets and helmets instead of camo and work boots. On-bike cameras in place of home-surveillance systems. Mirrors in place of laser guided scopes. But if a prepper gets hit by a meteorite, all his prepping really doesn't matter, does it? So if I have one light or 7, that car that rams me down really doesn't matter, does it?
It's just a level that seems too militant to me. I'm enjoying my commute. I might don spandex, I might ride in shorts and a t-shirt, but I'm wearing my helmet (because it would be silly not to in this traffic) and I've got my lights (quality over quantity, and sometimes I'll run a second rear on the backpack), and I'm following the rules of the road and being a generally good citizen. I don't feel like it's my responsibility as a cyclist to add all these other things to the list that would become a chore, just to make myself that 1 percent safer on the roads. I'm not anti-helmet, but one of their favorite arguments is that a helmet implies that cycling is dangerous. If a helmet says that, then all the things I've listed earlier must make riding a bicycle look absolutely horrifying. I have a hard enough time convincing non-cyclists that commuting by bike is great fun. I think I'd have an even harder time trying to tell them it's fun if I looked like a construction worker riding a landing strip.
Now to be fair, I understand that some of the things are actually enjoyable to some people. And hey, that's awesome. I'm happy for you. Especially the one commenter that mentioned he enjoys documenting his ride/changing seasons, etc. That sounds like fun. (my commute is too ugly for that). I get that people dig lights and gadgets, that's cool as well. But at the same time, some of you pointed out exactly why I started this post. All of this stuff is optional, but a good bit of people seem to think that it's mandatory in order to qualify as a safe, responsible rider. F*** that.
C'est la vie
I would rather be visible, than invisible. If that means hi-vis attire, then so be it. If that means having lights' as bright or brighter than a motor vehicle, then so be it. If that means 'taking the lane' in the traffic flow, instead of being treated like a 'vehicular addendum' to the traffic flow, then so be it.
I think mirrors are effective when you cycle on high speed open roads with few intersections or merges. In a dense urban environment I think relying on a mirror is potentially dangerous.
"I entreat you, get out of those motorized wheelchairs, get off your foam rubber backsides, stand up straight like women! like men! like human beings!" -E. Abbey
WalksOn2Wheels, looks like you just like to post wall texts of gibberish.
My wife and I played a little game. She was riding captain and I was stoker (pretty normal set up for us on our tandem). She was using a mirror, I wasn't. We each agreed to tell the other when either of us first became aware of an overtaking vehicle. I don't remember the exact numbers, but it was mighty rare for her to be the first to know there was a motor vehicle behind us, like on the order of 2%. In fact, the one Leaf the overtook us, driven by a mutual friend, was heard by me long before she saw it.
Tires on lousy pavement are anything but quiet and air being violently shoved about is pretty easy to hear and interpret. While it is possible for a garbage truck, or any other loud noise source, to mask the sound, it's mighty rare in my experience, perhaps owing to the different frequencies of the sounds.
By the way, I'm not anti-mirror. I'm glad my captain prefers to use one. As my hearing gets worse, I'll likely start using one as well. But don't discount the value of listening well to what is going on. I have dived into ditches based only on the sounds I heard and that has saved me from great harm. I guess for now, I'm good with a belt. Someday, I'll add suspenders.
"I entreat you, get out of those motorized wheelchairs, get off your foam rubber backsides, stand up straight like women! like men! like human beings!" -E. Abbey
I have real mixed feeling about hi-vis vests... I myself don't own one.
I love cycling... and I have a couple lawyer friends. But the idea of mixing a chance of litigation with cycling... doesn't appeal to me.
In heavy traffic or poor weather I use flashing lights... even if it isn't dark.
Mirrors. I hate mirrors because they look dorky and they are a lot like walking sticks or canes. They are a needed aid for a disability. But because I am not suicidal and I am an older rider and I greatly benefit by the use of a mirror.... I use one every time I ride.
A little yoga has got me limber (just barely) enough I can get by without a mirror. Hoping I can loosen up a little more.
And if you are dead and your camera busted or taken?
Cameras are for after the fact. your mind is for NOW.
Offhand I've always wondered what you western Oregonians are doing using the bike lanes over the East Idaho Avenue interchange at I-84...you don't realize the Department Of Travesty wanted you to walk the sidewalks or all the stick figure cyclists ironed on to the start of each lane would not be HEADLESS?
Try DRIVING over there...it's not so hard although it's hectic.
Smile at Miles with a ROLLFAST!Originally Posted by 10 Wheels
My experience is quite different. There are five times that I bailed off the road based on my mirror and not on my hearing. In an urban area, there is just too much noise and traffic to rely on hearing. One of the five times, the motorist braked hard and stopped before they would have hit me. The other four times, the motorist would have plowed right through me: 1 guy was picking up a CD player off the floorboard, 1 woman was reading a religious pamphlet, 1 old guy had glaucoma and could only see a tunnel in front of him (he side swipe a car on a freeway ramp 2 weeks later), and the last 1 was likely a DUI.
And there was the one time I held my line as two cars crashed behind me and 1 went right of me and the other went left of me.
Land of the Free, Because of the Brave.
So, If someone runs you off the road causing you serious injury and the police blame you. When you obviously didn't cause the accident, you won't pursue it?
I agree with you here. I hate mirrors too.
For what it's worth, it also depends ON THE MIRROR.
Eyeglass mirrors end up requiring me to turn my head some anyway even when they're aimed as good as I can get it, and actually are a distraction. Still, it's less distracting than physically turning around to look backwards as much as looking forwards.
The nice big Mirrycle on my trike? Well-aimed, big image, and easy to glance at.
2011 TerraTrike Path 8
2002 Dahon Boardwalk 1 (with 1976 F&S R 2110 2-speed kickback hub)


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Hollywood Wax Museum Entertainment Center
With the 35,000-pound Great Ape of Myrtle Beach climbing high on a skyscraper, the Hollywood Wax Museum Entertainment Center is a landmark in Myrtle Beach. You'll get the best entertainment value in town with three attractions under one roof.
Come Play with the Stars! At the Hollywood Wax Museum, you can get into the action and take pictures with your favorite stars, learn all about their pets, pet peeves, charity work, and accomplishments.
Are you The Chosen One? At Hannah's Maze of Mirrors you'll be transported into a modern-day fairy tale where Princess Hannah of Savannah must be rescued! Summon you inner hero and find your way through 288 potential turns among hundreds of mirrored walls and archways.
Dread the Undead! At Outbreak, Chemacorp's Alpha Strain experiment gone awry has turned test subjects into throngs of the undead. You must stop a worldwide viral outbreak! You'll shriek your way through ransacked biotech lab and rotting basement.
You will find the best value in Myrtle Beach with the All Access Pass, including three attractions for one ticket price and free parking conveniently located off Highway 17.
Jan.4-March 7, 2015
Sun-Thurs 9 am - 7 pm
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Sun-Thurs 9 am - 9 pm
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May 23-Sept. 6, 2015
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Nov. 1 -Jan. 2 2016
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1808 21st Ave. N
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
(843) 444-0091