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Wayne Nichols
Wayne Nichols was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri and received his B.A. from Harvard and his MBA from Indiana University. He worked for Litton Industries and Boise Cascade in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s, developing subsidized housing and urban renewal projects throughout the Western United States.
Wayne and his wife Susan moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico in the early 1970s and formed Communico, Inc. Together they pioneered the early development of passive solar design and construction. The Nichols designed, built and sold one of the earliest solar communities in the nation, as well as winning many awards from HUD and DOE for their innovative developments.
In the 1980s they joined Passive Solar Associates, with Ed Mazria and Dr. Douglas Balcomb, and gave workshops and lectures nationally, training thousands of engineers, architects and builders in how to use the technology. They also started Nichols Agency Real Estate, a brokerage firm in Santa Fe, to market their own projects.
In the 1990s, Wayne and Susan built the pioneering live/work community, Second Street Studios, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. They have been engaged in the construction and sale of solar and environmentally sensitive community developments for 35 years.
Wayne served on the board of Nichols Industry in Kansas City for 15 years and has been active in many Santa Fe and New Mexico boards and associations. He also served on the 10th District Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Advisory Committee representing New Mexico from 1991 to 1997.
Susan Nichols
Susan Nichols grew up in Santa Monica, California and is a fifth generation Californian. She moved to Kansas City in the mid-fifties and met Wayne Nichols while still in high school. She received her B.A. from Stanford University and did postgraduate work in mathematics at Indiana University. They married in 1962 and have three sons and four grandchildren. The Nichols moved from California to Santa Fe New Mexico in 1972 and founded Communico, Inc., a real estate development Company with Susan as President and CEO.
Susan participated in the early years of solar development in New Mexico and nationally. She created some of the earliest mathematical models for passive solar heating performance in buildings and won many national awards from HUD and DOE for her pioneering work in the design and construction of high performance passive solar buildings.
The Nichols, under Susan Nichols management, continued to build some of the earliest solar communities in the nation and to use their subdivisions as market tested laboratories for the construction of the most advanced techniques in solar design and construction. Her work was featured in many national publications during the 1970s and 1980s. She partnered with Edward Mazria, the architect and author; Dr. Douglas Balcomb, in the staging of passive solar workshops throughout the country, training thousands of architects, engineers and builders in this important technology.
In the early 1990s, she partnered with Jonathan Rose of New York, the pioneer in sustainable development practices, and Peter Calthorpe, the internationally recognized planner and architect, to create and build Second Street Studios, one of the country's first live/work loft-type projects ever constructed fresh from the ground up.
She is presently developing Potencia, a 22 lot Renewable Resource Community in Santa Fe's midtown, which will feature green building, contemporary design, water and energy conserving homes. Susan maintains an office at Suite 11 in Second Street Studios, 1807 Second Street, in Santa Fe.
J.C. Nichols Prize
In the year 2000, Wayne Nichols originated and implemented the $100,000 annual J.C. Nichols Prize for Visionary Urban Development, a national award for the most outstanding person in America in the field of Urban and community development. The Prize is sponsored by the Nichols family and the Urban Land Institute to honor the contributions of Wayne's grandfather, J.C. Nichols, for his Kansas City developments during the first half of the 20th century. Winners include Mayor Joseph P. Riley of Charleston, South Carolina, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and Vincent Scully, noted Yale architectural historian.
The Legacy of J.C. Nichols
Click below to view a preview of the documentary, "Community Builder: The Life & Legacy of J.C. Nichols", in which Wayne Nichols discusses his grandfather's work:
J.C. Nichols, changed the face of American cities with his planned communities, most notably the Country Club District in Kansas City, MO.
Nichols' philosophies on urban planning, which he put into practice nearly a century ago, are now being adopted by architects, planners and developers. These "New Urbanists" are working to bring back the beauty and charm that American neighborhoods and cities once posessed in the early 20th Century.
Additional Projects by Wayne and Susan Nichols
Second Street Studios - The Second Street Studios was started in 1990 and is one of the first live/work loft-type projects in the country, built from the ground up. It has evolved into a mini incubator project with many small businesses as well as artists and craftsmen. The project has stimulated the rejuvenation of an aging midtown industrial area into a center for artist galleries, workshops, restaurants and small businesses. Susan Nichols, President of Communico, Inc., acted as the contractor and developer in partnership with Jonathan F. P. Rose, Founder and President of Jonathan Rose Companies, and Peter Calthorpe, the noted San Francisco architect and planner. The Nichols Agency acts as leasing agent, with Wayne Nichols as the on-site agent and Marketing Director.
Cibola Subdivision - A fifteen acre, 43 home Planned Unit Development with a guest house and pool.The homes are all of advanced energy conservation and high performance Passive Solar design.
Garcia Compound - A one acre, five lot subdivision with five extremely high quality territorial homes in the heart of Santa Fe's historical residential district just off Canyon Road.
La Potencia Subdivision - A twenty lot subdivision on Santa Fe's West side. The development is in progress. Communico, Inc. acquired the land, established the zoning and will install the roads and utilities. Susan Nichols will design and build the homes, and the Nichols Agency will market the properties.
La Vereda Compound - A five acre, 36 unit luxury condominium passive solar development on historic Palace Avenue three blocks from the Santa Fe Plaza.
La Vereda - A 10 acre 20 lot Planned Unit Development built in the early 1980s. The homes are all high performance passive solar and won numerous design awards from the Federal Department of Energy and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
First Village - Located on 40 acres south of Santa Fe, one of the first solar subdivision in the country. The project was the first development by Susan and Wayne Nichols and was started in 1973 and completed in 1979.
Passive Solar Associates - In 1978, the Nichols, along with Dr. J. Douglas Balcomb, research fellow at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and Ed Mazria, the architect and author of The Passive Solar Energy Book, founded Passive Solar Associates. This organization put on a series of national workshops on passive solar design, construction, and engineering over a five year period. Over 4,000 builders, architects and public officials attended the two-day workshops in 100 different cities throughout the country.


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Taking in the futuristic high-rises of Tokyo, the ancient temples of Kyoto and the traditions, food and culture of an intriguing nation, this small group tour in the heart of Japan available in 2020 is ideal for the first-time visitor or for anyone who wants to capture the essence of the country.
Starting with a bite of the freshest sashimi from Tokyo's world famous Tsukiji fish market, the Japan heartland tour follows a rapid trail west on the bullet train to the old capital Kyoto, with its abundance of UNESCO World Heritage sites. As you wind your way along the coast to Hiroshima and the beautiful island of Miyajima, you have the chance to visit the best castle in the country, try the traditional costume of a geisha or samurai, participate in the tea ceremony, enjoy classic gardens and soak in hot springs when you feel the need to relax.
Before closing this small group tour of Japan in the vibrant city of Osaka, you visit the spiritual home of Buddhism, Mount Koya, and stay in temple lodgings. Heartland gives you the best of Japanese culture, old and new.
Our Japan tours take you right to the beating heart of this fascinating culture. If you would like to discuss this tour please get in touch.
We have been delivering the Japan Heartland tour and other enjoyable trips for many years and have many happy customers, find out what visitors have said about this and other tours – read Dragonfly Tours Japan reviews.
The Heartland Tour is fully guided; all accommodation, entrance fees and city to city transportation is included as well as a lot more. For the full list of inclusions, please check the "Other Info" tab above.
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Day 1 Group Meal; Walking Tour of Shinjuku and Kabukicho. Tokyo / Hotel
Day 2 Asakusa; Sumida River Cruise; Harajuku; Meiji Shrine; Yoyogi Park; Shibuya's Scramble Crossing Tokyo / Hotel
Day 3 Tsukiji Fish Market; Bullet Train to Kyoto; Kiyomizudera; Gion Geisha District; Cultural Show Kyoto / Hotel
Day 4 Ryoanji Zen Garden; Kinkaku-ji (Golden Zen Pavillion); Nijo Castle; Nishiki Market Kyoto / Hotel
Day 5 Tea Ceremony; Arashiyama; Bamboo Forest; Tenryuji Zen Temple & Garden Kyoto / Hotel
Day 6 Free Day to Shop, Relax and Explore - or join a Workshop? How about a daytrip to Nara or Kobe? Kyoto / Hotel
Day 7 Bullet Train to Hiroshima; Hiroshima Peace Park, A-Bomb Dome and Museum Miyajima (Hiroshima) / Ryokan*
Day 8 Itsukushima Shrine and Floating Gate; Primeval Forest; Mt.Misen; Eternal Flame; Optional Hike Miyajima (Hiroshima) / Ryokan*
Day 9 Korakuen Castle Gardens; Kurashiki Old Edo Quarter Okayama / Hotel
Day 10 Day Trip to Himeji, Himeji Castle Okayama / Hotel
Day 11 Scenic Rail Ride up to Mount Koya, the Buddhist Heartland Koyasan / Shukubo*
Day 12 Buddhist Monk Chanting; Okunoin Graveyard; Shinsaibashi, Osaka Osaka / Hotel
Day 13 Journey's end. If you would like to stay a few extra days in Tokyo or Osaka, we will be happy to help with any arrangements.
* Ryokan- Traditional Japanese inn, sleeping on futons in rooms floored with tatami mats.
* Shukubo- Temple lodgings, sleeping on futons in rooms floored with tatami mats.
The Heartland Tour finishes in Osaka, but if you would prefer to fly out from Tokyo at the end, just let us know and we'll be happy to help with the arrangements.
You want more? A popular after-tour excursion for the Heartland Tour is to finish up with a couple of days relaxing in hot springs in the scenic area of Hakone, the home of Mt.Fuji. If this is of interest, or any other excursions, please just drop us a line and we'll be happy to organize your after-tour adventure!
This evening, to start the Japan Tour, you are invited to a group meal (courtesy of Dragonfly Tours) at a local restaurant. It is a great introduction to Japanese food with a variety of flavours for all tastes. Afterwards, you take a walking tour around Shinjuku and the entertainment district of Kabukicho. It's Saturday night and the area is buzzing with energy and neon and the streets are packed with people in search of big-city thrills.
This morning you head to Asakusa to get a taste of what Edo (the old name for Tokyo) used to be like. It's a great place to explore, browse around the stalls and sample the local foods. But the main attraction is the great Senso-ji temple with its enormous, much-photographed, red lanterns at the gates. From there you take the Sumida River Cruise going under thirteen colourful bridges to Hinode, enjoying Tokyo from a less familiar angle.
In the afternoon witness the powerhouse of the Japanese youth culture in Harajuku. This is the source of Japan's signature fashions and, today, Sunday, is the best day to see it. The renowned Takeshita Street will be jumping, and in the neighbouring Yoyogi Park you see bands, dance troupes, and exhibitions of skill from jugglers, kung-fu, karate and capoeira experts. Right next door to this, the Meiji shrine housing the deities of the Emperor Meiji and consort stands sublimely in a defiant and very serene manner in contradiction to the loud exhibitions of pop culture.
Before finishing up for the day, we take you to the famous pedestrian crossing in Shibuya so often used in documentaries and films about Japan. From the Megabucks Cafe on the corner, you have a bird's eye view of the crowds flooding across as the lights turn green.
In the morning, you explore the Tsukiji fish market. In autumn 2018 the original world famous fish market moved to Toyosu, another area of the city where all the action takes place behind glass viewing windows down below. While the new market is a cleaner and more efficient it does lack the atmosphere of the old market. On the tour we visit the outer section of the old market which is still buzzing with atmosphere, stalls, shops and restaurants.
After spending a couple of days in the heart of modern Japan, it is now time to board the bullet train bound for Kyoto. As you shoot westwards at 270km/hr you see, on the right, weather permitting, one of the national symbols, Mt Fuji, in its full glory.
It's been said many times before but it's worth saying again — if there is one place you have to visit in Japan then Kyoto is that place. You stay here for four nights and there is a wealth of things to see and do. Kyoto has secured its place in the modern psyche through the treaty on carbon emissions but the ancient capital is still the capital of culture and history — and full of less rarefied delights such as the chance to bathe in the nearby hot springs.
On today's itinerary is a visit to the must-see sites of Eastern Kyoto including Kiyomizudera, which was nominated in 2007 as one of the New 7 Wonders of the World.
You finish up in the evening with a walk around the atmospheric streets of the Gion geisha district where you have the opportunity to attend a show of traditional performing arts including a bunraku puppet play, gagaku court music, comedy skits and watch a real maiko (apprentice geisha) perform a traditional dance.
The day starts with a visit to the UNESCO site of Ryoanji, The Temple of the Dragon at Peace, the most famous of all the Zen gardens. The design is classic Zen minimalism: larger rocks sit in a flowing sea (or cosmos) of fine, raked gravel, consisting of carefully chosen, river-worn stones, and constructed to aid meditation. Famously, only 14 of the 15 rocks in this meditation garden are visible from any one vantage; to see the 15th is to achieve enlightenment.
Just up the road from Ryoanji, you visit the photogenic UNESCO site of Kinkakuji, the Golden Zen Pavilion said to house sacred relics of the Buddha. The gold-leaf-covered pavilion stands beside a reflecting pond and in the middle of a classically landscaped garden.
After lunch, you visit Nijo castle, also with UNESCO status — more of a palace than a castle, it was built by the legendary Ieyasu Tokugawa, the third of the three unifiers, as a show of might and domination. All the feudal lords in western Japan were required to contribute to the building of Nijo — these donations included the main tower and main gate of another castle.
For a moment of calm and tranquillity, you start the day with a traditional tea ceremony at an authentic teahouse, which has been a home of the art and supplying the highest quality Uji macha (green tea) to the Nishi Honganji temple for generations.
Later, visit the charming district of Arashiyama in western Kyoto, a short train ride away. Walk through the atmospheric bamboo grove to one of Kyoto's most famous and important Zen temples, Tenryuji. With UNESCO World Heritage status, Tenryuji and its classic Zen garden was founded in 1339 and dedicated to the emperor Go-Daigo by Ashikaga Takauji, the first of the Ashikaga Shogun.
This is a free day set aside for shopping, relaxing, exploring and cultural experiences. Perhaps you would like to attend a workshop for one of the following:
There is so much more to do in Kyoto and the surrounding area. Your tour leader will offer plenty of suggestions and let you in on a few local secrets to help you make the most of your day.
This day is also an opportunity to take a trip to one of the neighbouring cities: Nara or Kobe. Nara is another UNESCO trove and a former capital of Japan that predates even Kyoto. Kobe is a fashionable and affluent city with a cosmopolitan tone, derived from its history as one of the first places to admit foreign residents when Japan opened its Chrysanthemum Curtain in the 19th century. Another option in the summer is the beach — which is only an hour away.
Day 7 - Hiroshima
You go to Hiroshima today. There is no need to state what happened here on the 6th of August 1945. However, these days the city is an attractive and welcoming place. The only remains of that dreadful event are those that have been preserved as memorials. The analogy of Japan being like a phoenix isn't hard to grasp. The Peace Park stirs emotions, and the Atomic Bomb Museum, well …
Tonight you stay on the beautiful island of Itsukushima, popularly known as Miyajima. This is a mystical place — sparsely populated, mostly forested, and home to a trove of treasures belonging to Japan's spiritual history. You stay in a great ryokan with fantastic views and a very relaxed atmosphere. If you are lucky you might even spot a tanuki — a Japanese raccoon said to enjoy the odd bottle of sake and possessing magical powers.
This morning you visit Itsukushima Shrine first built in 593 and famous for its 'floating torii' (shrine gate). It's considered one of the top three most beautiful spots in the country, and has to be one of the most photographed too.
From there you meander through the trees and tame deer to the Mt. Misen cable car where you take the quick and easy route up this sacred mountain above the primeval forest to the summit with its fantastic 360-degree views. You also have the chance to see the eternal flame lit by the monk Kobo Daishi (Kukai) some 1200 years ago amongst an unusual collection of rock formations. From the top it's an hour or so hike down the mountain, or simply take the cable car back. After a bite to eat in a restaurant in the woods, enjoy browsing through the souvenir shops at your leisure.
During the summer tours a trip to the beach is also a perfect way to wind down before enjoying the beautiful kaiseki meal in the evening served at the ryokan (Japanese inn).
Day 9 - Okayama
In the morning you make the journey to the less visited city of Okayama. After dropping off your bags at the hotel close to the station — and staying with 'top threes' — you can stroll around one of the top three landscaped gardens in the country, Koraku-en, situated beside Okayama castle.
Alternatively, you could visit the Bizen area (non-guided) in the outskirts of Okayama city famed for its historical role in sword making and pottery, and where there is a sword museum with an impressive display of swords going back to the Kamakura period. If you are lucky you may even see a master swordsmith working on katana and preserving age-old techniques.
In the afternoon you visit Kurashiki just west of Okayama with its picturesque and atmospheric old Edo quarter with quaint, willow-lined canals and museums full of treasures. The name of Kurashiki is not well known outside Japan, but it was a port, centre of commerce and culture and a scene of some of the many power struggles in Japan's history. Unlike many modern cites, much of the old town remains. The buildings are distinctively white with black tiling, and willow-lined canals run through the town. Kurashiki is also the home of Japan's first museum dedicated to Western art, the Ohara museum, a surprising and exciting find in this very Japanese town.
Day 10 - Okayama
Today you go to the neighbouring city of Himeji, home to Japan's finest castle, Himeji Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1992. It has survived clan wars, world wars, earthquakes, typhoons and the fiercest enemy, fire, for centuries. Himeji castle, white and majestic stands over the city and its elegance and white colour has earned it the nickname, "the Egret Castle". The castle was constructed in the busy nation-building period that saw Kyoto's Nijo Castle go up, and was improved and developed by various warlords over the centuries.
In recent years the structure has undergone extensive repairs and cleaning and the white has been burnished to ever-greater impressiveness.
Day 11 - Mount Koya
Today you hop up the misty, mystical mountains of Koya, the Buddhist Heartland and a proud National Heritage treasure. You are treated to a glimpse of the spiritual life. However briefly, you become part of the spiritual life of Koya, staying the night in beautiful temple lodgings and rising with the monks for the early morning chanting. You don't need to be Buddhist or religious to enjoy this experience. In the evening you dine as the monks do in the local vegetarian culinary style, shojin ryori.
Another of the highlights here is Okunoin, the graveyard. At over 1000 years old, with ancient paths winding around huge cedar trees, it's perfect for an atmospheric evening stroll through the mist.
Day 12 - Osaka
Your morning is free to explore more of Koya and then, if you can tear yourself away, you board the train and wind your way down the mountains to Osaka. After dropping off your bags at the hotel, which is conveniently close to the station, you go for a walk through the energy-filled streets of the Dotonbori and Shinsaibashi downtown areas. Browse through the fantastic shopping malls packed with boutiques and electronics stores selling everything from kimono to tools. How about buying a traditional Japanese lantern to hang outside your house? You name it, Osaka has it for sale!
Alternatively, visit the Osaka aquarium housing the biggest fish tank in the world and where you can get nose to fishy nose with thousands of creatures from the Ring of Fire, the Pacific rim.
Day 13 - The Journey's End
Unfortunately today is the last day of the tour and there is no itinerary planned. If you wish to extend your stay, we can easily help arrange your accommodation for the extra nights - there is so much more to see and do in the area. Just drop us a line, we'll be glad to help.
Likewise if you would prefer to return to Tokyo at the end of the tour for your departing flight, it's an easy trip to do by bullet train which will be covered by your JR Rail Pass at no extra expense (depending on the date). For more information on this, please contact us at info@dragonflytours-japan.com
LAN and Wifi available.
Comfortable, clean & efficient hotel close to Kyoto station, the hub of the city. The hotel has coin-laundry facilities; computers are available for use in the lobby and it also has an onsen (hot spring bath) and free ramen noodles at night!
Okayama - Daiwa Roynet
Refurbished hotel in an ideal location near the station and just a walk away from Okayama castle and the gardens.
All rooms have LAN and Wi-Fi.
Hiroshima - Miyajima Seaside Hotel, Miyajima
Relaxed ryokan (traditional inn) by the beach with a beautiful sunrise. A computer is available for free in the lobby.
Wifi in rooms.
Breakfast and excellent traditional Japanese dinners included.
Hiroshima - Aki Grand Hotel
At times, due to school trips, to avoid the chaos we use the Aki Grand Hotel adjacent to the island with spectacular views of the island particularly at sunset and amazing traditional kaiseki meals!
Wifi available in some parts of the building
Koya-san - Jofukuin
A beautiful shukubo (temple lodgings) with Japanese garden. Comfortable and atmospheric rooms with tatami mat flooring and sliding doors. A computer is available in the lobby for free use.
Breakfast and delicious dinner included.
Osaka - Midosuji Hotel, Namba, Osaka
Renovated hotel in the centre of action in downtown Namba, the pumping heart of Osaka, shops, clubs, restaurants all just outside the door. Easy access to the airport.
Please note that the accommodation above is standard for the Heartland Tour but is at times subject to change to a similar or better hotel.
ALL local transportation covered while following the set guided itinerary. (Any non-guided side-excursions at personal expense)
Suica card - An electronic travel card for your convenience (saves fumbling around with tickets especially while in Tokyo!)
Entrance fees to Museums, Temples, Shrines and Gardens while with the guide following the itinerary are included. Visiting alternative / additional sites at personal expense
Baggage forwarding for one bag / case, two times (from Kyoto to Okayama and from Okayama to Osaka). If you would like to use the service more than this it can easily be organised
Dinner on Days 7 and 8 (Kaiseki Ryori at Miyajima)
Dinner on Day 11 (Shojin Ryori at Mount Koya)
The Japan Heartland Tour is suitable for ages of around 12 and upwards, and is ideal for families, couples, and singles alike. All ages are welcome and the eldest guest we've had on one of our Small Group Tours, to date, is 87 — she was one of the fittest members in the group!
The minimum number of passengers on the Heartland Tour is two — we believe it's unfair to cancel tours when the numbers are not larger.
Because we keep the group size to a maximum of 10, unfortunately we have to charge a single supplement of £ 380 if travelling alone. For this you'll be ensured to have a room to yourself for the entirety of the tour, except for when staying at the traditional accommodation, here we may ask you to share a room with another member of the group of the same sex. If you have any questions about this, please drop us a line.

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You can find here also a restaurant with viewing platform or you can spend the night on the top of the mountain in Hotel Rothorn Kulm.
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What Makes A Film A Cult Classic?
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These blog posts have been filled with announcements of the shame of not seeing/reading half of these movies and books. The latest one? Night of the Living Dead. Yep, the 1960s edition. I think the only living dead film I've ever watched was one where they were all trapped inside of a mall. I don't even know if it was a living dead film and I don't think I ever watched it all the way through. Then there is Shaun of the Dead, but does that really count?
I ended up watching this late at night with my husband (who hates horror movies mind you) because I wanted a little spook in my week. That spook never came with this film. I'm sure back when it came out, this was terrifying to watch, but for me, it was more like a comedy.
Once we did finish the movie, my husband couldn't even understand why it was so well-liked as a film. My reasoning? If you can feel like you're part of Mystery Science Theater 3000 while watching it, then it's most likely a cult classic.
What really got both of us was the characters. We both expected a lot more racism to come out of the film, especially with a black main character featured. However, there wasn't a lot of over-the-top racism shown at all. Not even when he slapped the woman (which honestly should have probably happened a lot earlier in the film but this guy was patient with her) did we get her being offended at him doing it. Loving vs Virginia was still fresh in many people's minds by two years at this point, so wouldn't you expect to see the same reflect in the films? I guess not.
Then my husband and I started making bets. Note, he is black so even he gets frustrated with this. We were sure the black character would die early in the film somehow. No, we watched everyone else die and we were shocked by the end thinking he somehow survived and welcomed that breath of fresh air…and then it happened.
The ending didn't sit well with me at all with how the police force behaved in the situation. At first, I thought that was the actual racism, but really when we see the scene, you almost can't tell it's a black man in the window. No, it's more of a call on those who are so willing to just go out and shoot people without being in trouble for it. I recalled the moment the sheriff mentioned there were people clawing at a shed to get in and after they shot the supposed zombies, there was no one in the shed. Seems just like an off thing and just zombies being weird, but these zombies are obviously intelligent. They can use tools and open doors! No, after thinking about it, these men killed innocent people attempting to flee to safety, and instead of checking to see if they were zombies, the men killed the people and claimed them as such.
Overall, the movie was definitely fun and I'm glad I watched it with my husband so we could laugh at some of the bad acting and plot holes abound. It makes me almost want to look up other cult classic movies to binge. Almost.
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Timothy Saenz says:
I think it's important to be careful about taking today's themes and applying them after the fact to movies, etc., made years ago. We live in an era when people are pointing fingers and shouting "racism" much as people in Salem pointed fingers and shouted "Witch!"
George Romero was forward-acting as a director when he cast an actor who happened to be black in the lead. Except for certain Sydney Poitier movies, that just never happened in the 1960s. Because Night of the Living Dead was a "B" movie, people do not consider that Romero's casting was actually trailblazing. However, it was.
I agree with you that the posse out to eradicate the zombies were pulling quick triggers, and it was a sign that these groups lacked the training to be conducting such activities. However, it gave the film realism, in my humble opinion.


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Come to My Tomorrowland
Jesse Stuart Junior Book This is the story of a teenage girl, Joy Burton, who finds a lame albino fawn in the forest. Joy, a victim of polio, feels great compassion for the injured fawn and tenderly nurses him back to health. Inspired by her pet's recovery, Joy becomes convinced that the operation her doctor proposed for her will be successful and that she will someday be able to walk without crutches. SOFTBACK By Jesse Stuart
Kentucky's Literary Landscape: The Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame (2013-2017)
The Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame (2013-2017). HARDBACK By James B. Goode
Jesse Stuart: Immortal Kentuckian
This book examines Jesse Stuart's life in a broad historical context and shares his enduring legacy through his broad range of accomplishments as an author, educator, conservationist, spokesman for Kentucky and Appalachia, compulsive correspondent, world traveler, father, husband, and community-minded neighbor. In a broad historical context, it shows how Stuart has immortalized himself through personal relationships as well as through people who read his books. HARDBACK By James. M. Gifford
The Infinite Dream: The Opening of the Great American West
Winning of the West: Book 2 The Infinite Dream: The Opening of the Great American West, told with all the historical detail which made Allan W. Eckert famous, explores America's westward expansion beyond the Mississippi River, 1834-1848. In this period before the Civil War, restless pioneers were casting eager eyes on the lands between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean. HARDBACK By Allan Eckert
Jesse Stuart labored eleven years over Album of Destiny. The idea for this work came to him in 1932 as he idly turned through the pages of an old family album which contained pictures of his youthful mother and father, posing before apple trees in bloom. Later pictures showed them worn and aged, and Stuart thought how he who was now young and in the vigor of his life must complete the same cycle that his parents had gone through. He began to write poetry for this volume in the 1930s. Before he was through he had written two thousand poems. HARDBACK, LIMITED EDITION By Jesse Stuart
Songs of a Mountain Plowman
Jesse Stuart wrote a collection of poetry, Songs of a Mountain Plowman, that was published by the Jesse Stuart Foundation in 1986, two years after Stuart's death. The book was edited by the late Jim Wayne Miller, a great Appalachian scholar and long-time member of the JSF Board of Directors. Twenty-five years after its first appearance, the JSF re-issued this Special Edition hardback, an important book for Stuart fans who wish to understand Stuart's development as a poet. HARDBACK By Jesse Stuart
Sharon McDonald grew up on a farm near Shelbyville in Bedford County, Tennessee, and, more the seven decades later, she still lives in the same house and on that same land, Her story of family live covers four generations, It is a strong contribution to our understanding of the hard-working middle class that has made America a great nation - a middle class that is beginning to appear more frequently in Appalachian memoirs. It is a gracefully written remembrance that neither exploits nor exaggerates the difficulties of rural life in southern Appalachia. It is a rich tapestry of the work, emotions, thoughts, and words of a family that represents millions of unrecognized rural people who are the true flesh and blood of history. SOFTBACK By Sharon McDonald
Changing Lives in Appalachia
By Jane B. Stephenson
Men of the Mountains
Written by a beloved American author who grew up in the foothills of the Appalachians, these twenty-one short stories explore the daily lives and activities of Kentucky mountaineers. Life, animate existence, absorbs Jesse Stuart. Never is it more vital than when juxtaposed with death, hence the contrasting motifs of life and death permeating his work. In this book, Stuart tells the stories of the hills and the men who live there. They "curse the mountains," but love them too, he says. Existing in dimensions of real geography and elaborate imagination, Stuart moves easily between autobiography and fiction and often does not bother to distinguish one from the other. Greenup County, Kentucky blends into Greenwood County, and W-Hollow in both fiction and fact is subject to the proprietorship of the bard of Appalachia. By Jesse Stuart
Clearing in the Sky
Here are twenty-one tales from Kentucky's inimitable and beloved storyteller, Jesse Stuart. Full of high, rambunctious humor, quick-paced as a maple tree against an October hill—these stories are Stuart in his best form—the form that has made him one of most widely read authors in America. Read here about the man who coveted a steam shovel and stole it piece by piece, or about the celebrated eating contest between Sam Whiteapple and the game rooster, or about the hill farmer who wanted to clear and farm one last spot of new ground before he died. Although he has a sharp eye for human foibles and infirmities, Stuart never fails to write of his people with affection or to see that justice is done them. By Jesse Stuart
Plowshare in Heaven
Throughout these stories the Kentucky hill country is a persuasive evocative background. It is in this land of sharp contrasts and powerful traditions, between barren, razorbacked hills of rock and yellow clay and lush green valleys, that a proud people act out the daily drama of their lives, here recorded by Jesse Stuart's sensitive pen. By Jesse Stuart
Come Gentle Spring
Come Gentle Spring, a collection of twenty short stories, was first published in 1969. The title clearly reflects Jesse Stuart's philosophy of life, the joy and hopefulness he feels for humanity, symbolized by the coming to Spring. Jesse Stuart's works always seem to focus on the essential goodness of humanity. He depicts a simple world where people exist the best they can. He focuses on the positive and life-enriching qualities of laughter, joy, respect, kindness, and love. By Jesse Stuart
Seven By Jesse
Seven By Jesse is a collection of stories originally published by the Indiana Council of Teachers of English in 1970. These stories share a common theme, as they deal with survival of old ways of life in Appalachia and with a culture in transition. By Jesse Stuart
Come Back to the Farm
Come Back to the Farm is a collection of sixteen stories which reflect Appalachia at its essence; most often they are gentle in tone, but they portray the pioneer spirit, the self-reliance, and the humor of the hill people of Stuart's Kentucky homeland. HARDBACK By Jesse Stuart
In twenty not-so-tall tales about rural politics in the South in rougher and tougher days, Jesse Stuart reminds us afresh that there's nothing new about political skull-duggery. The fact that he puts such labels as the Little Party and the Big Party or the Greenoughs and the Dinwiddies on the candidates doesn't mean they aren't the same old Republicans and Democrats you know so well-the wonderful folks who put Watergate on your TV screen. HARDBACK By Jesse Stuart
Split Cherry Tree
The Jesse Stuart Foundations Monograph Series. By Jesse Stuart
New Harvest: The Forgotten Stories of Jesse Stuart
This selection of stories span Stuart's entire career as a writer of short stories. None of the stories have been previously published in any of the collections of his short stories. The book includes Stuart's thoughts on the literary form of the short story, first published in 1975, and never reprinted. David R. Palmore searched through many magazines and journals, some quite obscure, to bring together the collection. By Jesse Stuart
Lost Sandstones and Lonely Skies
A collection of essays aimed at personal eternal areas rather than commentary on time oriented subjects. To Stuart, in these essays, it is okay to enjoy the reading and "get away from it all." By Jesse Stuart
Harvest of Youth
This collection of early poems shows the literary promise of a boy who spent his childhood roaming the hills of eastern Kentucky, listening to the foxes and screech owls, to the river and the wind. By Jesse Stuart
Autumn Lovesong: A Celebration of Love's Fulfillment
By Jesse Stuart
Mr. Gallion's School
Jesse Stuart's strong views on teaching, delinquency, and parental responibilities, as well as his sharp assessment of boards of education, are more than a novelist's imagination. Mr. Gallion's School is based on Jesse Stuart's years of personal experience as a principal and teacher. As one of America's most popular writers, Stuart makes teaching and high school administration come alive in a moving and impassioned novel. Mr. Gallion's School is an enjoyable read that's great for high school students and out-of-school adults. A powerful reminder of the sacrifices that earlier generations made in order to get an education, it's a book with a great character education message in every chapter. By Jesse Stuart
Foretaste of Glory
It is a calm September evening in the Kentucky hill town of Blakesburg. Suddenly, the sky is filled with light, brighter than the moon. Thus, Jesse Stuart sets the stage for the small town citizens who have decided Judgment Day has come upon them in this rollicking novel. By Jesse Stuart
The Good Spirit of Laurel Ridge
In The Good Spirit of Laurel Ridge, Jesse Stuart provides a tale of the Kentucky hill country which constantly excites, amuses, and amazes. The central character of this book is Theopolis Akers, "Old Opp" to his friends, the hermit of Laurel Ridge who is recognized as one of Stuart's most colorful character creations. Hermit, squatter, steadfast believer in the world of the spirits (sperets, he calls them), "Old Opp" lives a simple life atop deserted Laurel Ridge. He spends his days tilling his small patch of corn, gathering roots and nuts, or fishing with his bow and arrow. By night he sits on his porch, chews calmus weed, and listens to the wind blowing through the horse-hair harp strung up on the cabin wall. If he wants company, there is always his hound dog to talk to or various spirits to commune with including his dead wife, Beadie. By Jesse Stuart
Cradle of the Copperheads
Previously unpublished, this is Stuart's first novel, written in 1932 and covering the frustrating, tumultuous year he spent as superintendent of the Greenup County, Ky., schools before deciding to return to Nashville to devote himself to writing. By Jesse Stuart
Wild Season
By Allan Eckert
Kentucky's history is an important part of American development because the state lay directly in the path of the great westward movement. It was in Kentucky that the early adjustments to the rigors of frontier life were made. Along the Kentucky River, Daniel Boone and a small band of settlers repulsed British and Indian thrusts to guard the back door of the struggling young nation during the Revolution. Under George Rogers Clark, the Kentuckians even carried the fight to British and Indian concentrations along the Ohio. HARDBACK By Thomas D. Clark
Boston University, the site of the world's finest repository of 20th Century literature, praises Billy C. Clark as "one of the South's most distinguished writers." In this fascinating and highly readable book, Clark, founder and editor of Virginia Writing, writes of his own astonishingly primitive childhood in an Appalachian river town, Catlettsburg, Kentucky, at the junction of the Big Sandy and the Ohio Rivers. Billy C. Clark was a member of a sprawling, ragged family. His father was an intelligent, fiddle-playing shoemaker with little formal education. His mother often took in washing to help provide food for the family. Billy grew up in a derelict house, "The Leaning Tower," on the banks of the Ohio. Always hungry, often dirty, and without sufficient clothing, he led an adventurous life on the two rivers, swimming, fishing, and salvaging flotsam from the frequent floods. He set trout lines for fish and trap lines for mink and muskrats, and he walked fourteen miles before school to clear his traps. He learned laughter from his magnificent mother and wisdom from his father, who taught him that "poor folks have a long row to hoe…." Billy was the only one of his family to seek an education, and through his traps, his river salvage, and odd jobs, he earned money to put himself through school. The book ends with a powerful account of his parents' pride at his graduation. Time Magazine said that this book is "as authentically American as Huckleberry Finn." It is a touching account of a boy and two rivers. It is a must for public and school libraries, or anyone interested in Appalachian history or literature. By Billy C. Clark
Mark My Words
Mark My Words: Tales of Brandon Webb, O.J. Mayo, and Other Sports Legends of Northeastern Kentucky SOFTBACK By Mark Maynard
Teamwork: Ashland's 1961 Championship Basketball Season
SOFTBACK By Mark Maynard
Champion of Sourwood Mountain
The people, the lore, even the sounds of eastern Kentucky come vividly to life in this affectionate story of a boy and his search dog. In the shadow of Sourwood Mountain, fourteen-year-old Aram Tate is absorbed in the sometimes painful process of growing up. His all-consuming passion is to own a hound dog of his very own, and his efforts to achieve this dream involve him in a series of amusing adventures which broaden his boy's-eye view of the world. Through his friendship with ne'er-do-well Eb ringtom, Aram Learns the ways of men as they never were described in books. Among the other colorful characters who contribute to the boy's education are Lighting and Napoleon, two imcomparably wily gamecocks; Thusla, Eb's great hound whose exploits can only be described as apocryphal; and Rile Feder and his dog, the bluetick Tweedle, who fears neither coon nor fox. SOFTBACK By Billy C. Clark
Patriots & Heroes: Eastern Kentucky Soldiers of WWII
Patriots & Heroes: Eastern Kentucky Soldiers of WW II profiles the physical pain, and also the psychological and emotional stress suffered by a dozen of America's Citizen Soldiers in WW II. Their stories are representative of the courage, suffering, sacrifice and separation faced by the American GIs of that war. Included among these twelve are stories of POWs, KIAs, MIAs and many that returned home safely to become valuable, productive members of their community. The author uses interviews, letters, documents, and personal experiences to poignantly present their stories. HARDBACK By Jack D. Ellis
By Way of the Forked Stick
In the little Appalachian town of Sourwood, life at the end of the Great Depression may have been tough, but it was rich beyond compare.
Building on a distinguished body of work celebrating and preserving mountain culture, renowned writer Billy C. Clark once again revisits his boyhood during a bygone era. By Way of the Forked Stick offers four fictional stories drawn from the author's childhood experiences of the 1930s—tales that vividly convey the down-home spirit of a lost way of life. By Billy C. Clark
Miss America Kissed Caleb Stories
The mountain is a lonely place. Welcome to Sourwood, a small Kentucky town inhabited by men and women unique and yet eerily familiar. Among its joyful and tragic citizens we meet the crafty, spirited Caleb and his curious younger brother; Pearl, a suspected witch, and her sheltered daughter, Thanie; superstitious Eli; and the doomed orphan Girty. In Sourwood, the mountain is both a keeper of secrets and an imposing, isolating presence, shaping the lives of all who live in its shadow. Strong in both the voice and sensibilities of Appalachia, the stories in Miss America Kissed Caleb are at turns heartbreaking and hilarious. In the title story, young Caleb turns over his hard-earned dime to the war effort when he receives a coaxing kiss from Miss America, who sweeps into Sourwood by train, "pretty as a night moth." Caleb and his brother share in the thrills and uncertainties of growing up, making an accidental visit to a brothel in "Fourth of July" and taming a "high society" pooch in "The Jimson Dog." These stories invoke a place and a time that have long passed―a way of living nearly extinct―yet the beauty of the language and the truth revealed in the characters' everyday lives continue to resonate with modern readers. By Billy C. Clark


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The families of the Israeli civilians held by Hamas in Gaza, Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayedd, hold a joint press conference for the first time in front of at the offices of the International Press Club in Jerusalem Thursday.
The press conference was held following the publication of the IDF's assessment that the two captives are still alive.
The families demanded the immediate release of the the captives and called for the treatment of prisoners with special needs not to be influenced by political considerations.
Al-Sayed and Mengitsu both suffer from mental illnesses and have a long history of hospitalization in psychiatric hospitals. The two accidentally crossed the border into the Gaza Strip in separate instances and were captured by terrorists in the Hamas-controlled enclave.
lan Mengistu, the brother of Avera, said at the press conference: "A person with special needs is being held as a hostage. This is cruelty. Ours is a human tragedy that crosses borders, and Hamas is on the spot to release him immediately, as required by international law. I turn from here to the leader of Hamas: Be human beings and free my brother. The decision is up to you. A four-year-long tale of suffering can come to an end and Avera will receive medical treatment.
"I turn here to the UN Human Rights Council," he continued, give us back our dear brother, Dear Avera, if you can hear me, be strong. Not a day where we do not think about how to get you back."
Hisham al-Sayed's father said at the press conference: "My son is mentally ill and crossed the border by accident. Hamas is using my son as a bargaining chip. It makes no sense. I turn to Hamas: Come to your senses. My heart is with the Palestinian people. and I appeal to the Palestinian people in Gaza and elsewhere that Hamas acts does not act in our interests. We must return to the previous situation and we will all live in peace."
After the press conference, an interfaith prayer service will be held, led by the Kes (Ethiopian religious leader) and Imam of the prisoners.


You can reverse the ageing process with the right diet and yoga asanas.
The more sugar you eat, the more you age.
Vitamins proved to be potent age inhibitors.
You can reverse the ageing process with the right diet and yoga asanas. Here's a simple users guide Do anti-ageing foods and asanas really exist? There is enough evidence to suggest that longevity is not all in the genes. Much of it is in your hands. We're not saying you can be immortal. But eat right and do the following asanas and you can stop the clock, or let's get real, slow it down.
Lie flat on the back with the feet together, the arms by the sides and palms flat on the ground. Using the arms as levers raise the legs and back to a 45 degree position. Bend the elbows and use the arms as props to steady the back by pressing it with the palms. The trunk and legs should extend straight upward. Bhumi pada mastakasana Sit on your fours. Place the crown of the head on the ground between the hands. Raise the knees and buttocks and balance on the head and feet. Raise the arms and clasp the hands behind the back. Hold for as long as is comfortable. Replace the hands, lower the knees and return to the cat pose. This process can be repeated.
Stand erect with the feet 3 to 4 feet apart. Bend the body at the hips and place the hands directly in front of the feet. Place the crown of the head on the ground between the hands. Raise the arms and clasp the hands behind the back hold. Raise the head and return to the erect position. Limit your intake of fats Excess fat causes mid-life ailments and speeds up ageing. Keep the total fat less than 30 per cent of your daily calories, with about three-quarters of it coming from unsaturated fat (if a food has 10 grams of total fat, 7 to 8 grams should be unsaturated). Choose fat-free or low-fat dairy products. Drop red meat. Choose fish Take olive and canola oils, rich sources of Omega-3.Nuts are great for good fats. They keep your brain sharp, skin smooth, and the mood balanced.
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Q: rpy2 works in console, but cannot be imported by website ( with error "R_isMethodsDispatchOn") I developed a web tool using CGI, python and apache.
The CGI file was written by python, and it calls R functions through rpy2.
The web tool works well on my personal computer.
Then we are trying to set it up on the server (System: CentOS release 5.7).
Since the version of python and R were old on the server, we installed latest Python and R and also rpy2 on the server(Python version: 2.7.8,  R version 3.1.1 (2014-07-10), rpy2 version: 2.4.3).
But the web tool meet problems when it tries to import the rpy2 package.
However, I can call the same R codes in console  from python.
The reported error by website is shown below.
message = ''
output = 'Error in .Call("R_isMethodsDispatchOn", onOff, P...aseenv.get("show")\nLookupError:  \'show\' not found\n'
returncode = 1

Does anyone have any ideas about that?

A: Usually this means a mix up of R versions between build time and run time.
Make sure the same R is in the PATH (web servers can  ohave a restricted PATH by default).

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Ron DeSantis: Florida Surpasses 600 Bonuses Distributed to New Law Enforcement Recruits
Florida Daily - December 20, 2022, 6:00 pm
This week, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced more than 600 bonuses have been awarded to newly employed law enforcement recruits since the launch of the Florida Law Enforcement Recruitment Bonus Program. Florida's first-of-its-kind program awards a...
Marco Rubio Continues Fight for New Home Loan Program for Law Enforcement, Firefighters, Teachers
Kevin Derby - May 19, 2022, 6:00 pm
This week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., doubled down on his support of "a new home loan assistance program that makes homeownership more accessible to first responders, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, EMTs, paramedics...
Ashley Moody Looks to Recruit Law Enforcement Officers in Florida
Florida Daily - April 19, 2022, 8:00 pm
Following Gov. Ron DeSantis signing legislation providing moving bonuses for law enforcement officers (LEO) nationwide to relocate to Florida, this week, state Attorney General Ashley Moody showcased her LEO recruitment efforts. Moody's Be A Florida...
Ron DeSantis Showcases 'Florida's Heroes' Initiative of Offering Relief Checks to First Responders
Florida Daily - August 11, 2021, 12:00 pm
On Tuesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis joined Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces to present them one-time relief checks beginning to be distributed through the 'Florida's Heroes' initiative. This initiative is an opportunity to recognize law...
Florida Congressmen Want New Home Loan Program for Law Enforcement, Firefighters, Teachers
Kevin Derby - May 17, 2021, 10:03 pm
Similar to the VA Home Loan Program, the HELPER Act eliminates the requirements for a down payment and a monthly mortgage insurance premium (MIP)," Rutherford's office noted.
John Rutherford Brings Back Bill to Crack Down on Criminals Targeting Law Enforcement Officers
In recent years, Rutherford, the former sheriff of Duval County, has been championing the "Protect and Serve Act" with U.S. Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., as the main cosponsor. According to Rutherford's office, the bill "would create federal penalties for individuals who deliberately target local, state, or federal law enforcement officers with violence."
Ashley Moody: Attacks Against Law Enforcement Officers Rising in Florida
Florida Daily - March 30, 2021, 9:28 am
Violent attacks against law enforcement officers are on the rise. So far this year, 11 Florida law enforcement officers have died in the line of duty compared to two line-of-duty deaths during the same time period last year. More than half of the deaths are attributed to violent attacks on officers.
John Rutherford Helps Relaunch the House Law Enforcement Caucus on Capitol Hill
Kevin Derby - March 19, 2021, 10:00 am
Rutherford and U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-NJ, will lead the group which was originally formed in 1994. According to Rutherford's office, the caucus will "serve as a clearinghouse for information and grants, and a sounding board for ideas addressing the law enforcement community."
Ashley Moody: 2021 Off to a Rough Start With Seven Police Officers Dying in...
Florida Daily - March 9, 2021, 11:18 am
During January and February of 2020, two Florida officers lost their lives. During the same time period this year, seven officers were killed—two by gunfire; two by vehicular assault; one in a patrol car accident; and two after contracting COVID-19.
Florida Black Lives Matter Supporters: Our Protests Treated Differently than Mob that Stormed the...
Ed Dean - January 11, 2021, 10:00 pm
Ben Frazier, the president of the Jacksonville Northside Coalition, said there was a difference in how BLM protesters and the pro-Trump mob were treated by police. Five people, including a police officer, were killed in last week's violence.
John Rutherford Helps Pass Proposal to Have Law Enforcement Work Closer With Mental Health...
Kevin Derby - December 17, 2020, 1:21 pm
Rutherford, who rose to serve as sheriff of Duval County, said his background in law enforcement helped lead him to support the bill.
Law Enforcement Across Florida Honor Fallen Officers in September
The Florida Police Chiefs Association (FPCA) and the Florida Sheriffs Association (FSA) announced on Tuesday that they are designating the month of September to honor the service and sacrifice of Florida law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in 2020, including those who have succumbed to COVID-19 while protecting our communities, and raise awareness of the specific ongoing threat to officers from the COVID-19 virus.
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"My mom's a really good cook," says Wyoming-based medical student Lingga Adidharma. Her mom was also a really thoughtful neighbor. Adidharma remembers volunteering in soup kitchens with her mom from a very young age.
"She would tell us, 'Whatever skills you have, give those back to the community,'" says Adidharma.
Adidharma — whose family emigrated from Indonesia to the U.S. when she was 2 — has taken her mother's message to heart. Not by cooking; that's her mother's talent. But by helping patients navigate the Affordable Care Act (ACA) at the Albany Community Health Clinic in Laramie, Wyoming.
Adidharma is one of 20 UW School of Medicine students going to school in Wyoming, part of the School's collaborative five-state medical education program. (This program, called WWAMI, involves Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho.) Community doctors and college administrators, like Marivern Easton, the Wyoming WWAMI assistant director, work together to provide students with hands-on learning experiences.
With the opening of the Albany Community Health Clinic, Easton saw a big opportunity for service learning, programs in which students learn more about medicine while helping vulnerable community members. She had a conversation with the clinic's director, Katy Hartman, M.D., about the clinic's needs.
Service learning programs are staffed and managed by students. And so, mindful of her mother's advice, Adidharma — along with classmate Sarah Maze — decided to create the program at the Albany Community Health Clinic. Almost the entire Wyoming first-year class wound up volunteering in the Albany clinic, taking vitals and doing lab work and other tasks that, in turn, freed up Dr. Hartman's time to spend with patients.
Additionally, Adidharma and Maze trained to become ACA navigators, offering free advice and assistance to anyone who called the clinic to learn more about a marketplace insurance plan. Adidharma was delighted at how well it all worked out.
While their experience as ACA navigators was rewarding, Adidharma and Maze found they couldn't help everyone. For example, one man who called didn't qualify for Medicaid and fell a few hundred dollars short of qualifying for premium tax credits. Adidharma and Maze worked with him and his employer to see if he could work more hours, but, unfortunately, the employer declined the request.
This is exactly the kind of experience that Easton wants students to have.
"These service learning positions help students reflect on their clients. And on themselves as future providers," she says.
Second-year student Lingga Adidharma has served her community from a young age — and she's taken that ethic to medical school.
As part of a service learning project, Sarah Maze — another second-year — helped people navigate marketplace insurance plans.


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HomeNewsEcuador Fights Against Drug Smuggling in Containers
Ecuador Fights Against Drug Smuggling in Containers
Major General James E. Taylor, originally from Logan, Utah, enlisted into the Iowa Army National Guard in December of 1982, and has been IADC's director since July 2018. (Photo: Marcos Ommati/Diálogo)
BY Mercedes Onofa/Diálogo
In 2021, Ecuador seized a record amount of drugs, confiscating 210 tons and dealing a harsh blow to narcotrafficking. According to the Ecuadorian National Police's Anti-drug Investigation Directorate, 60 percent of drug seizures were made in ports, the Ecuadorian news site Primicias reported. As of early March 2022, authorities have already seized more than 40 tons of drugs, while also conducting most of the operations in ports.
The fight against narcotrafficking, however, is strenuous. While authorities tighten surveillance and control, criminal groups seek to evade detection by using different methods to hide drugs, so as to keep their markets supplied. The use of export containers to transport drugs is among the growing modalities in transnational narcotrafficking. In Ecuador, concern over the contamination of containers with drugs – mainly those carrying bananas – has been growing, and the government is determined to fight back.
"The State cannot yield space to these criminal gangs, and we have to do it [fight], because there are already countries that claim that many containers arrive with drugs at their destination, and begin to look at [products from] Ecuador as brands that they need to be careful and concerned about," Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso told the press on February 16, 2022.
Between February 13-17 alone, the National Police, in coordination with the Anti-drug Investigation Directorate, the Canine Unit, and the Special Mobile Anti-narcotics Group, deployed three operations at a port south of Guayaquil, where they seized more than 11 tons of cocaine from containers, local media reported. According to authorities, these drugs have a market value of $136 million at their final destinations in European countries.
How container contamination occurs
According to Juan José Pons, general coordinator of Ecuador's Banana Cluster, an organization that brings together the main unions of banana producers and exporters in the country, criminals can insert drugs into shipments at farms, during transport, in container yards, at ports, at shipping companies, or in transit ports, the Spanish news agency EFE reported.
"Narcotraffickers pay for information about containers in order to contaminate them," Primicias reported. The key to hiding the drug is to know the destination of the container to be exported and information that the transport logistics office handles, a container trailer driver told the news site. With this information, traffickers bribe drivers on the road, while others are already part of the criminal structure. But the network of corruption has other vulnerabilities, such as port operation personnel who run the risk of being co-opted by criminal organizations, either willingly or by means of extortion.
Ecuadorian exporters have expressed their concerns; the country's reputation as an exporter is at stake, and customers who receive goods from contaminated containers coming from Ecuador are immediately subjected to an investigation, EFE reported. Recipients are also harassed and threatened by criminal groups operating in these countries when their interests — that is their drugs — are affected.
In an interview with Primicias, Colonel Byron Ramos, national deputy director of the Police's Anti-drug Investigation Directorate, said that the institution "has conducted an in-depth security study in all ports and delivered it to different port administrators […]." For his part, President Lasso told the press in mid-February that "we have taken control of strategic points, such as the Guayaquil Port."
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Tinka commences Ayawilca PEA and strengthens its technical team with the engagement of Ken Engquist
Tinka Resources Limited
VANCOUVER, Nov. 28, 2018 /PRNewswire/ - Tinka Resources Limited ("Tinka" or the "Company") (TSXV: TK) (BVL: TK) (OTCPK: TKRFF) is pleased to announce that it has formally commenced a Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") on the Ayawilca Zinc and Tin Project in Peru. Wood (formerly Amec Foster Wheeler) in Lima, Peru, has been engaged as lead consultant to prepare the PEA.
In addition, Tinka is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Ken Engquist as Managing Consultant, Project Development. Mr. Engquist's role is to oversee development of the PEA on behalf of the Company. His track record and extensive experience adds additional leadership and project development expertise to an already strong in-country exploration team, led by Alvaro Fernández-Baca, VP Exploration. The management team is well qualified to ensure Tinka delivers a high value base metal project in one of the best mining jurisdictions in the industry.
Dr. Graham Carman, President and CEO, stated: "It is with great enthusiasm that we welcome Ken Engquist as Tinka's manager of our Ayawilca Project PEA. Ken brings a broad background of knowledge to Tinka, with his experience in both major and junior company development projects. His experience is very relevant for Tinka given his intimate involvement with Arizona Mining's Hermosa project in the USA and, before that Nevsun Resources' Timok project in Serbia. We are looking forward to benefitting from Ken's exceptional skillset, experience in project management and development and his active involvement as we move Ayawilca forward."
Mr. Engquist is based in Vancouver but will be spending much of his time in Peru in support of the project. Mr Engquist will report to Tinka's CEO. Mr. Engquist brings over 25 years of engineering and project leadership experience to his role. Immediately prior to joining Tinka, he was responsible for overseeing the feasibility engineering study for Arizona Mining's Hermosa Zinc Project which has recently been fully acquired by South 32. Before this, Mr. Engquist was VP of Project Development for Nevsun Resources where he was responsible for the Timok copper project in Serbia. He led all aspects of the development including chairing the joint venture technical advisory board comprised of executive experts from both Nevsun and Freeport-McMoRan. Mr. Engquist's past experience also includes roles with Oxygen Capital where he was responsible for advancing a portfolio of projects within Oxygen's managed group of companies (True Gold, Pilot Gold, and Pure Gold) through various stages of development from advanced exploration to start up. He has held positions with AngloGold Ashanti as Manager of their Projects Group within their US operations and spent several years with Rio Tinto's Copper Group as a Senior Project Manager. Mr. Engquist led the infrastructure engineering for the underground design of the Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia as well as held senior project leadership roles and consulted on several other mining projects at operations such as Kennecott Utah Copper, La Granja in Peru, and Resolution Copper in Arizona. Mr. Engquist holds a B.Sc. in Engineering from Michigan Technological University and is a registered Project Management Professional.
Wood is a global leader in the delivery of project, engineering and technical services to energy and industrial markets. Wood operates in more than 60 countries, employing around 60,000 people, with revenues of over $10 billion. The company provides performance-driven solutions throughout the asset life-cycle, from concept to decommissioning across a broad range of industrial markets including the upstream, midstream and downstream oil & gas, power & process, environment and infrastructure, clean energy, mining, nuclear and general industrial sectors www.woodplc.com. The company serves mining industry clients in more than 80 countries, providing a full range of services from initial exploration through to engineering, construction, commissioning and closure. It is recognized by the mining industry and the international finance community for the production of NI 43-101 Technical Reports and other audit/due diligence work.
About Tinka Resources Limited
Tinka is an exploration and development company with its flagship property being the 100%-owned Ayawilca carbonate replacement deposit (CRD) in the zinc-lead-silver belt of central Peru, 200 kilometres northeast of Lima. The Ayawilca Zinc Zone contains 11.7 Mt of Indicated Resources grading 6.9% zinc, 0.2% lead, 15 g/t silver and 84 g/t indium and 45.0 Mt Inferred Resources grading 5.6% zinc, 0.2% lead, 17 g/t silver and 67 g/t indium. The Ayawilca Tin Zone contains an Inferred Mineral Resource of 14.5 Mt at 0.63% tin, 0.23% copper & 12 g/t silver (November 26, 2018 release). A maiden PEA is underway, with results anticipated in the first half of 2019. The Qualified Person, Dr. Graham Carman, Tinka's President and CEO, and a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, has reviewed and verified the technical contents of this release.
On behalf of the Board,
"Graham Carman"
Dr. Graham Carman, President & CEO
Forward Looking Statements: Certain information in this news release contains forward-looking statements and forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws (collectively "forward-looking statements"). All statements, other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs and expectations of Tinka as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to Tinka's management. Such statements reflect the current risks, uncertainties and assumptions related to certain factors including, without limitations, drilling results, the Company's expectations regarding the Ayawilca Project PEA, capital and other costs varying significantly from estimates, production rates varying from estimates, changes in world metal markets, changes in equity markets, uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of financing needed in the future, equipment failure, unexpected geological conditions, imprecision in resource estimates or metal recoveries, success of future development initiatives, competition, operating performance, environmental and safety risks, delays in obtaining or failure to obtain necessary permits and approvals from local authorities, community agreements and relations, and other development and operating risks. Should any one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein. Although Tinka believes that assumptions inherent in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and accordingly undue reliance should not be put on such statements due to the inherent uncertainty therein. Except as may be required by applicable securities laws, Tinka disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statement.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.
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Landscape from Maizuruyama in Tendo, Japan.
Hays County Government Center Art Exhibition, San Marcos, TX (August - December 2018).
Wimberley Valley Art League Juried Exhibition, Wimberley, TX ( February - April 2017).


Hi guys! Just to let you know I had a magical evening and I am still rerunning last night into my head. It was everything I hoped for and even more.
I am planning to make a photo shoot of the collection soon and hope to have more to show you.
Inspired by Japanese street fashion of the Mori girls, the crochet designer Maya Kuzman will present her spring collection on the 30th March at 20:00 (Monday) at art-café Concept 37. For Kuzman who is one of the most present Macedonian artists and designers on the handmade site Etsy, the promotion of her collection "Romantic Mori" is her first independent exhibit in the country outside the virtual world.
- Mori means "forest" in Japanese, hence these forest girls mainly wear clothes in the colors of nature and their style is bohemian and fairytale like. The collection, true to its name, includes romantic pieces of crocheted jewelry - necklaces, lariats, bracelets, rings, brooches, pins and headbands. They were made with pure mercerized cotton and adorned with different types of lace, pearls and even paper flowers and miniscule fir cones.
Seductive, spring colors prevail in the collection. The jewelry is completely composed of floral designs for which various types of flower and lace patterns were used.
Hi guys! I have some cuteness to share with you today.
The easiest flower pattern that is just perfect for spring hair combs and hairpins. The basic flower is the same as for this mini flower to which I added another round.
For this project I used embroidery floss and 1.25 mm hook.
Round 1: sc 5 in ring. ch 5 and sl st in the next st. Repeat this 4 times.
Round 2: ch 8 and sc in the st between petals. Repeat this 4 times. sl st in the last st to end it. End that's it!
You can combine them (smaller on top of the bigger), to make them rich in appearance.
I glued them on with liquid silicone. It takes longer to dry but is much better than hot glue.
For these below I used my favourite pattern.
Also, I'd like to use this occasion to thank my newly found blog friend Amalia from Handmade by Amalia for awarding me the Liebster Award!
You must visit her enchanting blog - it is a true gem!
In my home spring arrived a long time ago, and here you can see a few of my blooming brooches from the Mori collection.
I wish you all a wonderful day and weekend ahead!
I am spending my days in preparation for my exhibition, which by the way is on the 30th of March, and having made pictures of the exhibition place I am know working on the background, i.e. I am trying to envision the scenery that would be best for displaying my collection considering the theme. In pursuing the idea of unusual jewelry displays I came upon vintage suitcases. And I fell in love with the idea.
It just happens that I have a vintage suitcase in the garage, not being thrown away due to a DIY project I was waiting to use it for and this is it! I will use these as inspiration to repurpose the two I've got. Aren't these cute?
here is a chart I found online with a protruding flower, courtesy of Kazuko Ryokai and this lovely granny is called Babouska Rose. Here's the chart and below it I have written the pattern down. Sharpen up your hooks and let's start.
Chain 5 and join to form ring.
Round 1: ch 1 and sc 6 in ring. sl st to end it.
Round 2: ch 1, sc 1, "ch 3 sk 1, sc1".
Repeat twice from "to ". sl st with beginning ch to end it.
Round 3: ch 1 and over the chain of the previous row, work the following pattern: 1sc, 1hdc, 3dc, 1hdc, 1sc. Repeat this pattern for the other two chains. sl st with beginning ch to end it.
Round 4: ch 2, sc at the back of the hdc from previous row, ch3 and sc at the back of the hdc of the same petal. Repeat this 5 more times. sl st to end it.
Round 5: ch 1 and over the chain of the previous row, work the following pattern: 1sc, 1hdc, 3dc, 1hdc, 1sc. Repeat this pattern for the other two chains. sl st with beginning ch to end it.
Round 6: ch 2, sc at the back of the middle dc (the second of the three dcs) from the previous row, ch5 and sc at the back of the middle dc of the next petal. Repeat this 5 more times. sl st to end it.
Here I crocheted the chain at the back and sc between petals instead the middle dc. You may want to try to see if it is better than in the pattern.
Round 7: ch 1 and over the chain of the previous row, work the following pattern: 1sc, 1hdc, 5dc, 1hdc, 1sc. Repeat this pattern for the other two chains. sl st with beginning ch to end it.
You made the rose with round 7. Now for the green border.
Insert new (green) yarn where you sl st in the previous row and sc 1. Ch 5 and in the 1st dc of the next petal make a 3tr puff st. ch 5 and make another 3tr puff in the same st as the first one. Ch 2 and sc in the 5th dc from the previous row. Ch 3 and sc in the 1st dc of the next petal below, then ch 2 and make the puff stitch as before. Next, ch 5 and sc in the 3rd dc of the next petal, ch 5 and make the puff set. Repeat the pattern for the side. Finally ch 5 and sl st in the beginning ch to end it.
Insert new color for the outer border. Start where you ended the last round. Ch 3 (counts as the 1st dc) then dc 4. Skip the puff, in between the puffs - dc 3, ch3, dc 3 (on the same chain), dc 9, skip the puff and do the corner pattern. Repeat this for the other side. When you make the last puff, dc4 and sl st in the initial chain to finish it.
The gorgeous afghan below is taken from the Sewing Daisies Blog where she gives info on the colors she used and the hook size.
I cannot tell you how happy I am to finally make this beautiful owl blanket. It took a lot of work, and I mean a whole lot of work, but I loved every single minute of it!
This is going to be a gift for a friend's baby and I hope it will bring joy and happiness particularly with its vibrant and happy colors. Not to mention the owls. I.love.them.
I documented the process and now there is a tutorial in my shop if you want to make it. It is a lengthy and time consuming project, but believe me - this is a heirloom piece your loved ones will treasure forever.
This year we will be abroad for the Easter holidays, so I won't be able to make many Easter projects, but as always I can't resist the creativity around the world when it comes to Easter eggs decorating, painting and dyeing so I made a list of 20 awesome Easter egg projects I am sure everyone would like to try.
There are projects including yarn, washi tape, nail polish, chalk, crayons, etc. Enjoy!
Hi guys! I am quite ecstatic today because the amazing Homespun Magazine has featured my little shamrock in their latest (March 2015) issue! A huge Thank You! to Homespun Magazine!
Here's something I stitched for myself.
I don't think I could have enough of these.... like ever.
I've been embroidering them in almost every color palette I could think of and I hope to be able to show them soon.
Hi guys! Here we have a slightly overcast weather and right now the sun is peeking through the gray clouds, brightening the day for a bit and radiating and provoking positive energy.
If it is gloomy at your place, I am sharing this fantastically easy tutorial to brighten it up a little.
So, what better way to celebrate March and the spring we have all been waiting for than with a beautiful brooch.
- a felt piece for the back as well as a pin.
Step 1: Cut the napkin in half. I cut mine because it was too big. If you have smaller (round) napkins and doilies at hand, that would be even better.
Step 2: Gather it at the upper part by sewing a running stitch. Secure that stitch nicely.
Step 3: Work on the arrangement of the flowers. I added some beads for the center of the yellow flower. You can add some charms, buttons or beads. Let your imagination run wild here! When done, sew the whole arrangement into place.
Step 4: When you are finished, add the felt piece at the back and sew / glue the pin.
And you're done! Enjoy your new brooch.
The pattern is easy in difficulty and can be done in a matter of minutes. The cozies are the perfect thing to add as your Easter décor this year.
You can give the cozies as gifts, decorate your Easter table or mantelpiece or scatter and hide around the house for the children to hunt for. Make them for a unique and memorable experience with your loved ones.
My Easter basket pattern still attracts attention.


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Uthradom Tirunal Marthanda Varma Died Today
Uthradom Tirunal Marthanda Varma head of the Travancore Royal Family Died today at private hospital in the city. He was 91 years old and is survived by two children, Padmanabha Varma and Parvati Devi.
The body has been placed at the Levy Hall, situated adjacent to the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple, for the public to pay homage. The funeral will take place in the premises of Kowdiar Palace at 2.30 pm, palace sources said.
Mr. Varma had stood guard over the age-old traditions, rites and rituals of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple, the abode of the family deity, ever since 1991, when by ritual he was anointed as the trustee and dasa of the temple following the death of his elder brother and the last sovereign of Travancore, Sri Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma.
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Greek Mythology / Myths / Figures / Teiresias
Abderus
Aethra
Agrius
Callirrhoe
Clytius
Deucalion
Epaphus
Eurytus
Glaucus
Iacchus
Iasus
Maera
Myrtilus
Nereids
Pleisthenes
Rhadamanthus
Teiresias
Telchines
The Pleiades
Teiresias at a Glance
Teiresias was, perhaps, the most famous of all ancient Greek seers. Son of Everes and Chariclo, he lived through seven generations, from the days of Cadmus and all the way to the time of Oedipus and his children. He was blinded either by Athena or by Hera for having either seen the first one naked or offended the latter goddess by taking Zeus' side in a marital argument. However, his punishment came with subsequent rewards: the gifts of foresight and long life. Additionally, Teiresias was the only one who retained his prophetic powers even in the Underworld, where he was visited by Odysseus and to whom he gave numerous great pieces of advice.
Teiresias' Family
Through his father, Everes, Teiresias was a descendant of Udaeus, one of the five sown men of Thebes (the Spartoi); Teiresias' mother, on the other hand, was a nymph named Chariclo, a devoted servant of Athena. In fact, she was her favorite: at least according to one surviving account – Callimachus' fifth hymn – Athena loved Chariclo "to distraction, loved her more than any other… and they were always together."
The Origin of Teiresias' Blindness and His Prophetic Gifts
Teiresias, the Accidental Voyeur · Athena
There was nothing to suggest Teiresias' extraordinariness during all of his childhood and the early parts of his adult life. That all changed when one sweltering summer day, the "just bearded" Teiresias climbed down Mount Helicon with his hunting dogs to quench his thirst with the waters of Hippocrene. Unfortunately for him, just a few moments before he made that fated decision, Athena and Chariclo had unbuckled their robes and plunged for a refreshing cooldown in that very same spring. Since Teiresias saw what no mortal was allowed to ever see – a naked goddess – Athena immediately took the boy's eyes. This, naturally, both angered and saddened Chariclo, who started screaming at her best friend, pleading for mercy and her son's eyesight. However, as dear as Chariclo was to her, Athena couldn't do anything since it was not up to her, but to the divine laws of Chronos.
"You mustn't grieve so, darling," eventually she uttered. "Your son will be honored, all for your sake, by divine gift to him. I'll make him a prophet, his fame will be mythic, the greatest prophet that ever has been. He'll know all the birds in the sky, those of good omen and those whose flight presages doom. He'll give oracles to the Boeotians, oracles to Cadmus, oracles to the mighty descendants of Labdacus. I will give him a great staff to guide his footsteps, and I will give him time, a long term of life, and he alone, when he dies, will walk among the dead, wits intact, honored by Hades, host of the dead."
Teiresias and His Sex Change · Zeus and Hera
Another story links Teiresias' prophetical powers to the extraordinary story of his sex change. In this case, Teiresias was roaming through either through the rocky crags of Mount Cithaeron (in Thebes) or through the mountain valleys of Cyllene (in Arcadia). Either way, at one point, he happened upon two snakes copulating. Disgusted by the scene, he struck them and wounded at least one of them. Hera didn't like this one bit, so she turned Teiresias into a woman. He spent the next seven years of his life living as a priestess of Hera. It was during this period that he gave birth to his most famous child, Manto, a famous prophetess herself. At the end of the seventh year, he came across the same two snakes mating yet again. Having learned his lesson, this time Teiresias made sure not to touch them and, as a result, he was freed from his sentence and regained his masculinity.
Years later, a bitter argument erupted between Zeus and Hera over the matter of sexual pleasure; apparently, the sovereign couple couldn't agree over who – men or women – find more enjoyment in the act of making love. Since Teiresias was in a unique position to arbitrate, they turned to him for the answer. "Of ten parts a man enjoys one only," replied Teiresias, "but a woman enjoys the full ten parts in her heart." Not at all pleased with the answer, Hera blinded Teiresias at the spot; happy with it, Zeus recompensed Teiresias by awarding him the gifts of prophecy and very long life.
Teiresias' Prophecies
Teiresias lived through seven different generations, and many great Thebans were blessed with the privilege of consulting him; unfortunately, not all of them believed or took him seriously.
Teiresias' Early Prophecies · Narcissus and Amphytrion
By all accounts, it seems that Teiresias first became famous as a seer when he told Narcissus that he was bound to live a long life – lest he "comes to know himself." As the story goes, Narcissus once saw the reflection of his face in a spring and fell in love with himself – an event which led to his eventual demise. Tiresias' prophecy was fulfilled. On a side note, this is how all of Teiresias' prophecies looked like: brief, enigmatic, exact; and usually featuring a potentially redemptive stipulation.
Once Teiresias' assured his reputation in the case of Narcissus, people from all over Greece started visiting him to find a solution for their problems. One of these was the utterly confused Amphitryon, whose wife Alcmene didn't seem at all welcoming to him on his return from the war against the Taphians; moreover, she insisted that he had, in fact, returned a day before and that they had already slept together the previous night. Amphitryon went to Teiresias to find out if Alcmene was lying to him, and the seer quickly cleared everything up: it was Zeus, disguised as him, that lay with Alcmene one night before Amphitryon came back. Now, we don't know whether Amphitryon felt better after finding out the truth, but we do know that there was nothing he could do about it.
Teiresias' Late Prophecies · Oedipus and Creon
Had Oedipus believed Teiresias' words a bit more, then he would have learned of his terrible deeds in a much less dramatic fashion. However, too angry to take notice of the old seer, he realizes too late that, though blind, Teiresias could see more than him from the start; and that he himself, though with sight, had been blind for the most part of his life. The irony is complete when Oedipus puts out his own eyes.
Having witnessed them, Creon, Oedipus' successor to the Theban throne, should have taken a lesson or two out of these events. Unfortunately, he did not, and decided to put Antigone in jail despite the warnings of Teiresias that this could bring about much sorrow and wailing upon his house. Creon recanted his decision after a while, but it was much too late: by the time he freed Antigone, she had already killed herself, an act committed, in the brief time period, by both his son (Antigone's lover) and his wife as well.
Teiresias' Death
A few years later, Thebes was attacked for the second time in a decade – this time by the Epigoni, the sons of the original invaders, the Seven Against Thebes. Just like his fellow Thebans, Teiresias had no option but to flee from the burning city. On his journey, he eventually stopped at the spring Telphusa near Haliartus, and drank from its infected waters; it was the last thing he did on Earth.
But, as promised by Athena to his mother Chariclo, he kept his prophetic powers even after his death. In the Odyssey, for example, following the advice of Circe, Odysseus sacrifices a ram and a black ewe and, thus, summons the shade of Teiresias in the Underworld. After drinking the blood of the animals, the seer warns Odysseus not to harm the cattle of Helios, foretells him his future wanderings and his eventual victory over his wife's Suitors in Ithaca, and, finally, consoles him that he will die "a gentle, painless death far from the sea… in ripe old age."
Callimachus' Fifth Hymn ("The Bath of Pallas") recounts one of the two stories of Teiresias' blinding; the other can be found in Apollodorus' Library. Teiresias is also an important character in no less than four different tragedies: Sophocles' Oedipus the King and Antigone, and Euripides' Bacchae and The Phoenician Women.
See Also: Oedipus, Creon, Athena, Hera
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