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Le chalet Magnasco est une villa art nouveau située dans la ville côtière de Mar del Plata dans la province de Buenos Aires en Argentine.

Histoire
Le bâtiment fut construit en 1926 à la demande des frères Luis et Juan Magnasco, propriétaires d'une importante entreprise laitière, sans doute la première et la plus ancienne entreprise argentine active dans ce secteur.

La villa fut conçue pour accueillir deux appartements distincts, destinés aux familles des deux frères Magnasco.

Son haut niveau de préservation a permis son classement en « bâtiment d'intérêt patrimonial ».

Description
Le style de l'immeuble s'inspire de celui des résidences de villégiature de la Riviera méditerranéenne. La caractéristique principale du bâtiment est sa loggia d'angle de forme arrondie.

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Mar del Plata

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Burlington city council talks Alamance school bonds, annexations
Kate Croxton @katecroxtonBTN
Oct 2, 2018 at 5:39 AM
The Burlington City Council reviewed the Alamance-Burlington School System and Alamance Community College bonds during their work session meeting Monday, Oct. 1.
Cindy Brady, the coordinator with Vote 3 for Education, presented the information to the council. The $190 million in proposed bonds — $150 million for Alamance County's six high schools, two elementary schools and new high school, and $39.6 million for Alamance Community College — will appear on the Nov. 6, 2018, ballot.
"Certainly I wouldn't be here if I did not believe in it and think it was the right thing for our community," Brady said.
Councilmember Bob Ward presented a proposed resolution in support of the bonds for the purpose of improving economic opportunities and the overall quality of life in the city of Burlington. Alamance News Publisher Tom Boney voiced several concerns to the council about the bonds, including the idea that Cummings would become a school of the arts and that the board would be receiving the bond at all.
"I also have to insert a future editorial comment and actually a past one that the idea of giving the school board so much money to take care of these schools when they have done such a poor job. ...There is no reason they should have it today," Boney said.
Boney added that shortcomings within the administration are why the schools are in such a mess and that the bond referendum would not fix this.
Council agreed to put Ward's proposed resolution with finalized wording on the regular meeting agenda under new business for Tuesday, Oct. 2.
The bonds are broken down as:
• Cummings High School would receive $10,867,063;
• Williams High School would receive $4,646,400;
• Graham High School would receive $7,619,063;
• Western Alamance High School would receive $12,400,611;
• Eastern High School would receive $11,657,249;
• Southern Alamance High School would receive $20,661,931;
• Pleasant Grove Elementary would receive $6,474,192;
• South Mebane Elementary would receive $8,482,880;
• The new high school, located in Mebane, would receive $67,012,616 for land acquisition, utilities, school building construction, athletic fields and associated buildings, parking and driveways and stormwater measures; and
• Alamance Community College would receive $39.6 million.
The Trustees of Alamance Community College passed a resolution to ask the Alamance County Board of Commissioners to consider approving a bond referendum on Jan. 8, 2018. The ABSS Board of Education also passed a resolution requesting the commissioners to consider a bond referendum on Feb. 28, 2018. The commissioners approved the bond order for the ABSS request and the ACC request on Monday, April 16.
In other business
Council also reviewed two annexation requests. The first was for sewer service for a property at 1198 Colony Ave. The property is contiguous to current city limits and would bridge an area to a current satellite city limit property. A one-time debt service payment of $961.06 would be made to EM Holt Fire district. A public hearing for the request was set for Oct. 16 at the regular city council meeting.
The second request was for a property at water service at 1034 N. Graham-Hopedale Road. The property is not contiguous to current city limits as it is two lots past the current city limits but it is serviceable. A one-time debt service payment of $135.44 would be made to Faucette Fire District. A public hearing for the request was set for Oct. 16 at the regular city council meeting.
Reporter Kate Croxton can be reached at kate.croxton@thetimesnews.com or 336-506-3078. Follow her on Twitter at @katecroxtonBTN.

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UP's R-Day tableau depicts Lord Ram, Ayodhya Deepotsav
New Delhi, Jan 26 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh's tableau which rolled down the Kartavya Path during the 74th Republic Day parade depicted Lord Ram and Goddess Sita being welcomed by the people of Ayodhya on their return from exile, and the Deepotsav celebrations in the temple town.
A grand Ram temple is currently under construction in Ayodhya and massive scale road-widening and other projects are also being undertaken in the Uttar Pradesh town.
Twenty-three tableaux -- 17 from states and Union territories and six from various ministries and departments -- depicting India's vibrant cultural heritage, and economic and social progress are part of the parade on the Kartavya Path, Defence Ministry officials had earlier said.
Uttar Pradesh's tableau depicts Lord Ram and Goddess Sita being welcomed by the people of Ayodhya on their return from exile, according to a senior official of the state's information and public relations department.
Ayodhya Deepotsav is the main theme of Uttar Pradesh in its Republic Day tableau, a senior defence official had earlier said.
"The side panels of the tableau depict 'Ram Ki Paidi' on the banks of the Saryu river in Ayodhya and a big 'Deepotsav Dwar' has been erected. It also has a sculpture of Maha Rishi Vasishtha," an Uttar Pradesh government official said.
This is the first Republic Day celebrations at the ceremonial boulevard after the historic Rajath was named to Kartavya Path last year.
Uttar Pradesh has been winning as the best tableau in the parade for the last two years.
The spiritual city of Varanasi with Kashi Vishwanath Dham was the centrepiece of Uttar Pradesh's tableau in the 73rd Republic Day Parade on Rajpath in 2022.
The first phase of the mega project, was dedicated to the people by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 13 last year and is expected to boost tourism in the holy town that is said to be one of the oldest cities in the world.
In 2021, the state's tableau had depicted ancient city Ayodhya's heritage and the Ram temple, during the ceremonial Republic Day parade on January 26.
The bedecked tableau was fronted by a sitting model of Maharishi Valmiki and the temple model was on the rear side. PTI KND ANB ANB


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Moments, Looks And Winners From The 2021 Academy Awards
By Thomas Mitchell
All the action from the 93rd Academy Awards held at Union Station in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 25: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) In this handout photo provided by A.M.P.A.S., Riz Ahmed attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Matt Petit/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images)
Delayed by two months and swapping its usual home at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, for Union Station in Downtown LA, the 93rd annual Academy Awards have finally taken place.
Despite the disruptions of the lingering pandemic, Hollywood managed to put its best foot forward rustling up plenty of old school glamour as the stars celebrated a strange year in film.
Proceedings kicked off with a much smaller (and shorter) red carpet than normal, but the nominees didn't disappoint delivering glitz and glamour in equal measure. Prior to the ceremony guests were controversially warned that comfy clothes are absolutely off the table – that's life at the 2021 Academy Awards for you.
In a letter to this year's Oscar nominees, the show's producers announced several key changes including the evening's dress code.
"We're aiming for a fusion of Inspirational and Aspirational, which in actual words means formal is totally cool if you want to go there, but casual is really not," the letter read.
They needn't have worried with the stars turning it on as the world tuned in to the 93rd annual Academy Awards. Amongst the field of stars, some shine brighter than others with Leslie Odom Jr., Riz Ahmed, and Steven Yeun flexing their sartorial muscles.
There were plenty of dice rolls on the red carpet too, with Colman Domingo's flamingo pink Versace suit and Alan Kim's shorts suit, proving that not even a pandemic can dampen an Oscar red carpet.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 25: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) In this handout photo provided by A.M.P.A.S., Colman Domingo attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Matt Petit/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 25: In this handout photo provided by A.M.P.A.S., Leslie Odom Jr. attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Matt Petit/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images)
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 26: Sacha Baron Cohen (L) and Isla Fisher attend a screening of the Oscars on Monday April 26, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Rick Rycroft-Pool/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 25: Daniel Kaluuya wearing Bottega Veneta attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Chris Pizzello-Pool/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 25: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) In this handout photo provided by A.M.P.A.S., honoree Tyler Perry attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Matt Petit/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 25: Brad Pitt poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello-Pool/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 25: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) In this handout photo provided by A.M.P.A.S., (L-R) Steven Yeun and Joana Pak attend the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Matt Petit/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 25: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) In this handout photo provided by A.M.P.A.S., Trent Reznor attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Matt Petit/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images)
And The Oscar Goes To…
A strange year in cinema was reflected in a field of nominees that, while strong, was perhaps less commercial than in years gone by. David Fincher's Mank – the biopic of Citizen Kane writer Herman J Mankiewicz – led with 10 nominations but failed to pick up wins in any of the major categories.
History made
Instead, the Academy Award for Best Picture went to red hot favourite, Nomadland, directed by Chloé Zhao. Zhao also picked up the Oscar for Best Director, making her the first woman of colour, and second woman overall to win that award.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 25: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) In this handout photo provided by A.M.P.A.S., Chloé Zhao accepts the Directing award for 'Nomadland' onstage during the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Todd Wawrychuk/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images)
Completing a hat trick of wins for Nomadland was Frances McDormand who won Best Actress – her fourth Oscar win in total – for her role in the film.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 25: Frances McDormand and Chloe Zhao, winners of Best Picture for "Nomadland," pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello-Pool/Getty Images)
While the Oscars has long suffered from the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag hangover, this year's nominees and winners reflected a welcome push toward diversity. Joining Zhao in the winners circle was style icon (and wearing Bottega Veneta, of course) Daniel Kaluuya, who won Best Supporting Actor for his role as Black Panther leader Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 25: Daniel Kaluuya wearing Bottega Veneta, winner of Actor in a Supporting Role for "Judas and the Black Messiah", poses in the press room during the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Chris Pizzello-Pool/Getty Images)
Meanwhile, South Korean actress Youn Yuh-jung became the first Asian actress to win an Oscar since 1957 and the second in history for her role in Minari.
The first Asian actress to win an Oscar since 1957 and the second in history.
Congratulations to Youn Yuh-jung, winner for Best Supporting Actress at this year's #Oscars pic.twitter.com/oBPItGQXJC
— TIFF (@TIFF_NET) April 26, 2021
Biggest Shock
Arguably the biggest shock of the 2021 Academy Awards came in the Best Actor category. The late Chadwick Boseman was odds on favourite to take home the trophy for his final cinematic role, playing a down on his luck trumpeter in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
Boseman had already won the Golden Globe and SAG Award, withstanding a late awards season push by Riz Ahmed who starred in The Sound of Metal. However the fairytale ending wasn't to be for the Boseman family, instead veteran Anthony Hopkins won Best Actor for his moving turn as an elderly man suffering from dementia in the drama The Father.
It's official! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/PAq8HGGo25
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) April 26, 2021
Awkward Ending
Hopkins' win was met with mild confusion in the room, Oscars producers had seemingly buillt toward a posthumous victory for Chadwick Boseman by making the Best Actor award the final category of the evening.
An absent Anthony Hopkins winning over Chadwick Boseman during a ceremony built to end around a Boseman win while Joaquin Phoenix awkwardly stumbles through it all is…wow. Chaos!
— Jacob Hall (@JacobSHall) April 26, 2021
To make matters worse, Hopkins was one of the few celebrities who didn't attend the ceremony, or appear via videolink, leaving presenter Joaquin Phoenix to awkwardly wrap up the broadcast.
Anthony Hopkins is gonna be so excited tomorrow morning when he wakes up, makes some coffee, and finds out he won Best Actor
— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) April 26, 2021
Joaquin Phoenix presents the Best Leading Actor Academy Award to Anthony Hopkins at the 93rd #Oscars pic.twitter.com/9E1dCnWXpg
— Joaquin Phoenix Updates (@jphoenixupdates) April 26, 2021
The 93rd Academy Awards: ALL THE WINNERS
Nomadland – WINNER
Viola Davis, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Andra Day, The United States vs Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand, Nomadland – WINNER
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins, The Father – WINNER
Gary Oldman, Mank
Steven Yeun, Minari
Promising Young Woman – WINNER
The Father – WINNER
Another Round – WINNER
The Man Who Sold His Skin
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah – WINNER
Leslie Odom, Jr, One Night in Miami
Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
Lakeith Stanfield, Judas and the Black Messiah
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – WINNER
Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
David Fincher, Mank
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland – WINNER
Sound of Metal – WINNER
Best live-action short film
Feeling Through
The Letter Room
Two Distant Strangers – WINNER
If Anything Happens I Love You – WINNER
Yes-People
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Soul – WINNER
Best documentary short
Colette – WINNER
A Concerto Is a Conversation
Do Not Split
Hunger Ward
Crip Camp
The Mole Agent
My Octopus Teacher – WINNER
Tenet – WINNER
Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman, The Father
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Youn Yuh-Jung, Minari – WINNER
Mank – WINNER
Best film editing
Husavik, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Fight For You, Judas and the Black Messiah – WINNER
Io Sì (Seen), The Life Ahead
Speak Now, One Night in Miami
Hear My Voice, The Trial of the Chicago 7
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What Skeptical Scholars Admit about the Resurrection Appearances of Jesus
The historical evidence is clear: Those who claimed to see him risen must have seen something.
Justin Bass| April 13, 2020
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On June 26, 2000, ABC aired a documentary called The Search for Jesus. The network's leading news anchor, Peter Jennings, interviewed liberal and conservative scholars of early Christianity about what we can know historically concerning Jesus' life, death, and resurrection. The series ended with a striking statement by New Testament scholar Paula Fredriksen, who is not a Christian herself.
Commenting on the post-Resurrection appearances of Jesus, Fredriksen said:
I know in their own terms what they saw was the raised Jesus. That's what they say, and then all the historic evidence we have afterwards attest to their conviction that that's what they saw. I'm not saying that they really did see the raised Jesus. I wasn't there. I don't know what they saw. But I do know that as a historian that they must have seen something.
She's admitting, in other words, that the best available historical evidence confirms that followers of Jesus like Mary Magdalene, his brother James, Peter and his other disciples, and even an enemy (Paul) were absolutely convinced that the crucified man Jesus appeared to them alive, raised from the dead.
Fredriksen is not alone in supposing that these followers must have seen something. Virtually every Bible scholar across the Western world, regardless of religious background, agrees that Jesus' earliest followers believed he appeared to them alive. This is what launched the world's largest religion. As a result of these appearances, Jewish fishermen began proclaiming to crowds in Jerusalem that "God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it" (Acts 2:32). Two thousand years later, the message of Jesus' death and resurrection is proclaimed by billions of Christians in nearly every nation and in almost every language on planet earth.
What did all these witnesses see?
A Bedrock Confession
According to the earliest source we have on record for Jesus' death and resurrection, a hidden pearl found within 1 Corinthians 15, Jesus appeared to multiple individuals and groups, and at least one enemy. This creedal tradition, according to virtually all scholars, dates to within five years of Jesus' death. Through this source, we can reach back to the earliest years of the Christian movement in Jerusalem, to the bedrock confession of the earliest followers of Jesus.
Here is what Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15:3–8:
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
This catalog of Resurrection appearances is unparalleled in the New Testament, even in all of ancient literature. We learn from this list that Jesus appeared to three individuals: Cephas (Peter), his chief disciple; James, his brother; and Paul, his former enemy. And we also learn that he appeared to three groups: the Twelve (disciples, minus Judas); more than 500 early followers; and all the apostles.
That Jesus appeared to more than 500 men and women at the same time is a truly remarkable claim. Paul boldly puts his credibility on the line when he mentions that most of them are still alive. After all, he is essentially inviting members of the Corinthian church to travel to Jerusalem and speak to these witnesses, investigating for themselves what it was like to see the risen Jesus. We can see, then, that solid eyewitness testimony to the risen Jesus was readily available in the decades following his resurrection. As G. K. Chesterton observed in The Everlasting Man, "This is the sort of truth that is hard to explain because it is a fact; but it is a fact to which we can call witnesses."
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Mary Magdalene also belongs on the list of key eyewitnesses, as she too was readily available to be questioned about her experience with the risen Jesus. As the agnostic New Testament scholar Bart D. Ehrman writes in How Jesus Became God, it is "significant that Mary Magdalene enjoys such prominence in all the Gospel Resurrection narratives, even though she is virtually absent everywhere else in the Gospels. She is mentioned in only one passage in the entire New Testament in connection with Jesus during his public ministry (Luke 8:1–3), and yet she is always the first to announce that Jesus has been raised. Why is this? One plausible explanation is that she too had a vision of Jesus after he died." Mary Magdalene was given the high honor of being not only the first to see the risen Jesus but the first person in history to proclaim, "I have seen the Lord!" (John 20:18).
Whatever these eyewitnesses saw, it transformed their lives to the point of being willing to suffer and die for it. In 2 Corinthians 11:23–33, Paul recounts his almost daily suffering for his conviction that Jesus appeared to him. He was beaten, imprisoned, stoned, starved, lost at sea, and daily in danger of all kinds of evil on his journeys throughout the Roman Empire.
We also possess strong historical evidence that certain key eyewitnesses were martyred for their faith. Peter, for instance, was crucified. James was stoned. Paul was beheaded. Whatever they saw, it was worth giving their lives for. They sealed their testimonies with their blood.
The Magic Wand of 'Mass Hysteria'
In order to explain away these Resurrection appearances, some scholars have speculated that the eyewitnesses were merely hallucinating.
In his excellent book Resurrecting Jesus, New Testament scholar Dale Allison surveys the available scientific studies and literature on hallucinations. In documented cases, he concludes, there are four things that do not happen (or rarely happen). First, hallucinations are rarely seen by multiple individuals and groups over an extended period of time. Second, hallucinations are rarely seen by large groups of people, especially groups of more than eight. Third, hallucinations have never led to the claim that a dead person has been resurrected. And fourth, hallucinations do not involve the person's enemy. (We could also add the fact that hallucinations typically aren't known for launching global movements or world religions.)
Yet in the case of the resurrection appearances of Jesus, every last one of these rare or seemingly impossible circumstances has come to pass.
Allison sums up the implications forcefully: "These appear to be the facts, and they raise the question of how we should explain them. The apologists for the faith say that the sightings of Jesus must, given the reports, have been objective. One person can hallucinate, but twelve at the same time? And dozens over an extended period of time? These are legitimate questions, and waving the magical wand of 'mass hysteria' will not make them vanish."
Cautious Agnosticism
The only other answer given by respectable scholars wrestling with this robust historical record is some variation of "I don't know." Much like Fredriksen, renowned New Testament scholar E. P. Sanders also represents this cautious-agnostic approach when he writes, in The Historical Figure of Jesus: "That Jesus' followers (and later Paul) had Resurrection experiences is, in my judgement, a fact. What the reality was that gave rise to the experiences I do not know."
Jordan Peterson, the popular professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, also belongs in this category. He neither affirms nor rejects the historicity of Jesus' resurrection. When asked directly if Jesus literally rose from the dead, Peterson responded, "I need to think about that for about three more years before I would even venture an answer beyond what I've already given."
The cautious-agnostic's position is a respectable one. Even the original apostles did not believe the claim of the Resurrection when the women first told them (Luke 24:8–11). Yet if someone like Peterson, with an open mind and heart, follows the evidence where it leads, I am convinced he will find himself at the feet of the risen Jesus, proclaiming with Thomas, "My Lord and my God!" (John 20:28).
Convincing Horatio
The extraordinary nature of Jesus' resurrection reminds me of my favorite scene in Shakespeare's Hamlet. The play opens with the "wondrous strange" appearances of Hamlet's dead father to Bernardo and Marcellus and then later to Hamlet's friend Horatio. Horatio is the skeptic of the group, and Hamlet challenges his disbelief of the supernatural in this exchange:
Horatio: O day and night, but this is wondrous strange!
Hamlet: And therefore as a stranger give it welcome.
Shakespeare speaks through Hamlet, telling us to expect the unexpected. Welcome the strange and extraordinary. It is indeed wondrous strange that the ghost of Hamlet's father is appearing to people, but do not reject it for that reason alone. Your philosophy should be wide enough for the supernatural. More things are happening in our wonderful world (and beyond) than you can imagine. If your philosophy is not wide and open enough to include the miraculous and the extraordinary, then you need a new philosophy.
We should be open to miraculous claims from the ancient world and in modern times. Our philosophies should make room for the unexpected, strange, and extraordinary. And yet, the most important question to ask of any miraculous claim is "What is the evidence?"
We have seen that, even from the perspective of the most skeptical scholars, the weight of the historical record attests that a host of individuals and groups believed they saw the risen Jesus. All the evidence we have suggests that his eyewitnesses were trustworthy and honest. Why disbelieve them?
And if that doesn't convince our modern-day Horatios, then we can go further, summoning the Twelve and the more than 500 who saw the resurrected Messiah.
We can even move beyond the first-century time frame, exploring how belief in the Resurrection laid the foundations of all Western civilization, inspiring some of the greatest art, literature, music, film, philosophy, morality, and ethics that the world has ever seen. Is this all based on a lie?
And if all that is still not enough, then let our Horatios behold the billions across the world today who readily testify to how the living Christ has transformed their lives. These include intellectual giants who have converted to Christianity from every world religion (or from atheism and agnosticism). In Christ, they have found all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
On Easter, these billions were proclaiming the same message the apostles proclaimed on the Day of Pentecost: "God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it."
Now more than ever, in this dark, plague-ridden world, your family, friends, and neighbors are looking for hope. The living Christ is the only hope for us all. Before Easter fades into the rush of everyday life, ask your neighbor: What (or who) did all those witnesses see?
They saw hope incarnate, new creation, life in its fullness, God in the flesh.
This indeed is wondrous strange! Encourage your skeptical friends not to stop at "I don't know." Give the risen Jesus welcome.
Justin Bass is professor of New Testament at Jordan Evangelical Theological Seminary in Amman, Jordan. He is the author of The Bedrock of Christianity: The Unalterable Facts of Jesus' Death and Resurrection (Lexham Press) and The Battle for the Keys: Revelation 1:18 and Christ's Descent into the Underworld (Wipf and Stock).
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5 Ways AI Is Improving Global Health Care
AI is transforming the medical profession at all levels. Brain scans will cost far less using AI.
AI Helps Deliver Better, Lower-Cost Health Care as It Improves COVID Odds
Although it is difficult to find the bright spots in the Covid -19 pandemic, there are some. The amazing speed with which the vaccines were developed and distributed was truly a bright spot. And things are looking good in other areas of the medical field due to the growing use of AI.
Melissa Angell, a writer for inc.com, wrote a story with good news about the growth that AI for health care. After covering a Future Of Health conference, she discovered that it is transforming the industry.
Deepa Varadharajan, a senior managing analyst at the New York City-based research and analytics firm, explained that consumers can look forward to improved access and quality of health care, in addition to lowered costs—courtesy of artificial intelligence spurred by the coronavirus.
More than 170 startups are driving "anytime, anywhere care," said Varadharajan, noting that she expects the trend to continue. In addition to providing a growth industry for those working to further A.I., improving accessibility and lowering the cost of care could make the lives of time-crunched workers far more convenient—especially if the technology cuts down the time it takes to see a doctor or get a test done.
AI and natural language processing are being introduced to listen to doctor-patient exchanges in the exam room. Then it summarizes the information and presents a typed version of its results. According to reports, this AI has a 96% accuracy rate while being trained on 400 doctors for 6 months. The time it saves doctors is phenomenal.
Here are the five trends shared by CB Insights that are affecting health care:
1. Bridging the gap between virtual and in-person care
Telehealth is becoming a common tool in medicine due to the pandemic, but also due to improved AI tools, including report monitoring devices. Digital health company Eko offers AI-powered stethoscopes along with a hand-held electrocardiogram, a test that evaluates a person's heart health. For instance, a patient can live stream their heart and lung sounds for their doctor during a virtual visit.
2. Expanding lab test accessibility for patients
The pandemic is normalizing at-home Covid-19 rapid testing, and that could further other at-home diagnostics testing. Remote clinical testing company Healthy.io uses computer vision, artificial intelligence, and colorimetric analysis so that patients can conduct at-home urinary tract infection tests or annual urine tests.
3. Driving down radiology costs
Artificial intelligence isn't making just radiology faster; it's also driving down the costs associated with pricey scans and other imaging. That's thanks in part to the use of A.I.-assisted computerized tomography scans, which have grown in popularity for diagnosing Covid-induced pneumonia. AI has been proven to read MRIs and x-rays better than the majority of techs or doctors. AI can lower the costs and the amount of exposure to radiation that patients are required to undergo.
4. Picturing computer vision
Another unintended benefit of the pandemic: Computer vision is making inroads in specialty care. With computer vision, which is a form of AI that allows computers to learn to recognize and interpret visuals, fields including physical therapy, where patients almost exclusively rely on the direction of a physical therapist, now see the promise of making virtual connections.
5. Deploying passive monitoring technology
Many of us use or have used the Apple Watches and Fitbits to help keep track of our vitals data like heart rate or calories burned. That technology is only getting better.
One newer approach to monitoring patients is using contactless in-home monitoring systems, which can keep track of a patent's sleep activities and respiration with the help of a sensor.
"Big techs and startups are breaking ground here in passive monitoring and as this technology takes off, we'll head toward more proactive intervention–especially in senior and acute care setting," Varadharajan says.
So once again the human spirit has dug deep and come up with new tools to fight an ancient battle against human diseases. Fortunately, these new AI-driven tools will stay with us and improve the quality of health care while hopefully lowering the cost of medical care for everyone.
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Oliver Harris on Yage
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I received an email from Oliver Harris, author of William Burroughs: The Secret of Fascination and editor of The Letters of William Burroughs. According to his research and the research of others, much of the information on my web site concerning photographs of Burroughs in New York and Peru is inaccurate. The information Harris provides is wonderful stuff. It is an insight into the type of scholarship we can expect from The Yage Letters Redux and The Latin American Notebook due out soon. See RealityStudio for an interview with Harris on these topics. Hopefully, other readers out there can add their opinions and knowledge to current or future posts. Please check out the link for the Ginsberg Trust. Possibly, Burroughs will get similar treatment in the near future.
Dear Jed,
Just looking at your very interesting site via its link to RealityStudio, and really enjoyed your caption to the photograph illustrating "William Lee."
However… you're mistaken about the date. This photograph, taken on Ginsberg's camera (and presumably by Ginsy himself) dates from autumn 1953; it's on the same roll and sequence as my favourite picture, the one of WSB in the Met with his Sphinx… Although the exact date is unknown — anywhere between September and December is possible — it's definitely not '45, and unlikely to be the Fag in the background… Equally, I think you may be mistaken about the subway station. Like you, I think it ought to be 103rd St and B-way, but Bill Morgan thinks otherwise (and he is pretty reliable). If you check out the Ginsberg Trust site, you'll see the details they give for this image.
I hope this is useful — I get the impression you care as much about detail as I do, and therefore would prefer to be corrected rather than mistaken, even about little things. Then again, it does rather spoil a nice caption…
One other small query for you – on your page about The Yage Letters, you say that the photographs make you think of "Roosevelt After Inauguration," but you don't say why; so what is it about these poses that makes the link?? (By the way, I think you may be mistaken in saying that the picture of WSB with his gun was taken in Pucallpa in July; and with the other picture, I can say with confidence that it wasn't — I did a lot of research into this one, and worked out that it was taken outside Mocoa in March, and taken by none other than Richard Evans Scultes…)
P.S. RealityStudio notes: That doesn't look like the 8th Avenue and 14th Street subway station to me. The signs there say 14th Street, not 8th Avenue, and the sign in the picture clearly says "Ave." And it's definitely not 103rd and Broadway, a location you might pick only because Burroughs mentions it in Junky. To me it looks like the 2nd Avenue station on the F line. The sign looks like it says "2nd Ave." And compare these pictures of it: 1 and 2. The signs are obviously different but the station is similar. (Then again, many NY subway stations look like that.) This also would have been the nearest station to Burroughs when he lived on East 7th Street with Ginsberg.
Written by Jed Birmingham and published by RealityStudio on 9 March 2006.


A few months ago I wrote about a deceased runner memorial that I always see when I do my long runs at White Rock Lake. Please do take the time to read it if you can, as I give details that I won't in this post (you can skip about halfway down the post to where I start writing about her).
Back when I wrote my original post, I didn't know too much about her. A lot of readers wrote in the comments that they were curious about her like I was. I did my best to research her, but couldn't find too much. I did find her brother on Facebook and Linkedin. I sent him friend requests hoping he would accept and then I could reach out to him…unfortunately he hasn't yet.
That said, if you scroll down in the comments of the post, you'll see that I have since gotten comments from a couple of her friends. One was last week. They actually came across my blog when they were searching for her.
They left some very nice messages. One also left a link to her obituary. It was very nice of them to offer some insight into who she was – saying that she was a beautiful person inside and out. I'm glad to hear it.
This past weekend I got a chance to run at that spot for the first time in months. I usually start/end my run where the plaque is. This wasn't by design – I didn't notice the plaque until well after I had already established this as a good meeting point (as I said in the original post, it is kind of hidden).
When I finished my run, I went to the spot where the plaque is to stretch (like I always do). I said a few words to her to let her know she wasn't forgotten by her friends (and even some of us strangers).
Anyway, that's just a quick update in case any of you were wondering what ever happened with that. I promise to share if I ever get any more info. If you are reading this and have anything to share, please do!


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Money-smart, marriage-smart.
My husband and I left the room after two hours, spent, hungry and light-headed. Had we been arguing, engaging in "afternoon delight," or working out? Nope. Just talking about money. We joked that we were "divorce-proofing" our marriage
I wasn't always money-smart. My family didn't buy lottery tickets, but somehow believed money would magically appear. Budgeting was for the bourgeoisie. My father spent as he wished, while my mother fretted, saved and arranged deck chairs as their ship slowly sank. Though they recovered financially, I was imprinted by their mixed messages.
Additionally, I was a math-phobic child. Multiplication tables caused me to white out with fear. I failed math every year of high school, barely passing it in summer school. My math illiteracy led to an avoidance of anything financial.
In my first marriage I was frugal, but like my parents, mostly ignorant or in denial about the state of our finances. My then-husband would tell me cash was low and not to spend until a check cleared. Instead, I'd hear "The apocalypse is coming. Buy cereal, toiletries and paper towels," and overdraw our account.
I regularly engaged in financial infidelity — hiding purchases and misrepresenting my income. Yet, we rarely argued. Discussions about money were off-limits. Clearly, I had baggage I wasn't ready to unpack. Money avoidance was only one of our issues, but a metaphor for lack of intimacy and transparency in other areas. For 25 years we arranged deck chairs on our own sinking barge. In 2006, I jumped ship to a new life.
My first act of financial transformation was preparing a budget for the divorce lawyers. I was terrified to find out my true fiscal state, and wrangled a girlfriend to walk me through this basic skill. I felt like that kid who kept failing math.
As we plugged in the numbers, I was stunned to find that a modest apartment, saving for both retirement and a down payment for a house were actually affordable. Expenses that didn't matter anymore were gleefully slashed, like cable TV or a new car — making room for such luxuries as hair foiling, eating out and vacations. This math was fun!
As I started dating, I developed a checklist of desired attributes. At 46 years-old I got to pick. He didn't have to be rich, but his finances couldn't be a hot mess either — that was my old life.
My new boyfriend Dave and I had many wonderful things in common, but some not so lovely. We shared a fear of money and a checkered financial history. Aside from a small car loan, I had strangled the debt goose, but Dave still had money troubles; a good deal of debt and an upside-down mortgage. Though most of the debt was due to his late wife's illness, his balance sheet was a yellow flag to me.
It wasn't romantic, but some of our early discussions were about finances. Turns out, my new love was naturally frugal, but didn't like to say no to his significant other — a recipe for money problems. I, on the other hand, was a spender, and splurged when fearing scarcity — often on useless items or impulse buys.
Instead of pre-marital counseling, we took a budgeting class together. We unearthed our inner money nerds and worked on changing bad habits — excruciating at first. The angriest we ever got with each other was in structuring our debt repayment. Having hit a wall, we hired a financial coach with Solomon-like wisdom to referee. Resolved and secure we were on the same page financially, we became one in the eyes of God, the law, and our bank account.
By tightening our belts, living in a cheap apartment and driving beater cars, we were debt-free in three years. Five years later, we are now on our way to paying off our simple home and securing a bright financial future. We still make mistakes, "forget" to mention purchases and impulse-buy on occasion, but quickly right the vessel.
Dave and I trust each other and don't have secrets; it's the basis of intimacy. Full-disclosure financially has also required us both to put our oars in the water and pull in the same direction — good for any couple. And that's a ship neither of us are likely to jump.
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5 tools to supercharge your resolutions!
I hate New Year's Day. It's that time of year when I flog myself over holiday misdeeds of over-eating, not meditating and being too sedentary. My diet for the last month has mostly consisted of cookies and meat — a kind of of modified Paleo. I rarely got to the gym and didn't eat a single fruit all Christmas, if you don't count the raspberry jam in the thumbprint cookies I snarfed.
I scramble for a resolution that will shortcut me to greater fitness, flexibility and the loss of those extra pounds that have overstayed their welcome like a bad holiday guest. But, the good thing is, at the age of 52, I've had some success in personal transformation.
It's times like these, when the inky darkness of winter and post-holiday doldrums threaten to engulf me, that I think on past victories and remember the principles and practices that have led to lasting transformation. Maybe they'll help you too.
Nine years ago I had an uncomfortable moment of truth when unexpectedly viewing a photo of myself in a bathing suit. It was a brown, ruched affair and I looked exactly like an unhappy potato on legs. After a fat caliper test, I was appalled to learn of a body fat percentage of 30% — sneakily close to obese. Instead of denying reality or hating myself and drowning in a sea of Ben & Jerry's, I calmly made peace with my body as it was — then lost twenty pounds.
The best time to make a meaningful change in life is (insert number) years ago. The next best time is today. I stayed in a sad and unfulfilling marriage for 25 years. It was tempting to blame myself for the lost years and all the love not gotten, but it was pointless. I could not have left a moment sooner than I did. I looked kindly on the girl I was, embraced her anyway, and learned from her mistakes to build a new life of love and fulfillment.
Teachability
I was a stiff-necked kid who couldn't be taught a single thing — an unfortunate result of being a naturally talented, overly adored first-born girl in a competitive family. But, talent is a bus that doesn't go to the end of the line without a refuel — that's where teachers and receptivity come in.
When I entered my thirties and wanted to progress in music, my father delicately suggested I take voice lessons from his choirmaster. The teacher could not have been more encouraging, and soon I quit bellowing like a moose and started really singing. A good teacher (and a willing attitude) has been the fastest way to learning new skills and making big life changes.
When I was 18 and a freshman in college I started running with the cross-country team. I went from being relatively sedentary to running five miles a day — every day. On the advent of our big first meet, my lower legs were in excruciating pain. A doctor's visit diagnosed shin splints — painful micro-breaks in the shinbones — a result of over-training.
As an adult, I've learned to pace myself and get some form of exercise every day, even if it's just a leisurely walk with a friend. On icy, windy days I might choose the stationary bike in the basement with the latest from Netflix. At times I take it easy on myself and do almost nothing physically. After 34-some years of mostly continual fitness, I'm in it for the long haul and realize that slow and steady truly does win the race.
Two years before quitting my job, I knew I wanted to walk away. But, the idea of leaving a 30-year career filled me with anxiety. For all my blather about taking chances and being adventurous, I am, essentially, a groove creature.
After crunching the numbers with my husband and determining we could (frugally) live on his income, I hit a wall. I called it every name in the book, but it was generic, yellow-labeled fear. I drew on the wisdom of Mark Twain's bromide, "Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it" and jumped into the abyss and got to work. I have not looked back. Now fear is taken as a sign that I'm onto something. Let the adventure begin!
This year, I have made some resolutions: put away my clothes after wearing them; lose five pounds; write a business plan; complete that book I've been talking about for years; write thank you notes; de-clutter the house. Some of them I'll honor, others will burst like yesterday's champagne bubbles. What I won't do is hate, nag or be unkind to myself. That's one resolution I'm planning on keeping.
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Be kind. Start with you.
The contrast between the women in the two videos could not have been more stark.
The first woman kept her head down, talking lovingly to a baby in her lap, not looking up until addressed directly by the cameraman. And then, she looked pained, as if she found showing her face excruciating — for good reason. She was heavy — lumpish, her face shiny with oil and beet red with acne. Her hair was short, manly and dishwater blonde. Her glasses were thick, large and unfashionable, as were her clothes. After awkwardly facing the camera, the woman's head dropped back down to the baby in her lap — closed again to scrutiny, trying to hide on a front porch in the mid-day sun.
The second woman is seen from a distance, singing to a crowded, buzzing concert hall. She's wearing a low cut, body-hugging, cherry red dress revealing a shapely, lean figure. Her arms are flung wide to the well-dressed audience, face open and happy as she moves smoothly to the music on glittery black stilettos, accentuating muscled legs. Her fashionably cut, shoulder-length blond hair swings to the music — The Way You Look Tonight.
Both women are me. The first video was shot 23 years ago, when I was a mom in my twenties, the second, from a concert I recently performed while visiting relatives in Minnesota. Not long after that event, those same relatives and I viewed that first video of our kids … and a much different version of myself at 29 years of age.
It was fun to see our now-grown children as babies and toddlers, but I had not reckoned how viewing my younger, tortured self would feel. I had all but forgotten that girl, destroyed old pictures, and expunged my mental palette of her sadness, agony and ugliness. Viewing her, I felt the old shame and revulsion, but something more — deep compassion.
I wanted to reach into the screen and pull her away from that peeling porch, that ramshackle house and take her to a place of love and gentleness. I longed to undo the ridicule she received in middle school, free her from the cage of apparent security that conservative religion had provided, enlighten her to her latent musical talent, but most of all, show her the inherent beauty her body possessed, the tenderness in her blue-green eyes, uncover the radiant smile hidden for so long.
I yearned to tell her that she deserved kindness and respect from everyone around her. I needed to let her know that as long as she hated her body and waged war on her face she would mistreat it and feed herself poorly. I wished to reveal that most women know tricks — magic tricks to play up their beauty and minimize flaws to stunning effect. I could teach those tricks to her!
I felt desperate to rewind time and save her, but realized, with a jolt, that I already had. The massive changes which began shortly after that first video, had transformed me and culminated with a powerful metamorphosis; I finally accepted myself — no exceptions. I embraced flaws and fears, then parted with an old self-image that thought unkindness was OK, that not being loved was my lot. I learned that the most important person to impart that love was me.
Secure in that love, I left a marriage that was long dead, built a new life, and created an exterior as beautiful as the interior I had always possessed. And, in a surreal reversal of fate, now publicly performed with exuberance, power, and femininity — about as far from that 29 year-old as a housefly is from a phoenix.
My reaction to the first video made me wonder if I'd accepted my shadow side: what Carl Jung described as the "aspect of the personality which the conscious ego does not identify in itself" — in this case, vulnerability, weakness, fear of abandonment and self-hatred. But, it turns out, the aversion to the video was a merely a vestige of an old self.
I am not the insecure and critical girl I once was. The gentleness and patience I now grant to myself is given to everyone in my life. I can walk into the burning buildings of people's misery and troubles, with warmth and empathy. The alchemy is complete.
But sooner or later, age brings deterioration and illness. Looks are lost and talents may fade. Careers end, fortunes evaporate, loved ones die. What then? In making true peace with the awkward, unattractive girl I once was, I will return to that same bedrock of love and acceptance for the aged, diminished woman I will surely become.
I deserve it — we all do. Then, now and forever.
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Q: Voting: probability of outcome flip Assume you have a set of $N$ persons who should vote in a poll "for" or "against" an issue. The outcome of the poll is taken with simple majority.
Each person's vote is independent of the rest and has a probability $p$ of voting "for" and $1-p$ of voting against. The value of $p$ is the same for every voter.
Assume now that $n<N$ persons have already voted and $N-n$ are still to vote. You know their $n$ votes, and the partial poll outcome is "for", with a ratio of $r = n_{for}/n > 0.5$. You don't know, however, the true value of $p$.
The question is, which is the probability that the outcome of the poll will change to "against" with the remaining $N-n$ votes?
So far I only have intuitions like:

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*The probability should be lower the larger is $n$

*The probability should be lower the farther is $r$ from $0.5$

*The probability is zero once $n_{for} > N/2$

But I need an expression for that probability... Any ideas?, I have ran out of them for sure...

A: I was thinking about this and I think I have an answer for you:
Consider the probability of getting $n_{for}$ votes out of $n$ observations with our base assumption of independence. For a given $p$ the probability of such an observation is:
$P(p)=$$\frac{\Gamma (n+2)}{\Gamma (n_{for}+1) \Gamma (n-n_{for}+1)}$$p^{n_{for}}(1-p)^{n-n_{for}}$
We then proceed to calculate the probability by summing over all possible states. As you guessed there is an edge case where we have $n_{for}>N/2$ or $n-n_{for}>N/2$ where our vote is already decided. If we aren't in such a case we can evaluate the sum/integral:
$\sum_{i=Ceiling(N/2)-n_{for}} ^{N-n} \int_0 ^1 dp (P(p) \binom{N-n}{i} (p)^i (1-p)^{N-n-i})$
Evaluating the integral yields:
$\sum_{i=Ceiling(N/2)-n_{for}} ^{N-n} \frac{\Gamma (n+2) \Gamma (i+n_{for}+1) \Gamma (N-n+1) \Gamma (-i+N-n_{for}+1)}{\Gamma (i+1) \Gamma (N+2) \Gamma (n_{for}+1) \Gamma (n-n_{for}+1) \Gamma (-i+N-n+1)}$
And finally using a computer I was able to get the following expression:
$\frac{\pi  \Gamma (n+2) \Gamma \left(\left\lceil \frac{N}{2}\right\rceil +1\right) \Gamma (N-n+1) \, _3\tilde{F}_2\left(1,\left\lceil \frac{N}{2}\right\rceil +1,-N+n-n_{for}+\left\lceil \frac{N}{2}\right\rceil ;\left\lceil \frac{N}{2}\right\rceil -N,-n_{for}+\left\lceil \frac{N}{2}\right\rceil +1;1\right)}{\Gamma (N+2) \Gamma (n_{for}+1) \Gamma (n-n_{for}+1) \Gamma \left(N-n+n_{for}-\left\lceil \frac{N}{2}\right\rceil +1\right)}$
where  $\tilde{F}$ is the regularized generalized hypergeometric function.
This would be the probability of not switching so subtract the above from 1 to get the probability of switching.
If we know p ahead of time then this is actually a trivial problem:
$\sum_{i=ceiling{N/2}-n_{for}} ^{N-n} p^i (1-p)^{N-n-i} \binom{N-n}{i} =$
$ p^{\left\lceil \frac{N}{2}\right\rceil - n_{for}} \binom{N-n}{\left\lceil \frac{N}{2}\right\rceil -n_{for}} (1-p)^{-\left\lceil \frac{N}{2}\right\rceil +N-n+n_{for}} \, _2F_1\left(1,-N+n-n_{for}+\left\lceil \frac{N}{2}\right\rceil ;-n_{for}+\left\lceil \frac{N}{2}\right\rceil +1;\frac{p}{p-1}\right)$

A: I don't know what you mean by switching. It could be the against side leading at some point during the count or the against side winning overall. This is for against winning overall.
Just assume the remaining votes are binomial and the for side has a head start.
$P(k > \frac{N}{2} - n_{against}|N-n,p)$
Case study:
Total votes
1,000,000
Pre-poll
 200,000 total votes
 150,000 for
   50,000 against
Polling day
  800,000 remaining votes
We need 450,000+ against votes on polling day for the against side to win overall. I'm assuming that $n_{for}$ is known and that the pre-poll numbers don't affect our inference on $p$.

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Category: Coos Bay, Oregon
Echoes––Part Two
The conclusion to Jack and Holly's adventures reads below. Their expedition is based on factual events. Following the story is a list of what really happened.
The boats of Coos Bay, Oregon
Echoes––The Conclusion
"Look Holly," Jack commanded, "I found a family name here, my family, I mean."
Holly looked up from the book she was searching through at a table in the Coos Library. She thought it strange he was reading in the first place when he had been quite vocal that he would rather be in the pub three doors down. The librarian hushed Jack with a classic look; glasses lowered to the tip of the nose, eyes focused and glaring over the rim at the perpetrator.
"It says here she married John and Eliza's son, George," Jack whispered, "Oh, wait, I take it back, George's wife's name is the same as my great-grandmother's, but I don't recognize her father's name. It can't be my family."
Holly breathed a sigh of relief and added, "That would be strange to think I'm a blood relative to you." She shuddered.
"That would make things even more weird." Jack said.
Holly didn't miss the inflection in Jack's voice. She wondered what he had meant by "even more weird." Holly pondered on their relationship and wondered if the remark was about their marriage –– she had a hunch and hoped this was about how they had heard from relatives that their ancestors had been at odds. But things have been weird between us these last few months and I can't put my finger on it.
She tucked the remark away and continued her study of the local newspaper, Coos Bay Echoes. "Death Summons Prominent Citizen," the headline read, and Holly was surprised to read in great detailof the life of John Yoakam. She thought how glad she was that reporters and editors included more personal details than they do today.
"It says here the girls are buried at Yoakam Hill," Holly said, "Didn't we see that on a map?" She glanced over her shoulder, expecting a scolding from the librarian.
"Let's go," Jack said, "Let's go find this hill."
"I want to see Eliza's spinning wheel in the Coos Historical and Maritime Museum and visit the cemetery all the Yoakams are buried in."
"Macabre." Jack observed.
Holly started to defend herself, thought better of it and gathered her things in silence.
The eastern sun streaked into the cab as Jack nosed the truck up the narrow, gravel road. The area was heavily forested, isolated and devoid of human inhabitants.
"Are you sure the map said to head west on Cammon Wagon Road?" he asked without taking his eyes off the road.
"Positive, just keep climbing, we're almost there."
They reached the summit to find the road had ended, but a short driveway led to a home surrounded by a cyclone fence. They exited the truck and headed toward the house to ask permission to walk the property, but no one appeared to be home. They trounced around the forested property outside the fence looking for headstones. Jack was enjoying the exploration, but after an hour Holly grew frustrated, trudging in the dirt, brushing limbs, leaves and debris aside looking for markers. She hoped that the house had not been built over the little cemetery.
"Look, Jack," she said pointing at the map, "The GPS coordinates say I am standing on the exact burial site, but there is nothing here," Holly's eyes welled, "It's gotto be here, all the books, websites, and maps say this is the place," Holly said with a disappointed and loud sigh, "I guess it's time to give up."
The couple plodded with a defeated posture back to the truck, climbed in, and Holly slammed the door in frustration. As Jack turned the truck around to head down Yoakam Hill, a black sedan crawled around a corner, tires crunching on the gravel and approached. The driver pulled alongside the truck and questioned Jack. He explained the reason for their presence and the homeowner, congenial and polite, told them she had lived there for over forty years and had never heard of the burial site. Holly handed her a business card and asked to please call if she ever learned any information.
Before Jack could engage the motor, Holly placed her hand on Jack's right forearm.
"Wait, Jack, I want to ask you something."
She asked what he had meant by things being even more weird. He explained that he didn't mean anything at all, there was no hidden meaning.
"I was referring to the weirdness that you had discovered our people fought against each other in the famous Battle of Culloden in 1746."
"Oh," Holly said with relief.
"Is that why you've been so quiet today?" Jack inquired as she relaxed back in her seat.
Holly sat still and shrugged her shoulders replying, "I guess so. Let's head out of The Coos Pioneer Cemetery. I know we'll find that."
Jack positioned the rig onto the street in front of their house.
"We're home. Another successful voyage across mountain and valley." Jack declared.
Holly was annoyed at Jack's habit of stating the obvious. Jack, thinking she was going to playfully call him Mr. Obvious, noticed her seriousness.
"What's wrong Holly?" he asked, "Are you disappointed?"
"I really wanted to find those five gravesites, so yes, I am a little. Besides, I don't think you enjoyed this trip much."
"Listen," Jacked turned and cupped her face in his hands, "I had a really great time. Do you remember me telling you that my great-great-grandfather was the trail guide for Brigham Young on the way to Utah?"
Holly nodded.
"The rumor is he converted to Mormonism after. I bet there are lots of records about him."
"I thought this genealogy stuff bored you."
"You were so excited, and in your element, it was inspiring. Seeing my grandmother's name got me rethinking. And I really loved traipsing through the woods on Yoakam Hill. I felt like an old-time wilderness explorer––we were Lewis and Clark."
Holly smiled at the comparison.
"I know a great Italian place in Salt Lake City."
Facts and Actual Events
Eliza and John Yoakam lost five daughters by a burning, falling tree, one a babe in Eliza's arms.
The tragic loss of the Yoakam girls is documented in newspapers such as the Coos Bay Echo, as well as the "Death Summons Prominent Citizen" article, found in the Coos Bay Library.
The oldest girl that perished was adopted by John and Eliza after the girl's mother passed away. It has been said that she was Eliza's best friend's daughter.
Eliza and John lost their oldest son to disease on the trail.
Eliza delivered the baby girl that died in her arms three days after arriving in the Coos Bay area.
According to a graveyard and burials website, and in Coos Bay history books, the girls are buried together at Yoakam Hill
Jack and Holly (aka 'Frank' and Janet) could not find the tiny graveyard.
The resident on the hill had never seen or heard of the graves in all the 40+ years living on Yoakam Hill.
Eliza Yoakam's spinning wheel is on display at the Coos Historical and Maritime Museum.
Jack and Holly camped in an RV on Arago Beach beneath the cliffs of the Yoakam State Park.
Jack and Holly found Eliza and John's grave markers at the Coos Pioneer Cemetery.
Jack, a Scotsman, and Holly, of English descent fought each other in some war in the ancient days: it may or may not have been Culloden.
Jack's great-great grandfather was a trail guide for someone associated with Brigham Young, and was looking to settle in Utah.
Little Italy, in Coos Bay, is a fantastic place for dine.
Holly was often annoyed with Jack stating the obvious and called him Mr. Obvious.
Holly has never driven with an RV in tow, nor does she ever want to.
Jack would have rather been in the pub than the library but developed an interest in genealogy while in the Coos Library.
John was a younger brother of Jasper and George. George died in 1901, five years before his mother, Eliza, as pictured above.


I'm learning mine and enjoying the journey.
Cruel people are hard to take.
You cannot avoid it sometimes.
it can manifest in each of our lives.
Being gentle and gracious is my answer.
Give to those you love and let them be.
Doing time here on Earth.
I don't want mine to be 'hard time'.
Sing out and let go.
All signs point to Spring.
I tend to think the tide has turned.
The ocean was offered my last tear.
lift me through the quagmire.
I recognize the pattern and break free.
All of it done lovingly.
I listen to the birds this morning.
The Raven tells me where to go.
Facing up to the work is daunting.
Moving on with my life is challenging.
Feeling strong in my convictions.
Knowing that it is all about the love.


The end of a long day getting kids to Kokrine Hills Bible Camp.
I'm up early and staying up late doing homework with 8 to 10 hours of class time everyday. I'm enjoying the content and thankful for the knowledge, this training will be invaluable.


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Muc-Off has been awarded with the P&A Brand of the Year 2019 Award with BikeBiz.
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