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At the Ferron City Hall on April 3 a public hearing was held to discuss the speed limits through Ferron City. At the request of Ferron City the Division of Traffic and Safety has conducted a speed study on SR-10 RP 25.0 to RP 28.32 in Ferron. Ferron Mayor Garth Larsen said, "We have received a lot of complaints about speeding in Ferron, both on the south end and on the north end of town. We would like to see the speed limits lowered, Kleston Laws from the Utah Department of Transportation will speak to us on how and what the process needs to be to make that happen."
Laws explained how speed limits are set in the state of Utah. Laws said, "Speed limits are set by a number of things including: design speed, vehicle speed, number of accidents, road surface and shoulder conditions, grade, curvature, sight distance, roadside development- parking, driveways. Engineering studies to determine the proper speed limit therefore include actual measurements of the prevailing 85 percentile speed. The speed limit is set by the rate of speed 85 percent of the vehicles are going. We did the speed test in Ferron two weeks ago. Most of the drivers are reasonable and prudent and don't go faster than the posted limits. We did find one section that could be changed from 55 to 45 at mile marker 25 to Scott's RV Storage. Studies show that lowering the speed limits does not automatically decrease speed and increase safety."
It was at this point in the meeting that Ferron citizens and Sheriff Lamar Guymon told Laws his study was flawed. They pointed out a number of reasons, including the people conducting the speed study were in a white van and a white car which automatically led to reduced speeds and also the fact the survey was done in the morning and afternoon. The coal trucks passing through Ferron do not start running until the evening hours.
Mayor Larsen wondered if as a city Ferron could propose a speed limit. Laws said it is a state law that UDOT set speed limits. In some cases ordinances set speeds on local city streets, but most limits are set by the 85th percentile and he was not aware of any ordinance to change it.
Mayor Larsen asked who they could talk to. Rep. Brad Johnson said a good place to start would be with the transportation commission. He mentioned that Bevan Wilson from Huntington is a member of that commission.
Laws pointed out before a change could be made there would have to be a comment period, consultation with the county sheriff and highway patrol. State law allows UDOT to establish a new prima facie speed for specific locations on state highways., when it is based on an "engineering and traffic investigation."
The comment period from the citizens was next with Roy Edgell speaking, he said, "I have had 24 kids in foster care and I'm conerned about their safety. Coal trucks come by and shake the house. The other day my son was almost hit by a coal truck. I have been in an accident with a coal truck. I think the speed limit is too high and the study was bogus. They need to hide in the bushes with the radar gun and stay all night."
One citizen wondered why all the cities have speed limits of 35 m.p.h. the whole length of their city limits but Ferron. 'Why should we have to put up with excessive speeds?'
Mayor Larsen said they would draft a letter as a city council to the governor to find out why the city has no jurisdiction on a road going through their town. Rep. Johnson volunteered to research what rights the city has and what they do not have. He will report this information to the city.
One citizen was concerned about trucks she has seen racing
and passing on double yellow lines. One citizen who has written to the governor wants something done before school is out in May. She has also called and voiced her opinion that the study should be done at all hours. The validity of the study would be in question if only taken during the day. She also hoped the study would include no passing zones. Citizens had signed the paper with her recommendations. The citizens expressed their concern for the safety of children, animals and wildlife.
One citizen also said that Ferron does not have a noise ordinance. The noise from the trucks can be heard two or three blocks up the street. One citizen said the coal trucks are not the only problem, but traffic problems occur on the side streets as well. One child addressed the citizens saying she fears for the safety of her five-year-old sister when she begins school next fall. One day at her bus stop as they exited the bus, a truck blew by and didn't heed the flashing red lights. Her sister will be using this bus stop next fall.
A citizen further described the situation at the bus stop saying at least once a month a car comes upon the school bus and skids to a stop. The bus stop is on a blind turn and 200 ft. around the corner is the bus stop. At least once a month a car or truck runs the school bus. The bus driver will not let the students off the bus until she is sure no one is coming, then she watches while they cross the road.
Another bus stop with approximately 15 children using it, is also in a 55 m.p.h. zone and is dangerous to the children at the stop. One citizen expressed their opinion that the truck drivers know when the cops are out and radio each other to watch for them.
Kent Larsen from the Ferron City Council asked Sheriff Guymon how many officers are out patrolling on a given night. Sheriff Guymon said, "There are three out every night. With cars in the north, south and central parts of the county. They could be here all night if someone calls and complains. If they see the cops they slow down. That was a stupid study."
Mayor Larsen said we need to voice our opinions and get a hold of our legislators. We need to change the law and give local government authority.
Sheriff Guymon said, "The traffic will continue to increase. You need to change the components of your study and take into consideration who is traveling the road."
Ferron City Hall was the site of a public hearing on April 3 to discuss the proposed Millsite State Park closure. Members of the Utah State Parks Board and state parks officials were in attendance to talk about the issue. The room was filled to capacity with many people standing around the room and into the foyer area.
Ferron Mayor Garth Larsen opened the meeting by saying, "I hope that we will respect each others opinions and right to speak. I would like to introduce the director of state parks, Courtland Nelson, Tim Smith, Southeast Division manager; Steve Ogilvie, financial manager and Brad Johnson, our state representative, Commissioners Ira Hatch, Drew Sitterud and Commission Chairman, Randy Johnson, Mayors' Jackie Wilson from Huntington and Glen Johnson from Green River. Members of the state board are Scott Truman, Bill Hedden, Jeff Packer and Ron Taylor, park manager.
Courtland Nelson said, "I appreciate coming here tonight to discuss what's happened. We will have a power point presentation by Steve and discuss the financial situation. About three or four years ago the state legislature made a request for us to rank all parks. They did this for two reasons, we always have requests to add things to the state parks system and if we had an assigned process in place we could walk away from parks. They were ranked on such things as scenic parks, historical ratings and recreation and also the benefit they were to residents.
"We didn't want to have to do that. We were uncomfortable with it. We hoped the report would sit and die on the shelf, but it did not. One major event during the last 18 months was the cutback of $5 million from capital dollars. Then they held back another $1.1 million. Then in the last three days before the session ended the governor and staff were looking for ways to shave another $30-40 million off, because the expenses did not match the revenues coming in. There was not enough money for the budget to come together. So we took another cut of $500,000, with the language saying we would save $500,000 by reducing and closing parks. With that intent language, the reality as a manager was we had to determine what parks to close.
"We were already involved in the belt tightening process. We had reduced employees and we walked away from capital projects we had planned. We cut back on boating enforcement at the lakes. We were already involved in cutting back prior to the $500,000 hit. It's a difficult situation. We have until July 1 to look for alternative management. All of our board members are appointed; they are volunteers. They represent eight regions with one at large member. The proposal to them was to take advantage of ranking and financial information to decide which parks to close. We have been attending public meetings to hear the issues and the things we haven't thought of. The board will hear your comments, accept website comments and see your letters. I'm assuming nobody is here to say it's a good idea and I'll need to know which part of the United States I need to go to hide," said Nelson.
Ogilvie was next with the power point presentation. He said, "It is the intent by Dec. 1, 2002 to recommend parks for closure to meet the $500,000 reduction in the state parks budget. That's what we were told by the legislature. We are under a July 1 deadline for reduction because of our financial year which runs from July to July," Ogilvie went on to cover the cost saving measures the parks have already done which included loss of personnel in the Salt Lake Office, increased user fees, increased employee productivity, reduced services, reduced seasonal employee wages, frozen salary increases and vacancies left unfilled.
The parks on the closure list include: Fort Buenaventura in Ogden, Jordan River Parkway, which includes a golf course and trails, Millsite, Minersville which is a small boating lake, Otter Creek-Piute which is a high elevation lake for seasonal boating, and the elimination of a boating ranger at Pineview Reservoir.
Ogilvie said, "The decision on which parks to close had nothing to do with the quality of the park and the hard work of the employees."
Hedden spoke next saying, "I am very grateful to see people here and know you care. Our board is very concerned and this isn't what we want to be doing. I've enjoyed the comradery of the board. We don't want to be removing recreation opportunities and laying off employees. We are here because we care about your community and are not taking this lightly. There have been a series of cuts from the top to the local managers and seasonal workers. It is the recommendation for the board members to make a final decision in the best interest of the state system. The evaluation was not intended to target any particular park. We are taking the recommendation seriously, there are not many alternatives to meet the intent language of the legislature.
Packer said, "We are interested in creative ideas and your best thinking. We are glad to be here, but sorry we have to be here."
Truman said, "I spent 10 or 11 years on the city council in Ferron. I saw the heartache and pain the mayor went through. Millsite used to be a boating ramp and two pit toilets. It was not a good thing. We looked at what we could do. There was not much hope that the state parks would take responsibility for it. We got a call from Marv Jensen who said he wanted to come and take a look and the message was, 'Ferron City, show us how interested you are.' We cleaned up the park and took it a step further. State Parks had $50,000 which had to be matched. Through community development grants we got the match.
"Nielson Construction did the excavation and we bought a pavillion, brought in beach sand and we needed a water system. We found a tank down by Emery and it was brought to Millsite. The time was donated to put it in place. We also wanted a golf course. We went to state parks and told them we've done what you asked us to do; we're interested in having this as a state park. I've tried to be opened minded but, I'm not open minded. Because of what the people of Ferron did they should not walk away from Millsite as a state park," said Truman.
Mayor Larsen opened the meeting up at this point for comments from the audience. Those wishing to voice their opinion came to the front of the room. Paul Crawford said, "When I read about the Millsite closure, I thought about what had happened that a lot of people might not know. The citizens of Ferron watershed project were the original sponsors of recreation. We worked for water protection, flood protection and we worked with the Bureau of Land Management and the forest service on land treatment. We worked to provide fisheries and promote water for recreation. This was not our area of expertise so we approached Joe Hansen in early 1971 to see if they (state parks) might be interested in taking the project over. We started with $150,000 in the early 70s with federal money and matching with local in kind monies.
"The Ferron Canal and Reservoir Company had a small construction company to protect canals and they moved the old highway and build the road around the reservoir. We fully accepted responsibility to extend the boat ramp and to bring in top soil for the park. We did a lot of work. We had $66,000 left of the original money that could be used by the state parks if they took it over. It was almost 14 years later before a contract was signed. The telephone company laid the cable so there could be phone service at the park. People don't know the whole story and I have a problem with their saying they are abandoning it.
"There are a lot of people using the facilities, sometimes when the park is full people will park outside of the park and dispose of their sewer into the lake. This is the sole source of water for Ferron City," said Crawford.
Mark Justice spoke next saying, "How much of that $500,000 will you save by closing Millsite?" Nelson answered about a $24,000 savings. Justice then asked how much the park budget is overall each year. Nelson said they have a $22 million state park budget. Justice mentioned that county residents had contributed $100,000 toward the building of the golf course. He said, "It's shameful to close the park. A lot of people use this park. It is the state parks department and board's very mission to provide parks and recreation. Where's the sense in closing it for a $17,000 savings?"
Max Ralphs former mayor of Ferron said, "The Ferron citizens have been involved. They worked and sacrificed. When water was needed at the park this was put in place with no cost to parks and recreation. A lot of work was donated by every citizen in Ferron. They were all involved in one way or another. I don't think any park in the state of Utah has more involvement than this one does. This is a big mistake. They don't just hand out grants, a lot of work was done. It's tough to get money from the government. We were scared to death the first time we went. But we became friends. We are proud of the things that have been done at Millsite. Please reconsider your stand on taking it out of the parks system. You can operate it much cheaper than the city."
Commissioner Johnson spoke next, he said, "Closing the park is not an option and we hope to convince you of the error of your ways. We will not consider this as a commission. My case in point is that Utah is the third most urbanized state in the union. So the faces you see here are in the minority. We are overwhelmed by urban legislators. This park is constantly used and full and takes very little of your budget. It's a small wave in the pond. But closure would have a huge impact on the community. It wouldn't be the same. Speaking for the county commission we will keep it. Locking the gate is not an option and we would like to discuss this further if you don't come to your senses."
Sharmaine Sharp said, "This park is on public land. If the state can no longer provide financial support, maybe it should be turned back to the people. Volunteers help take care of roads and maybe they can volunteer to take responsibility for the park. People work to earn hunting licenses maybe they can work for fishing licenses. We might have to pay for the privilege and if we want our public lands we might have to volunteer as you did in the beginning of the park."
One citizen read a letter which had a lot of signatures from citizens around Ferron. They described Millsite as a safe place for seniors to go and enjoy family gatherings and closing it would deprive everyone of a place to enjoy.
The only seasonal employee at Millsite Lena Funk spoke next, she said, "I have worked at Millsite for 25 years. It's my park. I've pulled weeds, mowed lawns and did whatever it took. People come to Millsite to have a great time. Every time you come families are having a great time together. The people are important. Save Millsite, I will do anything to save it."
Park Manager Taylor spoke next, "I'm not surprised to see all of you here. It's a popular park with a heritage invested in it. Six years ago when I first came here. Millsite was on the list for expansion. Many parks have similar stories and the circumstances tear at my heart strings. When the manager of Scofield went to Starvation, Cody Patton, assistant manager assigned to Millsite went to Scofield and Millsite has not been covered as well since this combining of parks. Since the combining of Scofield, Millsite and Huntington I have been spread too thin. Millsite is a reflection of the staff and people involved. The campground hosts say it is a beautiful place. We raised $13,000 in revenue which is not significant. A lot of the people who visit Millsite don't pay a fee because they are young people of 62. We don't gain revenue from this use. But these people are just as important.
"It doesn't matter how much revenue is generated. Millsite is safe, clean and friendly. The fact that it is developed helps keep sedimentation out of the lake. Last winter with someone visiting the park every other day. We had two tables stolen. I am a scout leader and bring troops up here. I hope to continue to do so. We hope to convince the state legislature to save all of the parks, not just Millsite. It's better to have people come down here to an area that's developed than to have them in displaced camping. I have been overwhelmed by the phone calls, faxes and letters I've received these past two weeks. But the one that hit me the hardest was written by a little boy from Salt Lake that said, 'Dear Sir, Please don't close our parks," said Taylor.
Clyde Conover, former commissioner spoke next, "We took a trip to Washington and worked with the GCS and worked with Senator Moss. We worked together. You don't have to fight and argue to make a point. We're not going to close the park. We will work with the state parks board, and with Brad Johnson and the citizens; we will work as a group. I love this area and we will make it survive."
Mark H. Williams spoke next, "I am the OHV chairman for the state parks. Our board worked hard to get the forest service money to develop 370 miles of trail from Ferron to the mountain. Development has happened in stages from putting up signs and markers to the maps. We will soon begin advertising this trail. Millsite is the hub on this side of the mountain for access to the Arapeen trail. The Piute trail counters counted in 1995-23,000 riders, in 1998-41,000 riders, 1999-51,000 riders and in 2000-55,000 riders. People are looking for places to go, OHV destination spots. In the middle of the week Millsite is usually 70 percent full. I guarantee we can fill the park to capacity with OHV riders which will increase the revenue at the park. The motorized grant money from the state parks is still in place and applications need to be in by May 1. We have plenty of money."
Kent Petersen, former county commissioner spoke next, "I don't know, but I think Mark just offered us $17,000 in grant money. With the economy down, this is a poor time to take away recreation. We have donated a lot and it's not worthwhile to close it. The city built the golf course and a lot of people come down from the Wasatch Front and stay in the park and play golf. This closure would have a big impact on the golf course, it would be hard to keep operational.
"People in the state have the misperception that Emery County is rich. At one time we were pretty well off but that was when the power plants were new. The trucks you see hauling coal by here are bringing that coal from Sevier County to power plants owned by a multi-national company whose intent is to reduce their taxes every year by 7 percent and they have been very successful in doing that. We are strapped for money. Our local governments are much worse off than the legislature. I think you need to relook where to find the money to keep this park open."
Mayor Glen Johnson from Green River City spoke next, "We have enjoyed the relationship we have had with the state parks. We attempted to build a golf course and decided it was way too much money. We formed a partnership with state parks and completed the golf course. A partnership can work. Green River City helped complete a new clubhouse for the state parks which they wouldn't have been able to afford otherwise. Don't close the park or it will go away. Ron does a great job. We support Millsite and if you need help from Green River City. We will support it with our tax dollars to keep it open."
Commissioner Sitterud said, "I had a lot of calls from people who would have liked to attend the meeting, but had other obligations and asked me to voice their support. I support Millsite and we won't let this close."
Rep. Brad Johnson spoke next, "I compliment you for being interested. I don't support what's happened and I am committed to keeping it open. There are ways it can be done. This was an unusual legislative session. The Olympics turned out well, but there was a three week interruption. There was a budget shortfall and in the final hours a mistake was made. It didn't go through the regular process. I've talked to others today and visited with them and I know we'll have some influence. We'll think of ways to fix this. The state parks board does a great job and I'd like to thank them. I totally believe this park should be kept open. Millsite has a great record and is really popular; it stacks up pretty well.
"I am committed to help you find a way to keep it open. The legislature never did intend that a park like Millsite be closed. It was done to balance the budget. This is not a done deal. I'm almost scared to ask, but what if we didn't give an exemption in park fees for seniors. Most of these people can afford these fees better than young families," said Johnson.
The next citizen said her family uses the facility a lot and Ferron needs to pull together as a community. "I would be willing to pay more for a day use fee. One complaint we have is there is very little grass on the west side.For a higher user fee, you could use the whole park and generate more money. Also, the younger generation could become involved in volunteering at the park and serve an internship working free of charge to gain experience and possibly explore careers in the forest service and other related fields."
Kent Larsen, Ferron City councilman spoke next, "We appreciate the board for coming down and discussing these important issues. We have to scratch to make the budget on the golf course. I don't think we can make it without Millsite. We ask people at the golf course what brings them to Millsite and they say they love coming here because it is out in the open. I think it would be an injustice to us and to the people of the Wasatch Front to close Millsite. We have a low tax base and we are providing recreation not only for us but to those up north. Utah had a successful Olympics and those facilities will now be available for Salt Lake's use now that they are gone. They get those facilities and what do we get, a closure. We don't deserve a park closure and I want the citizens of Emery County to know we'll do everything to keep it open."
Mayor Larsen said, "We have run out of time for comments, if you didn't get to speak you can still send in faxes and letters or e-mails to voice your opinion. This shows how much interest there is for Millsite to remain open. I would like to read a letter from John and Sandy Knowlton from Salt Lake. 'We are writing to voice our displeasure with plans to close Millsite. We come to Millsite three or four times a year to camp, golf and fish. It is an importatnt asset and closure for a few dollars is ridiculous. If Utah is a 'pretty, great state' then the park system must find a way to save it.' We have heard from many people like that. We provide coal for the power plants. The state of Utah depends on these power plants. We put up with the coal traffic so Utah can have electricity. The power plants are centrally assessed which provides tax dollars for all of Utah. The coal mines contribute mineral lease money to benefit the whole state. Keep our park open. Pay us back for what we give. The whole Wasatch Front benefits from our great rural setting; our park and our mountains. What we need now is for the state parks and the legislature to help us keep it."
A public information meeting on the San Rafael Swell National Monument Concept will be held on April 11 at 7 p.m. in the Museum of the San Rafael in Castle Dale. This meeting will focus on Monument grazing issues. Speakers include Garfield County Commissioner Dell LeFevre and BLM Range Specialist Karl Ivory. Mr. LeFevre will speak on his experiences as a grazing permittee in the Grand Staircase, both before and after the area was designated a National Monument. Mr. Ivory will speak on the BLM Rangeland Health Standards and Guidelines. As in previous Monument meetings, public comments will be taken. The meeting is sponsored by the Emery County Public Lands Council, Emery County Farm Bureau and the Emery County Economic Development Council.


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Downsizing Blog
WaPo's Fiscal Truths
A Washington Post editorial today discusses the National Academy of Sciences "Fiscal Future" study. The NAS report modeled four possible tax and spending paths for the nation over the next 70 years. I was one of the NAS report's co-authors.
Will the GOP Embrace GOP Cuts?
The other day I mentioned that numerous groups have released spending cut proposals that will be useful for the GOP in figuring out where to cut spending. Another source for the new House Republican majority to utilize is a plan that was released in May by their own members in the conservative House Republican Study Committee.
Republican Agenda: Privatization
In coming months, new Republican members of Congress will be looking for ways to cut the budget deficit and also to increase economic growth. One way to do both is to privatize government assets, such as the U.S. Postal Service, Amtrak, and the air traffic control system.
What Spending Should the GOP Cut?
Congratulations to the wave of Republicans who successfully ran on promises to tackle rising government debt and cut the hugely bloated federal budget. On the campaign trail, most candidates were not very specific about how they would cut the budget, but when they come to Washington they will be looking for good reform targets.
High-Speed Pork
Washington Post columnist Robert Samuelson provides a blistering critique of the Obama administration's plan for a national system of high-speed rail. Samuelson dismisses HSR as "pork-barrel" and "a perfect example of wasteful spending masquerading as a respectable social cause."
Dept. of Education to Survive GOP
For those of us who recognize that federal k-12 education spending has been a costly failure, it's been great to hear some tea party candidates call for the abolition of the U.S. Department of Education.
Halloween: Uncle Sam Style
The office of Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) has released an appropriately timed report on federal subsidies that have gone to the deceased. From the introduction:
GOP: Cut $87.5 Million, Save Nation
House Republican Whip Eric Cantor's "YouCut" project has released a new video that attempts to visually underscore the impropriety of sticking future taxpayers with a mountain of federal debt.
It Ain't So, Joe
Vice President Joe Biden is an affable fellow, which sometimes makes his tendency to exaggerate the truth somewhat amusing. However, Biden's latest tall tale is as unamusing as it is wrong.

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Sea turtles of Palmyra Atoll
Since 2008, the CBC has played a critical role in the Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, a designated Marine National Monument. The atoll is a complex of some 50 small, undeveloped islands, islets, and sand flats surrounded by more than 15,000 acres of coral reef systems and lagoons., It's situated in the Central Pacific at the northern end of the Line Islands, about 1,052 miles south of Hawaii.
The CBC is a member of the Palmyra Atoll Research Consortium (PARC), a highly collaborative partnership of research, conservation, and educational institutions that conducts innovative, interdisciplinary work on the natural systems of Palmyra Atoll and the central Pacific. Other PARC institutions include Stanford University, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California Santa Barbara, University of Hawaii, Victoria University of Wellington, United States Geological Survey, and The Nature Conservancy.
Although the islands have never supported any permanent settlements, Palmyra's terrestrial and lagoonal habitats have been modified by people, especially during the Second World War when U.S. forces used the island as a Naval air facility and made substantial modifications, including dredging channels, creating new islands, joining islands, and building roads and runways. However, because of its isolation and relative lack of human disturbance, the deeper water marine resources have not been impacted to the degree of those in most other tropical island systems, and the atoll's outer reef systems maintain a diverse flora and fauna thought to be reminiscent of how reef ecosystems worldwide used to be. The complex habitats and semi-impacted inner waters support a large but barely studied sea turtle population. The islands also support one of the last surviving stands of Pisonia beach forest in the Pacific and a large community of seabirds. Palmyra therefore functions as a living laboratory and represents a rare opportunity for researchers to gain a more complete understanding of the full suite of biodiversity making up intact reef ecosystems, and how such intact, healthy systems function.
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Tour My Kitchen with Dan and Carol Wilson
A bevy of windows showcase this home's backyard beauty
When Dan and Carol Wilson from DeKalb, Illinois decided to update the kitchen in their 45-year-old house, they wanted to bring the outdoors in. Avid gardeners, the Wilsons had created a yard full of flowers and ferns—not to mention "Wilson's Creek," a fish-stocked pond and stream. With such amazing garden beauty right beyond their back doorstep, they wanted to enjoy it even when they were indoors.
A retired electrician and "wannabe" architect, Dan drafted some possible floor plans for their dream kitchen. Thinking they should get a pro's advice, they visited a few designers, too, but ultimately went with one of Dan's original plans.
Dan's remodeling handiwork did not end with the design. He also did the electrical, plumbing and ductwork, as well as laying the hardwood and tile flooring. One personalized touch Dan added to the kitchen was a built-in docking station for Carol's iPod. "I wanted to incorporate speakers throughout the house," says Dan. "With the docking station, I can hook up the iPod and play it throughout the house and yard."
From start to finish, the project took about 11 months, and the couple was without heat during a frigid Illinois winter. "It got a bit frosty," Dan chuckles. With no working kitchen, they had to set up a makeshift one in their utility room. And because the renovation included destruction of their laundry room, Carol became a regular at the local laundromat. "Not something I ever want to do again!" she says with a laugh.
In the end, though, the shivering and sweat paid off, in the form of a beautiful space. Large windows and glass doors let in tons of natural light and create an open concept so guests sitting in other areas of the house feel connected to the kitchen. "We both love to cook, so we do a lot of entertaining," Carol notes. And the large granite-topped island seats four, which is convenient when the grandkids visit.
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Skip to comments.The Gospel according to "Glee"? (live-and-let-live attitude toward sexual politics & religion)
Posted on 02/26/2012 8:21:30 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Does high school musical sitcom "Glee" go out of its way to be hostile to Christianity? Some may think so, given the matter-of-fact treatment in so many episodes of teen drinking, drug use, sex, pregnancy, and its acceptance of same-gendered relationships. As a progressive Christian and fan of the show, even I wonder at times if they are pushing the envelope a bit too far. I've often commented that I'm not sure younger teens should be watching the show. It is, after all, an exaggerated, satirical look at how adults view adolescence. I'd be a little worried if some middle-schooler watching the series sits there thinking, "Oh, so that's what high school is going to be like!"
Several episodes have dealt with the issue of faith (most famously the season two episode "Grilled Cheezus"), but most often the Christian characters are depicted as either hypocrites or espousing a sort of "believe whatever you want but believe something" sort of attitude. In fact, the writers depict the few nominally Christian characters as perfect examples of moralistic therapeutic deisman understanding of the Christian faith that maintains that God is only important to life when we need something from "him" and faith is ultimately only necessary to the degree to which it helps us live happily and achieve our personal goals. All of this to say that "Glee's" depiction of Christianity up to now has been somewhat realistic perhaps, but definitely not flattering.
Then comes along the February 14 episode "Heart." It's Valentine's Day and the McKinley High Christian club, the God Squad, has decided to raise money by performing singing telegrams throughout the school. Meanwhile, girlfriends Brittany and Santana are called into the principal's office for a minor public display of affection in the hallway. When Santana argues that straight students kiss in the hallways all the time, the principal admits to the double standard but says he's responding to complaints from several conservative students. Unwilling to let this injustice stand, Santana pays The God Squad to perform a singing love letter to her girlfriend.
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Recent polls would indicate that "Glee's" live-and-let-live attitude toward sexual politics and religion are in line with much of the population in the United States. Attitudes in this country continue to shift toward greater inclusion of those who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered. Gallup polls in 2011 show that, for the first time, a majority of Americans favor legalizing gay marriage. The United States military has done away with its policy of "don't ask, don't tell," and the Defense of Marriage Act looks to be the next piece to fall in the wall that has long kept LGBT persons at arm's length in U.S. culture.
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These changes suggest a cultural (if not theological) shift amongst youth that will represent a real and perhaps painful struggle for many in both mainline and conservative churches who do not believe that openness on the issue of sexuality is compatible with the Christian faith. However, it would seem clear that the church risks irrelevance if we fail to engage in honest and open dialogue with youth on these issues. In a way, the Gospel according to "Glee" simply mirrors the movement of Christian youth in this country away from seeing religion as a set of strict moral rules (do's and don'ts) that separate people and toward a dynamic faith centered in justice, inclusion, and a way of celebrating the dignity and worth of all God's people. If this is the wave of the future for Christianity in the United States, I imagine that more groups like "Glee's" God Squad will find themselves perfectly at home within our country's progressive congregations.
-- Rev. Brian Kirk is an ordained pastor in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and currently serves an inner-city church in St. Louis, Missouri. He also teaches as adjunct faculty at Eden Theological Seminary, and co-writes the blog rethinkingyouthministry.com.
My daughter, raised RIGHT, stopped watching the thing because her internal sensors said that despite the wonderful music, they were Just Attacking Our Values as Christians. You KNOW that thirty years ago, it would just be about the music.
What the hell is a "progressive" "Christian"? FAKE CHRISTIAN ALERT; that's all.
Glee has no live and let live attitude. It is all gay Kurt all the time. As phoney as the leftist gay agenda "progressive Christian" minister author of this article.
They often have characters bashing Christians and "bible thumpers".
Nothing tolerant about that perverted show
God loves us all...so much that instead of letting us be damned to hell because of our sins, he sent part of Himself to say "Hey, you should TRY not to sin and when you fall short I will pay the bill...if you accept Me as payment. Incidentally, if you try to get My children to sin by confusing them, it would be better for you to be thrown into the ocean with a millstone tied around your neck than what awaits you upon your Judgement." Making sin "inclusive" just means more people get caught in it.
Not having a television, much less cable, I have never seen this show, but I have read snippets about it on the Internet, and I just assumed it was a homo-propagnda program.
I see I am right.
Basically, the gay writers hijacked the show for their agenda.
RE: It is all gay Kurt all the time.
There used to be a time when it was called : "The love that dares not speak its name"
Now, it's the love that won't shut the F up.
But the Glee crowd is actually as cruel to Christians who don't believe in gay marriage as people used to be to gays in school.
There is no societal improvement. Just a different group swirling opponents' faces in the verbal toilet bowl.
Glee has become an unwatchable Hollyweird agenda show. The music is still good, but I am concerned with the nonstop Hollyweird agenda that has taken control.
Initially, there was only Kurt, "the gay kid". Then, after several years, they brought in Blain to be Kurt's boyfriend. Now, high school's most popular show had it's first gay couple. Then, like rapidly falling dominoes, Britany and Santana suddenly became the firt lesbian couple to join the first gay couple and now, the former football player who was throwing the slurpees in the glee club members' faces announces to Kurt that HE'S gay!!
What the heck is in the drinking water at this soundstage high school? Because the agenda goes on. Mr Schu announced on one recent episode that by 2030 Spanish will be the most common language in the world and assigned the kids to sing songs in Spanish. I live in S. Texas and hear enough Spanish and Spanish music everyday, I DON'T want to hear it on an American made TV show. So I left the room because my wife still watches this piece of Hollyweird trash! When I tune in a show on TV, I want to hear English. I'm tired of feling like a foreigner in my own country!!
I am also tired of seeing Hollyweird's perverted agenda overtaking EVERY aspect of our lives and Glee is off my list. Between the growing cadre of gay couples in this perverted high school, the weekly sex romps between at least 2 of the "kids" and the rest, what was once an interesting concept (MTV with a plot!) has become perverted, agenda garbage.
The sooner this show is cancelled, the more . . . glee there will be.
"As a progressive Christian and fan of the show"
Oxy moron alert. I can call myself the Queen of England, but it doesn't make it so. The show is vile and no true Christian could be a fan.
I was a HUGE fan of the old "FAME!", it was almost a story of my life, then.
I turned in to Glee, ONCE, and was so turned off by the All-Gay-All-The-Time B.S., that I turned it off in minutes, and have never watched it, again.
The Barna Group also reports that 85% of children from highly active evangelical homes will NOT be active in their faith 2 years after graduating from high school. On the other hand, 95% of homeschools will be active.
Could it be that attending godless, secular, and socialist-entitlement schools destroys faith? Hm?
Mindless pap from a "progressive Christian".
"Oxy moron"
For the slow, I purposely made "oxymoron" two words. I also didn't make it through one episode without turning it off.
Basically, the gay writers hijacked the show for their agenda.
And they didn't have to. "Frasier" had gay writers, actors, producers, and their priority was great comedy, first and foremost.
Ok. Forget the progressive Christian homosexualist garbage part for a second. Why is someone named "Brian" a fan of the show? It is just such an alien concept to me that an adult male would be into this thing, lib agenda or not. A show about a high school glee club with singing and dancing? Come on. That has to be pretty low on the all-time list of TV premises, at least for men to watch. I have a hard time imagining any man digging this thing, with or without any gayness going on (in the show, that is). It would be torture, just painfully boring. I mean holy cow, Brian. Switch it to one of those jewelry shopping shows, women's soccer or something else that is slightly less awful already. Baby steps Brian, you have to ween yourself off this stuff.
No one was cruel back in the day because it was illegal to be homosexual. Kids in school were not having sex of any kind so there were no gays.
They intentionally target young kids to normalize the vile acts of sodomy. That is the only reason that there is a growing acceptance of such a dysfunctional, immature behavior. It is the Marxist brainwashing by the MSM and the hollywood sodomites (why aren't the producers that were passing around the Corey boys in their homosexual orgies—arrested?????)' Homosexuality is a learned behavior. Glorifying it is glorifying child abuse.
Jerry Brown__ARREST those homosexual producers raping boys!!!!!!! Why aren't they in jail 6 months ago when Corey Feldman said they were still out there!!!
They have an agenda—it is to pervert and seduce young boys into homosexuality-—like in Afghanistan-—where the pretty boys can't wait to have a harem. They want to recreate pagan Greece where men have access to young boys. This is where the movement is headed. Even APA is trying to remove the stigma of pedophilia and renaming it to intergenerational sex—good Marxist euphemism again.
This kicking out Natural Law and God's Laws is an attack on the Constitution and Natural Family and Christianity———to destroy family and morality so that children are left vulnerable to predators and brainwashing. They want useful idiots.
Glee???? What is that?
What school did you go to? In mine, people joked about gays, and a guy who wore makeup and platform shoes was routinely beat up in the locker room and one of the coaches supported this action. People called people gay for dumb reasons, as an insult. There were two obese science teachers, women, who lived together. A lot of jokes were said about them.
It was better when I was in school. No pressure and kids were generally kind to each other. That's what it was like before abortion and divorce changed our culture.
...and by "progressive" he means "non-Biblically based".
The show will never be canceled, because it is a public service anouncement. On the flip side, probably 1/2 of the high school students in my town don't speak English at home (and that number is rising), and I don't think they bother watching this garbage.
This nonsense targets the dwindling number of "Anglo-Americans" left in this country, so I don't know that it will have long-term impact. I'd be much more concerned if they were broadcasting it in Hindi, Ordu, or Tagalog - then we'd still be dealing with the repercussions 20 years down the road.
No kidding. Especially in the "inner city," where this fool is a pastor and where hardly any children grow up in a real family anymore. But that is no problem for somebody who thinks his job is facilitating dialogue rather than setting moral standards.
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RE: Initially, there was only Kurt, the gay kid. Then, after several years, they brought in Blain to be Kurts boyfriend. Now, high schools most popular show had its first gay couple. Then, like rapidly falling dominoes, Britany and Santana suddenly became the firt lesbian couple to join the first gay couple and now, the former football player who was throwing the slurpees in the glee club members faces announces to Kurt that HES gay!!
And of course they just had "gay" Ricky Martin as guest instructor just a few episodes ago.
As I said in a previous post — There used to be a time when it was called : The love that dares not speak its name
Now, its the love that wont shut the F up.
They actually are cruel and dismissive to all sorts of people, including those like gays who think the show is their friend.
Last week, a gay guy (who in earlier seasons was THE antagonist against the gay lead character — which itself was hilarious, that the only "anti-gay" stuff on the show was from ANOTHER GAY GUY), was harrassed with someone painting "Fag" on his locker, and being harassed, and he tried to kill himself.
But not ONE student was punished in any way for what, in the real world, would result in expulsion. Of course, two weeks earlier an "evil gay" guy threw rocks at the Glee gay guy, and didn't even get suspended from school, much less arrested and thrown in jail, even though they have a tape of him confessing.
That same "evil gay" guy was the real reason the gay guy this week tried to kill himself, because the evil gay guy told him he should give up because he was ugly, and should go back to the closet where he belonged.
The show has all these "gay" and "lesbian" people, and they are almost all either evil, or insensitive, or so naive as to be stupid. One is given the brain of a 5-year-old, and she had slept with the entire football team before the more evil female lesbian essentially took her as her prize.
I still like the music, and just ignore the rest of the show.
He only did the spanish thing because he wanted to get "teacher tenure" and he sucked as a teacher. If I were a teacher, and still had a brain anyway, I'd be pissed off at how teachers are portrayed. If I were gay, I'd hate how they portray gays. If I were a glee club singer, I'd hate how they portray glee folks. Same with the principle, the counselors, and the school system.
McKinley high is the only school left in the country where you are legally allowed to throw slurpies at people IN SCHOOL, and not be punished in any way, shape or form. All types of harrassment are in fact tolerated and encouraged, even by teachers themselves.
I stopped watching during the first season because of Kurt. The less than 1 percent gays took over 99 percent of the show content. I read that in real life, the kid that portrays Kurt was that lone gay kid in his high school in a small town, routinely mocked. So he took over the show to vent his gay-ness. Stupid perverted show.
Frankly, Charles, I DON'T CARE why the characters do/did what they did.
1) I'm tired of being made to feel like a foreigner in my own country.
2) I'm tired of the Hollyweird all-gay, all-sex, all-perversion, all-liberal agenda being shoved into my living room. This is why the number of watchable TV shows continues to shrink in my house - MOST are simply infantile liberal garbage!!
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Do you watch A.N.T. Farm, Friday nights on Disney Channel? It revolves around Chyna Parks, an 11-year-old musical prodigy who attends a high school as part of the prestigious A.N.T. (Advanced Natural Talents) program. She, along with her fellow A.N.T.s, Olive (played by Sierra McCormick) and Fletcher (played by Jake Short), must find their place and make the most of their high school experience. Chyna takes reign to convince Olive and Fletcher that they can fit in, despite their age, as long as they take advantage of every opportunity that comes their way. She encourages them to try out for things like the cheerleading squad and school musical, and she even drags them to a high school house party. Meanwhile, Lexi (played by Stefanie Scott), a popular high schooler, doesn't appreciate this new competition and tries to sabotage Chyna's chances to outshine her.
We got to talk to the 12-year-old actress who plays Chyna. Coincidentally, her real name is China Anne McClain! Read on to find out what she has to say. . .
Q: What is A.N.T. Farm about?
China: It is about an organization at a high school called the A.N.T. program. That stands for Advanced Natural Talents and everybody in this program is very gifted in whatever it is. . . mathematics, art. . . I play a musical prodigy, and all of the kids in this program are very young, like 11 or 12, and they are in high school. And the high schoolers do not want them there. They feel like they are ruining everything about high school. My character, Chyna Parks, doesn't really care. She just wants to make the most of her high school experience. But it's hard sometimes.
Q: How could you relate to your character?
China: Just the whole going to school and trying to fit in thing. The first day of school. . . that feeling that you have. "I hope people are going to like me." Because the first day of school is pretty much make it or break it. But it's cool. Everyone pretty much thinks she's adorable after she makes her big impression on people.
Q: What grade are you in now?
China: I am in the seventh grade. But I am homeschooled. I got homeschooled in the fourth grade and have been doing it ever since. It's working out well. It's way more convenient than going to regular school!
Q: What is your favorite subject?
China: Definitely Language Arts. Math — not my strong point!
Q: What about music?
China: I play guitar, bass, piano, and I am learning the violin right now. I get to play actually way more on the show: trumpet, French horn, drums and the harmonica. It's really fun because she gets to play like 13 different instruments. Actually, that's my goal. By the end of the show, I am hoping to know all of these instruments.
Q: How did you get into acting?
China: My first audition — I was six. Half my age now! Six long years ago. It was weird because I didn't even know that I wanted to act, but it was at first just singing because my dad is a music producer. But one of his friends told me about this audition for a girl my age who could sing and act. I didn't know that I could act. So I went in there and I guess they liked me because I booked it! I winged it!
Q: Have you done the album yet for A.N.T. Farm?
China: We are working on it right now. We haven't finished it but we're working on it and it's going great so far. It will be Pop music pretty much. That's the A.N.T. Farm side of it. But I just got a record deal with my two older sisters, and that's pretty much pop/R&B. I am the baby girl. One of them just turned 17 and the other is 14. But we are so close. We love each other so much. Then we actually have a baby brother who just turned 10!
Q: Who are your role models?
China: Selena [Gomez] is my role model so far, because she is just the best. She is the best person, and I worked with her for two weeks on Wizards of Waverley Place. She was always so nice from the get go. She has just been a great role model. You haven't heard anything about her in the press or anything like that. I just love her! Besides Selena, I just got to meet Bridgit Mendler doing the Disney Channel Friends for Change games. That was so much fun because we were on the same team so we got to do a lot of stuff together, work together. And it is really fun because I love Bridgit. She's just a sweet person.
Q: Any embarrassing moments?
China: On set, I was saying a line or something and I was supposed to walk out of the room at the end. And I walked out and I tripped over something and fell on my face! It was so embarrassing! Thank goodness there was not an audience, but it was embarrassing and everybody started laughing. It was funny.
Tee hee. I hate to laugh, but that is pretty embarrassing. Let us know what you think of China and A.N.T. Farm in the Comments.
Interview by Gerri Miller
Photos courtesy of Disney Channel


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The Reebok 3K hockey shin guard is great for the player looking for lighter protection. The lighweight 3k design comes with the same shell and knee cap technology as the higher end Reebok models. With the easy fastening "y" strap design, the 3k has definitely got you covered.
The 3K shin pad uses the famous JDP® knee cap and JOFA® shin shell. This shell designs result in excellent impact dispersion resulting in stronger more protection pads. The Reebok shin shell has a less tapered design moving down into the ankle area than some of the other manufacturers. This results in a slightly wider fit in the lower leg portion. The 3k features an elastic "Y" stap design that has fastens with velcro over the calf wrap.
- Model Year: 2012
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About a month ago we attended the International Housewares Show in Chicago. We visit every year as exhibitors and take several employees to evaluate trends. Our designers explored the show and found some very exciting colors, materials, and brilliant new ideas.
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(We loved this fun "garden wall" made of tabletop products)
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(Image from Pantone Colorwatch -These colors were prominent at the IHA Show)
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(Who can't smile when they see these fun characterized kitchen products?)
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(Eveyone loves matching their car with their cookware right?)
We attended presentations on trend, eco-friendly design, and the ever growing world of technology. One of the biggest excitements of the IHA Show is watching it grow every year. Last year there was the addition of the twitter feed wall, which continued this year. The conversation was had by including #housewares in your tweets. This year we also saw several booths and printed materials making good use of QR Codes. QR Codes allow you to scan a bar code with your smart phone, which then takes you to an app or a website. This is an excellent marketing opportunity which we intend on seeing more and more in the houswewares marketplace.
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Don't worry. We made time to enjoy the beautiful windy city (and boy, was it windy that weekend)!
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For this Anchor Blogger, the high point of the trip was finally working up the nerve to ask chef Curtis Stone for a picture. Goodness is he tall!
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watching raymond briggs classics the snowman/father christmas
looking. at gifts and decorations i bought yesterday I bought an adorable nutcracker for my collection - he is candy themed. i am done buying all new/replacement lights/ornaments/decorations!
I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
booked trip
When it seems the magic slipped away...
We find it all again on Christmas Day.
*Seeing isn't believing.Believing is seeing.*
looking for a santa clause outfit online to buy..
Just watched Surviving Christmas
I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas


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Wind River/Bighorn Basin
|Release Date: 07/30/13
BLM Seeks Comments on EA for WR/BBD Portion of February 2014 O&G Lease Parcels
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public comment on the environmental assessment (EA) for the Wind River/Bighorn Basin District portion of the February 2014 oil and gas lease sale.
The initial list of parcels derived from public nominations within the Wind River/Bighorn Basin District contains 89 nominated parcels totaling 107,276.093 acres. Of the 89 parcels, 35 occur in Greater Sage-Grouse core area and, as a result, 19 full parcels and 16 partial parcels amounting to 30,347.690 acres were recommended for deferral and not further analyzed in the EA, leaving 70 full or partial parcels for analysis. The parcels are offered in compliance with the Grass Creek Resource Management Plan (RMP) Record of Decision (ROD) approved in 1998, the Washakie RMP ROD approved in 1988, the Cody RMP ROD approved in 1990 and the Lander RMP ROD approved in 1986.
The draft EA is available online at: www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/programs/energy/Oil_and_Gas/Leasing.html. Three alternatives are analyzed: under Alternative 1 (no action alternative), no parcels would be offered for sale; under Alternative 2, 70 nominated full or partial parcels containing 79,928.403 acres would be offered for sale with no further recommended deferrals; and under Alternative 3 (proposed action alternative), 43 parcels containing 53,839.370 acres would be offered for sale and, if sold, a lease issued.
Public comments are an important component of the National Environmental Policy Act process and help identify issues, concerns and mitigation opportunities not covered in the EA. Email comments to firstname.lastname@example.com with "February 2014 Lease Parcels" in the subject line. Mail written comments to Stuart Cerovski, Lander Field Office, 1335 Main Street, Lander, WY, 82520. Comments will be accepted through Aug. 28, 2013.
The public comments and information submitted regarding this project including names, email addresses and street addresses of the respondents will be available for public review and disclosure at the LFO at 1335 Main Street during regular business hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) weekdays, except holidays. Individual respondents may request confidentiality. If you wish to withhold your name, address or street address from public review or from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, you must state this plainly at the beginning of your written comment. Such requests are honored to the extent allowed by law. All submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, are made available for public inspection in their entirety.
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This great Abbey, marking the rebirth of Christianity in southern England, was founded shortly after AD 597 by St Augustine. Originally created as a burial place for the Anglo-Saxon kings of Kent, it is part of the Canterbury World Heritage Site, along with the Cathedral and St Martin's Church.
The impressive St Augustine's Abbey is situated outside the city walls and is sometimes missed by visitors. At the Abbey, you can also enjoy the museum and interactive audio tour.
Pre booked tours can be accommodated, during opening hours. For times and details please contact the Abbey.
For educational visits please telephone 01483 252 013
For coach parking facilities please contact the Visitor Operations Site Supervisor on 01227 767345. There is no parking on site, but there is a pay & display car park directly opposite the site entrance.
Disabled access (all site can be viewed, but some steps). A public pay car park is nearby.
Audio tours in English, French and Japanese. Hot drinks machine. Parking nearby.
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Adults £5.80
Child (5-15yrs) £3.40
Concession (Student and 60+) £5.20
Family ticket ( 2 adults and 3 children 5-15yrs) £15.00
English Heritage Members FREE
15% discount for groups of 11 or more visitors paying together. Free entry for coach driver and tour leader.
St Augustine's Abbey is a short walk over the road from Canterbury city centre. There is no parking on site. The nearest car park (charged) is just opposite on the Longport road. Not managed by English Heritage.
: 1 mile from Canterbury East/West station
Audio tours in English, French and Japanese. Hot drinks machine. Parking nearby.


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Chapter 12
Israel is to destroy the Canaanite gods and places of worship—The Lord will designate where His people will worship—The eating of blood is forbidden—Israel's worship must conform to the divine standard.
1 These are the statutes and
2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the
3 And ye shall
4 Ye shall not do so unto the Lord your God.
5 But unto the
6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt
7 And there ye shall eat before the Lord your God, and ye shall
8 Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is
9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the Lord your God giveth you.
10 But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the Lord your God giveth you to
11 Then there shall be a place which the Lord your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the Lord:
12 And ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.
13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:
14 But in the
15 Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat
16 Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
17 ¶Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy
18 But thou must eat them before the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.
19 Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the
20 ¶When the Lord thy God shall enlarge thy
21 If the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the Lord hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
22 Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.
23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the
24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.
25 Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go
26 Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the Lord shall choose:
27 And thou shalt offer thy
28 Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go
29 ¶When the Lord thy God shall
30 Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.
31 Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God: for every
32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not