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An industry ad campaign many years ago touted the virtues of orange juice, declaring that a day without it was like a day lacking sunshine. Local advocates for hunger relief are putting a new twist on orange, aiming to use the color to work toward a time when every day is a day without hunger.
As families continue to struggle through the national economy's slow comeback, new partnerships and players are part of the scenario for the local observance of National Hunger Action Month. The awareness-raising campaign officially kicked off Thursday, when the public was encouraged to wear orange to call attention to the effort.
The initiative began quite early in downtown Naperville, when about 25 orange-attired people turned out just after dawn to form a flash mob at Water and Main streets.
"I've never been part of a flash mob before," said Gordon Hahn of Aurora, vice president of operations for the Northern Illinois Food Bank, which pulled together the gathering along with Naperville's Loaves & Fishes Community Services earlier this week. "I guess I can cross it off my bucket list."
The two local nonprofits are among many hunger relief agencies that have seen their client populations swell in the years since the most recent recession took hold and unemployment rates began to rise. The 2014 study of hunger recently released by Feeding America reported that the number of suburban Chicago households living at or below the poverty level has increased 95 percent since 1990.
Hahn said some of the greatest need for assistance seen by the food bank is now among youth, young adults and seniors — many of whose retirement savings shrank drastically in the prolonged economic downturn.
Loaves & Fishes distributed nearly 3.3 million pounds of fresh food and groceries during 2013. Volunteer team leader Rick Wagner said the agency is keeping up, but he's nonetheless troubled that so many kids are still in need.
"Too many children go to bed hungry every night still, so that's why I'm here," said Wagner, sporting an orange University of Illinois T-shirt.
Some degree of heightened awareness is needed, advocates for low-income families say. Food insecurity — the term applied to households that struggle financially to provide sufficient food for all their members at some time during the year — declined slightly between 2011 and 2013, from 14.9 percent of American households to 14.3 percent. According to Alisha Coleman-Jensen, however, the figures don't tell a complete story.
"We found that while unemployment declined in 2012 and 2013, inflation and the price of food relative to other goods and services continued to increase," wrote Coleman-Jensen, a researcher with the food assistance branch of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a blog entry on Wednesday. "These increases offset improvements in food security that might have resulted from the decline in unemployment."
In DuPage County, the food-insecure population represents 9.1 percent of all residents, nearly 100,000 people, and 16.4 percent of that group is children. Loaves & Fishes provided food assistance to 19,552 people through its pantry operation during fiscal 2014, which ended June 30. The NIFB estimates that 425,000 residents in its 13-county service area continue to face hunger.
"It just really shows that even though the economy is improving, a lot of people are still unemployed or underemployed," said Brandon Pettigrew, communication specialist for the food bank.
The Geneva hunger relief agency, which feeds some 71,000 people every week, is teaming up with Loaves & Fishes during Hunger Action Month to spread the word about the problem.
Jody Bender, Loaves & Fishes' director of community engagement, said it's a positive development that many people have begun bringing home a paycheck again. For many families, however, it's much smaller than it used to be and the income doesn't go far enough.
"They've been able to secure jobs, but they're not earning enough to support their way of life, which is a very basic way of life," Bender said.
The Feeding America report found that 77 percent of households receiving food assistance in the U.S. have at least one member who has had a job in the previous 12 months.
Group efforts
Others also are working locally to put food on the table for families who need it. Yes We Can!, an undertaking launched a year ago by Naperville young siblings Sasha and Vaughn Lindstrom, collected more than five tons of nonperishables in its first campaign. Comprised of schools, local businesses, Scout troops and other community organizations, the effort this year aims to double that total in donated canned soup, to be presented in mid-October to Loaves & Fishes, Hesed House and DuPage PADS.
The group, which now works with help from an advisory board composed of local business people, will kick off its new season with a recognition ceremony from 5 to 7 p.m. Sept. 10 at Fair Oaks Ford Lincoln, 1351 E. Ogden Ave., Naperville. Yes We Can! representatives also plan to collect donations outside local grocery stores during the month, scheduling Casey's Foods from 3 to 7 p.m. Sept. 8 and 20.
The growing kid-founded effort is one way Hunger Action Month is gaining momentum in the community. The partnership between Loaves & Fishes and the NIFB is another. The two organizations have collaborated on projects in the past, but this is their first Hunger Action Month teamwork. Both agencies still frequently encounter residents who are unaware their neighbors are in need.
"The counties where you really wouldn't think there's need, there is," Hahn said.
Bender sees that expectation often as well.
"Sometimes people hear about hunger, and when they hear of it in their community, they're surprised, they're shocked, they're skeptical. But we see it every day," she said. "You can't tell if someone's hungry just by looking at them, so we're hoping that by doing this, we're not just raising food and awareness, we're also raising compassion and empathy."
For more information, visit loaves-fishes.org or solvehungertoday.org.
Tags: community service, foodBelow are the drop sites in Naperville for soup donations to be distributed to local social service agencies by Yes We Can! in October.
DuPage Children's Museum, 301 N. Washington St.
Fair Oaks Ford Lincoln, 1351 E. Ogden Ave. and 2055 W. Ogden Ave.
Naperville Development Partnership, 22 E. Chicago Ave., Suite 205
Naperville Bank & Trust, 555 Fort Hill Drive, 1205 S. Naper Blvd. and 5 S. Washington St.
Aurelio's Pizza, 1975 Springbrook Square Drive
Advanced Healthcare of Naperville and Naperville Mom's Network, 1767 W. Ogden Ave., Suite 153
The Dailey Method of Naperville, 200 E. Fifth Ave.
Great Western Flooring Co., 115 E. Ogden Ave., Unit 101
Monarch Landing, 2255 Monarch Drive
It is important, with any donation of nonperishable food, to check expiration dates, as expired items must be discarded.
"We have to throw out thousands and thousands of pounds of food because we can't use it," said Rick Wagner, a volunteer team leader at Loaves & Fishes Community Services.
Supporters behind Yes We Can! include the drop site businesses as well as Sun-Times Media West, NCTV-17, the Naperville Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Chicago Tribune, Girl Scouts (Chicago and northwest Indiana), Boy Scouts (Three Fires Council, Thunderbird and Indian Prairie), Northern Trust - Naperville, Rotary Clubs of Naperville, Realty Executives Premiere, Edward Ambulance Service, Naperville School District 203, Indian Prairie School District 204 and Ss. Peter and Paul School.


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It's as summer as it gets in the eastbay-mid 70's high,low to mid 50's lows..Now,its fertilizing and repotting time. Time to dig up and transplant the subtropical things. I just did a plant that happened to be between cats and where they wanted to go-too many broken stems resulted. Now,safely potted.
In the veggie garden, seeds from last years unharvested zukes are sprouting..No need to buy them. And the soil is perfect still for weeding... |
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The rush is on to get the weeding done and the soil mulched before the winter time moisture is lost. This year the shear quantity of weed growth must be setting a new record. Al |
- Posted by hosenemesis SoCal Sunset 19 USDA (My Page) on Thu, May 6, 10 at 22:41
I gave up on the front zoysia. The oxalis can have it. Renee |
- Posted by queerbychoice USDA 9a/Sunset 8 (CA (My Page) on Fri, May 7, 10 at 19:05
Summer starts when my spring annuals die of drought. Since they're drowning before the drought can get to them, they won't be around to die of drought. Therefore, summer will not arrive at all this year. I need to re-mulch the back, weed the front, move/remove some ugly landscaping rock in the side yard, plant everything that's currently potted, and construct an experimental bridge over the drainage ditch. The rock is the part that I'm dreading, but it has to be done soon so I can plant my newest golden currant there. |
QBC,you have an exceptional vernal pool yard! Here,I'm watering again..not much,but just trying to keep things steady before deep summer gets here... Rain on Moms day? darn el nino wont give up! |
QBC we moved to a house in the '70's that had hideous red lava rock 'mulch' in all the front beds. i paid the smaller neighborhood kids some money per bucket full (and also ice cream when they finished the job) to get the rocks out and it was worth every penny since the kids were already closer to the ground than i was. min |
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If you've tuned in to the recently added Tuesday night show "The Voice" on NBC, you may have seen a local face grace your TV screen. Sweetwater High School alum Tje (pronounced TYE) Alldrege auditioned for the singing show on the series premiere on April 26. He fared well enough to advance to the second round of competition and landed a spot on the eight member team coached by hip hop mogul Cee Lo Green, thus living out one of his dreams to work with the superstar.
A hospital is more than a place where people go to heal, it is a part of the community that fosters health and represents hope. From providing treatment and comfort to the sick, to welcoming new life into the world, hospitals are central to a healthy and optimistic community. ThatŌĆÖs the message organizers are touting with the 2011 National Hospital Week theme, ŌĆ£Champions of CareŌĆØ. The event theme, announced this week, is the centerpiece of a promotional campaign aimed at uniting health care facilities across the country during the May 8-14 celebration.
SAN ANGELO ŌĆō The Texas AgriLife Extension Service will conduct three ACRE (Average Crop Revenue Election) workshops in Colorado City, Roscoe and Eden during May. Workshop particulars are: ŌĆō May 11, 8:30 a.m. City National BankŌĆÖs Thompson Room located in Colorado City; $5 registration fee due on arrival. Those planning to attend should RSVP by May 10 by calling 325-728-3111. ŌĆō May 11, 1 p.m., Roscoe Community Center. ŌĆō May 17, 6:30 p.m. Eden Multi-Purpose Center. The Roscoe and Eden meetings will each have a $10 registration fee due upon arrival. ┬Ā┬Ā┬Ā
On Dec. 11, 2010 Eric Thomas Martinez Jr. tested for his recommend black belt. He is under the instruction of his grandpa, Lonnie Mendez. of Team Chip TKD Sweetwater. Eric has been training for four years, having started at the age of 2. He is a very┬Āactive member of Team Chip; he is in the Weapons Club, Black Belt Club, Tournament Team and Demo Team. He has competed in over a dozen tournaments competing against people from all over the U.S., Korea and Mexico.
About 40 ladies from the Lubbock area traveled for the concert at Trinity Baptist in Sweetwater last Sunday evening. Nolan County friends and family filled the sanctuary for the concert.┬ĀShown are four Nolan County residents in the Singing Women of West Texas choir including Judy Arthur, Charlene Killgore, Nancy Althof and Judy Suggs.
First Financial Bank employees are shown at their Cinco de Mayo celebration on Thursday preparing fajitas on the grill. Shown are Kirby Andrews, Matt Weaver (customer), Eddie Mitchell, Rodney Foster and Britt Stuart.
First Financial Bank celebrated Cinco de Mayo on Thursday with fajitas and beverages being served on the bank's lawn. Entertainment was provided by Aida Pantoja, performing a traditional Mexican dance.
Whether they wrap a bandage around a wound or calm us before surgery, nurses provide more than care when we are illŌĆöthey provide comfort. In recognition of the compassionate service nurses provide to our community, Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital (RPMH) is joining the American Nursing Association in commemorating National Nurses Week.
The Sweetwater Police Department (SPD) received 47 calls for service, issued three citations and made no arrests on May 4, 2011.
The SPD received 27, 911 calls.
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The Nolan County Sheriff's Office (NCSO) had seven calls for service, served two civil papers and made two arrests on May 4, 2011.
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Greetings and Salutations,
My name is Don, an artist and writer residing in the Bible Belt (within a small town just north of Atlanta). I'm a new member and wanted to take a moment to introduce myself. There seems to be a wide range of diverse and like-minded people here, so I'm looking forward to interacting and perhaps making a few friends along the merry way. Of course, a big hug goes out to those out there who read this.
An abridged history of myself: I've lived in the Bible Belt all of my life. Art and writing have seen me through some difficult times. I'm in my early thirties now, but... it has been a long road. Growing up gay in the South can be nightmarish, particularly during adolescence. When one adds a lack of religious belief on top of that... well... to put it bluntly, sometimes I'm surprised to still have all of my limbs and extremities. All hell can break loose when people start speaking in tongues... Often, I've felt very alone in a rural/ suburban area where mega-churches occupy every other street, and the good ol' boy network holds sway over sanity and reason.
During school, there was the regular parade of death threats and dirty looks by loving Christian classmates. At one juncture, I remember walking around the outside of my high school in order to get to my next class, just because the hallways were a constant battle. It's always nice to be walking along and have your books knocked out of your hands by friendly God loving football players, or to be slammed into a wall and have teachers look the other way. I fondly remember a girl named Jessica Kanup and her shark-faced barbs: Faggot, homo, gay boy, queer, and so forth. I'd kind of like to see her on a "Where Are They Now?" special.
I've never believed in God. For a brief period during elementary school, I attended a small church with a religious neighbor/classmate. Alas, my relationship with religion was doomed from the start. I remember sitting on a pew during church as a preacher ranted, thinking: If God exists, why does He allow my father to hit my mother? Why does He let my father hit me? Or hurt my sisters? I never understood. So I thought, either God doesn't exist, or He doesn't know. Otherwise, He would help, wouldn't He? As the years of abuse trudged on, eventually I settled on the God doesn't exist mantra.
Fast forward to a recent dilemma (and this is also part of why I joined this network... to be able to discuss this/ get opinions on the following scenario):
Outside of funerals and the odd Thanksgiving prayer, the rule of not engaging with religion has worked... until fairly recently. Within the last few years, my eldest sister (roughly ten years older than myself) has become very religious. Just when I thought that I had reached the safety zone of adulthood, religion returned to cause more friction. And I should've seen it coming. A few of my sister's friends were always very conservative and religious. Unfortunately, they've succeeded in roping her in. Now, my sister, brother-in-law, and my eldest nephew all harbor that "lost, far-away" look in their eyes. It saddens me greatly. I feel as if I don't know my sister anymore... like I can no longer identify with her... like I've lost her in a way. She was never the easiest to get along with and has always leaned on the judgmental side. From my perspective, religion has only served to amplify the "I'm always right, you're always wrong, how dare you disagree with me" personality type. I hate that she has gone in this direction, because we shared such a troubled childhood with my father, we've been through a lot, and I love her dearly.
Now, my sister's family gives a never-ending stream of money to a church that they attend every Sunday, Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. They teach Bible classes that they aren't qualified to teach, spreading ignorance. They can't afford, nor do they have time, to keep their house up. Example: a broken AC unit at their house has remained in disrepair since March, because all of their money has gone to the church. My eldest nephew has been sleeping on an air mattress in the living room all this time as he tries to save up money for a mission trip to South Africa... all in order to spread further ignorance. A friend of mine made a joke in regard to this that made me laugh: At least my eldest nephew will be used to no air conditioning...
Seriously though, it greatly saddens me about my sister. I feel more and more uncomfortable around her. Happiness alludes her... it's as if she has convinced herself that she's happy, and wears the mask of happiness, while uncertainty lurks underneath. She no longer has time for anything other than work and the church, often neglecting our mother. Sometimes she calls my mother on the phone, telling my mom that she needs to think about "salvation." Evangelical books have been popping up at my sister's house. They feverishly pray at every single family get-together.
At one juncture, my sister became upset with me when I didn't go to my youngest nephew's baptism. She wanted to know why I didn't go. Sadly, I felt as if I couldn't tell her the reason. In all likelihood, if I had told her the truth, that I thought it was wrong to force a ten year old boy to pledge allegiance to an imaginary being for the rest of his life and that he was too young to know what he was doing, she wouldn't have spoken to me for a year or more. She does that frequently now... when she gets angry at someone, she doesn't speak to the offensive party for months on end... which, to me... that seems to not mesh with the "Do unto others" motto.
I feel so sorry for my youngest nephew. I want so much to take him aside and say something along the lines of: "Not everyone believes in God, and it's okay if you don't... don't ever do anything out of fear." But, he's not my child. He is my sister's child, and despite how I feel, they are raising him in the manner that they desire. I do know that he went away to a Bible summer camp, and came back from it scared to death, because some kids there had told him that if he wasn't baptized, that he was going to burn in hell for all eternity.
Maybe some members here have had similar experiences and could offer advice? Perhaps, even though I can't overstep my boundaries with my nephew, I could tell him what I believe, and leave him to draw his own conclusions? I don't know. My main concern is my sister. She has every right to do as she wishes, but sadly I see us drifting further and further apart... and I kind of feel like I survived all of that stuff in school, only to have it resurface again... and I just, I feel like I can't deal with religion anymore. I just can't, period. I'm over it and can't tolerate it causing me distress. At my sister's birthday party recently, I felt so uncomfortable with the way that she and her friends were carrying on (God this and God that) and praying that I had to leave the room and disappear. I stuck around until the candles were blown and that was all I could handle.
I wish that I could move away to some other area, but my mother is older now, and she needs me. Maybe I should just continue my current strategy, by not engaging with my sister or her family over religion... but it's getting harder and harder to do so as she sinks deeper and deeper down that path. In other words, dear readers... please help!
Lastly, I'm currently writing a novel about all of my experiences here in the South. I've fictionalized everything, so hopefully my sister won't get angry and not speak to me for a year. That has helped too... to get some of this stuff off of my chest and turn it into something productive and artistic that might help others. Obviously, it helps to write about it here as well. Also, I realize that this has become a lengthy introduction, and perhaps the part concerning my sister would've been better suited for another section of the forum, but I had to get it off of my chest, and it came out here during the wee small hours of the morning. So please forgive me for the length of this post, and if you've made it this far, I appreciate you reading this and I appreciate your time.
Love and Best, Don
Hi Vivien,
Thank you so much for the very warm and well-written response. Oh gosh... my sis! This evening my mother and I had dinner with her. Out of nowhere, my sis started talking about politics and became confrontational in regard to my political views (odd, seeing as how I never talk about politics). Alas, she knows I voted for a certain someone that she didn't vote for. As a good combat strategy, I used the DO NOT ENGAGE rule... the same rule that I use for religious topics. For the most part, the strategy worked. It annoyed her that I wouldn't take the bait, but it's the way it has to be unfortunately. She just can't handle a differing opinion without becoming upset. Again though, I love her dearly. Yes, Vivien– deep down I think she is just scared and unsure of herself.
On a side note, she and a few of her friends at church are currently quarreling and behaving like kids. Example: "You wouldn't let my daughter's boyfriend come over to your house, how dare you... now I'm not going to talk to you for the rest of the year!" Ugh. It's like high school all over again, complete with in-fighting, silent treatment, and taking sides against one another. It seems so childish. Ah well. In a way, I feel sorry for them... that they can't see the forest for the trees or abide by their own self-imposed belief system.
It must have been harrowing, to meet Matthew Shepard's mom so soon after his death. I agree that we still have a long way to go in regard to protecting and offering help to lgbtqia youth. Maybe you do this as well, but sometimes I think of the people who were so awful to deal with during high school. I ask myself if I'm angry at them. Usually, the answer is a resounding no. I don't know if this is a healthy way to look at it or not, but I feel that bigoted, hateful bullies are in their own hell, often without even realizing it; and it's a hell that likely worsens with age. How miserable they must be!
In regard to your friend who moved to the South... yes. A good ol' boy church network is very much alive and well here. My eldest nephew stayed in all kinds of hot water during his school years. For the longest time, his name was synonymous with trouble. Recently however, as he becomes more and more involved with religion and church, it seems as if things are handed to him on a silver platter (employment, a broader social circle), with little to no effort on his part. Do you still communicate with your friend? It is baffling to think, "How did this person become so religious, when he/she wasn't that way before?" Hmmm... maybe it can be easier just to give in and go along with the crowd? Or, to put it another way, easier for someone to wall off part of their brain and coast along on illogical reasoning, rather than fight against it? I don't know... that's a tough one.
Lastly, the Buddhist group... wow. On one side, it's beyond goofy. On the other, it's exactly as you put it: Disconcerting. How could anyone actually believe in something so illogical and beyond reason? Deep down, I imagine that a great many people who "believe" aren't being honest with themselves. As with your friend who moved to the South, maybe it's just easier for some people to coast through life without rocking the religious boat, so to speak.
Well, I better go before I write a novel here! Thanks to you as well for sharing your experiences...
All the best to you and stay strong also–
Don, I'm totally new here myself and still getting my bearings. But since I've got a week or so on you I can welcome you to the board.
When I read stories like yours I feel what I guess is a variant of survivors guilt. I'm gay too. Your story could easily have been mine. But I've been lucky. My family is only culturally religious and not homophobic. But I have friends who have been on the receiving end of God's "love." It's brought them nothing but pain. And it's taught me a lot.
Religion of the sort embraced by your family is a drug. You are dealing with addicts and with addicts the drug rules. "She no longer has time for anything other than work and the church, often neglecting our mother." Replace "the church" with "getting her Christometh fix" and you've got it in a nutshell.
And then there's your older nephew, who is preparing to go half way around the world to find souls to feed to the Sky Troll when there are those right in his own back yard who need his help. This is not what responsible and compassionate people do. But it's what people who have bought into a virulently expansionist religion like Christianity do.
When it comes to your younger nephew I don't know what to suggest except to show by the way you live that there is an alternative. I'm thinking that most of us were not proactively converted to atheism. We came to it quietly and on our own based on what we'd learned and seen and through the grace of our own reason. Be as open and accessible to your nephew as you can, provide the best example you can, and let him figure it out.
You are a lot more understanding and forgiving than I would be in your situation, especially when it comes to your sister. I have no use for religion in general, and Christianity and its younger sibling Islam in particular. I tried the live-and-let-live approach but that didn't work for me when dealing with people who know the will of the Living God and whose commission in life is to make me and everyone else submit to it.
You obviously have a lot of strength to draw on or you wouldn't be here to write what you have written. I'm really glad you decided to share with us.
I very much appreciate your warm thoughts. We will go gayly forward together (joking with you) *smiling.
Yes, my youngest nephew will likely be okay in the long run. He's a smart cookie, so your advice to essentially lead by example is spot-on. Over time, he'll draw his own conclusions. I would only ever mention my beliefs if he specifically asked or if it came up naturally during conversation, and even then I'd probably not make a big deal about it.
In regard to my older nephew: At dinner the other night, my mom did convey to my sis exactly what you just mentioned... that he shouldn't make the trip, and that there was so much that he could do here in regard to helping people out. I was proud of my mom for saying that to her. After my mom said that, my sis gave no response (no response = disagreement).
I'm sorry to hear about your friends who've endured hardship because of their religious upbringing. You just being there for them helps greatly I imagine. And speaking of forcing religion onto others... I'm in agreement that it's one of the worst things about Christianity. If the Bible works for person A, it won't necessarily work for person B.
Lastly, thank you for sharing as well. It's good to know that there are like-minded individuals out there. I'm happy and humbled by everyone's warmth, kindness, and encouragement.
*Sending warmth, kindness, and encouragement to you in return.
Don, I forgot to add my oldest grandson is gay. He moved to a larger town during college and is doing great. You will be fine. K,
K. Hughes,
Thank you so much for saying that. *Sending a BIG HUG and much love to you and your grandson : ) Everyone has been so thoughtful, warm, and friendly.
Your post made me think of something that happened about a week ago: My mom and I usually go walking at a local community gym on our lunch breaks. Sometimes one or more of my mom's coworkers join us. Alas, one of the coworkers mentioned that she had a niece who was yanked out of public school and placed into a homeschool environment, because... (drum roll) a girl at school had asked the niece out on a date.
I couldn't believe it. What a crazy reaction. A reaction that was beyond extreme. If the niece wasn't interested, she only had to say, "No," and leave it at that. Instead, a close-minded parent decided that public school didn't offer a good Christian environment for their child, all because a girl had asked another girl out on a date. Yikes! So, yes, it definitely helps to be in a large town where people tend to be more worldly, as opposed to a smaller, more rural area where people might go off the deep end over something that should really be a non-issue.
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She earned her master's degree in history while at ULM, where she completed her thesis on Arkansas Sen. Hattie Caraway, the first female elected to the U.S. Senate. Jacobi received a bachelor's degree in radio/TV/film from UALR.
Office:Â 501.569.3261
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Robin A. Mizell, Associate Director
Robin A. Mizell, APR, joined UALR in 2007 after serving as communications manager for the Arkansas Department of Higher Education. She previously served as director of development and public relations for the Arkansas Foodbank Network and as a public relations account executive at Stone Ward. Today, she manages university print projects, coordinates advertising, serves as an editor and writes communication plans.
Mizell received an accreditation in public relations from the Public Relations Society of America, a graduate certificate in nonprofit management at UALR, a bachelor's degree in public relations from Harding University, and an associate degree in liberal arts from Arkansas State University-Beebe.
She is active member of PRSA's Arkansas Chapter and serves on the executive committee of the Arkansas Zoological Foundation Board of Directors for the Little Rock Zoo.
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Angela Parker, Media Relations Director
Angela Parker joined the UALR Office of Communications in 2007 after serving three years as the communications/research specialist in the Office of the Chancellor. She is the university's television and radio media contact.
Parker is a second-generation UALR alumna, following in her mother's footsteps. Her father and aunt also attended UALR. After earning a bachelor's degree in fine arts, she began her career at a local ad agency and then went to work for the Arkansas Democrat's Promotions Department. While there she served as the Real Estate sections editor and editor of Arkansas Woman.
She also volunteers as communications chair for Little Rock's Race for the Cure and is on the Komen Arkansas board.
Office: 501.683.7245
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Donna L. Shelton, Web Communication Specialist
Alumna Donna L. Shelton joined the UALR staff in 2012. Working part time in the Office of Communications, she serves as editor for the university's e-newsletter, "UALR Now." In this role, she writes and edits articles that tell interesting stories about students, faculty, and staff. Shelton also serves as manager of the UALR Institute on Race and Ethnicity website. She captures video and audio and uses photography to enhance storytelling. She also coordinates the promotion and planning of special programs and events.
She graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism/public relations and a minor in radio, television and film from the UALR School of Mass Communication. She is currently pursuing a master's degree in UALR's public history program.
Shelton is a lover of history and an amateur genealogist. In her spare time, you can find her with a book in her hand or planning a family reunion.
Office: 501.569.8945
Klansee J. Tozer, Graphic Designer
Klansee J. Tozer began her work as a graphic designer at UALR in 2007. Her award-winning designs range from ads to brochures to booklets to viewbooks. After design work at Stone Ward and Arkansas Business Publishing Group, Tozer worked for Dillard's corporate office and as a freelance designer. She holds a B.F.A. with an emphasis in graphic design from the University of Central Arkansas.
In her spare time, she loves to be outdoors, scrapbooking and hanging out with her family.
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Former JT Coach Dereck Rush In at Oak Ridge
6:45 PM Update
The Conroe ISD School Board tells KETK they have voted to accept Dereck Rush as the new head football coach at Oak Ridge HS.
Tuesday Night Update.
A source at John Tyler tells KETK that Dereck Rush has informed his players that he is leaving the program.
Tuesday Update.
A source at Conroe ISD now confirms that Dereck Rush will be recommended for the Oak Ridge HS head football coach job.
Coach Rush and Tyler ISD Athletic Director Rod Kaspar are scheduled to address the media on Wednesday morning.
Reports on Twitter popped up Monday, saying that John Tyler fooball coach Dereck Rush will be recommended for the head coaching position at Oak Ridge HS in Conroe ISD.
Back in January of 2011, then Tyler ISD Athletic Director Danny Long accepted a position as Conroe ISD's AD.
If reports are true, this would mean a reunion for the two coaches.
A source at TISD tells KETK that Rush has interviewed at Oak Ridge, but could not confirm if Rush would be recommended.
But the Conroe ISD Board of Trustees are scheduled to consider a new hire Tuesday night at their meeting.
You can look at Tuesday nights agenda here.
Phone calls from KETK to both Rush and Long were not returned.


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Southern California environment news and trends
Dia de los muertos, KPCC newsroom-style
Please note the Newsom Media press pass, the Daniel Schorr book, and the 4 GB Compact Flash card. I'm proudest of those.
Luchador fighting for the ocean
Wearing a silver mask and a neat grey suit - his tie dotted with tiny luchador heads - El Hijo del Santo stepped forward to the microphone. He's a star of Mexican Lucha Libre, a second generation wrestler: famous to fans of the sport, celebrated in Mexico, and met with some bewildered glances from older, mostly white folks at the California Science Center.
Tomorrow at the second day of the MLPA meeting in Long Beach, El Hijo del Santo will be with Wildcoast - one of the two representatives of Latino communities in the South Coast's stakeholder group. Wildcoast's Fey Crevoshay says the group is a fan of Map 3 - one of a total of three proposed maps stakeholders are considering as part of the MLPA process in southern California.
If you want to meet a real luchador, celebrated for his headscissors takedown, his suicide dive, and his ocean activism: the place to do it is at the Hilton in Long Beach on Wednesday morning.
If a Port settles a lawsuit, does it make a sound?
The Port of Long Beach has settled its year-long dispute with the American Trucking Association. The Journal of Commerce has the story, but it's pretty quiet out there.
I'm working to talk to Long Beach now, but this obviously heightens the strategic differences between the coalition of union and environmental interests working with the Port of Los Angeles and the more business-friendly Port of Long Beach. Long Beach seems to have essentially chucked the idea of concession agreements for trucking companies - through which both ports once hoped to tether industry to cleaner trucking practices and through which the city of Los Angeles planned to create better working conditions for contract drivers.
It also raises questions about which strategy is going to clean up port air fastest. Long Beach says it's got 5000 2007-model and newer trucks registered, half of what's serving the goods movement industry there right now. Long Beach's Art Wong expects that number will go up to 6-7 thousand by year's end, and with port traffic down, he says that'll be "the vast majority, maybe 95% of what's serving the port."
Seafood Watch turns 10
Most likely you've seen the cards: ubiquitous at Whole Foods; sometimes tucked into your check at a restaurant. Ten years ago, the Monterey Bay Aquarium started Seafood Watch program to tell people in simple and consistent terms which fish need conserving most.
This morning the Monterey Bay Aquarium's releasing a report describing the "State of Seafood" - uh, what do you think? - fisheries are mismanaged and aquaculture's booming.
They're also making a new list of fish that are good for people to eat, and good for the oceans - by which they mean, doesn't harm the oceans.
Fish on the green part of the list have low levels of contaminants, like PCBs and mercury, and have a lot of Omega-3 fatty acids, AND make the Seafood Watch "best choice" list. Farmed trout, farmed mussels and oysters, wild-caught Oregon pink shrimp, mmmm Sardines!, wild Alaska salmon, Albacore Tuna that's pole or troll-caught (no, not caught by the troll under the bridge; trolling is a fishing method that's less destructive to the ocean than longlining, which you may remember from "The Perfect Storm" or any number of reality shows that use dramatic music, jump cuts, and fancy editing to up the EXCITEMENT quotient for fishing).
Stormwater runoff plans: state moves to keep water, not let it go
Still picking through the carcass of the end of legislation season, and finding interesting developments. Fran Pavley's SB 790 passed AND passed muster with the Governor: he signed into law the bill that encourages new stormwater runoff management - a big deal for southern California, where so many of our streets send the nasty into, say, the LA River, for one.
Pavley's law - which Andy Lipkis and TreePeople pushed too - will authorize grants for stormwater management projects. And it will encourage local agencies and cities to make stormwater management plans that include groundwater recharge, local infiltration, water flows that mimic natural systems, low impact development, and capturing water for use locally.
TreePeople has been big into this with its demo cistern (which, if the skies are any indication, will get a little more full in the next few days). The City of LA has also worked on this issue, with the partnership that yielded Oros Green Street a few years ago, and the rain barrel pilot project program I profiled yesterday (with timing so good I didn't even know it!).


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Egyptians had many reasons to overthrow the government of Hosni Mubarak, and to challenge the legitimacy of the interim military government. Strikingly, among the leading reasons for the uprising and for continued protest are reasons grounded in criminal justice. Reflection on this dimension of the Egyptian uprising invites a broader examination of the relationship between criminal justice and political legitimacy. While criminal justice is neither necessary nor sufficient for political legitimacy, criminal injustice substantially undermines political legitimacy and can provide independent reasons for revolution. A state may compromise its legitimacy by committing criminal acts, by perverting or subverting the criminal process, and by failing to discharge its duty to punish serious wrongdoing—a duty that then falls to individuals to discharge either directly (through vigilantism) or indirectly (through revolution). Contrary to the views of many leading criminal law theorists, the duty to punish serious wrongdoing applies to individuals and not only to states. The relevance of political legitimacy to criminal justice is more complicated. Individuals are morally obligated to follow the morally justified laws of an illegitimate state, but are not morally obligated to follow the morally unjustified laws of a legitimate state. Nor may any state punish in the absence of moral wrongdoing and moral fault. However, illegitimate states may be incapable of justly holding individuals accountable to the state, to the community, or to victims through criminal trials. This incapacity provides an additional reason to overthrow illegitimate states and replace them with legitimate states capable of justly administering a just criminal law.
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- The Revolution and the Criminal Law
- Journal
Criminal Law and Philosophy
Volume 7, Issue 2 , pp 231-253
- Cover Date
- 2013-06-01
- 10.1007/s11572-012-9183-8
- Print ISSN
- 1871-9791
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- 1871-9805
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- Springer Netherlands
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- Justice
- Legitimacy
- Authority
- Obligation
- Revolution
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- Punishment
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Pat ~ I just finished the last bite of those wonderful late peaches ('cept for the ones I froze). They were sooo tasty and made me smile over my morning cereal. :) Ahhh, thankful but bittersweet, yet it's certainly something to look forward to next year. So, THANX Richard & Pat for all the work you do to produce such marvelous fruit!*! A Grateful Admirer ~ Barb
I emailed my thankyou to Pat and she asked me to post it here, but like the other reviews, it's not only the incredibly tasty fruit these folks grow, but the warm "come home" feeling I get when I'm there.
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Charleston Cougars (22-9)
@Western Carolina Catamounts (17-14)
Saturday, February 26
Ramsey Center
Attendance: 3,471
Western Carolina
Cullowhee, NC (Sports Network) - Mike Williams put together an 18-point effort to lead the Western Carolina Catamounts to a 70-62 win over the College of Charleston Cougars to conclude the Southern Conference regular season at the Ramsey Center.
Harouna Mutombo and Richie Gordon scored 16 points each for the Catamounts (17-14, 12-6 SoCon) who have won eight of their last nine. Gordon pulled down 14 rebounds and blocked four shots, while Williams handed out six assists.
Willis Hall scored 21 points and grabbed 18 rebounds for the Cougars (22-9, 14-4). Andrew Goudelock added 12 points and six assists. Trent Wiedeman scored 11 points and Andrew Lawrence 10.
Western Carolina moved out to a 36-24 halftime lead after converting 16-of-37 from the floor in the first half.
The Catamounts stretched the lead to 16 with 16:41 left in the game before holding on in the eight-point final. WCU outscored the visitors at the free- throw line, 14-5, in order to combat 15 turnovers and just 2-of-14 shooting behind the three-point line.
The win gives Western Carolina the number-one seed out of the SoCon's North Division in the upcoming conference tournament. WCU finished tied with Chattanooga, but won the tiebreaker. Charleston will be the top seed out of the South. Both programs earn byes into the tournament quarterfinals.
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The Dallas Cowboys Kickoff Luncheon took place this week and Tony Romo was all decked out for the annual affair. It's always a little strange to see Romo in a suit and no hat. Proceeds of the 19th annual luncheon, which was held at Cowboys Stadium, went to the Cowboys Courage House. The private school's purpose is to equip motivated students with the knowledge and skills for success. My gut tells me this is Tony's last year to get her done. -TO
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1 Then Solomon sent for all the responsible men of Israel, and all the chiefs of the tribes, and the heads of families of the children of Israel, to come to him in Jerusalem to take the ark of the Lord's agreement up out of the town of David, which is Zion. | 1 Then King Solomon summoned into his presence at Jerusalem the elders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes and the chiefs of the Israelite families, to bring up the ark of the LORD's covenant from Zion, the City of David. |
2 And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, the seventh month. | 2 All the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the time of the festival in the month of Ethanim, the seventh month. |
3 And all the responsible men of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. | 3 When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark, |
4 They took up the ark of the Lord, and the Tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels which were in the Tent; all these the priests and the Levites took up. | 4 and they brought up the ark of the LORD and the Tent of Meeting and all the sacred furnishings in it. The priests and Levites carried them up, |
5 And King Solomon and all the men of Israel who had come together there, were with him before the ark, making offerings of sheep and oxen more than might be numbered. | 5 and King Solomon and the entire assembly of Israel that had gathered about him were before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and cattle that they could not be recorded or counted. |
6 And the priests took the ark of the agreement of the Lord and put it in its place in the inner room of the house, in the most holy place, under the wings of the winged ones. | 6 The priests then brought the ark of the LORD's covenant to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim. |
7 For their wings were outstretched over the place where the ark was, covering the ark and its rods. | 7 The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its carrying poles. |
8 The rods were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place, in front of the inmost room; but they were not seen from outside: and there they are to this day. | 8 These poles were so long that their ends could be seen from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are still there today. |
9 There was nothing in the ark but the two flat stones which Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made an agreement with the children of Israel when they came out of the land of Egypt. | 9 There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD made a covenant with the Israelites after they came out of Egypt. |
10 Now when the priests had come out of the holy place, the house of the Lord was full of the cloud, | 10 When the priests withdrew from the Holy Place, the cloud filled the temple of the LORD. |
11 So that the priests were not able to keep their places to do their work because of the cloud, for the house of the Lord was full of the glory of the Lord. | 11 And the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled his temple. |
12 Then Solomon said, O Lord, to the sun you have given the heaven for a living-place, but your living-place was not seen by men; | 12 Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud; |
13 So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present. | 13 I have indeed built a magnificent temple for you, a place for you to dwell forever." |
14 Then, turning his face about, the king gave a blessing to all the men of Israel; and they were all on their feet together. | 14 While the whole assembly of Israel was standing there, the king turned around and blessed them. |
15 And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who himself gave his word to David my father, and with his strong hand has made his word come true, saying, | 15 Then he said: "Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, who with his own hand has fulfilled what he promised with his own mouth to my father David. For he said, |
16 From the day when I took my people Israel out of Egypt, no town in all the tribes of Israel has been marked out by me for the building of a house for the resting-place of my name; but I made selection of David to be king over my people Israel. | 16 'Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in any tribe of Israel to have a temple built for my Name to be there, but I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.' |
17 Now it was in the heart of David my father to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. | 17 "My father David had it in his heart to build a temple for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel. |
18 But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name; | 18 But the LORD said to my father David, 'Because it was in your heart to build a temple for my Name, you did well to have this in your heart. |
19 But you yourself will not be the builder of my house; but your son, the offspring of your body, he it is who will put up a house for my name. | 19 Nevertheless, you are not the one to build the temple, but your son, who is your own flesh and blood--he is the one who will build the temple for my Name.' |
20 And the Lord has made his word come true; for I have taken my father David's place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel, as the Lord gave his word; and I have made a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. | 20 "The LORD has kept the promise he made: I have succeeded David my father and now I sit on the throne of Israel, just as the LORD promised, and I have built the temple for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel. |
21 In it I have made a place for the ark, in which is the agreement which the Lord made with our fathers, when he took them out of the land of Egypt. | 21 I have provided a place there for the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD that he made with our fathers when he brought them out of Egypt." |
22 Then Solomon took his place before the altar of the Lord, all the men of Israel being present, and stretching out his hands to heaven, | 22 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven |
23 Said, O Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on the earth; keeping faith and mercy unchanging for your servants, while they go in your ways with all their hearts. | 23 and said: "O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth below--you who keep your covenant of love with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way. |
24 And you have kept the word which you gave to your servant David, my father; with your mouth you said it and with your hand you have made it come true this day. | 24 You have kept your promise to your servant David my father; with your mouth you have promised and with your hand you have fulfilled it--as it is today. |
25 So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, let your word to your servant David, my father, come true, when you said, You will never be without a man to take his place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel before me, if only your children give attention to their ways, walking before me as you have done. | 25 "Now LORD, God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father the promises you made to him when you said, 'You shall never fail to have a man to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your sons are careful in all they do to walk before me as you have done.' |
26 So now, O God of Israel, it is my prayer that you will make your word come true which you said to your servant David, my father. | 26 And now, O God of Israel, let your word that you promised your servant David my father come true. |
27 But is it truly possible that God may be housed on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place; how much less this house which I have made! | 27 "But will God really dwell on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built! |
28 Still, let your heart be turned to the prayer of your servant, O Lord God, and to his prayer for grace; give ear to the cry and the prayer which your servant sends up to you this day; | 28 Yet give attention to your servant's prayer and his plea for mercy, O LORD my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence this day. |
29 That your eyes may be open to this house night and day, to this place of which you have said, My name will be there; hearing the prayer which your servant may make, turning to this place. | 29 May your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, this place of which you said, 'My Name shall be there,' so that you will hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place. |
30 Give ear to the prayers of your servant, and the prayers of your people Israel, when they make their prayers, turning to this place; give ear in heaven your living-place, and hearing, have mercy. | 30 Hear the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Hear from heaven, your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive. |
31 If a man does wrong to his neighbour, and has to take an oath, and comes before your altar to take his oath in this house: | 31 "When a man wrongs his neighbor and is required to take an oath and he comes and swears the oath before your altar in this temple, |
32 Then let your ear be open in heaven, and be the judge of your servants, giving your decision against the wrongdoer, so that punishment for his sins may come on his head; and, by your decision, keeping from evil him who has done no wrong. | 32 then hear from heaven and act. Judge between your servants, condemning the guilty and bringing down on his own head what he has done. Declare the innocent not guilty, and so establish his innocence. |
33 When your people Israel are overcome in war, because of their sin against you; if they are turned to you again, honouring your name, making prayers to you and requesting your grace in this house: | 33 "When your people Israel have been defeated by an enemy because they have sinned against you, and when they turn back to you and confess your name, praying and making supplication to you in this temple, |
34 Then give ear in heaven, and let the sin of your people Israel have forgiveness, and take them back again into the land which you gave to their fathers. | 34 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them back to the land you gave to their fathers. |
35 When heaven is shut up and there is no rain, because of their sin against you; if they make prayers with their faces turned to this place, honouring your name and turning away from their sin when you send trouble on them: | 35 "When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, and when they pray toward this place and confess your name and turn from their sin because you have afflicted them, |
36 Then give ear in heaven, so that the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, may have forgiveness, when you make clear to them the good way in which they are to go; and send rain on your land which you have given to your people for their heritage. | 36 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them the right way to live, and send rain on the land you gave your people for an inheritance. |
37 If there is no food in the land, or if there is disease, or if the fruits of the earth are damaged through heat or water, locust or worm; if their towns are shut in by their attackers; whatever trouble, whatever disease there may be: | 37 "When famine or plague comes to the land, or blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers, or when an enemy besieges them in any of their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come, |
38 Whatever prayer or request for your grace is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, whatever his trouble may be, whose hands are stretched out to this house: | 38 and when a prayer or plea is made by any of your people Israel--each one aware of the afflictions of his own heart, and spreading out his hands toward this temple-- |
39 Give ear in heaven your living-place, acting in mercy; and give to every man whose secret heart is open to you, the reward of all his ways; for you, and you only, have knowledge of the hearts of all the children of men: | 39 then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive and act; deal with each man according to all he does, since you know his heart (for you alone know the hearts of all men), |
40 So that they may give you worship all the days of their life in the land which you gave to our fathers. | 40 so that they will fear you all the time they live in the land you gave our fathers. |
41 And as for the man from a strange land, who is not of your people Israel; when he comes from a far country because of the glory of your name: | 41 "As for the foreigner who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your name-- |
42 (For they will have news of your great name and your strong hand and your out-stretched arm;) when he comes to make his prayer, turning to this house: | 42 for men will hear of your great name and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm--when he comes and prays toward this temple, |
43 Give ear in heaven your living-place, and give him his desire, whatever it may be; so that all the peoples of the earth may have knowledge of your name, worshipping you as do your people Israel, and that they may see that this house which I have put up is truly named by your name. | 43 then hear from heaven, your dwelling place, and do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name. |
44 If your people go out to war against their attackers, by whatever way you may send them, if they make their prayer to the Lord, turning their faces to this town of yours and to this house which I have made for your name: | 44 "When your people go to war against their enemies, wherever you send them, and when they pray to the LORD toward the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name, |
45 Give ear in heaven to their prayer and their cry for grace, and see right done to them. | 45 then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause. |
46 If they do wrong against you, (for no man is without sin,) and you are angry with them and give them up into the power of those who are fighting against them, so that they take them away as prisoners into a strange land, far off or near; | 46 "When they sin against you--for there is no one who does not sin--and you become angry with them and give them over to the enemy, who takes them captive to his own land, far away or near; |
47 And if they take thought, in the land where they are prisoners, and are turned again to you, crying out in prayer to you in that land, and saying, We are sinners, we have done wrong, we have done evil; | 47 and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their conquerors and say, 'We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly'; |
48 And with all their heart and soul are turned again to you, in the land of those who took them prisoners, and make their prayer to you, turning their eyes to this land which you gave to their fathers, and to the town which you took for yourself, and the house which I made for your name: | 48 and if they turn back to you with all their heart and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray to you toward the land you gave their fathers, toward the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name; |
49 Then give ear to their prayer and to their cry in heaven your living-place, and see right done to them; | 49 then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause. |
50 Answering with forgiveness the people who have done wrong against you, and overlooking the evil which they have done against you; let those who made them prisoners be moved with pity for them, and have pity on them; | 50 And forgive your people, who have sinned against you; forgive all the offenses they have committed against you, and cause their conquerors to show them mercy; |
51 For they are your people and your heritage, which you took out of Egypt, out of the iron fireplace; | 51 for they are your people and your inheritance, whom you brought out of Egypt, out of that iron-smelting furnace. |
52 Let your eyes be open to your servant's prayer for grace and to the prayer of your people Israel, hearing them when their cry comes to you. | 52 "May your eyes be open to your servant's plea and to the plea of your people Israel, and may you listen to them whenever they cry out to you. |
53 For you made them separate from all the peoples of the earth, to be your heritage, as you said by Moses your servant, when you took our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God. | 53 For you singled them out from all the nations of the world to be your own inheritance, just as you declared through your servant Moses when you, O Sovereign LORD, brought our fathers out of Egypt." |
54 Then Solomon, after making all these prayers and requests for grace to the Lord, got up from his knees before the altar of the Lord, where his hands had been stretched out in prayer to heaven; | 54 When Solomon had finished all these prayers and supplications to the LORD, he rose from before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven. |
55 And, getting on his feet, he gave a blessing to all the men of Israel, saying with a loud voice, | 55 He stood and blessed the whole assembly of Israel in a loud voice, saying: |
56 Praise be to the Lord who has given rest to his people Israel, as he gave them his word to do; every word of all his oath, which he gave by the hand of Moses his servant, has come true. | 56 "Praise be to the LORD, who has given rest to his people Israel just as he promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises he gave through his servant Moses. |
57 Now may the Lord our God be with us as he was with our fathers; let him never go away from us or give us up; | 57 May the LORD our God be with us as he was with our fathers; may he never leave us nor forsake us. |
58 Turning our hearts to himself, guiding us to go in all his ways, to keep his orders and his laws and his decisions, which he gave to our fathers. | 58 May he turn our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways and to keep the commands, decrees and regulations he gave our fathers. |
59 And may these my words, the words of my prayer to the Lord, be before the Lord our God day and night, so that he may see right done to his servant and to his people Israel, day by day as we have need. | 59 And may these words of mine, which I have prayed before the LORD, be near to the LORD our God day and night, that he may uphold the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel according to each day's need, |
60 So that all the peoples of the earth may see that the Lord is God, and there is no other. | 60 so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God and that there is no other. |
61 Then let your hearts be without sin before the Lord our God, walking in his laws and keeping his orders as at this day. | 61 But your hearts must be fully committed to the LORD our God, to live by his decrees and obey his commands, as at this time." |
62 Now the king, and all Israel with him, were making offerings before the Lord. | 62 Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the LORD. |
63 And Solomon gave to the Lord for peace-offerings, twenty-two thousand oxen and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel kept the feast of the opening of the Lord's house. | 63 Solomon offered a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to the LORD: twenty-two thousand cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the temple of the LORD. |
64 The same day the king made holy the middle of the open square in front of the house of the Lord, offering there the burned offering and the meal offering and the fat of the peace-offerings; for there was not room on the brass altar of the Lord for the burned offerings and the meal offerings and the fat of the peace-offerings. | 64 On that same day the king consecrated the middle part of the courtyard in front of the temple of the LORD, and there he offered burnt offerings, grain offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings, because the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to hold the burnt offerings, the grain offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings. |
65 So Solomon and all Israel with him, a very great meeting, (for the people had come together from the way into Hamath to the river of Egypt,) kept the feast at that time before the Lord our God, for two weeks, even fourteen days. | 65 So Solomon observed the festival at that time, and all Israel with him--a vast assembly, people from Lebo Hamath to the Wadi of Egypt. They celebrated it before the LORD our God for seven days and seven days more, fourteen days in all. |
66 And on the eighth day he sent the people away, and, blessing the king, they went to their tents full of joy and glad in their hearts, because of all the good which the Lord had done to David his servant and to Israel his people. | 66 On the following day he sent the people away. They blessed the king and then went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good things the LORD had done for his servant David and his people Israel. |
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