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| How fixing the Great Salt Lake could pave the way to solving Utah’s mental health crisis |
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| | Even as a professional landscape architect and city planner, water hasn’t always been top of mind for Jake Young, the principal planner at Citi Design, a land use and planning firm in Farmington. Transportation and essential services? Yes. Zoning and housing? Yes. Water? Not so much — until about five years ago. “I definitely believed (water conservation) was important all along, but I also think I was in the same frame of mind as others — that the water districts will take care of the water. I would do my job as a city planner and designer, and the water agencies would do their job, and we didn’t need to coordinate,” Young says. Working on the West General Plan — the Salt Lake County Council’s plan for future growth and development on the Salt Lake Valley’s unincorporated west side — changed that. |
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| “History has been invaded by God in Christ in such a way that nothing can stay as it was. All terms of human community and conduct have been altered at the deepest levels.” This description from scholar David Bentley Hart on the impact of the Christian message was borne out visibly and conspicuously in early Christian communities. One historian noted the “social diversity” in these congregations, accompanied by an “ideal of human equality” — stating, “in Christ, taught the Christians, all were equal, and the distinctions of rank and degree were irrelevant. In church meetings, educated people sat as equals among other men’s slaves and petty artisans.” The new faith emerged in the context of cultural structures organized around brutal inequalities: freedmen and slaves, rich and poor, men and women. Christianity could not — initially — challenge the social status quo in the larger society. However, the gospel could and did remove such limitations and boundaries within the circle of the Christian community. Read more about the Christmas season as a time of reflection on human equality. | FROM OUR SPONSOR THIS IS THE PLACE HERITAGE PARK Take a Step Back in Time with Candlelight Christmas at This is the Place. Visit Father Christmas, enjoy the live Nativity in the quiet of the Village, and feel the warm fire while listening to the Heritage Village Carolers. Enjoy candle making and letters to Santa. Get all your holiday shopping done when you visit the Gift Shop and ZCMI Mercantile. Click for details. | Environment Opinion: How long do we wait for meaningful improvements on air quality? (Deseret News) Tsunami warnings revoked following a powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake in Philippines (Deseret News) Politics Gov. Cox: The nation’s social fabric is fraying — let’s ‘preserve and protect’ what we have in Utah (Deseret News) Congress must reclaim its authority over spending (Deseret News) Governor calls on Utah colleges to ensure free speech rights (Deseret News) Holiday Season What would the holiday be without these Christmas classics? (Deseret News) 11 gingerbread recipes from around the world (Deseret News) 5 of the best Christmas picture books to help your children get excited for the 25th (Deseret News) Health Are you being catfished by health brands? Here are 5 foods to watch out for (Deseret News) Intermountain Medical Center ranks 1st for well-matched kidney donations this year (KSL) U.S. & The World VP Harris announces $3B pledge to Green Climate Fund and comments on Israel-Hamas war (Deseret News) Authorities identify suspect in killing of 3 homeless men in Los Angeles (Associated Press) Watch: COP28: Bill Gates says wealthy people 'owe a lot' to fix climate (BBC) | Brandon Judd: "The Utes were the aggressors from the opening moments. "That tone was set when Alissa Pili emphatically blocked a Lauren Gustin shot on BYU’s first possession, which led to a turnover on a travel call against the Cougars. "After a few minutes of relatively close back-and-forth play, Utah broke the game open by going on a 10-0 run to build a 20-6 lead. "During that span, Pili and Jenna Johnson each hit a 3 — four of Utah’s first five made field goals were 3-pointers, including two from Henefer native Kennady McQueen in the game’s first five minutes." More in Sports: Utah State: Who’s staying, who’s leaving, who’s incoming for Utah State football? Tracking 2024 decisions (Deseret News) High School Sports: Utah prep runners shine at prestigious Nike event (Deseret News) Olympics: Utah’s Olympic cauldron fired up to celebrate 2034 Winter Games preferred host status (Deseret News) Utah Jazz: The similarities between Jordan Clarkson’s and Keyonte George’s first posters (Deseret News) |
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