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t gatherings for social justice in the 1940s-70s, the words of Pete Seeger — and sometimes the man himself — were essential. Judy Collins, the Byrds and Peter, Paul and Mary helped make his songs famous such as “If I Had a Hammer,” “Where Have All the Flowers Gone," “Turn, Turn, Turn” and more. He was a mentor to Boby Dylan. On his banjo were the words: “This machine surrounds hate and forces it to surrender." Among the 5,000 people who gathered at Utah’s State Capitol on January 25, many of the youngest may have never heard of Pete or his iconic songs. But they were present on his behalf; he is part of their heritage. “Heritage,” this month’s cover collage, is a Valentine to those who came before—the
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role models, the catalysts, those who conspired on our behalf. It is also a reminder that someday we, and our efforts, are the heritage for another generation. For what do we wish to be remembered? Thank you, Pete Seeger, for your sweet face and enduring songs of peace, truth and justice. 1916-2014. N Polly Plummer Mottonen is raising boys, building stained glass windows and art directing CATALYST but should play her guitar and visit her auntie more.
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ne reason slaughter houses and sausage factories aren’t big on public tours is the effect it would have on the consumer’s taste for the end-product. The same can be said of Utah’s legislature. Oh sure, you can get a “public” tour, you can even wander around and “pet” the legislators between sessions, if you can elbow your way past the lobbyists But you won’t see the caucus rooms where the killing happens nor the downer cows being dragged to the abattoir with a fork lift. No kiosks playing video clips of legislators being whined and dined by lobbyists. No productivity charts showing the busy campaign fund-raising schedule and receipts. This is because our “public” servants don’t really like doing things in public.
enhancers. Sausage makers try to make their process and product more palatable by claiming these additives are “free speech.” The sausage makers also try to loosen the regulations governing the sausage-making process. The Two-Steps-Backward award goes to Sen. Margaret Dayton (R. Prove/Orem) and her no-harm-nofoul, cheating-democracy-is-okayas-long-as-it-doesn’t-help-you-winthe-election amendment to the current 10-lashes-with-a-wet-noodle campaign laws. Dayton’s amendment would allow only the lieutenant governor to invalidate a candidate or election if the lieutenant governor could prove that the cheating actually won the election. That might work if the lieutenant governor’s office had the mandate and the funds to keep track of all the tricks and dodges candidates use to subvert fair elections. But with our legislature, you know s/he will get neither. Any evidence of cheating by a candidate should be taken as a disqualification by voters and the law. That standard should apply to the campaign staff as well. There should be no room for a New Jersey Governor Chris Christie “cheating is my campaign managers job, I knew nothing about it” defense. Part of the conceptual problem is the difference between the candidate’s point of view and the electorate’s point of view. Too many candidates view themselves as the only person qualified for a certain office. But there are actually many qualified candidates and, come hell or high water, someone is going to win. The electorate is looking for the best candidate, not the most arrogant one. The League of Women Voters of Utah keeps an intelligent eye on the goings on at the slaughter house. They have an excellent website and newsletter. To follow this legislature’s actions, visit them at WWW.LWVUTAH.ORG. N
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Information is the meat in the democratic process As it has been legislated and litigated, our electoral process has a lot of filler. Make that a fuckton of filler. All those “Vote for Fred, he’s an American” spots/posters are no basis for judging a candidate. Yet our “system” allows individuals to buy huge billboards proclaiming “Vote for Fred, he’s an American” on the grounds that doing so is an important contribution to the electoral process. But in a representative democracy, it’s worse than filler. Most of it is white noise designed to drown out information and confuse voters. The money doesn’t even have to come from the district Fred is running in. In fact, a disturbingly large portion of campaign funds now come from outside sources. The right to free noise is not a right superior to the right of free speech. The unpalatable ingredients don’t stop at filler. There are artificial colors, preservatives and flavor
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ENVIRONEWS BY AMY BRUNVAND Mayor brainstorms to clear the air Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker used his entire 2014 State of the City speech to focus on the ongoing problem of air pollution in Salt Lake City which he said is killing our future, impacting physical and mental health and driving away businesses. Becker particularly criticized a Utah law that forbids enacting air quality standards that are stricter than federal regulations and suggested five specific measures that state and local government can take to combat pollution: 1. Allocate more money for public transit 2. Make lower sulfur gasoline available 3. Change state law to allow for standards that are relevant to Utah 4. Make the true cost of driving transparent at the pump 5. Require buildings to use power efficiently Concerned citizens can contact state legislators and use the power of social media to communicate ideas for cleaning up the air, Becker said. “We can plan ahead—by combining our errands to make fewer trips that start from home; walking, biking or taking transit when possible; carpooling with friends; telecommuting; and turning off our engines while we wait for our kids at school.” After the Mayor’s speech a group of fourth graders from Whittier Elementary School (who are sick of missing recess on red-air days and who took public transit to the event) performed a song they wrote. 2014 State of the City: SLCGOV.COM/MAYOR-RALPH-BECKER-2014-STATE-CITY-ADDRESS
Video Gamers for Clean Air? Could a video game help clean up Utah’s air? The University of Utah has received a $40,000 grant from the Utah Clean Air Partnership (UCAIR) to develop a game with scenarios like a character that drives on a “red air” day. The game developers hope that exploring the consequences of various choices will convince people to change their habits in real life. UCAIR:S
HEAL Utah asks for True Blue Sky Apparently Rocky Mountain Power (RMP) is feeling threatened by the transition to clean, small-scale energy production. The power company wants to charge a fee of
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Swell Back in Oil & Gas Crosshairs In November the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) deferred 57 oil and gas lease parcels for further study after public outcry over sloppy environmental and cultural reviews. The Utah Rock Art Research Association pointed out that “only 8.5% of all the parcels being offered in the San Rafael Swell had any type of cultural inventory, and those inventories were over a decade old.” Now the Western Energy Alliance has filed a lawsuit on behalf of Castle Valley Holdings, LLC demanding that The 57 withdrawn parcels be offered in the next BLM lease sale. The suit claims (with somewhat circular logic) that it’s too late now to evaluate possible impacts to cultural and rock art sites that BLM didn’t know about. Ironically, the suit also frets that uncertainty about disputed leases could deter future public lands oil and gas development. If the BLM had done a proper environmental and cultural review in the first place, the ensuing public protest and uncertainty for the oil company could have been avoided.
Public opinion supports conservation A new report from the Center for American Progress says Tim DeChristopher’s 2008 protest of a BLM oil and gas lease auction marked a turning point for public lands oil and gas management. The report says that after the Bush Administration pressured BLM to override environmental regulations, public outcry grew so that “40% of all leasing parcels were formally protested by local communities, recreational users, and conservation organizations by 2008, up from just 1% in 1998.” The BLM will seek to avoid such disputes by writing
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Fairly Free Thinker of 2014 The First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City has named writer Terry Tempest Williams as Fairly Free Thinker of 2014. The Fairly Free Thinker award extends gratitude and appreciation by a progressive congregation in Salt Lake City to an individual whose actions in the wider community best capture the essence of justice. Previous award winners were Salt Lake Tribune cartoonist Pat Bagley, Charles Lynn Frost (aka Sister Dottie Dixon), Rebecca Heal and the Saliva Sisters, climate activist Tim DeChristopher and Mormon author Carol Lynn Pearson.
Idaho wolf management fail After grey wolves were removed from the federal endangered species list, the State of Idaho demonstrated the incompetence of states to manage endangered and threatened species by hiring a hunter to kill wolf packs in the 2.4-million-acre Frank Church –River of No Return Wilderness Area. Conservation groups sued to stop the wolf killing, but a federal judge rejected the suit proffering the ecologically illiterate reasoning that “the wilderness character of the Frank Church Wilderness includes not only the presence of wolves but also the historical presence of elk which have been particularly impacted by the ‘human intervention of wolf reintroduction’ into the area.” Conservationists plan to appeal the decision. Groups involved in the lawsuit are Defenders of Wildlife, Western Watersheds Project, Wilderness Watch and Center for Biological Diversity.
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ne of the great tragedies of our so-called civilization is the loss of tribal mentality. Sure, it can also go tragically wrong when morphed into jihads, gangs and soccer fans, but we have been trending way too far towards the cult of individuality. Due to a certain just-in-time-for-Christmas ruling, I had hope. I was extremely proud of Utah for transitioning so quickly from freak-out to common sense over same-sex marriage. I even Photoshopped the state logo to read “Love Elevated” instead of the double entendre “Life Elevated.” Most of the early commentaries from people of all faiths were leaning toward acceptance. I perceived a deep sigh of relief that maybe now we can all just move on to more pressing issues.
The state must know that the dominoes are all falling toward the rainbow I guess not; at least for now. I think there are those who felt they needed make a statement by demanding a stay of execution on same-sex marriage, but the state must know that the dominoes are all falling toward the rainbow. Though I don’t think Utah will follow Washington and Colorado into the legal pot Promised Land soon, I also don’t think we will wander around in the desert for 40 years. We can then change Life Elevated to The High Life with only a little snickering. Yes, I know I will probably go to rhetorical hell for mixing biblical, gay and drug metaphors. Maybe it is a false hope, but I really had hope this year that we were at least becoming a little more “us” and less “us and them.” I sent my saliva into the National Geographic genome project and it turns out we all came from North Africa. The only real “them” are the aliens who might swarm in from other universes to steal our water and our women. These movie scenarios are about the only ones in which the world really comes together. Given the choice of having our brains eaten, we can somehow unite everyone from Reykjavik to Cape Town. Looking for a reason? Here’s one: Do it for the tribe. It is true that your child, your dog, your blog and your poetry all seem to be the most special and unique in all the world and recorded history, but they aren't. That is why we all need to get our dogs and children vaccinated and cult poetry and crafting tips down to the excellent minimum. Sharing is not always the best thing to do. We have to do what’s best for the tribe. The tribe must survive even if we individually don’t. Though cars and trucks are a personal symbol of expression surpassed only by tattoos, we need to drive a little less and stop idling them in parking lots if we ever want to see the mountains from the valley floor in winter again. Do it for the tribe and get bonus points for being smug doing it. Do you have the flu? Stay home; do it for the tribe. Are you in a bad mood? Keep it to yourself; do it for the tribe. Etc., you have the idea. It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others. — John Andrew Holmes N Dennis Hinkamp does not wish to pick on poetry and blogging; they are no worse than drunken karaoke.
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The air indoors What you can do to make it better
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t has been heartening, in the four months since I have been working on this series, to see the interest everyday citizens are now taking in Salt Lake’s air quality. At parties, book group meetings, dinner with friends, yoga classes, on ski lift rides…the conversation often turns to air quality. I hear complaints about our public transport system, government officials, and polluting refineries; I hear ideas, both fantastical and practical, for cleaning up the air; and I hear questions— often the same questions—posed over and over. So I’ve decided, in this column, to address the questions I hear most often.
I’m worried about my health. What made you decide to see a doctor? The kicker for me was, while at rest, I could bring in a big breath of air—my nose and lungs felt clear— but my body did not feel oxygenated. I now know that PM2.5 particles lodge deep in the alveoli of the lungs. The alveoli are responsible for transporting oxygen from the lungs to the bloodstream (and thus
the rest of the body); when they are blocked with pollutants, they can’t do that job efficiently. Once PM2.5 is in the alveoli, it is there to stay. That’s why it’s so important not to exercise outside in poor air even if you have no symptoms. (For more details on the health effects of bad air, see “What Causes Salt Lake’s Air Pollution, and Why You Should Care,” November CATALYST.)
AIR QUALITY SERIES: PART V OK, so I’m staying inside. But is the air inside my home any better than the outside air? When we suffer through a red air day, some amount of particulate pollution infiltrates your home. How much depends upon how well sealed your doors and windows are and how often you enter and leave the house. In a poorly sealed home, full air exchange from the outdoors can take place in a matter of hours. Today’s homes tend to be wellsealed, keeping the bad outside air out and improving home heating efficiency. But the dark side of a well-sealed home is that it keeps indoor pollutants in. In fact, indoor air pollution is sometimes five to 10 times higher than outdoor air pollution and can be up to 100 times higher, even during a green air day—depending in large part on your lifestyle choices and, perhaps, geology. Bad indoor air comes from four main sources: volatile organic compounds (VOCs), carbon monoxide (CO), particulate pollution, and radon. VOCs stem from chemicals people store and use in their household (cleansers, air fresheners, scented candles, hairspray, incense, etc.) and from the chemicals used in construction products and furniture (wall paint, sealants, formaldehyde in cabinetry, chemicals in stainresistant fabrics and carpets, wood stains, chemicals added to mattresses). Reduce your risk by storing chemicals in a detached garage or shed and using environmentally friendly cleaners, low-VOC paints, waterbased low-VOC wood finishes, and chemical-free personal hygiene/ cosmetic products. Indoor particulate pollution originates from cooking and baking, decomposing hair and skin flakes, molds and mildews, wood fires (these also create toxic carbon monoxide), burning candles, car exhaust from attached garages, and tobacco smoke. Keeping a clean, mold- and smoke-free home is your first line of defense. A HEPA vacuum cleaner does the best job of keeping your carpets clean without stirring up the dust particles; wet mopping is the best choice for floors (except cork!). When you cook or bake, turn on your range hood fan to ventilate fumes to the outdoors. If your range hood merely recirculates the air, consider having a professional modify it with the necessary duct-
work to ventilate to the outside. Radon is an odorless, invisible toxic gas found in the ground throughout the Salt Lake Valley; it is the leading cause of lung cancer among non-smokers in the US. Although radon is not a problem outdoors, inside the home it can build to high concentrations, as well as attach to dust particles. When you breathe the dust in, the particles lodge inside your lungs just as PM2.5 does. Radon levels vary widely throughout the Valley, including from house to house on the same street (and even room to room within a house), so it’s wise to test your house even if your neighbor’s level is low. Radon test kits are cheap and readily available at Home Depot and other stores. If your home tests high for radon, you can look into having the problem professionally mitigated. The state of Utah provides a list of certified radon mitigators (RADON.UTAH.GOV). Running the blower on your furnace 24/7 will continually drive your indoor air through your furnace filter, reducing all types of indoor pollution, including effects from radon (radon is most dangerous when it attaches to dust particles that are then inhaled, since these lodge in the alveoli). A good MERV 16 filter (minimum efficiency reporting value) that fits into your furnace is the most effective way to clean your air of dust and allergens; it will capture 95% of the microscopic PM2.5 that is so worrisome. Common upscale filters available at hardware stores range from MERV 11-13; these filters capture 70-90% of PM2.5 in your home. Make sure you follow the manufacturer’s recommendations for cleaning and/or replacing the filter, or it will clog with particulates and not function properly. For maximum benefit, keep your furnace and ductwork clean and in good repair as well. You can up the ante by adding an in-line or free-standing air purifier to your indoor arsenal. Choose a HEPA air filter; these filters remove 100% of sub-micron particles and pretty much everything larger. Manufacturers claim a free-standing HEPA purifier thoroughly scrubs the air in up to a 1,500-square-foot area every 15 minutes.
What about my child’s school, my work place, or the gym/yoga studio where I work out? Is anyone regulating the indoor air in these types of spaces?
Gregg Smith, Director of Facility Services for the Salt Lake City School District, says Utah public spaces are expected to maintain indoor air quality standards set by various building codes, which require buildings to bring in 15 cubic feet per minute per person of outside air. Smith says the district’s schools adhere to this standard. But when the outside air has heavy concentrations of PM2.5 or other pollutants, that’s like inviting the cat in with the canary. Randy Martin, an Environmental Engineering professor at Utah State University, studied the indoor air at schools in the Cache Valley and in several buildings on the USU campus, and found the air had about 25% of the PM2.5 concentration of the outdoor air on cold inversion days. This figure matched that found in a study conducted by the University of Utah at Hawthorne Elementary School. A Department of Air Quality monitoring system is permanently installed
outdoors there, and a similar monitoring system was installed inside the school. The indoor monitor registered a 75% decline in PM2.5 compared to the outdoor monitor. This means that on a red air-quality day, when the Air Quality Index (AQI) is 200, for example, the indoor AQI would be 50, on the border of green/yellow. Not bad, till one considers that, at least in part, it’s the children themselves who are scrubbing the air, as they trap many of those PM2.5s in the alvioli of their young lungs. “There is a massive void in regulation of indoor air,” says Dale Keller, Salt Lake County’s Environmental Health Bureau Manager. “This is a huge problem, because people stay inside during bad air episodes, hoping to get some relief. But are they?” Keller and co-worker Victor Alaves, Environmental Monitoring and Industrial Hygiene Program Administrator, point out that buildings where people congregate, such as movie theaters, fitness gyms,
Airbourne dust attaches to radon and, if inhaled, lodges in the lungs’ alvioli. If remediation isn’t an option, use a HEPA vacuum cleaner and run the blower (with a good filter) on your furnace 24/7.
unlikely to respond to a complaint yoga studios, churches, and nursing about indoor air quality. homes should meet International If your work building has leaky Building Code standards when iniseams and you experience burning tially constructed, but there is no eyes and throat on orange or red air follow-up once the building is in days, ask your human resources use. In addition, buildings that are department about upping the MERV converted to a different use (spa to rating on its filtration system. If you yoga studio; boutique to nail salon, run into a wall and work in an for example) may not engage a buildenclosed office, you can always buy ing inspector during the remodel and your own freestanding HEPA purifier. therefore may not meet code for the Finally, Salt Lake County Health new use. “Only tobacco smoke is Department’s Keller and Alaves say regulated by the County Health they are working on standards for Department,” says Alaves. “I am not acceptable levels of pollutants in aware of any agency that regulates indoor air, and that these guidelines or inspects public buildings after should be ready by the end of this construction.” year. “There’s nowhere to go, for Most public buildings have HVAC people who (heating and air conditioning) systems In 1990 the UN named want this information,” says with MERV (miniMexico City, with a geog- Keller. “We will mum efficiency reporting value) 7 or raphy similar to Salt Lake be providing not only recom8 filtration systems. City, the most polluted city mendations for A MERV-8 system is safe levels of capable of filtering in the world. Residents indoor polluout such items as and politicians decided tants, but also mold, spores, duston mite debris, cat and geography was no longer information how to attain dog dander and hair those levels.” spray. You would an excuse for breathing However, the have to go to at least toxic air. County Health MERV 12 (out of a Department possible 16) to get “The government is can only advise PM2.5 out of the prepared to impose upon and educate. indoor air. Regulations But perhaps your itself the most severe themselves fitness gym, yoga measures to protect pub- must come studio, or school has the Utah taken it upon themlic health and to respond from County Board selves to beef up its system. A spot check to social demands,” said of Health or the Legislature. of buildings around President Carlos Salinas town found that Should I be Rowland Hall school de Gortar. wearing a installs MERV 10 filGovernment initiated a ters during winter mask or respiand summer bad air “No driving today” program rator when I months (they otheram walking and shut down the largest outside on a wise use MERV 7 filters), and Centered oil refinery in the country. bad air day? City Yoga in the 9th Light masks, and 9th area has top- The result: By 2012, PM2.5 such as surgical rated HEPA purifiers masks, filter out had dropped 70% and on each floor of its about 70% of studio. Kudos to ozone 75%. PM2.5; way betthese and any other ter than nothfacilities that have ing. Heavy duty gone the extra mile even though no respirators can filter more comone is forcing them to. Not sure how pletely but are cumbersome, can your workout place or school fares fog up glasses, and are difficult to in this regard? Ask. breathe through if you are riding a OSHA regulates certain indoor air bike, power walking or doing other pollutants (but not PM2) in work aerobic activity. spaces; more important, it requires That said, a Facebook query on that nothing may exist that is hazthe topic yielded the following recardous to one’s health. But OSHA focuses on hazards such as unstable ladders and slippery floors, and is
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ometime in the summer of 1942, the economists John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek spent the night on the roof of the King’s College Chapel in Cambridge. The Germans were in the midst of what some called the “Baedeker bombings,” a campaign to destroy the quaint and historical sorts of buildings that might be found in a Baedeker travel guide, in an effort to break the British fighting spirit. The Cambridge faculty volunteered to spend nights protecting their buildings from damage by extinguishing flames from incendiary bombs. Keynes was a long-time fellow of King’s College. Hayek was in Cambridge for the summer, the London School of Economics having closed due to the blitz. Keynes’ greatest book, his General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money had been published in 1936, to the acclaim and fury of the entire field of economics. Hayek had just finished what was to become his greatest book, The Road to Serfdom, but he had yet to find a publisher for it. When he did publish it, the impact would be explosive. Both men were intellectual bomb throwers; creatively destructive in their attacks on prevailing orthodoxies. Prior to Keynes’ book, it was generally believed that economies, left to their own devices, found a kind of equilibrium, with full employment and steady growth. Keynes saw no evidence for it. Economic growth and investment were fundamentally irrational; investors invested and entrepreneurs built businesses out of raw animal spirits and enthusiasms. (See The Wolf Of Wall Street; high finance is hardly a staid profession.) As a result, fluctuations in aggregate demand could wreak havoc on an economy. Governments could bring some order to chaos; affect outcomes through monetary policy by a central bank, and through the fiscal policies of governments. Hayek, on the other hand, believed that any centralized economic planning carried the longterm seeds of tyranny and oppression.
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opportunity to hear Keynes and Hayek in full persuasive voice, arguing not just for their respective positions, but also for the value of their shared profession itself. And yet, their conversation has resonance today, does it not? Haven’t we, as a nation, seen the devastation wrought by the bursting of an economic bomb in housing? Isn’t much of our national political conversation really just a fight over economics, over rival economic doctrines and theories and approaches? Writing the play during the last Presidential election, I was struck by how many of Governor Romney’s ideas echoed themes I
Both men were intellectual bomb throwers in their attacks on prevailing orthodoxies.
Based on his own experiences as a young man in Austria, with hyperinflation leading to Hitler’s Anschluss, he was a classic liberal, fearful of any restrictions on individual and economic freedom. At a time when planned economies were all the rage, Hayek was an economic anarchist. I grew to admire them both immensely. I had to write about those men, that night, that roof. It tugged at me, like a nagging, ticking time bomb. I worked on it,obsessed, for two years. These two bomb-clearing bomb throwers knew each other, and regarded each other as friends, though they were both busy men. Their night on the roof of King’s College Chapel may have been one of only a few rare opportunities for the two men to talk alone. Which, of course, I couldn’t allow. They probably just talked macro-economics all night, and even if I were able to re-create it, an average theater audience, listening in, wouldn’t have the foggiest notion what they were talking about. And so I invented Mr. Bowles, a middle-aged fire marshall up from London, bluffly patriotic and bluntly outspoken, a man convinced that the arguments of economists were nothing more than so much bollocks. Mr. Bowles gave me an
found in Hayek. And while I would have preferred for President Obama to have defended neo-Keynesian ideas more full-throatedly, still he spoke about stimulus and full employment in ways that Keynes would certainly have recognized. The debate between Keynes and Hayek has hardly abated even today. I began this project knowing essentially nothing about economics. I don’t even balance my own checkbook. My wife handles all our family finances, allowing me a small allowance, which I routinely squander, mostly on movie tickets. But I found Nicholas Wapshott’s Keynes Hayek: the Clash that Defines Modern Economics in the New Book Nonfiction section of our Provo Library, and couldn’t put it down. That led me to my son, who actually is a practicing economist, and to his ever patient tutorials in the field, and to Robert L. Heilbroner’s The Worldly Philosophers, a terrific general interest introduction to economists which turned out to be just about my speed. That led in turn to Baron Robert Skidelsky’s magisterial three-volume biography of Keynes, and to Bruce Caldwell’s splendid Hayek’s Challenge: An Intellectual Biography of F. A. Hayek. I’ve kept reading, and I hope I do my sources some kind of justice in the play. Above all, I hope I can make economics exciting. Bombs are always good dramatically. Eric Samuelsen is Plan-B Theatre Company’s resident playwright.
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e are at our best when we care for each other. When we love, we live in the deepest, most profound regions of the heart, the place where spirit dwells and enlivens perception, perspective, and participation.
Love is always a spiritual hero’s journey— we meet ourselves in every thought, word and deed. Love is always a spiritual hero’s journey—we meet ourselves in every thought, word and deed. Our limitations glare; our gifts shimmer. Love moves us out of ourselves and into each other, whether that’s a person, a place or a passion. Love makes us care, and heartfelt caring —true concern—insists on presence. Presence transforms every act into an offering.
On March 11, 2011, Uranus made its final entry into the sign of Aries, beginning a seven-year transit: an entry that was marked by a 9.0 mag-
nitude earthquake, the most powerful recorded earthquake to occur in Japan, and the fifth most powerful recorded in the world.
The week after the Tohoku earthquake, I was scheduled to speak at a conference in San Francisco on the seven Uranus/Pluto squares that would occur between June 2012 and March 2015, a topic decided on well in advance of the Japanese disaster. I had chosen to relate the coming astrological waves of change to Joseph Campbell’s notion of the hero’s journey. I had spent a lot of time preparing, trying to put the pieces together, but as soon as the earthquake occurred, I knew that much of what I had prepared would be irrelevant—it’s one thing to speculate on how intense planetary interactions will manifest; it’s another thing altogether to actually witness an event that undeniably presaged the power of the planets. Within the astrological system, Uranus signifies surprise, as well as upheaval. And this was just the beginning. Prior to the conference, I tried not to watch too many images of the unfolding devastation. It con-
tinues to be horrifying, particularly the ongoing damage at Fukushima, the loss of life and the forever altered lives of the survivors. The commitment of the firefighters bravely entering the nuclear plant was breathtaking to behold. I knew I was witnessing bravery born of a spontaneous and uninhibited generosity of heart. Yet the image I became fixated upon was the video of a dog that was determined to lead his rescuers to another dog that was badly wounded; upon arriving there, the dog simply put his paw on his friend and waited. It was such
All the movements that make us better humans: civil rights, gender rights, labor rights, children’s rights—all the basic human rights—seem to make significant strides under Uranus/ Pluto contacts. a keen reminder of how vulnerable we all are. I was moved by the (dare I say it?) dogged determination to save a friend. It was a simple, instinctual and profound act of love and devotion. And so I changed my lecture. Instead of talking about the trials and tribulations of the hero’s journey, symbolized by the increasing intensity of the seven exact Uranus/ Pluto squares, I chose to speak about love. It was clear to me that as the seven squares of Uranus and Pluto unfolded, vast areas of our personal and collective landscape would be trans-
formed, sometimes violently, by one tsunami of change after another, individual as well as collective, and that in order to survive these waves of change, we would need the same dogged devotion to each other, to the planet and to all the sentient beings who share it with us. Uranus/Pluto cycles are understood to symbolize recurrent themes of revolution, in all areas of life; themes that, according to Richard Tarnas’ research, seem to follow an evolutionary spiral. (For those of you unfamiliar with his work, COSMOSANDPSYCHE.COM is where you will find it.) He traces many planetary cycles through history, and what his research reveals about Uranus/Pluto patterns is that they illuminate the theme of social justice. All the movements that make us better humans: civil rights, gender rights, labor rights, children’s rights—all the basic human rights—seem to make significant strides under Uranus/Pluto contacts. Social justice is love at the collective level. It invites us to care about each other and to live in the deepest part of that concern—it calls on us to make the world a better place for all of us. Certainly, this is what we are now being asked to do, again; to live as if all of life—every sentient being— matters. Love at the collective level asks us to recognize the sacred in all of its particulars and to live in accordance with that awareness. And when we can’t find solutions, the power of love encourages us to keep trying, to keep moving past our differences until what divides us fades away. Uranus/Pluto cycles, because they invite us to move into greater awareness, are often times of disruption and tumult. Uranus is the astro Che Guevara, the revolutionary, the provocateur, and the subversive agent of change that catalyzes stagnant
systems. Pluto signifies death and rebirth, and its presence is seldom polite or refined; Pluto teaches us that control is just an illusion. It pushes against permanence, reminding us that change is the only constant—Pluto’s power lies in the creativity of transformation, but that power comes at a cost: We have to let go of what we cling to and unfasten the masks of our denial. We are currently in the midst of a Uranus/Pluto cycle that started with a conjunction, in Virgo, in the 1960s. It was exact in 1965-1966, separating in 1967. There’s no need to reiterate the seismic shifts of those years, capped by the Summer of Love. But it is important to point out that we’ve been in a reactive pattern since that time. From an astrological perspective, it’s possible to witness that reactive pattern through the series of squares we’re currently experiencing. While the movements for social justice pushed hard during the ’60s, the minds and hearts that didn’t agree with those values are still pushing back. Sexism, racism, greed and ignorance continue, as does the denial of and resistance to the awareness of the interconnectedness of the Earth’s eco-systems, an awareness that took hold as the ecology movement during the ’60s.
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ars signifies the capacity for selfassertion, from the lowest forms of global rage to the most sophisticated expressions of self-actualization. It is anger, with or without righteousness. Mars symbolizes the muscles; it is the patron saint of athletes, no matter what their choice of sport; it guides the explorer; it is the mother’s milk of the adventurer. The presence of Mars leaves an indelible imprint on the first seven months of 2014. It is in Libra, the sign of
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Terms & Agent s Conjunction: When the energy between planets and points are united and act together. Square: Aspect that creates tension between planets. Can both stimulate action as well as stress. Mercury Retrograde: Occurs three or four times a year, when Mars appears to move backwards through the sky. This phenomenon generally breeds confusion, as Mercury is the planet of communication. It is unadvisable to sign contracts, make important decisions and launch new business during Mercury retrogrades. But it can be a time of heightened inner awareness if used for more reflective pursuits.
Uranus: the astro Che Guevara, the subversive change agent. Pluto: death and rebirth; seldom polite. Pushes against permanance. Mars: God of War; anger, energy, action, and desire. Rules animal instincts.
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relationships, where it will stay until July 25. Its long transit through Libra is the result of a retrograde phase that begins on March 1 and ends on May 19. While Mars must move, it doesn’t like moving backwards, and it is not particularly introspective. During its transit through Libra, we will be examining relationships of every ilk, and during its retrograde we will be going through relationship issues with a fine-toothed comb. And, as I always remind, it matters not what your relationship status is. Everything is relational, even if those associations only exist in the imaginal realms—and what relationships don’t? As we enter into the fifth exact
Choosing to live a life of conscious transformation is not an easy choice to make or an easy life to live, but once made, every day can become a revelation.
Uranus/Pluto square on April 21, we will be in the seventh week of Mars Retrograde. Mars is one of the planets that drives the mechanics of daily life and it will have just finished a marathon of seven weeks of obstacle courses—hindrances that many of us will be certain others have erected simply to impede our progress. Very few of us are likely to be cheery. Bellicose attitudes could sour what might otherwise be innocuous interactions. But that’s not all: Mercury is retrograde from February 6 through February 28. That’s right—one day before the Mars Retrograde begins. Mercury is the other planet that drives the mechanics of daily life. I need say no more, other than at least these retrogrades are not happening simultaneously.
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s to the Uranus/Pluto squares, no one knows how the remaining transformational process indicated by this cycle will unfold. If the process is working, then rather than observing the transformation, we are actually being transformed. For some of us the process is overwhelming—the rug of reality seems ripped out from under and there are no instant remedies to turn the world right again. Refugees feel the devastation of the collective shifts more keenly than others— without a home, without water, without food, the world is hardly a place where love seems to grow. From an individual perspective, the same is, of course, true for victims of domestic violence and children of abuse who have no safe haven to call home. And yet, we have solutions to these situations; we just don’t know how to apply them in each and every instance. I wish I knew the answer to that conundrum. I only know that love is always the answer. Very few of us live our lives as a true expression of our hearts. We relegate that sensitivity and vulnerability to specific life experiences— romance, children, friendship, career, pets, or other interests that engage us in our entirety. We forget that every aspect of our lives is an expression of the sacred, if only because every life is sacred. Living with that awareness is the true hero’s journey. Living with that awareness, choosing to live a life of conscious transformation, is not an easy choice to make or an easy life to live. But once made, every day can become a revelation. We can debate over politics, economics, or religion and all the theories we have conjured about how to live a better life. But nothing comes close to simple acts of loving kindness to each other and to our selves. Rather than constrict in fear or anxiety about what lies ahead, open to the power of the moment. The past creates the present as the present creates the future. It’s a simple truth that puts the power of the creative in the moment—in the now. N Ralfee Finn lives and works in New York City. She is currently on sabbatical from Hunter College, City University of New York so she can concentrate on writing her up coming video series, The Sacred Sky™.
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hile you may associate Sundance Film Festival with the breeding ground for indie films, Sundance is also becoming a major hub for musicians looking to expose their music to new channels and new audiences. I, for one, was not expecting the crafty story-telling and musical authority of Vermont-based alt-folk artist Kris Gruen, who played a handful of shows in Park City last month in pop-up venues specially for Sundance including the ASCAP Music CafĂŠ, The New York Lounge and the Coffeehouse Chateau. Although he’s just one guy with a guitar onstage, his presence, his voice and his stories fill up the room as if he’s conjured the presence of his entire family. “It’s become clear that we’re going to try to be here every year,â€? says Kris. Sundance is a great place for musicians to get music into film and TV and Gruen admits that Sundance is becoming more and more important for them each year, even more so than South by Southwest, the giant-scale conference of film, music and interactive media happening every March in Austin, Texas. Gruen released his third album in 2013, New Comics From the Wooded World; think Andrew Bird, Ryan Adams and Iron & Wine. His lyrics are informed by the life of
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a traveling artist who is simultaneously a family man with young kids, breaking the stereotype that artists must compromise the two. Lyrics such as “Who’s gonna watch the baby if we’re both in the bandâ€? brings up an important question‌ do artists really have to sacrifice the joys of being a parent with a normal life for their pursuit of artistic success? Coming from a family of artists, Kris grew up knowing “Art first, work first, kids learn how to deal,â€? as his father is a rock photographer and his mother a rock filmmaker. Kris spent his youth surrounded by artists such as John Lennon, Yoko Ono,
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With the release of the new album, Kris expects to continue touring throughout this year. Meanwhile his wife (also a musician) and two daughters, ages three and eight, live in Vermont, where he returns to often, so not to miss out on his family life. “This is the time in your career when you’re supposed to be broke and struggling. It’s not the time to have a family and a life somewhere. But I’ve done it very differently. I’ve created a place, and a way of supporting our place. I’m determined to prove that it can be done. And if I do, I’m really going to celebrate that and talk about it a lot.� N
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Feb. 8: Winter Market @ Rio Grande Depot. 10am-2pm. Fresh local produce, meat, dairy, packaged and specialty foods and more. For list of today’s vendors: SLCFARMERSMARKET.ORG Feb. 8: Ring Around the Rose: Utah Film Center and Spy Hop Productions. Using stop motion animation to tell a story. Audience volunteers will be invited on stage to help make a movie. $5. Rose Wagner Performing Arts, 138 W. 300 So. Feb. 8: Salt Lake Symphony’s 28th Annual Vienna Ball. Waltzes, polka and pops standards. (Free dance lessons prior, 6:30-7:30.) 8p. $60-$85. University of Utah Union Ballroom, 200 S Central Campus Dr. SALTLAKESYMPHONY.ORG Feb. 11: Nothing Like Chocolate. A bitter and sweet documentary about the making of chocolate. 7p. Main City Library, 210 E 400 S. Free. NHMU.UTAH.EDU Feb. 12: Promises. An alternative look at the Jewish-Palestinian conflict through children from 1995-1998. 7p. The Leonardo, 209 E 500 S. Free. THELEONARDO.ORG Feb. 14-18: $14 adoptions @ Best Friends. Buy your own beloved. Dogs and cats. 11a-7p, Tues.-Sat. Best Friends Animal Adoption Center, 2005 S. 1100 East. Feb. 15: Journal Sketchbooks. Third Saturdays for Families at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Campus Center Dr. 1-4p. Free. UMFA.UTAH.EDU
Feb. 4: The Air We Breathe (30-min. KUED documentary). Film, discussion. 7-9p. University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute Auditorium (6th floor). Free. (Free parking, too.) KUED.ORG/EVENTS Feb. 3: Buddha Path Meditation. Joseph Evans will present an essay on the power of The Four Noble Truths. 7p. Anderson Foothill Library, 1135 S 2100 E. Free. SALTLAKEBUDDHAPATH.WORDPRESS.COM Feb. 4 & 11: Food Writing. Workshop with food tastings. 6-8p. SLCC Community Writing Center, 210 E 400 S suite #8. $30. SLCC.EDU/CWC/ Feb. 4: Field Biology and Art. Author Harry Greene will discuss his new book Tracks & Shadows: Field Biology as Art. Book signing will follow. 6p. Swaner EcoCenter, 1258 Center Dr, Park City. $5. SWANERECOCENTER.ORG Feb. 4: Rumi Poetry Club. Poetry as a form of meditation. 7p. Anderson Foothill Library, 1135 S 2100 E. Free. SLCPL.LIB.UT.US
Feb. 7: Coleman Barks and David Darling: A Night of Rumi’s Poetry. 7p. Libby Gardner Concert Hall, 1375 President’s Circle. $20-$100. UTAH.EDU Feb 7: Art & Science of Whiskey Distillation and Cocktail Creation. A class all about whiskey, from history and production to sampling and food-pairing. 6p. The Leonardo, 209 E 500 S. $65. THELEONARDO.ORG
Feb. 8: Day of Zen with Michael Mugaku Zimmerman, Sensei. 7:15am-5:30pm or 7:15am-1pm. 230 S. 500 W. (Artspace). WWW.TWOARROWSZEN.ORG Feb. 9: Nova Series: Late Beethoven and New Complexity. 3p. Libby Gardner Concert Hall, 1375 Presidents Circle. $18$20. UTAH.EDU
Feb. 19 Golden Braid Psychic Fair. 69pm. 20-min. readings for $25. 151 S. 500 East. GOLDENBRAIDBOOKS.COM
Feb. 7: Art Explorers: Collage. Learn to create Pinterest-worthy collages. 3-5p. The Leonardo, 209 E 500 S. $10 ($8 members). THELEONARDO.ORg Feb. 7: Séance with a Crone. A session of communication with the spirits. 9p. Crone’s Hollow, 2470 S Main. $5. CRONESHOLLOW.COM
Feb. 14, 15: Jane Austen Regency Romance Ball. Salt Lake Masonic Temple. English dinner. Learn the dances of the era taught by Old Glory Vintage Dancers. Jane Austen Society of North America-Utah Chapter. $45-100. 6-10pm. VINTAGEGALAS.COM
CATALYSTMAGAZINE.NET 19 Feb. 20: Lecture: “The Biblical Dead Sea Scrolls: Are They Really Much of Value?” 7p. The Leonardo, 209 E 500 S. Free. THELEONARDO.ORG Feb. 21: Electric Car Derby. Build your own mini-E car using real motors, batteries, cardboard, sticks, straws, rubber bands and wheels. There will be trophies. Kids welcome. 3-5p. The Leonardo, 209 E 500 S. $15 ($12 members). THELEONARDO.ORG Feb. 21: Great Basin Mammals with Eric Rickart. Scientist in the Spotlight lecture. 24p. Natural History Museum of Utah, 301 Wakara Way. Price included in admission. NHMU.UTAH.EDU
Feb. 19: The Beaver Trilogy. Film screening and artist talk. 7-9p. Brewvies Cinema Pub, 677 S 200 W. $8 suggested donation. UTAHMOCAORG. Feb. 19: Yoga Rave. From movement and meditation to all-out celebration. 7:309:30pm. U of U Olpin Union Ballroom. Free. Presented by the Art of Living Foundation. FACEBOOK.COM/YOGARAVESLC
Feb. 21-22: Natalie MacMaster with the Utah Symphony. 8pm Abravanel Hall. “Electrifying” fiddle music. Feb. 21-23: Off the Wall dance performance. 7:30p (Sat. 2:30p matinee). University of Utah Mariott Center for Dance, 330 S 1500 E #106. $10-$16. UNITEDWD.BLOGSPOT.COM Feb. 22: Winter Market @ Rio Grande Depot. 10am-2pm. Fresh local produce, meat, dairy, packaged and specialty foods and more. For list of today’s vendors: SLCFARMERSMARKET.ORG
Feb. 8: Samba Fogo Gala Dance Party. Who will be crowned samba queen? Fundraiser. 8p-12a. Urban Lounge, 241 S 500 E. $18.50 (21+). THEURBANLOUNGESLC.COM Feb. 22: Charette 2014. RDT’s annual fundraiser and choreographer competition. 7:30p. Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W 300 S. $30-$75. RDTUTAH.ORG
UPCOMING: Feb. 26: Beekeeping Basics. Beekeeping workshop to get you ready to start beekeeping by summer. 6p. Swaner EcoCenter, 1258 Center Dr, Park City. $5. SWANERECOCENTER.ORG
Mar. 1: 13th annual Bellydance Spring Fest. Live music, vendors, tarot, mehndi tattoos, food, and dance, dance, dance. 10a10p. Utah State Fair Park, 155 S 10th W. $7. UTAHSTATEFAIRPARK.COM
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SHALL WE DANCE?
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y the time you read this it will be too late to catch Tandy Beal’s show Flabbergast performed by Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, but I can tell you what I loved about it. It was funny. I mean laugh-out-loud funny. Back in the psychedelic ’60s when Ririe-Woodbury was still a brandnew company, modern dance was often a cacophony of colors, patterns and sound, but somewhere along the way dance settled into being Very Serious Art. Sometimes after a particularly bleak piece I think choreographers are producing work that is maybe a little too angsty for their own good. But this year Ririe Woodbury is celebrating its 50th anniversary (there will be a $200/plate gala in March if you’d like to give the company a financial boost), and a funny thing happened—the good cheer is back. Ririe-Woodbury’s season opened this past September with The Start of Something Big that was a nostalgic look back to the early days of the company. The dances were charming. “Affectionate In firmities” (1972) by Joan Woodbury had dancers clad in canary yellow limping sadly on crutches at first, but then discovering how to perform fancy new tricks with their extended limbs. “Clouds” (1971) by Shirley Ririe was choreographed for the company’s first children’s show.
She filled the stage with drifting balloons inspired by Winnie the Pooh trying to steal honey from bees by disguising himself as a little cloud because “if you have a blue balloon, they might think you were only part of the sky.” But my favorite part of the show was the home movie clips.
My own mom used to dress for parties in a hand-crocheted tunic over an orange body stocking because, well, that’s just what people wore in those days. Which is to say, there was a pervasive aesthetic of cheerful weirdness.
Flash back to the 1960s: Andy Warhol had just made silver mylar balloons essential stoner décor; Yellow Submarine was considered a children’s movie; mustaches and mutton-chop sideburns were stylish for men in funky hats; and my own mom used to dress for parties in a handcrocheted tunic over an orange body stocking because, well, that’s just what people wore in those days. Which is to say, there was a pervasive aesthetic of cheerful weirdness. So when dancers from RirieWoodbury made a dance-for-thecamera film it was in the manner of the Beatles—hirsute folks in circus finery emerging from a VW Bug clown car, popping out of a manhole in downtown Salt Lake, pirouetting on Joan Woodbury’s yellow crutches and cavorting with a bull on a leash in a muddy pasture. Return to 2014. We’ve been extremely lucky in Salt Lake to get so much of Tandy Beal’s work— Outside Blake’s Window (2007); Here
after Here (2013). And it’s no accident that her choreography has that surreal 1960s quality. Beal was inspired to become a dancer in Salt Lake City during that same time period (a reason she was invited to participate in Ririe-Woodbury’s 50th anniversary season). But Beal has added an element of circus professionalism that never existed in the old days—for Flabbergast she brought in circus performers to teach Ririe-Woodbury’s dancers acrobatics and clowning. At a “meet the choreographer” preview, Beal explained, “These are not things dancers normally do. In circus you’re learning a ‘trick.’ In dance you’d never say that. Safety is essential. There’s a ‘ditch’ word and if you say it, everybody stops.” Since circus skills are not typically taught in modern dance classes Beal had to ease the dancers into new roles, starting with a list of things the dancers could already do: “Who can juggle? Who can spin on their back?” After the dancers learned to do acrobatic tricks safely, they added elements of character and comedy, learning to hold their shape while falling off a table (not as easy as it looks, but funny every time). When the audience laughed at the table stunt, Beal was clearly pleased. “You only get the clowning parts with an audience,” she said. I hope Ririe-Woodbury Company keeps on making funny dances. The grace and strength of trained dancers makes a great combination with the acrobatics and physical humor of clowning, and it’s certainly a lot of fun to see old dance companies learn new tricks. N Amy Brunvand is a librarian at the University of Utah and a dance enthusiast.
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his winter, with the Dead Sea scrolls visiting our city, it’s easy to feel some kinship with the distant place they came from, a familiar-seeming place of drought and sand left stranded with a sea so salty not even fish live in its waters. Though both the Dead Sea— called Yam Hamelakh or “the salt sea” in Hebrew—and the Great Salt Lake are terminal waters, in size and salinity they vary considerably. At 34 miles long, the Dead Sea’s width ranges from two to 11 miles. It is the deepest hypersaline lake in the world (1,000 feet). The Dead Sea’s shape is like a deep bowl to the Great Salt Lake’s flat platter. The Dead Sea maintains a fairly constant 31.5% salinity, easily outcompeting Great Salt Lake (around 13%; although north of the Union Pacific causeway that divides the lake, salinity levels measure closer to 26%). This is, in part, because of the Dead Sea’s location between Jordan and Israel and the West Bank. Settled in a consistently hot and dry climate at 1,400 feet below sea level, higher temperatures cause more evaporation, concentrating the salt. Exploring these two water bodies’ differences and similarities, at a time when the Dead Sea appears in danger of disappearing, provides an important opportunity to learn from and avoid our sister sea’s problems.
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Sisters in salinity What can Great Salt Lake learn from the slow disappearance of the Dead Sea and the demise of the Aral Sea? BY KATHERINE PIOLI
There is life in the Great Salt Lake. Brine shrimp or “sea monkeys” thrive in the saline water.
Lake, a comparatively small puddle, at the basin’s lowest point.
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Beginnings Though scientists can only theorize about the events that created the Dead Sea, most agree that it began nearly three million years ago as a small bay on the Mediterranean. Shifts in the earth’s crust—tectonic or seismic—and shifts in climate
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Utah’s Great Salt Lake, L, and the Dead Sea, R (not same scale).
eventually trapped the lagoon’s waters inland, securing along with them a deposit of salt nearly a mile
deep that had built up over thousands of years. At the same time, on the other side of the globe, a series of ancient lakes were forming and disappearing across the expanse of the Great Basin. Around 32,000 years ago, long after the Dead Sea was cut off from its parent water, the last of the Basin’s lakes formed: Lake Bonneville, aquatic precursor to the Great Salt Lake. Helped by a regional climate that produced prodigious precipitation along with cool temperatures that slowed evaporation, the waters of Bonneville began to accumulate, stretching across parts of what we now call Utah, Idaho, Nevada and Wyoming. When an earthen dam suddenly collapsed 14,500 years ago, Bonneville emptied, leaving the terminal waters of the Great Salt
Starting around 400 BCE, humans appear to have formed a close spiritual relationship with the Dead Sea. Archeological findings along the sea’s shores reveal not only the Dead Sea Scrolls, but also the remains of a Chalcolithic temple and ritual objects made of metal and stone. Into modern times, the salty waters have attracted vacationers and spiritual and health seekers alongside scientists who closely study the region’s flora, fauna and geology. Back in Utah: We may not have temples, but we do have evidence that people lived near and made use of the Great Salt Lake. In 1984, archaeologists from the Utah State Historical Society discovered a massive deposit of grasshopper parts in Lakeside cave, along with scatalogical proof that humans had been eating the protein-rich insects. In a 1989 Natural History magazine article, then-Utah state archaeologist David Madsen described coming across windrows of salted, sundried grasshoppers along the lake’s eastern edge. The insects had been blown into the water and washed up in rows as wide as six feet, at nine inches deep, that went on for miles. Madsen estimated one person
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CATALYSTMAGAZINE.NET In 1934 the only attention worthy of “nature’s little joke,” according to the Utah Water Storage Commission and the United States Department of Agriculture, came in the form of a plan to desalinate the waters. By running a dike system from the south end of the lake across Antelope and Fremont Islands and connecting to Promontory Point in the north, planners hoped to fill a 600square-mile artificial basin with fresh waters from the Weber, Jordan and Bear Rivers for culinary and agricultural use. The plan lost momentum and never came to fruition, in part because of the start of the World War II, and except for the causeway and a few small dikes and evaporation ponds, the lake has remained comparatively free to ebb and flow naturally. The same cannot be said for the Dead Sea.
Revelers filled railroad cars (like this one, seen abandoned near the Great Salt Lake) in the early 20th century for a fun-fill day and night at Saltair.
working for one hour along the shore could gather 18.5 pounds of grasshoppers, at 1,270 calories per pound. Even though it was too salty to bear fish, the Great Salt Lake provided. “White settlers found an undrinkable lake in an unforgiving landscape,” says Bonnie Baxter, professor of biology at Westminster College and director of the school’s Great Salt Lake Institute. They did, however, find it entertaining. Resorts, including the famous Saltair, “Coney Island of the West,” were built along the south shore. Visitors came from afar to bob like a cork in this salty lake. But the fickle water level made these enterprises bad longterm investments. In the last five years since the Institute began, professors and students have begun gathering important information about the lake’s chemistry, microbiology, biology and geology, research that would have been considered laughable at the turn of the 20th century. Great Salt Lake is also now acknowledged as a world-class flyway for water birds.
Dead Sea from its origin in the Anti-Lebanon and Mount Hermon ranges, it passes by 7.18 million people in five countries—Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine and Israel—where it is diverted at every turn. Forty-five dams stand between the mountains and the sea. Syria, the second-heaviest user of the region’s water supply, has no direct access to the Jordan River but it does have several dams along the river’s tributaries from which it takes about 450 mcm of surface and groundwater per year. Israel is the largest user, taking 580 to 640 mcm annually. Jordan, Palestine and Lebanon use the least. It’s the kind of uncoordinated water grab that could alter any body of water, especially in an arid region. The Great Salt Lake would be particularly susceptible because of its wide, shallow shape. With an average depth of merely 14 feet, even natural seasonal ebbs and flows can raise or lower the lake levels by one or two feet and move the shoreline as much as a mile. With the lake currently sitting a few feet below the average elevation level, some at the Great Salt Lake Institute are starting to be concerned. Great Salt Lake Institute coordinator Jaimi Butler has been monitoring bird populations on Abandoned tourist bikes encrusted with salt at the Dead Sea.
Source water grab Most of the water in the Dead Sea comes from a single source, the Jordan River. In the 1950s, nearly 1,300 million cubic meters (mcm) of water flowed from the Jordan into the lake annually. Today, discharge levels range from 20 to 200 mcm. As a result, the Dead Sea has fallen over 80 feet and lost a third of its surface area. In last year alone, the Dead Sea dropped nearly five feet. As we in the West can relate, the source of this problem can be traced to the need for fresh water. As water flows downstream toward the
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the lake since 1999. “Our watershed covers 22,000 square miles over four states,” she says. Similar to our salty sister, “Our water moves through geographical and political boundaries and we don’t always have a say on what happens to it in those places before reaches the lake.” Compounding the problem of widespread water use is drought. Baxter recalls waiting expectantly for the lake levels to rise back to normal after a recent heavy snow season, but the water never came. After years of inadequate snows, upstream demands on the water supply were just too heavy. Ground water needed replacing, reservoirs needed filling. By the time the runoff was over, little was left for the water’s last stop at the bottom of the basin. “It was the first time,” recalls Baxter, “that I have ever seen the lake not respond to snowfall.”
Fate of the lakes Saline lakes have disappeared before. The Aral Sea once lay between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, but a 1960s Soviet Union irrigation project began diverting water from the sea’s two major inflowAral Sea, 1989 (L) and 2008 (R)
Rusted boats litter this camel range which was once the Aral Sea ing rivers. By 2000 the sea was reduced to nearly half its original size and separated into two smaller sections. Today, not much remains of the lake. In a last-ditch effort to avoid a similar fate, leaders from Israel, Palestine and Jordan agreed earlier this year to an ambitious new project to save the Dead Sea. Instead of implementing water conservation measures, the plan involves creating a 110-mile-long water pipeline between the Red and the Dead Seas. Pumps will push water from the Red Sea north in an attempt to refill the sea’s disappearing neighbor. The project also includes one reservoir, two desalinization plants and two hydropower plants. The project’s $1 billion price tag shows just how important it is for these countries to hold onto the Dead Sea, a site of historical, religious and scientific importance and a point of identity for the region.
Should we some day be faced with a shrinking lake, would we be willing to step in and save “nature’s little joke” or would we casually watch it slip away? For Bonnie Baxter, the Aral Sea and the efforts for the Dead Sea serve as sobering warnings that make the answer to that question quite clear. Since the Aral Sea’s lakebed started drying up, airborne dust contaminated with agricultural chemicals has created a new public health hazard, certainly nothing that we would want to mix with our already-toxic winter inversions. Where the Aral’s dust settles, soil is contaminated. And for those who think our summers are already getting too hot, seasonal extremes in the Aral Sea’s region are now, without the moderating influence of the lake’s water, more pronounced than ever. N Katherine Pioli is a CATALYST staff writer. She also teaches at Salt Lake Arts Academy.
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egotiation is a bargaining process between two or more parties with the goal of reaching a common understanding. It’s something all of us do every day with loved ones, co-workers, and friends. Yet even in a friendly negotiation, each party wants to minimize risks and protect his or her interests. This month, we’ll focus on arriving at an outcome that is mutually acceptable to all of the parties involved. Although focused on business negotiations, the strategies below work equally well in personal negotiations. Know what you’re trying to achieve. As obvious as this might seem, during the heat of negotiation, this concept is sometimes forgotten. Particularly if a negotiation drags on or becomes emotional, you may be tempted to carve out a psychological edge over the other side by issuing what author Robert Mnookin in Beyond Winning terms “threats and warnings.” Instead of succumbing to that temptation, try writing down your bottom line objective and keeping it nearby, referring to it periodically as a reminder that the outcome is more important than the process—no matter how painful or protracted the process might become. Know what you’re willing to concede. Certain key points are likely to be essential for you, while others are likely to be less important. Focus on the most important details (for example, expenses, division of responsibilities, deadlines) and try to remain flexible on the less significant items. Doing so might even encourage the other party to make concessions in return. Arm yourself with facts. In a retail transaction, for example, know the MSRP and the street price for an item you’re seeking to buy or sell. If an item is used, familiarize yourself with the regional and seasonal fluctuations in price, consumer demand, and the effect any optional features might have on price. For example, selling a snow blower for top dollar after a January blizzard is likely to be much easier than trying to sell the same item for big bucks during the superheated days of July. Prepare. There’s no substitute for preparation. Anticipate the other side’s likely arguments and practice your responses. Even if it makes you feel selfconscious, rehearse your arguments aloud. By doing so, you’re likely to feel much more relaxed and authoritative during the actual negotiation.
Be an active listener. Ask questions and listen carefully to the other party’s replies. This will help you to better understand his or her position, and might enable you to reach common ground more quickly with less chance of misunderstanding or jumping to conclusions. Try restating the other party’s position to be sure you really understand his or her position. Seek a win-win. If you’re selling an item or service, disclose any problems with condition or other issues up front. Not only will you feel better if you come clean, but it will also encourage the other party to do the same. At the same time, feel free to ask questions; just because you are playing fair by engaging in full disclosure doesn’t necessarily mean the other side will feel obligated to do the same. They may not reveal everything they know unless you ask. So ask. Understand your alternatives. In their book Smart Choices, Hammond, Keeney and Raiffa devote an entire chapter to the subject of understanding your alternatives and point out that “you can never choose an alternative you haven’t considered.” So
Focusing on the most important details and trying to remain flexible on the less significant items may encourage the other party to make concessions in return. consider all possible alternatives before arriving at a decision, no matter how unlikely they might seem at the outset. And finally, Be prepared to walk away. We’ve all been part of a negotiation that goes awry, sometimes through no fault of our own. Recognize that in spite of your best efforts, some negotiations are doomed to failure. In those instances, it’s best to get up from the bargaining table. Maybe the other party will reconsider his or her position and seek to resume negotiations after a suitable cooling down period. And if not, there’s almost always another deal out there waiting for you. N Barry Scholl is an attorney in Salt Lake City and a former CATALYST associate editor,. He co-founded Entrada Institute, a nonprofit supporting artists, writers and scholars whose work focus on the Colorado Plateau.
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Human beings are not meant to live alone BY BRUCE LIPTON
It is beyond our imagination to conceive of a single form of life that exists alone and independent, unattached to other forms. —Lewis Thomas
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f you’re a survivor of multiple failed relationships, you may wonder why you keep trying. I can assure you that you don’t persist just for the (sometimes short-lived) good times. And you don’t persist because of TV ads featuring loving couples on tropical islands. You persist, despite your track record and despite dismal divorce statistics, because you are designed to bond. Human beings are not meant to live alone. There is a fundamental biological imperative that propels you and every organism on this planet to be in a community, to be in relationship with other organisms. Whether you’re thinking about it consciously or not, your biology is pushing you to bond. In fact, the coming together of individuals in community (starting with two) is a principle force that drives biological evolution, a phenomenon I call spontaneous evolution, which I cover in depth in the book of the same name. There are, of course, additional biological imperatives designed to ensure individual and species survival: the drive for food, for sex, for growth, for protection, and the ferocious, inexplicable drive to fight for life. We don’t know where or how the will to live is programmed into cells, but it is a fact that no organism will readily give up its life. Try to kill the most primitive of organisms and that bacterium doesn’t say, “Okay, I’ll wait until you kill me.” Instead, it will make every evasive maneuver in its power to sustain its survival. When our biological drives are not being fulfilled, when our survival is threatened, we get a feeling in the pit of our stomach that something is wrong even before our conscious minds comprehend the danger. That gut feeling is being felt globally right now—many of us are feeling that pit in our stomach as we ponder the survivability of our environmentally damaged planet and of the human beings who have damaged it. The energy created by “Heaven on Earth” relationships can heal the planet and save our species. The social nature of harmonious animal societies can provide fundamental insights directly applicable to human civilization. One great example is an ant, which, like a human being, is a multicellular social organism. When you take an ant out of its community, it will die. In fact, an individual ant is really a suborganism; the true organism is actually represented by the ant colony. Author and scientist, Lewis Thomas described ants this way: “Ants are so much like human beings as to be an embarrassment. They farm fungi, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies into war, use chemical sprays to alarm and confuse enemies, capture
slaves, engage in child labor, exchange information ceaselessly. They do everything but watch television.” As for human communities, we can fend for ourselves as individuals longer than a single ant can, but we’re likely to go crazy in the process. I’m reminded of the movie Cast Away in which Tom Hanks plays a man who is marooned on an island in the South Pacific. He uses his own bloody hand to imprint a face on a Wilson Sporting Goods volleyball he calls “Wilson” so he can have someone to talk to. Finally, after four years, he takes the risky step of venturing off the island in a makeshift raft because he’d rather die trying to find someone to communicate with than stay by himself on the island, even though he has figured out how to secure food and drink—that is, how to survive.
No organism will readily give up its life. Try to kill the most primitive of organisms and that bacterium will make every evasive maneuver in its power to sustain its survival. Most people think that the drive to propagate is the most fundamental biological imperative for humans, and there’s no doubt that reproduction of the individual is fundamental to species survival. That’s why, for most of us, sex is so pleasurable— Nature wanted to ensure that humans have the desire to procreate and sustain the species. But Hanks doesn’t venture off the island to propagate; he ventures off the island to communicate with someone other than a volleyball. For humans, coming together in pairs (biologists call it “pair coupling”) is about more than sex for propagation. Instead of cursing our bad luck in relationships, we need to recognize that our efforts at bonding are a fundamental drive of Nature and that these bonds can be cooperative and harmonious. We need to heed Rumi’s sage advice: “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” When we start living in harmony with Nature (and with ourselves), we can move on to creating a life in which relationships are based on love, cooperation and communication. N Bruce H. Lipton, Ph.D., is a cell biologist. A version of this story appears in The Honeymoon Effect: The Science of Creating Heaven on Earth (Hay House: 2013). Lipton is also the author of The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter and Miracles (2011) and co-author (with Steve Bhaerman) of Spontaneous Evolution: Our Positive Future (And A Way To Get
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Utthita Parsvakonasana
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t’s sunny and 14 degrees outside. The basement office in my 1917 bungalow is probably sub-60 degrees. I’ve been wearing layers indoors for more than a month. Every time I remember to pay attention, I find my shoulders everso-slightly hunched up and pulled forward, my body reflexively trying to guard against the cold. But here’s the thing. Hunching up and pulling in doesn’t help. It doesn’t make me even a fraction of a degree warmer. All it does is create tension and stress and restrict my breathing. I explored this on a long-ago 30day meditation retreat. I discovered that being a little chilled, as I am now, is nothing more than a set of sensations that are not actually unpleasant in and of themselves. My aversive response is what’s unpleasant. So when I remember to think about it, I simply note that my body is guarding itself and let it go. It’s that simple. However, I don’t always remember to notice it—old habits die hard. Icy sidewalks don’t help either. I find myself mincing along, taking careful baby steps, and tightening basically everywhere to keep from falling. After weeks and months of chronically, unintentionally contracting inward my normally fluid body starts to feel like, well, molasses in February. The best antidote I’ve found is yoga’s standing poses, most of which are all about expansion. Utthita Parsvakonasana (Extended Side Angle Pose) is particularly helpful for unwinding winter’s chronic contraction, promoting steadiness by strengthening our connection to ground and strengthening our ankles, knees and thighs; and even warming us up internally. B.K.S. Iyengar claims it expands the lungs and tones the heart muscles. Begin by gathering props—a nonskid mat and a yoga block. Stand on your mat with your feet approximately
BY CHARLOTTE BELL a leg length (one of your own legs) apart and your inner feet parallel. Rotate your entire right leg out 90 degrees and your entire left leg, including the pelvis, inward about 30 to 45 degrees. Adjust the inner rotation of the leg and pelvis until your left foot feels strongly rooted. Now extend your arms out to the sides at shoulder level, turning your palms down. Make sure you’re not hunching your shoulders. Bend your right knee into a 90-degree angle, tracking it straight out so that it ends up directly over your ankle. If your knee is extended past your ankle, widen your stance to protect your knee. Ground your left foot even more strongly as you extend your torso out over your right thigh. Place your right elbow on your right thigh. Now extend your left arm up alongside your head, palm down, adjusting the angle until you can feel your arm extending from your waist, not simply from your shoulder joint. Feed the left side of your pelvis down into your left foot and grow your left waist out of the pelvis so that you feel a continuous line extension along the entire left side of your body. Breathe fully. Imagine expanding your breath from your belly out in all
directions into all your limbs. Notice if you are leaning into your right elbow, collapsing it into your right thigh. Instead, press your forearm and elbow into your thigh to help you rotate your torso open. Take five to 10 deep breaths. Return to standing and rest with your feet parallel for a few breaths before repeating on the other side. While you may see photos of people practicing Parsvakonasana with their heads turned toward their upper arm, I rarely do this. It is too easy to compress your neck by practicing this way. I prefer to look straight forward so that my neck and head follow the natural trajectory of my spine. Another option is to place your right hand on a block or on the floor on the little toe side of your foot. Only do this if your breathing remains as free as it did when your elbow was on your thigh. The freedom of the breath is always more important than the form of your pose—always. In Western yoga, we often think that using a block or leaving your elbow on your thigh is sissy yoga compared to placing your hand on the floor. Not true. While I held fast to this belief in my younger, more ego-driven days, I realize now that yoga asana practice is about creating a vessel that allows us to expand, not contract, the breath. Expanding the breath expands our energy; contracting the breath depletes our energy. Our breath can only expand when we practice for alignment integrity rather than for the most extreme manifestation of a pose. Think continuity in Parsvakonasana, especially continuity along the upper side of the body, and think stability and grounding in the lower side. Balance deep, strong rooting with expansion. Let Parsvakonasana help you face the freeze with ease. N Charlotte Bell is a yoga teacher, author and musician who lives in Salt Lake City.
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ABODE AUTOMOTIVE Clark’s Green Auto Garage 1/14 801.485-2858. 506 E. 1700 So. Clark’s auto is a local family-owned full service automotive repair facility. We are committed to doing our part to minimize the environmental impact of automotive service and repair, and to incorporating sustainability principles throughout our operation. SLC-certified E2 business. WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/CLARKSAUTO Schneider Auto Karosserie 2/14 801.484.9400. Fax 801-484-6623. Utah’s first green body shop. 28 years of making customers happy! We are a friendly, full-service collision repair shop in Salt Lake City. Your satisfaction is our goal. We’ll work with your insurance company to ensure proper repairs and give you a lifetime warranty. WWW.SCHNEIDERAUTO.NET DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION Residential Design FB 801-322-5122. Ann Larson. FURNITURE, ACCESSORIES Elemente 11/13 353 W Pierpont Ave., 801-355-7400. M-F 12-6, Sat. 12-5, Gallery Stroll every 3rd Friday 3-9. We feature second-hand furniture, art and accessories to evoke passion and embellish any room or mood with comfort and style. Browse, sit a spell, or sell your furniture with us. Layaway is available. A haven for the discriminating shopper since 1988. GREEN PRODUCTS Underfoot Floors 6/13 801-467-6636. 1900 S. 300 W., SLC We offer innovative & earth friendly floors including bamboo, cork, marmoleum, hardwoods, natural fiber carpets as well as sand and finishing hardwood. Free in home estimates. Please visit our showroom. WWW.UNDERFOOTFLOORS.NET, KE@UNDERFOOTFLOORS.COM. GREEN SERVICES Five-Step Carpet Care FB 801.656.5259, PC: 435.640.2483. WWW.5STEPCARPETCAREUTAH.COM
HOUSING Looking for partners for new intentional learning community (801) 865-5190 or P.O. Box 520616 SLC UT 84152. Together, we’ll purchase land or residential housing (or both!) and work towards food self-sufficiency, explore progressive & socially conscious topics, as well as history, literature, visual arts, music, philosophy, and science, and take action through lobbying, scientific tinkering, publishing and seminars. (See www.ic.org or contact Brent for more info.)
Wasatch Commons Cohousing 3/14 Vicky 801-908-0388. 1411 S. Utah St. (1605 W.) An environmentally sensitive community promoting neighborliness, consensus & diversity. Balancing privacy needs with community living. Homes for sale. Tours available upon request. FACEBOOK.COM/WASATCHCOMMONSCOHOUSING PETCARE/VETERINARIANS Animal Communicator. 651-492-1079 Effectively relating to your animal through muscle testing. Identifying current problems. RElaying messages to/from animals. Stress releasing. Walter at HIGHMOUNTAINHEALER.COM Happy Paws Pet Sitting Plus 9/13 Professional Pet Sitting and Dog Walking.. Alternative to boarding providing daily visits to your pet at their home. Established 2004. Bonded and Insured. 801 205-0368 Rick 801 205-4491 Libbie. HAPPYPAWSPETSITTINGPLUS.COM
Dancing Cats Feline Center. 801-467-0799. 1760 S 1100 E, DANCINGCATSVET.COM. F
DINING Café Solstice Cafe Solstice inside Dancing Cranes Imports offers a variety of loose teas, speciality coffee drinks and herbal smoothies in a relaxing atmosphere. Lunch features veggie wraps, sandwiches, salads, soups and more. Our dressings, spreads, salsa, hummus and baked goods are all made in house with love! Enjoy a
refreshing Violet Mocha or Mango & Basil smoothie with your delicious homemade lunch. SOLCAFE999@GMAIL.COM. Coffee Garden 254 S. Main, inside the former Sam Weller’s Books and 900 E. 900 S. 355-4425. High-end espresso, delectable pastries & desserts. Great places to people watch. M-Thur 6a-11p; Fri 6a12p, Sat 7a-12p, Sun 7a-11p. Wifi. Cafe SuperNatural Organic, locally grown, gluten-free, fresh cooked to order, raw foods, fresh juices and smothies, superfood shakes, great food to go or dine-in. Discounts for Prana Yoga participants. Located in Prana Yoga. Free convenient parking in Trolley Square’s 600 East parking garage. Mon-Sat 10a-9p: Sun 10-3p. Wifi. Finca 1291 So. 900 East. 801.487.0699. Tapas, asador, cocktails. From the creators of Pago. FINCASLC.COM Himalayan Kitchen 360 S. State St. 801-328-2077. Nepali, Indian and Tibetan cuisine. Spicy curries, savory grilled meats, vegetarian specialities and our famous award-winning naan bread, accompanied by a thoughtul beer and wine list. Service with namaste and a smile await you! Banquet room available for private events. M-Sat 11:30 am10p; Sun 5p-10p. HIMALAYANKITCHEN.COM Omar’s Rawtopia 2148 S.Highland Dr. 801-486-0332. Raw, organic, vegan & scrumptious. From Chocolate Goji Berry smoothies to Vegan Hummus Pizza, every dish is made with highest quality ingredients and prepared with love. Nutrient dense and delectable are Rawtopia’s theme words. We are an oasis of gourmet health, creating peace through food. M-Th 12-8p, F-Sat. 12-9p. Pago 878 S. 900 E. 801-532-0777. Featuring seasonal cuisine from local producers & 20 artisan wines by the glass, complemented by an intimate eco-chic setting. Best Lunch—SL Mag, Best Brunch—City Weekly, Best Wine List— City Weekly & SL Mag, Best New American— Best of State. Tue-Sun 11a-3p, 5p-close. PAGOSLC.COM.
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HEALTH & BODYWORK ACUPUNCTURE Keith Stevens Acupuncture 1/14 Dr. Keith Stevens, OMD, 1174 E. 2760 S, Ste. 16. 801.467-2277, 209.617-7379 (cell). Specializing in chronic pain treatment, stressrelated insomnia, fatigue, headaches, sports medicine, traumatic injury and post-operative recovery. Board-certified for hep-c treatment. National Acupuncture Detox Association (NADA)-certified for treatment of addiction. Women’s health, menopausal syndromes. STEVENSACUCLINIC.COM
SLC Qi Community Acupuncture 12/13 R. Dean Woolstenhulme, L.Ac 177 E 900 S. Ste 101D, 801-521-3337. Acupuncture you can afford. Quality acupuncture on low sliding scale rates ($15-$40) makes health care affordable and effective. Relax in comfy reclining chairs in a healing community setting. Acupuncture is good for allergies, back pain and more. Downtown SLC. WWW.SLCQI.COM AYURVEDA
Vedic Harmony 3/14 801-942-5876. Learn how Ayurveda can help you harmonize your lifestyle and well being. Primordial Sound meditation,Perfect Health & Wellness counseling. Georgia Clark, Certified Deepak Chopra Center Vedic Master, has trained in the US with Dr. Chopra, Dr. V.D. Lad, Jai Dev Singh, David Crow & in India with Dr. A.P. Deshpande. TARAJAGA@EARTHLINK.NET CHIROPRACTIC Salt Lake Chiropractic4/144 801.907.1894. Dr. Suzanne Cronin. 1088 S 11th E, SLC. Have you heard that Salt Lake Chiropractic is the least invasive way to increase your quality of life? Our gentle, efficient, and affordable care can reduce pain and improve your body’s functionality. Call to schedule an appointment. WWW.CHIROSALTLAKE.COM.
To list your business or service email: CRD@CATALYSTMAGAZINE.NET Prices: 6 months ( $210), 12 months ( $360). Listings must be prepaid in full and are non-refundable. Word Limit: 45. Deadline for changes/reservations: 15th of preceeding month.
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CRANIOSACRAL Sheryl Seliger, LCSW 6/14 801-556-8760. 1446 S. 900 E. Powerful healing through dialogue & gentle-touch energy work. Adults: Deep relaxation, stress reduction & spiritual renewal, chronic pain & illness, head & spinal injuries, anxiety, PTSD, relationship skills, life strategies. Infants and children: colic, feeding & sleep issues, bonding, birth trauma. Birth preparation & prenatal CST. SELIGERS@GMAIL.COM FELDENKRAIS Open Hand Bodywork. Dan Schmidt, GCFP, LMT. 244 W. 700 S. 801.694.4086 WWW.OPENHANDSLC.COM. FB Carl Rabke LMT, GCFP FOG 801-671-4533. Somatic education and bodywork. Erin Geesaman Rabke Somatic Educator. 801-898-0478. WWW.BODYHAPPY.COM MASSAGE Aspen Bodywork 6/14 801-913-9579. 715 E 3900 S #104. Learn to give your partner the gift of therapeutic touch. Now offering Partner Massage classes. WWW.ASPENBODYWORK.COM Graham Phillips Davis3/14 801-889-3944. Muse Massage; strong, warm, gentle hands. LGBT-friendly. Get back in tune with powerful structural alignment therapy. Integration of the divine masculine-feminine within, using craniosacral therapy. Feel better today!
Healing Mountain Massage School FB 801-355-6300. 363 S. 500 East, Ste. 210 (enter off of 500 East). HEALINGMOUNTAINSPA.COM MD PHYSICIANS Web of Life Wellness Center FB Todd Mangum, MD. 801-531-8340. 508 E. So. Temple, #102. Dr. Mangum is a family practice physician who uses acupuncture, massage, herbs & nutrition to treat a wide range of conditions including chronic fatigue, HIV infection, allergies, digestive disturbances and fibromyalgia. He also designs programs to maintain health & wellness. WWW.WEBOFLIFEWC.COM NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS Cameron Wellness Center 3/14 801-486-4226. Dr Todd Cameron, Naturopathic Physician. 1945 S. 1100 E. #202. Remember when doctors cared? Once, a doctor cared. He had that little black bag, a big heart, an encouraging smile. Once, a doctor actually taught about prevention. Remember “an apple a day”? Dr. Cameron is a family practitioner. He takes care of you. He cares. WWW.DRTODDCAMERON.COM
Eastside Natural Health Clinic 9/14 Uli Knorr, ND 801.474.3684; 2188 S. Highland Dr. #207. Dr. Knorr will create a Natural Medicine plan for you to optimize your health and live more vibrantly. He likes to educate his patients and offers comprehensive medical testing options. He focuses on hormonal balancing, including thyroid, adrenal, women’s hormones, blood sugar regulation, gastrointestinal disorders and food allergies. EASTSIDENATURALHEALTH.COM 2/14 Full Circle Care; Leslie Peterson, ND 801.746.3555. 150 S. 600 E. #6B. Integrative and naturopathic medical clinic offering a unique approach to your health care needs. Specializing in thyroid, adrenal and hormonal imbalances; food allergies and gluten testing; digestive health; nutritional IV therapy. Men, women and children welcome! WWW.FULLCIRCLECARE.COM 2/14
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PHYSICAL THERAPY Precision Physical Therapy 9/14 801-557-6733. Jane Glaser-Gormally, MS, PT. 3098 S Highland Dr. Ste. 371. (Also Park City and Heber.) Specializing in holistic integrated manual therapy (IMT). Safe, gentle, effective techniques for pain and tissue dysfunction. This unique form of therapy identifies sources of pain and assists the body with self-corrective mechanisms to alleviate pain and restore mobility and function. UofU provider. WWW.PRECISIONPHYSICALTHERAPYUT.COM REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH Planned Parenthood of Utah 6/14 1-800-230-PLAN, 801-532-1586. Planned Parenthood provides affordable and confidential healthcare for men, women and teens. Services include birth control, emergency contraception (EC/PlanB/ morning after pill), testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infection including HIV, vaccines including the HPV vaccine, pregnancy testing and referrals, condoms, education programs and more. PPAU.ORG ROLFING/STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION Paul Wirth, Certified Rolfer™, LMT 801-638-0021. 3194 S. 1100 E. Move with ease, not pain. Working with the structural limitations in your body to help you feel stronger and more relaxed. MOSAICBODYWORK.COM 1/14 Carl Rabke LMT, GCFP FOG 801-671-4533. Somatic education and bodywork. WWW.BODYHAPPY.COM VISION CARE Wasatch Vision Clinic FB 801-328-2020. 849 E. 400 S. in Salt Lake across from the 9th East TRAX stop. Comprehensive eye care, eye disease, LASIK, contacts and glasses since 1984. We accept most insurance. WASATCHVISION.COM WEIGHT LOSS Master Lu’s Health Center 4/14 801.463.1101. 3220 S. State. Do you struggle with weight loss? We can help you lose weight with Master Lu’s Chinese herbal weight loss formula and acupuncture. Chinese medicine is effective for weight loss and managing your weight. Come and see us today at Master Lu’s Health Center. WWW.LUHEALTHCENTER.COM
MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTING Chart Bookkeeping8/14 801.718-1235. M’Lisa Patterson. Qualified and dependable small- to medium-sized business bookkeeping services. QuickBooks expert. My office or yours. MPATTERSON@CHARTBOOKKEEPING.COM ARTS & CRAFTS Learn to hand spin wool and fibres in Sugar House 6/14 801.550.4232. Beginners workshops. $30. Simple to learn, fun, gentle and relaxing. Life long, sustainable and self-sufficient art. Participants receive a complete spindle kit to keep. Make yarns for crochet, knitting, weaving and other crafts. WWW.FAIRYSPINDLES.COM LEGAL ASSISTANCE Schumann Law. 801.631.7811, ESTATEPLANNINGFORUTAH.COM. FB
MUSICIANS FOR HIRE Idlewild 10/13 801-268-4789, WWW.IDLEWILDRECORDINGS.COM. David and Carol Sharp. Duo up to six-piece ensemble. Celtic, European, World and Old Time American music. A variety of instruments. Storytelling and dance caller. CDs and downloads, traditional and original. IDLEWILD@IDLEWILDRECORDINGS.COM PHOTOGRAPHY Ceej Photography 5/14 801-455-3722. Salt Lake. My artist’s background makes Ceej Photography unique. Portraits, pets, graduation, engagement, special events/occasions, artwork. Extensive post-processing skills. Digital SLR camera lessons available. CJLESTERART.COM POETRY Rumi Poetry 6/14 Good poetry enriches our culture and nourishes our soul. Rumi Poetry Club (founded in 2007) celebrates spiritual poetry of Rumi and other masters as a form of meditation. Free meetings first Tuesday (7 pm) of month at AndersonFoothill Library 1135 S 2100 E. WWW.RUMIPOETRYCLUB.COM PROFESSIONAL TRAINING Healing Mountain Massage School FB 801-355-6300. 363 S. South 500 East, Ste. 210 (enter off of 500 E.). Morning, evening, & weekend programs. Graduate in as little as 7 months. 8 students in a class. Mentor with seasoned professionals. Practice in a live day spa. ABHES accredited. Financial aid: loans/grants available to those who qualify. WWW.HEALINGMOUNTAIN.ORG WEALTH MANAGEMENT Harrington Wealth Services 801.673.1294; 801.871.0840 office. Robert Harrington, Wealth Advisor. Client-centered wealth management, retirement planning, IRA rollovers, ROTH IRA’s, 401(k) plans & investing, life insurance. Securities offered through LPL Financial, Member FINRA/SIPC8899 S. 700 E. Ste. 225, Sandy, UT 84070. ROBERT.HARRINGTON@ LPL.COM; WWW.HARRINGTONWEALTHSERVICES.COM
MOVEMENT, MEDITATION DANCE RDT Community School. 801-534-1000. 138 W. Broadway. FB MARTIAL ARTS Red Lotus School of Movement 8/14 740 S 300 W, SLC, UT, 84101. 801-355-6375. Established in 1994 by Sifu Jerry Gardner and Jean LaSarre Gardner. Traditional-style training in the classical martial arts of T’ai Chi, Wing Chun Kung-Fu, and T’ai Chi Chih (qi gong exercises). Children’s classes in Wing Chun KungFu. Located downstairs from Urgyen Samten Ling Tibetan Buddhist Temple. WWW.REDLOTUSSCHOOL.COM, REDLOTUS@REDLOTUS.CNC.NET MEDITATION INSTRUCTION Center for Mind Body Relaxation CFMBR offers classes in science-based meditation and relaxation methods for well-being and stress relief. Individuals interested in classes can register online at: WWW.HEALINGWITHSPACES.COM/CLASSES.HTML Meditation for Wellness FB 801-979-0111. 336 E. 900 S. SLC. Cultivate your mind, practice meditation. Through the practice of meditation, a sense of overall happiness and ease arise in the mind, reducing nega-
tive emotions and the stresses of modern living. The next Meditation for Wellness course begins January 20, 7 pm, meeting every Monday for six weeks. $80 CULTIVATINGEASE@GMAIL.COM YOGA INSTRUCTORS Mindful Yoga: Charlotte Bell FB 801-355-2617. E-RYT-500 & Iyengar certified. Cultivate strength, vitality, serenity, wisdom and grace. Combining clear, well-informed instruction with ample quiet time, these classes encourage each student to discover his/her own yoga. Classes include meditation, pranayama (breath awareness) and yoga nidra (yogic sleep) as well as physical practice of asana. Public & private classes, workshops in a supportive, noncompetitive environment since 1986. WWW.CHARLOTTEBELLYOGA.COM YOGA STUDIOS Avenues Yoga 12/13 68 K Street, SLC. 801-872-YOGA (9642). Avenues Yoga is a friendly, down-to-earth place where all are welcome. Our knowledgeable, experienced teachers offer classes for all body types and ability levels from Restorative to Power, Yoga Basics to Hot Vinyasa to Yin and Para. First class is free for Utah residents. Introductory Special $39 one month unlimited. WWW.AVENUESYOGA.COM Mountain Yoga—Sandy 801.501.YOGA [9642]. 9343 S 1300 E. Offering hot yoga classes to the Salt Lake Valley for the past 10 years. We now also offer Vinyasa, Restorative, Pre/Post-Natal, Kids Yoga and Mat/Barre Pilates Classes in our NEW studio room. Whether you like it hot and intense, calm and restorative, or somewhere in-between, Mountain Yoga Sandy has a class for you. WWW.MOUNTAINYOGASANDY.COM 3/14
Centered City Yoga 9/13 801-521-YOGA (9642). 926 E. 900 S. Centered City Yoga is often likened to that famous TV “hangout” where everybody knows your name, sans Norm (and the beer, of course). We offer more than 100 classes a week, 1,000 hourteacher trainings, monthly retreats and workshops to keep Salt Lake City CENTERED and SANE. WWW.CENTEREDCITYYOGA.COM THE SHOP Yoga Studio 10/13 435-649-9339. Featuring Anusara Yoga. Inspired fun and opening in one of the most amazing studios in the country. Classes, Privates, and Therapeutics with certified and inspired Anusara instructors. Drop-ins welcome. 1167 Woodside Ave., P.O Box 681237, Park City, UT 84068. WWW.PARKCITYYOGA.COMB
PSYCHIC ARTS & INTUITIVE SCIENCES ANGEL READINGS Lisa Rasmussen, ATP®, CHT 11/14 951-234-4422. Angel Therapy Practitioner® certified by Doreen Virtue, Ph D. Offering intuitive counseling and clinical hypnotherapy to assist you in clearing fears and life challenges with guidance from your angels, guides and loved ones. Over 20 years experience. LISARAS4422@GMAIL.COM ASTROLOGY Hands On Astrology 7/14 Jerre Wroble. 801-232-4988. Tired of guessing
Mindful Yoga Collective what you’re here to do? Start 2014 out with renewed enthusiasm while zeroing in on your soul purpose. Astrology and hand analysis, when combined, offer a deeper awareness. Gift certificates available. HANDSONASTROLOGY@GMAIL.COM
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Transformational Astrology FB Ralfee Finn. 800-915-5584. Catalyst’s astrology columnist for 10 years! Visit her website at WWW.AQUARIUMAGE.COM or e-mail her at RALFEE@AQUARIUMAGE.COM
Isis Botanicals 2/14 480-772-6577. Salt Lake City, UT Products/services to nurture your body, calm your mind, soothe your soul. 30+ years’ experience. Wellness through scent, movement, energy. Holistic practice integrates Reiki, Aromatherapy/essential oils, Shamanic Pathworking, yoga, chakra cleansing/balancing, Egyptian Cartouche readings. Custom blend a scent unique to you. IYATA@ISISBOTANICALS.COM, WWW.ISISBOTANICALS.COM Shari Philpott-Marsh12/13 Energy Medicine / Shamanic Healer 801-599-8222. Overwhelmed? Stuck? Pushed and pulled by forces that interfere with your peace of mind? Shamanic healing cuts to the root of the problem. I intuitively unwind the core issues, recalibrate your energy body, and bring you to a place of strength and clarity. Core emotional clearing; mental reprogramming; soul retrieval; past life reconciliation; spirit guide activation; elimination of dark forces / interdimensional interference. I also love mentoring healers. WWW.RADIANCEYOGA.ORG PSYCHIC/TAROT READINGS Crone’s Hollow 8/13 2470 S. Main St. 801.906.0470. Have life questions? We offer intuitive and personal psychic consultations: Tarot, Pendulum, Crystal Ball and other oracles. $22 for 20 minutes. Afternoon and evening appointments. Walk-ins welcome. We also make custom conjure/spell candles! WWW.CRONESHOLLOW.COMFB Jennafer Martin 94/14 801-810-4392. Intuitive readings for animals and humans, delivered with warmth to give you clarity from a non-judgmental point of view. Connect to spirit guides or loved ones who have passed, gain insights into your pet’s behavior, and more. WWW.ZOESOULSPA.COM
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Nicholas Stark 7/14 801-394-6287; 801-721-2779 cell. Shamanic Intuitive Readings and Energy Work . Ogden Canyon.
Stephen Proskauer, MD, Integrative Psychiatry 8/13 801-631-8426. Sanctuary for Healing and Integration, 860 E. 4500 S., Ste. 302. Steve is a seasoned psychiatrist, Zen priest and shamanic healer. He sees kids, teens, adults, couples and families, integrating psychotherapy, meditation and soul work with judicious use of medication to relieve emotional pain and problem behavior. Steve specializes in creative treatment of bipolar disorders. STEVE@KARMASHRINK.COM. Blog: WWW.KARMASHRINK .COM
Suzanne Wagner. 707-354-1019. WWW.SUZWAGNER.COM.
PSYCHOTHERAPY & PERSONAL GROWTH THERAPY/COUNSELING ABC-Advanced Behavioral Counseling 801-268-1199. 997 E. 3900 South/rear, We are a treatment agency for mental health, relationships, anxiety, depression, addictions, substance abuse, grief/loss, divorce, domestic violence, for adults and children. Individual and men’s, women’s and mixed groups, some insurances accepted, Several counselors available. Sliding fee scale available. WWW.ABCSLC.COM Marianne Felt, MT-BC, CMHC 9/14 801-524-0560, EXT. 3. 150 S. 600 E., Ste. 7C. Licensed professional counselor, board certified music therapist, certified Gestalt therapist, Red Rock Counseling & Education. Transpersonal psychotherapy, music therapy, Gestalt therapy, EMDR. Open gateways to change through experience of authentic contact. Integrate body, mind, & spirit through creative exploration of losses, conflicts, & relationships that challenge & inspire our lives.
Jan Magdalen, LCSW 3/14 801-582-2705, 2071 Ashton Circle, SLC. Offering a transpersonal approach to the experiences and challenges of our life cycles, including: individuation-identity, sexuality and sexual orientation, partnership, work, parenting, divorce, aging, illness, death and other loss, meaning and spiritual awareness. Individuals, couples and groups. Clinical consultation and supervision. Marilynne Moffitt, PhD FB 801-266-4551. 825 E. 4800 S. Murray 84107. Offering interventions for psychological growth & healing. Assistance with behavioral & motivational changes, refocusing of life priorities, relationship issues, addiction & abuse issues, &
with Celtic, Brazilian, Tuvan, Mongolian, Tibetan and Nepali Shamans. Naomi Silverstone, DSW, LCSW FB 801-209-1095. 508 E. So. Temple, #102. Psychotherapy and shamanic practice. Holistic practice integrates traditional and nontraditional approaches to health, healing, and balance or “ayni.” Access new perceptual lenses as you reanimate your relationship with nature. Shamanic practice in the Inka tradition.
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Diane St John, Personal and Life Coaching I help people make those changes that are difficult to make and see themselves the way they want to be seen. I have over 30 years of experience working with body, mind, health and relationship issues. My background includes SE Trauma Resolution, Perceptual shifting with EVOX, Voice Dialogue and Continuum Movement. 801-935-4787. WWW.PATHSOFCONNECTION.COM. 3/14
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Don St John, Ph.D. Body-Centered Psychotherapy 6/14 801 935-4787 Sugar House. As you learn to be fully with yourself—here and now—and simultaneously allow me to be fully with you, you discover and develop your presence and strength, you honor and care for your vulnerability, recognize and appreciate your lovability, and tolerate and enjoy real intimacy.
Dancing Cranes. 673 E Simpson Ave, 801.486.1129, DANCINGCRANESIMPORTS.COM FB
The Talking Trail 801-541-7769. The Talking Trail™ combines compassion and creativity with the physical benefits of walking. Utilizing mindfulness and positive psychology, you will increase awareness and serenity while working with nature. Traditional office visits are also available; downtown and Cottonwood areas.
Lotus. 801.333.3777. Everything from Angels to Zen. 12896 Pony Express Rd. #200, Draper, WWW.ILOVELOTUS.COM FB
SHAMANIC PRACTICE Sarah Sifers, Ph.D., LCSW, Shamanic Practitioner 3/14 801-531-8051. Shamanic Counseling. Shamanic Healing, Minister of the Circle of the Sacred Earth. Mentoring for people called to the Shaman’s Path. Explore health or mental health issues using the ways of the shaman. Sarah’s extensive training includes shamanic extraction healing, soul retrieval healing, psychopomp work for death and dying, shamanic counseling and shamanic divination. Sarah has studied
thing for travel /outdoor recreational experiences. Fun seekers can buy and consign high-quality, gently used outdoor gear and clothing, making fun time less expensive. Call to consign your items. FACEBOOK @ FUN & FROLIC CONSIGNMENT SHOP; in the 21st & 21st business district. INFO@MYFUNANDFROLIC.COM
Cali’s Natural Foods. 389 W 1700 S, 801.483.2254, CALISNATURALFOODS.COM. FB FB GIFTS & TREASURES Blue Boutique. WWW.BLUEBOUTIQUE.COM FB
Golden Braid Books. 801-322-1162. 151 S 500 E, GOLDENBRAIDBOOKS.COM FB Healing Mountain Crystal Co.FB363 S. 500 E. #210, SLC. 800-811-0468, HEALINGMOUNTAIN.ORG.
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Inner Light Center Spiritual Community 10/14 801.462.1800. 4408 S. 500 E., SLC. An interspiritual sanctuary that goes beyond religion into mystical realms. Access inner wisdom, deepen divine connection, enjoy an accepting, friendly community. Events & classes. Sunday Celebration: 10 a.m.; WWW.INNERLIGHTCENTER.NET
Urgyen Samten Ling Gonpa Tibetan Buddhist Temple 8/14 801-328-4629. 740 S. 300 W. Urgyen Samten Ling Gonpa offers an open environment for the study, contemplation, and practice of Tibetan Buddhist teachings. The community is welcome to our Sunday service (puja), group practices, meditation classes and introductory courses. WWW.URGYENSAMTENLING.ORG INSTRUCTION
Two Arrows Zen Center (formerly Boulder Mountain Zendo). 230 S. 500 W., #155, SLC. 801.532.4975. WWW.BOULDERMOUNTAINZENDO.ORG FB
Turiya's Gifts8/14 1569 So. 1100 E. 801.531.7823. M-F 11-7, Sat 11-6, Sun 12-5. Turiya's is a metaphysical gift and crystal store. We have an exquisite array of crystals and minerals, jewelry, drums, sage and sweet grass, angels, fairies, greeting cards and meditation tools. Come in and let us help you create your sanctuary. WWW.TURIYAS.COM RESALE/FURNITURE, ACCESSORIES Elemente 11/13 353 W Pierpont Avenue, 801-355-7400. M-F 126, Sat. 12-5, See “Abode.” RESALE/OUTDOOR GEAR & CLOTHING fun & frolic consignment shop8/14 801-487-6393 2066 S. 2100 E. Consigns every-
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he place inside myself that wishes to remain sequestered from the world resents my niece’s tentative knock at the door of the room where I sleep. She is five years old, small for her age, fresh from the loss of her father. She finds, I think, in my own unremitting sadness, a safe place to rest the burden that her bravery has become. Her eyes, too big for her tiny face, are aquamarine, her sparse lashes, clotted with tears. Her hair, all over her head in every direction, is unpredictable, cottony, the color of a fox’s coat. In her little fist that I first unfurled only moments after she was born, she is holding BY JANA something pale, pink, nebulous and unformed, unfinished and frail. It is only a bit bigger than my thumbnail. It is naked and still and chilly to the touch. It is a baby of sorts, a baby something. Yes, I am pretty certain it is, or once was, a living thing and not an inanimate object. I take it gently from her, already irritated by the faint stirrings of obligation I don’t want to acknowledge. I look for signs of breathing. I put my finger to my lips as we lean our heads close over my hand, listening, her sweet breath on my cheek. A minute bubble of blood rises along what I believe must be a nose. My niece almost never speaks; her extreme shyness creates a need for a kind of sign language we share between us. I look at her, my shoulders shrugging, asking a question silently. She mouths the word ‘meoww.’ I nod. This is the work of the cat. Before I realize what I’m doing, I tuck the creature into my bra to keep it warm. We gather supplies: tepid water in a cup, a spoon of sugar, an eyedropper, a shoebox, a bottle of alcohol, a wad of cotton, a heating pad. We wash the critter clean and with more care, I can’t help thinking, than even its own mother, whatever she was. I don’t know yet what it is either, but nudging its back legs apart I can already see that it’s a he. This makes me smile for some reason I cannot explain but I grow sober wondering if it will turn out to be a mouse. Rather than a mole or a vole or a shrew. For the next several days this creature, with its eyes sealed in slits and its ears closed in tight buds, opens its infintesimal mouth whenever I walk up to its box. This is faith at its most primitive and profound and I find myself honored in a way that has no words. My hand curls instinctively into a soft shell when I hold him, his body bends to mold itself into the folds of my fingers. His moist mouth works hard on the edge of the eyedropper, so rigid compared to the plush, succulent nipple his
mother must have offered him. When he is done, his tiny tongue licks milk from his silky whiskers that seem to be growing oh so much faster than the rest of him. I wonder if he dreams of her. Or of me. More days pass and he grows hair, dark glistening grey, but his nose and his lengthening tail and the pads of his small feet remain impossibly pink for now. And as soft as chamois. Still blind, he begins in earnest to bathe himself after each meal, in long meticulous sessions. His ears will bloom before his eyes open, uncoiling from the sides of his head in translucent petals. His cut has healed but he remains helpless in these hours that he is indeed LEE FRAZIER becoming a bonified rodent, a deer mouse. I show my niece his mug shot in the mammal identification book. We set the alarm clock for every two hours, sitting to feed him in the dark by starlight, humming lullabies, her head on my arm, and by day taking him to school and the store. As he grows we give him grapes and nuts and cheerios and make a bed for him from a toilet paper roll that, before long, he begins to carry around in his terrarium at night. He likes to roll the little red jack ball back and forth and climb the broken piece of branch we put in one corner and stash food in the baby shoe where he likes to hide. Sometimes I awaken to find my dog and the mouse each pressing a nose up against their own side of the glass, admiring each other under the radiance of the moon through the skylight. I know now that the time is near. I pick an afternoon when my niece is in kindergarten. I put the mouse in a carton, drive to the park in my sister’s car. I search the woods for what seems like forever, for the perfect spot. If the neighbors knew, they would say I was aiding and abetting the enemy. But a mousetrap can be just another kind of prejudice. There are crows overhead and their raspy chorus sends shivers down the nerves of my neck and shoulders as if I am the potential prey and not this creature I am setting free. I open the lid. He crawls up my finger. I hold him for one brief moment. And then he is gone, leaping down easily into the tangle of autumn leaf litter and dried vine, his calling to the earth greater than his bond with my heart. I begin to walk, not looking back or overhead, wondering what I should tell my niece about this goodbye. N
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For the next several days this creature, with its eyes sealed in slits and its ears closed in tight buds, opens its infintesimal mouth whenever I walk up to its box. This is faith at its most primitive and profound.
Jana Lee Frazier is a wildlife biologist and rehabilitator, former zookeeper and sketcher of animals.
CITY LIBRARY 210 E. 400 S.
This remarkable animated documentary/memoir traces the unconventional upbringing of the Jung Henin, one of thousands of Korean children adopted by Western families after the end of the Korean War.
TUESDAY /// FEBRUARY 11 @ 7PM N H M U S C I E N C E M OV I E N I G H T
È NOTHING LIKE CHOCOLATE CITY LIBRARY 210 E. 400 S.
Finding hope in an an industry entrenched in child labor, corporate greed, and tasteless, synthetic products, Nothing Like Chocolate reveals the compelling story of the relentless founder of the Grenada Chocolate Company.
WEDNESDAY /// FEBRUARY 12 @ 7PM FILMS WITHOUT BORDERS
È PROMISES THE LEONARDO 209 E. 500 S.
A beautiful and deeply moving portrait, Promises follows a filmmaker who meets seven Palestinian & Israeli children in and around Jerusalem, from a Palestinian refugee camp to an Israeli settlement in the West Bank.
TUESDAY /// FEBRUARY 18 @ 7PM E XPOSÉ USA
È INEQUALITY FOR ALL CITY LIBRARY 210 E. 400 S.
A passionate argument on behalf of the middle class, Inequality For All features Robert Reich as he demonstrates how the widening income gap has a devastating impact on the American economy.
WEDNESDAY /// FEBRUARY 19 @ 7PM THROUGH THE LENS
È VISITORS ROSE WAGNER CENTER 138 W. 300 S.
Visitors reveals humanity’s trancelike relationship with technology, which, when commandeered by extreme emotional states, produces massive effects far beyond the human species.
THURSDAY /// FEBRUARY 20 @ 7PM DA M N T H E S E H E E L S Y E A R- R O U N D
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Bridegroom tells the emotional journey of Shane and Tom, two young men in a loving and committed relationship – a relationship that was cut tragically short by a misstep off the side of a roof.
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È THE TURANDOT PROJECT CITY LIBRARY 210 E. 400 S.
This behind-the-scenes doc is a fascinating chronicle of an unprecedented cross-cultural collaboration, and combines the pageantry of the opera with a spectacular cinematic portrait of its struggles and triumphs.
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Angel Azul explores the artistic journey of Jason de Caires Taylor, an innovative artist who combines creativity with an important environmental solution; the creation of artificial coral reefs from statues he’s cast from live models.
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Pet-Friendly Winter Products While it’s important to have an ice-free sidewalk, ice salt is tough on a pet’s paws. As with antifreeze, it can also be lethal. To avoid accidentally sickening your or neighbors’ animals this winter, look into using pet-friendly, non-toxic, salt-free cold weather supplies. Here are some choices: K-9 Pet Friendly Ice Melt from EC Grow; Safe Paw Ice Melter; and Morton Salt’s Safe-T-Pet Ice Melt.
Time to start thinking about CSAs (community supported agriculture) Spring vegetables will be ready for market soon – radishes, peas, purslane and more. Along with this early season harvest, local farms will be signing up members for their 2014 spring and summer Community Supported Aggriculture (CSA) programs. Learn more about CSAs and meet some of the farmers that offer shares at this month’s CSA Open House at Wheeler Farm, Tuesday, February 25 from 6 to 8 p.m. Visit CSAUTAH.ORG for a listing of local farms offering CSAs and for links to farm pages.
Grit Garden Planner If you want help organizing your garden this year, the gardening and farming magazine Grit has an online food garden planner that might help. The program runs on Adobe Flash player and works with Windows PCs, Apple Macs and Linux in all major browsers. Users draw out the shape of their garden and add plant icons – the program has over 130 vegetable, herb and fruit icons. The program can recommend crop rotations, companion plants and succession planting. It can also adapt to local climates and recommend planting and harvesting times based on local average freezes. Grit offers a free 30-day trial period after which a subscription costs $25 for one year or $40 for two. GARDENPLANNER.GRIT.COM
Chinese New Year at the Mandarin The Chinese New Year is upon us, and the lunar year of the Horse will be rung in with the Traditional Lion Dance performance by an eight-person troop at the Mandarin Restaurant in Bountiful On Feb. 3 and again on Feb. 11. The dancing “lion” makes its way through the restaurant, among the guests, blessing the kitchen and eating lettuce for good luck.
The Mandarin offers a special menu for the 15-day long celebration (January 31February 15). Throughout the two week celebration, diners are invited to wear red, said to scare off evil spirits and bad fortune. Mandarin, 348 E 900 N, Bountiful. 6pm on Mon., February 3 and also Tues., Feb. 11. Reservations: 801-298-2406. WWW.MANDARINUTAH.COM
COMINGS AND GOINGS the Director of Art Plant, a residency for professional artists, and the gallerist for Gildar Gallery in Denver. The deadline is February 28 at midnight. The Utah Ties opening will be held on March 21. See website for details. 175 E. 200 South, SLC.
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Utah Artist Hands moves
KUED: The Air We Breathe
After 12 years on First South near the Salt Palace, Utah Artists Hands has moved to the west portion of the Michael Berry Gallery on Broadway. Owner Pam O'Mara says she made the move because it was “quiet” on First South, and now says she enjoys sharing the space with Berry on the much busier Broadway, including more foot traffic from the Broadway movie theater. Berry agrees that the move has been working out well, and says he likes interacting with UAH's customers.
You may have been tuning into RadioWest’s Clearing the Air series about Utah’s bad air, its sources and possible solutions. Now KUED is joining the conversation with a new half-hour episode of UtahNOW, The Air We Breathe, produced by Issac Goeckeritz. The episode will look to answer some nagging questions: what is an inversion and how does it form, who is actually at risk on bad air days and what is the risk, what are the major contributors and what are the costs and consequences?
801.355.0206. Noon-7p, Mon.-Fri. Till 5p on Sats. 163 E Broadway. WWW.UTAHANDS.COM
KUED, Ch. 7: Wed., Feb. 5 at 7p and repeats on Fri., Feb. 7 at 8p and Sun., Feb. 9 at 4 p.
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For those of you who have wished for a friendly tutorial on Salt Lake’s new downtown parking meters, wanted a suggestion on a restaurant or antiques shop, or wondered how to use the GREENbikes, a Downtown Ambassador might soon be coming to your rescue. Or you could become that helpful anonymous hero. The Downtown Ambassador volunteer program which began last fall is still accepting applications. Anyone 18 or older can apply. Ambassadors complete a half-day training session, offered bi-monthy, after which they are required to serve a minimum of two three-hour shifts per month; the minimum term length is one year. In exchange, ambassadors receive thankyous in the form of discounts and gift cards from partnering businesses.
H20 Vitality opened its doors in Sugar House in November, 2013, offering ionized alkaline water by the gallon as well as home filtration systems and micro-current facials and therapy sessions. Owner Tara Williams’ father suffered prostate cancer and the effects of four years of radiation treatment. She says drinking alkaline water is one of the main reasons his cancer has not come back. Williams quotes a recent study from China which concludes that 70% of disease and cancer is caused by dehydration. Her store’s purpose is to educate people on the importance of being hydrated in order to live longer, healthier lives, she says. H20 Vitality offers membership programs with discounts. Curbside service is provided for no extra fee. Delivery is available.
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CUAC call for art Following Central Utah Art Center’s (CUAC, pronounced quack) successful court case contesting the sudden eviction from their headquarters and gallery space in Ephraim, Utah (CUAC director Adam Bateman called it “an act of censorship”) the contemporary art venue is ready to launch into their annual juried art show, Utah Ties. This year’s show, with cash prizes, will be judged by Colorado artist Adam Gildar,
H20 Vitality, 22030 S. 900 East, Ste. F. 801.477.6333. H20VITALITY.NET
Kids Writers and Illustrators Contest Contestants from grades K through 6 are invited to submit original works of art and writing to the annual PBS KIDS contest held by KUED. Stories can be fact, fiction, prose or poetry. Art can include drawings, collages, photography and 3-D creations. Entries are judged on originality, creative expression and storytelling by a panel of local judges. The contest begins February 1. Contest rules, past submissions, this year’s entry form: KUED.ORG/KIDS
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Osho Zen Tarot: Comparison, Schizophrenia Medicine Cards: Skunk, Hummingbird, Blank Shield Mayan Oracle: Cimi, Manifestation, Polarity Ancient Egyptian Tarot: Death, Two of Cups, Prince of Swords Aleister Crowley Deck: Luxury, Knight of Cups, Prudence Healing Earth Tarot: Nine of Shields, Seven of Crystals, Three of Shields Words of Truth: Manipulation, Dreams, Exhaustion, Family
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sion. There are moments when you know you have to make huge lifealtering decisions and those decisions will tear down the safety and security that you had manifested and place you in a position where you have to find new ways to define, protect and create home. Home is always within. It is not a place or circumstance. It is not a thing or object. It is a deep space of acceptance and knowing of who you are, mistakes and all, warts and all. Your choices may or may not work for others. They may not even seem to work for you, either. But something is working. Something divine is attempting to realign you with a larger place for your growth and well-being, surrendering up your old self. After all, that old life could use a bit of refining. There is a beautiful pathway beyond the ego’s definition of who you presently are. You cannot compare your path to another’s. You cannot assume the nature of other people’s lives when you are seeing them only from the outside. You are not privy to the intense upheavals of others’ personal pain and karmic hardship. When you are feeling exhausted, constrained and manipulated by circumstances in your life, do not presume you are alone Others have been there, and perhaps are right now, also. Your life supports movement in the ways you have decided are most important for you. Now is the time to follow the path of grace and ease. However, what seems to be showing up is the opposite. Sometimes you have to confront that which is not working.
Why is it that we feel we have to struggle? Why is it so hard to simply accept what is presented and move on? Why is it so hard to choose what you need and want when that choice might upset others? Is it true love if you are selling out yourself and your own needs in order to give the other what they need? These are big questions this month. Patience, communication, permission and acceptance are what’s required to make the shifts necessary right now. The key is really permission. I think love allows. I think deep love gives space for others to have experiences regardless of if we think they are right or wrong. I think when you love someone you allow them to make mistakes, make choices, try new things, expand themselves, and create options through experiences and trial and error. Often we have a good idea but it is not realistic, practical or doable in that moment. Then, through repeated effort, we learn how to refine it until it becomes something unique and in alignment with our spirit. This month you might find that you are tired of manipulating situations, people and circumstances to get your dream. You might be feeling exhausted from struggling. You might have to recalibrate your dream and find a less draining way. This is a moment to find the new, emerging center. Follow the love and joy. Allow your gifts to be seen by others. Continue to search for more information and for those who are a part of your spiritual family. You may feel caught between the old place and the new. But you are okay. You are safe. You hold keys within that you do not yet understand. What you need will come as you align yourself with the greater flow. But you’re not there yet. Feel into the moment and let go of the patterns that limit expansion. Know that change can challenge your thinking patterns. Keep a compassionate heart for yourself and others. Take your time to find the most peaceful path. N Suzanne Wagner is the author of numerous books and CDs on the tarot. She now lives in California, but visits Utah for classes and readings frequently. SUZWAGNER.COM
Hoping to find The One this Valentine’s Day?
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Good news: Your search is almost over. Because, right now, dogs and cats of all ages and breeds are ready to meet you. Best Friends Animal Adoption Center 2005 South 1100 East Salt Lake City, Utah 84106 Tuesday -Saturday 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. Closed Sunday and Monday 801-574-2454
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