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CATALYST RESOURCES FOR CREATIVE LIVING

Gardening like a boss: new column by James Loomis

Beer: The lowdown on GMOs and BPAs

Music: Elephant Revival returns

Tales From the Hive: Ashley Sanders on storytelling

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and drawings using sexualized reliwas born in East Los Angeles on gious iconography — at Morphos January 9, 1948, Southern Gallery. Performed and designed California bred and educated and sets for theater and began to write after one year at UCLA, graduated stories for film. from Cal Arts with a Moved to Los BFA. Moved to San Angeles where I conFrancisco and then to tinued to paint and Canada for a few years, had shows titled where I worked as an Sacred Porn, illustrator and muralist. Unspeakable, Got sent to Tahiti on Propaganda, Larger assignment for Than Life and Vancouver magazine. Obscenery) . Landed in I’m currently writing Washington DC for a a fake reality TV show while, working as an with a partner, in preillustrator for the production on a feaWashington Post. Built ture film as producon drained swampland, Neverwas Productions tion designer, painting the summer weather is in oils, and designing sets and sadistic. John Kennedy called it a graphics for theater. Through the city of southern efficiency and last 15 years I have also been a northern hospitality. samba dancer, Burning Man Back to California after some time habitué and wannabe lounge traveling, I settled in a small town crooner. In January of 2015 I began called Bolinas, made ceramic sculpan online entity called Neverwuz ture, grew pot and magic mushProductions on FaceBook which, rooms and became part of a theater surprising no one more than me, collective, performing and designgrew to become a global phenomeing my first theater sets. non of Art, Film, Flashmob Events Moved to San Francisco, had my and Surretail franchises called first solo show of paintings Dirty Neverwuz A store. N Pictures — a series of oil paintings

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Air quality crusades 2015 roundup

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armer weather combined with a lack of snow in the valley kept the worst inversions at bay this winter. And—out of sight, out of mind—the debates about improving air quality along the Wasatch Front just didn’t seem to get as heated this season. But the legislature is still in session. Some air quality bills are on the table. And before one of Salt Lake’s greatest problems gets shelved for another eight months, let’s look at what got stirred up in this season’s air quality crusade. Governor Herbert’s proposed wood burning ban got the season off to a good start. The proposal sought to instate a total solid wood (pellet and log stoves) burn ban from November 1-March 15, mostly for counties in northern Utah. Neither the Governor nor the Department of Air Quality expected their little proposal to raise such passionate pushback. Thousands of citizens concerned about the restrictiveness of the proposal turned out to the series of planned public hearings. Utahns for Responsible Burning organized opponents and called for alternative solutions like incentivizing EPA-certified and other low emission stoves, which, they pointed out, can cut emissions by up to 90%. The DEQ’s attempt to grab what University of Utah Atmospheric Sciences Professor Jim Steenburgh called the “low-hanging fruit” of wintertime inversions didn’t come to pass and it seemed as though Salt Lake, Provo and Cache Valley would continue their ignominious flaunting of EPA standards for PM 2.5 levels (we were given an “F” from the Lung Association for our high levels of PM 2.5). But wood burning stoves aren’t the only bad air culprit. According to Salt Lake City’s own data, area sources—homes, small businesses and buildings—make up 32% of the pollution we breathe, industry point

sources contribute 11%, and vehicles make up a whopping 57%. Enforcing stricter controls on these pollution sources could be another solution. Taking up that call is Utah House minority whip Representative Rebecca ChavezHouck (D) who, along with State Senator Gene Davis, sponsored S.B. 87, a bill that would repeal provisions prohibiting Utah’s Division of Air Quality from adopting clean air regulations that exceed federal standards. The bill passed through the Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environmental Committee with a favorable recommendation and has a chance of continuing to a second reading. A similar bill, H.B. 226, sponsored by Representative Rebecca Edwards, would then authorize the Division of Air Quality to “create rules that are more stringent than corresponding federal regulations if additional regulations will provide added protection to public health and the environment.” Unfortunately, a little tampering by House rules chair Michael Noel (R) changed the critical wording “more stringent” to the less powerful “different.” But the bill has favorable recommendations and is going to a third reading. Finally, SB 208, from sponsor Senator Luz Escamilla, would increase penalties against violators of the Air Conservation Act and authorize the DEQ to use some of the money collected on environmental programs. This bill has not yet passed the Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Committee. Whether you support the woodburning ban or not, you probably agree that it’s time we tackled the issue of air pollution in Salt Lake— and in a big way. Contact your representatives and let them know the kind of environmental future you want for this state. N

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ENVIRONEWS over state takeover of federally managed public lands, Utah voters say they view these public lands as belonging to all Americans (60%), rather than belonging more the people of Utah (30%).” The poll found that 96% of Utahns had visited national public lands at least once in 2014, and that “Utah voters place the healthy, outdoor lifestyle, the ability to live near public lands, and the low cost of living at the top of reasons they live in the West.”

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This is really important! Mountain Accord comments due March 16 After months in the works The Mountain Accord blueprint is now available for public review. Mountain Accord is a planning process for the future of the Wasatch Mountains. Note that Mountain Accord is not the same thing as “One Wasatch,” a bad plan from the ski industry to turn the whole Wasatch Range into one huge ski resort. While the Mountain Accord plan contains some bad ideas, too, such as a tunnel from Alta to Brighton and a rail line in the Cottonwood Canyons as well as allowing expanded ski resort base development, it also preserves undeveloped backcountry. Carl Fisher, Executive Director of Save Our Canyons, says some of the tradeoffs might possibly be worth future certainty that other parts of the Wasatch will remain undeveloped. Public input from the public is urgently needed in order to decide whether the plan is worthy of support. Fisher says “We’ve worked to shape this outcome, now we need you to help us understand whether or not it is a good deal.” Mountain Accord Public Feedback due by Mach 16: MOUNTAINACCORD.COM; Save Our Canyons: SAVEOURCANYONS.ORG/

Taking the “public” out of public lands Utah politicians have claimed that that transferring ownership of federal public lands to the State of Utah would support more efficient multiple-use management, but they seem to be confusing different models of land management. A new report from the Wallace Stegner Center says, “It is unwise to confuse the multiple-use man-

“Many of the incredible natural phenomena associated with grasslands—prairie dog colonies millions of acres across, massive herds of bison migrating across the plains, lesser prairie-chickens dancing on their leks, the eyes of black-footed ferrets shining in the night—have vanished or are nearly gone.” —WildEarth Guardians

In fact, the Transfer of Public Lands Act (TPLA) has no multiple-use mandate and Utah law has no equivalent of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that requires stakeholder input and environmental review. Since, as the report says, “The cost of managing transferred public lands would exceed revenue under all but the most optimistic scenario,” low-revenue uses like hunting, fishing and camping would certainly lose out to developers with more money to spend. The predictable result would be an economic imperative towards development, loss of public access, loss of public input about land management and significantly higher user fees. As the report says, “Other values suffer when market efficiency is elevated above multiple-use management.” Stegner Center White Paper No. 2015_01: HTTP://BIT.LY/1FFV7DU

Utah voters love federal public lands The 2015 Conservation in the West Poll from Colorado College found that, “despite being at the epicenter of a national debate

For over a year Congressman Rob Bishop (R-UT-1) has been working on what he calls a “grand bargain for public lands” that he says will end the fighting about how (and by whom) Utah’s public lands should be managed. Bishop promised that all stakeholders would be invited to the table in order to develop the plan. In some Utah counties that actually happened and in others it didn’t. Despite the recalcitrance of some Utah county governments, Bishop went ahead and drafted a map of his Public Lands Initiative (PLI) and has announced that the proposal will be released on March 27. It remains to be seen whether the Public Lands Initiative will be an outright attack on public land conservation or a document worth discussing and improving (like the Washington County Growth and Conservation Act of 2008 which is often cited as a model for solving Utah’s ongoing public lands battles).

Report from the burrow Despite praise for trying a number of creative strategies for prairie dog conservation, the State of Utah earned an overall grade of “C” in the 2015 “Report from the Burrow,” from WildEarth Guardians. Utah prairie dogs on private land are particularly threatened since District Court Judge Dee Benson (the same guy who sent Tim DeChristopher to prison for protesting a BLM oil and gas lease auction that later turned out to be illegal) ruled that the federal Endangered Species Act doesn’t apply to them (a decision that has been appealed). WildEarth Guardians reminds us that the few prairie dogs left are the small remnant of a vast ecosystem: “Many of the incredible natural phenomena associated with grasslands—prairie dog colonies millions of acres across, massive herds of bison migrating across the plains, lesser prairiechickens dancing on their leks, the eyes of black-footed ferrets shining in the night— have vanished or are nearly gone.” WildEarth Guardians: WILDEARTHGUARDIANS.ORG

SLIGHTLY OFF CENTER BY DENNIS HINKAMP

Contrary to unpopular beliefs he unexamined life is not only worth living, it is better; so just gag on your hemlock, Socrates. And, actually there are two constants; change and the likelihood that someone will drag out that lame quote any time they make an unpopular decision. Yes, I hate clichés like the plague and abhor the overuse of aphorisms because I am a proud, disgruntle liberal arts major. I empathize with your animosity concerning this. I like Arial 12 and I cannot lie, all you other serif fonts can step aside. At what point after the Gutenberg Bible did we decide that we needed 5,000 fonts plus wing-dings to convey a message? Comic Sans is more pathetic than comic. Papyrus font? Ancient Egyptians are spinning in their sarcophaguses. I went to an exhibit of the Dead Sea scrolls and the most interesting part is that it documents that last time in history that graphic artists could settle on a single font. I’m a contrarian so shoot me even though I don’t believe in guns. I do, however, believe in the existence of guns and that trying to pass laws that prevent people from bringing them inside some circle of peace and knowledge is a noble, yet futile, gesture. Unless you want to construct citywide metal detectors, you are going to have live with the fact that anyone can kill you at any time. Think of it as something like driving. I’m sorry, I get like this every time I drink too much coffee and watch too much FOX news simultaneously. My mind is blown every time I contemplate that the same network that spews 24/7 of crazy also produces Neil Degrasse Tyson’s updated Cosmos program. I start to think of all the conspiracy theories that might not actually be conspiracies but are actually conspiracies disguised as coverups. I believe we shouldn’t have DNA in our food supply and that all meat should be gluten-free. Bananas should not contain cholesterol and measles vaccines should be optional so long as you promise to live in a yurt in Antarctica; but not within 100 kilometers of the stations where actual scientists work. I believe that president Obama wasn’t born in America because Hawaii really isn’t America. Have you ever been there? It is way too pleasant to be real America and they can’t even decide if Aloha means hello or goodbye. How can you trust people like that? I believe that a plethora of wished upon things will magically materialize once pigs fly and that we are working on this. Pig flight will likely be via drones which are currently thought more evil than GMOs. We use drones every day to kill people but once they start taking pictures of people in bikinis or your drunk uncle crashes one into the White House we need to start spouting the Constitution. Thomas Jefferson would have totally used a drone to check up on his slaves if drones had been available at the time; but that is just time travel speculation. N

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LIKE A BOSS (IN THE GARDEN)

don’t trust anybody with clean fingernails in spring. The people I trust can’t help but thrust their winter-weary hands into the rich, living soil as soon as the sun begins to warm it. The people I trust are out as early as February, pulling mats of leaves off their favorite garden beds, eagerly shoving pea seeds into the earth. They’re just better people than those with meticulously groomed fingers. They have their priorities straight. That’s simply an honest observation. Deal with it.

each of these little biological powerhouses. Growing plants from seed allows for more choices than purchasing starts, and when we do it right, we’ll have more vigorous plants as well. Vigorous, healthy plants defend themselves from pests and diseases, and produce far more abundance. Starting your seedlings indoors is simple, and now is the perfect time to get most of your starts going. It’s also prime time to get several things planted outside, and trust me, you do not want to snooze on spring-planted crops! More on that later…..

Step 1: The set-up

This is a new column for CATALYST, and my first column for the publication as well. My goal is to help inspire and inform the next generation of grower, as well as help the veterans realize even greater beauty and yields. “Like a boss” refers to doing things so right it’s almost wrong. When we grow like a boss, our gardens become vibrant, lush and healthy, and so do our neighbors, children and friends. So let’s grow this thing. Let’s grow this thing until the city is full of backyards bursting at the seams with food forests; till every neighborhood is full of front yards growing grapevines to produce the grapes to produce the wine that the gardener is drinking while she prunes. Let’s grow this thing until the parkstrips that are planted in edible landscapes and sculpted with stone benches are embraced by the city. Or, if that’s a little too lofty, I’m content enough to simply provide you with enough tips to inspire you to mix a cocktail, go outside and play. So, let’s get down to the dirt. This month we’re focusing on getting our starts going inside, and we’ll tackle some of our early outdoor planting as well.

If you want to start seeds like a boss, you’ll need a solid foundation to your process. This starts with a sturdy table and work area, and please, don’t forget to use protection. Protect tables, floors and walls from soil and water, and protect your setup and tender seedlings from pets and children. The location of the station will be a compromise among convenience, light availability and space. Remember, your tomatoes and peppers are going to be hogging the station for around eight weeks, and that’s a long time to deal with an oddly placed table in the living room. However, tucking it too far out of the way invites neglect. Make it attractive, keep it clean, put it in the right spot, and you won’t be able to stay away.

Step 2: Light Most plants don’t require light to germinate, but once they break the surface, you want provide your starts lots of high intensity light to make the seedlings grow squat and robust. Not enough light makes plants grow tall and weak, a problem referred to as being leggy. The brighter the light you can provide, the less stressful the move outdoors with be. Easiest: The window. If you are planning on using a window as a light source, it absolutely has be south facing and not drafty. Windows provide the lowest light and seed starts grown in the window tend to be leggy. Rotate trays to keep seedlings from leaning in one direction. Modern “energy-efficient” low-e windows block certain spectrums of light, as well as solar gain. They’re good for your power bill, but horrible for growing great plants. I’ve watched magnificent houseplants literally starve to death after being robbed of certain light wavelengths cut off by the low-e coating. They basically turn a high light situation into a very low one. Don’t get me wrong, I love efficient windows, and have replaced all the older ones in my home. But the second home in which I had it done, I put high-e windows on the south face. They’re great for plants, and they allow a ton of solar gain to help heat my home for free in the winter. Step it up: Fluorescent grow lights. Indoor lighting, even right in the window, is nowhere

The seed is the ultimate technology the gardener possesses. The power to produce life, food, beauty, and even to replicate itself lies within each of these little biological powerhouses. BY JAMES LOOMIS

Timing is everything when you want to garden like a boss, and it all starts with a seed. The seed is the ultimate technology the gardener possesses. The power to produce life, food, beauty, and even to replicate itself lies within

near as bright as outside in the direct sun. The more light we can give our plants now, the more vigorous they will be, and the less transplant shock they’ll suffer later. The least expensive and most accessible option is fluorescent lighting with a basic two- or fourbulb shop-type set-up. The general rule for fluorescent lighting is 10-15 watts per square foot; however, the lumens, or light output, is more important. Go for as high of a lumen rating as you can afford. The fixtures and bulbs are inexpensive, but make sure you buy

bulbs rated for plant growth. It will be marked clearly the box. They are widely available at most hardware and gardening stores. They cost more, but don’t skimp on this. You went through all the extra trouble to bump it up a notch, so don’t back out now. This lighting works best in conjunction with the bright window placement. Starts grown under fluorescent lighting alone are often leggy and weak, unless the light is placed within inches of the plant canopy. Since

Most plants don’t require light to germinate, but once they break the surface, you want provide your starts lots of high intensity light to make the seedlings grow squat and robust.

The general rule for fluorescent lighting is 10-15 watts per square foot; however, the lumens, or light output, is more important. Go for as high of a lumen rating as you can afford. Buy bulbs rated for plant growth. If possible, place your setup near a south-facing window. plants grow constantly, the light needs to be frequently moved. Since plants grow at different rates, this gets even harder. My wife and I once spent an entire spring session shimming up all of our various plants’ pots with whatever we could find to keep our canopy height the same. Never. Again. The moral of the story is to use these lights as supplemental light in conjunction to what you are already getting through the window, and to lengthen the amount of time the plant receives light per day. Advanced: Professional grow lights are designed specifically for growing plants indoors. Covering all of your options in this arena would require another article entirely, and it comes down to your budget and ecological sensibilities when making a selection. On the affordable side, the advent of T5 fluorescent lighting produces some pretty thick light for a reasonable price. High-tech LEDs are revolutionizing indoor lighting without guzzling power, but high-

quality ones can be quite expensive. I use a 400w metal halide lamp with an external ballast I salvaged from a warehouse deconstruction and it’s so bright I need sunglasses when it’s on. This borders on ridiculous, but there’s nothing wrong with overkill when you’re growing like a boss.

Step 3: The planting medium When it comes to starting seeds, don’t think of soil, think about planting medium. We want to provide ideal conditions for the roots of our plants. Using soil from the garden is a terrible idea, as it is often too heavy to allow a seedling to germinate and grow with little resistance. Don’t skimp on this step. All future success starts here. Whatever you use, make sure there is always good water drainage. The two preferred mediums are plugs and soil mixes. Plugs are peat moss or coco coir held together with a thin netting

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and pressed into self-contained little potting units. Usually these come compacted and expand up to 10 times their pressed size when water is added. Though the netting claims

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his recipe is a slight tweak on the tried-and-true soil block mix from Elliot Coleman, published in his book The New Organic Grower (1988: Chelsea Green). I never sterilize my seed starting mix, as this would kill the robust biological diversity in the soil we have achieved with the introduction of the worm castings, compost and healthy garden soil. The unit I use is a cup (makes five gallons of seed-starting mix), but this can be modified depending on the size of your batch. 30 parts peat moss 1/8 part hydrated lime 20 parts perlite or coarse sand 3/4 part balanced organic fertilizer 10 parts healthy garden soil 10 parts worm castings 10 parts high quality sifted compost

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to be “biodegradable,” it is not. I suggest removing the netting at transplanting time, as long as you have timed your process correctly and you won’t be terrorizing roots that may be growing through the netting. Plugs are a great place to start for beginners. They are simple, cheap and easy. However, they contain little long-lasting nutrition for longer lived starts, and are better suited for fast-germinating plants destined for transplanting. Seedlings grown for extended periods (tomatoes, peppers) will need supplemental nutrition and/or transplanting into a soil mix. Soil mixes are loose mixes that simulate the ideal soil for germinating seedlings. We want seed starting mix, not a regular potting soil. Potting soil contains far too many nutrients for ideal seedling growth. Seed starting mixes are generally made up of mostly peat moss and perlite, a naturally occurring volcanic glass that prevents soil compaction, with a little compost and other amendments. Custom blends are easily made to tailor to the needs of particular plants (See sidebar for Seed Starting Mix Recipe). When using a seed starting mix, we have to contain the soil. For that, we have a few options. Easiest: Plastic pots. This is the classic way to start seeds, packed into those ubiquitous 6-pack plastic trays, but anything that can hold the soil mix will do. Lots of people love the red Solo cups for larger plants, and although I try to avoid plastic as much as possible, I find this use far more dignifying than for beer pong. If you are improvising your containers, poke plenty of holes for drainage and have something for that water to drain into. The downside of mini pots is that the plants can often get rootbound, and the roots are subjected to over-

heating. Both of these scenarios result in the plants’ vigor being interrupted. Intermediate: Flats. A more advanced technique is to fill large, deep flats with our seed-starting mix and plant multiple (often dozens or hundreds depending on variety and scale) of seeds. The seedlings now have far more rooting space available, and the moisture and temperature in the root zone is moderated. This technique is geared more towards plants like chard or head lettuce, as it allows us to sow a large amount of plants quickly, and separate them at planting time. The starts are then lifted with a planting knife at transplant time and planted in the soil. Advanced: The soil block technique uses a special tool to press starting mix into cubes. The blocks “air prune” the growing roots, eliminating rootbound starts. Transplanting is a breeze. Each start is self-

contained, and you don’t have to struggle to pop them out of the mini pots, or separate an ungodly amount of tangled starts from your flats. Once you go block, you never go back.

When starting plants like butterhead lettuce, chard and beets, plant a round of starts every week rather than one large batch. This results in a steady yield rather than one overwhelming harvest.

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Step 4: Water Water is the catalyst that gets the party started. The interaction of the biology in the soil and the growing plant is what keeps it going â&#x20AC;&#x2122;til the break of dawn. To garden like a boss, we need to make sure our water doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t harm the microbes in the soil, and that is exactly what chlorinated tap water can do. Fortunately, chlorine is quite volatile. A vessel of water left open will vent out all of the chlorine in about 24 hours.

Take it up a notch by adding an aquarium air stone and pump to the vessel, and you can blow off the chlorine in a matter of hours. This also provides highly oxygenated water to your seedlings, which is just plain nice to do. If you are on point enough to have a rain barrel installed, then pat yourself on the back and use that water; it still pays to oxygenate that, as well. Good clean rainwater, stored properly, is the gold standard of water for plants. Before we plant, we are going to want to moisten our planting medium thoroughly. This makes sure

freshly planted seeds donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get disrupted. I find that wetting all of my seed-starting mix in a separate bin and then adding it to my pots moist is far easier than trying to soak dry, loaded pots.

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Peas are a great early garden producer, and I put mine out as early as February unprotected is usually measured in terms of last frost date. This is the latest point in the spring in which, on average, the temperature dips to freezing. For example, most varieties of tomato are started indoors eight weeks before last frost date. Where I live, in Salt Lake’s Sugarhood, the average frost date is May 9. I start my tomatoes around March 7. If I start my tomatoes 12 weeks before last frost date they’ll be even bigger when the time comes to move them outside. And bigger is better, right? Well, not exactly. Size matters less than vigor. There is an inherent state of rapid growth in a plant when all of its needs are met. If we can guide our starts through this state of high vigor without interruption, the result will be the highest quality plants imaginable. Well-timed tomato starts are way better than giant tomato

common technique with heat-loving nightshades such as tomatoes, peppers and eggplants. Germination is faster and more uniform with heat mats. (On the other hand, most cool weather crops do not appreciate these mats.) Advanced: When starting plants like butterhead lettuce, chard and beets, it’s best to plant a round of starts every week rather than one large batch. This way you end up with a succession of various aged starts, resulting in a steady yield rather than one overwhelming harvest. We can take things up a notch and keep starting them weekly through the season. For example, with all of my head lettuces, I start a round every week. They stay in soil blocks for around four weeks before planting. Then, as soon as something is harvested and an available space opens up, pow! I

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can plug in a healthy, vigorous start. This really stacks up the level of production when one is dealing with a limited amount of garden space. Instead of having to plant another seed and wait, I instantly have another maturing plant in position. Consider most butterhead lettuce take around nine weeks to mature from seed; if I plant a fourweek-old start I’ve, in essence, almost doubled my available space! Boom, that’s a garden time warp, folks. High fives all around.

around your plants, as well as strengthens them for the upcoming move outdoors. Advanced: Plants like tomatoes and peppers spend a full eight weeks inside, on average, before moving them outside after last frost date. Keep a careful eye on them, and as soon as roots begin to fill out the growing medium, transplant them into a slightly bigger pot. This gives more available rooting space and nutrients to the plants, as well as a little more elbow room from one another.

Step 6: Maintenance

When everything is done right, and all of the plants’ needs are met, it is incredibly exciting to watch them grow and thrive. If you set everything up properly, there is little more to do than water occasionally and monitor the lighting. If you are running lights, having them on a timer saves a lot of hassle. A note on watering: Immediately after planting we need to make sure to keep the soil constantly moist to allow the seeds to germinate. I usually cover mine to prevent drying out. Once their cute little cotyledons pop up, they still need steady moisture for the first week. After that, it’s a good idea to allow the surface of the soil to dry out just slightly before watering again. If the soil mix stays too wet for too long, this can rot the point at which the stem meets the root, the crown, and the plant tips over dead. This is known as damping off. Damping off is a total bummer. Step it up: Add an oscillating fan on a timer. Have it turn on for 15 minutes every hour, and gently blow on your seedlings. This keeps good air circulation

lot of plants can go in the ground right now. Peas are a great early garden producer, and I put mine out as early as February unprotected (even the first week of January works, if you have a cold frame). Other champions of cool weather are spinach, all lettuces, arugula, mizuna, minutina, and of course we can’t forget about kale. If you haven’t gotten twitterpated by kale, it’s because you haven’t eaten kale grown in the cool weather, when it still freezes. You can take things up a notch next year by starting some of these inside four to eight weeks before you start your tomatoes, and then move them outside when you start your tomatoes inside. You’ll be eating greens by April! Note that spinach does poorly when transplanted, so always start it from seed in the ground. Now, go outside and play dirty. N

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What do you want to do? The key to succeeding at persistence BY ALICE TOLER Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. —Calvin Coolidge

’ve overcome many seemingly insurmountable obstacles in my life by being persistent. There’s a point of judgment where you spill over into “fool’s errand” territory, but that’s a lot farther along than you’d think. Mostly I just keep coming back to whatever it is I’m trying to accomplish, and trying different angles, and then when I get tired of it, I go do something else for a bit. This trying of different angles, and the self-permission to go take a break—those are key. I won’t get anything useful done if I exhaust myself all the time. Sometimes I think I’m getting a “no” from the cosmos, when it’s

really a “not yet” that I’m taking as a “no” because I’m impatient. Sometimes I catch myself telling myself that something I think I want is impossible.

I’m not claiming there’s no such thing as an impossibility— but there are fewer of those than you might think. What’s really going on is that I’m struggling with an internal split. Part of me wants this thing, and another part of me is afraid of it, so it gets filed in the “impossibilities” drawer. I think it’s more useful to acknowledge the split, and then figure out why I might be afraid of something that I also seem to

want. I’m not claiming there’s no such thing as an impossibility— but again, there are fewer of those than you might think. Once, many years ago during a divorce, I was crying into my white Russian at a floating tiki bar in the Bahamas. A guy sitting next to me listened to my tale of woe for a few minutes and then said to me, “The best advice I can give you, or anyone else, is to figure out what you want to do, and do it. What you actually want to do is not necessarily what you think you want to do. You get all confused by what you’ve done in the past, or what other people want for you, or what you think they want you to want, and it’s so hard to disentangle. But you can do it. So, what is it that you really want to do?” That’s still some of the best advice I’ve ever heard, and one of the best questions I’ve ever been asked. What do you want to do? Go figure it out, and then go do it. N Alice Toler is a staff writer at CATALYST.

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and video animation for the Grateful Dead, has created quite the hippie hot spring haven with its own venue and lodging in RV’s, restored pioneer cabins and newly decked-out old tour buses. Elephant Revival is often described as gypsy, folk, Celtic, Americana, and even jam-grass. Each band member contributes songs, adding versatility. Their December 30, 2014 show at the State Room took the audience on a journey from foot-stomping jubilation to delicate, haunting folkie moments and back again to celebratory, fiddlin’ glee. The visual element of their aerialist on the lyra and the silk hammock added breath-taking moments. It’s often their purely instrumental songs that evoke the most vivid images. When Dango Rose showed the band his song “The Pasture” (from their 2013 album These Changing Skies), he didn’t reveal the song’s name, but the band got it. “We were all having these images of running through this pasture with horses and being in big open space,’” says Paine. These Changing Skies gets its name from lyrics in the song “Remembering a Beginning,” and those lyrics were inspired by the idea that “everything is communicating,” from David Abram’s 2010

everything that we’re inextricably in relationship with. Everything has its own language.” She presses on the table. “This table is communicating by resisting my touch. And the sky —what is its form of communicating, what has it experienced, what changes has it seen?” Stewardship is at the forefront of their lyrics and motivations. “We are in this together. If we could really get it, we’d have a more gentle relationship with the planet,” says Paine. Elephant Revival members don’t just sing about making the world a better place, they act on it, too. They do as much as they can individually, eating organically and eliminating waste. They sell reusable bamboo plate ware, canteens and silverware at their shows to festival-goers; for whom trash is a major issue. They’ve traveled in a bus that runs on vegetable oil and played at multiple anti-fracking shows. Paine grew up on a farm at the end of the Trail of Tears, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and fracking is making a big impact on her home. In the past couple of years since the fracking industry has developed, earthquakes have spiked out of control in a state where, a decade ago, buying earthquake insurance was laughable. Now, according to National Geographic, Oklahoma has more

With her genuine smile and her bag of fresh laundry she was unabashedly toting, I immediately felt in the presence of a humble, gentle soul. After hearing their story, getting deep into the tectonic plate-lubricating details of fracking and climbing our way out if it again, I got the impression their band’s mission and individual inclinations are much more than to just play incredible music. They’re something expansive and egoless about their chemistry as a band, on and offstage. They’re the kind of band that makes you want to be a better person. Elephant Revival has been playing gigs in Utah since they formed in 2006. In particular, they love Mystic Hot Springs in Monroe. “That’s a big drawing point, honestly. When we first became a band, that was one of our first destinations,” says Paine. Mystic Hot Springs has become a popular spot for all kinds of traveling musicians to stop, take a soak and play gigs during their journeys from coast to coast. “Mystic Mike” Ginsburg, the owner, who used to design graphics

book The Spell of the Sensuous. Abrams, according to Paine, says that when language was created, we replaced intuition with intellect. “That’s when we withdrew from being able to respect the things we’re made out of, the animals, and

earthquakes than California. Paine recounts a story: She got into a conversation with some guys on an airplane who worked in the fracking industry. After much small talk and their altitude had reached more profound heights, she sweetly

ELEPHANT REVIVAL lephant Revival, a folk quintet from Nederland, Colorado, is back in town, almost. This time they’ll be packing the house at Park City Live. The Utah scene has an infatuation with Elephant Revival. As it turns out, Elephant Revival has a special devotion to Utah, also; they last played in Salt Lake just a few months ago at the State Room for New Year’s Eve and the night prior. This was their second New Year’s playing in Salt Lake. “The crowd here is really sweet and enthusiastic, we always want to make sure we’re here at least once or twice a year,” says vocalist/percussionist Bonnie Paine. The band also includes Bridget Law (fiddle, octave fiddle); Dango Rose (double bass, mandolin, banjo), Daniel Rodriquez (guitar, banjo, double bass) and Sage Cook (banjo, guitar, mandolin, bass, fiddle); Cook is currently taking a break. Charlie Rose (banjo, pedal steel, guitar, horns, cello and upright bass) is collaborating with the group these days. I had the chance to sit down and chat with Paine on their last visit.

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GMO: It’s in the corn syrup asked if they thought the recent increase in seismic activity was due to fracking in the area. “Their response was, ‘Absolutely, it’s already proven that’s the case. They just can’t prove it that it’s to a degree that it needs to stop.”

It’s often their purely instrumental songs that evoke the most vivid images. “But it shook the ground,” she told them. “My whole family depends on well water. Isn’t that enough of a threat?” Drinking water wells near fracking sites have been found to be at high risk for methane contamination. One replied, “Unfortunately in our society things have to get catastrophic in order to come to a head.” As if poisoned wells and earthquakes are not a catastrophe. Whether or not Bonnie changed the way those fracking executives saw their impact that day, the story is a good reminder that all we have are those small, honest encounters to help remind us that “we’re all in this together.” If, for some people, science isn’t enough of a reason to care for the Earth, maybe art is. Music and art can help us hurdle the perplexing challenges with grace and joy. With the help of Elephant Revival, we can channel our frustration and disappointment into compassionate conversations and consciousness. Dancing and smiling might also be an involuntary side effect. You’ve been warned. N Sophie Silverstone is a CATALYST Magazine staffer.

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n some circles, people wanting to avoid GMOs are being lumped together with climate deniers as enemies of science. So be it. I still want to know if my food has been genetically altered in a lab. Same goes for my beer. Without any labeling requirements in the US, how do I know if my brew of choice uses GMO ingredients? According to information from the Genetic Literacy Project, most beers are inherently non-GMO. Remember that there are only eight major GM crops currently grown in the US: alfalfa, canola, corn, cotton, papayas, soybeans, squash and sugar beets. Beer is made with water, wheat, barley, hops and yeast. None of these ingredients come from genetically modified crops. But GMOs do get into beer a couple of ways. The most common is through corn syrup, commonly used by major breweries, including Coors, Pabst, Corona and Budweiser. Another place where GMOs may soon work their way into beer is yeast. According to a 2014 Popular Mechanics article, geneticists have already designed beer yeasts that could allow brewers

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to better control flavor, aroma, head retention and other qualities. As of yet, no commercial beer on the market uses GM yeast, though apparently it will be easy to gain FDA approval when the time comes. Some American wines, it turns out, are already compromised, made with the GM wine yeast ML01. Of course, yeast is filtered out of most beers before bottling. Drinkers likely wouldn’t consume the yeast, at least in any great quantity, so it’s up for debate whether there is any harm in using GM yeast. As for the future of other beer ingredients, the American Malting Barley Some local organic brews Association recently Uinta Brewing: Baba, Hazel, assured drinkers saying, Hyve, Monkshine, Sum’r, Wyld, “no genetically modified Punk’n. varieties [of barley] are Squatters: Organic Amber Ale. approved for commercial Red Rock Brewing: Zwickel Bier. production in North Some domestic and imported America.” And with little industry interest in develop- non-GMO beers Sierra Nevada (all beers) ing such a product, barley Heineken should be “safe” for anothAmstel Light er decade. Alaskan Brewing Co. (all beers) If you’re still concerned Full Sail/Sessions (all beers) about GMOs in beer, drink Deschutes Brewery (all beers) organic certified brews. You can also generally trust local craft breweries. N

BPA: It’s in the can

o you remember when research began circulating about the health risks of BPAs in plastics? Some science began pointing to a dark side of the epoxy additive, claiming that Bisphenol A (BPA), a synthetic version of estrogen and an endocrinedisrupting chemical, causes hormonal damage linked to cancer and abnormal childhood brain development— health effects more or less denied by the US Food and Drug Administration. Still, lots of people, upon learning this, immediately trashed their old Nalgene water bottles and other BPA containers to avoid plastic poisoning. Did you? If your answer is “yes,” you might want to reconsider drinking beer from cans. Turns out, beer cans are lined with BPA plastic. The lining is one reason why modern canned beer

doesn’t get a bad metallic taste. Micro-brew, corporate beer—either way, if it’s in a can, your beer is touching BPA plastic. If you’re looking hard for reasons to continue buying beer in cans (they’re great for camping), you can believe what the FDA says: that “BPA is safe at the current levels occurring in foods.”

style beers, Nimbus contends, are even more at risk for BPA leeching because of their acidity. “It is these very acids that cause BPAs to leech from the lining of the can…the actual level of BPAs in these styles of beers have the potential to be so high that you should seriously consider not ever consuming any canned beer…” Ironically, it is because of beer’s acidity that the FDA will likely never approve non-BPA linings for

Micro-brew, corporate beer—either way, if it’s in a can, your beer is touching BPA plastic. Not all breweries agree. Some micro-breweries, such as Lagunitas, refuse to can their beer specifically because of the BPA risk. Nimbus Beer, an Arizona brewery, released a company statement shunning cans. Aggressively hopped West Coast-

beer cans. According to research done by Mother Jones, BPA-free linings are only approved for lowacid foods like beans because acidic foods can penetrate a non BPA-hardened lining and react with the metal container, making the lining irrelevant.

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Kevin Romans (chef ) and Kathie Chadbourne (owner)

Alice lives here Community pairs with fine cuisine at Avenues Bistro on Third

STORY AND PHOTOS BY RANDEE LEVINE

’ve never been to Chez Panisse. I’ve only read about it, imagined it. Its food is legendary, but just as vital as its revolutionarily simple yet divine menu is the philosophy of the great Alice Waters: from local farm to table with a focus on community. Bringing that philosophy to life in Salt Lake is Avenues Bistro, a com-

fortable little Avenues restaurant where I was greeted one recent afternoon by a friendly hostess, and an old chalkboard with the hand-written words: Community, Conversation, Cuisine. As I took a seat with my party, the background hummed pleasantly with laughter from the surrounding tables and Beatles tunes from the speakers. The aromas from the open kitchen, jars of homemade pickled peppers on the counter, old rolling pins, hanging copper pots and pans and antique mixer accoutrement gave me the sense of stepping into an old French kitchen. Kathie Chadbourne, owner and manager, personally sets the tone at the bistro, making it a home away from home for many. On this visit, Chadbourne was making her usual rounds, welcoming diners into her community. Her interest and sincerity bring people back and the Bistro has a number of regulars who come in hoping for their favorite spot. Of course, it’s the Bistro’s culinary

DINING experience that really keeps customers coming back. A great way to start is with Nan’s Cheeseboard, an array of local artisan cheeses, accompanied by fresh fruit, pickled onions, housemade butter pickles and roasted tomato compote and crostini— a wonderful sensory journey, all the flavors blending nicely. When the fettucini Bolognese arrived, the aroma tipped me off that this would be a special dish. The sauce, made with beef and pork from local farms, managed complex flavors with simple, pure ingredients. The perfectly al dente housemade pasta was topped off with a dollop of creamy ricotta and fresh herbs. The sweetness of the ricotta tamed the intensity of the sauce and reminded me of my grandmother’s Bolognese. I love a good burger. The problem is finding one that lives up to my simple standards: moist, flavorful beef with a toasted bun and perfectly melted cheese. The Bistro Burger started with a housemade brioche bun toasted to a light crispy on the inside, soft on the outside. The burger, made from Utah-raised beef, was juicy, tender and cooked just as I had ordered. Topping the beef was candied bacon, melted smoked Gouda and beer & mustard aioli. Juices flowed. The condiments delighted. But the beef was, as it should be, the star of the show. The Asian-Style Noodles, not an ordinary bistro menu item, was a

Topping the beef was candied bacon, melted smoked Gouda and beer & mustard aioli. Juices flowed. refreshing addition. The dish can be ordered either vegetarian or with duck confit. The housemade vermicelli noodles were served with sautéed green onions, zucchini, pickled carrots, roasted jalapeños and cashews in a rich, tangy glaze. Last was the Spicy Chicken Tortilla, an original from head chef Kevin Romans. The pan-fried bone-in chicken breast was crusted with

ground tortillas, rice flour and spices, and served in a bowl with a spicy tomato-based soup of corn, rice, black beans, arugula and burnt lime. The tortilla crust had a perfectly crisp texture and the

chicken was juicy and flavorful. Aromatic and welldisplayed, it was a sublime match and arguably my favorite dish of the night. My check came, at the end of the night, tucked

The Avenues Bistro finally received its long-sought patio permit last month. The patio reopens April 1. into a copy of Alice Waters’ cookbook, The Art of Simple Food. Laughter still surrounded me, as Kathie continued circulating to new tables, passionately discussing food and her restaurant’s exciting future—the patio will be reopening on April 1. (And then, there’s spring in the surrounding organic vegetable and flower garden....) I, too, had found my home away from home. N Avenues Bistro on Third, 564 E. Third Ave., SLC. 801) 831-5409. 9am-9pm, Wed.-Sun. Closed Mon. and Tues.

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urrent Fish & Oyster, a new SLC restaurant featuring classically prepared, contemporarily envisioned seafood and bar menus, opens March 5 in the revitalized circa-1906 "Three and Three UnCommons" building on 300 South at 300 East. With its soaring reclaimed barrel ceilings, walls of industrial glass, shady patio and exhibition kitchen—plus a bike and TRAX-friendly location— Current is a collaboration of two of Utah's most popular dining innovators: LaSalle Restaurant Group and Trio Restaurant group. Partner Mikel Trapp of Trio tells CATALYST he was inspired to work with the LaSalle Restaurant Group on this project “because this fabulous old building with lots of history

became available. We really wanted to create a timeless restaurant in this great space. We are so excited about opening a seafood restaurant that's very contemporary—one that speaks to current trends. We also are passionate about creating this seafood menu with a focus on healthy choices and sustainability. People are going to be blown away with our cuisine from Executive Chef Logen Crew." Joel LaSalle agrees with Trapp, adding that "the Salt Lake City market, and Utah in general, needs this. We feel there is a huge void in the market for fresh seafood selections done right." Although the timeless building anchors the dining experience, the partners say that the main attraction is the inviting, artfully crafted, and carefully sourced

seafood menu, featuring the best fish from a variety of North American regions. The sumptuous oyster selections from both East and West coasts, for instance, will include nightly specials with old favorites and new discoveries. Other specials will depend upon what's fresh from the boats. Diners will chose from a menu of small plates, composed salads and entrees. An innovative beverage program created by James Santangelo to complement the chefs' creations includes wine, craft beer, soft drinks and spirits. Initially open Monday-Saturday for drinks and dinner, Current will soon add lunch and brunch. —Jane Laird

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TRUE STORIES FROM THE HIVE

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he room was abuzz with excitement. On an otherwise ordinary Thursday night, more than 300 fine folks had assembled for the second gathering of “The Bee: True Stories from the Hive,” an evening of lovingly competitive storytelling. The lights of downtown glittered through the third floor windows of The Leonardo. When Ashley Sanders took the stage, after a lively intermission, no one quite knew what to expect, only that she would tell us a true story, on the theme of the night,“Attachment,” in five minutes or less. She then regaled us with her tale, and what turned out to be the winning story of the night, about the woes of getting her period, at her ex-fiancé’s best friend’s wedding. Her story completely captivated the crowd, eliciting raucous laughter and tears of commiseration from the audience. We decided to track her down for a quick chat:

You had a mighty stage presence at The Bee, have you always been a storyteller? When I was little and people would ask me what I wanted to do when I grew up, I would say, “talk into a microphone in front of people.” I didn’t know what kind of job this would be or how a person would score that job if it existed; I just knew I liked talking...and microphones. Since then I’ve done a lot of political organizing. For two of those jobs, I’ve been the organizations’ spokesperson, and I always loved turning the conversation into a narrative, because I believe in the power of stories to bring people to life and into conversation. I also come from a family who loves laughing. Basically, if you couldn’t laugh about something, it never happened. My dad had the booming-est laugh of all, and the best record—he’s the only person I know who has physically passed out from laughing too hard. You totally killed it on stage. How did it feel to bring the house down? It felt marvelous. There were so many people and the energy in the space was so good. I appreciated how the hosts created an environment where people felt empowered to take the stage, and when a room of 300-plus people is laughing with you and not at you about a mortifying experience, well, that ain’t bad, either. This particular night I felt really stressed. I’d had a rough week and was feeling pretty low. I almost didn’t put my name in the hat, and when I did, I almost immediately took it out again. I had no idea how people would react to my

story. I mean, I thought it was funny and I think periods are a totally appropriate topic to discuss with 300 of my new best friends, but did others? I realized I had no idea about how other people felt about this issue. But finally I decided to just get up and tell it, with very little prep and only two brief check-ins with friends to determine if I was insane. Then I just got up there and hoped for the best, knowing that even if people hated it, I would like telling it, which I guess I should say is all that matters, right? Was there something about the setting of The Bee that freed you up to tell your story in a new way? I get a strong sense from The Bee that you really want people’s stories — not just the funny ones, but the sad ones and the weird ones, too, and that you can be gulping down fear and you will still have a supportive audience. I

It’s as if the bare fact of all those people sitting there reveals some dangerous secret: that we want to know each other, and be known. also think that storytelling is a fascinating phenomenon. The first time I heard about The Moth (THEMOTH.ORG, a 17year-old NY-based storytelling project and radio show). I thought, “Why didn’t I do that?!” That’s how I felt. And the reason I had never done it is because I thought no one would like it. I thought that other people would think storytelling was weird, or boring. And then I saw someone owning their joy and all these people flocking to watch, saying “me, too!” I loved it. And that’s how I feel about The Bee. Here you have hundreds of people who got home from work or school or whatever tiring thing they do in the daylight hours, and saying, “of all the things I could do, I’m going to go hear some people tell stories.” It’s amazing. It’s as if the bare fact of all those people sitting there reveals some dangerous secret: that we want to know each other, and be known. So I think it’s that secret that makes it possible to say things in front of strangers that it can be hard to say even to our closest friends. That’s the magic.

What role do you see storytelling playing in your life and work? I hope to live in such a way that no aspect of my life can exist without some good storytelling. When I was at BYU, I started a weekly discussion night, which still continues 10 years later. I’ve traveled all across the country as a spokewoman for political organizations, and I founded the local chapter of Move to Amend, fighting for a constitutional amendment declaring that corporations are not people (duh!), and reimagining a world where people, and not corporations, rule. Storytelling has been an integral part of all this work. Politically, I have always loathed jargon and statistics because I think they separate people instead of opening up their common wounds, or dreams, or joys. When I first started doing political work, people would always try to be “friendly” and stop me from saying what I was about to say. They would say I needed to tone it down, that my ideas would make people uncomfortable, that I needed to move to the middle. But, being an honesty junky, I could never do that and my way out of it was story. I learned that people are much more capable and strong and smart than most of us give each other credit for, and that if we stop talking to each other like robots we can actually meet somewhere and say who we are and what we’re really about. So I try to do that whenever I can. Other than that, everything I want to do has to do with words, and stories. I’ve taken a break from politics so I can focus on creative writing, and if I happen upon a genie, I’ll wish to be a radio journalist and then wish for more wishes. And I’ll keep trying to tell stories about what I see, and maybe make my dad faint sometime. N Giuliana Serena loves stories, periods (really!), and stories about periods. She is the Beekeeper and co-founder of “The Bee: True Stories from the Hive.”

The Bee: Tales From the Hive The Bee occurs on alternating months, at alternating venues (the Leonardo and Urban Lounge). The Bee is supported in part by CATALYST Magazine and Utah Humanities. Here’s the scoop re. the next night of “lovingly competitive storytelling”: Thursday, April 16: Urban Lounge, 241 S. 500 E. (21-and-over event). Theme: Soil. THEBEESLC.ORG: to learn more, get tickets, and put your name in the hat.

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MOVEMENT, MEDITATION DANCE RDT Dance Center Community School DA 801.534.1000, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. Broadway, SLC. RDT’s Dance Center on Broadway offers a wide range of classes for adults (ages 16+) on evenings and weekends. Classes are “drop-in,” so no long-term commitment is required. Hip Hop, Modern, Ballet & Prime Movement (specifically designed for ages 40+). WWW.RDTUTAH.ORG RemedyWave; Dance your own dance, Shannon Simonelli, Ph.D., ATR 5/31/15 385.202.6447, 616 E. Wilmington, SLC. Tuesdays 7-9p. Grounding, pulsing, wild, uplifting, rejuvenating journey through music and dance. Unlock your expression, passion and joy. Love to dance? ‘Used to’ dance? Re-member your heartful, responsive, embodied Self. Come dance! Workshops & special classes. WWW.REMEDYWAVE .ORG MARTIAL ARTS Red Lotus School of Movement 8/15 801.355.6375, 740 S. 300 W., SLC. Established in 1994 by Sifu Jerry Gardner and Jean LaSarre

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ENERGY HEALING Kristen Dalzen, LMT (Turiya’s)8/15 801.661.3896, 1569 S. 1100 E., SLC. IGNITE YOUR DIVINE SPARK! Traditional Usui Reiki Master Teacher practicing in SLC since 1996. Offering a dynamic array of healing services and classes designed to create a balanced, expansive and vivacious life. WWW.TURIYAS.COM

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Rumi Teachings 6/15 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., SLC. WWW.RUMIPOETRYCLUB.COM TAI CHI WHOLE BODY Moving, Eating & Being Play-shop 801.556.5964, Scott White. Tai Chi Easy, Qigong, Yoga & One Bowl Method for mobility, energy, vitaility, health, stress relief, balance and inner peace. Based on the books: Healer Within and One Bowl. WWW.TAICHIUTAH.COM. 5/31/15 YOGA INSTRUCTORS Mindful Yoga: Charlotte Bell DA 12/15 801.355.2617. 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, non-competitive environment since 1986. WWW.CHARLOTTEBELLYOGA.COM YOGA STUDIOS Mountain Yoga—Sandy 3/15 801.501.YOGA [9642]. 9343 S. 1300 E., SLC. 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

Centered City Yoga 9/15 801.521.YOGA (9642). 926 E. 900 S., SLC, and NOW ALSO AT 955 W. Promontory Road at Station Park, Farmington, 801.451.5443. City Centered Yoga offers more than 100 classes a week, 1,000 hour-teacher trainings, monthly retreats and workshops to keep Salt Lake City CENTERED & SANE. WWW.CENTEREDCITYYOGA.COM

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HYPNOSIS Holly Stokes, The Brain Trainer 6/15 801.810.9406, 1111 E. Brickyard Rd., Ste. 109, SLC. Hypnosis changes habits. Lose weight, stop smoking; overcome mental blocks, cravings, insomnia, fears, anxiety and unhappiness. Find your motivation, confidence and focus for living your life purpose with passion. First time clients $75 session. Call now to schedule. WWW.EXPANDINGPOTENTIALS.NET Randy Shaw, CHt., Advanced Hypnotherapy of Utah 6/15 801.671.5270, Much more valuable than just being hypnotized, Advanced Hypnotherapy is designed to attain holistic healing improvements. Release the baggage of the past, resolve problems at the roots so they don't grow back. Professional, caring, productive sessions.Visit HYPNOTHERAPY-UTAH.COM for info and testimonials. RECOVERY LifeRing Utah 2/16 LifeRing Utah meetings offer abstinence-based, peer-to-peer support for individuals seeking to live in recovery from addiction to alcohol or other drugs. Conversational meeting style with focus on personal growth and continued learning. Info: WWW.LIFERING.ORG. For local meetings, please visit WWW.LIFERINGUTAH.ORG THERAPY/COUNSELING Healing Pathways Therapy Center 3/15 435.248.2089. Clinical Director: Kristan Warnick, CMHC. 1174 E. Graystone Way (2760 S.), Ste. 8, Sugarhouse. Integrated counseling and medical services for anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship, life adjustment issues. Focusing on clients’ innate capacity to heal and resolve past and current obstacles, rather than just cope. Modalities include EMDR, EFT, mindfulness, feminist/multicultural. Individuals, couples, families. WWW.HEALINGPATHWAYSTHERAPY.COM Integrative Psychology, Shannon Simonelli, Ph.D., ATR 5/31/15 385.202.6447. Serving adolescents & adults using Art Therapy, embodied awareness/movement, brain based shifting, imagination, symbol and dialogue for well-being, practical skill building and healing. Specializing in parenting, teen issues, ADD/ADHD coaching, trauma, life transition, dealing with the borderline in your life and being happy. Holladay office or video-conference. WWW.O NLINE I NTEGRATIVE P SYCHOLOGY. COM , WWW.N EURO I MAGINAL I NSTITUTE . COM Marianne Felt, CMHC, MT-BC 12/15 801.524.0560, ext. 2. 150 S. 600 E., Ste. 7C, SLC. Certified Mental Health Counselor, Board certified music therapist, certified Gestalt therapist, Mountain Lotus Counseling. Transpersonal psychotherapy, Gestalt therapy, EMDR. Open gateways to change through experience of authentic contact. Integrate body, mind and spirit through creative exploration of losses, conflicts and relationships that challenge and inspire our lives.

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Jan Magdalen, LCSW 3/15 801.582.2705, 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. Stephen Proskauer, MD, Integrative Psychiatry 10/15 801.631.8426. Sanctuary for Healing and Integration, 860 E. 4500 S., Ste. 302, SLC. Steve is a seasoned psychiatrist, Zen priest and shamanic healer. He sees kids, teens, adults, couples and families, integrating psychotherapy and meditation with judicious use of medication to relieve emotional pain and problem behavior. Steve specializes in creative treatment of identity crises and bipolar disorders. STEVE@KARMASHRINK.COM. Blog: WWW.KARMASHRINK .COM Sunny Strasburg, MA, LMFT 2/16 Web of Life Medical Offices, 508 E. So. Temple, Suite 102, SLC. Sunny Strasburg, MA, LMFT is a licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in Jungian psychotherapy. Sunny has completed training in Gottman Method Couple’s Therapy. Sunny meets clients in person at her office in Salt Lake City. She also has a national and international clientele via video Skype. WWW.SUNNYSTRASBURGTHERAPY.COM, SUNNYS@JPS.NET Salt Lake Wellness Center, Michelle Murphy, LCSW 8/15 DA 801.680.7842, 4190 S. Highland Dr., #226, SLC. Salt Lake Wellness Center provides therapeutic services to individuals. We maintain a holistic approach. We are an Amen Method Provider. We provide traditional therapeutic interventions and education in vitamin and nutrition therapy to create a state of wellness. SHAMANIC PRACTICE Shari Philpott-Marsh 9/15 Energy Medicine/Shamanic Healer 801.599.8222. Overwhelmed? Stuck in a rut? Reclaim your clarity. Energy medicine/shamanic healing liberates you from old mental/emotional patterns. Learn to master your own energy and stand in your strength. When you are ready to embrace change, contact me. FREE phone consultation. WWW.RADIANCEYOGA .ORG

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RETAIL line goes here GROCERIES, SPECIALTY FOODS, KITCHEN SUPPLIES Cali’s Natural Foods DA 801.483.2254, 389 W. 1700 S., SLC. www.CALISNATURALFOODS.COM Liberty Heights Fresh 11/30/15 801.583.7374, 1290 S. 1100 E., SLC. We are good food grocers offering food that makes you smile. Certified organically grown and local fruits & vegetables, humanely raised meats, farmstead cheeses, hand-crafted charcuterie, traditional & innovative groceries, prepared specialties, soups, sandwiches, baked goodies & fresh flowers. M-Sat 8:30a-8p, Sun 10a-7p. www.LIBERTYHEIGHTSFRESH.COM APPAREL, GIFTS & TREASURES Blue Boutique10/15 DA 801.487.1807, 1383 S. 2100 E., SLC. WWW.BLUEBOUTIQUE.COM Dancing Cranes DA 801.486.1129, 673 E. Simpson Ave., SLC. WWW.DANCINGCRANESIMPORTS.COM Golden Braid Books DA 801.322.1162. 151 S. 500 E., SLC. A true sanctuary for conscious living in the city. Offerings include gifts and books to feed mind, body, spirit, soul and heart; luscious health care products to refresh and revive; and a Lifestyles department to lift the spirit. www.GOLDENBRAIDBOOKS.COM Healing Mountain Crystal Co. DA 800.811.0468. 363 S. 500 E., #210, SLC. WWW.HEALINGMOUNTAIN.ORG iconoCLAD—We Sell Your 2/16 Previously Rocked Stuff & You Keep 50% 801.833.2272. 414 E. 300 S., SLC. New and previously rocked (aka, consigned) men’s and women’s fashion, summer festival gear and locally made jewelry, clothing, crafts and decor. M-Sat 11a-9p, Sun 1p-6p. Follow us on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter @iconoCLAD to see new inventory before someone beats you to it! WWW.ICONOCLAD

Lotus DA 801.333.3777. 12896 Pony Express Rd., #200, Draper. For rocks and crystals. Everything from Angels to Zen. WWW.ILOVELOTUS.COM Turiya’s Gifts 2/15 DA 801.531.7823, 1569 S. 1100 E., SLC. M-F 11a-7p, Sat 11a-6p, Sun 12-5p. 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 HEALTH & WELLNESS Dave’s Health & Nutrition DA SLC: 801.268.3000, 880 E. 3900 S. West Jordan: 801.824.7624, 1817 W. 9000 S. WWW.DAVESHEALTH.COM RESALE/CLOTHING & OUTDOOR GEAR fun & frolic consignment shop 6/15 DA 801.487.6393. 2066 S. 2100 E., SLC. Consigns everything for travel/outdoor recreational experiences. Fun seekers can buy and consign highquality, 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

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Inner Light Center Spiritual Community 10/15 801.462.1800. 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: 10a; WWW.INNERLIGHTCENTER.NET

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801.328.4629. 740 S. 300 W., SLC. 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

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On hip joints and humility Genes and fancy poses

or the past two years I’ve had the privilege of attending retreats at Spirit Rock Meditation Center led by Joseph Goldstein. Co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society, Goldstein has written or co-written—with the likes of the Dalai Lama, among others—11 classic books on mindfulness practice. His voice has been a constant in my three decades of mindfulness practice. On silent vipassana retreats with my mentors, Pujari and Abhilasha Keays, we listened to Goldstein every day. This adds up to 200-plus hours of listening time for me over the years, not counting the many road trips I’ve taken with Goldstein in my car’s cassette deck. I’m exceedingly grateful for this. I could have stumbled into any practice and any teacher, but Goldstein’s intelligence, articulateness and humor have been the perfect guide for my temperament. In recent weeks, I’ve been pondering what I believe to be the most important quality of any teacher, and I keep coming back to another quality Goldstein has in spades—humility. In his talks, he regularly recounts misunderstandings that have led him to deeper understanding. After sharing a particularly humorous one, he said (and I’m paraphrasing), “Sometimes I think my path has been about making every single possible mistake.” Later this month, I will be getting a new left hip joint. A recent x-ray showed “end-stage” degradation, meaning there’s no cartilage left and bone spurs have begun to fill the gap where my cartilage used to be. I’m not surprised. Over the past few years, standing, walking, sitting and lying down, basically everything, has been pretty painful. The diagnosis was actually a relief. Now I know there’s a pathway back to a more enjoyable life. But you practice yoga!, you say. How can that be? My first response is, it runs in my family. My mother had her hip replaced; my younger sister believes she may be headed in that direction. From my gymnast dad, I inherited extreme hypermobility. The combination probably gave me

Charlotte in her early days.

a greater-than-normal predisposition to joint damage. I also believe that some of the things I did in my yoga practice in my 20s, 30s and 40s may have hastened the process. There’s no way of knowing, of course, how much genetics contributed to my joint’s deterioration and how much my practice contributed to it, but at the root of whatever role my asana practice might have played was a lack of humility. Because of my genetic inheritance, I could do all kinds of extreme poses and none of them hurt. I was, in fact, listening to my body, but as long as there was still some cartilage in my hip joint, I wasn’t going to feel its gradual thinning. Cartilage has no enervation. You don’t feel pain in a joint until the cartilage is gone.

Sometimes I think that I’ve unintentionally made my body a guinea pig for the sake of becoming a more well-rounded teacher. Several of my yoga asana mentors —Donna Farhi, Judith Hanson Lasater and Mary Dunn, in particular—suggested I focus less on increasing my flexibility, and instead pull back and build stability. Had I been more humble at the time, and less invested in being the most flexible person in the room, I might have taken their advice. Humility may have compelled me to listen and take to heart what these very capable teachers were telling me. It’s safe to say I’m now sufficiently humbled. While I’m exhausted from being in constant pain, my unhappy hip joint has taught me a lot. The bone-on-bone experience gives me instant feedback. I’ve learned a lot about which poses, alignment instructions and approaches to practice can potentially cause harm —instructions and approaches that

BY CHARLOTTE BELL are still popular in mainstream yoga —and the importance of creating continuity through all my joints. Despite what I just spent three paragraphs writing, I’m not chastising myself. I practiced with the best information I had at the time. I went out of my way to work with the most experienced, respected teachers, who were also teaching from the best information they had at the time. We were all doing our best, and we have all learned a lot and have adjusted our teaching accordingly. Like Goldstein, my path has been about making mistakes and learning from them. Sometimes I think that I’ve unintentionally made my body a guinea pig for the sake of becoming a more wellrounded teacher. It’s really okay. Humility keeps me honest. It also keeps me curious. One thing that struck me about practicing with Goldstein is his endless curiosity. With the respect he’s earned from his decades of practice and teaching, he could easily rest on his laurels. Yet, his humility and passion for the dharma give him an insatiable desire to keep learning, to understand what he thought he knew in different ways. This is what I admire most in him, and what my hip joint is teaching me. We never know it all, and knowing this, we never have to stop learning. Being able to do many of the extreme, fancy poses in my youth did not make me a better teacher. It did not help me understand what my less flexible students —which is most of them—were experiencing and how to help them develop a balanced practice. Having a hip joint that screams every time bone hits bone has taught me way more than doing fancy poses ever did. I’m looking forward to what my new titanium hip joint has to teach me. N Charlotte Bell is a yoga teacher at Mindful Yoga Collective, an author of two books, and plays oboe with the Salt Lake Symphony and Red Rock Rondo. She lives in Salt Lake City.

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CALENDAR responsible for conducting the biggest art forgery scandal of the postwar era. U of U Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Campus Center Dr. Free. UTAHFILMCENTER.ORG Mar. 5: Full Moon Meditation. 2:30pm. Dancing Cranes Imports, 673 Simpson Ave. (2240 So.) $9. Mar. 6: Philip Shepherd, author of New Self, New World, on “radical wholeness.” 7p. Free talk, Q&A, book signing. “Not since Ken Wilber introduced the Western world to the integral movement of East-West psychospirituality, has there been a catalyst for a paradigm shift that is so relevant and radically re-inventive.” New Consciousness Review. Philip Shepherd. The King's English, 1511 S 1500 E. Free. THEKINGSENGLISH.COM

Mar. 10: Open Sesame: The Story Of Seeds. 7p. Seeds provide the basis for everything from food to fuels. Seeds are as essential to life as the air we breathe or water we drink. Following the challenges and triumphs of some of seed’s most tireless stewards and advocates, this timely documentary illuminates what’s at stake and what can be done to protect the source of nearly all our food. Main City Library, 210 E 400 S. Free. UTAHFILMCENTER.ORG Mar. 4: Beltracchi: The Art Of Forgery. 7p. A mesmerizing, thought-provoking, yet surprisingly amusing documentary about the life and times of Wolfgang Beltracchi, a man

Mar. 6: Jung Society Lecture: Dreams and the Environment. 7-9p. Learn about "The Global Dream Initiative," a call for a recognition of the trauma in the natural and urban landscapes along with the need to participate in their healing, from Stephen Aizenstat, Ph.D. Simply said, “people can become depressed because nature is depressed.” The Global Dream Initiative is a forum to see and hear the world's dreams, and also learn how to begin using these dreams to create new and more generative methods of attending to the growing perils facing nature. Aizenstat is the Chancellor and Founding President of Pacifica Graduate Institute. Main City Library, 210 E 400 S. Free. JUNGUTAH.COM Mar. 6: Half-day workshop on Dreams and the Environment and Dream Tending. 9a-1p. This workshop goes deeper into the theme of Friday evening to learn how nature enters into our dreams and asks us for our engagement. Dr. Stephen Aizenstat will share Dream Tending methods in which dreamers become "naturalists" of the psyche, observing the activity of the images in their unfolding dreamscape. Aizenstat’s work opens creativity and the generative process. His book, Dream Tending, describes multiple new applications of dreamwork in relation to health and healing, nightmares, the World's Dream, relationships and the creative process. U of U Union Building, Parlor 200, Central Campus Dr. $49. JUNGUTAH.COM

Mar. 7: TEDxManhattan "Changing the Way We Eat” Symposium. 9:30a-4p. The Wasatch Cooperative Market is hosting this video conference about our food systems. Get inspired by leading experts and learn about local opportunities and ways to eat more sustainably. Presented in partnership with the Salt Lake City Sustainability Division, U of U Sustainability Resource Center, Slow Food Utah and the Wasatch Community Gardens. Topics include the necessity of women farmers in the local food movement, food as medicine, teaching students about health through hip-hop, why organic food isn't really more expensive than conventional food, how small changes in your eating habits can make big differences. Free. Limited seating. Gould Auditorium, Marriott Library 295 S 1500 E. WASATCH.COOP Mar. 10-Apr. 28: Creating Conscious Relationships. 6:30p. Learn and practice tools for creating relationships that are committed to love, connection and authenticity. Kristin Jamieson, M.A., M.Ed. Salt Lake Center for Spiritual Living 332 Bugatti Dr. Call 801-644-4136 or 801-307-0481 to register. Mar. 11: In Football We Trust. 7p. Tongans are 28 times more likely than any other minority group to play football for the NFL. Filmed over four years, filmmakers Tony Vainuku and Erika Cohn track the journeys of four talented Polynesian high school football players as they strive toward their lifelong, and potentially life-changing, goal of professional recruitment. Charismatic, passionate and determined, the players’ love of family is matched only by their love of American football. Their speedy transformation from ado-

lescence to adulthood in the high-stakes world of collegiate football is filmed with incredible access, shining a light on the extreme pressures to succeed that emanate from within the tightly knit Polynesian community, as well as from the outside. Yet gang violence, addiction, and poverty are a constant danger that can easily bring down a dream. Even with the best moms, siblings, and friends cheering from the grandstands, not everyone makes it to the big time. Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center 138 W 300 S. Free. UTAHFILMCENTER.ORG Mar. 12: Swim with Caution: The Civilian's Guide to Navigating the Gene Pool. 6-7:30p. Arguably one of the most significant scientific discoveries of the past century, the mapping of the human genome raises almost as many questions as it answers. These questions will profoundly impact the way we think about our health, disease and free will. The Leonardo, 209 E 500 S. Free. THELEONARDO.ORG Mar. 14: Day of Zen with Michael Mugaku Zimmerman Sensei. 7a. For beginners, this is an opportunity to learn about meditation in a supportive atmosphere. For people familiar with the practice, a Day of Zen will provide an environment conducive to deepening that practice. (Meditation in a chair is acceptable.) Two Arrows Zen at Artspace, 230 S 500 W. $25-$60 (non-member full day). TWOARROWSZEN.ORG Mar. 14: Winter Market. 10a-2p. Farmfresh produce, dairy, eggs, meat, specialty foods & fresh-baked goods. Plus Utah's finest food trucks. Rio Grande Depot, 300 S Rio Grande. SLCFARMERSMARKET.ORG

Mar. 5: 20th Annual Stegner Symposium – Air Quality: Health, Energy and Economics. 7a-12:30p. Across the nation, great strides have been made addressing air pollution over the last several decades, especially following adoption of the federal Clean Air Act in 1970. Nevertheless, in the West and elsewhere, air quality remains a vexing environmental, economic, and public health dilemma. Families in polluted areas face asthma and other health risks, businesses choose not to locate because of air quality concerns, and the overall quality of life is diminished. Come hear panels and speakers addressing the causes, health and environmental impacts, tensions with energy needs and economic development, its relationship with social structures and ethics, and possible legal and regulatory solutions. The Symposium, as usual, is interdisciplinary, with speakers from the sciences and social sciences, academia, government, industry, and the legal profession. Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center 138 W 300 S. $75-$175. SLCCFA.ORG

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Williams, Wallace Stegner and Edward Abbey—and how these authors helped define the literary landscape of the Colorado Plateau. Jeanne Wagner Jewish Community Center, 2 North Medical Dr. KINGSENGLISH.COM

Mar. 18: Prophet’s Prey. 7p. When author Jon Krakauer stumbled upon a closed polygamist community in Utah in 1999, private investigator Sam Brower (whose 2011

Mar. 20: Provo lecture: Carl Jung on Dreams. 7-8:30p. Machiel Klerk, MA, LMFT, founder of the Jung Society of Utah, will discuss Carl Jung's view on dreams as well as Jung's recipe for working with dreams. Provo City Library 555 North University Ave. Free. JUNGUTAH.COM Mar. 21: Inner Light Center: Spring Equinox Observance. 7p. Inner Light Center 4408 S 500 E. INNERLIGHTCENTER.NET

book shares the film’s name) was already investigating the sect, known as the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS). This film delves into the world that they both discovered, and features gripping first-person accounts from former members and descendants of FLDS leadership. Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center 138 W 300 S. Free. UTAHFILMCENTER.ORG

Mar. 26: Are Mountain Lions Dangerous or in Danger? 8:30p. Last week of the traveling exhibit “Mountain Lion! The Story of Pumas and People.” Hear a panel discussion of the many perspectives regarding mountain lions in Utah; including hunting, conservation management, population ecology and more. Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter 1258 Center Dr. Free. SWANERECOCENTER.ORG

Mar. 18: Slickrock, Sagebrush & the Printed Word. 6:30p. Join local booksellers Betsy Burton of The King’s English, Ken Sanders of Ken Sanders Rare Books, and Catherine Weller of Weller Book Works as they discuss the writing of Terry Tempest

Mar. 27-28: 26th Annual Gem Faire. 10a-5p. South Towne Exposition Center/ Exhibit Hall 5 9575 So. State St. Quality gems, beads, crystals, minerals, findings and earth treasures. Fine jewelry, costume jewelry, precious & semi-precious gem-

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