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20 Were-Rabbits or Kangaroos?

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Al Sacharov, seasoned journalist, worked as an English writing teacher in New York after working at three newspapers including the Pittsburgh Press. Al has published four books and written plays.

Wandering into the Utah Stories office in 2012, he asked, “How can I help?”

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He is currently writing a memoir, “Gringito: My Life in Peru.”

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He served two four-year terms on the Salt Lake City Council, and has led numerous businesses, nonprofits, and community and professional organizations, as a champion for social enterprise, urban design, active transportation, public health, ecology, environmental stewardship and resource conservation, arts and culture, and human rights. In his free time, Søren loves to hike, bike and paddle in Utah’s great outdoors. You can find him regularly riding and floating the Jordan River Parkway.

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Originally trained as an anthropologist, Ted Scheffler is a seasoned food, wine, and travel writer based in Utah. He loves cooking, skiing, music, and reading, and spends an inordinate amount of time tending to his evergrowing herd of guitars and amplifiers.

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New Year’s Resolutions That Stick How to get past Jan 2

By Amiee Maxwell

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ith the new year upon us, many of us have probably made a few resolutions by now and perhaps even broken them already. According to research by Utah’s own Franklin Covey Co., a third of us won’t be able to keep our resolutions through the end of January, and our odds of sticking to our resolutions only gets worse from there.

According to the same study, resolutions often fail because we’re not

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setting the right kinds of resolutions for ourselves. Our resolution may have been based on someone else’s opinion, such as our spouse hinting that we need to lose a little weight, or maybe our resolution was too vague and we had no concrete way to obtain it. So how can we make 2022 different and set a resolution this year that we can actually keep?

• Start by Assessing 2021 & Set a Goal That Matters To You Before setting a New Year’s resolution, it’s important to pause and reflect on what went well and what didn’t go so well in the past 12 months. Ask yourself what things went right, what moments were good, and how you could have done things differently this past year. By taking stock of the past year, we may identify areas we want to and know we can do better. Set a resolution that is important to you rather than what someone else is telling you to change.

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Make Your Resolution Specific and Measurable Instead of setting an ambiguous goal such as “eat better” or “live life to the fullest,” set your sights on something much more concrete. Your chances of success are much greater if you make a resolution that is clear and measurable.

If your goal is to “read more books,” consider setting a specific number of books you’d like to read in a particular time frame such as one book a month or just 10 minutes of reading a day.

• Make a Detailed Plan and Start Small Creating a detailed plan can help you stick to your resolution. Identify the steps you’ll take to reach your coal and brainstorms ways you’ll handle any setbacks.

James Clear in his best-selling book Atomic Habits, says that “Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement. Getting one percent better every day counts for a lot in the long run.”

He advocates making small changes and being patient. If we haven’t run in years, setting a goal to run five days a week is simply unrealistic. Consider starting with a few minutes of running a couple of times a week and work from there.

• Consider a More Altruistic Resolution Sure, exercising more, losing weight, and saving money are among the most popular resolutions, but they’re not exactly original nor do they often benefit anyone else. Not that there’s anything wrong with self-improvement, but if you’ve found it difficult to stick to these types of resolutions in the past, perhaps it’s time to change your strategy. Resolving to help others may be an easier resolution to keep, plus they have the added benefit of enhancing your own happiness and health. This year, why not set a goal to volunteer once a month or donate a certain percent of your income?

• Keep Trying Who says that if you break your New Year’s resolution you need to wait until next year to try again? January 1st is just an arbitrary date, and oftentimes we’re tired from New Year’s Eve celebrations or burnt out from the holidays by then, so it’s not exactly an ideal time to start a new habit. You can choose any day you want to start a new habit — the first day of any month, birthdays, and for some reason, Thursdays — are all great days to begin again. If you’re serious about setting a resolution, start with something small and gradually build up from there.

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H E A LT H & W E L L N E S S

DECLUTTER

Your Home & Mind C

an decluttering your home and organizing your life really have an impact on your mental health? Mandy Taylor of Tidy at Home Organizing says, “Absolutely.”

Mandy has been helping people declutter since 2019. She was certified

by Marie Kondo, the ultimate guru of organization, after a lengthy process of training, applications, testing, and practical hands-on work.

She likens self-care decluttering to investing in a trainer at the gym.

“I work with people to help them

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get their lives in shape. They can be overwhelmed and stressed out by not being able to find things in their homes. It can take a toll and cause a lot of anxiety and tension between family members. If your home is in chaos, you can’t come home and relax.”

She starts out by asking her clients to tell her about their ideal lifestyle. She works with people who feel like they don’t know how to get started. Once the process is complete, she says that most people feel lighter, and even the air in their homes feels cleaner.

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“Less stuff,” Mandy says, “means less decisions. People can come home and not spend as much time cleaning, or looking for stuff.

It leads to better self care and a healthier life.”

Mandy says she has always loved decluttering and cleaning since she was a little girl. When she went to friends’ houses to play, she would clean their closets or straighten their desks. She got teased a lot, but she just liked decluttering messes.

Her husband was in the military and they moved numerous times throughout 13 states. That really helped her

hone her organizational skills. She had to be creative to make it work. The family moved to Salt Lake permanently about three years ago, and Mandy Taylor with after helping Marie Kondo friends declutter their homes, she decided to officially make it a career.

“It is still fun, but now I have a business. I want to help people love their homes and enjoy their families. I love doing it and I love helping people,” Mandy says.

Mandy stays busy with clients who range from single, younger people, to older, retired people looking to down-

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Mandy Taylor organzing the pantry

size. She works with lots of families.

She has men reach out to her to have her help their wives.

There are those who want her to completely take over and do the whole job. Others just need a little help and training. She says it is almost like a therapy session as she works with clients and they go through items. She enjoys working one on one as people feel more comfortable sharing and processing letting go of items they’ve hung on to. The idea is to keep the things that make a person happy and get rid of the rest and move forward.

“Most people just have way too much stuff,” Mandy says. She sees consumerism as a big problem in America.

“People buy a lot of things and then they don’t know what to do with them, or where to put them.”

Storage units are a good example, with people having to rent space to store the stuff that won’t fit in their home. Part of the process of decluttering is to help people see they don’t need to buy as much. As she declutters by category, she helps people see they may need 2 glue sticks, but not 20.

Mandy finds that even if the process

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starts out as a struggle, most people get into throwing things away. It starts to get fun. As part of the service, Mandy hauls away the discarded items to donate, and brings them back a receipt for taxes.

Mandy has dealt with a few clients that she would classify as hoarders. “It is really hard for them to let go. It can be a traumatic struggle and I can only help so much. It is a very sad thing.”

She is usually contacted by another family member in these cases. In dealing with a hoarding situation, it can be more of a mental health issue than a clutter issue.

Some questions she helps her clients ask are: do you enjoy the item, is it something you want in your home, does it fit your lifestyle, would you buy it again? If they can answer yes, she tells them to keep it with confidence. If the answer is no then get rid of it.

“I always encourage my clients to appreciate their belongings and take joy in what they have, but to remember that less stuff is less stress. I want their homes to be places of sanctuary where they can relax and know that everything has a place.”

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ins and needles may be the most common perception many people have about acupuncture. But this ancient Chinese practice of healing has a fascinating history and philosophy.

Acupuncture is the practice of penetrating the skin with thin, metallic needles which are then activated through specific gentle movements of the practitioner’s hands.

According to John Hopkins Medicine, “Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners believe the human body has more than 2,000 acupuncture points connected by pathways or meridians. These pathways create an energy flow (Qi, pronounced “chee”) through the body that is responsible for overall health. Disruption of the energy flow can cause disease. By ap-

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plying acupuncture to certain points, it is thought to improve the flow of Qi, thereby improving health.”

Dr. Kris Justesen, director of Alpine Wellness Center, is an Oriental Medical Doctor (O.M.D.) and a Board Certified Licensed Acupuncturist (L.Ac.) who has practiced for more than 33 years.

“We approach a patient the same as any other health care provider,” says Justesen. “We’ll get a medical history on you and then find out when the pain started, how long it has been, how it manifests, is it sharp, dull, achy, or electric?”

Acupuncture therapy is comprehensive. “We deal with the organs and the body, the spirit, and life, plus the muscles and the meridians, tendons, and sinews. We deal with the whole system, the whole being.”

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Dr. Kirss Justesen applies Fire Cupping therapy to a client.

Justesen moved to California to go to chiropractic college. She wanted to become a chiropractor after she had a back injury that was helped by a chiropractor and was able to avoid surgery. While coaching a softball team, a player asked her if she had considered acupuncture school. “I just laughed and said I didn’t even know what that was. She then gave me a brief synopsis of what acupuncture is.”

Justesen eventually decided to give it a try. “They had a very extensive program. I got into two classes and thought it was the hokiest damn thing I had ever done. They were talking about putting a point here and it does this to your body and another point here that does something else.”

Not being a quitter, she decided to finish the classes before dropping

out. In the meantime she injured her back and/or neck moving concrete blocks. “To this day I don’t know what I injured,” says Justesen. She was prescribed pain medication and muscle relaxers. “I’m not going to take pain medication for this,” she said.

When she went to class, she tucked her hand in her belt for a makeshift sling since it hurt to dangle her arm. A fellow student told her she could get acupuncture treatments for free.

“I got a very strong treatment,” says Justesen, “They put a needle in my leg and had me raise my arm. I had not been able to move my arm or shoulder at all. I said, ‘I can’t, I can’t.’ The therapist said, ‘just try.’ In the meantime he was torturing this point in Justesen my leg.applies I Dr. Kirs Fire Cupping therapy to a client. started to raise my arm. Oh my God, it was moving!”

After the second strong treatment she had full range of motion. “I still had pain in my shoulder and my neck,” says Justesen, “but I got my movement back which meant I could go back to work.”

Realizing there is something to this ancient medical art, she decided to pay a little closer attention. “That was a turning point for me to stay in it,” she says. “It’s what got me into it purely by accident, because it was an accident.”

In her decades as a practitioner, Justesen has seen acupuncture acceptance become more widespread. Chronic pain, lower back pain, migraines, fibromyalgia, and carpal tunnel syndrome are just a few conditions that have been helped with acupuncture.

If you’re considering acupuncture, look for a board certified licensed acupuncturist. Pins and needles might be just what you need.

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U TA H F O L K L O R E

WERE-RABBITS or Kangaroos?

The Monster Rabbits of Washington County

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n the summer of 2002, I collected one of the most fun and interesting stories I have ever stumbled upon.

A gentleman by the name of Darrell contacted me to say that he had an “interesting story” to share. He insisted on meeting in person so he could “size me up first.” I was fine with that so I agreed to go to his home in Draper the following day. The next morning I packed up my gear, grabbed my assistant and headed out for what turned out to be an adventure in and of itself.

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The address took me to a beat-up trailer park beside a frontage road.

I found his trailer and knocked on the door. Darrell yelled from inside “Door’s open, come on in!”

As soon as I opened the door, the stench of cat piss slammed into me like a truck. There had to be at least twenty cats living inside this trailer with him. There was fur everywhere.

For the record, I love cats, but moderation is a must. I took a seat on what I thought was a couch. Darrel sat down

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strange.” He paused here for a moment. “Now I had been drinking, but I wasn’t drunk and I know what I saw. I saw two GIANT RABBITS the size of heifer calves sitting under a grove of

on the chair in front of me and we began chatting. It wasn’t long before he started telling his story.

“Now I swear to you, all of this is true. All of it! It was Thanksgiving Day of 1965. I was spending the holiday with friends in St. George and went for a walk in the field behind the house where I was staying. It was a little before five pm, so it was starting to get dark. I had been walking in the large field behind the house for about twenty-minutes when I saw something very

trees. I watched them hopping around and grazing for about ten minutes before I realized it was getting dark and I needed to get back to the house for supper.”

I sat there listening to his story in awe. He was very eloquent and had typed out his whole story to give to me. So I took his story, thanked him for his time, and got out of there. The cat piss was overwhelming. Once I got home, I burned my clothes and showered.

I started thinking about Darrell’s story. I had heard stories of giant rabbits before, just not in Utah. But do you know what else people claim to be seeing in Utah? Kangaroos! In fact, in 1981, there was a kangaroo sighting in Cedar Fort, and there have been numerous other sightings of kangaroos in the United States.

This may seem preposterous, but there is a concept in cryptozoology (the study of animals not yet recognized by science) called “out of place animals.” This means people are seeing non-native animals in areas where they don’t belong. It hasn’t been entirely uncommon for certain non-native animals to escape from circuses, zoos or personal collections. In some cases, these animals were never recaptured and survived in their new “out of place homes.” These animals are seen and reported from time to time, and that is exactly what I believe Darrell saw — escaped kangaroos in St. George. Not giant rabbits, but just as interesting.

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U TA H H I S T O R Y

Volcanoes & Massacres A tour of Southern Utah’s violent past Will Bagley’s Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows sat on my shelf for about 20 years before I picked it up last fall.

I was halfway through the book when Bagley passed away in October. It was a strange shock to know that this wise and curmudgeonly historian’s voice I had been hearing in my head would now reside only in those black and white pages.

Bagley worked for years to compile a comprehensive history of the massacre of more than 100 innocent Arkansans

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who were butchered by a group of Mormon settlers and native Paiutes in September 1857.

The book was something of a revelation, and after reading it, I decided I wanted to take a visit down the byroads of Utah’s darkest history and visit the memorial site and do a little hiking over the nearby volcanoes along Highway 18 north of St. George.

I say the book was a revelation because of how much it contradicted what I learned about the massacre in school. I had a state history class in

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The view from atop the Santa Clara Volcano

and distract the nation from the debate over slavery, so he dispatched an army.

But prior to that, the Utah territory was inflamed by a reformation with church leaders touring the settlements and

junior high and what I remember most about learning of the massacre was how the teacher seemed to be walking on eggshells for a week when discussing it, and how when it was said and done, I still didn’t actually know what happened at Mountain Meadows. In that class, the third “M”, the one that stood for massacre, seemed to get left out of the lesson plan.

If you haven’t read Bagley’s excellent work, you absolutely should. But to recap for those of you who “learned” about it the way I did growing up, here’s a refresher.

Utah was setting itself on a war footing with the United States. Federal officials were being forced out of the territory, and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints leader, prophet, and territorial governor, Brigham Young, ran the state as a theocracy.

For political reasons the Buchanan presidency thought sending the army to Utah could score points with critics

telling the Saints to prepare for war.

In southern Utah, this message was taken to heart by John D. Lee, who with the aid of militia men and Paiute Indians ambushed the Fancher wagon train. Men, women, and children were shot, stabbed and clubbed to death.

The train was besieged for days before the survivors were tricked into leaving under a false truce, only to be led away from their circled wagons to a clearing where they were executed. For months the victim’s bodies and bones were left unburied, adjacent to a commonly used trail, to be scattered about by predators.

This despicable display may have been more of a warning than anything else. Today, more than a century-anda-half later, the site is a memorial to regret and remembrance.

As you drive along Highway 18, there are several spots with smaller memorials where men or women and children were separated from the main group and killed. The main memorial is a recreation of a large cairn of stones erected in 1859 by the soldiers of the U.S. Army who first provided a proper burial to the remains of the victims.

It is a strikingly beautiful place that would otherwise have made a lovely campground. As it stands now, it’s a spot of quiet — not tranquil quiet — but one that seems permanently hushed by the horrors of its history. Quiet as it may be, it also hosts a strange asynchronous conversation between the kin of the killers and the

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The Veyo Volcano

victims through the mementos left around the base of the memorial.

For example, a vintage rosary is draped around a wooden cross with a frame next to it with the quote from Romans 12:19 of the Lord intoning that “vengeance is mine.” Next to the cross is a small stone with words in childish handwriting painted on it: “I’m so sorry — Descendant of a shooter & clubber.”

I drove south to ponder this terrible history and take a hike. Fifteen minutes south of the memorial you’ll find the town of Veyo. It’s got an intersection you can’t miss, especially the delicious Veyo pies shop.

But you can miss the trailhead for the Veyo volcano if you’re not paying attention, because it’s not really a trail.

As you head south out of town about a mile, the road ascends and bends slightly to the west. At that bend, you can pull off the shoulder at a gate with a yellow sign on it. You can open the gate and go inside — just make sure to close it behind you as there are cattle grazing there.

Then you really get to decide how

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to climb the volcano as there’s no set path. You just amble up. You can make the summit in an hour, but take care, because the further up you climb, the more loose and unsettled the ground becomes. Blood-colored stones wretched up from an eruption millennia ago make the final stretch of the hike a little treacherous.

Another 15 minutes south on Highway 18, and immediately after the turnoff to Diamond Valley, you will find a trailhead for the Santa Clara Volcano’s Cinder Cone Trail. This trail also has its share of scattering and shifting soil, but it’s worth the effort. The top of the volcano has a caldera, meaning you can walk around the rim and descend into the crater where the cone erupted millions of years ago.

It’s a remarkable area of our state, or anywhere else for that matter. Where else can one visit massacre sites and hike two different volcanoes within an hour of each other?

The blood and magma of your state’s history is just a short drive away.

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trict water restrictions, combined with fast growth, hit the upper Ogden Valley hard in 2021, causing some farmers and ranchers to rethink their livelihoods.

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most of Utah in extreme drought.

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tions, halting service to new home construction until another water source is found. But new homebuyers keep arriving, some who discovered during the Covid-19 pandemic that their jobs could be done remotely. But preliminary data from a Bowen Collins & Associates study projected the valley would reach buildout years sooner than previously anticipated. Their final report is due out in February.

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he said. This satisfies his 1861 senior water rights through April and May, then dwindles. In unusually wet years, conservation helps the water stretch.

But this year, dry conditions ushered in harsh restrictions.

“I buy 600-lb steers in the fall, feed them hay through the winter, put them on grass in the summer, then butcher them the next fall,’’ Staples said. “This is the first year in about 15 that I haven’t bought calves in the fall.”

Dave Brown moved to the upper Ogden Valley in 1989, where he’s farmed up to 300 acres at times. But in 2021, he only worked his own 17-acre farm growing alfalfa hay that helped feed Staples’ steers. Brown said he had a good season – due mostly to prayer and loss of sleep.

“I had to set alarms that would go off at 2 or 3 am to (go out and) cut the water off,” Brown said. “Most people aren’t going to do that. It messes up your whole night.” But new development and skyrocketing property taxes convinced Brown to move on. “I bought a farm back home in Virginia …

I wish I was there now,” Brown said, but he still has loose ends to tie up.

Gay Browning’s family has farmed and ranched in the Eden area for four generations. “We have 180 to 200 head of cattle, depending on the year, and we raise hay to feed them,” Browning said. “We have about 1,000 acres, but only 350 of hayfields. The rest is sagebrush that goes up the slope.” This year the back half of their ranch – where cattle feed through the winter – went dry. “It was the first time Gertsen (Creek) dried up and we had no stock water,” Browning said. In addition to senior water rights in Pineview Res-

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Construction boom Summit purchased Powder Mountain in 2013 with plans to remake the ski resort into a millionaire mecca.

Naturally, locals were suspicious. By 2015, local water companies challenged Summit’s right to pump water from its two mountaintop wells, fearing reduced stream flows for wildlife and livestock. That costly challenge resulted in a mitigation agreement where Summit would build a 20-acre-foot reservoir for Wolf Creek Irrigation to supplement their water supply.

Mark Schroetel, CEO of Summit Mountain Holding Group, said supply chain issues have delayed construction, but the reservoir should be ready to fill in April 2022, keeping it in line with the agreement’s target date.

While Summit’s developed water resources will support about 900 units,

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Schroetel said they only have 48 certificates of occupancy so far. “We haven’t been taxing the resources at all.”

John Lewis, developer of Wolf Creek Resorts and other subdivisions, has lived in the valley 26 years and currently chairs the Ogden Valley Planning Commission. When Wolf Creek Water & Sewer imposed its moratorium in August, Lewis made plans to drill his own well that would reach aquifers 300 to 400 feet below the surface.

Using data from a 2019 Utah Geological Survey study, Lewis concluded that “it’s not a matter of if we have water, it’s more a matter of where it is.”

No home construction happens without a local water company first signing off on it, Lewis added. But increased demand is driving the speed of development in the upper valley.

“The growth has exponentially changed in the last two years since the pandemic,” Lewis said. “The people showing up here just want out of big cities.”

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ervoir, Browning also owns shares in Causey Reservoir. But that source also cut off early this past summer. “It’s getting really frightening,” Browning said.

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gden is becoming internationally recognized as an outdoor recreation hub.

Sandwiched between stunning mountains and the Great Salt Lake, Ogden offers access to enough trails, lakes, and vistas for a lifetime of exploring. And as any Ogdenite can tell you, a light dusting (or a few feet) of the greatest snow on earth just expands your options for outdoor fun. So if you find yourself in the area during the winter months, try out some of these great cold-weather activities.

SNOWSHOEING No matter where you are in Ogden, you are never more than a few minutes away from a trailhead. With a good pair of snowshoes, you can explore the network of trails above the city and get a great view of the snow-covered valley. For a moderate hike with great views of the valley, check out Beus Canyon or the Bonneville Shoreline Trail. If you want more of a challenge, try Waterfall Canyon or Malan’s

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Basin.

Snowshoes are available for rent at several locations in Ogden, including Weber State University.

FAT BIKING Mountain biking season doesn’t have to end in the winter if you have access to a fat bike. These sturdy bikes have extra wide tires, allowing riders to navigate snowy trails. The Bonneville Shoreline Trail and several of its connector trails are great options for winter biking. Or, if you’re looking for groomed snow trails, take your bike to Snowbasin Resort.

ICE FISHING If you take the scenic drive through either Ogden or Weber Canyon, you’ll have access to several reservoirs with great ice fishing. Search local ice fishing boards for tips on bait, gear and ice conditions at Pineview, East Canyon, and Causey. You can catch trout and occasionally tiger muskie, or spend the

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day pulling out lots of perch. Always verify state and local fishing regulations before you go.

ICE CLIMBING If you have the right gear and training and have done your research, ice climbing can be an exhilarating winter activity. Depending on weather and ice conditions, you can find several great ice climbing routes in the area (Malan’s Waterfall and Willard Canyon Falls are especially good). Remember, climbing, and especially ice climbing, can be extremely dangerous when done incorrectly, so be prepared. If you need guidance, gear, or climbing buddies, check out Recreation Outlet and The Front Climbing Club.

SKIING/SNOWBOARDING Of course, no list of winter activities in Ogden would be complete without

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mentioning the worldclass skiing available at nearby resorts like Snowbasin, Powder Mountain, and Nordic Valley. All three offer skiing, snowboarding, Nordic skiing and snowshoeing and have public transportation options available.

BACKCOUNTRY SKIING If you want a more rugged experience with the freshest possible powder, you can head to the backcountry. You’ll need to triple check the avalanche conditions, bring an experienced buddy, and come prepared to hike.

The reward is untouched snow all to yourselves. Ben Lomond and Willard Peaks both offer backcountry skiing opportunities.

Whatever your winter sport of choice, bundle up and come to Ogden.

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U TA H D E V E L O P M E N T Daybreak

Walkable Communites Where Did They Go and Can They Come Back?

By Soren Simonsen

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everal years ago, I was at a conference for professional city planners.

A speaker asked for a raise of hands to the question, “How many of you walked to school as a kid?” Nearly every hand in the room went up. Then they asked, “How many of your children walk to school now?”

Only a handful of arms were raised — probably less than one in twenty. Certainly there were some in the room who didn’t have kids. I had two children at the time, though young enough they weren’t yet going to school. But it was one of those watershed moments in my professional

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development as an architect and city planner where I realized how our cities have changed in the three decades since my own childhood.

I thought of the quote attributed to Winston Churchill: “We shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us.” Certainly, the same concept has been at work in our cities over many decades, especially our rapidly growing suburbs, and not with great outcomes. Commuting fatigue and road rage, physical and mental health, feelings of isolation, lack of meaningful social connection and growing lack of civility — all of these challenges in

society today have a direct connection to planning and designing cities around cars rather than for people.

Most of us have been to places that are comfortable to walk around. These tend to be places that were built before automobiles were the dominant form of transportation.

In Utah, we find these places in the main streets of older historic cities and towns, from Tooele to Vernal, and from Logan to Moab. Many of our larger cities — Ogden, Salt Lake, Provo, Brigham City, Park City, and Cedar City, to name a few — have even larger historic city centers and adjacent neighborhoods that are compact and walkable. But the impacts of cars and traffic have certainly made them feel less walkable and safe than they once were.

In these places we observe patterns of connected streets and sidewalks.

Commercial streets have narrow building lots with tight-knit facades oriented toward the street, and transparent storefronts permeated by frequent entries. Residential streets have landscaped yards, some with minimal setbacks, and front porches and stoops.

Parking lots and garages, if they even exist at all, are at the rear and typically accessed from a side yard, alley, or narrow driveway.

As we look at many of our more recent suburban business districts, office parks, and cul-de-sac neighborhoods, it is easy to connect the dots. These late 20th century patterns of development — separated uses, large commercial and residential lots with structures isolated from streets and from other structures by immense parking lots and turf lawns — are no longer con-

ducive to walking. These are primary reasons why so many kids no longer walk to school. And for that matter, why so many people in Utah and the US hardly walk anywhere anymore.

Back in 2010, Ellen Dunham-Jones, Director of the Urban Design Program at the Georgia Tech School of Architecture, gave a provocative TED Talk on the theme of “Retrofitting Suburbia,” following the recent publication of her book by the same title.

There is fortunately some work happening in Utah around these ideas to re-imagine suburbs, revitalizing historically walkable places that became more suburban, and reinventing other more suburban places. Here are some notable examples:

Daybreak Town Center Daybreak has been entirely built on the premise that suburbs don’t have to be so … well, suburban. It is one of Utah’s largest planned developments, over 4,000 acres, with carefully curated oversight from planners and designers who understand the principles of walkable communities.

Highlights of Daybreak’s community character include a walkable and connected street network, well placed community and commercial activity centers with outstanding bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, a mixed-use business center that is distinctively modern in its architecture while incorporating many pedestrian-friendly design principles from traditional main streets, homes that place a porch rather than a garage door facing the front, and all tied into great regional transit and trail connections that allow

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people to leave their car behind for some daily activities.

Park City Downtown Park City already has one of Utah’s most picturesque main streets. City planners have been able to successfully expand the business district while incorporating many design elements and themes that carry the character of Main Street into surrounding areas of redevelopment. And much of the new growth is more dense and more mixed-use than the historic Main Street.

Park City has the unusual benefit of being an international, world class winter sports playground that draws people from far and near, many of whom arrive without their own car and are accustomed to walking, using transit, and using a mobile app to check out a bike or hail a ride-share. Park City’s residential growth is distinctively

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hospitality focused, but has invested its hospitality revenue into ubiquitous pedestrian and bicycle enhancements that also greatly benefit locals. And programming and promotion have successfully expanded past primarily wintertime hustle and bustle into a walkable city that is active all year.

Holladay Town Center Holladay has pivoted from a mid-century, car-centric village into the increasingly vibrant and walkable Holladay Town Center. Although earlier plans to incorporate more housing into the Town Center mix were scrapped in favor of a commercial-only district, which would have brought a 24-hour, walking-oriented population base into the Town Center, there remain many infill opportunities to address this oversight — especially as empty nesters and thousands of kids leaving the nest throughout Holladay

street network, and homeowners have been gradually investing and improving historic houses interspersed with occasional modern infills back into charming neighborhoods, the area

are looking for expanded housing options in a place they already love.

The nearby former Cottonwood Mall suburban shopping center has hit many obstacles in its suburban retrofit, from the Great Recession to a citizen-led ballot initiative to scale back housing density. There is still hope that this major redevelopment will continue Holladay’s walkable center initiatives to date, once the community settles on an acceptable density and fully comprehends the market demand to meet its own housing needs.

A family-friendly community with lots of kids needs family-friendly housing choices for every stage of life.

Salt Lake Central 9th District Central 9th is a small, emerging walkable urban neighborhood in an area that is transforming from an industrial edge district of Salt Lake’s city center.

While the district has a connected

is still ringed by large industries and warehouses that are not pedestrian friendly.

Salt Lake City invested in a new 900 South light rail station in 2005, which connects this district by light rail to every area of the Salt Lake Valley. The City also implemented its first Form Based Code in this district in 2012, a policy change that more fully embraces walkable community development with character. Ongoing improvements to bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, active redevelopment of large infill and sometimes experimental housing such as micro-units with no off-street parking, community activity centers such as SpyHop, and burgeoning incubation of new shops, restaurants and bars, are producing a truly 24-hour, walkable urban neighborhood.

The 900 South viaduct remains a barrier, which old and new residents would very much like to see removed and replaced with infill that reconnects the Central 9th and Ballpark neighborhoods with much needed green space, and new housing and employment opportunities.

Sugar House Sugar House emerged in the early 1900s in Salt Lake City as the first major employment and commercial center outside of downtown. Streetcars were a catalyst for historic suburbs like Fairmont and Highland Park, which unlike today’s suburbs, were

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very walkable. Early development of Salt Lake’s redevelopment policies in the 1980s wiped away declining historic neighborhoods, impacted by the development of Interstate 80 two decades prior, and produced entirely auto-oriented shopping centers like the one that until recently was the home of ShopKo and ToysRUs. The community pushed back on the suburbanization of Sugar House, and those previous suburban transformations are now giving way to a more walkable, urban neighborhood. A 2005 Sugar House Master Plan recommended policies that emphasized a pedestrian and bicycle oriented community over car-centric development.

Major investments in parks and open space, including Sugar House Monument Plaza, Fairmont Park and Sugar House Park, and improved regional transit systems like the S-Line Streetcar and enhanced bus service (higher frequency service with service extended earlier and later in the day), together with the ongoing development of regional trails such as Parley’s Trail and the McClelland Canal Trail,

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provide critical regional connections without the need for a car.

While the City has been slow to invest in pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure within the heart of Sugar House, recently proposed makeovers to McClelland Street, 2100 South, Highland Drive, 1100 East, 1300 East, and 900 East (now in process) will bring long-awaited, local pedestrian and bicycle enhancements that will finally support the infill housing and mixed-use urban development that has been robust over the last decade.

Such transformations are encouraging.

If you would like to see more retrofitting of your own suburbia, Envision Utah recently published “Creating Communities: A Guide to Walkable Centers” in 2021. This resource for policy makers, planners, designers and engineers contains examples of transformative work to re-imagine and retrofit suburbs around Utah. Its useful definitions, talking points, guidelines and case studies provide a timely “how to” tool kit.

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You Are What You Eat Tips for Creating a Healthier Kitchen

By Ted Scheffler I know very few people who don’t feel like they could eat healthier and create a more healthy kitchen, including me.

Taking steps to cook and dine more healthily aren’t that difficult to implement; it’s just a matter of taking the Nike plunge: Just do it. Here are a few

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tips to help get started.

Mealtime should be thought of as quality time. That means putting away your phones, turning off the TV, tablets, video games and such, and sitting down to an actual table to dine. The French — who know a thing or two

about dining — think that discussing work during a meal is bad for digestion, so try to focus instead on the food you’re enjoying, that someone went to the trouble to prepare, and strive to savor the company of your meal mates at mealtime as well as the food.

Organize your fridge, pantry, cupboards and such, to optimize making healthy food choices. For example, place fresh fruits and veggies front and center on the counter or within easy reach in the refrigerator, preferably at eye level where you’re more likely to reach for them. It’s best if you don’t buy junk food at all (but who doesn’t?).

So at least store less healthy foods in the back of a cupboard or pantry

where they’re somewhat out of reach, with the hope that you’ll grab a banana as opposed to a bag of Cheetos. Get creative. Discover your inner artist and enhance the appeal of your kitchen or dining room by making a still life of your fruits and vegetables.

Keeping appliances and kitchen equipment like crockpots, blenders, juicers and such where they’re easy to get to —as opposed to under the sink or in the back of a kitchen closet — means you’ll be more likely to use them. And that means that you will also be more likely to make nourishing meals and snacks from scratch, as opposed to turning to fast foods and processed fare.

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It may sound obvious, but you should get in the habit of reading the labels on packaged foods. Simply put, if you don’t know what an ingredient is in your food, you probably shouldn’t be buying and eating it.

Stock up on herbs and spices and keep them handy. Fresh herbs and bold spices make foods more interesting and flavorful and are more healthy than enhancing dishes with ingredients like salt and butter. You can easily grow fresh sprouts, basil, scallions and the like in a kitchen window. Another trick to enhancing flavor that professional chefs frequently employ is adding a small splash of lemon juice or vinegar to soups, sauces, stews and many other foods to brighten dishes. Lemon juice isn’t just for drizzling on fish!

Professional chefs know that footwear is crucial; they don’t cook in flipflops or slippers. I recommend buying

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padded anti-fatigue kitchen mats to save wear and tear on your feet and knees. Cooking requires a lot of standing so you need footwear with good support. I’m not a huge fan of Crocs, but a lot of chefs swear by them. At the very least, throw on some sneakers for the time you spend slaving over a hot stove.

Many of us eat until we are full, which is usually too much food. So work to exercise portion control. One way of doing that is to serve food on or in smaller plates and bowls so that they look full but actually are smaller servings. Again, the French are really good at this — take your time when eating.

Don’t rush through meals.

Make time to enjoy the foods you’ve prepared and use mealtime as an opportunity to catch up and sincerely listen to those with whom you’re breaking bread.

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Time Traveler’s Bread Avoiding Gluten becomes a Thing of the Past

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or many people, eating wheat products has become a thing of the past. Celiac and autoimmune disorders seem to be on the rise, denying many the joy of staple foods such as bread.

The good news is that gluten-free products can help people enjoy baked goods that typically contain gluten.

The bad news is that for many, the alternatives pale in comparison to the real thing.

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“I had to cut out so much food from my life, there was more I could not eat than what I could,” says Nathan Hessing, who is one of the three million people nationally who suffer from fibromyalgia, a condition that causes widespread musculoskeletal pain and digestive issues that can be aggravated by gluten.

“I began feeling better after I excluded things from my diet, but I started

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suffering from nutrient deficiencies.

I explored how to get foods back in my life and that’s when I discovered fermentation,” he says.

Nathan applied the fermentation process to bread making, and as a result, he was able to reintroduce bread back into his diet. Nathan and his wife, Cristin, realized this could help other people get a staple food back in their diet, so they began making the bread at a commissary kitchen and selling it at farmers markets in Utah County.

The result? “Amazing,” Nathan says.

“So many people with gluten sensitivity have told us that our products have helped them reintroduce wheat products into their diet.”

Nathan explains that “Fermentation is the way bread was raised for thousands of years. We use these old-time methods to get rid of the modern health issues. That is why we call ourselves Time Traveler’s Bakery.”

He continues, “There are records of clean wheat and fermented baked goods in ancient Egypt, the New Testament, and from Colonial and Pioneer times. With the introduction of lab produced yeast and heavy wheat cross breeding in the 1940’s, things started to shift to where now modern bread is way harder to digest and way less delicious.”

The bread they produce contains no yeast. “We prefer the old-time methods for better health and better flavor,” Nathan explains.

One customer, Bethanie, had this to say: “Before I found Time Traveler’s Bread, I HADN’T HAD BREAD IN YEARS due to the side effects of a high carb food. But with Time Traveler’s sourdough, I don’t have the headaches,

nausea, or fatigue that I felt with other foods.”

Time Traveler’s bread uses a unique double-heavy fermentation process which they developed. “The fermentation process breaks down the gluten and carbohydrate structure, so it won’t spike your blood sugar,” Nathan says.

Basically, the gluten is pre-digested by the fermentation process so the bread is suitable for those with gluten sensitivities. After great success at the farmers markets, Nathan and his wife saw a need for the product and realized that a storefront would help get the product to more people.

In addition to the double fermentation process, they use a flour that is free from common chemicals found in most wheats.

“Our special double fermentation process as well as our clean wheat means that our bread and pie crust are suitable for many types of conditions that can cause gluten sensitivity.”

Is there anyone that the bread is not good for? “Some people with celiac [disease] have found that it isn’t quite good for them, and it doesn’t work for every type of gluten sensitivity, but the majority of people we have encountered have said that our product has helped them get wheat back in their lives.”

After great success at the farmers markets, Nathan and his wife saw a need for the product and realized that a storefront would help get the product to more people.

Customers can visit them and taste the difference for themselves at Time Traveler’s Bakery ,42 W Center St, Provo. It is open Tuesday - Saturday 1 PM - 8 PM.

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IMMIGRANT SUCCESS STORIES

Studio Artistic Achieving Dreams through Hard Work

By Rachel Fixsen Metal endures. It can be hammered or melted but it is resilient. Such qualities also help form the character of the people who work with it; men such as third generation metalworker Marcelo Galvan.

Galvan immigrated to the United States from Argentina as a young man and built up a successful business creating ornamental iron work, only to see it crumble in the 2008 recession.

But he has restored the business and it’s doing better than ever.

Galvan learned his trade from his father in Buenos Aires. “I’ve been doing this since I was 12-years-old,”

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he says. “I had to learn — it’s not like I have a choice to do whatever I want.

The business of the family was metal,” he remembers.

In his hometown, he met missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and was inspired by their descriptions and stories of Salt Lake City.

“I admire how the Mormon people started in a state where it seems impossible to live. It motivated me to see how they can create this beautiful state — I admire the sacrifice they made. And look how it is now in Utah: a beautiful state and good people.”

Galvan came to Utah in 1994, alone and with nothing but a small backpack of personal belongings and a few dollars in his pocket. During an overnight layover in the Denver airport, he saw snow for the first time in his life.

The first few years in Utah were tough, he says. He slept under a bridge for a few weeks and struggled to communicate with very limited English.

A new friend helped him find a job as a dishwasher at a Chuck-A-Rama restaurant. He later worked cleaning windows for a construction company and eventually saved enough money to bring his father to the US. They kept working and later bought a house with a small garage, which Galvan declared would be his metal workshop. He scoured pawn shops for inexpensive metal working tools.

Once he had the means, Galvan and his father went back to what they knew: working with metal. They made decorative candle stands and centerpieces that sold well around the holidays.

In 2000, they started a company called Artistic Ornamental Iron and over the next few years expanded to three shops that employed 14 people.

The 2008 recession forced Galvan to close two of the shops and let go almost all of his employees, except for Paul Mork, a close friend whom he says is more like a brother. The business was also renamed as Studio Artistic Design.

Through hard work, Galvan was able to also bring his mother, his three sisters and his nephews to the United States. While building his business, he also had a son, Junior, who he raised as a single parent. Galvan took Junior everywhere. He remembers the baby

sleeping in a nest of blankets under his desk while he worked into the early hours of the morning.

After the struggle of the recession, Studio Artistic Designs is thriving, since his team has built up a reputation for quality work.

“In the last five years we’ve been swamped. I think it’s because we’ve been doing this for so many years. We care about the quality and we think about the customer. Everything is created and designed by me and my team.”

Clients can visit the shop with sketches or photographs illustrating what they want, and Studio Artistic can create the design. They make a variety of items from railings to furniture, sculptures and vehicle roof racks.

Galvan says lately they’re getting more high-end clients: basketball players, movie stars and large hotels. Galvan adds that the family will always be thankful to the local clients who gave them their start, and they’ll always work with those customers.

Galvan plans to retire soon to a ranch he owns and shift to doing the kind of work he likes best: artistic sculptural work with a western theme.

Junior is now the manager of the shop and a fourth-generation metal worker. Both father and son are very proud of how far the business has come.

“As an immigrant, I really love this country,” Galvan says. He became a citizen in 2012. “I was so happy and so grateful. I live in the land of making my dream … I hope I inspire other people. Everything is possible with hard work.”

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BARS & PUBS A BAR NAMED SUE

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BEERHIVE PUB

Main Street just got a whole lot cooler! A big, gorgeous bar, hundreds of great beers and good company. 128 S Main St., SLC

BIG WILLIES

Good pub food, sports bar and pool tables. 1717 S Main St, SLC

BODEGA

Home of SLC’s best kept secret. 331 S Main Street

BOHEMIAN BREWERY

Czechs know: Amazing food. Amazing beer. 94 E 7200 S

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LEGENDS SPORTS GRILL

Perfect spot to watch the Jazz and enjoy a burger and a brew. 677 S 200 W

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Excellent food and a friendly atmosphere. 135 W 1300 S

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POPLAR STREET PUB

Good food, great selection of local beers. 242 S 200 W

PROPER BREWING CO. Craft beer and a full bar. Food available next door at Proper Burger Co. 857 S Main St., SLC

RED ROCK BREWING CO.

Tapas, exceptional cocktails, DJ. 364 S State, SLC

Utah’s most awarded brew pub: taste why. 254 S 200 W + 1640 W Redstone Center Dr, Park City

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Classic aprés ski, famous garlic burgers. 2820 E 6200 S, Holladay Great food and atmosphere for a night out. Trolley Square Watch the Utes and drink a stein in Sugar House. 1063 E 2100 S Service, drinks, food and ambience—all top notch. 326 S West Temple, SLC

GREEN PIG PUB

Great place to watch the game and have a pint. 31 E 400 S, SLC

HOG WALLOW

Where great dining and beer was born in Salt Lake City. 147 W Broadway (300 S) A must see ‘Beervana’, 100s of beers. 645 S State St., SLC Nigt club w/ full bar and great grub, live music on the big stage. 4760 S 900 E, Murray Renovated 19-century boiler room with a patio for clever small plates, pub classics & craft beer. 32 S Exchange Pl, SLC

UINTA BREWERY

A small pub attached to Utah’s biggest brewery. 1722 Fremont Dr. (2375 W)

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January Activities January Through April Downtown Farmers Market—Winter. Continuing on Saturdays through April 23rd, the market is held at The Gateway, 10 N Rio Grande Street, Salt Lake City. The market includes locally grown and produced produce, meat, eggs, cheese, baked goods, sauces, condiments, chocolate, and more. Hours are from 10am to 2pm.

January 11 Tuesday Night Lights XC Night Race Series 2022. Held at Soldier Hollow Legacy Park, 2002 Olympic Drive Midway, this race series provides fun, low-key opportunities for the Nordic Community to come together and compete.

Held from 5pm to 8pm. Registration is required at utaholympiclegacy.org. Future events will be held February 8, 15, and March 15.

January 12 Free Jazz Concert at Union Station in Ogden, held in the Grand Lobby at 2501 Wall Avenue.

Time is from 7pm to 8pm

January 14 to January 16 Bluff Balloon Festival. Heading into their 23rd

year the Bluff Balloon Festival is free to spectators. Balloons fly over Bluff on Friday and Saturday. On Sunday over Valley of the Gods.

Balloons fly early in the morning, just after sunrise.

January 20 to January 30 Sundance Film Festival. This year Sundance will offer in person and online options to be part of the festival. With venues in Park City, including Redstone Cinemas, Temple Theatre, The Marc Theater, Eccles Theatre, Prospector Square Theatre, Holiday Village Cinemas, The Ray Theatre, Park Ave. Theatre, Library Center Theatre, and Egyptian Theatre there are plenty of places to choose from. Feature films, short films, and more will preview during the event.

January 29 Kahtoola Bigfoot Snowshoe Festival. This is the only snowshoe marathon and 50K in the country. The races start at the Wasatch Mountain State Park Visitor’s Center at 1281 Warm Springs Rd, Midway. Races include a 50K, Marathon, 25K, 15K, 10K, and 5K. For more information and to sign up visit ultrasignup.com

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