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TALL TAILINGS SALLIE DEAN SHATZ Kennecott plays coy with the EPA, Utah’s Department of Air Quality and Salt Lake City officials as it lays a plan to mine the dustpiles of yesteryear.

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I had another bout of late-night online genealogy exploration recently—easy to do if you come from a long line of Catholics. I was reading about my ancestor François, a French stone mason who emigrated to Canada in 1634. He sounds like a headstrong fellow, and at one point had an altercation with a neighbor lady. The verdict came down in her favor. François was ordered to make reparation by feeding pastries to the poor. How French! He fought this judgment but did not win. The argument apparently had something to do

with a porcupine. Some translators speculate “porcupine” might have been jargon for “a prickly situation,” as actually arguing over a porcupine seemed peculiar even to them. But the legal documents say: “porcupine.” Goes to show you can argue over just about anything. The written stories of the day show that 30 or so settlers were farming in the region. “They worked, armed with a plow, axes and guns, in a constant state of alertness,” writes one family biographer. “Life was not very joyful, and the work was not easy. As the family grew, the harvest had to increase. This meant they had to clear the forest by hand, pull stumps, hoe, dig and beat the wheat.” But the ease of our lives would have been unimaginable to our ancestors. And were we to make dinner truly “from scratch,” we’d all be long dead by dinnertime. With the help of water from the tap, I’ve so far grown beautiful basil and mint. Tasty accoutrements, but mint and basil do not a meal make. I’ve taken to climbing the fence behind the garage to pick apricots. I’m learning that unripe, rust-spotted apricots are still delicious when fresh. And there are the fresh eggs. I keep the raccoons at bay, just like in the olden days. Oh, but they didn’t have chickenwire fencing and caribiners. The theme of this year’s Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert is “Rites of Passage.” My first year, 2001, a handful of Utahns attended—perhaps 100. I’d guess now the number is over 1,000. Many art projects are underway among the Utah Burn community. Check out the Hive Alembic of Transformative Universalities at the Circle of Regional Effigies (that’s the H.A.T.U. C.O.R.E. project) and other Utah projects at ELEMENT11.ORG. I will instead be at the Telluride Mushroom Festival, getting nerdy with mycology. Details: WWW.SHROOMFEST.COM Greta Belanger deJong is the editor and publisher of CATALYST.

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Show Trial Tim DeChristopher vs. the Juggernaut photo by Sallie Dean Shatz

nited we stand,” so the slogan goes. the essence of democracy is “ But “Divided we stand”: a society where all points of view are valued, where dissenters are welcome. Last month, when 29-year-old Salt Laker Tim DeChristopher was convicted of trying to slow down our mad rush to spend our children’s inheritance, he was sentenced

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for exercising his right to free speech. U.S. District Judge Dee Benson chided DeChristopher for his outspokenness about the need for resistance to the juggernaut, saying that he could have avoided prison time if he had not defended his actions and called on others to defy the illegal actions of the Bush administration— actions that an “executive-supremacist”

like Judge Benson would surely classify as protected by “executive privilege.” In essence, this means the executive (governor, president, CEO) can do whatever he wants, with no checks and balances, no due process. The executive, or one of his trusted henchpeople, decides it’s in someone’s interest (guess whose?) to do something and it’s done. What better gift to the oil and gas industry than a bunch of sweet oil and gas deals from Uncle Sugar and the departing Bush administration? No small part of the ”executive-supremacist” point of view is the assumed ability to change rules to suit the purpose. “We’re not here about why he did it,” Judge Benson said at one point during the trial. “We’re here about whether he did it.” So Judge Benson allowed the jury to hear nothing about why DeChristopher thinks we’re headed the wrong direction. But come sentencing time it was all about why he did it, not what a harmless act it really was. No sand or sugar was poured into the fuel tanks of bulldozers. No trees were spiked. But it seems Tim’s words were more dangerous than any such acts. What kind of illegal actions are Judge Benson and the federal prosecutor encouraging when they refuse to pursue charges against the Bush administration lackeys in the Bureau of Land Management that conducted the illegal auction? Perhaps Judge Benson could suggest some reading materials so DeChristopher

can figure out the legal way to protest illegal government actions while he’s in prison. Speaking of sweet deals for the oil and gas industry: The Justice Department recently announced a $3.4 billion settlement against the U.S. in favor of nearly all of the Indian tribes in America. For 100 years the U. S. government, for the benefit of the oil and gas industry, has failed to collect, or has misspent, oil and gas royalties from wells drilled on Indian land. The Indian tribes claimed $100 billion in unpaid royalties. Money to send some of Chief Seattle’s descendents to Harvard went instead to the balance sheet of Standard Oil of Ohio, or some Cadillac cowboy with a really good government job—giving away this country’s gifts from mother nature. The government doesn’t know where the $3.4 billion will come from, but you can bet it won’t come out of the oil and gas industy’s hide, the same oil and gas industry that needs some $4.4 billion a year in “tax incentives” to drill wells. That’s a $4.4 billion injection directly into the oil industry’s $200 billion in pre-tax profits last year. Speaking of Harvard. Guess where George W. Bush was when he was 29? u John deJong is the associate publisher of CATALYST. Follow Tim’s story at BIDDR70.ORG

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Remote control From the couch to the economy BY DENNIS HINKAMP

always associate the word “drone” with a person’s annoying voice; but now drones can actually kill you. They are the natural progression in what has increasingly become a remote control world. I was sitting in my truck staring at the new iPod-compliant music center, which is a recent upgrade from the mastodon-like cassette player that came with the vehicle, when I noticed the tiny remote control unit. Since I was sitting only about eight inches from the thing, I tried to imagine under what circumstances I would ever require the services of a remote control. I suppose a remote control aimed at the dashboard could be great fun for a van load of youths wanting to annoy their soccer moms or for slightly older youths setting the mood for a Saturday night of back seat frolicking. Both of these uses are years behind me living only as sweet manufactured memories of things I never did, but I digress. I see the remote control as a metaphor of our times; a little incomprehensible gadget to which ponderous broad-butted Americans abdicate all their tasks. Everything we have comes with a remote control. Not only my truck MP3 player but the television, stereo, car locks, garage doors, porch lights, radio and even a fan I bought not long ago. From the minute you wake till the time you return to dreamland, you can do almost everything by remote control. It used to be a shop-worn joke for us baby boomers to recall the tough times of our youth when we had to actually get up off the couch to change the channels on a television. Now, I’m not sure if I would even know where the buttons are. Some TVs don’t even have them anymore. There’s not much our nation actually does these days. We are designing more and more unmanned weapons to fight our wars, and people spend chunks of their lives in computer-generated virtual worlds. Traffic cops have been replaced by stop light cameras. Little robots roll around Mars doing our exploration for us. Large hockey puckshaped domestic servant robots can be bought to scurry around the house sucking up dust and scaring the pets. I can’t help wondering if our lingering financial crisis emerged because we and the government were hoping everything would work by itself. When the financial sector stopped working, everyone started pointing the remote control at it, madly pressing buttons to see if that could fix it. Wait, maybe the battery in the remote control is dead. Nope, that’s not it. Finally, having exhausted the extent of their expertise, the government decided to actually get up off the couch and try to fix it. They ran to the back of the economy to see if it was actually plugged in. “Dang, no, that’s not it either. Does anybody remember where we put the instruction booklet?” Like everything else, it’s probably buried in that drawer with all the rubber bands and twist ties. Stay tuned. u Dennis Hinkamp would also like to remind people that all those billions of remote control units send out electronic signals that may or may not control your brain.

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Snake Valley Aquifer hearing The BLM has scheduled public hearings on a draft environmental impact statement about a proposal to withdraw groundwater from Snake Valley in southwest Utah in order to pipe it to Las Vegas. Lowering the Snake Valley water table is expected to dry up springs, resulting in a dustbowl that will destroy local agriculture and wildlife habitat and blow clouds of dust over Salt Lake City. Nevada has its eye on groundwater because the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s share of Colorado River water is maxed out. Public Hearing: Aug. 11: Salt Lake City, 4-9 p.m. at Hampton Inn and Suites, 307 N. Admiral Byrd Road, Salt Lake International Center. The comment period for the Draft EIS ends Sept. 9. TINYURL.COM/BLMDRAFTEIS, WWW.GREATBASINWATER.NET

The Dept. of the Interiorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economic contributions When a flash flood washed out the Mineral Bottom road near Moab, cutting off access to the popular White Rim Trail and a boat launch, economists estimated that loss of the road would cost Grand County businesses 87 jobs and nearly $5 million in lost revenues per year. This is just one example of the direct economic benefits of recreation on Utahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s public lands, particularly in rural areas of the state. A U.S. Department of the Interior report released in June says that 20,319 jobs in Utah are directly related to public lands recreation (on par with the only slightly higher figure of 27,741 energy and mineral jobs). The report discredits the claim made by many Utah politicians that conservation on public lands costs Utah jobs. TINYURL.COM/INTERIORECONCONTRIBS

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Upstream/downstream: Glen Canyon Dam in the news Upstream: After 10 years of drought, water levels in Lake Powell are on the rise again. The last time Lake Powellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reservoir elevation was at this level was in 2001. As the lake level sank during the drought years, submerged canyons, rivers and archeological sites began to

rates enough water annually to supply the city of Los Angeles for a year. Downstream: The Glen Canyon dam, completed in 1963, used to be managed to maximize power generation, up until 1992, when the devastating ecological effects on Grand Canyon National Park below the dam prompted Congress to pass the Grand Canyon Protection Act. Since then, scientists have been experimenting with controlled water releases, trying (mostly unsuccessfully) to mimic spring floods that used to happen in the free-flowing river system. Recently the U.S. Department of Interior began work on a new long-term experimental and management plan to update the last plan written 15 years ago. The new plan will determine whether to establish a recovery program for endangered fish species below Glen Canyon Dam, taking into account new scientific information and global climate change. In other good news for the Grand Canyon, the Obama administration extended a moratorium on new uranium mining claims in the Grand Canyon region, though congressional Republicans immediately made moves to undo the ban. WWW.GLENCANYON.ORG, WWW.GRANDCANYONTRUST.ORG

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Tall tailings Kennecott plays coy with the EPA, Utah’s Department of Air Quality and Salt Lake City officials as it lays a plan to mine the mineral-rich dustpiles of yesteryear STORY AND PHOTOS BY SALLIE DEAN SHATZ

riving into Salt Lake City from the west, as you pass Saltair, a 10-story pile of what appears to be sand—what mining engineers call tailings (think of “tail end”)—looms on the horizon. For five miles, the pile rises on your right, looking like an over-full sand box with an occasional pipe and patches of moisture. The pile, currently covering 9,400 acres (940 Salt Lake City blocks) contains around two billion tons of tailings from the world-famous Bingham Canyon mine.

The moist patches result from a sprinkler system, one of Kennecott's futile attempts to keep the dust it generates from obliterating the sky on windy days. From Salt Lake City, the tailings piles appear to be no more than a bump on the western horizon until the wind blows. Then the talcum powder size fines are stirred up into dust clouds borne on the wind. Viewed from above, the tailings look like strange ponds—disturbing, industrial teal-green bodies of water with tendrils of aqua and other greens reaching out toward the dry edges. It wasn't always that way. When pioneers ventured west from Salt Lake City, they would skirt the vast wetlands on the southeast shore of Great Salt Lake, rounding the north end of the Oquirrh Mountains for one last view of the valley and the Wasatch Mountains. Then in 1906, Utah Copper Company, the corporate ancestor of Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation, began dumping a slurry of water and worked-out leftovers onto the wetlands adjacent to the lake. As the tailings built up and dried out, bulldozers raised the edges so more slurry could be disposed of. The older portion of the tailings ponds has been reclaimed with grasslands and shrubs. “The reclamation has provided typical Great Basin

The EPA is in a more challenging position. Large staff turnovers have erased institutional memory related to this issue. Impending budget cuts and the current Congress‘s attempts to strip the organization of its enforcement powers have made their job more difficult. habitat on the south impoundment which is now popular with growing numbers and species of wildlife,” according to the Environmental Stewardship portion of Kennecott’s website. But a large portion of the 9,400 acres remains unmarked by vegetation, leaving the job of keeping the dust down to an array of giant Rainbirds. Dust isn’t the only problem with the tailings pile. The Wasatch Front is ripe for earthquakes, with faults crisscrossing the valley, one of them close to the tailings ponds. The tailings ponds’ location

between the town of Magna and Great Salt Lake could lead to disastrous fates should an earthquake occur. Both would be flooded with wet tailings filled with toxins. Since the revelation, in 1997, of the pond’s seismic instability and the threat it posed to Magna, the ponds have been dewatered by giant pumps for seismic stability.

Plans for expansion Kennecott is currently planning a massive expansion of its operations to access a rich vein of ore in the Bingham Canyon mine. The “Cornerstone” expansion, which will extend the life of operations at the Bingham Canyon mine until 2038, will affect every aspect of Kennecott’s operations from the mine to the tailings ponds. Expanding the tailings ponds is part of “Cornerstone” plan. Kennecott’s Bingham Canyon mine complex, one of the largest mining operations in the world, currently has 70 permits from Utah’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Division of Air Quality (DAQ), Division of Water Quality (DWQ) and the Department of Oil, Gas and Mining (DOGM), as well as the EPA and the Corp of Engineers on the federal level. Kennecott has played this complex web of agencies and regulations to its advantage. The Wasatch Front is the only area in the EPA’s Region Eight that is out of attainment for PM2.5 and PM10 — the worst air pollutants. The area regularly has some of the worst air in the nation. In spite of this, the state recently granted Kennecott the approval order it needed to begin their Cornerstone expansion. Environmentalists may challenge this move in court. Terry Marasco, at the time the communications director for the Utah Coalition for Clean Air, and a leading advocate for clean air and water, told CATALYST he was approached by Bryce Bird, director of the Division of Air Quality, after the public meeting of the DAQ board for establishing

Kennecott is studying the older portions of the tailings ponds with an eye toward recycling. The area that would be reprocessed is the already reclaimed area—the restored Great Basin habitat so popular with wildlife—with the older, richer tailings at the bottom. a State Implementaion Plan for PM 2.5 on June 1. Bird asked if Marasco would legally challenge the May approval of the state implementation plan. Bird told Marasco that the DAQ did not have the funding to defend a suit. Bird met with Marasco and others working on similar issues on June 15. Among the requests from the group to the DAQ were that the state not sign the approval order (similar to a building permit for Kennecott’s increase) until the 15-year backlog of issues with the EPA over Utah’s state

air quality plan to come into compliance with the Clean Air Act were sorted out. There are, at present, 51 items in limbo, dating back to the Clinton Administration. The group also requested a sitdown meeting with Kennecott, the EPA and concerned citizens, initiated by the DAQ. Bird did not respond to any of Marasco’s requests or return subsequent emails. He issued the Approval Order for the Cornerstone expansion on June 27. The EPA is in a more challenging position. Large staff turnovers have erased institutional memory related to this issue. Impending budget cuts and the current Congress‘s attempts to strip the organization of its enforcement powers have made their job more difficult.

Enter the Army Corps of Engineers The plan to increase Kennecott’s capacity requires an additional area for tailings after recoverable materials have been processed out. The company has chosen an almost 2,000-acre site northeast of the current tailings pond—within Salt Lake City’s boundaries—to accommodate another 2.1 billion to 2.4 billion tons of tailings. Re-engineering of the five-mile section next to I80 will raise the height an additional 178 feet. The Kennecott-owned property, currently zoned M-1 (Light Manufacturing), sits directly across I-80 from Salt Lake City’s proposed Northwest Quadrant development. About a third of the land is wetlands. Two rivers flow through the site and would require diversion. It is the Army Corps of Engineers’ job to consider the Environmental Impact Statement when waters of the United States are involved and come up with the “least environmentally damaging practicable alternative.” There are 774 acres of “waters of the United States” involved in the tailings ponds expansion application. The Corps appears to have a tendency to consider and then

Utah’s Department of Air Quality approved the Cornerstone implementation plan on May 5 without knowledge of Kennecott’s intention to reprocess yesteryear’s tailings. Consequently, the tonnage of material to be moved for reprocessing is not included in the UDAQ-approved 32% increase in capacity. Neither are equipment emissions resulting from the excavation of the tailings, the dust potential inherent in disturbing the reclaimed tailings nor how that dust would be contained. say yes: Nationally, it rejects only about 1% of the applications it receives and approves the rest with some mitigation. Mining has changed in 107 years; evolving mining technology allows ever-higher percentages of precious metals such as copper, gold, silver and molybdenum to be yielded before the residue goes into the tailings ponds. Kennecott is studying the older portions of the tailings ponds with an eye toward recycling. The area that would be reprocessed is the already reclaimed area—the restored Great Basin habitat

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so popular with wildlife—with the older, richer tailings at the bottom. “Kennecott believes that significant recoverable copper, molybdenum and gold remain in those tailings,” according to Kennecott’s application to the Army Corps of Engineers for a permit to expand the tailings area. This application is the only place thus far that reprocessing the tailings has been mentioned during the entire Cornerstone permitting process. The document containing this revelation was obtained via the Freedom of Information Act. Problem is, it seems that when the DAQ approved the Cornerstone implementation plan on May 4, its director, Bryce Bird, was unaware of Kennecott’s intention to reprocess yesteryear’s tailings. Consequently, the tonnage of material to be moved for reprocessing is not included in the DAQ-approved 32% increase in capacity. Neither are equipment emissions resulting from the excavation of the tailings, the dust potential inherent in disturbing the reclaimed tailings nor how that dust would be contained. Bird claimed he was hearing of the reprocessing plans for the first time during a discussion for this article on July 18, two months after his presentation to the UDAQ board, indicating that the board members who voted to approve the increase were also unaware of Kennecott’s intention to re-mine the tailings and all the associated emissions.

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Salt Lake City’s surprise “This is certainly news to the city, troubling to say the least, and it certainly heightens our concern over Kennecott's expansion into city limits," says David Everitt, the mayor’s chief of staff. Everett Joyce, senior planner in the City’s Planning Division says he had access to only the scoping information from the Corps on the proposed tailings expansion, not the entire document. It seems the city planners had been unaware of Kennecott’s intention to reprocess the tailings when they submitted their comments to the Corps. The comments cited concerns about “the potential impact on the entry gateway to the city, future impact on residential development north of I-80, loss of potential industrial development south of I-80 due to the elimination of industrial use area from the tailings expansion itself and disruption to the transportation grid and development patterns, and due to interruptions to the existing natural drainage courses both on-site and on adjacent properties.” “This will be sorted out as part of the process,” said Jana Kettering, Kennecott’s principal adviser, Media Relations and Communications. What is the city going to do in January 2013 when the Army Corps of Engineers signs off on this project with some possible mitigation, and the Utah Department of Oil, Gas and Mining issue their permit, and Kennecott applies for a

zoning change? Would the city stand as the only entity holding up the show? “It’s impossible to tell until we get down the road,” says Everitt. “It is a public and in-depth process before the City Council even considers it. There has been nothing from Kennecott to indicate that they are applying for a land-use change.” There is no master plan for the Northwest Quadrant; the process has stalled in controversy. And until there is a master plan, historically, zoning doesn’t change. But the Northwest Quadrant conceptual thinking wasn’t headed towards a big pile of tailings. Sallie Dean Shatz is a photographer and writer living in Salt Lake City.

Hours before going to press, CATALYST has learned that several western environmental and public health organizations, including some based in Utah, will be filing an intent to sue Rio Tinto, parent company of Kennecott. They contend that for the last several years Rio Tinto has exceeded the legally enforceable limit of the total amount of material they are allowed to mine, and that limit is enforceable under the Clean Air Act as administered by the EPA.

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Drive the solar highway One major objection to a solarpowered future is the space photovoltaic panels take—you’ve got to have large, unobstructed stretches of land to create an efficient solar farm. Good thing the U.S. already has huge stretches of unobstructed land we’re not doing anything with: the shitty, beer can-littered empty space along the national highway and interstate grid. Oregon is investigating this opportunity: Solar highways are already powering a considerable portion of the highway lights themselves. A startup company, Republic Solar Highways, has a plan to use 65 acres of unused land around highway 101 in California to build a 15-megawatt solar network. This could be just one more drop in the bucket: A recent report form the U.S. Energy Information Administration says America now gets more of its energy from renewable resources than from nuclear; the Brookings Institution says there’s more jobs in the “clean economy” than in oil! TINYURL.COM/SOLARHIGHWAYONTHEWAY, TINYURL.COM/MOREENERGYTHANNUKES, TINYURL.COM/MOREJOBSTHANOIL

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Those disasters really add up The year is just two-thirds over and already 2011 has been the most expensive year for natural disasters in history. The biggest chunk of this year’s disaster-related expenses was due to Japan’s earthquake and tsunami in March ($210 billion), and in the U.S. most of the money was spent dealing with twisters and storms ($23.5 billion so far). Plenty

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Hacking for the planet From Anonymous, the hacker group that brought down PayPal because they quit taking donations for WikiLeaks: “Watch out, antigreenies!” Moving on from purely political targets, Anonymous is now planning to use their computer-disrupting ninja skills in support of green causes. First on their hit list: Monsanto, which Anonymous calls “corrupt, unethical and downright evil.” And take on Monsanto they did: In two days they crippled all three of the megacorporatioin’s mail servers and took down their main websites worldwide, according to Anonymous. Next on their list is Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips, Canadian Oil Sands, Ltd., the Royal Bank of Scotland and more. Anonymous is the Earth First! of Internet hacktivism—these guys are badasses—and I, for one, fully support the chutzpah of anyone who dares call out corps as big as the ones they’ve flagged. TINYURL.COM/HACKINGFORTHEPLANET

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Everyone knows that government subsidies keep gasoline from costing here what it does in the U.K. (about $10 per gallon)—but what about the social cost? According to Economics for Equity and the Environment Network, when you take into account damage caused by carbon emissions, we should add about $9 per gallon to the cost of gas. Remove government subsidies and we’re looking at a true gas cost of $19 per gallon. TINYURL.COM/TRUECOSTGASOLINE

Humanity’s footprint Ever wished you could comprehensively see what the human footprint on the planet looked like? Well, now you can—or at least the footprint of our transportation activities. Globaia has made a map that shows cities in yellow, shipping routes in blue, roads in green and air networks in white, criss-crossing the Atlantic in a schizophrenic spider’s web. It’s actually kind of pretty. TINYURL.COM/ATLANTICFOOTPRINTMAP

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The way to Simplephat Celia and Kevin Bell: Life on a half-acre homestead 5:56 a.m. The sun breaks over the mountains and houses to the east of the little home we recently purchased on Salt Lake’s west side. The cheerful summer light ricochets off the 70-yearold white paint on our garage, through the bedroom window, and unto my eyelids, where it turns into cheerfully jabby little needles, forcing me to stumble up and draw the blinds. 6:17 a.m. Our accidental rooster (the chicken that turned out to be not so chick-y after all) starts up his adolescent attempts at crowing. His call sounds like a cross between an ’84 Buick turning over and a wet cat clawing its way out of a rusty accordion. 6:24 a.m.: I contemplate beating him to death with one of the home improvement books stacked beside the bed (a fantasy I embellish with more gruesome details every morning). 8:15 a.m. Resting deeply. 8:16 a.m.: The no-really-seriously-I-mean-itthis-time-you-lazy-lazy-bastard alarm goes off. I finally get up, showing very little salt-of-theearth, up-at-dawn moxie. I clearly don’t have the hang of this urban farming thing yet. We have a paltry poultry flock (eight chickens, with one disqualified on account of dudeliness) and a total n00b’s garden. Our tiny plot of scraggly tomatoes, cucumbers, and peppers is surrounded by hulking weeds, looking like nothing so much as the chess club prior to an unfortunate lunchmoney incident. (We have seriously delinquent weeds—they have tattoos, and I caught them smoking behind our shed last week.) This stands in sharp contrast to Celia and Kevin Bell’s farm; last month I had the chance to visit the Bells’ urban homestead, a half-acre plot nestled among more traditional suburban sprawl of the westside Glendale neighborhood. Celia was sitting in the shade, grooming the dog, when I arrived; Kevin soon came home from a motorcycle ride to Evanston—a display of leisure almost impossible to believe once the tour began. The Bells’ garden is … beatific. Hop vines lick like green fire up the back of their garage-cumdrying-shed, casting dappled shadows over the walls. The chickens, glossy and plump, clucked contentedly in their enclosure. Different varieties of lettuce grow in buttery, lush pastel swirls. And the garden is expansive, truly a farm. Although in the past the Bells have grown produce to sell, they are currently planting for their own use— consuming the fresh produce or preserving it for use in winter months. Winter squash, cabbages, onions and garlic are stored. Plastic row covers will extend the growing season for the hardier root and salad greens: kale, collards, lettuce, spinach, arugula, carrot, beets and turnips. During our June visit, the Bells showed us empty beds destined to hold edamame or other beans—the benefit, Kevin points out, is that the beans can be planted and

forgotten until winter rolls around and there’s time to deal with them; in fact the season itself does some of the work: “When everything else has come and gone, these are drying on the vine.” Celia mentions that they shell the dried beans, or

prepare the popcorn they also grow, while they snuggle down to watch movies. Using Google’s 3D modeling program SketchUp, Kevin designed their chicken coop. The nest boxes and droppings trays under the roosts are designed around bottomless drawers that allow one to push the wheelbarrow right up outside and pull the drawer out, so the chicken-derived mess falls easily into the barrow for transport. The central location of the coop means that planting area and chicken run can be switched each year. The chickens do most of the tilling and weed-, seed- and bug-eating during fallow times, in preparation for next season’s planting. They also perform the important job of laying eggs; the Black Sex Link breed, in addition to being hardy through

story and photos BY ADELE FLAIL Utah’s chilly winters, shows sex-linked coloration (as the more astute reader has likely already guessed from the name), so the Bells are sure to have all hens—and have wisely avoided the necessity of early morning rooster-throttling. Once their usefulness as layers has passed, the chickens end up as chicken stock, adding another source of backyard-derived food to the Bells’ pantry, The Bells’ plot—a twentieth of a Salt Lake City block—is a serious undertaking for an urban couple. I ask how it is that they have succeeded in a project that, while seductive, also looks pretty daunting from my perspective. Kevin says he credits their success so far to the fact that they graduated from college debt-free, working concrete in summers (simultaneously developing the body strength and a few other skills that would come in handy later on) and then living on a working farm for several years before entering into their own experiment. The Bells have given their farm an unusual name: Simplephat. On a Greyhound back to Salt Lake, the Bells—out of college and learning the ropes at an intentional farming community in Missouri—were sitting near a group of Kansas City teenage gangbangers, and overheard them talking about getting out of town after a friend was gunned down on the street. Striking up a conversation, one teen reacted with recognition when the Bells talked about their work as homesteaders, telling them about a cousin who had moved to “simplephat”—a semi-mythical place removed from the urban topography where city dwellers could go to live clean, healthy—and long— lives. Like legends throughout the ages, all of the teenagers knew of someone who moved to simplephat, and they all wanted to seek it out for themselves—one day. The benefits of connection to the land and of physical labor, as well as the in-the-moment living physical labor encourages, are frequently mentioned in conjunction with the urban farming movement. But the allure is simpler than that. Most of us will spend significant portions of our lives living on other people’s time—hitting someone else’s targets, meeting someone else’s bottom line. The benefits to each day’s hard labor is as clear for the Bells as are the challenges. By centering our work around our own real needs, we see the impact of that work on our family, friends and our local community—human, flora and fauna.

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Naked Fish 67 W. 100 S. 595-8888. Naked Fish Japanese Bistro is proud to be Utah’s first sustainable sushi restaurant. It is always our goal to provide both inspired and environmentally responsible meals. We are dedicated to incorporating sustainable seafood and high quality ingredients that emphasize peak freshness and natural flavors. M-Fri 11:30a-2:00p; M-Thur 5p-9:30; Fri-Sat 5p-10:30; Sun 5-9p. WWW.NAKEDFISHBISTRO.COM. $$, V, B, TO. Nostalgia 248 E. 100 S. 532-3225. Salt Lake’s best-damn coffee, sandwiches, salads, soups and fresh pastries. A great destination for casual business meetings or a relaxed environment to hang out with friends. Local artists also find a home to sell their work in a hip environment. Outdoor seating available. Beer from local breweries— $1.50 Thurs, $2 Sat. Free wireless Internet available. WWW. NOSTALGIACOFFEE . COM . $, V, B, TO, P, CAT, Wifi.

weekly presence at the Downtown Farmers Market. Starks says growing Blue Star to its current popularity was one of the hardest things he’s ever done. “I was in way over my head,“ he recounts. “I had no idea how challenging food and beverage service can be; it constantly changes. I was used to working with books, which you can leave overnight and they are the same the next day. There are so many facets to having a café. We’ve tried many concepts to finally learn what works.” Sparks is happy with the result. “I have truly benefitted from the people who have come in here. We have amazing customers; it is a privilege to engage with them. Some have become my best friends.” And why is it named Blue Star? George says it is the nickname of a friend who told him “not to forget the importance of remaining a kid at heart and not lose the simplicity and wonder of life.” u Blue Star Juice and Espresso Bar Two Locations in Salt Lake City: 2975 South 2300 East 435 South 400 West (drive-though only) WWW.THE-BLUESTAR.COM 801-466-4280 Hours for Café and Bike Shop: Monday-Friday, 6 am-6 pm Saturday & Sunday 8 am-6 pm

As with the Kansas City teenagers they met years ago, the Bells are willing to share their map for finding simplephat. Kevin and Celia have not only opened their own farm to would-be urban farmers looking to learn, but to Salt Lake’s youth, including members of the Boing collective and former runaways. They live their dedication in their work, spreading knowledge and resources throughout the community. Celia Bell works as Horticulture Education Specialist for Volunteers

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of America, using the knowledge gleaned from her formal educational background in zoology, botany, and chemistry, as well as that gained quite literally in the field, to help local women who are homeless and detoxing. As Salt Lake City’s GIS coordinator, Kevin Bell involved students from the University of Utah in creating the city’s new solar mapping interface, which allows users to look at the sunshed for the city, their neighborhood or their home. The next project will look at

using this data to calculate maximum yields, putting high-tech tools in the hands of would-be farmers like my fiancé and me. So while I’ll be lucky to find a single ripe tomato or strawberry under the bindweed this year at my own quote-unquote homestead, there are plenty of resources to see me and any other potential urban farmers through. Celia says she and her husband have learned the ropes from hands-on teachings they’ve received from more experienced

farmers as well as by the cumulative knowledge found in their impressive wall of books—but there is no substitute for the knowledge they’ve gained from their own trial-anderror experiments. With a community of seasoned farmers like the Bells in Salt Lake, a plausible excuse to buy more books, and plenty of error under my belt, there may be hope yet. u Adele Flail is an artist and a burgeoning urban homesteader on SLC’s west side. She is also coordinator for The Leonardo.

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laywrights Eric Samuelsen and Debora Threedy share an affinity for the work of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. Eric recently completed a new translation of Ibsen’s legendary play “A Doll House,” and Debora is including a discussion of it in her forthcoming book The Subversive Sex. So we sat down to chat. JR: Why a new translation of “A Doll House”? ES: Some of the most important conversations my wife and I have had about our marriage were prompted by good productions of “A Doll House.” I love the play inordinately because it’s so warmly, richly human: funny and painful and rich. But I love it better in Norwegian than in any of the English translations I’ve

The first truly feminist play BY JERRY RAPIER, ERIC SAMUELSEN AND DEBORA THREEDY

read. I think it’s a genuinely great play that more Americans would love if they knew it as I know it. JR: Take us inside the play. DT: It follows Nora’s transformation from spoiled “child-wife” to independent, freethinking woman. The plot turns on the fact that Nora forged a legal document in order to borrow money to save her husband Torvald’s life. When the lender discovers the forgery, he threatens to blackmail Nora unless she convinces her husband to give him a job. When Torvald does find out, he makes it clear he will give in to the blackmailer’s demands rather than see his reputation ruined. Nora, realizing he is not the man she thought he was, walks out on her marriage—the door slam heard round the world. JR: “A Doll House” is regularly referred to as the first truly feminist play. DT: At its most obvious, it’s feminist because it has a female protagonist, something that was—and to some extent still is—unusual. Moscow Art Theatre 1890

Feminists, however, disagree on how to interpret Nora’s story. Some concentrate on how Nora embraces an ethic of care and places her duty to save her husband’s life above the positive commands of law. Others focus on the last scene, where Nora rejects a patriarchal notion of womanhood constructed by men and vows to decide for herself what is right and wrong. Ironically, because Nora undertakes a classic hero’s journey of selfdiscovery, some scholars argue that her story is not feminist at all, but rather a universal story. But as feminist scholars have responded, this ignores the historically specific and gendered context for Nora’s story: in the late 19th century, a man would not feel social pressure to be a “child-husband” supported and governed by his wife, and a man would not be prohibited from borrowing money in his own name and so be driven to forge his father’s name. Most importantly, as Torvald says to Nora, “a man would never sacrifice his integrity for love”; as Nora responds, “thousands of women have.” ES: It is the greatest of all feminist plays. I call it “A Doll House,” instead of the more traditional “A Doll’s House,” because it’s a more accurate translation of the Norwegian title “Et Dukkehjem.” When we buy children a house for them to play with their dolls, we call it a dollhouse. Norwegian children play with a dukkehjem. With that subtle change I suggest that it’s not Nora’s house at all. It’s Torvald’s, it’s her insufferable husband’s house. JR: What was Ibsen’s inspiration for the play? DT: Laura Petersen Kieler, a Norwegian journalist and author, was Ibsen’s protégé. For a time, she lived with him and his wife, becoming something of the daughter they never had. Laura married a Danish schoolmaster, Victor Kieler, and after he fell ill with tuberculosis, his doctors prescribed he spend time in a warmer climate. Victor refused to borrow money, so Laura secretly took out a loan. She thought she could repay the loan with money from her writing, but miscalculated. She sent Ibsen a manuscript, asking him to recommend it to a publisher.

Ibsen refused, calling the book rushed, and urging Laura to “put everything in your husband’s hands.’” Pregnant and desperate and knowing well her husband’s intransigent nature, Laura forged a note to repay the loan. When the forgery came to light, Victor demanded a legal separation, took custody of their children (including the newborn infant), and had his wife committed to a mental asylum. Although she was released after a month, it was two years before Victor allowed her to return home to her children. Ibsen rewrote the ending of Laura’s story, giving his Nora the strength to walk away from her husband’s ‘forgiveness.’ ES: But let’s not watch it smugly. Let’s not think, “Boy, isn’t it great how much more enlightened we are today.” In some ways we are. But we’re also a society of trophy wives and plastic surgery and botox. A society where women can own property and go to law school and serve as Secretary of State—two in a row, as it happens. We’re also a pornogrified society. In the Ibsen museum, in Oslo, my favorite exhibit is of a party invitation from 1880. A grand doyen of Oslo society invites her friends to attend a particular soiree. In big letters on the bottom, it says “‘A Doll House’ will not be discussed.” Was she warning people off, giving notice? Or was this an incentive— you can attend the one “Doll House”-free party of the summer? But it gives some idea how the play was thought of. Dangerous, incendiary, and oh, so enticing. Ibsen would have appreciated that rich joke. ‘Will not be discussed.’ But it will, now, by us.” u Jerry Rapier is the producing director for Plan-B Theatre, where the plays of Eric Samuelsen and Debora Threedy are regularly produced. CATALYST is a sponsor of Plan-B’s 2010-2011 season.

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Great Salt Lake Yoga Fest You don’t have to travel to Spanish Fork to get your fix of the Utah Krishnas next month. The organization recently acquired a temple in Salt Lake City— and they’re using it to bring all things yoga to SLC on Labor Day weekend. Festival offers instruction and workshops on yoga of devotion, posture and breathing yoga, food yoga, healing yoga, yoga of laughter, yoga of kirtan and yoga of dance for both beginners and more advanced practicioners. Besides yoga, the festival will also include music (featuring Abraxas, Hanuman & Sadie, Sugar Mountain Revival and Jai Krishna Das & the Kirtaniyas), food and “spiritual stand-up” comedy. GSL Yoga Fest, Sept. 3-4, 12-9p, Sept. 5, 12-4p. 965 E 3370 S. $10 single entry, $25 3-day pass. UTAHKRISHNAS.ORG

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Festivals & fundraisers Raise the Roof for Tanzania Project Wezesha is a local nonprofit promoting education in rural Tanzania. All proceeds from this night of music and a silent auction go to support Project Wezesha’s summer goal to put roofs on the classrooms of Amahoro Secondary School in Mgaraganza, Tanzania. They’ve got a line-up of local music including Better Off with the Blues, Koko and Camaro, The Last Look, Cambriah Heaton, Kaleb Hanly, Sara Baldwin and Eric O’Keefe. Silent auction will include yoga classes, spa days, local art, pottery and jewelry. Raise the Roof, Aug. 5, 8:30p-1a. The Woodshed, 60 E 800 S. $15. PROJECTWEZESHA.ORG

The Center for Women and Children in Crisis presents “Break the Silence.” Jenny Jordan Frogley will share the stage with eight of Utah’s most accomplished dance companies as they support survivors of domestic violence. Performances by Odyssey Dance Theatre, Kalamity Dance, inFluxdance, Easton and Haley Smith (courtesy of Ballet West) and many others will provide an evening of music, song and dance. All proceeds will help fund the installation of an updated security system at a local domestic violence shelter.

entertainment throughout the day, great food choices and a showcase of progressive artists from Utah and around the region. Craft Lake City, Aug. 13, 2-10p. The Gallivan Center, 239 Main St. CRAFTLAKECITY.COM

Helper Arts and Music Festival This four-day festival boasts one of the longest running plein air competitions in

Break the Silence, Aug. 12, 7p. Jeanne Wagner Theatre, 138 W 300 S. $15, recommended ages 8 and up, no babes in arms. BREAKTHESILENCEDANCE.ORG

Craft Lake City Join hundreds of local artists as they vend their innovative wares to the public at the third annual Craft Lake City event at the Gallivan Center. SLUG Magazine’s “D.I.Y Arts and Crafts Festival” features tons of

Utah. Festival includes art demonstrations, gallery exhibits and shops; playwright, sculpture and art salon competitions; a children’s art yard, car show and a free concert series all weekend with live performances by many regional musicians. Helper Arts and Music Festival, Aug. 18-21. Downtown Helper, Utah. HELPERARTSANDMUSICFESTIVAL.COM

International Peace Gardens Festival Salt Lake City’s International Peace Gardens features replicas of famous international sites, such as Stonehenge, the Eiffel Tower and the Matterhorn. This annual festival showcases music, dance and food from a variety of cultures. Opening remarks by Mayor Ralph Becker and Mayor Peter Corroon will be followed by an afternoon of performances and demonstrations. International Peace Gardens Festival, Aug. 20, 12-5p. INTERNATIONALPEACEGARDENS.ORG

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The Basics of Bike Fit Why do seat height and stem length matter for comfort and maximum efficiency on a bike? Find the answer to all of your bike fit questions and more at the Basics of Bike Fit class. Participants will find out what bike size is appropriate for their height, how to set the saddle to the correct height and angle and what stem lengths work best for each person. Open to all abilities and ages. Basics of Bike Fit, Aug. 17, 6-7p. Wasatch Touring, 702 E 100 S. Free. WASATCHTOURING.COM

Farm tours The Downtown Farmers Market and Edible Wasatch present a series of farm tours in August, September and October that focus on different aspects of local food production. This is the first year for the tours—influenced by the Market’s commitment to “farm to fork” education and buying local. This month's tour is “Fruit and Honey.” Themes, times and prices for each tour vary—keep an eye on the Downtown Farmers Market website and CATALYST calendar for details.

Making Herbal First Aid Kits For millennia, herbs have been invaluable for cuts, bruises, scrapes and aches. Learn how to make an herbal first aid kit for home and traveling. We will also interact with all the medicinal herbs currently growing in Traces Herbal Learning Garden and learn which are ready to be harvested now and in the fall to make oils, salves, teas and tinctures. Taught by Wendy Parker. Making Herbal First Aid Kits, Aug. 17, 6:30-8:30p. Traces Garden, 1432 S 1100 E. $20. TRACESGARDEN.COM

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Getting the Word Out: Exploring New Genres of Public Writing Do you have something to say about community issues, but you want to do something more than write a letter or send an email? This interactive workshop on public writing explores lesser-known genres of writing such as fliers, brochures and pamphlets. Getting the Word Out, Aug. 9 & 16, 6-8p. SLCC Community Writing Center, 210 E 400 S. $20, registration required. SLCC.EDU/CWC

Gathering Wild Mushrooms Delicate, yet hearty and palette pleasing, mushrooms add texture and flavor to a variety of cuisines and dishes. But which of the thousands of species of mushrooms are edible— and which (very few!) will kill you? Begin to learn this important distinction and discuss the basics of mushroom hunting, which mushrooms in Utah and surrounding states are edible, and of course, cooking with mushrooms. Carpool field trip will be in the Uinta Mountains, hunting for boletus edulis (porcini), chanterelle, agaricus campestris (button) and morels. Taught by Tatyana Golub. Gathering Wild Mushrooms, Aug. 10, 7-9p at the U of U Continuing Education Annex and Aug. 13, 9a-5p in the Uinta Mountains. $111, registration required. LIFELONG.UTAH.EDU

Easy Designs for Problematic Park Strips, Aug. 20, 9-11a. Conservation Garden Park, 8215 S 1300 W. Free, but registration required. CONSERVATIONGARDENPARK.ORG

Go native! The best natives for your yard Utah is full of plants that are beautiful, adapted to the climate and grow naturally. This class will help you find the Utah-native plants that work best for your yard. Utah’s Best Native Plants, Aug. 20, 10:30a-12p. Conservation Garden Park, 8215 S 1300 W. Free, registration required. CONSERVATIONGARDENPARK.ORG

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Atomic Mom lifts the veil on a part of US history that not many know—and that those who do don’t want to remember. Pauline Silvia, a Navy biologist in the 1950s, conducted experiments for the US Atomic Testing Program at the Nevada Test Site. After 50 years, Pauline breaks her silence to talk to her daughter, filmmaker M.T. Silvia, about these experiments and why they haunt her still today. Atomic Mom, Aug. 9, 7p. Main Library, 210 E 400 S. Free. SLCFILMCENTER.ORG

Troubadours Framed by the illustrious careers of James Taylor and Carole King, Troubadors delves into the explosive singer-songwriter movement in Los Angeles during the early 1970s. Morgan Neville creates a riveting chronicle of the time featuring icons Elton John, Steve Martin, and Bonnie Raitt. Presented by the Sundance Institute. Troubadours, Aug. 10, 9-11p. Red Butte Garden, 300 Wakara Way. Free. SUNDANCE.ORG/UTAH

“A Doll House” reading Check out this free staged reading of “A Doll House,” the first truly feminist play, by Henrik Ibsen (translated by Eric Samuelsen), part of Plan B Theatre’s Script-in-Hand series. Last year’s effort from this series was some of the best theatre we’ve seen in Salt Lake City. “A Doll House” reading, Aug. 28, 4p. Jeanne Wagner Theatre, 138 W Broadway. Free, but tickets are required. PLANBTHEATRE.ORG

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Go Indian at the Shiva Center Check out the Shiva Center’s August classes—learn about Indian cuisine, medicine, religion and cultural practices. Bhagavad Gita: An in-depth discussion of a classical text, Aug. 3, 7-8.30p; Ayurvedic cooking class, Aug. 3, 12-3p; Svara Yoga: Ancient Science of the Breath, Aug 10, 7-8p; Homa: Fire Offering with mantras for relationships, Aug. 12, 7-8.30p; Yoga Beyond Asanas: Yoga as a Way of Life, Aug. 21, 12-3p; Yogic Diet, Aug. 17, 7-9p; Stress and Anxiety: The Yogic Perspective, Aug. 24, 7-9p; Discover Mudras, Aug. 31, 7-9p. Shiva Center, 2065 E 2100 S. Prices vary. SHIVACENTERSLC.COM

Spirituality Dances of Universal Peace These dances are a joyous, multicultural way to touch the spiritual essence within others and with ourselves. They use sacred phrases, chants, music and movement from the many traditions of the earth to promote peace and integration within individuals and groups. There are no performances or audience: New arrivals and older “hands” form the circle and learn together. No partner or previous dance experience is necessary. Dances of Universal Peace, Aug. 13 (and every 2nd Saturday). Inner Light Center, 4408 S 500 E. INNERLIGHTCENTER.NET

Hot August Night Join the Inner Light Center for an evening of laughter, food and fun; with live music by Auld’sKool. Hot August Night, Aug. 20, 6-9:30p. Inner Light Center, 4408 S 500 E. INNERLIGHTCENTER.NET

Market Tuesday Farmers Market Like to buy fresh produce from the downtown farmers market, but want to avoid the crowds? Looking for food only—no need for arts and crafts? Hate getting up early on a Saturday morning? Come to the produce-only Tuesday Harvest Market—every Tuesday evening from August 2-October 12, 4 p.m.-

dusk. The market features over 25 vendors selling berries, cucumbers, eggplant, peaches, heirloom tomatoes, melons, peppers, sweet corn, squash, pumpkin, cabbage, onions, green beans, potatoes, meat and more. Harvest Market, Aug. 2-Oct. 12, 4p-dusk. Pioneer Park, 300 S 300 W. DOWNTOWNSLC.ORG/FARMERS-MARKET

Urban Flea Market Something different for downtown on a summer Sunday: a monthly flea market by the City/County Building, where you can find eclectic vintage, used and new clothing, records, artwork, furniture, tools, knickknacks and more. There may still be some vendor spaces available—so if you're looking to sell some swag, here's where to do it.

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In 1994, Community Animal Welfare Society (CAWS) began the first fix and release (also called Trap, Neuter and Return) program for feral cats in Utah. In the last 17 years, the group’s ongoing rescue, foster, education and adoption programs have helped animals who are abandoned or whose time is up at shelters. CAWS also provides low-cost neutering for pets with a sliding scale payment system. Though their Trap Neuter and Return program has been largely passed on to their partner organization, No More Homeless Pets, CAWS’ influence in helping the feral cat community is inspiring. Run solely by volunteers, CAWS does everything from giving advice and training for using traps and long-term care of feral cats, to providing vaccines to the majority of feral cats in Utah. Why not just remove feral cats and euthanize them? Cats are territorial. On a practical level, when feral cats are removed, more just fill the space so removal does not solve the problem. Neutering, vaccinating and returning the animals to their colonies, where they live out their lives catching those rats and mice that plague many neighborhoods (especially those situated near water) is a better solution. Feral cats can be helpful members of our community if we help them out just a little. Thanks to CAWS, we now have the knowledge and support to humanely help our feral cats. WWW.CAWS.ORG

Recommended multimedia READ: The Animal Connection: A New Perspective on What Makes Us Human by Pat Shipman. For anthropology junkies, this is a fascinating, in-depth theory of how our close connections with animals influenced human evolution and shaped who we are today. From our first interactions with animals to now, Shipman shows that our relationship goes well beyond our current view of animals as companions and suggests that in many ways and throughout history, animals are our teachers. WATCH: Elephant and Dog. A touching friendship between two very different species. TINYURL.COM/ELEPHANTANDDOGVID

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Did you know? At least 92% of egg-laying hens in the U.S. are confined in battery cages so small the animals can’t even spread their wings. About 210 million of these birds are provided 67 square inches of space and 50 million are provided with even less (typically 48 square inches). In addition to being extremely restrictive, these cages are also barren, meaning they don’t provide hens with tools necessary to engage in important natural behaviors, like laying their eggs in nests, perching or scratching—behaviors that are necessary for hens to have adequate welfare, according to the Humane Society of the United States.

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Give a greyhound a second chance Greyhounds make great pets! They are intelligent, affectionate, calm, and very clean. Though they are large dogs, they are relatively unobtrusive, polite, and easy to live with. Most do well with cats and other small animals. Greyhounds have virtually no “doggy” odor, even when wet. Their short hair doesn’t shed much, so they don’t require grooming other than an occasional bath and nail clipping. They do not eat a lot and are generally healthy dogs (genetic defects are very rare), living for 12 to 15 years. Despite the impression that greyhounds may need a lot of exercise, they actually are kind of couch potatoes— though they do need walkies like all other dogs. They also make ideal jogging companions—in fact, racing greyhounds are trained not to bump into co-runners (canines, that is, but that easily translates into humans). Second Chance Greyhounds (SCG) facilitates adoptions by finding the perfect dog from one of their greyhound rescue affiliates; the organization provides transportation, vaccinations, and spay or neuter procedures. SCG asks for a donation of at least $150 to cover costs. WWW.2NDCHANCEGREYHOUNDS.ORG. Meet the dogs at these places monthly: Sugarhouse Petco,1st Saturdays, 1-3 p.m. Fort Union Petco, 2nd Saturdays, 12-4 p.m. Jordan Landing Petsmart. 4th Fridays, 6:30-9 p.m.

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hat’s why drivers hate cyclists,” I announced to the others in our car. We were in the far right lane leaving American Fork, a lane that becomes the on ramp to I-15 North. A bicyclist in our lane moved suddenly across the lane left to merge into the center lane, which goes straight. In doing so he cut in front of a car. The driver honked, the cyclist gave the one-finger salute. “What was the guy supposed to do?” my son, who was driving our car, asked. “The car cut right.” From my vantage point in the backseat, I had not seen the car swerve sharply right in order to get onto the on-ramp at the same time the cyclist swerved left to get off the onramp. Two vehicles suddenly changed lanes at the last moment, a common enough occurrence in Utah—except one was a bicycle and had they

A bicyclist must consider herself to be a vehicle on the road, subject to the same privileges and responsibilities as drivers; and drivers need to see cyclists in the same light. collided the damage would have been worse than a simple fender-bender. Many of us grew up riding bikes on sidewalks and making the transition to the road can be traumatic. Sidewalks are fine for kids, who don’t know the rules of the road, but for adults, riding on the sidewalk is dangerous and in most places, including Utah, illegal. Dodging people on foot slows you down, trips you up and puts you at risk for accidents. Some cyclists take a page from the unwritten rules for pedestrians on roadways, and that is to ride on the left side of the road, into oncoming traffic. That’s even worse than riding

In the lane Cycling in traffic BY STEVEN CHAMBERS

on the sidewalk. Motorists aren’t expecting bicycles coming at them and just plain don’t see them. “Traffic works best when everyone is predictable,” says Preston Tyree, education director for the League of American Bicyclists. A bicyclist must consider herself to be a vehicle on the road, subject to the same privileges and responsibilities as drivers; and drivers need to see cyclists in the same light. So the most fundamental aspect of being a predictable cyclist is to ride on the right side of the road. When riding in traffic, stay as far to the right as you safely can. “Safely” is a relative term, especially if there are cars parked on the street. To get a sense of perspective of how far to stay to the left of parked cars, open the door of your car and place the handlebars of your bike six inches from that. This will give you an idea of how far to the left of a parked car you need to be to avoid being hit by a door that suddenly opens as you ride by. Even if you’re riding on a road without cars you should be at least three feet from the edge of the pavement. That’s roughly an arm’s-length from the curb. Riding closer to the side of the road may make you feel safer, but it actually puts you more at risk because you are less visible and therefore more vulnerable. When approaching an intersection with a designated right turn lane, if you’re going straight move to the right of the lane that proceeds straight to let cars pass you and turn right. If there is no designated right turn lane

and you’re going straight, move left to give enough room for a car to pass on the right if possible. Some roads don’t have enough room for two cars. In that case, move slightly left to indicate that you intend to go straight, but don’t worry about blocking traffic. If you were a car, the person behind you couldn’t turn right anyway. Left turns require anticipation, especially if you’re traveling on a four-lane (or more) road, because you have to move from the right across the travel lanes into the left turn lane. You should anticipate your turn at least a half-block before the turn lane. Once again, act as if you are a car, moving gradually from one lane to the next. An arm signal (left arm extended horizontally) is helpful. So back to our initial question: Who was wrong, the driver or the cyclist? Both. Neither the motorist nor the bicyclist anticipated his need to change lanes soon enough. The cyclist continued in the far right lane, the one that becomes the on-ramp, until the very last moment. The motorist continued in the center lane until the same time. If both had anticipated their need to change lanes earlier, their lastsecond lane changes would have been unnecessary and another unpleasant car-bicycle encounter would have been avoided. u Steve Chambers is a Salt Lake City lawyer and freelance writer. He has been commuting by bicycle part time for over 10 years.

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Jathara Parivartanasana Expanding your elixir field BY CHARLOTTE BELL

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f you plant a garden, you know that August is your garden’s most bounteous month. Squash, eggplant, potatoes, onions, sweet corn, peppers and, of course, succulent tomatoes—an altogether different fruit from the mealy, pinkish orbs in the grocery store—are plentiful and at their juicy best. Late summer is the time we harvest and assimilate Earth’s bounty, the fruits of our labors. It’s likely no coincidence then that Chinese medicine designates late summer as the time when the Earth element is predominant. It is also fitting that Earth is the element that governs the stomach and spleen—organs that assimilate and distribute nutrients in our bodies. Taoists call the belly the “elixir field.” In addition to the belly’s role as assimilator of food, from before birth the navel contains a reservoir of life force, a gift from our mothers. According to yoga teacher Cora Wen, who will come to Salt Lake City to teach a workshop this October, the belly is a “source of deep power and the root of intuition.” Positive emotional qualities of a balanced stomach-spleen include trust, honesty, acceptance, openness and equanimity, while an imbalance might engender anxiety, worry, excessive thinking, obsessiveness and doubt. The expression, “butterflies in your stomach,” perfectly describes the edgy agitation of anxiety and worry. August’s pose is Jathara Parivartanasana (Revolved Belly Pose). Jathara Parivartanasana tones the organs of the upper abdominal quadrants, including the stomach, spleen, liver and pancreas, and relieves low back discomfort.

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POSE OF THE MONTH Revolved Belly is a spinal twist, a class of poses generally considered to be soothing to the nervous system. Twists promote equanimity and balance, qualities that help dispel the negative consequences of an imbalanced stomach and spleen. In particular, lying-down twists are cooling, balancing our bodies’ tendency to overheat in late summer. Begin by lying on your back on a mat or blanket, with your knees bent and the soles of your feet resting on the floor. Extend your arms out at shoulder level so that they are at a 90-degree angle to the body. Turn your palms upward. For your first few breaths, relax your back body into the floor, allowing your feet, pelvis, shoulder blades, backs of your arms and back of your head to settle into gravity each time you exhale. Observe how these contact points connect with the floor. Lift your feet off the floor drawing your knees toward your chest. If you feel your low back beginning to press down into the floor, release your legs away from you a bit so that your low back is curved slightly away from the floor. With your knees bent, swing your legs over to the right side until they come to rest on the floor with your thighs at a 90-degree angle to your torso. Do not try to line your knees up with each other. Let the left knee rest on your right inner thigh. Lengthen your arms out from your chest and widen the area between the shoulder blades. Turn your head gently to the left. Relax here for a few breaths. You may stay in this pose with your knees bent and resting on the floor, or you may straighten the knees so that your legs are resting on the floor at a 90-degree angle to your body. In either case, extend through your arms, chest and upper back as you inhale generously into your belly. Breathe very deeply, but without strain. Imagine sending the breath out from the navel center into all the limbs— arms, legs, head and tailbone. Allow your body to relax around the movement of your breath. Stay for five to ten breaths. To leave the pose, bend your knees and roll your legs and pelvis back to the center. Place your feet on the floor and rest. Feel your back body again resting on the floor. Has anything changed? How are the contact points in your back body connecting with the floor? After a few breaths, repeat the pose on your second side. Like all twists, Jathara Parivartanasana brings the body to balance after practicing heating poses such as backbends. It is a great transition pose for the period in your practice when you move from heating to cooling postures. Revolved Belly Pose quietly nourishes the stomach and spleen, organs charged with nourishing the whole body. Remember to breathe deeply, letting the deep energy of the belly extend out into the far reaches of your body. u Charlotte Bell is a yoga teacher, author and musician who lives in Salt Lake City. Visit her at www.charlottebellyoga.com. u Comments? Let us know what you think! letters@catalystmagazine.net Charlotte Bell is a yoga teacher, author and musician who lives in Salt Lake City. Visit her at www.charlottebellyoga.com.

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ARTS, MUSIC & LANGUAGES instruction, lessons, galleries, for hire Alliance Francaise of Salt Lake City 7/12 801-501-7514. P.O. Box 26203, SLC UT 84126 International cultural organization conducts French language classes. Beginners through advanced levels taught by experienced native teachers. Three semesters, 10 sessions each. Also offers Children's classes, Beginner and Intermediate levels. Monthly social gatherings. In addition, we sponsor French related concerts and lectures. WWW.AFSLC.ORG Idlewild 10/11 801-268-4789, WWW.IDLEWILDRECORDINGS.COM. David and Carol Sharp. Duo up to six-piece ensemble. Celtic, European, World and Old Time American music. A variety of instru-

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Cosmic Spiral 10/11 920 E 900 S, SLC. 801-509-1043 Mystical, musical and metaphysical gifts and resources for every persuasion—in an atmosphere that soothes your spirit. Psychic, Tarot and astrology readings, events and classes. Singing bowls, drums, flutes, incense, books, jewelry, cards and smiles. Open noon-6:30 p.m, Monday thru Saturday. Golden Braid FB 151 S 500 E. 801-322-1162

massage, structural integration (SEE ALSO: Energy Work & Healing) Carl Rabke LMT, GCFP FOG 801-671-4533. Somatic Education and Bodywork. Feldenkrais®, Structural Integration and massage. Offering a unique blend of the 10 sessions with Awareness Through Movement® lessons. Discover the potential for learning and improvement at any age, as you come to inhabit your body with ease, vitality and integrity. WWW.BODYHAPPY.COM MJ Jones LMT 03/12 801-898-0299, 5258 S Pinemont Dr #B-135 Murray Utah. MJJONESLMT@GMAIL.COM. Offering a unique blend of Swedish, deep tissue, stretching, breathwork, energy work. Great for pain and stress relief. I am continually exploring new modalities to fulfill my highest healing potential. It's an honor to share my experience with you. Jennifer Golembeski, LMT. 801-577-8226. Deep tissue therapeutic massage, Reflexology, and Lymphatic Drainage (aids in relief for clients with fibromyalgia and promotes healing from certain surgeries). Make some time for "you"! Leave feeling centered and rejuvenated. Flexible hours. Call today and receive a discount on your first session. 10/11

Healing Mountain Massage School FB 801-355-6300.

BOOKS, GIFTS bookshops, record stores and gift boutiques

EDUCATION schools, vocational, continuing education Healing Mountain Massage School FB 801-355-6300. 455 South 300 East, Suite 103, SLC, UT 84111. Morning, evening, & weekend programs. Graduate in as little as 7 months. 8 students in a class. Mentor with seasoned professionals. Practice in a live day spa. ABHES accredited. Financial aid: loans/grants available to those who qualify. WWW.HEALINGMOUNTAIN.ORG Red Lotus School of Movement. FB 801-355-6375. WWW.REDLOTUSSCHOOL.COM

ENERGY WORK & HEALING energy balancing, Reiki (SEE ALSO: Bodywork) Evolutionary Spirit Shamanic Energy Healing Dee Ann Nichols, Salt Lake City, UT 801-638-0940. A graduate of the Healing the Light Body School of The Four Winds Society, certified in Advanced Client Skills and Mastery of Medicine Teachings, Dee Ann provides healing sessions, teachings and ceremonies in the Peruvian tradition of the ancient Inka. WWW.EVOLUTIONARYSPIRIT.INFO 10/12 Lilli DeCair 8/11 801-577-6119, WWW.GOTGYPSY.COM. Stressed, sad, overwhelmed? Lilli has great news for you! Inspirational mystic, European professional

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Sherrie's Sacred Space 6/11 Home, workplace & personal cleansing. Feeling overwhelmed, low energy, anxious, in pain? I can help you. This non-contact work results in an integral and simultaneous shift. Distance & in-person appointments. You will feel better! Call for special July offer & workshops 801-2056460, SHERRIE@SHERRIESACREDSPACE.COM Sheryl Seliger, LCSW, 6/12 Counseling & Craniosacral Therapy 801-556-8760. 1104 E. Ashton Ave. (2310 S.) Email: SELIGERS@GMAIL.COM Powerful healing through dialogue & gentle-touch energy work. Adults: Deep relaxation, stress reduction & spiritual renewal, chronic pain & illness, head & spinal injuries, anxiety, PTSD, relationship skills, life strategies. Infants and children: colic, feeding & sleep issues, bonding, birth trauma. Birth preparation & prenatal CST.

HEALTH, WELLNESS & BODY CARE Ayurveda, beauty supply, birth services/prenatal care, Chinese medicine/acupuncture, chiropractics, colon therapy, dentistry, health centers, health products, homeopathy, naturopaths, nutritionists, physical therapy, physicians, women’s healthcare Alexander Technique, Cathy Pollock, M.AmSAT 9/11 801-230-7661. Certified Alexander Technique teacher with 17 years experience. Beyond good posture and body mechanics! Develop awareness. Let go of habitual tensions. Calm your nervous system. Embody dynamic ways of moving and performing. Learn to be easily upright and open. Breathe better, feel better, look better. Gain confidence and poise. WWW.ALEXANDERTECHNIQUEUTAH.COM Cameron Wellness Center 9/11 801-486-4226. Dr Todd Cameron, Naturopathic Physician. 1945 S. 1100 E. #202. Remember when doctors cared? Once, a doctor cared. He had that little black bag, a big heart, an encouraging smile. Once, a doctor actually taught about prevention. Remember “an apple a day”? Dr. Cameron is a family practitioner. He takes care of you. He cares. WWW.DRTODDCAMERON.COM

Eastside Natural Health Clinic 9/11 Uli Knorr, ND 801.474.3684; 2188 S. Highland Drive #207. Dr. Knorr uses a multi-dimensional approach to healing. He can help optimize your health to live more vibrantly and support your natural healing ability. He focuses on hormonal balancing, including thyroid, adrenal, women’s hormones, blood sugar regulation; gastrointestinal disorders and allergies. Detoxification, food allergy testing and comprehensive hormonal testing available. EASTSIDENATURALHEALTH.COM Rebecca Diehl, Certified Colon Hydrotherapist & Holistic Health Practitioner 801-518-5073, 1104 E Ashton Ave. Ste. 108, REBECCA@FOURELEMENTSWELLNESS.COM. Balancing the body, mind, spirit and nature through multiple healing modalities. Optimize your health with colonics, detoxification, nutritional guidance, energetic healing, and inspiriation. I use state of the art colonic equipment and ancient healing methods… my approach is holistic, sensitive, loving, supportive, and professional. 12/11

Todd Mangum, MD, Web of Life Wellness Center FB 801-531-8340. 989 E. 900 S., Ste. A1. Dr. Mangum is a family practice physician who uses acupuncture, massage, herbs & nutrition to treat a wide range of conditions including chronic fatigue, HIV infection, allergies, digestive disturbances and fibromyalgia. He also designs programs to maintain health & wellness. WWW.WEBOFLIFEWC.COM Planned Parenthood of Utah 6/12 1-800-230-PLAN, 801-532-1586, or PPAU.ORG. Planned Parenthood provides affordable and confidential healthcare for men, women and teens. Services include birth control, emergency contraception (EC/PlanB/morning after pill), testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infection including HIV, vaccines including the HPV vaccine, pregnancy testing and referrals, condoms, education programs and more. Precision Physical Therapy 9/11 801-557-6733. Jane Glaser-Gormally, MS, PT. 4568 S. Highland Dr., Ste. 140. Licensed PT specializing in holistic integrated manual therapy (IMT). Safe, gentle, effective techniques for pain and tissue dysfunction. This unique form of therapy works to identify sources of pain and assists the body with self-corrective mechanisms to alleviate pain and restore mobility and function. UofU provider. Now expanding services into Park City and Heber. SLC Qi Community Acupuncture 6/12 R. Dean Woolstenhulme, L.Ac 177 E 900 S Ste 101D, 801-521-3337. Acupuncture you can afford. Quality acupuncture on low sliding scale rates ($15-$40) makes health care affordable and effective. Relax in comfy reclining chairs in a healing community setting. Acupuncture is good for allergies, back pain and more. Downtown SLC. WWW.SLCQI.COM Wasatch Vision Clinic FB 801-328-2020. 849 E. 400 S. in Salt Lake across from the 9th East TRAX stop. Comprehensive eye care, eye disease, LASIK, contacts and glasses since 1984. We accept most insurance. WASATCHVISION.COM Dr. Michael Cerami, Chiropractor. 801-4861818. 1550 E. 3300 S. WWW.DRCERAMI.COM FB

MISCELLANEOUS Blue Boutique FB 801-982-1100. WWW.BLUEBOUTIQUE.COM/10 Catalyst 801-363-1505. 140 McClelland, SLC. CONTACT@CATALYSTMAGAZINE.NET.

Spaces Available 8/11 801-596-0147 Ext. 41, 5801 S Fashion Blvd, Ste. 250, Murray, UT. Center for Transpersonal Therapy. TWO large plush spaces. Bright & comfortable atmosphere, available for workshops, classes, or ongoing groups. Pillows, yoga chairs, & regular chairs provided, kitchenette area. Available for hourly, full day or weekend use. Two rooms available. Volunteer Opportunity 6/12 801-474-0535. Adopt-A-Native-Elder is seeking office/warehouse volunteers in Salt Lake City every Tuesday and Friday 10:00 am - noon. Come and join a wonderful group of people for a fascinating and gratifying experience. We also need volunteers with trucks and SUVs, donating their expenses, to transport supplies for Spring and Fall Food Runs, Navajo reservation community events in southeast UT and northeast AZ. Contact Joyce or MAIL@ANELDER.ORG, WWW.ANELDER.ORG

MOVEMENT & SPORT dance, fitness, martial arts, Pilates, yoga Avenues Yoga 1/12 68 K Street, SLC. 801-410-4639. Avenues Yoga is a friendly, down-to-earth place where all are welcome. We offer classes for all body-types and ability levels, from Kids classes to Deep Relaxation and Restore, to Flow classes, Power, Pilates and now Yogalates! Free Intro to Yoga every Saturday at 11:30. Introductory Special: $39 one month unlimited. WWW.AVENUESYOGA.COM Bikram Yoga—Sandy 801-501-YOGA (9642). 9343 South 1300 East. Local Introductory Offer-$29 for 30 days unlimited yoga (Utah residents only). Our South Valley sanctuary, nestled below Little and Big Cottonwood canyons, provides a warm and inviting environment to discover and/or deepen your yoga practice. All levels are encouraged, no reservations necessary. All teachers are certified. 33 classes offered, 7 days a week. Community Class: 1st Saturday of each month 10am class is free to new students. WWW.BIKRAMYOGASANDY.COM 12/11

Centered City Yoga 9/11 801-521-YOGA (9642). 918 E. 900 S. and 625 S. State St. Centered City Yoga is often likened to that famous TV “hangout” where everybody

INTUITIVE JOURNEYS Tarot, Channeling, Numerology & More knows your name, sans Norm (and the beer, of course.) We offer more than 60 classes a week to keep Salt Lake City CENTERED and SANE. WWW.CENTEREDCITYYOGA.COM Ecstatic Dance SLC 12/11 2531 S 400 E. Dance the way your body wants to, without choreography or judgment! Discover the innate body wisdom you possess. Ecstatic Dance is an authentic, spontaneous, expressive, meditative movement practice. First & third Saturdays, 10a-12p, $10, Columbus Community Center. WWW.ECSTATICDANCESLC.BLOGSPOT.COM Mindful Yoga FB 801-355-2617. Charlotte Bell, 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 Erin Geesaman Rabke Somatic Educator. 801-898-0478. WWW.BODYHAPPY.COM FB RDT Community School. 801-534-1000. 138 W. Broadway. FB Red Lotus School of Movement 8/11 740 S 300 W, SLC, UT, 84101. 801-355-6375. Established in 1994 by Sifu Jerry Gardner and Jean LaSarre Gardner. Traditional-style training in the classical martial arts of T’ai Chi, Wing Chun Kung-Fu, and T’ai Chi Chih (qi gong exercises). Children’s classes in Wing Chun KungFu. Located downstairs from Urgyen Samten Ling Tibetan Buddhist Temple. WWW.REDLOTUSSCHOOL.COM, REDLOTUS@REDLOTUS.CNC.NET THE SHOP Yoga Studio 10/11 435-649-9339. Featuring Anusara Yoga. Inspired fun and opening in one of the most amazing studios in the country. Classes, Privates, and Therapeutics with certified and inspired Anusara instructors. Drop-ins welcome. 1167 Woodside Ave., P.O Box 681237, Park City, UT 84068. WWW.PARKCITYYOGA.COM Streamline Pilates. 801-474-1156. 1948 S. 1100 E. WWW.STREAMLINEBODYPILATES.COM

Tue Aug 16 Psychic Fair at Golden Braid

Sun Aug 14 Psychic Fair at A Gift of Touch

6-9pm, 51 S 500 E, SLC • $25 for 20 min. Call 801-322-1162 to make your appointment in advance, walk-ins may be available. This event is held the 3rd Tuesday of each month.

1-4pm, 2766 E 3300 S • $25 for 20 min. Call 801-322-1162 to make your appointment in advance. This event is held the 2nd Sunday of each month. www.IntuitiveJourneys.ning.com

Sun Aug 21—Psychic Fair at Dancing Cranes 12-5pm, 675 E Simpson Ave (2240 S) $25 for 20 min. Call for appointments 801-486-1129. Walk-ins may be available. This event is held the 3rd Sunday of each month.

Krysta Brinkley 801-706-0213

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WORKSHOPS Wed Aug 17, Q&A with Krysta Brinkley at Golden Braid 6:30pm. Krysta will answers your questions using tarot, astrology, numerology, intuition. $15 For new classes with Krysta Brinkley see the website and blog. Palmistry, Numerology, Tarot and Astrology offered http://intuitivejourneys.ning.com and http://krysta.us or call 801-706-0213. Cassie Lopez is available for private consultations daily. Visit www.cassielopez.com, email at cassie@cassielopez.com, or

call 801-643-8063 to schedule your appointment or for more information. Cassie specilizes in tarot, numerology, palmistry, and channeling. Are you ready to make your transformation? When you are ready to shift, Nick Stark is there to assist in the process. Over 20 years of transformational experience with 1000's of positive results. Private healings / readings / space clearings / energetic ceremonies / ... Call Nick @ 801-394-6287 or email nicholasstark@comcast.net

LAST CALL FOR PERU: OCTOBER 3-13 / 10 Day spiritual journey with SHAMAN KUCHO and Nick Stark Join us for an incredible spiritual journey in Oct 2011, we will travel through LIMA / CUSCO / PISAC / SACRED VALLEY / AQUAS CALLIENTIES / MACHU PICCHU / CUSCO / LIMA. Cost of trip: $2000.00 and includes all Peruvian planes / trains / buses / hotels / breakfast / 3 sacred ceremonies /

tours and entrance tickets to sacred ancient ruins. Does not include: tips and international air fare / lunch and dinner. Trip limited to 20 people and there are 10 more spaces open. Call Nick Stark @ 801-394-6287 for more information or email nicholasstark@comcast.net

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PSYCHIC ARTS & INTUITIVE SCIENCES astrology, mediums, past life integration, psychics Lilli DeCair 8/11 801-577-6119, WWW.GOTGYPSY.COM. Stressed, sad, overwhelmed? Lilli has great news for you! Inspirational mystic, European professional psychic, tarot, channeling, sensing, Reiki school master/teacher,health educator, shamanic medicine wheels, mind body bridging stress/anger mgmt, minister, weddings, fundraisers, entertainment, speaker, spiritual mentoring.

SUZANNE IS NOW WORKING EXCLUSIVELY AS A PHONE PSYCHIC. SCHEDULE NOW through the online scheduler at www.suzwagner.com and receive a free pdf copy of Suzanne’s amazing book, "Integral Numerology" with your appointment-confirmation email. All phone consultations include a recorded mp3 file of the reading that can be downloaded to a personal computer.

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Margaret Ruth 801-575-7103. My psychic and tarot readings are a conversation with your guides. Enjoy MR’s blog at WWW.CATALYSTMAGAZINE.NET & send me your ideas and suggestions. WWW.MARGARETRUTH.COM Mateylah — Human Angel for Hire10/11 Readings & Advice, Divinenergywork with Vocal Toning, Ghostbusting, Demonslaying, Missing Object Pet and People Locating, Communication with the Other-side, House/Business Blessings, Spiritual Teaching, Telepathic Communication, Spiritual Counseling and more. Email MATEYLAH@YAHOO.COM for full brochure. WWW.FACEBOOK/MATEYLAH

Transformational Astrology FB Ralfee Finn. 800-915-5584. Catalyst’s astrology columnist for 10 years! Visit her website at WWW.AQUARIUMAGE.COM or e-mail her at RALFEE@AQUARIUMAGE.COM

ECKANKAR 8105 S 700 E in Sandy www.eckankar-utah.org

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You answered: 29% Things to Do: Events, Festivals, Farmers Markets, Performances, Fine Art 18% Education: Classes, Talks, Workshops, Products, Conferences 18% Environmentally conscious Living: Products, Services, Tips, Meetings 12% Holistic Health: Alternative, Nutrition, Fitness, Yoga, Massage & Well-being 12% Gardening: Tips, Photos, Articles, Products 12% Ways of Being: Spiritual, Metaphysical, Intuitive, Creative, Churches, Services Thank you to everyone who responded with a text - we loved hearing from you!

coaching, consulting, hypnosis, integrated awareness, psychology / therapy /counseling, shamanic, sound healing Alcoholics Anonymous 6/12 For the Alcoholic who still suffers: SALTLAKEAA.ORG or call: central office, 801-484-7871. Jeff Bell, L.C.S.W. 4/12 801-364-5700, Ext. 2, 1399 S. 700 E. Ste. 1, SLC. Specializing in empowering relationships; cultivating hardiness and mindfulness; managing stress & compulsivity; alleviating depression/ anxiety/grief; healing PTSD & childhood abuse/ neglect; addictions recovery; GLBT exploration as well as resolving disordered eating, body image & life transitions. Individual, couples, family, group therapy & EMDR. Center for Transpersonal Therapy 8/11 801-596-0147. 5801 S Fashion Blvd, Ste. 250, Murray, UT. Denise Boelens, PhD; Heidi Ford, MS, LCSW, Chris Robertson, LCSW; Lynda Steele, LCSW; Sherry Lynn Zemlick, PhD, Wil Dredge LCSW, Nick Tsandes, LCSW. The transpersonal approach to healing draws on the knowledge from traditional science & the spiritual wisdom of the east & west. Counseling orientation integrates body, mind & spirit. Individuals,

couples, groups, retreats & classes. Steven J. Chen, Ph.D., Lic. Psychologist 801-718-1609. 150 S. 600 E. Healing techniques for depression, anxiety and relationship issues. Treatment of trauma, abuse and stress. Career guidance. Sensitive and caring approach to create wellness, peace, happiness and contentment. WWW.STEVENJCHEN.COM 9/11 Clarity Coaching 801-487-7621. WWW.KATHRYNDIXON.COM Create Your Life Coaching 10/11 801-971-5039. Life Coach Terry Sidford— Balance. Vision. Purpose. Call for a FREE consultation today! WWW.CREATEYOURLIFECOACHING.NET Marianne Felt, MT-BC, LPC 9/11 801-524-0560, EXT. 3. 150 S. 600 E., Ste. 7C. Licensed professional counselor, board certified music therapist, certified Gestalt therapist, Red Rock Counseling & Education. Transpersonal psychotherapy, music therapy, Gestalt therapy, EMDR. Open gateways to change through experience of authentic contact. Integrate body, mind, & spirit through creative exploration of losses, conflicts, & relationships that challenge & inspire our lives. Robin Friedman, LCSW 10/11 801-599-1411 (Sugar House). Transformational psychotherapy for making lasting positive change. Discover effective ways of finding and expressing your deeper truth and authentic self. Relationship work, trauma recovery, depression/anxiety, sexuality, addictions, creative explorations of life-purpose and self-awareness. EMDR certified. Also trained in Expressive Arts Therapy. WWW.ROBINFRIEDMANTHERAPY.COM ROBIN@ROBINFRIEDMANTHERAPY.COM Jan Magdalen, LCSW 1/12 801-582-2705, 2071 Ashton Circle, SLC. Offering a transpersonal approach to the experiences and challenges of our life cycles, including: individuation-identity, sexuality and sexual orientation, partnership, work, parenting, divorce, aging, illness, death and other loss, meaning and spiritual awareness. Individuals, couples and groups. Clinical consultation and supervision. Marilynne Moffitt, PhD 6/11 801-266-4551. 825 E. 4800 S. Murray 84107. Offering interventions for psychological growth & healing. Assistance with behavioral & motivational changes, refocusing of life priorities, relationship issues, addiction & abuse issues, & issues regarding health. Certified clinical hypnotherapist, NLP master practitioner & EMDR practitioner. Sanctuary for Healing & Integration (SHIN) 801-268-0333. 860 E. 4500 So., Ste. 302, SLC. Mainstream psychiatry and psychotherapy with complementary and alternative healing (Buddhist psychology, Naikan, Morita, mindfulness training, energy healing, bodywork, shamanic and karmic healing, herbal and nutritional supplementation). Children, adolescents,

adults, couples and families are welcome. Training workshops for professionals available. WWW.SHININTEGRATION.COM 12/11 Stephen Proskauer, MD, Integrative Psychiatry 7/11 801-631-8426. Sanctuary for Healing and Integration, 860 E. 4500 S., Ste. 302. Steve is a seasoned psychiatrist, Zen priest and shamanic healer. He sees kids, teens, adults, couples and families, integrating psychotherapy, meditation and soul work with judicious use of medication to relieve emotional pain and problem behavior. Steve specializes in creative treatment of bipolar disorders. STEVE@KARMASHRINK.COM. Blog: WWW.KARMASHRINK.COM Steve Seliger, LMFT 6/11 801-661-7697. 1104 E. Ashton Ave. (2310 S.) #203. Specializing in helping people develop healthy loving relationships, conflict resolution for couples, developing powerful communication skills, resolving parent-teen conflicts, depression, phobias, ending & recovering from abuse, conflicts & issues related to sexuality & libido in men & women, sexual orientation issues. Sarah Sifers, Ph.D., LCSW, Shamanic Practitioner, Minister of the Circle of the Sacred Earth 3/12 801-531-8051. Shamanic Counseling. Shamanic Healing. Mentoring for people called to the Shaman’s Path. Explore health or mental health issues using the ways of the shaman. Sarah’s extensive training includes shamanic extraction healing, soul retrieval healing, psychopomp work for death and dying, shamanic counseling and shamanic divination. Sarah has studied with Celtic, Brazilian, Tuvan, Mongolian, Tibetan and Nepali Shamans. Naomi Silverstone, DSW, LCSW FB 801-209-1095. Psychotherapy and shamanic practice, 989 E. 900 S. #B5. Holistic practice integrates traditional and nontraditional approaches to health, healing, and balance or “ayni.” Access new perceptual lenses as you reanimate your relationship with nature. Shamanic practice in the Inka tradition. 9/10 Daniel Sternberg, PhD, Psychologist 801-364-2779. 150 South 600 East, Bldg. 4B. Fax: 801-364-3336. Sensitive use of rapid release methods and EMDR to free you from unwanted emotions to allow you more effective control and happiness in your life. Individuals, couples, families, groups and businesses. Treatment of trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, tension, stress-related difficulties abuse and depression. 7/11

Jim Struve, LCSW 11/11 801-364-5700 Ext 1. 1399 S. 700 E., Ste. 2, SLC. Mindful presence in relationshipbased psychotherapy. Specializing in life transitions, strengthening relationships, fostering resilience, healing from childhood trauma & neglect (including male survivors of sexual abuse), assisting partners of abuse survivors, addictions recovery, sexual identity, empowerment for GLBT individuals/ couples. Individual, couples, group therapy. Flexible times. WWW.MINDFULPRESENCE.COM

Utah Twelve-Step Intergroup Network WWW.UTIN.ORG, 801-359-HEAL (4325). Salt Lake area meeting schedule. Are you trying to change your life? Looking for a 12-step anonymous (like AA) support group? Meeting schedules & contact information for: Adult children of alcoholics, codependents, debtors, eating disorders, nicotine, recovering couples, sexaholics, sex addicts, love addicts and workaholics. 6/12 The Infinite Within 9/11 John Knowlton. 801-263-3838. WWW.THEINFINITEWITHIN.COM Elizabeth Williams, RN, MSN 10/11 801-486-4036. 1399 S. 7th E. #12. Lic. psychiatric nurse specialist offering a safe environment to heal inner wounds & process personal & interpersonal issues. Specializing in relationship issues, loss & grief work, anxiety, depression & self-esteem. Adolescents & adults, individuals, couples & group therapy. The Work of Byron Katie 7/11 801-842-4518. Kathy Melby, Certified Facilitator of The Work of Byron Katie. The Work is a simple way to access your own wisdom and lead a happier life. Specializing in developing loving relationships, relieving depression, and improving your outlook on life. Individuals, couples, families, groups and retreats. WWW.THEWORK.COM

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SPIRITUAL PRACTICE meditation/study groups, churches/ministry, spiritual instruction, workshops, retreats Eckankar in Utah 12/11 801-542-8070. 8105 S 700 E, Sandy. Eckankar is ancient wisdom for today. Explore past lives, dreams, and soul travel to see how to lead a happy, balanced and productive life, and put daily concerns into loving perspective. Worship Service and classes on Sundays at 10:30am. WWW.ECKANKAR-UTAH.ORG

Goddess Circle 6/11 801-467-4977. Join us 2nd Monday of every month for Wiccan ritual. Free, open, women and men, beginners, experienced & curious all welcome. 7:30p, South Valley Unitarian Universalist Society (SVUUS), 6876 S Highland Dr, SLC. WWW.OOLS.ORG

Inner Light Center Spiritual Community 801-268-1137. 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 & children’s church 10am. INNERLIGHTCENTER.NET 10/11

RESALE/ CONSIGNMENT clothes, books, music, art, household, building supplies Elemente 10/11 353 W Pierpont Avenue, 801-355-7400. M-F 12-6, Sat. 12-5, Gallery Stroll every 3rd Friday 3-9. We feature second-hand furniture, art and accessories to evoke passion and embellish any room or mood with comfort and style. You're invited to browse, sit a spell, or sell your furniture with us. Layaway is available. A haven for the discriminating shopper since 1988.

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Morning Star Meditations 7/11 (801) 607-1877. Join us for meditation classes and workshops combining Eastern and Christian contemplative traditions with insights from Jungian psychology. WWW.MORNINGSTARMEDITATION.ORG

Urgyen Samten Ling Gonpa Tibetan Buddhist Temple 8/11 801-328-4629. 740 S. 300 W. Urgyen Samten Ling Gonpa offers an open environment for the study, contemplation, and practice of Tibetan Buddhist teachings. The community is welcome to our Sunday service (puja), group practices, meditation classes and introductory courses. WWW.URGYENSAMTENLING.ORG

Vedic Harmony 3/12 942-5876. Georgia Clark, certified Deepak Chopra Center educator. Learn how Ayurveda can help you harmonize your lifestyle and well being. Primordial sound meditation, creating health workshops, Ayurvedic wellness counseling, Ayurvedic oils, teas and books, Jyotish (vedic astrology). Georgia has trained in the US and India. TARAJAGA@EARTHLINK.NET

Xuanfa Dharma Center of Utah 7/12 801-532-4833 Gesang Suolang Rinpoche 161 M St., SLC. A learning and practice center for Vajrayana (Tibetan) Buddhism. Our practice emphasizes liberation and the path of the Bodhisattva. Classes Sundays at 10:30 a.m. WWW.XUANFAUTAH.ORG

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f youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re relying strictly on betterfeeling thoughts to help you manifest what you want, you may be bypassing one of the most helpful manifesting aids you have: your physical body. Not because we use the body to â&#x20AC;&#x153;take action to make it happen,â&#x20AC;? but because the body itself serves as a powerful vibrational force and creative machine. While most deliberate creators are trained to manage thoughts to create alignment to what they want, the body is often ignored for its ability to boost our creative efforts. What does the body have to do with deliberate creation? Those who leverage the law of attraction to create what they want know itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not about relying on action to get things done. Rather, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about consciously directing the power of our minds to alter the reality around us (as evidenced by the observer effect and placebo effect). All that focus on the power of our thoughts and habits of visualizing often shadows the incredible power of our physical bodies to enhance our manifesting. Our physical form is a superb indicator of our vibrational state as well as an excellent aid to shift that vibrational state for better energetic alignment. Feeling good doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just happen in our minds; it happens in our bodies, too. Since we get whatever we vibrate, this is a big deal. As Abraham-Hicks says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;You are a vibrating being sending a signal based on what

youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re thinking about. And that signal attracts other things like it.â&#x20AC;? Which is why we learn to pay attention to our thoughts; to notice the ones that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel good and replace them with better-feeling thoughts. We chant mantras, repeat affirmations or look at vision boards to line our thoughts up with what we want, often ignoring the bodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to alert us toâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and shiftâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; misaligned energy. By noticing how your body feels, you become alert to where tension exists. As you use your body to release that tension, your vibration shifts. Loosening stiff shoulders or

many of us have habits of â&#x20AC;&#x153;doingâ&#x20AC;? instead of â&#x20AC;&#x153;allowing,â&#x20AC;? honoring the bodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s enjoyment of a break can be extremely effective in getting what we want. One of my colleagues, Abigail Steidley, is a law of attraction-savvy mind body coach who occasionally practices â&#x20AC;&#x153;doing nothingâ&#x20AC;? for days at a time to allow her desires to manifest. Recently she did â&#x20AC;&#x153;nothingâ&#x20AC;? for five days straightâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;no reading, no TV, no meditating, not even trying to relax. She simply did nothing and in very short order manifested professional wins as well as relationship successes. (I also expe-

You are a vibrating being sending a signal based on what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re thinking about. And that signal attracts other things like it. releasing a clenched jaw drops resistance and creates better energetic alignment. Taking a walk when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re stressed at work or having great sex to release tension can temporarily suspend negative thinking. Stretching out in your favorite yoga pose can help enhance feelings of peace, and eating a piece of Gretaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s delicious chocolate is guaranteed to elevate anyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vibe! Sometimes the best way to use the body for more successful manifesting is to do nothing. Literally lie down and relax to do nothing. Since

rienced eyebrow-raising results after practicing â&#x20AC;&#x153;nothingâ&#x20AC;? for just 90 minutes.) Which might seem like an odd way to leverage the physical self for successful manifesting, but it works. When you listen to your body for cues of tension and then also use the body to release that tension, you become a stronger vibrational match to your desires, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when cool things happen. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get much easier than that. u Jeannette Maw is a Law of Attraction coach and founder of Good Vibe Coaching in Salt Lake City. WWW.GOODVIBECOACH.COM

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Yes, we live in a schizophrenic world. The month of August creates opportunities to leap beyond reality as we know it. At the same time, there is a sense of continuous delay in daily patterns that need further unraveling. This is the feeling created by the oppositional forces of the astrological Cardinal Cross, as it runs over us once again. Some of you are asking, â&#x20AC;&#x153;When is this going to stop?â&#x20AC;? Honestly, I am beginning to wonder that myself. This constant pushing and pulling of energies in daily life seems to bring up one more thing, then another, then another. You may feel as if it will never end. You may feel as if the universe is nickel and diming you to death. Just when you think that you are on level ground financially, another financial emergency pops up. When I feel psychically into the unfolding pattern, I have to say we are going to feel pummeled by the waves of change until 2015. But I think we will get the hang of it at a certain point. I like to think of navigating this time as me being a seal pup learning how to flow with the waves. The pup has to learn how to relax with each larger wave until he or she is completely one with the force and intensity of emotional change. A seal pup does not see the waves as a problem. It just is what it is. That is what I try to think of when I feel into this time. It is just another wave coming and going in our life. We might as well relax. Resistance will only get you pounded into the sand at the bottom of the ocean. This month, the cards are full of waves, making us more aware by pound-

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AUGUST 14 Make a batch of fresh corn chowder. You’ll find vegetarian and non-vegetarian recipes at WWW.JAMIEOLIVER.COM and about a million other websites. AUGUST 15 It’s the way they breathe that causes bumblebees to buzz, not the beating of their wings. The sound is created by air rushing through their spiracles, or breathing holes.

from other colonies. The queens usually mate with several males (who die shortly thereafter), storing their sperm in an abdominal compartment called a spermatheca. Each queen then drops to the ground, sheds her wings, and excavates a new nest. Once settled in, she begins fertilizing her eggs with sperm parsed out of the

AUGUST 16 Approximately 8% of flowers require sonification, or buzz pollination, to shake their pollen loose. Enter the bumblebee. AUGUST 17 Cat Nights begin. According to Irish legend, witches can turn into cats for the next eight nights and still come back, but if they try it on the ninth night, they’re stuck.

BY DIANE OLSON AUGUST 1 Summer Cross-Quarter Day/ Lammas. The Sun rises at 6:22 a.m. and sets at 8:44 p.m. August’s average maximum temperature is 90°; the minimum 61°. It rains an average of 0.80 inches. AUGUST 2 Vesta, the only asteroid visible with the naked eye, is visible high in the sky around midnight. This week’s approach is the nearest for the next decade. AUGUST 3 App of the month: Wild Edibles with “Wildman” Steve Brill.” Learn which common plants are edible, where to find them and when to harvest, so you, too, can become an urban food forager. Look to the west at nightfall for Saturn hanging just above the waxing Moon. AUGUST 4 Common mallow, common plantain, curly dock, daylily, pokeweed and purslane are edible. AUGUST 5 For happy peppers, spray plants with water and Epsom salts every other week (10 ounces water/1 tablespoon salts). And harvest often: The more peppers you pick, the more peppers you’ll get to pick. AUGUST 6 FIRST QUARTER MOON. Fall Planting workshop at Wasatch Community Gardens. WWW.WASATCHGARDENS.ORG. AUGUST 7 Keep deadheading chrysanthemums, coreopsis, cosmos, marigolds, phlox and zinnias. And don’t forget to pinch the basil. AUGUST 8 Allergies kicking up? It’s ragweed time. A member of the sunflower family, silvery-green ragweed is the most noxious

allergen in the Northern hemisphere, with each plant producing about one billion grains of pollen per season. What’s it good for? Moth and butterfly larvae feed on the plant, and birds on the seeds. AUGUST 9 Farm and Feed Volunteer Day. Garden, harvest and feast with Wasatch Community Gardens. WWW.WASATCHGARDENS.ORG.

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AUGUST 10 Fertilize garden vegetables and house plants every other week with a mixture of fish emulsion and teaspoon or so of apple cider vinegar. Stinky, but effective. AUGUST 11 The Dog Days of summer, when the Sun is at its zenith over the Western Hemisphere, end today. Tonight’s Perseid meteor shower will be mostly washed out by the Moon. AUGUST 12 FULL GRAIN MOON. The water ice found on the Moon likely came from meteorites. Since the Moon has no atmosphere, and on a typical day (which lasts 29 Earth days) the temperature in direct sunlight reaches around 250°, the only way ice can exist there is buried in permanently shadowed craters. AUGUST 13 “Sex is good, but not as good as fresh, sweet corn.” –Garrison Keillor.

AUGUST 18 Catfacing is a common tomato ailment, thought to be caused by too-cold weather while the plant is blossoming, and characterized by misshapen fruits with weird scars and holes on the end. Not much to do about it except plant later next spring. AUGUST 19 If your grass doesn’t get enough water, it will probably just go dormant, not die. If you actually want to kill it, cover it with black plastic. AUGUST 20 Tasty summer salad: Chop a couple of fresh tomatoes, a cucumber and a red bell pepper. Toss in some artichoke hearts, Kalamata olives, and lots of feta. Dress with fresh lemon juice, olive oil and oregano. AUGUST 21 LAST QUARTER MOON. What is conservation photography? Watch this sublime video and find out: HTTP://VIMEO.COM/18498629

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spermatheca. Queen ants can live as long as 20 years, and fertilize millions of eggs, all with the sperm received during the nuptial flight. AUGUST 25 Approximately 10% of plants contain toxic alkaloids. Small amounts of alkaloids are sometimes beneficial, and often recreational. Caffeine, cocaine, morphine, nicotine, strychnine and quinine are alkaloids. AUGUST 26 Lupines, larkspur, delphinium, hollies, English ivy, foxglove, poppies, laurel, vinca, periwinkle, hellebores, clematis, monkshood and privet contain enough alkaloid to cause a rash. Gloves recommended when handling. AUGUST 27 Scientists are now able to determine a person’s age, within five years, using 0.1 ounces of saliva—about the amount left on a coffee cup. AUGUST 28 NEW MOON. Hummingbirds are starting to migrate south.

AUGUST 22 Anthocyanins, found in berries, black turtle beans, purple cabbage, eggplant, potatoes, red onions and red and purple grapes may prevent age-related cognitive decline and neuro-degenerative disease, and help to prevent cancer, heart disease and insulin resistance.

AUGUST 29 Stop fertilizing roses and broadleaved evergreens until next spring.

AUGUST 23 Look for Jupiter, the second-brightest object in the night sky, rising around 10 p.m.

AUGUST 31 The Sun rises at 6:53 a.m. today and sets at 8:00 p.m.

AUGUST 24. Ant weddings are the synchronized nuptial flights of queen ants and their courts, and they generally occur on hot, humid, windless latesummer days. The winged virgin queens, along with accompanying males, fly anywhere from a few feet to many miles to mate with ants of the same species

AUGUST 30 Time again to plant cool weather crops, including beets, beans, carrots, endive, garlic, lettuce, peas, radishes and spinach.

“Summer is kind of like the ultimate one-night stand: Hot as hell, totally thrilling and gone before you know it.” —Cosmopolitan

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