- Issue of
- Jan 28 - Feb 3, 2010
- Vol. 26, No. 37
Cover Story
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Utah's Unstable Oil Refineries
(Un) Natural Disaster: Preventing the next refinery blast that could rock Utah.
News
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- Cover Story
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Utah's Unstable Oil Refineries
(Un) Natural Disaster: Preventing the next refinery blast that could rock Utah.
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Are Utah Justice Courts Unconstitutional?
A constitutional challenge arises from an unlikely source.
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Land for SLC Urban Dwellers
Salt Lake County offers empty land to urban dwellers with a green thumb.
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- Hits & Misses
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Online Petitions, Media Questions in Writing & Proposed Utah Schools Bill
Three groups pushing Utah ballot initiatives have launched digital petitions.
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- 5 Spot
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Dustin Lance Black, narrator of 8: The Mormon Proposition
Dustin Lance Black, who won an Academy Award in 2009 for the screenplay to Milk, narrates the documentary 8: The Mormon Proposition...
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- Citizen Revolt
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Mestizo Fundraiser, Citizen's Candidate & Three Cups of Tea
Come support the heady brew of local west-side culture by joining a fund-raiser for the Mestizo coffee shop and art house.
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- The Ocho
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Chris Buttars Superstar
Eight starring roles being offered to Sen. Chris Buttars after his breakthrough performance in 8: The Mormon Proposition at Sundance.
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- Private Eye
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SLC Bicyclists: Future Dead People
When pedestrians feel safer around cars than bicycles, you know attitude policy is shifting gears.
- Staff Box
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Bicyclist Respect
Do you appreciate how so many bicyclists respect bike lanes and pedestrians (or do they)?
- Letters
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Adopt a Forever Companion
We are a nonprofit animal rescue in central Utah. I’d like to inform your readers how to adopt a forever companion into their lives.
- Letters
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Drunk With Power
Would it be impolite to suggest, “Friends don’t let Utah legislators legislate drunk?” Mercy, sort of explains the abject lunacy of Utah Code.
- Letters
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Educational or Sensational?
The Jan. 21 City Weekly contains an ad for the group Teen Advocates Against Tobacco. The ad claims that “Smoking kills more people than alcohol...
- Letters
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Business As Usual
I spoke with an executive assistant at The Salt Lake Tribune about noon on Jan. 20. She sounded as if mine were the first call about this matter, and she laughed a bit...
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- The Straight Dope
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Island Fare
Quick scenario: deserted island, colorful fruits and vegetation. How do I know what I should eat and what I should feed to my mother-in-law?
- Editorial Videos
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The Utah Cyber Sluts at Sundance
Celebrity stalking with the Utah Cyber Sluts.
- Editorial Videos
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On the Bus at Sundance
Scenes from bus at the 2010 Sundance Festival.
- Editorial Videos
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Fashionable Advice
Utah's Jack & Coke Lady loves to dish up clothing tips.
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- Ask a Mexican
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Special Taco Bell Edition!
Dear Mexican: Why do so many Mexicans work for Taco Bell and El Pollo Loco? Don’t they know they only add a false credence to the belief that this is Mexican cuisine?
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- Deep End
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(Nude) Model Family
Mit Romney and Scott Brown have more than a “brief” connection.
- News Quirks
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When the Heimlich Maneuver Fails
While handcuffing assault suspect Andrew Grande, 23, sheriff’s deputies in Bay County, Fla., said they observed him swallowing what turned out to be a “large bag of marijuana.”
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- Nice Tats
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January 28, 2010: Dave Roach
"My whole life has been garnished with custom cars, art and motorcycles. This piece represents facets of all of those."
- Rant Control
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High-Fructose Debate
Yours truly criticized high-fructose corn syrup and suggested U.S. farm subsidies should be adjusted to encourage healthy eating...
- Scheffler Bites
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Scheffler Bites: Red Maple
Ted eats dim sum at Red Maple on Redwood.
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- Zionized
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Zionized 25: Al-Thawra (The Revolution)
The punk band comes to Sundance.
Eat & Drink
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- Wine
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Snowbird Sports Education Foundation, Masala Indian Grill & Vienna Bistro
Looking for a good lead-in to Valentine’s Day? How about “Red and White at Twilight?” The Snowbird Sports Education Foundation’s wine-and-small-plates fundraiser...
- Wine
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Rich's Mighty Fine Burgers & Grub, Wing Nutz, Back East Cheesesteak Shop
But it’s more delicious than a million Mormon muffins!
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- Wine
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How to Make a Hot Toddy
Baby, It's Cold Outside: Stoking the home fires with a classic Hot Toddy
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- Restaurant Reviews
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Red Maple Chinese Cuisine
From dim sum to family-style dinners, Red Maple rocks Redwood.
Music
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SLUG Magazine's Kate Wheadon
Pretty in Black: Kate Wheadon loves the '80s.
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Nouvelle Vague
Playing with Fire: Nouvelle Vague add bossanova bounce to by-gone classics.
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Fictionist, Sundance Party, Music Without Borders, Jackie Greene, Acoustic All-Stars & CWMA Kick-Off Party
Live: Music Picks Jan. 28-Feb. 3
Culture
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- Get Out
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Winter Dew Tour
Tips From the Top: Dew Tour athletes share the slope wisdom.
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- Visual Art
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Captain Captain Studios at UAF Gallery
Captains Captured: UAF Gallery showcases an artistic collective’s cross-pollination.
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- Film Reviews
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Sundance 2010 Wrap-Up
When the snow cleared at Sundance, the documentaries were way ahead of the fiction films.
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- Film Reviews
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Edge of Darkness
Grief Counseling: The sizzle over-cooks the steak in Edge of Darkness.
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- True TV
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Dollhouse, Seducing Cindy, The Little Chocolatiers, Lost, Super Bowl Commercials
Choco Time: Dolls, cougars, chocolatiers and Losties.
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- DVD Reviews
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Amelia, Cold Souls, Love Happens, Triangle, Zombieland
New DVD releases Tuesday, Feb. 2
- Free Will Astrology
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Jan. 28-Feb. 3: The Direction of Greater Freedom
In the coming week, I predict that you will NOT experience disgusting fascinations, smiling-faced failures, sensationalized accounts of useless developments, or bizarre fantasies...
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- Entertainment Picks
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Avenue Q
Feb. 2-7
- Entertainment Picks
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The Pink Floyd Experience
Tuesday, Feb. 2
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- Entertainment Picks
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Six Degrees of Separation
Through Jan. 30
- Entertainment Picks
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Josh Sundquist: Just Don’t Fall
Wednesday, Feb. 3
- Entertainment Picks
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Having Our Say
Jan. 26-Feb. 6
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- Entertainment Picks
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Jamie Wyeth: Seven Deadly Sins
Through May 22
