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Sundance Tickets Take Two

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If you think you missed out on purchasing tickets for the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, au contraire. You spared yourself hours of frustration and wasted time. The system went down. But organizers say that’s all in the past and will relaunch their sales site at noon MST, Thursday, Oct. 29.
Ticket sales on October 14, 2015, were shut down after about an hour when buyers started getting error messages on checkout. Organizers now promise a “seamless” purchasing experience. That said, the First Half Package, the Locals SLC/Ogden Pass, and the Locals 10-Ticket Package are expected to sellout quickly. Make sure you study the guide beforehand so you don’t ‘time out’ while ordering. Hint: Premieres, then Dramatic Competition films, sell the quickest.

In addition to last year’s change of eliminating registration for Individual Tickets, you won’t have to register for Festival Passes or Ticket Packages either. It’s a first come/first serve free for all until everything sells out. Sundance has also changed the names of their packages to help buyers more easily understand the offerings.

Here’s the decoder list:

First Half = (A) Thurs, Jan 21 – Tues, Jan 26

Second Half = (B) Wed, Jan 27 – Sun, Jan 31

Express Second Half Pass = Express Pass B

Eccles Theatre Second Half Pass = Eccles Pass B

Off Peak Hours Pass = Adrenaline Pass

Locals 10-Ticket Package = Film Lover’s Package

There’s also a $200 Festival credential if you prefer to skip the movies for the panels, music and off-screen events. But if you’re a Utah local a better deal would be the Locals 10-ticket package for $300 that gets you TWO credentials and TEN movie tickets for just $100 more.

If you’d rather avoid Main Street and Eccles mayhem, there’s a SLC Grand Theatre Pass and the SLC/Ogden 10-Ticket package this year. Stay in Salt Lake for less, get around easier with ample parking, and dine in restaurants that haven’t been shut down for private parties. Tickets are $20 this year so make sure you pick movies that also have a Q&A with filmmakers to get your money’s worth.

Individual tickets for locals go on sale January 14 (must have a Utah driver’s license or Utah state ID to pick up tickets) and a Sundance Institute Members online ticket sale will be on January 18. All remaining tickets will be on sale both online and at the Main Box Offices starting Tuesday, January 19 at 10:00 a.m.

Zesty Lasagna From Parade Magazine

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Lasagna

 

Here’s yet another recipe I wasn’t able to ‘pin’! This one came out of an April 16, 2000, issue of Parade Magazine. Enjoy!

 

Zesty Lasagna

Lasagna freezes well, so make a double batch to have on hand. This meat sauce is great served over any pasta.

Type: Main Course
Courses: Pasta
Serves: 8 people

Recipe Ingredients

Meat Sauce
2 tablespoons30mlOlive oil
1 cup62g / 2.2ozFinely-chopped onion
1 cup110g / 3.9ozFinely-chopped carrot
1 cup110g / 3.9ozFinely-chopped celery
2 tablespoons30mlMinced garlic
1 lb454g / 16ozGround beef
1Plum tomatoes – (28 oz) – crushed, with
Their juices
1/2 cup118mlDefatted chicken broth
1/3 cup78mlTomato paste
2 teaspoons10mlWorcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon5mlTabasco sauce
1/2 cup73g / 2.6ozChopped parsley
1/2 cup73g / 2.6ozChopped basil
1 1/2 teaspoons7.5mlSugar
1 teaspoon5mlChili powder
1 teaspoon5mlDried oregano
1 teaspoon5mlDried basil
1/4 teaspoon1.3mlGround nutmeg
Salt – to taste
Freshly-ground black pepper – to taste
Béchamel Sauce
4 tablespoons60mlUnsalted butter
1/4 cup15g / 0.5ozAll-purpose flour
2 cups474mlMilk – scalded
1/8 teaspoon0.6mlGround nutmeg
Salt – to taste
Freshly-ground black pepper – to taste
Lasagna
3 1/2 cups511g / 18ozRicotta cheese
1/4 cup36g / 1.3ozCoarsely chopped basil
2 tablespoons30mlChopped parsley
1 tablespoon15mlDried oregano
3/4 teaspoon3.8mlGround nutmeg
8Cooked lasagna noodles – (to 10)
2 cups292g / 10ozGrated mozzarella cheese

Recipe Instructions

Prepare the Meat Sauce: Heat oil in a pot over low heat. Add onion, carrot, celery and garlic; cook, stirring, 8 minutes. Add beef; brown over medium heat, about 10 minutes. Stir in remaining sauce ingredients. Simmer over low heat, uncovered, for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Prepare the Bechamel Sauce: Melt butter over low heat, whisking in flour; cook for about 2 to 3 minutes. Slowly add milk, whisking until smooth. Continue whisking until thickened, 4 to 5 minutes. Season with nutmeg, salt and pepper.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Combine the ricotta, basil, parsley, oregano, nutmeg, salt and pepper. Stir well.

Place 2 cups of the meat sauce in a 13- by 9- by 2-inch baking dish. Top with half the noodles, followed by half the ricotta mixture, 2 cups meat sauce, 1 cup bechamel and 1 cup mozzarella. Repeat with remaining ingredients in the same order.

Cover the dish with foil; bake for 30 minutes. Remove the foil; bake for 15 minutes or until the mozzarella is melted and bubbly. Let rest for 15 minutes before serving.

This recipe yields 8 servings.

Per serving: 745 calories, 56g carbohydrates, 40g protein, 40g fat, 132mg cholesterol.

Ski N’ See Brings Ski Prep Day To Utah

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It shouldn’t be this hard to prep for winter. The leaves have turned, Warren Miller premiered, I’m wearing pants. Yet I haven’t started ski conditioning, I’m desperate for new boots, the season passes still need purchasing and Sage has outgrown her gear. If you find yourself in the same boat as me it might be time to put Saturday October 24 in the calendar.

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Ski “N See’s first ever Ski Prep Day is coming to Cottonwood Heights to make sure ski and ride families are ready for winter. The ARCS store in Cottonwood Heights (1844 E Ft. Union Blvd, 84121) will be the place to be from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM.

“Our goal is to foster a real passion for skiing and snowboarding amongst local families,” says Ski ‘N See / ARCS General Manager Ryan Larsen. “We feel providing them not just information, but advice and opinions about area programs and discounts will make it easier for more families to get involved in this exciting and healthy sport.”

The four workshops should cover all the bases and basics to help foster a real passion for safe skiing at all levels and even getting to the next level:

“Ski-nitiation” will focus on getting kids on skis for the first time; “Ski-cceleration” will be all about getting out of a rut and moving to the next level; “Ski-ditioning” discusses conditioning to help avoid injury; and “Getting Ski-quipped” involves choosing the right gear without breaking the bank.  Each workshop last 30 minutes starting at noon.

Ski City will have its newly wrapped Airstream trailer right next to Ski Utah’s huge blow up Yeti, making it easy to spot the location of the Fort Union Boulevard event. Ski Utah will be on hand to sign up kids for its 5th and 6th grade Passport program where kids ski free three days or one day, respectively, free at each Utah resort for a $35 processing fee. Salt Lake County Rec Centers will have a rep there talking about their ski programs, all four Cottonwood ski resorts will be providing info on their ski and snowboard lessons for kids and adults and deals offered for Learn to Ski and Snowboard month in January, and Burton will have its Riglet Park set up, giving young ones a “ride” through a mock terrain park. “We’re really excited about the industry groups joining us for this event, it’s grown much bigger than we expected,” says Ski ‘N See / ARCS Owner Roy Ostendorf.

Arcs will also be swag central with giveaways including lift tickets, goggles, a SuperPass, free rentals, free pizza from Papa John’s and more. Ski ‘N See / ARCS will be well-stocked with ski and snowboard Season Rental packages for kids and adults.

For more details on the workshops and partners involved, please visit http://www.skinsee.com/pre-ski.

 

Don’t Wait Until It’s Too Late; Doggy First Aid

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My dog is Mighty Dog. The dog before him was Mighty Dog. Takoda’s predecessor lived to 16 without seeing more than swollen paws from running her heart out on single track; can you blame me if for some blond reason I forget dogs are just as human as we are. They get sick, they tear tendons, they succumb to cancer. Big stuff.

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I hear stories. Dogs bitten by rattlesnakes, blowing out knees jumping from moving vehicles, waking up one day with lymphoma. There are much less traumatic- but still consequential- tales as well. Eating poisonous mushrooms, ripping open a paw pad, suffering hypothermia. These things are avoidable or at least treatable and they can definitely happen to your Mighty Dog. Just because you’ve gotten lucky doesn’t mean it can’t happen to you.

It’s time to study up. I piled into the classroom at the Utah Emergency Medical Training Council in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, for the Pet First Aid and CPR class. The one-day course is designed to help pet owners provide temporary, urgent care to pets until they can get to a vet; but what it really does is teach you just enough to freak you out about future injuries. Ignorance is bliss. It’s stupid but it sure was nice assuming my dog was impervious to harm.

The evening opened with a discussion and hands-on demo of how to take your pet’s vitals via their pulse in their leg ‘pit’, pants per minute and body temperature. Once you’ve got that as a baseline and saved to your pet first aid kit you can compare them in a stressed situation to determine if they are in trouble.

We practiced on the live, class cat and a resusci-rover but it would have been sweet to have our own animals with us, thereby completing the class with the bonus of having our own personal vitals confirmed by a more-experienced EMT.

We talked about personal safety when approaching an injured pet and how to minimize risks by creating a make-shift muzzle from a cloth or rope. We covered a wide array of pet emergencies including bleeding and bite wounds, choking, burns, poisoning, and trauma, and finished out the night learning doggy and kitty CPR. Did you know that to administer CPR correctly (and who would have thought a dog could even be given CPR) you have to break his ribs?! It’s either that or let him die the tech told me.  Gulp.

The biggest concerns (other than ticks and sore paws) when you are outdoors with your dog, however, are heatstroke and hypothermia. If your pooch has rapid panting, drooling, vomiting or collapses, she needs shade and cool wet towels to bring her temperature down. If he’s shivering, drowsy, and has a weak pulse, he needs warm blankets and hot water bottles to his torso.

Finally, it’s always a smart move to carry a pet-specific first aid kit in your pack (or your car if you don’t want the weight). You can create your own with a list like this one and stuff it in a Granite Gear Air Zipddity:
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Or make life easier by grabbing something basic like the Trail Dog Kit< from Adventure Medical. It’ll cover immediate cuts or paw injuries that might happen on a hike with dressings, bandages and a splinter/tick remover.

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