Skier dies after hitting tree at Brighton Resort

A 63-year-old man died Monday from injuries he sustained after hitting a tree at Brighton Resort.

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Fitness fundraiser benefits family of man killed in Logan crash

Community members have rallied to the side of a Cache County mother who lost her husband in a crash with a drowsy driver over the holidays.

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Three things that could save the High Street

Retailers endured a tough 2018 but technology like artificial intelligence could secure the future.

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Nail salon employee charged with sexual misconduct

An employee at a nails salon is wanted for alleged sexual assault of a customer.

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Energy price cap comes into force

Consumer groups say that loyal customers will benefit but could still save more by shopping around.

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Kearns man hit, killed by car identified

Police have identified a Kearns man who was hit and killed near the South Valley Regional Airport Sunday night.

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Criminal charge filed in Utah firework explosion case

A man who told police he was trying to make an "M-500" firework when it exploded, has been charged.

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Why wealthy sports stars get passionate about charity

From global superstars to lower league footballers, sportspeople are spending money and time to back causes close to their hearts.

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Elizabeth Smart kidnapper living near elementary school

A woman who helped kidnap Elizabeth Smart is living several blocks from a Salt Lake City elementary school following her release from prison in September, according to Utah's sex-offender registry.

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Charges: Intoxicated driver who killed passenger tried to take off-ramp that didn't exist

An alleged drunken driver who caused a rollover crash that killed one of the passengers in his car has been charged.

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Have You Seen This? 3-year-old’s attempt at vlogging is adorable

This little YouTuber from Utah may not have all the logistics of filming videos down just yet, but he has a bright future ahead of him.

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Utah man charged with shooting at car, head-butting officer

Charges were filed Monday against a man accused of shooting at another vehicle and then head-butting a police officer after his arrest.

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Local man transforms '77 Dodge B200 van into mobile karaoke venue

Jay Pooley's customized '77 Dodge B200 can top speeds of 150 mph while also serving as a traveling karaoke room.

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Troopers make 8 arrests in 24 hours after Utah’s new DUI law

The state’s new .05 DUI law has been in effect for more than 24 hours now — just in time for ringing in the New Year.

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Southern Utah man charged with murder in St. George bar shooting

A man accused of gunning down a father of four and former high school football star outside a St. George bar has been charged with murder.

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Brexit ferry firm Seaborne Freight 'will get no money upfront'

Seaborne Freight will not receive cash unless it runs a ferry service, the Department for Transport says.

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Family remembers slain Utahn as quiet, easy going

The wife of a man shot and killed in Fort Duchesne is "devastated," according to family members.

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'In The Moment, You Just Fly': Jon Batiste Lets Loose At The Piano

Batiste, the band leader for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, sits at the piano and demonstrates his "everything in the pot" style of playing. Originally broadcast Sept. 26, 2018.

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Man helps rescue friends who fell through ice while on snowmobiles

With the colder temperatures came several water rescues over the weekend when people fell through thin ice.

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YouTube's 2018 Global Hits: From Obama's Dancing Step-Grandma To A Beat Beyonce Loves

The most popular videos around the global include silly human tricks, stark crime re-creations, cheery revenge songs ... and the inevitable dancing politician.

(Image credit: ONLINE COMMUNITY KE via YouTube/Screengrab by NPR)

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The top 10 most-read KSL articles of 2018

2018 was full of positives, but it was also marked with loss in Utah. The top-read articles of the year on KSL.com reflected that.

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Crashes, slick roads cause delays in Salt Lake and Park City

Two crashes in Salt Lake and Park City are significantly slowing traffic as drivers navigate slick roads during the Monday morning commute.

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Severn Bridge shuts as drone flown from tower

A man was arrested on suspicion of causing a public nuisance after a 30-minute closure.

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Channeling The Pain Of Depression Into Photography, And Finding You Are Not Alone

Tara Wray's book Too Tired for Sunshine is a collection of images she made while struggling with depression. The work struck a chord with others, who are now sharing their images in an online project.

(Image credit: Tara Wray )

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B&H has some great year-end deals on GTX 1070 and 1070 Ti cards

Unwanted gift returns to rise on 'Takeback Wednesday'

Royal Mail says returns of online purchases will rise by 80% on 2 January.

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Police: Woman with DUI history crashes into Moroni house

A woman who drove her car into a front porch in Moroni was arrested Sunday for investigation of DUI.

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ICYMI: 10 stories from the weekend

Here are 10 stories you may have missed this weekend. As always, click on the headline to read the full story.

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A Menstruation Movie Is On The Short List For An Oscar Nomination

It all started when a guy wanted to create a better sanitary pad for his wife. And now there's a new documentary about the impact of his work.

(Image credit: Anand Brian)

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Net's founding father Dr Larry Roberts dies aged 81

Dr Roberts was chief scientist in charge of designing and building the tech that became the internet.

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Global markets in worst year since 2008

Investors will be glad to see the back of 2018 after major markets end with biggest falls in a decade.

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Drone to watch over New Year celebration in New York

The NYPD will use camera-equipped drones to watch over New Year's Eve celebrations.

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Brexit: US ambassador to UK Johnson warns on trade deal

Donald Trump's offer on trade cannot happen if the PM's Brexit deal goes through, says Woody Johnson.

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Tech that died in 2018

Microsoft's wins, fails, and WTF moments of 2018

Eufy RobotVac 30C review: A reliable cleaner gets app control and smart-home integration

This budget-priced robot vacuum from Eufy gets new features while remaining affordably priced.

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Gjemeni USB couch review: You’ll get a charge out of this versatile convertible sofa

What better place for USB charging ports than the furniture you sit in every day? Gjemeni goes the extra mile to build 110-volt AC outlets into its tech-savvy couch.

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Best of 2018: Rafal Milach

Arion Gabor Kudasz‘ Human, self-published
Hungarian photographer Arion Gabor Kudasz uses twisted measurements and deformed bricks to describe the contemporary Eastern European space. Human is a labyrinth of forms in the process of becoming or decaying, which the author desperately tries to systematise. The collection of abandoned housing investments, post-industrial ruins, construction warehouses and worker’s portraits create an image of dysfunctional mechanism. Kudasz uses the human body and deformed brick modules to set a new hierarchy, which can be perceived as a metaphor for a fundamental shift in values that Hungary and other countries in Eastern Europe are facing today.

Human by Arion Gabor Kudasz

Piergiorgio Casotti & Emanuele Brutti’s Index G, published by Skinnerboox
Casotti and Brutti took a dark road trip, trying to map the racial division of the American town St Louis. The resulting book is a smart construct between the visible and hidden. Photographic realism on the one hand builds the illusion of architectural political correctness, on the other hand it reveals the camouflaged space of racial division. Black-and-white images in the book seem to reproduce certain social cliches, yet they are ideally balanced by a transparent prolonged camera slide through American suburban architecture. The tension between these two models of representation is disturbing and perfectly reflects the problem the authors touch upon. And the visual layer is only half of the book, as there is also a text.

From Index G © Piergiorgio Casotti and Emanuele Brutti

Jan Jurczak’s Peace and Love Initiative
“There are six million people living in the ATO zone, “the territory of the anti-terrorist operation”, as defined by Ukrainian legislation. It consists of parts of the territories of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, which continue to experience the armed conflict which began in 2014,” writes Jan Jurczak, a 22-year-old Polish photographer who documented small community living in Avdiivka, Ukraine (suburbs of Donetsk). They live in a single block of flats, close to the front line and Jurczak made a thoughtful, and visually strong project, but there is something more beyond pictures. Many photographers bring spectacular images from conflict zones but in most cases their involvement with photographed subjects stops after the material is published, printed or hung on the walls of galleries. Jurczak’s case is different. As soon as he got back from the frontline he launched a private, crowd-funded “Peace and Love Initiative” to support the community he had been photographing. Thanks to the funds he gathered, he managed to buy them heaters for their homes, water heaters, electric cookers, beds, towels, and so on. His attitude it definitely worth copying. There is so much we can do beyond producing and distributing images.

Hospital in Avdiivka, Donetsk suburbs, March 2018. From the series Life Goes On © Jan Jurczak

Elena Pisareva is the Protestant church pastor. She rents a space in which the community lives, a place which spontaneously became a very small and non-official help centre. Elena evaluated the most urgent needs of the people who came to her, which were: heaters for their homes, water heaters, electric cookers, beds, wardrobes, towels, and bedding. She has now bought most of these things, including new beds, heaters and a boiler, financed by the crowd-funded income. The resources to buy the heaters were sent in the first days of the action. By the end of November 2018 when the fund-raise was almost finished martial law have been imposed in 10 Ukrainian oblasts. All the income was transfered to Elena’s account one day later. Image by Elena Pisarev, documenting an action by the Peace and Love Initiative started by Jan Jarczak

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Cyber-attack disrupts distribution of multiple US newspapers

The malware, which affected papers owned by Tribune Publishing, is believed to be from outside the US.

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Clinical waste firm HES confirms it has ceased operations

In its first public statement, HES confirms that all 400 UK staff are now redundant.

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Fishing: New EU rules could have 'grave' impact on UK industry

Fishers can no longer discard fish to avoid busting quota - but that could put boats off the water.

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Susanna Dinnage changes mind on Premier League chief executive role

The Premier League says its prospective new chief executive, Susanna Dinnage, has told the organisation she will not be taking up the position.

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Cyber-attack disrupts distribution of multiple US newspapers

The malware, which affected papers owned by Tribune Publishing, is believed to be from outside the US.

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Police respond to auto-pedestrian accident near West Jordan airport

A pedestrian has reportedly been hit and killed by Salt Lake City Airport No. 2 in West Jordan.

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Draper man who fell through ice hopes others learn from his experience

At least five people fell through ice this weekend in three separate incidents across Utah, officials report. One man is hoping his fall can serve as a learning experience for others.

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Federal authorities investigating killing on Utah reservation

Federal authorities are investigating a fatal shooting in Fort Duchesne.

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Army vet pens children's books to help during deployments

A retired U.S. Army sergeant from Utah has written a pair of children's books to help families cope with the deployment of a parent.

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Quick-moving storm to dump rapidly accumulating snow Sunday over much of Utah

Another round of snow is expected to come through Utah on Sunday.

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Police: St. George man shoots at car, then tries to take officer's gun

A man accused of shooting at another car in St. George was arrested early Sunday.

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Friends react to 'senseless crime' as St. George father of four is gunned down

A father of four and former high school football star was gunned down outside a St. George bar early Saturday.

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Arizona, Utah sync licensing rules for Lake Powell fishing

Arizona and Utah are now in sync on what's needed to fish on Lake Powell, the Colorado River lake that straddles the border between the two states.

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Ogden IRS workers live in uncertainty as shutdown continues

The leadership of the Ogden branch of the National Treasury Employees Union may be out of work right now, but they are keeping very busy, trying to help union members.

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No-deal Brexit ferry contract sparks concerns

Seaborne Freight was founded less than two years ago and has never run a ferry service before.

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Utah County company happy to be part of historic Antarctica crossing

Athlete in a recent, historic crossing of Antartica boasted KT Tape, a product from a local Utah company, during his trek

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One critically injured and one arrested early Sunday morning in Draper car crash

Draper and South Jordan Police Departments responded to a crash early Sunday morning in which one woman was critically injured and another individual was taken into custody by South Jordan officers.

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China says it is 'ready to work with US'

China's latest statement suggests trade negotiations between the two countries are progressing.

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'The Winters' Is A Modern Update Of 1938 Best-Seller 'Rebecca'

"The Winters" is Lisa Gabriele's modern update of the 1938 novel "Rebecca."

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Here Are Martha Stewart's Tips For Hosting A Terrific New Year's Eve

Ice balls melt slowly and impress everyone. Provide toothbrushes and bathrobes for overnight guests. And if your budget is tight, mac and cheese and a bottle of good wine can go a very long way.

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Best of 2018: Lars Willumeit, independent curator, author, and art educator

Jules Spinatsch’s Semiautomatic Photography (2003 – 2020) at Centre de la photographie Genève
Jules Spinatsch is an exceptional figure, not only in contemporary Swiss photography but also internationally. Few artists of his generation working with the medium of photography have been as prescient in terms of exploring and interrogating the technologically-ingrained programmes and biases of the medium, especially in the context of the digital turn. The exhibition Semiautomatic Photography (2003 – 2020) at Centre de la photographie Genève, curated by Jörg Bader, brings together works from the past 17 years, reflecting his long-term commitment to the specific sets of social practices and human-machine interfaces that we have commonly chosen to sum up under the term photography.

The Lucy Art Residency
Application to the Lucy Art Residency program is open to all visual artists working with the medium of photography, irrespective of age or educational background. Nikolas Ventourakis its artistic director and co-founder, along with Maria Mitzali. And, if Kavala is maybe not the most exciting town in Greece, what it lacks in size and nightlife it makes up with the great team and the changing international jury, which runs the residency programme with full commitment, enabling both engaging and relaxed encounters between artists and other professionals in the field.

The VOID workshop in progress at the Lucy Art Residency, image courtesy the Lucy Art Residency

Why exhibit? Positions on Exhibiting Photographies, edited by Anna-Kaisa Rastenberger and Iris Sikking, published by Fw:Books
This volume, published by Fw:Books and masterminded by Anna-Kaisa Rastenberger and Iris Sikking as editors, offers a timely compendium of writings on a somewhat discursive blind-spot of our field. By bringing together texts by (or interviews with) 28 curators, scholars, photographers, and artists based in the field of contemporary photography, this volume aims to “provide a foundation for a wider discourse about exhibiting photographies in the twenty-first century”.

Why exhibit? Positions on Exhibiting Photographies, edited by Anna-Kaisa Rastenberger and Iris Sikking, published by Fw:Books

Why exhibit? Positions on Exhibiting Photographies, edited by Anna-Kaisa Rastenberger and Iris Sikking, published by Fw:Books

Data & Matter, the Spectrum – Photography in Switzerland weekend in Soglio
Spectrum – Photography in Switzerland was established in 2017 as an association of Swiss photographic institutions and individual members, who are active in collecting, mediating, processing, and discussing photography. The association promotes communication, and networking, and supports contact with politics and cultural policy. The website provides visitors with map of the Swiss scene and a periodic online specials. The annual Spectrum Weekend provides a social hub; for this edition the location was Swiss photographer Raymond Meier’s studio complex in Soglio. The focus Data & Matter included workshops on platinum-palladium printing with Raymond Meier and Regula Müdesbacher, and lectures and discussions with the Israeli artist Ilit Azoulay and the German artist Florian Freier, plus a keynote lecture by Bernd Stiegler, The Digital Turn–Revisited.

Transbordeur – Photography, History, Society journal 
In terms of publications, Transbordeur – Photography, History, Society, an annual journal published in Geneva in both English and French, was a revelation. The transporter bridge in Marseille, from which the journal takes its name, serves as the metaphor to convey their agenda of “transition between disciplines and between intellectual traditions”. As Transbordeur’s editorial states: “It is some thirty years since we outgrew the ideology of the image as the expression of an individual consciousness; this is why we must now focus on the collective technical constructs that determine their social existence. This is the goal of our journal”.

Transbordeur issues 1 and 2

Spread from Transbordeur 2

 

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Italy budget: Parliament passes budget after EU standoff

Italy's parliament approves a budget for 2019, amid complaints it was revised to placate the EU.

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St. George police responding to road rage incident after shots fired

Police are responding to a road rage incident in which shots were fired Saturday evening.

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Utah governor proposes big boost for public defender system

Gov. Gary Herbert wants to set aside an extra $5 million next year to ensure Utahns' right to a fair trial.

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Beard or no beard?: Pleasant Grove police asking public’s input on department facial hair policy

To grow or not to grow (facial hair)? — That is the question the Pleasant Grove Police Department wants you to answer.

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2018: BBC Tech's biggest stories and what happened next

From fake porn to Facebook scandals, security alerts to Google protests - 2018 was a busy year.

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Unified police officers set up Millcreek sobriety checkpoint as DUI law change looms

As a change in Utah’s DUI laws looms later this weekend, law enforcement officers were out in Millcreek Friday evening making sure there were no impaired drivers on the roads.

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You Can Eat Like Johnny Cash — Thanks To A Cookbook From Country Music's First Family

The son of country music legends Johnny Cash and June Carter has compiled a book of Southern recipes handed down in his family through the years.

(Image credit: Courtesy of Sara Broun)

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Cancer overtaking heart disease as leading cause of death in many states, according to BYU study

After more than a century as the leading cause of death in the United States, heart disease is being surpassed by cancer in many states, according to a recent study by BYU’s undergraduate Public Health program.

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Boy escapes serious injuries in fall from ski chairlift in Weber County

An 8-year-old boy apparently escaped seriously injured when he fell roughly 33 feet (10 meters) off a ski lift in northern Utah.

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Man falls through ice into freezing water on East Canyon Reservoir

A group of friends had gone out ice fishing on the recently-frozen East Canyon Reservoir Saturday morning when one of the individuals fell through the ice and into freezing water for about 10 minutes.

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Veteran desperate to find missing service dog

A Coast Guard veteran and his family were desperately searching Friday for a missing service dog, and are offering a $1,000 reward for the animal’s safe return.

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1 dead, 1 arrested after shooting at St. George bar

Early in the morning on Saturday, St. George police officers detained Bronson Joseph Flynn, 26, in connection with the shooting death of a 34 year-old man at the One and Only Bar.

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Police: Man arrested after crashing stolen car, running from officers in West Valley City

Police arrested a man late Friday night after they say he crashed a stolen vehicle and then ran away from police.

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13-year old reported missing in Bountiful

Wyatt Reynolds, 13, was reported missing Friday night after he didn’t return home from a friend’s house.

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University of Utah researchers: Alzheimer's patients can benefit from familiar music

MRI scans of patients who have Alzheimer's disease show that playing songs with personal meaning to them activates parts of their brain that still have a semblance of memory retention, researchers at University of Utah Health say.

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Fresh Air Weekend: 'BoJack Horseman' Creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg; 2018's Best Movies

Bob-Waksberg talks about his animated show, which features talking horse. Ken Tucker lists his favorite albums of 2018. Justin Chang talks about the best 12 films of the year.

(Image credit: Netflix)

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WalletHub ranks Salt Lake City as 7th-best city for keeping your resolutions

In order to determine the best cities for keeping your New Year’s resolutions, WalletHub compared 182 cities across five types of resolutions: health, financial, school and work, bad habits, and relationships

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Essential is no longer selling phones, but Andy Rubin still wants us to believe

The Monkees Tried To Cut Their Strings With 'Head'

Hey, hey, they were the Monkees, and by 1968 they were sick and tired of their manufactured boy-band image, so they took a sledgehammer to it in the surreal, angry, stream-of-consciousness Head.

(Image credit: Photo by Moviestore/Shutterstock)

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Best of 2018: Emma Bowkett, FT Weekend Magazine

I was very happy to be asked to compile my “Best of the Year”. It is not an easy concept, to define ‘best’, so what I am sharing here are art-led people and projects that have inspired, educated, excited and/or challenged me personally these past 12 months. In the face of political and environmental uncertainty I feel compelled to keep my eyes and mind wide open, to look further, to delve deeper.

First, I would like to celebrate the photography students. It is one of my greatest pleasures to work with young and emerging artists. I was hugely impressed by work this year at UK degree shows. Photographers using complex narrative techniques, from staged to documentary, engaging in a layered approach to articulate narrative. As a photography editor and curator, I feel it is essential we continue to work with and support graduates, and create bonds with schools around the world.

From the series Safe House © Léa Thijs, a recent graduate from Middlesex University

Organ Vida festival in Croatia celebrated its 10-year anniversary this year with a courageous, ambitious programme curated by Lea Vene and Marina Paulenka. Engaged, Active, Aware – Women’s Perspectives Now was conceived as a direct response to the current social and political climate. Anyone who knows about this annual festival will know that artistic director Paulenka works tirelessly to create a program that engages in critical discussion within the context of international contemporary photography. This year, the atmosphere felt charged and urgent. So many remarkable projects, I will only mention Laia Abril’s exhibition A History of Misogyny. Chapter One, On abortion because it was the first time I had seen the project realized as an exhibition. A sophisticated translation of the book into the space. Organ Vida won the Lucie Foundation prize for best curator 2018 and Abril is on the shortlist for the Deutsche Börse prize next year. Well-deserved recognition.

Hippocratic betrayal and obstetric violence. On February 2015, a 19-year-old pregnant woman ingested abortive pills in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil. She started feeling abdominal pains, so her aunt took her to hospital. After she was treated, her doctor called the police, saying he would autopsy the fetus if she did not confess to trying to abort. She was handcuffed to her hospital bed, and freed only after paying a €250 bail. Denunciation by doctors is not uncommon in Brazil, Peru or El Salvador.
Women who are reported for attempting abortion can be detained in hospitals for weeks or months. Many doctors claim they are legally required to notify authorities when they suspect an abortion, in contradiction of professional codes of doctor-patient confidentiality.
Note: photographic reconstruction.
Image © Laia Abril from the project On Abortion: Law, Religion & Violence

In London, Queer Art(ists) Now, presented by And What? Queer Arts Festival was an open- call exhibition for contemporary, UK based, Queer and LGBTQIA+ artists. With over 50 works displayed, including Damian Owen-Board’s project After the Trojan Horses, it was an eclectic mix of painting, sculpture, collage and photography together with performance art. It gave a real insight into what’s happening in the community. Also in London, I’M HOME was a project documenting female black British experience, beautifully curated by Ronan Mckenzie. Concepts of home and family were explored through her own work and that of Joy Gregory, Rhea Dillon and Liz Johnson-Artur. Alongside film and photography, the purpose-designed space acted as a hub for a series of supper clubs, workshops and events with the aim to bring audiences together in relaxed conversation. A library of books written by black women and comfortable sofas encouraged you to stay a while. I like this as a way of showing work – more than presenting on a gallery wall to come see and leave. It felt inclusive, progressive.

From the series After the Trojan Horses © Damian Owen-Board

Some great photo books were published this year. If you want to see a comprehensive list i am much in agreement with Vanessa Winship’s list for the www.photobookstore.co.uk. That said, I would like to add Material Immaterial: An Experimental Publication Project curated by Rodrigo Orrantia. A visual conversation between artists Joshua Bilton, Hannah Hughes, Eugenia Ivanissevich, Tom Lovelace and Bärbel Praun, the work first shown as a fabulous ‘test book’ performance in Arles. Also Margins of Excess by Max Pinckers, which, in a canny way uses six individual narratives to challenge the notion of truth and fiction in news and photography. Finally Why Exhibit? Positions on Exhibiting Photographies, edited by Anna-Kaisa Rastenberger and Iris Sikking, which offers a multitude of perspectives from key practitioners to create a discourse about exhibiting now. An excellent resource.

Image from Material Immaterial: An Experimental Publication Project curated by Rodrigo Orrantia

Ventriloquy, from the series Margins of Excess © 2018 Max Pinckers

Image industry: A Provisional History of the Technical Image, 1844-2018, curated by the artist Walead Beshty, is a rich and stimulating exhibition of more than 300 works, writings and objects at the Luma Foundation in Arles until 6 January 2019. It traces the history of mechanically reproduced imagery from the 19th century to the present day. Using extensive research materials- many of which come from Beshty’s personal collection, it is a potent exploration of theme, showing that the history of the image must be taught visually. If you are in the south of France this Christmas give yourself a few hours to see this show.

Image © Boris Mikhailov, from the exhibition Picture Industry: A Provisional History of the Technical Image, 1844–2018, curated by Walead Beshty

Finally, to my dear friend Jacqueline Hassink. This year the FT Weekend Magazine presented Unwired, a book and exhibition that examined the influence of mobile phone use on our lives and our relationship to the planet. It was a subject Jacqueline and I discussed often, both striving to become less connected to machines and to connect more to nature. The exhibition, designed by Irma Boom, was inaugurated at the Nederlands Fotomuseum in Rotterdam in January. It was a wonderfully sensory experience. Phones were handed in at the entrance, shoes off so that one’s bare feet could feel the carpeted floor. There was a meditative feeling running through the space until you reached the last room, where you came face to face with hundreds of commuters on mobile phones in her iPortrait installation. The contrast was arresting. Jacqueline sadly passed away last month, leaving a powerful legacy. I would like to take this last line to pay tribute to her. I love you.

Onoaida 8”, 30°17’59’N 130°31’49’E, Onoaida Trail, Yakushima, Japan, Fall, 2 October 2016 © Jacqueline Hassink

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HMV to honour gift cards despite going into administration

The music retailer will accept gift cards so long as stores keep trading, says KPMG.

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From Afghanistan, to Indonesia, to Utah: Teen refugees write book together about past, present, future

They met under the direst circumstances and have found a home here in Utah.

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What you need to know to choose a rock climbing gym in Salt Lake City

Whether a newcomer to Utah or a newcomer to climbing, trying to find the right gym can be a daunting task. North of Spanish Fork, Momentum and The Front are Utah’s premier climbing gyms and they both have a lot to offer.

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Shutdown 'devastating' for federal workers, businesses near parks in Utah

It's not just the Ruby's Inn customers who canceled trips to Bryce Canyon National Park over the holiday that have the hotel's general manager Lance Syrett worrying about the federal government shutdown.

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Holladay home damaged in fire

A Holladay home suffered extensive smoke damage Friday afternoon in a fire, firefighters said.

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How will the Medical Cannabis Act impact employee drug testing?

Learn how employee drug testing is impacted by the Medical Cannabis Act.

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UK to spend £108m on no-deal ferries

French, Dutch and UK firms will provide capacity for 4,000 more lorries a week to cross the channel.

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Only 1 Utah national park to be staffed as 2019 begins

Only one of Utah's five national parks will be staffed after the new year as the state pulls back funding during the partial U.S. government shutdown, officials said Friday.

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CenturyLink still working to fix nationwide outage that affected Utah gov, dispatch, residents

CenturyLink is still working to fix a massive, nationwide outage that started causing problems for Utah government, emergency services and residents Thursday, officials said.

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West Valley woman who hit and killed teen in November 2017 sentenced to prison

A West Valley City woman will serve up to 20 years in prison after she hit and killed a teenager in November 2017 while she was driving with a blood-alcohol content that was twice the legal limit.

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Former Utah prison chief tapped for Connecticut job

Connecticut Gov.-elect Ned Lamont is nominating the former executive director of Utah's Department of Corrections to oversee that state's prison system.

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A whole new world for free trade?

The New Year heralds the launch of two major trade deals, with Japan emerging as a key player.

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Amos Oz Dies At 79; Hailed As "Glory" Of Israel's Writers

The novelist and peace advocate died Friday. He once called the language in which he wrote, modern Hebrew, his "musical instrument" and compared it to "an erupting lava, an earthquake in action."

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'Black Mirror: Bandersnatch' Makes You Choose Your Own Adventure

Netflix premiered its first interactive film for adults on Friday — one where you make choices on-screen to decide what happens next. It tells the story of a programmer trapped with his game.

(Image credit: Netflix)

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Utah woman fills room with tiny Christmas houses

Verna Trappett's Christmas village collection began in 1989 with a chapel. Now the gift the Smithfield woman received almost 30 years ago is part of a tiny town of more than 400 structures that permanently reside in one of her spare bedrooms.

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12 Tips For Better Drone Pics

Drones are amazing to get a new perspective from up above. If you buy a drone as a photographer you the expectation, that you make amazing photos just because the perspective is great. If you are photographing for a while with your drone you will come to a point where you get frustrated because the ...

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Google and Facebook put ads in child sex abuse discovery apps

Google and Facebook's ad networks placed promotions for major brands before apps were banned.

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Google and Facebook put ads in child porn discovery apps

Google and Facebook's ad networks placed promotions for major brands before apps were banned.

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'A Distinctive Voice': Tracey Thorn Goes On 'Record'

The Everything but the Girl singer uses music to explore feminist themes. She sings about the different stages of women's lives on her recent solo album, Record. Originally broadcast May 3, 2018.

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Officials identify Draper firefighter hit by car on I-15

Officials identified a Draper firefighter who was hit by a vehicle on I-15 Thursday while attending to victims involved in another car crash.

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Police: Idaho woman stole money using scam on essential oil Facebook page

A Twin Falls woman is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from strangers on the internet using a ruse on Facebook.

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Places in Utah to celebrate New Year's Eve

As 2018 closes in, the question of how to celebrate New Year's Eve lingers on people’s minds. Here are some events happening around Utah on Dec. 31 to help Utahns ring in the new year.

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Tesla adds Larry Ellison to its board

Tesla beefs up its board with executives from Oracle and Walgreens to reassure investors.

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Tesla adds Larry Ellison to its board

Tesla beefs up its board with executives from Oracle and Walgreens to reassure investors.

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Amazon's Digital Day is here with great deals on a Fire HD tablet, PC apps, and content

Amazon's Digital Day is here with great deals on a FireHD tablet, PC apps, and content

Utah Film Commission touts productions in state

The Utah Film Commission is touting the economic impacts of productions filmed in the state this year.

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Bandersnatch: Netflix's interactive Black Mirror film puts viewers in control

Viewers can decide the characters' fates in Bandersnatch, the latest instalment of the Netflix drama.

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Golden Spike Winter Steam Festival cancelled due to partial federal shutdown

The Winter Steam Festival at Golden Spike National Monument won’t happen this year as a result of the partial government shutdown.

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Security firm hijacks high-profile Twitter accounts

Louis Theroux, Eamonn Holmes and others were targeted by researchers worried about flaws in Twitter.

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National Guard from 4 states will help with cyber operations

Utah National Guard soldiers will join those from Colorado, North Dakota, and South Dakota deploying to Fort Meade, Maryland, as part of a cyber protection team supporting U.S. military operations in Afghanistan.

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Huawei: China accuses UK of 'pride and prejudice'

Beijing was responding to claims it might use Huawei's 5G kit to act "in a malign way".

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Best iPhone screen protectors: Keep your screen flawless

Screen protectors are a hassle, but a necessary hassle. To keep your display pristine, we've rounded up our favorite screen protectors for the iPhone.

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Huawei: China accuses UK of 'pride and prejudice'

Beijing was responding to claims it might use Huawei's 5G kit to act "in a malign way".

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12 of the best indie PC games you might have missed in 2018

Calendar whirls: Presenting all the best movies to stream this New Year’s Eve weekend

Here are 12 great movies to watch while you ring in the New Year.

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Reolink Go review: 4G LTE connectivity and heavy weatherization lets you install this security cam anywhere

This home security camera connects to T-Mobile's LTE network, so you can set it up just about anywhere—no router required.

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Razer Kraken Tournament Edition review: A messy but interesting refresh for Razer's no-frills headset line

Americans Are Optimistic About The Future — Just Don't Ask About Politics

A substantial share of Americans are feeling hopeful about the new year, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll. And some of us, especially young people, plan to make resolutions.

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Best of 2018: Just Another Photo Festival

Rahima Gambo’s Tatsuniya at IDFA
The multimedia web documentary Tatsuniya is projected onto the wall and as one scrolls down, story after story unfurls, revealing the very real and ever-present threat of violence that Boko Haram continue to hold over the young people in schools and universities in parts of Nigeria. Personal stories are told in four chapters including photography, gifs, films and text. The volume of work here is overwhelming, but leaves a strong impression nonetheless.

Ivan Sigal’s Karachi Circular Railway at Ryerson Image Centre 24 January – 08 April 2018
KCR is a nine-channel, non-linear installation that explores the path of the defunct Karachi Circular Railway. Digital stills, ambient sound, text, video and unique aerial footage of Karachi shot from a drone combine to unveil a side of the city that defies the dominant media narrative of extremist violence and terrorism. We had the great pleasure to show a version of this work in Varanasi and Kolkata as part of Just Another Photo Festival where groups of teenagers, using their smart phones, filmed this vision of a country so near, yet so far.

Ivan Sigal’s Karachi Circular Railway at Ryerson Image Centre 24 January – 08 April 2018

Anton Kusters’ The Blues Skies Project at Getxo Photo Festival 04 – 29 September, 2018
The Blue Skies Project is an installation of 1078 mounted peel-apart instant film images of blue skies, accompanied by a 13-year real time tracking audio piece created by Ruben Samama. The images were made from 2012 to 2017 at the last known locations of the one thousand and seventy-eight official Nazi concentration camps that existed throughout Europe between 1933 to 1945. Kusters’ work deals with the difficulty of representing trauma, as Martin Barnes writes, “tragic, beautiful and haunting images encourage important questions about ethical ways of seeing”.

Anton Kusters’ The Blues Skies Project installation

Asad J. Malik’s Terminal 3 at Sheffield Doc Fest, Alternate Realities, June 2018
One of the stand out pieces from Sheffield Doc Fest this year was Terminal 3 by Pakistani artist Asad J. Malik. The work is an interactive, augmented-reality documentary that explores contemporary Muslim identities in the US through the lens of an airport interrogation. Wearing a Microsoft Hololens, the audience must interrogate the passengers – the degree of compassion in their questions controlling the clarity with which the individual is visible to them. This hauntingly personal experience only ends when the user must decide if the person in front of them should be let into the country or not.

Lynsey Addario’s Of Love & War, published by Penguin
A document of “never-ending tragedy” and “never-end resilience” writes Lynsey Addario in this collection of photographs spanning her career as a photographer, which takes in many of the most pressing humanitarian and human rights crises over the last twenty years. Poignant and arresting the impact of the photographs is deepened by Addario’s own writings (often in the form of letters home) detailing her reactions to encountering such extremes of our humanity.

Noor Nisa, 18 (right), in labour and stranded with her mother in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, November 2009. Her husband’s first wife died during childbirth, so he was determined to get her to the hospital, a four-hour drive from their village. His borrowed car broke down and I ended up taking them to the hospital, where Noor Nisa delivered a baby girl. Image © Lynsey Addario, included in the book Of Love & War by Lynsey Addario, Penguin Press US

US troops carry the body of Staff Sergeant Larry Rougle, who was killed when Taliban insurgents ambushed their squad in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, October 2007. Image © Lynsey Addario, included in the book Of Love & War by Lynsey Addario, Penguin Press US

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HMV on brink of second collapse in six years

The BBC understands the music retailer is in the process of appointing administrators.

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Most shoppers mistrust influencers, says survey

The majority of shoppers are wary of social media influencers, a survey for the BBC indicates.

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North Korea defector hack: Personal data of almost 1,000 leaked

A personal computer at a resettlement centre in South Korea was found to have been infected.

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UK stocks rise after torrid week

FTSE 100 index of UK's largest company rises 1% at start of Friday trading.

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The councils trying to save the High Street

Local authorities are buying up failing shopping malls with the aim of reviving them, but is it too risky?

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Utah Inland Port board clears way for possible tax deal with Stadler Rail

The Utah Inland Port Authority created its first ever project area on Thursday, paving the way for the entity to commit future tax dollars to the project: the expansion of Stadler Rail.

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The booming trade in second-hand books

Ladybird books, periodicals, textbooks and signed copies are making more money than ever for used-book sellers.

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St. George woman focuses on brain health to prevent memory loss

The start of the new year often has people flocking to the gym to stay on top of their workout goals, but some of the most valuable exercises don’t happen in the gym.

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Smithsonian And National Zoo To Close After New Year's Day In Government Shutdown

"There's no getting around it," Linda St. Thomas, chief spokeswoman for the Smithsonian. About two-thirds of the institution's staff are federal employees and will be furloughed effective Jan. 2.

(Image credit: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

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Utah Rep. John Curtis says Congress should accept responsibility for shutdown

For Rep. John Curtis, R-Utah, it's Congress that bears the blame for a partial shutdown of the federal government anticipated to continue into the new year.

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Draper firefighter injured after being hit by car on I-15, officials say

A Draper Fire Department battalion chief has been hit by a car on I-15 near 14600 South, officials said.

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Where to recycle your Christmas tree after the holidays

Christmas trees are a staple of the holidays, but what can be done with them when it's time to take down decorations? Each Utah city and county offers its own means of disposing of and recycling the dying evergreens.

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These kids' laser tag guns might actually shoot your eye out

Lesha Kirkwood never wanted to spread fear, but when her son's laser tag gun heated up and the battery inside exploded into his eye, she wanted to make sure others who bought the toy know the risks.

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Utahns’ confidence in economy’s future seems to be tempering

Although overall current economic conditions in Utah remain strong, residents in the Beehive State are a little less positive about the future, according to the Zions Bank Utah Consumer Attitude Index.

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Restrictive job adverts 'put women off', says top female boss

The boss of Severn Trent says limited "must have" skill lists stop many women applying for roles.

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Salt Lake group, officials look to restore old 1920s hot springs bathhouse

A group of Utah residents want to bring back to life a nearly-100-year-old building that has been closed for 15 years. They recently met with Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski, who was "intrigued†by their plan.

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U. study yields 'upsetting' results linking miscarriages with spikes in Utah air pollution

Researchers say a new University of Utah Health study has found "upsetting" results showing women are at greater risk of losing their pregnancy within days of a spike in nitrogen dioxide pollution along the Wasatch Front.

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Ownership dispute over 1881 steam engine in Ogden

Uncertainty about who owns an 1881 locomotive steam engine in Ogden is complicating restoration efforts.

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Smart thermometer company reports Utah is 'sickest in the nation'; officials disagree

A health technology company that manufactures smart thermometers is reporting that Utah is "the sickest in the nation," as local thermometer use, temperatures and other symptoms automatically reported to the company are up.

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'Stan And Ollie' Traces 2 Legends Working Hard Past Their Prime

Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly star as Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in a film that struggles to keep its energy up as it follows the decline of two great film comedians.

(Image credit: Sony Pictures Classics)

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Sen.-elect Mitt Romney names key staff positions

Sen.-elect Mitt Romney has filled key staff positions in his Senate office with a mix of national, state and local experience, including an outgoing elected official.

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Best home security camera: Keep an eye on the home front

A boom in wireless security cameras is inspiring a movement in DIY home surveillance. Follow our buying guide and read our reviews to find the best option for you.

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The Fierce Female Characters Of Film In 2018

This year, movies where women starred had Hollywood muscle behind them. So do this year's heroines — conceived before #MeToo, but landing in the moment — mark a change for the industry?

(Image credit: Marvel Studios)

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Best TV streaming service: YouTube TV vs. SlingTV vs. Hulu vs. PlayStation Vue, and all the rest

Is Sling TV better than Hulu, or should cord-cutters subscribe to PlayStation Vue? Or YouTube TV? We compare all the TV streaming services, and one rises to the top.

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Man wanted in four states arrested in Utah

A man who police say held his girlfriend hostage in her car and threatened to kill her as they drove, possibly from Texas, was arrested in Utah thanks a multiagency effort.

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Utah government, residents affected by CenturyLink outage

A reported massive CenturyLink outage across the country Thursday has created problems for some Utah government entities, too.

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Charges: Utah man rams school bus to get away from Satan

A Spanish Fork man who claimed he intentionally rear-ended a school bus full of children because he was trying to get away from Satan now faces a long list of criminal charges.

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Trembling Utah woman tied up in her house could barely speak to 911, police say

With her voice still trembling, a woman who police say was just tied up in her own house by an intruder, could barely speak with emergency dispatchers.

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Director Bo Burnham On Growing Up With Anxiety — And An Audience

The former YouTube star says he wanted his film, Eighth Grade, to take an "emotional inventory" of what today's adolescents are experiencing. Originally broadcast July 18, 2018.

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Director Bo Burnham On Growing Up With Anxiety — And An Audience

The former YouTube star says he wanted his film, Eighth Grade, to take an "emotional inventory" of what today's adolescents are experiencing. Originally broadcast July 18, 2018.

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Celebrating The Lives Of 6 Jazz Greats Who Died In 2018

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead remembers the musical contributions of Hugh Masekela, Jerry González, Roy Hargrove, Buell Neidlinger, Randy Weston and Vancouver Jazz Festival founder Ken Pickering.

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Outcry as Instagram tries horizontal scrolling

The video and image sharing site apologises after a test was accidentally rolled out to millions of users.

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Stock markets resume downward slide

Wall Street shares drop 2% amid political and economic uncertainty and weak consumer confidence data.

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Apple's gaslighting over bent iPads is a stunning response to a serious problem

Apple wants you to believe that bent iPads are normal—and that’s not acceptable.

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Boost your PC's sound with an all-time low price on the Logitech's awesome 2.1 Z523 speaker system

Woman dies following Wednesday night crash near Panguitch

A woman has died following a Wednesday night crash near Panguitch that left two other individuals in critical condition.

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3 injured in Taylorsville crash

Three people were injured when two cars collided at the intersection of 1300 West and 5400 South in West Valley City Wednesday night, police said.

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New round of snow hits Thursday morning commute

Dozens of crashes and slide-offs are reported in Salt Lake and Utah counties as another round of snow showed up for the Thursday morning commute.

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Musk seeks to dismiss Thai cave defamation claim

Mr Musk's insults to Thai cave rescuer were a "schoolyard spat" and not to be taken seriously, say lawyers.

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California girl dies in fall from scenic Arizona-Utah overlook

Authorities say a California girl visiting an Arizona-Utah landmark has died from what appears to be an accidental fall.

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How to use Windows 10's Your Phone experience

Android Confidential: The Android phones and features that flew and flopped in 2018

The 2018 cord-cutter awards

The cord-cutter awards: How the best streaming services and devices got better in 2018.

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4K HDMI cables: How to cut through the marketing lingo and figure out what you actually need

You probably don’t need to buy a HDMI cable to go with your new TV, but here’s how to tell for sure.

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Blue Skimmer Dragonfly

A Blue Skimmer Dragonfly, photographed yesterday at Campbell's Swamp near Griffith, NSW.

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Best of 2018: Emilie Lauriola, Le Bal Books

Michael Schmidt’s Waffenruhe, published by Walther König
I was thrilled that König Books republished this masterpiece of photography, for the first time and for an affordable price! Originally published in 1987 by the German photographer, it’s a striking work, translating through dark landscapes, forms and portraits all the rawness of 1980s Berlin.

Joanna Piotrowska’s Frantic, published by Humboldt Books
Both appealing and slightly disturbing, Joanna Piotrowska’s incisive images always manage to unlock paths for reflection and introspection whenever I look at them. Published by Humboldt Books, Frantic showcases a staged series of shelters built inside various homes with objects and materials found in each place. Focused on familial structures and their dynamics, the polish photographer explores the gestures of intimacy, power, defence and anxiety with subtlety and a high sense of visual tension.

From Frantic © Joanna Piotrowska

Spread from Frantic © Joanna Piotrowska, published by Humboldt Books

Fw:Books /POST Return to sender project
This joint project between Dutch publisher Fw:Books and Tokyo based bookshop POST gathered together ten never opened packages all containing books – undeliverable and returned to the Fw: office for different reasons – which were then put back on sale without any indication to the customers buying it as to what it contained, except that all books within the envelopes were sold out titles of the publisher. An inventive and sensitive idea which I’ll admit I would have loved to have had myself!

Solitude of Ravens Instagram feed
Every week, the secretive Japanese photography enthusiast Solitude of Ravens pulls a few books from his extensive collection of Japanese books and magazines and presents each one in a series of detailed posts. Ranging from the rare and collectible to new and affordable publications, this Instagram account is ruled only by its owner’s personal mood and taste rather than a fashion for so called “must have” photography books. Expect lots of black-and-white photography, melancholy, old Japan and, if I have to be honest, also a fair amount of rope bondage.

Benoit Grimbert’s Nuclear Winter, published by Bartleby & Co
Following on from his intimate research projects on Ian Curtis (Lips that would kiss) and David Bowie (Neuköln), French photographer and music history fanatic Benoit Grimbert has taken on the iconic, mysterious singer Nico and her time in Manchester, retracing her steps in a series of ghostly pictures, with the help of documents, her personal diary and her son Ari’s book. Published by Bartleby & Co in an edition of 10 artist books, Nuclear Winter is a highly researched project which was launched at Le Bal during an epic night and came with a separate collector’s edition of 49 original objects, vinyls, rare magazines and photos all linked to Nico. A must-see book for all the fans.

Nuclear winter © Benoit Grimbert, published by Bartleby & Co

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