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A Preview to the Bear River Basin Forum on Access Utah Monday Mar 01, 2013

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We’ll try to find a good balance among many competing uses of our limited water supply on Monday’s Access Utah. We’ll preview the Bear River Basin Forum, sponsored by the Bear River Watershed Council.

The Upcoming Sequester on Thursday's Access Utah Feb 27, 2013

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The federal budget sequester, which was supposed to be a poison pill that would motivate Democrats and Republicans to come up with a compromise, may go into effect on Friday. Thursday we’ll examine possible effects on Utah’s budget and economy.

An "Evening in Brazil" on Wednesday's Access Utah Feb 26, 2013

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Wednesday we’ll take a break from current affairs and politics for an Access Utah tradition: a program of great Bossa Nova and Samba music from the USU Performance Hall. We’ll preview the annual “Evening in Brazil” event, which happens on Friday at the Riverwoods Conference Center in Logan.

Hope and Inspiration for Better Air Quality on Access Utah Tuesday Feb 25, 2013

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Many Utahns are getting frustrated with what they see as slow and ineffective progress toward solving our air pollution problem.

"Makers: Voices of Utah Women" on Monday's Access Utah Feb 23, 2013

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"Makers: Voices of Utah Women" is a new documentary which premieres February 26 on KUED. According to the producers, the film “tells the story of the women’s movement in Utah through the firsthand accounts of leaders and activists who fought to alter the social fabric of the state. It was a time when women were learning to speak up and speak out. A time when women had different visions of what equality meant. A time when the voices of Utah women would finally be heard.”

Changes in Utah's Outdated Mental Health System on Friday's Access Utah Feb 22, 2013

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Host Sheri Quinn presents a one-hour special report about the history of Utah's mental health system called "The State of the Utah's Health." Changes have taken place over the last couple of years to overhaul what mental health industry experts call an outdated system that does not work and is currently in crisis.

Beauty Redefined Founders Challenge Cultural Beauty Ideals on Access Utah Thursday Feb 21, 2013

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University of Utah doctoral students and twin sisters, Lindsay and Lexie Kite, run a non-profit organization called Beauty Redefined which offers sticky notes supporters can paste on mirrors in restrooms and dressing rooms with messages like: “Your reflection does not define your worth.” Now they’re taking on Sports Illustrated, urging people to paste the sticky notes on the annual swimsuit issue. The Kite sisters say that our ideas about beauty need to be redefined. We’ll talk with them in the first half of Access Utah on Thursday.

Government's Role in Air Quality Regulation on Access Utah Wednesday Feb 19, 2013

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On previous episodes of Access Utah, we’ve tapped into grassroots frustration directed at government for perceived lack of effective action on Air Pollution. Many of you are asking: why isn’t more being done? Wednesday on the program we’ll give you the chance to express your concerns directly to legislators and government officials. We’ll ask our guests and you: what should government do to improve Air Quality?

Narrowing the Political Divide on Access Utah Tuesday Feb 18, 2013

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Tuesday on Access Utah we’ll attempt to narrow the political divide, hoping to model behavior we’d like to see in elected officials in our increasingly polarized society. We’ll follow up on a program we did a few months ago with politicians and commentators. This time we’re appealing directly to you. We’ll ask you to explore the weaknesses of your political beliefs, as well as the strengths of the other side. How we can listen to and understand each other more in our political discourse, and how do we get out of our silos and join with each other in solving our problems? Leading the discussion will be Cache Valley residents Jonathan and Loralee Choate. They have to reach across the aisle at home: he leans libertarian and she’s more liberal. We’ll also hear from our politically-plugged-in Access Utah producers, USU students Dani Hayes and Adison Pace.

Author Matt Richtell Talks About His New Book "The Cloud" on Friday's Access Utah Feb 15, 2013

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On today's Access Utah, Sheri Quinn talks to New York Times technology reporter Matt Richtell about his new novel,"The Cloud." In his book, Ricktell weaves today's cutting edge technology into a suspenseful story about the addictive power of technology that keeps you gripped to the last page. In the second half, Science Questions explores the effects of climate change from new climate data and how changes in national energy plans can benefit the economy.

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