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Atlantic City’s casino corridor posted its first revenue increase in a decade, with analysts crediting a boost from internet gambling. The AP reported that revenue from it in New Jersey rose by more than 32 percent last year.

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president trump: day 1

on the cover CES was packed with virtual reality, which is working its way onto the Strip this year.

Despite the drama surrounding confirmation of some of the presidentelect’s Cabinet nominees, attention is about to turn to the west terrace of the Capitol building, where Donald Trump will take the oath of office and assume leadership of the United States of America. Don’t forget to buy your commemorative koozie.

running on hope

A 100-mile race might not sound like therapy, but Triple Dare Running Co.’s founder says she has seen all kinds of people do ultramarathons to work out their demons.

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dressed to slay

With the exception of military and industrial applications, virtual reality has long been more of an aspirational exercise than a viable industry. Many still think it’s overhyped, poised to fade out and never penetrate the mainstream. But it’s gaining traction in commercial markets, and the Las Vegas entertainment machine is incorporating the tech into its arsenal.

Rising star Erich Bergen (you might remember him from “Jersey Boys”) muses on his fashion evolution and the Technicolor style-energy of Las Vegas. “I love that you can get away with so much in Vegas,” he says. more life n Adoptable animals, P31 n Calendar of events, P40 n Puzzles, P66

Dealing with a bad boss?

Whether your boss is too harsh or too nice to push you to develop, it’s a challenge to work under uninspiring leadership. more vegas inc n A warning about devices and data collection, P44 n Closetbox wants to store and guard your life, P48 n Southern Nevada’s growth is sustainable (no, really), P54

more news are multiplying in Nevada’s skies 20 Drones Rules are loose, and awareness needs to expand.

Leading the blind and visually impaired to greatness The Blind Center of Nevada supports personal development, social interaction and independence.

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GROUP PUBLISHER Gordon Prouty ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Breen Nolan

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UNLV’s annual series featuring nationally and internationally known guest lecturers

Atul Gawande, M.D.

EDITOR Erin Ryan (erin.ryan@gmgvegas.com) MANAGING EDITOR Dave Mondt (dave.mondt@gmgvegas.com) DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR, DIGITAL John Fritz (john.fritz@gmgvegas.com) ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR, SPORTS AND DIGITAL Ray Brewer (ray.brewer@gmgvegas.com) GENERAL EDITOR Paul Szydelko (paul.szydelko@gmgvegas.com) ASSISTANT GENERAL EDITOR Adam Candee (adam.candee@gmgvegas.com) ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Case Keefer (case.keefer@gmgvegas.com) STAFF WRITERS Jesse Granger, Mike Grimala, Chris Kudialis, Thomas Moore, Daniel Rothberg, Cy Ryan, Ricardo Torres-Cortez, Rosalie Spear, Camalot Todd, Ian Whitaker COPY DESK CHIEF John Taylor COPY EDITORS Christian Bertolaccini, Jamie Gentner SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS EDITOR Craig Peterson NIGHT WEB EDITOR Wade McAferty EDITORIAL CARTOONIST Mike Smith RESEARCHER Clayt Keefer LIBRARY SERVICES SPECIALIST Rebecca Clifford-Cruz OFFICE COORDINATOR Nadine Guy

ART ASSOCIATE CREATIVE DIRECTOR Liz Brown (liz.brown@gmgvegas.com) DESIGNER LeeAnn Elias PHOTOGRAPHERS L.E. Baskow, Christopher DeVargas, Steve Marcus, Mikayla Whitmore PHOTO COORDINATOR Yasmina Chavez

ADVERTISING ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER OF ONLINE MEDIA Katie Horton GROUP DIRECTOR OF SALES OPERATIONS Stephanie Reviea PUBLICATIONS COORDINATOR Denise Arancibia SENIOR ADVERTISING MANAGER Jeff Jacobs EXTERNAL CONTENT MANAGER Emma Cauthorn BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST Sandra Segrest ACCOUNT MANAGERS Katie Harrison, Dawn Mangum, Sue Sran ADVERTISING MANAGERS Jim Braun, Brianna Eck, Kelly Gajewski, Chelsea Smith, Danielle Stone, Alex Teel

MARKETING & EVENTS DIRECTOR OF EVENTS Kristin Wilson DIGITAL MARKETING MANAGER Jackie Apoyan

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The Future of Medicine Wednesday, January 25, 2017 7:30 p.m. Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall The public is invited to this FREE annual series. Admission is by ticket only on a first-come, first-served basis. Tickets are limited to two (2) per customer. Tickets ONLY available at the UNLV Performing Arts Center Box Office: Saturday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.; Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. For information, call (702) 895-ARTS, but tickets cannot be reserved by phone. UNLV faculty, staff and students may obtain tickets beginning at 10 a.m., Wednesday, January 11, 2017. The general public may obtain tickets beginning at 10 a.m., Saturday, January 14, 2017.

THE EDWARD BARRICK Endowment Fund was established at UNLV in 1980 and makes possible the Lecture Series and the Barrick Graduate Fellowships, Barrick Faculty Development and Travel Fund, and the Barrick Research Scholars Fund. AA/EEO

VICE PRESIDENT OF MANUFACTURING Maria Blondeaux PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Paul Huntsberry PRODUCTION MANAGER Blue Uyeda PRODUCTION ARTIST Marissa Teel, Dara Ricci ART DIRECTOR OF ADVERTISING AND MARKETING SERVICES Sean Rademacher GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Michele Hamrick, Dany Haniff TRAFFIC SUPERVISOR Estee Wright TRAFFIC COORDINATORS Kim Smith, Meagan Hodson

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GREENSPUN MEDIA GROUP CEO, PUBLISHER & EDITOR Brian Greenspun CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Robert Cauthorn MANAGING EDITOR Ric Anderson CREATIVE DIRECTOR Erik Stein

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A piece of plastic sheeting flaps in the wind near West Sunset Road during a blustery day in Las Vegas. (L.E. BASKOW/STAFF)

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Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman delivered her sixth State of the City address, focusing on public safety, health care, homelessness, education and attracting major league sports.

The 35th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. parade will start at 10 a.m. at Fourth Street and Gass Avenue. This year’s theme: “Living the Dream — Reviving the Spirit of Empowerment.”

Gov. Brian Sandoval will give his final State of the State address. He is expected to touch on energy, opiates and the drought, among other topics.

The UNLV basketball team will host nemesis San Diego State at 8 p.m. at the Thomas & Mack Center. The Aztecs, the Mountain West favorites, lost their first two conference road games.

Starting at noon, UNLV faculty and other health experts will discuss the Affordable Care Act and what health care might look like under President Donald Trump.

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Guns confiscated from students at Clark County School District campuses so far this school year.

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SO LONG, DAVY News hit that the historic neon sign of dive bar Davy’s Locker had been demolished. The bar’s new owner said he couldn’t afford the costs of removing and transporting the beloved fish to the Neon Museum.

Melissa Warren places a rubber duck into a new bathtub during a bathroom make-over reveal by MakeA-Wish of Southern Nevada and community partners at the home of teenager Allie Gardner, who was born with a rare neuromuscular disorder. Baths, her mother said, provide her with relief. (STEVE MARCUS/STAFF)

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$2.46 Average price for a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline in Nevada, an increase of six cents from December. Nevada is among the 15 most expensive markets in the country.

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YOU THOUGHT YOUR IPHONE WAS EXPENSIVE ... LOCAL

LIGHT TOUCHING DARKNESS

The cheapest place to buy a new model of Apple’s iPhone is the South African nation of Angola, where it costs about $400, according to Latin American e-commerce giant Linio, which compiled a global price index for popular tech devices. In Venezuela, due to “recent inflation issues,” iPhones go for more than $97,000.

Hundreds attended a candlelight vigil Jan. 8 to mourn the death of North Las Vegas police detective Chad Parque, 32, who was killed onduty in a crash two days earlier that was caused by a wrong-way driver. Parque’s funeral is slated to begin at noon Tuesday, Jan. 17, at the Central Christian Church in Henderson.

CONCRETE, AMMO AND ...

The World of Concrete and the SHOT Show, two of the year’s biggest conventions (with 64,000-plus expected attendees each), are slated for Jan. 17-20. And just down the road on overlapping dates (Jan. 1821) will be the Adult Entertainment Expo, the year’s raunchiest convention, with 25,000 expected to gather at the Hard Rock Hotel.

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Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman arrives with other local officials for a ceremony marking the debut of NAVYA’s ARMA vehicle, the first driverless shuttle in America, in downtown Las Vegas’ Fremont East Entertainment District. (L.E. BASKOW/STAFF)

Visitors to Las Vegas in 2016, setting a record for the third consecutive year. The city also saw record convention crowds, with 6.3 million people attending conventions in 2016 — 7.1 percent more than 2015.

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By Camalot Todd | Staff Writer

n Friday, Jan. 20, Donald Trump and Mike Pence will lose the hyphens from their titles. The next president and vice president will take their oaths and do plenty of smiling and waving. While Trump has promised a Own a piece “great show,” of history Inauguration Inauguration Day merchandise ranges from a set of branded is really about beer koozies ($20) to the peaceful a gold-plated coin ($60). transfer of power. It goes back to George Washington, who delivered the shortest address in history — 135 words — during his second inauguration.

THE C ERE M ONY The 58th inauguration stands to be particularly colorful, whether in terms of special guests (and notable snubs) and memorabilia or the massive protests slated to take place nearby.

Mormon Tabernacle Choir This will be the sixth presidential inauguration for which the group has performed. Soprano Jan Chamberlin resigned over the gig, saying that performing for Trump conflicts with her faith.

The Rockettes Thirteen of the dancers are full-time and under contract to perform. Three have declined anyway, but the remaining dancers are seasonal contractors and can volunteer. As of press time, no dancer of color had signed up.

Jackie Evancho The 16-year-old opera singer and “America’s Got Talent” alum agreed to perform “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

here’s a timeline of the day’s events CEREMONY AT THE U.S. CAPITOL: opening remarks at 11:30 A.m. ET (8:30 A.m. PT). Swearing-in at NOON ET (9 a.m. PT)

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Morning worship Every president since Franklin D. Roosevelt has attended some morning service (with the exception of Richard Nixon during his second term). Trump will visit St. John’s Episcopal Church after coffee with outgoing President Barack Obama.

Procession to the Capitol The incoming president and vice president and their spouses are escorted to the White House by members of the Joint Congressional Committee before a formal meeting with the outgoing president.

Vice president’s swearing-in Before the president takes his oath, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas will swear in Pence. The oath: “I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.”

President’s swearing-in Trump will be sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. The oath: “I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

Inaugural address Trump is rumored to have written his own address, claiming it to be short and sweet. However, some news outlets say he is working with his aide and speech writer Stephen Miller.

Workers build the inaugural platform in preparation for the inauguration and swearing-in ceremonies for Presidentelect Donald Trump. (associated press)

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H OW TO WATC H How to get tickets

HISTORY The inauguration has been held on the west front terrace of the Capitol since 1981.

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Contact your U.S. senator and representatives, as they have some tickets to distribute. Nevada’s senators are Dean Heller and Catherine Cortez Masto, and representatives include Jacky Rosen, Dina Titus, Mark Amodei and Ruben Kihuen.

Visit 58pic2017.org/ FAQ for information on tickets to the inauguration ceremony, parade and balls.

Enter to win a trip to Washington, D.C., for Inauguration Day by filling out a form on Trump’s website. Contestants must be 18 years old, legal residents of the U.S. and submit by Jan. 18. The prize includes round-trip airfare, hotel accommodations for two nights and ground transportation for the winner and one guest: action.trump2016.com/TrumpInauguration-Sweepstakesentry

Tickets are not required for areas farther away from official events, like the National Mall.

watch it here All major networks will broadcast the event.

Trump dumped Charlie Brotman, 89, who has announced every inauguration since Eisenhower, for campaign volunteer Steve Ray.

FORMER FIRST COUPLES IN ATTENDANCE

Stars with Las Vegas ties who declined to perform

Barack and Michelle Obama

Elton John

Garth Brooks

Bill and Hillary Clinton

Celine Dion

I N T E R E S T E D I N P R OT E S T I N G ? The Women’s March on Washington will have a major presence in D.C.

George W. and Laura Bush

George Lopez Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter

HISTORY Chief Justice John Roberts flubbed the oath at Obama’s first inauguration, putting the word “faithfully” in the wrong spot. Obama paused when reciting it, but to ensure the oath was Constitutional, Roberts readministered it later that night at the White House.

Departure of the outgoing president Since Gerald Ford’s exit in 1977, the former president and first lady leave the grounds by helicopter, after being escorted to military cordon by the new president.

Inaugural luncheon After Trump finishes his address, the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies hosts a luncheon to celebrate. The chairman of the committee chose George Caleb Bingham’s painting of “Verdict of the People” to be displayed.

Also being broadcast are Voice of the People and the Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration, events at the Lincoln Memorial on Jan. 19 that are free and open to the public. Toby Keith, 3 Doors Down and Lee Greenwood are among the performers.

If you’re in Nevada, a local offshoot Jan. 21 will start at the Llama Lot off of 10th and Fremont streets, according to Deborah Harris, Nevada coordinator for the Women’s March. A rally will follow the march, at the Lloyd D. George Courthouse. “This movement isn’t just about giving the people a day to voice an opinion or feelings,” Harris said. “This is about letting people know that your power is not lost; pick it back up and let’s get to work.”

For a different kind of protest, tune into Lovea-thon, a Facebook Live broadcast at 12:30 p.m. Jan. 20 and including celebrities such as Jamie Lee Curtis and David Duchovony. The three-hour event aims to raise $500,000 for the ACLU of Southern California, Planned Parenthood and Earthjustice.

Marijuana legalization supporters plan to pass the joint on Inauguration Day; 4,200 joints, to be precise. Although voters passed the 2014 ballot initiative to legalize pot in D.C., Congress blocked city officials from implementing the law.

Don’t forget your coat or umbrella. It’s supposed to be rainy during the afternoon, with a high of 59 degrees.

after inauguration ends, approx. 3 p.m. ET (noon PT)

7-11 p.m. ET (4-8 P.M. PT)

Inaugural parade The processional will include more than 8,000 people from 40 organizations and each branch of the U.S. military. Among them will be representatives of Talladega College, a historically black liberal arts school, which became the center of a national controversy sparking backlash from students, staff and alumni.

Inaugural balls President Trump will attend three official inaugural balls, one of which will be military (The Salute to Our Armed Services Ball). Tickets have yet to be announced.

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virtual change On the final day of CES, another pioneer reaches into a world only he can see. (Las Vegas News Bureau)

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eople will get married in virtual reality,” she tells you. ¶ You’re at Level Up inside MGM Grand, having met at the new gaming lounge a few minutes ago. In her vision, as best you can tell, a 3-D scan of the bride and groom will be loaded into a virtual world. Guests will be invited to watch from anywhere as the avatars take vows in “lavish” environs. Palatial décor with a diamond as big as the Ritz, that sort of thing. The technology isn’t there yet, but she tells you it’s coming. ¶ Perhaps it could. Consider that a Florida startup is offering couples 360-degree footage so they can watch and rewatch their weddings from inside the moment. ¶ “I want to get married in virtual reality,” Laura Hall adds. ¶ In a thick Southern drawl, Hall introduces herself as The Virtual Reality Girl, the handle for her business and blog. This night — the first of VR Fest during CES week — she’s an evangelist for the nascent industry. VR will be used in courtrooms and classrooms, she says. “Think about people sitting at the bar right now.” Level Up’s patrons, huddled around TVs like Norm from “Cheers,” will one day gaze into headsets that drop them in the backfield as the New York Giants play.

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how can virtual reality impact our lives? Although the gaming industry encourages much of the research and development surrounding virtual reality, the technology has a broad range of applications.

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Providers see many opportunities to use virtual reality in training surgeons and treating PTSD, anxiety disorders and autism.

Architects are simulating construction projects, and historians are building walkthroughs of monuments and archaeological excavations.

classrooms Already there are several companies dedicated to offering virtual reality in the classroom. “Planet Earth” sage Sir David Attenborough works with one company to take students through the Great Barrier Reef.

Head tracking Using tools like a gyroscope (which allows the axis of rotation to assume any orientation) and accelerometer (which measures acceleration forces), this system within the headset makes the VR world appear responsive to head movements. Tilt your head down or up and the image in virtual reality shifts accordingly.

Assisted living Facilities for seniors and the disabled see VR as a way to connect the homebound with the outside world.

lenses VR headsets use a stereoscopic display. That means each lens offers a view of the same scene from slightly variant angles, tricking the eye into seeing depth and making an image seem 3-D.

360-degree world

sports The NFL and Google announced a partnership in November to produce a nine-part virtual reality series. During the current NBA season, one game per week is being broadcast in virtual reality through the league’s digital arm.

Software and videos in virtual reality are designed to extend the world beyond the immediate field of vision, helping users believe they are engulfed in an alternate environment.

Hand controllers Some virtual reality brands offer handheld controllers with a trigger and buttons. The controller tracks the movements of hands, becoming a gun in a shooting game or a brush in an art program.

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What this scenario does to alcohol consumption is an open question, apparent in watching the fumbling handoff of a cocktail to someone whose face is enveloped in a VR headset. Dozens of people wearing the clunky black devices wander around the lounge, periodically craning their necks. They’re demoing games through VR Fest, the annual three-day gathering billed as the largest and first virtual reality festival. Behind the lenses, they are satisfying one of entertainment’s most cathartic goals: escape. To enter alternate realms ranging from the documentary to the fantastical. Of course, that’s also a goal of tourism and Las Vegas, which appropriates the Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty, Venetian canals and pillars of ancient Rome on a single street. So while these demos are a one-night affair for the Level Up lounge, MGM and other casino operators are discussing how to integrate the headsets as a virtual reality scene emerges in Las Vegas. With three brick-and-mortar VR arcades scheduled to launch this year, the technology might have found a cultural partner. nnn

Wednesday afternoon, before the festival. If VR is in its youth, VR Fest, which debuted in Los Angeles three years ago, is an infant developing motor skills. Founder Chris Crescitelli, a filmmaker from the world of 3-D cinema, moved the event to Las Vegas last year to coincide with CES. Despite virtual reality content popping up in industries ranging from education to medicine, little is made here. Local production studios include Wemersive, with offices in Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Amsterdam, and Blackwood VR in Henderson. But Eric Preiss, who directs the Nevada Film Of-

Virtual Reality A 360-degree environment that immerses the user in another location

fice, says no virtual reality shoots have registered for state permits. The office is backing VR Fest for the second year. “Our decision to work with Chris was out of anticipation of what’s to come,” Preiss says. “We hope to continue that relationship and see a big increase in the amount of VR that’s going to happen here.” The event’s mission is to “introduce audiences around the globe to the magic and excitement of the virtual reality experience, while shining the spotlight on the virtual pioneers ...” “Oh, yeah, I’m busy,” says Crescitelli, who seems to fully embrace virtual reality’s frenetic promise to deliver everything and more. In May, he plans to debut VR Fest in China, and later in the year, he expects to open VR Arcade in Las Vegas, a popup gallery of virtual reality demonstrations in a 22,000-square-foot space on the Strip. Crescitelli’s events embrace the nightlife side of Las Vegas and CES (convention afterparties this year featured headliners such as Sting and Blink-182). VR Fest has taken over Light and Hakkasan, and it’s about to host at Hyde. The tech, while innately isolating (at least for now), lends itself to this kind of rapturous shared human experience. “I’m taken by the way that VR works as an empathy machine,” Crescitelli says. Efforts to examine the nature of reality are about as socially enduring as language. Recent VR projects have paid homage to material as ancient as Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” and as modern as 21st-century science fiction. But with the exception of military and industrial applications, virtual reality has long been an aspirational exercise. Many still think it’s overhyped, poised to fade out and never penetrate the mainstream. But it’s gaining traction in commercial markets, especially as Facebook, Samsung, HTC, Sony and other consumer-tech companies back high-profile projects. A turning point for the in-

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Augmented Reality Technology that projects digital images on the real world (i.e., Google Glass)

dustry came in 2014, when Facebook purchased Oculus and its headset for $2 billion. Expanding the market for VR further, Samsung announced at CES that it had sold more than 5 million headsets. When AVN’s Adult Entertainment Expo rolls through town this week, VR will have a presence (Southern Nevada’s brothel industry makes for an interesting tug between VR’s potential for disruption and for business expansion). The challenge now is as much about content as it is about hardware, says Jack McCauley, an Oculus co-founder. Virtual reality needs a hit, something to go viral, McCauley adds. “There has to be a really good game to play.” nnn

Friday at noon. It’s the second day of CES and VR Fest, but Nathan Rowe’s team is occupied on the second floor of Work in Progress, a coworking space in downtown Las Vegas. Monitors and headsets clutter their pod. The team is perfecting SculptrVR, software allowing virtual reality users to design landscapes. Think of a 3-D version of Microsoft Paint that you can walk around in, or hang-glide in. Rowe is setting up a demo for you. Once the headset is secure, he gives you two hand controllers, and the world before you is interminable space. In your right hand is a paintbrush; in your left hand is a palette. Pull the right trigger, and you start laying your world’s foundation (it’s brickwork). Switching tools, you experiment with the delete button (a rocket launcher). You teleport. Your stomach drops as you glide from nerve-wracking elevations, racing through trees and a ravine. Nothing in reality looks this crude. The Audubon Society catalogs no flora or fauna constructed from small square blocks. REALITY, Con ti nu ed on page 16

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A window on the third day of CES at the Las Vegas Convention Center. (Las Vegas News Bureau)

How can I try Virtual Reality? Google Cardboard: The $15 foldable VR viewer allows users to play games and enter immersive worlds without the expense of a head-mounted display. The cardboard viewer runs on a smartphone, and it provides a good introduction to the medium. VR Headset: Some are as cheap as $100 and others are as costly as $800. Popular headsets include the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and the Samsung Gear. Some games are only available on particular headsets. Take a virtual tour of Las Vegas: After CES 2016, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority began filming a virtual reality “experience” to showcase Las Vegas to potential visitors. Launched last spring, it has been downloaded 18,000 times, said Nick Mattera, senior director of digital engagement. “Virtual reality in the travel space makes a lot of sense,” he said. While it’s difficult to track how many visitors booked travel because of the app, LVCVA has partnered with several brick-and-mortar stores to expand virtual reality’s reach. Last year, it had a deal with Virgin Holidays to offer Las Vegas’ virtual reality experience in more than 20 stores, and it had a similar partnership with Flight Centre, an Australia-based booking company with stores worldwide. Virtual reality, Mattera said, is generally becoming more prevalent in daily life. “We will see that translate more and more into brick-and-mortar operations,” he said during CES. “If there is a way to integrate it into our building that makes sense, we’ll certainly look at that.”

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Yet it still feels realistic. A rush of paint spews out as you tilt your focus on the unbounded grid. That distorted, sustained realism is what makes you “experience” the game rather than simply interact with it. A graduate of UNLV’s math department, Rowe started SculptrVR in September 2015 as a weekend project. He now has four full-time employees and says there is a surprisingly large talent pool in Las Vegas for development of virtual reality gaming. “Most of them are working in casino gaming,” he says. “But it’s a lot of the same skills.” SculptrVR is looking at how it wants to expand. Although Rowe did not disclose how many times the $20 app has been downloaded, he says a SculptrVR freebie released in October was downloaded 11,000 times. Rowe knows only a handful of local developers working on VR projects. He suggests talking to Phil Johnston, co-founder of virtual tour company Virt. You find Johnston at VR Fest, presenting an early version of his product on a soundstage. More than a dozen companies are spread across the dark plane, underneath fluorescent studio lights, a laser show and pop’s tin blare. A remix of Rihanna’s “Love on the Brain” comes on as attendees demo everything from mixed reality lenses that alleviate eye strain to a horror film that lets you choose to be cremated or buried alive. Johnston started his company in New York, participated in an accelerator in San Francisco and moved to Las Vegas about a year ago to avoid the cost of Bay Area rent. He has found the tech scene small in comparison.

“You have ScupltrVR,” says Johnston, who works out of the SYN Shop hackerspace. “There are a couple of 360-(degree) production companies. But the community is smaller than it should be.” With Virt, he hopes to help hotels and real estate agencies showcase properties. A rover with a 360-degree camera will take images of a site, and Virt will construct a 3-D tour. Virtual reality proponents see this type of observational application as a way to make the rarefied an everyday experience. Visit Mount Rushmore or Stonehenge or Mars or Hawaii or Machu Picchu or the Egyptian pyramids. Visit your dream home. Gather with friends in a virtual grotto. Some companies, including Oculus, are working to reach this market. It could remove barriers to experience. Or distort it. As with any new technology, there is talk about the dystopian vision of virtual reality, one that sequesters and ultimately changes the human character. Of course, respected theorists made similar declarations about novels in the 19th century, then radio, television, video games and the internet. You never live in the moment. You are distracted. You are more selfish. You are alone. nnn

Later Thursday night. But what the hell is reality, anyway? We are five days past 2016, the year that use of the term “post-truth” increased by 2,000 percent. As the truth flexed, virtual reality got hype — industry analysts said 2016 would be the year it no longer was a dream of the ’90s. And many believed.

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Crescitelli does. So does The Virtual Reality Girl, saying the technology could be utopian, and become ubiquitous. “It’s going to be like cellphones,” she tells you. True surrender to synthetic worlds will require that content meet a much higher standard, or that users cultivate a lower threshold for suspending disbelief. Right now, “virtual reality” often is a dissonant experience, a term not to be taken literally. We’re not there yet. We’re still here, at Level Up. You are swimming with a National Geographic diver off the coast of Belize, conscious that there’s no neoprene bodysuit, no pressurized scuba tank, no water squeezing your temples as you descend into the coral structures of Glover’s Reef. You are still in a casino, an illusion of another kind. Others are shuffling around, some dragging thick cords connected to computers, the visual smacking of an alien movie. But you see the potential. You feel it. You step into a music video for “Old Friend,” a popping Future Islands song. You’re at the center of an endearing psychedelic animation, having transformed into an absurd Gumby creature surrounded by other absurd Gumby creatures, anthropomorphic mountains and a puckish conductor twirling a baton. You look down and see you’re moving your noodles-for-arms. You’ve forgotten how you look on the outside, and you do something you would normally never do inside a casino bar on a Thursday: dance. That is VR. “Everyone dances,” a presenter says. nnn

Sunday afternoon. VR Fest is over. CES is almost over.

What’s clear is that even as casinos explore opportunities to make virtual reality a main attraction on the Strip, there’s a struggle over how to make the technology more social. “Billions of dollars are being spent on the technology side of VR,” says Jonathan Bricklin, co-founder of New York pingpong lounge SPiN. “It’s necessary. But not enough time is being spent on the delivery.” Bricklin, who moved to Las Vegas last year, hopes to bring SPiN’s table-tennis-in-a-bar model to virtual reality. His first move: open a 17,000-square-foot lounge adjacent to the Strip in October. His concept for social VR — dubbed 100 Monkeys — includes about 50 virtual reality portals, a sports bar and five premium experiences, including a first-person shooter game, a race simulator, a terminal for creating art and a red-light district. Bricklin is still sorting things out, like how to drink alcohol, escape to a virtual world and engage with friends all at once. Why the name? It’s a play on the colloquialism that once 100 monkeys learn a new behavior, it spreads. And the VR business is spreading. Zero Latency, a virtual reality startup based in Melbourne, Australia, plans to establish a presence in Las Vegas by this summer. The free-roam experience puts players in a thicket of zombies. “We think it makes sense for a bunch of reasons,” Bob Cooney, head of global business development, says of the potential move. Crescitelli expects his VR Arcade to open at an existing Strip property by the end of the year. “Vegas is a great place to debut real-world experiences that are highly creative and highly technical,” he says. “You can

see MGM getting excited about. You can see Caesars getting very publicly excited about it.” The Linq is home to VR Adventures. Offerings include a jaunt in a haunted house, a ride on a roller coaster and a flight as a superhero, among other $20 fantasies. When they’re done, participants can buy videos of themselves experiencing VR, a twist on the theme-park model of selling photos of roller-coaster face. nnn

Saturday night. VR Fest’s closing party is superherothemed. Crescitelli is wearing a red cape. You’re inside downtown’s Red nightclub, talk-shouting under cinnamon-hued lights. He introduces you to David Rosen, a local composer demoing his VR video. You talk outside. It’s 10:56 p.m. on Fremont Street. Rosen tells you about a 2015 project, a VR music video for his composition “An Unseen Sky” that he says was the first in the medium, beating Icelandic popstar Björk’s by one week. Rosen, who is coming out with a new 360-degree work called “Constellations,” says the music video is a good format for virtual reality, which lends itself to short, visually striking content meant to impress a sense. He describes his latest as “a real trippy version of a planetarium.” The desert tonight is a crisp 47 degrees. Groups weave in and out of the bars along Fremont, their voices punctuated by the intermittent blast of the flamethrowing praying mantis at Container Park. You are here, and that’s what I see as the data pours in.

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As the drone flies ‘ Broad acceptance of unmanned aircraft — and industry growth — depends on smart regulation By Adam Candee Staff writer

Rules generally rub Nevadans the wrong way, but a lack of them in one of the state’s potential growth industries soon could cause problems. Drone industry leaders and government officials bantered during a CES panel discussion this month on regulation, specifically what needs to be done to create a clear set of guidelines from the federal level on down to the neighborhood streets. The race, as both sides see it, is against time: One major accident involving a drone could cause public panic and knee-jerk political response before those working on a comprehensive solution can present their case. “When you look across different industries, we have different socially acceptable levels of safety,” said Brendan Schulman, vice president of policy and legal affairs at China-based DJI, the world’s largest drone company. “A pretty serious car accident doesn’t make the news anymore, but a minor drone accident does. Acceptance will come when that doesn’t happen.”

Industry groups and regulators have talked for close to a decade about how to regulate the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) industry without stifling innovation. Discussion of domestic drone operation stretches beyond those purchased as Christmas gifts and into those used for commercial purposes such as farming operations and inspection of gas pipelines. Economic development officials in Nevada see the drone industry as a pivotal piece of the aerospace and defense vertical in their diversification plan, though it largely focuses on larger UAV for military applications. In 2013, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved Nevada as one of six sites in the country for testing the best way to integrate unmanned small aircraft into the national airspace, and the designation was recently extended through at least 2020. The city of Henderson and Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems (NIAS), a nonprofit arm of the governor’s economic development office, announced last week plans for a small-drone testing range adjacent to Nevada State College. The site will feature a 150-foot runway, four vertical take-

A vast majority of my colleagues do not share the same viewpoints as I do. A millennial from Silicon Valley thinks very differently about drones than a 70-year-old from Santa Barbara.” — Evan Low, California State Assemblyman, D-Silicon Valley

off and landing pads, an observation tower, a flight operations control center and a large netted drone area. Aerodrome also announced this month a partnership with Boulder City for the Eldorado Droneport, touted as the world’s first commercial droneport on 50 acres approximately four miles

A small drone takes flight during a groundbreaking ceremony Jan. 4 at Nevada State College for the Henderson Unmanned Vehicle Range. (mikayla whitmore/Staff)

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What are the rules for flying my drone? The FAA issued the following guidelines for safe drone operation last year: n Keep your drone within sight (no observer can watch more than one drone at a time). n

Always avoid manned aircraft.

n Never operate in a careless or reckless manner. n You may fly during daylight or in twilight (30 minutes before official sunrise to 30 minutes after official sunset, local time) with appropriate anti-collision lighting. n The maximum allowable altitude is 400 feet above the ground, and higher if your drone remains within 400 feet of a structure. n

south of the U.S. 95 exit beyond the Railroad Pass Casino. “One of the other things that’s going to drive consumer adoption is consumer acceptance,” said Josh Turner, an attorney with Wiley Rein LLP who represents clients before the FAA and FCC. “It becomes much more socially acceptable once you have that first experience.” The FAA released a fact sheet in June as initial guidance on the safe operation of drones for both hobbyists and professionals. Comprehensive regulation for drone development continues to plod along at a pace more suited to government than the rapid advancement of drone technology, though. Earl Lawrence, director of the FAA’s Office of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration, asked industry panelists at CES to provide direction on specifics that would allow the government to provide something that looks more like a framework than a hard set of rules. “A good regulatory structure helps these products come to market because the insurance industry wants to know,” Lawrence said, referencing that industry’s inability to assess the risk of

drones without knowing how they will be built, operated and maintained safely. One of the primary divides in government is an age-old discussion with regard to technology, as explained by California State Assemblyman Evan Low, D-Silicon Valley. “A vast majority of my colleagues do not share the same viewpoints as I do,” Low, 33, said. “A millennial from Silicon Valley thinks very differently about drones than a 70-year-old from Santa Barbara.” Safety concerns coming from the public include what images are being captured by drones, the odds that they can be hacked and what happens if one crashes from as high as 400 feet, the maximum altitude for hobbyist drones. And that doesn’t factor in those hobbyists who won’t know the rules and might fly their machines in ways that endanger people and the future of the tech’s growth in the consumer market. “Any one of these things could be a death blow to the industry in a particular place,” Turner said.

The maximum speed is 100 mph.

n You may not fly a small drone in the following locations: over anyone who is not directly participating in the operation; under a covered structure; inside a covered stationary vehicle. n No operations from a moving vehicle are allowed unless you are flying over a sparsely populated area. n You may carry an external load if it is securely attached and does not adversely affect the flight characteristics or controllability of the aircraft. n You may transport property for compensation or hire within state boundaries provided the drone — including its attached systems, payload and cargo — weighs less than 55 pounds total and you obey the other flight rules. (This type of drone operation requires passing an FAA test or holding a specific type of pilot’s license.)

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Elsewhere in the country, visiting a hotel is typically reserved for vacations, but in Southern Nevada, resorts are part of many people’s daily lives. Whether you’re dining at a restaurant on the Strip, relaxing at the pool or spa or going shopping, most of us stroll through a hotel property a few times a month. ¶ So, what happens if you’re injured at a hotel and need to seek compensation for Xenophon Peters, esq. the damages? In short, it can be a complicated and tiresome process. Nonauto-related personal injury claims are notoriously difficult to pursue, especially those that occur on private property. However, knowing how to handle the situation immediately after the injury can help improve your case and may be the difference between being buried by medical bills or receiving compensation for your injuries.

Understanding and identifying liability Premises liability, a set of laws that determine a property’s liability in the event of an accident, is complex and commonly misunderstood. The key here is to be able to prove negligence by the property that led to reasonably foreseeable harm.

But what, exactly, does that mean? It’s the property owner’s responsibility to maintain safe conditions to prevent injury to guests. This means making necessary repairs, ensuring buildings are up to safety standards, maintaining the working condition of amenities (such as elevators, escalators and door locks), using adequate signage and alerting guests to potentially dangerous conditions. If the hotel fails to reasonably maintain safe conditions, which leads to your injury, you may have a case against it. For example, if you slip and fall getting out of the shower — assuming the hotel provided towels, bath mats, handrails, etc. — the property owner will likely not be deemed liable.

In such a circumstance, because the hotel provided safe conditions, it generally wouldn’t be held responsible because it took every reasonable step to ensure your safety. On the other hand, if housekeeping were to leave a puddle of solvent on the bathroom floor and you slipped on it, the hotel would probably be liable. A reasonable person could foresee someone slipping and falling because housekeeping created the spill, then failed to clean it. At its essence, the “reasonably foreseeable” portion of our law provides that any company must know about a potentially hazardous problem and be given time to post notice or correct the issue before it can be liable.

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Contact hotel management immediately after suffering the injury. Explain what happened, how it happened and be sure they file a detailed report. Get the name and information of their insurance company and/or request a follow-up from their corporate offices.

Receive medical treatment. Large properties often have medical professionals on staff, or they may have to call an ambulance, depending on their resources and the extent of your injury. Request any and all medical records from here on out — paramedic reports, hospital bills, follow-up visits, etc. — and save it all.

Document everything, including photos and eyewitness testimonies from anyone who may have seen the accident take place. Take pictures and videos of the scene, including your injury and what caused the injury to take place. If there were witnesses, have them either write down what they saw or record their explanation of events on your cellphone. If they’re willing, be sure to save their contact information if you need them for further follow-up.

If your injury resulted in missing work, be sure to have the papers from your employer to support that claim. You may be compensated for loss of wages, bonuses, employment, etc., if you’re able to prove the damages.

Do not sign anything before contacting an attorney. This is doubly true if you’re offered a settlement. While it may be tempting to accept an immediate payout, it can hinder your ability to seek greater damages down the road if you need to. Most importantly, don’t sign anything waving responsibility and/or a “release of claims” without having a lawyer look it over beforehand.

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Steps to take if you believe you’ve been injured because of the hotel’s negligence First and foremost, you have to understand two things when pursuing a personal injury claim: You must actually be injured. If there’s a nail sticking out of the doorway and you gently poke yourself without breaking the skin, that’s not considered an injury. However, if you get cut and need stitches, or require a tetanus shot, etc., that is considered an injury.

In Nevada, the injured party is responsible for meeting the burden of proof to prove both your injury and the hotel’s negligence that caused it.

If you have a question you’d like to see answered by an attorney in a future issue, please write to questions@PandALawFirm.com. Please note: The information in this column is intended for general purposes only and is not to be considered legal or professional advice of any kind. You should seek advice that is specific to your problem before taking or refraining from any action and should not rely on the information in this column.

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Title: President Agency address: 1001 N. Bruce St., Las Vegas Agency phone number: 702-642-6000 Agency website: blindcenter.org Hours of operation: 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. To volunteer: Call to schedule a tour of the center to learn about volunteering and funding opportunities. what is Good Works? In Good Works, an occasional series, we highlight nonprofit groups that are making a difference in our community. If you’d like to nominate an organization, email news@thesunday. com with details.

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Putting people on a path to greatness What does your organization do? The Blind Center of Nevada is the state’s only day center that serves adults who are legally blind or visually impaired. We assist people who are blind or visually impaired in reaching their highest physical, social, intellectual and economic potential. To achieve these objectives, we pursue three focus areas: personal development, social interaction and provident living. The Blind Center of Nevada serves to enable the blind community to find hope, learn independence and attain personal greatness.

Cory Nelson is president of the Blind Center of Nevada, which helps blind and visually impaired people become self-sufficient. (L.E. Baskow/staff)

When and why was it established?

Creating a place in Las Vegas that would offer help to people who are blind was F. Marion Keele’s dream since 1934, when he lost his sight at age 38. Upon his death in 1955, one of his students, Audrey Bascom Tait, continued his work. Audrey convinced the Downtown Lions Club, with assistance from other clubs, to build a two-room facility on Bruce Street. A second building, constructed in 1982, was renovated in 2007 to accommodate additional programs and services. What services do you offer to blind citizens? Our programs include mobility

training, Braille, arts and crafts, bowling, music, choir, computers, ESL classes and more. With help from other civic organizations, the Blind Center provides free, nutritious lunch as part of its daily activities. More than 80 percent of Blind Center clients live below the extreme poverty level, and lunch is their main meal for the day. What sparked your interest in the nonprofit sector? Until 2010, I spent

my career in marketing and business development. At that point, I decided it was time for a professional change. When I toured the Blind Center and met the members, I was inspired by their zeal for life and courage in the face of adversity. Over the past seven years, we have grown and maintained the financial stability needed to serve the growing blind community in the area.

Any recent news about your organization? As of September, with the

support of the Engelstad Family Foundation and other community partners, the $6 million construction cost for the new Visions of Greatness building has been fully funded. We will break ground on the 36,000-square-foot facility in the spring, and it is scheduled to open in November. What can people do to get involved with the Blind Center? People can

volunteer at the center to help our members in a number of ways, and those who have interest in helping fund our programs can schedule a tour. How do you motivate people to get involved? Close your eyes. Imagine what

it’s like to lose the gift of sight. Gratitude is motivation. What can Southern Nevadans do to improve our community in general?

Get involved. Go check out the places that make a difference in the lives of those who are less fortunate. It will change your life. Discuss the plan to build a new center.

Sixty years after its humble beginnings, the Blind Center was at a crossroads. The (associated) electronic recycling business had outgrown its 55-year-old building. One could argue that to update the old building would be throwing good money after bad and because of this, the Blind Center focused on expanding its refurbishing and recycling business, and creating new spaces to house its programs, including the first-ever

culinary arts program for people who’ve lost their sight. The community answered the call, and we are set to break ground in the next couple of months. Where do you see your organization in five years? We plan to offer more

“paths to greatness” for people with vision loss. Thanks to the Visions of Greatness building, we will offer an expanded scope of services and additional employment opportunities for Southern Nevada’s blind and visually impaired community. If you could change one thing about Southern Nevada, what would it be?

There is a lot of money in our community and so many worthy nonprofits. Ideally, more of that money would be used to help Southern Nevada’s less fortunate. Talk about Broken Spectacles, Nevada’s only all-blind band. Do they credit the Blind Center for helping them come together? Broken Spectacles is an

alternative rock band that was formed a few years ago as part of our music program’s expansion. This talented group of musicians has performed at the Hard Rock and House of Blues, and will soon audition for “America’s Got Talent.” This outstanding band truly is the epitome of the Blind Center of Nevada’s “Visions of Greatness” theme. Anything else you want to tell us? Live every day with gratitude. In an instant, life can change, as it has for most of members here at the Blind Center of Nevada.

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DO YOU NEED TO START THE YEAR WITH A CLEANSE? “Detoxing” and “cleansing” have been popular marketing terms in recent years, but how legitimate are associated claims? Well, they are controversial, and like many other health and wellness fads, there are two sides of the coin. ¶ Bryn Rodriguez, MD, internal medicine physician at Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center, explains that for most healthy people, the body’s natural filtration systems are able to remove toxins efficiently and don’t require additional “detox” support. However, that doesn’t mean we need to automatically dismiss these trends. ¶ “The good part of some of the marketed detox diets is that they are usually associated with a clean and healthy diet and an increase of fluids,” Rodriguez said. ¶ As we continue to wade through our New Year’s resolutions and set goals for this year, here’s a look at how our bodies naturally detoxify and what to keep in mind if you’re considering a “detox.” WHAT IS DETOX, AND WHAT ARE WE “DETOXIFYING” FROM? Medically, detox refers solely to treatments administered to patients who have high levels of drugs, alcohol or other poisons in their system. In this instance, the patient may need medical treatment to help expel such chemicals and to cope with withdrawal symptoms. However, the term detox has now been commandeered by many health-oriented brands and initiatives to refer to an array of products promising to help purge the body of everyday, nondescript “toxins.” But what are these toxins, and should we be worried about them? “The most common toxins to the body are things we ingest, such as alcohol and food that are broken down internally. There also may be some exposure to other types of environmental toxins, such as lead or arsenic, depending on some vocational and lifestyle factors. These can be dangerous and may require medical treatment,” Rodriguez said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention releases an annual report on human exposure to different toxins and chemicals. This report includes environmental toxins, as well as chemicals that are added to food and other consumer products. The body may not be able to properly process and excrete some of these chemicals, which can then end up being stored in fat cells, potentially causing problems if they continue to accumulate. “The body also may create granulomas — a mass of tissue created in response to infection, inflammation or foreign substances — which is the body’s way of walling off things that it cannot excrete, to prevent damage to the rest of the body,” Rodriguez said. Fortunately, most people can limit their exposure to such toxins by avoiding known, unhealthy chemicals, including asbestos, mercury, BPA plastics, and those found in cigarettes and processed foods.

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TO CLEANSE, OR NOT TO CLEANSE? Many cleanses and detox diets eliminate processed foods, alcohol, animal-based proteins (particularly red meat), refined sugars and carbohydrates, while promoting a high intake of vegetables, fruits, high-fiber grains and fluids — all of which are good for the body. There is little evidence to suggest that any of this will actually help rid your body of toxins, but many people report feeling healthier and more energized after a cleanse diet. This is likely because they’re eating more nutritiously and not overburdening their body with unhealthy food and drinks. For most healthy people, a moderate detox diet that simply encourages clean eating and limiting toxin exposure will yield positive results. While such diets won’t work to purge toxin buildup, or do anything your body doesn’t already do on its own, they may act as something like a lifestyle detox, in that they can help some people change unhealthy dietary habits and adopt better ones. However, other detox plans and products may promote fasting, supplements, colonics or other treatments that can be dangerous or, at the very least, a waste of time and money. If you’re considering a more aggressive option that recommends any of these things, consult with your physician first.

THE ORGANS THAT DETOXIFY Our bodies have a highly adaptable and powerful filtration system made up of the skin, lymphatic system, gastrointestinal system, kidneys and liver. While these components work together to rid the body of toxins, the two key organs dedicated to this process are the kidneys and liver. “The liver is responsible for eliminating toxins through the stool and bile, and the kidneys are responsible for eliminating toxins through urine,” Rodriguez said. Together, the kidneys and liver filter the blood, separate nutrients from chemical waste and excrete any unneeded or damaging toxins from the system. While these organs are built to withstand an incredible amount of abuse, they also can become overburdened, which can prevent them from functioning optimally and/or cause disease. To prevent overburdening these organs, Rodriguez recommended drinking plenty of water, eating small, frequent meals throughout the day, and limiting your intake of bad carbohydrates, fatty meats, alcohol and drugs.

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Rising star Erich Bergen on pocket squares, bedazzled shoes and the power of pants that fit

verybody has that one friend who’s a little too accomplished, too likable and too stylish for his own good. The guy you just want to lovingly punch right in his handsome face. Mine is Erich Bergen. ¶ Before playing Bob Gaudio in the feature film “Jersey Boys,” Erich played the role in more than 1,000 performances of the Grammy- and Tony Award-winning musical of the same name. While lighting up Las Vegas’ production at the Palazzo, he produced, directed and hosted “Las Vegas Celebrates the Music of Michael Elly brown Jackson,” raising $100,000 for music education in Nevada public schools. ¶ Now, Erich co-stars as Blake Moran opposite Téa Leoni in CBS’ “Madam Secretary,” and this past year, he debuted a wildly entertaining solo show as a singer/pianist at the Smith Center. ¶ The rising star of stage, screen and style opened up about his personal fashion evolution and the Technicolor styleenergy of Las Vegas — and his plan to get his favorite designer’s attention.

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How has your personal style evolved You’ve played stylish men on stage since leaving Las Vegas? and screen. Have any roles influenced I’ve come to appreciate men’s style not based your own wardrobe? on what is cool or trendy, but rather what is “Jersey Boys” did, absolutely. I’m 6-foot-3 made well and fits correctly and I have no butt, so low-rise on me. There’s that moment pants are not a good look where you go into a store, pick on me. The problem is that up something that looks really most contemporary, slim-fit style file cool, try it on, and realize you jeans (and suit pants) have a look like an old man trying low rise. When I put on the to look like “the kids.” It’s a costume for “Jersey Boys,” wake-up call. I’ve learned, which takes place in the especially being tall and lanky, 1960s, I finally found pants that “simple” and “fits well” that fit correctly — slim cut are always your best bets. with a higher rise. It’s hard to find that in the real world, Any favorite labels? so when I find the correct I tend to wear Tom Ford fit, I just buy that item in Age across the board, especially his bulk. Blake’s wardrobe on 31 suits, because they fit me off “Madam Secretary” is actuOccupation the rack like they were customally the other way around; actor, singer, musician made for me. Mr. Ford hasn’t my personal taste inspires reached out to me, but maybe his. Low-paying government Favorite label Tom Ford if we send him this article and jobs in D.C. don’t really allow all the receipts for my previous for much fashion past some purchases from his store … stock Brooks Brothers suits, but we’re doing the televiMy rule I saw you perform sion drama version of D.C., recently at the Smith not a documentary. So I work is simple: Center in a very snazzy with the wonderful costume I don’t ensemble. How do you designer for our show, Amy choose wardrobe for Roth, to throw in some “unwant to look like your own concerts? D.C.” accents — colorful ties, My rule is simple: I don’t tie bars and, of course, a perI could be in the want to look like I could be sonal favorite of both Blake audience. If I in the audience. If I bought a and I, pocket squares. ticket to see a show, and I was bought a ticket to dressed better than the person You grew up in New onstage, I’d be pissed. The York City but lived here see a show, and stuff I wear onstage is classic while performing in I was dressed menswear with a show-busi“Jersey Boys” at the ness twist. I ride that fine line Palazzo. What do you better than the between fun and gross. miss about the fashion energy of our crazy person onstage, What do you like to wear city? I’d be pissed.” on date night? What I love that you can get away do you like to see on with so much in Vegas. It’s someone else? great to see men, who maybe I think it’s the same for both myself and the back home in the Midwest wear standard other person: an outfit that makes you feel great beige menswear, all of a sudden sport a pair of about yourself. The outfit shouldn’t wear you. bedazzled shoes and a bright purple shirt. It’s You should feel confident and comfortable in it. maybe not the most tasteful look, but I love the confidence ... just because they’re in Vegas. When are you coming back to Vegas? I visit Vegas a lot. I’m actually surprised how What don’t you miss about it? much I get back there. When Celine is ready to When I got to Vegas, Ed Hardy shirts were be done, I’ll gladly take over. all the rage, so I really don’t miss that.

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Age: 2 year-old neutered male Breed: Pit bull Description: Batman loves to greet people, give kisses and sit on command. Adoption fee: $25

Age: 1-year-old neutered male Breed: Boxer mix Description: Boy is athletic and loves to play fetch. He would enjoy oneon-one time with his future owner as well as daily walks. Adoption fee: $200

Age: 14-year-old neutered male Breed: Domestic mediumhair Description: Warren is grateful for all kindness. He was found abandoned and disoriented on the side of a road. Please treasure him dearly. Adoption fee: $20

Age: 3-year-old spayed female Breed: Tortoiseshell Description: Jannelle enjoys leaping into your lap for gentle chin scratches. She often makes â€œhappy feetâ€? when feeling especially content. Adoption fee: $40

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Age: 7-year-old neutered male Breed: Labrador retriever Description: Max is intelligent and knows how to sit and roll over. He also enjoys a daily stroll. Adoption fee: $200

Age: 3-year-old neutered male Breed: Pit bull Description: Jackson is youthful and full of energy. He is eager to learn, especially when rewarded with treats. Adoption fee: $25

Age: 9-year-old neutered male Breed: Domestic shorthair Description: Pierre is curious about people and wants to learn all he can. He is young at heart and may often follow you around the house to see what you are doing. Adoption fee: $20

Age: 2-year-old neutered male Breed: Ferret Description: Jose loves being cradled in your arms. He was rescued from a dumpster, where he was desperately searching for morsels of food. Adoption fee: $50

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Age: 2-year-old male Breed: Chihuahua Description: Lil Man adores having his head rubbed and back scratched, and is the perfect-sized lap dog for those looking for a daily companion. Adoption fee: $155

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It’s 3 a.m., and Ryan Cooper is running up a mountain.

The 36-year-old Las Vegas native dodges boulders, branches and loose gravel as he winds up the incline in the dead of night. He’s exhausted and covered in sweat, despite the temperatures dipping near freezing, because he’s been running since 7 a.m. the day before — and still has another five hours ahead of him. This ultramarathon, hosted by the Triple Dare Running Company, is a 100-mile race up and down desert trails that tests runners’ minds as much as their bodies. For finishing the grueling trek, they’re awarded aching hamstrings, quads and calves, blistered feet and an engraved belt buckle. But for Cooper, the race is about far more than the hardware. “To me, running is a sense of freedom and a chance for me to explore and just live,” Cooper said. “I struggled with addiction in the past and I’ve been through some tough, trying times in my life. By Jesse Granger ... I actually got to a point where I was homeless and my family STAFF WRITER wouldn’t talk to me, and I basically had nothing left.” After completing a yearlong, faith-based anti-addiction program, Cooper decided to run a 5K, and he has never looked back. “That race gave me a feeling of excitement, of purpose, and it felt like it had been waiting for me my whole life,” Cooper said. “I found a home in running.” He progressed from 5K to 10K, then to marathons, Ironman races and the ultramarathon. Cooper believes his personal struggles primed him for the mental aspect of the race, which takes longer than 24 hours to run. “Your mind is going to be telling you to quit a lot of times throughout the race, and if you listen to that voice, you’ll never make it to the finish line. You have to really be anchored to why you are running this distance,” Cooper said. “When things get tough, I know I’ve been through tougher stuff and this isn’t going to kill me, and I just don’t quit.”

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Heidi Dove founded the Triple Dare Running Company two years ago, and she has seen people from all walks of life use the races for catharsis. “We get a lot of competitors who have fought cancer, and people who have gone through tough times,” Dove said. “Trail running is pretty intense compared to road running. You get a lot of people who like a big challenge and like to do things that are very difficult.” Because not everyone is up for a 100-mile jog, the company offers different distances. “There’s everything out here. Races for everyone from the kids in the family to the hardcore athletes,” Cooper said. “I want people who live here who might not even know that these trails exist to get out here and explore and know that these kinds of races are in town.” The next event is March 4 and will feature runs of seven distances. The 100-miler begins at Hidden Falls Park, near Horizon Ridge Parkway and Horizon Drive, following a trail out to Amargosa Trailhead near the 215 Beltway and U.S. 95. Runners will follow the route multiple times to reach the 100-mile mark, running through the night and into the morning. Cooper plans to add it to his long list of accomplishments in the four years since he’s been sober. He said he ran his last ultra in 25 hours. “It’s mentally taxing. ... You have to deal with fueling and hydrating while you’re running. You have to deal with the heat and the cold,” said Cooper, who eats everything from pizza to glycogen-filled gel capsules during races. Aid stations along the way offer food, water and medical attention, but the head game is up to each runner. “You’re out there on your own,” said Cooper, who now works as a personal trainer. “It’s great being able to escape from the city for a little while and get connected with nature.”

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Ryan Cooper runs at Amargosa Trailhead in Las Vegas. (mikayla whitmore/ Staff)

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Giveaways Date: Ongoing Information: Visit the players’ club for details. Receive a Lunar New Year calendar on Jan. 30, a T-shirt on Jan. 31, a teapot on Feb. 1, a Chinese knot on Feb. 2 and a year of the rooster plaque on Feb. 3. Point multiplier Date: Jan. 31 and Feb. 2 Information: Receive 8x points on slots. Dragon Club giveaway Date: Jan. 28-29 and Feb. 3-5 Time: 6 and 10 p.m. Information: Twenty names will be drawn to win $500 in play.

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Time: 7 p.m. Information: Five winners at each drawing. Top prize is $2,500. Senior Day Date: Thursdays in January and February Information: Players 50 and older get discounts and the chance to participate in a slot tournament. Gift giveaway Date: Sundays in January and select Sundays in February Information: Earn 300 same-day points for a gift. On Jan. 22, the gift is a MicroTouch trimmer. Choose from available gift inventory on Jan. 29. Two-for-One Tuesdays Date: Tuesdays in February Information: Earn 200 base points for a two-for-one coupon to Marilyn’s Cafe or Pub 365. Maximum of two per player, per day. Hot seat Date: Saturdays in February Time: Hourly from 4-9 p.m. Information: Five players selected each hour. Win up to $500.

Esports tournaments Date: Fridays and Saturdays in January Time: Registration begins at 6 p.m. Information: Prize pools vary at each tournament.

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Point multiplier Date: Sundays-Wednesdays through Feb. 1 Information: Multiplier is determined by tier level. Valid on slot machines and table games; does not apply to video poker, keno or multigame machines.

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Winter Free Play Grab Date: Wednesdays in January Information: Earn 500 points to play. Win up to $500 slot play. Limit four per player.

Win an All-inclusive Trip for Two Anywhere Along Route 66 Date: Through Jan. 28 Time: Drawing is at 10 p.m. Jan. 28 Information: Earn one virtual drawing ticket for every 100 base points earned on slots and table games. Grand prize is an all-inclusive trip for two anywhere along Route 66 or $5,000 in play.

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Gift giveaways Date: Wednesdays Information: Earn 100 points for a gift.

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every 250 points earned. Pick Your Multiplier Date: Tuesdays in January Information: Receive up to 15x points on reels and video reels. Gift Day Date: Wednesdays in January Information: Earn 100 points to receive a gift. On Jan. 18, the gift is a fire extinguisher. Play and Eat Date: Tuesdays in January Information: Earn 250 points to receive a $5 food coupon. No limit on daily redemptions. Big Wheel Bonus Spin Date: Thursdays-Sundays in January Information: Earn 100 points daily to spin the wheel. Win up to $100. Take a Chance on Cash Date: Fridays-Saturdays in January Time: Hourly, 4-8 p.m. Information: Earn 5 points for one drawing entry.

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Military Mondays Date: Ongoing Locations: All Station properties, Fiesta Henderson, Fiesta Rancho and Palms Information: Veterans and active military members receive discounts. MyGeneration Wednesdays Date: Ongoing Locations: All Station properties, Fiesta Henderson, Fiesta Rancho and Palms Information: For loyalty-card holders 50 and older. Swipe your card at a kiosk to earn up to 10x points on slots and 6x points on video poker, plus discounts on dining, movies and bowling. Slot tournaments are 10Â a.m.-7 p.m., with a top prize of $1,000. First entry is free; receive up to four more entries by earning 50 base points for each. $1.5 Million Balloon Zoom Date: Fridays-Sundays in January Locations: All Station properties, Fiesta Henderson, Fiesta Rancho and Palms Information: Win slot play at kiosk game. Earn five points to participate. Zoomie Balloonie Spin & Win drawing Date: Through Jan. 29â€Š Time: Drawing is 6:15 p.m. Jan. 29 Locations: All Station properties, Fiesta Henderson, Fiesta Rancho and Palms Information: Earn 5x entries on Wednesdays. Swipe for 10 free entries every day. Win up to $10,000. The top two slot and top two video poker

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Point multiplier Date: Jan. 16 Locations: All Station properties, Fiesta Henderson, Fiesta Rancho and Palms Information: Earn 10x points on slots and 6x points on video poker.

MyGeneration Mondays Date: Ongoing Information: Players 50 and older earn 6x points on slot machines and video poker, and receive discounts on bowling and dining.

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$35,000 Money Maze Date: Tuesdays in January Time: 6:15 p.m. Information: Win up to $5,000. Swipe every day for 25 free bonus entries, and earn 2x entries every Monday. Fifty base points equals one entry. Point multiplier Date: Jan. 23 and 30 Information: Earn 10x points on slots and 6x points on video poker.

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$80,000 Nothing But Cash giveaway Date and time: 6:15 p.m. Thursdays and 8:15 p.m. Fridays Information: Win a share of $10,000. Earn 5x entries on Wednesdays and Sundays, and swipe for 10 free entries Sunday through Thursday. Point multiplier Date: Jan. 23 and 30 Information: Earn 10x points on slots and 6x points on video poker.

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Slot tournaments Date: Sundays in January Time: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Information: Win your share of $2,500 every week. The top 25 scores share cash prizes. The first entry is free. Earn up to four additional entries for only 50 base points each. Point multiplier Date: Mondays and Tuesdays in January Information: Earn 10x points on slots and 6x points on video poker.

PALACE STATION

Point multiplier Date: Thursdays in January Information: Earn 10x points on slots and 6x points on video poker.

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PLAZA Jackpot bonus Date: Ongoing Information: Qualifying jackpots of $200 or more will receive a bonus, ranging from slot play, gift cards and more.

SILVERTON Reel and Win slot tournament Date: Tuesdays Time: Noon Information: First place wins $1,000. Senior Mondays Date: Mondays Time: Drawings at 4 p.m. Information: Names will be drawn for a chance to win cash and free play. Players 50 and older will receive dining discounts.

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Point multiplier Date: Jan. 23 and 30 Information: Earn 10x points on slots and 6x points on video poker.

45+ Classic Rockers and Bonus Points Date: Wednesdays Information: For players 45 years old and older. Earn 5x points on video poker and 15x points on reels. Earn 100 base points for chance to win 5,000 points. Receive point bonuses.

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Top Dog Poker Kiosk Game Date: Fridays-Sundays through Jan. 31 Information: Kiosk game with chance to win up to 1 million points.

Winter Wonder Wheel Date: Thursdays through March 30 Time: 7 p.m. Information: Win up to 500,000 points. Players earn one virtual drawing ticket for every 100 slot-based points earned every day of the week. Earn 3x entries on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Buffalo point multiplier Date: Sundays and Mondays in January Information: Receive 10x points on Buffalo machines. Saturday Point Fever Date: Saturdays Information: Earn one ticket for every 200 points during the week. Ten Club Cortez members will be selected for the opportunity to win 100,000 points. Wednesday Point Madness Date: Wednesdays Time: 6:15 p.m. Information: From midnight Mondays to 6 p.m. Wednesdays, players can

50+ weekly slot tournament Date: Thursdays Time: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Information: Open to loyalty-card members 50 and older. First entry is free with a swipe at a club kiosk; collect a second by earning 250 points and a third by earning 500 points. Top prize is $1,500; total prize pool is $5,200. $500,000 Spin 2 Win Date: Sundays-Wednesdays in January Information: Earn 500 same-day points on slot machines or 2,000 same-day points on video poker machines to play. Win up to 100,000 points or $100. Point multiplier Date: Jan. 16 Information: Earn 2x points on video poker and 5x points on slot machines. Players who earn 1,000 base points in video poker play receive $6. Players who earn 1,000 base points in reel play will receive $15.

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For complicated jobs, take the extra time to do it right

et’s say an electrician is renovating your home. New wiring, new outlets, new light fixtures, new landscape lighting, new security system, the whole bit. Done right, it’s a big improvement. Done wrong, and here comes the fire department. Would you be comfortable letting the electrician set an aggressive deadline and plow away at the work? Or would you want to proceed methodically and make sure any potential problems were being ironed out? That’s something like the decision the Clark County School District board has faced in helping carry out a legislative mandate to reorganize. The process hasn’t gone smoothly — far from it — largely because the board has yanked the reins on several occasions by raising concerns over how it was going. Last month, saying its concerns hadn’t been addressed, the board filed suit against the State Board of Education and the Nevada Department of Education to halt the reorganization altogether.

Some of the board’s actions have been questionable, but it has raised a valid concern on one issue: the timeline for the reorganization, which originally was scheduled for the start of the 201819 school year but was moved up to August 2017 by an advisory committee given authority by the Legislature to oversee the process. In breaking up the district, it’s foolish to prioritize speed over caution. Reorganizing any district is a complicated process, but the size and complexity of CCSD adds several degrees of difficulty. CCSD is the fifth-largest school district in the U.S., with more than 350 schools and 350,000 students, including a large percentage of Englishlanguage learners. Systems and procedures that have been in place for decades must be revised while not causing chaos in schools and letting student achievement slip even further. That’s not easy, especially when the reorganization is as extensive as this one. The mandate calls for the district to revamp the central administration and give

more power to principals, who’ll work with advisory councils consisting of parents, teachers and staff members at each school. Naturally, the plan has led to a dizzying number of questions and no small amount of uncertainty. Points of concern range from broad issues, like which district functions should continue to be conducted at the central administration level vs. the building level, to details such as whether a regulation requiring some of the advisory board members to belong to unions disenfranchises non-union staff. It’s a lot to sort out, and if it takes until the 2018-19 school year to do it, so be it. Let’s not forget that even if implementation goes smoothly, the plan on its own offers no guarantee that it will improve student achievement. Success in that respect involves a number of factors, including establishing a weighted funding formula that will give schools with high percentages of English-language learners and economically disadvantaged students a

higher share of tax revenue than those in higher-income areas. Another key factor that isn’t addressed under the law, but is crucial to student achievement, is boosting incentives that would allow highpoverty schools to recruit and retain teachers. As it stands today, those schools simply can’t compete with others in affluent areas for staff, because why would teachers want to work in difficult environments, most likely far from their homes, when they can get roughly the same compensation and benefits at a higherachieving school? Reorganization could be a step in the right direction if implemented properly, by providing principals with more control over recruiting and hiring, selection of educational materials and more. But reorganization isn’t going to be a magic bullet. If it were, then maybe it would be more tempting to get it in place quickly. As is, waiting a year and proceeding methodically isn’t going to hurt.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS SUNDAY, JANUARY 15 Martin Luther King Day panel discussion: This discussion will reflect on King’s quest for justice, peace and respect, and how his dream is being nurtured or stymied in the Las Vegas area. Audience engagement is encouraged. 3-5 p.m., free, First African Methodist Episcopal Church, 2446 Revere St., 702-888-3958. Las Vegas Jewish Film Festival: Highlights include a tribute to Kirk Douglas in honor of his 100th birthday and lifetime achievement in cinema and Jewish philanthropy, and a screening of the most popular film at Jewish film festivals this year, “The Women’s Balcony.” Times vary, $10-$50, Adelson Educational Campus, 9700 Hillpointe Road, lvjff.org. *Also: Through Jan. 29

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“The Mountaintop”: This Olivier Award-winning play reimagines the last night of Martin Luther King Jr.’s life. 3 p.m., $34, Troesh Studio Theater at the Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., 702-749-2000.

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Mesquite Motor Mania: More than 700 cars, trucks, motorcycles and special-interest vehicles will be featured in this car show. Car owners will compete for awards and prizes. 8 a.m., free for spectators, CasaBlanca Resort & Casino, 950 W. Mesquite Blvd., mesquitecarshows.com. USA BMX Silver Dollar Nationals: Watch amateur riders from around the country compete for a chance at qualifying for the UCI BMX World Championships. 8 a.m., free, South Point Arena, 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 702-796-7111. Disney on Ice presents Worlds of Enchantment: Enter the world of Disney as it’s performed with ice skating and special effects. 1 and 5 p.m., $18-$83, Thomas & Mack Center, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, unlvtickets.com.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 17 The Learning Arts: Enjoy conversations about art, history and more through videoconferencing in this educational series. This week’s topic will be the Beatles’ influence on American teenagers and the concert experience. 11 a.m.noon, free, Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, 888 W. Bonneville Ave., 702-778-6702.

A Room of One’s Own: Based on the feminist essay by Virginia Woolf published in 1929, this exhibit plays on the idea that women need their own space to create. Noon-5 p.m., free, Left of Center Gallery, 2207 W. Gowan Road, 702-647-7378. *Also: Artist reception noon-3 p.m. Jan. 28; art displayed through March 31.

Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd., springspreserve.org. Diabetes Nutrition Overview: Registered dietitians will discuss the role that nutrition plays in diabetes management. Light refreshments will be served. Registration is required. 1-2:30 p.m., free, MountainView Hospital, 1 South Classroom, 3150 N. Tenaya Way, 702-962-5021.

The Law, the Mob and Frank Sinatra — Musical Memories with Nik at Nite: Nik Mastrangelo shares his favorite Rat Pack tunes and stories of the Mob, the law and Frank Sinatra. Mastrangelo worked in the district attorney’s office during the height of mob rule in Las Vegas and was a friend of Sinatra. 7 p.m., free, Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3458.

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Lighten Up Henderson: This annual weight-loss challenge is a 12-week program open to anyone 13 and older who lives, works, learns or plays in Henderson. 6-8 p.m. (registration and weigh-in), $65, Downtown Recreation Center, 105 W. Basic Road, 702-267-5800.

Zoology: This electronic dance music concert series will feature performances by Billy Kenny, Bixel Boys, Justin Jay, Flash.Gang and Justin Baule. Open to ages 18 and older. 7 p.m., $20-$50, Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, 200 S. Third St., dlvec.com.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18 Let’s Get Growing — Sense-able Herbs: This youth garden series is designed for children ages 6-12. Registration is required. 10 a.m.-noon for children 6-8, 1-3 p.m. for ages 9-12, $30, Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd., springspreserve.org. *Also: Jan. 25 Lunch & Learn educational series: This event is an introduction to myasthenia gravis, a chronic autoimmune neuromuscular disease. Attendees may bring their own lunch, and drinks and dessert will be provided. Noon-1 p.m., free, Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, 888 W. Bonneville Ave., 702-483-6055. *Also: Jan. 25 Lunch & Learn at MountainView: Learn how to protect yourself from scammers. Registration is required. Noon-1:30 p.m., free, MountainView Hospital Medical Office Building, H2U, Suite 114, 3150 N. Tenaya Way, 702-962-5021.

Beers with Beers: Talk to Las Vegas City Councilman Bob Beers about Ward 2 and the city. Must be at least 21 to attend. 5:30-7:30 p.m., free, Three Angry Wives Pub in Boca Park, 8820 W. Charleston Blvd., lasvegasparksandrec.com.

Downtown Cultural Series: Dance company Golden Gates will present a program of music and dance from Russia and Georgia. Noon, free, Lloyd D. George Federal Courthouse, 333 Las Vegas Blvd. South, artslasvegas.org. Mother Hubbard Cupboard Food Pantry Distribution: Attendees in need will receive a bag of nonperishable food items. Must register and be 50 or older. 10 a.m.-noon, free, Derfelt Senior Center, 3343 W. Washington Ave., 702-229-2238. Healthier Living: This workshop is designed to help those suffering from diabetes, arthritis, high blood pressure, heart disease or cancer, or caregivers of those suffering from chronic diseases. Registration is required. 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., free to those with a city of Las Vegas Senior Programs membership, Centennial Hills Active Adult Center, 6601 N. Buffalo Drive, 702-229-1702. *Also: Fridays through Feb. 24

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The Poets’ Corner: This monthly forum is designed for established poets and open-mic participants 17 and older. 7 p.m., free, West Las Vegas Arts Center, 947 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 702-229-4800.

Walk with a Doc: Enjoy a nature walk and health talk with a physician. 9:30 a.m., free, Springs

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more. For ages 10-17. 4 p.m., free, Green Valley Library, 2797 N. Green Valley Parkway, 702-207-4260. Coalesce: UNLV Dance will perform live. 2:30 and 7:30 p.m., $10-$18, UNLV, Dance Studio One inside the Alta Ham Fine Arts building, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-895-2787. Tree Care Seminar: Learn about urban tree care. This session will be taught in English, and a second seminar will be taught in Spanish. 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m., $35-$40, Cooperative Extension’s Lifelong Learning Center, 8050 Paradise Road, 702-2575536 (702-257-5522 Español). *Also: Jan. 27 Hot Air Balloon Festival: More than 40 colorful hot air balloons will take flight for this annual festival. Enjoy culinary offerings, entertainment and up-close views of the balloons. Each night will conclude with a concert. 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m., free-$15, CasaBlanca Resort, 950 W. Mesquite Blvd., casablancaresort.com. *Also: Jan. 21-22

SATURDAY, JANUARY 21 Think for Yourself: A Restoration of Our True Selves: Participate in interactive workshops that use creative writing, film, literature and critical-thinking activities. These seminars are designed to develop or redevelop one’s perspective and understanding of self. 2-4 p.m., free, West Las Vegas Arts Center, 947

Film Screening: Enjoy a movie about Mafia boss Joseph “Mr. Joe” Scoleri. The film tells the story of his release from federal prison after 20 years and what ensues. 2 p.m., free, Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3458. Dula Gym’s Aerobithon: Enjoy one hour of Zumba, one hour of MixxedFit and water and healthy snacks at this second annual event. Pre-registration is requested. Must be 12 or older. 9:30-11:30 a.m., $3-$5, Dula Gym, 431 E. Bonanza Road, 702-229-6307. National Wheelchair Basketball Tournament Division II and III: Enjoy watching as teams from around the country compete. 8:30 a.m., free, UNLV, Paul McDermott North and South Gym Buildings, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-306-7613. FoodSpan Curriculum: This program will stimulate debate about food system topics related to human health, the environment, equality and animal welfare. Registration required. 9 a.m.-noon, free, Cooperative Extension’s Lifelong Learning Center, 8050 Paradise Road, eventbrite.com. *Also: Feb. 11 Findlay Toyota Big City Showdown High School Basketball Tournament: Watch area high school basketball teams play for the title. 11:30 a.m., $14-$23, South Point Arena, 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 702-796-7111.

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$8,999 $15M Cost of the new Acer Predator 21 X laptop, featured at CES. The computer weighs 19.4 pounds but can also likely outperform most desktop machines.

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The corporate director of ancillary gaming at Station Casinos offers thoughts on how to be successful in the gaming industry, the importance of education reforms and the shift in societal norms that makes it acceptable to carry on a telephone conversation while standing in line at the bank. THE NOTES People on the move, P46

MEET CLOSETBOX

Marcus Mollmann and his wife, Katy, came up with the idea for their business when they needed some extra hands around the house following the birth of their twins. TALKING POINTS Keys to combating the spread of pessimism, P49 VIEW FROM THE TOP This time, Southern Nevada’s economic growth is sustainable, P54

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Inspirada, a community in Henderson, installed gardens at Liberty High School as part of a partnership with Green Our Planet, a nonprofit conservation organization.

Shoes Foundation, where they assisted 359 local, underprivileged children with the sizing of their feet and choosing new shoes. Associates also gave away backpacks and socks.

Station Casinos provided school supplies to students at Rex Bell, Laura Dearing, Ollie Detwiler, P.A. Diskin, Mabel Hoggard, Howard E. Hollingsworth, C.T. Sewell, C.P. Squires, Whitney and Robert L. Taylor elementary schools.

Smith’s Food & Drug Stores raised $400,000 for children at Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican Hospitals.

Walker Furniture collaborated with Beasley Media Group and 13 Action News to collect school supplies for valley students. The Clark County Fire Department firefighters and Operation Fire HEAT (Holiday Emergency Assistance Team) provided 50 backpacks filled with school supplies to the People’s Autism Foundation after the PAF warehouse caught fire, burning all the school supplies that had been collected from an earlier fundraiser. The Penta Building Group’s charitable arm, Penta Cares, along with volunteers from TAB Contractors, Sunstate Equipment, Nevada Ready Mix and Western Elite, helped give Ozzie, a giraffe at the Lion Habitat Ranch, a new home. Workers removed the existing concrete masonry unit, dug footings, and poured and set the concrete columns as the base of the structure. Apprentices from the Carpenters Union erected the structure as a training exercise. The Albertsons Foundation donated $10,000 to St. Jude’s Ranch for Children for its healthy lunches program. The JCM Global LatAm Golf Classic raised $20,000 for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. The Veterans Integration Program hosted a barbecue with staff from Western Nevada College that raised more than $4,000. The money will make it possible for 15 inmates in the Nevada Department of Corrections to attend college classes. The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Las Vegas raised $5,000 to support active troops, veterans and their families during its annual “Support at Home” campaign to benefit Operation Homefront. Communities In Schools of Nevada’s Fill the Bus school supply drive packed eight buses with school supplies and clothes for local students. Eight Super Shuttle buses were filled with donated items valued at $135,861, nearly doubling the previous year’s total. CIS received $300,000 from Barrick Gold. Some of those funds will help programs at Johnston Middle School and Cheyenne High School. City National Bank collected more than 1,400

Senior Helpers, an in-home health care provider, raised $5,000 for the National Parkinson Foundation at a golf tournament at the Paiute Golf Resort. (COURTESY PHOTO) backpacks filled with school supplies as part of its Back-to-School Supplies Drive. Schools in Southern Nevada that received backpacks were Helen Jydstrup, Jack Dailey and Paradise elementary schools. The Caesars Foundation donated $25,000 to the American Red Cross disaster relief response in Louisiana after flooding in 2016. Commercial Roofers helped the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth’s 4969 Retrofit Project by donating supplies, labor and expertise for a new roof for the house located adjacent to the NPHY Drop-In Center. Findlay RV donated $10,300 to Opportunity Village. The money was raised during summer RV sales. NAIOP Southern Nevada raised thousands of dollars in school supplies and $1,000 cash to benefit Howard E. Hollingsworth Elementary. Colliers International — Las Vegas and its charitable foundation, Links for Life, partnered to donate more than 40 backpacks and hundreds of school supplies to Tanaka Elementary. The two also raised more than $7,500 for Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Nevada through the charity’s 26th annual Superhero 5K with Chet Buchanan. Caesars Entertainment employees raised $523,000 during the 2016 United Way of Southern Nevada workplace campaign, an increase of $146,000 over the previous year’s campaign. FirstService Residential donated more than 20 pints of blood to United Blood Services. FirstService employees volunteered for the Goodie Two

Rebuilding Together Southern Nevada, in partnership with HGTV, the Property Brothers and Cox Communications, unveiled a revitalized Boys & Girls Club of Southern Nevada Downtown Clubhouse. This unveiling is the culmination of a project made possible by $106,750 in donations from Jonathan and Drew Scott, through HGTV’s fourth season of “Brother vs. Brother.” The Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors, in partnership with Habitat for Humanity Las Vegas, dedicated a Habitat home for Marian Galinato, the 13th Habitat Las Vegas house that GLVAR has supported over the years. ChoiceCenter Leadership University helped Habitat for Humanity Las Vegas raise the walls on its 108th home. In addition to donating $100,000 for the construction, Choice-Center’s members also helped build the home. Lowe’s and Habitat for Humanity Las Vegas presented house keys to Jamie Gordon and her daughter, who helped build their home at 1833 Merze Ave. NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson helped with the construction. The Nevada Blind Children’s Foundation’s 201617 board of directors are president James Cohill, regional sales executive, Accolade; treasurer Jason Goudie, Accretive Consulting; vice president Dr. Helga Pizio, New Eyes; secretary Jacob Oberman, vice president, MGM Resorts International; immediate past president Robert Anderson, partner, Snell & Wilmer; and co-founder Kevin Spilsbury, Flair Industries. Board members are Tom Berenato, Nevro; Dr. Chris Chiodo, the Vision Centers; Franz Kallao, vice president, the Mirage; Dr. Eva Littman, CEO, Red Rock Fertility; Cliff Miller, MJ Christensen; Dr. Rudy Manthei, Nevada Eye Physicians; Elaine Roesener, Roesener Family Charitable Fund; Lorena Acosta, United Healthcare and Steve Singer, vice president, Brown & Brown. Fremont Street Experience donated $12,000 to Three Square Food Bank. The money was raised as part of a SlotZilla Charity Challenge. McCarthy Building Cos. donated $25,000 to the Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation. Proceeds were raised from McCarthy’s annual Charity Golf Classic tournament.

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At Station, versatility is a prized characteristic Cash is king, says Glen Meadows, corporate director of ancillary gaming at Station Casinos. That’s why he and Tony Bruno, executive director of ancillary games at Station, try to come up with creative ways to give it away in bingo rooms, “be it cash balls, free games, large-scale bingo events or anything else,” he said. As bingo grows in popularity, Station is allocating resources to the game, and Meadows and Bruno have “a few more projects up our sleeves,” Meadows teased. “Stay tuned.” Do you have any recent news you’d like to share? We recently opened a bingo room at Santa Fe Station. It’s really impressive in terms of technology and guest experience. We also are in the process of building a new room where bingo began for our company, Palace Station. That project should be completed in the second quarter of this year. What is the best business advice you’ve received? I began my career in gaming at Green Valley Ranch Resort in the race and sports book. When I came up for my first promotion, I met with Art Manteris, who told me this: “The three most important things in this Glen Meadows, director of ancillary gaming at Station Casinos, worked with the business are policies and procedures, late Bobby Dean to create Station’s $600K Big Bingo Weekend, a four-day event. accuracy and guest service. If you can (christopher devargas/staff) consistently do those three things, involved. I see myself continuing to (a long-time bingo manager at Palace you will succeed.” learn different aspects of our busiStation) and I came up with what we Art’s advice is true in any area of ness and being able to fill any role now know as $600K Big Bingo Weekthe casino business. If you follow the that may be asked of me. end. The idea was for all seven of our laws and make sure details such as bingo rooms to host a large-scale orders, betting slips, bingo calls and What is your dream job outside linked event over four days. We’ve cash are accurate, all while providof your current field? continued to grow the event year afing great guest service, you are on the Politics or police detective work. ter year. It’s been fun to watch the right track for success. Two pretty different paths, I know. baby grow. Both just seem fascinating to me, What’s the biggest issue facing perhaps because they are centered on What’s your favorite place to Southern Nevada? solving problems. have fun in Las Vegas? I’m a father of an elementary school On a softball diamond at Arroyo student so for me, it’s education. If you could live anywhere else Grande or Sunset Park. It’s really a Nevada issue, not just a in the world, where would it be? Southern Nevada issue. Reports rank I would love to live in Pittsburgh, at Describe your management style. the education system of our state eileast one time, for the football season. I think of myself as inclusive and ther last or second to last as recently empowering. I have been able to spend as last summer. We’ve got to do betWhom do you admire? time at all of our properties over the ter, and we will. The men and women of our armed past several years, and I am always There are steps in place with the forces. The sacrifice that they have looking for input from team members. upcoming rollout of the new student made for our country is amazing. You really never know where the next funding formula, as well as the reorWhat these men and women do and great idea will come from. ganization of the Clark County School have done for our country has shaped I also love to interact with our District. As part of the reorganization, it. I have a friend from college who guests. They are the lifeblood of the each school has formed a School Orgasigned up for the Army the day afcompany, and they will definitely tell nizational Team made up of teachers, ter the Twin Towers fell. He’s been you how well you are (or not) doing. parents and community members. I’m in ever since. He’s made a career out on the SOT at my daughter’s school; of protecting our country. There are Where do you see yourself and it’s a great opportunity to get involved countless stories just like his. That’s your company in 10 years? and lend a hand in helping our educapretty admirable. The sky is the limit for our comtion system improve. pany. There are plenty of exciting What is your biggest pet peeve? projects in the works. As the comWhat has been your most excitI wouldn’t call it a pet peeve, just pany continues to grow, it only means ing professional project? an observation of what seems to be more opportunities for everybody In 2013, the late, great Bobby Dean,

a trend of self-absorbed behavior. It seems daily you can find an example of people forgetting that the world revolves around all of us. Can’t the phone conversation wait while we are in line at the bank? Do we all really need to hear your music blasting from your personal speakers at the airport? Can you look up from your phone and walk purposefully through the crosswalk, while a line of cars are waiting to make a turn? Can’t you pull into the parking spot while you let your children out of the car, rather than make a line of cars wait behind you to find their own parking spot? I guess those things peeve me. If you could change one thing about Southern Nevada, what would it be? We are already making the change that I would suggest, and that is family-friendly things to do. Just since I arrived in Las Vegas 12 years ago, we have added the Springs Preserve, Wet ’n’ Wild, the Smith Center, Cowabunga Bay, T-Mobile Arena and the NHL, to name just a few. We need to keep adding those types of things as the community continues to grow. It’s all a part of the puzzle to keep our valley headed in the right direction. What is something people might not know about you? I’ve played in an organized baseball or softball league nearly every year of my life since I was 7. Baseball was my first love. What do you look for in a person when considering them for a promotion? I look for people who can fit into multiple areas of our company. This goes for hiring managers or hourly team members. People who can play multiple roles are so valuable. Over the years, I’ve been involved in hiring managers who have done so well in the role they were originally were hired for that they were sought out by other departments, where they continue to thrive. That’s something about our company that I am so proud to be a part of.

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4.2 million

Number of people in the United States who still rent DVDs from Netflix. Once the main selling point for Netflix, the rentals are down 16 million users in six years.

2,900

Number of people who work at Tesla’s Gigafactory, which has officially started production on solar battery cells. Through 2017, Tesla and Panasonic are expected to add more than 4,000 jobs to the Nevada workforce. The factory is expected to reach full capacity and add more than 6,500 jobs in 2018.

$635,000

Amount paid for a bluefin tuna at Tsukiji market’s first auction of 2017. According to researchers, this species of fish has lost 97 percent of its population due to overfishing but is not officially endangered.

$3 billion

Amount of market value Bitcoin lost in 40 minutes recently. On Jan. 5, Bitcoin was close to eclipsing its alltime high, trading for about $1,100 per coin. But after a sudden drop of about 17.5 percent, prices leveled out to about $950, double the value from this time last year.

820,799

Number of Ford F-Series pickup trucks sold in the U.S. in 2016, making it the top-selling vehicle by a wide margin. The Chevrolet Silverado was second, about 250,000 behind.

3,000

Number of ride-hail vehicles that could replace 13,000 taxis in New York City, according to researchers at MIT who developed a system using dynamic repositioning to move the fleet through the city.

$23.5 million

Amount the Norwegian government expects radio stations to save after they shut down their FM signals. Norway is the first country to transition to an all-digital format.

Marcus Mollmann is CEO of Closetbox, which opened a Southern Nevada location last October and serves 53 markets across 38 states. The company picks up boxes and furniture from customers’ homes, then stores the items at its guarded facility. The company also delivers items back to customers’ homes and, given notice, allows clients to visit the facility to grab their possessions. (courtesy)

Self-storage, sans the hardest parts Closetbox

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Address: 1780 S. Mojave Road, Las Vegas Phone: 702-299-6474 Email: customersupport@closetbox.me Website: closetbox.com Hours of operation: 6 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday through Friday; 7 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday Owned/operated by: Marcus Mollmann In business since: 2014

Closetbox is a full-service storage company, headquartered in Denver. We provide free pickup and handle the heavy lifting to move your belongings from your home to our secure storage facilities. We inventory a customer’s items, then provide customers with a personalized dashboard so they can view their items online. From this dashboard, customers can request any or all items to be returned on-demand. Who are your customers?

We help families who are helping their parents move in or settle into senior care. We help expectant moms who are thoughtfully preparing their first nursery. We serve people who need to store their belongings because they’ve accepted a new job. We serve young couples who are moving in together and need to store some of the excess furniture and gear. We serve members of the military who are being deployed abroad. And we work with people who are navigating life’s more difficult transitions, such as divorces or deaths in the family.

up and down hallways. Closetbox handles all of this for you, for no additional charge. People who use self-storage don’t consider the costs and time spent renting a truck or hiring movers, driving across town, plus the loading and unloading. What inspired you to develop

this business model?

The idea came about when my wife Katy and I were six weeks into twins. We needed to turn our dining room into a playroom. The problem was that with a baby in each hand, Katy and I could barely open a pickle jar together. What we needed was help. We needed a neighbor or a friend, someone we could trust to help load up all our heavy dining room furniture and move it into storage. How do you ensure your customers’ items are safe?

Our team of licensed, bonded and background-checked professionals will wrap your furniture in moving blankets so all pieces are covered, protected and safe. Your things are stored in your own sealed vault, and stacked in our warehouse, which is monitored 24/7.

Talk about your recent expansion into Nevada.

Anything else you’d like to share with us?

Nevada has been on our radar for some time. Las Vegas was the obvious starting place where we knew we could immediately deliver value. Today, we serve the greater metropolitan area including Henderson, North Las Vegas and Boulder City. We plan to expand from there.

Every customer we accept has to speak to us on the phone. We do this to help understand what we are storing and for how long so we can send the right-sized truck and be certain we have the space. A surprising output of that process is that we get a chance to understand and meet the needs of people all over the country. We are helping them make space for a new baby, move into a bigger place, join the Peace Corps, start a new business, and just begin new chapters of their lives. We get to be a part of their lives during crucial times, and we get a boost as a company from helping solve people’s problems.

What makes Closetbox different from self-storage units?

The hardest part of storing your items is moving your boxes and heavy furniture up and down the stairs, loading the truck, hauling it across town, then lugging your stuff

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guest column: 2. Speak it. Identify the lies and mericans are becoming Jeffery chapman undermining thoughts that play over and overwhelmingly pessimistic. over inside your head and replace them with Only 6 percent think the world is positive truths about yourself. Speak those getting better, and a staggering truths aloud. This practice of making audible two-thirds think the country is moving in affirmations has a powerful positive effect that has been the wrong direction. This negativity is taking a toll. The documented. Research from Carnegie Mellon University, for American Psychological Association’s most recent Stress instance, substantiated that self-affirmation “can protect in America survey indicated that over a third of adults against the damaging effects of stress on problem-solving experienced increased stress over the previous year, while performance” and that it “boosts stressed individuals’ the National Center for Health Statistics showed suicide problem-solving abilities.” It is a simple act of giving language rates at a 30-year high. to the desirable certainties in your life to manifest more. Many lean on New Year’s resolutions in an attempt to 3. Live it. The most powerful weapon we have to promote positive life changes, but reports indicate that transform our minds and our lives is to live in ways that upward of 25 percent of people who made resolutions had serve a cause and effect. This is very much the principle already failed at keeping them within seven days. at work with the scientifically validated law of attraction. However, three timeless truths can help people take their Want to lose 100 pounds in six months? Go to the gym focus off their problems and lead more productive lives. today. Want a raise at work? Invite your boss to lunch this 1. Think it. It is widely believed that one’s mind has a week and get to know him or her on a personal level and powerful influence on the physical body — a belief that share your aspirations. Take some form of action every day traces back to the fourth century and the theories of toward your goals, no matter how large or small. Hippocrates. Today, scientific data back up the notion, All it takes is one positive thought to get the ball rolling and thinking a productive life into being is applicable to in the right direction and counter the pessimism. Apply anyone. Here’s how it works: To unlock inner greatness at these tactics for living life in a way that promotes positive work, home, in social circles and other aspects of your life, progression and you will surely be well on your way to you must maintain a transformational, positivity-oriented enhanced personal and professional success. mindset that is open to change and adaptation. Your mind Jeffery Chapman is a motivational speaker and author of has the greatest propensity to either enrich your personal “Timeless Truths: Three Keys to Unlock Your Inner Greatness.” growth or limit it.

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CES takeaways: Cars, TVs and homes enter brave new world front-loader, as well as a smaller unit on the top to handle both a smaller delicate wash and corresponding dry.

By adam candee Staff Writer

Pixels and progress demand your eyes and ears each moment on the show floor at CES, where a hailstorm of brighter, faster and smarter sweeps across your skin at a blinding pace. Taking in what just hit you requires stepping out of the digital bacchanalia and contemplating how both CES and technology continue to advance 50 years into the lifespan of the event. Most of the 170,000 CES attendees left town after the four-day megashow concluded Jan. 8, but they left some notable impressions: Car and (no) driver Even George Jetson drove his own space car from the Skypad ApartCES attendees take in the LG Electronics OLED TV tunnel comprising 216 screens. ments every day in a far-away future. Also called “Wallpaper TV,” the technology is about one-tenth of an inch thick. . In 2017, driving your own vehicle (Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau) moves amazingly closer to becoming public skepticism. in fact, continues to push the tradia bygone daily activity. tional graphic interface of yesteryear They drive among us already. Aufor control within the smart-home tonomous cars moved from curiosity Getting smarter market. to certainty in the past year, and selfAmazon’s Alexa voice assistant genNearly 3 million home robots like driving concepts from major carmaktly steps us toward a robot-assisted Amazon’s Echo were sold in 2016, and ers dominated the North Hall of the future in which we trade control for that figure could increase to 5 million Las Vegas Convention Center. Wayconvenience, but the concept of a by 2020, according to estimates from mo, the Google self-driving project, smart home extends well beyond the the Consumer Technology Association. self-drove more than 2 million miles novelty of simply using your voice to Not all the innovation requires a in the past seven years. order dog food or dial up the latest Arcomputer chip to become smarter. Within the next five years, Ford, cade Fire album. Samsung tackled laundry day with BMW and Audi will be joined by tech The home of the future — at least its FlexWash and FlexDry machines, companies in plans to have fully authe one companies want consumers to both of which feature two ways to tonomous vehicles ready for the road. adopt — can, using only your voice, uncomplete the household’s most munGovernment regulators and unclear, lock the front door, turn on the lights, dane task more efficiently. Both apuneven safety testing could slow that lower the shades and check the fridge pliances feature a more traditional delivery indefinitely, though, as could to see what you need. Voice command,

The revolution will be televised And it will be in either HDR10 or Dolby Vision, on an OLED unit with 4K or even 8K resolution, on a set as thin as two keys, the kind of TV that created a human traffic jam of slackjawed gawking at the mini-showrooms of Sony, LG and Samsung. Oh, you still don’t know the difference between 720p and 1080p? Welcome to CES, where the industry moved on to what you never knew you needed while you read Amazon reviews of that thing you had to have, as soon as you understood how it worked. What’s clear, beside the picture on every one of the monster TVs, is that the incremental improvements rolled out in the past few years boggle the eyes but present a shift far less amazing than the leap from tube TV to HDTV. Industry officials continue to wrangle over HDR10 or Dolby Vision as the format of the future, but either will look a great deal better than a “Simon & Simon” rerun on Grandma’s old four-legged cabinet TV. The cost of top-flight tech continues to soar. Dell rolled out an 8K monitor with a $5,000 price tag at CES and larger-sized TVs of the same resolution moving well up the price curve. Conversely, 4K panels once priced for kings and tycoons slip toward affordability, with some tagged around $2,000.

Security experts warn of lurking threats from smart devices By adam candee Staff Writer

Hey Siri, did you tell Alexa what we talked about last night? This is not sample conversation from the latest episode of “The Bachelor.” Within the “internet of things” that connects everything from our phones to our refrigerators, people talk to their devices to access a world of information and convenience. Your device listens when you talk to it — and when you don’t. Cybersecurity experts discussed a range of topics, including how to safeguard “always-on” devices such as Amazon’s Echo and Apple’s iPhone, at this month’s CES. “For the first time, people are starting to think about: There’s all this data go-

ing to a third party,” said Zulfikar Ramzan, chief technology officer for RSA Security. The microphone on an Echo, for example, listens for a voice command at all times. Unless it hears a “wake word” such as Alexa or Amazon, the device does not transmit information, according to the company. When one of those words is detected, an encrypted query goes out to Amazon. What happens to that information when it is transmitted also generates concern among industry officials and cybersecurity experts. “The amount of data all these devices are collecting is mind-boggling,” said Craig Spiezle, founder and president of OTA Alliance, and a former Microsoft

executive. “That’s one of the things we sit down with developers and talk about: What are you doing with all this data?” Users can go to an Amazon website to delete individual pieces of information collected by an Echo or similar machine. Many consumers might not know this and other information about how to customize the devices. “You’ve got to tell us what the risks are; you’ve got to give us the ability to opt-out if needed,” Ramzan said. “Alexa doesn’t need to always be listening and transmitting data back to Amazon.” Suzanne Spaulding works for the National Protection and Programs Directorate, a division of the Department of Homeland Security. She walked the floor at the 2016 CES and quizzed exhib-

itors displaying the latest in consumer devices about visitors to their booths. “Has anyone asked you about cybersecurity?’” Spaulding asked exhibitors. “They mostly gave me blank looks,” Spaulding said. “Consumers are waking up to the risks here, not just that their device will harm them, but that it will harm others.” Spaulding emphasized the need for developers to incorporate security at the beginning of their design process, creating devices that can handle today’s threats and later be patched to deal with new exposure. Hackers have commandeered smart refrigerators and other appliances, exposing the vulnerability of devices meant to create convenience and save time.

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Driverless shuttles move closer to Las Vegas streets By adam candee Staff Writer

Whether it’s an Olli or a NAVLY, Southern Nevadans and tourists could be getting around busy areas of the valley in driverless shuttles in the near future. Both Local Motors and Keolis discussed plans to bring their selfdriving shuttles to the Las Vegas area during the recent GO-NV Summit, presented by the Nevada Center for Advanced Mobility. The half-day conversation about the future of technology, data and policy surrounding transportation in Nevada focused heavily on automation. Local Motors unveiled its Olli design in June while Keolis and French partner Navya announced the NAVLY vehicle in September. Both driverless shuttles are being tested in other arThe Olli, a driverless shuttle, is displayed at Mandalay Bay during the GO-NV eas (Olli in Maryland, NAVLY in Lyon, Summit. (adam candee/staff) France) and likely will debut here this from local agencies including the Redowntown and on the Strip. year. gional Transportation Commission “It will be here in Las Vegas,” RogThe so-called “innovation district” and Nevada Department of Motor ers said. “I just can’t say when.” highlighting technology in the downVehicles joined national and interLocal Motors, a Phoenix-based town area could be home to technational experts to discuss advancecompany, describes its Olli design as nology like NAVLY soon, Las Vegas ments and challenges in the field. a self-driving shuttle that can operate spokesman Jace Radke said. Many offered pairing the fast speed on fixed route or be called via a smart“Las Vegas continues to move forof technological advancement with phone app, allowing riders to share a ward with plans for an innovation the deliberate pace of government ride or charter a vehicle of their own. district downtown that would feature regulation as a continual challenge, NAVLY operates on fixed routes and testing of autonomous vehicles, as one which Nevada officials attempt to can transport up to 15 people at a well as other new technology,” Radke defeat by allowing companies to selftime. said. certify their vehicles. This essentially Autonomous vehicles and their reLocal Motors CEO Jay Rogers exallows the company to meet a set of lated infrastructure owned much of pressed confidence that Olli could be testing-based standards and then the discussion at GO-NV, as panelists operating at UNLV this year, as well as

accept responsibility for the performance of its autonomous vehicles. The rapid development of self-driving technology also tests the limits of public confidence, as drivers get used to the idea of the sedan next to them rolling across Interstate 15 at 65 miles per hour with no driver behind the wheel. “We can’t get too far ahead of the public on this,” said Carlos Braceras, executive director of the Utah Department of Transportation. “There is an element of trust. They have to be brought along with this.” Nevada Center for Advanced Mobility officials also announced a partnership with the GENIVI Alliance, a collective of automaker and parts suppliers, to increase safety through the use of connectivity. Examples include: n Bus stop warnings: Alerting drivers of upcoming bus stops and pedestrian traffic ahead to reduce speeds and improve awareness of pedestrian activity n High-risk warning areas: Using a vehicle’s position and time of day to display an in-vehicle warning as the vehicle nears pedestrian crosswalks n Speeding warning: Displays a warning to drivers that they are exceeding the current speed limit n Traffic stopped ahead: Provides drivers with an alert of traffic conditions ahead by displaying a warning of upcoming traffic jams and the proximity to the backup.

Hyperloop One has long-term plans for Apex beyond March test By adam candee Staff Writer

The technological dream of hyperloop transport does not belong solely to Hyperloop One, but the company’s investment in testing at Apex Industrial Park in North Las Vegas makes it the speed merchant of interest in Southern Nevada. That investment apparently will persist long after what the company hopes is a successful first test of its technology at the end of March. Nick Earle, Hyperloop One’s senior vice president of global field operations, said recently that the company planned to locate its research and development facility at Apex permanently. Hyperloop One aims to transport freight in its tubes by 2020, with plans to move people at speeds faster

than a jumbo jet in 2021. “It’s a long-term commitment to Apex,” Earle said. “That will be our R&D test lab. We’ll be continually using that.” Earle said Hyperloop One’s facility at Apex will include testing of incremental steps in technology necessary to fully achieve its ambitious vision: A self-driving pod that travels at speeds up to 800 mph being delivered directly to your home when the pod detaches from its group at a destination portal and travels on the road to complete your journey. To do that, Hyperloop One cannot just move in one straight line — eventually, the pods must be able to move in a V-shape via magnetism, akin to a train switching tracks while moving. “At these sorts of speeds, it’s not

like rail,” Earle said. “You can’t have tracks that move. You don’t have time for that. I mean, this thing’s flying.” Switching represents just one of the challenges for Hyperloop One. Such lofty potential as promised by its founders requires a litany of proof, however, that happens slowly and over a period of many years. “It will get bigger over time,” Earle said. “We’ll extend it to several kilometers, multiple tracks. Who knows, we might have a track for freight and a track for passengers. We might build portals out there.” Hyperloop One acquired 50 acres of land at Apex to build its test track in late 2015 and opened a 105,000-square-foot manufacturing plant known as Hyperloop One Metalworks last summer. The company

released a video of its first successful open-air test in May, showing a metal test sled speeding down a track at 116 mph before coming to a water-aided stop after 1,000 yards. While encouraging for Hyperloop engineers, that test did not crack the mysterious code of levitating a pod within a pressure-reduced steel tube and propelling it with a linear electric motor. Getting a pod fully up and running is the company’s March test goal. “There’s not going to be a big public event,” Earle said. “Our goal is that, by the end of March, we will have a pod moving at very high speed in a pressure-reduced tube, levitating and braking. If we do that, that is the equivalent of Kitty Hawk, because from then on, everything is an incremental improvement on that.”

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Communication can solve most problems in Las Vegas. “In either case, those who work for you tend to either take advantage or just lose interest in just how important this job really is.” Finley Cotrone, faculty-in-residence director of enrollment management at UNLV’s William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration, said, “I love this topic, because they’re everywhere.” The strategies for working under either type of boss “depend where in the ladder the person needing the strategies sits. “The underlying issue with manager problems is in the promotion,” she said. “We tend to promote people into management positions because they’re good at the job and have shown themselves capable. Then we don’t offer them enough training, guidance and feedback to help them become great.” In some ways, working for a boss who isn’t critical enough is easier because the employee can always simply ask for needed constructive criticism. Cotrone calls this type of style commonplace among new managers. “They want to be friends with everyone rather than lead or manage them. Employees like working for this person, until it becomes detrimental to how the department runs.” In Cotrone’s experience, this behavior “is generally addressed by the boss’ supervisor, often resulting in the pendulum swinging too far and the boss becoming overly critical until he finds a balance. Regular coaching and feedback from peers and bosses helps managers improve their leadership, but it happens too rarely.” According to Michele Melnick, marketing director at Windermere Prestige Properties in Henderson: “Having a boss who is too nice could hinder an individual’s potential. Constructive criticism is necessary for all of us to become better in our careers, including our bosses. If a boss is uncomfortable or unskilled in giving constructive criticism, then we all get to drinking our own Kool-Aid and stay mediocre at best.” Bosses who aren’t critical enough tend to be approachable but hesitant to give feedback, said Chris Wilcox, tax partner at Eide Bailly in Las Vegas. “Take responsibility upon yourself (as the employee) and be proactive in getting feedback. You’ve got to have that feedback to continue to grow.” This type of manager also “likely has

“We tend to promote people into management positions because they’re good at the job and have shown themselves capable. Then we don’t offer them enough training, guidance and feedback to help them become great.” — Finley Cotrone, faculty-in-residence director of enrollment management at UNLV’s William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration

confidence that you’ll be able to figure it out,” Wilcox said. “You need to ask for direction if you need it. Don’t let his or wilcox her confidence in you or lack of attention to you get you into trouble in your career.” against Nitpicking The boss who is overly critical — who appears at times to almost be spoiling for a fight — is the tougher challenge. “This behavior likely comes from a few places,” Cotrone said. “The boss who needs to be seen as always right or the smartest in the room; the boss who wants to say he took part in this project by nitpicking; the control freak who needs to OK every step rather than the finished product — this boss is likely not a good developer of people, and doesn’t know how to build trust with employees.” The employee can own the relationship, Cotrone said, by keeping the boss constantly in the loop of what’s happening before it happens. “So instead of awaiting criticism, the employee might go to the boss for his expertise before completion of whatever it is.” Being overly critical can create employees “who don’t have your back and definitely won’t go the extra mile,” Melnick said. “It’s clock in, clock out.” The key to improvement is “knowing how much is too much,” he said. “Good bosses can read people, body language, and know when to lay off the critiques. They know when to start delivering the much-needed compliments and praise. Without this, you have employees who just work for a paycheck and try to stay off the boss’ radar as much as possible.”

Scott Seegmiller, chief financial officer of WestCorp Management Group in Las Vegas, suggests discussing with overly critical managers their approach. “Talk to them about what they are doing to the morale of the employees,” he said. “No one will do anything because they do not want to get criticized.” Seegmiller said he has seen firsthand the corrosive effects of too much criticism. “A client who was overly critical of one of my employees caused (the employee) to quit, and then I had to find a replacement. I was unwilling to give him another good employee.” Wilcox has found that this type of boss “tends to discourage creativity. People lose their confidence and second-guess themselves and at some point simply stop trying. They start to think, ‘It doesn’t matter what I do, it’s not going to be right or good enough.’ ” His solution: Sometimes the fight simply isn’t worth it. “Life is short, and there are a lot of opportunities,” Wilcox said. “In this situation, it may be better to look for a different position. There are good bosses out there with whom you may be a better fit to bring you along and help you grow.” Information and Comfort As with so many workplace issues, the solution ultimately ends up being improved communication. “I think one of the biggest factors when bosses are overly critical is the amount of information provided to their employees,” said miles Gordon Miles, president and chief operating officer at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Nevada Properties. “The more information you have, the

more comfortable you feel.” Typically, when a boss is being too critical, “it is because you have a lack of information, or are in fact doing a bad job,” said Miles, who manages a staff of 60 and more than 1,000 real estate agents in Nevada. “I have usually found it stems from lack of information. Managers and employers need to communicate with their team and ask them what they prefer in terms of information and what their needs are.” Miles said there are two ways to deal with overly critical bosses. “There were employees who will flourish in this type of atmosphere, especially people who are go-getters on their own and prefer that type of working environment. And then there are employees who actually need a more hands-on working environment. They need continuous leadership and affirmation to be productive. But if you communicate with people and ask them their thoughts, you will determine the best way to support and engage them.” Managers who are too critical are worse than their opposites, Miles said, “because you are setting a bad working environment. A bad working environment will create bad results and stymie the individuals, both of which result in higher turnover and lower production.” Miles recounted having worked for someone who was overly critical and controlling. “It had the same effect on me,” he said. “It hindered my creativity and ability to come up with solutions to improve the business. I couldn’t be as successful as I wanted to be because that individual couldn’t provide an environment to allow it to happen.” Everything changed, he said, when he started working for Berkshire Hathaway, “because I was open to different ways of doing things. And now the employees who are responsible for certain tasks are usually the ones who know the most about that task and what would be the most efficient way to do it. We are currently operating on approximately 30 percent of the staff we had five years ago, with higher production and lower turnover.” As with Goldilocks, it’s the middle course that is usually just right. When forced to deal with either extreme, however, employee-to-boss communication can usually make the situation better.

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This time, Southern Nevada’s economic growth is sustainable

hat a wonderful time to be doing business in Las Vegas. Our community has come a long way from the Great Recession. We are achieving record visitor volume, our unemployment rate is near 5 percent and long-awaited commercial developments have been completed and are flourishing. New residential neighborhoods are being developed to support Southern Nevada’s population, which is approaching 2.2 million. Our economy continues to become more diversified, with growth in technology, health care, Guest column: and sports (welcome aric graham Bill Foley and the Vegas Golden Knights!). As a member of our banking community, I have the privilege of meeting regularly with elected leaders and business owners from various industries. The common theme and my biggest takeaway from these meetings is that our economic growth is sustainable. That word, sustainable, is why I have

I have the privilege of meeting regularly with elected leaders and business owners from various industries. The common theme and my biggest takeaway from these meetings is that our economic growth is sustainable. That word, sustainable, is why I have such a positive outlook for our city. such a positive outlook for our city. What we are achieving today has a different feel than it had in 2006. The pre-recession boom our economy took on was fueled by speculative real estate projects. There were countless construction cranes in the sky, too many high-rise condominium projects, and a lack of skilled labor. As a result, we fell harder than the rest of the country and took longer to recover. The recession took a major toll on local and national banks operating in our valley. It was hard to find a business owner or management team that didn’t face “bank fatigue” during the recession. The banking industry as a whole became internally focused, shifting resources to deal with nonperforming loans and increasing regulation. This resulted in a fractured relationship with our business community, and trust that needed to be rebuilt.

Fast forward to today. Our homebuilders are producing a level of supply that real estate professionals tell me is appropriate for our market. The number of speculative investors is a fraction of what it once was. Our abundance of availability in retail, office and warehouse space has been absorbed. On the Strip, multibillion-dollar resort projects have shifted focus to building not just more hotel rooms, but attractions and amenities that bring visitors. The banking community in Las Vegas has enjoyed the recovery of our market and is a vital component to its sustained growth. Additionally, we have seen new banks enter our market, which is a positive sign from the outsiders’ view of our economic potential. I am proud to be a member of our banking community. I have had the pleasure of working with, competing against and partnering with bankers in our community who persevered through difficult economic times. They have been a part of rebuilding the trust between our industry and our business community. Interest rates remain near all-time lows, and banks are healthy and competing fiercely for your business. So, if you don’t have a close and meaningful relationship with your banker, then I ask: “Why not?” Aric Graham is senior vice president and regional director at Umpqua Bank.

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Performance Marketing Association networking cocktail brunch Time: 9:30-10:30 a.m. Cost: Free for PMA members; $20 for nonmembers Location: Pampas Churrascaria Brazilian Grille, 3663 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas Information: Visit Eventbrite.com Network with industry innovators and influencers. Attendees will find out what PMA has planned for the year and what’s new in performance marketing.

“Alzheimer’s: Every Minute Counts” Screening Time: 5-7:30 p.m. Cost: Free, RSVP requested Location: Optum, 2716 N. Tenaya Way, Las Vegas Information: Email Summer Collins at scollins@ vegaspbs.org Vegas PBS hosts this preview screening of the show, which examines the national public health threat posed by Alzheimer’s disease. Following the screening, attendees can network with health care professionals and listen to a panel discussion featuring three prominent doctors.

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Henderson State of the City 2017 Time: Noon-1:30 p.m. Cost: $45 Location: Green Valley Ranch Grand Events Center, 2300 Paseo Verde Parkway, Henderson Information: Call 702-565-8951 Henderson Mayor Andy Hafen will present the annual address at this luncheon. He will share his thoughts on the local economic climate along with his vision for the growth and future of Henderson.

Vegas Women Connect Time: 6-8 p.m. Cost: Free Location: Chow, 1020 Fremont St., Las Vegas Information: Visit eventbrite.com Connect with female professionals and entrepreneurs and enjoy food, drinks and music. Chef Natalie Young will be the featured speaker.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18 Risk Management Association 2017 Economic Outlook Time: 11:30 a.m. Cost: $45 for RMA members; $55 for nonmembers and walk-ins Location: McMullan’s Irish Pub, 4650 W. Tropicana Ave., Las Vegas Information: Call 702-473-6201 John Restrepo, principal at RCG Economics, will be the featured speaker. Leadership Las Vegas Alumni event Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $25 for Leadership Las Vegas Alumni members; $30 for guests Location: Thomas & Mack Center, Strip View Pavilion, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas Information: Call 702-641-5822 The topic of this event will be “UNLV’s Presidential Debate 100 Days Later: An Insider Scoop.” Join Leadership Las Vegas Alumni and Public Relations Society of America members over lunch at the debate venue to learn about the impact of the presidential debate on Las Vegas.

Roadmap to Success Time: 7:30-9:30 a.m. Cost: Free for Henderson Chamber members; $25 for nonmembers; $10 additional for walk-ins Location: Henderson Business Resource Center, Seminar Room, 112 S. Water St., Henderson Information: Call 702-565-8951 This workshop will focus on “6 Things That Can Kill Your Business,” presented by Ralph McNamara of REM Business Consulting. Entrepreneurs Assembly Time: 5:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: Free Location: Henderson Convention Center, 200 S. Water St., Henderson Information: Call 702-209-3867 This program will focus on the expansion of new ideas, problem solving, goals and strategies, and overall support for entrepreneurs. This event marks the launch of the Henderson chapter. Cocktails & Conversations Time: 5:30-7 p.m. Cost: $50 for Las Vegas Metro

Chamber members Location: Valley Electric Association, 6180 Brent Thurman Parkway, Suite A-230, Las Vegas Information: Call 702-641-5822 Join fellow Chamber members to hear from local leaders. The featured guest speaker will be Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 20 NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development Association Forecast 2017 Time: 7:30-11:30 a.m. Cost: $80 Location: Orleans, Convention Area, second floor, 4500 W. Tropicana Ave., Las Vegas Information: Call 702-798-7194 “Southern Nevada’s Commercial Markets: Looking for a Sign,” will be presented by Lied Institute for Real Estate Studies and UNLV Lee Business School. The keynote speaker will be Mark Dotzour.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 21 Building Owners and Managers Association TOBY Awards Time: 5 p.m. Cost: $150 Location: Four Seasons, 3960 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas Information: Visit bomanevada.org The featured Leadership Award at The Outstanding Building of the Year Awards will be presented to Carol Cline-Ong, CCIM, RPA, CEO and co-founder of MDL Group, which provides brokerage and property management services to their clients.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 24 Preview Las Vegas: Future. Forward Time: 7 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Cost: $65 for Metro Chamber members; $85 for nonmembers Location: Cox Pavilion, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas Information: Call 702-586-3843 This annual forecasting and relationship-building event brings together national speakers, local economic experts and industry leaders in a conference and trade show event.

Conventions

expected Show Location Dates attendance

Sports Licensing & Tailgate Show

Las Vegas Convention Center

Jan. 17-19

4,000

World of Concrete

Las Vegas Convention Center

Jan. 17-20

60,000

Shooting, Hunting & Outdoor Trade Show

Sands Expo and Convention Center

Jan. 17-20

64,500

Adult Entertainment Expo - AVN Adult Expo

Hard Rock Hotel

Jan. 18-21

25,000

The International Surface Event

Mandalay Bay

Jan. 18-20

25,000

Las Vegas Market - Winter

World Market Center

Jan. 22-26

25,000

American Glass Expo

Alexis Park

Jan. 23-25

5,000

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Records and Transactions BID OPPORTUNITIES January 17 3 p.m. Annual requirements contract for armored car services Clark County, 604193 Chetan Champaneri at chetanc@ clarkcountynv.gov

January 18 3 p.m. Annual requirements contract for air conditioning parts and supplies Clark County, 604289 Ashley Peterson at ashley.blanco@ clarkcountynv.gov

January 19 3 p.m. Annual requirements contract for traffic signal and street light lamps and ballasts Clark County, 604295 Ashley Peterson at ashley.blanco@ clarkcountynv.gov

January 20 3 p.m. Annual requirements contract for printing and mailing services of jury summons Clark County, 604190 Chetan Champaneri at chetanc@ clarkcountynv.gov 3 p.m. Current production model 12-yard rock dump trucks Clark County, 604304 Ashley Peterson at ashley.blanco@ clarkcountynv.gov 3 p.m. Current production model 4,000-gallon water trucks with water pump and spray system Clark County, 604313 Ashley Peterson at ashley.blanco@ clarkcountynv.gov

January 24 3 p.m. Annual requirements contract for sign language services Clark County, 604284 Susan Tighi at slt@clarkcountynv. gov

Brokered transactions Sales $650,000 for 5,422 square feet, industrial 3700 W. Desert Inn Road and 3224 Procyon St., Las Vegas 89102 Landlord: Nancor Holdings Landlord agent: Jennifer Levine and Elizabeth Moore of Cushman & Wakefield Commerce Tenant: Heriha Universal Tenant agent: Did not disclose

Leases $1,407,566 for 12,112 square feet, office 5550 Painted Mirage Road, Suite 440, Las Vegas Landlord: Finance of America Mortgage Landlord agent: Soozi Jones Walker and Bobbi Miracle of Commercial Executives Real Estate Services Tenant: Did not disclose Tenant agent: Did not disclose $468,888 for 4,600 square feet, office 7785 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 100, Las Vegas Landlord: Sobel Properties Landlord agent: Soozi Jones Walker and Bobbi Miracle of Commercial Executives Real Estate Services Tenant: American Management Services Tenant agent: Did not disclose

BUSINESS LICENSES DC Smoke Shop License type: Tobacco dealer Address: 314 S. Decatur Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Shabina Khan, Shahed Khan, Fahmida C. Azam and Khawnal Azam Da Spot License type: General retail sales Address: 1560 N. Eastern Ave., Suites C3-C8, Las Vegas Owner: Sun Lee David Warren Steele License type: Real estate sales Address: 9325 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas Owner: David Warren Steele Desert Trading License type: General retail sales Address: Did not disclose Owner: Robert Ashlee and Carly Tesser Diane Pelicano License type: Independent massage therapist Address: 6312 Fence Post St., Las Vegas Owner: Diane Pelicano Diversified Family Services License type: Professional services Address: 865 N. Eastern Ave., Las Vegas Owner: ABC of Southern Nevada DIY Poki Salad Bowl & Sushi Burrito License type: Beer, wine, spiritbased products on-sale Address: 10624 S. Eastern Ave., Suite S, Henderson Owner: DIY Poki Bowl Dr. Nelson Lopez License type: Professional services - medical Address: 3009 W. Charleston

Blvd., Suite 110, Las Vegas Owner: Nelson Lopez Eagle Excavation License type: Contractor Address: 5524 Brittany Ann Court, North Las Vegas Owner: Eagle Excavation Empowerment Associates License type: Miscellaneous Address: 6524 Becket Creek Court, North Las Vegas Owner: Empowerment Associates Experimac of Henderson License type: Secondhand dealer Address: 10545 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 120, Henderson Owner: Emes Technologies FLS International License type: Education programs Address: 2225 Village Walk Drive, Suite 220, Henderson Owner: FLS International Fortitude Fitness License type: Gross revenue Address: 2549 Wigwam Parkway, Henderson Owner: Dylan’s Fit Lab Freddie McFinn License type: Real estate sales Address: 5420 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 201, Las Vegas Owner: Freddie McFinn Fuel Zone Mart License type: Car wash Address: 2151 N. Rancho Drive, Las Vegas Owner: Fuelzone Mart Garey T. Martin Photography License type: Photo editing Address: 2116 Paganini Ave., Henderson Owner: Garey T. Martin Photography Gerardo’s Taco Shop License type: Food services or cafe Address: 5601 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 104, Las Vegas Owner: Gerardo Dimas Roque Health & Care Professional Network License type: Home health services Address: 4850 W. Flamingo Road, Suite 25, Las Vegas Owner: Health & Care Professional Network Henderson Hydroponics License type: Indoor and outdoor gardening supplies Address: 726 W. Sunset Road, Henderson Owner: Henderson Hydroponics Holocron Investments License type: Business support Address: Did not disclose Owner: Holocron Investments Hong Guo

License type: Independent massage therapist Address: 483 Indigo Springs St., Las Vegas Owner: Hong Guo Infiniti Stone License type: Contractor Address: 4315 W. Post Road, Las Vegas Owner: Infiniti Stone Infinity One License type: Business support Address: 8886 Spanish Ridge Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Timothy D. Johnson It’s a Blissful Life License type: Instruction services Address: Did not disclose Owner: Kimberley Sa Galliher Jacquart Events License type: Coordinate disc golf sporting events Address: 1706 Blanchard Drive, Henderson Owner: Jacquart Events Jamie Lyn Luchay License type: Real estate sales Address: 9420 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 100, Las Vegas Owner: Jamie Lyn Luchay Joanne Stuart License type: Real estate sales Address: 10100 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 160, Las Vegas Owner: Joanne Stuart Johnny Rivera License type: Real estate sales Address: 8548 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Johnny Rivera JPS Estate Liquidation License type: Merchandise broker Address: 10805 Osage Winter St., Las Vegas Owner: Pat Mitchell Julietta Bauman Freres License type: Real estate sales Address: 1735 Village Center Circle, Las Vegas Owner: Julietta Bauman Freres Kelly’s Kasino License type: Tavern Address: 1604 W. Oakey Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Kelly’s Kasino Kimberly Becker License type: Real estate sales Address: 1735 Village Center Circle, Las Vegas Owner: Kimberly J. Becker La Bonita Supermarkets License type: Grocery/mega store Address: 6000 W. Cheyenne Ave., Las Vegas Owner: La Bonita Grocery and Meat Market

Las Vegas Rickshaw License type: Advertising space leasing or selling Address: 1421 S. Commerce St., Las Vegas Owner: Jose Solorio and Kyle Felleman Las Vegas Used Furniture License type: Secondhand dealers Address: 3518 E. Lake Mead Blvd., North Las Vegas Owner: Elizabeth Astorga-Ruiz and Christopher D. Flores Lifefirst Pharmacy License type: Drugstore Address: 2407 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 110, Las Vegas Owner: Lifefirst Pharmacy Lori Madrid License type: Real estate sales Address: 4033 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Lori Madrid Lovely Kuts License type: Cosmetology Address: 4021 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Eric Young Mary Jane Devaney License type: Social work, behavioral therapy Address: 707 Rocky Trail Road, Henderson Owner: Mary Jane Devaney Minions Handyman Services License type: Residential property maintenance Address: 3060 Business Lane, Las Vegas Owner: Zomer Mr. Pickles License type: Business space rent or lease Address: 124 S. Sixth St., Suite 270, Las Vegas Owner: Tina Wichmann and Craig Palacios Muscle Maker Grill Las Vegas License type: Restaurant Address: 5765 Centennial Center Blvd., Suite 180, Las Vegas Owner: CCNC-MMG New Point Industries License type: Interjurisdictional business Address: 4526 W. Hacienda Ave., Las Vegas Owner: New Point Industries Noriega Landscape & Design License type: Property maintenance Address: 1708 Gatewood Drive, Las Vegas Owner: Noe N. Torres Norma L. Almanza License type: Janitorial service Address: 6133 Dogwood Falls Court, North Las Vegas

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Records and Transactions Owner: Norma L. Almanza Onion Steak & Sub License type: Food services or cafe Address: 3390 Novat St., Suite 120, Las Vegas Owner: The Great Tree Staci Orr License type: Wellness and energy healing Address: 80 N. Pecos Road, Suite A, Henderson Owner: Staci Orr People In Action License type: Residential property maintenance Address: Did not disclose Owner: Maria J. Salinas Purple Violet License type: General retail sales Address: 3110 Polaris Ave., Suite 39, Las Vegas Owner: Vesselin Tzvetanov RS Sherman Architecture License type: Professional services Address: Did not disclose Owner: RS Sherman Architecture Raining Desert License type: Selling products on Amazon and Ebay Address: 1037 Atticus Ave., Henderson Owner: Kyle Chandler Michalosky Retail Construction Services License type: Contractor Address: 11343, S. 39th St., Las Vegas Owner: Stephen Bachman Ronald Monk Boyer License type: Real estate sales Address: 1735 Village Center Circle, Las Vegas Owner: Ronald M. Boyer Safe & Sound Wiring License type: Contractor Address: 1455 Grub Stake Circle, Henderson Owner: Safe & Sound Wiring Safebuilt License type: Management or consulting service Address: 3755 Precision Drive, Suite 140, Las Vegas Owner: Greg Toth Select Home Care Las Vegas South License type: Residential home care provider Address: 9315 W. Sunset Road, Las Vegas Owner: Ryan Bundy, Jay Bowman, Shane Flynn and Dylan Hull Smoke Ranch Arco AM/PM License type: Convenience store Address: 2401 N. Jones Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Dand Ventures

Snider Construction License type: Contractor Address: 7617 Riva Ridge St., Las Vegas Owner: Nathaniel Snider Stat4 Embroidery License type: General retail sales Address: Did not disclose Owner: Todd A. Tomburo Sunny Landscaping & Pavers Design License type: Contractor Address: 3183 Ramrod St., Las Vegas Owner: Helio Dasilva Thai Healing Arts Center License type: Independent massage therapist Address: 7455 W. Washington Ave., Suite 210, Las Vegas Owner: Nipaphan Yingyoud Thai Thai Restaurant License type: Restaurant Address: 10890 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 109, Henderson Owner: Thai Thai by Kamol The Neon Museum License type: Administrative office space Address: 300 Las Vegas Blvd. North, Las Vegas Owner: Yin Nawaday, Sarah C. Bush, Robert Mccoy and Vince M. Alberta Tire Shop Nayarit License type: Automotive garage Address: 1080 N. Rancho Drive, Suite A, Las Vegas Owner: Nayarit Corp. Tori Fashion License type: Manufacturing Address: 4837 Lincoln Road, North Las Vegas Owner: Tori Fashion Travel All the World License type: Travel and ticket agency Address: 1819 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite 102, Las Vegas Owner: Carlos A. Yero Trina Bennett License type: Real estate sales Address: 1735 Village Center Circle, Las Vegas Owner: Trina Bennett Unlimited Construction License type: Contractor Address: 3170 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 130, Las Vegas Owner: Eva K. Sanchez and Ernest M. Sanchez

Address: 1225 S. Fort Apache Road, Suite 100, Las Vegas Owner: A&L LV

Address: 1305 Stanley Ave., North Las Vegas Owner: Diego Ayala-Camerena

Von Deeter Designs License type: Miscellaneous sales/ service Address: 3495 W. Lake Mead Blvd., North Las Vegas Owner: Michael Travis Deeter

Bargain Queen License type: Variety store Address: 4040 W. Craig Road, North Las Vegas Owner: Soth LLC

Walker Therapy Services License type: Social work, behavioral therapy business Address: 831 Spikenard Drive, Henderson Owner: Walker Therapy Services Whouse License type: Custom apparel embroidery Address: 2 White Tail Court, Henderson Owner: Whouse World Services Taxes License type: Business support Address: 610 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 6, Las Vegas Owner: Yoanky Escobar and Lianet Martinez Fernandez 75 Degrees License type: Contractor Address: 2901 Highland Drive, Suite 14D, Las Vegas Owner: Moises Carpio and Job R. Nunez Ace Contracting Co. License type: Contractor Address: 3131 Meade Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Sheryl Anderman Actus License type: Engineering firm Address: 3203 E. Warm Springs Road, Suite 400, Las Vegas Owner: Actus Holdings Alliance Income Tax and Services License type: Business support Address: 4406 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Joel Ambriz and Consuelo Ambriz Amnesia Salon & Day Spa License type: Massage establishments Address: 6462 Losee Road, North Las Vegas Owner: GD Enterprises Ares Mechanical License type: Contractor Address: 3585 W. Diablo Drive, Suite 5, Las Vegas Owner: C Los Industries

Barry Burleson License type: Real estate sales Address: 1735 Village Center Circle, Las Vegas Owner: Barry D. Burleson Be Kind Bail Bonds License type: Bail bond agency Address: 612 S. Third St., Las Vegas Owner: John Fulton C and L Services License type: Lawn maintenance Address: 5641 Ingleside St., North Las Vegas Owner: Humberto Medina

production facility OLV Address: 4145 W. Ali Baba Lane, Las Vegas Owner: Herschel H. Gordon, Timothy F. Smits Van Oyen, Richard C. Gordon, Jennifer Lazovich and Brian C. Padgett

BUILDING PERMITS $750,000, tenant improvement 330 S. Third St., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada $702,829, residential - custom 476 St. Moritz Drive, Henderson Greg & Anne McCutcheon Trust $642,686, commercial - alteration 6905 Aliante Parkway, North Las Vegas Martin-Harris Construction $569,277, mechanical 2300 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas SolarCity Corp.

CA Tax & Services License type: Business support Address: 1819 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite 102, Las Vegas Owner: Travel All the World

$474,975, commercial - remodel 2230 Corporate Circle, Suite 250, Henderson Sunmark Property

Riley Carkeek License type: Contractor Address: 2400 Viewpoint Drive, Henderson Owner: Riley Carkeek

$405,200, medical office tenant improvement 800 N. Gibson Road, Suite 110, Henderson Trojansky Stephan

Cascade Valley Dental License type: Professional services - medical Address: 7180 Cascade Valley Court, Suite 240, Las Vegas Owner: Chad N. Gubler

$373,887, single-family dwelling 6255 Eula St., Las Vegas Ryland Homes

Casco Equipment Corp. License type: Contractor Address: 4141 Flat Rock Drive, Las Vegas Owner: Did not disclose Cash Depot License type: Automated teller operator Address: 5850 W. Craig Road, Las Vegas Owner: David Charles Christine C. Hah License type: Real estate sales Address: 1820 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 101, Las Vegas Owner: Christine Hah Close Law Group License type: Law firm or law office Address: 2831 St. Rose Parkway, Suite 200, Henderson Owner: Jason Close

Vacation Hotpads License type: Short-term residential rental Address: 3220 Point Lobos Drive, Las Vegas Owner: Vacation Hotpads

Arthur Cummings License type: Real estate sales Address: 1735 Village Center Circle, Las Vegas Owner: Arthur Cummings

Construction Bootz License type: General services Address: Did not disclose Owner: Lilly Posner

Via Brasil Steakhouse License type: Gaming restricted

Ayala Landscaping License type: Lawn maintenance

CWNevada License type: Medical marijuana

$336,962, single-family dwelling 6265 Eula St., Las Vegas Ryland Homes $327,765, residential - custom 1570 Sundown Drive, Henderson 601-699 Whitney Ranch Center LLC $250,000, tenant improvement 221 N. Rampart Blvd., Las Vegas Ryland Homes $248,342, single-family dwelling 9635 Ramon Valley Ave., Las Vegas Joseph D. & Stephanie L. Cordsen $248,342, single-family dwelling 9631 Ramon Valley Ave., Las Vegas J&J Contracting $220,051, single-family dwelling 8238 Beldina St., Las Vegas Hadfield Building $209,379, residential - custom 1030 San Ramos Court, Henderson Sunmark Property $203,113, residential - production 249 N. Milan St., Henderson Valley Health System $191,303, residential - production 248 N. Milan St., Henderson Nevada South Shore

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Records and Transactions $190,639, single-family dwelling 12027 Attiva Ave., Las Vegas Murfey Construction $186,273, single-family dwelling 8819 Pauley Hills St., Las Vegas RDP General Contractors $179,693, single-family dwelling 8940 Sable Falls St., Las Vegas DF Lara Construction $179,693, single-family dwelling 5620 Moore Cove Ave., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada $177,968, single-family dwelling 12034 Attiva Ave., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada $174,675, residential - new 4132 Carol Bailey Ave., North Las Vegas DR Horton $173,702, single-family dwelling 12165 Castilla Rain Ave., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada $173,281, residential - production 7 Vista Outlook St., Henderson Horizon Ridge Colonial $170,509, residential - new x2 4116 and 4128 Carol Bailey Ave., North Las Vegas DR Horton $168,225, single-family dwelling x2 12021 and 12031 Attiva Ave., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada $156,702, residential - production 2388 Trevisani St., Henderson Horizon Ridge Colonial $156,323, single-family dwelling 362 Pollino Peaks St., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada $154,092, single-family dwelling 10563 Constant Spring Ave., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada $151,404, residential - new 5428 N. Walnut Road, North Las Vegas DR Horton $151,404, residential - new 4124 Carol Bailey Ave., North Las Vegas DR Horton $149,976, commercial - remodel 10624 S. Eastern Ave., Suite H, Henderson RCS Paseo Verde

$146,699, single-family dwelling 7240 Southern Magnolia St., Las Vegas Centrair Electrical

$130,700, residential - new 2111 Johnstown Ave., North Las Vegas Harmony Homes

$146,554, residential - production 1145 Strada Pecei, Henderson Equus Investment Group

$130,700, residential - new 5749 Colbert St., North Las Vegas Harmony Homes

$145,834, residential - production 376 Calabria Beach St., Henderson Sun City Anthem Community Association

$130,699, single-family dwelling 7225 Southern Magnolia St., Las Vegas Calvin & Stella Peters

$143,568, residential - new 5424 N. Walnut Road, North Las Vegas DR Horton

$130,305, residential - new 5420 N. Walnut Road, North Las Vegas DR Horton

$143,568, residential - new 3917 Blue Lily Court, North Las Vegas DR Horton

$130,305, residential - new 4112 Carol Bailey Ave., North Las Vegas DR Horton

$143,568, residential - new 4120 Carol Bailey Ave., North Las Vegas DR Horton

$125,535, residential - new 2087 Johnstown Ave., North Las Vegas Harmony Homes

$140,718, single-family dwelling 7235 Southern Magnolia St., Las Vegas Sidney T. & Anna L. Myers

$125,535, residential - new 5742 Colbert St., North Las Vegas Harmony Homes

$140,289, residential - production 380 Calabria Beach St., Henderson Brentwood Green Valley $140,170, single-family dwelling 9933 Peaceful Peaks Ave., Las Vegas Hicks Unique Building & Construction $140,170, single-family dwelling 8393 Canyon Crevasse St., Las Vegas MC Mojave Construction $140,170, single-family dwelling 9990 Chaparral Wind Ave., Las Vegas Panda Construction $138,815, single-family dwelling 9626 Bruschi Ridge Court, Las Vegas William Lyon Homes $138,815, single-family dwelling 7451 Zonal Ave., Las Vegas William Lyon Homes $134,760, single-family dwelling 11839 Corenzio Ave., Las Vegas William Lyon Homes $134,744, residential - production 381 Calabria Beach St., Henderson 2625 GV LLC

$125,000, commercial 221 N. Rampart Blvd., Las Vegas Mladan Akrap $123,091, single-family dwelling 135 Colantonio Court, Las Vegas Jennifer M. Childs $121,546, residential - production 2622 Cooper Gallery St., Henderson Samrose Henderson

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Sameh & Mona E. Naseib

$115,891, residential - production 2667 Marvel Astoria St., Henderson Gary Thomas & Kathryn McGaughey

$72,500, OTC 107 N. Fourth St., Las Vegas AMA Repiping

$115,891, residential - production 3021 Savella Ave., Henderson Joseph C. & Sharon L. Schoeppner $111,777, single-family dwelling 8236 Nebula Cloud Ave., Las Vegas Edgewater Custom Pools and Landscaping

$70,000, tenant improvement 7101 Cascade Valley Court, Las Vegas AMA Repiping $63,100, WDS 4980 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas AMA Repiping

$110,000, tenant improvement 881 S. Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas Hirschi Masonry

$54,452, commercial - alteration 333 W. Gowan Road, North Las Vegas Cambridge Builders

$107,585, single-family dwelling 10739 Cowlite Ave., Las Vegas Yes Air Conditioning & Plumbing

$52,400, pool and/or spa 1600 Saddle Rock Circle, Las Vegas Triple H. Contracting

$103,232, single-family dwelling 12245 Los Mares Lane, Las Vegas Yes Air Conditioning & Plumbing

$52,237, tenant improvement 8401 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas Desert Valley Contracting

$100,000, single-family dwelling 201 Canyon Drive, Las Vegas Yes Air Conditioning & Plumbing $98,349, commercial - remodel 4610 E. Sunset Road, Henderson William & Sue Huggins Living Trust $98,137, residential - incident repair 2311 Silver Crew Pass, Henderson Gary R. & Colleen R. Lambrix

$50,000, avi 7948 Brookside Falls Court, Las Vegas CPI Restoration $50,000, commercial 3380 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas Shrader & Martinez Construction $50,000, disaster 9901 Trailwood Drive, Las Vegas High Impact Sign and Design

$90,000, single-family dwelling 3080 Misty Harbour Drive, Las Vegas Yes Air Conditioning & Plumbing

$50,000, single-family dwelling 3901 Leon Ave., Las Vegas Steve Breck

$120,271, residential - production 3062 Scenic Rhyme Ave., Henderson Horizon Properties

$82,898, residential - production 675 Swift Eagle Ave., Henderson Douglas W. & Susan Dehart

$48,622, pool and/or spa 985 Wigwam Parkway, Henderson Sherina T. & Derek D. Kinsey

$120,271, residential - production 328 Via De Pellegrini, Henderson Sunset Mountain Plaza Partners

$82,898, residential - production 685 Swift Eagle Ave., Henderson Rodney James & Lynette Lindroth

$47,303, solar 4121 California Condor Ave., North Las Vegas SolarCity Corp.

$119,834, single-family dwelling 11811 Mino Rio Ave., Las Vegas Revolution General Contractors

$81,204, rehab 2203 Civic Center Drive, North Las Vegas Design Builders

$118,437, single-family dwelling 337 Valleggia Drive, Las Vegas Escamilla Lucio $118,109, residential - production 377 Calabria Beach St., Henderson Henderson Beltway $116,927, single-family dwelling 131 Berneri Drive, Las Vegas Toll South LV

$148,699, single-family dwelling 454 Cabral Peak St., Las Vegas KB Home Nevada

$132,796, single-family dwelling 11819 Corenzio Ave., Las Vegas William Lyon Homes

$115,938, retaining wall 985 Wigwam Parkway, SuiteÂ 3, Henderson DR Horton

$146,944, single-family dwelling 426 Port Reggio St., Las Vegas KB Home Nevada

$131,687, tenant improvement 2931 N. Tenaya Way, Las Vegas Bruno R. Aizier & Patricia Fleury

$115,891, residential - production 3024 Historic Horizon Ave., Henderson

$80,000, tenant improvement 10550 Park Run Drive, Las Vegas Yes Air Conditioning & Plumbing $79,765, solar 3304 Kidd St., North Las Vegas SolarCity Corp. $75,000, tenant improvement 4434 N. Rancho Drive, Las Vegas Ama Repiping $74,968, residential - production 669 Swift Eagle Ave., Henderson Riordan Family Trust $74,004, residential - incident repair 1014 Timberline Court, Henderson

$45,014, commercial - remodel 2551 N. Green Valley Parkway, Suite 425A, Henderson Gordon Michael $45,000, commercial 6101 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Las Vegas Hacienda Builders $43,220, commercial - remodel 150 N. Stephanie St., Suite 150, Henderson Mary Ann & Randall C. Chisum $41,800, fireproofing 13985 Grand Valley Parkway, North Las Vegas Cosco Fire Protection To receive a complete copy of Data Plus every week in Excel, please visit vegasinc.com/subscribe.

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Category: Taxicab operators (Ranked by Revenue from first 11 months of 2016)

Company

Revenue

Trips

Revenue/ Trip

Medallion plates

Yellow Checker Star Transportation 5225 W. Post Road Las Vegas, NV 89118 702-873-8012 • ycstrans.com

$90,036,634

5,643,429

$15.95

813

Checker Cab Co., Jonathan Schwartz, Star Cab Co., Yel- president low Cab Co.

Frias Transportation Management 5110 S. Valley View Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89118 702-888-4888 • lvcabs.com

$84,473,927

5,685,765

$14.86

1,060

ANLV Cab, Ace Cab, Union Cab, Vegas Western Cab, Virgin Valley Cab

Danny Wade, CEO

Bell Trans 1900 S. Industrial Road Las Vegas, NV 89102 702-739-7990 • belllimousine.com

$50,277,507

3,094,087

$16.25

511

Henderson Taxi, Whittlesea Blue Cab Co.

Brent Bell, CEO

Lucky Cab Co. 4195 W. Diablo Drive Las Vegas, NV 89118 702-477-7555 • luckylimolv.com

$42,486,852

2,610,049

$16.28

184

Lucky Cab Co.

Did not disclose

Desert Cab 4675 Wynn Road Las Vegas, NV 89103 702-386-9102 • desertcabinc.com

$34,202,325

1,885,181

$18.14

229

Desert Cab

George Balaban, owner

Nellis Cab Co. 5490 S. Cameron St. Las Vegas, NV 89118 702-248-1111 • nelliscab.com

$28,042,501

1,654,070

$16.95

224

Nellis Cab Co.

Did not disclose

Western Cab Co. 801 S. Main St. Las Vegas, NV 89101 702-736-8000 • westerncabcompany.com

$20,173,954

1,302,080

$15.49

228

Western Cab Co.

Did not disclose

A-Cab Co. 1500 E. Searles Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89101 702-365-1900 • acablv.com

$11,749,888

703,701

$16.70

145

A-Cab Co.

John Gathright, general manager

Deluxe Cab Co. 6055 Emerald Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89122 702-568-7700 • deluxetaxicabservice.com

$7,685,849

437,012

$17.59

136

Deluxe Cab Co.

Did not disclose

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MIXER TUESDAY, JANUARY 24 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

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THE SMITH CENTER AND THE ROGERS FOUNDATION ARE PROUD TO SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON GREAT TEACHERS IN THE CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT

FINAL CHANCE

NOMINATIONS CLOSE JANUARY 31

Visit

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Anyone can nominate a teacher who goes above and beyond. Tell us a compelling story!

nominated teachers will receive an invitation to complete a short application

TOP 20 finalists will receive

$5,000

800 finalists will be invited with a guest to a special evening at The Smith Center in their honor.

and a Heart of Education Award For details and sponsorship information:

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2 P.M. - 10 P.M. Weekdays

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$10 OFF ‘The King’ Tickets

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without repeating. Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 through 4 (easy) or 1 through 6 (challenging)

The numbers within the heavily outlined boxes, called cages, must combine using the given operation (in any order) to produce the

target numbers in the top-left corners. Freebies: Fill in singlebox cages with the number in the top-left corner.

For answers to this week’s puzzles, go to Page 41

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