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Marisa Finetti is a local writer, marketing professional and blogger. The Tokyoborn Finetti has called Las Vegas home since 2005. She has written for such publications as Spirit and Las Vegas and Nevada magazines and has a healthy-living blog at bestbewell. com. When she’s not writing, Finetti enjoys family time with her husband and two boys.

Jaq Greenspon is a noted local journalist, screenwriter and author with credits on The New Adventures of Robin Hood and Star Trek: The Next Generation.

He also is a literary and movie critic, has taught and written about fi lmmaking but is most proud of his role in the fi lm, Lotto Love. A Vegas resident for most of his life, his native language is Hebrew, but he doesn’t speak it anymore.

Marilyn LaRocque is Contributing Editor for Gastronomique en Vogue and former Senior Food and Wine Editor for LUXURY Las Vegas.

She’s traveled extensively around the world, visiting great wine regions and enjoying fantastic food.

She’s also Vice Chargée de Presse Nationale des Etats Unis for Chaîne des Rôtisseurs USA.

Valerie Miller is a journalist based in Southern Nevada. She writes for media outlets including David Magazine, Bloomberg News and the Henderson Press. A University of Nevada, Las Vegas graduate, Valerie was a staff writer for the Las Vegas Business Press and the Las Vegas ReviewJournal. Originally from Chicago, Valerie has hosted a local radio music show, and is the Small Business Administration Nevada’s Michael Graham Entrepreneurial Spirit Award winner.

Brian Sodoma has been writing professionally since 1998. He has called Las Vegas home since 2002, and enjoys covering the city’s business issues, real estate, health, sports ... anything that isn’t fashion. Sodoma currently is working on a feature-length screenplay about Las Vegas real estate meltdown with local fi lm director Roger Tinch. When he’s not hunting for new story ideas, Sodoma dabbles in real estate, coaches youth soccer and plays ice hockey.

Lynn Wexler has been a feature writer and contributor for magazines and newspapers, locally and nationally, for over 20 years. She writes a monthly online column entitled Manners in the News, which comments on the behavior of politicians, celebrities and others thrust in the public arena.

She is the Founder and President of Perfectly Poised, a school of manners that teaches social, personal and business etiquette to young people.

She is a former TV Reporter and News Anchor.

Of her many accomplishments, she is most proud of her three outstanding teenaged children.

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This month’s publisher’s note feels like a graduation speech, to the degree that I am considering rummaging in one of our children’s wardrobes for a cap and gown so that I may be attired appropriately.

What the heck, I’m going upstairs and will be back in a jiffy.

How fitting it is that the focus of this month’s magazine is “Education.” It aptly sums up the experience I’ve had as publisher and editor. This is the 50th issue of DAVID. What have I learnt over the last half a “century” (at least in months) of publishing excellence? Many of you who know me personally are aware that I come to the wonderful world of the printed word from decades of architectural practice; I obviously had to go back to “school.”

Thank you to the legions of stupendously patient professionals who have guided me along the way.

They invested time and intellectual capital in DAVID (and me). I hope this month’s magazine makes all concerned proud. Dealing daily with the intellect and creativity of our writers, graphic artists and photographers has inspired me to challenge myself and to explore subjects foreign and delightful. Max the fashionista has been born; the fashion universe will never be the same.

In my desire to maintain a modicum of dignity, and to understand a smidge about the subjects I’ve assigned to writers, this former surfer now surfs the cyber seas. I have made great use of the resources available, especially the myriad of online (many free) educational sites. The democratization of higher education is changing the paradigm: A Ugandan sheepherder, fresh from online Wharton, is recruited by Deloitte; a Tulsa short order cook now interviews for a technical position with NASA; a retired dentist exhibits his photography at the Museum of Modern Art. It is May 2009; my wife and I sit in the audience on a rain-soaked day at the National Mall. Wearing supplied plastic ponchos we listen to the inspiring words of White House Chief of Staff (now Chicago Mayor) Rahm Emanuel. He is addressing the assembly from a stage made all the more majestic by its U.S. Capitol backdrop. His comments range from anecdotal to inspiring to full on stand-up.

The graduates are eating it up. To the displeasure of those behind us we stand, anxious to find our progeny in a sea of black caps and gowns. We snap away, hoping to catch the moment, a ritual of final acceptance of our small immigrant family into the fabric of America.

With fifty shades of publishing completed, we eagerly anticipate what lies ahead.

“What’s next, kids?”

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EVENING ELF BY GIA RAY: Through July 12, times vary, free. Vegas Val's Art Gallery & Tattoo Shop, 9640 Tropicana Avenue, Las Vegas. giarayart.com WARD 5 BLUEGRASS IN THE PARK: 6 p.m., free. Lorenzi Park Lake Band Shell, 3333 W. Washington Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-2295443. artslasvegas.org

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PORTFOLIO EMPHASIS EXHIBITION - RITES OF PASSAGE: Through June 13, times vary, free.

CSN Cheyenne Campus, 6375 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-651-5000. csn.edu/pac NAO UDA - YOUR COMMENTS ARE IMPORTANT TO US: Through June 15, times vary, free. Cosmopolitan, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-698-7000. cosmopolitanlasvegas.com WE’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN - CARPENTERS REMEMBERED: 7:30 p.m., $15.95. Suncoast, 9090 Alta Drive, Las Vegas. 702-636-7075. suncoast.com JUNIOR ACHEIVEMENT 4TH ANNUAL POKER TOURNAMENT: 11 a.m., costs vary.

Aria, 3730 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas.

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ANNE HOFF - SEEKING SILENCE: Through June 6, times vary, free. CSN Cheyenne Campus, 3200 E. Cheyenne Avenue, Las Vegas.

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JUNETEENTH JAZZ AND SPOKEN WORD PERFORMANCES — A JUNETEENTH JAZZ CELEBRATION: 2 p.m., free. West Las Vegas Library, 951 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Las Vegas.

702-507-3989. lvccld.org

ROCKTELLZ & COCKTAILS PRESENTS MEAT LOAF: Through June 21, 7 p.m., $82.50. Planet Hollywood, 3667 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas.

877-333-9474. planethollywood.com

MAXWELL DRAKE WRITING WORKSHOPS: Through June 2, times vary, free. Centennial Hills Library, 6711 N. Buffalo Drive, Las Vegas.

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NATALIE GULBIS GOLF TOURNAMENT: Time TBA, $2500/four. Southern Highlands Golf Club, 1 Robert Trent Jones Lane, Las Vegas. For more information, call 702-2532804. bgcsnv.org AIDS MEMORIAL QUILT DISPLAY: Through June 16, Mon.-Thurs. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. & Fri.Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., free. West Charleston Library, 6301 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas.

702-507-3964. lvccld.org TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT THE BIJOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NORMA JEANE!: Tuesdays through June 24, 1 p.m., free. Clark County Library, Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas. 702-507-3400. lvccld.org MARK OTOOLE — SINGIN’ WITH THE BIG BANDS: 7 p.m., $38. The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-7492012. thesmithcenter.com

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FIRST FRIDAY: 6 p.m., free. Various downtown locations. firstfridaylasvegas.com

PRIDE BINGO: 6 p.m., free. The Center, 401 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas. 702-733-9800. thecenterlv.org

KID ROCK: Through June 7, 8 p.m., $75. Cosmopolitan, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-698-7000. cosmopolitanlasvegas.com

GUNS N’ ROSES — AN EVENING OF DESTRUCTION. NO TRICKERY!: Encore June 6, times vary, $49.50. Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Road, Las Vegas. 702-693-5000. hardrockhotel.com

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OLD SCHOOL BY THE POOL - MOCCA: 7 p.m., free. Treasure Island, 3300 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-894-7111. treasureisland.com

OUT WEST WITH BUFFALO BILL: 7 p.m., free.

Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas. 702-507-3459. lvccld.org

CLINT HOLMES: Through June 8, times vary, $35. The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-749-2012. thesmithcenter.com

MOVIES IN THE SQUARE - MONSTERS UNIVERSITY: 7 p.m., free. Town Square Las Vegas, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas.

702-269-5000. mytownsquarelasvegas.com NEON TREES WITH SPECIAL GUEST SMALLPOOLS: 9 p.m., $20. Cosmopolitan, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-6987000. cosmopolitanlasvegas.com

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THE HISTORY OF GAY LAS VEGAS: 7 p.m., free.

West Charleston Library, 6301 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-507-3964. lvccld.org

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MICHAEL RAYNOR’S “WHO IS FLOYD STEARN” PRESENTED BY THE JEWISH REPERTORY THEATRE OF NEVADA: Thru June 8. Sat. 8 p.m & Sun. 3 p.m. Troesh Studio Theatre @ The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-749-2000. thesmithcenter.com

LIONEL RICHIE: 8 p.m., $49.50-$129.50.

Mandalay Bay, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-632-7777. mandalaybay.com

KEVIN JAMES: 8 p.m., $65.99-$95.99. Mirage, 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-7917111. mirage.com

JAY LENO: 10 p.m., $59.99-$79.99. Mirage, 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-7917111. mirage.com

BILLY JOEL: Time and cost TBA. MGM, 3799 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-891-1111. mgmgrand.com

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S., Las Vegas. 702-693-7111. bellagio.com SUPER SUMMER THEATRE - MONY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT: Through June 28, 8 p.m., $8-$10. Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, 6375 Highway 159, Blue Diamond. supersummertheatre.org CITY OF LAS VEGAS BUSINESS OUTREACH: 8:30 a.m., free. Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. Fourth Street, Las Vegas. lasvegasnevada.gov ELECTRIC SIX: 8 p.m., $12-$15. Backstage Bar and Billiards, 601 Fremont Street, Las Vegas.

702-382-2227. backstagebarandbilliards.com DISCOVERING ITALY — A CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE: 6 p.m., free. Sahara West Library, 9600 W. Sahara Avenue, Las Vegas.

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JAZZ IN THE PARK WITH DAVID BENOIT: 7 p.m., free. Clark County Government Center, 500 S. Grand Central Parkway, Las Vegas. csn.edu/pac JAY WHITE: 7:30 p.m., $15.95. Suncoast, 9090 Alta Drive, Las Vegas. 702-636-7075. suncoast.com JAMES DARREN: Through June 8, 7:30 p.m., $35. South Point, 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-796-7111. southpointcasino.com SUMMER BLOOD DRIVE: 11 a.m., free. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas. 702-507-3400. lvccld.org

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THE BOOK OF MORMON: Through July 6, times vary, $39. The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-7492012. thesmithcenter.com

DINE & DONATE AT SAMMY’S WOODFIRED PIZZA: To benefit HELP of Southern Nevada.

6 p.m. Sammy's Woodfired Pizza, 6500 W. Sahara Avenue, Las Vegas. helpsonv.org STITCH WITH A TWIST WORKSHOP: Weds. through June 25, 6 p.m., $39. Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush Street, Las Vegas. 702- 229-6383. artslasvegas.org

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BELLAGIO EXECUTIVE CHEF'S CULINARY CLASSROOM - FATHER'S DAY BELLAGIO BARBEQUE: 7 p.m., $125. Bellagio, 3600

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Rhodes Ranch Golf Course, 20 Rhodes Ranch Parkway, Las Vegas. marni@jewishlasvegas.com PCCHA "CORE BALANCE" DERBY & CLASSIC/CHALLENGE: Through June 15, times vary, free. South Point, 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-796-7111. southpointcasino.com MARINA V — LIVE IN CONCERT: 3 p.m., free.

Sahara West Library, 9600 W. Sahara Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-507-3631. lvccld.org SUMMER CELEBRATION - AN AFTERNOON WITH THE LAS VEGAS BRASS BAND: 2 p.m., free. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas. 702-507-3400. lvccld.org

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702-507-3459. lvccld.org MOVIES IN THE SQUARE - THE LITTLE MERMAID: 7 p.m., free. Town Square Las Vegas, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas.

702-269-5000. mytownsquarelasvegas.com NIGHT RIOTS: 9 p.m., $15. Cosmopolitan, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-6987000. cosmopolitanlasvegas.com

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GOLF SUMMERLIN SUMMER GOLF LEAGUE: Fridays through Sept. 8, times vary, $160. Palm Valley Golf Course, 9201 Del Webb Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-363-4373. golfsummerlin.com JEFF DUNHAM: 8 p.m., $49.50-$89.50.

Caesars Palace, 3570 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-731-7110. caesarspalace.com CHELSEA HANDLER: Through June 14, 9 p.m., $85. Cosmopolitan, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-698-7000. cosmopolitanlasvegas.com DENNIS MILLER: Through June 14, 8 p.m., $54.95. Orleans, 4500 W. Tropicana Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-365-7075. orleanscasino.com NORMAN FOOTE IN CONCERT: 10:30 a.m., free. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas. 702-507-3400. lvccld.org SOUL MEN AND LADY SOUL STARRING SPECTRUM AND RADIANCE: Through June 15, times vary, $34. The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-7492012. thesmithcenter.com

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KATHLEEN MADIGAN: 8 p.m., $29.99$49.99. The Mirage, 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-791-7111. mirage.com GAVIN DEGRAW AND MATT NATHANSON: 8 p.m., $55.50. Mandalay Bay, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-632-7777. mandalaybay.com ARTRAGEOUS VEGAS - ARTISTS IN WONDERLAND: 5:30 p.m., $35-$40. The Center, 401 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas.

702-733-9800. thecenterlv.org LAVELL CRAWFORD: Through June 15, 7:30 p.m., $15.95. Suncoast, 9090 Alta Drive, Las Vegas. 702-636-7075. suncoast.com A JOURNEY THROUGH LATIN AMERICA WITH

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CLASSICAL GUITARIST, MICHAEL NIGRO: 2 p.m., free. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas. 702-507-3400. lvccld.org SATURDAY MOVIE MATINEE - DALLAS BUYERS CLUB: 2 p.m., free. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas.

702-507-3400. lvccld.org 13TH ANNUAL REGGAE IN THE DESERT: 12 p.m., $25-$30. Clark County Amphitheater, 500 S. Grand Central Parkway, Las Vegas. reggaeinthedesert.com PAINTING WORKSHOP - SURREALIST LANDSCAPE: Sat. through June 28, 12:15 p.m., $39. Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush Street, Las Vegas. 702- 2296383. artslasvegas.org

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ANTHONY HOLBROOKE - MEMORY GARDEN: Through July 13, times vary, free. Cosmopolitan, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-6987000. cosmopolitanlasvegas.com

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DASH BERLIN: 8 p.m., $30. Cosmopolitan, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-6987000. cosmopolitanlasvegas.com RINGLING BROS AND BARNUM AND BAILEY PRESENT LEGENDS: Through June 22, times vary, $15-$80. Thomas and Mack Center, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas.

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RITA COOLIDGE: Through June 22, 7:30 p.m., $15.95. Suncoast, 9090 Alta Drive, Las Vegas.

702-636-7075. suncoast.com DJANGOVEGAS! GYPSY JAZZ CONCERT: 6 p.m., $10-$15. Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. Fourth Street, Las Vegas. 702-2293515. artslasvegas.org

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Galaxy+ Luxury Theatre, 4500 E. Sunset Road, Henderson. 702-442-0244. galaxytheatres.com 28TH ANNUAL RIBBON OF LIFE: 1 p.m., costs vary. Rio, 3700 W. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas. 702-384-2899. goldenrainbow.org CINEMA IN THE CIRCLE - GOONIES: 7 p.m., free. Huntridge Circle Park, 1251 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas. 702-229-6718. csn.edu/pac

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devour Gourmet Gluten-Free Owner Ray Nisi wanted to offer customers with gluten allergies an entire menu to choose from when dining at Double Helix Wine & Whiskey Lounge. So chef Doug Vega came up with 10 creatively bright and fun gluten-free dishes, including this seared yellow fin tuna on a crunchy taro chip, topped with marinated English cucumber, garlic aioli, jalapeño and unagi sauce.

Double Helix Wine & Whiskey Bar at Town Square, 6599 Las Vegas Blvd. S., #150B, Las Vegas. (702) 735-9463.

Summer Infusion Cool, refreshing, sweet and just a touch boozy as you’d expect it to be. Whiskey in a Jar is the perfect warm weather cocktail and one made easy at home to enjoy on the back porch.

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Top with Fevertree Ginger Beer Serve in a 12-ounce Mason jar garnished with a fresh mint sprig and lime wedge.

Whiskey in the Jar, Whiskey Down at MGM Grand Las Vegas, 3799 Las Vegas Boulevard S., Las Vegas.

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Tip to Dads Chefs Sam Marvin and Frank Fronda at Echo & Rig say it best. “Tritip is a great steak for sharing and enjoying with friends and family.

It is a beefy, triangular cut coming from the sirloin. The meat takes to hard wood and absorbs smoky flavors splendidly. We prefer to cook our tri-tip medium rare and slice the roast beef thin, dolloping it with the salty, herbaceous and zesty chimichurri that brings out a nice balance of the robust beef.” Now, that sounds like the perfect Father’s Day feast.

Echo & Rig Butcher and Steakhouse, Tivoli Village, 440 S. Rampart Blvd. Las Vegas. 702-489-3525.

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Intensive collaborative research with the world’s major watchmakers identi�ied a technique enabling H.Stern to produce a watch whose case is crafted of sapphire, an advantage because the gem’s hardness makes it highly resistant to scratches. Price upon request. H. Stern at Crystals, 3720 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas. (702) 736-5829.

Cigar aficionados will enjoy Casa Fuente’s Series 5 Special Selection Collection, which comes in three sizes 806,807, 808. The cigars feature a Chateau de la Fuente filler, sun-grown wrapper from Ecuador and a secret tobacco from the Fuente farm. $21-$24. Casa Fuente at Forum Shops at Caesars 6643 S. Las Vegas Blvd. Las Vegas. 702-731-5051.

Paloma Picasso®, one of the world’s most acclaimed jewelry designers is celebrated for creating jewelry of generous size and extraordinary beauty. Knot bead bracelet of wood and sterling silver. $325. Tiffany & Co. at Crystals, 3720 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-545-9090.

Casual and sporty, Lacoste made the Taloire 15 a go-to sneaker for the stylish man on-the-go. $135. Lacoste at Fashion Show, 3200 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-791-7616.

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Timeless fragrances must survive their time, eras and trends that come and go, either by the bottle or the essence they contain. This is the case here for Valentino Uomo. The first men’s fragrance by the Italian fashion house has notes of Italian bergamot and a hint of spice. $75-95. Nordstrom at Fashion Show, 3200 Vegas Plaza Drive, Las Vegas. 702-862-2525.

“Lancaster” is the newest addition to the Morgenthal Frederics Classic Actors collection. In crystal clear crystal with grey sun lenses, it may be too cool for the room when worn. $395. Optica at Venetian, 3355 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas. 702-733-2121.

Take the tropical approach to casual style by popping on this packable fedora.

Lightweight and ready for any good time, it’s woven from pure toyo straw and trimmed with a contrasting brown-ribbon band. The sailfish pin adds nautical finish. Two-Tone Raffia Fedora by Tommy Bahama. $68. Tommy Bahama at Town Square, 6635 S. Las Vegas Blvd. Las Vegas. 702-948-6828.

A sock to reflect his fun spirit, Paul Smith offers a flash of striped colors - peach and black- to steal the show. $35. Paul Smith at Crystals, 3720 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas. 702-796-2640.

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discover Strip Performance Shelby American Inc. moved its world headquarters to a site near the Strip, enabling diehard car enthusiasts (or not) to enjoy one of Las Vegas’ “cooler” spots. In the same place where a GT350 comes in as a Mustang and departs as a Shelby GT350, there’s a speed shop and a museum. Visitors have plenty to see, from the first Cobra to cars built today. Tours are offered Monday through Friday at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., and on Saturdays at 10:30 a.m.

Shelby Heritage Center, 6405 Ensworth St., Las Vegas.

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Slide Into Summer “Slide Into Summer,” Southern Nevada’s biggest slip and slide event, features a giant slip and slide, mini slip and slide for the little ones, bounce house and interactive lawn games. Food concessions are available for purchase. Soak in some fun on Saturday, June 7, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m., at Anthem Hills Park, 2256 N. Reunion Drive. Participation is $5 per person. Sign up in advance. For more information, call 702-267-4000.

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Venue Tivoli Village

Date Tuesday, May 6

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mingle FUN FOR THE FAMILY AT ISRAEL’S 66TH INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION & CONCERT Over two thousand Israeli and Jewish Americans attended the Celebrate Israel Festival organized by the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, the Jewish Community Center of Las Vegas and the Israel American Council. Themed “Tour of Israel”, the event featured Israeli dance, kids activities, Las Vegas Israeli Scouts, a community shuk (bazar) and Kosher food. A concert in the Venetian Theatre by popular Israeli singer/composer Rami Kleinstein rounded off the celebrations.

Venue The Sands Expo Center

Date Sunday, May 11

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mingle THE LAS VEGAS ISRAELI SCOUTS CELEBRATE LAG B’OMER Friends and families joined the Israeli Scouts for an outdoor bonfire and BBQ in honor of the Jewish holiday which traditionally celebrates the end of a plague in the 2nd century and remembers the passing of a great rabbinic sage. The festivities included singing and dancing to the beat of the drums, roasting potatoes, and the Havdalah service marking the end of the Sabbath with a candle lighting ceremony.

Venue The Las Vegas Sports Park

Date Saturday, May 17

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Las Vegas Plastic Surgeon Offers More Than Nip and Tuck

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as Vegas is a city where sex, youth and beauty sell. But with the glam image that some women seek comes the extraordinary pressure to look perfect. And attempting to achieve that for a patient is only part of a cosmetic surgeon’s job.

Dr. Orna Fisher sees a plethora of patients who are desperate to keep their looks – and their jobs – amid “brutal” competition from younger workers.

Cocktail waitresses, exotic dancers and showgirls are some of the Las Vegas ladies who seek Fisher’s help. They may want to maintain their youthful appeal, correct an imperfection in their appearance or just keep up with the latest trends.

“We can’t turn back the hands of time,” Fisher says. “But we can make people look better and more youthful. And people do feel a lot of pressure to look better, particularly in Las Vegas, because it is such an industry town. They want to look younger, in a more corporate level job, to compete with younger job seekers.”

It’s like the old “Showgirls” movie line: “There is always somebody younger and hungrier than you coming down the stairs behind you.”

Fisher has seen that adage played out many times in reallife Vegas.

“What we see here are people trying to look younger to compete with younger people in the industry,” she says. “For example, with cocktail waitresses or exotic dancers there is a lot of pressure on the ladies to maintain their appearance.”

Fisher, who moves her office to Town Square late this summer, as part of the LOOK Style Society, provides various options to help entertainment and service industry workers stay in the hunt.

“We offer lots of injectable procedures, breast procedures and tummy tucks,” she says. “We also do facelifts, eyelifts and all kinds of procedures for people to try to maintain their youthful edge, in a really brutal industry, which favors youth.”

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For cocktail waitresses and exotic dancers, the art of looking young and beautiful means more than keeping a job. It means they will be able to support themselves and their families with their tips. In a sense, looking their best is just another form of customer service.

“That’s the most important thing to them, actually, trying to get as many tips as possible, and maintaining their good shifts at work,” Fisher says. “These are the brutal realities of women who work in the casino industry, and it’s hard. It is very hard on them. So they have to take care of a lot of things, and I love to make them happy when I can. I love it.”

Industry women may not want a drastic alteration in their appearance (à la Joan Rivers). Instead, they often desire smaller maintenance procedures, or to keep up with the latest body styles. They sometimes regard these cosmetic procedures as they would a redo of their hair or makeup, Fisher says. Just as hair and clothing go in and out of style, so do cosmetic procedures, she adds.

“You know, sometimes all it takes is a little improvement,” she says. “And sometimes it has nothing to do with even looking younger. It is just keeping up with the latest trend. For a while there, it was really full lips. So women were coming in to have more full lips.

Or for a while there, it was having very large, projected breasts.”

But keeping up with the latest body styles can be a little more trouble – and expensive – than simply getting your hair cut and styled differently. Fisher sees implant patients of 10-15 years ago returning for something different.

Trends change, she says, “and lots of people want to be a little bit smaller, a little bit tighter. And they are not necessarily looking for that (larger augmentation) look. But we still get a fair share of that, especially depending on their work and the look they are going for.”

Not everyone is motivated by a chance for professional advancement, Fisher says. Some simply have self-image problems with their bodies, their noses, lips or breasts.

Others may need reconstructive surgery following a mastectomy, or procedures to correct a disfiguring condition, such as Tuberous Breast Deformity, to overcome asymmetrical or sagging breasts.

“It is very rewarding when you can help (a Tuberous Breast Disorder patient) who’s been self-conscious their whole lives about this one feature,” Fisher says. “It affects what they can wear, their whole perception of how they interact with the opposite sex or the same sex.”

LOOK Style Society At her new office in Town Square’s LOOK Style Society, Fisher intends to expand her practice. That means new options for patients seeking to change or maintain their appearances. She describes the LOOK Style Society as “a revolutionary new concept in the world of beauty destinations.” The ultra-chic environment features a fashion-forward array of beauty services and products.

Services encompass hair, skin and nails care, including Sam Villa’s HairShow Blowout Bar, a flagship essie Nail Lounge and the MedSpa by Dr. Orna Fisher, M.D. “LOOK Style Society also includes sunless tanning by Chocolate Sun, Skin Spa, the Makeup Lounge, and a complete array of hair services from the city’s best stylists,” Fisher says. “You can relax in the LOOK Café, or browse a curated selection of hundreds of exclusive, top-rated beauty products in the beauty boutique. It’s a place to experience beauty and feel beautiful.”

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see me for consultations for cosmetic procedures for the face and body.”

Whether a patient comes to her or goes somewhere else, Fisher reminds that “price shoppers” will get what they pay for. Never risk getting fake, diluted or dangerous chemicals injected into your body, she says, just to save money.

“You don’t want to go somewhere where fake Botox was bought. Spas have been closed down for those reasons,” she says. “We have a one-vial-per-patient law in Nevada because of the whole issue that happened with the hepatitis C scare. So the price is a little bit higher.”

At some disreputable clinics, she says, unsuspecting patients looking to save on Botox shots have been injected with everything from bathroom caulk and industrial-strength silicone to Vaseline and baby oil. Fisher also recounts stories of people who’ve gone on “safaris” to plastic-surgery destinations in other countries, only to come home with infected wounds popping open.

“And then it is difficult to get somebody to see you,” she says, “because (the surgeon is now) taking on difficult problems created by somebody else. When bad things happen, they can be really, really awful.”

Many times, the damage is irreparable, she adds. Even when it can be fixed, she says, it may involve multiple surgeries and lots of scarring.

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merica’s higher education system is broken. That appears to be the mantra for some within the groves of academe, not to mention prospective students and parents confronting the escalating cost of a higher education.

The belief that a college degree offers a ticket to a better life always has been a hallmark of the American Dream. But with unemployment rates high, many college graduates at home with Mom and Dad and the national student loan debt topping $1 trillion, many people find themselves recalculating the value of a college diploma. And some are considering alternatives to the long-traveled academic route.

As a result, many universities are scrambling, looking for ways to increase enrollment at a more affordable price. In the meantime, a fair number of middle tier colleges are demanding elite university-level tuition, while simultaneously downplaying staggeringly low graduation rates, and churning out students ill-equipped for the job market.

For some people, it’s high time America’s higher education model is reimagined.

Mark Taylor, Religion Department chair at Columbia University, posits in Crisis on Campus: A Bold Plan for Reforming our Colleges and Universities that emerging online technologies will transform higher education in the coming decade. Although distance and computerassisted learning have been around since the 1960s, contemporary financial pressures have forced many institutions to consider ways of leveraging online education opportunities.

John Chubb and Terry Moe, fellows at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, are co-authors of Liberating Learning: Technology, Politics, and the Future of American Education. They believe the substitution of cheaper, online technology for more expensive labor (read professors) could be the key to increasing the global reach of some of our elite institutions.

In a 2012 conference announcing EdX, a $60 million HarvardMIT partnership in online education, officials spoke of professors potentially reaching millions of students worldwide – those in India or China, for instance – instead of a few hundred on a campus. They touted online learning as the “single biggest change in education since the printing press.”

EdX is one of several emerging MOOCs (for Massive Open Online Course) to host online, university-level courses in a range of disci-

plines to a worldwide audience — mostly at no cost (at least for now).

“The nation, and the world, are clearly in the early stages of a historic transformation in how students learn, (how) teachers teach and (how) schools and school systems are organized,” Chubb says.

“The fact is students do not need to be on campus to experience some of the key benefits of an elite education,” he says. “Colleges and universities do not need to put a professor in every classroom. One Nobel laureate can literally teach a million students, and for a very reasonable tuition price. It makes education much more efficient.

“And lectures just scratch the surface of what is possible,” Chubb adds. “Online technology lets course content be presented in many engaging formats, including simulations, video and games. It lets students move through material at their own pace, day or night. It permits continuing assessment, individual tutoring online and the systematic collection of data on each student’s progress. In many ways, technology extends an elite-caliber education to the masses, who would not otherwise have access to anything close.”

Not everyone is sold on the idea.

Some skeptics worry, for instance, that online learning will destroy the college experience, where students interact with each other and their professors in a mutual and compatible learning environment.

Harvard and MIT officials at EdX acknowledged that there is no substitute for the “centuries-old residential education of their hallowed institutions.” But they believe a coming revolution leaves room for a new balance in the way education is organized and delivered, one where students still go to school and interact with professors and other scholars, and do some of their course work online.

This new balance won’t be worked out overnight, say proponents of massive online learning, and it’s not surprising given the web of issues that must be considered and the hurdles to overcome, including faculty opposition.

One of the goals of any MOOC, they say, is to optimize the quality, efficiency and accessibility of education. Elite educational institutions employ world-renowned leaders in every discipline. Theoretically, they are imbued with inherent abilities to create high-quality online content that hundreds of other institutions would be willing to purchase for dissemination to their students. www.davidlv.com | JUNE 2014

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Under such a system, they say, colleges and universities could offer online lectures from the world’s most touted professors, while providing local courses that are better suited to smaller, more personal seminars and are taught by hometown instructors.

Coursera and Khan Academy are popular online educational resources. Each offers a very different product.

Khan Academy is a nonprofit education tutorial service.

Salman Khan, a suburban New Orleans native whose father is Bangladeshi and mother is from Calcutta, created his academy after a cousin in a distant place asked for help with her mathematics studies. Khan, a former hedge fund analyst who holds three degrees from MIT and an MBA from Harvard, tutored her via the Internet. Soon other relatives and friends wanted help, too, so he realized that YouTube provided a better conduit for his tutoring.

These days, with underwriting from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other major donors, Khan Academy’s resources are available free to a monthly YouTube audience of about 10 million.

Since the academy’s launch in 2006, tutorials in math, the sciences, finance, art history and more have been delivered to over 300 million people, in more than 30 languages.

Coursera is a for-profit education tech company that Stanford computer science professors Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng started with $16 million in venture capital. Coursera distributes online interactive courses in the humanities, social sciences and engineering. Most are non-accredited and free. The accredited ones come with a price tag.

Coursera claims 7.1 million users taking 641 courses from 108 institutions. In 2013, the founders joined the U.S. State Department in creating learning hubs worldwide, while blocking access in Iran, Sudan and Cuba at the agency’s request.

Not surprisingly, perhaps, university faculty members have not exactly embraced the online model. They believe in the face-to-face approach. But proponents of the online alternative argue that the face-to-face way of doing things has become unaffordable for most students, and is sure to be marginalized over time.

Columbia’s Taylor says only 15-18 percent of post-secondary education students are in the 18-to-22-year-old, living on campus profile. For everyone else, he argues, an alternative approach is needed.

What is more, he says, the move from the real to the virtual classroom reflects what those in the business world would call mass cus-

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tomization. And Taylor says the coming transformation raises such fundamental questions as why is college a four-year pursuit; why are courses the same length; why does “graduation” depend upon the successful completion of a specific number of courses or credits?

By some accounts, the gap between the rate at which knowledge is expanding and tuition is growing, versus the rate at which colleges and universities can keep up and adjust accordingly, is widening exponentially.

Moreover, the increasing have-and-have-nots gap in this country, along with growing competition abroad, suggests America’s longheld higher education dominance could wither in the 21st century, according to some observers.

Online education proponents believe colleges and universities must reorganize and create new cooperation-collaboration strategies to provide the best education at the lowest price. Through imagination and determination, the thinking goes, society should be able to provide the education its children and grandchildren will need to meet the world’s challenges.

But Trinity Washington University President Patricia McGuire believes this new model could be society’s undoing. She says American students increasingly are diverse, low-income and academically underprepared for the rigors of collegiate study. “A blind rush to online everything,” she argues, “may, despite the promise, ultimately provide access to failure.”

She and others are wary of a “parade of savvy corporate leaders promising unprecedented free or low cost educational opportunity, while making staggering sums of money along the way.”

“Quality online education costs real money – registration systems, instructional design, course instructors, academic oversight and quality assurance … and collaboration, student services, marketing and enrollment support. Someone has to pay,” she says. And the less fortunate, she argues, will eventually be left behind when the inevitable bill comes due.

In the meantime, don’t expect life to keep imitating art (circa 1973) as it did when the late John Houseman won an Oscar as the bow-tied contract law professor Charles W. Kingsfield Jr. in The Paper Chase. Those days of a lecture hall full of students will likely go the way of a fixed time and place to graduate, and 10-pound textbooks.

The online education door is open now, but the view down the hall is still dim. What does seem clear, however, is that students from the class of 2025 are likely to encounter a radically different college experience than the one their parents remember. Buckle up. www.davidlv.com | JUNE 2014

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Bryan Steffy Left: Bone-in Ribeye, Above: Left to right, Chef Thomas Keller of Bouchon and Southern Wine & Spirits of Nevada Senior Managing Director Larry Ruvo toast Chef Daniel Boulud and the opening of Daniel Boulud Brasserie at The Venetian.

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hen Daniel Boulud Brasserie at WYNN closed in 2010, Las Vegas lost not only one of its best restaurants but also one of the most imaginative, versatile, talented superstar chefs in the culinary galaxy.

After a four-year hiatus, Daniel Boulud and DBB are back — this time at The Venetian at the head of Restaurant Row, in the space Valentino formerly occupied. What a transformation! Gone is the hodgepodge architecture resembling a labyrinth. Now totally opened up, the expanse has been converted into a classic French brasserie. Boulud and executive chef David Middleton have imagined a menu with flavors, foods and taste-bud-exciting textures to incite the singing of the Marseillaise.

A hexagonal-patterned tile floor in white, burgundy and hunter green anchors the décor of dark woods, mirrored walls and typical white-globed chandeliers and pole lamps. Banquettes and freestanding tables provide seating for 280 diners. The long, darkwood bar not only offers signature drinks with a French flair but also serves as social center for the cocktail contingent. A large, round

railroad-station-style clock and black and white French fashion and café lifestyle photos are interspersed among the mirrors.

Boulud has artfully combined current dining trends and classic cuisine. Whether you’re in the mood for shared plates, appetizers, seafood, steak or imaginative entrées, you’ll have many tempting possibilities to choose among. What’s more, you can sate your craving for a legendary DBGB NY Burger … whether you want the “Yankee,” the “Frenchie” or the “Piggie,” all based on a 7-ounce beef patty and, for the “Piggie,” the addition of BBQ pulled pork. The three-course prix fixe menu at $48 is a delicious value. You can add wine pairings for $28, or the sommelier’s reserve offerings for $48.

The chic, elongated menu cover in black and white, with a stunning woman sipping wine, set the scene for our stylish, pace-setting dinner. We leapfrogged through the à la carte menu, including several categories in our extraordinary meal. Service was smooth, attentive and expert, and the servers’ black and white ties combining stripes and a checkerboard pattern added a smart fashion statement. www.davidlv.com | JUNE 2014

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With our cocktails, we ordered two “shared plates”—flatbreads, both with thin cracker-like crusts that were crisp, neutral platforms for the traditional, tame “Pissaladière” of caramelized onion, Spanish anchovy and olives. And at the opposite end of the flavor scale, we selected a zesty, taste-alert Mediterranean lamb interpretation with just a hint of balancing sweetness.

As appetizers, we borrowed one choice from the prix fixe menu, an amazing, velvety artichoke velouté gently poured around an island of flan-like artichokes fricassée, mushroom royale, and artichoke chips.

What an elegant, sensual dish. Contrast again arrived with the pâté de Campagne Bourguignon, served with homemade pickled veggies, coarse-ground mustard, frisée and country bread. Although there was the usual chewy “ground meat” foundation, this pâté was an artful composition of savory tidbits, including a luscious, satiny paté. Next time … the foie gras au Torchon … with rhubarb, turnips, pistachio and frisée! Our wine choice was delicious Adelsheim Willamette Valley 2012 Pinot Gris, a slightly grassy, crisp, fresh gem with a touch of citrus flavor. ($14/glass) Oh, BTW, Wine by the Glass is served in an individual carafe, which provides an ample pour.

We shared two entrées: Nova Scotia salmon with rice beans, romaine, maitake, pork belly, radish and poppy seed, kicked up a bit with a trace of horseradish; and Tunisian lamb, representing savory, wake-up gusto.

The salmon, cooked medium rare, was moist and tender. The unusual accompaniments added a country rustic touch. The Tunisian dish showcased succulent lamb chops and a robust, no-nonsense, rustic

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sausage that definitely threw some heat into the back of our throats.

Again, the veggies created an unusual and colorful counterpoint — yellow peppers, corn, garbanzo beans, spinach and pimientos. We only batted .500 on our red wine-by-the-glass selections … the 2011 Joseph Drouhin “Chorey Lès Beaune” Burgundy ($20) had a light-to-medium body and lacked substance. A better companion for our entrées was Qupé 2011 Syrah from the Central Coast. ($16) Its dark fruit flavors produced a fuller-bodied, round complement to the food.

Notable dessert offerings include sundaes — strawberry-melon and pistachio-cherry. At $3 a scoop, there’s also a choice of interesting ice creams — caramel, coffee, verbena and pistachio, as well as the ubiquitous vanilla — and sorbets … melon, ginger yogurt, strawberry and chocolate. To create a do-it-yourself dessert, you could pair them with “sweet bites” of freshly baked Madeleines or petit fours. Their “warm” desserts are black and white fondant, consisting of molten chocolate cake and verbena ice cream, or raspberry clafoutis, a merger of rhubarb gelée and ginger yogurt sorbet.

However, we opted for the tarts. Gâteau Basque is a scrumptious liaison of custard cake, brandied cherries and vanilla Anglaise. “Le President” resembles a chocolate peony just opening into full bloom, with chocolate wafers forming the outer petals surrounding chocolate hazelnut mousse. Gold flakes add a “Commander in Chief” touch.

Boulud, a Lyon native, moved to the U.S. in 1982. He headquarters in New York City, where his restaurant Daniel rates three Michelin stars, and where he has about a half dozen other eateries. He has opened outposts for his cuisine in London (Mandarin Oriental — a casual, hugely successful, always packed restaurant with yet another diverse, different and delicious menu that we’ve enjoyed several times), in Florida, Canada and Singapore, and amassed accolades for his restaurants, including James Beard Foundation awards for “Outstanding Restaurant,” “Outstanding TBS_Preschool.indd Restaurateur,” “Best Chef, New York City” and “Outstanding Chef of the Year.” In addition, he’s been named “Chef of the Year” by the Culinary Institute of America and Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur by the French government. Restaurant Daniel has the added distinction of being cited as “one of the ten best restaurants in the world” by the International Herald Tribune and has earned the Wine Spectator’s “Grand Award” and is consistently ranked among Restaurant Magazine’s “World’s 50 Best Restaurants.”

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Cap n’ Gown Oratory for the Ages

By Jaq Greenspon

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t’s that time of year again: the end of another school year. For some, it’s also the end of a segment of life. There are mile-markers we all recognize, which come every May and June. It starts as graduation. We have graduation from every step of our school cycle: graduations from kindergarten, from primary school. Graduation from middle-school, where you feel like the king of the world — until you hit high school in the fall, that is, and realize you’re right back where you started, that it’ll take another four years to reach that pinnacle again.

Four years later comes the big one. That moment when it’s all over and we get the sense that all the other graduations were mere shadows, rehearsals, playing dress-up compared to the long walk we’re about to take. Then we stride across that stage as they call our name, get handed an empty diploma cover and smile for our parents (as we take quick pictures before running to join our friends and find out about parties and who got a car and who’s leaving for college and university).

Then it hits.

Almost everyone is going to college or university. Not necessarily 300-year-old Ivy League institutions, but certainly to some sort of

higher education destination. And if they weren’t going out of state, or out of town, they were going to attend, at the very least, a twoyear community college, with the idea of transferring to a four-year school as soon as possible. So, really, the big ceremony is graduation from the four-year school: the commencement ceremony where thousands of students each year receive bachelor’s degrees asserting their worth and place in society. It’s not as though they have a choice anymore.

The lamentation that a college degree is needed now, where a high school diploma used to suffice, is sadly true. HR directors report they’d rather hire a prospect with a university degree than one without. And the option is there for them. Even though the job market is getting better and the unemployment rate is dropping, it’s still a buyer’s paradise.

Things have been moving this way since the end of World War II, when returning soldiers were able to make use of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 – the G.I. Bill. Suddenly, farm boys who’d never thought about moving to the city had the opportunity to attend a university and improve their lots in life. They had kids, the Baby Boomers. And since every generation wants the next one to do better than the one before, a college or university degree became

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more common, especially as a way to avoid being sent to Vietnam.

The brain trust was growing, and society began to think that those without a college degree were somehow less valuable than their educated counterparts.

And it’s the wrong way to think.

See, high school is different than college. High school should be a grounding, a baseline for educational concepts and principles. High school should give you enough of a foundation that you can think for yourself and know your way around the basics of art and science, math and geography. You don’t need to be an expert in any one thing, but high school should be a “dating service,” introducing you to concepts and ideas you may or may not want to become better acquainted with as time goes on. Most importantly, high school should instill in you a love of learning, a love of discovering new things. It shouldn’t make you tense and worried about what comes next.

I began thinking of these things recently, since it is graduation season and a number of commencement address “greatest hits” are once again making the rounds. As a writer, I read and watch these addresses (from some of the biggest names in literature and

business) and wonder what I would say if I were asked to speak at such an august event. As a university professor, I wonder if my unique perspective of seeing students on a daily or weekly basis would make a difference.

So I started looking at what makes an effective commencement address. Some of the best are in the first person, relating personal triumphs and tragedies into universal truths, which are then turned around as lessons for the actual stars of the day: the graduates.

Neil Gaiman, the closest thing the literary world has to a rock star today, has one of the most shared speeches of recent times. When he spoke in 2012 at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, he talked of his own life’s journey into writing. He counseled that no matter what happens in life, if your goal is to be an artist, then you must make good art: “Sometimes life is hard. Things go wrong — and in life, and in love, and in business, and in friendship, and in health, and in all the other ways in which life can go wrong. And when things get tough, this is what you should do: Make good art. I’m serious. Husband runs off with a politician? Make good art. Leg crushed and then eaten by a mutated boa constrictor? Make good art. IRS on your trail? Make good art. Cat exploded? Make good art. Someone on the www.davidlv.com | JUNE 2014

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Internet thinks what you’re doing is stupid, or evil, or it’s all been done before? Make good art.”

This makes sense to me. This is what he does, turns nightmares into fictive reality. Then there’s J.K. Rowling, another writer (arguably one of the most popular and successful in history) who talked about a similar theme in her address to the Harvard graduating class of 2008. In speaking about the positive side of failure, she had this to say: “Ultimately, we all have to decide for ourselves what constitutes failure. But the world is quite eager to give you a set of criteria if you let it. Failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me.

“Had I really succeeded at anything else, I might never have found the determination to succeed in the one arena I believed I truly belonged. And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life. It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well (have) not lived at all. In which case, you've failed by default.”

So I would need to talk about adversity and how overcoming it, putting it into your artistic creations, is what makes those creations uniquely yours. I could start with a variation of Tolstoy’s “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”

This is great for the creative types in the audience. But, then, they’re already the dreamers. They’re heading out into the world knowing art is not an easy career path. But what about the business

majors? The no-nonsense, button down types looking to cash in and get out? They’re dealing with a global economy that is faltering. The paradigm of the college graduate immediately getting hired into the firm, with a high five-figure starting salary and a shot at a windowed office before 28, doesn’t really exist anymore. Starting salaries are dropping and competition is high. People are settling for less. At the same time, the cost of their education is rising. So they’ll take whatever they can get. What can I say to those students?

I looked to Steve Jobs, the business brains behind the Apple juggernaut. He spoke to Stanford’s 2005 graduating class and talked about … dropping out of college?

“After six months, I couldn't see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting.”

Okay, so even here in business, the idea of failure as a way to reach success seems to permeate. Maybe Jeff Bezos, the brains behind Amazon.com, would confirm or deny this realization. He spoke at Princeton in 2010, the university he had graduated from 24 years earlier. He talked about growing up and a memory that led to a revelation about the difference between gifts and choices. Then he mentioned starting Amazon.

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“I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet. He took me on a long walk in Central Park, listened carefully to me, and finally said, ’That sounds like a really good idea, but it would be an even better idea for someone who didn't already have a good job.’ That logic made some sense to me, and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision. Seen in that light, it really was a difficult choice, but, ultimately, I decided I had to give it a shot. I didn't think I'd regret trying and failing. And I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all. After much consideration, I took the less safe path to follow my passion, and I'm proud of that choice.”

Interesting. The writers (or their designates) of four of the most popular speeches of recent times examined the scary and unsafe choices we make and how their consequences can often lead to positive outcomes. Even the speeches of people like David Foster Wallace, Kurt Vonnegut and Meryl Streep all echo this philosophy: being the best “You” possible, not someone else’s version of you.

And I think about my students, who I see on a regular basis. I see them struggling to fit into someone else’s mold, someone else’s vision. These are the good students, the ones who take advantage of their situation and learn all they can; they all jumped into a fastmoving stream, a study track they had no opportunity to test out before they leapt. They followed the wishes of parents and a society that teaches that a degree, any degree, is better than the alternative.

They didn’t get the opportunity to decide what it was they wanted to do before they were being pushed into doing it.

What should I say to them? Should I tell them they would have

been better off if they had taken a “gap year,” like the students in England, where they have an opportunity to live life a bit before diving headfirst into the higher educational river? Maybe they wouldn’t have entered the study program they did or indeed any study program at all. Or would it be better to tell them, now that they have graduated, to forget everything they learned and go out and figure out what they really want to do?

Then I look at the weaker students, the ones who barely engage with the material, when they bother to show up for class at all.

And I remember a sign I recently saw that explained that by ridiculing someone without a college degree, we don’t engender respect for education, and we disrespect manual labor. Do I tell the weaker students their four years were a waste? Or do I tell them, “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” That maybe they weren’t cut out for university to begin with, that their destiny lay in another direction. That there’s no shame in doing what you love, in learning a trade or a skill that is needed by society just as much as it’s derided.

In the end, as I put my pen to paper to write my commencement speech, all I really know is I want to tell these students, these guardians of the future, that the box is open and they don’t need to work inside it. Society may tell you the piece of paper is allimportant. But it’s not, or at least it shouldn’t be. Being engaged in the world around you, in whatever form that takes, that’s important, and that is what leads to happiness. And the road to happiness is one we should all be able to walk together. www.davidlv.com | JUNE 2014

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By Marisa Finetti

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e’s the intrepid traveler, who once caught a 200-pound yellow fin tuna using only a coconut shell, some broken sunglasses and the drawstring from his swim trunks. This is a guy who seeks “relax” time and does it by living in the island spirit. This is Tommy Bahama. The brand, which today offers resort-inspired men’s and women’s sportswear, started out in 1992 as a collection of men’s casual wear with a tropical flair.

The fictional namesake’s aspirational lifestyle guides almost every decision the company makes. And it has revolutionized the way men dress. In fact, Tommy Bahama has made it acceptable – even stylish – to wear the shirt un-tucked. The company strives to offer “a sprinkle of sand” in every linen shirt, pair of walking shorts or printed shirt that its designers create.

Walk through the halls of Tommy Bahama’s headquarters in Seattle and you’ll see that everyone from IT specialists to designers is living in the spirit of escape. “We don’t wear ties here,” says Joey Rodolfo, vice president of Tommy Bahama’s Men’s. “Through this relaxed setting, inspiration happens every day in all sorts of ways.

We ask, ‘where do we want take our guy to?’”

Rodolfo, a fashion industry player for over 33 years, started in California as the men’s design director at Catalina Swimwear. He moved on to Union Bay, and then founded Cutter & Buck in 1989, a well-known golf sportswear company.

After his departure from Cutter & Buck, he noticed the young Tommy Bahama brand. It offered a unique lifestyle élan, with an island attitude. From the onset, founders Tony Margolis, Bob Emfield and Lucio Dalla Gasperina had in mind a different way of approaching fashion. They created clothes around how they liked to live, and put the whole line on vacation. To celebrate the best part of the week – the weekend – they made clothes that transported

wearers to an island state of mind.

Rodolfo joined the company in 2005 and today oversees and collaborates with the men’s design team to develop the “escape” every man yearns for.

The subtle textures and refined finishes, appropriate for the beach and elegant evenings out, are carefully considered, meticulously crafted and evocative of island life. Tommy Bahama men’s sportswear started with some vintage print silk shirts and an incredibly elegant silk trouser. The feel was casual, but refined – a kind of island elegance and cool that communicated confidence and style.

The Tommy Bahama look has changed over the years, but continues to excite with new year-round styles and fabrications.

“Men’s wear is going through an evolution,” says Rodolfo. Men are a lot savvier in selecting their wardrobes. For Tommy Bahama that presents a constant opportunity to reach further, to offer stylish pieces beyond the classic printed shirt the brand is known for.

And summer couldn’t be a better time for the Tommy Bahama escape. Rodolfo offers three must-haves for every man: The print shirt – “It’s cool and they come in a variety of fabrics and beautiful colors;” the long-sleeve linen shirt – “Linen is an incredible fabric.

It’s a relaxed fiber and should be worn in its natural state; and walking shorts – “Get one in color, in addition to khaki. Colored bottoms are really hot this summer.”

“We’d like to capture a story that a guy takes a walk into one of our stores, then goes upstairs to have a cocktail,” says Rodolfo. The Tommy Bahama retail-and-restaurant hybrids, including the one at Town Square, are called “islands,” where food, cocktails, fashion and atmosphere bring the lifestyle to life. Tommy Bahama’s mantra is “make life one long weekend.”

Who’s ready to clock into relax time?

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South of Italy or the shores of Lake Las Vegas, get your casual weekend ensemble all together from head to toe.

All Square Polo ($98), Tartan Tide Shorts ($98), Paradise City Leather Drivers ($148), Toyo Blend Braided Fedora ($58).

Tommy Bahama at Town Square, 6635 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas. 702-948-6828.

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Hit the links in confident, casual style with these moisture-wicking flat-front shorts in contemporary plaid and a modern-fit polo. Island Lite Polo ($88), Golf Stream Shorts ($98). Tommy Bahama at Town Square, 6635 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas.

702-948-6828.

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From sailing the whitecaps of the Saronic Gulf to early mornings on the California coast, this versatile half-zip in shock yellow is a handsome look over a playful mojito print board shorts. Antigua HalfZip Sweatshirt ($98), Waikiki Mojito Swim Trunks ($88). Tommy Bahama at Town Square, 6635 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas.

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Show off a distinguished ensemble at receptions at the resort, cocktails at the golf club and long-awaited anniversary dinners. Mendicino Blazer ($325), Air Dynamic Short Sleeve V-Neck tee ($98), Del Chino Shorts ($128), Arlington Nubuck Boat Shoe ($138). Tommy Bahama at Town Square, 6635 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas. 702-948-6828.

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Decidedly dashing, the Mendocino blazer over a flat-front cargo short and polo feels like relaxed sophistication. Mendicino Blazer ($325), The Emfielder Polo ($88), Key Grip Shorts ($88). Tommy Bahama at Town Square, 6635 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas. 702-948-6828.

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Tom Piechota, vice president of research and economic development, left, listens as Russell Fitzpatrick demonstrates the Bean Fiend Coffee Machine entry during the College of Engineering Senior Design competition inside the Cox Pavilion.

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Emily Weill, left, Kyle Lanza and Kevin Yim demonstrate the Portable Gamma and Fast Neutron Detector entry in the College of Engineering Senior Design competition inside the Cox Pavilion on May 8, 2014.

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ost would graduate in days. They showed the obvious effects of all-night study sessions leading up to finals week. But, dressed in their Sunday best, these UNLV seniors were eager to talk.

It was the culmination of the Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering’s 26th Senior Design Competition, held last month at the Cox Pavilion.

The concepts that the civil, mechanical, electrical and computer engineering students advanced ranged from the surprisingly simple to the sublimely complex. With 29 projects arrayed along the pavilion’s concourse, there was plenty to see and contemplate.

This year’s participants took on sundry problems: bed bugs, barbecue grills, horseshoe fitting, urban gardening and freeway interchange design, among others. Heck, there was even a coffee maker to convert whole beans into a fresh cup in under a minute.

Whether these prototypes will make it into our homes some day is anyone’s guess. But the folks who run UNLV’s business and engineering colleges tried to give their charges the resources needed to turn potential into home run products.

Innovation, entrepreneurship The competition is mostly about the marketplace, says Hans Rawhouser, associate professor in UNLV’s management, entrepreneurship and technology department.

“From our perspective, it’s about finding problems that people are willing to pay to solve,” he says. “Because engineers have so much to do technically, they often don’t have a lot of time to really seek out problems that are real in an industry.”

Both Rawhouser and engineering Dean Rama Venkat say the student-industry nexus has grown over the years, making the work the seniors do far more than theoretical.

“Some of these projects come from an industry bringing us a problem,” Venkat says. “Some of the students work in an industry and find the problems in their work.”

UNLV and a dozen other universities are part of the Pathways to Innovation initiative funded by the National Science Foundation.

The NSF works to ensure that engineering students have the necessary skills to solve real world problems, and get the help they need to provide a viable solution for the national or global marketplace.

Rawhouser, who teaches a business plan course and another called Lean Start-ups, says some of his senior-year engineering students take his classes to find out if their inventions are marketworthy. Engineering students also have access to a class taught by Dominic Marrocco, UNLV’s Entrepreneur in Residence. He became a millionaire at 21 and now runs his own venture capital fund and supports multiple charities.

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cal engineering students John Bowman and Drew Miller. Simply put, their device uses thermoelectric technology and a temperature control system with meat probes to regulate a barbecue grill and internal meat temperatures. Thanks to Wi-Fi, the grilling can even be done remotely.

Bowman, a member of the Kansas City Barbecue Society, is a former barbecue judge and competitor. He used a decade of experience and misadventures to help produce a grill that can make just about anyone with an apron look like a pro.

“I love barbecue,” he says, “but it’s a lot of work and I wanted to simplify it a bit.”

Besides picking up the grand prize, the concept won first place in the “Commercial Potential” category. One person wanted to buy one at the event, and Bowman has already built two custom units for clients. He’s started the patent process and hopes to generate enough social media sales buzz to trigger a crowd-funding campaign. The goal? To find a way to mass produce the grills.

“The Closer,” another simple concept, won first place in the mechanical engineering category and second place in the Commercial Potential slot.

Cody Bostick, Cody Helbert and Aaron Butler came up with a compression tool that can make horseshoes fit better. As things stand, a farrier must remove the shoe from a horse’s hoof, subject it to high heat and then bang it into shape with a hammer. This

trial-and-error process can involve taking the shoe on and off several times.

By contrast, The Closer features a 45-pound grip that creates a force of 2,300 pounds, easily compressing the shoe without having to remove it from the hoof. Bostick, who’s spent a good portion of his life around horses, learned of the need for such a tool from several farriers.

“Other than aesthetics,” team member Butler says, “it’s a tool that really works.”

Crops and drones The winner in the Civil & Environmental Engineering category was GrowUP, a concept centered on producing crops in urban environments.

GrowUP uses a framed, 40-by-80-foot-by-18-foot-tall enclosure.

Inside are more than 140 hydroponic columns capable of producing 14 tons of fruits and vegetables a year. The enclosure’s estimated one-time cost of $580,000 can be amortized in about seven years, team member Layla Rouas says.

“One of the judges asked if we had pitched it to Zappos. It’s something maybe the Downtown Project might be interested in,” she adds.

Venkat believes the concept also could be attractive to resort restaurant chefs who want easy access to fresh produce. The hydroponic setup conceivably could eliminate the transportation variable

Ernie Corn, left, and Layla Rouas talk about their growUP entry in the College of Engineering Senior Design competition inside the Cox Pavilion on May 8, 2014.

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Brandon Tawatao discusses the Testbed Development for Geo-Location of RF Emitters entry in the College of Engineering Senior Design competition inside the Cox Pavilion on May 8, 2014.

in acquiring produce, Venkat says, and could slice growing costs.

Ken Adams, Joshua Aurich and Braxon Tawatao took on a challenge the Air Force Research Laboratories posed. The problem: find a way for a drone to detect radio signals, then use sensors and mathematical models to track down the emitter. Existing gear is too bulky and expensive — it works on tanks but not drones, Adams says — and requires precise data to find the emitter.

The trio of students developed a system of lightweight, mobile sensors to detect radio emissions, and to process real-time, imprecise data to predict a radio-emitting target’s location in minutes.

“The unique thing about this project is that we came in under budget with the Air Force,” Tawatao says. “So the Air Force is interested in collaborating with future groups.”

No odd men out Plenty of engineering teams knew their concepts needed more work. But they were happy to get feedback from judges and the public on how to make their inventions better. The “Solar Hot Box” squad had heard about a growing problem of bed bugs in library books. The team created a solar-powered box that could reach 140 degrees and kill bed bugs in books and linens.

But there were concerns about the product possibly damaging books. And would the heat be able to penetrate all the way through a thick book? Team member Bobby Maneeraj plans to consult with library officials and possibly advance the prototype.

“I was happy. My teammates were happy. We got interviewed for the (television) news. We know it’s a simple design and still needs some work,” he says.

Venkat says the university students retain the intellectual property rights to their concepts, but that many move into their careers and forget about their senior-year inventions. MBA students in subsequent years also will examine the concepts for commercial viability, the dean says.

But Rawhouser said being a hit in the mass marketplace isn’t the only goal. Some concepts may provide a simple, one-time solution to an industry problem. He cites the H-Eye Vacuum Vision concept, which helps researchers who must work with vacuum chambers. Researchers can’t see into a vacuum, he says, which makes it difficult to work with an item inside it. But with H-Eye a camera provides interior chamber visibility. It may have limited market potential, but it’s plenty useful to those who need it, he says.

Venkat also liked one team’s redesign of the traffic interchange at Eastern Avenue and I-215 in Las Vegas. Their vision would eliminate some turning signals and improve traffic flow via a “Diverging Diamond” design.

“I research entrepreneurship,” Rawhouser says. “I like it but I don’t think all my students should be entrepreneurs. It’s just not reasonable. We know that entrepreneurs fail, and you can fail for no lack of effort. … But I think getting involved in the process of solving real problems is applicable in any job, and it’s very exciting.” www.davidlv.com | JUNE 2014

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Las Vegas Valley resident Gilbert Medina, 85, is one of an ever-dwindling number of World War II-era veterans alive today. The father of two daughters, and grandfather of five, was a mere 17 when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy at the end of the war. The longtime local is also a witness to history. After enlisting, the young sailor shipped out to Japan, just months after the first atomic bombs were dropped on that country in 1945. In the summer of 1946, Medina’s ship, the U.S.S. Sumner, was sent to take part in “Operation Crossroads,” the historic post-war, planned detonation of three atomic bombs in the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific. Medina was present for the dropping of an atomic bomb on Bikini Atoll. He also witnessed a second, underwater, atomic detonation there. After being discharged, Medina moved to Henderson in 1951 and worked at the TIMET plant before becoming a contractor at Nellis Air Force Base. Grandson Nicholas, a Marine, carries on the family tradition of military service.

DAVID: Can you describe what it was like to see an atomic bomb explode at full force?

MEDINA: I was just a little kid. I was curious.

There were two tests. One was in the water and one overhead. The one in the water was the one I saw. There was this tremendous mushroom cloud. It tossed tons of ships in the air, like they were toys. At the time, we had no protection. They told us not to look at it directly. I didn’t know what radioactivity was.

DAVID: You are a cancer survivor, and it has been documented that many of the sailors present for the detonation of the atomic bombs at Bikini Atoll later became sick from radiation and contracted cancer. How do you feel about the tests, looking back?

MEDINA: We were guinea pigs. That phrase, “guinea pigs,” said it all. The scientists (present at “Operation Crossroads”) had proper protection; the crew didn’t. The scientists had goggles. The crew didn’t. We were only 10 miles away from the tests. They – the scientists – wanted to test the effects of radiation on humans and animals. That was what (the tests) were for. They had livestock aboard the ship (exposed to the bomb blasts).

But I consider myself a guinea pig.

DAVID: What happened to you after the tests at Bikini Atoll?

MEDINA: We were quarantined in Hawaii for about 30 days. They (the military) had to wash everything down. I was exposed to radiation.

That’s why I got treatment at the (Veterans Administration hospital).

DAVID: You were in a port in China, and saw the post-war poverty and devastation in that country after the war. Can you describe what that was like and why you remember it so vividly?

MEDINA: Dead people were still floating down the street. You didn’t want to go (ashore) in China. People didn’t have the ability to bury a body. People were so desperate that they were coming up to our ships and begging for our garbage.

DAVID: How do you feel about the ongoing efforts by proponents of putting a nuclear dump at Yucca Mountain?

MEDINA: I don’t want it here. I don’t like nuclear testing either. (The dump) is dangerous. What do you think would happen if we had an earthquake here? It is nuclear waste!

DAVID: You have photos of a lot of girls in your scrapbooks from your Navy days? Did you live up to that old adage of “a girl in every port?”

MEDINA: I was just a little boy. I was just 17.

I was a virgin. What did I know about girls?

(Laughs).

DAVID: You later found your true love, married her and moved to Henderson to raise a family. Are your children close?

MEDINA: I have two daughters, Anita and Letitia, who work for the (Clark County) School District. I have five grandchildren: three boys and two girls. One of them, Nicholas Dias, is a Marine.

DAVID: Did you have some adventures in the Navy?

MEDINA: I sailed around the world twice. I crossed the equator. I saw things that I would have never seen in my life if I hadn’t joined the Navy.

DAVID: What is the secret of your longevity?

MEDINA: There is no secret. I love chili. I am a “pepper belly.” (Laughs) — VM

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