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28 Know Attorney, Jim Jimmerson is on a mission to help create meaningful employment for those in need. .

30 Sense Drs. Jennifer and Richard Baynosa of UNLV School of Medicine and their patient Stephanie Carrell discuss breast cancer treatment.

34 Taste The Cosmopolitan has brought the ultimate food court experience to the Vegas Strip.

40 BRAVISSIMO! 20 questions for 20 years of the Las Vegas Philharmonic.

44 Cyber Watch The good and bad news about election security in Nevada.

52 Glidin’ High On September 2, 2018, the Airbus Perlan Mission II aircraft broke a new flight record reaching an altitude of 76,124 feet above sea level.

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JAQ GREENSPON

is a true product of the desert, conceived in the Negev and born in Vegas. She worked for many years as a reporter, editor and copywriter for newspapers, ad agencies, internet startups and casino creative departments before branching out on her own as a freelance writer. But it’s her role as mommy that excites her most (even more than reporting on-assignment in Israel, interviewing “Weird Al” Yankovic or riding every thrill ride in Vegas with a video camera pointed at her face). Aleza’s squad includes her husband Howard, son Evan, two cats, one dog and the occasional spider.

is a new father as well as a world traveling, dog loving, scuba diving, book collecting, writer currently residing somewhere in Eastern Europe.

His words have been spoken by Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and Robin Hood, been read by David Copperfield, and criticized by his 7th grade English teacher. He’d like to thank the members of the Academy, although he doesn’t know why. In his spare time, he’s a university professor and a kick ass uncle.

is the editorial associate director for the UNLV School of Medicine. ollowing a stint in ouston in print and TV journalism as well as public affairs -- the Texas House of Representatives passed a resolution honoring his work -- he spent more than a decade at the Las Vegas Review-Journal as an award-winning medical writer and columnist. A Vietnam veteran who covered the war for military publications, he is the author of “Standing Tall.”

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He specializes in food, music, and comedy writing. He has worked in almost every aspect of the entertainment industry. He has sold multiple screenplays, written awards shows and had a tv show on ABC for a minute. He’s still broke. And he loves his daughter Scarlett the most.

stays busy writing about all things interesting in Las Vegas. No topic is off limits. He’s best known for his work with Thrillist and producing content for Luxury Estates International, a highend real estate brokerage. Rob also contributes to several local and national publications on a regular basis. He spends time away from his laptop with his wife Mary and their dog oey.

enjoys distilling, and voicing in print, the essence of topics she researches and those she interviews. Her acute and ardent style has been acknowledged throughout her years as a TV reporter, news anchor and journalist, interviewing persons of note on the world stage. As a certified alues and Manners ife Coach, Lynn trains groups and individuals on improving their personal, social and professional effectiveness. She is most proud of her three outstanding children.

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Some journeys take the long straight road; others meander seemingly without purpose before arriving at their final destination. This month’s DA ID started as usual with the editorial calendar, then, with the craziness of the times we live in, things evolved. This month, the long and winding road has led to an eclectic collection of articles that together make for an unexpectedly good read.

Regular readers of DA ID are familiar with the advertiser that graced our back cover for almost a whole year. Jim Jimmerson is regarded as a premier as egas legal mind. is client list reads like a Who’s Who of individual and corporate elite. ynn Wexler had the pleasure of talking to him about his practice and a particular cause that is close to his heart. In her piece on pages 26-27, we read of his support for Cognotion, a learning company dedicated to the principle that individuals deserve the dignity of a meaningful job. is notion that giving back keeps success in perspective is an idea that we all should contemplate.

Breast cancer awareness month occurs this October. To do our part, we asked Paul arasim of the UN School of Medicine to contribute. In his piece Stephanie’s Choice, pages 31-33, he introduces us to local kindergarten teacher Stephanie Carrell and her husband and wife team of doctors from the School of Medicine. Dr. Jennifer Baynosa is a Surgical Oncologist and her husband Dr. Richard Baynosa is the chief and program director of the school’s division of plastic surgery. Their dedication to medical excellence and exceptional care helped Stephanie with her difficult decision.

The Cosmopolitan is once again tickling our taste buds with their addition of Block 16 Urban ood all. In his piece Courting all Tastes, pages 3 -3 , Jason arris samples many of the included vendor’s offerings. My daughter, o is especially excited to try Pok Pok’s ietnamese chicken wings something that she has dreamt of them since she first tried them some years ago in Portland.

Our cover this month says it all. BRA ISSIMO The as egas Philharmonic celebrates twenty years of programming that has significantly added to the cultural fabric of our community. Rob achelriess, on pages 0- 5, asks them twenty uestions, one for each year of their existence.

As a regular concert goer, I cannot wait for the next twenty years and beyond.

Sometimes a story grabs your attention and will not let go. In this case, it was it was a press release about a Minden, Nevada aviation company and their record-breaking glider flight. The fact that in the age of rocket-fueled flight an engineless plane could reach subspace altitudes has me enthralled. On September 2, 201 , with Jim Payne and Tim Gardner at controls, the Airbus Perlan II reached the phenomenal height of 76,12 feet above sea level. In Ja Greenspun’s piece Glidin’ High, pages 52-56, you can read more about this fantastic achievement.

As election season will soon be upon us, we felt it would be useful to ask a few critical uestions about the integrity of our election systems and the influence of election forecasts.

Aleza reeman’s Cyber Watch, pages 6-51, dishes up the good and bad news about election security in Nevada and Ja Greenspon’s Survey Says…, pages 28-29, gives us a brief history of polling, what they got right and what they got wrong. Both these articles are must-reads before heading off to your local polling station.

As the seasons change and we can once again enjoy the great outdoors, keep cozy see you in the racks.

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Your Guide to the Arts, Entertainment and Community Events.

What's Hot this Month in Dining, Shopping and Local Attractions.

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NEVADA CONSERVATORY THEATRE PRESENTS THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST BY OSCAR WILDE Through Oct. 7, times vary. Judy Bayley Theatre, 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas. 702-895-3011.

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VISIONS II - NATIVE AMERICAN EXHIBITION Through Nov. 21, 7 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. City Hall Chamber Gallery, 495 S. Main St., Las Vegas.

702-229-2787. http://artslasvegas.org DE CHILE, MOLE Y POZOLE: ABSENCE OF UNIFORMITY FEATURING CERAMIC WORKS OF BRISSA ARANA Through Nov. 16, 7 a.m.

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GIADA VALENTI - FROM VENICE WITH LOVE 8 p.m. Myron's Cabaret Jazz, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-7492012. http://thesmithcenter.com THE FRONT BOTTOMS 7 p.m. House of Blues, Mandalay Place, 3950 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-632-7600. http://mandalaybay.com

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ON THE HORIZON - FEATURING THE ARTWORK OF ETTY YANIV Through Jan. 5. Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St., Las Vegas. 702-229-2787. http://

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UNLV WIND ORCHESTRA "BITE THE BULLET" 7:30 p.m. Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall, 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas. 702-895-3011.

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DRAKE WITH MIGOS Through Oct. 6, 7 p.m.

MGM Grand Garden Arena, MGM Grand, 3799 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-892-7575.

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GARBAGE 8 p.m. The Chelsea, Cosmopolitan, 3708 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-6987000. http://cosmopolitan.com GRISHA GORYACHEV 7:30 p.m. Lee and Thomas Beam Music Center, 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas. 702-895-3011. http://unlv.edu DROPKICK MURPHYS 9 p.m. Park Theater, MGM Grand, 3770 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 844-600-7275. https://parkmgm.com

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CHIEF KEEF 7:30 p.m. House of Blues, Mandalay Place, 3950 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702632-7600. http://mandalaybay.com SEBASTIAN MANISCALCO: STAY HUNGRY TOUR Through Oct. 7, 8 p.m. The Colosseum, Caesars Palace, 3570 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 866-227-5938. http://

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LENNY KRAVITZ: RAISE VIBRATION TOUR 8 p.m. The Chelsea, Cosmopolitan, 3708 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-698-7000. http://

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PSYCHO 7:30 p.m. Reynolds Hall, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas.

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CIRQUE DU SOLEIL AND NEVADA BALLET THEATRE PRESENT A CHOREOGRAPHERS' SHOWCASE Through Oct. 14, 1 p.m. Mystere Theatre, Treasure Island, 3300 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-894-7111. http://

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HEARTS4VEGAS TOURING EXHIBITION Through Dec. 10, 8 a.m. East Las Vegas Community Center, 250 N. Eastern Ave., Las Vegas. 702-229-2787. http://artslasvegas.org

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THE SUMMER EVER AFTER TOUR FEAT. DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL & ALL TIME LOW 6 p.m. House of Blues, Mandalay Place, 3950 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-6327600. http://mandalaybay.com

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A CHOREOGRAPHERS’ SHOWCASE October 7, 13 & 14, 2018

RAYMONDA VARIATIONS and a WORLD PREMIERE by Nicolo Fonte February 16-17, 2019

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UNLV CHAMBER ORCHESTRA 7:30 p.m. Lee and Thomas Beam Music Center, 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas. 702-895-3011.

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WAITRESS Through Oct. 14, times vary.

Reynolds Hall, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-749-2012.

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THE COMPOSERS SHOWCASE OF LAS VEGAS 10:30 p.m. Myron's Cabaret Jazz, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas.

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PIANO ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: JOANNE CHANG 6:30 p.m. Lee and Thomas Beam Music Center, 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas. 702-895-3011. http://unlv.edu UNLV OPERA THEATER - "STATE OF GRACE" Through Oct. 12, 7:30 p.m. Judy Bayley Theatre, 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas.

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Packages from only $139 Visit NevadaBallet.org or Call (702) 749-2847 RESIDENT BALLET COMPANY OF THE SMITH CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ROY KAISER, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PHOTO BY JERRY METELLUS

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GABRIEL ROYAL 7:30 p.m. Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall, 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas. 702-895-3011. http://unlv.edu

LAS VEGAS ACADEMY BAND, CHOIR, AND ORCHESTRA PRESENT "HOMELAND" FROM AMERICA TO AUSTRIA 8 p.m. Reynolds Hall, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-749-2012. http://

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UNLV COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS ANNUAL ART WALK 5 p.m. Marjorie Barrick Museum, 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas. 702-895-3011.

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JUBILATION INFLATION Through Dec. 15, all day. Marjorie Barrick Museum, 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas. 702-895-3011. http://unlv.edu

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STING & SHAGGY 8 p.m. Park Theater, MGM Grand, 3770 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas.

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THE POETS' CORNER HOSTED BY LABLAQUE 7:30 p.m. West Las Vegas Arts Center, 947 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-229-2787.

UNLV CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY - HERMITAGE PIANO TRIO 7:30 p.m. Lee and Thomas Beam Music Center, 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas. 702-895-3011. http://unlv.edu

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WILLIE NELSON & FAMILY Through Oct. 20, 8 p.m. The Chelsea, Cosmopolitan, 3708 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-698-7000. http://

USA TODAY PRESENTS THE MARTHA STEWART WINE AND FOOD EXPERIENCE 1 p.m. Las Vegas Festival Grounds, 311 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas. http://wineandfood.

FALL BREW CELEBRATION AT THE PARK Through Oct. 20, 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. The Park, 3782 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-6937275. http://theparkvegas.com

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ROCKY HORROR LIVE 7 p.m. House of Blues, Mandalay Place, 3950 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-632-7600. http://

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BALLET FOLKLORICO DE MEXICO 7:30 p.m. Reynolds Hall, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-749-2012.

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WE THE BEAT PRESENTS SG LEWIS 9 p.m. Vinyl, Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Rd., Las Vegas. 702-693-5000. http://

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WINDOWS ON FIRST: "IN FLIGHT: ENERGY LIBERATED" FEATURING THE ARTWORK OF NOVA MAY Through Apr. 1. Las Vegas City Hall, Windows on First, 495 S. Main St., Las Vegas.

702-229-2787. http://artslasvegas.org

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UNLV JAZZ ENSEMBLE I WITH GREGG BISSONETTE - A TRIBUTE TO BUDDY RICH & LEONARD BERNSTEIN 3 p.m. Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall, 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas. 702-895-3011 http://unlv.edu

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THROWING SHADE LIVE 2018: THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE CONDO TOUR 9 p.m. Vinyl, Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Rd., Las Vegas. 702693-5000. http://hardrockhotel.com

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SERENADES OF LIFE - DOCTORS IN CONCERT FEATURING PETER CETERA 6:45 p.m. Reynolds Hall, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-7492012. http://thesmithcenter.com

NEVADA CONSERVATORY THEATRE PRESENTS: THE CRUCIBLE BY ARTHUR MILLER Through Oct. 28, times vary. Black Box Theatre, 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas.

702-895-3011. http://unlv.edu

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"A NIGHT WITH THE FLYING DUTCHMAN" COPRESENTED WITH SIN CITY OPERA Through Oct. 28, times vary. Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St., Las Vegas. 702-2292787. http://artslasvegas.org DRACULA Through Oct. 28, times vary.

Reynolds Hall, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-749-2012.

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MIKE EPPS 9 p.m. The Joint, Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Rd., Las Vegas. 702-693-5000.

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UNLV DANCE PRESENTS: TOGETHER 7 Through Oct. 20, 7 p.m. Judy Bayley Theatre, 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas. 702-8953011. http://unlv.edu

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JIMMY BUFFETT 7:30 p.m. MGM Grand Garden Arena, MGM Grand, 3799 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-892-7575. https://

mgmgrand.com

LAS VEGAS BOOK FESTIVAL 9 a.m. Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. Fourth St., Las Vegas. http://vegasvalleybookfestival.org DANITY KANE: THE UNIVERSE IS UNDEFEATED TOUR 8 p.m. Brooklyn Bowl, 3545 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-8622695. http://brooklynbowl.com/las-vegas

ELYSIAN GREAT PUMPKIN ROADSHOW AT THE PARK Through Oct. 28, 1 p.m.

- 8 p.m. The Park, 3782 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-693-7275. http:// AC2: AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH ANDERSON COOPER AND ANDY COHEN 8 p.m. The Colosseum, Caesars Palace, 3570 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 866-227-5938.

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LEA MICHELE & DARREN CRISS 8 p.m. The Chelsea, Cosmopolitan, 3708 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-698-7000. http://

cosmopolitan.com

CHRIS LANE WITH MASON RAMSEY AND GABBY BARRETT 7 p.m. House of Blues, Mandalay Place, 3950 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-632-7600. http://

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WIDESPREAD PANIC Through Oct. 28, 8 p.m.

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PHIL COLLINS 8 p.m. MGM Grand Garden Arena, MGM Grand, 3799 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-892-7575. https://

mgmgrand.com CHRISTINA AGUILERA: THE LIBERATION TOUR 8 p.m. The Colosseum, Caesars Palace, 3570 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 866-2275938. http://caesarspalace.com STORYSLAM: "WRONG TURN" 7 p.m.

Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St., Las Vegas. 702-229-2787. http://

artslasvegas.org LAS VEGAS 3-ON-3 HOOPFEST Through Oct. 28. Las Vegas Festival Grounds, 311 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas. http://lasvegas3on3.com FETISH & FANTASY HALLOWEEN BALL 10 p.m. The Joint, Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Rd., Las Vegas. 702-693-5000. http://

hardrockhotel.com THE DAMNED 7 p.m. House of Blues, Mandalay Place, 3950 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702632-7600. http://mandalaybay.com

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PHISH Through Nov. 3, 7:30 p.m. MGM Grand Garden Arena, MGM Grand, 3799 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-892-7575. http://

artslasvegas.org CHER 8 p.m. Park Theater, MGM Grand, 3770 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 844-600-7275.

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Persian Delight The classic Persian dished called Fesenjan is a slow-simmered chicken stew laced with sweet and tangy pomegranate molasses. With only a few key ingredients, this melt-in-your-mouth dish is rich in flavors offering subtle sweetness from the undertones that the pomegranate molasses provides, all while adding an element of surprise and delight as you eat. It’s traditionally enjoyed with an aromatic basmati rice to round out the experience.

Shiraz, 2575 S. Decatur Blvd., Las Vegas.

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DW’s Boulevardier It’s fall and the crispness in the air welcomes a Boulevardier unlike any other. DW Bistro puts its own spin on the classic cocktail by using a handpicked Russell Reserve Single Barrel Bourbon made specifically for its neighborhood restaurant.

When the owners and bar manager tasted the bourbon, they immediately knew what cocktail they would create with it – the Boulevardier. While this cocktail is good for sipping year-round, the mingling of red and orange hues makes it perfect for the fall and winter seasons. DW’s Boulevardier is spirit forward but also very balanced. The Vermouth adds a sweetness, while the Rinomato L’Apertivo and the natural oils from the orange peel add a citrus essence at the end of each sip – and the exclusive Russell Reserve provides that robust whiskey flavor you’d expect from a truly classic Boulevardier.

European Luxury Goods Chef Flemming Pedersen celebrates 10 years of baking delectable European treats out of his quaint and modest Water Street bakery in Henderson. Pederson, originally from Denmark, shares his labor of love with the community by offering traditional baked goods, such as Danish bollers and princess cakes, almond horns, challah bread, and an assortment of cookies – all made from scratch every single day.

Chef Flemming’s Bake Shop, 7 S. Water St. Henderson.

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Desire

Animal Calls Tom Ford’s crystal heel pump in leopard-print velvet has a squared-off point toe, sling-back strap, and cutout sides for added animal attraction. $2,750. Tom Ford, The Shops at Crystals, 3720 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas.

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Nili Lotan’s Acadia peasant blouse is a flowing mix of brown, black, and ecru leopard-pattern silk chiffon. Designed with a relaxed silhouette, this chic style showcases the minimalist label’s emphasis on prints this season. $575. Barney’s New York, Grand Canal Shoppes, 3327 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-629-4200.

This leopard print sweater demonstrates Stella McCartney’s creative and experimental approach to knitwear. Given a contemporary spin in fashionforward neon, couple its vibrant hue with the matching pencil skirt in a nod to her ‘Stellabration’ show. $1095. Neiman Marcus, Fashion Show, 3200 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-731-3636.

Alexander McQueen’s animal print wallet provides just the basics with eight card slots and a money clip. Made of calf-skin leather in Italy and hopefully roaring with cash. $365. Neiman Marcus, Fashion Show, 3200 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-731-3636.

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The Adrienne Ho Monochromatic cheetah jacquard is woven into moisture wicking fibers and breathable performance mesh, taking the sock game one step further. Graphic logo hits are adorned in 3M reflection for safety and style. $18. Stance, Fashion Show, 3200 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas.

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Gianvito Rossi’s Hunter knee boots are constructed of tan and brown leopard-print calf hair. Made in Italy, these boots are styled with a pointed toe and smooth leather lining. $2,395. Saks Fifth Avenue, Fashion Show, 3200 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-733-8300.

Leopard print has always been an intrinsic part of Dolce & Gabbana’s heritage and now decorates pieces and accessories from the current collection, making them feminine and sensual. The Dauphine leather belt with leopard print and a bejeweled logo buckle is a subtle way to flaunt the animal instinct. $795. Dolce & Gabbana, Shops at Crystals, 3720 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-431-6614

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Sky High All In Aviation is the first flight school in the Southwestern U.S. to offer the luxurious Cirrus Aircraft S 50 jet for flight training. The world’s first personal jet, the SF50 is the most sought-after personal aircraft in general aviation, boasting a current production wait list of more than 600 anxious owners from across the globe. All In Aviation’s flight school makes jet performance accessible to new pilots who, up until now, could only dream of flying.

All In Aviation, North Las Vegas Airport (VGT), 2830 N. Rancho Dr., Suite B. Las Vegas. 702-255-4622

One night with Chef Marc Vetri Scott Conant welcomes friend and fellow acclaimed chef, Marc Vetri to the Las Vegas dining scene with a dinner hosted at Conant’s Masso Osteria inside Red Rock Casino, Resort & Spa on October 10. The rustic Italian meal will give diners a taste of what’s to come at the highly anticipated Vetri Cucina Las Vegas, opening at the Palms in mid November. The four-course, prix fixe menu and wine pairings, for $125 per person (plus tax + gratuity), will showcase Vetri Cucina’s greatest hits, such as Spinach Gnocchi, Stuffed Guinea Hen Breast, and Chocolate Polenta Soufflé. To book a reservation, please call (702) 797-7097 or email: vetri@ massoosteria.com Masso Osteria at Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa, 11011 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas.

Bury the hatchet Nothing can kill a gathering quicker than the same old boring activities…unless you’re into throwing an axe. Axe Monkeys is Las Vegas’ premiere indoor axe throwing facility, allowing you to throw an axe for fun. In just minutes, learn basic techniques and safety then newly-minted chuckers can practice at a dedicated lane or hop into round robin style competitions to test their skills. If you’d rather just let out some built-up rage, utilize the smash therapy rage room – just take a baseball bat and let loose in a room full of breakable objects. axemonkeys.com. 3525 E. Post Rd., #110, Las Vegas. 702-844-2439.

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Mingle Las Vegas Philharmonic 20th Season Opening Night Celebrations Venue

Reynolds Hall, The Smith Center

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(L to R) Michele Averitt, Michele Madole, John Madole and Steve Averitt.

(L to R) De Ann Letourneau, Ellis & Yvette Landau, Edythe Goldberg and Henry Kronberg.

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(L to R) Kayla-Jo Rosoff, Kristen & Larry Puckett, Kevin Eberle and Ellen Rosoff.

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Mingle Aid for AIDS of Nevada Celebrates 32nd Annual Black & White Party Venue

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Marco and Joanna from Sunny 106.5 kicked off the evening themed “Escape to Paradise.”

Attendees came dressed for the biggest 80s throwback event of the year wearing iconic 80s clothing, balloon costumes, over-thetop gowns, stilts, and barely-there fashions.

DAYLIGHT Beach Club was transformed with giant boomboxes, Jumbo-size cassette tapes and neon lights, and partygoers were even able to go for a swim alongside black and white mermaids.

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Jim Jimmerson

Giving Back Keeps Success in Perspective

By Lynn Wexler

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’m a partner in a start-up company called Cognotion,” Jim Jimmerson explains about the company he started supporting 18 months ago. “An initiative that tackles one of America’s biggest problems…keeping our middle-class and lower middle-class citizens trained and employed in productive and meaningful jobs.”

Jimmerson knows about meaningful jobs. After working for others at the start of his career, in 1983 he founded the full-service Jimmerson Law Firm, PC and quickly developed a reputation for representing some of the more complex and high-profile cases in the state.

“It’s been an honor and a privilege to practice law for the last 42 years in Nevada – in both state and federal courts,” he says today. “I appreciate the expression of confidence our clients have placed in our firm, no doubt fueled by our integrity and commitment to excellence.”

It makes sense, then, that the Jimmerson Law Firm reflects the values Jimmerson himself upholds. Both he and the other members of his firm are active in the community, devoting hundreds of hours a year to worthy causes and recognized for their extensive pro-bono work – despite boasting a client roster that includes some of the largest corporations not only in the state but the country, as well as celebrities and high-profile individuals such as Steve Wynn, Mike Tyson, Floyd Mayweather, and Wayne Newton.

Giving back keeps success in perspective for Jimmerson. It serves as a reminder to be grateful and that doing one’s best always matters, especially to those whose lives are improved by one’s efforts. This is a message he clarifies when talking about Carol, his wife of 22 years, and their four children. “True” he says, “you can’t get anywhere without hard work. But it’s equally as important to spend real time with your spouse and family. A secure homelife allows you to go out into the world and take on the dragons each day.”

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continues. “I’m always thinking about new and better ways to convince At the same time, Jimmerson is humbled by the belief that good fortune the listener of my position - building the sex appeal of the case, the is the mother of good deeds; and paying it forward is an obligation he strives righteousness, the credibility - whatever is necessary to get my points to live by – most recently through an endeavor to give back to a community across effectively.” that has rewarded his hard work and tenacity with its patronage.

Playing off the power of persuasive storytelling and the credible delivery Growing up in Nevada, Jimmerson witnessed the evolution of Las of information, Cognotion teaches people new career skills through Vegas from a gambling town in the 50s to a now thriving multi-faceted compelling, TV show-like narratives, capitalizing on mesmerizing drama metropolis; and from a then population of nearly 25,000 to over 2 million and ollywood-style production values and through subject specific people today. scripts written to educate the viewer.

“I observed over time,” he says, “Nevadans struggling to ‘keep up’ with “The most important thing,” says Jimmerson, “It works People can the growing and increasingly fast paced and complex world of technology learn a new career from their and social media.” The demand tablet or smartphone and pass to be tech savvy in the workplace state licensing exams. And it’s has made it impossible for effective because in the end it many to qualify for jobs and for improves a person’s job status others to sustain meaningful and and thus their self-esteem and worthwhile employment. economic security.”

He explains how statistics show For now, Cognotion’s training that many of today’s workers is focused on healthcare careers, will change careers five or six like Certified Nurse Aides. “We times, often requiring lengthy and chose this because there is a expensive training prohibitive to chronic shortage of workers those with financial responsibilities in this area and employers are and who have difficulty learning in willing to pay for the cost of our traditional settings. software to train their workers,” All of which brings us back to he says.

Cognotion.

It’s great for the single mom Cognotion is an educational making minimum wage because technology designed to easily and she gets an education that’s cost effectively train adults for engaging and fun, quick and new careers. The programming flexible, and paid for by the focuses on mid-level skill jobs that employer. do not require a college degree.

“And it’s great for the employer “About six months ago, because people trained in this Carol and I became a lot method remember how to do more involved in Cognotion, the job well,” he continues. “The deepening our commitment,” dramatizations help people to Jimmerson explains. “I did bring more empathy to the job this because I saw the work while gaining valuable life skills Cognotion was doing and A nursing aide with a patient. (Image from the Cognotion website) and mentoring examples.” its impact, but also because Jimmerson is convinced that Cognotion is going to disrupt the way I wanted them to bring this type of training to Las Vegas.” The healthcare is traditionally taught. The company already has partnerships Jimmersons made this deeper involvement investment conditional with some of the world’s largest publishers and Jimmerson believes they on the company establishing a prominent presence in Las Vegas have only scratched the surface of the impact that this approach provides. and using the resources the city has to offer, both in terms of “I knew that if we gave people something consistent with what they intellectual property and human capital. Jimmerson just wanted already enjoy getting from Netflix or HBO for their entertainment – except “to give back to the city that I love.” e is incredibly proud of the that Cognotion will help them get a better job – we would have a monster fact that even though the 5-year-old company is doing work all over hit on our hands an educational win ” the country, Las Vegas is now home to some of the most cuttingJim Jimmerson believes that the opportunity to be employed in a edge aspects of that work. worthwhile job and earning a superior wage gives new meaning to life. It “I’m a trial lawyer by profession,” Jimmerson says, “which means transforms possibility into reality and provides a real opportunity to be part I know how to tell a story to a jury and how to educate the listener of the American Dream. about complex concepts – like gambling regulations in Macau or how Anyone interested can visit Cognotion’s website at www.cognotion. a skyscraper is built. com to find out more information.

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Do Political Opinion Polls Affect Voter Behavior?

By Jaq Greenspon

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ctober 2016. No matter where you stood on the political spectrum, who you were planning on voting for, things were, well, interesting.

If you were a Donald Trump supporter, the news was that your candidate didn’t have a chance against a politically experienced opponent.

If, on the other hand, you were a Hillary Clinton supporter, while your candidate was expected to win, the race was a little too close for comfort.

In the end, though, on November 8th, things went topsy turvy. The outsider with no political experience whatsoever triumphed over one of the most politically savvy people ever to run. For some it was a day of great rejoicing and for others a day of sadness and despair. Both feelings, however, coming from a place of unexpected outcomes.

The question is, why were we taken by such surprise? Why did we not see this coming?

The easy answer can be summed up in one word: Polling. The explanation for that answer, though, is a bit more complicated. To start with, by definition, a “poll,” is a based on opinion only and is not a scientific study no matter how you dress it up. Conducting a survey to ask people about the toppings they prefer on a pizza won’t tell you any more (or less) what any individual will order next time they step up to the counter than not having the survey. At best, it might help you make sure you have enough pepperoni, mushroom, or pineapple on hand but that’s about it.

As Martha Gill pointed out in a recent Guardian article, “using polls to work out which party is ahead in a neck-in-neck election race is like using Google Earth to measure your food portions, or Boris Johnson to run your oreign Office they’re simply the wrong tool for the job.” This is because, at a minimum, there’s a margin of error factor which, even when it’s as little as 2%, is huge when it comes to actually using the poll to make a prediction.

She goes on to say that polls might be good at registering a national mood about something, but even that can be problematic.

For example, pollsters can design a poll to get the results expected.

And they can do this in a number of ways. The easiest, of course, is to only ask people who think like you do. Or you can ask questions in such a way as to either be confusing or misleading or display a particular bias.

Almost a month after his inauguration, President Trump’s team sent out a poll to people from his mailing list (biased respondents). The questions,

taken from Danielle Kurtzleben’s February 17, 2017 NPR article because the original site is no longer available, asked uestions like “Do you believe that the mainstream media does not do their due diligence fact-checking before publishing stories on the Trump administration ” This is a leading question, implying the correct response is agreement. They also asked “Were you aware that a poll was released revealing that a majority of Americans actually supported President Trump’s temporary restriction executive order ” Of course, while true, this only gives the respondents limited information since there were considerably more surveys published which concluded just the opposite. This is your basic “ out of 5 dentists surveyed” scenario – survey 100, but only give the public the who agree with your position.

So why do it? Why create a poll so obviously flawed? Kurtzleben points out that just because the poll itself is flawed, doesn’t mean it’s useless.

Biased questions can plant thoughts into the respondents heads, changing an existing narrative and causing them to think about things in a different way. Or the makers of the survey could be looking specifically at the limited respondent pool in order to find what a candidate’s followers already believe and thereby adjust their message accordingly or turn into the curve and avoid a crash if it’s not what they expect to find.

So then, what’s the point of polling in general? Honestly? Not much. In fact, the House of Lords in the UK is thinking of implementing a ban. The Guardian articles explains that the “committee on polling and digital media has called for the polling industry to ‘get its house in order’ or else the case for banning polling in the run-up to elections will become stronger.’” But then again, they also point out that it really doesn’t matter.

Will Jennings Christopher Wlezien looked at polling data since 1 2 in an article for Nature Magazine this past March and came to the conclusion that nothing has changed. It’s always been faulty and doesn’t provide any real insight into how people will actually vote. It seems it’s primarily there for the news media, to give them something to report. If they don’t have the latest poll numbers, they’ll look at twitter followers, or campaign bumper stickers or maybe even go back to the old ways and cast bones or read tea leaves.

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Stephanie’s Choice Married UNLV Surgeons Help Summerlin Woman Avoid Breast Cancer

Above: Dr. Richard & Dr. Jennifer Baynosa. Right page: Dr. Richard Baynosa in consultation with Stephanie Carrell.

By Paul Harasim

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nxiety, the kind that makes your heart race, that repeatedly gives birth to the question ”What if?” – Stephanie Carrell knows all about it. She should. Since she was 14, she’s discovered more than 20 lumps in her breasts.

And over the last 18 years, she’s had each lump biopsied.

“The process of waiting each time to see (if a new lump was cancerous) made me anxious,” she said recently over breakfast on the outdoor patio of an eatery in Summerlin’s Trailwoods Center not far from her home. “I learned it’s OK to cry and be overwhelmed sometimes...I’m very fortunate that there’s been no cancer.”

Now a highly respected 32-year-old kindergarten teacher at Lincoln Elementary School in North Las Vegas – her ready humor with children and colleagues flies in the face of her medical challenges – the 5-foot 11inch Carrell had a preventive double mastectomy in June.

The procedure, at University Medical Center, by UNLV Medicine Surgical Oncologist Dr. Jennifer Baynosa, should greatly minimize Carrell’s risk of getting breast cancer, which, because of a rare genetic mutation, had been as high as 85 percent.

“Her risk now is in the single digits,” says the 41-year-old Baynosa, a UNLV School of Medicine Associate Professor who completed a breast surgery fellowship at Stanford. “She has a lot of courage...It’s a big step to lose your breasts so young, especially when no cancer is present.”

Since Breast Cancer Awareness Month began in October 1985, many who’ve dealt with the disease, which is still killing 40,000 Americans each year, have shared their stories. They hope that by keeping a spotlight on a scourge spawning more than 260,000 new cases each year, women will realize a better sense of how to cope with the disease – and they pray the search for a cure is pursued with a greater sense of urgency. And now Stephanie Carrell wants to add her voice.

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Stephanie Carrell in her classroom.

“If I can help just one woman with my story, I’ll feel I’ve accomplished something,” she said. “In this process you can feel all alone real quick. You can spend too much time in your own head and that’s dangerous.”

Until Carrell was 25, no medical practitioner had any idea why she developed growths in her breasts, or lesions on her hands and tongue. It was the persistence of Louise Erps, Carrell’s mother, that actually led to the answer of “Why?” “Whenever my mother would talk to any doctor, she would bring up my symptoms, including the fact that I was born with a somewhat larger head,” Carrell recalled. “One day she took my grandmother to a doctor and mentioned my symptoms to him and he suggested I should have genetic testing for Cowden’s Syndrome (CS).”

The suggestion was followed and testing showed Carrell, did, indeed, have CS, a genetic syndrome caused by a mutation in a gene called PTEN. While neither of her parents had the mutation, the mutation may occur in either the egg or the sperm from which they were conceived. It is not the result of something happening or not happening during pregnancy, nor is it preventable. Characteristics of the syndrome include skin and mouth lesions, breast growths, a larger head, and thyroid and gynecologic problems.

Doctors say Cowden’s is often underdiagnosed because individuals may only possess a few of the syndrome’s characteristics. Researchers have found the greatest cancer risk for a woman with CS is breast cancer, with a lifetime risk estimated between 50-85 percent. The risk of thyroid and kidney cancer is above 30 percent for both men and women with CS. At about the time Carrell was diagnosed with CS in 2008, she developed a large growth on her thyroid. Though it was not found to be cancerous, Carrell

had her thyroid removed as a preventive measure. “I just did not like the idea of having a needle stuck in my neck area from time to time for a biopsy to check if I had cancer,” said Carrell, who already had the lesions removed from her hands. “I could see something happening where I couldn’t talk.”

Carrell’s mother, afraid of losing her daughter, also thought Carrell should then have a preventative double mastectomy, which doctors said could greatly reduce the chances of breast cancer. But Carrell wasn’t ready.

“I just didn’t want to lose that part of myself then,” she said. “It’s a very difficult decision to make. I’m not married or have a boyfriend but I want to and I want to be as natural as possible...I didn’t stick my head in the sand.

I continued with the frequent screenings every six months, including more frequent mammograms. And I stayed abreast of the most current research by establishing myself with the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio CS genetics team. I’ve learned that many women only find out they have CS when they’re diagnosed with breast cancer. They get a double whammy. I was lucky. I had time to process what I was going to do. I think most women would appreciate that.”

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Courting all Tastes Cosmopolitan Adds Block 16 Urban Food Hall to its Food & Beverage Mix

By Jason Harris Photos by Alan Weiner

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grew up in North Jersey. That meant we were privileged with a few things, more so than other places. I’m referencing such wonderous cultural characteristics as: People talking loudly and in your face, giant hoop earrings and lots of hairspray, and malls! If, instead of The Garden State, they had just called New Jersey The Mall State, everyone, everywhere would understand.

Groups of tourists used to flock to the town of Paramus for their holy mall

trinity – Paramus Park, Bergen Mall and Garden State Plaza.

These were day-long excursions – shop till you drop kind of deals. No doubt, somewhere between The Gap and Champs Sporting Goods, pangs of hunger would creep in.

So, you went to the food court, looking to reenergize and excited at the prospects of finding delicious nourishment. That plan sounded great except for one thing: there was never any delicious nourishment. It was one fast food joint after the next and none of them good. Whether it was the typical Americanized Chinese food or the “famous” hot dogs or the quickest-way-to-get-diabetes cinnamon rolls, the mall food courts never

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failed to disappoint on the promise of always being disappointing.

While I grew out of my mall days – as most New Jersey teenagers do – my hatred for underwhelming food courts has continued to this day.

Food halls, on the other hand, are a thing of wonder. Currently trending throughout the United States, food halls take the concept of the food court and gives it the My Fair Lady treatment. They’re all class, baby.

I’m writing about them as if they are new, but they are not. Grand Central Market in Los Angeles, for instance, has been around for more than 100 years.

What is new about them is how they have now moved beyond New York and LA and into cities like Las Vegas…and the mainstream consciousness.

Block 16 Urban Food Hall, taking over a dead weight spot on the second floor of The Cosmopolitan, has breathed new energy into the corridor to and from Marquee, the resort’s signature dance club. Named after the original den of sin in Las Vegas, the historic area of First Street between Ogden Avenue and Stewart Avenue, this iteration doesn’t have the naughty factor the original did in 1906, but makes up for it with one tasty bite after the next.

For executive chef John Courtney, taking on this project was a necessity.

Of food halls, he says, “I see it as the future. I wouldn’t call it fine dining but service style. And the way you treat your guests have started to meld with quick service. These six [restaurants at Block 16], in their own way, they www.davidlv.com | 35

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treat the guests as if they’ve sat down at [Restaurant] Guy Savoy last night for dinner.”

Courtney has made his bones as a chef who knows how to open dining concepts. From neighborhood bars like Born & Raised to downtown hot spots like Carson Kitchen, the chef was there when these eateries found their way onto the foodie map.

Block 16, however, turned out to be more than the chef bargained for. Courtney states, “At the time [I took this project on], I thought that was a brilliant way of relaxing my mind a little bit and focusing more on management style and logistics for bettering myself as a chef. I come to find out that’s the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do. To carbon copy another chef and their recipes and their menus and put it in another town is by far the most difficult thing I’ve done as a chef.”

He spent up to ten days at each of the brands represented at Block 16, crisscrossing the United States and learning the specifics about what makes each place so special. Courtney quickly learned that each outlet cooks their own way. ow does one replicate six exact styles Add onto that the difficulty of procuring necessary items, like, say, a 55-gallon drum of fish sauce from Thailand, and you can understand the hurdles that presented themselves to the chef.

Can a 10-day training period suffice Can one perfect beloved foods from around the country in that short a period? Is a week and a few days enough

to master these tastes and then teach them to the nearly 150 employees working for Block 16? Courtney reflects, “I was pretty nervous the whole way through. Opening six projects at once, what chef has done that unless they have opened an entire hotel? It doesn’t really happen very often.”

Then there is the everyday challenge of transporting food. Unlike West Side Market in Cleveland or St. Roch Market in New Orleans, or just about any other food hall in the country, Block 16 is housed in a hotel. While the food is served on the second floor, much of the cookery is done on floor four, where the food hall employees have taken over a portion of the ban uet space to do their prep work. Says Courtney, “Trying to see the logistics of things, that’s really what this challenge was, how do I get donuts brought down fresh every hour and 300 of them at a time What team does it take to get them from point A to point B, keeping within health and safety standards, and maintaining the quality of the product as well?”

Whatever process Courtney and the crew at Block 16 have come up with, so far, it’s working. On a recent Saturday morning visit, each of the five open restaurants had lines and it was difficult to move around the communal space with so many heads foaming at the mouth, ready to eat.

As for what to eat, that’s really the beauty of this project. Searching far and wide, the team behind Block 16 chose two brands from Portland, Oregon, one from New Orleans, one from New York City and one from Nashville. As for the sixth eatery, well, they kind of just made that up.

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offshoot of James Beard Award-winning chef Andy Rickert’s Pok Pok in Portland. It’s an ode to his time in Thailand. Rickert changed the game as far as how Thai food is viewed in America and his chicken wings became legendary. Here, Ike’s Vietnamese Fish Sauce Chicken Wings are as good as the ones at the original Pok Pok, but Courtney thinks it’s only a matter of time before another dish earns the same type of buzz. He says, “Khao Soi is an amazing curry with fresh egg noodles we make every day. Chicken, fresh coconut creme, crispy noodles. It’s just a hidden gem.”

Fans of fowl will flock to Block 16, not only for Pok Pok Wing, but also for another specific type of chicken. attie B’s ot Chicken is legendary in Nashville but as the hot chicken craze has grown, their presence has become known outside of Music City. Plates of chicken, from mild to hot, are served with sides like Southern greens, pimento mac & cheese, and creamy cole slaw. Heat seekers will lock in the “Shut the cluck up” option on the heat-level chart. Make sure to film your friend if he or she tries to beat the heat – you might end up with a YouTube hit as your friend cries, not ready for all that hotness.

Lardo, the other Portland based eatery, is all about the sandwiches.

There are spins on American classics like the Bronx Bomber, which features shaved steak, house provolone “whiz,” roasted and pickled peppers, vinegar mayo, and shredded lettuce. And there are interesting fusion items like the Pho’rench Dip, which utilizes shaved beef, hoisin sauce, sambal mayo, Thai basil, and pho broth to create this Asian comfort sandwich.

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My personal favorite – at least so far – is District: Donuts. Sliders. Brew. I fell hard for the donuts and coffee on a recent trip to New Orleans and upon opening in Las Vegas, these doughy treats immediately shot to the top of every donut list in the city. These light, fluffy sweets include flavors like blueberry cheesecake and brownie batter. At the New Orleans branch, they rotate over 100 kinds of donuts. In Las Vegas, for now they are sticking to about 10 with the eventual aim to work in all the different flavors. There is also a selection of breakfast biscuits and kolaches – similar to a croissant sandwich – and beef, pork, and chicken sliders. Between the donuts and the Vietnamese iced coffee on tap, there’s a lot to like here.

Tekka Bar: Handroll & Sake is a Block 16 creation in conjunction with Takashi Segawa, whose other Las Vegas hits includes Monta Ramen, Kabuto (sushi), and Sushi Mon. Check out the toro hand roll, which utilizes toro-mio, tuna fat, to get an extra layer of lusciousness into the fish.

The sixth outlet, Ghost Donkey out of New York City, featuring mezcal, tequila, and nachos, is slated to open this month.

As for the food hall trend, we can expect to see more in Las Vegas as eaters continue to become more involved with their food selections. Says Courtney: “The guest is so educated from the farm-to-table type attitude, fresh ingredients, local farmers, where things are coming from - now people are wanting to get quality food at a quality price but a little bit faster and not have to do the whole service sit down model.”

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BRAVISSIMO! 20 Questions for 20 Years

By Rob Kachelriess Photos Courtesy Las Vegas Philharmonic

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he Las Vegas Philharmonic celebrates its 20th anniversary as the 2018-2019 season gets underway at the Smith Center.

President and CEO Jeri Crawford, Music Director Donato Cabrera and Principal Oboe Stephen Caplan reflect back on the milestones and evolution of the Philharmonic over the past two decades.

How man o cial shows has the Las Vegas Philharmonic la ed?

The April 2019 concert “Dvorak in America” will mark 150 performances for the Philharmonic. “We’ve performed on Saturday evenings since the beginning,” says Crawford.

How man additional shows ha e been art of the o th oncert eries?

The Philharmonic has performed 180 free shows for Clark County students over the years. “We reach almost 20,000 kids a year through our youth concerts,” says Cabrera. “We also now take music to the schools for more one-on-one interaction with the kids, so they can actually touch the instrument and maybe try to play it.” here and when did the Philharmonic la its first show?

The first official show was July , 1 at ills Park in Summerlin.

“There had been orchestras in Las Vegas for many years before the Las Vegas Philharmonic,” says Caplan. “The Nevada Symphony was struggling to meet payroll and a lot of musicians were disappointed. al Weller had guest conducted and saw what was going on. e felt there was an audience for an even bigger orchestra and didn’t understand why this one was struggling. When the Nevada Symphony officially fell apart, he organized that July th concert by the seat of his pants. All of a sudden, the Las Vegas Philharmonic program guides from the last twenty years.

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date was open, so he threw together a concert at the last minute.”

Boosted by the success of that show and a new base of dedicated sponsors, the newly formed Las Vegas Philharmonic played its next show on May 8, 1999 at UNLV’s Ham Hall, its home venue until the Smith Center opened in 2012.

What are some of the biggest challenges faced over the years?

When getting off the ground, it was all about securing funding says Crawford, who came on board in 2005. “The wonderful original board of philanthropists, they all made a long-term commitment. The majority of those people stayed (with us at least) 10 years under the leadership of Andy and Susan Tompkins.”

Which shows have been the quickest sellouts or most in-demand?

“One of them was the first time we did the music of John WIlliams,” says Cabrera. “It’s part of our American cultural fabric. Who doesn’t know Star Wars, Jaws, or Close Encounters of the Third Kind? This music is part of our lives, and that concert was completely sold out.”

“The first one that comes to mind is opening night at the Smith Center,” says Crawford. “Not only were we sold out, but they were scalping tickets for $250 outside. What a great way to start a new life in a new performance venue.”

“We just did Carmina Burana last season,” says Caplan. “That one always sells out. Beethoven’s 9th, which we’re ending the season with this year, that’s another one we’ve done at least twice before and it’s always sold out.

It’s just an incredible piece and always exciting to play.”

How has the schedule evolved over the years?

“We do a concert basically once a month between September and May,” says Cabrera. “That’s our season. We do a th of July concert and then we’ll begin again in September.”

“In the Troesh black box theater, we’ve added spotlight concerts,” he continues. “So not only do we provide the big symphony music concerts at Reynolds all, we provide chamber music concerts maybe four or five musicians who play up close and personal to about 250 seats.”

How often does the Philharmonic rehearse?

“We rehearse, on average, four times for each concert,” says Cabrera.

“Sometimes we’ll have two rehearsals on Friday, a rehearsal on Saturday morning and a concert on Saturday night,” says Caplan. “Because we have quite a few out-of-town musicians who supplement what we do.”

How important is the Smith Center and in particular, Reynolds Hall to the Philharmonic?

“I’ll never forget the first time I walked out onto the stage for rehearsal,” says Cabrera. “I was really blown away. It’s one thing when you see the building from the outside, but it’s another when you look at the Smith Center from the stage. You see the gallery, the height of the building and the beautiful light fixtures. It’s really awe-inspiring.”

“The acoustics are excellent. There’s a lot of warmth to the sound,” adds Caplan. “They brought in the Philharmonic before the Smith Center officially opened and had us play a rehearsal so they could fool around with the acoustics and try to improve them.”

How does the Philharmonic recruit new performers?

“We follow this rather rigorous audition procedure that’s dictated by our contract with the musicians’ union,” says Cabrera. “It’s a national standard.

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The as egas Philharmonic under the baton of Music Director Donato Cabrera.

We accept resumes and recordings, but the auditions themselves are completely blind from beginning to end. So we just know these people as numbers. We have no idea who they are or where they come from. When we finally choose the candidate, we find out who they are at the very end.”

How important are visuals in Philharmonic productions?

“A big craze over the last 10 years has been showing movies with an orchestra providing the soundtrack live (something the Las Vegas Philharmonic will do with Albert Hitchcock’s Psycho this season ,” says Cabrera. “That’s a great use of technology, marrying cinema and sound in a new way that’s never been done before.”

Caplan thinks of visuals in another way: “Watching the way bows move on the strings, the wind players get red in the face, and the conductors move, there is a visual component to a live performance that’s part of what

makes it better than a recording.”

How many members of the Philharmonic are on stage for any given show?

Typically, there are about 75 musicians during a Philharmonic performance. But during a major production that requires a choir and other additional musicians, there can be well over 100 performers on stage.

Which shows are the most fun for the musicians themselves?

“When we feel the audience is right there with us,” answers Cabrera. “It can be any show. It doesn’t matter the repertoire. or instance, we did an outdoor concert on the 4th of July at TPC Summerlin and the audience was so into it, we all had a great time on stage. And that’s why we do this.

That’s why we play outdoors when it’s 100 degrees.” “ or me, getting the chance to play Mahler’s th Symphony is really fun,”

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adds Caplan, who also enjoys the youth concerts. “The kids are screaming at the top of their lungs and they’re a really fun audience to play for. You can see the excitement in their eyes and the energy in their voices.”

Any unexpected, comical or spontaneous moments during a performance?

When ticket holders buy a drink at the concession counter, it’s served in a covered plastic cup. “If you accidentally drop that, it’s the loudest thing in the world because the floor is marble and it bounces” says Cabrera. “I was conducting a soft piece and someone tried to take a sip from their cup and dropped it. It added this really hilarious percussive effect to this very delicate music. All you can do is chuckle when something like that happens.”

Crawford remembers a time when Oscar and Carolyn Goodman read

“The Night Before Christmas” during a holiday performance: “They were sitting in these two big chairs on stage and Oscar had a giant martini glass sitting on a table between the two of them. Every time he was done reading, he would pick that glass up. It was very cute and people still talk about it.”

How many musicians have been with the Philharmonic since the very first show?

The answer is 15: Andre Long (piccolo), Beth Lano (French horn), Doug Beasley (French horn), Patrick Bowen (percussion), Kimberly Glennie (harp), Rebecca Sabine Ramsey (violin), Martha Gronemeier (violin), Shakeh Ghoukasian (violin), Kaye Sanderson (violin), Lauren Cordell (violin), Lee Schreiber (violin), Karl Reinarz (viola), Sharon Caldwell (viola), Robin Reinarz (cello) and Eddie Richards (bass).

Who are the unsung heroes who work backstage?

Director of Orchestra Operations Kevin Eberle is “really incredible in how he juggles so many things all at once,” says Caplan. “Not only with the musicians, but between the guest artists and management.”

“He’s the one who hires the musicians and makes sure they have their music on time, their seating arrangements are right, and everything is perfect the way Donato wants it.” adds Crawford. “He has a thankless job.”

Another backstage favorite is Dee Gillette, a longtime volunteer, who, at 89 years young, is trusted to keep an eye on the music cases, purses, and other personal items of the musicians while they’re on stage. “She’s part of the party. She’s part of the crew,” says Crawford.

Which instrument in the Philharmonic is the most underrated?

“It’s the oboe,” laughs Caplan. “We tune the orchestra. The scariest thing I have to do is play that one lone note at the beginning of the concert.”

“Take a look at the double basses,” says Cabrera. “Those big string instruments that seemingly play a tenth of the notes the violins do, but they’re the bedrock. They provide this carpet of sound that if it wasn’t there, everyone would know.”

Has the Philharmonic benefitted from the growth of Las Vegas?

There are other places where the population is so stagnant, people don’t feel there’s room for growth,” adds Caplan. “We have some excitement that there is always going to be new audiences out there ready to discover us.”

Is there room for the Philharmonic to expand its season?

“Communities like Portland, St. Paul and Pittsburgh have first-class orchestras with a full season, performing pretty much every week,” says Caplan. “There’s no reason why we shouldn’t have that. I think it’s the goal of both the musicians and the board, but that’s going to take a lot of fundraising.”

What can we expect from the new 2018-2019 season?

“Doing Psycho live with orchestra, that’s new for us,” says Cabrera.

“We’re really excited to start what we hope will be a series of movies with live accompaniment. We’re part of a consortium of orchestras that helped provide the commission fee for Philip Glass to write a new piano concerto we’re going to premiere this season. In the bigger picture, some of the most popular music that people love will be heard this season — Beethoven’s 9th, Bernstein’s West Side Story, Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet.”

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Cyber Watch The Good News and the Bad News About Election Security in Nevada

By Aleza Freeman

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ybersecurity professionals and top U.S officials have some good news and some bad news for Nevadans ahead of the November midterms.

The good news Nevada has taken positive steps to secure the state’s election systems.

The bad news Russia meddled in the 2016 election cycle and continues to interfere now. et’s focus on the good news first.

Since the 2016 presidential election, Nevada Secretary of State Barbara . Cegavske’s office has been working directly with the Office of Cyber Defense Coordination OCDC and the Election Infrastructure Sector EIS Government Coordinating Council GCC to ensure that all Nevada agencies who host or support elections-related information systems are informed on cyber security planning and strategy. er staff attended a cybersecurity incident response training hosted by arvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs in March, and a national summit on election security hosted by Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft in August.

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Additional independent testing will be held at the state level with the help of the Gaming Control Board.

Jennifer A. Russell, a spokesperson for the SOS, has assured that the Nevada secretary of state and local election officials will continue to follow election system testing and security laws. “We are confident in Nevada’s voting systems going into the 2018 general election,” she says.

Cybersecurity experts seem to agree that voters can have confidence in Nevada’s voting system.

“Everyone’s worrying about the voting machines themselves whether someone is going to tamper with those machines and change the vote count,” notes Brent Watkins, a retired BI agent who specialized in computer and high-tech crimes. “Since the last election, there has been a lot more emphasis put on cybersecurity, so it could possibly still happen, but it’s just less likely.”

Watkins, who now serves as director of business development for as egas cybersecurity firm Axiom Cyber Solutions, describes an election systems protection protocol called an air gap since Nevada’s voting machines don’t connect to the Internet, a hacker would have to physically access the machines to hack them. A typical voter wouldn’t have enough time at the machine, explains Watkins, and Nevada has a secure process for transporting and storing the machines. “ ou can’t rule out anything, but the chances are so slim I don’t worry about it myself,” says Watkins.

Mark Dunaisky, owner of as egas cybersecurity firm D3 Risk Management Group agrees.

“Even though the folks at DE CON proved it can be done, I don’t see it happening,” he says.

Dunaisky is referring to the DE CON hacking conference, held in as egas every summer. or the past two years, DE CON has featured a Voting Village, where attendees successfully hacked actual voting machines from multiple states many of these types of machines are still used today.

Phil Stupak, a cybersecurity consultant who focuses on election systems, helped launch the Voting Village and points out that the voting machines “were hacked by some 16-year-olds who have never even voted, much less seen a voting machine.”

A senior political and international advisor for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security during the Obama administration, Stupak notes that our country’s voting machines are designated as critical infrastructure, much like the electric grid or water treatment facilities. Still, each machine type has its own vulnerabilities and each state has its own voting procedures a bipartisan effort to improve the country’s voting systems was held up by Congress as of mid-September.

“It’s truly a non-partisan issue,” says Stupak. “This is about ensuring we have a basic level of trust in the process, which I think we’re all a little concerned about.”

Even so, Stupak isn’t especially worried about Nevada.

“The best system, and it’s one that Nevada is pretty close to using, is machine-enabled paper ballots that have a voter-verifiable audit trail,” he says. “In Nevada, you have a paper audit trail, which is great. That’s what you want to see in proper election systems.”

And now for the bad news.

Just because your vote is unlikely to be tampered with, doesn’t mean our elections aren’t being compromised by foreign operatives.

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“The Russian attack against American democracy was not about hacking voting machines; it was an influence campaign,” explains Stupak.

“It’s what they have done throughout their history. They have perfected these techniques.”

As of mid-September, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Don Coats confirmed that Russia is continuing its efforts to influence the U.S. political system, by weakening and dividing the United States.

“It’s all about encouraging divisions within society and encouraging some of those divisions to act in your favor,” says Stupak, calling it a form of social engineering. “As long as the nation is as tightly divided along partisan lines as we are now, it’s going to continue to be an issue. It’s going to reinforce existing partisan biases and that makes us very susceptible.”

Dunaisky points to the prevalence and divisiveness of unverified, fake stories on social media.

“I think this has been going on awhile and it’s just more evident now because social media goes two ways,” he says. “It’s not a television broadcasting it to you. It’s not a newspaper you’re reading. It’s not a oneway conversation like radio. People are engaged in social media. A large percentage get their news on Facebook. I don’t think it matters what side of the line you’re on.”

Stupak agrees, noting that unlike earlier forms of media, the internet “repeats information across multiple platforms, well beyond the speed of truth;” and it’s not only happening in our country.

So, what can you do as a mere voter? Watkins has this sage advice: Don’t believe everything you read on the internet.

It might seem obvious, but let’s take a moment of silence for Pizzagate, a viral conspiracy theory which has since been widely debunked. This theory arose after Russia hacked former White House Chief of Staff John Podesta’s emails during the 2016 presidential campaign. His emails then popped up on whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, and the conspiracy theories took off.

Twelve Russian intelligence operatives were indicted for the hacking crime in July.

“You really have to be skeptical of what you read on social media,” says Watkins. “There’s no verification process, for the most part, and you don’t know where it’s coming from. If you’re going to take what you read hook, line and sinker…that’s not a good way to decide who to vote for.”

Stupak warns that though Russia was fundamentally interested in an influence campaign during the last campaign, it doesn’t mean Russian President Vladimir Putin—and potentially operatives from other foreign countries—will only be interested in an influence campaign in the future.

In the meantime, he suggests some steps for stopping the spread of misinformation.

“Pause before you share things and ask, ‘Where did this come from?’” says Stupak. “If you have an emotional reaction to something, ask yourself, ‘Was it created for you to have that emotional reaction?’ and if it was, hold off on the sharing. If it’s real news other entities will share it.”

Also, do your research on Snopes or other fact-based organizations and take real world action by volunteering for a community organization.

“It is perfectly reasonable and normal to be upset about the state of the world and want to fix it, so go do that. If you don’t care enough to go do that, you shouldn’t care enough to share it on Facebook,” he says. “Your individual tweet is not going to change the status of whatever is making you angry, but if it originates from a nefarious source, you may be helping someone undermine American democracy.” www.davidlv.com | 51

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Glidin’ High A Minden, Nevada Aviation Company Breaks the Record for Gliders by Climbing to a Height of 76,124 Feet Above Sea Level

By Jaq Greenspon Photos by Martin Heltai

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth, And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings

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n September 2, 2018, just a few short weeks ago, the Airbus Perlan Mission II aircraft broke a new flight record for gliders. With Jim Payne and Tim Gardner at the controls, the engineless glider climbed to a phenomenal height of 76,124 feet above sea level, or about 23.2 thousand meters (23202.595 to be precise, but what’s 2.595 meters amongst friends?).

To put that in context, Mt. Everest is only 8,848 meters high while most commercial jets top out at 10,668 meters. Even the Concorde, which was specifically designed for high altitude flying, never really got higher than 13,716 meters.

And yet, here’s a winged aircraft, with no propulsion system of its own, sailing in a sky which, up until now has only been tamed by top secret military planes flown by astronaut rated pilots and bouncing up against the edge of space itself. The questions, when one hears these simple facts, come fast and furious. But understanding the “hows” and “whys” of the Perlan II’s mission, only paints part of the picture. Instead, to fully comprehend the importance of what is being done in the skies above Argentina, as we look

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Airbus Perlan II gliding over El Calafate, Argentina, September, 2016.

to answer those questions, we must always ask ourselves the question the Perlan’s crew must always be answering: How high?

system. So he decided to prove his theory of these Stratospheric Mountain Waves was correct and, in the mid 90s, founded The Perlan Project.

Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things

You have not dreamed of — Wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there

In 1992, Einar Enevoldson, a NASA test pilot, discovered something fascinating, something which until that time had not only been unknown, but wasn’t even speculated about: Stratospheric Mountain Waves. Now, if we go back to our high school science class, we’ll remember that air is a gas and all gasses are fluids, which means nothing more than it flows. To make this a bit easier, think of air like a liquid, like water, and we can start to piece together what this means.

It means that as the air flows over high mountain ranges, like the Andes in South America, it acts like a large wave in the ocean, meeting an underwater obstruction and being pushed up to break the surface. In this case, though, the air pushes straight up with such force that it reaches away from earth’s atmosphere and heads towards space.

As a pilot, Enevoldson understood what this meant. If you had a glider to ride those air waves, they could push you all the way up, as close to actual space as you might be able to get outside of a prohibitively expensive rocket

Joining Enevoldson in that initial burst of energy which became the Perlan I were Steve Fossett and Dr. Elizabeth Austin. Fossett, a wealthy adventurer who was the first person to fly solo and non-stop around the world in a balloon as well as being a record setting pilot in his own right, not only came on board as a pilot, but in 1 , agreed to help finance the project.

Meanwhile, Dr. Austin, who is an atmospheric physicist, not only provided confirmation of Enevoldson’s Stratospheric Mountain Wave theory, but, in 1998, she also expanded upon it, showing that “it is the stratospheric polar night jet and the polar vortex that are factors in sustaining these mountain waves allowing them to reach up to 130,000 feet (39,624 meters).”

However, it took another 7 years and the turning of the millennium to finally get the first incarnation of the Perlan into the air. With Enevoldson and Fossett at the controls, August 30, 2006 found them flying more than 500 meters higher than anyone had previously flown in a glider, breaking the record and topping out that flight at 15,460 meters. That aircraft, having

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Airbus Perlan II at a record 76,000 feet on September 2, 2018.

served its purpose, now resides in a place of honor at the Seattle Museum of Flight, where it “will serve as the focal point for an exhibit, opening in April, on the science of soaring, the Perlan project and the many personal achievements of its two pilots.”

I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air...

Their success and excitement, however, was relatively short lived. Almost exactly one year later, September 3, 2007, Fossett’s plane disappeared somewhere over the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and his death, officially declared in February of 2008, was a huge blow for the Perlan team.

It would take several more years of waiting before Enevoldson could once again take to the air. Even though the basic design of Perlan II had been finalized and the fuselage had been completed, without ossett, the funds were no longer available.

Four years ago, though, in a case of perfect corporate synergy, the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, while transitioning into Airbus SE and still remaining one of the world’s leading airplane manufacturers, realized Perlan would make for a great investment and PR coup. As Tom Enders, CEO of Airbus, explains, “Perlan Project is achieving

the seemingly impossible, and our support for this endeavor sends a message…that we will not settle for being anything less than extraordinary.”

So in July 201 , the Perlan Project gained a new financial partner and title sponsor, meaning the newly renamed Airbus Perlan Mission II was now back in business.

Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace With corporate funds in place, things started moving quickly. A new hangar was built at the Minden-Tahoe Municipal Airport near the team’s homebase in Minden, N . The town, with an official population of 3001, is, according to the flight team, “the best possible and most logical location for a US-based team of aerospace pioneers to develop and test their high altitude experimental glider.” This is because the geographic positioning of Minden has placed it as “one of the biggest hot spots for the glider/soaring community in the US.” Its proximity to the Sierra Nevada mountains produces some of the best mountain waves for gliding in the northern hemisphere. Then again, it could also be that the Perlan Project’s chief pilot Jim Payne, as well as his wife Jackie, who happens to be the project’s operations manager, both already live there. www.davidlv.com | 55

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Pilots Jim Payne and Tim Gardner after the Airbus Perlan II’s 76,000 feet record flight.

The hangar, named for space tourist and Airbus Perlan investor Dennis Tito, was officially opened in December of 2015, providing a custom home for the new iteration of the craft, this time sporting a pressurized cabin to allow for even higher flights.

The team were finally able to get their bird in the air in September of 2016.

September being the perfect season to fly out of El Calafate, Argentina, “one of the few places on Earth where a combination of mountain winds and the polar vortex create the world’s highest ‘stratospheric mountain waves’ – rising air currents that Perlan pilots believe can eventually carry their experimental aircraft to the edge of space.”

In that first season, the glider reached new record heights, hitting a ceiling of 26,000 feet. Impressive, but still not good enough if they wanted to take down the record setting altitudes of such powered craft as the SR-71 Blackbird or U2 spyplane.

While Patagonia in August and September might be perfect for the ultimate goals, the Airbus Perlan team isn’t content to sit around and wait for it to come around once a year. In fact, back home in Nevada, in May of 2017, they once again broke their own record, soaring to just over 30,000 feet.

Where never lark or even eagle flew — And, while with silent lifting mind I’ve trod Breaking records, now, seemed to be part and parcel of the annual flight seasons. So far this year, as stated above, records are falling faster than ever before, with each new flight seemingly to push the boundaries of the aircraft’s capabilities further and further. Ed Warnock, Perlan Project CEO,

after a successful flight in August said, “our victory today, and whatever other milestones we achieve this year, is a testament to a pioneering spirit of exploration that runs through everyone on the project.”

That spirit of exploration runs through the stated mission of the program, which, beyond the sheer enormity of “flying an engineless glider to the edge of space,” is to “open up a world of new discoveries related to high-altitude flight, climate change and space exploration.”

To this end, the glider was designed with scientific research in mind. Not having an engine, the Perlan II doesn’t affect temperature or chemistry in the surrounding air, making it ideal to “expand human knowledge on several fronts” including a deeper understanding of weather and climate change as well as being able to take untainted samples of the ozone layer.

Even more exciting is that the conditions the Perlan II are being designed to fly in are close to those a winged craft might experience when flying above the Martian surface, feeding directly into NASA’s future plans to mount a manned trip to the red planet with the hopes of colonizing.

Airbus Perlan has also partnered with organizations like Teachers in Space, Inc., a non-profit designed to create student interest in the STEM fields of research to run student-designed experiments, leading to fostering the next generation of researchers who will take the aircraft higher and discover things we can only dream about today.

The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand, and touched the face of God. High Flight by John Gillespie Magee, Jr.

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