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IN THIS ISSUE

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5-Minute Expert: How to vet news sources and stories Your dim sum guide, in time for Lunar New Year

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Meet new Golden Knights coach Pete DeBoer How to volunteer to assist in the caucus process Vegas Inc: What trends will emerge in gaming in 2020?

STORIES FROM LAST WEEK OZZY OSBOURNE DIAGNOSED WITH PARKINSON’S Rocker Ozzy Osbourne, 71, revealed January 21 that he’s been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, a nervous system disorder that affects movement. He said on Good Morning America that the diagnosis came after a fall last year. His wife, Sharon Osbourne, said the diagnosis “was not a death sentence by any stretch of the imagination,” but he has good days and bad days. PROTEST OF HOMELESS BAN RESULTS IN ARRESTS A dozen demonstrators were taken into custody after they refused to move from the road during a protest January 20 in Downtown Las Vegas. About 100 people blocked a street to voice their opposition to two city laws that ban camping. They had tents, sleeping bags and cardboard boxes.

NFL Draft prospects will arrive by boat and get introduced on a stage at the Fountains of Bellagio, a league official said January 21 as he detailed plans for the three-day event that will include closing parts of the Strip and Flamingo Road. The draft, which is set for April 23-25, is expected to bring upwards of 350,000 visitors a day to the Strip, tourism officials said. Last year’s draft created $224 million in economic impact for Nashville, where 600,000 people attended the event over three days. (Courtesy)

DUAL ENDORSEMENT The New York Times endorsed two candidates for the Democratic nomination for president: Sens. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. The paper said January 19 it chose the two most effective candidates from the moderate and progressive sides of the party—without stating a preference for either approach.

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LOCAL ART COMMUNITY MOURNS THE LOSS OF ALEX HUERTA

OCTOBER 1 SHOOTING FEATURED IN EMINEM VIDEO CALLING FOR GUN REFORM Rapper Eminem’s latest music video, for his song “Darkness,” includes violent re-enactments of the October 1, 2017, mass shooting on the Strip at the Route 91 Harvest festival. The song speculates about the shooter’s thoughts in the hours leading up to and immediate moments after the massacre, which remains the deadliest mass killing in modern U.S. history. The disturbing and graphic video ends with a call to viewers, asking them to register to vote and “make your voice be heard and help change gun laws in America.” Acting as the main character in the video, in which he references and broadcasts an image of the Strip, Eminem rummages through a hotel room, drinking alcohol and taking prescription drugs as he prepares to shoot down at a concert below. As he breaks a hotel room window, Eminem’s character switches over to an actor with physical similarities to the real shooter, who killed himself after fatally wounding 58 victims and injuring hundreds more. An FBI report, which didn’t find a definite motive for the mass killing, stated the shooter was in part influenced by his father. The song’s lyrics reference the shooter comparing himself to his father. “You’ll never find a motive,” Eminem raps. The video switches over from a fictitious scene to real news reports of the October 1 tragedy. It’s followed by other reports from other mass shootings that have marred the U.S. in recent history. –Ricardo Torres-Cortez

BASEBALL HALL OF FAME ADDS TWO Derek Jeter, who played 20 seasons for the New York Yankees, came one vote shy of becoming the second player in Major League Baseball history to be unanimously selected for induction into the sport’s hall of fame. His former teammate, relief pitcher Mariano Rivera, was the first player so honored, in 2019. Jeter was a 14-time all-star, who eight times finished in the top 10 in MVP voting. In addition to Jeter, outfielder Larry Walker cleared the 75% threshold for enshrinement by six votes. It was his final year of eligibility. He was named National League MVP in 1997.

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The Las Vegas art community has lost a vital member. On January 20, beloved Downtown artist Alexander P. Huerta died due to complications related to ongoing health issues. The 53-yearold was sometimes called the “Grand Old Man of the Arts District” or the “Mayor of the Arts Factory,” where he ran his studio-gallery Peace N’ Art Studio. Huerta was also a member of the 3 Baaad Sheep art collective. Eddie Canumay, a comember of 3 Baaad Sheep, describes his relationship with Huerta as “brotherly.” Artist and gallerist Nancy Good says she called Huerta her “little brother.” There was something about Huerta that inspired a loving, family feeling. A former casino worker, the self-taught mixed-media artist and painter didn’t turn to canvas until late in life. Huerta dedicated his life to art, spending about 10 hours a day in the studio and making a living from his creations. Yet Huerta still found time for friendships with all who passed through the Arts Factory and beyond. “He influenced pretty much the whole art community,” Canumay says, recalling the ways Huerta encouraged and supported both new and established artists. “Alex’s art was very Vegas: street-smart, funky, colorful,” says gallerist Priscilla Fowler, who has displayed the work of 3 Baaad Sheep for years. “Everyone loved Alex. We will all miss him terribly.” –C. Moon Reed

THEY SAID IT ■ “Nobody likes him, nobody wants to work with him, he got nothing done. ... It’s not only him, it’s the culture around him. It’s his leadership team. It’s his prominent supporters.” –Hillary Clinton, about Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter published January 21 ■ “The facts are clear, but they are still too uncomfortable for you to address. You just leave it because you think it’s too depressing and people will give up, but people will not give up. You are the ones who are giving up.” –climate activist Greta Thunberg to business and political leaders in Davos, Switzerland ■ “Our hope was to continue serving the queen, the commonwealth and my military associations but without public funding. Unfortunately, that wasn’t possible.” –Prince Harry, referring to the decision he and wife Meghan Markle decided to cut their royal ties ■ “It is absolutely not my view that Joe is corrupt in any way. And I’m sorry that that op-ed appeared.” –Bernie Sanders, referring to a column written by Zephyr Teachout and published in The Guardian that claimed Joe Biden “has perfected the art of taking big contributions, then representing his corporate donors at the cost of middle- and working-class Americans”

NEW MARKET FILLS A VEGAN NICHE A new grocer recently opened in Las Vegas, and it only sells items that are plant-based and cruelty free. Veg-In-Out Vegan Market on Sunset Road, just west of Sunset Park, celebrated its soft opening in December, stocking primarily vegan snacks and grab-and-go options. Kaiti Carney, a vegan for 30 years, and her husband, Erik Carney, a vegan for nearly a decade, launched the market to supply locals with vegan items they can’t find in their regular supermarket. The grocer also carries local items, like gyro “meat” from Ruse Vegan Kitchen, Pinky’s Up Gluten Free Pizza Crust, Virgin Cheese and more. The Carneys say they hope to stock the store with fresh produce in the future and to partner with more local vegan outlets for pop-ups. And while Veg-In-Out caters to vegans, you don’t have to be vegan to shop there. “Everybody’s welcome,” Erik Carney says. –Leslie Ventura Veg-In-Out Vegan Market: 2301 E. Sunset Road, #8-9, 702-954-4626.

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HOW TO SPOT FAKE NEWS IN 2020

A GUIDE TO MEDIA LITERACY DURING A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CYCLE BY KELCIE GREGA

ow that Nevada has officially obtained electoral “battleground” status, we get bombarded by political ads and news stories. With that comes an inevitable wave of misinformation, as seen in 2016, when, Congress and the FBI have concluded, Russian-backed politically oriented false news stories were disseminated through social media with the intent of influencing the election’s outcome. ¶ While the extent of how “fake news” and online misinformation influenced voting choices, it’s crucial to stay vigilant online and exercise critical thinking skills. Here’s a comprehensive guide to media literacy for 2020.

FOLLOW THE BYLINE Established journalists generally work on an assigned beat, sometimes for years, making them quasi-experts on a topic. If you’re interested in following a particular issue, follow the journalist covering it. A simple google search of the story’s byline is also a helpful exercise in determining whether the source can be trusted. Notorious fake news writer Paul Horner, who died in 2017, often used the fake byline “Jimmy Rustling” on his fraudulent articles.

LOOK AT THE URL Does the URL look off in some way? URLs that contain spelling errors or end in extension like “.infonet” and “.offer” instead of “.com” or “.edu” are highly suspect. Some URLs can be especially sneaky and give off an air of legitimacy, like Horner’s cnn.com.de.

Escape the self-affirming echo chamber

Just like a cult, an echo chamber welcomes its members with open arms and promises of safety and solidarity. Members will encounter beliefs and opinions that coincide with their own, and will either mistrust—or perhaps never see—opposing viewpoints. Social media is also set up to keep users in echo chambers by relying on algorithms based on past online activity to determine what content the user can see. Sites like Reddit that enlist a rating system can also be dangerous, because they allow users to participate in an experience that aligns with their own political views. Pulling out of these echo chambers can require a great deal of self-discipline. Being exposed to different opinions and having an intellectual curiosity that extends beyond personal viewpoints can be helpful in becoming more open-minded, and interrogating your own beliefs.

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5-MINUTE EXPERT

IF IT SOUNDS FAKE, IT PROBABLY IS If you’re scrolling through Twitter or Facebook and come across a story triggering your internal alarm, trust your gut and doublecheck it. Are other sources covering this story? Or maybe a fact-checking website has already debunked the story or claim.

OL D NE W S CA N BE M IS LE AD IN G News stori es often re su face from the graveya rrd of old new s. These ar e legitimate news stori es are taken out of cont that ext and weap onized to misle people. Tha t’s why it’s ad always cruc ial to chec k the date o f a piece b efore sharing it.

HELPFUL SITES FOR MEDIA LITERACY AND FACT-CHECKING

DETERMINE THE CONTEXT Sometimes legitimate stories and columns are misinterpreted as “fake” when taken in the wrong context. For example, editorials and guest columns often represent individual opinions (even though some might incorporate original reporting). Don’t let an opinion piece be the sole source of informing yourself on a particular topic. Another basic step that’s often missed: determining whether an article is intended as satire and not meant to be taken seriously.

■ Propaganda Critic (propagandacritic.com): This website is dedicated to educating the public on critically analyzing media messages and the way propaganda techniques influence democracy. It also has educational videos and games about media literacy. ■ Google image search (images. google.com): A picture might be worth a thousand words, but it can often be misleading when used in the wrong context. Over the summer, a slew of world leaders and celebrities shared an image of the Amazon Rainforest on fire, with calls to action to save it. While the overall message— that the Amazon has faced a large number of forest fires this year—is true, some of the photos were shot almost 16 years ago and didn’t accurately portray the whole story. A reverse image search can help determine the authenticity and origin of an image. Simply click the camera icon on Google Images and upload the image, or paste the URL.

■ Media Bias/Fact Check (mediabiasfactcheck.com): This is a good way to evaluate the factual accuracy and bias of news sources and media outlets. Sources are ranked on a political bias spectrum from left to right, with least biased in the middle. Note: Its rating system is in no way scientific, so take each rating with a grain of salt.

■ Fact-checking websites. Some news organizations have a staff dedicated to checking the accuracy of statements from public officials and politicians, along with debunking viral misnomers. Two of the most popular are The Washington Post’s Fact Checker (washingtonpost.com/news/ fact-checker) and the Poynter Institute’s Politifact (politifact.com).

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Tim Ho Wan at the Palms serves a variety of dim sum dishes all day and through the evening.

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RING IN THE LUNAR NEW YEAR WITH THE MEAL AT THE HEART OF CHINESE CUISINE BY LESLIE VENTURA

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he way to a person’s heart is through their stomach, and dim sum might be the best way to get there. The exact history of the term—which translates to “touch the heart”—remains the subject of debate, but we do know the tradition of eating these beautiful, expertly assembled snacks dates back thousands of years, at least to the Song Dynasty, though some legends date the custom as far back as 300 B.C. In China, it’s common for people, especially the older set, to wake up and go for dim sum (also known as yum cha, which translates to “drink tea”) as early as 5 a.m., with restaurants staying open through lunchtime. Chef “Danny”Ho Wong of Tim Ho Wan at the Palms learned the craft of dim sum as a teenager in China. “I still remember learning to make har gow [shrimp dumplings],” he says. “It was so complicated. You fold and fold and fold the dumpling, and it takes a long time just to make one. Why not make it easy?” he says with a laugh. After years making dim sum, the chef decided to be a baker so his days wouldn’t start before dawn. Years later, he moved to the U.S. to run a bakery in Sacramento, and eventually, he found himself making dim sum in the desert. Wong says Tim Ho Wan, the Michelinstarred Hong Kong dim sum house with outposts in seven countries, is known for its classic approach to the Cantonese cuisine. “There’s more procedure. It takes a long time to prepare the food. It’s more traditional,” Wong says. Many dishes are served as buns, dumplings or rolls, stuffed with pork or shrimp, and are steamed, baked or fried. All dishes are made with painstaking detail. Tim Ho Wan is open for dinner, but that’s not the custom in China. There, dim sum is enjoyed like brunch, and tea is central to the experience. If you want dim sum, Wong says make sure you have at least an hour to spare. “If you’ve got 15 minutes, 30 minutes, don’t go to a restaurant for yum cha. You need to enjoy the moment, relax, drink tea, read a newspaper,” he says. Other than that, there’s no right or wrong way to do dim sum, he says. Whether you’re with a group or dining solo, it’s simply about savoring food—and life—in the here and now.

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A variety of dim sum dishes from Ping Pang Pong inside Gold Coast

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SIX VEGAS SPOTS TO GET YOUR DUMPLING FIX

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The dim sum cart at Chang’s Hong Kong Cuisine

BY GENEVIE DURANO Chang’s Hong Kong Cuisine Chang’s is exactly how you want your dim sum house to be. It has a faux-pagoda exterior and a no-nonsense interior with roving dim sum carts steaming fresh from the kitchen. It’s a point-andeat operation with little translation in between, but really, who needs to chew the fat when you can chew chicken feet instead? 4670 S. Decatur Blvd., 702-362-3663. KJ Dim Sum Hone in on dim sum delicacies at this Rio favorite. The dining room clocks in at 4,600 square feet, offering plenty of room for carts to navigate, all bearing steamers of authentic Chinese dishes, from noodles to dumplings. 3700 W. Flamingo Road, 702-777-2333. Mott 32 The Palazzo’s artful homage to Cantonese and Szechuan cuisine recently rolled out an all-youcan-eat dim sum brunch where you order off a menu instead of a rolling cart. Your patience is rewarded by dishes plated so beautifully, they’ll be filling your Insta feed in no time. Palazzo, 702-607-3232.

Orchids Garden Orchids Garden on West Sahara is one of those places in the Valley that feels like it’s always been there. With all-day dim sum served 365 days a year, it’s a reliable and comforting go-to whenever the mood strikes. 5485 W. Sahara Ave., 702-631-3839. Ping Pang Pong Nestled amid the bustle of the Gold Coast Casino, the award-winning Ping Pang Pong is a gold-accented oasis of steamed buns, glistening noodles and fluffy dumplings. How beloved is this place among locals? There’s always a line at reception. But the wait is never long, and it’s always worth it. 4000 W. Flamingo Road, 702-247-8136.

Mott 32 serves truffle mushroom lettuce cups (inset) as part of its dim sum menu.

Tim Ho Wan The Cantonese-style restaurant, which originated in Hong Kong, has a big following in Asia. It landed at the Palms this year, bringing to the Valley such favorites as barbecue pork buns and fried turnip cakes, along with Vegas-only offerings like shrimp toast truffle foie gras. Palms, 702-990-8888.

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A LIFELONG DIM SUM LOVER SHARES TIPS AND TRICKS FOR ENJOYING THE MEAL BY ANDY WANG

y sister was a picky eater growing up, but there was always something for her at dim sum. She avoided crowd-pleasers like barbecue pork buns. What she wanted was beef tripe. My parents had told her once that the thinly sliced tripe was “rubber bands.” And somehow, a girl who wouldn’t even eat steak because she could “see the fat,” decided that chewy rubber bands topped with chili peppers were delicious. So this is my primary advice for dim sum newbies: There’s something for everyone at dim sum, especially if you can channel childlike wonder and glee. Here are some other insider tips I’ve picked up in a lifetime of eating dim sum.

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Stay focused when the carts stop at your table. You don’t want to fill up on overly doughy items or fried food. Start with har gow, the shrimp dumplings you’ll find at any good dim sum parlor. The har gow skins should ideally be translucent. There should be a plump filling with shrimp and bamboo shoots. “It’s definitely har gow,” Las Vegas chef Sheridan Su says when asked about his go-to dim sum order. “If they get that right, I’ll keep on ordering.” Jenny Wong, who runs Every Grain, Flock & Fowl and Fat Choy with Su, looks for liu sha bao, buns with a molten salted egg yolk filling. That’s a specialty item she orders right away if she sees it on a cart. It’s also worth ordering dishes straight from the kitchen. There might be specials like big plates of lobster noodles. Meanwhile, cheung fun—rice noodle rolls filled with meat, shrimp or vegetables—are “one of those things where you should ask if they can make a fresh one for you in the back,” Wong says. The rolls can dry out if they sit too long. If a cart is quickly selling out of cheung fun, though, you might be fine ordering off the cart. STEAMED SPARE RIBS WITH BLACK BEAN SAUCE

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An employee poses with a dim sum cart at Chang’s Hong Kong Cuisine

SHRIMP AND PORK IN BEAN CURD SHEET

READING THE ROOM Su and Wong, whose favorite Vegas dim sum spots include Ping Pang Pong, Tan Tung Ky, Tim Ho Wan and Yum Cha, stress that different restaurants excel at different things. (Tim Ho Wan, for example, has good barbecue pork buns and shumai.) You can ask servers about what’s most popular, but chances are you won’t get much of an answer. Pretend you’re playing poker and read the situation. Do servers actually seem excited about a dish, or is it more likely they’re pushing something that isn’t selling well? It’s fine to quickly examine every little bamboo steamer and ask for the dumplings that look best. Some customers even insist on never taking the steamer that’s on top.

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FINDING THE SWEET SPOT Do you really want the egg tarts or almond jelly you see immediately after you sit down? Sure, enjoy yourself. Again, the joy of dim sum often involves behaving like a child.

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You might be hesitant about chicken feet, gelatinous seafood or cubes of pork blood. Wong suggests bringing a big group to dim sum so you can order many items without committing to eating a lot of any single thing. “If you’re afraid to try something, you can always, like, dissect it,” she says. “For chicken feet, I always recommend people take off a little bit of the skin, to not even go for the toe.” You can always quickly wash something down with tea, which works as a palate cleanser and cuts grease. (Wong likes chrysanthemum pu-ehr, a nice balance between a floral tea and a stronger tea.) Or maybe you’ll realize that chicken feet, anchovy eyes or rubber-band-like tripe are delightful. Either way, the goal should be having fun and trying new things.

YOU CAN TRY MAKING IT AT HOME, BUT THE LEARNING CURVE IS STEEP BY C. MOON REED If you go to restaurants to order things you can’t cook at home, dim sum is the perfect cuisine for you. A single meal offers an incredible variety of flavors, textures and ingredients. The dishes are relatively cheap yet incredibly labor-intensive, requiring special equipment, years of practice and a team of chefs. Even in China, where dim sum originates, most people don’t make their own dim sum, according to Karrie Hung, owner of popular Vegas Chinese restaurant Ping Pang Pong. The Gold Coast eatery serves 60 to 80 different dim sum items, with a team of 15 chefs arriving daily at 6 a.m. to prepare everything from scratch—steaming, frying, braising and baking. Hung’s chef jokes that Ping Pang Pong sells more bread than a bakery. “Every single piece of dim sum needs to be handmade,” Hung says. And they have to be made quickly. The team at Ping Pang Pong folds more than 1,000 pot stickers a day. “I don’t know how our chefs keep track, because you need to know all kinds of skills.” One of the most delicious and iconic dim sum dishes is chicken feet. Hung says that it takes a full restaurant kitchen to achieve the signature texture. When done right, Hung says, the result is soft and juicy, with the bones falling right off. “You need to have the chicken feet deep-fried to make the skin puff up, and then you braise and steam it,” she says. “It’s very hard to do at home.” Another favorite, har gow, requires a professional chef to make the dumpling skin. Determined home cooks can purchase wrappers at any Asian market if they want to make shumai themselves, however. To make cha siu bao (barbecue pork buns), Hung recommends home cooks only attempt the buns and buy the barbecue pork filling elsewhere. To make cheung fun (steamed rice noodles), experienced chefs steam a sheet of rice dough in a special steamer imported from Hong Kong. Hung says it takes “years of training” to fold the dough at the correct thickness to make the rice rolls, which contain different ingredients like shrimp. “Most people would rather go to restaurants than go to all the trouble to make it at home, because the dim sum price is very reasonable [$2.88-$5.88 per item at Ping Pang Pong],” Hung says. “And you can get good quality, especially in Vegas. There are many dim sum restaurants around, so many choices.”

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A few recommended dim sum dishes BY Genevie Durano

Sh u m a i Har gow Is there a more delicate dish than the pleated steamed dumpling filled with shrimp? The wrapper is translucent yet strong enough to hold the contents when picked up with chopsticks. The pleats, which can number seven to 10 or more, require an artistry that takes time to master. Har gow is considered to be one of the most challenging dumplings to execute, and the one that best tests a dim sum chef’s mettle. (Pictured from Tim Ho Wan)

A dim sum house can be judged by the quality of its shumai, the little mounds of pork, shrimp and other ingredients wrapped in a thin sheet of water dough. Shumai, which lends itself to endless variations, is ubiquitous in most Asian countries as street food, but in the West, it’s the cornerstone of a dim sum meal, the one item you absolutely shouldn’t miss. (Pictured from Ping Pang Pong)

Cha siu bao These steamed buns filled with barbecue pork are perhaps the most familiar dim sum item to Westerners. Variations have appeared in recent years in which the bao (bun) is used like a small pita for fillings, but the traditional Cantonese version is a round mound that comes either steamed or baked. It’s a filling treat that you should reserve for halfway or near the end of your meal. (Pictured from Tim Ho Wan)

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Pa n - f r i e d t u r n i p c a k e Turnip cakes, despite their name, are usually made with shredded radishes. They’re mixed with rice flour, cut into rectangular slices and pan-fried. The texture is crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside. Turnip cakes are usually eaten on Chinese New Year, since they symbolize good fortune. (Pictured from Tim Ho Wan)

Chicken feet Though chicken feet might not be a staple in the American diet, it’s commonly found in Asian dishes. When the hard layer of skin is removed, the edible tissue consists of tendons, and cooked properly, it’s a flavorful and texturerich snack. For the uninitiated, dim sum is the perfect way to get your feet wet discovering the wonders of this gelatinous delicacy. (Pictured from Ping Pang Pong)

Xiao long bao To eat these Shanghainese soup dumplings, a little technique is necessary, along with simultaneous dexterity with a soup spoon and chopsticks. But in all reality, you’ll be eating these so fast, the path from steamer basket to mouth is almost irrelevant. Also, the Chinese believe that dumplings bring luck (as they’re shaped like gold ingots), so the more you eat, the better. (Pictured from Mott 32)

Jian Dui Most American meals end with a toothachingly sweet final course. Dim sum is usually closed out with more subtle palate pleasers like jian dui, fried sesame balls made from glutinouse rice flour and filled with mildly sweet red bean paste. The crisp and chewy dessert is said to be a fortuitous treat: As the dough is fried, it expands, and so will your fortunes when you eat these. (Pictured from Chang’s)

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ARTEMUS W. HAM CONCERT HALL RUSSIAN NATIONAL BALLET: CINDERELLA Don’t be Putin off the chance to see these Russian dancers bring a classic fairy tale to life. Founded in 1989, their company has been delighting American audiences for decades. These talented performers—who stop in Las Vegas as part of a monthlong U.S. tour—don’t need hackers to steal your heart. 7:30 p.m., $20-$50. –C. Moon Reed

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There isn’t a more pressing issue facing us today than the state of our planet, as evidenced by the millions-strong movement spurred by activist Greta Thunberg. Closer to home, Terry Tempest Williams has been a passionate conservationist for decades, her work centering on the landscape of the American West. She writes in her 1991 book-length essay Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place, “If the desert is holy, it is because it is a forgotten place that allows us to remember the sacred. Perhaps that is why every pilgrimage to the desert is a pilgrimage to the self.” Author Téa Obreht, whose debut novel, The Tiger’s Wife, won the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction, talks to Tempest Williams about her latest book, Erosion: Essays of Undoing, which explores Tempest Williams’ resistance to self-serving political policies that only serve to despoil the natural world. “The world is so beautiful, even as it burns, even as those we love leave us,” Tempest Williams writes. It’s a conversation none of us can afford to tune out. 7 p.m., free. –Genevie Durano

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Dominique Armani Jones, aka rapper Lil Baby, arrives fresh off a set at Atlanta’s Coca-Cola Roxy, where he performed with his “Out the Mud” collaborator, Future. Peep his latest single, “Sum 2 Prove,” then head to Drai’s to catch the Baby in the flesh. 10:30 p.m., $40-$60. –Leslie Ventura

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Explore the culinary wonders of the Arts District at this vegan walking tour, led by Vegans, Baby’s Diana Edelman. Sample food and drinks—plant-based charcuterie, pizza and more—from five different Downtown restaurants. 2 p.m., $77. –Genevie Durano

The Northern California punks released the third album of their lengthy career, The Spine That Binds, last year. Give it a listen, then relive 1999 by screaming “Lemonade” as loud as you can. With Death by Stereo. 8 p.m., $18. –Leslie Ventura

Years before the #MeToo hashtag, Anita Hill stood bravely before the world and decried sexual harassment and unchecked privilege. Hear her story as part of UNLV’s Barrick Lecture Series. 7:30 p.m., free (tickets required), unlv. edu/pac/tickets. –Geoff Carter

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here’s a hive mind in Las Vegas, and it’s full of The Rabbit Hole’s primary influence was LA party the people trying to make a difference. These artists, Low End Theory, a weekly club night that began in 2006 and musicians, producers and other creatives share helped birth artists like Flying Lotus, Tokimonsta and the a vision, of creating a culture to which Las Vegas Glitch Mob before shuttering in 2018. can connect. With each new venture comes a new “It really motivated and inspired us to be OK with making person or group, adding more variety to the mix. different kinds of music,” says Ybarra, who launched the The Rabbit Hole, a production collective foundRabbit Hole with co-founders Jamaal Long and Ty Bolden. ed in 2015, is one such entity. The group, which Since then, the crew has expanded to 11 core members, recently launched a record label called 24 Karrot Records, is six of whom have played Downtown’s Life Is Beautiful also gearing up to celebrate its fifth anniversary, with festival, according to Ybarra. Aside from hosta blowout party at Downtown’s CMXX, featuring ing their own events, the collective and its various collective members and labelmates members have also opened for artists like and a headlining performance by The Noir MNDSGN, Tokimonsta and Chromeo. THE RABBIT HOLE Movement. The record label, a platform to help even CELEBRATION SHOW “Our main thing was to start a night more local artists grow, represents the January 25, 9 p.m., $10-$15. CMXX, where we could provide unorthodox sounds,” next phase for the Rabbit Hole. 920 S. Commerce St., says co-founder Lucas Ybarra. “Las Vegas “We really try to push artists’ music therabbitholelv.com. is known for the commercial end of music. and give them a fighting chance,” Ybarra We’re not hating on that by any means, but says, adding that everything the Rabbit we wanted to hold a night where there were no Hole does is self-funded, and that all event strings attached. You can play off-the-wall sounds profits go straight back into the collective. and still be accepted.” The events are designed to be buffets for the senses. That desire to ignite something bigger has always been a The Rabbit Hole has worked with local visual designers such part of Downtown’s music and nightlife scene, and the Rabas Brett Bolton, Circuit Jungle, Spacey Blurr and Qliff to bit Hole is carrying that torch into the next decade. weave intricate visual concepts into the productions, creat“I remember growing up and wanting to be able to freely ing a smorgasbord of ever-changing eye and ear candy. play what I love and not abide to any kind of playlist. I think “When we were old enough, we felt like we were looking it was just a type of freedom that I was looking for,” says for that [in Vegas], but we never found it,” Ybarra says. “So Ybarra, who started DJing house parties when he was a teen. what better way to do it than to start it ourselves?”

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Walker’s Marquee residency begins January 25. (Berenice Bautista/AP Photo)

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Bay Area native Yo Yolie has been bouncing between DJ gigs in Reno, Vegas and San Francisco all month long, and she’ll wrap up January with a midweek return to her residency at Chateau on January 29. Also: DJ Ikon & Eric Forbes 1/23. DJ Kittie 1/24. Bayati 1/25. Wed-Sat, Paris, 702-776-7777.

Dillon Francis just announced a monthlong tour with rapper Yung Gravy, launching in late March in Pittsburgh. Catch his next Strip session with EBC at Night on January 29. Wed, Encore, 702-770-7300.

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The Park MGM nightlife venue goes all-Latin this weekend, when the annual Calibash concert lands at T-Mobile Arena. Pitbull Radio’s DJ Santarosa spins on January 23, Adrian Crush celebrates his birthday on January 24 (also featuring Tony G, René Ortiz and Joe Torres) and DJ Ocho wraps it up with the Univision afterparty on January 25. Tue-Sat, Park MGM, 702-730-7777.

DJ Karma 1/24. DJ C-LA 1/25. Nightly, Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7631.

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Dilemma 1/23. DJ Presto One 1/24. DJ P-Dot 1/25. DJ Teenwolf 1/26. Wed-Sun, 217 Las Vegas Blvd. N., 702-476-1082.

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Loud Luxury 1/23. Lil Jon 1/24. Steve Aoki 1/25. Eric DLux 1/26. Thu-Sun, MGM Grand, 702-891-3838.

It’s a huge week at Marquee, where Norwegian wunderkind Alan Walker launches his new residency on January 25 and the legendary Marquee Mondays party celebrates nine years of fun on January 27, soundtracked by club mainstay Vice. Also: KSHMR 1/24. Mon, Fri-Sat, Cosmopolitan, 702-333-9000.

Tue-Sun, 150 Las Vegas Blvd. N. #190, 702-333-5831.

OMNIA Zedd 1/24. Party Favor 1/25. Jeff Retro 1/28. Tue, Thu-Sun, Caesars Palace, 702-785-6200.

ON THE RECORD Carter Cruise & Sean Perry 1/24. DJ Mighty Mi 1/25. DJ Five 1/29. Wed, Fri-Sat, Park MGM, 702-730-6773.

PIRANHA Chris Tavi 1/23. DJ Virus 1/26-1/-27. DJ Vago 1/28. Nightly, 4633 Paradise Road, 702-791-0100.

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VOODOO Nightly, Rio, 702-777-7800.

XS Diplo 1/24. Dillon Francis 1/25. Fri-Sun, Encore, 702-770-7300.

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ITALIAN COMFORT TERRA ROSSA RETURNS TO ANCHOR RED ROCK RESORT’S CULINARY LINEUP BY LESLIE VENTURA f Red Rock Resort’s Italian restaurant, Terra Rossa, sounds familiar, it’s because you’re revisiting a beloved locals favorite. The original Italian eatery closed in 2016 and returned to the property at the end of last year after a couple of other Italian concepts—Clique Hospitality’s Salute and Scott Conant’s Masso Osteria—came and went there. Perhaps the Stations-run Terra Rossa is what the space needed after all, and it’s back as the rightful anchor. Chef Dan Rossi (Rose.Rabbit.Lie., Scarpetta, D.O.C.G.) helms Terra Rossa after nearly three years as Red Rock’s assistant executive chef. Now that he’s in the driver’s seat, he’s demonstrating his penchant for family-style Italian cuisine. The expansive menu is divided into many categories: antipasto, soups and salads, pizza, pasta fresca (made in-house) and pasta secca (imported from Italy), beef, veal, chicken and fish. Start with the vegetarian artichoke Française ($9), which gets the traditional French treatment typically saved for chicken. Tender artichoke hearts are dipped in flour and egg, fried lightly and served with blistered cherry tomatoes and lemon butter sauce. The Bianca pizza ($14) is simple but flavorful, topped with salty prosciutto, fresh arugula and buffalo mozzarella. The menu focuses heavily on veal, offering seven iterations, including three chop variations ($69) and classics like veal marsala and scaloppini ($30), while the chicken mattone ($22) takes advantage of Terra Rossa’s Josper grill and oven: The breast and legs are butterflied, stuffed with herbs and flattened with a brick, then grilled inside the charcoal oven to achieve a blackened outer crust, while the meat remains juicy on the inside. If pasta’s what you crave, the cacio e pepe ($15) is as classically Roman as it gets: al dente spaghetti tossed with Pecorino Romano and peppercorn, then hit with a splash of cream and olive oil for a velvety, rich bite that only gets better. Save room, because cappuccino and cannoli is the proper way to punctuate a truly Italian meal.

Terra Rossa will warm your stomach—and your heart. (Christopher DeVargas/Staff)

Red Rock Resort, 702-797-7777. SundayThursday, 5-10 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 5-11 p.m.

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It’s tough to choose between Humboldt Sweets’ lemon bars, blueberry scones and pecan rolls. (Christopher DeVargas/Staff)

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If you spent your youth trolling latenight karaoke at Ellis Island, the newly opened Front Yard provides a reason to return. This two-story addition to the 50-plus-year-old property is grown-up fun: a classy yet casual indoor/outdoor brewpub with large windows, Strip views and a retractable roof. Bring friends and order shareable favorites like the warm pretzel with fourcheese fondue ($10) or the mac and cheese with house-made bacon ($7). To get in the beer garden mood, go for the four-sausage flight ($20), which includes jalapeño cheddar, linguica and a variety of mustards. The Alpine flatbread ($14) is another standout—bratwurst, caramelized onions and mustard seeds complement the Gruyère and Muenster cheeses—while the horseradish cauliflower ($7) and roasted veggie sandwich ($10) should please carnivores, too. If it’s date night, start with oysters on the half shell ($17), dine on the horseradish-crusted wild Alaskan salmon ($16) or the half rotisserie chicken ($13) and then finish by sharing the romantic Berries & Cognac dessert ($7). Naturally, Ellis Island brews flow through the taps. At $3 for classics and $5 for specialties, you can easily get your fill. Right now, the rotating specialties include a smoky Rauchbier, a doppelbock and a chocolatey coffee stout. Whimsical cocktails—like a bloody mary with Flamin’ Hot Cheetos—round out the drink menu. –C. Moon Reed

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…AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD with The Acid Sisters, Suryacandra. January 25, 9 p.m., $15. Bunkhouse Saloon, 702-9821764.

DEAD AHEAD ARTY ROCK BAND ...AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD RETURNS TO VEGAS AFTER A LENGTHY ABSENCE BY ANNIE ZALESKI n January 17, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead released its 10th album, X: The Godless Void and Other Stories, a ferocious encapsulation of the Texas band’s sonic influences: surging punk, thundering post-punk, moody Brit-rock and atmospheric art-pop. Drummer and vocalist Jason Reece, one of Trail of Dead’s two co-founders, checked in with the Weekly to talk about the new record, lyrical themes and a milestone anniversary.

What was on your minds as you worked on this album? We’re very aware that we’ve been around for a long time, and that if we are going to release a record we want to it to be good. We were inspired by a lot of newer things in our lives: personal moments, listening to Hans Zimmer soundtracks and finding old ’80s music that we haven’t really visited in a while, [like] Talk Talk and Peter Gabriel. [We’re] using some keyboards that are sort of synth-y and

’80s-sounding and bringing that into the mix of our noisy guitar rock. What are some of the lyrical themes? There’s a lot about loss, because we’ve lost friends. Some relationships have been lost. And then there’s sort of a melancholy thing about America having its existential influence on our psyche right now. … We definitely try to be metaphorical, and sometimes it’s even abstract. But that’s the beauty of writing lyrics—they make sense to the writer more than anything. You did some 20th-anniversary shows celebrating [1999’s] Madonna and then some Source Tags & Codes full-album shows. Do you think that influenced the new album? Definitely, with the sequence of playing those live. It’s always important for us to sequence the music like you’re reading a bunch of short stories [and that] they all connect. … We like that idea of making a cohesive piece of work. Right now, we’re in an age when people are

just streaming various songs on a playlist. We’re totally into that, too. But it’s nice to throw on something, and then for like 45 minutes, you’re transported. That’s ideal to me. Do any Las Vegas performances or experiences stand out to you from over the years? We haven’t played there in a long time. We did House of Blues [in 2006, with Blood Brothers]. That’s when I met the [then-]owner of Beauty Bar [Paul Devitt], and then I ended up opening a Beauty Bar in Austin, Texas, which I had for seven years. We also played at [UNLV] with Dethklok [in 2007]. It was weird, because we were opening for a cartoon. This marks the 25th anniversary of the band as a recording entity. Are you guys thinking about that at all? It seems very crazy. I mean, I know I’m older, but I don’t feel like this band is that old. We’re resilient motherf*ckers, man (laughs). For more of this interview, visit lasvegasweekly.com.

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GENTLEMAN CALLERS CURSIVE BRINGS CLOUD NOTHINGS AND CRITERIA TO THE BUNKHOUSE

Indie stalwart Cursive returns to the Bunkhouse for the second time in less than a year—with serious reinforcements. We dissect the bill … Cursive Having broken up in the late 1990s, gone on hiatus in the mid-2000s and lost a handful of members along the way, this Omaha, Nebraska, outfit hasn’t always seemed built to last. And yet, co-founders Tim Kasher (vocals, guitar) and Matt Maginn (bass) remain onboard and, if anything, have been ramping up activity of late, releasing new albums in 2018 (Vitriola) and 2019 (Get Fixed). Both feature the band’s trademark emo/ indie/post-hardcore swirl, showcased to peak effect on 2000’s Domestica and 2003’s The Ugly Organ.

BUILDING A LEGACY DYNAMIC VOCALIST JAMILA WOODS BRINGS HER POETIC MUSIC TO TOWN A Vegas stop by Raphael Saadiq—the former Tony! Toni! Toné! member who has been releasing quality solo records for the past two decades (most recently August’s excellent Jimmy Lee)—would be cause for celebration on its own. But there’s an even more compelling reason to attend Brooklyn Bowl’s January 24 concert: opener Jamila Woods. In a year packed with deservedly praised recordings by women—Lana Del Rey, FKA twigs, Billie Eilish, Angel Olsen and many more—Woods’ sophomore album, 2019’s Legacy! Legacy!, stood with the very best. “I am not your typical girl/Throw away that picture in your head,” the Chicago-raised, Brown University-educated vocalist and songwriter announces during

opening “Betty,” before reeling off a dozen more tracks conveying her message of strength and pride. From standout cut “Giovanni”: “A hundred motherf*ckers can’t tell me/How I’m supposed to look when I’m angry/How I’m supposed to shrink when you’re around me/Permission denied to rearrange me/I am the kingdom, I am not your queen.” Such words resonate loudest when delivered with a powerful voice woven into inventive compositions, and the 30-year-old Woods succeeds on both counts. Her human instrument flows with conviction and confidence, and her songs—the sort of jazz/hip-hop/soul blend that should appeal to fans of Erykah Badu, Frank Ocean and Solange—live as more than simple backing tracks. She’s an artist just getting started on a thought-provoking journey, and for one night, – it brings her here. –Spencer Patterson

JAMILA WOODS opening for Raphael Saadiq with DJ Duggz. January 24, 7:30 p.m., $20-$35. Brooklyn Bowl, 702-862-2695.

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Jason Reece (right) and Conrad Kelly blaze a trail to Las Vegas on January 25. (Courtesy)

Cloud Nothings After more than a decade together, this noisy, Cleveland-based punk quartet is finally set for its live Vegas debut. Spearheaded by singer/songwriter/guitarist Dylan Baldi, the group’s urgent sound should appeal to fans of F*cked Up, …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead and Titus Andronicus. First spin: 2012’s Steve Albini-engineered Attack on Memory. Criteria More for Cursive fans to geek out about: Guitarist Steve Pederson— who played on that band’s first two albums—launched this Omaha project in 2003, a few years after leaving Cursive. The timing for Criteria’s inclusion on this bill couldn’t be better, with the Weezer-y Years, the group’s first LP in 15 years, having dropped on January 17. –Spencer Patterson

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SCENE By Kelcie Grega eter Lung remembers how excited he was for Chinese New Year as a boy. He would anxiously count the days until he’d get to wear brand-new clothes, eat mandarin oranges and receive hong bao (red packets) filled with money. Lung says he still experiences that same excitement, decorating his home and Chinatown business—World of Feng Shui, a store specializing in jewelry, art and books about Chinese art and science—for the new year. Chinese New Year, also known as the Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival, is a 15-day celebration that begins on the first day of the lunar calendar. The holiday is also observed in other Asian countries, including Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, North Korea, Singapore, South Korea and Vietnam. It’s a major driver for Chinese tourism, according to officials with the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, which ranked China the fifth-largest market for international visitation to Las Vegas in 2018 with 236,970 travelers. The Year of the Rat begins on January 25 with an explosion of cultural festivities across the Valley. But it wasn’t always that way, says Jan-Ie Low, executive producer of the annual Chinese New Year in the Desert celebration, now in its ninth year. Low, who moved to Las Vegas in 2004, says Chinese New Year events were once hosted solely by a small cluster of Asian American-owned businesses along Spring Mountain Road. Those businesses would eventually multiply and become Las Vegas’ Chinatown district. But the Valley was quite different in those days, says Lung, who remembers driving to LA to get to the closest Asian grocery store. “It looked like a countryside back then,” he says. For 25 years, Chinatown Plaza served as the primary venue for Chinese New Year events in Las Vegas. The site will not host any events this year, says property manager Joe Shen, but he adds that the Plaza is happy to pass the torch. “Our whole purpose was to expand the horizon for all Nevada residents and make it inclusive for everyone,” he says. Low says she established CNY in the Desert to spread Chinese and Asian culture beyond

Chinatown. She says it has since grown extensively since its humble beginnings on Fremont Street in 2012, expanding to venues like the Grand Canal Shoppes at the Venetian, Ping Pang Pong at the Gold Coast and Downtown’s Arts District. “Our intention is to spread the love across Clark County,” she says. Las Vegas has also evolved as an international destination for Chinese New Year celebrations, says Rafael Villanueva, senior director of global development for the LVCVA. “Years ago, the Chinese New Year celebration in Las Vegas was solely focused on the high-end Asian player,” he says. But now that travel from mainland China is easier and the local Asian community has grown, the celebration “has grown from private ballrooms to the entire resort, and blossomed throughout much of our community.” Low says it has become a trend for younger Chinese tourists to travel abroad, with many receiving time off work during the two-week celebration. She adds that Las Vegas is an especially popular destination because gambling is a good luck tradition during Chinese New Year. Janet LaFevre, senior marketing manager at the Grand Canal Shoppes, says that when Chinese tourism began booming about a decade ago, her marketing team looked for ways to be more “China-ready”—and made sure that the mall’s retailers and restaurants offered menus and welcoming messages in Mandarin. “Luxury brands like Louis Vuitton and Burberry have always been savvy when it comes to the international market, because the Chinese market loves international goods,” she says. LaFevre says it’s imperative to stay culturally relevant by organizing annual Chinese New Year events like eye-dotting ceremonies and lion dances, along with the passing out of red packets filled with money and prizes. The famous Mandarin phrase “gong xi fa cai hong bao na lai” translates to “Happy New Year; now give me the red packet.” “We have a [multilingual] China specialist on staff,” LaFevre says. “We also work with the team at LVCVA ... We are heavily aligned and are in good cultural stead together.” Lung, an expert in feng shui design, consults the horticulture team at the Venetian and Palazzo when transforming the Waterfall Atrium for the New Year, to ensure cultural accuracy. One common mistake, he says: passing out red packets without prizes or money in them. For Low, originally from Malaysia but of Chinese descent, the festival represents community growth. “Nine years ago, it felt like there was no culture happening here,” she says. “[Now], we’ve been embraced by the community.”

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A few of the many ways to celebrate the Year of the RaT in Las Vegas

Entertainment The annual Spring Festival Parade takes place in the Arts District this year, starting at Utah Avenue and Main Street and proceeding north toward California Street. The afterparty will feature lion dances, a youth hockey clinic by the Vegas Golden Knights and martial arts demonstrations, along with acrobats and traditional Chinese music throughout the day. January 25, 9:30 a.m. Rampart Casino will kick off the new year on January 25 with a traditional lion dance. Additional festivities include a bamboo plant giveaway on January 27 and $5,000 red packet table games on February 4, when commemorative $5 Year of the Rat chips will also be available from 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Fashion Show Mall will host a variety of cultural events and dances, including a lantern garden light show and lion and dragon dances, from January 25-February 8 at 2, 6 and 8 p.m. each day.

Cuisine Caesars Palace restaurants Beijing Noodle No. 9, Mr Chow and the Bacchanal Buffet will feature special menus January 25-February 8.

China Poblano at the Cosmopolitan will feature a special menu from January 20-February 2 featuring specialty dishes like the “Secret Garden.” Ping Pang Pong at the Gold Coast will offer a traditional nine-course family dinner, January 26 at 5:30 p.m., marking the end of CNY in the Desert festivities. Venetian restaurants Hong Kong Cafe (throughout January) and Mott 32 (January 17-February 2) will serve up special menus. Wing Lei at Wynn will offer a Chinese New Year Dim Sum Brunch January 24-February 2 from 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Art The Bellagio Conservatory & Botanical Gardens will showcase a Lunar New Year display— including a rat centerpiece, gilded in gold and sitting on gold ingot bowls— until March 7. The Waterfall Atrium and Gardens at the Venetian and Palazzo will have a 16-foot golden rat sculpture—surrounded by green gardens and red and orange bromeliads, calandivas, chrysanthemums and orchids—on display until March 4.

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Can the Golden Knights’ new coach take them where they want to go?

By Justin Emerson he fan reaction to the Golden Knights’ coaching change was a combination of shock and disgust. Not only did the team fire a beloved coach in Gerard Gallant, it replaced him with former public enemy No. 1 in Peter DeBoer. If you asked a casual Golden Knights follower to name another coach in the league at the beginning of the season, he or she probably would have said DeBoer—and not for a good reason. He’s same guy who coached the San Jose Sharks as recently as December, the same guy who accused Gallant of “chirping” at players during last year’s playoffs, the same guy Gallant called a “clown.” Few could have guessed DeBoer would be coaching the Golden Knights some seven months later. And it’s not just fans who felt that way. The move also stunned Golden Knights players, who left a 4-2 loss January 14 in Buffalo with Gallant as their coach and discovered the next morning that DeBoer had replaced him. “We had that hatred for the team that he coached,” forward Mark Stone said of DeBoer. “It was weird. Ten months ago, we probably wouldn’t have said a nice thing about him. We don’t say anything nice about the San Jose Sharks in our locker room.” Like it or not, it’s DeBoer’s team now. Vegas management feels like the Golden Knights haven’t reached their full potential, and are looking to DeBoer to get them there. Those changes started right away. The first glimpse of the new coaching approach related to player usage. In DeBoer’s second game as head coach, January 18 at Montreal, his team went down 3-0 in the first period. In that instance a coach has two choices: Pack it up and call it a night or go for it. DeBoer chose the latter, particularly with his deployment of defensemen—and it helped the Knights rally to tie it up and earn a hard-fought point on the road.

Shea Theodore logged 28 minutes, 43 seconds of ice time in that game, a career-high by nearly two minutes, and Nate Schmidt played more than he had in any game this season but one. (In that game and in a January 21 VGK loss at Boston, DeBoer also paired Theodore and Schmidt at times.) Meanwhile Deryk Engelland played his second-fewest minutes of the season. In other words, DeBoer opted to go with his offense from the blue line, a throwback to his time in San Jose. “That’s the Brent Burns/Erik Karlsson rule,” DeBoer said. “[Theodore is] an elite defenseman. I thought he was excellent … and we don’t come back in that game without him.” With the Sharks, DeBoer relied heavily on Burns and Karlsson, who ranked seventh and 12th, respectively, in the NHL last season in average ice time. (He sometimes paired them up, too.) Neither Theodore nor Schmidt has a Norris Trophy on his résumé like those San Jose stars, but they have a similar scoring touch. And to put that nose for the net to better use, DeBoer has implemented a new practice drill that had defensemen taking a greater role in breakouts and joining the rush. DeBoer’s use of his top forwards seems more peculiar thus far. In his first game with Vegas, in which the Golden Knights scored early and ran away with a victory at Ottawa, nearly every regular scoring threat played under his season average in ice time. When the Knights needed a comeback in game two, he played those forwards more, but not an eye-popping amount of time like the defensemen. “We can’t wear people out,” DeBoer explained. “One of the strengths of this team is its depth, and that’s going to be something we’re going to look for every night.” VGK fans won’t get a full look at DeBoer’s system until the team returns from the all-star break and its bye week January 31 at Carolina, but in his first three games with the Golden Knights,

the coach provided some clues as to what they’ll will look like going forward, in terms of lines and ice time. It’s too early to draw definitive conclusions, but so far DeBoer hasn’t messed with the team’s lines and has instead shifted toward a style that conserves forwards and leans on defensemen. “He’s got a lot of systems in place, and it’s just about executing,” Theodore said. “It’s going to be a bit of process, but I think we have a smart enough group to do it.” Meanwhile, DeBoer has done what he can to endear himself to his new team on a personal level. He accepted an olive branch offer of 7Five Brewing Co. beer from brand co-founder Ryan Reaves, and a funny video of him puffing the smelling salts with the players circulated after the first game. “I needed to clear my head,” he joked. “So they suggested I take a puff to clear things. I was all right with that.” Vegas fans—some of whom remain loyal to Gallant and unsure about DeBoer—won’t get their first in-person look at the new coach until his T-Mobile Arena debut February 8. But success cures all, so if the Golden Knights come home on a roll after this long road trip, lingering doubts should subside—especially if the Golden Knights not only make the playoffs but make a long postseason run. “I’ve taken two teams to Stanley Cup Finals [and] went to a Western Conference final last year,” DeBoer said in his introductory press conference. “I feel I know what buttons to push to have success that time of year. If we can get in, everybody starts fresh and no one remembers where you were sitting in January.”

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Good Vibrations Women’s health and wellness made waves at this year’s CES

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BY LESLIE VENTURA t’s Thursday afternoon inside CES, the Super Bowl of the consumer electronics industry, and Lora Haddock DiCarlo just won two Innovation Awards for two of her latest products. Those products were designed to help women achieve one thing: an orgasm. DiCarlo and her eponymous company, Lora DiCarlo, were the recipients of a CES Innovation Award for a groundbreaking dual-massager prototype. The award was rescinded before the trade show, effectively banning her and her company from appearing at CES altogether. “They called it immoral and profane,” DiCarlo said inside the company’s bright yellow booth on the convention floor at the Sands Expo. “It was really difficult, because we really do value female pleasure. We view it as being sacred, not something that’s disgusting. So we challenged them. We told the world, and we ended up with all this support.” The Consumer Technology Association, the entity behind CES that initially awarded DiCarlo for her Osé massager, changed its tune after its decision to rescind the award went public. After all, programmable sex robots from the tech startup RealDoll weren’t just on the exhibition floor at CES 2018; one of the company’s bodiless female heads actually gave a “talk” on a CES stage. DiCarlo wrote an open letter to CES denouncing the decision, and while the CTA eventually reawarded DiCarlo, the 2019 convention was over by the time the committee had reversed its ban. “They knew they had a problem, and they didn’t know how to fix it,” DiCarlo says. “We took the opportunity and said, ‘Look, we don’t want to be your enemy. We deserve to be a part of that show, and we want to help make [CES] better for everyone.’” While health and wellness tech has long been a part of CES in Las Vegas, 2020 marked the first year that the event formally permitted sex tech under the health and wellness category, for a oneyear trial run. And the few companies that showed within the sex tech category had to comply with specific exhibit and signage guidelines.

When it comes to sex, the double standard that women face has long been a reality. But the tone of conversations around women and sex are changing, and the numbers prove it. According to a November 2018 article in Forbes, “sextech and femtech” industries are worth “$30 billion and $25 billion, respectively” with women driving the rising “global expenditure on wellness products and services.” Behind that growth is a new wave of women’s empowerment, where discussions about the “orgasm gap between men and women” and discourse around consent, autonomy and sexual pleasure have become increasingly common, the article explains. The Osé massager finally went on sale to the public in November. The company hit $1 million in sales within five hours, DiCarlo says, and reached $3 million by the end of 2019. But does sex tech really belong in health and wellness? DiCarlo says yes, citing a survey that helped make the Osé a reality. “We asked people, ‘Why are you using products like this? Why are you going after your own pleasure?’ And the answer was better sleep, reduced stress and better mood. Those were the top three [reasons] among 1,500 people. That screams health and wellness to me.” Two 2009 Indiana University studies found that “vibrator use during sexual interactions is common,” with 53% of women surveyed reporting that they’ve used a vibrator. Forty-five percent of men also reported using a vibrator, 91% of them with their partner. The study also showed that “vibrator use is associated with more positive sexual function and being more proactive in caring for one’s sexual health.” Lora DiCarlo isn’t the only company with inclusive sexual health in mind. The startup Unbound raised more than $2 million in 2017 to create a platform that puts female sexual health front and center, and other companies like Spectrum Boutique and the lesbian-run Wet for Her have started

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stocking more gender-diverse and gender-affirming products that cater to trans and non-binary people, too. And while Lora DiCarlo’s products have often been touted as being made by women for women, the website indicates that they’re designed for anyone with a vagina. “It’s only human to want more,” reads one tagline. The idea for the Osé had been on DiCarlo’s mind for years. But it wasn’t until she met John Parmigiani, associate professor of mechanical engineering at Oregon State University, that her vision became possible. “I pretty much told him, ‘I had this orgasm when I was 28 and I want to re-create the experience with a product. Can you help me make it?’ He just looked absolutely dumbfounded.” She handed him a spec sheet with 52 requirements (DiCarlo’s background is in health care). “He said, ‘This is engineering. This is something that we can do.’ ” Backed by an industry-funded research program at Oregon University, DiCarlo and her team went through 1,000 iterations of the Osé in a year and a half, using an “in-house rapid additive iteration prototyping lab,” a 3D printer and “multicompliant technology.” Osé is the first of its kind to use microbiotics and biomimicry, not vibration. It’s for that feat that DiCarlo won the original Innovation award in 2019. Her two newest products, Onda and Baci, aren’t yet available to the public, but they’re already winning awards for their advances in microrobotic technology. If the success of this year’s trial run is any indication, innovation will be at the forefront of sexual health and wellness—at CES and beyond—for a long time to come. “I think that people are truly feeling empowered,” DiCarlo says. “They’re tired of feeling oppressed, and they want to own their own pleasure. The question I want to ask everyone is, ‘Do you own your own pleasure?’ And if you don’t, who does?”

FEMALE TECH | FIVE OTHER CES 2020 GADGETS GEARED TOWARD WOMEN ■ Amorepacific IOPE Tailored 3D Mask In its CES debut, Korean skin care giant Amorepacific became an Innovation Award Honoree for a 3D-printing face mask system created in a partnership with Lincsolution. The system, available in Seoul in April, will allow consumers to make customized masks that cater to their individual skin type. us.amorepacific.com.

■ Crave Vesper This slim, sleek and elegant piece of jewelry makes for a beautiful statement necklace. The catch? It’s also a vibrator. Made of 316 stainless steel, the discreet, wearable vibe comes in silver, rose gold and 24-karat gold options. lovecrave.com.

■ Oh Mi Bod Rev Oh Mi Bod founder Suki Dunham created the Rev, a lightweight personal massager, to cater to adults of all ages and abilities. The Rev was specifically designed with dexterity challenges in mind, for individuals and couples alike. ohmibod.com.

■ Tineco MODA ONE S smart hair dryer Move over, Dyson. Tineco unveiled a smart hair dryer at CES with technology that can automatically adjust airflow, heat and ions using smart sensors that monitor hair and scalp moisture. The result is hair that dries faster and is left less damaged. us.tineco.com.

■ Willow breast pump “Pump anywhere” is the promise of the Willow breast pump—“even in downward dog.” Marketed toward moms on the go, the iPod of breast pumps (seriously, it’s snazzy looking) is spill-proof and quiet, and the smart pump senses and tracks milk output through the app. shop.willowpump.com.

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iane Southworth was raised by Republicans. Her life experiences led her in the opposite direction. “I think when I became a single parent, raised my daughters by myself, it made it more viable to be a Democrat,” said Southworth, a retired call center worker. Southworth was one of a handful of volunteers this month at a caucus volunteer training session hosted in Pahrump by the Nevada Democratic Party. As the February 22 presidential caucuses on inch closer, the party is amassing a slew of volunteers to make sure the process goes as smoothly as possible. Volunteers can have multiple responsibilities— staffing sites on caucus day, registering voters and making calls, for instance. The party is looking for about 2,500 volunteers to staff approximately 250 precincts statewide, and it’s working to ensure all the volunteers are ready to be deployed. As witnessed at the event in Pahrump, some 70 miles outside Las Vegas, the party is looking to reach all Democrats in the state—regardless of which candidate they support for the nomination. “It doesn’t matter [who you support],” Southworth said. “It matters more that we get the people in there to vote. We have a very low voting record here, and the more people we can get out to vote, the more we can help our community.” While the party has most of its volunteer spots filled, it’s still looking for assistance. After all, it’s better to be overstaffed than have a repeat of the hiccups of 2016, when check-in problems at some caucus sites—and allegations of bias toward Hillary Clinton by supporters of Bernie Sanders— caused complaints. Southworth, who has volunteered in past caucuses, says 2020 should be improved due to earlyvoting sites, among other factors. After 2016, the party worked to implement an early-voting option—now set for February 15-18—for those who can’t make it to on February 22. “I think having the early voting gives more people an opportunity to come in, make their selections and leave, because … we’re in Nevada, people work shift [and] people work Saturdays and Sundays. This just gives them a better opportunity to voice their opinion,” she said. Kelly Fitzpatrick, chair of the Nye County Democrats, led the training in Pahrump. Even though this was her first time going through the caucus

process, she raves about the training the party has given her. She’s so comfortable that she’s the one now giving the lessons. Fitzpatrick was teaching Southworth and others about how to run early-voting sites. She assuaged concerns from one attendee about the role the media plays in covering the event, and went over the tight schedule around opening and closing earlyvoting sites and how to help voters update their registration if they’re not registered Democrats. The party has been aiming to attract help from a diverse group of Nevadans who can work at caucus sites in their neighborhoods. Information on volunteering is available at nvdems.com. “Anyone is a good candidate, because everyone has a skill that is better than somebody else,” Fitzpatrick said. “Each of us as human beings has a strength and a skill that nobody else has. So, bring your skill, and we’ll figure out a place [for you].” Party spokeswoman Molly Forgey said it’s important to have a volunteer at each of the 250 caucus sites, including locations that might not have any registered Democrats. There’s same-day registration for those looking to participate, and the party is determined for each member to have his or her voice heard in the nominating process. “There’s a precinct in every single neighborhood, so it’s … intentional for us to recruit volunteers who are from those neighborhoods and live there and will participate and facilitate this meeting with their [neighbors]” Forgey said. Ultimately, anyone with time to spare would be welcome to train as a volunteer, she said. “We would highly encourage anyone to volunteer their time, even if it’s just a couple hours or one shift at one early vote site. … Anyone is welcome to participate and volunteer here,” she said. The party this month hosted large volunteer summits in both Las Vegas and Reno, including hundreds going through a mock caucus at Centennial High School as part of the training. Renee Roberts, a public relations consultant, said she came to the training because she wants President Donald Trump “out.” A lifelong Democrat, she said people should stand up for what they believe. “I think we all have a responsibility to make a difference in this country, and I’m here to help do that,” Roberts said.

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By Miranda Willson he Clean Water Rule technically never went into effect in Nevada, but that doesn’t mean its repeal won’t affect the state’s water resources, some advocates say. Implemented in 2015 by the Environmental Protection Agency under then-President Barack Obama, the Clean Water Rule clarified the circumstances under which tributaries and other small bodies of water would be subject to the Clean Water Act, the definitive federal law on water pollution. Whereas wetlands and small waterways that connect to larger bodies of water—even if only during heavy rainstorms or certain times of year—weren’t always bound by the Clean Water Act, the Clean Water Rule defined these bodies as “waters of the

United States,” subject to federal protections. The Trump administration repealed the rule in September with plans to issue a replacement. Despite concerns from some environmentalists and water experts in Nevada, state leaders aren’t looking for big changes to the status quo. The Nevada Attorney General’s Office supports and abides by pre-2015 Clean Water Act regulations, spokesperson Monica Moazez said. The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection maintains that additional rules beyond the existing Clean Water Act would not further protect water quality, said the division’s deputy administrator Jennifer Carr. “If the 2015 U.S. EPA rule were in effect in Nevada, the rule would require additional federal review, approvals and jurisdictional determina-

tions for water pollution permits that, in most cases, would be duplicative of the state’s current regulatory process,” Carr explained. Nevada’s Water Pollution Control Law already protects surface water, such as wetlands, streams, ponds and tributaries, along with groundwater, Carr said. Under the law, industries, farmers and others are forbidden from discharging pollutants into any body of water without a permit. “Pretty much any water in the state of Nevada is regulated by our pollution control law,” Carr said. In part, the presence of similar state protections led Nevada to challenge the Clean Water Rule in 2015 under former Gov. Brian Sandoval, Carr said. Nevada was technically never subject to the Clean Water Rule because it signed on to a successful 13-state lawsuit contesting it, Moazez said.

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Although the gubernatorial administration has changed, the state is still a party in that suit, she said. Nevada also opposed the rule because it might have led to increased federal oversight of groundwater resources, which Carr said should be left to the states. Nevada already has a groundwater protection program, unlike some other states, according to Carr. Nonetheless, Nevada Conservation League Executive Director Andy Maggi described the federal rollback of the Clean Water Rule as “fairly significant” for Nevadans’ drinking water, especially those who depend on interstate waterways like the Colorado River or Truckee River. The Clean Water Rule established uniformly strong protections for such waterways, thereby ensuring contaminants

wouldn’t enter Nevada from neighboring states with potentially weaker water pollution laws, Maggi explained. “Ninety percent of Nevadans’ drinking water comes from a river that flows through another state,” Maggi said. “Therefore, all of the tributaries in those other states and all of the streams ... can impact our drinking water.” Levi Kamolnick, director of Environment Nevada, acknowledged that the Clean Water Rule might have duplicated some efforts already undertaken by the state, but he questioned why officials would oppose the rule since it could have saved them from the regulatory burden. He also argued that the rule would have provided additional assurance for rural parts of the state with fewer resources for safeguarding water. “I think if you live in Clark County or Washoe County, you probably don’t have too much to worry about with water contamination, generally speaking,” Kamolnick said. “But if you live in a poorer county or on tribal land, that’s not necessarily the case.” Another key component of the Clean Water Rule was that it protected bodies of water that only flow during certain times of year or after heavy rain events. About 85% of Nevada’s tributaries, streams and small bodies of water are considered either

ephemeral (flowing only during and after heavy precipitation) or intermittent (flowing during select seasons or months), explained UNR freshwater ecologist and biogeochemist Joanna Blaszczak. “That’s an incredible amount, and that’s because we’re in a sunny, arid region,” said Blaszczak, an assistant professor in the university’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science. According to Carr, Nevada water law protects these types of waters already. But Blaszczak said the Clean Water Rule’s emphasis on the connectivity of all water systems is still a loss for Nevada’s waterways, especially those that are interstate. “When we have these ephemeral channels, although they might not be flowing most of the time, they’re almost like highways for sediment, for pollutants and for excess nutrients,” Blaszczak said. Maggi said the repeal of the Clean Water Rule should be examined in conjunction with other environmental rollbacks by the Trump administration. The weakening of federal environmental laws like the Clean Water Act, coupled with the administration’s push for more extractive activities that could damage the environment, including drinking water, should give all Nevadans pause, he said. “When you look at the whole picture, we’re facing a situation we haven’t faced since before these laws were on the books,” Maggi said.

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UNLV students and faculty team up to design a house for Solar Decathlon 2020

ot so long ago, when the world was still analog, architecture students came into college already having some experience building things. Previous generations took shop classes or tinkered in their parents’ garage. Today, students possess excellent computer skills, but they are less likely to have a tangible connection to the physical world, according to UNLV associate professor of architecture Eric Weber. “I took multiple shop classes when I was in high school, just for fun,” Weber says. He learned welding, carpentry and metalworking. “It’s had a profound impact on the work that I did.” Weber says a generation of educators didn’t see the value in such real-world skills, so his students come in with very little hands-on education. “It makes it hard for them to design these complex systems and buildings.” But in 2011, UNLV created a solution by opening its Design-Build program. This year, the program is dedicated to one major project: competing in the Solar Decathlon. Hosted by the Department of Energy, it’s an international interdisciplinary competition in which groups design and build state-of-the-art solar-powered

eco houses. UNLV has participated twice in the past to great success. Weber proudly recalls that all of the architecture students who took part in the 2013 Solar Decathlon found jobs right away, even though the industry was facing close to 45% unemployment. Weber sees Solar Decathlon as a way to develop cross-campus connections and put UNLV on the map. He’s still thrilled about UNLV’s 2013 debut, in which the school finished second overall and was the only U.S. team to finish in the top three. “It was our first time, and we beat Stanford, USC, Arizona. … That illustrated that not only can we compete with the best in the industry, [but] our students are capable of anything.” When UNLV competed again in 2017, the team took first place for innovation and placed second for both engineering and architecture. Now, an interdisciplinary team of UNLV students and faculty is preparing for Solar Decathlon 2020. They started the project last fall, and it will culminate in a July competition on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Solar Decathlon’s limited time frame fosters a sense of energy; it’s a catalyst for innovation and discovery, according to Weber. “The students benefit tremendously from doing

these real-world projects,” Weber says. “They learn so many skills. In addition to their own disciplines, they learn to work across disciplines with each other, [and that] communication is essential to doing good work.” Scott Davis, who graduated in May with a master’s degree in architecture, says he uses skills learned in Solar Decathlon “every single day” in his job as a project manager at FormGrey Studio in Reno. Ryan Manthei, Solar Decathlon team lead and a first-year graduate student in architecture, says he enjoys connecting with the larger university community. “We have engineering students working with us; we have an interior designer, landscape architects. We have even graphic designers. We’ve been working with the School of Hospitality to prepare a meal for the contest.” A flower in the desert

When embarking upon a Solar Decathlon project, a team must first choose a fictional client or target market. Who will live in this sustainable solar-powered house of the future? The 2013 house, known as DesertSol and now on display at Springs Preserve, was designed for Mojave Desert dwellers. The 2017 house, called Sinatra Living, was designed with retirees in mind. It featured adjustable countertops to accommodate wheelchairs, slip-resistant flooring, fall-detection sensors and more. UNLV’s latest Solar Decathlon project, called Desert Bloom, will be designed to help veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) return to civilian life. The initial team included several veterans, some of whom had served in Iraq and Afghanistan. “Our project has a real gravitas because of that,” says Weber, who served in the Marines. “By understanding how one responds to these unique

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challenges, we can train better designers.” The house will be displayed in Washington, D.C., from June 25July 5 and must be designed to withstand the 2,400-mile road trip there, along with fulfilling traditional building code specifications. To fit on a vehicle, the house will be long and narrow—but don’t expect it to feel like a mobile home. That’s the opposite of the project’s goal. The UNLV team is utilizing the cutting edge of clean tech. Desert Bloom will be fully solar-powered, capable of running off-grid whether or not the sun is out. A solar-thermal array will heat the water, even on cloudy days. High-efficiency radiant piping will heat the house in winter without drying people’s skin (as opposed to air heaters, which do). “All of the technologies we’re using have to be currently available,” Weber says. “[It’s] not science fiction.” Desert Bloom is also designed to flourish in the harsh desert climate. There will be no synthetic materials on the exterior, because those would degrade under ultraviolet rays. Instead of paint, which fades under the sun, the team chose a galvanized metal exterior that will act as a heat shield, keeping the interior cool while preventing the heat-island effect that plagues the Vegas Valley. And true to its name, Desert Bloom will be landscaped with native desert plants. Veteran vision

Ultimately, a successful home is often one in which the fancy stuff disappears and the resident can get down to living in a beautiful environment that just works. That’s even more important when designing for veterans. Every aspect of Desert Bloom has been conceived to promote a sense of shelter and serenity, both physi-

Artist renderings of UNLV’s entry in this year’s Solar Decathlon (Courtesy)

cally and metaphorically. For example, the team is at work on a large exterior sliding gate dotted with plants. Not only will it be pretty, it will allow the resident to see out without being seen, an important research-backed amenity for those with PTSD. Similarly, the courtyard will be all glass, allowing a resident to see through the entire house at a glance. If residents can quickly assess threats, it can help reduce their stress level. Thickened walls provide a barrier against noises that can be triggering. The interior uses matte finishes to prevent glare that could cause an adverse reaction, according to architecture professor Dak Kopec, who specializes in person-centered design. “When you work with people who have dementia or traumatic brain injuries, you’ve got to be very careful of optical illusions,” says Kopec, who’s helping with the Solar Decathlon project. “What the eyes see may be interpreted incorrectly by the brain. So we want to use solid materials or big, thick patterns.” Solar Decathlon has nudged Manthei’s interests in a new direction. “It has helped me realize that there’s really no excuse for making wasteful buildings anymore,” he says. “We have the technology, it’s not more expensive.” Manthei sees his hometown as the perfect laboratory for creating a more sustainable built environment. “Las Vegas is such a dynamic city,” he says. He envisions future sustainable cities featuring higher density, greater walkability, less sprawl and more mixed-use spaces. “Las Vegas is a place where people are open to new ideas,” Manthei says. “I would really like to be a part of that change coming out of school.”

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Gaming in 2020: Five things to watch

BY GREGORY A. BROWER GUEST COLUMN

his past year proved, once again, that change is the only constant in the ever-evolving world of legal gaming. And 2020 promises to bring even more disruption to the industry worldwide. Here are five things to watch for this year. Sports betting will continue to expand. With the demise of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act in 2018, courtesy of the Supreme Court, 14 states now offer legal sports betting, while seven others have adopted enabling legislation and many more are considering various proposals. Most observers predict that at least half of U.S. jurisdictions will feature some form of legal sports betting by the end of this year. Indian tribes are also considering their options for adding sports wagering to their gaming operations. Professional sports leagues are moving beyond their historical opposition to broader legalization and are focused on partnering with operators to take advantage of the growing consumer demand. Indeed, the NFL’s approval of the Raiders’ move to Las Vegas marks a major reversal in the way pro leagues have viewed Nevada and the gaming industry. The floodgates are now open, and between consumer demand and potential tax revenue, politicians and gaming companies are mobilizing to take advantage of this opportunity. Gaming’s next frontier will be Japan. In 2018, Japanese legislators approved casino gambling, allowing for the development of hotel-casinos throughout the country and creating a vast new market for the industry. The legisla-

tion contemplates the approval of “integrated resorts” in three locations, with Osaka being the first jurisdiction to issue a request for proposals. Major U.S. gaming companies have made significant investments in efforts to win licenses to build and operate facilities. That will create new competition for popular gambling destinations in East Asia, including Macau, Hong Kong and Singa-

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pore. Japan’s new gaming regulatory body, the Casino Administration Committee, held its first meeting January 10 and is tasked with specifying the regulations that will control the licensing process, along with the types of games and customer service issues. The process is sure to be slow and steady in the wake of the first scandal concerning this new legalization effort—a Japanese lawmaker was arrested in December on suspicion of taking bribes from a Chinese gambling operator. The first Japanese integrated resorts are likely to open in the mid-2020s. Cryptocurrencies will become more popular. Last year was very good for the cryptocurrency gambling industry. With online gaming platforms increasingly accepting cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, many players are choosing this option due to the security and anonymity it provides. As online casinos become more popular, especially with millennials, so does the use of these alternative currencies, and that development is likely to bring the legalization and regulation of cryptocurrency in the broader gaming industry. And with more countries attempting to regulate crypto, its legitimacy is increasing. Although legal and regulatory issues persist, the proliferation of blockchain technology should lead to an increase in crypto’s place in the online gaming world this year and beyond. The ongoing Wire Act saga will be key. In late 2018, the Department of Justice announced a surprising change of position concerning its inter-

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pretation of the Federal Wire Act. Since the law’s adoption in the early 1960s, Justice had always interpreted it as applying to sports betting only. In other words, the Wire Act prohibited the transmission of sports betting information across state lines, but it didn’t apply to other types of gambling. Indeed, this decadeslong reading of the law was formalized in a published Office of Legal Counsel opinion in 2011. Given that history, the office’s 2018 opinion, which suggested that the Wire Act applied more broadly to all forms of interstate gambling, sent shock waves through the industry. Justice allowed for a period of nonenforcement while operators could contemplate how the new opinion might apply to their business models, but the New Hampshire lottery sued, seeking to enjoin Justice from enforcing the Wire Act in accordance with this new interpretation. A federal judge agreed with New Hampshire’s argument, effectively ruling that the new opinion was invalid, and that decision is now on appeal. If resurrected on appeal, Justice’s new view of the Wire Act’s application poses potential risks for many new online gaming business models. This legal battle could give the Supreme Court another opportunity to weigh in on an issue of tremendous importance to the gaming industry.

Online gaming will continue to grow. Led by the ubiquity of smartphones, the popularity of mobile gaming saw tremendous growth around the world in 2019, with some statistics suggesting online gambling is the fastest-growing segment of the gambling industry and is gaining market share on land-based casinos. Some of the largest land-based operators have long understood this trend and have made significant investments in their own online operations. Legal and regulatory challenges remain, however, at least domestically, as only a handful of states have a legal framework for online betting. As more jurisdictions are likely to embrace this business model, obstacles to continued growth will be reduced, with estimates of the global online market value exceeding $90 billion by 2025—roughly double today’s estimated market value. Advances in technology, including artificial intelligence, have made online gaming both highly sophisticated and incredibly personal—exactly what the growing number of millennial gamblers seem to want.

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VegasInc Notes Maximilien Fetaz was promoted to shareholder with Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck. His practice is in the firm’s litiFetaz gation department, where he represents his clients in state and federal court in complex commercial litigation disputes, with a focus on Kleist securities and M&A litigation. The firm also expanded its government relations team with the addition of Neal Tomlinson, shareholder; Kristina Kleist, policy adviser and associate; and Denise Freeman, senior policy assistant. This team will work primarily out of the firm’s Las Vegas and Carson City offices, as well as in the firm’s new Cheyenne, Wyo., office. The Nevada State Apartment Association announced its 2020 board of directors, led by incoming President Phyllis Garcia, a regional manager for Ovation Property Management. Additional officers include Troy Perkins, vice president, with MG Properties in Northern Nevada; Lisa Lynes, treasurer, with Cornerstone Residential; Debra Peterson, primary vendor executive officer, with Apartments.com; Beckie Shudinis, secondary vendor executive officer, with Burns Pest Elimination; Bret Homes, immediate past president, with Advanced Management Group; and Eric Newmark, legal counsel with

Karsaz Law. Gov. Steve Sisolak appointed Geoconda Argüello-Kline and reappointed Steve Hill as chair to the Las Vegas Stadium Authority board of directors. Argüello-Kline has worked in the hospitality industry for more than 30 years and serves as secretary-treasurer for the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226. Hill also serves as president and COO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. Desert Radiology expanded its Palomino Lane corporate office in the Las Vegas Medical District to include two new radiologists, Dr. Martinez Roberto Martinez and Dr. Amir Paydar. Martinez will primarily focus on providing interpretations for mammography exams and performing Paydar breast biopsies at Desert Radiology’s Palomino imaging center. Paydar will serve as a teleradiologist providing imaging interpretations and results. Byrd Insurance Inc., a resource for trucking insurance and contractor’s insurance, expanded its profile with the acquisition of its company headquarters in North Las Vegas at 3840 W. Ann Road. Nevada State Development Corporation assisted with financing with a low-interest SBA 504 loan. Nevada State Bank partnered on the financing package.

Kaktuslife, the luxury lifestyle residential apartment community by TRU Development Co., was named Best New Community of the Year at the 13th annual Las Vegas Jewel Awards. The Jewel Awards are hosted by the Nevada State Apartment Association and recognize exemplary achievements in the multifamily housing industry. A. Collins Hunsaker was promoted to director of estate planning at the Law Firm of Jeffrey Burr. Hunsaker will manage Hunsaker the entirety of the estate planning practice in both Jeffrey Burr offices, as well as the overall management of the Jeffrey Burr brand. Hunsaker will remain the managing attorney of the Las Vegas office in addition to his new role. Las Vegas native Monique Hafen Adams was cast in San Jose Stage Company’s first 2020 production, the Tony Awardwinning musiHafen Adams cal Chicago. She will play the part of Roxie Hart. Easter Seals Nevada, a health care and human services nonprofit serving families and children with developmental delays and adults with physical and intellectual limitations, has rebranded to Capability Health & Human Services. The organization offers services from birth, oftentimes accepting patients upon discharge from the NICU, through seniors. Henderson Hospital was named a Top General Hospital nationally for its achievements in patient safety and quality for the second consecutive year.

The designation was awarded by the Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality. The Leapfrog Top Hospital award is one of the most competitive honors American hospitals can receive. The City of Henderson was honored with Southwest Alliance for Excellence’s 2019 Pioneer Award for Excellence. The alliance is a nonprofit that advances the improvement and excellence in organizations, communities and individuals in Arizona, Nevada and Utah. Henderson is the only Nevada municipality to receive the award and was previously recognized with it in 2014. The city was evaluated on seven categories: leadership, strategy, customers, measurement, workforce, operations and results. WaFd Bank opened its Nevada regional headquarters at 10100 W. Charleston Blvd. The new office will house the Nevada commercial banking team, community banking, wholesale lend-

ing team and Nevada corporate administration. Touro University opened its new OptumCare ultrasound training facility inside the school’s Michael Tang Regional Center for Clinical Simulation. The facility was constructed and equipped by OptumCare to provide students with access to state-of-the-art equipment and technology to enhance their educational experience. Dale Erquiaga, president and CEO of Communities In Schools, and former Nevada state superintendent of public instruction and key adviser to then-Gov. Brian Sandoval, joined the Guinn Center’s board of directors. Konami Gaming Inc. received first-place honors for its Synkros casino-management system in the Data Quadrant Awards by SoftwareReviews, a division of Info-Tech Research Group. Synkros was selected to receive the gold medal through reviews submitted by verified industry operators.

Colliers International Las Vegas was recognized as Accredited Management Organization Firm of the Year at the 2019 Shooting Star awards for the Institute of Real Estate Management Las Vegas chapter. Multiple Colliers team members were also recognized, including Angelina Scarcelli, CPM, as CPM of the Year and Professional Achievement Award, and Erica Aulino, ACoM, Associate Member of the Year. (Courtesy)

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) declared that English writer Lord Byron (1788–1824) was the greatest genius of the 19th century—and vice versa. Create a similar dynamic in your life. As much as possible, surround yourself with people whom you think are wonderful and interesting and enlivening—and who think you are wonderful and interesting and enlivening. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) was a renowned German composer who was so well-respected that England’s Cambridge University offered him an honorary degree if he would visit the campus. But Brahms was too timid to risk crossing the English Channel by boat. He declined the award. Don’t do anything like that in the coming weeks. Summon the gumption to claim and gather in all you deserve. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The coming weeks will be one of those rare times when you can safely engage with influences that might normally rattle you. You’ll be protected as you wander into the unknown and explore edgy mysteries. Your intuition will be highly reliable if you make bold attempts to solve dilemmas that have previously confounded and frustrated you. CANCER (June 21-July 22): J.M.W. Turner (1775–1851) is regarded as one of England’s greatest painters. His experimental use of light and color influenced the Impressionist painters who came after him. But many of his works were lost for decades. In 1939, an art historian found over a hundred of them in the basement of a museum. Lost elements of your past will soon be rediscovered and restored, too. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The next seven weeks will be the Empathy Building Season for you. The cosmos will reward you if you build your ability to appreciate and understand the pains and joys of other humans. Your compassion will be tonic for both your mental and physical health. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Ancient Greek author Theophrastus was a scientist before the concept of “scientist” existed. But some of his ideas would be considered unscientific today. For example, he believed that flute music could heal sciatica and epilepsy. No modern research suggests this is true. But the therapeutic effects of music will be especially dramatic for you during the next three weeks.

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consonant 62 Moose’s kin 63 Singer Redding 65 See 69-Across 67 Mai — 69 With 65-Across, attended as a spectator 72 Casual top 73 Adroit humor 74 U.S.-Canada air watch org. 75 Bit of an oval 76 Title for Ringo Starr 77 Baseball great Mel 78 Selena star, familiarly 79 “What’s — for me?” 80 Loretta of M*A*S*H 81 Deep anger 82 Virtuoso 84 Minister’s study: Abbr. 86 Big name in motor scooters 88 Detach, as a badge 90 Pacific Ocean nation 92 “— -haw!” 93 Actor Rob 94 Snared with a lasso 95 Like a clear night sky 97 Angry mutt’s sound 99 Poetic tribute 100 Arab chiefs 101 Mysterious 102 Great Lakes’ — Canals 103 Whirled 104 Actor Neill 105 — kwon do 106 Foe of Liston 108 Have the gall 110 Touch gently 112 A bit wet 115 Cure- — (elixirs)

116 Lawn growth 118 Ties tightly 120 Casual affair 124 Rescue financially 126 Even one 127 Former Honda SUV 128 Put under water 129 TV’s Jean- — Picard 130 Serpent stuff 131 Super Bowl stats 132 Ceases 133 Volcanic stuff DOWN 1 Casino disks 2 Hazard 3 Alternative to eBay or Etsy 4 Bryn — College 5 Worship 6 Canadian expanse on the border with Alaska 7 Brighton beer 8 Tall and thin 9 Apple media player 10 Kathmandu’s country 11 Coil about 12 “Wham!” 13 Garden pest 14 Major film studio 15 $5 bills, slangily 16 Not well 17 Prefix with orthodox 18 First-aid ace 22 Ladies’ men 27 Unconcern 29 “So long!” 33 Kayaks’ kin 36 1991 film about a family exiled from Uganda 37 — noire 38 Santa — (hot winds) 40 Much tabloid reportage

42 Actor Sean 44 Comic Mort 46 Gym units 47 Attended 48 Brunch order 50 With the current ... or what appears at the starts of eight long answers in this puzzle? 54 Dual-sport Sanders 56 2007 Stanley Cup losers 64 Up to, in ads 66 Hall & — 68 Jackie’s #2 70 Less stuffy 71 Fads, e.g. 74 Co-founder of the band Chic 80 Accelerated 83 — avis 85 Brain wave tests, in brief 87 Cease 89 Roving types 90 Jrs.’ exam 91 Razor name 96 Scold loudly 98 Act like a lion 103 Bagel seed 107 Ain’t right? 109 Overzealous 111 Have faith 113 Dish lists 114 Pump (up) 115 As well 117 Family of PC games 119 Plains natives 120 Nero’s 605 121 “How — ya?” 122 Chaney of chillers 123 A cow chews it 125 Oahu wreath

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): To hone our ability to express tenderness and warmth, even when we’re not at our best, is the most demanding task on earth. It requires more courage than that of a soldier in battle, as much imagination as a poet, and the diligence of an architect supervising the construction of a massive suspension bridge. On the other hand, sometimes love is mostly fun, inspiring, entertaining and educational. The coming weeks will be one of those phases for you. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): How well do you nurture yourself? How diligent are you in providing yourself with the sustenance that ensures your body, mind and soul will thrive? Are you imaginative in the ways that you keep yourself excited about life? Do you take strong measures to avoid getting attached to mediocre pleasures? The coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to meditate on these questions. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The Bible refers to a magical place called Ophir. It was a source of exotic finery and soulful treasures like gold, peacocks, jewels, frankincense and sandalwood. One problem: No one, not even a Biblical scholar, has ever figured out where it was. In 2020, there’ll be a good chance you’ll discover and gain access to your own metaphorical Ophir: a fount of interesting, evocative resources. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Filmmaker Steven Soderbergh says it’s crucial to have a well-developed story about who we are and what we’re doing with our lives. It should be the trigger that flings us out of bed every morning. Keep that counsel in mind in the coming months. Your story will be expanding and deepening, and you’ll need to make adjustments in how you tell your story to yourself. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Self-editing is important. And yet now and then, you can create a poem or song in one rapid swoop. Sometimes an artistic artifact is exactly right the first time it flows out of you, with no further tinkering needed. You’re now entering a phase like that. Consider Allen Ginsberg’s operative principle: “first thought, best thought.” PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Who don’t you want to be? Where don’t you want to go? What experiences are not necessary in your drive to become the person you were born to be? Ask yourself questions like those in the coming weeks. You’re entering a phase when you can create long-term good fortune by knowing what you don’t like, need or require. Explore the positive effects of refusal. Wield the power of “no” to liberate yourself from all that’s irrelevant.