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32 Sense The UMC Wellness Center fights the scourge of HIV.

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36 Taste Antonio Nunez and Scott Comings keep the Stove hot in Henderson.

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From the Publisher

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So folks, here goes the next 100 DAVID Magazines! We have labored mightily to create a January/February publication worthy of your time and attention, as well as the auspiciousness of the occasion. Let’s start by toasting this new cycle and, obviously, the New Year 2019, L’chaim!

Our editorial calendar describes this issue as a “Life Choices” edition, focusing on creative living, relationships, and health & wellness. The beginning of the year traditionally has been a time for reflection and resolutions aimed at self-improvement. This year we chose topics that beg your consideration.

Our cover story focuses on a couple of local celebrities who really live big, bold lives. Elizabeth Blau and husband Kim Canteenwalla are the co-founders of Blau + Associates, an international restaurant development and consultancy, as well as the owners of restaurants Honey Salt and Andiron Steak & Sea, both in Summerlin. After perusing a copy and salivating over the elegant pages of their recently published tome Honey Salt, A Culinary Scrapbook, the call went out to food writer Jason Harris. His piece, Morsels & Memories, My Conversation with Elizabeth Blau, can be found on pages 28-31.

Along with recovering from surgery, Jason has been very busy. His regular Taste piece features the latest efforts of Antonio Nunez and Scott Commings. In Let’s Do Brunch, pages 36-40, he visits The Stove, their new brunch house in Henderson.

World Aids Day was celebrated last year on December 1. The UMC Wellness Center, a major player in the battle against the dreaded disease in Southern Nevada, marked the occasion with a series of activities at their facility. Scott Kerbs covered the event as well as UMC’s efforts to improve detection and treatment of HIV. His piece, Fighting for the Future, can be found on pages 32-35.

Continuing the health and wellness theme, please find The Year of Living Well, by Paul Harasim, on pages 42-45. This month, he interviews Dr. Alison Netski, the Department Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at UNLV School of Medicine. They discuss mental health and the need to set small, achievable goals to improve one’s uality of life. Who of us would not benefit from some reflection on this important subject? See you all on the hiking trail or in yoga class.

We end this month’s table of contents with two pieces directly and indirectly relating to the negative impact technology has had on our lives. Smart phones give us a world of information in the palm of our hands. We have, however, sacrificed uality for uantity and in many alarming reports, the immersive experience of a good book. Reading in the New Year, pages 46-51, is a new feature that will run in our publication at the beginning of each year. It is our attempt to encourage our readers to sit down with their Kindle (or in my case a hard or soft cover) and get back to those basics. We have tried to cater to a diverse spectrum of tastes; I hope our efforts include something for you.

Finally, I asked Jaq Greenspon to look at our love affair with our devices. In Cellphone Confidential, pages 52-56, he visits the dark side of this phenomenon. My family has had serious conversations (face to face) about the need for a weekly technology Sabbath. We’re going to try no phones or computers for 24 hours, oy vey!

As always, enjoy our magazine, and see you in the racks.

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Your Guide to the Arts, Entertainment, and Community Events.

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

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DATE SKATE - FROZEN 7 p.m. The Ice Rink, Cosmopolitan, 3708 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-698-7000. http://

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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIVE: "WHEN WOMEN RULED THE WORLD" 7:30 p.m.

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THE ENGLISH BEAT 7 p.m. Brooklyn Bowl, 3545 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-8622695. http://brooklynbowl.com/las-vegas JANUARY FIRST FRIDAY ARTS FAIR 5 p.m.

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THE SLACKERS 8 p.m. Vinyl, Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Rd., Las Vegas. 702-693-5000.

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THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR 6:30 p.m. Reynolds Hall, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-749-2012.

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DISNEY ON ICE PRESENTS DARE TO DREAM Through Jan. 13, times vary. Thomas & Mack Center, UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas. 702-739-3267. http://

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USA BMX SILVER DOLLAR NATIONALS Through Jan. 13, times vary. South Point, 9777 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-796-7111.

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NEVADA BALLET THEATRE PRESENTS

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NEVADA PUBLIC RADIO PRESENTS TRIVIA NIGHT FEATURING SAM SANDERS 6 p.m. Brooklyn Bowl, 3545 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-862-2695. http://

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WORLD FINANCIAL GROUP CONTINENTAL CUP OF CURLING Through Jan. 20, times vary.

Orleans, 4500 W. Tropicana Ave., Las Vegas.

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FRANKIE MORENO Through Feb. 12, 8 p.m.

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INDYTALKS: A CONVERSATION WITH GOVERNOR STEVE SISOLAK 7 p.m. Reynolds Hall, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-749-2012. http://

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THU

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OMD 7:30 p.m. House of Blues, Mandalay Place, 3950 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702632-7600. http://mandalaybay.com

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ZZ TOP Through Feb. 2, times vary. Venetian, 3355 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-4141000. https://venetian.com

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PACQUIAO VS. BRONER 3:30 p.m. MGM Grand Garden Arena, MGM Grand, 3799 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-892-7575. https://

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CHRIS TUCKER 7:30 & 10 p.m. Wynn Las Vegas, 3131 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas.

702-770-7000. http://wynnlasvegas.com

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STYX 8 p.m. The Pearl, Palms, 4321 W. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas. 702-942-7777. http://

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ITAY LEVI 8 p.m. Venetian, 3355 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-414-1000. https://

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ROB SCHNEIDER Through Jan. 27, 7:30 p.m. South Point, 9777 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-796-7111. http://

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mandalaybay.com

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KODO ONE EARTH TOUR 2019: EVOLUTION 7:30 p.m. Reynolds Hall, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-749-2012.

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SILVERSTEIN - WHEN BROKEN IS EASILY FIXED: 15 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TOUR 6 p.m.

Brooklyn Bowl, 3545 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-862-2695. http://brooklynbowl.

com/las-vegas

FRI

February 1

VAN MORRISON Through Feb. 9, times vary.

The Colosseum, Caesars Palace, 3570 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 866-227-5938. http://

vegas

caesarspalace.com

GEORGE WINSTON Through Jan. 26, 7 p.m.

Myron's Cabaret Jazz, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-749-2012.

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KRIS KRISTOFFERSON & THE STRANGERS 7:30 p.m. Reynolds Hall, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-749-2012.

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CALIBASH LAS VEGAS 8 p.m. T-Mobile Arena, 3780 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-692-1300. http://t-

SPAMILTON: AN AMERICAN PARODY Through Feb. 10, times vary. Troesh Studio Theater, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-749-2012. http://

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KOTTONMOUTH KINGS 8 p.m. Brooklyn Bowl, 3545 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas.

702-862-2695. http://brooklynbowl.com/

PUDDLE OF MUDD 7 p.m. Brooklyn Bowl, 3545 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702862-2695. http://brooklynbowl.com/lasFEBRUARY FIRST FRIDAY ARTS FAIR 5 p.m.

The Las Vegas Arts District, 1225 S. Main St., Las Vegas. http://artslasvegas.org SUGAR RAY Through Feb. 2, 7:30 p.m. South Point, 9777 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702796-7111. http://southpointcasino.com LIZZ WRIGHT Through Feb. 2, 7 p.m.

Myron's Cabaret Jazz, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-749-2012.

http://thesmithcenter.com

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THE BEACH BOYS - NOW & THEN 7:30 p.m. Reynolds Hall, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-749-2012.

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MACHINE GUN KELLY 8 p.m. The Pearl, Palms, 4321 W. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas. 702-9427777. http://palms.com

THE ROOTS 8:30 p.m. The Joint, Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Rd., Las Vegas. 702-6935000. http://hardrockhotel.com

SUN

TUE

28TH ANNUAL VINTAGE AND ANTIQUE MOTORCYCLE AND ROAD ART AUCTION Through Jan. 27, times vary. South Point, 9777 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-796-7111.

WILD KRATTS LIVE 2.0 - ACTIVATE CREATURE POWER! 1 p.m. & 4:30 p.m.

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

MICHAEL GRIMM - A NIGHT OF SOUTHERN ROCK N ROLL And Feb. 26, 8 p.m. Myrons Cabaret Jazz, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-749-2012.

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DIANA ROSS: DIAMOND DIANA Through Feb. 23, times vary. Encore Theater, Wynn Las Vegas, 3131 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas.

702-770-7000. http://wynnlasvegas.com TRAVIS SCOTT - ASTROWORLD: WISH YOU WERE HERE TOUR 8 p.m. T-Mobile Arena, 3780 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-692-1300.

http://t-mobilearena.com

THU

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15TH ANNUAL DAM SHORT FILM FESTIVAL Through Feb. 10, times vary. Boulder Theater, 1022 Nevada Highway #204, Boulder City. 702509-4326. http damshortfilm.org

FRI

8

UNWRITTEN LAW PLAYING THE BLACK ALBUM IN FULL 8 p.m. Vinyl, Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Rd., Las Vegas. 702-693-5000.

http://hardrockhotel.com

MAHALIA! A CELEBRATION OF GOSPEL PRESENTED BY BROADWAY IN THE HOOD Through Feb. 10, times vary. Myron's Cabaret Jazz, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-749-2012. http://

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CHICAGO Through Feb. 23, times vary.

Venetian, 3355 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas.

702-414-1000. https://venetian.com

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9

AN EVENING OF BRAHMS 7:30 p.m. Reynolds Hall, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-749-2012. http://

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10

A MUSICAL CELEBRATION OF JEWISH AMERICAN SONGWRITERS 3 p.m. Summerlin Library, 1771 Inner Circle Dr., Las Vegas.

702-507-3860. .http://lvccld.org/

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MARIAH CAREY - THE BUTTERFLY RETURNS Through Feb. 21, times vary. Caesars Palace, 3570 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 866-2275938. http://caesarspalace.com www.davidlv.com | 17

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UNLV JAZZ COMPILATION SERIES: JAZZ ENSEMBLE II AND THE GERI ALLEN MEMORIAL COMBO 7 p.m. Clark County Library, 1401 W. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas.

702-507-3400. http://lvccld.org/ LADY ANTEBELLUM Through Feb. 16, 9 p.m. The Pearl, Palms, 4321 W. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas. 702-942-7777. http://

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(L-R) Jan Jones Blackhurts, Governor Brian & Lauralyn Sandoval and Sam & Lexy Lionel.

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Morsels & Memories My Conversation with Elizabeth Blau

By Jason Harris

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he sentiments were all the same after she died. My grandmother Shirley was as close to as perfect a grandma as one could get.

If she wasn’t my grandma, I would have thought her made up.

This ideal lady affected us all similarly, judging by the speeches from her children, her cousins, her friends, and her husband. It was like we wrote in unison about what made her so special: her warmth, her sense of humor, her caring nature. And every story seemed to involve food. Grandma Shirley loved to put out extravagant - though not haughty - spreads for guests, no matter if it was a couple of neighbors or a family reunion with her four kids, their spouses, and her seven grandchildren.

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Food memories have become more than just about the food nowadays.

They are about stories and distinct points and times in our lives. We can so simply remember how important the food was to the situation and how it all tied together.

For Kim Canteenwalla and wife Elizabeth Blau, the restaurateurs behind such fine as Vegas establishments as Andiron Steak and Sea and Honey Salt, these ideas recently surfaced in their release of a collective cookbook. What I found most interesting about the tome is that it plays with the traditional form of the genre – it’s less a collection of recipes and more a collection of food memories, of stories detailing why the foods they present in the pages mean to them what they do.

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Scrapbook, Blau says “We didn’t set out with that idea. It was as we were compiling the book, we realized that you’re also telling your life story. When we thought about doing the Honey Salt cookbook, we thought we had to talk about my background and Kim’s background and the people that were integral in our lives. What’s unique about a scrapbook is that you have these embellishments and these side notes. I’m an avid scrapbooker so it was a natural metamorphosis to say, ‘It’s going to have all the regular components of a cookbook but it’s going to be more personal so it’s going to be a scrapbook of the story.’”

The pages are filled with tales of the culinary super team’s ourney and what food has meant to them both as a professional unit and as a couple.

Summers in Cape Cod not only recount the family’s adventures in the Massachusetts coastal resort town, but also what they picked up along the way to make them better at their craft. What you are getting with their recipe for New England Fry or a lobster boil is a setting, a mood and an experience that you can hopefully transform and make your own.

The book includes similar chapters based on their voyages to Vancouver, Kelowna, Santa Barbara, and Italy (they are the team behind Buddy V’s Ristorante, after all). One tip Blau offers in our conversation is to get off the beaten path. She explains:

I have bad et lag when I travel, so in urope I tend to wake up really early. It’s great to walk a city and find their markets and farmers’ markets and often times there are restaurants near those markets. Ask some of the vendors for their recommendations. Go local. This last trip that we took as a family to Europe, our son Cole is not going to sit through a three-hour Michelin starred experience, so we ust went to local places. There’s a time, if you want to have that extravagance that’s a 3-4 hour dining experience.

I think you get so much more out of the country when you ust make it up. Get some charcuterie. Go to a bakery. Grab a few little things. Make a picnic. Some of those have become as memorable as the meals I’ve had in the big, fancy restaurants.”

I understood her. A couple of months ago, with my brother’s help, I took my dad with me on a food finding trip to Vancouver, C, exploring the abounding culinary scene. This trip was important to me, to show him he did well. It was a celebration of what he accomplished as a father. Dad and I spent a half day on Granville Island (a location which is also mentioned in the Honey Salt Scrapbook). It’s a man-made artisanal haven, featuring a stunning public market with local purveyors showcasing everything from pickles to bagels to Asian vegan soups to desserts. Much of the cuisine is made right there and it’s both easy and fun to get lost in the vibe for a

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few hours. That half day, in a location that was seemingly made up for a movie but that actually exists, was as much fun as any fancy restaurant we experienced on the trip.

One other commonality that Blau and I have with food memories is the involvement of grandparents. She tells me this story: “A funny memory I have is when I was a kid, we lived in Connecticut and my grandparents lived in New York City. When we would go to the original Four Seasons for special occasions or birthdays, they had this big purple cotton candy with candy violets that they would bring out and my grandfather told me that they only made it for me. And I think I was like 21-years-old and still believing that. And then I saw another one and I was like, ‘What?!’ So that’s where my love of cotton candy comes from and that ties into how Kerry Simon and I did it with Simon junk food. We were one of the first to do it other than The our Seasons.

And as for food scrapbooks in my family, one year for Grandma Shirley’s birthday, my mom put together a homemade book. Every two pages had a recipe from Shirley on one page and a story from a family member or friend about Grandma’s food on the adjoining page. There are pictures of all of us in the book, but more important than the pictures and the recipes are what the stories bring with them, the memories.

These memories can help express romance before I had officially asked out my first love, we were at a late night dinner together, going through that awkward but enjoyable part of getting to know one another.

At one point, without warning, I loaded up a spoonful of ice cream and flung it at her, which at first was met with shock, but then it seemed to act as a tension breaker. From that point on, things were easy for us...for a while anyways.

They can express disappointment - one of the worst dates I’ve ever been on, I can still recall us eating wonton nachos at the Palms cafe. As mediocre as this attempt at culinary fusion was, it was still levels ahead of this attempt of the fusion of two people.

Back in Vancouver, they expressed appreciation. As my dad and I sat in The Victor, the upscale eatery at Parq Vancouver, Kim Canteenwalla, the James Beard award winning chef himself, cooked tuna on a hot stone for us tableside. It was a microcosm of the entire restaurant. The excellence of the cuisine matched by the attention to detail. As my dad chomped down on this high grade fish, he asked me how often I get to dine out like this. I told him as a food writer, it’s not uncommon for me to do this a few times a week. He responded, This is a once in a lifetime experience for me.

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Fighting for the Future UMC Wellness Center Introduces a Plan to Improve Detection and Treatment of HIV

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riven by a shared passion for helping community members living with HIV, the physicians and nurses at the UMC Wellness Center stood alongside their long-term patients and many community leaders on World AIDS Day (December 1, 2018) to announce a bold vision for the future of HIV treatment and detection in Southern Nevada.

Led by Medical Director Dr. Jerry Cade, a trusted leader in HIV care who has dedicated his career to saving lives and offering valuable advocacy for patients, the UMC Wellness Center has served Southern Nevada since 19 . HIV care has transformed significantly since the MC Wellness Center began caring for patients, and Dr. Cade says he and his colleagues take pride in providing community members with access to powerful new medical therapies that can completely suppress the virus.

“If we have enough people on therapy, this virus will die out,” Dr. Cade says. “For more than three decades, the UMC Wellness Center has served as a trusted leader in HIV care, and our team looks forward to building

upon our strong foundation as we work toward the elimination of HIV in Southern Nevada.”

Dr. Cade began his career in the early 1980s, a time marked by stigma and fear of HIV/AIDS across the nation. Many medical professionals did not want to treat HIV-positive patients, but early in his career, Dr. Cade stepped up as others retreated. He served as a pioneer in HIV care while offering compassion, life-saving treatment, and valuable advocacy for those impacted by the virus.

For patients like DeMarco Estrada, who was diagnosed with HIV approximately 20 years ago, the UMC Wellness Center serves as a vital resource, offering high-quality treatment, counseling, and access to a wide range of other services.

“The UMC Wellness Center saved my life,” Estrada says. “It has been pretty much the cornerstone of my well-being. They have the resources to assist you with everything.”

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As part of this plan, MC became the first hospital in Southern Nevada to introduce universal opt-out HIV testing for patients in the hospital’s Adult Emergency Department. Emergency Department patients who have their blood drawn will now automatically receive HIV testing, unless they choose to decline the screening. This additional testing will improve HIV detection in the community while allowing HIV-positive patients to begin treatment sooner, Dr. Cade says.

A 2015 analysis by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that more than 90 percent of new HIV infections could be avoided by diagnosing people with HIV and providing them with “prompt, ongoing care and treatment.”

A significant number of new infections occur through contact with those who do not know their status,” Dr. Cade says. “In addition to caring for those already diagnosed with HIV, we are working to prevent new infections in Southern Nevada.”

Improved HIV detection, however, is only part of UMC Wellness Center’s newly announced plan to further elevate the level of HIV care and education in Southern Nevada. Supported by UMC’s robust health care system, the Wellness Center aims to help the community reach an ambitious set of treatment targets identified by the oint nited Nations Program on HIV

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AIDS. Known as 90-90-90, the plan calls for reaching the following goals by 2020: • 90 percent of people living with HIV will know their HIV status • 90 percent of people diagnosed with HIV will receive sustained antiretroviral therapy • 90 percent of people receiving antiretroviral therapy will have viral suppression, reducing their viral load to an undetectable level The UMC Wellness Center plans to reach the 90-90-90 treatment targets through a variety of initiatives, including improving access to care through valuable community partnerships. UMC will also focus on community education and the prevention of new infections through pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a medication designed to prevent HIV infection. If taken correctly by a person who is HIVnegative, PrEP can reduce the risk of contracting HIV through sex by more than 90 percent.

With modern approaches to controlling HIV infections, a diagnosis today is no longer a death sentence, and many people now live long, healthy lives with HIV. In addition, modern antiretroviral medication for HIV is far less complicated, has fewer side effects, and is significantly easier to take than the medicines available just a few years ago.

“In general, most people with HIV can take one pill, once a day,” Dr. Cade says. “In most cases, it’s no more complicated than treating high blood pressure.”

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In addition, Dr. Cade explains, if an individual’s viral load is completely suppressed by antiretroviral medication, the person cannot transmit the virus, preventing new infections .

As a result of the advanced medication used to treat HIV, Estrada says his viral load has remained at an undetectable level for more than a decade.

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Let’s Do Brunch Antonio Nunez and Scott Comings Keep The Stove Hot in Henderson

By Jason Harris

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he idea of the restaurant, in my eyes in the modern day, can’t be just good food. It’s got to be over the top with experience,” Antonio Nunez, one of the two partners who runs the packed brunch house The Stove, tells me in a conversation in which he’ll also reference The Beatles, Justin Timberlake, and the classic sitcom Cheers. You know, typical food stuff.

Spoiler alert: the word “experience” comes up often in this piece.

If you haven’t been to The Stove yet, a few things you should know in advance: 1. Expect a wait on weekends. A long wait. While there is a large dining room, a private dining room, a bar, a tea room and a show table, and an expo table, seats are hard to come by at this hot spot in the strangest of places.

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a venue that housed a steakhouse and the popular Firefly tapas restaurant in the past and both had to shutter their doors. Heck, I even wrote about the space for this magazine in its last incarnation, Standard & Pour, from the team behind Carson Kitchen, which met the same fate as those which came before it. But where these other brands couldn’t crack the code – it’s not an easy space being on the second floor in a small commercial complex so deep on Eastern Ave it might actually be in Anthem – Nunez and partner Scott Comings have leveled up and made this a must visit spot for the food and so much more.

It’s apropos that Nunez would drop so many pop cultural references in conversation, because when you walk into The Stove, you feel like you’ve traveled through a wormhole to Wonderland and are waiting for Alice and company to join you tableside for sausage corn dogs or chilaquiles. The vibe is whimsical, fun, and with a touch of mystery, as if you aren’t exactly sure what you might experience next, both from a food and an environmental standpoint. Also, wormhole is how Alice ended up in Wonderland, right?

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Expect more craziness from this culinary group but not another edition of The Stove. As Nunez tells me, “We’re all about the oneoffs. When we do concepts, we look at getting one going and instead of expanding that one, get the next concept going. Get the next great thing going. We have a Latin style concept that we’re looking to do as well as a speakeasy concept that we’re looking to do.”

While those sound exciting, let’s focus on the anomaly that already is, The Stove. Henderson has no shortage of great brunch spots. CraftKitchen is down the block and The Kitchen Table, which Nunez used to be a partner in, has been a hit since day one. Beyond food, though, Nunez was focused on experience. Why would you choose his restaurant over the others?

Nunez states, “You have the full-on site of The Strip. You have the excitement of the kitchen cooking. You’re drawn into that. You have the interior of the dining room and everything that’s going on. It’s very easy on the eyes. There are a lot of conversation pieces. The books, the expo table, things like that. The living wall. There is always something going on.”

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The Stove is an open space where guests can see what is being cooked and when. They can sit in different areas for different vibes. The living wall Nunez refers to is full of herbs that he and Comings pluck and put on plates as they leave for guests’ tables. And in 2019, they will open up Biergarten without the beer. The patio will be converted to the first mimosa garden in Las Vegas, which is just the type of trick Nunez utilizes to separate The Stove from the others.

When people think of brunch, they think of Sundays and maybe Saturdays. But not Nunez. Giving the brunch experience every day was essential to making The Stove work. He says, “Vegas is a 24-hour 7-day a week town where people just don’t have weekends off for brunch. You have people that are off throughout the week so they’re able to experience brunch just like anyone else throughout the week. We knew that would work. People appreciate what some people can only do on the weekends seven days a week.”

The other nice thing about focusing on brunch during business hours is that it leaves the nights free to experiment. For Nunez and Comings, that means guest chefs doing pop up dinners and changing the vibe of the

space. Nunez explains, “We want to be able to give the chefs everything they need and add excitement to the nightlife on a one-off instead of having the same old stuff all the time. We can break the restaurant into a club so when we throw these parties at night, we’re able to turn one area into a lounge. We’re able to sit the dining room and we can play movies in there. It allows us to give a full experience.”

That full experience includes a selfie room, which has proven a valuable commodity to the restaurant. The trendy area for social media pictures is becoming more common throughout nightlife venues, but at a brunch restaurant it’s ahead of the curve. Your own photo booth to get a little crazy with your friends and remember your adventure is important. Nunez explains, “We’re not just the food. You’re holding a magnum of champagne or your throwing on a tea hat and you have the background layout. For us, to be able to say, ‘Here’s your keepsake,’ it’s great for anybody to say that they were there, and it was more than just food.” Then he adds, “On the back-end business-wise, it just made sense because it’s probably about $80,000 in free advertising a year.”

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it does. Nunez has extensive restaurant experience and Comings is just about the least in-your-face celebrity chef in Las Vegas. He won season 12 of Hell’s Kitchen, making it through the Gordon Ramsay gauntlet, but you’ll barely ever hear him mention that. He’s more concerned with making his own mark right now and between The Stove and his food programs at the Downtown Grand, he’s doing just that. If you’ve never dined at his Culinary Road Trip dinners, which showcase his ability to masterfully cook the cuisines of different regions, make that a priority in the coming months.

Nunez, smitten with his partner in a professional way, states of the duo, “We have a yin and a yang towards our relationship. We have a lot of things that are my strong points and a lot of things that are his strong points.

There’s no real ego involved. We both play off each other and we don’t have to hold each other’s hands and we don’t have to belittle what’s going on. There’s never a finger pointing game. We all have our role and it’s been a great relationship since we started it. I don’t do anything without my partner.”

He continues, this time with those pop cultural references, “We never want to be The Beatles or the boy band that broke up because Justin

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Timberlake wanted to be out on his own. We want to be that boy band forever and continue to grow and become a staple in the culinary community both with setting up concepts and restaurants as well as running our consulting company.”

At least that boy band goal explains Nunez’s sometimes multi-color goatee.

With a rotating menu showcasing items such as short rib empanadas featuring braised short ribs, oaxaca cheese, poblano chile, crema and salsa arbol, merlot, and fig yogurt, and a country benedict which contains a waffle, gravy, country fried steak, greens, fried eggs, and house potatoes, the food at The Stove will always be both tasty and worthy of your Instagram story.

Along with bottomless mimosas for the adults, kids can get in on the IG game with unicorn hot chocolates.

Just as important as the look, is the feel of The Stove. Says Nunez of his team’s philosophy, “We call it the Cheers theory. You know when Norm would walk in and everybody would say, “Norm!”? That’s what we want for all of our guests.”

A selfie with eorge Wendt ust might be The Stove’s ultimate goal.

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The Year of Living Well Making Mental Health Your New Year’s Resolution

By Paul Harasim

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o 2018 is history. For some, that’s a relief – ain’t no sunshine since she/he’s been gone. If it weren’t for bad luck, you’d have had no luck at all. For others, the past year had more ups than downs: a lost love found, a dream job realized, more money banked. The good times rolled.

While Dr. Alison Netski, the department chair of psychiatry and behavioral health at the UNLV School of Medicine, is well aware the passage of time from December 31st to January 1st is no different from the passing of any other day into the next, she also appreciates tradition – that for most people a new year marks the opportunity for a fresh start, to make some positive changes.

“Our society places so much value on the new year being a potential reset, so being able to set some small, achievable goals for yourself is a good place to start if you’re thinking of making changes,” notes Netski, who specializes in the treatment of adults with a broad range of psychiatric illness, including mood, psychotic, and anxiety disorders. “What you don’t want to do is make unrealistic resolutions – say you’re going to quickly lose 40 pounds without any real plan for doing so. When you don’t do it, which often happens, you feel like a failure, and instead of feeling better, you end up having a worse self-image. If we can do what we set out to do, we lose the feeling of being powerless [and] feel better about ourselves.”

With that in mind, the good doctor has spelled out five areas that she says can put you on a path to improved mental health in 2019.

1. Be purposeful with your free time.

“When I ask people who aren’t happy with their situations what they would like to do more of, they list things like getting started on a new book,

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regularly having coffee or lunch with a friend, getting in a bit of exercise,” she says. “They complain that they don’t have enough time.”

However, what the doctor has learned from patients is that the problem is not not having enough free time to do what they want, it’s how that free time is being used. She’s found people often spend hours “vegging” out in front of the TV or randomly scrolling through social media. She says if you have no plan, you choose the path of least resistance, and you end up wasting time doing things that bring you no real enjoyment – if you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there. You’re just passing time.

“People have to make a plan,” Netski says. “When you got your job, it didn’t happen by accident. You had a plan. When you go to work, you have a plan on what you’re going to do. Free time is valuable so you actually do have to plan to do what is enjoyable.”

Netski said there is often a mismatch in what people want in their lives.

“They see themselves accomplishing goals, but a lot of the problem is they’re not investing resources to do so, the most valuable of which is their time. You can’t just hope that things will change. Without some kind of purposeful action, we feel really stuck. Carving out time to accomplish personal goals results in a better outlook on life. The positive results of capturing bits of time for yourself include feeling more connected to others, losing the feeling of being powerless, and increased happiness.”

2. Improve the quality of your sleep.

“As a society, we are very good at depriving ourselves of sleep,” Netski says. “People will tell me they’re tired, that they’re not sleeping well. I ask them what time they go to bed and they’ll say 12:30. When I ask what time they have to be up to go to work, they’ll say 5. That really wears on you. Ideally, sleep time should be closer to 8 hours per night for the average person. Without the proper sleep, people have problems with concentration, low energy, and there’s a big increase in anxiety.”

Too often, according to Netski, people are plugged into technology at night. Whether they’re connected to TV, email, the web, or video games, there is cognitive stimulation. As the brain revs up, its electrical activity increases and neurons start to race – just the opposite of what should be happening before sleep. Even answering an email can be problematic – it frequently can cause stress and the release of cortisol, a stress hormone that is hardly conducive to a night of good shut-eye.

Netski also points out that the glow from electronics is also not conducive for quality sleep. The blue light from the devices delays or prevents the release of the sleep-inducing hormone melatonin.

“Improved sleep starts with a nighttime routine,” Netski says. “Set a bedtime that gives you the opportunity to sleep about 8 hours, limit screen time before bed, turn off the TV, limit afternoon and evening caffeine.”

3. Exercise “There is no escaping exercise when you think about any type of health improvement,” Netski says. “Small amounts of exercise can have a beneficial impact on your mental health. Studies have shown that as little as one hour per week of brisk exercise, even broken into smaller time increments, will decrease recurrent depression. Exercise also improves sleep quality, decreases anxiety, and increases natural endorphins that improves mood. People who exercise even 10-15 minutes per day will also report improved self-image and pride for doing something for their health.”

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4. Meditation “This can seem like an overwhelming idea for people who are unfamiliar with the practice of meditation,” Netski says. “There are many smartphone apps, audio, and traditional books that are guides for meditation.”

Netski points out that meditation allows a person to focus on something peaceful and relaxing.

“Even a short meditation can reduce blood pressure, heart rate, and stress hormones, resulting in less anxiety,” she says.

Studies have shown the practice is known to enhance the flow of constructive thoughts and positive emotions, helping individuals live happier lives. Researchers have also found meditation triggers the relaxation response and that the part of the brain regulating stress and anxiety actually shrinks when meditation is practiced consistently.

“Meditation can be as brief as a 60 second slow, deep breathing to a 15 minute (or more) guided visualization experience,” Netski says. “This is helpful before work or school if you are anticipating a stressful or chaotic day.

When meditation is done during a break in a work or school day, Netski says it can help you refocus. If meditation is done during the evening, she says it can “reduce ruminating about the negative parts of your day.”

5. Reach out for help Depression, Netski says, is not just about feeling blue or sad occasionally.

“Everybody has a sad day,” she says. “Depression is a state that lasts at least a couple of weeks. A person can’t enjoy things. There’s no positive emotion for the majority of the day. There’s a negative quality to an individual’s thoughts and he or she feels burdensome to other people. They feel their situation is hopeless. Energy decreases. Sleep is disrupted. And it is very common for suicidal thoughts to accompany this situation.”

Should you find yourself in that situation, Dr. Netski says it is important to reach out to mental health professionals for help.

“It seems to be part of human nature, that at times we feel like we are carrying the burden of mankind on our shoulders,” she says. “I often see people who feel shame or stress about talking about stress or their feelings and later report having tremendous relief when they do.”

What is a mistake, stresses Netski, is for individuals to self-medicate. “It is not uncommon for people to use drugs or alcohol to numb sad, anxious, or depressed feelings, which leads to a worsening condition.”

People need to acknowledge that sometimes there is a need for help with our mental health, just as there is with a physical condition. Today, Netski points out, more people in society appreciate there is a legitimate need for help with mental health problems. “There is much less stigma,” she says. “People have to reach out for help. You can’t assume other people know what’s going on.”

People from all walks of life seek help from mental health professionals, Netski says.

“The reasons range from grief and relationship conflict to severe depression, losing touch with reality, or having suicidal thoughts. There is always more help for people who feel hopeless. This year, on World Suicide Prevention Day [Sept 10], I received a T-shirt from a colleague that read, ‘Tomorrow Needs You,’ and this statement could not ring more true. There is always someone there to listen. The Suicide Prevention Lifeline number is 1-800-273-8255. There’s always more help available.” www.davidlv.com | 45

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Reading in the New Year DAVID Magazine’s 2019 Must Reads

By Rasa Godelyte

H

ey you.

Yes, you.

You reading this right now. You are special. Not in any derisive or derogatory way, but really and truly, part of the minority, special. “How?” you ask. It’s simple. Just by picking up this magazine and taking the time to ingest the words, thoughts, and ideas present on its pages makes you one of the small percentage of people who actually read for pleasure. You may not think this is a big deal, but it is.

Without getting too technical on you, just understand that according to the most recent American Time Use Survey, the number of people who read for pleasure has dropped more than 30% since 2004. Which means that back then, on average, 28.3 percent of the population over the age of 15 read for fun (slightly more if you’re female, less if you’re male). In 2017, though, that number dropped to a mere 19 percent average. That’s a whopping total of slightly fewer than 1 out of 5 people sitting down to enjoy some quality reading time at least once per day. Even then, the average time spent reading per day is only 17 minutes. And that is a shame.

Thing is, reading is good for you. Even for those plus or minus 20 minutes a day. And it’s something you can start now, even when all of those other resolutions you made while enjoying your December 31st revelry have slipped away into distant memories, it’s easy to pick up a magazine or, better yet, a book, and start to flip through the pages. You even probably already have the time set aside in your schedule to do it. See, the average

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American (in 2017) spent about 165 minutes a day watching TV, which is almost 10x the amount spent reading. So, all you have to do is cut out one sitcom a day, or one drama every two days, and you’ve got your reading time all sewn up. Here’s a little secret, too, it doesn’t matter if you read an actual, honest-to-goodness paper book or if you read on the computer or your phone or some dedicated device like a Kindle, to receive most of the benefits.

There are probably two questions you’re asking yourself right now: The first is how is it good for me And the second, if I decide to do this, what should I read irst things first, then. The benefits of reading are, surprisingly, numerous.

Sure, the easy and obvious answers are it makes you more knowledgeable, expands your vocabulary, and can improve your writing skills. Of course, reading will teach you things. y the time you finish this article you’ll know more about how reading teaches you things than you did before, thus proving the point in an Inception-like interplay. As for improving how you use words, that also makes sense. You learn about a thing by seeing it in action. And of course, encouraging kids to read (or reading to small ones who can’t do it for themselves) has been shown to translate into better school performance and more success in careers and life in later years.

So what else eading can promote good mental health and relieves stress. Yup. The activity happening in your brain when you read is the

same sort as when you play a mentally challenging game (looking at you, Words with Friends players) or solve riddles and logic puzzles. The stress relief comes from the escapism aspect of sending yourself to a new place, allowing yourself to forget about your own problems for a little while (and think about those of someone else, probably someone not even real).

Speaking of that, reading can also help you build up empathy. Empathy is the ability to put yourself into the shoes of another and reading about people who are not like you can cause a serious shift in your personal paradigm. If you’re straight and you read about gay characters or white and explore the lives of Africans or Asians, or even male and reading about women, it just might let you see something in a way you’d never have been able to by simply living your life.

Meanwhile, the imagination required to “see” the pictures the words are painting for you (even simple phrases like “the blue, velvety curtains”) will light up the centers of the brain which promote learning and memory.

Not to mention the cognitive skills involved, especially with literary fiction, of reading between the lines and understanding the subtext If you want an example, track down a copy of Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants”).

Also, if you make use of your public library or check out Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org), then this hour a day’s worth of entertainment and self-improvement is completely free. Can’t beat that!

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With all that in mind…the next big question is what should you read? Got you covered there as well. Over the next few pages you’ll see some of the most anticipated books coming out this year, as well as a few you might have missed from last year. All sorts of genres, topics, and reading levels are represented. Go on. Give yourself a present. You deserve it.

After all, you’re special.

Coming in 2019 While one can never predict what will be good or bad before it comes out, there are a few books which are gathering interest and early notice.

Probably the most anticipated book of 2019 is The Testaments, Margaret Atwood’s sequel to her 1985 award winner The Handmaid’s Tale. Following hot on the heels of the hit (and terrifying) TV series, the new book, coming in September, is set 1 years after the events of the first. eel free to read The Handmaid’s Tale first.

MacArthur (Genius) Grant winner Colson Whitehead, who last appeared in literary circles with his Pulitzer Prize winning and official prah selection, but don’t hold that against him) book The Underground Railroad, has a new novel coming in July. The Nickel Boys is based on real-world events which took place during the story’s 1960s Florida setting.

Hallie Rubenhold, a social historian and former curator at the National Portrait allery, turns her authoritative eye on a specific group of women

who have been castigated by history in The Five: The Untold Story of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper. In April, the story of these women, known primarily as victims, will be put into historical and cultural contexts and their lives given their proper due.

Also in April, Therese Oneill, whose last book, the 2016 NY Times bestseller Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady’s Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners, revisits the topic with what happens next in Ungovernable: The Victorian Parent’s Guide to Raising Flawless Children. With as much trouble as kids are today, it might help to know there were always issues. And with Oneill’s writing, you’ll know the subject matter will be not only informative, but funny as well.

Another funny book, coming in March from celebrated short-story writer Nathan Englander, is Kaddish.com, a look at the modern-day responsibility of an atheist son in a family of Orthodox Jews. Englander, who was a Pulitzer finalist for his book What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank, picks up the ewish fiction mantle left behind by writers like Philip Roth.

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Mystery & Thriller Stephen King, the perennial favorite, topped most mystery lists last year with The Outsider. This is King at the top of his game with a story that isn’t (but could be) ripped from the headlines. If you’ve already read this King but are looking for others along the same lines, here’s a few to try out: • The Outsider by Stephen King • The Witch Elm by Tana French • The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn • Leverage in Death by J.D. Robb • Lethal White by Robert Galbraith Biography With the state of the world as divided as it is, it’s nice to read a book focusing on the positives and inclusiveness we can achieve if we try. The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell ing is one such book. Of course, there are other stories of people and events to be told, not all as empowering but certainly worth a read.

• The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell ing • l l o e n o en efie ll n e on History by eith ’ rien • Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval o n he e h o one e n nno en n by ynn

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Science and Technology One of the great things about learning new things is discovering how much there is left to learn. Case in point is Stephen rusatte’s fascinating new work, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World. rusatte, a paleontologist himself, mixes state of the field information about big lizards with his own stories of gathering the information. emarkable read. Naturally, if dinos aren’t your thing, there were a lot of other books explaining cool stuff.

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by Stephen rusatte • he e o n e o n n e ell el o l n e n e on h by Michio aku • o o Ch n e o n h he e en e o he el e he o Con o ne n on ep e on n Transcendence by Michael Pollan • he one oo he l o o n o o o en e ne by ustin Mc lroy Dr. Sydnee Mc lroy

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Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military by Neil de rasse Tyson and Avis ang

Horror Sometimes a good fictional scare is what you need to get you past the real life scares we face every day. Here again, Stephen ing shines through with his short novel Elevation. Treading some of the same ground as his 0s hit Thinner, Elevation might have a softer landing, but the ride there is ust as harrowing. ther horror titles will give you everything from supernatural demons to that terrifying thing lurking around the corner.

• Elevation by Stephen ing • The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay • The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror by Mallory rtberg • Baby Teeth by o e Stage • The Devil and the Deep edited by llen Datlow Science Fiction & Fantasy Combining science fiction and fantasy in this list is risky, since they are different categories, but if you want some great fantastical fiction, look no further than Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik or Vox by Christina Dalcher.

While set in wildly different locales, one in the past and one, the future, both show what a young woman will do in order to protect themselves and

their families.

• Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik • Vox by Christina Dalcher • Bloody Rose (The Band, #2) by Nicholas ames • Iron and Magic (The Iron Covenant, #1) by Ilona Andrews • Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente • The Night Masquerade (Binti, #3) by Nnedi korafor Non-Fiction Non fiction covers a lot of territory, but one of the most interesting pieces was Michelle McNamara’s posthumously published and ridiculously well researched I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer, which is credited with finally leading to an arrest of the killer from the 0s and 0s. If catching serial killers isn’t how you want to spend your free time, check out these other, informative reads.

• I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara • Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by oxane ay • So You Want to Talk About Race by I eoma luo • The Library Book by Susan rlean • Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are so You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be by achel Hollis www.davidlv.com | 51

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Cellphone Confidential Tails of the Dark Side, Our Love Affair with Our Devices

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By Jaq Greenspon don’t know about you, but I keep my mobile phone in my front pocket.

This way I don’t accidently sit on it. And this way, when it buzzes, telling me there’s something I need to pay attention to, I can feel it.

Except lately, I’ve been feeling that buzz even when the phone hasn’t received any messages. Hell, I’ve felt that buzz even when I didn’t have my phone in my pocket. Turns out, it was a fauxcellarm brought on by ringxiety. Yeah, that’s right. I suffer from Phantom Vibration Syndrome.

It’s a real thing. Sure, it was first recorded in a Dilbert comic strip way back in 199 and then was in reference to a beeper but still real. The first academic study was done on the phenomenon back in 2007 and in 2012, Phantom Vibration Syndrome was chosen as the Mac uarie Dictionary of Australia’s word (phrase?) of the year. And I’m not the only one! Could be as many as 89% of cell phone users experience this weird phenomenon.

But why does this happen? Is it like people who have lost limbs but still feel them, as if the absence of a part of ourselves is cause enough to make us wish, consciously or unconsciously, so hard to be whole again that our brains invent tactile sensations to remind us of what we’ve lost? Have we gotten to the point that our connection to technology is an appendage needed to maintain our sense of self?

Maybe.

Back in 2013, Spike Jonze gave us Her, a film where a guy literally falls in love with his smart device. In the film, oa uin Phoenix discovers a sentient intelligence inside his computer who fulfills his every emotional need. Turns out he’s not alone. That same emotional attachment hits a high percentage of the film’s population, breaking up marriages and causing people to re-evaluate their lives. www.davidlv.com | 53

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Now, we’re not there…yet…but this idea of having a relationship with your connection to the world is an interesting one to ponder. To begin with, why are we so down on people burying their heads in their screens? What’s wrong with keeping up with family and friends (and relative strangers) by reading and commenting on their online posts while, at the same time, trying to pass along our own information to that same group? Isn’t that the social contract, the most basic concept of what a conversation is or should be?

We’re constantly besieged with images of people using social media in what someone deems an “inappropriate” place or time. Who hasn’t seen the image circulated of the group of school age-kids ignoring a nearby Rembrandt and instead being immersed in some presumably vacuous conversation on their hand-held devices? Or the group of commuters on a train, ignoring their fellow passengers in favor of some level of Candy Crush? How many times have we walked into an establishment only to be met by a hand-written sign explaining limited or no Wi-Fi and admonishing us the reason for this lack of a modern amenity is so we’ll “talk to each other , or to prevent zombification , or some other nonsense Each of those examples is easily countered. The kids at the museum were on a school trip and using a museum sponsored app to learn more about the nearby art as part of an assignment. The commuters on the train weren’t talking to their fellow passengers the same way commuters 100 years ago hid behind a newspaper, and what if you need to get hold of someone meeting you in the establishment or, as I have witnessed, needed the internet to check in with kids at home.

Are we really so addicted to our devices that we have to have our connections publicly shamed and socially monitored?

Maybe.

In a 2017 U.K. study, it was determined that Facebook is the most frequently used social media site, averaging just under 12 sessions a day.

People are logging in and checking it. A lot. And according to the research, the number of users grows as the day continues. Once you get off work, the chances of you seeing what’s happening in your social circle increases dramatically. Time which used to be reserved for friends and family is now being spent online.

Part of this could be attributed to a Fear of Missing Out. FoMO (how it’s referred to in psychiatric circles) is, according to a 2013 paper, “a pervasive apprehension that others might be having rewarding experiences from which one is absent [and is] characterized by a desire to stay continually connected with what others are doing.”

Comedian Denis Leary joked that after seeing Lee Harvey Oswald shot on live TV in 1963, we were all afraid to turn off our televisions in case we missed something. And that was when we only had three national networks and international was almost unheard of. Today, we have friends all over the planet. I’m writing this article sitting in a café in Lithuania and it’ll be read by friends in China, Australia, and Brazil as well as Las Vegas, all of whom are living exciting lives and doing interesting things at all hours of my local time. And I don’t want to miss any of it.

A 2016 Forbes article quotes a Harris Poll in which it was determined that a full 60% of Americans wish their family members would “unplug from technology” more frequently. At the same time, a 2017 Rewire article quotes an IDC report that 8 of 10 people will wake up in the morning and immediately check their phones. The need to catch up with what’s been happening is strong and compelling. And yes, possibly addictive.

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The Conversation.com explains that “Technology is designed to utilize the basic human need to feel a sense of belonging and connection with others,” which they then tie in immediately to the FoMO phenomenon.

But they back this up by explaining that social media is designed to feed those needs in a variety of ways, including “‘scarcity’ (a snap or status is only temporarily available, encouraging you to get online quickly); ‘social proof’ (20,000 users retweeted an article so you should go online and read it personalization’ your news feed is designed to filter and display news based on your interest); and ‘reciprocity’ (invite more friends to get extra points, and once your friends are part of the network it becomes much more difficult for you or them to leave . These tie in nicely with what evin elly, the founder and former editor of Wired, lists as generatives, things which can define uni ueness in digital products.

Either way, the idea is the same – you’re getting something from the social networks you can’t get anywhere else. But is that an addiction?

Certainly, the devices are helpful. We have access to the complete sum of human knowledge sitting in our pockets which means we can find out anything at any time. The uinness ook of World ecords, originally supplied by the beer company to help settle bar bets, is no longer needed.

A 30-second search and you know the answer to any trivia question and 60-seconds can get you access to university level research on any topic.

But if you can’t focus on where you’re driving or walking because of that access, that could signify a problem.

We can have video chats with friends and family half a world away, but if we do this at the expense of the people half a room away, are we gaining anything ids being raised in this environment are going to grow up understanding screens better than their grandparents ever could.

They’re able to multi task with amazing efficiency but is that at the cost of interpersonal relationships?

Clinical psychologist Stephanie Marcy, Ph.D., was quoted in a 2017 LA Parent article that she’s “seeing these adolescent tantrums, where they run out of battery or the Wi i shuts down and it’s like World War III has occurred. Marcy continues to describe the cycle wherein the less children are interacting socially, the more they feel cut off, which leads them to feel worse about themselves and that leads to more isolation and depression.

And it’s not ust kids. In uly of 201 , a patron of the roadway show Hand to God climbed onto the set before the show started to plug his cell phone into the (fake) wall outlet.

There’s an old adage in horsemanship, an admonishment to ward against the idea that the man is not riding the horse, but the horse is riding the man. r maybe it’s the concept of the tail wagging the dog In other words, it’s not about the technology itself, but instead it’s all about how we use it. It’s about not letting that little device in our pockets control us, but instead, having a healthy relationship with our phones and, by extension, ourselves and our loved ones.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I think I ust felt my pocket vibrate.

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