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Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review. Damn, I hate the medical industryalmost as much as I hate the power utility. Imagine, there’s a law that allows the power company to tell me how many solar panels I can put on the roof of a house I own. If you have any question about who runs this country, let that sink in. Anyway, I was minding my own business last week when I got a call from a collection agency representing Reno Emergency Physicians. This shitty human being started berating me about not paying my bills. I take paying my bills very seriously, and I have a well-over-700 credit rating. I can basically borrow any amount I might need, and except for the mortgage and student loans, I have less than $100 in credit bills. Not monthly, total. I’d never seen a bill from Reno Emergency Physicians. Or, let me put this more accurately—if I have seen one, I haven’t seen one since the month after I had the Bell’s Palsy (that weird episode where my face was paralyzed) back in August. Often, you’ll get a first bill or even a second bill from a medical facility before the insurance pays it off. And even then sometimes it’s a battle. The caller hung up on me and then two minutes later called my office number. I picked up, and I heard her say, “If he answers ‘This is Brian,’ hang up.” Basically, I’m guessing they were just making sure the phone numbers I gave worked before the real harassment started. A couple of weeks ago, I got another bill from St. Mary’s that said something along the lines of, “After a recent audit of our system, we realized you owe us an additional $700 bucks.” I called my insurance company and checked on both bills. The “audit” was actually the amount of my copay for the emergency room visit, 20 percent of the total from hospital’s charges. Remember, each outfit has its own charges, like the Reno Emergency Physicians. I’m a generally lucky guy. I have OK insurance, and I live a simple lifestyle so my emergency care won’t bankrupt me. This mistreatment isn’t the exception—it’s the rule.

vaccine,” according to HealthChoice. org, using numbers from the Centers for Disease Control. The Vaccine Injury Program that provides life-long and death benefits to children injured by vaccines exists for a reason. The risk of severe injury is known. I am a longtime civil rights advocate in the disability community. I know folks who receive these benefits. Welcome to our world. Nothing wrong with that. It just is. And so is sickness and so is death. But dreams of utopian empires where everyone behaves as you think best are really dangerous, and should be avoided at all costs. Deidre Hammon Reno

I am a student at UNR who is against campus carry. I walk all the way across campus in the dark to my car three times a week. Right now I feel safe, but if all students and faculty were allowed to carry guns on my campus, I would not. Furthermore, a police officer only has an 18 percent chance of hitting his or her target! Imagine what the odds are for a non-cop! Campus carry is supposed to be about protection, but if there was a shooting, how would the police tell who are the perpetrators and who were the protectors? More guns means more shootings, and I want my campus to remain safe! So I urge readers to contact their legislators and tell them to oppose this dangerous bill! Adelle Fuller Reno

Actually ... no Re “When Ignorance Reigns” (Editoral, Feb. 12): I’m not firmly on either side of this debate, but I would love to see less polarizing language used toward the anti-vaccine group, since for many parents trying to be informed and do their best for their children, the vaccination decision can be an agonizing one. How can it be said that there is no scientific basis for vaccination concern? The many documented negative side effects of vaccinations are not folklore, and are a legitimate concern for parents, none of whom want a return to the leg brace, iron lung days, I’m sure. I can’t agree with painting these parents as some kind of flat-earth Luddites hanging out in some self-reinforcing cul de sac. But many do have a healthy distrust in our medical establishment and government, both of which sadly have a history of questionable motives in their communication with the public, as Dennis Myers correctly pointed out. I sincerely hope that both sides, and especially our journalists and editors, can keep an open mind and impartial tone as we as a society try to navigate this important topic, which I know many agree is not a closed case and is still an issue very worthy of impartial, intelligent, thoughtful, scientific and reasonable debate. T. Alan Moore Reno

High noon I’m a concerned citizen who is frequently on campuses for library use, events and committee work, and I have serious concerns about the move to allow guns to be carried onto college campuses. When campus presidents overwhelmingly reject campus requests, and when staff can’t imagine lecturing to a room full of possibly armed students, why would legislators even consider such a dangerous action? We send our children to college to be educated, become socially responsible adults and to find their place in the world. We don’t usually envision that world to be something approximating the O.K. Corral. I urge our legislators to truly protect our students by rejecting Assembly Bill 2. Karren Smith Reno

146,000 deaths a year worldwide Re “When Ignorance Reigns” (Editoral, Feb. 12): There are no black-and-white answers to the vaccine issue. Consider this: “In the last 10 years there have been 1,564 cases of measles in the U.S. and zero deaths. There have been 83 deaths reported from measles

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government,” but since they control our health care, they need to either determine what is best for the people of this country and the world or get out of the way of the few scientists who care enough to try to save us from natural disasters. The immunizations are a product of these scientists’ determination to stop these diseases. If opponents of immunization watched one child suffer these diseases, they may see that if it can be prevented it should be prevented. Rhonda L. Whiteside Sun Valley

Editor’s note: We don’t subscribe to the theory that we’re supposed to pretend not to have an informed opinion just because we’re printed on newsprint, but we welcome you expressing your opinion about it on these pages. Here’s some unbiased information about measles: www.cdc. gov/measles/about/faqs.html

Don’t read me, bro Re “Don’t poke me, bro” (Let Freedom Ring, Feb. 12): I find it amazing that Brendan Trainor believes tobacco smoking to be a “purely private health decision.” When someone else’s tobacco smoke is carried by air currents into my lungs, it’s no longer a private health decision. My grandpa smoked in the house through the 1950s and ‘60s, and my mom’s lungs are destroyed as a result. She suffers daily from COPD. They even had a dog die of lung cancer. Over the past 30 years, we have made great strides in ridding this country of smokers. Anyone who thinks smoking is OK is not OK in my book. Karen Inda Sparks

The dog ate his homework Re “Competing budgets” (Editorial, Feb. 19): Dear Senator Roberson, In reading the account of your February 12 Finance Committee meeting (LVRJ, 2/12/15), I was stunned at the arrogant and abusive way you treated an elected member of this State Administration. Your personal attack on Treasurer Dan Schwartz was outrageous—exactly the sort of attack one resorts to when unable to compete intellectually. I suggest you take three corrective actions: First I suggest you review the results of last November’s election. You’ll find that Dan Schwartz won convincingly in a statewide election. You’ll also find that many of your own State Senate District 20 constituents cast their votes for Dan Schwartz. Next, I suggest you review the invitation Gov. Sandoval issued to those who disagree with his proposed budget. The governor asked them to submit their own suggestions. Treasurer Dan Schwartz simply accepted the governor’s invitation. Finally, I suggest you owe Treasurer Dan Schwartz a public apology. There certainly was a person in your hearing whose behavior was embarrassing, as well as being a thumb in the eye of Nevada’s voters. That person was not Dan Schwartz. Robert R. Kessler Las Vegas

Shot to the heart Re “When Ignorance Reigns” (Editoral, Feb. 12): I read The Great Influenza by John M. Barry about the deadliest plague in history. It outlined the devastation caused by the 1918-1919 worldwide influenza pandemic. To say that this writer researched the pandemic is an understatement. He talked much of the dedicated scientists who fought relentlessly to stop this deadly virus that killed millions of people. He also described the other diseases (i.e., polio, smallpox, measles, tuberculosis, typhoid, dyphtheria, pneumonia etc.) that were killing millions. These scientists worked to stabilize the populations of the world against these diseases and succeeded in many cases in nearly eradicating them. The government was a block to their progress, as it is today. It stepped in to help fight the devastation after it was too late. I don’t want government to regulate my life any more than opponents of “big Distribution Director Greg Erwin Distribution Manager Anthony Clarke Distribution Drivers Sandra Chhina, Steve Finlayson, Debbi Frenzi, Vicky Jewell, Angela Littlefield, Joe Medeiros, Ron Neill, Christian Shearer, Marty Troye, Warren Tucker, Gary White, Joseph White, Margaret Underwood General Manager/Publisher John D. Murphy President/CEO Jeff vonKaenel Chief Operations Officer Deborah Redmond Human Resource Manager Tanja Poley Business Manager Grant Rosenquist

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What do you count on? Asked at Java Jungle, 246 W. First St.

Kyle Daters Business manager

The weather changing every five minutes. There always being cigarette butts on the ground.

Carl Hager Retiree

Well, a long life. I’m 96 now, so I’m doing all right. And I feel like I got 10, 15 years to go. I’ve got a good start.

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State power vs. voters In 2008, we ran an editorial observing, “You don’t rig an election by mobilizing voters to cast illegal votes. You rig an election at the counting end.” At this year’s Legislature, however, Republicans are pushing requirements for voters to present identification in order to vote instead of paying attention to real voter fraud. So the emergence of just such a case in Mineral County comes at a propitious time. Ed Pearce of KOLO News has reported—and he appears to be the only one to report it—that more than 170 Mineral County uncounted votes from the 2014 election have turned up. U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden is investigating and the American Civil Liberties Union is taking an interest in what appears to be an appallingly casual treatment of ballots. This is an actual case of voter fraud, so it is not something that would have been prevented by voters presenting identification. And so far, Republicans in the Legislature are studiously ignoring it, even as they pledge fealty to protecting the vote through identification requirements. Their interest is obviously not in legal and protected elections or they would be all over what has happened in Mineral County, which reportedly could change the result of three different races. Let’s face it—voter identification has nothing to do with reform. It is a way of making it more difficult for those who are less likely to own cars and thus have driver licenses—the elderly and the poor—to vote. It’s no coincidence that those groups tend to vote Democratic. Republicans are trying to rig elections through the use of election laws.

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Nevadans must present identification when they register to vote. After that, the real problem is getting them to vote at all—Nevada has notoriously low turnout—and the Republicans want one more way of discouraging voters they do not trust. It’s significant that Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske, a supporter as a state legislator of voter identification requirements, has hired as a consultant former Carson City clerk recorder Alan Glover. His duties in the clerk recorder’s job included the duty of conducting elections. We once interviewed him about whether he had ever seen any voter fraud by individual voters (“The fraud of voter fraud,” Oct. 25, 2012). He remembered a single case from all his years in office: “Had a little lady, I think it was four years ago. … She was 87 years old with Alzheimer’s, and they didn’t find out until Thanksgiving when her granddaughter and her daughter were at the table: ‘No, I took Grandma to early votes.’ ‘Well, I took her down on Election Day.’” Such anecdotes are the only evidence of voter fraud by individual voters. There is no evidence showing wide or broad voter fraud on the voters’ side of the table. Moreover, it is the right of every citizen to vote and government should not get in the way. For Republicans to invoke state power to discourage voting in the absence of evidence of a problem needing solution is hardly a conservative stance. They seem to love government when it can be employed politically. Ω

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To the victors go the spoils They’re getting things done, all right. In just three weeks, Republicans in the Legislature have already made a substantial dent in their pent-up agenda, cloaking their anti-worker, anti-homeowner and anti-union views in the mantle of “reforms” that Democrats have stymied for years. by Let’s recap. Sheila Leslie One of the pre-session agreements was the idea of allowing school districts to “roll over” their construction bonds without going back to the voters for permission. Republicans, Democrats and the governor all agreed that Clark County needs to build new schools and Washoe County needs to repair its crumbling infrastructure. Voters in Clark County have resisted new school bonds since 2008 and there’s nothing to suggest Washoe County voters are any more inclined. The plan was to pass the legislation by March 1 so construction could begin immediately and legislators could then bask in the glow of bipartisanship reminiscent of the Tesla mega-giveaway. The bill would buy school officials 10 years before they

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had to convince voters to extend the construction bonds again, an eternity in Nevada politics. Warning signs emerged in January when newly minted Senate Republican leader Michael Roberson declared the popular bill would be carried by freshman Sen. Becky Harris, awarding her a ready-made victory. The move was anything but bipartisan since it was a Democratic senator, Debbie Smith of Sparks, who first championed the concept as a cornerstone of her effort to provide jobs and improve schools. Things only got worse when the bill, Senate Bill 119, was presented. It now included a poison pill for Democrats, an exemption from the long-standing prevailing wage condition in public construction projects, ensuring good wages for middle class construction workers. Unions and their allies joined Democratic legislators in passionate speeches about workers who need to support their families and guarantee high-quality construction. Republicans countered with the argument that paying lower wages would stretch the money further.

In a classic case of stating exactly the opposite of your true intentions, Sen. Greg Brower, R-Reno, laughably insisted Republicans weren’t “trying to gut the entire prevailing wage scheme.” He accused the Democrats of turning “every policy difference we may have this session into an accusation of partisanship.” Another bill Republicans have been itching to pass for years also won approval as an Assembly “emergency measure.” Assembly Bill 125, the construction “reform” bill, supposedly reins in the trial lawyers who represent homeowners with shoddy new houses. With little public input, it was fast-tracked to a partisan Senate vote. Better hope your new home doesn’t have any problems since few attorneys will now be willing to take your case. Another area ripe for meddling by Republicans is the well-managed Public Employee Retirement System for Nevada’s public workers. A.B. 3, sponsored by Assemblyman Randy Kirner, mandates that three of the nine PERS board members be political appointees by the governor.

Despite testimony from retirees, union representatives and PERS staff that the well-functioning board doesn’t need any changes, Kirner insisted his bill would “add objectivity.” Inconveniently, opponents of his plan pointed out that private sector members of the board were eliminated back in 1987 after they recommended bad investments. In the grand tradition of wasting time on boutique bills with minuscule value, last week produced a hearing on SB 105, Republican Sen. James Settlemeyer’s wish to allow dogs in bars. Health department officials quickly derailed the bill by pointing out the public health hazards of such a law. However, Republican Assemblywoman Robin Titus’s bill to make square dancing the official state dance got a better reception after she brought in some square dancers to demonstrate their skill. Maybe some of her colleagues will learn how to do-si-do. That should provide much needed comic relief. Ω

In case you’ve missed it, here’s the Republic Party platform 2012: www.gop.com/ platform.

Harry brings home the green bacon Four-term Oregon governor John Kitzhaber was forced to resign Valentine’s Day in a juicy scandal involving influence peddling by his fiancee, Sylvia Hayes. She is a green energy consultant who proclaimed herself Oregon’s first lady and then, without actually holding any public office, began by Brendan commandeering state resources to Trainor implement the green energy projects she was paid to promote. Kitzhaber was a better-thanaverage public servant, who fell from power in a tawdry spectacle that some call a “Greek tragedy.” What is interesting is how liberals believe using state power to push green energy is such a great idea, and how time after time the corruption that inevitably is bound up with state power proves the opposite. Why do many on the left believe the end justifies the means, that using conservative means (state police power) to achieve liberal goals is justified?

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When legislators mandate a certain percentage of power be produced from renewables by a certain time, they are setting themselves up for both failure and scandal. Nevada’s green energy scandals usually start with Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid. When Reid wasn’t lecturing us on the evils of legalized prostitution, he used his considerable power to funnel over $1.3 billion in federal subsidies for green energy to Nevada. Reid claims it is about creating jobs. The jobs actually delivered—under 300 permanent jobs—cost Nevada taxpayers $4.6 million per job. Politicians love to talk about jobs, but jobs are not the measure of economic progress. Jobs are a cost, not a benefit. The end result should be production for consumption, with the lowest possible cost and the highest benefit for willing consumers. When government is involved, taxpayers get the highest costs and the fewest benefits. Reid’s pet alternative energy beneficiaries like ENN Mojave Energy, Nevada Geothermal and bankrupt Amonix

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Solar, have benefited from sweetheart deals engineered by Reid and his son Rory while plundering Nevada tax and energy ratepayers. Other green boondoggles like Ormat Nevada and the Ivanpah solar farm dot Nevada’s economic landscape like the sunbleached bones of dead coyotes. Sen. Reid famously believes the Koch Brothers are evil incarnate because they use their oil and chemical billions to benefit causes he dislikes, but liberals have their own billionaires who use their money to influence the political process for personal gain disguised as political causes. Billionaire Warren Buffet’s takeover of NV Energy was accompanied by a sweetheart deal that left ratepayers on the hook for the conversion from coal to natural gas. The Nevada Public Utility Commission said Nevada Energy’s phoney projection that rates would rise no more that 3 percent over 10 years was not worth the paper it was printed on. Expect Buffet’s new toy to raise its rates at least 10 percent, and probably much more.

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Billionaire “former” hedge fund manager and friend of Reid Tom Steyer spent $57 million to elect Democrats in 2014 with ads proclaiming climate change is a dangerous reality. Now recordsetting freezing temperatures and snow in the eastern half of the country say the voters were right to elect Republicans instead. While CO2 levels are rising, solar activity is declining, and we may be facing a little ice age. Reid hasn’t yet figured out how he can profit from Congress mandating more sunspots. Steyer made many of his billions on investments in coal in Asia but now that he’s got green religion and is invested in solar energy, his global warming alarmism would generate more profits if only voters would buy into it. Why not get politicians out of energy and finally let the markets work? Ω

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Madeleine Poore, left, met with Assemblymember Jill Dickman, who represents her in the Nevada Legislature.

Full dropout tracking restored Washoe school superintendent Traci Davis has gotten off to a fast start. Attending a meeting of the local NAACP chapter with school board member Veronica Frenkel, Davis said, in answer to a question, that she has put an end to the practice of dropping some students from tracking of graduation rates. Critics accused former superintendent Heath Morrison of inflating graduation rates (“Hiding in plain sight,” RN&R, March 27, 2014) by eliminating dropouts from tracking if they subsequently get into alternative institutions or Washoe High School. Davis said, “Traci Davis never wipes students out of the system.” An interview with Davis can be found on page 31.

Newlands’ race views debated White supremacist legislator Francis Newlands of California and Nevada, who served in the U.S. House and Senate, never let his official duties take up all his time. While in Washington, D.C., he and fellow Nevada legislator William Stewart founded the suburb of Chevy Chase in order to have an all-white enclave. That community is now having a debate on whether to remove Newlands’ name from a Chevy Chase fountain. Newlands’ racism didn’t stop with the founding of Chevy Chase—he also wrote the congressional resolution providing for the U.S. annexation of the Kingdom of Hawaii, said the U.S. had “drifted into a condition regarding the black race which constitutes the great problem and peril of the future,” introduced an unsuccessful plank to the 1912 Democratic platform to “declare our purpose to maintain this as a white man’s country,” was anti-Chinese and anti-Japanese, and proposed sending blacks “back” to Africa, though they were in fact born in the U.S. Newlands [traffic] Circle in Reno is named for him. He had a mansion nearby.

Ed Vogel 1948-2015 Former Las Vegas Review Journal capitol bureau chief Ed Vogel died of cancer on Feb. 22. Vogel, originally based in Las Vegas, came to the north to cover the legislature and liked the area. After being assigned to the capital, he and his wife Carol—also a journalist—settled in Genoa. He had a unique story sense, seeing news or human interest in things other reporters did not. After the feds gave the operational name Misty Rain to a nuclear bomb test at the Nevada Test Site, Vogel wrote a fascinating piece about how the feds chose the names. On another occasion, he penned a story about state government’s unusual officials like the state demographer. In many cases, his fresh eyes on Northern Nevada turned up stories locals reporters had overlooked. His long tenure resulted in a head full of institutional ED VOGEL memory that his fellow journalists consulted regularly. Vogel’s RJ colleague A.D. Hopkins wrote, “For in-depth stories, Vogel sometimes used unorthodox research methods. Once, to accurately describe the difficulties faced by Las Vegas’ homeless, he dressed in rags and spent a day and a night dumpster-diving, panhandling, and dodging policemen.” Vogel was named to the Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame in 2012.

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Learning politics 2014 election results bring volunteers to Legislature Five blocks from the Nevada Legislature Sunday morning, conversations animated the room with the energy by Carol Cizauskas of many new people to the political process. The largest group ever to attend Grassroots Lobby Days, these 193 Nevadans from across the state gathered to learn how to make their voices heard by direct participation in democracy. “I am so excited,” Lynn Scombardi said. “I am so brand new at this.” The University of Nevada, Las Vegas master’s degree student in social work joined about 15 others from her school to learn how to convince their lawmakers to help young people at risk of sexual trafficking and suicide.

“I had no idea about this process at all.” Lynn Scombardi Volunteer lobbyist Across the crowded room, Madeleine Poore sat on the floor with classmates from the Reno campus. A group from VOX— Voices for Planned Parenthood for students—advocates for reproductive rights, comprehensive sex education, and protection of sexual assault victims. They were attending, Poore said, “to affect real change by going in and talking to [our] elected officials.”

A big issue for Poore is the “campus carry” bill sponsored by Assemblywoman Michelle Fiore, which would allow guns on campus to help defend against sexual assault. “We know that guns won’t make us safer,” Poore said. “Nevada is the eighth highest state for women being killed by firearms. And 73 percent of sexual assaults happen by someone you know. … It’s really sad to see these politicians jumping on the issue of sexual assault, yet not supporting things like sex education, which would prevent sexual assault. If we were teaching people what consent looked like … sexual assault would definitely be decreased.”

Tradition Since 1991, the nonpartisan Nevada Women’s Lobby has sponsored Grassroots Lobby Days, a workshop early in the legislative session, to teach citizens how to talk to their representatives about how they want them to vote. Each year the conference draws attendees who meet other concerned Nevadans and learn simple yet effective methods to make their voices heard in the state’s political process. The presenters at the workshop include members of Nevada Women’s Lobby; professional lobbyists for groups including the ACLU, Washoe Legal Services, and AARP; and legislators from both sides of the political aisle. Nevada Women’s

Lobby serves as a voice for women and families in the Legislature. Their people teach from their experience of years in the legislative process. The first day included a workshop called Lobbying 101. Breakout sessions were held to discuss pending legislation that affects workers, women, children, and immigrants, and panel discussions of the dos and don’ts of effective lobbying. Far from all work and no play, Grassroots Lobby Days helps new friendships forge, builds confidence in political neophytes, and lends itself to comic relief. Planned Parenthood lobbyist Elisa Cafferata shared the most preposterous thing she had heard in her years as a lobbyist. When questioning her reasons for comprehensive sex education in the classroom, the male legislator she was talking with asked her, “I’ve never put on a condom, but how hard can it be?” At that, boisterous laughter relieved the tone of much of the day spent discussing the current legislature. Although the Nevada Women’s Lobby invites both Republican and Democratic politicians to speak at Grassroots Lobby Days, this year only Democratic legislators attended. State Sen. Kelvin Atkinson called the 2015 Nevada Legislature “Washington, D.C.-style politics.” With many Grassroots Lobbyists advocating for progressive ideals such as protecting unions, keeping reasonable restrictions on the use of guns, and defending the Nevada constitutional amendment requiring a minimum wage that continues to rise with the cost of living, the sweep of conservative lawmakers in this past election had many at the conference worried about the future of the state’s protection of the most vulnerable. “You’re not going to railroad us,” Democrat Atkinson said. “You’re not going to run over us. We will do better as a party, and this won’t happen again.” Nevada Women’s Lobby co-chair Annette Magnus believes that the Legislature’s new majority conservatism brought out this largest turnout in the 24-year history of Grassroots Lobby Days. “Our backs are up against the wall in a serious way, and we have to fight for the things we believe in, and I’m so glad to see so many people here willing to do that.”

Results Just how well did that fight go for the grassroots lobbyists? On the

second day of the conference, they walked the halls of the legislature. They visited their representatives, sat in on committee hearings and legislative sessions, and continued to build relationships with their fellow attendees. Both UNLV’s Scombardi and UNR’s Poore met with their elected representatives to promote their passions. With Scombardi’s assemblymember, Democrat Richard Carillo, she discussed her support of bills that would place more social workers in schools, would treat exploited sex workers as victims and not criminals, and would raise the age from 8 to 10 years old when juveniles can be convicted of some offenses. They discovered they agreed on issues, and Scombardi found a legislative ally with whom she plans to collaborate. Scombardi said she used the tools she learned from Grassroots Lobby Days to accomplish this. “I had no idea about this process at all, not even a little bit,” she said. “I never would have known what to do, getting here on my own—would have been lost.” Poore’s experience, however, wasn’t as obviously successful. Setting up appointments with both of her elected representatives to oppose the campus carry bill, the UNR senior was able to meet with Sen. Don Gustavson’s staffer and directly

with Washoe Assemblymember Jill Dickman. Both Republican legislators support the bill, so Poore voiced her opposition to it. Coming out of her meeting with Dickman, Poore seemed subdued yet resolute. “We just disagree on the issue,” Poore said. She recounted Dickman’s stance that women would feel safer with guns to protect themselves. “Yeah, maybe they would feel safer,” Poore said, “but I think the reality comes down to is—are you actually safer? … The chances [are] that gun is then used against her.”

“ Our backs are up against the wall in a serious way.” Annette Magnus Nevada Women’s Lobby Poore embodied what she had learned from Grassroots Lobby Days: “Just because we might not be able to win on a bill, doesn’t mean … that we aren’t the smartest in our strategy, the smartest in our reason, and the most well organized. Always be the voice of reason.” These words from Reno Democratic Assemblywoman Teresa BenitezThompson applied to Poore’s actions. “This session is definitely about a fight.” Ω

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Algae blues Is Virginia Lake up a creek? On any given day, Virginia Lake is like a bustling, avian international airport—full of squawks and honks and clucks and coos as its feathered occupants go about their business. by Georgia Fisher Some say the urban hub for countless birds is poisoned by its own inhabitants, though, thanks to phosphorus in their droppings. Shallow, georgiaf@ poorly circulating water also greatly contributes to the blue-green algae newsreview.c om and resulting toxins in the man-made lake and surrounding ecosystem, and the ongoing drought has spurred many fish and bird deaths, including avian botulism cases last summer and fall. “Because the water is so low, it heats quickly, and that’s what really exacerbates the algae growth,” said city spokeswoman Barbara DiCianno. “There are a number of contributing factors to the water quality.” In September and December, the city of Reno sought input on four approaches to the problem: 1. Do nothing; 2. Improve water circulation; 3. Improve circulation and pare down the lake’s little island (a Southwest-oriented chunk of land that’s pretty much da club if you’re a bird); or 4. Improve circulation and destroy the island altogether. City staff have since picked Option 2, though with no projected start date, and are buying time to study the lake further. Another public meeting may happen late next month, but even that is pretty tentative. The Lahontan Audubon Society opposes changes to the island, and points to urban runoff and wintering birds—who’ll come anyway, island or no island—as worse culprits than resident cormorants who’re apparently blamed, poop-wise (it’s probably also worth noting a big construction zone is now in the mix on the lake’s east side). Not only is more study needed, said LAS president Jane Burnham, but the island itself matters. A lot. “The major draw of Virginia Lake is its birds,” she wrote to the City Virginia Lake project updates and a public Council and to Public Works Director John Flansberg. “The island is one meeting schedule of the few locations where the public can see birds nesting, and young are forthcoming at being born and raised. It would be a tragedy if the island is destroyed, http://bit.ly/1q7RJTR along with nesting habitat for native migratory birds, and no improvement in water quality is achieved.” Virginia Lake was constructed in the late 1930s as a Work Projects Administration initiative. It’s long been stocked with a variety of fish, including rainbow trout, catfish, largemouth bass and black crappie. More than 100 types of wild birds visit or live there, too, and the island in particular is a nesting place for California gulls, double-crested cormorants and snowy egrets. Water flows in via Cochran Ditch, in the lake’s northwest corner, and leaves through a screened drain. With circulation improvements, the outlet will sit further from the inlet, at a new point across the lake, so “the water coming in will travel the entire length of the lake, to circulate it, to oxygenate it before it goes out to the irrigation ditches and on its way,” DiCianno said. Note the “on its way” part. Nothing is disappearing; it’s just returning to the watershed: to Steamboat Creek and Boynton Slough in Southeast Reno, and back to the Truckee River. One way or another, the toxins have to go. Ω OPINION

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Wouldn’t it be great if love came in a bottle? And we don’t mean little blue pills. Birds do it.

Bees do it. But why do we fall in love? How do we stay in love? What do we gain from love? To explore those questions and more, the Wisconsin Gazette poured some wine, unwrapped a box of truffles, lit a candle and delved into a year’s worth of science and health journals.

Sex or no sex? Jesse Hollister and colleagues at the University of Toronto were captivated by the elegant, showy evening primrose because 30 percent of the species in the genus have evolved to reproduce asexually. This made the primrose the right plant to test a theory that biologists have long promoted: Species that reproduce sexually are healthier over time than species that reproduce asexually, because they don’t accumulate harmful mutations. The researchers, working with teams in Canada and China, examined 30 pairs of the primrose species. One in the pair reproduced asexually; the other sexually. “What we found was exactly what we predicted based on theory,” Hollister stated. “This is the first genetic support for the theory that a significant cost to being asexual is an accumulation of deleterious mutations,” said University of Toronto professor Mark Johnson. “This study has allowed us to unlock part of the mystery of why sex is so common. It’s good for your health, at least if you are a plant.” 12 | RN&R |

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Going pitter-patter? Falling in love really does make the heart go pitter-patter and takes one’s breath away, say scientists with the Loyola Sexual Wellness Clinic at Loyola University’s Stritch School of Medicine in Chicago. Clinic co-director Pat Mumby said falling in love releases a flood of feel-good chemicals—dopamine, adrenaline and norepinephrine. “This internal elixir of love is responsible for making our cheeks flush, our palms sweat, and our hearts race,” said Mumby. Credit dopamine for that euphoric feeling. Credit adrenaline and norepinephrine for that pitterpatter of the heart and the pre-occupation with that other person.

Not so total recall Think you remember the details of a love at first sight? Maybe. Maybe not, according to research from Northwestern University that was conducted with the support of the National Institutes of Health and published in the Journal of Neuroscience. The researchers showed that fragments of the present get inserted into the past to form faulty memories. Memories get adapted and updated, reframed to fit the now, according to lead author Donna Jo Bridge, who led the research at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

For the study, people viewed object locations on a computer screen with varied backgrounds. When asked to place the objects in the original location, the participants always placed them incorrectly. Next participants were shown the objects in three locations on the original screen and asked to choose the correct location. They placed the objects in the misremembered location because they had reformed the memory.

The look of love, or lust Researchers with the University of Chicago, working with the University of Geneva, analyzed the eye movements of test subjects studying black-and-white photographs of strangers. They found that people tended to fixate on the face, especially when they said an image elicited a feeling of romantic love. However, subjects’ eyes moved from the face to the rest of the body when images evoked sexual desire.

Marital investment Professors with the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, examined changing expectations of marriage and relationships— from the 18th century to the 21st. They reported that Americans, on average, are making smaller investments of time and energy in their relationships than in the past and they have very different expectations from the couples of yesterdays.

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“In 1800, the idea of marrying for love was ludicrous,” stated psychology professor Eli Finkel, the lead author of a paper presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Chicago. “That isn’t to say that people didn’t want love from their marriage; it just wasn’t the point of marriage.” Today, according to Finkel, “Americans look to their marriages to help them ‘find themselves’ and to pursue careers and other activities that facilitate the expression of their core self.”

“The more that the other couple responds to your selfdisclosures in a validating and caring way when on a double date, the more passionate you feel about your own relationship.”

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Faith-based frisky A study from the University de Porto in Portugal published in Applied Research in Quality of Life indicates that people of faith and regular churchgoers are positive about their love lives and tend to express greater satisfaction with life and sexual relationships than the average adult. The research involved nearly 1,300 Portuguese adults between 18 and 90 years old and used the “Satisfaction With Love Life Scale.”

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A study presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology annual conference in Austin, Texas, this past year suggested that double dating can help spark romance for a couple—provided the double date involves deep, revealing conversation. Passion can decrease for a couple over time, but research shows that selfdisclosure in a couple affects closeness and passion. So what happens when two couples form a fast friendship and go beyond small talk to discuss deeper, personal topics? “The more that the other couple responds to your self-disclosures in a validating and caring way when on a double date, the more passionate you feel about your own relationship,” said study author Keith Welker of Michigan’s Wayne State University. “Although we still need to investigate why responsiveness from other couples predicts increases in passionate love, one possibility is that having another couple respond positively to yourself and your partner may provide you with a fresh, positive view of your partner and relationship.” A caution: Be sure that other couple is going to make Centuries ago, the notion of you look good marrying for before you book love was all but a table for four on unheard of. Valentine’s Day. OPINION

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For her study on sexual pleasure, Penn State sociologist Beth Montemurro conducted a series of interviews with heterosexual women between the ages of 20 and 68. Most women in the study said being in love made sex physically more pleasurable. Women in love said they felt less inhibited and more willing to explore. Montemurro said the women interviewed “seemed to say you need love in sex and you need sex in marriage.”

Romance and rights A team at Indiana University looked at attitudes toward couples and found that people generally think of loving relationships in a hierarchy: heterosexual couples being the most “in love,” followed by lesbian couples and then gay couples. And these attitudes, the IU researchers wrote, led people to form beliefs about who should enjoy what rights and liberties—from holding hands to legally marrying. The paper was titled “(Double) Standards for Granting Formal and Informal Privileges.”

Matched up Nearly all the gay and bisexual men involved in a firstof-its-kind study on love and sex said their most recent sexual event occurred with a relationship partner and that they felt “matched” in feelings of love with that partner. The study, “Sexual Health in Gay and Bisexual Partners” was published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior and conducted by Virginia’s George Mason University Department of Global and Community Health and the Indiana University Center for Sexual Health and Promotion. “These findings highlight the prevalence and value of loving feelings within same-sex relationships,” Joshua G. Rosenberger, lead investigator and George Mason professor, said when releasing the research. The study was based on an Internet survey of 25,000 men. “Very few people had sex continued on with someone page 15 they loved if that person didn’t love |

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them back,” said research scientist Beth Herbenick. “This ‘matching’ aspect of love has not been well explored in previous research, regardless of sexual orientation.”

The study was conducted by Chapman University in California and involved a survey of about 64,000 people.

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A report in the journal PNAS indicated that computer models might know a person’s personality as well as his or her significant other. Researchers at the University of Cambridge and Stanford University said a computer model using a person’s likes on Facebook can predict a person’s personality more accurately than most friends and family and well enough to rival the judgment of a partner. In the study, the computer more accurately predicted a person’s personality than a work colleague based on just 10 likes, more than a friend based on 70 likes, better than a parent or sibling with 150 likes and as well as a spouse with 300 likes. “People may choose to augment their own intuitions and judgments with this kind of data analysis when making important life decisions, such as choosing activities, career paths or even romantic partners,” said lead author Wu Youyou of Cambridge’s Psychometrics Centre. “Such datadriven decisions may well improve people’s lives.” Ω

Psychologists at the German Universities of Jena and Kassel reported last fall that a romantic relationship helps neurotic people find stability. The researchers interviewed 245 couples several times over nine months. Using a questionnaire, the researchers gauged changing degrees of neuroticism and relationship satisfaction. Participants also were asked about fictitious everyday life situations and their possible significance for their own partnership. “This part was crucial, because neurotic people process influences from the outside world differently,” study author Christine Finn stated, noting that neurotic people react more strongly to negative stimuli and have a tendency to interpret ambiguous situations negatively. The researchers found that over time, neurotic tendencies decrease as a romantic relationship builds. Finn stated, “The positive experiences and emotions gained by having a partner change the personality—not directly but indirectly—as at the same

Cheating—is it worse to think about it than to do it? Well, researchers of a newly published study report that heterosexual men are likelier than heterosexual women to be upset by sexual infidelity—54 percent of heterosexual men, 35 percent of heterosexual women. However, heterosexual men are less likely than heterosexual women to be upset most by emotional infidelity—46 percent of heterosexual men, 65 percent of heterosexual women. Bisexual men and women, gays and lesbians did not differ significantly. “Heterosexual men really stand out from all the other groups: They were the only ones who were much more likely to be upset by sexual infidelity rather than emotional infidelity,” stated lead author David Frederick, who suggested insecurity about paternity may have something to do with the emotions.

Studies show men are likelier than women to be upset by sexual infidelity—but that emotional infidelity hurts women more than it does men.

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“We are here to remember those whose lives were taken due to police brutality, vigilantism, or hate crimes. Not one more,” read one of the signs at the Reno Justice Coalition’s most recent exhibition, a memorial of lives lost to hateful acts, held on Feb. 19.

The Reno Justice Coalition formed in the fall of 2014. “The purpose of the Reno Justice Coalition is to have a voice on campus about racism and other forms of social injustice,” said the coalition’s vice president, Madeleine Poore. “It was created to have a forum to talk about these issues and do something about it, because there are students here who care about these things and want to change it. We needed to join together to do that.” On the University of Nevada, Reno campus, the Reno Justice Coalition has provided an outlet for students to explore activism and community involvement. “It encourages student participation and raises awareness about important topics,” said Cheney Arberry, the coalition’s treasurer. “There is a want for good change on our campus. People are really FEBRUARY 26, 2015

quick to write off young people as they don’t care or they’re lazy. But this proves that we do care. We are organizing this change.” Since forming, the collective has made bold moves in opposition to acts of social injustice. The first events hosted by the Reno Justice Coalition to garner the attention of UNR students, as well as local media, were last fall’s protests held to commemorate the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, both unarmed African-American men. Public safety officers asphyxiated Eric Garner and shot Michael Brown. With several people bearing signs with phrases now indelibly written into modern society’s consciousness, like “I can’t breathe” and “Black lives matter,” dozens of participants laid down at a busy university building for 4 minutes and 50 seconds to symbolize the hours that Brown was left in the street before his body was

moved, ending with a chant of “I can’t breathe” to commemorate Garner’s last words. In the months following the “die-in,” the Reno Justice Coalition has continued to host events to bring issues of discrimination based on race, religion, gender, and sexual orientation and identity to light, most notably with their recent “Week of Action.” Several events during the week were planned in conjunction with other groups, such as the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, the UNR Gender, Race and Identity Department and the Center for Student Cultural Diversity. The “Week of ACTION” gave the Reno Justice Coalition the opportunity to bring in several individuals, including members of the American Civil Liberties Union and Terry Marshall, an activist from Ferguson, Missouri, who has been working with the Black Lives Matter campaign, all in an effort to encourage the Reno community to commit to social change. One of the events was a screening and a discussion of the 2013 movie Fruitvale Station. The film is a dramatization of the last day of Oscar Grant, an unarmed African American who, after being involved

in an altercation on a train, was shot on Jan. 1, 2009 by a Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer at the Fruitvale station in Oakland, California. “How does an ‘Oscar Grant’ come to exist?” asked Dr. Albert Lee, the moderator of the discussion held after the movie. It’s a question that brings the focus away from the incident itself and toward the lifestyle Grant led: as a man who loved his mother, girlfriend and daughter, but lived in poverty and struggled between the choice of selling drugs to provide a comfortable life and finding a job that would provide a meager, yet honest, income. While the answers vary from social inequality, a flawed capitalist system, and conditioned racial bias, altogether it equates to one of the truths that the Reno Justice Coalition holds to be self-evident: Injustice is not simply one isolated incident. Discrimination and inequality don’t arise from a two-dimensional, one-toone ratio between the oppressor and the oppressed, but from a collection of multiple points of intersection between various types of discrimination and the systems at play. It’s the origins and mechanisms behind prejudice that the Reno Justice Coalition seeks to raise awareness of, in order

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The most recent exhibition the Reno Justice Coalition presented was a memorial in which attendees held posters emblazoned with statements like, “Blackness is not a weapon,” and “There are no ‘good cops’ in a racist system,” along with signs marked with the names and ages of persons whose deaths were attributed to police brutality, vigilantism, and hate crimes. “The fact that we’re holding these signs so that people can see these names is important, because these weren’t just names,” said Ally Messers. “They were people. Their lives were valid and were taken unjustly. Their voices need to be heard, and since they’ve passed we want to help that happen.” Many of those who participated in the Week of Action felt compelled to do so, not merely because of a passing fad to be up in arms about discrimination but because of a moral obligation within themselves. “Inaction or indifference breeds the hate that exists in this

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world,” said Daniel Putney. “If we don’t fight against it, nothing will change. We have to demonstrate and make our voices heard to affect change in the world.” Although the Reno Justice Coalition had its beginnings mainly among UNR students, participation and attendance of events have drawn out numerous community members, including educators, attorneys and small business owners who believe in the cultural upheaval that these young people endeavor to accomplish. “I’m not a student,” said one participant. “In fact, I’m missing a business meeting right now to be here. But I couldn’t help myself from taking the time to stand with them.” With the events that the group has put on, there has been an outpouring of positive feedback praising the organization for its bold stance. But that’s not to say that there haven’t been harsh critics. “What they are doing is wrong,” said one bystander. “One police officer kills a man and suddenly people a couple thousand miles away think they should be holding signs screaming ‘Racism’? It makes no sense.” “The idea that there’s racism in this day and age is ridiculous,” interjected another passerby. “We’ve gotten so far from it. The only racism present today is the fact that this protest wouldn’t be happening if it had been a black police officer and a white victim.” Although, not to be ironic about one critic’s lack of racism, there were protests when black University of South Alabama police officer shot and killed Gil Collar, a naked, white 18-year-old freshman. With such a controversial position, it’s not surprising that some people find the message the Reno Justice Coalition sends to be particularly unpalatable. But that hasn’t stopped them. In fact, by striking a nerve, it’s brought them one step closer to bringing forth a solution. “I think it’s really important to have these kinds of dialogues in society,” said Jose Olivares, a journalism student at UNR. “Talking about these things and bringing attention to issues is going to bring them to the conscious minds of the people. That’s the first step to inspire change.” Ω

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Chace Calvert and Steve Elegant guest curated a punk-themed exhibition at Reno Art Works.

Nothing Short of Victory A punk rocker’s clothes can be as labored over as a painting or sculpture or any other art object. by Although perhaps rarely cleaned, a punk’s Brad Bynum jacket could include meticulously placed spikes, buttons, patches, painted band logos, bradb@ news review.c om and dozens of other things. Nothing Short of Victory, a punk-themed exhibition at Reno Art Works, displays personalized items of clothing, like leather jackets, patchwork pants, well-worn T-shirts and boots, in a gallery setting like works of art. There are also original artworks like the closing reception small drawings and paintings, including for nothing Short some painted skateboard decks, as well as of Victory is 7 p.m. a collection of albums, tape and CD covers, Friday, Feb. 26, at and punk show fliers and posters—many reno art Works, 1995 from Reno shows, but some from iconic dickerson road. Bay Area punk venues like Gilman Street. One gallery wall is adorned with snapshots and parts of the gallery have been painted by punk rocker graffiti artists. In many ways, Reno Art Works is an ideal place for an exhibition like this because the ramshackle, DIY spirit of the artists’ studios and gallery is fairly punk itself.

“We normally only do brand spanking new, off-the-wall stuff, but I thought it would be cool within our season this year to do a more museum history piece,” said Reno Art Works artist and curator Pan Pantoja. The exhibition was guest curated by Reno punker Steve Elegant and assistant curator Chace Calvert. Pantoja described Elegant as “a guy about town with really unique ideas.” Elegant said he grew up immersed in punk culture, including playing in bands. He had special praise for the Reno punk community, which he described as especially “welcoming.” Nothing Short of Victory is a very personal exhibition—the snapshots represent actual moments from people’s lives. The objects on display, like the clothes and album covers, have the well worn look of objects that have been used often. It’s a very intimate show, almost like seeing some punk’s bedroom rearranged into a gallery exhibition. Elegant has a personal connection to many of the pieces in the exhibition. A

large poster for the music festival Holidays in the Sun is centrally displayed among the show fliers. Holidays in the Sun was a British music festival that came to San Francisco in 2001. A bunch of classic British punk bands played the festival, like The Exploited, Slaughter & the Dogs, Sham 69, and Anti-Nowhere League. “That was one of those landmark moments in my personal life,” said Elegant. “I wanted to include something of myself in here.” Elegant said that although there have been other exhibitions documenting punks over the years, including the exhibition of Reno punk album art at the Nevada

Museum of Art in 2010 (See “Rock together,” feature story, Sept. 30, 2010), most of those exhibitions focused on just one aspect of the culture—just album covers or just show posters or just fashion— and Elegant wanted to bring it all together. “My hope was to collect everybody’s work and everybody’s lives and really be able to showcase that this is how we think, how we act, how we choose to look every day, and what we choose to see every day.” Elegant said he went to friends among the community and asked them to lend their fliers and clothes for the exhibition. Many of the older punks had to dig deep in their closets to find their punk memorabilia. “The fact that they held onto this for so long because of how much it meant to them and how much of themselves they put into these objects, and how much they put into their painting, and how much blood, sweat and tears they put into throwing these shows,” said Elegant. “I wanted that to be shown on the walls.” Ω

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For my wife and me, Valentine’s Day is usually just another day. I used to go overboard with the flowers and stuffed by Todd South animals until my wife declared a moratorium, so I think she was genuinely surprised when I purchased tickets for the “Menage a Trois” pop-up dinner and movie event. How could I resist? Rounds Bakery, Films on Tap, and Tournant Pop-Up Restaurant formed a unique “trois” of setting, entertainment and culinary experience.

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Tournant—a French term for a chef who assists every station in the kitchen—is perhaps Reno’s best example of a food culture trend with roots in the “supper clubs” of decades past, now renewed by social media. Pop-up restaurants don't have a set location, but instead use an existing restaurant during off-hours or a nonrestaurant space. Often used by young chefs for experience and exposure, pop-ups also serve as a means for established chefs to test new ideas or restaurant concepts before taking the brick and mortar plunge. Veteran Chef Ben Deinken and his team of friends and food service professionals put together their first Tournant Pop-Up to much acclaim on New Year’s Eve 2013. Throughout 2014, they popped-up all over town, including a couple of pairings with Films on Tap (a local organization dedicated to the shared enjoyment of quality film and craft beers). Tickets are sold in advance for the prix fixe menu—$120 per couple on this occasion—and include all food and beverages with somewhere between

30-50 seats available. (Seating and prices vary with each event.) This evening’s film was the romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally. I’ll admit to an initial lack of enthusiasm for this selection, but it turned out to be just the thing. The room was full of laughter, although four rounds of bottomless cocktails may have helped. The menu’s theme was fondue, with tealight burners set on each table to keep dishes warm. We began with an aperitif cocktail, “Make Me Blush” (vodka, ruby reds, fresh mint, lime and rose syrup), as well as a few bitesized morsels of Rounds’ bagels. This flowed nicely into the first course, “Velvet Pot” (Gruyere, kirschwasser, garlic, bechamel, volcano salt) with a plank of fresh and mildly pickled vegetable bites to dip in the goo. A “Cherry Kisses” cocktail joined the party (pinot gris, kirsch, black cherry, soda), which went well with the cheesy, veggie flavors. The second fondue course, “Hot Pot” (fresh herbs, red wine, roasted mire poix and tomato in a bone marrow broth), was served with a plank of mushrooms, baby cabbage, and cubed, cooked meats (chicken breast, beef filet, lobster). The patience required to warm each morsel in the broth made me really appreciate every delicious bite, and the “Besame Mucho” cocktail for two (malbec, rosemary, black pepper syrup, pomegranate, and blood orange served in a little goldfish bowl with two straws) was a savory-sweet complement. The dessert fondue lived up to its name, “Sexpot” (Belgian milk, Callebaut dark, and Ghirardelli semi-sweet chocolates melted into organic, fresh farm cream), served with brownie crumbles and giant, whole strawberries for dipping. “Love Potion” (sweet red wine, stout, bubbly, twist) accentuated the chocolate and fruit in a surprisingly satisfying way. I’m not huge on sweets, but this combination worked very well. At the risk of sounding too much a fan, I can honestly say there wasn’t a thing out of place. Beverages were kept full, food arrived at a decent pace, and the flavors of both food and cocktails were well thought out and executed. Future events are in the works with a variety of locations and themes, including more collaboration with Films On Tap. With a culinary team this creative, I can’t wait to see what pops up next. Ω

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Hot Tub Time Machine 2 The primary charm of Hot Tub Time Machine was seeing John Cusack running around in the '80s again. That was the main reason for the film existing, and the main reason it was funny. The secondary charm was the antics of Rob Corddry as Lou, the suicidal heavy metal fan who had to deal with his bullied past. The film was the first to really highlight Corddry’s by talents, and he kicked some ass. Bob Grimm Now comes Hot Tub Time Machine 2, sans Cusack, with Corddry taking the lead. The bgrimm@ newsre view.c om movie sort of stinks, but I’m not putting all of the blame on Corddry. Movie sequels often prove to be unnecessary, and this one would be a king of the unnecessary sequels. First off, without Cusack, we’re missing the main reason for the franchise’s existence, the glue that held it all together. Cusack provided a nice anchor for the madness going on around him.

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Corddry and his cohorts (Craig Robinson as Nick and Clark Duke as Jacob) just seem to be running around like mad in this movie, with no sense of purpose. The film starts in the present, with Lou living the rich life because he stole the idea for the internet and Nick living it up because he’s stealing everybody’s songs (most notably Lisa Loeb's). Lou winds up taking a shotgun to the dick and, as things turn out, this isn’t a very funny joke. Lou takes a rather bloody blast that will have the male portion of the audience doing stuff other than laughing. To save Lou’s life, Nick and Jacob jump into the hot tub again (after an awkward moment with a frazzled Chevy Chase), intent on traveling into the past to save Lou’s life.

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They wind up accidentally going into the future where things make little sense. There’s a lot of nonsense about parallel universes and efforts to do clever twists on time travel. None of it works, and I found myself glazing over as the characters ran from one scenario to another, with Duke’s Jacob explaining the significance in the time travel continuum. Who cares about the time travel stuff? Go to whatever time you’re traveling to, and then give the audience funny jokes. The first Hot Tub movie didn’t satisfy sci-fi geeks. It satisfied '80s film comedy geeks, people who love Better Off Dead and Say Anything. Since there are no 20-years-in-the-future comedy geeks, I guess this movie really doesn’t have an audience. Instead of Cusack’s Adam, we get Adam’s son, Adam Jr., in the future, played by the ever reliable Adam Scott. Scott has the film’s best jokes, including a hallucinatory drug experience and an unfortunate game show situation. Still, he shows up deep into the movie in a film with no real sense of direction, so he’s fighting a losing battle. Corddry gets some laughs here and there, but his jokes are mostly desperate and repeated ad nauseam. The same can be said for Robinson, who gets laughs early on, but those laughs wear thin the 17th time he tells the same joke. Duke doesn’t handle the graduation from fourth banana to third banana with much aplomb. In truth, this film has no business being on the big screen. If you don’t have the dough to bring a major star back, but you still want to do a mediocre cash-in sequel, go ahead and make it with the secondary stars, but send the results straight to Netflix. This is not a major motion picture event. It’s a Thursday night “OK, What the Hell, I Got Nuthin’ to Do So I’ll Watch This Piece of Shit for a Laugh or Two” event. When the closing credits are 10 times funnier than anything in your movie, you have a serious problem. Hot Tub Time Machine 2 should mark the end of a franchise, and the last time somebody tries to sequelize a John Cusack movie without John Cusack. Ω

While Clint Eastwood’s film has plenty of problems, Bradley Cooper rises above the patchy melodrama and overly slick segments with his portrayal of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle. Kyle holds the American sniper record of 160 confirmed kills, and was killed by a veteran he was trying to mentor on a shooting range. The film works best when depicting Kyle at work in Iraq, constructing some very tense battle scenes and sequences as seen through Kyle’s riflescope. There’s a subplot involving an enemy sniper named Mustafa (Sammy Sheik) that feels like an entirely different movie. For some reason, Eastwood employs a showier style in the scenes involving Mustafa, which feel a bit false and artificial alongside the movie’s grittier moments. Saddled with the film’s worst dialogue, Sienna Miller battles hard in trying to make Kyle’s wife, Taya, an intriguing movie character. Cooper, who physically transformed himself for the role, does an excellent job of conveying the difficulties and stress that Kyle’s job entailed. He’s an actor forever taking risks and challenging himself, and he’s a big reason to see this movie.

Black or White

Kevin Costner plays a widower fighting for the custody of his black granddaughter (Jillian Estell) in this dopey, misguided and frequently offensive movie. Costner gets to be drunk for most of the movie, and it’s unintentionally funny. He and the rest of the cast are forced to play stereotypes in what adds up to a big pile of embarrassing nothing. It sometimes flirts with meaningfulness, but it degenerates into your typical courtroom drama where a bunch of jerks fight for the right to raise a precocious child. The whole thing feels dishonest, even straining for laughter in inappropriate ways. Costner stumbles around, Octavia Spencer shakes her head a lot, and we face palm ourselves for over two hours. By the time the Costner character’s dead wife’s ghost goes for a late night swim, the film has become a complete disaster. It’s surprising to me that anything like this makes it past direct-to-video and actually hits movie screens.

Da Sweet Blood of Jesus

Spike Lee partially funded his latest movie through Kickstarter, and the results are a mixed bag. While his film about a wealthy researcher (Stephen Tyrone Williams) becoming addicted to blood thanks to an ancient artifact contains some of his most startling imagery in many years, it’s a bit long in the tooth. Given the artistic freedom of a Kickstarter project, Lee doesn’t seem to check himself when it comes to pacing, resulting in a film that could benefit from 30 minutes or so being shaved off. Still, Williams is good as the secluded rich man who, after an associate (Elvis Nolasco) tries to kill him, finds himself resurrected and thirsting blood. He preys upon prostitutes, and eventually takes a wife (a strong Zaraah Abrahams) who soon joins him in blood lust. It’s not a traditional vampire movie, although it is quite bloody, featuring scenes of Williams and Abrahams lapping up victim blood on the floor like dogs. Bruce Hornsby provides a solid score, as do many unsigned artists that Lee selected for the project. Shot in just 16 days, this is Lee’s best work in years, even if it is still a bit of a failure. (Available for rent and purchase on iTunes, Amazon.com and Vimeo On Demand during its limited theatrical run.)

Fifty Shades of Grey

Subbing for her sick roommate, mousy college student with a porn name Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson), who is so innocent she doesn’t know what a butt plug is, goes to Seattle to interview billionaire business guy douchebag Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan). After the interview, Grey starts stalking Anastasia at the hardware store where she works, but that’s OK because he has billions of dollars and looks like the result of a night of passionate lovemaking between Ryan Phillippe and Eric Bana. His psychotic courtship eventually winds up with Anastasia becoming his prospective bondage slave. He offers her a formal contract that, if she signs, will allow him to be the dominant and her the submissive in a kinky sex relationship that will involve spanking, humiliation, nipple clips and eating toast in bed. The sex scenes eventually happen and, if anything, they provide some good, hearty laughs. While the screenplay doesn’t explain much, Grey’s sexual proclivities and needs to abuse his mate have something to do with his being a crack baby. So I guess we’re supposed to feel sorry for him when he’s torturing his

girlfriend because his mom was a stupid crack whore. Fair enough. When people aren’t having sex in this movie, which is quite often as things turn out, they talk in a somber, slow, irritatingly elongated manner. Everybody in this movie is a mopey, sodden sop. I love Seattle, but watching how residents behave and communicate in this movie makes me never want to visit the city again, even if the Mariners make the playoffs.

The Imitation Game

Benedict Cumberbatch plays Alan Turing, who helped win the war against the Nazis when he and others invented a machine capable of breaking the Enigma code. Morten Tyldum’s film, while a tad cumbersome at times, does do a good job of illustrating the impossible odds Turing and his team were up against in trying to decipher the code. Keira Knightley (who had a nice 2014 with this and Begin Again), Matthew Goode and Charles Dance contribute to a strong supporting cast. Cumberbatch portrays Turing as a disagreeable, unlikeable social outcast who just happened to play a huge part in saving the free world thanks to his talent for solving puzzles. The film also delves into some of the more controversial times in Turing’s life, and sometimes the order of things gets a little confusing. Cumberbatch keeps the whole thing afloat with a typically strong performance.

Paddington

This one got pushed out of 2014, which had me worried it was worthy of the junk heap. As things turn out, this mixed animation treatment of the character created by Michael Bond is actually cute. Ben Whishaw voices Paddington, a Peruvian bear who travels to England looking for a home. He winds up in the abode of the Browns, where he quickly takes to causing major damage, creating a little marital strife for Mr. and Mrs. Brown (a delightful Hugh Bonneville and Sally Hawkins). Nicole Kidman has a lot of fun as the film’s villain, determined to trap and stuff Paddington. The movie has plenty of British charm, a couple of really good jokes, and the likes of Kidman, Bonneville and Hawkins in top form. As for Paddington himself, he looks pretty good, a solid animated creation mixed in neatly with real actors and actresses.

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

Things go bad for the sea creatures of Bikini Bottom when the hallowed secret formula for the Krabby Patty goes missing. The undersea home falls into a deep apocalypse with everybody wearing leather, and it’s up to SpongeBob and some of his cohorts to go above water and get the recipe back. The film is typical zany SpongeBob when it’s underwater, rendered in traditional animation (albeit 3-D). When they go above water, it’s a different story. Live action and CGI mix in a way that’s visually fun, but a little spastic at times. Still, there’s a spirit to the movie that’s always alive, and some great random humor (Bubbles the Future Dolphin is definitely a highlight). Antonio Banderas has some fun as a goofy pirate looking to start his own food truck using his pirate ship. SpongeBob fans won’t be disappointed, although they will probably enjoy the underwater scenes more than the flashier live action sequences.

Still Alice

Early-onset Alzheimer’s disease steals the mind of a very smart woman in this moving and heartbreaking film. Julianne Moore plays Alice, a professor at Columbia University who leads a very organized and regimented life of lectures, dinner parties and runs in the park. Alice starts forgetting words here and there, and then proceeds to lose her place in lectures. When she loses her way during a routine jog and can’t find her way home, she begins to realize that these aren’t normal memory loss problems for a 50-year-old woman. At first, Alice thinks she has a brain tumor. But some memory tests suggest to her neurologist (Stephen Kunken) that something else could be causing her difficulties. After a series of brain scans, the conclusion is made: Alice has Alzheimer’s. Moore gives us a deep, fully realized, multi-dimensional performance that never overdoes the sentiment or feels trite. Alice is a woman who prides herself on her encyclopedic knowledge for teaching, and exhibits nothing but grace as that knowledge is rapidly stripped away. Credit Moore for making every step of Alice’s tribulations seem honest and credible. A great supporting cast includes Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart and Kate Bosworth.

Station to station Six Mile Station The Reno Americana band Six Mile Station played 80 shows in 2014, a number of concerts that the band members hope by Brad Bynum to surpass this year. They already have five 10-day tours planned for this bradb@ year, along with a few other shows, newsre view.c om including one that they’ve been working toward for a few years: the record release show for their first full-length album, Audiobiography. “It’s a picture of our music at this point in time,” said John Underwood, the band’s banjo, trumpet and trombone player. The record, which is released on CD and vinyl, features on the cover realistic charcoal portraits of the band members done by artist Cindie Tamietti, the mother of bassist Tyson Schroeder. Photo/Brad Bynum

In addition to Underwood and Schroeder, the portraits include drummer Jeffrey Knight and fiddle, mandolin and accordion player Nathan Carter, who was a member of the group when the album was recorded, and although he’s no longer a full-time member, he’ll be joining the band for some songs at the record release show. Front and center on the album cover is Spike McGuire, the group’s guitar player, lead vocalist and primary songwriter. He’s an affable guy with a charismatic stage presence and a big, booming baritone. Six Mile Station’s music is mostly upbeat folk rock, but occasionally dips into the darkness one might associate with Nick Cave or Tom Waits. “A couple of years ago, we were just starting out on our path and figuring out who we were,” said McGuire. “I guess we’re still doing that, we’ve just become darker people.” Audiobiography was funded largely through crowd sourced donations raised by the band through the website Kickstarter, It was recorded in the band’s practice space at Underwood’s home, but it certainly

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doesn’t sound like a home recording. It was edited and mixed by local legend recording engineer Tom Gordon, and then mastered by Emily Lazar, who has mastered albums by big names like the Foo Fighters and Vampire Weekend. In addition to performances by the band members, there are guest spots by Rachael McElhiney and Brendon Lund of the band Buster Blue, lap steel player Eric “Rico” Peterson, and singing saw player Daniel Lyons. For the album release party, the band will be joined on stage by the cello player Billy Mickelson, who will also perform his solo music project, Third Seven. The San Francisco rock band The Phenomenauts are co-headling the show, and locals Sil Shoda will perform an acoustic set. The show is a fundraiser benefiting a Sierra Arts Foundation initiative that supports local schools’ music programs. “Everybody was so great to us with our Kickstarter that we wanted to find a way to give back with our release,” said McGuire. “And we figured that Reno has such an awesome scene now, and if we can get some instruments into the hands of local kids, we can keep that scene going strong.” Six Mile Station’s songs are diverse—there are stark Western stories, syncopated Eastern European dance numbers, and bluegrass rippers. The band members say that “Americana” is a good catchall description for their eclectic sound. McGuire is also the host of the monthly Loud as Folk events formerly held at the now shuttered The Alley in Sparks, but now held at Pignic Pub & Patio, 235 Flint St., 376-1948. The event is held the first Thursday of every month from 8 to 11 p.m. “I’ve tried to listen to feedback I’ve gotten from the audience, fans of Loud as Folk over the years,” said McGuire. “It starts promptly at 8 o’clock. It’s in a nonsmoking venue and right between midtown and downtown Reno, so it’s super easy to get to for everyone.” McGuire and his band mates are excited to get back on the road. “The first tours, we were earning fans literally one at a time,” said McGuire. “Now we go back to places and people are there to see us, which is kind of crazy because we don’t even have an album out yet. So, once we get the album out, we’ll really be cooking with gasoline. Ω ART OF THE STATE

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Rustlers Moon, 8pm, no cover

132 West St., (775) 329-2878 10042 Donner Pass Rd., Truckee; (530) 587-2626

Paul Oakenfold Feb. 27, 10 p.m. Grand Sierra Resort 2500 E. Second St. 789-2000

FRIDAY 2/27

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Mustache Kitty, 9pm, no cover Dance party w/DJ DoublePlay, 10pm, no cover before 10pm, $5 after

Silver Dollar Court, 8pm, DJ DoublePlay, 10pm, $5

Open Mic w/Steve Elegant, 7pm, Tu, no cover Karaoke, 10pm, W, no cover

The Grain, 8pm, no cover

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Monday Night Open Mic, 8pm, M, no cover

816 Highway 40 West, Verdi; (775) 351-3206

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901 S. Center St., (775) 348-8888

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538 S. Virginia St., (775) 329-5558

Pub Quiz Trivia Night, 8pm, no cover

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Miss Lonely Hearts, 9pm, no cover

1099 S. Virginia St., (775) 324-2244

Neil O’Kane, 9pm, no cover

Sean McGuinness, 9pm, no cover

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Comedy 3rd Street, 125 W. Third St., 323-5005: Comedy Night & Improv w/Patrick Shillito, W, 9pm, no cover Catch a Rising Star, Silver Legacy, 407 N. Virginia St., 329-4777: Adam Hunter, Th, Su, 7:30pm, $15.95; F, 7:30pm, 10pm, $15.95; Sa, 7:30pm, 10pm, $17.95; Ben Hague, Tu, W, 7:30pm, $15.95 The Improv at Harveys Cabaret, Harveys Lake Tahoe, Stateline, (800) 553-1022: Charles Fleischer, Th-F, Su, 9pm, $25; Sa, 8pm, 10pm, $30; Henry Phillips, Jim McCue, W, 9pm, $25 Reno-Tahoe Comedy at Pioneer Underground, 100 S. Virginia St., 686-6600: Will C., F, 8:30pm, Sa, 6:30pm, 9:30pm, $3-$15

COTTONWOOD RESTAURANT & BAR 10142 Rue Hilltop, Truckee; (530) 587-5711

Bourgeois Gypsies, 7pm, no cover

DAVIDSON’S DISTILLERY 275 E. Fourth St., (775) 324-1917

EL CORTEZ LOUNGE

235 W. Second St., (775) 324-4255

FUEGO

170 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-1800

DJ Trivia, 9pm, no cover

Karaoke w/Nitesong Productions, 9pm, Tu, Open Mic/Ladies Night, 8:30pm, W, no cover

Karaoke with Lisa Lisa, 9pm, no cover

DJ JuuJ, 10pm, M, no cover Karaoke, 9pm, Tu, W, no cover

Live flamenco guitar music, 5:30pm, no cover Karaoke w/Andrew, 9pm, no cover Karaoke Kat, 9pm, no cover

10603 Stead Blvd., Stead; (775) 677-7088

HARRY’S SPORTS BAR & GRILL

Canyon White Open Mic Night, 8pm, no cover

VooDoo Dogz, 8pm, no cover

Stonedaddy, 8pm, no cover

HIMMEL HAUS

Open Mic Night, 9pm, M, no cover Trivia Night, 9pm, W, no cover

3819 Saddle Rd., South Lake Tahoe; (530) 314-7665

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Bass Heavy, 9pm, W, $TBA

Open mic, 7pm, no cover

1100 E. Plumb Ln., (775) 828-7665

140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858

Carson Feet Warmers, 11:30am, Tu, no cover Dave Leather, noon, W, no cover

Mary Jane Rocket, Reno We Have a Problem, 9:30pm, no cover

HANGAR BAR

THE HOLLAND PROJECT

Traditional Irish Tune Session, 7pm, Tu, no cover

Mad Beaters, 9:30pm, no cover

8545 N. Lake Blvd., Kings Beach; (530) 546-0300

9825 S. Virginia St., (775) 622-8878

Strange on the Range, 7pm, W, no cover

Ann Marie Sheridan and Friends, 7pm, no cover

THE GRID BAR & GRILL

HELLFIRE SALOON

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 3/2-3/4 DG Kicks, 9pm, Tu, no cover After Mic, 11:30pm, W, no cover

Up is the Down is the album release show, 8pm, $5-$10

Charts, Broken Lungs, Clmncy, 8pm, $5

THURSDAY THURSDAY2/26 2/26

FRIDAY FRIDAY2/27 2/27

SATURDAY SATURDAY2/28 2/28

SUNDAY SUNDAY3/13/1

JUB JUBJUB’S JUB’STHIRST THIRSTPARLOR PARLOR

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY MONDAY-WEDNESDAY3/2-3/4 3/2-3/4

7171S.S.Wells WellsAve., Ave.,(775) (775)384-1652 384-1652 1) 1)Showroom Showroom2)2)Main MainBarBar

2)2)Blazin BlazinMics!, Mics!,10pm, 10pm,M,M,nonocover cover

THE THEJUNGLE JUNGLE

Outspoken: Outspoken:Open OpenMic MicNight, Night, 7pm, 7pm,M,M,nonocover cover

246246W.W.First FirstSt.,St.,(775) (775)329-4484 329-4484

KNITTING KNITTINGFACTORY FACTORYCONCERT CONCERTHOUSE HOUSE 211211N.N.Virginia VirginiaSt.,St.,(775) (775)323-5648 323-5648

THE THELOVING LOVINGCUP CUP

188188California CaliforniaAve., Ave.,(775) (775)322-2480 322-2480

Whatitdo WhatitdoWednesday, Wednesday,9pm, 9pm,W,W,nonocover cover Ruby RubyJaye, Jaye,8pm, 8pm,nonocover cover

1527 1527S.S.Virginia VirginiaSt.,St.,(775) (775)323-1377 323-1377 10007 10007Bridge BridgeSt.,St.,Truckee; Truckee;(530) (530)587-8688 587-8688

Darcina’s Darcina’sOpen OpenKitchen, Kitchen,8pm, 8pm,nonocover cover Con ConBrio, Brio,8pm, 8pm,nonocover cover

The TheSocks!, Socks!,8pm, 8pm,nonocover cover

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840840Victorian VictorianAve., Ave.,Sparks; Sparks;(775) (775)359-7547 359-7547 906-A 906-AVictorian VictorianAve., Ave.,Sparks; Sparks;(775) (775)358-5484 358-5484

Acoustic AcousticWonderland WonderlandSinger-Songwriter Singer-Songwriter DJ Razz, 9pm, no cover DJ Razz, 9pm, no cover Showcase, Showcase,8pm, 8pm,nonocover cover

POLO POLOLOUNGE LOUNGE

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1559 1559S.S.Virginia VirginiaSt.,St.,(775) (775)322-8864 322-8864

Johnny JohnnyLipka’s Lipka’sGemini, Gemini, 9pm, 9pm,nonocover cover

RED REDDOG DOGSALOON SALOON

Open OpenMic MicNight, Night,7pm, 7pm,M,M,W,W,nonocover cover

7676N.N.C CSt.,St.,Virginia VirginiaCity; City;(775) (775)847-7474 847-7474

RUBEN’S RUBEN’SCANTINA CANTINA

1483 1483E. E.Fourth FourthSt.,St.,(775) (775)622-9424 622-9424

SINGER SINGERSOCIAL SOCIALCLUB CLUB

219219W.W.Second SecondSt.,St.,(775) (775)657-9466 657-9466

Local LocalMusic MusicNight Nightw/local w/localbands bands ororlocal localDJs, DJs,9pm, 9pm,nonocover cover

445 445California CaliforniaAve., Ave.,(775) (775)657-8484 657-8484 432432E. E.Fourth FourthSt.,St.,(775) (775)737-9776 737-9776

Reggae ReggaeNight, Night,10pm, 10pm,nonocover cover

HipHipHop HopOpen OpenMic, Mic,10pm, 10pm,W,W,nonocover cover

Dance Danceparty, party,9pm, 9pm,nonocover cover

Tuesday Night Trivia, 8pm, Tu,Tu, Reno Beer and Tuesday Night Trivia, 8pm, Reno Beer and Record Club w/guest DJs, 9pm, W,W, nono cover Record Club w/guest DJs, 9pm, cover

Blues BluesJam JamThursday, Thursday,7pm, 7pm,nonocover cover

ST. ST.JAMES JAMESINFIRMARY INFIRMARY STUDIO STUDIOON ON4TH 4TH

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WHISKEY WHISKEYDICK’S DICK’SSALOON SALOON

Massive MassiveTuesdays TuesdaysWinter WinterSeries, Series, 10pm, 10pm,Tu,Tu,$5$5

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1717S.S.Virginia VirginiaSt.,St.,(775) (775)284-7455 284-7455

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Feb. Feb.28, 28,1010p.m. p.m. Peppermill Peppermill 2707 S. Virginia 2707 S. VirginiaSt. St. 826-2121 826-2121

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FRIDAY, APRIL 10

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2) Atomika, 8pm, no cover

2) Atomika, 4pm, no cover Palmore Brothers, 10pm, no cover

2) Palmore Brothers, 8pm, no cover

2) American Made Band, 8pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

2) John Dawson, 8pm, no cover

2) Henhouse Prowlers, 6pm, no cover

2) Jonathan Barton, 6pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

1) Mark Farina, Chango, 9pm, $10-$20

2) Worn Out Welcome, 10pm, no cover

1) Galactic, Kung Fu, 9pm, $30 1) Madame Houdini, Enchantress of the Elements, 7pm, $24.95+ 2) Cash Presley, 10:30pm, no cover

2) Beatles Flashback,

1627 Hwy. 395, Minden; (775) 782-9711 7pm, no cover 1) Valley Ballroom 2) Cabaret Lounge 3) TJ’s Corral

Henhouse Prowlers March 1, 6 p.m. Carson Valley Inn 1627 Highway 395 Minden (775) 782-9711

CRYSTAL BAY CLUB

14 Hwy. 28, Crystal Bay; (775) 833-6333 1) Crown Room 2) Red Room

ELDORADO RESORT CASINO

345 N. Virginia St., (775) 786-5700 1) Showroom 2) Brew Brothers 3) Stadium Bar

1) Madame Houdini, Enchantress of the Elements, 7pm, $24.95+ 2) Cash Presley, 10:30pm, no cover

1) Madame Houdini, Enchantress of the Elements, 8pm, $24.95+ 2) Cash Presley, 10:30pm, no cover

1) Madame Houdini, Enchantress of the Elements, 7pm, 9:30pm, $24.95+ 2) Cash Presley, 10:30pm, no cover

GRAND SIERRA RESORT

2) Flirt Thursdays, 10pm, $15-$30

2) Paul Oakenfold, 10pm, $25 3) Boots & Daisy Dukes w/DJ Jamie G, 10pm, no cover

2) DJ Enfo, 10pm, $30 3) County Social Saturdays w/DJ Jamie G, 10pm, no cover

2500 E. Second St., (775) 789-2000 3) Honky Tonk Thursdays w/DJ Jamie G, 1) Grand Theater 2) Lex Nightclub 3) Sports Book 10pm, no cover 4) Summit Pavilion 5) Silver State Pavilion

HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO

Karaoke Cobra Lounge at Asian Noodles, 1290 E. Plumb Lane, Ste. 1, 828-7227: Cash Karaoke w/Jacques Simard, Sa, 8pm, no cover Murphy’s Law Irish Pub, 180 W. Peckham Lane, Ste. 1070, 823-9977: Steve Starr Karaoke, F, 9pm, no cover

50 Hwy. 50, Stateline; (844) 588-7625 1) Vinyl

1) Beta State, 9pm, no cover

1) Justin Willman, 9pm, $25-$35

HARRAH’S LAKE TAHOE

15 Hwy. 50, Stateline; (775) 588-6611 1) South Shore Room 2) Peek Nightclub 3) Center Stage Lounge

HARRAH’S RENO

219 N. Center St., (775) 788-2900 1) Sammy’s Showroom 2) The Zone 3) Sapphire Lounge 4) Plaza 5) Convention Center

Spiro’s Sports Bar & Grille, 1475 E. Prater Way, Ste. 103, Sparks, 356-6000: F-Sa, 9pm, no cover

JA NUGGET

West Second Street Bar, 118 W. Second St., 384-7976: Daily, 8pm, no cover

PEPPERMILL RESORT SPA CASINO

3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover

1100 Nugget Ave., Sparks; (775) 356-3300 Rustlers’ Heat, 8pm, no cover 1) Celebrity Showroom 2) Rose Ballroom 3) Gilley’s 2707 S. Virginia St., (775) 826-2121 1) Tuscany Ballroom 2) Terrace Lounge 3) Edge 4) Capri Ballroom

2) Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank, 7pm, no cover

3) Arty the Party, 9pm, no cover

1) Bruce in the USA, 7:30pm, $30.25 3) Arty the Party, 9pm, no cover

1) Rockapella, 8pm, $29.50-$40.50 3) Carolyn Dolan, 8pm, no cover

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3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover

2) Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank, 8pm, no cover 3) Fixx Fridays, 7:30pm, $10 after 8pm

2) Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank, 8pm, no cover 3) DJ Scene, 10pm, $20

2) Drew Weseley Trio, 6pm, no cover

SANDS REGENCY CASINO HOTEL

407 N. Virginia St., (775) 325-7401 1) Grand Exposition Hall 2) Rum Bullions Island Bar 3) Aura Ultra Lounge 4) Silver Baron Lounge

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2) Drew Weseley Trio, 6pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

1) Blues Jam Wednesday, 7pm, W, no cover

345 N. Arlington Ave., (775) 348-2200 1) 3rd Street Lounge 2) Copa Bar & Grill

SILVER LEGACY

1) Madame Houdini, Enchantress of the Elements, 8pm, Tu, 7pm, W, $24.95+ 2) DJ Chris English, 10pm, Tu, no cover

2) Bonzai Thursdays w/DJ Trivia, 8pm, no cover 3) University of Aura, 9pm, no cover

2) Brodie Stewart, 9pm, no cover 3) Fashion Friday, 9pm, no cover 4) Jake’s Garage, 9pm, no cover

2) Brodie Stewart, 9pm, no cover 3) Seduction Saturdays, 9pm, $5 4) Jake’s Garage, 9pm, no cover

2) Recovery Sundays, 10pm, no cover 3) Industry Night, 9pm, no cover

2) Gong Show Karaoke, 8pm, Tu, no cover Country-Rock Bingo w/Jeff Gregg, 9pm, W, no cover

For a complete listing of this week’s events, visit newsreview.com/reno

Upright Citizens Brigade The improvisational comedy and sketch comedy group will bring their brand of comic mayhem to the University of Nevada, Reno this weekend. The show, which will feature members of the troupe along with University of Nevada, Reno students, starts at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 27-28, at the Redfield Proscenium Theatre in the Church Fine Arts Building, 1335 N. Virginia St., at UNR. Admission is $5 cash at the door. Call 784-4278 or visit www.unr.edu/arts.

NADAgras Nada Dada’s second annual winter art show is a Mardi Gras-themed version of its summer event. Artists will rent out rooms and display their work during the weekend art exhibition, which opens on Friday, Feb. 27, at the Morris Burner Hotel. The hotel will be open for tours and live music at 5 p.m., followed by the opening ceremony at 6 p.m., and an experimental music showcase performed by local musicians from 8 p.m. until midnight. The festival continues through the weekend from noon until midnight on Saturday, Feb. 28, and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 1, at the Morris Burner Hotel, 400 E. Fourth St.. Admission is free. Visit http://nadadadamotel.weebly.com.

The Lasting Dose Gallery Group Show Closing Reception The gallery, which launched last month with a group art show, will hold a closing reception for the exhibition. The show features work from a number of local artists, including those associated with the Generator and Reno Art Works, as well as other popular local artists, including painters Joe C. Rock, Megan Ellis, Lisa Kurt and Bryce Chisholm. The free reception begins at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 27, at Lasting Dose Tattoo & Art Collective, 888 S. Virginia St. Call 324-0666 or visit www.lastingdosetattoo.com.

Up is the Down is the Album Release Show Andrew Martin, who performs as Up is the Down is The, will release his new album Mantra on Saturday, Feb. 28. The show will feature performances by the experimental indie act with support from Emily Chamberlain and T. Lee Walker and the Company He Keeps. The album will be available at the show for $10 as a special package featuring lyrics and stickers. The show begins at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 28, at the Holland Project, 140 Vesta St. Call 742-1858 or visit www.hollandreno.org.

Reno Chamber Orchestra Maestro Theodore Kuchar leads the RCO in a program that begins with Symphony No. 1 by Vasily Kalinnikov. Virtuoso pianist Martina Filjak, first prize winner in the 2009 Cleveland International Piano Competition, performs Schumann’s Piano Concerto. The orchestra, along with the University of Nevada, Reno Chamber Singers, conclude the program with Dvorak’s Te Deum. Performances begin at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 28, and 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 1, at the Nightingale Concert Hall inside the Church Fine Arts Building, 1335 N. Virginia St., at the University of Nevada, Reno. Tickets are $5-$45. Call 348-9413 or visit www.renochamberorchestra.org.

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Wicked Witch of the Westin There’s a girl who works at the hotel where my coworkers and I go for drinks. She’s hot, smart and fun, and I really like her and want to ask her out. The problem is that when she laughs, she cackles in this really annoying way. I’m wondering whether, if we started dating and hit it off, I could subtly hint to her that she should change her weird, witchy laugh. Because, honestly, she’s perfect otherwise. I know, the “expected” reply to a man wanting a woman to change something about herself is, “How dare you, you shallow pig?!” And I’m aware that behaviors that initially seem mildly annoying can, in time, make you want to bludgeon the person with the soup ladle. But it does seem a shame to nix a woman you really like right off the bat simply because it’s hard to tell whether she’s laughing or you’re around the corner from a donkey engaged in erotic asphyxiation. It’s possible that her laugh really is her laugh, designed by the shape and location of her larynx. HowStuffWorks founder Marshall Brain explains that when we’re laughing, the larynx gets half-closed by the epiglottis. Laughter, most charmingly, is the sound of a person struggling for air, which we each do in our own special way. But the reality is some people with disturbing laughs have created them, often out of a desire to seem unique or get attention. They repeat their fabricated ha-ha, and it becomes part of them. And then time passes, and they forget to check whether their creation 28 | RN&R |

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is still serving them or whether it might be to potential dates what garlic and crosses are to working vampires. Obviously, a woman is likely to be hurt and offended if you announce, “If we’re going to have any future together, you’ll need a laughectomy.” However, if you started dating her and if you saw that she’s one of those rare people who “would rather know,” you could ask her about her laugh: “Have you always laughed that way?” But brace yourself for her to come back with something like “Do you hate my laugh?” At this point, like a rat on flotsam after a shipwreck, all you can do is grab for a piece of flattery: “Uh, um … it’s just that you’re so elegant. It doesn’t seem to go with the rest of you.” But first things first. You haven’t even asked her out. She might say no (laughing raucously and scaring away crows). Or, if she said yes, things might fizzle after a date or two. So maybe go out with her a few times, taking it slowly—no sex, tickling, or comedy club visits—and weigh whether her general fabulousness is enough to offset the intermittent cackly audio. Who knows … maybe you’ll fall for her to the point where her laugh becomes endearingly awful—always making you long to grab her and kiss her in the back seat of her broomstick. Ω

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Lately your life

reminds me of the action film Speed, starring Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves. In that story, a criminal has rigged a passenger bus to explode if its speed drops below 50 miles per hour. In your story, you seem to be acting as if you, too, will self-destruct if you stop moving at a frantic pace. I’m here to tell you that nothing bad will happen if you slow down. Just the opposite, in fact. As you clear your schedule of its excessive things-to-do, as you leisurely explore the wonders of doing nothing in particular, I bet you will experience a soothing flood of healing pleasure.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): One of the

most dazzling moves a ballet dancer can do is the fouetté en tournant. The term is French for “whipped turning.” As she executes a 360-degree turn, the dancer spins around on the tip of one foot. Meanwhile, her other foot thrusts outward and then bends in, bringing her toes to touch the knee of her supporting leg. Can you imagine a dancer doing this 32 consecutive times? That’s what the best do. It takes extensive practice and requires a high degree of concentration and discipline. Paradoxically, it expresses breathtaking freedom and exuberance. You may not be a prima ballerina, Taurus, but in your own field there must be an equivalent to the fouetté en tournant. Now is an excellent time for you to take a vow and make plans to master that skill. What will you need to do?

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If you’re a

martial artist and you want to inject extra energy into an aggressive move, you might utter a percussive shout that sounds like “eee-yah!” or “hyaah!” or “aiyah!” The Japanese term for this sound is kiai. The sonic boost is most effective if it originates deep in your diaphragm rather than from your throat. Even if you’re not a martial artist, Gemini, I suggest that in the coming weeks you have fun trying out this boisterous style of yelling. It may help you summon the extra power and confidence you’ll need to successfully wrestle with all the interesting challenges ahead of you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The prolific

and popular French novelist Aurore Dupin was better known by her pseudonym George Sand. Few 19th-century women matched her rowdy behavior. She wore men’s clothes, smoked cigars, was a staunch feminist and frequented social venues where only men were normally allowed. Yet she was also a doting mother to her two children, and loved to garden, make jam and do needlework. Among her numerous lovers were the writers Alfred de Musset, Jules Sandeau and Prosper Mérimée, as well as composer Frederic Chopin and actress Marie Dorval. Her preferred work schedule was midnight to 6 a.m., and she often slept until 3 p.m. “What a brave man she was,” said Russian author Ivan Turgenev, “and what a good woman.” Her astrological sign? The same as you and me. She’s feisty proof that not all of us Crabs are conventional fuddy-duddies. In the coming weeks, she’s our inspirational role model.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): It seems you’ve

slipped into a time warp. Is that bad? I don’t think so. Your adventures there may twist and tweak a warped part of your psyche in such a way that it gets healed. At the very least, I bet your visit to the time warp will reverse the effects of an old folly and correct a problem caused by your past sins. (By the way, when I use the word “sin,” I mean “being lax about following your dreams.”) There’s only one potential problem that could come out of all this: Some people in your life could misinterpret what’s happening. To prevent that, communicate crisply every step of the way.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In English and

French versions of the word game Scrabble, the letter z is worth ten points. In Italian, it’s eight points. But in the Polish variant of Scrabble, you score just one point by using z. That letter is rarely used in the other three languages, but is common in Polish. Keep this general principle in mind as you assess the value of the things you have to offer. You will be able to make more headway and have greater impact in situations where your particular beauty and power and skills are in short supply.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Learn all you

can from the mistakes of others. You won’t have time to make them all your yourself.” So said Alfred Sheinwold in his book about the card game known as bridge. I think this is excellent advice for the game of life, as well. And it should be extra pertinent for you in the coming weeks, because people in your vicinity will be making gaffes and wrong turns that are useful for you to study. In the future, you’ll be wise to avoid perpetrating similar messes yourself.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Love her

but leave her wild,” advised a graffiti artist who published his thoughts on a wall next to the mirror in a public restroom I visited. Another guerrilla philosopher had added a comment below: “That’s a nice sentiment, but how can anyone retain wildness in a society that puts so many demands on us in exchange for money to live?” Since I happened to have a felt-tip pen with me, I scrawled a response to the question posed in the second comment: “Be in nature every day. Move your body a lot. Remember and work with your dreams. Be playful. Have good sex. Infuse any little thing you do with a creative twist. Hang out with animals. Eat with your fingers. Sing regularly.” And that’s also my message for you, Scorpio, during this phase when it’s so crucial for you to nurture your wildness.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

“Don’t worry, even if things get heavy, we’ll all float on.” So sings Modest Mouse’s vocalist Isaac Brock on the band’s song “Float On.” I recommend you try that approach yourself, Sagittarius. Things will no doubt get heavy in the coming days. But if you float on, the heaviness will be a good, rich, soulful heaviness. It’ll be a purifying heaviness that purges any glib or shallow influences that are in your vicinity. It’ll be a healing heaviness that gives you just the kind of graceful gravitas you will need.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “What

I look for in a friend is someone who’s different from me,” says science-fiction novelist Samuel Delany. “The more different the person is, the more I’ll learn from him. The more he’ll come up with surprising takes on ideas and things and situations.” What about you, Capricorn? What are the qualities in a friend that help you thrive? Now is a perfect time to take an inventory. I sense that although there are potential new allies wandering in your vicinity, they will actually become part of your life only if you adjust and update your attitudes about the influences you value most.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): At the

turn of the 19th century, Russian laborers constructed thousands of miles of railroad tracks from the western part of the country eastward to Siberia. The hardest part of the job was blasting tunnels through the mountains that were in the way. I reckon you’re at a comparable point in your work, Aquarius. It’s time to smash gaping holes through obstacles. Don’t scrimp or apologize. Clear the way for the future.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The British

rock band the Animals released their gritty, growly song “The House of the Rising Sun” in 1964. It reached the top of the pop music charts in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Australia, and was a hit with critics. Rolling Stone magazine ultimately ranked it as the 122nd greatest song of all time. And yet it took the Animals just 15 minutes to record. They did it in one take. That’s the kind of beginner’s luck and spontaneous flow I foresee you having in the coming weeks, Pisces. What’s the best way for you to channel all that soulful mojo?

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trators are there?” How many Latino administrators are there?

Traci Davis is the interim Washoe County schools superintendent, appointed to serve after the departure of Pedro Martinez. Before joining the Washoe County School District as deputy superintendent, she was with the Clark County district for 16 years, rising from teacher through various roles to area superintendent.

That gets a little bit complicated. I think we have way more than we have AfricanAmericans, and it kind of just depends on what we’re calculating. Like offhand, I would probably say five. Right? But it’s different how you can identify, let’s just be honest. We definitely have more, but I do believe we’re making a conscientious effort to go out and recruit ... so there’s role models at every level for students to see.

Before superintendent, what did you do for the district?

When you leave this job, what would you like people to say?

I was a deputy superintendent. ... I was over all the academics, so I was over student accountability, schools, instruction, special ed.

You’ve been superintendent for a couple of months. How are you adjusting? I think I’m doing a good job. I think that the board and I are really working to make sure that everybody understands that we are community oriented, we are about every child on the way to graduation, and we are willing to engage in interaction, make sure we are doing the best for every kid and every family.

The appointment did you no favors, given that you followed that enormous controversy. Have you had uncomfortable encounters as a result? No. I mean, people might assume they’re uncomfortable, but I come from an aspect that I’m going to make decisions for kids and what happened between that board and Pedro was between them, and this is a new

board and me, and for us it’s a fresh beginning, so I can’t even compare the two.

I really don’t want to keep writing about trigger-happy cops gunning down unarmed citizens, but, unfortunately, the hits just keep on comin’. Have you seen this month’s outrage, the video of the shooting in the small town of Pasco, Washington, one of the so-called Tri Cities in the southeastern part of the state? This shooting occurred on Feb. 10, when a 35-year-old orchard worker named Antonio Zambrano-Montes was reported to be throwing rocks at cars in a downtown Pasco intersection. So the cops show up and they try to get the guy to stop and get him calmed down, but Mr. ZambranoMontes, for whatever reason, was uncooperative. It’s quite likely that he was mentally disturbed. Reportedly, he threw rocks at the cops, and the cops then, quite rightly, tased the guy, but the zapping didn’t seem to have much effect (which leads one to immediately suspect that the Taser didn’t even hit Zambrano-Montes or if it did, it didn’t work worth a damn OPINION

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Tell me a little more about that.

I surely could understand that, as a minority. …

And how do you approach that as superintendent? As far as me approaching that particular thing, I was a principal at a school that was 80 percent Hispanic in ELL [English language learners]. I think we do the best job for every kid every day. And we understand if there has to be some form or differentiation of instruction because kids come with different needs. And I know that every kid needs something different. So I can’t say that whatever issues they had, that I have to own the issues they had with Pedro, because that’s my issue. I understand it, but I have to move forward. We cannot continue to live in the past. ...

You asked in this [NAACP] meeting, “How many black adminis-

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The difference between closing the gap, which means there is a gap between—but if you eliminate them, there is no gap. That means we are making sure that every kid makes it to graduation. You can close the gap and still have kids not make it. But if you eliminate them, then we’re saying every kid’s going to make it.

How long do you think that would take? Now, see, you’re asking me tough questions. That question, if I told you it was going to take X amount of time, I would be unrealistic. I don’t know, because, you know that each year we get a new crop of kids that come up. But I think that as we continue to work, we progress-monitor and we look at what we have and we make sure the kids who we have during that time get what they need and hopefully we get to the finish line of every kid on to graduation. Ω

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and that the Pasco police need to re-examine those units pronto) so Zambrano-Montes took off. He just started running away. He wasn’t attacking the cops. He was doing the opposite. He was fleeing, trying to get away. The cops, all three of them, chased Zambrano-Montes across the street, firing shots as they ran, and then, on the sidewalk, as ZM turns to face them, the cops, from a distance of maybe 10 feet, very very close, just flat out executed the guy. They didn’t fire warning shots into the air to scare him into stopping, they didn’t shoot a couple of shots at his feet, which from that range would certainly get a man’s attention. They didn’t shoot him in the leg, which even cops, at 10 feet, would have been able to do. They just gave themselves the green light to blast away and kill the guy. Because he—might throw another rock? Are you kidding me? Zambrano-Montes goes down and is apparently killed instantly. The count of bullets fired was 13. |

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That we did not close achievement gaps, we eliminated them in Washoe County School District.

Do you understand why the Latino community was unhappy?

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Yes, Zambrano-Montes was probably mentally ill. Yes, he was throwing rocks. Yes, he dared to throw rocks at the cops. Hey, if you’re a cop, and a crazy man is throwing rocks at you, you’re thankful! Right? You’re saying to yourself, “Thank God this guy is armed with only rocks!” It’s seriously chilling. The cops were two to three seconds away from jumping on the guy’s back, taking him to the ground, putting him in a hammer lock and cuffing him. Subduing him professionally. Taking care of business. Instead, they choose to ventilate his torso with 13 bullets. It’s very sad. It’s very disturbing. If American police don’t lighten up and lighten up fast, they’re going to do to their image the same thing pedophiliac Catholic priests did to their reputations a few years ago. Ω FOODFINDS

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