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CauCus amongus See News, page 8.

Happy Hoops for fisH and oTHer living THings See Green, page 11.

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Burn the flag Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review. Let’s talk about symbolism. More specifically, let’s talk about the symbolism of the Confederate battle flag in South Carolina. The issue is that many people believe the flag should be removed from the grounds of the statehouse. They believe the Confederate flag is a symbol of racism, of intimidation of people of color, and a visual representation of the legal fiction of equality. Those people are right. Then there are the people who say the flag is a symbol of rebellion, a reminder of personal heritage, an image of Southern regional pride. Those people are also right. It is possible for well-meaning people on either side to have a diametrically opposed opinion without anyone assuming hate on the part of the other. But that’s not the American way. Spend any time at all thinking about the meaning of things, and you’ll realize every single symbol has meanings as different as two sides of a coin. Consider how a Christian might interpret a crucifix versus how a Muslim might interpret it. Symbols don’t have intrinsic objective meaning; the only meaning they have is the meaning people bring to them. For the vast majority of humanity, that Confederate flag has no meaning at all. Until recently, I never attached any particular meaning to it, except it vaguely symbolized the South for me. So the issue before the South Carolina legislature isn’t whether they can support the actual meaning of the flag, because it doesn’t have one. The issue is whether the government wants to associate its own symbolism—how people perceive South Carolina—with the many interpretations of the Confederate flag. I think there are few Americans who’d say those legislators shouldn’t be able to fly the flag, as opposed to those who would say they should decide not to fly it because they renounce the ideals many people have come to associate with it. This is not a country that should ever regulate speech or symbols with laws because a percentage of the population is offended. I think the most powerful repudiation of those Civil War principles would be for crowds of people to begin burning that flag.

Who cares what journalists think? Re “No opinions, please” (Letters to the Editor, June 25): Dennis, thank you for speaking. Let me say that you are one of the local journalists in the area I admire. During my time at the supposedly weak Reynold’s Journalism School, I was in a class where you spoke on the importance of anonymity. I believe you were doing a story on illegal immigrants in the area. I took from your speech that people can have many reasons for anonymity, none of which should be frowned upon. Perhaps I have legal, social or even personal reasons why my name cannot be heard, but I have not let this stop my voice from speaking. To address your concerns with neutrality, I believe in the importance of having news, and agree that it is not in human nature to be completely neutral. Although, an advocate differs from a journalist in that they have an opinion to state. The point of journalism is to gather information for the public to become aware and come to a personal conclusion. The article you sent to me did just that. It reported the facts without inserting opinion. If this were an opinion article I would have to agree with you, neutrality has no place. However, it was an interview conducted to find out more about the mayor, not Brian Burghart’s personal opinions. Even the insisted fairness of journalism did not play a role in this interview. Instead of completely agreeing then pushing his own opinion, Burghart could have invited the public to do some research on their own about the stadium. Most don’t even know it is a public building that they can openly walk into when they please. How can you expect an audience to make informed decisions about a subject when they are given a lopsided argument and aren’t even invited to find out more? This is a journalist job, to report the facts and educate. From your remarks I have a feeling you took my statement as a defense of the Reno-Sparks

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Convention & Visitors Authority board and the problems behind the NBS being built. I cannot speak for either, but my comments mentioned nothing about previous issues. I can say that it is 25 years later and our cards still hold the Bowling Stadium. It would cost more to tear it completely down, wade through red tape, and build something else. My point was and still is: We have the workers who care about it, and the building is not falling to pieces so let’s work with what we’ve got and create something new. These are the ideas I want to hear from the mayor. Jennie Lindquist Reno Editor’s note: This letter refers to a conversation had about me, D. Brian Burghart, on our website. As a working journalist, I prefer that all ideas—particularly those from people whose ideas about journalism differ from mine—appear in this paper. Let me be clear, though. The First Amendment does not restrict my right to include my opinion in a news story, particularly in a Q&A format, as long as it’s not hidden or portrayed as fact. The idea that news stories must conform to somebody else’s obsolete view of mainstream journalism is exactly why mainstream journalism is having problems. Don’t be afraid of the truth, Ms. Lindquist. That’s what should be taught in journalism school.

But who can remember? Re “Better Red Dog than dead” (Notes from the Neon Bablyon, June 25): Thanks for the memories, Bruce; it was an unforgettable decade or so. Rich Steurer Sparks

Open for art Re “Riverside Effects” (Feature story, June 18): The artists in the Riverside Artist Lofts will open their homes for Artown. Doors will be open Saturday

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the 25th from noon to 5 p.m. We will also be open Thursday, July 16 from 4 to 8 p.m. Over the years, we have had more Riverside Artist Loft events than I can count. We’ve had dozens of open houses, a half-dozen gallery art shows, three or four “Drum” art festivals, and events whose names slip from my memory. There are 35 lofts in the Riverside. In those lofts, there are 35 artists actively making art. A lot of artists have lived in the Lofts since we opened. Individual artists’ music gigs, art shows, plays, and other events add up into the thousands. When painting is income, that’s a lot of shows. Some musicians tour, some are in multiple bands. Some of the best artists hardly show at all. I am very grateful to Artspace for creating the Artist Lofts where our little community of artists has flourished. I want to thank the greater Reno art community for its amazingly nurturing inclusiveness. It’s a lot of love. Craig Smyres Riverside Artists Assoc. organizer, Reno

Sweet home Well, it looks like our pea-witted, hillbilly brothers in the South are fighting back. Black churches are burning, and pro-Confederate flag rallies are in full swing everywhere. I suppose they have more things planned. A return to lynchings, maybe? By golly, I may have a nonviolent solution here. If I understand my history lessons correctly, an amendment to the U.S. Constitution outlaws secession, enacted after the Civil War. You know, the war the South lost? So, if they can’t secede, why don’t we just kick them out? Is there any provision for that? Give them what they’ve wanted all these years and let them fend for themselves. We will continue to remember those poor souls, on both sides, who gave their lives for what they believed in that sad war. The real America can then thrive without being further dragged down by these hate-filled, ignorant scum. It would be a real shame to divide this great country, but I believe it may be the Distribution Director Greg Erwin Distribution Manager Anthony Clarke Distribution Drivers Tracy Breeden, Denise Cairns, Sandra Chhina, Steve Finlayson, Debbi Frenzi, Vicky Jewell, Angela Littlefield, 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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only real solution. Granted, it’s a bit far-fetched, but we have waited a long time for those people to join the 21st century, but they continue to cling to their hateful ways. We can’t wait much longer. Let’s just tell them to go away. Christopher Wilson Sparks

Problem? No problem. Re “The year of living soberly” (Feature story, July 2): What an excellent article! A particularly notable line was Ed’s realization he was up to nine beers a day, and that was a normal day! Is that called “functional alcoholism”? Congratulations to Ed and Heidi Adkins for not only recognizing they had an issue with alcohol, often the most difficult aspect of regaining control, but also doing something about it and having courage to share their experience. Bravo! Now, any suggestions on how may I surreptitiously forward this to the usual suspects, without coming across as preachy or holier than thou? Steve Waclo Carson City

Ed’s Reply I’ve read that if you want advice to be taken in, it’s best to point out what effects a certain course of action may have for someone if they were to choose to take it rather than telling them what they should do. That said, 9 times out of 10, people get defensive if you tell them you think their partying may be getting to them. If I really think something’s up, I start off softly by telling them how much I care for and respect them before I say, “Also, your drinking is making you act like an ass.” My advice? Just tell them the article is funny. It’s a coincidence that it’s also about taking a year off booze. Ed Adkins Reno

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At least people are talking Every once in a while, you’ve got the hand the competition a bone. While the Reno Gazette-Journal’s coverage of the Bureau of Land Management’s extortion of VIP treatment from Burning Man, “such as flushing toilets, washers and dryers and showers with endless hot water in a compound for high-level government officials staying at the event,” has been generally one-sided, Jenny Kane’s reporting has been pretty awesome. In general, it’s a welcome distraction from the RGJ’s usual fawning, allArtown-all-the-time coverage for the month of July. But we know there is more than one side to the story, and looking back at the development of the story, it’s obvious that much of the blame for its one-sidedness rests squarely with the BLM, refusing to comment for itself, while elected officials talk about the agency. Even in the most recent coverage, it appears BLM is referring local questions to Washington, D.C. Most peculiarly, BLM Special Agent Dan Love of Salt Lake City did not return the paper’s requests for an interview. He was to receive a personal bathroom trailer to be shared with only one other official, according to the RGJ’s reporting. Love also led the BLM operation against Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, which made the BLM a national laughingstock. The VIP camp is in addition to the BLM employees’ camp, which houses up to 150 working staff during the main event. We hear the employee’s camp intends to participate in the annual tradition of “gifting” fellow burners with personal invitations to courtrooms and in some cases, overnight stays in facilities that presumably don’t serve Choco Tacos.

But seriously, the environmental impact of 60,000 people on the playa needs scrutiny by the people we taxpayers pay to act as stewards of our public lands. Still, in state and national parks around the country, providing for housing facilities of state and federal employees is part of what our tax money goes for. We pay for the extra costs of our stays in fees paid at the gate. Around 4 million people visit Yosemite National Park each year. Would the public accept that more than a million dollars would be spent for luxurious housing for a few “high-level officials” if they chose to visit Yellowstone or Great Basin? The very idea is ludicrous. Still, even in our own newsroom, there are dissenting opinions. One reporter feels that “just because the festival participants live in uncomfortable surroundings is no reason the federal officers—who are away from their own homes and families—should have to do the same.” Yet another said that this is a furthering of the idea that Burning Man 2015 is just a historical re-enactment of pre-1997 Burning Mans, and the “gentrified” facilities demanded by BLM officials are similar to the $100,000 RVs preferred by Burning Man’s well-heeled participants. Yet a third staffer was torn between apathy and not caring whether BLM officials got free luxury facilities or had to pay their way in, just as long as they didn’t appear on the Esplanade as shirtcockers. Ω

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I’ve got two of them—Disneyland with my family and Spain. In Spain, I liked the people, the culture, the friendliness, the food. Just generally, it was terrific.

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It was to San Francisco to see two concerts in the same weekend—Ellie Goulding and Queens of the Stone Age. It was really good. I met a few people there, and I’m still Facebook friends with them.

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I would say that was probably with the [Nevada] Air Guard when they took me over to Europe with them. Flew across the ocean in one of their little guys that they have now—a C-130. And I’ll never forget flying across the Atlantic Ocean in 2000 in a prop job. But we went to Italy, Germany, France, Iceland, Newfoundland and then back home. We were gone for two weeks. And that was just really cool. And I did a story on it, of course. NIGHTCLUBS/CASINOS

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Republicans opened the door for sensible taxes The fantasy that tax cuts will lead us all to prosperity dies hard. As many states conclude their annual legislative sessions, there are several stellar examples of the failure of trickle-down economics despite the proselytizing of the anti-tax zealots pledged to Grover Norquist by from Americans for Tax Reform. It’s Sheila Leslie been disheartening to see governors cling stubbornly to a dogma that has produced nothing but pronounced income inequality, especially as they pretend they’re not really raising taxes to cover looming budget deficits. In contrast, a majority of Nevada politicians finally rejected the “taxes are evil” ideology that kept us perpetually in last place in so many quality-of-life indicators, approving Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval’s record $1.4 billion tax increase, with most of the new funds dedicated to improving education. One can almost pardon our schadenfreude as we watch the meltdowns in other states. Kansas, led by Gov. Sam Brownback, has been paralyzed by the failure of the governor’s heralded

income tax cuts in 2012 that caused an epic revenue shortfall despite promises of prosperity. Brownback blamed the national recession for the $470 million budget hole, but even he recognized he couldn’t slash that much from the state budget. Instead, he implored the Legislature to do something, saying, “You’ve just got to act.” Regretfully they acted by raising the regressive sales tax from 6.15 percent to 6.5 percent, and Kansas now possesses the highest sales tax on food in the nation. While the governor’s plan to eliminate income taxes for 380,000 of the lowestincome citizens was approved, some analysts argued the poor will end up paying more taxes than ever thanks to the hike in sales tax. Meanwhile, the Legislature did nothing to address the income tax exemption for business owners, another Brownback solution that hasn’t trickled down to the working class. Brownback’s solution left the education budgets flat and state employees with no pay raises.

Worse, the Legislature enacted a “ratchet” provision backed by the Chamber of Commerce to utilize future revenue growth over 2.5 percent to reduce state income tax rates, with the goal of eventually eliminating the state income tax altogether. Since Medicaid costs alone will easily use up the growth cap, it’s virtually guaranteed there will be no significant increase for education or other critical areas of the budget in the years ahead. But Kansas pales in comparison to the budget farce perpetrated by Louisiana’s newly minted presidential candidate, Gov. Bobby Jindal. Facing a deficit of $1.6 billion due to crashing oil prices and Jindal’s previous tax cuts, he cooked up a creative but utterly ridiculous solution in order to keep his pledge to Norquist not to raise taxes. He presented the Legislature with a choice of cutting $350 million from education budgets or accepting his “purely fictional, procedural phantom, paper tax credit,” as a member of his own party described it.

College students in Louisiana will now be charged a new “fee” while also receiving a “tax credit” in the same amount. The fake fee doesn’t count as a tax increase and the fake tax credit offsets millions of dollars from cigarette tax increases and rolling back subsidies to the film industry and other businesses. Mind boggling, but Norquist-approved. Conservative Republicans derided the plan as “money laundering” and “stinky, yucky stuff” but went along to avoid cutting millions from the education budgets. As Brownback and Jindal celebrated their success, the Nevada Republican Party announced it will not support the re-election of any Republican legislator who voted for taxes in 2015. The party will also get behind a ballot referendum to repeal the tax plan. Granted, taxing corporations to improve the education of their future workforce is a novel concept in Nevada, but shouldn’t we at least give it a try? Ω

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Gov. Sandoval was the villain in 2015 The fate of the 2015 legislative session might have been sealed before it began. Northern Nevada Assemblymember Ira Hansen was forced to resign as Assembly speaker-designate at Gov. Brian Sandoval’s request after a liberal firestorm over un-PC comments by Brendan Hansen made years ago when he Trainor was a Sparks Tribune columnist and a radio talk show host. Hansen, demoted to Assembly whip, became point person to oppose the governor’s massive tax increase. His efforts fell just one vote shy of the required 11 votes that would have forced the governor to call a special session to enact his tax. To be fair, two assemblymembers who likely would have voted no with Ira were absent due to family emergencies. What powers would he have exercised as speaker rather than majority whip throughout the session to thwart the tax increase? We will never know. But even had the gang of 10 been successful, a special session

is even more of a pressure cooker for a minority trying to oppose a sitting governor’s agenda. Veiled threats from Assemblymember Pat Hickey’s blog that if he didn’t move from “right field” to “center field,” he would be off the team next time only caused Ira to defiantly tweet during the last days of the session that he is running again in 2016. But special sessions usually don’t last very long since the increased arm twisting normally results in someone caving and voting yes. In 2003 Assemblymember Bob Beers, now a Las Vegas City Councilmember, led the “Mean 15” insurgency against what was then the largest tax increase in Nevada history championed by Republican Gov. Kenny Guinn. With the help of a compliant Nevada Supreme Court, Guinn won after being forced to call two special sessions. A special session, even if unsuccessful, at least highlights opposition and encourages the anti-tax grassroots.

Janine Hansen, a member of Ira’s family, spends the entire legislative session in Carson City at her own expense to testify and lobby. She says that the hand of the governor lay like a shadow over the entire session. Deals made in committee were done with one-party-rule aligned with the governor’s policies. Since Sandoval, unlike Guinn, had educational reform on his agenda, freedom did score significant wins. Robust school choice opportunities and merit pay for teachers are good for Nevada. However, the gross receipts tax will raise money for an educational establishment that has received numerous tax increases in the past but has not produced any measurable results. Sandoval promised more accountability than Guinn did, but critics point out that accountability measures like enforcing Nevada’s “Read by Three” policy to keep illiterate students back if they can’t read by third grade were postponed

to the 2019 school year. Want to bet the 2017 legislature won’t move it back again? Like entitlements, once taxes, are in place they become very difficult to remove. There is a political theory of concentrated benefits with diffuse costs. It means those who directly benefit will form stronger lobbying groups to keep the money coming in than will the many who are not directly harmed but suffer the loss of freedom as part of the indistinguishable general burden of the state. A citizens’ movement that actually changes the tax structure of a state, like Proposition 13 changed California’s property tax regime, is so rare as to become legendary. Sandoval is said now to have vice presidential hopes. The question Nevada Republicans ask, is it to run with the Republican nominee or Hillary Clinton? Ω

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In February 2012, Republican caucusgoers at Dilworth Middle School in Sparks checked listings to find out where in the school their precincts gathered.

Patient dumping case goes forward The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Nevada state government growing out of the state’s former policy of dumping mental patients on other states. In a June 30 decision, the Court declined to take up an appeal of a California Superior Court ruling that Nevada can be sued in California. Nevada had claimed sovereign immunity. The case is Nevada et. al. v. Superior Court of California, et. al. The case grows out of Nevada’s practice of dumping mental patients out of state to free up space in a Nevada facility, Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital. The practice was disclosed in an award-winning Sacramento Bee series by reporters Cynthia Hubert and Phillip Reese. Their reports were sparked by schizophrenia patient James F. C. Brown, a homeless man who was given a one-way ticket and put on a bus bound for Sacramento. The reporters subsequently learned that 1,500 patients had been dumped in states across the nation. San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera filed a class action against Nevada on behalf of California local governments who paid the costs of patients dumped in their jurisdictions. Twenty of the patients dumped in San Francisco required medical attention, and that city is seeking about $500,000 for medical care, housing and other costs. Nevada still hopes to get the case dismissed. It is planning a second trip to the U.S. Supreme Court, this time to invoke California Franchise Tax Board v. Hyatt, a case in which California sought a Supreme Court ruling that a state government should be immune from lawsuits by private individuals, in this case inventor Gilbert Hyatt. Hyatt, a California resident, moved to Nevada and informed California of the move, subsequently paying only part of his California licensing fees for the year of the move. California opened an audit, prompting Hyatt to sue. The California Franchise Tax Board sought immunity against the suit and the Nevada Supreme Court ruled for Hyatt. The U.S. Supreme Court found in California’s favor on the two points of the case it accepted for appeal.

Another threat U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell last week told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that tax scofflaw Cliven Bundy will be held accountable for his behavior. “Cliven Bundy has had multiple court orders to remove his cattle from federal public lands, and he has not paid his grazing fees, and he has not abided by the law,” she said. “We will continue to pursue that.” However, the federal government’s negligence in the case make continued threats against Bundy seem empty—or at least some Nevada ranchers think so. A few days after Jewell’s comments, the New York Times reported on other Nevada ranchers who, inspired by Bundy’s example, have begun grazing their cattle without paying grazing fees, apparently feeling secure that the feds’ threats can safely be ignored. “If I end up in a federal prison, I hope JEWELL it’s Martha Stewart’s,” said Lander County rancher Eddyann Filippini. “So far, that does not look likely,” the Times observed. Bundy’s failure to pay his fees dates back two decades without the Interior Department taking effective action.

Nostalgia Nov. 18, 1987: “NEW YORK — Donald J. Trump, the New York real estate magnate, a registered Republican, has been asked by Jim Wright, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to be the host at the 25th annual Democratic Congressional dinner in Washington in March. ... Rep. Beryl Anthony Jr., D-Ark., chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee ... said they had asked Trump to serve as chairman of the dinner, a major fund-raising event, because he projected the new image they would like the Democratic Party to have.”

—Dennis Myers

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Caucus tactics Seven months out, casinos and candidates plot their course The nation’s casino lobby is running in the 2016 caucuses and primaries. Republican Donald Trump is by busily alienating Latinos and GOP Dennis Myers leaders. And Rand Paul, by embracing Cliven Bundy, may have sewn up the state’s small counties where few of the state’s voters reside. The Des Moines Register—the leading newspaper in the first presidential caucus state—reported that the American Gaming Association will be active in presidential primaries and caucuses in pushing its agenda on behalf of the nation’s casino industry.

“Whoever’s nominated will be reminded constantly that their party produced Donald Trump.” Fred Lokken Political analyst It’s a far cry from the 1990s, when evangelical Christian organizations quizzed Republican candidates on their stands on allowing gambling and on whether they employed the euphemism “gaming” in their speeches. “This isn’t your grandfather’s casino industry,” Freeman said. “There are nearly 1,000 casinos across the United States. But we still

find perceptions out there as to what gaming is, or what it may be.” Freeman may be poor-mouthing for strategic reasons. After all, only a fifth of the states still do not have a stake in gambling. Most presidential candidates understand that state and local governments are invested in casino jobs and revenues. What is more likely at issue is getting the candidates on the record early on the casino lobby’s policy agenda. “We think we have an opportunity as the candidates are crisscrossing the state to introduce them to the industry to begin to learn what the industry does, how we operate and what the local perspective is, so they are better equipped when they are back in Washington, whether it is the White House or some other capacity,” Freeman said. He cited the February 2009 incident when President Obama said in remarks to Indiana bankers, “When times are tough, you tighten your belts. You don’t go buying a boat when you can barely pay your mortgage. You don’t blow a bunch of cash in Vegas when you’re trying to save for college. You prioritize. You make tough choices.” Some Nevada officials and leaders were distressed by the comments, and Freeman essentially said that if he and industry representatives get to candidates in the primaries and caucuses, they can teach them to avoid characterizing the industry that way.

Meanwhile, Trump’s comments on Latinos have hurt his chances in Nevada, where he already had problems. His attacks on immigrants undercut the efforts of some GOP leaders to attract a greater percentage of the Latino vote, as Ronald Reagan (45 percent) and George W. Bush (44 percent) succeeded in doing by avoiding criticism of immigrants. In addition, the crudity of his comments (“Who is doing the raping, Don?”) are reminiscent of the rationale for many lynchings of AfricanAmericans in the South in the 20th century, and threaten to make Trump another Pete Wilson—a 1990s California governor whose war on immigrants alienated Latinos from the GOP for decades. Latinos make up about a fifth of Nevada voters. Nevada political analyst Fred Lokken found Trump’s actions difficult to understand. “Politically, I really don’t understand why he is doing this,” he said. “He’s decided, I guess, to own this issue. It’s fracturing the party right now. And whoever’s nominated in the fall will be reminded constantly that their party produced Donald Trump.” Lokken suggests it may be a way for Trump to position himself to be a commentator when the campaign is over. “Trump is a showman,” he said. “He may be doing it to become a pundit. Donald Trump is the poster child for alternative motives. This is a guy who promotes himself all the time.” Trump also has frayed relations with Nevada GOP leaders. On May 29, 2012, he appeared on stage in Las Vegas to endorse Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Unfortunately, earlier in the day, Trump had appeared on CNN to talk about Barack Obama’s birth certificate: “You won’t report it, Wolf [Blitzer], but many people do not think it was authentic,” Trump said. “His mother was not in the hospital. There are many other things that came out and, frankly, if you would report it accurately, I think you’d probably get better ratings than you’re getting, which are pretty small.” Headlines across the nation appeared, like this one in the Arizona Republic: “Romney clinches, gets upstaged by ‘birther’ Trump.” Nevada Republican leaders, already struggling with divisions in their ranks, were angered by Trump’s blunder. Just as bad, a

few weeks earlier that year, Trump seemed to take credit for Romney’s second win in the Nevada caucuses: “And a lot of people are giving me credit for that and I will accept that credit,” Trump told Fox News. Last week, Rand Paul was similarly upstaged when he appeared shoulder to shoulder with Cliven Bundy, who in April 2014 led an armed standoff against federal officials who were seeking to collect unpaid grazing fees from Bundy, some of the arrears dating back two decades (see “Another threat,” Upfront, facing page). Paul’s Bundy problem was exacerbated when he met privately with the rancher, who later seemed to speak for Paul on public land issues, prompting Paul’s staff to hastily say that only Paul spoke for Paul. Lokken was as puzzled by Paul’s actions as by Trump’s. “He’s getting some bad advice from someone, a distorted picture of what is going on here,” he said. “This could really haunt him.” While Bundy has considerable support in the small counties, Paul likely already has entree to those votes. Expanding his appeal beyond them could be difficult because Nevada is an overwhelmingly urban state where voters in the metro areas are not necessarily as bewitched by Bundy as Paul is.

Initially a Bundy supporter, Paul had distanced himself from Bundy in April 2014 after Bundy made comments about “Negroes” being better off under slavery than under public programs. “They abort their young children, they put their young men in jail, because they never learned how to pick cotton,” Bundy told the New York Times. “And I’ve often wondered, are they better off as slaves, picking cotton and having a family life and doing things, or are they better off under government subsidy? They didn’t get no more freedom. They got less freedom.”

“ This isn’t your grandfather’s casino industry.” Geoff Freeman Gambling lobbyist “His remarks on race are offensive and I wholeheartedly disagree with him,” Paul said then. But subsequently, Rand has romanced Bundy and his followers. Bundy left the Republican Party the month after the standoff to join Nevada’s small Independent American Party, a remnant of George Wallace’s 1968 third party. Ω

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Dome grown Playa-friendly structures bode well for greenhouses, aquaponics Geodesic domes are regular fixtures at Burning Man, so you’ve probably seen pictures of them, if nothing else. Weather resistant, naturally strong and surprisingly portable, they’re credited to inventor Buckminster by Georgia Fisher Fuller, and they look like the love children of a jungle gym and the Silver Legacy sphere, perhaps with a diamond ring shining geo rg iaf@ somewhere in the family tree. The curious shelters also work as newsr evie w.c om greenhouses, and Black Rock Domes builder Dominic Kukulica says they’re ideal for aquaponics—an almost-closed-loop farming system wherein fish live under plants, fertilizing the flora with their waste and getting filtered water in the process. Making the domes “has been a nice little side business,” says Kukulica, 25, who often builds the steel-pipe structures in his Reno backyard, and otherwise works as a firefighter in California. “I’m all about getting people to go green, to stay away from the GMOs and all the bad food, and just do it yourself.” A greenhouse dome is “just a greenhouse,” he adds. “There’s nothing too special about it, other than the fact that it’s got so much space on the inside that it can retain heat a lot better than a lot of other, smaller structures.” Said heat rises and eventually circulates again, helping plants fend off winter frost, and solar energy can be harnessed to power fans, pond pumps and other equipment inside the domes, which range in price from $250 to more than $4,000. Their shape makes coverage a little awkward, Kukulica explains, “but the plastic’s strong enough to withstand wind, and you can heat it so it shrinks right on there like a To see the USDA’s index of aquaponic drum.” Spandex works well, too, especially on the playa. websites,visit http://1. In early July, Kukulica built a massive greenhouse for a Reno usa.gov/1qHIuKu client who’ll go nameless here. (Greenhouses are used to grow all sorts of things, you know.) Gardening devotee Margo Mulvihill also has one in her sprawling plot on the corner of Wells Avenue and Ryland Street. Kukulica offered her the 23-foot dome a few months ago when he saw the variety of vegetables Mulvihill shares with her friends and neighbors, some of whom are homeless. The eye-catching structure is empty at the moment, but in cooler weather, it’ll house an aquaponic system. “I vote for catfish,” says Mulvihill, a professor and physicist by trade who’s dubbed herself an “eccentric old-lady scientist.” Kukulica introduced her to the whole aquaponic notion—one she finds compelling—but “right now, we’re not doing much with it because its summer, and he’s very busy and making a lot of money, I hope.” Kukulica simply says he’s generating enough income to support his young daughter. He figures he’s sold around 400 of his creations to domestic buyers as well as ones in Canada and Mexico. “There’s a million ways as to what you want to do with it,” he says of the dome concept. “It’s anybody’s choice.” Ω

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“I knew what I was reading in books was not the whole truth,” said Fong. “I knew it couldn’t be the absolute, so I came.” After graduation in 2009, Fong flew to Istanbul. Traveling through Turkey, he found himself in Antakya, a town on the Syrian border. “When I got there, all the hotels were booked out for the night,” Justin recalled. “I figured I would be sleeping on the streets, but this hotel manager gave me his room, like his private residence inside the hotel. I slept there, and the next morning I crossed the Syrian border. They held my passport at the border for 10

Byblos, Lebanon sits on the Mediterranean sea. One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Jbeil, as it is known to the Lebanese, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

hours.” After crossing into Syria, Fong hitched a ride with three Mexican women driving to Aleppo. Finding that ride was just the beginning of a journey through Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel. Fong recalls the “coolest sunset in Palmyra,” a territory now held by ISIS, hitching a ride with a mini bus smuggling cigarettes and gasoline into Jordan, and hitting rock bottom in Beirut. “I had a mental breakdown in Beirut,” he said. “I couldn’t take it anymore. It was too much culture shock. I had to lock myself in my room and turn the air conditioner down to like 16 [degrees Celsius]. I huddled in a ball in the corner and slept for a whole day. It was too much.” He was able to move past his breakdown in Beirut to travel back through Jordan, where he saw the Red Sea and smoked weed with a Bedouin tribe in the desert before finally traveling back to Istanbul and then home to Reno. After returning to Northern Nevada, Fong was changed. “I’ve always believed in living outside your comfort zone, living in that muddled gray area, because the longer you sit there, you get stronger,” he said. “But, sitting in that gray area for so long gets fucking hard. It will break you. I did that [first] trip by myself. I came home thinking the world was a very different place.” In the subsequent six years, Fong would live in Reno, Bangladesh and Algeria, and travel through several other countries before the move to Lebanon. Meanwhile, Aranda, after graduating with a degree in international affairs, took a teaching job in the southern town of Masan in South Korea. Falling in love with education, he began an online master’s program in TESOL, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, from Anaheim University. Spending nearly a half-decade in South Korea, Aranda was in search of a new adventure.

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“I was ready to go,” said Aranda. “I found my spot in Korea. I was comfortable and had my routine, but I was ready to experience something different.” L i fe i n t he ‘ R e d Zo n e ’

El Cartel serves up Mexican street tacos with a California flair. Pork belly is roasted and then pan-fried, before it is topped with roasted bell peppers, fresh onion, and cilantro.

Lebanon experienced a brutal civil war between religious and regional parties from 1975 to 1990, ending with over 120,000 dead and, according to the CIA, over 2 million displaced within the country. A 34-day war between Hezbollah and Israel fought in southern Lebanon in 2006 reignited violence and sectarian divisions yet again. After the cease-fire, Lebanon seemed to stabilize, reinvigorating a crumbling tourism market. The peace only lasted until conflicts emerged between Sunni Muslims and Alawites in Tripoli and Beirut in 2011, provoking fears that the neighboring Syrian conflict was spilling into the country. Today, Lebanon is home to over 1.8 million Syrian refugees, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. In a country of 4.3 million, the massive influx of Syrians fleeing violence has strained the country’s resources and caused many experts to debate the inevitability of more conflict within the country. The Lebanese people have learned that life can just as easily be taken away as it is given. “In Lebanon, we have gone through

so much,” reflects Christophe Khoury during a trip to his family village of Jaj in the Lebanese mountains. Khoury is a friend to Fong and Aranda, and a customer at El Cartel. “It isn’t always about living, it’s about surviving. That’s just the way it is here.” His is not an uncommon sentiment. The U.S. State Department currently characterizes Lebanon as a danger zone. The department strongly urges all U.S. residents to avoid travel to the country citing recent conflict and the uncertainty of violence. Known terrorist organizations, including ISIS, Hezbollah, and the al-Nusrah Front, or ANF, are reported to operate within the borders. t he b e g i n n i n g s of a t ac o sho p

The taco shop, El Cartel, was Fong’s brainchild. After years of working in restaurants, he dreamed about owning a place of his own. Shopping around Reno and Sacramento for the perfect restaurant location and concept, Fong became disenchanted with increasing rent prices and jumping through the hoops of starting a restaurant stateside. Fong found himself back in Lebanon in fall 2014, visiting friends at the Lebanese American University in Byblos. He met a Syrian refugee, Hassan, who owned and operated a market next to a vacant restaurant. After multiple conversations with Hassan, Fong returned to Reno to wrap up his life and start his own business in Lebanon.

Soon after his return to the Silver State, he began recruiting people to partner with him in Byblos. He found a few interested friends and many people who thought he was crazy, but only one person who actually agreed to pack up, board a plane bound for Lebanon, and set up shop. “He asked me if I wanted to start a taco shop, and I said, ‘Yes,’ because I wanted to see something new and because I had never been to the Middle East,” said Aranda. “I wanted to have an adventure, collect stories. He caught me at a good time. I just finished my contract in Korea and said, ‘Sure, why not?’ Now, I’m sitting here in Lebanon.” The two friends renovated the former restaurant, which sits near the Lebanese American University campus, purchased new restaurant equipment, painted the walls a shocking lime green and red (a miscommunication with the Egyptian painter hired for the job), and developed a Mexican menu in under three weeks. “Where else can you start a restaurant and get it running in less than a month, all for under $10,000?” Fong said with a chuckle. “Only in Lebanon.” He shakes his head. “Only in Lebanon.” The small restaurant sits sandwiched between a convenience store and a vacant retail space. The two men used materials from their surroundings and built a partition between the kitchen and dining space with cinder blocks poured and shaped in a quarry just a stone’s throw from the shop.

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The green and red walls are adorned with signatures and inspirational quotes from patrons and friends. Spare markers to sign the walls sit below the menu, which features tacos, tortas, quesadillas and churros. There isn’t a space in the shop that hasn’t been marked by the adoring fanbase Fong and Aranda are building, and it isn’t difficult to see why. Customers trickle in throughout the day and are always greeted like dear friends. The owners exude a laid-back, friendly vibe, often chatting with patrons as they prepare tacos in the open kitchen. El Cartel serves the flavors of Mexico and the friendliness of Reno to the residents of Byblos, and they love it. Fong does all the grocery shopping by taxi every few days, and the two men prep, cook, clean, and keep the shop humming from noon to around midnight, six days a week. The hard work and long days have paid off. El Cartel is now in talks with private investors to expand business into the capital city. Fong wasn’t able to elaborate on the expansion plans yet, but will say the Beirut location will feature an expanded menu and cocktail offerings.

“[In Lebanon] it isn’t always about living, it’s about surviving. That’s just the way it is here.” Christophe Khoury

El Cartel customer is greeted with a tall tale of murder and exile to a simple shrug, followed by, “Sounded like a good idea at the time.” Any answer the men give doesn’t begin to illustrate the deep passion and commitment the two have for learning and growing through travel. Spending a collective two decades exploring the world, Aranda and Fong quickly become passionate about the deeper reasons why they are in a country many view as too unsafe to visit. “I think I do it because at the end of my days, or however you want to say it, I want to be able to give back something to the people in my life,” said Fong. “I want to show them that [they] can do this. Not too many people do, but I’m the living proof that you can.” The two friends share a philosophy

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on life that pushes them to learn through adversity, to develop understanding through interactions with people, and to grow by sharing their knowledge and insights with the people they meet along the way. Aranda and Fong have each worked extensively with youth to foster deeper international connections in programs funded by the U.S. State Department and non-profit organizations. Though neither is currently working in an education program, El Cartel has become a proxy classroom for international cooperation. It is not uncommon to see a table of Lebanese American University students hailing from all over the world, sharing

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Justin Fong, left, and Christophe Khoury cook in Khoury’s hometown, Jaj, Lebanon.

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Starting up the business, while relatively quick, was far from easy. Dealing with cultural differences, language barriers, and curious neighbors, Fong and Aranda have been pushed to the breaking point multiple times. “It’s the Wild West out here,” Fong said. “There are no rules.” This fact is highlighted each day the two friends step outside the dorm room they share near the campus. The ex-Renoites are finding every day brings new obstacles and insights into the culture of Lebanon; the complete disregard for traffic laws is only scratching the surface. Their Lebanese friend Khoury elaborates on the culture, taking pleasure in pointing out many contradictory facets of life in the Middle East. He explains that while there may be a law against something, it doesn’t mean the law is enforced. “It isn’t always easy here. There are things that are illegal, but allowed, and then there are things that are illegal and not allowed,” said Khoury, an LAU student and son of the butcher who supplies El Cartel with beef.

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The future of El Cartel is in question each day. What began as an experiment has turned into a potentially booming business venture, complete with no shortage of personal and legal hurdles. It seems likely the taqueria will continue to provide tacos to the hungry residents of Byblos until moving into Beirut later this year, but as talks intensify between El Cartel and private investors, one-half of the partnership has reevaluated his place in Lebanon. “I want to stay here for Justin,” Aranda said. “He is my friend, and I want to support him, but I don’t see myself being in the kitchen for that long. I lack the skillset for it, and I don’t want to hold the restaurant or him back. I’m an English teacher as my profession, so I feel like I do more good teaching because I’m trained for it.” Aranda came to Lebanon with the goal of assisting his friend in realizing a dream. He was able to offer the support Fong needed to build a foundation in Lebanon and hopes one day someone else will also pay it forward. While his future is still uncertain, Aranda knows in his next move, he will have the support of a friend halfway around the world. Fong has no such reservations: “There’s nothing like getting to your destination, putting your bag down and realizing, ‘I fucking made it. Despite all the odds, I made it.’” Ω

points, “Illegal, but allowed.” All things considered, day-to-day life in the taco shop is becoming routine; Fong and Aranda shrug off worries from concerned friends and family, sharing pictures on social media of themselves enjoying argileh, Lebanese for hookah, in front of their shop after a day’s work. Though the two don’t seem worried about living in a danger zone, there are always reminders that they are living in a country very different from their own. “There was this guy that usually comes in for coffee, and I know him,” recalls Aranda. “We’ve had conversations before. He’s an ex-military personnel and now he works [in] security for a high-profile person. One day, he comes in the shop, and all of the sudden, he takes out his 9 mm [pistol], cocks it and put one in the barrel and just pointed it in front of my face.” Aranda pauses and shakes his head. “I’m chopping onions, thinking, ‘OK, what’s going on here? I might die today.’” He could tell from the gunman’s mannerisms that he was just goofing around. “He wasn’t really going to shoot me,” Anthony said. “So I was like, ‘Justin, get this man his coffee, there’s something wrong with him today.’” Aranda later displays a photo of himself posing with the same gun. This is life in Lebanon.

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often speak of courage in our relatively sane world. When someone opposes a war amid militaristic fervor or advocates unpopular legislation, the term courage comes into play. But little is at stake for those figures. All they stand to lose is some esteem from others, perhaps reelection, perhaps some business. It’s not like someone will kill them for saying or doing the wrong thing. At the University of Nevada, Reno, there is an exhibit on people who could have been killed, and sometimes were, for helping to protect the victims of Nazi Germany—Jews, gays, Gypsies. That’s courage.

the refugees. In Copenhagen, the task was accomplished overnight on October 1-2, the Jewish new year. 5,919 Jews, 1,301 part-Jews, and 986 non-Jewish spouses of Jews were rescued. When the operation was over, only about 500 Jews remained, and they were sent to Theresienstadt concentration camp. 423 of them survived until liberation. Such things happened in nation after nation where the tentacles of German conquest reached. In France, the onetime home of Marquis de Lafayette—a hero in both the old world and the new—was used to hide Jews from the Nazis. In Turkey, Catholic Monsigner Angelo Roncalli—who, at age 50, had written in his journal that he was a failure and “ashamed before the Lord”—busily cranked out a variety of documents to aid the Jews, includ-

He issued visas to more than 2,000, many of them children. In Italy, the example of Francis was put to work in Assisi, where a network of priests and nuns tended what Franciscan Abbot Rufino Niccaci called “my Jewish flock.” What’s amazing is that even when the work went on for extended periods, good people did not tire of it, though there was surely strain on both sides—rituals, dietary needs, sacrifices. Moreover, the work was labor- and personnel-intensive. In his book The Righteous, Martin Gilbert quotes French Holocaust scholar Elisabeth Maxwell: “In order to save one Jew, it required 10 or more people in every case.” When Belgian Jew Alexander Rotenberg, a member of the resistance, crossed France to Switzerland, about 50 people were involved in helping smuggle him.

nothing that could be done in the face of such powerful evil. The exhibit at UNR can, with just 12 wall panels and four television monitors, just scratch the surface of this tale. But it’s a good place to start. One of the monitors flashes photos of those designated the Righteous Among the Nations. It makes it plain that greatness is not found just among the prominent. These were everyday people—a farmer stands in a field with this son, an old Belarus man and his cat, a shopkeeper in an apron with his wife, an elderly couple sitting outdoors. The stories of courage in the Holocaust have provided material for many movies: Among the Righteous, An Open Door, The Danish Solution, Desperate Hours, 50 Children, Les Hommes Libres (Free Men), The

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The exhibit, I Am My Brother’s Keeper, runs through Aug. 14. It is spun off from Yad Vashem, the Israeli memorial and research center dedicated to the Holocaust. One section of it, Righteous Among the Nations, is dedicated to documenting and preserving the memory of those who helped protect the Jews. In conquered Denmark in late 1943, German diplomatic attache Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz—having failed to dissuade his government in Berlin—tipped off Danish officials of an impending roundup of Jews. During the first week of October, the people of Denmark identified, transported, and smuggled the nation’s Jews out of the country to safety in Sweden. Ordinary Danes throughout the country provided assistance. People in the fishing industry ferried

ing baptismal certificates, immigration documents, and travel visas. At one point he wrote of forwarding “three more bundles” of blank documents from Palestine for the use of a sympathetic colleague who was also doing rescue work. “Poor children of Israel,” said the future Pope John XXIII. “Daily I hear their groans around me. They are relatives and fellow countrymen of Jesus.” In Lithuania, an Axis diplomat, Japanese consul general Chiune Sugihara, worked hard with the underground to get Jews to safety not from the Nazis but from the Soviet secret police after occupation began.

The residents of the mostly Protestant village of Le Chambonsur-Lignon, population about 3,000, took in Jewish refugees to their own homes, schools, and other available hiding places. The protection of the Jews went on for four years. Though the entire town was involved in the rescue work, no word leaked to the authorities. Toward the end, a local physician who had treated Jews was murdered by the collaborationist regime. “There are heroisms all around us,” Arthur Conan Doyle once wrote. Such actions make it more difficult to accept the case that there was

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Only Way, The Optimists, Orchestra of Exiles, Miracle at Midnight, The Pimpernel of the Vatican, The Power of Good, Rescue in Albania, The Scarlet and the Black, A Voice Among the Silent, Weapons of the Spirit. It is possible, of course, to make too much of these heroisms, to let the inspiration they carry overpower the magnitude of the evil of the Holocaust. Nevertheless, these stories are enormously comforting. Imagine if there had been no such actions—none. It is too bleak a prospect to consider. So far, Yad Vashem researchers have documented and honored 25,681 Righteous Among the Nations. It is heartening to know that so many tried. It is also disheartening to know that there were not enough. Ω The I Am My Brother’s Keeper exhibit is open Tuesday through Friday until Aug. 15 in the Jot Travis Building at UNR. Enter through the west entrance. Martin Gilbert’s book The Righteous is available at the Sparks and Northwest Reno branches of the Washoe County Library.

In a freeze frame from a video shown at UNR, the grandson of dairy farmer Petrus Kleibroek peers into a crawlspace under a farmhouse where Kleibroek may have hidden Abraham and Juliette Drukker and their 13-year-old daughter Marjan in Warmenhuizen, the Netherlands. Petrus Kleibroek was murdered in the closing days of the war, shot in the back of the head by a soldier during a death march from Sachsenhausen to Luebeck.

Adriana and Petrus Kleibroek,in their 60s, with their daughter Nellie, who convinced her parents to shelter the Drukker family. When Petrus was murdered, Adriana carried on their work. Eventually all in both families were detected, arrested and murdered, five in Auschwitz.

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On the wall Circus Circus 24-Hour Mural Marathon “Why are murals so cool?” That’s like asking, “Why is denim so popular?” or “Why is Prince so good?” The more pressing by Josie Luciano question comes when you stand in front of a mural, surrounded by color, looking up at an enormous image and wondering, “How the heck did the artist do that?” For those who want answers, there is the Circus Circus 24-Hour Mural Marathon. Now in its second year, this local competition gives artists an opportunity to paint some of their best work on some of the best real estate on South Virginia Street. Muralists have exactly 24 hours to cover seven 19-foot-by-14-foot panels on the east side of the casino. Cash prizes are awarded for the top three murals, and the whole city is invited to watch.

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about midnight to 4 a.m.” Now Killbuck’s “Strongman” is covered in white paint along with the rest of last year’s murals in preparation for new artwork. But unlike the recent paint-overs hitting the street art community rather hard this past month, these annual whiteouts are part of the deal from the beginning. “This is all part of the fun for this—this is agreed to,” said 2014 participant Pan Pantoja. “I know another piece of art is going on it.” Last year’s third-place winner, Joe C. Rock, added, “I think it’s the nature of street art, that it comes and goes.” This year, the artists replacing the inaugural images include outof-towners Heidi Barnett, Anthony Padilla, Danielle Rumbaugh, and Stephane Cellier, as well as four local artists: Bryce Chisholm, David Cherry, and a team effort between Asa Kennedy and Derek Miller. The artists all have game plans for the event. Cherry will paint a scale model in the coming weeks. He, Chisholm and Barnett will also line assistants to help out during the marathon. Padilla plans to “sleep in a cocoon” and “eat a duffle bag of bee pollen” before the competition. As for images, those coming to watch the Mural Marathon can expect to see everything from blackbirds and art nouveau monkeys to a giant life form pollinating the galaxy and the Queen of Hearts herself. Plus, a few surprises. Chisholm likes to keep his painting plans flexible. “It’s up in the air still. It’s going to be one of my girls looking up with hope and inspiration in her eyes. I kind of figure it out as I’m going.” But Team Kennedy-Miller seems to be the true sleeper this year, refusing to disclose the subject of their mystery mural. “It’s topical, it’s crucial, it’s beautiful,” said Miller. Maybe they are painting Prince. Either way, the murals will be up soon enough, ready to showcase our city for another year. Ω

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In the world of visual art, there are countless styles and forms. Some are of an order beyond comprehension for by Todd South those of us who can barely draw a stick figure. Then there’s the sort you might look at and say, “Seriously? My kid could do that.” The same holds true for sushi, a style of food that—in the hands of a practiced chef—can be both visual and delicious art on a plate. Unfortunately, a fair amount of food my wife and I were served at Sakana Sushi Bar & Japanese Restaurant made me wonder if we’d chosen to visit on “Take Your Kid to Work Day.”

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Slow your roll Long rolls soon arrived, and that’s where things literally fell apart. I don’t know if there was actually too much rice or they were just rolled too loosely, but every piece of makizushi was almost too big for a single bite. Some rolls appeared to be missing key ingredients. Others had everything they were supposed to, but cut in tiny slivers nearly imperceptible among the rice. Those including sauce had barely a drizzle, and then there’s the mystery of sporadic saltiness. More than one roll featured pieces seemingly soaked in brine, while others in the same batch were completely unsalted. Maybe some sauce had dripped (or not been cleared) from spots on the prep board in between rolls? I’ve never previously encountered salty sushi, intermittent or otherwise. I fared better with the nigiri, although the ratio of fish to rice varied a fair amount from bite to bite. The upside-down shrimp was dwarfed by a golf ball of grain, though the quality of all the fish was on par for Reno sushi. As with the miso, a couple of orders of nigiri and one long roll got lost on their way, but that too is par for the course with Reno AYCE sushi table service. Still, at prices on the higher end—and a location in one of the posher neighborhoods—I had expected better than average. To be fair, more was right than wrong with our experience. The appetizers were delicious, and the one disappointment could have been fixed with a dash of vinegar. If dining with a group that ordered every appetizer, the AYCE prices would be an incredible deal. Perhaps we hit a training day or someone was tired from a busy lunch rush. Or maybe we should have just skipped the fish and gone straight for the housemade ice cream. Not your average end-of-sushi scoop of frozen green tea, the 16 flavors we had to choose from all sounded great and are available to take home. The blueberry and butter pecan we settled on were worth a visit in their own right, almost erasing our memory of missteps in the meal. Ω PhoTo/ALLiSon Young

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Just over three decades ago, James Cameron released a little slasher film with a sci-fi twist starring the dude from Conan the Barbarian. The Terminator became a colossal hit, and the dude from Conan went on to bigger movies and a temporary job in government. Terminator: Genisys, the fifth film in the Terminator franchise, isn’t nearly as good as by the original or its first sequel, Terminator 2: Bob Grimm Judgment Day, also by Cameron. Thankfully, it’s slightly better than the third and fourth b g ri m m @ ne w s re v i e w . c o m Terminator films (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and Terminator: Salvation), films where Cameron was absent and off doing other things like Titanic and his jazzed-up Smurf movie. Cameron himself was part of the marketing campaign for Genisys, admiring the film’s faithfulness to his two original offerings.

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While I share his enthusiasm for some aspects of the movie, the film isn’t without its major problems. In some ways, I’m kind of surprised Cameron liked this movie. There are lots of tricks played within the storyline using the time travel gimmick, skewing the whole Terminator universe out of whack. This gives director Alan Taylor the chance to revisit and recreate events from the original Terminator, including naked Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first scene as the steelyeyed cyborg. The results are often fun, but a little chaotic and sloppy at times. First, the good stuff: Arnold Schwarzenegger is back in his most iconic role, and he’s great. He plays a couple of different ages here, although he can’t get credit for playing his 1984 self in this film. That Arnold is a total computer creation, and an amazing one at that. Old Arnold does fight his 1984 self in a scene I never thought I would see.

Arnie is as convincing as ever as a now aging cyborg, with his goofy pretend smiles and droll asides. As for action, the film provides plenty of good Terminator fights, and San Francisco, yet again, has a bad time at the movies, suffering through nuclear blasts and catastrophic school bus accidents on the Golden Gate Bridge. OK, the bad: Emilia Clarke is a washout as Sarah Connor, Jason Clarke is all wrong for John Connor, and Jai Courtney absolutely stinks as Kyle Reese. These are big flaws— flaws big enough to derail most movies. Emilia Clarke seems disconnected from her part, and there’s insincerity in her every line delivery. Jason Clarke plays John Connor like a cartoon character, which is disheartening after the good work done by Edward Furlong and even Nick Stahl and Christian Bale in the prior films. Stahl and Bale were in subpar movies, but they still came off as decent John Connors. Clarke, whose John Connor takes a sinister turn in this film, plays the evil twist as a snickering caricature, with little nuance. It feels out of place. The biggest soul sucker is Courtney, always an uninteresting actor and very bland in this one. Watch the original Terminator for a real angst ridden, on-the-edge characterization of a guy who has been through the apocalypse. (Thank you, Michael Biehn.) Courtney plays Reese like a soulless video game character. There’s no reason to root for him. But, still, I like this movie. I like it because Arnold looks cool in his Terminator shades, and things blow up real good. Sometimes, I’m relatively easy to please. Do the time travel complications get to be a little confusing and a little much at times? Sure they do, but I admire Genisys for stretching out and attempting different things in the Terminator universe. Some of the paradox stuff had me scratching my head, but it all sort of ties together in the end. I did hate the total rip-off of the holographic villain from the Resident Evil series, though. In the end, I had a good time, albeit an exhausting one, watching Terminator: Genisys. I want more, for sure, and the movie leaves things open for the possibility of future sequels, two of which are currently planned. (Stay for the post-credits scene.) If the future installments get the go-ahead, they should keep aging Arnie but fire the rest of the cast. If this film lacks anything, it’s human charisma. As for Terminators, Arnie has things more than covered. Ω

Big Game

Inside Out

This is another Pixar masterpiece, not only because it looks fantastic, but also because it generates real, genuine feelings. It also has some of that blissful, bizarre insanity that made Up such a winner (the films share the same director in Pete Docter). There are creations in this movie that just burst with genius energy. The movie takes place inside the mind of Riley (voice of Kaitlyn Dias), newly displaced from Minnesota to a small house in San Francisco with her parents (Diane Lane and Kyle MacLachlan). Inside Riley’s mind we see her emotions, played by the likes of Amy Poehler as Joy, Bill Hader as Fear, Lewis Black as Anger, Phyllis Smith as Sadness, and Mindy Kaling as Disgust. Along with being very funny, the film bluntly addresses the loss of memories as we grow up, how memories can be forever tainted with sadness, and just how important sadness is to any human being. It’s all handled in a Pixar way, which doesn’t mean whitewashed and sanitary. At times, the film is actually quite brutal and startling.

Jurassic World

Taking place 22 years after the original movie (Jurassic Parks II and III are not acknowledged in this film), John Hammond’s original idea has come to fruition, albeit in a bastardized, Six Flags kind of way. Jurassic World has been up and running for years under the guidance of Simon Masrani (Irrfan Khan), another rich guy owner who just wants the world to have lots of fun with dinosaurs. How naïve! Director Colin Trevorrow (Safety Not Guaranteed), who had a hand in writing the script, throws everything into this movie. It’s one of those sequels that makes fun of sequels, and it honestly couldn’t be much dumber. But, sometimes, dumb is good when you are dealing with a big movie featuring rampaging dinosaurs. This one features the Indominus Rex, a hybrid dinosaur created by man in an effort to curb waning interest in dinos. Of course, the monster breaks loose and totally ruins a lot of vacations. Chris Pratt goes along for the silly ride as a raptor trainer, and Bryce Dallas Howard plays the self-centered park supervisor who will have a change of heart before the movie plays out. The finale involving all-star dinosaurs kicking each other’s asses is a real winner. Yes, less emphasis on the people stuff and more dinosaurs, please. I must admit, I was relieved that Sam Neill’s crotchety paleontologist was nowhere in sight.

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

High school kid Greg (Thomas Mann) is forced by his mom (Connie Britton) to hang out with Rachel (Olivia Cooke), who has cancer. Greg and pal Earl (RJ Cyler), who have been making spoof movies together since they were little kids, decide to make one for Rachel. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon can’t decide if he is making a Wes Anderson film or a Noah Baumbach movie, and the film often plays like those two styles mixed together, even down to the music choices, including Lou Reed and Cat Stevens.

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San Andreas

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson plays rescue pilot Ray, a gutsy and virtuous man on the job who, nevertheless, can’t keep things together on the home front. He gets divorce papers from wife Emma (Carla Gugino) on the day he’s supposed to take his daughter Blake (Alexandra Daddario) on a trip. Before he can pout and dwell on things too long, the earth starts shaking for what will be a series of devastating earthquakes. When it’s all over, numerous quakes and tsunamis have destroyed Los Angeles, San Francisco and the Hoover Dam. While the destruction looks great, and director Brad Peyton pulls out all of the stops when it comes to destroying California, the dialogue in this film is atrocious. When Ray heads out to save his wife in L.A. and his daughter in San Francisco, it’s often the worst of soap operas. Yes, it’s fun to see the San Francisco Giant’s stadium get smoked, especially if you’re a Dodgers fun, but it’s no fun listening to the words spoken by performers before and after the devastation. Granted, dialogue in a disaster movie doesn’t have to be top quality, but this stuff makes a Michael Bay movie sound like a Paul Thomas Anderson movie.

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Jalmari Helander, the guy who gave us Rare Exports (the weirdest Christmas movie ever), now gives us one of the weirdest coming-of-age stories ever made. Oskari (Onni Tommila from Exports) is going through a family ritual on this 13th birthday. He must head into the woods alone and kill an animal with a bow and arrow. He has to camp alone, stalk the animal alone, and kill it alone. He doesn’t feel quite up to the task. Then, Air Force One is shot down in the forest he’s camping in, and Oskari comes across the president of the United States (Samuel L. Jackson). The president has been betrayed by his Secret Service guy (Ray Stevenson), who is in cahoots with a terrorist looking to kill the president and have him stuffed. Oskari’s plans change as he represents the only chance to save the president because the SEALS are too far away. Big Game becomes a buddy movie as the two share an adventure trying to get themselves to safety. Oh boy, is this ever a stupid movie. Yet, Helander pulls it off in an “OK for a Saturday Night rental” sort of way. The action is decent enough (although a little goofy looking at times due to budget limitations), and Jackson is fun as the leader of the free world. Surprisingly, Felicity Huffman, Jim Broadbent and Victor Garber show up in supporting roles. (Available for rent on iTunes, Amazon.com and On Demand during limited theatrical run.)

Spy

This is yet another spoof of the James Bond spy movie genre, and it’s a good one thanks to the presence of Melissa McCarthy. It doesn’t hurt that the film is written and directed by Paul Feig, who gave her an Oscarnominated role in Bridesmaids. The team followed up that piece of comic brilliance with the fun police-buddy comedy The Heat. McCarthy plays Susan Cooper, a CIA agent chained to a desk in service of her partner in the field, Bradley Fine (Jude Law). Circumstances call for Susan to go into the field for the first time, and she must leave her bat-infested CIA basement behind. In the field, she must do battle with an evil arms trader Rayna (a deliciously nasty Rose Byrne) while contending with rogue agent Rick Ford (a surprisingly hilarious Jason Statham) who doesn’t believe she’s up to the task. The mission takes her to locales like Rome and Paris, while requiring her to sport some pretty embarrassing grandma wigs. For all of her talents as a physical comedienne, McCarthy’s true strengths lie in her ability to shoot off rapid-fire insults at unsuspecting victims. She and Byrne have a couple of verbal square-offs in this film where you have to believe the two actresses were given permission to just go at it and see what happens. Man, you don’t want to face off with McCarthy in an insult contest.

Ted 2

The original Ted was the oddest of charmers. A profane teddy bear saying some of the most disgusting stuff ever in a mainstream movie, teamed with Mark Wahlberg in dumb puppy dog mode, proved to be a winning success. Now, with 20 or so million extra dollars to spend over the original Ted budget, Seth MacFarlane goes crazy, with a near two-hour movie that feels like five. It is way overstuffed and often ill-conceived. Ted the teddy bear (voiced by MacFarlane), in a bid to be recognized as human, winds up in a courtroom trying to prove he isn’t just property. MacFarlane actually compares his plight to slaves and Dred Scott. Really? Wow. As funny as the film can be at times, and MacFarlane does manage some good guffaws, it just torpedoes itself with the running time and courtroom scenes. MacFarlane falls victim to that need for making a sequel bigger and grander than the original. A simpler film that relied more on the gags and less on bullshit sentimentality would’ve been just fine. There’s no need for 75 percent of this movie to exist, especially the courtroom crap. Amanda Seyfried is a nice addition as a new love interest and Ted’s stoned lawyer, and a couple of celebrity cameos are fun. Overall, it’s a step in the wrong direction for this talking teddy franchise.

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Packing tape Video World “I still remember my favorite video store back in Santa Cruz,” recalled artist and songwriter Nick Minor. “Our by Kent Irwin generation is going to be the last one that remembers VHS tapes and video stores.” Tape, in all its forms, is a source of media that has particularly informed Minor in his sense of aesthetic. The medium is now considered outdated, as cassettes and VHS tapes melt in the garages and attics of America. Maybe tapes have been forgotten because they feel too mortal. They remind us of our own degeneration and expiration. Photo/Kent IrwIn

about it, there aren’t a lot of songs that aren’t love songs.” Video World began as a solo project, which in its earliest conception went by Minor’s name. He played his first show opening for Surf Curse in a basement, armed with a loop pedal, a Go-Go’s cover, and a handful of original songs freshly written in high school. Soon after, Minor formed Video World, partly from the self-consciousness associated with using his own name, and partly from a desire to try to expand his songs with a full band. Video World now includes TJ Mertikas on bass and Ryan Burt on drums. Currently, the band is working on building a multi-dimensional live set, one that will realize an intersection of music, video, and audio samples. In the past, they have used everything from nature sounds to clips from The X-Files. These days, Minor has become particularly enamored of a series of tapes that aims to capture the sound of specific beaches around the world. “My favorite is the one from Tahiti,” said Minor. A sample from the shores of Tahiti will accompany an upcoming Video World composition, as well as other bits from nature and found material, for a tape release sometime in August. True to their name, Video World will use a 4-Track reel-to-reel tape recorder to create the album. Tube amps and old guitars, layered in delay and reverb, will define the sound of the lo-fi release, which Minor hopes will capture the mood and feel of Video World for Reno’s indie scene to experience. “Everyone in this community is pretty supportive,” said Minor. "It’s really tight knit. That’s what you get in a small town. It’s a great place to sound search.” After moving to Reno from Sacramento, Minor quickly found a community of like-minded artists. In addition to Video World, he also plays with the band Casino Hearts, which includes Jacob Rubeck of Surf Curse. With a good handful of shows coming up, Minor hopes that each show will be different, including old and new songs played seamlessly as one message, and soon, homemade video to project behind the band. “Everything’s in transition now,” said Minor. Ω

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Comedy Comedy 3rd Street, 125 W. Third St., 323-5005: 3rd Comedy Street,Night 125 W. Third St., 323-5005: & Improv w/Patrick Shillito, Comedy & Improv w/Patrick Shillito, W, 9pm, Night no cover W, 9pm, no cover Carson Nugget, 507 N. Carson St., Carson Nugget, N. Carson Carson City,507 882-1626: JustinSt.,Rupple, Carson 882-1626: Justin Rupple, F, 7:30pm,City, $13-$15 F, 7:30pm, $13-$15 The Improv at Harveys Cabaret, Harveys The Lake Improv at Harveys Cabaret, Harveys Tahoe, Stateline, (800) 553-1022: Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 553-1022: Don McMillan, Alysia Wood,(800) Th-F, Su, 9pm, Don Th-F,Havey, Su, 9pm, $25;McMillan, Sa, 8pm, Alysia 10pm, Wood, $30; Allan $25; 8pm, W, 10pm, FrazerSa,Smith, 9pm,$30; $25Allan Havey, Frazer Smith, W, 9pm, $25 Reno-Tahoe Comedy at Pioneer Reno-Tahoe Comedy Underground, 100atS.Pioneer Virginia St., Underground, 100Rupple, S. Virginia 686-6600: Justin Th, 8pm,St., $10; 686-6600: Justin Rupple, 8pm, $10; F, 9pm, $10-$15; Sa, 6:30pm,Th,9:30pm, F,$10-$15 9pm, $10-$15; Sa, 6:30pm, 9:30pm, $10-$15

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JUB JUB’S THIRST PARLOR JUB JUB’S PARLOR 71 S. Wells Ave., THIRST (775) 384-1652

THURSDAY 7/9 THURSDAY 7/9

FRIDAY 7/10 FRIDAY 7/10

SATURDAY 7/11 SATURDAY 7/11

SUNDAY 7/12 SUNDAY 7/12

71 S. Wells Ave., (775) 384-1652

THE JUNGLE THE 246 W.JUNGLE First St., (775) 329-4484 246 W. First St., (775) 329-4484

KNITTING FACTORY CONCERT HOUSE KNITTING CONCERT HOUSE 211 N. VirginiaFACTORY St., (775) 323-5648

Earphunk Earphunk July 10, 10 p.m.

July 10, 10 p.m. Crystal Bay Club Crystal Bay28 Club 14 Highway 14 Highway Crystal Bay28 Crystal 833-6333Bay 833-6333

Styles&Complete, Crichy Crich, Aviator, Feeki, 7pm, $10 Crichy Crich, Aviator, Styles&Complete, Feeki, 7pm, $10

211 N. Virginia St., (775) 323-5648

THE LOVING CUP THE LOVING 188 California Ave.,CUP (775) 322-2480

Reno Jazz Syndicate, 8pm, no cover Reno Jazz Syndicate, 8pm, no cover

MOODY’S BISTRO BAR & BEATS MOODY’S BISTRO BEATS 10007 Bridge St., Truckee;BAR (530) & 587-8688

Natalie Cressman, 8:30pm, no cover Natalie Cressman, 8:30pm, no cover

188 California Ave., (775) 322-2480

10007 Bridge St., Truckee; (530) 587-8688

Outspoken: Open Mic Night, 7pm, M, no Open coverMic Night, Outspoken: 7pm, M, no cover Machine Gun Kelly, 8pm, $25-$60 Machine Gun Kelly, 8pm, $25-$60 Whatitdo Wednesday, 9pm, W, no cover Whatitdo Wednesday, 9pm, W, no cover

Haunted Summer, 8:30pm, no cover Haunted Summer, 8:30pm, no cover

O’SKIS PUB & GRILLE O’SKIS PUB GRILLE 840 Victorian Ave.,&Sparks; (775) 359-7547 840 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 359-7547

PADDY & IRENE’S IRISH PUB PADDY & IRENE’S IRISH 906-A Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775)PUB 358-5484 906-A Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 358-5484

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

Acoustic Wonderland Singer-Songwriter Showcase, 8pm, no cover Acoustic Wonderland Singer-Songwriter Showcase, 8pm, no cover

Shamrockit Open Mic Night, 6pm, no cover Shamrockit Open Mic Night, 6pm, no cover Karaoke w/Cyco Mike, 9pm, no cover Karaoke w/Cyco Mike, 9pm, no cover Johnny Lipka’s Gemini, 9pm, no cover Johnny Lipka’s Gemini, 9pm, no cover

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

Open Mic Night, 7pm, M, W, no cover Open Mic Night, 7pm, M, W, no cover

76 N. C St., Virginia City; (775) 847-7474

RUBEN’S CANTINA RUBEN’S 1483 E. FourthCANTINA St., (775) 622-9424 SINGER SOCIAL CLUB SINGER SOCIAL 219 W. Second St., (775)CLUB 657-9466 219 W. Second St., (775) 657-9466

Third Eye Blind Third Eye Blind July 14, 7:30 p.m. July 14, 7:30 p.m. MontBleu Resort MontBleu Resort 55 Highway 50 55 Highway 50 Stateline Stateline (800) 648-3353 (800) 648-3353

SPARKS LOUNGE SPARKS 1237 Baring LOUNGE Blvd., Sparks; (775) 409-3340 1237 Baring Blvd., Sparks; (775) 409-3340

Reggae Night, 10pm, no cover Reggae Night, 10pm, no cover

Thursday Showcase, 8pm, no cover Thursday Showcase, 8pm, no cover

445 California Ave., (775) 657-8484

STUDIO ON 4TH STUDIO ONSt.,4TH 432 E. Fourth (775) 737-9776

WHISKEY DICK’S SALOON WHISKEY SALOON 2660 Lake Tahoe DICK’S Blvd., South Lake Tahoe; (530) 544-3425 2660 Lake Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe; (530) 544-3425

Psycroptic, Arkaik, Ovid’s Withering, The KennedyArkaik, Veil, Ostracized, 8:30pm, $15 Psycroptic, Ovid’s Withering, The Kennedy Veil, Ostracized, 8:30pm, $15

Alias Smith, 9pm, no cover Alias Smith, 9pm, no cover Local Music Night w/local bands or local DJs, 9pm, cover Local MusicnoNight w/local bands or local DJs, 9pm, no cover Junk Parlor, Gold Star, Cygne, 8pm,Parlor, $15-$20Gold Star, Cygne, Junk 8pm, $15-$20

WILD RIVER GRILLE WILD RIVER 17 S. Virginia St., GRILLE (775) 284-7455

Mel Wade & Gia Torcaso, 6pm, no cover Milton Merlos, 6pm, no cover Mel Wade & Gia Torcaso, 6pm, no cover Milton Merlos, 6pm, no cover

WILDFLOWER VILLAGE WILDFLOWER VILLAGE 4275-4395 W. Fourth St., (775) 787-3769

1) The Writers’ Block Open Mic, cover Block Open Mic, 1)7pm, Theno Writers’

17 S. Virginia St., (775) 284-7455

1) Reno Music Project Open Mic, noMusic coverProject Open Mic, 1)7pm, Reno 7pm, no cover

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4275-4395 W. Fourth (775) 787-3769 1) Golden Rose Cafe 2)St., Green Fairy Pub 3) Cabaret 7pm, no cover 1) Golden Rose Cafe 2) Green Fairy Pub 3) Cabaret

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Hip Hop Open Mic, 10pm, W, no cover Hip Hop Open Mic, 10pm, W, no cover

Blues Jam Thursday, 7pm, no cover Karaoke, no7pm, coverno cover Blues Jam11:30pm, Thursday, Karaoke, 11:30pm, no cover

ST. JAMES INFIRMARY ST. JAMESAve., INFIRMARY 445 California (775) 657-8484 432 E. Fourth St., (775) 737-9776

Singing in the Summer Karaoke Contest, 8pm, Tu,inno Singing thecover Summer Karaoke Contest, 8pm, Tu, no cover

Johnny Lipka’s Gemini, 9pm, no cover Johnny Lipka’s Gemini, 9pm, no cover

RED DOG SALOON RED SALOON 76 N. CDOG St., Virginia City; (775) 847-7474 1483 E. Fourth St., (775) 622-9424

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 7/13-7/15 MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 7/13-7/15

Blazin Mics!, 9:30pm, M, no cover Blazin Mics!, 9:30pm, M, no cover

Rockslide, 9pm, no cover Rockslide, 9pm, no cover Tuesday Night Trivia, 8pm, Tu, Reno Beer and Record Club DJs,Tu, 9pm, W, no cover Tuesday Nightw/guest Trivia, 8pm, Reno Beer and Record Club w/guest DJs, 9pm, W, no cover For Those Searching, Surrounded By Giants, UpSearching, Against It, W, 8pm, $6 By For Those Surrounded Giants, Up Against It, W, 8pm, $6

Dance party, 9pm, no cover Dance party, 9pm, no cover Sinful Burlesque, 9pm, $10-$25 Sinful Burlesque, 9pm, $10-$25

The Stellars, 6pm, no cover The Stellars, 6pm, no cover

Colin Ross, 2pm, no cover Carolyn Dolan, no cover Colin Ross, 2pm,6pm, no cover Carolyn Dolan, 6pm, no cover 3) Jack Di Carlo, 5pm, no cover 3) Jack Di Carlo, 5pm, no cover

Moon Gravy, 6pm, M, AcApella, 6pm, Tu, Tany Jane, cover 6pm, Tu, Moon Gravy,6pm, 6pm,W,M,noAcApella, Tany Jane, 6pm, W, no cover 1) Comedy Power Hour Open Mic, Tu, noPower coverHour 3) Jamming with Ray 1)8pm, Comedy Open Mic, Saxon,Tu,7pm, W, no3)cover 8pm, no cover Jamming with Ray Saxon, 7pm, W, no cover

ATLANTIS CASINO RESORT SPA ATLANTIS 3800 S. VirginiaCASINO St., (775) RESORT 825-4700 SPA 3800 S. Virginia St.,Stage (775)2)825-4700 1) Grand Ballroom Cabaret 1) Grand Ballroom Stage 2) Cabaret

THURSDAY 7/9 THURSDAY 7/9

FRIDAY 7/10 FRIDAY 7/10

SATURDAY 7/11 SATURDAY 7/11

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MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 7/13-7/15 MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 7/13-7/15

2) Cook Book, 8pm, no cover 2) Cook Book, 8pm, no cover

2) Cook Book, 4pm, no cover 2) Cook Book, 4pm, no cover Soul Experience, 10pm, no cover Soul Experience, 10pm, no cover

2) Soul Experience, 8pm, no cover 2) Soul Experience, 8pm, no cover

2) Atomika, 8pm, M, Tu, W, no cover 2) Atomika, 8pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

1) Earphunk, 10pm, no cover 1) Earphunk, 10pm, no cover

2) IJV, Multipleks, Crispylicious, 2) IJV, no Multipleks, 10pm, cover Crispylicious, 10pm, no cover

1) Tap Factory, 7pm, $26.95 Factory , 7pm, $26.95 1) Tap 3) DJ Roni Romance, 9pm, no cover 3) DJ Roni Romance, 9pm, no cover

1) Tap Factory, 7pm, 9:30pm, $26.95 1) Tap Factory , 7pm, 9:30pm, 3) DJ Roni Romance, 9pm, no $26.95 cover 3) DJ Roni Romance, 9pm, no cover

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

ELDORADO RESORT CASINO ELDORADO RESORT CASINO 345 N. Virginia St., (775) 786-5700

1) Tap Factory, 7pm, $26.95 1) Tap Factory, 7pm, $26.95

345 N. Virginia2)St., (775) 786-5700 1) Showroom Brew Brothers 3) NoVi 1) Showroom 2) Brew Brothers 3) NoVi

GRAND SIERRA RESORT GRAND SIERRA RESORT 2500 E. Second St., (775) 789-2000

2) Flirt Thursdays, 10pm, no cover 2) Thursdays, 10pm, no cover 3) Flirt Honky Tonk Thursdays w/DJ Jamie G, 2500 E. Second (775)Nightclub 789-2000 1) Grand TheaterSt., 2) Lex 3) Sports Book 3) Honky 10pm, no Tonk coverThursdays w/DJ Jamie G, 1) Nightclub Sports Book 10pm, no cover 4) Grand SummitTheater Pavilion2) 5)LexSilver State3)Pavilion

2) DJ Rick Gee, 10pm, $10 2) Rick&Gee, 3) DJ Boots Daisy10pm, Dukes$10w/DJ Jamie G, 3) Boots Daisy Dukes w/DJ Jamie G, 10pm, no & cover 10pm, no cover

4) Summit Pavilion 5) Silver State Pavilion

HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO HARD ROCK HOTEL CASINO 50 Hwy. 50, Stateline; (844)& 588-7625

1) Rock on! Live Band Karaoke, 1) Rock Live Band Karaoke, 9pm, noon! cover 9pm, no cover

50 Hwy.2)50,Outdoor Stateline; (844) 1) Vinyl Arena 3) 588-7625 Splash Day Club 1) Vinyl 2) Outdoor Arena 3) Splash Day Club

1) Michael Grimm, 9pm, $20 1) Michael Grimm, 9pm, $20

HARRAH’S RENO HARRAH’S RENO 219 N. Center St., (775) 788-2900

1) Frank Marino’s Divas, 8pm, $30-$40 Marino’s , 8pm, $30-$40 1) Frank 3) Take Two, 8pm,Divas no cover 3) Take Two, 8pm, no cover

1) Frank Marino’s Divas, 8pm, $30-$40 219 N. CenterShowroom St., (775)2)788-2900 1) Sammy’s The Zone 1) Frank Marino’s Divas, 8pm, $30-$40 1) Showroom 2) The 3) Sammy’s Sapphire Lounge 4) Plaza 5) Zone Convention Center 3) Sapphire Lounge 4) Plaza 5) Convention Center

MONTBLEU RESORT MONTBLEU RESORT 55 Hwy. 50, Stateline; (800) 648-3353

1) Bret Ernst, 8:30pm, W, $14-$17 1) Bret Ernst, 8:30pm, W, $14-$17

2) LEX Anniversary Party w/DJ Vice, 2) LEX$15-$25 Anniversary Party w/DJ Vice, 10pm, 10pm, $15-$25 3) County Social Saturdays 3) County Saturdays w/DJ JamieSocial G, 10pm, no cover w/DJ Jamie G, 10pm, no cover 2) Lake Tahoe Bluegrass Festival: Del 2) Lake Tahoe Del David McCoury Band,Bluegrass The EarlsFestival: of Leicester, McCoury Band, The Earls12:30pm, of Leicester, David Grisman Sextet, others, $10-$90 Grisman Sextet, others, 12:30pm, $10-$90 1) Frank Marino’s Divas, 8pm, $30-$40 Marino’s , 8pm, $30-$40 1) Frank 3) Take Two, 8pm,Divas no cover 3) Two, 8pm, cover 4) Take Fleetwood Mask,no7pm, no cover 4) Fleetwood Mask, 7pm, no cover

NUGGET CASINO RESORT NUGGET 1100 Nugget CASINO Ave., Sparks;RESORT (775) 356-3300

1) Chubby Checker & The Wildcats, 1) Chubby 8pm, $49 Checker & The Wildcats, 8pm, $49 3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, Highway 42, 8pm, 3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, Highway 42, 8pm, no cover no cover

1) Solid Gold Soul, 8pm, $39 Gold Soul , 8pm, $39 1) 3) Solid DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover 3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover

1) Solid Gold Soul, 8pm, W, $39 1) Solid Gold Soul , 8pm, W,cover $39 3) DJ/dancing, 6pm, W, no 3) DJ/dancing, 6pm, W, no cover

2707 S. Virginia St., (775) 826-2121 1) Tuscany Ballroom 2) Terrace Lounge 1) Ballroom 2) Terrace Lounge 3) Tuscany Edge 4) Capri Ballroom 3) Edge 4) Capri Ballroom

2) Mustered Courage, 7pm, no cover 2) Mustered Courage, 7pm, no cover

2) Mustered Courage, 8pm, no cover 2) Courage, no cover 3) Mustered Fixx Fridays, 7:30pm,8pm, $10 after 8pm 3) Fixx Fridays, 7:30pm, $10 after 8pm

2) Mustered Courage, 8pm, no cover 2) Courage, 3) Mustered DJ Neva, 10pm, $20 8pm, no cover 3) DJ Neva, 10pm, $20

2) Verbal Kint, 6pm, no cover 2) Verbal Kint, 6pm, no cover

2) Verbal Kint, 6pm, M, Tu, W, no cover 2) Verbal Kint, 6pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

345 Arlington Ave.,2)(775) 348-2200 1) 3rdN. Street Lounge Jester Theater 1) LoungeMarket 2) Jester Theater 3) 3rd PoolStreet 4) Farmers’ 3) Pool 4) Farmers’ Market

4) Brothers Grow, 7pm, no cover 4) Brothers Grow, 7pm, no cover

3) Wet & Wild Pool Party, 6pm, $5 3) Wet & Wild Pool Party, 6pm, $5

3) Relativity Ensemble, 6pm, no cover 3) Relativity Ensemble, 6pm, no cover

3) Rick Hammond, 6pm, W, no cover 3) Rick Hammond, 6pm, W, no cover

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

2) Fresh, 9pm, no cover 2) no 9pm, coverno cover 3) Fresh, Fashion9pm, Friday, 3) Friday, 9pm,9pm, no cover 4) Fashion Halie O’Ryan Band, no cover 4) Halie O’Ryan Band, 9pm, no cover

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

2) Trey Valentine’s Backstage Karaoke, 2) TreyTu,Valentine’s 8pm, no cover Backstage Karaoke, 8pm, Tu, no cover Country-Rock Bingo w/Jeff Gregg, Country-Rock Bingo w/Jeff Gregg, 9pm, W, no cover 9pm, W, no cover

SANDS REGENCY CASINO HOTEL SANDS REGENCY CASINO 345 N. Arlington Ave., (775) 348-2200HOTEL SILVER LEGACY SILVER LEGACY 407 N. Virginia St., (775) 325-7401

407 N. Virginia St.,Hall (775) 325-7401 1) Grand Exposition 2) Rum Bullions Island Bar 1) Exposition Hall4)2) Silver Rum Bullions 3) Grand Aura Ultra Lounge Baron Island LoungeBar 3) Aura Ultra Lounge 4) Silver Baron Lounge

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Cobra Lounge at Asian Noodles, 1290 E. Cobra Lounge Noodles, E. Plumb Lane, at Ste.Asian 1, 828-7227: Cash1290 Karaoke Plumb Lane,Simard, Ste. 1, Sa, 828-7227: Karaoke w/Jacques 8pm, noCash cover w/Jacques Simard, Sa, 8pm, no cover Money Bar/Murphy’s Law Irish Pub, 180 Money Bar/Murphy’s Pub, 180 W. Peckham Lane, Ste.Law 1070,Irish 823-9977: W. Peckham Ste. 1070, 823-9977: Singing in theLane, Summer Karaoke Contest Singing in the Summer Karaoke Contest w/Steve Starr, DJ Hustler, F through 9/4, w/Steve 10pm, noStarr, coverDJ Hustler, F through 9/4, 10pm, no cover Pizza Baron, 1155 W. Fourth St., 329-4481: Pizza Baron, 1155Summer W. Fourth St., 329-4481: Singing in the Karaoke Contest Singing the Summer Karaoke Contest w/SteveinStarr, DJ Hustler, W through 9/2, w/Steve 9pm, no Starr, cover DJ Hustler, W through 9/2, 9pm, no cover Scurti’s Billiards Bar & Grill, 551 E. Moana Scurti’s Billiards Bar & Grill, E. Moana Lane, 200-0635: Singing in the 551 Summer Lane, 200-0635: the Summer Karaoke Contest Singing w/SteveinStarr, DJ Hustler, Karaoke Contest w/Steve Starr, DJ Hustler, Sa through 9/5, 9pm, no cover Sa through 9/5, 9pm, no cover Spiro’s Sports Bar & Grille, 1475 E. Prater Spiro’s & Grille, 1475 F-Sa, E. Prater Way, Sports Ste. 103,Bar Sparks, 356-6000: Way, 103, Sparks, 356-6000: F-Sa, 9pm, Ste. no cover 9pm, no cover Uncle Vinny’s Pizza, 1560 S. Stanford Way, Uncle Vinny’s Pizza,Singing 1560 S.inStanford Way, Sparks, 356-1400: the Summer Sparks, SingingStarr, in theDJSummer Karaoke 356-1400: Contest w/Steve Hustler, Karaoke Contest w/Steve Starr, DJ Hustler, Th through 9/3, 6pm, no cover Th through 9/3, 6pm, no cover

1) Third Eye Blind, Dashboard 1) Third Eye Blind, Dashboard Confessional, 7:30pm, Tu, $39.50 Confessional, 7:30pm, Tu, $39.50

1) Solid Gold Soul, 8pm, $39 1) Solid Gold Soul , 8pm, $39 3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover 3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, cover Highway 42, 8pm, nono cover Highway 42, 8pm, no cover

PEPPERMILL RESORT SPA CASINO PEPPERMILL SPA CASINO 2707 S. Virginia St.,RESORT (775) 826-2121

Karaoke Karaoke

1) Frank Marino’s Divas, 1) Frank 8pm, M, Marino’s $30-$40 Divas, 8pm, M, $30-$40

1) Frank Marino’s Divas, 8pm, $30-$40 1) Frank Marino’s Divas, 8pm, $30-$40

1) Solid Gold Soul, 8pm, $39 Gold Soul , 8pm, $39 1) Solid 3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover 3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, cover Highway 42, 8pm, nono cover Highway 42, 8pm, no cover

1100 Nugget Showroom Ave., Sparks; (775) 356-3300 1) Celebrity 1) Showroom 2) Celebrity Nugget Grand Ballroom 3) Gilley’s 2) Nugget Grand Ballroom 3) Gilley’s

July 7 p.m. July 9, 10-11, 8 p.m. July 10-11, 8 p.m. Peppermill Peppermill 2707 S. Virginia St. 2707 S. Virginia St. 826-2121 826-2121

1) Rustlers’ Heat, 9pm, W, no cover 1) Rustlers’ Heat, 9pm, W, no cover

2) The Male Room, 8pm, $23 2) The Male Room, 8pm, $23

55 Hwy. 50,2)Stateline; (800) 648-3353 1) Theatre Opal 3) Blu 4) Cafe del Soul 1) Theatre 2) Opal 3) Blu 4) Cafe del Soul

Mustered Courage Mustered Courage July 9, 7 p.m.

1) Tap Factory, 7pm, Tu, W, $26.95 1) Tap , 7pm, Tu,10pm, W, $26.95 2) LiveFactory Band Karaoke, M, 2) Karaoke, DJ Live ChrisBand English, 10pm,10pm, Tu, noM,cover DJ Chris English, 10pm, Tu, no cover

1) Tap Factory, 7pm, $26.95 1) Tap Factory, 7pm, $26.95

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Space! with the Reno Pops Orchestra The Reno Pops Orchestra, vocalist Steven Meyer and other guest vocalists and musicians, and the University of Nevada, Reno’s Fleischmann Planetarium will take audience members on an intergalactic journey into the unknown through contemporary movie sound scores from films such as Star Wars and Star Trek, as well as other popular classics and swing numbers such as “Clair de Lune” and “Fly Me To the Moon.” Gustav Holst’s "The Planets" will provide the backdrop for a video presentation by Dan Ruby, director of the Fleischmann Planetarium. Admission is free but donations are welcome. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, July 10, at the Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheater at Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road. Call 673-1234 or visit http://renopops.org.

You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown Charlie, Linus, Lucy, Schroeder and the rest of Charles M. Schulz’s classic Peanuts characters come to life in this family-friendly musical presented by the Reno Little Theater as part of Artown. The play opens on Thursday, July 9, and runs through Sunday. Aug. 2, at the RLT, 147 E. Pueblo St. Showtimes are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday with 2 p.m. matinees on Sunday and on Saturday, July 25, and Aug. 1. Tickets are $16 for general admission and $13 for students, seniors, military personnel. Call 813-8900 or visit http://renolittletheater.org.

Circus Emporium Roadshow Shea FreeLove, “Intercontinental Super Clown and Human Marvel,” will hammer spikes into his head, smash his face in broken glass and walk you through the darkest shadows of this traveling circus sideshow. Ginger Snap the Electric Girl will perform a death-defying experiment as she conducts more 500,000 volts of electricity through her body. A variety of local guest performers will also add to the freaky fun. The show begins at 8 p.m. on Friday, July 10. Call 327-1171 or visit www.facebook.com/MorrisBurnerHotel.

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Art, Wine & Music Festival The two-day festival features wine tasting, two performance stages, fine art booths and exhibits. Calling Ophelia, Tim High and Milton Merlos perform on Saturday, July 11. Colleen Akiko, Lucas and Darcy, Sandor Y Su Mecanica: Music Cubana and Guitar Town perform on Sunday, July 12. There will be wine tasting from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on both days. All proceeds from the event benefit Disabled Sports USA Far West. Admission is free. Gates are open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at The Village at Squaw Valley USA, 1750 Village East Road. Visit http://squawalpine.com.

World Music Series: The Roots and Soul of Native American Culture Canadian-American Cree singer-songwriter and musician Buffy Sainte-Marie and blues/soul singer Martha Redbone, who is of Cherokee, Choctaw, African-American and European descent, share music representing their deep-rooted cultures as part of Artown’s world music series on Wednesday, July 15. Redbone will perform at 7 p.m. and Sainte-Marie will headline at 8:30 p.m. at the Wingfield Park Amphitheater, 300 W. First St. Admission is free. Call 322-1538 or visit www.renoisartown.com.

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Think Free Emotion sickness Last week, my girlfriend was all annoyed about something relatively unimportant. I’m normally not a bad listener, but I was getting stressed out just hearing about this. I blurted out, “Calm down!” and she really flipped, yelling, “Don’t tell me to calm down!” It took me forever (and lots of “I’m sorrrreeee”s) to get her to mellow out. I mentioned this incident to a friend, and he said, “Man, don’t you know? You never say that to a woman!” Please explain. There are times you may want to tell a woman to calm down, like when you lack live electrical wire to chew on or are curious as to how the nurses would react if you walked into the ER with your head under your arm. Many people believe the myth that the typical man is about as emotionally sensitive as the typical hammer. However, neuroscientist Tor Wager looked at the findings from 65 brain imaging studies and found that—overall—men’s brains weren’t any less responsive to emotional stimuli than women’s. However, Wager’s study and others did find sex differences. Women seem more likely to experience negative emotions—fear, anxiety and depression. Women also seem to be more emotionally expressive—verbally and in writing—and better at processing emotions, so they’re less likely to end up feeling dragged out back and beaten up by them. But for men, when women get emotional, and especially when they veer off into rantville, emotion processing can play out something like this. Woman: “Knock-knock.” Man: “Who’s there?” Woman (upset): “Feelings!” (Silence. More silence.) Woman: “Hello? Hello?! I know you’re in there! I can hear the TV!” To a man, an irate woman’s sharing of her emotional drama can be a bit like her sharing her Drano-tini. Relationships researcher John Gottman explains that men can become physiologically overwhelmed from stressful conversation alone, getting “flooded” with stress hormones and feeling physically ill and desperate to withdraw. This happens through a “misattribution of arousal,” which means that your brain subconsciously (and instantaneously) puts mere talk that has a stressful vibe into the wrong bin—the “fight or flight” bin that alerts you, “Run from that tiger!” In response, adrenaline surges, your heart races, sweat beads up, and parts of your brain and body that aren’t vital for bolting the hell out of there shut down. Yes, that’s a “Sorry, we’re closed!” sign on your digestive tract, and—oopsy!—there’s another on your brain’s higher reasoning center (which makes

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sense, considering you’re supposed to be dashing away from the tiger, not parsing whether you have ill-will toward its mother-in-law). The thing is, running away—as your body has primed you to do—would metabolize the stress hormones. But when you just sit there, the stress hormones just sit there, too, pooling, poisoning you, leading to sickening feelings. The natural impulse is to take shelter from the adrenaline storm—to escape and go off and recover—but this is hard to explain in any articulate and emotionally sensitive way in the moment, as your ability to reason is on sabbatical. So, in lieu of ducking under the nearest couch like the cat, you do it verbally, telling her, “Calm down!” Of course, the problem here wasn’t that she needed to calm down, but that you did. So when you laid that on her, she probably heard, “I’m not just going to ignore your feelings; I’m going to dismiss them.” This always goes over so well with women. Explaining the sex differences in emotion processing might help you both keep in mind that a man isn’t just a woman with a different set of funparts. For example, for her, venting her feelings may simply be a way of managing them. Chances are, she just needs you to listen (or at least appear to be while playing Minecraft in your head). The next time she’s “all het up” about something, take some deep breaths and remind yourself that you aren’t under attack—you’re just somebody’s boyfriend. Should you start feeling emotionally swamped, take Gottman’s advice: “Let your [partner] know that you’re feeling flooded and need to take a break. The break should last at least 20 minutes, since it will be that long before your body calms down.” Going for a run wouldn’t be a bad idea. However, in the spirit of better male/female communication, you need to tell your girlfriend your plan. No, you can’t just flash her a look of panic and bolt out the door—though being chased down the street by an enraged woman clutching your Renaissance faire crossbow should do wonders in diminishing that nasty adrenaline buildup. Ω

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You have cosmic permission to lose your train of thought, forget about what was so seriously important and be weirdly amused by interesting nonsense. If stress-addicts nag you to be more responsible, tell them that your astrologer has authorized you to ignore the pressing issues and wander off in the direction of nowhere in particular. Does that sound like a good plan? It does to me. For now, it’s your sovereign right to be a wise and innocent explorer with nothing much to do but wonder and daydream and play around.

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weeks will be a favorable time for you to acquire a new title. It’s quite possible that a person in authority will confer it upon you, and that it will signify a raise in status, an increase in responsibility, or an expansion of your clout. If for some reason this upgrade doesn’t occur naturally, take matters into your own hands. Tell people to refer to you as “Your Excellency” or “Your Majesty.” Wear a name tag that says “Deputy Director of Puzzle Solving” or “Executive Vice President of Fanatical Balance and Insane Poise.” For once in your life, it’s OK to risk becoming a legend in your own mind. P.S. It wouldn’t be a bad time to demand a promotion—diplomatically, of course, in the Libran spirit.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): On behalf of the Strange Angels in Charge of Uproarious Beauty and Tricky Truths, I am pleased to present you with the award for Most Catalytic Fun Seeker and Intriguing Game Changer of the Zodiac. What are your specific superpowers? You’re capable of transforming rot into splendor. You have a knack for discovering secrets that have been hidden. I also suspect that your presence can generate magic laughter and activate higher expectations and wake everyone up to the interesting truths they’ve been ignoring.

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is it that can tell me who I am?” asks King Lear in the Shakespeare play named after him. It’s a painful moment. The old boy is confused and alarmed when he speaks those words. But I’d like to borrow his question and transplant it into a very different context: your life right now. I think that you can engender inspirational results by making it an ongoing meditation. There are people in a good position to provide you with useful insights into who you are.

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hard but important for you to do? What are the challenging tasks you know you should undertake because they would improve your life? The coming days will be a favorable time to make headway on these labors. You will have more power than usual to move what has been nearly impossible to move. You may be surprised by your ability to change situations that have resisted and outfoxed you in the past. I’m not saying that any of this will be smooth and easy. But I bet you will be able to summon unprecedented amounts of willpower and perseverance.

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produced three novels, a play, four short fiction collections and many other stories. And yet some of his fellow writers thought he was uncomfortable in expressing himself. Bertolt Brecht said Kafka seemed perpetually afraid, as if he were being monitored by the cops for illicit thoughts. Milena Jesenská observed that Kafka often wrote like he was sitting naked in the midst of fully-clothed people. Your assignment in the coming weeks is to shed such limitations and inhibitions from your own creative expression. What would you need to do to free your imagination? To get started, visualize five pleasurable scenarios in which you feel joyful, autonomous, generous and expansive

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or in 2008, candidate Obama getting dinged for saying that people in rural areas cling to guns and religion—that’s a paraphrase, but that’s the gist of it. So each election cycle brings out its own new phrases. It’s still early, but a couple that I’ve noticed have caught my attention. One was from Hillary Clinton in her announcement video in which she talks about wanting to help “everyday Americans.” This an updated version of “the common man,” going back to even the Herbert Hoover era in the early days of the Depression and throughout the New Deal. It’s something that politicians and elected officials try to invoke, being in tune, in touch with the common person. There’s no really artful way of saying it. It usually becomes derogatory, but it was interesting to hear Hillary Clinton update it to “everyday Americans.” Another one that has caught my attention is Ted Cruz, the nowfamously Republican senator and presidential candidate talk about the sacrifice that he and his family are making to run this campaign. He sent out a fundraising pitch recently in which he talked about the early mornings and the long days and the bad food that he has to eat on the road and the financial, personal sacrifices [he’s] making—in an entirely voluntary endeavor. No one’s forcing him to run for office. It’s sort of his way of playing the victim. … I’m sure there will be many more. A lot of these come out as unforced errors, usually, in the debates where they’re asked a question and they say something in response to questions. That’s what really sets them off and gets them to make some memorable phrase. I think we’ll see in the latter part of 2015 in the early debate season, we’ll hear some more memorable phrases. Ω

David Mark, a leading political analyst, visited Reno last week. Former editor of the website Politix, he is the author of two books, including Dog Whistles, Walk-Backs, and Washington Handshakes, a study of political verbiage.

How do you see the Nevada caucuses? Where are they at? On the Democratic side, that’s a really meaningful caucus, because you get out a lot of labor-organized votes in the Las Vegas area, Clark County. At least that’s what the thinking is. I think you’ll see Democratic candidates spend a lot of time in Nevada— Hillary Clinton, already. I think they want to make it more than just a political ATM where they run through and get a lot of fundraising dollars. That’s one where labor has a disproportionate role in the process, so I think we’ll see Democratic candidates spending a lot of time in the state.

What interests you about language and politics? Having been a political journalist in one form or another for most of my career, I noticed that a lot of successful politicians—having been rather established in their careers as doctors, lawyers, military officers, successful business executives—when they got to elected office, they all began to speak the same way. And I just had a feeling that when they were in the previous careers, they didn’t talk that way. If they were trying cases, treating patients, business executives dealing with suppliers, commanding troops,

down the line, you knew they didn’t speak in the same kind of sound bites. And so I became fascinated, as the years passed, trying to get behind why they were doing it this way, whether they were told to speak this way—which, in many cases, they were, by political consultants and such—or whether they came to it naturally. And I came to conclude that a lot of them actually tried to speak like normal people, but after a year or so with the system in Congress specifically, they would kind of get sucked into the same [habits]. And oftentimes … if they got negative press coverage they weren’t used to, they would become much more guarded and careful in their language. And so it was just fascinating to me to see how they come to evolve from independent operators into sound-bite creatures.

I know it’s only 2015, but what 2016 language are you seeing so far? It’s funny. Each election cycle brings out its own memorable phrases, whether it’s in 2012 Mitt Romney saying “binders full of women”

The polls turn on the Tanach Something that’s a tad irritating these days are the fairly common statements that go like this—“We need to save the rainforest/coral reefs because there may be some really neat drugs and compounds in there that are yet to be discovered, and they may help mankind fight cancer or lose weight or get even better erections and ...” Now hold on just a cotton pickin’ minute. I’m pretty sure I’m not the only humanoid who cringes at the hideous anthropocentrism in that notion. The strong implication that we are the favored species on this Rock, and everything is here for our pleasure and benefit and, I don’t know, maybe having some respect for the rainforest not because it might have some medicines that help us live from 77 to 82 but because it’s home to about 94,000 species of ants and each one of them would probably be all in favor of avoiding the upcoming Mass Extinction because staying unextinct is generally every self-respecting species’ first choice on their To Do list. OPINION

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∫y Bruce Van Dye lost mucho of its fan base, with some of its heaviest declarations now nothing more than fodder for comedy routines. I mean, there probably aren’t enough rocks on Earth to stone the adulterers to death. And forget about the fornicators. We runnin’ amok out here! Bye bye, Old Testament. It’s been a long, rough ride, but the aforementioned infidels, who used to get strung up, beat up, and run outta town now seem to have the upper hand. Not just in the courts, but in the minds of most Christians. Just look at all the websites explaining why it’s no biggie to blow off the OT, just really pay attention to JC. So there you go. What used to be the Word of God has now, in the last 50 years, become quaint folklore of receding interest and less influence. Ain’t it funny how time slips away? Ω

But this is pretty standard OhThe-Wonder-of-Man stuff held over from the Book of Genesis and that is, in and of itself, getting a bit strange— the fact that the Book of Genesis still has mojo. Because these are not great times for the Old Testament. Have you noticed? No, the new millenium has not been kind to the first half of the Good Book. The people who still take it seriously are getting increasingly beat up by all those who for centuries have been biblically oppressed. It’s looking like the adulterers, the fornicators, the homosexuals and the dopers all got some decent representation in court, and are finally winning some key decisions. That, or maybe there are just more gay, stoned judges on the bench. Slowly but surely, the last decades have seen earthlings by the millions bail out on the previously inarguable position that the Old Testament did indeed contain The Word of God. That Zebediah confidence, which seemed pretty rock solid when I was growing up way back when, has now

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