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January 2018

Desert Companion January 2018
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Stories from the January 2018 Issue

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We Just Had to Ask: Virginia Valentine

Jan 01, 2018

Gaming regulations and state law require that gaming licensees — it’s a privilege license — comply with all state and federal laws. And until the federal government takes a different view of recreational marijuana, there is no way to reconcile marijuana use and gaming licenses.

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We Just Had to Ask: George Knapp

Jan 01, 2018

In this kind of hyperpartisan environment, it’s not surprising that someone would promote the existence of “alternative facts,” even though that idea is preposterous.

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We Just Had to Ask: Ernest Hemmings

Jan 01, 2018

It’s not like I set out to provoke. It’s accidental, it’s almost a joke at this point. I don’t know what’s going to make people upset. I just try to tell a story I think is funny, and sometimes it doesn’t really go that way ...

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We Just Had to Ask: Brandon Flowers

Jan 01, 2018

I think before The Killers, Las Vegas was widely seen as a place for older “entertainers” with antiquated charm to semi-gracefully watch their curtains close. Nobody thought of it as any kind of creative breeding ground. It’s nice to be a part of the change.

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We Just Had to Ask: Levi Fackrell and Astrid Silva

Jan 01, 2018

It’s funny, I don’t particularly see us as tackling social issues outright. I choose plays that sort of create a dialogue. I don’t — and this runs counter to what I think a lot of people think I would say — particularly like activism in the work itself.

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We Just Had to Ask: Giada De Laurentiis

Jan 01, 2018

Giada De Laurentiis’ self-named restaurant in the Cromwell will be joined by her second operation, Pronto, at Caesars Palace in late January, right around the time she’ll receive her Woman of the Year award from Nevada Ballet Theatre.

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We Just Had to Ask: Geoconda Arguello-Kline

Jan 01, 2018

People sometimes forget that Culinary workers on the Strip are part of a whole ecosystem that’s plugged into the middle class of the entire city. If you have good wages, people spend their money. If you have a good job, and your job is secure, you say, “I’m gonna buy a house..."

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We Just Had to Ask: Geoff Schumacher and Claytee White

Jan 01, 2018

Our local history is so powerful when it comes to a sense of how you attach yourself to the city. If you just take your time to learn about the culture and history here — to learn about the Jewish influence on the community, the African-American influence, the mob influence, all of this that makes up Las Vegas...

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Profile - Joshua Abbey

Jan 01, 2018

We sit down to talk with Joshua Abbey about the Las Vegas Jewish Film Festival on the same morning that President Trump officially recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. This is purely coincidental, but not even slightly beside the point.

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Open Topic - Wrenching

Jan 01, 2018

I’m an engineer who fixes pipes and pumps at a Strip hotel. I’m also a woman. Why is that still such a big deal?

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Oblivious Much?

Jan 01, 2018

There are near-collisions nearly every day. In the school zone in front of Coronado High School, near where I live, I see students risk death daily.

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‘This Means the World to Me’

Jan 01, 2018

A holiday with family offers hope to inmates — and reminds them of what’s waiting for them outside. For the first time in three years, 30-year-old Krisse Thompson watches her children unwrap dozens of presents. 

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Essay - Beyond ‘Green’

Jan 01, 2018

Once applied mostly to clean energy, ‘sustainability’ now embraces a broader, more global meaning. Not everyone thinks that’s good.

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Analysis - Primary Cares

Jan 01, 2018

Looking ahead to the politics of 2018, much of the action will happen before November’s general election.

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Certainty Anyone?

Jan 01, 2018

Last January, five people told Desert Companion about their hopes and fears regarding the incoming administration of President Trump. A year later, how do they feel about the topics they discussed?

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Goat Yoga is So 2017

Jan 02, 2018

Some trendy new #fitness trends, now trending at a trendy spot near you.

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Paleo Barefoots
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Fitness for 2018

Jan 02, 2018

Sometimes it’s the little things that thwart the fitness resolutions we make at the start of a new year. Perhaps all you need to persevere is that last bit of gear — an item or two that keeps you on track, adds new functionality, or simply makes your routine a little more enjoyable.

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Hot Seat

Jan 01, 2018

The Future of the Mind, Michio Kaku - Assuming the mind has a future, this fella — who comes bearing a boatload of scientific honors and a shelf of best-selling science books — is better positioned than almost anyone to say what it is.

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Dining - A Char Is Born

Jan 01, 2018

The Morton brothers could have opened a decent steakhouse with their eyes shut. With MB Steak, they outdid their own legacy.

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Dining - Bueno Vegan

Jan 01, 2018

From street tacos to fajitas, Mexican food-loving herbivores have more fresh options. Southern Nevada’s vegan food scene isn’t the barren wasteland it was five years ago — more and more restaurants are responding to the demands of those, like me, who opt out of meat and dairy.

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New and Nomworthy

Jan 01, 2018

Hell’s Kitchen Comes to Town - This month, famously shouting chef Gordon Ramsey will open his fifth Las Vegas restaurant, this one themed after his hit reality TV series, Hell’s Kitchen.

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Digital Detox

Jan 01, 2018

Yes, I can (*twitch*) totally handle (*shudder*) a whole week (ack!) of digital detox. I am, in the parlance of the kids these days, an Old. In practical terms, that means I remember a time before the internet, before we all decided that leaving each other indignant Facebook comments or fooling our friends with carefully curated vacation pictures would be our primary mode of communication.

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Cocktail of the Month

Jan 01, 2018

A hot tea cocktail might strike you as gimmicky, but one sip of The Secret Garden will cure you of that idea: It’s like a steamy, lemon-gingery hug for your face, nose, throat and other possible winter-afflicted face-cavities.

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Hot Seat Lead | art

Jan 01, 2018

Here now a few words from the cognitive dissident Jw Caldwell, one of the city’s most bearded, sweetly irascible, and deservedly beloved artists.

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Business - Complex Situation

Jan 01, 2018

I don’t recall precisely when I first heard the acronym NIMBY, but I do recall what I initially thought of it: Not in my back yard? How silly. How … unprogressive. Then the years flew by, I became a homeowner, and someone wanted to build a storage facility on the empty lot around the corner from my house. Oh, hell no — not in my backyard!

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