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Seven Questions for Judy Treichel, Yucca Mountain Activist
March 5th, 2013
Since 1988, Judy Treichel—who is the executive director of the main body opposing the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository—has remained a steady force in the face of frequent ups and downs. Read more »
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Seven Questions for Patti Novak
The matchmaker on being a straight shooter with clients, her own dating mistakes and why love at first sight is a fallacy
February 28th, 2013
It's not that her clients can't get dates, says professional matchmaker Patti Novak. It's that their time is limited. Or they're sick of the bar scene. Or they want a little more privacy and safety than online dating affords. And then there are clients with broken "pickers"; they seem to match themselves with the same—wrong—type of mate over and over. Novak was a natural-born picker. Especially for others. Read more »
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Seven Questions for Joe Heck
The doctor/congressman on the similarities between practicing medicine and politics, the troubles with Obamacare and the unhealthy side effects of campaigning
February 21st, 2013
Born in Jamaica, New York, Joe Heck completed his undergraduate studies at Penn State University and received a doctorate in osteopathy in 1988 at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Heck moved to Nevada in 1992 and completed his residency in emergency medicine. A colonel in the U.S. Army, the 51-year-old has been called to active duty three times, including a deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Read more »
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Seven Questions for Claire Sinclair
The 2011 Playmate of the Year on her new show at the Stratosphere, the joy of posing in the buff and her (already taken) dream Valentine
February 12th, 2013
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Seven Questions for Mike Newcomb
The Sam Boyd Stadium and Thomas & Mack Center boss on rugby’s appeal, UNLV’s proposed mega-events center and who’d be favored in a rugby fan vs. cowboy throw-down
February 7th, 2013
To put it bluntly, Mike Newcomb’s job is to put asses in seats—as many as possible, as often as possible and however possible. So when a group of officials from USA Sevens rugby came to Las Vegas several years ago to discuss the possibility of relocating North America’s premier rugby tournament from San Diego to Sam Boyd Stadium, Newcomb—then second-in-command and now executive director of the Thomas & Mack Center, Sam Boyd Stadium and the Cox Pavilion—didn’t flinch. “We’re always looking for new stuff to do,” he says, “and we’re not afraid to take a risk.” Then the USA Sevens folks spelled out their plan. “We were like, ‘What? The games are only 16 minutes long? And there are 44 of them in two days? How does this work?’” Read more »
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Seven Questions for Chris Ault
The former UNR football coach on Colin Kaepernick’s success, a possible move to the NFL and why he really doesn’t hate UNLV
January 31st, 2013
Chris Ault was already a College Football Hall of Famer when he returned to the sideline in 2004 for his third head-coaching stint at his alma mater, the University of Nevada, Reno. But his biggest contribution to the game was still ahead of him. Read more »
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Seven Questions for Tom Breitling
The Golden Nugget’s former co-owner on his foray into online poker, Steve Wynn’s secret to success and how an $8 sandwich helped make him a multimillionaire
January 24th, 2013
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Seven Questions for Richard Bryan
Nevada’s former governor and U.S. senator on political dysfunction, the benefits of the Electoral College and his affinity for cupcakes
January 17th, 2013
Richard Bryan was twice elected as both Nevada governor (1983-89) and a U.S. senator (1989-2001), but throughout a near-hourlong conversation, the 75-year-old Democrat is as cordial and down-home as your grandfather. With a contentious election season in the rear-view mirror—and an inauguration in D.C. and a legislative session in Carson City around the corner—we thought it an ideal time to catch up with the statesman and take his pulse on the current goings-on in his old world. Read more »
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Seven Questions for Taylor Makakoa
Our cover model on the true meaning of beauty, working alongside her husband, and why chocolate and cardio don’t mix
January 10th, 2013
When it came time to select a cover model for this year’s Health & Beauty issue, all eyes turned to Taylor Makakoa—and not just for the obvious reason. Oh, sure, the statuesque 5-foot-10 Hawaiian—whose credits include a steamy photo spread in the April 2011 issue of Maxim—has the beauty angle covered. But she’s much more than just the proverbial pretty face who supplements her modeling career—which began at age 12—with a night job as the onstage assistant for Mirage headliner Terry Fator (who also happens to be her husband). Read more »
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Shelley Duffy
The Disneyland employee-turned-Las Vegas psychic on our city’s superior energy, channeling Liberace and why Californians should brace for the Big One
January 3rd, 2013
In 2010, Shelley Duffy left the Happiest Place on Earth to come, well, to a happier place. The third-generation Californian worked the attractions at Disneyland for 24 years, but was drawn to Las Vegas by its energy (and a few relatives). Duffy is a psychic, a medium and an animal communicator. She contends those sixth-sense abilities run in her family, but she's the only one who's developed them. "All of us are psychic to some degree," says Duffy, who studied at the Learning Light Foundation in Anaheim and did her first reading in 1997. "It's like any other sense—some of us have better eyesight and hearing." And, she says, some of us can communicate with spirits and read auras, "but you have to develop them. You have to learn to meditate to quiet your mind." Read more »
