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"What I see what’s happened in Reno and Tahoe and this area is that you have this percolation of talent.
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- Master Chef Charlie Palmer, on why he’s opening two new restaurants at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno.
- Tuesday, July 31, 2007.
"The existing properties are much stronger because of that. They’ve fine tuned their programs and really understood the business. Where before, you just had to open up the doors and people would come. Now we really understand and can survive through anything.
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- Jack Fisher, Vice President and GM Boomtown-Reno, on how Indian gaming has changed the approach of Reno casinos.
- Monday, July 30, 2007.
"We have a word we call friendscape and friendscape is kinda like landscape, except where landscape is the physical surroundings that affect how things look, friendscape is all of the things that go into where you live, that affect how you interact with your friends and how you meet new friends.
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- Alex Edelstein CEO, Gemstone Development discussing his mixed use project, Manhattan West Las Vegas and how it differs from the traditional model.
- Thursday, July 26, 2007.
"Las Vegas is a major league city. That has dictated changes in the market. We are not parochial anymore. The practice of law, with Nevada lawyers, expands beyond the borders of the state now.
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- Leif Reid, The Law Firm of Lewis and Roca, on why major expansions of law firms in the Silver State are growing.
- Wednesday, July 25, 2007.
"We’ve streamlined the process, while preserving consumer protections, while advancing consumer benefits and it was the leadership of Chairman Oceguera as well as Chairman Townsend in the Senate that helped us to get that done.
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- Hal Lenox, President ATT Nevada, on being asked to point out leadership at the Legislature in reference to two telecom bills.
- Tuesday, July 24, 2007.
"There’s never a bad real estate idea. There’s just bad timing.
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- Michael Dermody, President and CEO DP Partners, discussing the potential in industrial real estate in Nevada and how he views it.
- Monday, July 23, 2007.
"It bothers me that I can predict the college going rate by the zip code, by the income of the family.
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- UNR President Dr Milton Glick on ensuring that everybody gets a chance to go to college if they are good enough and want to do it.
- Thursday, July 19, 2007.
"Last year ran, for the two children, for their treatments and everything, ran $111,000.
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- Ralph Toddre, Founder and Executive Director, Autism Coalition of Nevada on the huge personal cost of taking care of the medical needs of his two autistic children.
- Wednesday, July 18, 2007.
"I’ve met two kinds of people; those that really are angry at him and bare him a lot of malice and those that absolutely love him and see him as a Robin Hood and both sides are very active in their advocacy.
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- Lance Gilman, Owner/Operator World Famous Mustang Ranch discussing Joe Conforte, who will be making an appearance, via satellite, at the grand opening of the brothel.
- Tuesday, July 17, 2007.
"We estimate between now and 2012 we are 500 million dollars short.
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- Paul Dugan, School Superintendent Washoe County, on the need to raise additional funds for the Washoe County School District. - Monday, July 16, 2007.
"We anticipate within the next few years, we will have taught hundred of students Mandarin Chinese to prepare them for this global economy.
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- Jeff Geihs, Principal Cheyenne High School in Las Vegas, who kicked off an innovative program at his school to teach students Chinese and how it’s spreading through the school system in Clark County. - Thursday, July 12, 2007.
"Well I guess it tells me that the Chicago outfit has not been taking its Geritol.
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- John L. Smith, Las Vegas Review Journal Columnist, discussing the mob trial of
The Chicago outfit, where out of 14 original defendants, some in their 70s, 2 have died, 1 is too sick to stand trial and 6 have pled guilty.
- Thursday, July 12, 2007.
"We think it will be open late 2009 or early 2010.
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- Tom Schrade, President and CEO Grand Sierra Resort, on his company’s plan to open the largest indoor water park in the nation at his resort in Reno.
- Wednesday, July 11, 2007.
"I think you could have that impact, very probably, as a matter of fact, because it’s very difficult to learn the legislative process.
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- John Sande, Attorney at Jones Vargas, on whether lobbyists will end up in charge of the legislative process after term limits kick in.
- Tuesday, July 10, 2007.
"Just in the last two years 88,000 patients have not received in patient rehabilitive care.
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- Danielle Morcom, HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital, discussing the 75% Rule, a regulation from Medicare that denies patients the proper care they need and puts them into less costly, less expensive and less effective nursing homes.
- Thursday, June 28, 2007.
"This is certainly a devastating fire but by no means does it encompass all of Lake Tahoe.
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- Ellen Oppenheim, President and CEO Reno Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority,
on the Angora wild fire and what it might mean to tourism at Lake Tahoe this summer.
- Wednesday, June 27, 2007.
