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April Meservy
April Meservy (; simple American: ) is a singer/songwriter from Reno, Nevada. Meservy has received five Pearl Awards,[http://www.pearlawards.org/pearl_awards.htm] and has been featured on albums and compilations released all over the world, including several of the "soundtrack" CDs for Especially for Youth, in addition to film and commercial spots. Meservy has had the opportunity to perform in Salt Lake City's Olympic Square during the 2002 Winter Olympics, in the 2008 Summer Nights on the Stoop concert series, and has received invitations to perform as far away as China. Her first album, Somewhere Between Sunsets, was released in early 2010, on Meservy's own label, Forêt d'Musique (Jèrriais: "Forest of Music").
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Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand (; born '''Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum'''; – March 6, 1982), was a Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. She is known for her two best-selling novels and for developing a philosophical system she called Objectivism.
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Basque people
The Basques (, , ) as an ethnic group primarily inhabit an area traditionally known as the Basque Country (), a region that is located around the western end of the Pyrenees on the coast of the Bay of Biscay and straddles parts of north-eastern Spain and south-western France.
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Bob Cashell
Robert "Bob" Cashell is the current Republican mayor of Reno, Nevada, elected in 2002. He served as Lieutenant Governor of Nevada from 1982 to 1986, and on the University of Nevada System Board of Regents from 1979 to 1982. He is also a prominent businessman, owning Cashell Enterprises, a hotel/casino company. He bought Bill & Effies, a truck stop, in 1967, and renamed it Boomtown Hotel Casino. He sold it in 1988 after turning the property into a casino/resort. His son, Robert A Cashell, Jr., is a partner in the new ownership of the Fitzgeralds Casino & Hotel in downtown Reno (which is now out of business).
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Bobby Chacon
Bobby Chacon (born November 28, 1951) is an American former, two-time, world boxing champion.
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Brent Boyd
Brent Boyd is a former American football offensive guard. Boyd was selected in the third round by the Minnesota Vikings out of the University of California at Los Angeles in the 1980 NFL Draft.
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Bud Gaugh
Floyd "Bud" I. Gaugh IV (born October 2, 1967) is a rock music drummer who played in the bands Sublime (1988-1996), Long Beach Dub Allstars (1997-2002), Eyes Adrift (2002-2003) Volcano (2004), Del Mar (2006-present) and Sublime with Rome (2009-present). He was the oldest member of Sublime.
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Charles Crocker
Charles Crocker (16 September 1822 – 14 August 1888) was an American railroad executive.
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Chino XL
Derek Keith Barbosa (born April 8, 1974), better known by his stage name Chino XL, is an American hip hop lyricist, battle rapper, and actor. The nephew of Bernie Worrell of Parliament/Funkadelic, Chino is known for his technically accomplished style, consisting of self-consciously over-the-top punchlines, exaggerated egotism, and use of multiple similes, puns, metaphors, and word play. He is a member of the intellectual collective MENSA and has collaborated on various projects with some of the most well known artists in Hip Hop.. Chino is also an avid bodybuilder.
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Chris Ault
Chris Ault (born November 8, 1946 in San Bernardino, California), is the current college football head coach of the University of Nevada Wolf Pack. Ault, along with Joe Paterno, and John Gagliardi, is one of three active coaches who have also been inducted in to the College Football Hall of Fame.
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Dana MacDuff
Dana John MacDuff (born December 26, 1955) is a film producer and actor in Hollywood, California, and Reno, Nevada.
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Dawn Wells
Dawn Elberta Wells (born October 18, 1938) is an American actress known for playing Mary Ann Summers on the sitcom ''Gilligan's Island'' during its run from 1964 until 1967.
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Doug Clifford
Doug "Cosmo" Clifford (born Douglas Clifford, April 24, 1945, Palo Alto, California, United States) played drums in the American rock band, Creedence Clearwater Revival. After CCR broke up, Clifford and former CCR bassist Stu Cook, joined Don Harrison in the Don Harrison Band, and also issued a solo album.
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Edgar Winter Group
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Greg Haugen
Greg Lee Haugen (born August 31, 1960 in Seattle, Washington) is a retired American boxer. Haugen was champion at both the Lightweight and Light-welterweight classes.
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Greg London
Greg London is an American singer, actor, musician, satirist, comedian, song writer, show writer, producer and impressionist. After a solo hit show in London's West End, he enjoyed a lengthy residency in Reno, Nevada before announcing his move to the Las Vegas Strip in mid 2010 and enjoying hit singles.
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Hector Camacho
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Hugh Hefner
Hugh Marston Hefner (born April 9, 1926) is an American magazine publisher, founder and chief creative officer of Playboy Enterprises.
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Jack Johnson (boxer)
John Arthur ("Jack") Johnson (March 31, 1878 – June 10, 1946), nicknamed the “Galveston Giant”, was an American boxer, the second African American Boxing Champion, and the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion (1908–1915).
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James J. Jeffries
James Jackson Jeffries (April 15, 1875 – March 3, 1953) was a world heavyweight boxing champion.
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Jason-Shane Scott
Jason-Shane Scott was born on December 29, 1976, in Southern California. At the age of two he moved to Reno, Nevada with his mother and older sister while making frequent trips to L.A. to visit his father. Jason attended Wooster High School and excelled at sports; playing baseball, basketball and football. His football talent earned him particular recognition; his team won the state championship and Jason himself was offered numerous football scholarships. Upon graduation, Jason chose to pursue an acting career and moved back to Los Angeles. Enrolled in acting classes, he began studying intensely. Jason also took up modeling and spent several months in Europe.
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Jesse L. Reno
Jesse Lee Reno (April 20, 1823 – September 14, 1862) was a career United States Army officer who served in the Mexican-American War, the western frontier, and as a Union General during the American Civil War. Known as a "soldier's soldier" who fought alongside his men, he was killed while commanding a corps at Fox's Gap during the Battle of South Mountain.
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Joe Flanigan
Joe Flanigan (born January 5, 1967) is an American television actor best known for his portrayal of the character Major/Lt. Colonel John Sheppard in Stargate Atlantis.
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Kristi Yamaguchi
Kristine Tsuya "Kristi" Yamaguchi-Hedican (born July 12, 1971) is an American figure skater and the 1992 Olympic Champion in women's singles. Yamaguchi also won two World Figure Skating Championships in 1991 and 1992 and a U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1992. She won one junior world title in 1988 and two national titles in 1989 and 1990 as a pairs skater with Rudy Galindo. In December 2005, she was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. Yamaguchi was a local commentator on figure skating for San Francisco TV station KNTV (NBC 11) during the 2006 Winter Olympics. In 2008, Yamaguchi became the celebrity champion in the sixth season of Dancing with the Stars.
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Livingstone Bramble
Ras-I Alujah Bramble (born Livingstone Bramble on September 3, 1960 in Saint Kitts and Nevis) is a boxer. However, Bramble was raised on Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. He became the first world champion from Saint Kitts and Nevis. As of 2005, Bramble is still active in professional boxing. Although his last recorded fight occurred on June 26, 2003, he has never officially announced his retirement, and constantly hints that he wishes to fight on. His current record stands at 40-26-3(25).
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Luke Babbitt
Luke Robert Babbitt (born June 20, 1989) is an American basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball at the University of Nevada-Reno for two seasons before declaring for the 2010 NBA Draft following his sophomore year. He was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the 16th overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft.
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Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), well known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. Twain is noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), which has been called "the Great American Novel", and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876). Twain was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty.
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Martis people
The Martis were a group of Native Americans who lived in Northern California on both the eastern and western sides of the Sierra Nevada. The Martis complex lasted from 2000 BCE to 500 CE, during the Middle Archaic era. Evidence of Martis habitation has been found from Carson River and Reno, Nevada in the east to Auburn, California and Oroville, California in the west. The Martis name refers to the geographic region of Martis Creek which spans Nevada County, California and Placer County, California.
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Mexican American
Mexican Americans are Americans of Mexican descent or Mexicans who have obtained American citizenship. Mexican Americans account for more than 12.5% of the United States' population: 30.7 million Americans listed their ancestry as Mexican as of 2006, forming about 64% of all Hispanics and Latinos in the United States. The United States is home to the second largest Mexican community in the world, second only to Mexico itself. Most Mexican Americans are the descendants of the Indigenous peoples of Mexico and/or Europeans, especially Spaniards. Mexican American settlement concentrations are in metropolitan and rural areas across the United States.
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Mills Lane
Mills Bee Lane III (born November 12, 1936) is a retired boxing referee, a former boxer, was a two term Washoe County District Court Judge, and television personality. He is best known for having officiated over several major heavyweight championship boxing matches in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, and for starring in the television show Judge Mills Lane.
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Mädchen Amick
Mädchen Amick (born December 12, 1970) is an American actress best known for playing Shelly Johnson on the cult television series Twin Peaks and its 1992 prequel film .
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Paul Laxalt
Paul Dominique Laxalt (born August 2, 1922) is an American politician. A Republican, he served as the 22nd Governor of Nevada and as a U.S. Senator from Nevada.
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Randy Messenger
Randall Jerome Messenger (born August 13, 1981 in Reno, Nevada) is a right-handed relief pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers. He is tall and weighs , and made his Major League debut on June 22, , for the Florida Marlins. Messenger graduated from Sparks High School in 1999.
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Ray Mancini
Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini (born Raymond Michael Mancino; March 4, 1961) is a retired Italian-American boxer. He held the World Boxing Association lightweight championship for two years in the 1980s. Mancini inherited his distinctive nickname from his father, veteran boxer Lenny "Boom Boom" Mancini, who laid the foundation for his son's career. The name, however, perfectly suited the younger Mancini's wild, "whirlwind" fighting style. Ray Mancini is also the nephew of award-winning composer Henry Mancini.
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Rudy Galindo
Val Joe "Rudy" Galindo (born September 7, 1969 in San Jose, California) is an American figure skater who competed in both single skating and pair skating. As a single skater, he is the 1996 U.S. national champion and 1987 World Junior Champion. As a pairs skater, he competed with Kristi Yamaguchi and was the 1988 World Junior Champion and the 1989 & 1990 U.S. National Champion.
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Shannon Bahrke
Shannon Bahrke (born November 7, 1980) is an American Olympic freestyle skier and entrepreneur. Bahrke was the silver medalist in moguls at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, the bronze medalist at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, and in 2003 was the World Cup Champion. With her bronze medal in 2010, she became the first US women's freestyle skier to win multiple Olympic medals. Bahrke was also the 2009 US National Champion in dual moguls. She has reached the podium twice at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships, winning bronze in 2003 and silver in 2007, both in dual moguls. In 2008 she founded Silver Bean Coffee, a Salt Lake City based coffee roasting company.
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Shannyn Sossamon
Shannon Marie Kahoolani Sossamon (born 3 October 1978) is an American actress, dancer, model, and musician. She starred in the film ''A Knight's Tale, which gained her wider fame and praise. She has since established herself in Hollywood after starring in several films such as 40 Days and 40 Nights, , and One Missed Call''. Sossamon also had a starring role in the CBS's vampire drama Moonlight.
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Sharon Stone
Sharon Yvonne Stone (born March 10, 1958) is an American actress, film producer, and former fashion model. She achieved international recognition for her role in the erotic thriller Basic Instinct. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama for her performance in Casino.
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Willy Vlautin
Willy Vlautin is a U.S. author and the lead singer and songwriter of Portland, Oregon band Richmond Fontaine. Born and raised in Reno, Nevada, he has released eight albums since the late nineties with his band while he has written three novels, The Motel Life, Northline and Lean on Pete.
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Alturas, California
Alturas (formerly, Dorris Bridge, '''Dorris' Bridge, and Dorrisville''') is the county seat of Modoc County, California, United States. Alturas is located on the Pit River, east of the center of Modoc County, at an elevation of 4370 feet (1332 m). As the county seat, the town is a home to regional government offices, including a California Highway Patrol office and a state Department of Motor Vehicles office. Modoc Subdivision track of the Union Pacific Railroad, and the Lake County Railroad, (of Lake County, Oregon) serve the area.
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Carson City, Nevada
The Consolidated Municipality of Carson City is the capital of the State of Nevada. The population was 52,457 at the 2000 census.
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Clark County, Nevada
Clark County is a county located in Southern Nevada. The county had a population of 1,375,765 at the 2000 census, and a 2008 estimated population of 1,996,542, which accounts for over three-quarters of the population of Nevada. It contains the city of Las Vegas, the state's most populous city. Las Vegas has been the county seat since the county was created. The county was formed by the Nevada Legislature by splitting off a portion of Lincoln County on February 5, 1909, and came into existence on July 1, 1909.
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Elko, Nevada
Elko is a city in Elko County, Nevada, United States. The population was 16,980 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Elko County. It straddles the Humboldt River.
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Goldfield, Nevada
Goldfield is an unincorporated community and the county seat of Esmeralda County, Nevada, United States, with a resident population of 440 at the 2000 census. It is located about southeast of Carson City, along U.S. Route 95.
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Grand Sierra Resort
The Grand Sierra Resort & Casino is a resort hotel located approximately three miles east of Downtown Reno, Nevada. The hotel has 2,001 guest rooms and suites, 10 restaurants, including three by celebrity chef Charlie Palmer, and a casino with of space. The hotel also has a shopping center, wedding chapel, pool, convention center, 50-lane bowling alley, a Lucky's Race & Sports Book, golfing and an RV park. The hotel is currently owned by JPMorgan Chase's CreditMarkets Real Estate firm. It is still the largest hotel in Northern Nevada.
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Henderson, Nevada
Henderson is a city in Clark County, Nevada, United States within the Las Vegas metropolitan area. It is the second largest city in Nevada, after Las Vegas, according to an estimated population of 252,064 in the 2008 Census Bureau. It occupies the southeast end of the Las Vegas Valley at an elevation of approximately .
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Lanham, Maryland
Lanham is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County in the State of Maryland in the United States of America. Because it is not formally incorporated, it has no official boundaries, but the United States Census Bureau has defined a census-designated place consisting of Lanham and the adjacent community of Seabrook, designated Lanham-Seabrook, for statistical purposes. The terminal of Washington Metro's Orange Line, as well as an Amtrak station, are across the Capital Beltway in New Carrollton, Maryland. Doctors Community Hospital is located in Lanham.
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Las Vegas, Nevada
:This article is about the city of Las Vegas, Nevada proper, not to be confused with the Las Vegas Strip or the Las Vegas metropolitan area. For other uses of "Las Vegas", see Las Vegas (disambiguation).
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Lyon County, Nevada
Lyon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2000 census, the population was 34,501. Its county seat is Yerington.
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Moana Stadium
Moana Stadium is a stadium in Reno, Nevada. It is primarily used for baseball. Past teams have included the Reno Silver Sox, the Reno Blackjacks, Reno Padres and Reno Chukars. The ballpark had a capacity of 4,000 people. Moana Stadium is part of a city sports park.
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Nalchik
Nalchik (; Balkar: Нальчик; Kabardian: Налшык) is a city in the Caucasus region of southern Russia and capital of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic. The city is situated at an altitude of in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains. It covers an area of . Population:
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Nevada
Nevada is a state located in the western and southwestern region of the United States. Nevada is also part of the Mountain States. The capital is Carson City and the largest city is Las Vegas. The state's nickname is Silver State, due to the large number of silver deposits that were discovered and mined there. "Sagebrush State" and "Battle Born State" are its alternative nicknames. In 1864, Nevada became the 36th state to enter the union, and the phrase "Battle Born" on the state flag reflects the state's entry on the Union side during the American Civil War. Its first nonnative settlement was called Mormon Station.
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Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix ( , O'odham Skikik, Yavapai Wasinka, Western Apache Fiinigis, Navajo Hoozdoh, Mojave ''Hachpa 'Anya Nyava) is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the fifth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,601,587 people according to the 2009 estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau, and is the anchor of the Phoenix metropolitan area (also known as the Valley of the Sun''), the 12th largest metro area by population in the United States with more than 4.3 million people. In addition, Phoenix is the county seat of Maricopa County, and is one of the largest cities in the United States by land area.
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Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the state of Oregon. As of July 2009, it has an estimated population of 582,130, making it the 30th most populous in the United States. Portland is Oregon's most populous city, and the third most populous city in the Pacific Northwest, after Seattle, Washington and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Approximately 2.2 million people live in the Portland metropolitan area (MSA), the 23rd most populous in the United States as of July 2006.
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Promontory, Utah
Promontory in Box Elder County, Utah, United States, is notable as the location of Promontory Summit where the United States' first Transcontinental Railroad was officially completed on May 10, 1869.
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Reno Arch
The Reno Arch is an iconic landmark along Virginia Street in Reno, Nevada.
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Reno Events Center
The Reno Events Center (also known as the Reno Downtown Events Center) is a 7,500-seat multi-purpose arena, located in downtown Reno, Nevada, that was constructed in 2005.
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Russia
Russia (; ), also officially known as the Russian Federation (), is a state in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both via Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the People's Republic of China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It also has maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk and the United States by the Bering Strait. At , Russia is the largest country in the world, covering more than a ninth of the Earth's land area. Russia is also the ninth most populous nation with 142 million people. It extends across the whole of northern Asia and 40% of Europe, spanning 9 time zones and incorporating a wide range of environments and landforms. Russia has the world's largest reserves of mineral and energy resources. It has the world's largest forest reserves and its lakes contain approximately one-quarter of the world's fresh water.
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Sacramento
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Salt Lake City, Utah
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Shenzhen
Shenzhen (; ) is a city of sub-provincial administrative status in southern China's Guangdong province, situated immediately north of Hong Kong. Owing to China's economic liberalization under the policies of reformist leader Deng Xiaoping, the area became China's first—and arguably one of the most successful—Special Economic Zones.
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Sparks, Nevada
Sparks is a city in Washoe County, Nevada, United States, located east of Reno, Nevada. The population was 66,346 at the 2000 census. As of July 1, 2008, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates that the population has grown to 88,602. It is often referred to as half of a twin city (i.e. "Reno-Sparks").
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Taichung
Taichung (台中; literally "Central Taiwan") is a city located in west-central Republic of China (Taiwan) with a population of just over one million people, making it the third largest city on the island after Taipei and Kaohsiung. The city presently constitutes a provincial city apart from the adjacent Taichung County. By the end of 2010 the city and county, both currently first-level divisions of Taiwan, will merge to form a single direct-controlled municipality.
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Tonopah, Nevada
Tonopah is a census-designated place (CDP) located in and the county seat of Nye County, Nevada. It is located at the junction of U.S. Routes 6 and 95 approximately mid-way between Las Vegas and Reno.
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Udonthani
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Washoe City, Nevada
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Yellowknife
Yellowknife () (2006 population: 18,700) is the capital and largest city of the Northwest Territories (NWT), Canada. It is located on the north shore of Great Slave Lake, approximately south of the Arctic Circle, on the west side of Yellowknife Bay near the outlet of the Yellowknife River. Yellowknife and its surrounding water bodies were named after the local Yellowknives Dene First Nation, who made tools from regional copper deposits. The current population is ethnically mixed. Of the eleven official languages of the Northwest Territories, five are spoken in significant numbers in Yellowknife: Dene Suline, Dogrib, South and North Slavey, English, and French. In the Dogrib language, the city is known as 'Somba K'e' ("where the money is").
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Don Reno
Releases by album:
Album releases
Family & Friends
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Your Love is Dying
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No longer a sweetheart of mine
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Clear Skies
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Lonesome Wind Blues
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Chokin The Strings
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Freight Train Boogie
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Sawin' on the strings
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Country Boy Rock & Roll
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Raw Video: Reno Air Show Crash
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- Duration: 2:24
- Published: 17 Sep 2011
- Uploaded: 09 Dec 2011
- Author: AssociatedPress
A horrific crash at an air show in Reno, Nevada was caught on tape by an amateur photographer. Three people were killed and more than 50 injured. (Sept. 16)
http://wn.com/Raw_Video_Reno_Air_Show_Crash
Airplane crash at Reno air races 2011 Friday sept 16
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- Published: 16 Sep 2011
- Uploaded: 13 Dec 2011
- Author: slicker0492
footage of the tragic crash of Jimmy Leeward in his modified race P-51 known as "Galloping Ghost" during the unlimited gold heat race at the 2011 National Championship Reno Air Races on Friday, September 16, 2011.
http://wn.com/Airplane_crash_at_Reno_air_races_2011_Friday_sept_16
Raw Video: New Images of Reno Plane Crash
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- Duration: 1:46
- Published: 21 Sep 2011
- Uploaded: 09 Dec 2011
- Author: AssociatedPress
The crash at the annual National Championship Air Races in Reno Friday was the nation's deadliest air racing disaster, with 11 confirmed dead after the exploding plane sprayed shrapnel into the crowd of spectators. (Sept. 21)
http://wn.com/Raw_Video_New_Images_of_Reno_Plane_Crash
Dramatic new video: Moment of Reno plane crash caught on camera
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- Duration: 1:22
- Published: 22 Sep 2011
- Uploaded: 15 Dec 2011
- Author: RussiaToday
For latest updates, follow RT on twitter.com and www.facebook.com New amateur video emerged on Friday of last week's crash at an air show in Reno in Nevada in which at least 11 people died. More than 70 people were injured in last Friday's unexplained crash that also took the life of 74-year-old stunt pilot James Leeward. His World II-era fighter plane dived into a crowd during the nation's premier aviation competition.
http://wn.com/Dramatic_new_video_Moment_of_Reno_plane_crash_caught_on_camera
Amateur video: Deadly plane crash at Reno, Nevada air show
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- Duration: 0:39
- Published: 17 Sep 2011
- Uploaded: 16 Dec 2011
- Author: RussiaToday
Video courtesy: www.youtube.com For latest updates, follow RT on twitter.com and www.facebook.com The Nevada air show tragedy has now claimed 9 lives, as investigators look into how a vintage aircraft lost control and plunged into spectators. Dozens more were injured when the World War Two-era plane slammed into a box-seat area in front of the main grandstand. The injured have been rushed to hospital. Out of 56 people hurt, 15 are said to be in a critical condition. Mike Houghton, president and CEO of the Reno Air Races, told a news conference that pilot Jimmy Leeward had died in the crash, Associated Press reports. The 74-year-old veteran Hollywood stunt pilot was the owner of the Leeward Air Ranch Racing Team and a well-known racing pilot. Leeward's "Galloping Ghost" plane was a P-51 Mustang fighter -- a class of plane that can fly at speeds in excess of 500 mph (800kph). Houghton said there appeared to be a "problem with the aircraft that caused it to go out of control".
http://wn.com/Amateur_video_Deadly_plane_crash_at_Reno,_Nevada_air_show
Reno, Nevada 2011 Stead Air Races Crash!
Houston from Aycardo10 made this video on: Reno, Nevada 2011 Stead Air Races Crash! A vintage World War II fighter plane flown by a veteran Hollywood stunt pilot plunged into spectators during an air race killing three people and injuring more than 50 spectators. The P-51 Mustang, flown by 74-year-old Jimmy Leeward, spiraled out of control without warning and disintegrated on impact as it nosedived into a VIP area. Bloodied bodies were spread near the grandstand as other spectators tended to the victims and ambulances rushed to the scene at the National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada. Links- Tech Blog-site - Aycardo10.com YouTube - http Twitter - Twitter.com Facebook - Aycardo10-Fanpage.tk Google+ - http E-mail - Houston@Aycardo10.com Skype - Aycardo10
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Reno Nevada P-51 plane crashes into crowd on camera
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- Published: 17 Sep 2011
- Uploaded: 11 Dec 2011
- Author: Coolins335
Reno Nevada Air Race Crash Report
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- Published: 17 Sep 2011
- Uploaded: 23 Oct 2011
- Author: BaguaChannel
Reno Nevada Air Race Crash
http://wn.com/Reno_Nevada_Air_Race_Crash_Report
Raw Video: VIP Spectator Captures Reno Horror
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- Duration: 0:47
- Published: 19 Sep 2011
- Uploaded: 09 Dec 2011
- Author: AssociatedPress
A spectator who was standing in the VIP section at Friday's air show in Reno, Nev., captured the horror on his cell phone when a plane crashed, killing nine people. WARNING: THIS VIDEO IS GRAPHIC. (Sept. 18)
http://wn.com/Raw_Video_VIP_Spectator_Captures_Reno_Horror
Raw Video: Journalists See Reno Crash Site
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- Published: 18 Sep 2011
- Uploaded: 09 Dec 2011
- Author: AssociatedPress
Journalists received a brief tour of the Reno airplane crash site and saw debris spread in a fan-shape over more than an acre. Nine people died in Friday's air show crash, and dozens of people have been hospitalized. (Sept. 17)
http://wn.com/Raw_Video_Journalists_See_Reno_Crash_Site
Reno air race crash 2011
Plane crash aftermath 200 ft from us!
http://wn.com/Reno_air_race_crash_2011
Reno Air races 2011 Crash
This is a video of the tragic crash at the 2011 Reno Air Races. I think it's one of the clearer videos of the crash, so I hope it helps bring people peace.
http://wn.com/Reno_Air_races_2011_Crash
Survivors Recount Horror of Reno Air Crash
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- Duration: 1:40
- Published: 19 Sep 2011
- Uploaded: 09 Dec 2011
- Author: AssociatedPress
Injured spectators are recalling their horror as a World War II-era plane came hurtling toward where they were sitting in the VIP section at a Reno air show. Nine people died in the incident, including the plane's pilot. (Sept. 18)
http://wn.com/Survivors_Recount_Horror_of_Reno_Air_Crash
Santa Crawl 2011 Reno (December 10th)
Video from tonight's Santa Crawl 2011 in downtown Reno Nevada.
http://wn.com/Santa_Crawl_2011_Reno_December_10th
Brawl at the Mall! Reno, NV 12/9/2011 PART 2
The B-Boys and B-Girls of Northern Nevada showing off there skills at the Meadowood Mall
http://wn.com/Brawl_at_the_Mall!_Reno,_NV_12/9/2011_PART_2
Fire at Skyline Canyon in Reno, NV
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- Duration: 1:21
- Published: 18 Nov 2011
- Uploaded: 28 Nov 2011
- Author: AndrewLeeGeorge
This is the other video I uploaded: www.youtube.com This footage was taken at Skyline Canyon near Caughlin Ranch in Reno, NV at 3:25am. The fire origin is yet unknown. The 60 mph winds made this the perfect conditions for the fire to spread. I woke up to a power outage and and an orange glow outside my window at 2:30am. Accross the canyon from me the mountain was on fire and a few homes were in flames. Less than an hour later it had reached my balcony. I would like to thank all of the brave firemen who saved my home and countless others today. These men and women have my respect and gratitude.
http://wn.com/Fire_at_Skyline_Canyon_in_Reno,_NV
Reno air crash
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- Duration: 0:58
- Published: 17 Sep 2011
- Uploaded: 26 Nov 2011
- Author: Channel4News
At least three people have died and more than 50 are injured after a vintage World War Two fighter plane crashed at a Nevada air race (warning: contains distressing images) .
http://wn.com/Reno_air_crash
Death Toll Climbs to 9 in Reno Air Show Crash
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- Duration: 2:03
- Published: 18 Sep 2011
- Uploaded: 13 Dec 2011
- Author: AssociatedPress
The death toll has gone up to nine in Friday's air race crash in Reno, Nevada. Officials say that the 1940s-model plane appeared to lose a piece of its tail before slamming like a missile into a crowded tarmac. (Sept. 17)
http://wn.com/Death_Toll_Climbs_to_9_in_Reno_Air_Show_Crash
First Person: Witnesses to the Reno Air Crash
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- Duration: 1:22
- Published: 17 Sep 2011
- Uploaded: 09 Dec 2011
- Author: AssociatedPress
Witnesses describe the terrifying scene as a plane crashed into the stands at an air show in Reno Friday. (Sept. 17)
http://wn.com/First_Person_Witnesses_to_the_Reno_Air_Crash
Huge EF-5 wedge tornado near El Reno, Oklahoma!
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- Duration: 6:02
- Published: 25 May 2011
- Uploaded: 01 Dec 2011
- Author: TornadoVideosdotnet
During the May 24, 2011 high risk outbreak, storm chasers John Esterheld, Nicole and Don Giuliano and Heidi Farrar tracked a tornadic supercell from eastern Caddo County into Canadian county in central Oklahoma. The storm initially produced a destructive tornado near Lookeba, then put down a long-tracked violent wedge that eventually grew to roughly one mile wide before crossing Interstate 40 near Calumet as it continued toward the communities of El Reno, Piedmont and points northeast.
http://wn.com/Huge_EF-5_wedge_tornado_near_El_Reno,_Oklahoma!
Reno Air Race Preparation -- A Merlin Engine Inspection
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- Published: 23 Aug 2011
- Uploaded: 11 Nov 2011
- Author: paralleler
In preparation for the 2011 Reno Air Races, Stu takes Merlin's Magic to Hollister for an engine inspection. Stu let's the folks of Air Sparrow Merlin Service know with a smile, "It's running really nice, don't %$# it up." I ask if it's okay to shoot video of the inspection, "it's not every day you get to see a Merlin up close." In unison I hear, "Yes it is" and go ahead. I learned about "Merlin blood" or oil, I learned about ADI, and I learned about the need for a positive gear-up locking mechanism. What a day! It was a FANTASTIC rare opportunity behind the scenes of an Unlimited Air Racer, his aircraft, and his team. Thank you! The Merlin's Magic Race 22 website is: www.merlinsmagicrace22.com Video Index: 00:00 Merlin's Magic racing on Friday, September 12th, 2003 01:00 Depart for Hollister, CA 05:04 Arrive at Air Sparrow Merlin Service 05:50 Some memories at Dick Borg's Museum 06:25 Prepare left cam shaft for removal 07:13 Check out the Hinz filter 07:34 Disconnect a bank of spark plugs 07:44 Prepare right cam shaft for removal 08:30 Torque something up there 08:45 Replace left cam shaft 08:54 Valve adjustment 09:07 Replace right valve cover 09:17 Check the compression on the right side 10:38 Start replacing spark plugs 11:03 Fresh "Merlin blood" (aka, oil) 11:34 Torque a bank of spark plugs 11:45 Start replacing skin panels 12:29 Test the 1490HP Merlin 13:24 Time to head home 15:50 A flyby past Air Sparrow -- Yep, sounds good! 17:34 Altamont Pass 18:11 Right turn 22:43 <b>...</b>
http://wn.com/Reno_Air_Race_Preparation_-_A_Merlin_Engine_Inspection
NEWLY RELEASED - Reno Nevada Air Show Air Race P-51 Mustang Plane Crash Slow Motion Into Crowd
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- Published: 19 Sep 2011
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- Author: AviationExplorer
AviationExplorer.com - New Footage of the Galloping Ghost P-51 Mustang airplane that crashed at the Reno Air show in Reno Nev. Amid the horrific aftermath of the nation's deadliest air racing disaster, a crash that killed 10 and sent about 70 people to Reno-area hospitals (Some of the injured described being coated in aviation fuel that burned) a sort of calm pervaded. Witnesses were spattered with blood and pieces of flesh, yet video of the scene shows paramedics, police and spectators attending to the wounded with a control that seems contradictory to the devastation.
http://wn.com/NEWLY_RELEASED__Reno_Nevada_Air_Show_Air_Race_P-51_Mustang_Plane_Crash_Slow_Motion_Into_Crowd
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| Official name | Reno |
|---|---|
| Settlement type | City |
| Nickname | The Biggest Little City in the World |
| Image seal | |
| Map caption | Location of Reno in Washoe County, Nevada |
| Pushpin map | USA Nevada |
| Pushpin map caption | Location in Nevada |
| Coordinates display | inline,title |
| Coordinates region | US-NV |
| Subdivision type | Country |
| Subdivision name | United States |
| Subdivision type1 | State |
| Subdivision name1 | Nevada |
| Subdivision type2 | County |
| Subdivision name2 | Washoe |
| Leader title | Mayor |
| Leader name | Bob Cashell (R) |
| Established date |
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| Unit pref | Imperial |
| Area total km2 | 179.6 |
| Area land km2 | 179.0 |
| Area water km2 | 0.6 |
| Area total sq mi | 69.3 |
| Area land sq mi | 69.1 |
| Area water sq mi | 0.2
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| Population as of | 2010 |
| Population total | 225,221 |
| Population metro | 694,960 |
| Population density km2 | 1008.3 |
| Population density sq mi | 2611.4
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| Timezone | Pacific (PST) |
| Utc offset | −8 |
| Timezone dst | PDT |
| Utc offset dst | −7 |
| Elevation m | 1373 |
| Elevation ft | 4505 |
| Postal code type | ZIP codes |
| Postal code | 89500-89599 |
| Area code | 775 |
| Blank name | FIPS code |
| Blank info | 32-60600 |
| Blank1 name | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 info | 0861100 |
| Website | http://reno.gov/ |
| Footnotes | }} |
Reno, known as The Biggest Little City in the World, is famous for its casinos, and is the birthplace of the gaming corporation Harrah's Entertainment. City residents are called Renoites. Reno is bordered to the east by the city of Sparks. The Reno-Sparks metropolitan area is informally called the Truckee Meadows, and consists of about 400,000 residents.
History
Archaeological finds place the eastern border for the prehistoric Martis people in the Reno area.As early as the 1850s a few pioneers settled in the Truckee Meadows, a relatively fertile valley through which the Truckee River made its way from Lake Tahoe to Pyramid Lake. In addition to subsistence farming, these early residents could pick up business from travelers along the California Trail, which followed the Truckee westward, before branching off towards Donner Lake, where the formidable obstacle of the Sierra began.
Gold was discovered in the vicinity of Virginia City in 1850 and a modest mining community developed, but the discovery of silver in 1859 at the Comstock Lode led to a mining rush.
To provide the necessary connection between Virginia City and the California Trail, Charles W. Fuller built a log toll bridge across the Truckee River in 1859. A small community that would serve to service travelers soon grew up near the bridge. After two years, Fuller sold the bridge to Myron C. Lake, who continued to develop the community with the addition of a grist mill, kiln, and livery stable to the hotel and eating house. He renamed it Lake's Crossing. In 1864, Washoe County was consolidated with Roop County; Lake's Crossing became the largest town in the county. Lake had earned himself the title "founder of Reno."
By January 1863, the Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR) had begun laying tracks east from Sacramento, California, eventually connecting with the Union Pacific Railroad at Promontory, Utah to form the first transcontinental railroad. Lake deeded land to the CPRR in exchange for its promise to build a depot at Lake's Crossing. Once the railroad station was established, the town of Reno officially came into being on May 9, 1868. CPRR construction superintendent Charles Crocker named the community after Major General Jesse Lee Reno, a Union officer killed in the American Civil War at the Battle of South Mountain.
In 1871 Reno became the county seat of the newly expanded Washoe County, replacing the previous county seat, located in Washoe City. However, political power in Nevada remained with the mining communities, first Virginia City and later Tonopah and Goldfield.
The extension of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad to Reno in 1872 provided a boost to the new city's economy. In the following decades, Reno continued to grow and prosper as a business and agricultural center and became the principal settlement on the transcontinental railroad between Sacramento and Salt Lake City.
As the mining boom waned early in the 20th century, Nevada's centers of political and business activity shifted to the non-mining communities, especially Reno and Las Vegas, and today the former mining metropolises stand as little more than ghost towns. Despite this, Nevada is still the third-largest gold producer in the world, after South Africa and Australia; the state yielded 6.9 percent of the world's supply in 2005 world gold production.
The "Reno Arch" was erected on Virginia Street in 1926 to promote the upcoming Transcontinental Highways Exposition of 1927, the arch included the words "Nevada's Transcontinental Highways Exposition" and the dates of the exposition. After the exposition, the Reno City Council decided to keep the arch as a permanent downtown gateway, and Mayor E.E. Roberts asked the citizens of Reno to suggest a slogan for the arch. No acceptable slogan was received until a $100 prize was offered, and G.A. Burns of Sacramento was declared the winner on March 14, 1929 with "Reno, The Biggest Little City in the World".
Nevada's legalization of casino gambling in 1931 and the passage of liberal divorce laws created another boom for Reno. Ernie Pyle once wrote in one of his columns "All the people you saw on the streets in Reno were obviously there to get divorces." In Ayn Rand's novel The Fountainhead, published in 1943, the New-York-based female protagonist tells a friend "I am going to Reno," which is taken as a different way of saying "I am going to divorce my husband." Among others, the Belgian-French writer Georges Simenon, at the time living in the US, came to Reno in 1949 in order to divorce his first wife.
The divorce business eventually died as the other states fell in line by passing their own laws easing the requirements for divorce, but gambling continued as a major Reno industry. Beginning in the 1950s, the need for economic diversification beyond gaming fueled a movement for more lenient business taxation.
One of the worst disasters in the history of the region occurred on the afternoon of February 5, 1957 when an explosion ripped through the heart of downtown. At 1:03 pm, two explosions, caused by natural gas leaking into the maze of pipes and ditches under the city, and an ensuing fire destroyed five buildings in the vicinity of Sierra and First streets along the Truckee River. Forty-nine people were injured in the disaster and two were killed. The first explosion hit under the block of shops on the west side of Sierra Street (now the site of the Century Riverside), the second, across Sierra Street, now the site of the Palladio.
The presence of a main east-west rail line, the emerging interstate highway system, favorable tax climate and relatively inexpensive land created good conditions for warehousing and distribution of goods to the growing population in the surrounding eleven western states.
Reno has experienced a growing economy which has resulted in new home construction around the metro area. A direct result of this growth and the "housing bubble" has been a large increase in housing prices in the area, Reno-Sparks being named the 44th most overvalued housing market in the nation in 2006. As of January 2007 Reno’s housing market has fallen by 7% bringing the median home price down to $315,000. The Nevada economy overall, while taking the unemployment rate into consideration, ranks very low in comparison to all other states. On the other hand, the state recently ranked the nations fastest growing in population (2010). Major new construction projects have been completed in the Reno & Sparks areas. A few new luxury communities were recently built in Truckee, CA, approximately 28 miles west of Reno on Interstate 80. Reno also is an outdoor recreation destination, due to close proximity to the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, Lake Tahoe, and numerous ski resorts in the region, including Northstar-at-Tahoe. Almost all of the ski resorts on the north end of Lake Tahoe have constructed new ski lodges and made other facility improvements to cater to visitors in all seasons. Squaw Valley offers Squaw Village, a walk through village experience. Diamond Peak in Incline Village, NV just completed a newly constructed large ski lodge. The Tahoe Donner community in Truckee, CA also has made improvements to its ski resort and other facilities. Recently, Tahoe Donner Ski Resort opened Candyland Terrain Park. Squaw Valley now offers a Half Pipe and they host national events there. These ski Resorts are only a short drive from Reno.
In more recent years, the city has gained some notoriety as the subject of the comedy series Reno 911! (which is not, however, filmed in the city).
Environmental factors
Wetlands are an important part of the Reno/Tahoe area. They act as a natural filter for the solids that come out of the water treatment plant. Plant roots absorb nutrients from the water and naturally filter it. Wetlands are home for over 75% of the species in the Great Basin. However, the area's wetlands are at risk of being destroyed due to development around the city. While developers build on top of the wetlands they fill them with dirt destroying the habitat they create for the plants and animals. Washoe county has devised a plan that will help protect these ecosystems: Mitigation. In the future, when developers try to build over a wetland, they will be responsible for creating another wetland near Washoe Lake.The Truckee River serves as Reno's primary source of drinking water. It supplies Reno with of water a day during the summer, and of water per day in the winter. Before the water goes to the homes around the Reno area, it must go to one of two water treatment plants, Chalk Bluff or Glendale Water Treatment Plant. As an attempt to save water, golf courses in Reno, like Arrow Creek Golf Course, have been using treated effluent water instead of treated water from one of Reno's water plants.
The Reno-Sparks wastewater treatment plant discharges tertiary treated effluent to the Truckee River. In the 1990s this capacity was increased from 20 to 30 million U.S. gallons (70 to 110 million liters) per day. While treated, the effluent contains suspended solids, nitrogen, and phosphorus, aggravating water quality concerns of the river and its receiving waters of Pyramid Lake. Local agencies working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have developed a number of watershed management strategies to accommodate this expanded effluent discharge; to accomplish this successful outcome, the DSSAM Model was developed and calibrated for the Truckee River in order to analyze the most cost effective available management strategy set. The resulting management strategies included a package of measures such as land use controls in the Lake Tahoe basin, urban runoff controls in Reno and Sparks and best management practices for wastewater discharge.
Geology
Reno is situated just east of the Sierra Nevada on the western edge of the Great Basin at an elevation of about above sea level. Numerous faults exist throughout the region. Most of these are normal (vertical motion) faults associated with the uplift of the various mountain ranges, including the Sierra Nevada mountain range.In February 2008, an unusual earthquake swarm began to occur with some quakes registering between 4 and 4.5 on the Richter magnitude scale. The earthquakes were centered in an unnamed zone in the western suburbs of Reno in the area of Mogul and Verdi. Many homes in these areas were damaged.
Climate
Reno sits in the rain shadow of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range. Annual rainfall averages . Despite this low amount of rainfall per year, Reno features a steppe climate due to its low evapotranspiration. Annual precipitation has ranged from in 1947 to in 1983. The most precipitation in one month was in December 1955 and the most precipitation in 24 hours was on January 21, 1943. Winter has snowfall which is usually light to moderate but can be heavy some days, averaging annually. Snowfall varies with the lowest amounts (roughly 19–23 inches annually) at the lowest part of the valley at and east of the Reno/Tahoe International airport at 4404 feet, while the foothills of the Carson range to the west ranging from 4700 to 5600 just a few miles west of downtown can receive up to 2–3 times as much annual snowfall. The mountains of the Virginia range to the east can receive more summer thunderstorms and precipitation, and around twice as much annual snowfall above 5500 feet. However, Snowfall increases up in the Virginia Range are less dramatic as elevation climbs than the Carson Range to the West because the Virginia Range is well within the Rain Shadow of the Sierra Nevada and Carson range. The most snowfall in one year was in 1971 and the most snowfall in one month was in March 1952. Most rainfall occurs in winter and spring. The city has 300 days of sunshine per year. Summer thunderstorms can occur between April and October. The eastern side of town and the mountains east of Reno tend to be prone to thunderstorms more often and these storms may be severe because an afternoon downslope west wind, called a "Washoe Zephyr", can develop in the Sierra Nevada, causing air to be pulled down in the Sierra Nevada and Reno, destroying or preventing thunderstorms but the same wind can push air upwards against the Virginia range and other mountain ranges east of Reno, creating powerful thunderstorms. Nevada's climate is unpredictable at times.Summer highs are in the low to mid 90s °F (32–36 °C), but temperatures above occur. The July high daytime temperature peaks at an averages ; the night low ; while January high daytime temperatures average and low night temperatures average . The record high temperature was on July 10 and 11, 2002. The record low temperature was on January 8, 1890. In addition, the region is windy throughout the year; observers such as Mark Twain have commented about the "Washoe Zephyr", northwestern Nevada's distinctive wind.
Government
Reno has a basic democratic municipal government. The city council is the core of the government, with seven members. Five of these council people represent districts of Reno, and are vetted in the primary by the citizens of each district.In general, the top two vote earners in each ward make the ballot for the city-wide election.
The other two members are the at-large, who represent the entire city, and the mayor, who is elected by the people of the city. The council has several duties, including setting priorities for the city, promoting communication with the public, planning development, and redevelopment.
There is an elected city attorney who is responsible for civil and criminal cases. The City Attorney represents the city government in court, and prosecutes misdemeanors.
The city's charter calls for a council-manager form of government, meaning that the council appoints only two positions, the city manager, who implements and enforces the policies and programs the council approves, and the city clerk.
The city manager in charge of the budget and workforce for all city programs. The city clerk, who records the proceedings of the council, makes appointments for the council, and makes sure efficient copying and printing services are available.
In 2010, there was a ballot question asking whether the Reno city government and the Washoe County government should become one combined governmental body. According to unofficial results the day after the election, 54% of voters approved of the ballot measure to consolidate the governments.
Education
Universities and colleges
Public schools
Public education is provided by the Washoe County School District. Reno has eleven public high schools: Damonte Ranch, Galena, Hug, McQueen, North Valleys, Regional Technical Institute (RTI), Reno, Truckee Meadows Community College High School, Washoe, and Wooster.
Public charter schools
Reno has many charter schools, which include: Academy for Career Education, serving grades 10–12, opened 2002. Bailey Charter Elementary School, serving grades K-6, opened 2001. Coral Academy of Science, serving grades K-12, opened 2000. Davidson Academy, serving grades 6–12, opened 2006. High Desert Montessori School, serving grades PreK-7, opened 2002. I Can Do Anything Charter School, serving grades 9–12, opened 2000. Rainshadow Community Charter High School, serving grades 9–12, opened 2003. Sierra Nevada Academy Charter School, serving grades PreK-8, opened 1999. TEAM A (Together Everyone Achieves More Academy), serving grades 9–12, opened 2004. Alpine Academy Charter High School, serving grades 9–12, opened 2009.
Private schools
Reno has a few private elementary schools such as Legacy Christian School, Excel Christian School, and Lamplight Christian School as well as private high schools, the largest of which are Bishop Manogue High School and Sage Ridge School (SRS).
Libraries
Washoe County Library System has locations throughout Reno and its surrounding communities.
Economy
Before the late 1950s, Reno was the gambling capital of the United States, but in the last twenty years Las Vegas' rapid growth, American Airlines' 2000 buyout of Reno Air and the growth of Indian gambling gaming in California have somewhat reduced its business. Older casinos were either torn down (Mapes Hotel, Fitzgerald's Nevada Club, Primadonna, Horseshoe Club, Harold's Club, Palace Club) and smaller casinos like the Comstock, Sundowner, Golden Phoenix, Kings Inn, Money Tree, Virginian, and Riverboat closed, and some converted to condos.Because of geographical proximity, Reno has traditionally drawn the majority of its California tourists and gamblers from the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento, while Las Vegas has historically served more tourists from Southern California and the Phoenix area.
Several local large hotel casinos have shown significant growth and have moved gaming further away from the Virginia Street core. These larger hotel casinos are the Atlantis, the Peppermill and the Grand Sierra Resort. The Peppermill was chosen as the most outstanding Reno gaming/hotel property by Casino Player and Nevada magazines. In 2005, the Peppermill Hotel Casino began a $300 million dollar Tuscan-themed expansion.
In an effort to bring more tourism to the area, Reno holds several events throughout the year, most of which have been extremely successful. They include Hot August Nights (a classic car convention), Street Vibrations (a motorcycle fan gathering and rally), The Great Reno Balloon Race, the Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-off (held in Sparks), a Cinco de Mayo celebration, bowling tournaments (held in the National Bowling Stadium), and the Reno Air Races.
Several large commercial developments were constructed during the mid-2000s boom, such as The Summit in 2007 and Legends at Sparks Marina in 2008.
Reno is the location of the corporate headquarters for numerous companies, including Braeburn Capital, Hamilton, Port of Subs, PC-Doctor, and International Game Technology, which manufactures slot machines. Bally Technologies and GameTech have development and manufacturing presence in Reno.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 180,480 people, 73,904 households, and 41,681 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,008.3 per square mile (2,611.4/km²). There were 79,453 housing units at an average density of 1,149.6 per square mile (443.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 77.5% White, 2.6% African American, 1.3% Native American, 5.3% Asian, 0.6% Pacific Islander, 9.3% from other races, and 3.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 19.2% of the population. Mexican Americans made up 29.0% of the city's population.There were 73,904 households out of which 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.5% were married couples living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.6% were non-families. 32.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 3.06.
In the city the population was spread out with 23.2% under the age of 18, 11.8% from 18 to 24, 31.5% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 104.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.0 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $40,530, and the median income for a family was $49,582. Males had a median income of $33,204 versus $26,763 for females. The per capita income for the city was $22,520. About 8.3% of families and 12.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.3% of those under age 18 and 7.1% of those age 65 or over.
The population was 180,480 at the 2000 census; in 2008, its population was estimated at 217,016, making it the fourth-largest city in the state after Las Vegas, Henderson and North Las Vegas, and the largest outside of Clark County. Reno lies north of the Nevada state capital, Carson City, and northeast of Lake Tahoe in a shrub-steppe. Reno shares its eastern border with the city of Sparks and is the larger of the principal cities of the Reno-Sparks, Nevada Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), a metropolitan area that covers Storey and Washoe counties. The MSA had a combined population of 342,885 at the 2000 census. The MSA is combined with the Fernley Micropolitan Statistical Area to form the Reno-Sparks-Fernley Combined Statistical Area, which had a total population of 377,386 at the 2000 census.
Transportation
Roads
Reno was historically served by the Victory Highway and a branch of the Lincoln Highway. After the formation of U.S. Highways, U.S. Route 40 was historically routed along 4th street through downtown Reno, before being replaced with Interstate 80. The primary north-south highway through Reno is U.S. Route 395.Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County (RTC) has a bus system that provides intracity buses, intercity buses to Carson City, and an on-demand shuttle service for disabled persons. The bus system has its main terminal on 4th Street in downtown Reno and secondary terminals in Sparks and at Meadowood Mall in south Reno.
Numerous shuttle and excursion services are offered connecting the Reno-Tahoe International Airport to various destinations:
Railroads
Reno was historically a stopover along the First Transcontinental Railroad, the modern Overland Route continues to run through Reno. Reno was historically the southern terminus of the Nevada-California-Oregon Railway (NCO) and the northern terminus of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad. Using the NCO depot and right of way, the Western Pacific Railroad historically provided rail service to Reno. Downtown Reno has two historic train depots, the inactive Nevada-California-Oregon Railroad Depot and the still active Amtrak depot, originally built by the Southern Pacific Railroad.Amtrak provides daily passenger service to Reno via the California Zephyr and multiple Amtrak Thruway Motorcoaches connecting to trains departing from Sacramento, California.
Air
The city is served by Reno/Tahoe International Airport, with general aviation traffic handled by Reno Stead Airport. Reno/Tahoe International Airport is the second busiest commercial airport in the state of Nevada after McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. Reno was the hub and headquarters of the defunct airline Reno Air.
Utilities
Potable water for the City of Reno is provided by the Truckee Meadows Water Authority. The Truckee River is the primary water source, with the purification being done at two plants, Chalk Bluff and Glendale. The Chalk Bluff plant main intakes are west of Reno in Verdi, with the water flowing through a series of flumes and ditches to the plant itself. Alternative intakes are located below the plant along the banks of the Truckee River itself. The Glendale plant is sited alongside the river, and is fed by a rock and concrete rubble diversion dam a short distance upstream.Sewage treatment for the majority of the Truckee Meadows takes place at the Truckee Meadows Water Reclamation Facility at the eastern edge of the valley. Treated effluent returns to the Truckee River by way of Steamboat Creek.
Electrical power and natural gas are provided by NV Energy, formerly Sierra Pacific. Power comes from multiple sources, including Tracy-Clark Station to the east, and the Steamboat Springs binary cycle power plants at the southern end of town.
Sports
Reno is home to the Reno Aces, the minor league baseball Triple-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks, and plays in Aces Ballpark, a downtown ballpark opened in 2009. Reno has hosted multiple semi-professional baseball teams in the past, most under the Reno Silver Sox name. The Reno Astros, a semi-pro unaffiliated baseball team plays at Moana Stadium.In basketball, the Reno Bighorns, a 2008 expansion of the NBA Development League, plays at the Reno Events Center.
Reno is host to both amateur and professional combat sporting events such as mixed-martial arts and boxing. The "Fight of the Century" between Jack Johnson and James J. Jeffries was held in Reno in 1910. Boxer Ray Mancini fought four of his last five fights in Reno against Bobby Chacon, Livingstone Bramble, Hector Camacho, and Greg Haugen.
Reno is expected to be the future home of an ECHL ice hockey team, currently named the Reno Raiders, but construction on a suitable arena has yet to begin as of the 2010–2011 season. The franchise has been dormant since 1998, when it was named the Reno Rage, and earlier the Reno Renegades, and played in the now defunct West Coast Hockey League (WCHL).
The Reno-Tahoe Open is northern Nevada’s only PGA TOUR event, held at Montrêux Golf & Country Club in Reno. As part of the FedEx Cup, the tournament follows 132 PGA TOUR professionals competing for a share of the event’s $3 million purse. The Reno-Tahoe Open Foundation has donated more than $1.8 Million to local charities.
Reno has a college sports scene, with the Nevada Wolf Pack appearing in football bowl games and an Associated Press Top Ten ranking in basketball in 2007.
thumb|Reno Whitewater Festival at the whitewater park in Reno
In 2004, the city completed a $1.5 million whitewater park on the Truckee River in downtown Reno which hosts whitewater events throughout the year. The course runs Class 2 and 3 rapids with year-round public access. The north channel features more aggressive rapids, drop pools and "holes" for rodeo kayak-type maneuvers. The milder south channel is set up as a kayak slalom course and a beginner area.
Reno is home to two roller derby teams, the Battle Born Derby Demons and the Reno Roller Girls. The Battle Born Derby Demons compete on flat tracks locally and nationally. They are the only Derby team locally to compete in a national Derby league.
Reno is the home of the National Bowling Stadium, which hosts the United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Open Championships every three years.
2022 Winter Olympics bid
The resort region around Lake Tahoe on the California-Nevada borders have formed the Reno-Tahoe Winter Games Coalition to make a bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics. They cited the airport, close mountains, and compact geographic area in which the games could be held. Squaw Valley Ski Resort, which hosted the 1960 Winter Olympics, is considered a major advantage to the bid.
Recreation
Reno is home to a variety of recreation activities including both seasonal and year-round. In the summer, Reno locals can be found near three major bodies of water: Lake Tahoe, the Truckee River, and Pyramid Lake. The Truckee River originates at Lake Tahoe and flows west to east through the center of downtown Reno before terminating at Pyramid Lake to the north. The river is a major part of Artown, held in the summer at Wingfield Park. Washoe Lake is a popular kite and windsurf location because of its high wind speeds during the summer.Skiing and snowboarding are among the most popular winter sports and draw in many tourists. There are 18 ski resorts (8 major resorts), including Northstar-at-Tahoe, Sierra-at-Tahoe, Alpine Meadows, Squaw Valley Ski Resort, Sugar Bowl, Diamond Peak, Heavenly Mountain Resort, and Mount Rose Ski Resort located as close as eleven miles (18 km) and as far as ninety-eight miles from the Reno-Tahoe International Airport. Other popular Reno winter activities include snowshoeing, ice skating, and snowmobiling. There are many bike paths to ride in the summer time. International bike competitions are held in Lake Tahoe over the summer time.
Culture
Notable residents
Reno in media
Movies filmed in Reno include:
Sister cities
Reno has six sister cities: Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada Hatzor, Israel Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain Udonthani, Thailand Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China Shenzhen, People's Republic of China Nalchik, RussiaWanganui, New Zealand was a sister city from 1974 to 2009.
References
External links
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