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    Families have died at concerts because people have brought guns and started shooting out of nowhere. In Las Vegas a couple of days ago there was a shooting. Someone who was a gambler shot at the concert that was going on. He shot while he was in his room he had a good angle to shoot everyone. He would only shoot the people who would run and hide. Later that night after killing 50 or more people he later on killed himself. Everyone who was running was actually running towards the killer no one…

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    would survive and named this town after the famous Mountaineer, Kit Carson. After Nevada gained its Statehood, Carson City became the capital and where the celebrations of Nevada Day would be held. There are smaller parades in cities such as Las Vegas, which is approximately eight hours away from the capital. The Nevada Day Parade runs through the very North end of Carson Street all the way through town and has politicians, veterans, high school marching bands, JROTC and local businesses.…

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    people died on valntines day at a high school. On December 14, 2012 a shooter enter shady hooks elemateray school and took the lives of 20 kids and 6 adults. On July 20, 2012 a man begain shooting people at a movie theater. At a music festable in las vegas a gunman starting taken lives on the night of October 1, 2017, leaving 58 dead. When we hear these stories we feel a saddness in our hearts, yet we have done nothing about the issues of man taking guns into places and killing people. We talk…

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    to better understand the revenues from these activities and how those should be accounted for when determining hotel RM as the current ADT pricing does not take this into account. • Harrah’s owns multiple properties in certain geographic areas (Las Vegas, AC) but their current method for managing room inventory does not seem to be benefiting from these multiple locations and does not provide value to all their…

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    A trip to las vegas It was a Saturday morning and me and my sisters were going to Las Vegas!!!!! I was so excited. We had our stuff ready and we were already ready. My purse that i was going to take broke ,so i had to go and find another one to take to my trip .After that we was just waiting for my mom to come so we can tell her that were leaving. She was taking forever , we were about to lose our plane. Minutes passed and she finally came she gave us some money she had saved for us to spend…

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    Within the film “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” we gain a strong perception of a pseudo-psychedelic trip. In this particular scene, Duke (Johnny Depp) has consumed more than enough Adrenochrome, causing him to fall into a drug induced trip, while Dr. Gonzo (Benicio Del Toro) tries to get rid of Lucy. The stylistic choices made depicts the hallucinogenic structure of the film via camera movement, framing and composition, colour and by the use of depth within the scene. Adrenochrome is a drug…

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    business trip took us to The MGM Grand in Las Vegas. It was a fantastic Travel Meeting and let’s hope what happened in Las Vegas didn’t stay in Las Vegas. Ricky and I were eager to return to the office and share. I have to admit though, that in between meetings, we did A LOT of sight seeing and if you have never been to Las Vegas, there is a lot to see….and hear. Think sensory overload. Ricky and I discovered the Guinness World Book’s LONGEST road… Las Vegas Boulevard. It goes AROUND the world…

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    In the Novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson and his Lawyer, travel to Las Vegas to report the events of the Mint 400 motorcycle race about to take place in the Nevada desert. Operating under the pseudonyms, Raoul Duke and Dr. Gonzo, these two men have a bigger mission. Their mission is to search for the “American Dream”. However, they do not find a typical dream, but more of a nightmare. Tales of hitchhikers, paranoia, flying bats, and reptile people would plague readers’…

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    ANALYSIS QUESTIONS QUESTION 1 Most of part 1 in the book “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”, took place in Las Vegas, California during 1971. Las Vegas is a very large and populated city where many events take place such as “The mint 400”, which is why Raoul Duke traveled all the way from Los Angeles to journalize the race. In order to get to Las Vegas Duke and his attorney, Dr. Gonzo, must journey through one of the hottest states in a red convertible. Although this is just one of the few tasks…

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    had to get a quick breakfast so we ate McDonald's and headed on our way. It was long and tiring, but we made it there around 6:00 pm. We checked out the sites and stayed at the Treasure Island which was 49$ a night. Day 4: We had a great time in Vegas because when we hit the slots and we won 2,000 dollars that night. Next place was off to Salt Lake City Utah which is 420 miles exactly. For lunch we stopped off at Subway which costed us about 10 bucks. We reached there at 4:00pm and visited the…

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