Las Vegas

Today I am interviewing Julienne Lapastina, which is my grandmother. She is an eighty-two-year-old woman born on April 8, 1934 and was born in Staten Island, Ney York. This is where she grew up with her stay at home mom, full time working dad, and her nine siblings; six sisters and three brothers. Julienne recently lost her husband of 20 years, and has since been widowed for about two years now. They got married on October 1, 1955 and were together up until the day her husband Frank Lapastina…

Singer Britney Spears suffered a wardrobe malfunction during her recent "Piece of Me" show in Las Vegas on Friday, October 17. The pop star was performing her 2009 single, “3” in a revealing black mesh unitard with strategically placed pleather patches. Britney was about one-third into the performance when the zipped-up back of her sheer black jumpsuit popped open. She never skipped a beat as she motioned for her backup dancers to help and several dancers took stabs at zipping her up but they…

increase UNLV’s six-year graduation rate from 43 percent to at least 60 percent (Takahashi). President Snyder also mentioned a “modest” increase of student tuition, that way UNLV can spend it on more research. Since many of UNLV students are from Las Vegas these students are given many local scholarships and financial aid that the increase of tuition will not drastically harm their economic situation. But if it is a problem, Bazezew suggested UNLV’s Financial Aid Office are willing to give these…

Conclusion 7 8. Reference list 1. Wynn Resort, Ltd. Background Wynn Resort, Limited develops and operate luxury Hotel and casino with that only target the most high-ended customers. It has two casinos Wynn Las Vegas Resort and Wynn Macau which separately located in Las Vegas…

Have the recent incidents like the Las Vegas mass shooting change people’s perspective on gun control like it did to mine? Gun control is an issue that has been highly debated. Although most people believe in our second amendment in the right to bare arms, there is an overwhelming amount of pressure on Congress. There should be more restrictions on purchasing guns for citizens to prevent future mass shootings and Congress should pass stricter laws. According to an article in Vox, the United…

Bobby Darin Amusement Company. In 1973 he also made various TV guest appearances and continued to draw crowds in Las Vegas. On December 20, 1973 Bobby Darin died at the age of 37 after heart surgery. There was no funeral as he has wanted his body to be donated for medical research. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1999 and in 2007 he was awarded a star on the Las Vegas Walk of Stars. Darin also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. A custom built car which he had built…

The NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, and the board of governors opened the formal expansion process, and began accepting applications in July, 2015. The NHL has been reviewing applications, and Lax Vegas has emerged as the top candidate for expansion, in part due to favorable resident income, and localized demographics. NHL interest is high for expansion in the city especially due to fact it is one the largest U.S. metropolitan areas without a professional sports team. If the NHL was able to break…

closed Bitcoin-only poker site Seals With Clubs is scheduled to return to the US on Thursday to face the illegal gambling charge filed against him two months ago in the state of Nevada. His defense lawyer David Chesnoff said Micon will appear in a Las Vegas court for the state’s first hearing of its kind. It can be recalled that Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt announced in a press conference that the Bitcoin poker site operator was to face a Class B felony charge due to the operation of…

Michael Steven Allison Brew, my grandfather, was born August 9, 1948 in Tucson, Arizona. His mother was Anne Brew and his father was unknown. He was adopted by his stepfather Robert Brew. Robert Brew was a military man, the branch he was in is unknown. Michael moved around a lot because of his stepfather’s affiliation with the military. At the age of 18, he was kick out of his house because of his addiction to drugs. After being thrown out, he enlisted into the United States Coast Guard. He…

Few pieces of evidence are more powerful than an eyewitness to a crime pointing to a suspect in a police lineup and exclaiming “That’s him! He’s the one!” There are also few pieces of evidence more flawed, imperfect, and subject to manipulation by police and prosecutors. Study after study has shown eyewitness identification to be notoriously unreliable. In fact, as the Innocence Project notes: “Eyewitness misidentification is the greatest contributing factor to wrongful convictions proven by…