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    At least 59 people died in a shooting at a Route 91 Harvest Music Festival. The shooter was perched on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel, with multiple weapons. The first round of gunfire sent everyone fleeing, scrambling over airport security fences and out of the concert. 23 firearms were found it the shooter’s suite. The shooter was 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, who after the shooting shot and killed himself. The man had no criminal history, except for a minor citation. The police do not

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    History Of Mgm Grand

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    The story of this company begins in 1967 when a man operating under the International Leisure Company, by the name of Kirk Kerkorian buys The Flamingo casino and starts constructing The International Casino, all in Las Vegas Nevada. Two years later The International opens as the largest hotel in the world with 1,500 rooms. In 1971 the International Leisure company is bought out by Hilton, becoming the Las Vegas Hilton and Flamingo Hilton. In 1973 Kirk had not yet had enough and built the MGM Grand

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    least one Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officer is among the dead and possibly other off-duty officers. More were wounded. In the face of the danger, officers and first responders quickly responded to the source of the shots, the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino.

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    was renamed MGM Mirage. In 2005, MGM made another large purchase acquiring Mandalay Resort Group for $7.9 billion and its 16 locations including Luxor, Mandalay Bay, and Circus Circus on The Strip. The acquisitions of the Mirage and Mandalay holdings incurred large debt transactions of $2 billion and $2.5 billion, respectively. By 2006, MGM made the decision to take to the hospitality subsidiary, MGM Hospitality

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    Explosion Engineering – SSE 607 Professor John Davis July 29, 2013 Fire Protection Challenges Fire protection challenges for a city within a city had been the major issue in every jurisdiction. For example in Las Vegas, the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino’s expansion dealt with greater challenge with improving on fire protection and evacuation plans in case of any major fire disaster. Several fire protection issues arisen during the constructions where the following: Compartmentation

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    Houma Culture In The USA

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    Houma is a place situated in the lap of Lousiana states of the United States. This cultural city is one of the finest places to explore the diversity of any culture. The culture of the city is inspired by the Acadia-African tradition and Americal culture. This beautiful combination makes this place more popular and traditionally rich. If you love something unique, then this place is for you. You can start your unique trip from Bayou Terrebonne Waterlife Museum. It is a place that your kids also

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    A mass shooting took place Sunday at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival. Per (Wynn Las Vegas, Encore begin checking bags with metal detectors, 2017), following the shooting a couple of Las Vegas resorts began testing new strategies for security. They’ve began checking bags with handheld metals detectors, with a noted 10-minute-long line to get into the luxury resort. Greater security personnel presence is said to be another option as an effective deterrent. Police are trying to piece together

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    A massive shooting happened in Las Vegas at a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip. The shooter fired from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel. 58 people were killed and over 500 people were injured. Witnesses said that it lasted around 15 minutes. The suspect was a 64 year old man named Stephen Paddock, who he is now dead according to authorities. After the first shots, many people got into their cars to pick up others to save them and give them cover. Some people got on top of others

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    Personal Language History Early years I was born and raised in Mandalay. My parents came from Mandalay, Myanmar. They both are Chinese so that I could speak two languages, Burmese and Chinese. I wasn’t really good at speaking Burmese when I was young. It took years to get me used to with it but then I moved to Yangon which is the Capital City of Myanmar. My accent was getting better since I got Yangon. All my neighbors were Burmese which helped me a lot to improve both my speaking and listening skills

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    musical festival it was the last night of the fest, thousands of people attended to. Before the shooting began a security from the hotel got shot in the leg. The shooter shot the security six minutes before he started to shot from his room at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. The investigator is still not sure what made the shooter do this and why he stopped shooting. Some question has still been unanswered this mass shooting has been a very controversial case and it is still being investigated

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