FACT: “Imperial Pacific International (CNMI) LLC earned over $1 billion in gross gaming revenue from January to July 2017‚ according to documents obtained by Saipan Tribune” (Casino‚ 2017). The Imperial Pacific International Holdings Limited develops and operates destination casinos. Imperial Pacific Holdings is headquartered in Hong Kong. This business began as a natural foods company‚ but transitioned to gaming when it purchased Macau-based junket venture Hengsheng in 2013 for HK$400 million ($51
Premium Northern Mariana Islands Saipan
On the Rise and fall of Great Britain (1) 中文摘要： 英国，一个漂泊在大西洋上的小岛，曾经在世界历史发展的漫长时期中湮没无闻，人口不过数百万，国土资源也很有限，却率先敲开通向现代世界的大门，从地理的边缘变成了世界的中心，一跃成为西方强国的领头人，并独领风骚数百年，给人类文明烙上了不可磨灭的印记。然而到了十九世纪末期，由于美、德等国的崛起以及其他种种原因，英国逐渐失去优势‚后来又在第二次世界大战中受到严重创伤，大英帝国国力日渐衰落‚海外殖民地也在二战后纷纷宣告独立‚大英帝国逐渐演变成一个组织松散的英联邦。这个曾经号称“世界工厂”和“日不落帝国”的国家又逐渐衰落，回归到欧洲，回归到欧洲的版图之内，回归到大西洋中的那个小岛。 关键词:世界工厂 日不落帝国 衰落 Abstract in English： Great Britain‚ a small island which lies in the Atlantic Ocean‚ was once little-known in the long history of
Premium British Empire World War II United Kingdom
Shortly after all of the 13 colonies were formed the citizens wanted freedom from their mother country‚ Great Britain. There were many factors in the colonists decision to become independent. Some of these factors are unwanted taxes‚ salutary neglect‚ the inability to trade with countries besides Britain‚ and no representation in the government that ruled them. These factors led to small rebellions and boycotts‚ then eventually the Revolutionary War. The United States were being treated more as if
Premium
Hibiscus all use their individual appeared personalities as shields‚ and to give them power over the situations that they have been placed in. The children‚ Hamlet and Kambili‚ both use their feigned personalities to protect themselves from the outside‚ while the adults‚ Claudius and Eugene‚ are more offensive about their power‚ using it to gain more control. Their control can be yielded only by the highest power that they can imagine: religion and the gods that they worship so highly. Despite wanting
Premium Hamlet Characters in Hamlet Gertrude
innocent defendants are found guilty in criminal trial cases. People spend many years wrongfully convicted and are even put on death row. This has been an issue in the United States for a long time because there was no DNA testing. There are many factors which can lead to wrongful conviction such as false eyewitness misidentification‚ false confessions‚ forensic science issues‚ government misconduct‚ poor lawyering‚ etc. The innocence Project tells me a lot about our judicial system. Eyewitness misidentification
Premium Miscarriage of justice Crime Law
The modern world we live in is constantly changing. The environment‚ economy and people are forever evolving. However‚ most human beings dislike change and despite the risk involved do not change until there are very few alternate options. Many factors can motivate a person to change. The type of people and the type of relationships a person may have with the people they surround themselves with can influence change. The type of people a person surrounds himself with can influence their feelings
Premium Human Motivation Natural environment
empire were created through the desire for more supremacy and division of ideas‚ being both imperial and nationalistic. This tension was mostly centered around the ideas of what Europe was at the time and what is would work to become. Ideological differences between nations and empires created geo-political conflict. Many thinkers of the time espoused individual rights and‚ detested many forms of imperial rule. With the rise of nationalistic movements such as the French revolution highlight the struggle
Premium Nationalism Europe Sovereignty
Britain and Japan are two nations that are thousands of miles away from each other‚ so they are not often seen as similar‚ but in reality they have many similarities. Both Britain and Japan are islands secluded from their continent‚ but their location was key to their success with industrialization and imperialism. Britain was known as the origin place for the Industrialization and Japan shocked the world with its rise to power. Both learned how to use their geography to their advantage. Critical
Premium United Kingdom United Kingdom Industrial Revolution
This is a brilliant work of the historical digging job that exposes the foundation of modern Britain in the (shameful or disgraceful acts or situations) of empire. Dirks shows that opposite to the(related to the rule of kings and queens) (people with strong opinions) then as now‚ the(shameful or disgraceful acts or situations) of victorious capture‚ violence‚ and bad mistreatment were at its center‚ not its unplanned sideshow. (making people act like decent people) the "native" necessarily involved
Premium British Empire British Raj United Kingdom
Factory Reform in Britain 1. Reform of the early factories and mines in Britain was considered necessary for many reasons. Firstly‚ in Britain‚ the mistreatment of women particularly in factories helped reform to start taking place. Women (and children) were used for fundamental jobs in textiles factories which involved manoeuvring into places that men could not manoeuvre into. Women often had to work very close to running machines‚ and since there were no machine monitors at this time‚ several
Premium Factory Child labour