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...great new technologies to come from Las Vegas. Zumanity, the newest Cirque du Soleil show at New York-New York Hotel & Casino, is a near-naked gymnastics event in which men make out and the rest of the cast simulates acrobatic sex. And Treasure Island, which now calls itself TI, has traded its kid-friendly pirate show for one in which half-naked sirens say things like "Ahoy? Who you calling...
...quietly started a conversation about getting the gaming commission to allow them to put in strip joints. It didn't go well. So for now, they're compromising with burlesque, which is the kind of stripping Janet Jackson was supposed to do. Burlesque dancers do shows at Tangerine at TI, which opened in early July, and 40 Deuce, which opens at the Mandalay Bay in a few months. But most of Vegas agrees that the casinos will eventually find a way to bring the strip clubs inside. "It's guaranteed. It's just a matter of when," says Las Vegas...
...CHECK THE TYPE OF DEED There are many kinds of deed in Thailand, and this can affect both price and how ironclad your claim to the land is. Chanot ti din' means the land has been surveyed properly, and this is the best type of title to have. But there are many other types, such as Nor Sor and Nor Sor 3 Kor, which indicate imprecise boundaries. Sor Kor titles bestow little more than squatter's rights...
...Bangladeshis live in an overwhelmingly corrupt feudal state, then the knights errant of the system are widely believed to be the nation's policemen. According to a survey conducted by TI's Bangladesh branch, 84% of all respondents who had interacted with the police said they encountered corruption when dealing with them. When asked about this finding, Dhaka police commissioner Ashraful Huda doesn't deny that corruption exists in the force, but says, "We take severe punitive measures against any policeman found guilty of corruption." Though ordinary Bangladeshis have little faith in their police, they also believe the cops...
...came to power with the aid of fundamentalist Islamic allies. A wide cross-section of Bangladeshis, from prominent businessmen to shopkeepers to truck drivers, complains that the government has failed to crack down on lawlessness. "The general perception is that corruption has worsened under the present regime," says TI's Murshid. The rise in extortion and violence has led the opposition Awami League (AL) to organize repeated strikes to try to force the government to resign. But the strikes are hobbling the economy and contributing to the growing consensus that the authorities are not in full control?thus emboldening criminals...