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	<description>Gold Plated Door   Vegas and Beyond by Richard  Abowitz</description>
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		<title>Corporate report: A &#8216;Britney Spears&#8217;-Femme Fatale Review</title>
		<link>http://www.goldplateddoor.com/2011/03/23/corporate-report-a-britney-spears-femme-fatale-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Abowitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Britney Spears will be in Vegas Friday to record a video for her new disc, Femme Fatale. Listening to the tracks, I am struck by the fact that Femme Fatale is quality product. In another period the term corporate rock was used to disparage user-friendly groups like Journey, Kansas and Foreigner. But those bands seemed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tahir Square labels MGM Resort&#8217;s &#8216;New Giza&#8217; as Mubarak asset</title>
		<link>http://www.goldplateddoor.com/2011/02/14/tahir-square-labels-mirage-resorts-new-giza-as-mubarak-asset/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Abowitz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[MGM Resorts International and Mubarak]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[MGM Resorts told the Review-Journal that nothing going on in Egypt would impact the company&#8217;s plans in that country for New Giza, a resort for the affluent which will be sitting on a lovely bit of land purchased with MGM Resort&#8217;s partner Mahmoud el-Gammal.  Mahmoud el-Gammal is the father in law of former President Mubarak&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas</title>
		<link>http://www.goldplateddoor.com/2011/01/23/the-cosmopolitan-hotel-in-las-vegas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 03:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lanie Crossman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Casinos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Misc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vegas Nightclubs]]></category>

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		<title>Las Vegas new City Hall: $150 million wasted</title>
		<link>http://www.goldplateddoor.com/2010/11/09/las-vegas-new-city-hall-150-million-wasted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Abowitz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Government waste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Las Vegas City Hall]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;O! reason not the need,&#8221; King Lear cried when challenged about how much stuff and how many helpers a retired king needs to get by on. Las Vegas like a former monarch losing sanity in a Shakespeare play also does not think need is an important standard when it comes to spending money. Last month [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Robin Leach Vs. Cosmopolitan Las Vegas</title>
		<link>http://www.goldplateddoor.com/2010/10/13/robin-leach-vs-cosmopolitan-las-vegas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goldplateddoor.com/2010/10/13/robin-leach-vs-cosmopolitan-las-vegas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Abowitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Condominium lawsuits in Las Vegas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas has been getting positive attention in Las Vegas from almost everyone since the original developer defaulted and Deutsche Bank took over the completion and opening of the casino. From the linkage to Marriott for a database to the use of public art, the resort has managed to generate a lot of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jon Spencer at Matador 21</title>
		<link>http://www.goldplateddoor.com/2010/10/11/jon-spencer-at-marador-21/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lanie Crossman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please enjoy my Movable Buffet column from yesterday&#8217;s Los Angeles Times along with a few event photos from Lanie Crossman.]]></description>
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		<title>Hard Rock: shuns Vegas&#8217; ReHab, wants that Guy Lombardo image</title>
		<link>http://www.goldplateddoor.com/2010/09/24/hard-rock-shuns-vegas-rehab-wants-that-guy-lombardo-image/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Abowitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editorial]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hard Rock lawsuuit]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vegas Hard Rock]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps the Hard Rock brand owner needs to listen to some rock songs and read some rock history. The Hard Rock casino is not connected to the national Hard Rock chain. The Hard Rock casino has use of the name. Easy short hand: The Hard Rock in Vegas is where John Entwistle of the Who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Census sense in Vegas?</title>
		<link>http://www.goldplateddoor.com/2010/09/23/census-sense-in-vegas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goldplateddoor.com/2010/09/23/census-sense-in-vegas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Abowitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Misc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Census travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political Vegas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vegas census]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vegas convention abuse]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Las Vegas justifies its existence by being both a party destination and a place where serious conventions and business meetings can be conducted. Not everyone is willing to accept this negative capability of Vegas marketing. And, a business trip to Vegas risks being called a vacation only because it sits in the 702 area code. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paris Hilton sentence: the cartoon</title>
		<link>http://www.goldplateddoor.com/2010/09/21/paris-hilton-sentence-the-cartoon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goldplateddoor.com/2010/09/21/paris-hilton-sentence-the-cartoon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 16:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Abowitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Misc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris Hilton Sentence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris Hilton Vegas]]></category>

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		<title>Bon Jovi next Vegas headliner?</title>
		<link>http://www.goldplateddoor.com/2010/09/02/bon-jovi-next-vegas-headliner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goldplateddoor.com/2010/09/02/bon-jovi-next-vegas-headliner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Abowitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Misc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bon Jovi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Springsteen in Vegas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vegas gossip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vegas headliner]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[First it was Lady Gaga at the Palms, then Madonna for $1 billion dollars in Vegas. Now, the press across the pond are claiming that 80s hair rockers Bon Jovi are being offered a multi-million pound contract for a residency in Vegas! The hotel hosting the show, of course, is not mentioned nor the exact [...]]]></description>
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