Bellagio Bandit: How One Man Robbed Vegas’ Biggest Casino and Almost Got Away

There’s a story Tony Carleo likes to tell about a visit he made to Las Vegas over a decade ago, when he was in his early twenties.

“I was sitting in a casino,” he says, “and there was a crowd starting to gather around a craps table, people two or three deep because everyone wanted to see.”

Army Ranger School Is a Laboratory of Human Endurance

The military’s toughest training challenges have a lot in common with outdoor sufferfests like the Barkley Marathons and the Leadville Trail 100: you have to be fit and motivated to make the starting line, but your mind and spirit are what carry you to the end. A Ranger graduate breaks down an ordeal that shapes some of the nation’s finest soldiers.

Could something on Earth be so heavy that it causes the planet to move?

Yes.

One good example is the construction of the Three Gorges Dam in China. Although the material of the dam itself has less effect, once full, it held back 39 billion tons of water (much heavier than the dam itself) from the Yangtze River to a surface height of 175 meters above sea level.

Six Reasons Active Funds Have Failed To Capitalise On Market Weakness

It is a long-held investment truism that active funds may struggle in frothy markets, but they deliver the goods at times of distress. They aren’t compelled to continue investing in companies who growth prospects are lacklustre simply because they are a large part of an index. They can be agile. Or so the story goes.