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“In my world, you are either the hunter or the prey, and I am the hunter. Vegas was my prey. I tell my crew: Vegas makes it, Vigoa takes it.”
–Jose Vigoa[pg. 37]

When it comes to violent crime, the Las Vegas cops and casino owners thought they had seen it all. But they had never witnessed anything like Jose Vigoa.

Born in Cuba, a child of Fidel Castro’s revolution, Vigoa used his quick wits and quicker fists to trade a life of poverty and desperation for one of danger and adventure as a Soviet-trained special forces officer. Battle hardened in the killing fields of Afghanistan and Angola, Vigoa won a reputation for toughness, bravery, and coolness under fire. A brilliant military career lay ahead of him.

Then, in 1980, Castro opened Cuba’s floodgates in the Mariel boatlift, and Vigoa, like so many of his countrymen and -women, braved chaos and hardship to start a new life in America’s promised land. But involvement with the drug trade brought his dreams crashing down. Years of prison followed.

On his release, Vigoa was determined to take revenge on what he perceived as the corrupt power structure of Las Vegas. On September 20, 1998, the former Spetsnaz lieutenant launched what would be the most audacious and ruthless series of high-profile casino and armored car robberies that Las Vegas had ever seen. In a brazen sixteen-month-long reign of terror, he and his tightly disciplined crew would hit the crème de la crème of Vegas hotels: the MGM, the Desert Inn, the New York-New York, the Mandalay Bay, and the Bellagio. They struck hard and fast, then vanished without a trace. Millions of dollars were stolen. Two brave men were gunned down in cold blood; others were wounded. And yet the robberies were so well planned and executed that the police–“the stupids,” as Vigoa contemptuously referred to them–were all but helpless.

Not Lt. John Alamshaw. The twenty-three-year veteran, in charge of robbery detectives, was not giving up so easily. For him, Vigoa’s rampage was a personal affront. And he would do whatever it took, even risk his badge, to bring Vigao down.

With exclusive access to all the major players, including Vigoa and Alamshaw, veteran journalist and network producer John Huddy is the perfect man to tell the gripping never-before-told story of this harrowing true-crime drama that will leave readers breathless..
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Today, the industrial world is experiencing the most revolutionary change since Henry Ford's assembly line -- which forever changed the way things are made. Japanese companies are sweeping the world, as Western companies and governments struggle to find ways to emulate them.

The Machine That Changed the World points for the first time to a positive way out of this dilemma. It shows that being defeatist about the Japanese threat, and tougher protectionism, are not the answers.

This book outlines the enormous tasks facing Western companies in the 1990s and has cogent messages for Japanese firms as well, as they move abroad.

The Machine That Changed the World is based on the largest and most thorough study ever undertaken in any industry: the Massachusetts Institute of Technology five-million-dollar, five-year, fourteen-country International Motor Vehicle Program's study of the worldwide auto industry.

Twice in this century the auto industry has changed our most fundamental ideas about how to make things. Now it is doing it again. Just as mass production swept away craft production, so a new way of making things, called lean production, is now rapidly making mass production obsolete.

Lean production is the Japanese secret weapon in the industrial wars and is spreading throughout the world. If Western companies and their managers and workers are to survive in the 1990s, they must learn and adapt to lean production. Some of the smartest already have begun to do so.

Lean production welds the activities of everyone from top management to line workers, to suppliers, into a tightly integrated whole that can respond almost instantly to marketing demands from consumers. It can also double production and quality, while keeping costs down. Its adoption, as it inevitably spreads beyond the auto industry, will change almost every industry and consequently how we work, how we live, and the fate of companies and nations as they respond to its impact.

In clear and compelling terms, this book explains what lean production is, and its global implications for all of us.

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In the 1960s, IBM CEO Tom Watson called an executive into his office after his venture lost $10 million The man assumed he was being fired. Watson told him, “Fired? Hell, I spent $10 million educating you. I just want to be sure you learned the right lessons.” In Billion Dollar Lessons, Paul Carroll and Chunka Mui draw on research into more than 750 business failures to reveal the misguided tactics that mire companies over and over. There are thousands of books about successful companies but virtually none about the lessons to be learned from those that crash and burn.

Lesson One: The cold hard facts are that between 1981 and 2006, 423 major companies with combined assets totaling $1.5 trillion filed for bankruptcy.

Lesson Two: The number one cause of failure was misguided strategy – not sloppy execution, poor leadership, or bad luck. These strategic errors include pursuing nonexistent synergies; moving into an “adjacent” market that isn’t really adjacent and
buying more problems than efficiencies through misguided consolidation.

Billion Dollar Lessons provides proven methods that managers, boards, and even investors can adopt to avoid making the same mistakes. It draws on vivid examples to help you thoroughly assess potentially disastrous strategies before they bring your company down. Think of Billion Dollar Lessons as the flip side of Good to Great, but just as eye opening and essential as that business classic. Billion Dollar Lessons will keep you from going from good to gone..
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In 1957, Arthur Frommer published a slim travel guide that showed Americans how to travel to Europe without breaking the bank. "Europe on 5 Dollars a Day" revolutionized the way Americans traveled - no longer did they have to be rich to eat a croissant from a Parisian bakery or take in the masterpieces at the Uffizi Gallery. To celebrate this remarkable achievement, Frommer's has issued a limited edition reproduction of "Europe on 5 Dollars a Day." Inside you will find the original text exactly as it was published by Arthur Frommer 50 years ago, as well as a current-day interview with Arthur Frommer on the past and future of travel..
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The Coin Collector albums are the best selling Coin Albums on the market. Lincoln Cents 1909 - 2007 . Store every single penny from 1909 - 2007. This Album contains 288 slots with spaces for all the D and S mints including 1970 small and large S, as well as 1960 small and large date. The Coin Collector albums are similar to Dansco Albums, but at a fraction of the cost. Retail value of over $34.99 Store all your Coins by Title, Date, and Mint. VIEW YOUR COINS ON BOTH SIDES: OBVERESE AND REVERSE. The Coin Albums Protect Your Coins From Corrosion. Coin Albums Do NOT Contain PVC. The Coin Albums are made of top of the line quality and have a beautiful dark green leather like design. Coin albums may be stacked or stored on a bookshelf for easy viewing..
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A Joyous Memoir of a Rescued Golden Retriever Memoir is not a word usually associated with a dog, but in this case it is appropriate because the general rule rarely, if ever, applied to him. His name was Cooper, and though no smarter or more beautiful than the majority of golden retrievers, he was weird, odd, crazy, and extraordinarily goofy. He knew how to have a good time, and in doing so he made me laugh every day..
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When the Pentagon sends troops to what the bureaucrats call a hostile fire zone, they get imminent danger pay amounting to $150 a month..
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