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Baltimore, Md.-- Becker's Hospital Review has recognized the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) as one of "100 Great Hospitals to Know" for 2012. In addition, UMMC President and CEO Jeffrey A. Rivest has been named to Becker's list of "100 Leaders of Great Hospitals."
The hospitals acknowledged by Becker's "have demonstrated greatness through clinical accolades, innovation in care delivery, recent capital developments, and the offering of new services, specialty programs or technology." Criteria for the list includes contributions to the history of American healthcare, noteworthy accomplishments in 2011 and continued strides in 2012.
According to Becker's, "within the Baltimore area, Maryland and the country as a whole, the University of Maryland Medical Center has made a lasting imprint in how it delivers quality care." UMMC, which is also one of the most environmentally advanced and responsible organizations as ranked by Practice Greenhealth, was the first institution in the world to receive the Outstanding Facility Achievement Award in Perioperative Nursing from the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses. UMMC was also recognized for its surgical intensive care unit's rate of zero central line-associated bloodstream infections for a 25-week period, mainly due to the dedication and oversight of appointed infection control nurses.
On the list of "100 Leaders of Great Hospitals," Mr. Rivest is in the company of other hospital presidents, CEOs and directors who have emphasized organizational excellence, patient safety, quality service, financial savvy and an appropriate management demeanor.
The Becker's Hospital Review editorial team accepted nominations, conducted research and considered other recognized industry sources to develop their lists. Sources include U.S. News & World Report, Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals, HealthGrades, Magnet Recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipients.
The University of Maryland Medical Center is a 779-bed teaching hospital in Baltimore and the flagship institution of the 12-hospital University of Maryland Medical System. As a national and regional referral center for trauma, cancer care, neurocare, cardiac care, women's and children's health and physical rehabilitation, patients are referred nationally and regionally for advanced medical, surgical and critical care. It also has one of the nation's largest kidney transplant programs, as well as scores of other programs that improve the physical and mental health of thousands of people daily. All physicians on staff at the Medical Center are faculty physicians of the University of Maryland School of Medicine.


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Pacers send: Danny Granger, D. jones, 2012 unprotected pick
Pacers get: Derrick Favors, Cavs 2011 unprotected pick, Nets 2011 unprotected pick
Nets get: Granger, Augustein
Nets send: Devin Harris, Favors, 2011 first
Cavs send: 2011 unprotected pick, 10 mil tpe
Cavs get: gerald Wallace, 2012 pacers pick
Bobcats get: 10 mil tpe, Devin Harris
Bobcats send: Gerald Wallce, Augustein
Bobcats have been reportedly interested in sending wallace to cleveland for the tpe. Cavs have been extrmemly interested in Wallace. Michael Jordan has been unsure about Augustein as the future pg.
Nets get a small forward they can build around. And a younger cheaper point guard.
although Pacers trade away Granger, We get our future PF , save cap space and get 2 potential top 3 picks.
future lineup:
Collison, AJ,
2011 pick, rush, Lance
George, Posey
Favors or 2011 pick, Tyler
Hibbert/ Mcbob
We are stacked for the future. We could pick up 6-11 Perry jones to play SF and move George to the 2. Plus we wouls have nearly 40 mil. in cap space.

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Maddon can't explain Rays' struggles on road
ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays are the only team in the Majors with a winning record on the road and a losing record overall.
Entering Thursday's series finale at The Trop against the Tigers, the Rays had gone an AL-record 18 consecutive road games allowing three or fewer runs, the second-longest streak in Major League history behind in the 1908 Cubs (21).
Manager Joe Maddon continues to get peppered with questions about why the Rays are good on the road and not so good at home, and he can't pinpoint a reason.
"We pitch better on the road, and that makes no sense at all," said Maddon, when sorting through the statistics. "... I don't know [the answer], because this place [Tropicana Field] has been weird, uncomfortable for other teams to come into. A lot of it, I even go back to when I first got here. The sight lines. The depth perception. Roof lights. All those things. ... I wish I had something solid to say. It's just been really awkward. Because, normally we make our move here then try to play as well as we can on the road. I don't have it. I don't know."
Bill Chastain is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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CONCORD — Police on Tuesday arrested a man who was suspected a of robbing a bank branch inside a supermarket last week.
Clayton Hill, 24, of Concord, was arrested without incident after a vehicle stop around 2:45 p.m. Tuesday on westbound Highway 4 near Highway 680, police said. Detectives had obtained a warrant for his arrest earlier in the day.
Hill is suspected of robbing the U.S. Bank branch inside the Safeway market at 2600 Willow Pass Road. Police say about 1 p.m. Nov. 13, Hill entered the store and handed the teller a note demanding cash.
Hill did not show a weapon, police said. He is being held at the West County Jail in Richmond on $100,000 bail on suspicion of robbery.
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Monogram's booth at San Diego Comic-Con can be summed up in one word: fun! The company specializes in interesting statues, keychains, banks, and other collectibles. Monogram's SDCC exclusives this year included a Kingdom Hearts Silver Plated Set, "Marvel's The Avengers" Gold Figures Set, Marvel's 18 Eraser Box Set, "Marvel's The Avengers" 8 Pack of 4 inch figures, and resin bust banks of Deadpool and Thor. In addition to those great items there were display cases with some cool new and upcoming items, most notably those featuring the return of DC Comics!
On hand were DC bust banks of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, a Batman symbol magnet, 3-packs of 3 inch figures featuring New 52 costumes, and mock ups of 4 inch figures capturing classic comic appearances. Also on display were more Marvel paperweights, new keychains including a massive Hulk fist, and a new Dr. Doom bust bank.
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No not same price as a grip, grip doesn't offer free shipping and different colors will cost you atleast $250 at grip.
You can choose 6 different colors with the bag made from the toughest commercial material available and get a lifetime warranty plus free shipping for under $200 dollars. Hard to beat especially when the bag was designed by a doctor of physical therapy who specializes in low back pain and biomechanics and has played dg for more than 10 years. Thats why I guarantee this bag to be the most comfortable bag you will carry.
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Gardner's deal fortifies outfield for near future
TAMPA, Fla. -- News broke Sunday of Brett Gardner's four-year, $52 million extension from 2015-18, with a $12.5 million club option or $2 million buyout for the 2019 season, and the Yankees made it official Monday by announcing the deal.
Drafted and developed by the Yankees, Gardner will remain in pinstripes for the forseeable future after finding himself at the center of trade rumors throughout the winter.
"Excited. I like what he brings to the table, offensively, defensively and just his clubhouse presence. I like it," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "The way he plays the game, he's a grinder."
With Gardner locked up until at least 2018, center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury signed through 2020 with a '21 club option and right fielder Carlos Beltran on board for the next three years, it's hard to see any room opening up in the Yankees' outfield any time soon.
Of course, Beltran could wind up getting at-bats as the club's designated hitter some time during the life of his contract, which is part of the reason Girardi wasn't worried about a potential logjam.
"I think you go year by year. I don't think you can necessarily predict exactly what's going to happen over time," Girardi said. "Obviously those are three quality outfielders that you have, and if you put in the other two that we have, we have a pretty good corps of outfielders right now."
Girardi gave a similar answer when asked where Ichiro Suzuki now finds himself in the Yankees' outfield picture.
"We signed a number of outfielders as free agents, and things have a way of working themselves out in Spring Training, and exactly how he fits in right now I can't tell you," Girardi said. "My job is to keep everyone fresh, healthy and contributing, and I'll have to figure that out."
Adam Berry is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @adamdberry. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Oscar Pistorius finally won his first individual gold medal of London 2012 in the very last race at the Olympic Stadium.
The South African did not quite manage to live up to Friday's claim that he would sign off in "spectacular" fashion, but he was still a hugely convincing winner in a new Paralympic record 46.68 seconds, more than three seconds ahead of the field.
After a shock 200m loss and an expected 100m one, the 400m was the one title the 25-year-old wanted to keep hold of more than any other. It is his event, the one at which he made history by becoming the first amputee sprinter to compete in the Olympics.
And there was never any danger of an upset on Saturday night.
Pistorius came into the race with a personal best more than five seconds quicker than the next fastest in the race, none of whom had broken the 50-second barrier. Pistorius can get close to 45secs at his best.
The South African is still the biggest draw in Paralympic sport and got a huge roar when introduced to the capacity crowd.
Alan Fonteles Oliveira, the T44 200m champion whose long blades sparked furious criticism from Pistorius in the immediate aftermath of that race, was in the lane outside him and for the first half of the race looked like he might pose a challenge.
But Pistorius came into the home straight with a clear lead and, as the Brazilian tired badly, American Blake Leeper came into second and compatriot David Prince third. Oliveira was fourth. It marks the end of a long summer for the Blade Runner, who leaves London with two golds, having taken one in the relay, and a silver.
"It was very very special to me," Pistorius told Channel 4. "It was the last event of my season, the last event of the London 2012 Games. Just so special.
"It was my 11th time I was able to come out on the track and I just wanted to end and give the crowd something they would appreciate and take home with them. I was very nervous before today's race. I was quite tired but the crowd just really kept me going."


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David N. Snyder wrote:For anyone considering ordaining, I always recommend that they read The Broken Buddha, by Ven. Dhammika. It is not to discourage anyone but just so that one does not go in with high expectations, thinking things such as that all monks have perfect sila, all monks meditate, all monks are nice, etc. Here is the link to the pdf:
http://www.theravada-dhamma.org/pdf/Dha ... Buddha.pdf
SarathW wrote:I think we should have a discussion about the concerns raised be Ven. Dhammika.
When I was a management trainee my supervisor said to me "When you point out problems, come with solutions as well"
Paribbajaka wrote:Echoing what others have said, I think this it is important you discuss this with your girlfriend. Also keep in mind that temporary ordination is a very normal thing in many Theravada traditions. Having small periods of manastic life interspersed with lay life is very typical in Laos and Thailand, and many that i"ve spoken to have found it to be a very rewarding path (this obviously gets more difficult if\when children enter the picture but is still very doable).
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"Joe is one of the people who noticed me and changed my life. He encouraged, supported and challenged me. He had an ability to help students discover and explore the subtlety and nuances of ideas. He is a master teacher, a great mentor, he provides wise counsel, and that's just the truth." -Dan Whalen
Dr. Farry is a successful proponent and user of collaborative learning; his earliest classes here were taught more as discussion-based seminars than the traditional lecture prevalent in higher education in those years. He has led his students in dialogue with the great minds and with each other, drawing them into full intellectual engagement and moving their learning beyond what was safe and comfortable and on to new heights they may not have dared reach for.
Endowed professorships have long been recognized as both a hallmark of academic quality and a means by which a university honors its most esteemed scholars and teachers. Professorships are reserved for scholars of national stature, with highly distinguished records of teaching, research and publication. They constitute a time-honored way to recruit or retain scholars with exceptional records of achievement.
Louis Johnston is associate professor of Economics and holds the Joseph P. Farry Professorship at Saint John's University. He earned his B.S. at the University of Minnesota (1983), and his M.A. (1987) and PhD (1990) at the University of California, Berkeley (all in Economics).
Johnston specializes in macroeconomics and economic history. His most recent projects focus on analyzing the evolution of Minnesota's economy and how Minnesota became "above average" over the past 60 years.
Johnston is special contributor to the 4th, 5th, and 6th editions of Principles of Economics by Robert H. Frank and Ben S. Bernanke (McGraw-Hill / Irwin, 2009, 2012, 2014), with responsibility for developing and writing all of the macroeconomics chapters.
Johnston writes a twice-monthly column on economics and the economy for MinnPost.com called "Macro, Micro, Minnesota," and was a regular guest on Minnesota Public Radio's Midday program. His micro-blog is available at http://twitter.com/ldjeconomics.
Join the McCarthy Center for a celebration with Professor Johnston, Professor Farry, and Gary Eichten '69 on February 26, 2014 at St. John's University. More information to come!
Come join the McCarthy Center at 5:00 on Thursday, March 26th to find out more about how the 2008 financial collapse happened. Free pizza will be provided, and a radio preview of the event is available for streaming on Ox in the Afternoon.
Dr. Joseph Farry served Saint John's University and the College of Saint Benedict for many years as teacher, adviser, scholar, administrator and friend. He was appointed to the Political Science department in 1961, and taught countless students with distinction in the department and also in Freshman Colloquium, Honors Symposium, Senior Seminar and the interdisciplinary Introduction to Social Science. He earned his B.S., from Loyola University, Los Angeles; M.A., University of California, at Los Angeles; and Ph.D., Fordham University
Dr. Farry served as chair of the Social Science Division, the Department of Government and Peace Studies. He led the Washington Summer Internship Program, the Freshman Colloquium Program and the Liberal Studies Core Curriculum Program. He coordinated the First Year Honors Program, and was coordinator and principal author of the 1979 Self-Study Report for the North Central Association accreditation visitation and has served on numerous faculty committees. He was vice-chair of the Saint John's Faculty Assembly, and served as Dean of the College from 1991 through 1996.


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Coach of the Year
HEATHER JOHNSTON, San Ramon Valley — An influx of young talent arrived at San Ramon Valley, and the Wolves went unbeaten under Johnston despite their youth. In her five seasons as head coach, the Wolves have reached the NCS finals four times, winning three championships. She also coaches San Ramon Valley's boys and girls swim teams, and the girls are perennial NCS contenders.
— Stephanie Hammon
COURTNEY FAHEY, Monte Vista, Jr. — Earned All-East Bay Athletic League first-team honors for the second straight year while leading the Mustangs to the North Coast Section Division I finals.
KIMBERLY JOHNSON, Las Lomas, Jr. — Scored 88 and set a school record with 77 earned ejections for the NCS Division I semifinalists. She is a two-time Diablo Foothill Athletic League first-team pick.
ANNIKA JENSEN, Campolindo, Sr. — The USC signee repeated as DFAL MVP while leading the Cougars to a second straight NCS Division II championship.
KAT KLASS, San Ramon Valley, Jr. — A member of the national youth team, Klass was named EBAL MVP and amassed an amazing 151 goals for the Wolves as they completed an undefeated season.
LEXI LIEBOWITZ, San Ramon Valley, Fr. — The lefty burst onto the scene for the unbeaten NCS Division I champions with 89 goals and 52 assists to earn All-EBAL first-team honors.
TAYLER PETERS, James Logan, Sr. — The goalkeeper is a two-time Mission Valley Athletic League MVP. She led the Colts to a league title, 21-4 record and a NCS Division I quarterfinal appearance.
NATALIE SEIDEMANN, Campolindo, Sr. — Bound for UC Irvine, the four-year starter helped the Cougars claim the DFAL and NCS Division II titles.
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Emily Byrne, Miramonte, Jr.;
Michelle Hawkins, Livermore, Sr.;
Kristen Hong, Miramonte, Jr.;
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Chase Lanier, Acalanes, Sr.;
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On Wednesday, Sporting News named Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall as our coach of the half-year, as part of our midseason awards.
On Saturday, Marshall again proved he was the worthy selection.
His still-shorthanded Shockers held off the nation's 12th-ranked team in a 67-64 victory over the Creighton Bluejays. As is often the case for Marshall's teams, the Shockers featured a balanced scoring attack—four players scored in double-digits, led by Carl Hall's 17 points. Wichita State improved to 17-2 overall and pulled even with the Bluejays atop the Missouri Valley standings with a 6-1 record.
Remember, the top five scorers for last year's Wichita State team, which finished 27-6, were all seniors. That hasn't seemed to matter. Neither has an unfair injury bug. Hall missed seven games with a broken thumb but returned against Illinois State. Ron Baker, who averaged 25.1 minutes, is still out for another couple weeks with a stress fracture in his left foot. Evan Wessel, who played 19.0 minutes, is out for the year and seeking a medical redshirt after surgery on his broken finger.
And yet, here are Marshall's Shockers, perched at the top of the Missouri Valley Conference with a victory over everybody's pick to win the Valley. Creighton's Doug McDermott had 25 points on Saturday, and Bluejays big man Gregory Echenique had 13 rebounds (six offensive) and five blocked shots.
The Shockers only scored five points in the final five minutes—and went just 3-for-9 from the charity stripe—but the defense was good enough to make a slim lead hold up. The missed free throws made things more tension-filled than was probably necessary—Creighton's Ethan Wragge missed two clean looks from 3-point range in the final 10 seconds—but Wichita State came away with the win.


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Some financial analysts predict Sysco Corp. will have to divest part of its operations before the government will approve its planned purchase of competitor U.S. Foods, but the distributor's chief executive said he's not worried.
A joint statement issued by the companies said it will be business as usual for their suppliers and customers until the deal closes in the third quarter of 2014. Sysco president and chief executive officer Bill DeLaney will continue to lead the combined companies, which will be known as Sysco Corp.
DeLaney and other company officials discussed the multi-billion dollar deal Dec. 9 during a conference call. It includes $3.5 billion in stock and cash for the Rosemont, Ill.-based U.S. Foods and another $4.7 billion in net debt that Sysco will assume.
U.S. Foods officials did not participate in the call and did not return calls for additional comments.
The companies launched a special Web page — www.bestofbothinfood.com/suppliers — to reassure suppliers and customers that there won't be any disruptions in filling orders or meeting existing contract obligations.
"You can expect that there will be no changes in the manner you interact with your designated contacts at Sysco and U.S. Foods. When the transaction is completed, we will move forward as one company, which will continue to be named Sysco," according to the Web page.
Houston-based Sysco, the parent company of fresh produce distributor FreshPoint Inc., has 193 distribution centers in the U.S. and Canada, including 31 operated by FreshPoint. U.S. Foods has 60 locations across the country. Initially, all of the locations will continue operations as normal at until the deal closes, DeLaney said during the conference call.
With Sysco and U.S. Foods No.1 and No.2 in terms of market share, according to the Nielsen Group and Technomic Inc., the acquisition would secure Sysco's position as the largest food distributor in the country.
DeLaney said potential anti-trust issues might mean some divestitures, "but we still see this as a very attractive deal."
"I'm not going to get into the specifics of the FTC perspective," DeLaney said. "We think our market share is about 18% and they're about half our size. So, mathematically, you're talking over 25% give or take."
The managing director of BB&T Capital Markets told The New York Times he thought Sysco would be forced to divest.
"In certain regions the combined market share is going to raise some flags," Andrew Wolf told The Times. "They're going to have to make some divestitures."
DeLaney said the two companies do have some overlap in their distribution operations as well as sales and marketing staffs, but there are no plans to close locations or reduce staff at this time. He said the goal is to retain all customers of both entities, and that will take a lot of staff and infrastructure.
"There is some overlap, ... but maybe not as much as you might think," DeLaney said.
After the transaction, equity holders of U.S. foods will own about 13% of Sysco's shares. Representatives from each of U.S. Foods' majority stockholders will join Sysco's board.
Officials predict the combined companies will have annual sales of about $65 billion and generate operating cash flow of about $2 billion.


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A hospice is reopening, eight months after it was severely flooded.
Farleigh Hospice's building at the Bentalls complex in Colchester Road, Heybridge, was flooded during the August bank holiday.
It has now been fully dried out and redecorated and re-opens to patients on Tuesday.
Lounge and clinical areas have been refurbished and the Department of Health gave money to refit the kitchen, which is now professionally designed.
Other changes include a new room kitted out with tools and benches for male patients to work on projects and socialise.


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SAN BERNARDINO - The Drug Enforcement Administration on Tuesday raided two medical-marijuana clinics on Highland Avenue, seizing dozens of pounds of marijuana, hash and edible products containing the drug.
"No arrests were made pursuant to the search warrants, however, local authorities did take one individual into custody on an outstanding arrest warrant on unrelated charges," said DEA spokeswoman Sarah Pullen.
Both businesses - Alternative Solutions Patient Care and Advanced Healing Qualified Patients Association - had been fined for violating city codes and were told by the DEA to shut down for violating federal law.
A sign on the doors of the clinics advised customers that the places were closed.
San Bernardino police said they'd been working with the DEA for several months in response to complaints from residents about the businesses.
"There have been complaints about people loitering, citizens complaining about smells, suspicious suspects," said police Lt. Paul Williams. "We've had numerous, numerous complaints."
One woman, who wished not to be identified, said she recently decided not to renew her lease in the shopping center in part due to the two dispensaries.
"It's not like there was an increase in crime," she said, "but a lot of my customers were concerned about the people hanging out outside. They were a little worried, especially the ladies that came to me."
An undercover San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy visited both clinics on Aug. 22. The warrants indicated the deputy is in good health, but he got a doctor's recommendation for marijuana, according to the search warrants.
State law allows the use of medical marijuana.
The deputy purchased one gram of marijuana labeled "Pre 98 Bubba" for $15 from Advanced Healing Qualified Patients Association, the warrants say.
He bought two grams of marijuana labeled "Jamaican Gold" for $20 from Alternative Solutions Patient Care.
Both clinics gave the deputy free marijuana products for being a new patient.
Seven deputies staked out ASPC the same day.
From 11:30 to 11:55 a.m., officers saw one or two customers per minute entering the ASPC clinic, investigators wrote in a warrant.
The DEA, assisted by San Bernardino police and sheriff's deputies, returned to both businesses Tuesday. They seized about 55 pounds of marijuana, four pounds of hash - a concentrated form of the drug - 147 pounds of edible marijuana products and 183 marijuana plants, Pullen said.
"I don't see a big problem with it," said Chris Marsden, 46, of Highland. "As long as they're not selling to kids and they're following the rules, why not? Personally I see a lot more people get addicted and messed up on prescription drugs like Oxy(Contin) than on pot."
Kattia Marie Wright, identified in the warrants as the owner of ASPC, could not be reached for comment.
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Grudge Match—Tyson vs. King
The former heavyweight champion of the world and the world's most notorious boxing promoter are battling in court over millions of dollars.
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They have been locked up in a bitter grudge match since Tyson first fled as the marquee attraction in King's stable of fighters and filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming that the promoter (in cahoots with Tyson's friends-turned-co-managers, John Horne and Rory Halloway) had conspired to bilk him for at least $100 million in purse money and earnings over the years. The charges included such minute details as the rights to Tyson's likeness being used in action figure dolls. Never to be outdone, or outflanked, King filed a counter suit against Tyson dismissing all charges. He seeks $110 million.
It hasn't been easy for Tyson to take his case to trial. In Tyson's first deposition, King unexpectedly turned up during the proceedings while Tyson's lawyers quizzed their client under oath. King sat down across from Tyson (out of camera view) and began to shoot the fighter menacing stares and intimidating faces, according to people in the room. Furious, Tyson jumped at King and, while lawyers and court bailiffs were able to keep Tyson from socking him into the nearest emergency room, Tyson did manage to dump a pitcher of water onto King's Afro.
"He persuaded me that I could trust him," Tyson told his lawyers. "I depended totally on Don King in taking care of all my financials."
Tyson's admission captures the beginning of one of many turbulent chapters in the story of a troubled boxing legend who earned history's honor of becoming the youngest, perhaps most devastating, heavyweight champion and then placed his future into the weathered hands of boxing's most notorious promoter. Years after that initial liaison, Tyson's script has turned into a tale of blown opportunities and kingdom squandered. For King, the case against Tyson represents one last challenge in court against all odds and accusations.
The groundwork for this tangled web was laid early on in their relationship.
Only three months after co-promoting his first fight, a 22-year-old Tyson signed away powers of attorney privileges to "Daddy" Don. "I authorized him to look out for me and my money and to make sure we don't have no tax problems. I would do anything he told me to do," Tyson said in a deposition.
After only one year under King's financial stewardship, the fighter claims his millions went to keep King's boxing operations, Don King Productions (DKP) afloat, supporting undercard fighters, King's family, lawyer and staff, and, ultimately, King himself. According to King's former employees, Tyson didn't have a clue what he was paying for, or didn't seem to care that he was being ripped off.
"It was comical," says Joseph Maffia, who was then head comptroller for DKP. "We used to joke and laugh about it in the office all the time. The motto was: When in doubt, CBMT!"
That's King lingo: Charge Back Mike Tyson.
A shy, soft-spoken CPA, Maffia is likely to be a primary witness in Tyson's approaching trial. He was also a witness in the government's blown attempt in the mid-1990s to prosecute King. He first testified against King in front of the U.S. Senate's permanent subcommittee on investigations. Maffia is tired of testifying, he says, and prefers to let the numbers speak.
According to a copy of a 1998 ledger from DKP, for instance, Maffia's own $4,000 Christmas bonus from DKP was charged to Tyson. Although Maffia and King's other employees never technically worked for Tyson, the fighter also claims he covered an additional $28,000 in holiday bonuses for King's late matchmaker and public relations man, Al Braverman, King's executive director, Dana Jameson, King's limousine driver, Yusef "Captain Joe" Shah, and King's wife, Henrietta. Records show that Tyson even paid for a number of DKP's office supplies, extraneous purchases and charitable and political donations: $6,200 worth of turkeys from W&W Meats in Cleveland; a $15,000 donation for Father George Clements, not to mention bearing part of a $1,500 donation to Democratic presidential candidate Rev. Al Sharpton, an old friend of King's who also once went undercover for the FBI in one of the agency's many bungled attempts to convict King for virtually any crime it could find. Dozens of other entries were also billed to Tyson, everything from traveling expenses for King employees to the rent on a condo in Manhattan.
"Mike just didn't seem to care," Maffia says. "Maybe in his mind he figured he was making $10 million to $20 million a fight, so if some went missing, it wasn't really worth fighting for.
"We bombarded Mike with the bills and contracts," Maffia says. "It's not like we sat down with him like any other accountant might to a client and explain: This is what you're paying us for and why. He was never given the opportunity to read anything that was put in front of him."
"I'd sign anything he asked me to," Tyson told his lawyers about King. "I believed in him…"
The stakes in this case could not be higher. A dramatic courtroom showdown should decide the fate of both enigmatic boxing legends. "Only in America!" as King might say. With one jury decision, Tyson looks to score his biggest payday yet and, in a twist worthy of Shakespeare, the bankrupt fighter looks to retire the plum promoter in his place.
"It's a character fight," says Dale Kinsella, the lead attorney for Tyson. "A lot of fighters have sued Don over the years, and a win for Mike could mean sweet justice."
But so far, the trial of all trials, like so many hyped promotions in boxing, has been only a tease. Lawyers were to begin picking jurors for the case last September and now, after a number of bizarre events that have plagued Tyson since he checked out of the Peninsula last spring, it's unclear when Tyson's day in court may come. A new trial date has tentatively been scheduled for the third week of April or until the depths of Tyson's financial morass have been navigated and untangled.
But making sense of Tyson's earnings and spontaneous spending sprees could take a while, and already Tyson seems to have lost interest in the merits of his claims. He rarely calls his lawyers. He seems detached and resigned. Asked about his chances in court, Tyson told me recently, "I don't really know nothing about that, man. That's something that I be handling in a totally different arena."
Unlike the fighter, King has been following the case against Tyson at every turn. An avid reader of Shakespeare's tragedies, King's favorite tome is The Merchant of Venice, he says, a tale of revenge, money lending and betrayal. He understands the reversal-of-fortune plot line that lays ahead in the case. He insists he isn't worried.
"I didn't do nothing wrong," King told me recently over dinner in Las Vegas, where he was promoting a three-title-fight card. Any allegation of fiscal treason, he added, misses the point. "It's not really a problem of whether I'm right or wrong," he says. "Who really wins? Nobody really wins. It leaves only a lot of bruised feelings. It leaves divisiveness in the community. It leaves people being anti when they should be pro."
King has come a long way from running the numbers game amid the pimps, grifters and low-life thugs of the Cleveland ghetto, and doing four years time in state prison for pistol-whipping an old friend to death over a $600 bet. He is the first black promoter to be elected into the boxing hall of fame and the only nonathlete that Sports Illustrated magazine named as one of the world's 40 most powerful sports figures. He is also probably the only man to be convicted of manslaughter and have the privilege to "meet and greet" a number of sitting U.S. presidents. King attributes this success to the country's tolerance for second chances ("My country tis a thee!") and the opportunities inherent within free enterprise ("My magic lies with my people ties!").
King seems to carry a kitschy fondness for manifest destiny, and in that gambling, good-luck, gold-rush way, he is a relic of a more brazen and fearless America. Put simply, he's a gambling man who likes to win -- and he's good at it. Within King's office compound off Interstate 95 in Florida, a small coaster on his grand mahogany desk reads: "When you're the lead dog, the view never changes."
Often in his bouts, however, when King steps into the ring, chest out and head high and waving miniature plastic flags, he is heckled by fight fans. They might hold grudges for the fates of "Terrible" Tim Witherspoon, who publicly criticized King for shackling fighters with onerous "multi-fight contracts," who protested King's drug-infested stables and, strapped for cash, came back to King again and again and eventually fought for the heavyweight championship for a meager $90,000. There's Muhammad Ali, who, instead of taking King to court on a $1 million claim, settled with a suitcase filled with $50,000 cash. And there's King's first fighter, Earnie Shavers, who was often spotted on the casino floors of Las Vegas at King's boxing shows begging for money.
It may be unfair to hold King responsible for the fallout fates of his fighters, but a striking number of them have pressed legal action against him. All the suits have carried similar allegations: that King overcharged them for training or travel expenses; or that King shortened the net gross of the promotion by deducting hundreds of thousands in "off the top" expenses; or that King convinced them to sign exploitative contracts that consisted of little more then a dotted line and a blank page.
Asked why hundreds of fighters had sued him, King says, "You find a lot of guys that don't got a problem until somebody tells them they got a problem and then when once they got a problem, they don't understand what the problem is. But they think that in the end they can get something for nothing. That's the mentality."
If the Tyson case does go to trial, King is confident of victory. "I've weathered the storm of several indictments and, under the worst of conditions and under the worst of odds, I've come out from under them OK," he says. "It's because of this country. I love this country, man! Go into a courtroom, [seek] redress for your grievances, and get some justice!
"When you look at the record," he adds, in a vague summary of events with Tyson, "you had two or three urchins from the ghetto -- me included -- who came together, rose to an occasion where you could go out and make more money then you ever dreamed of in your whole life, and everyone gets paid, and everyone spends, and one person tries to keep more money [King], and the other [Tyson] gets mad at that person [King] for trying to keep his share, because they want to drown in their own tears. And then they come up with ideas that you must be taking something from them. I find this all the time. But hey, it's better than sitting on the stoop."
Just mentioning King's name seems to presume guilt, he says, and it's hardly fair given his competition. "There's worse in boxing then me," King once told Joe Spinelli, a former FBI agent, cited in Jack Newfield's Only in America: The Life and Crimes of Don King. "I just play by the rules that exist. I'm just a 24-hour-a-day guy. Nobody can outwork me. That's why I'm on top. Nobody can outwork me and I play by the rules. The problem is, you don't like the rules."
Even King's enemies praise his conviction and in his company seem to feel the giddy effects of his uproarious personality. Promoters Cedric Kushner and Lou DiBella remember a time when King came to New York and, despite both having pending lawsuits against King, he invited them to dinner at The Palm. After finishing a spread of lobster and steak with King, Kushner remembers scurrying home to call DiBella on the phone, saying, "How fun was that!" Of King, fight manager Shelly Finkel says, "A master negotiator." Jeff Wald: "He'll sit [at] a table for thirty or forty hours -- outwork you to death." Vice president of HBO sports Xavier James: "There's only one like him." King's son, Carl: "He's the best. Bar none."
King makes no delusions about his motivations. In June, at a press conference before a recent boxing match King promoted, Rich Neiderman, director of boxing operations at the Orleans Hotel and Casino, told reporters in Las Vegas, "We'd like to thank Don King for bringing us this great championship fight card. Hopefully, next time we'll make some money." (Laughter.) King took the podium for nearly three hours. He was hilarious, poetic and often seemingly delirious. "A lot of people extol me and my family, but fighters make more with me then they do with the honest guys!" he said, then chuckled. "Like me or dislike me, I get the money."
In boxing, stealing from a fighter has become so engrained into the lore of the sport that few are willing to give cries of theft any attention. As one television network executive told me about Tyson's case, "Nobody could give two shits." Accusations of robbery are almost expected, if not shrugged off as cliché in an industry governed without enforceable rules or regulations. There is no union, no pension plan or guaranteed benefits for either fighter or promoter. There is only chaos -- "a world of amorphous Jell-O," as Bert Sugar, the cigar-chomping fight historian, says. It's the last frontier for unfettered American enterprise, a no-holds-barred landscape where a fighter like Tyson can go broke after earning more than $300 million -- and a promoter like King can develop a reputation for such genius, and fiscal chicanery.
Tyson had been warned about King. The bald, nearly blind, paranoid boxing sage Cus D'Amato told him that when the championship would come, there would be others coming to earn his trust and test his financial naïveté. In a story often told, D'Amato adopted Tyson, the ghetto thief from the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, New York, arrested 38 times between the age of 10 and 13. Plagued with an awkward combination of great physical strength and a wispy, almost feminine voice, Tyson spent his fabled youth sleeping between the walls of abandoned buildings, mugging older women, sticking up delis and getting tied to his bed and beaten by his brother and sister who could not control his behavior. Tyson was the kid who held the gun because the other thugs could be tried as adults.
He was uncontrollable.
"Our walls were plenty dirty," says Teddy Atlas, who first trained Tyson under D'Amato. "If there's a leak in the roof, you know, the spill doesn't just stay in the kitchen."
Atlas is a rugged disciplinarian, a doctor's son who carries a scar that runs down the side of his face from a knife fight and is now one of boxing's leading analysts. Atlas doesn't take on fighters anymore, he says, because of a tendency to lack in character. He ended his relationship with Tyson when he escorted the then 16-year-old fighter into a back alley behind D'Amato's gym, above the Catskill, New York, police station, and stuck the cold, steel butt of a loaded 38-caliber pistol into Tyson's ear.
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Merry Meltdown
Starring: Korn, Stone Temple Pilots with Chester Bennington, Sick Puppies, Big B and Assuming We Survive.
Where: Citizens Business Bank Arena, 4000 E. Ontario Center Parkway, Ontario
When: 6 p.m. Dec. 14
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ONTARIO >> Fans of Korn, Stone Temple Pilots featuring Chester Bennington, Sick Puppies and Big B will get an early gift this year in the form of the Merry Meltdown concert at the Citizens Business Bank Arena.
The show, which starts at 6 p.m. Saturday, is presented by San Bernardino-based alternative rock radio station X103.9
Also on the bill is X103.9 Localpalooza competition winner Assuming We Survive of Rancho Cucamonga.
Stone Temple Pilots featuring Bennington, better known as the frontman for Linkin Park, will play the hits for which STP is famous, despite the fact the band parted ways with original lead singer Scott Weiland.
�No matter what kind of band you are, you�re trying to be conscious of what people want to hear,� said bassist and songwriter Robert DeLeo in a recent phone interview. �You got to keep yourself in the light of being a fan. You can�t ever lose that. People pay money to come and see you play. You make a good blend of music and make a set of songs people are really digging. We have over 20 years of material and a lot of Top 10 songs. We don�t really have dead spots in the set where people want to go get a beer.�
Stone Temple Pilots is known for hits like 1993�s �Plush� and 1994�s �Interstate Love Song� with Weiland. The band just released an EP in October with Bennington titled �High Rise� that features the single �Out of Time.�
DeLeo said the band is playing better than it has in years.
�I look at it like this: Stone Temple Pilots was getting run into the ground. It really was. That�s sometimes what happens. And you know, I can�t take something I�m so proud of and have it be run into the ground,� he said. �There just really wasn�t going to be any more Stone Temple Pilots the way it was going. I look at this as a new chapter of Stone Temple Pilots. A new fire, a new light in there, a new energy.�
DeLeo added he hasn�t talked to former singer Weiland in at least a year.
�It wasn�t an easy decision to terminate Scott and move on,� DeLeo said. �It�s not an easy decision. I don�t look for comments from people. You either like it or you don�t. If you don�t, then don�t listen. If you dig it, then great.�
Another of the show�s headliners, Big B, said in a phone interview that he�s excited for the night of music.
�It�s a big thing to play with great bands. To have your name on this roster lets you know you�re doing something,� Big B said.
Big B, who was born in Upland but now lives in Las Vegas, plays a blend of hip-hop, punk rock, reggae and country.
The artist, whose real name is Bryan Mahoney, said his mom still lives in Upland.
Big B�s latest album is �Fool�s Gold� which was released in July on Suburban Noize Records. His biggest hit is probably 2009�s �Sinner� featuring Scott Russo of Unwritten Law.
�I just go in and it�s just life,� Big B said. �It�s one part fiction, one part non-fiction. I take life experiences and twist them. I just try to write stuff people can relate to or they�ve been through. That�s the thing with a good song. It triggers an emotion. Whether that emotion is sadness or happiness, wherever it takes you, I just try and write a good song.�
He loves live performances, he said.
�I feel proud to be playing out there and having an hour to an hour-and-a-half of songs people will know,� Big B said. �It blows me away still that people can connect with me. Songs that started out as feelings inside and turned into music that people connected with.�


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What makes a great Christmas present, one that sticks with you for decades?
In my experience, it's one that has some meaning that runs deeper than the actual physical object. I have, to date, celebrated 48 Christmases in my life and of the many gifts I 've received, the one that stands out the most is an electric train I got when I was 10.
My father had it set up and running under the tree, and I knew it was mine the moment I saw it since I was the only boy in the household at the time.
It was a Tyco brand, a steam locomotive running on an oval track with about a half dozen cars and a few plastic buildings and trees. I supplied the imagination.
It ended up in an attic room, set up on an old ping pong table, and I never grew tired of it. I played with it often and eventually began making buildings and streets out of paper and, with my little toy cars, created a miniature city. They were just backdrops, though. The train was always at the center.
I've always loved trains. I don't get to ride on them nearly as often as I would like. No matter how pressed for time I may be, I never mind getting stopped by one in traffic, and when the opportunity arises, I'll stop what I am doing to watch one pass.
When I worked out of Record Publishing Co.'s old Bedford office, I would try to duck out at around 4 p.m. and cross Broadway Avenue to watch the train that would often go by at that time on the west side of the commons.
When I was little, before I had a train set of my own, my family lived in a suburb of Chicago and we would take periodic trips to the Museum of Science and Industry.
I fell in love with the enormous model train set up there, one that dated back to 1941. You could watch it from ground level or from above on a balcony, and I would have stayed watching it all day if my parents had let me.
To this day, I dream of having the space to create something like it.
I think it's genetic. My maternal grandfather was a railroader, a maintenance man who worked up to foreman on the St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad, called The Frisco by railroad old timers.
Despite its name, it actually operated out of Springfield, the city in southwest Missouri where my grandparents lived, until it was absorbed by the Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railroad in the late 1970s.
I never knew my grandfather. One Friday night in 1962, two years before my birth, he came home from work too tired to stay up and watch his favorite television show, "Gunsmoke." He went to bed and never woke up. He was 57.
I grew up hearing about what a great guy Grandpa Jack was. I remember my mother telling me when I was a child that if he had lived, he would have taken me down to the yard to see the trains.
I'm not bitter about it, but I have always felt envious of my siblings and cousins. They remembered him and kn ew his love, while the closest thing I have to memories are old photographs.
I don't think it ever occurred to me as a child, but I believe now this is the main reason why that electric train meant so much to me, why I played with it so often and why after all these Christmases and so many presents, it still holds a special place in my heart.
It helped provide a connection that I wanted and needed.
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We knew Miguel Cabrera was strong, but we didn't know his cells apparently soak up rays from the Earth's yellow sun and grant him powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal baseball players.
Case in point: One flattened baseball, courtesy of the Tigers' star slugger. And we do mean flattened. Just take a look at the picture.
The eye-popping feat occured as Cabrera belted his 28th home run of the year against the Indians Sunday. The Tigers lost the game, but that will be of little comfort to the undoubtedly traumatized ball.
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Sep 12, 2012
September Media Moves
Below is a sampling of recent media moves and news compiled by PR Newswire's Audience Research Department.
Anderson Cooper's daytime talk show has been renamed "Anderson Live". (http://www.andersoncooper.com) The second season will feature rotating guest hosts and will be filmed live. His first guest will be singer/actress Beyonce.
Reed Elsevier, parent company of Hollywood trade paper, Variety has accepted a multimillion dollar bid from Avenue Capital to purchase the longstanding entertainment trade paper. Avenue Capital is the parent company of the The National Enquirer.
Check out Miabella Magazine (http://www.miabellamag.com), a new magazine out of South Florida spearheaded by Editor-in-Chief Gina Villani Addison (email@example.com) (https://twitter.com/MIABELLAMag). Miabella is a bi-monthly magazine geared towards young women ages 14-21. The focus of the magazine is to provide help and guidance in gaining a positive self-image.
The new owners of the Orange County Register (http://www.ocregister.com) has approved 25 newsroom positions, including Movie & Resturant Critics, Business Editor and Auto Reviewer.
NS: Modern Luxury for the North Shore is set to launch in October. The publication will navigate the North Shore area of Chicago, highlighting the local businesses and personalities. Elaine Doremus (firstname.lastname@example.com) (https://twitter.com/NSEditorinChief) will serve as Editor-in-Chief. For additional information visit: http://www.modernluxury.com/ns.
KXTV-TV (http://www.news10.net) in Sacramento, CA has launched a new weekend morning broadcast, which will be anchored by Kate Larsen. Follow the station on Twitter at http://twitter.com/News10_CA.
The Los Angeles News Group (LANG) has appointed Gene Warnick to the position of Sports Editor, which will expand his duties to oversee sports for all of the LANG newspapers. LANG newspapers include the Los Angeles Daily News, Daily Breeze, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, San Bernardino Sun, Redlands Daily Facts, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Pasadena Star-News and the Whittier Daily News.
Good Morning America (https://twitter.com/GMA) Host Robin Roberts (https://twitter.com/RobinRoberts) said goodbye Thursday, August 30th as she is taking medical leave to undergo a bone marrow transplant from her sister. Roberts announced in June that she has Myelodysplastic Syndrome, a rare blood disorder that affects bone marrow. It was then announced there will be a series of guest hosts in her absence such as Oprah Winfrey, Kelly Ripa, Barbara Walters, Katie Couric and more surprise guests.
Live! with Kelly (http://dadt.com/live/) has announced ex-football player Michael Strahan will be Kelly Ripa's new Co-Host beginning September 4th. Strahan was one of 59 co-hosts who had sat next to Ripa during the past nine months after Regis Philbin left the show. He is expected to also continue his co-hosting job on Fox NFL Sunday.
Highlights Hello (http://www.highlights.com/highlights-hello-magazine-for-kids) is a new publication from the Highlights for Kids crew that is ramping up for a January debut. This pub targets toddler up to age 2 and parents with reading and picture activities and advice from pediatricians and other children's experts. Christine French-Cully is the Editor: email@example.com
The Red and Black (and Blue?), the University of Georgia newspaper, is now run by Adviser Ed Morales, who is in charge of all editorial content. Editor-in Chief Polina Marinova and the staff of this student-run newspaper have quit in protest of the university's decision to oversee the Red and Black (http://www.redandblack.com).
The Birmingham News is going through many changes. The new publisher, Alabama Media Group, has dropped the paper from a daily to a three-day per week publishing schedule. It will now be printed on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. The paper will still be updated on its shared website, http://www.al.com/al.com, which includes The Birmingham News, Huntsville Times and Press-Register in Mobile.
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Private label retail and food manufacturers continue to face increasingly complex challenges around regulatory compliance and quality. These regulations can be difficult to comply with, especially when outdated systems do not talk to one another. On March 15, Oracle hosted a webcast to discuss new regulations being implemented in 2012. At the event, Fred Brown, Partner at Kalypso, Bob Hosfeld, Senior Manager at Kroger Corporate Food Technology, and Wes Frierson, Director PLM Product Strategy, Oracle, discussed how organizations can prepare for and manage new regulatory requirements with Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) for Food & Beverage. Here, you can find a replay of the webcast, plus learn about other companies using today's technologies to gain new insight into their supply chains.
Oracle Helps Land O'Lakes Anticipate Demand "Figuring out how much inventory we need to meet customer demand—and understanding where product will be needed at a specific point in time—is critically important to the business," says Barry Libenson, vice president and CIO at Land O'Lakes. "The Demantra solution is the key driver that we use in order to make that happen."
Endeca: Powerful New Analytics for Procurement and Supply Chain Management Christopher Linskey, senior director, sales engineering for Endeca, explains how Oracle Endeca Information Discovery will help both value chain managers and procurement professionals better assess supplier risk profiles, warranty claims, spend management, and other areas.
Blog: Is there 'Pink Slime' in Your Supply Chain? "Like lead paint in children's toys, manufacturers and suppliers need to be alerted to the materials entering the food chain or the supply chain," says Oracle's Stephen Slade, senior Director, supply chain management marketing. "Consumers have a right to know what they are buying or digesting. Eventually it will come out as transparency reveals the facts."
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Three Steps to Achieving a Profit-Centric Supply Chain "Profit-centric supply chain execution involves focusing on optimizing key financial measures, such as profits, working capital and costs, with the traditional supply chain focus of moving goods being secondary factors," says Harshad Khatri, senior director for Industry Strategy and Insight at Oracle.


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'Bob Rock' Comes to the Orleans Arena, 3/22
Featuring an all-star line-up of musical acts from the '80s -- including Vince Neil of Motley Crue, Night Ranger, Skid Row, Warrant and Quiet Riot -- Bob Rocks invades Orleans Arena on March 22. Bob Rocks is an '80s Metal Festival presented by New Breed and Frederic Entertainment, and 107.9 Bob FM.
Vince Neil became the lead singer of the "World's Most Notorious Rock Band," Motley Crue, in 1981 - the same year the band released its first album, "Too Fast For Love." As a solo artist, Neil released his first record, "Exposed," in 1992.
In 1983, Night Ranger earned widespread acclaim with their multi-platinum album "Midnight Madness," which included smash hits "Sister Christian," "When You Close Your Eyes" and the rock anthem "(You Can Still) Rock in America."
Released in 1989, Skid Row's self-titled debut album went five times platinum and featured the hit singles "18 and Life," "I Remember You" and "Youth Gone Wild." The band's second album, "Slave to the Grind," was released in 1991 and debuted at the top of the Billboard charts.
Warrant first came into the spotlight in 1989 with their double platinum debut album, "Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich," and one of its singles, "Heaven" reached the top of the charts. The band continued their successful run into the early '90s with their hit song, "Cherry Pie."
Known as the first heavy metal band to top the Billboard pop chart, Quiet Riot became an overnight sensation thanks to their 1983 smash album "Metal Health," which featured the top ten single, "Cum On Feel the Noize."
Doors open at 6 p.m., with performances beginning at 6:20 p.m. Reserved tickets are available starting at $15 and floor standing room only tickets are $65. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Orleans Arena Box Office at 702.284.7777, or by visiting www.orleansarena.com. Floor suites, which provide tickets for up to 18 people, can be purchased by calling the Orleans Arena Premium Services department at 702.691.5107.


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These are the first pictures and video of the completed Motus MST-01 and Motus MST-R, 1,654cc V4-powered sport tourers from the tiny Birmingham, Alabama-based startup motorcycle maker. The bikes were shown for the first time at Pratt Miller in Michigan, the auto engineering company designed the frame and transmission, while Corvette race motor builders Katech made the engine, based on their Le Mans-winning LS7.R V8. More to come.
Update: 5 new high-res photos.
This V4 is a scaled-down, four-cylinder version of the Le Mans-winning Corvette GT1 direct-injection small block V8 and is being built for Motus by Detroit-based Katech Engines on the same production line as the LS7R. Like that 'Vette engine, it has a 90° V, is made from aluminum and uses nickel-silicon-carbide-coated linerless bores. There's two pushrod valves per-cylinder. Unlike the LS7R, the KMV4 phases its crankpins at 75°, creating a big-bang-like firing sequence.
Motus revealed last night that, rather than the 140bhp/120lb-ft figures initially disclosed, the engine actually makes 160bhp and 122lb-ft of torque.
The KMV4's single camshaft is mounted in the valley between the cylinders, actuating the valves through pushrods. This is an incredibly compact, simple and light arrangement, the benefits of which on a motorcycle should be obvious. Giving the engine a distinct visual character all its own are four individual 40mm throttle bodies fed by vertical intake trumpets.
In addition to providing Motus with the unique character of an American muscle car, the transverse V4 arrangement is also shorter and more rigid than an inline-four, allowing a relatively short wheelbase and making it a better candidate to serve as a stressed member in the chassis. The engine weighs only 130lbs and measures 18 inches at its widest point. The six-cylinder in that BMW? 22 inches.
Motus sees the MST-01 and Ohlins-equipped MST-R as a counterpoint to the traditional image of American motorcycles. "It's core design principals are performance, comfort and range," describes one of the company's founders, Brian Case.
Unlike other sport tourers, this isn't a de-tuned sportbike with high bars, it's a ground-up design intended to offer superbike performance with all-day comfort. Hence the relatively limited peak output for the huge motor. Rather than chase meaningless peak horsepower figures, the V4 is instead intended to offer a huge spread of torque and power, beginning very early in the revs and carrying through to the redline.
"We've focused on the actual street riding experience and, specifically, fun, usable power for sport touring. that means high torque over a wide rev range, a sporty wheelbase and suspension, appropriate weather protection for comfort and low fatigue over long distances, all in a 500lbs package," continues Case. "The engine we've designed should spice up the relatively mundane sport-touring market with the torquey characteristics of a big v-twin combined with the smoothness of an inline-four and an engineered sound unlike anything on the market."
Maybe it's just the steel spaceframe and the thumping V4 engine sparking a few nearby neurons, but when seated in the high, upright saddle, the MST-01 feels most like a Ducati Monster that's grown up and gained some responsibility; but with that responsibility came a middle management job somewhere with very ergonomically correct chairs. This bike is intended for a crowd that starting riding on knife-edged sport bikes in their youth and need to move up to something smoother, easier and far more vertical now they've got a gob of back pain or a beer gut but don't want to slide into a betassled cruiser.


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A TEN-year-old boy was approached by a man in a white van and asked if he wanted a lift in Dursley.
The suspicious incident on Monday, July 14 saw the boy refusing the lift at 8.20am on Oak Drive in Dursley.
The man, described as white, in his 50s, with grey hair, a light beard and wearing a white t-shirt and glasses became verbally abusive towards the child after he was refused and drove off.
IT is not yet known whether it is connected to a similar incident incident later that day in Cam where a man exposed himself to a child.
A Gloucestershire Police spokesman said reassurance patrols were being carried out in the area and warned children and parents about stranger danger.
If you have information, call 101, quoting incident number 335 of July 14.
Visit www.gloucestershire.police.uk/kids_aware for more information.