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Olympian claims seventh boxing title at Northern Quest Resort
January 30, 2014 | Vol. 117 -- No. 41
The crowd at the Pend Oreille Pavilion at Northern Quest Resort erupted as Queen Underwood made her entrance to the ring. A chant of "Queen of the ring" filled the air as Underwood steps through the ropes and stands at the red corner and waits for her opponent Mikaela Mayer.
Prior to this bout, Underwood faced Mayer in the finals of the 2014 USA Boxing National Championships women's lightweight (132 pounds) tournament, Jan. 25.
Underwood is no stranger to winning championships in Spokane. Last year she defeated Tiara Brown in the finals of the women's lightweight tournament. In 2...
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Thomas Allison Mont Jr.
Position: QB-HB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 194 lbs.
Born: June 20, 1922 in Mount Savage, MD
Died: January 1, 2012 in Phoenix, AZ
High School: Allegany
College: Maryland (school history)
Drafted by the New York Giants in the 12th round (114th overall) of the 1944 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 0 (15060th overall since 1950)
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As our games often go forward fast, that question often comes up. Especially when fighting against enemies that can see in darkness, it can become important. It is often ignored, but it can become an effective combat tactic to get rid of opponent's lights.
Black hand - a model used in Ptolus and as D&D spell token
Black hand is a recurring theme in Ptolus, which is why I decided to create a model of such. In addition, it can be used to present various spells in D&D 4E as well as 3.x rules, and possibly in other rpg's too. And when trying to find more use for it, a subterranean hand that grabs people from the surface sounds quite mean...
Cardboard sailing ships (+WIP)
These two cardboard ships, a warship and a merchant ship, have seen frequent use in D&D games, as well as in an earlier Iron Heroes game. While IH was a different and refreshing variation from D&D, I find it currently too cumbersome ruleswise.
Chemical container car - paper gaming props for your modern/scifi games
Here's a paper model of a chemical container train car I've used as a prop in my Savage Cyberworld -campaign. Print it on two A4/Letter sheets, on cardstock, 120g paper or something else strudier than standard paper. I haven't added instructions as the model is quite simple, and I didn't see it necessary to add the parts that attach train cars to each other (whatever they are called in English), model worked quite well without them.
Diorama-like photos for starting Sword & Sorcery game inspiration
Game props: Impaled man (or, WHY didn't I think of this before???)
Miniatures and modelling: Quantity vs. Quality
Miniatures for Sword & Sorcery: Arcane Legions, a tempting alternative
I told you briefly about Arcane Legions miniatures in my first post about miniatures for Sword & Sorcery. Now I'll give you a bit more insight of these minis if you consider using them in a Sword & Sorcery game - or any ancient era/fantasy roleplaying game. I'll have to say again that I love these minis and would really like to use them for a roleplaying game, and with some additions they would work well with Beasts & Barbarians.
Miniatures for Sword & Sorcery: Intro
I've collected minis from various product lines for Sword & Sorcery roleplaying campaign for some time now. Recent discussion at Savage Worlds forums about what minis should be used for Beasts & Barbarians game gave me an idea perhaps I should document my collections and help others to find miniatures for their Sword & Sorcery games.


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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Tonight's Miss California 2012 winner and results will be announced in a live historic online telecast. What channel will the Miss California 2012 pageant are, and who won the Miss California USA competition? Those answers will be revealed tonight, not on television, but via live steaming video online, pageant officials tell news. Moreover, tonight's contestants will make history as well. Two of the women are the first openly lesbian contestants in the competition's history.
Officials tells news that the 2012 Miss California USA Finals LIVE Webcast start time will be at 7:30 pm PST online. The telecast comes in a week in which the breakup of Nicole Johnson and Michael Phelps, and the addition of contestants Jenelle Hutcherson and Mollie Thomas, both dominated national news.
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A news report this week claimed that Michael Phelps has split with alleged long term girlfriend, Nicole Johnson. In 2007, Nicole Johnson, Miss Westlake Village, finished runner up in the Miss California USA competition, losing to Meagan Tandy (Miss Inland Empire).
Phelps would never confirm to news that he and Johnson were dating. When pressed back in 2008, he said "we're good friends".
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Phelps was also later linked to the Miss California Carrie Prejean. Her grandmother at the time said that Prejean and Phelps were very close. "Carrie knows that he has dated a lot of girls but she enjoys going out with him and isn't serious about being in a relationship with him. He's a nice guy and she likes him."
Also making news this week are Jenelle Hutcherson and Mollie Thomas, the competition's first lesbian contestants. Thomas tells news that, if she wins, she wants to focus her attentions on human rights issue.
She tells news "As a result of my travels, I became more involved in human rights issues and developed a deep appreciation for knowing and practicing what one stands for. This also played a big role in my personal life with my own identity." She adds "I did not hesitate to let people know who I am, as a lesbian to my family and friends, but I knew it might change the way I was viewed by society." For results, click HERE. For the live stream telecast, click HERE.


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Nesby Lee Glasgow
Position: DB
Height: 5-10 Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: April 15, 1957 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Gardena
College: Washington (school history)
Drafted by the Baltimore Colts in the 8th round (207th overall) of the 1979 NFL Draft.
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I have always been a huge muffin lover. When I was in Teacher's College I used to buy a coffee and a muffin (almost as big as my face) at the campus café. It was total heaven on earth. There was another café near my practice teaching school (on the east side of Vancouver) and they sold muffin tops, and the best coffee. I'm not kidding, the best muffin tops in the world. Who doesn't love a muffin top, as long as it's on a muffin and not a waist!
These Banana Oat Muffins are pretty darn satisfying too (minus the ginormous serving size). In fact, Livvie loves these banana muffins and she even lets me put them in her lunchbox! So people, if Livvie loves these, you will too! Liv wants me to ice these babies, but that makes them banana cupcakes, doesn't it? I told her I'd make banana cupcakes for her birthday.
Make sure you use certified gluten free oats for this recipe. I make my own oat flour (it literally takes seconds) using my Blendtec . But you could also use a coffee grinder. We've been going through a lot of oat flour lately. Seems to be my new favorite flour. We've used Creamhill Estates in the past, but Pete was noticing a reaction so we switched to Only Oats and he's totally fine.
Did you know it's March Muffin Madness at Gluten-Free Easily? Shirley's giving away a Blendtec! You could grind your own oat flour too, so make sure you hop over and enter. I'll be sharing another muffin recipe at Gluten-Free Easily on March 27th. I know you'll like this one too. A little less sugar, and a few more oats (and some raspberries)!
Gluten-Free Banana Oat Muffins
1 ¼ cup oat flour
1/2 cup tapioca flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground organic cinnamon
¼ teaspoon sea salt
1 tablespoon psyllium seed husks
2 and 1/2 tbsp ground flax seed combined with 3 tbsp of warm water
1/3 cup melted coconut oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup coconut sugar
1 cup mashed bananas (approximately 1 and a half large bananas or two medium sized) mash with a tablespoon water
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line muffin pans with cupcake liners or wipe with oil to prevent sticking.
2. Combine flours, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, sea salt, and psyllium seed husks in a medium-sized bowl.
3. In a small bowl combine the ground flax with the 3 tablespoons of warm water.
4. In the bowl of your mixer combine melted coconut oil, ground flax mixture, vanilla, and sugar. Mix on medium speed until well combined.
5. Gradually add the flour mixture, alternating with the mashed banana, to the wet ingredients.
6. Bake regular-sized muffins for 20 minutes. Mini muffins for 10 minutes
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8653 - Great 3 BR - Time Square C-Park
Anzahl von Gästen8
- Familien- / Kinderfreundlich
- Internet/WLAN
- Küche
- Klimaanlage
- Handtücher
|9th avenue, 10019 new york city, Vereinigte Staaten
|In wenigen Stunden
|Kalender aktualisiert
|Vor 2 Tagen
high speed wireless internet
flat screen cable TV
Standard kitchen appliances
polished hardwood floors
sleeper sofa
This apartment is 5 minutes walk to subway station 50th street in midtown west. It is also walking distance from central park, columbus circle and time square.
This area is the heart of fashion. Major fashion labels such as Carolina Herrera, Oscar de la Renta, Calvin Klein, Nicole Miller, and Andrew Marc have showrooms, production facilities, or offices located in the Garment District. Explore the area's countless sample sales, discount shops, fabric stores, and boutiques. Located only blocks from NYC's Macy's, the largest department store in the world.
Popular restaurants in the area include Casa di Isacco, Spot Dessert Bar, and Uncle Jack's Steakhouse.
Easy access to the rest of the city. A, C, E trains at Port Authority. 7, S, N, Q, R trains at 42nd Street/Times Square and B, D, F, M at 42nd Street/ Bryant Park.
No smoking
There is a late fee for check ins after 6PM (40 dollars before 9 pm and
80 dollars after 9 pm) and 40 dollars during weekends
Damage deposit = there is a 500 dollars damage deposit to be paid via paypal.
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Our experience of this flat was very bad. We got warm water for the shower only one day during the week we spend there. On top of that when we arrived, only one bed had bed sheets out of the three, this was corrected the next day. We asked for a discount due to these two events. We are still waiting for an answer to this request. We paid for services that we didn't enjoy.this is not normal.We hope that Wimdu management will take an action about this. By the way , we are still waiting for the pay back of the damage deposit. Thank you in advance
Fantastic apartment in a great location. Would love to stay there again.
Close to most sites. Apartment was very clean and comfy beds.
Very good location, close to theater district, high line, several subway lines.....rooms were as expected but sofa bed not. Arrangements to get into the apartment OK. Thanks Mo.
This property needs a bit of work. Good location
The flat was very close to Times Square, in an excellent position. Unfortunately we had some problems with the doorknob, so we wrote to WIMDU assistence for help. The technicians came the day after. Inside, there are a living room (with a davenport), a kitchen, two bedrooms (with two queen size bed) and one bathroom.The kitchen, was comfortable. The flat was cute but it needed some maintenance. The bathroom was quite different from the photo, there wasn't a shawer stall but a bath tub. But it was quite big and useful. Wi-fii was available and it worked very well.
We had some great days in the apartment. Very central situated, but the place is also very noisy. The bedrooms and kitchen were fine. The bathrooms did the job but are well used. The cleaning could have been better. The layout of the apartment (formerly two apartments) was strange with a door between the two bathrooms as the only connection (besides the staircase) between one of the bedrooms and the rest of the apartment.
If you like city break is the perfect opportunity
Located perfectly in the heart of New York. Walking distance to Macy's and the Empire and central park.
I really liked the place I selected. HOWEVER, On the day before we flew I was informed by "Mo" that the place I selected and paid for was "unavailable". He gave me the option of a VERY DIRTY APARTMENT THAT BASICALLY SUCKED ASS. There was mildew all over the bathroom. It was as if it had never been cleaned. I was there for 10 days and didn't feel clean once the entire time. There was space for six really dirty people to sleep, but GUESS WHAT? There are only two of us!!! So all the space was wasted. The TV service didn't work at all and yes, I was in NYC, but there are times I need to look at the news to see what's happening. THAT wasn't possible. There was crap left from previous tenants and I suppose from the owners of this dump. IT WAS BAIT AND SWITCH!!! I frikking hated every second I was in this stupid disease ridden dump.
The neighbourhood was alright and the apartment was fine as well, apart from one of the beds that almost fell apart. The biggest disappointment was that internet never worked, though we called them every day and were promised that it would be fixed immediately! Besides that the host "Mo" was very slow to respond to any issues. Not at all pleased with this stay!
The location was great. Near Central Park and the subway just a few blocks away. The appartment was clean and the beds made. Very nice place to stay.
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- Jeder Gastgeber wird telefonisch verifiziert
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Has anyone been to Busch Gardens-Europe in Williamsburg, Virginia? It's one of the top and classiest amusement parks in the northeastern United States. Does anyone like Six Flags parks? Six Flags parks are absolutely amazing and a ton of fun. There's nothing more fun than heading to the amusement park for a day of thrills. With the fun to be had, the sky is the limit. There is so much fun, excitement, and memories in store. There is however one question to be asked of all theme park goers. Has anyone ever traveled to any theme park location by train? Amtrak holds the ticket to enjoy them all.
There are many theme park and family destinations on the east coast conveniently served by Amtrak. There are three cities in the northeast which are well associated with thrills and family fun. Springfield, Massachusetts is home to Six Flags New England and Hurricane Harbor. Washington DC is home to Six Flags America and Hurricane Harbor. South of Washington DC is the historic town of Williamsburg, Virginia. Williamsburg is home to Busch Gardens-Europe, Water Country USA, and Colonial Williamsburg. There is so much to choose from. All it takes is a phone call or an internet click. It's time to get on with the fun!
The train ride to Springfield, Washington DC, or to Williamsburg, Virginia is very relaxing. For families who wish to get away from the stress of dealing with highway traffic, the train is the ticket to all the fun. Making a train reservation with Amtrak is very easy. It's a quick phone call or mouse click away; 1-800-872-7245 or Amtrak.com. Springfield, Massachusetts is served by Amtrak's Northeast Regional service. Washington DC is served by both Northeast Regional and Amtrak's Acela Express. The difference between the two services is simple. Amtrak's Acela Express features both business and first class. The Northeast Regional trains feature a business class car and coach class, including the quiet car. In the quiet car, passengers must keep their voices low and keep their voices low, and their cell phones on silence or vibrate. In business class, every passenger is allowed one free non-alcoholic beverage when presenting their business class ticket. First class on board Amtrak's Acela Express is bit more ritzy, with a variety of hot entrees on the menu.
Once a train reservation is made, it is time to get rolling. Here is a helpful tip. Passengers must arrive at the station approximately half hour to forty-five minutes prior to their train's departure. Also, passengers should give themselves enough time in case they need to wait in line at the ticket window. A week day can easily spell out a busy traveling day. Whether the reservation was made on line on line or via phone, the tickets can be picked up at the ticket window. Passengers can also pick up their pre-paid tickets at an Amtrak Quik Trak kiosk. When using the Quik Trak kiosks, passengers must insert the credit card which they used to purchase their Amtrak tickets. The credit card acts as their proof of identity. The newest ticket service Amtrak has added is the E-ticket. Passengers can have their tickets emailed to them prior to their day of travel. The ticket printout is presented on both trips. The E-ticket has a QR code on the top left corner. A crew member scans the QR code. It is that simple!
During the northbound journey to Springfield, or the journey south to Washington DC and Williamsburg, the train cruises past scenery that is nothing shy of picturesque. On the way north to Springfield, the train crosses over the massive Hell Gate Bridge connecting Queens and the Bronx. Later, the train will cross over the Bronx, Hyannis, Saugatuck, and Housatonic Rivers. In New Haven, the train will change engines from electric to diesel. Underway again, the train will accelerate past the beautiful New England countryside. The scenery in the New England area is gorgeous during the spring and summer. Passengers might want to bring their cameras. They'll be glad they did.
Traveling south to Washington DC and Williamsburg, the scenery is just as amazing. Traveling southbound, the train will cross over some notable rivers. Between New York City and Philadelphia, the train crosses over the Raritan, Delaware, and Schuykill Rivers. In Maryland, the train crosses over the wide Susquehanna, Bush, and Gunpowder Rivers. When traveling to Williamsburg, the train will stop for a crew and engine change in Washington DC. Having departed from Union Station, the train pulls through a long tunnel under the north end of town. Immediately afterward, the train crosses over onto the CSX main line. The train will then cross over the Potomac River. Heading south, the train follows the Potomac River to where it will drop out of sight. As the Potomac River flows eastward towards the Chesapeake Bay, the train continues south. Later, the train will then follow the James River near downtown Richmond. Forty-five minutes after stopping in Richmond, the train will arrive at Williamsburg Station, before terminating in Newport News.
When arriving in Springfield, Washington DC, or in Williamsburg, passengers would be wondering how to reach the theme parks and entertainment areas. In Springfield, the taxi cab ride to Six Flags New England is approximately ten minutes. In case passengers need to stay overnight, there are a handful of hotels located in the heart of downtown Springfield. La Quinta Inn & Suites, Sheraton, and Marriott are a few choices to consider. Amtrak Guest Rewards members can earn points if they stay at the La Quinta Inn & Suites. La Quinta Inn & Suites is an Amtrak Guest Rewards commercial partner.
In Williamsburg, the cab ride to Busch Gardens-Europe, Colonial Williamsburg, and Water Country USA is ten minutes. An array of Choice, Hilton, La Quinta Inn & Suites, and Wyndam hotels are located within a ten minute taxi ride from Williamsburg Station. In Washington DC, Six Flags America and Hurricane Harbor are easily reached by the Metro subway. Washington DC's Union Station is located on the Metro's red line. Passengers need to travel west to Metro Center. There they will switch to the blue line. On the blue line, they will travel east to Largo Town Center. There, a Metro bus will take them directly to the park entrance. The Metro subway and bus take visitors anywhere in the Washington DC area they wish to go at any time. If passengers wish to stay overnight, the Hyatt Regency Crystal City is well recommended. Hyatt is also a valued member of the Amtrak Guest Rewards network.
The spring and summer seasons at Six Flags America, Six Flags New England, and in Williamsburg, Virginia are a ton of fun. If any of these theme parks and family entertainment locations are on the to-do list, Amtrak holds the golden ticket to all of the excitement. Whether going to Six Flags America or Six Flags New England, or staying in Williamsburg to experience Busch Gardens-Europe and its neighboring attractions, theme park goers will be glad they chose the train to get them there. Spring and summer are not the seasons to be sitting in the car sweltering and pondering the never-ending traffic tie-ups. Spring and summer are the seasons to enjoy the clicking of wheels on rails. If there are roller coaster enthusiasts or thrill ride seekers looking for a new experience, it is time to not just pull out the theme park map, but also check the train schedule. Amtrak will most definitely get them to the front of the line. This season, it is going to be a fun "ride" to remember.


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[-[[caption-width-right:350:Current lineup of the band. From left to right: drummer [[Music/LambOfGod Chris Adler]], guitarist [[Music/{{Angra}} Kiko Loureiro]], guitarist [[TheLeader Dave Mustaine]], and bassist [[TheLancer David Ellefson]].]]-]
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'''Son''': This ''is'' the news.
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->''"Muh-uh-Ladies and gentlemen, meh-muh-meh-muh-meh-muh-MEGADETH!!!"''
-->--'''The Eager Young Space Cadet''', ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers'', "In Space, No One Can Hear You Rock"
One of the "Big Four" ThrashMetal bands, Megadeth was formed by guitarist Dave Mustaine after he was kicked out of Music/{{Metallica}} for drinking and violent behaviour. After two years of lineup instability, the band settled down and were signed to Combat Records, where they released their debut album ''Killing is My Business... And Business is Good''. Despite poor production and a thrash metal cover of a Music/NancySinatra song that later got them in legal trouble, the album was well received.
When the time came to record their second album, Mustaine got fed up with the small label's shortcomings and signed the band with Creator/CapitolRecords instead. Their second album, ''Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?'' was released in 1986, again receiving critical acclaim and commercial success. However, the tour became plagued by substance abuse problems, which spilled over during the recording of ''So Far, So Good... So What!''. Released in 1988, the album reached number 30 on the Billboard 200 despite having no commercial radio play.
After some time off in rehab for Megadeth and another line-up change, Megadeth returned with ''Rust in Peace'' in 1990, a progressive effort which contained the famous songs "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" and "Hangar 18." They remained silent for two years, after which they pulled a FollowTheLeader and released ''Countdown to Extinction'', an album full of slower, less thrashy, straightforward {{heavy metal}} songs modeled after ''Metallica''. It was their greatest commercial success, reaching #2 on the US charts and selling in excess of 2 million copies, propelled by the singles "Symphony of Destruction," "Foreclosure of a Dream," and "Sweating Bullets." The simplification continued on 1994's ''Youthanasia'', attracting [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks some condemnation from older fans]] but overall being received just as well as its predecessor, going to #4 on the charts and spawning the hits "Train of Consequences" and "A Tout le Monde," with Creator/{{MTV}} banning the latter's video for supposedly being "pro-suicide."
Troubles started in 1995 after Megadeth changed their management, hiring Creator/BudPrager. His influence would ultimately prove counterproductive, as he steered the band towards more blatantly commercial tracks, convinced them to work with Nashville pop producer Creator/DannHuff, and [[ExecutiveMeddling closely supervised the writing process, also contributing musical ideas and lyrics to the songs]]. ''Cryptic Writings'' was released in 1997, to a mixed critical reception and less sales than ''Youthanasia'', despite four Mainstream Rock hits. Mustaine then made the critical mistake of giving ''more'' influence to Prager and Huff, which resulted in''Risk'', which was disliked the majority of the fanbase. Largely eschewing metal in favour of newfound dance and electronic influences, it was a failure that triggered a backlash among fans and critics.
After the debacle, Megadeth left Capitol Records for Creator/SanctuaryRecords. Mustaine fired Bud Prager and decided to self-produce their next album, which would be a return to metal. ''The World Needs a Hero'' did mark a return to form, but had a mixed reception critically and commercially.
In 2002, Dave Mustaine suffered an outbreak of radial neuropathy in his left arm, and temporarily disbanded Megadeth. After physical therapy and occupying himself with remastering the band's catalogue, he gathered a new lineup (the first to include Chris Poland since 1988), and released ''The System Has Failed'' in 2004, to critical acclaim. Since, they've released ''United Abominations'' on Creator/RoadrunnerRecords in 2007, and ''Endgame'' in 2009, both to further acclaim from fans and critics (especially ''Endgame''). Megadeth's last album on that label, simply titled ''[[Letters2Numbers Th1rt3en]],'' was released in 2011. After that Dave Mustaine started his own record label, Tradecraft, in 2013; ''Super Collider'' was released that same year. The band saw some turmoil near the end of 2014 due to the departure of long time members Shawn Drover and Chris Broderick, but the band soldiered on. ''Dystopia'', which saw the band include Chris Adler of Music/LambOfGod and Kiko Loureiro of Music/{{Angra}} among their ranks, was released in January 2016.
The band are famous for their musical skills, [[EpicRocking extended songs]], and sociopolitical sensibilities expressed in the lyrics, especially during their "classic" period (1985-1994). While not to the extent of Music/{{Anthrax}}, their lyrics tend to be more humorous (in a sarcastic/tongue-in-cheek manner) than those of Metallica and Music/{{Slayer}}. Despite the late-career follies that have also plagued Metallica (sans DigitalPiracyIsEvil), their place in the thrash metal pantheon is assured, arguably more so after their second wind in 2004.
!!Members (Founding members in '''bold''', current members in ''italic''):
* ''Chris Adler'' - drums (2015-Present)
* Chuck Behler - drums, backing vocals (1987-1989)
* Chris Broderick - guitar, backing vocals (2008-2014)
* Vinnie Colaiuta - drums (2004)
* Jimmy [=DeGrasso=] - drums (1998-2000)
* Shawn Drover - drums (2004-2014)
* Glen Drover - guitar, backing vocals (2004-2008)
* '''''David Ellefson''''' - bass, backing vocals, (1984-2002, 2010-Present)
* Marty Friedman - guitar, backing vocals (1989-2000)
* James [=LoMenzo=] - bass guitar, backing vocals (2006-2010)
* ''Kiko Loureiro'' - guitar (2015-Present)
* Nick Menza - drums, backing vocals (1989-1998)
* '''''Dave Mustaine''''' - guitar, vocals (1983-Present)
* Al Pitrelli - guitar, backing vocals (2000-2002)
* Chris Poland - guitar, backing vocals (1985-1988, 1989)
* Gar Samuelson - drums, backing vocals (1984-1988)
* Jimmy Sloas - bass (2004)
* Jeff Young - guitar, backing vocals (1987-1989)
* 1985: ''Killing is My Business... And Business is Good!''
* 1986: ''Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?''
* 1988: ''So Far, So Good... So What!''
* 1990: ''Rust in Peace''
* 1992: ''Countdown to Extinction''
* 1994: ''Youthanasia''
* 1995: ''Hidden Treasures'' EP
* 1997: ''Cryptic Writings''
* 1999: ''Risk''
* 2001: ''The World Needs a Hero''
* 2004: ''The System Has Failed''
* 2007: ''United Abominations''
* 2009: ''Endgame''
* 2013: ''Super Collider''
* 2016: ''Dystopia''
!!"Tropes sell, but who's buying?:"
[[folder:Musician tropes]]
* AccentuateTheNegative: Dave has the honor of being one of the few people who to have had an article on Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} about people he hates.
** He "dedicated" the song ''Liar'' to former guitarist Chris Poland. The song as the name suggests is a very scathing attack.
* AddledAddict: This was true of all of them to some degree in the 80s (they were all heavy drinkers and heroin users, and it led to lots of sloppy performances), but it was particularly pronounced with Gar Samuelson. While probably the most technically skilled drummer that Megadeth has ever had, his extremely heavy drinking and near-constant heroin usage made the quality of his performances vary wildly; one night, he could be absolutely nailing everything, and then the next night would come and he would constantly be going off-time, playing too fast or too slow, missing parts left and right, and just generally ruining everything. It eventually cost him his life by way of liver failure, too.
* TheAlcoholic: Everyone in Metallica drank heavily at the time Dave Mustaine was kicked out, to the point that the band was nicknamed "Alcoholica." However, Mustaine was the only one who was a violent drunk, and his behavior was what led to his firing. He wasn't the only person in Megadeth to have alcohol problems, either; Gar Samuelson was a notoriously heavy drinker (just not a mean drunk like Mustaine), and it eventually wound up killing him by way of liver failure.
* TheAtoner: Dave has been resolving past feuds after regrouping his band.
** He's friends with Slayer and Metallica now. The Metallica feud dying out on its own as the two parties became less and less bitter. [[WordOfGod Apparently]], Dave and James Hetfield are on friendly terms again and exchange Christmas cards and there is a rumor continuing to float around that Dave wants Metallica to play Gigantour. As of 2010, both bands have shared the stage several times without a problem.
** Mustaine's feud with Ellefson was over Ellefson suing him in 2002 over allegedly unpaid royalties and not turning Megadeth over to him. This feud ending is obvious with the suit and Mustaine's countersuit being resolved out of court and Ellefson being back in the band.
** Chris Poland's feud was because he was selling the band's gear for drugs, which was eventually resolved, first with his hiring as a session musician for ''The System Has Failed'', and then by starting to post on the Megadeth message board in 2006.
* BerserkButton: For decades, mentioning Metallica to Dave Mustaine was a surefire way to make him launch into a rant. In recent years, however, he has come to peace with his former bandmates and Megadeth even opened for Metallica during the "Big 4" series of concerts.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Dave has always been this but has gotten worse in recent years. Lampshaded in "Lucretia" with the line: "My friends all say 'Dave, you're mental anyway.'"
* ConspiracyTheorist: Dave, as early as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Mustaine#Politics his 1988 interview ranting about building a wall across the border to keep "fucking Mexicans" out of the USA]] and his [[http://megadeth.rockmetal.art.pl/lyrics_countdown.html#Psychotron incoherent explanation for "Psychotron"]] (he claimed it was something related to [[UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} Russian]] experiments, something called a "Lida machine" and UsefulNotes/JimmyCarter; the linked fansite shot back that: "Dave has been watching too many episodes of ''Series/TheXFiles''."), and a bit more pronounced lately with his ranting about the United Nations on ''United Abominations'' (to the point that a UN worker made a post calling bullshit on the lyrics' accusations,) naming ''Endgame'' after an Radio/AlexJones movie, being [[http://tinyurl.com/crvlkn4 a birther]], and so on.
* DrugsAreBad: They were ''legendary'' for their out-of-control heroin usage in the 1980s, which led to incredible amounts of infighting and got Poland (who was pawning off band gear for drug money) and Samuelson (who was getting to the point where he was too fucked up to function, let alone perform) fired; Mustaine was little better, as multiple prospective hires (namely [[Music/DarkAngel Eric Meyer]] and [[Music/ExodusBand Lee Altus]]) turned down offers due to his own extremely heavy drug usage and he eventually wound up having to undergo court-ordered rehab after a DUI arrest in 1989.
* FieryRedhead: Dave Mustaine fits this trope perfectly -- he is always angry about something (as can be heard in his songs) and his hair has remained long and red since the '80s.
* GreenEyedMonster: While it's pretty clear that it's no longer the case, Dave Mustaine's driving force for a large portion of his early career was his jealously towards Metallica. It's even the entire reason why ''Killing is My Business'' is so bone-crunching: Dave wanted to one-up Metallica by making faster and more brutal metal than them. In doing so, he accidentally (or not) ended up setting a new precedent for thrash metal.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Dave wrote the lyrics to "Peace Sells" as an attack against the people who claim that heavy metal fans are stupid and antisocial. Then in 2014 Dave was asked by Creator/{{VH1}} why heavy metal music typically doesn't get any respect. Dave's answer: "Because the typical Metalhead is too stupid."
* HeteronormativeCrusader: Dave is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Mustaine#Christianity on record in a 1988 interview]] supporting the [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} UK's]] Section 28 policy, saying that the last thing he needs is "a bunch of homos picketing us" in response to a question about Music/JudasPriest, and in 2012 declared he was against gay marriage because of his UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}}.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Mustaine and Ellefson... At least when they didn't want to kill each other. Ellefson rejoined the band in 2010.
* HypocriticalHumor: Dave Mustaine dismissing the political ranting of [[Music/{{Ministry}} Al Jourgensen]] due to having a "legendary drug problem." He would know.
* IAmTheBand: Until ''The World Needs a Hero''. Dave Mustaine later took offense to [[Music/{{Aerosmith}} Steven Tyler]] saying that Dave was Megadeth, and several band members have been given more influence in song writing and line-up decisions. Pretty much every line-up change since 2004 has come from recommendation from everyone else in the band, including David Ellefson's return.
* JerkAss / JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Dave. He's been worse than he is now but he has made friends with Slayer and Metallica again. Judging by the circumstances surrounding Menza's last attempt to rejoin (very, very clear shot at it until Mustaine offered him an atrocious deal and severed all contact with him when he attempted to negotiate a better one), however, it's looking more and more like Mustaine is just a JerkWithAHeartOfJerk.
* ManlyTears: Dave did this after playing "I'll Be There" on ''That One Night: Live In Buenos Aires''. The bootleg of that show also has more moments like this.
* NeverMyFault: Dave loves to attack Metallica for his being kicked out. Mentions of his serious drug and alcohol problems or his violent behavior should not be expected from him.
* RealMenLoveJesus: Dave Mustaine and Dave Ellefson are now Christians.
* RedHeadedBully: Mustaine noted in Megadeth's VH1 ''Behind the Music'' that he was one of these as a kid. It was a way of taking out his frustration after his father left the family. Mustaine still had a reputation for this by the time he was in Metallica; he used to pick on Ron [=McGovney=] and punched James Hetfield at least once. Mustaine became a nicer person after expressing much of his anger through his music, but still is known to be difficult to work with sometimes.
* RevolvingDoorBand: The members listed at the top of the page are only the members who have appeared on some recording. At least two more drummers and three more guitarists could be added to that list, including [[Music/{{Slayer}} Kerry King]] during the band's early years. In total, 20 different musicians have been members of Megadeth over the years.
* SesameStreetCred: Dave Mustaine guest starred in ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers''.
* StartMyOwn: Mustaine's reason about why he started Megadeth. It was after he was fired from Music/{{Metallica}} due to his alcohol problems. Various former members have also done this; Greg Handevidt formed Kublai Khan (not to be confused with the hardcore group of the same name), Chris Poland has had various projects over the years (the jazz fusion act Ohm probably being the most famous), Gar Samuelson started the progressive thrash group Fatal Opera with his brother, and both Chris Broderick and Shawn Drover started the thrash/melodic death metal group Act of Defiance.
* ThrowingOffTheDisability: After receiving the injury that would break up Megadeth, Dave was told that his arm would never fully recover and he would never be able to properly play guitar again. Yeah, we know how well that claim went.
* WelcomeBackTraitor: Chris Poland (twice, actually,) Nick Menza and David Ellefson. In that order. Subverted with the two former; Menza just didn't mesh with the reincarnation of Megadeth, and Chris Poland chose to be only a session musician for the ''Rust in Peace'' demos and later ''The System Has Failed''. Menza did, however, attempt to rejoin again in 2014, going so far as to record drums for several preproduction tracks. For a while, it seemed very likely that he would rejoin; the unseen drummer that Dave Mustaine's son posted a video of was indeed Menza. Then Dave offered him what was apparently an absolutely awful deal and cut off all contact with him when he attempted to negotiate a better one.
[[folder:Song tropes]]
* AgeProgressionSong: "Of Mice and Men," from ''The System Has Failed''.
* AlbumTitleDrop: Aside from the {{{Title Track}}st, even the borderline case "Peace Sells" (the chorus goes "''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Peace... sells... but who's buying?]]''"), "Use the Man" has the line "''Cryptic writing(s)'' on the wall, the beginning of the end", "Kick the Chair" goes "You're going to jail\''The system has failed''".
* AntiLoveSong: Megadeth mostly focused on politics and storytelling as opposed to personal stuff until around ''Countdown''. Some examples:
** "Last Rites / Loved to Deth", from ''Killing...'' is about a toxic relationship that carries over into hell (literally.)
** "Wake Up Dead" from ''Peace Sells...'' is about a man trying to sneak back into his home without waking up his wife after cheating on her.
** "In My Darkest Hour" from ''So Far, So Good... So What!''
** "Tornado of Souls" from ''Rust in Peace'' is about divorce and features some pointed TakeThat[=s=] to the woman in question.
** "This Was My Life" from ''Countdown to Extinction''.
** "Reckoning Day" from ''Youthanasia''.
** "Trust" and "Almost Honest" from ''Cryptic Writings''. "Almost Honest" doubles as a BreakupSong:
-->''I lied just a little\\
When I said I need you\\
You stretched the truth\\
When you said that you knew\\
I just can't believe it\\
There's nothing to say\\
I was almost honest\\
** "The Hardest Part of Letting Go... Sealed with a Kiss," from ''Endgame''.
* ArcNumber: Thirteen for... Well, ''[=TH1RT3EN=]''.
* AsTheGoodBookSays: "Shadow of Deth" is basically Psalm 23 as a Megadeth song.
* AudienceParticipationSong:
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX6UjWMffaY MEGADETH!!! MEGADETH!!! AGUANTE MEGADETH!!]]
** The instrumental part of "Hangar 18" has its main riff seem just ''made'' to yell "ME-GA-DETH!" to it. They have many more songs for this, just check the DVD "That One Night" for more examples.
* AxCrazy: "Black Friday" is about a serial killer who dispatches his victims in ''very'' bloody fashion.
* AxesAtSchool: "Have Cool, Will Travel"
* BadassBoast:
** Basically the first 2 minutes of vocals in "Prince of Darkness".
** From "Peace Sells":
--->"What do you mean I couldn't be President of the United States of America\\
Tell me something, it's still 'We The People', right?"
* BawdySong: The original "The Mechanix"[[note]]which Metallica rewrote into "The Four Horsemen"[[/note]], which uses [[AutoErotica auto repairs as a metaphor for getting busy]].
* BitingTheHandHumor: Their last release on Capitol Records was a GreatestHitsAlbum titled ''Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years.''
* BungledSuicide: "Skin o' My Teeth", from ''Countdown To Extinction.''
-->'''Dave''': This is a song about how many times I tried to kill myself and just couldn't get the fucking job done.
* CallBack: Victory from ''Youthinasia'' is loaded with references to older songs.
* CensoredForComedy: The original writer of "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'," Lee Hazlewood, objected to Megadeth's parody cover and its changed lyrics after its release. So when all of ''Killing Is My Business'' got remixed and remastered in 2002, ''every'' lyric change got bleeped out, but the worst the song really got was "Now someone else can kiss your ass" and "Whaddya know bitch, you got a lot to learn." And what would you make of the line "One of these days, these boots are gonna [[spoiler:stomp]] all over you"?
** According to Dave, the reason why the censorship happened in the first place indeed stemmed from Lee's objections... however between the album's original release in 1985 until it was being prepared for remastering, Lee had made no objection at all until [[MoneyDearBoy the royalty checks stopped coming in]].
* ChronologicalAlbumTitle: ''[[Letters2Numbers TH1RT3EEN]]''
* ConceptAlbum: ''Peace Sells...'', ''Rust in Peace'', ''Countdown to Extinction'', ''Youthanasia'', and ''Dystopia'', all of them sort of.
* ConspiracyTheorist: Some of Dave's lyrics deal with conspiracy; such as "New World Order", "Washington is Next!" and "Endgame." He was also a friendly guest on the Alex Jones Show.
* ContinuityNod: "Return to Hangar" from ''The World Needs a Hero'' was written as a SequelSong to "Hangar 18" from ''Rust in Peace''.
* CountryMatters: The messed up line in their cover of "Anarchy in the U.K." ("Or just another country/And other cunt-like tendencies", instead of "Another council tenancy") was due to Mustaine not being able to understand what Johnny Rotten was singing in many parts.
* CoverDrop: Three straight examples, with the earliest being ''[[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fYakqapTzo8/Tb8_c0eRLFI/AAAAAAAAA7s/Hq9DiOkFHwU/s1600/Megadeth-Youthanasia.jpg Youthanasia]]'':
--> ''" 'We've been hung out to dry.' That line is probably the strongest representation of how we feel about the young people who listen to our music and what their future holds for them. You have a choice - you can be pro-active, or you can choose youthanasia."''\\
-- Dave Mustaine, explaining the song "[[TitleDrop Youthanasia]]" in an interview
** The cover to ''[[http://www.metalinjection.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/600px-Megadeth_-_The_System_Has_Failed.jpg The System Has Failed]]'' makes a bit more sense with the lyrics to "Kick The Chair," which also [[TitleDrop contains the album title]]:
---> ''Justice means nothing today''\\
''Now that the courts are for sale''\\
''Pick a crime from the menu; pick a sentence and defend you''\\
''And pay the down payment called bail''\\
''The system's for sale''
** And finally, ''[[http://www.culturebully.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/megadeth-endgame.jpg Endgame]]'' is explained in its title track, like ''Youthanasia'' above:
---> ''A system of controlled movement, like a giant ant farm''\\
''Any time is a long time, now you're not in charge of your time anymore''
** Surprisingly, this was subverted with ''[[http://images1.buymusichere.net/images/w/302/60302.jpg Countdown To Extinction]]'' even before Megadeth started to play the trope straight. The title track actually speaks out against [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canned_hunt canned hunting]] in this case, rather than being a WarIsHell song like several of the '80s tracks.
* CoverVersion and RearrangeTheSong: Any song they cover, they make it thrash metal, and it's awesome.
** [[Music/NancySinatra "These Boots"]] (''Killing is My Business...'')
** [[Music/HowlinWolf "I Ain't Superstitious"]] (''Peace Sells...'')
** [[Music/TheSexPistols "Anarchy in the U.K."]] (''So Far, So Good... So What?'') and "Problems" (B-side to ''A Tout Le Monde'', also appears on ''Hidden Treasures'')
** [[Music/AliceCooper "No More Mr. Nice Guy"]] (soundtrack to ''Film/{{Shocker}}'', also appears on ''Hidden Treasures'')
** [[Music/BlackSabbath "Paranoid"]] (''Nativity in Black'' volume 1, ''Hidden Treasures'') and "Never Say Die" (''Nativity in Black'' volume 2)
** [[Music/LedZeppelin "Out On The Tiles"]] (bonus track in ''United Abominations'')
** [[Music/ThinLizzy "Cold Sweat"]] (''Super Collider'')
** [[Music/{{Fear}} "Foreign Policy"]] (''Dystopia'')
** [[Music/{{Budgie}} "Melt The Ice Away"]] (''Dystopia'')
** "Grabbag", a.k.a. the ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'' theme. (bonus track in ''Risk'' and ''Duke Nukem: Music To Score By'')
** "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" for an all-metal Christmas album. It's as epic as you think.
* DidYouThinkICantFeel: The lyrics of "When" express this.
* DrugsAreBad: "Burnt Ice", from ''United Abominations'' is about drug addiction, most likely meth. "Poison Was the Cure"[[note]]about using methadone to beat heroin addiction[[/note]], "Addicted to Chaos", "Use the Man"[[note]]about the degradation drugs can cause[[/note]], and "Kingmaker" are other examples.
* EpicRocking: "When", from ''The World Needs A Hero'' lasts 9:13.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: The chimpanzees in the video for "Public Enemy No. 1."
* EvilLaugh: This was used to {{Narm}}ful levels in "Loved To Deth", but only once at the start of "Lucretia" (the latter can also be heard in "Victory" when the song is referenced).
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin:
** "Head Crusher", from ''Endgame''. Its starting solo WILL crush your head. It makes sense, since it's about an ancient torture device that crushes your skull. Not pretty. Just look at the album art for the [[http://tanakamusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Megadeth-Head-Crusher.jpg single.]]
** The band's thirteenth album is entitled "''[[Letters2Numbers Th1rt3en]].''"
* [[ExcitedShowTitle Excited Album Title!]]: ''Killing is My Business and Business Is Good!'' and ''So Far, So Good So What!''
** [[ExcitedShowTitle Excited Song Title!]]: "Killing is My Business and Business Is Good!", "Washington is Next!" (from ''United Abominations''), "This Day We Fight!" (from ''Endgame''), and "Burn!" (from ''Super Collider'').
* FadingIntoTheNextSong: "Dialectic Chaos" into "This Day We Fight!" and "Bodies" into "Endgame", both from ''Endgame''.
* FamousLastWords: "À Tout Le Monde" is a hypothetical version, as clarified by Dave in an interview.
* FunetikAksent (or Heavy Metal Spelling): Mega''deth'', as opposed to "megadeath" which Dave got the idea from.
* {{Gorn}}: A large part of "Black Friday"'s lyrics are about the...very messy things the song's subject does to his victims.
* GratuitousFrench: The chorus of "A Tout le Monde". Surprisingly well-pronounced though. Also, the demo for said song had significantly less refined French than the final version, but Mustaine got the help of an unnamed French journalist to tidy things up.
* GratuitousSpanish:
** Dave has some degree of Spanish competence, as he shows in ''That One Night''.
** There are versions of "Trust" and "Promises" with the choruses translated literally; the Spanish chorus was used once when they performed "Trust" on ''That One Night'' (the other three iterations of the chorus were all still in English).
* HappyPlace: More like "A Secret Place", from ''Cryptic Writings''.
* HoldingOutForAHero: The trope was originally named "The World Needs A Hero," after all.
* {{Homage}}: According to Dave, "When", from ''The World Needs A Hero'', to Music/DiamondHead's "Am I Evil?".
* HorsemenOfTheApocalypse: "Blessed Are the Dead" seems to suggest they might be a lesser evil than [[HumansAreBastards mankind itself.]]
* {{Instrumentals}}: "VideoGame/DukeNukem Theme", "Dialectic Chaos" (from ''Endgame'') and "Into The Lungs Of Hell". (From ''So Far, So Good So What!'')
* JustBeforeTheEnd:
** "Set the World Afire", from ''So Far...''.
** "Countdown To Extinction" and "Symphony of Destruction", from ''Countdown To Extinction''.
*** "Countdown to Extinction" is actually about canned hunting, so the "extinction" here is of endangered animal species, not the world as a whole.
** "How the Story Ends", from ''Endgame''.
* LastChorusSlowDown: "Trust" and "A Tout le Monde".
* LastNoteNightmare: "High Speed Dirt", a song about skydiving, ends with an "[=shii=]''iiiiiIIIIIIT''"-- (loud thud/splat sound).
* MetalBandMascot: Vic Rattlehead, the sensory-deprived skeleton who appears in some fashion on all their album art and is portrayed by a man in costume during concerts.
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: The first four albums are mainly an 8, sometimes going down to a 7, with the exception of ''Rust in Peace'''s "Dawn Patrol" which is about a 2. However, ''Countdown to Extinction'' is less harsh in contrast, and its follow-up, ''Youthanasia'', is more melodic overall. Both albums are a pretty solid 7 for the most part (with "Foreclosure Of A Dream" and "Addicted To Chaos" being a 6, and "A Tout Le Monde" being about a 5). ''Cryptic Writings'' is more commercial, being mostly at about a 6-7. ''Risk'', missing many of the metal influences the band had before, is at about a 4-6 on the scale. The next three albums were mostly a 7 with an occasional step up to an 8. ''Endgame,'' however, returns to the mostly 8 songs. In contrast, ''Th1rt3en'' returns to the mostly 7 songs, while ''Super Collider'' is a 6-7. This was reversed with ''Dystopia'', which returns to mostly 8 songs. The band rarely made it into 9 territory, with "Loved to Deth", "Good Mourning/Black Friday", and "Head Crusher" teetering around 8-9.
** "Use the Man" is probably the hardest Megadeth song to pin down on this scale. Its verses are a 2, the chorus is about a 4 or 5, and the guitar solo and outro are a 7 or 8.
* MoodWhiplash:
** "The Hardest Part of Letting Go... Sealed With a Kiss" begins as a ballad, but then turns into an aggressive metal song without warning partway through. It then changes back to a ballad at the end. In ''Endgame'', it is followed by "Head Crusher", which is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin possibly the heaviest song on the album]].
** "Last Rites/Loved to Deth" starts with a soft piano/organ piece, then descends into brutal thrashery.
* MovieBonusSong: "[[Film/LastActionHero Angry Again]]", "[[Music/AliceCooper No More]] [[Film/{{Shocker}} Mr. Nice Guy]]," "[[Film/DemonKnight Diadems]]" and "[[Film/SuperMarioBros Breakpoint]]." All collected in the ''Hidden Treasures'' EP.
** "Diadems" is a different version on the soundtrack, however.
** They also rerecorded "These Boots" in 1988 for a movie soundtrack. This version of the song has not been rereleased.
** "[[Film/UniversalSoldier Crush 'Em]]",
* NameTron: "Psychotron" from ''Countdown''
* NewSoundAlbum: The first was arguably ''Rust in Peace'', as it was much more focused on technical musicianship than the previous albums. ''Countdown'' is the first definite example, slowing down to a more traditional metal style than pure thrash/speed. ''Youthanasia'' continued this style, featuring mostly slow-paced songs and downtuned instruments (to E-flat; most Megadeth albums are done in E-tuning). ''Cryptic Writings'' was a much more blatantly commercial-sounding album, and ''Risk'' is the one where metal pretty much went out the door and fans and critics started screaming.
* NonAppearingTitle: "Bad Omen," "Poison Was The Cure" and "My Kingdom" (although the word "king" appears twice in the last one). Only part of the title appears in "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due," "Tornado Of Souls," "Return To Hangar" (sequel to "Hangar 18" with the same exact chorus lyric) and "Never Walk Alone... A Call To Arms."
* NotChristianRock: Four songs from ''The System Has Failed'' (the four last ones: "Truth Be Told", "Of Mice and Men", "Shadow of Deth" and "My Kingdom Come") and two songs from ''United Abominations'' ("Never Walk Alone... A Call to Arms" and "Blessed Are the Dead").
* NowILayMeDownToSleep: Used at the beginning of "Go to Hell", and then parodied at the end:
-->Now I lay me down to sleep,\\
BlahBlahBlah, my soul to keep.\\
If I die before I wake,\\
I'll go to hell, for heaven's sake!
* OpeningChorus: You'll know that TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt is coming when you hear the Angel's Choir at the beginning of "Symphony of Destruction"...
* ParentalIncest: "Family Tree", which even uses the lures molesters use as part of the chorus.
* PrisonRape: Shows up in the last verse of "Captive Honour".
* ProtestSong: "Symphony of Destruction"[[note]]about politicians and leaders becoming power-hungry tyrants[[/note]], "Countdown To Extinction"[[note]]about canned hunting and extinctions[[/note]], "Washington Is Next!", "Amerikhastan", "Gears of War", etc.
* ProfessionalKiller[=/=]PsychoForHire: The song "Killing is my Business...and Business is Good!" is about an assassin who promises to come after his employer once he's made his assigned hit.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: "Elysian Fields"
* RatedMForManly: They did a version of VideoGame/DukeNukem's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUCbflBkIgo theme]], for Duke's sake!
* RereleaseTheSong:
** "À Tout Le Monde" from ''Youthanasia'' was remade as a SopranoAndGravel duet for ''United Abominations''.
** Several on ''[=TH1RT3EN=]'': "Sudden Death" (originally recorded for ''VideoGame/GuitarHero: Warriors of Rock'' in 2010), "Black Swan" (bonus track on ''United Abominations'') as well as "New World Order" and "Millennium Of The Blind" (bonus tracks on the 2004 remaster of ''Youthanasia'' a demo of "New World Order" also appeared on some editions of the ''[[MovieSongBonus Hidden Treasures]]'' EP).
* RockStarSong: "Rattlehead", "The Killing Road", "Bodies".
* RussianRoulette: "My Last Words" is about this from the perspective of someone playing it.
* SanitySlippage: The subject of "Sweating Bullets"
* {{Sampling}}:
** "Use the Man" begins with an excerpt from The Searchers' "Needles and Pins" (this only appeared on the original CD and not the remaster).
** The band's cover of the ''Duke Nukem'' theme features samples of catchphrases from ''Duke Nukem.''
** Samples of actual AK-47 shots and news reports were used in "44 Minutes".
* SelfDeprecation:
** After Dave unintentionally caused a riot at a concert in Ireland, he wrote the line "Fools like me who cross the sea / And come to foreign lands" in "Holy Wars" as a jab at himself.
** He also slips in the line 'All my friends say: Dave you're mental anyway' into "Lucretia".
* SequelSong: Return to Hangar, to Hanger 18.
* SongOfSongTitles: "Victory", from ''Youthanasia'', is a basic example of this. A funny thing to notice is how the songs are, for the most part, well-divided amongst themselves: ''Killing'' and ''Peace Sells'' songs on the first verse, and ''So Far...'', ''Rust'' and ''Countdown'' songs on the second (though "Peace Sells" gets dropped in the second verse).
* SopranoAndGravel: Their remake of "A Tout le Monde" on ''United Abominations'' with [[Music/LacunaCoil Cristina Scabbia]].
* SpellingSong: The chorus of "Hook in Mouth":
--> F is for fighting, R is for red\\
Ancestors' blood in battles they've shed\\
E we elect them, E we eject them\\
In the land of the free, and the home of the brave\\
D for dying, O your overture\\
M they will cover your grave with manure\\
This spells out "freedom", it means nothing to me\\
[[TakeThat As long as there's a PMRC]]
* SpokenWordInMusic: The famous "Read my lips" quote by UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush was sampled in 1992's "Foreclosure of a Dream," and 2004's "The Scorpion" ends with a chain of news reports by the same anchorman while the music fades out.
** The band has actually used this quite frequently since ''Countdown to Extinction''.
* StarCrossedLovers: [[TearJerker The quite sad]] "[[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Promises]]".
* StopAndGo: Heard in "Bad Omen" and "Sleepwalker".
* StudioChatter:
** Nick yells [[GratuitousGerman "Eins, zwei, drei, vier!"]] for the count-in to "Train of Consequences"; this was removed on the remaster.
** At the end of their cover of "[[Music/BlackSabbath Paranoid]]":
--> ''(song ends, but drums continue)'' \\
'''Dave:''' Nick. Nick! NICK!!!\\
'''Nick:''' ''(almost inaudibly, due to him not having his own mic)'' [[spoiler:Fuck...me...running!]]
* TakeThat:
** Metallica can be seen as the first bullseye of Mustaine's declarations, for obvious reasons.
*** The "Don't wear no leather to fit in / Don't wear no spikes to be cool" in "Rattlehead" from ''Killing...'' is very easy to interpret as a shot at the lyrics "No life 'til leather" and "[...] with your leathers and your spikes" from "Hit the Lights" and "Whiplash", respectively, from ''Kill 'em All''.
** "Hook In Mouth", while being a song against censorship in general, takes a very direct hit at [[MoralGuardians the PMRC]].
** "Liar" was written about Chris Poland, who ended up [[WelcomeBackTraitor recording as a session member for the ''Rust In Peace'' demos]] only ''one year'' later (and eventually for ''The System Has Failed'' in 2004).
** "Something That I'm Not", from ''The System Has Failed'', could either be a shot at Lars Ulrich or Bud Prager, their [[ExecutiveMeddling infamous producer]]:
---> Unlike you I'm no vision to myself, lest you forget\\
You didn't ever make metal, buddy; metal made you
** "Back In The Day" is a TakeThat at Bud Prager and is mentioned as such in the booklet for ''The System Has Failed''.
* TalkingToThemself: The lyrics of "Sweating Bullets" are written to resemble this.
* TalkyBookends: The title track to ''United Abominations'' begins and ends with Dave narrating like an anchorman.
* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth... or rather ''Truth And The EpicRocking''
* TitleTrack: Every album except ''Risk'', ''So Far, So Good... So What!'' and those listed in AlbumTitleDrop. Even then, there are the variants "Peace Sells" (the full title is a line on the song) and "13" (the album title is not the number itself, but it spelled out as a word).
* UncommonTime: All over the place in some of the band's material. "Five Magics" goes through about five time signature changes in slightly over as many minutes, including segments in 7/4 and 5/4. ''Rust in Peace'' in general has a lot of this.
* VerySpecialEpisode: The music video for "99 Ways to Die" is about gun violence against children.
* WarIsHell: Several songs, including "Holy Wars"[[note]]not "The Punishment Due", which is based on ComicBook/ThePunisher[[/note]], which is about the senselessness of fighting for religion, and "Take No Prisoners" which is about not only war but the ruin of the soldiers.
* TheXOfY: Without the ''The'', although is implied: "Symphony of Destruction", "Architecture Of Aggression", "Foreclosure of a Dream", "Blood of Heroes", ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar''...
* XtremeKoolLetterz: The song "Mechanix," the album ''[[Letters2Numbers Th1rt3en]]'' and hell, even [[FunetikAksent the band name itself]].
* {{Yandere}}: The protagonist of "Last Rites/Loved to Deth", who kills a girl so no one else will date her.
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* TheArtifact: Mustaine says in the liner notes to the 2004 remix/remaster of "Risk" that he knew it was the beginning of the end for the band. Only a few months after those liner notes were written, the band reformed and released their comeback album "The System Has Failed". and are still going strong to this day. The 2004 remaster of ''Risk'' is still the in-print version of it, and the liner notes haven't been changed, so it can confuse people who don't know Mustaine really thought the band were finished when he wrote those liner notes.
* FollowTheLeader: ''Many'' parallels with Music/{{Metallica}}'s career. Most of the bands' albums had similarities in the execution, with Megadeth usually following Metallica's lead. (''...And Justice For All'' and ''Rust In Peace''; ''Metallica'' (The Black Album) and ''Countdown to Extinction''; even ''Load''/''Re Load'' and ''Cryptic Writings'', to an extent.) Inverted after ''St. Anger''; Metallica's ''Death Magnetic'' is a comeback in the vein of ''The System Has Failed'' (though some will say that said comeback also happened around the same time with ''Endgame'').
* MyspeldRokband: "Megadeath" was a term coined in 1953 by RAND military strategist Herman Kahn to describe one million deaths in the event of thermonuclear war.
* GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion: The 2004 rereleases of all their prior work count as this, as they went beyond simply remastering and remixing the music and actually re-recorded some portions. (This was because some of the original multitrack master tapes were said to be lost, necessitating Mustaine to re-record some guitar and vocal teacks) While they didn't change the songs much, the new versions feature an older Dave. True to the spirit of this trope, the release of the new versions put the originals out of print.
** Mustaine however lied about this when it came to remastering the MD.45 album ''The Craving''. He initially said that Lee Ving's vocals and harmonica tracks were lost, hence his addition of his own vocals and guitar, but then years later, said he remixed the album to make it sell better. Fans remain divided as to which tracks work better with Mustaine's vocals and which don't.
*** The original mixes of ''Rust in Peace'' and ''Countdown to Extinction'' have both been reissued, but are straight remasters from the original mixdowns and not re-mixed.
* ChronologicalAlbumTitle: ''[=TH1RT3EN=]''.
* IdiosyncraticCoverArt: A 1998 re-release of their catalog has mascot Vic Rattlehead [[http://tshirtslayer.com/files-tshirt/styles/shirtview/public/user-5800/e63db484451d63de3e12cecc661d724b.jpg?itok=bykCE9xO on the albums' spines]].
* {{Mascot}}: The [[DemBones skeletal]] Vic Rattlehead. He's a VisualPun for "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil", although in "Skull Beneath the Skin", the song that apparently describes his creation, he's the victim of a black magic ritual:
-->Prepare the patient's scalp\\
To peel away\\
Metal caps his ears\\
He'll hear not what we say\\
Solid steel visor\\
Riveted across his eyes\\
Iron staples close his jaws\\
So no one hears his cries
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: The music video for "Head Crusher" is based around a wrestling tournament in which skilled fighters beat up prisoners.
* {{Remaster}}: Mustaine remixed and remastered all of the albums from ''Killing Is My Business...'' through ''Risk'' while he was recovering from his arm injury.
* ThePowerOfRock: In a episode of ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers'', Megadeth successfully fought off a martian invasion by performing the song "Back in the Day". Dave Mustaine had a modified electric guitar that shot laser beams at space ships.
* PutOnABus: Literally the way Dave Mustaine was expelled from Metallica.
* TakeThat:
** Some ex-members like David Ellefson, Al Pitrelli and Nick Menza are/were among the receptors of Dave's word shots on interviews. Ironically, Ellefson would return to the band and they're back to being friends again.
** Another interview had him taking a jab at Music/{{Pantera}} for aping their sound. Ironically again, he wanted Dimebag Darrell in the past for the band, and he aped ''their'' sound for "Train of Consequences".
* ThinlyVeiledDubCountryChange: Their cover of [[Music/SexPistols "Anarchy in the UK"]], despite leaving the title the same, changes all mentions of the UK to the USA. However, almost none of the other lyrics are rewritten to reflect this, making the references to very British political issues like the IRA feel very out of place.


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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- "Days of Our Lives" won drama series honors for just the second time in 40 years at the Daytime Emmys in a rough-hewn ceremony that included more upsets and an envelope mix-up on Sunday night. The NBC soap opera that began in 1965 beat out defending champion "General Hospital" and former three-time winner "The Bold and the Beautiful," among others. The category included the only four remaining soaps still airing on the broadcast networks in addition to "One Life to Live," which has found new life on the Internet after being canceled. "Days" only other drama series win was in 1978. The show claimed one other trophy: Chandler Massey as outstanding younger actor. Doug Davidson of "The Young and the Restless" and Heather Tom of "The Bold and the Beautiful" won lead acting honors.
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For $1\leq k \leq m,$ let $f_k :\mathbb{C}^n \rightarrow \mathbb{C}$ be a multivariate polynomial map. With $\mathbf{x} \equiv (x_1,\ldots,x_n)$, consider the map $F(\mathbf{x}) \equiv \{f_1(\mathbf{x}), f_2(\mathbf{x}), \ldots, f_m(\mathbf{x}) \},$ where $m > n.$ Is it true that $Im(F)$ has measure zero in $\mathbb{C}^m.$
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Edin Dzeko's 50th City goal propelled the Blues to the top of the Premier League for the first time this season.
His 66th minute strike added lustre to a perfect domestic home record under boss Manual Pellegrini and inched the Blues closer to the record for scoring in consecutive EPL matches on their home ground.
The powerfully hit winner ended more than an hour of frustration at the Etihad during which Joe Hart was the busier – and more bruised – of the goalkeepers. He was named man of the match and justifiably so.
The fact that City fans saw the England number one as the afternoon's main man spoke volumes for the kind of ninety minutes this was.
... Chris Bailey
Dzeko slotted home with authority and precision after Damien Delaney had headed Samir Nasri's cross straight to Jesus Navas. The Spain winger picked out the Bosnian with unerring accuracy.
The roar that greeted the game's only goal was a mixture of throaty relief and unadulterated pleasure.
This was the 60th match in succession that those buying a seat in the Etihad Stadium had seen City find the back of the net; seven more and the team will have obliterated United's old mark from the history books.
For the record the last side to prevent City from scoring in a home game was Birmingham City under Alex McLeish back in November 2010.
This was not the rout that the league table or the soothsayers predicted from a City side still harbouring hopes of glory on four fronts this season. It was though achieved without Yaya Toure, Samir Nasri and Alvaro Negredo in the starting line up as Pellegrini made half a dozen changes to the side that defeated Liverpool.
A largely drab and predictable first half saw wave after wave of Sky Blue attacks hit the rocks and disperse to nothing. Palace played eight or nine behind the ball; City couldn't find a way through and it was hugely exasperating for supporters fed on a constant diet of high speed excellence.
The two best home chances of the opening 45 minutes both fell to Fernandinho who was playing in a more advanced role. First he half-volleyed just inches too high after creating space for himself in the box and then brought a fine save out of Speroni via a flicked header.
The only other incident of note was a black and bloody eye for Hart who was hurt by Cameron Jerome's trailing knee as the two tussled for the ball deep in the City box.
The second half began in similar pedestrian fashion with Palace looking the more likely in the opening exchanges as Puncheon brought a fine save from Hart with a long range effort.
Enter Alvaro Negredo and Samir Nasri as the would-be saviours but still Palace looked just as likely to score and Hart had to perform more heroics to deny Mile Jedinak from long range.
Then Dzeko struck and all was well.
... Chris Bailey
That this game was such hard work was as much testament to Palace's homework and dedication to the game plan as it was to the home side's tiredness or any complacency.
Much merriment is had by opposition fans regarding manager Tony Pulis' match day attire, his loyalty to club kit has spawned a canon of fun-poking musical works, but his ability to get the best out of those in his charge is no laughing matter – unless you are his chairman.
For several seasons he made Stoke a difficult side to play against and in doing so established them as a Premier League club and now his own brand of alchemy has already seemingly worked its magic at Selhurst Park.
The Eagles are not quite soaring yet but on this evidence they are furiously flapping their wings and creating undercurrents that, at least before this game, had them floating out of the bottom three and away from the dreaded Premier League trap door.
A win on Boxing Day at Aston Villa, only their second three-point haul on the road this season, infused Palace with confidence for their trip to the Etihad but these are not the games that will determine whether or not they will have a second consecutive season in the top flight.
Despite a lack of recovery time and some untimely injuries City were not about to pass up on the opportunity to hit the top of the table for the first time under Pellegrini. It wasn't pretty but it is worth as much as the hammerings handed out to United, Spurs and Arsenal.
Now five away games beckon in January, in three different competitions; no side will go into 2014 with higher hopes or more confidence than Manchester City.
The only sour note from the day was the late yellow card issued to Silva who will now miss City's trip to the Liberty Stadium on New Year's Day through suspension.


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A "Crash" Of Lawsuits On Oscars Eve
The Law Blog has already told you that we're suckers for all things Hollywood, so even though the Oscars are three days away we couldn't resist this New York Times story over the legal infighting between the producers of the best-picture-nominated "Crash." The battle, reports the NYT's Sharon Waxman, is "over two of the things Hollywood cares about most: money and credit."
On Tuesday, "Crash" producer Cathy Schulman sued fellow "Crash" producer and former business partner Bob Yari for failing to pay at least $2 million in producing fees to her and her partner, "Crash" executive producer Tom Nunan. In January, Yari sued Schulman and Nunan alleging they had improperly taken funds from their joint production company.
But the award for Best Lawsuit Filed By a Hollywood Producer of a Best-Picture-Nominated Film goes to the one Yari filed yesterday. Yari, who provided $7 million in financing for "Crash," is steamed that he wasn't named on the Academy Awards ballot as one of the film's producers. So he sued the Producers Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for "wrongful denial of fair procedure" over being denied credit for "Crash." Both the producers guild and the academy denied Yari credit in an arbitration and a later appeal. Even though the film lists six producers, Schulman and director Paul Haggis are the only ones on the ballots.
Yari's main complaint about the procedure for deciding who gets a producer's credit is that it's a secret process with no explanation required. Yesterday, Yari took out full-page ads in the Hollywood trades calling for an abolishment of the closed-door proceedings and comparing the process to the McCarthyism depicted in another Oscar-nominated film, "Good Night, and Good Luck":
Murrow reported on and exposed a dark period in our country's history, when accusations and hearsay alone were enough to condemn. Unfortunately, the lessons learned then seem to be forgotten now.


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Writer-director Jennifer Kent's impressive supernatural thriller, The Babadook, has received a November 28th release date from IFC. No doubt it'll get the VOD/limited theatrical rollout.
Overseas, the film is getting theatrical play under the moniker Mister Babadook (a bit o' trivia for you). Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman and Daniel Henshall star.
Six years after the death of her husband, Amelia struggles to discipline her out of control 6-year-old Samuel – a son she finds difficult to love. Samuel's dreams are plagued by a monster he believes is coming to kill tem both. When a disturbing storybook called "The Babadook" turns up at their house, Samuel is convinced that the Babdook is the creature he's been dreaming about. And when Amelia begins to see glimpses of the creature herself, it slowly dawns on her that the thing Samuel has been warning her about may well be real.


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The Haunted Crazy Water Hotel in Mineral Wells
What's going on at the old Crazy Water Hotel in Mineral Wells?
Built by Carr Collins in 1927 for $1 million, the hotel sits on site of the third well dug in Mineral Wells in 1881 and boasted 200 guest rooms. Many people flocked to the well to drink from it, but there was one woman who is believed to have had some sort of mental disorder who also drank from well #3. The children called her "Crazy Lady." It's said that drinking from the well cured her and brought back her sanity and the water became known as Crazy Water. It's still sold in local stores to this day and can be purchased from Famous Mineral Water.
Anyway, there sits Crazy Water Hotel silent as a mouse until renovations begin on the kitchen area. Employees started reported seeing a young girl in there. One employee reported being overcome with a cold chill, as if "something passed right through" her.
Another employee reported that a little girl's spirit frequently follows her around the kitchen and she has felt someone touch her and another employee said he's heard a little girl sobbing in the basement. When he's gone to the area to investigate, he reported feeling a cold spot. The little girl has been seen playing in the kitchen and near the elevators in the basement.
It's believed that the renovations to the kitchen may have played a part in stirring up paranormal activity that was non-existent before.
Other area's reportedly haunted are the 4th floor, elevator, and one of the resident's rooms.
Today, the Crazy Water Hotel is home to the Crazy Water Retirement Hotel.
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Dear Annie, I'm confused as to what types of fats I should be eating. Should I be eating any at all if I want to lose the fat on my body? -- J
Dear J, Thank you for asking this question, I think this is a confusing subject for most of us. First of all, YES you should be eating fats, whether you are trying to lose weight or maintain a healthy weight.
No matter what your goals are, you still need to know what types of fats, and how much, you should be eating. The USDA recommends that you get about 20-35% of your daily calories from fat. This however does not grant you the right to eat 75 grams of fat from a pecan pie tonight. The catch is that of the 20-35% of fat, less than 10% should come from saturated fats, and less than 1% should come from trans fats, making the other come from the "good" unsaturated fats. Here is a breakdown of the types of fats:
Saturated and Trans Fats are the kinds you want the least of. Unfortunately, if you grew up in America, they are probably the ones you've snuggled with the idea of eating for most of your life. Remember I said we need to start a food revolution? Well the first step is realizing that the fats we've grown so fond of are actually the ones that cause heart disease, which happens to be the #1 killer of women. Not breast cancer, but heart disease. As women we are reminded on billboards and emails and commercials to do our monthly self-checks, but not until recently have Americans been told, much less reminded, of the huge risks of our diets.
Basically, saturated fats come from animal products such as red meat, cream, cheese (especially hard cheeses), and lard. These are foods that in moderation are great for our health, in fact, our body has natural cholesterol and needs small bits of saturated fats. But, try and save the Jess and Jim's loaded baked potato and 20 oz prime rib for special occasions; and I don't mean just because it's Tuesday. Don't get me wrong, all you Kansas City people know I love Jess and Jim's, I'm just saying things of that nature should be taken in major moderation. You can still eat saturated fats, just try and follow the USDA's advice and make them less than 10% of your daily calories. Remember all animal meats are not full of saturated fats; healthy choices include chicken, turkey, buffalo, and goat.
Trans fats, on the other hand, are no joking matter. These are the worst types of fats because they are manufactured, not found in nature. Trans fats come from hydrogenated oils, margarine, fried foods, commercial baked goods, and many of the snacks sneakily labeled "low fat." Trans fats in hydrogenated oils are created by machines converting vegetable oils to solids by adding hydrogen atoms. Say what? I'm pretty sure Grandma didn't do this to her corn bread when she lived on the farm, and if you really think about it, you don't want all these crazy man-made chemicals inside your body, begging to be digested. Companies tried to "un-make" saturated fats by creating this "new" fat they thought would taste just as good while getting them more points on the "healthy" list. However, once trans fats were studied in the early 90s, they realized the solid they created from vegetable oil acted just like butter inside the body. Think of trying to wash butter off of your hands; now think about that residue blocking all sorts of healthy processes inside your poor body. Point taken? Read the labels when you shop because over 40% of all products found in your grocery store contain trans fats (look for hydrogenated oils). That's why it's a good idea to shop on the perimeter where you will find fruits, veggies, whole grains, meats and dairy.
Let's turn your frown upside down by telling you all of the fats you can and should eat. Polyunsaturated and monounsaturated make up the unsaturated fats category, consisting of the "good" fats. Of course, remember to eat these in moderation also, but keep in mind when you do you will be gaining health benefits by eating the fats our bodies need. Foods in this category contain the famous omega-3 fatty acids we've heard so much about. Olive oil, canola oil, peanut oil (yes we know, Five Guys, your fries are made with peanut oil!), and sunflower oil, among others are all healthy oils. (Vegetable oil and shortening are NOT in this category.) This category also contains most nuts and seeds (including flax seed), avocados, and oily fish such as salmon, mackerel, herring, and sardines.
So where does the good stuff come in, like Twinkies and chocolate? Well, Twinkies are out because they are not real food, and loaded with trans fats, but chocolate is great in moderation. Especially if you choose the kind with the highest amount of cocoa (it comes from the ground) that you can find. Cocoa actually contains a huge amount of antioxidants to help gobble up free radicals in your system associated with heart disease, according to The Journal of American Medical Association. So healthy eating is not all bad, right?
Here are a few tips: saute in olive oil, cook with canola oil (to give you the flavors you're most used to); put avocado slices on your sandwich instead of cheese; use walnuts instead of croutons or sunflower seeds instead of bacon bits; eat a handful of nuts, not a handful of chips; replace red meat with oily fish and protein-rich seafood like tuna and shrimp twice a week; use vinegar and lemon juice as a salad dressing sub; and replace ground beef with ground turkey or chicken. I speak from experience: if you don't tell, they'll never know (I have a saturated fat-loving husband!)


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The Pacers are ranked sixth in the latest Ping!Baseball NCAA Division II Top 30, which was also released on Monday afternoon.
USC Aiken is the highest ranked team in one of the best conferences in all of Division II baseball. The Pacers are one of six Peach Belt Conference teams ranked in total with three of the six ranked in the top 11. USC Aiken (seventh) is followed by Columbus State (ninth), Francis Marion (11th), North Georgia (16th), UNC Pembroke (17th) and Georgia College & State (19th) in the latest Collegiate Baseball Newspaper NCAA Division II Top 30.
USC Aiken's overall series victory over 17th-ranked UNC Pembroke last weekend leaves the Pacers in sole possession of first place not only in the Peach Belt Conference East, but in all of the PBC through the first four conference series of the 2010 season. USC Aiken is the only PBC team with 10 league wins presently. The Pacers are currently 10-2 in PBC action on the year.
The Pacers are now 20-8 overall on the 2010 season. USC Aiken, which has now won five straight three-game series dating back to Feb. 20, has also now claimed victory in 17 of its last 19 outings.
The seventh-ranked USC Aiken baseball team begins the upcoming week by traveling to Augusta, Ga. to face off against rival Augusta State at Lake Olmstead Stadium on Tuesday, March 23 in the second game of the 2010 Outback Cup. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
USC Aiken claimed the first game of the 2010 Outback Cup with a 9-3 victory over the Jaguars at the 'Bert on March 3. This is the second year of the Outback Cup with USC Aiken claiming the inaugural Outback Cup in 2009 with two victories over Augusta State.
USC Aiken's baseball team will close out its week after taking on the Jaguars in the Outback Cup with a three-game Peach Belt Conference series at Roberto Hernandez Stadium against No. 19 Georgia College & State.
The USC Aiken-Georgia College & State series will begin with a doubleheader on Saturday, March 27 at 3 p.m. The series will conclude with a single 1 p.m. game on Sunday, March 28.


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