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Intro Preparing If you're a melee class, I cannot stress the fact wow gold that first aid and food are godsends, and will reduce your downtime greatly. Love them. They are VERY useful. You might also want to spend some money on +stat fuzhou potions that last for an hour, as well as +hp regen. You're going to mostly be grinding on mobs that have good drops, so you'll have more to spend. Now, I'd say the best time to wow gold start grinding wouldn't be right off - You can get to 35 very easily questing, but after that, it's more of a pain in the as. There are various good places to grind, so there is some overlapping. Unfortunately, this applies mostly to wow gold damage dealers of the melee variety. Mages and Warlocks may be able to use them, but I don't have as much experience with them. Warning: Alot of these areas are densely packed with mobs, so you are likely to get adds when you first begin clearing. However, the denser they are, that means the more spawns in the shortest distance - Exactly what you want when grinding. Levels might be off by the order of 1 or 2, as your website promote grinding ability might be different than that of the classes I have played. I apologize if they are, but I'm fairly sure these spots are mostly accurate. Grinding areas will only support one person. Any more, and it will be alot slower for EXP. If someone is business at the spot you planned on using, try somewhere else. I've tried to provide a good spread of places to try at different levels, but if you can't find one, you might just have to try later ---------------------------- No matter how you slice it, grinding is the fastest way wow gold to level in WoW. Maybe not the most fun, but it is much faster than questing. Before I start, you need to realize this is not a complete 1-70 leveling guide, it's just a guide that will help you find some quick grinding spots, if you need a complete leveling guide, the best ones are: Joana's 1-70 Horde leveling Guide for horde, and Brian's 1-70 Alliance leveling guide for alliance. 34-37 Venture Co. Meteorologists at Lake N. in Stranglethorn Vale I love these guys. I mentioned them in the gold sport blog guide, and I really do love them. They have good drops, and they die fast. Hunters can sometimes even take two on at a time, as they like to stay at range and use their lightning bolt attack. Sic a pet on one, and take out the other yourself. They don't always stay at range, however, so your milage may vary. 36-38 The Naga on the islands in Desolace have low armor, and there are casters in the mix. Be wary of the wandering sea giants, though. One will walk across the island every now and then, and they'll kill you if they sees you. ---------------------------- Grinding 49-52 Deadwood Village in Felwood is decent house blog grinding, and you can also use it to raise your Timbermaw faction. Not much I can say about it. 52-54 The Ogres in the Burning Steppes are pretty good. Same thing as with other ogres. 53-58 More ghosts! This time in pc blog Winterspring, on the frozen lake. I <3 these guys. 53-58 Running around in the Plaguelands killing undead. Raising Argent Dawn faction is a pain, so you might want to go ahead and do slightly slower grinding at the gain of being able to raise your faction at the same time. It's also possible to go to 60 doing this, but it's mind numbingly boring... But for some, the faction is worth it. You cannot gain faction from killing monsters when you are level 60, so if you plan on grinding them for the faction, you may really want to do this until 60 57-60 If you're a rogue, Blackrock Stronghold is the place to be. You will die a few times getting down a beat, but once you have the timing going well, you'll be dominating the area. Half the mobs there are casters, and the other half still have low armor compaired to most mobs of this level 37-39 The Murlocs by Grom'Gol in STV are excellent stock blog grinding. They have, as per usual, low defense, and take alot of damage. Some casters mixed in the fray as well. 36-46 In the Badlands, there are ALOT of rock elementals. They range from about 37 to 42 or so, if I remember correctly. They're sort of close to the Horde base, so Alliance might be weary of the area. They die fast, and they have some pretty good vendor drops. Higher level ones spawn by the Ogres camp, and have a chance of spwaning Rumbler, a named rock elemental. There's also a few quests right by the lower ones, so some extra EXP is fun. 40-43 The Scalding Whelps in the Badlands are fun to grind. They're game blog basicly casters, low def and HP, high damage. They also have a chance of dropping a a Tiny Black Whelpling, which can go for 20-50 gold on some servers in the AH, and are pretty cool pets regardless. 40-46 The Wastewander humans in Tanaris are great grinding for a large level range. They start off at level 40 and 41, and ramp up to 44 or so, and then you can move to the pirates, which range from 44-45 (Or is it 46?). Chests spawns are all over the place too, so you can get some phat lewt. My gold guide has more in depth information on their location. 42-45 The Naga in Stranglethorn Vale are pretty easy to kill, though wow blog there aren't any caster mobs mixed in. I personally don't like this one, but it is viable. 44-46 There are some more Naga on an island in Feralas, south of Feathermoon Stronghold or whatever. I've never been there personally, but I've heard good things about it. A named naga spawns at the top of one of the caves, 24 hour spawn. 45-48 Also in Feralas, there are some Yeti in the Feral Scare Vale. The normal exam blog ones are about level 45, and they ramp up to level 48 or so. Pretty good grinding, but the range of movement is sorta large. 46-48 The ghosts in Azshara are great. I love them. I can't stress how awesome they are. They drop insane mageweave and silver, and are absolutely excellent to kill. The Litchlings are casters, and die even faster than the Apprentices, which go down FAST. I absolutely love these. However, on my server, several 57+ gold farmers also camp them fairly actively :( 47-49 I've heard good things about the Dunemaul ogres car blog in Tanaris, though I don't have much experience with the area. 47-49 I like elementals, and here are some more :). In the Searing Gorge Cauldron, and a wow gold little bit North of it, there are plenty to grind.

NEW ORLEANS - That happy, sing-song sound heard on Bourbon Street is trickle-down economics at its best as hundreds of thousands of Carnival season visitors spend themselves silly before Fat Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT <广告> The city's tourism industry, getting back on its feet after Hurricane Katrina, is counting on a big weekend crowd to fill restaurants and hotels leading up to Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) on Feb. 5. The payday may be big for the hotels and restaurants — hundreds of millions of dollars in a typical Carnival — but for rank-and-file workers it's a chance to fatten the purse with the payoff from a healthy helping of hospitality. At Rick's Cabaret in the French Quarter, income from tips could rise 30 percent over a typical weekend for Phoebe, who snaps up tips for her dances from a largely male crowd that wanders in to eat, drink and behold the charms of scantily clad women. "You get a lot of people who ride in the parades who will come in, party, get loose, getting ready for their rides," said Phoebe, who for privacy reasons would only identify herself by her first name. "They're happy, in good spirits and income does go up." Before Katrina, which struck in August 2005, the four-day run-up to Mardi Gras typically put up to 1 million people on parade routes and in the French Quarter. The annual pre-Lenten celebration was much curtailed in 2006 but rebounded last year. This year's early date for Mardi Gras could slim crowd expectations a bit because it comes before college spring breaks. Also, cold, rainy weather is a greater possibility. Still, at least 90 percent of the metropolitan area's 32,000 hotel rooms are booked for the big weekend, said Mavis Early, executive director of Greater New Orleans Hotel and Lodging Association. Early said she expected the final bookings to reach 92 percent, the same figure as the 2006 celebration. Before Katrina, there were about 38,000 rooms in the region. In New Orleans, 1,355 restaurants are open, about 72 percent of the 1,882 pre-Katrina establishments, said Tom Weatherly, a spokesman for the Louisiana Restaurant Association. This year's Mardi Gras is part of a tourism bounty that included back-to-back college bowl games (the Sugar and BCS championship) in December and January at the Superdome. After Mardi Gras comes the NBA All-Star Game at the New Orleans Arena, major conventions that will bring up to 100,000 people to the city in March and April and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival from April 25-May 4. At Rick's, manager Charles Weber hopes a big Carnival season will add to "a good first quarter." He said that on a weekend or during a special event, a waitress can pull in up to $500 while entertainers can see $2,000 to $3,000. "We're seeing a lot of new faces," Weber said. "People are coming in to Mardi Gras for the first time. Unfortunately for his club, Weber said, many fans of the University of Georgia football team who came for the Sugar Bowl fell under the drinking age of 21 and spent their time on the streets of the French Quarter after someone else got them a beer. But business rolled during the BCS championship game and Weber said he expects a big-spending crowd of basketball fans — including rap music artists and other professional athletes — in for the All-Star Game. "If a guy can afford four nights at $399 a night," Weber said of a nearby hotel, "he can afford to come into Rick's Cabaret." Susan Sowash, a waitress at Bacco, the upscale Italian-themed restaurant owned by the city's Brennan family of restaurateurs, said she and her husband, a waiter at another French Quarter restaurant, hope to double their usual tips. They moved to the area from Burlington, N.C., before Katrina to purse a life long dream: post-retirement careers as New Orleans waiters. Sowash wouldn't discuss specifics of her tips target, but there's no doubt she's looking forward to the generosity of revelers. "It's huge for us," Sowash said. "You make a lot of money and people are so happy. It's a great time to work in New Orleans. My husband and I will do well." Some French Quarter business owners don't share the same enthusiasm, such as Ron Julian, half owner of Robinson's Antiques, who bemoans the reduced number of big-money conventions with lawyers and doctors since Katrina. "Normally, the second week of Mardi Gras, I put up a mesh fence, lock the doors and join the crowd," Julian said. "It's runescapemoney02 best that I do that. When people walk in, they've been drinking, they're a bit tipsy and it's best that I join with them." Julian now has another investment: a martini bar called Napoleon's Itch. "It's beginning to be the first-priority business because people who come to New Orleans now are more interested in Bourbon Street, not like the old days when people drove up in a limousine, dropped $150,000 or $200,000 on porcelain and drove away," he said. Albert Moses III, a doorman for 15 years at Le Pavillon, a hotel just down the street from the Superdome, said Carnival is changing for the better as more New Orleans residents return home — and return to the streets for the Carnival season. "It means a great deal, a real great deal," he said. Moses is looking forward not only to the big Mardi Gras weekend — and the possibility of nice tips for his service — but also the high-rolling All-Star Game week. "That's the best we've ever had," he said of the twin football games. "It was awesome." (More)

PHOENIX - NFL players will consent to a urine test for Human Growth Hormone once such a test is developed. Scientists, however, appear to be closer to developing a blood test for HGH, which stimulates growth and cell reproduction in humans. "We all know there is no reliable test for HGH," Gene Upshaw, executive director of the NFL Players Association said Thursday at the union's Super Bowl news conference. "Until a test is developed for HGH, there's really not an awful lot to talk about. And when that test is developed, we really believe it should be a urine test. No one is interested in a blood test. We got a lot of big tough guys, but they don't even like to be pricked on the finger to give blood." Commissioner Roger Goodell has said repeatedly since taking office just before the 2006 season that the league would implement a test for HGH as soon as one was found. Upshaw's stance is similar runescapemoney02 to the one taken by baseball, which has pledged to adopt any validated urine test but does not want to test blood. Baseball officials have said there is no commercially available validated test for HGH. John Fahey, head of the World Anti-Doping Agency, disputes that, saying two weeks ago that "the storing of blood is practical, in fact has been effectively in practice for some time in World Anti-Doping Code-compliant testing." Safety Rodney Harrison of the unbeaten New England Patriots, the favorites in Sunday's Super Bowl with the New York Giants, was suspended last Aug. 31 for the first four games of the season after he admitted using "a banned substance" for the purpose of "accelerating the healing process." Harrison did not acknowledge what the substance was, although he said this week he had made a mistake "and learned from it." At the time of the suspension, ESPN.com reported that Harrison admitted he obtained HGH. On the subject of labor, Upshaw said he expects the NFL's owners to opt out of the current agreement later this year. If that happens, the players' union is ready for a strike or the decertification tactics it used to get free agency after the 1987 walkout, although nothing major would happen until 2010, which would be a year without a salary cap. "If they want to get out of the deal, there's nothing we can do about it," Upshaw said. "But we'll be prepared." The agreement was reached after tough bargaining in March 2006, and gave both sides the right to opt out in November. That would lead to 2010 being an uncapped year before the contract expires in 2011. Several owners, including Denver's Pat Bowlen and New England's Robert Kraft, have suggested that the current agreement is leaving some teams cash-strapped, making it likely some owners will opt out next year. Upshaw said that he's heard the complaints and is ready for any outcome. "At our meeting in March, our priorities for discussion are four options: strike, lockout, decertification or extension," he said. Extension has been the route of choice for the NFL since its agreement in 1993 that added free agency and a salary cap for the first time. The league had been without a contract since its last strike in 1987. After the players returned to work, the union decertified and filed an antitrust suit, which they eventually won. That led to the current CBA, which ended six years without a contract. In the last 14 years, the contract has been extended numerous times before expiration. Upshaw said he has discussed the topic with Goodell and would continue past November, if necessary, to try to reach an agreement. But he warned that the players, who currently get 60 percent of the revenue, will not accept anything lower than that figure. And he said if the two sides get to an uncapped year, there would be no turning back. "There is not a player in the league who doesn't understand that if we ever get to that point without a cap, we will never have another one again," he said. Upshaw said the biggest disagreement is among small-market and large-market owners who disagree over non-shared revenue, such as local advertising, concessions and parking. Advertising and local broadcasting rights, in particular, tend to be greater in larger markets or among teams with new stadiums. In the 2006 agreement, which was the most difficult to reach since the 1993 agreement, the players got an extra $850 million to $900 million in the form of revenue sharing, raising the salary cap for 2007 to $107 million. Upshaw estimated it will be $116 million for 2008. "Everyone's doing well," he said. "The owners say they're not making money. I think everyone is making money. This isn't hockey, where the players agreed to a 25 percent pay cut. We're not going to do anything like that." (More)

NEW YORK - Chris Paul and David West were picked for their first All-Star game Thursday night, giving the hometown New Orleans Hornets a pair of players for the event. Detroit, Phoenix and Washington also had multiple players chosen as reserves for the Feb. 17 game. Boston will only send two of its Big Three to the Big Easy. Paul Pierce was voted in by Eastern Conference head coaches to join starter Kevin Garnett, but Ray Allen fell short. "That's crazy," Pierce said. "I think Ray should have been on there based on our record and what we're doing team-wise." The Pistons' Chauncey Billups and Richard Hamilton are headed back for the third straight year, while the Suns will be represented by Steve Nash and Amare Stoudemire. Caron Butler and Antawn Jamison also were runescapemoney02 recognized for their strong play, which has kept the Wizards in the middle of the playoff race despite the absence of injured guard Gilbert Arenas. "To find a way to turn things around and play at a very high level and be very competitive in our conference," Jamison said, "it speaks volumes for the type of year Caron and myself are having." Toronto's Chris Bosh and Atlanta guard Joe Johnson were the other players picked for the East, which will be coached by Boston's Doc Rivers. Dallas forward Dirk Nowitzki, the reigning NBA MVP, Utah's Carlos Boozer and Portland guard Brandon Roy were selected from the West. Paul, Nash and Roy emerged from a crowded group of West guards to beat out the likes of Golden State's Baron Davis, Utah point guard Deron Williams, and Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili from the defending champion San Antonio Spurs. "I'm very proud," Nash said. "It's always a great honor, especially this year with so many guards in the Western Conference. It's nice to be a part of that group." Also missing out during the worst season of his career was Shaquille O'Neal, ending his streak of 14 consecutive All-Star selections. That tied the record held by Jerry West and Karl Malone. Paul, the 2006 Rookie of the Year, and West have helped the Hornets to a 32-13 record, which leads the Southwest Division. New Orleans earned another representative later Thursday, as Byron Scott secured the West coaching nod after Dallas' loss at Boston. Paul is averaging 20.8 points, 10.7 assists and a league-leading 2.6 steals. He has just one fewer steal (110) than turnover for the season. David West averages 19.6 points and 9.4 rebounds. Garnett, LeBron James, Orlando's Dwight Howard, New Jersey's Jason Kidd and Miami's Dwyane Wade were voted by fans to start for the East. The West starters are Denver's Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson, the Lakers' Kobe Bryant, San Antonio forward Tim Duncan and Houston center Yao Ming. Coaches were then required to vote for two guards, two forwards, a center and two players regardless of position. East coaches bypassed a natural center, picking Bosh, a power forward, at that spot. Allen, averaging 18 points for a Boston team that began the night with an NBA-best 35-8 record, was perhaps the most noticeable omission in the East. Orlando was hoping for a spot for Hedo Turkoglu, averaging a career-best 19.4 points. "Obviously, I think Ray should have made it," Rivers said. "The fact that he had to sacrifice the most of the three. It's unfortunate that the other coaches didn't see it that way." Allen was beat out by Billups and Hamilton, who were selected for the first time together in 2006, when the Pistons were en route to a franchise-best 64 wins. "I am excited. I'm geeked," Hamilton said. "It just tells you what kind of success we've had as a team. And it's a great opportunity going with Billups again. I feel like we kind of came in together and we've accomplished a lot together." Besides the tough choices at guards, the West center spot was deep, with Stoudemire beating out Denver's Marcus Camby and the Hornets' Tyson Chandler. Nowitzki was hoping teammate Josh Howard would be selected as a forward. "It's always a great honor to be chosen, but I'm very disappointed that Josh didn't make it," he said before the Mavericks' played at Boston. "He's having a pretty good year. He deserves to be there as much as I do, so that's pretty disappointing." ___ AP Sports Writers Jimmy Golen in Boston, Larry Lage in Auburn Hills, Mich., and Joseph White in Washington contributed to this report. (More)

BOSTON - Point guard Rajon Rondo had a season-high 12 rebounds, following one of them with a putback layup with 42 seconds left to give the Celtics the lead, and Boston held on to beat the Dallas Mavericks 96-90 on Thursday night. Playing without Kevin Garnett for the third straight game, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen scored 26 points apiece to help the Celtics remain unbeaten against the Western Conference. And they did it against one of the West's best teams while overcoming 31 points and 11 rebounds from Dirk Nowitzki. Nowitzki, who along with Pierce was picked as an All-Star reserve about an hour before the game, made a pair of free throws with 58 seconds left to tie it at 90. The Celtics got the ball to Pierce, but his shot runescapemoney02 went around the rim and out. Along came the 6-foot-1 Rondo under the basket to grab the rebound and put in a reverse layup. A miss and an offensive rebound gave the Mavericks the ball out of bounds with 17 seconds left, but Jason Terry's runner was altered to avoid a blocked shot and James Posey came down with the rebound. Posey hit two foul shots, then tipped the ball away from Terry at halfcourt in the closing seconds to ice it. The nationally televised game between two of the NBA's top teams drew the usual collection of celebrities at courtside, including Red Sox players Jonathan Papelbon and Coco Crisp. Celtics Hall of Famer Bill Russell got a big cheer when he took his seat near the Mavericks bench. No players from the New England Patriots this time, though: They're down in Arizona preparing for Sunday's Super Bowl against the New York Giants. The Celtics had lost two of their last four and five of their last 11 since opening the season 29-3 to earn Doc Rivers the honor of coaching the Eastern Conference at the Feb. 17 All-Star game in New Orleans. Dallas' loss deprived Mavericks coach Avery Johnson of the chance to coach the West, which instead went to the Hornets' Byron Scott. Pierce and Nowitzki will meet again at the All-Star game, but both seemed more disappointed that their teammates — Allen and Josh Howard — didn't make the list. The two snubbed players seemed to come out with extra motivation. Allen scored 15 in the first quarter, and Howard had 13 — each more than half his team's points. But in the second half, Pierce and Nowitzki showed why they were selected. Nowitzki scored 17 in the third quarter and Pierce had 13 as the teams settled into a back-and-forth game befitting a matchup of two of the league's best. The Celtics scored eight straight points to take a 58-48 lead with 7:16 left in the third quarter, but the Mavericks erased it with 11 points in a row. Nowitzki fed Terry for a jumper, then hit one of his own; Terry stole the ball on a bad pass by Pierce, and Devean George hit a 3-pointer before Nowitzki made a pair of baskets to give Dallas a 59-58 lead. In the last 4:10 of the third, there were six lead changes, with Boston taking a 71-70 lead on two free throws by Pierce in with 5.3 seconds left. Notes:@ Howard finished with 19 points. ... Rondo had 14 points and four assists. His career high for rebounds is 14. ... Brian Scalabrine, starting in place of Garnett, did not score. ... Nowitzki and Terry had six assists apiece. (More)

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Adam "Pacman" Jones is busy clearing away the legal problems that led to his suspension from the NFL. His biggest challenge, however, may be proving he can control himself. Suspended for the 2007 season, the NFL will review Jones' status after the Pro Bowl. Commissioner Roger Goodell has said actions, not words, speak loudest. A Tennessee judge dismissed two misdemeanor charges Thursday from an incident Aug. 25, 2006, leaving only one criminal charge still pending against Jones in Georgia. But he didn't help himself by being in an Atlanta strip club Jan. 3 while the Titans were prepping for a playoff game. An attorney who asked that Jones be arrested for allegedly punching her withdrew her request Jan. 16. Atlanta police said Thursday they will not investigate Jones without the victim's help. Worrick Robinson, one of Jones' attorneys, said the issue of the cornerback being in a club remained and that there's no excuse for that. "He's a grown man. ... But he's got to take responsibility for his actions. When he's asked, he's going to have to step up and runescapemoney02 say he was there, that there is no excuse," Robinson said. Goodell's strict standards are well documented. Bengals linebacker Odell Thurman is hoping for full reinstatement by April after sitting out the last two seasons. Originally suspended the first four games of the 2006 season for skipping a drug test, the punishment was extended to a full season after a drunk driving arrest. Two Georgia men accused Thurman of kicking and hitting them at a party last June. No charges were filed, but Goodell turned down Thurman's request to reinstate him for last season. Given all the problems, there is the possibility the Titans might not want Jones back. They went from giving up the most yards defensively in the NFL with Jones in 2006 to fifth best and a 10-6 record with a playoff berth without him. A video popped up recently on the Internet showing Jones saying he saw himself in Dallas with a couple Pro Bowls in two or three years. Jones did not comment Thursday when asked if he had done enough to be reinstated. Robinson said the video was shot last summer when Jones was upset at not being allowed to take part in training camp. "He still considers himself to be a member of the Titans' team until he's told otherwise. We don't have any reason to think otherwise," Robinson said. "But again, he's got to be reinstated before that hurdle can be crossed." One step in that direction came with the dismissal of misdemeanor public intoxication and disorderly conduct charges stemming from an incident Aug. 25, 2006, outside a club in this Nashville suburb. Jones had been upset over his missing wallet and was arrested after cursing at officers before leaving. With Jones' no contest plea in Las Vegas on Dec. 6, he now has only one pending charge of felony obstruction left in Georgia from a February 2006 encounter with a police officer. A hearing in that case has been postponed until March. The most authorities here could have punished Jones was a $50 fine for each charge, and district attorney William Whitesell said the Titans cornerback had been punished much more for his behavior through the league's suspension. He missed out on $1.29 million in base salary. This case had been settled a year ago. Jones had to pay court costs and go through anger management with the judge telling him to stay out of trouble for six months. But Las Vegas police named Jones as the person who incited a fight inside a strip club on Feb. 19, 2007, that led to a triple shooting that left one man paralyzed. Whitesell argued last July that Jones being charged in Nevada was enough to show the cornerback did not follow the agreement. Jones pleaded no contest Dec. 6 in Las Vegas to conspiracy to commit disorderly conduct in a plea deal reducing two felony charges. Before the misdemeanor charges were dismissed on Thursday, the prosecutor asked Jones to apologize to the officer in writing, which he did. "Mr. Jones hopefully has learned something and been punished enough," Whitesell said. The judge asked Jones to speak to the court, and the cornerback said he has learned a lot about dealing with others and how to conduct himself. (More)

CHICAGO - Kevin Everett slowly unbuttons his suit jacket and sits down. It hardly seems like a big deal, those three little buttons. For Everett, though, it is nothing short of amazing. Less than five months after the catastrophic collision that doctors said might leave him paralyzed — or worse — he is walking and slowly regaining full use of his hands. "I'm happy people can know me like this," Everett said Thursday in an interview with The Associated Press. "They can look at me and see what I've overcome and I'm still trying to overcome, and just see that life isn't that bad after all. "It could be a whole lot worse." The Buffalo Bills tight end was playing special teams when he tackled Domenik Hixon on the second-half kickoff Sept. 9. His helmet struck Hixon's helmet and shoulder pad, and he immediately fell face-down on the runescapemoney02 turf. He lay motionless for what seemed like hours as medical personnel worked on him and the crowd at Ralph Wilson Stadium watched in silent horror. His spinal-cord injury was so severe, orthopedic surgeon Andrew Cappuccino said the next day that Everett's chances of a full neurologic recovery were "bleak, dismal." It was unlikely he would ever walk again. "He was just going off of past research on the injury. I couldn't expect him to say anything else but what he said because he didn't know the outcome. Nobody did," Everett said. "I was just hoping for the best. We were giving everybody the worst-case scenario." Everett is telling the story of his accident and recovery, as well as its impact on everyone around him, in "Standing Tall: The Kevin Everett Story," which was written with Sam Carchidi and comes out Friday. Although his main goal in telling his story was to inspire others with spinal-cord injuries, he believes anyone can learn from it. He and fiancee Wiande Moore are spending two days doing interviews before flying to the Super Bowl, courtesy of an invitation from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. Moore said the couple will root for the New York Giants against the unbeaten New England Patriots because they're the underdogs. As Everett has proven these last five months, never count out an underdog. "I just saw it as a temporary little injury," he said. "It's not anything that's going to hold me back." He is, though, trying to figure out where his life will take him next. Though he accepts he can no longer play and already is talking about coaching, there are times it's hard to realize his playing career is, indeed, over. "I was so used to working out and being around my teammates, that's kind of hard," said Everett, who plans on making an appearance at the Bills' training camp this summer. "But I'll be OK. ... I don't see it as God picking on me or anything. I just see it as one door closes, another one's going to open. "I just have to figure out what it is." He is working with The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, and hopes to do more motivational speaking. Before the accident, he and a friend in Houston already had started a business selling special plastic sheets that prevent soap scum in showers, and he hopes to one day open a restaurant. And, of course, there is the wedding he and Moore are planning for the fall of 2009. "It makes you complain less and be grateful for things you have on a daily basis," Moore said of lessons the couple has learned. "We take those who we love for granted. Sometimes, we forget to say, 'I love you,' every day. But it's the little things that matter. Because your life can go in an instant." Three days after the accident, Everett already was moving his arms and legs, and doctors were backing off their dire predictions. On Sept. 21, he was transferred to Memorial Hermann/TIRR (The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research) in Houston. Though he had movement in his legs, he could do little more than shrug his shoulders. The big, strong athlete who only a few weeks earlier was a weightroom fiend couldn't even raise his hand. "I have to be honest, in the beginning ... I was like, 'Wow, why did this happen to me?'" Everett said. "But I just prayed, and God just calmed me and let me accept it for what it was." With Moore, and mother, Patricia Dugas, a constant presence, Everett attacked his rehabilitation. He had sessions with a physical therapist and an occupational therapist. He worked with a recreational therapist and did rehab in a pool. And there were no days off. Every day, for at least five hours a day, Everett pushed himself to try to retrain his nerves and muscles to do tasks that were once second-nature. "He woke up in the morning, and his therapy started," said Rafferty Laredo, his occupational therapist at Memorial Hermann. "He had a pretty full day." It quickly paid off. A month after his accident, he took his first steps. Two weeks later, he could stand without assistance. "We never had a doubt, from the moment they said he has a 5 percent chance of walking," Moore said. By mid-November, Everett had made so much progress that doctors allowed him to do his rehab on an outpatient basis. Within a few weeks, Everett likely won't even have to make the three-times-a-week trip to the hospital. Instead, he'll do his rehab on his own with periodic checkups with the Memorial Hermann staff. Though Everett seems to walk without any sign of trouble, even that task requires effort, said Dr. Teodoro Castillo, co-director of the Spinal Cord Injury Program at Memorial Hermann. Everett still has trouble with his balance and must constantly focus on the location and position of his feet. Castillo said it will be many months before Everett will even be able to try running again. But it's his hands that still give him the most difficulty. Although he can again brush his hair, use utensils and hold a glass, his dexterity and fine-motor skills are nowhere near what they once were. His hands are numb, and he can't tell how hard he is gripping something. That is something that might return with time and continued therapy. Or, it might not. "You've just got to go with the flow, just like my whole recovery," he said. "It's a blessing if it does. And it's a blessing if it doesn't because I came this far, I can't ask for much more. I'm up, I'm moving around and walking." (More)

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russians visiting a health resort received a rude shock when a nurse used hydrogen peroxide instead of water to give them enemas. Itar-Tass news agency reported Thursday that 17 tourists in the Caucasus spa town of Yessentuki had to be runescapemoney02 treated in hospital after the mix-up. Sources at the sanatorium said the mistake was explained by water and hydrogen peroxide looking the same. Hydrogen peroxide, which can be used to bleach hair, is used as a disinfectant but should not be ingested. (More)

BERLIN (Reuters) - German authorities were able to pin a burglary committed in April on a suspected serial thief after he left a half-eaten slice of salami carrying a sliver of his DNA at a crime scene, police said Thursday. The 37-year-old Romanian man is accused of breaking into a workshop office in the western city of Darmstadt, stealing runescapemoney02 cash and two locks and causing damage worth around 3,400 euros ($5,055), Suedhessen police spokesman Ferdinand Derigs said. "He didn't bring the salami with him -- it was just lying around in the office," Derigs said. The man was already wanted in connection with 19 burglaries and had been taken into custody in January after a routine police road check, he added. Investigations are continuing. (More)

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch interior minister wants police officials to stop using soft drugs when they are off-duty as it tarnishes the image of the force. The use of some soft drugs is tolerated in the Netherlands and the sale of cannabis in small quantities for recreational use is permitted in government-regulated coffee shops. "The minister does not want police officials to use soft drugs, such as cannabis, not even during their spare time. It runescapemoney02 does not fit with the presentation of the police to the public," a spokesman said Thursday. There are 25 regional police forces in the Netherlands, some of which have implemented a no-drugs policy for off-duty officers while others have not, he said. "We should have one rule for the whole force," he said. (More)