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So we all know that the Hand Me Downs: A Poor Man's Heirlooms post was a huge wall of text, and that I'm breaking it down into class-sized pieces for you. No need to repeat all of that business, so here we go. Moving on to the next class in this series (in no particular order, I might add), we have: Druids.
General Concept
The basic idea of what I call "hand-me-downs" (or HMD's) is that you're taking items that can be passed from one toon to the next (so Common, White-quality items) and enhancing them to make them better. Enhancements that we're going to talk about here come mostly from the Enchanting profession, though a few may also be found in Blacksmithing (counterweights, sheild spikes, etc), Leatherworking (armor kits), and Engineering (scopes).
The whole point here is to get low level gear that you can pass around to any alts that you ever roll to make them more powerful starting out. As Cynwise and I have proved through experiment in both PvE and PvP at low levels, it isn't heirlooms that make your character so overpowered, it's actually the enchants.
So if you're trying to decide on which class to role, or what to go take one for a test drive for 10 levels or so before deciding whether or not to keep them, this is a great way to get a feel for how the class is going to play for you without putting in investment that's going to be wasted. Since these items can be passed around due to their lack of binding, it's not a big deal to roll a character, gain a few levels, scrap them and reroll another, and so on until you find a nice fit.
Balance and Restoration Weapons
We're going to start off with weapons because they have more potential than armor for making your low level toons extra powerful. When you're choosing a hand-me-down weapon, you need to consider which type you're really looking for. For Melee weapons you're interested in three things: damage, usefulness, and coolness.
Balance and Restoration Weapons
Arcane Forged Mace: 2-5 Damage (1.7 DPS), 1.90 Speed
Arcane Forged Dirk: 1-4 Damage (1.7 DPS), 1.60 Speed
Mana Gathering Staff: 5-9 Damage (2.1 DPS), 3.20 Speed
Apprentice's Staff: 3-5 Damage (1.3 DPS), 2.90 Speed
As I've said before, the Mace is the only weapon that every healing class in the game has in common, so the Mace is one of your best choices. However, the Dagger is the one weapon that can be shared across every type of spellcaster in the game, except for the Holy Paladin. If you only want to enchant a single caster HMD, then the dagger is the best option because both healers and DPS casters can use it save for the Paladin.
Balance and Restoration Enchants
Enchant Weapon – Mighty Intellect: +22 Intellect
Enchant Weapon – Spell Power: +30 Spell Power
Enchant Weapon – Healing Power: +29 Spell Power
Enchant 2H Weapon – Major Intellect: +9 Intellect
In 3.5 the +30 SP was the go-to enchant for casters, but with the change to spell power Mighty Intellect has taken the lead. It's also the cheapest of the three options which makes it that much more appealing. You don't get quite as much spell power out of the deal, but you're trading 7-8 SP for 330 mana which is more than worth it for low level casters in my opinion.
I find that I have more mana issues as Balance so +22 Intellect is the clear winner there for me, while as Resto I'm begging people to go jump in a fire or something just so I can spend my mana on something. I've mostly given up on the 30 SP enchant for everything non-twink at this point, but you might find it to be more to your liking.
Feral Weapons
2H Frostbit Staff: [Lvl: 5] 12-19 Damage (5.8 DPS), 2.70 Speed
2H Quarter Staff: [Lvl: 11] 20-32 Damage (9.6 DPS), 2.70 Speed
2H Gnarled Staff: [Lvl: 15] 27-42 Damage (11.9 DPS), 2.90 Speed
1H Copper Dagger: [Lvl: 6] 5-10 Damage (5.0 DPS), 1.50 Speed
1H Amani Sacrificial Dagger: [Lvl: 12] 10-21 Damage (7.8 DPS), 2.00 Speed
The best way for you to kill things when you roll a fresh Druid is to just spam Wrath until your target is dead. You don't have any Feral abilities at all until level 8, so you start out as a Balance Druid no matter what you want to do later in the game.
Once you get Cat form you can switch over to melee combat instead of Wrath spam. You've got a couple of options to consider here. First, some Cat abilities now take weapon damage into consideration, so you want weapons that actually deal damage. Second, you have to take reusability into consideration and Druids have some of the worst weapon selections for that.
There are four classes that use Agility as their primary damage stat (Druid, Hunter, Rogue, Shaman). The highest Agility bonus enchant you can get comes from two-handed weapons, but the only other Agility class that will use two-handed weapons is the Hunter, and the only two weapon types you share in common are the Staff and Polearm. Hunters don't care about melee weapon damage, so they could use a level 1 weapon for 40 levels and not care. If you have multiple two-handed HMD's you're not going to the same reusability from them that you would other weapons because the Hunter doesn't need to upgrade HMD's until he can dual wield.
My personal suggestion for Feral Druid HMD's is to use a staff with +25 Agility when you first get Cat Form at level 8, and then upgrade to two-hander (likely a Mace) with Crusader on it in your teens and stick with that until you replace your HMD's with dungeon drops or quest rewards. The Crusader two-hander can be used by your Warriors and Paladins, so it has at least some chance of being reused where a higher level staff with +25 Agility would not.
Feral Enchants
Enchant 2H Weapon – Agility: +25 Agility
Enchant Weapon – Crusader: Proc: +100 Strength for 15 sec., heals you for 75-125 (x2 crit)
Enchant Weapon – Fiery Weapon: Proc: +40 Fire damage (x2 crit)
Enchant Weapon – Agility: +15 Agility
Enchant Weapon – Lifestealing: Proc: Steals 30 health from the target (x2 crit)
Since the purpose of HMD's is to be used at low level, you want to consider what kind of investment you're really making. The best enchant for your class is Agility, but the best enchant for those low levels is technically Crusader. Druids don't get the luxury of dual wielding, so your best option is a two-hander with +25 Agility on it, or any weapon you can use with Crusader on it. You can put a +25 Agi enchant on it for a consistent +50 AP, or you can put Crusader on it for a fairly reliable +100 AP most of the time.
I haven't had enough time to really sit down and test this one out from a min/max point of view. As far as being able to reuse an item goes though, a staff with +25 Agility is great for Feral Druids but also excellent for Hunters until they can dual wield at level 20. At the same time, Crusader is the best Strength class weapon, so you can also reuse those weapons on your Warriors and Paladins.
Another thing to consider is that the best place to farm the mats for the Agility enchants has apparently been nerfed in my experience. The day before 4.0.3a went live I farmed the area for just over 40 minutes and had 4.5 stacks of Essence of Air. I farmed it again on patch day and in the time that I should have had over 2 stacks in my months of farming experience I only had 3, total. Not 3 stacks, just 3, when I should have had more than 20. So Agility might be harder to come by than it once was.
Fiery and Lifestealing are both great choices as well, with Fiery being the better of the two. I like that Fiery procs often lead to one-shots, but the higher you get in level the less impressive the enchant becomes. Lifestealing does at least have some scaling with your level, but it's proc rate isn't as high as Fiery so it doesn't happen as often.
Armor isn't nearly as important as your weapons because in the levels that you'll use HMD's you should not have very many issues with survivability, making the armor stat much less impressive than it really is. The main benefit that you'll get from your HMD's then is actually the enchants that you place on them. The best-in-slot items for both chest and leg slots (that can be used at level 1) are interestingly cloth items; Haliscan Jacket and Haliscan Pantaloons.
And since the whole point of HMD's is to enchant them in order to make them more powerful than regular gear, we're not going to bother making HMD's that cannot benefit from enchants, or which benefit only a very small amount. So we're not going to look at Belts, jewelry or trinkets.
Leather Armor Set
Chest: Haliscan Jacket: 90 Armor (Cloth), Sun Cured Vest: 33 Armor
Legs: Haliscan Pantaloons: 77 Armor, Black Tuxedo Pants: 54 Armor, Sun Cured Pants: 29 Armor
Waist: Squeeler's Belt: 22 Armor, Sun Cured Belt: 18 Armor
Bracer: Sun Cured Bracers: 14 Armor
Gloves: Sun Cured Gloves: 20 Armor
Feet: Sun Cured Boots: 23 Armor
Back: Linen Cloak: 12 Armor
Above is the vendor bought Leather set from the Blood Elf starting area. For level 1 characters these do end up being the strongest items available to you, so I haven't bothered listing items for other levels as armor upgrades really aren't important for your first 20 levels unless you're a tank.
The Haliscan Jacket and Pantaloons and the Tuxedo Pants easily beat out the best leather options at level 1, so they're listed here as well even though they're cloth. They also happen to have higher item levels than all of the other options, giving you the ability to put more worthwhile enchants on them as well.
Balance and Restoration Chest Enchants
Enchant Chest – Exceptional Stats: +6 All Stats [ilvl 35+]
Enchant Chest – Greater Stats: +4 All Stats
Enchant Chest – Major Mana: +100 Mana
Enchant Chest – Stats: +3 All Stats
Enchant Chest – Restore Mana Prime: Restore 7 Mana every 5 seconds [ilvl 35+]
The best choice here is +6 Stats which gives you 90 Mana and 6 Spell Power, though it can only be placed on the Haliscan Jacket. The +4 and +3 Stats enchants are listed for the same reason, providing both spell power and mana. I like the +100 Mana more than +3 stats for Druid HMD's because while mana isn't an issue in most cases I'm more likely to need the extra mana than I am a mere 3 points of spell power. Mana regen isn't usually a huge issue, but if you run into mana problems then you might want to consider Restore Mana Prime.
Feral Chest Enchants
Enchant Chest – Exceptional Stats: +6 All Stats [ilvl 35+]
Enchant Chest – Greater Stats: +4 All Stats
Enchant Chest – Exceptional Health: +150 Health [ilvl 35+]
Enchant Chest – Stats: +3 All Stats
Enchant Chest – Major Health: +100 Health
We have basically the same situation for Feral, except the +X Stats enchants get much more beneficial. The +6 Stats for instance grants 18 Attack Power (6 Agi = 12 AP, 6 Str = 6 AP) as well as 6 Spell Power and 90 mana, all of which you'll use (though SP to a lesser extent). This is a great example of when being a hybrid is a good thing. I've found Feral Druids to be more on the squishy side than they used to in the early levels, so +150 Health isn't a bad idea either, if you have the Haliscan to put it on.
Balance and Restoration Bracer Enchants
Enchant Bracer – Healing Power: +15 Spell Power
Enchant Bracer – Greater Intellect: +7 Intellect
Enchant Bracer – Mana Regeneration: Restore 5 Mana every 5 seconds
I personally choose +15 SP for my bracer enchants, but the +7 Intellect enchant is a lot better now than it was before 4.0. You can either have 15 SP or you can have 7 SP and 105 Mana to go with it. It's up to you really, I just like to have that extra level of power from the 15 SP for my personal taste.
I feel that the mp5 enchant is the weakest here, but it's still a decent fit for a caster. I find I have more mana issues as Balance than I do Resto, but I'd go for one of the other enchants over this one regardless.
Feral Bracer Enchants
Enchant Bracer – Superior Strength: +9 Strength
Enchant Bracer – Superior Stamina: +9 Stamina
Enchant Bracer – Minor Agility: +1 Agility
I don't know why in the world they gave us +9 to both Strength and Stamina, but not Agility. We don't even have a +7, +5, or even +3 Agility; they just left us with the dinky +1. However, we do still get 1:1 AP from Strength, so the +9 Str enchant is your best bet here. If you're feeling especially fragile then go ahead and reach for the +9 Stam instead, but you shouldn't have many too survivability problems in this level range, especially not as a class with some of the most useful heals in the game.
Balance and Restoration Glove Enchants
Enchant Gloves – Healing Power: +16 Spell Power
Enchant Gloves – Minor Haste: +10 Haste
Casters have a lot of really good options here. The generic enchant of choice is Healing Power for +16 SP to all of your spells. Unfortunately, most of our damage is Nature which doesn't have it's own ".. Power" enchant, so Healing Power is your best option. Haste can help you in a few situations, though mostly in your reduced cast times.
If you're going for Resto then Haste actually helps a lot more because of your HoT's, but at the same time you aren't going to have much trouble healing low level instances anyway so it's not all that big a deal in this time frame.
Feral Glove Enchants
Enchant Gloves – Superior Agility: +15 Agility
Enchant Gloves – Greater Agility: +7 Agility
Enchant Gloves – Greater Strength: +7 Strength
Gloves provide us one of the best enchants of all of our HMD's with Superior Agility (+15 Agi). The +15 Agi enchant isn't exactly easy to find though, because it's not exactly easy to farm either. If you can't find it, then look for the +7 Agi instead, or +7 Str if you can't find either of the Agility enchants.
I've been told that the rep grind for Superior Agility isn't as bad as it was prior to 4.0 being released, so perhaps it will become easier in the future. I've done the farming on my own for one of my servers and am about to start on my other server just as soon as I finish up the Cenarion Expedition grind that I'm on right now for the cloak enchant that we'll talk about down below.
Leg Enchants
Light Armor Kit: +8 Armor to Chest, Legs, Hands or Feet
Medium Armor Kit: [Lvl: 5] +16 Armor to Chest, Legs, Hands or Feet
I'm going to go ahead and list these here just for the sake of completion. I don't use HMD pants because of the fact that these are the only enchants you can put on them. A little extra armor never hurt anybody, but it never really helps for your low level toons either. Not when we're talking about 8-16 points of it, at least. If you want to use them, then here they are.
Balance and Restoration Boot Enchants
Enchant Boots – Minor Speed: +7% Run Speed
Enchant Boots – Lesser Accuracy: +5 Hit
Casters get the shaft on boot enchants, with nothing really standing out. I lean towards the speed increase for my personal use, but you might prefer the +5 Hit. Run Speed will help you quest and level faster, while Accuracy will help you kill faster, so the choice is yours.
Feral Boot Enchants
Enchant Boots – Greater Agility: +7 Agility
Enchant Boots – Lesser Accuracy: +5 Hit
Enchant Boots – Greater Stamina: +7 Stamina
Enchant Boots – Minor Speed: +7% Run Speed
For Feral Druids I almost always suggest you go with +7 Agility because the first two points you spend in your talent tree are likely going to include a speed boost while in Cat form anyway. If you don't want to spend your points there, then the Minor Speed is still a good option, but I personally go for that kitty speed right off the bat. The speed from the enchant and the speed from those talent points do not stack, which is why I mention it.
Cloak Enchants (All Specs)
Enchant Cloak – Stealth: +8 Agility, +8 Dodge
Enchant Cloak – Lesser Agility: +3 Agility
Enchant Cloak – Superior Defense: +70 Armor
Enchant Cloak – Subtlety: -2% Threat
The top cloak enchant is thanks to a change from 4.0.3a in the Stealth enchant. It used to just make you count as a single level higher when calculating how hard/easy it was for someone to see through your stealth. But now this sucker has almost three times as much Agility as the previous option and it also has Dodge thrown in for good measure. I don't know what prompted this change, but I'm loving it.
If you're not Feral though, the Subtlety enchant is probably your best option for the reduced threat. Tanks don't have great AoE threat compared to what they used to have, so it's not too uncommon for healers to get early agro on trash packs. If you don't like LFG or don't think that threat is an issue, then go for either Stealth or Superior Defense.


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A reliable diagnosis for Lupus on its way?February 3, 2011 at 9:41 am | Posted in arthrits, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, joint pai, Me, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 2 Comments
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You may think RA is a hard one to diagnose, and I've often heard complaints as to how it's overlooked by medics and the public alike, but Lupus (or Systemic lupus erythematosus to give it its full name) is RA's poor relation in this respect. Lupus is another autoimmune disease, but this time with the autoimmune system attacking connective tissue – and of course connective tissue occurs in all the internal organs as well as joints, so it can cause inflammation of all sorts of parts of the body, resulting in a bizarre set of symptoms that is often not diagnosed as one problem i.e. Lupus, for many years. I suspect that one reason is that GPs etc. would only recognise it from the famous 'lupus butterfly rash' that occurs on the cheeks and across the nose, but according to Wikipedia (and I don't know where they referenced it form!) only 30-50% of Lupus sufferers ever display the rash at all. Some research has been done now in America to show that Lupus might be caused by a malfunctioning of 'micro RNAs', which are things that white blood cells use to control the function of antibodies etc. This is research in mice, something that a lot of people would find uncomfortable but which I'm not going to get into a discussion about here; from a purely biological point of view, however, diseases in mice show a remarkably good correlation to diseases in humans, and the mice show a consistent pattern of 'dis-regulated' micro RNAs when they develop Lupus.
What that means is that, probably ten years or so down the line, if it gets that far*, there could be a simple diagnosis 'kit' for Lupus, where it can be clearly and easily diagnosed with a blood test or similar, whereas at the moment there is no such test – various tests can hint that it might be Lupus or some other autoimmune disorder, but then again it might not, but there's nothing conclusive.
Like rheumatoid arthritis 1) it's quite likely that there are a lot of people out there who are in the early stages and undiagnosed and 2) with Lupus it's known that many people are either undiagnosed or misdiagnosed for many years before they are given a diagnosis of Lupus, so a test that is as conclusive as this sounds like it would be would certainly be very good news indeed.
We then have to hope of course that the test itself is not so expensive that no clinicians will actually pay to use it, but that's another story, and probably one we won't have to worry about for another ten years or so!
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quote:Originally posted by Guest6840i will say 70s Canadians for the best chance of winning but the worst team in the NHL can destroy them right now.
quote:Originally posted by Beans15To put that into perspective for those who did not see the 80's Oilers, at the prime, the Oilers rostered arguable 6 of the top ten players in the world in Gretzky, Kurri, Anderson, Coffey, Messier, and Fuhr. Compare that to today would be a team including Crosby, Lecavalier, Iginla, Ovechkin, Lidstrom, and Luongo. Would it even be fair to the rest of the league??? Just like it wasn't fair through the 80's!!
quote:Originally posted by andyhack1970 Bruins without OrrLate 70s Habs without LafleurEarly 80s Isles without Trottier80s Oilers without Mess... ahhh, ok without Gretzky
quote:Originally posted by hocksterIts gotta be the Canadiens with the RichardsNo doubt about it
quote:Originally posted by andyhackFor some reason I'm thinking about this while watching tennis this morning (which indicates how exciting the tennis is maybe ).And I started thinking - what would have happened if each of these great teams, hypothetically that is, would not have had their best player? In the Isles case this player is probably the most disputable, but let's say it is Trottier. So you have the following:1970 Bruins without OrrLate 70s Habs without LafleurEarly 80s Isles without Trottier80s Oilers without Mess... ahhh, ok without Gretzky All you hypothetical lovers out there, and I know you are there, what do you think? Which of these teams does the best? Which ones do all right, Cup-wise that is? And which goes absolutely Cupless without their Number 1 star? Edit - And for the purpose of this question, let's assume these players just weren't born - so they weren't playing for competing teams at the timeBack to Tommy Haas (I wonder if he realizes he has weird spelling to his last name)
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What is that anno called ?
I hate how much I love that mag
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oooo I saw this on caustic's FB page. The ano is just stunning.
its nice, i like it,
it would be great if people would buy the remaining amount of x-mag boards to get them produced.
my rough estimate is 6-7 need to be purchased.
Beautiful. I'm really glad you chose Caustic Customs to do your work. I'm sending another project his way to see him work his magic.
Btw, don't you live in cali? Go outside and snap a few pictures of your mags out in the grass or something!!
Beautiful! I don't know if it is good or bad "Liking" Caustic Customs on Facebook. Makes me want to get all my markers done, lol. Is there anything special to know about disassembling the CP on/off for ano? What's the secret to removing the on/off knob?
yeah get a the right size allen key stick the long end in, of course after taking the internals out, i rappped the knob with a folded blue shop papertowel, then used a piece of rubber backed carpet rappped that around the blue shop paper towel then i try twisting it free with a clean shop glove on my hand, if that doesnt work i take a break and repeat.
i never use heat,
Thats better Almost makes me want to preorder an e-mag board......
i have two ordered.
if it wasnt for the divorce, i was "considering" killing the rest of the balance on what is needed to push these into production.
but thats out now.
yeah i just think people are withdrawn,
to dive in.
its a work in progress. i would buy back up boards for all my markers, and display them in my case, (that will be made some day)
but the truth is people have been burned, the cool thing p8ntball4me is all about getting these made.
so if that helps anyone buy one go for it, will be worth your empty or full emag lowers. oooh and there is warranty .
that think looks great!
thanks guys maybe some day ill put together a build thread for all my mags that I have finished now, minus of course e-mag boards that I need.
things are rectic here, not much time to think of paintball, that's all I really do, havnt played since the last AO meet at jungle island.
thankyou for the kind words guys.
Much better pictures, is that a 10 oclock Purple X...is that rare ?
What kind of barrel is that?
Wwa freak back and tip
i love mine, turns some heads
This turned out really nice.
i want that mag
getting some stuff together ill have to put together the build threads. for all my markers


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In the wink of an eye, the Chargers took a 20-14 lead a Janaaron Aquino dashed 20 yards to the end zone and Jan Patrick Egan gripped a two-point toss. The Bengals did have some luck with their running game as Jared Radil, Natalleyah Teixeira and Drew Radil sparked some offence. But once again, turnovers doomed their day this time via the sure hands of the Chargers' Janaaron Aquino, who tallied his team's second pick. The Chargers continued to roll as Malachi Smith registered his third TD catch to make it 26-14. Not needing any help, the Chargers got some from the Bengals who added to their turnover -fest by getting trapped in their own end zone for a safety.
Down 28-14, the Bengals made it four turnovers in the first half as the Chargers' James Johnson hauled in a tipped ball. Johnson then switched gears and zipped 25 yards for a TD, followed by a leaping two-point catch, making it 36-14. The turnovers continued to mount as the Chargers' Jaime Betancur made an amazing one-handed grab to stall yet another Bengals' drive. While hitting on all cylinders, the Chargers finely-tuned effort chugged along as James Johnson's TD catch and Jaime Betancur's two-point haul rocketed the Chargers' advantage to 44-14. Never one to fold the tents, the Bengals' Mike Dopazo gained his second interception, but the Chargers answered as Jaime Betancur sealed the Chargers' convincing 44-14 victory with his second pick.
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Quinn Cook turned in an all-around floor game to keep the 10th-ranked Blue Devils rolling in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.DURHAM, N.C. – Duke played the defense its Hall of Fame coach wanted to see, while
Cook had 24 points -- all in the second half -- and nine assists to help Duke beat No. 22 Michigan 79-69 on Tuesday night, improving the Blue Devils to 13-2 all-time in the annual interconference competition.
Freshman Jabari Parker added 15 points to help the Blue Devils (7-2) regroup from last week's loss to Arizona by grinding out a tough win against the Wolverines. Duke didn't shoot the ball well early but frustrated Michigan's offense, turning away every spurt and keeping the Wolverines (5-3) at arm's length much of the game.
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said his team played "an outstanding defensive game," which began with forcing the Wolverines to miss 17 of their first 21 shots to put them in a hole they never escaped.
"Each of the teams I've coached here has to develop its own identity, even though we're given a place that's very high before we ever accomplish anything because of our history," Krzyzewski said. "... We're not a great basketball team. We have great kids and they're trying hard. We have a really tough schedule and we have to just keep trying to get better."
The positives for Duke started with Cook, who finished with just two turnovers in 37 minutes in what Krzyzewski called a "magnificent" performance. It also included Andre Dawkins, who hit two straight 3-pointers midway through the second half to spark Duke's clinching rally after Michigan had pulled within six points.
"Guys are stepping into their roles, roles are changing," Cook said. "It's a long season. You can't just stay the same the whole season. We kind of want to keep getting better and keep teams on their toes. We've got a long ways to go."
Duke's 13-2 record in the Challenge is by far the best for a team in either conference, including 6-0 at famously hostile Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Caris LeVert matched his career-high with 24 points for Michigan, though leading scorer Nik Stauskas struggled all game.
Mitch McGary finished with 15 points and 14 rebounds for Michigan, while Stauskas -- who missed the last game with an ankle injury -- finished with four points.
After five straight 20-point games before sitting out against Coppin State, Stauskas missed his only two shots and managed just one 3-point attempt in 34 minutes.
Michigan shot 57 percent in the second half, though that number was inflated by the Wolverines hitting seven shots in the frantic final 2 minutes after Duke had built an 18-point lead.
"They did a good job of denying Nik and making it tough for him to score," LeVert said. "... We didn't knock down shots. We didn't do the things we needed to win."
Michigan twice cut a 32-22 halftime deficit to six, the last time at 46-40 on LeVert's three-point play with 9:01 left.
But Dawkins entered the game and quickly hit two 3s for his first baskets that started an 11-2 run, which ended with his driving layup over Zak Irvin to push Duke's lead to 57-42 with 6:43 left.
"Big makes by them," Michigan coach John Beilein said, "and we couldn't come back after that."
Cook knocked down a 3 during the spurt that finally put the Blue Devils in control and he came up with a spinning layup in the lane to beat the shot clock to make it 66-50 with 2:52 left.
It marked the first time all season that Parker or Rodney Hood didn't lead Duke in scoring. Parker came in averaging 23 points and finished with a season-low for the second straight game, going back to his 19 points against Arizona. Hood was averaging 20 and finished with 14.
"I personally don't want to score all the time and shoot all the shots," Parker said. "I just want to do what we've got to do to win. If it's there, take it, but if I know guys are closing in on me, somebody else is going to be open."
Duke's Rasheed Sulaimon didn't play for the first time this season. Krzyzewski said only that Sulaimon -- who averaged 11.6 points last season -- has "got to play better than the guys who played tonight" when asked about the sophomore's playing time.
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Baseball Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig issued the following statement regarding the report on performance-enhancing substances released today by Senator George J. Mitchell:
"I want to thank Senator Mitchell and his team of investigators for the exhaustive effort they made in tracing the use of performance-enhancing substances in baseball. Twenty-one months ago, when I asked Senator Mitchell to undertake this assignment, I said that nothing is more important to me than the integrity of this game. I knew it was important for Baseball to face the issue of steroids head on. Senator Mitchell had complete autonomy to pursue the evidence wherever it led and he has done so.
"If there were problems, I wanted them revealed. If there were individuals who engaged in wrongdoing, I wanted those facts to come to light. If there were recommendations that would improve our drug testing program, I wanted to hear them.
"Senator Mitchell is one of the most respected public figures in the nation. His career in public service - as the Senate Majority Leader, Federal Judge, U.S. Attorney, and the leading international diplomat of our generation - is exceptional. He is a man of integrity.
"His report is a call to action. And I will act.
"I will continue to deal with the issue of performance-enhancing substance abuse. Today I announce that we will take the following three steps.
"First ... Senator Mitchell has made twenty recommendations, all of which I embrace. In fact, we have already adopted one of the recommendations and have eliminated the 24-hour notice that testers were giving clubs. Those recommendations that I can implement independently, I will do immediately. There are other recommendations that are subject to collective bargaining. I am also committed to those recommendations, and we will be reaching out to Don Fehr and the Players Association in the immediate future to urge him to join me in accepting them and to begin a positive dialogue on these matters.
"Second... I will deal with the active players identified by Senator Mitchell as users of performanceenhancing substances. I will also review the comments made by Senator Mitchell about club personnel and will take appropriate action. Senator Mitchell acknowledges in his report that the ultimate decisions on discipline rest with the Commissioner and he is correct. Discipline of players and others identified in the report will be determined on a case-by-case basis. If warranted, those decisions will be made swiftly and I, of course, will give thorough consideration to Senator Mitchell's views on the subject.
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"So long as there may be potential cheaters, we will always have to monitor our programs and constantly update them to catch those who think they can get away with breaking Baseball's rules.
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It has been a challenge to get our garden going this year. Florida presents a different gardening experience for someone from New England and rich brown dirt. Valentino is from Italy where he too grew with a different soil and climate. We have always had small containers or tomatoes and herbs but this year we have gone full fledged backyard gardener. I won't use the now hotly contested term but I will admit I am "one of those" homesteaders! Nothing is more special than a day in our yard enjoying what it is becoming for us!
We splurged on some baby chicks and are looking forward to fresh eggs in a few months. And we have planted one of the largest gardens ever for us as a married couple. Even our sons are enjoying the prospects of a garden harvest. They too spend most of their free time in the backyard with us planning and working and planning some more!
We have had koi ponds for about twenty years or so. We started with a basic one back at our previous home that was simply a square pond with wooden seating benches framing it. From there we have come to a simple pond near our back door, It is framed by my rubber tree plant that is more tree than plant . It is a peaceful place when I need somewhere to sit and meditate and pray. The sound of trickling waterfalls is like music!
The plants are beginning to blossom now, promises of harvests to come. It appears that we will have plenty of pumpkins by fall too.
My son's iguana will be enjoying plenty of fresh collard greens in his diet too!
Comfrey is growing! So is the rest of the garden!
This then is what we are looking forward to…. A harvest of our garden, feeding our family, being nourished by all we have accomplished together. Today we sat out back and sipped Liquori di Zecca – mint liquor made from our fresh mint! Sipped over ice, it was refreshingly sweet knowing it was only the harbinger of our harvest yet to come!
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You're going to have a wonderful garden this year! It's looking good already.
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What ranks and titles have you held? Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, Title holder in the bantamweight division of the biggest event in the South of Brazil, the PFE (Power Fight Extreme).
Do you have any heroes? God, he sacrificed his son's life for us.
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? A dream come true. From now on, I can tell and prove to my daughters that if you have a dream and work hard, chase it and you will succeed.
Did you go to college and if so what degree did you earn? No.
What was your job before you started fighting? I worked as a locksmith and delivery man.
Specific accomplishments in amateur competition? Jiu Jitsu Championships: South Brazilian Championship 2011 (FIRST PLACE), South American Championship 2011 (FIRST PLACE), South American Championship 2008 (SECOND PLACE), MUNDIAL CBJJE 2008 (world championship - THIRD PLACE) and EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2011 (THIRD PLACE).
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The first round of the NCAA Tournament pitted Duke against Brown with the Blue Devils dispatching the Bears 11-6 in West Point, N.Y. Duke came back the following weekend and won a 12-11 overtime thriller over Johns Hopkins to set up a meeting with Princeton in the program's first NCAA semifinal appearance. Duke, seeded fifth, lost a heartbreaker to the perennial power Tigers, 10-9, to finish the season ranked fifth with a 12-4 overall record.
After a seven-year hiatus from the NCAA semifinals, the Blue Devils started to become a regular in the hunt for a NCAA Championship. In 2005, with Zack Greer, Matt Danowski, Matt Zash, Aaron Fenton and a host of other standout Blue Devils, Duke headed into the NCAA postseason with a 14-2 record.
Duke, as the No. 2 seed in the tournament, cruised through the first two rounds against Fairfield and Cornell before meeting up with ACC foe Maryland in the semifinals. The Blue Devils dominated the Terrapins in an 18-9 win to move into the championship game against rival Johns Hopkins where the Blue Jays captured the 9-8 victory.
In 2007, under the direction of new head coach John Danowski, the Blue Devils started what has since become a regular occurrence. Duke again went through the regular season and ACC postseason with an impressive 14-2 record and an ACC Tournament title. Seeded first overall, Duke had no problems in the first two games, winning by an average of 11.5 goals. The Blue Devils faced a taller task in the semifinals with a rematch against Ivy League foe Cornell. All square at 8-8 in the final moments of the game, Duke won a faceoff and Greer scored to lift the Blue Devils to their second NCAA Championship game against Johns Hopkins. The title tilt was a tight one again as the Blue Jays posted another one-goal victory over Duke to win the national title.
The next two seasons saw the Blue Devils advance to two more NCAA semifinals, but falling just short of the ultimate prize. In 2010, Duke finally reached the pinnacle. With a 12-4 record heading into the NCAA Tournament, Duke exorcised the demons of Johns Hopkins with a dominating 18-5 win over the Blue Jays in the first round. Duke continued what became known as the redemption tour when it defeated ACC rival North Carolina in the quarterfinals and then Virginia with a last-second goal in the semifinal round.
Two days removed from a 14-13 heart-stopping victory over the Cavaliers, Duke had to take on the task of finding a way to score on the Notre Dame defense. In a low-scoring affair that saw the Blue Devils and Irish even at 5-5 at the end of regulation, Duke needed just five seconds in overtime to lift the trophy for the first time in program history. CJ Costabile provided the dramatic game-winner after winning the opening faceoff.
Duke added a seventh NCAA semifinal to the list in 2011 with a 7-5 victory over Notre Dame in the quarterfinal and in 2012, Duke became the fifth team in NCAA history to advance to at least six consecutive NCAA semifinals. Both 2011 and 2012 ended with losses to Maryland.
The Blue Devils will face many challenges in 2013 as they search for a ninth NCAA Championship weekend appearance. Duke opens the year with Denver, Feb. 9 at 12 p.m., and hosts Jacksonville the following day at 12 p.m.


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Eating on the go and wondering what the healthiest options are?
The City of Vancouver has announced 12 new food carts; here's a look at the dishes they will serve.
Click here to see the 12 new food carts announced today.
Click here to see photos of the 25 shortlisted vendors that the 12 winners were chosen from.
Sun Food editor Juanita Ng, who was part of a panel of judges involved in the taste tests, shot photos of the dishes. She also wrote about the judging experience here.


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Boulder County
Property owners with questions about the values assigned to their properties may call the assessor's office at 303-441-4830; email bouldercountyassessor.org; send a letter to the Boulder County Assessor's Office, P.O. Box 471, Boulder, CO 80306; or fax the question to 303-441-4996.
Residents may bring their questions or make their appeals in person at:
the Boulder County Assessor's Office, 1325 Pearl St., from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.
the St. Vrain Conference Room in Boulder County's St. Vrain Complex, 529 Coffman St., Longmont. Staff will be present there from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays to handle residential property value appeals May 6-17; commercial property value appeals May 10 to 17; and agricultural property value appeals May 7, 10, 14 and 16.
the Lafayette Community Services Center, 400 E. Simpson St., No. 105 A, Lafayette, where staff will be available from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays to handle residential property value appeals May 13-24 and commercial property value appeals May 14 and May 21.
Lyons' Town Hall, 432 Fifth Ave., Lyons, where the assessor's staff will be available from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. May 10.
Additional information is available at bouldercountyassessor.org.
Weld County
In-person protests of new property values will be appointment only, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. weekdays at the assessor's headquarters office at 1400 N. 17th Ave., Greeley. Call 970-353-3845 to schedule an appointment.
Owners of properties in Weld County who disagree with the values they've been sent can fax their protests to 970-304-6433, or mail them to the Weld County Assessor's Office at 1400 N. 17th Ave., Greeley CO 80631; email them to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Additional information is available at co.weld.co.us/Departments/Assessor/
Now that Colorado's county assessors have mailed out their latest estimates of property values, the owners of those properties will have until June 3 to appeal those appraisals.
On Wednesday, county assessors sent new "notices of values" to owners of properties within their counties.
Those notices generally are the result of the assessors' staffs tracking of real estate markets before June 30, 2012, and the actual market values of those properties as of that point.
The new valuations will be the starting point for calculating the local property taxes the properties' owners will have to pay in 2014 and 2015, but people can't use the assessment appeals process to protest their past or projected property tax bills.
They can, however, produce their own information about what they think should be considered when it comes to comparable sales before last June 30, for example, as well as seek corrections of any mistakes they believe the assessors have made in their descriptions of the properties in question.
Property owners may appeal the new valuations of their properties by mail, online, by fax or in person.
John Fryar can be reached at 303-684-5211 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Children's education programs emerged as the big winner Friday as Eastern Jackson County non-profit organizations gathered for lunch. A legacy gift by Vernon Carl Jelley Jr., M.D. will ensure that programs for the area's youth will benefit for years to come.
Jelley was a longtime Blue Springs resident who "believed in contributing to the greater good of the community," according to the Truman Heartland Community Foundation. The former orthopedic surgeon died May 29 at age 69. He entrusted the foundation with his initial gift of $1.6 million for use to meet the most important needs in Eastern Jackson County.
At the foundation's 18th annual grants luncheon, more than $170,000 in grant awards were given to 46 Eastern Jackson County organizations.
The new charitable foundation was announced at the luncheon, coinciding with National Community Foundation Week, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Independence.
"Education was very important to him," said Gloria Smith said of Jelley. "He was always learning, even after retiring from his practice. He would enroll in classes just to learn more."
On top of his continued education, Jelley also taught adult swim courses, became a substitute teacher in the Independence School District, volunteered as a tutor for the Boys and Girls Club in Independence and mentored for Big Brothers and Sisters of Kansas City, Smith said.
"Dr. Jelley said, 'Education is the cure to all that ails us,'" said Liz McClure, who was a good friend of Jelley.
Jelley had a provision in his estate to support local charities, which led to the creation of The Jelley Family Foundation Endowment. The endowment will provide $80,000 to support children's education programs in 2014. "And that's only a portion of it," added Smith. Future donations will be awarded once the estate gift is finalized, according to Truman Heartland President and CEO Phil Hanson.
"He always had a heart for kids, especially ones with special needs," Smith said.
The grants awarded Friday were made possible thanks to 18 charitable funds, said Hanson.
"Of the funds listed, seven were created by donors with gifts from their estates to support their philanthropic goals beyond their lifetime," he said/
Grant recipients ranging from community betterment intiatives to health and welfare programs received funding for causes such as customized play equipment for disabled children at McCoy Park, providing weekly meals to area needy and homeless families and a program that places recent college graduates to advise both Raytown South and Van Horn High School students and their families on navigating college finances.
"Grant funds were for specific areas and purposes that were chosen by the donor's interests," Hanson said. "It was a great turnout today, and several local causes benefited as a result."
According to Hanson, charitable funds are established by both individuals and institutions whether as living donors or through wills. These funds can be created with a variety of assets including cash, real estate, stock and artwork.
"Many of the grants awarded today are made possible because of legacy planning," added Hanson. "It's this kind of legacy and forward thinking that makes a signifcant difference and impact on our community."


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