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analysisBy Steven Friedman
The more the courts do to fix poverty and inequality directly, the more likely is it that people will remain poor and unequal.
For some time, an important debate has been raging between legal academics who want our courts to help the fight for social justice. It has been confined to law journals and has hardly registered in the public debate. This is a pity, since it addresses a crucial question: how can the courts help to combat poverty and inequality?
The constitutional court has gained a reputation for contributing to the quest for social justice. Perhaps the best known cases are the Grootboom judgment, in which it ruled that government needed to address the needs of the homeless, and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) case, where it instructed the government to provide anti-retroviral medication to prevent mothers transmitting HIV to their infants.
But these are not the only social justice rulings the court has handed down - the most frequent issue on which it has intervened is evictions (including striking down a section of the law in response to a case brought by shack-dweller movement Abahlali baseMjondolo) and it has handed down judgements on education, access to water and electricity, and health care. It is common to see the court as a fighter for the poor and the weak.
Reality is more complicated: only once has the court ever told the government to take specific action, which would cost it money - the TAC case where it was told to provide the medication. Instead, it has found two ways to avoid telling the government what its policy should be.
The first is the 'reasonableness test'. This does not judge government actions on whether they achieve greater social justice, but on whether there is a reasonable link between its stated intentions and what it does.
In Grootboom, the court did not rule that everyone was entitled to a decent house: it said that it was unreasonable to exclude a class of people (those in shacks) from government housing programmes. And so it did not tell the government what its housing policy should be: it told it to come up with a more 'reasonable' approach.
More recently, the court has changed tack, particularly in eviction cases: its approach, where possible, has been to instruct the authorities to negotiate with the people who are demanding fairer treatment. In Johannesburg's inner city, where people threatened with eviction because the council was 'improving' the area asked the court to help, it told the city to negotiate with residents and report back on progress.
It is this approach, which influential legal academics have rejected. In complex language, they accuse the court of ducking its responsibility to the poor by failing to tell the government exactly what it must do to meet their needs.
Most who hold this view want the court to adopt a 'minimum core content' for social and economic rights. This means that courts must 'give content' to the right by laying down exactly what it entails: one example was a lower court judgement finding that the 6kl of water government was providing families free of charge was too little and that the right to water meant that people should get 12kl. The court should, in this view, not leave it up to the government to decide what social and economic rights mean - it should tell it.
At first glance, it is no surprise that this is sometimes seen as the more radical option. Telling the government how to address poverty is surely more likely to ensure social justice than merely ordering it to negotiate.
In reality, it is not the approach most likely to serve the needs of the marginalised. The view that courts should decide what government policy should be is not only anti-democratic because it wants unelected judges to dictate to elected politicians. It also removes the most important weapon which poor people have - their ability to act to change the world.
'Minimum core content' judgements reflect the court's opinion, not a legal principle. What legal doctrine says people have a right to 12kl of free water? Why not 9 - or 24? Human rights lawyers may cheer when a court doubles the amount of free water people should receive. But what is to stop another court deciding that the government need only provide 3kl?
Once judges, not the political process, decide, there is no guarantee that their rulings will favour the poor. Since few judges have any experience of living in a shack (and the number who do will recede as formal apartheid becomes a memory), it is a strong possibility that the power will be used to restrict what the poor receive.
The people best able to decide what the poor need are, of course, the poor themselves. And if poor people cannot win political gains, which empower them, the court rulings are likely to be of little help. The only constitutional court ruling enforcing the 'minimum core content' - the TAC judgment - could only be implemented because activists pressed health authorities to supply the medicine. Left alone, governments can always find ways to delay implementing the right or not to bother at all.
And so courts that want to support the poor are not helping by deciding for them what they need - this deprives people of power by taking the ability to decide or act out of their hands. The court will need to give many rulings on poverty for a long time because there will still be much poverty on which to rule.
Action by the poor may be the only way to ensure lasting change. But it isn't easy for poor people to act: the power balance is stacked against them. That is why the most important contribution to social justice the court can make is to ensure that it is easier for poor people to act. And one way of doing that is to force power holders to negotiate with the poor.
This is why some legal academics have argued that the court's 'retreat' into telling the authorities to negotiate is really a step forward. It imports into the law an important principle - that the first task of a court, which takes social and economic rights seriously, is to empower people to claim rights themselves. And so, in the work of these academics, the debate is what the court needs to do to empower people, not what it should tell the government to do about poverty.
It is this second position which is most likely to offer a way out of poverty and inequality by beginning to change the power balance. The missionary zeal of those who want the court to decide what poor people should get is not only patronising - it is sure to set the fight against poverty back. The court's 'step backwards' turns out to be an important step forwards.
Friedman is the Director of the Centre for the Study of Democracy at Rhodes University and the University of Johannesburg.
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Gorogiannis, N; Hunter, A; Williams, M; (2009) An argument-based approach to reasoning with clinical knowledge. INT J APPROX REASON , 51 (1) 1 - 22. 10.1016/j.ijar.2009.06.015.
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Better use of biomedical knowledge is an increasingly pressing concern for tackling challenging diseases and for generally improving the quality of healthcare. The quantity of biomedical knowledge is enormous and it is rapidly increasing. Furthermore, in many areas it is incomplete and inconsistent. The development of techniques for representing and reasoning with biomedical knowledge is therefore a timely and potentially valuable goal. In this paper, we focus on an important and common type of biomedical knowledge that has been obtained from clinical trials and studies. We aim for (I) a simple language for representing the results of clinical trials and studies: (2) transparent reasoning with that knowledge that is intuitive and understandable to users; and (3) simple computation mechanisms with this knowledge in order to facilitate the development of viable implementations. Our approach is to propose a logical language that is tailored to the needs of representing and reasoning with the results of clinical trials and studies. Using this logical language, we generate arguments and counterarguments for the relative merits of treatments. In this way, the incompleteness and inconsistency in the knowledge is analysed via argumentation. In addition to motivating and formalising the logical and argumentation aspects of the framework, we provide algorithms and computational complexity results. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Daniellia alsteeniana (mulombe)
Daniellia alsteeniana flowers
Species information
Daniellia alsteeniana P.A.Duvign.
mulombe (Kiyaka and Kitshok, southern Democratic Republic of Congo)
Not currently assessed.
Dry forest, dense woodland, and 'chipya' woodland (a more open woodland assemblage with a dense, fire-prone grass and herb layer, believed to be a fire-derived habitat).
Timber and gum resin harvesting.
None known.
About this species
Daniellia alsteeniana is typically the tallest and most conspicuous tree of the escarpment woodlands and dry forests over sandy soils in northeastern Angola. In April and May, large pink flowers, held on long branches extending above the leafy crown, form spectacular pink masses that can be seen from a distance.
Daniellia alsteeniana was frequently encountered by a Kew-led botanical team in the remote Lagoa Carumbo region of northeastern Angola during a field expedition in April-May 2011.
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Geography and distribution
Daniellia alsteeniana is distributed in a band across the drier southern portion of the Congo basin. It has been recorded from Gabon (one record), through the western and southern Democratic Republic of Congo and northeastern Angola, and into northeastern Zambia. It is a linking species of the Guineo-Congolian and Zambesian centres of plant endemism (places containing plants that are restricted to a particular area). In parts of its range, it grows on nutrient-poor, freely draining, ancient, wind-borne sand deposits known as the 'Kalahari sands'.
Daniellia alsteeniana is a medium-sized or large tree, often up to 10–20 m tall with a dense crown of dark green and glossy foliage beneath a leafless mass of flowers or fruits. The trunk is up to 1 m in diameter. Leaves are compound (divided into leaflets) with 4–7 pairs of leaflets, each leaflet being elliptic or oblong in shape and typically about 10 cm long and 5 cm wide with a sharply pointed tip and largely hairless surfaces.
Large, branched, spreading inflorescences (flowering parts) are held above the crown and together form pink, flowering masses. Inflorescence branches are woody and tough. Each flower is held upright on a stiff stalk 2–3 cm long that ends in a swollen, deep-pink flower base (hypanthium). The four sepals are thick and waxy and overlap, two on the outside, two within. They are pink at the base outside and creamy towards the tip and within, and are about 2 cm in diameter. There are two large, rounded, pink lateral petals about 16–18 mm long with inrolled (rolled inwards) margins, a smaller, narrower, green lower petal with a strongly inrolled reddish margin, and two minute upper petals, which are largely hidden.
Ten stamens (male organs) are grouped into a bundle up to 5 cm long, extending well beyond the petals and sepals; the white waxy filaments (stamen stalks) curve downwards towards the white anthers (pollen-bearing parts). The ovary is green, whereas the style (female receptive area on the end of the ovary) is white and curved. The fruit is a single-seeded, flattened pod up to 10 cm long. The seed is shiny and brown and held on a long stalk (funicle).
Pollination within the genus
The genus Daniellia comprises ten tree species restricted to tropical and subtropical Africa, with most species recorded from the wet forests of West Africa and the Congo River basin. Daniellia alsteeniana is one of only two species found in drier forest and savanna (wooded grassland), the other being D. oliveri, which occurs further north in the broad 'Sahel' region.
Pollinators of Daniellia species have not been well documented, but the second dry-country species, D. oliveri, is known to be pollinated by bats and it is thought that this may also be the case for D. alsteeniana. Observations made by Kew botanists of flowering trees around their campsite in Angola indicated that D. alsteeniana is frequently visited by sunbirds and other nectar-loving bird species, which probably also act as pollinators.
Threats and conservation
Daniellia alsteeniana is widespread in southern Congo where it is, however, said to be exploited for timber and also used as a source of gum resin. Kew botanists saw no evidence of exploitation in northeastern Angola, where vast areas of sparsely inhabited woodlands and dry forests appear to be a stronghold for D. alsteeniana. It is rare in both Gabon and Zambia.
The rapid biodiversity survey of the Lagoa Carumbo region of northeastern Zambia, in which Kew led the botanical aspects, was part of the Angolan Protected Areas Expansion Strategy programme, in which potential priority sites for conservation are being investigated across the country. The evidence compiled from Kew's April-May 2011 trip to Angola demonstrated that the Carumbo region contains rich and varied plant and animal life, with a number of localised and unique species. This area is now being considered for designation by the authorities as a large, new national park, which should help to safeguard the future of D. alsteeniana in Angola.
As with a number of Daniellia species, D. alsteeniana is a source of both timber and gum resin. The more widely used West African species are well documented in Burkill's 'The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa'. Daniellia alsteeniana is described as producing a 'magnificent clear copal' (gum) but the quantities are insufficient for commercial exploitation. Gum of the related D. oliveri is used widely as a varnish. At Lagoa Carumbo in Angola, Kew botanists were told that local villagers use D. alsteeniana for making dugout boats.
This species at Kew
Pressed and dried specimens of Daniellia alsteeniana, including a collection from the April-May 2011 expedition to Angola, are held in Kew's Herbarium where they are available to researchers by appointment.
Assessing plant conservation priorities in Angola
Kew is participating in a multi-national, multi-disciplinary project that aims to identify priority sites to expand the protected areas network in Angola. Kew is leading the botanical aspects of this work in collaboration with partners in Angola. The expedition to the Lagoa Carumbo region of Lunda Norte, northeastern Angola was the first in a series of biodiversity assessments to provide data to support this programme.
The flora of Angola is rich, with a wide variety of habitats and several regions of high species diversity and high numbers of endemic species (those found only in Angola). However, it also remains one of the least well botanically studied countries in Africa. There is therefore a great need to carry out plant survey work and vegetation studies throughout this exciting country.
References and credits
Burkill, H. M. (1995). The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Vol. 3, families J-L. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
de la Estrella, M., Aedo. C., Mackinder, B. & Velayos, M. (2010). Taxonomic revision of Daniellia (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae). Systematic Botany 35: 296-324.
Léonard, J. J. G. (1952). Caesalpiniaceae IV. Cynometreae et Amheristieae. In: Flore du Congo-Belge pp. 279-445. Institut National pour l'Étude Agronomique du Congo Belge (I.N.É.A.C.), Bruxelles.
Lewis, G., Schrire, B., Mackinder, B. & Lock, M. (eds) (2005). Legumes of the World. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Lock, J. M. (2007). Daniellia. In: Flora Zambesiaca, eds J.R. Timberlake, R.M. Polhill & E.S. Martins, pp. 39-41. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Renier, P. M. (1948). Plantes intéressantes des haut plateaux de Kwilu. Bulletin Agricole du Congo Belge 39: 152-156.
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Kew contributors: Frances Crawford, David Goyder
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Kew would like to thank the following contributors: Amândio Gomes, Agostinho Neto University, Angola; the Ministério do Ambiente (Ministry of Environment), Angola; De Beers Angola for logistical support in Angola.
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The Philadelphia Eagles and first-round pick Lane Johnson have agreed on a four-year contract two days before rookies report for the start of training camp. The offensive tackle from Oklahoma was selected fourth overall in April. He was the last of Philadelphia's draft picks to agree to terms in the deal announced Saturday night. The 6-foot-6, 303-pound Johnson was the third tackle drafted among the first four picks. He was a quarterback in high school and went to Oklahoma as a tight end. Johnson switched to defensive end in 2010 and then moved to the offensive line because of injuries. He started at right tackle in 2011 and left tackle last year.
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Casino owner upset with mayor
Company calls Weinzapfel's request for investigation premature
Officials with the Indiana Gaming Commission plan to ask Columbia Sussex next week about the potential for further job cuts at Casino Aztar.
Meanwhile, a Columbia executive said Tuesday she thought Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel's call for a commission investigation into a possible 70 layoffs at the riverboat was "very premature."
"We were disappointed the mayor did not feel he could approach us with his concerns," said Donna More, vice president and general counsel for Columbia Entertainment, a subsidiary of Fort Mitchell, Ky.-based Columbia Sussex.
On Monday, the mayor's office released a copy of a letter Weinzapfel sent to the gaming commission after learning of the layoffs in a meeting with More last week. In the letter, Weinzapfel said the 70 additional cuts raised questions about Columbia's previous commitment to lay off only 20 people after the acquisition of Aztar Corp.
More said the mayor's letter caught the casino's employees off-guard. She said the company had met with Weinzapfel last week to talk "on a confidential basis about some things that were contemplated," but no action or staff reductions have been taken.
"Nothing was finalized; nothing was done," More said. "We talked to him to open a dialogue, and frankly I'm disappointed. We want to have a good relationship with the mayor."
Weinzapfel's communications director, Audra Levy, referred all questions to Joe Champion, an Indianapolis attorney.
"Representations were made about the number of jobs that would be cut, and 70 was never a part of that," Champion said Tuesday.
Asked to respond to a More's contention the city had overreacted in requesting an investigation, Champion said, "I don't think you can overreact when you are talking about 70 people's lives."
Aztar employs between 1,100 and 1,200 people.
More said Columbia will not make any staffing reductions until running it by the commission first.
The commission already has asked Columbia for more information, and staff members plan to meet with the company next week. The meeting will be closed to the public. Jennifer Arnold, the commission's deputy director, said the commission previously had questioned Columbia about the potential for job cuts at Casino Aztar before the company took over.
The commission approved a gaming license for Columbia in November over the objections of commissioner Don Vowels of Evansville.
"One thing that was a concern to the commission was the company's reputation for cutting jobs," Arnold said. "We felt at the time their answer was satisfactory."
The question the commission will seek to answer, Arnold said, is whether the possible 70 layoffs are a result of a new owner or a result of business conditions.
"Those assurances were important," Arnold said of Columbia's plans to lay off only 20 as a result of the merger. "We need to determine to what extent they have complied with the commitment."
According to a transcript of a Nov. 9 commission hearing, Jim Brown, Casino Aztar president and general manager, suggested competition from the new French Lick casino could result in further staffing changes.
"I'm much more concerned about the business impact of French Lick than I am on a merger with Columbia Entertainment, because we have always staffed efficiently," Brown said, according to the transcript.
Brown said if business declined because of competition from French Lick, he would be concerned if Aztar wouldn't "have the authority to reduce (our) work force accordingly."
Brown, who was unavailable for comment Tuesday, has been vocal in the past about the impact French Lick would have on Casino Aztar's business. In a 2003 letter to the Legislature, Brown predicted Aztar would lose 10 percent of its business to French Lick, resulting in an eventual staff reduction of 150 to 200 people.
More said Columbia calculates a 7 percent drop in revenue at Casino Aztar since January because of French Lick.
"It looks somewhat prophetic," Brown said of his prediction during an interview earlier this month. "With or without a merger, there would have to be an adjustment in our work force."
A former Casino Aztar card dealer, Tony Chernetsky, said Tuesday he was tired of the uncertainty surrounding employees' job status when he quit a few weeks ago.
Chernetsky said managers told employees their jobs would be safe for one year after Columbia took over operations in January, but workers have had to deal with reductions in hours and benefits.
"The stress was unbelievable," Chernetsky said. "It still is."


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ORANGE CITY — Todd Jaffer, a U.S. Army Reserve staff sergeant, has completed tours of duty in Bosnia and Iraq.
Unemployment Rates — Veterans vs. Nonvets
Average unemployment rates for military veterans in 2011 (the most recent data available) compared with the average rates for nonveterans:
• Flagler County: 1.2 percent
• Volusia: 12.6 percent
• Florida: 11.1 percent
• Flagler County: 12.3 percent
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On Friday, the Center for Business Excellence's One-Stop Employment Center in Orange City held a job fair specifically dedicated to military veterans.
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The job fair in Orange City drew more than 150 job seekers, including veterans, National Guard members and their families.
"We've had a lot of veterans coming back from overseas," said Joe Hancock, manager of the Orange City One-Stop center. "We do what we can to get vets back into a job and reintegrated back into society."
A dozen employers participated in the Orange City job fair, including Lowe's home improvement store, the Flagler County Sheriff's Office and AO Precision, a Daytona Beach manufacturer of firearm parts.
Jaffer, 44, was eyeing a position with the Flagler County Sheriff's Office. He joined the military at age 17.
Veterans from all walks of life attended the job fair.
Orange City resident Teela Wellberg, 22, a member of the National Guard, was looking for a part-time job to help her pay tuition at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach.
On the other end of the age spectrum, 72-year-old Peter French, a Vietnam War veteran, hoped to land a job in sales, which he has 30-plus years of experience doing.
His time in the Navy taught him skills that benefited him throughout his career.
"I think the Navy prepared me more than 10 graduate schools would," said French, who lives in Deltona.
That experience doesn't go unnoticed by employers, said Zee Parojino, human resources assistant for AO Precision.
Military service is something that she always notices when flipping through a stack of applications.
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MoP Beta Files: Leveling Zen Engineering
When you pick up recipes from the trainer at 525, the first two are yellow. You also get a handful of other recipes, but you need to make parts before you can do anything else. As I'm sure you've come to expect, your first wave of crafting will be making bolts and gunpowder. These items both turn gray at 550. Since we'll be using a lot of them to reach the cap, you may as well go all out and do them now for skill points. If you like, you can also make a few Tinker's Gears while the recipes are still yellow. The G91 Landshark is another inexpensive option for this skill range.
Once you reach 550 you'll need to switch it up and start making Tinker's Kits. This is the cheapest item you can make in this skill range, it requires just 4 ghost iron bars and 2 windwool cloth. You're going to keep making these until you reach 580 skill, it took me about 30 of them to get there. The recipe turns yellow at 575 but you can still get good skill points from it.
At 575 all of the orange recipes in your list will require at least one Spirit of Harmony. So when you're sitting at 580, the next best option is the Thermal Anvil. The recipe is yellow at this point, but it's the only way to avoid massive SoH farming. Therefore, I'm proposing we use this yellow recipe for at least the next 15 skill points. This is the part where Engineering gets ugly. Each anvil requires 13 ghost iron bars (26 ore) to make. I had to make 25 of them to get 15 skill points. That translates to about 325 bars or 650 ore -- just to get 15 skill points.
At 595 the Thermal Anvil will turn green. I can't reasonably suggest that you continue using it, but the other options aren't much better. I think at this point you'll have to break down and farm at least one Spirit of Harmony. The two cheapest options here are Lord Blastington's Scope of Doom or the Mist-Piercing Goggles. The scope requires only 1 Spirit of Harmony, but you must also have 2 primordial rubies to make it. The goggles do not require mats from another profession, but they do require 2 Spirits of Harmony. So it's up to you which way to go.
Here's my progression list for leveling Engineering:
525-550: High-Explosive Gunpowder (need 135 for later)
537-550: Tinker's Gears (2 bars) or 5x G91 Landshark (4 bars > 2 sp)
550-580: Tinker's Kit x 30
580-595: Thermal Anvil (made 25 to get 15 skill points)
595-600: Mist-Piercing Goggles | Lord Blastington's Scope (requires JC)
I strongly recommend that if you're not in a rush, you should take your time and make the fun toys that are available while you level. Cranking out massive bolts/gunpowder/tinker kits/anvils is not fun and may not be a worthwhile use of materials. This list merely represents the cheapest way to cap Engineering, not the smartest way :)
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I'm not going to characterize this as a tip because there are no tips here. The truth is that Engineering is ugly towards the end, even more so for the last 5 skill points. At 595 every recipe is green except for those that use Spirit of Harmony. I can't honestly recommend using a green recipe for skill points with mats as high as the anvil. On the other hand, farming motes of harmony is going to take a while too. Grinding out the last 5 points on the thermal anvil could be a bit faster if you get lucky with skill points. The main reason to go with mote farming is that the skill points are guaranteed for crafting those items.
The easiest item to make if you don't have a Jewelcrafting alt is the Mist-Piercing Goggles. This requires 2 SoH and 1 stack of ore for bolts. If you have JC who can prospect ore for you, I would opt for the Lord Blastington's Scope of Doom. You only have to farm one SoH, but you need 2 primordial rubies as well. To get 2 rubies will likely take 12-15 stacks of ore, which can be farmed in 45-60 minutes. You'll also need 2.5 stacks of ore for bolts. In my mote-farming test I killed about 200 mobs over 90 minutes time to get 10 motes of harmony. That works out to a drop rate of about 5%.
If you're doing the math here, the Mist-Piercing Goggles will take about 3 hours for the 2 SoH plus another 10 minutes or so for the ore to make bolts (unless you have 8 left over). The scope will take around 90 minutes of mote farming plus an hour of ore farming. These two are close enough in time investment that sluggish ore spawns could put the scope behind the goggles. Bear in mind that neither of these estimates include the time needed to reach 595, we're talking only the last 5 skill points.
I have to say this is the only profession I've hit so far where I hope I'm wrong and the skill tree gets tweaked before launch. To my mind it's somewhat sad that our least loved profession is getting smacked below the belt with an ugly grind.
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1) do we know what the MPG do? Usable by non-engineers?ReplyDelete
2) Is the 1 SoH / 200 mobs the nerf dropped rate you mentioned recently?
3) I'm too disheartened to do the math, but this is what 4 or 5 times the mats to level a BS? You could level 2 BS just to get to 575?
4) Why are we getting to 600? Is there much past 575 when we get the new dragonling? What do you need to be to use the goggles?
P.S. /grumble Please don't refer to engineering as a profession. It is a hobby.Replies
1) Anyone can use the goggles, I have one on my JC/Mining rogue and one on my BS/Herb hunter. The mists are easier to see now and you can tell which nodes are "hidden".Delete
2) Yes, the numbers in this guide are post-nerf. I believe the drop rate from my earlier guides was closer to 10%
3) Yes, depending on the path you choose for the final 5 points this could easily use double the ore or more.
4) There's no reason to rush to 600 unless you are chasing a RF or you want to make the cool items at the cap. This includes the pet/mount/Blingtron/class helm. If you're not trying to cap, just make the goodies you want as you gather the SoH to make them.
5) I agree with you, I'm not inclined to kill myself over this profession. I'll probably just work on it as I level and use SoH as I find them.
- AnonymousAugust 30, 2012 at 12:06 AM
Why is it a hobby? I mean, ok, they could have made the helms be upgradeable or at least more helm recipes drop from raids as you progress. But, the tinkers on gloves for instance are on par with other professions. It is not as flexible as BS but it is not that bad. The other bad thing is that it has no enchantment thingy to sell as BS, tailoring, LW, Inscription have...
Oh well...
I meant professions are things you do to make money. I can't recall anyone suggesting Engineering as a good way to make gold. ever. Basil on Call to Auction keeps saying that engineering has so many cool things Blizzard is determined to make sure it is not profitable.Delete
- AnonymousAugust 28, 2012 at 11:32 PM
I will not try to realm first since IMO this is not the right profession to try it :) But the first thing I might try to create is the googles (and will keep make these as I level up and get SoH) since it really shows nodes others cannot see and second these will be expensive and must have to every gatherer.
Another question about the mist-piercing goggles: their tooltip suggests you do not need to equip them to get the benefit. Question 1: is that true? Question 2: if so: do they also work for a character that never equiped them, just had them in their bags in their not-soulbound state?ReplyDelete
(I am on the beta myself and have an engineer that could make them, if it weren't for the fact that I had run out of spirits just when their drop rate was nerfed; and at level 86 they aren't quick to farm - I haven't put too much time in that character, but normal questing gave me precisely 1 single mote so far since that patch that lowered the drop rate)Replies
- AnonymousAugust 29, 2012 at 3:59 AM
First one is yes. I had these in my bags. Now the second one is weird. I mean I wore it to see how it looks but I do not know TBH. That would be intesting. You mean have a pair only and mail it to alts etc without having to use them and become soulbound. I will ask blizzard :P
I can answer this. I have two of them. The first one I equipped on the toon who had it, so she cannot pass it around. The second one I did not equip, it's just in her bags. Both of them can see misty nodes. You do not need to equip it to get the benefit, so technically you could pass it around to your gatherers. I'm not how many folks will actually mess with doing it that way, seems like a lot of hassle to me.Delete
It is a lot of hassle. OTOH, getting an extra 2 SoH on my engineer will be even more hassle.Delete
True, it's a lot of hassle for an alt Engineer. For those who have EG on their main, I could see it being a good product to sell.Delete
From 550-575 you reccomend Tinker's kit as the cheapest. This costs 50 cloth, 50 explosives, 50 boltsReplyDelete
On the other hand, Ghost Iron Dragonlings from 550-575 would cost 60 cloth, 20 explosives, 40 bolts.
If you have alot of lapis lazuli (blue uncommon gem), 12.5 mirror scopes will also give 25 skill points and cost 50 bolts, 25 Lapis Lazuli, no cloth, no explosives. This is the cheapest in terms of ore, and cloth.
From 575-580 you might as well make tinker's kits, because you'll need them, and the dragonling stops giving 5 skill points.
For those people who aren't going for realm firsts, You might wait for 6 living steel to make a helm for 5 skill points good until 600.
Gnomes can also skill up making the Blingtron 4000 and the rocket mounts.
For those being frugal and not concerned about speed, figure out how many 5-skill items you'll want to make that stay red to 600, and base the number of anvils on that. As a gnome, I want the helm, mount, blingtron, and goggles, so there's no reason to make anvils at all.
I'd recommend
525-550 Bolts and explosives
550-550 Tinkers gears (for helm and dragonling), whichever ones you'll
use later, any skillups are a bonus, reducing the number of anvils
550-575 5 Ghost Iron Dragons
575-variable Anvils
Variable-600 2-5 Neat expensive things that give 5-points eachReplies
sorry, that should readDelete
550-575 5 Ghost Iron Dragons
575-580 Tinkers kits
580-variable Anvils
The main reason I used the Tinker's Kit instead of the Mirror Scope is because the scope requires you to have a Jewelcrafter and the kits do not. Also, I'm not sure you can say that the scope uses less ore since you have to prospect a bunch of ore to get those 25 gems. Sadly the dragonling is no longer cheaper than the Tinker's Kit. In the current build it requires 8 bolts + 4 explosives + 12 windwool cloth. I think they revised the recipes a few weeks ago and changed the skill progression as well as some mats. I noticed an older guide that mentioned making the new pet at 575, no longer an option since the recipe was moved to 600.Delete
I agree that Gnomes have better options to reach the cap and should probably tweak their progression accordingly. If you actually play your Engineer and are in a position to collect the SoH needed, I would definitely make toys instead of anvils. That said, I believe anvils will be a viable market product for Engineers. So making a bunch of those shouldn't be a waste of materials. They are only good for 20 charges, eventually Blacksmiths will wear it out and need a new one.
Since Kaliope has published the Official Azerothian Actuarial Tables of prospecting, we know that it will take about 25 stacks (500 ore) to get 25 LL. Which may or may not be cost effective but probably not optimal for RF unless you know someone going for RF JC who would sell you 25 LL.Delete
My takeaway is that if my JC has the option for random cut colors or to cut throwaway gems, try to avoid LL since they have some non-JC value.
There's no compelling reason to use blue gems on your JC, I don't think I made even one LL when I was leveling this weekend. I went with red/orange/purple because I thought they would sell better and I could use them in my own gear. I suppose you might hold onto them for Alchemy gem transmutes, but even then I think if you had some Golden Lotus to spare for transmuting, you'd likely make rubies instead.Delete
I really only mentioned the scope recipe for completeness sake, because someone who had leveled JC first might have been about to vendor the uncommon blues. My reason for commenting was to point out the dragonling was really quite economical up until 575.Delete
The dragonling does need 12 cloth, 8 bolts, and 4 explosives, but it gives 5 skill points.
That's 2.4 cloth, 1.6 bolts and 0.8 explosives (5.6 ore) per skill point; in comparison to the tinker kits requiring 2 cloth, 2 bolts, and 2 explosives (8 ore).
That's why I gave the numbers for 25 skill points. It uses 10 more cloth, but 60 less ore to get the 25 skill points when the dragon trinket recipe is red.
And the ore is needed by many more professions, than cloth is. Other than these engineering recipes and first aid, there's only tailoring, and 10 cloth (2 bolts) isn't enough to make anything.
Food is so plentiful (dropping off monsters) that I doubt I'll make many bandages before I prepare for the expansion after this one. The best bandage heals about 15K a second, while common food heals 6.7K a second, or 4/9 bandage speed.
Those are good points and certainly if someone would prefer to make scopes or dragonlings, they are both a reasonable alternative. It can be difficult to weight one type of material over another when they are from different sources/professions. My assumption is that cloth will be in short supply early on, but I'm basing this on other expansions where the drops have been meager.Delete
Engineering is one of the hardest professions to plan out because there are so many nice items in the early phases to distract you. You also need to incorporate layers of components and make sure you provide X item to craft Y product. Honestly, Engineering is one of the professions where I really don't follow a guide and I just make the items I want for my character.
If we assume a stack gives 4 rolls each with a one in six chance of getting your gem, then
The first column is the number of stacks, the second is the one in ? chance of only getting 0 or 1 gem
For example 10 stacks is 40 prospects which will give zero gems .068037% and one gem .544302% or a one in 163 chance of failure.
1 1.15
2 1.65
3 2.62
4 4.40
5 7.67
6 13.71
7 24.98
8 46.19
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17 16,594.79
18 32,623.38
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20 127,072.26
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- AnonymousAugust 30, 2012 at 7:19 AM
Sometimes you get two of the same gem in one prospect. Back to the math.Delete
- AnonymousAugust 29, 2012 at 10:02 PM
What would you recommend the quickest way to get soh at 85? Chain grinding mobs in jade forest for motes and ignoring questing till you get enough motes?ReplyDeleteReplies
If your goal is to try for a Realm First, absolutely ignoring quests and farming the ore and SoH is the best way to get it done. By grinding mobs, you can stay in one location and cut out all the travel involved with accepting and turning in quests. Pick a location that has little or no player traffic. Go for neutral mobs that are less likely to be quest targets. There are plenty of deer/cranes/caterpillars/etc that you can kill.Delete
You can stay in Jade Forest or you can skip ahead to Valley of the Four Winds if you want to stay ahead of the crowds. I have farmed both Jade Forest and VotFW on neutral, easy mobs. It takes about 90 minutes to collect 10 motes, the drop rate is about 5%.
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Let's not forget you canet to 540 engineering making heat-treated spinners lures so can save up the mats now and be ready to knocka few points off straight up after talking to the trainer.ReplyDeleteReplies
It's true that you can do that, but I'm not sure you would gain meaningful progress by doing so. In order to level Engineering all the way to 600 you'll need over 100 gunpowder. Since you have to make them eventually anyway, you can do that from 525-550 and get skill points for them.Delete
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Blingtron 4000 is deprecated. Will this be another in a line of datamined eventual disappointments? Or just the usual WH speculation? Do you still have one or the recipe?Replies
I still have the recipe in my spellbook, but I haven't made one because... 4 SoH. This recipe is learned from the trainer though, so it looks like the item that was deprecated was a physical schematic to learn the Blingtron. That's not really an issue if the trainer has it.Delete
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Hopefully you may see this before launch tonight; of course I wait for the last moment to do my server first homework!
I intend to get Engineering again; your information was amazing for helping me get it last time. Every person has recommended what you did here, getting the last five points via some Mist Piercing Goggles. However, you've also mentioned that Anvils are still green. So then is it possible, even if it's not cost-effective, to level engineering all the way to cap without SoH?
I have a lot of gold to spend and two accounts to dual-box mine on and I think that it may be a better route to go (for my personal situation) to power through a bunch of green anvils rather than farm SoH on launch day. Is this possible?


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Thanks to all. I did find an inexpensive Emgo generic lock at MSS. It looks like it will do the trick for under $15. I'll have to work out a mount for it but that won't be too hard.
I also found an XT350 replica lock on e-bay but t has a different PN. I queried the seller but nothing back yet
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"He just got here today, we'll see how the guys are playing, who's hurt, who's not hurt, who's on the mound. I'm not going to put him into a situation that I think would be tough on him," said Gibson when asked about the 22-year-old during his pre-game media session Tuesday. "He's going to be obviously excited and I think initially get him in here and get him adjusted to the schedule and what goes on and get him comfortable first. I mean, he may go into the game tonight, I'm not saying he will but I did not think about starting him tonight."
Owings has built quite the resume since joining the D-backs in 2009 as Arizona's supplemental first-round selection, number 41 overall.
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35 weeks and she's still partying :)
There's a first for everything; Ava Marie 11/11/12 :)
Me too. I'll be 35 weeks on Monday and my LO's kicking so strong! :) I love her movements though. <3
There's a first for everything; Ava Marie 11/11/12 :)
my little girl is breech so i dont get those kicks in the ribs, but it sure feel like she is standing on my cervix sometimes. She has her days though sometimes it is like a party and some times she barely moves
I'm 32 weeks, small bump, and my little girl isn't moving much. My doctor says thats normal. She gets her kick count card done. So thats good enough for me plus she does move frequently throughout the day.
I'm also 35 weeks today and i am having my ribs plummelled the whole time, and the kicks are noticeably more powerful! Didnt sleep well last night coz of it, but i wouldnt change anything about the experience, its well worth it. Can't wait to meet you little one!!


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Balloon Fest
Come and enjoy watching as these balloons are filled and then take off for various areas. Friday night there is a launch from Shelbyville, Saturday morning, they will launch from various locations. There will be a Balloon glow and basket burn Saturday night with food and entertainment. You can meet the pilots on Friday evening. Sunday morning will be another opportunity to watch. These colorful balloons will be launched daily (weather permitting) and you can watch as they fly around the Lake Shelbyville area.
Findlay Walleye Festival
This yearly festival has plenty of entertainment, food and fun. The Walleye is a feature for the festival with the fish being served daily. There will be plenty of entertainment (bands), an ice cream social, fireworks on Friday (which will be moved to Saturday if there is rain), kids games, a farmer's market, tractor pull, car, truck, & motorcycle show, a 5K event and plenty more. A large parade starts at 10am on Saturday and there will be plenty of kids activities and games both days.
Windsor Harvest Picnic
Come and enjoy this family-friendly festival which is in its 118th year. Entertainment comes to you in gospel, country and rock. This year's entertainment includes The Battlecreek Band, David Frizzell and Lorrie Morgan. Fountain City Amusements provides a carnival atmosphere with plenty of food as well as the Ice Cream Social. There is also a 5K run/walk, a pedal tractor pull, parade, and a raffle drawing. This year for one show only is Country Legend Marty Stuart.
Scarecrow Daze Festival
During the Annual Scarecrow Daze Festival, the entire city of Shelbyville is decorated with scarecrows. With a different theme every year, entrants decorate their homes and businesses to the theme. There is also a large parade on Saturday, kids' games, a beer tent, music, a quilt show, and plenty of food and crafts, in downtown Shelbyville. Held in conjunction with Touchstone Energy Balloon Fest.
Shelbyville Festival of Lights
Come to Shelbyville and take a drive through Forest Park as it is lit up for the Holiday season. These lights are put in place each year by volunteers and new lights and themed areas are also added. Candy Cane lane is to honor loved ones. Come enjoy the Victorian Village, Santa's Shop, the North Pole, Bethlehem, and others.
Tower Hill Fall Festival
Held in the Village Park. This is the 29th year for the festival which has unique activities such as the Produce "500" which features vehicles made from produce from as small as a grape to as large as a watermelon. It also has a car and motorcycle show, garden tractor pulls, a tractor show, plenty of kids games a parade Saturday at 4:00 pm and entertainment along with the annual demo derby on Sunday.
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Arthur Amish Country Cheese Festival
This 3-day outdoor family street festival features 75-80 craft and food vendors, live entertainment all three days, a ceremonial cutting of a 300 pound wheel of cheese, 700 pounds of cheese given away, a 60 foot sub sandwich given away, antique tractor show, kiddie tractor pull, camel rides, stagecoach rides, buggy rides. Also a parade on Monday, and a kid-zone with games, inflatables, pony rides, rock climbing wall, 5K/10K run, car show and much more.
Cowden Pioneer Days
This family friendly festival is set in the city park with plenty of carnival rides, craft vendors, flea market, foods, etc. There is also an IPRA sanctioned rodeo that takes place Friday. A demolition derby takes place on Saturday. You can also enjoy the arm wrestling. There will also be a large parade Saturday morning. Tour the historical cabins set in the park along with collections.
Arthur Amish Country Christmas Kickoff
The Christmas lighted parade steps off at 5:30pm and will showcase Santa & Mrs. Claus through downtown Arthur. Immediately following the parade, Santa will visit with children and parents in Knights Court downtown to start collecting those early Christmas requests. Complimentary hot chocolate and cookies will be served during his visit. Throughout the day, businesses in the downtown area as well as the countryside will feature early Christmas bargains and host Open Houses.
Mattoon Bagelfest
Bagelfest is a 29 year old festival in Mattoon that began on the idea of hospitality. When the Lender's Bagel Factory moved to Mattoon, not everyone in town knew about bagels. So Murray Lender introduced his product to the community with a free bagel breakfast held in downtown Mattoon. And then a festival was born. Through many changes and additions now the festival is more than three days of activities including three nights of nationally known musicians, carnival, food and craft vendors, dog show and baby contest and of course there is still a free bagel breakfast to celebrate the hospitality and generosity of Murray Lender.
Shelby County 4H & Jr. Fair
One of only a few fairs that still highlight their 4H and Juniors. The fair includes dog care and obedience, judging in livestock, poultry, rabbits, lambs, produce, flowers, plants, and many other subjects. The Food Shack serves plenty of great food each day of the fair manned by the various 4H Clubs in Shelby County. The fair wraps up with the popular livestock auction and team penning.
Effingham Farmer's Market
Effingham Farmer's Market includes tons of fresh and local foods, handmade crafts and live music each Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon. Buy local and help support our community!
Moccasin Creek Festival
Moccasin Creek Festival is an annual 3-day music festival, which typically celebrates other arts and crafts as well. It takes place at beautiful Lake Sara in Summit Township, just west of Effingham, Illinois. The founder of Moccasin Creek Festival is Bill (Poss) Passalacqua, an Effingham native who has built his life around writing, performing and promoting music. Folk, bluegrass, alternative country, roots rock, and blues - "Americana" music. This is what MCF is all about - in an outdoor setting, using a venue with great acoustics, at a beautiful time of year.
Arcola Broom Corn Festival
Arcola celebrates its heritage as the "Broom Corn Capital of the World" with this renowned festival held in downtown. Visitors can see broom activities, arts/crafts, great food, free entertainment, National Broom Sweeping Contest on Main Street and gigantic parade featuring the famous Lawn Rangers.
Harvest Frolic Fall Celebration
Don't miss experiencing 19th century life on the farm! Activities will take place at both the Lincoln and Sargent farms and will include children's games, craft and doll making, and hearth cooking. Visitors are encouraged to take part in period games and activities. Volunteers will demonstrate apple cider pressing, and food preservation. A number of artisans will be on site demonstrating their crafts including, woodcarving, flax processing, soap making, embroidery, pottery, basket weaving, blacksmithing, wheat weaving, and tatting. Gerry Barker will bring his oxen, the Unreconstructed Civil War Band will perform, and be sure to catch the puppet show. Don't miss the Frolic 5K! A 5k run and mile walk to kick off the festivities on Saturday.
Torchlight Halloween Hike, Pumpkin Carving and Wiener Roast
Enjoy Lincoln Log Cabin in the dark! We will start at the Visitor Center for a bonfire and wiener roast. Bring out your best carved pumpkin by 4:30 pm and visitors will judge the best carvings and prizes will be awarded. You will also want to hike the paths between our historic farms by torchlight to hear storytellers in the Lincoln Cabin and Sargent House there to entertain guests with seasonal stories. To benefit the educational and interpretation programs of Lincoln Log Cabin, the Foundation will be selling hot dogs and s'mores for you to roast over an open fire.
Mennonite Relief Sale
This two day auction features locally handcrafted furniture, quilts, and other handmade items. There will also be a children's auction and train ride. Bake sales and food vendors help round out the event. Proceeds from the two day event go to help those in need in the community and around the world.
Moultrie-Douglas County Fair
Enjoy a week of mud, beauty and entertainment. This year will feature tractor pulls, demo derby and mud racing. Along with beauty pageants, we will have live entertainment.
Coles County Fair
Visit the oldest continuous fair in Illinois. Enjoy the carnival, animal shows, Little Miss and Queen pageants, harness racing, truck/tractor pull, demo derby, live music, Gospel show and more!
Annual Bluegrass Jam
It's bluegrass time again at the Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site, with both fans and performers gathering on Sunday from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Musicians from Illinois and Indiana will converge at the site for a day of jamming with informal groups playing along the creek throughout the day. The site's volunteers will be serving hamburgers, hot dogs and more with proceeds benefit the historical and interpretive programs at the site. Anyone with a love of this unique style of music is welcome to join one of the many the groups playing in the park.
Mid-August Meltdown
Sprint : 1/4 mile swim, 13 mile bike, 3.1 mile run. Out and back on the bike and run. A few rolling hills on the bike, but the run is completely flat. Fast course on Lake Sara! $100 Cash Prize to Overall Male and Female. $75 Cash Prize to 2nd Overall Male and Female. $50 Cash Prize to 3rd Overall Male and Female
A Touch of Arthur
A day-long display of products and services produced and provided by many of the 400 businesses within the Arthur area. Many country businesses have special promotions during this event. You will have opportunities to interact with the business owners who actually make and sell these products and services. There plenty of activities for children such as camel rides, inflatable games and pony rides. Located in Downtown Arthur and throughout the Arthur area from 9am-4pm.
Beanstalk! The Musical
Jack and the Beanstalk is exactly like nothing you've ever seen before, not even in a book! This fun family show follows the adventures of Jack, a young boy with his nose in a book of fairytales. Filled with hilarious characters, toe-tapping tunes and more twists than a climbing vine Beanstalk! The Musical is one show that is guaranteed to grow and grow and grow right into your heart.
Corvette Funfest
What started out as a customer appreciation party in 1994 is now the largest Corvette party in the world! Join more than 14,000 Corvettes at this four-day celebration with expert seminars, awards, burn-out wars, product displays, fashion shows, Corvette Clubs, a Swap Fest, live entertainment and, of course, Corvettes!