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Enchanting is a primary profession in which characters may enchant gear and craft a variety of items with useful effects.
Enchanting is used to augment the stats of gear, such as more strength, intellect, etc.; resistance to a particular branch of magic; increased spell damage or healing; increased speed (attack speed, mount speed etc.); or a variety of other effects. Enchanters also create specialty use items, such as [Wizard Oil] and trade goods, such as [Enchanted Leather].
The following groups of characters have particular uses for many enchanter abilities:
- Twinks. Persons who have decided to create a character to play in different brackets in the battlegrounds reach a limit on gear upgrades. The popular twinking brackets are levels 19 and 29, and less so 39 and 49. These are the most lucrative markets for those whose skill level is 300 or less in enchanting. This is so because the Burning Crusade enchants were limited by Blizzard to items of level 35 or above. Even so, only the top-end enchants will be of any interest to twinks, so you need to have a skill level around 300 to have access to the most sought-after enchants.
- Weapon glows. This is where those with lower-level enchanting skills can profit. Many enchants make weapons glow in various colors. [Enchant Weapon - Demonslaying] (orange), [Enchant Weapon - Fiery Weapon] (red) and [Enchant Weapon - Superior Striking] (blue) are three of the more popular glow enchants. As in other professions, the more popular enchanting formulas can't be learned from a trainer; they are drops and must be purchased through the AH, or in some cases can only be bought from a vendor after a certain level of reputation has been reached. The agility enchant for weapons, very popular with rogue twinks, is one requiring reputation to buy. Expect to pay quite a bit for the formulas for the more popular glow enchants. It is also worth noting that many of the richer high level players on RP servers (although this is not exclusive to them) may pay for weapon glows simply for the aesthetic aspect.
- High End. Characters level 35 and up can use the high-end enchants introduced by the Burning Crusade. For the most part, these enchants have made the pre-Burning Crusade enchants obsolete for high-end characters. Some of the older enchants are still useful -- such as the riding speed enchant -- so investigate before deciding whether to buy a formula. Again, the most desirable high-end enchants are not available through a trainer. Some are only available from a boss in an instance and are bind-on-pickup so they can't be traded. As a result, you will likely be level 70 before you are able to be trained in the more valuable high-end enchants.
- Products. Enchanting products can be profitable and ease the cost of gaining skills. Look into creating oils and enchanted leather and thorium. Check how easy it is for you to get the materials, and what the prevailing prices are before investing heavily. On some servers, selling enchanted leather can be quite profitable; on others it is more of a break-even proposition.
Now that you know what categories of enchants sell, don't be surprised that no one is interested in your low-level enchants as you raise your skills. Those do not fall into the above categories, so few will want them, even if free. In those early times, your most valuable enchanting skill will be disenchanting. As an aside, disenchanting is one way to make tailoring profitable, as you can learn which crafted tailored items will generate dusts and essences -- even shards -- that sell for a higher price than the value of the materials. Depending on the economy on your server, it is sometimes possible with a tailoring/enchanting combination to put a considerable stockpile of gold for purchasing your mount in the bank well before you reach level 40.
Disenchanting will also be vital to your progress and success, since a vital part of enchanting is farming components. If you don't farm shards, essences and dusts, and instead rely on people bringing you the materials, you will only be paid tips like any lock picker. Considering how much you will be spending on formulas and training, it would take droves of tips to let you break even, much less make a profit. Instead, you want to farm the materials so you can include the market price for them in the cost of your services, making money both ways. That said, farming the high-demand items, such as [Large Brilliant Shards], requires runs through level 60 or higher instances, as these can only be obtained by disenchanting high-level blue items.
As you can see, enchanting requires a fairly good understanding of the mechanics of the game. You need to be familiar with what stats are of interest to which players and why so that you can determine which enchants will be of value, and to be able to advise players who might be unsure.Love playing games online? Check out the site Piramind.com as it provides links to games you can play for free without having to spend any cash.
Unlike other professions, enchanting requires salesmanship. Blizzard does not have a method for enchanters to create enchants that can be sold on the AH like librams or a leatherworker's armor enhancement kits. As a result, to sell your services, you have to be a good salesperson, or be willing to spam the trade channel with your offerings. You essentially have to build up a clientèle for your services. This can often be an unpleasant experience, as many players are ignorant about what enchants do and about how much some of the materials cost. Often you will spend considerable time educating a person about what enchants are available only to end up being called greedy or scaring them away when they learn the price. If you don't like spending a lot of time in a major city hawking your wares until you build a customer base, enchanting might not be for you. On the other hand, those who target specific segments, planning formula acquisitions accordingly, can be quite successful.
One last word of advice. An enchanter can enchant his own gear, plus the gear of anyone who can open a trade window with him. Therefore, you can't enchant your own alts' gear (unless you're enchanting BoE gear that has not become soulbound yet). It is usually a good idea to have an "enchanting buddy" who has recipes similar to yours. With a good buddy you can each enchants one another's alts.
Enchanting Training
Enchanters use magical formulas to grant permanent augmentation to armor, weapons and other items. Enchanting recipes require the use of special Enchanting ingredients which can be gathered by disenchanting items of uncommon or better quality or found as loot. Using these ingredients enchanters can make items more powerful.
Low-level enchants (below skill 250) require rather large amounts of expensive components, but can hardly be sold. Even attempts to give them away for free can fail. Thus enchanters frequently end up re-enchanting the same item dozens of times just to increase their skill.
Leveling enchanting is possible just with the materials gained from disenchanting items you find yourself and items from quests, but due to the slow rate, buying materials from the AH or having friends or members of your guild supply you with items or materials can be quite a boost. Farming magic items for disenchanting is not recommended, thus enchanting is a profession for players with either backup from a guild, enough money to buy most of the materials, or a lot of patience.
A common tip is to disenchant items created with tailoring. This is an easy way to obtain dusts and essence, however, depending on the item and your server, selling either the cloth or the item and buying enchanting materials with the money gained can be more effective.
Magical elements (shards, essences and dusts) are needed as Enchanting ingredients; all of which can be created with disenchanting. Some magical elements can be found as loot or purchased from the Auction House or Vendors in limited quantities.
- Dust: more often disenchants from Uncommon Armor and less often from Uncommon Weapons.
- Essence: more often disenchants from Uncommon Weapons and less often from Uncommon Armor. Three Lesser Essences can be converted to one Greater Essence of the same type, and vice versa.
- Shard: usually disenchants from Rare and Epic items ( < 60) and rarely from Uncommon items.
- [Nexus Crystal]: always disenchants from Epic items (51-60) and rarely from any Rare items (51-60).
- [Void Crystal]: always disenchants from Epic items (>60) and rarely from any Rare items (61+).
Disenchanting requires a certain amount of skill to perform, depending on the level of the item being disenchanted:
Enchanter Crafted Items
Enchanters can create useful consumables and items for players.
Wizard Oils, Mana Oils, and some Wands are enchanter-crafted items.
The craftable wands, [Lesser Magic Wand], [Greater Magic Wand], [Lesser Mystic Wand], and [Greater Mystic Wand] are of use, as they compete with quest reward and dropped wands in DPS.
If you can use wands (cloth casters: Mage, Priest, or Warlock) and do not have access to twink hand-me-downs, the Lesser Magic Wand is almost certainly the first wand you will have access to - a big advantage at low levels.
- The craftable wands do arcane type damage.
- The consumable Oils are applied to weapons in the same manner of Sharpening stones and Poisons.
- They are temporary enchants that do not stack with Sharpening stones, Weightstones, Flametongue Weapon, Windfury Weapon, Poisons, or Alchemical Oils.
The two types of oils an Enchanter can make are Wizard Oils (additional spell damage, various strengths) and Mana Oils (additional mana recovery, various strengths)
These are (mostly?) only useful to blue bar classes.
Although a Warrior or Rogue with an item that casts a spell could possibly benefit from Wizard Oil - I don't know if the game mechanics take this into account, but I do know that they have better temporary enchantment options.
Items such as [Smoking Heart of the Mountain] and the Runed Enchanting Rods are BOP.
The Runed Enchanting Rods are needed for Enchanting (for all except the most rudimentary recipes).
They have no use outside of enchanting.
They are upgraded to the next more powerful Enchanting Rod in succession; the current Enchanting Rod is consumed as a reagent in the creation of the next Enchanting Rod.
(The more powerful Enchanting Rod functions as all of the lower Enchanting Rods; you do not need to maintain one of each.) Since they are BoP, you can expect to be making exactly one of each kind of Enchanting Rod.
- [Enchanted Leather] and [Enchanted Thorium Bar] are crafting Reagents in demand by other Professions.


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When F.C. Astra Ploiesti faces CFR Cluj 1907 in some Romanian league action tomorrow, it will be a rematch of the 2009 match in which Cluj goalkeeper Nuno Claro drove his spikes into the chest of Astra's Georgian Paun. Alas, Paun now plays for Dinamo Bucureşti now so it's probably not worth tracking down an underground Romanian bar which offers drink specials during Liga I Bergenbier bloodsport events.
The Greatest Flying Front Snap Kick You've Ever Seen (by a goalkeeper no less) [Bob's Blitz]
Nuno Claro suspended for three games [Romanian Times]
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Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010 04:54 am
Prison reform advocates lament Randle's departure
Group says former director's reforms should continue
A group of prison reform advocates says the recent resignation of the state's corrections director is unfortunate, but the reforms he quietly enacted should continue.
The unnamed group, which includes state legislators, religious congregations and activists, sent a letter to Gov. Pat Quinn on Sept. 8, calling on Quinn to support the reforms implemented by former Illinois Department of Corrections director Michael Randle.
On Sept. 2, Randle resigned as IDOC director, saying he was leaving to seek "other opportunities." Randle had served in that capacity since May 14, 2009, drawing criticism during his term for the early release of nearly 2,000 prison inmates through IDOC's former MGT Push program. Developed under Quinn, the now-suspended program allowed inmates to earn 60 days of good time credit before serving a single day in prison – meaning many inmates served only a few days or weeks in prison before being released. The issue became a political liability for Quinn during an election year, with Quinn's opponent, Sen. Bill Brady of Bloomington, calling for Randle's ouster.
But the controversial prisoner release was not Randle's largest impact on the department, says the prison reform group, whose letter to Quinn says Randle had undertaken a series of important reforms in the department before his resignation. During his time as director, Randle created special units to rehabilitate and train inmates over age 50, began overhauling the department's obsolete computer system and worked to improve the "crisis of medical neglect" that sometimes resulted in prisoner deaths, according to the reform group.
"The open letter … expresses the dismay and disappointment that many individuals and organizations felt about the resignation of the first true reformer the IDOC has had in a generation," says the coalition of four Democratic state representatives and a state senator, all from Chicago, as well as 40 other groups and individuals involved in prison reform. "We believe it is important to highlight the excellent work that Director Randle started, and to demand that it continue. We also want Gov. Quinn, or any future governor, to know that we are all very engaged in the future of corrections in Illinois, and that we do not take these decisions lightly."
Randle also saved an estimated $2.5 million by creating the Employee Cost-Savings Suggestion Program, saved an estimated $5 million in overtime expenses by hiring 700 new corrections officers and saved on transportation costs with a pilot program to allow teleconferencing between inmates with HIV and Hepatitis C and doctors, according to the letter. The group cites Randle's commitment to programs such as Redeploy Illinois, which attempts to reduce recidivism by sending offenders to community-based treatment centers instead of state prisons. This approach "avoid(s) the high costs and poor outcomes that come from incarceration in state prison for relatively minor offenses," the group says.
The day after Randle's resignation, Gov. Pat Quinn announced former assistant director Gladyse Taylor would take over for Randle as acting director of IDOC.
"Gladyse Taylor brings a wealth of management experience to lead the Department of Corrections," Quinn said in a press release. "Gladyse is a true public servant with a track record of improving public safety and developing programs to reduce recidivism. I am confident that Gladyse will further my mandate that the public's safety must always come first."
Sharyn Elman, spokesperson for IDOC, says Taylor will continue Randle's reforms.
"Whatever is currently suspended or terminated will continue to be suspended or terminated as far as early release programs are concerned," Elman says. "We continue to graduate cadets as part of the strategic plan to address (overtime costs) and that will continue as well."
Illinois' prison system holds about 47,000 inmates in 27 prisons statewide. [See "Illinois prisons: Standing room only" March 4, 2010.] Illinois has a recidivism rate of more than 50 percent, meaning more than half of inmates who leave Illinois prisons return within a year.
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Fox And Rat Both Agree On L-ACOUSTICS
Rat Sound installs KUDO loudspeaker system in newly renovated Fox Theater Pomona
POMONA, California - October 2009 -- Following a ten-year dark streak and $10 million, two-year restoration project, the greater Los Angeles area has witnessed the rebirth of another iconic entertainment venue, the Fox Theater Pomona. First opened in 1931 as an art deco movie palace from Hollywood's golden age, the 2,000-capacity auditorium once again came to life on May 21st with a rollicking concert by Gogol Bordello, who properly inaugurated the room's new L-ACOUSTICS KUDO rig.
Working in tandem with L-ACOUSTICS, Oxnard-based Rat Sound Systems designed and installed the loudspeaker system, which is comprised of twin 11-enclosure KUDO arrays and eight SB28 subwoofers -- four per side -- all powered by LA8 amplified controllers. Rat also specified the purchase of four portable 8XT coaxial enclosures for use on smaller events.
"All of the groups that have performed here since we reopened have been extremely impressed with the sound system," says Fox Theater Pomona AV/IT Manager Maria Tarozzi." Many of the touring managers and front-of-house engineers coming through immediately recognize the KUDO arrays and are impressed that we have such an excellent rig here in-house. They've all looked forward to mixing on it, and then loved it once they did. We are told repeatedly that 'the sound here is really, really nice' and 'you guys are very lucky to have this system,' and I agree. It sounds amazing."
Although Rat Sound is primarily known for its high-profile tours with Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam and Ben Harper, as well as the annual Coachella and Stagecoach Festivals, the sound reinforcement company was highly recommended to the Fox by local promoter Goldenvoice, who is the exclusive promoter of live music for the venue.
According to Rat Sound's head honcho, Dave Rat, "Our primary focus as a company, of course, remains on touring; however, we do take on select install projects when venues are interested in a high-quality L-ACOUSTICS system. The support we get from the manufacturer is truly exceptional and it is always very much a cooperative process between the client, Rat Sound and L-ACOUSTICS in putting a system together.
"Using the SOUNDVISION modeling software, we ran a number of different system configurations for the Fox, analyzed their respective costs and coverages, and came up with a cool KUDO setup that ultimately performed exactly as predicted," he continues. "Combined with the simplicity of specifying the LA8 amplifier, DSP and control system, putting together an L-ACOUSTICS install is truly a smooth and slick process."
Fox Theater Pomona can be booked for film showings, gala parties and other events, but the lion's share of its calendar is dedicated to hosting top-tier indie and alternative acts. In the first few months, Wilco, Flaming Lips, Marilyn Manson, Cake, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sonic Youth, Paramore, Ween, 311 and numerous others will have all played on the new KUDO rig.
For more info on the Fox's renovation and show schedule, visit www.foxpomona.com. Rat Sound can likewise be found online at www.ratsound.com.
L-ACOUSTICS is a leading innovator and manufacturer of high-performance loudspeakers, amplifiers and signal processing devices for touring and installed sound markets. Known around the globe for pioneering and championing the modern line array loudspeaker concept with V-DOSC, the company has received numerous accolades for its K1, KUDO, KIVA, ARCS, XT coaxial loudspeaker systems and SB line of subwoofer enclosures, all powered and processed with the LA4 and LA8 amplified controllers in fulfillment of a "total system approach." L-ACOUSTICS products for the North American market are manufactured and distributed by L-ACOUSTICS US of Oxnard, California.
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As they ring in the new year, city officials are thinking as much about Worcester's past as about its future.
The reopening of Front Street Monday marked another small step in the big task of revitalizing downtown Worcester. But it was also symbolic of Worcester's past.
Front Street was a busy thoroughfare until a hulking shopping mall was built on top of it more than 40 years ago, transforming the downtown landscape. The mall eventually failed, but it remained a literal roadblock, separating Union Station from City Hall.
After lying vacant for years, the mall has been demolished and Front Street is now open.
City and state officials reopened Front Street with great ceremony Monday, calling it a crucial artery that will connect the East and West sides of Worcester and spur downtown development.
Lt. Gov. Timothy P. Murray said the now-open street will help knit together Worcester's neighborhoods, from the Shrewsbury border to the Paxton line. He called the street "a vital artery that will pulse once again through the middle of this city."
"Forty-five years ago, a well-intentioned project created this problem," the lieutenant governor said. "Thirteen years ago the solution was proposed. Two years ago we broke ground, and today we're going to cut a ribbon and re-connect."
The street-opening ceremony had the air of an early New Year's party. "We Will Rock You" and "Eye of the Tiger" blared through the speakers after a contingent of local politicians cut a ceremonial ribbon to open the street.
The extension of Front Street is part of the ongoing redevelopment of CitySquare. Worcester-based Hanover Insurance Group Inc., led by Chief Executive Frederick H. Eppinger, jump-started the project in 2010. Hanover paid for the demolition of the defunct Worcester Common Outlets mall (once Worcester Center) and part of a sprawling parking garage. It also constructed a new office building for Unum Group, another insurance company with operations in Worcester.
Mr. Eppinger said the opening of Front Street marks the end of the first phase of CitySquare redevelopment. The CitySquare project, he said, is giving developers and downtown property owners confidence in the city.
"Clearly, the mall physically stopped development, but it also emotionally stopped development, because people in downtown were worried that that white elephant would drag the value of their property down," he told the crowd.
Hanover sold the Unum building and the abutting parking garage in December to a Florida real estate company for $76 million. The sale gives Hanover flexibility to focus on the next phase of CitySquare development, according to Mr. Eppinger.
Unum and the parent company of St. Vincent Hospital, which is building a cancer center in CitySquare, are the only companies so far to commit to the project. Mr. Eppinger said private companies have invested $125 million in CitySquare, about one-third of what the final development is expected to entail.
"There's a lot of momentum, a lot of discussion going on for the next phase, so I fully expect we'll have some announcements this spring," he said in an interview.
City Manager Michael V. O'Brien said discussions about a potential hotel and apartment complex in CitySquare are ongoing.
The extension of Front Street fits with the city's goal of bringing mixed-use development downtown, he said.
"Main streets like this are arteries," the manager said in an interview. "They bring life and vitality, pedestrian movement, vehicular movement."
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Charles Gallagher lived in Burlington Iowa most of his life I believe. Children were: /Ethel, Hazel, Mildred, George, William, Eugene & Geraldine (twins). His father, Daniel, I believe was born in Ireland, he married Sarah Howe in Henry Co. Iowa on 4 July, 1866. It's believed he came to the states around 1850. Looking for any connection to the Gallagher's in this time period and location.
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My New Favorite Thing Ever: STICK A STICK IN IT
Ahh, black and white weddings. So classic. So chic. Why, just look at this beribboned beauty here:
That's what the bride wanted.
This is what the bride got:
And how about this little number?
Simple white tiers, drippy dragees, a flower topper - what could go wrong?
[deadpan stare]
[uncomfortable silence]
[slow, creepy grin]
Oh, you know you love it.
Ok, last one. Behold this black and white flight of fancy:
Now behold When Flights of Fancy Collide With The Telephone Pole Of Ineptitude:
Here's what Angela, the bride, had to say:
"...the cake was falling apart when she brought it in and once she sat it down she started grabbing glow bracelets and stuffing them in the cake along with a stick she had my mom break off a tree outside...."
I'm going to stop you there, Angela, just so we can all savor this moment.
Everyone done savoring?
Ok, Angela, please continue.
"....and the cake was not even fully decorated...the back of the cake was bare....and I had asked to have burgundy hearts and white daisies added as well... it wasn't even the cake I had wanted and she said she could do them no problem!"
There's a lesson to be learned here, my friends. A lesson which I am not prepared to reveal because I'm too busy looking for the tree branch jammed in that cake up there.
Thanks to Karie C., Mikki J., and Angela for sharing their pain with us today. So that we may laugh. At their pain. But in a supportive way.
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