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A corrosion-resistant long heater is formed by encasing segments of metal-sheathed, mineral-insulated, electrical resistance heating elements within a metal oversheath which oversheath is substantially completely impermeable and is compressed inwardly to create metal-to-metal contacts between the sheath and the encased elements.
1. A well heater comprising:
a tubular metal oversheath encasing both a plurality of metal surfaced heating strands and at least one other metal surfaced strand;
said metal surfaced strands being at least substantially parallel to each other and the oversheath;
said oversheath being compressed radially inward to establish metal-to-metal contact between it and the strands within an assembly which is spoolable and is substantally impermeable throughout its length;
said heating strands including a plurality of electrically conductive cores which cores are capable of resistive heating, are surrounded by solid insulation contained within a metal sheath and are positioned and interconnected in an arrangement providing a combination of electrical resistance per unit length of the well heater such that the heater is capable of generating heat at different rates along different portions of its length; and
means for supplying electric current to said heating strands.
2. The heater of claim 1 in which at least two heating elements are arranged end-to-end and electrically connected in series.
3. The heater of claim 1 in which at least two heating elements are arranged side-by-side and electrically connected in series.
4. The heater of claim 1 in which at least two heating elements are arranged side-by-side and electrically connected in parallel.
5. The heater of claim 1 in which at least one of the heating elements have different resistance per unit of length.
The present invention is related to inventions described in the following commonly assigned patent applications: Ser. No. 597,764 filed Apr. 6, 1984, by P. VanMeurs and C. F. Van Egmond on heating long intervals of subterranean earth formations with electrical resistance cable heaters capable of operating at 600�-1000� C. and having patterns of heat generating core cross-sections correlated with the pattern of heat conductivity within the earth formations. Application Ser. No. 658,238 filed Oct. 5, 1984, by G. L. Stegemeier, P. VanMeurs and C. F. Van Egmond, on logging a well while heating it by extending a measuring-instrument conduit into the heated zone beside the heater and operating a spooling means for raising and lowering a temperature logging device within the conduit. Application Ser. No. 690,700, filed Jan. 11, 1985, by C. F. Van Egmond and P. VanMeurs on a long electrical resistance heater cable containing an electrically conductive core surrounded by mineral insulating material and a steel sheath with the sheath and core being swaged to provide different core thicknesses and heating capabilities at different locations along the cable. The disclosures of those applications are incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention relates to an electrical resistance heater. More particularly, it relates to such a heater containing at least one heating element which comprises an electrically conductive core surrounded by insulation and a metal sheath and also a metal oversheath which is substantially completely impermeable and is compressed inwardly to provide metal-to-metal contacts between the oversheath and the internal elements. The invention provides such a heater which can be arranged to operate for long times at high temperatures in highly corrosive atmospheres. For example, such a heater can be arranged to heat a 1000 ft. long section of a well borehole at temperatures exceeding about 600� C. for a number of years.
The present invention relates to an elongated well heater in which a tubular metal oversheath encases both a plurality of metal-surfaced heating strands and at least one other metal-surfaced strand. Those metal strands are each at least substantially parallel to each other and to the oversheath. The oversheath is compressed radially inward to establish metal-to-metal contact between it and the metal surfaced strands. The resultant assembly is spoolable and substantially impermeable throughout its length. The heating strands include a plurality of electrically conductive cores which cores are capable of resistive heating, are surrounded by solid insulation contained within a metal sheath and positioned and interrconnected in an arrangement providing a combination of electrical resistance per unit length of well heater such that the heater is capable of generating heat at different rates along different portions of its length. A means is provided for supplying electrical current to the heating strands.
The term "strand" is used herein to include a wire, cable, bar or tubular strand.
FIG. 1 is a lengthwise view of a portion of a heater of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of such a heater in which a plurality of metal strands inclusive of heater cables and other strands are surrounded by metal oversheath.
FIG. 3 is a lengthwise view along a portion of a heater of the present invention with a heating element core which is electrically connected to the metal oversheath.
FIG. 4 shows a method of stiffening a portion of the present heater relative to bending stresses.
FIG. 5 shows a process of assembling a heater of the present invention with a series of end-to-end connected heating elements.
FIG. 6 shows a process of assembling a heater of the present invention while advancing it through a swaging machine.
The present invention is, at least in part, premised on a discovery that, particularly for long heaters to be operated in subterranean wells, a heater of the present type is exceptionally easy to construct and arrange for use in numerous situations. The inwardly compressed impermeable oversheath provides a convenient way of ensuring stability against permeation, corrosion, or the like of the heating elements. It is particularly effective in situations in which individual heating elements cannot be manufactured with core sizes large enough in length or diameter or sheaths with adequate thickness, strength, or metallurgical properties and/or situations in which a heater should contain end-to-end or side-by-side connected heating elements, or situations in which multiple heating elements are to be connected in parallel and situated side by side at different contiguous distances along the heater in order to achieve a desired power output or power density with a minimum of supplied voltage and/or with different locations along the heater, etc.
The present invention is particularly advantageous where metal joining operations such as welding, brazing, or the like, need to be done in controlled manufacturing conditions in order to form a metal tube or sheath which is substantially completely impermeable through substantially all of its length.
The present heater and the way it can be made provide a relatively convenient method for interconnecting heater elements having different core resistivities and/or cross-sectional areas or configurations, or materials, to form a spoolable elongated heater capable of heating at different rates along different portions of its length. Such methods and devices can advantageously be used as described in the 597,764 patent application.
FIG. 1 shows a central portion of a heater of the present invention. The illustrated portion includes a plurality of heater elements which each contain an electrically conductive core 1 surrounded by solid (granular, layered or monolithic) heat resistant insulation 2 within a metal sheath 3. The heater elements are electrically connected to each other in series by welds 4 (and/or brazes, or metal connectors, etc.) joining their electrically conductive cores.
A power supply system 5 is connected to supply an electric current to heater elements.
The interconnected portions of heater cores 1 are surrounded by portions of heat resistant solid insulation 6. Both the interconnected heater cores and the surrounding insulating materials are surrounded by a metal oversheath 7 which is compressed inwardly to create metal-to-metal contacts, such as shown at 8, between the metal surfaces of the oversheath and the metal strands which it surrounds, e.g., heater element sheaths 3. The portions 6 of the insulating material are preferably initially installed as preformed solid masses which become crushed into masses of granules filling the spaces between the cores 1 and oversheath when the oversheath is compressed inwardly. The inward compression of the oversheath can be effected by swaging, drawing, or the like.
FIG. 2 shows a cross section through a heater of the present invention in which a plurality of kinds of metal strands are contained within a metal oversheath, such as oversheath 7. In the embodiment shown, the internal strands include a pair of heater cables which are surrounded by metal sheaths, such as sheaths 3. One internal element comprises a thermocouple cable which is surrounded by a metal sheath 9. One internal element comprises an electrical power supply cable which contains a relatively large and highly conductive electrical conductor core 10 which is surrounded by solid heat resistant insulation 2 and a metal sheath 3a. The other internal element comprises a metal tube 11. A tubular strand, such as 11, can be used as a "mini-well" through which a slender logging device, such as a thermocouple can be moved within a zone being heated, or used as a structural member or can be replaced or accompanied by a structure member such as a wire line or rod, etc.
As shown a metal oversheath, such as oversheath 7, is compressed inwardly to create metal-to-metal contacts between it and the metal surfaces of the internal metal strands. And, as indicated in the figure, where a metal oversheath contains hollow or deformable metal strands, it is preferably compressed inwardly to an extent causing sufficient deformation of the internal strands to ensure good heat conductive metal-to-metal contacts between the walls of those strands and the wall of the oversheath, without deforming those elements far enough to reduce their effectiveness for their intended purpose.
In general, mineral insulated electrically resistive heating cables, electrical interconnections of their conductive cores and/or electrical power supplies, mineral sheathed power supply cables, thermocouple cables and metal tubes, cables, bars, wires, etc., suitable for use in the present invention can comprise known and available devices and/or techniques. Such items which are particularly suitable for use in well heaters are described in greater detail in the cross-referenced patent applications. Those patent applications also describe situations and procedures for which the present heaters and processes for forming heaters are particularly suitable, for example, in respect to heating long intervals of subterranean earth formations encountered by wells.
FIG. 3 shows a portion of the present type heater in which the conductive core of an internal heating element and the metal of the oversheath are welded together so that they form a ground connection for heating as well with the conductive cores electrically connected to a power supply connected between the conductive core and ground. In this embodiment a metal oversheath 12 is joined by a circumferential weld 13 to an endpiece 12a. The oversheath is compressed radially inward around an internal heater element having a resistive heating core 14 which is electrically connected to the endpiece conductor core 14a. The central portion of the resistor 14 is surrounded by compacted particles of solid insulating material 15 and a metallic sheath 16. At least the central portion of the oversheath 12 is compressed radially inward into metal-to-metal contact with the heater sheath 16. The endpiece 14a of the heater resistance is preferably surrounded by a preshaped body of solid insulating material 19. The shaped endpiece 12a of the oversheath is slipped around the conductor 14a and electrically connected to it by a circumferential weld 20.
FIG. 4 shows an embodiment in which a short sleeve 21 of metal is attached around the oversheath 7, for example by circumferential welds 22, (or by shrink-fitting, brazing, etc.) to increase the resistance to kinking of the heater.
FIG. 5 shows a method of assembling a heater of the present type. A series of internal heater element segments having metal sheaths 3 and 3a are interconnected by means of connections, such as welds 4, joining their conductive cores. Matching sections 23 and 23a of preshaped solid compressed bodies of powdered solid insulating material are fitted around the interconnected conductive cores. The diameters of the fitted sections are preferably arranged to be somewhat larger than those of the heating element sheaths 3, but smaller than the internal diameter of the oversheath 7. Such an assembly of heater elements, along with other metal tubes such as thermocouple tube 9, or mini-well tube 11, of FIG. 2 etc., can be drawn into the oversheath 7 prior to the oversheath being compressed internally to establish the metal-to-metal contacts between the external surfaces of the internal tubes. The resulting crushing of the preshaped bodies of insulating material ensures a distribution and compaction of the granules formed from them within the spaces surrounding the interconnected heater element cores.
FIG. 6 shows an alternative method of constructing the heater, which method is especially suitable for exceptionally long heaters. As shown, a section of oversheath 7, which is joined to a section 7a by a circumferential weld 24, is being drawn through the rolls of a roller swager 25 for compressing the oversheath radially inward. Internal heater element sections having sheaths 3 and 3a around insulated electrically conductive cores, are being interconnected by core-joining welds, which are preferably surrounded by molded sections of insulating material 23. The heater elements are being extended, by additions of additional sections and advanced toward the swager, as shown by the arrows. Those heater elements each have a sheath such as 3b and are subsequently surrounded by sections of the oversheath, such as those of 7, 7a, and 7b, to which more sections are being added, as the assembly moves toward the swaging machine 25.
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Ric'H'ard strategy addons compilation v6.0Apr 20, 2015 Full Version 0 comments
This version brings tweaks in adjacency bonuses, halved units fire ranges, which makes battlefield virtualy larger, and removes MTML homing capabilities...
This compilation involves few smaller mods for Supreme Commander - Forged Alliance that are made with intent to make battles more about strategy, map proportions, conquering, base layouts thank to new adjacency bonuses and all stages of management. There are many modifications that are targeted for developing new stronger and stronger experimentals, weapons and resource generators. This compilation is totally different. It's main goals is eliminate elements such as: "Game for Heroes" - No more situations where one T4 unit comes from nowhere and ravage whole heavy defended base. "Tech rush" - No more jumping low tech levels and rushing for nukes or T4 units. "Camping" - Players sit on one place and accumulating long range weaponry, nukes, resource generators, fabricators and defense? Never more! Fabrication is much less effective, T3 static artillery changed to support defensive element, nuke silos can hold only one rocket while expanding opponent gets bonuses to factories and resources
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This compilation is made for playing with BlackOps: Unleashed, Adv. Command units, Balance mod and Sorian and Duncane AI mods.
This version is incompatible with Total Veterancy mod! It brought too many unwanted unbalance aspects.
For additional info and reasons of changes check Ric'H'ard new principles.
Version 6.0
This version brings tweaks in adjacency bonuses, halved units fire ranges, which makes battlefield virtualy larger, and removes MTML homing capabilities which makes them little overpowered.
This version is devided to many smaller individual mods which improves compatibility even more with other mods. This solution is also very flexible to user needs and wants, because every part can be individualy turned off so and their various combinations bring various gameplay feeling with different impact of various levels.
This compilation contains:
"Ric'H'ard - New adjacency"
"Ric'H'ard - Core module"
"Ric'H'ard - Projectiles"
"Ric'H'ard - Targets"
"Ric'H'ard - TechScalling"
"Ric'H'ard - Unit resolution"
"Ric'H'ard - New adjacency"
Doubles original adjacency bonuses and adds new.
+ fabricators adjacency to MeXes and themselves.
"Ric'H'ard - Core module"
- All turrets on all units turning much more slower. Exceptions are static artillery structures and bots.
Flanking, maneuvering and speed is more important. Even more against heavy tank battalions and base defenses.
- Mass extractor greatly increases buildrates of factories, silos...
Forcing to expanding. It is huge advantage but use it wisely. Mass spots are limited.
- Mass fabrication is much less effective. Can't be turned off.
No more camping. You have to expanding and capturing mass-rich areas. Fabricators are great for decreasing mass consumption of adjacent factories but they can't be turned off.
- Nuke damage decreased.
No more one nuke flat whole nice base. It is good to play with nuke/shields collide mod.
- T3 static artillery include Salvation has decreased range, damage, accuracy, cost and buildtime and increased damage radius and turret moving.
No more camping and building hundreds of this buildings and hitting foe from the far with no real assault. You have to get closer. Its main role is defense against heavy units and large battalions now.
- Scathis has not unlimited range, now it can hit target approximately 5km far. Has increased HP and its costs and build speed is close to its vanilla version.
No game-enders, who wants them.
- Decreased omni radar radius. Increased land units radar radius.
Scouting and FOB are more important than radar camping.
- All point defenses have limited minimal attack radius, so early tiers are still usable against units too close to your defense perimeter.
Fast weaker units has their role in the battlefield such as heavy tanks and artillery.
- All aircrafts have decreased turning speed and damage and increased HP.
Countermeasure against bomber kamikadze pinpoint hitting of commanders and T3 bomer spamming. Air battles are more various, longer and on bigger areas.
- All armed structures energy consumption tripled.
- Mass extractors energy consumption increased five times.
"Ric'H'ard - Projectiles"
- STML autofires on buildings.
- STML has enhanced target priorities.
- STML and MTML projectiles seeking mobile units.
- SSML can storage only one piece of rocket. It's buildrate decreased, energy consumption and buildtime increased.
- SASML can storage only two pieces of rocket. It's buildrate decreased, energy consumption and buildtime increased.
"Ric'H'ard - Targets"
Enhanced target priorities. Specific categories of units firing smarter on specific categories of enemy units.
"Ric'H'ard - TechScaling"
Less scaling between tech tiers. Weaker units have speed, acceleration, maneuverable, ROT, ROF bonuses. Heavier ones have similar penalties.
Example of some attributes:
"Ric'H'ard - UnitResolution"
Tanks, arties, bots and hovers have their specific roles on the battlefield. Differences in speed, acceleration, maneuverability, weapon aspects and much more...
For example tanks vs. bots:
This version brings tweaks in adjacency bonuses, halved units fire ranges, which makes battlefield virtualy larger, and removes MTML homing capabilities...
Added fix that removes no nuke damage bug and T4 HP regeneration in the core module. This version is divided to six smaller individual mods which improves...
This version is divided to six smaller individual mods which improves compatibility even more with other mods. This solution is also very flexible to...
This version improves compatibility even more with other mods, fixing all known bugs and adding more adjacency bonuses and tweaks. This version is incompatible...
This version greatly improves compatibility with other mods, fixing all known bugs and adding even more adjacency bonuses and tweaks. This compilation...
This compilation is made for playing with BlackOps: Unleashed, Adv. Command units, Balance mod and Sorian and Duncane AI mods. Check closer information...
Das AI good work with your mod or only multi player games?
With what mods enabled? What's behaviour of the unit? Does it deploy its gun or moving towards target? Isn't target in the minimum radius where it can't be hit?
In your opinion, what are the best mods to run together at the same time? Obviously this pack (because you made it), but anything else in addition to this?
It is mentioned in the text.
"This compilation is made for playing with BlackOps: Unleashed, Adv. Command units, Balance mod and Sorian and Duncane AI mods."
+ I play with sequentialy MeX upgrader, GA:ZUI, BetterGrouping, DivideUnitCap, Firey Explosion Mod, nuke colide with shields
I'm just a guy looking for new mods to spice up SupCom and this one, without a doubt, is the most detailed and balanced/logical mod I have seen so far. Good job and keep up the good work man.
I appreciate you like it. That for feedback very much
I did a full re-install of the game (few times), tested this mod colleection pack + Black OPS pack + Ric'H'ard mods pack, latest version. Mod after mod by adding and removing from the list I checked which one makes the icons support for Black OPS stop working. It was AZUI and Total Veterancy UI (and all other modules connected to Total Veterancy) that cause icons to dissappear (together or separately, whenever any of those is activated the icon support stops working for Black OPS mods).
I did the tests on base game, patched 3599 and 3603 versions, always with the same result
So now, after all this there is thel ast thing i can think of - Is the fact that my game version is in Polish might be the cause of the Global Icon support not working when connected to Your modules? I never had an issue with any other mod before :(
If so I will simply obtain an English version of the game, but before I purchase one I would like to confirm - can anyone confirm if the language version is the cause? If not, I have no idea what else I can do :(
Hmm, the more I test it the more bugs I find. Now I noticed that engineering stations do not appear at all in the game for neither UEF or CYBRAN while using the main module for adjecencies. And there is no Nuke for any of the races in build options (there is a Anti nuke with 2 slots available for building, but no nuke itself).
Moreover, to actually play the adjecency module and Rockets module i need to use previous version of the mod (0.9) as this one was divided into modules that actually work with other mods. Version 1.8 is almost always causing CTD when starting a skirmish or modded campaign mission when i try to combine it with my favourite mods.
Despite the bugginess im currently playing game updated to ver 3599 with the Total Veterancy with UI + Black Ops ACU (we allready have a global icon support error here, but its only for the ACU, so I can live with that) + Your minor mod pack + 2 modules from version 0.9 of Ric'H'ard strategy addon (rockets and adjecency) + BREW_LAN current version 0_44 (this is the only unit addon that global icon support is working for, all others have big blue balls instead of icons)
Engineering towers desappearing is intended such as nuke silos. ETs bring some problems with AI. Nuke silos couldn't be disabled via LEM 4.4. I think this can depend on community bug fix patch...
What is CTD? Crash to desktop? Give me exact mod list during which CTD comes up please.
Version 1.8 contains all minor addons from 0.9 slightly updated or tweaked.
I'm working on that icon bug actualy.
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Ludwick is not a clean up hitter. That is all.
Ludwick is not a clean up hitter. That is all.
Ludwick with another terrible AB. Swings at ball 4 twice.
That is awful Ludwick. Trying way to hard, and swings at ball four on a 3-1 count.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." -Earl Weaver
I will take a base knock here.
I am getting a bad feeling about this next pitch.
Bruce K's Jeeeeesh
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They are not seeing the ball here at all.
GO to third and end a good chance to at least tie this game. 3-1 after three
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And we should be up 1-0, but because of terrible umping for Cueto, 3-1 Cards.
2nd and 3rd with no outs and you can't get at least one of them in. Sad.
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In the secular country that created Santa Claus, not too far from the North Pole, where the nights start early and are bitterly cold and long, Rabbi Binyomin Wolff of Chabad Finland lit a giant Chanukah menorah made of ice near the city's railroad station, at 3 in the afternoon. More important than the traditional latkes and donuts were the gallons of hot chocolate that warmed the fingers and bellies of 400 folks from all over, including statesmen and politicians, who blessed the Chanukah lights. The hot cocoa is a sweet lure — for in Finland, light has strong meaning and plays an important role in society. It sustains the Finns — and the message will last at least as long as the menorah does. It won't melt until March.
Meanwhile, Down Under, at the other end of the planet, in Sydney, Australia, on a really long and very hot day, the rabbi's brother, Rabbi Levi Wolff, of the Central Synagogue, made sure that everything was in order for his menorah lighting in the city center. Last year, a four-foot chocolate dreidel was devoured before it could melt in the summer heat. The parade through Sydney, with its portable menorah, is always a hit, along with fun, games, and Sydney city officials giving their blessings to this very prominent display of Jewish tradition.In New York City, the largest oil menorah in the world, (32 feet high and 4,000 pounds of gold painted metal) designed by Israeli artist Yaacov Agam, stands in Grand Army Plaza at Manhattan's most prestigious intersection — Fifth Avenue, Central Park South and 59th Street — a holiday crossroads if ever there was one.
The stately and elegant New York landmark, The Plaza Hotel, stands and shines behind the menorah in her French Chateau-style glory, a magnet for well-heeled internationals. The world's largest toy store, FAO Schwartz — all blinged out and bedecked for the holidays, faces the gargantuan menorah. Clustered around it are the fancy department stores, designer boutiques, and La Vielle Russie, a New York gem in its own right, all aglitter and aglow, ready to attract masses of tourists and shoppers like moths to a flame. Expecting the usual, the strollers cast their gaze upon the menorah and stop in their tracks. What a surprise! Thousands watched it get lit from a cherry picker while munching on some of the more than 5,000 latkes that were fried to crispy perfection for the party.
Chanukah battle for freedom of religion continues
Some observers will remember and wonder about Israel's ancient past and the Chanukah of their childhoods — the latkes, the dreidels, the foil-wrapped chocolate coins, and stay for the nostalgia. Others wonder what these strange structures are for, what the lights mean, and if they stay a while, they find out and perhaps taste a latke or donut. And yet others are there because lighting a menorah in the middle of any major city or small town is a great way to say who and what you are with pride — proud to be a Jew and proud to be an American, an Australian, a Brit, a Canadian, a Finn or an Israeli. Around the globe, thousands of public menorahs are lit (often after legal battles) to celebrate the festival that marks religious freedom. And millions more menorahs are lit in private homes, synagogues, hospitals, nursing homes, and schools.
On a recent Chanukah, a traveler from France was headed to JFK airport to catch a flight back to Paris. He was a Holocaust survivor and as he rode past the enormous housing development built along the highway, (5,881 apartment units in 46 buildings) he looked up at the windows, and saw hundreds upon hundreds of menorahs glowing in the windows. He burst into tears. "Only in a free world can Jews live free," he cried. And then he made the blessing, "Shehecheyanu," thanking God for having lived to see what for him was an amazing sight and how far he had come in 65 years.


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Hit and Run reported at Kennebec Station
Halvorson Oil employee Royalee Metz arrived at work early last Thursday morning and immediately noticed things were out of place. "There were black marks on the concrete, the gas hose from the east pump was on the ground and the railroad ties were pulled out," said Metz.
She notified owner Curt Halvorson and Sheriff Manger as it appeared a vehicle had hit the pump. The vehicle, a semi truck with a grain trailer and pup, had pulled into the station's east driveway and tried to pass the building on the east side but hit the pump, backed up and hooked the railroad ties along the ditch and then proceeded north passing by two more pumps before pulling on to Highway 16 and proceeding west.
Sheriff Manger followed black marks on the highway to Presho where he located the truck and driver parked behind Hutch's Cafe. South Dakota HP assisted Manger at the site. The driver, Kevin Allum 55 of Woonsocket, was employed by Ruan Transport and was operating a Wheat Growers leased truck. He was arrested for commercial DUI and failure to report an accident. Apparently, the brakes on the pup trailer were damaged when the trailer hit the railroad ties and were locked up.
By the time the truck reached Presho, the trailer was running on the rims. Judy Busch of Halvorson Oil stated Monday that they didn't have a dollar amount on the damages but she knew that a new blender pump would cost about $25,000. While no fuel was spilled during the incident, the pump was knocked off it's base and has been out-of-order since Thursday.
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One of the places these biological differences manifest themselves is the way in which our brains work. According to the Los Angeles Times, ?men and women, on average . . . possess documented differences in certain thinking tasks . . . ? Those of us who are married know this?and are glad of it. It helps me that Patty?s often more sensitive than I am. None of this means, however, that a given girl might not be a brilliant mathematician?only that, all things being equal, mathematicians are more likely to be male than female.
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Daniel J. Hemel, ?Summers? Comments on Women and Science Draw Ire,? Harvard Crimson, 17 January 2005.
Steven Pinker, ?Sex Ed: The Science of Difference,? New Republic, 7 February 2005.
Martin Peretz, ?Body of Evidence,? New Republic, 4 February 2005.
Andrew Sullivan, ?Provocations,? New Republic, 19 January 2005. (Available to subscribers only.)
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Gem Cameo Proof 1863 Indian Cent1863 1C PR66 Cameo NGC. During the Civil War, the Mint was producing Indian cents out of a composition consisting of 88% copper and 12% nickel, the same composition that had been in use since the first small cents were produced in 1856. During this time, these were simply called nickel cents or nickels, not because of the denomination, but because of the composition. In the next year, the composition was changed to bronze, a much easier alloy to work with. This Gem Proof is sharply struck with full details on both sides. Even the diamonds on the ribbon are complete, and all of the feathers are fully delineated right to their very tips. Neat raised vertical die lines are visible directly in front of the Indian's eye, almost as if she is wearing an eyepiece. Attractive cameo devices are surrounded by reflective fields, and the entire coin has pleasing pink coloration. A few splashes of iridescent toning are present on the obverse, with a band of lilac and blue on the reverse. Take a close look at this one. Population: 4 in 66, 2 finer (11/04).(#82262) (Registry values: N4719) (PCGS# 82262)
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I'm planning to ride from Seattle to Argentina on my XR650L with my friend on his KLR650. Departure date of October 1st 2013. We are wondering what paperwork we need for each country including visas and mandatory insurances. Does anyone know of a good resource to find this information? We don't want to get half way and find out we didn't apply for some piece of paper and cant cross a boarder. Or get pulled over and taken to jail for not having the right insurance or whatever other paperwork. Thanks for any comments!
Bring your passport, drivers license, registration, and title and hit the road. You'll pick up the rest as you go. Insurance can be picked up at border crossings relatively cheaply. Don't believe anyone that tells you their insurance is valid in North AND South America.
+1 on Airhead Wrangler's comments.
And just take it easy at every border crossing. Relax, smile, be friendly, and expect each crossing to take up most of your day. If it's a fast one, then wow! so much extra time, and if it takes a few hours longer than what you might think should be necessary, well, that still fits with your schedule.
Enjoy the road!
I compiled this information in '09 so it could be a bit out of date
South American Country info
But, bring the documents mentioned by Airhead Wrangler and you will be ok.
I hope to be leaving around mid Sept , so we may meet along the way :D
Hi guys we will be a bit ahead of you but we are travelling very slowly so may cross tracks yet ... hopefully!!
Great advice above, Insurance is mandatory in Mexico, cancel ANY insurance you have north of the Mexican border as the paper is useful for the toilet.
Mexico - Mandatory - $124 US min.
Belize - Mandatory - $15 US From memory
Guate - Optional - Nil
El Salvador - Optional - Nil
Honduras - Optional Nil
Nicaragua - Mandatory $12 US.
Same process every border, clock yourselves out then cancel your bike TVIP, cross to new country border, clock yourselves in first then clock in the moto and get a new TVIP, same every border, you will have to do varying amounts of unnecessary photo copying at each border, not much but they want it.
As noted above, kingpin of the situation is smile and keep your cool, have LOTS of water with you.
Just got back to Colorado from Central America. Title, DL (though used the International one mainly with the regular DL as back up), registration. There is conflicting information on insurance for Mexico, seen it's necessary and also NOT necessary. I didn't purchase Mex insurance on my way down or back; $400 dollars to get in which you get back when you exit. On the way out of Guatemala heading into Mexico was charged $25+/- (by Mexico) for entering. I wondered what the heck that was about as I crossed the border 2x when I was in Guatemala from Jan to May: but didn't bring the bike, just me and a friend. I don't remember being charged that when entering Mexico through Juarez, oh well it's in the past. Re-entered Mexico at the Carmen border which goes to Tapachula. Easy border for the most part, though the Mexican authorities did ask to check my bags, which had more to do with them wanting to hassle me a little for tags that expired that day:lol3. Kind of funny when I think about it as I don't recall seeing date stickers on their cars. They said if I get stopped by the cops I could possibly have the bike towed until current tags were procured :rofl. Perhaps a $20 could have solved the issue entirely:lol3, but didn't get stopped at all. Well not entirely true, once did I get stopped because the cop wanted to know how my trip was and where I've been, etc...:rofl
To get into Guatemala Q160 (Q is Quetzals, Guatemalan currency) equivalent to about $25 US, no insurance. Easy border crossing at Mesilla. Re-entered Guate from Honduras at the Caliente border which goes from Esquipulas to Ocotepeque, which was also an easy border crossing. 90 day permit for Guate, I was there 6 months I received an extension for another 90 days.
El Salvador, also easy border crossing which was La Hachadura, closest crossing to the Pacific. No insurance. If memory serves correctly I think 60 day permit for the bike.
El Salvador to Honduras was not the funnest crossing as it took forever and things were not the easiest to find. Nondescript building over here, another over there, lots of traffic which was a damned tiring 3 hours. Oh well:lol3.
The Honduras/Nicaragua border wasn't too bad though to get copies you had to trek across a futbol stadium to get to the copier guy. That border crossing again was closest to the Pacific and went into Somotillo. If you take this route from Choluteca, be warned; POTHOLES, both big and small. As you are trying to avoid them, other vehicles are trying to avoid them also. It becomes kind of comical in a mad sort of way, avoiding vehicles that are trying to avoid potholes, as you're trying to avoid potholess:rofl.
The Nicaraguan/Honduran border up near Somoto was also EASY EASY. And not as pothole ridden. No insurance for Honduras. Though upon entering Nicaragua you will pay $14 US for insurance for 30 days and they give you a 30 day permit for the bike.
Border from Nicaragua to Costa Rica wasn't too bad. Though you have to get 3 signatures which requires you to seek out 2 agents that are floating around in the parking lot. Again, if memory serves correctly, you need to get the signatures in order or the one guy will send you back to get the signature from the guy you missed. People are really friendly and point you to the right people though:lol3:freaky. Again, closest border to the Pacific. Costa Rica side was pretty easy but did require you to seek out aduana which is about 2 blocks past the border, you turn at the little house that's no longer functional, double back and head down where all the trucks are parked. Not sure if they will have the barriers taken away so you can get there the short and direct route by the time you get there, but one never does know. Cannot remember the cost, but no insurance and I think 30 day permit also.
Unfortunately due to plans that were already kind of set up and more time than I thought in El Salvador, didn't make it to Panama (though I've been there before, just not on the bike).
As with most border crossings, patience and copies, and of course Spanish obviously helps! I hope this helps and I hope you have a wonderful ride!!:freaky
Hey motokiwis, hope all is going well. Back on the bike from mending? Take care, be safe, and hope you have a wonderful ride and enjoy the rest of CA!!:freaky
Ribs ok, still saw but as expected, in Nicaragua now :clap
Thanks for your help and friendship and the ride to Tulumolco :freaky
Baja Ferry Crossing
Thanks for all the good info everyone. I'm trying to book our ferry tickets from La Paz to Mazatlan and the web site says "no availability" out to infinity... I can't seem to get anyone on the phone.
Does anyone have any experience with this ferry crossing and what the process is for all the paperwork to bring the bike into mainland mexico?
You have to pay port fees and a small park fee as well which they say nothing about and this is at the point where you enter to the ferry itself, you won't need a room on the Ferry as the reclining chairs are comfy enough.
Hope this helps
The paperwork process is the same as some of the best fronteras and pretty modern and no problem but be patient. If I remember correctly no photocopy runs.
However I had a reservation on the boat, had a great cabin with a killer shower so I wouldn't exactly know how miserable you're gonna be.
Mexico - Mandatory - $124 US min.
Belize - Mandatory - $15 US From memory
Guate - Optional - Nil
El Salvador - Optional - Nil
Honduras - Optional Nil
Nicaragua - Mandatory - $12 US.
Costa Rica - Mandatory - $30 US
Panama: Mandatory $12-$15
Colombia: Mandatory $40
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The need for greed
Lower-league legend Nicky Forster kicks off his blog by telling us why goalscorers are so special...
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I have never professed to being an authority on all things football - far from it.
In fact, like many others I spend part of my end-of-season time off attending coaching courses run by the PFA in order to learn more about the game, but if there is one thing that 18 seasons and over 700 games has taught me, it is simply that goals win games.
It is the toughest job on the pitch and its no coincidence that the top paid players are generally those relied upon to put the ball in the back of the net.
A striker is only ever as good as the service they get, but when that service is produced with quality and regularity then goals will follow. It's a great feeling as a goalscorer knowing that a feed of decent deliveries are coming your way each game.
There is often friendly banter within teams arguing the point like schoolkids that 'my job is much harder than yours', but I love winding up defenders by saying that they are the only players on the pitch that can be congratulated for smashing the ball upfield or over a stand without aiming for anyone. Mind you I've done the same in front of goal too many times to remember!
My ex-Reading team-mate and good friend Steve Brown always used to say that a team of defenders will always beat a team of strikers in a game, and I agree; mainly due to the fact that most strikers cannot defend to save their lives (me included!). But there is more to it than that.
Defenders are where they are for a very good reason, like goalkeepers and midfielders most players find their place on the field at an early stage in life and stay pigeon-holed.
I've often joked with team-mates that goalkeepers are crazy, defenders level headed and boring, midfielder either creative or workhorses and strikers are selfish geniuses. Whilst at Birmingham assistant manager Mick Mills labelled the midfielders as labourers fetching bricks and water for the craftsmen (strikers) to create something. I remember thinking smugly I rather like that!
Strikers are often temperamental characters who can frustrate for long periods, driving both their managers and fans to a point of pulling their hair out before conjuring up a bit of magic capable of winning a game - Brighton's Glenn Murray is a perfect example.
In truth we all love to see both sides of these guys, the magic and the madness. Eric Cantona celebrating with his trademark arrogance was awe-inspiring - but his kung-fu karate kick on a Palace fan equally entertaining.
Ask a proven goalscorer if they would be happy to lose a game 4-3 whilst scoring a hat-trick and they will flatly deny while actually thinking 'I would settle for that'! Greed is a necessary ingredient for any goalscorer and that is a key element which sets them aside from others on a pitch.
I learned this early on in my professional career at Gillingham. I stood at the front of the queue during a shooting practice and asked for balls to be passed to the front and top scorer David Crown came to the from the back of the line and stood in front of me and said 'if you havnt got a ball then you cant have a go'.
It is fair to say that pressures on a striker are very different to that of say a goalkeeper. For example if a striker misses a chance then it invariably isn't as costly as one made by a keeper. The one thing that makes a difference to all players is confidence and its impact is massive; just look at Fernando Torres and Wayne Rooney at present compared to Dimitar Berbatov and Didier Drogba.
In League One this season you need look no further than Peterborough who, with Aaron McLean and Craig Mackail-Smith being fed by George Boyd and Grant McCann, will almost certainly be favourites for the title come May.
A manager once said to me that goals win games and clean sheets win leagues. to which my response was: "You cant win a game 0-0 Gaffer!"
Point proven I think!
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The political class -- the Gang of 500, plus the 33,000 people who aspire to be Gang members -- (stupidly) believes that two questions are currently shaping the contours of the midterm environment:
1. Is the leaking of the National Intelligence Estimate linking the Iraq war to failures in the war on terror a paradigm-shifting moment for the Daddy Party?
2. Is Bill Clinton's Wallace-Rorschach outburst a paradigm-shifting moment for the Mommy Party?
The Washington Post's E.J. Dionne says "yes" to (1). LINK
Slate's John Dickerson says "sorta yes" to (2). LINK
The planet earth's Dick Morris says "sorta no" to (2). LINK
The New York Post's John Podhoretz says "potentially yes" to (1) and sees great political danger for the President in the NIE and urges the Administration to declassify the document and begin a vigorous defense against it that includes a more robust argument than the NIE doesn't show the complete picture. LINK
The New York Post editorial page, while denouncing the leak, concurs with Podhoretz on (1) that a strong White House defense is needed. LINK
(The Note wonders if (2) has overshadowed (1) in a way that helps the President, and if Sen. Roberts of Kansas is going to push for a pre-election NIE release.)
Most masterfully, however, the New York Times' Jim Rutenberg says "dunno to (1) and (2), but isn't it all intriguing??!! And you would be smarter to focus on Question (3), which is how the Bush-Cheney Campaign will take (1) and (2) and put them in a stew with everything else and make this a Daddy Party election no matter what."
It is a must read. LINK
Taking some time physically off of the campaign trail (but still thinking about November every waking moment), President Bush signs the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 at 9:45 am ET.
At 10:20am ET, he meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in the Oval Office followed by an 11:40am joint press availability in the East Room. At 1:30pm the President signs the US-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act.
At 6:05 pm, the campaign trail comes to Mr. Bush, when the President attends an Iowa, Arkansas and Wisconsin fundraiser at a private residence in Washington, DC.
Vice President Cheney headlines an NRSC fundraiser at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC.
First Lady Laura Bush campaigns for Ohio congressional candidate Joy Padgett, the Republican hoping to succeed Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH), at 12:30 pm ET in Granville, OH.
The National Security Network formally launches at 10:00 am ET at the National Press Club.
Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-CT) joins Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Sen. George Allen (R-VA), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Sen. Susan Colins (R-ME) for an 11:00 am ET meeting with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in S-219 of the US Capitol.
Sens. Lieberman and McCain will take questions from the press following the meeting.
House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) holds two photo opportunities with Talabani at 12:00 pm ET and 2:00 pm ET.
House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) holds a pen and pad only news conference at 10:30 am ET in the US Capitol. House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) discusses the "do-less-than-do-nothing" Republican Congress at 12:30 pm ET at the US Capitol.
Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) participates in a forum on the human, financial, and global standing cost of the war in Iraq at 2:00 pm ET in the US Capitol.


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New Wiki URL Requirement for PluginsSubmitted by danielbeck on Mon, 2015-06-22 06:03 Tweet
Let's say you're browsing the 'Available' tab in the Jenkins plugin manager for interesting-looking plugins. How do you learn more about them, preferably without installing them on your production instance? You click the plugin's name, which usually links to the plugin's wiki page, of course!
Unfortunately, it's possible for plugins to be published without a wiki page, or any other documentation aside from what's provided in the plugin itself. This is really unfortunate, as users rely on wiki pages and similar documentation to learn more about a plugin before installing or upgrading it, like its features, limitations, or recent changes. Additionally, plugin wiki pages have a special section at the top that provides an automatically generated technical overview of the plugin, such as dependencies to other plugins, the minimum compatible Jenkins version, a list of developers, and links to the source code repository and issue tracker component. Everyone learning about or using a plugin benefits from a plugin wiki page and luckily, almost all plugins have one!
To ensure that every plugin has at least a basic wiki page with some documentation, we decided to only publish plugins in the Jenkins update center that have and link to a wiki page.


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This review is from: Schaum's Outline of Combinatorics (Paperback)
Combinatorics is an area of mathematics that is frequently looked on as one that is reserved for a small minority of mathematicians: die-hard individualists who shun the limelight and take on problems that most would find boring. In addition, it has been viewed as a part of mathematics that has not followed the trend toward axiomatization that has dominated mathematics in the last 150 years. It is however also a field that has taken on enormous importance in recent years do its applicability in network engineering, combinatorial optimization, coding theory, cryptography, integer programming, constraint satisfaction, and computational biology. In the study of toric varieties in algebraic geometry, combinatorics has had a tremendous influence. Indeed combinatorial constructions have helped give a wide variety of concrete examples of algebraic varieties in algebraic geometry, giving beginning students in this area much needed intuition and understanding. It is the the advent of the computer though that has had the greatest influence on combinatorics, and vice versa.The consideration of NP complete problems typically involves enumerative problems in graph theory, one example being the existance of a Hamiltonian cycle in a graph. The use of the computer as a tool for proof in combinatorics, such as the 4-color problem, is now legendary. In addition, several good software packages, such as GAP and Combinatorica, have recently appeared that are explicitly designed to do combinatorics. One fact that is most interesting to me about combinatorics is that it gave the first explicit example of a mathematical statement that is unprovable in Peano arithmetic. Before coming across this, I used to think the unprovable statements of Godel had no direct relevance for mathematics, but were only interesting from the standpoint of its foundations.
This book is an introduction to combinatorics for the undergraduate mathematics student and for those working in applications of combinatorics. As with all the other guides in the Schaums series on mathematics, this one has a plethora of many interesting examples and serves its purpose well. Readers who need a more in-depth view can move on to more advanced works after reading this one. The author dedicates this book to the famous mathematician Paul Erdos, who is considered the father of modern combinatorics, and is considered one of most prolific of modern mathematicians, with over 1500 papers to his credit.
The author defines combinatorics as the branch of mathematics that attempts to answer enumeration questions without considering all possible cases. The latter is possible by the use of two fundamental rules, namely the sum rule and the product rule. The practical implementation of these rules involves the determination of permutations and combinations, which are discussed in the first chapter, along with the famous pigeonhole principle. Most of this chapter can be read by someone with a background in a typical college algebra course. The author considers some interesting problems in the "Solved Problems" section, for example one- and two-dimensional binomial random walks, and problems dealing with Ramsey, Catalan, and Stirling numbers. The consideration of Ramsey numbers will lead the reader to several very difficult open problems in combinatorics involving their explicit values.
Generalized permutations and combinations are considered in chapter two, along with selections and the inclusion-exclusion principle. The author proves the Sieve formula and the Phillip Hall Marriage Theorem. In the "Solved Problems" section, the duality principle of distribution, familiar from integer programming is proved, and the author works several problems in combinatorial number theory. A reader working in the field of dynamical systems will appreciate the discussion of the Moebius function in this section. Particularly interesting in this section is the discussion on rook and hit polynomials.
The consideration of generating functions and recurrence relations dominates chapter 3, wherein the author considers the partition problem for positive integers. The first and second identities of Euler are proved in the "Solved Problems" section, and Bernoulli numbers, so important in physics, are discussed in terms of their exponential generating functions. The physicist reader working in statistical physics will appreciate the discussion on Vandermonde determinants. Applications to group theory appear in the discussion on the Young tableaux, preparing the reader for the next chapter.
A more detailed discussion of group theory in combinatorics is given in chapter 4, the last chapter of the book. The author proves the Burnside-Frobenius, the Polya enumeration theorems, and Cayley's theorem in the "Solved Problems" section. Readers without a background in group theory can still read this chapter since the author reviews in detail the basic constructions in group theory, both in the main text and in the "Solved Problems" section. Combinatorial techniques had a large role to play in the problem of the classification of finite simple groups, the eventual classification proof taking over 15,000 journal pages and involving a large collaboration of mathematicians. Combinatorics also made its presence known in the work of Richard Borchers on the "monstrous moonshine" that brought together ideas from mathematical physics and the largest simple group, called the monster simple group.
The author devotes an appendix to graph theory, which is good considering the enormous power of combinatorics to problems in graph theory and computational geometry. Even though the discussion is brief, he does a good job of summarizing the main results, including a graph-theoretic version of Dilworth's theorem. Combinatorial/graph-theoretic considerations are extremely important in network routing design and many of the techniques discussed in this appendix find their way into these kinds of applications. The author asks the reader to prove that Dilworths' theorem, the Ford-Fulkerson theorem, Hall's marriage theorem, Konig's theorem, and Menger's theorem are equivalent. A very useful glossary of the important definitions and concepts used in the book is inserted at the end of the book.
4.0 out of 5 stars excellent book !,
This review is from: Schaum's Outline of Combinatorics (Paperback)
In its usual way schaum's series gives out another book which is both helpful yet concise. This book gives the essential grounding for combinatorics and graph theory without being overly gargantuan encyclopedia..ample problems set the tone for a future mathematician. they could've done better though..hence not the perfect 5 !
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praises of brave souls trying to bring democracy into their lives in 3,2,1 while at the same time making fun of the occupy protests in "free" countries.
Depending on how you want to define the term [WMD], the free and unfiltered exchange of ideas and information could well be described in such a fashion.
I mention this, because of some of the verbage in the appstore agreement.
When the pen is mightier than the sword, for those wishing to uphold the status quo, both must be controlled. The former moreso than the latter.
Given apple's philosophy about openness, (or lack thereof), I wouldn't doubt that they would remove the app from the appstore for "inciting violence" or some other absurd infraction.
So the dissident first has to jailbreak out of his cell, only to have to jailbreak his cell? Why would they want to rely on an app that can be remote wiped by Apple at a moments notice? Not only are the Android phones more free, the faster processors will speed up encryption/decryption. Poor choice of phone.
Do people have to die before you listen to them?
Oh yeah. Because a crackdown that killed 3,500 people (according to TFA) is clearly the same as throwing away a few tents.
The manner in which a government responds to a protest has no bearing on the importance of what is being protested. Whether protestors die or not is a function of the government, not the protestors.
Suppose somebody does die in OWS at some point. Will the two movements suddenly be equivalent in your mind? Are you going to perform an arithmetic comparison of the number of deaths? What's a blown-off limb worth, vs. as human life?
And despite Americans' peculiar insistence on the infinite value of human life, there are things worse than death. We may not yet be at the point, which is all the more reason to try to change the situation now instead of waiting.
So the dissident first has to jailbreak out of his cell, only to have to jailbreak his cell? Why would they want to rely on an app that can be remote wiped by Apple at a moments notice? Not only are the Android phones more free, the faster processors will speed up encryption/decryption. Poor choice of phone.
Wait. You think Apple would do that? You don't work at Apple. If they did Apple would be seen as a tool of bloodthirsty tyrants. I expect if the Syrian government even suggested Apple drop these apps you'd find an epidemic of "deaf ears" in Cupertino.
Apple is all about saluting the Rebel in you, after all.
Be sure to run such arguments through the Abraham Lincoln test. Quite a few Americans were killed in defense of his "regime."
Not in the same ballpark, not in the same league, not even in the same sport.
Syrian "Arab Spring" revolt isn't about secession and landholders right to keep slaves, it's about people tired of a leader who, though elected, they have no real say in his election. His father was leader for 29 years. Don' t think that fits Abe or the conferacy even tangentially.
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1. Combine the eggs, sugar, and lemon zest in a heavy medium-size saucepan and whisk the mixture until it is smooth. Add the lemon juice and butter and cook the mixture over medium heat, whisking constantly, until it is thickened, 7 to 9 minutes. Do not allow the mixture to come to a boil.
2. Pour the lemon curd through a fine mesh strainer into a glass bowl. Cover the surface with plastic wrap. Refrigerate the lemon curd until it is cold and thick, at least 3 hours and up to 3 days.
3. In a medium-size mixing bowl using an electric mixer, whip the heavy cream until soft peaks form. Gently fold the whipped cream into the lemon curd and scrape the filling into the prepared pie shell. Cover the pie with plastic wrap and refrigerate it until the filling is completely set, at least 6 hours and up to 1 day.
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In preparation for this patch we have given some players from the French community the opportunity to be testers.This first experience was very educational for us and hopefully also for them. We thank Belisair, Spliind, Izanagi1, Rasta34 and Ohlmann for their participation! We hope to be able to continue to give players the opportunity to be testers in the future and we will not hesitate to let you know!
This patch introduces the following changes:
Advanced Occupations
New advanced occupations will be accessible to players. Here is the list of the occupations which will be available at the moment of the patch:
- Catalyst Artificer: Allows you to create experience catalyzers from products obtained by elementary occupations.
- Alchemist: Allows you to create advanced potions of regeneration usable during fighting.
- Aurachemist: Allows you to create potions which give to the whole team a beneficial aura and usable during fight.
A new system was developed to allow the addition of new occupations without requiring a patch. New advanced occupations will be added regularly throughout the coming weeks, so that you can assimilate the combinations and stategies progressively. Here is a list of some of the planned occupations:
- Pyrotechnician: Allows the creation of fireworks.
- Stylist: Barber/Tattooist.
- Crystalyst: Allows you to increase the quality of Marauder crystals.
These new occupations will give you new potions which enable you to increase your strategic abilities during your hard battles, but also new Roleplay possibilities!
New enchantment system
The system to recharge your right-hand weapon has undergone some changes. In the new system, using the skill will immediatly reload the weapon in your right hand. It will no longer be possible to create sap crystals.
Sap crystals that you have already created will remain usable.
Loot system changes
If you damage a creature which is killed by NPC or an other creature, you will be now able to loot this creature. There is no change to experience gain however -- a creature killed by an NPC or another creature will still give no experience.
Decreased Outpost production
An adjustment was necessary to the outpost production rates. Experience Catalyzer production is reduced by 90% and flower production will be reduced by 75%. The production of other materials will remain unchanged. This adjustment was necessary to cull the excessive quantities currently available across all shards.
Teleportation pact changes
It is no longer possible for a "karavaneer" to use a "kamist" teleportation pact or vice versa.
If you have a Karavan or Kami fame of 100, you will notice a new graphic effect during teleportation.
Atus Gromulus and the Frontier Messenger have been moved from a side room to a location in front of the Guild Clerk in the Pyr palace, making the side room suitable for Akenak meetings.


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I would like that [NVNEWS] post (jimmyjames123) summarry of the current situation..in the front page of this site ,
it is very important that every gamer outhere knows about those facts
,and let them judge if what Nvidia have done is ok for them or not. because i see frequently post here and there of people that doesnt have a clue of how this "cheat" or "optimization" is any diferent to what ATI and NVIDIA does in games to get best performance wihout the decrease in IQ.
In a game it's ok, in a benchmark it's not. I'm pretty sure most people know that one...unless they're fanboys.
[SIZE=1][I]"It was very important to us that NVIDIA did not know exactly where to aim. As a result they seem to have over-engineered in some aspects creating a power-hungry monster which is going to be very expensive for them to manufacture. We have a beautifully balanced piece of hardware that beats them on pure performance, cost, scalability, future mobile relevance, etc. That's all because they didn't know what to aim at."
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