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News that search and rescue teams had spotted two large oil slicks in the South China Sea stimulated hope that signs of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 might soon follow.
But lab analysis of samples taken from the scene revealed that jet fuel wasn't a part of oil slicks, ruling out the site as a potential location of the missing jet, reports the BBC.
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The answer was simple in this case. According to the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, lab results revealed that the oil in the slicks came from ships, reports the Malaysian Insider.
According to Ian MacDonald, a professor of oceanography at Florida State University who specializes in oil spills, it doesn't take much oil to create a sizeable slick.
"It really doesn't take much oil at all to generate an oil slick, or a layer of floating oil," said MacDonald. "A few tens of gallons would make a slick that would be prominent enough to see from an airplane."
However, how even a few gallons of oil gets from a ship to the ocean's surface is a much more complicated, and controversial, matter.
According to the International Maritime Organization (IMO), ships can release oil into the ocean in a number of ways, from improper cleaning of oil tanks, to dumping waste overboard, but regardless of how it's accomplished the fact remains that ships discharge some amount of oil, however minute, into the ocean's waters.
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"All ships leak," said MacDonald. "If you have an oil slick that suddenly spontaneously appears, the chances are that it's caused by some sort of shipping process where a tanker or some other ship has pumped its bilges or otherwise discharged water over the side that has some content of oil."
Strict laws enforced by the IMO, U.S. Coast Guard and other maritime organizations hope to stave off this sort of pollution, but global inconsistencies in regulation and infrastructure abound, according a report from the Global International Waters Assessment (GIWA). As a result, illegal dumping, improper cleaning and leaks can spill oil into the world's oceans.
And though the oil slicks in the ongoing Malaysia Airlines mystery were clearly caused by ships, oil slicks in the open ocean can actually result from an entirely natural process, too. According to MacDonald, fissures and faults can form in oil reservoirs and cause oil and other gases trapped beneath the ocean floor to slowly drift toward the surface in a process known as natural oil seepage.
"The oil can migrate upward over thousands of years and flow out into the environment," said MacDonald. "Those bubbles float to the surface and create these oil slicks."
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Scientists have not yet mapped all of the world's natural oil seeps, but they have taken the first steps in the Gulf of Mexico. With the help of satellites, scientists plotted the locales of more than 1,000 sites where oil seeps to the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, creating oil slicks on a daily basis, according to SeaSar.
In most cases, natural oil seepage doesn't release enough oil to harm the environment, MacDonald said. In fact, organisms can thrive around the sites.
"The environmental impact tends to be pretty benign, or even positive in the case of natural oil seeps," said MacDonald. "Ecology has evolved to take advantage of oil: microbes consume it. There is a food chain that exists on the sea floor based on these natural oil seeps."
That's certainly the case with a rather famous natural oil seep, known as Coal Oil Point, off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif. Researchers there found that site has been leaking 20 to 25 tons of oil a day for thousands of years, according to LiveScience. But even such a large quantity of oil didn't harm the environment. Researchers at UCSB found that microbes at the site broke down most of the oil.
Just what role the leftover oil — the stuff microbes don't consume, that ends up on the surface — plays in the environment, well, that's just as much a mystery as the plane's disappearance.
"Nature does an amazing job acting on this oil but somehow the microbes stopped eating, leaving a small fraction of the compounds in the sediments," Chris Reddy, a marine chemist with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Falmouth, Mass told LiveScience. "Why this happens is still a mystery, but we are getting closer."
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Royal Thai Navy personnel clean up a beach from a major oil slick on Ao Phrao beach on the island of Ko Samet on July 30, 2013. (Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images)


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I hate when people dismiss Gaga's music—especially "Dance in the Dark"—because it echoes Madonna's. Yo, that's the point. Gaga plucks inspiration for her clothing and performances from a regurgitated mixture of pop culture. "Dance in the Dark" sounds like "Vogue," but it is also a perversion of "Vogue": whereas Madonna seeks to glorify the celebrities she lists in her rhyming monotone interlude, Gaga copies the style in order to list dead women. Specifically, women who died at the hands of their fame and/or their feelings of being trapped, by men, by culture, by "beauty," whatever. (Also Liberace, who was HIV-positive and whose health begin to waste away as he lost weight, though people attributed it to the "watermelon diet" [see the twisted values we have about weight and illness].) Gaga knows that everything she does will be measured against the accomplishments of former women celebrities anyway (I mean Madonna is still doing shit but you know what I mean), because this is how our culture treats female artists, as though they are automatically in competition with each other. (And this is why I love Gaga and Beyoncé's collaboration on the "telephone" songs. They're two of the most famous pop stars in the world and they are actively not competing with one another. That's some cool shit.) So instead of pretending the case is otherwise, Lady Gaga is directly responding to these pop culture icons and their treasured creations.
If people don't like Gaga based on Gaga, that's cool, I get it. Her feminism is rather clumsy, often inconsistent, and sometimes shallow. Pop music is obviously not everyone's thing. There are tons of valid reasons to dislike her music, buuuuut I just don't really get it when people dismiss her because she's "unoriginal." Because nearly every damn thing in American pop culture is unoriginal by those standards, and she is well aware of that. Welcome to postmodernism, guys. Go watch Family Guy or some shit. (not really though, family guy blows)


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SPOKANE -- A busy day for the 300 volunteers trying to get Hoopfest teams ready for play. The challenge for the check-in staff is to run a smooth weekend with 7,100 teams consisting of 29,000 players.
They were supposed to be halfway through on Friday afternoon, but not enough teams showed up on Thursday.
"Things are very steady; we've got quite a bit of people checking in today. We're hoping to check in the rest of the teams that we haven't caught up with yet," said Hoopfest Check-In Volunteer Kathleen Sullivan.
Preparations for Hoopfest weekend start at the beginning of June. Plenty of planning and volunteers are making it short and sweet for players.
"It's a lot easier now because it's digital, it's pretty efficient. It's the most organized tournament I've ever played in," said one excited Hoopfest player.
A month of hard work is coming to an end and the reward for the volunteers is just around the corner.
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Lucas' nursery is my absolute favorite room in our entire house - no contest. Of course, it presented its own set of design challenges, but what room doesn't?
We were working with a fairly tiny footprint, no closet, no door, and windows on three of the four walls. This gave us only so many options for placement of furniture, but I think we really maximized the space. The subtle safari theme was inspired by that fabulous West Elm rug. Also, I was adamant about picking out pieces, like the rug, that could be used in non-baby spaces later. We went with a soft gray color on the walls, which lent itself nicely to the rug and furniture, keeping this small room very open and airy.
The dresser/changing table was my personal little love project for the nursery. I found it in the back room of a thrift store wearing a sad and sloppy coat of burgundy paint/stain with tarnished bronze drawer pulls and a musty smell, but she checked all the boxes on my "must have" list: solid wood, changing table height, and lots of drawer space. I couldn't be prouder of how far she's come! Also on that side of the room, we hung a coat rack directly under some IKEA bookshelves, and they've both been incredibly handy.
The quilt was handmade by my mom and was the starting point for my color choices. I absolutely adore this quilt – I'm as sentimental as they come, so it's priceless in my eyes. My mom's ingenuity doesn't end there either. We picked up a brand new (with the tags on) girly pink bumper pad at a garage sale for the grand total of $1 and my mom turned it into the masterpiece you see here! The rocking chair belonged to my great grandfather. I love how it grounds the room and adds a touch of something old.
The EXPEDIT bookshelf from IKEA is perfect for a nursery. It looks great, it's inexpensive, super sturdy, offers a myriad of options for displaying/storing toys and books, and it can't possibly fall over on a little one. The whole nursery is really functional, and even though we play in here a lot it's so easy to keep clean thanks to all the storage.
I love the little frame wall above the bookshelf. The art came from various places - the orange giraffes and the King Louie prints were purchased from online specialty shops. We found the Baloo/Mowgli print (my favorite) and the Lion King print in a calendar style pack of art prints, and both the ohana print and the lullaby (Crazy Ride by Michelle Branch) were things I created in Photoshop.
I'm very proud of this space. For me, a well-designed room is a space you want to really live in, and we really do choose to spend quite a bit of our time in here. Of course, the question that matters is, does Lucas like his nursery?! I'm thinking yes. But his favorite part may just be those windows that I had nothing to do with. Can't say I blame him!
Thanks, Holly! Readers, you can see more of Holly at her blog, Love. Life. Ohana.
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Having a seamstress in the family is a treasure. My grandmother made my husband and I a quilt as a wedding gift and it's one of my very favorite things. Like your quilt, it's so special and it makes such a big statement! Kuddos for showing those lovely little numbers off!
So beautiful! The layout works really well.
I'm thinking of moving our similar dresser/changing table in front of the window in my kids' room (to make room for bigger beds). Can anyone who's lived with this arrangement for a while tell me if it's annoying or not? You know, to open/close curtains or blinds, or open the window?


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Port Clinton, Ohio - The Wimbledon Cup was shot early this week during the Long Range High Power Rifle Championships in Camp Perry, Ohio. Won by the eventual Long Range High Power champ David Tubb, the course of fire is 20 shots from a thousand yards in the prone position followed by a 10 shot shoot-off. Above is a look at some of the competitors vying for the cup.
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The best local economy in the United States, by far, is the DC metropolitan area. Average incomes in the region top $150,000, more than triple the national average. The reason for Washington's affluence (or parts of Washington's affluence – the Capitol also has abundant poverty) is clear: while the rest of the economy is facing a crisis in demand as a result of high unemployment and stagnant wages in the private sector, the Capitol, in classic Keynesian style, is making up for it with plenty of public spending, which has skyrocketed since 9/11 – defense and homeland security contractors, and other firms providing goods and services to the government are flush.
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Summer (Dec - Feb) is the busiest time in Lake Wanaka when the boats, tents and caravans are taken out of hibernation and the holiday homes spruced up ready for the hot summer months to come. Average summer temperature (°C): 24
Autumn ( March - May) is without doubt the most beautiful season with a spectacular array of deciduous trees turning the region into a wonderland of colour. Average autumn temperature (°C): 17
Winter (June - August) is when the snow sport enthusiasts break out their skis and boards and get waxing ready for the powder days to come. Average winter temperature (°C): 10
Spring (Sept - Nov) is the time of year when we all come out of hybernation and start to enjoy the place where we live. Average spring temperature (°C): 16
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I wasn't expecting to go to the festival this year, so of course, any Coachella weekend is better than no Coachella weekend. But as I thought about the bad rap the inaugural repeat weekend got — hotter, fewer special guests, etc. — I realized that there are also plenty of pluses that, for me, outweigh the element of surprise that the weekend-two crowd may miss out on. Continue Reading
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There's no clinical or practical evidence to indicate that adoptees or birth parents try to disrupt or interfere with adoptions that include contact. To the contrary, many adoptive families grow stronger, and all of the people involved become more secure, when their relationships cease to be based on fear and fantasy. -- Adam Pertman, Adoption Nation
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Lorrie I hope that you are able to get ahold of them tomorrow. Have they been good about calling and following up in the past? I don't know why any adoptive parent would suddenly not follow through. Hopefully something came up and it was a simple mistake! I'm sure they love you and are so grateful for you! I know that I am so grateful for my sweet children's biological parents! Hang in there! :)
Ugh! So sorry. I hope it turns out to be a big misunderstanding and everything is resolved soon!
holidays are BUSY but YES, if she said she'd call, It hurts! If she doesn't call you today or over the weekend- please contact your agency and work through new terms of your openness agreement. Once and a while Adoptive parents will say one thing before placement and do another after placement. If they do not keep their end of the openness plan- most agencies will BAN them from adopting again, b/c KEEPING YOUR WORD with your Birth Family is HUGE. How do you trust someone who is going to lie??? BUT, Let's just hope they forgot and got a new number ( better plan, cheaper rates etc.) and give them the benefit of the doubt! Hang in there and then contact your agency/attorney etc...
Hi Lorrie. I don't have any advice or anything, but I just wanted to post something quickly to say I can understand why this would be upsetting and I'm sorry to hear you are having to experience it. I hope you hear from them soon. Hugs to you!
My dd's first mother and I have both been blogging about open adoption. I hope you'll stop by:
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Valerie- FIND A MEDIATOR asap! Someone who can act as a counselor with only the best interest of the child- you might need to pay for this but, it will be worth it. Then have a sit down with that mediator present- let them introduce themselves and say that you are all here to work out what is bets for your child and build a base of common trust etc... Works wonders but all parties must live up to their sides of the agreement. God luck and god bless!
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My mother has another adopted grandchild, but it is closed from Russia. Not open and domestic and from foster care. So, for her, it is so much easier to be the only maternal grandmother and not to have to deal with another family. Seems cleaner to her. But unlike my sister, that is not the arrangement I made.
My husband has three mixed race siblings adopted in the early seventies and late sixties, although he is not adopted. His parents were very pleased when we told them we were adopting from foster care. As though he had validated their choice and somehow continued their religious work. We are not religious. Just wanted a third child.
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Moment map
In mathematics, specifically in symplectic geometry, the momentum map (or moment map) is a tool associated with a Hamiltonian action of a Lie group on a symplectic manifold, used to construct conserved quantities for the action. The moment map generalizes the classical notions of linear and angular momentum. It is an essential ingredient in various constructions of symplectic manifolds, including symplectic (Marsden–Weinstein) quotients, discussed below, and symplectic cuts and sums.
Formal definition[edit]
Let M be a manifold with symplectic form ω. Suppose that a Lie group G acts on M via symplectomorphisms (that is, the action of each g in G preserves ω). Let be the Lie algebra of G, its dual, and
the pairing between the two. Any ξ in induces a vector field ρ(ξ) on M describing the infinitesimal action of ξ. To be precise, at a point x in M the vector is
where is the exponential map and denotes the G-action on M.[1] Let denote the contraction of this vector field with ω. Because G acts by symplectomorphisms, it follows that is closed for all ξ in .
A moment map for the G-action on (M, ω) is a map such that
for all ξ in . Here is the function from M to R defined by . The moment map is uniquely defined up to an additive constant of integration.
A moment map is often also required to be G-equivariant, where G acts on via the coadjoint action. If the group is compact or semisimple, then the constant of integration can always be chosen to make the moment map coadjoint equivariant; however in general the coadjoint action must be modified to make the map equivariant (this is the case for example for the Euclidean group). The modification is by a 1-cocycle on the group with values in , as first described by Souriau (1970).
Hamiltonian group actions[edit]
The definition of the moment map requires to be exact. In practice it is useful to make an even stronger assumption. The G-action is said to be Hamiltonian if and only if the following conditions hold. First, for every ξ in the one-form is exact, meaning that it equals for some smooth function
If this holds, then one may choose the to make the map linear. The second requirement for the G-action to be Hamiltonian is that the map be a Lie algebra homomorphism from to the algebra of smooth functions on M under the Poisson bracket.
If the action of G on (M, ω) is Hamiltonian in this sense, then a moment map is a map such that writing defines a Lie algebra homomorphism satisfying . Here is the vector field of the Hamiltonian , defined by
In the case of a Hamiltonian action of the circle G = U(1), the Lie algebra dual is naturally identified with R, and the moment map is simply the Hamiltonian function that generates the circle action.
Another classical case occurs when M is the cotangent bundle of R3 and G is the Euclidean group generated by rotations and translations. That is, G is a six-dimensional group, the semidirect product of SO(3) and R3. The six components of the moment map are then the three angular momenta and the three linear momenta.
Symplectic quotients[edit]
Suppose that the action of a compact Lie group G on the symplectic manifold (M, ω) is Hamiltonian, as defined above, with moment map . From the Hamiltonian condition it follows that is invariant under G.
Assume now that 0 is a regular value of μ and that G acts freely and properly on . Thus and its quotient are both manifolds. The quotient inherits a symplectic form from M; that is, there is a unique symplectic form on the quotient whose pullback to equals the restriction of ω to . Thus the quotient is a symplectic manifold, called the Marsden–Weinstein quotient, symplectic quotient or symplectic reduction of M by G and is denoted . Its dimension equals the dimension of M minus twice the dimension of G.
See also[edit]
- ^ The vector field ρ(ξ) is called sometimes the Killing vector field relative to the action of the one-parameter subgroup generated by ξ. See, for instance, (Choquet-Bruhat & DeWitt-Morette 1977)
- J.-M. Souriau, Structure des systèmes dynamiques, Maîtrises de mathématiques, Dunod, Paris, 1970. ISSN 0750-2435.
- S. K. Donaldson and P. B. Kronheimer, The Geometry of Four-Manifolds, Oxford Science Publications, 1990. ISBN 0-19-850269-9.
- Dusa McDuff and Dietmar Salamon, Introduction to Symplectic Topology, Oxford Science Publications, 1998. ISBN 0-19-850451-9.
- Choquet-Bruhat, Yvonne; DeWitt-Morette, Cécile (1977), Analysis, Manifolds and Physics, Amsterdam: Elsevier, ISBN 978-0-7204-0494-4
- Ortega, Juan-Pablo; Ratiu, Tudor S. (2004). Momentum maps and Hamiltonian reduction. Progress in Mathematics 222. Birkhauser Boston. ISBN 0-8176-4307-9.


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Welcome to Shabby Chicks. . . . .Happy Little Things, my blog about life in the sunny south with my shabby chicks, things I love and that make me HAPPY. . . . .faith, family, decorating, shabby, vintage, RUSTIC, fun, the beach, dogs, baking, country music, cowboy boots...and MUCH more! Hopefully, at least once in awhile, I'll make YOU happy too:) I hope y'all come back to hang out often! God Bless!
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Suzanne you are the sweetest! I hope you are having the best Valentine's Day! I was enjoying your teacup and great swap gifts and then you mentioned me! Your sweet words made my day! I know you will enjoy those books! Oh and I still haven't decided which place setting I'll use for tonights dinner!! hugs, LindaReplyDelete
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NG tank driver hitches up the raindeer and plays santa clause, flying over the villages and towns dropping gifts for all the girls and boys.
I wanted to see if I could animate the NG logo and keep the file size as low as possible. I think I've succeeded, and I had to make a change adding the house, as I'm not sure it the perspective made it clear that the tank was flying.
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It's nice to see an animated NG logo that is small in size, good job :-) It's cool. too!
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It's become a tradition. Local firefighters and law enforcement officers put on their skates for the 3rd annual Guns and Hoses charity hockey game. This years event benefits the Make a Wish foundation of NW PA. "Obviously anytime you can help kids whether you're a public servant or whomever, it's a good thing," said Millcreek Det.. Sgt. Rick Skonieczka. "Hopefully we can make this a profitable event."
Tickets were $10.00 per person and after the charity game, supporters were able to take in the Erie Otters game as well. Although everyone skated well, Skonieczka said the police "Guns" won the game for the second straight year. The score was 4-3.


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Founded in 1924, the Tanana Valley State Fair is the oldest fair in the state of Alaska. Its creation was the result of the vision of George W. Gasser, a longtime "experimenter and educator," and Harry Badger, a local homesteader and farmer: the Tanana Valley Fair Association was organized and incorporated on July 7, 1924. The incorporation of TVSFA as a non-profit organization was restated in 1993.
There had been earlier fairs in the area. According to TVFA President G.W. Gasser's remarks in the 1950 Official Premium List of the Tanana Valley Fair, a reference was made to those fairs in an old publication.
"In a Fairbanks booklet published in 1915 is a picture folder of a wonderful display of garden and field produce. Underneath is the caption: 'Some of the exhibits at the fifth annual Tanana Valley Fair held in Fairbanks, 1915.'"
The first Tanana Valley Fair of the Tanana Valley Fair Association was held September 11-13, 1924, downtown at the Auditorium in the Moose Hall, near the old Masonic Temple on First Avenue. Through 1950 the Tanana Valley Fair was held in several locations in downtown Fairbanks, most notable at the Masonic Temple and Fairbanks High School.
In 1952, that all changed, according to "History of the Tanana Valley Fair Grounds" printed in the 1953 Official Premium List of the Twenty-Second Tanana Valley Fair.
"On March 22, 1952 a group of people interested in reviving the Tanana Valley Fair met … [and] were unified on one thought … in 1952 there would be a fair, bigger and better than ever…. In April some one hundred people met … and elected a Board of Directors. In June, the board secured forty acres of land from the University of Alaska on a ten year lease…located on the College Road next to the KFRB transmitter… A master plan was drawn up …to use as a guide in the development of the forty acres. The plot includes a plan for an amphitheatre, ball park, and skating rink, an extensive picnic area, bowling green, playground, besides permanent buildings for exhibits and inside entertainment at the annual fair."
With the help of many organizations and companies in the Fairbanks area, the land was cleared, two wells were dug, picnic tables were donated, large pavilions, a permanent concession booth and band stand were built, and tents were loaned for exhibit displays. A permanent "very modern" concrete block office building was built and donated to T.V.S.A. by Curley's Construction and Fixture Company. Golden Valley Electric Company placed service and wiring wherever needed. Even though carpenters and electricians were still hard at work the morning of August 21, the gates opened to the public at 7pm that evening. Over the decades, several organizations and companies have built and donated buildings on the Fairgrounds.
Shares of stock in the Association were sold for $5 apiece, and there were 215 shareholders by the end of 1952.
The 1952 fair was notable on several points. The Tanana Valley Fair finally had a permanent home to call their own. It was the first Fair that had a theme ("Dedication to George Gasser and Harry Badger") and it was the first time the Fair was four days long. (It was scheduled from August 21-23, but was held over one more day due to large demand). 6000 people attended that fair
Currently the Fairgrounds encompass 100 acres, the additional 60 acres acquired from the University of Alaska Land Trust.
Over the years the length of the fair has increased from 3 days in 1924 to the current 9 day fair.
Now for some Not So Frequently Asked About information and trivia of the Tanana Valley State Fair.
Between 1924 and 2010, there have been 79 Tanana Valley Fairs. The Fair has been cancelled eight times and postponed once. It was cancelled in 1932 and 1934, due to the Great Depression, 1942-46, due to WWII, and 1951. In 1967 the Fair was postponed until Sept 15-17, because of a little thing called the Flood.
In the early years of Alaskan Statehood, the Governor of Alaska would designate a fair the Official Alaska State Fair. Traditionally in even-numbered years the Tanana Valley Fair was known as the [Year] Alaska State Fair; in odd-numbered years the fair in Palmer was named the Alaska State Fair. In 1984, saluting the 25th Anniversary of Alaskan Statehood, both the fairs were called the Alaska State Fair. In 1985, the Tanana Valley State Fair became the permanent name of the fair in the Tanana Valley.
The very popular "punny' themes for the Fair started in 1982, with "Fun for You in '82." In 1990, pun-inspired themes became a regular feature with "Lettuce Entertain Ewe," and for the most part have continued to this day.
Always setting the annual date of the fair to start on the first Friday of August only began in 1993. The earliest Fairs were actually in September, and starting in 1929, the last weekend in August. During the 1950's the fair was held primarily during the middle part of August.
The 1953 Tanana Valley Fair was noted for both the highest attendance to date – 10,000 visitors, and the torrential rains on the last day of the Fair.
Many of competitive exhibits that are included in the current volume of the Exhibitor's Guide were found in the Official Premium Lists of the Fair in the 1920's.
One of the more unusual exhibits involved foxes: live foxes were listed under Livestock, Fur Bearing Animals, in Division C, and further in the same Premium List, in Division K, Furs, there were classes for fox skins. These Divisions continued through the 1930's.
As early as 1926, "farm products exhibited at the Fair and not ordered returned by the owner [were to] be sold at auction and the proceeds turned into the Fair fund." In later years, exhibitors were encouraged to bring additional produce to sell at market. In 1977 the Cooperative Extension Service at the University of Alaska proposed a formal farmer's market be set up at the front entrance of the Fairgrounds. The first Tanana Valley Farmer's Market opened on July 15, 1978. The Tanana Valley Farmer's Market was incorporated in 1986. The Farmer's Market moved off the fairgrounds to its own property in 2005.
The First Exhibitor's Guide was available online in 2007. In an effort to be fiscally responsible, and to minimize the Fair's carbon footprint, the last hard-copy Exhibitor's Guide was printed in 2008.
Some of the oldest ongoing competitions at the Fair, dating back to at least 1926 (the Third Annual Fair of the Tanana Valley Fair Association) include the Baby Show, the Farm and Garden Display, Most Attractively Decorated Advertising [Commercial] Booth, and of course, the biggest cabbage.


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~Riders pov~
"So...are we clear, we attack tonight. I won't have Westly making me look like a complete fool!" The men nodded in agreement at Riders plan, tonight was the night. Tonight he'd be satisfied, tonight he'd have revenge.
They galloped up to the palace ready to attack, fire torches in hand.
"Wooooooo hooooooo!!!" They let out yelps and screams, so as to alert the family.
Rider always enjoyed the intesity of it all, the way shock came over one's face when forced to battle.
~Westly's pov~
My eye's immediatly snapped open, Rider...so he's finally made his move.
"Darling wake up." I said loudly, Buttercup jumped from the bed, ready for action.
"What is it?!" I smiled a little, she was so adorable.
"Rider's here, I'll need you to take Ameila out the back house."
"But Westly what about you?" She asked worried.
"What me? I've handled this pig before, he's never any match."
"But it sounds like he's brought a whole gang."
"I'll be all right sweetheart, just get Amelia and go." She looked hesitant but obliged, as I grabbed my sword and readied myself for what could be my final battle.
~Amelia's POV~
"What! Where's father, I'm going to help him, mom head for the bac-"
"NO! You'll do as I say Ameila, your father will be fine! Get your robes and lets go!" I watched as she rummaged through my belongings, my dad never had any trouble defending our manor before. So why now was mother worried?
While she was packing my suit case, I gently slipped my sword from under my bed and headed out for the fight.
I will not let my father die.
~Buttercup's POV~
"Alright darling, I think I've got everything co-" I turned to find her, gone.
"Oh good heavens! She'll be the death of me one day!" I said frustrated and worried. I grabbed the bag full of clothes and headed out of the door.
"AMEILA!! COME BACK HERE THIS INSTANT!!" I screamed to her, but she was long gone around the hallway and into the living area, where Westly was waiting, and preparing to fight.
~Westly's POV~
"DAD!" I turned my head around, as I was battling one of Riders goons. If I make it out of this alive I'm going to kill her.
"Amelia, why are you not with your mother!!!" I asked frustrated, I shoved my sword into another mans gut, lesuirly pushing him off, battling the next one.
"I. Came. To. Help." She said, between fencing with another goon, she was rather good, and I had to stop and admire her for a while.
What can I say? She gets it from her father.
~Ameila's POV~
The battle was intense and I almost tired out, but looking at my father, with such skill and percision I became motivated to continue. I thought about their story and how dad, had fought to stay alive all because he loved mom. That's what I had to hold onto, the love between me and my parents.
"Amelia, get out of there!" I heard my mom calling, I didn't stop, not for one breath. Her voice seemed distant as I stabbed another goon, and another. Just as I felt victory coming close to me, I felt myself being jerked back, with an arm around my neck.
"Ahhhhh!" I screamed it took me by such surprise, my father distracted ended up having a sword being run through him.
"DAD!!" I screamed out, I couldn't hear my mothers scream, he fell out on the floor, luckily I could tell that the wound wasn't fatal. Just in the shoulder, but it still angered me. And in my agression I ended up stomping on this mans foot, then elbowing him to the nose.
I turned and to face him, when I realized that it was Rider, my dad's worst enemy. I never knew specific details on why he hated my father.
"Well now...that was a bit brutal for a lady of the house, wasn't it?" He asked slyly, my mother was over my father asking over and over again if he was okay. When she was finally convinced she picked up my fathers sword and stood next to me.
"Don't you touch my family, take you and your wild pack of coyotes else where."
I held my mother back, she was so scary this way.
"Lady of the house? Try invading this house again and I'll show you what I can really do!" I said bold as you please. He laughed as I held my sword in place, and a death glare.
"Well my dear whats the since in waiting, we might as well see how 'lady like' you really are, here and now."
I smirked, I could beat him. I know it.
"Amelia no! I forbid you!" My mother shouted, I looked at her. She was scared.
"Mom, let me show him what happens when he messes with our family!!"
"NO I FORBID IT!!" She boomed, I became frightened.
"Yes listen to your mother, wouldn't want to scare that pretty face of yours." He seethed, oh how I hate this man.
"You distgust me..." I said my voice filled with malice and hatered.
"My dear I've heard that so many times before but coming from you it truly is a compliment."
"That's it! I'll fight you! Only to prove to you that you don't know who your dealing with."
"Dearest, let her fight." My father spoke up for me this time.
"Tsk, tsk. Westly are you sure that's a good idea."
He smirked even in his current position.
"Honestly my good man? Yes, because she's my daughter, and as we both know I could defeat you even in my current state, I'd like to see this fight."
"Westly! Have you gone mad!? This isn't a game! She's our daughter, you're betting her life!!!" My mother said.
"Actually, I'll bet her...freedom."
"What?" I asked, obviously this mand isn't sane.
"That's right, if you win I'll leave you and your family alone for good, but if I win....you'll be a slave to me until I say otherwise."
"NO! Ameila will not be participating in your sick little game, just take what you want and go!"
"Darling, let the girl fight. She wants to do this. Look at her." I smiled at my father, he always had confidence in me. She looked hesitant at first but then she eased up a bit.
"I don't like this idea...but if your sure you'll win."
"Of course she's sure, that's my daughter."
"OUR daughter....go ahead sweety." I smiled and took my fencing position, my father had taught me everything I know.
"Excellent, I'm so looking forward to our time together." He seethed, I glared at him.
"Don't count on it..." Were my final words before the battle began.
oh yes!! Kick his ass!!! (Pic of Rider in results)
well this is what Rider looks like, not too shaby huh? I wonder who's gonna win?!?!?
~The Princess Bride 2~ (A sequel to the movie) prt. 2Enjoy!@!@!@!@
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Talents are special abilities that can be chosen to augment your character. Talents may be passive bonuses or active abilities. Each class has its own selection, with 18 talents split over 6 tiers. Talents are limited by level, with a new tier becoming available each 15 levels, for all classes except death knights. Talents are class-specific, but are available independent of specialization. Talents offer a further level of customization beyond class and specialization selection, and can be changed very easily and cheaply.
Full listings of the talents available to each class can be found on that class's abilities page, eg: Priest abilities.
Gaining talents
Talents are split over 6 tiers, with 3 talents on each. Each tier is unlocked when the character reaches the appropriate level. For all classes except death knights, a new tier becomes available every 15 levels:
- Tier 1: level 15
- Tier 2: level 30
- Tier 3: level 45
- Tier 4: level 60
- Tier 5: level 75
- Tier 6: level 90
Death knights start the game at level 55, and so gain their talents at levels 56, 57, 58, 60, 75 and 90.
Choosing talents
The Talents pane is found in the Specialization & Talents window. This can be accessed by clicking on the appropriate icon on the interface bar at the bottom of the screen (assuming you are using the default UI), or by pressing the N key (if you haven't unbound it or bound the key to a different action). From this window, selecting the Talents tab will show you the talents available to your class.
Only one talent can be chosen from each tier. Often tiers offer talents with a similar theme, such as offering a mage various methods of incapacitating their enemies, providing a priest with a range of AoE damage and healing abilities, or offering a warlock various methods for regaining health.
To learn an available talent, simply click on the icon. If you already have a talent selected from that tier, you will be asked whether you wish to unlearn that talent. Talents can be unlearnt using [Vanishing Powder] for characters level 25-80, [Dust of Disappearance] for characters level 81-85 or [Tome of the Clear Mind] for those at 86 or above. Talents can also be reset entirely for a small fee, by visiting a class trainer. Talents cannot be reset in combat, or while the currently selected talent from that tier is on cooldown. Talents can be reset in the preparation stage of battlegrounds and arena matches, but not once a match has begun. Resetting talents reset during the preparation stage of an arena match has no cost, allowing players to customise their talents for each match. However, talents are reverted to their previous settings once the player leaves the arena.
As with glyphs and specializations, characters with Dual Talent Specialization have two separate sets of talents. Learning and unlearning talents in one spec does not affect the other spec's choices.
Patch changes and talent resets
Occasionally, Blizzard will restructure a class's talent tree. If the change is significant, they may reset that class's tree, allowing you to respec for free. Talent changes do not always give a free respec: for example, in patch 2.3.2, the mage spell [Ice Block] was made trainable, and the talent [Cold Snap] was moved to its place, and the new spell [Icy Veins] was put in Cold Snap's old spot. This change did not give mages a free respec, but it required those mages specced for Ice Block to go to a trainer and buy that spell.
Prior to every expansion, Blizzard has and will reset the talent tree incase the player wished to change before the new expansion.
Talent calculators
Online calculators can be used to experiment with possible talent builds.
- Official World of Warcraft Talent Calculator (EU)
- Official World of Warcraft Talent Calculator (US)
- Wowhead Talent Calculator
Pet talent points
The subject of this section has been removed from World of Warcraft.
Prior to Patch 5.0.4, hunter pets enjoyed their own talent system, featuring trees in which hunters could spend each pet's talent points. The pet talent system was removed with Mists of Pandaria, with many talents removed, and the rest converted into specialization-specific pet abilities.
Choosing talents
- Many talent tiers offer choices between benefits to different aspects of your character, or different combat roles. Some are also better oriented for PvP or PvE.
- If you intend to participate in end-game PvE raid content, it is recommended to choose talents (and select gear) with the boss encounter in mind. For example, a talent that improves damage or survivability against the boss might be preferred over a talent that only improves damage or survivability against trash mobs. The raid will undoubtedly find the boss encounter more difficult, and preparing for it will aid in surpassing the challenge.
- The following indicators can be used to distinguish between which areas of play benefit most from a talent. Note that some talents cleverly offer different bonuses for different types of play. As such, these are rough indicators rather than rules:
- Any ability that activates "whenever you are critically hit" is a PvP talent (PvE players won't get critically hit much) and can probably be safely skipped if you aren't doing much PvP.
- Any ability that gradually applies several stacks of a buff or debuff is designed for longer fights such as boss encounters, which last long enough for these abilities to reach a full stack. When you're leveling, your fights usually won't last long enough, so skip these talents if there's something better available. However, these talents are extremely useful in PvE end-game raiding (during the boss encounter) and PvP.
- Any talent that decreases threat caused by your abilities is obviously a PvE talent, designed for group situations such as instances. Threat has no function in PvP, and so talents focused on threat reduction are likely designed with PvE in mind. These talents are also counter-productive for players wishing to fill a tanking role. They are strictly for the PvE instance/raiding damage and healing roles only.
- Any talent that makes you go faster in terms of movement (or mount) speed will save you a tremendous amount of time and is almost always worth getting while leveling, but may be considered less valuable during end-game PvE. Non-mounted movement speed increases can be very useful in PvP, however.
- While leveling, feel free to experiment with talents and choose that are the most handy or useful for you. Talent choices will likely differ at max level anyway, and in the mean time convenience and enjoyment is usually more important than that critical extra 3% survival if things go wrong. In addition, leveling frequently involves participation in multiple types of play (questing, instances, PvP) and so it is unlikely that a single talent build will be ideal for all play, and usually uneconomical to reset them for each situation. However, be aware that when playing in groups, your talent choices may impact other players; if anticipating a tough encounter, you may wish to re-customise your choices accordingly.
- After purchasing Dual Talent Specialization, players may wish to have one PvE build and one PvP build.
- There's no such thing as a bad spec (except in very few cases). That's still no excuse to bring your PvP spec into an end-game raid, however. Be aware of the strengths and purposes of your talents, and utilize them accordingly.
- If you see someone else saying that only certain talent builds are acceptable, pay no attention to him/her. Talents were implemented so that players could further customize their characters. Choose the talents that work best with your play-style, but do be mindful of which talents you end up choosing.
Mists of Pandaria changes
Mists of Pandaria (Patch 5.0.4) saw the largest changes yet to the talent system. The separate talent trees were replaced with a single set of talents for each class, and talent points were removed entirely, with players instead able to choose a single talent from each tier. The number of talents available was also significantly reduced, and relearning talents was made possible via [Tome of the Clear Mind] and similar, enabling players to change their specs on the move, and even between encounters. As well as facilitating experimentation and variation, this change was also promoted as allowing for a far greater degree of versatility, with players able to change talents in order to meet the demands of a specific encounter, such as facing a particular boss, or catering to the strengths of the opposing team in arena and PvP. Talents were also freed from their ties to a specific specialization, with players granted access to new sets of talents available to all members of that class.
During the beta test and early months of Mists of Pandaria, these changes sparked much controversy and debate among players, with numerous threads devoted to the subject on the official forums. Many players felt that the new system stripped them of much of their choice, replacing dozens of talents with only a few, and forced them to choose between talents that were often considered equally undesirable. Some also considered the changes to the talent system to be a further simplification and dumbing-down of the game. Others argued that the new system in fact increased choice; while the previous system had presented dozens of talents to choose from, in practice most end-game players chose very similar builds, with little if any room for customisation. Additionally, what differences were to be found were largely limited to where to place the last few points, and these choices were often considered to make little difference to the player's abilities. In contrast, it was argued, the new system offered players far more choice, and far more significant choices, with most talents representing substantial differences to the player's abilities and playstyle, in spite of the apparent lack of options.
- Main article: Talents (history)
Talents have gone through some very substantial changes over the years. The prime form of character augmentation and customisation in World of Warcraft, talents were the predecessors of specializations, predating the introduction of fixed specializations by many years. Originally a complex and intricate system of possible combinations, since Wrath of the Lich King talents have been reduced and simplified, with many of their earlier functions being split off into other mechanisms. The original means of customising your character's abilities and combat role, Cataclysm saw the creation of specific specializations, making the selection of a player's talents more helpful than critical, while Mists of Pandaria saw them converted to a far simpler system, with choice no longer determined by specialization or previous selections. While the current system features a fraction of the number of talents previously known, a large amount of talents have been converted into specialization-specific or class-wide abilities, with many key abilities having started life in the higher tiers of a class's pre-historic talent trees.


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Growing up in Houston (TX), Derrick Shelby wanted nothing more than to be Julius Peppers. He watched Peppers dominate in both football and basketball at the University of North Carolina. He idolized Peppers as he terrorized offenses while a Carolina Panther. But Derrick realized he lacked some of the superhuman abilities of his childhood idol.
Unlike many kids who give up hope of ever being like their childhood hero, Derrick was determined to compete at the highest level of professional football. The 6'2, 270lb defensive end played his college football for Utah. He graduated a Ute, earning his degree last fall, and knew he would be playing on Sunday after earning first-team All-Pac 12 honors as a senior.
But as the NFL Draft rolled along in April, Derrick never heard his name called. His goal of being drafted did not come true. But Derrick refused to let that be the end of his football story.
So Derrick chose to compete.
Derrick signed with the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent. Like many other college players who failed to be drafted, the chances of Derrick making the 53-man roster were slim. It didn't deter him heading into camp.
Now with two preseason games left, Derrick is on the cusp of making the Miami Dolphins 53-man active roster – something rare for undrafted rookies. Coaches are abuzz about this talented young man who fell in their lap after the draft ended.
"I've never been a star in my life," Derrick told The Miami Herald. "I've just been a guy who goes out and does his job, and that's fine with me. When you're the underdog, it gives you that much more motivation. Sometimes it's hard to work, but just think that nobody picked you to win, and you just come out here and win."
September 2nd is the final cut day for NFL teams. Plan on seeing Derrick Shelby still competing for the Miami Dolphins on September 3. And it will no doubt be 'mission accomplished.'