CityofSantaBarbara
Source: City of Santa Barbara
Stearns Wharf is more than a nice place to watch boats or fish, it’s a structure that changed the face of Santa Barbara-literally. 150 years ago, Santa Barbara, being surrounded by mountains, was an isolated pueblo. There were no roads into town, there was no railroad. When John Peck Stearns built the wharf in 1872 he not only opened the door to large-scale commerce and trade; he introduced Santa Barbara to the rest of the world.
Since that time, Stearns Wharf has evolved along with the city. It was a vital conduit for a growing fishing fleet. It was the birthplace of commercial diving. It served as a focal point to bring the community together.
Over the years, Stearns Wharf has been battered by storms, scorched by fires, even damaged by a water spout, but through it all, it has persevered because it offers something no other place in town can match-perspective.
In honor of this iconic structure’s 150th anniversary, Stearns Wharf merchants will hold Wharf Wednesdays on the first Wednesday of each month. There will be anniversary specials, a bit of history and lots of fun, family-friendly activities. The commemoration will culminate with a special celebration, complete with fireworks, in October.
Wharf Wednesday specials include:
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Char West |
Buy an entrée, and get any small fountain drink for $1.50 |
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Conway Deep Sea Tasting Room |
Any 5 bottles of Deep Sea wine for $150; Buy 4 and get 1 free |
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Devil and the Deep Blue Sea |
Buy one Ceramic Tile and get the second Tile for $1.50 |
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Great Pacific Ice Cream Co |
Buy a single scoop cone or bowl, and get the second single scoop cone or bowl for $1.50 |
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Moby Dick Restaurant |
Buy one Happy Hour dish, get one 50% off. Certain restrictions apply. |
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Mother Stearns Candy Company |
All Truffles $1.50 |
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Nature’s Own |
Buy a Pink Murex Shell for $1.50 |
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Stearns Wharf Bait & Tackle |
Rent 1 pole and get a second pole for $1.50, |
Stearns Wharf Fun Facts:
· Before the wharf was built, lumber was thrown overboard and the buyers had to pick up their share off of the beach.
· Up until the wharf was built, buildings in town were almost exclusively made from brick and adobe.
· For a brief while, Stearns tried using Eucalyptus instead of Douglas Fir for pile replacement. The trial failed miserably.
· The wharf has had three major fires, been damaged by boats and even lost a 100-foot section to a water spout.
· Stearns Wharf is 2,300 feet long and has an area of 3.8 acres and is supported by 2,307 piles.
Whistleblower warns baffling illness affects growing number of young adults in Canadian province
An employee with Vitalité Health Network, one of the province’s two health authorities, said that suspected cases are growing in number and that young adults with no prior health triggers are developing a catalog of troubling symptoms, including rapid weight loss, insomnia, hallucinations, difficulty thinking and limited mobility.
In one study, high concentrations of BMAA were found in lobster, an industry that drives the economies of many of New Brunswick’s coastal communities. The province’s apparent resistance to testing for suspected environmental factors has led to speculation among families that the efforts to rule out the existence of a cluster could be motivated by political decision making.
Documents obtained through freedom of information requests and seen by the Guardian showed scientists at the country’s public health agency were considering BMAA as a possible cause, but needed the province to order the testing.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/whistleblower-warns-baffling-neurological-illness-110015762.html
BMAA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta-Methylamino-L-alanine
Neurotoxins in the environment are damaging human brain health, and fires and floods may make the problem worse
https://phys.org/news/2021-11-neurotoxins-environment-human-brain-health.html
As I reviewed the environmental concerns in Finland, the widespread presence of blue-green algae in waterways stood out to me. Though it’s commonly called algae, blue-green algae is actually a type of bacteria called cyanobacteria. These toxic microorganisms thrive and proliferate in warm waterways when excessive nutrients, particularly phosphorus from fertilizer runoff, pour into fresh and brackish water. It produces cyanotoxins.
One of these cyanotoxins, β-methylamino-L-alanine, or BMAA, is linked to neurodegenerative disorders including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease.In particular I was struck by scientists’ finding high levels of BMAA in mollusks and fish found in the Baltic Sea, which could potentially play a role in Finland’s high incidence of dementia, as fish is heavily consumed there.
Blue-green algae is found in rivers, lakes and seas. Its presence is a widespread problem for humans, dogs and wildlife in the U.S. and Canada, as well as around the globe. In 2020, more than 300 elephants in Botswana died after drinking from water sources contaminated by the cyanobacteria that cause these algal blooms. Blue-green algae is so widely present in Finland that scientists there have developed a quick test to determine whether it is present or not.
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Microbial BMAA and the Pathway for Parkinson’s Disease Neurodegeneration
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7019015/
BMAA has been shown to biomagnify through the food chain in some ecosystems, accumulating for example in seafood such as shellfish and fish, common dietary sources of BMAA whose ingestion may have possible neuronal consequences. In addition to its excitotoxic potential, BMAA has been implicated in protein misfolding and aggregation, inhibition of specific enzymes and neuroinflammation, all hallmark features of neurodegenerative diseases.