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The rapidly changing ecology of the Great Lakes Basin, brought on in large part by non-native, invasive species, is causing devastation among Michigan's waterfowl, especially common loons.
The common loon, a beloved, iconic bird known for its eerily lonely, two-note call and its beautiful markings, suffered devastating losses along Lake Michigan's northern shoreline this fall. Thousands of dead birds, mainly loons, washed ashore -- from the Upper Peninsula down to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. A large percentage of the dead loons had just entered their first year of breeding maturity.
The reason for the die-off, which follows similar incidents in 2006 and 2007, isn't fully understood. But it is suspected that it is driven by the food chain linking the loon to invasive species, specifically, the quagga mussel, the zebra mussel and the round goby.
Since 1988, when the first zebra mussels in Michigan were found in Lake St. Clair, the invasive mussels have been clearing and "cleaning" Great Lakes water columns by consuming plankton.
While the end result is a more aesthetically pleasing water column, the clearer water has allowed the sun's rays to penetrate deeper, causing larger and larger algae mats to flourish on the bottom. As the algae mat builds upon itself and dies, it becomes anaerobic -- depleted of oxygen -- and type-E botulism bacteria develops.
Gobies living in that environment at the bottom of the lake pick up the toxin produced by the bacteria. The gobies are then preyed upon by the loons and other fish-eating waterfowl, which become infected by the botulism.
The toxin affects the bird's nervous system and musculature, leaving it unable to fly. Soon, it can no longer keep its head aloft and it drowns.
In just a seven-mile stretch of Lake Michigan beach near the Upper Peninsula town of Gulliver, 865 water birds turned up dead during a two-week period in October.
Among these water birds were 302 common loons, 157 horned grebes, 142 long-tailed ducks, 103 white-winged scoters, 101 red-necked grebes and smaller numbers of ring-billed gulls, double-crested cormorants, herring gulls, red-breasted mergansers and common mergansers. All of the species are primarily piscivores, or fish eaters. That totaled an average of 121 dead birds per mile. Similar numbers were found further west, on beaches near the town of Manistique, as well as along the Lower Peninsula's northern west coast and the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. It is believed these areas saw the most dead birds wash ashore due to prevailing wind patterns at the time.
In the Sleeping Bear Dunes, 1,444 sick or dead birds representing 18 species were documented between June 21 and Nov. 20. Of those birds, 580 were common loons, with 422 found dead in October. Both numbers were the highest mortality rates ever recorded at the Lakeshore since accurate records began in 2007. Only 30 dead loons were recorded in 2011, and only 180 were recorded from 2007-2011.
Dan Myers, of the Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council, said 25 volunteers monitored about 25 miles of shoreline in Charlevoix and Emmet counties this fall. While complete numbers have yet to be collected, about 100 dead loons have been identified, with complete data expected this month.
More than 200 years ago, loons flourished in and around Lake St. Clair, inland lakes in Oakland County and the rest of the southern Lower Peninsula, but loss of habitat and human encroachment has forced them farther and farther north.
In Michigan, the highly territorial, shy birds are now primarily located only in the northernmost reaches of the Lower Peninsula and in the Upper Peninsula, which is really the southern end of their nesting area.
Now it appears that few common loons stop in Lake St. Clair as part of their migration pattern. Information provided by the United States Geological Survey on common loon migration patterns in 2011-2012, shows most of the birds from the Upper Peninsula, Minnesota and Wisconsin flew along the Lake Michigan shoreline on their way to the Atlantic Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico.
In this study, a large number of male common loons were caught, banded and fitted with a transmitter planted in their abdomens in 2011.
In 2012, seven of these loons still had functioning transmitters, which are designed to last for about a year. No new loons were tagged in 2012. In the fall 2012 migration, two of the loons, leaving areas around the Mackinac Bridge and Harbor Springs, did potentially fly over Lake St. Clair in late November migrations, but only took two days to reach the Atlantic coast, meaning they spent little or no time at the lake.
In the 1980s, a DNR survey indicated there were only 300-pair of common loons in the state, leading to a "threatened" status in Michigan. But that survey has since been debunked for lack of a comprehensive gathering of evidence.
The latest surveys in 2007 had indicated about 800-900 pairs in Michigan (before the die-off), which still qualifies the loon as "threatened" in Michigan.
Wildlife biologist Damon McCormick has been studying loons in the Upper Peninsula since 1997. He is the co-director of a research group called Common Coast Research and Conservation, based in Houghton.
He said similar die-offs occurred in 2006, 2007 and 2010, with this year being "atrocious" and perhaps the worst yet.
"This is the third or fourth really bad year," he said. "If that continues, if what happed this year continues into future seasons, it's potentially catastrophic. If it continues without pause, it's probably only a matter of decades before the Michigan population is deeply impacted."
Part of the problem with determining the full impact on the Michigan population of loons is that McCormick suspects a large percentage of the those birds that washed up upon the beaches this autumn were already in the early stages of their migration, coming down from Canada, Minnesota or Wisconsin, and were stopping in Lake Michigan to refuel.
Populations in Canada and those states are still thriving. But even if a small percentage of those dead birds spent their mating time in Michigan, effects can still be long-lasting.
"If you have several thousand loons dead on Michigan beaches on an annual basis, even if only a small percentage of those birds are from Michigan, that still represents a sizable percentage of the state population," McCormick added.
Compounding the problem for the survival of the Michigan loon is that only breeding adults were affected. And of those birds, a large percentage was entering their first year of breeding age. It seems first-year juveniles were not affected because they don't yet have the hunting capacity to catch the infected gobies.
The Whitefish Point Bird Observatory, a nonprofit group located in the Upper Peninsula on Whitefish Bay, has been recording the migration patterns of the common loon for the past 30 years. While most, if not all, of the loons the group observes are on their way to and from Canada, their numbers are disturbing, as well.
Tony Janisch, the group's executive director, said the numbers recorded this year are some of the worst on record. Volunteers and staff worked eight-hour daylight shifts on the Point -- April 15 through the end of May in the spring and Aug. 15 through Nov. 15 in the fall, and record bird numbers as they travel through the area.
In the spring, a little more than 3,000 common loons were sighted, the fourth-lowest seasonal count since 1984. Just this past fall, slightly more than 2,000 common loons were observed, the second-lowest seasonal count since 1989.
Janisch said he saw some dead birds wash up in the bay and along Lake Superior this fall, but no official numbers or the species of birds were recorded. That area of Lake Superior shoreline typically doesn't see many nesting common loons since the habit isn't suitable for loon reproduction.
Loons reach sexual maturity at the age of 3. After being born in northern regions, such as Michigan, the juveniles head south to the Gulf of Mexico and the South Atlantic Ocean and stay there for their first three years. That time is fraught with peril from a variety of predators. Only about 60 percent survive that time period.
At 3 years of age, they head north to look for and establish territory and to breed and then return to that area year after year.
When they do mate, they typically only produce an average of two eggs per season.
McCormick said once they return south during their fourth year, their chances of returning north for the following season is 96 percent. That makes the number of first-year breeders among this year's dead an even more numbing statistic for Michigan loons.
McCormick admits much surrounding the loon die-off is still unknown, and most of today's explanations still come from working hypothesis.
For example, it's quite possible last year's mild winter combined with a hot summer and historically low lake levels were the additional ingredients that helped cook up this year's staggering numbers. Those two factors probably contributed to even larger levels of lake algae growth and increased levels of botulism being formed.
Post-mortem examinations of loons conducted by the USGS in December indicate that most, but not all, of the common loons died from type-E botulism.
So then what is killing the other birds?
"The short answer is more studies are needed," said Jennifer Chipault of the USGS. "We only tested these birds for botulism type E, so we don't know if they are dying from something else that we're just not testing for. However, that said, we do note abnormalities when we do the dissections and most are in good body condition (died fast, which is consistent with botulism E).
"There also hasn't been much research on what species are most sensitive to the toxin. It could be that loons are so sensitive that they get killed by an amount of toxin that wouldn't kill the mouse during our lab test, thus resulting in a false negative. At this point, it's hard to say what is really happening. We just don't know enough about bot E yet."
Perhaps the most sobering and emotional part of the loon die-off is what McCormick calls the individual "weight" of each death. Where he does most of his research, Seney National Wildlife Refuge in the central Upper Peninsula, the average age of the loons is 13. But loons typically live 25-27 years; some even live into their 30s and 40s.
"Most people just see birds as birds. But when you look at a beach littered with 100 loons, there is something about that aspect of time, of age, being significant," McCormick said.
"It seems somewhat different than a duck or some other species that may be 2 or 3 years old. The age factor seems to carry more weight. You may look around you on that beach and see a dozen dead loons, and they represent well over 100 years of life.
"I don't have words for that. Perhaps it shouldn't matter, but it does. The weight of the death is different. The fact of the matter is that on one seven-mile stretch of beach, more than 4,000 years of life were lost in a two-week period."


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A day at Nationals Park and I was back for s'more:
In fact, it was only the second game of what I had planned as four consecutive games at Nationals Park. (Although, as you'll see in later entries, that wouldn't end up happening.)
As I entered the gates, I said hi to a fellow ballhawk behind the left field bullpen–not Rick Gold, although he was there too. And this simple hello and momentary eye contact caused us to both to miss a ball Gio Gonzalez. When I got to my regular spot in straight-away left field, though I managed to snag two baseballs Gio hit. Gio, by the way, was going absolutely nuts and must have hit ten baseballs into the seats in his rounds of BP. The first was a ball that was hit to my right. I was the only one within fifty feet of where it was going to land, so I just hoped the ball would stay in the stands and not bounce back onto the field like a couple already had that I would have otherwise snagged. It didn't, so easily picked the ball up for my first of the day:
The next one was a ball that hit over my head by about five rows. It then trickled down the steps and I beat the previously-mentioned other ballhawk to it. I then gave this ball away to a kid who had not yet gotten a ball at the head of the section:
Then, while I was in the left field seats, I saw a ball hit in the right field seats. None of us ballhawks went for it because we were so far away and all figured someone would get to it way before we could, but when the pitchers finished hitting and I still had not seen anyone pick it up, I ran over there and found it right on the ground:
But this picture is actually staged because when I got there, a man was right in front of me and had walked into the first row to take pictures. He had actually walked right over the ball, so when I walked behind him, got the ball, and saw the look on his face when he realized what had happened, I gave him the ball. I didn't realize it until I actually finished writing this entry, but that was my 100th ball of the season, which is always a fun milestone since I got to it almost a month earlier in the season than I did last season (7/3/12).
Then I got a toss-up from a person in a warm-up jersey:
I had no clue who he was at the moment, but after seeing Jeff Kobermus come into the game, I'm pretty sure it was him.
That was my last ball for Nationals BP, since I was in right field for most of it and they didn't hit much out there. And when I was in the Red Seats, I just completely missed a ball that bounced into the restaurant portion of the seats, one that I misjudged and a guy behind me caught as I came up a couple inches short, and then a police officer cost me two baseballs:
You can see he's holding one of them in his left hand. (The guy who caught the ball I misjudged, by the way, is the one in the gray shirt.) Well the first one he cost me was one that hit into the restaurant. I thought it was simply a race between myself and the guy in the gray shirt, and since I had by far the better jump, I was pretty much sure I had the ball. But then I saw someone running form the top of the stairs to the ball. This person beat me to the ball, and when I looked up I couldn't believe it because it was a police officer, who is not supposed to keep baseballs; much less try to get them. There was then another one that hit in the restaurant that was underneath a chair. He was at the chair and trying to move it out of the way. As he was doing this, I offered to get the ball and give it to him, but he pulled the chair out of the way and snatched up the ball. This then messed me up for future balls that were headed into the restaurant, because I wasn't used to having competition from above. I had to alter my routes to balls, and it cost me at least one baseball and just got me completely flustered because I knew that without this cop and my own mistakes, I should have already been in double-digits. I don't want to say I used this as fuel because that sounds way too cliché and dramatic, but I definitely had to get over being this frustrated in order to keep going in BP and not let these things pile on.
When Mets BP came around, I tried the same strategy as the day before and went down the third base line in foul ground to get a ball from the Mets who were warming up. This time I got Robert Carson to loft me a ball over a couple rows of fans for my fifth on the day:
As I moved onto the next throwing pair, I saw something hilarious. So while Brandon Lyon and LaTroy Hawkins were throwing, some kids were yelling some things at them to try tot get them to throw the ball up. Well I couldn't hear what he said, but when one kid yelled something, Hawkins caught it from about 100 feet away and yelled back, "Watch your mouth." After he was done throwing, Hawkins then went over to the kids and had fun with them over whatever they had said:
And by "fun", I mean in a "I'm going to make this a cool experience for you, but still not break character as a veteran of the MLB" kind of way. So he jokingly kept up that he was scolding them, but made it pretty obvious that he was indeed joking with them. Afterward, he flipped a ball up to one of the kids.
Soon after that, David Wright hit a ball that rattled around in the seats before I picked it up:
The ball actually took off a cup holder, which I thought of putting in my backpack to add to my collection of stadium cup holder at home, but eventually decided against it.
Next, Jim Malone, the Mets' Strength and Conditioning coach picked up a ball on the warning track, and although I had forgotten his name–I used to know it by heart in 2010 when I would always see him stretching out the pitchers at Citi Field when it still opened 2.5 hours early, but knowing his name became much less important when I no longer got to see the pitchers warming up at Citi Field when the gate opening time switched back to 2 hours prior to the game.–I asked him nicely and he flipped the ball up to me when he saw my Mets gear. I then gave the ball away to a woman who was right next to me:
It was one of those that I really wanted to give away to a kid with a glove, but because I knew that everyone around there had seen me get the Wright ball, I felt as though I should probably do some that was at least seemingly kind-hearted.
It was then nearing the end of Mets BP, so I was almost all the way to the left field foul in order to get a better jump to the dugout when the Mets ended batting practice. An unforeseen benefit of this was that John Buck belted the last pitch of Mets BP over my head. Thankfully, though, I was the only one even near the ball, so I ran over and picked it up. I know it was the last pitch of BP, because as I picked the ball and turned around, I saw that the Mets were already jogging in. So I started running over to the dugout. But as I was headed over there, I realized it wouldn't look good if I had a baseball in my hand when asking for a ball at the dugout. I don't know why I didn't just put it in my pocket, but I ended up handing it to a kid on my way over to the dugout mid-stride. I didn't realize it at the time–although I had been thinking about it earlier in BP–but this was the 550th ball I had ever snagged at a baseball game.
I actually didn't get anything at the dugout, but I headed out to right field, where I would sit for the game. Rick Gold also sat out there for the game, so I sat on the staircase closer to the foul pole of the two we usually sit on and he sat one staircase closer to center field. As a result, I was on the staircase with the usher who lets us into the right field seats, and ended up giving him two baseballs that night, which he then distributes to kids in the section.
- 8 Balls at this Game (2 pictured because I gave 6 away)
Numbers 544-551:
- 105 Balls in 24 Games= 4.38 Balls Per Game
- 8 Ball x 36,155 Fans=289,240 Competition Factor
- 87 straight Games with at least 1 Ball
- 143 Balls in 31 Games at Nationals Park= 4.61 Balls Per Game
- 23 straight Games with at least 1 Ball at Nationals Park
- 7 straight Games at Nationals Park with at least 2 Balls
- 5 straight Games at Nationals Park with at least 3 Balls
- 3 straight Games at Nationals Park with at least 4-5 Balls
- Time Spent On Game 2:56-11:36= 8 Hours 40 Minutes


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Friday, April 10, 7 p.m.
No. 13 UCSB at No. 8 Long Beach State
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Saturday, April 11, 7 p.m.
No. 13 UCSB at No. 10 UC San Diego
RIMAC Arena - La Jolla, Calif.
Against Long Beach State
Last Meeting: 2/7/09 at UCSB
Result: LBSU 3, UCSB 0 (30-28, 30-20, 36-34)
2009 Series: Tied 1-1
2008 Series: LBSU led 2-0
All-Time Series Record: UCSB leads 44-35
Last UCSB Win: 1/10/09 at UCSB (E-Bar)
Result: UCSB 3, LBSU 0 (30-25, 30-19, 30-26)
Current Streak: LBSU one win
Against UC San Diego
Last Meeting: 2/6/09 at UCSB
Result: UCSD 3, UCSB 2 (30-22, 30-24, 30-32, 23-30, 15-13)
2009 Series: UCSD leads 1-0
2008 Series: Tied 1-1
All-Time Series Record: UCSB leads 23-3
Last UCSB Win: 4/12/08 at UCSB
Result: UCSB 3, UCSD 1 (31-33, 30-17, 31-29, 32-30)
Current Streak: UCSD one win
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This season, fans have the option of purchasing men's volleyball tickets for home matches online through Ticket Return. Additionally, tickets are available by calling the Ticket Office at 805.893.UCSB or by visiting the Ticket Office, located in the Intercollegiate Athletics building on campus. Individual match prices are $7 for adults, $5 for seniors (55 and above), and $3 for youths (ages 4 to 13).
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UCSB men's volleyball matches can be followed live online for no charge with Gametracker. All home matches and select road contests will be included. Just log on to UCSBgauchos.com, go to the men's volleyball schedule, and click on the Gametracker link for the match you're interested in. You can follow each point and see player statistics and bios.
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The final home contest of the season on Friday, Apr. 17 against Cal State Northridge is a Faculty Free Friday match. All UCSB faculty and staff will be admitted free when they show their UCSB Employee ID Card. Remember, this is also Senior Night! Faculty and staff are encouraged to take advantage of Faculty Free Fridays at Gaucho baseball and softball games as well!
Gauchos Go Five With USC But Fall Short
Cullen Irons' career-high 32 kills wasn't enough as UCSB fell to USC in five sets at Robertson Gymnasium on April 1. The scores went 26-30, 33-31, 26-30, 30-23, and 15-8 as the Gauchos dropped their fifth five-set match of the season. Southern Cal swept the season series as it took a 3-1 win in Los Angeles in late February. Irons raked in the 32 kills and finished with 35 points, another career-high for the sophomore. Irons also added eight digs and six blocks and hit .333 with 12 errors in a tiring 60 swings. Scott Slaughter followed Irons with 13 kills, hitting .400 for the night, while Jake Rosener had 12 kills and a career-high 13 digs. Vince DeVany and Andy McGuire each had match-highs with 64 assists and 17 digs, respectively. Sam Moisenco tied his career-high of eight blocks as UCSB out-blocked USC 13.0 to 11.5. The Trojans had four players with double-digit kill totals including Troy Murphy (19), Tony Ciarelli (18), Austin Zahn (12), and Tri Bourne (11). Setter Riley McKibbin finished with 62 assists. Bourne and Luke Morris chipped in 10 digs apiece, a career-high for Bourne. The Trojans out-hit the Gauchos .280 to .231 for the night, but committed 21 errors from the service line.
Pepperdine Sweeps UCSB
UCSB was swept byPepperdine on April 4 at Robertson Gymnasium. Scores were 30-23, 30-26, and 30-28 as the Waves won their ninth straight match. Cullen Irons recorded 18 kills and hit a solid .520 for the Gauchos. It was the third consecutive match that the sophomore posted a team-high in the kills column. Classmate Jeff Menzel followed Irons with 12 kills, but he hit just .094 with nine errors in 32 swings. Libero Andy McGuire had a match-best seven digs and setter Vince DeVany totaled 41 assists. Pepperdine was paced by opposite Paul Carroll, who recorded 21 kills and hit .594 with just two miscues in 32 attempts. Eight of Carroll's kills came in the third and final set. Setter Kasey Crider, the AVCA National Player of the Week, had 49 assists, while Cory Riecks had nine kills and Tyler Jaynes had five blocks. Pepperdine dominated in several statistical categories, out-hitting the Gauchos .482 (50-9-85) to .225 (43-23-89) and finishing with a 9.0 to 5.0 advantage in blocks. The Waves did commit 19 errors from the service line. Pepperdine has won the past eight match-ups against Santa Barbara.
UCSB Out of Contention for MPSF Tournament Spot
With its two losses last week, the Gauchos fell out of the running for a spot in the postseason MPSF Tournament. The top eight squads in the regular season standings earn a spot, and six are already spoken for entering this week. With only three matches remaining, UCSB can't catch the three teams in front of it that are vying for the final two slots (UCLA, LBSU, UCSD). It is the second straight year that the Gauchos will not advance past the regular season. Last year's campaign was the first time since 2003 that UCSB did not qualify for the MPSF tourney.
I Am Irons Man
Cullen Irons has come on strong lately, leading UCSB in kills in the team's last three matches. He's also posted team-high point totals in four of the last five outings. Last week against USC, the sophomore outside/opposite recorded 32 kills and 35 points, both career-highs. In fact, the 32 kills matched Jeff Menzel for the most by any Gaucho this season. After hitting .333 vs. USC and .520 against Pepperdine, Irons made his debut in the national rankings this week - 33rd in hitting percentage at .313.
Help is On the Way (up)
Setter Vince DeVany has been toying with his single match career-high assist total all season. First, he tied it with 60 against BYU (1/30), then broke it with 65 vs. UCSD (2/6). Devany then totaled 69 at UC Irvine (2/11) and 78 against Stanford (2/21). Most recently, he amassed 79 helpers in a four-set win at Hawai'i (3/5). Devany is ranked third in the nation in assists per set with a 13.49 average.
Menzel Pushing 1,000 Career Kills
Sophomore Jeff Menzel recently established new career-highs with 32 kills and 36.5 points against George Mason (3/11). To date, Menzel has 926 career kills (476 in 2009, 450 in 2008) and needs 74 more to become the 11th Gaucho in the history of the program to reach the 1,000-kill benchmark. The last to do it was middle Theo Brunner, who collected 1,163 kills between 2005 and 2008.
One-Armed Bandit
Jeff Menzel's arm has shown a lot of stamina as he has by far taken more swings than any other Gaucho. He has amassed 1,068 attack attempts this season. Second on the list is Jake Rosener with 519, 549 less than Menzel. As a team, UCSB has 3,112 attacks, 34% of those coming by way of Menzel's arm. He's led the Gauchos in attempts in all but four matches this year.
Aces High
Jake Rosener dropped in a career-high seven service aces at Pepperdine (2/28), which tied for second on UCSB's single match record list. Evan Patak had seven aces five times between 2006 and 2007. The school record for aces in a match is eight, set by Patak in 2004.
Mountain of Youth
This year's Gaucho squad consists of just two seniors - Mike Runkle and Matt Thobe. There are two juniors, six sophomores, and five freshmen. The recent regular starting lineup features four sophomores (Devany, S; Irons, OH; Menzel, OH; Slaughter, MB) and two juniors (Moisenco, MB; Rosener, OPP) with sophomore Andy McGuire at libero.
Gauchos Ink Two Highly-Touted Recruits
UCSB has received National Letters of Intent from two highly-touted recruits - middle blocker Dylan Davis (Corona del Mar, Calif./Corona del Mar High School) and setter Oliver Deutschman (Pacific Palisades, Calif./Crossroads School) - that will don the blue and gold for the 2010 season. The six-foot-eight Davis is widely considered the nation's top class of 2009 middle blocker and one of the top two recruits at any position. In club ball, Davis' highly-ranked Balboa Bay team won a silver medal in the 17-and-under division at the 2008 Junior Olympics, where Davis was tabbed a First Team All-American. He was also a starter on the U.S. Youth National Team that won gold at the 2008 NORCECA Championships and qualified for the 2009 Youth National World Championships in Italy this coming summer. Heralded as the top setter in the country from the class of 2009, Deutschman won gold at the 2008 Junior Olympics, topping Davis' Balboa Bay squad in the 17-and-under title match. Like Davis, the six-foot-four Deutschman was named a First Team All-American following the tournament. He was also a starter, along with Davis, on the U.S. Youth National Team that won the 2008 NORCECA title and qualified to compete at the 2009 Youth National World Championships in Italy.
BE Great
Earlier this year, UCSB Athletics unveiled the BE Great initiative. BE Great is dedicated to maximizing leadership ability, strong on-campus interaction, and general welfare for all 450 student-athletes and Intercollegiate Athletics staff at UC Santa Barbara. BE Great also focuses on personal and career development, diversity and social awareness, and ensuring academic success. UCSB has a 92% student-athlete graduation rate.
Gauchos Give
With the arrival of Mark Massari as Athletics Director in October, UCSB Athletics also launched the Gauchos Give community outreach initiative for all 450 athletes and 20 sports. Gaucho athletes give back to their community through free clinics, helping families during the holidays, providing financial and emotional support during tragedies, and touching the lives of youth.
The Gaucho Way
As a championship-caliber program, UCSB Athletics recognizes the responsibility that goes with it. This simply means all student-athletes, staff, and fans will behave with a champion's approach, creating a safe environment at games and events. All of those who attend, compete, or work at Gaucho events are caretakers of the passionate, exciting, and great experience UCSB is known for. This is The Gaucho Way.
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Foursquare recently announced that it was breaking its location-based check-in app into two. One app, which would house all check-ins and questions about which friends are nearby, would be called Swarm. Foursquare's legacy app would only house its Yelp-like "Explore" feature and be dedicated to finding venues.
Swarm launched today and it's pretty basic. It allows you to easily stalk your friends for impromptu meetups. Here's all there is to Swarm:
Swarm uses push notifications and your physical location to alert you when friends are nearby, sort of nearby, and far, far away.
You can share your specific neighborhood with your friends on the app, so they know when you're nearby, too.
Here are all the people who are just a short walk away from me right now.
Friends can write status updates that are like a micro Craigslist. They let you know what's going on around you, and they help you set up future plans with nearby friends.
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Missouri CourthousesContact and other information about this county is available on the National Association of Counties website, http://explorer.naco.org/
Clinton County used three different names for its county seat between 1833-35. Concord was chosen first in November 1833, then was changed to Springfield in January 1834. Another Missouri Town claimed that name, so a year later the name was changed again, this time to Plattsburg. The Clinton County Court requested that Plattsburg be laid off upon the same plan as Liberty, in adjacent Clay County, which had been organized during the preceding decade.
Early courts met in private homes, according to the 1881 History of Clinton County. The County Court Record of January 1834 called for a two-room, hewn-log courthouse with centrally placed chimney of stone or brick to be built south of the square. Counties often built a simple structure near the square to serve as a temporary courthouse while construction of the permanent building proceeded on the square; this may have been the intent of the court.
James Riley, a prominent Clinton resident, claimed in 1876 that the court reconsidered its decision and contracted instead for a larger brick building in June 1834. Helen Russell, who wrote on the history of Clinton County courthouses, agreed and noted there was no evidence in the court record to indicate the building ordered in January was built.
Again, plans for a brick courthouse were initiated at the May term in 1834. The original specifications called for two stories, 32 feet square and 20 feet high, on rock foundation, two fireplaces in each story, four chimneys, three doors, 25 windows, "two good and neat pillars in each story," covered with a shingle gable roof. There was one large room on the first floor, three rooms on the second. The contractor was Solomon Fry.
Extensive repairs were ordered in June 1848: a new pine shingle roof, two coats of plastering on the lower room, brick repair, new closed stairway in the northeast corner and other minor work. Winslow Turner, clerk, also served as superintendent. The court awarded the contract to Dobbs and Young for $450. This building was used until it was razed in 1858.
In September 1859 the county justices appropriated $25,000 for a new courthouse. Hervey [sic] Whittington served as superintendent. Peter McDuff earned $60 for drawing the plan. McDuff also drew plans for the Platte County courthouse, 1866, and the Clay County courthouse, 1857. Low bidder was William C. Black, who was given the contract for $27,050 (Figure 1).
Figure 1Clinton County Courthouse, 1860-1895. Architect: Peter McDuff (From: Plattsburg Leader, Jan. 27, 1967)
The courthouse sustained great damage in a fire April 15, 1895, but the walls remained standing. In spite of newspaper reports that the walls would be torn down, apparently they were incorporated in the rebuilding. C. P. Schmidt drew the plans and John T. Neil contracted for $12,985 to rebuild and enclose the courthouse (Figure 2). Stephen Collins acted as superintendent. The appearance of the building was considerably altered after it was stuccoed and painted white in 1958. Fire again damaged the building June 14, 1974, this time beyond repair.
Figure 2Clinton County Courthouse, 1895-1974. (From: postcard, Trenton Boyd collection)
Demolition began in September, and the following month the court approved plans for a courthouse and jail building, drawn by Homer Williams of the Kansas City firm Reed and Williams (Figure 3). A bond issue in the amount of $700,000 was passed in November. Bids for construction were opened in April 1975, and the court signed a contract with Pool and Canfield, a Kansas City construction company, for $827,235 in June 1975, with work to be completed within a year.
Figure 3Clinton County Courthouse, 1975-. Architect: Reed and Williams (Homer Williams) (From: Plattsburg Leader, Bicentennial Supplement, July 2, 1976.)
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
The Arab League at the weekend dramatically condemned Israel's "heinous crime" of removing a number of phony Muslim graves that had only recently been erected in a downtown Jerusalem park.
The eastern corner of Independence Park in downtown Jerusalem is indeed home to a small centuries-old Muslim graveyard. The graveyard is under the supervision of the same Islamic Trust (Waqf) that administers the Temple Mount.
Last week, an Arutz 7 radio reporter discovered that Waqf bulldozers and trucks operating at the site were not only refurbishing the old graves, but were actually erecting new graves in areas of the park not previously part of the cemetery.
Of course, no one was buried under the new graves, which were merely an attempt to extend Waqf control over the central Jerusalem park.
In response, the Jerusalem Municipality removed the phony graves, prompting Arab League Assistant Secretary General for Palestinian Affairs Mohamed Sobeih to lash out at the Jewish state in hopes of creating an international incident.
"The Arab League is closely following up this heinous crime," said Sobeih. "Israel is destroying the Muslims' graves when Arabs are restoring the Jewish ones everywhere in the world."
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As the nights are long right now there is nothing better than cuddling up on the sofa with the kitty and a hot chocolate. I had many of those evenings lately but at the same time I felt like doing something productive. evenings
I have never been into beading much or anything else that is very time consuming. I like it when I start a project and several hours later -boom- I have a new piece of clothing or a new accessory.
However when many evenings are spend on the sofa, a long lasting, fiddly project is just the right thing.fiddly
So I decided to spark up a headband just in time for the holiday season.
I have a ton of beads I got from my mother in law, cut offs and samples from the bridal shop I used to work at and all kinds of bits and bobs. It all went on there and et voila:
There is a tutorial on Kazz the Spazz for a similar project. She made a gorgeous necklace covered with buttons. In case you have a few too many hours to spare, have a go yourself. The results are amazing.


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How the companies can conduct the business in a situation where their computers and mobile devices are controlled by the cyber-criminals? Drive-by Download, Spear Phishing, Social Networks Phishing, Watering Hole, Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) - these are just some of hacking techniques targeting the users, which in recent years allowed cyber-criminals to take over millions of computers and mobile devices.
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To maintain established community standards that preserve and promote the health, safety and living environment of our community and neighborhoods.
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Code Compliance is responsible for ensuring compliance with city codes and ordinances. These regulations are local laws adopted by the Glendale City Council and represent community standards.
These community standards have been established to promote health and safety, protect the community from blight and deterioration and enhance the livability of Glendale.
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An active case can be generated by a call-in or written complaint or it can be staff-initiated. In all instances the city becomes the complainant.
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Staff-generated cases are the result of proactive inspections initiated by code inspectors or other city staff. These types of inspections can occur throughout the city.
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A violation is verified through a field inspection. If a violation exists a written notice is issued. Depending on the severity of the violation a courtesy notice or compliance order may be issued. The written notice identifies the violation and a timeframe for compliance.
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M.A. Degree in Northern Studies - Environmental Politics and Policy
This concentration in Northern Studies examines the relationships between complex global environmental issues (e.g., ozone depletion, biodiversity, climate change, ocean pollution) and policy responses at all levels of government, inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations. While the program emphasis stems from concerns of the circumpolar north, the courses offer a broad contextual examination of global environmental politics and policy processes. It will help prepare students for a variety of public and private sector professional opportunities dealing with local, national, and international environmental issues. Students who already have backgrounds in the environmental sciences will receive valuable training in the policy-oriented aspects of their professions. The program can also prepare interested students for advanced, doctoral training.
You may click on the course titles to view their syllabi. The course content is dynamic. These syllabi are subject to change from year to year in response to events and trends.
- 1. Complete the following core courses (6 credits):
NORS 600 -- Perspectives of the North (annual, fall)
NORS 601 -- Research Methods and Sources in the North (annual, spring)
- 2. Complete 12 credits (4 courses) from the following:
NORS 603 --Public Policy--3 credits
NORS 647 --U.S. Environmental Policy--3 credits
NORS 648--Environmental Politics of the Circumpolar North--3 credits
NORS 654--International Law and the Environment--3 credits
NORS 655--Political Economy of the Global Environment--3 credits
NORS 656--Science, Technology and Politics--3 credits
NORS 658--Comparative Environmental Politics--3 credits
NORS 613--Wilderness and Environmental Psychology--3 credits
- * The environmental politics and policy concentration may be used as a basis for the M.A. thesis/project.
Note: The environmental politics and policy concentration is a clear track toward interdisciplinary doctoral programs.
- 3. Complete 6 credits of electives (may include courses from the above list or others chosen in consultation with an advisor). Students may choose from a wide variety of complementary courses in such fields as Natural Resources Management, Alaska Native Studies, Rural Development, Political Science, Economics, and History.
- 4. Complete 1 of the following:
NORS 698 -- Project (6 credits) or NORS 699 -- Thesis (6-12 credits)
Minimum credits required for the degree -- 30. The degree can be completed in two years.
Courses in the Global Environmental Policy (GEP) concentration, as well as the two NORS core courses, are offered in a dual-delivery format. Each is offered either as a face-to-face seminar for students attending the Fairbanks campus or in a user-friendly online version for off-campus students. Professional workshops, special sessions of seminars, conferences, and other events will bring students and faculty together to explore topics and practical issues of environmental policy.
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UAF Graduate School - phone: 907.474.7464
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Undergraduate Environmental Politics
The Minor in Environmental Politics will provide students of any major with the background needed to understand the national and international contexts within which political decisions about the natural environment are made. Coursework includes in depth examinations of contending philosophical and theoretical perspectives on the environment; cross-national comparisons of approaches to resource development and environmental regulation; critical evaluations of international environmental laws and institutions; the relationship between environmental protection and national security; and the interplay of environmental and economic interests in the global political economy. Current topics such as climate change, biodiversity, air and water quality, wilderness preservation, and sustainable development will be examined along with the changing roles of local and national governments, regional and global institutions, and non-governmental organizations.
1. Complete the following required courses (6 credits):
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- PS 101 – American Government and Politics
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- PS 448 – Environmental Politics of the Circumpolar North
- PS 454 – International Law and Environment
- PS 455 – Political Economy of the Environment
- PS 456 – Science, Technology, and Politics
- PS 458 – Comparative Environmental Politics
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Photograph: Ludwig Bickell, 1882, glass plate negative, wet-plate collodion process, 16 x 21 cm. Bildarchiv Foto Marburg / on permanent loan from the Marburg Historical Society (Photo No. 810.878).


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You can get adjustable heads that will go less than 180 degrees.
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Wet boots says you can just get new pegs. If that works I would stick with it and save some $$.
Hunter has a good selection of controllers. Basic up to advanced. Check their site. I assume you have low voltage wire to the valves?


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Fluted legs and a pastel color scheme bring Victorian-era charm to this patio-pleaser. Build a pair of planters and link them with a bench, as shown in the photo— or reach out with additional modules, as shown by the illustrations included with this plan.
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BRUSSELS, July 8 (UPI) -- Energy sector reform in Ukraine is a condition for further financial support from the European Union, commissioner Stefan Fule said Tuesday from Brussels.
Neighborhood Commissioner Fule convened a donor's conference for Ukraine in Brussels. Ukraine's economy is in trouble, though it recently signed free-trade and association agreements with the European Union.
The European Commission in March presented a support package worth $15 billion over the next seven years to help stabilize Ukraine. Fule said a condition for what he said was sustainable stabilization in Ukraine is progress on its reform agenda.
"We also need to see further action on the economy, trade and business and in the energy sector," he said in his address. "Any further financial support from the European Union will be linked to and dependent on ongoing reform efforts."
European leaders have called on Ukraine to secure its energy supply through diversification and through developments that would make its gas transit system more fluid.
Russia uses a Soviet-era gas transit system through Ukraine for the delivery of most of its natural gas to European consumers.
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said following an April meeting with Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico a move to reverse gas flows from Slovakia to Ukraine was a positive step toward gas diversification.


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