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    This past Friday of Memorial Day weekend 22-year old Elliot Rodger, son of the assistant director of The Hunger Games went on a rampage in the coastal town of Isla Vista, neighboring the UC Santa Barbara campus where six students were murdered in total plus multiple injured by who the media and any mainstream news station would label “a very lonely and mentally disturbed young man”. But you only have to watch his final YouTube video called “Elliot Rodger’s Retribution” to know that he knew exactly

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    wasn’t there. And she also said “this is a life lesson that I want you to remember, when you invite someone make sure you include the whole group or invite privately. Then she told her story about not having time to be with friends. She came to Santa Barbara from Mexico when she was seventeen years old with her older sister. A single mother of two daughters, one that was five years old and the other six and a half. And also my mother’s youngest sister who was seven years old. They came to live with

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    One of the most beuaftul things about lvng withn Gilroy and the surrodunng areas is that this area of California is filled wth an abduance of casions such as: Bankers Casino, Garlic City Casino and Ocean View Card Room just to name a view. As such, you may have contemplated about the possibility of making a trip to one of these casions or maybe several. The problem with this however, is that due to the distance of each casion not only due you have to ensuree that you know exactly where you are going

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    Fall 2012 Assignment #1: Community Immersion Joseph Gossner 9/25/12 Stephanie Carter Abstract The purpose of this research paper is to compare and contrast two smaller sub-communities that are encompassed by the larger community of Santa Maria, California. This paper will promote the beliefs and theories of modern Social Workers, and address the resources and needs of the two communities in question. The compilation of this paper was derived from research that was conducted through

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    The Mission Santa Clara is a historical California site that is laid in the center of the Santa Clara University. In 1777, it established and founded by the Franciscan Order. The mission’s purpose was to be the sister mission to Mission Dolores that is in San Francisco. Due to Mexico withdrawing from the Spanish Empire, the King of Spain and his Viceroy, the ones sponsoring the missions, were no longer in power. The Mexican government didn’t have enough resources and was not interested to maintain

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    Mission Santa Clara De Asis Written By:Anh Le Introduction Have you learned about missions? One about the missions was that Junipero Serra founded only 9 of the 21 missions founded in California. One of the missions founded by Junipero Serra was Mission Santa Clara De Asis(Wikipedia “Junipero Serra) which is the mission I’m going to inform you about. One of the resources that I used for this paper was “The Missions: California’s Heritage,Mission Santa Clara De Asis” by Mary Null Boulé, published

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    Exploring a section of California specifically in Santa Barbara, I will be looking at the history of water and finding innovative solutions for more sustainable practices within the county itself. Looking at past practices of water usage and the social, political, and current ideas of how drought has affected this area and the solutions for the enduring future. Santa Barbara lies on the south facing area of coastline. The city is between the Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean with its Meditteran

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    When the Mission was initially constructed, many people would depend on the Mission for food and supplies. They would starve since they were always reliant on additional Missions and New Spain to send them food. Not only were the living conditions hard at the Mission, but the rules were demanding as well. The way of life at Mission Santa Barbara comprised of waking up at sunrise each morning for great prayer then going to work on the Mission. Work was not equal for everyone

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    Native American Indians who were hunter-gathers and fishermen. The Chumash tribe were located on three northern channel islands of the Santa Barbara, the coast of Malibu Canyon to Estero Bay and extended further inland. The Chumash people lived in well organized coastal villages of grass mat houses, until the arrival of the Spanish who forcibly removed them to missions. Native American Indian Tribes Site Index Facts about the Chumash Native Indian Tribe This article contains fast, fun facts and interesting

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    Santa Maria is a city in Santa Barbara County, on the Central Coast of California. Santa Maria's population in the 2010 census of 99,553, confirmed what had been known, that it had surpassed that of Santa Barbara (the county seat), making it the largest city in the county. The estimated population of the area is about 161,227, which includes the Santa Maria Valley, the city of Guadalupe and the unincorporated township of Orcutt as well as adjacent Nipomo. The city is notable for its wine industry

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