Santa Barbara

Background Info. Santa barbara is a city on the central California coast. The population in Santa Barbara from 2013 was 90,412. Santa Barbara is known for many things, but one in particular is its arts, and how it has aspired artist for generations. It all started approximately 13,000 years ago, when the first native americans arrived. With this there were many impacted events of Santa Barbara, the Mission period, The rancho period, The victorian period (SARC), The Earthquake of 1925, and the boom period. Some interesting facts of Santa Barbara are, many early movies were filmed in Santa Barbara, as it was “Hollywood of the North”. Parts of the mission aqueduct are still in use by the city’s waterworks department even today. Also during World…

Rose Marie Beebe and Robert M. Senkewicz describe how the insurrection came to an end. The Demise of Chumash came at the hands of a "military expedition led by Pablo de la Portilla negotiated the return of this group to the Santa Barbara Mission"(Rose Marie Beebe and Robert M. Senkewicz). Consequently Father Vicente Sarria, who was Prefect of the Missions, helped to bring the revolt to an end by convincing the Chumash rebels to return to the Santa Barbara Mission is a fact that had long been…

Trevor Lynskey is a very joyful and easy-going dance teacher at Lincoln HIgh School. He is an alumnus of the University of Santa Barbara, majoring in dance. Mr. Lynskey is a quite cheerful and relaxed person. He was quite enthusiastic while talking about his time in college. He is the type of person who likes to focus on the good times even when a situation is looking like it’s going down. He is very encouraging to his students and loves to help them better themselves. Growing up isn’t exactly…

simple things, like the who, what when, where and why. It can also delve into deeper aspects of the show, like character relationships, conflicts, backstories and so much more. This does bring up many questions, most of them being, how do these different aspects contribute to the pilot episode of any TV show? By examining the pilot episode of Santa Barbara (1984), we can break down how at least three different aspects can contribute to a successful pilot and it’s ultimate goal of building a…

Mission Santa Barbara art mainly consisted of its gardens, architecture, and statues. The works of art and statues in the church and museum display angels, saints and Bible stories. The small statues of St. Dominic and St. Francis are particularly fine figures whose faces display a feeling of emotional intensity which is usual of baroque art. The church is similar to those built in Mexico in the mid 1800's. It is principally neoclassical in style, consisting of the enriching devices and features…

Introduction One typical day, I have the privilege to see how people come to this place spending time just for a comfort or for a few words of encouragement, these individuals came to this place called Botanica Santa Barbara just to see a lady. This lady is called Barbara because people call her as the name of the place, but her real name is Nydia Chanza. So, different people came to this place men and women from the ages of 17 to 60 years of ages old, and it is rare to see people over of the 60…

MEChA is a Mexican-American student organization that encourages cultural education and political activism. In their 1969 founding manifesto“El Plan de Santa Barbara”, they outline the basic ideas of what it means to be Chicanx. Using this document, we can determine what Mexican-Americans believed to be the root of their struggle and the type of people it would take to overcome it. The manifesto starts off by saying “For all peoples … the time comes when they must reckon with their history”…

My journey has been one of many trials. The culmination of my choices have lead me to this point, and I regret nothing. These trials have made me who I am: a person that I am proud to be. Although, I have not always been proud of myself. After narrowly completing high school in Olympia, Washington, feeling as though my environment, lack of interest in academia and outside influences had been the cause of my underachievement, I decided that my best option was to begin anew at Santa Barbara…

On January 28, 1969, the Union oil rig in the Dos Cuadras offshore oil field, 8 miles southeast of Santa Barbara had a blowout. The blowout resulted in 30 million gallons of crude oil being spilt along the Santa Barbara channel. After the spill, disturbing images were released and for weeks national attention focused on the spill. The spill had a significant impact on marine life in the channel, killing an estimated 3,500 seabirds, as well as marine animals such as dolphins, elephant seals, and…

they “recognize that everyone in the group has a “variety of opinions and experiences which makes our group stronger. The group members want to share their ideas. Regardless, everyone is working to achieve their goal by providing the homeless and families with food and clothing. Reference Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (2015). Learning & Development using the sages of Team Development. Retrieved from…