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    generation, as well as a major soprano for many years. African-American singer Grace Bumbry, born on January 4, 1937, in St. Louis, Missouri, is one of the leading opera voices of her generation. After Grace Bumbry studying in Boston, Chicago, and Santa Barbara, California, Bumbry made her opera debut at the age of 23. She performed around the world and mastered the great mezzo-soprano and soprano roles in the classical opera repertoire in a career that spanned nearly 40 years. She was the…

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    governments that a war cannot be won when there is strong disagreement among its citizens about the conflict's validity. Inspired by their passion for the antiwar protest, U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson from Wisconsin was upset about the oil spill in Santa Barbara that killed off a lot of wildlife that he came up with a campaign. He felt that with the same passion he could put an end to all this pollution. His organization of Earth Day resulted in campus protests and nationwide demonstrations against…

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    mistakes most amateurs make. Barnaby Conrad was born March 27, 1922 in California and died February 12, 2003 at age 90. He started out as bull fighter and due to some injures he withdrew from the career and became a writer and the founder of Santa Barbara. The very first book he wrote, that was published,…

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    W. Mitchell Motivation

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    When facing adversity and hard times, we often feel downhearted and dejected. Life might seem so unfair that the temptation of giving up becomes so enticing. We might consider letting go of our dreams and stop trying. In this kind of situations, inspirational stories of people whose situations were far worse than ours yet they refused to give in can rekindle our motivation.W.Mitchell is one of those people who beat the odds simply because he refused to be beaten by his circumstances. His story…

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    Misty may treanor biography Early life On,July 30,1997, Misty May Treanor was born in Angles, California U.S.A. She followed her dream playing beach volleyball with her dad on the Santa Monica Pier and had her first tournament was she was nine years old. Highschool Misty went to , Newport harbor high school ,as she helped her team win the state championship her sophomore year in volleyball in the year of 1992 and her junior year of 1994 In 1993 misty got selected of the best high…

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    Martha Graham's Dance

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    Dr. Graham had a great deal of influence on Martha’s life. Dr. Graham specialized in nervous disorders who used physical movements to treat his patients. By the age of 14, Martha and her family moved all the way across the United States to Santa Barbara, CA. It was in California that Martha saw a Ruth St. Denis performance. She immediately fell in love with dance and begged her parents to allow her to study dance. However, being devout Presbyterians, they would not…

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    There have been many things that have a big impact on American religious history. There have been many movements, ideas, events that have shaped the religious history of America. One of these that has had big impact on religious history is economic factors. Economic factors is not just a “legal tender”, but it is also things like people struggling for control of resources, issue between religious devotion and financial concerns and other things. There are many ways that economic factors have…

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    Sean Hannity Introduction: Sean Hannity is recognized as an American radio and television host and conservative political commentator. His full name is known to be Sean Patrick Hannity. He serves as the host of a popular nationally syndicated talk radio show, named The Sean Hannity Show. He also hosts Hannity, a cable news show on Fox News Channel. Apart from hosting shows, Hannity is also popular as an author. He has written three New York Times books and those are acknowledged as best sellers…

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    Smith. Medieval Weapons: An Illustrated History of Their Impact. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2007. Print. "Medieval Lifestyle—Armor, Weapons, Dragons & More." Medieval Lifestyle—Armor, Weapons, Dragons & More. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Apr. 2015. "The Old Stories." The Old Stories. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr.…

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    to do he began working part-time for Andreas Rechnitzer’s Ocean systems group in 1692. Around that time he started working for submersible “Alvin” for the woods hole oceanographic institution. Robert ballard got accepted to the University Of Santa Barbara and earned degrees in chemistry…

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