Essays Tagged: "Santa Barbara"

Report of the Santa Barbara Oil Spill of 1969.

uesday, January 29, 1969 began as a normal work day on Unions Oil's Platform Alpha off the coast of Santa Barbara, California. Workers were pulling up a drilling tube in well A32 in order to replace a ... at the Los Angeles Time in 1989 called "the worst oil spill in the nation's history [to date]," the Santa Barbara Oil Spill brought oil drilling issues into the public eye and set about radical change ...

(5 pages) 51 0 5.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geology & Geosciences

All about christopher pike

s real name is Kevin McFadden. He got his pen name from the guy on Star Trek. he currently lives in Santa Barbara. That is what I found out from the internet source. From the book I found that he was ...

(2 pages) 50 0 4.2 Jun/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

History of Isla Vist, California.

Isla Vista is a one-square-mile plot of land adjacent to the University of California, Santa Barbara and is home to more than 18,000 residents. While the majority of residents in Isla Vis ... d is home to more than 18,000 residents. While the majority of residents in Isla Vista are UCSB and Santa Barbara City College students, the neighborhood is also home to a large immigrant population. ... sla Vista of today was once a relatively undesirable and barren plot of land just 10 miles north of Santa Barbara. In the mid-1920's, a small group of land speculators devised a plan to cash in on oil ...

(3 pages) 17 0 5.0 Sep/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Cesar Chavez: The Hardships And Accomplishments In The Fields

hout his life to achieve equality amongst farm workers. With much respect held for this great hero, Santa Barbara named a street in honor of him. In addition, the assembly is trying to make Chavezes b ... The University of Oklahoma Press Publishing Division of the University. OK, Norman.Molina, Joshua. Santa Barbara News Press: " The Family Business ."� March 31,2000 Cedeno, Maria. Labor Leader ...

(8 pages) 22 0 0.0 May/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

History Of The Internet

n Interface Message Processor (IMP) to the UCLA. The four-node network consisted of UCLA, Stanford, Santa Barbara, and the University of Utah. Upon testing this system a few things went well, but in t ... four nodes: University of California at Los Angeles, SRI (in Stanford), University of California at Santa Barbara, and University of Utah. The network was wired together via 50 Kbps circuits.Ray Tomli ...

(3 pages) 17 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers