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Santa Barbara is a shopping paradise. State Street alone offers more than a mile stretch of everything from trendy boutiques to popular chain stores like Borders Books and Restoration Hardware. El Paseo (812 State St.,) on downtown State Street, is an upscale mall that bills itself as "California's First Shopping Center," while lushly themed and nearby Paseo Nuevo (651 Paseo Nuevo) offers Nordstrom's, Macy's, and more than 50 specialty shops. Whatever you're looking for, you'll likely find it on State Street. There is plenty of parking downtown with the first 75 minutes free in most lots (except at the beach). A good bet is the parking structure on Ortega.
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Based in Santa Barbara, California, Automotive Lease Guide (ALG) is a leading provider of data and consulting services to the automotive industry. ALG publishes the "Automotive Lease Guide" -- the standard for Residual Value projections in North America, and has been forecasting automotive residual values for over 37 years in both the U.S. and Canadian markets. ALG is a company of DealerTrack Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRAK).
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Santa Barbara has a huge number of hotels and motels, ranging from Motel 6 to Fess Parker's astonishing Doubletree Resort. One thing you won't find here are dive hotels. Prices are before tax, allow another 10% taxes.
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Santa Barbara even had fans in the White House. In 1985, when Augusta Lockridge (Louise Sorel) was blinded following a tunnel collapse, Ronald Reagan sent Sorel a letter saying he and Nancy were praying for her and hoped she recovered.
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In addition to his duties as Chancellor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Dr. Yang serves as professor of Mechanical Engineering. The former Dean of Engineering at Purdue University, Dr. Yang is a nationally recognized expert in automotive and aerospace engineering. He was granted a doctorate degree in Structural Engineering from Cornell University, as well as honorary doctorates from Purdue University and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology. Dr. Yang holds numerous board and committee positions, including: Member of the Board of Directors, for the California Council on Science & Technology; Chairman of the Council of Presidents and Member of the Board of Trustees, Universities Research Association; and founding member of the Steering Committee, Association of Pacific Rim Universities. He previously served on the Board of Directors of both Allied Signal and Eaton Corporation. In addition, Dr. Yang previously served on the Defense Manufacturing Board and the Defense Science Board.
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Although Santa Barbara enjoyed considerable worldwide popularity, it never achieved the same heights in the United States. In its debut (1984–1985) season it finished in 11th place and 3.4, and edged up to 10th and 4.2 the next year. By 1987–1988 ... it was beginning to generate respectable numbers: it was still in 10th place but achieved a 4.9 rating, the highest in the history of the show. (Incidentially, 1987–1988 also proved to be the best ratings performance for NBC's daytime soap lineup in the 1980s, which had been in ratings trouble since the late 1970s). Unfortunately, this growth in popularity was not sustained although Santa Barbara remained above Loving until it was cancelled.
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