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Some Thoughts on Leadership Going into 2016

Both Sides of the Table

It’s a new year – 2016. In fact, 50% of our investments are in Southern California, from Santa Barbara to San Diego. She can anticipate reactions to price increases or product changes by customers and she can sustain competitive challenges because she knows the customer will stick by her. Happy New Year.

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Student-Founded Fantasy Pollster Is Hoping To Pick The Next President

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Unlike sites of the past that were deemed illegal, the current crop of election sites appear to well positioned to exploit the unprecedented focus Americans are applying to the 2016 election cycle. Greathouse: You and Brent are currently third and fourth year Computer Science majors at UC Santa Barbara. Fantasy Pollster.

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Interview with Mike Hopkins, ICE Energy

socalTECH

Santa Barbara-based Ice Energy (www.ice-energy.com) has quietly been working away at developing energy storage systems to help smooth out the demand for energy on the nation's power grid. I think that's really established energy storage as a competitive, reliable resource for utilities. megawatts of energy.