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| Information privacy Information privacy, or data privacy is the relationship between collection and dissemination of data, technology, the public expectation of privacy, and the legal and political issues surrounding them.Privacy concerns exist wherever personally identifiable information is collected and stored - in digital form or otherwise. Information_privacy | |
| Alpha-fetoprotein Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP, α-fetoprotein) is a protein which in humans is encoded by the AFP gene.This gene encodes alpha-fetoprotein, a major plasma protein produced by the yolk sac and the liver during fetal life. The protein is thought to be the fetal counterpart of serum albumin, and the alpha-fetoprotein and albumin genes are present in tandem on chromosome 4. Alpha-fetoprotein is found in monomeric as well as dimeric and trimeric forms, and binds copper, nickel, fatty acids and bilirubin. Alpha-fetoprotein | |
| Big Sur Big Sur is a sparsely populated region of the central California coast where the Santa Lucia Mountains rise abruptly from the Pacific Ocean. The name "Big Sur" is derived from the original Spanish-language "el sur grande", meaning "the big south", or from "el país grande del sur", "the big country of the south". Big_Sur | |
| Ferret/Archive 1 Talk:Ferret/Archive_1 | |
| Distributed generation Talk:Distributed_generation | |
| Peace and Freedom Party The Peace and Freedom Party (PFP) is a ballot-listed minor political party in California. It is a left-wing feminist and socialist party. Although its first candidates appeared on the ballot in 1966, the national party was founded in 1967 as a leftist organization opposed to the Vietnam War. Since that time, the party has become consolidated in California. The party nominated Ralph Nader for President in the 2008 U.S. Presidential election. Peace_and_Freedom_Party | |
| Andrew Luster Andrew Stuart Luster (born December 15, 1963) is the great-grandson of cosmetics giant Max Factor, Sr. and an heir to the Max Factor cosmetics fortune. He grew up in Malibu, California and attended Windward School in Santa Monica. Convicted of a series of rapes in 2003, Luster had been supported by a $3.1 million trust fund as he traveled and surfed at various beaches. Andrew_Luster | |
| Same-sex marriage in the United States Same-sex marriage, also referred to as gay marriage, is a marriage between two persons of the same sex. The federal government of the United States does not recognize same-sex marriage, and is prohibited from doing so by the Defense of Marriage Act. However, statewide, three states have legalized same-sex marriage as a result of a court ruling, while three others have done so through a vote in their respective state legislatures. Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_States | |
| List of librarians List_of_librarians | |
| California poppy Talk:California_poppy | |
| Workers' compensation Workers compensation (colloquially known as workers' comp in North America or compo in Australia) is a form of insurance that provides compensation medical care for employees who are injured in the course of employment, in exchange for mandatory relinquishment of the employee's right to sue his or her employer for the tort of negligence. Workers'_compensation | |
| Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) is a Federal program sponsored by the United States Armed Forces in high schools across the United States. The program was originally created as part of the National Defense Act of 1916 and later expanded under the 1964 ROTC Vitalization Act. Junior_Reserve_Officers'_Training_Corps | |
| Slavery in the United States Slavery in the United States had its origins with the first English colonization of North America in Virginia in 1607 and lasted as a legal institution until the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1865.Before the widespread establishment of chattel slavery, much labor was organized under a system of bonded labor known as indentured servitude. Slavery_in_the_United_States | |
| Phil McGraw Phillip Calvin McGraw (born September 1, 1950), best known as Dr. Phil, is an American television personality, author, and former psychologist, currently the host of his own television show, Dr. Phil, which debuted in 2002. McGraw first gained celebrity status with appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show in the late 1990s. Phil_McGraw | |
| Thomas Starr King Thomas Starr King (December 17 1824 March 4 1864) was an American Unitarian minister, influential in California politics during the American Civil War.Thomas Starr King, “the orator who saved the nation”, was born December 17, 1824, in New York City. The sole support of his family at age 15, he was forced to leave school. Thomas_Starr_King | |
| Textbook textbook is a manual of instruction or a standard book in any branch of study. They are produced according to the demand of educational institutions. Although most textbooks are only published in printed format, many are now available as online electronic books and increasingly in scanned format in P2P networks. Textbook | |
| Alforsite Alforsite is a mineral, Ba5Cl(PO4)3, composed of barium, phosphorus, chlorine, and oxygen. It was discovered in 1981, and named to honor geologist John T. Alfors (1930-2005) of the California Geological Survey (formerly California Division of Mines and Geology) for his work in the area where it was discovered.Alforsite is a hexagonal colorless crystal in the chemical class phosphates and the group apatite. Alforsite | |
| List of capitals in the United States Washington, D.C. has been the capital of the United States since 1800. Eight other cities have served as the meeting place for Congress and are therefore considered to have once been the capital of the United States. In addition, each of the 50 U.S. states and several territories of the United States maintains its own capital. List_of_capitals_in_the_United_States | |
| Stairway Stairway, staircase, stairwell, flight of stairs or simply stairs are names for a construction designed to bridge a large vertical distance by dividing it into smaller vertical distances, called steps. Stairways may be straight, round, or may consist of two or more straight pieces connected at angles. Stairway | |
| Carbon nanotube Talk:Carbon_nanotube | |
| Venture capital Venture capital (also known as VC or Venture) is a type of private equity capital typically provided to early-stage, high-potential, growth companies in the interest of generating a return through an eventual realization event such as an IPO or trade sale of the company. Venture capital investments are generally made as cash in exchange for shares in the invested company. It is typical for venture capital investors to identify and back companies in high technology industries such as biotechnology and ICT. Venture_capital | |
| California electricity crisis California electricity crisis (also known as the Western U.S. Energy Crisis) of 2000 and 2001 was a situation where California had a shortage of electricity. Although California's population increased by 13% during the 1990s, the state did not build any new major power plants during that time. California_electricity_crisis | |
| Breast pump A breast pump is a mechanical device (powered manually or by electricity) that extracts milk from the breasts of a lactating woman. On June 20, 1854, the United States Patent Office issued Patent No. 11,135 to O.H. Needham for a breast pump. Scientific American (1863) credits L.O. Breast_pump | |
| Caucus A caucus () is a meeting of supporters or members of a political party or movement, especially in the United States. The exact definition varies among political cultures. Caucus | |
| Trans fat Trans fat is the common name for a type of unsaturated fat with trans-isomer fatty acid(s). Trans fats may be monounsaturated or polyunsaturated but never saturated.Unsaturated fat is a fat molecule containing one or more double bonds between the carbon atoms. Trans_fat | |
| Primary election Talk:Primary_election | |
| San Diego International Airport San Diego International Airport , also known as Lindbergh Field, (formerly known as Dutch Flats Airport) is a public airport located northwest of the central business district of San Diego, California and also from the Mexico – United States border at Tijuana, Mexico. It is owned by the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority. San_Diego_International_Airport | |
| Premier Election Solutions Premier Election Solutions, formerly Diebold Election Systems, Inc. (DESI) is a subsidiary of Diebold that makes and sells voting machines. Another subsidiary selling electronic voting systems in Brazil is Diebold-Procomp. Premier_Election_Solutions | |
| Solitary confinement Solitary confinement, colloquially referred to in American English as "the hole", lockdown, M2030D, "the SHU" (pronounced 'shoe') or "the pound" (or in British English "the block"), is a punishment or special form of imprisonment in which a prisoner is denied contact with any other persons, excluding members of prison staff. Solitary_confinement | |
| Gray Whale Ranch Gray Whale Ranch is a part of Wilder Ranch State Park in Santa Cruz County, California. It was added to Wilder Ranch in 1996, and closed to public access in 2002. It is a 2,305 acre (9 km²) parcel of undeveloped land in the Santa Cruz Mountains, just outside of the City of Santa Cruz and adjacent to the University of California, Santa Cruz. Gray_Whale_Ranch | |
| Gray Whale Ranch Talk:Gray_Whale_Ranch | |
| Nvidia Talk:Nvidia | |
| General Educational Development General Equivalency Diploma (or GED) tests are a group of five subject tests which (when passed) certifies that the taker has American or Canadian high school-level academic skills. To pass the GED Tests and earn a GED credential, test takers must score higher than 40 percent of graduating high school seniors nationwide. Some jurisdictions require that students pass additional tests, such as an English proficiency exam or civics test. General_Educational_Development | |
| Homeowners' association For a discussion of nonprofit, voluntary neighborhood advocacy groups, see neighborhood association. A homeowners' association (abbrev. HOA) is a legal entity created by a real estate developer for the purpose of developing, managing and selling a development of homes. Homeowners'_association | |
| Calexico, California Talk:Calexico,_California | |
| Bakersfield, California Talk:Bakersfield,_California | |
| Pro se legal representation in the United States Pro se legal representation refers to the instance of a person representing himself or herself without a lawyer in a court proceeding, whether as a defendant or a plaintiff and whether the matter is civil or criminal. Pro se is a Latin phrase meaning "for oneself". Pro_se_legal_representation_in_the_United_States | |
| Gene Robinson V. Gene Robinson (born May 29, 1947 in Fayette County, Kentucky) is the ninth bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Robinson was elected bishop in 2003 and entered office in March 2004. Before becoming bishop, he served as assistant to the retiring New Hampshire bishop.Robinson is widely known for being the first openly gay, non-celibate priest to be ordained a bishop in a major Christian denomination believing in the historic episcopate. Gene_Robinson | |
| California gubernatorial recall election, 2003 The 2003 California gubernatorial recall election was a special election permitted under California state law. It resulted in voters replacing incumbent Democratic Governor Gray Davis with Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger. The recall effort spanned the latter half of 2003. Other California governors, including Pat Brown, Ronald Reagan, Jerry Brown, and Pete Wilson, had faced recall attempts, but these attempts were unsuccessful. California_gubernatorial_recall_election,_2003 | |
| Sequoia National Park Sequoia National Park is a national park in the southern Sierra Nevada, east of Visalia, California, in the United States of America. It was established in 1890 as the second U.S. national park, after Yellowstone National Park. The park spans . Encompassing a vertical relief of nearly , the park contains among its natural resources the highest point in the contiguous 48 United States, Mount Whitney, at above sea level. Sequoia_National_Park | |
| Glyphosate Glyphosate (N-(phosphonomethyl) glycine) is a broad-spectrum systemic herbicide, typically sprayed and absorbed through the leaves, injected into the trunk, or applied to the stump of a tree, used to kill weeds, especially perennials and broadcast or used in the cut-stump treatment as a forestry herbicide. Glyphosate | |
| Lead poisoning Lead poisoning (also known as saturnism, plumbism, Devon colic, or painter's colic) is a medical condition caused by increased levels of the metal lead in the blood. Lead may cause irreversible neurological damage as well as renal disease, cardiovascular effects, and reproductive toxicity.Humans have been mining and using this heavy metal for thousands of years, poisoning themselves in the process due to accumulation, exposure and direct contact. Lead_poisoning | |
| Washington Bartlett Washington Montgomery Bartlett (February 29, 1824 September 12, 1887) was Mayor of San Francisco, California from 1883California's first and to date only Jewish governor.Bartlett was born in Savannah, Georgia in 1824. He was a life-long bachelor and a printer by trade, and was not particularly religious. During his lifetime Bartlett was a San Francisco newspaper publisher, San Francisco County Clerk, lawyer, state senator, mayor, and finally a governor. Washington_Bartlett | |
| Cruz Bustamante Cruz Miguel Bustamante (born January 4, 1953) is an American politician. He was the 45th Lieutenant Governor of California, a former Speaker of the State Assembly and a member of the Democratic Party. He served with Governors Gray Davis and Arnold Schwarzenegger and was succeeded by John Garamendi on January 8, 2007. Cruz_Bustamante | |
| Arianna Huffington Arianna Huffington (born Arianna Stassinopoulos, 15 July 1950) is a Greek-American author and syndicated columnist. She is best known as founder of The Huffington Post.In 2003 she ran as an independent candidate in the California recall election. Arianna_Huffington | |
| Tom McClintock Thomas Miller McClintock II (born July 10, 1956, in White Plains, New York) is a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 4th congressional district. The district extends from the eastern suburbs of Sacramento to the Nevada and Oregon borders.A former California State Senator, representing the 19th district covering Ventura and much of Santa Barbara Counties, McClintock ran for Governor of California in the 2003 California recall election of and finished third out of 135 candidates with 13.5% of the overall vote. Tom_McClintock | |
| Deepak Chopra Alternative MedicineThis article is part of the Complementary and Alternative Medicine series of articles.CAM Article Index Deepak_Chopra | |
| Dichloromethane Dichloromethane (DCM or methylene chloride) is the organic compound with the formula CH2Cl2. This colorless, volatile liquid with a moderately sweet aroma is widely used as a solvent. More than 500,000 tons were produced in 1991. Although it is not miscible with water, it is miscible with many organic solvents. It was first prepared in 1840 by the French chemist Henri Victor Regnault, who isolated it from a mixture of chloromethane and chlorine that had been exposed to sunlight. Dichloromethane | |
| Stanley Williams "Tookie" redirects here. For the baseball player, see Tookie Gilbert. For the bird known as the tookie bird, see Toucan.Stanley Tookie Williams III (December 29, 1953 December 13, 2005), born in New Orleans, Louisiana, was a convicted murderer and an early leader of the Crips, a notorious American street gang which had its roots in South Central Los Angeles in 1971. Stanley_Williams | |
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