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| Laura Nader Laura Nader (born 1930) is an American anthropologist.She has been a Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley since 1960. (She was the first woman to receive a tenure-track position in the department.) She received a BA in Latin American Studies from Wells College in Aurora, NY in 1952. She received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from Radcliffe College in 1961. Laura_Nader | |
| Sam Hinton Sam Hinton (born 1917) is an American folk singer and marine biologist.He has had a quite diverse career. He is most famous for his music, especially his harmonica playing, but has also taught at the University of California, San Diego, published books and magazine articles on marine biology, and worked as a calligrapher and artist. Sam_Hinton | |
| WikiProject California Wikipedia:WikiProject_California | |
| Communist League (UK, 1932) Communist League was the first Trotskyist group in Britain. It was formed in 1932 by former members of the Communist Party of Great Britain from Balham and Tooting in South London, including Harry Wicks. They had been expelled after forming a loose grouping inside the CPGB, known as the Balham Group later the British Section of the International Left Opposition. They published a monthly newspaper named Red Flag and a quarterly journal The Communist. Communist_League_(UK,_1932) | |
| Colegio Cesar Chavez Colegio Cesar Chavez (Spanish for "Cesar Chavez College") was a U.S. college-without-walls program in Mount Angel, Oregon. The college was named after Mexican American civil rights activist César Chávez. Colegio was established in 1973 and closed its doors in 1983. Colegio_Cesar_Chavez | |
| Datu Piang, Maguindanao Datu Piang (formerly Dulawan) is a municipality in the province of Maguindanao, Philippines. Datu_Piang,_Maguindanao | |
| Katherine Amelia Towle Colonel Katherine Amelia Towle (April 30, 1898 - March 1, 1986) was the second Director of the United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve (USMCWR) and the first Director of Women Marines; and an educator. Katherine_Amelia_Towle | |
| California Proposition 14 (1963) California Proposition 14 was a 1964 ballot proposition that amended the California state constitution, nullifying the Rumford Fair Housing Act. It was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1967 in Reitman v. Mulkey. California_Proposition_14_(1963) | |
| Skinner's Room "Skinner's Room" is a short story by William Gibson originally composed for Visionary San Francisco, a 1990 museum exhibition exploring the future of San Francisco. It features the first appearance in Gibson's fiction of "the Bridge", which Gibson revisited as the setting of his acclaimed Bridge trilogy of novels. Skinner's_Room | |
| List of countries by income equality This is a list of countries or dependencies by income inequality metrics, including Gini coefficients, according to the United Nations (UN) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).R/P 10% List_of_countries_by_income_equality | |
| Nopalito Nopalitos is a dish made with diced nopales. They are sold fresh, bottled, or canned and less often dried. They have a light, slightly tart flavor, and a crisp, mucilaginous texture. Nopalitos are often eaten with eggs as a breakfast and in salads and soups as lunch and dinner meals.Nopalitos are low carbohydrate and may help in the treatment of diabetes. Nopalito | |
| Niven Busch Niven Busch (April 26, 1903 – August 25, 1991) was an American novelist and screenwriter of movies such as the acclaimed The Postman Always Rings Twice. His novels included Duel In the Sun and California Street. He was married to actress Teresa Wright for ten years beginning in 1942.Born in New York City, Busch began his writing career in the early twenties, when he went to work for Time Magazine (co-founded by Busch's cousin, Briton Hadden). Niven_Busch | |
| Social cycle theory Social cycle theories are one of the earliest social theories in sociology. Unlike the theory of social evolutionism, which views the evolution of society and human history as progressing in some new, unique direction(s), sociological cycle theory argues that events and stages of society and history are generally repeating themselves in cycles. Social_cycle_theory | |
| Andreas Floer Andreas Floer ( (August 23, 1956 – May 15, 1991) was a German mathematician who made important, seminal contributions to the areas of geometry, topology, and mathematical physics. He invented Floer homology, which has proven to be an important tool. Andreas_Floer | |
| William F. Durand William Durand redirects here. For the medieval canon lawyer, see Guillaume Durand. William F. Durand was a United States naval officer and pioneer mechanical engineer. He was the first civilian chair of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the forerunner of NASA. William_F._Durand | |
| University of California Press University of California Press, also known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing. It was founded in 1893 to publish books and papers for the faculty of the University of California, established 25 years earlier in 1868. Its headquarters are located in Berkeley, California.The University of California Press publishes in the following general subject areas University_of_California_Press | |
| Roger Revelle Roger Randall Dougan Revelle (March 7, 1909 — July 15, 1991) was a scientist and scholar who was instrumental in the formative years of the University of California, San Diego and was one of the first scientists to study global warming and the movement of Earth's tectonic plates. UC San Diego's first college is named Revelle College in his honor. Roger_Revelle | |
| Golden Gate, Oakland, California Golden Gate neighborhood of Oakland, California is located in the northwest corner of the city, east of Emeryville and south of Berkeley. It includes the Golden Gate Shopping District, the stretch of San Pablo Avenue roughly between the Golden Gate branch of the Oakland Public Library at 56th Street on the south, and the Oakland-Berkeley border at 67th Street to the north. The neighborhood includes the area from a few blocks west of San Pablo Avenue (the Emeryville border) to Adeline Avenue on the east. Golden_Gate,_Oakland,_California | |
| Francis P. Farquhar Francis Peloubet Farquhar (31 December 1887, Newton, Massachusetts - 21 November 1974 in Berkeley, California) graduated from Harvard and came to San Francisco to set up in practice as a Certified Public Accountant.Francis Farquhar was an active Sierra Club leader and served as its president 1933-1935 and 1948-1949, Sierra Club Bulletin editor from 1926 to 1946, and in other club offices as director from 1924 to 1951. Francis_P._Farquhar | |
| School shark The school shark, tope shark, soupfin shark or snapper shark, Galeorhinus galeus, is a hound shark of the family Triakidae, the only member of the genus Galeorhinus, found worldwide in subtropical seas at depths of up to 550Reproduction is ovoviviparous. School_shark | |
| Robert Ardrey Robert Ardrey (b. October 16, 1908, Chicago, Illinois—d. January 14, 1980, South Africa) was an American playwright and screenwriter who returned to his academic training in anthropology and the behavioral sciences in the 1950s. African Genesis and The Territorial Imperative, two of Robert Ardrey's most widely read works, as well as Desmond Morris' The Naked Ape (1967), were key elements in the public discourse of the 1960s which challenged earlier anthropological assumptions. Robert_Ardrey | |
| Programme (booklet) A programme or program is a booklet available for patrons attending a live events such as theatre performances, fêtes, sports events, etc. It is a printed leaflet outlining the parts of the event scheduled to take place, principal performers and background information. In the case of theatrical performances, the term playbill is also used. It may be provided free of charge by the event organisers or a charge may be levied. Programme_(booklet) | |
| Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA, ) is a United States federal law considered to be a fundamental shift in both the method and goal of federal cash assistance to the poor. The bill was a cornerstone of the Republican Contract With America and was introduced by Rep. Personal_Responsibility_and_Work_Opportunity_Act | |
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| Quaker views of women Quaker views toward women have always been considered progressive in their own time (beginning in the 17th century), and in the late 19th century this tendency bore fruit in the prominence of Quaker women in the American women's rights movement. Quaker_views_of_women | |
| John Gilmore (writer) John "Jonathan" Gilmore (born July 5, 1935 in Los Angeles, California) is an American author and gonzo journalist. John_Gilmore_(writer) | |
| Ruben Salazar Rubén Salazar (March 3, 1928 - August 29, 1970) was a Mexican-American journalist killed by a sheriff's deputy during the National Chicano Moratorium March against the Vietnam War on August 29, 1970 in East Los Angeles, California. During the 1970s, his killing was often cited as a symbol of unjust treatment of Chicanos by law enforcement.Salazar was a news reporter and columnist for the Los Angeles Times from 1959 to 1970. Ruben_Salazar | |
| War cycles The theory of war cycles holds that wars happen in cycles. War_cycles | |
| Ben Is Dead Ben_Is_Dead | |
| Andrew Glassell Andrew Glassell (September 30, 1827 Los Angeles real estate attorney and investor. He may be best known as one of the founders of the city of Orange, California. Andrew_Glassell | |
| William T. Glassell William T. Glassell (January 15, 1831 - January 28, 1879) was an officer in the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. He was one of the world's first combat submariners. He laid out the city of Orange, California. William_T._Glassell | |
| University of California Libraries University of California operates the largest academic library system in the world. It manages more than 34 million items in 100 libraries on ten campuses. The primary purpose of these libraries is to assist research and instruction on the University of California campuses. University_of_California_Libraries | |
| Accessory breast Accessory breasts, also known as polymastia, supernumerary breasts, or mammae erraticae, is the condition of having an additional breast. Extra breasts may appear with or without nipples or areolae. A related condition, in which extra nipples form, is called "supernumerary nipple" or "polythelia". Accessory_breast | |
| Statistical murder When a business or regulator uses limited funds to take an action that saves a limited number of lives, instead of an alternative action that would save more lives, this decision is sometimes called statistical murder. This phrase is currently primarily a term of political advocacy, used to draw attention to unwise decision making that either is not the most effective available or is potentially even harmful. Statistical_murder | |
| Surf culture Surf culture includes the people, language, fashion and life surrounding the sport of modern surfing. Surf_culture | |
| Rancho San Antonio (Lugo) Rancho San Antonio a Spanish land grant in present day Los Angeles County, California to Francisco Salvador Lugo. Rancho_San_Antonio_(Lugo) | |
| Procoptodon Procoptodon was a genus of giant short-faced kangaroo living in Australia during the Pleistocene epoch. P. goliah, the largest kangaroo that ever existed, stood approximately 3 metres (10 feet) tall and weighed about .The giant short-faced kangaroos had a flat face and forward-pointing eyes. Procoptodon | |
| William McFee William McFee (June 15 1881–July 2 1966) was a writer of sea stories. William_McFee | |
| Baker v. Selden Baker v. Selden, , was a leading Supreme Court of the United States copyright case cited to explain the idea-expression dichotomy. Baker_v._Selden | |
| Pehlwani Pehlwani (Urdu پہلوانی, Hindi:kushti (Urdu کشتی, Hindi:Mughal form of wrestling that is predominantly played by people in India. It is a synthesis of the indigenous malla-yuddha, which dates back at least to the 5th century BC, A practitioner of this sport is referred to as a pehlwan or pahalwan.teachers are known as ustaad, whilst Hindu teachers are called guru. Pehlwani | |
| Buddhism and Jainism Buddhism and Jainism are the two branches of the Shramana tradition that still exist today. Jainism has been largely confined to India, while Buddhism has largely flourished in countries outside of India. However the two traditions share notable similarities. Buddhism_and_Jainism | |
| Priscillian Talk:Priscillian | |
| Rose Marie Pangborn Rose Marie Pangborn (1932-1990) was an American scientist, born in Las Cruces, New Mexico. She was a pioneer in the sensory analysis of food. Rose_Marie_Pangborn | |
| Xie Fuzhi Xie Fuzhi () was born in 1909 in Huang’an County, Hubei and died in Beijing in 1972. He joined the CCP in 1931. Xie was married to Liu Xiangping and had at a least one child, a daughter named Xie Jingyi. Xie was named Vice Minister for State Affairs in 1965 and a member of the Beijing Municipal Revolutionary Committee (the de facto city government) in 1967. Xie_Fuzhi | |
| Paul Rotha Paul Rotha (born Paul Thompson, 3 June 1907, London Wallingford, Oxfordshire) was a British documemntary film-maker, film historian and critic. He was educated at Highgate School. Rotha was a close collaborator of John Grierson. Wolfgang Suschitzky was one of his cinematographers. He directed the documentaries The World Is Rich (1947) and Cradle of Genius (1961), both of which were nominated for an Academy Award. Paul_Rotha | |
| Empire Mine State Historic Park Empire Mine State Historic Park is a state-protected mine and park in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Grass Valley, California. Since 1975, California State Parks has administered and maintained the mine as a historic site. The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California" . Between 1852 until its closure in 1957, the Empire Mine produced 5.8 million ounces of gold, extracted from of underground passages. Empire_Mine_State_Historic_Park | |
| Lake Hughes, California Lake Hughes is an unincorporated community northwest of Palmdale, Los Angeles County, California, in the Angeles National Forest on the sag pond waters of Hughes Lake. The community is agricultural in character, with a population of 2,760 within its zip code, but also has a strong recreational element centered on its four lakes. Lake_Hughes,_California | |
| Friedrich von Knauss Friedrich von Knaus(s) (February 7, 1724, Aldingen, or April 7, Ludwigsburg - August 14, 1789 Vienna) was a German watchmaker and inventor who built clockwork mechanisms which could, in a simple way, play musical instruments, write short phrases, or conduct other individual, specialized tasks. His father, Ludwig Knaus, was also a watchmaker. Friedrich had a brother, Ludwig Johann, whose year of birth is said to have been 1715 or 1716. Friedrich_von_Knauss | |
| Rosalie Ritz Rosalie Ritz (August 6, 1923 - April 18, 2008) (born Rosalie Jane Mislove in Racine, Wisconsin) was an award-winning journalist and courtroom artist who covered major United States trials in the 1960s through the 1990s. She worked with both CBS and Associated Press, and was presented with the Associated Press Award for Excellence in 1972. Rosalie_Ritz | |
| Jadin Wong Jadin Wong (born c. 1914) is a Chinese-American singer, dancer, comedienne, and theatrical agent and manager. Jadin_Wong |
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