| San Francisco The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the 13th most populous city in the United States, with a 2008 estimated population of 808,976. San_Francisco
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| High-speed rail High-speed rail is a type of passenger rail transport that operates significantly faster than the normal speed of rail traffic. Specific definitions include 200European Union, and above 90United States Federal Railroad Administration, but there is no single standard, and lower speeds can be required by local constraints. High-speed_rail
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| Oakland, California Oakland (), founded in 1852, is the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Alameda County. Oakland is about eight miles east of San Francisco across the San Francisco Bay. The San Francisco Bay Area is the sixth-most-populous metropolitan area in the United States. Based on United States Census Bureau estimates for 2008, Oakland is the 44th-largest city in the United States with a population of 420,183. Oakland,_California
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| Personal rapid transit Personal rapid transit (PRT), also called personal automated transport (PAT) or podcar, is a public transportation concept that offers on-demand, non-stop transportation, using small, independent vehicles on a network of specially-built guideways. Several different designs have been proposed, and in October 2008, construction of the guideway of a pilot project at London Heathrow Airport, United Kingdom based on ULTra was completed. Personal_rapid_transit
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| John Doe The name "John Doe" is used as a placeholder name for a male party, in a legal action, case or discussion, whose true identity is either unknown or must be withheld for legal reasons. The name is also used to refer to a male corpse or hospital patient whose identity is unknown. John_Doe
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| Multiculturalism The term multiculturalism generally refers to a theory promoting retention of various cultural divisions for the sake of diversity that applies to the demographic make-up of a specific place, usually at the scale of an organization such as a school, business, neighborhood, city or nation. Multiculturalism
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| California poppy The California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) is native to grassy and open areas from sea level to 2,000m (6,500 feet) altitude in the western United States throughout California, extending to Oregon, southern Washington, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and in Mexico in Sonora and northwest Baja California. California_poppy
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| Fountain Valley, California This article is for the city in California. For the valley and rural community in British Columbia, Canada, see Fountain Valley (British Columbia).Fountain Valley is a city in Orange County, California, United States. The population was 58,309 according to the 2009 estimate by the California Department of Finance. Fountain_Valley,_California
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| Fremont, California Fremont () is a city in Alameda County, California. It was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communitiesCenterville, Niles, Irvington, Mission San Jose, and Warm Springs. The city is named after John Charles Frémont, "the Great Pathfinder." Fremont,_California
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| Gary Condit Gary_Condit
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| Palo Alto, California Palo Alto (, from Spanish:palo:alto:California charter city located in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, USA. It is named after a tree called El Palo Alto. The city includes portions of Stanford University and is headquarters to a number of Silicon Valley high-technology companies, including Hewlett-Packard, VMware and Facebook. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 58,598 residents. Palo_Alto,_California
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| San Jose, California San Jose () (meaning St. Joseph in Spanish) or San José is the third-largest city in California and the tenth-largest in the United States. The county seat of Santa Clara County, it is located at the southern end of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region commonly referred to as Silicon Valley. San_Jose,_California
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| Wildfire A wildfire is any uncontrolled, non-structure fire that occurs in the wilderness, wildland, or bush. Other names such as wildland fire, forest fire, brush fire, vegetation fire, grass fire, peat fire, bushfire (in Australasia), and hill fire are commonly used. Wildfire
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| Acrylamide Acrylamide (or acrylic amide) is a chemical compound with the chemical formula C3H5NO. Its IUPAC name is 2-propenamide. It is a white odourless crystalline solid, soluble in water, ethanol, ether and chloroform. Acrylamide is incompatible with acids, bases, oxidizing agents, iron and iron salts. It decomposes non-thermally to form ammonia, and thermal decomposition produces carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and oxides of nitrogen. Acrylamide
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| California State University California_State_University
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| California Gold Rush The California Gold Rush (1848gold was discovered by James Wilson Marshall at Sutter's Mill, in Coloma, California. News of the discovery soon spread, resulting in some 300,000California from the rest of the United States and abroad. Of the 300,000, approximately 150,000 arrived by sea while the remaining 150,000 arrived by land. California_Gold_Rush
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| Narconon Narconon is an in-patient rehabilitation program for drug abusers in several dozen treatment centers worldwide, chiefly in the United States and western Europe. Each Narconon center is independently owned and operated under a license from ABLE International, a Scientology-related entity. Narconon
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| Gas turbine gas turbine, also called a combustion turbine, is a rotary engine that extracts energy from a flow of combustion gas. It has an upstream compressor coupled to a downstream turbine, and a combustion chamber in-between. (Gas turbine may also refer to just the turbine element.) Gas_turbine
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| United States Environmental Protection Agency United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency
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| Health maintenance organization "HMO" redirects here. For other uses, see HMO (disambiguation).A health maintenance organization (HMO) is a type of managed care organization (MCO) that provides a form of health care coverage in the United States that is fulfilled through hospitals, doctors, and other providers with which the HMO has a contract. Health_maintenance_organization
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| Spanish missions in California The Spanish missions in California comprise a series of religious outposts established by Spanish Catholics of the Franciscan Order between 1769 and 1823 to spread the Christian faith among the local Native Americans. The miss Spanish_missions_in_California
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| Mission San Diego de Alcalá Mission_San_Diego_de_Alcalá
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| Mission San Gabriel Arcángel Mission_San_Gabriel_Arcángel
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| Lola Montez Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, Countess of Landsfeld (February 17, 1821 Lola Montez, was an Irish-born dancer and actress who became famous as a Spanish dancer, courtesan and mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, who made her Countess of Landsfeld. Lola_Montez
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| Mission San Francisco de Asís Mission_San_Francisco_de_Asís
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| Mission San Juan Capistrano Mission_San_Juan_Capistrano
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| Mission Santa Clara de Asís Mission_Santa_Clara_de_Asís
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| Mission San Buenaventura Mission_San_Buenaventura
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| Mission La Purísima Concepción Other missions bearing the name La Purísima Concepción includeMission Puerto de Purísima Concepción near Yuma, Arizona,Mission La Purisima Concepcíón de Hawikuh near Zuni PuebloMission Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña in San Antonio, Texas,Misión La Purísima Concepción de Cadegomó in Baja California Sur, andMisión La Purísima Concepción de Caborca, in Caborca, Sonora. Mission_La_Purísima_Concepción
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| Mission San José This article refers to the Spanish mission. For the neighborhood and historical town, see Mission San Jose, Fremont, California. Other missions bearing the name San José include the Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo located in San Antonio, Texasand the Misión San Jose de Comondú in Baja California Sur. Mission_San_José
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| Mission San Miguel Arcángel Another mission bearing the name San Miguel Arcángel is the Misión San Miguel Arcángel de la Frontera in Baja California. Mission_San_Miguel_Arcángel
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| Mission San Fernando Rey de España Mission_San_Fernando_Rey_de_España
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| Mission San Luis Rey de Francia For the novel by Thornton Wilder, see The Bridge of San Luis Rey. Mission_San_Luis_Rey_de_Francia
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| Bay Area Rapid Transit Bay_Area_Rapid_Transit
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| Richmond, California For the district in San Francisco, see Richmond, San Francisco, California.Richmond () is a city in western Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city was incorporated on August 7, 1905. It is located in the East Bay, part of the San Francisco Bay Area. Richmond,_California
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| Benicia, California Benicia is a waterside city in Solano County, California, United States. It was the first city in California to be founded by Anglo-Americans, and served as the state capital for nearly thirteen months from 1853 to 1854. The population was 26,865 at the 2000 census. The city is located in the San Francisco Bay Area along the north bank of the Carquinez Strait. Benicia is just east of Vallejo and across the strait from Martinez. Elizabeth Patterson has served as Mayor of Benicia since 2007. Benicia,_California
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| Addition Addition is the mathematical process of putting things together. The plus sign "+" means that numbers are added together. For example, in the picture on the right, there are 3 + 2 apples—meaning three apples and two other apples—which is the same as five apples, since 3 + 2 = 5. Besides counts of fruit, addition can also represent combining other physical and abstract quantities using different kinds of numbersnegative numbers, fractions, irrational numbers, vectors, and more. Addition
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| Juneteenth Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in the U.S. State of Texas in 1865. Celebrated on June 19, the term is a portmanteau of June and nineteenth, and is recognized as a state holiday in 31 of the United States. Juneteenth
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| Convolvulaceae Convolvulaceae
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| Governor of California The Governor of California is the highest executive authority in the California state government, whose responsibilities include making annual "State of the State" addresses to the California State Legislature, submitting the budget, and ensuring that state laws are enforced.The position was created in 1849, before California became a state. Governor_of_California
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| Southern California Southern_California
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| Huntington Beach, California Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County in southern California, United States. According to the 2000 census, the city population was 189,594. It is bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the southwest, by Seal Beach on the northwest, by Costa Mesa on the east, by Newport Beach on the southeast, by Westminster on the north, and by Fountain Valley on the northeast.It is known for its long beach, mild climate, and excellent surfing. Huntington_Beach,_California
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| Government of California For information about current politics, see Politics of California; for information about historical politics, see Politics of California to 1899.California is governed as a republic, with three branches of government, the executive branch consisting of the Governor of California and the other elected constitutional officers, the legislative branch, the California State Legislature, consisting of the Assembly and Senate, and the judicial branch consisting of the Supreme Court of California and lower courts. Government_of_California
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| Formaldehyde Formaldehyde (IUPAC name methanal) is a chemical compound with the formula CH2O. It is the simplest aldehyde. Formaldehyde also exists as the cyclic trimer trioxane and the polymer paraformaldehyde. It exists in water as the hydrate H2C(OH)2. Aqueous solutions of formaldehyde are referred to as formalin. Formaldehyde
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| Languages of the United States The United States does not have an official language; however, the majority of the population speaks English as a native language (some 82%). The variety of English spoken in the United States is known as American English; together with Canadian English it makes up the group of dialects known as North American English. 96% of the population of the U.S. speaks English "well" or "very well". Languages_of_the_United_States
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| List of counties in California U.S. state of California is divided into fifty-eight counties. Counties are responsible for all elections, property-tax collection, maintenance of public records such as deeds, and local-level courts within their borders, as well as providing law enforcement (through the county sheriff and sheriff's deputies) to areas that do not lie within incorporated cities. List_of_counties_in_California
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| Indian slavery Indian slavery was the practice of using indigenous peoples of the Americas as slaves. Indian_slavery
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| Trail A trail is a path or road used for walking, cycling, cross-country skiing, or other activities. Some trails are off-limits to everyone other than hikers, and a few trails allow motorized vehicles. Trail
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| Passive solar building design Passive solar buildings aim to maintain interior thermal comfort throughout the sun's daily and annual cycles whilst reducing the requirement for active heating and cooling systems. Passive solar building design is one part of green building design, and does not include active systems such as mechanical ventilation or photovoltaics. Passive_solar_building_design
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| Nymphaeaceae Nymphaeaceae () is a name for a family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called water lilies and live in freshwater areas in temperate and tropical climates around the world. The family contains 8 genera. There are about 70 species of water lilies around the world. The genus Nymphaea contains about 35 species across the Northern Hemisphere Nymphaeaceae
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