| Leland Stanford Amasa Leland Stanford (9 March 1824 – 21 June 1893) was an American tycoon, politician and founder of Stanford University. Leland_Stanford
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| Joaquin Miller Joaquin Miller was the pen name of the colorful American poet, essayist and fabulist Cincinnatus Heine (or Hiner) Miller (March 10, 1841, or alternatively September 8, 1837, or November 10, 1841 - February 17, 1913). Joaquin_Miller
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| United States metropolitan area Talk:United_States_metropolitan_area
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| Airsoft Airsoft is a game in which participants eliminate opponents by hitting each other with spherical non-metallic pellets fired from a compressed-air gun (or airsoft gun) powered by gas, compressed air, manual spring-load, or electrically powered gearbox. Airsoft
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| Indecent exposure This article is about the threatening behavior; see also Public indecency. "Indecent exposure" is typically not to be confused with Exhibitionism.Indecent exposure is the deliberate exposure by a person of a portion or portions of his or her own body under circumstances where such an exposure is likely to be seen as contrary to the local commonly accepted standards of decency , and may in fact be a violation of law. In some countries a breach of the standards of modesty is considered to be public indecency. Indecent_exposure
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| Jerry Brown Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown, Jr. (born April 7, 1938) is the current Attorney General and a former governor of the State of California. Brown has had a lengthy political career spanning terms on the Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees (1969-1971), as California Secretary of State (1971-1975), as Governor of California (1975-1983), as chair of the California Democratic Party (1989-1991), the Mayor of Oakland (1998-2006), and the Attorney General of California (2007-present). Jerry_Brown
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| Netflix Netflix () is an online DVD and Blu-ray Disc rental service, offering flat rate rental-by-mail and online streaming to customers in the United States. Established in 1997 and headquartered in Los Gatos, California, it has amassed a collection of 100,000 titles and approximately 10 million subscribers. The company has more than 55 million discs and, on average, ships 1.9 million DVDs to customers each day. Netflix
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| Legal code (municipal) legal code is a body of law written by a governmental body, such as a U.S. state, a Canadian Province or German Bundesland or a municipality. Whether authored or me Legal_code_(municipal)
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| Lifeline For other uses, see Lifeline (disambiguation). A lifeline is a line or rope used to support a person who is in physical difficulty, or to prevent someone from getting into physical difficulty. For example, a lifeline may protect a person who is at risk of drowning. Life line also refers to a line on the human palm used in chiromancy (palm reading). Lifeline
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| Child support In family law and government policy, child support or child maintenance is the ongoing obligation for a periodic payment made directly or indirectly by an ("obligor") to an ("obligee") for the financial care and support of children of a relationship or marriage that has been terminated, or in some cases never existed. Child_support
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| Identity theft Identity theft is a crime used to refer to fraud that involves someone pretending to be someone else in order to steal money or get other benefits. The term is relatively new and is actually a misnomer, since it is not inherently possible to steal an identity, only to use it. The person whose identity is used can suffer various consequences when he or she is held responsible for the perpetrator's actions. In many countries specific laws make it a crime to use another person's identity for personal gain. Identity_theft
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| Nathaniel Branden Nathaniel Branden, né Nathan Blumenthal (born 9 April 1930 in Brampton, Ontario, Canada), is a psychotherapist and writer best known today for his work in the psychology of self-esteem. A one-time associate of novelist Ayn Rand, Branden had a prominent role in promoting Rand's philosophy, Objectivism. Nathaniel_Branden
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| Actuarial science Actuarial science is the discipline that applies mathematical and statistical methods to assess risk in the insurance and finance industries. Actuaries are professionals who are qualified in this field through education and experience. In the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and several other countries, actuaries must demonstrate their qualifications by passing a series of professional examinations. Actuarial_science
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| GlaxoSmithKline GlaxoSmithKline plc ( ) is a United Kingdom-based pharmaceutical, biological, and healthcare company. GSK is the world's third largest pharmaceutical company and a research-based company with a wide portfolio of pharmaceutical products covering anti-infectives, central nervous system, respiratory, gastro-intestinal/metabolic, oncology, and vaccines products. GlaxoSmithKline
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| Legionella Legionella is a Gram negative bacterium, including species that cause legionellosis or Legionnaires' disease, most notably L. pneumophila. It may be readily visualized with a silver stain.Legionella is common in many environments, with at least 50 species and 70 serogroups identified. Legionella
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| Electrician electrician is a tradesman specializing in electrical wiring of buildings and related equipment. Electricians may be employed in the installation of new electrical components or the maintenance and repair of existing electrical infrastructure."Electrician" and "electrical contractor" are related, though sometimes confused, terms. Electrician
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| The National Council Against Health Fraud The National Council Against Health Fraud is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, US-based organization registered in California, that describes itself as a "private nonprofit, voluntary health agency that focuses upon health misinformation, fraud, and quackery as public health problems." The_National_Council_Against_Health_Fraud
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| California Proposition 215 (1996) Proposition 215, also known as the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, was a California ballot proposition on the November 5, 1996 ballot. It passed with 5,382,915 (55.6%) votes in favor and 4,301,960 (44.4%) against. California_Proposition_215_(1996)
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| Barbara Boxer Barbara Levy Boxer (born November 11, 1940) is an American Democratic politician and the current junior U.S. Senator from the State of California. She holds the record for the most popular votes in a statewide contested election in California, having received 6,955,728 votes in her 2004 re-election over former Republican Secretary of State Bill Jones.Boxer was first elected to the U.S. Barbara_Boxer
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| Richard Ramirez Ricardo Muñoz Ramírez (born on February 29, 1960 in El Paso, Texas) is a Satanist and convicted American serial killer awaiting execution on California's death row at San Quentin State Prison. Prior to his capture, Ramírez was dubbed as the "Night Stalker" by the news media as he terrorized citizens of Los Angeles, California. Richard_Ramirez
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| Suburb Talk:Suburb
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| Highway engineering Highway_engineering
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| Eureka, California Talk:Eureka,_California
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| Ten-code Talk:Ten-code
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| Epoxy Epoxy or polyepoxide is a thermosetting polymer formed from reaction of an epoxide "resin" with polyamine "hardener". Epoxy has a wide range of applications, including fiber-reinforced plastic materials and general purpose adhesives. Epoxy
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| Solar updraft tower The solar updraft tower is a proposed type of renewable-energy power plant. It combines three old and proven technologieschimney effect, the greenhouse effect, and the wind turbine. Air is heated by sunshine and contained in a very large greenhouse-like structure around the base of a tall chimney, and the resulting convection causes rising airflow to rise through the updraft tower. Solar_updraft_tower
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| Water purification This article discusses large scale, municipal water purification. For portable/emergency water purification, see Portable water purification.Water purification is the process of removing undesirable chemicals, materials, and biological contaminants from raw water. Water_purification
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| Senecio vulgaris Senecio_vulgaris
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| Formaldehyde Talk:Formaldehyde
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| Bar association A bar association is a professional body of lawyers. Some bar associations are responsible for the regulation of the legal profession in their jurisdiction; others are professional organizations dedicated to serving their members; in many cases, they are both.In many Commonwealth jurisdictions, the "bar association" comprises lawyers who are qualified as barristers or advocates (collectively known as "the bar", or "members of the bar"), while the "law society" comprises solicitors. Bar_association
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| Law school in the United States In the United States, a law school is an institution where students obtain a professional education in law after first obtaining an undergraduate degree . Law_school_in_the_United_States
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| List of oil fields This list of oil fields includes some major oil fields of the past and present. The list is incomplete; there are more than 40,000 oil and gas fields of all sizes in the world. Amounts given are estimated ultimate recoverable resources (proved reserves plus cumulative production), given current technology, in barrels. List_of_oil_fields
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| Domestic partnership A domestic partnership is a legal or personal relationship between two individuals who live together and share a common domestic life but are neither joined by marriage nor a civil union. However, in some jurisdictions, such as Australia, New Zealand, Oregon, Washington, District of Columbia, Maine, Nevada and California, domestic partnership is almost equivalent to marriage, or to other legally recognized same-sex or different-sex unions. Domestic_partnership
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| Geography of California Talk:Geography_of_California
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| List of law schools in the United States List_of_law_schools_in_the_United_States
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| Redwood Shores, California Redwood Shores is an affluent waterfront neighborhood on the San Francisco Peninsula in California. It is located on the eastern edge of Belmont, but is actually part of incorporated Redwood City.Redwood Shores is populated with million dollar homes,waterfront marinas and corporate headquarters of tech companies like Oracle Corporation and Electronic Arts. According to Forbes magazine, Redwood Shores is placed on top of "America's Top Selling Luxury Neighborhoods in 2009" . Redwood_Shores,_California
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| San Mateo – Hayward Bridge The San Mateo – Hayward Bridge (commonly called the San Mateo Bridge) is a bridge crossing California's San Francisco Bay in the United States, linking the San Francisco Peninsula with the East Bay. More specifically, the bridge's western end is in Foster City, the most recent urban addition to the eastern edge of San Mateo. San_Mateo_–_Hayward_Bridge
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| Dianne Feinstein Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein () (born June 22, 1933) is the senior U.S. Senator from California and a member of the Democratic Party. Feinstein was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992, after serving as Mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988.Feinstein holds a number of "firsts"San Francisco's first (and so far, only) female mayor, the first woman to serve in the Senate from California, one of two female Jewish senators (the other being Barbara Boxer), the first woman to serve on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the first woman to chair the Senate Rules Committee and Senate Intelligence Committee. Dianne_Feinstein
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| Ernst & Young Talk:Ernst_&_Young
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| OV-10 Bronco OV-10_Bronco
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| Mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full contact combat sport that allows a wide variety of fighting techniques, from a mixture of martial arts traditions and non-traditions, to be used in competitions. The rules allow the use of striking and grappling techniques, both while standing and on the ground. Mixed_martial_arts
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| Congestion pricing Congestion pricing or congestion charges is a system of surcharging users of a transport network in periods of peak demand to reduce traffic congestion. Examples include some toll-like road pricing fees, and higher peak charges for utilities, public transport and slots in canals and airports. Congestion_pricing
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| University of California, Riverside University_of_California,_Riverside
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| North American Numbering Plan Talk:North_American_Numbering_Plan
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| JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan_Chase
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| Earthquake prediction earthquake prediction is a prediction that an earthquake of a specific magnitude will occur in a particular place at a particular time (or ranges thereof). Despite considerable research efforts by seismologists, scientifically reproducible predictions cannot yet be made to a specific hour, day, or monthbut for well-understood faults, seismic hazard assessment maps can estimate the probability that an earthquake of a given size will affect a given location over a certain number of years. Earthquake_prediction
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| Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center The Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center is a civilian command facility used as the center of operations for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Also known as the "High Point Special Facility" (HPSF), its preferred designation since 1991 is "SF".The facility is a major relocation site for the highest level of civilian and military officials in case of national disaster, playing a major role in U.S. Mount_Weather_Emergency_Operations_Center
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| Diazepam Diazepam (), first marketed as Valium by Hoffmann-La Roche, is a benzodiazepine derivative drug. It possesses anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, hypnotic, sedative, skeletal muscle relaxant and amnestic properties. It is commonly used for treating anxiety, insomnia, seizures, muscle spasms, alcohol withdrawal and benzodiazepine withdrawal. It may also be used before certain medical procedures (such as endoscopies) to reduce tension and anxiety, and in some surgical procedures to induce amnesia. Diazepam
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| Admission to the bar in the United States In the United States, admission to the bar is permission granted by a particular court system to a lawyer to practice law in that system. Each U.S. state and similar jurisdiction (e.g. territories under federal control) sets its own rules for bar admission, as a result of the separate sovereignty of the states and their respective court systems as guaranteed by the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. In practice, this leads to different standards among states as to how bar admission works. Admission_to_the_bar_in_the_United_States
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| Interest rate swap interest rate swap is a derivative in which one party exchanges a stream of interest payments for another party's stream of cash flows. Interest rate swaps can be used by hedgers to manage their fixed or floating assets and liabilities. They can also be used by speculators to replicate unfunded bond exposures to profit from changes in interest rates. Interest rate swaps are very popular and highly liquid instruments. Interest_rate_swap
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