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	Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - California
		California's giant judiciary is supervised by the seven Justices of the Supreme Court of California.
		California is famous for its earthquakes due partly to the presence of the San Andreas Fault.
		California's mountain ranges influence the climate as well; moisture-laden air from the west cools as it ascends the mountains, dropping moisture; some of the rainiest parts of the state are west-facing mountain slopes.
	fact-archive.com /encyclopedia/California (3157 words)

	California (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		California boasts several superlatives in its collection of flora; the largest trees, the tallest trees, and the oldest trees on earth are all found in California.
		California was poorly settled until modern public health eliminated the endemic outbreaks of yellow fever, malaria and plague, caused from the area’s lack of frosts, which kills mosquitoes and fleas.
		California is held as the birthplace of both modern liberal and conservative movements in US politics, despite the culturally liberal presence is strongly felt in California while the country is in a socially conservative mood in the 2000s.
	www.tocatch.info /en/California.htm (6945 words)

	California - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		California is a state located on the west coast of the United States.
		During the American Civil War, popular support in California was divided 70% for the South and 30% for the North, and although California officially entered on the side of the North, many troops went east to fight for the Confederacy CSA.
		While California is among the most Democratic and liberal states in the nation because of the large concentration of voters in populous areas, much of California is politically very conservative, notably the Central Valley, the Inland Empire, Orange and San Diego counties, and most inland, eastern, and rural areas.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/c/a/l/California.html (4750 words)

	California - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The name is thought to have derived from the mythical paradise of Calafia portrayed in Amadís de Gaula, a 16th century Spanish romance by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo, which in the book was a difficult to reach land with gold in plenty, free-loving amazons living in caves, and strange beasts.
		California's native grasses were perennials, which stayed green year-round in most of the state's subclimatesUnited States Department of Agriculture article on California's perennial native grasses.
		Once very conservative, having elected conservatives such as Ronald Reagan as governor and William Knowland as senator, California has flipped sides in recent decades and became a Democrat voting state, having elected statewide liberals such as Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer to the Senate.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/California (6882 words)

	Journal of San Diego History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The discovery and exploration of the Gulf of California was a by-product of the personal and economic factors motivating the sixteenth century Spanish soldier-adventurers.
		The discovery of the Gulf of California and the events leading up to that discovery have their origin in information obtained by Hernan Cortés through the interrogation of Aztec nobles in Mexico City.
		Perhaps the most fantastic is the suggestion that California is the name of a priest, Padre "Cal y Fornia"; however, no documents have ever been found containing a reference to this imaginary holy man. The solution to the problem was given by the Reverend Edward Everett Hale.
	www.sandiegohistory.org /journal/65january/discovery.htm (7842 words)

	Baby Name California - Origin and Meaning of California
		California is a rare female first name as it was not ranked for females of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census.
		California is a rare surname as it was not ranked for people of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census.
		Displayed below is the popularity trend for the girl's name California as a birth name for newborn babies.
	www.thinkbabynames.com /meaning/0/California (107 words)

	Origin of the name California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		"Alta or "Upper" California" was the name of the State of California when it was still part of Mexico, and the Sea of Cortés is also known as the Gulf of California.
		California originally referred to the entire region composed of the Mexican peninsula now known as Baja California and land in the current U.S. states of California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and Wyoming, which was eventually distinguished as Alta California.
		The first expedition reached the Gulf of California and Baja California, and proved that California was in fact a peninsula.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Origin_of_the_name_California (1485 words)

	Origin of the Armadillo Advertising Name - Armadillo Advertising's BigDillo.net, Central California
		Origin of the Armadillo Advertising Name - Armadillo Advertising's BigDillo.net, Central California
		We named it Armadillo Advertising because this industry needed a little more of the hard-armor, soft underbelly kind of attitude that the armadillo represents.
		The name also puts us first in the phone book.
	www.bigdillo.net /tales/name.htm (89 words)

	California State Name Origin
		The name California was bestowed by the Spanish conquistadors, taken from "Las Serges de Esplandian," a Spanish romance written about 1510 which describes an imaginary island; an earthly paradise.
		Baja California (lower California - now in Mexico) was first visited by the Spanish in 1533.
		Present-day California was called Alta California (upper California).
	www.statesymbolsusa.org /California/CAnameorigin.html (61 words)

	California: Facts, Map and State Symbols - EnchantedLearning.com
		The Spanish explorers originally thought that California was an island.
		The official state flag of California, called the Bear Flag, was first used on June 14, 1846, but was not officially adopted until 1911.
		A large fl-and-white printable of the flag of California.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /usa/states/california (463 words)

	California Symbols, State Names - SHG Resources
		It is particularly appropriate since California's modern development can be traced back to the discovery of gold in 1848 and fields of golden poppies can be seen each spring throughout the state.
		The Golden State Museum is also the name of a new museum slated to open in late 1998 at the California State Archives in Sacramento.
		The name "California" came from a knightly romance book that was published in 1510.
	www.shgresources.com /ca/symbols/names (442 words)

	California - History quiz -- free game
		California was originally thought to be an island when first visited by the Spanish in the mid 1530s.
		Going back in time (but not as far as the birthplace of man!), what was the origin of the first discoverers of California?
		When did California cease to be ruled by Spain?
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=123135 (102 words)

	Alcor: Origin of Our Name
		In September of 1970, we were asked to come up with a name for a rescue team for the Cryonics Society of California (CSC).
		The articles and by-laws of this organization specifically provided for "Alcor Members," who were to be the rescue team core of activity.
		Difficulties in securing non-profit status in Washington then led to reincorporation in California, this time under the name "Alcor Society for Solid State Hypothermia." In the late seventies, to further broaden the organization's objectives, the present name (ALCOR Life Extension Foundation) was adopted.
	www.alcor.org /AboutAlcor/nameorigin.html (569 words)

	California - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		California - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia
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		San Jose, San Diego and Sacramento have only light rail, though portions of San Jose light rail serve as EL Trains.
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=California (6335 words)

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