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Race

2007-11-17T00:22:09Z

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[[Image:golly.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The popular Robertson's Jam Golly]]
'''Race''' is a concept which classifies human beings according to broad [[physical]] characteristics such as skin color.

Various different classifications have been proposed for human races in the past. [[Evolution]]ary text books used to have a chapter on eugenics that discussed the 3 race breakdowns of Negroid (mostly Africans), Mongoloid (mostly Asian) and Caucasian (mostly Europeans) and which of the races were the furtherest along in evolution.

The concept of race is no longer considered scientifically valid, as there is very little genetic differences between the so-called races, and those differences are mostly superficial.

For example, all people have the same skin-coloring pigment ([[melanin]]), and what "color" one is depends mainly on how much melanin one has.

Whether or not it is scientifically valid, race is still requested in the government census and many other forms.

==See also==
*[[Racism]]
*[[Eugenics]]

[[category:sociology]]
[[category:ethnicities]]

Common cold

2007-11-17T00:18:50Z

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The '''common cold''' is probably the most common [[illness]] in the world. It is characterized by sneezing, a scratchy throat, a stuffy nose, and coughing. In the course of a year, people in the [[United States]] suffer 1 billion colds.

You can get a cold by touching your eyes or nose after you touch surfaces with cold germs on them. You can also inhale the germs. Symptoms usually begin 2 or 3 days after infection and last 2 to 14 days. Washing your hands and staying away from people with colds will help you avoid colds.

There is currently no cure for the common cold.<ref>http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/commoncold.html</ref>

==References==

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[[Category:Medicine]]

Universal Sufism

2007-11-17T00:17:16Z

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'''Universal Sufism''' is a Sufi Order founded by [[Inayat Khan]] in the early 1900's. The movement is universal, and allows members of all faiths to be initiated into it. Unlike most schools of Sufism, you do not have to be a [[Muslim]] to get initiated. Members of the group have a [[Panentheism|Panentheistic]] view of God, and members practice [[zikr]] to try to feel God's presence.<ref>http://www.sufiorder.org/</ref> <ref>http://www.ruhaniat.org/</ref> <ref>http://www.sufimovement.org/</ref> <ref>http://www.sufiway.org/</ref>

==References==

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[[Category:Religion]]
[[Category:Universal Sufism]]

Poll

2007-11-17T00:14:56Z

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A '''poll''' is a survey of a group of people about an issue in [[politics]], [[religion]], [[business]] or other subject matter.

There are many different ways to conduct a poll. [[Straw polls]] are very common on the [[Internet]]. These are very unreliable because, like in phone-in polls, people can vote as many times as they feel like. [[Push-polls]] contact potential voters and ask questions intended to plant a message, usually negative, rather than gauging attitudes. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,311957,00.html McCain Campaign Asks N.H. Attorney General to Investigate Anti-Romney Calls]</ref>

Random sampling is a method which is much more reliable because a large number of randomly chosen people each vote once on pertinent issues. There is always a [[margin of error]], like + or - 5%, because no poll is entirely accurate.

Exit polls are controversial, because voting is considered private, and exit polls ask people when they leave the booth how they voted. They usually ask only a fraction of the voters, but they're able to make a pretty good estimate of who's going to win the election.

==References==
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[[category:politics]]

Idol

2007-11-17T00:13:30Z

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An '''idol''' is any [[creature]] or thing, including oneself, who is worshiped as though it or he were divine. It can be a symbol or a figure, or money. The form becomes an idol when it is respected as an end in itself without any reference to [[God]].

[[category:religion]]