race: Technically speaking, each of the five races of man (Caucasoid, Congoid, Mongoloid, Australoid and Capoid) is a Homo sapiens subspecies.

A subspecies is a branch showing slight but significant differences from another branch living in a different area. Few traits are unique to any one race. It is the combination of several traits that indicate racial identity. Accurate race determination can be made by blood analysis or by measuring and comparing certain body dimensions. Ninety-eight percent of all Hindus belong to the Caucasoid race. There are also large numbers of Hindu Mongoloids in Nepal and Assam and some Australoids, such as the Gond and Bhil tribes of India.

North and South Indians are among Earth's 2.5 billion Caucasoids, whose traits include straight to wavy hair, thin lips, small to medium teeth, blue to dark brown eyes and a high incident of A2-Rh and Gm blood genes. Skin color, often erroneously attached to the idea of race, is now known to be adaptation to climate: over generations, people in northern climates have developed lighter complexions than their southern brothers.

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Definition and meaning of race:

race - a population differing from others; refers to a unit below the subspecies level which is not given a taxonomic name

(Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) )

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Definition and meaning of RACE, Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends:

RACE (Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends) - a technique used to obtain the 3' and 5' end of a cDNA. The technique involves three sequential enzymatic steps: reverse transcription, addition of homopolymeric tails, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

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Definition and meaning of race:

race - a distinguishable group of organisms of a particular species that is geographically, ecologically, physiologically, physically, and/or genetically distinct from other members of the species

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Each robot started at a different time and was "paused" for different amounts of time during the race; DARPA compensated for the staggered start times and subtracted the pause time from each robot's total to derive its final official time. The $2 million prize was awarded on Sunday October 9th, 2005. The 2005 competitors were much more successful than those of 2004; only one failed to pass the 7.36-mile mark set by the best-performing 2004 entry, Sandstorm. By the end, 18 robots had been disabled and five robots finished the course. O ...

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2005 DARPA Grand Challenge, 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge - Qualification, 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge - Race, 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge - Race Participants

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Racial or ethnic passing describes a member of a disadvantaged racial or ethnic group (usually member of a minority) who succeeds in being accepted by others as another race or ethnicity, especially in the case of a person of mixed race or ethnicity being accepted as a member of the racial or ethnic majority. It is usually used derisively and is not considered politically correct to aspire or attempt to pass, or to accuse another person of aspiring or attempting to pass. It has, therefore, been ...

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The Boston Marathon is open to all runners, male and female, from any nation, but they must meet certain qualifying standards. To qualify, a runner must first complete a standard marathon course certified by USA Track and Field (or, if outside the U.S., a course certified by a foreign athletic authority equivalent to USATF) within a certain period of time before the date of the desired Boston Marathon (usually within approximately 18 months prior). Prospective runners in the peak age range of 18-34 must run a time of no more than 3:10:00 (3 ...

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In the nineteenth century the term monogenesis was used to refer to the theory, supported by traditional interpretations of the Bible, that human beings all descended from a single recent pair of ancestors, and were thus closely related to one another. In contrast, polygenists argued that separate races should be understood as distinct species. This view was also sometimes claimed to have Biblical support. This dispute later evolved into the debate ...

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Monogenism, Monogenism - Race, Monogenism - Linguistics

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Under the Caste System of colonial Latin America, the term originally applied to the children resulting from the union of a European and a Mestizo; that is, someone of three quarters Spanish and one quarter Amerindian ancestry. During this era a myriad of other terms (mestizo, cuarterón de indio, cholo, etc.) were in use to denote other individuals of European/Amerindian ancestry in ratios smaller or greater than that of castizos. The feminine for ...

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Castizo, Castizo - Race, Castizo - In Madrid, Castizo - Casticismo in the Spanish language

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Racial interactions between society and the military: During imperial Germany, military service was a requirement of citizenship, but Jews and other foreigners were not allowed to serve in the military. (Frevert, 2004, pp. 65-9) The Holocaust. In the United States, beyond the Civil War, military service was a way for blacks to serve the country, and later appeal for equal citizenship during World War II. The military was one of the first national institutions to be integrated. In 1948, Pre ...

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See Formula One regulations for detailed information on the race start procedure. The race itself is held on Sunday afternoon. Thirty minutes prior to race time, the cars take to the track for any number of warm-up laps, after which the cars are assembled on the starting grid in the order they qualified. At the hour of the race, a green light signifies the beginning of the relatively slow formation lap during which all cars parade around the course doing a final tire warmup and system checks. The cars then return to their assig ...

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Racial or ethnic passing describes a member of a usually disadvantaged racial or ethnic group, and usually member of a minority, who is successfully accepted by others as a different race or ethnicity, especially in the case of a person of mixed race or ethnicity being accepted as a member of the racial or ethnic majority. It is usually used derisively and is not considered politically correct to aspire or attempt to pass, or to accuse another person of aspiring or attempting to pass. The term has, therefore, b ...

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A race is a population of humans distinguished from other populations. The most widely used racial categories are based on visible traits (especially skin color and facial features), genes, and self-identification. Conceptions of race, as well as specific racial groupings, vary by culture and time and are often controversial due to their impact on social identity and hence identity politics. Since the 1940s, evolutionary scientists have rejected the view of race according to which a number of finite lists of essential ch ...

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• Race - The origins patterns and physical manifestations of human genetic variation
• Race - Origins of modern humans
• Race - Distribution of variation
• Race - Substructure in the human population
• Race - Physical variation in humans
• Race - Social interpretation of physical variation
• Race - Incongruities of racial classifications
• Race - Ethnicity as a way of categorizing people
• Race - Ancestry as a way of categorizing people
• Race - Current disagreement across disciplines
• Race - Case studies in the social construction of race
• Race - Race in the United States
• Race - Race in Brazil
• Race - Practical uses of race
• Race - Race in politics and ethics
• Race - Race and intelligence
• Race - Race in biomedicine
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Race - Origins of modern humans. see also single-origin hypothesis, multiregional hypothesis. Any biological model for race must account for the development of racial differences during human evolution. For much of the 20th century, however, anthropologists relied on an incomplete fossil record for reconstructing human evolution. Their models seldom provided a firm basis for drawing inferences about the origin of races. Modern research in molecular biology, however, has provided evolut ...

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Race - Origins of modern humans. see also single-origin hypothesis, multiregional hypothesis. Any biological model for race must account for the development of racial differences during human evolution. For much of the 20th century, however, anthropologists relied on an incomplete fossil record for reconstructing human evolution. Their models seldom provided a firm basis for drawing inferences about the origin of races. Modern research in molecular biology, however, has provided evolutio ...

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Race

• To dream that you are in a race, foretells that others will aspire to the things you are working to possess, but if you win in the race, you will overcome your competitors.

Source: 10 000 Dream Interpretations, by Gustavus Hindman Miller

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Race - Origins of modern humans. see also single-origin hypothesis, multiregional hypothesis. Any biological model for race must account for the development of racial differences during human evolution. For much of the 20th century, however, anthropologists relied on an incomplete fossil record for reconstructing human evolution. Their models seldom provided a firm basis for drawing inferences about the origin of races. Modern research in molecular biology, however, has provided evolutio ...

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Race, Race - Historical origins of race, Race - History of the term, Race - History of race research, Race - 20th- and 21st-century debates over race, Race - Summary of different definitions of race, Race - The origins patterns and physical manifestations of human genetic variation, Race - Origins of modern humans, Race - Distribution of variation, Race - Substructure in the human population, Race - Physical variation in humans, Race - Social interpretation of physical variation, Race - Incongruities of racial classifications, Race - Ethnicity as a way of categorizing people, Race - Ancestry as a way of categorizing people, Race - Current disagreement across disciplines, Race - Case studies in the social construction of race, Race - Race in the United States, Race - Race in Brazil, Race - Practical uses of race, Race - Race in politics and ethics, Race - Race and intelligence, Race - Race in biomedicine, Race - Race in law enforcement, Race - Footnotes

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Dream Interpretation Race, racing

Watching a horse race: if you use your strength in a sensible way, you will be able to overcome the obstacles. Participating in horse race means that you will miss an opportunity. Seeing a racetrack in your dream is a sign that you feel confident and can win a competition if you are fast enough.

Source: Dream-Land, http://www.dream-land.info

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Race

Are you competing or running from or to something? In order to have a good understanding of this dream you should consider those factors. If you are simply running, it may be an indication that you need to slow down in your everyday life. If you are competing, you need to consider your competitive drive and realistically look at the current challenges. If you are running in a race and win, your unconscious may be expressing confidence that you may or may not feel in the wakened state. Running in your dreams may also symbolize the energy levels, the strength, or the force that you have to get through life.

Source: Dream Lover Incorporated, http://www.dreamloverinc.com

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The Indigo children, as they are now called by science, were first traced back to the year 1984. This was the year when suddenly a child appeared with very different human traits. As of 1999, science has suggested that approximately 80 to 90 percent of all the children born in the United States are Indigo children. I believe it probably will rise to nearly 100 percent in the future. You and I are obviously being phased out. These children are being born not only in the U.S., but also in many other areas of the world that seem to be connected with the wide use of computers.

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