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Science Fair Secrets – What Science Fair Judges Are Looking For

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:22:43 +0000

Let’s face it: a science fair project requires a huge amount of time and commitment in order to do it right. No matter how hard you work on your science project, sometimes it can seem tough to know exactly what you need to do in order to impress the judges.

The good news is that science fair judges are always looking for the same basic things when they review science projects. These simple tips will help you to create the kind of science project and display that will attract the judges’ attention and impress them. So, follow these tips to be successful at your next fair:

Know Your Project
You’ve probably spent weeks – or even months – preparing for your science project (I know I always did). It’s exciting to think that the fair is just around the corner. But before you stand in front of your science project display to represent your experiment, ask yourself: do you really know your project well enough to talk about it?

No matter how much you know about your own science project, you can always learn more. I’m not suggesting that you spend all of your free time researching your science fair topic, but it might be a good idea to read a little more research on your science topic just in case anyone asks any questions about how your project applies to a particular field of science. Having knowledge that is not directly related to your project might also impress the judges!

Get that Display Looking Top Notch
Your science project display is a visual representation of your entire project. Therefore, take the time to make sure your display looks clean and complete. Use complementary colors, nicely typed informational sheets, and photos, where necessary. Your display should catch the judges’ attention from down the aisle.

Relax and Get Pumped
On the day of the fair, make sure that you have had plenty of sleep. A big breakfast will help to keep you energetic and on your feet – no matter how many times you have to explain your experiment. Also, make sure that your clothes are ironed and look professional.

Prepare for Questions
One thing is certain about every science fair I have been to: judges like to ask questions. Make sure that you are ready for those questions by rehearsing with your friends and family. Show your friends and family your presentation and ask them to challenge you with their toughest questions. Preparation is the key to every successful science project.

Edit Your Science Project Report
The report is not only a written document that will communicate details about your experiment, but it will also indicate to the judges how thorough you have been in your experiment and research. Therefore, take the time to edit your report until you feel like it’s perfect. Remember: teachers use the report to give you your grades.

Have Fun!
The most important thing that judges want to see is that you had fun while doing your presentation. By being creative and dedicated to your science experiment, the judges will appreciate your enthusiasm for science and research. Plus, having fun during the fair is…fun!
No matter what kind of science project you worked on, these tips can help you impress even the toughest judges. Take your time when working on the experiment and reports in order to ensure that they are accurate. As always, don’t be afraid to explain your project in detail if the judges as questions. Again – have fun!

If you’re ready to get going with your own science project, your next step is to download a free copy of “Easy Steps to Award-Winning Science Fair Projects” from the link below right now.

By: Aurora L.

Breakthrough Research Into The Causes Of Eczema And Its Treatment

admin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:23:17 +0000

Eczema known in medical terms as Dermatitis is an inflammation of the skin. Generally, eczema denotes swollen, reddened and itchy skin. Eczema is a common condition. Though not life threatening or contagious it can make one feel uncomfortable and self-conscious. Eczema affects one in every five people at some point in their lives. This article uncovers new breakthrough research into the causes of eczema.

Causes of Eczema as per the modern science – A number of health conditions, allergies, genetic factors, physical and mental stress, and irritants can cause eczema. The causes of certain types of eczema remain to be explained, though links with environmental factors and stress are being explored. Psychological stresses can provoke or aggravate eczema, presumably by suppressing normal immune mechanisms.

Research, treatment and cure of eczema with regards to the modern medicine

The goals in treatment of eczema remains to reduce itching and inflammation of the skin, moisturise the skin and prevent infection. The modern medical science considers eczema to be manageable but does not offer a cure for eczema.

Findings of Spiritual research into Eczema

The Spiritual research shows that problems such as eczema have their root cause in the spiritual realm and therefore in such cases eczema can be completely cured only by spiritual remedies.

Research has shown that one of the spiritual causes of eczema is being affected by ghosts (demons, devil, spirits, etc.) and specific spiritual remedies have been found providing cure for the symptoms.

How does a ghost cause eczema?

Ghosts search for the weakest point in our physical body to attack it. In order to spread its negative energy, the ghost makes skin lesions which then become its ‘centre of action’ from where the ghost can keep spreading negative energy. After making such centres in the physical body, the ghost progressively attacks the subtle bodies like the mental (causal) body, intellect (supracausal) body etc.

Specific spiritual healing remedy to cure eczema is:

Chanting of the specific Name of God

When we chant a certain Name of God, the specific divine principle performing a specific function gets imbibed into the body and a specific divine energy is assimilated in the person. This positive energy then combats the distress-causing ghost and forces it to stop its damaging process. The chanting of the Name of God also creates a subtle protective covering of divine energy around the person thus shielding the person from future attacks by ghosts.

In today’s times the most common cause of eczema is due to dissatisfied subtle bodies of departed ancestors of the afflicted person who cause trouble in the form of eczema causing discomfort. The reason for the attack by departed ancestors is usually to attract attention and gauge assistance from their living ancestor to help them move onwards in their after life journey.

The specific chant to relieve a person from eczema discomfort and assist the ancestors to move on is Sri Gurudev Datta and should be repeated 1.5 to 2 hrs per day for a certain prolonged period of time. In some cases relief was felt even within one week!

Summary

The root cause of a seemingly physical illness can be spiritual and the spiritual healing chants can give a prompt and complete cure. The most common cause of eczema is due to dissatisfied subtle bodies of ancestors and can be treated by a simple chant of Sri Gurudev Datta. Only those with an activated sixth sense or evolved subtle perception can diagnose the spiritual root cause of our difficulties. Only the application of a specific spiritual remedy can overcome a problem, which has a specific spiritual root cause giving rapid and complete results.
Even if we do not know the specific spiritual root cause of our difficulty we can safely conclude that a certain difficulty has a spiritual root cause if: The difficulty shows disproportionate intensity and severity. If the difficulty does not respond to adequate treatment/measures and keeps recurring. If the difficulty is overcome by spiritual remedies.

By: Sean M. Clarke

The Concepts of Development for the Argumentative Research Paper and the Analytical Research Papers

admin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:32:56 +0000

Writing a research paper is significantly different from creating a personal essay. This is due to the extensive research the author must engage in to complete these papers. Research papers serve as the writer’s ideas and opinions intertwined with facts and theories from credible sources. The way in which the paper is presented makes it fall into two separate categories: Analytical or Argumentative. The two can be easily distinguished from one another. Read below to find out how both methods are applied to research papers.

The Analytical Approach to Research Papers

Analytical research papers require the writer to have thoroughly explored the topic being covered. The goal is to provide expert knowledge in a way that is broken down into the writer’s own words. With an analytical approach to writing, the writer answers the research question objectively by coming into the project with no pre-conceived opinions about the subject.

Once the writer becomes familiar with the topic they are able to piece together their findings that best represent the purpose of the paper. Put simply, an analytical research paper combines serious contemplation with a critical evaluations of the question.

The Argumentative Approach to Research Papers

Argumentative research papers are also known as persuasive papers. Besides presenting ideas which have undergone much critical thinking, the writer takes one side of an argument and uses it to form a thesis. The thesis is essentially a statement proposing one side of an argument that the writer feels should be taken into consideration.

What separates the argumentative approach from the analytical is the writer’s stance which demonstrates being in favor of one side of an argument. Facts and credible resources are then used in order to compliment the writer’s position. The point of writing an argumentative research paper is to convince the reader to side with the writer by using reliable sources and making valid arguments.

The main difference between the two types of writing is that the argumentative research paper is an attempt to convince your readers of the validity of a certain view you hold of a subject, while the analytical research paper is an attempt to use your research to give an objective snapshot of what is known about the subject.

By: Nic Haffner

Writing 101: Research that Novel

admin — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:08:53 +0000

How do you start writing a novel?

The first thing I do is decide the genre and the setting.

I suppose you saw some version of Back to the Future. Here the setting is changing not because of location, but because of time period. Flashing back or forward changes the appearance of the same location. The setting is new, isn’t it?

Genre is the type of novel you are writing. That could be a western, action, romance, detective, mystery, gothic, or what ever you decide to dream up.

Science fiction would be another genre.

Did you notice a possible change in the genre in one version of Back to the Future? The kid on the skateboard changed to a gun-totting westerner. Well, it was still science fiction.

The setting is where the action takes place. If the action is in the present, you will not have a great deal of research to do on the time period of the action. However, if the action takes place in 1850 or 130 B.C., you must do research on that time period as was done in Back to the Future.

Once you have decided where the action is to take place and in what time period, you can define your characters. Here are some things to consider:

Names:

Does the name of each character fit into the location and time period?

Don’t call your Viking raider, Joe.

Try Eric the Mad or some such.

Language:

What would the language be of your character?

If he lived in 1750 in London, what phrases would he use?

What would he sound like?

That will depend on his class won’t it?

A London cobbler would not sound the same as the Captain of the King’s Guard would he?

What about the King himself?

How would he sound? What vocabulary would he use?

Here is a Warning:

Don’t write a period novel if you are not willing to obtain the education and knowledge you will need to write it.

The key to good writing is to write about things you know and understand.

Of course, if you are writing science fiction, you can do anything you darn please as long as it “rings true” to science fiction readers.

That’s why the advice often given to writers is to read heavily in the genre in which they intend to write.

That’s one way to get an education, isn’t it?

Dress

If you met a man in Walgreen wearing a silver body-tight jumpsuit and having antenna sticking out of a gold helmet, you would think: That guy isn’t from here!

If your character walks into a Wild West bar in 1850 wearing a green suit, you will have some explaining to do. My guess would be that he is Irish and will be asking for a Guinness. Note: Guinness started in 1759 but I doubt that you would find it in the Wild West in 1850.

Dress must be consistent just as language is important. You need to know the local dress, not some stereotype dress you saw in a “B” movie.

Dress is also characteristic of vocation and class. A banker, a blacksmith, a millwright, etc., would all be differently dressed in the same location during the same time period.

Early settlers from Texas in Arizona could be told by their hats.

Other Factors:

If your character is a nurse, you must know something about how a nurse performed at her location and during her time period.

Don’t have that soldier shoot someone with a Winchester during the War of 1812. Oliver Winchester was born in 1810.

Each character needs a history. A person’s history at least in part determines his or her actions. You may never mention such a history in your novel, but you must know it.

Each character needs characteristics. You may never mention most of them but you must know them. These are the things that in combination make your character distinct from all other characters in the world. Take Superman for instance or Henry the Eighth.

The bottom line is that all things must be consistent and logical if you want your novel to fly.

If something is strange, you have some explaining to do.

How to do Research

The easiest way to do your research is by reading in your genre.

I don’t like reading most novels. Therefore I do research on the time and place.

I like to start with a map of the area. Then I like to read the history of the area even before the time period determined. I read history books, old magazine articles, Internet articles, etc. I like to visit the area and visit museums and historical societies. I like to talk to the people, especially the old timers that have significant tales to tell.

Go into book stores, yard sales, book sales, junk shops, antiques shops, and other places you can pick up magazines and books for a song. Look at the stuff they are selling in antique shops and ask about the history of unusual items. The way you do that is to say this: What is that thing?

In a way, it is much like being a newspaper reporter. I like to search old newspapers for interesting stories to see what other “reporters” have done.

Look in old encyclopedias, catalogs, and almanacs. You will be surprised what you can learn.

When I was writing Revenge on the Mogollon Rim, I decided to read one of Zane Grey’s novels, the settings of which was in the areas near my home in Arizona.

I knew something about Zane Grey because I was a guide and worked on exhibits for the local museum.

I expected to help in the rebuilding of his cabin that was destroyed in the Dude Fire. However, I moved from the area (Payson, AZ) before that task was started.

Anyway, I was reading his novel and came up on a phrase that didn’t seem right to me. It was a view his character saw from the Mogollon Rim. I didn’t think he had it right. I drove to the Rim and parked very near the place he described. Then I saw that Zane Grey had described the view perfectly. Mountains don’t move that fast.

It’s a good idea to know your subject, your location (setting), and your characters before you start writing the novel. Well, don’t let that stop you. You can fill in the blanks later.

Just don’t let some bold character take over your book.

Writing, how to write, setting, characters, language, characteristics, history, time period, research

By: John T Jones, Ph.D.

Various Types of Ghosts

admin — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:38:10 +0000

You have read volumes about ghosts and have browsed hundreds of websites to devour more information on ghosts, but have you ever wondered how many types of ghosts there are? The fact is that there are various types of ghosts out there and all these are minutely described and documented by the Spiritual Science Research Foundation (SSRF).

The Spiritual Science Research Foundation has undertaken extensive research on ghosts in order to demystify this widespread phenomenon and help people in recognising and treating the adverse effects caused by ghosts through proven methodology according to the science of Spirituality.

At the outset, it is important to note that while we use the phrase ghosts (demons, devils, negative energies, etc.) as a collective noun to cover the entire gamut of negative energies, there is a vast difference between the lower order ghosts and higher order ghosts such as subtle sorcerers (maantriks) from the sixth and seventh region of Hell. They differ according to their spiritual strength. Ghosts primarily use their spiritual strength to harm humanity.

The generic types of ghosts as identified by the Spiritual Science Research Foundation in ascending order of hierarchy as well as power and strength are:

Common ghost Demons Black serpent Female goblin Jaakhin Witch Spirit Subtle sorcerer The Hierarchy among Ghosts There is a hierarchy among ghosts which is based on their spiritual power or strength. Ultimately all ghosts are controlled by subtle sorcerers (maantriks). Basic shape and form of types of ghosts The spiritual principle that word, touch, form, taste, smell and its associated energy coexist is also true with ghosts. Depending on their type of energy, they take up generic forms. These forms can however change, depending on what the ghost is trying to achieve. For example, if the ghost is trying to intimidate, it will take up an intimidating form, whereas if it is trying to fool a spiritual healer it may take a form of an angel http://www.spiritualresearchfoundation.org/spiritualresearch/spiritualscience/angel/index.php or a positive energy. They can also take the form of our departed ancestors thus misleading psychics and the people who come to psychics to enquire about departed relatives. This is true in almost all cases. How does one become a Ghost in the first place? When a person dies only his physical body ceases to exist. His subtle body however continues to exist and moves on to the other regions of the Universe. Some of these subtle bodies become ghosts. Most ghosts have unfulfilled desires such as cravings for sex, alcohol, revenge, etc. or derive pleasure out of exerting control over and tormenting humans and other subtle bodies. The subtle body of a person after physical death is defined as a ghost if their characteristics and intentions match the above. There is no special process as such which they go through to become a ghost. How does a Ghost become a particular type of Ghost? The main reason behind a person becoming a certain type of ghost is due to their predominant personality trait and their predominant thought at the time of death. For example people involved in adversely affecting humanity at large are more likely to become subtle sorcerers (maantriks). On the other hand excessive worldly desires and constantly thinking ill about others may culminate in one becoming a Common Ghost (Bhoot) after death. Summary The most reliable way of reducing the risk of being affected or possessed by the various types of ghosts, is undertaking spiritual practice as per the 5 basic principles of spirituality http://www.spiritualresearchfoundation.org/spiritualresearch/happiness/spirituality/basicpricinples_spirituality_d.php. Spiritual practice and spiritual healing remedies, coupled with personality defect removal and eradication of ego are the tools to access supreme protection from God that insulates one from the attack of ghosts as well as helps us proceed to higher regions in the afterlife.

By: Sean M. Clarke

How Does One Become A Ghost?

admin — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:26:52 +0000

Ghosts have always been a mysterious and fear evoking topic for most of us. Fear of the unknown’ has affected every individual on this Earth since ages. The Spiritual Science Research Foundation (SSRF) has conducted research into the subtle world for the past 20 years with the objective to bridge the gap between the known and the unknown.

What are ghosts?

When a person dies only his physical body ceases to exist. His subtle body (consisting of the subconscious mind, intellect, ego and soul, i.e. minus the physical body) continues to exist and moves on to the other subtle regions of the Universe.

A human being is comprised of:

The Soul The mental body or the mind The causal body or the intellect The supracausal body or the subtle ego The Vital body The Physical body

What happens after death?

When one dies, the vital energy is released back into the Universe. The physical body remains on Earth while the subtle body travels to a subtle plane depending on its merits or sins and its spiritual level.

If the spiritual level is lower the subtle body becomes heavy due to sins and excessive ego and as a result gets stuck in lower subtle planes of existence such as the nether world. If the sins are intense then the subtle body goes to hell and may exist there as subtle body or ghost.

This means that ghosts are subtle bodies of people who have passed away having unfulfilled desires such as cravings for sex, alcohol (things that they can only experience through a physical body), revenge, etc.

The subtle body of a person after physical death is defined as a ghost if their characteristics and intentions match the above. There is no special process as such which they go through to become a ghost.

What decides where do we go in the after-life?

When we die, our course in the after-life is decided by a number of factors such as:

The type of deeds done during the life-time. The extent and the type of spiritual practice one has undertaken during lifetime. The type of death – natural and peaceful, violent or accidental and the type of funeral conducted. The rituals as per Spiritual Science done by the descendants after death to help the deceased in the after life.

Who are likely to become ghosts?

People are likely to become ghosts after their death when They have many unfulfilled desires and many negative impressions in the mind. Many personality defects, such as anger, fear, greed, etc. A high amount of ego. They have harmed others and have the basic nature of harming others. Lack of spiritual practice consisting of progressive level of surrender of mind, body and intellect done with the intention of God-realization.

Summary

Only people who have reached the 60% spiritual level and have low ego are able to proceed to the higher regions of heaven and beyond and do not become ghosts. The rest of humanity, when they die, finds themselves in the regions of the Nether world and Hell. Most subtle bodies in the Nether region are highly likely to become ghosts. All subtle bodies in Hell are ghosts.

In fact, even if one is a gentleman but doesn’t have enough spiritual strength through spiritual practice, he is liable to become a ghost when he dies. This is because he is attacked by higher level ghosts and is controlled by them.

Performing adequate spiritual practice as per the 5 basic principles while alive ensures spiritual progress and greatly decreases the possibility of becoming a ghost.

By: Sean M. Clarke

Analytical Weighing in Scientific Research

admin — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:57:20 +0000

Absolute precision is needed in a scientific research environment. Temperatures, timings, and weights and measures of every sort must be followed accurately and methodically, ever-vigilant meticulous care must be taken to obtain repeatable results, and to experiment with confidence. As far as weight measurement goes, the only choice for this absolute perfection in measuring would be the symmetry balance scales.

Analytical balances must have functionality as well as accuracy. Accuracy is the most vital part of the scientific balance scales purpose, as even the smallest amount of error can lead an experiment to disaster. When weighing dry measures, such as powders, the accuracy of the scale must be so complete that even a dispersion of the powder settling on the scale platform should register on the display.

This sensitivity leads us to consider what may interfere with such a precision instrument as a symmetry balance scale. Does temperature affect the weight measurements? Is a drafty laboratory a significant problem when using the balances? Will moisture in the air cause problems while weighing? These simple questions must be asked when deciding on a new scientific balance scale for your laboratory.

An excellent balance will have a zeroing capability that only takes less than five seconds, and a readout time of the same amount of time. This may be necessary for efficiency in the laboratory, as data may need cataloguing constantly. To make this easier for the laboratory personnel, a printer port attached to the balance may be used, and good scientific scales should have this function built in. An excellent weighing system may have laboratory information systems integration, so that weights can be linked to the laboratories computer system for absolute quality control.

The digital age has arrived for scientific balances, as the digital readouts of these new systems are usually liquid-crystal displays backlit for easy reading. Digital filters allow for vibration, temperature, and draft while measuring out the items, all for flawless weight measurement of nearly anything needing weighing. A good balance will have shielding on three sides of the scale to stabilize the air before placing the items on the weighing platform.

Other characteristics of an excellent weighing system, especially in these balances, would be fast stabilization prior to weighing. Stabilization times should be short after switching the unit on, so wait times are reduced. After stabilization, there should be an easy tare zeroing function, especially when using a container other than what came with the unit. Tare zeroing is vital to getting exact measurements of any material, and should be reproducible each time the container is used.

Item counting can be highly beneficial to the laboratory personnel when weighing out pellets of materials, or small items needing stocking that otherwise would need to be counted by hand. An accurate balance scale can provide a counting function, by weight of the individual item being counted in quantity. This should be easy to obtain, as an individual item is first weighed, then tared for counting. This should be done in seconds, and as more of the same item is added to the symmetry balance, the count will be accurate to within only one to two items.

Balances for scientific and pharmaceutical use are entering the digital age, and are beneficial for any scientific process or methodologies.

By: Andrew K Long

Developing an Explosive Speed, Agility & Quickness Program – The Right Way!

admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:33:27 +0000

No doubt about it, during the past three decades the one athletic attribute that has most clearly transcended the majority of sports and most clearly impacted sports performance has been explosive power – namely speed, agility, quickness and jumping ability. Yet, for so many athletes explosive speed, agility, quickness and jumping ability continues to be a key athletic attribute that remains just beyond their reach. The ‘traditional’ view is that an athlete who does not possess great natural speed, agility and quickness can never become a great athlete.

This is simply not true! With the right training, an athlete who was not ‘born quick’ can certainly become quick, and an athlete who was not gifted with tremendous jumping ability can certainly make significant improvements to their jumping ability. In a similar way, an athlete who already possesses good athletic ability can certainly make great improvements and reach that proverbial ‘next level.’ While it is true that our genetic makeup is largely responsible for our muscle fiber type composition (a major contributor to explosive power), the latest sports science research conclusively proves that almost all athletes can make significant speed, agility, quickness and vertical leap improvements! The key to these improvements is the right kind of training.

Two of the main goals of any explosive speed, agility, quickness, and vertical leap training program should be to rapidly improve sports performance and reduce the risk of injury. Unfortunately, many of the older more traditional training programs have not accomplished these goals. In fact, many athletes using these programs fail to see the improvement they wanted, and actually increase their risk of injury. Let me explain.

All movement can be broken down into three plains of motion or directions – forwards and backwards (the Sagital Plane), side to side (the Frontal Plane), and rotational movement (the Transverse Plane) and three muscle actions – acceleration (concentric), stabilization (isometric), and deceleration (eccentric). Most sports require the ability to explosively move in all three directions and to explosively accelerate, decelerate, functionally stabilize, and explosively accelerate again. Yet, older ineffective forms of training traditionally have emphasized just one plain of motion (which is the sagital plain – for example: sprints, squats, lunges, leg presses, and leg curls) and one muscle action – primarily acceleration.

But functional movement and competitive sports is just not like this, and this is why close to 80% of all sports injuries occur without any contact with opponents and usually when an athlete decelerates and rotates (such as during a change in direction). Athletes must train in all three plains of motion and with all muscle actions (acceleration, deceleration, stabilization), to create a much safer and much more effective program. In addition, workouts should be both age specific AND sport specific.

This is very important. A nine-year-old football player should not be using the same program as a fourteen-year-old basketball player or a nineteen-year-old hockey player. Construct a needs analysis of the sport. What are the dominant planes of motion and muscle actions used by the sport and position of the athlete? What are the energy/endurance demands? What are the rest ratio’s? What level of intensity is demanded in each phase of the game and for each position? A program should be built around these components. Finally, the use of effective goal setting, training logs and charts to measure and monitor progress and improvements is an additional, often ignored, component that is very important to overall motivation levels and thus also important to the overall success of any explosive speed, agility and quickness program.

By: Spencer Wood

Spiritual Root Causes of Difficulties in Life

admin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:51:20 +0000

Most of us are unaware of the spiritual factors that are the root cause of 80% of the difficulties in life for the simple reason that they are beyond the understanding of our five senses, mind and intellect. Whether a particular difficulty has a spiritual root cause along with its details can be known for sure only through the medium of a highly activated sixth sense. Ignorance about the existence of the spiritual dimension and knowing its role in our difficulties will frustrate attempts to fully overcome the difficulties. In this article, we explain the role of the spiritual realm in difficulties in our lives.

The root causes of problems in life
In order to overcome a difficulty completely, we need to first correctly understand its root cause. Only when the correct and complete diagnosis has been made, by going to the root of the difficulty, can the appropriate remedy be given.

Modern sciences attribute the cause of a problem to being either physical or psychological. Hence we go looking for the cause and remedy only in these two areas.

For example: Itching is understood as having a physical cause and is treated accordingly with physical medicines. Narcotic abuse is understood as a psychological problem and is treated primarily with psychotherapy. But there is a third cause of our difficulties in life and that is Spiritual. Spiritual root causes of difficulties in fact affect our lives to a large extent. But spiritual causes are not as easily understood, as they are beyond the understanding of the modern sciences. In fact, the World Health Organisation (WHO) defines health as ‘a state of positive health in the physical, mental, social and spiritual dimensions.’ Thus officially it has been ascertained that spiritual well being is also a component that contributes to our health. However spiritual research conducted by SSRF reveals the actual extent to which spiritual factors contribute to our total well being. Through spiritual research, Spiritual Science Research Foundation (SSRF) has ascertained the breakdown, on average, between the 3 root causes being responsible for problems in our lives. Breakdown of the root cause of difficulties in life 20% Psychological and/or physical 30% Spiritual, Psychological and/or physical 50% Purely spiritual in nature Hence, up to 80% of our problems have their root cause in the spiritual realm. How to overcome these problems? These type of problems can only be overcome by spiritual means i.e. either through: Spiritual practice http://spiritualresearchfoundation.org/aboutspiritualresearch/spiritualpracticefordevelopingsixthsense.php according to the 5 basic principles of spiritual practice helps to build our overall spiritual energy to combat or be insulated from these problems Specific spiritual healing remedy performed to overcome a specific symptom caused by some factor in the spiritual realm

In this way, problems that have their root cause in the spiritual realm can either be resolved or we get the strength to endure them.

By: Sean M. Clarke

Animal Research – Who Does it Benefit?

admin — Tue, 11 May 2010 14:57:05 +0000

Over the years animal research has gone through many revolutions and changes. As early as the 1980s, leading cosmetic companies were still heavily involved in all sorts of animal research that supposedly was necessary to prove the safety of their cosmetics, from foundations to eye creams.

Organizations sprang up in defense of what was considered totally needless pain and suffering of animals and these companies were almost forced into finding other methods of research to test the safety of their products to make them ready for humans. Pictures of mutilated and blinded little bunny rabbits circulated mainstream media as shocked citizens rallied to their defense. It was ultimately decided that this type of maiming under the guise of product safety testing was needless to say the least.

As late as the 70s, it was an acceptable belief by many that animals were just “animals”, and they deserved no special care or understanding. Some labs didn’t even use anesthesia while performing tests or surgeries on these creatures; they believed in vivisection. Animals, in the name of science, were forced to undergo horrendous procedures without even the benefit of a local anesthetic. If they survived the procedure, they were simply put back in a cage to wait for whatever else was in store for them.

However, medical science is still heavily involved in various aspects of animal research, although they keep most of their experimentation under wraps and away from public eyes. Agreeably, however, that when advances are made in the treatment of deadly diseases, no one argues much as to whether a few chimps may have been sacrificed to achieve these important advances.

Organizations such as PETA keep what some call an overprotective vigil over any company, private and public, that is rumored to be using animals for any type of research. Many of their investigations make the news simply because of their aggressive nature in preventing undo suffering and death to animals whose sacrifice has done little in the advance of whatever the company is trying to prove.

Medical and research facilities have become so concerned about adverse publicity and undo questioning by animal rights groups, they have taken most of their research away from the mainstream hospital teaching facilities and built or purchased property literally in the middle of nowhere to keep prying eyes away as they continue using animals for what they believe is the benefit of medical science.

With advances and cures that have happened over the last decade, medical researchers have apparently been able to successfully reduce the need for animals’ deaths, and have learned to manufacture various serums with antibodies that help treat, prevent and even cure some of the world’s deadliest diseases.

Genetic engineering, however, has become a popular mode of research and because of the cloning that it produces, mice are still sacrificed in one particular procedure where their bodies are used to grow hear replacements for humans. Once the ear has matured, the mouse is euthanized once the ear is harvested. Because of this process, some possible recipients are choosing not to have this surgery.

By: Adriana A Noton