According to studies, having a dog as a companion could add years to your life. One study concluded that owning a dog played a significant role on survival rates in heart attack victims. In another one of these studies, patients were evaluated for one year after they had been admitted to the hospital. It was […]
Are You Having a Hard Time Finding That Illusive Immigrant Ancestor? The 1900 Census Might Help
What I always find very frustrating (Yes, I also have frustrating moments in my research too!) is trying to trace that ancestor who immigrated into the U.S. yet you can’t find any information on them until years later or some family member tells you that this ancestor arrived from another country. After doing a certain […]
Research in Social Sciences: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
Research in social sciences largely depends on measurements and analysis and interpretation of numerical as well as non numerical data. Quantitative research methods focus on statistical approaches and qualitative methods are based on content analysis, comparative analysis, grounded theory, and interpretation (Strauss, 1990). Quantitative methods emphasise on objective measurements and numerical analysis of data collected […]
The Beatrix Potter Syndrome
When trying to understand something new, we automatically look for parallels in our previous experience: we seek examples from the familiar in order to better understand the unfamiliar. Often, this can be helpful, as when we learn a new language and we draw on our knowledge of another language with a common root. Unfortunately, this […]
Platonic-Fullerene Chemistry and the Evolution of God
The 1937 Nobel laureate in medicine, Szent-Goergyi, considered that scientists who did not understand that the energies of universal entropy were balanced by the evolution of consciousness, were primitive thinkers. He referred to them as crazy apes in his book by that title. The molecular biologist, Sir C P Snow, during his 1959 Rede lecture […]
What Is the Difference Between an Essay, a Dissertation and a Thesis?
These three assignment types; essays, dissertations and theses are all important to students because at some point in the life of a student, there will be the request to complete at least one of the assignment types listed above! Essays, dissertations and theses are all types of academic documents, produced by scholars and students and […]
The Difference Between Web Content and Article Content
What is the difference between web content and article content? As a thrifty webmaster, couldn’t you just re-use the same content over and over again and save yourself time and money? No, because search engines actually disqualify vendors based on what they consider “duplicate content.” Yes, you can get penalized trouble for plagiarizing yourself. Welcome […]
The Psychical Research Foundation
Karen was the name of the reception person, who sat behind the desk one Saturday morning around noon when I dropped in. I had never heard about them and was actually planning to find the J.B. Rhine Institute or the Federation for Research on the Nature of Man (FRNM). I had stumbled in to the […]
Writing and Editing Jobs on Craigslist – How to Avoid Scams and Trouble
Are you an experienced freelance writing who is looking for employment? If so, you can turn to Cragislist.org. Many individuals and companies who need to hire writers turn to the popular classified service. To search open writing or editing jobs, visit your city page and perform a search. You will get a number of results. […]
My Method To Find Women Looking For Hairy Men – The Easiest Way I Know!
I have a guy friend who is immensely hairy. He suffered anxiety over it for years (through most of his twenties). And he is not the type of guy who feels comfortable getting waxed. He, in fact, likes his hair. He just feels anxious about how women receive it. A short while back, we got […]