Recently I have been facing problems in viewing the statistics of user visits on my blog. This is the first time I have faced the problem that has crept up during the last few days on the otherwise excellent plugin ‘Wordpress Blog Stats’. And what more .. I think I am not the only person who is facing such problems due to this plugin. Here are a few instances of some problems caused by the plugin onto some other wordpress.com users’ dashboards - WordPress.com Stats causing dashboard problems .

Here is a snapshot of the problem I have been facing during most of the last week: -

Today I saw a different problem after the indefinite preloader ended finally but to give way to its wicket friend in therms of some iincomprehensible code. Again I will be posting an image of the error shown by the plugin. Here it goes:-

The Wordpress Blog Stats Error shown by the pluging after the preloader ended.

 Now what should a layman blogger do who doesn’t know anything about these terms written over the desktop.

Hey folks we are back again although after a long break. The reason for this prolonged break is very simple - our regular jobs that enable us to be able to run the wheels of our daily lifestyles. As you all know it takes more than simple efforts to saave your jobs during times like these i.e. the economic recession. So, we had been doing our bit to save ours. By the waving your job is not a question that we had been facing, the question was how to get ahead in your present job during times of economic recession. Although this is a great quesiton, we will deal with this in an upcoming post.

Now you must have started thinking that I am again going to bore you with the same talks of the economic recession. But not this time although the economic recession hasn’t yet loosened its grip on our daily lives. Through this post I will like to explore an idea that came to mind today while I started out with writing this article. Has the economic recession become a fashion? Or better say - has it become a fashion to use the term ‘Economic Recession’ in blogs now a days? Although it may seem an absurd question in the start, I would like to make this point clearer by giving some examples of famous blogs who have used this term in the recent times.

 Really it seems it has become fashionable to write about the economic recession.  Here is a list of weblogs writing about the economic recession or including the term ‘economic recession’ in either their headings or the content - http://www.blogtoplist.com/rss/recession.html. Now again I searched for the term “economic recession” + blog on google and what I found out that google gave me some 2,070,000 results. Well that figure is overwhelming for a term that has not been in circulation for more than two years in the recent times. The fact that there is a website named - http://www.recession.org makes it clearer that people out there on the internet are trying to get all the mileage out of using this term in their websites.

Economic recession can boost the Search Engine traffic for your website

Now is it good to include ‘economic recession’ in one of your articles on your blog or website? Yes, common sense says this can boost the search engine traffic on your website or blog. So, why not use it. You can see from the below image that this is a hot trend on google.

google trends showing graphs that represent search engine traffic on google for the search term

Is this a FAD or long term Fashion?

The above picture shows how the search traffic has increased through the recent years for this term. So, we see the economic recession has become a hot trend on google and the internet searches throughout all search engines. Netizens are searching for information related to the economic recession. So, if you have something to share about the recession then this is the best time to do so. Some economists have predicted that the recession is here to stay for more than a year, so this again is a proof that this term is going to stay hot on the internet for long time to come. Stating all these logics compels me to say that this trend is not a Fad but it is here to stay and this fashion will continue for some time.

Now, why should you include ‘economic recession’ on your website’s content?

As far as I can think any term that has considerble search volume on google can generate a good amount of traffic on your website if your website is well optimized for search engines for those terms thereby implying that it is going to help increase traffic on your site. So, go for it and grab this opportunity. The fashion of ‘writing about the economic recession’ is here to stay.

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The Basics of Stem Cells

The word stem is generally used in plant kingdom for plant’s aerial part which bears several diversified structures as leaves, flowers, fruits etc. and can regenerate all these structures after any injury, cut or senescence. Similarly several cells in animal kingdom also have capability to regenerate into similar types or different types of cell, tissue, organs and structures and are called Stem Cells.

Types of Stem Cells based on functional properties: -

Unipotent Stem Cells: -

Are type of stem cells having capability to regenerate into only one type of cells of its origin.

Example - Cardiac muscles, Kidney endothelial cells, Hepatic cells etc.

Pluripotent Stem Cells: -

These stem cells can regenerate into different types of cells. These cells have ability to develop into cells either of same origin or of different origin.

Example - Skin cells, Erythropoetic cells (Bonemarrow cells)

Multipotent Stem Cells: -

Are most advanced types of stem cell with capacity to generate all types of cell, tissues, organs and even whole organism.

Example - Embryonic stem cells (Blastocyst cell)

Cells - The Basic Unit of Life

Starting from the beginning, cells are the basic unit of all life. They contain DNA (deoxribonucleaic acid), which is all of the cell’s genetic material. They also have the ability to undergo cell division and replication, which creates two daughter cells with identical DNA. There are somatic cells and germline cells. Somatic cells make up every part of your body from your eyes, to your skin, to your heart. Somatic cells are also the type of cells that cancer research uses and the types of cells that were used in Dolly, the sheep clone. Germline cells are sex cells that are used in sexual reproduction with females and males carying different types. When a female germline cell (ova) and a male germline cell (spermatazoa) combine during sexual reproduction, they form a zygote. The zygote then goes through several divisions (showed below) to form into a ball of pluripotent cells called stem cells.

Differentiation of human tissue for stem cells

The yellow cells in the figure above are pluripotent stem cells, which means these cells have much potential to differentiate into any type of somatic cell in the body. Differentiation is a developmental process by which unguided cells “turn into” a specific somatic cell type, like a blood cell or a nerve cell. During embryonic development, the perfect amounts of stem cells differentiate into every type of tissue to create all of the wonderful organs in our body as demonstrated below. While healthy (non-cancerous) cells in the body go through only about 50 replication cycles and then naturally kill themselves (to prevent excessive genetic mutations), stem cell have the capacity to theoretically divide forever. They can go on through millions and billions of cycles developing new cells with no limit, if supplied with the proper environment.

Types of Stem Cells

There are three main types of stem cells which are all obtained differently, have diverse applications, and face various controversies.

Embryonic Stem (ES) Cells can be obtained from the early developing stages of an embryo as shown in the first figure with a blastocyst. Stem cells obtained from this newly developed bundle of cells have the full potential to differentiate into absolutely, positively anything in the human body. Many scientists believe that embryonic stem cell research could lead to therapies that have the potential to cure at least 120 million Americans. They believe that these cells have the potential to cure thousands of disorders and biomedical problems such as Parkinson’s Disease, Alzheimer’s Disease, spinal cord injury, and organ replacements. These are the types of stem cells that are under constant controversy because they are taken from a five to six day old embryo . President Bush has legalized approximately 60 genetically diverse stem cell lines that can legally be used in research laboratories in the United States. The constant struggle between science, the government, and religion is at the pinnacle of this controversy.

Adult Stem Cells can be obtained from full-grown adults, but not all of their cells are stem cells because the majority of them have already differentiated. Therefore stem cells have to be found in special parts of the body where they have been saved and undifferentiated, like in bone marrow or early stages of tissue development. These cells are not fully pluripotent and (so far) have only been able to differentiate into a limited number of tissues. However they have been used for various applications such as cloning, trying to cure diabetes, and artificial blood. A major controversy in adult stem cell research has been cloning and the effects of cloning. The biggest question that is pending is how far people will go with cloning as fears rise such as in the book Brave New World and the movie The Island. Cloning is limited to animal use only and it is strictly and absolutely unlawful to apply to human use…as of now.

Umbilical Cord Stem Cells can be obtained from the umbilical cord of a new born baby. Millions of multipotent (not as much potential as pluripotent, but more potential than differentiated cells) stem cells lie in the umbilical cord and the blood in it. These stem cells can be saved in a stem cell bank and later used for bone marrow, anemia, and cancer treatments. There is not much wide-spread controversy in these types of stem cells because the umbilical cord is usually thrown away after child birth. Therefore this stem cell bank idea utilizes trash and turns it into a potential life saver.

More information on stem cells can be obtained from National Institutes of Health, The White House’s Stem Cell Fact Sheet, TIME/CNN, and The University of California.

Fashion during economic recession

We have been hearing and reading a lot about effects of the economic recession on various aspects of life and society. So, I was wondering what effect the recession is bringing on the fashion during this time?  Or does the economic recession really affect fashion trends. The most obvious thing that comes to the mind is that fashion must be affected by the economic downturn as almost all aspects of life are being sucked into the vacuum created by the recession. So, here I will try and explore a few aspects of fashion being affected by this ugly faced economic recession.

– possibilities of fashion being affected by the economic downturn

– the causes that lead to this

– fashion trends that have replaced trends that were popular before the economic downturn showed its ugly head.

What is Fashion?

The term fashion is used to describe a way of expressing language, wearing clothing, or behaving. Fashions are like “trends.” Fashions change more quickly than the entire culture. The term “fashion” is often used a synonym for glamour and style. Sometimes the term “fashion” is used in a negative sense, to mean a “fad”. As on Wikipedia.

Why will fashion be affected by the Economic Recession?

The whole of the world has now come under the grips of the economic recession and every single person is worried about their future.

Fashion is more that just a designer’s whim. Fashion is a reflection of any given time, socially, politically, economically, and artistically. The changing styles that are constantly evolving from these given perspectives show just as much about history and the time period as any history book. It reflects what people thought, what they valued and how they lived. Fashion is a statement, a way of living. Fashion is “trend” and “style”. Fashion is used in different ways such as clothing, culture, religions etc.

As fashion is more than just clothing and is mirror of the society during various times , so this will be a very important thing to monitor the changes in fashion during the recession.

Fashion and style were affected by the economic recession that gripped the world after the world wars and not only that, it went a great way in affecting the fashion of the era. So, similar things may happen during this recession too.

What factors can affect the fashion of our times

There are many factors around us that affect the fashion around us too. But the major factors that determine the fashion of a society remain constant generally. For example, celebrities of every kind - be it movie stars, politicians, sports persons, fashion models, music stars etc. play a great part in deciding the fashion of their times by showing in public what they wear and how they behave in public. This trend has gained more impetus by the accessibility of news and images of such people to the people becoming easier and more wide spread.

It is the fashion leaders who decide what the others will adorn during the coming times. But this happens only during times when the people have easy cash in terms of surplus income.

Spending Power decides what people adorn

The spending power of a person determines the purchases he or she makes while on a shopping spree. Generally the latest styles in fashion are relatively more expensive than the regular fashion or those which are in full swing and most popular. So, the spending power determines what type of apparel or accessories a person would buy thereby determining what they are going to use in the subsequent periods to come.

Now this is what is going to affect the fashion of the time we are living in during the economic recession. The masses around the world are facing the cash crunch due to job losses and hard crediting policies being followed by the banks around the world. The worst affected lot would be the students who will continually get lesser money to spend on themselves. The ones who recently lost their jobs will be affected even more as they used to be one of the fashion market driving forces.

I will take this post forward with some history facts of fashion being affected by economic downturns in the past. So, keep visiting and give us your comments about how you found the article.

Blogging During the economic Recession

What point have I been trying to make through this series of ‘Can Your Blog survive during the economic crisis‘? I will through this series explain about various factors that can affect your blog during this time and how to go about saving and making your blog stronger. The first of the topics was based on how to choose the best hosting service for your blog. Now through this post I will discuss how to save on costs that are an integral part of having a website or blog.  This is part II.

Importance of an Appealing Web-Design

Having a website involves many costs and one of the most important is the design and development cost of your website or blog. You must have a beautifully designed website to make a better impact on your audience. A good design does play some role in increasing the interest levels of your blog’s visitors. So, having an appealing website is very important. …click here to read more

Blogging During the economic Recession

This is a continuation of my previous post - can your blog survive the economic recession? Through this post I will discuss the possible options that we bloggers have before us to save our blogs and websites from the effects of the economic recession. I will be discussing this subject through a series of posts taking care of various aspects of the blogging scene that needs to be looked into while trying to save your blog from the negative impacts of the economic downturn.

The best thing that you can do during this time is to gain efficiency in whatever you do. By efficiency I mean getting the best output from the available resources. All major corporations are doing that, so why not you? Every company in the world has embarked upon the mission of cutting costs to the last penny they can save. So, why not us bloggers do the same. We too must get onto our feet and start saving to the last penny we can. So, how to start the game of cost cutting in the world of online self publishing?

First we should analyze all the costs involved in owning a self hosted website or blog.

The first cost that one incurs for owning a website is to have a domain for the website or blog. You purchase a domain name that is available with a domain registrar or that is up for sale by the previous owner of the domain. This might cost a few dollars or a few thousands dollars depending on whether the domain name was previously owned by someone or not and how popular the domain name was if owned by someone else.

Then the second cost of owning a website or blog is to have someone host your website on their web server. This is the thing that makes all the difference if you have a blog or website visited by large numbers of visitors daily. This is because the bandwidth that your web server host provides you is a matter you should be most concerned about. But how to get to know if your web host is the best option that you can have at the best price and the amount of bandwidth you need. I recently found out about the website - Web Hosting Choice. This is the answer to all your webhost comparison needs.

Web hosting Choice lets you compare various hosting providers simultaneously keeping them side by side for different criteria

The above picture is an example of how they compare different webhosts for you based on certain criteria that you would like them to be compared for. This helps to find out best option for your blog or website using the compare tools on webhostingchoice.com.

Now what should you compare the web hosts for :-

1. Bandwidth - Webhosting choice says: -
   

You need to realistically think of how much bandwidth your site will need. Unless your site has a lot of downloads or a large advertising push, it will be unlikely that you will need many gigabytes of transfer - 5 gigabytes should be enough.

1. Cost of hosting space on the server

Webhostingchoice.com lets you compare the rates offered by different web hosts for a particular size of server space on their web servers. This will help you make a choice as to which hosting solution you should opt for.

You should not be afraid of change ever, as change is the universal law of nature. You must change your web hosting provider if they are not able to offer you the best you deserve. If the big corporations can lay off thousands of employees in one go then why can’t you change one tiny web host provider.

So why not go there and find out for yourself how much bandwidth you need for your site and which webhost can provide you with that option. It is the first task every website owner and blogger should take to find out the most efficient hosting solution during these times to ward off the ill effects of the economic downturn on their online ventures be it a blog or a website.

I will deal with the other costs involved for maintaining your website or blog in my subsequent posts: -

These will include: - Time required, marketing, writing efforts, advertising, technology and other things that affect the cost of owning a website or blog.

Blogging During the economic Recession

Companies have been failing apart around the world due to the effects of the economic recession although some of those fallen financial giants happen to be behind the sudden entry of this unavoidable catastrophe. Yes, the economic crisis created by some faulty financial planning and economic decisions by top managers of some of the largest financial institutions around the world have contributed to the cause of the economic crisis.

Why should bloggers be wary of the economic downturn?

Now,  why do I say Internet companies, commercial websites and professional blogs out there should be worried about the effects of the economic downturn on their business. Many commercial websites and blogs have their business models that are centered around selling goods to customers that are guided to their website or blog for a particular type of information. …click here to read more

As we know recently Indian scientists have completed a milestone journey by cloning the world’s first buffalo named Samrupa. But, cloning is the most tedious process in animal biotechnology and there are several reasons for its success rate being very less. In the case of Dolly, the first sheep cloned 13 years ago, out of the 272 trials only five were successful and this time during samrupa’s cloning, out of 100s only one has become successful and that new born calf also died within 5 days.

Following may be the 10 most important hurdles in the process of cloning

1. Selection of defective cells

The animal to be cloned must be in a good health condition and disease free. Even the cells/tissues selected should be defect free both at nuclear and cytoplasmic levels.

…click here to read more

Blogging During the economic Recession

The economic recession brought down by the poor planning and lack of foresightedness of some of the top executives and government officials around the world have lead to lots of agonies to the normal masses. Job losses and closures of factories around the world in various industries is the order of the day. The manufacturing industries and financial companies are the worst affected. This situation has not only brought financial problems to people around the world but it is going to bring in many other problems of various natures.

Grab the trend and get started blogging

So, what should the common man do to ward off the effects of recession on their jobs and lives. One of the ways I think will be suitable for most people is to start their own blogs and start writing about the effects and changes the recession is bringing to their lives. The term ‘economic recession’ is a very popular search term on google now a days and has been so for a long time now. The google trends graph indicates that this trend will continue this way for a long time in future too. Hence I would suggest people with sudden and recent job loss or reduced working hours to grab this opportunity. The term has been gaining popularity in the recent past and has now reached high volumes on Google.

Google Trends for the search term Economic Recession

Why people don’t blog

Many people do have the skills to write but they don’t blog due to many reasons. But if you have even the minimum standard of writing in your language of choice then you must start at the earliest. Blogging doesn’t only let you express your feelings but also lets you find great opportunities for yourself. Some of these opportunities may be related to your financial health. Yes, blogging can make you richer by the day just by following a few steps that can get you on the path of making some extra income. One such service is the today - Paid blogging service where you can earn a dollar for every 100 word post you make on a single day.

Motivation for blogging

Yes everyone needs to have some motivating factor to lead them to the path they want to traverse. The same holds true for even blogging. Many people start blogging but leave blogging after some time. One of the reasons for this trend is lack of motivation to continue. So, what will be the motivating factor for you? People have very diverse motivating factors but according to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs money is the biggest motivating factor that moves maximum of the masses. So, why not get some money while you enjoy blogging. Thus you can somewhat put the effects of the economic recession on the back foot and give it a somewhat equal fight-back. So, go ahead start a blog today.

What should companies do during the economic recession - Get lean during the Mean Economic Economic Crisis

You can use the hype behind the term ‘economic recession’ and get some high search engine traffic by blogging about the ‘economic recession’ and its effects on your life. I would like to hear some comments how the economic recession has affected your life or of someone you know.

Web 2.0

Who says “Web 2.0″ is dead? The recent TechCrunch article that is being Dug like forest fire has quoted in their heading that Web 2.0 is dead. They go on to explain that web 2.0 is dead because the instances of references of the term web 2.0 in websites, blogs and startup companies’ descriptions about themselves have reduced considerably. This according to him indicates that the phenomenon of Web 2.0 is slowly fading from the minds of technology companies around the world. He goes on to quote examples from communications he has been receiving from startups. The tech startups now a days refer to their companies as Web 2.0 companies less often. …click here to read more