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The pain associated with a bone spur on the heel of the foot, often called a heel spur or calcaneal spur , is typically due to the irritation and inflammation of the soft tissues that surround the bony growth, rather than the spur itself. In most cases, the bony growth is not sharp and many people have heel spurs without experiencing any pain. What is a Heel Spur? A heel spur is an abnormal, bony projection ( osteophyte ) that forms from a calcium deposit on the heel bone ( calcaneus ). Location: The most common location is on the underside of the heel bone , where the plantar fascia (the strong ligament that supports the arch of the foot) attaches. In this case, the spur often develops in response to chronic stress and inflammation, most notably from plantar fasciitis . Formation: Heel spurs develop gradually over many months or years as the body tries to reinforce the area experiencing chronic strain or micro-tears, especially where tendons or ligaments attach to the bone. Pain...

  Drowning in Emails? I Built a Life Raft with Google's AI, and You Can Use It Too! Are you constantly fighting the "Your storage is almost full" battle with Google? Do you have important emails you need to keep, but they're cluttering up your inbox and eating away at your precious storage space? I was in the exact same boat, and I’m thrilled to share the elegant solution I built. The Problem: My Digital Filing Cabinet Was Overflowing Like many of you, I use a specific Gmail label—in my case, one named "backup"—as a digital holding pen for important emails I need to archive. The plan was solid, but the execution was manual and tedious. Every so often, I'd have to remember to go in, save those emails somewhere, and then delete them from Gmail to free up space. It was a chore I kept putting off. My "backup" label grew, my Google storage shrank, and the risk of losing something important in a cleanup mistake was always in the back of my mind. I ne...

Ok, so we are now eating gene-manipulated food. How do you feel about it? Are you going to stop eating  your favorite burger/steak/sausage? Will you grow a third ear OR will not get sick from salmonella or e-coli anymore? Do me a favor - think about this for a minute! The US has approved CRISPR pigs for food | MIT Technology Review

Android security patches don't matter as much as you think Not necessarily true. The article includes statements like - 'you are not that important' and 'as long as you don't do anything stupid'. Well, plenty of people still use very simple passwords and easily fall for phishing attacks. So, IMHO, yes - security updates are very important. Specially because a lot of us are purchasing stuff online and do our banking there as well, or send/receive money.