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One of the more exotic diseases known in the medical community is called Marfan Syndrome -- a genetic disorder that affects the body�s connective tissue. Connective tissue holds all the body�s cells, organs and tissue together. It also plays an important role in helping the body properly grow and develop. Because connective tissue is found throughout the body, Marfan syndrome can affect many different parts of the body, as well. According to the Marfan Foundation, features of the disorder are most often found in the heart, blood vessels, bones, joints, and eyes. Some Marfan features � for example, aortic enlargement (expansion of the main blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart to the rest of the body) � can be life-threatening. The lungs, skin and nervous system may also be affected. Marfan syndrome does not affect intelligence. About 1 in 5,000 people have Marfan syndrome, including men and women of all races and ethnic groups. About 3 out of 4 people with Marfan syndrome...

M ost of us might have saved web pages as PDF from our desktop browsers. Save as PDF feature is now on most of modern browsers such as Google Chrome or Opera browsers. On Firefox, we can also install and add on to save web page as PDF. On Android phones as well, we can save web pages as PDF for viewing offline without incurring any data charges. Read more »

I f the Windows Explorer on your Windows computer is crashing frequently, you may check a few solutions that might work for you in this previous post - Fix: How to solve Windows Explorer frequent crashes in Windows 10 ? If none of the solutions work, then you may apply this workaround, that is to launch folder Windows in separate process so that even if Windows Explorer crashed, the folder windows already open stays as it is. Read more »

I was not using WordPress actively until today. I have a few clients I helped built websites using the WordPress CMS platform and I had to do some maintenance on them. And yes, I also had to create some new users for one of the client ( non technical client is an over statement here . Never mind, why I had to do it for them . ) . Then I stumbled upon the WordPress's new "Strong password auto generator", that, as the name implies, generates a strong password for a user in WordPress.  I googled and I came across this post on WordPress.org (Passwords in 4.3: Strong by Default) where it says: Read more »

Sometimes a dog just has to scratch. But people shouldn�t be doing the same, especially if your dog has fleas, or if your home all of a sudden has an infestation of those pesky little bugs. They seem to be everywhere once they show up, and it feels like they multiply like�. Well, like fleas! Fleas are small flightless insects that form the order Siphonaptera. As external parasites of mammals and birds, they live by consuming the blood of their hosts. Adults are up to about 3 mm long and usually brown. Covered with microscopic hair and are compressed to allow for easy movement through animal fur. According to Orkin, the pest control company, adult fleas are parasites that draw blood from a host. Larvae feed on organic debris, particularly the feces of adult fleas, which contain undigested blood. Fleas commonly prefer to feed on hairy animals such as dogs, cats, rabbits, squirrels, rats, mice and other domesticated or wild animals. Fleas do not have wings, although they are capable ...

H ave you ever thought about managing your Android phone from a computer without using USB cables? Then this post is your you. In this post we shall see how to manage Android phone from the computer without using any cables. For this purpose, there are a few requirements as listed below: 1) Android Phone and a computer 2) ES File Manager Android app installed on the Android phone ( Download ES File Manager from Google Play ) 3) Wi-Fi router to which both the Android phone and the computer can connect to. The computer may be connected to the router over Wi-Fi or connected by LAN cable. If the above requisites are met, then we can proceed to access and manage the Android phone from the computer. Read more »

Diphtheria once was a major cause of illness and death among children, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The United States recorded 206,000 cases of diphtheria in 1921 and 15,520 deaths. Before there was treatment for diphtheria, up to half of the people who got the disease died from it. Starting in the 1920s, diphtheria rates dropped quickly in the United States and other countries with the widespread use of vaccines. In the past decade, there were less than five cases of diphtheria in the United States reported to CDC. However, the disease continues to cause illness globally. In 2014, 7,321 cases of diphtheria were reported to the World Health Organization, but there are likely many more cases. Diphtheria is an infection caused by the Corynebacterium diphtheriae bacterium, according to the CDC. Diphtheria is spread (transmitted) from person to person, usually through respiratory droplets, like from coughing or sneezing. Rarely, people can get sick from touching ope...

If you are a blogger using the Google's Blogger platform and you have a Google+ Page, then you can automatically let Blogger share published blog posts to your Google+ Page as soon as new content is posted. This minimizes your efforts to share your blog posts to your Google+ page if you have one. In this post we will discuss the steps on "How to auto share Blogger blog posts to Google+ Page?" Read more »

I n this post we will see how to export Facebook Events and sync it with Google calendar and also with Windows calendar. But why Google Calendar? Why not sync it directly with Windows Calendar if that is the intent? Because by default, Windows Calendar allows us to add only the following email accounts - Microsoft Account, Outlook.com, Exchange, Google, iCloud, and Internet Email such as Yahoo. It does not include Facebook here. Why take the trouble? Can't I simply login to Facebook and check? The need and reasons may vary from person to person but this may be handy if you are using Windows Calendar most of the time on your Windows computer to manage your events and reminders etc. It may also be useful to see all events, added to Windows Calendar and Facebook events in one single Calendar to assist in planning your activities and tasks. Read more »

F or those using Mi phones, you might as well be using Mi PC Suite to manage your phone from a computer using a USB cable. But lately, Mi PC Suite doesn't seems to be working for most people. There are a lot of threads in the Mi Forums as well complaining about issues with Mi PC Suite. While the Mi Phone is connected to computer using USB, when Mi PC Suite is opened, we get messages like: 1) Device not detected 2) You need to update your device to use Mi PC Suite 3) Can't connect to your device. In this post, let's see the problems with Mi PC Suite and the status of this issue. If Mi PC Suite still does not work after the following troubleshooting steps, some compatible PC Suite softwares are listed at the end of this post that you can use to manage your Android Phone on computer. For this particular post, the system details of the Mi Phone, computer and Mi PC Suite are as follows. System details: Read more »

How to transfer files from Android Phone to computer without cables over Wi-Fi using ES File Explorer? Wanna do more without cable? How about transferring files from Android Phone from computer without using any cables or Bluetooth or USB thumb drives? Then you should try ES File Explorer's LAN feature. In this post we will see "How to transfer files from Android Phone to computer without cables using ES File Explorer". To transfer files from Android Phone to computer without cables using ES File Explorer, we would need: Read more »