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The Art Of Sound Feb 3, 2013 10:18 AM
in response to Fredo Viola
The 'bug' is actually quite easy to reproduce on a system that has this problem... and as I said, of my Client base, (all of whom are heavy users of Logic in studios etc) whom I asked to check... only 6 could reproduce it... and I had over 200+ replies to my request... The remainder.. who knows... but they tend to be pretty vocal when faced with such a problem so I would assume that either they don't have the issue or they don't use Logic in such a manner to notice the problem.
However, if you have this problem then you really do notice it quite easily don't you think?
I couldn't agree more with your comment about the 'ball being dropped'... We are on the same page you know.. in regards to this issue... but again, without knowing exactly how many people have this issue compared to how many people use Logic in total.. it's very hard to get a realistic view of just how widespread (or not) the issue really is and based on my own experiences.. it really isn't that widespread at all. It just seems like that due to the number of posts made by people who have this problem, which is quite normal indeed.
Example: A friend of mine is a Dev who released an app via the App store. In the first two hours after release he received over 20 complaints that the app did not work correctly and he thought there was a major problem with his app design and paniced majorily.. trying to work out what the heck had gone so wrong!
Turned out that the problem was being caused by people not reading the installation/usage notes he provided... Later, the next day when he looked at the total number of people who had purchased the app in the same period ( about 420 ) he realised the number of people having the problem was quite small and nothing like as widespread as he originally believed... though based on the emails he got in such a short space of time, you would have thought it was something that was affecting everyone to a degree.
So... Again, I'm sorry you (and so many others..including a few of my own clients) have this issue and really hope it gets fixed soon... because my clients who still have this problem, are driving me nuts and quite rightly so.. No one should have to wait this long for a fix to such an issue, no matter how many or how few are affected by it. My comments regarding numbers were simply made to help answer RobertAntony's original request/question and also help explain why for many, they cannot reproduce it.
The Art Of Sound Feb 3, 2013 10:44 AM
in response to The Art Of Sound
Also, as a kind of aside....
In comparison, I had over 150+ of my client base complain about the "Airplay' issue.... (The annoying pop up window asking if you wish to use your Apple TV/Other Airplay device that seems to bug you every so often in Logic).
This 'bug' was supposed to be fixed in the latest updates but sadly for most of my client base who contacted me about this issue, that is not so and for some, who didn't have this issue initially, they (roughly 20) now do (as do I, I might add, on 5 of my systems!)
It's a minor annoyance compared to the Lag issue of course, but it is something I would have hoped, would have been properly stamped out by now and that plainly isn't the case... and given my own numbers, this bug seems to affect a much greater percentage of all users (who also have an Airplay device on their network) than the Lag issue does.
The point of this aside, is just to show that my client base does and will report such issues (very vocally at times!) if it affects them.... and this bug plainly does... much to my personal frustration as it's not fixable at the moment, in any practical way other than by turning off any/all Airplay devices on the same network.
Fredo Viola Feb 3, 2013 11:09 AM
in response to The Art Of Sound
I haven't had this problem at all, nor do any of my friends.
Pancenter Feb 3, 2013 12:42 PM
in response to The Art Of Sound
There's was also the possibility the lag issue is caused by the firmware version on certain machines. I guess this would be easy enough to correlate.
Anyway... since Apple was finally able to reproduce it there is definitely a problem and it was recognized and is being worked on which is a good thing. The lag issue is the type of problem that would only get worse and spread with new OS releases as more resources are used by Mac OS, if they can target it now the OS team will be more aware of such glitches in the future.
The Art Of Sound Feb 3, 2013 1:36 PM
in response to Fredo Viola
Do you have an Apple TV for example connected to the same network as your Logic Computer Fredo? If not... then you won't see this issue...because you don't have an Airplay (always on) device active on the network. Ipads and iPhones are slightly different as they are not "always on" in terms of Airplay I gather...
Deroly Feb 4, 2013 7:51 AM
in response to Mark Lindsey
Hey guys, I'm not shure if this was allready mentioned by someone else but this whole lag thing on logic 9.1.8 appears to be much heavier when 2 TFTs are connected to my Macmini. As soon as I pull 1 TFT off everything run's quite good, still not as good as it used to be but way better. Anyone else experienced this?
fluffy Feb 4, 2013 8:08 AM
in response to Deroly
A few people had mentioned that on the original thread (back when this started happening on Lion). I think everyone who reported that difference eventually got it to happen on a single monitor as well. Currently I have a single 27" monitor and still have the problem, although not as frequently as when I had dual 24" monitors.
Fredo Viola Feb 4, 2013 8:23 AM
in response to fluffy
I've just got one monitor right now, and it's an NEC PA241W. I still have the lag issue as bad as when I had a second monitor attached.
Nusskappe Feb 4, 2013 8:38 AM
in response to The Art Of Sound
The Art of Sound, if your figures would be representative, there should be 2% unhappy users. How many Logic installation do we have world wide?
How many users cannot join an english disussion?
If many of your clients are running clones of your setup, the % would be higer.
Anyhow, statistics are built diffrently.
The Art Of Sound Feb 4, 2013 9:34 AM
in response to Nusskappe
I couldn't agree more...
I should add that only 3 clients of mine are running on clones of my setups... The point of my mentioning clones was to highlight the likelyhood it isn't a hardware issue because once systems with identical hardware to mine that have the issue... are cloned from my systems, the issue for those systems vanishes so it appears to be a software issue... as nothing else is changing in the process.
As I said, I am not diminishing the problem.. I am simply pointing out the scale of the issue is most likely not as great as it would appear based on my own experiences with my client base and the fact that normally only those with a problem, post up about it, which can easily give a false impression... and the fact is we don't know any real figures... so we are all guessing one way or the other.. I simply gave my own figures based on a very small sample of users that I know and have worked with over a long period of time..... and those figures may or may not translate across the entire user base... My 'guys' may just be very lucky or maybe it's because they are long term users of Logic for example and so their installation/upgrade paths and history are very different to those who have only started using Logic in the last couple of years... having said that, I know of several people who just freshly installed 10.8.2 and Logic 9.1.8 from the App store for the first time and have no issues at all.. and others have the issue doing the exact same thing so there must be other, stranger factors in play too (maybe which servers they get their installations from?)
Anyhow....Again, the whole point of my posting up my figures was to try and help answer the question by RobertAntony, who was asking why he cannot recreate or reproduce the issue on his system... and not to belittle the problem itself. I hope that is understood by one and all?
Nusskappe Feb 4, 2013 9:59 AM
in response to The Art Of Sound
Ok, but it is a great, horrible and disgusting issue and Apple has not given the community one single official sign that they are really taking care of it. Personally I have to replace my 2008 Mac Pro within the next six months and I cannot rely on Apple SW (and HW?) anymore.
What would you suggest?
RobertAnthony02 Feb 4, 2013 10:15 AM
in response to Mark Lindsey
For what it's worth, I have yet to experience the issue. I've installed just one 3rd party plug-in (Sylenth) thus far, if that makes a difference.
Has anyone here that has experienced the issue try running Logic in 64-bit mode to see if that resolves it? (Or conversely, 32-bit mode if you're already running it in 64-bit mode?)
For those that may not know, you can do this by going to the properties (Get Info) of the Logic application icon.
Mine defaults to 32-bit mode. Changing this behavior didn't make a difference for me, but I figured it was worth a shot for you guys.
The Art Of Sound Feb 4, 2013 12:41 PM
in response to Nusskappe
Nusskappe wrote:
Ok, but it is a great, horrible and disgusting issue and Apple has not given the community one single official sign that they are really taking care of it. Personally I have to replace my 2008 Mac Pro within the next six months and I cannot rely on Apple SW (and HW?) anymore.
What would you suggest?
That's a good question...
Firstly, don't assume you will have a problem becaue you may well not.. You might, but then again you might not and the odds are you won't based on my own epxeriences with my client base.
Secondly, I have a 'method' I use with every new Mac I setup for my clients that seems, for whatever reason to reduce the possibility of any issues. Why this works (or seems to work) I cannot say but so far, for example in the month of january, I did 9 setups for brand new iMacs and MBPs.. and not one had an issue after I was finished.
The 'method' is as follows;
1) I turn on the Mac stepping through the setup proceedure and check what version of OS X is installed. If it isn't the latest version I update it via Software updates.
2) I shut down the Mac and then start up it up using Option + R to access the recovery system...
3) I wipe the original System HD partition clean
4) I install the latest OS X onto that clean partition
5) I go through the setup routines for iCloud etc...
6) I then run GB and download it's Additional Content
7) I then restart the Mac normally and check everything is working fine so far.
8) I install Logic either from DVDs, Disk Images of the original DVDs or download from App Store (depending on which version my client has, if any)
9a) I then update Logic (If it was the DVD versions) to 9.1.5 using this link...
This link allows you to select the version of Logic you wish to upgrade to rather then going straight to 9.1.8 via Software Updates.
9b) If I had to use the App Store to download Logic then obviously it goes straight to 9.1.8 so nothing I can do about that....I also then do the Download Additional Content for the App Store version and let that all complete successfully checking twice to make sure all content has actually downloaded.
10) I now test Logic using internal sound (I do not connect any Audio or Midi interfaces at this point)
11) Assuming that went well.... I install any 3rd party Audio/Midi interfaces and drivers (making sure these are up to date and do work for the OS X and Logic versions we are using), restart the Mac and then test Logic out again.
12a) At this point I make a clone of the System Drive using either CCC or in my case, SuperDuper! to an external HD that i can use to restore a clean and working version of everything back on my HD if needed in the future.
12b) For DVD versions of Logic, this is where I will update to 9.1.8 and test again... If all is well, I'll make another clone. If not I'll use the earlier clone and go back to 9.1.5 and leave it there though so far, that has not been needed by me.
13) Now I will install 3rd party plugins ( a few at a time running and checking Logic every so often to ensure all is still well.) It is at this point that I also check that all 3rd party stuff is fully up to date and the right versions for the version of OS X/Logic we are using.
14) Finally I copy over my personal Data that I manually backed up from the old computer to either a thumb drive or ext HD. I never use MA or TM to achieve this.. I only use the manual copy method... I also only copy across the folders inside the main Documents/music folders and not the main Doc/Music/Picturefolders themselves as that can cause permissions issues I have found.
15) I test again... and if all is well, I make one more Clone of everything.. again for easy restore in the future if anything goes bad.
16) Now I will install any other non audio related apps etc.... and test once more... Though most of my clients only use the Macs for Music so most don't install anything else.
That's it....
Long winded i know (Typically I find it takes roughly 8-9 hours to do all this depending on the speed of the internet connection and the number of 3rd party plugins etc..my client has...) but as i said, i have found this to work... and for me and my clients.. a good few hours of careful prep work seems to pay off long term.. and as far as the last few months is concerned.. and works 100% of the time for me and different Macs etc.. Of course I might just be lucky.. or maybe those Macs wouldn't have had an issue anyhow but that is how I do it and it works for me and my clients.
gen_ Feb 5, 2013 1:13 AM
in response to RobertAnthony02
Just to clarify, RobertAnthony02; we have tried both 32 and 64 bit mode. (Asking in a 32 page thread is mildly insulting to be quite honest as it's one of the first things anyone here would have suggested).
And it's not a CoreAudio problem. It's a Quartz/OpenGL issue. I'm not sure if it's Quartz2D or Extreme but it's most definitely an evolution of a bug that third party developers patched around in Snow Leopard.
I remember when I first upgraded from Leopard I had a very similar issue when trying to use Ohmforce Ohmicide before the update. Attempting to move any of the knobs on the interface would freeze Logic's interface solid for a good 3 minutes minimum (I kid you not) but until the point where you tried to move those knobs the interface would run completely fine. My theory atm is this: Ohmicide has a motion blur effect on the knobs and already had a spectrum analyser other graphical toys on the interface so I'm pretty sure it tapped into your GPU for rendering and that was somehow failing and causing it to lock up. Now Lion/ML is supposed to be entirely hardware accelerated whenever possible it seems that the software accelerated parts of L9 (original main interface) are suffering from the gremlins and Apple is refusing to roll the code back or add the capability to render L9 in software during the interim whilst it updates all this code.
A LOT of code is being updated either way, Logic 9.1.8 is smaller than anything I've ever had on my Mac. At 250ish MB thats a big gutting considering even Logic 8.0.0 was much bigger than that I'm sure.
buddhistmarty Feb 10, 2013 3:30 PM
in response to gen_
Are the people with a brand new Mac of 2012 immuned from this lagginess?
Do u think apple is forcing us to buy a new Mac?
OS 10.8.3 seem eons to come, if ever.


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We hoped to do all we had left undone on our last visit, in 1994, when my husband's appendix had ruptured the day after we arrived. Then, we'd spent most of our visit not at the Pierre Loti Hotel, a five-minute walk from Haghia Sophia and the Blue Mosque in the Sultanahmet district of the old city, Stamboul, but at American Hospital. There, I learned that ''peritonitis'' has the same meaning in Turkish and English.
Now, back at the Pierre Loti, we dumped our bags in our room (small but bright, with a double bed, television, a mini-refrigerator, and two breezy windows) and headed out onto Divanyolu Caddesi, the main street in Sultanahmet. The Cennet Restaurant, where musicians literally drummed up business on the sidewalk, was new, but the little shoe repair shop where I'd had a sandal fixed in 1994 was still in business in the courtyard of the Atik Ali Pasha Mosque.
Less comfortingly, merchants trawling for customers in the vast courtyard of the Blue Mosque still wanted us to follow them and look at ''just one'' rug, and at Haghia Sophia, the massive domed church built by Emperor Justinian in the sixth century, tour buses still disgorged battalions of weary sightseers.
We were lucky: on earlier, pre-appendicitis visits, we'd ''done'' Istanbul's big four -- Haghia Sophia, the Blue Mosque and the Topkapi and Dolmabahce Palaces. Now, we were here to take in this city that bridges the Bospurus and two continents. We knew that much of what we wanted to do would be free -- visiting neighborhood street bazaars and the Grand and Spice Bazaars, strolling in Yildiz Park overlooking the Bosporus, or along the Golden Horn. Much else would be very cheap -- most mosques suggest only a modest voluntary donation and even famous monuments usually charge no more than $2 admission.
Giddy at the prospect of so much pleasure for so little money, we decided to splurge, and slipped into the cool, green coutyard of the Yesil Ev Hotel, one of a number of small, reasonably priced (if not budget) hotels in nicely restored Ottoman houses in the Old City. There, we had a glass of raki, the Turkish firewater that makes every other drink seem a delicate aperitif ($2 for two glasses, or about twice what we knew we could pay at many cafes.)
After a raki-induced nap, we headed out again to the Sultanahmet Koftecisi, a two-story restaurant that has been serving grilled meatballs since 1920, and still draws a largely Turkish crowd in the middle of tourist Stamboul. Little boys in white shirts and trousers, some with gold slippers with turned-up toes, others with less exotic white slippers, all wearing sequined crowns and fur-fringed red and white capes, feasted with their families to celebrate the successful completion of the ritual circumcision ceremony that Turkish Muslim boys undergo before puberty. Our bill, for ayran (a yogurt drink), bean and lettuce salads, and the succulent meatballs topped with the firey green peppers we've always suspected could deal the coup de grace to an appendix, was $6.80 for two.
That night, unable to sleep as I listened to the call to prayer from nearby mosques, I got up and peered out the window, watching sea gulls soar above the steam rising from the domes of the Cemberlitas Bath, where I had been steamed and scrubbed in 1994. As I watched the gulls, I remembered that on our flight from Athens to Istanbul, I'd discovered that the Greeks on board were en route to a Sunday service at the Patriarchate, the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Church that resolutely remained in Istanbul after the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Both the Greek Patriarch and the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece would officiate and, I was assured, I would see ''wonderful things'' if I went. So, after attacking the Pierre Loti's breakfast buffet, we grabbed a cab to Fener, once a prosperous Greek district that is now a backwater of twisting streets with remains of formerly elegant wooden mansions along the Golden Horn.
There, we slipped into the back of St. George's Church and were enveloped in incense and liturgical chants. Members of the congregation lighted votive candles and kissed holy icons, all the while elbowing their way closer and closer to the front of the church, where the mitered patriarch sat in splendor on an elaborately carved 16th-century wooden throne inlaid with ivory and mother of pearl. We crept closer, too, and climbed up on a platform erected near the altar for television crews. There, we watched as chanting clerics in robes and miters stiff with jewels, pearls and embroidery moved through the packed church with icons encased in gold and silver.
When, after several hours, the service showed no signs of ending, we left the Greek world of Constantinople, and returned to Turkish Istanbul. We wandered through a maze of cobbled streets, whose only shared characteristic seemed to be that all went steeply uphill, past small, neighborhood mosques and street-side fountains, where women in head scarves and baggy trousers washed carpets rolled up like sausages that they then walked up and down on to squeeze out the soapy water.


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Jazz drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts leads a new album called Watts. But it's no ego trip; the disc is inspired, at least in part, by Los Angeles' Watts neighborhood, hometown of jazz great Charles Mingus. The Los Angeles Times calls the album "a collection of anxious hard bop and blues" from a musician who's always felt a sense of connection to the place.
Watts was an original member of the Wynton Marsalis quintet, and the group won three Grammy Awards while he was with the ensemble. He also was a member of the Branford Marsalis Quartet.
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By Ms. Shayna E Brouker (IMCOM)
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- IMCOM Command Sgt. Maj. Neil Ciotola organized a motorcycle safety ride through the Texas Hill Country Friday, May 13.
- Ciotola and motorcycle enthusiast T.J. Love briefed the riders on safety before they rode 100 miles along the Guadalupe River.
- "It's enjoyable, it's a great pastime, but if you let down your guard and lose your situational awareness you're going to lose every time."
Enduro enthusiasts from the U.S. Army Installation Management Command headquarters took to the open road through the Texas Hill Country Friday, May 13 for IMCOM's Motorcycle Safety Day.
Nineteen riders gathered at 9 a.m. to gear up and listen to a safety brief from Command Sgt. Maj. Neil Ciotola and Budget Analyst T.J. Love, who made sure all riders wore proper safety gear, including a helmet, eye protection, full-fingered gloves, full trousers and over-the-ankle boots. Love briefed the participants on hand signals and motorcycles safety guidelines, such as the "rule of big" when yielding to cars.
Participants fired up their motorcycles for a 100-mile scenic ride along the green waters of the Guadalupe River and up Highway 281. Judy Pukansky, a program analyst in the religious support office, led the group in a rotation formation that reduces rider anxiety. The group ended the trip with lunch at the Shadetree Saloon and Grill.
May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, and the Army is focused on reducing injuries and fatalities from motorcycle accidents among military members. Longtime motorcycle rider Ciotola, who encouraged the safety ride, rides his bike to and from work every day but is well aware of the risk and adheres to strict safety measures.
"Motorcycle riding comes down to this: it's enjoyable, it's a great pastime and if you let down your guard and lose your situational awareness you're going to lose every time," he said, explaining that a motorcycle is no match against even a "suicidal squirrel," whereas a car simply hits the bump and drives on. "You have to be wrapped up in what you're doing, conscious of reality and everything going on around you."
Ciotola said he would like to conduct more rides in the future and that the event fostered camaraderie among the riders that translated from the road to the office.
"I'm proud of everyone that rode today; they subordinated themselves [to the lead rider], looked after everyone and conducted themselves as disciplined participants," he said."


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Winter Storm Bella will bring the first, heavy accumulating snow of the season for us here in Michigan and across the Midwest this weekend. Cold temperatures will be setting in with single-digit windchill values.
As we prepare for the winter storm this weekend, many of us will bundle up and hunker down by the fireplace with a cup of hot chocolate. Let's welcome this winter storm with something other than plain hot chocolate to warm us up. How about a caramel hot chocolate with homemade caramel corn instead? Now we're talking!
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Posted in Mini Desserts, Cakes, Chocolate, Baking Recipes by Sarah
Strawberry and chocolate is often associated with the very simple dessert known as a chocolate covered strawberry. Pure and simple, this combination of flavors is often associated with love and decadence. I have definitely fallen in love with our strawberry chocolate mini layer cakes. Miniature cakes are the perfect way to serve guests a personal serving at any event or dinner party. Perfectly suited for weddings, baby showers or even engagement parties. There is no need for cake cutting or even running out of cake to serve your guests. Typically I will create cakes from scratch but this cake is moist, delicious and super easy to make when you are lacking in time and energy.
This post was posted in Mini Desserts, Cakes, Chocolate, Baking Recipes and was tagged with Chocolate, Strawberries30 Oct
Posted in Pumpkin, Ice Cream & Frozen Desserts, Chocolate, Baking Recipes by Sarah
I know it's cold and I am sharing an ice cream recipe. It's pumpkin season and although I am a huge fan of all things pumpkin, I can only eat so many pumpkin bread slices and muffins. Pumpkin ice cream is the perfect way to get your fill of pumpkin flavor without the overly filling denseness of a muffin or bread. Smooth and creamy with just a hint of spice, pumpkin chocolate chunk ice cream is the perfect accompaniment to pecan pie or simply enjoyed on its own.
This post was posted in Pumpkin, Ice Cream & Frozen Desserts, Chocolate, Baking Recipes and was tagged with Pumpkin28 Oct
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A pastry chef that doesn't really eat sweets, that's me! Don't worry, I test everything I create but I simply do not crave sweets. It may stem from the years I spent in commercial kitchens and fine dining restaurants. Hundreds of plated desserts and homemade sweets came out those kitchens over the years, which may explain my lack of desire for the sweet treats. I will let you in on a little secret; I do still have one craving. It has never receded or lessened over the years. Oreos or more specifically, Trader Joe's Chocolate Jo Jo's. Just the thought of them makes my stomach growl.
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What does dark chocolate ganache, sweet pate sucre crust and Himalayan pink salt need to complete this sweet and savory tart? A robust cinnamon and coconut beer from Perrin Brewing Company! No Rules is a porter produced by Perrin utilizing Beanilla extracts and flavorings. Beanilla coconut and cinnamon extracts mingle with a robust porter to create a truly amazing product. Not only is it a pleasure to drink, it is a delight to bake with. If you find yourself venturing into the Grand Rapids area and feel the need to have a truly amazing beer and great brewery cuisine, check out their restaurant and brewery.
This post was posted in Pastries & Tarts, Chocolate, Baking Recipes28 Mar
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Kahlua; a simple concoction of vodka, water, coffee and sugar cane. If you made some homemade Kahlua using our delicious recipe, you know that the addition of a Beanilla vanilla bean made this liquor even more delicious!!! Kahlua is definitely a popular liquor to pour over ice and leisurely sip on after dinner. Did you know that you can utilize this liquor in a variety of desserts and baked goods?! One of my very favorite pairings is with chocolate. Simply add a small amount to chocolate ice cream bases, drizzle into your favorite mousse recipe or make a batch of chocolate Kahlua cookies!
This post was posted in Cookies, Chocolate, Baking Recipes and was tagged with Kahlua21 Mar
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Chocolate, cherries, oatmeal, coconut, smoked almonds; all delicious ingredients on their own. Combine and bake all of these individual ingredients with a touch of butter, a bit of locally produced fresh honey and something magical happens! Store bought granola is delicious but nothing can compare to freshly baked granola.
We all know that homemade granola is the perfect addition to our morning routine, but why does it just have to be limited to a breakfast staple? Bittersweet chocolate, melted and spread into a thin layer then sprinkled with a handful of homemade granola is the perfect mid afternoon pick me up snack. Portable and packed with protein, chocolate cherry granola bark will keep you going through the toughest part of your day.
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From time to time, even professional Pastry Chef's utilize store bought cake mixes! I have a recipe from my childhood that is the perfect example of this. The recipe is already multi-stepped without the addition of making a homemade batter; just like my mother used to make.
The first boxed cake mixes graced the store shelves in the early 1930's by the Duff Company who even offered gingerbread and molasses cake mixes. The mixes required only water and were not as big of a success as the company had hope for…
As the 1940's and 1950's approached, Pillsbury and Duncan Hines emerged with mixes that required the addition of eggs. Eggs not only made the cake moist and rich but gave the average housewife (of the time) more of a feeling that they made the cake from scratch. Cake mixes are now on every shelf and I can guarantee from time to time we will all utilize this time saver in our recipes!
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Posted in Cobblers, Crisps & Crumbles, Chocolate, Baking Recipes by Sarah
The origin of the crisp is decidedly an American invention. When it came to recipes, early settlers were often forced to use what was readily available and on hand. Early American settlers often improvised; they had limited access to ingredients or the ability to run to the store when needed. Quite often, each creation varied from the last; oats may not have been available so ground nuts were often substituted, or flour was used in its place. There are many variations of the crisp and many have different and interesting names given to them such as: grunt, cobbler, buckle, slump, pandowdy or even a sonker. Each recipe varies from region to region. The crisp or the cobbler is what many of us in the United States are familiar with. The cobbler has more of a biscuit or cake like crust while the crisp is traditionally made with oatmeal and ground nuts as a base.
Berry Chocolate crisp adds one more layer of flavor to a very simple and comforting dessert. Chocolate and Ugandan Vanilla beans! The addition of dark cocoa powder to the crisp topping adds a depth of flavor not often found in traditional crisps. Have you ever had chocolate covered strawberries? This dessert will satisfy your desire for chocolate, berries and a crisp topping all in one delicious bite!
This post was posted in Cobblers, Crisps & Crumbles, Chocolate, Baking Recipes24 Dec
Posted in Seasonal Baking Recipes, Cupcakes, Chocolate, Baking Recipes by Sarah
Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes are the perfect addition to any dessert table or as a gift for someone special.
Every chocolate cupcake I have ever had has had a certain level of denseness or ended up being dry and tasteless. That is not the case with this recipe. The deep chocolate flavor is brought out with the addition of coffee extract and the crumb is moist and delicious. The only thing that could possibly make this cake even better is the addition of a creamy and rich peppermint buttercream.
This post was posted in Seasonal Baking Recipes, Cupcakes, Chocolate, Baking Recipes and was tagged with Cupcakes, Christmas, Peppermint21 Nov
Posted in Pumpkin, Pastries & Tarts, Seasonal Baking Recipes, Chocolate, Baking Recipes by Sarah
Thanksgiving is right around the corner--are you ready? We at Beanilla are so excited for the holiday season! Not only is it our busiest time of the year, but also our favorite. Cookies, pies, candies or just about any baked good or pastry you can create is our forte. The addition of our high quality vanilla beans, extracts, vanilla sugar and vanilla salt can bring your desserts to a whole new level of deliciousness!
Speaking of delicious, who doesn't love pumpkin pie?! Although this pie only seems to hang around for a brief time during the holiday season, it is almost always a staple on the holiday dinner table. Traditionally baked in a flaky rolled pie crust and garnished with a dollop of creamy whipped cream, the creamy custard-like texture is unique and quintessentially Thanksgiving!
This post was posted in Pumpkin, Pastries & Tarts, Seasonal Baking Recipes, Chocolate, Baking Recipes and was tagged with Pumpkin, Fall14 Aug
Posted in Sweet Sauces & Caramel, Chocolate, Baking Recipes by Sarah
If you have never experienced the taste of a fresh fig now is the time to try one! Green Kadota figs have a very short growing season, typically late July to early September. The small green fruit produces a bright green exterior and a beautiful pink interior. The fruit is less sweet than its black counterpart, the mission fig. Green figs are the perfect accompaniment to a crisp glass of white wine or a delicious variety of gourmet cheeses. One of my favorite ways to serve this small fruit is dipped in rich dark chocolate sauce and rolled in chopped hazelnuts. Simple and elegant, this dessert is the perfect way to satisfy those sweet cravings without feeling too guilty.
This post was posted in Sweet Sauces & Caramel, Chocolate, Baking Recipes30 Jul
Posted in Cookies, Chocolate, Baking Recipes by Sarah
There is a distinct difference in both flavor and texture between a macaroon and a macaron! One little "o" separates the cookies in the dictionary, but the two confections are worlds apart in flavor, texture and appearance. The macaron is an utterly French creation; crisp on the outside, but soft and chewy on the inside. Butter cream graces the center of one of the two cookies. One bite and your mind wanders to quaint Parisian patisseries. I have made it known that French macarons are one of my favorite desserts, but macaroons are a close second. Macaroons are a classic American creation, vastly different from the French macaron. The macaroon is essentially a coconut cookie, reminiscent of the center of a Mounds candy bar, but lighter and more airy. The addition of dark chocolate pushes this simple and delicious treat over the edge of decadence.
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Did you know that chocolate meringues are low in fat? They also can be easily converted into a sugar-free treat perfect for those on a low sugar lifestyle or concerned about refined sugars. They are also an exceptional gluten-free treat (even with the Nutella)!
This post was posted in Cookies, Chocolate, Baking Recipes24 Apr
Posted in Puddings, Custards & Creams, Chocolate, Baking Recipes by Sarah
Bread pudding and soufflés are two of the pastries that I have never made...can you believe that?! To be completely honest, I hadn't even tried either one until a recent trip to New Orleans. I have a difficult time ordering desserts such as bread pudding when I am dining out because; a) I bake for a living, and b) If I am going to order dessert, it has to be unique and absolutely decadent. I have never really thought of bread soaked in a custard as either decadent or unique. Boy was I wrong! The bread pudding I had was creamy, sweet and absolutely decadent. I knew I had to put that on my checklist of desserts to recreate when I got back home. The recipe I chose is an adaptation of the recipe that is used at Bon Ton in New Orleans. I substituted the whiskey sauce for a creamy and delicious vanilla crème anglaise and omitted the raisins (I just don't like raisins in pastries!). I also added chopped white chocolate (I like Callebaut chocolate), and I have to admit that it was absolutely divine!
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Update on Usaha Jaya 7 GroupLisa is taking another loan from VisionFund Indonesia. The previous loan helped her to contribute income for her family and helped her husband. At this time, she wants to use her part of loan to pay for more cell phone minutes refills. When she sells food items, she tries to sell cell phone minute refills and have a lot of customers.
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2011 Subaru Forester Road Test and Review
2011 Subaru Forester: Introduction
The last few years have been difficult ones for nearly everyone in the car business. We say nearly everyone, because while other manufacturers watched sales dissolve, Subaru saw sales improve. To find out why, one needs only to take a look inside its current crop of cars.
Case in point, the 2011 Subaru Forester.
Good looking, in a quirky way, the Forester offers a comfortable cabin, suitable cargo carrying ability and a strong selection of available equipment. All of this in combination with its well-earned reputation for reliability and safety makes the Forester an enticing proposition for a number of duly suited drivers.
2011 Subaru Forester Road Test and Review
2011 Subaru Forester: Exterior
Forester's tall wagon styling nicely splits the difference between station wagon, crossover and SUV. In fact, the Forester truly falls into the unclassifiable category in this regard. Because of the tall greenhouse, outward visibility is excellent, as is headroom for even the tallest passengers.
The short front and rear overhangs give the Subaru easy soft road and mild trail ability without worrying about dragging its face or butt on obstacles. Another factor enabling this is the Forester's 8.7-inch ground clearance. In other words, while the more extreme environments like Moab and the Rubicon Trail are best left off the table, the Forester will go pretty much anywhere else a reasonable individual would like it to.
Buyers of the turbocharged models might be put off a bit by the tacked-on look of the hood scoop. However in typical Subaru fashion, it has a purpose, as the scoop feeds the intercooler for the exhaust gasses coming out of the turbocharger.
2011 Subaru Forester Road Test and Review
2011 Subaru Forester: Interior
While the exterior is ruggedly civilized, the interior is all sophistication with its pleasant mix of shapes, textures and colors. Additionally, all the latest techno features you'll ever need are included among the Forester's offerings.
However, by dividing Forester into two basic models with different trim levels within each model, Subaru manages to deliver the basic package's all-wheel drive and torquey engines to a broader variety of consumers.
If you're an urban driver in love with your Bluetooth, navigation, and satellite radio, there's a Forester for that. On the other hand, if you just want to be able to deal with snow, muddy roads, high altitude, trails, and/or the occasional paved road as you head into to town to pick up supplies—and don't care about electronic gee-jaws, there's a Forester for that too.
It's not a new strategy, but it's one Subaru embraces better than most others these days.
2011 Subaru Forester Road Test and Review
2011 Subaru Forester: Performance
Two engines are available to power the 2011 Subaru Forester. Both are horizontally- opposed four cylinder units displacing 2.5-liters. The normally aspirated version is all-new for 2011 and delivers 170 horsepower at 6000 rpm and 174-ft-lbs of torque.
While it makes the same power as before, since it is slightly larger and uses a double overhead cam system for intake/exhaust, it doesn't have to work as hard—thus improving fuel economy. Mileage is estimated at 21-city and 27-highway, whether you team it with the four-speed automatic or five-speed manual transmission. The turbocharged engine goes into 2011 unchanged, producing 224 horsepower at 5200 rpm and 226 ft-lbs of torque at 2800 rpm. Available only with the automatic transmission, the turbo returns 19-city and 24 on the highway.
Forester won't be classified as fast with either engine, though there is a discernable difference with the turbo. Still though, if you live at sea level and/or rarely go into the mountains, save some money, opt for the standard engine. You'll pay less to get the car and you'll get better fuel economy too.
However, if you live in a mountainous region, deal with a lot of hills, and/or haul a lot of gear around (which the Forester will readily let you do) best get the turbo. Unless you've been paying absolutely no attention at all, you know by now every Subaru vehicle is all-wheel drive, however you might not know its all-wheel drive system is capable of transferring all engine output to a single wheel if said wheel is the only one of the four with traction.
Going down the road, the Forester serves up a pleasantly comfortable ride, while exhibiting adequate body control. Though it sits relatively high with nine inches of ground clearance, it doesn't go all tipsy on you when asked for a brisk change of direction. Taller drivers might wish for a bit more thigh support from the seats, but headroom isn't going to be a problem for anyone. Getting in and out of the Forester is so easy you don't even notice how easy it is. You just take it for granted that's the way a car is supposed to be. (We're here to tell you folks, that ain't always the case.) With all those tall windows, outward visibility is a strong point for the Forester as well.
2011 Subaru Forester Road Test and Review
2011 Subaru Forester: Safety Features
Antilock brakes, brake assist, traction and stability control, along with side airbags for front seat occupants and curtain airbags for the folks in the back seat endow Forester with a pretty solid safety plan. That wagon body is also good in a crash, according to the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety. They gave the Forester "good' ratings based on its crash tests of the crossover utility vehicle.
2011 Subaru Forester Road Test and Review
2011 Subaru Forester: Summary
Bottom line, as family transpo, the Subaru Forester excels. If you're an active individual who likes to get out and do things but doesn't want to be saddled with a full-size SUV, the 2011 Forester should also be added to your shopping list. However, if your thing is image and appearance above everything else, you might consider the Subaru to be kind of gawky with its tall ride height, odd little hood scoop and (let's face it—boxy shape).
But, if you're about substance over style — which based on the Forester's sales figures it seems many people are — the 2011 Subaru Forester has a lot to offer.
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At least two colleges in Colorado think they have evolved enough to consider being called universities.
Metropolitan State College of Denver and Mesa State College are in the process of gathering research to consider name changes that would include altering their designation from "college" to "university."
"We have changed our name no less than four times," said Derek Wagner, director of strategic initiatives at Mesa State. "It's happened progressively as we have broadened and broadened. We're looking at whether it is time in our evolution for another name change."
Mesa State is in the process of accrediting its first Ph.D. program and recently started offering five master's degree programs.
Metro started offering two master's programs last fall and will add at least one more next fall.
"A number of people are concerned about whether our current name fully embraces how comprehensive our offerings have become," said Stephen Jordan, Metro's president.
Jordan said surrounding states are more consistent about using a university name for schools that offer master's programs.
At Mesa State, administrators are pondering a change to Western Colorado University or the University of Western Colorado, either of which would give the university a more specific geographic designation.
Research has shown that people aren't sure where Mesa State is located, but the president of Western State College in Gunnison has already objected to any change at Mesa that would include the word "Western."
For Metro, two of the names being considered — University of Central Colorado and Denver State University — also would help place the school on the map, especially for possible investors from out of state.
Jordan said education professionals and donors outside Colorado often ignore Metro because they don't know where it is.
"We're doing a lot of positive things here, and we are models in many respects for other institutions," Jordan said. "But we don't get noticed because we're often confused with other schools."
Out-of-state recognition for Mesa State is about bringing in more out-of-state students.
"Our rate of out-of-state students is increasing," Wagner said. "We are trying to get students' attention. It's a competitive environment."
Metro is spending about $50,000 for a marketing firm to help conduct focus groups and surveys to find out what students and the community would think about changing the name. Costs for the name-change consideration at Mesa State were not available.
A community forum will be held at Metro on Wednesday, and Mesa State scheduled student forums every day this week. The schools' boards would have to approve, as would the legislature and governor, before name changes could occur.
If the names of the two schools are changed, both are considering offering duplicate degrees for alumni who want one printed with the new school name.
Jordan said Metro would attempt to pay for related costs with donor funds and not with student tuition or state money.
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I went for my usual night route ride tonight; home (Van Nuys) to the Sepulveda Basin park's bike path, around that a few times, and home. 26.6 miles, including a little jaunt down Sepulveda to Magnolia and back to visit a friend.
Anyway, the point to all this is that I got three flats, two in front and one in the rear within about five miles of each other. My friend got one ten miles earlier in the ride. Though his tires are unprotected, I use Continental Ultra Gatorskins, which are supposed to be puncture resistant. Apparently it is goad-head season, and apparently they are not resistant to goat heads.
So tomorrow we're back at it again, hopefully to go another 20 miles or so, again after dark. Can anyone recommend a valley ride that (A) won't get us killed, and (B) won't get us four flats in the course of fifteen miles, and (C) is do-able after dark (we have lights).


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An interesting article but it left me empty of any resolution. I have a friend whose daughter died yesterday at the age of 24. Your article gave me nothing to share or cope with or help others. I have, however, found much from the scripture that helps such as Psalm 73. God is the end of everything not just an answer to our difficulties. We forget that He created us; we did not create Him. Therefore, the focus on the purpose God has in everything must be kept in mind. He can receive honor for all things, even the difficult and sorrowful things we go through. Did not David weep and pray and fast for his child to live and yet when the child died David was consoled with the knowledge that the child could not come back to him but that one day he would go and be with the child. We must always look to God and His promises. Man does not have the answers. You may not always be satisfied with what God says but are you satisfied with what man says? Let God be your end and not the means to the end you desire.
Comment by Terry Beals — December 9, 2013 @ 5:05 AM
Eaxctly my own feeling-I will not bring my beloved husband, Michael, back from where the "real" Mike is (I believe with G-d) but someday will go where he is-in a glorious place! Still, at only eight months (he died April 2, 2013) the pain of losing him in our lives still comes and goes for all of us-children and grandchildren alike.
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(LIN) getting scooped up in November. Will Pier 1 Imports (PIR - Get Report) be next? Pier 1 has more in common with Linens 'n Things now than just decorative pillows and aromatic candles. Last week, Jakup a Dul Jacobsen, the Danish investor who disclosed a stake in Linens 'n Things before it agreed to be acquired by a private equity group, revealed a 10% stake in Pier 1.Jacobsen, a European retail magnate and chairman of an Iceland-based firm called Lagerinn ehf, franchises Jysk stores (pronounced yoo-sk), a home furnishings chain that's known as the Danish version of IKEA. Jacobsen's chain has 1,000 stores worldwide, with 23 stores in Canada and two in New Jersey under the name Inspiration. Some investors see his interest in Linens 'n Things, which has now shifted to Pier 1, as a sign that he is looking for a cheap acquisition to expand his reach in the U.S. -- the consumer capital of the world. "It's entirely possible that he views Pier 1 as a potential takeover target," says Morningstar analyst Anthony Chukumba. "Acquiring Pier 1 would give him entry into the U.S. with a company that has a fairly well-known and well-respected name brand, a nationwide store presence and a decent amount of scale." The presence of Jacobsen at Pier 1 adds one more wrinkle to a value play that has already attracted legendary investor Warren Buffett, whose Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA) disclosed a 9% stake in 2004. Buffett cut his stake in half as the retailer floundered, and Berkshire now owns about 3 million shares. Shares of Pier 1 have declined about 50% over the last two years as its sales and earnings have consistently slowed and disappointed Wall Street. So far this year, the stock has shown some signs of life after dipping below $9 in December. Despite a dreary holiday performance, shares are now up 29% for 2006, and with a major merchandise overhaul in the works, investors are starting to look at it as a glass-half-full situation.The buyout binge sweeping across the retail landscape recently spread to the battered-down home furnishings sector, with Linens 'n Things
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UFCW workers in front of Whole Food Bellevue Last month, Whole Foods CEO and cofounder John Mackey shocked many people with his op-ed in the
UFCW workers in front of Whole Food BellevueLast month, Whole Foods CEO and cofounder John Mackey shocked many people with his op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on healthcare reform. (Quick refresher: "A careful reading of both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution will not reveal any intrinsic right to healthcare, food or shelter. That's because there isn't any. This 'right' has never existed in America.") There was talk of a Whole Foods boycott. (Which would be much easier for conscientious shoppers to pull off here in Seattle, with our 462 neighborhood farmers markets, PCCs, and Metropolitan Markets, than say, Phoenix.) Three weeks later, the battle rages on.
Along with calling the Bellevue police to kick UFCW team members out of the private parking lot and onto the sidewalk, Whole Foods countered UFCW's efforts by handing out fliers of its own. The letter, addressed "Dear Valued Customer," begins: "Thank you for your interest in the unusual activity out front of our store today. We'd like to take this opportunity to tell you our side of the story since there is so much misinformation, confusion, and quite frankly, lies being told out there." It goes on to tout Whole Foods' "innovative business practices," list all the "positive change" the company is enacting across the world, and aggressively calm customers ("Rest assured, John is pro-health care reform."). It's a masterpiece of corporate defense, really, right down to its personalized closing:
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This article was originally featured in The Daily of the University of Washington on June 5th, 2008 and is reprinted with permission.
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The SSU screens and discusses the 2006 documentary film Jesus Camp during a meeting.
Senior biology major Alicia Godersky grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, in a secular family. Neither she nor her sister ever had any sort of beliefs forced upon them. Instead, they were both expected to figure things out on their own.
Now, Godersky considers herself an atheist. She said her family is atheist as well, even though they consider themselves agnostic.
So, what does that mean?
"Atheism is a rejection of faith as a means of finding truth," Godersky said.
Merriam-webster.com defines religion as "the service and worship of God or the supernatural" and "a cause, principle or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith." Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism and the many different faiths that fall under the umbrella of Christianity would fit under this definition - along with many others. But would atheism and agnosticism fall under the category of "religion?"
Some would say that yes, they are religions, but most people who are atheist or agnostic would be hard-pressed to support that argument.
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Force sensor in simulated skin and neural model mimic tactile sai afferent spiking response to ramp and hold stimuli. Force sensor in simulated skin and neural model mimic tactile sai afferent spiking response to ramp and hold stimuli The next generation of prosthetic limbs will restore sensory feedback to the nervous system by mimicking how skin mechanoreceptors, innervated by afferents, produce trains of action potentials in response to compressive stimuli.
Prior work has addressed building sensors within skin substitutes for robotics, modeling skin mechanics and neural dynamics of mechanotransduction, and predicting response timing of action potentials for vibration. The effort here is unique because it accounts for skin elasticity by measuring force within simulated skin, utilizes few free model parameters for parsimony, and separates parameter fitting and model validation.
Additionally, the ramp-and-hold, sustained stimuli used in this work capture the essential features of the everyday task of contacting and holding an object. Published on: 2012-07-24 News Provider: 7thSpace Interactive Comments. Brain wave-reading robot might help stroke patients. Can Billionaires Achieve Immortality by 2045? What's the Latest Development? Russian entrepreneur Dmitry Itskov is courting the world's richest individuals to help him in conquering death. Itskov, a 33 year-old, can afford to wait but the billionaires he approaches have an average age of 66, meaning they may be looking for shorter-term solutions to living longer—much longer.
"Itskov expects the first fruits in about a dozen years, when a human brain is to be transplanted into a robot body. The resulting 'avatar,' as he calls it, will 'save people whose body is completely worn out or irreversibly damaged.'" Called the 2045 Initiative, it recently held a meeting in Moscow and opened office space in San Francisco. What's the Big Idea? Paralysed woman drinks coffee with thought-guided robot arm. Voicegrams transform brain activity into words.
Electronic Tattoo-Like Devices Monitor Brain, Heart and Muscles. We might one day be able to monitor our bodies' internal functions — and prevent things like epileptic seizures before they happen — using a flexible circuit attached to the surface of skin.
The National Science Foundation announced Monday that researchers are working on a prototype tattoo-like device that can detect heart, muscle and brain activity. Tiny curly wires in a flexible membrane make up these devices and work better than conventional hard, brittle circuits, because body tissue itself is soft and pliable. Artificial Super-Skin Could Transform Phones, Robots and Artificial Limbs.
Touch sensitivity on gadgets and robots is nothing new.
A few strategically placed sensors under a flexible, synthetic skin and you have pressure sensitivity. Add a capacitive, transparent screen to a device and you have touch sensitivity. Real-time Discovery Engine - YourVersion: Discover Your Version of the Web™ Real-time Discovery Engine - YourVersion: Discover Your Version of the Web™ Wearable robot puts paralysed legs through their paces. This article was taken from the February 2012 issue of Wired magazine.
Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by subscribing online. This is the true integration of man and machine," says Eythor Bender, CEO of Ekso Bionics, a Californian research lab that has developed an intelligent "wearable robot". Bender and his team based the Ekso on a decade of bionics research by the US military. Its motorised leg braces let soldiers carry 90kg loads over long distances by anticipating the wearer's movement and transferring weight to the exoskeleton frame. The same principles allow paraplegics to walk with motorised legs, by responding to gestures made above the waist. Connecting to the brain: Thinking about it. Virtual reality posts on CNET.
CES: A laptop that follows your eyes - 1/13. Touch control, voice control, gesture control: alternative interfaces – or those that aren't mice and keyboards – are all the rage at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
With electronics gaining ever more computing power, it's understandable that old inputs don't necessarily apply to new gadgets. See also: CES 2012 – Consumer electronics in the spotlight And we can now add eye tracking to the list of interfaces that are showing future promise. Sweden's Tobii Technology, for one, is at CES showing off its system on laptops running Windows 8. How it works is simple – the user looks at an application on screen and taps the computer's touchpad to launch it. Biggest Scientific Breakthroughs of 2011. Video: See how new wearable robot technology helps paralyzed patients walk. ROCKFORD, MI -- An athlete who was paralyzed in an accident was able to walk again Monday morning during a demonstration of Ekso, a wearable exoskeleton robot, at DMC Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan's Center for Spinal Cord Injury Recovery.
The Ekso technology, named for its exoskeleton-like properties, was developed by California-based Ekso Bionics and aims to help those with lower extremity paralysis or weakness to stand and walk. The wearable bionic robot technology is a battery-powered, bionic device and uses motors to help users walk, said Beverly Millson with Missing Sock Public Relations. The robotic suit weighs about 45 pounds and can be strapped on within three minutes. The patient does not bear the weight of the device as the load is transferred to the ground. Dream of making artificial body parts becoming a reality. It sounds like a sci-fi movie – doctors growing body parts to cure our ills.
But thanks to incredible breakthroughs, bionic repairs for humans are fast becoming a reality. Experts yesterday revealed they are perfecting "off the shelf" blood vessels, which could revolutionise treatment of heart attacks and strokes. If the Cambridge University blood vessel team is successful, patients could be spared major operations. The test tube vessels may also treat kidney dialysis patients and repair injuries. And because the patient's own skin cells are used, there is less chance of rejection. Professor Jeremy Pearson, of the British Heart Foundation, said: "This is very advanced.
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