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Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Lady Sings the Blues, Again!
46 comments:
- Dora, the Quilter said...
Yes, food absolutely tastes better on blue and white china!
- August 14, 2012 at 10:41 PM
- SwedishCorner ~ DownUnder...Pernilla said...
Thanks for hosting :) Love your blue and white china - one of my many weaknesses!! lol
~Pernilla - August 14, 2012 at 10:47 PM
- Trisha said...
Blue & white are such a beautiful color combination! You have some really lovely pieces. Thank you for letting me join in on the fun!
~Trisha - August 14, 2012 at 10:47 PM
- Penny @ Penny's Vintage Home said...
You have some really beautiful pieces! Thank you so much for hosting such a great party! Hugs, Penny
- August 14, 2012 at 10:50 PM
- Unknown said...
Beautiful blue and white collection.
Thanks for hosting. :-) ((HUGS))
Gee - August 14, 2012 at 10:54 PM
- Nici @ Posed Perfection said...
Thank you for hosting each week! Your blue and white collection is beautiful. Blessings, Nici
- August 14, 2012 at 10:57 PM
- Unknown said...
Oh, I love your beautiful blues!! You have some awesome pieces. Love the great features, too! Thank you so much for another great party, sweet friend. :)
- August 14, 2012 at 11:23 PM
- June said...
What a beautiful collection of blue and white Paula! SO many lovely, lovely pieces.
hugs... - August 14, 2012 at 11:27 PM
- Shirley said...
Hi Paula, You have a beautiful blue and white collection. It is funny how to have a certain color that you like. Have a wonderful day. Your Missouri friend.
- August 14, 2012 at 11:33 PM
Love you blues and whites! I don't have a lot of blue but think I need to incooperate more as it is so pretty!
Thank you for the party. - August 15, 2012 at 12:00 AM
- Happy To Be/ Gl♥ria said...
L♥ve all your blue/white..I have had a blue/white kitchen for over 40 years..it's just a timeless color combo and always will be..I pray all is well in your world my dear friend..Hugs and smiles Gl♥ria
- August 15, 2012 at 12:04 AM
- Heirloom treasures said...
Blue and white china is a must in my home. Love it,and always have. It makes a house a home. You have a lovely collection. xx
- August 15, 2012 at 1:09 AM
- Stan and Jody Gabara said...
Love all the features! What a beautiful blue & white collection. Thanks for hosting a great party!
Jody - August 15, 2012 at 1:53 AM
- Natasha in Oz said...
Many thanks for having me today and for the very sweet feature! You have just made my day!
Best wishes,
Natasha in Oz
PS I just gave this post a +1 on Google + - August 15, 2012 at 1:57 AM
There is something very special about blue and white, pottery, porcelain and stoneware, it just looks so right somehow. I particularly like your umbrella stand, and I love ginger jars.
- August 15, 2012 at 6:45 AM
- The Charm of Home said...
I love blue & white! That umbrella stand is my favorite! I need to link up objects instead of food. I guess I never realized that.! Thank you for hosting!
Sherry - August 15, 2012 at 8:22 AM
- Cottage and Broome said...
Can't wait to see your grandmother's project done! Thanks for hosting, Laura
- August 15, 2012 at 8:42 AM
- Kathy said...
I am quite fond of blue and white urns and dishes as well. Your collection is marvelous! I do appreciate you hosting,
Kathy - August 15, 2012 at 9:17 AM
- Curtains in My Tree said...
I am right there with ya. I have liked blue & white dishes since I was 14 , my first set of blue & white dishes was a set my grandmother gave me she got them from using coffee premium coupons.
I have several pieces of blue & white through out my house , however I am sure you have lots more than me and nicer pieces also. I am looking fgor the unmbrella stand also
I always like looking at your treasures - August 15, 2012 at 9:19 AM
- Debbie-Dabble Blog and A Debbie-Dabble Christmas said...
i just love your blues and whites!! I hit pay dirt last week with blue transferware! it is in my latest post that i linked up!
Thanks so much for hosting!!
Debbie - August 15, 2012 at 9:28 AM
- Gina said...
You have a lovely collection! I had to smile when you said food tastes better on blue & white china. My aunt has blue & white china and I always thought her food tastes better on them, but that I was crazy....now I see that I'm not! lol
- August 15, 2012 at 9:46 AM
- Vintage Street Designs said...
Thanks so much for hosting! :)
- August 15, 2012 at 10:02 AM
Oh, what beautiful blue and white pieces. I totally agree that food tastes better on blue and white china! :)
Now, I would love it if one day you would go through your home and snap every room! I'm always trying to peep around the corners of your snaps to see more! :)
Thanks for hosting and you're always a sweetie,
Shelia ;) - August 15, 2012 at 10:18 AM
- Julie Marie said...
So very beautiful Paula!... I love your blues... (I also love blues music)... you ladies have such an elegant touch in your decorating... and everything is just exquisite... thanks so much for sharing a glimpse into your gorgeous lives... xoxo Julie Marie Hello Patti!
- August 15, 2012 at 10:42 AM
- Http://whatmeeganmakes.com said...
Love your blog and your taste! I look forward to linking up often. AND gaining inspiration for you :)
Thanks for hosting!!
Meegan - August 15, 2012 at 11:40 AM
- Pinky at Designs by Pinky said...
I have been collecting blue and white porcelains for 28 years now!!! I ADORE them!!! In the new house I plan to use them ALL OVER!!! Can you tell me where you got the plates that are in the rack???? I LOVE them! XO, Pinky
- August 15, 2012 at 11:47 AM
- Kathryn Ferguson Griffin said...
I love all of your blue and white! Just lovely! Thank you for hosting. Wishing you a grand week. Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
- August 15, 2012 at 12:04 PM
I'm jealous,I have always loved blue and white dishes,why I don't have some I just don't know,I need to get busy and get me some.LOVE 'em.Thanks for hosting this fun party..the features are awesome!
- August 15, 2012 at 1:22 PM
- dvr usa said...
Ceramic wares like this are nice for dining and for beverage use. They are colorful and adds a nice art for kitchen and tableware collection.
- August 15, 2012 at 1:50 PM
- must love junk said...
Thanks for hosting this fab party!
Susan - August 15, 2012 at 3:11 PM
- Shenita @ Embellishments by SLR said...
Your blue and white collections are so pretty! This is a classic that will never get old! Thanks so much for hosting this great party! Glad to link up!
- August 15, 2012 at 4:03 PM
- Antiques And Teacups said...
Blue and white...what could be better!@ What a wonderful collection, as usual! Thanks so much for hosting!
Ruht - August 15, 2012 at 4:41 PM
- Anne said...
What a pretty collection!
Anne - August 15, 2012 at 4:58 PM
- FABBY'S LIVING said...
How I love blue and white china too! You have your dear grannie's sweet memories of it, which makes it so special too. Thank you for once again another terrific party!
FABBY - August 15, 2012 at 8:15 PM
- Judy at GoldCountryCottage said...
Paula: You have some beautiful pieces of blue and white, always so lovely. Great features from last week and I want to thank you for visiting and leaving me such kind comments and for hosting again..Happy Wednesday..Judy
- August 15, 2012 at 10:06 PM
- Joy@aVintageGreen said...
Thank you for featuring my silver plate butter dish find in your features this week, a lovely surprise.
This week I added a quick peek at my booths.
Thank you for hosting, always love your photos - the blue china collection on your walls and surfaces is amazing and so beautiful.
Joy - August 15, 2012 at 10:08 PM
- Linda @ Life and Linda said...
I love the blue and white. It is so charming. You have quite the collection. Thanks again for hosting.
- August 16, 2012 at 1:35 AM
- Auro @ Add that Xtra in the Ordinary said...
oh!thank you so much for featuring my post,you just made my day ladies!
Blue and white,porcelains and china are Classics which will never fade, and you guys added a different dimensions to them! Just love being here and have joined in happily in todays party.
lots of hugs
- August 16, 2012 at 1:39 AM
- Unknown said...
I love all your pretty blues and whites! I have a couple things here and there, but nothing I'd call a "collection" of those colors. My most recent was a little egg cup that my English friend brought me from Holland when she was here visiting last month. It's white with pretty blue tulips on it...I love it!
Hope you have a lovely weekend!
Mrs. Sarah Coller - August 16, 2012 at 1:35 PM
- Johanna Gehrlein said...
Hi Paula and Patti,
I am late but I am coming. LOL. I don't want to miss any of your great collection. Whow, the blue and white china really makes my heart singing. It looks fabulous, so fresh and exotic. Love how you displayed all the items. Thank you for sharing this great photos and inspirations. And thank you for hosting this event.
Best greetings, Johanna - August 17, 2012 at 2:42 PM
- farmhouse-story said...
just beautiful! thanks for another great party:)
- August 17, 2012 at 6:53 PM
- lisa Moran, Bilancia Designs said...
It's been awhile...but I always love coming here for inspiration and BEAUTY. You never cease to amaze me with your gorgeous collections. I have a collection of brown Transferware that I ADORE and it's proudly displayed in my hutch. I use it whenever possible, just like my china. Every day should be "special" occasion. :)
Wishing you a beautiful weekend.
~Lisa - August 18, 2012 at 9:34 AM
Thanks so much for featuring my wicker settee! I am honored! You've made my day!
Leslie - August 20, 2012 at 9:54 PM
- Sarah said...
Blue and white is always classic. I have the same pot as the one you've had since college days. I guess I've had mine since the 80s and it was one of my first pieces of blue and white. I've recently found a second one, so now I have a pair. Yipee! They are wonderful holding plants or just perfect as they are sitting their with lid on top. ;-)
Thanks for hosting! ~ Sarah - August 21, 2012 at 9:06 PM
- Rose, DIY Crafts said...
Thank you for linking at our linky party at http://www.fineCraftGuild.com, but please choose a DIY or craft project next time, instead of a linky party.
Have a great creative day!
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- December 28, 2012 at 5:05 PM

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Sunday, October 24, 2010
34 comments:
Today was the day that I actually remembered it was Sunday in time to watch the show, so I filed it away in the back of my mind to get onto ustream today.
Of course, I forgot, and was only reminded when I saw this post, so I ran on over to the website to grab a content feed, and it wasn't there. You guys are getting so good at your turnaround that you actually went back in time to make this post before it came up on the website. O.o Scary.Just a short note on the "invention of lying". I think the difference between that movie and say religilous is that probably maaaaaany more christians might go and see the Ricky Gervais movie compared to the Religilous. Since that kind of movie people go see without knowing sh-t about what its about. So it might actually impact peoples thinking whereas the rligilous movie probably changed nothing since the absolute majority already were atheists and the minority of theist watching it just thought it was the work of the devil or something...
But I also think much more could be done with the theme of the moviegood job on shutting down Thunderboot. You brought up the disproportionately low representation of atheists in American prisons, you might equally have done with the studies of Societal health in industrialized countries, and the correlation with irreligiosity of low drug abuse, low crime, low abortion, longer life expectancy, etc...and he still would have ignored you completely, exactly as he did on the show.
Thank you for playing, we have some lovely parting gifts...Just as a response to the caller "John" from London....I have ACTUALLY researched the UK prison population in terms of religious make up and his 85% stat is total crap!! I have no idea where he pulled that number from....probably his arse....
you can find the REAL stats here, they are updated every month.
Atheist make up LESS than 0.1% of the UK prison population. Those who describe themselves as Christian make up 49%.
Stats are not, I agree, a definitive way of proving a point, there are various problems with doing so but this guy was WAAAAAAAAY off!Yeah, that guy was just trolling, because the last time he called in I guess Matt hurt his widdle feewings.
SR: Those studies would have been awesome to bring up (though sure, he'd have ignored them), but that's the kind of thing where it'd have better to actually have the info on hand rather than just saying "there are studies that show yada yada..." A good tip to be prepared next time. (When I hosted the show I always brought a fat 3-ring binder, handed down from Jeff, full of info we accumulated over time.)Based on how the caller dismissed catholics very quickly I would not be surprised if he labels anyone who does not buy into his specific belief system as an "atheist".
Maybe if there's a Christian denomination that accounts for 15% of the prison population that would explain his 85% statistic (everyone else doesn't believe in the real god therefore they're atheists, now I'm off to attack Matt!)Hey folks. Long time listener, first time poster. Good work on that 1hr format teething.
I just happened to be watching 'John from London's previous appearance in the archive the other day. You guys must have missed his assertion this time around that the high number of christians in US prisons was due to "the jews" fiddling the figures.
I was waiting for the gong/trap door/100 ton weight lever to be pulled at that point.
(not that I mind either way, for the record. Presuming the remark was let slide, allowing the occasional crank show their true colours for a while can be good.
Good on Muhammed staying up late for our general enlightenment too.Great show today. You handled all the calls very well. I didn't miss the extra 30 minutes at all.
I do have a question however. I watched a few Matt Slick debates after the show and find him quite annoying. One of his favorite tactics is a variation of his TAG idea. When an atheist brings up the evil acts in the bible, Slick ALWAYS says something like "But you CAN'T consider it evil. On what basis do you claim this? The atheist can't derive an objective standard of good and evil without appealing to an higher/ultimate/transcendent authority. You have no ground to stand on so your criticism of the bible is moot."
I understand his "objective" authority is God..and that this falls apart under examination (The Euthyphro Dilemma handily proves that objective morality can't come from God)
So even though his position is debunked, do we have an answer to this question? Must we concede that in appealing to our personal reason and experience, morality is indeed subjective? If this is the case, Slick's "You have no objective grounding to call anything good or evil" criticism would seem to stand.@bdw3000,
Replace "morality" with "physics" in your last paragraph. Would it be true that physics is a subjective endeavor? You are confusing your (subjective) tools for studying morality with the object of your study.
You certainly do not need gods to claim an objective moral standard, because the arbiter for objectivity is reality itself. As long as morality relates to facts about the natural world we can make assessments about the morality of actions in it.bdw3000 wrote:
"Must we concede that in appealing to our personal reason and experience, morality is indeed subjective? If this is the case, Slick's 'You have no objective grounding to call anything good or evil' criticism would seem to stand."
He's throwing the word "objectively" in there just to trip you up. The atheists just note that an action is evil because *we* think it's evil. *I* think it's evil, *Matt Slick* thinks it's evil, every person in this room thinks it's evil. Isn't that enough?bdw300 said
"Slick ALWAYS says something like "But you CAN'T consider it evil. On what basis do you claim this? The atheist can't derive an objective standard of good and evil without appealing to an higher/ultimate/transcendent authority. You have no ground to stand on so your criticism of the bible is moot."
Smokey, my pet dragon who lives in the cupboard under the stairs and is where I get my objective morality.
Smokey has convinced me that anything which he considers moral is what I should consider moral. After all he could be burn me to a frazzle with a single breath but he is good and loving and chooses not to, as long as I go along with his objective morals.
I suppose it is easy to try abrigate personal moral responsibilty and go with an external objective morality source. But even then, you are still making a decision to go along with this morality every time you take an action (or inaction) based on this morality.
If smokey tells me to do something the rest of society considers immoral then my decision to carry out this action is still my moral responsibilty.
The objective source does not make my ultimate choice. At any point I could reject the morality of the objective source.I tend to avoid Euthyphro with some apologists, if only because William Lane Craig has given what they consider to be such a final answer to it--the argument falls on deaf ears. It can be a conversation starter, if only to point out the degree that WLC's position is a shifting of the goalposts, as much as is the "as omnipotent as logically possible" excuse.
I haven't been trolling on Christian blogs so much anymore, but if I did, I'd likely proffer something I picked up off of the Reasonable Doubts podcast, which is to say that the Morality Of God is not a coherent concept. You cannot name an act which, if the Almighty committed it or ordered it to be committed, would not be just. Therefore to say "God is good" is a statement without content, it's devoid of meaning. Nor can one look to God as a model of good behavior.
It's more-indepth than that of course, so I recommend that people go check that out (they also spend about 4 episodes on Free Will vs. Determinism, which pleased me as a fan of that episode of Non-Prophets.)@Skeptical Rationalist:
You're basically using the Euthyphro dilemma, just not naming it that way. And I'm completely behind that approach. I feel like it's poor form and unnecessary to quote an argument by name, because it doesn't really add to the general understanding much; it tempts you to be lazy and not explain it effectively; and, as you say, it gives the other guy and opening to think say there is an easy refutation without having the burden of going over it.
But the CONCEPT of the Euthyphro dilemma -- that "God" doesn't make morality problems go away, just shifts the subjectivity to another target -- is sound, and I think you're using a good method of introducing it. The only reason I would ever say "Euthyphro" specifically is if I think the person I'm talking to would benefit from looking it up and learning the basics of it.I'm not sure where that <0.1% figure came from either; perhaps a link to that exact set of data would have been better. The closest thing I could find was a "no religion" stat of 35% in 2009, which is in fact the largest demographic (but nowhere close to the insane statistic SunderB00t pulled out of his ass). Compare that to Anglicans (26%), Catholics (17%), and Muslims (12%).
The most recent stats I could find for religious affiliation in the general population come from the 2007 British Social Attitudes Survey, which found that 45.67% of the general population were non-religious, 20.87% Anglican, 9.01% Catholic, and 3.30% Muslim (though I suspect the methodology here may be undercounting Muslims - we'll have to wait for the next actual census next year).
Anyway, SunderB00t is almost certainly a Poe anyway, so it's not worth getting too bothered by him.Similar concepts, to be sure, but moreover it's just an attempt to circumvent the "it's a false dilemma" defense or the "God's goodness derives from his innate nature" which, even though it's a load of used cattle feed, in their mind the poor ignorant atheist just got schooled.
It all eventually comes back to a quote that I picked up off a youtube video, insert appropriate terms--"debating evolution with a creationist is like playing chess with a pigeon. They knock over the pieces, crap on the board, then fly off back to their flock to declare victory."oh, and one other question I can never get a straight answer to, in any conversation which branches off the "by what objective standard of morality do you blah blah blah":
"What 'objective standard of morality' have you used to evaluate the character of your god and conclude he is, actually, good?" and "how did you obtain the information about his character upon which you based that decision?"
More shades of Euthyphro, of course, and an attempt to lead them by the nose back to the Bible, since William Lane Craig's apologetics are all based on (as was pointed out on the show and the last guerilla NPR) nothing but shifting the goalposts away from strict biblical Christian thought.Personally, I'm a little disappointed you didn't leave that whacky nutbag on a little longer.
If it weren't for the Alexandria guy, I'd be more put off.
Rubes like and Mr Cesar from the previous ep are the great entertainment of the show.
Yes, they present old, tired arguments. But as you're well aware, that's all there is. It's all old, tired arguments or personal stories of revelation.
They're good fun, is all I'm saying. Cutting them off and asking for better arguments serves no purpose purely because there are no better arguments.
Anyway. Keep up the good work.Young Earth creationism and directed evolution are so passe.
Enter the God of Evolution:
"God pays for having an evolutionary process in the
first place.47 The occurrence of tsunamis is the price God pays (and we have to pay) for an earth that allows the development of life. Death is the price God pays (and we have to pay) for having life.
It is God who sacrifices so that we can live."
That's right: No more problem of evil because extermination in a gulag or by a tsunami is just like natural selection. Extinction of the unfit is just like the sacrifice of Jesus. A pleasing offering unto the Lord so that he can change his own rules.
At least we can laugh at YEC. DO NOT WANT!
Klaus Nürnberger. (2010) MARTIN LUTHER'S EXPERIENTIAL THEOLOGY AS A MODEL FOR FAITH-SCIENCE RELATIONSHIPS
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9744.2010.01062.x/abstractI wonder when those believers will work out that their morality is essentially subjective too. It's always a really stupid argument...
Are their morals different to those described in the bible (to take a specific case)? Er, yeah, because if they weren't they'd have been locked up for society's good a long time ago.
Mohammed's call was a good one. Props to him!
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A political science professor at Butler University asks students to disregard their "American-ness, maleness, whiteness, heterosexuality, middle-class status" when writing and speaking in the classroom – a practice the school's arts and sciences dean defended as a way to negate students' inherent prejudices.Disregard? The headline said "disavow." There's a big difference between disavowing something and disregarding it. But "disregard" isn't even the teacher's word. What is the teacher's word? I'm guessing, from reading this far, that the teacher would like students to become aware that their attitudes and opinions come from their own perspective and to enlarge their field of vision.
The syllabus of the class, called Political Science 201: Research and Analysis, goes on to ask students "to write and speak in a way that does not assume American-ness, maleness, whiteness, heterosexuality, middle-class status, etc. to be the norm." It is taught by a black, female professor.So "do not assume"... It doesn't say "disavow" or "disregard." It says do not assume. Do not assume that do not assume means more than do not assume.
The writer at The College Fix, a student at Butler, says he "dropped that politically correct political science class."
Clearly, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Butler University believes its students were raised as racist and misogynist homophobes who have grown to harbor many prejudices, a stance that is both offensive and hostile to any student's ability to learn.Now, I don't see the evidence that the teacher deserves this harsh judgment, but I believe the student really did experience her expression in this very negative way. It's easy to point at the probable and amusing irony: He read the syllabus from the perspective of a white, middle-class, heterosexual, American male. Maybe he'd benefit from experimenting with reading it from different perspectives. The teacher said do not assume and he assumed a lot (as far as I can tell). He assumed that she assumed that the students were racist, sexist homophobes. He was afraid she thought that and afraid she wouldn't be fair or that he couldn't learn very much from her.
That's where the teacher failed. She didn't anticipate the way her message would be perceived by incoming students. She repelled this student. And there's the other irony: She was not — to use the word she seems to treasure — inclusive.


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Hands-on editing an article: Joomla! 1.5
From Joomla! Documentation
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The aim of this document is to get your hands-on a Joomla! site by showing you how an Article can be simply modified. It is one of a series of documents introducing Joomla! version 1.5.
- An Article is the main way that content is displayed on a Joomla! site.
- A collection of Articles are the building blocks of any Joomla! Web site and are the main way that content is displayed. So in learning to edit and manipulate Articles, you are learning about Joomla!
Who is it written for?[edit]
- Everyone
You also need:-
- to have access to a Joomla! site with an Article to edit. This means that your site needs to have at least one Article on it. If you chose to install the sample data, there will be dozens of articles available.
- to login with a username with an appropriate level of permission. This means that your site has to have a way of logging in to the Front-end, either using a Login Form or a Login Menu Item. If you chose to install the sample data, the Login Form will be available.
This article does not explain how to edit an article from the Back-end.
Top tip - don't try to be too ambitious to start with unless you have a lot of experience with this kind of editing.
- Login using your username and password, which must have permission to edit Articles.
- Find the page you want to edit using the Menu.
There is a pencil icon by the title for the entries that you can edit
- An orange pencil icon means that it is published and any information you enter can be seen by others (with the right access rights) as soon as you save it.
- A blue pencil means that the information is not published and can only be seen by those with high level access rights. Those with standard Author permissions will not be able to view (and thus edit) unpublished information.
Edit an Article[edit]
- Click on the edit icon
This will open the editing screen. In some editors, this is called "Submit an Article"
If you are using the 'localhost' example, the editor is a very simple one. Most sites install a better editor - such as JCE - so what you actually see will vary. So too will the range of editing that you can do.
All editors have small icons for the various functions needed. They are less sophisticated than a word processor but the principles are the same.
- Scroll down the screen to see the full extent of the editor.
Underneath the Editor window there is a section called Publishing. This has details about where the Article is located and who can read it. There is more about this part in the document on creating an Article.
The editor and the icons[edit]
The icons along the top of the editing window enable you to format text and do other things. The standard keyboard short-cuts also work - (for example Ctrl-b makes highlighted text bold).
Different editors have different choices.
Most editing is done using one of the icons, so it is worth exploring them:-
- Point your mouse pointer over each of the icons. A balloon help gives some clue about what it does.
- The HELP button tells you about the editor - the JCE one is quite extensive: Tiny tells you very little.
- Some buttons are in grey which shows that they are inactive until that action is possible
Doing some editing[edit]
If you are using the sample data in 'localhost' on your own machine - you can make alterations and save them. (You could keep the original text by copying it and pasting it to a text file).
- Edit the Article called 'We are Volunteers' on the Front page of the sample site.
Note that part of the screen displays the content of the article and with a box containing the title. The text in both can be altered.
For people with some experience:
There is HTML code behind the text so if you are experienced with HTML you may find it interesting to look at the code. Some editors allow you to Toggle between the text and the code. Some have an icon (sometimes called HTML or Edit Code). You can edit the code and then Update the WISIWIG edit screen. Be warned that the code does not always translate into text as you might expect.
Using the HTML source code
- To see the HTML source code - click the Edit code icon .
- If you are using the simple editor, use the Toggle editor button at the bottom of the Editor screen. . You can toggle from HTML to the normal editing screen by pressing the button again.
These change the editor display to allow you to edit the HTML source code.
The Save and Cancel buttons[edit]
When you have done some editing, click on one of these. The Cancel button reverts to the previous information.
- When you Save or Cancel, it does not return to the edit screen, so if you need to continue editing, click again on the edit icon. (Irritating but there you are!)
It is good practice to save frequently incase something goes wrong.
Alter the title. Make sure it is meaningful as it will appear in some menu lists and if the page is printed.
For example - alter the title to 'The Joomla! team are all volunteers'
Add a paragraph[edit]
This is a simple document with only one paragraph.
- To add another paragraph - press Return (You only need to press it once. )
- Add a few extra words to show what happens.
- For a new line without a new paragraph - use Ctrl+Return
- Put the cursor after a full-stop somewhere and press Ctrl+Return.
Sometimes the layout on the screen looks a bit different from that in the editor - the editor is not a word processor.
Bullet points[edit]
These are much used in presenting content intended to be read on the screen. They are a useful way of emphasising things and of breaking the screen into manageable sections.
Using the document that you are editing:-
- Start a new paragraph
- Type a short line of text - press Return
- Type another line of text and press Return
- Highlight all or part of the two paragraphs
- Click on the bullet-point icon (which is sometimes called an unordered list)
To have a numbered list:-
- Click on the icon for an ordered list
You can remove this formatting by clicking again on the icon
Formatting words[edit]
You can highlight parts of the text and add text much as you would in any editor/ email screen.
- Highlight any word
- Click on B icon - or you can also use Ctrl-b - for bold
- Click on I icon - or you can also use Ctrl-i - for italics
Editors also have underlines and strike through icons.
If you are using one of the other editors, you will also be able to alter the colour of the text of words, as well as the background colours.
If you have some experience using HTML, view the HTML code. This will let you see the mark-up that the editor is using for the colours and the emphasis..
Headings, paragraphs and fonts[edit]
Headings are very useful in making text easier to read on the screen. Even the simple editor has a facility for a few levels of heading. The display on the screen may look different from the display on the page, so it is worth trying a few headings in order to choose the right one.
- Place the cursor in one of the words in the heading (or select the whole heading).
- Pull down the choices
- Select the one you want
A plain paragraph is also selected in this way.
- Change the format of a paragaph
- There are four icons (similar to those on word processors) which enable you to change the alignment of the paragraphs.
- Change the format on one of the paragraphs to demonstrate the effect.
- Change fonts and font sizes.
- This is allowed on the more sophisticated editors - but if you are just beginning to edit Articles - keep it simple!
Moving text around[edit]
This uses 'copy and Paste' to copy text (and images) somewhere else but keeps the original in the same place.. The facililty to 'cut and paste' which moves something from one place to another. Most people who have used a keyboard have done this - but it is worth a go here to assure yourselves that it can be done.
- use the keyboard short cuts - Ctrl-C for copy, Ctrl-X for cut and Ctrl-V for paste. They are more reliable than the icons.
- Highlight the text that you want to copy or paste
- Press Ctrl-C for copy or Ctrl-X for cut. If the text is cut - it is removed when you press the keys.
- Position the cursor to where you wish the text to go
- Press Ctrl-V to paste the text into that position
You can copy/paste text from a word processor to the editor. If you do this, you will probably need to alter some of the layouts, but this does depend on how complex the layouts were in the original document. Keep it simple to start with!
Where Next?[edit]
This has introduced editing facilities and demonstrated that you can get an Article to have a good appearance using headings, bullet points and other formatting using the icons at the top of the editing screen.
- If you want to create your own content - go next to the document about creating your own article.
- If you want to learn more about altering content - there are other documents about including more varied content - such as tables, images and links to other pages or web sites.
Further information[edit]
Article Management is a compendium of short documents about all aspects of Articles, aimed at all levels of expertise.
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I collect photos of ridiculously decorated gingerbread men.
* Actually I'm just hoping this is true, because I'd love to see one.
I started when I realized a lot of bakeries sell gingerbread cookies year-round, and so try to decorate them to go with all the different holidays. Which gets, shall we say, a little silly:
Which, you must admit, is kind of awesome.
No, Mr. Scary Clown Man, actually, I do *not* want your sprinkles. Thank you.
Then be a dear and glue it to a cookie, won't you?
'Course, the best designs are usually the ones that ignore the "man" shape altogether:
Ok, this is getting ridiculous.
Really ridiculous.
(Also, $2.19 for that? Really?)
Not sure what these blue things are, but boy are they appetizing!
Still, I ask you: what's wrong with the time-honored, classic gingerbread man design?
L.G., Jas D., Ginger G. (yes, really. Heheh.), Leah O., Sean R., Lauren A., Kim, John D., M.L.W., & Eyal, thanks for contributing to my collection! Now I just need a Valentines' one. (Hint hint.)


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For the past week or so, I've been alluding to the fact that J and I have a vacation coming up. Here are the details that "nebby minds" want to know: This Friday, we are leaving for a week in Hilton Head with the whole family (and by whole family I mean my parents, J's parents, and my kid brother -- you'll be happy to hear that we'll be in a big house with a bathroom for each bedroom). After considering my options, I decided that I would take only sock yarn with me, since socks are bound to be the most practical and most portable project I could take on the trip.
And therein lies the key question you must answer as your entry to the contest: How many socks do you think I will complete by the end of the trip?
Here are the rules:
I'm sure the big question on everyone mind is, What do I win? Will this do as a prize?
This is a skein of Colinette Jitterbug in colorway 87, Bright Charcoal. I decided to use the last of my Knit One birthday gift card to buy this and I'm hoping it'll have a good home to go to when I get back from vacation.
If you need some help in making your guess, here are some things you might want to know:
- The fastest I've ever knit a pair of socks was four days (these socks, specifically), and that was while working full time, so I certainly wasn't knitting all day long.
- We are driving down to Hilton Head, in two cars and over two days. I am not planning on doing any of the driving.
- The trip is approximately 700 miles, so we anticipate the whole trip will take roughly 10-12 hours, depending on traffic and whether or not we get lost along the way. We are also leaving in the early afternoon on Friday, so we'll have daylight for pretty much all of the trip.
- I am planning on taking a couple books with me, but I don't know if I'll actually spend that much time reading (after all, this is a vacation and I do read for a living!)
- I am NOT telling you how much yarn I am taking with me.
I am going to be taking my laptop with me and hope to be updating on the road, for all of you who like to keep score. Also, does anyone know of any good knitter-friendly attractions or even yarn stores in Hilton Head? If I find a yarn store, I just might decide to pick up some other prizes for a random drawing to be held later ...
Okay knitters, make your guess! (This should be a good opportunity for some of you to delurk!)
12 p.m. EST ETA: The contest is now closed. Thanks for your guesses! Please check back to see my progress!


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Zuma's Revenge and Yahtzee arrive on Xbox Windows Phone as Nokia exclusives
While some of us face the possibility that there might not be a new Xbox Windows Phone game release this week, Nokia owners should have no such complaints. Not only did Nokia and PopCap/EA just publish the vastly improved sequel Bejeweled Live+, two more Nokia Xbox exclusives just popped up! From the license lovers at Electronic Arts comes the board game adaptation Yahtzee, while PopCap has blessed Windows Phone at last with their fast-paced puzzler Zuma's Revenge.
Dice dice baby
Yahtzee is one of those dice games like Bunko that the elderly set enjoys playing in between trips to the post office and bingo halls. Players and their opponents alternate turns at rolling dice, with the goal of achieving various combinations like 3-of-a-kind or the coveted 5-of-a-kind, formally known as a Yahtzee. Each combination can only be used once during a single game; the game ends when the player exhausts all possible combinations. It might sound a little complicated, but the in-game tutorial will get you rolling dice like your Grandma in no time.
This version of Yahtzee lacks online multiplayer (unlike World Series of Yahtzee, recently released on iOS), though it does support pass-and-play. Thankfully the developers added a fairly robust single-player mode in which players battle against AI opponents in various locals. That said, the AI cheats relentlessly, so expect to repeat many a battle. The overall presentation has a nice charm, though I wish the menus and transitions moved faster.
Nokia's Yahtzee is a port of Yahtzee Adventures, a game that costs 99 cents on iOS. Like all Nokia Xbox exclusives, this one costs a slightly steeper $2.99. Windows Phone 7 and 8 users can view Yahtzee's store page here, but it can only be purchased from a Lumia phone.
Frog fighting
Zuma's Revenge was not among the games that Nokia and EA formally announced in January 2012, but thanks to EA buying out PopCap, here we are. And I've expected Revenge to make it to Windows Phone for quite a while, hence my interviewing the producer at Casual Connect Seattle last year.
Zuma games put players in control of a stationary frog who can rotate in any direction and shoot colored balls from his mouth. In each level, more balls roll on-screen along one or more paths. The frog's job is to stop them from reaching the goal at the path's end by quickly making as many colored matches as possible. Levels in which the frog can hop between lily pads, move along a slider, or battle boastful bosses keep the game fresh and challenging.
The mobile version of Zuma's Revenge is pretty much a straight port of the PC game, so it unfortunately lacks many of the refinements of the sublime XBLA version (impressions here). Adventure Mode gives players a limited number of lives and they must reach checkpoints every few levels in order to continue when those lives run out. So the Windows Phone game ends up a bit harder than the Xbox 360 version. Beating levels unlocks them for free play in Challenge Mode, at least.
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We'll have a full review of Zuma's Revenge next week, but fans of the series can buy this one with confidence right now. It's one of the stronger Nokia exclusives, right up there with Bejeweled Live+ and Flight Control Rocket.
Zuma's Revenge costs $2.99 and works great on Windows Phone 7 and 8. It clocks in at a whopping 197 megabytes, so watch out if you're low on space. View the Zuma's Revenge store page here, but it can only be purchased from a Lumia phone.
Thanks to Jey Si and TNTjudbud for the tip!
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Over the weekend, we heard Newt Gingrich assuring Floridians that his campaign was going all the way to the GOP's August convention.
Once the delegates got to Tampa, he said, all those who opposed former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney would unite to deny him the nomination.
"My job is to convert that [anti-Romney majority] into a pro-Gingrich majority," the former House speaker said Sunday.
On the same day, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum announced a campaign schedule featuring Missouri and Minnesota and other states holding caucuses or primaries in February. In other words, forget the big Florida test on Tuesday. Santorum is looking down the road to states where competing would cost less money — marshaling resources for the long haul.
And not to be outdone, Texas Rep. Ron Paul announced that he would go all the way to Tampa, too.
What does all this mean? First off, it means Romney's last three rivals have given up on Florida and started preparing their backers for a disappointing night on Tuesday.
Romney, for his part, had no need to reassure anyone about his plans after Tuesday. He knows he's going to win Florida and look like the front-runner again. His biggest problem, with every state poll showing him way ahead, is to make sure his voters don't get complacent and stay home.
But what else does it mean? What are we to make of the rest of the field insisting it will carry on for an additional seven months?
Sure, candidates who are about to lose a primary always say it means nothing to their future plans. They're "in it all the way." They have to say this, or they would have no chance at all of rallying their voters to the polls. Just as important, they would have no chance of collecting on outstanding pledges from funders, much less of persuading new backers to open their wallets.
Anything less than a show of absolute confidence has a tendency to become a self-fulfilling prophecy of doom.
In this case, it is also quite possible that at least two of the three remaining challengers to Romney will stay in the chase for the foreseeable future — if not all the way to Tampa.
The easiest one to explain is Paul. He has already announced his retirement from the House, and at 76, he is almost surely making his final bid for public office. Moreover, he is not really seeking the presidency so much as he is promoting his libertarian brand of conservatism. He does not expect to take the oath; he expects to see his movement gain momentum.
Paul is polling in single digits in Florida, where he is not campaigning and cannot afford TV time in the major media markets. But that will not cripple his efforts in the coming caucus states, where his loyalists can organize and carve out more substantial chunks of the vote. Paul will almost surely pick up more delegates in these caucus states in the weeks ahead than he has in January. And he can continue these tactics indefinitely at a minimal cost.
Gingrich is quite a different story. Just a week ago he was again predicting he would be the nominee, based on his smashing breakthrough in South Carolina. The Palmetto State, a consistent bellwether since its first presidential primary in 1980, preferred Gingrich by more than 12 percentage points over Romney. But while Florida at first seemed moved by this showing, Gingrich's numbers have eroded steadily since the Jan. 23 debate in Tampa.
One big reason: the saturation ad campaign that has pummeled Gingrich without mercy. A second big reason: the effort by conservative opinion leaders in the media and elsewhere to render Gingrich unacceptable. It is hard to know which barrage has been more debilitating for the former House speaker, who has appeared increasingly testy and beleaguered in response.
It could not have escaped the Gingrich camp that the rest of February includes events in Nevada and Arizona, where Mormons abound, and in Michigan, where Romney's father was a popular governor.
Nonetheless, Gingrich to date has been nothing if not resilient. He rose and fell and rose again before finishing a poor fourth in Iowa and New Hampshire. Yet he sprang back to life in South Carolina and has apparently convinced much of the party's most conservative wing that he is their last hope. Over the weekend, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin again urged primary voters to "vote Newt," saying it was the best way to "continue the vetting" of the candidates and "annoy a liberal."
Gingrich might actually be able to consolidate the anti-Romney vote if Santorum were to leave the race. There was talk of this over the weekend as the Pennsylvanian went home to visit his ailing 3-year-old daughter, Bella. But even before this setback, Santorum's severe lack of financing had limited his prospects in Florida. He has said he will press on, but he has no reason to think his financial situation will change materially.
Santorum's main reason to persist is the hope that Gingrich will continue to fade after Florida and become a nonfactor. In that event, that consolidation of conservatives Gingrich is counting on could redound instead to the benefit of Santorum. But will the odds of this outcome be good enough to sustain Santorum's efforts into the spring if his vote share dwindles in one primary after the next? Or will he become another afterthought?
In short, all of Romney's rivals have reasons to vow they will stay the course. But only Paul has a rationale for doing so knowing he will lose. For Santorum, and even for Gingrich, the moment of capitulation — when futility finally overwhelms the dream — is likely to come far sooner.
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"I didn't do anything!" "It's not my fault!" "Say you're sorry!"
Sound familiar? If so, you're like lots of kids who sometimes argue with their friends and family members. Let's face it — it's not always easy to get along with sisters and brothers, parents, and friends. Kids aren't perfect and they sometimes do things that get them into trouble. Saying "I'm sorry" can help.
Saying you're sorry is called apologizing. When you apologize, you're telling someone that you're sorry for the hurt you caused, even if you didn't do it on purpose. People who are apologizing might also say that they will try to do better. They might promise to fix or replace what was broken or take back a mean thing they said.
When you apologize to someone — and really mean it — it's because you have stopped to think about how the person may have felt because of what you did or said. When you stop to think about the other person's feelings, you begin to feel sorry for your behavior. You might even feel embarrassed or ashamed if you did something that you knew was wrong.
Even if what happened was an accident or you did something you didn't mean to do, you would probably still feel sorry if you knew the other person's feelings were hurt. After apologizing, you might feel a little better (the other person probably will, too).
When you apologize in a caring way, you can feel good because you are trying to make things right again.
There are many ways to apologize. Here are some examples:
"I'm sorry about the mean thing I said to you."
"I'm sorry I lost your book."
"I was mad, but I shouldn't have called you a name. I'm sorry."
"I'm sorry I hurt your feelings."
"I'm sorry I yelled at you."
"I'm really sorry I hit you when I was mad. That was wrong. I won't do it anymore."
When you apologize to someone, he or she might apologize back to you: "That's OK, I'm sorry, too. I shouldn't have teased you." And then maybe you can both feel friendly again.
Kids might need to apologize if they hurt or teased someone or lost something that belonged to someone else. They might need to apologize if they broke something (even by accident — oops!), or if they did something they knew was wrong — like telling a lie or breaking a rule on purpose. Maybe they did something their parent told them not to do, or maybe they didn't do something they were supposed to do.
Kids might need to apologize to each other or to a grown-up. Grown-ups can apologize, too — to other grown-ups or even to kids. After all, even grown-ups make mistakes sometimes. By apologizing when they're wrong, grown-ups can set a good example and show kids how to do the right thing and apologize when they need to.
Everyone feels angry with someone else now and then. Being angry is OK — and nothing to apologize for — but knowing how to tell someone what made you angry is important.
When little kids are angry, they might hit or kick or scream. They don't have much self-control and they might not have learned yet that it's wrong to hit someone because they're upset.
But as kids get bigger and can use words, they know better than to hit or kick or scream when they're angry. They learn to express their feelings with words. Of course, the words they say when they're angry might be stronger or louder than usual — but the words don't have to be mean. You can tell someone you're upset and why without putting that person down. You can be honest about how you feel without being unkind.
But sometimes anger takes over and kids might lose self-control. They might say mean things, lose their cool, and hit or push someone. Afterward, most kids realize that even if they were right to be angry, it is not OK to behave that way. That's when an apology is definitely needed.
Saying I'm sorry when you need to is the right thing to do. It does a lot of good. But by itself, it might not be enough to make everything all better again. Sometimes along with an apology, a person needs to fix the mistake or promise to do better. Sometimes doing a nice thing for the person after you apologize helps show that you really are sorry and want to be friendly again.
Sometimes a heartfelt "I'm sorry" fixes everything right away. Other times, it might take a while for someone to feel friendly after you apologize. You might need to give the other person some time. Even after you say you're sorry, you might still feel bad about what you said or did — but you can feel good about apologizing and about making up your mind to do better.
When someone apologizes to you, you might not feel like being friendly again right away. Once in a while, if a person doesn't change, you might not want to be friends anymore. You might feel relieved and glad that the other person apologized and admitted being wrong. But if someone keeps behaving in mean ways or does something that keeps hurting, you might not feel the same way anymore. Just because someone apologizes to you doesn't mean you have to be friendly again. That part is up to you.
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ME: I'd like to make an appointment to have my picture taken. I need to have a picture of me and also one of me and my kids together.
HER: Sure. How many kids will be in the sitting?
ME: Six.
HER: How many?
ME: Six.
HER: Are you sure?
looking around, counting heads Umm yeah, I'm pretty sure.
HER: Are they all yours?
Now, I didn't make a conscious decision to mess with the person on the other end of the line, but somehow these words came out of my mouth... Is what mine?
HER: The kids. Are they all yours?
ME: What kids?
sounding a bit confused I'm sorry ma'am. I thought you said you wanted your picture taken with your kids?
ME: I don't have any kids.
HER: Ohhhh. thoroughly confused OK, so you just want to make an appointment to get your picture taken?
ME: No. I need to get a picture taken of me and my kids too.
wondering if she's losing her mind or if I'm crazy That's what I thought! OK, we have an opening for an appointment for you at 6:00 and then for you and your kids at 6:30. Does that work?
ME: Sure!
HER: Now what are the ages of your kids?
ME: What kids?
deciding that I'm obviously a mental patient, she asks... The kids in the picture! What are their ages so we can be prepared for them.
I contemplated, for a moment, telling her that she misunderstood me and that I don't have kids, but I do have cats and would like my picture taken with them, but I reconsidered and told her instead that my phone was breaking up and I was having a hard time hearing her. I think she bought it.
Yesterday morning, I called the studio and inquired, "Ummm, I have an appointment for tomorrow night and I was just wondering, umm do you guys retouch your pictures?
What do you mean?
Well, you see, I have a zit the size of Wyoming on my face and I'm overdue to get my hair colored. There's so much silver coming out of my scalp that it looks like a Brillo pad. And I should probably try to whiten my teeth too.
I think I scared the woman on the other end of the phone.
Anyway, Kelli, my most awesome, wonderful web designer assured me that she could fix the picture if the photographer didn't do a great job. She said she could erase wrinkles, take off ten years and ten pounds. How cool is that, right? But then I started thinking, hmmm maybe I should ask her to add some wrinkles, gray hair, ten years and ten pounds. That way when people see me in person they'll think, "Wow, you look great! Much better than your picture."
So anyway, we went for the pictures tonight. Do you know how hard it is to coordinate a picture with seven people? I have no idea how larger families do it. I guess they just pick the picture with the least amount of bunny ears, possessed looks, closed eyes, and fingers up noses.
Stop making bunny ears.
Look at the camera.
Stop looking at your sister.
Stop squatting down.
Keep your hands to yourself.
Get your finger out of your nose.
Stop making stupid faces.
Oh great! You made her cry. Didn't I tell you to keep your hands to yourself.
The photo shoot is over!
I swear, in every picture, someone was looking away, or had their eyes crossed, or had a demonic look, or was busy scratching themselves. But this was the good part! At least when I got my picture taken with the kids, I was able to strategically place the kiddos around me to help hide my fatness. :D
Then my wonderful husband, who drove separately to this photo shoot
Good enough for me! Thank you. Goodnight.


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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he is "more than a little" overweight _ but fit enough to be in the White House.
The Republican governor was asked about his weight problem during an interview with Barbara Walters for her "10 Most Fascinating People" special Wednesday night on ABC.
Walters told the governor some people say he is too heavy to be president one day.
"That's ridiculous," Christie responded. "I don't know what the basis for that is."
Walters said worries about his health were the reason for the concern. The governor then pointed to his widely praised handling of Superstorm Sandy, which has sent his popularity soaring.
"I've done this job pretty well, and I think people watched me for the last number of weeks and Hurricane Sandy doing 18-hour days and getting right back up the next day and still being just as effective in the job," he said. "So I don't really think that would be a problem."
If Christie is thinking about making a bid for the White House in 2016, he isn't saying.
"I don't know what I'll feel like in 2016," he said. "First things first, that was another thing my mother taught me. First things first. First things first is to finish the job I have here."
Christie had considered a run for president in 2012. Last month, he announced that he would seek re-election as governor, saying he wanted to lead the state through its post-storm rebuilding and that the one year left in his first term wouldn't be enough to finish the job.
The governor has battled a weight problem for many years and often jokes about his struggles. At a news briefing last month, when asked about Twinkies maker Hostess shutting down, he went on a riff about not taking the bait. "This is a setup!" he jokingly exclaimed.
When Walters started the discussion by telling Christie he is a "little overweight," he responded: "More than a little."
Asked why, he answered: "If I could figure that out, I'd fix it."
The governor was also asked about his weight during an interview with Oprah Winfrey in January, and how he deals with people joking about him being fat. He said he had developed "a shell about it."
He has said he hired a personal trainer about a year ago.
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Richard Van As was working in his home near Johannesburg, South Africa, in May of 2011, when he lost control of his table saw.
"It's a possibility that it was a lack of concentration," he says. "It's just that the inevitable happened."
The carpenter lost two fingers and mangled two more on his right hand. While still in the hospital, he was determined to find a way to get back to work. Eventually, solving his own problem led him to work with a stranger on the other side of the world to create a mechanical hand using a 3-D printer. Other prosthetics, including a lower jaw, have been made with the technology before, but making a hand is particularly tricky.
As soon as he got out of the hospital, Van As began researching prosthetics online. They cost thousands of dollars — money he didn't have.
So in the meantime, he rigged up an artificial index finger for his right hand with materials from his shop. But he kept looking for help or a collaborator — someone who could help him fix his hand.
In time, Van As came across a YouTube video from Ivan Owen. In the video, Owen, a special effects artist and puppeteer in Bellingham, Wash., was demonstrating one of his creations, a big puppet hand that relies on thin steel cables to act like tendons, allowing the metal digits to bend.
"The complexity of the human hand has always fascinated me [and] really captured my imagination," Owen says.
The two began working together long distance — Skyping, sharing ideas, even sending parts back and forth. Finally, Owen flew to South Africa to finish the work in person with Van As. And today, Van As has a working mechanical finger to assist him with his work.
But something else happened on Owen's visit to South Africa: While he was there, Van As received a call from a woman seeking help for her 5-year-old son, Liam Dippenaar, who was born without fingers on his right hand. The cause was a rare congenital condition called amniotic band syndrome. In ABS, fibrous bands can wrap around a hand or a foot in utero and cut off circulation.
Van As says he and Owen looked at each other and were of one mind: " 'Yeah, easy, no problem.' "
Within days, they developed a crude, mechanical hand for Liam, with five aluminum fingers that opened and closed with the up and down movement of Liam's wrist. Owen still remembers the 5-year-old's reaction when they rigged up the device for the first time.
"He bent his wrist and made the fingers curl," Owen says. "You could see the light bulbs go off and he looked up and said, 'It copies me.' It was really an incredible moment."
When Owen flew back to the United States, he wondered if the device could be turned into printable parts.
So he emailed MakerBot, a firm that makes 3-D printing equipment, to see if the company would help out. It did, offering both Owen and Van As a free 3-D printer. "Then there was no stopping us," Van As says.
What had previously taken the pair a week's time or more — milling finger pieces, adjusting and tweaking parts — now took 20 minutes to redesign, print and test.
Eventually, Liam's crude hand was replaced with the improved 3-D-printed version, which Van As and Owen call "Robohand."
"After practicing with it for a little while, Liam was able to pick up a coin, grab objects of different shapes and sizes," Owen says. "He's a really determined little guy."
They posted the design and instructions for Robohand on Thingiverse, a website for sharing digital designs. Anyone can download the plans and — with a 3-D printer and about $150 in parts — make a hand.
Videographer Paul McCarthy and his 12-year-old son, Leon, live in Marblehead, Mass. They discovered Robohand on the Web and decided to make one for Leon, who was born with no fingers on his left hand. Printing the parts (using a friend's borrowed 3-D printer) was easy, the two say. But it took them a month to figure out how to string, screw and bolt together what they describe as the "Frankenstein" version. It's still a work in progress, they say, but several weeks ago, Leon wore it to school for a tryout.
"I'm able to hold a pencil and piece of paper," Leon says. "I've done a lot more than I ever thought I could, so it's opened up a lot of new doors in my life."
Paul McCarthy says there were few options for his son. The doctor's advice when Leon was very young was to get used to using his hand without prosthetics and try to acquire a full range of abilities and motion. Leon should first learn to navigate the world relying on his one fully functioning hand and the partial dexterity of his other hand, the doctor advised.
"So the last time we went to visit his hand doctor, he recommended maybe we could start looking for prosthetics," Paul McCarthy says.
And that's when father and son found the YouTube videos of little Liam in South Africa.
So far, in addition to his work as a carpenter, Van As has fitted more than 100 children with Robohands. He doesn't charge anything — not even for the parts — but he does want to train others to learn how to assemble the devices and properly fit kids with them.
To do that, he's raised some money, and with more people helping, more people will get hands, he says.
Like Leon McCarthy.
"Leon came bouncing out of school with this biggest smile," Paul McCarthy remembers. He remembers Leon saying: "Look, it's working, the Frankenstein hand is functioning! I am holding my lunch bag."
But getting the fit just right was hard for McCarthy and his son, and experts in prosthetics say users are bound to have these kind of challenges.
Matthew Garibaldi, director of orthotics and prosthetics in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco, says that making sure a prosthetic device fits is essential for it to work well.
And there are limited options for pediatric prosthetics, Garibaldi says, because there aren't many kids with upper-extremity amputations. That's one reason a device like Robohand is so appealing, he says. "Its primary function is to decrease manufacturing costs and increase productivity."
"The timeliness of this technology couldn't be better," Garibaldi says.
And the world of 3-D printing is moving quickly. A new version of Robohand is now available — it's designed to snap together like Legos. Materials for this version will cost just $5.
Two men on two continents found a new use for a new technology. The technology is 3-D printing. It's promising a revolution in how many things are manufactured and designed. The two men are a carpenter in South Africa and a mechanical puppeteer from Washington State. Together they designed a 3-D printable prosthetic hand for children. NPR's Steve Henn reports.
STEVE HENN, BYLINE: Two hours north of Seattle, Ivan Owen, a special effects artist, turns on his 3-D printer.
IVAN OWEN: This is essentially like a robotic hot glue gun.
HENN: Hot plastic soon squeezes through the tip, laying down layer upon layer until it can form anything from a simple plastic square to a finger.
OWEN: The complexity of the human hand has always fascinated me, really captured my imagination.
HENN: One of Owen's specialties is making large mechanical puppet hands, but these hands actually don't require a 3-D printer. The printer's here in Owen's home because it was donated by MakerBot, the manufacturer. To understand why Ivan Owen got a free printer, we have to go back a bit and meet Richard Van As. Van As is a carpenter.
RICHARD VAN AS: I make all the high end stuff. That's what I do.
HENN: He lives halfway around the world, near Johannesburg, South Africa, and in the spring of 2011, Van As was working with a circular table saw in his shop.
AS: It's a possibility that it was a lack of concentration, or you become a little bit sort of cheeky with the machines. It's just the inevitable happened, you know?
HENN: An accident where he lost two fingers and mangled two more. For a carpenter, this was his livelihood. But buying a prosthetic was financially impossible. It would cost thousands and he wondered about the cost of replacements and repairs. So in the meantime he rigged up an artificial index finger for his right hand with anything he could find in his shop.
AS: It's actually not so easy to actually mimic what nature's all about and what a tendon and all these things can do. So it was trial and error, frustration, throw things away, try again.
HENN: After a few weeks, Van As had something functional. But he kept looking for new ideas, help, even a collaborator.
AS: I don't think there's a website I've not been on, from the tinkerer to the professional robotics.
HENN: And then he stumbled upon Ivan Owen on YouTube, demonstrating one of his big puppet hands where thin steel cables act like tendons and allow metal digits to bend. Van As emailed Owen and the two began working long distance, Skype-ing, sharing ideas, even sending parts back and forth.
OWEN: If we wanted to refine it, we had to try and build a copy of what the other person had created, then decide what to refine on it or what to change.
HENN: Months passed and a friend of Van As donated frequent flyer miles so Owen could come to South Africa and finish the work in person. And today Van As has a working mechanical finger to assist him with his job. But something else even more seminal occurred on that short visit. Van As received a call from a South African woman whose five-year-old son Liam was born without fingers on his right hand.
AS: I didn't know what amniotic band syndrome was until then.
HENN: Amniotic band syndrome, or ABS, happens to fewer than one in 1,000 kids. Sometimes fibrous bands in utero can wrap around a hand or a foot and cut off the circulation to the digits as they develop.
AS: And would we see if we can help him. Me and Owen looked at each other type of thing and said, yeah, easy. No problem.
HENN: Within days, they ended up developing a crude mechanical hand for Liam with five aluminum fingers that opened and closed with the up and down movement of Liam's wrist. Ivan Owen still remembers Liam's reaction when they rigged the device on him for the first time.
OWEN: He bent his wrist and made the fingers curl. You could see the light bulb go off and he looked up and he said, it copies me. It was a really incredible moment.
HENN: And this is where 3-D printing enters the picture. When Ivan Owen flew back to the States, he wondered if the device they're now calling robohand could be turned into printable parts. He emailed MicroBot to see if the company would help out. By now there were a few videos on YouTube to watch, including Liam being coached by his mother to pick up a ball.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Nice.
AS: They came back to us and said, listen, guys, would you consider accepting a donation of two printers, not just one. We said, oh, great stuff. You know, then there was no stopping us, of course.
HENN: What had taken weeks or more, milling finger pieces, adjusting and tweeking, now took 20 minutes to redesign and print and test. Eventually Liam's crude hand was replaced with the improved 3-D printed version.
OWEN: After practicing with it for a little while, Liam was able to pick up a coin, grab objects of different shapes and sizes. He's a really determined little guy.
HENN: And with the 3-D printer, parts for the new hand could be replaced quickly. You can scale up the size of the hand as the child grows. So they put the design and instructions on Thingiverse, a website where anyone can download it and make a hand for themselves with parts costing just $150. That is, if you have access to a printer and the time to assemble it.
PAUL MCCARTHY: This is Paul McCarthy. We live in Marblehead, Massachusetts. This is my son Leon McCarthy. He's 12 years old, was born with amniotic banding so he has no fingers on his left hand.
HENN: McCarthy and his son worked together to make a Robohand using a friend's 3-D printer. Printing parts was easy, but it took them a month to figure out how to string, screw and bolt it together into what they describe as the Frankenstein version. It's still a work in progress, but several weeks ago Leon McCarthy wore it to school for a tryout.
LEON MCCARTHY: I'm able to hold a pencil, piece of paper. I've done a lot more than I ever thought I could, so it's opened up a lot of new doors in my life.
HENN: Paul McCarthy says there were few suitable options for Leon. The doctor's advice when he was very small, get used to the hand without prosthetics, acquire full range first.
MCCARTHY: So the last time he went to visit his hand doctor, he recommended maybe we could start looking for prosthetics.
HENN: And that's when Paul McCarthy found the YouTube videos of little Liam in South Africa. And Liam was just the start. Richard Van As has been besieged with requests. He's personally fitted over 100 children with robohands in between work and his job. He charges nothing. It's been hard for Van As to say no, but he'll soon have to. In the meantime, he's raised money and is hoping to train others to help.
AS: You know, many hands make (unintelligible) work, so the more people that are doing this, more and more people will get hands.
HENN: Like 12-year-old Leon McCarthy, whose dad, Paul McCarthy, will never forget his son's reaction the day he wore his robohand to school for the first time.
MCCARTHY: He comes bouncing out of school with, like, this biggest smile. It was like, look-it, it's working, you know? The Frankenstein hand is functioning. I am holding my lunch bag.
HENN: Getting the fit just right has been hard. Experts in prosthetics say users are bound to have these kinds of complications, but with proper support many see tremendous potential. Robohand offers similar functionality to prosthetics that can cost thousands. And the world of 3-D printing is moving fast. Last night, MakerBot released a new improved version of robohand designed to snap together like Legos.
Materials for this version cost just $5. Steven Henn, NPR News.
INSKEEP: I'm looking at some amazing images of this hand in action. And you can look at them too. Just go to our website, NPR.org. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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