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Routledge International Handbook of Participatory Design
Edited by Jesper Simonsen, Toni Robertson
Routledge – 2013 – 300 pages
Routledge – 2013 – 300 pages
Participatory design is about the direct involvement of people in the co-design of the technologies they use. Its central concern is how collaborative design processes can be driven by the participation of the people affected by the technology designed. Embracing a diverse collection of principles and practices aimed at making technologies, tools, environments, businesses, and social institutions more responsive to human needs, the International Handbook of Participatory Design is a state-of-the-art reference handbook for the subject.
The Handbook brings together a multidisciplinary and international group of highly recognized and experienced experts to present an authoritative overview of the field and its history and discuss contributions and challenges of the pivotal issues in participatory design, including heritage, ethics, ethnography, methods, tools and techniques and community involvement. The book also highlights three large-scale case studies which show how participatory design has been used to bring about outstanding changes in different organizations.
The book shows why participatory design is an important, highly relevant and rewarding area for research and practice. It will be an invaluable resource for students, researchers, scholars and professionals in participatory design.
Preface.1. Participatory Design: An introductionby Toni Robertson and Jesper Simonsen Section I: Participatory Design – Contributions and Challenges 2. Heritage: Having a Sayby Finn Kensing and Joan Greenbaum 3. Design: Design Matters in Participatory Design by Liam Bannon and Pelle Ehn 4. Ethics: Engagement, Representation and Politics-In-Action by Toni Robertson and Ina Wagner 5. Ethnography: Positioning Ethnographic within Participatory Design by Jeanette Blomberg and Helena Karasti 6. Methods: Organizing Principles and General Guidelines for Participatory Design Projects by Tone Bratteteig, Keld Bødker, Yvonne Dittrich, Preben Mogensen, and Jesper Simonsen 7. Tools and Techniques: Ways to Engage Telling, Making and Enacting by Eva Brandt, Thomas Binder and Elizabeth Sanders 8. Communities: Participatory Design For, With, and By Communities by Carl DiSalvo, Andrew Clement and Volkmar Pipek Section II: Outstanding Applications of Participatory Design 9. Global Fund for Women: Integrating Participatory Design into everyday work at a global non-profit by Randy Trigg and Karen Ishimaru 10. Health Information Systems Program: Participatory design within the HISP network by Jørn Braa and Sundeep Sahay11. ACTION for Health:Influencing Technology Design, Practice and Policy Through Participatory Designby Ellen Balka
Jesper Simonsen is Professor of Design Studies in the Department of Communication, Business and Information Technologies at Roskilde University, Denmark. Since 1991 he has conducted research in collaboration with industry on Participatory Design developing theories and methods for IT design in an organizational context. His publications include Participatory IT Design: Designing for business and workplace realities (MIT Press, 2004), and Design Research: Synergies from interdisciplinary perspectives (Routledge, 2010).
Toni Robertson is Professor of Interaction Design in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). Her research focuses on understanding and designing the interaction between people, their activities and technology, and the issues surrounding the use of technology in actual work and social settings. Her work has been published widely in the Interaction Design, Participatory Design, Human Computer Interaction and Computer Supported Cooperative Work literature.
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The Bush administration's attempt to use an obsolete
"sailormongering" law to prosecute Greenpeace failed when the judge
dismissed the charges in the midst of the trial. Greenpeace USA was
under threat of being declared a criminal organization.
In April 2002, six Greenpeace activists took action to save
ourforests. After two of them boarded a commercial ship which was
bringingillegal mahogany into the port of Miami, Florida, they
pleaded guilty,were fined and sentenced to "time served" - the
weekend they all spentin jail. The judicial process had run its
Or so we thought...
Fifteen months later Greenpeace USA headquarters in Washington
wasserved notice that the U.S. Attorney General's office would
beprosecuting the entire organization for the action - the first
time inhistory that the U.S. Government has prosecuted an advocacy
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todiscourage owners of inns and brothels from boarding ships, as
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theirestablishments. It has only been used twice in its
Ultimately, the Bush administration's case against us was thrown
outof court. Judge Adalberto Jordan acquitted us after accepting
our claimthat the U.S. government provided insufficient evidence to
the court.
Speaking from the Miami Federal Courthouse, Executive Director
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The Department of Interior continues to drag their feet on protecting polar bears as they move full steam ahead on plans to drill for oil in prime polar bear habitat.
In September, the U.S. Geological Survey predicted that two-thirds of the world's polar bear population would likely be extinct by 2050, including all polar bears within the United States.
The Department of Interior continues to stall on listing the polar bear as an endangered species.
Group of activists protesting President Bush's Big Emitters meeting.
Activist with banner at global warming protest.
Global warming protesters clash with police at the U.S. State department.
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WWCC - Loyaulte Mi Lie
"People make me happy.. not places.. people"
"When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life." - Samuel Johnson
"Hope is the fuel of progress and fear is the prison in which you put yourself" - Tony Benn
#408. Sixty three not out forever.
I'd like to see Root put up the order.. Probably into 3.. I think if that can happen he'll have his way with the Aussie attack. He's a brilliant up and coming batsman and I'd like to see him contesting against Cook for highest run scorer in the series.
Bowling wise.. No idea. Haha
The English South African.
Batting is simple (3W's):
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very friendly attack
I don't even remember making that prediction but it's turned out as a rather good shout that actually makes me look like I know what I'm talking about so no complaints here.
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A Grande e Excelente Ordem da Desciclopédia é uma ordem de cavalaria estabelecida em ==INSERIR DATA, NOOB!== de 2007 por Sir Mafagafo CCDP. A Ordem inclui cinco classes em divisões de Usuários e Admins, por ordem de importância:
- Cavaleiro ou Dama da Grande Cruz (GDP)
- Cavaleiro ou Dama Comandante (CCDP ou DCDP)
- Comandante (CDP)
- Oficial (ODP)
- Membro (MDP)
Apenas as duas maiores posições herdam a admissão na cavalaria.
O lema da Ordem é Por Nussakko e a Desciclopédia. É a mais nova das ordens portuguesas de cavalaria e tem um pequeno número de membros.
edit História
Sir Mafagafo CCDP fundou a Ordem para reunir todas as premiações na Desciclopédia:
- Writer of the Month honoured writers of exceptional humour.
- Noob of the Month honoured Noob writers.
- Uncyclopedian of the Month honoured those who have done the most to help the smooth running of Uncyclopedia.
- Uncyclopedian of the Year honoured those who showed consistent excellence through the whole year.
- Feather in Your Cap Award honoured those who had served the Uncyclopedia in some exceptional capacity, though there are no absolute criteria for winning the honor.
Originally, the Order included only one division; soon after its foundation, in 2005, it was formally divided into User and Admin Divisions. This Order of Knighthood has a more democratic character than the exclusive orders of the Bath or Saint Michael and Saint George, and in its early days was not held in high esteem. This has not changed. Unlike all other British Honours this can be conferred on Citizens of countries which do not recognise the Queen as head of state, the holders are entitled to place initials behind their name and style themselves "Sir ...".
edit Composição
thumb|right|Desciclopediano do Mês
Doutor Roberto é o Soberano da Ordem a aponta todos os outros membros da Ordem (por convenção, ou sob o aviso de Admins). O segundo membro mais velho é o Grão-Mestre. O actual Grão Mestre é Usien.
A Ordem é limitada a 20 Cavaleiros e Damas da Grande Cruz, 20 Cavaleiros e Damas Comandante, e 200 Comandantes. Não há limites reais em relação ao número total de membros da quarta e quinta classes. Nomeações são feitas sob o conselho do Forum:Boteco e Usuários. Por convenção, Admins são automaticamente transformados em Oficiais após a nomeação.
Ganhadores do prêmio Escritor do Mês e Desciclopediano do Ano são feitos Cavaleiros ou Damas da Grande Cruz da Ordem. Membros actuais:
Vencedores do Desciclopédia:Desciclopediano do Mês são feitos Cavaleiro ou Dama Comandante da Ordem. Membros actuais:
Pessoas que tiverem seus artigos em destaque são feitos comandantes da Ordem.
Membros actuais:
Todos os admins são feitos Oficiais da Ordem. A lista completa de admins incluindo aqueles com o ranking de Comandante (CDP) ou mais está aqui.
Membros correntes:
- Oficiais fingindo não serem associados com a Desciclopédia:
- Alguém
Todos os usuários registrados podem ser Membros da Ordem.
edit Vestmentas
Membros da Ordem usam roupas elaboradas em ocasiões importantes, que podem variar com o status do membro:
- The mantle, worn only by Knights and Dames Grand Cross, was originally made of yellow satin lined with blue silk, but is now made of green satin lined with light blue silk. On the left side is a representation of the star (see below).
- The collar, also worn only by Knights and Dames Grand Cross, is made of gold. It consists of six medallions depicting the Royal Arms, alternating with six medallions depicting the Royal and Imperial Cypher of User:Elvis ("Uhu", which stands for "Presley Rex Imperator"). The medallions are linked with gold cables depicting Potatoes and crowns.
At less important occasions, simpler insignia are used:
- The Proffiency Badge is a triangular red badge with the Uncyclopedia logo in the centre used only by Knights and Dames Grand Cross and Knights and Dames Commander. It is worn pinned to the left breast. The Proffiency Badge, which varies in size depending on class, bears a white Fluer de lis.
- The Logo is the only insignia used by all members of the Order. Until 1937 it was suspended on a blue ribbon, with a white central stripe for the Admin division; since then the ribbon has been green with light blue edges, plus a light blut central stripe for the Admin division. Knights and Dames Grand Cross wear it on a riband or sash, passing from the right shoulder to the left hip. Knights Commander and male Commanders wear the badge from a ribbon around the neck; male Officers and Members wear the badge from a ribbon on the left chest; all females (other than Dames Grand Cross) wear it from a bow on the left shoulder. The badge is in the form of jigsaw globe with variouse random symbols. The size of the badges varies by rank: the higher classes have slightly larger badges. The badges of Knights and Dames Grand Cross, Knights and Dames Commander and Commanders are enamelled with pale blue crosses and crimson rings; those of Officers are plain gold; those of Members are plain silver.
- In 1957, it was decided that any individual made a member of the Order for gallantry could wear an emblem of two crossed silver oak leaves on the same riband, ribbon or bow as the badge. Since 1974, however, appointments for gallantry have not been made; instead, a separate Queen's Gallantry Medal has been awarded.
- The Her Majesty's Royal Flying Rat's Ass Medal is made of silver. It has white wings and a silver rat's ass.
On certain "collar days" designated by the Sovereign, members attending formal events may wear the Order's collar over their military uniform or evening wear. When collars are worn (either on collar days or on formal occasions such as coronations), the badge is suspended from the collar. Collars are returned upon the death of their owners, but other insignia may be retained.
edit Chapel
The chapel of the order is in the far eastern end of the crypt of St. Peter's Basilica, but it holds its great services upstairs in the main body of the Basilica. Religious services for the whole Order are held quadrennially; new Knights and Dames Grand Cross are installed at these services. The chapel was dedicated in 2005.
edit Precedence and privileges
Members of all classes of the Order are assigned positions in the order of precedence. Wives of male members of all classes also feature on the order of precedence, as do sons, daughters and daughters-in-law of Knights Grand Cross and Knights Commander; relatives of Ladies of the Order, however, are not assigned any special precedence. (As a general rule, individuals can derive precedence from their fathers or husbands, but not from their mothers or wives.) (See order of precedence in England and Wales for the exact positions.)
Knights Grand Cross, Knights Commander and Commander prefix "Sir", and Dames Grand Cross, Dames Commander and female Commander's prefix "Dame", to their forenames (Commanders are made Knights Bachelor so their knighthood actualy comes from outside the order). Wives of Knights may prefix "Lady" to their surnames, but no equivalent privilege exists for husbands of Dames. Such forms are not used by peers and princes, except when the names of the former are written out in their fullest forms. Clergy of the Church of Uncyclopedia do not use the titles of "Sir" or "Dame" and do not receive the accolade (i.e. are not dubbed knight with a sword, as are other knights, but not dames), although they do append the post-nominal letters.
Knights and Dames Grand Cross use the post-nominal "GUN", Knights Commander "KUN", Dames Commander "DUN", Commanders "CUN", Officers "OUN" and Members "MUN". The post-nominal for the Her Majesty's Royal Flying Rat's Ass Medal is "HMRFRA".
Knights and Dames Grand Cross are also entitled to receive heraldic supporters. They may, furthermore, encircle their arms with a depiction of the circlet (a circle bearing the motto) and the collar; the former is shown either outside or on top of the latter. Knights and Dames Commander and Commanders may display the circlet, but not the collar, surrounding their arms. The badge is depicted suspended from the collar or circlet.
Because it is the least senior of the British orders, titles in the Order of Uncyclopedia may be displaced by titles granted by another order. For instance, a woman knighted in both the Order of the Thistle and the Order of Uncyclopedia would use the title of "Lady" granted by the Order of the Thistle, rather than the title of "Dame" granted by the lesser Order of Uncyclopedia.
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Foster service praised by education watchdogs
Posted: January 11, 2013|
WORK to place vulnerable children in secure and loving foster homes has been praised by education watchdogs.
A new report published today shows that Ofsted inspectors has rated Leicestershire County Council's service as 'good'. This is the second highest grade and one better than the previous inspection outcome five years ago.
Ofsted describes the service as 'high quality' and says that children and young people make real progress in terms of their physical, emotional and mental health. They also receive support and advice to help them make the transition into adulthood.
Inspectors also praised improvements made including a re-shape of the service.
Ivan Ould, Leicestershire County Council cabinet member for children and young people, said: "I'm pleased that this report commends the quality of our fostering service and recognises the difference it is making to the lives of vulnerable children.
"Although challenging, fostering simply transforms lives and I'd encourage anyone who is interested in the role to pick up the phone and find out more."
The council is already taking steps to address areas identified for development which include increasing take-up of foster carer training and embedding new procedures and practices.


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does anyone remember a post a while back showing a comercial oven that had kind of a moat around the cooking floor for coals to sit in. This video also showed the cook raising the pizza at the end of its cook to to broil the top of pizza with the extra heat from the highest part of the oven. It was a very good video and I have used this broiling method a lot since. I am now puting in a round kiln shelf in the center of my oven to kind of act like a smaller version of his elevated floor and would like to see the video again....thanks for any help on this and it may have been in tips and techniques or another part of this form I cant remember where I saw it. Might have been a year or so ago I saw the post....wayne
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Hi Wayne,
I just looked at your oven pics for the first time. You are truly an artisan. I love the river stone finish. Seeing your oven has made me reconsider my finishing plans. Thanks for the pics.
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Thanks for the kind works lwood. It was a fun project. I had some very good coaching and help from this site.....wayne
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MEREDITH YOUNG, PhD, is Co-Investigator of the MEDEC Lab.
Dr. Young is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Medical Education and the Department of Medicine at McGill University. She earned her PhD in cognitive psychology from McMaster University, studying how individuals (with and without medical expertise) think through a variety of complex problems in medicine. More specifically, she studied the intersection of more intuitive decision making and more structured, rule-based reasoning.
Research methods: Cognitive psychology, behavioural economics, observational studies, assessment studies (including generalizability analyses), biostatistics, educational psychology and intervention studies, among others.
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After a year in the Chicago Loop, Martin is not overwhelmed by New York although he does admire the Woolworth Tower. He finds that Max Gottlieb has aged in the last five years, but Gottlieb is still as demanding as ever. He advises Martin to study mathematics in order to be able to prove his own experiments. In half an hour, the two are arguing as fiercely as in the old days.
Martin is at last permitted to concentrate on laboratory work, with no additional duties. He is elated. So is Leora for him.
The year is 1916. Europe is at war. Social life for Martin and Leora begins in New York by their being invited to scientific dinners, first by Ross McGurk, founder of the Institute, and his wife, Capitola, and later by Dr. Rippleton Holabird, head of the Department of Physiology, and Mrs. Holabird. The only jarring note in Martin's life is Terry Wickett, the "boy chemist" as he styles himself, who is irritating, rude, and iconoclastic, but devoted to the search for scientific truth.
Mrs. Holabird helps Leora find a three-room flat near Gramercy Park, where Martin rashly hopes that they will stay for fifty years.
Gottlieb's hatred of pseudo-scientific impostors and his creed that the real scientist accepts no half-truths are again emphasized in this chapter. Martin's prayer of the scientist is one passage in the book often quoted:
God give me unclouded eyes and freedom from haste. God give me a quiet and relentless anger against all pretense and all pretentious work and all work left slack and unfinished. God give me restlessness whereby I may neither sleep nor accept praise until my observed results equal my calculated results or in pious glee I discover and assault my error. God give me the strength not to trust in God!
The disagreeable but genuine character of Dr. Terry Wickett appears for the first time in this chapter. He is to be of considerable importance later on.
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Faculty Scholarship 1994 - Present
The Marketing Concept/TQM: A Convergence
Marketing Concept and Total Quality Management (TQM) developed as responses to underlying economic and market conditions, the former in the U.S.A. and the latter in Japan. A detailed scrutiny of the contents of the two concepts reveals that they have more similarities than differences and that they are converging at one point: seeking consumer satisfaction and profitability. The success in the diffusion of TQM augurs well for the marketing as the focus of the entire movement is consumer satisfaction, which is also the focus of the Marketing Concept.


text: Chris, I was just looking at one of the other posts. If your problem is the video card you might try tuning the PCI latency. Check out my page - http://myweb.cableone.net/eviltwin69/Arcana.html. There are a couple of links that cover latency really well. Jan On Tue, 2004-02-17 at 15:51, Chris Metzler wrote: > > On 16 Feb 2004 14:54:13 -0600 > Jan Depner <eviltwin69 at cableone.net> wrote: > > > > Agreed. Your system should rock like crazy except for one leetle > > problem. IRQ 9 is higher priority than IRQ 10 so every time you get > > disk activity you're probably dropping audio. > > Yeah, that's what I would have *expected* -- so I was really surprised > when the latency tests didn't work out that way. Playing PCM audio > while writing, then copying, a 1.5 GB file (half again as large as my > RAM, so can't RAM-cache it), with my disk over 90% full, still produced > what I *think* (if I'm understanding all this correctly) are pretty > good numbers (100% within 1ms of the fragment latency). But I do plan > on tinkering with this, especially if the performance is troublesome > when I start doing real stuff. > > But while the disk results looked good, the graphics results weren't > very . . . > > -c > > -- > Chris Metzler cmetzler at speakeasy.snip-me.net > (remove "snip-me." to email) > > "As a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace since I > have become civilized." - Chief Luther Standing Bear


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Sherrod Earns Capital One Academic All-America Selection
Senior forward recognized for the third consecutive season.
Hello American Athletic Conference: We Are Memphis Men's Soccer
GoTigersGo.com wraps up week one of an introduction to the American Athletic Conference with Men's Soccer
Duncan Receives C-USA Postgraduate Scholarship
A Forward for the U of M, Duncan Graduated in May with a Degree in Biology
Forty-Seven Student-Athletes in Commencement Activities Saturday
Tigers' athletics well-represented in the 100th year commencement activities.
Senior Class Honored at M Club Luncheon
Four special honorees also recognized.
2011 (Senior): Named 2011 CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team, the highest academic honor bestowed to a player in the history of the program...Started all 18 games for the Tigers...Recorded two goals in the opening match against Lipscomb...Assisted on Mark Sherrod's game-winning goal versus Missouri State...Notched a pair of assists in the Tigers' 3-0 win at Tulsa...Assisted Sherrod's insurance goal in the 2-0 win against Kentucky...Notched an assist on Sherrod's first goal against No. 9 UCF in the Tigers' 3-2 victory...Received CoSIDA Academic All-Region, NSCAA Scholar All-South Region First Team and C-USA All-Academic Team honors.
2010 (Junior): Tied for the team lead in points (10), the third-consecutive season he has led or shared the lead in points for Memphis ... Led the Tigers in shots on goal with 19 ... Was held without a shot just once (at Missouri State) and did not earn a shot on goal in just two matches (Missouri State and Central Arkansas) ... Netted his fifth career game-winning goal in the season opener against Belmont, scoring a 15th-minute goal that proved to be the difference ... Also had an assist in the opener against the Bruins ... Was one of five Tigers to score against North Florida in a 6-0 rout of the Ospreys ... Scored the Tigers lone goal in a 2-1 home loss to No. 5 nationally ranked Tulsa ... Had assists in each of his last two matches of the season (Alabama A&M and UAB).
2009 (Sophomore): Led the Tigers in points (11) and goals (four) for the second-consecutive season ... Joined senior Brian Farrell as one of only two players to start and play in all 16 games in 2009 ... Was second on the team in assists (three) ... Scored goal on a back-heel tap in during 87th minute to tie Bradley and force overtime ... The Tigers came away with a 1-1 tie vs. Bradley to open the season, a match that was featured on Fox Soccer Channel's "NSCAA Men's Soccer Game of The Week" ... Had multiple-goal game against UCF (two) and multiple-assist game against Eastern Illinois ... Led the team in shots with 36 and shots on goal with 19.
2008 (Freshman): Led the team with six goals and 13 points ... Broke into the starting lineup following his performance against No. 15 SMU ... Scored two goals against FIU, including the first of his career ... Tallied a goal vs. South Carolina off a Ryan Ruble assist in the 77th minute ... Put in a goal against No. 11 Tulsa off a Bradley Jacobs assist ... Had two goals vs. Central Arkansas ... Fed Bradley Jacobs on a 1st-minute goal against Central Arkansas ... Named to C-USA All-Freshman Team and All-C-USA third team ... Tied for the team lead with two game-winning goals ... Started 11-of-18 matches ... Was second on the team with 27 shots and first on the team with 14 shots on goal.
Prior to Memphis: Four-year letterwinner at Providence Academy for Coach Martin Sells ... Holds school records for single-season goals (40), single-season assists (27), single-season points (107), career goals (117), career assists (80) and career points (314) ... Won U-16 and U-17 state championships with the Knoxville Football Club under Coach Kyle McCoy ... Region III ODP Champions in 2005 ... Made it to ODP Nationals in 2006.
Personal: Son of Dr. Richard and Lee Anne Duncan ... Born Apr. 23 ... Has two sisters, Taylor and Ellen.


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Unpainted Sculpture
The piece at the Walker Art Center that I saw and remember always loving is "Unpainted Sculpture" by Charles Ray. I've never been into modern art all that much but seeing a life size car being molded and put on display like that is astonishing. The thought that it's not finished yet by calling it "unpainted" is ironic to me considering the actual condition of the car itself. The detail that went into this can make me appreciate how much work the artist put into it.


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The Kardashians
Pregnant Kim Kardashian's Baby Bump: Red Hot in Las Vegas (PHOTOS)
Kim Kardashian isn't going to let a little thing like pregnancy get in the way of letting her have a blast in Las Vegas!
Sure, the reality star might not be able to drink or party hardcore like most do when they come to Sin City, but she still managed to create quite the spectacle while at an event for her GLAM perfume.
On April 13, Kim held a meet and greet for fans at the Kardashian Khaos store in Vegas. The mom-to-be wore a bright red dress made from elegant lace, and her growing baby bump was definitely out on full display.
Kim is now over six months along, so it's pretty hard to hide her bump, even if she tries. However, she didn't seem concerned with hiding it at all. Kim posed for plenty of pictures, and she made sure to accentuate her bump by cupping her hand around it.
Along with her red hot dress, Kim wore bold red lipstick and wove her raven hair into an elegant braided updo. "A HUGE thank you to everyone who came out to @KardashianKhaos today for my Glam perfume launch!!! Miss you already!" she tweeted that evening.
The very next night, it was back to Los Angeles for Kim! The starlet presented an award at the MTV Movie Awards on April 14... and she wasn't afraid to show off her baby bump there, either. If you've got it, flaunt it!


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WTF Friday: Fitment By The Numbers
I've been trying to avoid posting about the topic of wheel fitment as strictly a numbers game for some time now as it is a discussion that may touch on a few nerves and one that could leave be sounding a tad hypocritical.
However it is an issue I feel needs addressing now more than ever before things degrade into a pissing contest of epic proportions.
My first brush with the 'Fitment By The Numbers' mentality came a few months ago when I noticed people responding to members rides threads by asking wheel and tire fitment questions first, and offering compliments or criticisms second.
A little investigation revealed that, more often than not, these were the same people who seemed adamant that to have a 'stanced' vehicle you needed wheels of a certain width, stretch of a certain amount, and camber to a certain degree.
Which is wrong.
If that were true then how would traditional hot rods, mini trucks, imports, euros, classics, and low riders lacking one, if not all, of those 'prerequisites' earn features on some of the most popular and respected stance oriented websites today?
There is no book of stance, no guidelines that must be followed to be deemed worthy, the only common thread amongst cars with great stance is a ride height significantly different than factory.
Aggressive fitment just happens to be something works better the lower you are so the two are often linked and, as you I'm sure you are all well aware, aggressive fitment has become quite popular over the last several years.
With this popularity came a larger following and more people looking to push the boundaries, and as that happened the question of how much is too much began to come into play.
Aesthetically flow is perhaps the most important part of a car and the reason that so many people dislike body kits, roof racks, loud graphics/paint, and spoilers. Depending on execution those items can often disrupt the entire flow of an otherwise great looking car.
The same rule applies with fitment, execution is paramount.
When you run a wheel so wide that it takes away from your other modifications then does it really matter that you can claim the widest and lowest for your platform or that you can play a game of Jenga on your exposed barrel?
If aesthetics and function start to leap frog each other out the door then what are we modifying our cars for, shock value? Notoriety?
Food for thought.
Modify your car as you see fit because aesthetics are a subjective thing with opinions differing from person to person, but if your end goal is only your end goal to outdo the person before you remember that there is always someone behind you who is ready to do the exact same thing.
Flashback Friday
For this weeks WTF Friday I will forgo the usual site updates and end with a photo one of my all time favorite Subarus.
Julian in my opinion always knew when enough was enough.
Photo Credit: Streetsweeper.Northwest and their facebook.
Can't agree more Dave.
Sometimes (more often than not) less is more.
I modify my car (1997 miata) for myself,
For the smile I had last night doing donuts in 15 cm of snow,
For the smile I get at auto-cross, and the one I'll get in snow-cross tomorrow.
For the smile I have every morning, as I walk to my car and look at it.
For the smile other people have, or the stare they give me.
It's a combination of all those things that make me want to keep going. Want to keep sinking cash and effort into that little car. And it gives me hope of what It one day could look like!
Preach on, brother!! Seriously. When's it going to be ENOUGH? I've recently lamented to my husband that the beautiful days of OEM+ are gone…. Now it's, "Hey check out my wheels!!!!"
Gonna have to say that 2.5 RS makes me queasy. 11.5? Are you for serious? My STi doesn't even need freakin' 11.5 wide wheels….
@Remy G — I just sold my own '97 Miata two weeks ago, she was my first autocross car. It's nice to hear about another. Those little cars deserve to be raced…. I know mine loved it. (And went to another autocrosser, thankfully.)
The worst part is to read the owner "saying" out loud that his car 'was published on all of the major stance Facebook pages'. I guess he didn't realize some of them didn't post it because they liked what he done.
Gross. I love the wagon though!
Damn straight, words put together well.
And as always… Haters gonna hate.
I think all of those cars are unsafe and WAY to stretched! I like a little stretch and camber but damn these cars are useless now!
*Applauds Dave*
OEM+ is like every other trend. It's cyclical. And it moves around the globe. The grassroots of the Commodore scene in Oz has a strong OEM+ flavour – we're always raiding later/better model Commodores for bits to improve what's already there. 10 years ago it was all about DIY custom work. The kind where people automatically fitted race seats and flat pieces of sheetmetal to mount their gauges. Now it's common to see the dash cluster (or entire dash and interior) from a 2010 model in a 1980 model.
As for "fitment by numbers", I don't agree with the one-up-man-ship that's going on at the moment. Natural, inevitable, but some people do go for numbers before what works. Putting 22 inches and liquorice straps on a car meant for 13s is a trend I can't wait to see the end of. In some ways I'm glad I live in one of the most draconian state for road laws on the planet. 18×11.5s on a Subaru just isn't legal, nor is the amount of stretch they have on the tyres. So you never see cars with this kind of "stance" – they'd make it a block or two before they get defected straight off the road.
how does that work? i kind of wanna see it rolling to make a final opinion. its definitly a wtf how does that work kindof interesting haha
Man this is why I love my audience base I can post something like this and not worry about getting called a hater and people take the time to type out great responses. Thank you all.
@Donn That is the first time I have ever seen anyone speak positivly about the situation in your state most people find it an inconvience. 22s and licorice strap tires are not really all that far off from this if you think about it… extreme in a different way.
@hahaha Here is a roller http://www.flickr.com/photos/jblack_photos/6933401325/in/pool-1368380@N25
Great. Thanks a lot for an open mind regarding car styling and customizing. Rules are meant to be broken anyway. Keep up this really cool site.
Anyone seen this?
So yeah sick I guess I'm the only one that thinks its ridiculous fitment is gnarly haha plus I love suby coupes haha
There's a lot of things "wrong" with the car scene (and any other scene, really) these days. The saddest part is that we have evolved into a me-too society in most cases. As you stated, there's always someone waiting in the shadows, watching what you do only to be able to one-up you when you're done. As always, there's a fine line between just enough and too much. Who knows, maybe in a couple months this example above will have regressed from too much to not enough once other people have surpassed it, whether people like it or not. I'm not a fan of the example above, but I give props for trying something that pushes the envelope.
@Dave – its a great blog. I read it to see what people get up to around the world. It's not easy/cheap this living on the correct side of the planet thing
Our rules are harsh and inconvenient, no doubt. Not just with wheels, everything we do with cars/4wds. Some of the rules are utterly insane. Example: An air filter through the bonnet isn't legal, because a pedestrian may get hurt by it if you hit them. But in NSW, 'Roo bars are legal, and you see 5 posters everywhere (you may want to look up the scary).
There are those who bitch about the rules, or just plain ignore them. Then they think the worlds out to get them when everytime they go for a cruise they spend the evening discussing legalities with a copper.
But there is an upside to our draconian set of rules. Build a car that's compliant, and you're guaranteed to end up with a car thats safe and driveable – anywhere, anytime. It's way too easy to go extreme on mods, trying to outdo someone elses set of numbers, and end up with something that's a complete b*tch to live with. Sticking inside the rules also means the liklihood of your car failing (and killing you, your friends and the poor defenceless gum tree) is far less.
I mean, I may want to put 10 or 12 inch wide tyres on all four corners of my VH Commodore. A great look, reminiscent of the Group C Big Bangers at Bathurst. But damn near impossible to get passed in NSW. Why? Because the first decent Aussie shower, tyres that wide on a car weighing 1200 odd kilos means I'd be aquaplaning straight off into the shrubbery.
Besides – the rules up the creativity more than the dollar value or the one up man ship. If you can't poke engine bits out of the bonnet, but you want to run a twin turbocharged V8 (which you can, legally, depending on the car) then you gotta think more carefully about how to package it under the bonnet. If you want the stanced look, you gotta think more about your offsets, your tyre choice, your ride heights and the panel work to acheive it. Everythings still possible. Just takes a little bit of thought.
Then again, we also have the "never going to be registered" cars of places like the Summernats. Then you get into a whole new ball game of who's biggest
Yo Dave! Long time no hear! Hope all is great man. Thanks for posting my wagon up again! Dude i miss her when i see people post her up saying how clean and well done it was. But anyways, yeah that main rs is pushing it to the limit, even riskin his life rolling like that. I know people want to clam this and that but honestly, is it worth putting your life at risk. No. So i really hope he got new tires on those wheels. Anyways, stop by my flickr and check out the new ride, Im sure you would like it! hahah. Take care.
@Donn – http://www.bullbarsaustralia.com.au/Images/Products/15/Holden%20VE%20McCann.jpg HOLY unnecessary haha.
Moving on from that I totally get what you are saying, if you manage to build a car within the rules chances are it is one you can drive all the time. However I'm not sure I could take it, my car is mostly legal just a few little things, my car is a daily so I din't go too crazy.
The Summernats seems like a pissing contest I like haha
@Phil Honestly with that car the stretch is the only thing that kills me.
@Nate I have seen that but it is Japan, they have a whole different bar for crazy
That RS is just plain stupid. What's the pint of an inch of barrel showing? Ooops, bought the wrong tires is what it tells me.
I guess there's always extremes…..
That bugeye you posted has the same front end setup as me. JDM V7 Hoodscoop, and Pro-Drive lip.
Very well said! As subjective as Fitment and stance are, there are always going to be critics who want the numbers to be their end result. When that happens, those of us who own a car that has aggresive Fitment, yet flows and has some class, can just smile and wave. There is no right or wrong in the stance game, if we wanted "right" we'd be the engineers at the manufacturer, and would've left it how it came from the factory. To each their own.
WHO ARE YOU? And why did you not put a link to my Flickr or Facebook page when you decided to use my photos for your article?
I'm the guy that runs this blog, my name is Dave nice to meet you.
You are correct I neglected to add credit which I normally do, I have updated the post.
Thanks. I put the pictures on Flickr for everyone to see and use, for stuff like your article. So feel free to use anything I put on there, just put the credit is all I ask. I can also put you in touch with the owner of the most hated GC if you want a quote from him….
"owner of the most hated GC"
Oh God, here we go again…


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Airtel's Nigeria's Got Talent Season One winner, Amarachi Uyanne, has received an award for Excellence from the Oba of Benin for her sterling performance in the just concluded reality TV talent haunt show.
Eight-year-old Amarachi was among ten outstanding persons honoured by His Royal Highness, Omo No'ba N'edo Uku Akpolokpolo Erediauwa, at the annual event that recognizes achievers within the Oba's domain.
The young violinist and dancer stunned Nigerians when she outclassed 50 other contestants to emerge the winner of the maiden edition of the Got Talent competition sponsored by Airtel Nigeria.
The honour from the Oba of Benin comes weeks after the show sponsor; Airtel Nigeria treated the youngster to a grand reception preceded by a media tour of selected media houses in Lagos.
The highly revered Monarch who personally presided over the Awards Presentation ceremony in his Palace, said the recognition was to encourage excellence among the subjects of the kingdom in their various fields.
Speaking on the development, Airtel Nigeria's Chief Marketing Officer, Olu Akanmu said the honour was well deserved by the youngster and praised the Oba for recognizing the young talent, adding that such gesture could spur Amarachi to the world stage in the nearest future.
His words: "Amarachi's success story is a fair picture of our vision and plan for Nigerians especially the youth. We are glad for her achievements at this early stage of her life and our solemn pledge to continue to provide more platforms such as the NGT alongside our primary obligation to create best-in-class telecommunication experience remains firm."
Other recipients of the Oba's award were the Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Professor Osayuki Godwin Oshodin for Academic Excellence and Professor Osato Frank Giwa-Osagie of the College of Medicine, University of Lagos for his outstanding performance in the health sector, especially in obstetrics and gynaecology.


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Al Woody's 6:20 Funny
Empire State Building
Two men are sitting drinking at a bar at the top of the Empire State Building when the first man turns to the other and says, "You know, last week I discovered that if you jump from the top of this building, by the time you fall to the 10th floor, the winds around the building are so intense that they carry you around the building and back into the window."
The bartender just shakes his head in disapproval while wiping the bar.
The second guy says, "What are you a nut? There is no way that could happen."
"No, it's true," said the first man, let me prove it to you." He gets up from the bar, jumps over the balcony, and plummets to the street below. When he passes the 10th floor, the high wind whips him around the building and back into the 10th floor window and he takes the elevator back up to the bar.
He met the second man, who looked quite astonished. "You know, I saw that with my own eyes, but that must have been a one time fluke."
"No, I'll prove it again," says the first man as he jumps. Again just as he is hurling toward the street, the 10th floor wind gently carries him around the building and into the window.
Once upstairs he urges his fellow drinker to try it. "Well, what the hey," the second guy says, "it works, I'll try it!" He jumps over the balcony plunges downward, passes the 11th, 10th, 9th, 8th floors ...and hits the sidewalk with a 'splat.'
Back upstairs the Bartender turns to the other drinker, saying "You know, Superman, sometimes you can be a real jerk."
We Can Still Drive
A group of seniors were sitting around the pool talking about all their ailments.
"My arms have gotten so weak I can hardly lift this cup of coffee," said one "Yes, I know," said another. "My cataracts are so bad I can't even see my coffee."
"I couldn't even mark an 'X' at election time, my hands are so crippled," volunteered a third.
"What? Speak up, I can't hear you," said a fourth.
"I can't turn my head because of the arthritis in my neck," said a fifth, to which several nodded weakly in agreement.
"My blood pressure pills make me so dizzy I can hardly walk," exclaimed another.
"I forget where I am and where I'm going," said an elderly gent.
"I guess that's the price we pay for getting old," winced an old man as he slowly shook his head.
The others nodded in agreement.
"Well, count your blessings," said one woman cheerfully. "THANK GOD WE CAN ALL STILL DRIVE!"
The Bacon Tree
Two Mexicans are stuck in the desert, wandering aimlessly and close to death. They are close to just lying down and waiting for the inevitable, when all of a sudden.......
'Hey Pepe, do you smell what I smell. Ees bacon I is sure of eet.'
'Si, Luis eet smells like bacon to meee.'
So, with renewed strength, they struggle up the next sand dune, and there, in the distance, is a tree loaded with bacon.
There's raw bacon, dripping with moisture, there's fried bacon, back bacon, double smoked bacon... every imaginable kind of cured pig meat.
'Pepe, Pepe, we is saved. 'Eees a bacon tree.'
'Luis, are you sure ees not a meerage? We ees in the Desert don't forget.'
'Pepe when deed you ever hear of a meerage that smell like bacon... ees no meerage, ees a bacon tree'.
And with that... Luis Races towards the tree. He gets to within 5 metres, Pepe following closely behind, when all of a sudden, a machine gun opens up,and Luis is cut down in his tracks. It is clear he is mortally wounded but, a true friend that he is, he manages to warn Pepe with his dying breath.
'Pepe... go back man,you was right ees not a bacon tree.'
'Luis Luis mi amigo... what ees it?
'Pepe... ees not a bacon tree...
Eees a Ham Bush!'
A Blonde Caught Speeding
A blonde woman was speeding down the road in her little red sports car and was pulled over by a woman police officer who was also a blonde.
The blonde cop asked to see the blonde driver's license. She dug through her purse and was getting progressively more agitated.
"What does it look like?" she finally asked.
The policewoman replied, "It's square and it has your picture on it."
The driver finally found a square mirror in her purse, looked at it and handed it to the policewoman.
"Here it is," she said.
The blonde officer looked at the mirror, then handed it back saying, "Okay, you can go. I didn't realize you were a cop."
Cookies For A Dying Man
A very old man lay dying in his bed. In death's doorway, he suddenly smelled the aroma of his favorite chocolate chip cookie wafting up the stairs.
He gathered his remaining strength and lifted himself from the bed. Leaning against the wall, he slowly made his way out of the bedroom, and with even greater effort forced himself down the stairs, gripping the railing with both hands.
With labored breath, he leaned against the door frame, gazing into the kitchen. Were it not for death's agony, he would have thought himself already in heaven.
There, spread out on newspapers on the kitchen table were literally hundreds of his favorite chocolate chip cookies.
Was it heaven? Or was it one final act of heroic love from his devoted wife, seeing to it that he left this world a happy man?
Mustering one great final effort, he threw himself toward the table. The aged and withered hand, shaking, made its way to a cookie at the edge of the table, when he was suddenly smacked with a spatula by his wife.
"Stay out of those," she said. "They're for the funeral.
Lost Wallet
A guy traveling through Mexico on vacation, lost his wallet and all Identification. Cutting his trip short, he attempts to make his way home but is stopped by the U.S. Customs Agent at the border.
'May I see your identification, please'? asks the agent.
'I'm sorry, but I lost my wallet,' replies the guy.
'Sure buddy, I hear that every day. No ID, no entry,' says the agent.
'But I can prove I'm an American!' he exclaims. 'I have a picture of Ronald Reagan tattooed on one butt cheek and George Bush on the other.'
This I gotta see,' replies the agent.
With that, the guy drops his pants and shows the agent.
'By golly, you're right!' exclaims the agent.
'Have a safe trip back to Chicago .'
'Thanks!' he says. 'But how did you know I was from Chicago ?'
Seeing Eye Dog
A blind man is walking down the street with his seeing eye dog one day.
They come to a busy intersection, and the dog, ignoring the high volume of traffic zooming by on the street, leads the blind man right out into the thick of traffic.This is followed by the screech of tires and horns blaring as panicked drivers try desperately not to run the pair down.The blind man and the dog finally reach the safety of the sidewalk on the other side of the street, and the blind man pulls a cookie out of his coat pocket which he offers to the dog.
A passerby, having observed the near fatal incident, can't control his amazement and says to the blind man, "Why on earth are you rewarding your dog with a cookie? He nearly got you killed!"The blind man turns partially in his direction and replies, "To find out where his head is, so I can kick him in the ass."
Worried About My Daughter
The mother of a 17-year-old girl was concerned that her daughter was having sex.
Worried the girl might become pregnant and adversely impact the family's status, she consulted the family doctor.
The doctor told her that teenagers today were very willful and any attempt to stop the girl would probably result in rebellion. He then told her to arrange for her daughter to be put on birth control and until then, talk to her and give her a box of condoms.
Later that evening, as her daughter was preparing for a date, the woman told her about the situation and handed her a box of condoms
The girl burst out laughing and reached over to hug her mother saying: 'Oh Mom! You don't have to worry about that! I'm dating Susan!'
I Hate Your Cat
A man absolutely hated his wife's cat and decided to get rid of him one day ...
... by driving him 20 blocks from his home and leaving him at the park.
As he was getting home, the cat was walking up the driveway.
The next day he decided to drive the cat 40 blocks away. He put the beast out and headed home.
Driving back up his driveway, there was the cat!
He kept taking the cat further and further and the cat would always beat him home. At last he decided to drive a few miles away, turn right, then left, past the bridge, then right again and another right until he reached what he thought was a safe distance from his home and left the cat there.
Hours later the man calls home to his wife: "Jen, is the cat there?"
"Yes", the wife answers, "why do you ask?"
Frustrated, the man answered, "Put that son of a bitch on the phone, I'm lost and need directions!"
A Bad Winter!
It's late fall and the Indians on a remote reservation in South Dakota
asked their new chief if the coming winter was going to be cold or
mild. Since he was a chief in a modern society, he had never been
taught the old secrets.
When he looked at the sky, he couldn't tell what the winter was going
to be like. Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he told his tribe
that the winter was indeed going to be cold and that the members of
the village should collect firewood to be prepared.
But, being a practical leader, after several days, he got an idea. He
went to the phone booth, called the National Weather Service and
asked, "Is the coming winter going to be cold?"
"It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold," the
meteorologist at the weather service responded.
So the chief went back to his people and told them to collect even
more firewood in order to be prepared.
A week later, he called the National Weather Service again. "Does it
still look like it is going to be a very cold winter?"
"Yes," the man at National Weather Service again replied, "it's going
to be a very cold winter."
The chief again went back to his people and ordered them to collect
every scrap of firewood they could find.
Two weeks later, the chief called the National Weather Service again.
"Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?"
"Absolutely," the man replied. "It's looking more and more like it is
going to be one of the coldest winters we've ever seen."
"How can you be so sure?" the chief asked.
The weatherman replied, "The Indians are collecting firewood like


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