we have a 30 day stretch that is absolutely crazy...warren and i look at each other and say "what were we thinking"...starting may 15th it begins...it goes anniversary, taylor's b'day, my b'day, and then walker's...and also packed in there is mother's day and father's day....and this year we added a dance recital.  so if i have been a little off it's b/c i have been going....and we still have 2 weeks to go.
taylor begged me to make this louis cake from the princess and the frog for her b'day....well, i think you can tell from the picture, i am no baker!!  bless his heart....it's the thought that counts, right??!!  i hope y'all have a fabulous memorial weekend!!

Letting papers go

Awhile back, a colleague and I wrote a paper and submitted it to a journal. The first round of reviews came back, and one reviewer told us our work was fatally flawed.

We went through a few rounds of back-and-forth with the editor, all the while repeating that Reviewer #7* was mistaken because of such-and-such reason.

Recently my colleague and I were examining our resubmission. My colleague drew a picture to clarify something, and I stopped dead in my tracks. "Holy crap, Colleague. Reviewer #7 is right! Our entire paper is irrevocably flawed."

We went though the data, checked a few things, and sure enough - fatal flaw. I'm not sure how I missed it the first time, I guess because I was not the first author and busy doing other things when we first submitted it.

So - 30 page paper goes in the trash. Clunk!

Now you might say, "But wait! Why can't you just fix that broken part? Write a big disclaimer within a limitations section?"

I can't fix it because it's wrong. The entire concept of the paper is flawed. Even with a disclaimer it would be disingenuous to publish this at all.

So I let it go. I'm not too sad, though. We actually re-designed how we'd do things to avoid this flaw in the future, and I am sure our next paper will be super fantastic when we write it. And in any case, there are always more great ideas out there.

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(*) Not the Reviewer's actual number. 

Kit Heath's New Retail Furniture!

Kit Heath Roll Out Stunning Retail Furniture!

Kit Heath is rolling out a stunning range of Retail Furniture and in little over 2 months has secured ten store locations and has significant interest from many other retailers.

The Kit Heath in store retail concept has been created to deliver an unrivalled experience in jewellery presentation and communication.
As a further means to support the retailer the brand has created branded units designed to fit in an existing store space. 

With the ever increasing emphasis on the consumer "experience" and the "look and feel" of the high street retailers, the growth of expectations from programmes like Mary Queen of Shops, (now the backing from the government) it is foremost in the consumers mind set.
Kit Heath realise especially in these fragile times that to expect retailers to revamp an entire shop floor to suit our ideal brand presence to meet these growing demands is unrealistic.

However, we CAN assist the retailer to present our jewellery in the way in which we envision by creating these units that can be positioned easily and effortlessly in an existing store space with little excess cost to the retailer. 

We don't expect our retailers to do a store make over to suit our every launch (twice a year), but we will support the retailer by supplying the updated brand imagery which is produced to fit with in the existing units.

Visually stunning, the furniture features a striking glass wall unit and unique children’s jewellery rotating carousel, both designed to enhance any jewellery shop and to present your Kit Heath jewellery in the best possible way for your customers.

The furniture is manufactured to exacting standards in the UK by a North Devon team of jewellery shop fitters, featuring state of the art LED lighting, toughened glass for high visibility, and a wealth of additional features. Kit Heath Retail Furniture represents outstanding and exceptional quality and design.

Kit Heath’s Retail Furniture will be on display at IJL in September 2011

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