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We have also conceived of a new era of warfare over the next few decades - complete with both threats and countermeasures that have yet to be invented – and have a vision for how smart weapons technology will play a significant role.
Austin, TX (PRWEB) October 28, 2013
TrackingPoint™ recently released their "Future of War" project where a promotional video and microsite showcased new technology ideas related to how TrackingPoint Smart Rifle™ project will change the modern battlefield into one where data plays an increased role. Shortly after, TrackingPoint's CEO Jason Schauble released his expert opinion on the topic as part of the promotional campaign, discussing how TrackingPoint as a company is investing in the ideas and technology necessary to change the future of combat.
"We live in a time of disruptive technologies, where frequent advances change the world so fast we barely remember what it was like before. As TrackingPoint has disrupted traditional small arms and optics technologies with the smart rifle by combining target tracking, sensor arrays, and ballistic computation with integrated firing systems, we have also conceived of a new era of warfare over the next few decades - complete with both threats and countermeasures that have yet to be invented – and have a vision for how smart weapons technology will play a significant role.
"At TrackingPoint, collaboration is in our company DNA - shooters, veterans, engineers, and inventors sit side by side everyday mapping out our vision of the future and the products that will give hunters and shooters and those that serve our nation a competitive edge. We started this business by democratizing extreme distance accuracy and allowing shooters to share their experience in near real time via streaming video and prove their shots with recorded videos with smart rifles. As we unveiled our technology to hundreds of commercial and government end users, we received critical feedback on how to maximize the use of smart rifle technology in the full spectrum of current and future military and law enforcement operating environments. Based on that feedback, we are further investing in low light and night capabilities, wind sensing, and geo-location modules to make smart weapons more capable as well as expanding our offerings over time to include a greater variety of actions, calibers, and shooting systems.
"Yet smart rifle technology is more than just making shooters more accurate – it can form the core platform for a networked battlefield with its internal sensors, computing power, and communication architecture. Dynamic, interactive common operating pictures using something as simple a commercial off the shelf tablet, inter and intra-squad target handoff, a constant stream of near real time critical data running between squad members, units, and command structures – these are no longer concepts drawn from science fiction or the latest video game – these are real capabilities that are months not years away. Just as GPS changed warfare at the turn of the century, the next changes will occur via smart weapons at the small unit level where massive increases in baseline lethality and situational awareness with the least amount of training will be possible.
"Our first set of ideas on the networked battlefield are contained in a new microsite on our ShotMade Blog, complete with a live action video teaser showcasing new prototypes and capabilities. As the feedback loop continues on, and as we develop new concepts, this will grow into a place where we can show you updates and concepts of some of the most interesting work related to our technology yet, and provide insight into the process of growing a company's vision into reality.
"Future concepts will include ways in which firing systems can achieve minimal to no muzzle velocity deviation shot over shot, ways in which small arms munitions and delivery systems can be designed to defeat armored unmanned threats from the air, ground, and sea, and ways in which emerging image recognition technologies can integrate with the networked battlefield concept."
Smart rifles employ target tracking, a Heads-Up Display, and advanced fire control technology to amplify shooting precision at long range by eliminating the most common sources of shooter error, including aim, trigger jerk, and shot setup miscalculation. Regardless of skill level or experience, smart rifles significantly increase first shot success probability when compared to traditional technology, even at extreme ranges of 1,200 yards or more. More than just a scope, smart rifles are fully integrated systems based on standard caliber bolt action or semi-automatic rifles with a Networked Tracking Scope, Guided Trigger and precision conventional ammunition. Onboard wireless technology allows smart rifles to connect with local and wide area networks to deliver voice, video and data to mobile devices and various communication networks. These technologies allow shooters to be more accurate, engage multiple targets at unknown ranges quickly, track and engage moving targets, and communicate via command and control networks. Smart rifles are available to purchase via the TrackingPoint website.


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www.FuelOurFutureNow.com was formally introduced to more than 12,000 teachers, science coordinators, curriculum planners, administrators, principals, teacher educators, industry representatives, and students from all over the country at the 57th Annual NSTA (National Science Teachers Association) National Conference on Science in Education in New Orleans at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on March 12-22, 2009.
Exterior of Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
www.FuelOurFutureNow.com is a new, dynamic, online knowledge center inspired by the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE and created in collaboration with Discovery Education, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the X PRIZE Foundation.
Brad Fountain at the Discovery Education Booth
In an interactive workshop on www.FuelOurFutureNow.com led by Brad Fountain, Manager of New Products, Discovery Education Network, participants learned how to fuel K-12 student curiosity about alternative energy sources, advanced vehicle design, climate change, and the future of transportation with engaging classroom resources connected to the Progressive Automotive X PRIZE Education Program. For example, the participants built and modified balloon-powered cars as part of a hands-on activity from Lesson 4 of the grades 6-8 curriculum, where students demonstrate the relationship between weight and fuel efficiency by constructing a model vehicle and conducting an experiment.
Joel Treadwell photo of a completed balloon-powered car
Members from the Louisiana-based Progressive Automotive X PRIZE Registered Team Global-E were also present as Team Leader Carl Guichard discussed the reasons why they have entered three newly-designed Mainstream class vehicles in the competition, as well as their efforts to engage the greater New Orleans education community and to promote interest in science, technology, engineering, and math career development.
Joel Treadwell photo of Carl Guichard addressing participants
In the days following the NSTA Conference there have been many articles and reviews of www.FuelOurFutureNow.com. Two of note include those appearing in the T.H.E. Journal and District Administration.

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As you may be aware E.coli is a nasty bacteria which can make children under five seriously ill as their immune systems are not yet strong enough to fight off infection.
While the majority of E.coli cases happen at home, there were 49 E. coli outbreaks in childcare settings between 2010 and 2016. To help, safefood have created Rufus, the friendly monster who has lots of ideas to make learning about handwashing fun.
We have created a staff poster, a poster for the sink in your bathroom and some colouring in sheets for the children.
You can learn the 5 steps to handwashing (wet, soap, rub, rinse, dry) with Rufus and sing along together. Sing along to the tune of Row, Row, Row Your Boat after they have gone to the toilet to make sure all of the harmful germs are washed away.
Wash, wash, wash your hands,
Thumbs and fingers too,
Rinse and then make sure they're dry,
That's the thing to do!"
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Making home improvements can be a great way to improve your home for your comfort and convenience if you are going to live there for a long time. For consumers who would like to move out after about five years or so, keeping in mind the prospective buyer and then deciding on home improvement would be a good idea.
However, too much renovation and remodeling may not help you add value to your home, but will languish the property on the market. Your home is your castle and you the uncrowned king, but if you want good returns you have to make changes keeping in mind that no trend lasts forever you have to move with time. So go in for something that will appeal to all and also add value to your property. The more personal your choices are the less likely they are to have a positive effect on the resale value. [Read more…]


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April, May, June, OH MY GOSH!/
Hello Anaheim! Mid/Mod sale in Anaheim this Fri 9am-1pm and Sat 8am-2pm
This is a very pretty clean sale with some great mid century furniture from Henredon, Drexel, Thomasville and more. Pretty home furnishings, costume jewelry, plants, patio furniture, lamps, and lots of nice household items.
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A Good Thing
Of all my musical influences, Patty Larkin sits at the top of the heap. An outstanding and very innovative acoustic guitarist and songwriter, I've found musical inspiration from her for many, many years.
"Good Thing" remains one of my favorite songs of all time. I will not give my explanation of all the lyrics here, because I have found that this is the kind of poetry that requires marination in life-experience. Quite a few times in the past decade when going through a particularly tough time the song has serendipitously returned to me after languishing in obscurity on my iPod. Every time it is as though Patty is speaking directly to me. No matter how difficult real relationships are, when lovers "have borders of their own," no matter how much hope seems like a "prayer unheard," a good thing remains a good thing. And "it's a bad thing to let go."
Tough as times get, whether it is marriage, children, vocation, friendships -- wherever God has placed you, "This is nothing less than perfect / in a less than perfect world." Because He has placed you there.
Here is Patty performing "Good Thing" in a small coffee shop six months ago:


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When you are sleeping
I love to watch you
To tuck away the few errant strands of hair
on your cheeks behind your ear
and run my hands over on your cheeks and forehead.
Now don't get me wrong
And don't ask me to say sorry
It's not that I don't like you awake
but your being asleep is something special
In those quiet moments, I feel blessed and content
You look so peaceful when you are sleeping
that I feel peaceful just by looking at you
Perhaps we should show pictures
of you sleeping on the TV
– Our contribution to world peace.
I often wonder about your dreams
Your dreams must be fun too
Of small happiness's and little disappointments perhaps
Wish I could climb behind your closed eyelids and watch those dreams with you
like in a cinema hall
Just you and me
So again, don't get me wrong,
And don't ask me to say sorry
I love you awake
But I love you a wee bit more
When you are sleeping.
Feel free to share your poetry in comments below.
Related articles
- my poetry (truththroughwords.wordpress.com)
- new poetry blog (jordanforty.wordpress.com)


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It's hard to believe it's been seven years since I decided to post my annual "Best of the Year" collection online. Not only has it allowed me to share my favorite songs with a wider net of folks, but it's also saved the world from more @#$%! plastic (all those CDs and jewel cases).
I've culled through my list of potential selections for this year and am happy to share my top 14 for 2014. Pop continues to bubble underneath throughout (what a surprise), but, hey, at least I'm consistent.
Here's hoping you enjoy what you hear and discover some new artists in the process. Happy holidays!
You can listen to these songs on Spotify. Click here.
"Seasons (Waiting on You)" — Future Islands
Coming out of nowhere, Future Islands (a trio from Baltimore since 2006) introduced this infectious synthpop number that seems to be a staple on everyone's Top 10 list this year. And rightly so. Love the driving bass line and the lead singer's gravelly voice.
"Do You" — Spoon
Along with Wilco, Spoon ranks way up there as one of my favorite groups. And 2014 saw them deliver this damn-close-to-perfect pop confection that packs a wallop. Impossible not to toe tap to this one.
"Back in the World" — David Gray
A return to form for David Gray after a four-year break. Not only is he back, but back with a bang with this acoustic/electro anthem. "The only way to be" indeed.
"Latch" (featuring Sam Smith) — Disclosure
Unquestionably one of the breakout stars of 2014, Sam Smith lent his silky voice to the UK duo known as Disclosure. Originally released in late 2012, the song rode Mr. Smith's popularity wave here in the U.S. and became a sleeper hit almost two years later.
"Shadow" — Bleachers
A secret side project of Jack Antonoff's while on tour with his band Fun., "Shadow" played on heavy rotation in my car this summer. Said Mr. Antonoff, "Except for a small group of people, most of which happened to be members of my immediate family, no one was aware that this music, or this album even existed…even though it existed so deeply to me."
"Wrong" — Pablo Nouvelle
My random find of the year…I'm still not sure which music blog featured this one. This Swiss producer samples snippets from Lianne LaHavas' "They Could Be Wrong" with Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" to create a slow-burning piece that conjures up emotions of tenderness, angst, and wonder without ever singing a word himself.
"Take Me to Church" — Hozier
Andrew Hozier Byrne, a 24-year-old Irishman who goes by his middle name on stage, broke through in a big way this year thanks in part to a viral hit on YouTube. But what's the meaning behind the catchy chorus? According to Hozier, "It's about electing some new form of worship—something worthwhile. Something that's worth loving. Something that's tangible and real."
"Gotta Get Away" — The Black Keys
Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney are back with a great road trip tune that evokes old classic rock hits from the '70s. And you can tell they're having a lot of fun with this one. I mean with lines like "I went from San Berdoo to Kalamazoo just to get away from you," what could be better?
"Luna" — Bombay Bicycle Club
Thanks to an introduction from my daughter, Haley, this track from the four-piece band out of London took me back to the sounds of the '80s. Shades of OMD anyone? Electro-pop at its best.
"Are You Getting This Down?" — Jonatha Brooke
One of my favorite female singer/songwriters, Jonatha changed things up a bit this year by opening her one-woman, off-Broadway play "My Mother Has 4 Noses" in NYC. Although I missed the show (dumb!), the soundtrack featured this poignant ode to her Mom and her struggles with dementia.
"Blue Moon" — Beck
Appearing in the collection again after a 9-year hiatus, Beck's lush and folksy first single from "Morning Phase" was met with more critical acclaim. Slow and brooding, it provides a moment to pause, reflect and revel in Mr. Hansen's first work since 2008.
"Fever Dream" — Young Summer
DC-based singer/songwriter Young Summer (born Bobbie Allen) released this moody, synth-driven number that the folks from Noisetrade introduced to me this summer. Holy tribal drumbeat, Batman!
"In Conflict" — Owen Pallett
First appearing in the collection back in 2010, Mr. Pallett (out of Montreal) returns with another electronic/orchestral mix that directly strikes my pop funny bone. Especially when the chorus kicks in around the 1:45 mark. "There is nothing to lose" with this one.
"They Want My Soul" — Spoon
I told you I loved Spoon. So much so that I had to include this second helping (the title track from their latest album). Yep, Britt Daniel and the boys out of Austin, TX have my soul.


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This morning, the United States Treasury Department issued a press release that constituted the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committees (TBAC) report to the Secretary of the Treasury. TBAC membership is derived from senior members of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association. These would be the proverbial foxes advising the chickens - a favorite Midas Letter theme.
This group forms the consulting connection between the U.S. Treasury and the investment industry who is tasked with finding investors for U.S. debt so that the behemoth debt machine can continue its primary function of maintaining the United States standard of living at the expense of foreign treasuries.
Remarkably, the foreign treasury managers have either not yet caught on, or are duplicitous in maintaining the illusion of a sustainable deficit government that would swallow the global GDP of several generations should it ever be called for repayment.
This group meets in closed conference in a hotel in downtown Washington, and the Treasury lays out what it needs, and the TBAC tells them how they think it can be done. What is interesting in the published minutes of the meetings is that it now is apparent that both sides are concerned solely with rolling out new and modified debt instruments in increasing quantity to service the debt requirements of the nations future spending requirements. Servicing current debt is barely mentioned, though one might deduce that those requirements are incorporated by default into future borrowing figure requirements. (The following quotes are taken from the press release)
The deterioration in the budget outlook, combined with expenditures associated with the TARP, potential FDIC guarantees, and expected additional stimulus spending have increased private forecasts for total funding needs of the U.S. government for fiscal year 2009 to approximately $2 trillion. This is likely to stress the existing auction schedule and consequently warrants tangible adjustments to that schedule.
Faced with an unprecedented increase in net borrowing needs, the Treasury in its first charge to the Committee sought our advice and recommendation on changes to the auction calendar for debt issuance.
The strategy for financing the new debt required for the TARP (Toxic Asset Relief Program) purchases and the stimulus packages calls for the expansion of debt instrument auctions across the entire maturity spectrum:
Faced with such extraordinary financing needs, the Committee focused on the optimal potential size of each coupon issue, while not jeopardizing a successful auction process.
It was the Committee's recommendation that existing monthly 2-year and 3-year notes could be increased by $5 billion in size, to $45 billion and $35 billion, respectively.
Furthermore, the Committee recommends that monthly 5-year notes have the greatest room for expansion given their liquidity and focus and should be increased by as much as $10 billion per issue. This would bring the monthly issuance size to as much as $40 billion.
And lastly, the committee recommends that the Treasury increase the size of the newly issued quarterly 10-year notes by $5 billion and by $4 billion when re-opened the two months following the new issue. In other words, the sizes of the 10-year issuances would increase from $20 billion, $16 billion and $16 billion each quarter to $25 billion, $20 billion and $20 billion, respectively.
What a brilliant solution! In the absence of demand, and abundant supply, issue more supply! Significantly, the estimated spending requirement for 2009 has, in the estimation of this committee, now ballooned to $2 trillion, and the stipulation is made that a similarly grotesque figure will be required for 2010.
The net supply of Treasurys in 2009 and 2010 combined seems likely to total more than $3 trillion and could climb as high as $4 trillion. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates the 2009 Federal budget deficit to be $1.2 trillion. The consensus of private sector analysts is similar to that figure. Yet, neither the CBO estimate nor the private consensus reflect fully the funding needs associated with the Obama Administration's fiscal stimulus plans, the implementation of TARP (or another TARP-like program), or the rumored creation of a bad/aggregator bank to help deal with the underperforming assets weighing down financial institutions. Some of the funding of these government programs will spill over into 2010, a year in which the "core" budget position also will be weak according to mainstream expectations for economic performance.
Importantly, the committee acknowledges for the first time that China will likely be a less reliable sucker for the continued sale of the expanding sea of U.S. debt instruments:
China, on the other hand, could slow its accumulation of dollar-denominated debt. Such a trend already has begun to develop with respect to its accumulation of overall dollar assets as the flow of private capital into China has cooled alongside the global downturn, alleviating the need to offset capital inflows.
And, in apparent support of the argument for diminishing demand for U.S.Dollar-denominated junk debt, the committee suggests that having a bigger primary dealer community would bolster the odds against future auction failures. The solution appears to be to hire more salesmen.
And finally, a larger primary dealer community would help to reduce on the margin the possibility of an undersubscribed auction(s). There currently are just 17 primary dealers, down from 30 a decade ago. Government bond trading desks at the dealers also are not immune from sector-wide capital/balance sheet issues and desks at many dealers are being encouraged to minimize risk.
What an operation! How can this charade be allowed to continue? The only explanation, and its glaringly obvious, is that nobody, from the executive administration level down to Joe the Plumber, is willing to step up and be first to pull the plug and the artificial standard of living weve created for ourselves at the current expense of foreign treasuries and at the future expense of our progeny.
What a sad statement as to the integrity of the human race.
But, whatever. We can't afford to sit around and pity ourselves just because we allowed the thieves of Wall Street and Washington administer this unlubricated broomstick to our collective backsides.
The only intelligent thing to do, and yes I do believe there is a "stuck record" frequency developing here, is to buy gold and silver. This $4 trillion hallucination on the part of the United States financial mismanagers is directly dilutive to the the value of any currency issued by that bankrupt nation, and is therefore a natural exponential driver for the gold price.
Gold bullion, gold mining shares, and for maximum upside (with correlated risk) gold juniors. If you choose NOT to participate in gold, you will have no one but yourself to blame for the splinters you'll be plucking out from your derriere that have "In God We Trust" printed on them.


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A Greetings Card featuring a detachable cast pewter keepsake.
Card measures 145 x 145mm
Every Lancaster & Gibbings piece is designed and handmade in their
workshop in the South West of England.
The story behind Lancaster & Gibbings
After studying Fine Art at Newcastle Polytechnic, Jim Lancaster started
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Gibbings who worked as a set designer. In the early 1990's they first
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Finding the perfect wedding favor not is not only tricky, but these days, it seems, the tradition is almost unnecessary. It is not uncommon for the bride and groom to forgo giving their guests wedding favors completely. While I completely understand why, I knew that for our wedding I want to give our guests a little token of our gratitude. Coming up with the perfect wedding favor is tricky! Something edible is always a good choice. At least you can safely assume it won't go to waste.
How cute are these favors?
There are lots of fun things you can do with jam. I just adore these setups.
Ultimately, I would like to do something meaningful, inexpensive, and that our guests would appreciate. Any ideas??
*What did you/are you going to give as favors at your wedding? Or are you against giving favors altogether? *What was the best wedding favor you ever received?


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Today the new Granta Deanery website www.grantadeanery.co.uk went live.
It features a host of new ways for the Deanery to communicate to together and swap ideas.
This is the first of what is hoped will be a series of blogs or news items from across the Deanery.
So if you have a story or come news that you want an avenue to put it out there, please get in touch with Andrew at firstname.lastname@example.com
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looks after group of 24 Parishes located in South Cambridgeshire, just one of the 14 other Deaneries in the Diocese of Ely


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The state department of education hosted a school safety roundtable Tuesday, with school safety specialists from across the country.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jennifer McCormick says Indiana is already a national leader in school safety practices. But she also says there's room for improvement.
"You know, it's never enough. You know we spend $45 million on assessment here in the state, and $10 [million] in school safety," McCormick says.
On Monday, lawmakers approved $5 million in additional school safety funding.
McCormick says Indiana law makes it possible for school districts to arm teachers, but she is personally opposed to it.
"The educators I've talked to, the students I've talked to, families and parents I've talked to – I haven't found any to date that have said that's a good idea," McCormick says.
McCormick says two school districts in the state have explored the idea of allowing teachers to carry at school, but, to date, only one allows it.
McCormick also commented on the school financial takeover legislation passed during Monday's special session. The bill makes changes to the state takeover of Gary Community Schools. It also allows Ball State to become the emergency manager for Muncie Community Schools.
She says the state Department of Education has concerns about academic accountability exemptions in the bill for Ball State. But she says she has confidence Ball State will make smart decisions to benefit students in Muncie.
"Just like we have Gary, who's under a distress situation, we are there to support and guide Muncie – and now we will also be a good partner with Ball State," McCormick says.
Ball State's president has said in the past that the academic accountability exemptions will give the university flexibility for innovation in the school district.


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I'll be appearing on AllTalkRadio Monday tonight on the Growing Your Business with Fred and Lyna show at 8pm EST. I'll be talking about how entrepreneurs can use online networks to find strategic partners, customers, business partners, and much-needed expertise to help you start and grow your business.
If you miss the live show, don't worry – it'll be available in the show archives the next day.


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Sabi Sabi Earth LodgeSabi Sand Game Reserve, South Africa
Earth Lodge in the Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve, Sabi Sand Game Reserve is Sabi Sabi's flagship 5 star Lodge . Earth Lodge's 12 suites are partially concealed underground with panoramic views over the Sabi Sand bushveld.
Sabi Sabi's Earth Lodge at a Glance
Accommodation at Sabi Sabi's Earth Lodge
Earth Lodge has only 12 suites as well as the Lodge's luxurious Amber Suite. Each luxury suite has a Private Butler. Specially appointed decor and are appointed with specially commissioned furnishings
The Amber Suite is amply proportioned with its own exercise room, a steam room, a study and kitchen.
Earth Lodge's boma with its wall constructed from attractively placed roots is the venue for alfresco dinners around a fire. Earth Lodge Nature Spa and exercise centre offers guests massages, natural therapies and classic Spa treatments. Earth Lodge has a well stocked library, art gallery as well as a "Meditation garden". Dining in Earth Lodge's subterranean wine cellar makes for a memorable occasion. Private Ranger and Tracker will make the most of the wildlife experience.
Sabi Sabi's Earth Lodge Activities
Guided open vehicle game drives are offered early mornings and late afternoons, into the night, traversing the extent of the Sabi Sabi Game Reserve. Sightings of all the high profile animals are regularly enjoyed. Leopard sightings are particularly good at Sabi Sabi, with lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino, wild dog, cheetah as well as animals such as giraffe, zebra, a host of antelope, hippo, baboon and the vervet monkey. The bird life is particularly diverse. After breakfast, guests are invited by their Ranger to participate on a guided walk where further aspects of the bush are brought to guests attention.
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Buffalo Hummus
I made you a winner of a dip for SuperBowl Sunday!
But I must say, it's entirely for you all. Because while probably everyone else in the country will be munching on dips and ladling up chili and cheering on their favorite team (and let's be real – all of those commercials!), I will be chugging away in my little Prius, guzzling my 5th cup of coffee, munching on my classic road-trip beef jerky, sporting my new Texas-sized sunglasses, finishing up the home stretch of my 11 hour drive to Austin!!! I can hardly believe it. After months of anticipation, it seems as though February has finally arrived.
For anyone who missed the news, I convinced Kathryne (from the vegetarian blog, Cookie & Kate) to pack up our dogs, our laptops and our camera equipment, and bid a fond farewell to freezing Kansas City for the month of February. And instead, we're going to be saying hello to warm, sunny, taco-filled Austin!!! We get the keys to our sweet new AirBnB house on Sunday, and we already can't wait to put our new kitchen to use cooking up a storm during the days. And then we're going to try and be good about shutting off all of our screens and getting out on the town the second that we're done with work. Our Austin bucket list is already long and growing, and I know time's going to fly! But if you have any recommendations, let us know, especially if they involve chips and salsa and margaritas. ;)
Anyway, get ready, because I'm pretty positive the next month is going to be all Austin, Austin, Austin. But while I'm still in Kansas City today getting ready for the weekend, let's talk about this killer buffalo hummus. And really, all Super Bowl dips. Because the big game is only days away. Are you ready for some fooooootbaaaaaall?
(Cue the always-overly dramatic, epic, thumping football music…)
Well, it's no secret that I've always been more of a — shall we say — "social" football fan in the past. I'm happy to wear the right colors and cheer loudly on game days. But really, my main interest is always the epic buffet of dips and appetizers and chilis and desserts galore in the kitchen.
Mainly, the dips. I'm a big believer that Super Bowl is all about the dips.
Apparently you are too, because my Skinny Buffalo Chicken Dip has been soaring to the top of our blog stats this week as people are planning out their Super Bowl menus. (Which makes me very proud — good decision, world. You'll love that recipe!) But since I happen to be on a mega homemade hummus kick lately, I thought it might be fun to introduce a new buffalo dip to the Gimme Some Oven recipe index:
That's right. All of the goodness of traditional homemade hummus — with chickpeas, tahini, garlic, lemon juice, and simple seasonings — plus the irresistible-ness that is "buffalo". We're talking hot sauce, baby. And lots of blue cheese, if you happen to be a blue cheese lover. (If you're not, we'll forgive you for leaving it out.)
To make it, simply toss everything together in a food processor or blender. And then pulse it to smooth, creamy, buffalo-y perfection. I vote you start with a medium amount of hot sauce, and then add more to taste. (I like a lot!)
Then decide how you want to serve it! I went with some olive oil, some chopped roasted red peppers, a squeeze of lemon juice, blue cheese and some traditional green onions. But feel free to go with whatever floats your boat.
Then serve it up with some pita bread and veggies, and immediately pop some on your plate. Because I'm pretty convinced that after you announce the words "buffalo" and "hummus", this dip will disappear in an instant.
Enjoy eating every bite of it on the Super Bowl for me, and I'll see you on the flip side in Austin!!!
Buffalo Hummus
This buffalo hummus recipe is everything you love about classic hummus…kicked up a big notch. ;)
- 2 (15-ounce) cans chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- 5 cloves garlic, peeled
- 1/4 cup water (or 2 tablespoons water + 2 tablespoons olive oil)
- 1/4 cup tahini
- (optional) 1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese
- 4-8 tablespoons hot sauce*, to taste
- 2 Tablespoons freshly-squeezed lemon juice
- 1.5 teaspoons smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly-ground black pepper
- (optional toppings: olive oil, chopped roasted red peppers, thinly-sliced green onions, extra crumbled blue cheese)
Add all ingredients to a food processor or blender (*starting with only 4 tablespoons of hot sauce, if you don't like much heat). Pulse until combined. Taste, and add more hot sauce to taste, if desired.
Serve with your desired dippers, garnished with optional toppings if desired.
*I'm a big fan of Frank's hot sauce and highly recommend it.
If you make this recipe, be sure to snap a photo and hashtag it #gimmesomeoven. I'd love to see what you cook!
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31 comments on "Buffalo Hummus"
I'm a sucker for all things buffalo, and I have been putting hummus on all the things lately, so this is right up my ally. Thanks!
It's so great that you decided to change the scenery for February. Have a save trip!
Love this hummus, I can taste it already. YUM!
I'm so excited for you both. Austin is awesome!!!!! And this dip is calling my name.
Oh, man. I am totally making this. Love it!
Good luck on your Austin adventure. I'm a tiny bit jealous. :) You are going to have a blast!
Being from Buffalo (oh why oh why aren't they in the Super Bowl!) I'm uber excited about this Buffalo hummus, it's kind of like getting a child named after you. Love how I can make it in my food processor. Nothing like a good, creamy hummus watching Tom Brady lose Sunday…..just a little joke!
Have a safe, fun trip! I'm excited to read about your Austin adventures (and maybe a little jealous of the warmth and sunshine!).
Also, this hummus looks great, even for non-football fans! :)
FUN! I LOVE Austin, so you are going to have a blast!
I wasn't even planning to watch the big game. But that won't stop me from THIS. Love that you buffalo-ized hummus! Pinned!
for a moment i wondered what buffalo meant. But it does look really yummy
Have a BLAST in Austin! I will be living vicariously through your Instagram feed.
I'm sooooo jealous of your Austin-bound month. I cannot wait to see pics of the new space in action (it looks just GORGEOUS from previous posts). Have a safe trip down!
Buffalo yum! Have so much fun in Austin you two! I just moved from Austin and miss it everyday. Make sure to hit up Chuy's on Barton Springs for margs, Pelons, Gloria's, Benjis, and Matt's El Rancho are some other great options!
Hopefully breakfast tacos at Tacodeli, coffee at Jo's, EVERYTHING at Whole Foods flagship and billions of tacos at Torchy's are on your list too :)
Josephine House is great for an afternoon glass of wine, Hillside Farmacy has a killer brunch on the Eastside, pizza at Homeslice on SoCo, and don't forget a Hey Cupcake!
Enjoy the sunshine! I'm sure Cookie and Henry will love going for walks around Town Lake and running around Zilker!
This is such a cool flavour!! Yum!
What a novel and fantastic spin on hummus! Looks great!
Have so much fun! I'm thinking this Buffalo Hummus will make me a winner if I bring it along to our Superbowl par-tay!
I recently stumbled upon your blog and love it! We moved to Austin last year and have discovered lots of yummy places:
Lola savannah coffee
Cenote coffee shop -yummy breakfast tacos
HopDoddy -grass fed burgers
Vespio -awesome Italian
La condesa -drinks & yummy food
There's SO many places! Get a copy of Austin monthly and go wild!
Look forward to hearing what you discover!
I'm originally from KC, but live in Austin right now! Enjoy our beautiful city and have a blast! Soooo many options for great margaritas, Chuy's are probably my favorite! Admittedly, I don't get out often enough to find new places for them, but Chuy's is always a guarantee! Would love to run into you in ATX!
Buffalo hummus — so smart! And the perfect way to make my husband eat something good for him. Wuahahaaha. :)
This looks amazing! Hummus is my favourite!
I thought this was roasted red pepper hummus when I first saw the picture. But buffalo hummus sounds even a million times better!!!
Love this idea! Now I won't feel as guilty about getting my dip on!
Have an amazing time in Austin!!! I'm excited to read and follow along on your adventure :)
This hummus looks divine. Pinned!
Can't wait to connect with you down here in sunny central Texas – and I HOPE the weather is good, although February is actually our worst, but comparing to KC, gotta be better! So just wanted to say, hope Fonda San Miguel is on your list to visit while you're here – it's beautiful and scrumptious. See you in a few weeks!
I'm here again and it looks SOOOO YUMMY! Can't wait to try!
I made this last night for the Super Bowl and it came out AMAZING! Everyone loved it and it was nice to have a healthy option at a party! Thank you so much for sharing!
I'm pinning this and making this soon!!! Love anything Buffalo! Looks so good! Enjoy Austin!
I ended up nearly quadrupling the amount of Frank's sauce in this recipe… could barely taste it until I used that much! I like things spicy though.
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This hummus is like crack! Seriously amazing, my new favorite thing EVER.
Just made this hummus for football Sunday. I've tried other hummus recipes and none have been as easy and delicious as this one. It's so great. I added a little extra garlic and blue cheese in the hummus and on top. Me and DH can't stop eating it!


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Having watched the phenomenal match between Bath and Wasps in the pub, we walked to the local cinema to see 'Cloverfield'. This film has been out for a little while, but this was our first chance to see it. (Spoilers may follow) We liked it, a lot. The camera work is a little unsettling due to its 'handheld' nature - there was a sign on the cinema door about motion sickness - but we got past this pretty quickly. The film itself was very good, and though there was no real plot (a monster destroys New York for no apparent reason) this didn't matter, the film was about the reactions of people on the ground to events that are too big for them to truly grasp.
It's also got a really downbeat ending. Which we liked - people who like resolution probably should avoid the film.
There were a few things I wasn't keen on - for example, Beth goes from being impaled to being able to run run about after a chopper crash. Also, the protaganists all (briefly) survived a chopper crash, from above skyscraper height - but the pilots do not. I'd have been happier if the cameraman had died at this point, but the pilot had survived, with the main guy grabbing the camera over Beth's protestations because Hog (or whatever his name was) would have wanted it that way.... the pilot could have then been asked to 'hold the camera' for a minute to allow the main guy to do some task - and the end of the film could have been unchanged. It just seemed too 'neat' for the three civvies to survive that crash.
Minor gripes though. The main thing was pretty good.
I wouldn't want to see a sequel. I really wouldn't. However, it might be interesting to see a parallel - a film showing the 'other' side of the day's events - i.e. the conventional side. It'd answer questions like 'where did the beast come from', 'what happened to NY afterwards' and so on - it could follow some of the military characters and intersect with the events shown in Cloverfield....
... though I'm not sure about even that much - I know I don't want a 'sequel' - so I think a 'parallel' is about the only thing I'd want to see.


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Red Flower
wanderlust intensely-scented organic room diffuser
The wanderlust diffuser is the latest essence from red flower, we offer a poetic glimpse into the effects of this seasonal scent.
not all those who wander are lost. it is the impulse we all harbor. to turn blind corners and explore alleys to make the foreign, familiar and acquire bits of ourselves along the way. a collection of scents and memories gathered from wandering the streets of a new york in the winter. the essence of the season in an intensely-scented room diffuser.
notes of aged paper, the smell of old books, indelible as the stories themselves. and glimpses of nature that grow between the cracks, of rare barks, white woods, wild grass and warm earthy resins. a space of comforting warmth amidst a snow covered skyline and the clean freshness of hinoki wood.
an infinite and biocompatible blend of pure scents, each diffuser slowly releases its aroma to last for 6-8 months. a subtle scent that never overwhelms but quietly comforts, a solace for the season.
the simple and clean lines of the square vase fit with any aesthetic, with long organic sweetgrass stems to generously diffuse the scent. rotate the diffuser sticks every few days to ensure the even release of scent.
Features & benefits
- last for 6 – 9 months
- history: if scent is connection, then Wanderlust is a love letter, an homage and distilled experience of wandering and discovery through openness, freedom and the belief in possibility.
- origin: tanzawa mountains japan, east india, reunion islands, algarve portugal, sierra nevada, virginia
- essential oil blend: hinoki cypress wood, gurjum balsam resin, vetivert grass, red cedarwood atlas, mandarin rind, and cistus rockrose oil.
- aromatherapy: a grounding, meditative effect and the unique composition of tree bark, grass, rinds, and resin addresses mental or emotional fatigue and promotes perseverance. boosts immunity.
- process: steam distillation
- language: memory, possibility, "wanderbird" the adolescent custom of seeking unity with Nature.
- packaged in 77% post-consumer recycled paper. printed at a 100% wind-powered plant.
How to apply
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Cliff Waldman Wins NABE Research Prize
Cliff Waldman, director of economic studies at the MAPI Foundation, has been awarded the 2016 Edmund A. Mennis Contributed Paper Award by the National Association for Business Economics (NABE). Cliff is being recognized for his research on productivity and automation in the manufacturing sector.
His paper, The Evolving Contours of Productivity Performance and Automation Investment in U.S. Manufacturing, synthesizes his findings from the first two reports in his series on productivity commissioned by Rockwell Automation. His third and final report in the series, A Decision Framework for New Technology Investment, will be published in August 2016.
NABE gives out the Edmund A. Mennis Contributed Paper Award in honor of former Business Economics Editor Ed Mennis for economics research on topics such as inflation, supply chain management, policy uncertainty, and mortgage lending. Past winners of the Mennis Award include James Wilcox, Mark Vitner, and Adam Ratner.
Cliff has received two other awards from NABE, in 2005 for his research on Chinese demographics and in 2007 for a paper he co-authored with Jeremy Leonard on innovation in U.S. manufacturing.
As winner of the 2016 Mennis Award, Cliff received a cash prize, commemorative plaque, and complimentary registration to NABE's September 10-13 annual meeting, where he gave a presentation on his research. His report was published in the August 2016 issue of Business Economics.


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Saturday, April 23, 2011
Check out this picture of Carina, my sister in-law, and I with our bellies. This was at my shower on April 9th. I'm due July 5th and she is due the end of July. So fun to see our bellies grow together!
2 comments:
- The Harkers said...
that must be so fun to compare and most of all to have someone to sympathize (empathize?) with you! :)
- April 26, 2011 at 10:45 AM
- Cheris said...
It's so much fun to have someone to be pregnant with!! You are both so beautiful!!
- April 29, 2011 at 3:54 PM


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We have two new cats in the Cat Zone this week, who will certainly steal your heart! Gerty is still on the shy side but is ready to interact with some loving humans, and Ellis is a sweet boy who is ready for pets!
Also rejoining us this week in the cafe are Chili and Pepper! See them at our link below!
Come meet these new faces by making a reservation here or view all our cats in our foster program and the Cat Zone here!
Cats still available for adoption will remain on this post!
And here are our new foster cats that are now ready for adoption as of this month! If you have any questions or would like to meet one please email firstname.lastname@example.com!


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Joy isn't Perky
Luke 2:8-14
8 In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.10But the angel said to them, 'Do not be afraid; for see—I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: 11to you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is the Messiah, the Lord. 12This will be a sign for you: you will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger.' 13And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying,
14 'Glory to God in the highest heaven,
and on earth peace among those whom he favours!'
watch the Advent story from this week (up to 8:09):
I wonder how you are getting ready to enter the mystery of Christmas?
I wonder how you would feel if greeted by an angel of God?
I wonder what God is saying to you?
Joy is what shows up, what breaks in while I'm busy protecting, planning, and just trying to get stuff done. Joy comes in unexpected conversations...while installing thermostats, with strangers at coffee shops, among neighbors in the street. Joy comes in our lover's arms or in a memory...
Joy spends seasons, sometimes even years eluding us. Seemingly always showing up in someone else's pasture, just close enough to where we can see it but beyond our borders.
But joy is coming....for everyone. This joy is not that perky lady's well intentioned but condescending assurance that everything will be alright or that we can turn darkness to light by adding some glitter to it. This joy is the flood of light that doesn't just cover up but casts out all darkness. It fills us up so that we burst at the seams and cannot keep from singing. This joy does not belong to this one or that one, but to all of us. We are all on the way to Bethlehem, no one is left alone in the darkness.
Joy...holy, divine joy...comes to the blue collar shepherds, not just to the priests, pastors, or the privileged. Joy comes even and especially to the least of these. Joy IS coming.
The announcement is not only that joy is coming, but an invitation to come and be a part of it. Don't be afraid. We bring you tidings of great joy. Peace on earth and good will to everyone. A child is born. Go. Hurry. Run to Bethlehem to see the child who will change everything.


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Independent Stamping' Up Demonstrator
Although I have been stamping about 16 years, I am just getting started with posts of cards and projects that I am working on. Most will be samples I am using in my monthly card classes, but I'll be putting in some techniques and tips also. Although I like to do my own creating, I am always looking for new ideas for my cards and some of the ones you find here have been cased. I thank you for all of your inspiration and I hope you also find some inspiration here.
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A great card cased from Karen Hallem. Makes a good card for that young adult or that music person on your list. Paper: Whisper White, Island Indigo, Pool Party, Bermuda Bay Ink: Versa Mark, Pool Party, Island Indigo, Bermuda Bay, … Continue reading
Monster Birthday Greetings
This little monster is so cute. I used it for a birthday card, but the Any Occasion set has several other banner sayings that could also be used. We did a little coloring on the watercolor paper with blender pens. … Continue reading
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Birthday Boy R2D2
Made this R2D2 card for one of the grandsons that is a big Star Wars fan.
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A fun card that the kids will love. There are a lot of bright colors and a couple of fun monsters on this card. Paper: Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight, Sweet Taffy DSP, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Rich Razzleberry Ink: Black, … Continue reading


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Hello Everyone,
I just thought I would give you a taster of the next book I am working on. It is still a work in progress so I will not give too much away just yet but I thought I would share my first draft of the prologue with you to begin with.
Happy reading...
Since the dawn of time the darkness and the light has gone hand in hand each with their opposite purpose. Without one the other could not exist, as there is a black and white side to everything. One day the creator decided to separate the good from the evil as an experiment to see which would rein victory, but the almighty creator was left with great regret after reaping the consequences that were sewn into the existence of the makings of two very different dimensions. These dimensions are known to us as heaven and hell. After each side parted going their separate ways for all of eternity a prophecy was written that one day the good and the evil would once again exist as a whole. The day the prophecy would come to life would begin with a great and bloody battle. The battle of good versus evil and darkness versus light. This battle would forever change the destiny of two separate's, equal as a whole but opposite as separate sides of the coin. Their actions were the only hope of reuniting the darkness and the light and so their story begins.
The story of the angel and her demon.
Thanks for reading,
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See www.zabbix.com for the official Zabbix site.
Docs/howto/jmx discovery
The builtin JMX discovery method can be quite difficult to use due to the fact that it iterates over every single bean and attribute and returns all of them. On any complex application this means that it can be almost impossible to use the output to generate meaningful Zabbix items. To help make this easier, Riot Games have open-sourced an improved JMX discovery script, which is run as an external command and allows you to filter using regular Java ObjectName notation. The full source code and most up to date documentation can be found at https://github.com/RiotGamesMinions/zabbix_jmxdiscovery
java -jar JMXDiscovery <pattern> <host[:port]> [username] [password]
The pattern is a valid JMX ObjectName. Example:
Hostname & Port
The hostname is required and can be either IP or DNS hostname. If not supplied the port will default to being over nine thousand, or in other words 9001
Username & Password
If you have authentication enabled on your JMX server, you can supply the username and password to authenticate with here. Both username and password must either be blank or set. An error will be raised if only one is supplied.
Compile and install
This project uses Apache Ant to compile the source code into a Jar file. By default just running ant in the root of the will output both the Jar file and the appropriate wrapper script into a folder called install, which is located in the root of the project. If however you would like to have ant install the files directly to your External Scripts folder, you can override the install location parameter during the ant invocation.
ant -Ddir.install=/usr/local/zabbix/externalscripts
Example output
The output below is an example of what would be returned using the pattern
org.hornetq:module=JMS,type=Queue,name=* on a HornetQ server.
"data": [
"{#PROPTYPE}": "Queue",
"{#JMXOBJ}": "org.hornetq:module=JMS,name=\"DLQ\",type=Queue",
"{#JMXDESC}": "Information on the management interface of the MBean",
"{#PROPTYPE}": "Queue",
"{#JMXOBJ}": "org.hornetq:module=JMS,name=\"platform\",type=Queue",
"{#JMXDESC}": "Information on the management interface of the MBean",
"{#PROPNAME}": "\"platform\""
"{#PROPTYPE}": "Queue",
"{#JMXOBJ}": "org.hornetq:module=JMS,name=\"ExpiryQueue\",type=Queue",
"{#JMXDESC}": "Information on the management interface of the MBean",
"{#PROPNAME}": "\"ExpiryQueue\""
Zabbix integration
To use this program in Zabbix, place the
jmx_discovery script in the External Checks (extchk here-after) folder configured in Zabbix. Next, create a new folder called lib under the extchk folder and copy the JMXDiscovery.jar file into the newly created folder. Ensure that the
jmx_discovery script is executable (
chmod 755 jmx_discovery).
Creating discovery rules
Once the files have been copied to the extchk folder, you can then access it from any check in Zabbix by defining the the type to be
External check and the key must be in the format of
jmx_discovery[<pattern>,<hostname[:port]>,<optional username>,<optional password>]
To generate the output shown in the example above, on a HornetQ JMX server with no authentication and a JMX remote port set to 6445 you would use the key


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What's a 'private label brand' and what's that mean? We take a look at Belk's
If colors made noise, the ground level of Belk's Tyvola Road corporate headquarters would be deafening.
It's a fabric-filled beehive where teams of apparel and textile designers, graphic artists and branding experts create each of the store's 22 unique-to-Belk private label brands.
It's here that brands with names like Saddlebred (preppy menswear), Made Cam Newton (trendy menswear), Crown & Ivy (preppy womenswear) and Red Camel (trendy clothes for girls and juniors) are dreamed up, then brought to life.
For major department store retailers like Belk, private label brands are critical: They fill in market gaps left open by national brands. (Are Southern women craving brightly colored T-shirts with preppy anchor logos at a modest price? Belk will make them, if no one else is.) Retail analysts say companies like Belk keep more of the sales dollars from private label brands because national-brand middlemen are eliminated, and stores can choose how and when to mark down items.
Each brand was conceived with a specific type of shopper in mind – and every month, designers churn out new collections for each of them. The goal: Keep store racks, and the company website, fresh enough to entice shoppers to buy on every trip.
"Our customer has an insatiable appetite for print," says John Thomas, executive vice president for private brands at Belk. He's an energetic and towering figure who's served as a guest judge on the fashion reality series "Project Runway."
This spring, Belk ushered a new women's brand to the scene, Kaari Blue.
How does a new brand come to life? Thomas and his staff offered a peek inside the process:
Before a brand is born, Thomas and his team come up with what they call a "white space": a place they believe is underserved by the market. "The Kaari Blue woman," says Marilyn Connaughton, vice president of ready-to-wear private brands, is "feminine, flirty and likes to be put together. She's between 30 and 50 years old. She's fresh and confident, and her life is multi-themed. Her style icon is Katie Holmes."
Prices in the Kaari Blue line range from a $69 sleeveless blouse to $119 for a printed halter jumpsuit.
Fabrics are mainly synthetics like polyester and rayon, which makes them machine washable – another quality the brand's design team imagines their Kaari Blue customer demands because of her busy lifestyle.
Belk executives including Connaughton and Thomas developed the idea for Kaari Blue 18 months ago, saying the market needed a line that was sophisticated and polished while offering the bright colors so many Southern women want. Designers work more than a year ahead, traveling to Europe and looking at trend forecasts for inspiration, so the team behind Kaari Blue is currently working on pieces for spring 2017.
Cut and color
Designers like Hayes Pettigrew study the vast tomes churned out by trend services like the Doneger Group, and look to runway shows to determine what direction fashion is heading. They subscribe to color services to understand what colors are emerging as popular, then put all the information through their own filters to predict what the Belk customer will want to wear.
Extremely distressed jeans, for example, are a huge trend in fashion now but are seen as too edgy for the Kaari Blue wearer.
But the "cold shoulder" tops and dresses (so named because they have cut-out shoulders) remain a favorite with shoppers, so Belk will keep producing them in seasons to come for lines including Kaari Blue.
"We ask, 'How will the Kaari Blue customer wear it? How is it going to play in that world?' " Pettigrew says.
Textile designers work in concert with clothing designers to come up with prints.
Fred Hoyer, a senior textile designer who came to Belk after working in the Northeast, says he was shocked by the brightness of the colors he was told to use.
Together, he and designer Justine Young create about 175 prints for two Belk brands (Kaari Blue is one of them) every three months; they get another 175 from graphic print studios they use as sources.
What kinds of prints do Southern women love? Ones with borders along the hem or neckline, ones with a mix of patterns, and prints with at least two colors, Belk designer Fred Hoyer says.
Consumers think of fashion as having four seasons, but retailers know they must offer shoppers fresh items every month to keep them coming back. So Belk brands offer new items in new color palettes monthly, keeping in mind that the colors and prints must look good on racks alongside items that were released last month – and those coming next month.
What kinds of prints do Southern women love? Ones with borders along the hem or neckline, ones with a mix of patterns, and prints with at least two colors, Hoyer says.
Bordered fabric "gives an added level of detail and sophistication and value."
Does working with so much color and print each day fatigue the eyes?
"My home is pretty much all gray," Young says, laughing.
Will it sell?
Once garments are designed and prototypes made in factories overseas, they're presented to Belk buyers, who decide whether they think items will sell well and whether they duplicate something already offered by a national retailer.
Designers and buyers work so much in tandem that typically buyers choose almost everything the designers create. But, they say, it's important for buyers to see actual garments so they can decide if a piece of clothing is too similar to one already in the market or if they don't think it will sell well to the Belk shopper.
If buyers believe an item will sell well, the production teams put it into production.
Technical design
Technical designers draw up exact patterns for each approved garment, much the way an architect draws up detailed floor plans for a building.
Overseas manufacturers create "fit samples" and send them to the Belk headquarters. Models put on the clothes in front of Belk's technical design team, which scrutinizes things like necklines, armholes and hemlines to see what parts of the pattern need to be tweaked.
"Fit models," as they're called, are an important part of the process, says technical designer Lauren Famularo: They're also paid to give feedback about how comfortable or wearable a garment is.
During an April fitting for Kaari Blue's holiday 2016 line, fit model Erin Morrow (size 8, which is the size of the average Belk shopper) put on a sleeveless, swingy faux-velvet dress with jewel embellishments on a mock turtleneck neckline. She liked the height of the neckline but suggested that the armholes be made smaller to give more coverage under the arm; Famularo and her team agreed.
Any changes that need to be made are noted, in great detail, in the garment's "tech pack." That pack goes back to the manufacturer.
Thomas and members of his team are constantly traveling to Asia to meet with manufacturers about quality and production.
Tags and branding
Once garments are in production, package design manager Lisa Edwards creates all the labels and tags that accompany the garment, from the woven labels and care tags that are sewn into clothes to heat-sealed tags pressed into items. Even price tags are her responsibility.
Thomas and his team are constantly analyzing how each brand sells (they're given daily sales reports for every piece of every brand), and brands that don't sell well are eventually replaced by new ones. (Belk launches a new brand about every two years, Thomas says.) It's Edwards' job to find the right fonts, graphics and tag materials that will work with the theme of the brand.
Why in Charlotte?
As travelers pack for this month's beach vacations, designers will be working on Kaari Blue pieces they hope will be in shoppers' summer 2017 suitcases.
And while they'll pay attention to what they see in runway shows, trend forecasts and international trips, they'll take plenty of cues from the women they see walking around Charlotte.
Which, Thomas says, is why it makes sense to have his team in Charlotte and not a fashion hotspot like New York.
Because when creative teams work together in a city they're selling to, he says, they're best able to visualize their customer – and design directly for her.