text:
Social Media Strategy
Social media is having a huge impact on the digital marketing landscape, as more buyers are becoming more influenced through social media. This means that buyers have a higher chance to identify solutions than you have a chance at identifying them. Companies are missing out big time if they don't have the right tools and technologies in place to identify potential customers who are using social media to search for or around their solution. Here are three tools you can start using today to improve your social media strategy.
- Canva - As images can dramatically increase engagement rates on your Tweets, marketers need a tool in place to build customized posts without having to dip into their budget. This is where Canva comes on. Canva is a free and easy to use online tool that allows companies to create customized posts for social media.
- HootSuite - Marketers need a real-time feed to see what their competitors and prospects are talking about. We use Hootsuite as a social media management solution. With Hootsuite we can identify and engage with what content is trending and important to our audiences. Then, from the same platform, we can schedule all of our posts to go out either in 5 minutes or in two days.
- SlideShare - SlideShare allows marketers and companies to share their presentations, info-graphics, documents, and videos. Think that webinar your company just had needs to be shared? Post it to SlideShare and promote it on your social media accounts.
Though not a social media platform, Captora allows marketers to leverage buyer intent signals and competitive intelligence across paid, organic and social channels. Marketers can then take action and intelligently create targeted digital marketing campaigns based on the content that people want. See how Captora can help you report success across search and social channels.
Download the Modern Marketer's eBook


text:
6 Unique Techniques for Simplified Web Access
Modern web access is a loaded gun finding the right balance of usability and security often leads to a heavy weight being placed on one side or the other without any real progress being made. With constant debates over the relevance and impact of current web access scenarios, finding a ...Download Now
Designing and Implementing a Secure, Fully Brandable Web Portal
In simple web terms, a portal is a website that provides users with access to information from various sources in a single location. A portal acts as a gateway that brings the individual and required resources together with minimal external travel necessary. In recent years, however, the notion of a ...Download Now
Active Directory and Identity Management: Building a Strong Identity Solution
Secret codes, passwords, security phrases-these are all modern names for a much more archaic practice. As far back as the Ancient Egyptians, codes and various secrets were in place to deter anyone from obtaining specific information unless they were already in the know. It is a testament to the complexity ...Download Now

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Carolina Physical Therapy Associates may be your FIRST BEST STEP toward healing.
"Low back pain is the most common cause of job-related disability and a leading contributor to missed work," the National Institutes of Health (NIH) notes; and a recent study suggests there is no reason to delay physical therapy that might relieve the pain. Contact Carolina Physical Therapy Associates for an appointment. No referral necessary.
Carolina Physical Therapy Associates offers physical therapy in Greenville, Washington, Rocky Mount, Nashville, Dunn, Fuquay-Varina, Tarboro, Hamlet and Louisburg.
Read more, compliments of Move Forward PT: http://www.moveforwardpt.com/SymptomsConditionsDetail.aspx?cid=d0456c65-7906-4453-b334-d9780612bdd3#.U9qF0fldV8E


text:
Make an Enquiry
To send a message simply fill out the form below.
Enquiry from Online Galleries regarding "A pair of William IV Oyster Forks made in Sheffield in 1833 by William Briggs."
|If you do NOT want to receive newsletters from us regarding the antiques trade, please UNCHECK this box.
Share this Page
To send this page to a friend, fill out the form below..
Look at what I found on the Online Galleries website!
|Your Name
|Your Email
|Recipient's Email
A pair of William IV Oyster Forks made in Sheffield in 1833 by William Briggs.
1833 Sheffield
Offered by Mary Cooke Antiques Ltd
SoldRequest Information Call Dealer Favourite Item
The Oyster Forks are made in the Fiddle Pattern and are engraved at the top of the stem with a contemporary Goat Crest, as used by the Dukes' of Bedford.
Length: 6 inches.
Length: 6 inches.
Mary Cooke Antiques Ltd
Mary Cooke Antiques Ltd
12 The Old Power Station
121 Mortlake High Street
+44 (0)20-8876 5777
+44 (0)7769 645559Favourite Dealer Request Dealer Alerts
Opening Hours
Open by appointment only
Mary Cooke, Neil SheppersonView Dealer Location


text: Hi Roger, Currently the TUF-1h will perform several orders of magnitude better then the Delta44 sound card. Even large signals that are inside the RF passband but outside the IF passband at 2.5 Mhz will suffer from phase noise at levels lower then that required to overload a simple TUF-1h. Myself, I think I would have to see first hand evidence that my mixer is being overloaded and it is the limiting factor before I would consider pioneering a complex mixer. Even then, I would first look at adding a simple low noise 6db gain IF amplifier at 2.5 Mhz so I could reduce the gain ahead of the mixer by 6db effectively buying 6db more dynamic range in the front end. The only caviots to my comments would be that it is important to provide good RF selectivity ahead of any mixer. In my case the RF selectivity will be pretty extreme at about a 1 Mhz, -3db bandwidth and a 10 Mhz, -100db bandwidth. This will provide optimal image rejection for a 2.5 Mhz IF and performance several orders of magnitude better then my Yaesu FT736r and MGF1302's. I am not so sure that Leifs J310 mixers aren't already pretty similar to the H mode mixer and certainly running at a high enough IP3 that it is not the limiting factor. I think they are all using FET's to switch, instead of diodes? Other then that, there is little difference between circuits conceptually .......? Or did I miss some other magic of the H mode mixer? If someone starting from scratch did not already have TUF-1h mixers bought and someone had the H mode mixer perfected at 144 Mhz and they were cheap to build, then it would certainly be a logical overkill choice. I wonder if there aren't more simple J310 style mixers that couldn't beat a TUF-1h at a lower cost...? Perhaps a single balanced configuration? At 27 cents each, anything that uses J310's is pretty cost effective. I plan to buy 50 and do some experimenting, first on my stage 2, 3, and 4 amplifiers. At 27 cents each, the only thing better then one J310 is two of them or three or more in parrallel. There are commercially available similar FET type high performance mixers, but they are priced out of sight compared to a capable TUF-1h. My opinions.... Your mileage may vary. 73, Jim Shaffer, WB9UWA. On 31 May 2003 at 21:31, w3sz wrote: > Hi, Leif! > > H-Mode mixers were made with J310's before people started > using the Fairchild devices, I think. Given the IP3's of > 40-45 dB quoted, to you think that it would be worth trying > this at 144 MHz? > > > 73, > Roger > W3SZ > > > > > I made some experiments with the NC7SB3157, another member > > of the Fairchild CMOS switch family. I tried to use it to > > convert from 70MHz to 10.7MHz but the results were not too > > encouraging. I do not remember the details any more, but > > performance was similar to what I could get with the J310. > > Since the microscopic devices are awkward to work with I > > decided to use the J310...... > > > > Some day the modern switches will be superiour for use at > > VHF. I do not know if the day has already arrived, my > > tests did not give good enough IM3 performance but I did > > not study very carefully since I do not have the tools to > > work with these very small components. > > > > Maybe someone will make a PCB with just the mixer on it? > > > > 73 > > > > Leif / SM5BSZ > > > >LINRADDARNIL


text:
Note: I've been fairly busy since Siffer-baby was born. So, in lieu of a written article, I'm trying out the video blogpsot (aka "vlog").
Having trouble staying motivated to workout (or other)? This strategy, if applied, can negate the need for motivation in any endeavor. It's painfully obvious, but it works for me every time. Thank you Frank Forencich for making it braindead simple in your book Change Your Body, Change The World, for those of us who tend to over think things.
Kiss The Need For Motivation Goodbye
You can save a lot of wasted time and resources if you apply this strategy with clear intentions and fervent desire.
Update: I've finished Frank's book, and you can read my (very positive) review here:
Review of Change Your Body, Change the World: Reflections on Health and the Human Predicament
I've written about this topic before here:
How to Love What You Do – Plus 100 Ways to Disguise Exercise
Or listen to my interview with Frank here:


text:
Mangaluru: Shri Nagabrahma Annapoorneshwari Kshetra, Kolya organised 'Ashtapavitra Nagamandalotsava', at Kolya Near Someshwar, here on January 30.
The Astapavithra Nagamandala Seva was performed in a grand manner under the guidance of Nagapathri Vedamoorthi Sagri Gopalakrishna Samaga, Vasuki Subrahmanya temple, Udupi. Thousands of people attended the religious event.
From January 26, various religious rituals such as Dwadasha Nareekela Ganayaga, Pawamana Homa, Kushmanda Homa, Kalashabisheka, Ashlesha Bali, Mahapuja, Duraga Homa and Ashleshabali Homa were performed.
On January 30, the Naga Puja was held and thousands of devotees participated in the Puja. Food (Anna Santharpane) was served to all the devotees by the organizers.
Under the guidance of Negapathri Vedamoorthi Sagri Gopalakrishna Samaga, Vasuki Subrahmanya temple, Udupi and Vedic Scholar Andala Jagadish Bhat Marakada, various cultural and religious programmes were conducted. Nagapathri Vedamoorthi Sagri Gopalakrishna Samaga performed the 'Naga Nartana Seve and Muddur Krishnaprasad Vaidya and team performed the 'Damaru Seve'. Later 'Prasadam' was distributed to all the devotees.
For the Nagamandala seve, a Haseeruvani Horekanike procession was held on January 28 from Thokkottu Kallapu Naga Temple to the venue.
Sri Sri Ravishankar Guruji, Spiritual leader and the founder of Art of Living inaugurated the religious meeting by lighting the traditional Lamp.
Vidyaprasanna Thirtha Swamiji – Samputa Narasimha Math Kukke Subramanya speaking on the occasion said that Nagamandala was one of the "naga aradhana prakaras" (forms of serpent worship) found in coastal Karnataka and Kerala, Coastal district of Karnataka maintained the divinity and religiousness.
Satish Shetty Gurme Presided over the programme. Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader, MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, Kannada Film actor Vinod Alva, district minister in-charge B Ramanath Rai, Vedamoorthy Sagri Gopalakrishna Samaga, Bhaskar Ithal and others were also present.


text:
Has anyone else noticed the price has gone up? Showing now $134.99 as opposed to the $104.99.
Has anyone else noticed the price has gone up? Showing now $134.99 as opposed to the $104.99.
yeah, price gone up.. just hope my copy is secure, cause even with international shipping to india, its less than $135.. so hope they dont give preference to ppl who buy it late at a higher price.. of preference to amazon prime members.. the price could go up to $150 which amazon has listed as the original price.
Yep, the price has gone up at Amazon.com but still the price at my account is $111 (including shipping to Bulgaria). Looks like the first who ordered will have the privilege for a cheaper copy.
So is the set that is up on Walmart's site for preorder not the same set? From the looks of it, it looks like it may just be a normal box set and not the steel effects box set? Or is the image they have up, just a placeholder image? Never the less, Walmart's price is still holding and has not went up. Why the price jump on Amazon?
Finally ordered!
Yeah, I think you should send them an email if they charged you with $135. This can't be right.
^This.Originally Posted by CesarCardoso
They'll adjust accordingly, if not, you can always let them know and they're usually pretty good about adjusting to reflect the current (read: lower) price.Originally Posted by Trailbreaker
Keep your order. Don't bother contacting them about the price decreasing. They'll refund you to the lowest price in a couple of days after release date.
thanks for the post boss.
THanks Nelson for the latest video. "It's finally here.."
It's always nice to say Bay and his humor on screen, ; "5,000 signatures".. LMAO.
NOw I know why we had to wait until January 31st...it's A LOT of signatures...or so he says.
Now I hope those special features of ILM art will be on the DVD & Blu ray..can anyone confirm? I got a PS3, and I'm mainly looking forward to any new renders of constructicons. (scrapper especially.)
Thanks Bay for your commitment to Transformers.
is that his house? that massive OP behind him is EPIC! wish it was part of the set!
Couple of questions:
1) It's not at $111. I heard it was at $105 before? If I order it now, would they give back the $6 in the future?
2) If I place an order now, do they charge your credit card when it's shipped out?
Come to think of it, how DOES a man go about writing five thousand signatures? Michael would have to give himself a break every hundred or so, otherwise he'd wear his hand down to a nub. Maybe the signatures count as combat pay for Michael?
(I'm joking, I'm joking. I'm ready to get my hands on one of these suckers myself.)
$90 via Walmart
Amazon really have to make up their minds about the price.
First it was $105 then 135$, then back to $105 and now $112.


text:
I just had the priviledge of editing the June Newsletter for Intentional Moms and the last paragraph was so practical and poignant that I wanted to share it with you: Wisdom says we prepare for tomorrow. Scripture says to pay attention to today since it is all we have been given and granted. We can actually do both, but we …Read More »
Home » Tag Archives: the hurried path


text:
29 Knights Terrace Margate 4019 QLD
2 1 1
Comfortable Living in Margate
This comfortable little house in Margate is located close to water, shops & transport.
Property features
2 Bedrooms
1 Bathroom
1 Lock up garage
Ceiling fans in bedrooms and lounge room.
Call now for your viewing 3283 1333
Email this agent
Email sent successfully!
Your email has been sent.
Would you like to get The Real Estate Conversation?
Agent Information
Teasdale Estate Agents
116 Sutton Street
Deception Bay QLD, 4508
Deception Bay QLD, 4508
More property from Teasdale Estate Agents
Get new properties in your inbox
Real Estate For Rent in Margate, QLD 4019 priced between $180 and $340
* By signing up you will receive our Newsletter "The Real Estate Converstation"


text:
Delightful Sister Combo, from Ferns N Petals, will give a true delight to your sister.
Love Is Like A Friendship Gift Hamper
Just Love For You Gift Hamper
You Are My Sunshine Love Hamper
I Am With You Forever Love Hamper
Cushion Covers And Message Poem Scroll
Bamboo Basket And Greeting Card Combo Pack
Love Message Ceramic Tile with Red Candle
Set of Two Cushions with Mug and Car Perfume
Forgot Password?
Your account is not verified.
Enter your email to send activation link again.
Enter your email to reset password
Gifts for Her
Gifts for Him
Gifts by Occasion
Other Links
Connect With Us


text:
because I dont find the difference in the book they gave me at school
sort by best latest
a wood ceiling is simply that. a ceiling made from wood. it can be sheets of wood or planks. a board ceiling is made from drywall and is a bit harder to do. a suspended ceiling is made using metal strips shaped like a "T" . they are put up using wire to suspend them and then panels are installed between the metal strips. it's kind of hard to explain but most malls have suspended ceilings so you can always look at one to get a better idea. i hope this helps. suspended ceilings give you the benefit of being able to remove panels to do work such as wiring and plumbing without having to repair the ceiling when you are done.
You can help the HubPages community highlight top quality content by ranking this answer up or down.


text:
Natalie's Rose Trailer (1998)
"When a young girl loses her mother she find hope in a white rose." 10 July 1998 Drama, Family 94 mins
After a young girl loses her mother she clings to a white rose until one day she loses the rose and the next morning a white horse appears.
Watch the official Natalie's Rose 1998 trailer in HD below or find more Natalie's Rose videos on Vidimovie.


text:
Store Locator
My FTG
About Us
The Experience
60-Day Guarantee
Lifetime Warranty
Finance Your New Floor
Online Showroom
Shop For Carpet
Carpet Brands
Selecting Carpet
Carpet Types
Carpet Fiber
Color Trends
Preparing Your Home
Carpet Care
Lifetime Warranty
Exclusive Brands
Creative Elegance
Designer's Choice
Signature Style Carpet
Royal Stainmaster® Carpet
Infinity Nylon Carpet Fiber®
Softique® Carpet Fiber
Featured Brands
Infinity By Creative Elegance
Royal Stainmaster
Royal STAINMASTER® PetProtect®
Softique Carpet By Designer's Choice
Room Visualizer
Shop For Hardwood
Hardwood Brands
Selecting Hardwood
Hardwood Types
Hardwood Care
Exclusive Brands
Creative Elegance
Designer's Choice
Featured Brands
Armstrong Flooring
Creative Elegance
Mullican Flooring
Room Visualizer
Tile / Stone
Shop For Tile / Stone
Tile & Stone Brands
Selecting Tile & Stone
Tile & Stone Types
Tile & Stone Care
Exclusive Brands
Creative Elegance
Designer's Choice
Shop For Laminate
Laminate Brands
Selecting Laminate
Laminate Care
Exclusive Brands
Creative Elegance
Designer's Choice
Room Visualizer
Shop For Vinyl
Vinyl Brands
Selecting Vinyl
Vinyl Care
Shop For Luxury Vinyl
Room Visualizer
Exclusive Brands
Creative Elegance
Designer's Choice
Featured Brands
Armstrong Flooring
COREtec Plus® XL
Karndean Designflooring
Area Rugs
Shop For Area Rugs
Area Rug Brands
Selecting Area Rugs
Area Rug Care
Window Fashions
Selecting Window Fashions
Window Fashion Brands
Window Fashion Types
Window Fashion Care
Featured Products
Laminate by Armstrong
Stainmaster® PetProtect
Signature Style Carpet
Teragren Bamboo
Infinity® Nylon Carpet
Softique® Carpet Fiber
Flooring Guide
Color Trends
Selecting a Floor
Floor Care
Carpet Care
Hardwood Care
Tile Care
Laminate Care
Resilient Care
Area Rug Care
Home Shopping
Why Choose Us?
Exclusive Brands
About Us
Countertops & Wall Tile
Countertops & Wall Tile
When it comes to designing your kitchen and bathroom one of the most important elements are the countertops. Countertops see a lot of action so they should be functional, but they also offer an aesthetic value to every space. They provide the perfect opportunity to enhance the visual appeal of your kitchen and bath.
Other design opportunities include backsplashes in kitchens and baths and eye-catching materials for your shower walls and tub surrounds.
Come in and see our extensive showroom choices for glass, stone, metallic, and other exciting possibilities for you!
There are a variety of materials available today for countertops and many times no one material is best for all surfaces. This is especially true from a design perspective; combining different materials in creative applications always makes for that impressive space.
Once you've browsed our showroom and decided on the "must haves" for your new design, let our knowledgeable experts take out the guesswork. With our training and expertise, your design doesn't have to be an "experiment".
Before you get started, consider the following:
• Easy maintenance
• Countertops of different materials
• A natural material
• Heat resistant materials
• Stain resistant materials
• Edge treatments
• Backsplashes
• Budget
• Grout lines - do they bother you?
• Islands - Do you have or are you planning one?
• Integrated sinks
Privacy Policy


text:
This year's broadcast of the Tony Awards — despite another winning turn as host by Neil Patrick Harris and numerous rousing musical performances — netted CBS a total audience of barely 6 million viewers, while mustering a 1.0 demo rating.
That marks a year-to-year decline of 14 percent and, by falling below 2008′s nadir (6.3 mil/1.1), a 21-year low for the kudoscast, since at least 1991.
Elsewhere on the night, both ABC's Secret Millionaire (5.35 mil/1.5) and Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition (4.6 mil/1.5) held steady.
A Family Guy repeat (3.55 mil/1.6) netted the night's best demo number.
NOTE: Ratings for cable programming (e.g. the Mad Men finale/True Blood opener) have not yet come in.
Related stories
Ratings: Tony Awards Hit a 21-Year Low
Exclusive: Body Of Proof Boss Explains Cast Shake-Up, Reveals New Players to Be Added
Matt's Inside Line: Scoop on Horror Story, Smash, Weeds, Scandal, The Good Wife and More!
Get more from TVLine.com: Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Newsletter


text:
TimexAdd to shopping bag
watch only time man Timex Main Street
Code: TW2P87200
€ 29.02 € 59.00 You save € 29.98
shipping cost: € 20.90
Delivery within Wednesday 29 November, if you order within 14 hours and 30 minutes
Product Info
Product: watch only time man Timex Main Street TW2P87200
Timex Collection Of Main Street. Clock 3 Sferecon Case Steel Round, Cash diameter 42 Mm And Indicators Numeric With Silicone Strap Black. All'Acqua Resistance Of 50 Meters. Timex With Quartz Movement Analogicoe Lighting Function: Nocon Daters: No. New Arrivals February 2016, Reference: Tw2P87200
this only time will be shipped with the original box Timex
30 days to return the product
this only time is shipped worldwide with UPS
Features only time TW2P87200 Timex
brand: Timex
package: original box Timex
Product Guarantee: International Warranty Timex
kind: man
category: watches
Subcategory: only time
style: trendy
producer code: TW2P87200
collection: Main Street
Bracelet Colour: Black
Case Material: Steel
Case size: 42mm
Movement: Quartz
Watch Bracelet material: Silicone
Watch Digits: Arabic digits
Watch Shape: Circular
Water Resistance: 50m - 5ATM - 5bar
You might also like
Other products Timex


text:
|621 sq. ft.
|Property type
|Minimum Stay
|4 - 7 nights
What? This isn't the Ritz? Enjoy luxury living on a beer budget in our totally remodeled ocean view penthouse condo for a fraction of resort prices & a 2 minute walk to one of the best Maui beaches. Enjoy the privacy, tranquility & convenience of your own 1 bedroom condo all within walking distance to resorts, great restaurants, shops & all the beach activities. Excellent swimming, snorkeling & strolling beaches are across the street. Kihei has the best island weather and easiest proximity to all island activities. Snorkel, dive, boogie-board, kayak, walk, surf, golf, bike, shop and eat...it's all here. You don't even need a car as we're in the heart of the action in this ideal South Kihei neighborhood!
Our one bedroom, romantic penthouse has been totally renovated with wood floors, new cabinets, quartz countertops, new appliances. It's a dream spot! We offer:
A top floor end unit with ocean view (unit 340, bldg. 11) NO ELEVATOR!
A no-smoking complex
Extra windows bring in tropical breezes and ocean views
Comfy king-sized bed in ocean view bedroom
Queen sofa bed in living room
Air conditioning & ceiling fans
Fully stocked designer kitchen
Flat screen TV's w/DVD's in living room and bedroom
FREE WiFi
All Beach Equipment: Towels, umbrellas, boogie boards, coolers
Private balcony with OCEAN VIEW
Free parking
Walking distance to miles of beaches, resorts, restaurants, shopping
True Aloha Still Practiced in this Quaint, Low-Density Complex
Complementary Gift Basket Upon Arrival
THE TRUTH ABOUT CONSTRUCTION NOISE: Some travel books have mentioned that there is noisy construction nearby. That project ceased over 5 years ago and there is no evidence that it will start up again any time soon.
Keywords: Vacation rental, Kihei, Maui. 1 bedroom condo, ocean view, fully furnished. Kamaole beaches.
My husband and I just spent the past ten days at the most beautiful home in Kihei, Maui. We would go back tomorrow and live there the rest of our lives if we could :o) The location is excellent. The beaches, and there were several, are within a short walking distance. The sunset every night was unimaginable.
They call our one bedroom condo the Little Grass Hut, but it is so much more than that. The owners are wonderful hosts. They even provided a darling care package to get us started. The fridge had a few must need condiments all new. The cupboards were fully equipped with all the necessary cooking utensils, pots and pans and dishes. There were even a few must use spices readily available. To our delight there was a brand new gas grill just outside our building that we used frequently.
The pool is the perfect size and whisper quiet for those afternoons when the beach might not seem the place to be. However, we found the beaches amazing. We loved them all and they were not crowded at any part of the day. We were out there morning, noon and night, and each time was perfect.
The neighboring restraunts were also very nice. A deli sandwhich place was just down the parking lot a bit, and there was a wonderful breakfast cafe just a few blocks away. Both I would highly, highly reccommend.
Our accomodations were just lovely. We had a view of the ocean from our balcony where we were able to sit and enjoy breakfast, lunch or dinner. The condo was spotlessly clean and we felt very much at home. The owners checked on us shortly after we arrived and allowed us some extra time to stay on our last day which was a godsend since our flight was not until 10pm.
We will definitely be telling all of our friends about The Little Grass Hut and our wonderful time in Kihei. We can't wait to plan our next visit. Many thanks to Patricia and Jefferson on their amazing hospitality. If you are going to Maui be sure and check them out!
We have been traveling to Maui for many years and Kihei has become our favorite place. We've stayed in several different condos and this is one of our new favorites. Patricia and Jefferson are the nicest people and have made sure every detail is covered. The remodel is beautiful and the layout is spacious. The lanai gets some morning sun when it's still cool and is in the shade the rest of the day which makes it nice to sit outside for meals. The kitchen and bathroom are well equipped and stocked with many items that saved us money, saran wrap, foil, baggies, spices, paper towels, generous starter items of toilet paper, soap, shampoo, conditioner, even a travel deodorant! It's great to get you through the first few days and more generous than most. They even had a wonderful gift basket with chocolate macadamia clusters and fruit from their avocado and Meyer lemon tree. Plenty of beach equipment is provided including chairs, umbrellas, boogie boards, snorkeling equipment, games, etc. The king sized bed is comfortable with an ample supply of pillows. And the view from the lanai and out the living room window are both spectacular, especially at sunset! The location is great as you are walking distance to all the best beaches and can easily come and go from the condo to the beaches, as well as the fun restaurants and bars within walking distance. A car is convenient but not necessary. There are nearby grocery stores within walking distance, depending on how far you like to walk, or there is a bus that runs every hour to all of them. Highly recommend!
Great location. Within walking distance to the three Kamaole beaches. Big beach and others also close by. Patricia was very accommodating and made the stay very pleasant. The condo was clean and we'll kept I would recommend this unit.
This top floor unit was recently refurbished and was in terrific condition. The unit was loaded with extra amenities to make ones stay super comfortable.
!5 second walk to a beautiful beach and walking distance to many bars and restaurants.
Would highly recommend.
We spent four nights here after touring Maui and Kauai for 2-12 weeks. We were ready for some down time. The beach right across the road with a crossing at the condo entrance was ideal. Everything we needed, good food and shopping, were within walking distance. The condo itself was tastefullly decorated. We especially loved the artwork. The pool and laundry are located right across the condos road. Patricia took special care to make sure we were welcomed with flowers, candy and a note.
Beautifully remodeled, clean and comfortable apartment. It had everything we needed for our stay. Patricia made us feel welcome. It is so nice that she is local and just a phone call away. With the beach just across the street, we swam, snorkeled or watched the sun set almost every day. The property, pool and laundry are well maintained and all of the staff members are so friendly and helpful. Would stay here again or recommend to friends.
Thanks so much again to Patricia and Jefferson,
for our wonderful stay in the newly remodeled Little Grass Shack! It is indeed an Ocean View Penthouse that is so comfortable and affordable in Kihei. This is our 4th stay here since 2012 and the updates are fantastic.
The new look is very fresh and modern, but the condo still feels very inviting and has that little grass shack feel....still comfortable and clean with all the comforts of home.Thank you for your welcoming touches of fresh flowers and gift basket upon arrival, it feels like we've come back to our home away from home.
We love the corner unit, with the tradewind breezes coming through, even in August we've never used the AC. The lanai is perfect from sunrise and a morning coffee and listening to the birds sing, to afternoon happy hour, very quiet and private and a little oasis from the sun when needed. It's just the right combination of ocean view and you can also see the morning mist upcountry on the slopes of Haleakala!
The beach at Kamaole II is a two minute walk away, fantastic for swimming, snorkelling and lots of sunshine and fun in the sand. Also lots of shopping, and great restaurants within easy walking distance. Although we rented a car and ventured Upcountry to Surfing Goat Dairy and the Lavender Farm and up past Lahaina and Kapalui to Honolua Bay and enjoyed different areas of Maui, our favourite beach is still Kamaole II.
As always, for me, one of the highlights of my vacation is seeing the turtles, either snorkelling, or swimming and this year we tried stand up paddle boarding and went to Turtle Town...amazing!!
The condo is fully stocked with everything you need to feel right at home, from the kitchen, bathroom, and super comfy king size bed and all the beach gear you might need.We love to cook and mostly eat in, and the updates to the kitchen are fantastic! Lots of cupboard space and countertops, and modern lighting and flooring all make it so user friendly and comfortable. We love Jefferson's artwork, it's so whimsical and quirky!! And it's a bonus that Patricia is just a phone call away for any questions about the local activities....we love the luau at the Grand Wailea, it's one of our favourites!
Maui is truly magical and we just can't say enough how much we enjoy our time in Kihei, we love the sun and beach and the aloha spirit and staying in the Ocean View Penthouse aka the Little Grass Shack makes it perfect!!
Mahalo Patricia and Jefferson and hope to see you next year.
Excellent snorkeling and swimming right across the street. Sandy beach with life guard. Rent bikes, mopeds, kayaks and paddleboards nearby. Near golf courses, aquarium, water park, shopping and miles of beaches and trails to walk.
|Cleaning fee
|$100 + Tax
|Refundable damage deposit
|Tax Rate
The initial deposit is paid directly to VRBO at time of reservation unless arrival date is less than 60 days prior to arrival in which case total amount is due at time of booking. The balance is due 60 days prior to your arrival. To avoid high credit card charges by VRBO, the second payment is to be paid directly to owner by personal check, echeck or payment through PayPal. Any credit card fees or charges are to be paid by guest. Please advise preferred method of second payment prior to sending so amount will be correct and we net the full balance due. Thank you.
Hawaii Tax ID: TA-007-569-8176-01 & GE-007 5698176-01
Local Representative: Patricia Stillwell 808 879 5654. email@example.com


text:
All Android applications categories
A simple maths app that helps young children learn number names, recognise numerals, become familiar with the order of numbers and practise counting.
Based on the award-winning educational television series shown on CBeebies and around the world, it's a great way for children to have fun playing with the Numberjacks while helping them to develop some key areas of their mathematical knowledge:
Scroll through the Numberjacks from Zero to Nine and hear the numbers count up and down.
Tap the box to see the number as a quantity, a matching number of things. What will appear this time? Count along as you put the things back into the box one after the other.
Explore the pictures of each Numberjack . Where else can you see the Numberjack's number?
Look out in Google Play for full size Numberjacks apps, with lots of activities and levels that can be set to match and then stretch your child's ability.
Keywords: math, maths, child, children, kid, kids, number, numeral, count, counting, infant, pre-school, nursery
Tags: numberjacks , number jacks , numberjacks toys , the numberjacks , numberjacks 10 , numberjacks 5 , facts about the numberjacks , numberjacks out for the count script , numberjack 3
from 38 reviews
Download Meet the Numberjacks
Free - 1.0 - 7M
Sorry ...
This app is no longer available.Explore Android
Share this app


text:
Contact Us
Browse by:
System and method to determine the prices and order quantities that maximize a retailer's total profit
System and method to determine the prices and order quantities that maximize a retailer's total profit
Patent Drawings:
(4 images)
Keser, et al.
Date Issued:
October 21, 2008
June 19, 2006
Keser; Claudia
(Shrub Oak, NY)
Nowicki; Tomasz
(Briarcliff Manor, NY)
Swirszcz; Grzegorz
(Ossining, NY)
International Business Machines Corporation
(Armonk, NY)
Primary Examiner:
Labaze; Edwyn
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney Or Agent:
Witham, Curtis, Christofferson & Cook, PCKaufman; Stephen C.
U.S. Class:
Field Of Search:
International Class:
U.S Patent Documents:
Foreign Patent Documents:
Other References:
Inman et al.; "Where the Rubber Meets the Road: A Model of In-store Cunsumer Decision Making"; Marketing Science Institute, Report No. 98-122;Oct. 1998;1 pp. 1-34. cited by other.
Bucklin et al.; "Determining Inter-Brand Substitutability Through Survey Measurement of Consumer Preference Structures"; Marketing Science Institute, Report No. 91-102; Jan. 1991; pp. 1-.39. cited by other.
Consideration, Choice and Classifying Loyalty; A. Terech, et al. Nov. 2003. cited by other.
A Brand Switching Model With Implications for Marketing Strategies; R. Columbo, et al.; Marketing Science, vol. 8, No. 1 (Winter, 1989), pp. 89-99. cited by other.
The Price Consideration Model of Brand Choice; A. Chang, et al.; May 2005, Revised Mar. 2006. cited by other.
The present invention provides a system and method for determining the prices and order quantities that maximize a retailer's expected profit by using a multi-dimensional distribution of the highest prices that customers are willing to pay. This is novel, as well in the literature as in the patent database. Brand switching is dealt with, taking into account that consumers who come into the store with a-priori preferences for products build a-posteriori preferences at the point of purchase based on actual retail prices and availabilities in the store.
Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:
1. A method for determining prices and order quantities that maximize a retailer'sexpected profit for a specific product category of horizontally differentiated products, comprising the steps of: using a computer to determine expected demand for products based on a distribution of upper limits of prices each customer is willing to payfor each of a plurality of products and based on given proposed retail prices; using a computer to determine an amount of products to be ordered by calculating profit based on one or more of available wholesale price data, proposed retail prices, andsaid determined demand at said proposed retail prices; using a computer to determine retail prices based on available wholesale prices, a distribution of upper limits of prices each customer is willing to pay for given products, wherein said retailprices determined by said computer are profit-maximizing retail prices, and said determined demand for products and said determined order quantities, both depending on said retail prices; and providing a list of quantities and prices as one or more of aprintout, a machine-readable data output to storage, and directly as input to data processing.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the computer is connected to a network.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the network is the Internet.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein said wholesale price data is obtained from a database connected to said network.
1. Field of the Invention
The present application generally relates to the pricing and ordering of brand-differentiated products in retailing (in the consumer durables and services categories).
2. Background Description
While the problem is of great importance in practice, we are not aware of publications in the professional literature on systems and methods for establishing optimal prices and order quantities for brand-differentiated products in retailing. Anumber of investigators have considered consumers' brand substitutability. See, for example, R. E. Bucklin and V. Srinivasan, 1991; A. Ching, T. Erdem, and M. Keane, 2006; R. A. Colombo and D. G. Morrison, 1989; J. J. Inman and R. S. Winer, 1998; and A.Terech, R. E. Bucklin, and D. G. Morrison, 2003.
An embodiment of this invention relates to a method for determining prices and order quantities that maximize a retailer's total profit. This method is based on consumer demand functions taking cross-price elasticities into account. This kindof demand function is derived from a model that takes brand switching into account. We develop a new, simple approach to model customers' in-store brand choice as a function of a distribution of maximum prices that they are willing to pay, which can beestimated based on a survey method. This novel approach to model customers' brand choice is key for the application of the method, since the empirical estimation of consumer demand functions has been difficult due to a lack of historical transaction orpanel-type data for consumer durables and services.
Brand-choice models in the professional literature mostly consider repetitive shopping behavior, in particular purchases of perishable goods in supermarkets, for which extensive databases exist (Bucklin and Srivinasan, 1991; Inman and Winter,1998; Ching et al., 2005). While some of the brand models that could potentially be applied for consumer durables classify consumers into hard-core loyals and potential switchers (Colombo and Morrison, 1989) or into groups with varying degrees ofloyalty between these two extremes (Terech et al., 2003), our model assumes that (1) everybody potentially switches brands and (2) that consumers decide depending on price and availability.
The present invention thus provides a system and method for determining the prices and order quantities that maximize a retailer's total profit by using a multi-dimensional distribution of the highest prices that customers are willing to pay.
The present invention provides a model on optimal retail pricing and order planning for horizontally differentiated products (brands) in a given product category. To deduce customer demand functions under multi-brand competition, it also modelscustomer in-store brand-switching behavior. Based on the deduced demand functions, the system and method solve the retailer's profit maximization problem for the considered product category.
While one simplified version of the model presented herein considers two horizontally differentiated products (brands), it can easily be extended to several products. The products may be consumer durables or services. They could, for example,be consumer electronics or home appliances--items that are bought occasionally and for which brand typically matters. They could also be, for example, service contracts for consumer electronics products and home appliances.
Usually, there is a lack of historical transaction or panel-type data on the purchase of consumer durables, which makes the estimation of consumer demand functions difficult. This is why we present a simple model of in-store brand choice, whichcan be empirically estimated based on a survey method. The principal assumption of this model is that customers come into the store with a priori preferences for the products but then build a posteriori preferences at the point of purchase based on theactual prices and availabilities in the store.
The model assumes a joint multi-dimensional distribution of customer preferences rather than several one-dimensional distributions for each of the brands. The model is kept very simple--e.g., it considers no consumer factors such as age andincome--for three major reasons: First, the model is specifically designed for consumer durables, which are purchased much less frequently than consumable products such as groceries, with the result that huge data sets are typically not available forconsumer durables. Second, the model takes into account the impact of limited product availability on the customers' actual brand choice. Third and foremost, the model deduces consumer demand functions that are plugged into the retailer's profitmaximization function. The analysis is restricted to simple demand functions in order to keep the retailer's profit maximization function tractable.
The Basic Model
The basic model considers a retailer who is selling two products, X and Y. The retailer buys products X and Y at given unit wholesale prices w.sub.x and w.sub.y, respectively. The wholesalers' list prices for products X and Y are C.sub.x andC.sub.y, respectively. The retailer's decision variables are the unit retail prices, P.sub.x and P.sub.y, and the quantities x and y that he orders from the wholesalers of products X and Y, respectively.
The basic model assumes that the retailer maximizes his expected profit, denoted as .PI.(.), from selling the two products. The expected profit is a function of the quantities x and y, the retail prices P.sub.x and P.sub.y, expected customerdemand of product X, D.sub.x, and expected customer demand of product Y, D.sub.y: .PI.(x,y,P.sub.x,P.sub.y)=D.sub.x P.sub.x-x w.sub.x+D.sub.y P.sub.y-y w.sub.y, (1)
The treatment of expected demand is discussed below. The basic model assumes that customers come to the store to buy either one unit of product X or one unit of product Y or nothing. One may employ a brand switching model under the assumptionthat customers come to the retailer's store with a priori preferences, represented by maximal prices they are willing to pay for either product (reservation prices). The upper boundary to these reservation prices is given by the respective list prices. Depending on the retail prices, P.sub.x and P.sub.y, for X and Y, respectively, customers then build their a posteriori preferences so that they choose the product that yields the maximal subjective gain, which is expressed by the difference ofreservation price and actual retail price. The model deduces expected customer demand functions, D.sub.x and D.sub.y, which depend on the distribution of the customers' joint a priori preferences for the two products, the retail prices and theretailer's capacities for products X and Y.
Consumer Demand Model
Customers' behavior may be modeled as follows: The probabilistic space {.OMEGA.,Prob} describes the set of customers. The number of customers visiting a store is N. Each customer .omega..epsilon..OMEGA. carries personal preferences,g.sub.x(.omega.) and g.sub.y(.omega.), toward product X and Y, respectively. A customer's preference for a product describes the maximal price that this customer is willing to pay for the product. Preferences are modeled by random variables with valuesbetween zero and the respective list price. The upper boundary is due to the assumption that no individual is willing to buy a product at a price above its list price. Note that the joint multi-dimensional distribution of personal preferences buildsthe foundation of the consumer demand model.
Case of Unlimited Supply
To begin with, the consumer demand model assumes that there is unlimited supply of products X and Y, so that every customer who decides to buy a product can get this product. Each customer .omega. decides to buy either product X or Y or neitherof them in the following way. First he evaluates his subjective gain W.sub.x(.omega.)=g.sub.x(.omega.)-p.sub.x for product X, and W.sub.y(.omega.)=g.sub.y(.omega.)-p.sub.y for product Y. If both subjective gains, W.sub.x and W.sub.y, are negative, thecustomer buys nothing. Otherwise, he buys the product with the larger gain. If both gains are equal, we assume that he buys product X. This is an arbitrary tie-breaking rule. It is unimportant, though, given the assumption of zero probability for suchan event to occur.
The expected demand function, D.sub.x, for product X is given by the probability that W.sub.x is positive and larger (or equal) than W.sub.y, multiplied by the number of customers N. Similarly, the expected demand function, D.sub.y, for product Yis given by the probability that W.sub.y is positive and larger than W.sub.x, multiplied by the number of customers N.
Case of Limited Supply
Customers, however, may face shortages in the supply of products X and/or Y. Five different decisions are possible for each customer: (1) If W.sub.x(.omega.)<0 and W.sub.y(.omega.)<0, customer .omega. buys nothing (2) IfW.sub.x(.omega.)>W.sub.y(.omega.)>0, customer .omega. buys product X if available; otherwise he tries to buy product Y (3) If W.sub.y(.omega.)>W.sub.x(.omega.)>0, customer .omega. buys product Y if available; otherwise he tries to buyproduct X (4) If W.sub.x(.omega.)>0>W.sub.y(.omega.), customer .omega. buys product X if available, nothing otherwise (5) If W.sub.y(.omega.)>0>W.sub.x(.omega.), customer .omega. buys product Y if available, nothing otherwise
Define potential expected demands, U.sub.x and U.sub.y, for products X and Y, respectively, as the expected demand in the unlimited supply case. Hence, U.sub.x is the expected number of customers making either decision (2) or (4). In otherwords, these are the customers with product X as their first choice. Similarly, U.sub.y is the expected number of customers making either decision (3) or (5). In other words, these are the customers with product Y as their first choice. U.sub.x=NProb{.omega.: decision(.omega.)is(2)or(4)} (2) U.sub.y=N Prob{.omega.: decision(.omega.)is(3)or(5)}
Define T.sub.x as the expected number of customers making decision (2), (3), or (4). These are the customers who would consider buying product X even if not in the first place. Similarly, T.sub.y is the expected number of customers makingdecision (2), (3), or (5). These are the customers who would consider buying product X even if not in the first place. T.sub.x=N Prob{.omega.: decision(.omega.)is(2),(3),or(4)} (3) T.sub.y=N Prob{.omega.: decision(.omega.)is(2),(3),or(5)}
Remark 1: Potential expected demands depend on the actual retail prices, P.sub.x and P.sub.y, because the prices influence the subjective gains and therefore the probabilities of the particular decision.
In order to establish the actual expected demand functions, it is necessary to consider what happens when one of the products is not available anymore. Our model represents consumer demand as the flow of customers purchasing products over timeand assumes that in such a flow the customers' preferences are independent of the arrival moment.
Three cases are distinguishable, covering the various possible situations.
Case 1: If potential expected demands U.sub.x and U.sub.y are smaller than order quantities x and y, then the actual expected demands are identical to the potential expected demands. D.sub.x=U.sub.x D.sub.y=U.sub.y
Case 2: Otherwise, suppose that the product X exhausts first. This means that x<U.sub.x, but it also means that x/U.sub.x<y/U.sub.y. The portion of customers who already visited the store is given by x/U.sub.x at the moment when product Xexhausts. The portion of customers who have not yet visited the store is 1-x/U.sub.x. The amount of product Y sold up to this moment is equal to U.sub.yx/U.sub.x. In this case, the expected demand for product X is equal to order quantity x. Theexpected demand for product Y is the minimum of the order quantity y and the sum of the demand up to the exhaustion moment, U.sub.yx/U.sub.x, and the expected demand after this moment, (1-x/U.sub.x) multiplied by T.sub.y, the number of customers whowould consider buying product Y even if not in the first place. D.sub.x=x D.sub.y=min[y,U.sub.yx/U.sub.x+(1-x/U.sub.x)T.sub.y]
Case 3: Similarly, if the product Y exhausts first, y<U.sub.y and y/U.sub.y<x/U.sub.x: D.sub.x=min[x,U.sub.xy/U.sub.y+(1-y/U.sub.y)T.sub.x] D.sub.y=y Demand for all three cases may be written in a more compact way. D.sub.x=min[x,U.sub.xy/U.sub.y+(1-y/U.sub.y).sup.+N Prob{.omega.: decision(.omega.) is (4)}] (4) D.sub.y=min[y,U.sub.yx/U.sub.x+(1-x/U.sub.x).sup.+N Prob{.omega.: decision(.omega.) is (5)}] where the + sign in the superscript means that we take the valueof the expression if it is positive and zero otherwise.
Retailer's Profit Maximization
The retailer's expected profit maximization (equation (1)) yields optimal retail prices P.sub.x* and P.sub.y* and optimal order quantities x* and y*.
Properties of the Model with Two Products
We cannot present a closed-form solution to the retailer's expected profit maximization problem because of its complexity. Thus, in general, the solution has to be found numerically. Nonetheless, the closed-form solution for a specific customerpreference distribution is discussed in the example below.
In general, we are able to identify a number of properties of the retailer's profit function. We formulate them for product X but they hold analogously for product Y.
Property 1: The expected potential demand U.sub.x as a function of the retail prices, P.sub.x and P.sub.y, is non-increasing in P.sub.x and non-decreasing in P.sub.y.These are the customers whose first choice would be X, given the prices P.sub.xand P.sub.y.
Property 2: The expected number of customers who would consider buying product X even if not in the first place is non-increasing in P.sub.x and independent of P.sub.y.
Property 3: If the retailer is not obliged to order positive quantities, then his optimal expected profit is non-negative. This implies that the optimal solution might require zero order quantities in some situations. These situations may becaused by the wholesale price exceeding the preferences of all customers. They may also be caused by a much lower profit margin for one product than for the other product, so that the retailer's interest is to drive as many customers as possible to themore profitable product.
Property 4: There always exists an optimal solution with retail prices not below the wholesale prices.
Property 5: For any retail prices, P.sub.x and P.sub.y, and any order quantity x, ordering more than U.sub.yx/U.sub.x+(1-x/U.sub.x).sup.+ N Prob{.omega.: decision(.omega.) is (5)} yields a lower expected profit than ordering exactly this amount:.PI.(x,y,P.sub.x,P.sub.y).ltoreq..PI.(x,D.sub.y,P.sub.x,P.sub.y) (5)
Property 6: For prices and order quantities maximizing the retailer's expected profit, we have D.sub.y(x*,y*,P.sub.x*.sub.,P.sub.y*)=y* (6) In other words, the expected demand for product Y is equal to the order quantity of product Y if theprices and order quantities are optimal.
Property 7: Ordering both products, X and Y, above expected potential demands yields lower expected profit than ordering exactly expected potential demands of both products.
If P.sub.x>w.sub.x, and P.sub.y>w.sub.y, and x.gtoreq.U.sub.x, and y.gtoreq.U.sub.y, (7)
then .PI.(x,y,P.sub.x,P.sub.y).ltoreq..PI.(U.sub.x,U.sub.y,P.sub.x,P.sub.y- )
Property 8: There are cases where the order quantity for one of the two products larger than the expected potential demand for this product yields a higher expected profit than ordering the expected potential demand. In this case, the orderquantity for the other product is zero.
Assume that P.sub.x>w.sub.x, and P.sub.y>w.sub.y, and x<U.sub.x.
If U.sub.x(P.sub.x-w.sub.x)<N Prob{.omega.: decision(.omega.) is (2)}(P.sub.y-w.sub.y), (8)
then .PI.(x,y,P.sub.x,P.sub.y).ltoreq..PI.(0, T.sub.y, P.sub.x,P.sub.y),
otherwise .PI.(x,y,P.sub.x,P.sub.y).ltoreq..PI.(U.sub.x,U.sub.y,P.sub.x,P.- sub.y).
Property 9: For given retail prices, the optimal order quantity of a product is equal either to zero (and then the product is not offered at all) or to the expected number of customers for whom this product is the first choice.
Extension of the Model to More Than Two Products
When more than two products are available the search for the optimal solutions (largest retailer's profit) may be very complicated due to the highly nonlinear dependence of the profit from the proposed retail prices. In addition, the domain ofthe definition of the profit function is partitioned into regions (of the different quantities) where it has different forms. Moreover, it is important to consider the brand-switching phenomenon at the moment when the supply does not meet the demand. Fortunately, only a finite set of possible procurement quantities comes into consideration. Namely, for each group of proposed retail prices, and therefore for each distribution of subjective gains, it is enough to check the collection of subset ofproducts the retailer wishes to order from the wholesaler. For each such subset, the optimal quantities for any product are determined by the number of customers whose first preference is this product (assuming it will be provided). Thus, the optimumto be calculated is not an optimum over all retail prices and all quantities but is instead an optimum over all retail prices and all the (finite) subsets of products to be procured from the wholesaler.
An Example with Closed-Form Solution
This example assumes that the distribution of preferences is perfectly negatively correlated, so that, for each customer .omega., g.sub.x(.omega.)/C.sub.x+g.sub.y(.omega.)/C.sub.y=1. This means that the pair of preferences (g.sub.x, g.sub.y)lies for each customer on the segment of the straight line between the points (C.sub.x,0) and (0,C.sub.y). Moreover, it is assumed that on this segment the distribution is uniform.
This allows one to calculate the probabilities of the customers' decisions (1) through (5), which will uniquely depend on the retail prices:
TABLE-US-00001 Decision Buy Probability (1) Nothing Max{0, P.sub.x/C.sub.x + P.sub.y/C.sub.y - 1} (2) X, otherwise Y Max{C.sub.x/(C.sub.x + C.sub.y)(1 - P.sub.x/C.sub.x - P.sub.y/C.sub.y), 0} (3) Y, otherwise X Max{C.sub.y/(C.sub.x + C.sub.y)(1- P.sub.x/C.sub.x - P.sub.y/C.sub.y), 0} (4) X, otherwise Min{P.sub.y/C.sub.y, 1 - P.sub.x/C.sub.x} nothing (5) Y, otherwise Min{P.sub.x/C.sub.x, 1 - P.sub.y/C.sub.y} nothing
The first choices in the Max and Min expressions correspond to the case that P.sub.x/C.sub.x+P.sub.y/C.sub.y<1, while the second choices correspond to the case that P.sub.x/C.sub.x+P.sub.y/C.sub.y>1.
Plugging these probabilities into the retailer's profit function and using the properties discussed above, one finds the optimal profit .PI.(x*,y*,P.sub.x*,P.sub.y*)=N/4[(C.sub.x-w.sub.x).sup.2/C.sub.x+[(C.sub- .y-w.sub.y).sup.2/C.sub.y] (9) atx*=N(1-P.sub.x/C.sub.x) y*=N(1-P.sub.y/C.sub.y) P.sub.x*=(C.sub.x+w.sub.x)/2 P.sub.y*=(C.sub.y+w.sub.y)/2
An Application to More General Distributions
As stated above, it is in general not possible to find a closed-form solution and recourse must be made to numerical methods.
Suppose that the distribution of customer preferences is given in form of a table. In the case of two brands, it is a two-dimensional table. The rows and columns of this table represent the intervals of the preferences of the two products. Theentries of the table represent the number of customers with preferences in those intervals.
Assume a pair of wholesale prices. For each pair of retail prices above or equal to the respective wholesale prices, one can calculate the number of customers making a decision (1) through (5), making interpolations if necessary (assuminguniform distribution in each cell). Using the formulas for demand and the properties discussed above, one may calculate the optimal quantities for each pair of retail prices and the corresponding retailer's profit, thus making it possible to choose theoptimal pair of retail prices.
The present invention thus provides a system, a method, and a machine-readable medium for providing instructions for a computer, which given a distribution of upper limits of prices a consumer is willing to pay for each of a plurality of productsgiven their list prices, and given wholesale price data for a plurality of products, determines profit-maximizing retail prices and amounts of products to be ordered provides the resulting list of quantities and prices as one or more of a printout, amachine-readable data output to storage, and directly as inputs to data processing. The computer may be connected to a network, and the network may be the Internet. Said wholesale price data and the distribution of customer preferences may be obtainedfrom a database connected to such a network.
The method, system, and machine-readable medium thus provided according to the present invention determine prices and order quantities that maximize a retailer's expected profit for a specific product category by: using a computer to determineexpected demand for products based on a distribution of upper limits of prices each customer is willing to pay for each of a plurality of products and based on given proposed retail prices; using a computer to determine an amount of products to beordered by calculating profit based on one or more of available wholesale price data, proposed retail prices, and said determined demand at said proposed retail prices; using a computer to determine retail prices based on available wholesale prices, adistribution of upper limits of prices each customer is willing to pay for given products, and said determined demand for products and said determined order quantities, both depending on retail prices; and providing a list of quantities and prices as oneor more of a printout, a machine-readable data output to storage, and directly as input to data processing. The computer may or may not be connected to a network, and the network may or may not be the Internet. The wholesale price data may or may notbe obtained from a database connected to such a network. The retail prices determined by the computer may or may not be profit-maximizing retail prices.
The present invention provides a computer-implemented method for determining prices and order quantities that maximize a retailer's expected profit for a specific product category comprising the steps of: using a customer survey to determineprices customers are willing to pay for a product; and based on said survey, using a computer to define a model of customers' in-store brand choice as a function of a distribution of prices customers are willing to pay. The prices determined by thismethod may or may not be maximum prices customers are willing to pay.
FIG. 1 shows a schematic for maximization of retailer's expected profit (simply denoted as profit hereafter) given wholesale prices and customers' preferences.
FIG. 2 shows a schematic for determination of optimal quantities when retail and wholesale prices are known.
FIG. 3 shows a schematic for determination of the distribution of customer preferences depending of retail prices.
FIG. 4 shows an example of a system according the claimed invention, in which wholesale price data is obtained over a network.
The present invention produces the prices and order quantities that maximize a retailer's total profit for a specific product category, taking the distribution of customer preferences into account, under the following given conditions: There is ajoint multi-dimensional distribution of the highest prices customers are willing to pay, estimated based on survey or historical data (described, for example, as a multi-index table or a database), the number of indices in such a table would correspondto the number of brands while the dimension of each index would correspond to the number of considered price-intervals for the respective brand. The entries of such a table would be the percentage of customers for whom the respective prices are themaximally acceptable prices for each of the brands. There is a known monetary cost of each brand to the retailer, including the unit wholesale price, shipping, storage, shelf and others. There is the list price of each of the brands, representing capsto the multi-index preference table. There is a given estimated total number of customers visiting the store. Taking those conditions as given, the procedure of the present invention is as follows. A. For any proposed list of retail prices, using thedistribution of highest prices customers are willing to pay, determine the distribution of subjective gains. Each customer orders the products he is willing to buy by the highest, nonnegative subjective gain, assuming that it is available. B. Using thedistribution of customers with the same ordering for the proposed retail prices and for each subset of available products, determine the demands for each product. This will constitute the amounts of each product to be ordered. C. Using the calculatedamounts to be ordered, given wholesale prices and proposed retail prices, calculate the profit of the retailer. D. Maximize the profit by choosing the list of retail prices that yields the highest profit. The result of this procedure is a list of orderquantities and prices, which may be provided as a graphic or nongraphic printout, and/or as machine-readable data output to storage or directly as input to data processing, for use in ordering and pricing application.
Referring now to the drawings, and more particularly to FIG. 1, which shows the complete process, there is shown the maximization of retailer's profit given wholesale prices and customers' preferences. Starting with proposed retailer prices forall products, as shown in step 210, the proposed retail prices are used as input, as shown in step 211, to establish the distribution of customers' subjective gains, as shown in step 430. Also used as input for step 430 is the knowledge of thedistribution of the highest prices each customer is willing to pay for each of the products, as shown in step 410. Both the distribution of customers' subjective gains, as shown in step 430, and the knowledge of wholesale prices, as shown in step 229,are used to calculate quantities that maximize a retailer's profit, as shown in step 227. Profit is then calculated based on proposed retail prices and calculated demands and quantities, as shown in step 131. In step 135, a determination is madewhether all retail prices have been checked. If no, then a new proposition of retail prices is chosen as shown in step 137, with the new proposition being used to update the proposed retail prices for all products in step 211. Steps are reiterated,beginning with step 430, using the updated step 211 as input. When step 135 determines that all retail prices have been checked, the retail prices and implicit quantities that maximize the retailer's profit are found, as shown in step 140, and theprocess is ended, as shown in step 250.
FIG. 2 details step 227, showing the determination of optimal quantities to order when retail and wholesale prices are known. Beginning with knowledge of the distribution of customers' highest prices, as shown in step 410, and proposed retailprices for all products, as shown in step 211, the distribution of customers' subjective gains is established, as shown in step 430. A Subset of products is then chosen, as shown in step 313, and, for each product in this subset, the number of customerswith the highest preference for that product is estimated, as shown in step 315. Taking the number of customers with the highest preference for a product as the quantity to be ordered, as shown in step 321, the retailer's profit is calculated, as shownin step 331, based on knowledge of wholesale prices, as shown in step 229, as well as on proposed retail prices, the above established quantities, and the given subset of products. In step 335, a determination is made whether all subsets have beenchecked. If no, then a new subset is chosen as shown in step 337, with the new subset being used to update the choice of subset of products in step 313. Steps are reiterated, beginning with step 315, for the updated choice of step 313. When step 335determines that all subsets have been checked, the subset and implicit quantities which maximize the retailer's profit for given prices are found, as shown in step 227 in FIG. 1.
Referring to FIG. 3, which details step 430, there is shown the determination of the distribution of customer preferences depending on proposed retail prices. This figure shows in greater detail how knowledge of customers' highest prices and theretail prices for all, as shown in steps 410 and 211 of FIG. 2, is used as input to establish the distribution of customers' subjective gains, as shown in step 430 of FIG. 2. An investigation of the distribution of the highest prices each customer iswilling to pay is undertaken, as shown in step 110, resulting in knowledge of the distribution of the highest prices each customer is willing to pay, as shown in step 410. That knowledge is used as input for step 423, in which each customer compares theretail prices of each product with the price the customer is willing to pay. Also used as input for step 423 is the retail price for each product, as shown in step 121. Based on the customer comparison of step 423, the comparison produces adetermination of subjective gains a customer expects from a product, as shown in step 424. For each product, if the subjective gain does not pass some threshold, then the product will not be purchased, as shown in step 425; by contrast, all the productsthat do pass the threshold are ordered according to the size of the subjective gain, as shown in step 426. All the customers are then grouped by the order in which they prefer the products, as shown in step 430. The result, as shown in step 430, is toestablish a distribution of the groups of customers with the same ordered preferences.
FIG. 4 shows an example of a system according the claimed invention, in which wholesale price data is obtained over a network. A computer 500 has a machine-readable medium 510 for providing instructions. An operator 540 is able to provide inputvia a keyboard 521 or mouse 525, and the computer is able to provide output via a monitor 531 or a printer 535. The computer is connected to a network 550 to which is connected a database 560 from which the computer may obtain wholesale price data. Other data may be obtained from other databases 570a, 570b, and 570c connected to the network 550.
The manager 540 of a retail store who wants to determine order quantities and retail prices of a number of products in a specific category may thus use the computer 500, which runs software based on the present invention. The program pullsinformation on customer preferences from a remote data base 570a, and the manager enters information on wholesale prices using the keyboard 521 or copies it from a portable memory device 510. This is one example; data input may be provided in manydifferent ways. The manager 540 then employs the computer-implemented method of the present invention to determine profit-maximizes prices and order quantities. The resulting list of optimal retail prices and optimal quantities to order is displayed onthe screen 531, printed out on printer 535 and stored in a database 560. The data stored in database 560 can be streamlined into other software.
While the invention has been described in terms of a single preferred embodiment, those skilled in the art will recognize that the invention can be practiced with modification within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
* * * * *
Recently Added Patents
Systems, devices, methods, and compositions including fluidized x-ray shielding compositions
Managing wear leveling and garbage collection operations in a solid-state memory using linked lists
Methods of preventing and treating viral infections by inhibiting the deISGylation activity of OTU domain-containing viral proteins
Display apparatus
Video stabilization
Energy storage device package
Fabric care compositions comprising front-end stability agents
Randomly Featured Patents
Combination money clip and key holder
Multifunction printer
Airspeed control system which utilizes pitch hold command when pilot throttle changes oppose elevator control
System and method for increasing write performance in a fibre channel environment
Drawer guide bracket
Method and arrangement for providing security through network address translations using tunneling and compensations
Ballast having multiple circuit failure protection and method for ballast circuit protection
Herbicide composition having improved effectiveness, method of preparation and use
Isolator for use in surgery or as a clean room and method of using the same
Method of forming metallic product
© 2006-2011. PatentGenius.com All Rights Reserved.


text:
Posted by Sullivan Lawson | Posted in Geography, Politics, Sports
Posted on 28-08-2012
E-mail this to a friend
ATHENS. The Scoring Committee of the International Olympics Committee has reached an impasse over how to score the new Olympic sport of "being mean" to be first offered at the 2016 Summer Games.
Four years ago the International Committee approved "being mean" as a sport in a commendable effort to fully recognize the important contributions made by "every segment of humanity." Primarily advocated by warlords from Afghanistan and Somalia and two former military officers from the Balkans who are sought by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity, the competitors will have to exhibit "inappropriate cruelty" toward various categories of vulnerable people, such as the elderly or orphans.
In order to provide specific guidance to the international cast of judges for this competition, the Scoring Committee has been considering various combinations of objective skills such as the creative use of force, elegant harsh words, offensive tone of voice, and mean-but-not-too-mean facial expressions.
The new sport has triggered a host of issues surrounding who is eligible to participate in the 2016 Summer Games. Warlords from 16 areas of Afghanistan and 37 parts of Africa have already filed the necessary petitions to be recognized as Sovereign Areas which can send four-man teams to compete. Two biker gangs and four German skinhead groups have also submitted applications.
Hector Lopez, speaking for the Olympics Committee, released a statement that "we fully expect to sort through the petitions in plenty of time for the athletes to prepare for this exciting new competition."


text:
BLAdd.Roll34367r (AD1401)
INQUEST/JURORS: John Somersham, Thomas othe Kychene, Thomas Wodeward, Thomas Howden, William Freman, John Beverech, William Lightfoot, Thomas Pycard, Robert Sewer, John Ballard, Simon Abbot, Richard Heryng.
CAPITAGE: a half-mark from the whole homage as common fine, that all not be called individually.
8 d. each from Alice Andreu and Joan Bray, 6 d. from Katherine Cleryvaux, 4 d. from Joan Glovere, 12 d. each from Alice Pope and Christina Robyn, 6 d. each from Joan del Panetree and Emma Bocher, 8 d. each from Agnes Leighton, Mariot Bodseye, Emma Berford and Emma Barbor, 12 d. each from Isabelle Cok and Ellen Tyler, 6 d. from Agnes atte Cros, 14 d. from Alice Dodesthorp, 8d. each from Alice Turnor, Ellen Clerc and Alice Wayte, 12 d. from Margaret Wakir, 8 d. each from Alice Osgod and Agnes Wakir,6 d. from Alice Mannyng, 14 d. from Ellen Schephird, 12 d. from Margaret Listere, 8 d. each from Agnes Coupere and Alice Caumvyll, and 3 d. from Alice Belesson [twice] for regularly brewing and selling ale contrary to the assize [of ale.]
2 d. each from Agnes Leighton and Emma Barbor for not bringing their measures.
6 d. from Ivette Milnere and 3 d. from Agnes Wodeward for regrating ale.
12 d. from William Clerc for beating and being rebellious to John Staunford, Constable, on the Vigil of the Feast of the Translation of St Benedict, in the preceding year, [2] in the vill of Ramsey, against the peace of the lord King.
3 d. from the same William for a hue and cry justly raised on him by the said John.
6 d. from Alice Hamelden for drawing blood from Margery, wife of John Conyngton.
6 d. from William Bosse for drawing his knife on John Staunford, constable.
6 d. from Beatrice Swetemylk for drawing blood from (Agnes, daughter of) Matillis [....] [3]
4 d. from Margaret Baxtere for beating William, son of John Staunford [....] [4]
3 d. from Richard Goldsmyth, alias Albrand [....] [5]
3 d. from John Willymot [and others] [6] for failing to keep the Night Watch when summoned.
6 d. from John Coupere [?for the same.] [9]
[....] [10]
3 d. from Emma [....] [13]
3 d. from Joyce Haliwell [....] [14] Order to correct.
3 d. from Joyce Haliwell for not making a drainage ditch in front of his place next to the tenement of William Randolf, as a result of which the grain of the community in the surrounding fields in destroyed. Order to correct under penalty of 40 d.
4 d. from Joyce Haliwell for not cleaning his ditch [...] [15]thereby obstructing the watercourse there.
3 d. each from John Milnere of Wicherley, William Bodeseye and William Pegil for putting dung and entrails next to the common lade between the great bridge of Ramsey and a certain other bridge called Cokes Bridge, [16] to the greatest nuisance of merchants and other passers-by. Order that it be completely removed before the feast of St Michael, [17] under an individual penalty of 40 d. Further, it is ordered that henceforth no one is to put dung, entrails or any other refuse which decays there[...] [18] under an individual penalty of a half-mark.
3 d. each from John atte Cros of Daventry, John Augstyn Senior, Henry Coupere, Christina Curteys, Agnes Bate, William Bodeseye, Walter Schepherd of Upwood, Agnes Pykeler, Agnes [blank], Thomas Bigge, John de la Grove, John Wenyngton, Adam Ramseye, Thomas Meelton, John Skynnere, John Cleryvaux, Alice Leche, Robert othe Moor, Beatrice atte Ston, Emma S[...], [19][...] [20] Romneye, Thomas Tychemerssh, Alice Wardeboys, the servant of Alan Milnere, owing suit, for default.
No amercement from Thomas Rideman for default because he is in the lord's service.
2 d. from John, called Jankyn, the servant of John Wenyngton, for being out of tithing.
2 d. from the said John Wenyngton for lodging the same John.
2 d. from John, (son of) Thomas Rideman for being out of tithing.
2 d. from the said Thomas for lodging the same John.
2 d. each from John Tatereshale and John Walter for putting dung heaps at Flettones Bridge, [21] to nuisance. Order that henceforth no one put dung or any other refuse there, under penalty of 40 d.
One mark from John Berdewell for putting stakes in the common lade next to [....] [22] Order that they be removed before the next court, under the same penalty.
3 d. from Nicholas Power for reaping and gathering the herbage and grain of the lord and the tenants [...] [23] without licence.
3 d. from the daughters of William Randolf for gathering [?herbage] [24] and carrying it out of the fields without licence. Pledge: William Randolf.
[...] [25] Henry Smyth.
4 d. from the daughter of John Egelyne for [....] [26] Pledge: John Egelyne.
2 d. from [....] [27]
6 d. from John W[....] [28]
2 d. from John Caunvyll [....] [29]
[....] [30]
[....] [31]
3 d. from John Clerc, butcher, for selling bread contrary to the assize [of bread.]
3 d. from Richard B[....] [36]
12 d. from Robert [....] [37]
3 d. from John [....] [38]
[....] [40]
[....] [41]
3 d. from John Bar[...] [42] for which the Bailiff justly raised the hue and cry.
3 d. from Henry Worm for making rescue from [?the Constable]. for which the Constable justly raised the hue and cry on him. Pledge: the Constable.
6 d. from William Bodeseye for the same from the Bailiffs.
3 d. from the same William for a hue and cry justly raised on him by the said Bailiffs. Pledge: the Constable.
Election and swearing-in of John Ballard as Constable of Ramsey and Hepmangrove, [?in place of] [43] John Staunford.
Ordinance that henceforth none of the jurors reveal their deliberations, under penalty of 20 s.
6 d. from John Baxtere of St Ives, baker, presented by the Bailiff for selling bread [and other victuals] [44] with false weights on several occasions this year.
12 d. from Thomas, son of William Freman, naif of the lord, for licence to live in the vill of St Ives and practice the tanner's art for as long as it pleases the lord. Pledge: William, his father.
Note that next year, Thomas Freman's fine will be paid and enrolled in the court of Warboys, for Thomas is a naif of that manor.
[...] [45] from Robert Outy, attached again by the pledge of Roger Barbor, for failing to come and answer to John Gouler of Upwood in a plea of trespass. Order that [more be attached until he comes.]
[...] [48] from Thomas Forgon of Upwood for not prosecuting William Glovere in a plea of debt.
[...] [49] from Nicholas Plomer and his wife, Alice, for not prosecuting Thomas Howden in a plea of debt.
[...] [50] from John Rolf for not prosecuting John Belesson and his wife, Alice, in a plea of debt.
[...] [51] from John Milnere of Whittlesey for not prosecuting Henry Smyth Chapman in a plea of debt.
[...] [52] from John Stalbyn for a licence of concord with Thomas Glasewright in a plea of debt.
[...] [53] from Peter Wakir for not prosecuting Walter Reigner in a plea of detinue of chattels.
[...] [54] from John Bocher of Chatteris for a licence of concord with John Grubbe in a plea of debt.
[...] [55] from Simon Milnere for the same with John Wodeston in a plea of debt.
[...] [56] from Joyce Haliwell for the same with Agnes Blench in a plea of detinue of chattels.
[...] [57] from John Hosyer for the same with William Erl in a plea of debt.
[...] [58] from John Hosyer for failing to come, having been attached through the pledge of Roger Barbor, to answer to Richard Tyler [....] [59] Order that more be taken until he comes.
[...] [60] from [...] [61] Senior for failing to come, having been attached through the pledge of Roger Barbor, to answer to John Harded, who did not prosecute, in a plea of detinue of chattels.
[....] [68]
3 d. from Simon [....] [71]
3 d. from John [....] [72]
3 d. from Joyce Haliwell for not prosecuting [....] [73]
[....] [76]
Order to attach John Egelyne before the next court to answer[....] [77]
Order to attach John Hosyer before the next court to answer Walter Schephird of Ramsey [....] [78]
Order to attach the same John to answer to Henry Berford (who did not prosecute) in a plea of [....] [79]
Order to attach Thomas Andreu and his wife, Alice, to answer to Agnes Ormedyche (who did not prosecute) in a plea of debt.
Order to attach John Lane before the next court to answer to William Peny of Upwood in a plea of debt.
Order to attach Richard Bere of Ramsey before the next court to answer to Robert Mylis of Raveley in a plea of debt.
Order to attach John Bocher Senior before the next court to answer to John Uppenende in a plea of debt.
Order to attach John Rolf to answer to John Osgod in a plea of debt.
Order to attach Agnes Blench before the next court to answer to Joyce Haliwell in a plea of debt.
Order to attach John Gouler of Upwood before the next court to answer to Robert Outy in a plea of trespass.
3 d. from John Fuller, determined by the jurors of owing and unjustly detaining 4 s. from William Willymot, to his damages assessed by the jurors at 6 d. Order to collect.
3 d. from John Trussel, determined by the jurors of owing and unjustly detaining 3 s. 4 d. from Robert, Abbot of Sawtrey, which was lent to him by Brother Andrew Hirst, fellow-monk of the abbot, to his damages assessed at 3 d. Order to collect.
3 d. from Henry Jannes, determined by the jurors of owing and unjustly detaining one peck of peas worth 1 d. from John Taillor[....] Order to collect.
3 d. from Henry Jannes, determined by the jurors of claiming a debt from John Taillor [....] [80]
Total: 63 s. [?8 d.] [81]
AFFEERORS: Thomas Howden, Thomas othe Kychene, Thomas Pycard and Thomas Wodeward, sworn.
1. 1 August, 1401.
2. 10 July, 1400.
3. Torn away.
4. Torn away.
5. Torn away.
6. Torn away.
7. Torn away.
8. Torn away.
9. Torn away.
10. Torn away.
11. Torn away.
12. Torn away.
13. Torn away.
14. Torn away.
15. Torn away.
16. MS: Cokesbrigg.
17. 29 September.
18. Obliterated.
19. Obliterated.
20. Obliterated.
21. MS: Flettonesbrigge.
22. Obliterated.
23. Obliterated.
24. Obliterated.
25. Obliterated.
26. Obliterated.
27. Obliterated.
28. Obliterated.
29. Obliterated.
30. Obliterated.
31. Obliterated.
32. Obliterated.
33. Obliterated.
34. Obliterated.
35. Total amercement in margin: xv d.
36. Torn away.
37. Torn away.
39. Torn away.
40. Torn away.
41. Torn away.
42. Torn away.
43. Torn away.
44. Obliterated.
45. Obliterated.
46. Obliterated.
47. Obliterated.
48. Obliterated.
49. Obliterated.
50. Obliterated.
51. Obliterated.
52. Obliterated.
53. Obliterated.
54. Obliterated.
55. Obliterated.
56. Obliterated.
57. Obliterated.
58. Obliterated.
59. Obliterated.
60. Obliterated.
61. Obliterated.
62. Obliterated.
63. Obliterated.
64. Obliterated.
65. Obliterated.
66. Obliterated.
67. Obliterated.
68. Obliterated.
69. Obliterated.
70. Obliterated.
71. Obliterated.
72. Obliterated.
73. Obliterated.
74. Torn away.
75. Torn away.
76. Torn away.
77. Torn away.
78. Obliterated.
79. Obliterated.
80. Obliterated.
81. Obliterated.


text:
The Art of Foraging at The Gate Seymour Place
On Thursday 4th May we are hosting #VegTalks on The Art of Foraging at The Gate Seymour Place as part of London Craft Week 2017. We only have a couple of places left, please email email@example.com to reserve yours!
So why did we choose wild garlic and nettles? Not only are they in season and fairly easy to forage in the urban jungle that is London town, but we want to show you how much we can do with them and how good they are for you!
The common nettle for instance is a powerful and much underestimated part of the wild food chain. It's an excellent source of vitamin C and iron, and one of its amazing uses is as a preventative antihistamine, which if taken steadily from very early Spring will be most effective against allergies such as hay fever.
Garlic is well known for its antibacterial, antibiotic and antiseptic properties. The main health benefit of garlic is its effectiveness in reducing blood pressure and wild garlic has the greatest effect.
Now let's get cooking! What can you do with nettle and wild garlic?
Nettles are best in early spring when they are supercharged with all things good! Blanch or boil to remove the sting and use them as you would a leaf vegetable. Add it to stir-fries or simply steep the leaves in boiling water to make a healthy and warming tea.
With wild garlic, unlike domestic garlic, it is the leaves, rather than the bulbs, that are prized. Use them raw in salads, sandwiches, dressings and finely chopped as a garnish. A popular use is in pesto instead of basil. When cooked the leaves can be used like spinach or you can blanch and puree them as a sauce, in soups, stews, risottos, and lots more! The stems and unopened flowers are great in salads and stir fries. You can also eat the opened flowers, their flavour is stronger than that of the leaves. In small quantities the flowers make a decorative and tasty addition to salads.
If you don't feel like cooking but want to try something new, our new lunch menu features a lovely vegan Penne Alla Nettle. And if you want to give foraging a go, our Head of Food Yossi Edri has been kind enough to share his (not-so-secret anymore) recipe!
Penne alla Nettle (vegan)
500g penne
200g nettle leaves
50g pine nuts, lightly toasted 30ml lemon juice
10g garlic, peeled
50ml olive oil
250ml soy cream
100g rocket leaves, washed
100g cherry tomatoes, split in half
Salt & pepper
1. Cook the pasta as instructed on the packaging and reserve
2. Bring some water to the boil, place the nettle leaves for 1 minute in the boiling water and then remove and refresh in ice cold water
3. In a high speed blender mix the cooked nettle, olive oil, garlic, lemon juice and most of the pine nuts (about 40g) to make a pesto
4. In a large frying pan place a bit olive oil and the pesto and start warming it with the vegan soy cream. Add the pasta and mix till the pesto is mixed evenly. When it's all hot and ready to serve, mix in the cherry tomatoes and rocket leaves, plate in pasta bowls and decorate with remaining pine nuts.


text:
Skeem Saam's newest member has everyone talking and in love. But who is the woman behind the Sthoko character? Here are 5 things you need to know about Skeem Saam's Innocent Sadiki.
1. She has an identical twin sister.
2. She's married to a Pastor
3. She's a proud mama to a 5 year old daughter


text:
From Beneath
- Artist: Shane Holt
- Genre: Rock
- Release Date: 5/12/2009
If you know your heart is right, that is all you need to know about yourself. I have learned to trust this relationship a great deal while working on this album. From my little niche, I wanted to do what I could to make this world better by singing, writing, and playing. Why? Within our fast-paced new generation, we are constantly progressing and losing our simplicity in lieu of a jumbled series of problems. I wanted to create a sense of simplicity, but still project the vulnerabilities we all face as humans. From a look at dealing with death, to the celebration of life's happiness, I wrote to give myself a soul I could reference. From having to say goodbye to old friends, lovers, and even lifestyles, I wrote to give myself a soul I could be proud of. It seems as though we all strive to see the beauty of our own lives, yet question whether it exists only in others. You are a bystander to the connection between the crossroad of music I wandered down, and the life-steps we all eventually set out to take. This being said, I can only offer you the knowledge that my music comes raw from inside; I genuinely extend my heart for you to listen. Perhaps you will be lifted by my journey of becoming a young man, and hopefully there is valuable substance in my words for you. Whether you're a friend, an acquaintance, chance listener, or a part of what inspires me; to you, I give everything from beneath. Much love for the support, Shane Holt.
|From Beneath
|Shane Holt
|CD Baby
|Release Date:
|Product Type:
|Item #:
|This product is a special order


text:
Best Chrome Apps and Extensions for Students
Looking for classroom-ready Chrome apps and extensions to gear up your classroom's Chromebooks? We've assembled a list, organized by grade level, of popular, top-rated tools that'll integrate with Chromebooks or any device with Chrome installed. You'll notice many of these apps and extensions are adaptations of familiar tools available on other platforms (such as iOS or the web). However, these Chrome versions offer streamlined and easily accessible versions particularly well-suited to the complexities of classrooms. So, head over to the Chrome store and use this list to save time on tool selection, setup, and integration for your elementary, middle, or high school classroom.
If you're on the lookout for Chrome extensions in particular, check out 3 Must-Have Chrome Extensions for Classrooms for a deeper look at three great options.
Chrome Apps and Extensions for Elementary School
IXL Visit Website: http://www.ixl.com/
Immediate feedback and breadth a major plus, despite emphasis on drills
Raz-Kids Visit Website: http://www.raz-kids.com/
Solid choice for leveled readings and progress-tracking
Seesaw: The Learning Journal Publisher: Seesaw, Inc.
Versatile digital portfolio appeals to teachers, students, and parents
Matific Visit Website: https://www.matific.com/us/en
Engaging supplemental resource encourages conceptual understanding
Front Row Visit Website: https://www.frontrowed.com/
Zero in on Common Core math and ELA with personalized practice and assessments
Storybird Visit Website: http://www.storybird.com
Social storytelling fun; artwork inspires, but limits creative freedom
EdPuzzle Visit Website: https://edpuzzle.com/
Crop, customize, and remix online videos for your classroom
Chrome Apps and Extensions for Middle School
CK-12 Visit Website: http://www.ck12.org
Super STEM resource with highly accessible content
TES Teach with Blendspace Visit Website: https://www.tes.com/lessons
Create multimedia lessons with engaging but not-so-interactive style
Newsela Visit Website: https://newsela.com/
Absorbing daily news stories offer kids just-right learning content
StudySync Visit Website: http://www.studysync.com/
Superb ELA resource spurs critical thinking with dynamic multimedia
Tynker Visit Website: http://www.tynker.com/
Cute, colorful coding platform caters to strong independent readers
Ted-Ed Visit Website: http://ed.ted.com
Support kids' sense of wonder with outstanding short videos
Google Art Project
This product is no longer available.Visit Website: http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/project/art-project
Massive online global collection makes art accesible to all
Chrome Apps and Extensions for High School
PlayPosit Visit Website: http://www.playposit.com/
Simple design makes it easy to jump into interactive video
Edmodo Visit Website: http://www.edmodo.com/
Manage classes, content, and communication with social LMS platform
ThinkCERCA Visit Website: http://www.thinkcerca.com
Critical-reading program buoyed by high-interest texts, clear structure
Chalkup Visit Website: https://www.chalkup.co
Elegant LMS tool keeps classroom conversation, collaboration going
Desmos Visit Website: http://www.desmos.com
Elegant graphing calculator and math simulations promote collaboration
InsertLearning Visit Website: http://docentedu.com/
Useful Chrome extension lets teachers add interactivity to websites
Grammarly Visit Website: https://www.grammarly.com/
Helpful tips support the writing process and build confidence
Tinkercad Visit Website: http://www.tinkercad.com
Amazingly simple yet powerful and flexible online CAD tool
Brilliant Visit Website: https://brilliant.org/
Challenge top students with adaptive math and physics problems
Kaizena Visit Website: https://kaizena.com/
Make feedback count, save time assessing digital work on Google Drive