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All Men Are Created Equal By Milton Friedman Analysis
My Values of Equality Milton Friedman, an American economist, in his article "Created Equal", points out his concept about "Created Equal". Friedman discusses the different ways that humans are considered to be equal, and then he declares three specific categories for human equality: equality before God, equality of opportunity and equality of outcome. Friedman argues that the first equality is the Founders' use, the second equality is compatible with liberty, and the third equality is socialism. Equality is such a beautiful word that everyone should appreciate, and Friedman claims his points about its concept from his own comprehension. I really respect Friedman's points about equality; however, there is something critical about equality which…show more content…
Friedman explains that equality before God is not something the founders take literally. He mentions in his article, "They did not regard 'men'—or as we would say today, 'persons'—as equal in physical characteristics, emotional reactions, mechanical and intellectual abilities" (265). Instead, the equality here is really about equality throughout religion, specifically Christianity. In order to show his point, Friedman states the example of President Jefferson who wrote "all men are created equal" and talks about Jefferson's experience. So, what did Jefferson mean when he wrote that, "all men are created equal?" Friedman analyses and concludes that in his article, the equality is "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights" (266). The reason why all persons are created equal is that God created us and gave us intrinsic value that we speak of in terms of "right" language. For me, I agree with Friedman's point that he mentions "All men are created equal", but not "Equality before God" because I am not a Christian. We are all people that have the same human characters, which means we have the same privilege and rights as humans. No matter what religions we are, we still have the same basic rights and opportunities; no matter what status we are since we were born, it happens before the premise of justice, which is most
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'Created Equal' By Milton And Rose Friedman
According to the article "Created Equal", Milton and Rose Friedman discusse three different ways that are considered to be equal. It includes equality before God, equality of opportunity and equality of outcome. They also believe that the "freedom preserves the opportunity for today's disadvantaged to become tomorrow's privileged in the process, enable almost everyone, from top to bottom, to enjoy a fuller and richer life." Finally, Friedmans conclude that a society that puts equality before freedom will get neither, and those that put freedom before equality will get a high degree of both. From my point of view, I do agree with Friedmans that equality of outcome is in clear conflict with liberty which government gets more power and getting bigger.
All Men Were Created Equal Dbq Analysis
America is the land of the free and home of the brave, but has it always been? If someone were to reference old documents like The Declaration of Independence or even The Constitution they would think so, but American history itself says otherwise. During the mid 1770's slavery was an almost unquestioned normality and women had no rights, however when The Declaration of Independence was written, the statement, "all men are created equal" appeared while Thomas Jefferson stated the natural rights of every human. This statement is clearly not true in the eyes of the men who wrote and edited this document, hence proving that the statement "all men were created equal" is hypocritical. In accordance to primary sources gained from this period of intolerance and recreations of it, it is clear that not only were the women not treated as equal, but the African men and women treated as property were also stripped of the three main rights and liberties the Declaration argues for.
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Mary Douglas quipped, "Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination." Yes, inequality can have bumps in the road as she states with a bad downside. However, equality can bring in more than a bumpy road; it can tear down the balance of nature. Ultimately, equality could distract us from our relationship with God due to the excellence no one can compete with; Our world without God can lead us to this twisted, ungodly, and most terrifying place if we as a people decide for worldwide equality starting
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Back in the 1700's, Thomas Jefferson probably intended for "equality" to mean that they should be treated the same as everyone else, whether they live in Great Britain or not. Things have changed a lot since the 1700's and equality has progressed to include many other things. People from all of the world including Diana Pham that lived in refugee camps in Indonesia and Malaysia she stated: " Our two daughters are just finishing their university education at Stanford and Michigan which would never had been possible without this country's belief in equality. My daughters, like other Americans, had an equal opportunity to succeed. America has given our family the chance to become whatever we choose to become" (Document A).
Ayn Rand's Anthem: The Motivation Of Equality
Equality is something people want till people actually have it. Equality often limits a person's abilities and disables to do something for themselves or inspire themselves. Equality's, the main character in the book Anthem, the primary motivation is proving that he is smart enough to become a scholar. Equality has a right to be motivated in this way since he believes that he can help the society so he is giving into the collectivism. I think that if everyone was motivated in this way, there would be a more progressive society where people sought to improve themselves and society at the same time.
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The Road To Individualism In Anthem, By Ayn Rand
Equality lives in a collectivist society, which is a society that believes, "that man must be chained to collective action and collective thought for the sake of what is called "the common good." Therefore, Equality being the person he is, struggles with being an individual. He knows it is against the law but he enjoys knowledge so much, it confuses him. He states, "And in our heart-strange are the ways of evil! - and in our heart there is the first peace we have known in 20 years."
Summary Of Thomas Jefferson's Letter To The Danbury Baptists
This document mentions us as equals just as mentioned in the Bible "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus"(Galatians 3:28). The Constitution does not mention God but it is built on God, and the founders believed strongly in God and the "Natural Law". Thomas Jefferson's Letter to the Danbury Baptists in 1802 on the other hand
Thomas Jefferson Racism Research Paper
Which within the constitution it stated that "all men are created equal"? Within the article, "Thomas Jefferson Racism", it talks about the difference between black and white, how physical appearance is different, same goes for education, and life condition. Within the first to the second page, he talks about the physical appearance about black, how their skin is like scarf skin and hair are different from white. Jefferson said slave was basically like a domestic animal that was strong but treated like one.
Satire In Harrison Bergeron
The people of the United States fight and strive for an absolute "equal" society, but is it what's really wanted? "Harrison Bergeron," a short story written by Kurt Vonnegut, uses satire to describe the deficiency in our idea of a truly "equal" society. Throughout the story, Vonnegut describes the torture and discomfort the government administers among the people, and though they were "equal," they were not balanced. Vonnegut uses characterization and word choice to warn his readers of the potential drawbacks of a truly "equal" society. He warns normalcy would become the base of thought, and people would become incapable of emotion.
Jacksonian Democracy Dbq
Ever since the Constitution was written, there have been many interpretations of the phrase "all men are created equal". Does that include every human, or just the white man? The seventh president of the United States, Andrew Jackson, and his party, the Jacksonian Democrats, proclaimed themselves to be defenders of the Constitution, political democracy, individual liberty, and equality of economic opportunity. But during the Jacksonian Era, only white males could vote. Additionally, the Jacksonians violated the basic rights of Native Americans by kicking them off of their own land.
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Phnom Penh Post - World Cup fever relievers
World Cup fever relievers
Nicky Hosford | Publication date 18 June 2010 | 08:01 ICT
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More tea, vicar? Escape the World Cup madness with a pleasant lunch at Raffles.
It's trite to note that the World Cup is more than the ultimate global sporting event. But it's fair to say that the greatest manifestation of the "beautiful" game, that unifier of peoples, is also a bit of a home-wrecker. The World Cup gives men an open licence to stay out, let loose and generally behave badly. The late nights and carousing leave him looking exhausted and guilty when he does stagger home. Conversations about any other subject wither as he obsesses about dates, formations and dirty tackles, and endlessly relives brief moments of agony or ecstasy. Sadly, as there are laws against false imprisonment, there's not much the partner of a football lover can do about it.
Tradition once held that you should stand by your man, regardless of his indiscretions, leading some women to gamely cheer alongside their men, and sometimes they really mean it. If you don't, experience indicates that you can keep up the pretence for about a week, at which point even the most deranged England fan may notice that his wife/girlfriend has spent 90 minutes consoling the charming Irish guy at the bar over his country's failure to qualify.
That week is now up and if there's nothing you can do about him for the remaining three weeks, at least there's something you can do for you. Siem Reap is not bereft of options for World Cup widows. So forget about football, it's time for something special.
More red carpet than red card, Raffles Le Grand sets a perfect pitch if you're looking for a footballing respite. Genteel and elegant, or everything that football is not, it's hard to imagine a better opportunity to get a team of girls together and, for US$16 per person, indulge in an abundance of freshly baked scones, pralines, cakes and tarts, accompanied by smooth sandwiches of smoked salmon, cucumber and cream cheese, salami, mortadella and tapenade and fresh basil and cucumber.
Take a free moment to discuss, or not, the intricacies of the offside rule, as you wash the delicious treats down with free-flowing tea and coffee. Afternoon tea is served every day between 2.30pm and 5.30pm.
Naturally, you're going to need the right kit for stepping out, and happily OroRosso (Street 11, near the old market) is launching its new summer collection on June 21. Get in to the shop early to score some of the spring season's lines that are still being sold at 50 percent off. Or, wait until Monday to get the summer collection that Keo Sophea, the owner, promises will have many more of the graceful designs in summery yellows and blues, with the same soft cottons, linens and ramia.
You don't need to be in a personal relationship to feel the foul effects of World Cup dementia. If you are looking for decent conversation not involving embarrassing, clutched-head wailing over missed opportunities and dodgy referees, there is simply no substitute for Miss Wong. This bastion of the chic, the cosmopolitan and the mai-tai may be the safest place in town to hide away from all World Cup references, and attempts to stay there until the middle of July will be completely understandable.
Christian de Boer, marketing director at the Hotel de la Paix, has noted that the Arts Lounge and the Spa Indochine have seen an upsurge of patrons since the World Cup kicked off. It's clear that escape attempts are already being made. If you're looking for more peace and quiet, and a reward for trying to stay awake during the opening matches, it's worth noting that the hotel's Spa Indochine is currently offering 20 percent off all treatments on the main menu during off peak hours (10am-12pm and 8.30pm-10.30pm), and a further 30 percent off all retail products in the spa.
If your partner still doesn't notice you after a treatment here, it may be time to go back and find that Irish guy. See if he needs any more consoling.
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Moving Forward into a New Society
– NOT Backwards into the Old!
Reactionaries like Rush Limbaugh attack working women, the black population, unions, immigrants, the poor – any group in this society that dares to try and organize for improvements and speaks out against injustices.
In order to pit one group against another, and turn potential allies into enemies, lies get peddled. Reactionaries repetitively push insane lies like: women who use birth control are "sluts," poor people are just "complainers," trade unions "created the financial crisis," black people are "criminals," and immigrants take "our jobs."
Reactionary ideas are sold as a solution to workers' problems. But it doesn't take much to realize that the capitalist class will not solve workers' problems. The capitalist class is organized only to solve the problem of making more money in the next quarter.
In order for society to move forward, the working class must lead the fight to take on our worsening problems and in so doing, open the door to another society.
In 1871, men and women workers took control of Paris, France, and held it for 10 weeks against all the reactionary forces in French society. This historic struggle became known as the Paris Commune. In 1917, faced by economic hardships that had become unbearable, Russian women took to the streets demanding bread. This led to the overthrow of the czarist regime, to the sweeping aside of all reactionary forces and to the establishment and defense by the working class of its own power – the Russian revolution.
Was it just a coincidence that fights set off by the protests of women led directly to the two most important political struggles of the working class known so far? Perhaps. But it has often happened that women push other oppressed layers of the working class into struggle.
But however it starts, the sooner the working class begins to flex its political muscles, to put itself forward as the new leader of society – what could eventually become a socialist, a communist society – the better off working people will be.


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"The wages if sin is death." Those are startling words.
The only wages sin pays results in death spiritually and eternally.
The wages of sin is death spiritually. That means spiritual eyes that cannot see God, spiritual ears that cannot hear His voice. It means a spiritual heart that is hardened to God and cannot respond to the atoning sacrifice of His Son.
"Dead in trespasses and sins" is the way the apostle Paul describes our problem in Ephesians 2:1.
The greater horror is that this spiritual death leads to eternal death, separated from God in hell, or what the Bible calls the "second death."
To die the "second death" is to end all possibility of ever receiving God's gift of eternal life and is the ultimate in sin.
The prophet Ezekiel said, "The soul that sins will surely die" (18:4, 18, 20).
Don't blame God. You have only yourself to blame. "For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies," declares the LORD God. "Therefore, repent and live" (v.32).
That is the offer God gives to everyone. "The wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal live in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 6:23).
Those are the only two options in life. We either choose to sin and receive the full wage of death, or we choose to put our trust in Jesus Christ and live. If the offer is "eternal life," the opposite is eternal "death," and age-abiding eternal separation from God in hell.
"There is coming a day when, according to the Gospel, God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus" (Rom. 2:16).
"The kindness of God leads to repentance" (v. 4). But when you refuse to repent and believe on Jesus Christ "because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, who will render to every man according to his deeds" (vv. 5-6).
Even the loving and kind Jesus Christ made it very clear that every individual will one day stand before God and give an account (Matt. 5:29-30; 10:28; 11:22-24; 12:36-37, 41-42; 13:40-42, 49-50; 16:27; 18:1-10; 23:15, 33, etc.).
At the final judgment God will take into account our responses to Jesus Christ and the opportunities we have had to hear the gospel and believe on Christ. There are degrees of punishment. Jesus made this clear in Matthew 11:20-24. Unbelief is the greatest sin. To refuse to repent and turn to Jesus Christ in faith is far worse than the sins of the notoriously wicked.
What have you chosen to do with Jesus Christ? God does not owe you salvation. Out of His gracious and loving heart He sent His Son Jesus Christ to go to the cross and die for your sins. Yes, "The wages of sin is death," and Jesus died your death on the cross.
The only thing God owes us is His righteous justice, and we will receive that justice if we refuse to believe on Jesus Christ as our substitute who paid the price of our salvation by dying in our place.


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LINGUIST List 8.161
Disc: The English Future
Editor for this issue: T. Daniel Seely <seelylinguistlist.org>
Joseph F Foster, Re: 8.147, Disc: English Future
Alex HOUSEN, Re: the English Future
Message 1: Re: 8.147, Disc: English Future
Date: Sat, 01 Feb 1997 08:04:19 -0500 (EST)
From: Joseph F Foster <Joseph.FosterUC.Edu>
Subject: Re: 8.147, Disc: English Future
In short, there is no English Future. I join Carl Mills' expression of dismay at the continued confusion of semantics and syntax~morphology. I presume that by "future tense markers" Mr. Anderson in the "Ebonics" <--?it's a foolish word as Black English has nothing to do with "phonics"--do we HAVE to use it?) post meant things like 'will' or 'shall' in 'My train will leave at 6.' There is no more reason to call the modal 'will' a tense marker and to call 'will leave' THE English future tense than there is to call any of the following such forms "tenses": My train can leave at 6. might dare not
I wonder what the "tense" is in 'My train might can leave at six.', which is perfectly good Ozark and Appalachian English (now being called "Hill-billy Bonics" in Cincinnati!). Indeed, since 'My train leaves at six tonight.' is perfectly good English in all standard dialects, and it is synonymous or nearly so with 'MY train will leave at 6 tonite.', I presume 'leaves' is a future tense, and {-s} is an English 'future tense marker?! Of course not. If 'tense' is to be used fast and loose in this way, then it means nothing and does no useful work for us. English has a PAST TENSE 'left', an AORIST, or GENERAL NONPAST TENSE 'leaves', and a whole passel of modal and semimodal (need, dare, ought...) auxiliaries.
Why does it matter? After all, I dont know of any language in which people cant talk about the future. If Linguistics is about language, it matters because Latin verbs (which have several real tenses) and English verbs (which have only one, or two at most) simply dont work alike. If of course Linguistics is NOT about language but about something else, then I suppose linguistic facts arent data, and descriptive accuracy doesnt matter.
Joe Foster Joseph F Foster Assoc. Professor of Anthropology University of Cincinnati 45221-0380
Message 2: Re: the English Future
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 16:21:22 +0100
From: Alex HOUSEN <ahousenvnet3.vub.ac.be>
Subject: Re: the English Future
I tend to disagree with Carl Mills' and Joseph Foster's view that there is no such thing as a Future tense in English. Part of the argument is of course a matter of terminology. What counts as a tense? The received view seems to be that only morphological (i.e. inflectional) categories on the verb count as real tenses. Several recent accounts on tense and aspect (e.g. Declerck 1991:17) argue against this narrow view (which is probably a remnant of the Latin-centered traditional grammar approach to the study of modern languages).
Diachronic, synchronic and cross-linguistic arguments against the popular view that English does not have a Future Tense are advanced by Dahl (1985:105ff), Comrie (1989:53-6), Matthiesen (1983:407-11), Lyons (1977:815ff) and Declerck (1991:10-13). These authors point out that the English Future Tense (i.e. will/(shall)+V) has indeed developed out of modal forms (like most if not all Indo-European Future Tenses). However, there are some compelling arguments for the claim that the will/shall+V construction in modern English is first and foremost a tense expressing future time reference and which has secondary modal uses or overtones, rather than the other way around (cf. Dahl 1985; Comrie 1989). Statements about future situations are of necessity non-actual and non-factual and, hence, modal in nature (though the reverse is of course not necessarily true). This need not imply, however, that the will/shall+V group primarily expresses modality. The status of the English Future as a proper tense category has further often been questioned on the basis of the fact that it is but one of several constructions that can be used for future time reference; also the Present Tense, Present Progressive, and the periphrastic Be+going+Vinf construction can be used to this end. To this argument, however, the following counter-arguments can be adduced (cf. also Declerck 1991:11-13):
(a) the same argument could equally be applied to, say, the inflectional Futur Simple of French. French, too, uses the Present Tense and a periphrastic construction with "aller" to indicate futurity. However, the status of the Futur Simple as a proper tense category is hardly ever questioned. (b) will+V is the only form that refers to future time and which is compatible with all verb types. Particularly stative verbs do not allow for the alternative categories (cf. "*Tomorrow I know/*am knowing/??am going to know why he did it"). (c) as opposed to the Present and Present Progressive, the Future Tense is capable of referring to future time in and by itself. In contrast, the Present and Present Progressive require future time adverbials or contextual support to express future reference. Present tense clauses, when uttered in isolation, yield a present-time reading. (d) the Simple Future is the category which most readily combines with a progressive infinitive to express future tense plus progressive aspect (cf. "I will be swimming" vs. "*I am swimming"), though the combination with the Be+going+Vinf form seems acceptable too ("?This time tomorrow I am going to be lying in the sun").
Given the above, it seems legitimate to consider the will/shall+V as the unmarked means of expressing future time in English and, hence, as a proper Future tense form.
PS. The use of shall+V is now almost obsolete, being restricted to a few (British?) dialects and registers.
Comrie, B. 1989. On identifying future tenses, in Abraham, W. & Janssen, T. (eds.), Tempus - Aspekt - Modus: die lexikalischen und grammatischen =46ormen in den Germanischen Sprachen, T=FCbingen: Niemeyer, 51-63.
Dahl, =D6. 1985. Tense and Aspect Systems., Oxford: Oxford University Pres= s.
Declerck, R. 1991. Tense in English: its structure and use in discourse, London: Routledge.
Matthiesen, C. 1983. Choosing primary tense in English, Studies in Language, 7, 369-429.
Lyons, J. 1977. Semantics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Alex HOUSEN Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research Department of Germanic Languages Vrije Universiteit Brussel Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium Tel: 32+2+629 26 64 =46ax: 32+2+629 36 84 Email: ahousenvnet3.vub.ac.be


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Q: Convert This Array of Objects into Normal Array For Month User Count In Apexchart [{
    "January": 0,
    "February": 0,
    "March": 0,
    "April": 0,
    "May": 1342.58,
    "June": 0,
    "July": 0,
    "August": 0,
    "September": 0,
    "October": 0,
    "November": 0,
    "December": 0
}]

Above is an array of objects I want it to convert like:-
[0, 0, 0, 0, 1342.58, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,]

Below is my Controller Code:-
  public function dashboardView(Request $request){
        $data = CustomerTransaction::SELECT(DB::raw("SUM(CASE MONTH(created_at) WHEN 1 THEN total_price ELSE 0 END) AS 'January',
        SUM(CASE MONTH(created_at) WHEN 2 THEN total_price ELSE 0 END) AS 'February',
        SUM(CASE MONTH(created_at) WHEN 3 THEN total_price ELSE 0 END) AS 'March',
        SUM(CASE MONTH(created_at) WHEN 4 THEN total_price ELSE 0 END) AS 'April',
        SUM(CASE MONTH(created_at) WHEN 5 THEN total_price ELSE 0 END) AS 'May',
        SUM(CASE MONTH(created_at) WHEN 6 THEN total_price ELSE 0 END) AS 'June',
        SUM(CASE MONTH(created_at) WHEN 7 THEN total_price ELSE 0 END) AS 'July',
        SUM(CASE MONTH(created_at) WHEN 8 THEN total_price ELSE 0 END) AS 'August',
        SUM(CASE MONTH(created_at) WHEN 9 THEN total_price ELSE 0 END) AS 'September',
        SUM(CASE MONTH(created_at) WHEN 10 THEN total_price ELSE 0 END) AS 'October',
        SUM(CASE MONTH(created_at) WHEN 11 THEN total_price ELSE 0 END) AS 'November',
        SUM(CASE MONTH(created_at) WHEN 12 THEN total_price ELSE 0 END) AS 'December'"))->get();
        return $data;
    }

A: You just need to extract the values from the first row of the data to remove the keys...
return array_values($data[0]);

The array_values() will force the conversion of the object $data[0] into an array then extract the values into an array.

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New Data Shows Offline, Word of Mouth Is Key to Dominating the Consumer Conversation in an Industry
American Express, BMW, Dove, and Gatorade Among the "Category Crushers," According to a New Engagement Labs Report on the Leaders in Social Influence
February 28, 2017 08:30 ET | Source: Engagement Labs Inc.
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - February 28, 2017) - Brand marketers are always developing strategies that influence purchase intent. For the last decade or so, these marketers assumed that social channels such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram are driving consumers to engage with brands and make purchase decisions. Social media continues to grow at a rapid rate; daily active users for Twitter increased 11 percent year-over-year, and Facebook's increased 18 percent during that timeframe. But, the reality of the situation is much more complex. Most consumers continue to look to their peers for face-to-face advice and recommendations about their favorite brands, impacting their purchase decisions.
While consumers use social media for a variety of reasons, face-to-face word of mouth recommendations among family and friends remain a vital force in consumer purchase decision-making. It is perennially cited as the most trusted source of information by consumers. The volume of real world conversations about brands continues to dwarf the conversations that take place on social media, often by a factor of five to one, according to Engagement Labs' word of mouth tracking data. And the impact on sales from offline conversation is greater than the impact of social media.
In a new, first-of-its-kind analysis of combined online and offline consumer conversation data, Engagement Labs uncovered a group of "Category Crusher Brands," which are brands that outperform their competitors in social media performance and offline word of mouth recommendations. Included among the Category Crushers are American Express, BMW, Dove and Gatorade. The full list can be found in the chart below or in Engagement Labs' newly released e-book, "Lessons from the Leaders of Social Influence."
"You don't have to be a hot tech company like Apple or Amazon to excite people about your brand and generate consumer conversations that drive sales. But a 'total social' approach to consumer advocacy is a must for success, as we see reflected in this data analysis. The Category Crushers cited in our report understand that 'social influence' goes beyond a screen -- and the consumer conversations they generate and amplify in-person can make a bigger boost to their overall social performance than those occurring exclusively on social media," said Ed Keller, CEO of Engagement Labs.
Lessons from the Category Crushers Leaders: American Express, BMW, Dove, and Gatorade
Engagement Labs' new e-book spotlights these four brands and provides details on the creative applications, messaging and strategy that helped them rise to their Category Crusher status. Among those lessons:
American Express holds a close relationship with its cardholders, treating them as more than just customers. From its Small Business Saturday program, American Express' Blue Cash everyday credit card to providing its members with special access to events -- American Express uses a strategy which often leads to loyal customers who will advocate for the brand. (TotalSocial™ Financial Industry Average Score: 43; American Express: 52)
BMW's strategic marketing to luxury consumers and key sponsorships helped the brand transcend as one of the highest performing U.S. brands in face-to-face word of mouth marketing. (TotalSocial Auto Industry Average Score: 41; BMW: 58)
Dove defines itself outside of its personal care products by promoting positive self-image and self-worth for women. (TotalSocial Facial & Body Industry Average Score: 51; Dove: 60)
Gatorade produces sports drinks, but the brand goes beyond that to foster engagement by encouraging people to participate in spirited conversation about their favorite sports teams and sharing motivational content that pertains to athletic performance. (TotalSocial Beverage Industry Average Score: 40; Gatorade: 55)
The new analysis from Engagement Labs is based on continuous tracking of more than 500 U.S. consumer brands using its TotalSocial data and analytic solution. The full e-book, "Lessons from the Leaders of Social Influence: Brands that Crush their Category and Have Consumers Talking" is available for download.
TotalSocial (patent pending) is the world's only data solution that combines social media listening metrics with the measurement of offline conversations into a single dashboard to allow marketers the ability to measure performance, diagnose areas of weakness and opportunity.
To learn more about Engagement Labs or TotalSocial insights and how to increase your brand's word of mouth in real life and online, reach out at: totalsocial@engagementlabs.com.
About Engagement Labs
Engagement Labs (TSX VENTURE: EL) is the world's first TotalSocial™ company, offering intelligent data, analytics and insights for marketers. We are leaders in tracking, measuring and benchmarking the impact of conversations happening around a brand and industry -- both online and offline. Consumer conversations are a proven driver of critical business outcomes, including sales. The patent pending TotalSocial data solution provides brands with unique insights and powerful analytics to understand online and offline social impact and drive business results. TotalSocial demonstrates to marketers how their online and offline conversation compare and contrast and helps identify areas of competitive opportunity or significant emerging threats. TotalSocial is an "always-on" proprietary scoring system, based on the most important drivers of brand performance: Volume, Sentiment, Brand Sharing and Influence. TotalSocial was built on the pillars of Engagement Labs' patented social media measurement tool and the world's only offline word of mouth tracking system for brands and tracks 500 brands within the U.S. across 17 major industry categories, and 350 brands in the UK.
To learn more visit www.engagementlabs.com / www.totalsocial.com
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Ein Sommernachtstraum – play by William Shakespeare
Adapted from the German translation by August Wilhelm Schlegel with musical settings by Carl Orff (1917/1962)
»Today, in 1963, I pride myself on the fact that I could not have created better music for the ›Sommernachtstraum‹. I have spent decades working towards this objective.«[1]
None of the theatre plots which Orff selected as subjects for his own stage works held such a fascination for him as Shakespeare's ›A Midsummer Night's Dream‹. The composer devoted over half a lifetime wrestling with a »musicalisation« of the work between 1917 and 1962.
During six phases which were frequently interrupted by long intervals of time, one of Orff's most significant works was finally created. [...] There can be no doubt that this music is not only typologically related to ›Die Kluge‹ and ›Die Bernauerin‹, but can also hold its own artistically in comparison with these two works.[2]
(Stage model by Franz Mertz, Darmstadt 1952)
(A Midsummer Night's Dreame)
(Stage photo Landestheater Darmstadt 1953)
»No dramatic works of the Western world have exerted such a great influence on me as the Greek tragedies and Shakespeare. They have both accompanied me my whole life and have stimulated me in my artistic exploration. My periodically repeated study of Shakespeare has had an influence on most of my other compositions.[...]
I was particularly attracted by ›Sommernachtstraum‹. Up until then, I had only been familiar with ›A Midsummer Night's Dream‹ in conjunction with Mendelssohn's music, but it soon became clear to me how foreign this music was to Shakespeare.[...]
In 1917, I began to compose the – in my opinion »unoperatic« – music for ›Sommernachtstraum‹. That was my first attempt. Stylistically, I was placed somewhere between Richard Strauss' ›Ariadne‹ and Debussy's ›Pelléas et Mélisande‹. Although I did not compose an overture, I did write an utterly superfluous prelude; instead of the Wedding March which is definitely un-Shakespearian, I composed a small-scale festive piece; otherwise, I interspersed music at different points than Mendelssohn, in particular for the accompaniment of all magical and love scenes. In total, there was far too much music.«[3]
CO-Dok V,233; [2] Franz Willnauer in CO-Dok V,233; [3] CO-Dok V,219/221
Abb.: 1 Theatre Museum Cologne; 2 OZM; 3 Pit Ludwig
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Alibaba Cloud powers a real-time map of hunger around the world
by Veronica Combs in Innovation on October 17, 2019, 12:35 PM PST
A new map from the World Food Programme's Hunger Monitoring Unit combines data on weather, food supply, conflict, and growing conditions.
Google hosts World Food Programme data and device startups
The World Food Programme (WFP) works in more than 80 countries to feed 90 million people in the world who do not have consistent access to food. In addition to managing a food distribution system, the WFP responds to disasters caused by war and weather.
When deciding where to send support, WFP leaders often have too much data to analyze or in some cases not enough information.
Francesca Caldari and Elisa Omodei work in the Hunger Monitoring Unit in the World Food Programme office in Rome. They want to solve this problem with the HungerMapLive. The map combines data from multiple sources to reflect the complex forces that affect access to food. One country might be recovering from floods while another is coping with refugees from a war. The HungerMap would reflect daily changes in countries around the world.
The map team was one of six projects selected to participate in the World Food Programme Innovation Accelerator Bootcamp & Pitch Night at Google headquarters. The October 2019 event was the first time the WFP event has been held in the US.
Currently, decision makers have to draw information from many sources to understand food insecurity in a particular community and often have to rely on outdated information. In countries where there is a lack of data, the map will use predictive algorithms to support decision making. The map will allow WFP leaders to track and even predict hunger in near real time.
"Data is the key to trigger any positive change," Omodei said.
SEE: Special Feature--The Future of Food (ZDNet)
The new map provides a global view as well as detailed information on each country. A user can look at a basic heat map of a country or add layers of information to understand how a particular force is affecting access to food. This includes growing conditions, crop yields, natural disasters, weather, and conflict.
Omodei said that gathering the data for the new map was almost as challenging as deciding what information to include.
Decision makers at all levels of the WFP will be able to use the map to get a real-time readout on food conditions in a particular country.
The WFP is working with Alibaba Cloud services to build the map. It will be available to the public by the end of the year.
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How does the coefficient imply that? How did the author calculate that?
The thing is that now I am trying to write a report and want to make a similar statement, but I do not know how to calculate the change in the dependent variable when the explanatory variable changes in one standard deviation. I tried adding one stdev to all observations, but holding everything else constant, the coefficient did not change. What do I do?
I'll really appreciate any help I can get here.
Is it Multiple regression or Single Regression?
Linear regression: First of all, do not mention a change of 1 standard deviation since the coeficient of the independent variable is in terms of the variable units, and what it means is that "the coefficient value is the ratio on the change in the dependant variable when the independant variable changes its value in one unit" that is, i.e. if your model is y= a + bx and since a is the intercept value which is constant then y will change it value by b times when x increases or decreases its value by one unit. This is more evident by doing this: make a=0 and b=2 and if x=3 then y=6 but if x changes to 4 then y= 8 then by increasing x by one unit y changed its value according to the value of b variable, that is increased by 2 so it ended up in 8 (y + b)=(6 + 2) = 8.
The only difference here is that the changes in the dependant variable gets changed by the value of the coefficient of the changing independant variable while maintaining the other independant varaibles fixed, that is, it can change only one independant variable at a time to explain the value of the dependant variable.


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North east view of All Saints Church in Frindsbury at Stroud near Rochester. It has a good sized Norman chancel built of flint. This view shows the end of the chancel and its large gothic style window, by far the largest in the church. The west tower dates to the 14th century and is also made of flint. It has a recessed shingled spire.


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File photo of Glenn Maxwell
BBL 2019/20: Dale Steyn Compares Glenn Maxwell to AB de Villiers and Virender Sehwag
Saketh Kandadai
South African fast bowler Dale Steyn heaped praises on Australian batsman Glenn Maxwell, comparing him to two of the best stroke-makers in world cricket.
After a while away from cricket due to injury, Steyn is currently playing for Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League (BBL) 2019/20 season. It was only on Friday that Steyn played his first match under the Glenn Maxwell's captaincy. Steyn was quick to praise his new captain's batting skills that place him among the best batsmen in T20 cricket.
Steyn pointed out his batting similarities to AB de Villiers. de Villiers is nicknamed as 360-degree player for his ability to cover the entire circumference of the boundary. The fast bowler felt that Maxwell also possessed such abilities.
"When it comes to T20, you very rarely get guys that strike it as cleanly as he does." Steyn was quoted as saying by cricket.co.au. "He's very smart, too, the way he goes about it. You talk about guys like AB de Villiers being a 360 (degree) player but 'Maxi' is up there, too. It's just a nickname that AB's earned because he plays like that, but had AB not been around you could've easily nicknamed someone like Maxi 'Mr 360' because he's got that capability of taking you down in areas you don't want the ball to go."
Steyn believed that Maxwell's strong wrists give him the ability to hit Virender Sehwag-like sixes over point. Steyn also said that Maxwell isn't all about power and stroke-making, but he is also a great thinker which makes him more dangerous as a batsman and the bowler is always "guessing."
Also read: WATCH: Dale Steyn Gets Smashed in his First Over in BBL 2019/20, But Gets a Wicket off the Last Ball
"You bring third-man up, you bring point up, he hits you for six there. You change it up and he hits you for six somewhere else. He's a phenomenal thinker of the game and then ultimately he can execute, too," Steyn added.
Tags: AB De VilliersbblDale SteynGlenn MaxwellVirender Sehwag


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First take a bowl, add 3 to 4 drops badam oil into it.
Add 4 spoons lemon juice in it.
Add 2 to 3 spoons honey also into it & mix well.
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After doing massage, leave it for 15 min.
After 15 min, wash your face twice with soap & cold water.
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We have recently had a number of situations where companies have not understood the obligations placed on them by the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 Regulation 44 (2) and (3) and Good Distribution Practice in relation to qualification of suppliers. In this post I want to remind companies of the requirements and give tips on ways to ensure your system of qualification is robust.
One of the most important aspects of wholesale distribution is maintaining the integrity of the supply chain and preventing falsified medicines from getting to the public. There are 3 steps to go through to properly qualify your suppliers.
The first step is to verify that supplies of medicinal products only come from persons who are themselves in possession of a wholesale distribution authorisation, or who are in possession of a manufacturing authorisation which covers the product in question.
Traditionally copies of licences have been requested from suppliers, but this is no longer required as details of a licence of the supplier can be viewed via the MHRA's register of wholesalers.
Whilst the MHRA register is updated regularly it must not be relied on as a sole means of qualifying suppliers' authority to supply. The information should also be verified by using the EudraGMDP website as this is updated daily. Currently the EudraGMDP website does not contain details of the legal categories of products that can be handled or 3rd party sites used and must not be relied on as a sole means of qualifying suppliers. When searching for companies use an asterisk (*) on either side of a name or number to broaden the search. You must also select UK as the country on the site details section.
One practical way to demonstrate qualification of suppliers could be a printed copy of the appropriate pages, signed and dated as evidence the checks were made, when and by whom.
Supplies from any other source, such as pharmacies, is not permitted. There remains a persistent misunderstanding that pharmacies can supply a small amount of medicines without a wholesale dealers licence. This is not the case as the exemption that allow this trade was removed in 2013.
For supplies obtained from wholesalers and manufacturers based in other EEA member states, the same checks should be made on EudraGMDP and via licences that have been translated and authenticated by a notary. Some Member States also have their own registers and these can also be referenced to support qualification.
The second step requires that wholesalers verify that any wholesale supplier complies with the principles and guidelines of good distribution practices. To establish GDP compliance, the GDP certificate of the wholesaler should be viewed on the EudraGMDP website. Certificates when issued are valid for 5 years. The date of the certificate expiry should be recorded.
The MHRA adds conditioning statements to GDP certificates for new applicants and those companies where the inspection outcome indicated a more frequent inspection schedule is required, limiting certificate expiry to 2 years.
If there is no GDP certificate available then other evidence of GDP compliance by the wholesale supplier should be obtained, such as a copy of their last inspection close out letter confirming GDP compliance.
The third step is periodic rechecking of the information obtained and due diligence.
Wholesalers must be aware of issues that could affect their suppliers' continued authority to supply. There should be a procedure that ensures there are documented checks made at least twice a month of MHRA's list of suspended licence holders and regular checks on EudraGMDP website for issued GMP and GDP statements of non-compliance. There should be at least an annual full re validation of the information held on suppliers.
Supporting all of the checks made so far is effective due diligence by the Responsible Person. In a recent case a quantity of a high value medicine was stolen and re-introduced in to the supply chain. The medicine was sold in an unusually large quantity and purchased by several wholesalers.
After the event, looking at the evidence available to the purchasers, it was apparent that the company selling the stock had a conditioned GDP certificate, a poor financial history and no previous access to such large volumes of high value stock.
checking the financial status of the supplier, how long have they been trading, and do they have an acceptable credit history.
Has an audit been performed of the supplier, or has anyone in your company visited them? If so what was their impression?
Where is the stock coming from and is the product offered a new product for your company?
Is the product being offered available in quantities or volumes that are unusually high or is the price being offered lower than the usual price?
How transparent is the supply chain of this transaction?
What will be the method of transportation?
Due diligence checks should be implemented and documented when dealing with a company or transaction that is outside of an established trading pattern.
As a final thought on due diligence, please be aware that criminals actively look for weak spots in the supply chain so they can make money. We have had reports that companies with wholesale dealer licences are being 'cloned.' Here a company uses the licence and address details of a legitimate company but sets up a fake website and bank account that is similar to the real operation. Typically this fake company will offer some tempting stock and send information using genuine company details but from a different email account possibly substituting .com for .co.uk or from a closely related website name. The bank account information will be for the fake company. Please take extreme care if your supplier advises the bank details have changed and your accounts team should be made aware of this practice.
For companies that are involved in the sourcing of medicines from a third country for export to third countries then there are different requirements. Companies are obliged to document that checks are made to show that where the medicinal product is directly received from a third country ("A") for export to a third country ("B"), the supplier of the medicinal product in country A is a person who is authorised or entitled to supply such medicinal products in accordance with the legal and administrative provisions in country A. Any licences obtained should have been translated into English and authenticated by a notary with appropriate due diligence carried out.
In my next post I will write about qualification of customers.