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Q: Saving data from DDBB into AS class i am trying to make a "game" in Flex similar to Shake&Fidget. I'm saving all the user data in a mysql database and I retrieve the data using ZendFramework (PHP).
I thought of saving all the user and character info I'm going to need into am AS class so I can use that data in every view.
The data recived from the database is correct. I was able to load it in my app labbels but everytime i changed views it had to ask it again, so i thought of making this classes in order to just ask once for the information.
I'll post here the files so it's all more clear.
ViewNavigatorAplication.mxml
<s:ViewNavigatorApplication xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
                        xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
                        firstView="views.RotrHomeView"
                        persistNavigatorState="true">
<fx:Script>
    <![CDATA[
        import flash.net.registerClassAlias;

        import valueObjects.Character;

        registerClassAlias("Character", valueObjects.Character);
    ]]>
</fx:Script>

The first View goes to the login screen, it works OK. So i'll go to the view that loads and "tries" to show the character data.
char_panel.mxml
<s:View xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
    xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
    xmlns:usersservice1="services.usersservice1.*"
    title="Character Sheet"
    viewActivate="char_panel_viewActivateHandler()">
<fx:Script>
    <![CDATA[
        import mx.binding.utils.*;
        import mx.events.FlexEvent;
        import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent;

        import valueObjects.Character;

        //[Bindable]protected var character:Character = new Character();

        public function updateStats():void{
            var str:int = parseInt(getGlobalStatsResult.lastResult.globalSTR) + parseInt(getCharacterStatsResult.lastResult.str);
            var dex:int = parseInt(getGlobalStatsResult.lastResult.globalDEX) + parseInt(getCharacterStatsResult.lastResult.dex);
            var intel:int = parseInt(getGlobalStatsResult.lastResult.globalINT) + parseInt(getCharacterStatsResult.lastResult.intel);
            var cha:int = parseInt(getGlobalStatsResult.lastResult.globalCHA) + parseInt(getCharacterStatsResult.lastResult.cha);
            var sta:int = parseInt(getGlobalStatsResult.lastResult.global_VIT) + parseInt(getCharacterStatsResult.lastResult.vit);
            data.modStats(str,intel,cha,sta,dex)
            data.showStats(lb_show_str,lb_show_dex,lb_show_int,lb_show_cha,lb_show_vit);
            //character.showStats(lb_show_str,lb_show_dex,lb_show_int,lb_show_cha,lb_show_vit);

        }

        public function char_panel_viewActivateHandler():void{
            if(!data){
                data = new Character();
            }
            getCharacterStatsResult.token = usersService1.getCharacterStats("user01");
            getGearListResult.addEventListener(ResultEvent.RESULT,onResult);
            getGearListResult.token = usersService1.getGearList();
        }
        public function onStatsResult(event:ResultEvent):void{
            if(getGlobalStatsResult.lastResult.globalSTR != null){
                updateStats();
            }
        }

        public function onResult(event:ResultEvent):void{
            if(getGearListResult.lastResult[0].itemName != null){
                getGlobalStatsResult.addEventListener(ResultEvent.RESULT, onStatsResult);
                getGlobalStatsResult.token = usersService1.getGlobalStats("user01");

                currentState = "Character";

            }
        }
    ]]>
</fx:Script>
<s:states>
    <s:State name="Loading"/>
    <s:State name="Character"/>
</s:states>
<fx:Declarations>
    <s:CallResponder id="getCharacterStatsResult"/>
    <s:CallResponder id="getGearListResult"/>
    <s:CallResponder id="getGlobalStatsResult"/>
    <usersservice1:UsersService1 id="usersService1"/>
    <!-- Place non-visual elements (e.g., services, value objects) here -->
</fx:Declarations>
<s:Label id="lb_show_str" includeIn="Character" x="119" y="46" text=""/>
<s:BusyIndicator includeIn="Loading" left="172" right="171" top="148" bottom="424"
                 horizontalCenter="0" verticalCenter="-138"/>
<s:Label id="lb_show_int" includeIn="Character" x="119" y="90"/>
<s:Label id="lb_show_cha" includeIn="Character" x="119" y="139"/>
<s:Label id="lb_show_vit" includeIn="Character" x="119" y="191"/>
<s:Label id="lb_show_dex" includeIn="Character" x="119" y="243"/>

As for the AS classes:
Character.as
package valueObjects{
import mx.data.ChangedItems;
import mx.messaging.channels.StreamingAMFChannel;

import spark.components.Label;
import spark.skins.spark.StackedFormHeadingSkin;

[Bindable]
public class  Character
{
    private var _name:String;
    private var _stats:FinalStats;
    private var _gear:GearList;

    public function Character()
    {
        this._stats = new FinalStats();
        this._gear = new GearList();
    }
    public function modStats(str:int,intel:int,cha:int,sta:int,dex:int):void{
        this._stats.modStr(str);
        this._stats.modInt(intel);
        this._stats.modCha(cha);
        this._stats.modVit(sta);
        this._stats.modDex(dex);
    }
    public function getStats():Array{
        var aStats:Array;
        aStats["str"]=this._stats.getStr();
        aStats["int"]=this._stats.getInt();
        aStats["cha"]=this._stats.getCha();
        aStats["sta"]=this._stats.getVit();
        aStats["dex"]=this._stats.getDex();
        return aStats;
    }
    public function setName(charName:String):void{
        this._name = charName;
    }
    public function getName():String{
        return this._name;
    }
    public function showStats(lbSTR:Label, lbDEX:Label, lbINT:Label, lbCHA:Label, lbVIT:Label):void{
        lbSTR.text = "" + this._stats.getStr();
        lbDEX.text = "" + this._stats.getDex();
        lbINT.text = "" + this._stats.getInt();
        lbCHA.text = "" + this._stats.getCha();
        lbVIT.text = "" + this._stats.getVit();
    }
}}

FinalStats.as
package valueObjects{

public class FinalStats
{
    private var str:int = 0;
    private var intel:int = 0;
    private var cha:int = 0;
    private var sta:int = 0;
    private var dex:int = 0;
    public function FinalStats()
    {
    }

    public function getStr():int{
        return this.str;
    }
    public function modStr(x:int):void{
        this.str+=x;
    }
    public function getDex():int{
        return this.dex;
    }
    public function modDex(x:int):void{
        this.dex+=x;
    }
    public function getInt():int{
        return this.intel;
    }
    public function modInt(x:int):void{
        this.intel+=x;
    }
    public function getCha():int{
        return this.cha;
    }
    public function modCha(x:int):void{
        this.cha+=x;
    }
    public function getVit():int{
        return this.sta;
    }
    public function modVit(x:int):void{
        this.sta+=x;
    }
}

}
And the last one GearList.as
package valueObjects{
import mx.data.ChangedItems;
import mx.messaging.channels.StreamingAMFChannel;

import spark.components.Label;
import spark.skins.spark.StackedFormHeadingSkin;

public class GearList
{
    private var _headID:String;
    private var _shoulderID:String;
    private var _chestID:String;
    private var _bracersID:String;
    private var _glovesID:String;
    private var _pantsID:String;
    private var _bootsID:String;
    private var _main_handID:String;
    private var _off_handID:String;

    public function GearList()
    {
    }

    public function showStats(lbHead:Label, lbShoulder:Label, lbChest:Label, lbBracer:Label, lbGlove:Label, lbPants:Label, lbBoots:Label, lbMainHand:Label, lbOffHand:Label):void{
        lbHead.text = ""+this._headID;
        lbShoulder.text = ""+this._shoulderID;
        lbChest.text = ""+this._chestID;
        lbBracer.text = ""+this._bracersID;
        lbGlove.text = ""+this._glovesID;
        lbPants.text = ""+this._pantsID;
        lbBoots.text = ""+this._bootsID;
        lbMainHand.text = ""+this._main_handID;
        lbOffHand.text = ""+this._off_handID;
    }

    public function getOff_handID():String
    {
        return _off_handID;
    }

    public function setOff_handID(value:String):void
    {
        _off_handID = value;
    }

    public function getMain_handID():String
    {
        return _main_handID;
    }

    public function setMain_handID(value:String):void
    {
        _main_handID = value;
    }

    public function getBootsID():String
    {
        return _bootsID;
    }

    public function setBootsID(value:String):void
    {
        _bootsID = value;
    }

    public function getPantsID():String
    {
        return _pantsID;
    }

    public function setPantsID(value:String):void
    {
        _pantsID = value;
    }

    public function getGlovesID():String
    {
        return _glovesID;
    }

    public function setGlovesID(value:String):void
    {
        _glovesID = value;
    }

    public function getBracersID():String
    {
        return _bracersID;
    }

    public function setBracersID(value:String):void
    {
        _bracersID = value;
    }

    public function getChestID():String
    {
        return _chestID;
    }

    public function setChestID(value:String):void
    {
        _chestID = value;
    }

    public function getShoulderID():String
    {
        return _shoulderID;
    }

    public function setShoulderID(value:String):void
    {
        _shoulderID = value;
    }

    public function getHeadID():String
    {
        return _headID;
    }

    public function setHeadID(value:String):void
    {
        _headID = value;
    }

}}

If you are still here you have all my respect :D
When i try it out, i get the following error. I've tried in char_panel.mxml using Character::modStats(...) instead of data.modStats i'll put the error log under this one.
Error log when using data.modStats(...)
TypeError: Error #1006: modStats is not a function.
    at views::char_panel/updateStats()[C:\Users\Zebrah\Rotr\Rotr\src\views\char_panel.mxml:23]
    at views::char_panel/onStatsResult()[C:\Users\Zebrah\Rotr\Rotr\src\views\char_panel.mxml:39]
    at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction()
    at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()
    at mx.rpc::CallResponder/result()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\rpc\src\mx\rpc\CallResponder.as:122]
    at mx.rpc::AsyncToken/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::applyResult()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\rpc\src\mx\rpc\AsyncToken.as:239]
    at mx.rpc.events::ResultEvent/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::callTokenResponders()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\rpc\src\mx\rpc\events\ResultEvent.as:207]
    at mx.rpc::AbstractOperation/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::dispatchRpcEvent()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\rpc\src\mx\rpc\AbstractOperation.as:244]
    at mx.rpc::AbstractInvoker/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::resultHandler()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\rpc\src\mx\rpc\AbstractInvoker.as:318]
    at mx.rpc::Responder/result()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\rpc\src\mx\rpc\Responder.as:56]
    at mx.rpc::AsyncRequest/acknowledge()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\rpc\src\mx\rpc\AsyncRequest.as:84]
    at NetConnectionMessageResponder/resultHandler()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\rpc\src\mx\messaging\channels\NetConnectionChannel.as:552]
    at mx.messaging::MessageResponder/result()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\rpc\src\mx\messaging\MessageResponder.as:235]
Error Log using Character::modStats(...)
Error: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert valueObjects::Character$ to Namespace.
    at views::char_panel/updateStats()[C:\Users\Zebrah\Rotr\Rotr\src\views\char_panel.mxml:23]
    at views::char_panel/onStatsResult()[C:\Users\Zebrah\Rotr\Rotr\src\views\char_panel.mxml:39]
    at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction()
    at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()
    at mx.rpc::CallResponder/result()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\rpc\src\mx\rpc\CallResponder.as:122]
    at mx.rpc::AsyncToken/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::applyResult()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\rpc\src\mx\rpc\AsyncToken.as:239]
    at mx.rpc.events::ResultEvent/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::callTokenResponders()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\rpc\src\mx\rpc\events\ResultEvent.as:207]
    at mx.rpc::AbstractOperation/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::dispatchRpcEvent()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\rpc\src\mx\rpc\AbstractOperation.as:244]
    at mx.rpc::AbstractInvoker/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::resultHandler()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\rpc\src\mx\rpc\AbstractInvoker.as:318]
    at mx.rpc::Responder/result()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\rpc\src\mx\rpc\Responder.as:56]
    at mx.rpc::AsyncRequest/acknowledge()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\rpc\src\mx\rpc\AsyncRequest.as:84]
    at NetConnectionMessageResponder/resultHandler()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\rpc\src\mx\messaging\channels\NetConnectionChannel.as:552]
    at mx.messaging::MessageResponder/result()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\rpc\src\mx\messaging\MessageResponder.as:235]
Thanks in advance to anyone that get so far in this help cry :D i'd apreciate any sugestions that you can make.

A: ok so the reason it doesn't work with data is that event though you said
data = new Character();

data is still actually an object (that now looks like a character).  to make it work
var myChar:Character = Character(data); // cast it to a Character and it now knows the method
myChar.modStats()

the reason the other call didn't work is the way you called it:
Character::modStats(...)

This say look for a method called modStats in the namespace Character.  Instead call this
character.modStats()

and it will work.

A: You Sir are my personal Hero :D, i've just tried it and it shows the data.
I changed the constructor for the character in Character.AS like this:
public function Character(obj:Object)
    {
        this._stats = new FinalStats();
        this._gear = new GearList();
    }

I'm not entirely sure if this is correct, but as you mentioned in your answer:
var myChar:Character = Character(data);

I supose i'll have to use that data object to initialice myChar...am i right? Well, later when i have the time i'll try to add new views and buttons to go through views and see if the data is there :D

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The Power of Offense in Rap
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Fuck the police coming straight from the underground
A young nigga got it bad cause I'm brown
And not the other color so police think
They have the authority to kill a minority
– "Fuck Tha Police," NWA
Ice Cube, of the rap group NWA, first wrote these lyrics in 1988 after an incident in which he felt that the police wrongly detained him. When "Fuck Tha Police" was first released with the album Straight Outta Compton, there was a clear disparity in the way the public listened to the record, ranging from elation to outrage. Radio stations gave it little to no play on air, because of its vulgar lyrics and threats of violence against law enforcement. NWA was even said to have been put on an FBI watch list. Some groups publicly destroyed copies of the record in protest of its message (Goldstein). Yet, somehow, without any positive media coverage or representation, "Fuck Tha Police" entered the Billboard charts at the 25th position, and Straight Outta Compton went platinum by the next year (Billboard; RIAA). In the face of stringent social and political disapproval, NWA had found a popular audience.
"Fuck Tha Police" became a rallying cry, both in the wake of the Rodney King affair and during instances of racial tension to come—most recently the Ferguson incident in 2014 (Goldstein). The song highlights a growing, often ignored rift between those who saw it as reflection of their own situation, like those in Compton and in Ferguson, and those who took great offense to it. In an arguably extreme, intentionally offensive manner, Ice Cube and NWA expressed these clashing realities in a way that resonated with the anger felt by the black community. In highlighting the values and culture of often-overlooked communities, rap carries sociopolitical power. This is just one reason why I feel that offensive lyrics in rap music are more than admissible or justifiable; they are vital to rap's power. Rap is one of the most censored artistic modes of expression of our time, and not simply in the sense of bleeping vulgarity. There are some, such as Sean Hannity of Fox News, who would like to see rap banned entirely, its themes and messages erased because of their alleged offensive nature (Dicker). In response to Hannity and those who align themselves with him, I would make the argument that when critics call for the elimination or suppression of rap, they disrespect the communities for whom these lyrics express reality. By overstating or misunderstanding the effect of such lyrics, critics stifle the ability of marginalized citizens to address and influence the wider world. Moreover, rap, and discussion of the genre's sometimes vulgar or offensive nature, helps struggling communities gain visibility, as people like Sean Hannity give them a primetime slot at Fox News to consider these realities. In short, rap's opponents are trying to limit the power the medium wields through its offensive language, and the power of the form to breed social understanding; to target rap, is to target Americans who connect to it.
"America targets our rap market, it's controversy and hate
Harsh realities we hit made our music translate." ("Compton," Kendrick Lamar)
Kendrick Lamar's music is often embraced by those constrained by their economic or social situation. Lamar even calls his song "Compton" in deference to his hometown, which was once ranked by the FBI as the eighth most criminal city in America ("2010 City Crime Rankings"). The album as a whole, entitled good kid, m.A.A.d city, is a fictionalized account of Lamar's own life, through which he recounts the "harsh realities" of his experience. There are references to rape, murder, alcoholism, in which Kendrick sometimes implicates himself. If one were to remove these elements from the work, critical parts of Kendrick's identity would be removed in the process, making for a less honest portrayal of his world. Despite this, Lamar claims in the above lyrics that American media "targets our rap market," singling out the medium for its exploration of these themes. For some, rap music acts as a definition of their situation and the hardships of their reality, and without this exploration they might not come to understand the world nor exercise any power over it. More importantly, in disregarding and censoring these themes in rap music, one discounts the existence of low-income neighborhoods and depowers the people who live in them. Just as Kendrick expresses in his lyrics, it's this roughness that translates to audiences a reality that other types of music simply cannot, giving citizens a measure of power they are often denied.
One could argue that the offensiveness of rap curtails the understanding it can provide. The attitude of dismissing rap on the grounds of offense is a refusal to understand another mode of living. Critics cannot be allowed to censor a word or group of words that a population connects with, especially when that population that is so often under-served and over-scrutinized. Denizens of neighborhoods racked with violence or poverty sometimes need this language to vent frustrations. Vulgarity has the power to be positive, should we allow it. To restrict vulgarity, or to dismiss the genre of rap, is to implicitly neglect or criticize the experiences of those in impoverished or ethnic communities who may connect with rap.
Will Smith don't gotta cuss in his raps to sell records
Well, I do; so fuck him and fuck you too. ("The Real Slim Shady," Eminem)
These are the words of the highest selling artist in any genre of music of the 2000's (Montgomery). While fans often praise Eminem for his unique style and witty punch lines, his own verse seems to give most of the credit for his breakout success to the outrage created by his vulgarity, offensive references, and irreverent themes. His music begs the question: does rap's vulgarity allow for it to reach wider audiences? This was certainly the case with "Fuck Tha Police," as its forthrightness made it the subject of much national conversation. Eminem, too, faced his fair share of controversy: at one point, he was almost denied a visa to Australia because of his position as, what the Australian Family Association termed, "a hate rapper" (Kazmierczak). He's also been the subject of more than a few defamation lawsuits. However, without the visibility of these controversies, Eminem and NWA may not have been able to reach mass audiences. Moreover, to see elements of their worlds depicted in the media and discussed and debated by public figures provides rappers with the societal influence they seek. The world must reckon with their views and acknowledge the experiences of otherwise ignored individuals and overlooked communities.
Given the chance, vulgarity may even provide catharsis to those communities. In an article on the benefits of swearing, Dr. Neel Burton tells us that swearing comes with a sense of "power and control," and heightens self-expression (Burton). Another psychologist also notes the "cathartic" properties of swearing; vulgarity releases internal tension (Grohol).
Don't you look up to me
Don't trust the words I say
If you learn one thing today. ("Windows," Chance the Rapper)
So raps Chicago native Chance the Rapper on his band's song "Windows," from the recent album Surf. The record deals with Chance's reservations about his then impending fatherhood, namely his immaturity and his self perceived immorality ("Chance the Father"). Rap's detractors, such as Sean Hannity, or the Australian Family Association, often share these fears and uncertainties. Is rap a glorification of detrimental ideals? Does it have the power to incite the criminal actions it so often references? I do not believe so. While rap may indeed provide a form of cathartic aggression, there is little evidence to suggest that it causes actual violence. This is a sentiment echoed by Yan Searcy, who argues that the logic used by people like Sean Hannity and the Australian Family Association is backward. While it is understandable that some caretakers might not want to expose their children to such themes, it falls to those parents to safeguard their children, not the artists. While music may help inspire change, I am not convinced that this genre shapes cultures so much as it reveals them. One may point to material manifestations of this culture, such as merchandise surrounding rap or rappers themselves growing in popularity, as being marks of a shift in values or culture. Instead, consider this: NWA, or those with similar messages, simply became emblematic of a long gestating frustration with the current system. Communities that were once faceless now had countless representatives in the form of artists that were bold enough to voice the existing struggles of these communities. Certainly, gang violence predates the existence of hip-hop. Rap music reflects the frustration and resulting dynamics of decades of systemic and cultural discrimination. Rap is an effect, not the cause, of these conditions.
To these points, one might ask if rap's vulgarity is essential to its efficacy. Vulgarity in rap music, along with responses by those it offends, enable the genre to express dire circumstances and to draw popular attention to them. Even without offense, rap is the inheritor of centuries of black art, a history that traverses various artistic mediums. In fact, in their recently released Anthology of Rap, editors Adam Bradley and Andrew Dubois identify rap as an "art form that draws not only from the folk idioms of the African diaspora but from the legacy of Western verse and the musical traditions of jazz, blues, funk, gospel, and reggae" (Bradley & DuBois). The authors suggest that rap is the next stage of African oral tradition and poetry, and their work treats rap songs as poems. Rap's focus on clever wordplay, its penchant for rhyming and alliteration, as well as its frequent uses of other literary devices, qualify it as poetry, both linguistically and stylistically. Recently, educational facilities, such as the Scholastic Corporation, have begun to recognize parallels between rap and poetry. Scholastic even has a webpage devoted to developing lesson plans for teaching rap as poetry (Clark). Scholars have also embraced rap. Berkeley offered a class on the legendary rapper Tupac, titled "History 98, the Poetry and History of Tupac Shakur," and a Columbia professor taught Kendrick Lamar's album To Pimp A Butterfly (Kaufman; Mooney).
As the examples show, rap has gained respect in scholarly circles. However, rap's obscenity and vulgarity continue to offend some listeners. Offense and vulgarity are not the sole strengths of rap, but they are vitally important to the genre, not only for their aesthetic quality, but because they empower rappers to convey the immediacy of their lived experiences both to immediate and otherwise distant audiences. The vulgarity that critics attack is ultimately foundational to the genre's power and efficacy.
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Kaufman, Gil. "Berkeley University Offers Class On Tupac." MTV.com. Viacom Media Networks, 10 Sept. 1997. Web. 08 Mar. 2016.
Mooney, Brian. "Why I Dropped Everything And Started Teaching Kendrick Lamar's New Album." Brian Mooney. N.p., 27 Mar. 2015. Web. 09 Mar. 2016.
Montgomery, James. "Eminem Is The Best-Selling Artist Of The Decade." Mtv.com. Viacom, 8 Dec. 2009. Web. 23 Oct. 2015.
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Searcy, Yan. "Blaming Rap for Social Ills Defies History, Logic; Popular Music Doesn't Create Reality, It Reflects It." Chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune, 08 June 2008. Web. 23 Oct. 2015.

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The King is giving a Festival.
I wish to go to the Festival.
I wish we had a child.
I wish we might have a child.
You wish to go to the Festival?
What, you, Cinderella, the Festival?
What, you wish to go to the Festival?
a woman with two daughters of her own.
And dance before the Prince.
And dance before the Prince?!
All three were beautiful of face, but vile and balck of heart.
I wish my son were not a fool.
I wish my house was not a mess.
I wish the cow was full of milk.
Why, come in, little girl.
It's for my Granny in the woods.
Cinderella's Stepmother had a surprise for her.
I have emptied a pot of lentils into the ashes for you.
you shall go to the ball with us.
Listen well, son. Milky-White must be taken to market.
Sometimes I fear your touched.
You're certain of your way?
But do you have a basket?
What's waiting on the journey?
Hurry up and do my hair, Cinderella!
Are you really wearing that?
Here, I found a little tear, Cinderella.
Can't you hide it with a hat?
Put ut in a twist.
That was always their advice.
It's the witch from next door.
placed a spell on their house.
In my garden one night!
That your wife will bear.
And we'll call it square."
No. But you had a sisiter.
But the witch refused to tell him anymore of his sister.
Not even that her name was Rapunzel.
I though I had been more than reasonable.
had also hidden in his pocket?!
And I made my claim.
"Oh, don't take away the baby,"
Where she'll never be reached.
You should see my nectarines!
fetch the best price you can. Are you listening to me?
This is not the time for dreaming.
And you can't just sit here dreaming pretty dreams.
You must begin the journey.
Four: the slipper as pure as gold.
Now may I go to the Festival?
Look what I found in father's hunting jacket.
Six beans. We'll take them with us.
The spell is on my house.
No, no, the spell is on our house.
We must lift the spel.
No. You are not to come and that is final.
Now what am I to return with?
But how am I ever to get to the Festival?
I have to take the journey.
Ting why I'm on the journey.
To go to the Festival-!


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«Зріньї» () —  угорська самохідна артилерійська установка (САУ) часів  Другої світової війни, класу  штурмових гармат, середня по масі. Створена в 1942—1943 роках на базі танка « Туран», за зразком  німецьких САУ  StuG III. У 1943—1944 роках вироблено 66 «Зріньї», що використовувалися угорськими військами аж до 1945 року. Після війни як мінімум одна САУ цього типу використовувалася в ролі навчальної до початку 1950-х років. Названа на честь угорсько-хорватського національного героя Міклоша Зріньї.

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 40/43M Zrínyi (Zrínyi II)- базова модель, озброєна 105 мм гаубицею. Випущено 66 одиниць.
 44M Zrínyi (Zrínyi I) — прототип  винищувача танків, озброєного довгоствольною 75-мм гарматою. Випущений дослідний тільки 1 зразок.

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  — три трофейних САУ
  — одна трофейна САУ

Література
 И. П. Шмелёв. Бронетанковая техника Венгрии (1940—1945). — М-Хобби, Белая Серия, выпуск № 2, 1995.
 М. Барятинский. Танки Хонведшега. — М.: Бронеколлекция, выпуск № 3, 2005.

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John Nothdurft and Donny Kendal present episode #135 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today's podcast features work from the Cato Institute, the Goldwater Institute, and the Heartland Institute.
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This course teaches students the medical transcription techniques, technologies, and editing skills needed to work in the medical transcription profession. The main objective is to provide students with knowledge of the content and formats of medical reports typically dictated in clinics, hospitals, and hospital ancillary and support facilities. Progressive transcription skill-building is achieved through medical specialty-based patient studies. PREREQUISITE: BOC 1201 Beginning Keyboarding or BOC 1202 Intermediate Keyboarding.


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A. Discuss lessons learned in the project team meetings, make sure the right people get reports, and hold team members accountable for doing what they committed to doing.
B. Send messages in the mode best for the situation, remember to communicate both up and down the organization, and ensure team members capture lessons learned as they happen.
C. Use project organization charts, ensure people understand the message as you meant it, and make sure everyone gets the same information.
D. Use your soft skills to have empathy and to influence the team, co-locate the team, and develop and enforce good ground rules.
The first sentence is a distracter to drive you to the wrong answer. You may see this on the actual exam as well. The real question does not deal with communication, instead it is looking at the tools and techniques of developing the project team. The choice that exclusively addresses team development is choice D.
Which of the following are ALL tools and techniques of the Manage Project Team process?
Manage Project Team process, making choice B incorrect. Choice C is incorrect, as you would not verify critical resource availability as part of this process.
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AccountingIntermediate Accounting: Reporting And AnalysisAt the completion of the Darby Department Store audit, the president asks about the meaning of the phrase "in conformity with generally accepted accounting, principles" that appears in your audit report on the management's financial statements. He observes that the meaning of the phrase must include more than what he thinks of as "principles." Required : Explain the meaning of the term "accounting principles" as used in the audit report. (Do not discuss in this part the significance of "generally accepted.") The president wants to know how an accounting principle becomes "generally accepted." Prepare a brief memo that provides an answer to the president's question.
At the completion of the Darby Department Store audit, the president asks about the meaning of the phrase "in conformity with generally accepted accounting, principles" that appears in your audit report on the management's financial statements. He observes that the meaning of the phrase must include more than what he thinks of as "principles." Required : Explain the meaning of the term "accounting principles" as used in the audit report. (Do not discuss in this part the significance of "generally accepted.") The president wants to know how an accounting principle becomes "generally accepted." Prepare a brief memo that provides an answer to the president's question.
Problem 12C
Chapter 1, Problem 1C
At the completion of the Darby Department Store audit, the president asks about the meaning of the phrase "in conformity with generally accepted accounting, principles" that appears in your audit report on the management's financial statements. He observes that the meaning of the phrase must include more than what he thinks of as "principles."
Explain the meaning of the term "accounting principles" as used in the audit report. (Do not discuss in this part the significance of "generally accepted.")
The president wants to know how an accounting principle becomes "generally accepted." Prepare a brief memo that provides an answer to the president's question.
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The commission has been considering a proposal to convert the tram car, the heritage means of conveyance in the city, into polling booths for the first time in Independent India, provided a few logistic hurdles are overcome.
The commission had directed its officials to come up with some innovative ideas to conduct smooth polling in some densely populated localities. According to N K Sahana, officer-on-special-duty in the office of the chief electoral officer(CEO), the commission officials here, after a thorough scrutiny of the voters' list in the city, have identified some booths where the number of electorate does exceed the stipulated figure per booth.
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The commission officials approached the Calcutta Tramways Company (CTC) managing director Pradip Chatterjeer and held a preliminary meeting where the concept was discussed.
"Trams are airy and roomy and if the security aspect is properly taken care of, it would be a novel polling booth," Sahana pointed out.
A tram car may not have toilet or other facilities for the polling staff; but if this auxiliary booth is set up inside the tram depot and the carriage is well-protected, it would be ideal.
The office of the Chief Election Commission is yet to work out the details but it has not shot it down either. Once the EC gives its nod, voters in some areas can share the unique experience of exercising their franchise in this heritage carriage. And if luck permits, they can have a free ride as well.


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Challenger Steve Hofbauer prevailed over incumbent Jim Ledford in Palmdale's mayoral race.
In the Palmdale mayoral race, Steve Hofbauer pulled off an upset over incumbent Mayor Jim Ledford. Receiving nearly 45 percent of ballots cast, or 10,631 votes, Hofbauer beat out Ledfords's 8,502 votes, or 35.66 percent, according to the semi-final tally (with 100% of precincts reporting). V. Jesse Smith finished third in the three-way race, with 4,709 votes or 19.75 percent. Ledford's 13th two-year term as Palmdale's mayor expires this year.
In Palmdale's District 4 City Council race, incumbent Juan Carrillo Ventura prevailed over challenger Oscar Aleman. Ventura garnered 2,939 votes or 63.75 percent to Aleman's 1,671 or 36.25 percent. District 3 City Council member Laura Bettencourt ran unopposed and received 4,051 votes. View the results of the Palmdale City General Municipal Election here.
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In the 36th State Assembly District race, incumbent Tom Lackey, a Republican, won 46,235 votes (56 percent) compared to 36,366 votes (44 percent) received by challenger Steve Fox, Democrat. View the full list of statewide election results here.
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We need cooperation on a regional level, people! Enough squabbling between the cities. We get screwed enough as it is by everyone down-the-hill, it's time to become a regional entity and hold more power.
Great idea, were it not for the players involved. "We need local power" was the battle cry of the people who pushed Lancaster incorporation, but the power they really wanted was to get their greedy fingers into the pie. Those same people, or their inheritors, still hold all the power in Lancaster and are still only interested in stuffing as much pie as they can into their own greedy mouths. Unless you have some way to keep this regional entity out of their hands there is nothing gained by the more power that would be held.
A 'regional entity' as defined by Rex and the Fern St. Mafia is we run the show, everyone else can go pound sand.
No thank you to a 'regional entity' run by those morons.
Why couldn't perris be voted out!!!
Because only 11.2% of the people voted. It's not important enough for Lancaster residents to exercise their voting rights and vote Parris out.
Wrecks and the Lancaster power brokers control the election process. They hold elections in April instead of November when most normal cities hold elections. Wrecks and the Fern St. Mafia want a low turnout that they can control. That is why they put voting stations in Lancaster Baptist Church and other churches that are under the control of Wrecks. They also reject voting districts so they can keep it majority west side rich Republican white males. They occasionally bring in a minority candidate who they control to make it look good.
Until Lancaster changes to district voting and November elections expect more of the same.
That is not why there is a low turnout. Voting stations in the churches! Wow. Low voter turnout is because of pure laziness, and apathy.
Was the voter turnout higher this November or last April when Lancaster held its election?
C'mon Alexis. I did not just fall off the turnip truck. I have been here in this cesspool call Lancaster for many moons.
I would call you naiive, but that would not be fair to naiive people. You have been around. You should know better.
Lancaster has been holding city elections in April for decades, AV Observer.
Lancaster has been holding city elections in April for decades by design. Wrecks and the Fern Street Mafia control the outcome. It is all by design. Why else would not hold elections like every other normal city in November? Why else would they refuse to have district elections? Because they have full control, including control of counting those ballots on Fern Street. What could possibly go wrong with that?
Well, JPB, Rex Parris hasn't been the Mayor for decades. I guess every mayor that has been elected by the voters has been involved in corruption, and trying to keep the voters of Lancaster from voting. Anyway, Don't you think if the city elections have been held in April in Lancaster Ca. for decades, that the people would know this? never mind, of course they know this, and don't care to make changes in their lives. Don't blame the mayor's the people have elected, blame the people for electing them. It is so much easier for some people to keep complaining about As for Parris, well, obviously the people in Lancaster don't care whether he is corrupt, because they refuse to vote him out.
Sorry, No Excuses. I have been around Lancaster long enough to know that the April elections are by design. They count on voter apathy and avoiding the general election. It is a brilliant plan, really. It has allowed the Fern St. Mafia to operate under the radar for decades. With the demise of investigative journalism, their corruption train will keep on rolling.
Your mind set and those that think like you are the problem. You absolutely can't see that it is the people that have known for decades when city elections are, and refuse to go to the polls in April. Voter apathy is the voters fault, so you get what you deserve. I know many people that went to the polls to try to vote against Parris, but it's people like you and some of the others with the same thinking, that just think lazy, and say what's the use. The amount of voters that didn't bother to vote is appalling, and you have only yourselves to blame. Every voter in Lancaster knows that city elections are held in April, and have been for DECADES. Other mayors before Parris were not doing his bidding, and were individuals elected by voters. read this again, elected by voters. Stop being paranoid!
No excuses, you are trying to be satirical, but you have hit on the basic truth.
A group of Lancaster businessmen looked at the unincorporated area of the county known as Lancaster and thought "hmmmmm, if we could get this incorporated as a city, and we played our cards right, we could turn it into our own cash cow and line our pockets!" That was the driving force behind the "incorporate Lancaster" movement for a couple decades, people resisted it, but they were relentless and they succeeded eventually because they were relentless, and they have been relentlessly milking their cow ever since.
Wrecks is too young to have been a member of the original group. In fact it is unlikely that any of the original members of the group are still actively involved at their advanced ages. But the group still exists, still milks that cow, still relentlessly presses to extend their grip onto Palmdale, still uses the April elections to suppress any possibility of their grip being challenged…and is still one of the most grotesque examples of corruption in local government that can be found anywhere.
No Excuses, it used to be that only the Lancaster voters were the stupid ones. Now Palmdale voters have joined them. Time to bail on the Antelope Valley. It was a good run and most of the people are nice. The Fern St. Mafia now runs the whole show. Goodbye.
You're wasting your time, no excuses. It's like trying to convince "birther's" that Obama was born in Hawaii. They will never see that it is the voters that elect the officials, therefore it is the voters that get what they deserve by NOT voting. Every mayor in the entire history of Lancaster has been milking the cow, and now these paranoid bumpkins think it is going to spread to Palmdale. Thank goodness more people see it differently than the few negative Nancy's on here.
Arnie Rodio, Frank Roberts, etc.; all great mayor's elected by the voters of Lancaster! No conspiracy here that started in 1977. What a bunch of nonsense. Parris is the only one that no one likes, and yet the voters do nothing! thanks all you lazy voters.
Arnie Rodio was as crooked as Wrecks, and wasn't even as subtle about it. He pushed for incorporation for years, and NEVER had a good reason for it other than his desire to spare his contracting business from interference. He didn't even try to make one up, just figured if he kept pushing eventually he'd make it into the hen house.
Frank Roberts wasn't in my time, but I've never heard of a time since incorporation that the local good ol' boys didn't have enough dupes on the Lancaster council to have their way.
Arnie Rodio was a good mayor, elected twice by the voters of Lancaster. Frank Roberts a good man elected by the voters of Lancaster. Thank you, no excuses for the truth. The voters are the ones that elect their politicians. Tim Scott and his opinions don't matter.
There has been plenty of corruption going on over many decades in Palmdale. Some are only obsessed with Lancaster. Palmdale is one of the worst cities in California, but you keep pointing those fingers at Lancaster.
I just have to point out that using "good man elected by the citizens of Lancaster" as a defense has the obvious flaw that we all know the citizens of Lancaster have been totally duped by Wrecks, so their judgement in the past is inherently suspect.
Palmdale has developed quite nicely, has a good credit rating, and seems to be pretty responsive to the citizens. Lancaster is a chaotic mess, running on junk bonds, and beyond about thirty good ol' boys that get everything they want is totally unresponsive to the citizens. Yeah, I'll keep pointing out the obvious…until Sellout Steve drags Palmdale down to Lancaster's level, anyway.
Frank Roberts wasn't in your time? wow, you really don't know what you are talking about. Palmdale is known for racist politicians, and corruption. You can't point out the obvious, because you don't know what that is. According to you the citizens of Palmdale don't know what they're doing either, except you of course. Thankful you sit at your computer most of the time, and you're not out and about in Palmdale telling the citizens they don't know what they're doing, you know, face to face.
Frank Roberts wasn't in your time? Wow.
Nope, he wasn't. I left Lancaster for a decade to serve in the military. Sorry that offends you.
Read the A.V. Times, April 2014. Read the A.V. Times, April 2018. Read what CAP'N LANCASTER has to say about all the lazy voters that were a no show. The people of Lancaster get the politicians they deserve. After all that Parris puts the people through, hit mailers, etc., and the people just give excuses, and complain.
19,000 Voters? That's it? Guess the other 130,000 populace had better things to do on election day.
VOTED OUT ALL THE SCUM THAT WORE THE MADE IN CHINA MAGA HATS.!
People actually voted for Steve Fox??
56 thousand people voted for Fox. That's enough to make your snarky comment sound rather stupid. Katie says Hi!


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AS69: Is Sam Harris the Sexist Pig We're Looking For?
September 21, 2014 Thomas Smith	6 Comments
Sam Harris made some comments that feminists did not take kindly to. Here's a link to his explanation:
http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/im-not-the-sexist-pig-youre-looking-for
I think there are some troubling points to his commentary, and here are some critics:
http://freethoughtblogs.com/greta/2014/09/12/sam-harris-is-just-factually-wrong-globally-atheism-has-no-gender-split/
http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2014/09/15/a-professional-responsibility-to-get-the-facts-straight/#more-20633
I find this one pretty outrageous though:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/another-week-another-atheist-demands-we-call-his-sexism-not-sexism-this-time-sam-harris/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+(The+Raw+Story)
Amanda Marcotte writes this as though Sam Harris has said women are biologically inferior to men, something I'm pretty sure he would disagree with vehemently.
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6 thoughts on "AS69: Is Sam Harris the Sexist Pig We're Looking For?"
James Piechowski (Pieman789) says:
Thomas I wouldn't call the Raw Story article "garbage". I actually enjoyed reading it, even though like you I don't completely agree with her.
Amanda Marcotte (pronounced (Mar -Cot by the way, no "E" on the end I believe) raises some interesting points about what Harris said, and makes quite a clever case to show at least some of them to be potentially problematic. (His stance on guns, for instance, always puzzled me). I don't always agree with her, but she is usually worth reading; a very intelligent woman, and talented writer, if too firmly entrenched in one camp. She has her reasons for that though. I would agree that she is very fond of hyperbole and likes to make a show of her articles though – one thing you may have missed is her tendency to satirise her target. It was interesting to judge my own interpretation of the Harris' comments, from her perspective.
One thing I do disagree with her about is that all of the differences between male/female participation in active atheism can be attributed to sexism causing an uncomfortable environment. It's a factor, but I think it's also possible that other environmental variables (pressure to conform, financial security, family commitments etc. which may be different to those experienced by men) mean that it's often simply more difficult for women than men to participate in active atheism.
You say she's misinterpreting Harris, but I think you're misinterpreting Marcotte as well. I've seen her write like this before: she's so clever that it's sometimes unclear where she's joking and where she's being serious: this article had both parts. Near the end, she is really just satirising him. She's just suggesting how it would be easy to interpret his paragraph about his respect for women as an advert for female servitude. You are taking her too literally. My conclusion is just that Harris could have used better examples of female achievement in his life.
Overall, I think she means that because Harris says that a reason for his low female following, is that women are not as inclined towards critical posture, it follows that women are therefore less effective (inferior) at becoming and staying active atheists. As active atheism is the "preferred" stance in Harris' eyes vis a vis attitude to God beliefs, you could conclude that Harris' statement does imply that women are fundamentally disadvantaged in this regard, and thus we are led directly lead to Marcotte's inference of the "biological inferiority". This might not be where Harris wanted to go, but he opened a path to it.
Where you remarked on the whole "Good at the critical posture" vs. "Attracted to the critical posture" ? Same difference, surely. You're more likely to be effective at it, either way. Come on now, Thomas, you railed on before about semantics, but that's exactly what you're doing now.
Where we need to be clear is to explain why Harris is wrong to infer intention from patterns.
Observation: Women appear to be less attracted to angry atheism than men. Reason given: Psychological differences, innate or cultural.
You might think this is a decent answer, but I'd go further than that. For all we know many of the female non-participants in angry atheism may be mentally raring to go, but because of various environmental factors, are unable to actually engage. Inferring the intention to not act, after observing non-action, is another bad assumption Harris is guilty of making here.
I think Marcotte's central point revolves around how we conceptualise these "observable differences" between men and women. I've heard her speak on this before and she's always pretty big on this. The differences could be physical or behavioural. You could argue about whether it's a good idea to embrace these differences, ignore them, or treat everyone the same regardless. Marcotte is one to really try and minimise the differences. You could make an argument that it would be beneficial to do this of course, whether or not it reflected reality.
But when you do get a difference, say in behaviour i.e. how much of an "active atheist" someone is, you can't just assume the observed difference in behaviour is somehow "inherent". There are social, economic and environmental factors which may differ between men and women too, and for all we know those could be just as much the cause of the "difference" as any physiological trait. It's a massive assumption from Harris to say that women are less inclined towards a "critical posture" than men; and even if they were, he can't know for sure whether this is due to inherent or environmental factors (at least, not without a lot of difficult study). In a lot of places, women still don't have the same level of independence as men. Therefore he can't assume that his male and female followers are following him from an equally privileged position, and that you would therefore even expect to see anywhere near equal numbers anyway.
Did you not also find Harris' statement "I haven't given 5 minutes thinking…on how to modify my writing style to be more nurturing and hence attract more women" pretty disappointing, on more than one level?
Sam, do get on that problem of yours. Actually, don't, because it's BS. Again, the assumptions. "Men are the doers and women the nurturing support". I'll tell you what won't attract more women: telling them that a nurturing style should attract them.
"Pheromones ladies!"
It's condescending in the extreme. Maybe if he spent more than "5 minutes thinking about it" he might realise that…
The best response to all this of course is to admit that yes, I can be sexist sometimes, even though I try not to; we all can be. When called out for it, best to admit it and try and learn from it. Maybe Harris doesn't want to admit to it, and regardless, ultimately, I'd agree with you that he's not as bad as Dawkins (yet), nor should he really be the focus of our anti-misogynist outrage. This is just Marcotte being given an excuse to flex her feminist muscles (!)
I do enjoy observing these little spats and like to call them "Popcorn Time!" as the two heavyweights face off. This was nearly, but not quite as good as, Lindy West vs. Matt Dillahunty.
Thomas, if you're searching for another feminist atheist to go up against, look up Robin Marie from An American Atheist podcast, she is very anti-Harris, especially on the last episode (Sep 14) but she's also a PhD so watch out! That would be another popcorn moment!
Big Chesticles says:
As a woman…I do not understand what the big uproar is over. The joke made me smile. I honestly think there are multiple reasons for male dominance in outspoken atheism…
1 – Patriarchal conditioning.
2 – Some types of women do not want to get involved.
3 – Here in Australia sexism is an issue in these types of fields which can lead women to be hesitant.
4 – General population wise I believe there are more men than women
I'd like to thank you for your comment regarding "professional atheism critics" on the introduction of the episode. Although there might be some projection on my part and maybe we don't agree as much as it seems, I really thought I was alone in feeling a bit estranged by the popular internet atheist clique.
Now, I'd like to give credit where it is due; I think it's safe to say that most of us who came to atheism after being raised in a religious environment found great entertainment and catharsis in the "representatives" of atheism that became these atheist celebrities, specifically the internet advocates for skepticism and atheism. I believe all those podcasts, blogs, and TV shows played a huge part in my education about skepticism, atheism, philosophy, and everything related.
That being said, I feel like I have to move on, and not only me, but atheists in general, for many reasons. I can't help but feel like controversies are being stirred and outrage amplified simply because some of these content providers realize that well, that's all they have.
I consume A LOT of podcasts, but there are many today that I can't even hear the hosts' voices without rolling my eyes. How many times do we have to sit through a point-by-point explanation on logical fallacies? How many times do we have to talk about the goddamn cosmological argument as if we didn't know why it's bullshit? I understand that new people become atheists every day, but it baffles me to see some of these people talking about the same tired old subjects for more than a decade, and be interested about it nonetheless.
I also realize that no one is making me do anything, and if I don't like it, I can just not listen to it, but haven't we gone past that point, as a movement? Shouldn't we leave this adolescent ideas of overcoming the cultural stupidity of the majority if we want to be adults in the world? It's completely anectodal, but in my case, I found that these ideas were enforcing that horrible Us vs. Them mentality in me, something that I'm just starting to overcome.
This is why I love this podcast, by the way: I feel very much a "let's move on to more important things" vibe from it, and I still like it, just like the Cognitive Dissonance guys, because it offers better, more entertaining things (hell, CD only uses the atheist and skeptical news backdrop to give a context to the real meat of the podcast, which is the awesome chemistry they have).
I'd also like to add that I think this isn't just a matter of taste. I think the mentality that most atheist online entertainment currently offer is one that's kinda detrimental to maturity and personal growth.
G. Shelley says:
And to prove you can't please everyone, I enjoyed your discussion of Marcotte's piece, but felt you were far too generous to her. She might have beaten up her straw man Harris very well, but she left the real one completely unscathed
Population Drifter says:
This exasperates me too. I think you've nailed a number of the main causes for the animosity within the atheist crowd in the past, but I want to suggest one more possible factor: this is exactly how literary criticism worked when I was in college. Referring to an author's "inner mind" would have earned you pitying smiles from professors, and I think that likewise, for a lot of angry commenters Harris' intention was simply irrelevant.
You had a great discussion of this topic in an early episode about Robert Frost. I was an English major, and we "analyzed" everything according to the theory that meaning was not something intrinsic to texts, but rather something that we, as readers, imbue texts with. "You don't read texts; the text reads you." It was all about coming up with theories and then finding symbols in the text for support. Nothing had any connection to whatever book we were reading.
There's one place in social activism which overtly expresses that same idea, in the assertion that a statement's offensiveness can be determined only by the listener, while the speaker's intention is irrelevant. (And though I actually think there's some value to that idea, it's not exactly true either.)
And then look at the article you read there. Marcotte wasn't aiming to figure out what Harris meant; she already had her theory, and was just looking for quotes to support it. Exactly the kind of nonsense my college professors reveled in. Try to notice how often some activists will use phrases like, "So what you're saying is," or "His/Her message was clear:" and then go on to say something totally different. You know, as if the speaker hadn't just explained their message, in, y'know, *words*. I'm left thinking, "Yeah, I read her message, and it was clear. She said it. It's not in code- it's not a Grecian urn- you don't have to interpret it; it's right there. *In words*." It's more of this post-modernist lit-crit idea that intention is irrelevant.
Honestly, when I first noticed the atheist movement I looked forward to a lot of podcasts like this one. Debates, thoughts, logic, open investigation. And within a few months I gave up trying to participate because all I was sick of getting shouted down for things I've never thought and never said.
Women staying away from cons because they are getting unwarranted advances when they are just trying to get some info and participant in some critical thinking totally make sense. If a anyone is going to say do some work at a genetics lab, one would expect not be hit on during an important experiment…kind of wonder if its the same thing.
But, lols, women won't go to cons, because of those unattractive nerds made me giggle and thin even worse sexiest ideas and assumptions popped up, damn stupid male brain getting me in trouble.
I was wondering if there is any stats that show men tend to read stuff written by men, and women tend to read stuff written by women, or is that false analogy that I just perceived?
Best answer Sam Harris could have said, "I'm not sure" and just left at that might of been better.
I often wonder if this sort of little infighting will eventually lead to more rifts in the already somewhat fluid atheist community, and leave openings for more dogmatic communities to attack it.
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Q: Is the following a primitive $p$-th root of unity? I guess I am sort of confused as to what constitutes a primitive $p$-th root of unity versus a regular $p$-th root of unity. For example if $q$ is a prime then is
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q^{\frac{p-1}{p}}
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$a$ primitive $p$-th root of unity or just a normal $pa$-th root of unity?
How can I test to see whether or not this root is primitive?  I'm working through Dummit and Foote, so if there are any specific references you can point me towards that would be great.

A: You're mixing up two distinct concepts, making the question not make sense.

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*A primitive root mod $n$ is a generator of the multiplicative group of integers modulo $n$. It is in particular an integer.

*A primitive $n$th root of unity is a complex number which generates the multiplicative group of $n$th roots of unity. In particular it is a complex number of magnitude 1.


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