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  • Lightning Round #1

    Editorial
    You know what to do.


    "; $key = 'lightning1'; $sql = "select count(a) from {survey} where q like '%s' and uid=%d"; $count = db_result(db_query($sql, $key . '%', $user->uid)); if (isset($_POST['submit'])) { $sql = "insert into {survey} (uid, q, a) values (%d, '%s', '%s')"; for ($i=1; $i<=3; $i++) { if (!empty($_POST[$i])) { db_query($sql, $user->uid, $key . '.' . $i, $_POST[$i]); } } print 'Thanks for taking our survey. Your answer has been included in the results below.'; } else { if ($user->uid) { if ($count == 0) { ?>

    Dogs or cats?

    Puppets or clowns?

    Planes, trains, or automobiles?

     

    Login so you can add your answer to this survey. Check out the results so far below.'; } } print '

    '; for ($i=1; $i <= 3; $i++) { $sql = "select count(a) from {survey} where q='%s'"; $count = db_result(db_query($sql, $key . '.' . $i)); $n=0; $word = array(); $qty = array(); $sql = "select a as word, count(uid) as qty from {survey} where q='%s' group by word"; $result = db_query($sql, $key . '.' . $i); while($data = db_fetch_object($result)) { $word[$n] = $data->word . ' (' . 100 * (number_format($data->qty / $count, 2)) . '%)'; $qty[$n] = $data->qty; $n=$n+1; } $values = implode(',', $qty); $labels = implode('|', $word); print '

    '; } ?>
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  • As an artist, I earn ...

    Editorial
    Please include only your arts-related income:


    '; $key = 'earn'; $sql = "select count(a) from {survey} where q='%s' and uid=%d"; $count = db_result(db_query($sql, $key, $user->uid)); if (isset($_POST['submit'])) { $sql = "insert into {survey} (uid, q, a) values (%d, '%s', '%s')"; db_query($sql, $user->uid, $key, $_POST['a']); print 'Thanks for taking our survey. Your answer has been included in the results below.'; } else { if ($user->uid) { if ($count == 0) { ?>

     

    Login so you can add your answer to this survey. Check out the results so far below.'; } } print '

    '; $sql = "select count(a) from {survey} where q='%s'"; $count = db_result(db_query($sql, $key)); $n=0; $word = array(); $qty = array(); $sql = "select a as word, count(uid) as qty from {survey} where q='%s' group by word"; $result = db_query($sql, $key); while($data = db_fetch_object($result)) { $word[$n] = $data->word . ' (' . 100 * (number_format($data->qty / $count, 2)) . '%)'; $qty[$n] = $data->qty; $n=$n+1; } $values = implode(',', $qty); $labels = implode('|', $word); print '

    '; ?>
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  • Lightning Round #2

    Editorial
    Fire away.


    "; $key = 'lightning2'; $sql = "select count(a) from {survey} where q like '%s' and uid=%d"; $count = db_result(db_query($sql, $key . '%', $user->uid)); if (isset($_POST['submit'])) { $sql = "insert into {survey} (uid, q, a) values (%d, '%s', '%s')"; for ($i=1; $i<=3; $i++) { if (!empty($_POST[$i])) { db_query($sql, $user->uid, $key . '.' . $i, $_POST[$i]); } } print 'Thanks for taking our survey. Your answer has been included in the results below.'; } else { if ($user->uid) { if ($count == 0) { ?>

    Tequila or Jagermeister?

    John Hughes or Judd Apatow?

    William Shakespeare or Anton Chekhov?

     

    Login so you can add your answer to this survey. Check out the results so far below.'; } } print '

    '; for ($i=1; $i <= 3; $i++) { $sql = "select count(a) from {survey} where q='%s'"; $count = db_result(db_query($sql, $key . '.' . $i)); $n=0; $word = array(); $qty = array(); $sql = "select a as word, count(uid) as qty from {survey} where q='%s' group by word"; $result = db_query($sql, $key . '.' . $i); while($data = db_fetch_object($result)) { $word[$n] = $data->word . ' (' . 100 * (number_format($data->qty / $count, 2)) . '%)'; $qty[$n] = $data->qty; $n=$n+1; } $values = implode(',', $qty); $labels = implode('|', $word); print '

    '; } ?>
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  • Letters to the editor: June 2009

    Editorial
    Gary Peterson, whose resume includes a stretch as the Executive Director of the James Sewell Ballet, clues us...
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  • Letters to the editor: February 2009

    Editorial

    On "Reviewing the media" issue

    The coverage of media relations on the site this month is both timely and accurate...
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  • Big ol' virtual suggestion box 2009

    Editorial

    Here are a series of propositions we solicited from you. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

    What we’d like

    ...
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  • Letters to the editor: November 2008

    Editorial

    We encourage thoughtful comments, ideas, disagreements, and criticism. Write us. Here are some of the messages we’ve been sent so...

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