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The Department of Education broke ground on a new extension for the school last week. The project will add roughly 60,000 square feet and increase the school's capacity by 508 seats and add 24 new classrooms.
The addition will also provide the school, which is located on 42nd Street, with its first regulation-sized gymnasium. It should be completed by spring of 2014.
Currently the school holds several classes in a "mini school" in the school's parking lot.
"If they had to go outside for science, they had to walk outside in the rain and snow to get back to their classroom," said Principal Donna Geller.
Councilman Peter Vallone, Jr. allocated $1 million in funding for the project.
"One of the main priorities I've always had was a gymnasium at this school," Vallone said. "This is really a remarkable day."
"My children were getting gym in the lunchroom or in the schoolyard," added Geller. "So in terms of physical needs for children, it's very important."
The new facility will feature a unique facade sporting the word "welcome" in 51 different languages, the number of different languages spoken at the school. There will also be a garden at the entrance
When asked how she will deal with such a large-scale project in the school's backyard, Geller said she will look to the school's motto.
"There are no impossible dreams, just our limited perception of what is possible," she said.


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Record: 24-6, 15-3 ACC
The High: The dominating victory over Duke on Jan. 23 started a skyrocket in the rankings and national spotlight for Miami. From receiving votes the week before to the top 10 in less than a month, Miami went nearly nine weeks without a loss.
The Low: With a chance to clinch the ACC regular-season title at home, the Canes grabbed a big early lead against Georgia Tech – then watched the freshman-dominated Jackets storm back for a win in Miami. The Canes got their title the next time out, but it was a shocking result.
You know these guys: Shane Larkin, Durand Scott, Kenny Kadji
But remember this guy: Trey McKinney Jones
Coming into Greensboro: It's been a fight for the Hurricanes since their demolition of North Carolina on Feb. 9 in front of Dwyane Wade and LeBron James. Upset losses to Wake Forest and Georgia Tech and a couple of scares against Clemson have dented their reputation.
What they need leaving town: To regain their swagger. Reggie Johnson has been on the border of invisible in the last three games, and it's putting extra pressure on the rest of the team. Regaining the balance that led them to the top of the ACC is paramount this week in Greensboro.
Record: 27-4, 14-4 ACC
The High: Even with all the non-conference wins, the return of Ryan Kelly was the stuff of legend on an early Saturday evening against Miami. Thirty-six points and more "Can you believe it"s than anyone thought possible, the Blue Devils found themselves again.
The Low: When you're called out by the perpetually positive Dick Vitale, you know it's a bad day. Duke doesn't have many of them, but the Devils sure did that awful Wednesday night in Miami.
You know these guys: Mason Plumlee, Seth Curry, Ryan Kelly
But remember this guy: Josh Hairston
Coming into Greensboro: The Devils have to be soaring after a clinical dismantling of archrival North Carolina on Saturday night in Chapel Hill.
What they need leaving town: Win or lose, continuing to merge Ryan Kelly back into the rotation is the key. In their past three games, Duke's had two surreal shooting performances by an individual (Kelly vs. Miami) and as a team (at UNC). What happens when things level out?
Record: 22-9, 12-6 ACC
The High: NC State had just scrambled into a lead midway through the second half at the Dean Dome before the Heels righted the ship on both ends of the floor and pulled away for a 76-65 win on Feb. 23 that pushed the Heels into the ACC's top four to stay.
The Low: Some might say the loss at Miami, but getting the doors blown off at a once-in-a-generation-bad Texas team just before Christmas was pretty ugly.
You know these guys: James Michael McAdoo, Reggie Bullock, PJ Hairston
But remember this guy: Dexter Strickland
Coming into Greensboro: Well, the Heels thought they had everything figured out, then Duke ambushed them in the regular-season finale, Roy Williams' first loss ever on Senior Day.
What they need leaving town: To be competitive. Carolina is 12-4 in its last 16 games, but three of the four losses have been blowouts (save a five-minute stretch of shooting late at NC State). Win or lose this week, Roy's Boys don't need another dud heading into the NCAAs.
Record: 21-10, 11-7 ACC
The High: Joe Harris vaulted onto the national scene and the ACC Player of the Year race when the Cavs beat Duke at home less than two weeks ago and seemed to be all the Cavs needed to get into the NCAA tournament.
The Low: Of course, then they went and blew their next two games on the road at Boston College and Florida State in gut-wrenching fashion to take old rival Virginia Tech's perpetual spot on the bubble.
You know these guys: Joe Harris, Akil Mitchell, Jontel Evans
But remember this guy: Justin Anderson
Coming into Greensboro: Which Virginia team will we see? The one inspired by home games against Duke, UNC and NC State, or the one that got pounded at Clemson and couldn't be three CAA teams.
What they need leaving town: Wins, as many as they can get.
Record: 21-10, 11-7 ACC
The High: On Jan. 12, the nation looked on as NC State erased a demon against Duke, CJ Leslie saved a wheelchair-bound student from injury in a court-storming, and it was a great day to be a Wolfie.
The Low: Goodness, which heart-crushing, jaw-dropping, head-scratching loss would you like to choose? Maryland's tip-in at the buzzer? Miami's tip-in at the buzzer? Saturday's fold at Florida State? State's list of bizarre losses might top the league.
You know these guys: CJ Leslie, Lorenzo Brown, Richard Howell
But remember this guy: Rodney Purvis
Coming into Greensboro: The Wolfpack looked to have the ship righted with six wins in seven games, but a late-game collapse at Florida State brought up all the old bugaboos about heart, effort and organization at NC State.
What they need leaving town: NC State set its bar high after sterling ACC and NCAA tournaments and then didn't live up to them with an above-average regular season. The bright lights are about to shine again. Will the Pack melt under them?
Records: 17-14, 9-9 ACC
The High: Outside of Duke, the Seminoles might be the most confident bunch in Greensboro, coming off stirring home wins over UVa and NC State in the final week of the season.
The Low: FSU has long made Tallahassee a bear trap of a home venue, yet the Noles had four home losses in the first month of the season – including to South Alabama and Mercer.
You know these guys: Michael Snaer, Okaro White, Ian Miller
But remember this guy: Montay Brandon
Coming into Greensboro: Florida State has the best clutch shooter in the league in Snaer and the tallest team in the league (6th in the nation in effective height according to KenPom.com). Now it has to translate those things into better decision making and made shots in order to pull a couple upsets and turn this tournament on its ear.
What they need leaving town: To get comfortable. Florida State hasn't played on the opening day of the ACC tournament since 2008, and get the 9:30 p.m. snoozer on Thursday to boot. If the Noles aren't paying attention, they'll be back in time for spring football practice on Friday afternoon.
Records: 20-11, 8-10 ACC
The High: The Duke win at home on Feb. 16 put the Terps in the NCAA conversation for a quick minute, but four losses in the last six games quelled that talk for a very young team.
The Low: No one game proved to be the bottom falling out for Maryland, but as ACC play went on and the frustrating losses mounted, the realization that it still had work to do was a wake-up call to Terps fans.
You know these guys: Alex Len, Nick Faust, Dez Wells
But remember this guy: James Padgett
Coming into Greensboro: With a thud after watching a 17-point lead at UVa in the season finale slowly vanish. There have been bloodlettings less painful that that loss.
What they need leaving town: Experience. Winning the 7-10 game is an absolute must for progress for the future, and Alex Len dominated the previous matchup with Mason Plumlee, so facing Duke a third time won't seem as daunting as in the past.
Records: 15-16, 7-11 ACC
The High: The Eagles probably aren't going anywhere after Greensboro, but the win against Virginia a couple weeks ago was the breakthrough win over a marquee conference team that had eluded it all season.
The Low: We do not speak of the home loss to Bryant. Ever again. You understand?
You know these guys: Olivier Hanlan, Ryan Anderson, Joe Rahon
But remember this guy: Lonnie Jackson
Coming into Greensboro: Why yes, the Eagles are on a three-game winning streak despite having only one senior and one junior in the rotation. They get a rematch with Georgia Tech from the regular-season finale to open the tournament Thursday at lunchtime.
What they need leaving town: Winning the 8-9 game would be a nice positive note heading into an off-season full of promise. Losing to the Jackets and being the first team out of town would let the season end with a thud.
Records: 16-14, 6-12 ACC
The High: The gang that couldn't shoot straight simply couldn't miss in the final 15 minutes at Miami last week. And when it finally did on the last possession of the game, the Jackets were there for a tip-in at the buzzer to delay the Hurricanes' coronation a couple of days.
The Low: The schedule was downright rude to the Jackets, who had a nice non-conference run (including a win over St. Mary's). Of course, playing Duke, Miami, UNC and NC State in your first five ACC games, plus an overtime loss to Virginia Tech, put the Jackets at 0-5 in the league in a heartbeat.
You know these guys: Robert Carter Jr., Marcus Georges-Hunt, Daniel Miller
But remember this guy: Kammeon Holsey
Coming into Greensboro: After that disaster to start the ACC, Georgia Tech actually went 6-7 in the league – including three of those wins on the road. Winning the 8-9 game against another young team would show Brian Gregory's career arc on The Flats stays on the rise.
What they need leaving town: To win the first game. Plus they have great vibes against Miami after last week's stirring win. One Thursday winner always sneaks into Semifinal Saturday, why can't Tech be that team?
Records: 13-17, 6-12 ACC
The High: Erasing a huge deficit at home against NC State in late January was the coming out party for Devin Thomas and was part of Wake's surprising dominance at Joel Coliseum, where the Deacons went 6-3 in the ACC.
The Low: [Insert worst mind-bending ACC loss of your choice here] It's one thing to lose road games, it's another to drop them in a fashion where the competitive nature of the game is over before the second media timeout.
You know these guys: CJ Harris, Travis McKie, Devin Thomas
But remember this guy: Codi Miller-McIntyre
Coming into Greensboro: For all the talk of "progress" in Winston-Salem, the Deacons are only 3-9 after their stirring comeback over NC State. Yet all three of those wins were dominant performances. With the tourney in the Triad, can Wake's home cooking continue?
What they need leaving town: A win, or at least a competitive loss in a building not named "The Joel." Wake's off-season will be scrutinized more than any other team in the league, and how it leaves Greensboro will be the starting point of any future conversation about Jeff Bzdelik and his tenure on the bench.
Records: 13-17, 5-13 ACC
The High: On Jan. 29, the Tigers beat Georgia Tech at home to move to 4-4 in the ACC with road games coming up at Boston College and Virginia, a team the Tigers already had beaten by 15 points at home.
The Low: The fact that the roof caved in from there. Clemson has won once in six weeks to ruin a perfectly good senior season from Devin Booker.
You know these guys: Devin Booker, KJ McDaniels, Milton Jennings
But remember this guy: Rod Hall
Coming into Greensboro: This thing can't end fast enough for Clemson, and Brad Brownell's seat in Tigertown has become slightly toasty as his third season comes to a close. The Tigers have played well in spurts during their 1-9 end to the season, but it hasn't been nearly enough.
What they need leaving town: Clemson got swept in the season series by Florida State, but by a combined eight points. Getting a little bit of revenge would be nice, but produce little more than a wry smile for Tigers fans. This thing went south in a hurry.
Records: 13-18, 4-14 ACC
The High: The week after Thanksgiving, the Hokies beat Iowa in the Big Ten-ACC Challenge and then dominated an Oklahoma State team that dismantled NC State in the Caribbean to go to 7-0 on the season and thrust scoring machine Erick Green into the national spotlight.
The Low: Two weeks later, the Hokies lost to Georgia Southern – at home – and things never really were the same.
You know these guys: Erick Green, Erick Green and … Erick Green
But remember this guy: Cadarian Raines (but don't forget about Erick Green)
Coming into Greensboro: Green's swansong for the Hokies will likely be Thursday afternoon vs. NC State, but considering how the Wolfpack play defense sometimes, it might be a heck of a finale. The nation's leading scorer has been simply amazing. Even if Green had only produced at a 90 percent level of what he's done this year, Tech likely only would have won a handful games this season.
What they need leaving town: To go recruit and find someone that can score. Green's load of the points will have to be replaced somehow moving forward.
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In a twist of irony, many of the very same consumers and small businesses proprietors that helped the soy foods industry get where it is today are the same people who may be skittish of purchasing products made with genetically modified soybeans.
According to Peter Goblitz, president of SoyaTech, an oilseeds research and publishing firm, the soy foods industry has its roots in late 1970s and early 1980s as a lifestyle of a better world through better foods. What at first was a small grassroots movement expanded relatively quickly as hundreds of new regional soy foods companies sprung up in the mid-1980s.
"We saw the development of products like flavored soy milk and tofu hot dogs, and then as the industry developed we saw a connection develop between soy and good health. As the industry has grown, we're seeing soy foods that taste better and come in more convenient packaging. In addition, a number of large, brand-name food companies have entered the markets through their purchases of some of these smaller upstart companies," Goblitz said at a September United Soybean Board press conference at the 2002 Soy Symposium in Chicago.
And while recent FDA-endorsed health claims have helped further advance the soy foods industry, many consumers remain unaware of both the benefits of consuming soy and the safety of genetically modified soy products.
Linda Gilbert, president of HealthFocus International, a brand and business management firm targeting health and nutrition interests, says, "I think for the most part unless you are talking to a more leading edge consumer, there is very little understanding of what genetically modified means. Most consumers would be very surprised to learn that almost 80 percent of the soybeans raised are transgenic varieties."
Gilbert stresses the importance of maintaining a continuous dialogue in order for consumers to understand the benefits offered through biotechnology.
Goblitz, an internationally recognized expert of the soy food industry, agrees the benefits of biotechnology haven't been communicated successfully yet to consumers.
"Ultimately it comes down to consumers feeling they have the right to know and want to feel empowered enough to make a choice. The issue of labeling genetically modified products may go away if consumers are given adequate information to make a choice," he says. "Consumers want the ability to make that choice, even if we understand that the product has no increased risk associated with it. A lot of what happens in the marketplace is reactionary. It isn't necessarily that they are passing judgment on genetically modified products."
A very small portion of the soybeans grown in the United States are used in soy food products. So, although about 80 percent of the U.S. soybean crop is planted in transgenic varieties, only 10 percent of the total U.S. crop in any year is used for direct human food, and only 1 to 2 percent of the domestic crop is used as a whole bean human food.
Janice Peterson, United Soybean Board domestic marketing chair and Indiana soybean producer, believes if consumers understand that the perceived risks associated with genetically modified soybeans do not exist, the labeling issue will resolve itself.
Goblitz, however, sees labeling as a matter of choice. "Some consumers believe in organic agriculture, and many of these consumers are the same people who founded the soy food start-up companies that jump-started the soy foods industry. What's important is that consumers make these choices with informed knowledge."
Farmers simply want to be able to produce a product that can be sold for a fair value.
"Today, there is no indication of any negative risk for any soy product, and that message needs to be told," says Peterson. "Consumers must realize that if all food production was organically grown you would have no more trees and no more parks, because it would take all available soil to produce enough organically grown crops to feed consumers."
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Holiday Pringles and 9 other weird and wonderful holiday flavors
The holidays offer a feast of sights, smells, sounds and tastes, from the festive music to the lighting displays, the pine smell of the Christmas tree and the plethora of holiday treats.
Sometimes, however, the holidays get weird. There's the Twisted Sister Christmas album, the giant inflatable Santa Claus Spongebob and the treadmill doubling as a Christmas tree.
And then there are white chocolate-peppermint flavored Pringles. Yes, you read that correctly.
No industry offers more opportunities for holiday creativity than the food industry.
Here are a few things we definitely don't want to try.
In addition to the white chocolate-peppermint flavor, Pringles also makes two others – cinnamon and sugar and pumpkin pie spice.
We've never heard anyone say "There should be more Peeps flavors," or "We should expand Peeps to holidays outside of Easter." But alas, they have. You can purchase some gingerbread Peeps and add them to the collection of marshmallow treats you received in April and never got around to eating.
Why spend all day cooking a giant bird when you can just open a bag?
These are not available in the United States, but we're willing to bet a really dedicated turkey lover could a way to purchase them online.
Mashed potato flavored jelly beans
We'd contend that the pleasure of eating mashed potatoes and gravy depends as much on texture as it does on taste. A flavored bean just doesn't live up to the task.
If you're one of those people who wishes they could chew on a piece of turkey for a little bit longer than normal (OK, we hope those people don't exist), try a piece of turkey-flavored gum, courtesy of Baron Bob's Thanksgiving Gumballs.
Pickle is not a traditional holiday flavor, but candy canes are a traditional holiday treat, and we'll take the unadulterated version.
When we plan a holiday party, the first thing on the list is always the gingerbread kefir.
Target's holiday milk flavors
This is in the list because it just sounds strange, but we don't think it's all that bad to sell milk that tastes like mint chocolate and red velvet cake. It actually sounds pretty good.
Sodas in every holiday flavor you would never, ever want
Jones Soda Co. is the king of weird holiday flavors. From the enduring turkey and gravy flavor to Brussels sprouts, broccoli casserole and wild herb stuffing, you could make an entire, utterly disgusting meal of it.
This, year, however the options are rather tame by comparison. The four flavors in the 2012 holiday four-pack include Candy Cane, Pear Tree, Sugar Plum and Ginger Bread.


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Barnsley have confirmed two new separate parties have contacted the club with a view to a possible takeover at Oakwell.
The Tykes confirmed in September that they had been approached by a potential overseas investor, now understood to have been based in Spain, while it was also reported at the time that an Iraq-based consortium had made enquiries.
The Spanish consortium appears to have cooled their interest, but Barnsley's general manager Don Rowing said other consortia had since made preliminary contact.
Rowing told Press Association Sport: "We've had renewed interest from other parties, but nothing is on the table. There has been preliminary contact and we have steered them in the right direction.
"A Spanish consortium had shown initial interest. They have gone very quiet since November, but there has been renewed interest from a couple of other parties without anything concrete.
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"Barnsley is an attractive proposition because the club is debt-free, but it's like people coming to look round your house.
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As the "flipped classroom" model gains momentum in U.S. schools, teachers are scrambling to find high quality digital content and new ways to deliver it to students at home. With a free, web-based solution called Net Texts, teachers can access a vast library of high quality open educational resources (OER) and content, which they can combine with their own resources to create and publish lessons directly to students' iPads, Android tablets, or computers.
In a flipped classroom, the roles of instruction and homework are reversed. Students watch instructional videos and lessons at home. Class time is then devoted to more advanced curriculum, projects and discussions, as well as individualized help.
In schools such as Charleston Catholic School in Charleston, S.C., and St. Pius X Catholic High School in Atlanta, Ga., teachers are using Net Texts to "flip" their classrooms and create more meaningful learning encounters with students at school and at home. The Net Texts system includes a free app for iPads and Android tablets, and a content management website that lets educators organize, create and deliver multimedia course materials to supplement or even replace textbooks.
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At Charleston Catholic School, teacher Shannon Blake flipped her middle school social studies classes in fall 2012, when she began using Net Texts. "Now students are more engaged, our discussions are deeper, we have fewer discipline problems, and performance is higher on our end-of-chapter tests," she said.
Blake uses an online screen recorder to record her lectures and uploads them to NetTexts, along with handouts, projects, and other materials. Using the free Net Texts app, students download these materials onto their iPads and use them at home without further Wi-Fi access. When students return to class, Blake conducts a quick assessment to ensure understanding and identify areas of need.
According to Blake, having a flipped classroom has improved student behavior and performance. "There were a few chapters where I had technical issues at home and couldn't record my lessons, so we went back to the old way of lecturing and taking notes in class. This not only caused an increase in discipline problems, but students' grades on their end-of-chapter tests went down. We also didn't have as much time for in-depth discussions or enrichment activities," she said. "I've been very happy using Net Texts and students love it."
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Ashley Wright, a business and computer science teacher at St. Pius X Catholic High School, began using Net Texts in February in her "flipped" Computer Applications class for ninth graders. Using an approach similar to Blake's, Wright says that students are getting more help and improving their understanding.
"When you lecture in a class of 30 students, it's easy for one student to fall behind. That student may have no idea what's going on, but doesn't want to stop and ask questions," said Wright. "With Net Texts, students can stop, rewind and watch my lessons at home as many times as they want. It gives them the time they need to grasp the information, which is great since students learn at different levels. Then they can contact me for one-on-one help if they need it."
Wright also appreciates that, because students download the files directly to their Android tablets, they don't need continuous Wi-Fi access. "All our lessons, instructional sheets and exercises are stored on Net Texts, so once the materials are downloaded, they can be accessed anywhere. Students can listen to lectures at home, on the bus, on the way to their soccer game — so there's no excuse for not doing homework. My students also like having everything they need on one device. It's helping them become more organized," she said. "Another thing I like about Net Texts is it's easy to use and has great videos and tutorials to help you accomplish whatever you need to do."
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The loneliest road in China
Wang Wenxin, my 61-year-old guide, slows to a halt.
The midday sun is high in the sky and we've already been walking for five hours, sometimes following clear signs along the thousand-year-old paved road, at other times carefully trying to trace the correct route among the trees and streams.
It's not easy.
Once an important supply route for caravans of mules carrying exotic goods to and from southwestern China, the ancient trail we've been following for close to a week through Yunnan's Gaoligong Mountains has long been superseded by other roads.
Largely abandoned and unkempt, its paving stones are overgrown with grass or missing completely. Trees lie across the path and few markers can be seen that hint at the rich history of the road.
It has long been known as the Ambassador Road since early dignitaries used the route to cross back and forth between British-ruled Burma (now Myanmar) and China.
More donkeys than cars
While modern visions of China center on vast smoggy cities, crowded streets, jammed highways and markets crammed with fake goods, in the far reaches of the country there are still ancient roads that wind through quiet countryside.
Roads where visitors are far more likely to see a donkey than a scooter or businessman.
Visitors are far more likely to see a donkey than a scooter or businessman— Kit Gillet, author of article
The Ambassador Road is one of these near-forgotten trails.
Stretching hundreds of kilometers through a UNESCO biosphere reserve in Yunnan, it passes through picturesque hamlets, towering forests and flirts dangerously with imposing rivers, carrying with it a life that today looks strikingly archaic compared to the chaos of China's urban centers.
The Gaoligong mountain range is about as far as you can get from the big city life in Beijing and Shanghai.
Days walking the trail are followed by nights sleeping in farmhouses and drinking rice wine in the company of farmers who have acted as innkeepers along the ancient road for centuries.
While the road dips into valleys and the occasional market town, for the most part it snakes its way over mountain passes and through barely inhabited landscape.
With only a scattering of villages and many hours of walking between each small hamlet, even today travelers are forced to rely on the kindness of strangers.
Empty roads
Few tourists venture here, and I simply pick up our casual guide, Wang, at Yongping, one of the first towns on the journey. He'll stay with us until we reach Tengchong, 200 kilometers to the southwest and close to the Myanmar border.
Even though Wang has walked the route twice before, he still has trouble picking out the correct route at points, and with only a handful of people crossing our path each day it's no easy task getting directions.
Despite mountain peaks marking most of the trail's length, Europeans using the road in days gone by described the "rolling hills of the plateau," "purple orchids and white dog-roses in the lanes" and "hedges of scarlet Cydania japonica broken here and there by masses of pink peach-blossom, and everywhere green leaves unfurling."
Much of the same landscape remains, and it is still possible to bath in natural hot springs with local villagers, stare up at icy waterfalls, traverse rickety wooden bridges and buy fruit and vegetables at Sunday markets.
Yet the road is long forgotten by most and now serves only the few people who continue to live along its path.
The larger towns in the valleys receive their goods and agricultural products from trucks along new cement roads, everything sped up in accord with the pace of modern life.
Perhaps this just makes it all the more charming for the few visitors who have the time to walk sections of this lonely road.
"I think we went the wrong way a few kilometers back," Wang eventually says, after taking some time to determine the correct path of the Ambassador Road.
He shrugs his shoulders and leads me back down the path we had just come -- back through the endless yet stunning fields, peaks and trees.
getting there
The best way to get to the Ambassador Road is to fly to Kunming, and then take a bus to Yongping.
From Yongping, the trail winds its way down to Tengchong and beyond in the far southwest of China.
First published February 2011, updated November 2012


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Workshop 7: Responding to Writing: Peer to Peer
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Vivian Johnson's eighth-grade students respond to each other's writing both formally and informally, in pairs, in small groups, and as a class.
At the beginning of the year, Vivian uses humor to illustrate good conference manners by modeling what a bad conference looks like—the responder appears distracted, fails to listen, and is rude and obnoxious in other ways. After a discussion of the actual characteristics of an effective conference, Vivian relies on lots of practice to help her students become more successful in responding to their peers' writing.
Vivian's classroom segments in Workshop 7 include examples of pair conferences, small-group response, and whole-class response as well as her use of a technique adapted from Linda Rief's book Seeking Diversity: Language Arts With Adolescents, which uses a conference form and sticky notes to allow many students to write responses to a single piece of writing.
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Last Friday, the guys at Elwood threw a BBQ ramp jam at Sunken City skateshop in San Pedro, CA. It was a beautiful day to have a demo, and the crowd came out to see Kenny Anderson, John Rattray, Vincent Alvarez, Nate Broussard, and Marquise Henry rip it up on the mini, and have some BBQ thanks to Kenny Anderson. Apparently, Kenny met some dude who's a big fan, who apparently turned out to be a butcher at Whole Foods. Long story made short: Kenny now gets a sweet deal on meat at Whole Foods… a secret stash of organic meat prepared by the dude was given to Kenny at a very sweet discount especially for the BBQ. Luckily for me, I didn't stop by In-N-Out on the way to the jam, so I could enjoy the savory flavor of Kenny's "secret stash" organic hamburgers, accompanied by an organic chicken hot dog all cooked by Kenny himself. It was just simply scrumptious. After the intake of Kenny's "secret stash" of organic meat, the mini ramp sesh began with a surprise visit by Danny Montoya and Steve Nesser. Everybody was ripping the ramp to shreds, and to end the sesh, Kenny Organic threw down the steeziest bs noseblunt in the game to give the kids something to talk about (besides the "secret stash" burgers).


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For most Canton residents, the unassuming Hudson Street Stackhouse is the ultimate neighborhood bar for beer-loving hockey fans: It proudly supports the Washington Capitals. But the Stackhouse also makes an ideal place to watch a Ravens game.
First and foremost, the Stackhouse — located near Safeway and sandwiched between rowhouses — is instantly comfortable. With its concrete floor, exposed brick walls and tin ceiling, the Stackhouse eschews a cheesy theme or flashy design, instead favoring a laid-back atmosphere that feels inviting and low-pressure. To learn that it's owned and operated by a family — the DeSantises — comes as no surprise.
The charm goes beyond the vibe. Besides Mahaffey's, Stackhouse could be Canton's best bar for beer, at least in terms of variety. The draft list — 36 kinds — changes daily and frequently spotlights esoteric, hard-to-find beers. Where else can you begin with Belgium's Timmermans Pumpkin Lambicus and then switch to Pennyslvania's Troegs Perpetual IPA? Although Stackhouse is a place for serious beer-drinkers, its helpful staff can point any novice in the appropriate direction.
If trying new beers in a cozy setting while the Ravens play sounds like a fine day to you, then Hudson Street Stackhouse could be Sunday's perfect destination.
Drinks: Stackhouse keeps it simple with $5 32-ounce drafts of a beer chosen by manager Dominic DeSantis. He'll make the decision of which beer on Sunday but promises it won't be a heavy brew. Customers can expect an amber or pale ale, he said.
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The price of feeling powerful
Many worthy people just love their guns; hunting, target shooting, or just admiring the intricate mechanisms.
But the currently most popular semiautomatic firearms are not really the best for hunting (too much meat torn up) and training marksmen (too many bullets spraying out). Their actual purpose in the real world is to kill the most possible people in the shortest possible time and they do this very well indeed.
Gun lovers insist that there are other methods of murder. That is true, but assault weapons with large magazines certainly do increase efficiency. They say that people not guns kill. This may also be true, but the task of finding and constraining anyone who might wish to kill is impossible.
Since we can't uncover and control all potentially dangerous people, it seems wisest to control access to the dangerous weapons.
I know it is hard for someone to give up a beautiful assault rifle. An AR15 in the closet confers a sense of power. We were all once weak children under the control of those stronger. Even as adults some feel powerless and under the thumb of giant corporations or big government which takes freedom but doesn't give back a sense of peace and security.
Having a lot of firepower can make one feel confident, but unfortunately it is a strength bought on the cheap for a few dollars without the long training and discipline that real strength requires. Assault gun possession echoes our current drug gorge. With the modern designer drugs we temporarily achieve an immense, ecstatic wave of erotic pleasure on the cheap.
The Connecticut shooter's mother paid dearly for her love of guns and carelessness in securing them. I feel sorrow for the innocents who paid for her dereliction but also sorrow for all of us, for our love for power on the cheap, pleasure on the cheap, our distrust of the people that we ourselves chose to make the rules, and our seeming inability to put the general good ahead of self-indulgence.
Howard Field
Chestnut Hill
Not the time to tinker with gun rights
Please refresh my memory. What was the caliber of the gun that his assailant used to murder Russel Byers on Highland Avenue? Oh, now I remember, he did not have a gun. He had a knife. Had the unfortunate Mr. Byers, a well-known and vocal member of the anti-gun cohort that always surfaces in the wake of exploitable tragedies, been carrying a gun for personal protection like some eighty million sensible law-abiding Americans do, he would be alive today and his assailant dead.
It has been demonstrated more times than need be demonstrated that gun-friendly jurisdictions have low, very low, overall crime rates and extremely low murder rates. Contrariwise, gun-hostile jurisdictions have very high overall crime rates and extremely high murder rates.
And governments that restrict the right of their citizens to own and carry guns always seem to have folks like Idi Amin or Bashar al-Assad in charge. Or Rahm Emanuel.
This nation was founded by the greatest political class of all time and it saw fit to enshrine in our greatest constitution of all time the unrestricted right to bear arms. We should not permit our current poitical class, which by any objective metric, is the worst of all time, to tinker with this fun-damental right to self-protection.
Joseph A. Ferry
Repeal the 2nd Amendment
Just as the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States ended the slavery of human beings in the United States, so should a 28th Amendment to the Constitution, act to repeal the 2nd Amendment, the right to bear arms Amendment, so as to end our enslavement to those who wield and deploy powerful firearms, killing and maiming other human beings.
Petitions are circulating on the internet and I have posted this "Petition to repeal the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution" because I wanted to tie the second amendment directly to the issue of gun violence. It can be found at https://www.change.org/petitions/state-and-federal-legislators-repeal-the-second-amendment-to-the-united-states-constitution-2#
Whereas everyone is created equal and endowed with certain unalienable rights such as the right to life and liberty, as stated in the Declaration of Independence;
Whereas those who wield firearms have placed themselves in a position of superiority over others and continue to deprive others of life, liberty and property through unlawful use of those firearms, causing immense suffering and catastrophic damage to our families and communities;
Whereas, the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which reads, "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" has outlived its usefulness since it was adopted in 1791 and now, shelters, through the cloak of judicially declared legality, the proliferation and illegal discharge of powerful firearms;
We the undersigned people of the United States in order to form a more perfect Union, petition you, our legislators, to recognize that the right to bear arms in self-defense against someone who bears arms offensively is not a right of minors nor of numerous other categories of individuals who, nevertheless, having an unalienable right to their own self-defense, cannot adequately defend themselves against arm bearers gun violence is a public health and safety issue that our state and local governments can and should address through appropriate legislation and therefore we petition you to repeal the second amendment to the constitution.
Brian Rudnick
Chestnut Hill
Kiosks are annoying
The kiosks have turned shopping in Chestnut Hill (or eating lunch or dinner there) from a pleasure into an annoyance. As a friend said, "Why would any community turn over control of its parking lots to the Philadelphia Parking Authority?" Surely, there were ways to maintain the lots without alienating shoppers and harming merchants.
But kiosk-related issues also create problems for people using the Chestnut Hill branch of the Free Library. The lot behind the library does not have kiosks, which would be bad enough. Instead, it has a sign that says it can only be used by people going to stores or restaurants at the Top of the Hill, and there is an attendant on duty to enforce that restriction. When I asked him if parking was allowed there for the library, he said, "no."
That lot has always been heavily used by library-goers, who parked behind the building and walked the short path to the front door. For people taking small children to the library, or who have armfuls of books, or who have difficulty walking, the lot provided essential access to the library. Where are they supposed to park now? There is rarely a space available on the block in front of the library. This is the same library that participated in providing parking stickers to patrons when the lots operated under the "pay-by-the-half-hour" system years ago, before they went to free parking. But now parking in the only lot near the library is off-limits.
The motives behind implementation of the new parking system in Chestnut Hill, including both the kiosks and this apparently privately-controlled lot, may have been well intentioned. But there have been many unintended negative consequences. Limiting access to the library — an invaluable public resource — is one of them.
Linda Jucovy
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From the Friends of the Chestnut Hill Library:
The Caroling at the Creche was lovely as always, and bakeries, caterers, and shops contributed goodies to the refreshments served afterwards at the Chestnut Hill Library. Many thanks to the contributors: Baker Street, Drake's Catering, Metropolitan Bakery, A Taste of Philly Pretzels, Bredenbeck's and Roller's. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the goodies!
This is a great community tradition! About 25 Carolers, of all ages, walked over to the Library to enjoy the lovely reception hosted by the Friends of the Chestnut Hill Library.
Thanks, too, to Eleanor Murdoch, chair, Terry Clark and Angela Archer and others for serving the goodies!
Happy Holidays to all!
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Have a high brow Halloween with Curzon Home Cinema's 'Stream and Scream' collection
Now that we've given you a rundown of the irresistibly cheap thrills and deliciously bad taste horror on Amazon and Netflix this year, allow us to point you in the direction… read more
Have a high brow Halloween with Curzon Home Cinema's 'Stream and Scream' collection
Now that we've given you a rundown of the irresistibly cheap thrills and deliciously bad taste horror on Amazon and Netflix this year, allow us to point you in the direction of some hair-raising Halloween programming for the more discerning film fan.
As of today and until November 9th, Curzon Home Cinema presents its Stream and Scream collection, featuring a mix of tricks 'n' treats in the form of sci fi, mystery, international and documentary films. Here's what Curzon has in store for those of you seeking a higher brow Halloween this year…
The Nightmare (2015)
A terrifying exploration of real life incidents, Rodney Ascher's The Nightmare recreates some of the worst visions had by people suffering from sleep paralysis; a phenomenon which approximately one third of the British population is said to have experienced, and which Wes Craven cites as his inspiration for Freddy Krueger and the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.
Room 237 (2012)
Also from Rodney Ascher comes this documentary giving voice to some of the theories surrounding Kubrick's iconic 1980 adaptation of Stephen King's The Shining. From Holocaust references to moon landing conspiracies, obsessive cinephiles offer their interpretations of what they believe to be the film's hidden meanings; some of which have us rather convinced…
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
The low budget found footage film in need of no introduction, this worldwide phenomenon and its innovative marketing campaign pretty much sparked a new genre for a new century, and earned a seat at the 'most profitable films of all time' table. A must-see for the uninitiated, and well worth a revisit from the rest of us (now we're reassured that it is in fact fictional – whew)!
Suspiria (1977)
Directed and co-written by giallo genre legend Dario Argento, this cult Italian horror sees a young Jessica Harper as an American ballet student, who discovers that her prestigious German dance academy is a front for something far more sinister. Featuring an original score from Italian prog rockers Goblin, no less.
Doc of the Dead (2014)
Alexandre O. Philippe (The People vs. George Lucas) examines our fascination with the zombie genre in film, literature, and popular culture as a whole in this definitive documentary, featuring interviews with the likes of zombie trailblazers George A. Romero and Robert Kirkman, and actors Simon Pegg, Bruce Campbell and Judith O'Dea.
The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears (2013)
Otherwise known by its original title L'étrange couleur des larmes de ton corps, this international production follows an ordinary businessman who returns home to find that his wife has gone missing; the search for whom leads him to discover a complicated web of murder and deception.
Possession (1981)
Sam Neill is having some wife trouble of his own in this French-German horror, as his character's wife leaves him and begins to spiral into madness. Yet upon hiring a private investigator to follow her, he soon learns she is hiding a much bigger secret than just another lover.
Berberian Sound Studio (2012)
Toby Jones plays Gilderoy – a British sound engineer in a 1970s Italian horror studio – who uses real life torture methods to extract the sound effects he needs for the blood-drenched giallo thriller he is working on. A creepy anti-horror and a loving tribute to the genre at a snappy 92 minutes long.
Scanners (1981)
"10 seconds: the pain begins. 15 seconds: you can't breathe. 20 seconds: you explode". The graphic below says it all, doesn't it? Securing David Cronenberg's notability to the 'body horror' genre, this audacious sci fi presents the 'scanners' – people with telepathic and telekinetic powers, whose thoughts can literally kill – and how a weapons-dealing corporation seeks to use them for its own sinister gain.
Antichrist (2009)
Forming one third of the 'Depression Trilogy' from Lars von Trier – A.K.A arthouse film's biggest troll – this shocker opens with an infant child falling out of a window to his death while his oblivious parents (von Trier muses Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg) get it on in the next room. With an exposition like that, you just know things are going to get pretty effed up.
What We Do In The Shadows (2014)
In case things are getting a bit heavy for you in this hypothetical movie marathon, here's an hilarious mockumentary horror from Kiwi comedy legends Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement and Rhys Darby, who play a trio of vampire housemates struggling to cope with the complexities of modern life.
Cannibal Holocaust (1979)
Publicised as 'The one that goes all the way', this found footage exploitation horror from director Ruggero Deodato – which follows a team of American film-makers searching the Amazon basin for a previous expedition, who disappeared whilst investigating cannibal tribes – is still considered one of the most controversial films of all time; and for good reason. Find out why, if you've got the stomach for it.
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South Carolina woman jailed after failing to return movie rented nine years ago
A South Carolina scofflaw movie renter spent a night in jail this week after police busted her for failing to return a Jennifer Lopez movie she rented nine years ago.
WHNS reports the scenario unfolded after Kayla Michelle Finley went to the Pickens County Jail in the northwestern tip of the state Thursday to report an unspecified crime – but instead got charged with one, herself.
The news station cites Finley's arrest warrant in writing the 27-year-old woman had rented "Monster-in-Law" – a rom-com pairing Lopez with Jane Fonda that garnered a single star on Rotten Tomatoes – in 2005.
She'd reportedly rented the movie from the now-defunct Dalton Video, and never returned the cassette.
WHNS reports the store's former owner, P.J. Dalton, had taken the matter to court nine years ago and gotten a judge to issue a warrant.
The matter remained a cold case, of sorts, until Thursday, when a records check performed at the jail turned up the summons.
According to her warrant, Finley reportedly was mailed several warnings by Dalton, and then finally documentation of the court action, but she now claims she never received any of the correspondence.
"It's obvious that Pickens County has nothing better to do," Finley told WHNS. "I fully intend on fighting this, it's ridiculous I had this happen to me," she said.
Finley is charged with petite larceny, and more specifically, the now seemingly archaic charge of, "failure to return a video or cassette."
The charge is a misdemeanor, and police told the news station they had no choice but to serve the warrant for her arrest, no matter how old or outmoded.


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The project I was working on for a client dealt with a photo database that involved four related tables, the schema for which follows in a dump from the popular open source mysql manager phpMyAdmin: I've added a bit of extra comment to each table to give you an idea what each table is designed to do.
Design and Construct Database Tables
We will assume here you understand how to create a database in MySQL. You can do so from the command line after logging into the mysql server (not a bad idea if you are logged in remotely to a 'NIX' server) by using the CREATE DATABASE command. It is also possible to use the mysqladmin utility to create the database remotely. While its a good thing to get comfortable with the command line, there are numerous mysql management applications now available in both open source and commercial varieties that can create and manage mysql databases with a lot less pain and suffering. My personal favorite is phpmyadmin.
Below is a 'dump' or export of the table structure of the photogalleryDB we will be exploring in this article. Take a look at the table relationships and how the master table 'images' has hooks or match fields to the other tables by way of a key field. With the relationships in place, we can create query statements that display data based on more than one relationship.
In our example, we will be looking for all the images from the 'mountaineering' category that come from the 'huntington ravine' album and are 'located' in new Hampshire. Sound complicated? No … not really. Read on.
# phpMyAdmin SQL Dump
# version 2.5.6
# http://www.phpmyadmin.net
# Host: localhost
# Generation Time: Apr 14, 2004 at 08:12 AM
# Server version: 4.0.16
# PHP Version: 4.3.4
# Database : `photogalleryDB`
# ——————————————————–
# Table structure for table `albums`
# Albums are unique to a category,
# for example a specific ice climbing location in New Hampshire, or
# a mountaineering location like the Icefields in the Canadian Rockies, Alberta
CREATE TABLE `albums` (
`albumID` int(5) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`albumNAME` varchar(100) NOT NULL default ",
`albumPIC` varchar(100) NOT NULL default ",
`catID` int(5) NOT NULL default '0',
`locID` int(5) NOT NULL default '0',
PRIMARY KEY (`albumID`),
UNIQUE KEY `albumNAME` (`albumNAME`),
UNIQUE KEY `albumPIC` (`albumPIC`)
) TYPE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=3 ;
# ——————————————————–
# Table structure for table `categories`
# Acitivity type … skiing, rock climbing, ice climbing etc
CREATE TABLE `categories` (
`ID` int(5) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`catID` int(5) NOT NULL default '0',
`catNAME` varchar(100) NOT NULL default ",
UNIQUE KEY `catID` (`catID`)
) TYPE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=15 ;
# ——————————————————–
# Table structure for table `images`
# The guts of the database
CREATE TABLE `images` (
`imgID` int(5) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`catID` int(5) NOT NULL default '1',
`albumID` int(5) NOT NULL default '1',
`locID` int(5) NOT NULL default '1',
`imgTITLE` varchar(200) NOT NULL default ",
`thumbPATH` varchar(150) NOT NULL default ",
`thumbNAME` varchar(100) NOT NULL default ",
`popPATH` varchar(150) NOT NULL default ",
`popNAME` varchar(100) NOT NULL default ",
`copyright` int(4) NOT NULL default '0',
PRIMARY KEY (`imgID`),
UNIQUE KEY `popNAME` (`popNAME`),
UNIQUE KEY `thumbNAME` (`thumbNAME`)
) TYPE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=27 ;
# ——————————————————–
# Table structure for table `location`
# State or Province
CREATE TABLE `location` (
`ID` int(5) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`locID` int(5) NOT NULL default '0',
`locNAME` varchar(100) NOT NULL default ",
UNIQUE KEY `locID` (`locID`)
) TYPE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=26 ;
The concept involved in the table schema is to try to a certain degree to 'normalize' the database structure. What that means in a nutshell is that we don't want to end up with a database that has redundant data found in more than one place.
The table structure is independent of the logic that is used to display the results of queries necessary to add, edit, view and delete records. In this article, we are only interested in the code that will display the results of a SELECT query.
There has been more than enough conversation in forums and articles past about the advantages or lack there-of of including your images (binary data) in the database tables themselves. It boils down to personal perference. My personal feeling is that your images are best keep out of the database. Use the data in your tables to 'reference' the location of the folder on your server or hard drive where the images can be found.
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The first bit of code necessary to get going is a connection script. It is a good idea to configure MySQL to grant the connection user a minimum set of rights. In this case we only need the right to query the database, so the user 'connect' has no rights in the mysql.user table and select rights only in the mysql.db table record that refers to the database 'photogalleryDB'. If someone sniffs out your password, what can they do? Not much with select rights. Take a look around like the rest of us… that's all.
// saved as the include file db_config.php
$connection = @mysql_connect("localhost", "connect", "yourpassword")
or die ("Could not connect to mySQL server");
$db = @mysql_select_db($db_name, $connection)
or die("Could not select your database.");
Albums and Categories
Next up is the query that will select the available albums in a particular category. In this case we are interested in seeing gallery albums from the 'mountaineering' category. In our project, the CAT link is hard coded into the web page that deals with mountaineering and is just one of the menu links on that page.
The URL to query and display the result might look something like this
The code needed to find the available albums in the chosen category is as follows.
if(isset($_GET['CAT'])) {
// clean up query string
$CAT = htmlspecialchars($_GET['CAT']);
// get image count in each album in the chosen category
$sql ="
COUNT(images.albumID) AS NUM
FROM categories, albums, images, location
WHERE images.catID = '$CAT'
AND images.albumID = albums.albumID
AND albums.locID = location.locID AND categories.catID = '$CAT'
GROUP BY albums.albumNAME
ORDER BY albums.albumNAME ASC";
$result = @mysql_query($sql, $connection);
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The results of the above query will select the available albums in a particular category. In this case we have asked the database to tell us what albums are available in the 'mountaineering' category where $CAT==3 The value of 3 represents a record in the 'categories' table called 'mountaineering'.
The resulting page gives us a choice of both vertical and horizontal display of the images of the 'Huntington Ravine' album. In our case there is only 1 album in which $CAT == 3. If there were more, the page would show additional rows or 'albums' to choose from. The html and php code to display this table looks like this:

// some logic to deal with what ifs and people with bad intentions
if(!isset($num)) {
print '
Your query did not return any results
';
if(!empty($num)) {
// build header row for dispay of images

Gallery Name
Category / Location
Image Count
while ($row = @mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
$albumNAME =stripslashes($row['albumNAME']);
$AID =$row['albumID'];
$CAT =$row['catID'];
$LOC =$row['locID'];
$count = $row['NUM'];
$category = $row['catNAME'];
$location = $row['locNAME'];
$path = $row['thumbPATH'];
$intropic = $row['albumPIC'];
// solitary picture seen in available albums in each category
if(!empty($row)) {
$display_block = "

Vertical Display

Horizontal Display
$category / $location
Contains: $count images
print $display_block;

{mospagebreak title=Digging Deeper}
What we are really interested in is the link that displays the images in the gallery in a horizontal format.
The URL in the code above looks like this:
We start once again with the code needed to connect to the mysql server and request info from the query string attached to the URL. It is important to clean up query strings before you submit a request to the database. One of the simpliest and most effective means to do so is to use the built in PHP 'htmlspecialchars' function which prevents html markup from adding dangerous code to your query. The function has more capabilities then presented here, but in general it does the following.
- · & (ampersand) becomes '&'
- " " (double quote) becomes '"' when ENT_NOQUOTES is not set.
- ' ' (single quote) becomes ''' only when ENT_QUOTES is set.
- < (less than) becomes '<'
- > (greater than) becomes '>'
require("../../includes/db_config.php"); // connect to mysql server from protected directory
if(isset($_GET['CAT']) && ($_GET['AID'])) {
$CAT = htmlspecialchars($_GET['CAT']); // clean up query string variable
$AID = htmlspecialchars($_GET['AID']); // clean up query string variable
$LOC = htmlspecialchars($_GET['LOC']); // clean up query string variable
// get album name first to populate title bar
$sql_T = "SELECT albums.albumNAME FROM albums WHERE catID = '$CAT' AND albumID = '$AID' ";
$sql_T_result = @mysql_query($sql_T, $connection)
or die ("Could not execute your select albumNAME request");
$row_T = @mysql_fetch_array($sql_T_result);
$NAME = stripslashes($row_T['albumNAME']);
// get images from album
$sql = "
FROM images, albums
WHERE images.catID = '$CAT' AND images.albumID = '$AID' AND images.albumID = albums.albumID
ORDER BY copyright, thumbNAME";
$result = @mysql_query($sql, $connection);
if(!$result) {
print "Could not execute your select images request";
$num = @mysql_num_rows($result);
// you choose how many columns you want to display in each table row
$thumbcols = 5;
// quick and dirty formula to figure out how many rows you will need
$thumbrows = 1+ round($num / $thumbcols);
? >
{mospagebreak title=Getting the Query Results to Display Horizontally}
So now we get to the crux of our discussion. How do we get the query results to display horizontally?
Good question and one that took a day of tinkering to figure out. There were a few things we did know. First off, we decided how many images per row we wished to see. That value is stored in the $thumbcols variable. By dividing the $num variable that the query returns (number of rows in the result set) by the value of $thumbcols, we get the number of rows the html will display. In this case we just happen to have 11 images in the 'Huntington Ravine' album and since $thumbcols == 5, we need 3 rows. But, because the division returns a number closer to 2 than 3, the PHP round function rounds down to 2. By adjusting the variable definition to add 1 to the round results, we get around the closer to 2 than 3 problem.
But you say, what if the round function returns a whole number or a number closer to 3, won't there be an extra row added to the display? Not if we use a conditional to write out a table cell only if there is actually an image to display. This simple bit of code prints only what is needed to display all the images in the result set.
if(!empty($image)) {
// echo the actual data to the screen
"

else {
print ' ';
Simple enough. Then at last we come to the code needed to put a result set row into a table cell and then write out five table cells per html row. We'll start with a bit of fail safe code in case we find ourselves arriving at http://localhost/gallery/show_pictures_h.php without a query string attached to the URL.

<!– gallery logo –>

// just in case no query string is part of the URL request, the page will display an alert to pick a category
// which is always displayed as part of the page header
(isset($NAME) ? $NAME. ' – (Click to Enlarge)' : 'Please select a category to view');
print '
';
if(!empty($num)) {
// if the query is successful print out a row of table beta
print '

DATABASE RETURNED => # of Rows:'.$thumbrows. ' and # of Images:'.$num.'
// function to display multiple table cells before starting a new row
function display_table() {
// make variables available outside of the function
global $num, $result, $thumbrows, $thumbcols;
// format the number of rows to be printed using a loop
for($r=1;$r<=$thumbrows;$r++) {
print '
';
// format the number of columns to be printed in each row using a 2nd for loop
for($c=1;$c<=$thumbcols;$c++) {
print '';
$row = @mysql_fetch_array($result); // break out the array of values from the returned query
$ID = $row['imgID'];
$catID = $row['catID'];
$albumID = $row['albumID'];
$location = $row['locID'];
$albumNAME = $row['albumNAME'];
$caption = stripslashes($row['imgTITLE']);
$path = $row['thumbPATH'];
$image = $row['thumbNAME'];
$copyright = $row['copyright'];
if(!empty($image)) {
// echo the actual data to the screen

else {
print ' ';
print '	';
print '
';
display_table(); // call function to do this wonderful thing
print '
';

{mospagebreak title=The Look we want and the Secret that gets you there}
Between the header and footer in show_pictures_h.php, the php code and html shown above will parse to look like this:
The trick, discovered only after repeated dead ends is the nested loop. The first for loop finds out how many rows to display and prints the
 tags. The second nested loop finds out how many  tags to print in each row. And because we already defined this to equal to 5, the inside loop prints out 5 table cells before giving control back over to the outside loop which then prints another row (if need be) and then lets the inside loop do its thing again until both loops are satisfied and no longer return a true value.
Because the data we want to display resides in the table cells, we don't break out the array values that contain all that data until we are inside the 2nd loop.
Cha ching! In our case we only wanted the thumbnail image and the caption. Each thumbnail however is surrounded with a hyperlink that requests something along these lines:
Clicking on the thumbnail image opens another page with a larger version of the image. Nothing special here… just another query that displays the results of the SELECT string parameters (imageID, catalogID and albumID) attached to the thumbnail hyperlink. The code behind the enlarge_image.php page is almost identical to what we have looked at here. The only difference is in the html and the CSS used to display the one large image rather than loop thru an array of returned rows.
You may see all of this in action at Mooney Mountain Guides Please be aware that all mountaineering images displayed here are © 2004 by Art Mooney.
Hope this helps you with your PHP/MySQL projects and remember, keep it simple.


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Austrian extreme skydiver Felix Baumgartner jumped from the edge of space on Sunday, and has lived to tell the tale.
Lots of records were smashed in the extraordinary leap, which took place above New Mexico, including:
- highest manned balloon flight – his balloon took him to a height of 128,000 feet (24.2 miles), some way above the planned 120,000 feet
- highest jump – at 128,097 feet (39,044 meters), it smashed the previous record, held by Colonel Joe Kittinger, who jumped from a height of 102,800 feet (31,333 meters) in 1960. Fittingly, Kittinger was part of Baumgartner's Red Bull Stratos support team, and talked with the Austrian from mission control throughout his ascent
- first person to break the speed of sound without the aid of a vehicle, falling at faster than 690mph (1,110km/h)
- fastest freefall – Baumgartner broke the speed of sound, reaching a top speed of 834mph (1,342km/h) = velocity 373 meters per second = Mach 1.24
There was one for YouTube too, with over seven million viewers around the world hooking up to its live stream of the jump.
Just prior to stepping off his capsule at 128,000 feet, Baumgartner saluted the camera and said, "Sometimes you have to go up really high to realise how small you are." And then he was on his way.
There was a worrying 20 or seconds or so where Baumgartner spun out of control, seemingly unable to stabilize himself. Such a spin could have caused him to lose consciousness. When he eventually managed to control his fall, applause filled mission control. Next, Baumgartner was heard to say something, but it was hard to understand – hardly surprising considering the speed of his descent. Whatever it was, it sounded like a full sentence rather than a scream of terror. Things were looking up.
The 43-year-old daredevil was in freefall for a distance of 119,864 feet for four minutes and 19 seconds, leaving him 17 seconds short of snapping up another record, for longest freefall. In his 1960 jump, Kittinger's freefall lasted four minutes and 36 seconds.
Baumgartner executed a perfect landing, touching down on both feet before dropping to his knees and raising his arms aloft in celebration.
In a press conference following the successful jump, the Austrian told reporters, "When I was standing there on top of the world so humble, you are not thinking about breaking records. I was thinking about coming back alive. You do not want to die in front of your parents and all these people….I thought 'please God, don't let me down.'"
Baumgartner and his team knew the jump was fraught with danger. The uncontrolled spin was one of several problems they had considered. If his special space suit had ripped on his descent, his oxygen supply could've been destroyed, with potentially lethal bubbles forming in his blood.
As for breaking the speed of sound – no one really knew what would happen. In the event, Baumgartner said that although he went faster than the speed of sound, he "didn't feel a thing." He said the team would have to look at the data to find out at exactly what point it happened.
In the end, there was one problem that could've caused the mission to be aborted. As Baumgartner was taken higher in his capsule by a 700-foot-high helium-filled balloon, a heater in his helmet faceplate stopped working, causing it to become fogged when he exhaled. After some consideration, it was decided to go ahead with the jump as planned.
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Though Baumgartner will be mightily relieved to have landed safely back on Earth, it probably won't be long before the thrill seeker comes up with another plan to keep the adrenaline coursing through his veins.


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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Wordless Wednesday: WWII Charles Burguess
Another post in my series of my grandfather's WWII photos from Alaska.
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Did I mention that I love these??? Thanks for sharing! Great to see some WWII photos!ReplyDelete
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Buckler on the job at Lebanon chamber
Gregory Buckler started as the president and CEO at the Lebanon Valley Chamber of Commerce on Monday, and even weeks before the start date, he knew just how full his calendar would be.
"(Outgoing president and CEO) Larry (Bowman) has been populating it for the last couple weeks with things," Buckler said in early July about getting ready for his new assignment. "It's mostly meeting and engaging with as many people as I can to let them know there is a change, but there is still a commitment to everything they're expecting from and become accustomed to from the chamber."
Buckler talked with the Business Journal about the strengths and challenges of the Lebanon Valley, its people and where he sees the chamber heading:
Q: You haven't started yet, but what are your plans for the chamber?
A: I want to build on the foundation that's there, because it's really strong. I want to be able to strengthen the value of the chamber and enhance the chamber's position in the community, to have it be the voice of the business community and a connector to bringing in more jobs. I certainly want to add more technology and social media into that process.
What areas do you think Lebanon County is the strongest in?
In everything that I've seen and interacted with so far, it's the people. They have a commitment and a passion for the area. They've been really great in accepting me. The people really are the strength of the chamber.
Where do you think it needs the most work?
As a chamber, there are things we can do now to strengthen our voice as an advocate. The chamber exists to be that voice, and it has done a lot recently to increase its influence. I'll be building upon that.
What interested you in this position?
I've been familiar with the area, and I've had connections that really enjoyed the area. It seemed like the right fit, and as the search process continued, everything seemed to line up and make sense. I started to learn about the people of the area, its history, the industry, the growth opportunities, and I really thought I could contribute to taking the chamber on its next step. I really like the strategic plan the chamber put together last year. It asks the right questions and is steering the chamber in the right direction.
Where do you want to see the chamber in 10 years?
I want to have more members, but I'm not quite comfortable putting a number on it. Mostly I'd like there to be more influence and to strengthen the chamber's influence in the state legislature.
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