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For engineer-turned-pastry-chef David Chow, chocolate-making is the best of both worlds. "Chocolate is a very technical ingredient—if it's one or two degrees off, you can ruin the batch," says Chow. "I appreciate that kind of precision." At first, his family thought he was crazy to give up a potentially lucrative career just to work in a kitchen. "But you gotta do what you love, I think. At the end of the day, I'm making a tangible thing, and I'm making someone happy." His insanely attractive Easter eggs, which he makes out of his workshop at The Eatery on University Avenue, are equal parts art and dessert: who needs Fabergé when you can have these? Here's how he makes them.
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RestaurantsMarch 26, 2015 | 12:05 pm
Léonie Lilla leaves Farmer's Daughter
The more seafood-centric sister restaurant to Darcy MacDonell's Farmhouse Tavern has lost its chef. Léonie Lilla, who had been with the Junction Triangle's Farmer's Daughter Eatery since it opened last April, traded in her chef whites earlier this month to help run a retail store in Cabbagetown. "The opportunity presented itself for me to start a shop with my wife at a time when Darcy decided to rebrand and change the direction of Farmer's Daughter," says Lilla. "It seemed like the universe was telling me something." Lilla, who previously worked at the Libertine and Daishō, said this move doesn't mean that she's leaving the industry. "I'll be staying in touch with my restaurant peeps and hopefully doing a few events here and there." MacDonell tells us that Farmhouse's Tom Wade has taken over the Daughter's kitchen.
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Food EventsMarch 25, 2015 | 1:57 pm
Way-out wagyu: Michelin-starred Massimo Bottura's psychedelic steak from Buca's one-of-a-kind dinner
Aimed at showcasing Italy's culinary kicks, "Sotto una buona stella" (or, "under a lucky star") dinners will see six Michelin-starred Italian chefs flown to Toronto over the next two years for the benefit of George Brown College's Centre for Hospitality and Culinary Arts Scholarship Fund. At the first dinner, held March 6 at Buca Yorkville, Italy's reigning top chef Massimo Bottura prepared a six-course meal of whimsical plates (including one that featured live baby trout) with chef Rob Gentile and his team. The stunning main course at the invite-only event: "beautiful, psychedelic, spin-painted veal, not flame-grilled." Here's a breakdown of the dizzying dish.
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ClosingsMarch 23, 2015 | 10:30 am
St. Clair West seafood spot Catch has gone fishin'
The restaurant that introduced Toronto to The Gout—a whole, oyster-stuffed trout roasted inside a baby goat—has closed. Sustainable-seafood restaurant Catch opened on St. Clair West just over three years ago, with Honest Weight's John Bil running the front of house and Nigel Finley (who invented the aforementioned twist on the turducken) as the first in a succession of chefs: Charlotte Langley took over the kitchen in May 2013 and Matthew Cowan replaced her just last winter, introducing a menu that wasn't solely seafood-based. In a note announcing the closure, the result of a "changing ownership," former owner Frank Pronesti explained that he'll be focusing on The Rushton, his restaurant across the street from Catch, and its upcoming tenth anniversary—and promised that Catch had "gone fishing…but not for good!"
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OpeningsMarch 23, 2015 | 9:38 am
Introducing: Tich, a modern Indian restaurant in Mimico
Name: Tich
Neighbourhood: Mimico
Contact Info: 2314 Lake Shore Blvd., 647-349-8424, tich.ca, @tichcuisine
Owner: Karan Kalia
Chefs: Sujoy Saha, previously of the Indian Rice Factory, is in charge of the curry dishes. Tandoor master Mandy Jawle honed his skills at New York's Michelin-starred restaurant Junoon before moving to Toronto.
The Food: The menu features dishes from many different regions of India, and even a few colonial-era plates: the dak bungalow chicken curry, for example, is a dish that was traditionally served to British officers when they stayed in rest houses of the same name. Curries at Tich—it's a Hindi/Punjabi word that, loosely translated, means "cool"—range from rib-sticking (the Hyderabad-style braised lamb shank) to fabulously delicate (the Malabar lobster-and-prawn curry). The tandoor oven fires out lamb chops, whole sea bream and chicken tikka.
The Drinks: When patio season hits, Kalia plans to launch an Indian cocktail program. Expect spiced mojitos, among other refreshing, boozy libations. India-imported Amrut whisky and Kingfisher beer are on offer right now, along with a short wine list.
The Place: "We wanted to stay away from how people expect a typical Indian restaurant to look—that means no saris," explains Kalia. The tranquil blue room is a Pinterester's paradise: barn board, dangling Edison bulbs, marquée lights and fab baroque wallpaper.
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RestaurantsMarch 20, 2015 | 3:21 pm
Watch Toronto Life's Rebecca Philps talk about the city's best new restaurants on Global
Toronto Life's April issue hit newsstands yesterday, and with it, so did our ranking of the city's best new restaurants. That morning, senior editor Rebecca Philps went on Global's Morning Show to dish on our critic Mark Pupo's picks—20 this year, up from the usual 10. "It says a lot about what a great food year we've had," she told the show's co-hosts. "We're looking at the restaurants that have great food and great service, but what we're really looking for is a restaurant that stays with you—when you leave, you can't wait to go back and you can't wait to tell your friends about it." Chefs from three of the top spots (Borealia, Los Colibris and Branca) were also on hand to explain the signature dishes that helped make each of them one of Toronto's best new places to eat. Click the play button above to watch.
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RestaurantsMarch 20, 2015 | 3:14 pm
Branca is opening an all-slider restaurant called Bronco
The popular, six-month-old Argentine restaurant Branca (one of our best new restaurants) has announced plans to open a new spot. Owner James Bateman tells us that Bronco is scheduled to open on May 15 in the former home of Politica at Adelaide and Strachan. Despite having a name that differs by a single vowel, Bronco will share very little else with its sister restaurant beyond ownership and chef Kanida Chey. Instead of pit-smoked racks of ribs and perfectly blistered suckling pig, Bronco will offer a casual snack menu of 20 different sliders—think fried bologna—each served with a side of nacho-chili-cheese fries (so, no Argentine influence here). The 180-seat sports bar will serve craft beer alongside no-frills fare from lunch until last call, seven days a week. And once warmer weather graces us, Bateman plans on launching a picnic program that will let Trinity Bellwoods–goers get a 12-pack of sliders to go.
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RestaurantsMarch 20, 2015 | 2:02 pm
Where to Eat 2015: our ranking of Toronto's 10 best—actually, make that 20 best—new restaurants
It's official: Toronto has too many great restaurants. Trying to keep track of every new omakase sushi savant, unmarked bar run by a star chef and game-changing nouveau Asian fusion debut by a pop-up prodigy is tougher than an overdone T-bone. And it's easier to get courtside for the Raptors than score a table at the city's newest hot spots. In the past year, more than 100 notable restaurants opened. The relentless Charles Khabouth is responsible for no fewer than four: the exquisite Middle Eastern lounge Byblos, the Trump Hotel's sky-high (in price and location) America, the swish Japanese steak house NAO and the CityPlace trattoria Città. This year, the sheer number of excellent new restaurants persuaded me to expand my usual top 10 to a top 20—and it's by no means exhaustive. These are the 20 places I want to visit again and again. Just give me a minute to catch my breath.
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RestaurantsMarch 19, 2015 | 3:31 pm
Best New Restaurants 2015: #1, Buca Yorkville
I've been daydreaming about Rob Gentile. I'm in love with his ricotta gnocchi, which he rolls out by hand at Buca Yorkville, his grand new restaurant on the ground floor of the Four Seasons condo tower. He dresses the airy pillows with a foam of creamy robiola cheese, fried sage leaves, crumbled roasted chestnuts and shavings of Molisan white truffle. That's his signature: a rustic Italian recipe made luxe, like Nonna dolled up in Gucci. The dish rings in at $80, by far the priciest pasta per bite in town. Read the rest of this entry »
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RestaurantsMarch 19, 2015 | 2:22 pm
Best New Restaurants 2015: #2, Dandylion
Jay Carter studied at the best cooking school in town: Susur Lee's kitchen. He worked as the master's sous-chef for four years, then as chef de cuisine for another six, then left to become exec chef at the storied Centro. Last summer he finally struck out on his own, taking over the lease of a narrow bar on Queen West, in the row of studiously cool hangouts that sprouted up between the Gladstone and Drake hotels. He cooks from a modest open kitchen at the back, assisted by a sous-chef and a kitchen porter. His starting menu was an inspired distillation of Nordic trends, a little Canuck and plenty of Susur. (Side note: I'd nearly forgotten what a pleasure it is to encounter a menu of appetizers and entrées, not a list of tastes or sharing plates or dishes organized by temperature or food group or some other pretentious whim.)
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RestaurantsMarch 19, 2015 | 1:44 pm
Best New Restaurants 2015: #3, Yasu
There are only 13 seats in this narrow, gleaming white room: 11 at the counter, plus a table for two by the window. Couples on dates tend to choose the latter, but when it comes to omakase sushi, in which every passing second robs a piece of nigiri of its fragile harmonies of taste and texture, you want to be at the counter to consume it the precise moment it's been sliced. Read the rest of this entry »
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RestaurantsMarch 19, 2015 | 1:27 pm
Chef Francisco Alejandri says adios to Agave y Aguacate
Just a little over one year after opening his Baldwin Village restaurant, Agave y Aguacate, co-owner and chef Francisco Alejandri has quit the kitchen. He broke the news yesterday in a message posted to his Facebook page, but it's unclear whether or not the move was voluntary. Alejandri (who previously worked at Chiado and Scaramouche) got his start selling Mexican street food snacks in Kensington's El Gordo food court. After gaining popularity there, he left the cramped quarters in the summer of 2012 to (eventually) open his spot on Baldwin. The now chefless restaurant is temporarily closed and, according its voice messaging service, will be that way until further notice.
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RestaurantsMarch 19, 2015 | 12:41 pm
Best New Restaurants 2015: #4, DaiLo
Gotta feel for Nick Liu. The young chef left the Niagara Street Café in 2012 and, for two long years, held a series of pop-up dinners, swearing he was about to unveil his own place. When it finally happened last fall, he was nearly crushed under an avalanche of hype. But he prevailed: DaiLo was an instant hit. It's a beauty of a restaurant, a sly take on a vintage tea house with cozy teal booths behind filigreed screens. Liu went beyond his formerly gimmicky gourmet riffs on fast food and tapped into his Hakka roots. My favourite dish on his menu sounds like a crime against fruit but is one of the most exciting innovations of the year: hot watermelon. He dredges cubes in cornstarch, deep-fries them to a crisp, and serves them with diced pickled watermelon rind and a salty tuft of pork floss. The watermelon dissolves on the tongue, its sweetness and acidity blooming with the heat. I could also rave about his crispy whole trout or his tart green papaya and spicy ground pork salad or his grilled curried quail, but it's that plate of hot melon I'm craving. Read the rest of this entry »
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RestaurantsMarch 19, 2015 | 11:04 am
Best New Restaurants 2015: #5, Borealia
I wasn't sure what to make of Borealia—yet another trendy restaurant on Ossington. The place, named after a moniker floated for our country during Confederation, appeared targeted at a breed of earnest CBC listeners who own cars only to transport canoes—so I wasn't entirely surprised to enter one night and spot MP Adam Vaughan presiding over a table. Then Borealia won me over. It's run by a young couple who recently moved from B.C.: Evelyn Wu Morris, who manages the front of house with plucky charm, and Wayne Morris, her chef husband. Instead of the naked Edison bulbs and subway tile of so many new restaurants, there's a moody forest mural and a cedar trellis that runs across the ceiling, evoking a Vancouver Island boathouse. The room has personality, as does Morris's cooking. He's inspired by historical Canadian recipes, like pigeon pie, with a crust more buttery than any pioneer ever imagined, three precisely balanced micro-sorrel leaves for decoration and a side of fashionable roasted parsnip. He toys with Anglo-Indian kedgeree, adding fresh-popped rice cracker and curry mayo to candy-pink smoked whitefish. The highlight one night was a casserole of dense salt cod quenelles, their marine flavour ratcheted up by a bisque-like velouté and tender lobes of lobster. A history lesson has never left me so happy. Read the rest of this entry »
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Does anyone know anything about these? I have used several Bazooka subs, which are great, wondering if these work as well. I just can't afford wetsounds or the like. I'm looking for something more than the standard coax 6.5 in a can. Seems like the 8 inch version would de good??
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WOW i so miss read this, i had an entire post made and then realized you were talking about the tower speaker Tubbie and not the subwoofer bazooka tube LOL. I have never seen the tubbies on a tower to judge them. Nor have i ever seen or herd them in a shop.Malo <--- Means--Evil or Mean One. This explains a lot.
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No idea either. Not sure about price comparisons but have you looked at the Krypt speakers. Knock offs but some use them and say they sound pretty good. Just an idea.2007 Moomba Outback - going, going........
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Sorry should have said tower speakers. Here is a link to the Bazooka sight check them out.
They are similar price to the krypts, just currious if someone had used them. Not sure if I want HLCD or not. 90% of listening is done surfing or swimming. They also offer a swivel mount that would allow me to rotate for listening on the sand bar where we hang and swim.2005 Supra Launch 21v
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You will want HLCD for sure. Try to have a listen to them as they can sound different from brand to brand.
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I have a Bazooka Tube powered sub. It is very good for what it is. That is about all I can help you with in this matter.1997 MasterCraft 205
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3-star hotel with restaurant and bar/lounge
Situated in Charleroi, this hotel is 1.1 mi (1.8 km) from Stade du Pays de Charleloi and 2 mi (3.3 km) from Museum of Photography. Felicien Rops Museum is 6 mi (9.7 km) away.
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Along with a restaurant, this smoke-free hotel has a bar/lounge and a snack bar/deli. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include self parking, a meeting room, and dry cleaning.
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The hotel offers a restaurant and a snack bar/deli. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. This Charleroi hotel also offers gift shops/newsstands, laundry facilities, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
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"Welcome to "The Ooop North Crew"" The_Ooop_North_Crew's Profile
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24 days until our Ooop North Camping weekend in Derbyshire - check out the Meetings page and sign up/ Ooop if you want to join us for a chilled out weekend under canvas, with good food/ drink, laughs and stories aplenty, a camp fire/ fire pit and visits to Derbyshire villages/ pubs/ walks etc.
Free and easy - weather dependent and plan what we want to do as and when.
If You're an experienced camper - no problem - if first time - we can most likely sort you out with advice and possible loan of equipment or advice on where to purchase essentials cheaply.
We may have a visitor coming to our neck of the woods in Todmorden.
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Shame I couldn't join the mini meet in Manchester but glad you had a great time. My friend and I went to Missoula for lunch (before seeing a play at The Royal Exchange Theatre)and it's a great place for food and drink!
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Mitchell Atkinson has a vivid memory of Nov. 17, 2001, the day he shook Nelson Mandela's hand.
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Type: Improvement
Status: Integration review in progress
Priority: Critical
Resolution: Unresolved
Affects Version/s: 2.0, 2.6.3, 2.7, 2.8.1
Fix Version/s: BACKEND
Component/s: Filepicker, Files API, Repositories
Environment:qa.moodle.net - 15th July
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ShowUpload many many files (thousands) in different courses, modules, blog posts, everywhere... Different in names, and content Prepare a few user account which have different set of permissions, meaning that they can only access some of the files As each user, login and navigate to a course Find your way to an editor in the course and browse the "Server files" repository Use the search and make sure ... ... you can find all the files you have access to (except your private files) ... more results are loaded automatically as you scroll ... search results appear rather quickly, i.e. they don't crash the server ... search query is case insensitive ... you cannot find files that you're not supposed to (belonging to another course for instance) Try to find weak spots in the code
- Upload many many files (thousands) in different courses, modules, blog posts, everywhere...
- Different in names, and content
- Prepare a few user account which have different set of permissions, meaning that they can only access some of the files
- As each user, login and navigate to a course
- Find your way to an editor in the course and browse the "Server files" repository
- Use the search and make sure...
- ... you can find all the files you have access to (except your private files)
- ... more results are loaded automatically as you scroll
- ... search results appear rather quickly, i.e. they don't crash the server
- ... search query is case insensitive
- ... you cannot find files that you're not supposed to (belonging to another course for instance)
- Try to find weak spots in the code
- Upload many many files (thousands) in different courses, modules, blog posts, everywhere...
Affected Branches:MOODLE_20_STABLE, MOODLE_26_STABLE, MOODLE_27_STABLE, MOODLE_28_STABLE
Pull from Repository:
Pull Master Branch:MDL-23296-master
Pull Master Diff URL:
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Issue size:Medium
At the moment, the only way to re-use a file which I've used in another course (assuming I'm using Server Files and not an external repository) is to browse through Category>Course>Section>Activity/Resource>Files and hope I can remember where I put it. If its something recent AND i was the one who added it then it should be in my recent files, but if not then its unweildy to find a file from another course which I'd like to use.
One way to get around this would be to have a search facility in the File Picker which would let me search any files to which I have access.
And yes, I know Moodle isn't a file repository
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This would be very CPU intensive but I think it's worth looking at.
What about just changing how the "Server files" browsing works?
Category>Course>Section>Activity/Resource>File is very precise but having to remember the topic and resource a file was added to, is not feasible for me anyhow
Would it not just be possible to have Category>Course - lists all files or at worst Category>Course>Section>file list
The problem is that we have files all over the place, such as:
- assignment submissions
- forum attachments
- embedded media in labels
- resources
Surely we can't just smoosh all that together in the browsing interface ...
Good point.
Currently too precise, my suggestion is too general, whats a usable middle group?
No clue on solution.
Would a search facility at this level be the first stage to be being able to link in Dublin Core Meta tag data to the uploaded resources? I think I would be really useful to be able to search by tags on the files, as well as file names... I appreciate that this would add load to the servers; but is that justifiable by the added functionality it would bring?
I think this discussion is related: search, possible re-org, visibility of this area, some confusing breadcrumbs: http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=154880
Just to make some noise. There's way too many places where files can be and ordinary users shouldn't have to be bothered. They just want to find the file. A lost of available files (regardless of where they come from) and a decent search is surely the answer. They don't want to know about 'Recent files', 'Site files', 'Private files'.....
This issue is affecting MP clients. Please give it priority.
I have no idea how the back end of the files works - but this seems incredibly important for encouraging people to re-use / link to files. If it is too difficult people will just re-upload the file. (side question - if someone uploads an identical file with a different name - does the database end up storing one or two files?)
I actually think Gavin's suggestion is a very good one - show all the files in a course, in alphabetical order. I would suggest adding filters as checkboxes to determine what is shown. By default I would imagine assignment submissions, forum attachments would be off, and resources, assignment attachments (ie: files linked in the editor), labels etc would be on. Extra useful if there was a filter for file types. I have no idea how difficult this would be to implement, but I imagine usability to be high.
For your side question: if anyone uploads a file again then it gets stored internally just once.
This issue was assigned to me automatically, however I will not be able to work on this issue in the immediate future. In order to create a truer sense of the state of this issue and to allow other developers to have chance to become involved, I am removing myself as the assignee of this issue.
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Could we not have a simple Search by File Name, which only searches the "Current Course" by default, or searches the folder currently being displayed? (Limited to course and not Site Level search?)
Currently a number of my staff are continuing to use "Legacy Course Files" because, as one staff member said, "It's too hard to find my files in the site files".
Also another comment in line with Michael Blake to see if we can ad some priority to this issue. Numerous clients are asking for this feature. MootAU also saw me hit up with several requests. Thanks MarkD for reporting the issue.
Any chance we could at least have this assigned to someone at HQ so it does not just fade into the ether.
We don't "assign things to people at HQ" like that ... it's already in the BACKEND queue with some priority dues to votes and partner labels.
Just noting that a proof of concept was developed as part of the investigation which took place in
MDL-48908: https://github.com/FMCorz/moodle/compare/7357af2...MDL-48908-master
Fred's solution is quicker than my solution as it involves paging. I will write some testing instructions and put it up for peer review.
FYI my change before I change the diff on this issue - https://github.com/markn86/moodle/compare/master...MDL-23296_master.
Fred has agreed to take this issue and push it forward.
Pushing for peer review. In short we do a raw query on the database, then manually check if each of the results are visible to the user. To reduce the load the queries are done in chunk, with a maximum number of loops (arbitrary values for now). The chunking is used in conjunction with pagination.
The downside is that if there are too many results and you don't have access to the n (current 3000) first results, your file will not be found. We could potentially display a different message to the user but that requires changes in the filepicker API so I'd rather do that as a separate issue.
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Checked MDL-23296 using repository: git://github.com/FMCorz/moodle.git
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Hey Fred,
I have reviewed the code and can't seem to poke any holes in it. In order to understand what it is doing a bit better I did pull in your code and ran through the tests you wrote up (not with a large dataset though) and everything seems pretty good/responsive.
Pushing for integration review.
The main moodle.git repository has just been updated with latest weekly modifications. You may wish to rebase your PULL branches to simplify history and avoid any possible merge conflicts. This would also make integrator's life easier next week.
TIA and ciao
Moving this issue to current integration cycle, will be reviewed soon. Thanks for the hard work!
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Checked MDL-23296 using repository: git://github.com/FMCorz/moodle.git
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- Error: Unable to fetch information from MDL-23296-master branch at git://github.com/FMCorz/moodle.git.
Hi Fred, many thanks, this looks a good solution for a technically complex issue. A couple of questions before integrating it:
- search_server_files $from is set to 0 and $limit is set to 20, https://github.com/FMCorz/moodle/compare/dba564c...MDL-23296-master#diff-6c0a8861eef371f78dde4be1467a8a1fR1981 I can't figure out why 20; you are setting seach() $limit to 100 by default and search_server_files count is being called with from and limit values to null and null; also these null values are later passed to get_recorset_sql which expects int values (I guess these nulls are converted to int=0 at some point because it works as expected, I haven't followed the code)
- About the search_server_files count outside the $page <= 1 if/else; when $page > 1, are you calling it again in case new files have been added since last time it run? I may be missing something, but if the count value differs then we should "restart" the search, as we order through file name; if that is not the case looks like we could save 1 db query storing that count value in the session.


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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Jan. 31, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Ill., discussed the Barack Obama administration's continued commitment to opening Thomson Correctional Center with the director of the Department of Justice's Bureau of Prisons, Charles Samuels.
"Now that the acquisition of Thomson prison is complete, the Department of Justice has begun preparing for its activation, and Director Samuels assured us that process is moving forward," said Durbin, who worked for more than three years to secure the purchase of Thomson prison by the federal government. "When President Obama releases his budget in the next few weeks, it should include funding for prison activation. Over the next few months, I will be working with Congresswoman Bustos to ensure that opening Thomson prison — and bringing jobs and economic activity to northwest Illinois communities — remains a priority."
Bustos said: "I was pleased to hear today from Director Samuels that continued progress is being made toward the opening of Thomson prison. Thomson prison represents an economic shot in the arm to our region, and I look forward to working with Sen. Durbin over the coming months to make sure this job-creating facility continues to be on track for opening."
Oct. 2, 2012, Durbin and Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn (D) announced that the federal government had purchased Thomson Correctional Center for use as a maximum-security federal prison to alleviate overcrowding in the federal prison system.
The federal government's operation of Thomson is expected to provide a major boost to the local economy and create more than 1,100 jobs. Annual operation of the facility is expected to generate more than $122 million in operating expenditures (including salaries), $19 million in labor income, and $61 million in local business sales.
The Thomson facility was built in 2001 by the State of Illinois as a state-of-the-art, maximum-security prison to house the most severe criminal offenders. The bulk of the facility was never occupied, however, and is sitting vacant. The facility was constructed on a 146-acre piece of land and has 1,600 beds with eight compartmentalized units designed for maximum inmate supervision and control. The facility is enclosed by a 12-foot exterior fence and 15-foot interior fence, which includes a dual-sided electric stun fence.
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Amazon relents on Sales Tax, sets sights on Same Day Delivery instead
Started by Sam Posten, Jul 18 2012 08:18 AM
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#21 of 160 OFFLINE
Posted July 27 2012 - 07:21 AM
I don't think same day delivery is that important to me which is good since I live in Arkansas. I doubt we'll get a distribution center. I sympathize with retailers that have to collect sales tax. Etailers have had an unfair advantage, one that I've happily taken advantage of. Of course, I'll bet that many of the very same people who are campaigning to, in effect, increase taxes, are the very same people who are opposed to new taxes.
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Posted July 27 2012 - 10:10 AM
Not much of an advantage since I've had to pay shipping. Now I have to pay both, so they are actually hobbled by this.
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Posted July 28 2012 - 02:55 AM
Not much of an advantage since I've had to pay shipping. Now I have to pay both, so they are actually hobbled by this.Why did you have to pay shipping? Amazon offers free shipping on orders of $25 or more. I buy enough stuff from them that I can almost always get my orders over the limit. I just maintain a wish list for those times when my order doesn't total $25, and add from the list to the order to get the free shipping.
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Posted August 05 2012 - 06:23 PM
Ebay (!?!?!?) strikes first blood: http://techcrunch.co...alled-ebay-now/
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Posted November 07 2012 - 07:03 AM
It starts getting REALLY interesting now... http://www.geekwire....amazon-lockers/
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#26 of 160 OFFLINE
Posted November 07 2012 - 03:55 PM
What is so interesting about it? What Amazon is doing is not same day delivery.
#27 of 160 OFFLINE
Posted November 07 2012 - 05:27 PM
Quote:True. However, Amazon could use the lockers as a central drop off point to make same day deliveries a little easier. Something like you order by noon and can pick up at a locker after 5PM. -Keith
Originally Posted by Patrick_S /t/322382/amazon-relents-on-sales-tax-sets-sights-on-same-day-delivery-instead#post_3998858 What is so interesting about it? What Amazon is doing is not same day delivery.
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Posted November 07 2012 - 08:28 PM
Yup. Baby steps!
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Posted November 07 2012 - 09:04 PM
What's the point of driving somewhere, parking, dealing with crowded malls, having to pick up your package and then driving home again. What a nuisance. The whole reason for my ordering from an internet company is the convenience, having the package delivered directly to my front door. This is no different than a standard brick & mortar store except maybe a little more variety, especially for obscure titles, but I'll be buying elsewhere if this becomes their new way of doing business. I've got several specialized stores I do business with where they can get me older, rare titles that aren't always available. I'd much rather spend a few extra dollars and support the little guy than support Amazon if this is how they plan on doing things.
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Posted November 07 2012 - 10:32 PM
True. However, Amazon could use the lockers as a central drop off point to make same day deliveries a little easier. Something like you order by noon and can pick up at a locker after 5PM. -Keith
Yup. Baby steps!Amazon's business model simply does not support same day delivery. Sure they could change and offer it but the price of delivery would be so high that any savings to the customer would be lost. In fact if it is a common item customers could buy locally paying for Amazon Same Day Delivery would probably make the item more expensive than if you went out and bought it locally. Take for example an Amazon customer in the San Francisco Bay Area. Now that they have to charge sales tax Amazon is building a new shipping hub in Patterson California. This hub will be the primary shipping location for the Bay Area. Patterson is 40 miles away from the most eastern part of the Bay Area and 80 miles away for San Francisco. There is no way affordable same day delivery could be offered. It is obvious that the lockers are designed to address the delivery of packages to customers that do not want their package left on their door steps because no one is home.
#31 of 160 OFFLINE
Posted November 08 2012 - 02:37 AM
This would be cool if you're selling something back to amazon. Just drop it off in their locker. But I wouldn't use it to go and pick up something I've ordered.
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Posted November 08 2012 - 07:34 AM
I must live in a fairly safe neighborhood. Never had a package stolen. Smaller items they slip inbetween the interior and storm door, but even bigger items are always left on the front porch. That's been 17 years. Even before that, when I lived in apartments with "Big Bang Theiry" common mail areas, never had anything touched. Now that I've said that, I'm probably jinxed. But if nobody signs for it, isn't Amazon, UPS, etc. still responsible?
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Posted November 08 2012 - 11:38 AM
I also live in an area where UPS will just leave items on the porch but not everyone does. Some people live in apartment buildings; the lockers would be a good choice for delivery. UPS tracks stats for delivery areas and if an area sees a high up tick of packages going missing from porches they go back to signature required.
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Posted November 11 2012 - 11:36 PM
UPS/FedEx is pretty reasonable about leaving things. Things like misc. car parts and books they just leave. Things that may be high-value they want you to take delivery. And ol course some things I've received are mandatory signature required, e.g. wine and firearms.
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Posted November 12 2012 - 12:57 AM
In my country DHL door to door delivery wants a signature except for Amazon packages which they can leave on the doorstep. This time of year is bad because of the excessive heat, humidity(sometimes) & storms. And we are now being overgrown by large apartment blocks and a large supermarket shopping complex at the top of the street which means more bods in the street and prying eyes. Fortunately most packages to my box at the Post Office around the corner which I have used since the 1960s when they moved druggies & other downandouts into the street in an estate. DHL deny they use the Post office but I have proof they do and, fortunately, most do go to the PO. As for tax we are tax-free to A$1000.00 these days imported but there is a problem. Some retailers want this scrapped and have tax of 10%(our national sales tax rate(GST) on most goods & services) on every package. This is nonsense. The cost would outweigh the amount gained by this. It is also unfair to many people because of the swing in exchange rates and tax on delivery costs. We do have a local on-line was originally New Zealand based and often I have got imported product cheaper thru them than from Amazon. The price does include(as far as I know but then..) and free delivery on everything. I get a package direct to my PO Box with their address label with the local address and no indication as to who supplied the item. So many schemes.... Here's the thing though, if I paid this company Sales Tax when I ordered the item and the import Free of Tax was scrapped then there would be double tax in this method. There are no invoices in these packages for the Customs to see currently. If we could download our paid Amazon purchases, for example, this should bring a lower price, no tax or delivery except download limits with one's ISP. The problem would be there would not be the Blu Ray quality we are getting used to to now. That I want to continue. A vicious circle.
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Posted January 23 2013 - 02:46 AM
Still coming. www.wired.com/business/2013/01/amazon-distribution-centers
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Posted January 23 2013 - 02:57 AM
The real trick for me won't be same day delivery, which would prove problematic given they normally allot you a little bit of time to change your mind and cancel your orders, and ship out in the afternoon, thereby making it nearly impossible to get to a shipping hub and to your door from their warehouse. The trick would be *next day* delivery for cheap, or free if you're a Prime member and the item is in a warehouse near you. That would be extremely enticing for me. I still buy from Amazon but with Best Buy sometimes matching their prices, and with one just two miles away, I sometimes get my "need to have it now" itch scratched by going to BB. With cheap (or free with Prime) next day delivery, I'd most likely save myself the hassle and just order from Amazon. Also, for preordered new releases they should start delivering them on release date again.
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Posted January 23 2013 - 04:54 AM
I finally signed up for an Amazon Prime one month free trial just before Thanksgiving, giving it a pretty good workout with my holiday shopping. With the added benefit of the free streaming of movies and TV shows, it had enough value for me to keep the membership once the trial was over. The turn around time for Prime shipping is quick enough to satisfy my needs almost every time, so even if/when Amazon gets around to charging sales tax in Michigan, I cannot see me switching to buying locally, even if Best Buy price matches.
#39 of 160 OFFLINE
Posted January 23 2013 - 06:09 AM
I've actually had TERRIBLE Prime service since Thanksgiving. Have had 4 packages, including one worth north of $500, take more than 5 days to deliver. Some were 3rd party fulfilled by Amazon fake prime but two were actual Amazon Prime items that did not ship in time.... Amazon's customer service was terrible, telling me my feedback was valuable and dumping it into the bit bucket....
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Posted January 23 2013 - 06:33 AM
I live north of Seattle and Amazon has had same day delivery on some items for a while but the cost isn't worth it. I'll drive the 5 min to Best Buy and Barnes and Noble. I have actually noticed their prices creeping up lately. I usually check when I am in B&M to see what Amazon's price is and they have been $1-20 higher on most items I have checked lately. Considering I live in WA I get to pay the tax either way so that is a non-issue.
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The hotel generally had quiet floor areas. I also enjoyed the array of TV stations available to guests for free.
It was very convenient for the area I was going to. It was clean and the stay was very enjoyable. They even allowed us to have an early check-in.
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