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Splendid Amalfi Coast Casa Fornillo
Beach house with 2 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms in Positano, Italy
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House to rent in Positano, Italy
House overview - owner's description
2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms house in Positano center with splendid views of the sea.
CASA FORNILLO is an 80 square meters graceful apartment that covers the entire ground floor of a villa located in the center of Positano. It sleeps four people, has 2 bathrooms and 2 bedrooms. It features a private patio, a private garden, air conditioning, winter heating and WI-FI Internet access.
You will be in the center of Positano, where you will find restaurants and shops. You will find the stop for the Flavio Gioia bus interno Positano line at 150 meters.The nearest beach is the beach Fornillo. You can reach it by climbing down about 400 steps. You can also reach the Marina Grande beach in about 10 minutes walking or in less that 5 minutes by bus.
You will reach Casa Fornillo walking past a small entrance gate and going down a short private walkway that cuts through a courtyard and includes approximately 40 stairway steps.
You will not need a car to stay at Casa Fornillo. If you do have one, you will be able to park it downtown, for a fee, in a private parking lot.
THE GARDEN is 100 square meters large. It is partly shaded by a lemon pergola. You will be able to reach it from the patio. It is equipped with a table, chairs, sun umbrellas, four deck chairs, four sun loungers and an external shower. From the garden you will enjoy a wonderful view of the coast and of the sea at a distance and of Praiano.
THE PATIO is 70 square meters. It is partly shaded by a porch. It is equipped with a table, chairs and sun loungers.
THE SITTING ROOM is paved with tiles with inlaid handmade mayolica tiles, in the characteristic style of the Amalfi Coast. The furnishings are modern and welcoming. The furnishings include a sofa. The dining table can accommodate six guests. In this room you will find a flat-screen television. From the living room you will be able to enter the patio through a French door. The room is equipped with an air conditioning/heating unit.
THE KITCHEN it is equipped with a four-burner gas cooker, an electric oven, a refrigerator with freezer and an Italian-style coffee-maker. You will be able to enter the kitchen from the living room through an arched opening.
THE FIRST BEDROOM WITH EN SUITE BATHROOM has a matrimonial bed. In this room you will find a flat-screen satellite television. From the bedroom you will be able to enter the patio through a French door. The bedroom is equipped with an air conditioning/heating unit. This bedroom has an en-suite bathroom, equipped with a washbasin, a toilet, a bathtub with shower wand and a hairdryer.
THE SECOND BEDROOM WITH EN SUITE BATHROOM has a matrimonial bed, that can be split into twins if requested. In this room you will find a flat-screen satellite television. From the bedroom you will be able to enter the patio through a French door. The bedroom is equipped with an air conditioning/heating unit. This bedroom has an en-suite bathroom, equipped with a washbasin, a toilet, a shower and a hairdryer. Here you will also find a washing machine (hidden in a cabinet).
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My friends and I stayed at Casa Fornillo for 2 weeks in September. The location is a 15 min stroll downhill to the town centre (back up is easy exercise), only 2 mins from the best restaurants and a direct staircase to the beach (300 steps). Positano is on a mountain side so steps are a way of life here. We loved our location. The villa is behind locked gates and the owners own villa, so we felt very secure. The villa was very well appointed. We dined out and cooked at home on several occasions. We had our own private courtyard as well as a large garden with deck chairs overlooking the amalfi coast. Fabulous! I can highly recommend staying at Casa Fornillo.
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Outside this house in Positano, ItalyThis house is in the town but in a quiet area near the beach. It has a barbecue, outside lighting, a garden and a sea view. Car hire is not necessary as the house is less than a 15 minute walk to a large selection of shops, bars, restaurants; however parking is not available.
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Changeover days and minimum stays
- 1 November 2017 - 31 December 2018: the minimum stay is 3 nights.
Late arrival - after 8 PM - 50 Euro
£44.42 per booking, paid locally
electricity - 0,50 Euro per kw/h - on consumption
£8.88 per night, paid locally
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£44.42 per booking, paid locally
2 bedrooms, Sleeps 4:
- 1 double bed and en suite
- 2 single beds
There is also 1 cot
3 bathrooms including 1 en suite, 2 Separate WC's
DVD/Blu-ray player, Internet / WiFi, Radio, TV Languages in English, Local
Living area seats 4, Dining area seats 4, Air conditioning, Central heating, Hair dryer, Iron / board, Towels / linen, Washing machine, Car hire optional
Cooker, Fridge, Freezer, Glassware, Kettle, Microwave, Oven, Pots / pans
Barbecue, Outside lighting, Private garden, Sea view
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Infants, Smoking, Pets
Agency From Sorrento, Italy Member since May 2008
Past bookings: 37 bookings
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The Brook Legal | Will and Probate Centre specialises in drafting and amending wills, obtaining grants of probate, powers of attorney, handling inheritance claims, and of course drawing up Letters of Administration (LOA).
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text: On , January 18, Adam DiCarlo wrote: > > Mark, as much as I appreciate your work, I don't think we need more > policy drafts. I agree. The point of my posts was to address some heretofore unaddressed issues concerning XML catalog implementation. Too much talk and not enough action is not a good thing. > We need a working xml-core, Bigtime. > and also for someone to take the drafts out there already (Ardo and > mine, yours, LSB-XML, and the SGML drafts now in > /usr/share/doc/sgml-base-doc) and making a unified Debian SGML/XML > policy draft which is suitable. Strongly agree. > I think this Document should be in the DDP area, possibly as > "sgml-xml-policy". Sure, haven't yet used the DDP system, but am happy to learn it. > I think this document should be designed to be suitable for eventually > being raised to the following status: > > - part of Debian policy Yep. > - an improved and updated LSB proposal (with minor alterations of > course) Hopefully...:) > I am not volunteering to steer or lead this this, but I volunteering > to help. Since I'm currently unencumbered by gainful employment and unless someone objects, I'd be happy to serve as coordinator/editor of said unified SGML/XML policy. [Assuming Ardo or someone else puts together the base package(s).] If I indeed serve in this capacity, someone will have to walk me through the DDP system. Later today I'll post some thoughts on xml-core/xml-common, or whatever the package will be named. Then, Sunday night or Monday morning I'll attempt to summarize the various points regarding XML Catalog implementation and the role and content of xml-common. Hopefully, that would give me enough to get to work on the policy docs and for Ardo to put together an xml-common package. Regarding the package naming: xml-commons is also the name of the apache package that contains the latest version of Norm's XML Catalog-aware entity resolver. Maybe xml-core is a better name... At any rate, I'll ITP and upload the newest version of Norm's resolver along with Ardo's xml-XXXXX package. It works with most of the major java-based XSLT processors. We really should have more toolchains available than libxml2/libxslt. (E.g. I still prefer Saxon, as do many others.) Ardo & I can work together off-list on some of the xml-XXXX issues... Cheers, Mark _____________________________________ Mark Johnson <email@example.com> Debian XML/SGML <firstname.lastname@example.com> Home Page: <http://dulug.duke.edu/~mark/> GPG fp: 50DF A22D 5119 3485 E9E4 89B2 BCBC B2C8 2BE2 FE81


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Glaus returns, but at-bats likely sparse
Chance to get in postseason mix could be long shot
By Matthew Leach / MLB.com
Glaus, who has dealt with one injury after another this year, was most recently sidelined with pain in his left oblique. He was not with the team on the first two stops of its current three-city road trip, instead staying in St. Louis to get treatment. He made improvement, though, so he caught up with his teammates at Great American Ball Park.
"I've been hitting for six days," he said. "Taking grounders, throwing, doing everything."
However, Mark DeRosa will continue to get the bulk of playing time at third base. And behind him, David Freese, Khalil Greene and Joe Thurston all need to get innings and at-bats as well. Glaus needs to show something if he wants to secure a place on the Cardinals' postseason roster, but it will be difficult for him to get the chance to do that.
"We'll do the best we can with him," manager Tony La Russa said. "But the priority is to take six shots to win games. That's the No. 1 priority. He's in a tough spot, has been in a tough spot. Every time he starts to get better, he takes a step back."
Matthew Leach is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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PSG destroyed Nantes 5-0 to extend their lead at the top of Ligue 1.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic bagged a brace and celebrated his second goal by Zlataning the corner flag.
Feeling on top of the world, Ibrahimovic ran over to the corner flag and performed a flying kick leaping through the air.
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Bots_Alive Brings Sophisticated Brains to Cheap Robots
A $35 kit turns a little legged robot into an autonomous interactive critter
A $35 kit turns a little legged robot into an autonomous interactive critter
Gill Pratt explains why nobody in the automotive industry is anywhere close to full autonomy
Inside AxonVR it's possible to feel the texture, shape, motion, vibration, and temperature of virtual objects in your hand
Mass production may mean that the Cadillac of automotive sensors will soon sell at Chevrolet prices
Project Alloy makes cables disappear and integrates your walls and furniture into the virtual reality experience
With an endearing design and a projector in its butt, Mykie is here to help you cook
Hot-and-cold haptic touch makes VR feel real—and spectacular
Software that eliminates proximity sensors could increase screen sizes 15 to 20 percent
Will consumers finally embrace the connected home, now that this Internet of Things is smarter, chattier, and cuter?
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Aloe Cure SCAM!! Internet
This company claimed to have a product that will help relieve acid indigestion. The individual I spoke to at coustomer service said there was a 30 day no question asked money back guarantee if it did not work. When I called after 20 days and told them it was not working they said they would mail supplemental pills that are a pro biotic for free.
At this point he also said my 30 day money back guarantee would start over. We tried the pills also witch did not work either. I called 10 days after receiving the pills and Aloe Cure customer service told me to just mail the pills back and they would refund my money.
Its been about 2 months and no refund. I just got off the phone for the last time and now they are telling me we are past the 30 day refund date and they will not help me. This is in my opinion a internet scam and I hope they get shut down. They were rude and VERY unprofessional (this time). They sure didd'nt have any problem taking my money. But backing up their guarentee is another story I found out.
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The Witches - Roald Dahl
Fiction - Children's - ISBN: 0141311398, 0224021656, 0141322640
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This book is one of the best Children stories I have ever written and encapsulates Roald Dahls style perfectly. Even adults will get alot of humour and fun from reading this wonderful story.For its time it was ahead of the game when it comes to children's humour and knowing the way their minds work.
It can be scary in parts for young children however I feel this is handled well and only adds to thee excellent story line.
I have no hesitation in allowing the children in my family to read this story. And if we read it to them it'll will be even better.
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Shellywba published 22/09/2005More info on the storyline, characters, cover, etc needed. I acually stopped at the same hotel that the Witches was filmed in. The Headland in Cornwall. It's a beauty.
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I Am Virgin Trailer (2010)
"One lonely man, six billion sex-crazed vampires. Be careful what you wish for!" 28 January 2010 Horror, Comedy 94 mins
After surviving a devastating global epidemic, lonely virgin Robby finds himself hunted down by the only other survivors of the lethal virus — impossibly hot women who have turned into blood-crazed, sex-obsessed vampires. Can Robby keep himself pure, or will he succumb to the lusty bloodsuckers and doom himself to their fate?
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Marine Mammals Two by Two video
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Marine Mammals Two by Two is an educational outreach video suitable for children K-6. The project, made possible by a grant from NOAA Fisheries Northwest Region (now part of NOAA's restructured West Coast Region), was a collaborative effort, produced and edited by Seal Sitters' Robin Lindsey.
Young Seal Sitters volunteer Etienne Reche-Ley narrates the video which compares and contrasts seals and sea lions, gray whales and orcas, dolphins and porpoises, and sea otters and river otters (the latter not classified as a marine mammal).
Many of the photographs and all videos contained in Marine Mammals Two by Two are copyrighted by the photographers (see ending credits) and can only be used with express permission. Thanks to everyone who contributed images to Marine Mammals Two by Two.
If you are an educator and would like a DVD copy for your school or classroom, please contact NOAA Education Specialist Peggy Foreman. To download the accompanying Marine Mammals Two by Two Worksheet, click here.


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Toronto based photographer Andrew Myers was recognized in 2010 as one of the best emerging Canadian photographers by the Magenta Foundation.
His compositions and colors are keys to his minimalist style. Photographing random 80s objects such as toys, vhs tapes, globes or old typewriters on simple, colorful backgrounds – the result is delightful! Andrew's work is a tribute to just this- negative space and harsh shadows. So i guess that makes his work has been described as painterly, and it also crosses into pure graphic design. Shot with a Canon 7D, all his digital photographs are then retouched to arrive to these beautiful color treatments.
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Changing the Experience and Economics of IT
Competitive enterprises are always looking for ways to reduce complexity so more resources can be devoted to innovation. From the standpoint of IT, the challenge in reducing complexity is to free up time and money previously dedicated to back-end tasks—and shift those resources to drive more front-end, customer-facing value into as many IT activities as possible. The IBM® PureSystems™ family of products is designed to meet this challenge by automating and proactively managing previously time-consuming IT processes, enabling enterprises to focus instead on value-added activities that bring business improvements. Additionally, systems integrators using IBM PureSystems can focus on higher-value business transformation services rather than IT infrastructure tasks.


text: Reading for Information in Elementary School: Content Literacy Strategies to Build Comprehension was written to give k-5 teachers the tools they need to lay an educational groundwork that promotes students' success with informational text from the early grades. Packed with research-based, classroom-proven strategies, the book follows a before, during, and after reading format that models the most effective approach to reading for information, focusing on the processes required to develop content literacy. You'll meet the teachers, sit in on their lessons, witness their students' responses, and come away from this book with a model for teaching your students to read successfully for information and a handbook of proven strategies to implement.


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Long lost sisters are cops at same precinct
NEW YORK (FOX 5 NY) - Sisters Yadarquiris Molina and Jasmine Molina were 4-years-old and 2-years-old, respectively, when they first, and last, saw each other.
Fast forward to 2014, and both ladies were NYPD officers working out of the same precinct with lockers next to each other.
One day, Officer Yadarquiris Molina chatted up fellow Officer Jasmine Molina after a nagging feeling that she could be related to her.
"It's something I felt inside. It could be her. I knew I had a sister named Jasmine," Yadarquiris Molina told FOX 5 NY morning program, 'Good Day New York.'
After conducting some research including a cross-background check, they ladies discovered that they were in fact related.
"We were very shocked. I also knew I had siblings but I never got the chance to meet them," said Officer Jasmine Molina.
The sisters share a father who passed away in 2015. Their reunification is divine intervention as far as they're concerned.
"It is a sign from God. I definitely think so," said Jasmine Molina.
Along with being NYPD officers in the Bronx, the sisters both love Mexican food, speak Spanish, and said English was their favorite subject in school.
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Sustainability at Beach is about operating our business in a responsible and well considered manner, to deliver the maximum possible return to shareholders while sensibly managing the economic, social and environmental risks inherent within our industry.
In FY16, we implemented our new business strategy and placed an emphasis on growth and maintaining financial strength. This year Beach experienced significant changes brought on by the low oil price and experienced operational growth from its merger with Sydney based Drillsearch. We worked on implementing our new business strategy and revised our operating structure to ensure that we have the most efficient and effective structure to support the strategy. We also developed a Sustainability Policy which further strengthens our commitment to address material social, environmental and economic risks associated with our business. Additionally, we received a "Leading" rating by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) for our sustainability reporting and environmental practices which is the highest of ACSI's five categories.
Our most recent Sustainability Report can be downloaded here 2017 Sustainability Report
Beach has a code of conduct which sets out standards of behaviour expected of its directors and employees and contractors. In summary, those standards require:
Our Business Practices Policy and Guidelines as well as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Compliance Policy assist employees in recognising and avoiding corrupt practices, while conducting business internationally and at home. We also have a Whistle Blower Policy to ensure breaches of policy can be reported without fear of reprisal as well as a Share Trading Policy aimed at managing the risk of inside trading.
The Beach Board has overall responsibility for the integrity of our risk management system. The Risk Management Committee is delegated with management of the Company's risks, based upon a globally accepted standard for risk management - ISO31000, and ensures an integrated company-wide approach to the incorporation of risk and reward considerations for all material business decisions.
Our investor relations program is comprised of face to face meetings with investors, regular company announcements lodged with the ASX and on the Beach website, corporate presentations at industry functions, investor days and field trips for analysts and institutional investors, and presentations for retail investors. The Company is conscious of ensuring that all investors are catered for within the program.
The Chief Operating Officer and Exploration and Development Manager conduct an annual 1,500 kilometer trip to visit landholders and station managers within the Cooper Basin to discuss the Company's current activities and future plans, as well as answer any questions.
We are committed to engaging in and maintaining positive, long term, trusting relationships with Aboriginal communities from where we operate by adopting the following principles:
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|Oct 30, 1990
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|Jun 18, 1987
|Priority date
|Jun 18, 1987
|Fee status
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|William W. Buchanan
|Original Assignee
|Tescor, Inc.
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (4), Non-Patent Citations (4), Referenced by (36), Classifications (8), Legal Events (4)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This invention relates generally to the field of educational testing and more particularly to the preparation of customized examination booklets containing validated written questions which are linked to statements of specific learning objectives.
Traditionally, the written examinations that are administered at all levels of school systems and other educational institutions have been prepared by the teacher for each particular class based on the content of the material that has been covered in the class. The need to prepare such tests places a considerable burden on teachers and consumes time that could be spent more productively on other things. In addition, many teachers are not skilled in the preparation of fair and accurate test questions, due to lack of experience, training or other qualifications. As a consequence, the teacher prepared tests do not always validly test the students' mastery of the subject matter.
More recently, so called standardized or "shelf tests" have been available. The shelf tests are usually prepared by test publishers or testing specialists and in this respect are somewhat superior to teacher prepared tests. However, the shelf test by necessity must be fairly general and must assume that certain material has been presented in a particular course. If in fact the material has not been covered in the course, the test will include questions that are directed to subjects that have not been taught. Conversely, if material is presented in class that is not made the subject of questions on the shelf test, the test results do not validly reflect knowledge of all material that has been presented to the students. Thus, shelf tests often do not accurately test the material that has been covered in a particular subject.
One major feature of the standardized tests is that they are scored and interpreted in comparison to national "norms" which, as explained above, are bound to be misleading to the extent that these tests do not reflect what is being taught in every district or region in the country.
Moreover, this situation has also been criticized by the National Education Association and others are prompting educators to "teach to the test". It is the object of the present invention to enable education to test what is being taught in each district or region.
The present invention is directed to a method by which teachers and other educators can prepare custom tailored tests which measure mastery of their own curricular objectives using questions which have been previously validated against the same or similar objectives. In accordance with the invention, a data base containing a large number of statements or objectives and validated test questions on a variety of subjects and a variety of levels is assembled. Preferably, the data is stored on a compact laser disc because of its high capacity and the resultant fact that graphics can be stored on the disc along with text. The questions that are recorded on the disc are all previously validated by exhaustive field testing, thus providing assurance as to their validity.
A local school district or other educational institution is provided with the disc, and the entire data base is thus made available at the local level. A laser disc player and a visual monitor at the local site permit the questions relating to any topic to be displayed to a teacher or other person who is to author a particular test. Various types of searching techniques can be employed to locate or match statements of specific learning objectives and then to locate questions in the data base which relate to those particular objectives. Items and objectives can also be retrieved by grade level, subject, topic, key word or other parameter or combination of parameters. The author can then select one or more of the questions which measure mastery of the selected objectives on a particular subject or topic, and the questions are thus chosen at the local level in accordance with the subject matter that has actually been covered in the local courses.
After the teacher has selected all of the questions that are to be included in the test, a test booklet can be prepared immediately at the local site by a laser printer which produces attractive, high quality, professional appearing booklets in a selection of font sizes and in one or two column formats. Alternatively, the selected questions can be recorded on a floppy disc or other storage medium which is then transported through the mail or otherwise to a service bureau that actually prints the test booklets and furnishes them to the school. It is also possible for the selected questions or numerical designations therefor to be transmitted via telephone lines or other mode of transmission to the service bureau. In any case, the result of the process is a professional test booklet containing test questions that have all been previously validated and selected at the local level.
It is a feature of the invention that the test results can be scored and reported either at the local site of the school, at the school district headquarters, or at the service bureau. If the test reports are to be prepared by the school or school district, the completed answer sheets are scanned by electronic scanning equipment and the results of the scanning are processed by a local computer using special software which is used to operate a printer which prints a variety of reports which analyze the test scores. The test reports can be prepared locally even if the test booklets themselves are printed at the service bureau.
It is another feature of the invention that each question in the data base can be edited at the local level. Consequently, the questions can be tailored to the particularities of the course coverage of various topics. In addition, local control over the content, printing quality and interpretation of the test results is provided. The data base is periodically updated cumulatively, with the addition of new data banks of questions and the addition of new questions to existing question banks. All software is also updated and maintained in order that the latest versions are always on the current cumulative disc.
In the accompanying drawing which forms a part of the specification and is to be read in conjunction therewith and in which like reference numerals are used to indicate like parts in the various views:
FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic view which illustrates schematically the equipment used in the preparation of customized educational tests in accordance with the method of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic view similar to FIG. 1 but showing additional materials and equipment that may be used in the method of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a diagrammatic view showing materials and equipment that may be used in an alternative method for preparing tests in accordance with the invention; and
FIG. 4 is a diagrammatic view of materials and equipment that may be used in still another method of preparing tests according to the invention.
Referring now to the drawing in more detail and initially to FIG. 1, the present invention provides a method by which custom tailored educational tests can be prepared based on the learning objectives and the questions contained in a data base which is stored in optically encoded form on a compact laser disc 10. The laser disc 10 has a storage capacity of 550 megabytes, and a large number of questions on various topics can thus be entered and stored on the laser disc 10. In addition, the laser disc has the ability to store graphics, and some of the questions in the data base preferably include graphics.
The data base which is entered on the compact laser disc 10 includes a number of questions on each of the various learning objectives, topics and educational levels that are covered. The questions included in the data base are validated by exhaustive field testing and are assembled by a service bureau that records the data base on the laser disc. The information which is stored on the disc 10 can be retrieved by inserting the disc into a laser disc player 12 which is able to "read" the encoded data (the objectives and the questions including graphics) on the disc and visually display them on a monitor such as the visual monitor 14 included in a "personal computer" 16 which may be of the "XT" or "AT" class. The personal computer 16 includes a keyboard 18 which is used to enter commands and perform other functions. Local school districts and others who prepare tests typically have access to a personal computer. It is contemplated that the laser disc player 12 will be furnished to the school district by the service bureau which furnishes the laser disc 10, although the school district may have its own laser disc player.
The laser disc 10 is provided with search software which facilitates access to the objectives and questions which are included in the data base. The teacher or other educator who is to author a test selects the category of each objective (e.g., subject, grade level). A variety of searching techniques such as "Boolean" searching can be provided alone or in various combinations. For example, if a teacher of a tenth grade biology course is attempting to construct a test which includes questions relating to a local learning objective which involves the "identification of the structure and functions of the cell", such questions can be located by first locating the most closely related objectives by entering the course level (10th grade) and the subject or domain name (biology). Next, key word searching of all objective statements can be undertaken to determine the number of objectives in the data base at this grade level and in this course topic that contain the various key words in descending order of generality such as "cell", "structure", and "function". By successively entering these key words following entry of the grade level and course topic, the search software may determine that there are three objectives in the data base which include the three key words and which fall within the grade level and subject. This fact will be displayed on the monitor 14, and the teacher can then use the keyboard 18 to cause a display of the three applicable objectives. They may be (1) "describe the structure of cells and illustrate their functions", (2) "list the cell structures and their functions", and (3) "define eukaryotic cells and describe their structure and functions".
When the applicable objectives are displayed on the monitor 14, the user can select one or all of them by selecting the appropriate function key on the keyboard. Once the objective (or objectives) has been selected, the user can display all of the questions which have already been used (validated) to test mastery of that (or those) objectives. If no satisfactory objective is located, the user may conduct separate keyword searches for items only. Each question that is selected is displayed on the monitor 14, along with additional background data such as the correct answer, the P-values (if applicable), the Rasch-calibrations (if applicable), taxonomy information (if included), teacher instructions, and the presence of graphics. If the presence of a graphic is indicated for an item, it can be retrieved and displayed by depressing another appropriate function key on the keyboard 18. The graphic will also be printed on the test page itself, as will subsequently be described.
The teacher or other educator proceeds to search and display on the visual monitor the objectives and questions which relate to other topics within the subject matter that is to be tested, and additional questions are selected in the manner previously described. Eventually, all of the questions that are to be included in the test will have been selected from those available in the data base recorded on the laser disc. The questions can be edited and supplemented if desired.
The actual test booklets 20 may be prepared at the local site by downloading the selected and edited questions to a laser printer 22 which is operated by the computer 16. The laser printer 22 is able to print a high quality, professional looking test booklet which includes graphics associated with each question to which a graphic is provided. The test booklets 20 can be printed in the quantity necessary to serve the number of students who are to take the test or camera ready copies from the laser printer can be used as "masters" to reproduce any number of copies at a local center on standard office copiers.
Referring now to FIG. 2, each student who takes the test printed in the test booklet 20 fills in an answer sheet 24 which is of the type that may be scanned by a conventional optical mask reader (OMR) or optical character resignator (OCR) scanner 26 which is able to determine which questions have been answered correctly and which have been answered incorrectly. The information as to correct and incorrect answers may be input by the scanner 26 into the computer 16. The computer, under the control of suitable software, can then operate the printer 22 which prints various types of test reports. It is noted that the test booklets 20 are all prepared locally and that all scoring and test report printing is also done locally. It should be noted that the preparation of the test booklets and the test reports can be carried out either at each school or at school district headquarters. In the latter case, only a single laser printer is required at the district headquarters and there is no need for the high cost printing equipment at each school. In any event, all of the test preparation, printing, scoring and printing of reports is done at the local level.
The test reports 28 may be of a variety of types. For example, one report may list the students in alphabetical order with the test scores broken down for each student in various fashions. In addition, an overall class report may be provided, and an administrative summary report may likewise be provided.
FIG. 3 illustrates an alternative manner for printing of the test. Again, a teacher or other educator selects the questions which are to be included on the test at the local level. However, instead of printing the test booklets 20 at the local site, information specifying the questions which are to be included on the test (e.g., item number) is downloaded by the computer 16 onto a "floppy" disc 30 which stores the information in magnetically encoded form. Another type of storage medium such as a "hard" disc or magnetically encoded tape may be provided in place of the or for use with the floppy disc. The storage medium 30 may be transmitted through the mail or otherwise transported to a service bureau 32 which has all of the equipment necessary to retrieve the encoded data from the storage medium 30 (using the item number) and use the retrieved data to print the test booklets 20. The test booklets are then mailed or otherwise transported from the service bureau 32 back to the local school district for administration of the tests there. Alternatively, camera ready copies may be sent to the school for duplicating on office copiers.
In the system shown in FIG. 3, the objectives and questions which are to be included in the test are again selected at the local level, although the actual printing is done at the service bureau. This eliminates the need for the local school district to invest in a laser printer, although it does require that the floppy discs 30 or other storage media be transmitted to the service bureau and that the finished test booklets be transported back to the school district.
It should be noted that the information as to which questions have been selected (e.g., item numbers) can be transmitted by modem over the telephone lines to the service bureau rather than requiring entry onto a storage medium such as the floppy disc 30. It should also be noted that within a single school district, the questions which are selected for each test can be transmitted to the district office via floppy discs or modem for printing of the tests at the district office by a laser printer located there.
Referring now to FIG. 4, even when the test booklets 20 are printed at the service bureau 32, it is still possible for the test results to be scored and reported at the local school district or other local site. Again, the answer sheets 24 that are filled out by the students taking the examination are scanned by the scanner 26 to determine which questions have been answered correctly and which have been answered incorrectly. Again, the data is entered into the computer 16 by the scanner 26. However, rather than requiring preparation of the test reports by the expensive laser printer 22, the computer 16 may be used to operate a less expensive printer such as the printer 34 shown in FIG. 4. The less expensive printer 34 is fully capable of preparing and printing all of the test reports 28 that can be printed by the laser printer. This allows local scoring and printing of the test results without the need for investment in a laser printer.
It should be noted that the answer sheets and test booklets can be transmitted to the service bureau for scoring and printing of the reports if desired.
It is thus apparent that in accordance with the method of the present invention, all of the questions which are to be included in the test booklet 20 are selected at the local level by a teacher or other educator who has actual first hand knowledge of the material that has been presented in the course which is being tested. Consequently, questions which cover other material will not be included in the test, and the teacher can select those questions which best examine mastery of the subject matter that has actually been taught. In addition, since all of the questions which are stored on the laser disc 10 have been validated by exhaustive field testing, complete assurance is provided of the validity of all of the questions that are included in the test booklet 20. The method of the present invention provides local control over the content of each test, the quality of the printing, and the preparation and interpretation of the test results. At the same time, each test can be prepared quickly and easily without undue consumption of valuable time of teachers and other educators.
It should be noted that each question which is selected may be edited by the teacher prior to being downloaded to the laser printer or floppy disc, and the questions can thus be custom tailored to fit the peculiarities of geographical areas or even of each teachers' particular style of teaching. This can be done without destroying the validity of the question, and the test results thus accurately measure the knowledge of the students of the subject matter that has been taught. In addition to the ability to edit each question, questions which are not included in the data base can be selected by entering the questions on the keyboard 18 prior to downloading of the test questions.
It is contemplated that a number of the laser discs will be prepared and furnished to the various school systems which will make use of the data base to prepare customized examinations. Thus, in accordance with the present invention, a single data base can be used by widely scattered school systems to produce different tests, each locally prepared and each containing validated questions which test the knowledge of students as to material actually covered in the course that is tested.
From the foregoing, it will be seen that this invention is one well adapted to attain all the ends and objects hereinabove set forth together with other advantages which are obvious and which are inherent to the structure.
It will be understood that certain features and subcombinations are of utility and may be employed without reference to other features and subcombinations. This is contemplated by and is within the scope of the claims.
Since many possible embodiments may be made of the invention without departing from the scope thereof, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawings is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.
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Issue No. 06 - June (1982 vol. 4)
pp: 618-626
Chul E. Kim , Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742; Department of Computer Science, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99163.
New schemes for digitizing regions and arcs are introduced. It is then shown that under these schemes, Sklansky's definition of digital convexity is equivalent to other definitions. Digital convex polygons of n vertices are defined and characterized in terms of geometric properties of digital line segments. Also, a linear time algorithm is presented that, given a digital convex region, determines the smallest integer n such that the region is a digital convex n-gon.
Chul E. Kim, "Digital Convexity, Straightness, and Convex Polygons", IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis & Machine Intelligence, vol. 4, no. , pp. 618-626, June 1982, doi:10.1109/TPAMI.1982.4767315


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It is three days after the fire.
My husband, Len, and I are in a café. Len's cellphone rings for the third time since we sat down. "Mr. Ramsey, do I have enough credits to graduate?" someone asks. "Who is this? Jason? Jason, I don't have Internet access right now but if you give me a call tomorrow, I'll be at the ADLC [Alberta Distance Learning Centre] office in Edmonton and I'll help you out." He hangs up his phone. "Do I know a Jason?" he asks of no one in particular. "Well, there's Jason in Grade 12," my son says. "Oh yeah, he was in my English class last semester."
My husband has been taking calls, texts and e-mails nonstop. His principal calls repeatedly. The first call came from the son of a teacher friend. He wondered what he needed to do to ensure that he graduated. "I hate to ask this, Aaron, but do you know if your house is all right?" As it turns out, Aaron's house is not all right. It was on fire when he and his family escaped. More stories surface as students call or stop by—stories about people racing out of town, leaving everything behind, their lawns ablaze and their decks exploding as burning trees fell on their vehicles. Trucks, boats, trailers and countless treasures left behind. Children staying with cousins, grandparents or friends, or staying in hotels, evacuation centres or campsites. People unsure of where to go and for how long. And no one knows what they'll go home to. Len and I are certain our house is standing, but somehow that doesn't seem fair when so many others have lost everything.
We set up triage in the ADLC Edmonton office—my school. No fewer than 21 Grade 12 students and many parents show up the first day. The first to arrive are a mom and her twins, who were evacuated from their acreage. They don't know if their home is gone. They heard from eyewitnesses that the house was still standing but covered in a thick layer of red fire retardant foam.
Arriving next are a mother and her two children from Parkdale, an area of town where every house was flattened. What do I say to people who have lost all their earthly goods? And how is it that just three days after a terrifying experience, three days after they've lost so much, they have the time and energy to think about their children's education?
Several of the students who arrive are taking Chemistry 30. The ADLC chemistry teacher quizzes the students to determine what they've covered. It's surreal for a total stranger to grill them about their knowledge of chemistry when their town has just burned down. The kids hesitate, but as the teacher moves into their comfort zone, the students respond. Science—that's something they know. When so many other questions in their lives remain unanswered, here is something they can rely upon. Something tangible that won't make the students cry or feel sad. The chemistry teacher even gets a few laughs, and before long you can feel a sense of community being restored.
Not all the calls are positive, however. Some mothers are furious that we're suggesting that their children think about school when their homes have been destroyed. But most parents are grateful. The opportunity for their children to finish the school year gives them something to focus on. For the high school students, completing their course work will allow them to think about the future they're working toward, a future that will unfold whether or not they have a house. For the parents of younger children, the resources made available to them will give them something to do over the next uncertain days and weeks.
When everyone left town on May 15, no one knew what damage the fire would wreak. We did not know whose homes would be destroyed. [As of this writing] we remain uncertain, unable to return home to find what we have lost. Yet, what we've found is the spirit of our community. Just as our town is not just a bunch of houses, our schools are not just buildings—they are communities of people with drive and determination and ingenuity who will work together to rebuild. And that's a fire you can't put out.
Author's note: More than a dozen teachers and support staff lost their homes in the Slave Lake and area fires.
Nicola Ramsey teaches high school social studies with Alberta Distance Learning Centre. Len Ramsey is a high school guidance counsellor with Roland Michener Secondary School—still standing—in Slave Lake.
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Ornithophobia is the London three-piece's third studio album – their first for Naim – and truly marks the fruition of five years' worth of musical experimentation. Influenced by the likes of Tim Berne, Aphex Twin, Deerhoof, Albert King and Flying Lotus, their music is intense, ambitious and iconoclastic. Unpredictable, yet catchy, melodies woven into complex time signatures may be a trade mark of the trio at full swing, but it is the flavours of textural beds, polyrhythmic post-dance, haunting trip-hop and atmospheric post-rock that make this record a sensation of the heart as well as the mind.
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The album's title, Ornithophobia, was first inspired by guitarist Chris' fear of birds. This became the aptly chaotic groove of the album's title track, which, in turn escalated into an album set in a fictionalised London; a post-apocalyptic dystopian nightmare in which people have contracted a form of avian flu that is slowly turning them into human-size birds and gradually making them lose their minds. If this sounds like the stuff of comics, then you're not far off, as the album artwork encompasses a dark, comic book storyboard, featuring our heroes Troyka, created by artist Naiel Ibarrola.
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Red Skelton holiday specials : Christmas, Thanksgiving, The Red Skelton story.
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| Title from DVD menu.
|Formatted Contents Note:
| Red Skelton in O. Henry's The cop and the anthem (26 min.) -- [Thanksgiving] (1961) (ca. 30 min.) -- Hollywood Hall of Fame: Red Skelton (1998) (ca. 29 min.).
|Creation/Production Credits Note:
| The Red Skelton Show directed by Seymour Berns ; filmed by Desilu for the CBS Television Network. Hollywood Hall of Fame produced by Bud Brutsman, directed by John Williams, narration by Leonard Kildare.
|Summary, etc.:
| Video release of two shows from the 1951-1960 television program starring Red Skelton, plus a short biography of the entertainer.
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|Skelton, Red, 1913-1997.
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The appearance of one's male organ skin can be very important to a man, impacting how he feels about his manhood. When vitiligo causes patchy discoloration, it can cause psychological discomfort.
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By John Dugan
For many men, their manhood is a big source of pride, so maintaining proper male organ health and ensuring a good looking member is crucial. When issues involving male organ skin occur, it can be a source of significant concern. Male organ rash, redness, bumps, extreme curvature and other issues that affect the appearance of the member may strike a blow at a man's self-esteem. So when male organ skin color fades or "bleaches out," a man wants to know what is causing it and what he can do to fix it. In many cases, that fading may be caused by a condition known as vitiligo.
In some instances, male organ skin color changes can be normal. For example, particularly in light-skinned men, the member often becomes redder when it is firm, a result of the increased blood flow and heat that occur during the tumescence process. Men who frequent clothing-optional beaches will often see a natural color progression as the manhood tans and as the tan fades. And rough handling of the male organ and excess friction may in some cases produce temporarily lighter skin, as an old layer of skin is rubbed away to reveal "newer" skin beneath.
And in other cases, male organ skin color change may be related to vitiligo.
Most people who have heard of vitiligo know the name because the late pop star Michael Jackson was said to have suffered from it. Vitiligo occurs when the skin loses melanocytes, cells that produce melanin, which affect color production in the skin, hair and eyes. It may also occur if the melanocytes are present but not functioning properly.
Scientists are still unclear about why a person may develop vitiligo, but there are several suspected causes:
It may be hereditary, something that is passed on from a father and/or mother.
It may be triggered by an outside factor such as sunburn or stress.
An autoimmune situation may develop, in which the immune system itself attacks the melanocytes.
Vitiligo is not a dangerous condition, but people who contract it carry a higher risk of complications like hearing loss, inflammation of the iris and sunburn. More often, they may experience psychological distress – and this can be especially true for men with vitiligo on the manhood who attach a great deal of importance to the physical appearance of their male organ.
The effects of vitiligo can be treated in several ways. In some cases, anti-inflammatory corticosteroids may be able to re-pigment portions of affected skin, although this change can take a long time to become visible. Various forms of laser therapy and light therapy are sometimes effective, although their use on the member requires special care and consideration. Vitamin D is often recommended, applied topically.
Often, however, a man will find that even after treatment he still has visible patches of vitiligo on his male organ. In such cases, a man is advised to learn to live with the fact that portions of his member are "patchy." The manhood itself still functions normally and is healthy; it is merely the appearance that has changed.


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Watch: Pounding surf, high water push South Jersey house into ocean
As rain and strong winds continue to pound the Jersey Shore a home in Middle Township slid into the ocean on Saturday morning.
As rain and strong winds continue to pound the Jersey Shore a home in Middle Township slid into the ocean on Saturday morning.
The effects of a coastal storm system and the distant Hurricane Joaquin will lead to some nasty weather and surf this weekend.
At the height of today's bayfront floods in Barnegat, one police officer placed duty before self to rescue a boater who couldn't reach land.
We could still see nasty flooding, road closures, downed trees and power outages this weekend. Here's what you need to know to get through it.
Hurricane Joaquin shows every sign of avoiding New Jersey, but the nor'easter that's been feeding off the big storm and pelting the coast is creating flood problems throughout Ocean County.
Heavy flooding was being seen in coastal New Jersey mid-day Friday, as storms continued to hit the state even while Hurricane Joaquin looked more and more likely to turn out to see.
Five people died in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy due to carbon monoxide poisoning, according to the New Jersey Department of Health.
Confidence is growing that Hurricane Joaquin will turn away from the U.S. East Coast, but some dramatic indirect impacts are still expected for New Jersey.
New Jersey Transit is getting ready for Hurricane Joaquin and its possible effects on the state and its equipment.
The amount of Hurricane Joaquin prep information hitting you is almost as dense as the raindrops will be if you wind up standing in it. On the Ocean County Health Department web page, you can find a comprehensive guide to resources and tips to safeguard yourself and your loved ones.


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Day 8 Gratitude Project - Squirrel Baffle
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Today I am so thankful to have found a squirrel baffle that finally works... so the birds can eat their seed, & the squirrels can get back to the business of collecting nuts! And I am every so grateful for what might be the last 70 degree day of the year. Glorious!


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GST is back on the agenda for the national conversation with the Treasurer confirming at the recent Council on Federal Financial Relations Meeting that GST will be charged on electronic imports into Australia. The policy justification for this position is obvious – the failure to impose tax on such services encourages consumers to shop offshore (harming Australian businesses) and reduces Australia's tax take (harming the budget).
In this article we look at particular aspects of the approaches taken by South Africa and the EU and consider what lessons their experiences provide for Australia. We also examine whether Australia can impose an electronic services tax on non-residents that have no presence here, and how this could be enforced.
Digital imports in the crosshairs
It is clear from the Treasurer's comments that digital imports of online television, music and games from foreign giants such as Netflix and iTunes are the key targets of the proposed policy reforms, with transactions over recent years increasing significantly and leading to potentially large revenue gains.
Other digital imports including educational and news services are also likely to be taxed in order to level the playing field between local and foreign service providers.
These issues associated with taxing digital imports are not unique to Australia. Rather than adopting an approach of seeking international consensus, a number of jurisdictions have already introduced (or are in the process of introducing) a tax on digital imports to provide equal opportunity between residents and non-residents, as well as protecting revenue.
Example 1: South Africa
From 1 June 2014, suppliers of 'electronic services':
- to South African residents; or
- where payment for such services originates from a South African bank, are obliged to register for and charge South African VAT.
South Africa's approach, as one of the first jurisdictions to amend its VAT regime to tax digital imports, does face some potential hiccups.
First, its reach could be farther than intended. For example, an individual with a South African bank account could be subject to VAT in South Africa for purchases made from e-commerce providers regardless of whether they are consumed in South Africa. This places significant compliance costs on foreign digital suppliers by requiring them to verify the residency status and bank account details of South African customers.
Secondly, by making payment from a South African bank account the trigger for paying VAT, it is likely to encourage consumers to use other methods of payment for digital services, such as bitcoin and Apple iTunes cards that are not captured.
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has set out specific types of e-commerce transactions that constitute 'electronic services' such as educational services, internet-based auction services, games, as well as sales and subscriptions for digital media. In doing so, SARS has sought to exclude any business-to-business transactions that would not provide net revenue on the basis that businesses would normally claim offsetting credits.
The list of services was amended from its original draft form to account for the business-to-consumer focus, most significantly by deleting the supply of 'software'. This raises an issue as whether business-to-consumer software transactions should also be excluded from such a regime in Australia.
Only a year since introduction, it is still too early to definitively conclude whether South Africa's 'go it alone' approach has yet been successful.
Example 2: The European Union – the MOSS system
On 1 January 2015 the European Union introduced a new regime to tax cross border electronic supplies which includes a useful compliance scheme. The VAT Mini One Stop Shop (VAT MOSS) scheme is designed to make the VAT payment process easier by allowing businesses supplying digital services to consumers in member states, in which they do not have an established presence, to account for the VAT due on those supplies via a web-portal. The scheme ensures that these businesses are not required to register for VAT in each member state to which they make supplies.
From a practical perspective, businesses who register with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are only obliged to submit a single quarterly return and payment which HMRC will then forward to the relevant tax authorities in the member state(s) where consumers are located. The MOSS returns are additional to the VAT returns a taxpayer must submit in its own jurisdiction. It may be that this system could form the basis for an agreed global approach to ensuring the application and collection of GST/VAT in the place of consumption, irrespective of the location of the supplier.
Lessons for Australia
The form that the new regime takes will likely be influenced by political sensitivities and lobbying from the competing interests of consumers and local digital service providers. Noting South Africa's experience, any proposed legislation should:
- focus on capturing business-to-consumer transactions – as these are the transactions from which net revenue will be generated – meaning that a broad exemption should be available for acquisitions made by GST registered entities;
- clarify the scope of such a regime – should it allow for the existing concessions such as education and health services? And should it extend beyond digital services to apply to advisory, agency or broking services?
- simplify the process for calculating and collecting GST to maximise the likelihood of compliance;
- contain rigorous procedures to ensure there is no easy 'work around', while also providing for meaningful and significant adverse consequences for non-compliance;
- ensure that any changes to the 'where the supply is done' test do not unintentionally impact on the supply of other non-digital online services – for example we want to avoid a situation where advice given in an online forum attracts GST, however the same advice given over email does not;
- ensure that only those services that are consumed in Australia are subject to GST.
Treasury has not given an indication of timing or structure for new legislation. In the meantime, Australian suppliers of digital services should consider how to make themselves more competitive as foreign suppliers continue to reap the benefits of making tax free supplies to Australian consumers.


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This syntax will enable users to put tweets and searches from twitter on a page. It uses the media cache thereby bypassing twitter's tracking cookies and complying with EU privacy guidelines.
As of 2013-03-08 this requires OAuth credentials
Install the plugin using the Plugin Manager and the download URL above, which points to latest version of the plugin. Refer to Plugins on how to install plugins manually.
After installation you need to create a Twitter application so you can obtain the necessary OAuth credentials (oauth consumer key, oauth consumer secret, oauth token and oauth token secret) which must be entered in the admin page.
IF you want to show some tweets from twitter on a DokuWiki page, use this Plugin. The syntax is easy:
Replace the following:
And here comes some valid examples:
//The 5 latest tweets from user schwarzenegger. [TWITTER:USER:schwarzenegger:5] //All tweets from user BritneySpears [TWITTER:USER:BritneySpears] //Search for the word mj [TWITTER:SEARCH:mj] //Search for the word dokuwiki [TWITTER:SEARCH:dokuwiki]
I created that plugin in around 30 minutes, so it's only a first demo and I personally don't like the look. But at least it's working. I will do some improvements, when I have more free time.
I would like to send dokuwiki changes (the changelog) to twitter automatically. How can I do that? citizenkeys 2010/04/17 19:29
That is not possible with this plugin. You would need another plugin to do automatic tweeting of the changelog. The plugin needs to be a action plugin and not a syntax plugin. Currently i'm not havin any plans to realize that, althought it would be really easy because Twitter has a really good API. Christoph LangAs they say 'better late than never'. I created a new plugin called autotweet that automatically posts Tweets with page changes of specific pages to Twitter using the oAuth authentication protocoll. You can specify the look and feel of the Tweet to suit your needs and also specify which pages should be regarded. I hope this is what you had in mind, maybe it's still usefull to somebody. jdt 2011/10/06 11:10
Can you (or anybody!) please write a plugin to send dokuwiki updates to twitter? Right now, my site has a plugin to automatically send sitemap updates to Google. We would like to send page updates automatically to twitter. citizenkeys 2010/04/17 19:29
I wouldn't even know what to tweet on a page update, because 140 chars not much. Personally i think a rss feed is the much better choice here. But maybe someone will do your plugin Christoph Lang
Try out this plugin. desbest 2012 July
Nice plugin! But is it possible to make the syntax more *DokuWiki-like*? Such as using
search?q=user%3Areder&btnI=lucky? —
Reder 2009/07/04 08:30
Ok, just updated the code. Now you can also use:
//Timeline of user {{twitter>user:reder}} //Search for Keyword 'PHP' {{twitter>search:PHP}}
Hope that helps.
I build some regex into the Plugin to make links, twitterer and hashtags clickable. rifter 2009/07/08 17:56
Thank you, seems to work very fine!
Christoph Lang 2009/07/08 23:46
Updated the code a little bit, mainly the time of the tweet is now displayed Twitter-like, e.g. 5 minutes ago, or About 1 week ago. Also there was a problem with the regex (only first hastag was clickable). Now all hastags are clickable. Christoph Lang 2009/07/09 23:01
Getting a "Twitter is down" error when it isn't. — Grimp
"Twitter is down" means either Twitter is down, or the response from Twitter is invalid. Maybe you used a wrong syntax?
Give me a sample of your syntax, and I will look. Maybe it's a Bug. — C.Lang
I have the same problem "Twitter is down" … example on http://pichat-wiki.de/links#twitter — Mark Wolfgruber
In you PHP.ini the option allow_url_fopen is Off. You have to turn it On, so that the Plugin can fetch the data from Twitter.
If Option is Off file_get_contents can only open local files, and not files on another server. — C.Lang
I can't change the parameter for
allow_url_fopento On
but now it is working with the following additional function code
to install put the
private function file_get_contentse.g. top of the
function handle
replace in the function handles: file_get_contents with $this→file_get_contents
— Mark Wolfgruber 2009/11/23 02:42
I updated the mod, now you can use allow_url_fopen with ON or OFF (I need for local Installation ON and for the Server OFF) — Mark Wolfgruber 2010/04/23 00:16
Fantastic plugin, thanks - is there a way to do negative keywords on the search? (UPDATE 7/22 - WORKED! THANKS CHRISTOPH!) — Tyler (mail at tribalcore dot com)
Just updated the plugin. Now you can combine searchwords, e.g:
//Search for PHP but NOT Zend {{twitter>search:php -zend}} //Search for PHP AND Zend {{twitter>search:php zend}}
In theory other search parameters from the Twitter-Api should also work, but I didn't test it.
This requires PHP 5.2 or later, or alternatively you'll have to add a json_decode function, e.g. from http://au.php.net/manual/en/function.json-decode.php#91216 — Robert
Your plugin does not work on my server. It shows only: About 40 years, 1 month ago from. (www.pyload.org/beta)
Johann Bauer
It seems your server is returning the wrong time to the plugin. 01.01.1970 is the start of the UNIX time, and that is what your server is returning (40years and 1 month ago).
Maybe you have to set the correct time on your server first. — C.Lang
No, the server's time (So 7. Feb 17:49:24 CET 2010) is right (for Germany) and there aren't tweets and pictures, so that I think it's another problemJust checked your site pyload and saw that it wasn't working. Seems your having another problem. Do you have at least PHP 5.2?
Maybe you can provide me with more detailed information, because I can't think of any reason for your problem.
You can also contact me via Email, my mail address is on top of the page (I'm German, too).
Updated the plugin with cache "management" (from source plugin).
Björn Kalkbrenner 2010/06/18 20:15
Hi i can't make work your plugin, i have this error message : "Twitter error…
215: Bad Authentication data." do you have an idea where this come from ? — AdrienAdrien
2015-11-17 15:56
probably the credentials that you entered are wrong; see the installaion above, optionally create new keys for this applicationI would agree here. Your application needs to be 'Read' on Twitter. Then remake the tokens. Worked for me.
It is worth noting that something in this plugin is not compatible with HTTPS / SSL. I think it may be an unencrypted element e.g. an image, possibly the Twitter avatar? Any help?


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Thu 2 Aug 2007
Random Irritations #2 - Telephone SalesPosted by Craig under Random Irritations
I get quite a few calls at work from people trying to sell us stuff - either that or switch our electricity/gas/telephones to their company because they can save us a fortune.
Firstly, without knowing how much we currently pay, how do they know how much they can save us?
And secondly, don't they think that if we wanted a new photocopier or fax machine or whatever then we would go out and buy one rather than just sit about thinking "oh, I hope someone phones to sell us a photocopier today, I really miss the old one now it's broken"?
To be honest, I don't really mind these people too much - they are honest and upfront about what they are trying to do most of the time. Normally the calls are about company cars or company mobiles, so by telling them we don't have any (which is true) they are polite enough to apologise for troubling us and then they go away.
There are another breed of telephone sales people who I hate with a vengeance though.
Instead of wanting to sell you stuff upfront, they try to get you to order stuff by using underhand methods. One company who calls regularly, starts off by asking if "the usual order will be okay, or do we need more this month?" - now it seems a normal enough request, but we've never ordered from them and never will, solely due to their selling tactics.
The question implies that we are a regular customer and it would be oh-so-easy to just say "Yes please!" so that our usual stock supplies don't run short. I can't remember the name of the company or I would put it here, they really are the pits. The worst part is that the company is obviously still in business after several years of these calls, so they must be catching a fair amount of people out.
Someone from a paper supplies company I'd never heard of called today, apologising for the late arrival of their new catalogue - as I'd never heard of them I couldn't care less how late it was. The guy was full of jokes (I think they were meant to be jokes anyway), and very chatty in a matey type of way, and offered to send Marks & Spencer vouchers by way of apology - but could only send them to my home address, so if I could supply it then the vouchers would be sent today.
No chance was I giving him that address, and when I said to just send them to my work the line went dead.
So the whole purpose of the call was seemingly to get someone's home address, what was that all about?
A couple of hours later the same guy phoned back, and I thought maybe we had got cut off by mistake - but the call started with the exact same patter, "Hi, I'm calling from Blah-de-blah Paper. I'd like to apologise for the late arrival of our catalogue, I'm afraid we've been let down by our printers - it's always the same isn't it?! The good news is that it will be with you in the next couple of days, so you can sleep easy in your bed tonight!"
I pointed out that this was exactly what he had said word for word earlier, and his script went out the window to be replaced with a quiet "Ah…"
It was then my turn to put the phone down.
One Response to "Random Irritations #2 - Telephone Sales"
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August 21st, 2007 at 11:27 am
[...] mentioned before about stupid phonecalls at work from people who are supposedly wanting to send out a brochure, but [...]


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Cocktail 1988 Hollywood Movie Watch Online Informations :
Director : Roger Donaldson
Release Date : 29 July 1988
Genre : Comedy, Romance
Cast : Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue, Lisa Banes, Laurence Luckinbill, Kelly Lynch, Gina Gershon, Ron Dean, Robert Donley, Ellen Foley
Movies Summary
After leaving the Army, Brian Flanagan tries to get a marketing job in New York. But without a college degree, this was not possible. He then decides to start studying for a business degree at the local City College and gets a part time job as a bartender. He realizes that its not that easy, but when his new boss Douglas Coughlin teaches him the secrets of the bar trade and they become the most famous bartenders in town. Both Brian and Doug Coughlin want their own top class cocktail bars someday and Brian's Cocktail Bar is to be called 'Cocktails & Dreams', and in order to get the necessary money to open it, Brian travels to Jamaica to work as a bartender at a resort Tiki Bar, and the pay is good. There he meets Jordan Mooney, a young and pretty, up and coming American artist on vacation with her girlfriend from New York, staying at the Island resort. Jordan and Brian spend some quality time together and fall in love. But when Brian takes a dare from his old buddy, Doug Coughlin to sleep with an older woman, who is also staying at the resort. Jordan, herself the daughter of wealthy parents back in New York, leaves the Island overnight, after seeing Brian and the older woman together after closing… Will Jordan ever forgive Brian and will they get back together?
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Mick Walker - leading authority on all forms of motorcycle sport - examines the long career of the quickest and most determined competitors of all time in this enthralling biography. In the late 1950's John Surtees was the dominant rider in top-level British and European motorcycle racing. A precocious talent, he began riding competitively on Vincents in the early 1950's, then REGs and NSUs and Nortons. He swiftly established himself as one of the quickest and most determined competitors. He confirmed his outstanding qualities as a rider when he won his first 500cc title for MV Agusta in 1956, and this triumph was followed by six more titles, three at 350cc and three at 500cc. From 1958 to 1960, he won by a huge margin.
In this fully illustrated and in-depth new study, Mick Walker reassesses Surtees' remarkable record and explores the background to his achievement. He recalls Surtee's early introduction to the sport, his rapid development as a rider and his years of dominance. The technical side of Surtees' career - the bikes he rode and his considerable skills as a mechanic and engineer - is covered in detail. The book gives a fascinating insight into the intense motivation that often gave Surtees the edge over his rivals and laid the foundation for the success that followed. As a rider Surtees was not only exceptionally fast, safe, and consistent, but he was also technically adept and innovative. His race preparation was meticulous and single-minded, and this professional attitude to the sport marked him out from his contemporaries.
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Statistic freaks
Not really it was just dates n stats not enough on the human side
I can look up stats if thats what i want
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