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+Request.Twitter = new Class({
+
+  Extends: Request.JSONP,
+
+  options: {
+    linkify: true,
+    url: 'http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/{term}.json',
+    include_replies: true,
+    data: {
+      count: 5,
+      trim_user: true
+    }
+  },
+
+  initialize: function(term, options){
+    this.parent(options);
+    if(this.options.include_replies == false){
+      this.options.count = this.options.data.count
+      this.options.data.count += 30; // adds 30 tweets to request for filtering
+    }
+    this.options.url = this.options.url.substitute({term: term});
+    console.log(this.options.url);
+  },
+
+  success: function(args, index){
+    if(!this.options.include_replies){
+      args[0] = args[0].filter(function(item, index, array){
+        return item.in_reply_to_screen_name == null;
+      });
+      if(args[0].length > this.options.count){ args[0].length = this.options.count; }
+    }
+    var data = args[0];
+
+    if (this.options.linkify) data.each(function(tweet){
+      tweet.text = this.linkify(tweet.text);
+    }, this);
+
+    if (data[0]) this.options.data.since_id = data[0].id; // keep subsequent calls newer
+
+    this.parent(args, index);
+  },
+
+  linkify: function(text){
+    // modified from TwitterGitter by David Walsh (davidwalsh.name)
+    // courtesy of Jeremy Parrish (rrish.org)
+    return text.replace(/(https?:\/\/[\w\-:;?&=+.%#\/]+)/gi, '<a href="$1">$1</a>')
+    .replace(/(^|\W)@(\w+)/g, '$1<a href="http://twitter.com/$2">@$2</a>')
+      .replace(/(^|\W)#(\w+)/g, '$1#<a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23$2">$2</a>');
+  }
+
+});
+