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##----------------------------------------------------------------
## HSTORE: PostgreSQL key-value store column type
##----------------------------------------------------------------

# Double-quotes the value, escaping embedded double-quotes. This is NOT the
# same as db quoting (which uses apostrophes), and any value here must also 
# be quote()'ed before sending to the database.
sub double_quote {
  my ($self, $v) = @_;
  $v =~ s/"/\\"/g;

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# http://avdi.org/talks/confident-code-2010-01-12/confident-code.html

# Narrative structure: Four Parts
#==========================================================

# Gather input: 
#  Coerce
   param.to_s #to_i #to_sym Array() ... use liberally!
   messages = Array(messages)
   # Decorators

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#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'rubygems'
require 'nokogiri'

class Cleaner
  def read
    f = File.open("nelson.xml")
    @doc = Nokogiri::XML(f)
    f.close
  end

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require 'active_support'  
class MyLogger < ActiveSupport::BufferedLogger
  SEVERITY_NAME = %w( DEBUG INFO WARN ERROR FATAL UNKNOWN )

  def custom_line(severity, message)
    # Customized Log Format!
    message = [Time.now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"), ENV['BL_JOB_ID']||$$, SEVERITY_NAME[severity], message].join("\t")
  end
  
  def add(severity, message = nil, progname = nil, &block)

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#!/bin/bash
 
# Update the system first
sudo ntpdate ntp.ubuntu.com
sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get upgrade

# Ubuntu stuff
sudo apt-get -y install git-core openssh-server openssh-client build-essential wget ntp-simple
# be aware: vim vim-ruby installed x crap :(

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#!/bin/bash
# Inspired by http://blog.fiveruns.com/2008/9/24/rails-automation-at-slicehost

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade -y
apt-get -y install build-essential libssl-dev libreadline5-dev zlib1g-dev  
apt-get -y install mysql-server libmysqlclient15-dev mysql-client 
apt-get -y install ruby ruby1.8-dev irb ri rdoc libopenssl-ruby1.8 

RUBYGEMS="rubygems-1.3.0"