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HASH_COMMAND_MATCHER = /(#d(?:\s|$|([0-9]+))(?:\s|$))/

# hash commands for twitter:
# `#d`      :     delete the last twitter post in the wire
# `#d35235` :     delete tweet with id 35235 from the wire
def process_hash_commands
  cmds = []
  @payload.each do |tweet|
    if Update.find_by_native_item_id(tweet.id).nil?
      tweet.text =~ HASH_COMMAND_MATCHER

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def multi
  poll_ids = params[:id].split(',')
  @polls = Poll.find(:all, :conditions => {:id => poll_ids})
  json = @polls.to_json(:include => {:contest => {}, :pollster => {}, :scores => {:include => :candidate}})
  json = params[:callback] ? params[:callback] + '(' + json + ')' : json

  respond_to do |format|
    format.json { render :json =>  json }
  end 
end

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# S_G_WV_0_49607_1.xml 

 desc "import to db from xml"
  task :import do
    AP_FILES.each do |file|
      a = AP::Import.new(file)
      puts file.inspect      
      file_id = file.gsub(/\/.+\/([A-Z]_[A-Z]_[A-Z]{1,2}_[0-9]{1,2}).*$/){|q| $1.to_s.to_i(36).to_s}
      a.to_db(file_id.to_i)
      puts "imported #{file}"

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module Graticule #:nodoc:
 module Geocoder #:nodoc:
   class Google
     def initialize(key)
       @key = key
       @proxies = ["http://127.0.0.1:8080", "http://127.0.0.1:8081", "http://127.0.0.1:8082"]
       @url = URI.parse @proxies[rand(@proxies.length)] + '/maps/geo'
     end
   end
 end

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module ProPublica
  class GoogleComparer
    BASE_URL = "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/search/web?v=1.0&q="
    WEB_TITLE_DELIMITERS = /(-|\|).*$/
    
    def initialize(facility_name)
      @facility_name = facility_name
      url_encoded_facility_name = CGI.escape(@facility_name)
      @results = JSON.parse(RestClient.get(BASE_URL + url_encoded_facility_name))['responseData']['results']
    end

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$KCODE = "UTF8"

require 'rubygems'
require 'rest_client'
require 'readability'
require 'sanitize'
require 'twitter-text'
require 'crack/json'
require 'curb'

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<style>
  #q,#shadow_q {
   position:absolute;
   top:5px;
   left:5px;
   width:500px;
   height:30px;
   font-size:25px;
  }
  #q {

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module ActiveRecord
  class StatementInvalid < ActiveRecordError
    def new(msg)
      super unless msg =~ /MySQL server has gone away/
      ActiveRecord::Base.verify_active_connections!
    end
  end
end

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.infinite_frowns {
    color: #660000;
    background: #FFEEEE;
}

.infinite_smiles {
    color: #000;
    background: #CCFFCC;
}

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  updateSearchStatus : function(e, status) {
    console.log(arguments);
    var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments)
    var first = parseInt(args.slice(2,3),10) + 1;
    var last = (function() {
      var humanStatus = args.slice(1,2);
      console.log(humanStatus.toString());
      return (humanStatus.toString() === "atEnd" || humanStatus.toString() === "disableBoth") 
        ? CompareFacilities.facilities.length : first + 3;
    })();