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Aug  2 11:47:41 Rob-Yurkowskis-iMac Installer[4002]: @(#)PROGRAM:Install  PROJECT:Install-684
Aug  2 11:47:41 Rob-Yurkowskis-iMac Installer[4002]: @(#)PROGRAM:Installer  PROJECT:Installer-530
Aug  2 11:47:41 Rob-Yurkowskis-iMac Installer[4002]: Hardware: iMac11,2 @ 3.06 GHz (x 4), 4096 MB RAM
Aug  2 11:47:41 Rob-Yurkowskis-iMac Installer[4002]: Running OS Build: Mac OS X 10.7 (11A511)
Aug  2 11:47:41 Rob-Yurkowskis-iMac Installer[4002]: Env: PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
Aug  2 11:47:41 Rob-Yurkowskis-iMac Installer[4002]: Env: TMPDIR=/var/folders/6q/_3ryf5yj0q917628qn45xmt00000gn/T/
Aug  2 11:47:41 Rob-Yurkowskis-iMac Installer[4002]: Env: SHELL=/bin/bash
Aug  2 11:47:41 Rob-Yurkowskis-iMac Installer[4002]: Env: HOME=/Users/rob
Aug  2 11:47:41 Rob-Yurkowskis-iMac Installer[4002]: Env: USER=rob
Aug  2 11:47:41 Rob-Yurkowskis-iMac Installer[4002]: Env: LOGNAME=rob

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class EventsController < ApplicationController

  before_filter :find_all_events
  before_filter :find_page

  def index
    # you can use meta fields from your model instead (e.g. browser_title)
    # by swapping @page for @event in the line below:
    present(@page)
  end

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Most of the time, when we talk about the economy, we hear that we need to 'rein in spending', that we need to trim our expenses. But it's relatively rare that we hear anything about growing our economy, except as part of the 'cut taxes' refrain. Do you think we ought to be more concerned with growing, rather than pruning? If yes, what steps as our MP would you take to help our economy flourish? Finally, how would you guarantee that the economic growth would go toward helping low- and middle-class families, rather than wallpapering executives' houses?

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I disagree strongly with the notion that emotion and tone must be left up to the imagination in written communication. It's often repeated, I think, because we don't have the full range of subtext provided by the body when communicating in person, but I'd argue that there is a whole host of metadata that accompanies the written statement, anyway. Semiological constructions have evolved over time to provide these visual cues—perhaps not in the same way, but certainly in a way that is respectible and replete with its own intricacies of meaning.

Credo: I believe that it is entirely possible to communicate without ambiguity in writing. Most importantly, I believe it is possible to do so in a concise manner. Correspondingly, I tend to get upset when I see prohibitions of parts of written speech. There's a difference between guarding against overuse and the often deontological imperative implied with such prohibitions. The occasional adverb adds spice, and the occasional exclamation point will clarify a sentence j

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#!/usr/bin/env ruby
THIS_FILE = File.symlink?(__FILE__) ? File.readlink(__FILE__) : __FILE__
$LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path(File.dirname(THIS_FILE))
Dir.chdir(File.expand_path(File.dirname(THIS_FILE)))

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class PostsController < ApplicationController

  def results
    params[:search] = params[:search].blank? ? '%' : "%#{params[:search]}%"
    @posts = Post.where("body LIKE ? OR title LIKE ?", params[:search], params[:search]).published(true).paginate(:per_page => 5, :page => params[:page])
    render :action => :index
  end

end

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So I have a model named Droplet. A droplet is essentially a catch-all status update. It looks like this:

Droplet
-------

- id
- title:varchar(255)
- body:varchar(255)
- user_id:int(11)

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class UserSessionsController < ApplicationController
  def new
    @user_session = UserSession.new
  end
  
  def create
    @user_session = UserSession.new(params[:user_session])
    if @user_session.save
      flash[:notice] = "Logged in successfully."
      redirect_to_target_or_default(root_url)

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## Cucumber Scenario

  @wip
  Scenario: Login with correct details
    Given a user named "brent" exists
    When I go to login
    And I fill in "Username" with "brent"
    And I fill in "Password" with "screech"
    And I press "Log In"
    And show me the page

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desc "Fetch product prices"  
task :updatepayouts => :environment do  
  require 'mechanize'    
  agent = WWW::Mechanize.new 
 Offer.find_all_by_payout(nil).each do |offer|  
 escaped_offer_name = CGI.escape("\"#{offer.name}\"")
 agent.get("http://odigger.com/?&q=#{escaped_offer_name}&network_id=")
 agent.page.search(".payout").each do |offer2|
 offer.update_attribute(:payout, offer2.text.strip)  
     end