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+--- 
+:gem: --no-ri --no-rdoc
+:verbose: true
+:update_sources: true
+:sources: 
+- http://gems.rubyforge.org/
+- http://gems.github.com/
+:backtrace: false
+:bulk_threshold: 1000
+:benchmark: false