diff --git a/app/controllers/announcements_controller.rb b/app/controllers/announcements_controller.rb
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+class AnnouncementsController < ApplicationController
+
+  before_filter :authenticate
+  before_filter { |controller| controller.authorization_by_roles(['admin'])}
+
+  in_place_edit_for :announcement, :published
+
+  # GET /announcements
+  # GET /announcements.xml
+  def index
+    @announcements = Announcement.find(:all)
+
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.html # index.html.erb
+      format.xml  { render :xml => @announcements }
+    end
+  end
+
+  # GET /announcements/1
+  # GET /announcements/1.xml
+  def show
+    @announcement = Announcement.find(params[:id])
+
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.html # show.html.erb
+      format.xml  { render :xml => @announcement }
+    end
+  end
+
+  # GET /announcements/new
+  # GET /announcements/new.xml
+  def new
+    @announcement = Announcement.new
+
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.html # new.html.erb
+      format.xml  { render :xml => @announcement }
+    end
+  end
+
+  # GET /announcements/1/edit
+  def edit
+    @announcement = Announcement.find(params[:id])
+  end
+
+  # POST /announcements
+  # POST /announcements.xml
+  def create
+    @announcement = Announcement.new(params[:announcement])
+
+    respond_to do |format|
+      if @announcement.save
+        flash[:notice] = 'Announcement was successfully created.'
+        format.html { redirect_to(@announcement) }
+        format.xml  { render :xml => @announcement, :status => :created, :location => @announcement }
+      else
+        format.html { render :action => "new" }
+        format.xml  { render :xml => @announcement.errors, :status => :unprocessable_entity }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  # PUT /announcements/1
+  # PUT /announcements/1.xml
+  def update
+    @announcement = Announcement.find(params[:id])
+
+    respond_to do |format|
+      if @announcement.update_attributes(params[:announcement])
+        flash[:notice] = 'Announcement was successfully updated.'
+        format.html { redirect_to(@announcement) }
+        format.xml  { head :ok }
+      else
+        format.html { render :action => "edit" }
+        format.xml  { render :xml => @announcement.errors, :status => :unprocessable_entity }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  # DELETE /announcements/1
+  # DELETE /announcements/1.xml
+  def destroy
+    @announcement = Announcement.find(params[:id])
+    @announcement.destroy
+
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.html { redirect_to(announcements_url) }
+      format.xml  { head :ok }
+    end
+  end
+end