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+# Be sure to restart your web server when you modify this file.
+
+# Uncomment below to force Rails into production mode when 
+# you don't control web/app server and can't set it the proper way
+# ENV['RAILS_ENV'] ||= 'production'
+
+# Specifies gem version of Rails to use when vendor/rails is not present
+RAILS_GEM_VERSION = '1.2.4' unless defined? RAILS_GEM_VERSION
+
+# Bootstrap the Rails environment, frameworks, and default configuration
+require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'boot')
+
+Rails::Initializer.run do |config|
+  # Settings in config/environments/* take precedence over those specified here
+  
+  # Skip frameworks you're not going to use (only works if using vendor/rails)
+  # config.frameworks -= [ :action_web_service, :action_mailer ]
+
+  # Only load the plugins named here, by default all plugins in vendor/plugins are loaded
+  # config.plugins = %W( exception_notification ssl_requirement )
+
+  # Add additional load paths for your own custom dirs
+  # config.load_paths += %W( #{RAILS_ROOT}/extras )
+
+  # Force all environments to use the same logger level 
+  # (by default production uses :info, the others :debug)
+  # config.log_level = :debug
+
+  # Use the database for sessions instead of the file system
+  # (create the session table with 'rake db:sessions:create')
+  config.action_controller.session_store = :active_record_store
+
+  # Use SQL instead of Active Record's schema dumper when creating the test database.
+  # This is necessary if your schema can't be completely dumped by the schema dumper, 
+  # like if you have constraints or database-specific column types
+  # config.active_record.schema_format = :sql
+
+  # Activate observers that should always be running
+  # config.active_record.observers = :cacher, :garbage_collector
+
+  # Make Active Record use UTC-base instead of local time
+  config.active_record.default_timezone = :utc
+  
+  # See Rails::Configuration for more options
+end
+
+# Add new inflection rules using the following format 
+# (all these examples are active by default):
+# Inflector.inflections do |inflect|
+#   inflect.plural /^(ox)$/i, '\1en'
+#   inflect.singular /^(ox)en/i, '\1'
+#   inflect.irregular 'person', 'people'
+#   inflect.uncountable %w( fish sheep )
+# end
+
+# Add new mime types for use in respond_to blocks:
+# Mime::Type.register "text/richtext", :rtf
+# Mime::Type.register "application/x-mobile", :mobile
+
+# Include your application configuration below