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class Suggester
  class << self

    def variants_for word
      [word.downcase, word.capitalize, word.squeeze]
    end

    def suggestions_for word
      suggestions = self.vowel_suggestions_for word
      suggestion_variants = []

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def following(cursor = -1)
    Rails.cache.fetch("following/#{id}", :expires_in => 1.hour) do
      result = twitter_request_authenticated('get_following', {:cursor => cursor})
      followed_users = parse_body(result)['users']
      twitter_user_list = []
      followed_users.each do |user|
#       this_user = TwitterUser.new(:twitter_id => user['id'], :screen_name => user['screen_name'], :name => user['name'], :image => user['profile_image_url'], :location => user['location'])              
        this_user = {'twitter_id' => user['id'], 'screen_name' => user['screen_name'], 'name' => user['name'], 'image' => user['profile_image_url'], 'location' => user['location']}
        this_user['status'] = user['status']['text'] unless user['status'].nil?
        twitter_user_list.push this_user

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# "Empty" results when this model method resides in a cache block

# app/models/user.rb

def following(cursor = -1)
  Rails.cache.fetch("following/#{id}", :expires_in => 1.hour) do
    result = twitter_request_authenticated('get_following', {:cursor => cursor})
    followed_users = parse_body(result)['users']
    twitter_user_list = []
    followed_users.each do |user|

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<div class="followed-user <%= cycle('odd odd-row', 'even odd-row', 'odd even-row', 'even even-row') %><% if(followed_user_counter > 20) %> hidden<% end %>">

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# home.erb.html

<% @current_user.following.each do |user| %>
    <%=	user['status'] %><br /><br />
<% end %>

# @current_user.following is a hash from JSON.parse(twitter_response)
# the above returns something like the following once per user

{"in_reply_to_status_id_str"=>nil, "text"=>"This Week In Dylan Lewis John Martin, a must-listen for anyone who follows @dylanljmartin http://thisweekindljm.podomatic.com", "contributors"=>nil, "retweeted"=>false, "in_reply_to_user_id_str"=>nil, "retweet_count"=>0, "id_str"=>"47517965167505408", "source"=>"web", "geo"=>nil, "truncated"=>false, "created_at"=>"Tue Mar 15 04:42:20 +0000 2011", "place"=>nil, "in_reply_to_status_id"=>nil, "favorited"=>false, "coordinates"=>nil, "id"=>47517965167505408, "in_reply_to_screen_name"=>nil, "in_reply_to_user_id"=>nil}