diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.gem
+.bundle
+Gemfile.lock
+pkg/*
+.rvmrc
+
diff --git a/.gitignore~ b/.gitignore~
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index 0000000..4040c6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore~
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+*.gem
+.bundle
+Gemfile.lock
+pkg/*
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
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+++ b/Gemfile
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+source "http://rubygems.org"
+
+# Specify your gem's dependencies in usps_standardizer.gemspec
+gemspec
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+require "bundler/gem_tasks"
diff --git a/lib/usps_standardizer.rb b/lib/usps_standardizer.rb
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index 0000000..e2ec460
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+++ b/lib/usps_standardizer.rb
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+require "usps_standardizer/version"
+
+module UspsStandardizer
+  # Your code goes here...
+end
diff --git a/lib/usps_standardizer/version.rb b/lib/usps_standardizer/version.rb
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+++ b/lib/usps_standardizer/version.rb
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+module UspsStandardizer
+  module Version
+    MAJOR  = 0
+    MINOR  = 1
+    PATH   = 0
+    STRING = "#{MAJOR}.#{MINOR}.#{PATCH}"
+  end
+end
+
diff --git a/lib/usps_standardizer/version.rb~ b/lib/usps_standardizer/version.rb~
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+++ b/lib/usps_standardizer/version.rb~
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+module UspsStandardizer
+  module Version
+    MAJOR  = 0
+    MINOR  = 1
+    PATH   = 0
+    STRING = "#{MAJOR}.#{MINOR}.#{PATCH}"
+end
+
diff --git a/usps_standardizer.gemspec b/usps_standardizer.gemspec
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+++ b/usps_standardizer.gemspec
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+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+$:.push File.expand_path("../lib", __FILE__)
+require "usps_standardizer/version"
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+  s.name        = "usps_standardizer"
+  s.version     = UspsStandardizer::VERSION::STRING
+  s.authors     = ["Rafael Macedo"]
+  s.email       = ["macedo.rafaelfernandes@gmail.com"]
+  s.homepage    = "http://github.com/rafaelmacedo/usps_standardizer"
+  s.summary     = %q{TODO: Write a gem summary}
+  s.description = s.summary
+
+
+  s.files         = `git ls-files`.split("\n")
+  s.test_files    = `git ls-files -- {test,spec,features}/*`.split("\n")
+  s.executables   = `git ls-files -- bin/*`.split("\n").map{ |f| File.basename(f) }
+  s.require_paths = ["lib"]
+
+  # specify any dependencies here; for example:
+  # s.add_development_dependency "rspec"
+  # s.add_runtime_dependency "rest-client"
+end
+
diff --git a/usps_standardizer.gemspec~ b/usps_standardizer.gemspec~
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+++ b/usps_standardizer.gemspec~
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+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+$:.push File.expand_path("../lib", __FILE__)
+require "usps_standardizer/version"
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+  s.name        = "usps_standardizer"
+  s.version     = UspsStandardizer::VERSION::STRING
+  s.authors     = ["Rafael Macedo"]
+  s.email       = ["macedo.rafaelfernandes@gmail.com"]
+  s.homepage    = "http://github.com/rafaelmacedo/usps_standardizer"
+  s.summary     = %q{TODO: Write a gem summary}
+  s.description = %q{TODO: Write a gem description}
+
+  s.rubyforge_project = "usps_standardizer"
+
+  s.files         = `git ls-files`.split("\n")
+  s.test_files    = `git ls-files -- {test,spec,features}/*`.split("\n")
+  s.executables   = `git ls-files -- bin/*`.split("\n").map{ |f| File.basename(f) }
+  s.require_paths = ["lib"]
+
+  # specify any dependencies here; for example:
+  # s.add_development_dependency "rspec"
+  # s.add_runtime_dependency "rest-client"
+end
+