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bucket = ENV['S3_BUCKET']
access_key = ENV['S3_KEY']
secret = ENV['S3_SECRET']
key = "temp/"
content_type = "application/pdf"
expiration = 5.hours.from_now.utc.strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.000Z')
max_filesize = 500.megabytes
acl = 'public-read'
policy = Base64.encode64(
  "{'expiration': '#{expiration}',

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#include "VCPlugInHeaders.h"

// Interface includes:
#include "ISession.h"
#include "IApplication.h"
#include "IDialogMgr.h"
#include "IDialog.h"

#include "IDialogCreator.h"
#include "IK2ServiceProvider.h"

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# To show SQL Statements in the rails console
# copy this code to ~/.irbrc
# code found there http://frozenplague.net/2008/12/showing-sql-statements-in-scriptconsole/

if ENV.include?('RAILS_ENV') && !Object.const_defined?('RAILS_DEFAULT_LOGGER')
  require 'logger'
  RAILS_DEFAULT_LOGGER = Logger.new(STDOUT)
end

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# Given a chinese character, fetch its ethymology through http://www.internationalscientific.org/
#

require 'rubygems'
require 'open-uri'
require 'hpricot'
require 'cgi'

def get_ethymology(chinese)
  doc = Hpricot(open("http://www.internationalscientific.org/CharacterASP/CharacterEtymology.aspx?characterInput=#{  CGI.escape(chinese) }"))

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# Extracts the hexadecimal code from a string and converts it into the corresponding unicode character
#
# code found there -> http://www.nabble.com/Euro-currency-symbol-td22795833.html ( by David Wright )

def convert(code)
  return [code.gsub("U+", "").hex].pack("U")
end
puts convert("U+634F") # -> 捏

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/* Scroll to the bottom of an element using Prototype and Scriptaculous 
wokrs under Firefox and Safari (not tested under ie)
*/
function scrollToBottom(element)
  {
     var offset= window.innerHeight - $(element).getHeight() -10 ;
     Effect.ScrollTo(element, {offset:-offset})
  }