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  def split_on_spaces(text,limit,wrapper_id_short=nil,wrapper_id_long=nil)
    results = text.split(' ')
    i = 0
    short_p = ""
    long_p = ""
    while short_p.length < limit && i <= results.count - 1
      short_p << results[i] + ' '
      i+= 1
    end
    rem = results[i..results.count-1]

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  def split_paragraphs(text,limit,wrapper_id_short=nil,wrapper_id_long=nil)
    results = text.scan(/<p>.*?<\/p>/)
    i = 0
    length = 0
    short_p = ""
    while length < limit && i <= results.count - 1
      short_p << results[i]
      length += results[i].length - 7
      i+= 1
    end

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class Array
  def chunk(pieces=2)
    len = self.length;
    mid = (len/pieces)
    chunks = []
    start = 0
    1.upto(pieces) do |i|
      last = start+mid
      last = last-1 unless len%pieces >= i
      chunks << self[start..last] || []

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convert original.jpg -resize 200x200^ -gravity Center -crop 200x100+0+0 +repage thumbs.jpg

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#requires time_diff gem
  def time_ago(time)
    parsed_time = Time.parse(time)
    time_diff = Time.diff(parsed_time, Time.now)
    formated_time = ""
    if time_diff[:day] > 0 || time_diff[:month] > 0 || time_diff[:year] > 0
      formated_time += "#{parsed_time.day}" if time_diff[:day] > 0
      formated_time += " #{parsed_time.strftime("%b")}" if time_diff[:month] > 0
      formated_time += " #{parsed_time.strftime("%y")}" if time_diff[:year] > 0
    else

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  def active_link(path, match_top_dir=false)
    debugger
    if match_top_dir == true
      req_path_a = request.path.to_s.split('/')
      path_a = path.split('/')
      if req_path_a[1] == path_a[1]
        return 'selected'
      end
    else
      if path == request.path

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def twitter_links(txt)
    match = []
    #link @user
    if match = txt.scan(/@([A-Za-z0-9_]+)/i)
      match.each do |user|
        txt.gsub!('@'+user[0], '<a href="http://twitter.com/' + user[0] + '">@' + user[0] + '</a>')
      end
    end
  #link #hash_tags
  if match = txt.scan(/\B#\w*[a-zA-Z]+\w*/i)