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# Put this method in your helper file to render inline SVG

def inline_svg(path)
  file = File.open("app/assets/images/#{path}", "rb")
  raw file.read
end

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Installing a Gem on Heroku from a Private GitHub Repo

Sometimes you want to use a gem on Heroku that is in a private repository on GitHub.

Using git over http you can authenticate to GitHub using basic authentication. However, we don't want to embed usernames and passwords in Gemfiles. Instead, we can use authentication tokens.

1. Get an OAuth Token from GitHub

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First you will need to get an OAuth Token from GitHub using your own username and "note"

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;; emacs configuration

(push "/usr/local/bin" exec-path)
(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d")

(setq make-backup-files nil)
(setq auto-save-default nil)
(setq-default tab-width 2)
(setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil)
(setq inhibit-startup-message t)

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# coding=UTF-8
from __future__ import division
import nltk
from collections import Counter

# This is a simple tool for adding automatic hashtags into an article title
# Created by Shlomi Babluki
# Sep, 2013

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require 'rubygems'
require 'mechanize'

FIRST_NAME = 'FIRST_NAME'
LAST_NAME = 'LAST_NAME'
PHONE = 'PHONE'
EMAIL = '[email protected]'

PARTY_SIZE = 2
SCHEDULE_RANGE = { :start_time => '19:00', :end_time => '20:30' }

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import urllib2
url='http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ATL/2012.shtml'
q=urllib2.urlopen(url).read()
current = None
previous = [0,0]
streak=['type', 0]
allstreak=[]

a=q.rsplit('ATL (')
for b in a:

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'''
odds of winning:   .5776398
odds of losing:   .4223602
 
odds of winning game after winning 1: 	23/34		.67647059
odds of winning game after winning 2: 	15/23		.65217391
odds of winning game after winning 3: 	9/15		.60000000
odds of winning game after winning 4: 	7/9		.77777778
odds of winning game after winning 5: 	3/7		.42857143
odds of winning game after winning 6: 	2/3		.66666667

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Create an .htaccess file in the webroot:

AuthUserFile /app/www/.htpasswd
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Restricted Access"
Require valid-user

Create a .htpasswd file:

htpasswd -c /app/www/.htpasswd [username]

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import sys
import subprocess
import tempfile
import urllib

text = sys.stdin.read()

chart_url_template = ('http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?'
                      'cht=qr&chs=300x300&chl={data}&chld=H|0')
chart_url = chart_url_template.format(data=urllib.quote(text))