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public static class CurrencyHelper
{
    private static string _currencyRegex = "rhs: \\\"(\\d*.\\d*)";

    // slightly modified from: http://www.ashishblog.com/blog/currency-exchange-rate-in-webpage-using-c-asp-net/
    // Uses a google api which takes requests in this format: http://www.google.com/ig/calculator?hl=en&q=1AUD%3D%3FUSD
    public static decimal Convert(decimal amount, string fromCurrency, string toCurrency)
    {
        var web = new WebClient();

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	[EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
	public interface IFluentInterface {
		[EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
		Type GetType();
		[EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
		int GetHashCode();
		[EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
		string ToString();
		[EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
		bool Equals(object obj);

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public static DownloadableFile ToDownloadableXmlFileForExcel2003(this System.Xml.Linq.XDocument file, string fileName)
{
    MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();

    XmlWriterSettings xmlWriterSettings = new XmlWriterSettings() { Encoding = Encoding.UTF8 };
    XmlWriter xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(ms, xmlWriterSettings);

    file.Save(xmlWriter);   //.Save() adds the <xml /> header tag!
    xmlWriter.Close();      //Must close the writer to dump it's content its output (the memory stream)

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public static class DateExtensions
{
        public static string TimeAgo(this DateTime date)
        {
            if (date <= DateTime.Now)
            {
                var timeSince = DateTime.Now.Subtract(date);
                if (timeSince.TotalMilliseconds < 1) return "not yet";
                if (timeSince.TotalMinutes < 1) return "just now";
                if (timeSince.TotalMinutes < 2) return "1 minute ago";

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public static class CalendarHelpers
{
    //Google Calender

    public static string GoogleCalendar(this HtmlHelper helper, string linkText, string what, DateTime start, DateTime? end, string description, string location, string websiteName, string websiteAddress, string attributes)
    {
        //parse dates
        var dates = start.ToString("yyyyMMddTHHmmssZ");
        if (end.HasValue && end > start)
        {

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public static class StringExtensions
{
    /// Like linq take - takes the first x characters
    public static string Take(this string theString, int count, bool ellipsis = false)
    {
        int lengthToTake = Math.Min(count, theString.Length);
        var cutDownString = theString.Substring(0, lengthToTake);

        if (ellipsis && lengthToTake < theString.Length)
            cutDownString += "...";

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using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Linq;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
using RestSharp;
using RestSharp.Deserializers;
using RestSharp.Extensions;