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begin
  data["body"] = content[1].split(/\W{2,}/)[0].strip()
rescue Exception => e
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def get_pos(rel_dates):
    """returns the positions of the dates closest to 25%, 50%, and 75%"""
    pos = [0] # first element
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def scale_dates(dates):
    rel_dates = []
    first_day = dates[0]
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