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+function URLify(s, num_chars) {
+    // changes, e.g., "Petty theft" to "petty_theft"
+    // remove all these words from the string before urlifying
+    removelist = ["a", "an", "as", "at", "before", "but", "by", "for", "from",
+                  "is", "in", "into", "like", "of", "off", "on", "onto", "per",
+                  "since", "than", "the", "this", "that", "to", "up", "via",
+                  "with"];
+    r = new RegExp('\\b(' + removelist.join('|') + ')\\b', 'gi');
+    s = s.replace(r, '');
+    s = s.replace(/[^-A-Z0-9\s]/gi, '');  // remove unneeded chars
+    s = s.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, ''); // trim leading/trailing spaces
+    s = s.replace(/[-\s]+/g, '-');   // convert spaces to hyphens
+    s = s.toLowerCase();             // convert to lowercase
+    return s.substring(0, num_chars);// trim to first num_chars chars
+}