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Here we've collected all the main approaches to Apple app creation. If you are looking for simple and clear explanation for all possible solutions for developing apps for iOS, have a look and send us your questions, we are ready to share our knowledge, collected within years in mobile development.
Classical Approach to iOS Creation
Objective-C is the main programming language when developing apps for iOS and Mac OS X. You can also develop iOS apps using other languages and technologies such as C ++, MacRuby, PyObjC, Pure C, MonoTouch, but this is mainly for additional functions and secondary purposes.
Web-based Solution
Another way to develop an app that can be run on the iOS platform is to design a non-native web-based program that looks like a native mobile iOS app, but in fact it is a website that you access through a Web navigator. Although there are many frameworks and platforms for developing web-based apps, they are mainly described by technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript and others.
Do I Really Need to Learn Goal-C?
If you are completely satisfied with the functionality of the web-based app, even if you are familiar with the Cocoa Framework without mastering Objective-C, you do not actually read this guide, but a tutorial on developing HTML-based apps. Please find On the other hand, if you want to develop high quality native apps for the iOS mobile operating system, use the Objective-C guide to help this venture.
Objective-C Programming Language
Objective-C is a generic object-oriented coding language that is basically an extension of the C language. Smalltalk style messaging, runtime reflection, multiple inheritance, and other functions are added to the C language. It has a very syntax different from other languages. People who are familiar with languages such as Java and Ruby, at first glance. The fact that Objective-C is a superset of C gives you the opportunity to go back to C every time you code an iOS app. For example, you can easily find C basic data types and calls to native functions in iOS and Mac apps, along with the code written in Objective-C.
Objective C class, purpose and method
If you are not familiar with iOS apps that need to update their memory, the developers prepare a simple tutorial on classes, objects and methods and explain how they are used in Objective-C. I will do it. A class is a plan that defines a set of objectives and behaviors for the object that will be developed. Classes usually correspond to some real-world concepts, such as plants.
How to run the call method in iOS
If you still do not know what's going on, let's take a closer look at the method call. [Plant alloc] means calling the method + alloc class for the Plant class. There is always one more sign before the class method. It is used to return the generic type of object identification. The use of -init means that you can call the instance method to initialize the memory and access the use of the new object. The instance method indicator is a minus sign that precedes it. You can not use Objective-C objects without performing these two actions.
Instances and behavior in iOS development
It is very likely that the classes of plants identify not only specific variables such as color, height, species, but also behavior, such as flowering, reproduction and photosynthesis. An object that belongs to a class is an instance of that class. Each instance has its own variables. As an example, you can develop 200 instances in the Plant class and define different variables for each one. A method is the behavior of an instance within a class or class. Therefore, it is called class method and instance method.
Difference between pile and pile
When handling variables of a specific size in the compilation stage, the variables are stored in the stack. The stack provides storage for local data that can be accessed without a pointer. For example, the stack contains all primitive data types (boolean, long, byte, char, short, int, etc.). Objective-C objects are not limited in size, they should be stored in a heap that can dynamically allocate memory and use pointers, as it grows as much as necessary. The pointer is a memory address, and if you need to access what is stored in memory, you need to dereference the pointer.
How to create an instance
To create a new instance, you need to assign the memory block of that class to help. Heap is a memory that stores all Objective-C objects and fulfills the dynamic assignment function. All Objective-C objects are pointers to the heap and are indicated by asterisks. Here is an example of how to create an instance of the Plant class.
Read Objective-C for iOS development
Well, you understand what it means. Do you know what the brackets represent? As they contain method calls, we are ready to use more with Objective-C. On the left you can see that after creating a new plant variant * called ourPlant, we have defined two method calls to the right to return them to ourPlant.
Memory management
When working with objects, remember to notify the execution time when the object is complete and released when you allocate a certain amount of memory. Objective-C uses a reference counting system to track where each object is being used, since several elements of an iOS app can use one object at a time. When you create an object, the object has only one reference. When you use an object to complete a specific part of an iOS app, a release message is sent to the object, which results in the number of references decreasing by one. If there are no references left in the object, the memory is released.
Memory management
When working with objects, remember to notify the execution time when the object is complete and released when you allocate a certain amount of memory. Objective-C uses a reference counting system to track where each object is being used, since several elements of an iOS app can use one object at a time. When you create an object, the object has only one reference. When you use an object to complete a specific part of an iOS app, a release message is sent to the object, which results in the number of references decreasing by one. If there are no references left in the object, the memory is released.
Ensure the stability of the iOS app
If you forget to free up memory on the object when the object is no longer in use, the program may use too many resources, causing the iOS app to crash and decrease performance. For Mac apps, it not only locks, it also slows down the overall system speed and increases memory. I have definitely left the Safari browser for a couple of days or I have experienced a game running in the background. This happens because the iOS app uses a lot of memory exponentially and leaves few resources to run other programs quickly. Memory is one of the most important resources for iOS app developers, so use them wisely. Apple's memory management guide is a wonderful resource to help you gain a deeper understanding of the management of Cocoa memory.
Data attribute
Despite having a behavior, the object can also store data. For example, what kind of data attributes can a smartphone object have?
- Model name
- Maker
- Color
Here we have to examine these attributes. The first is the name of the model. It can be represented by a combination of numbers. The data type of this attribute is numeric. There are several ways to represent numerically objective C:
- As an instance of the NSNumber class
- Primitive int
- Data type NSInteger used in Foundation
The number of iOS apps written in Objective-C
As you can see, there are at least three options. I explain the meaning here. The first option is the NSNumber class defined in the Foundation framework. The variable type int is a primitive data type C that contains a numeric value with the largest value. The third method is the NSInteger basic data type that comes from the underlying framework and its size is adapted to the needs of the iOS program at that time. The Foundation is one of the frameworks of Apple to develop iOS apps.
More information
Because the object is not an object, you do not need to allocate memory for NSInteger or int. In other words, the size is already defined. However, since it is developed on the stack instead of the stack, we need a pointer to access the content. Elements such as NSInteger, CGRect, CGSize, CGPoint, etc. they are not objects in the Foundation data type reference, so you do not need a pointer in the form of an asterisk.
Useful class methods
Let's go back to the first case of storing the model number 1900738 as an NSNumber object. After creation, it becomes the following.
NSNumber * model = [NSNumber number WithInt: 1900738].
But, if that is an instance of the NSNumber class, why is there nothing? Is not it Whi + alloc? It is not necessary to configure the memory and has a practical method of class to do automatically, so it is returned in this object.
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For those who haven't read the book (and I believe it may be the single most important book you can read for business), the general concept is that there is a 80 year swing in society between two prevailing outlooks - Me and We - each taking about 40 years of that swing.
A "We" cycle has "community" and "collaboration" as two of the main themes. People want to belong and be a part of something.
One way to use this understanding is to help people feel like they belong to your store. You probably already have a FB page and have a bunch of "likes". But how do you transfer that into a "community"? How do you turn those casual likers into loyal insiders?
Make them feel special.
Two ways you can do this...
- Insider information
- Shared unique experiences
Insider Information
People love little secrets. Men, especially, love secrets because men speak vertically - did what I say make you think higher of me or lower of me? Knowing little tidbits of information that most people don't know gives men a chance to say something that will make you think higher of them (at least that's how we perceive it, ladies, bear with us on this).
Ladies also like secrets. Unlike men, ladies speak more horizontally - did what I say draw me in closer or push me away? Ladies want to be in the inner circle. They feel special when they know the secret handshake. Little tidbits of information make them feel like they belong and also give them something to share with others and draw others into their inner circle.
Sharing personal stories, fun facts, and insider information with your fan base builds a level of loyalty among those who are in the know. Just keep it positive and interesting (i.e. did you know that the same man - Tom Murdough Jr - invented both Little Tikes and Step2? Yes, he went into business a second time just to compete with the first business he created!) Two examples of entities that have created a loyal band of followers... Lady Gaga & her Little Monsters and Jimmy Buffet & his Parrotheads. When your fans give themselves a name, you've done your job well.
Shared Unique Experiences
We have a special kindred spirit when we share a unique experience with other people. Those strangers become less strange. There is a nod of understanding between the people who have had those moments, a nod of "I-know-you-know-exactly-what-I'm-thinking".
When you do something completely and uniquely different than any other retailer out there, you'll get your customers giving those nods to other customers. They will feel like they belong to something special. The best thing is that they will want to bring their friends into this inner circle.
The key is that the experience has to be unique and special and unadvertised. For example, when I was in the world of rock climbing, there was a gal in Colorado who was the best at resoling rock climbing shoes. Many climbers I knew sent their shoes to her. And she sent them back, resoled. The unique experience, simple as it may sound, was that in the box she included a Jolly Rancher candy. If you saw a guy with newly resoled shoes, all you had to do was ask, "What flavor?" If he had sent his shoes to Jules, he knew exactly what you meant and responded right away.
In a "We" cycle people want to belong to something special. Give them something special with your business and they'll be naming themselves soon enough.
-Phil Wrzesinski
PS Once you get your fans to become so loyal they name themselves, you can stop spending money on regular advertising. They'll do all the advertising for you.

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The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
Book of the Month
It is not often I indulge in a Booker Prize winner yet the theme of this caught my eye and a few pages in I realised it was a mystery, bound in an enigma, caught in a puzzle. Those readers who love a good "whodunit", then this is of that ilk; yet, with that plot it is written in a manner that has echoes of Arthur Conan Doyle, it navigates precisely through the labyrinth of a Victorian-era New Zealand with a tenacity that has a style at once of a reporter, of a sleuth, and of a pseudo-arcane mystic.
It will be difficult to review this book without some spoilers, for that I apologize, and cease reading now if you are a lover of cryptic storylines. However, I shall limit them to as little impact as possible.
Eleanor Catton's novel, given her youth, is extraordinary. It commences in a tawdry room on a rain lashed, dark night with the arrival in Hokitia of one Walter Moody. The author sets the tone of her narrative quickly: heavy on description, both physical and character, perturbed in tone, curious in ear. He has come across a séance of men, a gathering of interested parties, a conclave of hubris; maybe, even, a smoking party after a Last Supper. For the first half of this long novel Walter hears the tales from each of the men, leading us to why they are gathered in that place. The author capably shows us how half-heard truths, mistranslations, partial information, flawed personalities... all can lead to a story that, as Reverend Devlin Cowell puts it so very late in the text:
"never underestimate how extraordinarily difficult it is to understand a situation from another person's point of view."
It is precisely this that is the technical pivot of the novel; for without it the affair in Hokitia would be as bright and gleaming as the nuggets of gold that are the cause of so much intrigue, murder, despair, reconciliation, failed dreams.
I confess about a third of the way in I started to make a note of all the characters, fearful of becoming lost in the turns of the narrative; fortuitously I discovered that the author gives a conclusion to the events that led to the meeting on January 16 by the time we are mid-novel. As I looked around the characters of Aubert Gascoigne (Magistrate's Clerk), Edgar Clinch (landlord of the Gridiron Hotel), Dick Mannering (owner of "The Princes of Wales Opera House" and various claims), Thomas Balfour (shipping magnate), Reverend Devlin Cowell, Te Rau Tauwhare (Maori friend of Crosbie Wells), Charlie Frost (banker), Joseph Pritchard (local drug emporium owner), Harald Nilssen (commissioning merchant), Benjamin Lowenthal (Jewish editor of "The West Coast Times"), Quee Long (lone worker on the Aurora mine) and lastly (but not least), Sook Yongsheng (operator of the Kaniere opium den) - all of whom were gathered to discuss both the bizarre death of Crosbie Wells, a "hermit" found dead in his house at Arahura Valley, the disappearance of Emery Staines who was the "richest man in town, the fate of Anna Wetherell, a prized whore with Aurora mine stamped gold nuggets sewn in the seam of her dresses, and the strange comings and goings of the barque Godspeed with its villain of a Captain Carver - I saw how the author had based her novel around the concepts of greed, social placement, curiosity and (inevitably in such a small frontier town), six degrees of separation.
What follows would not be out of place in a Dickens novel as we work through the plots of all those named above plus Lydia Wells and George Shepard. We have multiple Magwiches, several Pips, a Nancy... with the supporting characters and ambiance you'd expect. What was a delight was Eleanor Catton's dalliance with Victor Hugo. For those who have read his epic tomes, he is much given over to lengthy asides, philosophizing at whim on any topic of the day. Whilst the author has not written a novel to compare with something like "Les Miserables", she does neatly indulge in such asides, giving us interesting and thought-provoking monologues on topics such as:
On prayer: "The prayerful man, the good man, is always hopeful; he is always an optimist. A man is made hopeful by his prayers."
On digger's law: "when the savage meets the civil."
On whoring:- "a whore cannot become respectable. A whore cannot become rich. All the prestige and the profit belong to the whoremonger, never to the whore."
On judgement: "For although a man is judged by his actions, by what he has said and done, a man judges himself by what he is willing to do, by what he might have said, or might have done - a judgement that is necessarily hampered, not only by the scope and limits of his imagination, but by the ever changing measures of his doubt and self-esteem."
On welfare: "Welfare is the very proof of civilization - it is its finest proof, indeed!"
On love: "new lovers would do little more than call to mind the old, and one would be forced to wander, lost, in that reflective maze of endless comparison, forever disappointed, forever turning back."
By the end of the novel I was sated and I applaud this Canadian/New Zealander on what she has achieved. It was a novel that made me think, entertained me, encouraged my love of "whodunits", educated me about an obverse Victorian society in New Zealand. Out of all of it though came one hard memory of what the novel is all about...
"an assembly of innocent men - not of schemers, or conspirators, or felons of any kind. / You'll find a fair clutch of men have come out of this business feeling like there's someone to blame."
Yes indeed. There is someone to blame. Enjoy finding out whom.
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NBA All-Star summary: Bynum limited to 51/2 minutes
Bynum's knee earns him a break
Andrew Bynum was expecting a short night in his All-Star debut. And that's exactly what he got.
The Los Angeles Lakers center, who has battled a number of knee injuries, told ESPN Radio that his doctor thought he should be limited to six or seven minutes after receiving an injection Friday. He ended up playing 51/2 minutes.
Bynum has been healthy this year, and the procedure was just considered routine maintenance during the three-day break.
But at least he finally got here, joining teammate Kobe Bryant in the Western Conference starting lineup.
"It's been tough for me," Bynum said Friday. "I think I had the opportunity to make it a couple years ago, and I got hurt. That's never fun. It takes a lot of time. But I'm just happy that my injuries have been ones I can recover from and come back and get strong again without any lingering effect."
Back together, 20 years later
Twenty years after playing in the NBA All-Star game here, Chris Mullin and Clyde Drexler were back on the court in Orlando.
So how did it feel to be out there again?
"It hurts," Mullin said.
The two Hall of Famers played in the first NBA Cares Special Olympics Unity Sports basketball game. Dikembe Mutombo and Sam Perkins also took part, along with WNBA players Lindsey Harding, Ruth Riley, Marie Ferdinand-Harris and Sophia Young, and 12 Special Olympics athletes.
Mullin was more screener than shooter, and Drexler isn't quite as much "The Glide" anymore.
"A little bit," he said. "There's not a lot of glide left."
The format followed the Special Olympics' unified sports program, which combines athletes with and without intellectual disabilities as teammates. The 12 players who were chosen to play Sunday on center court at the All-Star Jam Session were nominated by chapters throughout the country, and the NBA alums were impressed with their skills. Jesse Burnett of Colorado even lofted a layup high over Mutombo's attempt at a blocked shot.
"I'll tell you what, these guys are really good athletes," Drexler said. "You saw just how skillful they are. They really love the game."
Youth movement gets a needed rest
First-time All-Star Andre Iguodala welcomed his three-day respite in Orlando, but said the 76ers are poised to get back to work after ending the first half on a five-game losing streak.
Philadelphia is in fourth place in the East and boasts one of the younger rosters in the conference, with rookie LaVoy Allen getting some starts and guards Jodie Meeks, Jrue Holiday and Evan Turner - all in their third NBA seasons - all big contributors as well.
Though it might seem that would give the Sixers at least a small edge over a few of the older teams in the East like Boston down the stretch dealing with the compact schedule, Iguodala said it is actually the opposite.
That's why he thinks it will be incumbent on veterans like himself and leading scorer Louis Williams to keep the Sixers on track if they want to be a factor in the postseason.
"I think it's helped us, but for us it's still mostly being tired and being drained mentally - like any other team," Iguodala said. "And that can hurt the younger guys. The older guys are used to the schedule. So mentally they know how to prepare themselves, where the younger guys can get out of tune or can kind of lose focus.
"They haven't seen anything like this before. So, I'm just trying to keep the guys on track and just trying to continue with our success."
Going (back) to Disney World
It doesn't sound as though the NBA will wait another 20 years to return to Orlando for the All-Star Game. Commissioner David Stern praised the city's qualifications for holding the league's midseason spectacle during his annual Saturday news conference, calling it the "perfect city to host an All-Star Game with all things good, from the hotels to the golf courses to the spectacular Amway Center."
"There's no better building in the world, and we're delighted to be here," he said. "To answer the question from Orlando, we look forward to coming back, but I can't say when."
Stern has long said that owners want the game in warm-weather cities with good entertainment options, which makes Orlando an obvious candidate. But the old arena simply wasn't equipped to host the game, so the league hadn't been back here since 1992.
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Player Review 2012: Lance Stephenson
Player Analysis: Lance Stephenson
by Conrad Brunner || Caught in the Web Archive ||
June 25, 2012
As you think about the NBA Draft on Thursday, maybe even get a little excited about some of the prospects, ponder this one:
Where would Lance Stephenson be selected had he stayed in college?
The 6-5 guard would be coming off his junior season. Considering he averaged 12.3 points as a freshman, it's reasonable to conclude he would be at least a lottery-level talent.
This is why it is often wise to invest a second-round pick in a raw player whose productivity has not yet matched up to his potential, as Larry Bird did with the 40th pick in 2010. With two seasons of NBA schooling behind him, Stephenson now stands poised to make the jump into a full-time slot in the rotation—if he continues to progress in the summer.
In other words, Born Ready is almost ready.
"He's got to continue to play within himself and channel his imagination with his passing," Coach Frank Vogel said. "His imagination is extraordinary but it gets him in trouble sometimes.
"The more solid he can play, whether it's pick-up ball in the summertime or next year, he's got to get into the habit of making the right basketball plays and not the spectacular basketball plays."
After appearing in just 12 games as a rookie, Stephenson played in nearly two-thirds of the games in 2011-12. In 42 games, he averaged 10.5 minutes, 2.5 points, 1.3 rebounds and 1.1 assists.
He was a fixture in the first half of the season playing in 32 of the first 35 games but with fell out of the picture, making just 10 appearances in the final 31.
But that final appearance left a lasting impression.
With the third seed clinched and Danny Granger and Leandro Barbosa given the night off to nurse injuries, Stephenson started for the first time and racked up 22 points on 10 of 15 shooting, playing 35 minutes without a turnover.
Against a Chicago team playing at relative full strength, battling for the top seed in the postseason, Stephenson scored 12 points on 5-of-6 shooting in the fourth quarter but the Pacers fell short, 92-87.
It was a performance made even more remarkable by the fact he shot 2 of 4 from the 3-point line, doubling his career output. Stephenson had been 2 of 31 in his first 53 games.
He has the ability to get inside the defense and create a shot or a play seemingly at will. As a passer, his vision and creativity is unmatched on the roster but his judgment needs refinement. Defensively, he has come a long way but has a ways to travel before achieving true soundness within the system.
The Pacers initially thought Stephenson's future was as a big point guard but it is now apparent he was built to play the other backcourt spot, where his size and skill set fit much more naturally. But how big a role he can carve next season depends heavily on his ability to improve his jump shot.
"He has to develop his 3-point shooting," Vogel said. "If he's going to play more at the two, then he's got to be able to space the floor. His 3-point shooting took a big leap this year, he did a lot of positive work with Brian Shaw, who was really raving at the end of the season about how far he had come.
"With his physicality and size and athleticism and his ability to make plays, if he comes back with a 3-point shot the way Paul George came back from year one to year two, I think it's going to be impossible not to have in the rotation and be a big part of what we're doing. If he develops that, look out."
George shot .298 from the arc as a rookie but jumped to .385 this past season. No one is expecting Stephenson to become Reggie Miller from long range, but he has to pose a threat because if opponents have to respect the 3-point shot it will give him that much more room to break down the defense off the dribble.
There's a reason Bird has stood staunchly, sometimes stubbornly, behind Stephenson. There's a reason Bird declared him the most talented player on the roster.
That reason should become obvious next season.
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Forest Avenue Family Shelter is the largest single womens shelter in the Kansas City metro area. Forest Avenue has, for the past thirty years, provided emergency housing for single women and single women with children including battered women and victims of prostitution and sex trafficking.
The shelter's goal is to help meet the physical and spiritual needs of the poor and homeless women. Services include shelter, meals, and case management. Spiritual strengthening is done through daily devotionals, voluntary bible study, and discipleship training. This is a wonderful opportunity for individuals or groups to get involved in ministry. If you would like to get involved in helping us as a ministry--we have something for almost everyone. To get involved, be sure to check out our "Get Involved" page.
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Slow-Motion Police Chase in Texas Lasts Over Two Hours
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According to Fox 4 News, 42-year-old Joe Gonzales just got out of prison and has an extensive record, but it's still not known what started the slow-motion pursuit in Arlington.
The report says speed got as low as 5 mph on I-30 Wednesday as Gonzales was playing a cat-and-mouse game with the police. Finally after a couple hours, a SWAT truck rammed the white sedan and caused it to crash. Police were finally able to apprehend him after that.
The report goes on to say that the car that Gonzales was driving belongs to his aunt, who was with police negotiators that were on the phone with the him during the chase.
Gonzales criminal history includes convictions of unlawful carrying weapon, driving while intoxicated, possession of a controlled substance and aggravated robbery.


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May is almost over! Can you believe it?
Jenny asked for a modern block for her boy. I had been thinking how I could play with an hourglass block and then found a picture of wall molding that caught my eye. And so I interpreted it for fabric and the fabrics made it playful!
On a completely different note — Mr. Linky has been having technical difficulties. A few of you have commented that the links are gone, but by the time I get there they are back. . . I realized I could export the list and take it off of their server! DUH :) So now they are permanent fixtures/links on my quilt festival post! Click away my friends :)
I'm participating in Sew Mama Sew's giveaway day tomorrow . . . I need to get busy!


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Google has bought its first-ever British start-up – visual search pioneers Plink.
The company has only been around for four months, but the head bods at Google has obviously seen something pretty special in Plink's visual search algorithm.
In some way, Google can pat itself on the back for Plink's success as it 'discovered' the company through an Android Develop Challenge, where Plink's founders won $100,000 in funding for the search application.
Visual search for all
Mark Cummins and James Philbin, founders of Plink, wrote about the acquisition on their blog, explaining: "The visual search engines of today can do some pretty cool things, but they still have a long long way to go.
"We're looking forward to helping the Goggles team build a visual search engine that works not just for paintings or book covers, but for everything you see around you. "There are beautiful things to be done with computer vision – it's going to be a lot of fun!"
Cummins and Philbin will be working on Google Goggles which does mean that their app PlinkArt is to take a backseat.
PlinkArt will still be available as a download but it looks likely that it won't be updated.


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Archive »Working Title Platform #08 - Dec 2014
Working Title Platform #08
Fri 05, Sat 06, Thu 11, Fri 12 & Sat 13 December 2014
at Kaaistudios, Les Brigittines & Beursschouwburg
Yep, it's that time of the year again! Working Title Platform #08 proudly offers you a taste of what's cooking! Over 20 groundbreaking performances and installations, one by one emerged from an uncompromised journey through life. Allow yourself to be moved by the encounter, here in Brussels, on the shortest days of the year.
Because there is only one way home, and that is to continue traveling!
Performances by
Nick Steur - Yurie Umamoto - Bara Sigfusdottir - Fernando Belfiore - Zeina Hanna - Luanda Casella - Veridiana Zurita - Eisa Jocson - Daniel Kok -
Soetkin Demey & Tibo Vandenborre - Beargarden - Rodrigo Sobarzo - Vera Tussing - Antigone Michalakopoulou - Monia Montali & François Bodeux - Gilles Polet
Installations by
Diane Rabreau - Federico Acal - Korakrit Arunanondchai - Christian Bakalov - Helena Dietrich - Roel Heremans - Ariane Loze - Siet Raeymaekers
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Travel & transport: how far can we go on renewables?
Sometimes there is a slight smell of chips frying around my car, when it is running on recycled vegetable oil. Using plant-based waste products must be among the best ways to cut carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions from driving a car. However, even if we persuade people to eat more chips, the supply of recycled cooking oil will be quite limited. So how much can renewables and technology contribute to greenhouse gas emission reductions? In the UK, burning transport fuels (for passenger and freight transport by land, sea and air) produces about sixty million tonnes of CO 2 (about one quarter of all UK emissions). Roughly half of this comes from cars, one quarter from road freight and one quarter from aviation. Nitrogen oxides and water vapour emitted by aircraft at high level add considerably to the global warming impact of their CO 2 emissions, roughly tripling the effect. Biofuels – fuels from plants – are the main near-term option for renewable transport energy. In principle, CO 2 produced when the fuels are burned is offset by the CO 2 absorbed by growing plants. However, at present biofuels produced mainly from input-intensive food crops, and greenhouse gas emissions in production can halve the benefits. Meanwhile, growing biofuels
reduces the land available for food production and preserving biodiversity and importing biofuels can damage the environment in the countries where they are grown. In the near term, the European Union and the UK government aim for biofuels to provide about five per cent of transport energy by blending them with conventional fuel. Diesel fuel containing five per cent bio-diesel is already on sale in some outlets. In the longer term, biofuels from wood or agricultural waste are likely to be developed. They have a much better CO 2 balance than fuels from food crops, provide more energy for a given land area, and can be produced from lowergrade land. If transport demand stopped growing, the government target of sixty per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 might be achievable through improved efficiency and using renewable energy. However, much deeper reductions are needed to reduce the risk of catastrophic climate change. Renewable energy is unlikely to offer more than a partial solution, so we need to minimise car use, air travel and freight transport. Some advices and queries for Friends might include: • Could you organise your life so more journeys could be made on foot, by bicycle, or by public transport? When choosing
where to live, do you place a high priority on accessibility by sustainable means of transport? If your work involves travel, could you or your employer try tele-conferencing instead? Could you work from home one or two days a week? • When choosing a car, look at the CO2 emission figures and choose one that meets your needs with minimum emissions. Does your driving style minimise fuel consumption? Keep engine revs down and minimise the use of brakes. Adopt a lower cruising speed when possible. Keep your vehicle well maintained and ensure tyres are up to pressure. • Avoid flying when it is not essential. Can your objective be met closer to home, or can your journey be made by other means? • Reduce the demands your purchases of food and other goods place on the environment, seeking local and seasonal foods, and try to avoid produce brought in by air freight. So – renewables and energy efficiency can probably go some way to reconciling our desire for travel with the needs of the planet, but we had better start taking George Fox's advice more literally and get on with walking cheerfully over the world!
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Flashback Friday: Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich in Seven Sinners, 1940
|Marlene Dietrich in Angel, Costume Design
By Travis Banton, 1937
Marlene Dietrich wearing a purple trouser suit, The Silver Screen Collection/GETTY Images, 1950
|Marlene Dietrich at The Ritz, Paris, 1955
|Marlene Dietrich
Something Interesting I Found Was That She Performed The First Homosexual Kiss In Cinema History In The Film Morocco From 1930. She Was Dressed As A Man For That Scene. That Made Me Think About Madonna Kissing Britney Spears At The VMAs In 2003, And Then Madonna Wearing A Top Hat And Suit Earlier This Year, Giving Off A Dietrich Look. Not Bad At All Madonna.
|Madonna at the Premiere of MDNA, in Paris, 2013, by Pablo Frisk
"I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men." - Marlene Dietrich
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An extremely important part of what we do – is to 'build profiles' for our clients. It is an ongoing process that takes time and lots of effort! Taher Jibet chef proprietor of The Dining Room restaurant is constantly in the forefront of people's minds when it comes to Dorset Chefs. Continue Reading


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In order to help you decide whether to lay your flagstone patio in sand or concrete, you might want to take a look at the flagstone pictures below.
You can obviously see the difference between the two after a few years.
Neither one is better! It is just a matter of preference.
The flagstone laid in sand has grass and other things grow through the joints. In sand, the flagstone will settle in different spots. You never know where the settling will take place.
In concrete, the patio will stay even and nothing will grow between the joints.
In concrete, you might get cracks in the joints if there is settling underneath.
I thought these photos might give you an idea of what you could expect from your patio in a few years.
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This Year's Mavericks Team Is Better Than Last Year's Version. But It's Not Perfect.
A quarter of the NBA season has now passed. And, 20 games in, the Dallas Mavericks have played pretty well. A 13-10 record isn't too shabby considering that, once again, the Mavs started this season with yet another revamped roster.
We saw the team try a similar strategy this last year. In the 2012 offseason, Dallas brought in a new cast of characters in an attempt to build within the parameters of the league's new collective bargaining agreement. That team puttered along, enduring a lengthy injury to Dirk Nowitzki, and eventually finishing with a .500 record. But many considered last season to be a dud. It was, after all, the first time in Mark Cuban's tenure as owner that the Mavericks failed to make the playoffs.
So, this year, one more time, players were cast off and new ones were brought in. DeJuan Blair, Jose Calderon, Samuel Dalembert, Monta Ellis and Devin Harris were all acquired during the 2013 free agency period. On paper, the new additions gave the team the offensive spark that it lacked a season ago. And, through 20 games, that offensive prowess has certainly been on display.
To date, Dallas' offense ranks as one of the best in the league. The team's points scored per game ranks in the top 10. So does its offensive rating.
While his signing was much-derided by so-called pundits and fans alike over the summer, Ellis in particular has given this year's Mavericks team a potent offensive punch. Since the loss of Jason Terry, Nowitzki hasn't had a sufficient two-man partner of offense, and Ellis has filled that role splendidly.
Plus, with Ellis and for the first time in years, the Mavs have a player that is capable — and willing — to attack the rim.
Not only that, but Ellis also facilitates the offense by often acting as the primary ball-handler. Thanks to his ability to drive, defenses collapse on him as he gets close to the basket, allowing him him to find his open teammates around the perimeter with his rather adept passing abilities.
Calderon, a great stabilizer for the offense, has especially benefited well from Ellis' passing. It's allowed him to knock down open three-point attempts all season long.
Of course, the greatest beneficiary of Ellis' arrival is Nowitzki. No longer can teams load their defenses so heavily onto Dirk. The presence of Ellis has allowed Nowitzki to work in space. It also helps that Nowitzki, despite recently wearing a knee brace, is back to full health. He remains the focal point of Dallas' offense, but now he has plenty of pieces around him to alleviate some of that burden.
Unfortunately, offense is only one half of basketball.
Defensively, things have been a struggle for the Mavericks through the first quarter of the season. This team was never going to be a defensive juggernaut a la the Indiana Pacers. No, this team, as mentioned, was built for offense.
What has been troubling, though, is the ease at which Dallas' opponents are scoring in the paint. The Mavericks have allowed 43.5 points per game to be scored on them in the paint thus far this season. Frequently, this number climbs above 50 points.
Much of this has to do with Dallas' perimeter defense. Gal Mekel and Shane Larkin, the Mavs' two rookie guards, are still learning to play at the NBA level and can get lost on plays at times. Calderon, meanwhile, isn't exactly known for his defensive prowess. Head coach Rick Carlisle has tried to hide Calderon's defensive deficiencies by cross-matching defensive assignments, playing Calderon off of quicker guards and shifting that responsibility to either Ellis or Shawn Marion. But cross-matching creates problems elsewhere, and though Carlisle has done his best to address these issues when they arise, they arise frequently.
As a result, opposing teams are getting to the rim rather easily, contributing to the Mavs' woeful giving up of 101.9 points per game.
This Mavericks rank 25th in the NBA in that statistic. There are only 30 teams.
In turn, Dallas has relied heavily on its offense to win games, posting an average of 103.7 points per game. That's a point differential of just 1.8 points — hardly a recipe for winning consistently.
While the Mavericks are in the middle of the pack when it comes to rebounding, they find themselves losing the battle on the glass more often than not. They have given up the 24th most defensive rebounds in the league. To this point, Blair has been the team's best rebounder gathering a total of 148 rebounds in the young season. Encouragingly, 61 of these have been offensive rebounds. Blair's ability to remain active on the boards has endeared him to fans and earned him heavy minutes in the rotation.
Unfortunately, one man's tenacity cannot make up for an entire team's shortcomings.
The Mavericks are far from a perfect team. And, with a revamped roster, there are sure to be more bumps along the road. But the team that has been assembled holds more promise than the one that took the court at the start of last season.
Through 20 games, it looks as though Dallas has found a potent offensive weapon in Ellis, a capable floor general and long-range sharpshooter in Calderon, and an active interior force in Blair.
These players, coupled with a healthy Nowitzki, have given fans something to cheer about, and rightly so.
Anything can happen in a long season.
But, at this point, there is no reason not to harbor some hope that this team can return to the playoffs.


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It's hard not to think so: In his latest album Divide (%), the English pop sensation has written songs about not just his hometown, but top spots all over the world as well! He's romanticized a majestic English castle, crooned about a quirky Irish lass, and even gushed about Spanish city Barcelona. Here are 3 Ed Sheeran songs about travel-worthy places all over the world.
#1 Castle on the Hill — "A love song about Suffolk"
Let's start with the most touching number. Castle on the Hill was reportedly written out of nostalgia, based on Sheeran's hometown, Suffolk. Situated on the east coast of England, Suffolk is a countryside famed for its well preserved natural scenery. Think stunning coastlines and endless fields of lush greenery, coupled with rustic medieval structures. As he recounts his childhood days, Sheeran sings of the "sweet perfume of the mountain grass" and the breathtaking "sunset over the castle on the hill".
If you're curious, the castle in question is none other than the magnificent 12th Century Framlingham Castle.
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#2 Barcelona — "I love Barcelona"
Barcelona is known for its vibrant, colourful, and passionate culture, and that's exactly what Sheeran sings of in this song. In the lyrics, he makes references to many of the things Spain is famous for: Las Rambla, Sagrada Familia, Sangria, and more. It seems that the English sing-songwriter fell in love with Barcelona, and decided to devote a song to it. Additionally, Barcelona was originally meant to be the first single of the album, but eventually "lost" to Castle on the Hill.
As the icing on the cake, this song hears Sheeran rapping in Spanish!
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#3 Galway Girl — About An (Imaginary) Party Girl
In perhaps one of the most catchy songs of his latest album, a seemingly in-love Sheeran croons about a sassy girl from Galway who mixes liquor like a boss and beats the dudes at darts and pool. Although not explicitly about the Irish city, this pop song has certainly put Galway on the global map. Located on the west of Ireland, the city is known for its buzzing night life, with Eyre Square and its many bars as the hippest parts of town.
So who's this mysterious Irish girl who Sheeran is gushing about? Her name is Niamh Dunne, a band member of Irish band Boega. However, Sheeran has revealed that the song is only very loosely based on her: While she does "play the fiddle in an Irish band", she never "fell in love with an English man" and is not even from Galway! She's happily married to a fellow band mate, and hails from Limerick.
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Thursday, 13 November 2008
German Let It Be VHS
Beatles Let It Be - German video cassette
While looking through the excellent
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forum, I came across a rare picture of the German 1992 release of Let It Be on VHS. As we know, the German version is the one that presents the picture in the least cropped manner. We also know that the UK company, "VCI", announced plans to issue the movie for the first time in England. They claimed to have a version that was remastered in 1992 and that they would release it in 1997. Could the German VHS on Warner Home Video be from that 1992 restoration?
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Jun.04 - Jul.11 2012
I've been wanting to remake this song for a long time... or at least the climax of it.
The Edirol VST I used in the original Darker Stormy just wasn't strong enough for the climax to me. However, it took me a long time to find higher quality samples (mostly East West) that would match the overall sound I wanted to keep from the original.
The new song here essentially starts with a remix of the climax starting at 4:55. From there, I tried to re-introduce old themes and mix in a few new ones, but I've had hard time trying to wind down from a loud start. Instead it ended up being more like a rematch of the themes in the original song than a remake.
The image for the song was also fun to make and illustrates the scale I wanted to get across (the hand of God and clouds representing the darker themes of course).
Some things I'm not quite satisfied with though. For one, the mix came out rather quiet. Tried to clean out the lower frequencies in EQ as well as use FabFilter, but I can't seem to raise the volume more without losing contrast between the loud and quiet parts. I also recognize that my songs, including this one, tend to sound a little "empty" or lack variety in the instruments. Part of the problem is just me not knowing what instruments to use. I tried to do a little more with this one, but suggestions as usual are always welcome....-- [Read More] --


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Like a lot of people this week, I picked up a Steam Link for $20 from Amazon and it arrived yesterday.
Previously, I've used Steam home streaming to and from Linux hosts and I've been very pleased with its performance, especially over a wired connection. I streamed Skyrim from a Windows partition elsewhere to my media box running Arch and it even worked on the nouveau driver, so it seemed like a safe bet to invest $20 in a Steam Link to function as a sort of bluetooth KVM switch, so I could stream games and movies from any of the hosts in the house. This post isn't to review the Link, however, it's to clear up exactly how generic controllers (i.e. not the Steam Controller) work in Big Picture Mode (BPM) and how to resolve a couple of Linux configuration snafus.
A note on generic controllers
When I bought the Steam Link, I read that it supports the Wii U Pro Controller. I've got a couple of those laying around since we have a Wii U and they're pretty nice controllers. Supported, in this case though, just means that the Link will properly pair with the controller and it has a good mapping between the Wii U Pro Controller's buttons and the X-Box 360 controller it's emulating. That's it. It's enough to get the Link interface and the BPM interface to work well, and nothing else.
What that means is that you should ignore Big Picture Mode's controller mapping config. Seriously, the most confusing part of this whole experience was discovering that all the neat mapping functionality is Steam Controller only. I mean, I knew I couldn't do all the cool stuff a Steam controller can like profiles and mode shifting etc. but I thought I could at least change simple button presses. I guess I should have taken the hint that the mapping controller is a picture of a Steam Controller and the descriptions all mention "Steam Controller" by name, but it convincingly allowed me to mess with settings it knew would never take.
Despite that, the bindings are still active and will still change on context. Even though you can't actually change the bindings yourself in the interface, BPM will still alter the bindings based on whether you're in Desktop Mode (normal Steam), BPM, or a game. This means it's crucial when you setup bindings in a game that it was launched via Steam and not any other way.
This threw me off quite a bit because I thought it'd either be "Steam can configure this device" or "Steam won't touch this device", not "Steam will pretend to configure this device, fail, but then configure it implicitly when you do something anyway." The latest Steam betas will warn you that you're configuring a different controller, but will still frustratingly pretend that it's actually going to try to make it work. It'd be nice if Valve made this more explicit by forbidding you to change the mapping, instead of it silently reverting to defaults.
Fix constant display/video flickering on NVIDIA cards
The first real problem I faced was that connecting the Link to my Arch Linux system worked, but Steam in BPM would incessantly flicker. Not occasional frame tearing, but headache inducing strobe flickering. [UPDATE: Now that I've tested on better hardware, I've found that this option is necessary to fix the more subtle flickering of full motion video too. ] I'm not sure how to fix this on nouveau, but I switched to the proprietary driver and after invoking this command:
nvidia-settings --assign CurrentMetaMode="HDMI-0:1920x1080_60 +0+0 { ForceFullCompositionPipeline = On }"
the flickering stopped. Note that you'll need to customize the mode definition. HDMI-0 is the adapter, 1920x1080_60 is the mode (resolution and refresh rate) and screen offset. All of this information you can query from "xrandr -q" if you're unsure. For example, here's the xrandr output on this computer:
HDMI-0 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 698mm x 392mm
1920x1080 60.00*+ 59.94 23.97 60.05 60.00
1440x480 60.05
1280x720 60.00 59.94
720x480 59.94
640x480 59.93
You can see the adapter name, the resolution, the offset (+0+0), and the refresh rate is listed in the current mode (60.00*).
You could automate this either by using nvidia-settings to write your Xorg conf, or you can just invoke this command once before you start steam on the host. Personally, using an XDG autostart compatible WM (like Cinnamon, or Openbox), I just have it in an autostart script so my xorg.conf is still (mostly) auto-generated.
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Exec=nvidia-settings --assign CurrentMetaMode="HDMI-0:1920x1080_60 +0+0 { ForceFullCompositionPipeline = On }"
Fix Big Picture Mode cursor confusion
The next problem that I faced was that Big Picture Mode had a big blue mouse cursor on it, a Linux desktop cursor, in addition to it's highlight cursor and all of them were out of sync. It made it very hard to tell just what exactly you're doing in the interface. Initially, I thought it was Steam's bindings getting confused but it's actually Xorg trying to be helpful. When you connect a generic controller to the Steam Link, it forwards the traffic over the network as a virtual X-Box 360 controller. Xorg sees that device and says "oh hey, a joystick device, I know what to do with that!" and attaches the mouse.
If we were plugging a controller into a standard Linux desktop, this would be a lifesaver, but since our interface is specialized to use the controller it's just confusing. So, the solution here is to tell Xorg to stop.
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "joystick catchall"
MatchIsJoystick "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "joystick"
Option "StartKeysEnabled" "False" #Disable mouse
Option "StartMouseEnabled" "False" #support
After restarting X, this will keep Xorg from automatically connecting the mouse cursor to your gamepad stick and leave Steam alone.
That's pretty much all I had to do to get basic Link functionality up and running when connecting to a Linux host.


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Tracksafe tragedy in making
Just watched a TV One News item on 'Tracksafe' for Auckland school kids now there are finally electric trains. A booklet and singing a naff song are supposed to protect 5 year olds from being killed crossing rail lines? That is cheaper than fully fencing off the rail corridor and removing all the level crossings, but that is what must be done now the services have increased. It should have been done before electrification. Obviously electrification of their trains in their thinking is more important than ending the killing of people by their trains on level crossings.
How many more will be killed before they do this? I bet at least a dozen, maybe 20 or so from the turn of the century. We've already had people in wheelchairs caught in the tracks on level crossings being hit and dragged along the line by trains and nothing gets done. Pretty hard to top that, maybe two or three kids taken out all at once? Still not horrifying enough to justify a $1m pedestrian tunnel or bridge, a $25-$30m road/rail realignment?
Not to have planned to do this - and all the added expense of foregone opportunities and cost escalation and time delay when these separations are done - isn't just incompetence, it amounts to sabotage. It is an expense in the design of the system that needs to be dealt with rather than pretend they can operate lines which are going to have trains every five minutes going a across roads without any incident when the traffic impact is already going to be chronic at that frequency.
There should be no level crossings of any description in the urban area and the whole urban corridor should be fenced off. It is reckless to encourage children (let alone adults) to cross rail lines by making paths and roads across them - level crossings are inherently unsafe and getting more dangerous over time as speeds and services increase. The signs etc. provide a false sense of security.
The Tracksafe team and Auckland Transport are responsible for all those who die on the tracks so long as they remain accessible and unfenced. If people want someone to blame for each death, blame them.


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Another two weeks and mid test exam will come. Time passes so fast even i never imagined it would be this fast. During mid test, i will be away for about two weeks and after i came back, i will only have three days and then i will have to go somewhere else again, so i guess the marking will have to wait until i returned.
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Keith House's History
The Keith House at 1900 S. Prairie Avenue was completed in 1870 and was designed by J. R. Roberts in the Victorian Châteauesque style, combining classical and French motifs. The house has been in the same family since 1978 when they opened an art gallery and continue to foster community through art shows and other civic gatherings.
In the late 19th century, Prairie Avenue between 16th and 22nd Streets was Chicago's original "Gold Coast." Legendary families like Kimball, Glessner, Armour, Coleman, Field and Pullman — Chicago's business and civic elite — lived in opulence along the tree-lined avenue. It was called "the sunny street that holds the sifted few."
After a long period of neglect, Prairie Avenue and its surrounding neighborhood are experiencing a boom. Located one mile south of Chicago's downtown and just a few blocks from Soldier Field, McCormick Place and Lake Michigan, this section of the city has become a model of urban re-birth.
The Keith House — named for the banker and merchant Elbridge Keith who built it — is one of few remaining original mansions in the heart of the Prairie Avenue Historic District.
The Keith House also overlooks the Chicago Women's Park and Gardens — commemorating important women in Chicago's history — with intricate pathways, ornate flower beds and a central fountain. In the grounds of the park is Chicago's oldest residence, the Clarke House which is open for tours as is The Glessner House Museum. The views of the park are breath-taking.
The 1900 block of Prairie Avenue has been made into a cul-de-sac, a rare urban street that is free from passing traffic. From the bustle of downtown only a few streets away, this stretch of Prairie Avenue feels like a step into a restful retreat of genteel calm.


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What is a heat pump?
In air conditioning, heating and ventilation, a heat pump refers to a vapor compression refrigeration machine enhanced for optimum efficiency for a transfer of thermal energy. Heat pumps can take in heat from a cool location, and then discharge the heat into a warmer location. Reversible heat pumps can provide cooling or heating in either thermal direction. When the pump is in heating mode, the indoor coil becomes a condenser, and the outdoor coil becomes an evaporator. When the pump is in cooling mode, the indoor coil becomes the evaporator and the outdoor coil becomes a condenser. The bottom line is that heat pumps can help your home stay comfortable no matter what's going on outside.
How are they rated?
If you're a homeowner looking for some help with air cooling or heating, it's important to know how heat pumps are categorized and rated. When a heat pump is in a heating mode, it is rated by HSPF, which measures how efficiently the pump heats. When a heat pump's in cooling mode, it's rated by SEER, which is a measure of how efficiently the pump cools.
What questions should you ask before purchasing a heat pump?
- Ask which system is right for you based on an economic analysis of heat pumps. Factors to consider are:
- Efficiency and purchase price
- The cooling and heating load requirements of your home or place of business
- The cost of your fuel
- Do you need to replace ductwork as well? This might be necessary if you're going to replace an existing air conditioner or forced air furnace with a heat pump
With so many options and considerations, trust the pros at Jon Wayne Heating and Air to guide you through the process of finding the best system to fit your situation. Contact us to make an appointment today!


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Amica PGX6610 Four Burner Stainless Steel Gas Hob
Flame Failure Safety Device
If the flame is extinguished, the gas supply is immediately cut off, keeping you and your family safe.
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All Amica cookers are fitted with LPG jets as standard.
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The gas is ignited when the control knob is turned.
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A scene from the film Monster Hunt 2 [Photo/Mtime]
2017 was witness to a wave of momentum at Chinese box office, with grosses poised to make it the biggest year in history.
Thanks to movies like Wolf Warrior 2, Never Say Die, Youth, The Fate of the Furious and Dangal, the yearly box office gross has reached new heights.
Meanwhile, audiences have been fed up with Hollywood's long dependence on sequel films. A lack of original stories has been criticized for a while.
As we embrace the new year, let's look to the future, and the 10 most anticipated films in the following year.
The ranked list is as follows (listed in alphabetical order):
1. A Better Tomorrow 2018
2. Avengers: Infinity War
3. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
4. Guardians of The Tomb
5. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
6. Hell Lover
7. Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
8. Monster Hunt 2
9. Solo: A Star Wars Story
10. The Monkey King 3: Kingdom of Women


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So why a fynbos blog? We have always been fascinated by the remarkable flora of the Cape. From a distance it looks like dull grey-green stuff, but get up close and you will find that it is teeming with life, is full of fascinating stories and has many uses. Enjoy!