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// source
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9257992/how-to-combine-merge-2-images-into-1
- (UIImage*)imageByCombiningImage:(UIImage*)firstImage withImage:(UIImage*)secondImage {
    UIImage *image = nil;

    CGSize newImageSize = CGSizeMake(MAX(firstImage.size.width, secondImage.size.width), MAX(firstImage.size.height, secondImage.size.height));
    if (UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions != NULL) {
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(newImageSize, NO, [[UIScreen mainScreen] scale]);
    } else {
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(newImageSize); 

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- (IBAction)addAlbumFoto:(id)sender {
    
    // summon mr. imagepicker!
    UIImagePickerController *imagePicker = [[UIImagePickerController alloc] init];

    [imagePicker setSourceType:UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypePhotoLibrary];
  
    [imagePicker setDelegate:self];
    
    [self presentViewController:imagePicker animated:YES completion:nil];

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//
//  ViewController.m
//  erica-Sadun-textViewExample
//
//  Created by Romy Ilano on 1/3/13.
//  Copyright (c) 2013 Romy Ilano. All rights reserved.
//

#import "ViewController.h"

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if ([UIDevice currentDevice].userInterfaceIdiom == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone)
    {    // The iOS device = iPhone or iPod Touch


        CGSize iOSDeviceScreenSize = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size;

        if (iOSDeviceScreenSize.height == 480)
        {   // iPhone 3GS, 4, and 4S and iPod Touch 3rd and 4th generation: 3.5 inch screen (diagonally measured)

            // Instantiate a new storyboard object using the storyboard file named Storyboard_iPhone35

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    NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"kittymike_536x536" ofType:@"png"];
    NSURL *fileURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:path];
    CIImage *image = [CIImage imageWithContentsOfURL:fileURL];

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// Do this in the -Prefix.pch file

#ifdef __OBJC__
  #import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
  #import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

// From Matt Neuberg / from Jens Alfke
//  when you want the logs to be turned on then you set if(0) to 0
//  when you want them turned off you set if(1)

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// define a variable that can be changed by a block
__block int a = 0;

// define a block that tries to modify a variable
// in its scope
void (^sillyBlock)(void) = ^{ a = 47 };

// check the value of our variable before calling the block
NSLog(@"a == %d", a); // outputs " a == 0 "

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  char *ortData = (char *)sqlite3_column_text(statement, 3);

  NSString *ort = ortData == NULL ? nil : [[NSString alloc] initWithUTF8String:ortData];

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// block variables - this one isn't defined
//    block variable named adder that takes in an int parameter and an int b parameter
int (^adder)(int a, int b);

// defining block literals - here's the syntax
^int (int x, int y) {
  return x + y;
};

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// extend NSdictionary (foundation) class
@interface NSDictionary(JSONCategories)
+(NSDictionary *)dictionaryWithContentsOfJSONURLString:(NSString *)urlAddress;
-(NSData *)toJSON;
@end

@implementation NSDictionary(JSONCategories)
+(NSDictionary *)dictionaryWithContentsOfJSONURLString:(NSString *)urlAddress
{
    NSData *data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:urlAddress]];