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OECD Home HealthUK needs to tackle high cost of mental-ill health, says OECD
UK needs to tackle high cost of mental-ill health, says OECD
10/02/2014 - Mental health issues cost the UK around GBP 70 billion every year, or roughly 4.5% of GDP, in lost productivity at work, benefit payments and health care expenditure. Better policies and practices by employers and the health system are needed to help people deal with mental health issues and get back to work, according to a new OECD report.
Mental Health and Work: The United Kingdom says that around one million claimants on Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), and as many on Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) and other working-age benefits, have a mental disorder such as anxiety and depression that is hurting their prospects of finding work.
Acting early is the best way to prevent poor mental health leading to benefit dependency, both when people are still at work and early on during the sick-leave period, the report argues. Retaining a job is easier than finding a new one. Up to 370,000 Britons move onto disability benefit every year (1% of the working-age population), the highest rate in the developed world and twice the OECD average. The leading cause for such benefit claims is mental illness, now accounting for around 40% of all new claims.
Some of the recent UK welfare reforms designed to tackle stubbornly high disability benefit caseloads go in the right direction. However, further improvements are needed to ensure that reforms live up to their promise to bring people into work. If welfare cuts are to be made, they need to be matched by increased efforts to address the barriers to finding and remaining in work, says the report.
The new Work Programme is struggling to place ESA and JSA claimants with mental health problems into work. People with a mental illness continue to fare badly compared to their counterparts without such illness: their unemployment rate is more than double the overall rate; and the risk of falling below the poverty threshold is almost double the overall risk. Indeed, the risk of poverty among people with mental health problems is the highest in a comparison of ten OECD countries including seven other European countries, Australia and the US.
The majority of benefit claimants with mental health problems need a combination of health and employment interventions to improve their chances of finding a suitable job. The health sector has increased services, so that access to common mental health treatments is much better than it was five years ago, but waiting lists are still too long in some parts of the country. Positive changes are also taking place to inform general practitioners about common mental disorders and return-to-work issues, but more systematic action in dealing with workplace matters is needed through a revised training curriculum.
The OECD recommends that the UK authorities:
Ensure that the new Health and Work Service, announced to start in 2014, is implemented quickly and universally, with a strong focus on mental health and those still in work and with much stronger involvement of employers.
Increase the attention to mental health and its impact on employability and work capacity in all parts of the welfare system.
Increase resources and refine financial incentives for employment service providers to ensure better employment outcomes for customers with mental health problems.
Build on recently improved integration of health and employment services to make sure that integrated health and employment interventions for those with mental health issues are widely available.
Further expand access to psychological therapies for those with a common mental disorder.
For further information, journalists should contact Shruti Singh, the author of the new OECD report (tel. + 331 4524 1948) or Spencer Wilson from OECD's Media division (tel. + 331 4524 8118). For a copy of the report, journalists should contact news.contact@oecd.org.
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Home » Architectural firm relocates to historic Fort Ben building
Architectural firm relocates to historic Fort Ben building
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The small architectural firm of Curran Architecture is the latest arrival to the former Fort Benjamin Harrison, where efforts to return the sprawling property to a hub of activity continue to take shape.
Curran Architecture moved Feb. 15 from traditional office space at East 96th Street and Masters Road near the Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport to a more than century-old building in the heart of the grounds.
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The building, which sits along a row of similar-looking two-story brick structures on Lawton Loop East Drive, was constructed in 1908 and served as barracks for enlisted soldiers before the fort's 1996 decommissioning.
Curran Architecture more than doubled its old space by taking 3,700 square feet on the second level. The first floor is occupied by Springboard Marketing and Porter Books & Bread.
The firm scouted a handful of other locations, but none could match the character that the historic Fort Ben building offers. During renovations, firm President Shawn Curran even found about a dozen .22 caliber shell casings that had fallen through the rafters of the attic above, where soldiers once took target practice.
"Everybody kind of gravitated toward this building, because of the feel of it," Curran said. "A lot of them hadn't been out here, so they really didn't know what to expect."
He founded the firm in 2003 after spending a total of 11 years at two other firms. It has nine employees, including three registered architects and two graduate architects.
Curran Architecture has designed a host of projects across a spectrum of industries. One of its latest is a 25,000-square-foot retail development consisting of four buildings to be constructed by Republic Development Corp. near the Cabela's at Hamilton Town Center.
The firm's new space features original windows and exposed brick walls and ceiling pipes, which already were in place before the firm relocated.
"A lot of times you'll pay a lot of money to get that look," Curran said.
Several buildings to the north, near the immense parade ground, have been converted to condominiums, as the Fort Harrison Reuse Authority works to bring more housing to the property.
East of Post Road and north of Otis Avenue, David Weekley Homes is building 74 houses on nine acres. The Houston-based homebuilder broke ground last March and has started or completed construction on 15 of them. The homes start at $210,000 and range in size from 1,790 square feet to 2,400 square feet.
To the east, Carmel-based J.C. Hart Co. built the 224-unit Fort Apartments that it since has sold to Cincinnati-based Ackermann Group. Ackermann now plans to build 101 additional units on ground near the existing apartments that fronts East 56th Street, said Freddie Burrus, the reuse authority's executive director.
"That's what is making people come," Burrus said, pointing to Fort Harrison State Park, the Fort Golf Course and the YMCA on a map in his office.
It also doesn't hurt that more retail options are sprouting up. Triton Brewing Co. opened at 5764 Wheeler Road in September 2011, and Jockamo Upper Crust Pizza began serving customers in May from its space in a 36,000-square-foot office and retail building constructed along East 56th Street.
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CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE "May our claws strike deep."
"All right." Rear Admiral Raymond Porter Prescott looked at his subordinates with grim hazel eyes. "We reach Alowan in eighteen hours, and the Tabbies still hold it. Our job is to make sure they continue to hold until Great Fang Koraaza gets here."
Commodore Diego Jackson, commanding Task Force 23's light carriers, shook his head. "That's a tall order, Sir," he said quietly.
"Maybe, but that's the mission," Prescott said, and looked at his intelligence officer. "Bring us up to speed, Eloise."
"Yes, Sir." Commander Eloise Kmak had her notes on her terminal, but she didn't look at them. No doubt, Prescott thought bitterly, they were indelibly graven into her mind.
"The real surprise," she began, "is that there're any KON units left in Alowan. Given the Orion honor code-and, especially, his own record-I'm amazed Great Claw Zhaarnak fell back at all. The fact that he's managed to preserve his battlegroup essentially intact is even more astounding.
"As far as we can tell, he bled the Bugs badly in Telmasa, but they punched a simultaneous transit into his face. He got a little too close-that's how he lost the ships he did-but for the most part he used only his fighters. That was smart, Admiral. Very smart. They're his most replenishable resource; he was able to make good his losses in Kliean from Hairnow, and the Alowan Fleet Base was able to replace those he lost in Telmasa. According to our latest reports, he has six Orion and three Gorm BCs, six CVLs, and eight Gharbahg-class CLs. That's not a lot, but the Tabbies did well to scrape up even that much after being surprised this way. GHQ and Idnahk Sector Command are trying to keep us updated on what else they may be able to find, but the situation's so confused no one's certain what is or isn't available. Essentially, we've sent out an 'all ships' signal. We'll take what we can get, but for now, we-and Zhaarnak-are it."
Prescott nodded slowly, for Kmak was right. It also meant his ten battleships, nine light carriers, nine battle-cruisers, five light cruisers and five destroyers represented a far heavier force than Zhaarnak's. Not that it's heavy enough, he thought, and his mouth twisted as he remembered the two battleships he didn't have. TFNS Mars and Triomphant had both lost too many engine rooms to keep up on the desperate, high-speed voyage from New Bristol, and he had no idea how the battle-cruisers Ranseur and Pikeaxe had managed to keep their drives on-line.
Maybe these bastards have a point using commercial engines. They may suck wind in a tactical sense, but-
"Given the larger strikegroups Tabby carriers carry and the partial squadrons they put aboard their capital ships, he actually has about sixty more fighters than we do," Kmak went on. "Our combined force will be able to put over three hundred into space, but we're very weak in capital launchers and, of course, we have no SD element. If we have to fall back on the Pairsag twin planets, we'll pick up another hundred and twenty fighters plus the Fleet Base's and PDCs' capital launchers, but that will also mean letting the Bugs range on the planets."
"We're not supposed to tie ourselves down, Sir," Commander Kenneth "Zulu" Sosa, Prescott's chief of staff, said.
"I'm aware of my orders, Zulu." Prescott didn't raise his voice, but most of his staff found someplace else to look. Every one of them knew it would be at least two months before Fang Koraaza'khiniak could reach Alowan. They also knew Zhaarnak and Prescott were under direct orders to continue falling back until he did. What they didn't know was whether or not Prescott intended to obey those orders, and he let the silence linger, then waved for Kmak to resume.
"My best appreciation is that things are going to get rougher, Sir. Bug doctrine is clearly to keep pouring it on until they hit something so hard they have to stop, and the Kliean population size has to've told them they're into the Tabbies' core systems. Claw Zhaarnak's been lucky so far in not facing any gunboats, but it's unlikely they won't bring them along for an attack on Alowan.
"The only good news is that they may not yet realize the Hairnow System is there. The connecting warp point's a Type Two, so it won't be too hard to find, but it's over five light-hours out, and they've only had a couple of weeks to look for it. More importantly, Zhaarnak managed to destroy the ICN link to the system, so there're no comsat 'bread crumbs' to lead them to it. Additionally, they know where he went-he deliberately let them track him to the Alowan warp point-so we can at least hope they've concentrated on following him up."
"That was gutsy," Jason Pitnarau observed. Prescott's flag captain was short and stocky, and his almond eyes narrowed. "There's what-a billion people in Alowan?"
"Yes, Sir. But at least Alowan has some fixed defenses." Kmak's shrug was bitter. "Sak and Alowan are supposed to be the only way into the Kliean Chain; that's why both of them were fortified in the first place. But Hairnow was supposed to be covered by Alowan, so it has no local defenses, and there are a billion and a half civilians in that system."
"I didn't say it was wrong, Eloise, only that it took guts. He could've waffled and broken contact-left it to the luck of the draw. And if he loses Alowan, someone will damned sure blame him for 'leading the Bugs to it.' "
"He wouldn't still have a battlegroup if he were the waffling sort," Prescott said. "Eloise is right-it's amazing he managed to hold his command together at all."
"Yes, Sir." Kmak paused for a moment, then cleared her throat. "Ah, there are a couple of points to consider about the command structure, Sir," she said carefully.
"Such as?"
"Well, you're senior to Zhaarnak, and, well . . ." The intelligence officer drew a breath. "Sir, according to ONI, Zhaarnak hates Terrans. He may not react well when you supersede him."
"I'm aware of Zhaarnak's attitude, Commander." Prescott's tenor voice was toneless, but it was unlike him to use formal rank titles in staff meetings, and Kmak shut her mouth.
Prescott let his eyes circle the table, then spoke very slowly and deliberately.
"We're not going to tell him I'm senior." Several people stiffened, whether in surprise or from a desire to protest he didn't know, nor did it matter. "This officer has been, and remains, under tremendous strain. He's compromised his own honor to do the right thing-the smart thing. Fang Koraaza's approved his actions, and no doubt GHQ will, too, but he's a Tabby. An Orion from a clan whose honor has already taken a beating and who left four billion of his people on their own rather than dying in their defense, and you can bet your pensions there are other Orions who'll spit on his shadow for that. All right, he doesn't like Terrans. Well, some Terrans don't like Orions. I don't happen to be one of them, but I understand their attitude, and it's up to us to understand his. The smooth functioning of this task force in the defense of Alowan-which, I remind you, is also an Orion system-is our sole priority. If I can make it function more smoothly by letting him retain command, I'll do it . . . and given Orion traditions, I can't do it if he knows I'm senior. So understand me. Who's senior to whom stays right here in this compartment. It will not be discussed, even in casual conversation, with any other persons. Is that clear?"
Heads nodded soberly, and he waved a hand at Commander Alexander LaFroye.
"In that case, Alec, let's get to the nuts and bolts. I want contingency plans based on Zhaarnak's probable tactics so we can slot into his plans with the minimum of confusion."
"Yes, Sir." The ops officer brought blocks of information scrolling up his terminal. "In that case, Sir, the first thing to look at is the compatibility of our carrier elements, and-"
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is no doubt a chronic, fibrotic interstitial lung disease of rather an unknown origin. It has a median survival of three years but a wide range in survival rate which is indeed difficult to predict at the time of diagnosis. Specialist guidance does promote a patient-centered approach emphasizing regular assessment, information giving and supportive care coordinated by a multidisciplinary team (MDT). However an understanding of patient across the disease trajectory is rather limited and detailed guidance for MDTs on communication, assessment, and triggers for supportive and palliative interventions is lacking.
Patients diagnosed with IPF do have a clear understanding of their prognosis but little understanding of how their respective disease will indeed progress and how it will also be managed. One needs to carry out an in-depth analysis of the experiences of patients as well as those who care in order offers guidance for refining IPF clinical pathways.
One can consider ways to take care of oneself in a stressful time.
Below are self-care tips from other pulmonary fibrosis caregivers.
Making time to be by oneself for quietness as well as to recharge.
Exercising to keep one's body fit and one's mind sharp.
Also one needs to get plenty of rest in order to stay healthy and be of strong, sound mind.
Taking small get-a-ways, maybe a long weekend.
If one's loved one is in the hospital, one can consider leaving at night so that one can get much-needed rest.
Keeping up on one's own medical appointments. We do spend a lot of time at the hospital, but if we can avoid our own healthcare, then we are indeed jeopardizing our long-term health.
Seek out talk therapy if one is feeling disconnected, guilty or alone.
Spending a few minutes a day reflecting on when one's partner was healthy and when one was not the 'caregiver.
Health professionals do provide patients with information that does focus on living with IPF, thus encouraging them to make lifestyle changes as well as adaptations in order to improve the quality of life. Family members do need to receive education about IPF in order to support such changes. Patients also need to be encouraged so that they can join a support group and to participate in physical activity (again preferably group-based). This study does offer novel findings that will rather help inform much-needed changes in the practice of supporting IPF patients to cope up with their diagnosis and disease progression.
The lung scarring that does occur in pulmonary fibrosis cannot be reversed, and also no current treatment has indeed proved rather effective in stopping the progression of the disease. Some treatments may no doubt improve symptoms temporarily or even slow the disease's progression. Others may on the other hand help improve the quality of one's life. Doctors will, of course, evaluate the severity of the condition to determine the most appropriate treatment for it.


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2012 Best Picture Round Up: Lincoln by Jamie
Filed under: Oscar Nominees, Review | Tags: 20th Century Fox, Amblin Entertainment, Daniel Day-Lewis, David Strathairn, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Dreamworks, Hal Holbrook, James Spader, Janusz Kaminski, John Williams, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kathleen Kennedy, Michael Kahn, Participant Media, Reliance Entertainment, sally field, Steven Spielberg, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Tommy Lee Jones, Tony Kushner, Touchstone Pictures
Spielberg's latest historical work hits the UK shores today and it did fairly well at the nomination announcement picking up 12 in total. The question, of course, is does it deserve them?
Steven Spielberg has, to some degree, contributed a great deal to defining my childhood. I grew up watching the films he directed and the films he produced and they are responsible, at least in some way, for the person I am today. Hell, Jaws is still my favourite film and as close to a perfect film as I believe you can get. Lately, however, I have found myself becoming more and more disappointed in Spielberg's work. I believe we all remember the terrible CGI-fest that was Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. And the less said about that atrocious, manipulative piece of schlock called War Horse the better. Still, I was looking forward to Lincoln as I have recently started reading Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin, upon which this film is somewhat based, and I am always a sucker for a good historical drama.
First off, I should say that this isn't exactly a biopic and perhaps a better title for this film would have been The 13th Amendment (Or Abraham Lincoln and the 13th Amendment in a misguided attempt to appeal to Indiana Jones fans) because that's the era of Lincoln's presidency that this film focuses on. The Civil War is already well underway and Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis) is beginning his second term as President. It is quite clear that the civil war is coming to a close and Lincoln wishes to get the 13th Amendment passed before it does because he fears that his Emancipation Proclamation, a war time measure, would be overturned by the courts when peace time resumes.
The film then focuses on all the political machinations that go on as the President attempts to get the prerequisite number of votes needed in order to ensure that the amendment passes. It also covers a few other aspects of his life such as the relationship with his wife (Sally Field) and his son Robert (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) as well as the relationships between members of the House of Representatives who will be voting on the amendment, in particular the largely Republican abolitionists such as Thaddeus Stevens (Tommy Lee Jones) and the largely Democratic opposition such as Fernando Wood (Lee Pace). So yes, this is not exactly a film about the civil war. The war is certainly going on and its presence is felt constantly throughout the film but make no mistake, this is a movie about the political transpirings of the time.
Political films can, of course, be great and can make for some very tense thrillers. But Lincoln isn't a thriller and in terms of enjoyment, this film can be a little dry. Part of the problem is that Spielberg seems to be trying to make things tense anyway, particularly in the scene where the House finally votes on the amendment. Unfortunately it can be incredibly, incredibly difficult to make things tense when you already know what's going to happen. Showing shots of people agonising over whether to vote yay or nay on a proposition falls a little flat when you know the outcome. Yes, I know these are also trying to show how difficult it can be to do what's right in the face of opposition but cutting away from the Speaker of the House when he's about to read the result is clearly an effort to increase tension in a situation where no tension can exist. The only people for who this scene can illicit such a reaction are those who are completely ignorant of history and believe slavery still exists in the United States. And to those people, I'd just like to say wow. This movie must have really come as a shock to you, non-existent person.
Another problem is some of the acting. Sally Field is decent enough though her weaknesses really shine through when acting against a power house such as Day-Lewis. He, of course, is brilliant bringing everything to the role that you'd expect including Lincoln's vocal and ambulatory peculiarities mentioned in contemporary accounts. In fact, the only problem with the performance of Lincoln is that it's Day-Lewis playing him. Honest Abe is such a reserved, quite personality who rarely raises his voice that you can't help hope that at some point he might just fly off the handle like Bill The Butcher or Daniel Plainview but alas he never does. I suppose that's fair given that it's not really in the President's character but still…
In conclusion, Lincoln is a perfectly serviceable film particularly if you have some interest in the topics and era that it discusses but I really don't know how well it's going to play in the UK. I'm sure part of the reason that it's done so well in the US is not because it's a particularly exceptional film but because it's a competent film about a subject which is very close to the hearts of so many American, a man who is perhaps their most revered President. Outside those shores, it may just come of as a bit of an overwordy, bloated drama directed by a man who's relying more and more on manipulative directing techniques but with a great actor in the leading role. Three pints out of five. Laterz.


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Benode (also Binod) Behari Mukherjee was an Indian artist mainly known for his mural paintings. He was also passionate about calligraphy and sculpturing. He is one of the four great Indian artists of all the time who are featured in Contextual Modernism. The exhibition was to display the Modern Indian arts on the occasion of India's 50th Independence Day in 1997.
Benode Behari Mukherjee was born on 7th February, 1904 in Behala (Now a suburb of Kolkata), West Bengal. He was born with one myopic and one blind eye, but still continued to work for his passion. His schooling was held at a Bramcharya Ashram in West Bengal. At age of 15, he took the first step towards his dream by admitting in Kala Bhavan. He learnt painting under other two famous artists Nandalal Bose and Ramkinkar Baij. Soon after that in 1925, he joined them to teach at Kala Bhava Bijn. He was so inspirational that some of his students also grew up to be great artists. He left Kala Bhavan in 1949 and nine years later re-joined it as its principal.
Between those nine years, Benode travelled to Kathmandu to become a curator at National Museum of Kathmandu. In 1951, he came back to India and this time to Rajasthan to teach at Banasthali Vidyapith. After a year in 1952, he opened his own art school with his wife, in Mussoorie.
Every artist has a different method of conveying their art and for Mukherjee it was through murals. He has been painting them since his college days. The first one was painted in his hostel dormitory which shook its audience with its beauty. It captured landscapes of the villages around the Santiniketan at that time. Kala Bhavan was so impressed with his paintings that they called him on board.
His style didn't remain within the Indian culture only; he tried his hand at Eastern arts too. He picked up Japanese and Chinese calligraphy from the artists who came to India. He went to Japan to work with other pioneers of this subject and also to learn from them. The Indian side of his paintings was inspired from the various monuments built during olden Kings, especially Mughal and Rajput times.
Benode's paintings spoke the harmony between Western, Eastern and Indian traditions. He excelled in all these styles and brought a beautiful modern art of modern India. He was known to mix various traditions and gave it an environmental and architectural essence. It is said that 'A paintings can speak thousand words', the artist's work was worthy of thousand emotions. Though all of his work was appreciated but his mural painting from 1947 gained louder applauds. It was based on the medieval period saints.
Binod Behari Mukherjee suffered eye problems since he was born but it got severe in his later life. He started to develop cataract in his late forties which could have been due to his already delicate eyes. This followed a failed cataract surgery in 1952 and completely lost his sight. The venture for this artist never stopped due to this loss. Because one needs vision to succeed, not sight. His vision was to make place among the best artist of his country and that he clearly achieved it.
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Benode Behari Mukherjee was a celebrated artist. He is one of the recipients of Padma Vibhushan, the second highest award of India. He was awarded with it in the year 1974. The University of Visva Bharathi honoured him for his excellent teaching skills with a Deshikottama in 1977. He also received a Rabindra Puraskar in 1980.
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Appeal for information following serious incident in Scarborough
North Yorkshire Police is appealing for witnesses and information following a serious assault in Scarborough. The incident took place on Falsgrave Road at 11.30pm on Friday night (10 December 2021)
Police were contacted by members of the public who were reporting an on-going assault. Officers attended immediately but the suspect had fled from the scene of the incident. A number of police resources including the police helicopter were tasked with searching for the suspect.
A 23-year-old man was arrested in the early hours of Saturday morning (11 December). He was this morning charged and has been remanded in police custody.
Police are keen to stress there is no wider threat to the local community and are requesting the public's assistance to help establish the full circumstances. Anyone who may have witnessed the incident or who has information should contact police.Please contact North Yorkshire Police on 101, select option 2, and ask to speak to DC 1933 Amy Milner. You can also email [email protected] - please quote the North Yorkshire Police reference number 12210258600.
If you wish to remain anonymous, you can pass information to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.


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//
//  TZImagePickerController.h
//  TZImagePickerController
//
//  Created by 谭真 on 15/12/24.
//  Copyright © 2015年 谭真. All rights reserved.
//  version 2.0.1 - 2018.03.25
//  更多信息,请前往项目的github地址:https://github.com/banchichen/TZImagePickerController

/*
 经过测试,比起xib的方式,把TZAssetCell改用纯代码的方式来写,滑动帧数明显提高了(约提高10帧左右)

 最初发现这个问题并修复的是@小鱼周凌宇同学,她的博客地址: http://zhoulingyu.com/
 表示感谢~

 原来xib确实会导致性能问题啊...大家也要注意了...
 */

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import "TZAssetModel.h"
#import "NSBundle+TZImagePicker.h"

#define iOS7Later ([UIDevice currentDevice].systemVersion.floatValue >= 7.0f)
#define iOS8Later ([UIDevice currentDevice].systemVersion.floatValue >= 8.0f)
#define iOS9Later ([UIDevice currentDevice].systemVersion.floatValue >= 9.0f)
#define iOS9_1Later ([UIDevice currentDevice].systemVersion.floatValue >= 9.1f)

@protocol TZImagePickerControllerDelegate;
@interface TZImagePickerController : UINavigationController

#pragma mark -
/// Use this init method / 用这个初始化方法
- (instancetype)initWithMaxImagesCount:(NSInteger)maxImagesCount delegate:(id<TZImagePickerControllerDelegate>)delegate;
- (instancetype)initWithMaxImagesCount:(NSInteger)maxImagesCount columnNumber:(NSInteger)columnNumber delegate:(id<TZImagePickerControllerDelegate>)delegate;
- (instancetype)initWithMaxImagesCount:(NSInteger)maxImagesCount columnNumber:(NSInteger)columnNumber delegate:(id<TZImagePickerControllerDelegate>)delegate pushPhotoPickerVc:(BOOL)pushPhotoPickerVc;
/// This init method just for previewing photos / 用这个初始化方法以预览图片
- (instancetype)initWithSelectedAssets:(NSMutableArray *)selectedAssets selectedPhotos:(NSMutableArray *)selectedPhotos index:(NSInteger)index;
/// This init method for crop photo / 用这个初始化方法以裁剪图片
- (instancetype)initCropTypeWithAsset:(id)asset photo:(UIImage *)photo completion:(void (^)(UIImage *cropImage,id asset))completion;

#pragma mark -
/// Default is 9 / 默认最大可选9张图片
@property (nonatomic, assign) NSInteger maxImagesCount;

/// The minimum count photos user must pick, Default is 0
/// 最小照片必选张数,默认是0
@property (nonatomic, assign) NSInteger minImagesCount;

/// Always enale the done button, not require minimum 1 photo be picked
/// 让完成按钮一直可以点击,无须最少选择一张图片
@property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL alwaysEnableDoneBtn;

/// Sort photos ascending by modificationDate,Default is YES
/// 对照片排序,按修改时间升序,默认是YES。如果设置为NO,最新的照片会显示在最前面,内部的拍照按钮会排在第一个
@property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL sortAscendingByModificationDate;

/// The pixel width of output image, Default is 828px / 导出图片的宽度,默认828像素宽
@property (nonatomic, assign) CGFloat photoWidth;

/// Default is 600px / 默认600像素宽
@property (nonatomic, assign) CGFloat photoPreviewMaxWidth;

/// Default is 15, While fetching photo, HUD will dismiss automatic if timeout;
/// 超时时间,默认为15秒,当取图片时间超过15秒还没有取成功时,会自动dismiss HUD;
@property (nonatomic, assign) NSInteger timeout;

/// Default is YES, if set NO, the original photo button will hide. user can't picking original photo.
/// 默认为YES,如果设置为NO,原图按钮将隐藏,用户不能选择发送原图
@property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL allowPickingOriginalPhoto;

/// Default is YES, if set NO, user can't picking video.
/// 默认为YES,如果设置为NO,用户将不能选择视频
@property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL allowPickingVideo;
/// Default is NO / 默认为NO,为YES时可以多选视频/gif图片,和照片共享最大可选张数maxImagesCount的限制
@property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL allowPickingMultipleVideo;

/// Default is NO, if set YES, user can picking gif image.
/// 默认为NO,如果设置为YES,用户可以选择gif图片
@property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL allowPickingGif;

/// Default is YES, if set NO, user can't picking image.
/// 默认为YES,如果设置为NO,用户将不能选择发送图片
@property(nonatomic, assign) BOOL allowPickingImage;

/// Default is YES, if set NO, user can't take picture.
/// 默认为YES,如果设置为NO,拍照按钮将隐藏,用户将不能选择照片
@property(nonatomic, assign) BOOL allowTakePicture;

/// 首选语言,如果设置了就用该语言,不设则取当前系统语言。
/// 由于目前只支持中文、繁体中文、英文、越南语。故该属性只支持zh-Hans、zh-Hant、en、vi四种值,其余值无效。
@property (copy, nonatomic) NSString *preferredLanguage;

/// 语言bundle,preferredLanguage变化时languageBundle会变化
/// 可通过手动设置bundle,让选择器支持新的的语言(需要在设置preferredLanguage后设置languageBundle)。欢迎提交PR把语言文件提交上来~
@property (strong, nonatomic) NSBundle *languageBundle;

/// Default is YES, if set NO, user can't preview photo.
/// 默认为YES,如果设置为NO,预览按钮将隐藏,用户将不能去预览照片
@property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL allowPreview;

/// Default is YES, if set NO, the picker don't dismiss itself.
/// 默认为YES,如果设置为NO, 选择器将不会自己dismiss
@property(nonatomic, assign) BOOL autoDismiss;

/// Default is YES, if set NO, in the delegate method the photos and infos will be nil, only assets hava value.
/// 默认为NO,如果设置为YES,代理方法里photos和infos会是nil,只返回assets
@property (assign, nonatomic) BOOL onlyReturnAsset;

/// The photos user have selected
/// 用户选中过的图片数组
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSMutableArray *selectedAssets;
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSMutableArray<TZAssetModel *> *selectedModels;

/// Minimum selectable photo width, Default is 0
/// 最小可选中的图片宽度,默认是0,小于这个宽度的图片不可选中
@property (nonatomic, assign) NSInteger minPhotoWidthSelectable;
@property (nonatomic, assign) NSInteger minPhotoHeightSelectable;
/// Hide the photo what can not be selected, Default is NO
/// 隐藏不可以选中的图片,默认是NO,不推荐将其设置为YES
@property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL hideWhenCanNotSelect;
/// Deprecated, Use statusBarStyle (顶部statusBar 是否为系统默认的黑色,默认为NO)
@property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL isStatusBarDefault __attribute__((deprecated("Use -statusBarStyle.")));
/// statusBar的样式,默认为UIStatusBarStyleLightContent
@property (assign, nonatomic) UIStatusBarStyle statusBarStyle;

#pragma mark -
/// Single selection mode, valid when maxImagesCount = 1
/// 单选模式,maxImagesCount为1时才生效
@property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL showSelectBtn;        ///< 在单选模式下,照片列表页中,显示选择按钮,默认为NO
@property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL allowCrop;            ///< 允许裁剪,默认为YES,showSelectBtn为NO才生效
@property (nonatomic, assign) CGRect cropRect;           ///< 裁剪框的尺寸
@property (nonatomic, assign) CGRect cropRectPortrait;   ///< 裁剪框的尺寸(竖屏)
@property (nonatomic, assign) CGRect cropRectLandscape;  ///< 裁剪框的尺寸(横屏)
@property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL needCircleCrop;       ///< 需要圆形裁剪框
@property (nonatomic, assign) NSInteger circleCropRadius;  ///< 圆形裁剪框半径大小
@property (nonatomic, copy) void (^cropViewSettingBlock)(UIView *cropView);     ///< 自定义裁剪框的其他属性

@property (nonatomic, copy) void (^navLeftBarButtonSettingBlock)(UIButton *leftButton);     ///< 自定义返回按钮样式及其属性

#pragma mark -
- (id)showAlertWithTitle:(NSString *)title;
- (void)hideAlertView:(id)alertView;
- (void)showProgressHUD;
- (void)hideProgressHUD;
@property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL isSelectOriginalPhoto;
@property (assign, nonatomic) BOOL needShowStatusBar;

#pragma mark -
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *takePictureImageName;
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *photoSelImageName;
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *photoDefImageName;
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *photoOriginSelImageName;
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *photoOriginDefImageName;
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *photoPreviewOriginDefImageName;
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *photoNumberIconImageName;

#pragma mark -
/// Appearance / 外观颜色 + 按钮文字
@property (nonatomic, strong) UIColor *oKButtonTitleColorNormal;
@property (nonatomic, strong) UIColor *oKButtonTitleColorDisabled;
@property (nonatomic, strong) UIColor *naviBgColor;
@property (nonatomic, strong) UIColor *naviTitleColor;
@property (nonatomic, strong) UIFont *naviTitleFont;
@property (nonatomic, strong) UIColor *barItemTextColor;
@property (nonatomic, strong) UIFont *barItemTextFont;

@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *doneBtnTitleStr;
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *cancelBtnTitleStr;
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *previewBtnTitleStr;
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *fullImageBtnTitleStr;
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *settingBtnTitleStr;
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *processHintStr;

#pragma mark -
- (void)cancelButtonClick;

// The picker should dismiss itself; when it dismissed these handle will be called.
// You can also set autoDismiss to NO, then the picker don't dismiss itself.
// If isOriginalPhoto is YES, user picked the original photo.
// You can get original photo with asset, by the method [[TZImageManager manager] getOriginalPhotoWithAsset:completion:].
// The UIImage Object in photos default width is 828px, you can set it by photoWidth property.
// 这个照片选择器会自己dismiss,当选择器dismiss的时候,会执行下面的handle
// 你也可以设置autoDismiss属性为NO,选择器就不会自己dismis了
// 如果isSelectOriginalPhoto为YES,表明用户选择了原图
// 你可以通过一个asset获得原图,通过这个方法:[[TZImageManager manager] getOriginalPhotoWithAsset:completion:]
// photos数组里的UIImage对象,默认是828像素宽,你可以通过设置photoWidth属性的值来改变它
@property (nonatomic, copy) void (^didFinishPickingPhotosHandle)(NSArray<UIImage *> *photos,NSArray *assets,BOOL isSelectOriginalPhoto);
@property (nonatomic, copy) void (^didFinishPickingPhotosWithInfosHandle)(NSArray<UIImage *> *photos,NSArray *assets,BOOL isSelectOriginalPhoto,NSArray<NSDictionary *> *infos);
@property (nonatomic, copy) void (^imagePickerControllerDidCancelHandle)(void);

// If user picking a video, this handle will be called.
// If system version > iOS8,asset is kind of PHAsset class, else is ALAsset class.
// 如果用户选择了一个视频,下面的handle会被执行
// 如果系统版本大于iOS8,asset是PHAsset类的对象,否则是ALAsset类的对象
@property (nonatomic, copy) void (^didFinishPickingVideoHandle)(UIImage *coverImage,id asset);

// If user picking a gif image, this callback will be called.
// 如果用户选择了一个gif图片,下面的handle会被执行
@property (nonatomic, copy) void (^didFinishPickingGifImageHandle)(UIImage *animatedImage,id sourceAssets);

@property (nonatomic, weak) id<TZImagePickerControllerDelegate> pickerDelegate;

@end

@protocol TZImagePickerControllerDelegate <NSObject>
@optional
// The picker should dismiss itself; when it dismissed these handle will be called.
// You can also set autoDismiss to NO, then the picker don't dismiss itself.
// If isOriginalPhoto is YES, user picked the original photo.
// You can get original photo with asset, by the method [[TZImageManager manager] getOriginalPhotoWithAsset:completion:].
// The UIImage Object in photos default width is 828px, you can set it by photoWidth property.
// 这个照片选择器会自己dismiss,当选择器dismiss的时候,会执行下面的handle
// 你也可以设置autoDismiss属性为NO,选择器就不会自己dismis了
// 如果isSelectOriginalPhoto为YES,表明用户选择了原图
// 你可以通过一个asset获得原图,通过这个方法:[[TZImageManager manager] getOriginalPhotoWithAsset:completion:]
// photos数组里的UIImage对象,默认是828像素宽,你可以通过设置photoWidth属性的值来改变它
- (void)imagePickerController:(TZImagePickerController *)picker didFinishPickingPhotos:(NSArray<UIImage *> *)photos sourceAssets:(NSArray *)assets isSelectOriginalPhoto:(BOOL)isSelectOriginalPhoto;
- (void)imagePickerController:(TZImagePickerController *)picker didFinishPickingPhotos:(NSArray<UIImage *> *)photos sourceAssets:(NSArray *)assets isSelectOriginalPhoto:(BOOL)isSelectOriginalPhoto infos:(NSArray<NSDictionary *> *)infos;
//- (void)imagePickerControllerDidCancel:(TZImagePickerController *)picker __attribute__((deprecated("Use -tz_imagePickerControllerDidCancel:.")));
- (void)tz_imagePickerControllerDidCancel:(TZImagePickerController *)picker;

// If user picking a video, this callback will be called.
// If system version > iOS8,asset is kind of PHAsset class, else is ALAsset class.
// 如果用户选择了一个视频,下面的handle会被执行
// 如果系统版本大于iOS8,asset是PHAsset类的对象,否则是ALAsset类的对象
- (void)imagePickerController:(TZImagePickerController *)picker didFinishPickingVideo:(UIImage *)coverImage sourceAssets:(id)asset;

// If user picking a gif image, this callback will be called.
// 如果用户选择了一个gif图片,下面的handle会被执行
- (void)imagePickerController:(TZImagePickerController *)picker didFinishPickingGifImage:(UIImage *)animatedImage sourceAssets:(id)asset;

// Decide album show or not't
// 决定相册显示与否 albumName:相册名字 result:相册原始数据
- (BOOL)isAlbumCanSelect:(NSString *)albumName result:(id)result;

// Decide asset show or not't
// 决定照片显示与否
- (BOOL)isAssetCanSelect:(id)asset;
@end

@interface TZAlbumPickerController : UIViewController
@property (nonatomic, assign) NSInteger columnNumber;
@property (assign, nonatomic) BOOL isFirstAppear;
- (void)configTableView;
@end

@interface UIImage (MyBundle)
+ (UIImage *)imageNamedFromMyBundle:(NSString *)name;
@end

@interface NSString (TzExtension)
- (BOOL)tz_containsString:(NSString *)string;
- (CGSize)tz_calculateSizeWithAttributes:(NSDictionary *)attributes maxSize:(CGSize)maxSize;
@end

@interface TZCommonTools : NSObject
+ (BOOL)tz_isIPhoneX;
+ (CGFloat)tz_statusBarHeight;
// 获得Info.plist数据字典
+ (NSDictionary *)tz_getInfoDictionary;
@end

@interface TZImagePickerConfig : NSObject
+ (instancetype)sharedInstance;
@property (copy, nonatomic) NSString *preferredLanguage;
@property(nonatomic, assign) BOOL allowPickingImage;
@property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL allowPickingVideo;
@property (strong, nonatomic) NSBundle *languageBundle;
/// 默认是200,如果一个GIF过大,里面图片个数可能超过1000,会导致内存飙升而崩溃
@property (assign, nonatomic) NSInteger gifPreviewMaxImagesCount;
@end

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Q: Google Play Store never shows Update instead of Open I've released a new version of an app to google play store.
I see Update button. After the updating i still see Update button instead of Open.
My codeVersion is absolutely higher than the previous version existing in the app store.
Any thoughts ?
Thanks

A: Maybe this will help.  This question was asked before and it may have been because the developer was using a debug APK.  Are you certain that you are using the signed APK and not the debug version?
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On Jan. 7, 2012, a 53-year-old woman was struck and killed by a drunk driver as she was jogging along the side of the road on Siesta Key. Now, the family of the woman is suing the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office, alleging that deputies had confronted the driver and two other men about their alcohol consumption at a local beach, telling them to "go home or go to jail" just before the deadly drunk driving accident.
Reportedly, the 23-year-old driver had struck another car and was fleeing the scene when he lost control of his vehicle and hit the woman who was jogging near her home. She was dragged to her death and the car only stopped after hitting several objects and crashing into the entrance of a church.
The lawsuit claims that although drinking was allowed at the beach, the deputies created a public safety risk by telling the intoxicated men to leave the beach without inquiring about their means of travel away from the scene The suit alleges the driver of the car that struck and killed the jogger had been holding his car keys when deputies told him and his friends to leave.
The wrongful death pedestrian accident attorneys at Farah & Farah have learned that the lawsuit is seeking $200,000 in damages.
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New Play Exchange
Jeffrey Neuman
Jeffrey Neuman is an award-winning playwright whose work has been performed at theaters and festivals across the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom. His plays have been produced by Emerging Artists Theatre Company, Edinburgh Fringe, FUSION Theatre Company and the Samuel French Off Off Broadway Festival, among many others. His first publication, Modern Goddesses: Two Short Plays of Mythic...
Jeffrey Neuman is an award-winning playwright whose work has been performed at theaters and festivals across the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom. His plays have been produced by Emerging Artists Theatre Company, Edinburgh Fringe, FUSION Theatre Company and the Samuel French Off Off Broadway Festival, among many others. His first publication, Modern Goddesses: Two Short Plays of Mythic Proportions, is available for licensing and performance from JAC Publishing & Promotions. Jeffrey is a 2012 Heideman Award Finalist, cofounder of Colorado's Rough Draught Playwrights and an active member of the Dramatists Guild of America.
What You Will by Jeffrey Neuman
Genre: comedy, dark comedy
Keyword: Sex, marriage + 6 more
Keyword: Sex, marriage, fidelity, infidelity, morality, Twelfth Night, Shakespeare, Relationships
Adam is a forty-something gay man living a quiet but seemingly contented life. He's married to a man he truly loves and runs a stationery shop, where he expertly designs custom wedding invitations. However, when he simultaneously meets two different individuals — a rather seductive married man in a gym steam room and a joyful, yet frenetic bride in desperate need of assistance — he begins to realize that...
Adam is a forty-something gay man living a quiet but seemingly contented life. He's married to a man he truly loves and runs a stationery shop, where he expertly designs custom wedding invitations. However, when he simultaneously meets two different individuals — a rather seductive married man in a gym steam room and a joyful, yet frenetic bride in desperate need of assistance — he begins to realize that marriage may have clear boundaries, but it certainly does not have very clear rules.
WHAT YOU WILL brings together the disparate worlds of wedding invitations, anonymous sex, and Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT to explore the unspoken contracts we make in personal relationships and what happens when the terms of those tacit agreements come into question.
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-Juliet Wittman, Westword
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-Beki Pineda, GetBoulder.com
"...the dynamics between characters and the universal issues that are highlighted are reason enough to go see the show."
-Addison Herron-Wheeler, OutFront Magazine
Delivered by Jeffrey Neuman
Keyword: homophobia, prejudice + 1 more
Keyword: homophobia, prejudice, injustice
Four people's lives collide when they witness a strange and disturbing occurrence. Based on real events, "Delivered" is a play about the dangerous crossroads of prejudice and complacency.
Dangling Participles by Jeffrey Neuman
Recommendations: 1
Keyword: seduction, sex and unfinished business + 3 more
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Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
Keyword: family, unit set + 3 more
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Keyword: family, unit set, alcoholism, guilt, secrets and lies
Chance Gold, a moderately successful playwright, has spent the better part of his life distancing himself from his modest, quasi-Jewish upbringing and his unpredictably explosive family. Then, his father dies very unexpectedly and under rather nebulous circumstances. Armed with acerbic wit, a caustic BFF, and a lot of alcohol, he goes back to his childhood home, where he is forced to deal with his emotional...
Chance Gold, a moderately successful playwright, has spent the better part of his life distancing himself from his modest, quasi-Jewish upbringing and his unpredictably explosive family. Then, his father dies very unexpectedly and under rather nebulous circumstances. Armed with acerbic wit, a caustic BFF, and a lot of alcohol, he goes back to his childhood home, where he is forced to deal with his emotional maelstrom of a mother, his inexplicably estranged sister and the realities of his father's death. At turns funny and heartbreaking, EXIT STRATEGIES not only explores the fine line between absurdity and pathos in family relationships, but also questions at what point the protective walls we put up around ourselves become a self-imposed prison.
"FUNNY, EMOTIONALLY RAW AND TRAGIC" (DENVER POST)
"CAUSTIC, FUNNY, MEANINGFUL" (NORTH DENVER TRIBUNE)
"ORIGINAL, FUNNY, OFTEN MESMERIZING" (WESTWORD)
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Keyword: Alzheimer's Disease, aging + 4 more
Keyword: Alzheimer's Disease, aging, loss, unit set, Aphasia, memory
A tense visitation occurs in an assisted living facility as an old man lies confined to a hospital bed, imprisoned by aphasia and robbed of his ability to communicate.
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Keyword: Sex, animal characters
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Free parking in Smiths Falls; street meters to be removed in coming weeks
November 20, 2020 Canuck
OTTAWA — With the Phase One, $8 million revitalization of Beckwith Street now complete, downtown Smiths Falls is open once again.
Now, council has voted to remove parking meters on side streets to make the experience even more worth it.
"I think we are the only town in the region that didn't have some free parking as part of the downtown core," said Amy Rensby, owner of C'Est Tout Bakery and an advocate of free parking.
"So it kind of puts us more on a level playing field, especially as business owners with our neighbouring communities."
The south-end of Beckwith Street reopened at the end of October, with new parallel parking spots and a bike lane, along with free two-hour parking.
Mayor Shawn Pankow said removing the meters on side streets wasn't in the plan, but feels it makes it better for everyone downtown.
"Initially it was the expectation that we would continue with some form of payment for downtown, which would have been pay and display meters,"
"In the end we heard from business owners, we looked at all the options, we heard from our citizens and we wanted to make sure we had an inviting and inclusive downtown as possible," Pankow said.
"With the revitalization, allowing for free parking is sort of that cherry on top."
While he admitted there would likely be a loss of revenue, the mayor says it's worth it.
"(Revenue) paid for metres in the past. It goes into our reserve to pay for meters for the future; it also pays for our enforcement. So there may be a net negative impact to taxpayers where we will have to subsidize any fine revenue that we have – that's a trade off where you try and create an economic benefit for the entire downtown," Pankow said.
"We want to make sure we are competitive, we want to make sure we create and environment downtown that our merchants our restaurants can all have the same landscape as other communities," the mayor said.
"We've got some great new businesses that have opened up in recent months and it's going to be fair and I think with that parity there no barrier here for people to come here and enjoy our downtown and hope that leads to greater success for our business owners."
Michele Baitley is chair of the Smiths Falls Downtown Business Association (DBA) and is also a business owner.
While the DBA was not on board initially with the free parking idea, they support it now.
"We didn't agree with it at first because we were going on the recommendations of the senior staff and the parking study. But, because of the town council's decision to do away with the parking meters and even on the side streets we are going to get behind them because we want to see Smiths Falls survive and thrive," Baitley said.
"There has been really positive feedback that we are catching up with other towns. Everybody likes something that is free as long as it's enforced and people don't take advantage of it."
She hopes people will self-police the two-hour limit so others can come and enjoy the downtown.
"It's very important right now that we come together as a community and enjoy what's been done," she added.
Twenty steps down the street at the bakery, Rensby added that now more people would shop throughout the week.
"They knew if they came during the week they had to pay for parking. If they came on Saturday and Sunday they didn't and so they would shop in neighbouring communities during the week and shop here on weekends knowing that they wouldn't have to pay," Rensby said.
With sales down through the revitalization and then during the COVID-19 pandemic, Rensby hopes to see more people in the downtown core.
"Come spend a couple of hours – we've had new stores open up in the middle of a pandemic which I think a testament to the commitment that people have in this town," Rensby said.
"Come check out the new stores come take a stroll downtown come see what everybody has. It looks great."
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BREAKING: The Division 2 Free to Play Weekend
by Nathan Collier | Posted on June 10, 2019 June 9, 2019
In a move of brilliance, grace, and near-perfect timing Ubisoft has made The Division 2 free to play from June 13 – June 17th.
The "Free to Play Weekend" will allow players to try out the game and keep their progress should they decide to purchase the game at the end of the weekend.
Ubisoft Announces Massive Free to Play Weekend for The Division 2
This comes as excellent news not only to those of us who are The Division 2 fans, it's also huge for anyone who calls themselves a fan of the looter-shooter genre. Ubisoft's commitment to grow it's new flagship looter-shooter means the company will give constant attention to their new baby. That's a good thing for gamers.
With Ubisoft making a concentrated effort to grow it's D2 audience, gamers can rest assured that the company plans to keep new content and updates coming for a long time.
Already hailed as an essential example of the looter-shooter genre, The Division 2 had an impressive opening and continues to boast a large player base.
If you've ever considered The Division 2, now is the time.
Players who wish to purchase the full game at the end of the free weekend will be able to buy The Division 2 at the current running sale price. That's up to 40% off depending on your platform.
You'll get to keep all your progress you made during the free weekend.
Ubisoft is removing almost all the excuses to not jump in on this game. Unless you don't like free things, in which case there's not a lot I can do for you.
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When she needed accommodation, you won't believe the rigmarole that ensued.
Someone with MCS (who wishes to remain anonymous) was asked about how her efforts to receive appropriate, safe, accommodation were going, so she could see a health care provider. She is one of a growing number of people who become disabled from exposures to toxic chemicals found in many everyday products and materials, especially in fragrances.
She contacted a health care provider by phone and talked to a receptionist.
She asked her if they had a scent-free policy and was told they didn't.
When air is polluted both indoors and out, when people use fragrances and other products with toxic chemicals, when we are made ill and disabled by the pollutants, then we can't wait for better regulations to take effect, we need to do something to protect our health now.
Sometimes we can buy masks that work for us, especially if we tolerate synthetic materials, but sometimes making our own is the only way. When we make our own, we can use safe-for-us fabrics and even coordinate them to our outfits (if we're lucky enough to have safe-to-wear outfits).
How Acceptable Are Your Levels?
Do you know that you have hundreds of toxic chemicals in your body right now?
Do you know that our bodies weren't designed to deal with 24/7 exposure to the kinds of substances we are breathing, ingesting, and absorbing all the time now?
How many of you have any idea what kinds of chemicals are in your body now, and what kinds of health effects they might be having on you, or on your eggs and sperm?
Have you agreed to be a chemical experiment (and are any of you being paid for it, or receiving funding to deal with the adverse effects that might happen or are happening)?
If you are like most of us, then you are completely unaware of what we are all being exposed to and the effects these exposures are having on our health. We still believe that products have to be safe if they are being sold to us. It's hard to believe otherwise.
A great new resource has been launched to guide mothers and mothers-to-be regarding wireless radiation hazards and safety precautions that need to be taken.


Ardara "Cup of Tae" Festival – May Bank Holiday weekend 3rd to 6th May, 2019.
This festival, often called "The Biggest Wee Festival in Ireland", is famous for its spontaneous music sessions. The huge influx of Irish and International musicians who just arrive for the Festival love the free spirit.
This year the Committee honours one of the best, as they duly honour Brid Harper, one of the most outstanding fiddle players in Ireland.
She will be honoured at a special Concert on Friday 3rd May in the Nesbitt Arms Hotel at 8.30pm. All friends and people who appreciate this lady and the wonderful talent will be treated to the best of traditional music from Brid and company.
Saturday and Sunday see the ever popular Schools of Music take place, lead on the Master Class will be Brid Harper with Theresa Kavanagh.
Join the many Musical Recitals, all free for all visitors.
The famous "Cup of Tae" Festival 3rd to 6th May, 2019.
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The biggest "Cup of Tae" Festival of all time is expected this weekend in Ardara!
World renowned traditional musician Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh will be the special guest of honour at the opening concert in the Nesbitt Arms Hotel on Friday night at 8pm. Mairead will be joined on stage by the band Altan, her family and friends.
This is a special event, probably never experienced in Ardara or anywhere before.
Tickets are €15 and a limited amount may be available at the door but demand has been huge for this special event.
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Court appears conflicted over DNA sampling issue
Updated: Feb. 26, 2013, 4:05 p.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday struggled with what one of the justices called its most important criminal procedure case in decades, whether to let police take DNA without a warrant from those arrested in hopes of using it to solve old cases.
Justices seemed conflicted over whether police have a right to take genetic information from people who have only been arrested without getting a judge's approval first, or if the government's interest in solving cold cases trumped the immediate privacy rights of those under police suspicion of other crimes.
One justice seemed to make clear what he thought. "I think this is perhaps the most important criminal procedure case that this court has heard in decades," said Justice Samuel Alito, a former prosecutor.
"This is what is at stake: Lots of murders, lots of rapes that can be solved using this new technology that involves a very minimal intrusion on personal privacy," Alito said later. "Why isn't this the fingerprinting of the 21st century? What is the difference? If it was permissible, and it's been assumed to be so for decades, that it is permissible to fingerprint anybody who's booked, why is it not permissible to take a DNA sample from anybody who is arrested?"
But Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Elena Kagan questioned how far the government can go if they decide that the police have an interest in people's DNA to help solve cases, with Roberts noting that it wouldn't take much for police to add DNA swabs to traffic stops. "Police officers who give Breathalyzer tests, they can also take a Q-tip or whatever and get a DNA sample, right?" Roberts said.
"It could be any arrestee, no matter how minor the offense," Kagan said. "It could be just any old person in the street. Why don't we do this for everybody who comes in for a driver's license because it's very effective?"
Getting DNA swabs from criminals is common. All 50 states and the federal government take cheek swabs from convicted criminals to check against federal and state databanks, with the court's blessing. But now 28 states and the federal government now also take samples from people who have been arrested for various crimes, long before their guilt or innocence has been proven.
According to court documents, the FBI's Combined DNA Index System or CODIS — a coordinated system of federal, state and local databases of DNA profiles — contains more than 10 million criminal profiles and 1.1 million profiles of those arrested.
In the case before the court, a 53-year-old woman was raped and robbed but no one was arrested. Almost six years later, Alonzo King was arrested and charged with felony second-degree assault. Taking advantage of a Maryland law that allowed warrantless DNA tests following some felony arrests, police took a cheek swab of King's DNA, which matched a sample from the 2003 Salisbury rape. King was convicted of rape and sentenced to life in prison.
King eventually pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of misdemeanor assault from his arrest, a crime for which Maryland cannot take warrantless DNA samples. The state courts said it violated King's rights for the state to take his DNA based on an arrest alone.
The state Court of Appeals said King had "a sufficiently weighty and reasonable expectation of privacy against warrantless, suspicionless searches."
The Supreme Court is reviewing that decision. The justices will make a decision later this year.
King's lawyer, Kannon K. Shanmugam, told the justices there's "legitimate expectation of privacy" in the contents of an individual's DNA. "An individual's DNA contains far more information and far more personal information than an individual's fingerprints," Shanmugam said.
But prosecutors argued that those arrested have less expectations of privacy than people not in police custody. An arrested individual "by virtue of being in that class of individuals whose conduct has led the police to arrest him on, based on probable cause, surrenders a substantial amount of liberty and privacy," said Maryland Chief Deputy Attorney General Katherine Winfree.
In addition to solving cold cases, prosecutors argued that DNA testing is needed to help identify the person in custody, just like fingerprinting — when police make ink impressions of suspects' fingers and compare them quickly to others kept by authorities and found at crime scenes.
With arrested individuals, the government has a compelling interest in "knowing who that person is, which includes knowing what the person has done. And DNA does that in a far more powerful way than fingerprints have done," Justice Department lawyer Michael R. Dreeben said.
If that comparison can be made, "I think that you would have a quite good case," Kagan said.
But Winfree said it currently takes 11-17 days to get results from a DNA swab, making it useless for instant identification. Winfree argued that technology will soon go into use give the police the ability to get results back from DNA swabs within minutes, instead of the days it takes now. But "can I base a decision today on what you say is going to happen in two years?" Roberts said.
"You can't demonstrate that the purpose is immediate identification of the people coming into custody. You just can't demonstrate that now," Justice Antonin Scalia said to Winfree. "Maybe you can in two years. The purpose now is the purpose you began your presentation with, to catch the bad guys, which is a good thing. But you know, the Fourth Amendment sometimes stands in the way."
Justice Anthony Kennedy, usually a swing vote on the court, compared the DNA swab to police patting a person down after an arrest, something they don't need a warrant to do. "Does the justice system have an interest in knowing whether the person committed other crimes?" he asked Shanmugam several times.
"They have that interest, but if they want to investigate other crimes, they have to do what they would have to do as to an ordinary citizen. They have to have a warrant or some level of individualized suspicion," Shanmugam said.
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POTSDAM, NY – The Department of Theatre and Dance at SUNY Potsdam is proud to announce its fall mainstage production, "Much Ado About Nothing" by William Shakespeare, running from Nov. 15 to 18. In this production, the witty comedy will be set in the United States post-World War II — tracing the raucous rivalry between two adversaries who turn into lovers.
"Much Ado About Nothing" will run from Thursday, Nov. 15 through Sunday, Nov. 18, in the Proscenium Theater, located in SUNY Potsdam's Performing Arts Center. There will be daily evening performances from Thursday, Nov. 15 through Saturday, Nov. 17, all at 7:30 p.m., with an additional afternoon matinee offered on Sunday, Nov. 18, at 2 p.m.
The play will be performed, designed and technically assisted by SUNY Potsdam students, and will also features an actor from the Potsdam community. Assistant Professor Joshua Vink will advise and direct the performances.
After the performance on Saturday, Nov. 17, there will be a post-show audience talkback session with Dr. Liberty S. Stanavage, an associate professor of English and communication. During this 30-minute discussion, she will comment on the history, social issues and themes of the play, and take questions from the audience.
Written at the height of Shakespeare's career in 1598 and 1599, "Much Ado About Nothing" is considered one of the playwright's best comedies. The "merry war" of words between Benedict and Beatrice is contrasted by a darker side of the play, when rumor and false report by a jealous rival almost lead to the downfall of the marriage of the young lovers, Hero and Claudio.
The setting of this production begins on May 8, 1945, or Victory in Europe (V-E) Day, when the United States and its allies accepted the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany, to end World War II. After years of wartime fear and uncertainty, jubilant celebration erupted throughout Europe and the United States. These opposing qualities of this historic time offer an ideal backdrop to a play which has strong elements of both comedy and tragedy.
"The profound ways the play comments on relationships between genders, while exposing darker themes of male rivalry and the hurtful slander of women, make it one of Shakespeare's most appealing and relevant to modern audiences," said Vink.
"Much Ado About Nothing" has been performed by some of the most notable companies and performers in the theatre, and has several successful film versions. It is considered among Shakespeare's most realistic comedies, with a world whose setting and characters are recognizable and genuine, and complete with stock comedic characters, villains, heroes, dance and music. The landscape of the post-WWII United States in this production offers audiences a modern accessibility to this timeless Shakespearean story.
Ryan Hutchins '19 and Elinor Greenway '21 will play the lead characters of Benedict and Beatrice, alongside Dalton Peek '20 and Hana Nitkowski '20 as Claudio and Hero. Adding to the cast is Potsdam community member Bruce Brownlee, who will portray Hero's father, Leonato.
Set design and construction is led by Associate Professor Todd Canedy, with lighting design by Professor Don Borsh and choreography by Assistant Professor Cynthia Dufault.
Tickets are $15 for general admission, $10 for SUNY Potsdam faculty and staff, and $8 for students and senior citizens. Seating is general admission, and the doors will open a half hour before each performance.
To purchase tickets, contact the Community Performance Series Box Office at (315) 267-2277 or http://www.cpspotsdam.org, or visit the box office, located in the PAC lobby. For more information about this production, contact the Department of Theatre and Dance at (315) 267-2556.
From directing, choreographing, acting and dancing, to designing and technical work, theatre and dance are highly collaborative art forms at SUNY Potsdam. Students and professionals engage in creative problem solving, requiring the setting and meeting of long-term goals, and the analysis and understanding of movement and dramatic literature. For more information about SUNY Potsdam's Department of Theatre and Dance, visit http://www.potsdam.edu/theatre.
Founded in 1816, The State University of New York at Potsdam is one of America's first 50 colleges — and the oldest institution within SUNY. Now in its third century, SUNY Potsdam is distinguished by a legacy of pioneering programs and educational excellence. The College currently enrolls approximately 3,600 undergraduate and graduate students. Home to the world-renowned Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam is known for its challenging liberal arts and sciences core, distinction in teacher training and culture of creativity. To learn more, visit http://www.potsdam.edu.


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Krakow's oldest known city charter dates back to year 1257.
Krakow was an important town and a bustling trading center as early as the 9th century at least. And archeologists date the oldest material evidence of human settlements excavated in the city to circa 200,000 BC. In year 1038 Krakow became the capital of Poland.
Another crucial date in the municipal history is June 5, 1257 when Boleslaw the Shy, Prince of Krakow, his mother Grzymislawa, and wife Kunegunda – a.k.a. Blessed Kinga – signed a foundation charter for the city of Krakow. Therein they granted the municipality self-government with a wide range of autonomy – based the Magdeburg Law, ius municipale magdeburgense – plus tax benefits for its citizens, trade privileges, and new territory.
Poland's parliament, namely the Senate, has voted 2007 the Year of Krakow. The city government has decided to commemorate the 750th anniversary of the medieval incorporation of Krakow with ten-day celebrations from June 1 to June 10, 2007.
Program of celebrations commemorating the 750th anniversary of the 1257 city charter of Krakow, Poland.
June 1st through June 10th, 2007
Note: things keep changing, so take into account, please, that the following program is liable to alterations.
Spectacular events
Friday, June 1st
From 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. Hot-air balloon extravaganza, 'Europe's Open Air – the UE Cup', features among others balloon parade, parachuting, and laser show.
Venue: Blonia common (free admission).
From 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. Opening of the ceremonies commemorating the 750th anniversary of Krakow's founding charter followed by an open-air concert featuring the Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Pro Musica Mundi choir performing Piotr Rubik's long cantata 'In Love with Krakow' inspired by Krakow's history. Venue: the Rynek Glowny central square (free admission, open-air).
Saturday, June 2nd
From 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Dragons' Family Picnic, a festival whose attractions include musical performances, competitions for kids, and re-enactments of medieval duels. Venue: riverbank beneath the Wawel Royal Castle (free admission).
From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. 'Great Parade of Dragons' – a procession of dragons and knights marches down Grodzka street to the central Rynek Glowny square.
From 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Cabaret show featuring an array of Poland's comedy acts. Venue: the Rynek Glowny central square (free admission, open-air).
From 10 p.m. to 11:15 p.m. 'Great Parade of Dragons' – a show featuring giant representations of dragons plus music, light and sound effects, and water curtains. Venue: riverbanks near the Wawel Royal Castle (free admission).
Sunday, June 3rd
From 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Dragons' Family Picnic, a festival whose attractions include musical performances, competitions for kids, and re-enactments of medieval duels. Venue: riverbank beneath the Wawel Royal Castle (free admission).
4:30 p.m. 'The Lute of Shakespeare', a concert of early music features UK's soprano Jeni Melia and lute-playing baritone Christopher Goodwin who perform the old English songs and duets. Venue: Tyniec Abbey.
From 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. Krakow's Cracovia Danza Court Ballet produces its show, 'La Fortuna – Lady with an Ermine', an re-enactment of the Renaissance's famed Italian court ballet, Il Paradiso, with costumes designed by Leonardo da Vinci. Venue: Plac Szczepanski square (free admission, open-air).
From 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Poland's top jazz trumpeter Tomasz Stanko and his guests perform music that would bridge the past with our times. Venue: Rynek Glowny central square (free admission, open-air).
Monday, June 4th
From 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Concert 'Krakow Artists for Krakow' features the best and most popular songs ever authored by the city's composers and/or lyricists. Venue: Rynek Glowny central square (free admission, open-air).
Tuesday, June 5th
5:30 p.m. Historical parade commemorating the 1257 founding charter proceeds from the Teatr Slowackiego theatre, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha square at Szpitalna street, to the Old Town's central Rynek Glowny square.
7:30 p.m. 'The Lute of King David', a concert of early music features counter-tenor Francisco Orozco and lute-players performing medieval Europe's songs. Venue: Kosciol Sw. Katarzyny church (St. Catherine), Augustianska street at Skaleczna street.
From 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. The world premiere of oratorio 'Cracovia Est' by Poland's contemporary composer Dariusz Regucki features the Krakow Opera Company's soloists, orchestra, and choir. Venue: Rynek Glowny central square (free admission, open-air).
Wednesday, June 6th
From 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. Krakow's Cracovia Danza Court Ballet produces its historical show, 'Queen Bona's Masquerade', inspired by the Polish royal court's customs of the Renaissance and including such once popular ballroom dances as pavan, volte, gavotte, and courante. Venue: Plac Szczepanski square (free admission, open-air).
From 8 p.m. to 9:40 p.m. Opening concert of the 'Wyspianski 2007' Festival, 'Wyspianski by Konieczny" features Polish National Radio Orchestra, Krakow Philharmonic Choir, and an array of Krakow's pop vocalist performing theater music by Krakow's contemporary composer Zygmunt Konieczny written to productions of Stanislaw Wyspinaski's various plays. Venue: Kosciol Sw. Katarzyny church (St. Catherine), Augustianska street at Skaleczna street.
From 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. Krakow's Sinfonietta Cracovia chamber orchestra and the Pro Musica Mundi choir render Gustav Holst's seven-part suite 'Planets' with pop singers Dorota Miskiewicz and Grzegorz Turnau filling in interludes, plus a multimedia show of the solar system. Venue: Rynek Glowny central square (free admission, open-air).
Thursday, June 7th (Corpus Christi feast day)
5 p.m. Delegations of European marksmen's fraternities parade from the Plac Szczepanski square to the central Rynek Glowny square and next through streets Mikolajska, Kopernika, and Strzelecka to Park Strzelecki.
From 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. Italy's accomplished baritone Roberto Abbondanza soprano Susanna Rigacci plus enlarged philharmonic orchestra and choir with famous composer Ennio Morricone as conductor perform his oratorio 'Song about the Hidden God' written to poems of Pope John Paul II. Venue: Rynek Glowny central square (free admission, open-air).
Friday, June 8th
From 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Festival of Krakow's Bractwo Kurkowe, the city's historic marksmen fraternity, with shooting competition, musical performances, and other attractions. Venue: the Blonia common (free admission).
From 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Krakow's ensemble, Galicyjska Orkiestra Straussowska 'Obligato", plays The Strausses' waltzes and polkas. Venue: Rynek Glowny central square (free admission, open-air).
From 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Poland's championship of DJs. Venue: Multikino multiplex, 128 Dobrego Pasterza street.
From 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. Krakow's Cracovia Danza Court Ballet produces its show, 'Sobieski and Marysienka', of the Baroque's dances and the period music by the Polish and the French composers as well as the Turkish traditional tunes. Venue: Plac Szczepanski square (free admission, open-air).
From 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. 'Krakow-Vienna Ball', a concert of ballroom dance music features Krakow's and Vienna's ensembles playing The Strausses' waltzes and polkas plus dancers from both cities performing the steps. Venue: Rynek Glowny central square (free admission, open-air).
From noon to 2 p.m. 'The Enthronement of the Cock King', Krakow's traditional colorful pageant of the city's historical marksmen's fraternity followed by its parade through streets Florianska, Basztowa, and Lubicz. Venue: Rynek Glowny central square and the Old Town's streets (free admission, open-air).
From 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. Krakow's Cracovia Danza Court Ballet produces its show, 'Krakow through the Centuries' in the form of the parade of historical fashions from medieval to contemporary, Venue: Rynek Glowny central square (free admission, open-air).
From 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Concert of pop songs about Krakow and its residents. Venue: Plac Szczepanski square (free admission, open air).
From 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Krakow's Cracovia Danza Court Ballet produces its show, 'The Chess', based on the 16th-century poem by Jan Kochanowski, the Polish greatest poet of the Renaissance, with the period music. Venue: Plac Szczepanski square (free admission, open air).
7:30 p.m. 'The Lute of the Renaissance', a concert of early music features Switzerland's Hopkinson Smith playing music for lute by Francesco da Milano and John Dowland. Venue: Kosciol Sw. Katarzyny church (St. Catherine), Augustianska street at Skaleczna street.
From 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. Concert of classical music features Poland's top contemporary composer Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki conducting the performance of his piece, 'Beatus Vir', commissioned for the 900th anniversary of St. Stanislaw's martyrdom by Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, then Krakow's archbishop soon to become Pope John Paul II. Venue: Rynek Glowny central square (free admission, open-air).
From 10 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. Twenty five bells of the Old Town's various churches play symphony 'Campanae Cracovienses' by Marek Stachowski, Krakow's late composer of contemporary classical music. Venue: Old Town (free admission, open-air).
Other anniversary events
At noon. Laying of the foundation stone for the Tourism Center at Powisle street near the Wawel Hill.
2 p.m. Opening ceremony of the 'Kolna' Center for Sport and Recreation with a swimming pool and a sports hall at 2 Kolna street.
From noon to 9 p.m. 'Krakow Feast' on the Plac Szczepanski square.
From 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Hot-air balloon festival 'Europe's Open Air – the UE Cup' with competitions for children. Venue: the Blonia common.
2 p.m. Opening ceremony of the 'Wyspianski 2000' Exhibition and Information Center at Plac Wszystkich Swietych square.
At noon. Unveiling of a commemorative plaque in the Cloth Hall amid Krakow's central Rynek Glowny square.
At noon. Unveiling of a plaque commemorating the planting of the Anniversary Tree (namely oak) at the Plac Sw. Idziego square near the Wawel Hill.
2 p.m. Opening ceremony of a culture center in the reconstructed Dwor Czeczow (The Czeczs Manor) at 36 Ks. Popieluszki styreet.
11 a.m. Laying of flowers in the National Pantheon in the crypt of the Skalka Sanctuary's church at Skaleczna street.
From noon to 1:30 p.m. High Mass for the city of Krakow in the Wawel Cathedral.
From 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Ceremonial session of the City Council in the Teatr Slowackiego theatre, 1 Plac Swietego Ducha square at Szpitalna street.
From 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Opening of the exhibition 'Krakow – the European City of the Magdeburg Law 1257-1791' in the City of Krakow Historical Museum at 35 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square).
From 10:30 p.m. to 4 a.m. Free admission for the exhibition 'Krakow – the European City of the Magdeburg Law 1257-1791' in the City of Krakow Historical Museum at 35 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square).
At noon. Opening ceremony of the refurbished Maly Rynek square.
3:30 p.m. Opening ceremony of the Jubilee Congress of Marksmen's Fraternities takes place on the Plac Szczepanski square.
5:30 p.m. Unveiling of the obelisk commemorating the 750th anniversaries of Krakow's founding charter and the city's Bractwo Kurkowe marksmen's fraternity in the Park Strzelecki at 16 Lubicz street.
10:30 a.m. Opening ceremony of reconstructed Zajazd Kosciuszkowski (Kosciuszko Inn) at 3 Bialopradnicka street.
At noon. Opening ceremony of a new tourist tour of the city walls by the barbican.
From 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Presentation of Europe's biggest graffiti, i.e. the 'Silva Rerum' mural showing the history of Krakow.
2 p.m. Opening of exhibition 'In the Nest of Printing and Book Loving' in the Municipal Engineering Museum at 15 Sw. Wawrzynca street.
11 a.m. High Mass for Krakow's historical marksmen's fraternity, Bractwo Kurkowe, in the Kosciol Mariacki church (basilica of the Virgin Mary).
2:30 p.m. Laying of the foundation stone for a shooting range in the Park Strzelecki at 16 Lubicz street.
5 p.m. Opening of an open-air exhibition of Krakow's accomplished photographer Adam Bujak's showing places and memorabilia connected with St. Stanislaw, the 11th-century Krakow bishop. Venue: the Skalka Sanctuary.
7 p.m. Opening of 'The Krakow Theater Night', a presentation of the city's theater productions coupled with tours of its playhouses.
9:30 p.m. Unveiling of the reconstructed 19th-century monument to Tadeusz Rejtan, a Polish hero, at the junction of streets Basztowa, Asnyka, and Dunajewskiego.
10:30 a.m. High Mass for Krakow's historical marksmen's fraternity, Bractwo Kurkowe, in the Wawel Cathedral.
3:30 p.m. Closing ceremony of the Jubilee Congress of Marksmen's Fraternities takes place on the central Rynek Glowny square.
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We were extremely impressed with the professionalism and the quality of service, of all SERVPRO reps.
There was a some details that were hard for me to learn. Everyone was very patient answering my questions and talking me through the necessary info.
I was impressed with both your representatives Steve and Julio.
Keep the two young men on your staff, great people.
Can I start off by saying wow!! The service I received was by far the quietest and most helpful. The respond time was great. Many other places I called just simply turned me down.. Not this team.. For the short notice that they had they were able to send out a team and have the office area cleaned out and removed all the water that had leaked over the weekend.. I cant leave out the fact that they worked diligently and to be honest I didn't see them take a break.. Very understanding to the urgency that I was showing , the office was only down for a few hours thanks to this team. My boos was happy and so was I .. the only thing I regret was not calling them first!
We had water damage to our kitchen in October and our insurance company referred us to SERVPRO of Arcadia for performing the remediation service. When I called SERVPRO in the evening, Anthony answered the phone promptly and sent a crew of people to initiate the remediation process immediately. Their employees were very professional, efficient and careful in handling the remediation work. The work area was very clean after all the equipment were set up and workers were very respectful of our home, they explained what they were going to do and made sure that all questions were answered until we were satisfied. After the drying process was finished, all the equipment was removed promptly. All work performed was supervised and I was very happy that there's always a management person to maintain quality control. I will definitely recommend SERVPRO's service.
Im very impressed with Tony. He tried to save my marble back splash and minimized opening the wall as well. Thank you & your employees they were very professional.
SERVPRO is an amazing company.
On Sept. 23 I woke up to 2-3 inches of water all on my first floor at my home. I never experience anything like this and had no idea where it all came from. I called SERVPRO because my neighbor told me about them. I called them around 7:30 am and they were on site by 8:10.They really took the weight off my shoulders. They came in fast worked hard and finished and my house looks and feels normal again .
They did a great job, and they worked very well as a team. I was impressed with that. They all seemed to care about doing a good job.
I would like to thank you SERVPRO for the excellent job that you and your staff have provided in what could have been a very serious problem for our company.
On March 5th 2012 I telephoned our insurance company and advised them of a flood that had occurred at our facility. They referred me to you and your staff was out here shortly thereafter to assess the situation and begin the drying process reducing the amount of potential damage.
By SERVPRO reacting quickly we were able to get our employees back to work with a very minimal amount of lost time for that day. In addition, during the drying time and repair time there was no lost time for the company which would have cost us hundreds of thousands of dollars. We appreciate the professionalism with which your staff handled themselves and your cooperation in working around "our" schedule so as a eliminate any disruption to our daily responsibilities .
Can I start off by saying wow! the service I received was by far the quietest and most helpful. The respond time was great many other places I called just simply turned me down , not this team. For the short notice that they had they were able to send out a team and cleaned out the office area . They removed all the water that had leaked over the weekend. I cant leave out the fact that they worked diligently and to be honest I didn't see them take a break. Very understanding to the urgency that I was showing , the office was only down for a few hours thanks to this team my boss was happy and so was I. The only thing I regret was not calling them first !
The SERVPRO technicians were polite, respectful, and professional. They asked me for permission before moving my furniture and personal items so they can properly inspect areas impacted by water damage. I can't assess how competitive SERVPRO is in terms of pricing since the billing went through my insurance company, but in terms of the crew and their professionalism, they get my thumbs up.
I would like to share my appreciation with you and your staff for the wonderful job they did in assisting me through the water damage I experienced.
My water damage occurred in December of 2014 and you guys were able to get my home back to normal within 2 months. You did the water mitigation and repairs on my home and I was very happy with how everything came out. Your crew is very professional and I appreciate how they took the problem out of my hands.
If this type of loss ever occurred to my family or friends I would have no problem recommending them to use your company. I always appreciate great customer service.
I would like to take a moment to give commendation to your company for the care, concern and professionalism that was extended to me during this difficult ordeal. In particular it is a pleasure for me to say that my first contact was Tony and Felix who were extremely kind and courteous in handling my repairs. I would like to remiss if I did not mention Kathy and Amy, who walked me through each and every step of this process. A sincere and heartfelt thank you is definitely in order for the staff.


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