/**
 * @package Akismet
 */
/*
Plugin Name: Akismet
Plugin URI: http://akismet.com/
Description: Used by millions, Akismet is quite possibly the best way in the world to <strong>protect your blog from comment and trackback spam</strong>. It keeps your site protected from spam even while you sleep. To get started: 1) Click the "Activate" link to the left of this description, 2) <a href="http://akismet.com/get/?return=true">Sign up for an Akismet API key</a>, and 3) Go to your <a href="plugins.php?page=akismet-key-config">Akismet configuration</a> page, and save your API key.
Version: 2.5.3
Author: Automattic
Author URI: http://automattic.com/wordpress-plugins/
License: GPLv2 or later
*/

/*
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
*/

define('AKISMET_VERSION', '2.5.3');
define('AKISMET_PLUGIN_URL', plugin_dir_url( __FILE__ ));

/** If you hardcode a WP.com API key here, all key config screens will be hidden */
if ( defined('WPCOM_API_KEY') )
	$wpcom_api_key = constant('WPCOM_API_KEY');
else
	$wpcom_api_key = '';

// Make sure we don't expose any info if called directly
if ( !function_exists( 'add_action' ) ) {
	echo "Hi there!  I'm just a plugin, not much I can do when called directly.";
	exit;
}

if ( isset($wp_db_version) && $wp_db_version <= 9872 )
	include_once dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/legacy.php';

include_once dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/widget.php';

if ( is_admin() )
	require_once dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/admin.php';

function akismet_init() {
	global $wpcom_api_key, $akismet_api_host, $akismet_api_port;

	if ( $wpcom_api_key )
		$akismet_api_host = $wpcom_api_key . '.rest.akismet.com';
	else
		$akismet_api_host = get_option('wordpress_api_key') . '.rest.akismet.com';

	$akismet_api_port = 80;
}
add_action('init', 'akismet_init');

function akismet_get_key() {
	global $wpcom_api_key;
	if ( !empty($wpcom_api_key) )
		return $wpcom_api_key;
	return get_option('wordpress_api_key');
}

function akismet_verify_key( $key, $ip = null ) {
	global $akismet_api_host, $akismet_api_port, $wpcom_api_key;
	$blog = urlencode( get_option('home') );
	if ( $wpcom_api_key )
		$key = $wpcom_api_key;
	$response = akismet_http_post("key=$key&blog=$blog", 'rest.akismet.com', '/1.1/verify-key', $akismet_api_port, $ip);
	if ( !is_array($response) || !isset($response[1]) || $response[1] != 'valid' && $response[1] != 'invalid' )
		return 'failed';
	return $response[1];
}

// if we're in debug or test modes, use a reduced service level so as not to polute training or stats data
function akismet_test_mode() {
	if ( defined('AKISMET_TEST_MODE') && AKISMET_TEST_MODE )
		return true;
	return false;
}

// return a comma-separated list of role names for the given user
function akismet_get_user_roles($user_id ) {
	$roles = false;
	
	if ( !class_exists('WP_User') )
		return false;
	
	if ( $user_id > 0 ) {
		$comment_user = new WP_User($user_id);
		if ( isset($comment_user->roles) )
			$roles = join(',', $comment_user->roles);
	}

	if ( is_multisite() && is_super_admin( $user_id ) ) {
		if ( empty( $roles ) ) {
			$roles = 'super_admin';
		} else {
			$comment_user->roles[] = 'super_admin';
			$roles = join( ',', $comment_user->roles );
		}
	}

	return $roles;
}

// Returns array with headers in $response[0] and body in $response[1]
function akismet_http_post($request, $host, $path, $port = 80, $ip=null) {
	global $wp_version;

	$akismet_ua = "WordPress/{$wp_version} | ";
	$akismet_ua .= 'Akismet/' . constant( 'AKISMET_VERSION' );

	$content_length = strlen( $request );

	$http_host = $host;
	// use a specific IP if provided
	// needed by akismet_check_server_connectivity()
	if ( $ip && long2ip( ip2long( $ip ) ) ) {
		$http_host = $ip;
	} else {
		$http_host = $host;
	}
	
	// use the WP HTTP class if it is available
	if ( function_exists( 'wp_remote_post' ) ) {
		$http_args = array(
			'body'			=> $request,
			'headers'		=> array(
				'Content-Type'	=> 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded; ' .
									'charset=' . get_option( 'blog_charset' ),
				'Host'			=> $host,
				'User-Agent'	=> $akismet_ua
			),
			'httpversion'	=> '1.0',
			'timeout'		=> 15
		);
		$akismet_url = "http://{$http_host}{$path}";
		$response = wp_remote_post( $akismet_url, $http_args );
		if ( is_wp_error( $response ) )
			return '';

		return array( $response['headers'], $response['body'] );
	} else {
		$http_request  = "POST $path HTTP/1.0\r\n";
		$http_request .= "Host: $host\r\n";
		$http_request .= 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=' . get_option('blog_charset') . "\r\n";
		$http_request .= "Content-Length: {$content_length}\r\n";
		$http_request .= "User-Agent: {$akismet_ua}\r\n";
		$http_request .= "\r\n";
		$http_request .= $request;
		
		$response = '';
		if( false != ( $fs = @fsockopen( $http_host, $port, $errno, $errstr, 10 ) ) ) {
			fwrite( $fs, $http_request );

			while ( !feof( $fs ) )
				$response .= fgets( $fs, 1160 ); // One TCP-IP packet
			fclose( $fs );
			$response = explode( "\r\n\r\n", $response, 2 );
		}
		return $response;
	}
}

// filter handler used to return a spam result to pre_comment_approved
function akismet_result_spam( $approved ) {
	// bump the counter here instead of when the filter is added to reduce the possibility of overcounting
	if ( $incr = apply_filters('akismet_spam_count_incr', 1) )
		update_option( 'akismet_spam_count', get_option('akismet_spam_count') + $incr );
	// this is a one-shot deal
	remove_filter( 'pre_comment_approved', 'akismet_result_spam' );
	return 'spam';
}

function akismet_result_hold( $approved ) {
	// once only
	remove_filter( 'pre_comment_approved', 'akismet_result_hold' );
	return '0';
}

// how many approved comments does this author have?
function akismet_get_user_comments_approved( $user_id, $comment_author_email, $comment_author, $comment_author_url ) {
	global $wpdb;
	
	if ( !empty($user_id) )
		return $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE user_id = %d AND comment_approved = 1", $user_id ) );
		
	if ( !empty($comment_author_email) )
		return $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_author_email = %s AND comment_author = %s AND comment_author_url = %s AND comment_approved = 1", $comment_author_email, $comment_author, $comment_author_url ) );
		
	return 0;
}

function akismet_microtime() {
	$mtime = explode( ' ', microtime() );
	return $mtime[1] + $mtime[0];
}

// log an event for a given comment, storing it in comment_meta
function akismet_update_comment_history( $comment_id, $message, $event=null ) {
	global $current_user;

	// failsafe for old WP versions
	if ( !function_exists('add_comment_meta') )
		return false;
	
	$user = '';
	if ( is_object($current_user) && isset($current_user->user_login) )
		$user = $current_user->user_login;

	$event = array(
		'time' => akismet_microtime(),
		'message' => $message,
		'event' => $event,
		'user' => $user,
	);

	// $unique = false so as to allow multiple values per comment
	$r = add_comment_meta( $comment_id, 'akismet_history', $event, false );
}

// get the full comment history for a given comment, as an array in reverse chronological order
function akismet_get_comment_history( $comment_id ) {
	
	// failsafe for old WP versions
	if ( !function_exists('add_comment_meta') )
		return false;

	$history = get_comment_meta( $comment_id, 'akismet_history', false );
	usort( $history, 'akismet_cmp_time' );
	return $history;
}

function akismet_cmp_time( $a, $b ) {
	return $a['time'] > $b['time'] ? -1 : 1;
}

// this fires on wp_insert_comment.  we can't update comment_meta when akismet_auto_check_comment() runs
// because we don't know the comment ID at that point.
function akismet_auto_check_update_meta( $id, $comment ) {
	global $akismet_last_comment;

	// failsafe for old WP versions
	if ( !function_exists('add_comment_meta') )
		return false;

	// wp_insert_comment() might be called in other contexts, so make sure this is the same comment
	// as was checked by akismet_auto_check_comment
	if ( is_object($comment) && !empty($akismet_last_comment) && is_array($akismet_last_comment) ) {
		if ( intval($akismet_last_comment['comment_post_ID']) == intval($comment->comment_post_ID)
			&& $akismet_last_comment['comment_author'] == $comment->comment_author
			&& $akismet_last_comment['comment_author_email'] == $comment->comment_author_email ) {
				// normal result: true or false
				if ( $akismet_last_comment['akismet_result'] == 'true' ) {
					update_comment_meta( $comment->comment_ID, 'akismet_result', 'true' );
					akismet_update_comment_history( $comment->comment_ID, __('Akismet caught this comment as spam'), 'check-spam' );
					if ( $comment->comment_approved != 'spam' )
						akismet_update_comment_history( $comment->comment_ID, sprintf( __('Comment status was changed to %s'), $comment->comment_approved), 'status-changed'.$comment->comment_approved );
				} elseif ( $akismet_last_comment['akismet_result'] == 'false' ) {
					update_comment_meta( $comment->comment_ID, 'akismet_result', 'false' );
					akismet_update_comment_history( $comment->comment_ID, __('Akismet cleared this comment'), 'check-ham' );
					if ( $comment->comment_approved == 'spam' ) {
						if ( wp_blacklist_check($comment->comment_author, $comment->comment_author_email, $comment->comment_author_url, $comment->comment_content, $comment->comment_author_IP, $comment->comment_agent) )
							akismet_update_comment_history( $comment->comment_ID, __('Comment was caught by wp_blacklist_check'), 'wp-blacklisted' );
						else
							akismet_update_comment_history( $comment->comment_ID, sprintf( __('Comment status was changed to %s'), $comment->comment_approved), 'status-changed-'.$comment->comment_approved );
					}
				// abnormal result: error
				} else {
					update_comment_meta( $comment->comment_ID, 'akismet_error', time() );
					akismet_update_comment_history( $comment->comment_ID, sprintf( __('Akismet was unable to check this comment (response: %s), will automatically retry again later.'), $akismet_last_comment['akismet_result']), 'check-error' );
				}
				
				// record the complete original data as submitted for checking
				if ( isset($akismet_last_comment['comment_as_submitted']) )
					update_comment_meta( $comment->comment_ID, 'akismet_as_submitted', $akismet_last_comment['comment_as_submitted'] );
		}
	}
}

add_action( 'wp_insert_comment', 'akismet_auto_check_update_meta', 10, 2 );


function akismet_auto_check_comment( $commentdata ) {
	global $akismet_api_host, $akismet_api_port, $akismet_last_comment;

	$comment = $commentdata;
	$comment['user_ip']    = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
	$comment['user_agent'] = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
	$comment['referrer']   = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
	$comment['blog']       = get_option('home');
	$comment['blog_lang']  = get_locale();
	$comment['blog_charset'] = get_option('blog_charset');
	$comment['permalink']  = get_permalink($comment['comment_post_ID']);
	
	$comment['user_role'] = akismet_get_user_roles($comment['user_ID']);

	$akismet_nonce_option = apply_filters( 'akismet_comment_nonce', get_option( 'akismet_comment_nonce' ) );
	$comment['akismet_comment_nonce'] = 'inactive';
	if ( $akismet_nonce_option == 'true' || $akismet_nonce_option == '' ) {
		$comment['akismet_comment_nonce'] = 'failed';
		if ( isset( $_POST['akismet_comment_nonce'] ) && wp_verify_nonce( $_POST['akismet_comment_nonce'], 'akismet_comment_nonce_' . $comment['comment_post_ID'] ) )
			$comment['akismet_comment_nonce'] = 'passed';

		// comment reply in wp-admin
		if ( isset( $_POST['_ajax_nonce-replyto-comment'] ) && check_ajax_referer( 'replyto-comment', '_ajax_nonce-replyto-comment' ) )
			$comment['akismet_comment_nonce'] = 'passed';

	}

	if ( akismet_test_mode() )
		$comment['is_test'] = 'true';
		
	foreach ($_POST as $key => $value ) {
		if ( is_string($value) )
			$comment["POST_{$key}"] = $value;
	}

	$ignore = array( 'HTTP_COOKIE', 'HTTP_COOKIE2', 'PHP_AUTH_PW' );

	foreach ( $_SERVER as $key => $value ) {
		if ( !in_array( $key, $ignore ) && is_string($value) )
			$comment["$key"] = $value;
		else
			$comment["$key"] = '';
	}

	$query_string = '';
	foreach ( $comment as $key => $data )
		$query_string .= $key . '=' . urlencode( stripslashes($data) ) . '&';
		
	$commentdata['comment_as_submitted'] = $comment;

	$response = akismet_http_post($query_string, $akismet_api_host, '/1.1/comment-check', $akismet_api_port);
	$commentdata['akismet_result'] = $response[1];
	if ( 'true' == $response[1] ) {
		// akismet_spam_count will be incremented later by akismet_result_spam()
		add_filter('pre_comment_approved', 'akismet_result_spam');

		do_action( 'akismet_spam_caught' );

		$post = get_post( $comment['comment_post_ID'] );
		$last_updated = strtotime( $post->post_modified_gmt );
		$diff = time() - $last_updated;
		$diff = $diff / 86400;
		
		if ( $post->post_type == 'post' && $diff > 30 && get_option( 'akismet_discard_month' ) == 'true' && empty($comment['user_ID']) ) {
			// akismet_result_spam() won't be called so bump the counter here
			if ( $incr = apply_filters('akismet_spam_count_incr', 1) )
				update_option( 'akismet_spam_count', get_option('akismet_spam_count') + $incr );
			wp_redirect( $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] );
			die();
		}
	}
	
	// if the response is neither true nor false, hold the comment for moderation and schedule a recheck
	if ( 'true' != $response[1] && 'false' != $response[1] ) {
		add_filter('pre_comment_approved', 'akismet_result_hold');
		wp_schedule_single_event( time() + 1200, 'akismet_schedule_cron_recheck' );
	}
	
	if ( function_exists('wp_next_scheduled') && function_exists('wp_schedule_event') ) {
		// WP 2.1+: delete old comments daily
		if ( !wp_next_scheduled('akismet_scheduled_delete') )
			wp_schedule_event(time(), 'daily', 'akismet_scheduled_delete');
	} elseif ( (mt_rand(1, 10) == 3) ) {
		// WP 2.0: run this one time in ten
		akismet_delete_old();
	}
	$akismet_last_comment = $commentdata;
	return $commentdata;
}

add_action('preprocess_comment', 'akismet_auto_check_comment', 1);

function akismet_delete_old() {
	global $wpdb;
	$now_gmt = current_time('mysql', 1);
	$comment_ids = $wpdb->get_col("SELECT comment_id FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE DATE_SUB('$now_gmt', INTERVAL 15 DAY) > comment_date_gmt AND comment_approved = 'spam'");
	if ( empty( $comment_ids ) )
		return;
		
	$comma_comment_ids = implode( ', ', array_map('intval', $comment_ids) );

	do_action( 'delete_comment', $comment_ids );
	$wpdb->query("DELETE FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_id IN ( $comma_comment_ids )");
	$wpdb->query("DELETE FROM $wpdb->commentmeta WHERE comment_id IN ( $comma_comment_ids )");
	clean_comment_cache( $comment_ids );
	$n = mt_rand(1, 5000);
	if ( apply_filters('akismet_optimize_table', ($n == 11)) ) // lucky number
		$wpdb->query("OPTIMIZE TABLE $wpdb->comments");

}

add_action('akismet_scheduled_delete', 'akismet_delete_old');

function akismet_check_db_comment( $id, $recheck_reason = 'recheck_queue' ) {
    global $wpdb, $akismet_api_host, $akismet_api_port;

    $id = (int) $id;
    $c = $wpdb->get_row( "SELECT * FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_ID = '$id'", ARRAY_A );
    if ( !$c )
        return;

    $c['user_ip']    = $c['comment_author_IP'];
    $c['user_agent'] = $c['comment_agent'];
    $c['referrer']   = '';
    $c['blog']       = get_option('home');
    $c['blog_lang']  = get_locale();
    $c['blog_charset'] = get_option('blog_charset');
    $c['permalink']  = get_permalink($c['comment_post_ID']);
    $id = $c['comment_ID'];
	if ( akismet_test_mode() )
		$c['is_test'] = 'true';
	$c['recheck_reason'] = $recheck_reason;

    $query_string = '';
    foreach ( $c as $key => $data )
    $query_string .= $key . '=' . urlencode( stripslashes($data) ) . '&';

    $response = akismet_http_post($query_string, $akismet_api_host, '/1.1/comment-check', $akismet_api_port);
    return $response[1];
}

function akismet_cron_recheck() {
	global $wpdb;

	delete_option('akismet_available_servers');

	$comment_errors = $wpdb->get_col( "
		SELECT comment_id
		FROM {$wpdb->prefix}commentmeta
		WHERE meta_key = 'akismet_error'
		LIMIT 100
	" );
	
	foreach ( (array) $comment_errors as $comment_id ) {
		// if the comment no longer exists, remove the meta entry from the queue to avoid getting stuck
		if ( !get_comment( $comment_id ) ) {
			delete_comment_meta( $comment_id, 'akismet_error' );
			continue;
		}
		
		add_comment_meta( $comment_id, 'akismet_rechecking', true );
		$status = akismet_check_db_comment( $comment_id, 'retry' );

		$msg = '';
		if ( $status == 'true' ) {
			$msg = __( 'Akismet caught this comment as spam during an automatic retry.' );
		} elseif ( $status == 'false' ) {
			$msg = __( 'Akismet cleared this comment during an automatic retry.' );
		}
		
		// If we got back a legit response then update the comment history
		// other wise just bail now and try again later.  No point in
		// re-trying all the comments once we hit one failure.
		if ( !empty( $msg ) ) {
			delete_comment_meta( $comment_id, 'akismet_error' );
			akismet_update_comment_history( $comment_id, $msg, 'cron-retry' );
			update_comment_meta( $comment_id, 'akismet_result', $status );
			// make sure the comment status is still pending.  if it isn't, that means the user has already moved it elsewhere.
			$comment = get_comment( $comment_id );
			if ( $comment && 'unapproved' == wp_get_comment_status( $comment_id ) ) {
				if ( $status == 'true' ) {
					wp_spam_comment( $comment_id );
				} elseif ( $status == 'false' ) {
					// comment is good, but it's still in the pending queue.  depending on the moderation settings
					// we may need to change it to approved.
					if ( check_comment($comment->comment_author, $comment->comment_author_email, $comment->comment_author_url, $comment->comment_content, $comment->comment_author_IP, $comment->comment_agent, $comment->comment_type) )
						wp_set_comment_status( $comment_id, 1 );
				}
			}
		} else {
			delete_comment_meta( $comment_id, 'akismet_rechecking' );
			wp_schedule_single_event( time() + 1200, 'akismet_schedule_cron_recheck' );
			return;
		}
	}
	
	$remaining = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->commentmeta WHERE meta_key = 'akismet_error'" ) );
	if ( $remaining && !wp_next_scheduled('akismet_schedule_cron_recheck') ) {
		wp_schedule_single_event( time() + 1200, 'akismet_schedule_cron_recheck' );
	}
}
add_action( 'akismet_schedule_cron_recheck', 'akismet_cron_recheck' );

function akismet_add_comment_nonce( $post_id ) {
	echo '<p style="display: none;">';
	wp_nonce_field( 'akismet_comment_nonce_' . $post_id, 'akismet_comment_nonce', FALSE );
	echo '</p>';
}

$akismet_comment_nonce_option = apply_filters( 'akismet_comment_nonce', get_option( 'akismet_comment_nonce' ) );

if ( $akismet_comment_nonce_option == 'true' || $akismet_comment_nonce_option == '' )
	add_action( 'comment_form', 'akismet_add_comment_nonce' );

if ( '3.0.5' == $wp_version ) { 
	remove_filter( 'comment_text', 'wp_kses_data' ); 
	if ( is_admin() ) 
		add_filter( 'comment_text', 'wp_kses_post' ); 
}
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				<h2><a href="http://mws.studio282.com/archives/49" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to a fraud">a fraud</a></h2>
				<small>July 4th, 2007 <!-- by marcin --></small>

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					<p><img src="http://mws.studio282.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/416s1fcg6al_aa240_-1.thumbnail.jpg" title="The Great Gatsby" alt="The Great Gatsby" align="left" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="8" />This was a quick read. Starting sometime on an easy-going Saturday and finishing during a lazy Sunday morning. The language is as captivating for me as that of Waugh (and his prose is a pure delight for me to read!). And even though I find the very English Brideshead more captivating and closer to my own skin I think I saw for the first time the charm of the very American Long Island in Fitzgerald&#8217;s story.</p>
<p>I knew that with shutting of the covers, after finishing the last page I will not loose the feeling of sadness. Here is a story of a fraud. The great life-excuse: love, is not sufficient and the story does not end happily ever after. Here is a story of a solitary pursuit of a dream which vanishes upon closer inspection. The dream is too much of an illusion to survive the reality check. And the Great Gatsby sells his identity to become, or rather to pretend he is, someone who will win the prize. And hence the impossible choice: either he is not himself, he acts, and then cannot get close enough, real enough, to win and enjoy the prize. Or he stretches out his hand for the prize, but then he cannot keep his mask on and is disqualified. An impossible choice. A loose-loose situation.</p>
<p>What a privilege it is to be true to oneself.</p>
<p>F Scott Fitzgerald <em>The Great Gatsby</em></p>
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				<h2><a href="http://mws.studio282.com/archives/47" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to difficulty in a video shop">difficulty in a video shop</a></h2>
				<small>June 18th, 2007 <!-- by marcin --></small>

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					<p><a href="http://mws.studio282.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/ian_mad.jpg" title="Ian, Madeleine, Rioja and Stitlon"><img src="http://mws.studio282.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/ian_mad.thumbnail.jpg" title="Ian, Madeleine, Rioja and Stitlon" alt="Ian, Madeleine, Rioja and Stitlon" align="left" border="0" hspace="8" vspace="8" /></a>When Ian and Madeleine came to visit last weekend we had lovely few days of relaxing, catching up and generally leaving the madly rushing world behind us. With a help of stilton and a wonderful bottle of Rioja (hand imported by Nick to the UK, then brought to Poland) we remembered things past.  And in the mood of laziness we got a video out. And here was a small hic-up. We went to the video shop and were faced with the task of choosing a film. On top of the usual problem of having three people with six different views of what to watch between them, we also faced the problem of actually finding the films &#8211; of course they are listed under their translated titles. For Ian and Madeleine to be confused it is understandable. But I was confused too! I felt I didn&#8217;t know any of the titles. But in the tragedy of the situation there were moments of comedy, when one tried to reverse engineer translation of a given title.</p>
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				<h2><a href="http://mws.studio282.com/archives/43" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to flowers 24/7 &#8230; continued">flowers 24/7 &#8230; continued</a></h2>
				<small>June 14th, 2007 <!-- by marcin --></small>

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					<p><img src="http://mws.studio282.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/logo.gif" title="Kwiaciarnia Roza Logo" alt="Kwiaciarnia Roza Logo" align="left" border="0" hspace="8" vspace="8" />So last time I mentioned the 24/7 <a href="http://www.roza-kwiaty.pl/">flower shop</a>. I think I now know why it is open 24/7.</p>
<p>When Bella and I were going to my sister&#8217;s house for a dinner we thought we would stop there and buy some flowers. To give them justice they had a superb choice and let Bella choose the flowers for the bouquet, which made her very happy. And then the problem started. We handed the chosen flowers to be made into a bouquet &#8230; and we waited &#8230; and waited &#8230;. and waited.</p>
<p><img src="http://mws.studio282.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/pan1.jpg" title="pan1.jpg" alt="pan1.jpg" align="right" border="0" hspace="8" vspace="8" />True, the result was beautiful, but it made us rather late for the dinner and it made our wallets significantly lighter. Advice given to us later by my sister was to phone in advance and order the flowers.</p>
<p>Indeed if it takes them so long to make the bouquets they better be open 24/7. But as they say, you cannot hurry artists.</p>
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				<h2><a href="http://mws.studio282.com/archives/41" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to windows and flowers">windows and flowers</a></h2>
				<small>May 29th, 2007 <!-- by marcin --></small>

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					<p>So, I have lived in Poland for over a month now since my return from &#8216;exile&#8217;. I would like to offer you two, somewhat random, pieces of observational information.</p>
<p>1)  a point of pride for any Polish housewife are clean windows. It must be said that they get dirty (and I mean really dirty) much quicker than was my experience in the UK (where it was sufficient to clean them once in 6 months). They provide a seemingly endless topic of conversation: the best way of cleaning them, best time of day. The shops have a great deal of gadgets for this &#8211; special cloths, chemicals etc.</p>
<p>Proudly I washed my windows for the first time today. Now I can also join in the discussion!</p>
<p><a href="http://mws.studio282.com/archives/41/zabka/" rel="attachment wp-att-42" title="Zabka"><img src="http://mws.studio282.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/zabka_part1.jpg" title="Zabka" alt="Zabka" align="right" border="0" hspace="8" vspace="8" /></a>2)  shop opening hours are different, and more diverse than in the UK. High St shops close at 2pm on Sat and are closed on Sun. Tesco is open 24/7. A great network of corner shops (Żabka &#8211; &#8216;Frog&#8217;) is open from 6am &#8211; midnight.  I am not sure about Big Shopping Centres, but I think they have long opening hours at the weekends.</p>
<p>And then a true surprise for me. There is a 24/7 flower shop. They sell just flowers and obviously are doing very well!</p>
<p>I think I must not be buying enough flowers as I have not seen the need for a 24/7 florist yet!</p>
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