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Before you start buying...
Before purchase of tickets, we recommend reading Purchase on-line via internet - they are binding for all orders made on the Internet.
Before the purchase, prepare the payment card or be prepared to login in via adequate authorization tools if you use eKonto.
You can also pay via bank transfer, only within the banks that are located in the Czech Republic. During purchase, you will receive all necessary data to make the payment - account number and variable symbol. There is also the possibility to book your tickets. Booked tickets must be collected on the following day at the latest at any of Ticketpro's Point of Sale that are located throughout the Czech Republic.
Event Selection
Login to webshop
Adding tickets to basket
Basket check
Selection of tickets delivery
Selection of payment method and payment
Order completion
Collectin E-Ticket
Tickets reservation
1. Event Selection
At the Ticketpro website, choose the event you want the tickets for and click on Tickets button or link, you will be redirected to the Ticketpro webshop.
2. Logging in
You must register to the webshop before the first purchase.
Warning: Registration data from the Ticketpro club are different - if you have never made any purchase, you must register in the webshop.
Note: In the login and password, lower and upper case matters as well as the diacritics! If you choose "SmithJohn" as your login, it will not be possible to log in as "smithjohn", "Smithjohn" or "SMITHJOHN". The same rule also applies to the password. The password must contain at least 6 characters. It is in your interest to choose a safe password - never use your login as the password, sequence of the same letter, sequence of numbers, etc. We recommend combination of letters and numbers and special symbols like $, +, /, @ etc.
To log into the system, you have to tick the box to agree with the Bussines Conditions. Please note there is time limit showing in the upper right corner of the screen.
3. Adding Tickets to Shopping Basket
In the event you have selected, choose the number of tickets in the respective categories. Add the number of tickets to the shopping cart and click on the Shopping Cart button.
If the link Show Seating Map appears, a graphic map of the venue is available where you can choose individual seats.
Selection of a seat is completed by clicking with a mouse. You can cancel the selection by repeated click. Selected seats are shown in the upper part o fthe screen.
Places marked mostly with grey colour cannot be selected - they are already sold or they are not available for sale.
The colour of the seat represents the price category.
You can add the selected seats to the shopping cart by clicking on the Add to Basket button.
Notice: standing places are not shown in the map, they can only be chosen on the first screen.
4. Content of the basket
All selected tickets are shown in the shopping basket
The contents of the basket can be modified in the following way:
- for selection of tickets for other events/concerts, type the requested event in the search field
- for removing individual tickets from the shopping cart, click on the red cross
- for complete emptying of the basket, click on the for complete emptying of basket click on the link Remove all
For immediate purchase of tickets, click on the Towards Payment button
If you want to book tickets only (and pay and collect them in any of the Points of Sales), click on the Create Reservation button.
You can get more information about reservation of tickets there.
5. Selecting the way of delivery
Before payment, it is necessary to select the way of delivery.
Only the available ways of delivery are shown (according to time limits), including prices for the service.
In the next step you have to enter the delivery address. If you do not change the address, the address entered at the registration will be used. In personal takeover it is important that the name and surname correspond with the data on the identity card that you will show at the cash desk.
6. Selecting the payment method
In the next step, choose the payment method - pay card or bank transfer.
Pay card
If you pay by MasterCard, Visa or Visa Electron card, tick the type of the pay card and click on the Continue button. Then you will be redirected to the payment gate. There you will see identification of the seller you are just buying from (i.e. Ticketpro a.s.), then the amount and the order number. There you will enter the number of your pay card, the date of expiration of the card and the CVC2 or the CVV2 number. Do not enter any gaps into the card number.
Information about the pay card will not be provided to Ticketpro, the bank will only confirm to us in a few seconds whether the payment was successful. All communication between the bank and you is protected with high degree of encryption, it will not be disclosed to anybody.
If you are a client of eKonto, you can pay for the tickets directly from your account.
In this selection you will be redirected to its payment gate. After login and approval of the transfer, the purchase is completed.
Mobile phone payment via "Mobito" transaction system.
To make a payment, it is necessary to have Mobito service activated for your mobile phone number.
Mobito, mobile money, is a new pay by mobile service. More information can be found at www.mobitoplatito.cz
Bank transfer
IMPORTANT: We accept payments ONLY from banks on the territory of the Czech Republic.
If you pay via bank transfer, you need to select the bank, to which you will be transferring the money. You can choose from Ceská sporitelna, Komercní banka and CSOB.
After selecting the bank, a window with information for the bank transfer will be displayed; for selecting a different bank, click on the Back button, for confirmation of the bank selection click on the Confirm button.
Try to carry out the bank transfer in such a way that it is made preferably within one bank because the account of Ticketpro must be credited with the payment within three working days from making the order. If the payment is not delivered within this term, the order will be cancelled. Make sure that you transfer the whole amount to the bank account of TICKETPRO; if smaller amount is paid than the required one, the order will be cancelled and the money will be sent back. Remember to fill in the correct variable symbol of the order in making the payment order. In case the variable symbol is not correct or it is missing, your order cannot be processed.
7. Completion of order
After successful completion of the order, its detailed description has to be displayed.
We recommend printing the description as the proof of purchase. The following confirmations will be sent to your e-mail address that you stated in the contact address:
- "Confirmation of Order Receipt" - after successful receipt of the order.
- "Order Confirmation" - after successful payment.
The confirmation e-mail messages are sent to the e-mail address entered at your registration in the Webshop. If there was a mistake in entering the address or there are some technical problems on the User's side, Ticketpro does not guarantee delivery of these e-mail messages.
8.Collecting E-Ticket
Log into the Webshop. On this site there is also the Download E-TICKET link.
When you click on it, the list of your E-Tickets will be displayed. Select the one you wish to download and clicking on the Download E-TICKET button will make it possible for you to download the E-Ticket to your PC.
Notice: One file contains all tickets from your order, i.e. up to 10 tickets. Its download may take some time.
E-TICKET is a ticket with a bar code that will be checked by a scanner upon presentation at the entrance to the venue, and the user will be let in.
After its scanning, the ticket cannot be used again. The person will be let in only with the ticket that will be shown and checked by the scanner as the first one. In any other presentation of the ticket or its copy, the ticket or copy will not be accepted and entrance to the event will be denied, regardless of the person presenting it.
To print the E-TICKET, the program enabling print of a PDF document will be necessary (e.g. Adobe Acrobat Reader).
E-TICKET is available only for selected events. If this option is allowed, it will be offered automatically to the user during the purchase.
TICKETPRO is not responsible for any troubles caused by unauthorized copying of the ticket. The ticket has to be kept at a safe place.
9. Reservation of tickets
For reservation of tickets, the procedure is the same as in purchase - first you have to log in, then you have to select the event and place. Tickets can be booked by clicking on the Create Reservation button.
Rules for ticket reservations
- Reservation is valid until following day.
- You can collect the booked tickets in all selling points of Ticketpro a.s. upon presentation of the reservation number that you will receive after confirmation of the reservation.
- Reservation cannot be extended.
- You can have only one active reservation. If you need more tickets or if you wish to attend another performance/concert, you can use the search tool located in the upper part of the window. Once you have found what you have been looking for add the requested tickets to the shopping basket.
- The reservation fee will be added to the price of the ticket.
- If you do not collect the tickets, the reservation is cancelled automatically and the tickets are released for new sale.
- An e-mail message will be sent to you about successful reservation.
- For collecting the tickets you have to know the reservation number - remember to note it down.
Should you have any queries or complaints, feel free to contact us by e-mail: email@example.com. Remember to mention the number of your transaction or reservation.


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The VA health-care system has lifted its six-year ban on new enrollments of Priority Group 8 veterans. This decision qualifies about 266,000 more veterans – middle-income without service-connected health conditions – for entry into the system. The first 3,900 of these veterans were notified June 15 by mail that recent enrollment applications had been approved, said Philip Matkovsky, a senior official at the Veterans Health Administration.
Group 8 veterans using VA health care pay $15 per outpatient visit and slightly more for specialty care. Inpatient fees are a bit more complicated but also modest. A popular feature is that prescription drugs are discounted, usually $8 for a 30‑day supply.
VHA is sending letters and application forms to 420,000 veterans rejected for enrollment since Jan. 18, 2003, when the Bush administration imposed a ban on new Group 8 enrollments. The letters will encourage them to re-apply.
The Bush administration had feared that a wartime VA health-care system couldn't accept more Group 8 patients without affecting access to care for higher-priority veterans – those who are poor or have service-related disabilities.
On an initiative from Rep. Chet Edwards, D‑Texas, Congress added $350 million to the VA budget for fiscal 2009 and ordered the department to create, in effect, a new sub-category of Group 8 veterans: those with incomes "10 percent or less" above the income ceilings for Group 8 veterans.
The VA health-care system is now open to Group 8 veterans with 2008 incomes below a new national means test threshold of $32,342 (without dependents) and $38,812 for one dependent. The ceiling is $45,478 for four dependents and climbs by $2,222 for each additional dependent.
Group 8 veterans also can enroll if incomes fall below a geographic means test threshold for more costly areas of the country. For example, a veteran in San Francisco making less than $69,685 in 2008 (with no dependents) could still qualify for VA care. The same veteran, but with four dependents, could have earned up to $107,470 and still enroll. For Washington, D.C., new income ceilings are $47,335 for vets with no dependents, $54,120 with one dependent and $73,040 for four dependents.
"You can see how these geographic thresholds adjust for the specific set of circumstances, depending on where veterans live," Matkovsky said. A veteran can use the online calculator at VA's Web site to determine if last year's income was low enough to qualify for care.
Veterans need not rush to apply for enrollment, because no one with qualifying income levels will be turned away. The 266,000 vets expected to gain access is merely an estimate and does not represent any sort of cap on new Group 8 enrollees.
For convenience, veterans who applied for enrollment on or after Jan. 1 this year – and were rejected – will not have to re-apply. VA will reconsider their applications automatically and enroll them if they qualify. Those denied enrollment before Jan. 1 will have to re-apply because VA needs to see their full incomes for 2008.
Once veterans are enrolled in VA health care, no further income checks occur. They will not lose access to care if their annual incomes rise.
The Obama administration plans to continue to raise income thresholds for Group 8 veterans, in increments of 5 or 10 percent through 2013, enough to allow 284,000 more of these veterans into the system. But VA officials have promised to monitor closely any adverse impact on access to care for higher-priority veterans. The potential pool of Group 8 veterans could total 22 million.
"The thing we don't want to do is open it up in a way that compromises our ability to provide timely care and quality care," Matkovsky said.
More information on Group 8 enrollment is available online at www.va.gov/healtheligibility or by calling (877) 222-VETS (8387).
Tom Philpott, a former Coast Guardsman, has written about veterans and military personnel issues for more than 30 years.
I had read about that the Group 8 veterans were now eligible again to receive VA healthcare. I encouraged my brother to enroll. He's been laid off from his previous jobs for several months. Last week he received a letter of denial. The letter said no Group 8 veterans were being accepted. Was this a short lived policy from Obama, a change made with Obamacare, or a mistake?
Where do I find an answer to my question?
Hi. I just joined the Legion .I have a question about the VA medical .I was turned down about two years ago. My older brother just signed up and got accepted and his card is on the way .We both where in the Army during Vietnam but didn't go to Vietnam..So why did he get accepted and i did not. Can you tell me what if anything I can do to get a medical card. Thanks for your time Scott K Abbott.. PS i just found this what is Group 8 ?????????
I was drafted in 1969 and went into the Marines. Lucky to get orders cut and not serve in Vietnam. But I got pinned for my corporal stripes, sprayed some MJ fields the Gunny found on base that burned my skin. Several other "things" and the VA gave me 2 SC problems and O Comp. Got my VA permanent SC (Purple and White Card) and stayed in VA hospital a couple times with Meds before 1982. Moved from area and never heard you would be dropped if you did not sign up again in early 1990s. Signed up at age 64 (2009) and was told I was "now" a Group 8 with NO Service Connected rating for anything. Today I have a total hip replacement thanks to pinning as a corporal....complaint in my Medical Records. Thought I had a good chance to get some medical care so doubt very few will see help in Group 8. Scrapbook full of medical records and nowhere to go. I even had a VA Doc letter recommending disability in 1981. But many worse off than I.
Good Luck
My recommendation to all veterans is not believe any of the propaganda from the Dept of Veterans Affairs. The VA blatantly lies to us (veterans) and to those who purport to help up.
A prime example: The VA has continously and blatantly lied to me about my disability claim for over 454 days (15 months). In fact they have even lied to my Senators and Congressman, who did nothing but parrot back the VA lies.
Two of the VA's major lies were: (1) conveniently missing medical records one month, miraculously found the next, but conveniently missing a different set of medical records; and (2) promising me and my Congressman that my claim would be expedited since they had everything they needed, and the very next day they tell me that more information is needed on something that was reportedly adjudicated.
Lesson Learned: Never believe the VA, they will lie to you.
I think they lied tome when i enlisted 1968. They said I would never lose my venerans benifits. I have been trying to get medical benefits for over two years. they tell me my pension is too much money to get anything. Thanks VA.
As a veteran, you would think an ID would be issused to identify you as a Vet. instead of having to carry around a DD 214.
I agree we need a ID card. Even though we are "Group 8" they can surely find a way to issue us a card that differentiates us from those they deem eligable for medical attention. Lots of restaurants, stores, etc are now giving discounts to vets, Lowes wants a picture ID for a veteran's 10% discount. My son is stationed at Ft Bragg, with an ID card I wouldn't have to go thru the screening line to visit. Today I sent a fax to to one of the congressmen on the House Committee of Veteran Affairs asking for them to consider issuing us one. Maybe if enough of us write/fax them they'll consider it. Google that committee to find the information.
I agree, the VA will lie to you. I filed a claim in August 2001. I am still dealing with the VA. They told me they couldnt find records. Then after I filed an appeal, then I was told by the VA by mail, that I did not show any signs of kidney disease at my enlistment and they even had by blood pressure readings. Hello, I was only 19, I guess I didn't show any signs of kidney disease. Every time I would file a claim or an appeal I would be notified by mail that my appeal could take up to 10 years. They do not want to take care of you. I am sorry but its true they lie. If you get them in a corner then they will tell you that a certain form was never mailed to them so they will reset your filing time. I have contacted my Congressman, he did nothing. My VA doctor after viewing my civilian medical records call me to go in for a Agent Orange exam. I did and was told by the Agent Orange Doctor after the exam I had accute exposure but it was not related to my medical conditions. I give up !
My ship, USS Brush DD745, was in Vietnam several times from 1964 through 1967. Duty included gun fire support activities in close to shore Vietnamese waters including "Brown Water areas" affected by Agent Orange
Does anyone have any information as to how to get our ship on the official approved list for claims.


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As prefaced in today's newsletter:
During this period of heightened requirements for communications to your clients, keeping in touch with your network of clients and prospects is critical. While there is no substitute for one-to-one meetings and phone calls, weekly or periodic emails are an effective way of staying visible and developing frank and open discussions with both clients and prospects.
Starting today, and every Wednesday from today, as a service to you, we will be sending a listing of 3–5 articles from high value sources (e.g., G&M, WSJ, NYTimes) that you may use to send to your clients and prospects as part of your communications strategy. We will also include some helpful prefacing notes that you may use as well.
Keep in touch, and , by the way, if and when you find useful articles, we would be extremely grateful for your submissions.
Below is this week's selection of articles that you can send to clients.
Here are three articles that I thought you might find interesting which discuss the economic outlook of Lakshman Achuthan, one of the foremost economists in the US, the outlook for stocks from the Wizard of Wharton, Jeremy Siegel, and an article from the Wall Street Journal about the opportunity in income/dividend paying stocks (as a general heading).
The Recession is Over!
ECRI declares the recession over with the US economy tracking up to 2.4% in the third quarter…
Source: Slate.com/Washington Post
There is a great deal of skepticism about the economy, and many mixed offerings in terms of opinion on outlook. The Slate.com article, The Recession is Over!, discusses the contrasting view of Lakshman Achuthan, of ECRI (Economic Cycles Research Institute), one of the most highly regarded independent economists, known for a long list of accurate and prescient economic forecasts, who points out that three significant leading indicators are currently flashing green.
They're (ECRI) the Spocks of the economic forecasting crowd—unemotional, uninvested in anything but the logic of what history and their dashboard tell them. "From our vantage point, every week and every month our call is getting stronger, not weaker, including over the last few weeks," says Achuthan. "The recession is ending somewhere this summer." In fact, it may already be over.
Jeremy Siegel: 'The Market Will Stage Another Recovery',
Knowledge@Wharton, June 24, 2009
Jeremy Siegel, Wharton School Professor, Director of Wisdom Tree ETFs and author of the investing classic, Stocks for the Long Run, says that now that the recession will not turn into a depression call stocks are poised for a recovery.
Siegel: Well, of course, we had a tremendous downturn from January to March, a plunge. And we've had recovery back to those January levels, basically. So year-to-date, we're sort of even on the market. Actually, in Asia, we're well above it. Markets are about 20% higher than the year-end. For the emerging markets and the Asian markets, there's been a much better recovery, because there's been a better economic recovery.
It's always very hard to predict the stock market. It's certainly taking a breather now. I maintain that if we can keep oil at the $70 level, and if interest rates on long-term bonds, 10-year bonds, don't go much above 4%, the market will stage another recovery that could bring it up another 15% to 20% — really, by year-end. It's hard to know exactly when that will take place. But I think people really see [that] the recovery is coming. Again, just like they were relieved that, "Oh, it's not a depression, it looks like it's ending," [they see] we are getting some recovery. I think if the [price of oil] and interest rates … remain stable and low, we will put more money in stocks. There's still over $4 trillion in money funds that are earning about 1% or less, which is not as attractive as rates that I believe could be moved into the market, once prospects of the recovery seem more certain.
Bright Outlook for Income Investors
July 4, 2009 — Wall Street Journal — By Tom Lauricella
Out of last year's turmoil in markets a bright spot has emerged for investors looking for income — The payout on dividend-paying (or income-paying) stocks has gone up as a result of share prices falling further than payouts.
The main point of this article is that battered high quality dividend stocks as well as government bonds are now offering higher real rates of return as a result of inflation running at 2% or lower.
Yes, dividends may have plunged — but share prices have fallen further. Translation: The percentage payout of many dividend-paying stocks has actually gone up. Some traditional yield plays — such as utilities — look attractive. Bond funds, aside from U.S. government bond funds, offer other options.
And investors shouldn't dwell too much on yields that seem low. What matters is how they compare to inflation.
"When investors see a yield of 4% or even 3.5%, it looks like a low-yield investment," says Fran Kinniry, head of the investment strategy group at Vanguard Group. "But with inflation running at 2% or lower, the yields on fixed income or even equities aren't that poor."
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Looks like its going to be another busy year for the Cushi Tush Team in 2013. So far we have lined up 3 consumer exhibitions and we would love to see you there!
Cushi Tush has been shortlisted for their second Mother & Baby award.
It's clean, colourful and quite clearly Cushi Tush! Cushi Tush launches a brand new website with an improved shopping experience.
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I started weaning at 4 months and the Cushi Tush was perfect for this as I could put her toys on the tray to keep her entertained whilst feeding. She is not quite at the stage for feeding herself yet but as soon as she is i will put finger food on the tray for her to pick up.
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Tuscarora puts brakes on Hubs' streak
Friday, February 15, 2013 BOYS BASKETBALL Tuscarora 79, North 42 FREDERICK, Md. — North Hagerstown had its 11-game winning streak snapped in a loss to Tuscarora (19-3). Tuscarora led 39-24 at the half and extended the lead in the third...Tags: AFSCME, Middletown, Mount Airy, Francis Scott Key
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013 BOYS BASKETBALL Justin Osoro scored a school-record 44 points and grabbed 19 rebounds to lead Highland View Academy in a 97-38 rout of Fulton County Christian on Tuesday. Hunter Sorensen had 12 points and Luis Mendoza,...Tags: Carroll County (Maryland), Butler Bulldogs, AFSCME, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Dining and Drinking
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December 13, 2012 · Updated 5:26 PM
Kudos to Eastside Sen. Rodney Tom (D-Medina)for joining with fellow Democrat Tim Sheldon of Potlach to give Republicans control of the state Senate. The move is the best way to insure there will be a balance of power in Olympia when the Legislature convenes on Jan. 14.
Both Tom and Sheldon are conservative Democrats and will have key leadership posts under the joint arrangement with Republicans. Tom will be the Senate majority leader and Sheldon president pro-tempore when Lt. Gov. Brad Owen is absent.
It didn't take long for snotty comments to surface, accusing Tom and Sheldon of selling out voters for political power.
What claptrap.
In reality, the move by Tom and Sheldon is the best hope that all views – Democrat and Republican – will be considered as the Legislature works to craft a budget that is balanced and serves residents' needs. Remember, Governor-elect Jay Inslee is a Democrat and the Democrats control the House.
Voters have made it next to impossible for the Legislature and governor to raise taxes for the next two years by passing I-1185 in November. Even so, Democrat control of the governor's office, House and Senate would let the party do pretty much whatever it wanted regarding other legislation.
We know Washington is a "blue" state, but that doesn't mean that all voters want only Democrats calling the shots.
Seattle Democratic Sen. Ed Murray, who had been prepared to lead the Senate, said the move by Tom and Sheldon "could bring the institution to a halt." We don't share his concern, but in any case, it's better than letting the Democrats railroad through any thing they wish.
Sens. Tom and Sheldon have made sure this won't happen. Other Democrats should see the wisdom of this, too.
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Ahmad Zaghloul Elshiti, Saqr Abdelwahid and Youssef Rakha
"Writing," says Hussein bin Hamza in the Beirut-based Al-Akhbar, "that brings back to our minds the eternal question of the danger posed to literature by grand issues and fast-paced events…"
He is reviewing Ahmad Zaghloul Elshiti's Mi'at khutwa minath-thawrah (A Hundred Steps of Revolution, published simultaneously in Cairo and Beirut by Merit and Dar Al-Adab, respectively), and he reiterates the truism that good literature is not of "enthusiastic good intentions" made; it is true. Elshiti cannot be entirely absolved of the charge of bad literature in this book.
Bin Hamza's remarks echo the incredulity and scepticism with which many received what was presumed to be a high-brow text about the January revolution published within a month of Mubarak stepping down, but reading it I suspect will confirm their doubts. Surely, it would take a little longer for anything vaguely considered to crystallise in the mind of its author.
Even an unadorned diary written while the events unfolded – and the book, presented as just that, is subtitled "Journals from Maidan at-Tahrir" – would take at least two months to edit; a little hindsight never hurt anybody.
If history cannot wait, well, history writing does; and there are brilliant precedents in the difficult art of covering historical events while they happen – the late Ryszard Kapuscinski (1932-2007), for example – which show that the incumbent immediacy and intensity of as it were spot history have less to do with time of publication than with technique, vision and revision.
Writing, notwithstanding revolution, that reflects all the desperate rush, lack of polish and (in the Merit edition) distressingly inadequate proofing of much that has been published in Egypt by the independent (literary) press for some 30 years…
It is almost a platitude of contemporary Arabic letters to state that, since the Sixties at least, non-fiction has occupied the lowest tier of the genre pyramid. Not only is non-fiction paid attention based solely on what it is about. In this sense it is surprising that Elshiti's book has not solicited more attention in Egypt, but the literary congregation is still more or less on holiday despite its deacons' increasingly reactionary stance since Mubarak stepped down, which would imply that revolution is no longer a valid excuse for ignoring literary events. Non-fiction is also something writers of fiction and poetry seem to think they can do with their eyes shut.
On the whole, instead of honing what skills are required or deploying their usual instruments in the service of a different craft, they exert no effort and demonstrate little respect for a text not produced under the rubric of Creation. The result – and I am no longer talking about Elshiti – tends to be a muddled amalgam of old-fashioned journalism and quasi-academic pontificating; literary non-fiction, where it truly exists, is presented as fiction, freed from the factual constraints of travel writing or biography even as it continues to rely on (insufficiently researched) fact.
Best known for Wuroud samma li Saqr (Poisoned Roses for Saqr, 1990), an acclaimed novella that was reissued shortly before the revolution in 2010 with an introduction detailing its complex publication history and some of the critical and academic interest it sparked, Elshiti (b. 1961) is among a mere handful of writers who survived the Eighties, a sad and saddening decade for literature; the Seventies and (especially) the Nineties are golden ages by comparison.
Wuroud stands out for combining a politically engaged, rigorously economical aesthetic formalised but rarely practised by the Generation of the Sixties with what might be termed the Pointlessly Tragic Hero (perhaps the clearest feature of Eighties writing). It remains, by Elshiti's own account, his principal achievement; and from a history-of-literature perspective it is no doubt pivotal. To my mind Wuroud marks the end rather than the beginning of something, however: the grassroots, class-conscious, sexually tormented song of a kind of politically socialised but psychologically alienated subject reflecting a sense of national defeat.
Saqr-like characters perhaps began with the seminal Tilka Al-Ra'iha (1966, translated by Denys Johonson-Davies as The Smell of It) by Sonallah Ibrahim (b. 1937). Spanning a diverse range of incarnations most clearly through Ibrahim Aslan (b. 1935) and Mahmoud El-Wardany (b. 1950), albeit with less targic force and fewer visual tropes, and without a multiplicity of voices, Saqr Abdelwahid arrives at his zenith in Wuroud, even if writers mostly older than Elshiti will continue to present versions of him.
By the Nineties (with the re-emergence of prose poetry and the overt divorce of literature from collective and ethical injunctions), a different set of rules was emerging in which neither society nor tragedy could figure in the same way, nor language function effectively with the same restraint. The Sixties had come full circle.
Not that it would improve the book to know, but it is against a backdrop of disrespect for non-fiction that A Hundred Steps was produced.
And Elshiti has seldom written non-fiction anyway, which partly explains his impromptu approach to documenting the revolution – so different from the meticulously crafted prose of his poem-like very short stories, of which he wrote two collections before the hiatus; the most recent ones, after Daw'un Shaffaf, which he calls Myths, are as yet published only as Facebook notes, and they develop expressionist and fantastical elements of what otherwise remains by and large true-to-life narrative. They are beautiful. But neither they nor anything else in his previous work prepares him for a book-length piece of reportage.
Still, everything in Elshiti's work and life does encourage a fresh, more prosaic look at the world view presented by his best known piece of writing.
It would be ludicrous to accuse Elshiti, as intellectuals speaking of or for the revolution often have been since Mubarak stepped down on 11 February, of coopting the achievement of "the young" to promote his own accomplishments or jumping on the opportunity to immortalise his name, but it is well to ask why, in the absence of that fresh look, he chose to publish a book on the revolution so soon.
Saqr remains interesting in the context of revolution nonetheless: he is a by now early example of the martyr of corrupt capitalism and (by extension) the collapse of the national state. The depressive son and principal breadwinner of a working-class family in Domiat (Elshiti's hometown, which he frequently refers to in the course of A Hundred Steps), Saqr Abdelwahid's untimely and largely unexplained death is connected with his hopeless love for the upper middle-class Nahed Badr, whom his politicised friend Yehya Khalaf welcomes into the funeral at the opening.
Told from the viewpoints of all three characters as well as Saqr's sister Tahiya, the story involves the haunting image of a man who has been slaughtered, "his face a mask of yellow pottery, his eyes two crystals of glass", presenting Saqr with a bouquet of poisoned roses. It is an encounter Elshiti's "hero in crisis" (to be distinguished from any number of far less iconic anti-heros) repeatedly has in waking life as well as in his dreams; and by all accounts before his death, when he enters his bedroom bearing the bouquet he has finally accepted for the first time, Saqr is convinced that those flowers will kill him.
However veiled or poetically encrypted, Saqr's story is a comment on the decline of national dignity in the face of poverty and dictatorship, the vulnerability of the sensitive individual hurled into a rat race he cannot understand (one objective counterbalance of which is "the political struggle" presented by Yahya) and, most emphatically, the absolute impossibility of love.
In a sense it is this mind set – the identity of consciousness and political consciousness on the one hand, and between the individual and his class on the other – and not only the writing it produced, that reaches a peak in Wuroud.
Due to developments in society itself, in access to other societies and in the reference points of the literary and politicised community, no text after Wuroud could convincingly communicate or argue with the real in this way – and even Elshiti's own subsequent work (Daw'un shaffaf yantashir bikhiffah was produced after a two-decade hiatus in 2009) bears testimony to the fact.
In his landmark novella Elshiti refers to the January 1977 intifada against President Sadat, to the way in which the Islamisation and commodification of society following the defeat of 1967 and Nasser's death is said to have aborted all sense of belonging, and it would have been interesting to see how the ghost or memory of Saqr responded to the Mubarak era, the collapse of the Eastern Bloc, 9/11, and the emergence, all through this, of mafia-style governance in Egypt.
A non-fiction comment on the revolution of 2011 seems the perfect opportunity for rewriting Saqr, revising his loyalties and convictions, and asking whether or not he really had to die.
A Hundred Steps, at one level, is offered as testimony (the witness too being among the writer's preferred registers since the Sixties); living on Qasr Al-Nil Street in the same building as the office of Merit, which turned into one of several "revolutionary command centres" for the period (28 Jan-11 Feb), Elshiti was – geographically – the perfect witness.
And there is none but the most documentary ambition in the book, which is not only fair but in its own way admirable: Elshiti has no illusions about his position in relation to what is happening; he is guided by his gut alone, and whether observing or reflecting, as a result, he is anything but grandiloquent or pretentious.
"Since five in the evening I have been in the Maidan," he writes on the first page of the book, a footnote explaining that this opening short piece, on the events of 25 January, was published on Facebook on 26 January. "It was possible to see young men and women whose ages revolved around 20. Their slogans were simple and radical and without calculations, omitting verbosity and excess…"
Elshiti goes on to say that, while "the politics professionals" – older activists and dissidents – thought it was wrong to insist on spending the night in Tahrir, the young protesters wagered on "matching word to deed". It is precisely institutionalised resistance that they were revolting against, he insists; were the professionals happy to see the Maidan brutally emptied by midnight? "The 25th of January is the day a new eloquence was discovered that could not be institutionalised."
So far, so brilliant; and the wording of the question regarding the traditional opposition being part of the problem has just the right amount of irony. But what does Elshiti – what does Saqr Abdelwahid – really think?
Over 150 pages mostly of observations and anecdotes, very few of which are written with either the concision or emotion of the opening piece, Elshiti fails to give even the hint of an answer to this question. The scheme of presentation is largely chronological, which results in verbosity and excess (the use of baltagiyah or hired strongmen by the regime in attempts to disband the protesters, for example, is dealt with at many different points but in exactly the same way).
Where discussions come up (and they come up notably with Mohammad Hashem, the owner and director of Merit, as when he disagrees with Elshiti on whether or not the police should be brought back to the streets after their wilful disappearance on the evening of 28 January), they are reported as is, without recourse to deeper analysis or supplementary evidence from, as it were, the front. To support his position against Hashem, on this occasion, Elshiti is content to cite his experience of the brutality and corruption of the police as a young man in Domiat, where he lived opposite the police station. Here as elsewhere one feels that his privileged position as a politically aware resident of Tahrir is wasted.
Even those who were not in Egypt at the time and followed the news on television, it seems to me, would not be unjustified in complaining that they have gained little from Elshiti's reports, touted as "moments that are mine, captured with my own eyes, not with the eyes of the camera or even those of live witnesses"; those moments are invested with neither journalistic edge, historical or philosophical reflection, nor poetic insight, all things considered.
At best they evoke an atmosphere by now well-documented anyway. And the best of them, the very best of them, read like Elshiti's fiction (which makes you wonder what the book would have been like had he taken the time to rigorously select and rewrite entries):
I saw a man in his fifties wearing a smart suit being mobbed by the masses who sought to expel him, for it had been discovered; he was affiliated with the NDP and persuading the young men to stop demonstrating. The man almost fell on the floor, and then he went out through the Qasr Al-Nil gateway. The regime never stopped sending in envoys of every kind. Everyone was convinced that there was not a single supporter of the regime except thieves and baltagiyah. Even were such a person to exist, they could find a place other than Maidan at-Tahrir which had been liberated with the blood of martyrs and the wounded.
Light rain. I saw a group of protesters walking in formation as one having covered their heads with a sheet of clear plastic while they went on chanting, 'Ash-sha'b yurid isqaat annidham'.
Repeatedly, Elshiti distances himself from what is going on in Maidan at-Tahrir, falling back on the supposed generational (and, to a lesser extent, the class) difference between his circle of intellectuals and the young middle-class instigators of protest. His loyalties are clear, his emotion sincere, but he remains more of a spectator than a participant. This is both honest and frustrating – the honesty might have been more effective had the observations been condensed in the manner of the passage quoted above – because what one wants to know from Elshiti has less to do with what he saw than with what it implies for him and in what way he was part of it.
The question of the left-wing or secular intellectual's position on Islamists participating in the revolution, for example – a hugely stimulating topic demanding precisely the kind of self-confrontation and self-questioning that prompted Elshiti to write in the first place – is hardly touched on at all. To my disappointment, in the same way as he skims over his own role in the revolution, Elshiti places himself at an anecdotal remove from the issue of political Islam in its unfolding.
A Hundred Steps is the most serious of a number of books to have come out of the revolution, none of which really question the term or deal with the aftermath, which is by far the more significant topic. Its brief is to document what happened as the author saw it and in this, at the most basic level, it manages well enough. But as literature, which is what one will expect from Elshiti, it falls short of the moment that inspired it.


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By: Jessica Dean, KARK 4 News
Updated: November 16, 2012
For 16 years, Lue Kelley spent her days ringing up items like Twinkies and Wonder Bread at the Hostess Bakery on Geyer Springs Road in Little Rock. But before long, she'll cash out for the last time.
"The bakery is closing down," Kelley said, "All of us will lose our jobs. "
Kelley already draws retirement, but she worries about her co-workers.
"Some of them [are] not eligible to draw retirement and some retirement is going to cut," she said.
But it's not just employees who hate to see this bakery go. Some customers have shopped there for years.
"It's great savings and a lot of people come here and i think it will be missed by a lot of people," said Winnie Gillespie, a loyal Hostess customer.
As Kelley checks out some of her final customers, she notices a similar feeling around the store.
"Everybody's sad," she says, "Everybody is sad about what happened."
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Intersil offers a family of 12 to 16-bit, 125 to 500MSPS JESD204B ADCs. More ...
What is JESD204 and why should we pay attention to it?
Jonathan Harris, ADI
The JESD204 interface brings this efficiency and offers several advantages over its CMOS and LVDS predecessors in terms of speed, size, and cost. Designs employing JESD204 enjoy the benefits of a faster interface to keep pace with the faster sampling rates of converters. In addition, there is a reduction in pin count which leads to smaller package sizes and a lower number of trace routes that make board designs much easier and offers lower overall system cost. The standard is also easily scalable so it can be adapted to meet future needs. This has already been exhibited by the two revisions that the standard has undergone. The JESD204 standard has seen two revisions since its introduction in 2006 and is now at revision B.
As the standard has been adopted by an increasing number of converter vendors and users as well as FPGA manufacturers, it has been refined and new features have been added that have increased efficiency and ease of implementation. The standard applies to both analog to digital converters (ADCs) as well as digital to analog converters (DACs) and is primarily intended as a common interface to FPGAs (but may also be used with ASICs).
JESD204 – What is it?
In April of 2006 the original version of JESD204 was released. The standard describes a multi-gigabit serial data link between converter(s) and a receiver, commonly a device such as an FPGA or ASIC. In this original version of JESD204, the serial data link was defined for a single serial lane between a converter or multiple converters and a receiver. A graphical representation is provided in Figure 1. The lane shown is the physical interface between M number of converters and the receiver which consists of a differential pair of interconnect utilizing current mode logic (CML) drivers and receivers. The link shown is the serialized data link that is established between the converter(s) and the receiver. The frame clock is routed to both the converter(s) and the receiver and provides the clock for the JESD204 link between the devices.
The lane data rate is defined between 312.5 Megabits per second (Mbps) and 3.125 Gigabits per second (Gbps) with both source and load impedance defined as 100 Ω ±20%. The differential voltage level is defined as being nominally 800 mV peak-to-peak with a common mode voltage level range from 0.72 V to 1.23 V. The link utilizes 8b/10b encoding which incorporates an embedded clock, removing the necessity for routing an additional clock line and the associated complexity of aligning an additional clock signal with the transmitted data a high data rates. It became obvious as the JESD204 standard began being used that the standard needed to be revised to incorporate support for multiple aligned serial lanes with multiple converters to accommodate increasing speeds and resolutions of converters.
This realization led to the first revision of the JESD204 standard in April of 2008 which became known as JESD204A. This revision of the standard added the ability to support multiple aligned serial lanes with multiple converters. The lane data rates, supporting from 312.5 Mbps up to 3.125 Gbps remained unchanged as did the frame clock and the electrical interface specifications. Increasing the capabilities of the standard to support multiple aligned serial lanes made it possible for converters with high sample rates and high resolutions to meet the maximum supported data rate of 3.125 Gbps. Figure 2 shows a graphical representation of the additional capabilities added in the JESD204A revision to support multiple lanes.
Although both the original JESD204 standard and the revised JESD204A standard were higher performance than legacy interfaces, they were still lacking a key element. This missing element was deterministic latency in the serialized data on the link.
When dealing with a converter, it is important to know the timing relationship between the sampled signal and its digital representation in order to properly recreate the sampled signal in the analog domain once the signal has been received (this situation is, of course for an ADC, a similar situation is true for a DAC). This timing relationship is affected by the latency of the converter which is defined for an ADC as the number of clock cycles between the instant of the sampling edge of the input signal until the time that its digital representation is present at the converter's outputs. Similarly, in a DAC, the latency is defined as the number of clock cycles between the time the digital signal is clocked into the DAC until the analog output begins changing. In the JESD204 and JESD204A standards, there were no defined capabilities that would deterministically set the latency of the converter and its serialized digital inputs/outputs.
In addition, converters were continuing to increase in both speed and resolution. These factors led to the introduction of the second revision of the standard, JESD204B. In July of 2011, the second and current revision of the standard, JESD204B, was released. One of the key components of the revised standard was the addition of provisions to achieve deterministic latency. In addition, the data rates supported were pushed up to 12.5 Gbps broken down into different speed grades of devices. This revision of the standard calls for the transition from using the frame clock as the main clock source to using the device clock as the main clock source. Figure 3 gives a representation of the additional capabilities added by the JESD204B revision.
In the previous two versions of the JESD204 standard, there were no provisions defined to ensure deterministic latency through the interface. The JESD204B revision remedies this issue by providing a mechanism to ensure that, from power-up cycle to power-up cycle and across link re-synchronization events, the latency should be repeatable and deterministic. One way this is accomplished is by initiating the initial lane alignment sequence in the converter(s) simultaneously across all lanes at a well-defined moment in time by using an input signal called SYNC~.
Another implementation is to use the SYSREF signal which is a newly defined signal for JESD204B. The SYSREF signal acts as the master timing reference and aligns all the internal dividers from device clocks as well as the local multi-frame clocks in each transmitter and receiver. This helps to ensure deterministic latency through the system. The JESD204B specification calls out three device sub-classes: Sub-class 0 – No support for deterministic latency, Sub-class 1 – Deterministic latency using SYSREF, and Sub-class 2 – Deterministic latency using SYNC~. Sub-class 0 can simply be compared to a JESD204A link. Sub-class 1 is primarily intended for converters operating at or above 500MSPS while Sub-class 2 is primarily for converters operating below 500MSPS.
In addition to the deterministic latency, the JESD204B version increases the supported lane data rates to 12.5 Gbps and divides devices into three different speed grades. The source and load impedance is the same for all three speed grades being defined as 100 Ω ±20%. The first speed grade aligns with the lane data rates from the JESD204 and JESD204A versions of the standard and defines the electrical interface for lane data rates up to 3.125 Gbps. The second speed grade in JESD204B defines the electrical interface for lane data rates up to 6.375 Gbps. This speed grade lowers the minimum differential voltage level to 400 mV peak-to-peak, down from 500 mV peak-to-peak for the first speed grade. The third speed grade in JESD204B defines the electrical interface for lane data rates up to 12.5 Gbps. This speed grade lowers the minimum differential voltage level required for the electrical interface to 360 mV peak-to-peak. As the lane data rates increase for the speed grades, the minimum required differential voltage level is reduced to make physical implementation easier by reducing required slew rates in the drivers.
To allow for more flexibility, the JESD204B revision transitions from the frame clock to the device clock. Previously, in the JESD204 and JESD204A revisions, the frame clock was the absolute timing reference in the JESD204 system. Typically, the frame clock and the sampling clock of the converter(s) were usually the same. This did not offer a lot of flexibility and could cause undesired complexity in system design when attempting to route this same signal to multiple devices and account for any skew between the different routing paths. In JESD204B, the device clock is the timing reference for each element in the JESD204 system. Each converter and receiver receives their respective device clock from a clock generator circuit which is responsible for generating all device clocks from a common source. This allows for more flexibility in the system design, but it requires that the relationship between the frame clock and device clock be specified for a given device.
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Dr DSP
This is an excellent overview of an important (and growing) interface.
Is there a list of all the products, from all suppliers, that support the JESD204 standard anywhere?
Intersil offers a family of 12 to 16-bit, 125 to 500MSPS JESD204B ADCs. More information can be found here: http://www.intersil.com/products/new-adcs.html
Thanks for the comments. I'm not sure of a list of all suppliers, but you can go to www.analog.com/jesd204 to view ADI products and resources.
IDT is the current leading supplier of JESD204B ADCs and DACs - see www.idt.com
Roy Sofer
do you see 204 penetrate into additional domains other than analog front ends?
what about interface to optical drivers?
what about chip to chip interconnect? having it already on FPGA can facilitate it. standard like that can help IC interfacing.
Hi Roy,
The JESD204 standard is intended for an ADC/DAC interfaced to FPGAs/ASICs. I am not sure it would viable for general chip to chip interconnect since it is specified around converter data and system requirements encountered when dealing with converters. Perhaps it could be adapted though. Maybe we will see a standard for general interconnect evolve out of the JESD204 spec...


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At that time, the company was exclusively contracted to radio stations but two years later, Channel Ten expressed interest in carrying traffic reports on its 5pm bulletin. It was a major opportunity for the Australian Traffic Network and Lorusso, who was so nervous ahead of his audition that he nearly threw up in the helicopter.
For his first televised report, Lorusso had planned to head out to the M2 but serendipitously for him and Ten (if not for the victims) a fire at Moorebank intervened. As a result, his first file was more dramatic than he envisaged and Ten's punt was vindicated on the first night, providing footage it used throughout its bulletin.
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I was falling asleep last night with the news on and one of their stories was about a new hole in all IE versions (ie5 - ie9) with the exception of 10. They say that there is a huge security hole that allows 'hackers' to gain access of your computer.
They advised computer users to refrain from IE all together, anyone hearing something like this?
Sounds like a dream!! I wish people would just stop using IE all together.
@djrolstad, oh i hear ya on that all together. It seems to be there is a zero-day hole that is effecting all versions. So either people use security measures or stop using it until there is an appropriate patch or update.
Soon there will be a day in which Microsoft will have one default browser available for users.
@John and that browser will turn out to be the new IE6 ;p
Sounds like a typical scare story that won't affect more than 0.000001% of the population*.
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A Grace Place was swirling with activity Sept. 16, as volunteers scattered throughout the Henrico facility – some with books to read, others with paintbrushes in hand – to share their time, talents and smiles with others. It was all part of the Greater Richmond and Petersburg United Way's annual Day of Action, during which some 300 volunteers teamed to visit 20 organizations throughout the region and lend their assistance in the form of 900 volunteer hours. The event signaled the kickoff of the United Way's annual fundraising drive which this year seeks to raise $17 million for the local chapter and the charities to which it contributes. At A Grace Place, volunteers from Owens and Minor, Sun Trust and Dominion broke into several groups to help clients prepare for a fashion show the next day; host a jazz trivia event for others; paint an area in need of sprucing up; and lend their smiles and assistance to AGP's clients and staff members. "It's a way for volunteers to get a firsthand look at what they can do for the United Way," said Lynne Seward, CEO of A Grace Place. A Grace Place, a non-profit organization founded in 1969, provides daytime health services, support and activities for adults who have a wide range of special needs – from those with mental handicaps such as dementia and autism to those with disabilities and senior citizens with chronic conditions. Its 229 clients come from all over the Metro Richmond region, their visits covered fully or partially by Medicaid in most cases and by scholarships in others. Its Board of Directors is composed entirely of volunteers. The organization considers itself fortunate to have a strong group of corporate partners, including those who visited during last month's Day of Action, as well as Genworth and Altria, Seward said. Local schools, including Collegiate, St. Christopher's and VCU, also send students to research and volunteer at AGP. "It's great that corporations give time like this," Seward said, gesturing toward a group of volunteers from Owens and Minor as they took a group photograph before setting off to mingle with clients. "They go back to work with renewed energy." The average client at A Grace Place receives services there for about a decade, Seward said. The organization usually has a handful of open spots, but Seward realizes that for each person it helps, countless others in the community are going without that same type of care. There simply aren't enough options available to provide care for the growing number of people afflicted with various conditions, including Alzheimer's, she said. "We don't know where [many of them] are getting care right now," Seward said. A Grace Place is adding services so that it will be able to accept more adults with autism and Alzheimer's. But, "the issue is funding," she said. The United Way's annual donations help – A Grace Place received more than $122,000 during its Fiscal Year 2008-09 – but funding from other sources continues to slide. In one room last month, clients with dementia listened intently, smiles creeping across several of their faces, as a volunteer read a Dr. Seuss story. The room, decorated in soft tones and with children's furniture, is designed to provide clients with a sense of their own childhood years. Age Wave Planning With United Way and Senior Connections, The Capital Area Agency on Aging, leading the way, a number of public and private organizations and businesses recently joined together to initiate the Greater Richmond Age Wave program, which seeks to prepare the region for the anticipated population boom among senior citizens. Projections show that the number of adults 65 and older in Virginia will double to 700,000 or 800,000 within 20 years, creating a broad range of needs – and opportunities. "We're already not meeting the needs of people today," said Lea Setegn, spokeswoman for the United Way. "What are we going to do when it doubles?" The project seeks to identify potential challenges associated with the growing senior population – such as the need for affiliated services and long-term care options – identify gaps in the system and make recommendations about how to fill them. Perhaps most troubling to those like Seward who see the effects firsthand is that most families are uninformed about the options that exist for their family members. "Families are totally caught off-guard," she said. "People don't plan – for retirement or for their own future fees." But A Grace Place also experiences the flip side of the growing population. It enjoys support from a number of volunteers who are themselves part of the Baby Boomers generation, Seward said. "Baby boomers are changing everything that they touch," she said. "We have boomers who come in and don't only volunteer but invent new programs." |
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By Sarah Story, Citizen Events Editor 05/23/2013
Henrico has several fun family-friendly activities to offer this weekend – check out the butterflies at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, play games at The Armour House & Gardens and walk or run in support of the Autism Society of Central Virginia. If you're looking to celebrate Memorial Day, Rocketts Landing has fireworks and Sandston has a parade. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
Raiders help 'Stir It Up!'
Among the activities featured at Stir It Up!, a fundraiser and awareness raiser held May 5 at Deep Run H.S., was the opportunity for youngsters – including this young fan pictured with player Raibonne Charles – to play catch with members of the Richmond Raiders professional indoor football team. > Read more.
Henrico Junior 4-H camp registration open
By Ben Panko, Special to the Citizen 05/19/2013
For parents looking to keep their kids outside and away from the video games this summer, the Virginia Cooperative Extension is still accepting registrations for the 2013 Henrico Junior 4-H Camp.
The camp will be held June 17-23, and is open to boys and girls ages 9-13. A total of 10 spaces for boys and 27 spaces for girls remain available, and registration is open until May 24. The cost is $230, which includes lodging, meals, programs, instructional materials and charter bus transportation. > Read more.
The camp will be held June 17-23, and is open to boys and girls ages 9-13. A total of 10 spaces for boys and 27 spaces for girls remain available, and registration is open until May 24. The cost is $230, which includes lodging, meals, programs, instructional materials and charter bus transportation. > Read more.
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Mother and son open new restaurant in Sandston
A new restaurant has opened in a well-known Sandston building.
The Sandston Kitchen will celebrate its official grand opening on Memorial Day, May 27. The restaurant is located in the site of the former Sandston Pharmacy at 2 West Williamsburg Road. It serves breakfast and lunch seven days a week and dinner Tuesday through Saturday. > Read more.
Whale of a treat
Ironfish delights with a variety of tasty catches
I was overjoyed to head back for another meal at Ironfish by Pescados, considered the Best New Restaurant in 2011 by both the Richmond Times Dispatch and Richmond Magazine. I agree whole-heartedly with their ratings. Since I first visited the restaurant for my birthday in January, I was waiting for the perfect special occasion to return. I couldn't wait another year, obviously.
Run by the same restaurateurs as Pescados Latin Caribbean Seafood in Midlothian and Eat in Oregon Hill, Ironfish offers the same unique dishes and top-level customer service. > Read more.
Veteran restaurateur set to open in Short Pump
Tran's Pho 1 Grill will serve Vietnamese fare
After nearly a year out of the restaurant industry, a well known 30-year Henrico restaurateur is ready to open up his fifth venture in Short Pump.
Paul Tran, along with his wife Ellen will open up Pho 1 Grill, a Vietnamese restaurant, in June in the Towne Center West Shopping Center.
Tran has been serving up Vietnamese food since the mid-'80s, his first being Que Huong on Rigsby Road. He also owned Mr. Chan's on Horsepen Road and Saigon Gourmet on Hull Street Road. > Read more.
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