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The 2011 Major League Baseball (MLB) regular season began on Thursday, March 31, 2011 (Opening Day).
The Major League Baseball season begins in April with Opening Day and ends in October with the World Series. Opening Day for the upcoming 2010 season is on April 4th.
The Boston Red Sox were established before the 1901 Major League Baseball season. They have been in the American League ever since then.
The American League grew out of the minor league Western League (founded 1893) which renamed itself the American League in October 1899. The league declared itself a major league on January 28, 1901, and played its first major league season that year.
Sept. 28 - Regular season ends Oct. 1 - Divisional playoffs begin Oct. 9 - League championship series begin Oct. 22 - World Series begins
The 2011 regular season will end during the last week of September. The playoffs will begin on Friday, September 30th with the two American League Division Series. The National League Division Series starts Saturday, October 1st.
His first season in MLB was 1914 as a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. He pitched in 4 games that season and had a 2-1 record with a 3.91 ERA.
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Opening Day is in the beginning of April. However, there are usually Spring Training games at the Major League stadiums if you just can't wait any longer!
Sunday, Oct. 3rd is the final day of the regular season. The National League and American League playoffs begin on Wednesday, Oct. 6th.
Major League Soccer was founded on December 13, 1993. The league began its first season on Saturday, April 6, 1996 when the San Jose Clash hosted D.C. United.
Major League Baseball (MLB) has been America's favorite pasttime since the National League was formed in 1876, with the American League following in 1901.
On 7 June 1991, Commissioner Fay Vincent sent a memo to each team announcing that steroids have been added to the league's banned list. However, testing for major league players did not begin until the 2003 season.
When Jackie joined the Majors, africans didn't immediatly begin joining the Major League.
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When the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the Arizona Diamondbacks were scheduled to begin play in the American League and the National League, respectively, the new alignment for the 1998 season would have given each league 15 teams. To avoid odd numbers and scheduling headaches, the Milwaukee Brewers agreed to move from the American League to the National League after the 1997 season. Now that Major League Baseball is considering additional wild cards for the postseason, reports are that the Houston Astros are being lobbied to move to the American League.
This depends on the sport, league, and season.
November: League sends schedule questionnaires to each team to gauge their preferences. December: Questionnaires due back to league. January: Scheduling starts as soon as possible. July: Tentative schedule sent to players' union to review for possible contract violations. September: Teams can begin announcing their schedules for the next season.
Babe Ruth's major league baseball career began for the Boston Red Sox on July 11, 1914.
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Former Michael Nutter aide Desiree Peterkin Bell’s lawsuit against Philadelphia’s city controller begins with a quote from George Bernard Shaw, the famed Irish playwright and political thinker from the last century.
“He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything,” the suit reads. “That points clearly to a political career.”
Peterkin Bell filed the suit in the Court of Common Pleas today, accusing Alan Butkovitz, the city controller, and Ashley Del Bianco, executive director of the Mayor’s Fund, of defamation, false light and injurious falsehood or disparagement. She’s seeking damages “substantially” in excess of $50,000 for each of the three counts.
There’s been no love lost between the office of former Mayor Michael Nutter and Butkovitz. And the lawsuit continues that grand tradition, laying out a scenario of Del Bianco seeking to disparage Peterkin Bell in order to ingratiate herself with the new administration, and Butkovitz using his power to go after Peterkin Bell as a way to embarrass Nutter. Within the 32 pages of the suit, there’s plenty of colorful language propping up Peterkin Bell’s accomplishments and throwing all kinds of shade at Butkovitz and Del Bianco.
- “McCarthyist-tactics like calling press conferences to publicly accuse, indict, try, and judge Ms. Peterkin Bell in the press, however, have nothing to do with Butkovitz’s job as the Controller or Del Bianco’s job as Executive Director of the Mayor’s Fund of Philadelphia.”
- “(Del Bianco) is trying to appear as if she is blowing the whistle to give herself an insurance policy in the event the new administration is looking to clean house.”
- “This fact is undeniable. The City of Philadelphia stands in a better place because of (Peterkin Bell’s) tenure with the City’s administration.”
Peterkin Bell, the former City Representative and spokeswoman for former Mayor Michael Nutter, had vowed to sue to Butkovitz after the City Controller held a press conference to release a report alleging Peterkin Bell used the Mayor’s Fund for Philadelphia “as if it were a special slush fund.” The lawsuit hones in on this phrase, calling it a knowingly false statement and one the suit alleges Butkovitz contradicted by saying there was no evidence of criminal wrongdoing.
Butkovitz alleged a string of misspent charitable funds including $50,000 at the Philadelphia Courtyard Marriott, $46,000 on a trip to Rome, $704 in Uber charges and an $80 pair of shoes from Macy’s. The account itself is funded by the Philadelphia Marathon and is intended to allocate grants. However, Butkovitz said it didn’t appear anyone else was approving expenses.
The trip to Rome criticized by Butkovitz was one of Nutter’s trips before Pope Francis visited Philadelphia. Peterkin Bell’s attorneys pushed back in the suit, writing: “Ironically, it was the most successful event in this City’s history – hosting Pope Francis – for which Ms. Peterkin Bell has been falsely accused by a do-nothing bomb thrower (Butkovitz) and a vindictive, jealous former co-worker (Del Bianco) of criminal misconduct.”
Formerly the chair of the Reserves Account of the Mayor’s Fund, Peterkin Bell has vehemently denied Butkovitz’ charges, writing in a prepared statement that “expenditures were closely scrutinized to ensure that they met the criteria established by the Fund.” Nutter also released a scathing statement after the report was released, calling the controller “a liar, a snake and a hypocrite.”
Peterkin Bell said the chain of command at the Mayor’s Fund included financial approval from Del Bianco. But Butkovitz still contends there’s no evidence of that.
“These purchases were not approved by the Board and there was no evidence or proof to support these charges,” Butkovitz said. “More importantly, this was money that belonged to the Fund for Philadelphia to benefit all Philadelphians, not just a select few who had access to it.”
In order to win a defamation claim, the complainant — in this case, Peterkin Bell — must not only prove that a statement made was false, but also that there was malicious intent behind the claim.
The Mayor’s Fund was established in 1979, but under Nutter, the grant-making fund was split into two: the Marathon Grant Fund and the Marathon Reserves Fund. It’s the reserves fund Butkovitz has criticized, saying city officials used the cash to spend on whatever they deemed necessary.
The fund is a nonprofit financed by a mix of public and private dollars. Its board is appointed by the mayor, and that board then appoints a chair.


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Police say numerous students are sending sexually provocative pictures to other boys and girls, and they sometimes request a photo in return.
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Create a modern classic with this rack of lamb recipe, complete with flageolet beans and herbs, from the MasterChef Kitchen Bible.
This cut of lamb is expensive, and so deserves to be cooked well. This recipe will produce tender, juicy, and flavoursome cutlets. Serve with new potatoes.
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 40 minutes
1 rack of lamb with 8 cutlets
½ tbsp. olive oil
a few rosemary sprigs, leaves, finely chopped
salt and freshly ground black pepper
150ml (5fl oz) hot vegetable stock
1 tsp redcurrant jelly
400g can flageolet beans, drained
handful of mint leaves, finely chopped
1. Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F/Gas 6). Smother the lamb with the oil, sprinkle over the rosemary, and season well with salt and pepper. Sit the rack in a roasting tin and put in the oven to roast for 40 minutes for pink lamb, or longer if you like your meat well done.
2. Remove the lamb from the roasting tin and keep warm, covered with foil, while you prepare the beans. Place the tin on the hob over a medium to high heat, add the stock, and bring to the boil. Reduce to a simmer, stir in the redcurrant jelly until dissolved, then stir through the flageolet beans and simmer gently for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir through the mint.
3. Slice the rack into 8 cutlets and serve with the beans.
Ready to take this dish from ordinary to extraordinary?
Impart an extra punch of flavour to the lamb with a panko-herb crust. Combine 75g (2½ oz) panko breadcrumbs with 6 tbsp mixed fresh herbs (such as thyme, parsley, rosemary, or mint). Remove the lamb from the oven
10 minutes into the cooking time, coat with a little extra olive oil, press the panko-herb mixture on to the surface of the meat, then return it to the oven for another 30 minutes. Just before serving, process the bean mixture in a food processor to create a smooth flageolet purée to contrast with the crunch of the crusted lamb.

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This Polar Express party was so much fun! We invited our guests to come in their pajamas for hot chocolate, snacks, games and fun!
A ticket box was set up at the front so guest could put in their tickets from the invitation. For decoration, we made a wooden railroad crossing sign that set beside the main table. Around the main table was a red tutu table skirt with white lights underneath.
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Also turning up are all pundits, politicos, reporters, and sycophants explaining why the U.S. Mint should or should not strike the coin. The problem is that EVERYONE IS WRONG!
Let’s look at the FACTS.
FACT: Before a coin leaves the U.S. Mint, the purchaser must pay for the coin.
The Federal Reserve purchases business strike coins at face value. The money is deposited in the U.S. Mint’s Public Enterprise Fund.
Collectors pay for collector coins through the U.S. Mint’s retail and e-commerce operations. When the money is collected, they deposit the funds in the U.S. Mint’s Public Enterprise Fund.
FACT: The United States Mint has successfully argued in court that a coin is not legal tender until it is paid for.
After the U.S. Mint discovered the existence of several 1933 Double Eagle coins that were supposedly melted, the Secret Service investigated and seized several coins. Through the 1950s, government lawyers argued that the coins were government property since the coin was never monetized.
During the case of the Farouk-Fenton double eagle coin, the government used the same argument. Even though there was an export license for the coin issued to King Farouk of Egypt, the government maintained that the lack of monetization made the coin illegal.
As part of the $7,590,020 paid for the 1933 Double Eagle in 2002, $20 of the purchase price was paid to the U.S. Government to monetize the coin. When Sotheby’s sold the coin in June for $18,872,250, the coin came with a certificate from the U.S. Mint declaring its Legal Tender status.
If the U.S. Mint does not monetize a coin until someone or entity buys it, then how will striking a $1 trillion coin help anything?
Even as crazy as government generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) may appear to the commercial market, Government GAAP still requires double-entry bookkeeping. In double-entry bookkeeping, if an asset is added to one part of the ledger, there must be a debit on another.
Forget the political arguments about the debt. When the government needs money, it sells bonds to finance its obligation. The bond is the created asset, as the coin. The asset is purchased, adding cash to the general treasury. In bookkeeping terms, an asset entry and an associated debit entry.
Who is going to buy the coin?
The Federal Reserve is not going to buy the coin. Bonds, warrants, and other investments have tangible returns. The investments have value and can be traded on the equity markets keeping the books balanced. What happens if $1 trillion is tied up in a non-investing asset?
If the Federal Reserve buys the coin, the general treasury may see a $1 trillion windfall, but the Federal Reserve will have $1 trillion less economic power. It is $1 trillion less in short-term loans to large financial institutions and quantitative easing that is keeping the economy in control.
If the Federal Reserve buys the $1 trillion coin, it will create a $1 trillion hole in the economy.
The U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the monetary value of all goods and services, is estimated at $22.675 trillion. Taking $1 trillion out of the economy will reduce the economy by 4.4-percent.
As the Great Recession of 2008 raged, the GDP lost 1-percent of its value by 2009. If a one percent drop caused the most significant economic calamity since the Great Depression, what will happen if the GDP contracts by more than 4-percent?
Of course, Congress can pass a law that changes how the U.S. Mint determines the legal tender status of coinage they manufacture. But the likelihood of that happening is about the same as the U.S. Mint striking a $1 trillion coin.

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Walt Disney always loved to entertain people. Often it got him into trouble. Once he painted pictures with tar on the side of his family's white house. His family was poor, and the happiest time of his childhood was spent living on a farm in Missouri. His affection for small-town life is reflected in Disneyland Main Streets around the world. With black-and-white illustrations throughout, this biography reveals the man behind the magic.
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Posted by Anonymous on 2013-03-15
Tiny little place, only seats about 24 at a time. They give you the regular menu but also a "specials" menu which has no prices and is all in Italian...but that's no problem because the owner explains every single item in detail, which gets to be a bit ov
Posted by Local - First Visit on 2012-12-24
With so many negative reviews we almost cancelled our reservation. My wife said, "Trust your initial instinct." So we went on my birthday, and to our delight and great satisfaction, had one of the finestest meals we have had in NYC in a while. On our arri
Posted by anonymous on 2012-02-20
Went here with my girlfriend for dinner on a random Thursday. The list of specials is longer than the menu, which was nice but meant you had to listen carefully and remember any dish that sounded interesting. Overall, great food and service. Cash only. Th
Posted by anonymous on 2011-11-28
Nica and his staff are attentive and charming. The restaurant is tiny. The gnocchi is to die for. The other food just OK. The cost is outrageous.
Posted by Max Cady on 2011-08-05
Great food, and great dinner theater. If you're a New Yorker who likes to order food, put your head down, eat and not talk to anybody... this is not your kind of place. I've been with 3 people and parties of 8 and the owner is a blast to interact with,
Posted by Sandy on 2011-04-19
We've been to this place about three times and I thought the last time would be the last due to the owner's pushing but we tried it again. The food is good no better than any other Italian restaurant the difference with Nica's is they push you to buy mo
Posted by anonymous on 2011-04-05
I can finally say that I know what my Last Supper would be. Their gnocchi is out of this world. I also recommend the stuffed artichoke, cauliflower and eggplant. I don't think that anything on the regular menu or on the specials would disappoint. Enjoy!
Posted by Anonymous on 2011-02-15
This may have been a good restaurant some time ago but not now. It is a shtick or performance with ordinary food and a high profit margin. They are taking advantage of people in a number of respects.
I made my reservation for Valentine's Day dinner and


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When we were invited to be a part of a queer, open air market called Nightsoil, produced by an ecosexy artist collective called Dirtstar, we couldn’t resist. We, at the Love Art Lab, offered free ecosex education for all, and simultaneously gathered new research as well. It was great to find a hot bed of queer environmental activism & art, as it is still quite rare.
Dirtstar explains. “Nightsoil is an open air night market where farmers, chefs, and storytellers gather under the twinkling light of projected histories of queer activism for environmental justice. A delicious menagerie of street food and art, at Nightsoil, headphones hang next to seedlings and performances range between farm stands, mapping our queer edible history and projecting that history into an imagined future. Canning jars glow with the pink and green ferments of potlucks, food co-ops, and back to the land faeries, Nightsoil will invoke tastes of queer diasporas with recipes that blend the fruit of our homelands with the queer cultures we have created. Cruise the night market, ducking into stalls to taste, watch, and plant. Pedal the neighborhood and discover how queers have been innovating with the HomoHomestead Bike Tour!”

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Would you Top Gun: Maverick (2022) but not before watching part 1? At Pathé Home you will see Top Gun (1986), where the flying adventure once began for Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise), now extra affordable for just €1.99. Top Gun can be viewed here.
Lieutenant Pete “Maverick” Mitchell is an expert aviator for the United States Navy. When he encounters a pair of MiGs over the Persian Gulf, his wingman is clearly overflying and freaks out. Running out of fuel, Maverick can talk him back to the aircraft carrier. When his wingman surrenders his wings, Maverick moves up the rankings and is sent to the Top Gun Naval Flying School. Maverick struggles to become the best pilot and steps on the toes of the other students.
The film won an Academy Award for Best Music in 1987 for the song “Take My Breath Away”, and was directed by Tony Scott. For the sequel, again with Tom Cruise in the lead role, Joseph Kosinski took over the direction. Meanwhile, Top Gun: Maverick is doing so well in theaters that it has already grossed more than a billion dollars, a record for Cruise.
6.9 Look at Pathé Thuis • Daredevil Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell and his friend Goose are hired at Top Gun, a rigorous training course for top pilots.
Top Gun can now be seen via Pathé Thuis. You can now rent the film from €1.99. Top Gun can still be seen with a discount until 8 July† Need more inspiration? Check out our Top 100 best films on Pathé Thuis.
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Naples, June 23 (IANS) Italian football club Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has backed new coach Maurizio Sarri to build on the work done by Rafael Benitez last season.
Spaniard Benitez, who guided Napoli to fifth place finish in the Seria A last season, will coach Spanish giants Real Madrid from this season.
“Sarri is the right man for job. I can only say that when I met Sarri he showed me to be what I thought he was, a man deeply attached to their work and very experienced,” De Laurentiis was quoted as saying by goal.com on Monday.
“In the past other big clubs have hired coaches with success in the lower leagues. Sarri has the advantage of having already played a season in Serie A (with Empoli) and his ideas on football intrigued me very much.”

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No one wins in the nuclear arms race
“The more we build these weapons to keep us safe, the less safe we become.”
These words came from Jonathan Granoff, president of the Global Security Institute, an agency committed to the elimination of nuclear weapons, to students and community members on Oct. 29 in Alumni Hall.
More than 15 years after the end of the Cold War, Russia and the United States have thousands of nuclear weapons aimed at each other, he said. Other nations known to possess such weapons include China, France, and the United Kingdom, while India, Pakistan, and North Korea are working to develop them. The very existence of nuclear weapons is a moral affront to people everywhere, Granoff said.
“The weapons themselves are intrinsically immoral. They do not discriminate between current and future generations. They cannot distinguish between civilians and soldiers,” he said.
However, very few Americans ever talk about the dangers these weapons possess, he said.
“A collective form of psychic numbing” has befallen the American psyche, he said.
He lamented the United States’ dropping of atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima in August 1945 at the end of World War II. The bombs and the ensuing radiation killed hundreds of thousands of people.
In January 1995, a team of Norwegian scientists released a weather satellite in the Arctic Ocean that was destined for the North Pole, Granoff said. Then-Russian President Boris Yeltsin initially mistook the satellite for a war submarine, he said. Yeltsin was planning to fire a nuclear weapon when he and his administration learned the identity of the satellite, he said.
Had Russia fired a nuclear weapon, it may have triggered a nuclear war that could have eradicated human civilization, Granoff said.
“It’s unimaginable what these weapons could do,” he said.
Granoff hopes all governments get rid of their nuclear weapons programs. Currently, 182 nations have signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
“Earth may be the only place in the universe where consciousness, reverence, and love exist. To not work for such values is a violation of every human religious tradition,” Granoff said.


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This edition of Saturday Storytime is with renowned artist Diana Sudyka, who shares her new book, When Sue Found Sue: Sue Hendrickson Discovers Her T. Rex. This event is aimed at kids 3 and up. When Sue Found Sue is the incredible true story of paleontologist Sue Hendrickson and the famous T. Rex she unearthed at a dig in South Dakota in 1990.


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Rajat Gupta on Wednesday as he arrived at the federal courthouse in Manhattan.
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June 15, 2012 The former managing partner of McKinsey & Co. and director at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Procter & Gamble was convicted of giving tips to billionaire hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam.
October 26, 2011 Rajat Gupta led the elite consulting firm McKinsey & Company and was on the board at Goldman Sachs. His attorney has said Gupta did nothing wrong.
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October 13, 2011 Though it's thought to be the longest sentence ever for insider trading, prosecutors had wanted the Galleon Fund manager to be put away for much longer.
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- Internal seam will either say "I BEAR IT SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO" or "MAYBE LIFE SHOULD BE ABOUT MORE THAN JUST SURVIVING".
Pictures are mock-ups or prototypes and does not represent the "final design". There maybe be slight changes in color between the mock-ups/prototypes and the actual product. I will inform all backers/buyers of said changes. Once I have final design pictures, I will post them.
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The birthstone for June is Pearl
June birthstone jewelry set with any of the three official birthstones for June - Pearl, Moonstone or Alexandrite - is an ideal personal and meaningful gift for your loved ones with birthdays in June. Or choose a piece for yourself to wear during the month of June.
The main June birthstone is the Pearl associated with purity, fidelity and integrity and pearls are often worn by brides on their wedding day.
Pearls come in many colors depending on the type of freshwater or seawater mollusk that produced them. Cultured pearls are simply farmed pearls where a foreign particle has been introduced deliberately into the mollusk, causing a pearl to form.
Browse our selection of June birthstone jewelry below - handmade by skilled artisans with good quality gemstones and excellent craftsmanship.
June Birthstone Jewelry - Pearl Jewelry Sets
We highly recommend NOVICA, an international organization that, together with National Geographic, are bringing artisan jewelry from all over the world to our doorsteps. The marketing and distribution costs to the local artisan are kept down so they can focus on their craft and the final price to the consumer is great value as there are far fewer middle men.
This admirable organization is making a real difference around the world to improve the lives of everyday people. Stories on their website about the artisans make for heart-warming reading and give that personal touch to the item you are buying.
Here we showcase some beautiful handmade sets of pearl necklaces and earrings. Bear in mind that delivery may take a while as the jewelry is shipped from outside the USA and a convenient Delivery Estimate calculator is provided. All customs and import duties are covered by NOVICA on orders to USA destinations, so USA customers only pay local shipping.
June Birthstone Earrings set in Sterling Silver
Indian artisan Alok Jain comes from generations of crafters specializing in handmade sandalwood and brass items and of course jewelry. He has progressed from making the jewelry to also designing jewelry and many of his his intricate pieces are inspired by nature - with flower and butterfly motifs. Alok is associated with Novica, a fair trade organization that assists skilled artisans build sustainable businesses.
Here is a selection of Alok's exquisite handmade cultured Pearl earrings:
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June Birthstone Jewelry with Moonstone
Shanker from India came from a farming background but was fascinated by the jewelry he saw designed by a local jeweler. He eventually left farming and started his own workshop crafting his own unique style of sterling silver jewelry. After taking part in a few exhibitions he joined Novica where customers enthuse about his intricate handiwork.
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Alona Milton is the self taught jewelry designer behind Moonlight Designs based in Alaska, USA. Alona especially loves raw natural gemstones that are used in many of her exquisite designs. She searches for unusual pieces from around the world to create that unique piece of handmade jewelry that you will cherish for many years to come. Her collection includes handmade birthstone jewelry, mother-daughter matching necklaces and little girls jewelry.
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William Dalrymple is one of Britain's great historians and the bestselling author of the highly acclaimed In Xanadu, the Wolfson Prize-winning White Mughals and the Hemingway Prize-winning Return of a King. A frequent broadcaster, he has written and presented three television series, one of which won the Grierson Award for Best Documentary Series at BAFTA in 2002. In 2018, he was presented with the prestigious President's Medal by The British Academy for his outstanding literary achievement and for founding the Jaipur Literature Festival. William lives with his wife and three children on a farm outside Delhi.
Gloriously opulent ... India is a sumptuous place. Telling its story properly demands lush language, not to mention sensitivity towards the country's passionate complexity. Dalrymple is a superb historian with a visceral understanding of India ... A book of beauty -- Gerard DeGroot * The Times * An energetic pageturner that marches from the counting house on to the battlefield, exploding patriotic myths along the way ... Dalrymple's spirited, detailed telling will be reason enough for many readers to devour The Anarchy. But his more novel and arguably greater achievement lies in the way he places the company's rise in the turbulent political landscape of late Mughal India -- Maya Jasanoff * Guardian * A tour de force ***** -- Anne de Courcy * Telegraph * Dalrymple has been at the forefront of the new wave of popular history, consistently producing work that engages with a wider audience through writerly craft, an emphasis on characters and their agency, evocative description of place and time, and the inclusion of long-neglected perspectives ... The book's real achievement is to take readers to an important and neglected period of British and south Asian history, and to make their trip their not just informative but colourful -- Jason Burke * Observer * Magnificent ... Dalrymple is an accomplished historian with a gift for imposing narrative clarity on a complex story. He combines a profound understanding of the background against which the Company's story played out with an impressive capacity to weave a range of historical voices into this history ... The Anarchy explodes myths that have accreted around the history of the Company like barnacles on the hulls of its ships -- John McAleer * Evening Standard * It is well-trodden territory but Dalrymple ... brings to it erudition, deep insight and an entertaining style * Financial Times * [A] rampaging, brilliant, passionate history ... Dalrymple gives us every sword-slash, every scam, every groan and battle cry. He has no rival as a narrative historian of the British in India ... A gripping tale of bloodshed and deceit, of unimaginable opulence and intolerable starvation ... shot through with an unappeasable moral passion * Wall Street Journal * `Masterful ... Dalrymple has been for some years one of the most eloquent and assiduous chroniclers of Indian history. With this new work, he sounds a minatory note ... Dalrymple has done a great service in not just writing an eminently readable history of eighteenth-century India, but in reflecting on how so much of it serves as a warning for our own time' -- Stuart Kelly * Scotland on Sunday * Combining extensive research, judicious analysis and an acceptable level of outrage, Dalrymple's compelling account will cement his status as the most widely read British writer on India since Kipling ... A brave and stirring narrative of India's eighteenth-century fragmentation -- John Keay * Literary Review *


Journalist Dean Jones has claimed that Nicolas Pepe could be a good option for Leeds United to replace Raphinha this summer.
According to reports in Spain (via Daily Mail), Leeds have entered the race to sign Pepe from fellow Premier League side Arsenal this summer, but they face competition from Sevilla, who are also interested in signing the 27-year-old in this transfer window.
Pepe has somewhat struggled since signing for Arsenal in 2019 for £72m, and was heavily out of favour for the Gunners last season after featuring just 20 times in the Premier League under Mikel Arteta where he only scored one goal and added two assists.
With Raphinha leaving Leeds this summer to join Barcelona, Jones spoke to GiveMeSport, claiming that Pepe could be a good fit for them and said he would need a ‘new environment’ to get his career back on track.
He said: “I do like the Pepe one and I do think he needs a new environment.
“As a Raphinha-type figure to come into your squad and replace him, I could think of worse options than Pepe, and I think he could do well.”
Would you be happy with Pepe at Leeds?
TIF Thoughts on Jones’ comments…
Leeds fans won’t have happy memories of the winger as he was branded ‘unacceptable’ by Mikel Arteta after being sent off at Elland Road in the 2020/21 season.
Although Pepe was out of favour for the Gunners last term, in the preceding campaign, he made 29 appearances in the Premier League where he scored 10 goals, so he has proven that if he is given significant game time, he has the potential to be a good player, and Marsch might see this and opt to take a gamble on him.
Arsenal paid £72m for Pepe, and even though he still has two years left on his contract, the Gunners might understand that they will not be getting anywhere near that price if they were to sell him due to the lack of impact that he has had, so Leeds might be able to get him through the door at a reduced price.


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AFI's Davey Havok, Van Hughes, Justin Guarini & More Joining AMERICAN IDIOT in March; Gallagher Departs
The producers of AMERICAN IDIOT announced today that Davey Havok (lead vocalist of the American rock band AFI) is set to join the cast for a limited two week engagement as "St. Jimmy" on March 1, 2011. In addition, Justin Guarini (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown) will play the role of "Will," and current and original Broadway cast members Van Hughes and Libby Winters will take over the roles of "Johnny" and "The Extraordinary Girl," respectively on March 1, 2011 at The St. James Theatre, 246 W 44th Street.
"I couldn't be more excited that Davey is joining the American Idiot cast to play St. Jimmy. Not only is he a good friend of mine, but I feel that he also brings the perfect energy and air of menace to the part," says composer/co-author and lead singer of Green Day Billie Joe Armstrong. "The audience is going to freak out."
"Justin blew us away in his audition and I am thrilled to have him join the company of American Idiot," says director and co-book writer Michael Mayer. "And, of course, I'm proud and excited to have Van and Libby, original Broadway cast members who have poured their blood, sweat and tears into the show over the past year, move into these lead roles."
Original Broadway cast members John Gallagher Jr. (Johnny), Michael Esper (Will), Christina Sajous (The Extraordinary Girl) and, after a triumphant 50 performance engagement Green Day frontman and the musical's composer and co-author, Billie Joe Armstrong (St. Jimmy) will play their final performances February 27, 2011 (Gallagher, Esper and Armstrong) and February 26, 2011 (Sajous).
Based on Green Day's groundbreaking rock opera American Idiot, Billie Joe Armstrong and the band collaborate with one of the theatre's most acclaimed creative teams, led by the Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer, Pulitzer Prize and two-time Tony Award-winning composer and orchestrator Tom Kitt, and Olivier Award-winning choreographer Steven Hoggett, to bring this explosive, iconic album to the stage.
AMERICAN IDIOT currently stars Tony Award winner John Gallagher Jr. (Spring Awakening), Tony Award Nominee Stark Sands (Journey's End), Michael Esper (A Man For All Seasons), Rebecca Naomi Jones (Passing Strange), Christina Sajous (The Wild Party), and Jeanna de Waal (We Will Rock You - West End). The cast also features Declan Bennett, Jennifer Bowles, Andrew Call, Gerard Canonico, Miguel Cervantes, Van Hughes, Brian CharLes Johnson, Jason Kappus, Lorin Latarro, Omar Lopez-Cepero, Leslie McDonel, Chase Peacock, Wallace Smith, Ben Thompson, Alysha Umphress, Aspen Vincent, Mikey Winslow and Libby Winters.


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Quick Beef and Noodles
Prep/Total Time: 25 min.
We love stroganoff, and this beef and noodles dish is my lightened-up version. Using meat from the deli saves the hours spent cooking a beef roast. I serve this with a salad for a great, homestyle meal. —Pamela Shank, Parkersburg, West Virginia


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The best - and worst - cash Isas
CASH Isas that protect up to £3,000 of savers' money from the taxman are hugely popular. Money is pouring into these accounts as people rush to use their allowance before the end of the tax year on 5 April.
Last year, more than £10bn was invested in cash Isas in March and April alone. But how many of those who joined the stampede have bothered to check how their savings have performed since then?
Financial data provider Moneyfacts has conducted a survey to find the best, and the worst, of the cash Isa providers over the past 12 months.
Mutuals take 14 of the top 20 places in its survey with the two-year, fixed-rate Isa from West Bromwich Building Society leading the way with a return of £3,160.50. However, this was available only to the society’s existing customers and is now closed to new investors, so Leeds and Holbeck could make a good case for claiming the top spot with a return of £3,158,59.
The top performing variable rate Isa with a return of £3,155.27 is from Abbey, which also claims first place for the best High Street bank and best cat-standard Isa.
Down at the bottom of the table for the second year running is Northern Rock with a return of £3,107.09 on its instant-access Isa.
The survey assumes a maximum investment of £3,000 made on 6 April 2004, no withdrawals and all interest compounded during the last tax year. The average return this year is £3,137.61, which is up on last year’s figure of £3,111.73.
|Information: Moneyfacts.co.uk. Data based on maximum investment of £3,000 on 6 April 2004, no withdrawals and all interest compounded during the tax year.|
|The Top 20|
|West Bromwich BS||£3,160.50||05.04.06|
|Leeds & Holbeck BS||£3,158.59||31.05.09|
|West Bromwich BS||£3,157.50||05.04.06|
|Marks & Spencer Money||£3,153.00||None|
|Cambridge BS||£3,151.91||60 Day|
|Market Harborough BS||£3,150.54||31.05.06|
|Portman BS||£3,150.30||45 Day|
|Alliance & Leicester||£3,150.08||5 Year Bond|
|Bradford & Bingley||£3,150.00||1 Year Bond|
|Nationwide BS||£3,149.53||60 Day|
|Beverley BS||£3,148.99||60 Day|
|Hanley Economic BS||£3,148.50||30 Day|
|And the bottom 10|
|Alliance & Leicester||£3,121.32||Instant|
|Kent Reliance BS||£3,120.00||31.07.05|
|Ulster Bank (NI)||£3,119.84||Instant|
|Ulster Bank (NI)||£3,119.84||None|
|Ipswich BS||£3,117.75||7 Day|
|Triodos Bank||£3,115.00||33 Day|
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Strengthening their partnership announcement from September last year further, Adobe and Microsoft are going to announce their first set of joint services designed to help enterprises to transform their customer experience at the Adobe Summit today.
These solutions will use Adobe's marketing software suite, which has been re-named to 'Experience Cloud' along with Microsoft's Azure, Dynamics 365 and Power BI. Through these new integrations that will be announced today, businesses will now be able to align sales and marketing better and create compelling, personalized and consistent experiences for their customers.
The sales and marketing software products by Adobe and Microsoft is going to give tough competition to similar products of Salesforce.com Inc and Oracle Corp offerings, the two firms said Monday.
"It's going to enable to customers to go beyond the current (software) silos they have to navigate today," said Scott Guthrie, executive vice president of the cloud and enterprise division at Microsoft.
Microsoft has been trying very hard to expand its sales software Dynamics and now teaming up with Adobe in this front will definitely give it more power to compete in the market.
"Today's customers have high standards when it comes to brand interactions. Enterprise companies must deliver exceptional experiences at scale or risk losing customers to competitors," said Abhay Parasnis, executive vice president and CTO, Adobe. "Bringing together Adobe's and Microsoft's sales, marketing and customer intelligence solutions enables brands to better understand and engage with their customers across all touch points."
By providing end-to-end integration at the platform level, customers can more easily customize their apps, capture behavioral data within the web and mobile apps, and glean insights from across Adobe and Microsoft services as well as any platforms that support the data model, read the press release.
You can see the live stream of the keynote speech at the Summit here.


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A new program aims to help homeowners affected by superstorm Sandy receive insurance settlement checks.
The program is taking place in Seaford and Copiague through Saturday.
State Sen. Charles Fuschillo, Jr. (R-Merrick) announced the launch of the new initiative, in which representatives from five of New York’s largest banks will provide assistance to homeowners seeking the release of Sandy insurance settlement funds. Many residents have been waiting on the funds to finish repairing their damaged homes.
Representatives from Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, CitiMortgage and Ocwen Loan Services will meet one-on-one with homeowners to help them navigate and complete the paperwork needed to have their banks endorse insurance settlement checks, which often are written jointly to homeowners and their banks. Representatives from the state Department of Financial Services, which arranged the program, also will be on hand.
The DFS advised residents to bring copies of any relevant documents, records or correspondence and stated that banks may require proof that repairs have been made before endorsing checks.
In Seaford, representatives will be at Cedar Creek Park on Merrick Road today until 6 p.m., tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. In Copiague, representatives will be at the Copiague Memorial Public Library located at 50 Deauville Blvd. today until 6 p.m., tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Homeowners who cannot attend but are in need of assistance can contact the DFS Insurance Assistance Center at 800-339-1759.


Commencing from 1 August 2018, all employees who are covered by a modern award are entitled for up to 5 days of unpaid leave to deal with family and domestic violence.
This follows the Fair Work Commission's Decision made on 6 July 2018 which finalised the model clause for 5 days of unpaid leave after consultation with stakeholders including the Australian Council of Trade Unions, despite submissions for an introduction of a period of 10 days paid leave.
All modern awards were subsequently amended by the FWC determinations issued by the Full Bench on 27 July 2018, with the amendments having taken effect from 1 August 2018. The Federal Government have indicated that they plan to extend this leave entitlement to all non-modern award workers under the Fair Work Act 2009, however this has yet to occur at the time of the writing of this article.
We have outlined the key features of the family and domestic violence leave that employees and employers should be aware of.
Employees should note the following:
- Employees may only apply for leave if they need to do something to deal with the impact of the family and domestic violence and it is impractical for the employee to do that thing outside their ordinary hours of work. This expressly includes making arrangements for their safety or the safety of a family member (including relocation), attending urgent court hearings, or accessing police services.
- An employee is deemed to be experiencing family and domestic violence if they are being subject to, 'violent, threatening or other abusive behaviour by a family member ... that seeks to coerce or control the employee and that causes them harm or to be fearful'.
- An employer may request evidentiary proof from the employee regarding the leave. This may include a document issued by a police service, a court or a family violence support service, or a statutory declaration. All information must be kept confidential by the employer.
Employers should note the following regarding this new type of leave:
- This unpaid leave extends to any employee including casual workers as well full time workers covered under a modern award. Employees who provide sufficient notice and evidence of their need for domestic violence leave should not suffer any adverse consequences from their employer. Otherwise, the employee may be entitled to commence an adverse action claim and seek compensation.
- Employers must treat any information relating to any notice or evidentiary proof provided by the employee as confidential. It is advisable that employers have a policy to ensure that such documents and correspondence are not disclosed to other employees or persons as far as practicable. It is recommended that employers consult with the employee on how their information is to be handled and kept confidential.
- An employee is deemed to have given sufficient notice if it is given as soon as practicable (which may be before or after the leave has started) and advises the employer of the period or expected period of leave. Further evidentiary proof can then be requested by the employer after notice has been received.
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Views on the way to Los Angeles through the orchard country
We got into Anaheim Monday, October 14 and checked into the Anaheim Resort RV Park a short 5 minute drive from Disney Land. We could see the Matterhorn mountain ride and the fireworks at night from our site. After setting up camp we met Will and Renee' at a BBQ place in LA and watched football and baseball games. Then we went over to their place to see Will on the Young and the Restless. Great job Will.
Tuesday was a day of rest and relaxation. On Wednesday the 16th we helped Renee' and Will celebrate their 9th wedding anniversary at Yamashiro an old renovated mansion in the hills with Japanese gardens and amazing views of the city.
Thursday Disney Land!!!! As someone put it, "we were like kids in a candy shop". We purchased a 3 day pass so we took our time enjoying the park at a slow and relaxed pace. We left in the afternoon for a rest and returned later that evening for the parade. It was so exciting to hear all the familiar songs as each float passed by with the main character waving to the crowd and dancers guiding the way.
Field of squash
We went to Los Angeles Saturday to see Will's reading in a play, then movie and a dinner. We stayed the night with them. Sunday Renee' and I went to help with her friends son's birthday party. It was so fun to watch the children's faces as they were entertained by a pirate playing games and performing magic tricks.
Monday the 21st we drove to Acton to check out another RV park, and decided to stick to the Anaheim area when visiting LA. Renee' and Will came over to dinner Wednesday and checked out our "home on the road".
Round two of Disney Land the next day to finish Fantasy Land. Then over to Disney California Adventure a park that wasn't here the last time we came over 20 years ago. That day included a ride on the Matterhorn which brought back the memory of when we came in 1982, Renee' was two and in a stroller we all wanted to ride together, but she was too young of course so one of the attendants offered to watch her while we rode. I can't imagine that happening today. We enjoyed the new park which had a great log
ride we got soaked on, a section that looked like a Coney Island park, the Tower of Terror which reminded me of my least favorite ride "free falling'. We closed out the night in Cars Land and the last ride had a wait of over an hour, so Pat and I went in the single rider lane that took less than 15 minutes. We ended up in the same car with a family of four.
Friday we packed up and headed to Will and Renee's for the weekend and then a trip to Big Bear. Saturday we went to their friends house for Pumpkin Carving and treated the group to hotdogs, and carmel apples. Sunday we were off to Big Bear a beautiful drive on a winding road. We no sooner got there Will found out he needed to head back for a Call Back, and needed to leave right after dinner due to a snow storm headed our way. Pat, Renee' and I had a cozy, relaxing day by the fire Monday watching the fog roll in over the lake and then the sleet and light snow fall. The dogs were so funny in the snow, Zeke loved
it and roamed all in it, Leisel on the other hand found dry land under the eaves.
Reluctantly, we left our lake view hideaway, but vowed to be back. It was a perfect cabin for the family, and only two hours away from Los Angeles. We dropped Renee' off and said our goodbyes, looking forward to being back with them for Christmas and New Years. We had such a great time being a part of their day to day lives and celebrations with their friends.
Halloween we headed to Tucson, to spend 6 weeks at Lazydays RV Park the sister park to the place we bought the RV in Florida. We have repairs and maintenance scheduled while we are here, get together with friends we met when we lived here 25 yeas ago, new friends we met on our Alaska trip arrive today, this weekend a trip to Phoenix to attend a Texan game with friends that live there are all on the agenda.
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There’s considerable debate about the value of the MLS All-Star game going around today. A sold-out Rio Tinto stadium in Salt Lake looked impressive last night, but the tepid match and the penalty kicks to determine the result seemed rather pointless — does anyone actually care that Everton won? Steve Davis, writing on the official MLS site, comes to the rather generous conclusion that “it now looks more like a real game than a friendly.”
Like in the NFL, though, the whole concept of the All-Star contest as a “real game” has a real problem — there’s a reason the Pro Bowl takes place after the NFL season, and is little more than a procession. As soccer is also a sport dependent on physical contact, would we even want our MLS players going for it balls-out and risk getting injured with half the season still to go? It doesn’t make any sense for the All-Star game to be vaunted as a serious contest.
At US Soccer Players, J Hutcherson has a potential answer as he argues that what the event needs is actually less substance and more flash, with the return of a skills contest and a fan-orientation. “Say what you will about baseball’s version, but it’s setup as an outward event. Same with the National Basketball Association and the National Hockey League,” Hutcherson writes. “Not so much for MLS, who have instead turned it inwards. A destination for sponsors and once, current, and future League employees. Everybody else, thanks for buying a ticket.” Would a more fun set-up make it easier to avoid pretending it’s a serious contest and market it otherwise? Or would it just make the whole world laugh at MLS All-Stars kicking balls through hoops?
The fact that the All-Star game went on as an MLS team were playing a continental Champions League game that actually means something seemed rather perverse, and at MLS Talk, Daniel Feurstein comes to the opposite conclusion from Hutcherson and says “it’s time for MLS to end the All-Star game.” It’s hard to deny that with all the other high-profile friendlies going on in the US this summer amidst a glut of competitive soccer proceeding in parallel shadows, one more or one less game just doesn’t make much difference.
Brian at the Run of Play addresses all of this with his usual elan, as he notes that “if there were a player who showed the kind of craft and subtlety that we routinely employ in judging the importance of soccer tournaments, he’d be spending the summer professing his loyalty to his current employer while not saying anything to discourage Real Madrid.”
- MLS’ woes continued in the CONCACAF Champions League, with Toronto FC losing 1-0 at home to Puerto Rico Islanders of the USL. With the Red Bulls representing the league tonight, things can only get worse, one would expect.
- Meanwhile, at the 24th minute, Duane Rollins points out the curiosity that with ESPN planning to show MLS in England, it’ll be easier to watch the league a Canadian team participates in from across the Atlantic than in Canada itself, where MLS games are rarely shown outside of Toronto FC. This seems like a situation MLS should really work to fix ahead of further planned Canadian expansion.
- The Designated Player rule is apparently up for debate, as Steve Davis reports that “I’m hearing that big hitters in the league are talking about ways to get more teams on board with the Designated Player initiative.” This makes sense; the $415,000 hit to a team’s $2.3 million salary cap puts too many eggs in one basket, and there are only one or two DPs in the league right now justifying that on the playing field.
- In WPS, Boston Breakers Coach Tony DiCicco expressed mild dissatisfaction with the standard of the refereeing as his side lost to the Washington Freedom, noting of the referee: “He’s over his head. Most of the referees in this league have been over their heads.” Think he’ll get fined for that?
- Yet more trouble in Scotland, where Hearts are facing insolvency after HM Revenue and Customs filed in court for unpaid debts. The club again exclaimed its shock, saying they have the money, just as they did last season when they blamed “technical glitches” for their failure to pay players on time. One could write a book about the bizarre ownership of Vladimir Romanov, who appears bent on shredding the nerves of all Hearts supporters.
- Will Arsene Wenger spend some of the loot he’s taken in in recent weeks with the sales of Emmanuel Adebayor and Kolo Toure? “The fans want signings,” screeches Rob Kelly in the Telegraph, “and if they do not get them, they deserve answers.” In the Guardian, David Hytner puts the Frenchman’s parsimony down to both pragmatism and principle, praising his youth development policy and noting Wenger’s feeling of “vulgarity” on the mere idea of spending £20 million on a player. The bigger question, though, is just how much pressure he’s getting to sell in order to shore up the club’s shaky finances and continue his success at developing youth and selling at the right time for a big price.
- AC Milan are expressing a similar aim, with club president Silvio Berlusconi calling on manager Leonardo to only target younger players — a similar proclamation to Alex Ferguson’s last month. This all comes down to money, with younger players obviously far more likely to bring a return on investment down the line, a model Wenger has shown to be very successful. At some point, though, does the market tip to make it worthwhile going for the 29 or 30 year-olds if big clubs aren’t bidding on them?
- And finally, previously unseen Hillsborough documents are to be released to an independent panel.

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How Can a Fertility Doctor in Jodhpur Increase Your Chances of Conception Through IVF?
When it is related to IVF or in vitro fertilisation, knowledge is crucial for females and families who want to have the best possible chance of conceiving. As you have problems conceiving a child, it could not be easy. Several couples in Jodhpur have experienced a lot of anxiety and disappointment in their relationships due to not conceiving after months of trying. You may wonder what to do to boost your chances of getting pregnant with the help of an IVF specialist in Jodhpur at any level along your process.
Aastha Fertility Care in Jodhpur has experienced fertility doctors who will help you increase your chances of conception through IVF treatment. So let’s look at how a fertility doctor will help you experience parenthood.
IVF is becoming highly popular, and many people are looking to have a child through this process. The procedure wherein the surgically or medically retrieved eggs are fertilized with sperm in a laboratory and implanted straightforwardly into the uterus.
Consulting a fertility doctor could be necessary if all other methods have failed. They will assist you in determining strategies to boost fertility that you might not have been aware of or have had exposure to in the past. The top IVF hospital in Jodhpur, Aastha Fertility Care, creates therapeutic approaches with prescription medications or gets you on the road to in-vitro Fertilisation. You can visit the center or take guidance through online consultation. It will assist you with providing the best possible treatment and care you have been looking for.
The fertility doctor will also help you assist with overcoming the misconceptions and myths associated with the IVF treatments and the centers, which includes the following:
• IVF can be utilized to treat every type of infertility difficulty.
• There is a 100 percent success rate.
• Children born as a result of IVF therapy have malformations and abnormalities.
• The IVF treatment has many risks involved.
• The process is successful only for young couples.
• The treatment necessitates hospitalization to an IVF clinic.
• Making donations of eggs will minimize the number.
• Only well-known and rich couples can opt for IVF treatment.
Infertility occurs when a woman cannot conceive after several efforts, ovulation issues, and many other reasons associated with infertility. Once you are done with all the required evaluations, an infertility doctor will assist in identifying the apparent reason for infertility and give the proper treatment. Infertility can be addressed with medications or surgery in many circumstances. Treatment options are determined by test findings, the amount of time you have been attempting to conceive, you and your partner’s overall health, and your choices.
Here are a few reproductive issues why you should consult a fertility doctor on your desire to start a family.
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
- Primary Ovarian Insufficiency (POI)
- Uterine Fibroids
Besides, a few issues arise when you are over 40 when the quality and quantity and quality of eggs usually decline; when you experience multiple miscarriages, suffer from thyroid, or are diagnosed with cancer, you may have infertility issues.
Moreover, a fertility doctor will help you provide with the following options:
- Egg retrieval
- Checking for Fertilisation
- Incubation and monitoring
- Genetic Testing – (PGT-A, PGT-M & PGT-SR)
- Assisted hatching
- Embryo Transfer
So, it is critical to express what and how you are feeling, even if you are going through treatment or encouraging your spouse. If you are having trouble doing so, you must visit an infertility doctor who has been professionally educated to help couples through the psychological mines of fertility therapy. Their assistance and guidance will help you know the reasons and the best alternatives or treatment to have a child.
Starting or increasing a family can be a difficult path to walk for many couples who experience infertility. Aastha Fertility Care, a well-known IVF clinic in Jodhpur, wishes to assist you in making the process as simple as possible.
Their fertility professionals can aid you in determining the best course of action, implement this plan, and make it work for you. The IVF doctors at Aastha are highly skilled and experienced and could offer you the best fertility treatment in Jodhpur.

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Remembering the old songs
Come sit by my fire tonight As we sing the old songs,
Remembering the flute is like the wind, The drums like distant thunder,
Like buffalo on the prairie. Voices blend together in song,
A blanket woven from eons of existence. Smoke rises from the campfire into the sky.
This gathering is good, Seeing old friends from distant homes,
Dancing to the chant and the drum. But the ride here was long and I am tired.
I close my eyes and listen to the breeze Whispering about the Old Ones.
The spring wind blows across the hill Warming my spirit.
I think back to my childhood When we made the long trek to this place
Where the grass is green and the water cool.
Father Sun now watches the corn tassel. An eagle circles overhead.
It is a good sign. My daughter and sons will return soon
From their journey to trade for flaking stone, For shell and an eagle pipe.
I continue working on the leather pouch My son will wear at the dance.
The white buffalo looks almost real,Like the one I saw in my youth.
A cloud covers the face of Father Sun, The shadow passing over me.
As the sky darkens, I close my eyes, Remembering the gathering last year,
Old friends returning with new stories To pass on to our children.
The wind as it moves through the trees. Is like the voices of the People singing as one.
The end of the chant sounds. I open my eyes and rise. Tomorrow I will dance again
Wearing the white buffalo pouch Inherited from my great-grandfather,
Made by his great-grandmother.As I walk toward my tent, The night owl calls.
His call wakens my brothers the wolves as they begin to sing.
I lay my head down to rest to dream and wait for my dreamwolf


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I thought it was fitting.
Even though all you have to do is write two more audio reviews and pass me back up, I've decided to write this audio review, which will allow me to pass you in total audio reviews. Don't get me wrong. It's not bad, but what you need to understand is that I could go to the Trance section of newgrounds, close my eyes, and not be able to tell the difference between this song and most of the low scoring trance songs. It really lacks in originality and structure. It's just so simple and.. well just boring. I do see that it was your first trance song. I would have given this submission a 5/10, but since it was your first trance I will bump it up to a 7. Sorry I can't give you any technical tips on how to make your audio better because I don't really know anything about audio itself. I just know that this is pretty short, boring, unoriginal, etc.. Also, congrats on having it used in a submission. Now pass me pack. =P
one of my first tries on making a song, is not that good... but is not tha bad
lol again, where do you get off critiqeing my work and voting it down to a 3 when you dubmit shit like this.. hey buddy get original.. i can recognize all the shitty synths you used.. make your own you unoriginal bastard.
You leads are cheezy. no real melody, hard to comprehend wtf you where trying to acomplish.. and your beats are boring.. and fades outs are random, and its just to short.
Are you voting because of what you heard... or because of what i vote on your song? I'm not that good, i know, and i criticize your work hard, cool, i just didn't like THAT song, but voting 0 on mine, pathetic, you are just a crying baby...
ah i see what you're talking about
hey, ok.... we used a similar sounding synth. I see, ya totally, that sounds real close to the harmony synth i used. Pretty cool.
=D... yep... both songs sounds pretty the same in that part...
but well thanx for the review man =D
has a party feeling to eeet
yeah like said earlier, the melody does wander too much and the pattern is cliched and lame-sounding, so i wont talk about tha tmuch. i think that you could do things in terms of synths/samples tho. I'm just going to throw you a bunch of stuff i can think of right now, since your new and you can use that criticism/suggestions ;) it seems like you have a grasp of how to use the program, so the second step is to experiemetn and figure out what sounds good, what you like and what you dont. [don't necessarily make things for how others would liek it... you will not be happy making music, satisfy urself!! lol]
1) the claps were just kind of weak and annoying, and sometimes the hats seemed out of place :P
2) the bass drum could be more textured - bring up the high frequencies with a parametric EQ or something, maybe overlay another sample so the bass part lasts longer and the drum sounds more interesting.
3) the synths themselves were really bland. i dont know how to tell you to get a good soundign synth, that's something you will have to experiment with. try adding on and taking off effects, changing waveforms and experimenting with LFO [low frequency oscillation] and the like. idk how FL really works, but im sure you can do al that stuff.
4) a stronger bassline would be nice--makes the song sound more full. so would some ambient effects/use of noise.
those are some suggestions, hope i helped :) it just takes time and practice to sound good =] and im glad u liked my song!
you helped... thanx a lot =D
Please contact me if you would like to use this in a project. We can discuss the details.

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F/A-22, NEW STEALTH AIRCRAFT, TO FLY OVER ROSE BOWL.
The future of air combat is scheduled to be on display Jan. 1, when three Air Force stealth aircraft fly in formation over the Rose Parade route and before the Rose Bowl game, officials said Friday.
The F/A-22 Raptor is the latest generation of stealth aircraft - shadowy, angular planes made with composite materials and special coatings that reduce their infrared, acoustic, electromagnetic, visual and radar signatures. This year, the Raptor will join the B-2 Spirit and the F-117A Nighthawk in the New Year's Day flybys.
In addition to its improved stealth technology, the dual-engined Raptor cruises at supersonic speeds and is highly maneuverable, officials said.
``It's one bad machine,'' said Capt. Mark Gibson from the Air Force's Air Combat Command at Langley Air Force Base, Va. ``It's leaps ahead in its technology.''
The Raptor made its first flight in 1997 and is currently being tested at Edwards Air Force Base. The plane is projected to be combat-ready in December 2005, said Langley's Capt. Wes Ticer.
The Raptor is the Air Force's No. 1 modernization priority, Ticer said.
``It'll be the cornerstone of air dominance in any 21st-century battlefield,'' Ticer said.
The Raptor made its first flyby Wednesday, at the aviation centennial celebration in North Carolina, officials said.
On Jan. 1, the F-117A Nighthawk and F/A-22 Raptor will be flown from Edwards, and the B-2 Spirit will fly from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo.
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New Zealand's brightest young cycling hopes join together for one of Europe's most prestigious age group road races starting on Monday.
The group, part of BikeNZ's endurance track squad, compete in the seven stage Thuringen Rundfahrt in Germany, a UCI 2.2 category tour for the best under-23 riders in Europe. Started in 1976, the tour has produced many winners who have gone on to successful pro tour careers including Tony Martin, Uwe Ampler and Stephen Schreck. Last year's winner John Dengenkolb, now a HTC Highroad pro tour rider, has won two stages in this week's Criterium du Dauphine.
The BikeNZ squad has been based in Belgium for three months using the training and racing as preparation for the track season and campaign for inclusion for the London Olympics.
The Thuringen Rundfahrt will be their toughest test up against national teams from 10 countries comprising Germany, Australia, Netherlands, France, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Great Britain, Kazakhstan and Ukraine.
The team is led by world track silver medallist Shane Archbold, fellow Commonwealth Games riders Myron Simpson and Aaron Gate, Jason Christie, Cameron Karwowski and Tom Scully.
Archbold won the sprint jersey at the recent Ras Tour of Ireland, Gate was the leading Under-23 rider, Simpson enjoyed a solo stage win while Karwowski set up their success with some powerful performances.
Christie, who did not compete in Ireland, has enjoyed some outstanding form on the criterium circuits in Belgium. He won three races in a row, producing some impressive numbers in the process, while the team is buoyed by the addition of Southland's Scully, on loan from his Garmin-Cervelo Development Team.
Coach Stu McDonald said the challenge will be significantly greater than Ireland both with the quality of the competition and the testing terrain.
"It's extremely hilly with some much bigger climbs than the Ras which will suit the pure road racing mountain boys in some of the other teams," said he explained.
"I expect it will be a totally different tour compared to Ireland. We are confident of achieving results in some stages although the tougher terrain will be a challenge for us."
An opportunity comes on stage two which is a lumpy 22km team time trial.
"While the team time trial is totally different to pursuiting on the track, the track experience is of some benefit. The stage has a couple of climbs but our lads will look to this stage."
They did some specific testing on the Zolder motor race circuit in Belgium, where the team comfortably clocked up speeds between 53 and 58km/h.
Stage one is 170kms with a category one climb and three sharp digs in the final 20kms, ahead of the team time trial on day two. Stage three is 144km with two category three climbs while stage four is similar with three category one climbs. Stage five is an uphill 12kms individual time trial ahead of the queen stage, a 193km test with five categorised climbs, finishing with a 163km four lap race in Weida near the border with the Czech Republic.
The event is the final road race for the group. After a two week break they face a month-long training camp in Switzerland with the focus switching to preparations for the start of the all-important track season.
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Cara Delevingne has debuted platinum blonde hair at Paris Fashion Week. In addition to the new colour, the model and actress chopped off several inches. The reveal came a few days after Delevingne was featured in a campaign video for Chanel’s new Gabrielle bag with visibly lighter and slightly shorter hair.
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RHB Bank Berhad announced today its financial results for the first quarter ended 31 March 2023 with the group’s net profit rising 30.8% year-on-year to RM761.7 million attributed mainly to higher non-fund-based income and lower Expected Credit Loss. Revenue for the quarter reached RM3.91 billion compared to RM2.8 billion in the preceding year’s quarter.
The group’s net fund-based income declined by 6.6% to RM1,373.7 million on the back of higher funding costs, attributed mainly to fixed deposit growth of 9.9% year-on-year. NIM for the quarter was 1.90% compared with 2.16% recorded in the corresponding period last year.
Non-fund based income increased by 39.7% to RM534.0 million, primarily from the higher net gain on forex and derivatives, and higher net trading and investment income. Operating expenses increased by 3.1% to RM856.5 million mainly from higher establishment, marketing, administration, and general costs. The cost-to-income ratio increased marginally to 44.9% compared with 44.8% a year ago.
ECL reduced by 70.1% to RM46.0 million from lower ECL on loans and net writeback for ECL on securities. Correspondingly, the annualised credit charge ratio improved to 0.10% compared with 0.29% for the same period last year
The Group posted higher net profit for the first quarter ended 31 March 2023 compared with the same period last year, delivering resilient performance amid continued challenges in the operating environment. It remains focused on strengthening the balance sheet and will continue to uphold strong capital and liquidity positions.