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One of my barometers for the health of the Special Relationship is a weekly broadcast I do for American talk stations. The host is Trumptonian Lockwood Phillips who also happens to be an old schoolmate. I am referred to as the Looney London Liberal by the vast majority of my 500,000 listeners who are staunch Trump supporters. They are just the sort of people I want to reach.
The purpose of the hour-long show is to provide a European assessment of American politics and to analyse events in Europe that should be of interest to American audiences. Normally the discussion between Lockwood and myself is reasonably civilised, although it occasionally slips into the gutter. Not so this week. It went straight to the gutter and stayed there. We were both shouting: "you're wrong" or "you don't know what you are talking about"several times, possibly more by me than Lockwood.
The cause of this plunge in civility was Ambassador Kim Darroch's leaked confidential emails in which he described the Trump Administration as "inept" and "dysfunctional". Actually the real cause of my anger was President Trump's reaction in branding Ambassador Darroch as "pompous" and "widely disliked" and said that the White House would refuse to work with him during the six months before the ambassador's retirement.
I know Kim Darroch. He is not pompous and he is widely liked and respected. So chalk that part of the tweet up as another presidential lie. But more importantly, why can't the president keep his mouth shut? Why does he feel obligated to respond to every criticism? What drives him to escalate every political conflict into a personal attack? Why can't he perform the statesman's role of taking it on the chin and uttering the words: "No comment?" Or at least avoid personal insults.
A "no comment" response would have been used by almost every other head of government because Ambassador Darroch was doing his job of providing a frank and candid assessment in a confidential memo. Lockwood maintained that Trump's response was perfectly reasonable. I said that was ridiculous. The ambassador's emails were confidential. Trump's response could not have been more public. As Christopher Meyer, A former British ambassador in Washington, said: Kim Darroch was run out of town by President Trump.
Of course, he had some help from the man most likely to be Britain's next prime minister. Who, by the way, is Trump's stated favourite in the Tory party election race. Repeatedly asked to back the ambassador, Johnson refused. Without the support of the man most likely to be prime minister on July 23, Darroch had no option but to resign.
The episode raises a host of questions. Who was the leaker? Why did they leak the emails? There is a long list of possibilities. It was the Russians, suggested Lockwood, trying to drive a wedge between Britain and America. Unlikely because the emails were leaked not hacked. It was a Brexiteer trying to remove a known Remainer from a key position before the 31 October deadline. It was a Brexiteer trying to politicise the British civil and diplomatic service. If so, he has certainly hobbled it because every civil servant will now think twice about putting on paper the candid and frank opinions and advice that politicians need to make decisions.
It is impossible to fathom the motive until we know the identity of the leaker. But one thing we do know is that the leaked emails and Trump's reaction has damaged Anglo-American relations.
One of my other hats is lecturing on the state of the Special Relationship. In this capacity I am constantly asked what effect President Trump is having. I trot out the party line that the relationship is bigger than any one person. Britain and America are joined at the hip – and just about every other conceivable body part—in trade, intelligence and security. Now we are dependent on it for a vital free trade deal in the wake of a no deal Brexit.
The Special Relationship is in danger of morphing into a reverse of the pre-1776 relationship. We are taking back control from Europe only to hand it over to the United States.
* American expat journalist Tom Arms is a regular contributor and author of the forthcoming book "America: Made in Britain."


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Hello everyone,
I have new PC build for two week or so and finally when I found some time to benchmark it i found that my PC freezes anywhere from 1 to 5 sec when CPU is under 100% load (cinebench, OCCT, etc..). By freezing I mean mouse stops moving, keyboard is not responding, but then after while it continues like it never happened.
My specs are:
- AMD Ryzen 5 2600x + CoolerMaster MasterLiquid ML240L
- MSI MORTAR B450 mATX AM4 Motherboard
- HyperX 16GB Kit (2x8GB) 3200MHz DDR4 CL16 Predator
- SSD Crucial MX500 500GB + HDD WD Red 3TB 7200 RPM
- MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR
- PSU CORSAIR RM750x
I have updated bios on MB and kept all settings to auto. Only thing I updated was memory speed to 3200 MHZ 16-18-18-36. No performance modes no XAMP nothing.
When I start any benchmark which uses 100% of CPU, it freezes every few seconds for 1 to 5 sec. My temps are under 55°C all time.
I still have warranty on all components but I have no Idea what might cause the issue. If you need any specific voltages or any information let me know, please, I will provide those. There is so many values and I am not sure which of them to put here when creating this post.

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HoZ's Palmer makes two crime signings
Laura Palmer, publishing director at Head of Zeus, has made two new signings in the crime and thriller genre.
Palmer acquired UK and Commonwealth (excluding Canada) rights to debut author Rachael Blok's "emotionally charged" crime novel, Shadows of the Lake, which is set in a picture-perfect cathedral city in the week before Christmas, from the Eve White Agency.
The title blends "the puzzle-solving of a police procedural with the emotional heft of a psychological thriller", said Palmer.
Head of Zeus will publish Shadows of the Lake in November 2018.
Palmer also bought UK and Commonwealth (excluding Canada) rights to a "dazzling" speculative thriller about seven murdered girls who manipulate the rules of the afterlife to take revenge on their killer.
Agent Danny Baror from Baror International brokered the deal.
Palmer said: "Ghost Rules hooked me in because it's a gripping, highly original thriller featuring ghosts, time travel and awesome women who won't give up."
Head of Zeus will publish the title in September 2019.


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I just received my veil! It is beautiful! —
No other company knows how to get me to click from my inbox over to their website like Kate Spade. As if the ultra retro Carly shoes weren't cool and sparkly enough on their own they always up the ante with presentation. I think these beautiful slingbacks would looks pretty great peeping out from under a wedding gown…
Hi! I'm Jessica, the owner and designer for Naugi Tiaras. Our blog is all about our products, what we love, weddings and design. Naugi has been in business since early 1999, creating unique handmade jewelry and accessories for brides around the world.
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I got an email today, about the Fine Art Action contest I entered, and asked you all to vote on. I didn't win, but I did get a shout out, so that is pretty cool. I would just like to say a very big thank you to everyone who voted for me…………….THANKS
~ Julz, xo
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All About the Details of Land Foreclosures – Pittsburgh Deals and Cheap Sales
In dealing with land foreclosures, Pittsburgh professionals are usually much more careful than those who just buy common houses and apartments. The foreclosure process and the title-related details can be much more complex when it comes to land foreclosures. Even the zoning of the land is extremely important, and a seeming difference in semantics on a certain legal document can sometimes mean the difference between being the legal owner of the land or not. Add that to the countless issues involved with foreclosures, and you have a real puzzle on your hand.
Land Foreclosures – The Same as Regular Deals?
When it comes to land foreclosures, Pittsburgh experts will advise you to view any of these transactions as being similar but not the same as regular real estate deals. While buildings might be likened to paintings for which you're striving to find the right buyer, land is more like the canvas you can use to create your own priceless masterpieces. This is why many investors love land foreclosures. They not only provide a creative basis for new building constructions and the prospect of making millions. They are also available at a much lower cost, and can bring in a lot more profit, if you know how to navigate the title concerns and zoning issues that might come up.
Land Zoning
Your success with land foreclosure investments will typically depend on zoning. Zoning determines whether a strip of land is zoned for residential or commercial building purposes. Checking this type of information at the Pittsburgh city hall or local courthouse will save you a lot of trouble, especially if you aim to only invest in certain types of real estate properties. It's usually much easier to build commercial real estate on lots designated as commercial areas, so be extremely careful about these aspects, when you plan to buy foreclosed land. As you will see, zoning is a big part of land foreclosures, Pittsburgh experts often attesting to that fact.
Finding Cheap Land in Pittsburgh
The land found outside of Pittsburgh will typically be far cheaper than buying land within the city itself. This is natural, however, it will usually be in your favor. You can find cheaper land – especially land foreclosures – not far from the city, but far enough to benefit from an extreme price deduction. Although this land will likely be a few miles away from Pittsburgh's outskirts, it will easily be accessible by car, so planning to build a commercial building or two here will be a profitable endeavor.
Native American Land and Other Land Foreclosure Complications
When it comes to land foreclosures, Pittsburgh is considered an important city in the city of Pennsylvania. However, it can happen that some land in or around the city can be subject to legal disputes associated with Native American laws pertaining to land ownership. Depending on whether the land is trust land or restricted fee simple land, concerns can vary. Understanding more about these two types of land will allow you to learn more about how the land will be handled, whether regular mortgages or HUD foreclosures are in order. In dealing with land foreclosures, Pittsburgh investors have to be especially careful about these types of issues.


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Thanks for dropping by! Find out a little more about Morgan here.
Morgan Carpenter is a bioethicist, advocate, and consultant, a Justice of the Peace in NSW, and a graduate and PhD candidate in bioethics at Sydney Health Ethics, the University of Sydney.
An intersex man, Morgan is a co-executive director of Intersex Human Rights Australia, a founder of the Intersex Day project and creator of the intersex flag.
Morgan plays an active role in systemic advocacy on legislative, regulatory and clinical reform. Current roles include contract work for the World Health Organization and the government of the Australian Capital Territory, and membership of an Australian Human Rights Commission expert group on protecting the human rights of people born with variations of sex characteristics in the context of medical interventions.
He participated in federal inquiries on discrimination and involuntary or coerced sterilisation in 2012-3, and the first expert meeting held by the UN on ending human rights violations against intersex persons in 2015. During 2017, Morgan was a member of a drafting committee for the Yogyakarta Principles plus 10 on the application of international human rights law in relation to sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics. He has also consulted to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. While opposing the pathologisation of intersex traits as "DSDs", in 2013 Morgan formally reviewed a "DSD Genetics" research website funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council.
Morgan has qualifications from Coventry, Dublin City University, UTS, and a Master of Bioethics from the University of Sydney. He is also a member of the Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law.


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Franchise lawyers Manzoor Ishani and Leigh Head guide you through 10 steps when buying a food franchise
After selecting a franchise, there are a number of matters you should address before you open for business.
This article gives you some of the required steps and the order in which they should be taken to help you complete the transaction more efficiently in terms of costs and your time and effort.
1. Decide whether you want to be involved in a service or retail business.
2. Decide what you can afford and search what is available within your price range.
3. Get as much detail from the franchisor as possible. Where the franchisor provides financial illustrations, study these to satisfy yourself that the income in those illustrations satisfies your needs and requirements. Bear in mind that these are illustrations and may be optimistic.
4. If you think you will need a loan, contact your bank to discuss whether the bank will lend you the money you may require.
5. Arrange for an experienced franchise solicitor to review the franchise agreement.
6. If you and your solicitor are satisfied with the agreement, ask your accountant for advice on the financial detail. By this time, you should know the type of premises you will occupy or your "territory". Your accountant will help with profit projections and a business plan to support any bank loan application.
7. At this stage, you will probably be asked to sign the franchise agreement, but let your solicitor advise on the timing of your signature which should be conditional on your securing satisfactory premises and a bank loan.
8. Where retail premises are involved, start talking to your franchisor about the details of converting the premises into a franchised outlet.
9. By this time, your bank should have responded to your loan application and you might be able to finalise the lease for the premises. Do not commit until you have your bank's agreement to the loan and you have signed the franchise agreement.
10. Once you have acquired the premises, proceed to convert the premises into a franchised outlet and to training with the franchisor.
From stage 5, the sequence of events up to when you are ready to open for business will vary depending upon the nature of the franchise.
A time will come when you have to make three significant commitments to three different parties:
1. to the franchisor by signing a franchise agreement or an agreement to purchase;
2. to your landlord by signing a lease or an agreement to take a lease of the premises (or in the case of a mobile franchise, signing a lease, hire purchase or purchase agreement for a vehicle); and
3. to the bank for the loan.
Aim to synchronise these three transactions so that you undertake these commitments simultaneously.
Congratulations, you are now ready to start running your own food franchise!
Leigh Head is a partner in Sherrards Solicitors' Company Commercial department and leads the firm's Franchise Team. The firm advises franchisors and franchisees in a multitude of sectors. A number of well-known brand names in the food franchise sector count on Sherrards for timely, business focused legal advice including Dominos, Southern Fried Chicken, Café Fratelli and Esquires Coffee.
For further information
Please contact Leigh Head on 01727 832830, e-mail email@example.com or visit our franchising page.


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Happy Halloween everyone!
We kicked off a week of Halloween festivities today with "Pumpkin Aerobics," an intense 40 minute workout session where the ManagerPlus team used pumpkins as medicine balls in a variety of fun and challenging exercises.
The session was lead by Greg Dibble, head of the partner/reseller division, who donned his finest exercise duds and kept everyone sweating throughout.
After the workout, team members were invited to take their pumpkins home, flex their finest carving skills, and bring their transformed Jack-O-Lantern back to the office Thursday for our Halloween lunch where we'll be awarding prizes for best pumpkin and best costume.
We're looking forward to an awesome week!


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Some might argue that Mariah Carey caught the first major L of 2017, but here terrible performance happened during 2016. So as much as we'd like to give her terrible lip syncing that award it's going to have to go to something else. I'm transferring that L over to CNN.
I'm sure you've heard about the hacker talk surrounding the recent U.S. presidential election. Well they just got even more interesting. According to our snitch, when discussing the issue CNN used footage from Fallout 4 to demonstrate how Russian people hacked the U.S. election. Hilarity ensued. Was this what President Elect Trump meant when he said he knew more about hacking than anyone else?
Just a content creator using his influence to create an outlet to express his views on pop culture


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.... welcomes visitors to a diverse range of events delivered in a unique collection of theatres, ballrooms and meeting spaces.
Our aim is to work closely with our promoters, ticketing partners, artists and their management, staff agencies, the local authority and a number of third parties to deliver the same experience of each event for all our visitors. Among such a varied list of events no two are the same and the operation of each including aspects such as pre-marketing, ticket sales and allocations, venue access, stewarding, scheduling and content can vary greatly.
Our facilities are monitored and assessed on a regular basis with recommendations on improvements and updates acted upon within a reasonable timescale and within any physical restrictions the design of the building may impose. Specific access information on each venue within the Winter Gardens Blackpool is available on request.
Our staff are pro-active in assisting all visitors, will respond appropriately to requests for further aid and we encourage and support staff to extend their knowledge through training of specific skills that may be available.
We welcome the opportunity to improve the service we offer and continually review our policies. Any enquiries prior to and feedback after your visit to enhance the experience for all our visitors can be made via email@example.com or the postal address below.
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The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) reversed a decision denying white firefighters promotion based on their race. A good decision, in my opinion. Discrimination against one group can not be used to justify policies intended to end workplace discrimination against another group. That is simply the flip side of the same coin.
The SCOTUS also recently ruled that local governments must be given an option to bail out of requirements that they get federal approval for any changes in their election laws and/or method. A win for local government but likely to cause debate, particularly in the regions of the Southern US with a history of discriminatory votign practices.
Other notable rulings/actions:
- Cable TV can offer DVR like services.
- Surprisingly cleared the way for state regulators to investigate national banks for lending discrimination.


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Last weekend the French PM (below) delivered a speech, in which he was quoted as saying: "In France, we have long favoured the diesel engine. This was a mistake, and we will progressively undo that, intelligently and pragmatically."
Next year, the government will introduce an identification and ranking system for vehicles, based on the amount of pollution they emit. This, according to the PM, will make it easier for local governments to limit access by and the use of highly polluting vehicles.
Although diesel engines are more fuel efficient and produce less carbon dioxide than their petrol cousins, they also emit greater quantities of nitrogen oxides (NOx). NOx gases react to produce low-level ozone, as well as smog and acid rain.
In March of this year, smog in Paris became so bad that officials were forced to ban half of the city's cars from driving, as well as offer free public transport.
Another measure announced Valls will narrow the taxation gap between diesel and petrol fuels.
Currently the French government levies an excise of around 42.84 euro cents ($0.63) on every litre of diesel sold; the excise on regular unleaded petrol is substantially higher at about 60.69 euro cents ($0.89) per litre.
Under the government's plan, the excise, dubbed TICPE (taxe intérieure de consommation sur les produits énergétiques or domestic consumption tax on energy products), for diesel fuel will be raised by two euro cents ($0.03) per litre. It's expected that this increase will add 807 million euros ($1.2 billion) to the French treasury over the course of 2015.
Reuters claims that around 80 per cent of the vehicles on French roads use diesel motors.
The French government's latest move follows an initiative announced earlier this year by energy minister Segolene Royal, which granted cars buyers 10,000 euros ($14,700) if they switched from a diesel-powered vehicle to an electric one.


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Police chief detained for corruption
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MOSCOW, August 25 - RAPSI. Investigators have detained former Domodedovo police chief Boris Zhukov for abuse of office, the Investigative Committees branch for Moscow Region reported on Thursday.
Investigators maintain that, from 2008 until 2010, Zhukov, along with subordinates, would receive information on trucks carrying illegal cargo,,stop the trucks, and demand payment for their release. These payments ranged from $25,000 to $80,000.After taking the money and releasing the cargo, the officers would destroy all record of the stops.
Zhukov, along with other officers, faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted.


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350 g craisin
125 g butter
3 eggs
140 g brown sugar
1 Tsp vanilla essence
300 g sour cream (use lite)
350 g plain flour
1 Tbsp baking powder
½ c milk, plus extra (use lactose milk)
¼ c vanilla custard
Line muffin tray with paper cups; 24. Preheat oven to 180 degree C. Beat with electric beater butter, sugar, eggs vanilla essence, milk and sour cream until combine. Sift the flour and baking powder in another bowl.
Add to the butter mixture; stir until just combine and right consistency. Then gently fold in craisin into the batter.
Spoon 1 and a half tablespoons into 12 paper cups; about 2/3 full. The other 12 cups spoon 1 tablespoon batter and half tablespoon custard. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove muffins pan and leaves to cool.


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Neurointervention Groups Set Standards for Performing Endovascular Stroke Therapy
LOS ANGELES—Fifteen societies involved in neurointervention have provided criteria that physicians and hospitals must meet in order to perform endovascular ischemic stroke interventions in a consensus document released today, coinciding with the opening of the International Stroke Conference here.
The requirements would likely exclude interventional cardiologists from performing acute stroke interventions unless they have already completed specific residencies outside of cardiology, or are prepared to commit to an additional year or more of specialized training.
"We believe that a neuroscience background, dedicated neurointerventional training, and stringent peer review and quality assurance processes are critical to ensuring the best possible patient outcomes," according to the authors. "Well-trained neurointerventionalists are a critical component of an organized and efficient team needed to deliver clinically effective mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke patients."
Ralph Sacco, MD, a stroke neurologist at the University of Miami (Miami, FL) and a past president of the American Heart Association, agreed, pointing to the high level of expertise held by operators and centers involved in the recent successful clinical trials.
"There's a concern out there that now that the evidence-based guidelines recommend clot retrieval and stent retrieval acutely in stroke that others who are less well trained will start trying to use these devices," he told TCTMD. "If we start moving to people who are less well trained, we could derail a lot of the success that we've seen already with these trials. The trials only worked when the right people were doing the procedure in the right patient at the right time."
The new document is important, he said, in that it "really emphasizes the need for neurological training in those who are going to be moving forward with catheter interventions for stroke and stroke prevention."
Donald Frei, MD, president of the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery, which took the lead in writing the document, told TCTMD that the guidance strengthens prior recommendations by adding the weight of multiple international societies.
Endovascular treatment for ischemic stroke—with stent retrievers, in particular—received a major boost after the results of 3 trials reported last year at this meeting showed improvements in functional outcomes over IV thrombolytic therapy alone in patients with emergent large vessel occlusions.
Together with MR CLEAN, reported in late 2014, and REVASCAT, reported in April 2015, the trials established mechanical thrombectomy as the standard of care in these patients. Use of stent retrievers received a strong recommendation for select patients in a June 2015 update to guidelines from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
The recommendations made in the current consensus document set a high bar for operators performing acute stroke interventions. The authors note that most of the interventions in the 5 successful trials were performed by experienced neurointerventionalists, including interventional neuroradiologists, endovascular neurosurgeons, and interventional neurologists, in centers with 24-hour availability, endovascular capability, and expertise in vascular neurology and neurocritical care. Those factors are "paramount to achieving good clinical outcome," they say.
"Hence," they write, "there is a clear rationale for formal training in both clinical neuroscience and interventional neuroradiology."
Physician, Hospital Requirements Outlined
The path to getting the appropriate training for performing endovascular procedures will vary by country, "but the consensus is to mandate adequate training to perform emergent endovascular stroke intervention," the authors note. "These cognitive requirements consist of baseline training and qualifications as well as ongoing professional education, which are essential for safe and efficient patient management."
Baseline training should consist of a residency in radiology, neurology, or neurosurgery with documented experience in diagnosis and management of acute stroke, interpretation of cerebral arteriography and neuroimaging with supervision by a board-certified neuroradiologist, neurologist, or neurosurgeon, according to the document. If such training is not received in residency, another period of at least a year must be spent training in clinical neurosciences and neuroimaging.
After that initial training, physicians should receive dedicated training in interventional neuroradiology under the direction of a neurointerventionalist at a high-volume center lasting at least 1 year.
The authors suggest a minimum of 16 hours of stroke-specific continuing medical education every 2 years to maintain qualifications after successful completion of training and recommend participation in an ongoing quality assurance and improvement program and national registries.
In terms of performance measures, the authors suggest that physicians should be aiming for successful recanalization (modified TICI 2b or 3) in at least 60% of cases, embolization to a new territory in less than 15%, and symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage in less than 10%.
Because successful endovascular treatment occurs in the context of a multidisciplinary team, the authors say, patients should be treated in centers with 24/7 access to the following:
- Adequately equipped angiography suites
- Capability to handle complications
- Dedicated stroke and intensive care units
- Vascular neurology, neurocritical care, and neurosurgery (including vascular neurosurgery) expertise
- All relevant imaging modalities
Some experts have suggested that physicians from other specialties, including interventional cardiology, might be needed to meet demand for endovascular therapy after the success of the clinical trials because there are not enough neurointerventionalists to go around. If adhered to, the standards outlined in this consensus document appear to make that an unlikely approach.
"[The guidance is] not directly rebutting anything that anyone else is saying but clearly you need expertise in your field to be able to safely treat patients," Frei said.
Sacco said that even though neurointerventionalists are relatively few in number compared with interventional cardiologists, there is growing interest in neurointervention among vascular neurology trainees.
"I think given more time, the number of neurointerventionalists will rapidly increase and we will have greater capacity to treat these patients," he said.
But Frei said that there are enough neurointerventionalists in the United States right now—about 1,000—to handle the workload. "There are a lot of systems and processes that need to be perfected but… there are enough physicians out there to take care of these patients," he said.
The consensus document was published simultaneously in the American Journal of Neuroradiology, the eJournal of the European Society of Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapy (EJMINT), Interventional Neuroradiology, the Journal of Interventional Neurology, the Journal of Neuroendovascular Therapy, the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery, Neuroradiology, and Neurosurgery.
Training guidelines for endovascular ischemic stroke intervention: an international multi-society consensus document. J NeuroIntervent Surg. 2016;Epub ahead of print.
- Frei reports no relevant conflicts of interest.


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The Buffalo Bills are a professional football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are members of the East Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). Starting in 1973 they have played their home games in the suburb of Orchard Park. Since the 2008 NFL season the Bills have played one regular season home game per season in Toronto as part of the Bills Toronto Series.
The Bills began competitive play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League and joined the NFL as part of the AFL-NFL merger in 1970. The Bills won two consecutive American Football League titles in 1964 and 1965, but the club has not won a league championship since then. Buffalo is also the only team to win four consecutive American Football Conference Championships, the only team in either conference to play in four consecutive Super Bowlgames, and the only team ever to lose those four consecutive Super Bowls, coincidentally to the NFC East.
The Bills were named as the result of the winning entry in a local contest by Michael Doucas, which named the team after the AAFC Buffalo Bills, a previous football franchise from the All-America Football Conference that merged with the Cleveland Browns in 1950. That team was named after the historic "Buffalo Bill" Cody. The Bills' cheerleaders are known as the Buffalo Jills. The official mascot is Billy Buffalo; Cody is not used in the team's iconography at all.
The Bills are the only NFL team to play their home games within New York state proper. Both the New York Giants and the New York Jets play in East Rutherford, New Jersey, nine miles from their headquarters in New York City.
Monterrey is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the base of many significant international corporations. It is Mexico's second richest city, and the world's 63rd richest, with an economy that had a 2008 GDP of USD $102 billion. Monterrey is one of Mexico's most developed cities, with the highest per capita income in the nation, and is regarded as a highly developed city. Rich in history and culture, Monterrey is often regarded as the most "Americanized" city in the entire country, even above the cities along the U.S-Mexico border.
As an important industrial and business center, the city is also home to an array of Mexican companies, including Pemex, Lanix Electronics, CEMEX, Vitro, Zonda Telecom, Mercedes-Benz Mexico, OXXO, Mastretta, BMW de Mexico, Mabe, Grupo Bimbo, DINA S.A., Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery (Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma), formerly fully owned by FEMSA now jointly owned with Heineken and Grupo ALFA. Monterrey is also home to international companies such as Sony, Toshiba, Carrier, Whirlpool, Samsung, Toyota, Daewoo, Ericsson, Nokia, Dell, Boeing, HTC, General Electric, Gamesa, LG, SAS Institute, Grundfos, and Teleperformance, among others. The city is considered a Beta World City.
Monterrey is located in northeast Mexico, at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental. The recorded history of Monterrey starts in 1596, with its founding by Diego de Montemayor. In the years after the Mexican War of Independence, Monterrey became an important business center.
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A movie I think that would accurately depict gods motives and use of the 10 plagues in bible would be The Reaping with Hilary Swank.
"As I read and re-read all the non-Christian or anti-Christian accounts of the faith … a slow and awful impression grew gradually but graphically upon my mind—the impression that Christianity must be a most extraordinary thing. For not only (as I understood) had Christianity the most flaming vices, but it had apparently a mystical talent for combining vices which seemed inconsistent with each other. It was attacked on all sides and for all contradictory reasons. No sooner had one rationalist demonstrated that it was too far to the east than another demonstrated with equal clearness that it was much too far to the west." On the one hand, they 'proved' Christianity was "a thing of inhuman gloom", but then they proved that Christianity "was a great deal too optimistic." Christianity supposedly caused overpopulation by "Go forth and multiply" (Genesis 1:28), but then it was supposedly anti-sex."Or, again, certain phrases in the Epistles or the marriage service, were said by the anti-Christians to show contempt for woman's intellect. But I found that the anti-Christians themselves had a contempt for woman's intellect; for it was their great sneer at the Church on the Continent that 'only women' went to it."
-G.K. Chesterton
How Could a Loving God Send Plagues Against People?- The 10 Plagues of Egypt
How is it, if God is loving, he could send plagues against people that resulted in their deaths? The most well known example in the bible comes from the Israelite exodus from Egypt. This also provides another difficulty for the christian among various plagues God has sent because children were among those who lost their lives.
"The men of Normandy had faith that what they were doing was right, faith that they fought for all humanity, faith that a just God would grant them mercy on this beachhead or on the next. It was the deep knowledge -- and pray God we have not lost it -- that there is a profound, moral difference between the use of force for liberation and the use of force for conquest. You were here to liberate, not to conquer, and so you and those others did not doubt your cause. And you were right not to doubt."
-President Ronald Reagan - June 6, 1984 POINTE DU HOC
Gods use of the 10 plagues was an act of Judgment Exodus 6 6-7 not an arbitrary event. Pharaoh was holding the Israelites in a brutal form of slavery and he was afraid of a large scale slave uprising, so he had all Hebrew boys born to be drowned in the Nile.
"So Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, "Every son who is born you shall cast into the river."
-Exodus 1.22
"They worked the Israelites ruthlessly 14 and made their lives bitter with difficult labor in brick and mortar and in all kinds of fieldwork. They ruthlessly imposed all this work on them."
-Exodus 1 13-14
"When you serve as midwife to the Hebrew women and see them on the birthstool, if it is a son, you shall kill him, but if it is a daughter, she shall live
-Exodus 1.16
Israel was in slavery for hundreds of years in Egypt. How may prayers of Gods people went unanswered while under slavery in Egypt? Gods people lived under the tyrant pharaoh and many Israelites were killed by Egyptians included by starvation. Egypt was guilty of a terrible form of slavery and mass murder of innocent children.
"proclaiming, "The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, 7 maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished."
-Exodus 34 6-7
The ten plagues were also used to show the Egyptians, and the world, [many foreigners in Egypt the most advanced nation of its time] that there is only one god and they were worshiping false gods Exodus 7.5 9.14 9.29 10 16-19. Every plague was aimed at showing the Egyptian gods are false. The plagues showed that pharaoh was not a god, and following him would lead to death.
"Context is everything in biblical interpretation. The ancient Egyptians served many false gods. The Plagues that were set upon the people of Egypt were relative to the gods of the land demonstrating that God was the true God and that their gods were weak, ineffective, and false. Plague of Turning the Nile to blood, Exodus 7:14-25. Isis was the Egyptian god of the Nile. Khnum was the guardian of the Nile. Plague of Frogs, Exodus 8:1-5. Heget was the goddess of birth and had the head of a frog. Plague of Gnats, Exodus 8:16-19. Set was the god of the desert. Flies, Exodus 8:20-32. Re was the sun god. Uatchit was a god possibly represented by the fly. Death of Livestock, Exodus 9:1-7. Hathor, goddess with a cow's head. Apis was the bull god. Boils, Exodus 9:8-12. Sekmet goddess that had power over disease. Sunu, the god of pestilence. Hail, Exodus 9:13-35. Nut, the goddess of the sky. Set god of storms. Locusts, Exodus 10:1-20. Osiris, god of crops. Darkness, Exodus 10:21-29. Re, the sun god. Horus, a sun god. Hathor, sky goddess. Death of firstborn, Exodus 11:1 - 12:30. Min, god of reproduction. Isis, goddess who protected children. Pharaoh, considered a god.1
-"The Plagues and the Gods and Goddesses of Egypt," as found in Walvoord, John F., and Zuck, Roy B., The Bible Knowledge Commentary, (Wheaton, Illinois: Scripture Press Publications, Inc.) 1983, 1985. Matthew Slick (carm.org)
"Moreover, the battle that waged throughout the days of Moses' audiences with pharaoh was not between Yahweh and pharaoh, but between Yahweh and the gods of Egypt, who—during God's invoking of the ten plagues—were proven to be powerless. The God of Israel himself said, "And against all the gods of Egypt, I will execute judgments—I am Yahweh" (Exod 12:12b). This conclusion is supported by the statement of Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, who had just heard a first-hand account of all the events: "Now I know that the Lord is greater than all the gods; because in the very thing in which they were proud, he proved to beabove them" (Exod 18:11). Jethro understood the point: Yahweh resoundingly won "the Battle of the Gods," proving both to Israel, to Egypt, and to the rest of the Ancient Near East (hereinafter, "ANE") that he alone is divine.
- Doug Petrovich THM MA Amenhotep II and the Historicity of the Exodus Pharaoh Associates for Biblical Research
Yahweh Alone is God
It worked!!! Egyptians started believing in God after the 6th plague Ex 9.20 and were spared from the rest of the plagues. Belief in God, not nationality was the deciding factor of who suffered the last four plagues. Some Egyptians even started asking pharaoh to let Israel go Ex 10.7. Many Egyptians would join Israel and went out of Egypt with the Israelites.
The Last Plague- Death of The Firstborn
"However the plagues were not sent because of babies. God did not kill them but pharaohs sin against god and the Egyptians. Had the babies kids of Egypt grown up in Egypt worshiping pharaoh they may have missed out on eternity,look at numbers 14 28-33 for this with isreal,kids indirectly suffer for the sins of the parents.When an abusive father kills his child in a fit of rage, the child dies BECAUSE of the SINS of the FATHER, but the child is not being PUNISHED by being killed. When a child dies of an illness caused by neglect of a parent, they die BECAUSE (somewhat, at least) of the SINS of the parent, but their death would not be considered as a PUNISHMENT on the child for the neglect of the parent. It would be a CONSEQUENCE of the sin, but not a 'punishment' per se.The Exodus story involves a corporate or national punishment"
- Was God being evil when He killed all the firstborn in Egypt? Christian Think Tank
- Was God being evil when He killed all the firstborn in Egypt? Christian Think Tank
Any Egyptian who put the blood of the lamb [picture of Jesus] on the doorpost was passed-over and was spared. The blood of the lamb is what distinguished believers from non believers. They had no reason to reject god after the first 9 plagues so they willingly disobeyed him on the tenth and received judgment, showing there was nothing special about pharaoh or any firstborn individual. Pharaoh allowed this to happen, he could have let Israel go the 9 times before. God was willing and wanting to relent from sending the plagues at any time Ex 10 13-14,19 10 16-19. When pharaoh asked, God stopped the plagues 8.15 8.29-32.
"'Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked?,' says the Lord God, 'And not rather that he should turn from his way and live? For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone,' says the Lord God. 'So turn and live! Say to them, "As I live," says the Lord God, "I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways. For why will you die?"'"
-Ez. 18.23,32; 33.11
" If at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it, 8 and if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I intended to do to it. 9 And if at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will build and plant it, 10 and if it does evil in my sight, not listening to my voice, then I will relent of the good that I had intended to do to it."
-Jeremiah 18 7-10
Anyone who tried to stop Israel and Gods plan of salvation through messiah will receive judgment, this is throw out the bible. It is a Jewish principle to pick the better of two evils, death of messianic line and all go to hell, or death of pharaoh and the firstborns to convince pharaoh to let them go. God was relenting from more severe punishments but not until the death of the firstborn, was pharaoh going to let the Israelites go. The firstborn who did not place the blood of the lamb on the doorpost would go straight to haven after death. They would also avoid growing up in a pagan system under pharaoh.
"The righteous perishes, And no man takes it to heart; Merciful men are taken away, While no one considers That the righteous is taken away from evil."
-Isa. 57:1
Did God Harden Pharaohs Heart?
"But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said."
"But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said."
-Exodus 8.15
"And the Lord did what Moses asked. The flies left Pharaoh and his officials and his people; not a fly remained. 32 But this time also Pharaoh hardened his heart and would not let the people go."
-Exodus 8.31
Pharaoh investigated and found that not even one of the animals of the Israelites had died. Yet his heart was unyielding and he would not let the people go
-Exodus 9.7
"Why do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh did? When Israel's god dealt harshly with them,did they not send the Israelites out so they could go on their way?"
-1 Samuel 6.6
"And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils were on the magicians and on all the Egyptians. But the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh; and he did not heed them, just as the LORD had spoken to Moses"
-Ex 9:11-12
וַיְחַזֵּ֤ק, a Piel tense of the verb "to make stronger". It is key to note that this is the Pi'el form of the verb, which means God strengthen Pharaoh heart. So God only reinforce what was already in Pharaoh's heart.
God hardened Pharaoh's heart and we are also told that Pharaoh hardened his own heart (4 times). Both statements are true and do not contradict each other. There was no hope of convincing or converting Pharaoh so his heart would be hardened by God (6 times, 10 times in all). God did not allow him to change his mind and was given no room to do anything else but what his own sinful heart dictated. Notice that in a very real sense, all four of the following statements are true: (1) God hardened Pharaoh's heart; (2) Moses hardened Pharaoh's heart; (3) the words that Moses spoke hardened Pharaoh's heart; (4) Pharaoh hardened his own heart. All four of these observations are accurate, depicting the same truth from different perspectives. In this sense, God is responsible for everything in the Universe, i.e., He has provided the occasion, the circumstances, and the environment in which all things (including people) operate. But He is not guilty of wrong in so doing. From a quick look at a simple Hebrew idiom, it is clear that God did not unjustly or directly harden Pharaoh's heart. God is no respecter of persons (Acts 10:34), He does not act unjustly (Psalms 33:5), and He has always allowed humans to exercise their free moral agency Deuteronomy 30:19. God, however, does use the wrong, stubborn decisions committed by rebellious sinners to further His causes Isaiah 10:5-11. In the case of Pharaoh's hardened heart, God can be charged with no injustice, and the Bible can be charged with no contradiction. Humans were created with free moral agency and are culpable for their own actions.
-Who Hardened Pharaoh's Heart? Dave Miller PH.D Kyle Butt M.Div apologetic press
Was God Justified in his Judgment?
"Judgment is not opposed to Gods love and compassion, but rather springs from the character of a loving, caring god"
-Matthew Flannagan and paul Copan Did God really Command genocide
Man cannot judge the actions of a perfect holy god, it goes the other way around. According to that holy all knowing god, the answer is yes. For mankind to try and turn the sinners into the victims, and turn the judge of the world into a sinner, is an act of an evil heart.
"Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness;
Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!"
Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness;
Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!"
-Isiah 5.20
Even in the liberal west, Brutal forms of slavery and mass murder of children would not be tolerated in a society. Gods actions during the plagues were a result of love for the victims, and his nature as being a perfect sinless judge. For there to be a truly loving god who hates evil and sin, he must also be a judge of sin.
"I used to think that wrath was unworthy of God. Isn't God love? Shouldn't divine love be beyond wrath? ?God is love,and God loves every person and every creature. That's exactly why God is wrathful against some of them. My last resistance to the idea of God's wrath was a casualty of the war in the former Yugoslavia, a region from which I come. According to some estimates, 200,000 people were killed, and over 3,000,000 were displaced. My villages and cities were destroyed, my people shelled day in and day out, some of them brutalize beyond imagination, and I could not imagine God not being angry. Or think of Rwanda in the last decade of the past century, where 800,000 people were hacked to death in one hundred days! How did God react to the carnage? By doting on the perpetrators in a grandfatherly fashion? By refusing to condemn the bloodbath but instead affirming the perpetrators' basic goodness? Wasn't God fiercely angry with them? Though I used to complain about the indecency of the idea of God's wrath, I cam to think that I would have to rebel against a God who wasn't wrathful at the sight of the world' evil. God isn't wrathful in spite of being love. God is wrathful because God is love"
-Miroslav Volf Princeton Theologian quoted in Is God a Moral Monster? by Paul Copan, 192
Israel stayed in slavery for over 200 years and Gods love forced him into action. The opposite of love is not anger, but hate. God is angry at things that destroy his creation and his love for us. On sep 11 the president gave orders to shoot down planes to save lives that the terrorist could have used to kill more innocent lives. Sometimes judges give the death penalty to certain murders, but we dont call them murders, we call them good, just, judges.
"God fights in compassion to defend the oppressed, and in anger against the oppressor"
-Holy War in the Bible: Christian Morality and an Old Testament Problem Heath A Thomas Jermey Evans Paul Copan
So while the death of anyone is bad and death itself is bad. Given the circumstances it was better than the alternative. God punishing does not make the punishment good, but only the outcome. In 1 chronicles 28.3 king David is not allowed to build the temple because he has to much blood on his hands [ he killed to many people] even though they were often God ordered killings. Death is still a bad thing and not normal or natural part of life. If the Bible is true, is God not able to take life he is given? God is the only perfect judge. God judges by what is deserved, God is the judge of man, he does not order killing out of malice or lawlessness [Deuteronomy 32.4]. God does not judge willingly [Lamentations 3 32-33]. God personally suffers with human sin/judgment [Jeremiah 9.9 12.7-9 15 5-9 48 29-53 9.10 17-18 31.20 48 30-36 Ezekiel 27 3-11 26-36 Isiah 15.5 16 9-11] God suffers for humanity [Isiah 15 42 23-24 48.9 57.11 63.9 Jeremiah 15.6 Ezekiel 20 21-11 24.12 Malachi 2.17] The bible teaches peace first, not war.
Think of the Victims
"All who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord, and he is pleased with them" or "Where is the God of justice?"
-Malachi 2.17
"They called out in a loud voice, "How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?"
-Revelations 6.10
If we were in the same situation as the victims we might say I dont believe in God or a loving God, otherwise he would not allow these horrible things to happen. A major objection to the bible is were is God when bad things happen? How can a loving God allow such things like babies being drowned in the nile? So why is it when God does act in judgment against sin, than all sudden he is called harsh and evil? The problem is not with Gods perfect judgment of people hearts, but with the unrepentant sinners heart, that will reject God no matter what.
"Would you discredit my justice?
Would you condemn me to justify yourself?
Would you condemn me to justify yourself?
-Job 40.8
One christian wrote
-Sam Shamoun
"I like a point a friend of mine made about this. One Skeptic asked why God simply did not kill Hitler as a baby. Yet if "baby Hitler" had died, the Skeptic would ask why God did not prevent the death of this innocent baby."
"I like a point a friend of mine made about this. One Skeptic asked why God simply did not kill Hitler as a baby. Yet if "baby Hitler" had died, the Skeptic would ask why God did not prevent the death of this innocent baby."
"As I read and re-read all the non-Christian or anti-Christian accounts of the faith … a slow and awful impression grew gradually but graphically upon my mind—the impression that Christianity must be a most extraordinary thing. For not only (as I understood) had Christianity the most flaming vices, but it had apparently a mystical talent for combining vices which seemed inconsistent with each other. It was attacked on all sides and for all contradictory reasons. No sooner had one rationalist demonstrated that it was too far to the east than another demonstrated with equal clearness that it was much too far to the west." On the one hand, they 'proved' Christianity was "a thing of inhuman gloom", but then they proved that Christianity "was a great deal too optimistic." Christianity supposedly caused overpopulation by "Go forth and multiply" (Genesis 1:28), but then it was supposedly anti-sex."Or, again, certain phrases in the Epistles or the marriage service, were said by the anti-Christians to show contempt for woman's intellect. But I found that the anti-Christians themselves had a contempt for woman's intellect; for it was their great sneer at the Church on the Continent that 'only women' went to it."
-G.K. Chesterton
"Its been said that when human beings stop believing in god they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse, they believe in anything."
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Indian lockdown of Occupied Kashmir enters 41st day, Kashmiris defying curfew hit with pellet guns
SRINAGAR – Life continued to remain paralysed as the unprecedented lockdown entered 41st day, on Saturday, in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IoK) with schools, markets and other business centres closed and public transport off the roads.
Kashmiris defied all restrictions and staged demonstrations against India at several places. Indian troops fired to pellet guns to disperse the protesters, injuring several.
Communication links including mobile and internet services and TV channels are snapped in the entire Kashmir valley and areas of Jammu region since August 5, the day India scrapped Kashmir's special status.
Lockdown, curfew and communication blockade continue to take a heavy toll on the lives of all residents irrespective of caste, age, gender and creed. They are facing shortage of food stuff, milk, life-saving drugs and other commodities. According to doctors at Soura hospital, Srinagar, more than six patients die in the hospital on daily basis specifically due to the lockdown-generated issues.
Meanwhile, in view of the worsening state of healthcare amid continued military siege in Occupied Kashmir, a group of doctors in New Delhi have urged their government to allow them to visit the Kashmir valley to assess the exact situation in different parts of the valley.
The doctors associated with Alliance of Doctors for Ethical Healthcare in a letter to the Indian government said that the reports emanating from the valley are contradicting the government's all-is-well claim.


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Design Your Life: Berlin
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Hi and hello from a very excited person who is leaving for a two-week trip to Berlin the second week of October! This DYL installment is my selfish way of forcing myself to do a whole bunch of research and reading up on the city I'm traveling to, and getting to call it "work." Heh. That being said, ever since I met an (extraordinarily charming) girl named Mona while I was studying abroad in London — who lived in Berlin for a few years — the city always held a very cool-yet-intimidating place in my mind. It seemed like an artsy, alternative, interesting, and dynamic city, very different from all the other smaller, postcard-like German towns I was used to seeing pictures of — I was intrigued. Then, last year, Holly and her (now) fiancé went there and had a wonderful time, and it officially cropped up on my list of Cities I Want To See.
So, with that all being said, here is my Design Your Life installment dedicated to a city I'm very much looking forward to exploring and some ways you can bring a little bit of the vibe of this city into your own life. Enjoy!
Apparently, Berlin is HUGE on the vegan food scene, as Holly gave me the heads up on. According to this article from The Telegraph,
At the forefront of the movement in terms of dining options, Berlinboasts an impressive 471 restaurants to cater for vegans – don't visit without dining at Kopps. It also has the world's first street dedicated to all things animal product-free, Schivelbeiner Strasse, otherwise known as Vegan Avenue, which is lined with restaurants, bars, cafes and clothes stores. Berlin is also home to the world's largest vegan grocery store chain (Veganz).
I would never have thought it, but that's pretty cool to know. Now, I'm not typically excited about the prospect of eating vegan food, but with so many stellar and delicious choices that people recommend, I'd be remiss if I went to Berlin and didn't take the time to try out one or two spots. If you aren't in Berlin, but want to try your hand at whipping up some vegan eats in your own kitchen, here are a few highly-rated and fantastic looking plant-based options!
- Bang Bang Cauliflower
- Vegan Peanut Butter Cups
- Thai Green Curry
- Crispy Falafel with Lemoney Tahini-Garlic Sauce
Enjoy these yummy recipes! Also, these are fun YouTube video worth checking out for where to eat tips around Berlin
and this!
Also, Berlin is home to a very large Turkish population, and there's no better way to indulge in a bit of Turkish flavor than with a Doner Kebab. Here's an article dedicated to finding the best ones in the city. And, not in Berlin? Fear not! Here's how to make them at home.
The closest thing I know about German style comes from having observed the German foreign exchange students who would spend a month each year at my high school. There were always lots of scarves and layers happening, and I distinctly remember there being lots of grey jeans and black boots worn by the girls. I, of course, being in my Catholic school uniform (that they didn't make the exchange students wear) thought they were the coolest things ever. This, of course, is meant to illustrate that I don't know a whole lot about German style or fashion, let alone Berlin fashion. However, I think I can confidently say from talking to a few people who have been there that Berlin street style is definitely edgier than the rest of Germany. I loved poking around this Who What Wear article that rounds up some really awesome looks, and also taking a tour through good old Google image search, which I love doing to get a sense of how people put together looks in different places.
Everywhere I read up on Berlin style, people dutifully note that it gets SUPER COLD in there, so layers are a must! Also, I've read through a few articles that round up the best Berlin fashion bloggers, who put together more stylish, practical, and beautiful combinations than I ever could. Check out some of them below for killer fashion ideas!
Also, this Berlin Instagram is super fun to follow as well
The "TO DO" For this installment of Design Your Life is a resounding: BIKING! If you're going to see one thing that's nearly ubiquitous in Berlin, it's people biking everywhere. I wish NYC were a more bike-friendly city, but even just five minutes out on a Citi Bike makes me feel like taxi cabs are actually trying to kill me.
If you do have plans to travel to Berlin any time soon, or any bike-friendly city in Europe, here are some handy things to keep in mind when biking there!
The Practical Guide to Biking in the City
10 Cycling Hand Signals You Need to Know
The Most Beautiful Bike Routes in Berlin
The 10 Best Bike Rentals in Berlin
Take it slow, be watchful and vigilant of cars, and pack yourself a delicious picnic meal to bike off into the sunset to enjoy your meal al fresco (before the last vestiges of warm weather leave us completely).
Whenever I read up on Berlin, I feel as if I've only scratched the surface of what there is to know, and I feel compelled to keep reading more deeply and about more diverse topics. While I'm never going to learn all there is to know in just a few weeks, for me, it's important that a significant part of any trip to a new city means learning as much of the history of that place as I can. Berlin has a long and rich past, but I would be remiss to omit any mention of its complicated history. As most people know, Berlin was taken over by the Nazis and was the site of the Battle of Berlin, where Allied troops fought the Germans in 1945. A lot of Berlin was bombed during WW2, and this article states, "Entire neighborhoods lay in smoldering rubble, with more than half of all buildings and one-third of industry destroyed or damaged."
But over time, Berlin has rebuilt itself into a diverse, vibrant, and rich cultural city where visitors can learn more about the city's past and bright future. For me, going to museums helps me contextualize a place and discern what the people living there find valuable and worth celebrating. While taking walking tours and visiting history and art museums aren't the only ways to learn more about a place, they are definitely my preferred methods. That along with meeting new people, talking to locals, exploring lesser-known neighborhoods, and eating as much of the local fare as I can ensure that I don't get a stale and "one-note" experience.
That being said, after doing some digging here are a bunch of sites/exhibits/museums and walking tours that are worth checking out if you are visiting the city:
And, you don't have to literally be walking on the streets of Berlin to help yourself learn about it. There are so many awesome books, documentaries, and movies that you can watch that are helpful to understand the city and its significant place in history. A lot of the museums mentioned above also have extensive online collections that you can take a look through without having to be there in person.
Happy learning!
I'm not going to pretend I've seen a lot of German-language films, and I certainly do not have the pulse on the foreign movie scene as a whole. The only German-language movie I've ever watched was Das Boot, which was powerfully done and made me extremely claustrophobic feeling. Highly recommend. Anyway, after doing some digging, here are a few worthy TV and movies to check out to bring some German influence to your life.
- Dark (A horror show in its first season that gets v good ratings)
- Inglorious Basterds
- Goodbye Lenin
- Requiem
- Das Boot
- The Lives of Others


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Have both. The region or state's climate may be generally temperate, but it has been known to get extremely hot in recent years. Just take a look at all the wildfires breaking out every few months, never mind just once a year. And while it may not have snowed knee-deep for many years, it can get pretty cold during winter. It's therefore good to have both. It's good to have both heating and cooling systems intact.
And it's reassuring to know that keeping heating and cooling system repair corona ca callouts reliable and regular is what is helping to provide temperate homes with its year-round comfort. And helping to make sure that fiercely competitive businesses can continue being focused on fiercely pushing for higher productivity rates to satisfy their on-demand customers. What you need to do is put together a good deal with a local HVAC company.
This is the company that can help provide you with the best of both worlds. When one system is not working as it should, that company's technicians will be on hand to provide it with the appropriate service. It does not matter whether they need to carry out repairs or replace the system altogether. They can do both. Helping to avoid the need for expensive repairs and replacing installations, will be your year-round maintenance inspections.
As to how regular this is going to be would depend on the first-time inspection. Your maintenance technician still needs to test the inner workings of your system and he may as well take into account both interior and exterior conditions. Because these could have an impact on how your heating and cooling systems are going to work. It is good to be warm in winter. Good to be cool during those other months too.


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Halloween Entertaining at a Seniors Residence
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 by Colleen Branson | recitals
Hello there parents and students,
I apologize for the late notice. I have arranged an hour of Entertainment at a Seniors Residence in South Surrey again this month. It is at 1:30 pm on Sunday the 21st. It is at Peace Portal Seniors Village, which is right next door to Whitecliff where we have played for the last few years.
There is less parking there unfortunately, but the only time that could be arranged at Whitecliff was at 7:15 on a Saturday evening, which I felt was too late to begin for many of my students.
Time: 1:30 pm
Date: October 21st (Sunday), 2018
Place: Peace Portal Seniors Village, 15441 - 16 Avenue, South Surrey, VA 8T8
Parking: underground code is 1234, unfortunately there is very little in front. We may have to park on the surrounding streets.
Repertoire: students have all started Halloween themed pieces. I will NEED to know who is attending. Please let me know asap.
This event is not mandatory, but I hope it will be a fun experience for the students, families and residents.
Thank you all for being wonderful Piano Families!
2018 Recital Pictures
Friday, June 29, 2018 by Colleen Branson | recitals
I just posted all the still pictures I had taken at the recital last Saturday, June 23rd, on my Facebook page. It's BransonPianoStudio if you haven't seen it before. Thank you again everyone. I had a great time and I hope you did too!
Upcoming Recital
Friday, April 27, 2018 by Colleen Branson | recitals
Wow, I can't believe it's almost the end of April! I have secured a venue for the June recital. (Unfortunately, we are unable to use the lovely old church in White Rock any longer as it is being sold.)
Date: Saturday, June 23rd
Place: Northwood United Church, 8855 - 156 Street, Surrey, BC, V3R 4K9
Time: 6pm I believe will work well.
Please mark this on your family calendars and plan to attend.


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Best Carry-On for International Travel Overall:
Travelpro Crew 11 20″ International Spinner Carry-on Suitcase
TravelPro is a crowd favorite for its price to value. Compared to some higher end carry-ons, TravelPro makes a great product for first time to semi-frequent travelers.
Best Carry-On for International Business Travel:
Briggs & Riley Baseline International Carry-On Expandable Wide-Body 21″ Upright
If you're traveling often, whether for work or pleasure, you need a carry-on that will stand up to the miles. Briggs & Riley manufacturers one of the best bags in the business and offers a warranty that can't be beat. If the bag tears, rips, or breaks at any point in time, you can count on them to repair it, free of charge.
Lightest Carry-On for International Travel:
Travelpro Maxlite 4 International Carry-On Spinner Suitcase
TravelPro makes the list again for offering the lightest carry-on on this list. If you're not someone that's a fan of moving heavy luggage around, this one is for you. Weighing in at around 7 pounds, this carry-on glides easily from terminal to terminal with 4 spinner wheels and plenty of space for a few days' worth of belongings.
Most Durable International Carry-On:
Aleon 19″ International Carry-On Aluminum Hardside Luggage
I was hesitant to place this one on the list because of the higher price tag, but because of its full aluminum body and compact size, I decided to add it. Again, the body on this carry-on is made aircraft-grade aluminum, which is incredibly lightweight and strong. It measures 19.4"x 14.1" x 7.3", which is right around our target measurement.
Honorable Mention:
Eagle Creek Expanse International Carry-on Luggage
This carry-on is for someone that spends more time outdoors than in meeting rooms. The bag features external latch points which allows for you to strap it to the top of a car. Additionally, there are locking zippers to help prevent theft and treaded wheels that will help you navigate the bag over rough or uneven surfaces.
Factors to Consider
Keep in mind the factors listed below will vary from situation to situation. Each airline has their own policies in place and those policies themselves may change from flight to flight depending on current conditions. Each country has its own quirks and nuances, so it's best to do some in-depth research on the country or countries you plan on visiting to get an idea of what is the norm there.
The tips listed in each subject below will give you an idea of what is generally accepted along with some tips that might save you some trouble later.
Number of Suitcases Allowed
All airlines allow a carry-on bag, although it must meet specific requirements as listed in the next subheading below. Additionally, you can always have one piece of checked luggage as long as it meets the requirements of the airline. Some airlines allow you to have two, and sometimes even 3 checked bags for international flights, but you will need to check the individual airline's policy to confirm that.
Don't forget to check each airline that you plan on traveling with, even if it is just a connecting flight. Furthermore, depending on your ticket class, frequent flyer status, and other factors you may be able to check more than one bag, or have a higher maximum weight allowance than standard economy passengers.
Maximum Dimensions and Weight
There are two regulatory bodies that help to govern infrastructure and operations of airports, the International Air Transport Association for international travel, and the Federal Aviation Administration for the USA.
The IATA states they do not set their own baggage rules, rather this is set forth by each individual airline; however they do make a few recommendations. Bags should weigh less than 50lbs/23kg. This is the international regulation set to protect the health and safety of airport baggage handlers who move thousands of bags a day. If your bag exceeds this weight you may receive additional fees because of the extra weight.
In the EU and USA, the maximum weight is 70lbs/32kg. This is the generally accepted number; however some airlines may have lower weight limits imposed. To error on the side of caution, you may want to follow the 50lbs/23kg or less number, to avoid any potential fees.
The measurements of greatest concern are those with carry-on bags. In the US for a domestic flight, carry on bag dimensions are slightly larger. Just because you were able to fly with your carry on last week from New York to Los Angeles, doesn't mean you'll be able to bring that same bag with you on your trip to Europe as easily.
The dimensions for domestic and international carry-ons are only slightly different, but can burden you with extra fees if you don't pay attention to them. Airline measurements include the handle and the wheels. The way most bags are advertised do not include the handle or wheels. Don't' forget to add an extra inch or two to the overall size if you are buying your luggage online.
You can see a few reviews here of carry-on luggage with their acutal measurements, not the advertised ones. The MaxLite 4 is a crowd favorite that doesn't seem to have any problem with domestic airlines.
Some airlines also specify their measurements in linear dimensions. It may seem confusing at first, but the linear measurement is the length, width, and height all added together.
To keep things simple for domestic travel, I recommend purchasing a bag that's within 21.5"x15.5"x10". You shouldn't have a problem with most airlines and unless you ended up bringing back more than you came with, your return flight should be a breeze.
For international travel, you'll want to go with something slightly smaller just to be on the safe side. A carry-on in the range of 21"x13"x8" is usually a measurement to be around or very close to.
As for checked bags, your luggage needs to be around 62 or less linear inches. Again, add up the length, width, and height for the linear measurement. The majority of large suitcases should fit within the max measurement without a problem, and very few airlines will scrutinize the size of your checked bag, unless it looks abnormally large.
Modes of Transportation and Space Available
Paying attention to airline luggage regulations is important, but some 'regulations' don't exist on the web and you only find out about them once you're at your destination. More specifically, be aware of the other modes of transportation you'll be taking to get to your destination and how your bag will get there.
This applies more to adventure travelers, but everyone should be aware of how people in a foreign country move. For example, if you plan on visiting an area which relies heavily on trains, subways, or buses, larger luggage may not fit as easily in some spaces.
These modes of transportation may not have the additional space for a large luggage set. In the US bigger is better and that is reflected in our culture. More trunk space, large overhead compartments, more storage; these luxuries are not always present in other countries. Forget them and you'll have tough time transporting your belongings.
Thieves are everywhere and as mentioned in the guide on, "How Not to Lose your Luggage," you always want to be aware of your surroundings and avoid making too much 'noise'. In other words, bringing flashy luggage, or carrying brand names can draw a lot of attention. Sometimes, this is the wrong attention and can make your bag a target.
This is especially true when you're in a foreign country and you already have eyes on you for being an 'outsider'. It doesn't take long for the locals to pick up on it, so avoid drawing any extra, unwanted attention.


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Mind over matter.
There are a lot of things to like really like in The Mind's Eye, the first feature film from director Joe Begos who is previously known for directing the television series Almost Human. You'll find a truly interesting plot that revolves around psychokinesis and the ability to make peoples heads explode, but at the same time that is backed up with some not so great performances and some unstable directing that makes it feel like a straight up made for TV movie. There is no denying the coolness however, and some absolutely incredibly special effects make The Mind's Eye a hilariously enjoyable experience.
The film follows Zack Connors who was born with incredible psychokinetic capabilities. After roughing up some police officers word of his supernatural talents get out and he finds himself a prisoner of Michael Slovak, a deranged doctor who wants his powers. Zack learns that their are others like him being held prisoner, specifically Rachel Meadows, an old friend/lover and after a year they attempt a daring escape. Now free from the corrupt and insane doctor, they quickly learn he will stop at nothing to hunt them down. Overall the story feels compact, and is perhaps the most interesting aspect of the film. Sure it's not completely original in it's approach but it is how it borders the line of cheese so well. It does a good job of taking itself serious and completely investing in the alternate world it creates, but at the same time never lets you forget just how ridiculous the whole situation is.
For me most of the issues with the film come in the way it is presented. While the pacing is great, it's the directing that loses its identity pretty quickly. The film opens with a very 1980's feel to it, but as it moves along it turns into a more made for television version of what it should be. Often using unique camera techniques that are more commonly acceptable in a television drama or an episode of American Horror Story. It probably doesn't help that director Joe Begos only previous work has been in the television realm, but for storytelling and mood purposes those techniques don't always transfer well to the big screen.
The acting is another weak spot, but I don't put all this on the actors, as the tone of the film is a bit scattered. Some moments come of as cringe worthy but I was never fully aware if that was the intent of the filmmakers or just bad decision making. Other scenes are played completely serious, and these are the ones I think work the best. The one performance that felt consistent throughout however was John Speredakos, as the bat shit crazy Doctor Slovak who stays a perfect level of over the top throughout the entirety of the movie.
If you are a fan of some good ol fashion blood and guts (or brains rather) then The Mind's Eye does a terrific job at delivering the goods. Whether it's a bullet wound, or an exploding face this film deserves a standing ovation for its gore, making every action scene feel important. The violence is one of the few things I felt stayed consistent and makes this film worth watching for it alone.
It was impossible to not feel a little underwhelmed with The Mind's Eye, despite it's really cool story and interesting take on the body horror genre. Some have billed it as the sequel to Scanners that we never got, in some ways that is true but Scanners felt like a much more credible film. There is some fun to be had here however despite it's often moody tone. Moments when the violence erupts makes for an enjoyable time, it is just too bad that the film couldn't carry that feeling in every scene. With that being said it is an intriguing film that offers a uniqueness not often found in modern genre films, and for that reason alone The Mind's Eye is worth a watch.


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I wanted to make an extra comment on the topic of mixing or sampling. I recently took a class on modern American theatre, and we talked a little bit about some recent playwrights who have started using "sampling" as a way of writing a play. How this works in theatre is that the playwright combines little bits and pieces from several plays or from other sources, like song lyrics, poetry, or excerpts from novels to create the play. These plays also sometimes use other techniques like multimedia and projections. Another thing a playwright could do is mess around with things like location or the chronology of the play. I don't know what that might have to do with science fiction, although the plays end up being pretty abstract and weird... Anyway, I just thought it was an interesting connection to my other classes.
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since I am a Theatre dork....
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Ethereum Classic's Agharta proposal moves closer to finalization
Ethereum Classic's successful execution of Atlantis hard fork, led the way to Agharta, the second half of the Atlantis hard fork. Atlantis contributed to enhancing ETH compatibility; however, Agharta will host aspects of Constantinople protocol to make it fully compatible with Ethereum. ETC announced that the core developers will sit down to discuss the ECIP-1056 Agharta Finalization.
The agenda of the meeting has been divided into three parts- Quick client teams check-in, Agharta [ECIP-1056] is in "last call" state, and discussing the timeline for the protocol upgrade. The finalization will reveal the status of ECIP 1056, which still awaits acceptance and will also provide the block number for mainnet. The tweet read:
"The focus of the #Agharta (ECIP-1054) core development call will be to:
• Evaluate network testing
• Discuss upgrade timeline
• Agree on mainnet block number
• Move ECIP to "Accepted""
The Modern testnet has been scheduled for 13 November at block number 5_000_381, and it will be followed by the Mordor testnet on 20 November at block 5_000_381. The Kotti testnet has been scheduled for 11 December at block number 1_705_549, following which on 12 December the team will decide the block number for mainnet.
According to a blog post shared by the core of ETC, Agharta would consist of EIP 145-Bitwise Shifting Instruction, EIP 1014- Skinny Create2 opcode, and the final feature EIP 1052- EXTCODEHASH opcode. The rationale behind enabling the Constantinople and Petersburg network protocol was to upgrade the ETC network and to obtain maximum compatibility across these networks. The hard-fork has received support from Multi-Geth, Parity, and Geth Classic client teams and will go live on 15 January 2020.
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Ethereum's breach of ascending channel may see consolidation under $175
Ethereum's price maintained a volatile trajectory over the past few months after repeated price swings in the market. On 25 October, the 2nd largest crypto-asset recorded its most recent price pump, hiking by 16 percent in a single day and recovering most of the losses suffered a couple of weeks prior. At press time, Ethereum continued to consolidate under the $190 range. However, major bearish signs were evident on the chart.
1-day chart
Ethereum's 1-day chart highlighted that since the month of August, Ethereum's price had breached two major bullish patterns and it was followed by an identical hike after the depreciation period. From 5 August to 6 September, ETH navigated within the trend lines of a falling wedge and the token's valuation declined by around 28 percent over a period of 32 days. The bullish breakout saw ETH recover 24 percent of its losses over the last period, but an immediately bearish pullback invalidated its bullish hike.
A similar pattern surfaced back in October, wherein a familiar falling wedge was recorded in the charts. The value depreciated down by 18 percent over 15 days and it was followed by a recovery of 16 percent. It can be observed that both the hike and decline were fairly close in terms of percentage in the previous two patterns.
At press time, Ethereum's price was navigating within an ascending channel, increasing the possibility of a bearish breakout in the future. The incline in terms of valuation over the pattern was registered to be around 12 percent. If the bearish breakout continues to follow past trends, a drop of around 10 percent in valuation may surface for Ethereum over the next few weeks. Such a substantial drop could see ETH breach the support at $177.45, and a possible consolidation under it may happen.
The MACD line also suggested that a bearish crossover was in the cards for ETH, suggesting that the breakout may occur sooner rather than later.
Ethereum has struggled to maintain a high price valuation lately and recent market trends suggest that its price will continue to struggle for a while.


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JAM guest approaches 50th anniversary
Sir Patrick Moore, who appeared on JAM 11 times in the late 70s, is approaching his 5oth anniversary on his TV programme The Sky At Night. He's about to present his 650th edition of the show - but is annoyed his programme now runs at 1.55AM!!!!!!!!
Have a look at the article here.
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W Cape SANDF deployment - Crime deterrent or a case of 'hell might break loose'?
Late on Thursday, President Cyril Ramaphosa gave the green light for the deployment of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) in areas of Cape Town where crime, gang violence and killings have surged to unprecedented levels.
The ten identified precincts include Mitchells Plain, Delft, Philippi, Nyanga and Khayelitsha.
A crime summit is also taking place over the weekend, which includes a number of national ministers.
RELATED: W Cape Premier welcomes army to Cape Flats but says economic plan is crucial
CapeTalk's Africa Melane speaks to Ntsikelelo Breakfast from Stellenbosch University's School of Security and African Studies and Nyanga community policing forum chairperson Martin Makasi for two very different takes on this development.
Dr Breakfast acknowledges that the army is expected to provide a support service to the South African Police Service (SAPS), but says this might turn out very differently in practise.
If a conflict breaks out and you have military officers - I'm sorry to say this, but hell might break loose because then you have people who don't use rubber bullets, who are using live ammunition and that might spill over negatively to civilians.Ntsikelelo Breakfast, School of Security and African Studies - Stellenbosch University
Yes, they won't be searching people's houses, they won't be arresting people because they are not trained to do that, but the capability that they have is dislocated in the sense they are displaced if they are going now to manoeuvre at an operational level.Ntsikelelo Breakfast, School of Security and African Studies - Stellenbosch University
He also emphasises the point that the SANDF deployment, initially scheduled for three months, is not a long-term solution.
I think that SAPS needs to beef up its capabilities. They need to improve their training because I'm told that some of the police officers are also traumatised - they don't want to be deployed to those problematic areas, so something needs to be done.Ntsikelelo Breakfast, School of Security and African Studies - Stellenbosch University
Chairperson of the Nyanga community policing forum Martin Makasi explains why the community is relieved at the prospect of an army presence.
He says though, that it's hoped the City of Cape Town metro, along with law and traffic enforcement and also national government departments, will also play their part in addressing rampant crime in the affected areas.
What we want to see is a return to the respect of the law... We need to see that there is normalisation and stabilisation, but that can only happen if other government departments are also playing their part. Safety is everybody's responsibility.Martin Makasi, Chairperson - Nyanga community policing forum
Makasi says the most important factor is the visibility of law enforcement - he is hoping that the SANDF deployment will bring down the incidence of related crimes like car hijackings.
But what happens when the army is no longer there?
Makasi is hopeful that the weekend's safety summit will deliver a clear plan on moving forward.
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NHS Oldham CCG
Decision made to reduce IVF provision for patients registered with Oldham GP's
Following on from the recent public consultation on IVF services in Oldham, NHS Oldham Clinical Commissioning Group is reducing the number of cycles of IVF funded for new patients from 3 to 1 cycles.
A 2017 report showed only 12% of CCG areas in the country offer 3 cycles of IVF, whereas 61% offered 1 cycle.
The CCG's Governing Body met on Thursday 17 January 2019 to review the outcome of the consultation alongside other evidence, including the need to save money to protect other NHS services.
IVF is one of a number of areas the CCG has explored to help reduce the expected financial gap in local NHS finances. Moving to one funded cycle of IVF will save the CCG an estimated £147,500 every year.
The consultation ran from Friday 12 October to Saturday 8 December 2018 and aimed to capture views and feedback on plans to reduce funding for the provision of IVF services.
The majority of respondents (74.3%) had a preference for the CCG to continue to offer up to three funded cycles of IVF. However, when the Governing Body balanced this against the potential effect on other services (and patients) of making cuts elsewhere, and the risk of attracting patients from other areas to seek funding for second or third cycles, it unanimously agreed to reduce funding to one cycle.
The Governing Body noted that 1 full cycle of IVF can include the transfer of several embryos, maintaining 1 cycle maintains universal offer to all patient, and in exceptional circumstances, patients seeking second or third cycles would remain able to make Individual Funding Requests.
Dr John Patterson, Chief Clinical Officer of NHS Oldham CCG, said: "Infertility is a very difficult and emotive issue for those affected by it, and we have spent a great deal of time considering our position and gathering feedback before making a decision. We'd like to thank every individual and group that responded to our consultation.
He continued, "It became very clear to us that there was no support for removing the service completely. However, by moving to fund 1 cycle, which can still include several attempts at transferring embryos, we can continue to make sure this valuable treatment is available to all Oldham couples who need it while bringing the CCG into line with the majority of other CCGs. This change in provision will not affect couples that have already commenced treatment".
Date: 18 January 2018