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The Privileged

In an exclusive all girls' secondary school, they become friends. They choose the same university, and through smoke-filled nights, lectures, sexual encounters and first loves, their bond deepens: a friendship which seems like it will last for evermore.

But then, at an end-of-year party, something happens which changes everything ...Afterwards, they drift apart. Now Stella, a lawyer in New York, lives for her work; Laura, a struggling journalist in Dublin, is still waiting for the scoop to kick-start her career; while Amanda, broken and beautiful, lives a life of slow decay in London. Then the phone call comes which brings them back together, to the friendship they swore would last, and the night when it all went wrong.

The Privileged is a haunting tale of friendship, loyaltyConcordance in diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy by fundus photography between retina specialists and a standardized reading center. Mexico City Diabetes Study Retinopathy Group.
Proper detection and adequate laser therapy of diabetic retinopathy (DR) using guidelines established by landmark studies is important to prevent blindness. We analyzed the agreement between diagnostic classification of DR as determined by certified retina specialists compared with standardized readings of fundus photographs performed by the Fundus Photograph Reading Center (FPRC) of the University of Wisconsin. Color fundus stereophotographs of seven standard fields of each eye of 15 diabetics were sent to FPRC and to 11 retina specialists practicing in Mexico City and representing the major health care institutions. These centers are sites for training programs in ophthalmology. In addition, leading specialists in private practice were