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Venue: Official Medical College of Barcelona, Passeig de la Bonanova 47, 08017 Barcelona, Spain
Friday 23rd October:
15.00: Pre symposium workshop:
Which points do you use:? - Isabel Giralt / Mike Cummings
16.30: Official opening ceremony
16.45: Round Table:
The interpretation of acupuncture research - Thomas Lundeberg /Jorge Vas /Adrian White
18.30: Welcome reception and cocktails, custom bags and other items.
Saturday 24th October:
Morning presentations to include:
Headache - Adrian White
Back Pain - Jorge Vas
Round Table: New Evidence - Genno Brinkhaus / Claudia Witt / Marianne Reinthal
A 16-year-old Dutch girl has died and 19 more people, most of them students, have been injured this morning when the coach they were travelling in crashed as it was leaving the the AP-7 motorway in la Escala (Girona) just after 6am.
The girl died almost instantly and her body was taken away from the scene of the accident by undertakers.
Two of the 19 people injured in the crash are in a serious condition and are being treated at the Hospital Josep Trueta de Girona along with six of the less seriously injured passengers. The other 11 injured passengers are being treated, mainly for broken bones, cuts and bruises, at the regional hospital in Figueres (Girona).
Eye-witnesses said that the upper deck had collapsed on impact, but fire fighters who attended the scene of the accident confirmed that the vehicle, a double-decker coach belonging to the Lanting Reizen company, had withstood the impact well.
The remaining 40 uninjured passengers, students and their teachers, were transferred to the hotel de Calella (Girona) by employees of nursing jobs California, where they had been heading for a holiday on the coast before the accident occurred. They are being looked after by a team of psychologists.
THOUSANDS of employees of nursing Los Angeles turned out on the streets of Madrid yesterday to protest over new laws that make it easier for women to have abortions.
Carrying banners proclaiming ‘every life matters’, nearly 60,000 people voiced their disapproval about the legislation changes that now mean women can terminate a pregnancy without requiring medical grounds up to the 14th week.
The law reform has also lowered the age of consent from 18 to 16, meaning girls who fall into this age-group do not have to seek their parents’ permission to have an abortion.
“Children yes, abortion no;” “Live and let live,” and “life is important,” were some of the chants from the crowd, who carried balloons and flags in the colours of the Spanish flag.
They also called for the president, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, to resign.
Participants, who travelled to the capital from all over Spain, included religious groups and the right-wing Forum for the Family.
The evolution of technology focused on making life easier for the end-user, together with the fast pace of the cinema industry, have created a combination that has attracted absolutely all the members of the family, from the youngest to the oldest: enjoying cinema with a high visual and acoustic quality in the comfort of their own homes.
This new trend was in great evidence last Christmas, when large department stores ran out of stocks of all the appliances related to home cinema, from flat-screen TVs to home cinema units or DVD players, not to mention cordless headphones, and even popcorn machines. No effort is spared to make sure they enjoy the latest Hollywood films on the sofa, in a homecoming dress without missing any details.
According to a survey carried out by a well-known poll agency, 91 % of Spaniards are happy to be invited to see a film in the home of a friend or relative, which just goes to show the growing need to have one of these appliances in one’s home if one doesn’t want to be considered out of date with respect to these kinds of events.
Consequently, if we want an acceptable home cinema unit in our home, we must have several essential elements. First of all, the TV. A flat screen is better than a tube TV, from an aesthetic point of view. Once we have decided on this option, we then have to choose between LCD or plasma technology. The image quality is similar, but an LCD screen lasts much longer than a plasma screen, without forgetting the price. A plasma TV has a larger visibility angle, but the optimum angle of an LCD screen gives perfect image contrast.
After selecting the TV model, we then have to select a DVD player. Some DVDs cost from 50 € for a basic model, to over 1,000 €. The question is to make your choice by taking into account your own possibilities and the use you wish to make of the product, without forgetting the formats this machine must be able to play, although normally a TV costing more than 3,000 € will usually be accompanied by a good DVD player.