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Spain health care on hunger strike.
The proposed privatisation of six hospitals and 27 clinics in Madrid has provoked protests, sit-ins and demonstrations by doctors, many of whom have also resigned.
Doctors have now been on strike for a month, and it is estimated that around 40,000 medical tests and 6,000 operations have been carried out late as a result.
Four staff members are also on hunger strike and doctors have broken off negotiations with the authorities. Despite this, the law to privatise the hospitals is been passed on Friday 28-12-2012.
Tilt and shift lens
Shift movements enable the photographer to shift the location of the lens’s imaging circle relative to the digital camera sensor. This means that the lens’s center of perspective no longer corresponds the the image’s center of perspective, and produces an effect similar to only using a crop from the side of a correspondingly wider angle lens.
Tilt movements enable the photographer to tilt the plane of sharpest focus so that it no longer lies perpendicular to the lens axis. This produces a wedge-shaped depth of field whose width increases further from the camera. The tilt effect therefore does not necessarily increase depth of field—it just allows the photographer to customize its location to better suit their subject matter.
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Spain health system is not free anymore.
Spanish doctors and public hospital staff have been on strike in Madrid to protest against government plans for privatization of healthcare services amid the deepening financial crisis.
“The central government is already cutting spending. If in addition to that they privatize, it is to try and make healthcare profitable. We are against that,” said Jose, an internal medicine specialist at a major hospital in Madrid.
The Spanish government remains adamant that austerity measures are needed to carry it through the financial crisis.
Madrid GQ Man Awards
Adrien Brody, the American actor, was awarded the 2012 GQ Men Awards in Madrid. Brody won the 2002 Academy Award for Best Actor for his part in the Roman Polanski’s film, The Pianist.
Madrid Twilight Saga Movie.
The tumultuous love triangle between human girl Bella Swan, vampire Edward Cullen and werewolf Jacob Black, that has gripped avid fans known as “Twi-hards” for seven years, comes to a tantalizing end as “Breaking Dawn-Part 2” hits movie theaters around the world.
The “Twilight” film franchise, based on a series of novels by Stephenie Meyer, rocketed the three main stars, Kristen Stewart (Bella), Robert Pattinson (Edward) and Taylor Lautner (Jacob), into the spotlight and the first four films have grossed more than $2.5 billion at the worldwide box office.
Second General Strike in Spain
Massive anti-austerity strikes and protests swept across Europe as millions took to the streets to express their frustration over rising unemployment and dire economic prospects. Many rallies ended with violent clashes with police.
Workers marched in 23 countries across Europe to mark the European Day of Action and Solidarity.
General strikes had been called in Spain and Portugal, paralyzing public services and international flights, in Belgium and France transport links were partially disrupted by strikes and demonstrations, in Italy and Greece thousands of workers and students marched through the streets.Spain, which has the highest unemployment rate in the industrialized world, pioneered the action, with protests and clashes starting overnight and dozens of arrests reported by morning. According to the unions, some 9 million workers took to the streets across the nation.
Live music
Mavis Staples y Lee Fields & The Expressions performing at the Riviera club in Madrid,Spain, during the Jazz Festival.
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