Month: July 2025

An 11 robots football team

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Four university teams of completely autonomous humanoid robots They faced in Beijing In football matches of 3 against 3. The interesting thing is that they did it without any human intervention. Of course, the Androids stumbled, fell and some had to be even taken out on a stretcher, but behind the show there was a whole muscle demonstration and a robotic industry that is increasingly present in China. The reality behind the show. Although the scene seemed more a child training than a professional party, each robot worked totally independently through AI. Equipped with advanced visual sensors, the androids were the size of a child and managed to identify the ball and navigate the field with some agility, in addition to getting up alone after the falls (although some needed human help). Image: The Independent The final was played by Thu Robotics, from the Tsinghua University, in front of the Mountain is from the Agricultural University of China. The first rose with the victory with a result of 5 to 3. in The video The clumsiness of each of the robots are quite appreciated, although the event is one of many demonstrations in which it is intended to highlight the ease that China has in the field of robotics. The technological context. The country has been betting hard for humanoid robotics as part of its national technological strategy. According to Morgan Stanley, the Chinese robotic market will grow 23% annual until reaching 108,000 million dollars in 2028, compared to the current 47,000 million. By 2050, China is expected to have 302.3 million humanoid robots in operation, far ahead of the 77.7 million projected for the other major market: United States. Robotics in the field of sport. The sport has become a key test field for these developments. In April, 21 humanoid robots They competed with humans in a half marathon in Beijingalthough only six managed to finish. This football tournament prel a prelude to the World Humanoid Robots Games of 2025, which China will organize in Beijing From August 15 to 17 with 11 robotic sports, including gymnastics, athletics and football. Between the lines. Cheng Hao, founder of Booster Robotics (company that supplied robots during the event), Explain that sports competitions accelerate the development of both algorithms and integrated hardware-Software systems. Security is a central concern: “In the future, we could organize matches between robots and humans. That means we must ensure that robots are completely safe,” he says. The idea is that spectators generate trust seeing real interactions between androids and people. Football irony. While the Chinese male team occupies the 94th position of the FIFA ranking and everything indicates that it will not be classified for the next World Cup, its robots at least seem to know how to offer show and score goals. Who knows, the same in a time China can fulfill Guardiola’s wet dream in his tactical football and “without creativity”, who has been criticized several times By experts and players like Patrice Evra: “Now we have robots” The analysis suggests that Chinese national support for “EMBODIED AI“It exceeds that of any other nation, which could expand its advantage before rivals like the United States pay more attention to this field. Cover image | The Independent In Xataka | “I can’t stop”: addiction to talk to AI is already here and there are even help groups to leave it

As every year, Julio has arrived. And as every year, they are bombarding you with memes from Julio Iglesias

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Julio arrives, like every twelve months. But not only the month of 31 days, the hard core of summer next to August. Julio Iglesias’s theme memes also arrive: you Instagram, your xquite possibly your family WhatsApp groups are filled with memes full of words games between Julio Iglesias and the month of July. An unavoidable annual phenomenon, fully immersed in the long tradition of seasonal memes. It could be said that Julio is Christmas for the devotees of the massive shipments of chascarrillos. The Julio phenomenon in July. A little over a decade ago, Internet users perceived that Julio Iglesias was called as the seventh month of the year. After some simple first memes, which are still repeated every year when summer is approaching (“Julio is already coming”, “Julio is coming” …), the custom became a more viral phenomenon. The possibilities, of course, are endless. There are a few examples: Memes for stations. The compilations can be almost infinite, such as the patience that they demand that they are in a dissemination channel of the July memes, because the word games and the subtlety of the messages can become chilling. However, there is a clear origin for this phenomenon: seasonal memes that sprout and multiply at certain times of the year. The best known and celebrated case is “Sam Va Lentín” Sprinkle me, Mr. Frodo. Originally conceived as an wiring word game with pop wink included, “Sam Va Lentín” became a tailor’s drawer Much more sophisticated than July. Thanks to him we have been able to contemplate variants of the original template as crazy as “Sam goes to Latin”, “Samba Lenín” or “Sam Ventolín”. In addition, unlike the July memes, it is focused on one day, on February 14, Valentine’s Day. Christmas Christmas. Christmas is another time sown for memes: we spend a lot of family and looking at the mobile, culture broth very appropriate for “sending all contacts.” For example, remember the “We have just run out of dinner”classic subgenre “People pulling family meals on the ground” and who have innumerable examples with Valencian paellas, but here in Christmas format. It is a tradition that every Christmas Eve the networks are filled with kitchen soils full of all kinds of food and assemblies always respecting the iconic phrase. He was born in 2015 on Twitter, in the post you can see below. Another example: the phrase “my mother today: can you serve?”, Always accompanied by a pop diva giving the chest or walking along the stage, and that plays with the confusion between “serving the table”, so typical of the family dinners, and “serve pussy” as a diva. “We have just run out of dinner”: Origins WhatsApp is the road. Many of these memes, but especially that of Julio Iglesias, find their dissemination path through WhatsApp groups: An image exchange zone where there is some familiarity among the participants, so there is a minor posture or need to appear than in other social networks. A little facebook style, social network converted into Sexagenarios redoubtWhatsApp is still atomic refuge for boomer humor, and it is in those areas where memes like July flourish. An explanation for success. In addition to the fact that we all like to feel that we are part of a community and that we are sharing an experience, however banal that is, there is something of natural, not forced to expand these memes, and that The Internet community appreciates. Bombarded daily by prefabricated memes, for campaigns that try to be the next viral phenomenon, the naturalness of the July memes or Sam Va Lentín speak Not only shared experiences (We all live in summer, we have all seen ‘The Lord of the Rings’, we all know what Valentine is), but also of the possibility of turning those experiences into something tangible, real … and enviable to our contact agenda. In Xataka | Eight years later, Spain is still hooked to see Simón Pérez and Silvia Charro shattered life live

The Mediterranean Sea is in flames

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A measurement buoy in front of the island of Dragonera, in Mallorca, has made all alarms jump. The Mediterranean Sea is almost as hot as a removable pool. And the consequences for the weather, the population and the ecosystems of Spain are already being noticed. A sea dyed red. The Dragonera Boya registered 30.55 ºC on the coast of Mallorca on June 30. According to him Meteorologist Duncan Wingenof Meteoredes, it is a historical fact: the Mediterranean had never exceeded 30 ºC at a similar station for a month of June. But the record also extends to other areas of the Balearic Islands, such as the Boya de Maó, in Menorca, which beat its monthly record with a measurement of 29.31 ° C on June 24. The anomalies map Shared by Aemet This Tuesday confirms that the Mediterranean lives an unprecedented heat wave: water is between 5 and more hot than normal for this time of year. An immense dark red spot covers the Balearic coast, and the waters exceed the 26 ° C, with spikes between 28 and 30 ° C, such as that reached in Dragonera. Tropical and super -torment nights. The First consequence of this hot sea It has been a drastic increase in tropical nights (with minimum of 20 ° C) and, worse, of torrid nights (with minimums of 25 ° C). In June, the port of Palma beat its record with 27 tropical nights and 4 torrids. In the Capdepera lighthouse, which had never registered a torrid night in June, they have been five. Heat involves a risk to people’s health, but experts Like the physicist German JJ They warn of a major threat: an extremely warm Mediterranean acts as a fuel for superhourmen. By evaporating more water and transferring more energy to the atmosphere, it enhances the formation of much more virulent storms and with greater capacity to generate large hailas happened in the episode of August 2022. Temperatures registered by the European Sentinel-3 satellite. Image: that An ecosystem on the edge of collapse. This situation is part of a June 2025 that has been the most anomalously warm of the historical series in peninsular Spain, with an average 3.5 ° C temperature above normal. The earth and the sea feed on a vicious circle of heat while, under the surface, there is a silent catastrophe. Accelerated warming is causing the “tropicalization” of the Mediterranean, radically altering its biodiversity. He Institut de Ciències del Mar He has sighted warm waters, such as the parrot fish (previously confined to the south), in the Balearic Islands and Almería. It also warns of early jellyfish proliferation, whose life cycle accelerates by heat. And of the massive death of corals and meadows of Posidonia, a key ecosystem for the health of the Mediterranean. A sick sea and without defenses. Everything indicates that this marine heat wave is not an isolated event. The Mediterranean is heated 20% faster than the world average and suffers endemic problems of overweight, pollution and invasive species. To top it off, the traditional winter, which served as a recovery period, is disappearing, which has left the sea without the ability to regenerate. We pass from one summer to another, more and more intense, without rest. 30 degrees to June 30 in a buoy in Mallorca is much more than a fact. It is the most obvious symptom of a meteorological problem that is already here and that redefines our climate, threatens our ecosystems and forces us to prepare for a new reality of extremes. Image | Aemet In Xataka | “The Mediterranean already has only three stations”: the European Observatory of the drought confirms that winter is dying

The Xiaomi 14T has fallen again. In fact, it costs less than if you buy reconditioned

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He Xiaomi 14t It is one of the mobile brand that we have seen most times since its launch. So far, it has had a huge amount of discounts, but few have been as large as the one in PowerPlanet during the Power Days. If you are interested, right now it costs 377.99 euros. If you prefer, pccomponentes, although it cannot be said that it has it as cheap, it also has it with a very competitive price: by 379 euros. * Some price may have changed from the last review A mobile with a spectacular value for money Back Market is one of the stores that usually have in reconditioned products. Right now, the Xiaomi 14t It has it for 390 euros In “correct” state (in excellent it rises to more than 400 euros), so The PowerPlanet mobile is even cheaper than if you buy reconditioned. If we talk about mobile phones with good value for money, the Xiaomi 14T is a good example of this, especially if it is on offer. In fact, It is the mobile that I have myself. The design has improved with each generation and, although it seems silly, The matt black case has surprised me for its quality: it is soft, resistant and does not get dirty as the transparent covers (although in reality The yellowish color of the covers is for something else). Xiaomi’s mobile comes with Hyperos and its screen is a authentic pass: Amoled of 6.67 inches with 1.5K resolution and maximum shine of 4,000 nits. It looks perfectly in broad daylight. Its configuration of cameras signed by Leica It is also something of the most remarkable; Before I used to take many photographs, but with this mobile I have started doing it, and not little. You may also be interested in Xiaomi accessories Xiaomi Redmi Buds 6 Pro – Wireless headphones, noise cancellation, light, up to 36 hours of autonomy, Bluetooth 5.3, black (ES version) * Some price may have changed from the last review Xiaomi Watch S4, Bluetooth version, Advanced Professional Sports Mode, Quick Change 2.0 Bate * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Alberto García, Xiaomi In Xataka | The best Xiaomi mobile price: purchase and comparative guide In Xataka | Mobile with better cameras that we have analyzed in recent months (2025)

It is one thing to spend 5% of GDP to rearm and a very different one is to sell weapons to Europe. Spain that has it very clear

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The “pacifist” Spain, which has faced the United States alone by questioning the “unit” of NATO compared to that 5% defense expense pursued by Washington, lives a paradox. Because While he refuses of the rearma, or at least the figures that are handled, has the opportunity to accompany a national company in the epicenter of that Dispension in artillery and military resources for the old continent. It We count A few days ago. The first track Morgan Stanley gave it: Indra had raised its target price by 118%. A crossroads. Of all this did an analysis The Financial Times. In the epicenter of a continent that accelerates Your rearmeSpain is presented as the more particular case Of all: The country historically more reluctant to military spending in NATO now tries Turn Indraa company of civil roots and computer tradition, in a kind of European defense champion. Partially supported by the State, which It has 28% of its capital, Indra is undertaking an ambitious (and risky) transformation with the aim of rivaling with consecrated names such as Bae Systems, the Almighty Rheinmetall or Thales. New DNA. Its new president, Angel Escribanoentrepreneur with industrial DNA forged in the manufacture of turrets for combat cars in the Middle East, has placed the reconquest of manufacturing capabilities as cornerstone of this new stage. “There has never been an opportunity like this in three decades of defense in Spain,” has declaredaware that the Expenditure supercycle European military, triggered by war in Ukraine, represents an unrepeatable occasion for the company. From radar to armored ones. Until recently, Indra It was synonym of air traffic control systems or military missions management software. His presence in defense was important but discreet, focused on digital solutions rather than tangible product. However, in the middle of a war where drones, artillery and armored scenethe company now seeks to occupy the physical space of The military industry: Also manufacture the “metal”, not just electronics. In June, he raised his participation in Tess defends 51%taking control of the consortium that produces The VCR Dragon For the Spanish army. The step was not exempt from friction: Indra faced Santa Barbara Systems (controlled by the American General Dynamics) for the course of the company, even suggesting its purchase. Although this was rejected, interest persists and the company explores other acquisitions, including the defense division from Iveco In Italy. Indra Buy and buy. The Financial Times counted That to reach 10,000 million euros of billing in 2028 (a two -year advanced target compared to the original plan), the road map includes more than 20 possible purchase operations in Europe. On the horizon even an option as delicate as tempting appears: acquire Mechanical & Engineering notary (EM & E), the armament firm founded by the president himself, which, a priori, would create an obvious conflict of interest, but also a technical synergy difficult to match. The civil DNA dilemma. Despite of the turn Towards the defense, Indra remains a mostly civil company: its IT unit, MINSAIT, represents 62% of your income, compared to 21% of the military area. Minsait competes in the corporate world with giants such as Capgemini or Infosys, providing technological services to banks, health systems and public administrations. Some analysts and former director see in this duality a Structural contradiction: defense and services are “water and oil”, Explain the FT. In fact, when in 2024 the company announced that the defense It would be his priority And that Minsait would become “not strategic”, the market reacted positively Given the possible sale of your business not related to war. The company failed to close any agreement and now notary states that it only wants burn off the branch of payments, while it begins to revalue the rest of the unit as a source of dual use technologies (AI, cybersecurity or cloud solutions) that can adapt to the military environment. This reconsideration, although pragmatic, keeps alive the tension between what the market desires (a purely defensive company) and what the management is willing to offer. Reputation and influence. It is the last of the legs that was analyzed in the Times report. Although their actions have quadrupled since the Russian Invasion of Ukraine and its market value already exceeds 6,000 million In euros, Indra continues to quote with a strong discount regarding its European counterparts. While Bae is valued at 25 times its planned benefits, and Rheinmetall touches 60 times, Indra stays in just 18. Reasons? According to analysts As Beatriz Rodríguez de Bestinver, the growing interference of the Spanish government in the corporate strategy, which generates uncertainty about economic logic behind some decisions. It is also pointed out that, despite its turn, Indra is not yet perceived as a defense company in its purest form. Nor does the perception of improvisation in the transition from software to military hardware or doubt about whether the State be willing to firmly support the qualitative leap. The put by war. No doubt, the Spanish case tests the European model of rearme: Can a historically pacifist country lead a robust defense industry without sacrificing its institutional culture? The scribe plan It seems clear: cover all dimensions of the Modern combat. In the sea, Indra supplies Radars and Sónar for the submarines of Navantia, and in the air, leads Spanish participation in the Future Fuat Air System (FCAS), together with Airbus and Dassault. Plus: in space bought 90% of the Hispasat satellite operator for 725 million euros, and on land, already controls part of armored production, with a view to incorporating armament and sensors. It even has a participation In ITP AeroManufacturer of aeronautical components. Yes or no. In summary, the concept of “total war” seems to have penetrated the Indra strategywhich is no longer raised as a party supplier, but as a Comprehensive actor of the European war ecosystem. Notary summarize His vision with a phrase that contains both urgency and ambition: “We would not forgive if we were not able to transform this company into what … Read more

This 125 cc scooter comes loaded with technology and with a brutal value ratio

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Valencian Wottan has an interesting new 125 cubic motorcycle in the market: the Wottan Sixteen. It is a compact scooter with a marked urban character that stands out, among other things, for its supply of technology and for something that does not usually see itself and that gives its name to the vehicle: the 16 -inch front wheel. Although we are going to know it better immediately, it should be noted that Wottan Sixteen has a price of 2,690 euros, a significantly lower figure than direct competition of brands such as Kymco, Honda or Piaggio. It should also be remembered that Wottan does not manufacture their vehicles, but that the Models of China imports Taro Moto. For example, the Storm-R, one of its most popular models, is really a TARO TR300T. Wottan Sixteen Technical Card Wottan Sixteen dimensions and weight Total length: 1,970 mm Total width: 760 mm Seat height: 790 mm Axis distance: 1,375 mm Weight in progress order: 142 kg Training Fuel Deposit: Engine Guy: 4 -stroke monocylindrical, Euro 5+ Distribution: SOHC to 2 valves Displacement: 125 cc Ignition system: ECU Starter system: Electric Feeding: Electronic injection Refrigeration: Liquid Power: 8.1 kW (11.1 hp) at 8,500 rpm Transmission Change: Continuous drive Clutch: Automatic centrifuge Chjasis Steel tubular structure Suspensions Lead: 31 mm hydraulic fork Rear: Double hydraulic shock absorber Brakes 240 mm front disc 220 mm rear disc Double channel ABS Deposit capacity 10.5 ± 0.2 L wheels Front wheel: 100/80-16Rear wheel: 120/70-14 Equipment Full LED lighting Color 7 “TFT screen Integrated connectivity Bluetooth Front USB take Glove compartment Centralized opening Keyless system Star & Stop system Silence Start ABS TCS Double rear handle Adjustable dome in 2 positions Rear parilla price 2,690 euros Compact, with Euro 5+ engine and screws Image | Wottan Wottan Sixteen has a four -stroke monocylindrical engine Euro 5+ with a displacement of 125 cc (11 hp of power). According to the company, its consumption is 2.5 liters at 100 km, it has liquid cooling and automatic ignition and off technology. This is evidently designed to reduce consumption. The most striking is your 16 -inch front wheel. As a general rule, in scooters we usually find wheels between 10 and 14 inches. With them we win in space, but we lose something in stability and braking. The high wheels, such as the one that they occupy us today, sacrifice some space in exchange for a more stable, softer and, therefore, perhaps more interesting driving for urban paths. Image | Wottan Image | Wottan As for dimensions, we are facing a motorcycle of about two meters (1.97 meters, to be exact), a height of 76 centimeters, seat at 79 centimeters and a wheelbase of 1.37 meters. It is also convenient to take into account its weight of 142 kilos, that is, we are not facing the lighter 125cc in the market, much less. Image | Wottan And what equipment does this Wootan Sixteen bring standard? Well, it is really well served. Mount a seven -inch TFT screen with bluetooth connectivity, front USB, keyless system, ABS and TCS traction control, glove compartment, centralized opening, silent start, double rear handle, adjustable dome, in short, that is not bad. And the headlights, by the way, are full LED. Versions and price of the Wottan Sixteen Image | Wottan The Wootan Sixteen It is available in gray and black and its price starts from 2,690 euros. It is a very competitive and significantly lower price than the proposals for its competition. Images | Wottan

After the hottest June in the history of Spain, there is a minimum ray of light on the horizon: Vaguadas

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The heat wave It comes to an end, although the high temperatures will fad down gradually between today and Thursday. The heat wave has been the culminating point of a series of warm episodes that have been repeated since the end of May and, like so many of these episodes, has seen its end with the arrival of a trough and important associated storms. A record heat. Meteorologists advance that the month of June has been the hottest since we have records. And that It is not the only record that has broken during the last 30 days. The absolute temperature record was also broken for a month of June. It happened in the Huelva municipality of El Granado, where the thermometers They got to register a maximum of 46º. As if this were not enough, June He has also pulverized Another record, that of the greatest positive thermal anomaly, 3rd Celsius above what would be common during the sixth month of the year. All that despite the fact that a month with marked meteorological fluctuations in which extreme heat episodes with brief but intense storm episodes have alternated. It has been the tonic of recent weeks and everything indicates that once again it will be the storms that free us (for now) of heat. Summer troughs. Thermal relief will arrive pushed by arrival Of a series of troughs, the extensions of a area of ​​low pressures that will bring us cold air and atmospheric instability. It is expected that the arrival of the cold air associated with these troughs interact with the stagnant warm air mass on the peninsula and part of southern Europe. Storms and hail. THE RESULT: A NEW STORM REMESTING AND THE POSSIBILITY OF HEGHOE TO CHARGE STEPORS. The appearance of convective winds (resulting from the presence of warm and humid air that ascends to high layers of the atmosphere) is one of the key factors in this context. And what do the forecasts say? The State Meteorology Agency (Aemet) foresee that during the next few days the heat (still extreme in many areas) coexist with the proliferation of “locally strong” storms. Today these storms are expected in the mountains of the northern third and this peninsular; While tomorrow the mountainous areas of the entire northern half and surrounding areas could reach, as well as at northern plateau points, half north of the South Plateau and Sierra Nevada. Uncertainty. It is still early to foresee the weather tendency of the month of July but seasonal forecasts Aemet does not call optimism. A few weeks ago the agency spoke of a high probability that the summer of 2025 be remarkably warmer than usual. In Xataka | The first heat wave in Spain has brought a new epidemic in summer: deaths during working hours Image | ECMWF

A bank convinced the people of a poor town in the US to spend their savings. Now it’s full of millionaires

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Stories of Lucky blows and Millionaires There are manybut they almost always have a common denominator: We speak in singular. Therefore, what happened in a small town in Florida whose families were going through serious difficulties to get ahead is so special. Even today, the enclave continues to look like a bland and inhospitable town. But do not deceive you, there is still a large number of millionaires among people. And all Thanks to Coca-Cola. Quincy and the banker. This is the name of the people of one of the most fascinating stories of the United States economy. There, in the midst of the great depression of the 20s and 30s and with part of the census in serious difficulties, a figure appears that was going to change everyone’s life. His name: Pat munroea cunning banker, a businessman who noticed a key detail to convince all citizens. It didn’t matter how impoverished they were in Quincy or how serious the financial situation of families was, the man observed that almost religiously, people spent until the last penny in a good glass of icy coca-cool. What if that devotion made it a blow of luck? Coca-Cola in the stock market. The sugary giant began to quote in stock market in 1919 to $ 40 the actionbut a conflict with the sugar industry and its bottlers caused a 50% drop soon, when it reached 19 dollars per share. In other words, there was a time in the story in which Coca-Cola quoted for less than the cash in the bank and its actions were extremely cheap. And among others, Munroe was at the right time. The bargain of the century. What did he do? Invest. The man He began acquiring Coca-Cola actions As if there were no tomorrow. However, he did not do it alone. He encouraged all his acquaintances and friends of acquaintances in the town to buy a participation in the company. Focusing on the final profits and the power of the brand, Pat Munroe continued and continued buying. And while doing it, he kept telling everyone who were willing to listen to him in Quincy who also bought. He took advantage of the confidence and respect that the community had towards him and undertook a crusade to get anyone who could go up to the Coca-Cola train. Loans for shares. The man was so sure of his success that every time a person went to his bank to ask for a loan, I encouraged him to accept another in exchange for actions. Farmers, shopkeepers, teachers: absolutely anyone who could spend money was tempted by Munroe. For the banker, that Coca-Cola’s action was at $ 19 each was an opportunity that no one in the city should escape. That is why he did not get tired of buying and, almost equally important, to stand firm in the decision regardless of the market fluctuations that occurred in the short term. The ball. Finally, the banker’s observations were a historical success. Quincy, an eminently agricultural city, not only remained afloat in difficult times thanks to Coca-Cola dividends, brought a wealth that is still studied in universities. In fact, the enclave became the richest city per capita in the United States for a while, and dozens of its inhabitants were nicknamed “the millionaire secrets of Coca-Cola”. People who trusted the good eye of Munroe and invested all their money (and the one they did not have), and who kneaded huge fortunes with those first actions, which then transmitted from generation to generation, making them the millionaire eponyms of Coca-Cola, some who, effectively, established whole dynasties of financial prosperity that transcended generations. How much we are talking. It is difficult to speak in total terms, but for us to get an idea of ​​money, in 2013 it was made An assessment study of what happened in Quincy. The results found that a single action with reinvested dividends were worth 10,000,000 dollars. $ 270,000 in cash dividends would be sent before taxes to the owner by sending a check worth $ 67,500 in March, June, September and November of each year. In this way, if the great -grandmother and great -grandfather on duty had acquired a round lot of 100 shares for between $ 1,900 and $ 4,000, depending on the purchase price, they would now have more than one billion dollars, excluding the effects of taxes on assets. Money for crisis. That investment has meant a lifeguard every time a hard time is approaching. When the local economy was supported by coca and the crisis arrived, tail dividends. In fact, these assets have supported the city in all recessions since then. When the crops failed, it was the money of the Coca-Cola that kept the people used. When the national economy collapsed, it was Coca-Cola’s cash that allowed people to remain in their homes. When the times were good and Coca-Cola was cheap, they bought more actions. Quincy today. It is a unique story, by unusual. All families that kneaded a fortune then passed it to their children and grandchildren, in some cases through direct donations and in others through the use of fiduciary funds. Even the bank where everything started has a Coca-Cola on exhibition And, until a few years ago, an amazing 65% of the fiduciary assets under administration were still invested in Coca-Cola shares. Quincy’s appearance today does not differ much from the era of great depression. It is still a quiet and eminently agricultural city with a population of less than 10,000 inhabitants. But do not fool your sight, some of the grandchildren whose families raised an empire, that of the secret millionaires of Coca-Cola. 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Renfe has exploded the problem of the bird in full start of summer

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The rail transport has started Julio, a month usually marked by vacation trips, from The worst forms Possible, with considerable chaos in one of its great arteries: the high speed corridor between Madrid and Andalusia. Trains stopped for hours. Delays Suspended services. And a monumental anger among the affected passengers joined to the one already showed in May, when Copper theft He collapsed the bird of Seville. What happened? That in the full start of July, with thousands of people making their bags to enjoy their summer vacation, the Spanish railway sector has encountered a considerable problem in one of its great arteries: the high -speed corridor between Madrid and Andalusia. And it is not the first. In early May the Madrid-Sevilla AVE line has already suffered A collapse which resulted in trains detained for hours, saturated stations and thousands of passengers (there was talk of more than 16,000) affected. Fault in a catenary. The notice jumped yesterday around the afternoon in the province of Toledo, where Adif recorded A fault in a catenary between the Yeles (Toledo) and La Sagra (southwest of the Community of Madrid). The problem, according to detailed in x The administrator of the railway infrastructure caused it a “lack of tension” that directly affected the high -speed trains that Madrid and Toledo connect with Andalusia. Click on the image to go to Tweet. An incidence with hangover. The chronicle of what has happened can be followed by a tweet. About half past nine of the Adif Night confirmed A “breakdown” in the catenaria (without going into details) that led him to mobilize technicians, displace relief locomotives to move the trains stopped outside the stations and even ask for help to the 112 of Castilla-La Mancha to attend affected travelers. At ten o’clock Adif confirmed that he had recovered the tension on one of the roads between the Sagra and Yeles, which partially unlocked the Madrid/Toledo-Andalucía corridor; But that solved only part of the problem. Adif itself acknowledged that the affected trains would continue to suffer delays by having to operate in a single route. Well, enter the morning, at 5.20 hhe chose to cut the tension to focus on the catenary that was still blocked and recover the second way from the yles to Mora. Checking the grill. The result was The suspension of the first -hour trains with origin Atocha and Destinad Andalucía and Toledo. “The difficulty of the rescue of two trains affected by the incidence and prolongation in the work to repair the catenary prevent the trains of the South Corridor with origin/destination Madrid and/or Sevilla circulating until new notice,” needed Almost at nine in the morning. The consequences They let themselves feel Also in long distance connections with Malaga, Granada, Cádiz and Huelva and Trains with Toledo, Puertollano and Ciudad Real. Click on the image to go to Tweet. “Delays can be recorded”. The message confirming that the catenary breakdown was repaired did not reach the eleven of this morning, which opened the door at the end of the trains of Madrid to the south and those that start from Andalusia and Castilla-La Mancha direction to the capital. Of course, the administrator of the railway infrastructure was cured in health with a clear warning for the passengers of the corridor: “Delays can be recorded due to the accumulation of trains.” “Absolute abandonment”. So far the Chronicle of Adif. The collapse in the railway corridor, however, left another very different story in networks, the one contributed by the passengers affected by the fault. “What seemed like a simple trip has become a nightmare: we have been trapped in the middle of a plain in Toledo, without electricity, without bathrooms, with an unbearable heat and surrounded by insects,” He denounced this morning An X user, Antonio Regalado, annoyed by the “absolute abandonment” of Renfe 5862. An evacuated octogenarian. “Thirteen trapped hours. This is not a delay, it is an abandonment”, insists Given. According to her testimony, a woman even suffered an arrhythmia and had to be evacuated in ambulance. “There are older people, children and passengers totally abandoned, with anxiety, hunger and without explanations.” 112 Castilla-La Mancha has confirmed In networks that of the five trains of the Madrid-Sevilla line damaged between the provinces of Toledo and Ciudad Real, four were able to continue the march during the night. The convoy located in Villaseca de la Sagra ran worse luck, so the 112 operators had to attend them at night. They also had to evacuate an old woman 84, who ended up being transferred to Toledo University Hospital for respiratory failure. The train did not resume its trip to Madrid until 9.30 a.m. Image | Pablo Nieto Abad (Flcikr) In Xataka | China wanted to be the queen of high -speed trains. So he built all the longest bridges in the world

It is not you, it’s hotter than ever. And the problem is that summers are not going to improve over time

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A good part of the planet is clear about one thing: it’s hota lot. So much that life during the day It makes complicated. Last June it became the New Julywhat leaves us a disturbing question now that we started new month: what will happen in July? Many wonder if what happens is “normal”, and the truth is that scientists have an answer: it is not only suffocating. Anticipated and prolonged. As we said, summer did not wait for July. With anticipated heat waves that have fried To Canada, the northeast of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, and a good part of northern Europe, the 2025 summer season is being configured as another forceful evidence of the rapid advance of climate change. The pools in Toronto They remain open Until midnight, concerts are being canceled in Amsterdam and fans They have reappeared In French homes earlier than usual. The alarming is not just the heat intensitybut its chronology: the thermal threshold that previously marked the beginning of the warmest period of the northern hemisphere was reached around July 10. In 2024, the hottest year Never registered, it was exceeded from June 13 to September 5. This year, without being as extreme as the previous one, this weeks advanced regarding the historical average. The phenomenon reflects A clear pattern: summers are lengthening at both ends, starting before and ending later, which increases exposure to heat waves and elevates substantially The health risksagricultural and environmental. Heat out of time. I remembered The Washington Post That heat waves are no longer limited seasonal phenomena, but an increasingly continuous threat. According to data From the United States Environmental Protection Agency, its duration, frequency and intensity have increased significantly in the last seven decades, extending the “extreme heat season” of less than 50 days in the 90s to about 70 Since 2020. This phenomenon has altered the climate calendar in a drastic way: between January and mid -June of this year, 163 of 171 days registered temperatures greater than 32.2 ° C in extensive regions of the northern hemisphere, a figure unprecedented since 1980. Examples The consequences are manifested Multiple: anticipated forest fires, Early melting of glaciers in the Swiss Alps or the increase of deaths due to heat stroke, which in Europe have risen 30% In the last 20 years. The danger increases Especially in early heat waves, when the population has not yet adapted physiologically nor has preventive protocols activated, more seriously affecting older or vulnerable people. Heating accelerates. He underlined The New York Times That the evidence shows that the planet is heating, and is doing it faster than the models predicted just a few decades ago. The summer of 2025 had barely begun when the United States was already caught under that suffocating “heat dome” of The one we talk about who beat records, while Alaska registered his First official alert by high temperatures. As we said, these anomalies arrive after 2024 that was the warmer year Never registered, and reinforce what climate science has been anticipating: global warming caused by human activity not only continues its course, but also that It is accelerating. More science. A Recent study estimates that the average global temperature is increasing at the rate of 0.27 ° C per decadea significantly higher rate to the rhythm of 0.2 ° C that was observed in the 70s. But beyond the figures, the most disturbing is how these changes have begun to demonstrate directly And visible in everyday life: devastating floods, extreme droughts, increasingly voracious fires and heat waves that challenge the limits of the human body and modern infrastructure. The ends grow faster. In this way, each additional tenth not only adds heat to the planet, but also increased the violence of Meteorological phenomena extremes. According to the climatologist Daniel Swainevents such as torrential rains or forest fires do not grow in a straight line with the temperature: they do it with An exponential pattern. For each Celsius heating grade, extreme rainfall increases by 7%, but the so -called “record events” are doubling that rate. This intensification was not only predictable, but the scientists had already modeled it, although now it begins to feel tangible and disconcerting. Kate Marvel, another recognized climatologist, summarized it like this In the Times: “There is no climate out of climate change.” Phenomena like him Hurricane Helene or historical floods of Vermont They are not anomalies, but direct expressions of an altered atmosphere. Although a total understanding of the most extreme events is still lacking (in part because its rarity makes it difficult to Adjust your models urgently. Accelerated thaws. The impact of heating feels with special severity in vulnerable regions such as The Arctic and Antarctica. The thaw of his ice masses, which for decades seemed a distant phenomenon, is now contributing to a faster sea level rise than expected. A NASA analysis Posted in March revealed that the level of the oceans increased by 2024 to A higher rhythm to the estimated, due to the thermal expansion of the waters (heated in depth) and to the accelerated thaw of glaciers. The sea and the planet. In addition, the data from another study of the National Center for Earth Observation show that the marine surface temperature It is increasing above the previous forecasts, which has direct implications for The global climateprecipitation patterns and cyclones intensity. Cecilia Bitz, an expert in climatic modeling, acknowledges that simulating the complexity of the Earth is a challenge, but insists that the great physical principles of the climate system They are still valid: They are not being denied, but complying with disturbing accuracy. The energy imbalance. The physical root of global warming is in the Energy imbalance From the planet: the difference between the solar energy that the Earth receives and the one that returns to space. According to Another study Recent based on NASA satellite data, that imbalance It has doubled In the last two decades and is now … Read more

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