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With the battle against the controlled Muslims, the Byzantine emperor Teófilo decided to do something: defeat himself

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Throughout the planet they extend battlefields that have gone down in history. It is estimated that there are some 12,000 localized battles Throughout history, being those of the twentieth century The bloodiest in history. Many of those ‘famous’ wars marked a turning point in one way or another, and the battle of Anzen between Byzantines and Muslims was one of them. But not for being a deed or a great military strategy, but for being an absolute embarrassment in which his army defeated himself. The legend. Between the eighth and twelfth centuries, the Arabo-Bizantine wars. It was a series of conflicts that, for almost 550 years, faced different Muslim caliphath with expansionist eagerness and the Byzantine empire. The conflict changed the political and military landscape in the Middle East and in a large part of the Mediterranean. Legend tells that one of the battles between the Byzantines and the abasi caliphate decided the … spirits. As we read in National Geographicin one of the battles during the ninth century, the Byzantines managed to repel the Arabs, but did not have time to celebrate the victory. At nightfall, the Byzantine soldiers began to see lights moving in the fog, some ‘Fatuos fires‘(flammable gases generated by decomposition matter on the battlefield) that soldiers confused with wandering spirits and souls. In the confusion the Byzantines panicked, they began to attack between them and those who fled were clear by a cliff. Anzen. As history, it is very good, but there are no documents that support it and it seems rather a story so that the soldiers do not get carried away by the Superstitions. The funny thing is that there was a historical episode in which the soldiers were dragged by fear, causing a humiliating defeat. It occurred in the same ninth century, specifically on July 22, 838. In the Anzen battle (current Dazmana, in Türkiye), the Byzantine emperor Teófilo He commanded between 25,000 and 40,000 men against an abasi force under the command of the Iranian Prince al-affshin. The previous year, the Byzantines had made an incursion into the ground of the caliphate, and the Caliph sought revenge. Your goal? Love affairemblem, one of the largest cities in the Byzantine Empire. There are many factors that influence a battle, such as the size of the armies, their armament and even morality, but something definitive is the strategy. And Teófilo came up with a great idea that turned out to be decisive. Galaxy brain. At one point in the battle, and at a point where their troops had the advantage, it occurred to Teófilo to reinforce one of the flanks personally. He took a group of soldiers and left the usual command place. Although in many films we see that leaders are the first to load, the common thing was that they stayed in a remote and privileged position. Not only saved their neck, but they could exercise military tactics in real time. Teófilo sneak away after the defeat Panic and unbalanced. He must have seemed a good idea, but this action was a turn in the dynamics of the battle. The Byzantine troops began to see that Teófilo was not in their command position and thought the most logical (sarcasm): “The emperor has died.” Without its leader, the troops are They demoralizedthey began to act indisciplinedly and there was a disruption in the ranks. Historical chance or strategy, just at that time the Turkish cavalry, with its archers, made a counterattack, which exacerbated chaos in the Byzantine ranks. The attack of the archers mounted and that idea that its leader had died in combat, undermined the morals and cohesion of the imperial army, dynamiting any initial advantage in combat. What do you do? Recall that Teófilo was still alive leading the attack in another area of the battlefield, but their forces had collapsed and the emperor, next to a group of soldiers from his personal guard and the Kurdish allies, was isolated in a hill, the Anzen hill. The Arabs surrounded them, but here there was a Deus Ex Machina de Manual: it began to rain, the strings of the Turkish arches were unused and, while the Arab troops waited for catapults to bombard the position, Teófilo and his personal guard slipped between the enemy lines. Sitío de Amorio for Muslim troops Fatal error. After that, the rumors of his death had already spread and the emperor not only had to fight against it, but against the Arab advance. The defeat in Anzen paved the way to Amorio for the Al-Afshin troops, where the looting of the city that had been a symbol of prestige and imperial power. It was not a definitive blow in the war between Byzantines and Abasíes due to internal conflicts in the caliphate, but of course it was a defeat for the history of the uncoordination of the troops and how important the command figure is. In Xataka | There is a reason why the Canary Islands is not British: the day that United Kingdom invaded Tenerife without knowing what was inside

France needs to cut 40,000 million euros. And he has decided to start for something sacred in Europe: the holidays

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In France there are officially 11 holidays nationals per year, all established through Code du travail (Labor Code). In Spain, on the other hand, we cannot complain: “We enjoy” up to 14 of this type of day. It happens that the French have come up with an idea to refloat their maltrecha economy: start removing holidays from the labor calendar. That Europe trembles. Delete the party. French Prime Minister François Bayrou has presented One of the most radical and politically risky budgetary proposals of the last decades in France: freezing public spending, cutting pensions and social benefits, suppressing two national holidays and applying a new “solidarity contribution” to the great fortunes. Its objective: prevent the country from succumbing under the weight of a public debt that this year It will devour 62,000 million of euros only in interest, an amount equivalent to the combined expense in defense and education. In an appearance that defined as “the moment of truth”, Bayrou warned that France runs the risk of falling into a debt crisis similar to that of Greece in 2008 if it does not act in decision, and launched a message to the citizens: “We have become addicted to public spending. We must all make an effort.” The cost of two holidays. Among the most controversial measures, the holiday suppression of the Easter Monday And on May 8 (Victory Day), with which the Executive estimates Save 4,200 million of euros. France has 11 national holidays, compared to the eight of the United Kingdom or the 14 of Spain, which according to Bayrou is An incompatible luxury With the current fiscal situation. The measure aims to increase the number of working days as an indirect tool To stimulate economic growth. But beyond immediate savings, the elimination of days of deep historical and cultural burden represents a high -voltage political challenge, one that has aroused a transverse rejection in Parliament and public opinion. The attack on collective memory symbols, in a country where the history of world wars is a national identity pillar, has turned the proposal into an emotional catalyst. Structural austerity. Bayrou’s budget plan includes 44,000 million euros In tax and cuts increases. Among them, a general freezing of public spending by 2026 (which has been called A Année Blanche) without automatic inflation reviews, and without increases in pensions or social protection programs. This single measure would save 7.1 billion euros, the second largest component of the plan. The Rationalization of health expenditureincluding medications and low disease, as well as the unification of multiple social aid in a single payment with a stop, focused on low income. Bayrou also wants Cut the benefits by unemployment and reduce its duration. The only exempt from adjustment is the debt service and the defense budget, which will increase by 10 % (6.5 billion euros) In direct order by Emmanuel Macron, in response to the deterioration of the international environment and Russian threat. Suicidal political bet. He counted The Financial Times that, aware of the rejection that its plan causes throughout the political spectrum, Bayrou has been willing to Apply article 49.3 of the Constitution, which allows the budget to be approved without parliamentary vote, although with the risk of facing a motion of censure. This would be the same mechanism that led to the fall of its predecessor, Michel Barnierin 2023, for trying to unlink the pensions of the inflation index, an idea that Bayrou has now resumed. Marine Le Pen, leader of the national regrouping, has not taken long In threatening to censor him If you do not withdraw your proposals, denouncing a plan that “attacks all French, the workers and retirees, instead of ending the waste.” The left considers the project as A “wild austerity” that aggravates inequality and leaves intact the privileges of capital. Mujtaba Rahman, director for Europe of the Eurasia Group analysis group, defined it as “A kamikaze maneuver”: A proposal that has no chance of being approved but puts on the table the magnitude of the fiscal problem. A country on the edge. With a deficit 5.8% of GDP (the third highest in the EU after Romania and Poland) and a debt that is headed towards 115% of GDPFrance is at a critical crossing. If corrective measures are not applied, the cost of the debt could climb to 100,000 million of euros per year in 2029, becoming the largest structural burden of the budget. Bayrou has designed a five -year plan to stabilize that debt/GDP ratio, with the ambition to reduce the 4.6% deficit in 2026 and 3% in 2029. But analysts have warned that such objectives could be “inaccessible” Given the political fragility of the government, parliamentary polarization and the foreseeable social resistance. In Bayrou words: “We know the risks perfectly,” but suggests that giving up the attempt would be even more dangerous. Would it be possible in Spain? In Spain, the possibility of eliminating holidays nationwide is legally possible, but not unilateral or automatic, since it would require a normative reform and institutional negotiation. The reason? It’s not an exclusive competence of the central government and, unlike France, the Spanish system distributes this faculty between the State (fixed 8 days), the autonomous communities (set up to 4 days) and the municipalities (set up to 2 days). Plus: Remember that 14 annual holidays per worker are a right recognized in the Workers Statutebut its concrete distribution is variable. The law allows some holidays to move to Monday, replace them with others or even suppress in specific years, provided that 14 days in total are respected. France and a last act. In the case of France, rather than an economic proposal, Bayrou’s budget plan has acquired the form of a kind of Declaration of principles in front of a fractured country. It is the bet of a veteran politician who seems willing to assume the cost of impopularity to address A structural problem that most of their predecessors have avoided. One thing is clear: parliamentary arithmetic is … Read more

There are those who ask why airplanes have no parachute. This manufacturer decided to stop asking him and putting one

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It is one of those questions that seem taken from an impromptu talk between friends: “And why don’t they put A giant parachute In the airplanes in case something happens? The company that achieved it is called Cirrus Aircraft, and for decades it has designed light airplanes for general aviation. His proposal was as simple as revolutionary: incorporating a ballistic parachute directly into the fuselage, as part of the plane design. Not as an accessory, not as optional. Serial. The system is called Caps, acronym for Cirrus Airframe Parachute Systemand it is present so much In the SR series as in the vision jetan airplane with a turbophah engine for five passengers, plus the pilot. A parachute that is not an accessory, is part of the plane CAPS operation It is as direct as its objective: saving lives when everything else fails. In the upper part of the fuselage, just behind the cabin, a capsule sealed with a large parachute is hidden. If a serious emergency occurs, the pilot only has to pull a t -shaped leverlocated on the roof of the cabin. In a matter of seconds, a small rocket purses the parachute up and it unfolds, braking the fall of the plane until it touches earth. Of course, there are conditions. The system should not be activated below 600 feet of altitude (about 180 meters above the ground), and its effectiveness is much greater if it unfolds between 600 and 2,000 feet. Above that altitude, the pilot has more margin to evaluate and make decisions, but it is still a valid option if the situation demands it. The history of the CAPS was not built from one day to another. In the mid -1990s, the Cirrus engineering team, led by Paul Johnston began to work on an idea that, at that time, seemed crazy: adapt a system of Complete parachute to a light plane. They were inspired by a previous prototype developed by BRS (Ballistic Recovery Systems)a company specialized in ballistic parachutes, which had already tried similar solutions for aircraft such as Cessna 150. A cirrus sr20 displays a parachute in a test In 1998, Cirrus performed his first real testin the southern desert of California. The person in charge of activating the system was a military pilot. That test was key: it showed that the concept worked. From there, Cirrus integrated it as a central part of the design of his first major production model, SR20. Not as an addition, but as a structural element designed from the beginning. Since its certification, the CAPS system has activated more than a hundred times in emergency situations. According to cup datauntil June 2025 they had Registered 136 deployments. Among them there are stories of people who survived motor failures, control losses or extreme weather conditions. Graphical representation of CAPS deployment On its official website, Cirrus states that its system has returned more than 250 people home alive. And some of those stories are especially shocking. Like Greg Huntleypilot and owner of a Cirrus aircraft, which suffered a motor failure on October 22, 2014. Activated the CAPs and managed to land with the plane hanging from the parachute. It was unharmed. Graphic Representation of CAPS IN ACTION Huntley flew every week for work. He had his base in Charlotte, North Carolina, and although he was never passionate about aviation, he acknowledged that he saved him a long time. On October 22, 2014 he took off like any other day. A few minutes after flight, some 5,000 feet of altitudethe engine stopped dry. “Just before declaring the emergency I thought: I have five minutes of life,” I would remember later. One of the many airplanes that used the Caps He made a clear decision: if at 3,000 feet he still did not see the terrain, he would activate the parachute. And so it was. The sky remained completely black through the windshield, so he informed by radio that he was going to display the Caps. “I have taken many children already their parents on their first flights. I always explain that if something happens to me, pull the lever (…) that morning, putting hands on the shooter, I thought: now it is you who is going to check it.” The plane descended and in less than a minute touched land in a grass field. Caps lever The climax of this philosophy came with the Cirrus Vision Jet, a small monomotor reactor certified in 2016. It was the first Jet of the world equipped as standard with a ballistic parachute for the entire aircraft. But Cirrus went further: Safe Return was added to the CAPS system, a function that allows the plane to land only in case of emergency. Button ‘safe return’ The idea is simple. If the pilot suffers a sudden disability, any passenger can press a button. At that time, the Jet Vision takes care of everything: Calculate the routecommunicates the situation to the controllers and performs the descent autonomously to land on a safe track. Caps and Safe Return thus form a fairly complete security package. Cirrus’s parachute system is not designed for all types of aircraft. It does not intend to be. Its effectiveness has to do with the type of plane into which it integrates, with its weight, its structure and the situations for which it was thought. While it is not perfect, it has managed to open a door: demonstrate that there is room to think about security from another angle. Images | Cirrus | POT | CUP In Xataka | They are not fighters, they are planes of the Slovakia government: the day an Airbus A319 and a Fokker 100 stole the show

The United States has decided to launch millions of flies with airplanes on its own territory. It has good reasons

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As killing flies to guns, in the United States they have decided to do it using more flies. Literally. For months the country faces the ghost of the Cochliomyia hominivoraxa fly that in its larval state is a serious threat to cattle, wildlife, pets and even Humans. Hence the country has devised a peculiar strategy to fight it: raise thousands of millions of flies and then release them from airplanes. It sounds crazy, but it makes all the meaning. There is no small enemy. At first glance the Cochliomyia hominivoraxalso known as the New World Barrenning Worm (or NWS) does not seem much. But that is with the naked eye, of course. Although they are not much greater than common flies, in their Larval state they represent a considerable threat, especially for cattle, pets and wildlife. NWS females deposit the eggs in wounds or mucous membranes and, once they hatch, the larvae break through the meat, feeding thanks to their sharp oral hooks. Hence “BARRENOR WORD”. Dead cattle in weeks. The species is so voracious that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) warns of its effects, the risk of cattle and what the nation is played by keeping it at bay. “It is crucial to protect our livestock industry, our economy and our food supply chain,” emphasize. In An interview With the AP Agency, Michael Bailey, director of the American Association of Veterinary Medicine, is even more explicit: the larvae can end a 450 kilos bovine in a matter of two weeks. And why is it news? The boreride worm is An old acquaintance of the American authorities. Although the species is endemic to Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic and countries in South America, the US has been looking for a way to prevent the species from expanding north with the help of Panama. Moreover, in his day he already deployed a strategy that allowed him A small outbreak Registered in the Florida Keys in 2017. The problem is that now the larva is calling again at the gates of the southern US, which has put the USDA on guard. “Although the NWS has been eradicated from the country for decades, recent detections in Mexico, at points as north as Oaxaca and Veracruz, about 1,125 kilometers from the border, have led to the immediate suspension of the imports of living cattle, horses and bison in the US entry ports on the southern border on May 11,” I recognized The government recently. Cattle lock and something else. Import blocking is only a small part of the Usda activated plan to curb the expansion of carnivorous parasite. The US authorities also want to have a vast network of facilities that allow him to raise hundreds of millions of NWS flies every week. And are willing to invest millions of dollars to achieve it. The Agriculture Department has already announced the investment of 8.5 million in a southern Texas and other installation 21 million To re -adapt a metapa plant, in Mexico, which was dedicated to the breeding of fruit flies. The idea is that it now focuses on the NWS. Both facilities will also be added to another base of Panama that is already able to raise about 177 million flies every week, a figure that the USDA considers insufficient. Its goal is to get to 400 million. But … raise flies for what? To have fewer flies. I know, it sounds inconsistent, but it makes all the meaning of the world. The flies that leave those hatcheries are not ‘normal’, but special specimens, males sterilized with radiation that can mate, but not (and this is the key) reproduce. The idea is actually very simple: scientists raise millions of flies, billions, and then release them in the fields so that females mate with those altered males. The result are eggs unable to hatch, which translates into less larvae and, over time, in diminishing populations. A solera technique. The technique is interesting for several reasons. For a start, Remember APit is more effective and ecological than resorting to pesticides. In addition, Washington has already proven that the system works relatively well. USDA remember which used the same “biological control technique” to end NWS populations in the 60s and the 2017 Florida outbreak. The same strategy has also been deployed in other places to combat different pests. Los Angeles used it to stop the proliferation of the Fruit fly And Singapore did something similar with the mosquitoes They transmit dengue. ‘Bombing’ of flies. Raising sterile male flies is just the first part of the plan. To work and stop the carnivorous worm, something else must be done: release those diptera strategically. And the US already knows how to do it. The Associated Press agency It has relieved that the government proposes to throw the altered specimens on southern Texas and Mexico. In fact he hopes to have In late of this same year a special installation to disperse insects in the Moore Air Baselocated almost at the border with Mexico. The new farm of southern Mexico would take something more to be ready. It would not be activated until July 2026. Images | USDA (Flickr), APHIS-USA and Wikipedia In Xataka | These worms live in the most radioactive area of ​​Chernobil. To everyone’s surprise, they seem immune to radioactivity

Fly has become hell, so someone has decided to resurrect the synonym of “luxury” in the planes: bread am

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PAN American Airways Incorporated. Bread amin the screen printing of airplanes. Who was at Lisbon airport on June 19 had to think for a moment he had traveled in time. That without realizing it, the police control was actually a worm hole that had sent it directly to the 60s. Then, he would take advantage of his mobile phone and realize that, indeed, nothing had changed. It was still on June 19, 2025. But something strange happened. Why did an plane that had stopped manufactured 20 years ago? And, above all, why did the lyrics of a broken company in 1991 have been scheduled? Elon Musk vs Jeff Bezos: The Galaxies War Remember what luxury was Indeed, aeronautics fans would be stunned last week when An AM PAN plane He landed on the Portuguese airport track. Not only that will travel through Europe before returning to New York on June 28, where it was coming last week. If you want to get a ticket you may be late. Late to buy it and afternoon, most likely, to gather the almost 65,000 euros that the trip costs. Because the trip aboard the Boeing 757 that revives the PAN AM trip is organized by BARTELINGSspecialized in private trips by plane, and Travel criteriontravel specialists designed for experts in a specific sector. Together have created Beyond Capricorn to recreate in the 21st century the trips of decades ago. Lisbon is part of the First itinerary Organized by these companies. With departure in New York and Stop in Bermudas, the PAN AM plane will be seen in Lisbon, Marseille, London, Shannon/Foynes (Ireland) and return to New York. The price of this trip has been $ 65,500 for those who have traveled alone and 59,950 dollars for those who have reserved two tickets. Prices shoot for this Second Tourwith departure in San Francisco and stops in Tokyo, Siem Reap, Singapore, Darwin, Sidney, Auckland, Fiji and back to San Francisco. In this case we talk about $ 94,495 departure (reserving two tickets) and 103,995 dollars for those who travel alone. Good, Old Times. (Commons) And what is offered? Well, in addition to infarction hotels And guided tours of the cities, the experience of flying as it was flying more than a decade ago. That is, absolute dedication by the company’s staff, haute cuisine food on board and a plane that has been reconfigured inside so that the 50 passengers feel the comforts of the class Business. Of course, all the details of how he was traveling have been recreated. The interior of the plane seems to be taken from a time tunnel and all the people wears the experience in which these companies are inspired to recreate the luxury trips of more than half a century ago. Routes recreate Flying Boatsluxury cruises that the wealthiest customers maintained for weeks circling the world. In Xataka | Vigo airport has released a novel and digital control tower. There is only one problem: complaints about security

Spain has decided to rearm and for the moment there is a company that is benefiting from it: Indra

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Morgan Stanley has raised the target price of indra 118%up to 47 euros, turning the Spanish technology into its most optimistic commitment to the sector. The reason has a lot to do with its change in strategy. Although Indra has a long time in defense, lately it has redoubled efforts. Why is it important. The American bank sees in Indra “the hidden European defense champion, a company that has made its military business grow 25% in the last two years With 18% margins. Its transformation of software company to the defense giant is working. “European champion” is business jargon to refer to a leading company in its sector at European level that also competes worldwide. The context. The Ukraine conflict began to change the rules. Europe will allocate more than 11,000 million euros only in drones, according to Indra estimates. NATO has set as a goal Raise defense expenditure up to 5% of GDP In 2035, against current 2%. Something that has put on the agenda The negative of Spain In recent days in front of Repliations announced by the United States. Yes, but. Spain has adhered to the NATO plan, but the aforementioned negative of the Spanish government shields that 2.1% of GDP “is sufficient.” Well below the ambitions of its European partners. In detail. The turning point marks it The creation of the Fourth Divisioncalled Indra Weapon & Ammunition, without ambiguities. It joins the other three divisions: Indramind (AI). Indra Land Vehicles (land vehicles). Indra Space (satellites). Together they make up a military ecosystem that covers from drones to laser systems. Between the lines. The bet goes beyond the conjunctural opportunism. Indra is building capabilities that Spain did not have, from guidance systems to unmanned weapons through directed energy. Its president, Ángel Escribano, recognized that “high foreign dependence” explains why the State has chosen Indra as its industrial armed arm. And now what. Morgan Stanley has projected that the defense and aerospace sectors represent two thirds of Indra Ebitda in 2026. AND Indra is already exploring the opening of an office in kyivunequivocal sign that he sees in Ukrainian reconstruction a lasting opportunity. Outstanding image | Indra In Xataka | Ukraine has updated its rewards system: the big goal is to eliminate a Russian soldier who is not in the front

Murcia is convinced that she has a special smell. So he has decided bottling him and turning him into a perfume

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If Seville has a special color, as those of the river sang, Murcia can boast another identity equally striking: its smell. At least he considers his City Council, that He has opted by a fragrance inspired by the aromas of the city, such as orange blossom or myrtle, to use it as an institutional gift. In fact so convinced is the town hall that has dedicated more than 11,000 euros to launch it in the framework of the celebration of the 1,200 years from the town. Of course the perfume has a name: “Fire ritual”. A perfume inspired by Murcia? That’s how it is. At the moment there are not many details that have transcended the Murcian Olfative Initiative, but they allow us to get an idea of ​​what is their approach. The news emerged on Sunday as a result of A tweet Posted by Ginés Ruiz, local spokesman of the PSOE. In him, pulling a sneer, he threw a polish to the local government headed by the popular José Ballesta. “Dear neighbors of Murcia: do not forget that July 7 is the last day to pay the IBI, that the mayor has to pay things like the ‘aromatic mist commemorating the #Murcia12’ to 11,325.60 euros,” Ironizaba Ruiz. The message was accompanied by The photo of a document in which, indeed, a budget item of 11,300 euros is collected for something called “aromatic mist.” Click on the image to go to Tweet. And what is it? Ruiz’s tweet led several media, basically RRNEWS, Murcia’s opinion and Murcia Economyto pull the thread and contact the City Council to learn more about that mysterious “aromatic mist.” Thanks to them we know that their real name is ‘Fire ritual’ and consists neither more nor less than a fragrance with the smell of Murcia “elaborated by Iberchem and that will be presented shortly. What exactly does it mean to smell Murcia? “It smells like the color of the flames”, replyenigmatic, the Consistory. Because? The opinion reveals that the City Council took the first leg of an unsuspected place: its tourism officia. Visitors who come there in search of information often speak the smell of orange blossom, so … why not capture that olfactory essence in a perfume? The idea, insist from the municipal government, is that “a part of Murcia always travels with visitors” and encouraged them to return. “The idea is that this initiative arising from the ‘Murcia 1200’ project lasts and extends as a gift beyond this year, being able to take this aroma everywhere where entities and groups of civil society be named Murcia with their talent,” They clarify. For now, the fragrance will become gift for those who visit Murcia in official acts or during relevant quotes. The important thing: What does it smell like? The City Council advances that it is “a unique fragrance inspired by Murcia and its history”, with “representative” aromas such as orange blossom or myrtle. “It’s a fragrance Niche Inspired by oriental, wood, smoke touches, spicy points … When you smell it, it transports you to that warm fire, with a sweet touch and Ambarado“, They clarify. The idea is that people can spray perfume and use it to set rooms. The name, ‘Fire ritual’, is inspired by one of the large celebrations of the town: the spring parties, and more specifically in its climax, The burning of the catafalco of the sardine. The news has jumped with the fragrance and ready to appear. The person responsible for forming it has been the Iberchem company and in the project a member of the Royal Perfume Academy would have participated. Images | Esteban Palacios Blanco (Flickr) and Laura Chouette (UNSPLASH) In Xataka | Vitoria has been the greatest city in Spain for years. Now he has turned against him for a gardener strike

Now they have decided to kill her and bring her closer to Netflix

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The face washing that Mediaset has given to its streaming platform, until now known as mitele, and what is called Mediaset Infinityit has been spectacular. A considerable reformulation in the visual, technical streaming With their same weapons. The new Mediaset Infinity. Announced at the end of May, this change equals the Mediaset Spain website with that of the Italian matrix of the group. Among the web sections are both live and letter emissions, with exclusive content derived from linear programs and even in the style of what Atresmedia does, original productions for this digital environment. Access to all contents becomes completely free, something that was limited in Mitele. There will also be a premium part, heiress of Mitele Plus in which there will be no advertising interruptions and there will be the possibility of starting a direct from its beginning and downloading content. A family air. It is inevitable to think of a clear inspiration for this redesign: Netflix and the rest of the platforms of streaming that have gone in their shadow (at least the netflix prior to last and much discussed redesign, openly thought to imitate the style of social networks as Tiktok). In Mediaset Infinity we have categories that follow each other horizontally and extend vertically, with visual and very recognizable icons, and organization for seasons and chapters within each program. The influence is even evident in the highlights of the Homeand it is not a bad idea: any spectator has already become accustomed to the use of these menus and organization almost intuitively. Technical improvement. The guts of this new Mitele incarnation have also improved, with an optimized search system, a better organized user area and, above all, an important leap in terms of speed and accessibility. A year and a half of joint work between Mediaset Spain and Mediaset Italy that has set in a remarkable jump for the platform: now the content search is much faster and, above all, moving through the platform is as effective as in any other streaming platform, without the need for unnecessary waiting for seeking programs or hidden chapters. The reorganization of the page works perfectly. Blur and new account. Since its creation in 2011, Mitele has experienced abundant problems, especially technical type: access difficulties that demanded to resalrate the application, Poor performance even with good connections, limited compatibility with Many devices (especially with certain Smart TV models), reproduction errors and availability … a series of problems that were the reflection of an app that had been outdated and that had not been able to evolve at the same rate as the connections and user devices. All the same. It is not an exclusive problem, yes, by Mitele: traditional television have always had problems adapting to Smart TV and consumption on demand. The motives have been varied, from technical and hardware limitations (by compatibility of new televisions with apps) to changes in the business model (to traditional chains, accustomed to a linear model, they have a hard time facing a model that requires flexibility, investment in technology and new forms of monetization, apart from negotiating new emission rights and adapting content), passing through a fierce competition of the streaming platforms, which they They have an advantage because they are native. Inherit users. What Infinity is going to be found are Mitele users: 3.7 million unique users in January, A growth of 16% With respect to the previous year, in addition to almost 2 million viewers on average a day on the platform. Undoubtedly, this growth has played in favor of encouraging Mediaset to make the leap towards the transformation into the new platform, no matter how and a half of development a relevant investment may have needed. A push for Telecinco. Thanks to the huge impulse that the latest edition of ‘The Island of Temptations’ is giving to all platform programsto ‘late’ seems to work Better without his alma mater since, on the other hand, the 1 does not seem to settle completely or in its disastrous afternoons nor in the Competition with ‘El Hormiguero‘, Tele5 has found a break. Vespertine bets such as ‘Jorge’s newspaper’ are consolidating themselves as some of the most value for Telecinco, which he needed from the output of ‘Save Me’ from his grill programs that provided him with solidity. This new platform is another step in a proposal of greater modernity for the group, as well as more ease of access to its programs. Something that undoubtedly their spectators will appreciate, knowing how the contents of both spaces are contaminated. Header | Mediaset In Xataka | The last edition of ‘The island of temptations’ has not only been a viral phenomenon: it has saved the month of Telecinco

Boadilla del Monte wants to be a pilgrimage place. So he has decided to build a 37 -meter colossal

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Boadilla del Monte is known by the Palacio del Infante Don Luisyour source of Three pipes or the Convent of the incarnation, among other monumentsbut if the plans of an association of Catholics in the area go ahead in a short time it will be for something different: an effigy colossal of Christ that will overcome in size a The famous figure that crowns the Cerro Corcovadoin Rio de Janeiro. Your drivers, yes, will have nothing easy. They need to raise 17 million of euros. Not only do they want their sculpture to be the largest of its kind. They aspire to be a representation based on The holy sheet and with a huge mobile heart. Breaking molds. Throughout the world there are many, many effigies of Jesus, but few as iconic as the Redeemer of Corcovado, in Rio de Janeiro, a huge monument of Around 30 meters high (almost 40if the pedestal is taken into account) that was inaugurated In 1931. In Spain there is, however, who wants to make the competition with an even greater monument: a sculpture of Christ with open arms of 37 m high and 60 wingspan. With you, the Christ of Boadilla. The initiative starts from the Association of Devotos Heart of Jesus of Boadilla, a Catholic group that He wants to lift in that municipality of the Madrid community “The Sacred Heart of the world”. Its intention is to build the effigy between M 50, the Financial City and M 501, on a field of public ownership. For now, They assurehave the Plecet of the City Council, which in 2019 approved the project No opposition. A colossal work of 17 million. The location is not, however, the largest challenge of the company. Its drivers calculate that to get it ahead they need close to 17 million euros16 for construction itself and the remaining million to face “the management, communication and financing of the project”. They also want to raise them through donations from individuals or private organizations, without public funds or any institution such as the Catholic Church. For the moment, Precise The worldthey are quite far from that figure: today their crowdfunding has managed to gather around 95,000 euros. An objective: June 2030. The association not only handles an approximate budget. On its website also includes A schedule How you want to carry out the project. The first phase of financing started at the beginning of the year and will run until February 2026 with the aim of leaving the sculptural project ready, the general preliminary project and starting the crowdfunding campaign. During that first stage they hope to gather 135,000 euros. The second aspires to add five million, will last until June 2028 and will focus on the architectural project and permits. The objective of the association is that the construction of the effigy can begin in mid -2027 and the works last for about three years. If the Planning, It could be inaugurated during June 2030. For this, it will be necessary to carry out the third phase of the financing, of 11.86 million. The collective Recognize in any case that are “self -imposed” deadlines. “Nothing will prevent anticipating the result or that it suffers some delay.” And how do you want to do it? The monument draws attention for its size (37 meters high and 60 of size), but also for its approach. Input and although the association acknowledges that it has not yet defined “the constructive phase”, its Initial idea It is that the effigy combines various materials: the trunk and head would be built with reinforced concrete and arms extended with fiberglass or carbon. The most striking thing is what there will be within the figure. The interior of the effigy can be visited and will include a huge golden heart of around 2.5 meters in diameter that will rise and fall during the day. “Every morning, when the first rays of the sun cross the sore of its side and illuminate the heart, it will slowly descend to the ground with a pulleys mechanism. Then, when the night falls, the heart will return to its anatomical position and retro-pile it will light and light up,” They explain From the association. “With scientific methods”. It is not the only surprise. To shape sculpture, those responsible have decided to take as a reference a symbol of Christianity: Turin’s shroud. “The Holy sheet will be our guide to model sculpture and rebuild with scientific methods the true face of the man who left his mark on the canvas,” they claim. “The wounds and the site of the side will become cracks for which the light will cross the monument. The music will accompany us during our visit and we will listen to the heartbeat.” Your goal, emphasize The association is to create “a world pilgrimage place”, joins huge effigy that becomes the largest “largest heart in the world”. The nuance is important because if we talk about Christ’s sculptures, in general, there are much greater monuments. Not long ago Indonesia inaugurated a colossal statue of the “Salvador” of about 60 meters high In the same country there is another effigy, Buntu Burakearound 40 m. Images | Heart of Jesus Boadilla In Xataka | Cáceres is building a gigantic Buddhist statue 47 meters high (for some reason)

The wolf hunting throughout Spain depended on a red button that changes its status. And Europe has decided to press it

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The wolf has just seen how his future is complicated in European soil. And not because of pollution, global warming, a new disease that affects herds or the loss of their ecosystem. No. The key is in the EU Official Gazettewhich has just published the directive that degrades the status of protection of the species, passing it from “strictly protected” to only “protected”. Maybe it sounds like a smaller detail or pure community bureaucracy, but In the case of Spain It will allow hunters to reduce animals throughout the country. The reason: a chain of legal changes. What happened? After years of controversypolitical anger and a rifirrafe attempt between environmentalists and hunters, over the last months the wolf has seen how cracks opened in the legal armor that protected him from the hunters. And the reason must be sought in a series of decisions adopted nationally and community. In the case of Spain, one of the key steps to reduce the protection of the wolf In Marchduring the processing of the Law on Food Waste in Congress. Now there has been a new step in that same direction, but at the broader level, with a change that It has just officialized he EU Official Gazette. And what change is that? Basically degrades The status of the Canis lupus. Instead of being considered a “strictly protected species”, as until now, it appears in the list of “protected”. Without more. It may seem like a small adjustment, but in practice it supposes that the wolf will appear without nuances in the list of animals that “can be subject to management measures.” That is, hunt. The European directive was approved a few days ago, June 17but just officialize in the EU Official Gazetteas He has revealed eldiario.es. Again it may seem simple bureaucratic, but it has important repercussions: from now on it opens a period of 20 days For the entry into force of change, so on July 14 the wolf will have lost its “strictly protected” status. Is it a novelty? Yes. And no. The change made in the Habitat Directive to beginning of this month And his recent publication in “The Community Boe” are important news for their impact, but they will actually surprise few. The wolf’s legal armor has been a reason for debate at European level. The controversy can be at least 2022, when the president of the CE, Ursula von der Leyen, lost his favorite pony for the attack of a wolf. That same year Brussels commissioned a “In -depth analysis” on the increase of the species in the continent thanks to its legal armor against the hunters. What was your conclusion? “The concentration of wolves in some European regions has become a real danger to cattle and, potentially, also for humans”, He reflected Von der Leyen in 2023. In the same statement, the CE encouraged local authorities to “take measures when necessary.” What happened since then? That community machinery has continued working on the subject. TO late 2024 The Permanent Committee of the Berna Agreement voted in favor of the EU proposal to reduce the wolf protection status, so that it passed from “strictly protected” to only “protected”, and In March The Commission moved again to propose that this change was transferred to its Habitats directiveadaptation that He received green light This same month. And what happens in Spain? The wolf has not only been the protagonist of community policy. Throughout the last years it has also served to warm the debate in Spain, where environmentalists, hunters or the parliamentary arch itself differs on the degree of protection that the species must enjoy in the Peninsula. Ecologists in action He thinks for example, authorizing his hunt “turns his back on science.” For the RFF it will help the “coexistence” With the farmers. With that backdrop, three months ago Congress adopted a series of fundamental measures for the future of the wolf in our country. The most immediate affected the herds located north of the Duero River. The lower house He endorsed A change in The Royal Decree that develops the Lespre to eliminate the protection of the animals located in that territory and that the autonomies can decide on their hunting. In practice that meant returning them to the situation in which they were before 2021. And what happens to the south of the Duero? It is there where there will be news from now on. In March Congress He opened the door Also to be reduced by the protection of the wolf to the south of the Duero, but as long as its community protection is reduced before, something that has just been formalized. In that way The species comes out of the special protection regime list also south of the Duero River. Interestingly, the Congress of Deputies made the decision while processed a law on food waste management. The reason: the promoters of the amendment that made possible the change in the Statute of the Wolf They argued that the attacks of the wolves to the cattle generate thousands of kilos of lost meat. Images | Leopold de Castro (Flickr) 1 and 2 In Xataka | We have made the giant wolves return after 10,000 extinct years. The problem is that they “return” may not be the right word

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