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Valencia tested the four -day work week. A town of Cádiz of 1,355 inhabitants has been the first to implement it

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Zahara de la Sierra, a municipality of just 1,355 inhabitants in the province of Cádiz, has decided to step forward in the Organization of your work day and rise as the first session to adopt the four -day work week and face the challenge of the reduction of the day that is currently located Parliamentary process. Inspired by the pilot experience carried out in Valencia, the City Council of this picturesque Cadiz people have implemented the four -day work week For its municipal staff. The news has generated great expectation, not only for the novelty of the measure, but for the enthusiasm he has aroused among the employees themselves. Zahara de la Sierra adopts four days. The City of Zahara de la Sierra has decided to reduce the working day of its 32 public employees of the current 37.5 hours per week in five working days, to a 35 -hour day distributed in four days per week. Thus, this small population located in the limits of the Natural Park of the Sierra de Grazalema becomes the first public body to adopt that day model. The mayor’s initiative. The implementation of the four -day working hours arises at the initiative of the mayor, such as conciliation measure For public employees of your City Council. The reduction will be implemented voluntarily and will allow workers to fight one day a week, either on Monday or Friday, rotatingly. To complete the remaining hours until adding 35, they will have to work or on Tuesdays or Thursdays in the afternoon. As Mayor Santiago Galván explains in statements to The country: “It’s totally optional. If you have children, enter at 9, no and you like to get up early, enter at 7:30”. This flexibility aims to adapt to the conciliation needs of each employee without affecting the attention to the public that is covered five days a week by rotating shifts. “In the end, the work has to be as a goal, that of being encapsulated in hours is a fatal mistake. That does not benefit anyone, I prefer flexibility,” said the mayor. An agreement with the union support. Beyond being a pioneer initiative in public administration in Spain, the mayor has had the consensus of workers and the CSIF union, a majority in public administrations. According to collect Diario de Cádizthe officials union positively value the measure, considering it “the starting point for all local municipalities and entities to take it as an example.” Francisco Silvestre, head of Local Administration of CSIF Cádiz, explained that “municipal staff deserves the improvement of their working conditions, facilitating, among other issues, family conciliation; but also, by optimizing resources, citizenship care schedules can be expanded and, consequently, also improve the service offered”, so the measure will not only benefit employees, but also result in the citizenship. Learning others’ head. Despite being a pioneer initiative in a public organization, There are already private companies That they have adopted this model of day, so the Consistory can take advantage of that previous experience to solve possible problems that may arise. In addition, the pilot program of the four -day working hours that took place In Valenciaalready advances the benefits that can be expected in that small Gaditano municipality. The different tests performed all over the world They agree to aim an almost immediate improvement in the well -being of the workers, Reduction of labor casualties and an increase in commitment. In addition, a Fall in productivity attributable to the change in the working day model. Valencia and Iceland tests reported that the adoption of four -day work week encouraged local consumption and economy due to the increase in the free time of workers. These data reinforce the idea that four -day work week can be a viable and beneficial formula for different sectors, among which is the public sector, although it is not viable in all companies. In Xataka | Not everything is 38.5 hours a week: the formulas for a waiter or temporary to benefit from the reduction of day Image | Wikimedia Commons (80 km/h)

Darwin is an Australian city with 250,000 inhabitants. 100,000 of them are protected crocodiles

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Australia is a peculiar country. Not so much for their culture, a mixture of indigenous and western customs, but because it has become in the eyes of the rest of the world into practically, A meme. And it is due to the curious variety of fauna with which he has a recurring joke that Any bug That you find yourself It will be huge and You can kill you. Among them, are the crocodiles, which are not so exotic, but they have a whole town. The town is Darwin, and the 100,000 crocodiles that surround it are of a fairly aggressive species. Irony. You may be thinking about it, and that is: Darwin It is called in honor of the Naturalist Charles Darwin. It was founded in 1869 and, in its short history, it has had to be rebuilt on a couple of occasions. One, due to a Japanese bombing during the Second World War. The other by the action of a cyclone. It has 150,000 inhabitants and is the most populous capital in the north of the country, but much of its population does not walk on two legs. Larrakia. Darwin is located in a privileged enclave for outdoor sport, especially for those who enjoy sea sports. However, that exposure to the sea and one of the few rivers in the country has a small print: a population of overwhelming crocodiles. Currently, it is estimated that there are more than 100,000 crocodiles around the town, but until not long ago, the situation was completely different. The Larrakia are the aboriginal inhabitants of that region and, for 65,000 years, they lived with the crocodiles. The reason? Double: spiritual and useful. They were revered, but because they were of great value to the people due to their flesh and eggs. These crocodiles are of a particularly aggressive species, salt water crocodiles or Crocodylus porosusand his fate changed in the mid -twentieth century. Challenge. After World War II, the Larrakia painted little in a more westernized territory, and the crocodiles began to be dough hunted not due to their flesh, but to their skin. The fashion of the mid -century prevailed and imported little end with entire animals, which reduced The population of crocodiles between 3,000 individuals for the 60s. That hunt was seen as a form of economic development due to the lucrative fashion business, but things changed in the 70s. The little girl. In 1971 I know They implemented conservation policies, preventing the hunt for crocodiles and the population … exploded. If only 3,000, in 50 years they have multiplied until reaching 100,000 copies. Due to the numerous coast and warm temperatures, the territory of northern Australia is an ideal habitat for these crocodiles and, although they are an aggressive species, in recent years there have been less mortal incidents we could think. And, because the area is ideal for both fishing and swimming, or to perform any other outdoor activity, Darwin has a system of traps and park rangers that are responsible for keeping crocodiles at bay. Especially in times of heat, when these reptiles are more restless. Shield. Kelly Ewin is one of these park rangers, whose work is to catch and remove crocodiles from the areas closest to the population. In BBC He says that there is a system composed of 24 traps that surround the city of Darwin and are designed to catch those who approach too much, especially in the port area. “Obviously, we are not going to capture all the crocodiles, but the more we take out the port, the less the risk of a meeting between crocodiles and people will be,” says this former policeman. In addition, another tool is population education. In the northern territory, the government launched a program called “Be wise around crocodiles” to teach people how to behave responsible in the habitat of these animals. Natasha Hoffman directs the program and comments that, living in a country of crocodiles, they must know the answer to how to behave if they cross one. “If you are on a ship when you are fishing you must be aware that the crocodiles are there. They hunt through ambush, they sit, observe and wait. If they have the opportunity to grab some food, that is what they are going to do,” says the educator. There are also these poor people with a bad reputation due to ‘Jurassic Park’ License to kill. Now, although in the northern territory it is not allowed to kill the crocodiles massively due to that protection, but plans have been approved to increase the quota of crocodiles that can be killed annually from 300 to 1,200 with the aim of controlling the population. In addition, when there is a potentially dangerous encounter between a crocodile and a human, the park rangers have permission to end the threat. The problem is that there are too many, they are aggressive if a human approaches too much and, as they expose in BBC, every time a death occurs, the debate that puts the possibility of mass killings is revived. There are politicians who take advantage of say That the population is out of control, something that not everyone agrees. Business. Because not only local die: also tourists. In the same report, Alex Williams is the captain of a cruise focused on the viewing of crocodiles and states that there has been a boom of tourists in the last ten years. In addition, there are impracticable rivers. “If you are going to swim to the Adelaide River next to Darwin, there is a 100% chance of killing you. The only question is whether it will take five minutes or ten. I don’t think you never get to fifteen, you’ll end up shattered,” says Grahame Webb, an expert in these crocodiles. However, there are attractions like the ‘Cage of Death’ that allows you to swim with giant crocodiles. And, apart from tourism, there is a Intensive breeding of crocodiles that spend their lives … Read more

We have just rewritten the genealogy of the inhabitants of the Cantabria of the Paleolithic. Thanks to DNA found in the mud

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If we want to enter tens of thousands of years ago in the genetics of our ancestors, the only path we have is to study the bone remains in search of the low genetic material remaining in them. Or at least that used to be the case. 46,000 years ago. Because a new study has achieved Back 46,000 years in the past by analyzing sedimentary challenges in a Cantabrian cave. The genetic material found showed a common genetic ancestry among the inhabitants of the cave and populations settled in southern France in the same era. The mirror and his red lady. The history of the study of the archaeological site of the cave of El Mirón, located in Cantabria, begins with excavations initiated in 1996. Archaeological prospects would give one of its main fruits in 2010, with the discovery of the red lady of El Mirón. It was a partial skeleton that belonged to a woman from between 35 and 40 years deceased about 19,000 years ago. The appellation is due to the fact that the bone remains were found covered with a red ocher paint whose origin would not have been in the direct environment of the cave. Sedadna. One of the most striking details of the study is in its methodology. The new analysis of the remains of the site did not focus on the bone remains of the red lady, even on other types of bones. Instead they noticed the mud. The Sedadna methodology focuses on the sedimentary remains of DNA that still keep genetic information about the ancient inhabitants of the cave, humans or animals. These remains, Explain the study responsible for the study They allow us to ride ourselves very prior to that of the Red Lady, up to 46,000 years ago, in the Musteriense era, when the Neanderthals still inhabited Europe. From Fournol to Cantabria. However, the most relevant period in the new study is the Solutrense, the period in which the last maximum glacier occurred, approximately between 25,000 and 21,000 years ago. The sedadna extracted in the strata of this era allowed genetically to link the human populations that inhabited the cave in this era with other human groups. Specifically with the one known as Fournol lineagea group that we link with some deposits in Spain and in France. The new study allows us to better trace the genealogies of the human groups that inhabited the Peninsular North in Paleolithic. A genealogy that also covers the ancestry of the Villabruna lineage, which would have reached the region in bass Magdaleniensefrom the Balkans and northern Italy. The details of the study were published In an article In the magazine Nature Communications. Great carnivores. Another study key is in animals that inhabited the cave and, therefore, that they could be found in these times among the Iberian fauna. The team found traces belonging to carnivores such as leopard and hyenas, as well as the Dole, Wild Dog Asian or Indian Wild Dog (Cuon Alpinus), A canid now present in Southeast Asia. They also found DNA belonging to ungulates such as mammoths and rhinos, in addition to deer. In Xataka | “Look dad, ox”: the curious story of how an eight -year -old girl unwittingly discovered the paintings of the Altamira cave Image | University of New Mexico

It is full of art and in a town in the Sierra with less than one hundred inhabitants

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Art creates curious travel companions. The Sierra del Rincónin the Community of Madrid, leave a fantastic example. There, in the middle of La Puebla Valley, there is a town of just A hundred neighborsstone houses and narrow alleyways, which has won the nickname “The Madrid Osaka”. And in a more than justified way. Its surroundings does not resemble that of the bustling port metropolis of Japan, but Valle de la Puebla It is twin With her and has become one of her ambassadors in Europe. And all for art. The Madrid Osaka? That’s how it is. If you are looking for In Google either In networks You will find a handful of publications headed with those two words, “OSAKA MADRILEÑO”. Who does not know what is behind will probably imagine a neighborhood of the Spanish capital full of cherry trees, neons, Japanese architecture, skyscrapers and a large community of Japanese. A kind of ‘Little Japan’ in full Iberian Peninsula. Reality has nothing to do with that. The nickname of ‘Osaka Madrid’ has earned it (already pulse) a small village of the Sierra del Rincón located about one hundred kilometers from the Puerta del Sol de Madrid. His name: Puebla de la Sierra. And although in these cases that kind of nicknames are usually forced, in this the title fits wonderfully. With 93 neighbors, but international. That the ‘title’ has fallen precisely in Puebla de la Sierra is striking for several reasons that are summarized in a simple way: the small Madrid villa and the bustling Japanese metropolis cannot be more different. Puebla de la Sierra has 93 neighbors. In Osaka live more than 2.7 million of people, fact that we shoot if we take into account their metropolitan area. Its population densities per square kilometer have absolutely nothing to do (in Puebla it is from only 1.44) and while the Madrid town is in the middle of the Sierra, hundreds of kilometers from the closest coast, Osaka is A port city endowed with one of the most important terminals in Japan, epicenter of an intense flow of merchant ships. The architecture of both enclaves, the environment and their leisure offer and gastronomy are also quite different. And despite that … In spite of all the above Puebla de la Sierra presume of being twin with Osaka and hosting a Japanese museum “Pioneer in Spain”with a large collection of contemporary Japanese paint. In addition the village maintains a link With Reijinsha, an artistic entity based in Osaka created more than 30 years ago and has between Its objectives “Serve as a bridge between society and art.” As if that were not enough, the Puebla Museum includes an interesting collection of contemporary Spanish painters and the twentieth century, including pieces of stream, Tàpies, Feito, Picasso, Barceló or Antonio López. From the Commonwealth Sierra del Rincón Remember In addition they have preparatory drawings and sketches Alejo Veragreat representative of naturalism, romanticism and historical painting. Why’s that? For art. Puebla del Valle may not have many neighbors, but has managed to carve a name in the artistic circuits thanks to a large extent to one of its star initiatives: the ‘Valley of Dreams’an outdoor museum formed by dozens and dozens of sculptures. The pieces are distributed over a kilometer and a half and include contributions from Federico Erguía, Lucía Loren, Karfer, Antonio Garza and Joaquín Manzano, among others. The itinerary was created in 2005at the initiative of the artist Federico Erguíaand over time it has been thickening its outdoor collection until it overcome the long hundred pieces. That, among other things, leads to his City Council to show off Another title: be “the town with more works of art per inhabitant”. Whether or not, the undeniable thing is that the “Valley of Dreams” has aroused interest far beyond the municipality thanks to iconic sculptures, such as ‘Minotauro’, by Jorge Egea, or ‘Meira’s giant chair’piece of more than five meters from Xulio Lago and Roberto Brañas. A name and a bridge. In the cultural explosion of the town there is a code name, the Eguíapoet, sculptor, painter, illustrator and promoter of exhibitions that has exhibited his work (individually or in collective samples) in other parts of Spain, Europe, America and Asia, including Japan. The artist also has its roots in Puebla. There he promoted the “Valley of Dreams” in a town that ended up endowing in addition to a Japanese museum hand in hand also of eguía. In their rooms they are exhibited dozens of works donated by the Japanese artistic entity, although the town hall of the town ensures on its website that the collection will soon expand. Who wants to want more art and culture can also enjoy the works of Spanish artists from the twentieth and twenty -first centuries or even, leaving the museum, of the museum, People’s heritagewhich includes buildings between the XVI and XVII with an important historical interest. Among those who come to enjoy the area also include Japanese groups. And all by the work of art. Images | Tuscasasrralos (Flickr) 1 and 2, Nomadic Julien (UNSPLASH) and Puebla de la Sierra City Council In Xataka | 90 years ago a plan to convert a town in Zaragoza into capital was launched. Its objective: the New Spanish Delhi

There is a country in Europe where one in three inhabitants is a millionaire and only 46% were born there: Monaco

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If you think of a city in Europe that the supercar is already part of the landscape of their streets, luxury stores follow each other on their boulevards and the supereyates are attached to their marinas, you are probably Thinking about Monaco. However, luxury and exclusivity do not remain in the posture of its streets. One of the higher concentrations of millionaire population of all the Mediterranean. So much so, that the majority of its population is foreign and is one of the countries in which it is more complicated to belong to the richest 1% of its population, according to the report ‘The Wealt Report of 2024‘Prepared by the consultant Knight Frank. Monaco’s population is not Monegasca. With an area of ​​just 2.02 km2, the Principality is the second smallest country in the world, only behind the Vatican. According to demographic data, In 2023 it had a census population of 38,367 inhabitants, of which 21,042 citizens They are of foreign originmainly from France, Italy and the United Kingdom. This means that only 46% of the total population is of Monegasco origin. In recent years, the percentage of the population of foreign millionaires It has been decliningbut in the 60s of the last century, they reached figures close to 70% of its population. High density of millionaires. According to Knight Frank’s report, in Monaco there are some 13,400 people of very high purchasing power. That assumes that approximately 35% of its resident population, has a equity available to invest more than one million dollars, discarding the value of its habitual residence from that amount. The economic data They point out that the GDP per capita of the Principality of Monaco in 2023 was 256,580 dollars, compared to the $ 33,500 in Spain, the 44,690 dollars of France or the 99,564 dollars recorded Switzerland. In Monaco it is difficult to be “rich”. Belonging to 1% of the richest elite is not easy in any country, but being in one with the density of a millionaire per m2 that Mónaco has is even more complicated. According to Knight Frank data, to belong to the 1% richest population in Monaco, it will be necessary to have a heritage of more than $ 12,883,000. Instead, for belong to the 1% richest in Spainthe same person would need a heritage of $ 2,468,000 or $ 5,813,000 to be considered part of that millionaire elite in the US. No taxes and no tax havens. For decades, Monaco was considered a fiscal paradise for his low taxation and the fiscal secret that protected its inhabitants. International diplomacy has made small principality open its archives and, with it, left the fiscal paradise lists. Despite that, its residents enjoy a total absence of direct imposition. That is, there is neither IRPF nor societies for companies. Income and assets are not subject to imposition, so there are no taxes on investment income, capital gains, dividends or yields such as worker, freelance or manager of a company. The only taxation that can support those fortunes that have more than 25% of their activity outside Monaco is a 25% tax on benefits. In Xataka | The next border of the super farms is no longer to be Milmillonarios, is to be Billionaires: Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos are candidates Image | Unspash (Lazar Gugleta)

Tired of narcoviolence in Sinaloa thousands of inhabitants took to the streets to protest

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Around 5,000 people took to the streets of Culiacán, Sinaloa, to protest the death of two children and their father in an attempt to theft of car in the conflicting state that is whipped by an internal war of the Sinaloa cartel. From mothers of family to young people with school uniforms participated in this demonstration to demand the end of the wave of violence of unleashed The Chapitos and The Mayiza For months, and that have caused the closure of schools and several businesses in the capital of Sinaloa. According to AFP, among the inhabitants who protested, a group of students who had banners with legends such as, “I want to live, not survive”. In addition, several inhabitants were seen to arrive at the Government Palace to demand the attention of Governor Rubén Rocha Moya, who was not in their offices at that time. Enraged by the lack of attention by the authority, the people burst the crystals of the property, broke walls and tried to force them while shouting phrases such as “Out Rocha!”, “Narcogo -government!” and “We want peace!”according to Efe. The crime that caused outrage The march was organized by civil society to demand justice for the brothers Gael and Alexander, 9 and 12 years old respectively, killed together with his father on Sunday, January 19 in an attempt to theft of the vehicle in which they were traveling. And, since the war between the Chapitos and the Mayiza broke out, hundreds of people have been stripped of their vehicles to be used by the hitmen of both criminal factions. Mrs. Rocío, mother of Antonio’s children and wife, headed the march and was called by the governor for a private meeting, which bothered the protesters. “I think the government does nothing, they sit down; It gives me courage, We can no longer go out, we are afraid“He told newspaper Eduardo, a 10 -year -old boy who played football with Alexander. Since September 9, when the narcuerra began between the Chapitos and the people of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambadathere are more than 800 murders and a thousand missing persons, according to data from the Attorney General’s Office. The Office of the Federal Security Secretary, Omar García Harfuch, assumed the investigation for the murder. Feliciano Castro, secretary of the Government of Sinaloa, said he understand the outrage and announced that there would be no reprisals for the damage caused to the government headquarters. Continue reading:– The Chapitos announce a reward for the head of security of the son of May Zambada.– They capture 5 Mayiza hitmen who had 2 kidnapped men and an arsenal. (tagstotranslate) culiac \ u00e1n

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