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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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The Rocambolesque Idea that is feeding a fish farm in a town in France

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The first men who traveled to the moon during the Apollo missions subsist based on lyophilized food and sweet or salty jelly -coated cubes. The thing has not gone to better over the years. But if the French succeed, astronauts from lunar missions can eat fresh fish. Lubinas raised on the moon. That is the goal of Lunar Hatcha rocambolesco scientific project that is already underway in a fish farm by Palavas-Le-Flots, south of France. The fish that raise in this small center are not any lubins, but the founding generation of the futures “Aquanautas” lunares. Its offspring will travel to space in the form of fertilized eggs in order to establish the first extraterrestrial fish farm. High quality protein. If we are going to establish a permanent base on the moon, what less than to give us the taste of dinner a fresh lubina. The brain behind this project is Cyrille Przybyla, a researcher at the French National Institute for Oceanic Research. “Fish is an excellent source of protein, because it is the animal body that we best digest and contains omega 3 and vitamins B important that astronauts will need to maintain their muscle mass,” Przybyla said to The Guardian. The question, which he poses, is not whether we need it, but “how we can produce these foods at so much distance.” Lunar Hatch. The experiment, financed by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National Space Studies Center of France (CNES), will send the eggs to the space calculating the time it takes to hatch upon reaching its destination. Although an assigned space flight does not yet have, the idea is to perform the first tests at the International Space Station, assisted by European astronauts in orbit. After observing their development, the eggs would be frozen and returned to the earth for an exhaustive analysis. If the tests are successful, the next step would be to climb the system for a future implementation on the Moon. Not the first fish, yes the first fish. We have already seen fish in space. The first were small Mummichogs in an Apollo mission in 1973. More recently, Cebra fish have helped study muscle atrophy. But this is the first time that the objective is purely gastronomic: create a source of regular and renewable food for astronauts and crew of future lunar and Martian bases. The first space fish. This is not (alone) of nutrition. The true mill of Lunar Hatch is to create a completely closed and self -sufficient ecosystem, without waste, exempt from continuously replenishing food with load flights from Earth to end eating crickets. Everything is recycled within a fish farming system that should be autonomous for at least four or five months. Of course, many “Aquanautas” will be needed. Scientists have calculated that to provide two weekly fish to seven astronauts, about 200 lubins would be needed. Image | Lfremer In Xataka | We have been growing lettuce in space for years. Now we have discovered that they are more likely to get sick

The secret formula of Coca-Cola is in a safe of a town in Valencia. The same one that claims its authorship

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The history is written by the victors (Or that’s what we think). Perhaps the phrase would have to be changed to the story being written who has the best story and, in the commercial world, which knows how to sell its product better. And if there is a universal product that is the same image of globalization and proper name of one of the most powerful corporations in the worldthat’s the Coca-Cola. The story that John Stith Pemberton He is the father of the Coca-Cola and who, after some failed attempts, in 1886 found the formula of the drink Based on coca leaf, kola nut and carbonated water. It is not that it would bring him good luck, since shortly after he died in absolute poverty, taking a secret more powerful than that of his drink itself. The secret of whether he invented it or whether Coca-Cola is a plagiarism of a Spanish drink that was presented in the United States in 1985. Do not say Coca-Cola: Say Kola Coca In its origins, Coca-Cola was not a soda: it was a tonic. In fact, a “miraculous tonic” who cured headaches, relieved exhaustion and calmed his nerves, like Pemberton himself promoted. It was everything, also a “delicious, refreshing, cheerful, stimulating and vigorizing” drink. With cocaineIt wasn’t for less. It was not a success and its creator never saw the real potential of the drink. It was after selling his product to businessman Asa G. Gamdler when the brand exploded and The Coca-Cola Company became the giant that is today. But there are those who think that this position in history does not belong to Gandler or, above all, Pemberton: it belongs to the Valencian people of Malferit’s. In 1880, Bautista Apartici, Ricardo Sanz and Enrique Ortiz founded the Liquor Factory of Aielo. They began to create products and to present them at fairs in Europe. APARICI was the ‘commercial’ of the company and the person in charge of showing its products by the different countries, being the coca kola one of them. Kola nuts Your ingredients? Coca leaf, Kola nut and water. Very similar to those of the subsequent Coca-Cola. In 1885, Appear took the Kola Coca to a fair in Philadelphia, where he presented it and distributed some samples to local commercials. At present, that would be done with a product already patented so that no one can raise your idea, but it was not the practice more than a century ago. A year later, Pemberton presented in Atlanta its coca leaf formula, kola and water nut. Carbonated, where appropriate. Chance or plagiarism? Ayelo distillers itself leaves the question on its website. “In 1885, the Kola-Coca travels to the United States and, just a year later, the pharmacist John Steve Pemberton launched in the United States the famous Coca-Cola Answering the question is complicated, especially when we talk about an era in which the information was not transmitted with the same speed as now and it should be assumed that the connection between Pemberton and some of the commercials that received the cola coca sample. From Ayelo distilleries, they are clear. Juan Micó is the last owner of Ayelo distilleries and, as we read in ABC Newsconsiders that Coca-Cola was invented in Aielo. “At that time it was easy to copy a drink. The patents were only recorded if the product was successful,” he says, stating that when they patented the Kola Coca formula in Spain in 1903, the Coca-Cola already had a way won to become an icon. And Coca-Cola appeared Decades after patenting the drink, it was Coca-Cola who was interested in the one prepared in Aielo. The multinational wanted to enter Spain with a factory in the 40s, but could not do it directly due to the laws of registered trademarks because there was already a registered tail. That of Aielo. As we read in SpiegelCoca-Cola executives visited Malferit in 1953 and closed an agreement to acquire the rights of the name to Joaquín Juan Sanchis, who was the owner of the factory at that time. And, that same year, Coca-Cola began the conquest of the territory from its bottling company in Barcelona. There are no official records of the agreement, but there is talk of a sum between 30,000 and 50,000 pesetas to exploit the brand in Spain. A lot of money for the time, as Micó said, but a misery if compared to how things would have been, instead of money, they had accepted shares or a small percentage of sales. “We would be millionaires,” says Juan. And at that time of the firm it was when Distillerías Ayelo stopped preparing his ‘syrup’. At least the alcohol without alcohol, since that market belonged to Coca-Cola. The one they continued preparing was Kola coca nut With alcoholic content. 21st, specifically, and in Your description A “will” be or not be the origin of the Coca-Cola? “ Today, Micó’s family directs the business, and does so for a romantic issue, so as not to let that curious story die that will survive forever. The Valencian municipality is clear that Coca-Cola was invented there and, as we read in The countryIn 2018, Mayor José Luis Pinter commented that they had sent a letter to the multinational to use the link between Malferit and Coca-Cola’s year to take advantage of it. “Our goal is to see this project willingly, so that the people are known. We do not pursue anything else,” said the mayor of the town. Therefore, economic rights were not requested, but to take advantage of that link to underpin the story about the relationship between the municipality and the Coca-Cola. From the company they responded, but surely not the way in which the neighbors would have liked. They just said that the brand has transcended so much that “It is property of everyone” and that it is a pride that there are similar stories in different parts of the world. I do not know if … Read more

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)

A homemade tank that shattered half a town

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Lying with public administration can be tedious. Paper, dilated times and procedures that could be done in a couple of clicks online, but that we have to perform in person. At most, We can frustrate ourselvesangry and release some expletive like taking a bulldozer and you would get to knock down public buildings, knowing that you would never do something like that. The problem is that, precisely, that is what a man named Marvin Heemeyer did in 2004 in the town of Granby, in Colorado. Marvin Heemeyer. At the time of the events, Marvin was 52 years old. He was a veteran of the United States Air Forces and his profession was that of welder in the aforementioned Granbybut the story began much earlier. In 1992, Heemeyer bought Some land with the intention of renting them to a friend who wanted to set up a repair workshop. Those lands were owned by a family, the Docheff, and it seems that they were not very happy for Marvin’s victory in the auction. The price of land? $ 42,000 of the time and was very basic, since it did not have a solution for fecal waters and access depended on contiguous land. The City Council told him that he had to solve that, connecting to the sewer (another $ 42,000) or putting a septic tank. He refused and, meanwhile, the friend who was going to rent the land was disenchanted with the business, so Heemeyer himself opened there a silencer repair workshop. Culebrón. The Docheff did not forget the 1992 auction in which Marvin took the land and, in 1997, they attacked. As? Buying the lands around Marvin to create a cement plant. In principle, Marvin also wanted to buy, but he first requested $ 250,000, then another $ 125,000 and, when the Docheff got the land, Heemeyer raised the price to $ 450,000 again. There was no agreement, but the Docheff continued their plan. Heemeyer undertook an action to put the people against the cement plant claiming that it would be an ecological attack, but little by little he was losing support, especially when the city newspaper argued that he had a personal revenge against the Docheff. To attack. In 2000, the welder filed a lawsuit to block the project. He claimed that the construction would block access to their business, but local officials unanimously approved the construction and, although he appealed, nobody paid attention to him. He climbed the case to the Environmental Protection Agency, which also went from the matter. In 2001, almost in an act of pride, the Docheff made an offer to Heemeyer: if he withdrew the demand, they would provide a line of connection to the sewer of the new concrete plant without paying a dollar. Marvin did not take it well, precisely. The tank truck used to accumulate fecal waters was filled and its decision was to pump the waste to a plot attached to its own. Illegalities. It was also attempted illegally to sewage a neighbor, but they caught him and, because he was not connected to the service and other irregularities, it was fined with $ 2,500, about $ 4,400 today. The city had tired of Marvin and threw an ultimatum: either it was up to date or could not use the property for commercial purposes. The bulldozer in question ‘Killdozer’. Marvin felt that the city had laughed at him, that the administrations ignored him and that he had been marginalized. And nothing took it, but nothing right. In October 2002, he announced the closure of the business. Sold everything: materials, land and an excavator Komatsu D344a That had bought that same year. And yes, he placed part of his property for $ 400,000 (much more than for what he bought it ten years before), but there was something that failed to get rid of: the excavator. “Signal of God”. He saw him as “a sign of God” to carry out his revenge against the city. For months, Marvin worked by armoring the excavator. He did not hide and, in fact, he mentioned both the machine and his plans to use it destructively, but nobody paid attention to him. The excavator, known as’Killdozer‘And baptized as’ Marv’s Komatsu Tank’ by Heemeyer himself, he was unrecognizable. He had armored the entire cabin area with a steel layer of several millimeters thick, a concrete layer and another outer steel layer. It covered part of the Oruga system, but also the engine and the cabin in full. Or he ran out of gas, or it was unstoppable. In addition, he had placed cameras protected by almost eight centimeters of plastic abroad that sent two monitors in the dashboard, had fans to stay fresh and the most worrying thing: three nozzles with mounted weapons, ready to shoot abroad. And the ‘Killdozer’ 133 minutes of horror. With this makeshift tank, the desktop of June 4, 2004, Heemeyer began his revenge. And he did it against the Cody Docheff cement plant. The businessman thought that the vehicle was controlled remotely, so he began to shoot without causing any effect. The city police also fired several rounds against the excavator without being able to damage the cameras. It was unstoppable and the videos are spooky. Killdozer. The ‘Killdozer’ takes all that with what clashes with and, after attacking the concrete plant, Heemeyer headed towards the city. There it destroyed cars, the facade of the City Council, the Police Police Station and several Patrol cars, as well as a few businesses. The objectives were not casual: the aforementioned City Council, an office of a person who was part of the land requalification board, the police station, the local newspaper and other properties of people who would have been against Marvin in his peculiar dispute with the Docheff. “God built me ​​for this work”. During more than two hoursthe police followed the vehicle totally helpless. In some tapes sent to his brother Shortly before the attack, Marvin declared that he was surprised … Read more

Fishing networks of a town in Denmark

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Of the large number of images that reflected the chaos and disorganization that originated the Brexit, few like the one that occurred A 2020 morning. Most televisions opened with an aerial plane that was approaching, revealing what was actually a monstrous row of arrested trucks for days. The divorce between the EU and the United Kingdom was consummated and the fishing was going to be one of the great victims. Over time the industry has been transformed, and in a town in Denmark they have completely turned it over. The gardener and an unexpected network. Carl Futtrup, a 53 -year -old gardener from Denmark without links to the military world, has become A key piece In the Ukraine defense effort in responding to an unusual request from the front: industrial fishing networks capable of stopping Russian explosive drones. After knowing the need, he contacted fishermen of the town of Thyborønwho They donated 450 tons of networks drag manufactured with thick nylon, originally designed to support tons of open sea fish. These networks, discarded after Brexit for being useless due to the Loss of access to British waterthey became a vital resource for Ukrainian troops. As? In the front they are placed on fortified positions, armored vehicles and logistics routes to intercept drones and avoid direct attacks, even stopping drones with active propellers or reducing the impact of their explosions. Ordinary solution to a technological threat. As drones dominate the battlefieldthese low -cost networks have become An essential defense against increasingly sophisticated threats, such as guided by fiber optic that escape traditional electronic interference systems. Let us think that heavy networks not only offer physical protection, but are also reusable even after explosions, and their effectiveness has promoted a growing demand by the Ukrainian units. Some brigades have come to line trees, tunnels and vehicles with these meshes, and it is estimated that each unit may require between 50 and 80 tons of network per month. Russia, meanwhile, has also begun to use them with variable results. The need is so great that the current supply barely reaches to meet the demand, and many battalions are still waiting for deliveries. From the Danish port to the Ukrainian front. They counted in Insider that Futtrup has achieved another 600 tons of additional networks contacting more Danish ports, although the cost of transport is high: about 90,000 euros for the second shipment, with each truck carrying up to 20 tons at a cost of some some 3,000 euros per trip. Although the networks have been donated for free, maintaining logistics depends on voluntary financing and government support, so Futtrup has initiated efforts to obtain funds in Denmark and Sweden. The problem is that this source of networks is not sustainable in the long term. According to the Danish politician Carsten Bach, the strict environmental laws of the country They demand to discard or recycle This type of equipment, which means that there will be no continuous reservation. Most of them were stored by fishermen in the hope of re -slaining in British waters, but over time they were forced to detach them. Redefine in war. The Swedish organization CHANGE OPERATIONwhich collaborates with brigades in Ukraine, has confirmed that Danish networks are already in use by at least 13 units, although it warns that the supply is insufficient. With the access to the Black Sea and the Azov Sea largely blocked by Russian forces, importation is the only way to get more networks. In this regard, a commander in the Donetsk region pointed out that his battalion needs three truck charges (Around 60 tons) every month, and that the installation of a single load can take three to four days. Faced with this demand, Operation Change already seeks alternatives in organizations that clean the Swedish coasts. Impact from simplicity. Jennifer Kavanagh, expert of the Think Tank Defense Prioritiesthis phenomenon highlighted as an example of how war in Ukraine has democratized combat modern. Faced with the traditional approach to military powers to invest in advanced technologies, the case of fishing networks shows that simple, cheap and available solutions can have a decisive impact on the battlefield. It seems clear that networks are not a viable option for all armies, but they do represent A strategic lesson about the need to evaluate less complex and expensive options in future wars. Meanwhile, Futtrup continues its personal effort to maintain the supply. Its immediate objective is ensure 50,000 euros To hold the transport chain, and ensure that it will continue to send networks while available in Denmark. For him, the distance between Copenhagen and Ukraine is not an excuse. “Ukraine is part of Europe, and is only 1,250 kilometers from here”, holds. His initiative has not only contributed a concrete solution in the front, but has also symbolized how civil solidarity can become a vital shield in the midst of the most technological war in our era. Image | Carl Futtrup, Commander, us, Grid-Aendal In Xataka | The Ukrainian invention that has allowed to repel the waves of Russian attacks: a 41 km fiber optic cable In Xataka | The war in Ukraine has entered its deranged phase: there are drones throwing drones to attack other drones

In a town in Badajoz they have encountered a strength of 5,000 years ago. And a Roman with a suspicious burial

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The Spanish territory is is filling with solar panels. Whether it’s Taking advantage of the roofs of industrial estates or in huge Photovoltaic plants in the middle of the fieldenergy are clear that we must take advantage of the country’s solar potential. What happens is that, from time to time, they run into unforeseen events. Such as, with a huge strength of copper age. Photovoltaic archaeologists. This was precisely what happened in 2021, when Action was inspecting an olive grove to lift the Extremadura I-II-III photovoltaic complex. The plan was to have an installation that, together, provided 125 MW of renewable energy, enough to satisfy the annual consumption of more than 65,000 families. Then, I know They encountered With a wall. Or what should have been a wall 5,000 years ago. Cortijo Lobato. Near the municipality of Almendralejo in which Actiona was carrying out the works, the plant appeared of what, at some point, must have been an imposing fortification. As they tell The countryin the baptized as a Cortijo Lobato site, a fortress composed of three concentric walls, 25 semicircular towers and three grave with four meters wide and two depth was erected. The total area was about 13,000 square meters with a single entrance of less than a meter wide. The most important tower rose on a hill of more than 300 meters above sea level, a strategic point from which to control the surroundings. Around it, adobe walls between 1.3 and 1.5 meters wide that were reinforced with the aforementioned concentric exterior pits and walls. You can see the silhouette of the towers and the walls Undermining morality. César Pérez is the director of the excavations, belonging to the Archaeological Research Team of Tera, and argues that this intricate defensive complex not only had as its objective to be a physical barrier, but to discourage whoever wanted to cross it. The problem is that, although it was raised at some point 5,000 or 4,800 years ago, it seems that, 400 years, then it was destroyed. The culprit: a fire. And it is estimated that it was caused, because the wooden doors would be strategically placed outside any flammable material. In addition, numerous arrow points have been found, suggesting that, either it was an enemy attack, or an act of internal rebellion. The result was the same: the destruction of the complex. Three years of work. At the time of discovery, the archeology team focused on protecting the surroundings of Cortijo Lobato. Cease commented A few months ago, during the first three years, “it has been possible to delimit, conserve and it is now when it is being known in depth. We have the possibility to document it to make it known to society, which is to whom the site belongs. ” At the same time, energy continued with its plans to lift the complex, but adapting to the situation. “We had to modify the project as a kind of ‘tetris’ to adapt the configuration of the panels to the different areas of the deposit. In the end, we have managed to preserve the generation capacity at the same time that it was possible to protect all the areas of archaeological interest that have been discovered, ”said Jenifer Andreu, from Actiona. Roman mystery. However, the story had a little girl, which gave the discovery of a mysterious grave. Montserrat Girón is the Coordinator of Archaeological Teams of Tera and comments that they have focused on giving a first sweep to pave the way to following investigations. And it turns out that they have not only found the remains of the inhabitants of the 2800 BC, but also of the 5th century DC Specifically, an almost superficial tomb that had the remains of a male between 25 and 35 years old who lived in the time of the low Roman Empire. He was face down and with a military dagger on his back. You cannot know if nailed or not, but Montserrat jokes saying that, although it is a mystery, it does not look good. Face down and with a dagger on the back. It may be that of that person and be buried with him as a tribute … or who was killed The reason is that, beyond the dagger, the body was whole, except the feet, which seem to have been cut, and the grave had much smaller dimensions than necessary for a body of that size, indicating that it was a Hurd burial. As much as it may be, the efforts at this time is to continue investigating the area of ​​this huge bastion in which they have appeared multitude of vestiges such as loom plates, plates, flint arrow tips, chisels and even ornamental and religious elements. Images | Tera Act In Xataka | We have found new vestiges of the Roman era. We are not very sure what they did in a cave of the Pyrenees

We have been looking for the mysterious ancestor town of the Indo -Europeans. We have a new track in DNA

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We know that Latin languages ​​have their common origin in Latin peoples such as the one that ended up forging the Roman Empire. We know that Germanic languages ​​had their origin in the Germanic tribes that at that same time inhabited northern Europe. But these two language families have a common trunk that goes back to prehistory, the language protoindoeuropeo. Now, who spoke this language? CLV. A new study He has discoveredthrough a genetic analysis in several archaeological sites in Europe, a new prehistoric group, an archaic society that they have called people of the Caucasus-Bajo Volga or CLV (Caucasus-Lower Volga). As the study concludes, this town could be linked to the protoindo -European language and with Its expansion. The protoindoeuropeo. The protoindoeuropeo (foot) language is the “common ancestor” of numerous contemporary languages, including Spanish and the rest of languages ​​spoken in the Peninsula (except Basque). A list that includes from English to Persian, through Russian and Greek. It is estimated that about half of the world population speaks languages ​​with this origin. This language would have been the speech of one or more prehistoric peoples of the border region between Europe and Asia. The migrations starring this group would have given rise to the speakers of this language ending their linguistic imprint in much of Eurasia. And more than linguistics, also genetics. From Yamnaya to Clv. Genetics had already given us important clues about these peoples, allowing us The so -called Yamnaya culturea population that would have inhabited the steppes north of the Caspian between the years 3,300 and 2,600 before our era. These analyzes had focused on this culture as probable vector of Indo -European expansion around the year 3,100 aec But there was a problem with its own name: the Anatolias languages, a group of languages ​​already extinct among which was included, for example, the hitita. These languages ​​would have been the first to break down from the common Indo -European trunk, before acquiring “steppe features.” This implied that this separation would have occurred before the arrival of Yamnaya culture and that there should be a protoindo -European group prior to this from which both anatolias languages ​​arose and those that would later derive in the Greek, Latin or Celta. Now, the new Study points to the people of the CLV as possible common ancestors of both. More than 4,000 years ago. All thanks to genetics. The new work studied the DNA of 435 individuals found in various archaeological sites in Eurasia, covering a period between the years6,400 and 2,000 AEC the details of the study were broken down In an article Posted in the magazine Nature. Missing link. Genetic analysis pointed out that Yamnaya’s group would have inherited about 80% of its ancestry of the CLV population, which in turn would have legacked about 10% of its ancestry to the anatolians. This makes this mysterious group the common ancestors of the populations that initiated the expansion of Indo -European languages ​​during the Copper Age. In Xataka | Looking for money, they found gold: this was Dmanisisis Gora, the megafortiness of the Caucasus built 3,000 years ago Image | XVODOLAZX / Denis Vitchenko

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

Russia claims the capture of a town in the northeast of Ukraine

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The Russian Army claimed on Tuesday (28.01.2025) The capture of Dvorichna, a town in the Járkov region, in the northeast of Ukraine. Before the start of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine of 2022, this town had 3,500 inhabitants. Russian troops are moving in the western part of Járkov, where they had been expelled by a lightning offensive of the Ukrainian army in autumn 2022. The Russians are a few kilometers from Kupianska city that before the war had 25,000 inhabitants, and that is considered the main Ukrainian bastion in the area. kyiv troops also have problems in Donetsk’s eastern region, especially around Pokrovsk, a key city for military logistics and coal industry. In recent months, both parties have been working to reinforce their positions before possible negotiations sponsored by US President Donald Trump. Continue reading:• Ukraine and Syria: Can Russia fight on two fronts?• Trump will attend Notre Dame’s reopening on his first trip abroad as an elected president• USA Authorizes new help package to Ukraine valued at 725 million dollars (Tagstotranslate) Russia

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