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“When we leave home, even on a weekend, cats must be supervised”

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After months of work, stress and headaches, the second half of July has finally arrived and with it those vacations that you have been planning for months. Maybe you go to the Rías Baixas, the Canary Islands or Southeast Asia, the fact is that you will be away for two weeks and there are a loose end that you have not yet resolved: Who, when and how is going to take care of your cat? If it were a dog you could take it to a dog hotel or maybe leave it with your parents, but… And a kitten? Are there hotels for cats? Is it advisable to move them to an apartment that they do not know or is prepared for them? Better that someone go home to take care of them? Noelia Hernández, feline educator in Feline Codehas some keys. Feeders overflowing, and that’s it. If you are going to be away from home for several days (even if not many) the option of leaving your cat alone and unsupervised is not an option. Even if you leave the feeders full, a couple of bowls overflowing with water and the sandboxes just changed. “It is not contemplated even under the law,” warns Noelia Hernández, who recalls that the Animal Welfare Law (LBA) regulates the maximum time that an animal can be alone. In your article 27 (section “i”) the rule leaves the responsibilities of guardians in black and white. And one of them is to guarantee that your furry companion will not be unattended for more than 72 hours. To be precise, the law expressly prohibits “leaving any pet animal unsupervised for more than three consecutive days.” If we talk about dogs, that period is reduced to 24 hours. “Also a weekend”. Regardless of what the law says, Hernández remembers that even leaving a cat unsupervised on a weekend entails serious risks to its health. The reason: if the animal is alone and no one watches it, it is very difficult to know how it behaves, if it feeds, drinks and visits the sandbox. “A cat that spends 24 hours without going to the litter box, eating or drinking is a cat that urgently needs veterinary attention,” the expert emphasizes. He doesn’t exaggerate. In addition to dehydration, fasting can lead to hypoglycemia either hepatic lipidosis. That he does not go to the sandbox also reveals a urinary obstruction. Hence, Hernández advises that, even if we are only going to be away from home for a weekend, it is recommended that the cat not be left unattended. What if I take the cat with me? If you plan to move to a rental apartment on the coast and stay there for the rest of the summer until September, taking your minimum companion with you is an option, although you should take several factors into account. The first, recalls Hernández, is that “the cat is a territorial animal and changes in its environment cause a lot of stress.” “The car trip can be very stressful for them and there can also be a lot of risks,” he insists. At the end of the day, you may have your house ready, but… And that apartment where you are going to stay? Are the windows protected with nets to prevent falling? Are you sure there won’t be people coming and going without watching for the cat to escape? Not only that. Hernández remembers that yes the apartment is pet friendly It is quite likely that traces of other animals remain. Territorial animals. The same thing happens if we decide to remove the cat from its usual home and temporarily transfer it to that of a family member or friend who will take care of it or even if we opt for a feline hotel, that there are. Hernández advocates “assessing the risks” and remembering that cats are territorial animals. If we want to avoid stress, “it is always best to leave them in their territory.” The figure of catsitter. That does not mean that there are no options to go on vacation without neglecting the well-being of our kitten companion. Hernández remembers the figure of catsittera home cat care professional. “If they have training, they are people who also know how to maintain environmental enrichment when they get home,” explains the expert before emphasizing that idea: the ideal is not only for a person to go a couple of times a day to watch our pet and supervise the litter boxes and food, but to interact with them. “If the person who is going to come is trustworthy, we try to get the cats to know her first, to have seen her previously and to be aware of the routines and know as much as possible about them. Cats are animals of habit,” Hernández explains about her specific case. To ensure that everything is going well, another option is to use surveillance cameras in the food area and sandboxes. “A little outline”. That the person who is going to come to our house has been in contact with cats is important. Both for the animals and for the caregiver himself, who will thus handle more keys to carry out his job. “When I leave, I like to leave a small diagram of what is normal and what is not in each of my cats: how they like to play and eat, in what areas they stay and what symptoms are strange. For example, that they hide in a certain place or that they do not eat their favorite treat. The person who comes from outside does not know them.” It is about, summarizes Hernández, giving “a cheat sheet” to the caregiver so that they can quickly detect the “alarm” signs when something is not going well. “I always leave the carriers set up for any emergency and I tell the contact who comes to the house which is our reference veterinary hospital and the nearby 24-hour center in case of an … Read more

France and Spain this weekend

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Western Europe is about to become a pressure cooker. With the peak expected on Sunday the 21st and Monday the 22nd, the first major episode of extreme heat of the summer will not only be “one of the worst heat waves in modern history for this region“; it will be an unprecedented shock beyond the Pyrenees. Because we cannot measure the magnitude of the event only in terms of absolute temperatures, but in terms of the anomaly between the usual climate and the degree of adaptation of each population. Thus, in Spain we are going to have a bad time, but within the usual maximums in the middle of summer. In France, on the other hand, all forecasts give temperatures completely outside of any reference in modern history. What is happening? In general terms, we can say that a powerful blocking anticyclonic ridge over the Gulf of Genoa (combined with the descent of a DANA to the west of the Peninsula) has pushed a dry and very warm Saharan air mass towards the north. However, the key element of the “dome” or “heat dome” is the quasi-stationary stability. The temperature will begin to rise rapidly on the 20th and will reach “very high and persistent temperatures” that could last for a good part of the week. We are talking about 36-38 °C in inland valleys and up to 40 °C in the eastern area and in parts of the southwest quadrant. In some areas local peaks of 42-43 °C will be reached. Will there be very high temperatures? In a, let’s say, basal way, yes. They will be very high. However, it must be taken into account that between the descent of DANA to the west and the convection that may occur (there is still humidity in the environment) in many areas the wind could alleviate the maximums. The real problem. It will be, as I say, a little further north. Much of France is indistinguishable (in geographical terms) from the Guadalquivir or Guadiana valleys. What made the weather good is the absence of stationary ridges like the one they are going to suffer: it is not unusual for them to suffer temperatures of 40 degrees or more between Sunday and Monday. They are anomalies of up to 20 degrees above normal. And with an infrastructure not prepared for the heat. We must not forget that heat is, by far, the meteorological phenomenon that kills the most in Europe. To size it up: the wave of 2003 left more than 70,000 deaths on the continent (about 15,000 in France, about 13,000 in Spain and another 20,000 in Italy); that of 2022, around 61,000. It is true that There is discussion about whether there are more factors in playbut the figures are terrible. It’s time to get used to the idea… that this is the world we have to live in. Image | Meteociel In Xataka | Along with the heat wave, Spain has something to worry about: “The Mediterranean is already too hot in June”

Carrefour is selling off a 55-inch QLED TV this weekend, ideal for small living rooms. Thus, it costs less than 250 euros

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He is approaching soccer world cup and it is one of those perfect occasions to renew the television, especially if we want to make the leap to larger diagonals compared to what we have been using. In this sense, 55 inches are a good gateway to large TVs but, still, relatively contained. Mainly, if we compare with the models larger than 65 inches that are increasingly common. And for a key reason: in those 55 inches we find very good prices. Daewoo 55DM75QV + coupon 51.89 euros The price could vary. We earn commission from these links This Daewoo Discount for a limited time at Carrefour is a good example of this: from its RRP of 399 euros it drops to 299 euros. But taking advantage of the campaign Save VAT Available in the store until June 8, we also get a coupon for 51.89 euros to redeem for other purchases, between June 11 and 24. If we take both discounts into account, we get a final price of something less than 250 euros which seem very good for brand new television. With an all-terrain Ultra HD QLED panel at 60 Hz: ideal for movies, sports, series and video games If we have a relatively small living room where televisions of 65 inches or more have no place, but we come from 50 inches or less and we want to take that little step towards larger diagonals, The 55 of this Daewoo are very balanced. A perfect television to enjoy the Soccer World Cup which is about to drop, in addition to all kinds of content through Prime Video, HBO, YouTube, Netflix, Movistar Plus or SkyShowtime, among other platforms. The latter also has a discount promotion active for a limited time very interesting. Also It is a good television to play if we settle for its 60 Hz. Although current consoles such as Xbox Series X either PS5 Pro They reach 120 FPS in some compatible games and we would not be able to take full advantage of it, the truth is that if we are not playing competitive titles, those 60 Hz are very enjoyable. For the rest, we are looking at a television with a great quality-price ratio with its current discount, with a 4K QLED panel Although it does not reach the contrast level of an OLED, it is more than acceptable for normal daily use in 2026. Even more so, due to the difference in cost between those OLEDs and QLEDs, which is considerable. All this, with the option of financing the amount without interest in up to 12 months, a very differential addition for many buyers. ⚡ IN SUMMARY: offer 55DM75QV ✅ THE BEST Its price, which is already good enough with the discount, but which improves even more with the VAT coupon that we get Your panel, balanced and all-terrain that fulfills in a multitude of scenarios: series and movies, sports and even video games ❌ THE WORST Far from the image quality of high-end TVs with OLED panels and refresh rates of 120 Hz or more One diagonal (55 inches) which can become short in a short time, once we get used to it 💡 BUY IT IF… You were just looking for a new cheap TV to watch the World Cup or any other content ⛔ DO NOT BUY IT IF… you have room for greater diagonals. In that case, going for 65 inches or more is a safe bet for the future. Some televisions of other sizes (and great prices) that may interest you The price could vary. We earn commission from these links The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | Purchase addiction, Daewoo In Xataka | Best sound bars in quality price. Which one to buy and seven recommended models from 140 euros In Xataka | Best televisions in quality price. Which one to buy and seven recommended 4K smart TVs

You have one of the most important matches this weekend on Movistar Plus

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Most seasons (if not all) end with four or five teams fighting to avoid relegation in LaLiga. This year that constant has been broken, since There is only 6 points of difference between the eighth and the nineteenth classified. If you want to see how everything ends, you have one of the most outstanding matches of the penultimate day on Movistar Plus: a platform to which you can subscribe by 9.99 euros. And without permanence, of course. Monthly subscription to Movistar Plus The price could vary. We earn commission from these links A platform that you can share with a friend or family member As we usually tell you, Movistar Plus is a platform that we can contract regardless of the operator we are. It has no permanence and, in addition, you can share your subscription with a friend or family member without problems because it allows two simultaneous reproductions even if they are not at the same address. You can take advantage of a month to see how LaLiga finishes and discover gems from its catalog and, if it doesn’t convince you, unsubscribe whenever you want. Today, Sunday, May 17, we will be able to watch the match between Real Sociedad (current champion of the Copa del Rey) against Valencia, two teams that are fighting to finish the season in the best possible way. In addition, we will also be able to watch a match from the next LaLiga matchday, as well as the final of the Conference League with Rayo Vallecano. Of course, football and sports are not the only things we can see on Movistar Plus. ‘Peregrina’, Carles Porta’s latest documentary, was just released a few days ago. In addition, we must also keep very promising series on our radar such as ‘Many people have to die’, which will premiere on May 21. And that’s without counting all the cinema that there is with a lot of films that accumulate several awardsas ‘Sundays‘ either ‘Sentimental Value‘. ⚡ IN SUMMARY: movistar plus ✅ THE BEST You can share it with a friend or family member: Movistar Plus supports two simultaneous plays, so you can share your account without any problem. Your catalog of movies, series and documentaries: To football and other sports we must add a fairly extensive catalog of quality content, many of them exclusive to the platform. ❌ THE WORST QLose value if you don’t like the sport: It is true that if you don’t like football or sports in general, it may be a little less worth it. 💡 SUBSCRIBE IF… You want to see how relegation from LaLiga is decided and you also want to take a look at the platform’s catalogue. ⛔ DO NOT SUBSCRIBE IF… You don’t want another streaming platform or you’re simply not interested in sports. In that case, you have the Movistar Plus Free Plan which includes all its series, movies and documentaries for 4.99 euros per month. You may also be interested XIAOMI TV F Pro 43, 43 Inch (101 cm), 4K UHD QLED, Smart TV, Fire OS8, Alexa Voice Control, HDR10+, MEMC, 2GB+32GB, Compatible with Apple AirPlay The price could vary. We earn commission from these links TCL 65Q6C Television 65 Inch QD-Mini LED 4K Smart TV, 1000 nits, 144Hz Motion Clarity Pro, Onkyo 2.1, Game Master, FreeSync, Google TV, Dolby Vision IQ and Atmos The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | Movistar Plus In Xataka | Less than five euros per month and without permanence: this is the new Movistar Plus plan that you can even share with a friend In Xataka | Movistar Plus activates its Free Plan with complete programs and a lot of content, regardless of which operator you are

The debate about whether the biggest pop star can be canceled is settled with a box office of 217 million in one weekend

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97 million dollars in its first weekend in the United States. 217 million worldwide. ‘Michael’, the biopic of Michael Jackson that has taken years to reach theaters between lawsuits, reshoots millionaires and a third act rewritten from scratch, has just broken all records for musical biographical cinema. Critics destroy it with 38% on Rotten Tomatoes, but the public fills the theaters. Which, alone, says more about the state of popular culture than any analysis. Unexpected record. The initial projections The domestic opening grosses for ‘Michael’ were around $50-60 million, which would have already been a record in the profitable genre of biopics of pop artists. The final result (97 million in the United States and 217 globally) has far surpassed it. The previous record belonged to ‘Straight Outta Compton’, the biopic of rappers NWA, which opened with 60.2 million in its first week in the US. ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ premiered with 51 million, although it reached 900 globally. Criticism no. Something that had greatly dampened these expectations was the low critical ratingbut the CinemaScore score (the actual audience satisfaction index in the theater) was A-, very notable. The difference between critical opinion and commercial results reflects a reality we have already talked about and that has had another very recent example-type, ‘Super Mario Galaxy’. And like that one, this ‘Michael’ has a very clear type of audience in mind: the fans. A long way. ‘Michael’ has had one of the most complicated productions in recent Hollywood. With a budget of $200 million, making it one of the most expensive biopics in history, the film had a third act depicting Jackson’s 2005 sexual abuse trial and subsequent acquittal. Lawyers for Jackson’s estate discovered a clause in the 1993 agreement with Jordan Chandler, one of the children whose father sued the singer, that expressly prohibited his on-screen representation in any form. Production was halted and went through an additional 22 days of filming, which added $15 million to the budget. This is what causes the film to end abruptly on the 1988 ‘Bad’ tour, suggesting that the singer’s story will continue in a subsequent film. The question is how the producers will manage to tell the most problematic part of Jackson’s life. Who watches over the watchers. It is not the first time that Jackson’s heirs (who are not his living relatives, but a trust administered by executors that is currently considered one of the estates most profitable in history, above Elvis or Prince, and which functions for practical purposes as a company that exploits the “Michael Jackson” brand) is fighting a legal battle to control the story. The most revealing case is that of ‘Leaving Neverland’the documentary released on HBO in 2019 that collected the detailed testimony of those who claimed to have suffered sexual abuse by the singer when they were children. He estate sued HBO, alleging that the documentary violated a non-defamation clause included in a contract signed by the platform in 1992 for the broadcast of a Jackson concert in Bucharest. The litigation dragged on for years, until in October 2024 both parties they reached an agreement which included the removal of the documentary from all media platforms. streaming officials in the United States. As of today, ‘Leaving Neverland’ is not legally available on any streaming service. streaming North American (in Spain it can be seen on Movistar Plus+). The image of the star. Anyone might think that the fame that Jackson projects with all these legal conflicts is not the most appropriate for a biopic that also wants to safeguard a non-conflictive image. But fans should not be underestimated when they move en bloc: in 2019, when ‘Leaving Neverland’ aired, there were reactions that then seemed signs of a turning point in Jackson’s fame: stations around the world stopped broadcasting his music, Pepsi canceled licensing agreements, sales and streaming of his catalog fell 4%. However, seven years later, all is forgiven or, at the very least, forgotten: his catalog is worth $1.5 billion (Sony Music paid 750 million dollars for half of it in 2024). And at the time of his death in 2009 his heirs, the aforementioned estatereceived 500 million dollars in debts. Now the exploitation and image rights of the singer are valued at 2,000 million. History repeats itself. It’s a pattern we already know with other biopics: ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ avoided the most controversial aspects of Freddie Mercury’s life, including his hedonistic way of dealing with his sexuality. Elton John’s ‘Rocketman’ was a bit tougher and didn’t do as well at the box office, but it was still a considerable success, especially among critics. ‘Elvis’ avoided the many chiaroscuros in Presley’s life and triumphed in awards and the box office. The formula of the heir- or family-approved musical biopic, focused on music and celebratory versions of the artists’ lives, has proven to be more profitable than more cumbersome alternatives. Moral: there are cancellations… and cancellations. The figures of streaming of Jackson’s catalog fell for months after ‘Leaving Neverland’, but made a full recovery in 2020 and has been on an upward trajectory for years. ‘MJ the Musical’ has been on Broadway since 2021 earning more than a million dollars weeklywith imminent adaptations around the world. The Las Vegas show signed by Cirque du Soleil about Jackson has just extend your contract until 2030. The truth is that for an artist of this scale, cancellation operates in a different dimension. The cultural debate exists (and will continue to exist, with real accusers whose trial starts in November) but runs in parallel, without interfering with the economy of the phenomenon. It’s not that fans have forgotten about the controversy: it’s that there is a chasm between it and the market. In Xataka | The archive of disturbing paintings that Michael Jackson commissioned of himself

Sleeping in on the weekend seems like the perfect solution to your tiredness. Your body has a very different opinion

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Sleep eight hours a day religiously is for many a goal that they almost never manage to achieve, since the alarms sound too early and the days lengthen, accumulating a dream debt which we tried to settle on Saturday morning. But here the question is obligatory: are we achieving anything by sleeping 10 hours on Saturday? The answer. Here science has wanted to investigate the debate about whether doing this recovery sleep technique on weekends is useful or is a temporary patch. And the truth is that there are endless different options that mean we don’t have a ‘yes’ or a ‘no’. Cardiovascular shield. At first glance, science seems to agree with people who decide that the weekend is for sleeping, since several studies suggest that it is quite positive for our health. One of these analyzed more than 90,000 people and concluded that the group that accumulated more compensatory sleep on the weekend had a lower risk of developing heart disease. And more specifically, these people had up to 20% less risk of suffering from coronary heart disease. On the other hand, another study used data from the NHANES surveys carried out in 2018 and noticed an association between recovering hours of sleep and a lower prevalence of cardiovascular diseases, which is something that stands out especially in patients who slept less than 6 hours during the week. There is small print. In science there are contrary points, since researchers, when they affirm measurement methods and look beyond self-completed questionnaires, reality is more complex. Here is a study with 70,000 people who used accelerometers to objectively measure sleep threw cold water on previous evidence by pointing out that compensatory weekend sleep is not associated with lower mortality or fewer cardiovascular events. More alterations. Apart from all this, different scientific reviews point out that the evidence is heterogeneous, pointing out that sleeping more on the weekend does not always manage to correct problems such as insulin sensitivity, which is altered after previous days of sleep restriction. And it is known right now that biologically, lack of sleep triggers complex processes such as insulin resistancethe activity of the sympathetic nervous system and systemic inflammation. And all this cannot be fixed in a silly weekend of sleeping a few more hours, since a much longer sleep regulation would be needed to once again have an optimized biological system. Beyond the heart. Although we usually focus on the engine of our body, the reality is that there are effects much further than that. In the case of mental health, science suggests that weekend recovery carries a lower risk of depression. But other articles on health-related quality of life suggest that the “optimal” duration of recovery sleep is not the same for everyone, and can vary greatly depending on the sex and chronotype of each individual. The verdict. Right now science tells us that there is an association, but not a proven coincidence. In this way, trying to pay off your sleep debt on the weekend is undoubtedly better than continuing to sleep little seven days a week, but it is not a metabolic time machine. What you have to keep in mind is that the final effect will depend on how much deficit you carry during the week and how many hours you try to achieve, but in the end the medical advice that we should stick with is that the objective is to have consistency in daily rest so that it is as optimal as possible. Images | Slaapwijsheid.nl In Xataka | We have accepted that “deep sleep” is the standard for sleep quality: science points in another direction

How to use artificial intelligence at Easter to help you organize your trip or your long weekend vacation

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We are going to tell you several things in which AI can help you during Easter. This can range from prior preparations to some help once you are there. You already have at your disposal a large number of apps and websites to organize yourself during Holy Weekbut so much Claude as ChatGPT either Gemini They can also help you by fulfilling several of the functions of these apps, and having them all in one. You should know that these are just ideas on how to apply the artificial intelligence in travel planning, but You should not blindly trust anything they tell you.because they can make mistakes. However, there are some applications that are quite useful, and I must even tell you that I keep a couple of them to myself after having discovered them researching for the article. Ask me to help you choose your destination If you still don’t know where to go At Easter, even knowing that accommodation may already be full in many destinations, you can also ask the AI ​​to give you suggestions on where to go. Thus, depending on the parameters you give it, it will make suggestions that adapt to what you have in mind. To do this, you have to create a prompt in which you give him some notions of what9 you want. You can tell it if you want the beach, mountains or city, if you are traveling alone, as a couple or as a family, and how many days you have available. You can also give him ideas about your budget.and ask him to give you several suggestions explaining the reason for each one. You can use a prompt like this: “I want to go on an Easter vacation from April 3 to 6, we are two adults, we like cities with history but that are not overcrowded, we have a medium-low budget and we leave from Valencia. What destinations would you recommend?” Create a day-by-day itinerary Once you have chosen the destination you want to go to, artificial intelligence can also help you create a complete day-by-day itinerarysuggesting and organizing the most recommended visits in a logical manner, and with more or less adjusted times. This is something that can always take a lot of time to do by hand, and even if you don’t want to trust 100% of what the AI ​​tells you, it can serve as a starting point that you can later adapt. You can use a prompt like this: “I’m going to spend 4 days in Seville from April 3 to 6. We are two people, we are interested in architecture, gastronomy and historic neighborhoods, but we want to avoid long lines and the most touristy sites. Can you make me a day-by-day itinerary with morning, afternoon and night?” Claude has a route planner Some AIs have their own route planning system. For example, you can plan routes with Claude with an internal mechanism that asks you several questions to find out what you want. This mechanism works for you to plan new routes and create a map module from an already created one. For example, if you have created a four-day route, then you only have to write the following: “Group everything in one map module” When you do this, a map module will be generated within Claude, with tabs for each of the days and a list of places you plan to go. These sites will be linked on the map so you know where to go from, and you can open the route in Google Maps. Create specialized AI You have two very good alternatives to create an AI specialized in the destination using only the documents that you give him as a knowledge base. The best of them is use NotebookLMbecause in addition to uploading PDFs and other files you can also add YouTube videos or websites as sources from which you will get the information. You can also use Claude. The advantage in both cases is that have control of the fonts you usebeing able to add travel guides that you trust to the sources, or official websites where all the first-hand information is available. Ask him to make your suitcase list I must admit that I am terrible at organizing my suitcase, and this is something that AI can also help you with. You can ask him to creates a list of things to take which will be personalized depending on your destination, the duration of the trip and the activities you are going to do. You can use a prompt like this: “I’m going to spend 5 days on the Costa Brava during Easter. There will be some hiking, trips to the beach if the weather is good and some dinner at a restaurant. Can you make me a complete packing list, including clothes, shoes, toiletries and various items?” In case you decide to use Claude, since he can make you a interactive packing list with a check list so that you can complete all the items you have included and know which ones you are missing. If you prefer you can also dictate to the AI ​​the things you want to have on your list of luggage, so that it is personalized. Then, when something else occurs to you, you can go to the chat you have with the AI ​​for this and ask it to add or remove items, or even ask it if you are missing something considering when and where you are going. Gemini finds flights for you and compares prices Although all AI chatbots can help you search for flights, Gemini integrates Google Flights along with the rest of Google tools. That makes the search engine company’s AI the best alternative to search for flights and give you all the information about prices and availability. To use this function you can ask directly for flight options from your city of origin to your destination by specifying the dates, and the … Read more

Since 2019, Spanish movie theaters have not had so much attendance in a single weekend. The person responsible: Torrente

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‘Torrente Presidente’ arrived in theaters on March 13 without a trailer, without press passes and with a poster with a black background as the only promotional material. In 72 hours it raised close to 7 million euros: with one million viewers, it is the best start for a Spanish film in fifteen years. And these are the causes of the phenomenon. The figures. The first numbers of ‘Torrente Presidente’, before the weekend ended, were already overwhelming and predicted extraordinary success. Premiere on 1077 screens. 150,000 tickets sold in advance. 2.4 million euros and 300,000 spectators on Friday alone. At the end of the weekend, it had generated a total of 6.94 million euros, 70% of the national box office. Of course, it is the weekend with the highest attendance at cinemas since 2019, before the pandemic. The figure places the sixth installment of the saga as the fourth best premiere in the history of Spanish cinema, behind ‘The Impossible’ (€8.9M), ‘Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis’ (€8.6M) and ‘Torrente 3: The Protector’ (€7.21M). It is also the highest-grossing Spanish film of the year and the best debut of a Spanish production in the last eleven: no national film had reached that level of box office on its opening day since at least 2015. Unusual marketing. Segura opted for a launch strategy completely atypical: The film arrived in theaters without a trailer, without promotion and without prior press screenings, announcing itself only with a publication on social networks. The director has explained that his intention was that fans of the saga would be the first to enjoy it. Curiously, Segura has for decades been one of the most active Spanish directors in the promotion machine, continually appearing on television wearing t-shirts with the film’s title. Once ‘Torrente Presidente’ was released, it has already been seen on programs like ‘El Hormiguero’ and has begun to give interviews and give access to press passes. You know what you’re going for. Curiously, Torrente’s films do not stand out for their plot twists or spectacular surprises, but there is another secret to keep: the cameos. As could be seen when the film arrived in theaters, ‘Torrente Presidente’ is one of the densest films in the saga (if not the most) in terms of number of cameos and guest stars. That was what Segura did not want revealed, and that is why there are abundant articles on the internet that they gut this aspect of the movie. It is the great secret of the premiere, above its plot or its approach, where it rains in the wet. And now what. If in a film like this the surprise effect is important, word of mouth is even more important. From its second week onwards, Segura will adhere to the usual rules of the promotion (trailer, poster, pass, interviews) seeking to maintain the momentum. The first milestone that ‘Torrente Presidente’ has to overcome is the 22.1 million in revenue from ‘Torrente 2’, the most lucrative of the saga to date. At this rate, this second week could exceed the 14 million euros that the intermediate installments of the saga accumulated, amounts that the films of ‘Father there is only one‘. In Xataka | There are many people who hate Santiago Segura’s films. The problem is that they “save” Spanish cinema every year

Spain is going to freeze this weekend

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As Samu Rivas saidthe image that heads this piece does not reflect what is going to happen in 240 hours. It reflects what is going to happen in three days and that is the key to everything that is going to happen. Because the four big models (GFS/ECMWF/ICON/GEM) seem to have agreed: cold, rain and a very — very — busy weekend. What has happened? What is going to happen? What has happened is that an anticyclonic block has formed between Greenland and the Scandinavian peninsula. It is a large wall of high pressure that will interrupt the zonal flow and force the polar jet to lower latitude. From there, there were doubts about what was going to happen. But those doubts have been dissipating: everything seems to indicate that the jet will descend so low that it will focus directly on Spain, guiding fronts and cold masses from the north. Greeting Ingrid. According to Roberto Grandathe first fronts will affect us starting tomorrow and, from that moment, the storm Ingrid will not stop sending us “various bands of instability throughout Friday and the weekend, bringing rain, wind and snow.” What does this mean? That a mass of maritime polar air will invade the Peninsula from the northwest. That will cause temperatures to plummet to -2 degrees on Friday, but it will also mean that it will rain (a lot) throughout the Atlantic slope. The snow level on Friday will reach 500 meters. That is, the risk is going to be high. And the weekend? If the models are correct, on Saturday we may see snow in many inland provincial capitals and on Sunday rain will be widespread throughout the country (except the Mediterranean coast). Are we facing a new Filomena? It doesn’t seem plausible to meet with the amounts of snow that we saw in Madrid in January 2021, but obviously it is not impossible (unlikely, however). What is true is that every once in a while we expect an ‘Ice and Snow Apocalypse’ and most of the time nothing happens. The important thing is to remember that a big snowfall is not necessary for Spain to collapse and the problems to grow. We better be attentive. Image | Meteociel In Xataka | After the cold comes something much more problematic: the explosive cyclogenesis that AEMET predicts for the Mediterranean

Why Weekend Nap Binges Don’t Undo the Holiday Damage

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We are in full dinner timereunions and late nights with a lot of partying involved. The logic of the average ‘party animal’ in these cases is infallible: “I sleep four hours today, but I’ll have a sleep marathon on Sunday to compensate”, but although it seems like a perfect plan on paper, science has a very different opinion on the matter. Our habits. Luis de Leceaneuroscientist at Stanford University and one of the world’s leading authorities in the study of sleep, has just thrown a bucket of cold water on this custom in El País: he metabolic stress of Sleeping poorly is not cured with a long nap. In fact, with our modern habits, we are taking away the most pleasant phase of rest. The myth of accumulating sleep. There is a belief that sleep works like a real bank account: if you take out hours during the week, you can make a massive deposit on Saturday to balance the balance. However, science has been pointing out for years that our brain is not an accountant that understands the amounts and income of hours of sleep. And this is something that makes a lot of sense, because lack of sleep generates metabolic stress in our neurons. It is not just tiredness, it is an alteration in the consolidation of memory and in the neuronal repair. In this way, when we try to compensate on the weekend, we can alleviate drowsiness, but the biological markers of inflammation and cognitive performance do not recover in the same way. The nest protocol. One of the most fascinating points of De Lecea’s recent research is the importance of the pre-sleep phase. In the animal world, there is what is called the “nest preparation protocol”, which is a series of instinctive behaviors that prepare the brain for disconnection. In humans, this process depends on a delicate chemical balance: the dopamine inhibition. A necessary process to enter a deep and restful sleep, causing dopamine levels to drop so that we are not constantly on alert. The problem. It is quite common to hear that our habits cause alterations in the sleep-wake cycle. In this case, exposure to screens with blue light and the infinite flow of information keeps dopamine high, such as constantly watching TikTok. But the number one enemy is stress. The stressed brain interprets that there is danger lurking, which blocks the natural transitions between wakefulness and sleep. The science of delta waves. Not all dreams are the same, something that De Lecea himself has been revealed in different studies which analyze how the brain uses delta waves even during the REM phase, which is when we are dreaming. These slow waves, typical of deep sleep, are essential for the clearance of metabolic waste and synaptic plasticity. That is why if we sleep little and poorly (even if it is for a good cause, like a New Year’s Eve party), we break this spatiotemporal dynamic of the brain. 2023 research on vigilance states suggests that the brain needs a continuity that “weekend binge eating” cannot provide. It’s not just tiredness. The immune system also has a lot to say with this. In these days of cold and respiratory viruses, skimping on sleep to party is, literally, disarming our defenses. In this way, we must remember that sleep is not a passive state, but rather an active process of maintaining the body. Images | Dmitry Ganin Michael Discenza In Xataka | We thought insomnia was just not being able to sleep. Now we know that there are five different disorders

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