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Choose your emoji wisely. O ce workers have been warned that the meaning attributed to emojis di ers widely according to age. Older people, for instance, use the winking face to mean “I’m kidding”, whereas young people see it as irty. Whereas, the smiling face is used by older people to suggest joy or approval, the young use it to convey deep exasperation. e Guardian

Leap forward in cancer treatment. Sixteen people with untreatable lung, colon and breast cancer have had their immune system redesigned to attack their own tumours. Although it's too early to assess the therapy's e ectiveness, the experimental study has been described as a "leap forward" and a "powerful" demonstration of such technology. e trial was devised to study the technology's safety and feasibility. e ndings show that the disease continued to worsen in 11 patients but stabilised in the other ve. BBC

Electrical stimulation boots memory. Stimulating the brain with electricity can improve people’s memory for at least a month, a US study has found. A controlled electrical current was used to target speci c areas of the brain to alter brainwaves on 150 volunteers, aged over 65, wearing caps lled with electrodes. Participants received 20 minutes of stimulation a day over four days and had to memorise lists of words. ey were asked to recite the words a month later, with the study nding a 40% improvement overall in short-term memory. e researchers are looking into whether electric stimulation could be used in treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, as well as other conditions. BBC

Why the sound of chewing annoys. If the sound of people chewing drives you to distraction, you are not alone. Researchers have estimated that almost one in ve people in Britain su er from misophonia, a condition characterised by an extreme emotional reaction to certain noises, often related to eating and breathing. People with the condition do not merely nd the sound of people sni ng or slurping annoying: it makes them angry or panicked, and they can struggle in social and work settings as a result. e Guardian e environmental impact of bottled water. Bottled water's reputation in Europe as a luxury item which tastes better and is cleaner than tap water should be challenged, scientists have said in a new UN report. e bottled water industry is booming, after a 73% increase across 2010-2020. is increase is adding pressure to dwindling groundwater supplies in Europe, and elsewhere, according to researchers. e plastic used in the bottles is also contributing to pollution. e report authors argue that alternatives for the packaging should be found and that more robust water policies should be enacted globally. CNN ursdays are the new Fridays. e Friday slowdown may o cially be here. O ce attendance has fallen to 13% on Fridays in the UK, according to Advanced Workplace Associates consultancy data. e trend of workers spilling out into pubs and bars on ursdays is intensifying post-pandemic, suggesting that ursday is the new Friday. Meanwhile, Tuesday, Wednesday and ursday are the most popular days to commute to work. Despite companies pressuring employees to return to the o ce, the reversal of the trend to pre-pandemic presenteeism is still a brave bet, Clark concludes. e Financial Times e lost art of paying attention. e amount of time that o ce workers can spend focused on a single task has shrunk drastically in recent years, a result - studies suggest - of the myriad devices, apps, websites and noti cations competing for their attention. To improve concentration, researchers recommend turning o noti cations, taking timed tech breaks and reading important documents on paper rather than a screen. New York Times

Tea linked to lower risk of death. Drinking tea could be associated with a lower risk of mortality, a study has found. Researchers from the National Institutes of Health found that compared with those who do not drink tea, people who consumed two or more cups each day had between a 9% and 13% lower risk of death. Last year it was reported that drinking co ee or tea may be linked with a lower risk of stroke and dementia, according to the largest study of its kind. e Guardian

Sleep is a priority, not a reward. Getting enough sleep could add years to your life, a new study has found. While poor sleep can have the opposite e ect. 8% of deaths could be attributed to lack of quality sleep, according to a new study presented to the America College of Cardiology [ACC]. Researchers found that good sleep habits boost men’s life expectancy by 4.7 years, while women life 2.4 year longer on average. Scientists do not yet know the reason for this discrepancy, but they advise ve pillars of good sleep hygiene, which are: 1. 7-8 hours of shut-eye a night; 2. Sleep should be uninterrupted more often than not; 3. You shouldn’t have trouble getting to sleep more than twice a week; 4. You should feel well-rested on at least ve mornings a week; 5. You shouldn’t be taking medication to help you nod o . ACC

Barack Obama wins an Emmy. Former president Barack Obama won the best narrator Emmy Award on Saturday for his Net ix documentary series, Our Great National Parks. e Emmy joins Mr Obama's two Grammy awards putting him halfway to becoming an Egot - someone with an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award. e only other president to win an Emmy was Dwight Eisenhower, who won an honorary award in 1956 for becoming the rst president to conduct a televised news conference. Only 17 people have gained Egot status to date, including Mel Brooks, Whoopie Goldberg, Audrey Hepburn and Jenifer Hudson. BBC e word’s 10 best universities. e Times Higher Education rankings score 1,799 global universities across 13 major metrics, from teaching quality to the strength of a school’s international outlook. e University of Oxford tops the rankings for the 7th year running. e US has the most institutions in the top 200, with 58, followed by the UK with 28. e rankings are: 10 Imperial College, 9 Yale University, 8 University of California, Berkeley, 7 Princeton University, 6 California Institute of Technology, 5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 3= Stanford University, 3= University of Cambridge, 2 Harvard University, 1 University of Oxford. World Economic Forum

Crisis puts rate hikes in doubt. Interest rate rises are in doubt as fear of a new global crisis “rattles central banks. e Bank of England’s “much- agged” rate hike, due next week was considered a “nailed-on certainty” but the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank in the US and the rescue of Credit Suisse, have caused analysts to revise their predictions. “It is almost 50:50 between the MPC pausing or ending its series of interest rate hikes,” said one. e Observer

Inequality soars after Covid. A charity is demanding action to tackle a widening in global inequality after revealing that almost two-thirds of the new wealth amassed since the start of the Covid pandemic has gone to the richest 1%. On the eve of the annual gathering of the global elite at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Oxfam said the wealthiest had hovered up $26tn (£21tn) in new wealth up to the end of 2021. at represented 63% of the total new wealth, with the rest going to the remaining 99% of people. e charity said this is “an a ront to basic human values”. Forbes

Brings Excellence From Paris

On April 27, Casino Marbella opens its doors to present "The Night of Excellence", the new international collective exhibition by Excellence Art Gallery.

Gallerists Massimo Cedrini and Giuseppe Carnevale will bring from Paris an unprecedented art collection, recently exhibited at the Porte de Versailles International Art Fair, which will surprise by fusing different styles and techniques, while maintaining impeccable harmony between all of them. their pieces.

The Italian gallery owner Massimo Cedrini will exhibit his set of ﬁgurative works "Le Vele", where an impressionist style made in oil stands out. On the other hand, Samuel Benarroch will take us to the most spiritual part of him with his intimate painting of abstract lines. The original methacrylate paintings on canvas by Pilar Segarra representing domestic interiors or poetic gardens are joined by the sculptures of the Spanish artist Juan Manuel Silva, inviting us to reﬂect attentively on the current situation of society. The Argentine Irma Vitale will present us with an ode to nature with her works inspired by the design and construction of gardens.

Meanwhile, Consuelo Buesa will show her Pop Art style with which she gives free rein to her creativity representing faces of famous people. Ivanna Plaza Frattari, originally from Argentina, focuses her abstract painting on the world of interior design, presenting her latest collection made in Marbella. In turn, in the paintings of the American artist Matthew Gabler Lamb we can observe an abstract ﬁguration that reminds us, due to its chromaticism, of the great "Miró". Paco de la Cruz and the Austrian Lilja Bloom will capture their interest in the female world. The painting by José Rivas from Cordoba winks at the essence of Andalusian agriculture. Putting the ﬁnishing touch, the Frenchman Kamien Cholewinsky will close the range of this new exhibition with his conceptual photographs inspired by his muse, the renowned expressionist artist Alyosha Serafín.

As a show of support for culture and the gallery, magazines such as Exclusive Life Magazine, Italian s News, Biancoscuro Art Magazine and Arte por Excelencias, among others, will be present during the opening event. In addition to the participation of "El Club Nacional del Lujo Español Spain Premium", "Advice Tourism" and "Design Institute of Spain" as special guests representing the relevant national business environment.

The collection, presented by Massimo Cedrini and Giuseppe Carnevale, from Excellence Art Gallery, can be visited for free at Casino Marbella from April 27, from 8:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m.

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The new Rental Law in Spain has been approved.

The law lowers the limit to ve homes to be regarded as a large landlord. Furthermore, it now also provides for the regulation and monitoring of rents in stressed market areas. This is regardless of whether the properties are owned by large or small landlords, for both existing and new leases.

Rental ceiling

The rental ceiling varies depending on the type of rental agreement and especially on the pro le of the landlord. For small landlords with ve properties in a stressed zone, the ceiling will be determined by indexing the previously applicable rent. The agreement also includes a series of bonuses for these landlords to encourage them to rent out their properties. For large landlords, the ceiling is determined by applying a reference index that is now being developed and will take e ect on 1 January 2025. Until then, the current limit of 2% will apply in 2023. Meanwhile in 2024 this will increase to 3% for all existing leases, regardless of the size of the landlord.

Stressed market areas

Stressed market areas relates around two conditions that need not be met at the same time. In contrast to the project approved by the Council of Ministers, it is now su cient for one of the two situations to be met to declare the area stressed. The conditions are that the average cost of the mortgage or rent plus basic expenses and supplies exceeds 30% of the average household income, or that the purchase or rental price of the property has risen by at least 3 points above the CPI in the ve years preceding to the statement of the stressed area.

Speci c costs

Real estate costs and fees incurred by renting a property will always be paid by the landlord. To prevent landlords from looking for alternatives to compensate for these costs, the law prohibits rent increases for new expenses that require tenants to pay common costs, waste costs or other costs that cannot be attributed to the tenant and that have not been previously agreed upon.

Loophole for fraud closed

Clauses that allowed the non-application of the measures in law if there was an agreement between the parties are eliminated.

Evictions

The new law prohibits evictions without a predetermined date and time. Extensions for tenants to stay in the property for up to two years are allowable under certain circumstances, giving them more time to nd alternative housing.