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people chris on this important and the general public they can make additional pressure they are making actually to racial pressure on defending a fair and open internet by putting pressure on their members of congress they are actually some republicans who are against this repeal so there is also a chance to make this work in a different way and the f.c.c. does away from washington after all it is old carolyn a few more in washington thank you so much thank you so watching certain movies on the web may become more difficult in the united states soon in the meantime entertainment giant disney is propping up its online presence earlier today disney announced that it was spending fifty two billion dollars to buy a big chunk of twenty first century fox the deal will see disney take over its filled and t.v. studios as well as cable and international t.v. operations disney's hoping the addition of fox's assets could help promote its streaming services as entertainment companies compete with online services
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now let's bring in our wall street correspondent sophie she months q sophie this is a mega deal we're talking about here what do investors make of it. well of course that means more competition more different platforms to choose from for consumers and of course the new player from would still have to reach the size of the next place portfolio which by the way it will be shrinking simply because walt disney and about to remove some of their contents and has already started to do so and all of the sudden this they has enough muscle to become a true competitor to not only netflix but also to apple amazon google facebook to everyone in the fast growing realm of online video plus they are going to offer a subscription at a lower price than they're like so this is going to make competition much more fierce christer know as we just heard the federal communications commission scraps
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net neutrality in the united states earlier today likely providing a boon to telecom giants like verizon how did that go down on the trading floor. well this is a big deal for users and for companies who are offering content online on the one hand and service providers like eighteen t. on the other hand websites are simply not going to be treated equally anymore and that means consumers are kind of going to be drawn to certain websites for example wal-mart instead of target depending on how much these companies are willing and able to pay to the service providers they provide the infrastructure and now they can basically do whatever they want to do with the content and the only real rule is that they have to publicly state that they're going to do that i guess no one's going to really mess with the big ones here like netflix or amazon so it's going to hurt smaller companies or start ups so few months q new york thank you.
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no move in frankfurt the european central bank has left its benchmark re financing rate at a historic low of zero percent that's this by policymakers demanding the bank's president mario draghi increase rates to match an ongoing recovery there are zone economy europe's biggest economy germany is set to grow around two and a half percent next year according to leading economists the euro area as a whole is also up but that's just not enough for now you know druggy he is once again defying critics once again he's holding rates low and continuing the asset purchasing program that's because well druggy credits the e.c.b. with keeping the eurozone on the right economic course there's still plenty of work to be done. our monetary policy decisions have preserved the very favorable for announcing conditions there are still needed for seeing the return of inflation
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rates towards levels that are below but close to two percent the incoming information including our stuff projections or new stuff projections indicates a strong piece of economic expansion and a significant improvement in the growth outlook. as inflation continues to tick higher up the pressure is mounting on the e.c.b. president to raise rates next time around cash strapped greece says it will have enough wiggle room to cut taxes come twenty nineteen that's when the nation eggs its third multibillion euro bailout until then a study will continue and greeks will keep taking to the streets like in today's general strike. the turnout of sixteen thousand here in athens was enough to bring public transport and government services to a standstill. boats stayed docked and flights grounded.
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these workers feel betrayed by their government. you must mean it was hundreds that choking us exterminating us draining us in terms of population and culture. our children go to foreign countries to find a job this can't go on it has to stop. wishing that no not that we have nothing to eat what else can they take from us there are no jobs there are no pensions there's nothing. only do is pay but the government doesn't tell us how we're supposed to pay from where we going to find the money. international monetary fund of approved. the country.
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performs next week. for thousands of greeks it's a bitter pill to swallow. watching. you
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. talk about her. life and the prospects for those returning. discussion. for. maybe five. on freedom and hope. where i come from the region is rich in history style and talent but so poor in education and opportunity and freedom this makes it especially difficult for independent journalists i see many of the younger promising journalists are now
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making names for themselves all over the. song might get along the way some might follow some with continue. their experience of freedom a sense is like the experience of the day you can visit it but your call come back from. mining your fish wood and i work at the.
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only someone who senses of experience the young real light of the bright finish evening when i understand why the inhabitants of the scary coast of western finland would never wish to live anywhere else. in this paradise on the water a summer house and a bow to part of the finns philosophy of life around my place it's one way of describing this entire coastal region is also the name of the town roma was an important commercial center in the past and it still is today when the town was founded back in the fifteenth century it lay right by the water with movement of the earth's crust the scene it lifted steadily higher and pushed away from the sea today. a rama lies three and a half meters above sea level. originally round there was probably a heathen cultic site when christianity came to this part of the world the church was built here in the fifteenth century franciscan friars founded
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a monastery together with the church of the holy cross from here it is only a few meters to old rama's marketplace with a town hall. foss sightedness and the spirit of enterprise he said but the most outstanding characteristics of the people around that own particular dialect which is extremely difficult for other finns to understand underlines that self-assurance even further . the people of roma are convinced that they are living in the best place in the what. the status of a town was conferred on rama in fourteen forty two by col connotes of one of the king's knots in an open letter he wrote the citizens of roma are hereby granted the all for a day to engage in trade to build and that minister that time and to enjoy all the
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benefits and freedoms allowed by the law in the name of my master the king i order all bailiffs and commission i was to respect these privileges without opposition. was. the. rome mock is one of the few medieval towns in which the basic structures have been preserved right through to the present with six hundred buildings and cobbled streets the old town covers it. great a area than any other wooden town than your. varying size of the plots of land is a characteristic feature of the town next to that homes the inhabitants of the past
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built cowsheds in storehouses today the service sauna works studio. was. by and large it is thanks to the sense of tradition of its citizens that old rama has remained virtually unchanged ever since the town was rebuilt after the last major fire three hundred years ago. time and again artists and aki tactics have successfully resisted all attempts to change the mediæval character of the town. marcus ben says that he he is surrounded by living history it's almost like being in a small village who's in a unity requires no outward boundaries. then newly pays
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exceptional attention to detail time and again his ideas for renewal i'm drawn from old established elements. ben knows everyone here and most of the two hundred fifty plots of land the people around the trust him because he restores the old buildings with a sure. restoration work in old rama is an expensive affair so a great deal of personal initiative is called off and it's a case of young families devoting all that span time to the house in order to preserve something that he's old one of the same time adapting it to present day living requirements. a family with several children would live in one room just four thousand square metres in area. a renovation center was set up to encourage private bias to invest in old roma experts provide advice and at the same time teach traditional techniques wallpaper patterns for instance are
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reconstructed on the basis of old samples. knowledge of techniques that were almost lost is often meticulously implemented down to the last detail as a result of the interiors of buildings that have been renovated hardly any different from historical originals. yes. the wooden houses will all build in the same way each single storey building stored on a granite foundation with a wooden frame access to the house in the attic could only be gained from the young . the design of the lodge entrance school was an indication of the onus social
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standing. in the past the facades of the houses were not aligned painted as a result they weathered creating a street scene that was completely grey it was not until the last century most of the buildings in the old town acquired that present day colorful characters. the general economic upswing in europe in the early nineteenth century was also of decisive importance to roma the great era of the sailing ships brought the town enormous prosperity in those days the splendidly furnished monorail house was home to one of the wealthiest ship owners with the schooner's box and frigates he also had close ties with the german hands sciatic least during this period rome had the biggest free to same in ships in. the interior furnishings of the house reflect the concept of living and working which prevailed in central europe at the
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time even though older books and shipping offices were full romack remained a small town although one that was constantly growing their regular links with the outside world provided the people of rama with fresh impulses and new ideas for intensive cultural exchange. and that is still the case even today brown was museums are famous for works of modern art from all over the baltic region along with the et and of music festivals the extensive cultural sphere includes architecture photography and living in a middle class atmosphere. the former shipowners home says not only as a museum today the municipality uses some of the rooms for representative but as it .
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round live in the old town today for one hundred eighty families and one shops with offices and stores some eight hundred citizens enjoy the privilege of living in this it is. but in the cost life was only a delayed or indeed comfortable for a handful of the townsfolk built in a traditional log cabin style kissed a house which is two hundred years old was home to simple farmers and seamen. each family had just one room though space only the barest of a send for the beds for the parents could be pushed together children had to sleep on the floor or in some of.
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the. rama is not just a museum town for inhabitants and visitors online it is a creative and inspiring blend tradition progress and publication edition the only because the past still has a future full architect mock has been tried and trusted red ochre paint is still the appropriate coating for war then this mixture of warda iron sulphate rai flour and red oka last for up to forty in little tip. of them. this unmistakable coat of paint is characteristic of wooden houses in northern europe.
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contrast the town's provocative obscene generates lively and refreshing discussion . but it is only through far sightedness and the spirit of enterprise that individual developments and changes become possible go to do hotel as pop art figures are merely want to example of the liberal and cosmopolitan character of rome as an artist she has found the station means for her creative work.

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