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in have now obtained a hung jury in passport. carlina refuses to say in public whether she has won. while because then i'll be summoned by the secret service. and. many people in france carpathia are worried about their cultural identity others are worried about separatism in this border region these are tensions that go back to the first world war and before if they were resolved the region could play a positive role as a bridge between eastern and western europe follow. now we've talked about of a colossal suffering that the first world war brought for so many people but there were also heroes and among them were pigeons carrier pigeons who transported crucial information and cord and did save lives in all of those heroics friends still maintains a squadron of bread even ever ready but sometimes rather ill disciplined pigeons.
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generally you're not allowed to refuse an order in the army. but this pigeon seems to be unaware of the rules. it's still in training. about a hundred carrier pigeons reside and receive their training here at a military fortress near paris. ga who like us each has its own character some might be a bit jealous some will be rather obsessed with food. though they no longer serve except in competitions these carrier pigeons are part of france's national heritage they're living monuments to the heroic deeds of their predecessors. lvalue for instance receive the quote again our for his heroic service advance down during world war one after managing to deliver this message we're holding out but we're under attack the gas and smoke are very dangerous we need to be got out of
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here urgently this is my last pigeon. you could almost say that several hundred young soldiers and their superiors owed their lives to a pigeon or two hundred animal to a pure war for what a story levi all remains unforgotten to this day even the star of an animated movie . in the second world war carrier pigeons played a role in the french resistance and the nazis banned people from owning homing pigeons these carrier pigeons no longer have to deliver messages now they can enjoy a peaceful existence. but if you don't keep them just in case we keep them for tradition we're quite traditionalist in france that's why we keep our carrier pigeon. pigeons that can simply fly over paris at their ease without having to risk their lives crossing enemy lines.
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well the first world war was of course described as the war to end all wars but sadly the lesson of peace is one that we still need to. know on a very different and highly contemporary notes our hyper digital world is facing a big problem where to store the massive amounts of data that we're constantly collecting and how to do so safely and energy efficiently one solution lies in the small community of left norway's west coast where they've created a huge data center in a former mineral mine the result is the kind of setting usually only seen in james bond movies and it's brought new hope to a former backwater. the north shore cuts inland more than one hundred kilometers from norway's west coast. on its shoreline is the tiny village of left l. just a few farms like thousands of others in norway. care are now left our lives here
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everyone in the valley has the surname left out he shares the pastures and fields with three other families what's not immediately apparent is the enormous treasure under the ground a digital data treasure which in the digital age is like pure gold. the gong on that first it was like science fiction to us so what is science fiction for us men now i've warmed up to the idea more and more that with a day or so at a border i can't wait till the whole mountain is filled with data. but not. until two thousand and nine olivine was mined here the mineral is used in steel production. must often has customers visit for example from silicon valley california deep inside the old mine an enormous storehouse for data and a data processing center are taking shape the operator is
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a consortium of norwegian and international investors in the future vast amounts of data will be required for example for self driving cars it can be stored here. to have a data center inside the mall its security. protected were six hundred meters into the mountain both against e.m.p. but also physical security so that's the main advantage the mine is also already here so the cost of building a data center here is a lot lower than if we build a new building above the ground the first level is almost completed three more a plant part of the technology comes from germany left al is now connected to the whole world through a data line. once the plans become reality this will be the world's biggest data center the servers need continuous cooling and huge quantities of electricity both are available here. the cooling water comes from the fjord at seven degrees celsius it flows into the mine through two large pipes the electricity comes from higher up
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in the mountains from here and does fight it there valley lake. the water is collected at a height of one thousand meters and diverted into the valley through turbines. one of the region's twenty six power plants is in nearby sunda knew. all the lingo sent his coworkers inspect the turbine room the technology is simple and durable some of these generators have been running for more than seventy years that helps keep our costs down. a company in norway pays about a third as much for a kilowatt hour as it would in germany given the data centers power needs that's a crucial factor. it's a good match. we supply to the data center in left dollars green. even if someone has one of the region's oldest power plants and fairly small. a lot it's been running and producing sustainable elektra's city for over one hundred years
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and rolled over. on an autumn day the largest town in the north fjord region seems almost deserted but around two hundred fifty new jobs have already been created here as the mayor is proud to confirm. the sick in the long term ever more data storage capacity will be needed worldwide and we are taking part in this development with the is trickling i.b.m.'s. property owners meet in front of left community center they won't say how much they are in annually from leasing the old mine but it's no doubt a hefty sum. at first there were other plans for the mine it was to be used as a garbage dump or as an interim storage for nuclear waste from abroad. here on the left is glad those plans came to naught he lives a quiet life and appreciates the privilege of being able to mine digital riches
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underground here but. now he can afford to go on cruises he likes to see the world outside the fjord. then in tech before death they may react under kill the revenues from the mine we can maintain our houses here and build new ones you new year who's well we have a good life in this region that's always been thought of as an outpost yet some of the data center also means people don't have to move away anymore if they can stay on here recently for a canoe to set to say help. this valley's future lies underground with left l's digital treasure that doesn't shrink as more data is collected that just keeps getting thicker. where we've been talking a lot about history and it's really it's often described as the world's largest open air museum one place certainly rich in ancient treasures is the area around
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the island of this year in the bay of naples however some of those attractions are buried on or under the sea bed and it was the challenge of making the accessible that inspired a group of former fisherman to come up with a business model that's given them a new livelihood and made it possible to look into or even dive into history. julia orlando says people like him can no longer live from fishing so is scarce fishermen now ferry tourists around instead. but this boat is different from the other it's. the loose fitted it with a glass bottom and now the family office excursions to the sunken roman city of a now off the coast of ischia it's the younger generation like julio sungai tonneau who are developing this new kind of cultural tourism here. so it was our idea to live from the sea in a different way than our parents do. you know after all this but there was just.
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this all came about due to our love for our homeland the love we want to give it the respect it deserves that want to create jobs that extend beyond the tourist season and this project is comprised of a whole bunch of ideas and initiatives. that all you know limbo to the broad as it was. so the local fisherman became amateur archaeologists they banded together to buy diving equipment and technical devices and applied for the necessary permits and they hired an underwater archaeologist who oversees the excavations to this day . conducting archaeology underwater is a laborious business due to the effects of currents and waves areas that were painstakingly uncovered can soon be filled in again. but the fisherman didn't give up and made a discoveries it's a true archaeological sensation aport dating from roman times.
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this is what it might have looked like. they've also found the remains of a villa until such finds were made no one knew the romans had settlements on ischia it was thought they'd avoided the island as it was printed to earthquakes. what i mean are they so. we can say with certainty that it wasn't just settled by the greeks but also by the romans meant that if they want to say what i think it is probably from two hundred b.c. until two hundred eighty one jane ceramic pieces indicate that you know what was the video that afterwards there was probably a catastrophe and that's the reason wedding mummy. moment we believe it was an earthquake that destroyed the city. and sent these ceramics to the bottom of the sea. the entire settlement sank
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into the sea these ceramic shards were recovered from six meters below the water surface. the fishermen spend all their free time searching for more clues about. many of the younger ones are now experienced archaeological divers but although the work has become routine for them it's much more than a job but minutes. when i walk in the water and every dive is a moving experience because every time something new can come to light. a new piece of evidence of what was there which helps us to understand the past because as we just saw every day brings a new discovery. diski lives from tourism each year hundreds of thousands of people flock to the island to bathe in its hot springs and visit the famous gusto out of going easy hand every now and then the super yachts drop anchor here. the mayor says
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a new branch of tourism is always welcome but he won't commit to offering the young fisherman any financial assistance. you know god is sources of all simply money's tight in all of the municipalities and we have to make do with what we've got that will get i mean but it's a nice initiative that deserves consideration it's. credit door to door with fisherman believed in this research. and paul in there but it's an unusual situation because although we've received all the necessary permits for an archaeological investigation from the relevant authorities it's all being paid for privately financed other that he was out so these professional and amateur archaeologists will continue their exploration without any government funding to your narrow says that at least that way no one can tell them what to do. and we wish julio when the other former fisherman a fish all the very best with
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a fascinating project and that's all from focus on europe this time around thanks so much for joining us and if you'd like to see any of our reports again just go to our home page on t w go call news all visit our facebook page t w stories until next time i buy chips so you. know at. the at at. the . move.
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