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oh just give it a try to keep it. in 60 minutes on d w. passion drama competition rivalry marketing numbers atmosphere powered by time intuition love hate money. fans from science fans and fans. on you tube joining us. plenty of. lavender now as far as the eye can see but how can you capture this beauty and single photograph we'll find out later on in the show hello and welcome to another
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exciting edition of your remarks i'm your host meghan lee here's a look at what else we've got coming up on the program. trying to uncover the secrets behind a portuguese custard tart. and delving into the complex magical world of art of the time. but we kicked off the show on a high note with high heels that is now most high heeled shoes are made with women in mind however a growing number of men are also embracing that added boost to their height but there is a problem most men struggle to find the right size and style so here's a look now at this niche market and some of the people pushing it forward. bold and sexy and extravagant this is the chosen style of the cuban entertainer jorge gonzalez who has been a connoisseur of high heeled shoes since he was
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a young man. i had to wear heels because when you're wearing your. change you know totally i feel more. to introduce my super high winds and i think it's just a statement. koenig of dollars has been making statements on german national television for the last 10 years as a modeling coach choreographer and a juror on a popular dance show his heels define his image but does he see any trends developing with high heeled shoes for men on a more general level historical. but during this whole city do you see women he's got to wear a suit charles or did all this on the. road.
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it's not so much about the system. really it is this what may be or will be. like canadian singer sean mendez who's been spotted in stack he'll boots rock legends like the late prince david bowie and freddie mercury long embrace to a high heeled shoe on stage and now the next generation like british singer sam smith is following suit. sales in this nation market are increasing steadily but for men finding the right size is difficult britishers designer sophia web server recognized this problem. it was very apparent to me that wasn't i love. not just. design my dance teacher we do not sit here. and we went. down. class america we need to see him to west and she danced and i think he's at 43 and all we had was 40 i'm going to say farewell final and that's going to be an
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extended scientists say. things at that conference later highlight these will while sophia webster shoes aren't specifically made for man extended sizes of up to you 46 mean more options. daniel bush founder of cross swords shoes creates handmade high heels for men on a more conservative level to recognized a gap in the market. current shoes that men can buy women's high heels very small and even if you buy the same saw is the problem is that the design for a woman's for which is smaller so we designed the shoe the last 2 specifically for a man's foot so that. when. i think there are people outside the insane industry that slowly slowly coming towards the idea of wearing high heels from. modern high heels were introduced to europe in the 17th
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century aristocratic men wore them to demonstrate in upper class status and royalty such as king louis the 14th more than to increase in stature only aristocrats with red heels were allowed in his court. high heeled shoes have come a long way since then but what about negative attitudes towards men wearing them nowadays. where people can say what they want to. do you have to suppress yourself you feel to hear. this painting about you. confidence and comfort are key aspects that will carry this style choice into the future. we turn our attention now to a unesco intangible cultural heritage building batched roofs now covering houses
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with reed is one of the oldest crafts in construction the 1st 1000 troops dates back some 6000 years well nowadays you'll find plenty of them along the north and baltic sea coasts of europe including on the german island where strict rules apply we traveled there to see how the 1000 troops has stood the test of time. these distinctive tracks truth houses are implemented at the island suit in northern germany they deal in time honestly with his surroundings nature and look both cozy and look serious they were once the homes of founders fishermen and captains today the island statues houses are exclusive real estate is mainly a secondary residences for renting out to vacation is.
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drill turn brown fused just mouse knows everything there is to know about these so-called free nation houses he referred to choose them and then sells the fixed up houses to millions of. people reason houses like this one from 17 a as a roof point 78 greeters told you and i did my head about this roof and they also have smaller when more most likely winter because back in the day people had just over for heating the homes were caps contact the. warden this is the village of capital any house that gets built here must have attached roof traditionally these roofs were made by selling natural materials together in small batches but these days they held in place with why there's a lack of young apprentices that not least because of the effort involved. from this as a one family home building the roof takes 3 and
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a half to 4 weeks. or less it has drawn a windows or a gable that requires extra work when you go. is it 10 streets rules when it comes to that street house is to preserve the island's traditional charm so there's little room for innovation. this modern take on a flash roof in the art in south. it's a rare exception the house was created by hamburg stock hardly to have any. scalp feel it just because you're not really there were many discussions about the house. so she will ask whether it will destroy sort out of the island's traditional look it's an image that was supposed to be here you have to stick with the thoughts to move. in the way of somebody isn't restricted to copyright so that fine and you could be like to see more of this would be for the dust under sources.
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in other parts of europe such as the netherlands architects are already busy reinventing fach townsend's. and along germany's baltic coast homes have been designed with roofs that ridge all the way to the ground. back on stilts with that's true as the made using small prints goods use these for nesting so they can only be cut down during winter cold isn't local wheat farmer to meet demand he has to import extra greens from countries like hungry romania and even china. but maybe it could move her remember these are batches i harvested in winter. the blades must be
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a lasting. they mustn't break if i bend them like this one struck both beaver government but. the good thing about raids is that they grow back on their own after harvesting order to move us to more freedom after x. . zoom seventeen's hotel meanwhile boasts europe's longest that's true. though not for much longer. jim an architect crystals in and who has designed a vast statues won't listen to any audience move except to be completed in 2020. spacious windows in the roof to bring natural light directly inside. fascinated by the possibility of using modern methods to build a contemporary house combination with very old culturally rich techniques.
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2014 units can recognize the factious craft as an intangible cultural heritage if it's to survive the traditional need not only takes but also a new generation of young people who choose to learn the craft and book with these natural materials. right next up we are headed to the portuguese capital lisbon home of the custard tart well the simple pastry out of eggs sugar and cinnamon has been satisfying this week too since the 18th century that's when catholic monks start their clothes with egg whites and use the leftover yolks to create this pastry well the original recipe now lies in the hands of the. bakery and remains a closely guarded secret well normally there are long lines at this bakery but because of the coronavirus access is limited still we were able to go behind the
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scenes for this tasty pastry. and. these delicious lee sweet custard tarts are one of portugal's most famous cultural exports. it is it's ridiculous a little bit swedes. taste great. lisbon's pos station bakery has been making them since 1837. the recipe is a well guarded secret. one of the select few who know how to make them is pastry chef miquel cut in jack. same quality they were made with eggs flour sugar and milk of course is the spirit that isn't going to be empty there are other ingredients as well but that secret. yes. but.
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he takes us to the back of the café here behind the abbey iron door lies the secret room where the delectable delicacies are made. this is where our pace tree chefs produce the dough and cost a cream for the top and thought nobody is allowed inside apart from them we can go in there. i feel very privileged to be one of the few people who knows that i watched i used to buy lamb recipe. in the car engine family has been creating a station of l.m. for 5 generations. joe is sliced by hand and then placed in the baking trains. it's important that the crust be taken up to contain the custard cream. don't need to be careful and even the past. each day they make about 20000 tarts. the recipe dates back to the monks of jarana most.
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monastery by unesco world heritage site. to the south they used winds to stiffen the monks shirt collars the 1st it was morning and the leftover. to make swift as it goes. when the monastery was secularized over 185 years ago a sugar manufacturer bought up the tart recipe and began making them and his nearby shop. it's been selling the original pa station ever sence. tuesday because that's many a typical portuguese sweeps were invented in the almost resigned as if there was you know our names since the 19th century people from all over have come here to see berlin tower and the monastery along with the great but explorer basco to gama . and no visit to this part of portugal is complete without trying to stay stable i'm. done over you come. i've been coming here with my
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girlfriend for you is like with these tons of something special so creamy and the crossed is so unique amongst the different i gotta love recommendations from colleagues or friends we came here from the north just to bring some back from friends. the custard needs to be filled into the trace quickly so it doesn't lose its consistency before baking. the tarts are put into the oven for 20 minutes at 400 degrees celsius. their best enjoyed warm from the oven with a sprinkle of cinnamon and powdered sugar. in the fish are on a must monastery used to sell past aisa and cinnamon throughout the whole country the cinnamon used to arrive by ship at night from the orient symbolic of the. nowadays the pastry treat from portugal is enjoyed across the world.
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lou my mouth is watering now well if you are interested in more advertising reports there and take a look at our new you tube channel d.w. food this is what you'll find their. family can see these. stories. in doozy has them. the smell of amazing the best chefs with their best chips from meat dishes to deacon diet and all the recipe secrets while some oddball europe's diversity is a smorgasbord. do you. subscribe and enjoy deep w. food. when you think of provosts in southern france what comes to mind perhaps fields and fields of
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lavender the well they are a popular photo motif but capturing them in a single image can be challenging and that's where one photographer's special technique for shooting vast landscapes comes in handy. 11 to fields in the south of france it's pretty is a peach everywhere you look. in the plants are in bloom on the plateau turns into a frequency of flowers. each year people from around the world visit stop keep coming back landscape photography bob you know and to not have this is what's cool about profound we have these incredible colors the same thoughts everywhere we have the lines that go way back into the distance everything that i love at the end there's a tree that's like disneyland for photographers and for photographs fabio likes to share his passion with others and takes amateur photographers unguided to is through the lavender fields this was photographer has pioneered
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a technique that revolutionize classical landscape photography he superimposes to shots of the same subject on top of one another to create high toned realist images . as a result his landscape photos look more mystical than realistic. or hyper regulus landscape photography is appropriate together all the emotions i felt before while taking a shot in the one picture the different moments situations and ambient lights can take 234 or up to 40 or 50 images to convey that feeling to the observer and it's this feeling that he also wants to transmit to the fashion or to the participants 1st lines are these here. the best ones are actually those 2 there in the middle but when it comes to framing their image the amateurs get help for that and a vaska he's been a landscape photographer for more than 2 decades and knows whether it's classic cool or hyper realistic photography the ground rules are always the same and what's
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important about such wide open landscapes is the foreground of the no see pictures with a tree somewhere in the background with nothing up front it's a broad field so this. line adds a nice depth to the landscape you have a nice foreground with the blooming love and that's half the battle won well taking a good landscape photo of the 1st successful shots i have long coming much to the delight of it to a participants. does a good how do you the straight lines the symmetry of the fields it's just amazing. he says i find this bluish purple stunningly beautiful but then there's the acoustics the hum of the bees and the blossoms which move around in the wind it's just wonderful i for one issue and this is the horse it's always a challenge it is for a cop in terms of composition with every picture tells a great story that's clear. but the popularity of the
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lavender fields has one big drawback many farmers feel for their crops with them here we're on a private property and everything here belongs to a farmer who earns his living the rowing 11 or would have been so long here with a group i have to ensure that we pretend to live in their midst didn't that mean he's not running the tripods or stepping on the plants or living a beer bottles on our cigarette it was like around. i think of it like being in someone's living in i should leave the place in your same state i found that envelope on that often the 1st i had to it lasts for a week and the group is on the go day and night because in the dark a whole new side of the lavender fields comes to light fabio loves its diversity the night shooting at night can be tricky so that there shouldn't be too much life doesn't for some time but also really cool it's ok to just have the blackest night sky milky way sometimes it's also nice when there's a bit of
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a glowing from the city down below hello i'll start. with that classical all modern in the lab in the fields everyone is short of 5 feet in me. he's been called the wizard of automation a swiss inventor and artist from nor combines a vivid imagination with technical expertise to create intricately automated sculptures now in this digital age you might wonder why he doesn't simply use a computer well for him the devil is in the detail of creating mechanically precise objects we visited françoise you know in his studio to see this wizard at work. welcome to the wonderland of. submission maker is top of his game and has an international following he sees himself as past artist mechanic. movements
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his life his intricate creations bring some poetry back into a world dominated by digital technology. thomas hands are made to bring happiness for the dream and make magic to create an automaton and to challenge people it's like a magic trick at 1st people don't understand how it can work. it's also matrons are driven by a complex wind up making it's much resembles that of an analog watch but it needs batteries or electricity and to form precise preprogramed movements one of francois current projects is leonardo da vinci he's been working on this and he said to me that all the wind up android of the famous italian artist for a decade now. absolutely wanted to do complex because. these words of a helicopter or a horse. in addition i wanted as you can see here to boyton lottery
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in mirror image. all that are made. from the initial sketches to the modeling of the figures right through to the fine we can explain everything is done it is workshop and this was spillage of some choir. which you know has 6 assistance they work on several summated at once for months at a time most of the projects the commissions even as a chart you know was fascinated by mechanical objects in 1904 he started building automations he grew up in an environment of craftsmanship both his grandfathers were watchmakers. not just these but i learnt watchmaking here with a bit of what i do as this city so it was advantageous to stay here and be around other artisans. not to be away on really tedious on a dozen people publish you have a problem you can just call someone that's really great that's what dobson is most complex automation to date is monsoor attribute to russian poet aleksandr pushkin
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the android consists of close to 3600 components which allow it to write some 1500 poems sign them and illustrate them making it unique among automated pushkin android was commissioned by a silicon valley entrepreneur. tells me 7 years 7 years to complete it as with all of the trips to the us. we had lots of discussions about what text we would use but the choice of words of drawings and other things he's. now he's been in the states for 10 years. in a digital world that completely clashes with the mechanical android. of android or humanoid robots can be traced back to ancient greece and egypt they
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hain't a cane in the 18th century the age of enlightenment saw the development of complex social make an effort to play music. teachers. present to no one has brought this old craft back to life. well. i'd like to preserve my job again this rolling of inviting a toilet. of all the research i've done to be able to share it with future generations edition yourself or to your friends marginal is one of a kind creations serve no real function but these mechanics in motion mesmerizes with their complexity and truly expand our imagination. truly are one of my kind and that wraps up another exciting edition of the show now don't forget to check out our website where you will find this week's draw and a chance at winning this exclusive euro max watch and don't forget to follow us
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