carsten: of course theret is.andick on the box boxes, itnd tick the takes many boxes. the biggest opposing argument is omt. i don't see right now that markets would buy a whatever it takes out of the mouth of him as credible as it would be from draghi. just to build a credibility, he would have to be overly dovish. i don't see this happening. the final question is whether merkel will put enough political power behind mr. weidmann, or maybe the price for always hitting the breaks on eurozone -- breaks on eurozone reform -- brakes for eurozone reform would be weidmann. matt: when you goes home with nothing from mrs. merkel, how does that affect his popularity, already at a low of 40%, i think his approval rating in france. 77% said his policies are unfair. if he does not get this done, what has he accomplished? carsten: he needs to get something done. they know they have to give something away. a possible line in the future could be that berlin keeps on blocking euros on blocking eurozone reforms, but that they will

earlier i spoke to washington correspondent carsten von nahmen asking him why the imf is pessimisticut the future. carsten: the international monetary fund is concerned about what it calls geopolitical strains, which could lead to trade wars, or real wars. obviously, both bad for trade and the worldwide economy. apart from that, of course, the imf also mentions a general skepticism about economic international integration worldwide, and towards new technologies. that might trigger a new wave of protectionism around the world. these kind of trade wars, of course, which are being discussed right now, particularly between the u.s. and china, another big concern. and there is also a big danger the imf warned today that politicians might waste the opportunity that the current boom presents. instead of bringing their houses in order financially, investing in technology, increasing productivity, they might just increase spending, continue spending, and that might mean when the tide turns, a downturn might accelerate much stronger than it had to be. daniel: i guess to avoid that they have to

carsten holcomb of the traveling pastor from northern germany takes to his court whenever he can. either it's brilliant there's nobody on the water or not much wind but this is wonderful it's a drag. being out on the water with our maker and you can switch off and really take things to the limits it's awesome. welcome it is just as unconventional as his house of god is that you have. a portable and inflatable it's a kind of bouncy church. there isn't in courts you have to take care that the cross is blown up properly and standing tall it's for an open seat on and off she goes custom ok my tour is mainly northern germany with his itinerant church hitting the cutting events in festivals along the way like this one on the beach at santa fe to ording this. killer i take this church to kind serving festivals like this because i meet people who wouldn't normally have anything to do with the church because it's the motto of our project is if the people don't go to church anymore than the church has to go to the people. this is a church with a difference the father of three got the idea f

carsten lekutat. carsten: good morning, wherever you are. like me, having trouble getting out of bed every morning? maybe it's because of your suprachiasmatic nucleus. is this a dangerous condition? no, it's not, because everybody has it. you, me, my team. it's just another word for our inner clock, and how this ticks and how it affects our health, this is what i'm going to talk

president very soon absolutely and as your reference to please stand by carsten because after over a year in office u.s. president donald trump as carsten alluded to is welcoming his first african head of state to the white house as we speak during their talks nigerian that presents a more modern and trump are expected to focus on tightening economic ties and fighting terrorism and i'm sure he has been battling extremist group boko haram for nine years tens of thousands of people have been killed in multiple suicide bombings and attacks the u.s. has a six hundred million dollars deal with the country to supply military planes and security equipment to fight the insurgents who hari is expected to request more assistance. well the talks between the leaders come after some awkward behavior from president trump just months ago you might recall the your president allegedly made a derogatory remarks about african countries he then went on to deny ever having nate them all right let's bring in our let's go back actually to where carson phenomena is still in washington and from lagos it incr

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and here's your host dr carsten tot. there are a lot of side effects and here i already feel them still make a. many effects and many side effects of medications are caused by the placebo effect what this is all about this is what i'm going to talk to this doctor your highness laugh at on here in berlin at the school of psychology welcome to check. the procedure effect shows us that psychological factors and important component for the efficacy of medical treatment and word placebo means i will please so it's a promise in medical terms we call a placebo or a medication that doesn't contain any active ingredients especially in pain treatment we know that placebos do work at the patients have to believe in them. knows a lot about pain his ordeal started after a hernia operation it was the beginning of a medical odyssey. appear for by about the pain started a week after the surgery and he got more intense is what it was worse and worse with pain in the lower body that i could barely stand it i visited loads of doctors hopin

carsten: hello, and welcome to "in good shape." the new global digital report says that more than four billion people are using the internet, and every one of us is using it for about six hours on average per day. this new era even affects my field as a professional health care provider. patients are googling their symptoms, and are checking their bodily functions on a smart phone. is the clock ticking for

the installation by german artist carsten helena and italian biologist stefano mon crusoe comprises a pair of intertwined slides that spiral visitors twenty meters from the second floor lodger to the courtyard. each person carries a plan which after landing is evaluated by scientists to determine the impact of human emotion on plant growth the lib also includes two cinemas one screening comedies the other horror movies and the volatile chemical compounds produced by the audience's reactions are directed to plants on the plots as facade where the impact is expected to visibly influence their growth the florence experiment runs into august twenty sixth. an installation of ceramic poppies is on display in front of the royal armories for nelson in portsmouth england. the flowers representing soldiers who died in world war one all ranged in the shape of a wave reminiscent of many mit jump. the installation was unveiled at the time of london in twenty fourteen to mark the centenary of the beginning of the war. in the countries of the british commonwealth poppies are a symbol of remembrance

carsten: i'm here at the st. georg hospital in leipzig at the special isolation unit for infectious diseases. and here are patients in different stages for isolation, like the patient right behind me who is suffering from an active tuberculosis. how to prevent yourself from getting infectious diseases and how to treat them properly will be one of the topics i will discuss with dr. thomas grunewald.

combining classroom learning with hands on vocational training our correspondent carsten phenomena reports from the us state of georgia. it's seven in the morning and colicky and it's already at work the seventeen year old is training as an industrial mechanic at e.g. oh it's an american tech firm in union producing components for household appliances coats three year apprenticeship is based on the german educational model and he even gets paid a novelty in the u.s. where apprenticeships often unpaid provide only basic training and have a bad reputation but cold believes this program is a gateway to success this definitely gives me a jumpstart you know getting ahead of the ball and everybody else because i'll be having an associate degree the same time as people just have a high school diploma e.g. oh is only one of twenty eight businesses in georgia that have joined forces to create their own pool of highly skilled workers for them embracing the german apprenticeship model means addressing one of the biggest problems in u.s. manufacturing we cannot find workers out there that have the bas