How going organic is opening up new markets for zanzibars spices. And, how huge areas of rain forest in guatemala get destroyed to make space for agriculture. Japan is robot coury. It was several hundred years ago that the first mechanical dolls were manufactured there. Decades ago, robots were put to use in industry, and these days, they provide support in shopping centers, hospitals, and as of recently, also at schools. With his cute face and moveable body, this robot called nao has a somewhat human look that has helped him to conquer japans schools and universities. The little white plastic creature speaks several different languages, and although it comes at a steep price, nao is a big seller in japan. Yet, he is not the only robot used in everyday situations in japan. Here in our western culture, we may find technical gadgets with a human look and feel a bit creepy, but in japan, that is very different. Welme, says the woman at the reception desk in japans first robot hotel. Shtel
Forbidding place is a scene of one of the fiercest, bloodiest and least known battles of world war ii. Welcome to war stories. Im oliver north, coming to you from the huertgen forest in germany. These densely wooded hills are quiet now, but from september of 1944 until february of 1945, they thundered with artillery, mortar, machine gun, and tank fire. American generals that hoped for a quick push into germanys industrial heartland, but battle hardened troops were determined to hold their ground. For five months, tens of thousands of american and german soldiers battled each other and harsh terrain and bitter cold that claimed combatants on both sides. With shells bursting in these trees above, well prepared and tenacious german defenders turned the american offensive into a nightmare. For every yard gained, this was the deadliest campaign in the european theater. Stay with us and meet the men, both american and german, who fought to the death in this dark and frightening forest. Its s
Popular American History writers and airs every weekend at this time. To if he recounts the forest fire that spread across timothy returns the forest fire that spread across oregon and washington. He discusses Public Opinion on National Parks at the time. Timothy thank you so much. Its terrific to be here in montana, because ive been on a book tour. Ive been in 25 cities or so and now here i am, basically home where the fire started. The source of the story, and the source of so much joy for me growing up in spokane and fishing here in rock creek and hiking here in the National Forest basically learning to love this land as a little kid. So thank you for coming out on this gorgeous, wonderful, crisp montana night. The rest of the country can only look on us in and. In envy. Also, i wanted to open with a wonderful quote from one of my literary heroes, norman maclean, famous montanan author didnt have his first book published until he was 72 years old, but it took a long time for that ma
Quite a few states opening soon and they are going to be very vigilant. They are going to very careful. Public Health Experts have said this would be better done if there were comprehensive surveillance testing which we are not in the position to do. I wonder if dr. Birx or dr. Fauci. Dr. Fauci and i will do it together. Its why i wanted to put up the syndromic influenzalike illness piece. What is key is the early alerts and getting in there. Before they even know they have a problem. I think cdc has been remarkable in building these platforms, dr. Redfield integrated them so they are all on the same website. If you look at covid19, going to cases, you can find all the data. The beauty is the states are utilizing it for the flu season. The testing in Contact Tracing and dr. Redfield will be putting people in every single state to make sure cdc is standing beside the state and local Health Officials to make sure that all of those cases are immediately identified and Contact Tracing. I t
Place at the same time. And the surprising tweet of forgiveness from one of his victims. Were not moving an inch. Our policy hasnt changed and our policy will not change. Overreacting to the ebola threat or not doing enough . Were looking at who is quarantined as an ebola survivor in atlanta prepares to go home. Good morning, im carol costello, thank you so much for joining me. British hostage john cantlie kidnapped almost two years ago in syria has been given a starring role in a new isis propaganda video. Heres just a snippet of the fiveminute video in which cantlie plays the role of war correspondent. Hello, im john cantlie and today were in the city of kobani on the syrian turkish border. Unlike an earlier video in which cantlie is wearing an orange jump suit, here he appears relaxed in the allblack costume typical of isis. Whatever cantlies actual state of mind is in this new video, its clearly intended to create the impression that he is now working with the terrorists. Cnns Nick