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The National for Monday Sept. 3, 2018 — Teacher Shortage, Museum Fire, Myanmar - Duration: 46:35.
>> Adrienne: ON THIS MONDAY
NIGHT, SMOULDERING ANGER ON THE
STREETS OF BRAZIL AFTER AN
INFERNO RIPS THROUGH A BELOVED
MUSEUM.
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF
HISTORY, AND MILLIONS OF
IRREPLACEABLE ARTIFACTS ARE
DESTROYED.
WHY SOME ARE SAYING THIS IS THE
GOVERNMENT'S FAULT.
HOW AUSTERITY IN BRAZIL IS
STOKING THE TENSION.
>> Ian: ALSO TONIGHT KIDS ARE
HEADING BACK TO SCHOOL BUT
TEACHERS ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY.
WHAT THE CRUNCH MEANS FOR THE
CLASSROOM.
>> Adrienne: AND PUTIN IN
PRIMETIME.
WHAT IS BEHIND THE RUSSIAN
PRESIDENT'S REALITY TV DEBUT.
THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
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>>> BRAZILIANS TONIGHT ARE
LIVID, ANGRY ABOUT A FIRE THAT
DIDN'T TAKE ANY LIVES BUT
INSTEAD DESTROYED HISTORY.
THERE WERE NO SPRINKLERS, VERY
LITTLE WATER FROM THE HYDRANTS,
WHEN THE FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED AT
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM IN RIO de
JANEIRO LATE LAST NIGHT.
AS KATIE NICHOLSON EXPLAINS, THE
RAGE IN RIO TODAY IS THAT THIS
WAS A DISASTER SO MANY SAW
COMING.
>> Reporter: NOT JUST A
BUILDING UP IN SMOKE, BUT AN
ENTIRE HISTORY TOO.
IT TOOK 200 YEARS FOR BRAZIL'S
NATIONAL MUSEUM TO COLLECT ITS
TREASURES AND ONE NIGHT FOR IT
ALL TO GO UP IN FLAMES.
AND WITH IT THE WORK OF HUNDREDS
OF RESEARCHERS, SOME WHO RAN TO
TRY TO SAVE WHAT THEY COULD.
>> [speaking foreign
language].
>> Reporter: IT SEEMS LIKE A
NIGHTMARE, SAYS HISTORIAN REGINA
DANTEZ.
I WENT TO SLEEP THINKING THAT IT
WAS A NIGHTMARE THAT I WAS GOING
TO WAKE UP FROM.
HER NIGHTMARE VERY MUCH A
REALITY THIS MORNING.
WHERE ONCE THERE WERE 20 MILLION
ARTIFACTS TODAY ONLY RUBBLE.
>> THE MOST IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC
INSTITUTION I THINK IN BRAZIL,
IN ALL OF BRAZIL.
>> Reporter: RESEARCHER
ROBERTA VERONESE SAYS THAT SHE
CAN'T
BEGIN TO ESTIMATE THE LOSS.
THE MUSEUM HOUSED IMPRESSIVE AND
IRREPLACEABLE EGYPTIAN AND
BRECO-ROMAN
COLLECTIONS.
IT HAD ADDED PIECES FROM POMPEI.
BUT IN THIS MODERN ERA THERE'S
TECHNOLOGY TO PREVENT FIRE AND
YET THE MUSEUM DIDN'T HAVE THE
FUNDING TO INSTALL SPRINKLERS.
A FACT THAT ANGERS
AN ANTHROPOLOGIST
WHO LOST HIS ENTIRE LIBRARY IN
THE FLAMES.
>> I AM SURE THAT THE NATIONAL
GOVERNMENT IS RESPONSIBLE
BECAUSE THEY DID NOT APPROVE OF
THE FUNDING WE HAVE PERMANENTLY
ASKED FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE
STRUCTURE OF THE MUSEUM.
>> Reporter: ANGER AT THE
GOVERNMENT SPILLED OVER TODAY.
THIS TIME NOT SMOKE BUT PEPPER
SPRAY IN THE AIR AS SOME TRIED
TO PUSH PAST THE BARRICADES TO
GET A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT HAD
BEEN LOST.
SOMETIMES LOSS IS HARD TO
DESCRIBE.
>> THE MUSEUM IS OUR HOME.
WE ARE HAPPY THERE.
SO IT IS NOT OUR WORK AND IT IS
NOT RESEARCH,
IT GIVES YOU JOY.
>> Reporter: TODAY A MUSEUM
THAT BROUGHT SO MANY TOGETHER TO
LEARN ABOUT THEIR PAST BROUGHT
BRAZILIANS TOGETHER ONCE AGAIN
TO FIGHT FOR IT.
KATIE NICHOLSON, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: AS YOU JUST HEARD
THE MUSEUM WAS HOME TO
20 MILLION ARTIFACTS.
WELL, A FULL SENSE OF THE DAMAGE
ISN'T KNOWN YET.
HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME OF THE
TREASURES HELD WITHIN THOSE
WALLS.
THERE'S LUIZA, AT ABOUT 12,000
YEARS OLD, HERS IS BELIEVED TO
BE THE OLDEST HUMAN SKULL FOUND
IN THE AMERICAS.
THEN THERE ARE THE MUMMIFIED
REMAINS FROM BRAZIL AND EGYPT.
THE MUSEUM IS ALSO HOME TO
UNIQUELY BRAZILIAN CREATURES
LIKE THE LONG-NECKED DINOSAUR
MAXOCALLISAURUS.
60,000 FOSSILS HAD BEEN
CATALOGUED AT THE MUSEUM.
AS WERE INDIGENOUS
ARTIFACTS AND EVEN AUDIO
RECORDINGS FROM RARE AND
DISAPPEARING INDIGENOUS
LANGUAGES FROM ALL OVER BRAZIL.
AND THEN THERE'S THIS METEORITE.
AT ONE POINT IT WAS THE LARGEST
EVER DISCOVERED.
THOSE TRACKING EVERY LOSS, EVERY
DEVELOPMENT ON TWITTER SUGGEST
THAT THE METEORITE MAY HAVE
SURVIVED BUT HISTORIANS ARE
BRACING FOR SOME DEVASTATING
LOSSES.
MUSEUMS AROUND THE WORLD NOW
SENDING MESSAGES OF SUPPORT AND,
FRANKLY, GRIEF.
>> Ian: HERE'S WHAT ELSE WE'RE
WORKING ON TONIGHT ON "THE
NATIONAL"...
>>> RUSSIA'S LATEST REALITY TV
STAR -- THEIR PRESIDENT.
WHY CRITICS ARE CALLING IT
PROPAGANDA.
>> Adrienne: PLUS, TORONTO
STRUGGLES TO COME UP WITH
SOLUTIONS
TO STOP GUN VIOLENCE AS FOUR
MORE LIVES ARE TAKEN OVER THE
LONG WEEKEND.
>> Ian: AND TOMORROW IS
BACK-TO-SCHOOL FOR MOST CANADIAN
KIDS.
AND, OF COURSE FOR THE TEACHERS
TOO.
BUT FOR MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY THERE JUST
AREN'T ENOUGH OF THEM TO GO
AROUND.
THE REASONS VARY FROM
PLACE-TO-PLACE.
JAELA BERNSTIEN TAKES A LOOK AT
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN QUÉBEC.
>> Reporter: STUDENTS ARE
READY FOR THE NEW YEAR,
BACKPACKS LOADED, BRAINS
RESTED... BUT THE ONE SCHOOL
ESSENTIAL THAT IS IN SHORT
SUPPLY IS THE TEACHERS.
>> WE'RE ALL LOOKING INSIDE OF
THE SAME POOL FOR THE SAME
TEACHER.
>> Reporter: IN MONTRÉAL THE
STUDENT BODY IS GROWING.
WHILE THE SCHOOLS CAN ADD MORE
SPACES, ADDING TEACHERS IS
PROVING MORE DIFFICULT.
>> EVERY YEAR WE HAVE MORE AND
MORE CHILDREN.
JUST THIS SUMMER THERE WAS 200
REGISTRATIONS A WEEK.
>> Reporter: AT THE START OF
THE SCHOOL YEAR THE PROVINCE'S
LARGEST SCHOOL BOARD WAS STILL
SEARCHING TO HIRE ABOUT 50
FULL-TIME TEACHERS.
AMONG THOSE IN HIGH DEMAND --
FRENCH TEACHERS FOR CLASSES
AIMED AT NEWCOMERS TO QUÉBEC.
>> IF YOU'RE A MASTER OF THE
FRENCH LANGUAGE RIGHT NOW I
THINK THAT YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH
GO ANYWHERE.
>> ANY TEACHER THAT DOES SPEAK
FRENCH AND THAT CAN SPEAK
FRENCH, THEY'RE LIKE GOLD RIGHT
NOW.
I THINK THAT EVERYBODY IS
LOOKING FOR THEM AS MUCH AS IN
OTHER PROVINCES.
>> Reporter: SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATORS SAY THAT HIRING
HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY
COMPETITIVE.
THEY USED TO BE THE ONES DOING
THE INTERVIEWING BUT NOW THEY
SAY THAT TEACHERS INTERVIEW
THEM.
>> THEY NEVER USED TO ASK,
WHAT'S THE SALARY.
COMPETITIVE.
THEY USED TO BE THE ONES DOING
THE INTERVIEWING BUT NOW THEY
SAY THAT TEACHERS INTERVIEW
THEM.
>> THEY NEVER USED TO ASK,
WHAT'S THE SALARY.
BECAUSE THAT'S A BIT OF A TABOO
SUBJECT.
PLUS, YOU DON'T WANT TO COME OFF
AS MAYBE THAT'S THE ONLY REASON
THAT YOU'RE THERE.
THEY ASK RIGHT AWAY, WHAT'S YOUR
SALARY?
WHAT ARE YOUR BENEFITS?
>> Reporter: QUÉBEC IS IN THE
MIDDLE OF AN ELECTION CAMPAIGN
AND THE LEADERS OF THE TWO
PARTIES MOST LIKELY TO FORM THE
NEXT GOVERNMENT HAVE PROMISED TO
INCREASE THE ENTRY LEVEL
SALARIES.
>> WE WILL TAKE ACTION TO BETTER
PREPARE TEAMERS AND TO BETTER
COMPENSATE TEACHERS AT THE
BEGINNING OF THEIR CAREERS AND
LAUNCH A CAMPAIGN TO RECOGNIZE
THE VALUE OF THE PROFESSION.
>> Reporter: BUT EVEN IF THE
SALARIES RISE THE SCHOOL BOARDS
HERE FACE TOUGH COMPETITIONS.
OTHER PROVINCES ARE ALSO FACING
THEIR OWN SHORTAGES OF TEACHERS
AND THEY'RE EAGER TO POST THEM
WHEREVER THEY'RE AVAILABLE.
JAELA BERNSTIEN, CBC NEWS,
MONTRÉAL.
>> Ian: AND AS WE MENTIONED
THERE ARE DIFFERENT REASONS IN
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY
FOR TEACHER SHORTAGES.
LET'S START HERE IN B.C....
>> OUR KIDS DESERVE BETTER.
THEY NEED TO BE BACK IN SCHOOL
AND TEACHERS DESERVE BETTER.
>> Ian: B.C. TEACHERS FOUGHT FOR
14 YEARS TO RESTORE THEIR RIGHT
TO NEGOTIATE CLASS SIZE.
AND IN 2016 THE SUPREME COURT OF
CANADA SIDED WITH THEM AND
FORCED THE PROVINCE TO SPEND
MORE FOR HIRING.
BUT IT'S HARD TO CATCH UP.
>> THE DIFFICULTY WE'RE HAVING
THOUGH IS THAT THERE'S NOT
ENOUGH PEOPLE WHO ARE CERTIFIED
AND QUALIFIED IN BRITISH
COLUMBIA.
>> Ian: NUNAVUT IS GRAPPLING
WITH A SHORTAGE OF 66 TEACHERS,
THAT'S NEARLY 10% OF THE TYPICAL
WORKFORCE OF 700.
DESPITE HIGH PAY IT'S HARD TO
RETAIN STAFF.
IN SOME COMMUNITIES THEY'RE
LOOKING TO HIRE LOCALS WHO HAVE
EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH
CHILDREN, EVEN IF THEY DON'T
HAVE TEACHING DEGREES.
IN NEW BRUNSWICK, MORE THAN 200
TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS ARE SET
TO RETIRE THIS YEAR AND THEY'LL
NEED TO BE REPLACED.
BUT FEWER PEOPLE ARE SIGNING UP
FOR TEACHER TRAINING BECAUSE OF
THE PERSISTENT RUMOURS THAT
THERE WOULDN'T BE JOBS.
ONTARIO IS NOT FACING A SHORTAGE
YET.
THREE YEARS AGO THE PROVINCE CUT
ENROLLMENT AT TEACHERS' COLLEGES
BY MORE THAN HALF BECAUSE THE
WORK WAS HARD TO FIND.
IT STILL CAN BE, BUT ENROLLMENT
IS RISING AND A WAVE OF
RETIREMENTS IS SET TO COME
CRASHING DOWN.
>>> IT HAS BEEN A DEADLY WEEKEND
IN THE GREATER TORONTO AREA WITH
GUN VIOLENCE TAKING FOUR MORE
LIVES.
THE LATEST IS YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON IN A BUSY DOWNTOWN
PARK.
IN TORONTO ALONE THE MURDER
COUNT IS 73 THIS YEAR.
THAT IS SEVEN MORE THAN ALL OF
2017.
AND IT'S JUST SEPTEMBER.
THE QUESTION REMAINS HOW TO
REACT TO THE PROBLEM.
HERE'S THE CBC'S JACQUELINE
HANSEN.
>> Reporter: WHAT WAS A
MEMORIAL BARBECUE IS NOW A CRIME
SCENE.
A CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE FOR
SHOOTING VICTIM JAMAL HERCULES
WAS INTERRUPTED BY YET
ANOTHER SHOOTING.
>> AFTER A SHORT CONVERSATION
OUR SHOOTER PULLED A HANDGUN AND
FIRED MULTIPLE SHOTS, STRIKING
MICHAEL LEWIS AT CLOSE RANGE.
>> Reporter: HE'S ONE OF FOUR
MEN KILLED IN THREE SEPARATE
SHOOTINGS IN THE TORONTO AREA
THIS WEEKEND.
IT HAS TORONTO'S MAYOR PUSHING
AGAIN FOR A BAN ON HANDGUNS.
>> IF IT TAKES ONE GUN OUT OF
ONE HAND AND RESULTS IN ONE LIFE
SAVED OR ONE LESS OF THESE
TRAUMATIC INCIDENTS, TO ME
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE
GOTTA DO.
>> Reporter: BUT THE HEAD OF
TORONTO'S POLICE ASSOCIATION
SAYS THAT A MUNICIPAL BAN WOULD
BE USELESS.
>> WHAT I WANT IS MEANINGFUL,
TANGIBLE ACTS THAT ARE GOING TO
HAVE A REAL IMPACT ON PEOPLE
GOING OUT THERE COMMITTING
MURDER AND USING FIREARMS IN
PUBLIC PLACES.
>> Reporter: PLACES LIKE
YORKDALE MALL.
A SHOOTING THERE LAST WEEK
CAUSED CHAOS.
THOUGH NO ONE WAS INJURED.
YESTERDAY'S SHOOTING WAS ACROSS
THE STREET FROM THE C.N.E. WHICH
ATTRACTS MORE THAN A MILLION
PEOPLE TO THE AREA EACH YEAR.
>> I COME TO THIS PARK QUITE A
BIT AND IT WAS DAYLIGHT OUT
THERE.
>> IT'S BECOMING SUCH A
DANGEROUS PLACE.
>> Reporter: IN THE WAKE OF
THE DANFORTH SHOOTING EARLIER
THIS SUMMER, TORONTO PUT 200
MORE POLICE OFFICERS ON THE
STREETS DURING THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS.
>> ALL WE'RE DOING, ACTUALLY, IS
HAVING THE CURRENT RESOURCES WE
HAVE WORKING OVERTIME AND
WORKING EXTENDED HOURS.
IT'S NOT HAVING ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES OR ADDITIONAL
COMMUNITY-BASED OR INTELLIGENCE
GATHERING OFFICERS THAT WE NEED.
>> Reporter: WHILE THERE'S
DIVISION OVER WHETHER ANY OF THE
PROPOSED SOLUTIONS SUCH AS A
HANDGUN BAN COULD EVEN WORK
THERE'S WIDESPREAD AGREEMENT
THAT SOMETHING DRASTIC HAS TO BE
DONE.
JACQUELINE HANSEN, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Ian: A HANDGUN BAN CERTAINLY
WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST EFFORT TO
TRY TO GET WEAPONS OFF THE
STREETS.
THE LONG-GUN REGISTRY IS WHAT
BILL C-36 IS REMEMBERED FOR.
BUT THE 1995 ACT ALSO OUTLAWED
SOME SMALLER WEAPONS.
ACCORDING TO STATS CANADA, THE
PERCENTAGE OF MURDERS COMMITTED
WITH HANDGUNS IS RISING.
IN THE MID 1970s, ABOUT
TWO-THIRDS WERE COMMITTED WITH
SHOTGUNS AND RIFLES.
A THIRD WITH HANDGUNS.
30 YEARS LATER THAT RATIO HAS
REVERSED.
>> Adrienne: CANADA IS
JOINING OTHER COUNTRIES IN
DEMANDING THE RELEASE OF TWO
JOURNALISTS SENT TO PRISON IN
MYANMAR.
THEY WERE INVESTIGATING THE
GOVERNMENT'S BRUTAL CRACKDOWN ON
ROHINGYA MUSLIMS.
AS CBC'S NAHLAH AYED REPORTS,
THE STORY THEY TOLD IS TRUE AND
THE PUNISHMENT FOR REVEALING
THAT TRUTH HAS BEEN SEVERE.
>> [speaking foreign
language].
>> Reporter: THEIR
UNPRECEDENTED EXODUS SPOKE OF
THE ENORMITY OF THE CRISIS.
THEIR STORIES TOLD OF THE
UNSPEAKABLE SUFFERING.
NOT AS WELL DOCUMENTED IS THE
EXTENT OF THE BRUTALITY.
REUTERS JOURNALISTS INSIDE OF
MYANMAR OFFERED ONE
DISTURBING GLIMPSE.
THE ANATOMY OF A MASSACRE,
ENDING WITH A MASS GRAVE FOR 10.
LONG BEFORE THE U.N. PANEL SAID
THAT THE MILITARY BRASS SHOULD
BE PROSECUTED FOR GENOCIDE.
TWO OF THE JOURNALISTS WERE
ALREADY IN CUSTODY WHEN THEIR
SHOCKING PIECE WAS PUBLISHED.
>> I'M A JOURNALIST.
I NEVER DO ANYTHING WRONG.
SO I TRY TO BE STRONG.
>> Reporter: FROM THE START
KYAW SOE Oo AND WA LONE
BELIEVED THEY HAD BEEN SET UP.
A POLICEMAN INVITED THEM TO A
RESTAURANT AND THEN HANDED THEM
DOCUMENTS.
AS THEY LEFT THEY WERE ARRESTED
AND LATER CHARGED UNDER THE
OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT.
THE OFFICER WHO CORROBORATED
THEIR VERSION IN COURT IS ALSO
NOW IN PRISON.
>> [speaking foreign
language].
>> Reporter: EVEN SO TODAY THE
JUDGE SENTENCED THE JOURNALISTS
TO SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON.
>> IT'S VERY DISAPPOINTING.
IT'S BAD FOR OUR COUNTRY,
MYANMAR.
IT'S BAD FOR DEMOCRACY.
IT'S BAD FOR THE RULE OF LAW.
AND IT'S BAD FOR THE FREEDOM OF
EXPRESSION.
>> Reporter: FOR THE CRITICS
THESE TWO MEN ARE POLITICAL
PRISONERS.
>> THIS IS SENDING A SIGNAL TO
THE REST OF THE MYANMAR
REPORTERS THAT IF YOU CROSS THE
MILITARY, IF
YOU CROSS THE GOVERNMENT THEY
CAN MAKE YOUR LIFE A LIVING
HELL.
>> Reporter: A LIVING HELL TOO
FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
THE HEAD OF REUTERS IS CALLING
ON THE MYANMAR GOVERNMENT TO
ACT.
>> WE REALLY THINK THIS IS THE
TIME FOR THE MYANMAR GOVERNMENT
TO INTERVENE TO RECOGNIZE THAT
THIS IS AN INJUSTICE AND TO
CORRECT IT.
IT'S NO LONGER IN THE COURT
SYSTEM AND IT CAN BE CORRECTED.
AND WE HOPE THAT THEY DO THAT
AND THEY DO THAT VERY QUICKLY.
>> Reporter: IT'S THE SAME
MESSAGE FROM ABROAD, INCLUDING
FROM A, QUOTE, "PROFOUNDLY
DISAPPOINTED CANADA."
THE COURT RULING SAID THE
STATEMENT IS A BETRAYAL OF THE
STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY, A
STRUGGLE ONCE IDENTIFIED WITH
MYANMAR'S LEADER, AUNG SAN SUU
KYI.
NAHLAH AYED, CBC NEWS, LONDON.
>> Adrienne: NOW THE NOBEL
LAUREATE AUNG SAN SUU KYI, ONCE
A POLITICAL PRISONER HERSELF IS
THE TARGET OF SOME OF THE
RENEWED OUTRAGE IN THE WAKE OF
THE SENTENCING BECAUSE OF HER
SILENCE AND HER INACTION.
THESE SENTENCES MARK A NEW LOW
FOR PRESS FREEDOM AND FURTHER
BACKSHIEDING ON RIGHTS UNDER
AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S GOVERNMENT,
SAYS HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH.
IN THE YEAR SINCE
THE ROHINGYA CRISIS BEGAN, THE
NUMBERS VARY.
OFFICIALLY MYANMAR SAYS THAT 400
PEOPLE HAVE DIED BUT ONE REPORT
PUTS THE NUMBER OF DEAD OR
MISSING AT 43,000.
THE MAJORITY OF ROHINGYA NOW
LIVE IN WHAT HAS BECOME THE
WORLD'S LARGEST REFUGEE CAMP, A
TEMPORARY HOME FOR 700,000
PEOPLE IN NEIGHBOURING
BANGLADESH.
THE GOVERNMENT OF THAT COUNTRY
HAS NO PLANS TO INTEGRATE THEM
INTO THE LOCAL POPULATION.
>>> TURNING TO RUSSIA NOW WHERE
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN TOOK ON
A BRAND-NEW ROLE THIS WEEKEND,
ONE THAT GIVES HIM SOMETHING IN
COMMON WITH HIS U.S.
COUNTERPART.
BOTH PUTIN AND TRUMP ARE LEADERS
OF MAJOR WORLD POWERS, BOTH ARE
NOTORIOUSLY STRONG-WILLED, AND
BOTH NOW SHARE SOMETHING ELSE --
EXPERIENCE AS REALITY TV STARS.
CHRIS BROWN EXPLAINS FROM
MOSCOW.
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>> [speaking foreign
language].
>> Reporter: BY ITS VERY
NATURE RUSSIAN STATE TV'S
PURPOSE IS TO GUSH ABOUT
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN.
>> [speaking foreign
language].
>> Reporter: FOR THE KREMLIN
THE NEW TV SERIES
"MOSCOW. KREMLIN. PUTIN" TAKES
THAT GLORIFICATION TO A NEW
LEVEL.
EPISODE ONE FEATURES HIM
CRISS-CROSSING THE COUNTRY.
HOW CAN HE KEEP SUCH A SCHEDULE?
IT'S A MARATHON, EXUDES THE
REPORTER.
>> [speaking foreign
language].
>> Reporter: YES, HE KEEPS
SUCH A BEAUTIFUL FORM, ADDS THE
HOST.
>> [speaking foreign
language].
>> Reporter: THEN THERE'S THE
VISIT WITH KIDS IN SOCHI.
>> [speaking foreign
language].
>> Reporter: PUTIN LOVES
CHILDREN, SAYS THE HOST.
YOU CAN'T FAKE THAT.
>> [speaking foreign
language].
>> Reporter: IT'S NOT JUST THE
KIDS HE LOVES, CHIMES IN HIS
PRESS SECRETARY, HE JUST LOVES
PEOPLE IN GENERAL.
>> [speaking foreign
language].
>> Reporter: AND APPARENTLY
ANIMALS TOO.
FOOTAGE FROM HIS MOUNTAIN VISIT
TO
THE TIBA REGION WAS RELEASED
LAST WEEK BUT THERE'S EVEN MORE
TO VISIT IN THIS PROGRAMME.
>> [speaking foreign
language].
>> Reporter: MOUNTAIN GOATS
WOULD NORMALLY RUN AWAY FROM
PEOPLE BUT WITH PUTIN THEY STAY
CLOSE, SAID HIS PRESS SECRETARY.
THEY MUST HAVE ACCEPTED HIM,
JOKED SOMEONE ELSE IN THE GROUP.
WHAT ABOUT MORE DANGEROUS
ANIMALS LIKE BEARS?
NOT TO WORRY.
>> [speaking foreign
language].
>> Reporter: IS A BEAR AN
IDIOT?
NO.
IF A BEAR SEES PUTIN HE'LL
BEHAVE DECENTLY, OF COURSE.
ALL DAY INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS
SUCH AS DIMITRI KOLOSOV HAVE
BEEN TRYING TO HOLD BACK THEIR
CHUCKLES.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE PROPAGANDA.
TODAY IS NOT 1930s OR THE
1970s.
TODAY IS 2018 AND I THINK THAT
PEOPLE CAN NOT TAKE IT
SERIOUSLY.
IT'S REALLY FUNNY.
>> Reporter: ONE REASON FOR
THE TREATMENT MAY BE THAT
PUTIN'S POPULARITY HAS TAKEN A
HIT OF LATE.
HIS RATINGS HAVE TUMBLED FROM
THE USUALLY 80% TO CLOSER TO
50%.
>> [speaking foreign
language].
>> Reporter: AS A RESULT OF
HIS PLANS TO RAISE THE
RETIREMENT AGE.
WEEKEND PROTESTS DREW TENS OF
THOUSANDS.
SO NONE OF THAT, OF COURSE, WAS
MENTIONED IN THE SHOW.
>> I THINK THAT THEY STILL THINK
THAT TV SHOW CAN HELP AND STOP
ALL THEIR PROBLEMS.
>> Reporter: STILL, IF THE AIM
WAS TO HUMANIZE PUTIN, ONE BIG
THING WAS MISSING -- NOT A WORD
ABOUT HIS FAMILY OR PERSONAL
LIFE.
THAT WAS KEPT AS SECRETIVE AS
EVER.
CHRIS BROWN, CBC NEWS, MOSCOW.
>> Adrienne: SO VLADIMIR PUTIN
IS A MASTER OF MESSAGING BOTH
INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE
COUNTRY.
AND HE AND HIS DEMOCRATIC CORPS
HAVE
BEEN SIGNALLING TO THE REST OF
THE WORLD THAT SOMETHING SERIOUS
MIGHT BE ABOUT TO HAPPEN IN
SYRIA.
SOME OF THE MESSAGES ARE
STRANGE, INCLUDING THIS ONE FROM
THE RUSSIA EMBASSY THIS WEEK.
A TWEET CLAIMING THAT THERE'S
ABOUT TO BE A STAGED CHEMICAL
ATTACK IN IDLIB.
A HOAX.
ENGLISH-SPEAKING FOREIGN
SPECIALISTS HAVE ARRIVED IN
SYRIA TO ATTEMPT STAGING
CHLORINE CHEMICAL ATTACK, IT
READ.
IT'S FROM A PRO-SYRIAN
GOVERNMENT MOVIE FUNDED BY A
SYRIAN REGIME ABOUT A FOREIGN
JOURNALIST FAKING CHEMICAL
WEAPONS ATTACKS ALONG WITH
TERRORISTS.
SO WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE?
WELL, IDLIB IN NORTHWESTERN
SYRIA, IS THE LAST PLACE LARGELY
HELD BY THE OPPOSITION.
THERE'S ABOUT 10,000 JIHADDIST
FIGHTERS THERE BUT ALSO NEARLY
THREE MILLION TRAPPED CIVILIANS
DESPERATE FOR SAFETY.
NOW THE U.N. AND OTHERS ARE
REALLY WORRIED THAT THE
RUSSIAN-BACKED SYRIAN REGIME IS
ABOUT TO ATTACK IDLIB.
THAT'S WHY RUSSIA'S TWEETS ARE
RAISING EYEBROWS.
AS IS THE NEWS OF A MASSIVE
RUSSIAN MILITARY BUILD-UP IN THE
MEDITERRANEAN.
THE BIGGEST SINCE IT FIRST
INTERVENED IN 2015.
AND TONIGHT U.S. PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP IS PAYING ATTENTION
TWEETING OUT A WARNING AGAINST
ANY OFFENSIVE IN IDLIB.
>> Ian: WE'RE WATCHING SEVERAL
OTHER DEVELOPING STORIES LIVE ON
"THE NATIONAL" TONIGHT,
INCLUDING THE LATEST ON A DEADLY
BLAST IN SOUTH AFRICA.
IT HAPPENED AT THIS MUNITIONS
FACILITY NEAR CAPE TOWN THIS
AFTERNOON.
THE WITNESSES SAW A HUGE
FIREBALL FROM SEVERAL KILOMETRES
AWAY.
IT'S NOT CLEAR YET WHAT HAPPENED
BUT THE FIRE OFFICIALS SAY THAT
AT LEAST EIGHT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
KILLED.
>>> AND WE'RE KEEPING A CLOSE
WATCH ON THE U.S. GULF COAST.
TROPICAL STORM GORDON IS LASHING
PARTS OF FLORIDA TODAY WITH
TORRENTIAL RAINS AND WINDS UP TO
95 km/h.
BUT NOW IT'S MAKING ITS WAY
ACROSS THE GULF AND IT'S PICKING
UP POWER AND IT COULD REACH
HURRICANE STRENGTH BY THE TIME
THAT IT HITS LOUISIANA TOMORROW.
>> Adrienne: STILL AHEAD ON
"THE NATIONAL"... A YOUNG MOTHER
WORKS TO MAKE EVERY MOMENT
SPECIAL AFTER HER DAUGHTER IS
DIAGNOSED WITH A RARE TERMINAL
FORM OF CANCER.
THEIR MOVING STORY IS TONIGHT'S
"NATIONAL DOCUMENTARY."
>> Ian: AND WITH LEGALIZATION
AROUND THE CORNER, THE
INDUSTRIES ARE FIGURING OUT HOW
TO RESPOND, EVEN ON THE LINKS.
>> YEAH, I THINK THAT IT HELPS
MY GAME OUT, THAT'S FOR SURE.
>> IT IS BOTHERSOME TO SOME
PEOPLE.
LIKE MYSELF I HAVE ASTHMA.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WOULD
WANT TO, HONESTLY.
BUT IF ANYBODY DID, I SUPPOSE
WHO CARES?
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>> Ian: IF YOU'RE A GOLFER HOW
DO YOU FEEL ABOUT PEOPLE USING
CANNIBAS ON THE COURSE?
THAT'S A QUESTION THAT THE GOLF
INDUSTRY IS GRAPPLING WITH AHEAD
OF LEGAL MARIJUANA.
AS RENÉE FILIPPONE TELLS US, THE
ANSWER MAY DEPEND IN PART ON HOW
OLD YOU ARE.
>> Reporter: LABOUR DAY ON THE
LINKS.
A RELAXING EXPERIENCE FOR SOME.
AND THE GAME COULD GET EVEN MORE
LAID BACK IF YOU COULD PUFF
BEFORE YOU PUTT.
FOR SOME IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
>> I THINK SO.
I THINK THAT IT'S A NICE PLACE
OUT OF THE NEIGHBOURHOODS.
YEAH, IT HELPS MY GAME OUT,
THAT'S FOR SURE.
>> Reporter: BUT NOT EVERYONE
IS TEED UP TO IT.
>> IT IS BOTHERSOME TO SOME
PEOPLE.
LIKE MYSELF, I HAVE ASTHMA.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WOULD
WANT TO, HONESTLY.
BUT IF ANYONE DID, I SUPPOSE,
WHO CARES?
THAT'S THEIR ISSUE.
>> Reporter: PRIVATE GOLF
COURSES ARE SOME OF THE FEW
PLACES THAT
PEOPLE CAN DRINK AND SMOKE IN
PUBLIC.
EVEN SOME PROS LIGHT UP.
NOW CANADIAN COURSES WILL NEED
TO DECIDE IF POT WILL BE PART OF
PLAY.
>> I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT
FOR THE GOLF COURSES TO DEFINE
WHAT THE, YOU KNOW, THE ROLES
AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES.
>> Reporter: B.C.'S GOLF
ASSOCIATION HAS SURVEYED
THOUSANDS OF ITS MEMBERS ABOUT
MARIJUANA.
IT FOUND THAT MORE THAN HALF OF
THOSE UNDER THE AGE OF 35 SAY
THEY PLAN TO SMOKE WEED ON THE
LINKS.
BUT ONLY ONE IN 10 OVER THE AGE
OF 55 WILL LIGHT UP.
>> THEY HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT
BEING PAIRED WITH SOMEBODY
THAT IS SMOKING MARIJUANA ON THE
GOLF COURSE.
>> Reporter: THIS ISN'T JUST A
CONVERSATION HAPPENING HERE ON
FAIRWAYS IN B.C.
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR
GOLF COURSE OWNERS SAY THAT
POLICIES NEED TO BE IN PLACE FOR
STAFF AND GOLFERS ONCE POT
BECOMES LEGAL.
>> YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOU'RE ENFORCING IT PROPERLY.
>> Reporter: THIS LAWYER SAYS
THAT THERE'S A NUMBER OF HEALTH
AND SAFETY CONCERNS TO FACTOR IN
BUT SAYS THAT AN OUTRIGHT BAN ON
MARIJUANA COULD BE PROBLEMATIC.
>> YOU MIGHT BE PERCEIVED AS
BEING DISCRIMINATORY AND
TREATING ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE AS,
YOU KNOW, IN A MORE PREFERENTIAL
MANNER THAN ANOTHER GROUP WHEN
BOTH SUBSTANCES ARE LEGAL WHEN
YOU LOOK AT ALCOHOL AND
CANNIBAS.
>> Reporter: WITH LITTLE MORE
THAN A MONTH UNTIL MARIJUANA IS
LEGAL, THE CLOCK IS
TICKING TO MAKE DECISIONS
WHETHER THE EXPERIENCE ON THE
GREENS COULD GET A LITTLE
GREENER.
RENÉE FILIPPONE, CBC NEWS,
VANCOUVER.
>> Ian: STILL AHEAD ON "THE
NATIONAL," IS CALGARY READY FOR
ITS FIRST AUTONOMOUS PUBLIC
VEHICLE?
WE'LL FIND OUT IN OUR "MOMENT OF
THE DAY."
>> Adrienne: BUT, FIRST, THE
INTIMATE STORY OF A YOUNG MOTHER
DEALING WITH HER DAUGHTER'S
DIFFICULT DIAGNOSIS, TERMINAL
CANCER.
THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH A BUCKET
LIST OF THE BEST. (singing).
(*)
>> IT'S BEEN NICE TO SEE HER
SMILE AND LAUGH AND BE HERSELF
AND GIDDY.
THAT'S A KID I DIDN'T SEE THERE
(*)
>> Adrienne: "THE NATIONAL" IS
BRINGING YOU A SERIES ON YOUNG
CANADIANS SUDDENLY FACED WITH
LIFE-CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES.
SO TONIGHT AN ALBERTA MOTHER IN
HER EARLY 20s DOES WHATEVER
SHE CAN TO BRIGHTEN THE DAYS OF
HER DAUGHTER JANAYA WHO HAS A
RARE AND, FRANKLY, INSIDIOUS
CANCER.
SHE HAS DIPG WHICH STRIKES A
COUPLE DOZEN
CANADIAN CHILDREN EACH YEAR.
UNFORTUNATELY, NO ONE HAS EVER
SURVIVED.
SINCE JANAYA WAS DIAGNOSED LAST
JANUARY HER MOTHER, AMANDA, HAS
BEEN WORKING ON A BUCKET LIST TO
MAKE EVERY LAST MOMENT COUNT.
SO WE NOW GIVE YOU A PORTRAIT OF
HER WISHES FOR JANAYA.
>> I LOVE YOU.
>> I LOVE YOU.
>> I LOVE YOU MORE.
>> I LOVE YOU MORE.
>> AT 15 YEARS OLD I GOT
PREGNANT.
IT WAS SCARY AND I DIDN'T WANT A
BABY YOUNG.
>> ONE, TWO, THREE...
>> AND THEN WHEN I WAS 16 SHE
WAS BORN AND SHE KIND OF GAVE ME
A NEW PURPOSE, SHE MADE
EVERYTHING SEEM A LOT BRIGHTER.
>> YOU CAN DO IT.
>> [BABY COOING]
(*)
>> I LIKE IT.
>> THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY IS
WHEN IT REALLY HIT ME, WOW, THIS
IS GOING TO BE GOOD.
THIS IS GOING TO BE COOL.
WE'RE GOING TO GROW UP TOGETHER
AND WHEN WE'RE OLDER WE'LL GO
EXPERIENCE EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
WE CAN EXPERIENCE ALL OF THIS
TOGETHER AND WE'LL BE ADULTS
TOGETHER.
YOU'LL HAVE A LIFE-LONG
COMPANION TO DO THINGS WITH.
DIPG IS A RARE FORM OF CANCER
THAT GROWS OUT OF THE BRAIN
STEM.
IT IS INCURABLE.
AND IT HAS NO KNOWN TREATMENTS
TO GET RID OF IT, ONLY RADIATION
TO BUY YOU TIME.
HOW MUCH TIME IS UNKNOWN.
HOW MANY FINGERS AM I HOLDING
UP?
>> ONE.
>> HOW ABOUT THE OTHER HAND?
>> ONE.
>> PERFECT.
LOOK UP.
CAN YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES REALLY
TIGHT?
NOW OPEN THEM.
GOOD JOB.
>> NOBODY SURVIVES IT EVER.
NOT EVEN ONE.
PEOPLE GO INTO REMISSION AND IT
STOPS GROWING FOR A BIT.
IT ALWAYS COMES BACK.
AND IT ALWAYS
COMES BACK WORSE AND MORE
AGGRESSIVE.
>> GOOD.
NOW DO YOU FIND THAT SOMETIMES
WHEN YOU GO TO REACH FOR THINGS
YOU STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A
SHAKE IN YOUR HAND?
>> SOMETIMES.
>> OKAY.
>> THE WORST PART ABOUT IT IS
THAT IT'S BACK HERE GROWING OUT
OF THE BRAIN STEM AT THE BASE.
THE WORST PART IS THAT IT
DOESN'T AFFECT ANY OF YOUR
MENTAL OR COGNITIVE, YOUR MENTAL
AWARENESS IS STILL THERE.
YOU'RE STILL YOU, BUT YOU'RE NOT
BECAUSE THIS IS TAKING AWAY YOUR
ABILITY TO WALK, YOUR ABILITY TO
EAT, YOUR ABILITY TO SPEAK, YOUR
ABILITY TO SEE.
SO YOU LOSE PIECES OF YOURSELF
BUT YOU REMAIN AWARE OF IT.
THAT'S PROBABLY THE HARDEST PART
OF IT IS NOT KNOWING THAT THIS
IS HAPPENING BECAUSE THAT'S
ALREADY HARD ENOUGH, BUT IT'S
KNOWING THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE
PIECES OF HER IN THE WORST KIND
OF WAY.
AND THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO
ABOUT IT.
>> SO WHAT DID YOU SCRATCH OFF
UNDER THE OTHER ONE THAT COULD
GO THERE?
>> PEACHES.
>> THE DAY THAT WE FOUND OUT ON
THE FIRST, JAYAYA WENT BACK INTO
THE ROOM AND SAID WRITE DOWN
EVERYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO DO
THIS YEAR.
INSTEAD OF WRITING STUFF DOWN
AND OVER TIME SHE THOUGHT OF A
COUPLE MORE THINGS OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE DAYS.
SO WE ADD THEM IN.
AND IT TURNED INTO THE BUCKET
LIST THAT IT IS NOW WRITTEN ON
THAT PINK PIECE OF PAPER.
TO ME THE BUCKET LIST IS
MEMORIES AND SEEING HER SMILE
AND SEEING THAT JOY.
AND GETTING MY LIFETIME OF FILL
IN A SHORTER AMOUNT OF TIME.
>> YES!
WOO-HOO!
WOO!
GOOD JOB!
KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING!
AWESOME!
>> I AM TRYING TO EMBED THE
MEMORIES IN MY BRAIN SO IT'S
ALWAYS THERE.
AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT I
NEVER FORGET IT.
YOU KNOW, THE SOUND OF HER VOICE
AND THE SOUND OF HER LAUGHING.
LOOKING AT HER AND WONDERING
WHAT SHE'D LOOK LIKE WHEN SHE
WAS OLDER.
YOU MADE ME DIZZY.
IT KEEPS ME LIGHT AND IT KEEPS
ME FOCUSING ON SOMETHING OTHER
THAN THE FUTURE.
THE FUTURE DOESN'T LOOK SO
HAPPY.
IT'S NICE TO FOCUS ON SOMETHING
HAPPY RIGHT NOW.
UNL ARE INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON A
COUPLE YEARS
DOWN THE ROAD, IF WE DO, SHE
WON'T BE THERE.
>> A LITTLE BIT MUCH... SHE
WON'T BE DOING THAT.
I'LL DO THAT FOR YOU.
THAT'S IF YOU NEED TO MOVE AND
I'M NOT AROUND.
YOU CAN DO THIS.
AND YOU CAN TURN AND GO
BACKWARDS... AWESOME, EH?
>> UM-HMM.
WILL I BE IN THIS ALL THE TIME?
WILL I HAVE TO BE IN THIS
WHEELCHAIR THE WHOLE TIME?
>> LET ME GUESS, THIS FOOT IS
MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE THAN THAT
FOOT.
>> JANAYA, NO, NO.
[laughter]
(*)
THE HARD PART IS BECAUSE IT'S
JUST BEEN ME AND HER, I'VE HAD
TO START THINKING OF WHAT IT'S
GOING TO BE LIKE.
IT'S EVEN HARD TO SAY IT NOW.
I HAVE TO START THINKING WHAT IT
WILL BE LIKE WHEN SHE'S NOT
AROUND.
PREPARING MYSELF FOR THE QUIET.
AND NOT WAKING UP TO HER EVERY
MORNING.
BEAUTIFUL.
WAIT A MINUTE.
>> IT'S GOOD.
>> GOOD?
GORGEOUS.
PUT SOME HIGHLIGHT IN, GET YOU
ALL SPARKLY AND SHINY.
PERFECT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> GOOD.
>> GOOD?
>> UM-HMM.
>> RISE AND GREET WITH A WARM
ROUND OF APPLAUSE ONE OF THE
MOST AMAZING SOULS I HAVE EVER
MET IN MY LIFE.
PLEASE MAKE WOMAN MY NEAR AND
DEAR FRIEND
JANAYA.
COME ON OUT HERE, SWEETHEART.
[Cheers and Applause]
(*)
(singing).
(*)
(*)
* I DIDN'T FALL IN LOVE WITH
YOUR HAIR *
* GIRL I REALLY DON'T CARE
>> * YOUR HEART IS WHY I STOPPED
AND STARED *
* I SWEAR I DIDN'T FALL
* IN LOVE WITH YOUR HAIR
(*)
>> IT'S BEEN NICE TO SEE HER
SMILE AND LAUGH AND BE HERSELF
AND GIDDY.
IT'S A KID I DIDN'T SEE FOR A
WHILE THERE.
IT PROBABLY TOOK HER ABOUT
ALMOST TWO MONTHS TO REALLY COME
BACK AND BE HERSELF AND BE
VIVACIOUS AND LIVELY AND FUNNY
AND SASSY AND UNAPOLOGETICALLY
HER.
* I LOVE YOUR HAIR
>> TODAY I WISH EVERYBODY HERE,
WE WISH YOU NOTHING BUT THE BEST
IN BEATING CANCER AND LIVING AN
AMAZING LIFE WITH YOUR FAMILY
AND THIS COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS
YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
AND WE ALL LOVE YOU.
THIS ONE IS FOR JANAYA,
EVERYBODY.
[Cheers and Applause]
>> Adrienne: SO WE CAUGHT UP
WITH THE FAMILY ON FACEBOOK AS
THE NEXT WISH FOR JANAYA COMES
TRUE.
THEY FLEW TO JAPAN AND THEY
CAUGHT SOME OF THE SIGHTS BUT
THE REAL GOAL WAS TO VISIT
AOSHIMA, ALSO CALLED CAT ISLAND,
BECAUSE THERE THE CATS
OUTNUMBER THE PEOPLE.
AND IF THE PICTURES ARE ANYTHING
TO GO BY IT WENT OVER VERY WELL.
OUR SERIES IS CALLED "SEEN &
HEARD" AND IT FEATURES THE WORK
OF A FILMMAKER.
SHE AND HER TEAM TELL INTIMATE
STORIES BY GAINING ACCESS TO
THEIR SUBJECTS.
YOU'LL SEE MORE OF THOSE STORIES
ON "THE NATIONAL" ON SUNDAY
NIGHT THIS FALL.
HERE'S A TASTE...
>> IT'S EASY IGNORING THESE
PEOPLE BECAUSE THERE'S NO VOICE.
BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE
VOICE ARE TOO TIRED TO RAISE
THEIR VOICES.
>> JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE
SOMEBODY DOESN'T MEAN THEY DON'T
EXIST.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY DON'T HAVE
FEELINGS.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN'T
CONNECT WITH THEM.
THEY'RE STILL HUMAN LIKE YOU.
>> I ALWAYS FELT LIKE FOR SOME
REASON, I FELT THAT I WAS ALONE.
I FELT THAT THE DARKNESS MADE ME
LOST.
I WASN'T ABLE TO FIND MY WAY
UNTIL I SAW MARLEY AND I FOUND
HER.
AND IT GAVE ME SOMETHING TO GO
TO.
>> YEAH, IF I CAN'T AROUND
PEOPLE WHO MAKE ME FEEL
VALIDATED AND ACTUALLY SEE ME
FOR WHO I AM, I ACTUALLY DON'T
EXIST.
BEING A BLACK TRANS PERSON IN
THIS WORLD CAN BE REALLY, REALLY
LONELY.
>> MAKING HEALING MUSIC HEALS ME
AND IT HEALS PEOPLE AROUND ME.
AND THEY NEED IT.
THEY NEED SOMEONE TO LET THEM
KNOW IT'S
GOING TO BE OKAY.
(*)
>> I'VE HAD TO THINK ABOUT WHAT
IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE.
IT'S EVEN HARD TO SAY IT NOW.
I HAVE TO START THINKING WHAT IT
WILL BE LIKE WHEN SHE'S NOT
AROUND.
(*)
(*)
(*)
>> Ian: ON "THE NATIONAL"
TONIGHT, NIKE IS TAKING ON ONE
OF THE MOST DIVISIVE ISSUES IN
SPORTS WITH ITS LATEST "JUST DO
IT" CAMPAIGN.
THAT'S EX-NFL QUARTERBACK COLIN
KAEPERNICK WITH THE WORDS,
BELIEVE IN SOMETHING.
EVEN IF IT MEANS SACRIFICING
EVERYTHING.
A REFERENCE TO THIS, KNEELING
DURING THE ANTHEM.
A PROTEST THAT HE SAID IS
AGAINST RACIAL INJUSTICE.
BUT SOME, INCLUDING THE
PRESIDENT, CONSIDER IT
UNPATRIOTIC.
IT'S GETTING SHARPLY DIVIDED
REACTION.
CHEERED BY SOME, ATHLETES NEED
TO STAND FOR SOMETHING THESE
DAYS.
COLLECTIVE ACTIVISM WILL ACHIEVE
SO MUCH.
RESPECT TO YOU, COLIN -- WELL
DESERVED.
SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE MY DIRECT
DEPOSIT SENT TO NIKE BECAUSE
THAT'S BASICALLY WHERE ALL OF MY
MONEY WILL GO.
THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE VOWING
TONIGHT TO NEVER BUY
NIKE EVER AGAIN.
TOO BAD, MADE AN ANTI-AMERICAN
DECISION.
HOPE THEIR SALES PLUMMET.
SOME ARE DESTROYING THEIR NIKE
GEAR LIKE THIS PERSON WHO SAYS,
PEACE OUT, NIKE.
ANOTHER MARINE, AN AMERICAN,
CUTTING YOU OUT.
>>> ALSO TONIGHT "THE NEW
YORKER"
HAS UNINVITED STEVE BANNON TO
ITS ANNUAL FESTIVAL JUST HOURS
AFTER THE MAGAZINE REVEALED THE
FORMER TRUMP ADVISOR WOULD BE A
FEATURED GUEST.
SEVERAL CELEBRITIES SAID THEY
WOULDN'T ATTEND BECAUSE OF
BANNON.
THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF SAID HE
CHANGED HIS MIND AFTER RECEIVING
HARSH CRITICISM.
BANNON RESPONDED BY CALLING HIM
"GUTLESS."
>>> AND IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, AN
ARREST WARRANT IS ISSUED FOR AN
INMATE WHO ESCAPED A PRISON EAST
OF VANCOUVER.
MICHAEL DOUGLAS SHEETS IS
SERVING 14 YEARS FOR AN ARSON
THAT KILLED TWO CHILDREN.
GUARDS REALISED THAT HE WAS GONE
AFTER A ROUTINE CHECK.
HE ESCAPED FROM ANOTHER PRISON
IN B.C. THREE YEARS AGO.
>>> AND ALSO IN B.C. A YOUNG
KILLER WHALE THAT THE SCIENTISTS
HAVE BEEN FIGHTING TO SAVE HAS
BEEN SPOTTED ALIVE AFTER THE
RESEARCHERS LOST TRACK OF
HER.
THE ORCA KNOWN AS J-50, HAS BEEN
STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH HER
POD AND GOT SEPARATED TWO DAYS
AGO SOMEWHERE OFF THE B.C.
COAST.
NOW THEY KNOW THAT SHE'S OKAY
AND SCIENTISTS WILL TRY TO GIVE
HER ANOTHER SHOT OF ANTIBIOTICS
WITH A DART.
>>> HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO FOR THE
PERFECT STEAK?
AN ALBERTA RESTAURANT OWNER AND
A FARMER HAVE TEAMED UP IN THAT
QUEST.
THEY'VE PURCHASED A
PRIZE-WINNING $80,000 BLACK
ANGUS BULL, SPECIFICALLY TO
BREED WITH THEIR BEEF COWS.
AS ERIN COLLINS TELLS US, IT'S A
UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO GET AHEAD
OF THE COMPETITION IN A PLACE
WHERE BEEF IS KING.
>> Reporter: FROM GATE TO
PLATE.
IT'S LONG BEEN SHORTHAND FOR THE
STORY OF HOW THE MEAT WE EAT GET
TO OUR TABLE.
IT'S USUALLY A TALE ABOUT HOW
CATTLE ARE RAISED.
BUT AT THIS RANCH THE STORY
STARTS A LITTLE EARLIER.
>> YOU BREED ANY HEIFERS THIS
MORNING?
>> Reporter: THIS BULL HAS
BEEN CHOSEN SPECIFICALLY TO
BREED WITH THESE HEIFERS TO MAKE
THE ULTIMATE STEAK.
>> HE IS THE NUMBER ONE MARBLING
BULL IN THE COUNTRY.
AND SO WHAT THAT IS GOING TO DO
IS ESSENTIALLY GIVE US A HIGHER
QUALITY GRADE OF BEEF, MORE
CONSISTENTLY.
>> Reporter: A BULL WITH A
PEDIGREE.
AND A NAME TO MATCH.
BENCHMARK MODERN STEAK WAS
PURCHASED FOR MORE THAN $80,000
TWO YEARS AGO IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH THE CALGARY STEAKHOUSE.
THE IDEA, TO USE GENETICS TO
PAIR THE PERFECT BULL AND THE
PERFECT HEIFER TO CREATE THE
PERFECT STEAK.
>> ALL RIGHT, MIKE, WHAT IS IN
THIS TANK?
>> SO THIS IS ONE OF OUR SEMEN
TANKS.
SO THIS HOLDS ABOUT 650 TO 750
UNITS OF SEMEN.
EACH UNIT OF SEMEN OR WHAT WE
CALL A STRAW WILL GIVE THE
POSSIBILITY TO IMPREGNATE ONE
ANIMAL.
>> Reporter: THIS IS LITERALLY
WHAT GOES INTO MAKING THE BEST
STEAK?
IT TAKES PATIENCE TO GET THE
OTHER SIDE OF THIS STORY.
IT'S ABOUT TWO YEARS BEFORE ALL
OF THAT BEEF ARRIVES AT THIS
CALGARY STEAKHOUSE.
>> SO THIS IS WHAT MAKES THE
BEST STEAK IN ALBERTA.
THIS FAT, INTERMUSCULAR.
THIS IS WHY THIS IS PRIME GRADE
BEEF.
>> Reporter: NOW BUYING THE
BULL IS A BIG INVESTMENT OF TIME
AND MONEY.
A GAMBLE THAT IS AIMED AT
PRODUCING PERFECTLY MARBLED MEAT
FOR THIS RESTAURANT FOR YEARS TO
COME.
>> THAT IS WHAT YOU VIEW, THAT
RICH FLAVOUR.
IT HAS TENDERNESS AND IT DOES
ALL OF THESE THINGS.
SO WE WANTED TO BUY THE BULL
THAT IS GIVING YOU THOSE
QUALITIES.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS IT'S
UNUSUAL FOR A STEAKHOUSE TO OWN
ITS OWN BULL BUT TWO YEARS ON HE
SAYS THAT HE CAN TASTE THE
BENEFITS.
I WILL FOLLOW YOUR LEAD, I
GUESS.
RIGHT HERE?
>> THAT'S MY FAVOURITE.
AMAZING.
>> Reporter: PROOF THAT THE
QUEST FOR THE PERFECT STEAK CAN
BE A LONG ONE.
LASTING FROM CONCEPTION TO
CONSUMPTION.
ERIN COLLINS, CBC NEWS, CALGARY.
>> Adrienne: SO MANY
TORONTONIANS MARK THE END OF
THEIR SUMMER, THE UNOFFICIAL
END, ANYWAY, BY WATCHING THE
AIRSHOW AT THE C.N.E.
IT'S THE BEST SPOT TO WATCH THE
FIGHTER JETS GO BY.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO GET A
GOOD PICTURE.
BUT HAVE A LOOK AT THIS.
JEFF CLARK OF THE TORONTO POLICE
MARINE UNIT GOT A SHOT THAT
SURELY STANDS OUT FROM THE REST.
SO WE HAD TO ASK, HOW DID HE DO
THAT?
>> I WAS ON THE WATER AND I WAS
SOUTHWEST OF HANLAN'S POINT AND
I WAS ON A BOAT.
I COULD SEE THE AIRPLANES
HEADING OVER TOWARDS THE C.N.
TOWER.
SO WHAT I HAD DONE I WAS USING A
NIKON CAMERA WITH A 200 TO 500
LENS.
WHAT I HAD DONE IS THAT I HAD
LOST FOCUS ON THE PLANES
AS THEY WERE APPROACHING THE
C.N. TOWER.
IT WAS MY INTENTION TO GET THE
SHOT AS THEY GOT TO THE C.N.
TOWER.
THE C.N. TOWER CAME INTO FRAME
AND I STARTED TAKING REPETITIVE
SHOTS AND I GOT ABOUT FOUR SHOTS
AND THEY WERE HALFWAY BETWEEN ME
AND THE C.N. TOWER WHICH MEANS
THEY WERE OVER TOP OF THE ISLAND
AIRPORT.
THAT'S HOW FAR THEY WERE AWAY
FROM THE C.N. TOWER.
SO THEY WERE NOWHERE CLOSE.
THE PHOTO MAKES IT LOOK LIKE
THEY'RE CLOSE TO TRY TO GET THAT
ACTUAL
POSITION ON THE C.N. TOWER WAS
SHEER LUCK.
MAYBE A TINY BIT OF SKILL.
THAT'S ABOUT IT.
IF I HAD TRIED TO GET THAT SAME
PHOTO TODAY I PROBABLY WOULDN'T
HAVE GOT IT.
I CARRY MY CAMERA PRETTY MUCH
EVERYWHERE WITH ME.
IT'S SOMETHING I ENJOY DOING.
I HAVE ENJOYED DOING IT FOR
YEARS AND IT'S JUST A PASSION.
FORTUNATELY FOR MY LUCK I GOT
ONE OF THE PERFECT PICTURES.
>> Ian: LATER, PEOPLE IN CALGARY
WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE A
SPIN IN AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE.
SO ARE THEY READY FOR THE RIDE?
THAT IS TONIGHT'S "MOMENT."
>> WITH ALL NEW TECHNOLOGIES
PEOPLE TEND TO BE A LITTLE BIT
CRITICAL.
AND ALSO THERE'S THE ELEMENT OF
LOSING CONTROL.
SO PEOPLE LIKE TO BE BEHIND THE
WHEEL AND IN THIS YOU'RE LETTING
SOMETHING ELSE TAKE OVER.
(*)
>> On season two of The Great
Canadian Baking Show...
>> It's all or muffin.
>> Nope.
>> Yes.
>> Don't think so. Didn't work.
>> No?
>> Season two of The Great
Canadian Baking Show is coming.
>> You butter believe it.
>> I'm so sorry, Canada.
>> Take 21.
>> The Great Canadian
Baking Show is back.
>> And it's going
to be flantastic.
>> Absolutely not.
Yikes!
>> I give up.
>> Announcer: The Great
Canadian Baking Show returns
this September on CBC.
>> Flantastic?
>> Announcer: Presented
with Robin Hood.
The magic's in the making.
* [ light hearted ]
>> Now I remember that
the real world was wide
*
and that a varied field of
hopes and fears,
of sensations and excitements,
awaited those who had
the courage to go forth
into its expanse.
To seek real knowledge of life
[laughter]
amidst its perils.
*
It starts with an idea.
That light bulb moment.
[snaps]
You said I will...
I want to say I'm in.
Announcer: Dragons' Den returns September 20th on CBC.
>> Ian: THERE ARE NOT MANY
CANADIANS THAT SAY THEY'VE HAD A
RIDE IN A DRIVERLESS VEHICLE,
BUT PEOPLE IN CALGARY WILL BE
ABLE TO JOIN THAT ELITE CLUB FOR
FREE.
WHAT CAN PASSENGERS EXPECT WHEN
THEY HIT THE ROAD?
THAT'S OUR "MOMENT OF THE DAY."
>> IT'S HELPING US TO EXPLORE
WHAT THE FUTURE COULD LOOK LIKE.
>> Ian: THE RIDE ONLY LASTS
ABOUT 3 1/2 MINUTES, BUT WHAT
ELA LASTS IN SPEED, IT MAKES UP
FOR IN INNOVATION.
LUCKILY ELA DOESN'T HAVE TO DEAL
WITH OBSTACLES LIKE OTHER CARS
OR PEDESTRIANS, BUT IF SOMETHING
DID GET IN ITS PATH, THAT'S
WHERE LIDAR IS SUPPOSED TO COME
IN WITH, PULSING LASER LIGHTS,
THE VEHICLE CAN DETECT WHEN
SOMETHING'S IN ITS WAY AND HIT
THE BRAKES.
NOT EXACTLY A WILD RIDE, BUT IF
PASSENGERS ARE A LITTLE NERVOUS
--
>> WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT THE
VEHICLE IS IN A SAFE CONDITION
AND WE'VE AN OPERATOR ON THERE.
>> Adrienne: ELA LOOKS
TOP-HEAVY.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
IT IS BEING TESTED IN QUEBEC
AND, I DON'T KNOW, IT SEEMS A
LITTLE SLOW.
I KNOW YOU.
YOU COULD RUN FASTER THAN YOUNG
ELA.
>> Ian: EVEN YOU, OLD, IAN, CAN
RUN FASTER THAN YOUNG, EL.
A -- ELA.
THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF
CHALLENGES THEY'RE WORKING
THROUGH WITH DRIVERLESS
VEHICLES, SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS
A PLASTIC BAG BEING BLOWN ACROSS
ITS PATH IS SOMETHING THAT IT'S
HARD TO TEACH A DRIVERLESS CAR
TO DEAL WITH.
SO WE'LL SEE HOW THE EXPERIMENT
GOES.
I THINK BOTH OF US WOULD LIKE TO
GO FOR A RIDE.
THAT IS "THE NATIONAL" FOR
SEPTEMBER 3.
GOOD NIGHT.
>> Adrienne: GOOD NIGHT.
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The Walking Dead season 9 set for epic clash among exiting leaders - Duration: 3:27.
The Walking Dead season 9 set for epic clash among exiting leaders
After The Walking Dead season eight finale, it looked like there could be a time of peace among the communities.
Negan (Jeffrey Dean Campbell) had been defeated and his people at the Sanctuary overthrown.
And the other communities – Alexandria, the Hilltop, the Kingdom and even Oceanside – had united to pursue a joint future.
Season nine will kick off a year-and-a-half after the season eight finale, seeing the survivors working towards a new time of peace.
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But a newly released trailer reveals that, behind-the-scenes, there's plenty of drama.
In it, it's clear that the different leaders of the survivor communities aren't getting along as they once were.
Hilltop leader Maggie (Lauren Cohan) tells Rick (Andrew Lincoln): "You told me that you'd be the one following me, but you didn't.
That changes now.".
"Back in the beginning, you could do anything" Daryl Daryl (Norman Reedus) tells Rick: "Back in the beginning, you could do anything.
" Could these one-time best buddies be set for a feud that could change the entire narrative of the show? And, more interestingly, could these potential clashes lead to the exits of Rick and Maggie?.
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Andrew Lincoln confirmed he was leaving the show to spend more time with his family, who are back in the UK.
While Lauren Cohan landed the lead role in a new ABC spy comedy, Whiskey Cavalier, as well as a film with Ronda Roussey.
The Walking Dead returns to Fox UK and Now TV in October.
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The Adventures of Blaster Boy! Super Hero Character Training for kids - Duration: 6:50.
The Avengers! Earth's mightiest heroes. Darkness has crept in on earths mightiest heroes
Darkness has crept in on earths mightiest heroes. Sin has turned them against each other
causing destruction and chaos
sin turned them against each other causing destruction and chaos
where did this darkness come from?
And who can help save the heroes from themselves
Everybody let me see you flex
Everybody let me see you flex
You see the truth is
were really not that strong
but our GOD is he's had a plan all along
A plan to save us so we hold on to this hope.
He's got the power over the grave.
Our God is powerful
Power to save
Our God is powerful
Power to create
Our God is powerful
POW POW POW POW POW PO POWERFUL
POW POW POW POW POW PO POWERFUL
God is powerful okay I'm glad you want
to go on and finish up it's awesome I
want to be a hero for that I need to
learn to be a hero with your help well
let's learn about the first lesson hero
stand for truth is just the truth is
telling you and I tell people what did
happen okay the Lord wants us to tell
the truth at all times the Word of God
is destructive but short do you get me
it's like a blade but it's longer like
this book or loader or like a journalist
that's what is our house let's use this
verse to help us out
okay let's use it faster me kids a
tribulus dirts forever but back to only
like their fathers table 19
all right kids let's go on an adventure
was awesome touching their breasts boys
here head take that that's a mark are
you okay I am thanks to you what are
those things
they are sin they can flood your
heartless lies and document well how do
you defeat them first you guys figure
out what times sin they are well they
turned all the Avengers against me they
were saying that I care only for myself
and not the team which isn't true
sounds like this implies in being
untruthful hours 1290 says juleps and
dirt forever
the lying tongue only lies there from
moment well let's hope that moment
doesn't last long because here they come
Lord detests lying lips but he delights
in men who are truthful
now I know what kind of stimuli you can
look at you in truth well guys I hate to
do this but it's gonna hurt me a lot
more than it's gonna hurt you
well the spirit of truth I think that
hurt you more look like it hurt it Santa
blast you with some truth good bastard
you selfish leader you think only of
yourself by Odin's beard what was that
over me it's okay my friend you're
infected with sin and it wasn't your
fault none of your for more flu sports
I'm glad we were able to defeat sin for
today but I fear that this will not be
the end of this battle Thank You blaster
boy for sharing the Word of God and the
responsibility we have to tell the truth
I'm happy to help ya
let's do it again well excuse me kids
that's okay and you tell you something
even I didn't have trouble with the
Lighting's - and first let me tell you
but Jesus night even if you do something
wrong always forgive you I'll never stop
loving you okay kids not done yet and I
sure love to whoa
they gave my son hey every day with him
so not theirs battle each other life God
sent his son to help us and forgive us
and teach us about the God above and
that he's really special he is the most
powerful and rejoicing them every day so
we can rejoice that our God is powerful
let me see a job job job job job let me
see you move move movin let me see your
dress Wes Wes Wes Wes
let me see you pop it pop it let me see
let me see
daddy's power
god is powerful
bye-bye
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Applying for a Partner Visa can be stressful, make sure you're ready for this! - Duration: 2:18.
- Be ready for stressful times.
So regardless of whether you have a complex case
or a really straightforward Partner Visa application,
it's really important to be realistic about the process.
Preparing a Partner Visa application
is just part of what goes on
when you're going through the process
of starting your life together in Australia.
In most cases, one party, i.e., the Visa Applicant
has gone through a lot.
They've left their home country
or they're going to be leaving their home country.
They're going to be missing their family.
They're going to be finding their way in a new place.
If they've already been living here for some time,
for example, on a Student Visa or Working Holiday Visa,
at some point they are going
to be grappling with the fact that
they're not going to be going home
to live for a very long time.
Well, in most cases not,
Australia is going to be their new home.
So it is a big commitment,
not just a commitment to the relationship
but a commitment to their life long term.
They may not be living back there in their home country,
they're not going to see their family as much.
So be kind when you're going through the process.
And if fights do come up,
avoid bringing the Partner Visa
into the scope of the agreement.
It's a really good idea from the beginning
to have a chat about what might happen
if the relationship did break down.
If the relationship does break down,
then the Visa needs to be withdrawn.
So it's important to have a chat about that
from the beginning and talk about the "what-so's".
Make sure that you're ready for the difficult road ahead.
In addition to that,
the processing times can be super, super stressful.
We've had cases that take five months,
we've had cases that take two years.
In that processing time it can be stressful
particularly for the Visa Applicant.
A lot of what's going on in their head is,
"Why is it taking a long time?'
"Is it taking a long time because it's going to be refused?"
"Is Immigration not satisfied with what I've given them?"
In most cases in my experience,
the processing times are completely beyond your control.
It's NOT because it's a bad application
or an unprepared application
or because Immigration wants to refuse it.
In a lot of cases, particularly now,
it's because Immigration processing times
have blown out across the whole.
So, be kind, be ready for the process.
Strap yourselves in
because it can be a bit of a stressful ride.
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Monochrome Ramblings: Would the Atelier Arland Trilogy be for me? - Duration: 7:47.
With the upcoming release of the Arland Trilogy for PS4 and Switch, this is as good a time
as any to talk about the series and alchemy in general.
I should mention that I love these three games to bits, just keep that in mind.
First of all, what is the difference between magic and alchemy in regards to games, manga
and anime?
I've been wondering about that for quite some time.
In the real world at least, chemistry is what's usually referred to when alchemy is brought
up, the clue is in the title of the one heading the art after all, being called an AL-CHEMIST.
Magic on the other hand would historically apply to pretty much everything else until
it had a scientific explanation associated with it, such as electricity for example.
Which brings us to the next point.
In entertainment media, no logic needs to apply, not really at least.
They don't need to be understood if the author has no interest in a logic behind it,
or maybe the point actually is the mysterious nature of the art.
Alchemy in Fullmetal Alchemist for example is very different from most pieces depicting
this art form.
The portrayal in FMA is essentially straight up magic with a tiny little caveat, that for
all intents and purposes doesn't hold any barriers.
Runes, circles, natural energy, hand signals, immediate results, with the exception of the
rule that 'something can't be made from nothing', this really is just magic.
Yet even with that rule, the way it is presented, you're always surrounded by matter, floors,
walls, water sources, blood…
I think the only thing not being used, I might be wrong, but I at least I don't recall
it, were particles within air, oxygen for instance.
Granted most of this only holds true for the Alchemists who have seen "the truth", which
again, sits quite far on the mystic side of the spectrum and is far detached from science.
Looking at Bayonetta for example the requirements aren't all that unfamiliar; runes, circles,
matter, in this case hair and instant results are what creates magic, it's really not
that different from what is presented as alchemy in FMA.
I should mention that I really enjoyed FMA and that it was just to point out that this
is not exactly the kind of alchemy that comes to mind when I think of alchemy.
So what is Alchemy when you look at the Atelier series?
Something of a constant thread running through the entire Atelier series is the concept of
time management.
Some games are more strict than others, but the general concept is tailored around being
able keep up a schedule, to do specific things and on set calendar dates.
This plays a big role in how alchemy is approached in these games as well.
Synthesising items takes time.
Depending on the item and quantity, a lot of time even.
That doesn't mean you should do less of it, quite the opposite.
Looking at the Arland trilogy in particular and it really doesn't matter which of the
three games you are playing, once you understand how alchemy works, what the traits on ingredients
mean and do, how you can use them to your advantage and how you fit all that knowledge
into your tight schedule to synthesise the items you require for any given time, without
missing deadlines, Rorona, Totori and Meruru will instantly become the most powerful characters
in the game.
What I find most endearing about the approach to alchemy within this universe is, that it's
very grounded.
Of course there are some ridiculous things you can synthesise, it is a game after all,
but the logic that is applied to creating items, that being the fact that it takes specific
items, with specific traits, that take time to be synthesised, gives it some believability
within its comedic setting.
If you're interested in the series, but have yet to play an entry, there are a few
things you should keep in mind before you put up your hard earned cash.
Even though the Atelier series sits within the JRPG genre, you should take a step back
and re-evaluate this for a second.
I'll try to illustrate what I mean with a comparison to Disgaea.
Disgaea is presented as a Tactics style RPG, but when you really get down to it, it kind
of isn't.
I adore both and it's probably because of the fact that they have quite few things in
common.
The most notable comparison comes in the form of how the story is presented to the player.
Both Atelier and Disgaea, and many other, usually lower budget titles, present their
stories to the player in a form most akin to visual novels.
They're usually fully voiced, with fully drawn character artworks to represent what's
currently happening, where as the background, meaning the actual world you traverse in,
is either blurred out, or also represented by an artwork.
Meaning, it's almost entirely dialogue driven, without anything really changing on screen
apart from the facial expressions on the character artworks.
The second point is how serious, or rather, how light-hearted the stories are in those
games.
They are mostly written in a tongue-in-cheek comedy style.
Disgaea parodies tropes within manga and anime, while the Arland trilogy for instance is more
slice-of-life-ish.
If you're looking for a deep and moving plot, this is not what you'll be getting
here.
There are outliers of course, especially the first Mana Khemia game can get quite dark
at times, but it it's also a spin off, that focuses much more on deeper combat mechanics.
So what you're getting here is fun plots, with a lot of jokes peppered into the dialogue.
I for one enjoy this immensely, but again, if you're looking for a deep, thought provoking
story, this is definitely not going to be it.
The third point, while not exactly the same between the two, comes in the form of micromanagement.
When all is said and done, Disgaea is less of a Tactical RPG and really a Spreadsheet
with an Anime UI.
The game caters, if not outright targets people who love numbers with enough curiosity to
want to know how big these numbers can get and how you go about hitting those numbers.
You'll spend more time in menus than anything else, to the point where you get so proficient
at navigating menus that onlookers, will have no idea what you're actually doing.
Again this is not directly comparable, but if you want to explore the Atelier games to
their fullest, you'll find yourself having to content with a lot of micromanagement,
even beyond the game world, if you were to collect all the endings.
We're looking at gathering materials, synthesising items, advancing the story, building out wholesales,
synthesising and buying items to deal with kingdom requests and befriending all of the
characters, all of which takes actual time within that world, advancing an in-world calendar,
with deadlines you have to adhere to and then on top of all that, having to reload older
save files to avoid conflicting flags for specific endings.
This is in fact a far cry from your atypical JRPG.
While both games have an outer coating that is painted to make them look like they are
a part of their respective genres, they are really quite abstract when you compare them
to their peers within said genre.
You might think that if you like Disgaea, that you would naturally be drawn to games
like Fire Emblem and even though there's really nothing to say that you wouldn't
like them, there is still a rather high chance that you might be disappointed with the logical
limitations those games have when compared to Disgaea.
Likewise, if you're into games such as those in the mainline Final Fantasy series for instance,
Atelier's heavy focus on strict time management can feel somewhat overwhelming if you're
not into that kind of thing.
The point is that if you already embraced a game that is very different from what it
usually is touted as being, chances are you might be ok with how different the Atelier
series is from other games in that genre as well.
Is that a logical conclusion or even a guarantee?
No, absolutely not!
You would still have to take the plunge and find out for yourself of course!
I hope I was able to at least help you a little bit when it comes to making a choice if the
upcoming release of the Atelier Arland Alchemists DX Trilogy is for you.
Big thank you to the few of you that watched this video all the way to the end!
My name's Sasa and I'll see you next time!
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The government is all over the place, with no appetite for restraint: Bernardi - Duration: 1:18.
No they don't have an appetite for it
because no one's presenting it to them. If you
get fed Big Macs every day you come to
look forward to your Big Macs and you
know you don't want to eat your salad.
But there hasn't been a consistent
approach to this. If I can go back to
Tony Abbott's verse but it was all over
the place. They had future funds for this
and they put taxes up and they said debt
was the major enemy and and then you
know next year was all different and on
and on it goes. If you have principles and
you can argue that people will respect
you they might not agree with you're
everything. But that was John Howard's great
great ability was to argue something
with conviction to pursue it, and then
convince people it was in the best interest
for the country. Sometimes you got it
wrong we make no bones about that but
this current crop what they do is they
say oh everything's on the table and
that means you don't believe in anything.
And so you'll fall for whatever comes
along. And let's also remember this is
the mob that tried to sneak through a
carbon tax effectively on vehicles. But
until that was belled. They've put it on
two-stroke motors, outboard engines and
things like that. they're already putting
levies on that. Denying it's to meet the
Paris agreement but it says it in
the legislation. They tried to get it in
the electricity space and they're
promising to cut the cost of electricity
and yet it's going up 50 percent in the
last five years and they've done nothing
about it.
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