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>> 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.

For more infomation >> The National for Monday Sept. 3, 2018 — Teacher Shortage, Museum Fire, Myanmar - Duration: 46:35.

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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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