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Celtics guard Avery Bradley will be keeping a diary for ESPNBoston.com this season. In his first entry, he talks about an emotional offseason, the identity of the team, how the coaching style has changed this year, and the unique way his favorite movie came about. (--As told to Louise K. Cornetta)
Well, before we get to what's happening on the court, I thought I'd share that before the season started I became a father when my son was born. Being a dad is an amazing feeling. I can't ask for anything better than having a son. The hardest part of taking care of a newborn is sometimes I don't know what he wants. Sometimes I can't tell what he wants and then I feel badly. I am on diaper duty and change them all the time.
Right before he was born I lost my mom. It was a very tough time in my life. I went from a very low moment to a very high moment. It's just how life is and all you can do is pray. I've asked God for guidance. Now I'm doing just fine.
On to basketball ... If you asked me what position I play my answer would be a combo guard. I'm able to play both positions of point guard and shooting guard. Lately I've been used at shooting guard and I've gotten a better feel for the game as a result. Instead of having to come out right away and make plays for others, I've been able to get a better feel for the game as it goes along. I can get comfortable and become more relaxed on the offensive end when I'm at the 2-guard.
The Orlando game this past week was a good example of this. We got the win and I was able to come away with 24 points. My midrange jumpers are feeling pretty good. They are something I've been working on a lot. Not only that, but my teammates were able to find me and I was able to knock down open shots. That was a big game for me.
I take pride in my defense, too. Being good defensively is not something I really learned. Honestly, it's just a God-given gift. I've been playing defense like this my whole life.
Last year Jason Terry was someone I had known for a very long time. We are both from the state of Washington. He always likes to look out for people from his home state. We were very close. He was kind of like a big brother to me. So I guess you could say he looked out for me. But really the most influential people to my game have always been my family.
While I know I'm no longer a rookie on this team, I wouldn't say I'm a vet yet. It's been pretty cool to finally get a chance to help others out. People have been helping me out every single year since I've been here. Now it's my turn to return the favor. It's been a good opportunity for me.
I'd describe the team this year as a grind team. Overall that's the kind of team we are. I feel like every individual on this team would say they're a grind player because we don't have that one star on this team. Everybody is in the gym every single day trying to get better.
Our star players were traded this offseason when KG [Kevin Garnett] and Paul [Pierce] went to Brooklyn. I was heartbroken. Being here with those guys for years, I learned a lot from them. They kind of became my older brothers. So it was hard to see them leave but all you can do is wish them the best. I hope that they do well.
There are a lot of new faces on this team. I'd say we're jelling together very well. Because there are veteran players like Gerald Wallace, Keith Bogans and Rajon [Rondo], they keep us all together. We just have a great group of guys, honestly.
Doc Rivers also left this offseason as you know. Coach [Brad] Stevens has a different coaching style than Doc did. One is more laid-back, one is more intense than the other. The more intense is Doc for sure. Coach Stevens is pretty calm the whole entire game. He also likes an up-tempo style.
This team's goal is just like any team's. We want to win the championship. We will never sell ourselves short or count ourselves out. Our goal is to go to the playoffs and win the championship. My goal personally is to help this team out any way I can. I'm going to have the opportunity to try to make the first-team defense this year. That's pretty much it for my personal goals, but I feel like the sky's the limit if I work hard. Not seeing my name listed as a potential All-Star candidate didn't bother me at all. I was not surprised. It just tells me I have to keep working.
Friday night we lost to Portland. It was just a tough one. It's a game we could have had but unfortunately we didn't get it. We need to learn from our mistakes. We watch film to learn what we need to do to improve as a team. We're headed out on a three-game road trip. As we do, our hope is to continue improving as a team.
I started this diary with an off-the-court story and so I'll end with one, too. I'll give a recommendation and this time it will be for a DVD. I know everyone has a favorite movie: Mine is "All About the Benjamins." The reason is one summer I was in Mississippi with my family for the entire summer. My grandmother didn't have cable; all she had was that movie to watch. So I watched "All About the Benjamins" every single night. You can quiz me on it. I know that movie word-for-word. Check it out if you haven't seen it already.


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27 Jan AT&T posts wireless, fiber and HBO Max gains in Q4 | Light Reading
DALLAS – AT&T Inc. ( NYSE:T ) reported fourth-quarter results that showed continuing subscriber growth in wireless, fiber and HBO Max while continuing to reflect strong cash flows and financial strength.
Fourth-Quarter Highlights
- 800,000 postpaid phone net adds; 1.5 million for full year
- 1.2 million postpaid net adds; 2.2 million for full year
- Nearly 6 million total domestic wireless net adds
- Postpaid phone churn of 0.76%, second-lowest quarter ever; full-year churn of 0.79%
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- 617,000 net loss, the result of lower churn and higher quality base WarnerMedia
- Total domestic HBO Max and HBO subscribers top 41 million and nearly 61 million worldwide
- HBO Max activations double since end of third-quarter 2020; 17.2 million as of end of 4Q
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AT&Ts consolidated revenues for the fourth quarter totaled $45.7 billion versus $46.8 billion in the year-ago quarter. The COVID-19 pandemic impacted revenues across most businesses, particularly WarnerMedia and domestic wireless service revenues, which were pressured from lower international roaming. For the quarter, revenue declines included domestic video, Warner Bros. television and theatrical products, legacy wireline services, and Latin America, which includes foreign exchange pressure. These declines were partly offset by higher domestic wireless revenues, primarily from equipment sales.
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Note from BW of Brazil: The world of literature is yet another area in which Afro-Brazilians are nearly invisible or extremely stereotyped as characters and under-represented as authors. As recently demonstrated in the recent Frankfurt Book Fair in which only one of 70 participating Brazilian writers was black, libraries and bookstores throughout Brazil emphasize the background or non-existent role that African descendants continue to be placed into in the country's cultural and historical landscape. One must ask how this consistent invisibility is interpreted by foreigners who visit the country as well as in the minds of Brazilians themselves.
"Blacks have little expression as authors and characters in literature"
by Alexandre Sanches
With a commitment of leading the reader to unraveling the question of black literature in the Portuguese language, Ancestralidade Bantu na Literatura Afro-brasileira – reflexões sobre o romance 'Ponciá Vicêncio', de Conceição Evaristo (Bantu ancestry in Afro-Brazilian Literature – reflections on the novel 'Poncia Vicencio, of Conceição Evaristo), a book written by Londrina professor and writer Dejair Dionísio will soon arrive in bookstores. Published by Editora Nandyala of Belo Horizonte, the 96 page work is the result of Dionísio's dissertation at the Universidade Estadual de Londrina (State University of Londrina).
"Usually when blacks are portrayed in literature, they are stylized figures, stereotyped, that don't represent his/her reality and history. Moreover, in Brazil there are few authors also who are black and address the Afro-Brazilian theme," he commented. In Ancestralidade Bantu na Literatura Afro-brasileira, the author analyzes in the work of Conceição Evaristo, a black writer, the question of African ancestry denied by whites and of Bantu religiosity, transforming it into a cultural tour that is alive thanks to the descendants of Africans who still maintain the tradition.
In an interview with odiario.com, Dionísio speaks of issues such as the role of blacks in literature and the stereotyped formula that writers of the Portuguese language usually use when addressing the afro-descendentes (African descendants). Completing his doctorate in literature, he presents another black character: Castor Abduim, of the work Tocaia Grande, by Jorge Amado, that he considers one of the few black men portrayed in Brazilian literature. "Usually the black woman is portrayed, also in a stereotyped manner. And my challenge is to study this profile, determining how he is presented to the reader," he stressed.
by Alexandre Sanches
Dejair Dionísio: blacks are not portrayed as they should be in literature
O Diário – You, in your master's research, sought a good work with a black character?
Dejair Dionísio – When I read Conceição Evaristo's novel, I realized the extent to which family breakdown happened to those remaining groups of enslaved groups, kidnapped from their countries and brought to Brazil and becoming freed in subsequent generations. Rereading the work, I noticed that the author worked the ancestral issue that was important, that passed through the main character, the brother, the mother and up to the grandfather that left a spiritual legacy with the arrival of the Bantus in Brazil.
Did the choice of Conceição Evaristo owe itself to her being black?
I already knew the author, because she is a person who participates in events in Londrina, through the Department of Letters of the UEL and through the Núcleo de Estudos Afro-Asiáticos (NEAA or Center for Afro-Asian Studies). But not her work. My advisor, Sérgio Paulo Adolfo suggested reading her books. She was at the time [in 2003] a new black author. I sought this, I wanted an Afro-Brazilian author. And this book brings an important contribution to work within education, according to law 10.639/2003 that determined the mandatory teaching of the history of Africa in Brazil.
You, being black, have a great connection with Afro-Brazilian culture and traditions.
I don't believe in this history that you have to distance yourself from the object of research, but that you have to be involved with what you are researching, because your work becomes into a love affair. My relationship with the Afro-Brazilian theme has everything to do with this author, because it is something that I understand subjectively and realized part of her reading Ponciá Vicêncio (1).
And how is the black portrayed in novels here in Brazil?
It's enough just to see the writing of Brazilian novelas (soap operas). The black is not portrayed. They sell the image of Brazil abroad and end up creating confusion because we are a country with about 115 million people who claim to be negros (blacks), afro-descendentes, pardos (browns), but do not have their identities exposed. And they are also not portrayed by writers who are canons in Brazil. If you take ten authors, you will not really see the black, whether in an urban or rural environment. This is a very large debt in literary terms.
And Jorge Amado is an author who portrayed the black Bahian. How do you see his works?
Jorge Amado (2) is interesting because he is not read in Brazil, he is not in the graduate programs of in the Letters courses. He's known due to TV, through movies, novelas and miniseries. As a novelist, he is widely read outside (of Brazil) because he has representation. But the representation of blacks in his work is somewhat folkloric. He gives visibility but it is stereotypical, with some concepts poorly finished. The black appears without family, surname, family structure, life history. They are very folklorized and end up serving as the theme for the devaluation of the Brazilian woman (3) The image was sold, not just it, but a whole literary, social and political context, which sold the woman as fiery, sexy, good in bed, ready for the oven and stove. This ends up the kind of tourism we have, mainly on the northeastern beaches.
This is your first book. But you recently coordinated a collective book in Cape Verde.
I was working with the Embassy of Brazil in Cape Verde, along with the local university, where we organized a book, the result of an international seminar marking the International Day of the Portuguese language. The result was a book, released on the 11th in Africa, where I participated via video conference. This book will soon be available online, but it's a hit so we're doing it with the Ministério das Relações Exteriores (Ministry of Foreign Relations).
And Ancestralidade Bantu, how is the distribution going in Brazil?
The book was recently released in São Paulo, in a collective event, and in Sebo Capricho, in Londrina. Now in early January it will be released in Belo Horizonte (headquarters of publisher Nandyala), Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba and Vitoria. After the World Cup it will be released in Belém, during the Encontro Brasileiro de Pesquisadores Negros (Brazilian Meeting of Black Researchers).
Source: O Diário, Ferreira, Amanda Crispim. "Vozes-mulheres: algumas considerações sobre a escrita afro-feminina amanda crispim ferreira." UFMG. Anais do XIV Seminário Nacional Mulher e Literatura/V Seminário Internacional Mulher e Literatura
1. Ponciá Vicêncio, the debut novel by Afro-Brazilian author Conceição Evaristo, is the story of a young Afro-Brazilian woman's journey from the land of her enslaved ancestors to the emptiness of urban life. However, the generations of creativity, violence and family cannot be so easily left behind as Ponciá is heir to a mysterious psychic gift from her grandfather. Does this gift have the power to bring Ponciá back from the emotional vacuum and absolute solitude that has overtaken her in the city? Do the elemental forces of earth, air, fire and water mean anything in the barren urban landscape? This mystical story of family, dreams and hope by the incomparable Evaristo, illuminates aspects of urban and rural Afro-Brazilian conditions with poetic eloquence and raw urgency. Source
2. Jorge Leal Amado de Faria (10 August 1912 – 6 August 2001) was a Brazilian writer of the modernist school. He was the best-known of modern Brazilian writers, his work having been translated into some 49 languages and popularized in film, notably Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands in 1978. His work reflects the image of a mestizo Brazil and is marked by religious syncretism. He depicted a cheerful and optimistic country that was beset, at the same time, with deep social and economic differences. He occupied the 23rd chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1961 until his death in 2001. Source
3. Although Amado is one of Brazil's most well-known writers, his work and that of various other white Brazilian authors have been consistently accused of portraying black characters, particularly black women in very stereotypical manners. On Amado, his works and characters and that of others, Amanda Crispim Ferreira writes:
"…the representation of women, or rather, of black women, through the lens of the Brazilian poet, presents a stereotypical view (docile, devoid of will and voice and as a manipulable object) and zoomorphic (wild animal, domesticated beast), never humanized. Like Gregório de Matos, other names of our Literature reinforced this image, like José de Alencar, with his 'morenas ardentes (hot morenas)' and 'docile and manageable slaves', Aluísio de Azevedo, with his Rita Bahianas and Bertolezas, Jorge Amado, with his Gabrielas, Terezas Batistas, Tietas do Agreste, and so many other sexually provocative mulata women, sex objects for white men, good slaves, black mothers, sterile black women or as Eduardo de Assis Duarte said 'marked women' of our literature."


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Dubai, 29 August 2017. On 17 August 2017, LG Electronics Gulf has become Eurovent Middle East's latest member. As a globally recognised innovator of home appliances, air conditioning and air quality systems, LG Electronics Gulf is determined to support Eurovent Middle East and its more than 30 member organisations in jointly working towards higher standards and quality ideals for the region.
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BACKGROUND. Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a clonal disease with specific cytogenetic changes involving the Philadelphia (Ph) translocation. The authors examined the relationship between telomere length (terminal restriction fragment [TRF]) and therapy-associated cytogenetic responses in CML patients. METHODS. The authors examined the telomere length and telomerase activity in 44 patients with Ph-positive CML in the chronic phase. TRF was determined by Southern blot analysis using the (TTAGGG)4 probe and telomerase activity was assessed by the telomeric repeat amplification protocol and fluorescent-labeled primers. RESULTS. At the time of CML diagnosis, 19 patients had TRFs within the age matched normal range (mean ± 2 x standard deviation [SD]) and the remaining 25 patients had TRFs shorter than the age-matched normal range (< mean ± 2 x SD). Hematologic findings, including leukocyte count, hemoglobin level, platelet count, and percentage of bone marrow blasts at the time of diagnosis did not significantly differ between patients with normal and shortened TRFs; however, those with shortened TRFs had high levels of telomerase activity (P = 0.045). In a group of patients treated with alpha-interferon (n = 32), those with normal TRFs had a significantly lower frequency of blast crises (P = 0.0328), a significantly higher incidence of cytogenetic responses (P = 0.0185), and a favorable prognosis (P < 0.01) compared with those with shortened TRFs. CONCLUSIONS. These findings suggest that normal TRFs in a small number of CML patients at the time of diagnosis may have a significant amount of normal stem cells remaining. The authors suggest that normal TRFs at the time of diagnosis indicate a subset of CML patients who may respond favorably to alpha-interferon therapy.
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For Saturday only, we're very excited to include the Hub (on Mulberry Way) as venue 3, where our music maestros will have music workshops from 2pm - 4pm. Join them and unlock a hidden talent! All ages welcome.
Coinciding with the art trail this year, the Hub are holding a "Celebrate Combe Down Community Fun Day" on Saturday, 10am - 4pm. They are working with local residents and businesses to bring you lots of FREE exciting activities for all to enjoy!
What a lot of local creativity and enterprise going on - and that's just the first three venues! Stay tuned for the next three...
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Dream House | A quad transformation
Portmore, called the 'Sunshine City', and originally known as Salt Pond District, is one of the largest residential settlements in the English-speaking Caribbean. Many, many thousands of basic housing solutions in various schemes have been built over the years, with the majority of them undergoing additions and alterations, in every architectural excursion you could possibly imagine.
I have seen most of them, and this dream house, situated in a scheme called Silverstone, in Greater Portmore, is an exemplar of how transformational design can move you and the community in the most enriching ways. Just look at the before and after pictures!
When the compact, studio unit (called the quad) was originally advertised, it boasted a kitchen and bathroom. It was "the start of your dream home with your own imaginative design". An 18ft x 12ft box on a 1,200-square-foot plot of land, "for you to create your ideal living space".
Today's structure was purchased by its owner, Dennis Hall, in 2003. The reconfiguration took seven months to complete, with him being the designer and contractor. He has since rented the property.
The two floors are skilfully occupied by a self-contained flat downstairs, with its own front patio. It also boasts a cozy upstairs, with air-conditioned living-dining room with private balcony, and a kitchen with maple wood cabinetry and Corian counter top. Two bedrooms will have you snoozing away, with a shared (sky lit) bathroom. Lo and behold! An attic quite unexpected, (with window) is also included for additional activity. A storage area is confined underneath the stairs.
One of the hallmarks of this house is its thoughtful architectural details that help to differentiate it from the crowd. For example, decorative iron grillework is not busy, but rather, quietly artistic in its presentation. Also, the ceilings are meticulously textured in coloured tones, keeping eyes riveted upwards. Double tray ceiling profile, in the master bedroom, portrays twinkling, luminous, recessed fixtures. So many of the remodelled quads have no private driveway, but this one has.
Other features include outstanding brackets (corbels) right under the roofline, which emphasise and enliven the façade. Another detail is the exquisite mosaic tile borders, defining each doorway, systematically interrupting the porcelain floor tiles running throughout. The walls, like the ceilings, are equally playful, with colours to excite and promote good cheer. Planters outside add greenery in its execution.
The sanctity of the design has been paramount in its execution that is, its function, appeal, and maintenance efficiency. Yes, people have fallen in love with this structure, and the owner is reminded of it every day. Some even wish to take the building off its foundation and whisk it away – if it were possible.
This is, quite simply, architecture evoking in the onlooker, a state of wonder. An intense psycho-physiological stimuli, for a house that defies its size.
- Barry Rattray is a dream house designer and builder. Email: email@example.com.


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May 2007 Archives
May 31, 2007
May 29, 2007
The Alabama Jubilee
Last Saturday we went to the hot air balloon festival.
This is the view from inside one of the balloons
and here are the kids outside the same balloon.
There were also pony rides and a moon bounce.
Here's the antique fire truck and Ford tractor.
May 28, 2007
Confession Time
To be honest, I'd really thought I was doing well reducing the yarn stash. Then, I did the tub test.
Summer is starting; it's a good time to reevaluate my goals and join the Summer Stash Out.
My Goals for Summer 2007 (Memorial- Labor Day)
1. Finish 5 pairs of socks
2. Finish 8 scarves
3. Finish 6 sweaters- Harry, Wills, Macdonald, Truelove, Holly, and Little Trees
4. Row 300 of the My House Blanket
If you're also setting summer goals, check out this contest before the 31st. If you feel like it, mention that you heard about it here.
May 15, 2007
My Family Knows How to Treat a Mommy
My Mother's Day gift was 2 skeins each of ten of the new Cotton Ease colors.
Maybe I'll use it to make this hoodie.
With the double-ended zipper, I think it would be fine post-pregnancy.
As far as actual knitting goes, the first row of trees has been planted.
The next section will include more landscaping and new home construction.
May 11, 2007
It's Been A Long Time
We're in the midst of week 14 and officially out of the first trimester. I'm feeling less nauseous and more energetic, so let the blogging resume.
Here's a familiar sight.
Holly is sponsoring Cyrano's Creature Comforts Drive. It's not too late to contribute; she taking donations until June 2nd.
Charlotte had her spring music recital at school.
The theme was The Ugly Bug Ball.
Only three more classes, and she's out for summer. The year has flown by.


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One Life to Live Transcript Thursday 9/18/08
Provided By Suzanne
Proofread By Kathy
Cole: All right, Matthew, this is pretty much how it works. The preps sit here. We have your Goths and stoners over there. All right, then you got your skaters in the back there. Back on the bleachers are -- are the jocks. And then up front, band members and thespies.
Matthew: Hey, I know those guys. Geeks?
Cole: Yeah, pretty much. I mean, but they're cool. Who you really don't want to be seen with is this guy named Markko Rivera. Totally lame.
Markko: Yeah, and you reek. Hey, what's up, Matt?
Matthew: Hey, I'm good.
Markko: Oh, good, better than I was first day of freshman year. You guys know where Langston is?
Matthew: She's probably with Starr.
Cole: Yeah -- no, I haven't seen them yet.
Markko: Dr. Lord probably gave her a free pass today.
Cole: What for?
Markko: You didn't hear?
Principal: Everyone, please take your seats. We're about to begin.
Langston: Cole's in there with Markko and Matthew. It's now or never.
Starr: Is it too late to say "never"?
Langston: Walk behind me, and I'll run interference. Or we could just bail.
Starr: I can't. If you can deal with your new family, then I can deal with, uh, old friends.
Dorian: Okay, we're alone now. So why don't you cut the crap and tell me exactly what you think you can get out of me. And what you want from my daughter.
Ray: Even in the slums of Bogotá, a hostess knows how to treat a guest.
Dorian: Okay. Cut the crap, please. What are you after?
Ray: Nothing more than getting to know my niece. Is that too much to ask?
[Gunfire sounds]
Shane: Dad? Time to get up. We're really late.
[Brody grunts]
Gigi: Brody, get your hands off my kid! I mean right now!
[Knock on door]
Rex: What do you want?
Jared: Well, I just want to know one thing. Where are you stashing Natalie?
Natalie: All right, then what, Tess? Let's say Jared accepts that I left him. What happens next? What happens if he stops looking for me?
Tess: Well, then you get to watch him fall out of love with you and in love with me.
[Natalie laughs]
Natalie: You -- you really have lost it, because there ain't enough drugs on this planet to make him fall for you.
Principal: And in welcoming our new students to Llanview High, I strongly encourage all of you, especially our upper classmen --
Cole: Dude, there's no way Langston's got an uncle.
Markko: He showed up last night at Langston's party. She would've invited you but --
Cole: It -- it's okay. Starr wouldn't have been cool with it anyway, but what's this uncle like?
Markko: Don't know much, just that he's from Colombia, the country. And Langston's stoked, and Dr. Lord's tripping.
Dorian: I'm afraid I don't find your interest in my daughter as innocent as you seem to say it is.
Ray: I don't see why. She's my niece. My only living blood relation. Surely, someone like you who is so close to her mujeres Cramer should understand that.
Dorian: Yes, yes. A relationship that has persevered over decades. Can you say the same?
Ray: No. No, I failed. I failed as a -- as a brother. I failed as an uncle. I -- I failed. But people change. Have you never had the occasion to beg forgiveness from a loved one?
Dorian: How can Langston be a loved one? You only met the girl last night.
Ray: There's plenty of time to change that.
Dorian: Well, I'm sorry. But I cannot grant you the absolution that you seek.
Ray: I'm not asking anything of you. What I want, I'll get from Langston.
Principal: I'm sure you all remember your first day of high school and how you looked up to the upper classmen.
Langston: Starr, we can still hide out in the bathroom till all this is over.
Starr: Yeah, I think -- I think you're right.
Langston: Okay, let's go.
Principal: Ladies? Please, sit down.
[Whispers and murmurs]
Principal: It is important to set a good example for our younger students and provide an excellent role model.
Boy: Can whoever knocked up Starr Manning be my buddy?
Roxy: Check it out.
Charlie: Um, what's September 7?
Roxy: The best holiday that they never bother to put on a calendar.
Charlie: Arbor day?
Roxy: No, silly. It's Grandparents day.
Charlie: No kidding.
Roxy: Yeah, Grandparents day. I never even knew it existed. I mean, I thought maybe it was a fake until I goo-gooed it, and I found out there's a holiday specifically for a broad like me, even though I'm a week late. Now, the only thing is, I got to make sure that my grandson knows all about it.
Gigi: Get off of him! Get off of him!
Shane: Mom, it's okay.
Gigi: It's not okay! What the hell were you doing?
Shane: Mom, it's okay. We were just wrestling. Dad was showing me some moves.
Brody: It won't happen again, Geege.
Gigi: Go -- go get your backpack. It's -- it's time to go.
Brody: Oh, I didn't realize how late it was. Just -- just give me a minute to throw some clothes on.
Gigi: There's no time. We're running late already.
Shane: But Dad and I talked about it -- I wanted him to take me to school today.
Gigi: But I always take you on your first day.
Shane: I really wanted Dad to take me. He never got to before. Please, Mom? You can pick me up.
Gigi: Just this once.
Shane: Thanks. I love you.
Gigi: Make sure he gets to school on time and safely. And don't go introducing yourself as Shane's father because you're not.
Rex: I don't know what you're talking about.
Jared: She really isn't here?
Rex: No! Well, I guess she finally learned.
Jared: Learned what?
Rex: Oh, you didn't find that out in all your Buchanan research? Natalie's like a jackass magnet. The day was bound to come when she woke up and realized she could do better. So wherever Nattie is, good for her. She finally dumped you and moved on.
Tess: Laugh it up, Natalie. You're not going to think it's so funny when Jared gives up on you.
Natalie: Yeah, never going to happen. He loves me too much.
Tess: Oh, well, does he love you like Seth, Cristian, and John? Come on, Natalie. There is life after you, and I'm going to help Jared see that.
Natalie: Jared can't stand you. I mean, you set him up, sent him to prison. You have a better chance of getting a third personality than making him fall for you.
Tess: Honey, honey, honey, you take everything so literally. Of course he doesn't like me. But he's going to fall head over heels for Jessica.
Jared: No, listen to me. Natalie is gone, and I don't know where she is. I love her. I know you do, too. So I thought, maybe she was laying low here or she told you where she went.
Rex: How do you know she went anywhere?
Jared: Well, she -- she left this.
Jared: I read it over and over. It doesn't make any sense.
Rex: Well, pretty clear to me. Everything you and Nattie did came back to bite you in the ass. Nattie's a mess over it, so she bolted.
Jared: But why now? Things were working out.
Rex: Well, uh, maybe you thought that. Nattie obviously didn't think so.
Jared: Since when does Natalie let a letter do the talking for her? To say goodbye without -- without calling you, your mom, Viki. Does that sound like your sister to you?
Tess: Hey, Natalie. Why aren't you laughing anymore?
Natalie: Because it isn't funny.
Tess: Well, I think it's a hoot. Jared's not going to know what hit him.
Natalie: I don't get this. You can't even stand Jared. Have you thought this through?
Tess: Well, I did make a list of pros and cons. You want to hear it? Okay. Pro -- I get to see the look on Jared's face when he realizes that you're not coming back. Con -- I have to suck it up and pretend that I like Jared. Pro -- I get to see the look on your face when you see me take Jared away from you. Con -- well, I didn't come up with any more cons.
Natalie: You know what? It'll never fly, because Jared was suspicious of you before we even moved into Llanfair. He will figure this out.
Tess: Yeah, but I -- I'm the pregnant widow, and he made me that way. So between his guilt and my loss, he's going to cut me tons of slack. If that doesn't seal the deal, there's always the pregmonster excuse.
Natalie: He'll never go for it.
Tess: Maybe not at first. Might take a little time. But I've got all the time in the world now to wield my magic, now that you're out of the way.
Dorian: The only thing you'll get from Langston is a wave goodbye.
Ray: You really love my niece, yes?
Dorian: Yes.
Ray: My sister, Linda, must have had a great deal of respect for you to trust you with the care of her daughter.
Dorian: I never knew your sister, Linda.
Ray: Then you will forgive me for asking you, how did Langston come to be with you?
Dorian: Langston, uh, is the best friend of my grandniece, Starr. And I discovered that Langston had been living alone in her house, covering up the fact that her parents had been killed. She would have been shuttled off to foster homes if I had not stepped in.
Ray: Incredible. How -- how generous of you, to give of yourself to a young girl you didn't really know, not of your blood. And this, with your own family to take care of.
Dorian: Let's get something straight. Langston is family.
Ray: Not in any way that counts.
Langston: Shut it, dork.
Boy: Oh, what's your problem, little orphan Lannie?
Second Boy: You put out, too?
Langston: No, Markko!
Principal: Hey, hey, hey! Rivera, Thornhart, in the hallway. Same with you two. Use the remainder of the period to get to know your buddies.
[Matthew sighs]
Matthew: Man, if this is what a high school assembly is like, I can't wait till lunch.
Gigi: Backpack, check. Lunch, check. Pens and pencils -- binder?
Shane: Yes, Mom, yes.
Gigi: Okay.
Marcie: Hi.
Gigi: Hi.
Marcie: Hey, I hope this isn't a bad time.
Gigi: No, no, these guys are just about on their way out.
Marcie: Oh, you excited to be going back to school, Shane?
Shane: I guess.
Marcie: Yeah? Well, I may be your sub someday. I just got a phone call from the school board. Uh, I can sub on a probationary basis, of course.
Gigi: That's great, Marcie. That's really great.
Brody: We better get a move on.
Gigi: I love you. I love you, and have a great first day, and I love you.
Shane: Mom, I have to go.
Gigi: Okay. Oh, be sure to take his picture out in front of the school, okay? A couple of them.
Shane: Come on, Dad.
Marcie: Shane doesn't know, does he? That Rex is his dad.
Gigi: At the rate I'm going, he never will.
Jared: Think about it, Rex. Natalie might take off on me, fine. But she would not worry the rest of you like this.
Rex: Maybe she's taking some time off, like her mom did, for a personal makeover. While she's doing it, I hope she finds somebody better than you.
Jared: Viki called home on a regular basis. So if we don't hear from Natalie in a couple days, you want to at least help me look into it?
Rex: When she's ready to get in touch with us, she will. Until then, I would give her the space she's asking for in that letter.
[Phone rings]
Rex: Yeah?
Adriana: Rex? It's me, Adriana.
Marcie: Okay, let me get this straight. You told Rex that Shane is his, right?
Gigi: Uh-huh.
Marcie: Mm-hmm, and Rex told you that he loves you.
Gigi: He did. After 10 years, he finally did.
Marcie: Okay. So why in the hell is Brody still living here?
Gigi: Well, you see --
Marcie: Hmm?
Gigi: When -- when I was away looking for Rex, Brody somehow fixed a D.N.A. test to prove to Shane that he really is his dad, so --
Marcie: How did he do that?
Gigi: I don't know.
Marcie: Oh, what a mess. And I know from messes, trust me on that one.
Gigi: How's the adoption coming?
Marcie: Oh, I don't know. It's still on, I think. Stop changing the subject. What are you going to do?
Gigi: I don't know.
Marcie: Well, you know, the longer this goes on, Gigi --
Gigi: The worse it will get, especially for Rex and Shane.
Marcie: And for you.
Gigi: I know that I need to tell Shane about Rex, and soon.
Marcie: So then what is stopping you?
Gigi: Well, I'm scared, Marcie.
Adriana: I got your message.
Rex: Yeah, I left it a couple days ago.
Adriana: I've been thinking a lot about us, where we go from here.
Rex: Me, too.
Adriana: And I think what's best for us is to go away together for a couple weeks. Not a honeymoon, just a trip away from everyone. We can even get separate rooms if you want. But we need to do this, Rex. We need to see if we can fix our problems.
Rex: We can't fix them. I want a divorce.
Roxy: Good, I'm glad it's not frozen. Hey, Charlie? You going to help me celebrate Grandparents day? Even though you're not a gramps, but you almost were one when you were posing as Rex's daddy. Hey, Jared, why don't you help me and your old man celebrate Grandparents day?
Charlie: You, uh -- everything all right, son?
Jared: It's, uh, Natalie. She's left me.
Natalie: You can't stomach this, Tess. And not because you can't stand Jared, but because you'd be betraying Nash.
Tess: Don't you even say his name to me, Natalie.
Natalie: I might. The more you get closer to Jared, the more you think of Nash and how he'd hate what you're doing.
Tess: Stop talking about it.
Natalie: Just think, Tess. I mean, think of how you'd be dishonoring Nash's name and hurting his kid.
Tess: Natalie, I am calling the shots here, so you shut the hell up.
Natalie: Nash will be in your head, telling you how wrong this is, and the more you think of Nash, the more Jessica gets stronger.
Tess: Shut up, Natalie! Shut up!
Natalie: Then come in here and make me!
Tess: God, don't you get it? If Jessica was going to come out, she would've come out already. She loved Nash, too. She wants me to do this, Natalie. If she was going to save you, she would've been here already.
Matthew: Cole and Markko were awesome. They totally had your backs.
Langston: You've been here what, like an hour, and you already sound like them?
Matthew: Man, I should've done something, too.
Starr: No, you shouldn't have. It's your first day of school. You shouldn't be getting in trouble.
Girl: Oh, Cole, it looks just like you!
Boy: Score!
Matthew: Hey, man, you got a problem?
Langston: Matthew, come here.
Matthew: What? What?
Starr: Matthew, stop.
Matthew: No, this sucks. They don't know anything about you, and if they did, they wouldn't think it's so funny.
Principal: I'll give you all a warning this time, but keep your noses clean. Your transcripts depend on it.
Students: [Chanting] Baby, baby, baby, baby --
Boy: Let's have another one, Starr.
Girl: Oh, oh!
Starr: Guys, I would stop that if I were you. Guys, stop!
[Chanting stops]
Starr: I'm Starr Manning, and I don't have a basketball underneath my shirt. And if you don't want to look like me, and if you have sex, use a condom.
Dorian: What counts, Senor Montez, is that I pledged my life to being Langston's mother. She's as much a Cramer as any of my girls.
Ray: Perhaps. But she is also Montez, and by blood. I will always be most grateful that you took her in, you gave her shelter. But I am her only blood relation, and she is, after all, a minor.
Dorian: Just say it. What do you want?
Ray: It is time for me to take over the raising of my niece.
Tess: You've already lost Jared, Natalie. It's time to get real.
Natalie: Yeah, that's really good coming from a fraction of Jessica's personality.
Tess: Oh, I'm real, all right. You'll see. You actually -- you can watch the entire thing on your own reality TV station. Imagine it -- poor Jessica with no one to turn to but big, strong Jared. Can you see it? Jared walks in on Jessica on a few unguarded moments, she's vulnerable and lonely and he's feeling a bit jilted. It won't be long until he's saying, "Natalie who?" And you'll be nothing but a bad memory.
Starr: Take a look at me because this is exactly what you'll look like seven months after having sex without protection. Anybody want to make jokes or laugh anymore, huh? No? Wow, no more -- no more laughing, no more skits, no making fun of me? Come on, guys, I'm a whale. I have a watermelon on the vine. No one wants to laugh at that? I'm pregnant. No one wants to laugh at the pregnant girl? Does anybody want to come up here and rub my belly? Because I guarantee it will scare you. Okay? It's scary. You can all line up right here if you want to. I'm pregnant. I'm not some freak of nature. And I'm going to be around here for a while, so you're going to have to get used to it. And if you don't -- if you don't want to look like me, then I suggest you use some type of protection. Go out buy condoms, get on the pill -- something. I would tell you not to have sex, but then that -- you would never listen to me and that would be stupid.
Principal: Ms. Manning, a word.
Rex: Adriana? Adriana, are you still there?
Adriana: I can't believe this is happening.
Rex: It's the best thing.
Adriana: For who? Not me.
Rex: Look, Adriana --
Adriana: You don't even want to try to save our marriage?
Rex: We don't have a marriage. Okay, we never should have gone through with it. It was over as soon as you told me that you helped bring Brody to Llanview.
Adriana: I shouldn't have done that, but you said you would give us another chance. I love you, Rex. Please say something. Tell me you love me, too.
Rex: I'm sorry, I can't do that, Adriana.
Adriana: Why, because of Gigi?
Rex: No, because of you.
Adriana: What do you mean?
Rex: Well, you obviously spent some time with Brody before he showed up in that wedding.
Adriana: No, I just told him where Gigi and Shane were.
Rex: Right, and he must have told you some things, too.
Adriana: What do you mean?
Rex: The lies are over, Adriana. Admit it. You knew Brody wasn't Shane's father and that I was. You've known for a long time, right?
Marcie: What are you afraid of?
Gigi: Shane's going to hate me, but I'm ready for that. And for him to want to hold on to Brody and make Rex and me as villains in his new comic book. Oh, God. But what I'm most afraid of is -- is Shane just knowing that his mother has been lying to him all these years, keeping his real dad from him.
Marcie: Yes, you should have known that Rex was going to walk back into your life 10 years after he took off without a word. Come on! What is wrong with you? Look, Shane might not understand at first, okay, but he will -- someday.
Gigi: Do you really think he might?
Marcie: Yes, he loves you. And he will accept Rex. It -- it's just going to take him some time. He wanted you two to get together, right?
Gigi: Before St. Brody showed up.
Marcie: You know what? You are looking at all the negatives,
Gigi: There are positives?
Marcie: Yes, there are. When was the last time you had a date?
Gigi: Hmm, well, if you don't count drinks with Jared Banks --
Marcie: Mm-hmm. Had sex?
Gigi: Sex? I remember sex -- sort of. It's back there with the scrunchy and N'sync.
[Marcie laughs]
Marcie: See? You've earned the fact that you're finally, after all these years, with a guy that you love. And he loves you back, right? Look, maybe you are scared. And you want to know something? That is okay, because you are not alone anymore. You've got Rex, the father of your son, and he will help you with Shane.
Gigi: Okay.
Marcie: Okay?
Gigi: Now I know why you're my best friend.
[Marcie chuckles]
Marcie: Aw. Uh, I better get home.
Gigi: Well, thank you for stopping by.
Marcie: Yeah, no problem. Bye, Brody.
[Mouths words]
Brody: So, hey, things went okay at school. Uh, check it out. This is me and Shane outside his school. He insisted I let him go in by himself.
Gigi: I'll hear about it from Shane later.
Brody: What's up? You -- you sound funny.
Gigi: I'm going to go out for a bit. And while I'm gone, I want you to start packing your things and looking for a new place to live.
Brody: Just like that?
Gigi: Rex and I are going to pick Shane up from school today and I'm going to tell him the truth. Rex is his father and this lie will finally be over.
Brody: No, uh-uh, wait. You should have heard Shane on the way to school today. All that kid could talk about was taking his parents to open house, meaning you and me, Gigi -- not Rex. We're who he wants his parents to be.
Gigi: You're not his father.
Brody: I never was, but you sure didn't have a problem passing me off as his dad when Balsom couldn't be bothered to be in the picture. I mean, now what? Now you're going to pull the rug out from under the kid so you can hook up with the guy who already ditched you and never looked back?
Gigi: Okay, I don't need to discuss this with you. Shane is my child. I will make the decisions about him.
Brody: So then what am I supposed to do when Shane comes to me and asks me why? What do I tell him, Geeg?
Gigi: I'll take all the blame. And you can still be a part of his life. You just can't be his dad.
Brody: Oh, yeah, and then we're just one big happy blended family? It doesn't work like that. You can't keep Balsom and then keep me hanging around to pick up the pieces.
Gigi: I am trying to keep the door open here for you to still have a relationship with him.
Brody: Oh, that's real generous.
Gigi: Well, if it's not good enough for you, fine. I don't care. You don't have a say in this.
Brody: You're making a big mistake.
Gigi: I don't want to hear it, Brody.
Brody: Wait -- Rex already left you once and then he left his wife right after they were married. What makes you think he's going to stick around this time?
Gigi: Start packing! And by the time I get back, I want you gone.
Roxy: You know, I realized I haven't seen Nattie. Maybe you should call Rex.
Jared: And, uh, I just -- I just came from there and he doesn't know where she is, and he's buying what she said in that letter.
Charlie: But you don't?
Jared: I don't. I don't want to, you know, but everyone keeps saying the same thing, that we didn't have a chance. I don't know. Maybe -- maybe they're right and I should just let her go, you know?
Charlie: Yeah, maybe, if you don't mind feeling like a fool for the rest of your life.
Natalie: Jared may want to help you as Jessica, but he's not some kind of robot that he just does what you command.
Tess: True. But we both know how he likes projects, and I got a perfect one for him.
Natalie: What are you talking about now?
Tess: Well, I'm going to be due in a couple of months. And, you know, I -- without my baby's daddy, who's going to help me? What better way to pay me back than Jared being my birthing coach?
[Tess chuckles]
Dorian: Get out of my house.
Ray: We don't have to make this difficult.
Dorian: You ain't seen difficult yet!
Ray: I don't want to fight with you, Dr. Lord.
Dorian: No, you want to extort money from me, and I'm not going to waste another second waiting for you to name your figure. You're not getting a dime from me!
Ray: All I want is my niece.
Dorian: You're not getting her, either!
Ray: We'll see what the man in the robe has to say about that. I am familiar with the laws of this country. There is not judge in America who will deny me my day in court -- not when I am Langston's only living blood relation.
Dorian: You may know the law, but you don't know me. And trust me on this, you don't want to.
Adriana: Gigi told you that, didn't she?
Rex: No, Gigi didn't say a word. I figured it out all by myself. And guess what -- Brody took a D.N.A. test to prove that he was Shane's biological father and I kept wondering how he could do that. And then I remembered the day before we got married. I was coming out of the shower and I caught you leaving the apartment with my toothbrush in a plastic bag. You made up some lame story about how you were trying to help me prove the truth about Charlie, but that wasn't it, was it? Did you give it to Brody? Is that what he needed to make the test go the way he wanted it to? I'm having papers drawn up and I'll send them to you in Paris.
Adriana: Rex, can't we talk about this in person?
Rex: What's there to say, Adriana?
Adriana: You're willing to just give up on us just like that?
Rex: No, you did that when you didn't trust me to love you enough.
Adriana: Looks like I was right.
Rex: Don't make this any harder than it already is.
[Knock on door]
Adriana: So, that's it? I just sign these papers and you're done with me? You break my heart over the phone and just move on?
Rex: I think there's plenty of blame to go around here.
Adriana: I'm sorry I didn't tell you about Shane. I didn't want to lose you. Please, isn't there anything I can do?
Rex: It's too late for that. I love someone else.
Adriana: You're in love with Gigi?
Rex: Yeah, I am.
Adriana: No, you're not. You just think you are because you found out that she's the mother of your son.
[Knock on door]
Adriana: You'll change your mind. You don't know what you want right now.
Rex: Actually, I've never been more sure in my life what I want.
Principal: Ms. Manning, I don't appreciate you hijacking the welcome-to-school assembly.
Starr: But you were talking about role models.
Principal: Positive ones.
Starr: What's more positive than telling girls not to end up like me? You can't act like this stuff doesn't happen, because it does every day. If I could change one girl's life, wouldn't that be a really positive thing?
Principal: You might just have a future on our debate team depending on your own future here at Llanview. But that really seems uncertain.
[Bell rings]
Matthew: Jeez, Starr's in trouble and it's not even first period.
Markko: The year's off to a smoking start.
Langston: She can take care of herself, Cole.
Cole: All right, come on, Matthew, I'll take you to your first class.
Matthew: Actually, Langston has chemistry right next door, so we're going to walk together.
Markko: Oh, I got to be jealous?
[Langston chuckles]
Markko: Get out of here. Meet up after school?
Langston: Maybe. I'll let you know.
Markko: What's up?
Langston: Well, I wanted to see my uncle.
Markko: He's sticking around?
Langston: If Dorian doesn't run him out of town.
Ray: Under any other circumstance I would enjoy this pushing and shoving with you, maybe even a drink together after. But not today. Not when the well-being of my niece is hanging in the balance.
Dorian: Langston's going to be fine because she has me. Where were you when she was a frightened, lonely child on her own? Where were you? No, no, you wait until she is here in this house with me, because that works much better for you. Last night you saw the beautiful, strong, lovely young woman that Langston has become. And I'm telling you nobody is going to ever take that away from her.
Ray: You'll be hearing from me.
Dorian: Hello? Uh, get me Jared. Fine, get me Randi. Whoever -- get me someone! Hello, this is Dorian Lord. Um, I'm going to want you to, um, expedite -- step up the adoption procedure, uh, for me. Yeah, right away. I want it right away. Do whatever you have to do and -- and -- and wait, wait, importantly, get that dirt for me on Ray Montez.
Rex: Adriana, I got to go.
Adriana: We need to talk, Rex.
Rex: There's nothing left to say.
Adriana: Fine. Have a good life, Rex. You'll regret giving me up.
Rex: I was just thinking about you.
Gigi: Funny, I was just thinking about you, too.
[Phone rings]
Brody: What?
Adriana: What kind of idiot are you?
Brody: Who is this?
Adriana: Adriana Balsom. And you were supposed to make sure that it stayed that way. I gave you everything you needed to hold on to Gigi and Shane and you still screwed up?
Gigi: Are you okay?
Rex: Uh, except for feeling like having been hit by a truck?
Gigi: Hmm, it must be going around.
Adriana: Did I have to fly back to Llanview and hold your hand so you got it right?
Brody: Look, half the people in Llanview know Rex is Shane's father. I did everything I could.
Adriana: Well, not enough, because it's over. Rex is divorcing me.
Gigi: 9:00 in the morning and we both feel this way. We've got a long way to go before the end of the day, too.
Rex: What's going on?
Adriana: Rex is probably on his way right now to tell Gigi that he's free to be with her. But he won't stop there. He'll take Shane, too. Is that what you want? Because that's what's going to happen because you screwed up.
Brody: I don't have to take this crap.
Adriana: Everything that happens to Shane is on you, Brody. You ruined that little boy's life. I hope you're happy.
Brody: Shut up. Shut up!
Gigi: I've had all good reasons why not to tell Shane the truth, but I can't live like this anymore.
[Brody grunts]
Rex: What are you saying, Morasco?
Gigi: The lies stop now. We need to tell Shane the truth today.
[Brody grunts]
Roxy: Hey, come on, it's time for some celebration.
Charlie: Oh, just a second. You have gone through hell to be with Natalie and now you're just going to let her go?
Jared: She said in the letter that --
Charlie: No, forget the letter. What is your gut telling you? What has had you running all over town looking for her -- trying to convince people that something is not right?
Jared: I know, but it --
Charlie: No, but nothing. Son, either you love her enough to fight for her or you don't.
Roxy: Hey, your pop knows what he's talking about. Because he's not giving up on Viki even though she went off to the deepest darkest Africa to get the hell away from him. Charlie, you're not giving up, are you?
Charlie: No.
Roxy: There you have it. Let's eat, guys.
Charlie: Look, son, all I'm saying is don't give up just because other people are telling you you should. I mean, Natalie's worth more than that, isn't she?
Jared: Way more.
Charlie: Well, then go find her and let her know.
Natalie: You would actually use this baby you're having -- Nash's baby -- just to get back at Jared and me?
Tess: Well, I wouldn't have to if you and Jared didn't kill Nash.
Natalie: To do what, exactly? I mean, what the hell is the point?
Tess: To seduce him, dumb ass.
Natalie: You wouldn't.
Tess: As revolting as it's going to be, I'll just hold my nose and get through it. I've been to bed with him before. I know what buttons to push.
Natalie: If you dare lay a hand on Jared, I swear --
Tess: Oh, I plan on laying way more than a hand on him, and you'll have a front-row seat. Chew on that, sis.
[Tess chuckles]
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Minister Miller and Minister Hajdu attend the 21st session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on Indigenous Peoples, business, autonomy and the principles of due diligence.
April 26, 2022 — New York, Traditional Lenape Territory, United States of America — Crown−Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
Today, the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Crown−Indigenous Relations, and the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services, continued their participation at the 21st session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII). The theme of this session is "Indigenous Peoples, business, autonomy and the human rights principles of due diligence including free, prior and informed consent."
Before the Forum began on Monday morning, Minister Miller, Minister Hajdu and Ambassador Rae all participated in a morning ceremony with the Indigenous Elders who shared their thoughts and guidance with the Canadian delegation throughout the UNPFII session.
To start the important work of the delegation off, Minister Miller delivered remarks for the opening ceremony where he addressed Canada's first appearance at the Permanent Forum since the confirmation of unmarked burial sites at former residential schools last summer, and emphasized the Government of Canada's commitment to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Keepers also addressed the group with their hopes for the work ahead.
As the head of the Canadian delegation, Minister Miller attended the opening session of the Forum, along with Indigenous representatives, Member States, human rights and other expert bodies, academics and non-governmental organizations.
Canada also hosted a welcome reception for Canadian delegates, as well as Indigenous and Civil Society representatives from Canada, where Ambassador Rae addressed the group, followed by Minister Miller, words from Elders and a drumming song from a Tsilhqot'in cultural ambassador. Aluki Kotierk provided the keynote and Minister Hajdu gave closing remarks.
On Monday afternoon, Minister Miller addressed the United Nations plenary on the International Decade of Indigenous Languages and delivered a statement entirely in Kanien'kéha (Mohawk). He spoke about the efforts being made in Canada to revitalize and promote Indigenous languages, including the Indigenous Languages Act. Canada is working closely with Indigenous partners to develop a plan that reflects their vision, as languages are fundamental to identity, culture, spirituality, and self-determination. Indigenous Peoples are best placed to take the leading role in strengthening their languages. With their guidance and leadership, these efforts will support the revitalization of the more than 70 Indigenous languages spoken across Canada.
In the evening, Minister Hajdu attended a side event, led by the National Association of Friendship Centres and Hawaii Investment Ready, where participants discussed how Indigenous-led organizations are building social economies through Indigenous community-driven entities and generating community wealth, particularly within urban environments.
Minister Miller also hosted a side event, in partnership with the National Indigenous Economic Development Board, on economic reconciliation and the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The event explored the ways in which the Declaration can be leveraged as a tool for the full realization of the economic potential of Indigenous Peoples.
This morning, Minister Hajdu attended the United Nations plenary session on Indigenous business, autonomy, and free, prior and informed consent. In the spirit of enhancing the participation of Indigenous Peoples at the United Nations, she ceded her time to RoseAnne Archibald, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, who spoke about the importance of working collaboratively with the Government of Canada on supporting Indigenous self-determination.
Minister Hajdu also hosted a panel discussion this afternoon on resource extraction and climate transition, where she spoke about the critical importance of Indigenous leadership and knowledge in achieving the foundational changes required to address climate change. As new, green technologies are developed and the demand for critical minerals grows, it will be increasingly important for Indigenous Peoples to be partners in decision making processes in order to ensure industry projects are well designed, implemented, monitored and evaluated.
Throughout the Forum, the Ministers met with Indigenous representatives and international partners from Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Burundi to discuss a variety of issues, such as the participation of Indigenous Peoples in the United Nations, economic development, missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, and COVID-19 impacts and recovery.
Canada's participation in international forums is an opportunity to further the work with Indigenous partners and the international community to address colonial legacies and advance reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples. Our relationships with Indigenous Peoples are strengthened when we collectively pursue the truth, as painful as it is. The Government of Canada is committed to listening to Indigenous Peoples about their priorities for action and the need for change, and will move forward with them in the best way they see fit and at their own pace – in the spirit of self-determination.
"It was a true privilege to have the opportunity to exchange with and hear from Indigenous and international partners this week. While we have made important progress on reconciliation, there is more work to be done, and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act is a tool that will help us along the way. We will continue working with Indigenous leaders and advocates to move forward on its implementation, and to give Indigenous Peoples our unwavering support for their enhanced participation in United Nations institutions."
The Honourable Marc Miller
Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
"It is important for Canada to work internationally with global partners to reconcile with Indigenous Peoples. We are committed to furthering Indigenous rights to self-determination and self-government, equality, and non-discrimination, which includes full implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. We are advancing economic reconciliation by making business supports more accessible to Indigenous Peoples and communities in Canada. We will continue to work towards those goals in partnership with First Nations, Inuit and Métis."
The Honourable Patty Hajdu
Minister of Indigenous Services
Justine Leblanc
Press Secretary
Office of the Honourable Marc Miller
Minister of Crown−Indigenous Relations
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Why We Created Agile 2
Most Agile transformations struggle. According to an Allied Market Research study, "63% of respondents stated the failure of agile implementation in their organizations." This is despite the fact that Agile is increasingly seen as a strategic enabler. According to a McKinsey article, "Done right, [Agile] could reduce risk and improve decision making."
One of the biggest challenges in an Agile transformation is that executive leadership does not "get it." In a Forbes article, Peter Bendor-Samuel explains that "in companies with a culture focused on meeting objectives and never failing, executives often proclaim [Agile] experiments and pilots as victories even when the actual results were not a success. In effect, the organization lies to itself…The transformation initiatives then move forward on flawed foundations and incorrect learnings."
My own experience strongly bears this out. In the majority of my consulting engagements, senior leadership was effectively in the way. Either they had an incorrect understanding of what Agile approaches would work for them, or they applied a traditional approach — what has worked for them their entire career — and treat Agile as a "process rollout," in which they task analysts with defining the new approach and a set of tasks to implement it.
That does not work, because Agile is mostly about all of the people in an organization learning new ways of thinking, and then applying those new ways of thinking to define their own new ways of working. Thus, one cannot define it up front.
Agile transformation is a journey, and most of that journey consists of people learning and trying new approaches in their own work. Over time, and with the help of Agile coaches, consultants, and forward thinking leaders, various groups integrate their new ways of working, to create a more Agile system in an increasingly larger context. The many Agile clusters combine, creating an Agile whole — an Agile organization.
The problem is, even that approach does not always work well, because there are many Agile ideas that are flawed. Some of the ideas expressed by the Agile Manifesto are oversimplifications, which leads to poor application of those ideas.
Other ideas originate from the Agile community at large or from other sources, such as Extreme Programming; yet some of those ideas are controversial. For example, consider the Extreme Programming practice known as "Test-Driven Development" (TDD), which emphasizes a unit test-centric approach to programming, and should not be confused with other "test-first" methods. Unit test-centric TDD is often viewed as an Agile "best practice", but many people feel that it is the opposite of how they work best. Unless an Agile coach understands the nuances and diversity of opinions on these issues, they are likely to give inappropriate advice to the team or the organization.
There is also the fact that while many in the Agile community are truly agile in their approach to things, the Agile community as a whole has considerable inertia in its thinking — a great irony, because it means that the Agile community is not very agile. Practices that were championed early are very hard to dislodge from popular Agile thinking. For example, the practice of putting all of the members of an Agile team in an Agile "team room," all sitting next to each other, often side-by-side at a table, has been shown to make it very difficult for people to focus.
An Agile coach colleague of mine who had long advocated that practice one time had to sit at the team's table, and work on something herself. After only a few minutes she looked up with an expression of frustration and said "How can anyone concentrate like this?" The ambient noise and nearby conversations made it difficult for her to focus on her work.
Yet the Agile team room persists. It is the "standard" arrangement for Agile teams. Do an Internet search for "open plan office" and see how many search results come up. There will be many — and almost all will be articles that describe the open plan arrangement very negatively. Yet the Agile team room is still the default way to arrange Agile teams. Somehow, the Agile community is deaf to the push-back on the team room idea and shows intransigence on the practice.
Today, the COVID-19 pandemic has finally disrupted the Agile team room. However, I will not be surprised if when people return to the office, that they return to an Agile team room — even though it is now known to be a very bad setup.
Agile Is Broken
It is things like these that contribute to the challenges that organizations have when they try to adopt Agile methods, and there is more — a lot more. Early Agile approaches were entirely focused on a single team, but it often takes many teams to maintain a technology product.
Today many organizations have complex multi-product digital platforms, and those products share a set of core digital services. The challenge is therefore less in how to operate a team, and more in how to maintain a multiproduct ecosystem. Changes to one digital service might affect tens or hundreds of products, each maintained by tens of teams. One bank that I am familiar with has 500 software teams. Do they need 500 teams? That is a valid question: but it is certain that their platform could not be maintained by one team.
On the hardware product side, consider machinery. A modern commercial engine cannot be designed and built by a single team of five to ten people: today's engines contain many highly engineered parts, many from myriad third party suppliers but others created in-house, and engines also have multiple electronic control units, each containing tens or hundreds of thousands of lines of software and all interconnected by a communication network. To design and build such an engine, one needs many teams.
As a result of these complex multi-team realities, Agile "scaling frameworks" sprang up. Unfortunately, there are several such frameworks, and while at the lowest level they usually are similar, above the team level they are radically different. An organization therefore cannot look for the "best practice" approach to applying Agile ideas at scale: there is no accepted "best" approach, or common scaling model that presents a widely accepted range of choices. Instead, there are many competing proprietary and branded approaches.
Worst of all, early Agile essentially dismissed the need for leadership. The Agile Manifesto stated two things that related to leadership:
- Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need, and trust them to get the job done.
- The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams.
The first one states without any qualifier that one should "trust" the team — in other words, a team needs no oversight. The second one strongly suggests that teams should not have designated team leads. Nor does it acknowledge that in a self-organizing team, a leader or "in group" will usually emerge — not necessarily a good thing. For self organization to work, one often needs a-lot of external support, and that requires external leadership to train and coach people on how to self organize well as well as provide outlets and oversight for when things go awry.
But the Manifesto says none of that: it merely says or strongly implies: No team lead, and no oversight; and nothing is said about when one has multiple teams, or how those should coordinate, or who forms those teams.
The Agile community rapidly and very early evolved a culture of mistrust of authority. This was for good reason. I myself had some terrible software project managers during my career. I also had some really good ones.
Unfortunately, dismissing the role of leadership does not solve the problem. Good leadership is essential. Throwing out leadership replaces bad leadership with no leadership, or insisting on no one having any authority when in fact authority is needed to create a team in the first place, or to spend an investor's money, or to resolve a personnel issue.
Agile cannot work or be usable at scale without addressing leadership as a central issue, as well as the many dimensions of leadership, the forms of leadership that are most effective, and when authority is actually needed and when it is not.
Agile Can Work — Really Well
I believe in Agile.
Over time I have increasingly seen articles and blog posts critical of Agile. That is nothing new; but what has changed is that these posts and articles are now coming from people who have a lot of experience using Agile methods. Their posts and articles are insightful. They point to the problems that I described above. And when I see Agile mentioned in programmer forums, the mention is negative in what seems like more than half the time.
There is also the rise of DevOps. I am a DevOps consultant, and I teach an O'Reilly Online course, More Effective DevOps Testing, so I feel that I understand DevOps. My fear is that organizations will perceive a choice between Agile and DevOps, and they will choose DevOps.
The truth is they need both. DevOps has come to focus mostly on the technical side of things, while Agile pivoted very early to focus mostly on the human side. Both are important.
If only Agile's problems were fixed.
And then COVID-19 struck. People saw that remote teams can work, and work well. Sure, some people prefer working remotely and others prefer being in an office; but the idea that being in person for "face-to-face" meetings is essential for collaboration was exposed as a falsehood. It occurred to me that COVID could become the final nail in the Agile coffin. I realized that if Agile were to be fixed, now was the time.
I needed a team of people. The main criteria were,
- They must not be heavily invested in the status quo: they felt free to challenge Agile.
- They have demonstrated independent thinking.
I posted a notice of the initiative in LinkedIn and examined each response. I also wanted the team to be global and diverse — not a group of "middle aged Western white IT guys" like the group that created the Agile Manifesto (and like me). The group that we formed has experience in Lean product development, business, leadership and org change, program management (Agile and traditional), professional coaching, human resources, system engineering, DevOps, and Agile.
Agile 2 is what we came up with. It is the result of deep and intense collaboration. We decided to publish the underlying ideas that we exchanged in the course of developing Agile 2's principles and values, so that the thought process can be seen. We also decided to explain each principle at length, because we feel that one of the problems with the Agile Manifesto is that each statement is made without any supporting context or explanation, allowing it to be misinterpreted.
We do not feel that Agile 2 is the last word on the issue of agility. We plan to inspect and adapt Agile 2 in the future through occasional but not too frequent updates, but we also believe that Agile 2 — indeed no single set of ideas — can be comprehensive in its treatment of human collaboration or any aspect of human behavior. Works like ours are merely sets of ideas — nothing more. All sets of ideas should be considered, and thoughtful decisions made.
We hope that Agile 2 contributes positively and that it succeeds in making the case that Agile is still highly relevant and can work and work well.