Demonstrators at the October 21, 1967 march on the Pentagon carry a banner that says, "Support our GIs, Bring Them Home Now."
Most of the allegations about insults directed at soldiers or vets from war opponents have been fabrications to discredit the antiwar forces.
The Pentagon has just launched a multi-year national public relations campaign to justify, glorify, and honor Washington's catastrophic, aggressive, and losing war against Vietnam -- America's most controversial and unpopular military conflict.
The first is to legitimize and intensify a renewed warrior spirit within America as the Pentagon emerges from two counterproductive, ruinously expensive, and stalemated unjust wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and prepares for further military adventures in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Within days of Obama's speech, for instance, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta announced a big increase of U.S. Navy forces in the Pacific, a move obviously targeting China. At the same time the Obama Administration's drone wars are accelerating as the Oval Office's kill list expands, and the president engages in cyber sabotage against Iran.
The second is to dilute the memory of historic public opposition to the Vietnam war by putting forward the Pentagon's censored account of the conflict in public meetings, parades, and educational sessions set to take place across the nation through 2025. These flag-waving, hyper-patriotic occasions will feature veterans, active duty military members, government officials, local politicians, teachers, and business leaders who will combine forces to praise those who fought in Vietnam and those on the home front who supported the war. There won't be much -- if any -- attention focused on the majority of Americans who opposed this imperialist adventure, except as a footnote describing how tolerant U.S. democracy is toward dissent.
President Obama lays a commemorative wreath during Memorial Day ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery, May 28, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia. Photo by Mark Wilson / Getty Images.
May God bless you. May God bless your families. May God bless our men and women in uniform. And may God bless these United States of America.
There was virtually no criticism in the corporate mass media about the president's gross exaggerations concerning the "mistreatment" of Vietnam era veterans. True, there were no victory parades, but that was because the U.S. Armed Forces were defeated by a much smaller and enormously outgunned adversary -- the guerrilla forces of the South Vietnamese National Liberation Front (NLF) and regular forces from North Vietnam.
Members of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) hold a peaceful demonstration outside the 1972 Democratic National Convention in Miami. Photo by JP Laffont / Sygma / Corbis.
By the time many vets returned home the American people had turned against the war and wanted it over, as did a significant portion of active duty troops, including the many who identified with the peace movement or who mutinied or deserted. Undoubtedly some veterans were disrespected -- but to a far lesser extent than Obama and pro-war forces have suggested over the years.
Whenever the U.S. conducts unpopular invasions, as in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq, Washington and the mass media invariably insist that it is the duty of patriotic citizens to "support the troops" even if they oppose the war. But to manifest the kind of support the government seeks inevitably implies support for the war. This is why the peace groups came up with the slogan "Support the Troops -- Bring 'em home NOW!"
To thank and honor veterans of the Vietnam War... for their service and sacrifice on behalf of the United States and to thank and honor the families of these veterans. To highlight the service of the Armed Forces during the Vietnam War and the contributions of Federal agencies and governmental and non-governmental organizations that served with, or in support of, the Armed Forces. To pay tribute to the contributions made on the home front by the people of the United States during the Vietnam War..."
to assist federal, state and local authorities to assist a grateful nation in thanking and honoring our Vietnam Veterans and their families. Commemorative Partners are encouraged to participate... by planning and conducting events and activities that will recognize the Vietnam Veterans and their families' service, valor, and sacrifice.
When Paris withdrew remaining French troops in April 1956, according to John Prados in Vietnam: The History of an Unwinnable War, 1945-1975 (2009), "their departure made America South Vietnam's big brother," i.e., overlord and military protector against popular liberation forces in the southern half of the country.
By 1968, when the number of U.S. troops attained their apogee of 535,040, Washington was obviously losing to its tenacious opponent. This is when Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson decided not to seek reelection rather than face the humiliation of defeat. Republican President Richard M. Nixon succeeded to the presidency and vastly increased the bombings while also calling for negotiations to end the war.
Facing an impending defeat and political catastrophe, American troops pulled out in 1973. The CIA and some U.S. military personnel and political advisers remained in diminished South Vietnam assisting the right wing government in Saigon until April 1975 when the entire country was liberated.
The Pentagon also dumped 18,000,000 gallons of herbicides to defoliate several million acres of farmland and forests. Millions of Vietnamese suffered illness, birth defects, and deaths from these poisonous chemicals. The AP recently reported from Hanoi, Vietnam's capital, that "More than 100,000 Vietnamese have been killed or injured by land mines or other abandoned explosives since the Vietnam War ended nearly 40 years ago, and clearing all of the country will take decades more."
It should also be mentioned -- since it will be suppressed during the commemoration -- that U.S. forces, including the CIA and the Pentagon-controlled South Vietnamese military, tortured many thousands of "suspected" supporters of the liberation struggle, frequently with portable electrical current. An estimated 40,000 "Vietcong" (suspected members or supporters of the NLF) were murdered during the long-running "Operation Phoenix" assassination campaign conducted by the CIA, Special Forces, and killer units of the Saigon forces.
Iconic photo of crying Vietnamese children after an aerial napalm attack near near Trang Bang, Vietnam, June 8, 1972, Photo by Nick Ut / AP.
Most of the allegations about insults directed at soldiers or vets from war opponents have been fabrications to discredit the antiwar forces -- falsehoods Obama chose to repeat as part of the Pentagon's campaign to reverse history's negative verdict on the war in Vietnam. The peace movement's targets were the warmakers in Washington and their allies abroad, not members of a largely conscript army. Perhaps the most notorious of the false accusations were frequent reports about antiwar individuals "spitting" at GIs and vets. The rumors were so wild that sociologist Jerry Lembcke wrote a book exposing the lies -- The Spitting Image: Myth, Memory, and the Legacy of Vietnam, New York University Press, 1998.
The capacity for independent judgment among ordinary Americans is probably best shown by the swift development of antiwar feeling among American GIs -- volunteers and draftees who came mostly from lower-income groups. There had been, earlier in American history, instances of soldiers' disaffection from the war: isolated mutinies in the Revolutionary War, refusal of reenlistment in the midst of hostilities in the Mexican war, desertion and conscientious objection in World War I and World War II. But Vietnam produced opposition by soldiers and veterans on a scale, and with a fervor, never seen before.
During the Vietnam War, the military ranks carried out mass resistance on bases and ships in Southeast Asia, the Pacific, U.S., and Europe. Military resistance was instrumental in ending the war by making the ranks politically unreliable. This history is well documented in Soldiers in Revolt by David Cortright and the recent film Sir! No Sir!
The morale, discipline and battle worthiness of the U.S. Armed Forces are, with a few salient exceptions, lower and worse than at anytime in this century and possibly in the history of the United States.
By every conceivable indicator, our army that now remains in Vietnam is in a state approaching collapse, with individual units avoiding or having refused combat, murdering their officers and non-commissioned officers, drug-ridden, and dispirited where not near mutinous. Elsewhere than Vietnam, the situation is nearly as serious.
According to the 2003 book by Christian Appy, Patriots: The Vietnam War Remembered from All Sides, Gen. Creighton Abrams -- the U.S. military commander in Vietnam -- made this comment in 1971 after an investigation: "Is this a god-damned army or a mental hospital? Officers are afraid to lead their men into battle, and the men won't follow. Jesus Christ! What happened?"
One major conclusion was that a conscript army may become unreliable if the war is considered unjust in nature and unpopular at home. This is why conscription was ended for good and the Pentagon now relies on better paid professional standing military supplemented by a large number of contractors and mercenaries, who perform many duties that were once handled by regular soldiers.
Vietnam Veterans Against the War at 2009 Atlanta Veterans Dav Parade. Photo by David Howell.
Hanoi has several times extended the welcome mat to former antagonists, urging Americans and residents of southern Vietnam who now live abroad to "close the past and look to the future." Wherever touring U.S. citizens -- including former GIs -- travel in Vietnam, they are met with the same respect as visitors from other countries.
In the U.S., the Vietnam war still evokes fighting words in some quarters. Some Americans still argue that the U.S. "could have won if it didn't have one hand tied behind its back" (i.e., used nuclear weapons), and some continue to hate the antiwar protesters of yesteryear, just as they do demonstrators against today's wars. And some others -- in Congress, the White House and the Pentagon -- still seem to continue fighting the war by organizing a massive propaganda effort to distort the history of Washington's aggression and unspeakable brutality in Vietnam.


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This Woman You Should Know is so many things… a seasoned veteran of home repair and improvement, the former host of Discovery Home Channel's series "Toolbelt Diva" and a show on Sirius Satellite Radio by the same name, an acclaimed author, a proud aunt, a mom to rescue kitty Dexter, an accomplished cook, and a former Girl Scout.
We're talking about our DIY Contributor Norma Vally, who each week in her WYSK Fix-It Friday column helps empower our readers and inspire women to take on home repairs and maintenance projects with confidence and gusto.
She makes gut renovations look easy, she gets a charge from electrical problems, she knows how to keep a house humming, she thrives on getting her hands dirty, she uses her brain and brawn to get the job done, and she can whip up a 5-star, 5-course meal with her eyes closed.
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Born and raised to an Italian family in Brooklyn, New York, she's fluent in… French!
It would be next to impossible to fill Norma's accomplished steel-toed work boots (or heels or sandals)! She is one of the coolest women we know.
My wife created a beautiful ceramic framed mirror which weighs in at about 80 lbs. I live in a condo with drywall hung on metal studs. I watched Norma's video using a 300 lb. OOK wall hanger and it looks like what I need. I'm hanging the mirror on a wall which has an interior moisture guard (bath room) so the drywall is just over 5/8″s and the OOK 200 lb. hanger is not wide enough. The 300 lb. OOK hanger appears to be slightly larger and has teeth to grab the wall from the inside.
My problem, I can not find the OOK 300 lbs. wall hanger anywhere on line. Any suggestions where I may find one?
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I loved hearing all of these things about my favorite fixer-upper diva!! And she is from Brooklyn!!! You are a very cool person, Norma.
Thanks so much Jean! You're a dear!
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omniCon Gesellschaft für innovatives Bauen mbH is a company specialised in construction management.
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omniCon currently has branches and offices in five locations: Frankfurt, Berlin, Munich, Basel and Vienna. In addition, the project team always has a local project office at the project location.
omniCon was founded in 2001, and it has been part of the CA Immo Group since 2008. The company currently has around 118 employees, and its annual revenue is approx. EUR 23 million.
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Henrik Lundqvist Praises James Dolan in TMZ Video
Henrik Lundqvist Post-Game Video Interview + Notes
Henrik Lundqvist made 32 saves in regulation/overtime and stopped two of three shooters he faced in the shootout to earn his 28th win of the season and the 402nd win of his NHL career. By earning a win in tonight's game, Lundqvist passed Chris Osgood for sole possession of 11th place on the NHL's all-time wins list. In addition, Lundqvist is now one win away from tying Grant Fuhr for 10th place on the NHL's all-time wins list, and he is also one win away from tying Martin Brodeur for the most wins by a goaltender in his first 12 seasons in NHL history. In his last 14 appearances, Lundqvist has posted a 10-2-1 record, along with a 1.91 GAA, a .939 SV%, and 1 SO, and he has allowed two goals or fewer in 10 of those 14 appearances. Lundqvist has made at least 30 saves in six of his last nine appearances and in 15 contests this season. In those 15 contests, Lundqvist has posted a 14-1-0 record, along with a 1.78 GAA, a .950 SV%, and 1 SO.
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Henrik Lundqvist made 31 saves, and stopped all 11 shots he faced in the third period, to earn his 27th win of the season and the 401st win of his NHL career. By earning a win in today's game, Lundqvist tied Chris Osgood for 11th place on NHL's all-time wins list. In his last 12 appearances, Lundqvist has posted a 9-2-0 record, along with a 2.01 GAA, a .937 SV%, and 1 SO. Lundqvist has made 30 or more saves in 14 games this season; he has posted a 13-1-0 record, along with a 1.84 GAA, a .949 SV%, and 1 SO in those contests.
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Henrik Lundqvist steps with wide strides into the locker room at Madison Square Garden. He rocks forward, not unlike a penguin.
During the specially painted mask by David Gunnarsson glistening eyes.
Rangers are on a winning track again - and ate the three goals back against the Calgary Flames, two for control via your own player, you can not do very much.
The goalkeeper removes his helmet and guards on the upper body. The black and slim sweater under protection remains when he sits down in his place.
Lap after lap of transparent tape wrapped loose from his ankles. An own special solution with foam lifted. The new pants are still on. They are now slim, after a rule change to get more goals in the league.
No reporter walks up. After twelve years in New York they have all learned.
Before Lundqvist takes the equipment off he does not talk, but this time he makes an exception and comes up and greets with a broad smile.
- It's finfrämmande, he says with a laugh.
He pulls on itself a hooded shirt with the club logo and pulls down a Reebok cap over the sweaty forelock which earned him a well-paid advertising contract for the shampoo.
He nods.
Shoot, as well.
And suddenly it says 30 reporters with cameras and sound-absorbing mobiles around him.
We are on Henrik Lundqvist's home again.
It's been a strange season. For the first time ever, the king of New York hockey questioned. Finnish rival Antti Raanta even looked to keep the Swede on the bench earlier in vinter.Ändå Lundqvist has erased childhood idol Dominik Hašeks record, in most NHL victories as a European goalkeeper.
- Oh, questioned ... I still feel that I have won 24 games and 13 losses. So bad it's not. The only problem is that when it is gone bad ... so it's been sooo bad. It is clear that it has not seen the good, the numbers do not look good. But overall I am pleased with many matches, many things. That's what got me to maintain self-confidence, says Henrik.
You turn 35 in a month. Could it be that it is more difficult to light during the 82 regular season games - that you wait for the playoffs?
- It is clear that I have tried to analyze why I do not have the continuity that I have had before in my game. Since it is a team sport. It affects how the team plays in front of me. Since it affects the team the way I play. It goes hand in hand. You have to help each other. I realize that I have to raise my level in some matches, but then there's that many matches, too. I still think it's fun when things go well. That is why you have to put all the work and focus to win, to play well and think it's fun to play hockey. No one enjoys when it goes below your expectations. I have a lot of will and a great love for hockey. There is nothing that has slowed down. I go to the rink every day to challenge myself and try to get better, says Henrik before jumping into the shower.
Lundqvist's private schedule is full smeared, as he puts it. Do we have time to be seen as it is after training in Tarrytown. I rent an SUV and drive on the scenic route along the waterfront of Manhattan towards the small suburb an hour's drive away. It's cold, but the sun is shining from a clear blue sky.
The car passes the now hip districts of Harlem and the Bronx, but nowhere seen Jenny from the block to.
GPS leads us to the campus of New York Medical College and we are greeted by an unassuming small hall, without the slightest sign that proclaims that exercise actually mighty New York Rangers.
Inside the hall, we, however, a lot of history.
There is a security guard on site at the reception and the pressure values are in place. Everything is painted white in the hall - and the ceiling hangs retired jerseys along with the four flags that indicate when the Rangers actually become Stanley Cup champions.
It is 23 years since Mark Messier later lifted the cup in the Garden.
Is it still fun, when the day after a victory will take the car hit Tarrytown?
- I think so! It's different. You think. There are nearly fifty minutes up and fifty minutes to get home at every practice that we have up here. It will be some time in the car to think about many things. I think it's fun to come here. Compete with the guys, I feel the same drive as I did before.
What you have time to think about the car?
- It's all possible. I make calls to people at home and to the family. Talking about what will happen in the future. It's schedule, there are matches.
Meditation almost?
- Haha, I do not know. But it gets a little me time to sit there in the car. If you sit a lot in your car you have to take advantage of that time and use it for something good. I have great people around me all the time, so we live and travel. So it's quite nice to have the time, I think. Just to wind down.
Training run goalie coach Benoit Allaire extra intensively Lundqvist. Puck after puck is dumped in the frame and Henke will start playback. That it was the night before profits do not seem to play not matter. Or that there is a new match the day after, for that matter. -
We discuss every day. We have been meeting almost every day, even. We're talking about the matches, details of the game. Have you thought about this? This can be done better. He has been very important to me, to have that support and continuity to have him for twelve years, says Henrik. Then you will have developed a good relationship. - It's done! He knows me very well. He can read how I feel by how I behave on the ice. He can make demands, we know where we are. It has been very fun to work with him all these years, so I hope it continues. That we run the whole way. All the way means in four years, for Lundqvist has a contract with Rangers until 2021. With the strong dollar has annual earnings also jumped on the rise, compared to when Henke wrote again in 2013. Lundqvist had in 2016 ten million US dollars in salary - almost 90 million Swedish crowns.
Mini Larry Brooks interview:
Inside the hall stands Larry Brooks in a green sweatshirt and a note in the warmth of the gigantic infrastructure elements hanging from the ceiling of the call exercise hall. He looks after line combinations and tweets quickly charge a change is detected.
Brooks is hockey columnist for the New York Post and has followed Lundqvist for twelve years.
- He really has not been as good as he expected to be. Or, as he usually is. He has had highlights, but there have also been plenty of bad goals. He must be better. He says it almost every day, but it's true. He must be better - if the Rangers will be a contender, said Larry decided.
Henrik Lundqvist has ever been questioned in the Rangers?
- No, he says Brooks quickly.
He develops.
- He had a period at the beginning of the season 2013-2014, when it took him a long time ... I think it took until the second week of January before he had started their game. It was a season when it was Alain Vigneaults first season, there was another game system, the training camp was messed up for they were not allowed to be in the Garden. But when Henrik well-found form, he was good the rest of the season. This season it was much more irregular. When it seems that he found it, then it's a bad game. And you wonder - what is happening? It has taken a long time this season, just lots of more bad goals.
Could it be the age - that it needed a playoff to turn to?
- I do not know. But for me it does not seem that his reflexes ... I do not know why the puck enters. Often at the beginning of the games, too. He has let in goals in the first shot in six games, the second shot in two games ... so it's kind of every fourth match, he released the first or second shot. We have not seen before. Is it age? It's hard for me to say. But it was extremely rare to see him play that way.
Is Lundqvist threatened by Raanta in the playoffs?
- I do not think so! The last weeks game against Columbus exceptions, his five-six most recent starts have been good. I do not think there is any doubt about who is number one in the playoffs. It's just that the Rangers need their number one goalie play as just that, as a one. They needed him for so many years - and everyone knows that Rangers have deficiencies in defense and as a team. In so many years, Henrik Lundqvist covered over these deficiencies, but this year there are moments that he has been a part of the deficiencies. It is completely new. It has never happened before. So, we'll see ... But he has had many more good games than bad, but the bad was bad! He said the other night - that he had A-matches, but he had too many C-matches ... well, he has been with D matches - and worse ... it could not survive the Rangers. They get to the playoffs, but they can not get anywhere unless he's a top goalkeeper.
For twelve seasons, Brooks developed a special relationship with the Swede, as a professional to professional.
- He's one of those players that I respect the most. One of the most elegant, one of the most cooperative. For a great player he is so down to earth as you can get. I have a brilliant relationship with him, says Brooks.
Back to Henrik:
Lundqvist agrees with Brooks when we sit down and talk.
He must pull themselves together. Find a more even level.
- My lowest level must be higher, but there is a lot about the team and especially at home, where we have not been really good - and I have not been there and cleaned up either. It has affected me and the team. I have not been good enough. Then there will be some turbulence, but it may take. But in this town it's so, it's high standards and I put high demands on myself too ...
But the roller coaster situation has felt the above, of course.
Especially for a keeper who has long been seen as one of the finest in the world's best league.
- It has rolled on well for many years, now it has been a bit up and down this season. Sure, I've had setbacks before, too, injuries and stuff. But my game is there and it comes to picking up in all matches.
There are 28 games left to the playoffs - and Rangers, despite much better game in the end, a deal to work with.
How far do you go?
- It's really hard to say. But the playoffs would begin as it looks in the current situation, we would come across Washington in the first round. It will be a war, once it begins. But right now, with so many games left, is the focus on the war on and take as many points as possible - and get to the playoffs. There will be many good teams that miss it. It is important not to get ahead and focus on the journey there.
After training we sit inside the locker room. The procedure is the same as usual. Lundqvist takes off protection after protection with his back to reporters.
When the cap is on, then again the nod.
The American reporters are talking of course about the Super Bowl. The team gathered the night before in the family Lundqvist's new apartment in Tribeca - and got to see the New England Patriots make an unparalleled recovery from underdog 3-28.
Quarterback Tom Brady managed to throw more yards than any other in the final - and by extension the Atlanta Falcons defeated.
- We had a nice evening. As an athlete, you'll see how quickly a match can be changed. You see how momentum can shift - and I go to myself at that moment. You know how quickly everything can change. Suddenly, you should try to stop a runaway train. I've been through several times on the ice. How do you lead 3,4-0 - and suddenly the other team and you can feel how it bounces the wrong way. That is why it is so exciting to see such a match. It can see the emotions on the field, you can feel them. And even if it is football so you can learn ... It is inspiring to see someone succeed. Every time it happens. Whether it is tennis, football or hockey.
After training Lundqvist pick up the car, a Bentley. He said that day drunk. It goes in one and an hour after the workout, it's time for a board meeting with his own charity, Henrik Lundqvist Foundation.
You know, the one that, among other things donated SEK 800 000 to the expansion of the Ronald McDonald House in Gothenburg but it has most of the activities in New York.
Henrik is pressed, but places still up for pictures in the city.
He will even pre-determined time - and messar impatiently. Well, we have even a missed call.
"Are you the g? Is the place ... wait a few more minutes, then I must go. "
We rush from the salad bar on the next street.
Henrik has a mustard-colored coat and a blue silk scarf. Blue pants, blue suede shoes and a brown clock that stands out.
He looks, as usual, like plucked straight out of a catalog model.
- This season, the schedule has been extremely. It was the World Cup last autumn. I just have one or two evenings vacant - and I am not at home when ... well, his daughter will not be happy then! Charlise think that I'm away a lot, so we try to socialize the few evenings we have available. It is fortunate that there are FaceTime. Otherwise it would have been tougher.
Has she got her own mobile?
- No, she has not reached five yet! But she has the iPad. She has returned to Masha and the Bear now. But now she sees it in English - and not in Russia anymore. She has upgraded a bit, ha ha.
Do the kids speak fluent English ?
- They go to kindergarten, so they're talking probably more English than Swedish, I would think. Babysitter speaks English.
Will you move home after you retire?
- Uh ... I do not know. We talk about it sometimes, what we should do. There is nothing that feels obvious. We really enjoy being here. Summers, we will always be home to. But it is doubtful that we move home. But things change so darn fast, especially with family and stuff. Right now it feels as if we remain in the United States, responding Lundqvist.
A few days later, the Rangers have won four straight - with victories against even the Anaheim Ducks and Nashville Predators in the Garden.
And Henrik Lundqvist, he's up in the mighty and historic 400 NHL wins.
His time is still golden.
Watch out in the playoffs.
A favorite in New York
"I like the West Village. There are many fine cafés and small restaurants. It is nice to walk around there. It's relaxing. In spring and summer, I'll bring the family there. I do not want to give away my own favorites, I keep them to myself. "
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Henrik Lundqvist made 32 saves, and stopped all 17 shots he faced in the third period, to earn his 400th career NHL win. Lundqvist is the 12th goaltender in NHL history who has earned at least 400 career wins, and he is the first goaltender in franchise history who has earned 400 career wins with the Rangers. Lundqvist earned his 400th career NHL win in his 727th career NHL appearance, and according to the Elias Sports Bureau, Lundqvist is the fastest goaltender to earn 400 career wins in NHL history (Martin Brodeur was previously the fastest goaltender to reach 400 career wins, accomplishing the feat in his 735th career NHL appearance). Also according to the Elias Sports Bureau, Lundqvist is the third-youngest goaltender to reach the 400-win plateau, and the only two goaltenders who were younger than Lundqvist when they earned their 400th career NHL win were Brodeur and Patrick Roy (both goaltenders have held the NHL's all-time wins record at some point in their careers). Lundqvist is the third goaltender in NHL history who has earned at least 400 career wins with one franchise (Brodeur - New Jersey; Tony Esposito - Chicago), and he is the second goaltender in NHL history to earn all of his first 400 career wins with one franchise (Brodeur - New Jersey). Lundqvist, who has also registered 61 shutouts in his career, is one of nine goaltenders in NHL history who have earned at least 400 career wins and 60 career shutouts (along with Brodeur, Roy, Esposito, Terry Sawchuk, Jacques Plante, Glenn Hall, Ed Belfour, and Roberto Luongo). Lundqvist, who became the all-time wins leader by a European-born goaltender on Dec. 31, 2016 at Colorado, is now the first European-born goaltender who has earned at least 400 career wins in NHL history. Lundqvist has earned 225 of his 400 career NHL wins at Madison Square Garden, and he has earned more wins at either the current Madison Square Garden or MSG III (the 'Old Garden') than any other goaltender in NHL history.
Sometimes Antti Raanta Wants to Hug Henrik Lundqvist
In his second season as Lundqvist's backup, Antti Raanta has noticed how hard Lundqvist can be on himself, even after losses in which he wasn't at fault.
"Sometimes you just want to go over there and hug him and be like 'Everything's OK,'" Raanta said. "But that's how he is, and then he comes in the next day and he works, work and works, and then the next game he's gonna make sure the 2-1 loss is gonna turn into a 2-1 win. That's something that's just remarkable."
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Henrik Lundqvist made 34 saves, including 16 in the third period, to earn his 25th win of the season and the 399th win of his NHL career. Lundqvist has earned at least 25 wins in 11 of his 12 NHL seasons (he earned 24 wins in a 48-game season in 2012-13), and he is one of six goaltenders in NHL history who have registered at least 25 wins in 11 or more seasons (Brodeur, Roy, Esposito, Joseph, and Luongo). Over his last nine appearances, Lundqvist has posted a 7-1-0 record, along with a 2.01 GAA, a .938 SV%, and 1 SO. In addition, Lundqvist has posted a 1.97 GAA and a .947 SV% during the four-game winning streak. He has made at least 30 saves in 12 games this season, and he has posted an 11-1-0 record, along with a 1.90 GAA, a .948 SV%, and 1 SO in those contests.
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Henrik Lundqvist made 29 saves to earn his 23rd win of the season and the 397th win of his NHL career.
Henrik Lundqvist made 36 saves, and stopped all 10 shots he faced while the Rangers were shorthanded, to earn his 22nd win of the season and the 396th win of his NHL career. He has allowed two goals or fewer in five of his last six appearances, and he has posted a 4-1-0 record, along with a 1.84 GAA, a .939 SV%, and 1 SO over those six appearances. In addition, Lundqvist has made at least 30 saves in 10 games this season; he has posted a 9-1-0 record, along with a 1.88 GAA, a .947 SV%, and 1 SO in those 10 contests.
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Diocese of New Jersey co-sponsors rally for reparations
[Diocese of New Jersey] Nearly 200 people gathered on Oct. 30 for a rally at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Perth Amboy calling on the New Jersey Legislature to act on a bill to establish a reparations task force to confront racial disparities resulting from the legacy of slavery.
Supporters from around the state assembled at St. Peter's to hear and cheer representatives from a coalition of civic and religious organizations addressing the importance of reparations. The Diocese of New Jersey was one of about 14 co-sponsors of the event.
"We are standing on hallowed ground," said the Rev. Gregory Bezilla at the start of the rally, pointing to the nearby graves, which include Thomas Mundy Peterson, the first African American to vote in an election after the 15th Amendment was enacted on March 31, 1870.
A key message, interspersed throughout the rally, was the call "Say the word: reparations!"
Over the past few years, discussions and actions on reparations have accelerated. A number of American academic institutions, as well as Episcopal dioceses and the federal government, are considering various forms of reparations for their historic complicity in racist systems. Among the Episcopal institutions that have established reparations funds are Virginia Theological Seminary, the Diocese of Maryland and the Diocese of New York. The Diocese of New Jersey established its own reparations task force at its 2021 diocesan convention "to study how we as a diocese may address the original sins of racism and slavery."
Noting that the group gathered steps away from the Peterson gravesite and near a major port for the slave trade and a stop on the Underground Railroad, Rohn Hein of Unitarian Universalist Faith Action said, "This is where the oppression took off."
Hein laid out three next steps: Sign the petition calling for the reparations task force; call elected legislators; and, prepare for Legislation Day in Trenton on Nov. 11.
Perth Amboy is in the district of Assembly President Craig Coughlin, who was repeatedly invited to the rally but did not attend nor send a representative.
Despite Coughlin's absence, Ryan Haygood of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice addressed the request to the Assembly President: "We are asking for the task force."
Among those offering testimonials was Assemblywoman Shavonda Sumter, who suggested participants call their legislators and ask them to be co-sponsors of the bill.
Larry Hamm of the People's Organization for Progress led a group chant: "They stole us. They sold us. They owe us."
Responding to Coughlin's absence, Bishop William Stokes of the Diocese of New Jersey concluded, "Silence is the weapon of the oppressor. Ignoring us is an offense. We merit being listened to by Speaker Coughlin, who is the speaker of our Assembly."
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Like a lei floating on the surface of the sea, a young chain of islands, the pearls of the Pacific, came to grace the middle of the ocean. Rising up from the depths to become the world's tallest mountains, the Hawaiian Islands with a warm tropical climate and soft flowing trade winds became a unique natural environment for plants, animals and finally human culture.
This is our story, this is the story of Hawai'i….
On December 31, 1879, Queen Kapi'olani's 45th birthday, King Kalakaua laid the cornerstone of a new palace. The new building retained the name of the old palace, called 'Iolani after one of Kamehameha IV's names meaning "hawk of heaven." Built in an American Florentine style, the new palace was four stories with an attic and basement, two central and four corner towers, and verandahs running on all sides. The interior was of koa, kou, kamani, 'ohia, American walnut, and Oregon white cedar woods. It was equipped with electric lights and running water. While the palace was used for state occasions and parties (one was a fancy dress children's ball thrown by Lili'uokalani), neither Kalakaua nor Lili'uokalani used the palace as their primary residence. Kalakaua and Kapi'olani lived mainly at their Bungalow on the palace grounds, while Lili'uokalani lived at Washington Place across the street. Lili'uokalani was later imprisoned, however, in one of the palace's upper rooms. After the overthrow of the monarchy, she was tried for treason in her own throne room, then imprisoned for eight months before being placed under house arrest at Washington Place and eventually pardoned.
After Annexation in 1898, 'Iolani Palace served as the capitol of the Territory (and later the State) of Hawai'i. The former throne room was used as the House of Representatives chamber, as the site of Lili'uokalani's funeral, as a room for special meetings and ceremonies, and as a Red Cross dressing station during World War II. The state dining room later became the senate chamber. In 1969, a new state capitol was built and historical restoration of 'Iolani Palace began.
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Paul Gallen is calling it quits.
Gallen announces shock NRL retirement
by James Matthey
22nd Mar 2019 7:35 AM
Cronulla captain Paul Gallen has revealed he will "definitely" retire at the end of the 2019 season.
Speaking on KIIS 1065's Kyle and Jackie O Show, the Sharks legend said he'd had enough of the NRL "rollercoaster" and will hang up the boots.
"I'm going to retire from rugby league this year," Gallen said. "Definitely retiring at the end of the year, Kyle, without a doubt.
"I've really enjoyed where I've been and what I've done but I'm ready to retire.
"I've had enough of the rollercoaster to be honest ... the ups and downs. I'm looking forward to the end of the year.
"This is the year, I know it.
"Even this time last year, I was going through the season and thinking the only reason I'm going to retire is because of my age, I'm still performing a role, I'm still doing it, I'm still liking it.
"But I've come this year and I'm still performing, I still like it, I still enjoy going to training but like I said before, just the rollercoaster of turning up each week and having to get so hyped for a game (is wearing thin).
"At my age with four kids ... it's probably time to try something else."
Gallen, 37, has played 327 NRL games for Cronulla since his 2001 debut, as well as 24 games for NSW and 32 Tests for Australia.
The veteran said he enjoys his media work with Channel 9, whether it be commentating or appearing on talk shows, and would like to stay involved in rugby league after he retires.
"I'll stay involved with the game, whether it be at Cronulla or other clubs with a little bit of mentoring roles or assistant coaching roles, so I'll be OK for a little while, for the first few years anyway," Gallen said.
Gallen has had enough of the "rollercoaster".
The Sharks have been dogged by controversies in recent years. The supplements scandal ruined reputations and this year the club was penalised for salary cap breaches that have sparked questions about whether Cronulla should be stripped of the maiden NRL premiership it won in 2016.
It hasn't come to that, but earlier this month Gallen flagged his frustration with Sharks administrators and threatened to quit should Cronulla lose its title.
"If we got (our premierships) taken off us I would throw my ring away and I would quit the club immediately. It wouldn't sit well with me. I would quit (rugby league altogether)," Gallen said on Sports Sunday nearly two weeks ago.
"This is what frustrates me with situations like this and situations we've gone through at the club.
"We've been let down by the administration once again. But who cops it? The players? Who is sitting here today answering questions? Me, the captain of the club. Who is now going to play with an inferior team for the next two years? The players, while the administrators get to move on."
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The internet has been tripping over Vijay Mallya for a while now. It was expected as well.
Super rich, super flamboyant, risk-taker — Mallya has been the perfect target. If pictures with models don't do the trick, then you can always fall back on the many memes that are doing the rounds.
So when everyone's going nuts, you don't quite expect the big guns to hold back.
Would be nice if Lalit Modi & Vijay Mallya hang out together in London.
Two NRIs – A Non-Returning Indian and a Non-Repaying Indian.
Great tweet… funny and totally worthy of a retweet. But that's not what the Congress thought. So, they quickly found a way to use the tweet without giving any due credit.
And if you have been following Srivats' account for a while, you would know that is not a good idea.
And that my friends is a killer. Let's see if the Congress can come with an original retort at least.


Can our Scrum Master be our Agile Coach?
Last fall I had the chance to share some thoughts about the value of Agile Coaches in a post I entitled 4 Ways an Agile Coach Can Boost Your Agile Adoption. In that post I recommended that the Scrum Master should not act at the Agile Coach – this recommendation prompted several fellow Agile practitioners to reach out to me for clarification around WHY I was asserting this recommendation. Many of them reminded me that the Scrum Guide™ mentions that coaching is one of the foremost responsibilities of a Scrum Manager and others reasoned that an experienced Scrum Master should be able to carry out most of the responsibilities that I have outlined for an Agile coach in my blog.
So, you've adopted Agile as your company's method for project delivery. You packed up your books on traditional development best practices (lovingly referred to as waterfall or sequential) and put them in storage. You've invested sufficient time and money to ensure that every stakeholder has taken all the necessary training. You've setup all the required tools of the trade – installed white boards, hoarded bunches of post-it notes, identified space for stand up meetings, partitioned a large white wall with magnetic strips to show movement of work, etc.
Things should be ticking along perfectly now. Right? Releases should be visible, you should be getting the maximum value out of your development teams, clients should be satisfied, and the quality of your product should be exceeding your customer's expectations. Did you say, "Not really"?


"Reading quotations from the book Christian Service , he said that it is important to get members involved, to put them to work, noting that work is the one genuine cure for spiritual laziness."
Really? "Work" is the one genuine "cure" for spiritual "laziness"??
By Ted W's definition, this "laziness" could only come from the individuals themselves…it could NEVER be that the SDA church is not offering enough spiritual food and inspiration. Amazing that the onus is placed solely upon the individual members and never the Leadership such as himself.
"Let's love people…let's be proactive…let's put people to work."
So…if we "love" people…we will put them to "work"? There really are no words for how very strange this is…such self-serving statements.
or Is it relationship between me and God?
HOW does "work" solve the inner needs of the Soul?
Steve…it doesn't. These types of statements come straight out of Dictator's handbooks through the centuries. It also comes from believing in "works" over "grace". It should be abundantly clear by now to even the most dull that TW truly believes in a theology where one "works" their way into Heaven.
If at any time the GC creates a stupid compliance document to be signed by members, I am not signing it. Ever!
As long as money holds those "Dire Consequences" at bay…there shall be no creation of "Compliance Documents". Certain earthly realities at work.
So true, Kim. Words fail. And, of course, more quotes from EGW.
Given these sentiments, I thought that he might find Bertolt Brecht's poem The Solution (with paraphrasing as fits) reassuring.
And the Adventist church came along and created its own set of stories.
Good way of stating the issue.
The SDA message is - not the Gospel of Christ. The message is about itself. The SDA definition of GOSPEL is it's history and all of the 28 (and counting) points of doctrine.
When true spirituality is missing, rules and doctrines come in as a source security. The concept that love is the identifying mark of a Christian is met with suspicion. It's not concrete enough - it has to be able to be quantitatively assessed - as in, what have you DONE… .
The reason why Wilson's comment resonates in the SDA psyche is because the intangibility of love - "By this they will know you are mine, that you love one another." It's not enough, it says. "You can't drift into heaven" the man said. You must work your way into heaven is what he's saying. And what does that work consist of … getting more people to join the church. There is no other goal. "Come join us so you can go out and bring more people in." The question is IN TO WHAT?
If you keep people busy "gathering in the sheaves", they don't have time to think or evaluate.
First off the numbers are inflated if local evangelism is any indicator. A evangelist would breeze into town. With a power point full of beasts and scare the pants off 25 percent of the crowd. he would hook 10-12 percent.dunk them get their names on the Church books and leave town. By the time he got the tent up in the next town half of the dunkees were long gone. One can stay scared for only so long…One can stay in love for a life time.
Pretty much says it all. Apparently this was a meeting of disconnected 'visiting dignitaries' for disconnected 'dignitaries'. Business as usual. There are career 'corporate' Adventists who think they get paid to do all of the planning for those who have to make their living out in the world… and then there are those millions of other Adventists just coping with life among non-Adventists all week, where our plans don't matter either, especially our Sabbath plans.
Two disconnected SDA classes. One on the front line, unpaid by tithe. The other with a lifetime career, paid by tithe, until Jesus comes. Where is the incentive ?
Hypocrisy is a terrible disease. I am not sure it is actually curable.
Elmer @elmer_cupino, is there any magic pill for that?..
I wonder how the GC identifies the reason for their retention problem.
The message is about itself. The SDA definition of GOSPEL is it's history and all of the 28 (and counting) points of doctrine.
Traditionally, much more time is spent focusing on the "remnant church" and its magnificence than on the Gospel and its salvific force.
The real question is where did they go?
Thanks for posting…this came to my mind. I am glad that you commented- very socialistic of TW.
Where there aren't enough words from the Bible…there's always EGW.
I understand your point, Tom…but, unfortunately, it IS possible to keep the masses under control by fear for generations.
Would someone tell these women that if they redouble their efforts and work harder, the "backsliders" might return?
Thanks Kim. Imagine the irony of a Nurture and Retention Summit identifying the members as the problem and the suggestion that work would cure their spiritual laziness (if they only redoubled their efforts).
So well put! After all, we already know that TW and cronies already believe that it is member's efforts that either usher in the Second Coming…or not.


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By Jeff Coleman / August 29, 2018 August 28, 2018 / Evil, Fantasy, Flash Fiction, Magic
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They came from beyond the horizon, endless columns of armored soldiers backed by billowing plumes of dark gray soot. Rusted helmets and breast plates gleamed beneath a sky of blood, while moth-ridden flesh festered in great open wounds. Brandishing shield and sword, they pressed forward, forming an impenetrable wall.
Meanwhile, the last remnant of humanity stood atop a ledge of stone, an elderly man donning a flowing robe of dazzling white. His face was a warren of dried up lines where the tears had etched his skin. Blue eyes glistened when he spied the advancing army in the distance. There was some distance left for them to close, yet he could already feel their dead eyes upon him, eager for his own demise, eager for an end to the dominion of men.
The sound of marching boots boomed with increasing volume, and when they finally stopped, an eerie silence descended on the desert below. The man stood defiantly before them, and they glared back up at him with a hatred for everything that lived. He heaved a slow, weary sigh, peered into the heavens, and began to dance.
Hands outstretched, he pulled at unseen strings, arms swooping in and out, forward and back as he moved with agile grace along the ledge. Below, the land rose and fell in waves, undead soldiers scrambling out of formation as great pillars of stone rose and fell beneath their feet. Some were impaled. Others were tossed against the rocks.
He began to twirl, his robe gently stroking the ledge, and the air below began to moan, coalescing into a storm of sand and dust. He thrust his arms forward, and the billowing wind charged into the mass of remaining soldiers. Stones and debris pelted down on them, knocking them backward, their sun-bleached bones crashing into the walls and bursting into clouds of dust.
He leaped into the air, pushing down as he landed, and below the earth began to quake. He moved his arms up and out, and below the earth split in two, tearing open along a jagged seam. Bodies tipped and fell, smashing into the ground below.
He finished with a pirouette, swept his arms outward with his head held low, and below flames erupted from the ground, scorching everything that remained.
He opened his eyes, looked down, and gazed at the battered bones and smoldering flesh. Humanity was saved. He made a formal bow, spared the carnage below a final parting glance, and turned back the way he'd come.
The dance was done.
Totem, Part 10
By Jeff Coleman / August 21, 2018 September 5, 2019 / Evil, Fantasy, Flash Fiction, Magic
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The question Jahi had asked himself in the boy's chambers returned to him as he stalked through the empty hallway to his own room.
What am I supposed to do now?
The entire world had turned on its head, and Jahi no longer knew right from wrong. Hadn't he taken an oath to serve the master, and hadn't he accomplished spectacular things at the man's side? All of Egypt was now mostly under his control, with the Pharaoh its ruler more or less in name only, and Jahi had been an instrumental part of that success. Even some of the surrounding lands had begun to accede to the master's will, at least in small matters. One of these other nations had even sent a dignitary as a show of good will: a young prince named Zane.
Was it good that the master had consolidated so much power for himself? This was a question Jahi had asked himself before, and until today, he'd believed the answer was yes. A world united was a world in order, after all, and a world in order was a world that prospered.
Now he wondered.
If the way the master treated his servants and advisers when he was afraid—with cruelty and suspicion—was any indication of how he would treat the people he ruled, then the world was headed for catastrophe. And to think, all those years of earned trust hadn't saved even Jahi from the man's suspicions.
"Would you betray me, too?" the master had asked a couple days ago, eyes wild, lips turned up in a vicious sneer. This, when only some months prior, he'd entrusted Jahi with his deepest secret—that he could read minds—and had tasked him with helping to discover who shared his ability and was thus a political rival. Jahi had been harboring doubts already, and the master had surely sensed them in his thoughts. Yet he should have also seen that, even then, Jahi remained loyal. But the master had dismissed him without a second thought, as if he were no more than a lowly slave, unworthy of the honor and dignity once shown to him. "Go!" the master spat. "Get out of my sight." The curt dismissal had stung like a slap.
Jahi's thoughts following the incident had turned almost mutinous. Yet still he'd hesitated. It wasn't just that, even now, a part of him felt he owed the master fealty. There was also the practical matter that was impossible to ignore: that the master held all the cards, that the master, as powerful as he was, could not be removed from power so easily.
And what of little Azibo? So young, yet Jahi saw in him a younger version of the same cruel leader. The same cunning, the same calculation. Crude, perhaps, and unrefined, but traits that might well blossom in his adult years. And the way the boy had seemed to anticipate everything Jahi was thinking…
"Keep your eyes open," the master had told him when he revealed his hidden talent. "See if anyone appears unusually perceptive, if anyone seems to know what you're going to say before you say it. I suspect the guilty party is close, maybe even one of my advisers."
Had the master come to suspect Azibo? In light of their discussion, Jahi had his own suspicions.
He came to a stop before the entrance to his room, the flickering light of a nearby torch projecting furtive shadows on the night-darkened walls.
Jahi entered his room, the question heavy in the air around him, and closed the door.
Rashidi.
It was Jahi's first thought when he awoke the following morning, just as Jahi had been Azibo's first thought a day prior. The man was a friend. They'd journeyed many times together at the master's behest and had gotten to know each other well over the years. He was an honorable man—a good man—and Jahi believed that even in times of great distress, if push came to shove, he would pursue the most noble path. He was someone Jahi felt he could confide in, and that was important right now, because his head was spinning so fast he couldn't make heads or tails of anything.
And there was another reason Rashidi might be the ideal person to speak to right now: He was in charge of the master's guards. Once he'd been a soldier, but the master had offered him better pay and more luxurious accommodations in exchange for his allegiance. If Rashidi was the kind of man Jahi thought him to be, then he might be a crucial ally should Jahi choose to join forces with Azibo.
But he couldn't come right out and say what he was thinking. To do so—to acknowledge any doubt about the master whatsoever without first having a clear insight into Rashidi's intentions—would be to court disaster. These were uncertain times, and who knew how his friend might react? Hadn't Jahi himself considered reporting Azibo, and might not Rashidi do the same? If Azibo could indeed read minds, then Jahi envied him.
No, he couldn't afford to lay all his cards on the table just yet. He shook his head, as if doing so might clear the fog that clouded his mind. He would proceed cautiously, and if the matter did come up—if Jahi had an opportunity to speak his mind—he would have to pray the man was as honorable and upright as he believed.
For the next two days, Jahi did exactly that: proceeded cautiously. He would sit with the man for a drink, or stop to greet him whenever they passed each other in the halls. Each time they had a chance to talk, he would say little things to try and gauge his reaction, to try and anticipate how Rashidi might respond if he were to ask the man for help. It felt as if he were already conspiring with Azibo, even though, strictly speaking, he hadn't made up his mind yet.
Only he realized, after further reflection, that this wasn't precisely true. In fact, he'd made up his mind the moment he chose not to turn in Azibo, which already placed him at odds with the master's command that he report any suspicious activity immediately. Though the master was away for the time being and wouldn't yet know of Jahi's treachery, he would certainly peer into his mind and learn of it when he returned.
Rashidi, for his part, sensed that something was wrong at once, and he seemed keen to uncover Jahi's true intentions. There was a reason the master had entrusted him with securing the estate. Rashidi was perceptive, and whenever Jahi let something slip, he could feel his friend weighing his words, searching for the hidden meaning behind them. Their frequent encounters had become almost a dance, a back and forth exchange of small talk and idle banter that never quite hinted at deeper motives but never quite ruled them out. A vague curiosity here, a mildly troubling statement there. Until the third day, when the two sat down over a drink to unwind.
Things moved quickly after that.
"Something's troubling you, and I want you to tell me what it is."
Jahi and Rashidi were sitting on the steps of the main house's back entrance, passing a wineskin filled with beer back and forth as the sun crept closer to the horizon. The statement had been so direct that Jahi didn't understand its meaning right away.
"What do you mean?" He lifted the wineskin to his lips and took a long, deep swig.
Rashidi peered at him sideways. "We've worked together a long time. Don't pretend you don't know what I'm talking about."
Just like that, Jahi's heart jumped into his throat. This was the conversation he'd been working up his courage for. Why wasn't he relieved that it was finally happening? Because he wasn't ready, that was why.
Oh Rashidi, don't ask me about this yet.
But if they didn't talk now, then when? Tomorrow? Next week? The longer they waited, the more likely it was that the master would return, and by then it would be too late. He had to be strong and face this thing head on. Still, he couldn't come right out and say it. He had to be cautious.
"I'm fine."
Another swig of beer.
The patronizing gaze Rashidi turned on him in reply—as if Jahi were a child trying to convince his parents he hadn't just broken all the dishes in the kitchen even though he was standing on the shelf with busted pottery shards at his feet—made Jahi's cheeks redden.
"Please. I'm not stupid."
"No," Jahi agreed. "You're certainly not that."
So, this was it: a test, both of their friendship and of Rashidi's good nature. Please, thought Jahi. Please, be a good man. For all our sakes, be a good man.
Jahi took one last swig of beer, then sat for a moment in silence beside his friend as the dusky orange light of the setting sun heralded the oncoming night.
"You're a good man," Jahi said, hoping his words had the power to make the statement true. "I trust you. Do you trust me?"
Rashidi's brows furrowed.
"Trust you? Of course, Jahi. How many years have we served together? I've always known you to be truthful and honorable. I would trust you with my life."
Jahi nodded. He wanted to believe it was safe to pour his heart out to Rashidi, that he could unburden himself without fear of reprisal. But if Jahi told him he no longer trusted the master, would Rashidi still trust him?
Jahi considered his words before continuing. "Do you trust the master?" There it was. He was laying all the cards on the table, regardless of the consequences.
Even by torchlight, it seemed Rashidi's face paled, and for a moment, Jahi was sure he'd miscalculated, that the man would clap him in irons at once. The two sat beneath the rapidly darkening sky, both afraid to speak for some time after.
Finally, Rashidi broke the silence.
"Elaborate."
And elaborate Jahi did. He told Rashidi everything, or almost everything. He left out the part about the master's ability to read minds—absurdly, he was still afraid to violate the master's secret, never mind that he was openly plotting against him now. But he spoke at length of how Azibo had approached him, and of how he himself had already harbored his own doubts, not just of the master's intentions but also of his sanity. He was terrified to reveal this to Rashidi without knowing how the man would react, but once it started coming out, it all surged from his mouth in a rush. Like the Nile river in the wake of a catastrophic flood, the words flowed out of him so fast he scarcely had time to think about what he was saying.
Finally he got to the part where he'd considered talking to Rashidi. Jahi pointed out that while he trusted him, he was still afraid to voice his concerns for fear that he might do his duty and turn him in. A slow, thin smile bloomed across the man's mouth: a grim, conspiratorial gesture that told Jahi even before Rashidi spoke that the man was on his side.
"You were smart to be afraid," Rashidi said when Jahi finished his story. "But I'm glad you told me."
"And what do you think now that you know?" The empty wineskin began to tremble in Jahi's hands, and no amount of steadying could keep it still.
The man glanced back to see if anyone was listening, then replied, "You said the master's away?"
Jahi nodded.
"Then we'll talk tonight in your chambers after everyone else is asleep."
Jahi didn't know how to feel—if he should be reassured or terrified now that things were set in motion that could no longer be stopped. Rashidi clapped him on the shoulder as he so often did at the end of a shared mission, then disappeared inside, leaving Jahi alone to brood in the blossoming darkness.
Jahi sat atop his bed that night, the piece of furniture propped at an angle and carved in the same feline style as Azibo's. Speaking of the boy, he'd spotted him that evening. The two had been avoiding each other since Azibo's plea for an alliance, and when they made eye contact across the hall, the awkward silence that followed made them each turn their separate ways. Jahi would have to talk to him soon and make things right. But first, he had to meet with Rashidi.
As if the thought were a summons, there came a muffled knock at the door. Jahi's heart climbed into his throat once more. What if Rashidi had just been humoring him so he could make a quiet arrest later when no one was around to witness it? He didn't think Rashidi would lie, but even now, he couldn't say for sure.
When he opened the door and saw not only Rashidi but two other men beside him, each holding shining shields and spears, he was certain that was exactly what would happen.
Rashidi, how could you betray me?
But then the man in question nodded, and when Jahi cast him a questioning look, Rashidi turned to each of the two men and said, "They're with us. You can trust them."
And trust them Jahi did, because he trusted Rashidi, and Jahi was not a man for whom trust came easily.
Jahi invited them to take a seat on the bed, then paced across the dark stone floor. A torch flickered in an iron sconce embedded in the far wall, and in its dim penumbra of light, Jahi discerned the two men's features.
"This," said Rashidi, pointing to the one on his left, "is Kasim. And this," he continued, now gesturing to the one on his right, "is Chibale. Both are excellent guards as well as soldiers. They've expressed similar reservations to the ones you and I share, and I've asked them to be a part of this."
A part of what?
Mutiny, that's what.
Mutiny and rebellion. Jahi was so deep in it now—and to think that only a few days ago, he'd been nothing but a humble diplomat, with no more personal ambition than a moth. But this wasn't about ambition. This was about survival.
Once he'd admitted to himself that he was headed down the path of betrayal, he'd tried to convince himself it was for the common good of Egypt, that he was looking out for the people's best interests. But that wasn't true, or at least it wasn't Jahi's primary motivation. Rather, it was the simple knowledge that, given enough time, he would succumb to the master's suspicions. Better to take the master out now before he could take them out. Hadn't that been the gist of Azibo's argument? And while Rashidi himself was an unusually selfless individual, Jahi guessed that he, too, was influenced in no small part by the good old-fashioned instinct for survival.
Jahi offered each of the unfamiliar men an introductory nod.
"I'm Jahi. It's good to meet you."
That was it for a while. The gravity of what would soon unfold in the privacy of the room cast a somber pall over their tiny party.
"Each of us is here," Rashidi said just as the silence had grown uncomfortable, "because we have a common problem in need of a solution."
They all focused on him at once. Such a knack for leadership, thought Jahi. It was a skill that he, though not jealous, had always admired in others. Once, he'd appreciated that skill in the master. Now, here was plain and simple Rashidi, exercising a similar sort of charisma—a calm, authoritative countenance that turned both heads and minds. And, unlike the master, he didn't need to read their minds to know how to pull their strings. How would the world be different, Jahi wondered, if men like Rashidi were the ones in power?
"But before we continue, before we each assume the grave risk of acknowledging this problem out in the open, we must each swear that nothing of what we discuss tonight will make it outside this room, no matter the consequences."
Jahi recognized Rashidi's tactic and nodded in silent approval. Yes, he was indeed a natural born leader. In the absence of any formal declarations, each of them would privately retain the right to change their mind at a later time. Surely, they still harbored doubts about what they were doing—even Jahi hadn't rid himself of them entirely—and under such circumstances, an undecided man was a dangerous man.
But there was a secret all the world's greatest leaders understood, a powerful principle of persuasion that politicians and businessmen alike had taken advantage of for centuries: That to give voice to a promise or a pledge, no matter how tenuous or riddled with doubt, was to evoke an instant and lasting sense of commitment in others. Even if one had no intention of honoring that promise, the pressure to be consistent in the eyes of others would weight heavily on their shoulders.
"I promise," Jahi said at once, hoping to get the ball rolling, "that what we discuss tonight will stay between us." A pause, and then he amended, "That is, between us and Azibo."
Rashidi nodded. "Fair enough. And I promise the same." He turned to the others. "And you? Kasim? Chibale? Do you also swear?"
"I do," answered Kasim.
"And I as well," replied Chibale.
"Good. Then that's settled." Rashidi swiped a slick of sweat from his brow. "I suppose it's now safe to name the reason for our gathering before we make any specific plans."
"The master." Jahi peered at each of them in turn. "He's crazy. In the span of just a few weeks, I've gone from being his most favored adviser to an object of suspicion. If he continues to rule, I don't think any of us will live much longer."
"Agreed," Rashidi said.
The other two also nodded.
"We've dragged more than a dozen servants to face the master's wrath in the past two weeks alone," said Chibale, "some for no more reason than a hushed whisper or a nervous glance backward when they thought no one was looking."
All four dropped their heads at that. They'd let this go on for too long, and people had died because of it.
We need to bring Azibo into this," said Jahi, "before we get too deep in our planning."
"Can we trust him?" Kasim narrowed his eyes.
"He convinced me to consider rebellion. If he hadn't forced me to confront what's been happening, I'm not sure any of us would be plotting against the master now."
"But what use can he be to us? He's just a boy."
"He knows things about the master, things I myself wouldn't have had the means to find out any other way. For instance, Azibo told me he's away."
"What?" Kasim stood, as if the unknown fact were an affront to his dignity and station. "He didn't tell any of us."
"No," Rashidi mused, "he didn't. And with good reason, apparently. Jahi, what else does the boy know?"
Jahi shrugged. "Lots of things. The boy is…perceptive." He thought back to the masterful way Azibo had played his emotions to get what he wanted.
Rashidi nodded. "Then I agree with Jahi that we should include him in our plans."
"Fine." Kasim grumbled something else, but it came out too low for them to hear.
"I passed him in the hall a short time ago," said Jahi. "He might still be awake, and the sooner we speak, the better."
"Then we should go to him now," said Rashidi.
Just like that, Jahi, Kasim, and Chibale rose to their feet to follow him.
A wonderful leader, thought Jahi. Again, in his mind, he compared him to the master. He would make a noble replacement.
Alas, Rashidi's assumption to power was not to be.
Read part 11 here.
Just Doing His Job
By Jeff Coleman / August 15, 2018 August 15, 2018 / Fantasy, Flash Fiction
This post was originally published through Patreon on April 30, 2016.
He slipped inside the church, unseen; sat down in a nearby pew and waited.
It was an old stone cathedral, erected in the Philippines by Spanish Catholics during the 1600s. He paused to admire the architecture and took a mental snapshot. He'd never been to the Philippines before, and he was pretty sure he wouldn't be going back.
Every now and then he turned to peer at one of the three broad double doors. He was waiting for someone.
Ten or fifteen minutes of contemplative silence. Then he spotted an elderly woman in a faded blue blouse. He watched closely as she knelt to pray and, after a brief appraisal, his suspicions were confirmed.
It was subtle, something that most people either couldn't see or didn't bother to notice. A slight ripple, a liquid shimmer in the air, like a mirage in the distance on a hot summer day. In her presence, things would change in almost imperceptible ways, a brief tweaking of probabilities and outcomes. Some things would become a little more likely, others a little bit less.
Such individuals had effected profound changes in the course of human events, small alterations to reality that rippled outward into space and time, having an increasingly heavy impact on the world and beyond. Most had no idea what they were capable of and, of those who did, rarer still were those who could control it. It was simply a part of their nature, a manifestation of their existence.
Now that she was praying, her influence had grown strong. He could see it swirling all around her.
He got to his feet and quietly approached her from behind. It was best to avoid a confrontation, to avoid getting caught in her web of influence.
He reached into a coat pocket and produced a small pen-like object and pad of paper. Then he positioned the pen-like object so that it was pointed at the woman's neck. Finally he pushed down on a spring-loaded button. An instant later, the woman swatted at her neck.
When she turned to investigate the source of the sting, he smiled and pretended to scribble words into his notebook. Confused, she returned his smile with one of her own and turned back to face the tabernacle and continue praying.
The sting would have been benign. She would have forgotten about it even before she turned back toward the front of the church. She would go home after mass, have dinner with her family, fall asleep at the end of the day, and, by morning, her family would be planning her funeral.
He punctuated an empty page, placed the pen-like object back into his pocket along with the notebook, and exited the church. The humid heat of Bacolod embraced him.
He had just been doing his job, and this one was done. Tomorrow, he would board a morning flight for Manila; an hour later, he would be flying out to California.
He had another job to do.
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