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Absence of metallicity in Cs-GaAs(110): A Hubbard-model study
Physical Review B
American Physical Society
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Using an approximate solution of the Hubbard-model Hamiltonian, we are able to establish that the Cs-GaAs(110) system becomes a Mott insulator at submonolayer Cs coverages. We also provide a consistent interpretation of electron-energy-loss and scanning-tunneling-spectroscopies data. The correlation effects are important for this system with an estimated correlation energy of 0.4 eV. © 1993 The American Physical Society.


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Fall is the time of expressive foliage, Concord grapes, college football, and
bulb planting. Spring flowering bulbs need to get in the ground now to
establish their roots and get ready to emerge once winter breaks. Order your
bulbs as soon as possible so they will be fresher and so the ones you want
don’t sell out. There are dozens of genera and hundreds of varieties. Select a
mixture that gives your garden blooms all season. Below are some of my
favorite types for big wows, sweet fragrances, and awesome bouquets.

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Indian Chicken Drumstick Curry
mince 2 white/yellow onions
peel 4-6 cloves garlic
peel and grate 2" of ginger
1 TB salt
1 tea turmeric
1/2 tea ground black pepper
1 TB ground cumin
1 TB ground corriander
1 TB garam masala (prebought or make your own)
1/2 tea cayenne (don't be afraid- it needs the heat!)
Fry onions in little bit of oil until golden (5-10 min).
Add minced garlic, stir 2 minutes.
Add grated ginger, stir 1 minute.
Add spices, stir 1-2 minutes.
Add 2 C tomato chunks (canned or fresh). Stir and scrape bottom of pan. Let simmer for 5 minutes.
Add 3 lbs chicken drumsticks (skin removed or pulled down to the ankle bone). Stir and cook 10 minutes until turns white.
Add 2 C water and stir. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer on med/low for 15 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes.
Turn off heat and let chicken cool for 30 minutes. Start a pot of rice.
Remove chicken from the curry sauce and pull chicken off the bones. Discard bones, any skin, and the cinnamon stick.
Put chicken pieces back in curry sauce. Bring up to a boil to re-warm. Optionally add half to 1 C sour cream, buttermilk or cream for extra richness.
Serve with cooked brown rice and chopped cilantro as a garnish.

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text: In Hong Kong, most of the workers are busy on working, and ignore enjoying their desired lifestyle. Sometimes they may have tiny and incomplete ideas, however, there are not many of them starting execution on their ideas. Due to lack of support and financial problem, people opt to abandon while facing to the barriers. With the use of emotional approach, this campaign recalls the immediate feeling, which can motivate audience finding out the solution by all means. It reminds audience that, the Good Lab is a place for them to develop small ideas, especially for people who may not have clear directions with tiny ideas.

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Gloria Steinem is an American icon, journalist, and social political activist who became the face of the feminist movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Now the story of her revolutionary life is getting an unconventional biopic from Across the Universe director Julie Taymor.
Inspired by Gloria Steinem’s biography My Life on the Road, The Glorias will tell the feminist’s story at various stages of her life, from her childhood years to the 1977 National Women’s Conference and several moments in between and beyond. And playing Steinem will be four different actresses: Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Lulu Wilson, and Ryan Keira Armstrong. Watch The Glorias trailer below for a peek at the movie. Read More »
Since directing 2007’s operatic, Beatles-inspired musical Across the Universe, filmmaker Julie Taymor has only directed two movies: 2010’s The Tempest, and a filmed version of her stage show Julie Taymor’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 2014. Now she’s back with The Glorias, a biopic of feminist icon Gloria Steinem which stars Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Janelle Monáe, and more.
The film, like so many others over the past few months, was originally slated for a theatrical release, but amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Amazon Prime Video has scooped up the movie and will make it available for audiences to stream starting next month. Read More »
Earlier this week, we wrote about how there’s a chance The Fate of the Furious director F. Gary Gray might not return for the upcoming Fast 9. But this is one of Universal’s biggest moneymakers, so somebody has to take on the tremendous challenge of leading the massive production as the series barrels toward its planned ending. Who could successfully shoulder the weight of a long-running film franchise yet still deliver an entertaining spectacle in a quick and efficient manner? I’ve come up with 10 filmmakers I think are up to the task, so read on for my list of who could be the Fast and Furious 9 director.
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David Fincher has talked for many years about producing a Fight Club Musical on Broadway as a means to celebrate the film’s tenth anniversary. That 2009 date has come and gone, and still Fincher has continued to talk about the possibility. I’ve just assumed it was one of those dream projects that would never come into fruition. But the project seems to still be in active development, and with Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk doing press for the Fight Club 2 comic book series, we now have more details on the Fight Club Rock Opera.
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Will Marvel show up at San Diego Comic-Con this year with Captain America: The Winter Soldier? Which member of The Expendables wants to be in The Avengers 2? Want to hear James McAvoy and Peter Dinklage talk about their roles in X-Men: Days of Future Past? Are Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. making cameos in Kick-Ass 2?
Has Terrence Howard added fuel to the fire in regards to the controversy over recasting his character in Iron Man 2? What did Kevin Feige have to say about Pepper Potts in Iron Man 3? And is Marvel going to make its own circus? Read about all this and more in the return of Superhero Bits! Read More »
Want to see a photo of Christian Bale on the set of The Dark Knight Rises? What’s the rumored next phase of the viral campaign, how many people showed up at a recent casting call and what is Michael Caine saying now? Has someone seen 15 minutes of The Avengers? And what did Mark Millar think of Green Lantern? Read about all this and more in today’s Superhero Bits. Read More »
How can you be a part of Zack Snyder‘s new Superman movie Man of Steel? What’s the best motion comic book of all time? Why did Ryan Reynolds have to encounter something big and green that wasn’t wearing a ring on the set of Green Lantern? Want to see an alternative costume from Captain America: The First Avenger? And what is Chris Evans like if you’re a flirty, cute, magazine reporter? Find out all of these things and more in today’s Superhero Bits. Read More »
For the sixth time, Spider-Man will be missing his cue. On Friday, producers officially announced that their now infamous musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, would be shut down from April 19-May 11 before reopening with all eyes set on a new opening date of June 14, a three-month delay. This is the culmination of several weeks of rumors and whisperings surrounding new creative voices influencing the show as well as the recent departure of director Julie Taymor, who had been working on Spider-Man for the better part of the decade. According to a press release, the delay is to rehearse and insert “significant and exciting revisions” into the show. Read more after the break. Read More »
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What a strange beast Julie Taymor‘s Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark has become. Despite scathing reviews and the negative publicity from injuries suffered by cast members, the show is doing huge business even as the official opening date has been pushed multiple times.
We’d heard recently that the show’s book might be reworked by a new writer (Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, who has written Spider-Man for Marvel) and that additional work was being done on the music and other aspects. but now it seems that more drastic measures could be undertaken. The New York Times reports that the show’s producers are talking with Julie Taymor and music writers Bono and The Edge about extensive overhauls to all the major aspects of the show. One option going forward may be that Julie Taymor steps down as director. Read More »
After the critical bashing endured by the yet-to-open $65 million musical Spider-Man: Turn of the Dark, the changes began happening quickly. According to the New York Times Broadway vet Paul Bogaev has just been hired to “help improve the performance, vocal and orchestration arrangements,” Bono and the Edge are currently writing new music and producers are talking to, but have not yet hired, veteran Spider-Man writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa to re-work some of the book (Broadway speak for “script”). However, contrary to reports, the production has not hired a new director. And don’t forget all of this is going down just three weeks before the show’s fifth scheduled opening on March 15.
Also, in almost the biggest slap in the face yet, humorist and playwright Justin Moran has launched the Spider-Man Smackdown, an initiative to write, choreograph, compose and perform a Spider-Man musical for nothing and open it a day before Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark. Read details about all of this after the break. Read More »


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Gotta Get It While You Can
Three things help a writer be more effective:
- A place to write
- scheduled time to write, and
- uterine vellum soaked, limed, and scudded, then dried on a stretching frame. Oh yeah, and a fountain pen Rudyard Kipling used to scratch his ear.
In addition, I’ve had to decide how bad I want to finish my novel (to the point of querying agents). The answer, as it turns out, is A LOT.
Tangentially related Monty Python bit:
To do that, I have to be less choosy about when and where I write.
Jeff VanderMeer, of who I’m so fond of referencing, puts a nice fine point on it:
It’s this: what other writers do doesn’t matter. Syne Mitchell told my [Clarion West] class: “Figure out what works for you. And do it. Lots.” And I’m repeating it because that is seriously good advice. You don’t need to write two thousand words a day like Stephen King. You don’t have to write in silence, or with only classical musical playing, or while sticking your head in a Victrola after downing a bottle of cheap red wine. What you need to do is experiment and find what gets you writing, and keeps you writing. If someone tells you, “X is the only way to write,” kick them in the figurative nuts and go elsewhere.
Ever since I read this, I’ve worked to stretch myself, to shoehorn my writing in to small moments in between, well, living. I’ve managed better than I thought.
I’ve never been an early riser unless work demanded it. But I’ve been waking early as of late (is that possible?) and getting at it. So far so good. I may be tired, but it’s not the kind of tired I am at the end of the day. Also, I feel better about my day knowing I’ve gotten at least some writing done.

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Things I Fan-Girled
On a Fan Girl scale of 1-10 with 10 being extreme obsession this was a: 6.5
I watched Serenity again for the first time in a while recently. I said to myself it’s late but I’ll just watch the first couple of minutes but it’s Serenity, you can’t stop at a couple of minutes. Then I realized this month it’s been ten years since Serenity opened! Ten years! Where did that time go?
The funny thing is when I went to see the movie with my friend I had never seen Firefly but she couldn’t find anyone else to go with her (they hadn’t seen Firefly either) and I figured I owed her one and she could explain it all to me.
Turned out I absolutely loved the movie even then. I loved the characters. I think it’s possible you can like every character on Serenity.
“I don’t care what you believe in, just believe in it.” Shepherd Book to Malcolm Reynolds.
Me: (After the movie.) Do you have the DVDs?
Friend: I can bring them to class tomorrow…
Me: But I NEED to watch them tonight!!!
Firefly is a space Western. It’s about a rag tag band of criminals and runaways wanting to escape. There’s Mal and Zoe leftovers from the war against the alliance. (They lost.) Jayne whom Mal talked into not robbing them one day but joining them. The best mechanic in the verse in Kaylee. Innara, the kind-hearted companion who provides the ship with an air of respectability. Simon, the Doctor, who is running from the government with his sister River (she’s got all kinds of issues that would be considered spoilers) Wash, the calm as a cucumber pilot and lastly Shepherd Book, who has a few secrets of his own.
It is a sad part that the series didn’t last long enough and the movie didn’t go into it so you never do learn about Book.
It’s a series that I didn’t get to crazy over, probably because it was already completely over by that point. But it is a story that I watched through a hard-time. It has some of the best dialogue (well, it’s Whedon so you expected that.) After I got back into last month I picked up…
finding serenity is a book of essays edited by Jane Espenson. There are mostly cute essays in here (including one by Nathan Fillion- Malcolm Reynolds himself.) I wish it was a little more in-depth because in the show itself there’s so much to go off of: government control, war, rebellion, violence, religion, corruption, mind control, friendship, love, etc. But overall it’s a cute little book for Serenity fans,
Favorite Episodes: Our Mrs. Reynolds, Jaynestown, Trash and Out of Gas
Favorite Character: River Tam.
Other Favorite: I have to admit Christina Hendricks as Mal’s kind-of-sort-of wife Saffron is one of my all time favorite television characters.
It’s a bit of a cliche to say this but the series and the characters really are like old-friends. There when you need them, makes you laugh when you need it, and sometimes brings you to tears.
Also, I can kill you with my brain. – River Tam

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A hybrid high school in Salt Lake City will see three principals in a single school year when its current head administrator steps down in April.
In a letter to parents dated Monday, Innovations Early College High School acting principal Tara Radmall announced she plans to leave the school — and Utah — to pursue a business opportunity in Colorado.
“Rest assured that the district is committed to Innovations,” Radmall wrote, “and that I will continue to work diligently with district leaders to strengthen and clarify the procedures and programs that make Innovations great before I go.”
Radmall is the second administrator to leave Innovations during the current academic year, following the December exit of founder Kenneth Grover. She did not respond to a request for comment.
The public school — a specialty campus operated by Salt Lake City School District — is currently restructuring its operations and finances after questions emerged regarding Grover’s use of funds in a districtwide account without formal approval.
Launched in 2013, Innovations has traditionally offered students free concurrent and early-college enrollment at the nearby Salt Lake Community College campus on State Street.
But parents recently learned they will be personally responsible for some tuition costs next year, after district officials discovered Innovations was making those payments out of a districtwide concurrent enrollment budget, intended to cover students in all Salt Lake City high schools.
Grover’s administrative practices were also scrutinized in a recent report by the Utah Investigative Journalism Project, which found the former principal had exaggerated student achievement and graduation rates while spending large sums on candy, gift cards, accessories and other student incentives.
Grover has denied the characterizations, arguing instead that the school’s early college model allowed state per-student funding to be used on community college tuition and other nontraditional operating costs.
In her letter, Radmall did not refer to the allegations against Grover, who also resigned from the school to pursue another job opportunity.
The interview process for finding a new Innovations principal has already begun, Radmall wrote, with the hope of selecting a new administrator before her April exit.
“We will continue to communicate with you as changes occur,” Radmall wrote to parents. “Thank you again for allowing me to have a part in your student’s education.”
Salt Lake City District spokeswoman Yandary Chatwin said an interim principal will likely be named to finish out the current academic year. She said there’s no indication that Radmall’s resignation is related to the ongoing review of Innovations’ operating model.
“Just weird timing, I guess,” Chatwin said.


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On the final day of the India Bridal Fashion Week, here's who showed up! Fashion, like everything else, hasn't been spared by Bollywood. Over the... ...http://www.rediff.com/getahead/report/slide-show-1-glamour-pics-evelyn-geeta-riya-abhishek-stars-at-india-bridal-week/20131205.htm
The Bollywood stars, even sportspersons are giving the models a run for their money these days. After B-town hotties Jacqueline, Chitrangada... ...http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/ENT-genelia-riteish-preeti-shamita-shetty-watch-as-sania-mirza-walks-the-ramp-at-avi-4452396-PHO.html
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A Nigerian man has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of 17-year-old Katrina Makunova in Camberwell, UK.
A series of social media communications between Dada and Katrina were obtained by police from the victim’s mobile phone. These posts showed there was a feud between them, with both parties making veiled threats and insulting each other.
On Thursday, 12 July 2018, Katrina had gone to the lobby of a block of flats on Brisbane Street where Dada lived. The pair encountered each other on the ground floor and a struggle began.
During the course of this altercation, both of them fell, but unfortunately Katrina was carrying a knife in her handbag. Katrina fell onto the handbag, causing the knife to pierce the bag and then stab her in the chest.

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Sit on the ground and stretch the legs Catch the toes with the thumb While catching, you have to bend the trunk forwards. Fatty people will find it difficult to bend Exhale and slowly bend without jerks till your forehead touches your knees. You can keep When you bend This facilitates the bending forwards. Bend slowly by gradual degrees. Take your own time There is no hurry When you bend down, bend Retain it on a level Young people with elastic spine can touch the forehead too in their very first attempt. In the case of grown-up people with rigid spinal column, it will take a fortnight or a month for complete success in the posture. Retain the breath until you take the head back to its original position. Then breathe. Retain the pose for 5 seconds Then gradually increase the period to 10 minutes Those who find it difficult to complete the Paschimottanasana, can do half pose with one leg and one hand and then with the other leg and the other hand. They will find this more easy After some days when the spine has become more elastic, they can You will have to use common sense while practicing Asanas. Before this, read the instructions on Janusirshasana.
It is a better Asana. it circulates the breath through the Brahma Nadi, Sushma, and rouses the gastric fire. It reduces fat in the abdomen. This Asana is a specific for corpulence or obesity and for enlargement of the spleen and liver. Books on Hatha Yoga speak highly this Asana. The Sarvangasana is for the stimulation of endocrine glands and Paschimottanasana for the stimulation of the abdominal viscera, such as the kidneys, the liver, the pancreas, etc.
the peristalsis of the bowels. Peristalsis is the vermicular movement of the bowels or intestines by which food and fecal matter are pushed from one part of the intestines to the other. This Asana relieves constipation, removes sluggishness of liver, dyspepsia, belching and gastritis. Lumbago or stiff back and all sorts of myalgia and other diseases of the back muscles are healed. This Asana cures piles and diabetes also. The hip muscles of the abdomen, the solar plexus nerves, epigastric plexus of the nerves, prostate of the bladder, lumbar nerves, sympathetic cord, are all toned up and kept in a healthy, sound condition. Thanks to Paschimottanasana, Sirshasana and Sarvangasana and the Rishis who first introduced these wonderful Asanas to students of Hatha Yoga.

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Impact Analysis of Covid-19
The complete version of the Report will include the impact of the COVID-19, and anticipated change on the future outlook of the industry, by taking into the account the political, economic, social, and technological parameters.
Definition of Market/Industry:
Corrosion protective coatings (CPC) is used to prevent the corrosion of metal caused by various environmental factors. This coating avoids the exposure to moisture or other foreign particles present in the atmosphere. The coating or layer acts as a barrier between the materials and the foreign particle. The acid proof layer is used to offer robustness and mechanical integrity to the instrument and metals components that are used across various manufacturing industries. It protects the walls, process vessels, and equipment used in numerous industrial operations.
The Australia Corrosion Protective Coatings (CPC) & Acid Proof Lining (APL) market is accounts for US$ 809,034.7 (‘000) in 2019 and is expected to reach US$ 1,148,417.2 (‘000) by 2027, in terms of value. The market is estimated to grow with a CAGR of 4.5%.
The booming metal and mining industry in Australia is a prime factor propelling the market growth of corrosion protective coatings (CPC) & acid proof lining (APL). The government is investing heavily in order to promote the research and development activity in the mining industry is another major factor fueling market growth. For instance, in November 2019, India's move to allow 100 percent foreign direct investment in coal mining is a "positive move" and a good policy enabler towards the country's long-term ambition of producing 300 million tonnes of steel per annum. This is projected to fuel the market growth of corrosion protective coatings and acid proof layer market over the forecast period.
Growth of the economy in Australia has raised the demand for protective coatings which has broad usage in industrial sectors. For instance, the Australian economy has recorded an annual growth rate of 3.1% between 2015 and 2016. The gross domestic product (GDP) of Australia is projected to exhibit a growing trend over the forecast period expected to show a promising growth of the market. Moreover, a growing number of industries such as manufacturing, mining, construction, utilities, etc. in the region as these industries are a major consumer of protective coating & acid proof lining is further projected to propel the market growth over the forecast period.
Strict rules and regulations in Australia regarding the hazardous factors associated with corrosion protective coatings and acid proof lining that have a negative impact on the market are expected to hamper the market growth of Australia corrosion protective coatings and acid proof lining. For instance, the Australian Paints Approval Scheme (APAS) has set stringent regulations to restrict VOC emissions from paints & coatings since 1996. Protective coatings are mainly solvent-based technology, which in turn leads to the release of toxic volatile content owing to the use of solvent. Therefore, increasing usage of solvent-based corrosion protective coatings is projected to hinder the market growth.
Rising energy cost and fluctuating price of raw material due to volatility in oil and gas prices are projected to hamper the market growth of the protective coating. Also, the rising price of energy is further estimated to obstruct the market growth of acid proof lining market in Australia over the forecast period.
Expanding architectural industry in Australia is projected to offer immense growth opportunities over the forecast period. The Australian coating and paint market is dominated by architectural and decorative paints, which accounts for nearly 60% of all products. The consumer and legislation-driven push for more environmentally-friendly coating products means that of these architectural paints some 90% are water-based. Most of these coatings are also Australian produced, and Australian companies such as Dulux are still strongly represented. The top coating manufacturers Australia are PPG Industries, Valspar, AkzoNobel, and Dulux Group.
Growing demand for industrial coating is projected to augment the market growth of corrosion protective coatings and acid proof layer. In 2016, $0.85 billion of industrial coatings were sold to customer industries such as automotive refinish coatings, industrial maintenance coatings, traffic marking paints and marine paints in the region. Therefore, this factor is expected to offer immense growth opportunities to the market over the forecast period.
Market Trends/Key Takeaways
Rising consolidation in the Australia market due to the increasing number of mergers and acquisitions in the region is a major trend that has been observed in the market. For instance, in October 2017, Dutch paintmaker AkzoNobel confirmed that it was in talks to combine with US rival Axalta Coating Systems, in a deal that would bring together two top producers of industrial coatings and create an obstacle to any renewed takeover attempt from PPG Industries.
Increasing demand for protective coatings from the construction industry is projected to propel the market growth over the forecast period. For instance, in January 2019, AkzoNobel has expanded its International range with additional coatings and mortars for the repair and remediation of concrete. Following AkzoNobel’s acquisition of Flexcrete Technologies Ltd in June 2017, the full range of advanced cementitious coatings is being made available as part of the Intercrete series.
Value Chain Analysis
- Metz Specialty Materials Pty Ltd
- Flight Extruded Plastics.
- Denso (Australia) Pty Ltd
- Weir Minerals Australia Ltd
- Stebbins Australia Pty Ltd
- Kaefer Novacoat Pty Ltd
- Era Polymers
- Steuler KCH Australia Pvt Ltd
- Rubbertec Australia Pvt Ltd
- Covestro Pty Ltd
- REMA TIP TOP Industrial Australia PTY Ltd
- Jotun Australia Pty Ltd
- Corrocoat Engineering Pty Ltd
- Service & Solution Providers
- WEARX Pty Ltd
- Koch Knight LLC
- Leading Edge Conveyor Services Pty Ltd
- Port Hunter Conveyors Pty Ltd
- Imatech Pty Ltd
- United Surface Technologies
- Intertek Group Plc
- Beroa Australia Pty Limited
- Duratec Pty Ltd
- Australian Lining Company
- Dotmar Engineering Plastic Products
- United Pipeline Systems
- Superior Hi-Tech Coatings
- Rubbertex Pty Ltd.
- Industrial Rubber Sales Pty Ltd
Covestro Pty Ltd
In July 2016, Covestro AG set up a new HDI production plant for coatings raw materials in Shanghai, China. The new plant has a production capacity of 50,000 tonnes of HDI per year.

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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — An aircraft carrier strike group returned home to Norfolk on Wednesday, ending an extended deployment that supported the battle against Islamic State forces in Iraq and Syria.
More than 6,000 sailors disembarked from the USS Harry S. Truman and other ships. A stream of white uniforms flowed into a crowd of about 10,000 people waiting on a pier.
The sailors deployed in November, just days after the terrorist attacks in Paris. Back home on Wednesday, some reflected on their fight against terrorism, and dozens saw their infant children for the first time. Many made plans to eat the food they craved during their eight-month tour.
The Navy extended the group’s time at sea by about a month, sending the Truman group from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea, where it continued to launch strikes against Islamic State militants.
The Navy says the order demonstrated the power of the American military, which has helped allies reclaim 45 percent of ISIS-controlled territory in Iraq and 20 percent of the land in Syria.
‘We’re a part of helping’
Kevin Gillespie, 27, a military police officer from Los Angeles, said he knows they helped make a difference.
“The news trickles into us on the ship,” Gillespie said. “And we continued to hear about what happened in Paris, and then in San Bernardino, in Orlando and everywhere else. And every time we hear it, it feels good to know we’re a part of helping to stop this horrible organization.”
Now, he’s mostly thinking about eating good food and showering alone, he said.
“Every time you do a deployment, it reminds you of the little things you take for granted,” he said, “like cellphones, your bed, your privacy.”
‘Standing up on my own two feet’
Jeffrey Miller, 22, a specialist who maintains aircraft tires and helicopter propellers, said he was shaking after meeting his 7-month-old son Jhorden for the first time.
It’s an “amazing” feeling, he said. The monthlong extension of his first deployment “tore him up on the inside.”
Miller said the eight months made him more independent, particularly after he couldn’t speak with his family for weeks at a time and e-mails were delayed for days.
“It was hard dealing with,” said Miller, who lives in Norfolk but grew up in Greensboro, N.C. “But I’m standing up on my own two feet now.”
‘Wish there wasn’t a need for war’
Lt. Shane Kigin cradled his 5-month-old son, Henry, as the infant chewed on the sleeve of his uniform. The family’s immediate plan: finding air conditioning and a burrito. Then they plan to move from Texas to Norfolk, where Kigin works as a tactical action officer to defend the Truman from attacks.
“I wish there wasn’t a need for war,” he said. “I wish there weren’t people who wanted to hurt others. But because there are and because this is the calling I have, I feel blessed to have served at this very important time in our history.”


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A recent study by the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) concluded that by preserving 27.7% of buildings in Manhattan, “the city is landmarking away its economic future.” REBNY is challenging the Landmarks Preservation Commission, arguing it has too much power when it comes to planning decisions, and that by making business so difficult for developers it is stifling the growth of the city.
Yet not three days before releasing this study, president of REBNY Steve Spinola said in an interview with WNYC that “if you ask my members, they will tell you [the twelve years of Mayor Bloomberg's tenure] has been a great period of time for them”. The conclusion of WNYC is that the past decade has actually been a period of increased growth for developers, rather than a period of stagnation.
It would be easy to echo the opinion of Simeon Bankoff, executive director of the Historic Districts Council, who believes the actions of REBNY come down to greed, even comparing its members to Gordon Gekko, the anti-hero of the film Wall Street. But is greed really what’s behind this attack on the Landmarks Preservation Commission? Find out after the break.
Ada Louise Huxtable was a renowned architecture critic who started at The New York Times in 1963. Her probing articles championed the preservation of buildings regarded as examples of historic design still imperative to the life of the city. Her arguments were leveraged by research and an in-depth understanding of architecture as an ever-relevant art form (“the art we cannot afford to ignore”). Alexandra Lange of The Nation points to the connection between Ada Louise Huxtable’s writing and its influence on the culture of preservation that eventually resulted in the establishment of the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) in 1965.
More after the break…


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Its a special year for the Mumfest, but it certainly wasn't the festival they were hoping for.
Even with grey skies Sunday, folks still came out to support the 25th Annual Mumfest in New Bern. However, grey skies are a far cry from Saturday's torrential rains and flash flooding. The event had expected 80,000 visitors to the weekend event, but that all changed when Mother Nature opened up the skies Saturday. However, despite a lack luster Saturday, festival organizers say Sunday folks found a way to have a good time.
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Straylight Savings Time – Check your pets’ microchips
Spring is here, time to spring our clocks forward, change out smoke detector batteries, and work on spring cleaning chores. But there’s one more thing pet owners should do every spring – make sure you pet’s microchip is registered and up-to-date!
More than 10 millions of pets are lost or stolen every year, and 1/3 of all pets go missing at some point in their lifetime (source). Some staggering numbers around return-to-owner rates:
- Only 22% of dogs without microchips are returned to their owner. That number jumps to 52% of dogs with microchips that are returned home.
- Less than 2% of lost or strayed cats without microchips were returned to their families. Cats with microchips are reunited with their families 38% of the time – a 2,000% increase.
- Only 58% of pets’ microchips are registered with contact information to return the pet to their owner (source).
These numbers show that it is very important to make sure your pets’ microchip information is up-to-date with your contact information so they can be returned to you in case they are ever lost.
How to Register or Update Your Pets’ Microchip
Registering a pet microchip is easy, takes a few minutes, and is often free!
First you will need the number of your pet’s microchip. If you adopted your cat or dog from A.R.F., it will be on a sticker on their yellow adoption contract, the outside of their purple folder, or inside on a small bar-coded sticker. If you do not have your pet’s microchip number, take them to your vet to be scanned (a painless, quick procedure).
Next, look up your pet’s chip manufacturer. Go to the AAHA Universal Pet Microchip Lookup and enter the chip number in the search box. The result will tell you which company manufactured the chip (and where you need to register it). This chip is manufactured by Found Animals Registry.
Lastly, click the link to the manufacturer and follow the instructions on the website for registering the chip with your contact information. Most chip registries are free and registration is done online in a few minutes. Easy, see?
Below are links to the major chip manufacturers’ registration websites:
- Found Animals Registry (the majority of A.R.F. pets have chips from Found Animals Registry – free registration
- AVID – $19.95 enrollment
- AKC Reunite – $19.95 enrollment
- SmartTag – free registration
- PetLink – $24.99 transfer fee
How Does Microchipping Work?
Microchipping is an easy procedure where a grain of rice-sized microchip is placed under a pet’s skin, usually at the back of the neck. The chip’s number can be seen through a chip reader that is waved over the pet. The number is registered with a database of chips, and lookup can be preformed at any time. A.R.F. alumni pets that were adopted through us are all microchipped.
However, not all microchips are registered with pet owners’ names – once a pet is adopted the owner needs to update the central registry with their contact information so that the pet can be reunited if they are ever lost or strayed. The information needs to be updated every time the owners’ contact information changes.
How Do I Get My Pet Microchipped?
Its easy! Your vet can quickly insert a microchip at your pet’s next visit. Chips are fairly inexpensive (typically under $50) but pricing it up to your veterinarian.

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When more than one IV line is connected to a single access point, back tracking of fluids can occur if one line has no flow or a slower flow of fluid running through it. The fluid will back track as it will take the path of least resistance.
- This one-way Luer Lock valve is a mechanical device which allows fluid to flow through IV infusion lines in one way only
- Sterilization method is Ethylene Oxide
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Polygyny is a marriage structure where men have more than one wife at a time. Widely spread in world societies, but practiced only by a minority of those communities because population sex-ratios and a lack of economic resources make it inaccessible for the majority. Polyandry is contrasted with polygyny. Polyandry is a form of polygamy in which a woman takes two or more husbands at the same time. Polygyny is polygamy in which one man has two or more wives at the same time. The term polygyny is also used where a male animal has more than one female mate. Polygynist is a person who practises or favours polygyny, that is, a man who has several wives at the same time.
Polygyny has been criticized by feminists such as Professor John O. Ifediora, who believes that polygyny is a "hindrance to social and economic development" in the continent of Africa due to women's lack of financial control. Polygamy is marriage with several spouses,Replica Watches or more than one spouse, at once, or living at the same time. Most Muslim-majority countries permit polygyny but not polyandry. Anthropologist Jack Goody's demonstrated a historical correlation between the practice of extensive shifting horticulture and polygyny in Sub-Saharan African societies.
Punishment of polygyny - Esa Ranta and Veijo Kaitala. Abstract: We investigated the evolution of monogamy and polygyny (one male, more than one female). In particular, we studied whether it is possible for a mutant polygynous mating strategy to invade a resident population of monogamous breeders and, alternatively, whether a mutant monogamy can invade resident polygyny.
Polygyny is an evolutionarily stable strategy mating system; this holds throughout the examined range of numbers of offspring produced per female. So that the two strategies can coexist, polygyny has to be punished. The coexistence of monogamy and polygyny is achieved by reducing the offspring number for polygyny relative to monogamy. An alternative punishment is to increase the sensitivity of polygynous breeders to population density.
Explaining Cross-National Differences in Polygyny Intensity - Nigel Barber.
Possible adaptive functions of polygyny include resource-defense, scarcity of men, and countering a high pathogen load. Using a sample of 32 polygynous countries broken down by urban and rural location, each of these explanations of polygyny was tested in regression analysis.
Polygyny increased in tropical countries having plenty of arable land and unequal distribution of wealth (Gini coefficient), supporting the resource-defense explanation. Polygyny also increased in female-biased populations and in countries with a high burden of infectious diseases. In contrast, there was little evidence for cultural determination of polygyny, although female literacy was a negative predictor. Results thus support the three main functional theories and reject cultural determinist accounts of polygyny.
Market forces affect patterns of polygyny in Uganda - Thomas V. Polleta, and Daniel Nettleb. Edited by Eric A. Smith. Abstract: Polygynous marriage is generally more beneficial for men than it is for women. We use the theory of biological markets to predict that the likelihood of a man marrying polygynously will be a function of the level of resources that he has, the local sex ratio, and the resources that other men in the local population have. Owning land is particularly important when men are abundant in the district, and that a man's owning land most increases the odds of polygyny in districts where few other men own land. Results are discussed with reference to models of the evolution of polygyny.
EFFECTS OF POLYGYNY AND CONSANGUINITY ON HIGH FERTILITY IN THE RURAL ARAB
POPULATION IN SOUTH JORDAN - SHUJI
SUEYOSHI, RYUTARO OHTSUKA.
Abstract: This paper examines the
effects of polygyny and consanguinity on high fertility, which was recognized as natural
fertility. The prevalence of polygynous and consanguineous marriages largely reflected the population's traditional marriage
customs. The formation of polygynous
marriage was decided by the husband, mostly as a result of his senior wife's
infecundity or sub-fecundity, and the age of the husband at marriage to his junior
polygynous wife was high in many cases, leading to a decline in this wife's
For Polygyny: Reproductive Rights and Empowerment amongst 19th Century Mormon Women - Kane, Nazneen.
Thus, in this paper, I discuss four direct and proxy measures of women's empowerment to construct an alternative narrative of these polygynous feminists as resisting oppression within a patriarchal society, emphasizing the increased fertility control and reproductive rights of plural wives.
Peoples Perception of Polygyny in Contemporary Times in Nigeria - M.A.O. Aluko and J.O. Aransiola. ABSTRACT The study examined the peoples perception of polygyny in Contemporary Times in Nigeria. The study sought to identify the factors that have led to peoples change of attitudes about polygyny in general as well as their perceived advantages and disadvantages of polygyny. The study revealed that, there has been a change in people's attitudes towards the practice of polygyny. As high as 79.8% of women in our sample desire that polygyny be eradicated while 51.2% of the men will support legislation against the practice. Again a greater percentage of the women are against polygyny than the men.
On the Economics of Polygyny - Theodore C. Bergstrom.
This paper concerns the economics of polygynous societies with well-functioning markets
for marriage partners. The institutions that we model appear to be particularly close to
those found in the polygynous societies of Africa where polygyny is the norm. In Southern Africa, polygyny is less
common, with just under 10% of women living in polygynous households. (Lesthaege (1986)).
In a polygynous society, one may want to distinguish the rights and obligations of full
siblings from those of half-siblings who share the same father but have different mothers.
Comparing Explanations of Polygyny
Melvin Ember, Carol R. Ember, Bobbi S. Low. Polygyny is common in the ethnographic record. The vast majority of cultures known to anthropology allowed at least some men to have more than one wife simultaneously. This article compares various explanations of nonsororal polygyny, by far the most common type of polygyny. The two main independent cross-cultural predictors of appreciable nonsororal polygyny are high male mortality in war and high pathogen stress, which seems to favor nonsororal polygyny to maximize genetic variation and disease resistance in progeny.
A role for female
ornamentation in the facultatively polygynous mating system of collared flycatchers
In a polygynous mating system, females settling with already mated males often experience low mating success due to the reduced parental contribution of the male. Facultative polygyny is believed to be dominated by male advertisement and female choice. Although quality differences and competition among females are increasingly recognized as important determinants of polygynous settlement patterns, the importance of signals of female quality in this mating system is largely unknown.


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I’ve had Gaelle’s album “Transient” in my collection for many years now, discovered her music a long time ago through a friend of mine. It’s been one of my favorite “play through” albums ever since. So chill and smooth, the perfect vibe to lie down and relax to.
One of my favorite songs is “Parkway“, letting you take a glimpse into the mind of a female stalker. Take a good listen to her lyrics! It’s a little creepy and haunting and triggered a whole concept for a music video in my head. Sometimes I wish I could re-release older tracks with music videos that I delivered the ideas for!
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Fresh chunky walnuts sit on top of a Sara Lee Muffin base made from a delicious blend of sweet bananas and sensational nuts. Easy handling - simply thaw and display for sale for up to 5 days at room temperature.
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I thought that might be it because I had trouble figuring out how that worked too and the manual is not clear. The lever beside the threaded rod operates a half nut. In one position it engages the nut against the threaded rod so that the rod can adjust height up and down. In the disengaged position the router is able to plunge. This feature is different from other plunge routers and is also different than the M12V which I also have one of. I think the reason it is designed that , at least in my opinion, is because this router was specifically designed to be able to be used in a table. If you remove the black plastic base plate you'll see that 14mm nut on the end of the threaded rod and you can use it for above the table adjustment and it works well. Try moving that lever one side to the other (by the threaded rod that is) one way should lock it on the rod and the other way should leave it free to go up and down by pushing on it.
If you are having trouble locking it in position once adjusted that's a different problem and quite simple also.
Someone I consider a master woodworker once told me that a master woodworker is not someone who never makes mistakes. He is someone who is able to cover them up so that no one can tell.


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Egypt international Mohamed Elneny has praised Mali, describing them as a tough...
- Mali coach: We were under pressure against Egypt
- Elneny: We have a good chance to qualify
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Ramadan Sobhy signs new 5-year contract with Al Ahly
Al Ahly have announced that their 18-year-old midfielder Ramadan Sobhy has signed a 5-year contract with the Red Devils.
Ahly had previously signed a 5-year contract with Sobhy, however, it was declared illegal as the Egyptian football association (EFA) regulations ban players under 18 from signing for more than three years with any club.
EFA spokesman Azmy Megahed said in a statement Tuesday that the old deal couldn’t be notarized as it violated the EFA regulations.
Megahed added that the deal isn’t binding to Sobhy and that Ahly officials need to rectify the situation.
The Red Devils had to wait until Sobhy turned 18 to offer him the new deal, which will tie him down to the club until 2020.
Ahly’s football director Alaa Abdel-Sadek said that Sobhy signed the new contract later on Tuesday with the same terms and conditions of the old deal.
Sobhy made his professional debut for Al Ahly’s senior side last year and has managed to become a first team regular since, scoring 5 goals. The Egypt U-23 international has also been rumoured to have drawn interest from the likes of Atlético Madrid and Benfica.


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In the realm of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), one notorious disease has been silently making its presence known for centuries. Syphilis, a bacterial infection caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum, has been a silent epidemic affecting millions of people worldwide. With its ability to quietly progress through various stages and mimic other illnesses, it is crucial to unmask syphilis and shed light on this often overlooked and misunderstood disease.
Syphilis has a long and complicated history, with references to its symptoms dating back to ancient times. However, it was during the Renaissance that the disease gained notoriety due to its rapid spread across Europe. It was often referred to as the “Great Pox” or the “French Disease,” as the French soldiers, while fighting in Italy, brought it back to their homeland. The highly infectious nature of syphilis allowed it to quickly infiltrate populations and cause widespread devastation.
One of the most sinister aspects of syphilis is its silent progression. The early stage, known as primary syphilis, usually presents with a small painless sore or ulcer known as a chancre. It typically appears within three weeks of contracting the infection but can be easily dismissed as a harmless skin irritation or overlooked entirely, as it often appears in inconspicuous areas such as the genitals, anus, or mouth. The chancre eventually heals on its own, but that does not mean the infection is gone.
The secondary stage of syphilis is where things become more insidious. This stage can manifest as a range of symptoms, including rash, fever, sore throat, muscle aches, and swollen lymph nodes. These symptoms are often mistaken for other ailments, such as the common cold or flu. Consequently, individuals may remain unaware of their syphilis infection, allowing it to progress further and potentially cause severe damage.
If left untreated, syphilis can enter its latent stage, where symptoms are absent or non-specific. This phase can last for years, making it even harder to connect any health issues that arise to syphilis. However, during this time, the infection can quietly wreak havoc on the body, affecting major organs such as the heart, brain, and nervous system. The damage caused during this phase can be irreversible and life-threatening.
Diagnosing syphilis can be challenging due to its ability to mimic other diseases and the lack of specific symptoms in the later stages. Routine screening is essential to catch syphilis early and prevent further complications. Various tests are available, including blood tests, cerebrospinal fluid analysis, and even skin biopsies in some cases. It is crucial for healthcare professionals to remain vigilant and consider syphilis as a potential cause when faced with puzzling symptoms.
Fortunately, syphilis is a treatable disease. Antibiotics, mainly penicillin, remain the most effective treatment option for all stages of the infection. However, the effectiveness of these antibiotics decreases as syphilis progresses, making early detection and treatment vital.
Prevention is equally important in combating the silent epidemic of syphilis. Practicing safe sex, using barrier methods like condoms consistently, and getting regular STI screenings are crucial steps in reducing the spread of syphilis and protecting yourself from infection. Education and awareness campaigns about syphilis and other STIs should be prioritized to tackle the underlying stigma and misconceptions that surround these diseases.
Unmasking syphilis and understanding its silent epidemic is a critical step in addressing the significant health burden it poses globally. By raising awareness, implementing effective screening programs, and ensuring access to appropriate treatment, we can combat this disease and prevent the devastating consequences it can have on individuals and communities. It is time to shed light on syphilis, to break the silence, and to stop this silent epidemic in its tracks.


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Pastor Sabra Johnson is not only a skilled preacher and motivational speaker, but his is also a well-versed lover of words and published author. His first literary work, The Divine Extinguisher was completed in 1999. Under this title he shared the story of his tragic burn accident and how God’s grace was sufficient. During a ministry sabbatical from 2008-2011 Pastor Sabra worked on the manuscript for Vision-Driven detailing the journey of realizing a dream God placed inside your heart and the steps to persevere through challenges to bring that dream to fruition.
In 2012, Pastor Sabra released Born to Succeed, an inspirational book for those looking to find direction to build a successful life. In 2013, he released two devotionals: 40 Miracles A Daily Devotional and 40 Days of Miracles for Teens. These devotionals take in-depth looks into the biblical scriptures and apply these teachings to real-life applications. 2014 marked the release of Name Your It a motivational book designed to build your faith to move mountains and achieve the impossible. Currently, Pastor Sabra is working on a new book focusing on God’s definition of the perfect man and woman. This book is due to be released this year under the tentative title A Proverbs Woman and A Job 29 Man. With each book and publication, Pastor Sabra Johnson is working to reach the masses with a story of hope. He wishes to inspire others to trust in God because through His grace we can achieve our heart’s desire. In addition to his published works, Pastor Sabra has an online blog full of testimonies, inspirational stories, and motivational thoughts.
Today, Pastor Sabra has developed a reputation across the country as a powerful life application teacher. His ability to teach the word of God through practical precepts and principles sets him apart from other speakers. During his many years as a pastor and evangelist, Pastor Sabra has met countless people, each with their story of hardship and pain, followed by their testimony of hope and salvation. Whether he was preaching at the pulpit, in a stadium, hospital, or even street corner, Pastor Sabra spoke from his heart and followed the lead of the Holy Spirit. To this day, as pastor of City of Faith Church, he does not use a manuscript. Pastor Sabra can be found at each sermon with a bible in his hand, speaking freely with the intent to inspire his congregation and preach God’s ever living word.

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New American Standard Bible
and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when He brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;
King James Bible
And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
Darby Bible Translation
and spared not the old world, but preserved Noe, the eighth, a preacher of righteousness, having brought in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
World English Bible
and didn't spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly;
Young's Literal Translation
and the old world did not spare, but the eighth person, Noah, of righteousness a preacher, did keep, a flood on the world of the impious having brought,
2 Peter 2:5 Parallel
CommentaryBarnes' Notes on the Bible
And spared not the old world - The world before the flood. The argument here is, that he cut off that wicked race, and thus showed that he would punish the guilty. By that awful act of sweeping away the inhabitants of a world, he showed that people could not sin with impunity, and that the incorrigibly wicked must perish.
But saved Noah the eighth person - This reference to Noah, like the reference to Lot in 2 Peter 2:7, seems to have been thrown in in the progress of the argument as an incidental remark, to show that the righteous, however few in number, would be saved when the wicked were cut off. The phrase "Noah the eighth," means Noah, one of eight; that is, Noah and seven others. This idiom is found, says Dr. Bloomfield, in the best writers - from Herodotus and Thucydides downward. See examples in Wetstein. The meaning in this place then is, that eight persons, and eight only of that race, were saved; thus showing, that while the wicked would be punished, however numerous they might be, the righteous, however few, would be saved.
A preacher of righteousness - In Genesis 6:9, it is said of Noah that he was "a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God;" and it may be presumed that during his long life he was faithful in reproving the wickedness of his age, and warned the world of the judgment that was preparing for it. Compare the notes at Hebrews 11:7.
Bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly - Upon all the world besides that pious family. The argument here is, that if God would cut off a wicked race in this manner, the principle is settled that the wicked will not escape.
LibraryHow those are to be Admonished who Abstain not from the Sins which they Bewail, and those Who, Abstaining from Them, Bewail them Not.
(Admonition 31.) Differently to be admonished are those who lament their transgressions, and yet forsake them not, and those who forsake them, and yet lament them not. For those who lament their transgressions and yet forsake them not are to be admonished to learn to consider anxiously that they cleanse themselves in vain by their weeping, if they wickedly defile themselves in their living, seeing that the end for which they wash themselves in tears is that, when clean, they may return to filth. …
Leo the Great—Writings of Leo the Great
Of Councils and their Authority.
How those are to be Admonished who do not Even Begin Good Things, and those who do not Finish them when Begun.
But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
These are the records of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his time; Noah walked with God.
"Behold, I, even I am bringing the flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is on the earth shall perish.
Thus He blotted out every living thing that was upon the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky, and they were blotted out from the earth; and only Noah was left, together with those that were with him in the ark.
then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the lower parts of the earth, like the ancient waste places, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited; but I will set glory in the land of the living.
1 Peter 3:20
who once were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through the water.
2 Peter 3:6
through which the world at that time was destroyed, being flooded with water.
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Manipur A State Under Siege
As the flight banked for its final approach to Imphal Airport, the glinting of the sun from the corrugated iron sheet roofs seemed like camera flashes. The modern airport has its vintage from the World War II days, when it was one of the hubs for all the over the Hump flights made by the Allied forces to China and Burma. Before leaving from Delhi I had gathered that the first commercial flight to do a night landing at Tulihal Airport was as recent as January 2011. The Airport is nondescript; the presence of the security forces was evident just as soon as one enters the arrival hall. Just a few feet behind the entrance four bored-looking officials sat behind a table, which had a board saying: “All Non Citizens of India to report here for registration.” The Restricted Area Permit policy is in force and currently no non-Indian citizen can enter the northeast without a special permit.
Once issued, it is valid for fourteen days, but its validity is only for three days if the visit is restricted to Imphal City. The general belief is that this restriction has been imposed to keep out missionaries, western journalists and human rights activists.
Curiosity got the better of me, and as I could see that the luggage had not been offloaded as yet, I went near the table where a very Indian looking couple was completing the formalities of registering in this no go zone of India. I inched my way nearer to the table, the hostile enquiring look of the official told me that I should turn back, but nevertheless I went forward, hoping to see the register and ask about the formalities.
‘What do you want?’ I was confronted by the bespectacled official with a hooknose. ‘Nothing,’ I said. ‘Just looking.’ This resulted in him slapping shut the three registers that were on the table. The other three too joined him in giving me very hostile glares. I backed off to the luggage area. I saw them from afar; the four were very agitated and were talking amongst themselves, gesticulating in my directions. Suddenly hooknose sprang up and came straight towards me, stopping short just a foot away.
‘What do you want?’ ‘Nothing,’ I repeated. ‘Then why?’ He poked a pointy finger in my ribs. ‘Why what?’ I asked. ‘Why did you come to foreigners’ registration desk? You want to read the register?’ I replied in the affirmative, if given the chance I would have liked to have a peep at who all came to Manipur and why.
‘If you cannot read the notice, how will you read the register? It is written that only for foreigners, cannot you read?’ This had me flummoxed. He was very logical in his assumption.
I took out my press card and showed it to him. This pacified him to some extent, but by now two of the burly Assam Rifles commandos, machine guns and earpieces in place, had made their way to us and enquired what all it was about. Hooknose went off to a lengthy tirade but was cut short by the commando and asked to return to his table where a few more persons had lined up for the permits.
The commando gave me a half smile and said, ‘Jaiye, apka saman aa gaya hai.’ ‘Thank You’, I said, wondering if he had just pulled me out of a predicament.
I retrieved my luggage and made a getaway, the welcome to Imphal had certainly not been a pleasant one. As I passed the registration desk towards the exit all the four glared at me, hooknose started to get up, he still had something left to tell me. I hurried forward, not wanting another confrontation. There were a very few cars outside, most of the vehicles were military and government ones. There were army men all over, in sandbagged barricades, bullet-proof sentry boxes and on the roof of the airport. I was approached by an auto-rickshaw driver who agreed to ferry me to town.
On coming out of the airport I hit the Tiddim Road, the one that was taken by the Netaji’s Indian National Army in its long march in 1943. The drive into town is on a broad clean road with huge hoardings and arches welcoming visitors to Manipur. There were commandos at every 100 metres on each side, stopping and checking vehicles at random. At a few places, I saw drivers being frisked. The road was flanked with a multitude of restaurants on both sides, besides innumerable schools, colleges and other educational and training institutes. A huge ISKCON temple with its mass of pagoda-like spires is an eyesore in the otherwise laid-back structures. A grenade attack in 2006 had killed ten devotees in the old temple.
One enters the town on a roundabout in front of the Governor’s residence. Smartly dressed Manipur policewomen were directing the traffic, clicking their heels and giving smart salutes whenever a star-plated vehicle speeded by. They froze all traffic on hearing the distant sirens of an oncoming cavalcade, jumping from their pedestals and standing to attention.
I made a quick check in into the hotel, and was read out the house rules, which
included that I should be back by 8 PM and that the restaurant is closed at 9 PM sharp. No hot water in the morning for three hours as there was load-shedding. Not to invite anybody from outside to the hotel, to keep the front desk informed if I was leaving town, to carry identification papers every time I went out, etc. etc. There was a posse of commandos outside the hotel and the two barricade-type gates could have put any prison to shame.
I went to meet the Superintendent of Police, Imphal (East), for my scheduled interview with the Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh. I was frisked and the camera bag and mobiles were cubbyholed at the reception. After spending a frustrating half hour, I realised that the Superintendent would not see me. I was shown the door, and surprisingly frisked once again on my way out. Maybe they suspected I would carry something out.
I gave up and rang up the Chief Minister’s Secretariat, where I was directed to an official, who questioned me at length at the purpose of my interview. I told him that I was doing a story on Manipur and its problems. ‘What problems?’ ‘The insurgency, the underground groups’. ‘And what else?’ ‘The Armed Forces (Special Powers)Act.’ This was met with steely and stony silence. ‘Sorry Mr Dhir, the CM cannot see you, he is leaving for Delhi for a meeting with the PM and will not be here for the next few days.’ I protested and told him that I had an appointment. ‘Sorry nothing can be done. You are from Delhi; you can meet him there the next time he is in the Capital.’ This disappointment was on expected lines.
My next place of call was the Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital for a chance to meet
Irom Sharmila Chanu, the iron lady who has been on a fast for the last ten years. It was
ironical, as the Baba Ramdev’s Ramlila Ground fast was the news of the day, the channels were all going strong 24×7. Here, lying in a small corner room in the high-security wing of the hospital, Sharmila was under detention and was force fed with a Ryle’s tube. The doctors tell that Sharmila’s fast is a medical miracle. She has been off and on in jail for her unbroken fast, which she had taken up since November 5, 2000 after the Assam Rifles security forces had killed 10 innocent civilians in a bloody encounter. Sharmila went on a hunger strike demanding that the draconian Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act 1958 be repealed from the State of Manipur. The perpetrators of the genocide escaped scot free after a magisterial enquiry, all under the excuse of the AFSPA. Her protest is an absolutely unparalleled one in the history of political protest anywhere in the world ever.
The wing where she was kept had been cordoned off and as I got down from the car, three of the Assam Rifles personnel rushed towards me. ‘No photos!’ (my camera was a giveaway). One of them pointed to a nearby board, which said that photography was prohibited. ‘No coming here without official permission.’ ‘Meet the SP, Imphal East, for permission.’ So back it was to the police station. No permission I was told. The permission can only be given by the Home Minister (who happens to be the Chief Minister as he holds the charge of Home Department). I knew my chances were dim and backtracked out.
Just outside the police station, an off-duty policeman sidled over to me. ‘You
want to meet Sharmila, impossible. Go to the Sharmila Kanbalup tent outside the hospital. You will meet her friends there.’ He gave me this information and walked away without looking back. I told the driver to take me to the hospital once again and asked about the Kanbalup, but nothing was coming. Then I saw it, just about a hundred metres away from the main gate of the hospital, a tent had been put up with bamboos and a tin roof. “Save Sharmila Repeal AFSPA” “Relay Hunger Strikes” said the flex banner. Two posters with the iconic image of the frail and tousled head of jet black hair and the plastic tube thrust into the nose were propped outside. The Manipuris call her “Menghaobi”, meaning “The Fair One”. I entered the curtained tent and found it empty. I could hear the noises from another partitioned area, a head soon propped out. I was gestured to come and was offered a small stool. Three old ladies sat in a makeshift kitchen of sorts, and were rolling agarbattis.
Conversation proved to be impossible, all I could get across was that I was from Delhi and wanted to meet Sharmila. I tried my best to tell them that I would come the next morning and wrote a small note hoping that someone of the group would read it later. I gathered that this was a group of more than a hundred mothers or imas, as they are known. They have been on a relay hunger strike since December 10, 2008. The women all belong to different organisations but have come together under the banner of Sharmila Kanbalup.
Irom Sharmila’s quest for peace and normalcy in Manipur by her passive non-violent protest has been recognised internationally. She has been twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize (in the years 2005 and 2010). She has been awarded the Gwangju Prize for Human Rights by South Korea and in 2010 the Rabindranath Tagore Peace Prize, but for the powers that be in New Delhi, this young woman, who responded to extreme violence with extreme peace, is just one irritant .
The Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi met her during a trip to India
in 2006. In a press conference later she thundered: “If Sharmila dies, the Indian Parliament is directly responsible. If she dies, courts and judiciary are responsible, the military is responsible… If she dies, the executive, the PM and President are responsible for doing nothing… If she dies, each one of you journalists is responsible because you did not do your duty…”
That evening I went for a stroll to the Khwairamband bazaar. It is known for being run wholly by women, more so mothers. The older complex had been demolished and a two-storied modern market had been erected. The imas or mothers could be seen selling vegetables, fish, fruits, household items, colourful woven shawls and other handloom items. I had gone looking for Ima Momonleima, another brave Manipuri lady who had stood up to all boundaries of human protest and had led a group of twelve ordinary women to demonstrate after stripping themselves naked in front of the Assam Rifles headquarters at Kangla Fort on the July 15, 2004. These ordinary mothers and grandmothers, who eked out a hard living from the market held a banner which screamed “Indian Army Rape Us”! The shocking pictures were seen all over the world and the Indian government stood shamed. However the immediate response was to jail them all for three months.
This act was the outcome of the brutal rape and killing of Thangjam Manorama Devi. This young woman was picked up by the Assam Rifles personnel on July 10, 2004, and her body was later found with terrible signs of torture and rape. The official response was that she was a member of the banned People’s Liberation Army and died while resisting the arrest. Manipur came to a spontaneous boil. The protest by the imas did not go in vain. The Kangla Fort, which had been under military occupation since 1892, was vacated by the Assam Rifles in November 20, 2004.
I tried to find her among the melee of shoppers, mostly women with cute babies
strapped on their backs. All I got was gracious smiles; some of the imas just nodded not understanding a word of what I spoke. They were friendly but there was a cautious suspicion. One of the old ladies told me that Momonleima did not come to the market anymore and directed me to the far end of the bazaar, where I could get information. She had stopped coming to the market and her spot was now occupied by one of her relatives. I was just about giving up, when a young teenaged girl came to me and spoke in clear Hindi. I told her that I had come from Delhi and wanted to meet this granny; she gave me a phone number and took my number too.
The predominance of women in Manipur society can be clearly felt even after a day’s stay in the state. Known as Nupi, the Manipuri women are politically very conscious and are often a force to be reckoned with. As far back as December 1939, the Manipuri women had launched a massive agitation known as Nupi Lan (Women’s War) against the export of rice from the state. The agitation resulted in the total breakdown of administration and resulted in an imposition of a total ban on the export of rice from the state. In the week that I spent in Imphal, and the trips I made to the hinterland, I saw it was the womenfolk who were always at work. They were in the fields, washing in the ponds and streams, tending small shops or roadside stalls, walking about with baskets strung behind them, cycling with huge loads of firewood, taking and bringing children from school, catching fish. The women of Manipur can be put in three classes, the pretty, prettier and the prettiest. The moonfaced Meitei women in their traditional striped sarongs and the yellow mark on their noses have a soothing calmness about them. In Litam I saw a woman working in a smithy, tending to the huge bellows and wielding a heavy hammer.
The menfolk can certainly give Manipur the description of being the Wild East. The young Rambo types can be seen with their spiked hair, leather jackets, heavy metal, dark glasses, knee-high boots and skull caps, zipping around on Hero Honda motorcycles. Strangely, most of them have lollipops in their mouths.
I returned to the hotel, after a very disappointing day. Nothing had gone okay and I had not got success in any of my endeavours. After an early dinner, I was just sitting to write my report when there was a knock on the door. This was not the timid knock made by the room service waiters, but a knuckle thumping one. ‘Come in’, I said. ‘The door is open.’
Two persons entered, both with crew cuts, one in uniform and the other in
casuals. The uniformed one introduced himself as from Manipur Police. He had no name badge, and I noticed that he must have just removed it. The two holes were clearly visible just above his shirt pocket, and if I had guessed right, the badge too was visibly bulging from his pocket.
He was holding the guest registration card in his hand, which had almost all the details that were required. He read out my name from the card. ‘Mr Dhir, you are from Bhubaneswar and have flown down from Delhi. Press Reporter. You want to meet Chief Minister of Manipur. You also want to meet Irom Sharmila. You also want to meet Ima Momonleima. Whom else do you want to meet? Where all will you go in Manipur?’ It seemed that the stream of never-ending questions would just go on and on.
His behaviour was just like a school bully. I thought of giving him the a long list, including the names of around 40 dead soldiers whose graves I was trying to locate for my research on the Indian National Army. However prudence ruled, and I told him about YA Shishak, the INA veteran and the war cemeteries of the British and Japanese soldiers, the Moirang INA Museum and for good measure also told him that I would be visiting the Loktak Lake, the border town of Moreh and the Bishnupur temples.
‘Okay, but you cannot go to Moreh; it is a disturbed area, ceasefire area in between. Please keep the hotel desk informed about your movements.’
He picked up my fake Raybans and pronounced them as duplicate. ‘You like Opium?’ I was startled out of my skin. The Narcotics Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act is as worse as the AFSPA, but then I realised that he meant the aftershave lotion lying on the table. Before leaving he gave me a ten-second stare straight in the eyes. ‘Take care Mr Dhir. Have a good night.’ I escorted them to the passageway and saw that they were knocking on the next room. I took some comfort in the thought that this was a routine check, but it rankled me how he had traced out my movements for the day. In a way, he had given me the big brotherly message that we know all about what you did in town today.
It was just 9 PM but the roads were all deserted. The traffic lights near the hotel crossing too went off at 9 PM Only the intermittent speeding army vehicles broke the silence of the night. The blinkers embedded on the road were flashing their LEDs as they worked on solar energy. By midnight even the street lights were turned off.
The next morning I woke up at 4:00 AM to find that sunrise was already over. Later in the day, I realised that noon occurred at 10:00 AM. The sheer indifference to the North-East is evident from the fact that even though the Government of India mulled on having another time zone, nothing was done. The country’s east–west distance of more than 2,000 km covers over 28 degrees of longitude, resulting in the sun rising and setting almost two hours earlier on India’s eastern border than that in the western one.
The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 was formulated with the purpose to “maintain public order” in areas considered to be “disturbed” by the Centre. It empowers armed forces officers to shoot any person who may be suspected of being an insurgent, in the so-called “disturbed areas”. Besides, this Act provides that the Central government’s permission is necessary to prosecute any officer, which in a way grants the army a near complete immunity from prosecution for its misdeeds.
Section 4 of the AFSPA reads: Special powers of armed forces—any commissioned officer, warrant officer, non-commissioned officer or any other person of equivalent rank in the armed forces may, in a disturbed area-
(a) If he is of opinion that it is necessary to do so for the maintenance of public order, after giving such due warning as he may consider necessary fire upon or otherwise use force, even to the causing of death, against any person who is acting in contravention of any law or order for the time being in force in the disturbed area prohibiting the assembly of five or more persons or the carrying of weapons or of things capable of being used as weapons or of fire arms, ammunition or explosive substances.
(b) If he is of opinion that it is necessary to do so, destroy any arms dump, prepared or fortified positions or shelter from which armed attacks are made or are likely to be made or are attempted to be made, or any structure used as training camp for armed volunteers or utilised as a hideout by armed gangs or absconders wanted for any offence.
(c) Arrest, without warrant, any person who has committed a cognizable offence or against whom a reasonable suspicion exists that he has committed or is about to commit a cognizable offence and may use such force as may be necessary to effect the arrest.
(d) Enter and search without warrant any premises to make any confined or any property reasonably suspected to be stolen property or any arms, ammunition or explosive substances believed to be unlawfully kept in such premises, and may for that purpose use such force as may be necessary.
The ratio of military and paramilitary personnel to civilians in Manipur is 1:32 (as compared to 1:100 in Burma which is ruled by the military Generals). In the present-day scenario, AFSPA in Manipur doesn’t serve any purpose. It is a defunct and failed law and has failed to control the insurgency and underground movement in the state. When it was first imposed in December 1980, there were only three insurgent groups, but over the next 31 years there are now more than 40 undergrounds groups, proving that the Act has been an ineffective tool for curbing the spread of antinational activities. Rather than curb insurgent groups, the Act has engendered a seething resentment across the state, and fostered many new militancies. Today, Manipur has become a macabre society, a mess of corruptions: insurgents, army men, cops, corrupt bureaucrats and crooked politicians, all hand in glove, milking the mammaries of the Indian government. Every insurgent group has some indirect representation in the state Assembly.
Irom Sharmila, Ima Momonleima and scores of other activists have sacrificed a lot for the repeal of the Act. The Government of India did at times consider revoking the Act, but this was scuttled by the state government. Its apprehension that with as many as forty militant outfits that are active in the state, the withdrawal of the AFSPA could jeopardise the country’s security. The Opposition parties in Manipur and supporters of the agitation argue that as there has been no let-up in the insurgency during the 31 years that the AFSPA was in force, its continuation on the grounds of containing insurgency cannot be justified. The UPA government fears that if the demand for the withdrawal of the AFSPA from Manipur is conceded, it will prompt similar demands from the other Northeastern states. The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, has been last extended for another year in December 2010.
I got a call early next morning. The voice at the other end told me that I could meet Momonleima at the Sharmila Kanba Lup tent at 10 AM. She would be there with the other mothers and had been informed of my visit. I was very eager to meet this old grandmother who had led the protest which had shamed the nation. I reached the place and was greeted by four imas, they had a local journalist as the translator. She had just returned from Delhi after meeting Sonia Gandhi who had promised to look into the matter of Sharmila and another jailed women M Landhoni, who has been incarcerated in Guwahati prison. Landhoni too had gone on a 53-day fast, but on the advice of the mothers had given it up for the sake of her two little children. Momonleima showed me a photograph she had taken with Sonia Gandhi.
I was tongue tied on meeting this sweet matronly granny. The way she had dared
to take on the might of the Army was an inspiration to many in Manipur. There was so much I wanted to ask her. I put forth a few questions haltingly to the interpreter. It felt uncomfortable to ask her what all I had in mind. Was the act spontaneous, or had they planned it in advance? Ima was embarrassed by my embarrassment and told me that she would answer all the questions I would ask. She told me that she had been in the group who had gone to the hospital where Manorama’s body was autopsied. She had seen the brutalities that had been meted out to her. Tears welled in her eyes as she described what all they had seen. Yes, the protest was a planned one, and 137 mothers had pledged to join them. But word had leaked out and most of them were rounded up and put under preventive custody. Only twelve of them made it to the Kangla Fort gate. She recited the names of the other eleven in one breath: Ima Taruni, Ima Ramani, Ima Tombi, Ima Yamini, Ima Ibemhal, Ima Jibanmala, Ima Mema, Ima Soro, Ima Nganbi, Ima Gyaneswari and Ima Ibetombi. Three of them were present at the tent. They were tortured in jail after the protest. They are all out on bail, and for most of them life has changed after the incident.
The Government of India set up various commissions and enquiries after gross atrocities were reported. Each and every commission set up only added insult to the injuries. The report of the Justice Upendra Commission, instituted after the Manorama killing, was never made public. In November 2004, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh set up the Justice Jeevan Reddy Committee, with the purpose of reviewing the AFSPA. The committee gave a heads we win tails you lose report, whereby it recommended the repeal of the AFSPA, but along with this also suggested transferring most of its draconian powers to the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The then Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee had rejected the withdrawal or significant dilution of the Act on the grounds that “it is not possible for the armed forces to function” in “disturbed areas” without such powers. Indeed the people of Manipur are caught between the devil and the deep sea.
With widespread ignorance of the region, the official Indian approach seems to be either to pump in money or send in the army. New Delhi accounts about 90 per cent of Manipur’s income. The foolhardy and myopic thinking is that if there is economic development, the problems will disappear. It is a win-win situation for the ruling elite, the cake is getting bigger but the slices are getting smaller, as many new groups are taking shape every year.
Indian social attitudes largely hold the tribes as adivasis: primitive, backward, obstinate and sexually permissive. However, this traditional Indian perception of their own tribes is alien to the tribal people of the Northeast as they have historically been their own masters. The Northeasterners in turn see mainstream Indians as untrustworthy and exploitative.
What India has failed to do in the 60-plus years of Independence is to develop a
sense of national identity that includes or supplants traditional ethnic identities. As a case in point, during the 1962 Sino-Indian War, it was proposed that Punjabis from India’s northwest populate the region. Manipur, along with Tripura and Assam, is an outpost of Hinduism and shares a great affinity with Indian culture.
The people of Manipur have had an innate sense of being a separate political entity for the last 2000 years. To India, Manipur is a border state. Manipur, on the other hand, has historically seen itself as its own centre, with its own worldview: In Manipur, India is called Pangaan, China is called Khaagi, Burma is Awa, and the Shan Kingdoms near the Golden Triangle are called Pong. During the week I stayed in the state, there were at least a dozen instances where I was identified as an Indian and asked if I was from India. Hindi films are banned and are not screened in the local cinema halls for the last fifteen years. Hindi TV channels are not allowed. This has given rise to a thriving local Manipuri film industry and more than 60 films are produced each year.
In remote village of Shangshak in Ukrhul, I had gone to meet the last living Indian National Army veteran, YA Shishak. The old soldier lives in a small house just below the Japanese War Memorial, and has a private museum with many knick knacks of the great war. He has with him the first INA flag that was flown in liberated India by the INA. He showed me his passport, which proved that he had made two trips to Japan where he was honoured for his war efforts, but the Government of India still does not recognise him as a freedom fighter. “Am I not an Indian?” he rued bitterly. “I was just a fourteen-year-old boy when I fought for Netaji, but the Commissioner at Ukrhul is not sending my file to Delhi with his recommendation.”
Today, the capital city of Manipur has become the fertile ground for the militants. It is a common knowledge that the ruling elites are all hand in glove with either one or the other underground groups. A retired army colonel under conditions of anonymity expressed his frustration at the whole scenario. According to him, they had reports that many of the ministers and MLAs had deployed insurgents as their personal bodyguards. Many underground rebels have been found taking refuge in the official bungalows of the elected representatives. Arms and explosives have been seized from official vehicles. There was a big haul of explosives from a car inside the Raj Bhavan. An India Reserve Battalion Rifleman was held on charges of lobbing a grenade at a private hospital. He confessed that he had been given Rs 5000 by militants to do so. The National Human Rights Commission has been giving Manipur full marks for its fake encounters and has termed it as the state with second highest number of such killings (the first being Uttar Pradesh, but one has to consider that it is ten times bigger than Manipur, both in area and in population). As a reaction to news reports highlighting the shortfalls of the government, there were a series of attacks on newspaper offices. Journalists have surrendered their government accreditation ID cards. My driver told me that he does not go to the bank alone; he takes his mother and wife along. If anybody is found with more than Rs 20000 the police just arrest him for being a courier man for the insurgents. Every time we would pass a checkpost or each time an army vehicle over took us, the driver would mutter curses under his breath.
During my travels to the inner districts, I saw scores of army trucks moving about in convoys. One hardly ever sees a lone army truck, the forces always move about in at least four-vehicle convoys. Armored vehicles patrol the entire state, checkpoints are set up, and civilians are subject to check and combing operations of neighbourhoods and homes are common. On the way to Ukrhul, I was stopped at the Assam Rifles checkpost at Ramva.
‘Please make entry’, said the baby-faced Jawan. I went up to the small sentry box and handed over my Press card. ‘You are Reporter, then come with me.’ He took me to a small tent set up amidst a small garden and took out a register which had Press written on it. He gave me a cup of tea from a thermos flask. ‘How many cameras do you have?’ ‘Just one’, I replied. ‘How many photos will you take?’ I wanted to tell him that I was on my way to the Japanese War Memorial at Shangshak and would like to photograph the graves. How many were there I did not know. I tried to make small talk but he was unresponsive. ‘Please leave your home address. If you get killed we will inform. This is ceasefire area, anything can happen.’
Armed encounters take place between the armed forces and rebels with regularity in the hills. Official figures record hundreds of insurgency-related deaths every year. There are cases of abductions, disappearances, torture and rape. In quite a few instances, the military had to make reparations to individuals when they were cornered with absolute and irrefutable proof.
Quite beyond regular skirmishes with the Indian Army, Manipur effectively has,
after the Centre’s appointed government and the state’s elected one, a third parallel government run by various rebel groups. They exercise a say in everything: from domestic disputes to government policy. There is widespread extortion from businessmen and many salaried people have a percentage of their income docked by the rebels. They also forcibly undertake all the government construction and supplies contracts under assumed identities.
The armed secessionist groups thrive on a general resentment among the population against Indian governance. There are also various people who are taking advantage of this situation and who operate as mere extortionists. Much of the population is often caught between the armed foes on either side of the conflict. This quandary is a traumatic one in the absence of a cogent and well-articulated social aspiration and a common destiny held in the national mind. For almost 50 years, the situation in Manipur has been just short of a full-blown war but there just aren’t enough body bags coming out of the region to make national and international headlines. It is just one small corner of India, tucked up in itself.
The root cause of all problems in Manipur is both political and ethnic. The three dominant communities—Kuki, Naga and Meitei—who were never under a single administrative unit have been forced together either by default or by design. In such a situation, communal harmony, justice, liberty, equality, fraternity, etc. were neither a thing of the past, nor of the present and is not going to be in future as long as the three ‘very different’ communities live under a single political entity. They are longing for their glorious past where they were friendly neighbours. The people need an everlasting remedy, not a pain-killer.
By Anil Dhir from Imphal