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2/153 Lrfwdn Lxtra`ts Kumglr 70 / Kfvlmglr 7?17

Kf a``fukt fb tcl ukdvlrsl dk dts

tftahdty `ak gl kah wcd`c hlavls tclsl

ftclr bfrms fb `fks`dfusklss qudtl

ndsrljarnln. Cfw tf rljarn tclm ds tcl

qulstdfkbfr tcly arl sf nds`fktdkufus

wdtc frndkary `fks`dfusklss.

Zdhhdam Eamls

^cl Rardltdls fb Wlhdjdfus Lxplrdlk`l(14?7)

Tfu jdvl NM^ tf tlk plfphl. ^clyvl

klvlr can NM^ glbfrl, akn yfu tlhh tclm

fkhy tcat tcly mdjct sll sfmltcdkj.

Db kdkl fut fb tlk fb tclm `fml ga`i

wdtc nls`rdptdfks fb lhvls, akn bfur fb

tclm usl tcl wfrn lhvls ukprfmptln,

wl tcdki yfu scfuhn dkvlstdjatl tcl

pclkfmlkfk fb lhvls sllk fk NM^.

Uarifv

@fmdkj Fut fb Hlbt Bdlhn wdtcJra`dl akn Uarifv, Cdjc Brfktdlrs 0

(143:)

^cl fkhy apprfprdatl attdtunl bfr mak

tf cavl agfut tcl gdj qulstdfks ds

kft tcl arrfjakt `lrtdtunl tcat ds tcl

cahhmari fb rlhdjdfk, gut nfugt. Nfugt

ds cumghl, akn tcats wcat mak kllns

tf gl, fksdnlrdkj tcat cumak cdstfry ds

eust a hdtaky fb jlttdkj scdt nlan wrfkj.

Gdhh Maclr

Wlhdjuhfus(7??3)

brfm tcl bfrtc`fmdkj gffi NM^ \KNLWJWF\KN5 A @FM_LKND\M FB \KA\^CFWDULN WLPLAW@C

Zclk wrd t dkj agfut spd r d tua h

mattlrs, dt ds dmpfrtakt tf gl upbrfkt

agfut fkls gdasls brfm tcl start. D

was radsln wdtcfut rlhdjdfk. My batclr

was ak atcldst9 my mftclr ds ajkfstd`.

D `ak `fukt fk fkl cakn tcl kumglr fb

tdmls tcat D wlkt tf `cur`c as a `cdhn. Dk

my tllks akn larhy twlktdls, D gl`amlbas`dkatln wdtc stunydkj wfrhn rlhdjdfks,

hffidkj bfr `huls tcat mdjct clhp ml

glttlr uknlrstakn my psy`clnlhd`

lxplrdlk`ls. Ahtcfujc D klvlr anfptln

aky spl`dbd` rlhdjdfk, D rlsfkatl mfst

wdtc dnlas brfm Cdknudsm. ^clrl was

a tdml dk my hdbl wclk D prfgaghy

glhdlvln dk Jfn, dk tcl dnla tcat cumaks

cavl sfuhs, akn dk tcl fk`lpt fb iarma.

^clsl nays, Dm a ndl-carn ajkfstd` akn

nlvdhs anvf`atl.

Dk tcds `captlr, Dhh harjlhy avfdnprfpfsdkj plrsfkah tclfrdls rljarndkj

tcl frdjdk fr mlakdkj fb lktdty `fkta`t

lxplrdlk`ls. D cavl kf dnla wcat tcl

trutc fb tcl mattlr ds dk tclsl sdtuatdfks.

Pu`c lxplrdlk`ls arl pfwlrbuh lkfujc

tcat tcly dkbhulk`ln parandjm scdbts

dk sfml plfphl wcf cavl can tclm.

Ppl`uhatdfk akn nlgatl agfut lktdty

lk`fuktlrs cavl f``urrln fvlr tcl ylars,

akn Dvl `fmpdhln a blw dktlrlstdkj

artd`hls fk tcl tfpd` dk tcl `captlrs tcat

bfhhfw. Dk`husdfk clrldk scfuhn kft gldktlrprltln tf dmphy tcat D am prfmftdkj

aky partd`uhar dnlas9 D am kft.

^crfujcfut cdstfry, cumakdty cas

nls`rdgln fkta`t wdtc ftclrs5 akjlhs,

nlmfks, spdrdts, lhvls, ahdlks, lt`. A jdrh

radsln fk tahls fb tcl Grftclrs Jrdmm

may glhdlvl dk balrdls9 a gfy grfujct up

fk Lnjar Ahhlk _fl stfrdls may glhdlvl

dk jcfsts. @cdhnrlk fb Cdknu cfuslcfhns

may wfrscdp a paktclfk fb nldtdls, wcdhl

Mushdm idns may gfw tf a sdkjhl Jfn.

Ptadn atcldsts may gl gfrk ajadk dktf

@crdstdakdty. Akn sf fk. Dkndvdnuahs

dnlas rljarndkj tcl trutc fr rlahdty fb

tcl lxdstlk`l fb kfk-matlrdah gldkjs,dk`hundkj jfns fr Jfn, may `cakjl

muhtdphl tdmls fvlr tcl `fursls fb tcldr

hdvls. Pu`c glhdlbs `ak banl, ndsapplar

lktdrlhy, fr gl rlpha`ln gy glhdlbs dk tcl

lxdstlk`l fb ftclr kfk-matlrdah gldkjs.

_sy`clnlhd` phakts cavl gllk

lmphfyln bfr tcfusakns fb ylars as

spdrdtuah tffhs, nul tf tcl plr`lptdfk

tcat tcly `ak prfvdnl ak lxplrdlk`l fb

kfk-matlrdah rlahmsgl tcly clavlkhy,

clhh dsc, fr akytcdkj dk gltwllk.

^randtdfkah ltckfjrapcd` usl fb tclslphakts bfr su`c purpfsls dkspdrln tcl

`fdkdkj fb lktclfjlk, a wfrn tcat

mlaks tf jlklratl Jfn wdtcdk.1 Dt

ds kft uk`fmmfk tf clar stfrdls fb

ajkfstd`s fr atcldsts bdkndkj Jfn

nurdkj tcldr psy`clnlhd` trdps7, 0, >,

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wcf can `fksumln tcl plyftl `a`tus(Hfpcfpcfra wdhhdamsdd)5

A phatdkum skadh agfut twlhvl bllt

cdjc akn stunnln wdtc rugdls was

puhhln ahfkj fk dts wcllhs gy a mu`c

smahhlr akn grdjcthy padktln nwarb

`arvln brfm wffn. ^cl `urdfus

`fuphl was `hfslhy bfhhfwln gy

a cfst fb mltahhd`, jlm-`fvlrln

dksl`tsjrasscfpplrs akn gllthls,

gumghlglls, akn mfsqudtfls, ahh

fb baguhfus sdzl akn grdhhdakthyjhlamdkj, jhdndkj fr wahidkj fr

cfppdkj wdtc tcl prl`dsdfk fb

wfukn-up tfys. ^clsl tclk wlrl

bfhhfwln gy strakjl `rlaturls brfm

sfml wdhnhy dmajdkatdvl glstdary

ahh `fkvlrjdkj upfk a husc fasds dk

tcl jfhnlk nlslrt wclrl tcl bfhdajl

sllmln tf cavl gllk `rlatln gy

Wfusslau.3

Akftclr lxamphl ds prlslktln brfm

a bfur-ylar-fhn gfy, P, wcf can

ukwdttdkjhy `fksumln ak HPN-nfsln

sujar ugl brfm cds mftclrs rlbrdjlratfr5

Amfkj tcl bdrst cahhu`dkatdfks

tf applar wlrl a kumglr fb

`rusta`laks, lspl`dahhy (as dt `fuhn

gl jatclrln) rags akn hfgstlrs. Y]

Bfr sfml, tcl wfrn nds`arkatl may

sfhlhy lvfil jcfsthy spl`tlrs fb dkndstdk`t

bfrm. Clrl, tcl wfrn ds usln tf nls`rdgl

plr`ldvln gldkjs tcat nf kft cavl a pcysd`ah

gfny wdtcdk fkslksus rlahdty, ylt fbtlk nf

cavl a bfrm tcat jdvls ak applarak`l fb

pcysd`ahdty. cfsl wcf plr`ldvl tclm may

gl aghl tf nls`rdgl wcat tcly hffi hdilakn/fr sfukn hdil, sfmltdmls wcat tcly

bllh hdil, akn fk rarl f``asdfks lvlk cfw

tcly smlhh akn/fr tastl. Cfwlvlr, a vdnlf

`amlra wfuhnkt gl aghl tf rl`frn dmajls

fr aundf fb tclm. Lktdtdls `fkvlys tcat

bfr tcfsl wcf plr`ldvl tclm, tcly sllm tf

gl dknlplknlkt gldkjs.

Nds`arkatl lktdtdls scfuhn gl

`fksdnlrln tf lk`fmpass akjlhs akn

ahdlks, nlmfks akn nrajfks, balrdls

akn blhdkls, lhvls akn dksl`tfdns, jcfsts

akn jfghdks, carhlqudks akn cumakfdns,phakt tla`clrs akn ftclr `rlaturlslvlk

mfrpcdkj ma`cdkl mdkns akn bra`tahhdkl

Baglrj bfftgahhs, as hfkj as tclyrl

kfk-pcysd`ah akn sllm slktdlkt.

Dk cds 7??1 gffi NM^5 ^cl Ppdrdt

Mfhl`uhl, autcfr Wd`i Ptrassmak prlslkts

rst-plrsfk a``fukts brfm sugel`ts wcf

partd`dpatln dk cds NM^ stundls gltwllk

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P ahsf cahhu`dkatln a wcfhl array fb

mfkstlrsapparlkthy `rlaturls

su`c as lhvls, nwarbs, akn ftclr

smahh, nlbfrmln cumak-hdil gldkjs.

Blarbuh at first, cl jadkln `fkfinlk`l

wclk cds mftclr lk`furajln cdm

tf mail brdlkns wdtc tcl mfkstlrs

Y]. Abtlr sfml fb cds akxdltdls wlrl

ndspfsln fb, slvlrah fb tcl mfkstlrs

`aml akn sat fk Ps iklls akn dk tcl

pahm fb cds cakn akn cl tahiln wdtc

tclm. Ftclrs nak`ln arfukn cdm

akn manl ba`ls. Brfm tdml tf tdml,

Ps blars wfuhn rlturk9 tclk, wdtc cds

mftclrs clhp, cl wfuhn fvlr`fml

cds blars ajadk akn lkefy phaydkj akn

tahidkj wdtc tcl cahhu`dkatln gldkjs.3

Mastlrs akn Cfustfk `fmparl tcds

`cdhns lxplrdlk`l tf tcat fb pcdhfsfpclr

Elak-_auh Partrl, wcf tffi mls`ahdkl

uknlr tcl suplrvdsdfk fb a psy`cdatrdst.

At fkl pfdkt Partrl nls`rdgln tcat cl was5

fijctdkj a hfsdkj gatthl wdtc a nlvdh

fisc akn Ycl] mlktdfkln a kumglr

fb ftclr ndsturgdkj lxplrdlk`ls. Cl

rlpfrtln umgrlhhas `cakjdkj dktf

vuhturls akn scfls `cakjdkj dktf

silhltfks, ba`ls gl`aml cdnlfus, akn

`rags, pfhyps, akn jrdma`dkj tcdkjs

tcat cl saw brfm tcl frklr fb cds lyl.3

Lvlk abtlr tcl nruj can wfrk fbb, sfmlwllis hatlr Partrl `fmphadkln fb gldkj

fk tcl lnjl fb a `crfkd` cahhu`dkatfry

psy`cfsds akn sadn tcat cl was gldkj

bfhhfwln gy hfgstlrs akn `rags akn

assfrtln ftclr mfkstlrs.

Elrry Wd`carnsfk, ak dksurak`l

uknlrwrdtlr brfm Pak Brak`ds`f wcf

partd`dpatln dk Glrkarn Aarfksfks HPN

rlslar`c dk tcl 142?s, wrftl5

D saw jfghdks dk jrllk akn ylhhfw

akn ghul9 rln nlvdhs wdtc sdkdstlr,twdstln ba`ls9 akn tclk gfndls, ba`ls,

jcfsthdil rlaturls dk wcdtl, fmdkj

fut fb kfwclrl, ruscdkj tfwarn ml,

tumghdkj fvlr la`c ftclr, akn ndsap-

plardkj dktf tcl ga`i fb my mdkn dk

a sllmdkjhy lknhlss prf`lssdfk fb

hund`rfushy jrftlsqul dmajlry. Y]

Fplkdkj my lyls stfppln tcl

mlktah dmajlry. Arfukn tcl rffm,

lvlrytcdkj was kfw gatcln dk a

`urdfus ylhhfwdsc-warm, jhfwdkj

randak`l. Ak frndkardhy ratclr

kfknls`rdpt, sfmlwcat mlssy, akn

ujhy rffm can gllk traksbfrmln

dktf sfmltcdkj fut fb a badry tahl.4

Dk cds May 17, 14

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`clrugdm, akn slrapcdm, tcl sadkts

wlrl mfvdkj gy cds tcrfkl dk a statlhy

prf`lssdfk. D was tclrl dk Clavlk,

wfrscdpdkj Jfn, wfrscdpdkj tcl

akjlhs, wfrscdpdkj tcl sadkts dk buhh

akn `fmphltl trakspfrt fb rlhdjdfus

l`stasy. 11

Dk hatlr lxplrdlk`ls, gftc adnln akn

ukadnln gy nruj `fksumptdfk, Hdhhy

`fkta`tln a padr fb nds`arkatl lktdtdls

wcf tfhn cdm tcat tcly wlrl cds juarndaks

akn wcf applarln tf jdvl cdm sfml

dkstru`tdfk fk tcl katurl fb tcl ukdvlrsl.

Dk `fktlmphatdkj tclsl lxplrdlk`ls,

Hdhhy rlmariln5

Dk my fwk bar-fut lxplrdlk`ls dk

tcl dsfhatdfk taki wdtc HPN akn dk

my `hfsl gruscls wdtc nlatc D cavl

`fml upfk tcl twf judnls. ^clsl

twf judnls may gl twf aspl`ts

fb my fwk buk`tdfkdkj at tcl

supraslhb hlvlh. ^cly may gl lktdtdls

dk ftclr spa`ls, ftclr ukdvlrsls

tcak fur `fkslksus rlahdty. ^cly

may gl clhpbuh `fkstru`ts, clhpbuh

`fk`lpts tcat D usl bfr my fwk buturl

lvfhutdfk. ^cly may gl rlprlslkta-

tdvls fb ak lsftlrd` cdnnlk s`cffh.

^cly may gl `fk`lpts buk`tdfkdkj

dk my fwk cumak gdf`fmputlr at

tcl supraspl`dls hlvlh. cly may gl

mlmglrs fb a dvdhdzatdfk a cuknrln

tcfusakn ylars fr sf aclan fb furs.

^cly may gl a tukdkj dk fk twf

kltwfris fb `fmmukd`atdfk fb a

`dvdhdzatdfk way glyfkn furs, wcd`c

ds randatdkj dkbfrmatdfk tcrfujcfut

tcl jahaxy.11

Nurdkj sfml fb H d h hys ha tl r

lxplrdlk`ls, uknlr tcl dkbhulk`l

fb tcl nruj iltamdkl, cl glhdlvln

cdmslhb tf gl `fmmukd`atdkj wdtc

nds`arkatl lktdtdls wcf scarln wdtc cdmikfwhlnjl agfut cumakdtys buturla

tdml wclk tcl phaklt wfuhn gl tailk

fvlr gy a mahlvfhlkt sfhdn-statl

lktdty. Dk ak dktlrvdlw fk May 1>,

1443, iltamdkl rlslar`c Iarh Eakslk

asiln tcl 30-ylar-fhn Hdhhy agfut cds

`fkta`ts wdtc lktdtdls5

Ea ks lk 5 Maky plrsfks nf kft

lk`fuktlr Gldkjs wclk tcly tail

iltamdkl, fr `fdk`dnlk`l `fktrfh

fbfi`lrs. Cfw nf yfu lxphadk tcds dk

tlrms fb yfur tclfrdls6

Hdhhy5Tfu nfkt cavl tf cavl aky

`fk`lpt fb Gldkjs. Zclk yfu tail tcl

nruj yfu lktlr dktf tcldr `fks`dfus-

klss. Tfu nfkt cavl tf sll tclm fr

ikfw tclm as Gldkjs. ^cly lkjajl

yfur mdkn. Glbfrl mattlr, lklrjy,

tclrl was fks`dfusklss wdtcfut ak

fgel`t. Fut fb tcat `aml Gldkjs.17

Fvlr cds hdbltdml as ak autcfr

akn hl`turlr, ^lrlk`l M`Ilkka fbtlk

nds`ussln tcl tfpd` fb lktdty `fkta`t dk

`fkeuk`tdfk wdtc tcl mlktah lbbl`ts fb

cdjc nfsls (vl jrams) fb psdhf`ygdk-

`fktadkdkj muscrffms5

Tls, bdrst `fml tcl nak`dkj md`l,

tcl hdtthl `akndls, tcl `fhfrln jrdns,

akn sf-bfrtc akn sf-fk. Gut wcat

lvlktuahhy capplks, qud`ihy, hdil tlk

mdkutls hatlr, ds tclrl ds ak lktdty

dk tcl trak`l, dk tcl vdsdfk. ^clrl ds

a mdkn tclrl, wadtdkj, tcat splais

jffn Lkjhdsc, akn dkvdtls yfu up

dktf dts rffm. Y] Akn wcat dt ds, ds

dts a vfd`l dk tcl clan Y]. D `fml

dktf a pha`l. Dts carn tf nls`rdgl.

Dts a bllhdkj. Akn tcl `fktlkt fb

tcl bllhdkj ds, kfw tcl lhvls arl

klar. Gut tcly wfkt applar ukhlss

D dkvfil tclm.10

Cfw fbtlk nf psy`cfkauts sll

fr dktlra`t wdtc lktdtdls6 Zdtcdk tcl

bramlwfri fb nf`umlktdkj tcl idkn

akn brlqulk`y fb rlhdjdfus dmajls

tcat f``urrln amfkj tcldr 7?2 sugel`ts,

Mastlrs akn Cfustfk rlpfrtln tcat 4% saw nlvdhs akn

nlmfks, akn :% saw akjlhs.3

My Fwk Lktdty Lk`fuktlrs^cl tfpd` fb psy`clnlhd`-dknu`ln

`fkta`t cas dktlrlstln ml sdk`l 143:,

wclk D can my fwk dkdtdah nds`arkatl

lktdty lk`fuktlr wcdhl fk a `fuphl

cdts fb HPN. D was attlkndkj `fhhljl dk

Ptratbfrn-upfk-Avfk vda a prfjram ruk

tcrfujc Pak Brak`ds`f @dty @fhhljl,

wclrl Dn gllk stunydkj art. As strakjl

`cak`l wfuhn cavl dt, D capplkln tf ruk

dktf a brdlkn brfm PB wcf was passdkj

tcrfujc Lkjhakn fk cds way tf Jlrmaky.

Cl shdppln ml twf jlh-tags. Fkl kdjct D

nrfppln gftc tags akn wlkt fut wahidkj

wdtc a blw klw brdlkns brfm s`cffh.

Ha`idkj aky bfrlikfwhlnjl fb cfw my

`fmpakdfks blht agfut dhhd`dt nruj usl, D

ilpt tcl ba`t tcat D was trdppdkj tf myslhb.

^cl a`dn aml fk, akn D was lkefydkj fur

wahi akn nds`ussdfks, nurdkj wcd`c dt

`aml fut tcat fkl fb tcl wfmlk wdtc us

was a pra`td`dkj Zd``ak. Abtlr wl turkln

nfwk ak fhn nlslrtln Wfmak rfan, fur

jrfup blhh qudlt bfr a mfmlkt. Dt was hatl

dk tcl lvlkdkj, akn tcl fkhy sfukn was

tcl `ruk`cdkj autumk hlavls glklatc fur

bllt. As wl wahiln, a wdkn ghlw nfwk tcl

rfan, rlhlasdkj mfrl hlavls brfm tcl trlls

akn wcdrhdkj tclm dktf a sfrt fb tukklh

agfvl fur clans. ^cl Zd``ak wfmak

gljak tf sdkj dk Jalhd`a hakjuajl

tcat Dn klvlr clarn glbfrl. Nlspdtl

tcl ba`t tcat D `fuhnkt uknlrstakn tcl

wfrns, tcl mdkfr tfkls fb clr sfkj

wlrl cauktdkjhy glautdbuh. At tcl rst

kftl scl sakj, sfml fb tcl adrgfrkl

hlavls traksbfrmln dktf agfut a nfzlk

balrdlslxa`thy tcl sfrt fb trandtdfkah

wdkjln pdxdl-hdil `rlaturls padktln gy

tcl artdst Grdak Brfun. D can klvlr sllk

akytcdkjhdil tcds glbfrl fk a`dn. Zcdhl

humdkfus akn sparihy, tcly applarln

qudtl sfhdn akn la`c sllmln tf cavl ak

dknlplknlkt lxdstlk`l, as tcly phaybuhhy

nartln amfkjst tcl swdrhdkj hlavls. Dt

was truhy majd`ah. D was traksbdxln.

As tcl kah kftl fb my brdlkns sfkj

sfuknln, D wat`cln ahh tcl balrdls mfrpc

ga`i dktf wdkn-ghfwk hlavls. Gldkj tcl

fkhy fkl fb us fk a`dn at tcl tdml (tf

tcl glst fb my ikfwhlnjl), D prlsumln

tcat kf fkl lhsl can lxplrdlk`ln tcl

prfbfuknhy mfvdkj vdsdfk tcat D can sllk.

Fur jrfup rlmadkln rlspl`tbuhhy qudlt

bfr a mfmlkt. ^clk sfmlfkl asiln furvf`ahdst tcl kaml fb tcl sfkj tcat scln

eust sukj, akn scl rlphdln, Fc, tcat fkl

ds ikfwk as ^cl Pfkj tf @ahh dk tcl

Balrdls.

Agfut a nl`anl hatlr, D was `ampdkj

wdtc tcrll brdlkns at Dshakn Hail klar

Klvana @dty, @ahdbfrkda. A `fuphl fb

us nl`dnln tf tail clrfd` nfsls fb

_sdhf`ygl muscrffms fkl lvlkdkj.

D `clwln nfwk bfur jrams, rltdrln

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tf my tlkt, `hfsln my lyls, akn jft

cfrdzfktah fk my adr mattrlss. As tcl

lbbl`ts fb tcl scrffms `aml fk, my

dkklr vdsdfk rlvlahln wcat hffiln hdil

a naki mfss-jrllk cfspdtah lmlrjlk`y

wadtdkj rffm. D sllmln tf gl sdttdkj fk

a glk`c dk tcds rffm, akn dt f``urrln

tf ml tcat dt was fnn tcat tclrl wlrl

kf patdlkts gldkj wcllhln dk fr fut.

Idkna qudlt bfr ak LW. Abtlr sfml tdml,

D kftd`ln a blw fbb-wcdtl bfftgahh-sdzln

harval fatdkj tcrll fr bfur bllt fbb tcl

jrfukn dk vardfus spfts. Bfhhfwdkj fkl

fb tclsl wdtc my lyls, D tclk saw ak

dksl`tfdn lktdty agfut tcl sdzl fb a smahh

wcfm dt bln. Tlt D can a kajjdkj bllhdkj

tcat dt mdjct kft gl tlhhdkj ml tcl wcfhl

trutc. Maygl tclsl `rlaturls can sfml

dkulk`l fk dk`dtdkj wars fr ndsastlrs

dk tcl cumak rlahm6 ^cl lxplrdlk`l

hlbt ml bllhdkj uksltthln bfr sfml tdml

abtlrwarns.

Mfvdkj lvlk burtclr dktf ukphlasakt

lktdty `fkta`t rlahms, tclrl was my fkl

(akn fkhy) trdp fk 0 mj fb NFG (7,-grfmfampcltamdkl). D

was attlkndkj Gurkdkj Mak, wclrl my

wdbl akn D can pdt`cln fur tlkt klar a

`amp `ahhln Ndsturgda. Dk rltrfspl`t,

tcl `amps kaml scfuhn cavl gllk a

sdjk tcat tcds mdjct

kft gl tcl rdjct pha`l

tf bdrst try a pftlkt

pclkltcyhamdkl tcat

`ak hast up tf 7>

cfurs. ^cl Ndsturgda

bfhis can idknhy slt

up a hfunhy amphdln

tclrlmdk bfr pughd`

usl. ^cl tclrlmdk ds ak lhl`trfkd`

musd`ah dkstrumlkt tcat ds phayln gy

grdkjdkj fkls cakns dktf varydkj

prfxdmdty tf dts mltah aktlkkas wdtcfut

a`tuahhy tfu`cdkj tclm. Makdpuhatln gy a

kfvd`l (akn, wlhh, lvlryfklfk tcl phaya

applarln tf gl klw tf tcl dkstrumlkt),

dt sfukns hdil a gllcdvl dk a shdkiy. Dt

was apprfxdmatlhy rdjct abtlrtcl NFG

can buhhy id`iln dk tcat D gl`aml awarl

fb tcl tclrlmdk, wclk sfmlfkl startln

phaydkj dt, tclrlgy attra`tdkj mfrl

bfhis wcf waktln tf phay dtbfr cfurs

fk lkn.Dt was gummdkj ml fut.At fkl

pfdkt, wclk my wdbl fuhn tlhh tcat D was

kft nfdkj sf wlhh, scl trdln tf fmbfrt ml

gy saydkj, Dm clrl, cfkly. Eust bf`us

fk ml, akn yfuhh gl fiay. As D hffiln

dktf tcl lyls fb tcl plrsfk D hfvl mfst dk

tcl wfrhn, D wat`cln `f`irfa`cls `rawh

fut brfm uknlr clr lylhdns akn swarm

fvlr clr ba`l. Gufyln gy tcl guzzdkjtclrlmdk, tcl guj tclml `fktdkuln. D

was `fkbrfktln gy slvlrah cumak-sdzln

`cdtdkfus Jdjlrlsqul lktdtdls tcat splkt

tcl rlst fb tcl lvlkdkj prfgdkj ml

akn plrbfrmdkj dkvasdvl pcysd`ah

lxplrdmlkts fk my dmmfgdhl, ukcappy

gfny. Dt was prltty mu`c tcl hassd` ahdlk

agnu`tdfk s`lkardf, saks spa`l scdp. Abtlr

a hfkjkdjct, tclrl was at hlast a glautdbuh

(akn qudlt!) sukrdsl tcl klxt mfrkdkj.

Mfst fb my psy`clnlhd` lxplrdlk`ls

fvlr tcl past tcrll nl`anls cavl kft

blaturln aky makklr fb nds`arkatl

lktdty `fkta`t. Dk Klw Frhlaks, D jft a

wldrn jcfsthy nwarb tcdkj fk`l fk tcl

`fmgdkatdfk fb psdhf`ygdk-`fktadkdkj

muscrffms akn _ljakum carmaha.

Kdtrfus fxdnl rlvlahln ndmlksdfkah

nfpplhjakjlrs akn ZAHH-Lstyhl

rfgfts. Iltamdkl cas pfkdln up a pyjmy

scamak, prftf-cumak apl-hdil `rlaturls,

akn sfml tlkta`hln `lpcahfpfns. N_^

(ndprfpyhtryptamdkl) cas prfvdnln tdky

`artffk-hdil dksl`tfdn `rlaturls. Fk`l

fk tcl `fmgdkatdfk fb iltamdkl akn

N_ , D wdtklssln twf ndstdk`thy ndbblrlkt

nds`arkatl lktdtdls sllmdkjhy tcrust dktf

la`c ftclrs rlahms bfr tcl rst tdml.

Gftc fb tclsl ahdlks wlrl dkbusln wdtc a

gan-ass attdtunl rlmdkds`lkt fb nlkdzlks

fb tcl Mfs Ldshly @aktdka dk Ptar Zars.

^cly grfilrln a nlahfkl fb tclm

passdkj a smahh ukdnlktdaghl dtlm dktf

tcl ftclrs cakn wcdhl mlktahhy scfftdkj

ml a warkdkj tcat D can bu`i-ahh dnla fb

wcat D was nlahdkj wdtcakn D was hlbt

wdtc tcl strfkj dmprlssdfk tcat D scfuhn

`fksdnlr myslhb hu`iy tcat tcly hlt ml

fbb tcl cffi, sdk`l dt was my `clmd`ah

`f`itadh tcat can nrawk tcl tcrll fb us

tfjltclr dk tcl bdrst pha`l. Fk 7@-G,

Dvl ahsf sfmltdmls lk`fuktlrln smahh

dksl`tfdns. Fk ayacuas`a, Dvl jfttlk

harjl dksl`tfdns. Akn yls, fk smfiln

NM^, Dvl lktlrln tcl traks-hdkjudstd`

ahdlk ndmlksdfk pfpuhatln gy M`Ilkkas

mlr`urdah akn mds`cdlvfus mutatdkj

ma`cdkl lhvls. (A rlahm wlhh-`apturln

gy tcl artdsts Kaftf Cattfrd, EZA u`ilr

akn Rdgrata @crfmfnfrds.) A``frndkj tf

M`Ilkka5

Dt ds trul, tcat wclk yfu smfil NM^,

bfr lxamphl, dk a subfi`dlkthy cdjc

akn prlparln nfsl, yfu jlt lhvls

lvlrygfny nfls. Ahh yfu klln nf, ds

dkcahl nllphy tcrll tdmls, akn yfu

ikfw Tfu wakt fkta`t6 Tfu wakt

lhvls6 Tfu wakt ahdlk dktlhhdjlk`l6

Tfuhh cavl tcat up tcl iazff.1>

Bfr sfml wcfvl sllk NM^ lhvls,

tcl gldkjs hffiln sdmdhar tf trandtdfkah

badryhakn `rlaturls. Gut maky uslrs

nls`rdgl tclm ndbblrlkthy. Dknlln, tcl

ndvlrsdty fb gldkjs lk`fuktlrln dk

D knlln , tcl n dvlrs d t y f b gl dkjs

lk`fuktlrln dk NM^ spa`l hlans fkl

tf tcdki tcat lvlryfkl `akt rlahhy gl

nls`rdgdkj tcl saml `rlaturls

Lrfwdn Lxtra`ts Kumglr 70 / Kfvlmglr 7?1717

nfj, wcfsl ga`i was ba`dkj ml. Dt can

a hfkj mfsqudtf-hdil prfgfs`ds tcat D

`fuhn fkhy partdahhy sll. Punnlkhy, dt

turkln, aknrlahdzdkj tcat D saw dtdt

manl a cdjc-pdt`cln guzzdkj/scrdlidkj

sfukn. (D jft tcl dmprlssdfk tcat dt was

slkndkj fut a warkdkj aharm.) cl lktdty

tclk dkdtdatln tlhlpatcd` `fmmukd`atdfk

wdtc ml, lxphadkdkj tcat dt was qudtl

surprdsln tcat D `fuhn sll dt, as tcdsusuahhy ndnkt f``ur. Dt sadn tcat dt hdvln

gy lxtra`tdkj cumak tcfujct/lmftdfk.

Cumak tcfujcts wlrl gftc tcl `urrlk`y

fb dts spl`dls, as wlhh as tcldr sustlkak`l/

lklrjy sfur`l. (^cl kllnhl-hdil prfgfs`ds

was hffidkj hlss brdlknhy gy tcl mdkutl.)

D was jdvlk tcl dmprlssdfk tcatas

tcl `fdk fb dts idknndbblrlkt typls fb

tcfujct/lmftdfk wlrl vahuln ndbblrlkthy9

tcfsl wdtc a mfrl dktlksl lklrjy carjl,

su`c as blar fr hfvl, wlrl wfrtc mfrl.

^cl lktdty lxphadkln tcat dt lxdstln dkakftclr ndmlksdfk sf tcat dt `fuhn blln

fbb fb cumak tcfujct ukcdknlrln. (D jft

a bllhdkj tcat tcl rlhatdfkscdp waskt

symgdftd`9 plrcaps tclsl tcfujct

nradklrs sfmlcfw su`i hdbllklrjy brfm

cumaks, ahfkj wdtc tcl mlktah lklrjy.) Dt

`hadmln tcat dt was tcl psy`cd` lqudvahlkt

fb ak a`tuah dksl`t tcat bllns fk ghffn,

sidk, lt`., wdtc rljarn tf tcl lxtlkt fb

aky namajl dt mdjct nf tf tcfsl fk

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NM^ spa`l hlans fkl tf tcdki tcat

lvlryfkl `akt rlahhygl nls`rdgdkj tcl

saml `rlaturls, akn tcat tcl spa`l

must gl pfpuhatln wdtc a muhtdtunl

fb nds`arkatl lktdtdls5 typd`ah s`d-bd

lxtratlrrlstrdahs, cumakfdns, elhhysc,

dksl`tfdns, `hfwks/_dlrrfts, rlptdhdaks,

rfgfts, f`tfpfns, akn ftclr sfrts fb

gldkjs cavl gllk mlktdfkln. Autcfr

N.M. ^urklr can apparlkthy `atahfjuln

at hlast kdkl ndstdk`t typls fb lktdtdls tcat

cln lk`fuktlrln. Dk nds`ussdkj tclsl

wdtc a blhhfw NM^ psy`cfkaut, ^urklr

bfukn tcat cds brdlkn can lxplrdlk`l

bfur fb tcl lxa`t saml lktdtdls, phus

twf ftclrs tcat ^urklr can klvlr sllk.1

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_dk`cgl`i5Tfu ndnkt hdil cyplr-

traksbfrmdkj ma`cdkl lhvls6

Wfjak5 Dt waskt hdil tcat tf ml,

yfu ikfw

_dk`cgl`i5Dt waskt hdil tcat tf ml,

ldtclr.

Wfjak5 D clarn Ytclm say] sfml

tcdkjs tcat M`Ilkka sadn, hdil,

hffi at tcds. cly say, hffi at tcds

a hft. Akn D clarn tclm say, Nfkt

jdvl dk tf astfkdscmlkt. Gut D was

wfknlrdkj, ds tcat gl`ausl D iklw

tcat M`Ilkka Ycan] sadn tcat, akn

_dk`cgl`i5Wdjct, rdjct, rdjct. Cl slt

tcl tlmphatl. Y]

Wfjak5Gut dt ndnkt sllm tf ml tf gl

hdil cyplr wcat ndn cl `ahh tclm,

ucm slhb-traksbfrmdkj ma`cdkl

lhvls. Y] cly ndnkt sllm hdil lhvls

tf ml. Dt sllmln hdil wcat D ahways

nls`rdgl tclm as ds tclsl `fmphlx

jlfmltrd` pattlrks tcat arl manl

fut fb hfvl. ^cats cfw D nls`rdgl

tclm, yfu ikfw. Akn tcat mlaks

kftcdkj. ^cfsl arl eust a guk`c

fb wfrns. Tfu ikfw wcat D mlak6

Dts eust hdil, D try tf say dt dk a way

tcats dktlrlstdkj akn bukky. Gut yfu

ikfw, Ydk] rlahdty, wcat dsdt6 ^clrls

eust sfml dk`rlndghl pattlrks tcat

yfu akt lvlk rlahhyhffi at. Dts hdil

tclyrl tff glautdbuh tf tail dk, akn

tclyrl cakjdkj ahh tcl tdml.14

Dvl ikfwk kumlrfus plfphl wcf

cavl klvlr lxplrdlk`ln aky sfrt fb fkta`t

wdtc nds`arkatl lktdtdls brfm smfidkj

NM . Zcdhl D nfkt ikfw cfw bamdhdar

tclsl plfphl wlrl wdtc M`Ilkkas

nls`rdptdfks fb tcl lxplrdlk`l, gy

tcl hatl 143?s, D can `lrtadkhy `fmla`rfss mlktdfks fb NM^ lktdtdls. Dt

ds dknlln carn tf dmajdkl tcat maky fb

tcl rlqudrln-tf-cavl-gllk-lxplrdlk`ln-

wdtc-psy`clnlhd`s sugel`ts vfhuktllrdkj

tf tail NM^ dk Ptrassmaks stundls

wfuhnkt cavl ahrlany gllk awarl fb

tcl lhb pclkfmlkfk tcat can gllkas

Ptrassmak `cara`tlrdzln dtsf wdnlhy

prfmuhjatln gy tcat tdml. Akn tclsl

nays, wdtc ugdqudtfus Dktlrklt a``lss, dt

sllms dk`rlasdkjhy ukhdilhy tcat a NM^

uslr wfuhn klvlr cavl clarn sfukn gdtls

fb M`Ilkka fk tcl tfpd`. cl glhdlb tcat

M`Ilkkas dnlas cavl ldtclr ndrl`thy fr

dkndrl`thy abbl`tln tcl idkns fb vdsdfks

tcat plfphl cavl, dk aky `asl, sllms

badrhy `fmmfk.

Cfwlvlr, abtlr Ptrassmak a`tuahhy

gljak anmdkdstlrdkj NM^ dk hatl 144?,

cl `cakjln cds mdkn agfut tcl s`fpl fb

awarlklss fb ^lrlk`l M`Ilkkas dnlas

akn tcl pfwlr fb sujjlstdfk as ba`tfrs

dkulk`dkj rlpfrts fb nds`arkatl lktdtdls

amfkj cds rlslar`c sugel`ts5

Y] vfhuktllrs wlrl ukdbfrmhy

scy akn uk`fmbfrtaghl nds`ussdkj

tcldr strakjl gldkj lk`fuktlrs.

Kldtclr wlrl ^lrlk`l M`Ilkkas

hl`turls akn wrdtdkjs lspl`dahhy

pfpuhar wclk wl bdrst startln

clardkj tclsl ukusuah rlpfrts brfm

fur rlslar`c sugel`ts. D fbtlk asiln

vfhuktllrs agfut gldkj bamdhdar wdtc

pfpuhar a``fukts fb NM^-mlndatln

lk`fuktlrs wdtc lhvls fr dksl`tfdn

ahdlks. Blw db aky wlrl. ^cus, D nfkt

tcdki tclsl rlpfrts wlrl a typl fb

mass cystlrda fr a slhb-buhbdhhdkj

prfpcl`y.:

DkNM^5 ^cl Ppdrdt Mfhl`uhl, Ptrassmak

prlslkts a kumglr fb dktrdjudkj

spl`uhatdfks rljarndkj tcl frdjdk akn

mlakdkj fb nds`arkatl lktdtdls.

Dk nds`ussdkj lktdty fkta`t, Mastlrs

akn Cfustfk rlmariln tcat, ^cl

cahhu`dkatln mfkstlrs arl tcl mfkstlrs

fb `cdhncffn, tcl bfrms blar tails wclk

fkl rljrlssls tf bllhdkjs fb `cdhnhdil

clhphlssklss.3 Zdtcdk tcat `fktlxt,

`fksdnlr tcl bfhhfwdkj NM^ trdp rlpfrt5

Y] D arrdvl dk a pha`l fihhln wdtc

dktlksl wcdtl hdjct wclrl cdnlfus,

gfndhlss, pfdktln-larln, purphl akn

jrllk lktdtdls gfukn tfwarn ml akn

tcly haujc, ellr akn rdnd`uhl ml9

wclrl tclsl jrftlsqul lhb, efilr fr

`hfwk-hdil `ard`aturls rusc at ml

fkl at a tdml akn dk `hustlrs9 wclrl

tcly `urh tcldr cdnlfus, `hfwk-hdil

mfutcs akn waj tcldr tfkjuls dk

my ba`l9 wclrl D rlhdvl lvlry rlah

akn dmajdkln cumdhdatdfk D subblrln

dk `cdhncffn9 wclrl a jrlat sfrrfw

akn ndsappfdktmlkt bdhhs ml as

tcly `fml at ml bastlr akn bastlr9

wclrl D start tf `rumghl uknlr

tcldr fkshaujct, sf D fplk my lyls

gut stdhh tcly fml9 wclrl D rlahdzl D

cavl tf ba`l tclm, sf D hfsl my lyls

akn bf`us fk my grlatcdkj, akn tcl

nlmfkd` bfr`ls ga`i fbb Y].7?

_sy`clnlhd` rlslar`clrs Glrkarn

Aarfksfk akn Cumpcry Fsmfkn cavl

statln tcat tclsl nrujs mail avadhaghl

lxftd` akn bfrgdnnlk hakns`apls. Dk tclsl

hakns`apls, tcl dmajls fb kdjctmarl brfm

wcd`c wl cavl ln sdk`l cdhncffn, mfvl

akn tail scapl.71 Db trul, tcds `fuhn jf

sfml way tfwarn lxphadkdkj tcl `urrlkt

prlpfknlrak`l fb vdsdfks blaturdkj

lxtratlrrlstrdah gldkjs akn anvak`ln

tl`ckfhfjy. Pdk`l tcl 143?s, tcl s`arl

stfrdls brfm badryhakns cavl gllk sfhdnhy

supphlmlktln wdtc ahdlk agnu`tdfks akn

tahls fb ^raksbfrmlrs. P`dlk`l `tdfk ds

wdnlhy a``lptln as a mfrl phausdghl jlkrl

tcak baktasy. @fktlmpfrary sf`dltys blars

cavl gllk `apturln dk mfvdls su`c as

tclAhdlkslrdls (14:47?17), ^cly Hdvl

(1433), ^cl Hawkmfwlr Mak (1447),

lSdstlkU (1444), ^cl Matrdx slrdls

(14447??0), akn ^R scfws su`c as

Nf`tfr Zcf(14207?10) akn ^cl S-Bdhls

(14407??7).

Plvlrah tdmls, Ptrassmak mlktdfks a

kurslry/phayrffm tclml grfujct up gy

cds rlslar`c sugel`ts,:akn sprdkj-hfanln

wdkn-up tfys su`c as tcl plrlkkdahhy

pfpuhar Ea`i-dk-tcl-gfx may `fktrdgutl

tf tcl fmmfk cdhncffn blar fb hfwks.

Blar fb artcrfpfns (ara`ckdns,

`rusta`laks, akn dksl`ts) ds wdnlsprlan,

akn uknlrstaknaghl fk a vardlty fb hlvlhs.

Brfm tcl warm-ghffnln plrspl`tdvl fb

buzzy mammahs, artcrfpfns sllm carn,

`fhn, ukbllhdkj, parasdtd`, rfgftd`, akn

ahdlk. A ukdvlrsah symgfh bfr nlatc ds

tcl cumak siuhhahh tcats hlbt wclktcl tdssul rll`tdkj la`c fb fur ukdqul

hdvls cas gllk strdppln away. Zdtc

tcldr lschlss lxfsilhltfks, artcrfpfns

dkclrlkthy `arry ak dktdmatdfk fb nlatc

sf blar-dknu`dkj tf sfml cumaks tcat

tcldr jut rla`tdfk fk slldkj a spdnlr,

ak akt, fr sfml ftclr smahh artcrfpfn,

ds tf smasc akn idhh dt. Glyfkn tcldr

symgfhd` ftclrklss, wl cavl a hfkj

cdstfry fb jctdkj tclm fbb fb tcl `rfps

Lrfwdn Lxtra`ts Kumglr 70 / Kfvlmglr 7?171>

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9/15Lrfwdn Lxtra`ts Kumglr 70 / Kfvlmglr 7?17 1? NM^ rdp

Wlpfrtsprfvdnls fgel`tdvl lvdnlk`l fb

tcl lxdstlk`l fb lktdtdls wdtcdk wcat

sllms tf gl ak ahtlrkatl rlahdty.70Larhy

dk tcl NM^ ndahfjul, Mlylr prfpfsln

tcat NM^ may prfvdnl a``lss tf a

pfst-nlatc rlahm.1: Fb tcl 0>? rlpfrts

tcat cls `fhhl`tln, cl cas mariln 772

fb tclm (22. nays rll`t fk wcat cds `fhhl`tdfk fb

rst-plrsfk a``fukts dmphdls agfut tcl

katurl fb rlahdty. cds lx`lhhlkt lxlr`dsl

may rlsuht dk radsln lylgrfws brfm at

hlast a blw silptd`s.

Tfurslhb, cds L^^cl lhb ds yfurs!

Zcdhl sfml fb tcfsl wcf arllxplrdlk`ln hlak tfwarn tcl lxtlrkah

lxdstlk`l vdlwpfdkt, ftclrs kn su`c

a plrspl`tdvl dhhfjd`ah akn brustratdkj.

@fksdnlr Martdk Gahhs s`rlln,

^lrlk`l fk NM^5 Ak Lktclfhfjd`ah

Akahysds fb M`Ilkkas Lxplrdlk`ls

dk tcl ^ryptamdkl Mdrrfr fb tcl Plhb,

pughdscln gy Wlahdty Paknwd`c. Gahhs

rakt ajadkst M`Ilkkaas a bhawln

dkndvdnuah akn as tcl prfmftlr fb awln

Bdhdjrll,gyRdgrata@crfmfnfrds

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dnlasds harjlhy a `fkjhfmlratdfk fb

dksuhts, straw-mak arjumlkts, akn drfkd`

ljftdsm. (Gahhs nfjmatd` rlbradk bf`usls

fk prfel`tdfks fb M`Ilkkas ljf,

padkbuhhy fghdvdfus tf tcfsl fb cds fwk.)

Nlspdtl ndsmah ndahl`td`, Gahh grdkjs

up a `fuphl fb pfdkts wfrtc tcdkidkj

agfut. ^cl rst ds tcat ahh`fktlkts fb

lktclfjlkd` lxplrdlk`ls arl prfel`tdfks

fb tcl slhb Ylmpcasds dk tcl frdjdkah].7>

(Gahhs rlmari mdjct wdk fvlr mfrl

suppfrtlrs db dt wlrl lxprlssln as ahh

`fktlkts fb lktclfjlkd` lxplrdlk`ls

`fuhn gl prfel`tdfks fb tcl slhb. Dhh

rlblr Gahh tf tcl Gdhh Maclr quftl

agfvl, Nfugt ds cumghl.) ^cl sl`fkn

pfdkt wfrtc `fktlmphatdkj,

grfujct up gy Gahh fkhy dk

passdkj, ds cds tftah ndsmdssah

fb tcl fk`lpt fb a sfuh. Dk a

wfrhn wclrl sfml lktclfjlk

lvakjlhdsts wfuhn hdil kftcdkj

glttlr tcak tf slt tcldr d_cfkl

aharms bfr tcl kah 3517 p.m.

sukslt akn bhy fbb tcrfujc

NM^-dknu`ln nfughl radkgfws

fk tcldr wdkjln ukd`frks, Gahhs

mfkdsm ds, at hlast, a rlbrlscdkj

ahtlrkatdvl plrspl`tdvl.

Dk ^cl @asl Ajadkst NM^

Lhvls,74? NM^ trdp rlpfrts cl `fhhl`tln

mlktdfk sfml makklr fb nds`arkatl

lktdtdls.70 ^fjltclr, tclsl twf sfur`ls

sujjlst tcat plrcaps

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wlrl eust cahhu`dkatdfks. ^clk D

clarn ^lrlk`l M`Ilkka akn gljak

hffidkj bfr nds`arkatl lktdtdls dk

my trdps. Akn sunnlkhy, D gljak

slldkjnds`arkatl lktdtdls dkstlan

fb cahhu`dkatdfks. My pfdkt ds,

cumaks arl sf sujjlstdghl, tcly

wdhh glhdlvl fb tcldr cahhu`dkatdfks

wcatlvlr yfu tlhh tclm tf lxpl`t.

Db D am lxpl`tdkj `artffks, D sll

`artffk `cara`tlrs. Db D am lxpl`tdkj

nds`arkatl lktdtdls, tclk sunnlkhy

tcfsl `artffk `cara`tlrs cavl mfrl

mlakdkj fr vahul gl`ausl D `ahh

tclm lktdtdls dkstlan fb `artffks.

Dk ftclr wfrns, lrlk`l was a mastlr

fb slmaktd` guhhscdt.

^f prlslrvl akfkymdty, qulstdfks agfut

jlknlr akn ajl wlrl kft dk`hunln fk tcds

survly. Wlspfknlkts lxprlssln a vardlty fb

spdrdtuah glhdlbs, dk`hundkj atcldsm.

Wlspfksls tf a qulstdfk agfut

apprfxdmatlhy cfw maky tdmls tcly

can lxplrdlk`ln lktdty `fkta`t rakjln

brfm 7 tf mfrl tcak 1??. Tlar fb rst

`fkta`t lxplrdlk`l rakjln >2 ylars, brfm

1421 tf 7??:. Bfur plfphls rst fkta`t

rlsuhtln brfm NM^, fkl brfm HPN, fkl

brfm psdhf`ygdk-`fktadkdkj muscrffms,

akftclr brfm muscrffms dk `fmgdkatdfk

wdtc _ljakum carmaha, akn tcl kah

plrsfks f``urrln at ajl bfur `hfslhy

bfhhfwdkj a clan trauma.

Zclk asiln tf kaml aky sugstak`ls

tcat can rlsuhtln dk lktdty `fkta`t

lxplrdlk`ls, tcl bfhhfwdkj nrujs

wlrl mlktdfkln (kumglr fb mlktdfks

dknd`atln dk gra`ilts)5 NM^ Y:],

ayacuas`a Y2], psdhf`ygdk-`fktadkdkj

muscrffms Y

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kumglr fb rlpfrts mlktdfkdkj lktdtdls

Ykftln dk gra`ilts], arl5 Pahvda ndvdkfrum

Y01>], NM^ Y:2], Grujmaksda /Natura

Y:>], psdhf`ygdk-`fktadkdkj muscrffms

Y23], ayacuas`a Y22], HPN Y7,41? vahdn rlspfksls, klarhy

0:% rlpfrtln cavdkj can `fkta`t wdtc

nds`arkatl lktdtdls, wcdhl shdjcthy fvlr

3% sadn tcat tcly ndnkt ikfw fr wlrlkt

surl wcltclr tcly can lxplrdlk`ls tcat

wfuhn quahdby. Atcldsts akn ajkfstd`s

wlrl mfrl hdilhy tf rlpfrt klvlr cavdkj

can ak lktdty fkta`t, wclrlas tcl cdjclstplr`lktajl fb lktdty fkta`t was rlpfrtln

amfkj plfphl wcf javl tcldr rlhdjdfus

dk`hdkatdfk as ftclr mystd`ah/spdrdtuah.

Fb tcfsl wcf rlpfrtln cavdkj can

ak lktdty lk`fuktlr (ldtclr sfglr fr abtlr

cavdkj tailk a nruj), akn jdvlk tcl

fptdfk fb ldjct nrujs tf slhl`t brfm as tcl

nruj tcly may cavl gllk fk wclk lktdty

`fkta`t f``urrln, rlspfknlkts rlpfrtln5

NM^ Y11.:%], psdhf`ygdk-`fktadkdkj

muscrffms Y4.3%], HPN Y4.?%], Pahvda

ndvdkfrum Y:.>%], @akkagds Y

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13/15Lrfwdn Lxtra`ts Kumglr 70 / Kfvlmglr 7?17 14

dktf `fksdnlratdfk cfw `fmmfk usl

fb aky jdvlk sugstak`l ds amfkj tcl

jrfup gldkj survlyln. Ayacuas`a, bfr

lxamphl, ds wdnlhy rlpfrtln tf f``asdfk

lktdty `fkta`t. A rl`lkt stuny fb 101

Kfrtc Amlrd`ak ayacuas`a uslrs, wcf

can a `fmgdkln tftah fb fvlr 7,72:

slssdfks, bfukn tcat :>% glhdlvln tcat

tcly can a plrsfkah rlhatdfkscdp wdtc

tcl spdrdt fb ayacuas`a, wcd`c was

mfst fbtlk nls`rdgln as a wdsl tla`clr,

jraknmftclr fr clahlr brfm a cdjclr

spdrdtuah ndmlksdfk akn dktlhhdjlk`l9

sfml ayacuas`a uslrs ahsf rlpfrtln a

glhdlb dk tcl slktdlk`l dk phakts akn

dk spdrdt lktdtdls brfm ftclr rlahdtdls.0?

Tlt gl`ausl fb dts rlhatdvl rardty, fkhy

1. vahdn rlspfksls, 42%

can usln @akkagds, :?% muscrffms,

2?% HPN, 73% NM^, 72% iltamdkl,

1:% mls`ahdkl, akn 2% can usln

ayacuas`a. ^cds survly ahsf asiln tcl

apprfxdmatl kumglrs fb usl dkstak`ls bfr

la`c fb tclsl sugstak`ls. Bfr lxamphl,

@akkagdsuslrs, wcf rlprlslktln arfukn

42% fb rlspfknlkts, wlrl mfst hdilhy

tf rlpfrt (>3.2%) tcat tcly can usln dt

1,??? fr mfrl tdmls9 wclrlas fkhy 2%

fb rlspfknlkts rlpfrtln cavdkj lvlr trdln

ayacuas`a akn, fb tcfsl, cahb sadn tcat

tcly can usln dt a sdkjhl tdml, akn agfut atcdrn 7< tdmls. Zdtc NM^, tclrl wlrl

1,?2: plfphl Y4.0%] wcf sadn tcat tcly

can usln dt fk`l, 1,7?0 plfphl Y1?.,:2: NM^ trdps sphdt gltwllk 7,2>?

plfphlkft lvlk twf trdps plr plrsfk fk

avlrajl. Eust a caknbuh fb plfphl `fuhn

lasdhy mat`c tcat kumglr dk pft cdjcs.

As kftln larhdlr, 1% fb rlspfknlkts

wlrl kft cdjcat tcl tdml fb tcldr lktdty

`fkta`t lxplrdlk`la harjlr plr`lktajl

tcak rlpfrtln bfr aky dkndvdnuah nruj.

^f jlt a glttlr slksl fb tcl sfrts fb sfglr

sdtuatdfks tcat rlsuht dk `fkta`t wdtc

nds`arkatl lktdtdls, Purvly #0 lktdrlhy

avfdnln mlktdfkdkj psy`cfa`tdvl nrujs.

Dt dk`hunln ak fplk `fmmlkts lhn, tf

sfhd`dt uslrs fwk nls`rdptdfks fb tcldr

`fkta`ts wdtc nds`arkatl lktdtdls.

^cl qulstdfk was pfsln5 Cavl

yfu lvlr lxplrdlk`ln `fkta`t wdtc a

kfk-cumak, dktlhhdjlkt, nds`arkatl lktdty

(akjlh, balrdl, ahdlk, spdrdt)6 Amfkj

tcl % rdsl dk uk`lrtadkty. ^cl

gra`iltln kumglr bfhhfwdkj atljfrdls fb

lktdty fr a`tdvdty glhfw scfws cfw maky

plfphl mlktdfkln dt, gasln fk makuah

lvahuatdfk fb tcl fplk lhn `fmmlkts.

Zdtcdk Purvly #0, nds`arkatl lktdtdls

dk tcl bfrms fb ahdlks Y1?] was mlktdfkln at a hlvlh sdmdhar

tf ahdlks5

My mfst dktlksl akn ndrl`thy

rlvlhatfry `fkvlrsatdfk wdtc Jfn

was my first, akn was fb tcl HPN-

dkspdrln vardlty. D asiln Jfn wcy

dt rlatln tcl ukdvlrsl. cl akswlr,

^cl fkl gl`aml maky, tcat D may

ikfw myslhb. Pdx ylars hatlr, tcds

ds stdhh tcl `frklrstfkl fb my badtc.

Jcfsts (nl`lasln hfvln fkls/cauktln

cfusls) Y40] wlrl rlpfrtln shdjcthy hlss

brlqulkthy tcak jfns9 su`c lxplrdlk`ls

fbtlk f``urrln wclk tcl dkndvdnuah was

a yfukj `cdhn, fr tcl lxplrdlk`ls wlrl

rlhatln tf `fkta`t manl vda nrlamdkj.

@fkta` t sfmlt dmls capplkln

dmmlndatlhy glbfrl, nurdkj, fr eust

abtlr shllp Y:4], wdtc shllp parahysds,

kdjct tlrrfrs, fut-fb-gfny lxplrdlk`ls,

kdjctmarls, akn hu`dn nrlamdkj ahh

nls`rdgln as `fktrdgutdkj ba`tfrs.

Agfut a nfzlk rlpfrts mlktdfkln astrah

prfel`tdfk. Pfmltdmls mfrl tcak fkl

fb tclsl shllp-rlhatln `fkndtdfks was

prlslktln as gldkj ausatdvl5

Dk my nrlams, wclk D cavl FGL

fr wclk D am hu`dn nurdkj shllp

parahysds.

Maky plfphl mlktdfkln slldkj a

jurl stakndkj sfmlwclrl klar tcl gln.

Pu`c shllp-rlhatln a``fukts sfmltdmls

nls`rdgln jcfsts, ahdlks, nlmfks, akn

akjlhs, tcfujc balrdl bfhi wlrl rarlhy

mlktdfkln.

A smahh kumglr fb rlspfknlkts

lxprlssln tcldr fpdkdfks tcat tcl survlys

bf`us was ldtclr lktdrlhy cfjwasc

(d.l.,kfkl fb tclsl tcdkjs lxdst), fr at

hlast partdahhy sf5

^cl tlrms akjlh akn balrdl mail

tcds qulstdfk hlss `rlndghl. Ahdlks

fgel`tdvlhy lxdst, cfwlvlr9 eust asi

tcl jfvlrkmlkt. Ppdrdt fr lktdty

wfuhn subfi`l bfr tcl ftclr tlrms.

Nlspdtl tcds vf`ah mdkfrdty fb

kaysaylrs, balrdls (lhvls, jkfmls, lt`.)

Y-mdhl-hfkj

FJ Mungfkl lrl`t `f`i.

was hlss typd`ah tcak

Zclk D was fivl ak akjlh tffi ml dk

my shllp fut fb my gfny akn scfwln

ml tcl wfrhn. ^clk dt nrfppln ml

ga`i dktf gln akn sadn jffngyl.

Plvlrah plfphl Y72] lxprlssln tcl

bllhdkj tcat tcl lktdtdls wlrl juarndaks

fr judnls tcat ahhfwln tclm a``lss tf a

gdjjlr pd`turl5

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14/157? Lrfwdn Lxtra`ts Kumglr 70 / Kfvlmglr 7?17

Dt was a gldkj manl fb hdjct, wcd`c

Dn nls`rdgl as a spdrdt judnl. D

was fatdkj tcrfujc tcl bagrd` fb

lxdstlk`l, akn dt grfujct ml tf

a vdlwpfdkt brfm wcd`c D `fuhn

fgslrvl ahh fb tdml/spa`l. Dt was ran.

D wat`cln my bavfrdtl pfrkstars tail

scfwlrs.

^cfujc hlss `fmmfk, plfphl

ahsf mlktdfkln rlptdhls/rlptdhdaks Y7

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15/15

wlhh as sfml `fmmlkts brfm cds baks.

A blw plfphl rlmariln tcat tcldr fwk

lktdty lxplrdlk`ls prl-natln Ytcldr]

ikfwhlnjl fb M`Ilkka akn cds lktdtdls.

Dk ba`t, % fb survly rlspfknlkts

dknd`atln tcat tcly can sfml ikfwhlnjl

fb lrlk`l M`Ilkka. Fb tcl plfphl wcf

can klvlr clarn fb M`Ilkka, :0% ahsf

sadn tcat tcly can klvlr can `fkta`t

wdtc a nds`arkatl lktdty. Fb tcl 7:% fb

tcl survly rlspfknlkts wcf dknd`atln

tcat tcly can lxplrdlk`ln `fkta`t wdtc

a nds`arkatl lktdty, klarhy 24% fb tcfsl

can clarn fb M`Ilkka. Dk tcl lkn, dts

kft `hlar tcat tcds tlhhs us tff mu`c.

Dt bllhs apprfprdatl tf `hfsl fut

tcds `captlr wdtc sfml tlxt brfm fkl

rlspfknlkts nls`rdptdfk fb cds sfhl

lktdty lk`fuktlr5

D was dk tcl wffns wdtc twf brdlkns,

passdkj ahfkj a tahl tcat Dn eust

clarn agfut ^lrlk`l M`Ilkka. Dt

was a stfry agfut a trll dk cds ga`i

yarn wdtc a vdkl jrfwdkj fk dt. Cl

can kftd`ln tcat tcl vdkl wfuhnkt

jrfw fk fkl fb tcl nlan grak`cls fb

tcl trll. As cl was fgslrvdkj tcds,

tcl nlan grak`c blhh. Dt was ahmfst

as tcfujc tcl vdkl iklwtcat tcds was

gfukn tf capplk, sf dt stayln away

brfm tcat grak`c.

Gut eust as D was tlhhdkj tcl lxa`t

part fb tcl stfry agfut cfw tcl

grak`c can bahhlk brfm tcl trll

wcdhl ^lrlk`l can gllk tcdkidkj

agfut dt, a grak`c dk tcl trll rdjct

klxt tf us sdmuhtaklfushy blhh fbb.

D glhdlvl dt was ^lrlk`ls spdrdt tcat

manl tcds grak`c bahh, as a way fb

tlhhdkj ml cl apprl`datln tcat D was

scardkj cds stfry.

M`Ilkka was bfkn fb paraquftdkj

tcl Grdtdsc jlkltd`dst E.G.P. Cahnakl,wcf wrftl dk cds 147: gffi, _fssdghl

Zfrhns (dmajdkl clrl, ^lrlk`ls kasah

twakj rlplatdkj tcl bfhhfwdkj)5

Kfw, my fwk suspd`dfk ds tcat tcl

ukdvlrsl ds kft fkhy qullrlr tcak

wl suppfsl, gut qullrlr tcak wl

`aksuppfsl.

D wcfhlclartlnhy `fk`ur.

1) Wu`i @A_, Gdjwffn E, Ptaphls N, Ftt E,

Zassfk WJ. Lktclfjlks. Efurkah fb

_sy`clnlhd` Nrujs. 14:4911(17)51>2.

7) Adilk EZ. ^cl @cur`c fb tcl Awailkdkj.

Dk5 Aarfksfk G, Fsmfkn C (Lns).

_sy`clnlhd`s5 cl \sls akn Dmphd`atdfks fb

Cahhu`dkfjlkd` Nrujs. Ak`cfr Gffis. 14:?.

12) Jrly A. Pa`rln Mdrrfrs5 ^cl Rdsdfkary Art

fb Ahlx Jrly. Dkklr randtdfks. 144?.