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The Lasting Lesson of Lysenko
Political skills are dangerous when they interfere with science—and they will!
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Trofim Denisovich Lysenko (1898-1976) had little scientific education, and was promoted thanks to a post-revolutionary program of positive discrimination in favor of peasants in the early days of the USSR. Set the task of acclimatizing beans in Azerbaijan, Lysenko got promising results, thanks to the mild winter of 1925-6. In 1927, a journalist on Pravda publicized Lysenko as "the barefoot professor" whose discoveries would save the peasants of Azerbaijan from starvation. Despite a total lack of scientific evidence, Lysenko went on to orchestrate a noisy press campaign in favor of his belief that plants could be "educated" to grow in adverse climates. According to him, plants were indivisible organisms, without separate hereditary or environmental influences. He attributed what amounted to free will to plants, which could not only select food, but also enter into "love marriages."
In association with the Marxist ideologist, I. I. Prezent, Lysenko denounced Mendelian genetics as a "capitalist" and "clerical" conspiracy, and went on to deny the existence of the gene. Instead, he endorsed pre-scientific, photocopier heredity, proclaiming that "Lamarckian propositions, which recognize the active role of the conditions of the external environment in the formation of the living body and the inheritance of acquired characteristics … are indeed not faulty, but on the contrary perfectly correct and entirely scientific."
According to Lysenko, there is no struggle for survival among members of the same species, but mutual co-operation for the common good, and he denounced natural selection as "Darwin's greatest mistake." Lysenko put this into practice in trying to realize his claim that if planted in thick clusters, saplings would "sacrifice themselves for the benefit of the species," adding that "the death of individual saplings in the group occurs not because they are crowded, but for the express purpose of ensuring that in the future they will not be crowded." About a billion old roubles was wasted on trying to fulfill this futile fantasy in the USSR. He also claimed that plant hormones do not exist, and to have transformed wheat into rye, barley, oats and cornflowers—even the successful and permanent transformation of small white fowl into large black ones by blood transfusions was said to have been achieved!
Somewhat reminiscent of Bruno Bettelheim, Lysenko observed that "if you want a particular result you obtain it," adding, "I need only people who will obtain what I require." Indeed, like Bettelheim, Lysenko may well have owed his success—and even his survival—to his outstanding mentalistic skills. A recent account remarks that
although a mediocrity in scientific questions, Lysenko was highly talented in the art of leading an ideological fight and of surviving in the midst of Stalinist terror, unerringly divining the bosses' wishes and anxieties. … Lysenko came to the fore thanks to his considerable natural talents. He fought for a position atop the pyramid of power and won it not by chance or by a whim of Stalin's but by his skill in waging the kind of battle that was necessary. … He outfoxed even Stalin and was able to pull the wool over his eyes even when other Party leaders already had seen through Lysenko. Thanks to his courtier's intuition and his shrewdness, thanks to his ability to divine Stalin's secret designs, he always struck the right chord with "the great helmsman," never arousing his irritation. (p. 30)
But as with Bettelheim, there was an iron fist inside the velvet glove of Lysenko's psychotic savantism. Critics and associates who knew too much about him for his comfort were brutally dealt with. In 1934, N. M. Tulaikov, the only surviving witness of Lysenko's appropriation of another scientist's work, was denounced in Pravda, and then shot. Another victim was N. I. Vavilov, who had had responsibility for genetics under Lenin. A botanist of international reputation, Vavilov was one of the few non-Communists to become a member of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR. Under his leadership, a network of research institutes and experimental stations was built up, eventually employing more than 20,000 people, and doing much valuable genetic research. Vavilov had begun by endorsing Lysenko. However, following a vicious campaign of character-assassination, lies, and political intimidation, Vavilov's powers were curtailed after 1936, and in 1940 he was arrested as a spy, sentenced to death, and died in prison three years later.
Lysenko's stranglehold tightened further in 1948, when thousands of scientists were dismissed in a purge of those who had opposed him, and the teaching of Mendelian genetics or criticism of Lysenkoism became a crime. Lysenko received three Stalin Prizes, six Orders of Lenin, and The Order of the Red Banner. He was proclaimed a Hero of Socialist Labor, became a deputy and vice president of the Supreme Soviet and of the Central Committee of the Party. Monuments and statues were erected in his honor, and busts were on sale in shops. Khrushchev was a personal friend, and continued to patronize him as dictator of Soviet genetics after the fall of Stalin. Only in the 1960s was his work exposed as wholesale fraud sustained by violence, lies and intimidation.
Although Lysenko's peasant origins might explain his astonishingly primitive, pre-scientific ideas about biology, the diametric model would uniquely suggest why, with such low levels of mechanistic cognitive ability, someone could manifest such highly developed mentalistic social and political skills. And like Bettelheim, Lysenko's success in the mentalistic universe of politics, persuasion, and power was mirrored by its disastrous consequences in the mechanistic one of science, technology, and practical implementation. Indeed, the cases of both suggest the worrying implication that, in a modern, scientific and technological society, those who achieve political power and ideological influence may owe their success to mentalistic skills which vary inversely with their mechanistic abilities, making them poor judges of the very scientific, technological, and engineering expertise on which their civilization depends.


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Key Verse: "He who gathers crops in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son." - Proverbs 10:5
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Discussion in 'Call of Duty: Black Ops 2' started by A.C, Jan 19, 2013.
did you know that the guardian will glitch dogs and freeze them
did you know that your little ipad for scorestreak placement will be disoriented as well if you get stunned while calling something in
did you know that if someone calls in a hellstorm missile but doesn't scatter it and it is being aimed at a trophy system, the trophy system will block it. i saw this last night while in theater mode and the missile looked as if it was sucked in by the trophy system.
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^ This. That's pretty damn good.
Tip for people with super slow connection.
Watch you tube while playing then bam you are playing against people with crap service then stop YouTube kill lots of people. Worked for me today.
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did you know that a afterlife kill counts towards your previous life's scorestreak. so say you're one off a VSAT and you and your boy are circle jerking each other in a room guarded by claymores and bettys. then i come along and spray your face with some lead and you die, annndddd your MOTHERFUCKINGGGGG betty goes off and i die. bam, orbital vsat. you're welcome biotch.
this may be common knowledge to most but did you know the care package can be utilized as a shield if in the prone position.
obviously this is my favorite thread
did you know that you cannot pick up a scav pack if you're holding the death machine or the war machine
did you know that a shock charge will disorient your rc-xd
did you know that if you get killed and someone picks up your gun and you kill that person while they are holding it you will receive a backfire medal
This isn't exactly true. If they are planting it, you can try to shoot it as much as you want. It won't do anything. If you kill the guy, he will still have the Sentry Gun in his pocket. If they were moving the Sentry that was already planted once, and you kill them, then they lose it.
well im assuming things work the same on ps3 as they do on xbox, but i have destroyed one like this and have had one destroyed of my own this way. actually happened the other night on downhill. not disagreeing with you, maybe it just glitched.
If the guy is planting his guardian/sentry for the first time and you shoot him while the device is still red, he will still have it on his next life. (This could be glitchy though, wouldn't surprise me). But if one is replacing the guardian/sentry and he gets shot, while the guardian/sentry is red, he will then lose it.
Your team in tdm is your enemy if you see them all going one way run the other freaking way and kill those fools while their all running at each other. I'm a noob. But I spent along time running into battle and they know where to spam you with stuff if every one is going the same damn way. So in tdm I started just seeing where my team wasn't and headed that way. And dk is always 2.0 + since
Edit look for the empty spots where there are no team mates on the map and go there.
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Provided you don't respawn quickly, possibly. I haven't ever gotten a streak the way you've described, but I do know that if you know you are going to get a few points for something you did just before you died, respawn quickly; you can get the points added to your fresh life.
Let's say, for instance, you throw down a BB when three enemies are right next to you. You die, and you hear your BB start to initialize. Quickly respawn, and viola! Your BB just got you 3 kills on your fresh life.
I used to do this frequently when I used to use BBs.
On a related note, if you know your BB or Claymore is going to get you a kill in a couple of seconds after your death, be patient and don't respawn. Once you respawn your equipment vanishes, but it will remain while you are watching your killcam and such. If you get great with timing, wait until the Claymore/BB activates, THEN respawn to get the points on your new life.
did you know that people tend to not contribute to this thread but instead just critique things other people have posted?
see above, i honestly dont care what you used to do so dont quote me when typing a response thats already been given in a thread
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LITTLE ROCK — Former state Rep. David Cook, a retired educator, was named director of the University of Arkansas' Leadership Academy on Tuesday.
LITTLE ROCK — Former state Rep. David Cook, a retired educator, was named director of the University of Arkansas' Leadership Academy on Tuesday.
Cook, from Williford, served three terms in the state House and ran unsuccessfully as a Democrat for Congress in the 1st district in 2010.
"We are very fortunate to have David direct our leadership academy," said Tom Smith, dean of UA's College of Education and Health Professions. "His experience as a public school administrator and state legislator gives him a unique perspective on what schools need in order to be successful. We are confident he will do a superb job in helping the leadership academy support school districts around the state."
Created by the Legislature in 1991, the Arkansas Leadership Academy is a training consortium for educators where creative and innovative teaching approaches are designed and taught to educators in school districts across the state.
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Cook, who began his career as an educator in 1978, has worked as a teacher, coach, principal, assistant superintendent and superintendent in the Sheridan, Bradford, McRae, Bald Knob, Sloan-Hendrix, Osceola and Hoxie school districts. He also has directed the Northeast Educational Service Cooperative and taught graduate courses in educational leadership as an adjunct instructor at Harding University.
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is one of the most divisive movies in quite some time. In the pantheon of superhero movies, it is one rare entry that neither critics nor viewers liked very much despite starring two of the most recognizable superheroes on the planet.
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#Finance - After you have published your commercial truck finance application, there is also a handful of services that you need to anticipate to expect.
One of the services you could expect from your commercial truck loan company is direct communication. Due to the sensitive character of financing, it is vital that your commercial truck finance representative contact you directly regarding any nuances of the transaction. Generally, after you have published a charge card applicatoin, you may be asked for out of your commercial truck finance representative to provide further documentation needed to fairly measure the application. The documentation needed may differ from tax claims to bank claims for the DBA filing. It genuinely just relies upon the type of commercial truck finance you are requesting and every transaction is different. Your representative may even contact the regards to your agreement whenever your application remains approved. It is extremely crucial that you communicate for the commercial truck finance representative questions or concerns you've after searching at the written approval notice.
Your commercial truck finance representative may even communicate directly along with your vendor or private party seller. The goal of this can be to keep the vendor or seller apprised in the progress from the commercial truck finance transaction. If you are buying a truck or trailer in the private party seller, you could expect the commercial truck loan company will initiate an assessment in the equipment to really are purchasing a great device. Following a approval remains launched the commercial truck loan company will problem the financial documents for you personally. Again, you need to stress that for individuals who've questions or concerns in regards to the documents it's crucial that you make certain they are acknowledged to your representative. You might attain the documents sent either right to you, to be able to the vendor, to actually can decide where you need to sign your documents.
If they are shipped for your vendor, your commercial truck loan company representative will almost always explain the documents for the vendor, additionally towards the funding problems that must certainly be satisfied right before funding. After signing, you'll send back the first signed documents for the commercial truck loan company to make sure that they might be examined along with your transaction completed. You're certainly going to become saved apprised in the status and progress from the transaction completely. While one further documents are increasingly being examined along with your file continues to be ready for funding, your commercial truck finance representative come regarding the your vendor in regards to the title and registration documents that must be completed upon the funding from the transaction. Whenever your transaction has funded, both you and your vendor will probably be informed.
When utilizing for commercial truck financing, you'll most likely receive a number of services from your commercial truck loan company, but the key service of is constant communication.
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This product includes the Animal Kingdom Echinoderms and Invertebrate Chordates Unit Bundle - 8 files.
Each topic contains a PowerPoint presentation, Notes Outline, Homework Assignments, Quizzes, and Unit Exam. In total, there is 1 PowerPoint Presentation Lesson Plan, 1 PP Notebook for Smartboard, 1 Notes Outline, 2 Homework Assignments, 2 Quizzes, and 1 Exam.
This bundled product includes the following topics in the Animal Kingdom Echinoderms and Invertebrate Chordates Unit Bundle - 8 files:
This PowerPoint Lesson Plan contains 40 slides on the following topics of The Animal Kingdom - Echinoderms and Invertebrate Chordates: Animal Kingdom, Echinoderms and Invertebrate Chordates, Animal Development, Protostome Development, Deuterostome Development, Modern Echinoderms, Echinoderms Endoskeleton, ossicles, Five-Part Radial Symmetry, Five-Part Body Plan, Regenerate, Water-Vascular System, Tube Feet, Coelomic Circulation and Respiration, Skin Gills, Echinoderm Diversity, Sea Stars, Pedicellaria, Brittle Stars, Filter Feeders, Sea Lilies, Feather Stars, Sea Urchins, Sand Dollars, Sea Cucumbers, Sea Daisies, Bioassay, Monitoring Water Quality, Invertebrate Chordates, Chordate Characteristics, Chordate Skeleton, Notochord, Dorsal Nerve Cord, Pharyngeal Pouches, Postanal Tail, Subphylum Vertebrata, Urochordata (Tunicates), Cephalochordata (Lancelets).
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I really didn't know where best to place this thread, so I hope that here is okay.
I've been playing a lot of Otome games in the last year and while I'm having fun, I am also becoming a bit frustrated with being painted 90% of the time as a woman with 0% past experience with men, as well as the classic modest Japanese stereotype. The Yamato Nadeshiko.
If I'm going to play one of these games, then I want to convey the personality I choose. So I've decided to make my own.
Actually, I have three plots written down as to otome games that I would like to make.
Here's the thing : I need YOUR (the community's) help.
In what way can I gain help from you?
Well, everyone has their own tastes in men that they like, right? I would normally avoid stereotypes, but being an otome game, women (or men) want what they want. There's no way around that.
Still, I want to be able to cover many different women's preferences, while still creating an interesting character.
I'm currently writing up a rough draft on the types of men that you might encounter, but I would love to hear your opinions on what kind of men I should include.
I know that I have my own likes and dislikes, but that does not mean the story should be rendered to only my taste. I really want to write something with a route that everyone can enjoy.
So, please tell me.
(You may mention more than one)
1 ) What type of personality/traits do you prefer in men?
2 ) What physical appearance do you like in men?
3 ) If you were playing an otome game, what kind of woman would you want to give a voice to (confidence and personality wise)?
4 ) <Please mention anything else you think might be of help>
As a little background, most games tend to have you assume the role of a woman in her mid 20s. This seems like a safe and flexible age.
I will probably also set it in Japan. There are admittedly many Japanese women who eat up these kinds of games, so it would only make sense.
Here are a few examples of the types of men you might consider :
*The Younger Guy
*The Older Guy
*The Shota-esque Guy
*The Tease
*The Cool Guy
*The Cold Guy
*The Reticent Guy
....and for those of you wondering what an "otome" game is.... yeah. It's basically a visual novel-style game in which a woman wins a man's affection. So, the reverse of most visual novels, basically. Though they don't really follow a harem theme, and more of a route that you select.
They can be subtle in their storytelling, or a little more.... revealing.


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state library
if you have even a passing interest in books or local history the state library has two semi-permanent exhibitions in its dome galleries that are worth checking out.
while both quite engaging, the most impressive aspect of our visit for me was the library's architecural interiors, some of which i'd not seen since the library's upgrade, and one of which i'd never seen at all. the redmond barry reading room has a most impressive ceiling. and the dome above the central reading room is an underrated melbourne landmark. the spectacular architecture is worth a visit in its own right.
the exhibition we were there to see was a display of the library's collection of rare books, mirror of the world. it includes illuminated manuscripts, a gutenberg bible, a second edition shakespeare folio and a cunieform tax receipt in stone from ancient egypt. particularly interesting was the changing form australia had in maps as the new world became more familiar to its western european explorers.
on the floor above is a collection of local historical artifacts, which comprise
the changing face of victoria. seeing photos of families in the outback wearing suits and comparatively formal dresses, or young boys sailing off to war, or taking a rest from it, made me appreciate the comparative ease with which we live.
the centrepiece of the collection is ned kelly's armour – surely even more of an australian icon than the man himself. i understand the library also possesses his helmet, but in this case it seems curiously to have been replaced by an unconvincing replica.
the curators make a political point in their annotation of one of the batman treaties, which established british dominion over the land that became melbourne. the accompanying note explains that the native people had no conception of land ownership or of the terms of the agreement and it was therefore not legal.
i also learned for the first time the extraordinary story of william buckley, whose ghostly likeness stares out from a painting exhibited two floors below.
in 1802 william buckley was a volunteer private for the british army when he was charged and found guilty of involvement in the burglary of some irish linen from a shop. for this crime he was sentenced to hang. his sentence was soon commuted, however, to transport to australia for life, and he was part of port philip's first colonisation in 1803. after arriving, he escaped custody and was the only white man to remain in the area the 32 years until the second, voluntary, colonisation by batman and fawkner.
he survived only by being found by local aboriginies and being mistaken for a reincarnated warrior. he lived with the natives as one of them for over three decades and when he finally encountered white europeans again he had unsurprisingly forgotten english. eventually he regained the ability to communicate with his compatriots, was granted a pardon, and achieved celebrity in the colonies as "the wild white man".
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xeroon December 17th, 2005 @ 5:30 am
an interesting footnote: a friend just informed me that it is from william buckley's plight that we get the phrase "buckley's chance", of course meaning slim to no chance. it's nice to know the historical buckley actually managed to prevail under such odds.
Arsalaan Haleemon December 21st, 2005 @ 7:02 am
God…I miss the State Library…when I was in Melbourne…I loved going there on the weekends…
A true landmark of Melbourne….those who haven't visited it…do not even know what they are missing.


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If you're new to AirPods, considering buying a pair, or just want to pick up some new tips.
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Adobe Enables Mac Hardware-Accelerated Decoding in Updated Flash Player 10.1
As noted by project manager Thibault Imbert, Adobe's Flash Player 10.1 for Mac has been updated to enable hardware-accelerated decoding of video content, offering smoother playback, lower system resource usage, and longer battery life for portable devices.
We just pushed a few minutes ago a new version of the Flash Player 10.1.82.76 containing a nice feature that was in beta until now called "Gala". Yes, H.264 GPU decoding in Mac OSX is now officially enabled in the Flash Player.
You should notice now a nice difference when playing H.264 content on your Mac in terms of CPU usage. We rarely enable new features in security releases but we really wanted to enable such a cool feature.
According to Adobe, hardware acceleration is supported on the following models:
- MacBooks shipped after January 21st, 2009
- Mac Minis shipped after March 3rd, 2009
- MacBook Pros shipped after October 14th, 2008
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On sale: Taproot Theater's 2010 season
Taproot Theater will be back in action later this month, re-opening its newly-restored Greenwood playhouse damaged in the October fire. Single show tickets are now on sale for all five plays by phone at 206.781.9707 and online at their website. As the final finishing touches are put on the restoration work walk up sales are delayed until the theater reopens in late January.
The first show in the 2010 series is The Great Divorice, running from January 27 through February 27. George Drance and The Magic Theater have adapted C.S. Lewis's original work in which the author spends a drizzly afternoon going on a fantastic bus ride from the mysterious "grey town" to a beautiful destination that seems to be just ever-so-out of reach, a journey through heaven and hell with a cast of eccentric and funny characters who just might remind you of people you know.
March features Brooklyn Boy, a story of growing up, coming home and making sense of it all; May features the charming classic Charley's Aunt. Mad Don Quixote tilts at windmills with his trusty sidekick Sancho Paza in a restaging of Man of La Mancha, opening in early July and the season wraps up late September through October with the regional premiere of Wedding Belles, a sweet new comedy by the creator of Smoke on the Mountain.


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Tiger Woods has been paired with in-form Englishman
Lee Westwood for next week's US Open at Pebble Beach.
The pair will also play with two-time tournament winner Ernie Els from South Africa.
Woods, who will be chasing his fourth US Open victory, has struggled with his form of late, failing to make the cut at the Quail Hollow Championship in April before finishing in a tie for 19th at last week's Memorial tournament in Ohio.
He did, though, manage a joint fourth-place finish at the Masters at Augusta on his comeback to golf after his self-imposed absence following revelations about his private life.
Westwood, who is chasing his first major title, has been in fine form of late.
The Worksop player has claimed a top-three finish in the last three majors.
Ireland's Padraig Harrington will line up alongside four-time major winner Phil Mickelson and YE Yang.
Ian Poulter will play with Yuta Ikeda and Henrik Stenson, while Sergio Garcia, Steve Stricker and Paul Casey will also tee off together.


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Your POV
After a long, stressful day, you finally get home, letting the door slam behind you. You drop your bag on the floor, throw your coat in the direction of the sofa and kick off your shoes, past caring about being tidy. You're in a bad mood, and you hate it. You head up to your bathroom and turn on the shower, quickly undressing as the water begins to warm up, leaving your clothes in a heap on the floor.
You step into the shower, letting the warm water take over, soothing your skins slight aches from your day, warming you from the harsh cold air outside. Immersed in the water, you don't hear Justin coming home, calling your name. He notices your coat, bag and shoes thrown on the floor and sofa, smiling at your mess. He runs up the stairs, hearing the shower on and guessing you've had a bad day. He nudges the door open and begins to undress quietly, hoping you won't notice him. Your back to the shower door, he gently opens them and steps in behind you, his fingers linking around your stomach.
"Fuck! Justin you scared the shit out of me!"
"Sorry baby", he mumbles against your shoulder, kissing it gently and working his way along to the crook of your neck. You can't help but moan a little as he kisses and nibbles your neck, sucking on your soft spots.
"Not saying I mind but why are you in my shower?"
He laughs a little, his fingers still linked, gently rubbing your stomach, rocking you slightly. You run your hands along his arms, your head to the side slightly as he continues to kiss at your neck.
"I guessed you had a bad day... was I right?"
You nod, breathing out a moan as he nibbles on the soft, warm skin of your neck. He grips your shoulders, turning you and pushing you against the cool tiles, making you jump slightly as you feel the cold on your back. Justin's arms wrap around your waist, his hands smoothing over your bum and gently pinching it making you moan out faintly. He lays small kisses over your collarbone, his body pressing against yours, your hands playing with his now wet hair. He groans a little as you massage his scalp, his kisses trailing down to your breasts. His warm, wet tongue slides over your nipple, flicking against it and sucking on it making you moan for him. You lean your head back on the wall, your eyes closed, mouth open slightly allowing moans to spill out.
"Mmm Justin, kiss me", you moan, begging for his lips to be on yours.
He looks up at you and smiles, that cute little dimple showing making you smile back. His lips press over yours, his tongue immediately sliding into your mouth. His hands rub all over your body, over your hips, the small of your back, your bum. As the kiss gets heated he runs his hands down between your legs, teasingly stroking over your inner thighs, thumb pressing against your clit. You take your lips off of his and moan, your eyes shut tight as he plays with your clit, teasing you. He licks your neck, onto your ear and smiles.
"I want to taste you", he whispers against your ear, nibbling on your earlobe gently as you bite your lip.
He trails kisses down your body and in between your legs, warm and wet kisses, his soft lips mixing with the water from the shower. He holds your hips, gently licking over you first, tasting how wet you are for him. He flicks his tongue against your clit, licking and sucking on it before sliding his tongue inside of you, circling it around you making you scream his name, your fingers tangling in his hair.
He smiles against you as you moan for him, his tongue working deeper inside you, hitting all the right spots. He moves one hand from your hips to your clit, rubbing his fingers against it making the familiar feeling in your stomach come back. You grip onto him and cry out for him as he moves his tongue in small figure eights, his fingers pressed hard against your clit you cum for him, your body hot and tensed. He lets go of your hips, gently kissing your stomach as you try to steady your breath. You groan as he starts to tease you again, placing gentle kisses over your breasts and your nipples.
"Justin stop teasing me."
You breathe heavily, he laughs stroking your dripping wet hair. He kisses your arms, bringing them up around his shoulders. You wrap your arms around him, gripping him tightly as he raises your legs, wrapping them around his waist. He presses his hips against yours and enters you, his lips pressed against yours, his tongue sliding over your lips as he thrusts into you. He holds your hips keeping you in place, digging his nails into your skin the more he thrusts. Your hands run across his shoulders, one dropping between your bodies to rub up and down his chest, scratching over his erect nipples.
"Mmmm... babe stop you'll put me off", he winks, you shake your head and kiss his cheek.
"Don't stop... or there will be no more sexy shower times with me", you say seductively in his ear, he moans your name and slams into you faster. You moan loudly as his pace increases.
"Uhhh Justin... babe slow down", you moan, not wanting it to end too soon.
"No chance sweetheart", his rude outburst turns you on even more, you decide to play with him a bit.
"Don't talk to me like that Justin", you say scratching down his back. He moans in pain and looks at you squinting.
"Don't scratch me", he leans in to kiss you but you move away, winking.
"Bitch", he says getting angry but horny at the same time.
"You love it."
You wink at him, he bites his lip and kisses your neck, biting your skin as he makes his way to your breasts. His teeth cling to your nipple, biting it hard. You moan, your moans filled with pain and pleasure. He soothes the pain by licking over it, flicking his tongue over it. His lower half thrusting into you along with his licking, sucking and biting on your nipples, his hands rubbing over your body sends you over the edge, you feel yourself close. Your moans get louder, he can tell you're not far off so presses his fingers against your clit again. You wrap your legs around his waist tighter, pushing him into you more.
He groans out as you start to tighten around him, you cling onto him, biting his shoulder as you hit your orgasm.
"Cum with me", you moan into his ear, and with that you both cum together. You both breathe heavily, Justin still holding you in his arms. He lifts you out of the shower, turning it off and opening the shower doors again. He kisses your forehead, brushing your hair out of your face as he wraps you in a towel. He smirks at you, a cheeky look in his eye.
"Wanna carry on in th-"
"YES!" you say interrupting him. He laughs and carries you into your bedroom, kissing you passionately as he places you on the bed.
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Often when working on Sharepoint projects there are several projects of Sharepoint 2010 VS project template in single solution. E.g. if you develop Internet and Extranet you may have 3 wsp packages (and 3 projects in VS):
- Common – contains common functionality for Internet and Extranet
- Internet – contains only Internet-specific functionality
- Extranet – contains only Extranet-specific functionality
Doing like that if customer have different environments for Internet and Extranet, it will be possible to deploy Common and Internet packages on Internet environment, and Common and Extranet – on Extranet environment.
Visual studio allows you to include Sharepoint project items from different Sharepoint projects. E.g. if you have MOPages module in Common project, you can add this module into the feature from Internet or Extranet projects. It will work, however there is one side effect: in this case assembly which is build from Common project (Common.dll) will be included to the Internet.wsp and Extranet.wsp packages as well. In our example it most probably won't cause problems, because we anyway need deploy Common package at the same time when Internet or Extranet packages will be deployed. In this case Common.dll will be installed to GAC first time from Common.wsp, and then from Internet.wsp or Extranet.wsp (depends in what order you deploy packages).
But if it may cause problems if you have some base library package in your company (e.g. Sharepoint.Base.wsp) which you use in many projects and control releases of this package (because you don't want that changes made in newest version will break something on the existing environments of different customers). If you will include project items (PI) from Sharepoint.Base.csproj into your project (you may do it if will include Sharepoint.Base.csproj into your solution), then Internet.wsp (or Extranet.wsp) will also contain Sharepoint.Base.dll, regardless of the fact do you use C# code from it or not. I.e. as I mentioned above you may add module project item from Sharepoint.Base.csproj which doesn't technically require adding reference to Sharepoint.Base in VS (solution will be compiled without it anyway), but Sharepoint.Base.dll will be anyway added to your wsp.
What will happen when you will deploy Internet.wsp (which contains now Internet.dll, Common.dll and Sharepoint.Base.dll)? All 3 dlls will be updated in GAC, including Sharepoint.Base.dll. It breaks policy with controlled releases – because now it will be hard to control what version of the Sharepoint.Base.dll is installed on production (because it will be updated when you deploy Internet.wsp and when you deploy Sharepoint.Base.wsp). If you will deploy latest version of the Sharepoint.Base.wsp to the production while other sites depend on old version, they may stop working. It may cause to version inconsistency and will lead to maintenance hell.
In order to avoid this problem do not make cross-projects references of project items when use Sharepoint 2010 VS project templates. Add functionality from base project by including on feature level (e.g. by adding features from base package into your onet.xml files) or use it as is. If these features contain a lot of another functionality which you don't need in your projects, it is better to just copy necessary artifacts from it. In this case some functionality will be duplicated, but maintenance will be still controlled.
Recently Koen Vosters from MS wrote about similar problem in his blog: Unexpected DLL in a WSP package. (Hi Koen, and thanks one more time for the great help which you made for us in Finland! :) ). I hope that my post will be more popular in search engines :)) Just kidding ;)


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'Grey's Anatomy': Sarah Drew teases April's wedding
April Kepner's wedding is finally here … but will she make it down the aisle drama-free on Thursday night's (Dec. 12) "Grey's Anatomy" fall finale? Of course not, Sarah Drew reveals to Zap2it.
We chatted with Drew about the big episode, "Get Up Stand Up," which airs at 9 p.m. ET on ABC, and she revealed that not only is April dealing with some major Bridezilla moments, everyone around her is also dealing with some chaos of their own, leading up to what Drew says is one crazy cliffhanger before "Grey's" goes on hiatus for two and a half months (it will return Feb. 27).
Zap2it: We loved seeing April finally stand up for herself to her sisters when she denounced them as bridesmaids. How are Meredith, Cristina, and Arizona going to fare as her new bridesmaids?
Sarah Drew: She chose three people who are in the middle of crazy emotional turmoil themselves and as most characters on "Grey's Anatomy" are, are already self-absorbed. So she's caught in the crossfire of Meredith and Cristina. Arizona is a great bridesmaid, except for the fact that she is dealing with a whole lot of drama regarding her marriage right now. So she went from people who don't take her seriously to people who are completely wrapped up in their own worlds. There are some really fun scenes where we see some meltdown moments, Bridezilla style. It's fun.
Will we see more of this new, bold April leading up to her big day?
Absolutely. I just really feel like April has found her voice. She's roaring her way through life now and I kind of love it. I love that she's come into her own, she's figured out who she is, and she now loves herself. She's confident in the person that she's becoming and has become. It's one of my favorite things about the development of her character.
Speaking of her development as a character, when you first came onto "Grey's Anatomy" during the big merger in Season 6, did you ever imagine you would get an episode devoted to your wedding?
No [laughs]. Definitely not. It's been really, really fun to see the progression. They do a really good job on our show introducing characters kind of slowly so people get used to them to the point where we start to love them, and then you can have a wedding episode about someone who didn't come in until Season 6. I think that's a part of the genius of the way the show is run and created and written. But it's certainly delightful for me. It's really fun to be princess for the day.
Did it bring back any memories of your big day? [Drew married Peter Lanfer in 2002.]
It did because we flew my dad out to actually walk me down the aisle. That was really fun. I had flashbacks of my day 11 years ago when I was standing there with my dad getting ready for them to say, "Action." We were looking at each other and we were like, "I can't believe we're doing this again. This is amazing."
That's so cool! How did your dad get involved with the episode?
A couple ways. When we had the episode where we had marriage counseling, the writers actually talked to my dad to get advice on how one of those sessions would go because my dad is a minister, so they named [the character] Reverend Drew. And Reverend Drew is the guy who winds up marrying us in the wedding episode, so he was already on their minds. Then when they were looking for a redheaded guy to walk me down the aisle, I was like, "You know, I have a redheaded dad. Should I call him?" They were like, "Awesome!" So my dad flew out and during our first rehearsal, our director was like, "OK Reverend Drew, I need you to … " — and my dad leapt up, and the director was like, "No, pretend Reverend Drew. You're just Papa Drew." It was so funny and my dad was so tickled by the whole thing.
Obviously, since this is "Grey's Anatomy," the wedding won't be drama-free. What can you reveal about the big cliffhanger that happens?
I can tell you that you don't want to miss the last five minutes. Those last five minutes are totally shocking for numerous reasons. There are things that are happening at the hospital, there are things that are happening with Derek, and there are things that are happening at the wedding, all happening at once in the last five minutes. To the point where, when we read it at the table read, Ellen Pompeo was like, "Stop. What? I'm sorry, what?!?" Like the whole table read stopped because she was like, "What's happening? What?!?" It's pretty fantastic. There's an amazing cliffhanger, and nobody's going to see any of it coming.
Does the cliffhanger have anything to do with April's lingering feelings for Jackson, or is she all in with Matthew now?
April's definitely all in with Matthew. But the one thing that she really wants is to have her best friend at her wedding. She really, really wants Jackson to show up and be there and support her. And on the day of the wedding she's still not sure whether he's going to come or not so we'll see her wrestling with, "How do I communicate that this is really important to me?" and "How do I convince him to come?" So the things that are lingering are just the fact that he is so deeply important to her. It's still very, very true. I can't tell you whether he decides to come or not but I can tell you how desperately she wants him to be there.
Will Matthew question April's feelings for him seeing that struggle?
He actually doesn't witness that struggle, so no. Matthew's gung-ho.
Let's talk about this cliffhanger some more. Since "Grey's Anatomy" isn't returning until February, what advice do you have for viewers after they see the last five minutes of the fall finale and have to wait for the hiatus to end?
For two months! I don't know! I don't know what to tell them. People are going to be dying. The show is going to end and everyone's going to go, "What? What happens next?!?" But that's just how we do on "Grey's," you know? Sorry! [laughs] And they're really treating this season as two little half-seasons. Like this is the end of Season 10, part one. And then we come back for Season 10, part two. I like it though, because even though it is a long time to wait for a new episode, then you get all 12 in a row which is nice.
What else can you reveal about "Get Up Stand Up?"
I can reveal that what's coming up is a lot of fun stuff for April. She's going to go through it emotionally. I can say that when we come back from the hiatus, I'm really loving the direction that they're taking the April story line, post this cliffhanger. It's a really fun journey.
Any other projects coming up for you besides "Grey's Anatomy?"
I just released a Christmas album at reindeertribe.com. It's a really fun listen for the holidays.
"Grey's Anatomy" airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on ABC.
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Surf Mauritius« on: September 05 2004 11:09:00 »
Hello Surfers,
Please, I would be happy to chat more & help you with your surf plans! Where to stay etc...
I am from Mauritius (born here), travelled many years but now back here on my home island.
Write me at [email protected] & we can chat further. I have many great connections that could be in interest for you!
RE: Surf Mauritius« Reply #1 on: September 15 2004 04:09:00 »
hi my name is tim im from australia and iam coming to mauritius on oct 13th and wanted to find out anything about the surf there and best places to stay etc thanks Tim.
RE: Surf Mauritius« Reply #2 on: November 01 2004 20:11:00 »
Hmm just wanted to say,first of all noone will smash your car and local ppl are not bad!!! locals are great ppl that welcome tourists more than anything. Mauritians speaks FRENCH,English and creole. May b old ppl wont speak good english but the rest will. And there isnt sharks..so dont be afraid. PPL DONT FIGHT in MAURITIUS!
RE: Surf Mauritius« Reply #3 on: November 01 2004 20:11:00 »
Concerning what you said about mauritians dont even surf well,let me tell you that mauritians dont have the chance you guys have in Australia,so for you to criticise its really bad. You have been in mauritius to be able to be a fair juge!...and locals are not that bad,may b you met some ppl who really didnt know how to speak english but most ppl do. At least they are Bi-lingual,and they can manage.Mauritians are awesome ppl,so dont be crual
RE: Surf Mauritius« Reply #4 on: November 16 2004 14:11:00 »
I'm going to Mauritius in late February. Does anyone know if there is much swell around then and which spots work at that time?
RE: Surf Mauritius« Reply #5 on: November 21 2004 13:11:00 »
Thinking of going to Mauritius in the Summer. Don't like the sound of the localism. Are there any spots where an intermediate dad and his 2 intermediate daughters will get good waves without the hassling. Thanks.
RE: Surf Mauritius« Reply #6 on: May 30 2005 05:05:00 »
Gidday I've briefly checked out info on Mauritius surfing around June to August and havent found much, so anything would help, especially about getting around, consistency, where the best and least uncrowded waves are, tours, boat trips, size of waves, whether I need a gun, wetsuit, best months etc.
I'm coming from the Sunshine Coast in Australia.
RE: Surf Mauritius« Reply #7 on: June 06 2005 05:06:00 »
hey here is some info.to get around u can rent a car..or if you are more people you can hire mini buses..the deep south has a bunch of waves which can get quite knarly at times..the west has the best wave , called tamarin. it gets crowded mainly during weekends..try surfing it right after sunrise and if your lucky ul be the only one there..its starts getting crowded by about 9o'clock.. le morne spot which is called oneye is in the south..it is a 15minute paddle to the reef..the wind there always blows offshore ..so all you need there is the swell.which is mainly present......the waves usually dont get much bigger than 6ft..so a short board will do.wetsuits are out of the questiuon..water is warm all year round. [email protected]
RE: Surf Mauritius« Reply #8 on: September 06 2005 13:09:00 »
Hello, I am Alex from Brazil and I am going to Mauritius in next November 11th. Would be great to know the surfing conditions at this time of the year, as well as the best surf spots, where to stay (with wife), etc...Is the swell good in November? If someone coming down to Brazil let me know and we can give you some cool tips as well!
thanks brothers & sisters!
RE: Surf Mauritius« Reply #9 on: November 10 2005 23:11:00 »
hi,tim am from mauritius if u wanna get more info plz write me,,,c u later


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2015 台歐食品安全研討會:食品安全危機管理與食安信心重建 (中文請詳見本網頁下半部)
Taipei, 22 June
The 2015 EU-Taiwan Food Safety Seminar was jointly organized by the European Economic and Trade Office (EETO), under the framework of the European Business and Regulatory Cooperation Programme (EBRC), the Food Safety Office, Executive Yuan, the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MoHW) and the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BoFT), Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA). The seminar brought together government officials and experts from both the EU and Taiwan to share experience on food risk management. The seminar was attended by 280 representatives of European and Taiwanese industries, government authorities and academia. Premier Mao Chi-kuo and Frédéric Laplanche, Head of the European Economic and Trade Office (EETO) delivered opening remarks at the seminar.
Premier Mao stated that in recent years Taiwan and EU authorities have continued to exchange information and experience on food safety and management issues, including seminars on food related topics. The government has also worked to deepen dialogue between industry, government and academia, and promoted exchanges between Taiwan and Europe that is increasingly more comprehensive and in-depth. In this regard, the premier thanked the European Commission for helping to arrange a visit to the EU's Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) in Ireland and a field visit to Hungary. He said that this had helped to facilitate and enhance the ability of Taiwan's food factory inspectors to acquire in-depth understanding of the EU's epidemic prevention and quarantine measures and paved the way for future bilateral exchanges and interaction.
The premier concluded that ensuring that the food we eat is safe cannot completely rely on government control. It also requires self-management by industry in cooperation with government assistance and consultation as well as the strict implementation of inspection, source management, quality control management policy and the cooperation of all stakeholders.
In his remarks, Laplanche noted that the presence of Premier Mao and the large audience demonstrated the government's commitment, interest and relevance of food safety issues. He pointed out that ensuring a high level of protection of human health and consumers' interests in relation to food is a key objective not only of the European Commission and the competent authorities of the EU Member States. It is also a goal fully shared by the Taiwanese administration, and a principle that underlies bilateral EU-Taiwan cooperation.
He went on to set out the main objectives of the 2015 EU-Taiwan Food Safety Seminar: to provide a forum for a constructive dialogue between experts, to exchange experience and to share best practices on shared problems. In addition, the seminar aims to create an environment conducive to eliminating existing irritants, bridging gaps by proposing internationally-agreed and scientifically-underpinned solutions that follow an integrated approach to food safety, that are fully in line with the principle of a high level of protection of human health and consumers' interests while at same time ensuring that trade is not unnecessarily hampered.
The seminar had two sessions: Risk Management on Combating food fraud experiencing sharing and Risk Commutation and best practice sharing. The first session of the seminar covered the general principles of food risk management and how to strengthen food safety networks through the establishment and execution of policies. The second session focused on food traceability systems and introduced the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), which aims to reinforce consumer confidence in food safety and Food Business Operators (FBOs). Each session ended with a Q&A session while the seminar was concluded with a panel discussion featuring all of the speakers from both sessions. The lively panel discussion was a fitting end to a productive seminar that helped to improve understanding among stakeholders.
The European experts were Eric Marin, Deputy Head of Unit of DG SANTE, Stéphane André, Policy Officer of DG SANTE, Vicky Lefevre, Director-General, DG Control Policy from the Belgian Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain, and Margery Ho (何默真), Public Relations Manager from Carrefour Taiwan.
The Taiwanese experts were Wu Hsi-wen (吳希文), Section Chief, Food Safety Division, FDA, MOHW, Fu Tzu-yu (傅子煜), Senior Specialist & Chief Planning Department, COA, Executive Yuan, Liao Ting-chuan (廖丁川), Chairman, Hankuan. Taiwan, Yeh An-gong (葉安恭), TQF Consultant. And the panel discussion was chaired by Bonnie Sun Pan (孫寶年), TQF Chairlady.
歐洲經貿辦事處已連續多年在台灣舉辦食安研討會,今年的研討會委由「歐盟在台商業與法規合作計畫」負責執行,獲得行政院和台灣相關政府部門的支持,共同合辦。其中行政院院長 毛治國將親臨致詞,衛生福利部食品藥物管理署、行政院農業委員會、行政院食品安全辦公室等政府部門也指派官員擔任講師,針對台灣處理食用油摻偽事件,運用雲端建立台灣食品追溯體系,以及產銷履歷農產品制度進行深度探討。經濟部國貿局本於推動台歐雙邊貿易,對於本次活動也給予大力支持。
歐盟國家過去也曾發生多起重大食安事件,歐盟執委會和會員國深切了解,食品安全和消費者的信心重建不是一朝一夕可得,因此多年來不斷地強化法規和執行力,以建立起通行全歐盟的完整食安體系。透過歐盟執委會的協助,這次研討會邀請到比利時聯邦政府食品與食物鏈安全管理中心管理政策處處長Vicky Lefevre來台與會。她在研討會中,針對一九九O 年比利時爆發戴奧辛食品汙染事件的危機處理 ,以及比利時和歐盟執委會,在此事件後如何改造和強化該國和歐盟整體的食品安全法規。來自歐盟執委會衛生總署的官員,另針對歐盟的食品法規如何確保食品安全,以及歐盟如何對付食品詐欺問題,分享歐盟的法規和做法,供台灣各界參考。
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Sep 15 2013
|Very few of us have the luxury of sitting back and letting the world come to us especially when it comes to maintaining an executive presence. Maintaining and raising your executive profile is an exercise in continuous improvement and one that pays dividends in a competitive executive job market.
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Like most in things in life, maintaining and raising your executive profile is hard work but pays dividends if done well. All these tactics, if practiced continuously, will keep you fresh and maintain and raise your executive profile in a cluttered and busy world.
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This is a new reality and to continue its rapid services revenue growth IBM is taking some of its best practices that it learned as an asset based company and is now applying them to the skills of its employees. In January 2004 IBM launched its Workforce Management Initiative (WMI) to develop a common expertise taxonomy to request, identify, assess and fulfill client resource needs. For example, if a client needs a French and Italian speaking consultant with a PhD in nanotechnology to be in Rome on June 25, WMI can find the best available IBMer or contractor as quickly as your can say Google. The US DOD is doing the exact same thing.
WMI will enable IBM to increase profitability and create a flexible resource pool and allow us to adapt to changing business conditions and market needs in a much more efficient and structured manner. Already well underway, this past year it has reduced the cost of our services business by more than $2.4 billion and has increased the visibility of resource deployment resulting in a 3-5 percent improvement in utilization.
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Are the Democrats opposing the Iraq war in the right way? How much can actually get accomplished by threating to cut off funding, either to US forces in Iraq, or those that are part of the "surge"?
If the Dems continue on their current trajectory, one wonders if they're tap dancing on that political mine field at little too heavily: The $20 in DeTocq's pocket says that there's no incentive to actually cutting cash to forces in the Iraq, because such a nix on appropriations would give the Republicans political cover. Think about it -- the Democrats vote to cut off funding, the US begins to bring forces home, Iraq slides further into all out chaos, and the Republican nominee in 2008 just hammers those vicious Congressional Democrats who killed the administration's plan to finally fix the whole thing.
On the other hand, there's no real effective way to oppose the war other than to cut off funding. The Dems can scream at the top of their lungs about what a misguided, mismanaged debacle this is, but Joe Voter wants to see something tangible from them... Given the country's mood and the type of historical precendent associated with a funding cut in Vietnam (where funds were actually cut to the South Vietnamese, not US soldiers), that probably resonates with people.
So where does that leave us? DeTocq bets on this: Exactly the same place where we were with the infamous "non-binding" resolution of a month or so ago. Dems will get really fired up and create tons of publicity about it, Republicans will pay lip service to opposing the idea, but secretly pray that the vote comes to pass. Then both sides will get embroiled in a drawn out debate on the "rules of the debate" which leads to exactly ZERO legislative action.
Yup, you heard it hear first -- the funding rhetoric just may be just that, rhetoric. Dems love the idea and would probably do it, but they will look for some sort of reason to not actually raise the issue on a technicality and then blame the Republicans, who would love nothing more than to have Democrats pass the bill.
Fun as usual, my friends.
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Nollaig faoi shéan agus faoi mhaise daoibh go léir.
This is an Irish saying which loosely translates as a blessing of hope and happiness at Christmas and it's something I'd like to wish everyone who takes the time to visit my little corner of the internet. I hope you all enjoy something delicious to eat and the convivial company of family and friends this festive season.
Christmas is going to be a little different for me this year as my partner and I are shirking all of our usual responsibilities and running away to Prague for a week. (We're leaving tomorrow - eek!) I'm very excited and rest assured that I'll tell you all about it when I return.
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It is not surprising that violence continues because the message is clear: you can kill without consequence.
– Human rights activist, Bangui, June 17, 2016
This report documents war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Seleka and anti-balaka forces in the central regions of the Central African Republic between late 2014 and April 2017.
Based on hundreds of interviews with victims and witnesses, primarily in the Nana-Grébizi, Ouaka, Ouahm and Haute Kotto provinces, this report provides a detailed account of the widespread abuses committed against civilians in those parts of the country.
The report also highlights two urgent needs that require international support. First is improved civilian protection by the roughly 12,800-member United Nations peacekeeping force currently in the Central African Republic. As the crimes documented here show, the force was too often unable to protect civilians from killings and forced displacement. Vulnerable civilians desperately need protection because fighting in the central regions flared in late 2016 and continues in 2017, even after the signing of a peace accord in June 2017.
Second is attention and support to the recently established Special Criminal Court (SCC), which offers a unique chance to hold accountable the perpetrators of these grave crimes. A hybrid institution within the Central African justice system, with national and international judges and prosecutors, the SCC has a mandate to investigate and prosecute serious human rights violations committed in the Central African Republic since 2003. Together with the International Criminal Court (ICC), which has jurisdiction and ongoing investigations in the country, the SCC has the potential to break the country's long-standing tradition of impunity for atrocities.
To be effective, however, the SCC requires sustained commitment from the government of President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, as well as practical, political and financial support from the United Nations and individual governments, including for the protection of witnesses and security of court personnel.
The report also demonstrates how the killing of civilians, sexual assaults, and razing of villages have laid at the heart of Seleka and anti-balaka fighting tactics. In this report, Human Rights Watch documented the killing of at least 566 civilians in attacks between November 2014 and April 2017, and the deaths of an additional 144 people in the bush after they had fled fighting, mostly children and older people, from injury, illness, exposure or hunger. During that time, armed groups destroyed at least 4,207 homes. All of these numbers are likely to be a fraction of the totals during this period because no comprehensive record of the deaths and destruction exists.
To give some examples, Seleka fighters killed at least 37 civilians, wounded 57, and forced thousands to flee when they razed a camp for displaced people in Kaga-Bandoro on October 12, 2016. Fighters destroyed at least 175 homes in the neighborhoods around the camp and 435 huts in the camp itself, despite the presence of UN peacekeepers. The next month, fighting between Seleka groups in Bria resulted in at least 14 civilian deaths over eight days, some of them women and children. In December 2016, Seleka fighters executed at least 32 civilians and captured fighters after clashes with another Seleka group in the Ouaka province. Between February and April 2017, clashing Seleka factions killed at least 45 civilians in Ouaka province, including 15 children.
Serious abuses were widespread and often systematic in areas under the control of Seleka forces, who together with Peuhl fighters committed war crimes and potential crimes against humanity. In one incident from December 2014, forces from the Union for Peace in Central Africa (UPC)—a Seleka offshoot that controls large swaths of Ouaka province—killed 14 unarmed men in the village of Kanga whom they accused of being anti-balaka. After telling the men to lie face down, UPC soldiers shot them in their backs and heads.
Anti-balaka fighters, having pushed most Muslims out of the country's west, attacked and killed civilians they suspected of having collaborated with Muslims. In Ngbima, fighters from Pende killed 28 civilians in November 2014, including many Peuhl who lived on the outskirts of the village. In March 2015, anti-balaka forces killed at least 14 ethnic Peuhl herders outside Kaga-Bandoro, 10 of them under 9 years old.
In none of the cases above, has any fighter or commander been detained, arrested or otherwise held accountable. On the contrary, those responsible still operate freely, often in the area where they committed their crimes.
Countrywide, armed groups forced tens of thousands of people from their homes and into the bush, where hundreds died of exposure, disease or hunger. In some cases, Seleka fighters attacked displacement camps.
People with disabilities were especially at risk of abuse, including killings, because they could not flee attacks in time. When they reached sites for displaced people, they faced barriers to access sanitation, food and medical care.
The war crimes by various parties documented in this report fall under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court. The Central African government first referred the situation of grave crimes to the court in 2004 after violence flared in 2002 and 2003. In May 2014, the then-interim president referred the situation since 2012 to the ICC; investigations are ongoing.
At the same time, the ICC only has capacity to target those most responsible for serious crimes. Scores of other commanders who bear criminal responsibility for atrocities they have committed or ordered, some of them named in this report, may never be held to account. To close this gap, in June 2015 the government established the Special Criminal Court with national and international staff. If properly resourced and supported, the court could help serve justice in the Central African Republic and set a precedent for other countries.
President Touadéra and his government have praised and backed the court, including the appointment of a chief prosecutor in February 2017. But the government has repeatedly lagged in steps to operationalize the court. One helpful step would be to designate a point person within the president's cabinet to coordinate work on the Special Criminal Court. Parliament should also agree to lift the immunity of any members who are credibly implicated in committing abuse.
To date, partner governments have pledged only USD $5.2 million of a needed $7 million for the first 14 months of the court. Donors and the UN should commit to backing the court over the long term, including technical and logistical support. They should also ensure that amnesties for grave crimes are not part of any peace deals negotiated by the UN or others. The deal signed by the government and armed groups on June 19, 2017 rightly acknowledges SCC and ICC efforts at criminal investigations and prosecutions of grave crimes.
The UN peacekeeping force—the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA)—can do more to protect civilians under threat by all abusive forces, both in Haute Kotto, Nana-Grébizi, Ouaka and Ouham provinces and other parts of the country. In towns such as Bambari and Bria, Seleka fighters openly circulate with weapons. Conflict between Seleka factions also continued into 2017, such as in Bria, resulting in civilian deaths.
In the end, this report's recommendations will not bring immediate stability or rule of law to a poor and divided country wracked by severe violence. But they will help to protect civilians and promote accountability where killing without consequence has been the norm.