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MONDAY - August 8, 2011
RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court on August 1, 2011, JUAN CARLOS MARTINEZ, also known as "Chico", 21, a citizen and national of Mexico, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Louise Wood Flanagan for his leading role in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy. MARTINEZ was sentenced to 262 months' imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release.
A Federal Grand Jury returned a Criminal Indictment on August 4, 2010, charging MARTINEZ with conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine, a quantity of cocaine and a quantity of marijuana, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 846. MARTINEZ pled guilty to the conspiracy charge on October 13, 2010.
This case arose out of an investigation into drug trafficking activity in Vance, Nash and Wake counties. Among the various individuals identified was MARTINEZ. The evidence showed that MARTINEZ and other members of the conspiracy were distributing methamphetamine, cocaine, and marijuana at various locations in the Eastern District of North Carolina. The evidence also revealed that MARTINEZ possessed firearms in connection with the drug trafficking offenses.
Investigation of this case was conducted by Homeland Security Investigations, in conjunction with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, the Vance County Sheriff's Office, and the Zebulon Police Department.
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A sharper justice commitment means that we will challenge the religious right's anointment of the GOP, as God's Only Party. We will take on the religious right's definition of the nation's moral agenda and refuse to let those off the hook who enable the right's distortions. We will expose the religious right's hypocrisy, point out its idolatry of nationalism and critique its campaign promise to strengthen families based on false fears and faulty analysis.
Equally important, we will look for opportunities to highlight the leadership of Democrats and Independents who are active Christians, as a way to counteract the lie that the only Christians are Republicans. We will encourage Baptist Republicans to remain true to their Baptist heritage and faithful to the biblical witness.
I'll second what Parman says with a hearty Amen! It's time for the Mainstream Baptists who are Republicans to start exerting some influence within their party to preserve separation of church and state.

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Kim Zolciak and Sheree Whitfield Find Marlo Hampton's Use of Anti-Gay Slur "Disgusting"
The epic (and unintelligible) fight that took place between Marlo Hampton and Sheree Whitfield on the January 29 episode of the Real Housewives of Atlanta is one that will surely go down in the Bravo history books.
In case you missed it, Marlo got mad when she realized that Sheree had invited fellow tall Cynthia Bailey to her friend's party in South Africa, but didn't bother to invite Marlo or NeNe Leakes.
What happened next was in the very least hard to follow, but we do know that Marlo used an anti-gay slur to insult Sheree's friends.
As the episode was airing last night, Sheree tweeted her disapproval of Marlo's remark. She wrote, "Using the "f" word is never acceptable......period!"
Kim Zolciak agreed, re-tweeting Sheree's message and adding, "Its disgusting!!"
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'Art and Still Life' Competition
We are inviting you to create your own artwork inspired by our two summer shows, Art and Life: Ben Nicholson, Winifred Nicholson, Christopher Wood, Alfred Wallis, William Staite Murray, 1920 – 1931 and Four masterpieces by Jan van Huysum.
Jan van Huysum was the most prolific Dutch still life painter of the 18th century. The Gallery's display showcases four of the artist's finest works illustrating his important role in the development of the flower still life. 'Art and Life' propels us into the 1920s, with early work by Ben and Winifred Nicholson alongside pieces by their renowned contemporaries Christopher Wood, Alfred Wallis and William Staite Murray. The Nicholsons were at the forefront of the Modernist movement in Britain, experimenting furiously with their painting styles, whilst often choosing the traditional subject of the still life.
Take these two unique shows as inspiration and use any medium to create your very own still life!
Public Choice Categories (under 16 and adult age categories)
Nominated by the public, the two winners will be the entries with the highest number of Facebook 'likes'.
Director's Choice Category (under 16 and adult age categories)
The two winners will be selected by Ian Dejardin, Sackler Director of Dulwich Picture Gallery.
The winners will each receive:
- A gift £25 voucher to spend at Dulwich Pot and Plant Garden (adult categories)/ a voucher to any art class at Dulwich Picture Gallery (under 16 categories)
- An 'Art and Life' exhibition catalogue and poster
- An invitation to the next exhibition private view
- An exclusive gift from our 'Art and Life' product range
Dates and how to enter:
Send a digital image of your still life entry to firstname.lastname@example.com by 21 September 2014
Public voting on the Gallery's Facebook page closes: 28 September 2014
Announcement of the winners: 29 September 2014 on the website and on Facebook


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Hawken Open Beta: update on GPU PhysX support
Online first-person mech shooter Hawken, that may be already familiar to our readers, has reached the Open Beta state this week (whilst release date has been delayed).
What kind of PhysX content current Beta has to offer ? Let's find out.
Hawken still contains only physical particle PhysX effects, however, they have recieved a noticable overhaul over a recent month. APEX Turbulence based simulations were postponed as it was decided to give them a few rounds of additional polishing. Finally, APEX Destruction module and destructible environments will be added to the game in early 2013.
Current set of PhysX Particles includes following effects:
You can view several examples of particle effects on the screenshots, presented below.
Since Closed Beta, technology platform has been slightly changed ' APEX was updated to latest 1.2.2 version, while utilized PhysX SDK release remained the same ' 188.8.131.52.
Performance-wise, PhysX effects seems to be producing average amount of stress ' on our system (i7 2600K, GTX 580) framerate during the firefights was within the limits of 45 ' 55 fps. We expect the upcoming Turbulence effects to be more resource demanding.
CPU execution of PhysX effects has resulted in less comfortable experience, with framerate drops down to 25-30 fps level in combat scenarios, but we've never encountered a complete slideshow ' it seems that the game tries to maintain minimum playble framerate by adjusting amount of the effects on the fly.
It is also worth noticing, that all the extra effects are controlled by a single 'on-off' switch, detailed PhysX configuration is not provided in this title (similar to PlanetSide 2).
Once the APEX Turbulence support will be added to the game, we will return to Hawken with full-scale review and comparison PhysX video. Stay tuned !
Update: as interesting note, you can actually enable Turbulence effects in Hawken by setting
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But again, since Turbulence content was delayed because 'we can do much better' (PhysX Team), we recommend to save your appetite for the final version.
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'American Idol' finale: Cat Deeley thinks Elton John could replace Simon Cowell
Cat Deeley, the host of "So You Think You Can Dance," came out to wish Simon Cowell farewell at the Season 9 finale of "American Idol."
She thinks Sir Elton John might make a good replacement for Simon. "I think he would, possibly. You need someone who is going to say what they mean, not sugar coat everything and have some kind of experience in the industry and he would be witty, funny and clever. And more importantly, entertaining."


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The recent emphasis on standardization of nomenclature is not just a trend, but a necessary way to disambiguate the identification of biological objects such as genes, QTLs, markers, and strains. This video will give you some background on the history of standardized genetic nomenclature and the reason for why it's important in order to strengthen your understanding of genetic nomenclature.
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Super Eagles Head Coach, Stephen Keshi has said neither the technical crew, NFF nor the Nigerian public will take excuses from the players if they fail to qualify for the knock-out stage of the ongoing Nations Cup in South Africa, as the team has potentials to be champions of the tournament
Addressing the players at the team's evening training in Rustenberg on Sunday evening, Keshi said the team may have been hard done by some calls by officiating officials but they should learn to finish games well and with wide margins before such calls are made.
"We should win our matches before bad calls are made so that those who know next to nothing about football will not become our overnight technical advisers," he said.
He again restated his confidence in the abilities of his 23-man squad to do Nigeria proud at the tourney, adding that the Super Eagles have a rich tradition in the Nations Cup that must be sustained and improved upon by the present squad.
On news making the rounds that he is at loggerheads with the NFF and even threatened to resign his appointment, Keshi said there was nothing like that, otherwise he will still not be in camp with the team.
"Maybe some people just want to create sensation in the media because the team has not started winning games but the same people will sing our praises when we hit our rhythm," he said.


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COWA in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show.
Demonstrations of a new and accurate Indoor Positioning System using Visible Light Communications (VLC). For a link to video go to News.
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Safaricom has defied the Finance minister Njeru Githae and increased its money transfer service MPesa transaction charges by 10 per cent effective Friday next week.
The firm attributed the move, that will affect more than 16 million subscribers, to the amendments to the Customs & Excise Duty Act gazetted on 1st of February last year.
The cost of sending between Ksh101 to Ksh 2,500 remains the same at Sh25. It will now cost you Ksh10 to withdraw between Ksh50 and Ksh100. The price of sending between Ksh501 to Ksh3,500 remains the same at Ksh30.
The amendments introduced a 10 per cent excise duty tax on transaction fees for all money transfer services provided by cellular phone providers, banks, money transfer agencies and other financial service providers.
The new tariffs will however not affect transactions worth below Sh101.
"Our MPesa tariff structure is guided by our understanding that we need to sustain the robustness and availability of this money transfer services across the country. It also ensures that we continuously invest in our platform and extensive distribution network," said Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore in a statement.
This will be the second time in a year that Safaricom has increased its tarrifs after the March 2012 structure introduced 19 complex tiers for various levels and types of transactions.
While introducing the new tax measures, Githae said money transfer firms would not have any reason to pass on the cost to consumers.
"These charges will be paid by the service providers and not the customers...that is what the law says," Githae said on 4th of October last year while confirming that Parliament had approved the new tax.
The Treasury was targeting the growing money transfer services sector to raise revenues to fund its rising wage bill.
"As Kenya's largest taxpayer, we appreciate the need to support government as it seeks to reach its financial obligations, but we maintain our position that a tax on mobile money is at that this time premature and is likely to have a negative impact on the country's financial deepening agenda by creating an unnecessary barrier for wananchi who are most in need of basic financial services," said Collymore.
Essars Yu Mobile Madur Tanejar country manager, whose company offers Yu Cash money transfer service, said any additional tax on the operations will mean slower growth in the sector.
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At the end of using pregap, numerous files will have been created. If SCF files are being produced, or were used as the input file type, a list of these will be found in "fofn".scf (where "fofn" is the file of input filenames specified). If Experiment files are being created (but not if they were the input files) then the list of these files is in "fofn".exp.
In addition to these "fofn".passed and "fofn".failed contain the list of successful and failed experiment files. If repeat segments were not searched for then "fofn".passed should be used as the input to the gap4 (or xgap) "Assemble" option. Otherwise two more files, "fofn".repe_passed and "fofn".repe_failed will have been created: assemble the "fofn".repe_passed file followed by "fofn".repe_failed.
Finally, "fofn".entry contains a list of the EN line types used in the experiment files created. This line type specifies the reading name used within gap once this Experiment file is assembled. Normally the EN line is the same as the filename, but in cases where this conflicts with the corresponding trace filename pregap appends ".exp" to the filename, keeping the original filename as the 'entry name' (EN line). Note that the "fofn".entry file is generated whilst creating the experiment files. Hence there maybe more lines in this file than the final "fofn".passed file if Readings have failed during later processing stages.


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39641-012: Integrated Land and Population Development Program on Kiritimati Island (formerly Implementation of Population Policy)
Project Data Sheet (PDS): Overview
The TA has two major components: (i) preparation of population policy and (ii) land development program in Kiritimati island. Population Policy. The strategic objective of the population policy will be to stabilize population growth, so that the balance between population and resources will facilitate in achieving improved living standards and population wellbeing. The expected impact will be an established comprehensive population policy for Kiribati, an integrated strategy to tackle ... Read More
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In 2011, Wikileaks published bombshell reports showing that the U.S. began to use all channels, diplomatic and otherwise, to stop a minimum wage increase in Haiti. At that time, Think Progress reported on how U.S. operatives went into overdrive to prevent a movement to increase wages for people living in one of the poorest countries on the planet:
The U.S. Government Stopped a Minimum Wage Increase in Haiti
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One of the reasons why Aristide was deposed.
@elaine clemons:
You are right! They (uNUTed snakes) and france, want to make sure, Haitia stays broke and poor! Remember, Haiti kicked the french army's azz, and won their independence. To this day…ALL cracker countries hate Haiti, and the Haitian people.
THIS IS WHY THEY DON'T ALLOW THE HAITIAN TO COME TO THE uNUTed snakes of azzholes, like they do the mexicans, arabs, asians, and the people from india…BECAUSE THEY KICKED THAT AZZ!!!
By the way, clintonboy and bushboy are controlling the economic flow in Haiti!!!
I't's all about the money, that's the same reason the companies move out of the USA in the 1st place.
I do not condone having the U. S. Government being involved, business to business no problem, local business to local government no problem.
Our Government can't even take care of our problems.
Whatever happened to Raoul Cedras? Is he still on our C.I.A. payrole ? Are we still paying rent on his estate while he lives large in the Dominican Republic? Toppling foreign governments seems to be a part of our national character. There seems to be a "your country for our profits mentality. " This makes foreign aide look like blood money.
Study Haiti's history and the U.S's involvement in its destablization since the Revolution where Toussaint Loverture whipped Napoleon Bonaparte's army (Napoleon did not fight in Haiti). Then wanting to be a Frenchman so badly Toussaint let them trick him into coming to France so, put him in a dungeon and starved him to death.
Then ponder how they denied trade with Haiti and levied sanctions that buried them financially. Then in stepped the good ole United States of America. And it's been that way ever since. The United States 5th largest Embassy is in little old Haiti?
Don't forget our complicity, that would be Poppa Doc and Baby Doc.
All of the mess going on in Haiti is shameful. Where are all the million$$$ that were donated after the most recent Earthquake??? And in reading this article, we see that BIG OIL is involved…which explains so much. BIG OIL is wrecking this entire planet in so many ways…..and killing the ECO-SYSTEM.
These wild weather storms — monster tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfires, blizzards, etc. are NOT normal. They are stirred up by global warming. Scientists have also found that the ice caps are melting…which may be helping to create more earthquakes as the water shifts the tectonic plates. They have also found that our clouds are now filled with toxic particles…which are causing lots of sicknesses…including asthma and other diseases. Most of us are not much better off than the Haitians….we are just unaware of our plight because we have a higher minimum wage.
We better wake up and start complaining about this problem…before it is too late. We are on the edge of disaster right now. And our own GOV'T can do some things to slow down global warming…such as CONVERTING ALL GOV'T VEHICLES to non-polluting fuels, to hybrids, and even to electric. They could put solar panels on all Gov't buildings around the world. Recycle the trash…plastic bottles, and garbage. And only buy GREEN supplies and equipment. Such actions also create more jobs. THOSE THINGS CAN BE DONE WITH A STROKE OF A PEN.
WikiLeaks Haiti: Let Them Live on $3 a Day
Dan Coughlin and Kim Ives
June 1, 2011
Contractors for Fruit of the Loom, Hanes and Levi's worked in close concert with the US Embassy when they aggressively moved to block a minimum wage increase for Haitian assembly zone workers, the lowest-paid in the hemisphere, according to secret State Department cables.
WikiLeaks Haiti: The Nation Partners With Haïti Liberté on Release of Secret Haiti Cables(Disaster Capitalism, Sweatshops, World)
Leaked documents provide an extraordinary glimpse of US maneuvering in Haiti from before the 2004 coup through the devastating 2010 earthquake.
The Editors
About the Author
Kim Ives
Kim Ives is an editor with Haïti Liberté.
Dan Coughlin
Dan Coughlin covered Haiti for Inter Press Service from the UN and Port-au-Prince between 1992 and 1996.
WikiLeaks Haiti: The Aristide Files
Secret US Embassy cables depict a far-reaching campaign to prevent Haiti's democratically elected leader from returning to the country after the 2004 coup.
WikiLeaks Haiti: Country's Elite Used Police as Private Army(World Leaders, Regions and Countries)
A secret US Embassy cable describes how Haiti's business elite armed and deployed police units in pro-Aristide strongholds like Bel Air and Cite Soleil after the 2004 coup.
Dan Coughlin and Kim Ives
WikiLeaks Haiti: US Cables Paint Portrait of Brutal, Ineffectual and Polluting UN Force(Global Organizations, World)
As the renewal date for the UN mission in Haiti nears, WikiLeaks cables reveal a litany of MINUSTAH's failures.
Dan Coughlin
Haiti WikiLeaks Sparks Political Furor and Elite Drama(World Leaders, World)
Secret US Embassy cables ripple through Haitian politics, imperiling the appointment of a new prime minister.
Dan Coughlin
The factory owners told the Haitian Parliament that they were willing to give workers a 9-cents-per-hour pay increase to 31 cents per hour to make T-shirts, bras and underwear for US clothing giants like Dockers and Nautica.
But the factory owners refused to pay 62 cents per hour, or $5 per day, as a measure unanimously passed by the Haitian Parliament in June 2009 would have mandated. And they had the vigorous backing of the US Agency for International Development and the US Embassy when they took that stand.
To resolve the impasse between the factory owners and Parliament, the State Department urged quick intervention by then Haitian President René Préval.
"A more visible and active engagement by Préval may be critical to resolving the issue of the minimum wage and its protest 'spin-off'—or risk the political environment spiraling out of control," argued US Ambassador Janet Sanderson in a June 10, 2009, cable back to Washington.
Two months later Préval negotiated a deal with Parliament to create a two-tiered minimum wage increase—one for the textile industry at about $3 per day and one for all other industrial and commercial sectors at about $5 per day.
Still the US Embassy wasn't pleased. A deputy chief of mission, David E. Lindwall, said the $5 per day minimum "did not take economic reality into account" but was a populist measure aimed at appealing to "the unemployed and underpaid masses."
Haitian advocates of the minimum wage argued that it was necessary to keep pace with inflation and alleviate the rising cost of living. As it is, Haiti is the poorest country in the hemisphere and the World Food Program estimates that as many as 3.3 million people in Haiti, a third of the population, are food insecure. In April 2008 Haiti was rocked by the so-called Clorox food riots, named after hunger so painful that it felt like bleach in your stomach.
According to a 2008 Worker Rights Consortium study, a family of one working member and two dependents needed at least 550 Haitian gourdes, or $12.50, per day to meet normal living expenses.
The revelation of US support for low wages in Haiti's assembly zones was in a trove of 1,918 cables made available to the Haitian weekly newspaper Haïti Liberté by the transparency group WikiLeaks. As part of a collaboration with Haïti Liberté, The Nation is publishing English-language articles based on those cables.
In an emailed statement, the State Department declined to comment on the disclosures in this article, citing a policy against commenting on documents that purport to contain classified information and stating that it "strongly condemns any illegal disclosure of such information." However, the State Department spokesperson added in the email: "In Haiti, approximately 80 percent of the population is unemployed and 78 percent earns less than $1 per day"— actually, according to the UN Development Program, 78 percent of Haitians live on less than $2, not $1, a day—and "the US government is working with the government of Haiti and international partners to help create jobs, support economic growth, promote foreign direct investment that meets ILO labor standards in the apparel industry and invest in agriculture and beyond."
For a twenty-month period between early February 2008 and October 2009, US Embassy officials closely monitored and reported on the minimum wage issue. The cables show that the Embassy fully understood the popularity of the measure.
The cables attest that the new wage even had support from a majority of Haitian private sector representatives "based on reports that wages in the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua (competitors in the garment industry) will increase also."
Still the proposal engendered fierce opposition from Haiti's tiny assembly zone elite, which Washington had long been supporting with direct financial aid and free trade deals.
In 2006 the US Congress passed the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement (HOPE) bill, which gave Haitian assembly zone manufacturers preferential trade incentives. Two years later Congress passed an enhanced version of the duty-free trade bill called HOPE II. And USAID Haiti provided technical assistance and training programs to factories to help them expand and take advantage of HOPE II.
US Embassy cables claimed that those efforts were imperiled by parliamentary demands for a wage hike to keep pace with soaring inflation and high food prices. "[Textile] Industry representatives, led by the Association of Haitian Industry (ADIH), objected to the immediate HTG 130 (USD 3.25) per day wage increase in the assembly sector, saying it would devastate the industry and negatively impact the benefits of the Haitian Hemispheric through Opportunity Partnership Encouragement Act (HOPE II)," said a June 17, 2009, confidential cable from chargé d'affaires Thomas C. Tighe to Washington.
Tighe said that the "ADIH and USAID funded studies on the impact of near tripling of the minimum wage on the textile sector found that an HTG 200 Haitian gourde minimum wage would make the sector economically unviable and consequently force factories to shut down."
Bolstered by the USAID study, the factory owners lobbied heavily against the increase, meeting with Préval on multiple occasions and with more than forty members of Parliament and political parties, according to the cables.
The Haiti cables also reveal how closely the US Embassy monitored widespread pro–minimum wage demonstrations and openly worried about the political impact of the minimum wage battle. UN troops were called in to quell student protests, sparking further demands from Haitians for the end of the 9,000-strong UN occupation.
As the Haitian Platform for Development Alternatives put it in a press release in June 2009, "Every time the minimum wage has been discussed, ADIH has cried wolf to scare the government against its passage: that raising minimum wage would mean the certain and immediate closure of industry in Haiti and the cause of a sudden loss of jobs. In every case, it was a lie."
Editor's Note: We first posted this story on June 1, but at the request of Haïti Liberté, our partner in this series, we temporarily removed it until June 8. Some enterprising bloggers noted the "pulled scoop" and, pointing out that you "can't stuff the news genie back in the bottle," attempted to summarize it for their readers. Along the way, a few subtleties got lost—like that the factory owners at the center of this sordid story, who moved successfully to block the $5 per day minimum wage passed by the Haitian parliament, were making goods for big-name US retailers like Levi Strauss and Hanes. In keeping with the industry's usual practice, the brand name US companies kept their own hands clean, letting their contractors do the work of making Haiti safe for the sweatshops from which they derive their profits—with help from US officials. We apologize for the delay in bringing the original article back online.
Dan Coughlin and Kim Ives
June 1, 2011
USA Gov't, CIA, CFR, UN, State Dept., Bilderburg Group, Wall Street, Federal Reserve, / U.S. Big Biz Resurrect/Achieve Huge Wide Scale.
New Black Slavery, Genocide, & Aparthied via Deliberate Destruction of African Americans' Economic Gains via Deliberate Long Term Entry/Distribution of Cocaine/Heroin/Guns in Black Communities, Development/Introduction of HIV/AIDS Epidemic, Heavy Promotion of Black/White Interracial Procreation, Promotion of False Post-Racial America on Heels of Advance Packaging/Selection/Financing of America's First 1/2 Black/White Elitist Puppeted POTUS Strategically Picked to Bail Out Wall Street, Manage USA'/Europes' Instigation of Domino Civil Uprisings/Wars in African/Middle East Countries, Further Erode U.S. Constitution/Public School Education System, Ignore Highest Ever Long Term Black American Unemployment, Manage Rapid Expansion/Privitization of USA Prison Industrial Complex Big Biz/Oversee Preparation of FEMA Hold Camps / Marshal Law Nationwide, Forced Removal of Blacks from Major U.S. Cities Nationwide via Financial Terrorism/Oppression, Greater Oppression/Hijacking of Haiti, Destruction of The Africa Union (AU) Movement, / Further Iron-Fist Control, Destabilization, / Ultimately Recolonization of Africa Again to Resurrect on Huge Scale New Economic/Social Black Slavery & Aparthied.
Authored By Poster "Big Will" Re: HIV Deliberate Development. Also Read:
"The Isis Papers" by AA Female Dr. Frances Cress Welsing
HIV is synthetic. It has been developed over a number of years and it has an affinity for people of color. What the science and medical evidence concludes is that the HIV enzyme seeks out a receptor site in the blood of the Black genome. The receptor site is the CCR5 Delta 32+ (positive) gene that all people of color have. In the same sense, on the other end of the spectrum, is the 15 percent Caucasian population of the world, which is CCR5 Delta 32-(negative) gene. That means that under no circumstances, whether HIV came through the air, intravenous drug usage or any form of s****l activity, would the virus be transferable in Caucasian sector of the world's population, which is basically of northern European descent.
It is speculated by some experts that, in a worse case scenario, 85 percent of the world's population could potentially perish under these designer viruses and designer synthetic biological agents. What we're looking at here—because of this identified gene of the Black genome, this CCR5 Delta32+ (positive)—we are potentially looking at the eradication of all people of color.The bible states "My people perish for lack of knowledge. The true devil doesn't wear red tights, a cape with horns protruding from his forehead instead, the devil incarnate are diabolical Caucasian scientist (men and women) in white lab coats.
I say we all pass around these wiki leaks cable and boycott the companies named. The US is the biggest terrorist in the world and the biggest hypocrite & NOBODY knows this better than black people in this country.


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Sabah crisis far from over, as 12 more killed – Bernama news agency
(Updated March 4, 7:59 a.m.) Belying widespread reports that the Sabah crisis was over, 12 more were killed over the weekend, including six Malaysian policemen in a firefight in Sabah Saturday night with an armed group believed to be Filipino followers of the Sulu Sultanate, according to Malaysia's state-run Bernama news agency and Agence France-Presse.
Malaysian police escort dead comrades killed by mortar fire. Malaysian police escort the body of dead police commandos killed in a mortar attack during a standoff with Sulu gunmen in Tanduo village near Lahad Datu on Sabah Friday. Fourteen people including two police officers were killed on March 1 as Malaysian security forces ended a standoff with Filipino gunmen over a territorial dispute in Sabah. AFP PHOTO / BERNAMA NEWS AGENCY
Six of the armed Filipinos were also reportedly killed.
An earlier report from Bernama said the incident occurred at about 8 p.m. Saturday at Kampung Selamat, Semporna, some 150 km from Kampung Tanduo in Lahad Datu, as Malaysian security forces were searching homes for the renegades.
Bernama cited information indicating the armed men "planned to attack Lahad Datu police station."
It added Lahad Datu and Tawau police special investigation divisions were deployed to the scene.
Information about the crisis has been sparse, with media prevented from nearing the action. But there could be as many as 180 armed Filipinos still at large in the area of Lahad Datu, according to some estimates.
Police Inspector General Tan Sri Ismail Omar "confirmed Saturday night's incident but refused further comment," Bernama said.
On Friday, two Malaysian police commandos were killed along with 10 to 12 of the followers of the Sulu Sultanate in Kampung Tanduo following a 17-day standoff. Many news outlets had declared the crisis over.
The renewed violence on Saturday demolished that notion.
President Benigno Aquino III on Saturday appealed to the armed Filipinos still in Sabah to surrender without conditions as Malaysia has deployed all-out pursuit operations against them.
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But a report on Malaysia's The Star online said the group spurned Aquino's calls for them to surrender and may "(set) the stage for possibly more bloodshed."
It quoted Sultan Jamalul Kiram III's brother Raja Muda Azzimudie Kiram as saying he and his followers would fight to the death.
According to the report, Azzimudie, in his latest text message to his elder brother Kiram in Manila, said that "after burying 10 of his followers including a woman at sundown, everyone of the 224 left decided to die in Lahad Datu in pursuit of their dreams."
The Star online quoted Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Hamza Taib as saying police were now working with the military for "firmer action" to resolve the standoff. — LBG/BM/HS, GMA News
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Nintendo Direct - 05.17.2013
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I get the feeling that X is gonna be huge for the Wii U. I got high hopes for that game
Though I'm excited for ACNL, I don't really see anything daring enough to get me. Tell us about the new Fire Emblem!!
Everyone is already familiar with Mario merchandise...Pikmin 3 is the main interesting game here. Let us hope it gets released in July.
Ill tell you why more power is useless in consoles. Current Gen of HDTVs are too weak to display the lvl of resolution needed to actually make use of that much power, hell even games from 2011 will look better on PC than any ps4 game on console for the sole fact that the TV wont display it in the High res that PC can. WiiU took the right turn making it about the hardware of the controler to make it fun, the problem is that developers need the games to be multiplatform to make profit thats wht its better to make games for ps4/xbox720 than any wii-U game.. regardless of how much better of a game they could make in the wii-U
Game Gear?? Whoo(!).
When are we going to get SNES games on Virtual Console for 3DS? Nintendo really need to up support for their online store.
That Kung Fu game, YES. Not that its a must have, but that it sets potential to actuality. This is the Wii U gamepad being put to proper use. Great job Nintendo.
holy crap his poor english drags this too long
Even with these comments, Nintendo's STILL doing the best in the "console war" atm. They got reserves, and the 3DS is doing so good it might as well be Nintendo's main console right now. I'll bide my time till the Wii U gets some more muscle.
This is too painful to watch. Why not get an English speaking Executive to present? Reggie? Nintendo fail.
Did Iwata get punched in the left eye?
sony and Microsoft are moving too fast developers are only just now able to take full advantage of the current gen systems they need to put the new consoles on the back burner and stop trying to suck every wallet they see dry
the only thing wrong with the wii u is the lack of developer support.
new sonic, luigi , and plikmin !!. this will save Nintendo for sure!!! I am very excited!!!! god praise Nintendo. Mario i love you!!! <<== This is a fanboy talking. Actually its all bulls**t
Whats wrong with Iwata's left eye?
nice try nintendo, you still arent getting my money
nintendo is in agony and seems a lot of people have no fucking ideea about what to do... is like they are stuck with 30 years in the past.
This isn't necessarily proof they don't have anything new to show. While I am disappointed with the presentation, I don't think it's a wise idea to show off anything to "WOW!" people just yet. They need to save it for E3, the big question is if they really do have the killer titles to show. No one really knows, but the next two months will be the deciding factor if the Wii U will really work out or not.
pikmin looks good
next zelda please
by the way good presentation as always
Sad sad sad. I wonder if there will ever be a nintendo console I actually want to buy again...
"Ill tell you why more power is useless in consoles."
Once again, another delusional fanboy. The more power a console has, the better games can get. That means it can use Direct X 11 effects such as ambient occlusion, tessellation, anti-aliasing, post-processing, mip-mapping, etc.
Also, the fact that the Wii U has an awesome graphics card but a terrible CPU is evident in Lego City Undercover. While the textures are nice, the game itself suffers from serious slowdown / loading issues, which is directly related to its "power." LC is an open-world game that requires lots of computing power. Resolution is ONLY one part of the puzzle. You are just too stupid to realize the significance of Nintendo having a Power PC 750.
resolutions are not the only thing that requires graphic processing power
do you think that a computer that runs lowest setting metro in 1080p is the same with one that runs it on max settings in 1080p?
ever hear about a little thing called anti aliasing? tessellation? post processing effects? anisotropic filtering?
everything requires processing power. and if you think the only thing that requires processing power is simple screen size, you really need to do some homework. or maybe this is just another one of those delusional excuses of why the Wii U isn't a failure, and you are just trying to convince yourself with your own bulls**t, and in that case, I just pity you.
@Killingjoke_666 Perhaps you would like to demonstrate your Japanese for us?
Stop excusing Wii U sales by coming with 3DS arguments.
3DS is NOT a console and it never was nor will ever be. If thats all you have to say ( Nintendo winning console war because of 3DS ) then ... no offense , but you remind me of a fanboy. Face the reality ..
By that logic Sony is the winner of current console war ( without " " " ) because PS2 still sales !!!! And its a console ... Its that a valid argument to justify PS3 sales... i think not.
@yourmate The internet clearly belongs to Americans. How dare THOSE people use it?
@tinfoil21 it's a Lost Levels expansion for New Super Mario Bros U. Chill
@thead420 Yeah, but don't tell that to the pc owners who have computers capable of graphics that put what the ps4 will do to shame. They're real committed to the lie. How dare Sony put out such a powerful system with a mid level graphic processor from 2009?
@thead420 PSN and XBox Marketplace have been fairly successful and lucrative for game developing companies. It's also brought independent developers to consoles. They have a market now to bring their product to the consumer. Big developers have taken advantage of DLC offerings and it's almost uncommon to see big titles not have DLC. Developers also rely(too heavily in my opinion) on the ability to release update patches after a game is released. The standard and most purchased Wii U has an 8GB Hard Drive. Yes, there is a more expensive model that has a bigger hard drive and you can even buy externals. But, developers know that the 8GB will be the most common and the majority of people won't get an external. So why develop games for a console that has little room for DLC or updates? Why develop a game for a system you can't sell digital copies for?
@diabolik_023 Bored with Mario? Tons of gamers would like to see Mario, Zelda, Metroid, DK and such on their favorite consoles... but not on a Nintendo system. They are not stuck in the past, they just have a very bad marketing plan and a stupid name for this system. The Wii U is not bad, but seriously they need to do something bigger than what they've done so far. No more "side scroller platforming"... enough with this. We need an actual 3D platforming adventure, we need shooters and kart racing games... Well something that will cause some kind of a "WOW factor".
@forcesofhabit Some day I will get a Wii U. In about 6-8 years when I can get it cheap and get Zelda cheap. I'm not spending a lot of money on a Zelda Box.
@forcesofhabit Anyone who expected a "wow" display are completely out of their tree. Every publisher, for the entire history of video games has always saved their A game for holiday season. You will be lucky to see ANYTHING about the coming big titles before July or August. And don't hold your breath on Zelda Wii U. The fact that the Windwaker HD product wasn't even mentione dhere strongly suggests a holiday release. Nintendo is not going to release two Zelda games at the same time. Zelda Wii U wont see the light of day until holiday season 2014.
@forcesofhabit They gonna wrap and wrap until have something!.
@forcesofhabit Nintendo won't be present at E3 this year though.
@DeadlyMustard The N64 was the last Nintendo console I bought, and only to play 3 games: Mario 64, Zelda OoT and Zelda MM, and I got REALLY mad when Nintendo made me spend $30 on a useless Expansion Pack in order to play MM....
@ewjiml @renzorxfx Why do people have to make a competition out of everything.
(1) PC gaming is the best graphical experience you can have while at home. There is significant empirical evidence which suggests this. So if you're going to drop $300-$400 on a gaming console why not build a gaming PC and actually learn about some of the terms you're regurgitating.
Arguing the limitations of the Wii U compared to other gaming consoles is like arguing how your Honda Civic is faster than the other guy's Hyundai when a Ferrari is being sold down the street for the same price.
(2) The point that @renzorxfx is trying to make is that the Nintendo Wii U offers a different kind of gaming experience and that graphical supremacy is not necessary to give customers a great gaming experience. Different demographics like different things.
For example, I own a PS3. I play all the time but my girlfriend won't touch the thing. Last month I bought a Nintendo Wii U and now I'm telling her to get off the TV for once.
@Vinomadd2012 @Killingjoke_666 Maybe he can't demonstrate his japansese to you, but he's still right about this. Would be easier to watch if they simply used subtitles or native english speaker, hell even dubbed would be better.
@AzatiS That argument made ZERO sense.
-PS2 isn't this gen.
-3DS is an example because it's CURRENTLY selling VERY WELL and making A TON OF MONEY. Sony has the Vita. How's that going? Awful. They're handheld consoles, but they're still consoles.
-The Wii U is having a slow start just like the 3DS did...and the PS3 (ironic huh?). It's either gonna pick up or slack off, but give it time to get some bigger titles on there before writing off Nintendo for dead (cause trust me, it ain't the first time dudes on this site did that).
@AzatiS Your argument makes even less sense than his...by your logic, we may as well throw in the NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, and Wii's sales. Hell, why don't we throw in GB, GBA, GBC, and DS sales while we are at it? Nintendo has plenty of money, granted...their current lineup for the WiiU is a bit weak, but once that console gets some "legs" it will be fine. Also, I feel the reality of consoles is shifting to a mobile market. Nvidia even recently announced that the next gen of smartphones will be just as powerful, if not more, than the next gen of consoles. It is unfair to judge any company by it's sales of one of their products...look at the big picture
I love the assumption here... nowhere in his comment did @yourmate say AMERICANS. He said English. Saturo Iwata was giving this announcement in English, for all English speaking people... so maybe they (Nintendo) could have helped him a little to push it along a little smoother.
I am sure he gave the same, or a very similar, announcement in Japanese, to Japanese speaking people, and it was smooth and flawless.
@Vinland_Fighter @diabolik_023 I like Mario and Zelda, but they're no longer system sellers. They've recycled the formulas one too many times. However, I'd point that same figure at both SOny and Microsoft as well. Each console has it's cool IPs...but at this point, I don't see anything that makes me go "I've got to have that system" over one of the others.
@Vinland_Fighter @diabolik_023
I very much enjoy nearly all of the Nintendo's first party titles (Mario, Zelda, Metroid, DK) and buy their hardware specifically to play those offerings. Since we're at the beginning of the Wii U console's life, there's no doubt that we'll get some new offerings such as Super Mario Galaxy Universe, Metroid Prime 4, Mario Kart U, etc. We already know that a new Zelda is in the works. I would buy Nintendo hardware for Zelda alone! When you look at the hundreds of thousands of posts in MiiVerse, you can see that those that have bought a Wii U are extremely happy with it. There's something about Nintendo's originality and mood created by their titles that are unlike anything else. As with any new console, it just needs time to grow up.
@grnsuperman4 @forcesofhabit My thoughts exactly, except with me its a zelda/smash box
@superjuggen @forcesofhabit Except they will be, there just won't be a big conference like Sony and Microsoft are having.
@grbolivar The expansion pack was the reason that Majora's Mask had a much better draw distance than Ocarina of Time, among other graphical improvements (like Link's character model becoming less blocky [though only somewhat]). Compare Ocarina and Majora's Mask side by side, and it should become noticable (especially in large open areas).
@grbolivar Hate you missed out on all of the other great games on N64 like Paper Mario, Banjo Kazooie, Goldeneye. ect..
@grbolivar Wow, way to contradict the term "useless" when you noted a game that NEEDED it. It's not the only game either.
Perfect Dark (to get the campaign)
Donkey Kong 64
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@snaketus @Vinomadd2012 @Killingjoke_666 I dont know what your problem is, i understand him perfectly.
@AzatiS Wow, where are these likes coming from? This isn't even good business sense.
-Nintendo realizes that their console is dying, and its hardware is too weak to keep up. They go next gen early to keep from getting in some deep financial bs.
-Sony's been losing millions...and they throw more money into the PS3 anyway when they should be focusing on prepping up the PS4 to take over.
Also note: Nintendo isn't anything more than "gaming". Sony makes other hardware besides games. Sony's game division hasn't put up profits IN YEARS. Nintendo as a company HAS. So how are you "winning the console wars" when you still haven't even made one freaking cent from your games division? IN YEARS?
Just keep hating with those 3 D-riders liking everything you type.
@AzatiS The Wii-U is still young, less then a year old. The Ps3 launch was far worse, few games, bare-bones online plus it was $500-600. Yet the Ps3 is doing okay now.
Considering Nintendo hasn't put out any big 1st party games, 3.45 units sold isn't bad. During E3 we'll get a good idea of what games will be coming out and what they look like, excited to see Retro studios secret project.
People should stop jumping to conclusions, and no i don't own a Wii-u because i am never a early adopter of any kind of electronics.
As for the 3DS/Vita not being a console, well its a device built for gaming with online capabilities & apps
Its still a console, just scaled down. Kinda like Desktop vs Laptop.
You are so full of sh*t, wii wasnt abandoned in the last years, ever heard of skyward sword you moron? And whats with all this deep waters crap? The console just launched not that long ago and you are already shouting that the sky is falling. Get some common sense please
Do you even read that i said its NOT a valid argument or not ?... Wii U is in deep ...waters and its a console. 3DS is a handheld. Theres no point to compare apples with oranges.
I dont see where you disagree with me here...
As of the big picture , i saw a company which had MAJOR losses out of its console and as a whole , for more of 8 BILLION in total ( sony ) the last 6 years,supports its console like no other company even as we speak... Full support !!
When Nintendo let Wii die prematurely when at least the last 2 years of its life , support was almost non existant... when Wii sold x2 what PS3 did for example...
So dont talk to me about the big picture and coming with Nintendo as an example... Nintendo was once the pinnacle of gaming with consoles like SNES/NES but thats it.
If Miyamoto ever leave company... oh boy..


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People, who can apply for a personal loan from PNB Bank, are:
- Defense Personnel who is permanent including officials of Military Station Headquarters, CRPF, CISF, BSF, ITBP.
- Central/ State Govt/ PSUs and all reputed companies/ Institutions confirmed / permanent employees, who draw their salary from accounts maintained by the PNB branches. Or employer's of above categories agree for 'check-off facility'.
- Professionally qualified Doctors such as, MBBS, BDS & having an annual income of Rs.4.00 lakh & above are also eligible for a personal loan from PNB.
What are the Benefits of Personal Loan from PNB?
- There are many advantages of taking a personal loan from them, such as:
- They provide personal loans at interest rates varying from 15.50% to 22%.
- A person can avail the loan amount varying from Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 5 lakhs.
- Loan EMIs can be paid for up to 60 months.
- Special loan offers for pensioners.
Punjab National Bank Personal Loan: Rate Of Interest
BPLR system
Base rate system
For public
Individuals whose salary is being disbursed through our branches as also those employees who are availing the loan under check-off facility
Base Rate + 5.00%
For others
Base Rate + 6.00%
For Defence Personnel only
Individuals whose salary is disbursed through branch
Base Rate + 4.75%
For others
Base Rate + 5.75%
* Above rates are subject to change without notice.*
It is necessary to compare the interest rates of the personal loan deals that are offered by all the banks. The personal loan is an unsecured loan that an individual can take for fulfilling any personal requirement. This can be for purchasing a gadget, for going on a holiday, for paying medical bills, for paying education expenses and other needs.
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Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah speaks on a TV screen during a ceremony in the southern suburbs of Dahiyeh, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. (The Daily Star/Hasan Shaaban)
BEIRUT: Hezbollah supports any electoral law based on proportional representation including the controversial Orthodox Gathering proposal and will vote in favor of the latter should it be put to a vote in Parliament, the party's leader said Friday.
"For Hezbollah, the main principle in any electoral law is proportional representation, regardless of the results [for the party itself]," Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah said in a televised speech on the occasion of the Prophet's Birthday.
"This is what appeals to us in any proposed law because it offers everyone, whether parties or sectarian groups, the opportunity to be represented in Parliament," he said.
In the run-up to Lebanon's parliamentary elections, lawmakers, both rivals and allies, are at an impasse on what electoral law to adopt for the upcoming polls which are scheduled to be held in early June.
Rival Christian parties, in a rare show of consensus, have backed a controversial draft electoral law that projects Lebanon as a single district in which the country's different sects vote for their respective lawmakers in Parliament under a proportional representation system.
Despite the consensus among Christian political parties, the Orthodox Gathering draft has drawn heavy criticism from the country's president and prime minister, the Future Movement, which leads the opposition, and Progressive Socialist Party leader by MP Walid Jumblatt.
The opponents of the proposal argue it is a recipe for entrenching sectarianism in the country.
Nasrallah, whose party has repeatedly called for a law based on proportional representation, said Friday the group's lawmakers would vote for the Orthodox Proposal in the event it is referred to Parliament.
"We will vote for the Cabinet's draft law ... or the Orthodox Gathering if any of these proposals are referred to Parliament," the Hezbollah chief said.
President Michel Sleiman and Prime Minister Najib Mikati have thrown their support behind the Cabinet's draft electoral law, which is based on a system of proportional representation with Lebanon divided into 13 medium-sized districts.
Lebanon's previous parliamentary elections were administered under the 1960 law – a winner-takes-all, qada-based system that many parties and public figures oppose.
During his speech Friday, Nasrallah also voiced understanding of the concerns of the country's different sects, particularly Christians, over the subject of the electoral law.
"All the Lebanese sects are monitoring the issue of the electoral law with a [heightened] level of sensitivity given events occurring in the country, concerns and sharp divisions as well as events in the region," he said.
"The concerns of Christians in Lebanon and in the region are far greater than other groups," he said, adding that these fear were justified given developments in the region.
Nasrallah also slammed his opponents in the March 14 alliance, namely the Future Movement, saying these groups feared the outcome of the elections under a system of proportional representation.
"The problem of those who reject proportionality is that such an option would reveal their true electoral weight," he said.
The Hezbollah chief also mocked the Future Movement's stance of refusing to support proportional representation while the resistance group maintained its arsenal.
"The weapons that you keep mentioning aren't the [type] used by the resistance but those owned by most Lebanese," he said.
"You don't need a Zelzal, Fajr 5 or an Ayoub drone: A simple Kalashnikov can impose electoral options on people and this [type of] weapon is in the hands of most people," he added.
Nasrallah also argued that a winner-takes-all system afforded greater opportunities to influence election results through the threat of using weapons or cash.
He also fended off accusations that his party was imposing the Orthodox proposal on its allies in the March 8 coalition.
"Some Christian figures and other groups have claimed that the Orthodox law was drafted by Hezbollah or [Syrian President] Bashar Assad ... and that Hezbollah imposed it on [MP] Michel Aoun and [MP Suleiman] Franjieh," Nasrallah said, referring to the heads of the Free Patriotic Movement and the Marada Movement respectively.
"Our allies actually came to us, explained the situation along with their concerns and we listened and supported them," he added.
Nasrallah described the upcoming elections as "the foundation of a new phase in the country's modern history," and said more ethical discussion on the electoral laws was needed.
"What we need is a technical and respectful debate. Unfortunately, at present the discussions includes offenses and that is why we disassociate ourselves from such a debate which has stooped to such a level," he said.
Although voicing support for an electoral proposal based on proportional representation, the Hezbollah did not mention his party's stance on draft law proposed by Speaker Nabih Berri that combines both the majority and proportional representation systems.
Nasrallah, who is Assad's principal ally in the country, urged his rivals not to allow their predictions on the outcomes of the Syria crisis to influence their stance on the electoral law and said Hezbollah remained open to talks over the electoral law.
"I call on Lebanese to discuss an electoral law based on a proposal that is fair and urge them to forget the idea of what [might] transpire in Syria, particularly those who [expect] the fall of Damascus or any dramatic change in Syria that would allow them to overpower others in Lebanon," he said.
The March 14 coalition has voiced its moral support for those seeking to topple Assad.
Nasrallah also dismissed the possibility of Assad's ouster.
"On-the-ground, regional, political and even global facts confirm that events will not result in anything that will achieve the dreams of many," he said, in an apparent reference to the Lebanese opposition.
"We do not seek to overpower anyone on the basis of what is happening in Syria and neither should you," Nasrallah added.
Turning to the subject of the performance of the Lebanese government in which the March 8 enjoys a majority, Nasrallah said the Cabinet should not turn away from people's daily issues, including demands by civil servants for salary raises, the issue of Islamists being detained in Lebanon's jails, or the issue of Syrian refugees who fled to Lebanon because of unrest in their home country.
"The case of the detained Islamists should be resolved regardless of what we think of them," he said, referring to some 120 suspects from Fatah al-Islam who have been detained at Lebanon Roumieh prison since 2007.
Commenting on the recent elections in Israel, Hezbollah's arch enemy, Nasrallah said the vision of the Jewish State would never change regardless of election results.
"Left and right wings are similar and most wars were waged when the left were in government and so the vision, the aggression, and the greed will not change and we should not bet on the [results]," he said.
He reiterated that Lebanon's only defense against Israel was the tripartite formula of the "Army, people, and resistance."
Nasrallah said the results of the Israeli elections demonstrated "an absence of leading and founding parties such as the Labor and Likud parties as well as an absence of a single, strong, leading party."
He argued this observation reflected a crisis in Israel's leadership.
"This represents a crisis in leadership, in parties and lack of trust but we should not be fooled by that."
In his one-hour speech, Nasrallah also sought to clarify that crises in many Arab and Muslim countries were not of a sectarian nature but rather were fueled by political goals.
"We should not simply summarize a conflict by giving it a sectarian dimension because it is bigger than that," he said.
The reasons for most wars in the region, he said, were political rather than sectarian.
"We should not give the conflicts in Lebanon, in Syria or in Egypt ... a sectarian turn because they are political ones," he said, urging leaders in the region and Lebanon to reduce sectarian rhetoric.
"Any sectarian or confessional rhetoric can destroy everything and what we should do in case of conflicts is attempt to limit the problem and seek dialogue," he said.
Nasrallah added that dialogue was needed in countries like Syria, Bahrain, Yemen, Egypt and even Iraq in order to resolve the disputes there.
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