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Is it too late to buy Bitcoin?
OOOh, that's a question. And one I'm asked more and more these days. I always answer it WITH a question (not that if affects my ultimate answer), and always the same one:
"What is it you want to buy it for?"
The answers vary and are sometimes quite vague, because the people who ask this are usually those who are still sitting outside of the cryptocurrency sphere that many of us have now got so used to. They're basically intrigued, interested and want to get involved in some way. I remember being there myself only a few short years ago and a simple answer would have been great, but the trouble is, I couldn't find one. There seemed to be as many doomsayers as there were evangelists and none of it made sense. I'm not entirely sure it that's different today from an outsider's point of view.
But, if you ask me now, although I'll qualify it as you see below, the answer is universally "no, it is definitely, definitely not too late." Some, myself included, may even say you're a little early to the party. Hell, they're still setting up the tables and getting the paper plates from the store. You might be surprised by that statement so let me add a few paragraphs to explain the thinking.
If you're buying purely as an investment, ie you're not interested in spending it or converting to other currencies, then, in my view, it's not too late. Bitcoin may be a dinosaur in terms of technology and age (it's over ten years old already!), but it is also the unwritten 'reserve currency' of the crypto world. It's your 'go to' universally accepted and recognized coin that anyone dealing in cryptos is happy to take. As cryptos go, it's a 'safe' bet. This is where it gets interesting though.
Exact figures on how many people use Bitcoin/are aware of Bitcoin/own Bitcoin are hard to come by and estimates vary wildly, but the only area that they agree on completely is that it is a tiny percentage of the global population as of this moment.
Today's price, therefore, is not a reflection of future demand.
In theory, any application of the network effect will drive the price proportionately, resulting — on paper anyway — in these very high price predictions you sometimes read about in the press.
It's not an unreasonable assumption actually, especially when you consider that there will never be enough Bitcoin in existence for every person on the planet to have one. There will — categorically — only ever be 21,000,000 in existence, but in reality they'll be somewhere around 15,000,000 that are actually usable since so many have been lost or locked up over the years.
For most of us, we'll be dealing only in Satoshi (one hundred millionths of a bitcoin represented thus: 0.00000001 BTC). There's not even enough for every millionaire to have one, they'll be dealing in Satoshi too. Only the very wealthy or the very early adopters who are still holding will have more than one. Once you apply basic economic theory of supply and demand, the price can only go up.
This assumes, of course, that Bitcoin won't be surpassed by a younger, better upstart in the meantime, or regulated out of existence — and that is where your risk comes in.
My personal view on the former is that the although there will be (and already are) better currencies than Bitcoin, it is far too established to change the base currency easily at this point and Bitcoin will likely co-exist with a couple of other major currencies for different purposes as I wrote about here.
On the latter, well, the chances of all countries coming together and agreeing anything at all, let alone cryptocurrency regulation, are so slim it's negligible. This is a global phenomenon, and you only need one country on the entire planet to agree it's the future and it'll never be possible to regulate it out of existence — exchanges will simply move there as we have already seen they are willing to do.
It's arguable whether it would still have the same value of course, but as long as people are willing to buy and sell anything (money, cryptos, drugs, gold, you name it) there will always be a market.
If you're buying to use it, then of course you're not too late. In fact, to return to my 'party' analogy earlier, you're not only early, you're taking the mick by turning up with your sleeping bag a full 24 hours before it's even started and demanding breakfast in the morning.
You see, actually spending Bitcoin has always been, until recently, quite tricky. I owned some retail stores during this time and used Bitpay which was clunky and slow back then. Some big companies such as Expedia and Steam accepted it, and others, like these examples, have been hot and cold about accepting it, sometimes doing so and sometimes not, usually linked with transaction cost price spikes. Adoption, price volatility and network speed have always been the problem. But like all things in the nascent and uncharted crypto world, these problems are being worked on.
Price volatility is the result of many factors of course, but it is also that the market so small, minuscule in fact, compared to, well, anything else. The whole market capitalization is currently around the quarter of the size of one company — Amazon. This means slight movements can trigger large price changes and it can easily be manipulated by anyone with a few million dollars where no regulation currently exists.
My personal view is that as the market grows — which I believe it will — this will become less of an issue, but this is likely to be a long time off. Even regulation, which is managed by country and not globally, can't provide a universal answer. If price volatility scares you, well, walk away now. It's not going away any time soon.
The main solution to slow network speed is the Lightning Network, which, without going into technicals, is a way of managing the transactions on the blockchain hugely more efficiently than they are being managed at the moment. In other words, it'll be a hell of a lot faster than it is now, which is one of Bitcoin's shortcomings. This is some way off yet and there's even doubt whether it'll ever really work as it should, but if it is to achieve any sort of global adoption, this problem does need to be addressed.
That question of adoption is the one that fascinates me the most. Everyday, new retailers come on line, and some bow out (usually temporarily), a bit like an active Twitter account that ebbs and flows with followers depending on your tweets, but overall the trend is very definitely up in terms of places where it is accepted.
Interestingly though, actual usage figures have dropped in the same period, almost certainly due to the drop in price resulting in people hoarding and holding out for a better price rather than spending. This is a symptom of what I call 'fiat thinking' as we still measure everything on put own currency rather than Satoshi and will do for some time yet. Perhaps we always will.
Recently, however, companies have been attacking the problem from the other angle, making it easier to spend your cryptos from your wallet in the first place. Wirex, who I wrote about here (however, also read the follow up article here) are a great example of this, and it's a beautiful, simple system that makes the spending of Bitcoin (and Litecoin and XRP) as easy as using a contactless Visa card.
We haven't seen the effect of this yet, but I suspect this is exactly the sort of thing that can make a major difference in the pace of adoption. They're not the only ones of course, similar systems are being developed, trialed and launched all the time, the momentum is building and it is — surely — a matter of time.
You'll notice I haven't, directly anyway, mentioned institutional investment. It'll come, I'm certain of that because if there's one thing you can trust these guys to do it's to sniff out new opportunities and get the returns as soon as is possible. However, my view is that we, the people, have just as much impact on the future price and adoption of Bitcoin as the big institutions do, perhaps more so. This is an astonishing statement and almost certainly the first time this has happened in history. That's quite a paradigm shift that will take quite some time for most people to get their heads round.
So, is it too late to buy Bitcoin? In my opinion, no. It's as simple as that and I'm still stockpiling both Bitcoin (well, I'm spending a little because I find it enormously satisfying to buy a round at the pub with it) and certain other cryptos on a daily basis, even now.
I understand of course this is not without risk given the unknown unknowns that lie ahead, but this is an incredibly exciting time and, for me, I want to be part of it in the same way I wanted to be part of the internet growth in the 1990's.
And we all know how that turned out, right?
Originally published at https://originalcryptoguy.com on August 29, 2018. Moved to Medium archives on September 5, 2019.


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Living a healthy life and doing exercise regularly are very important in building a strong body. Do you wish to have beautiful firm breasts? Check out these 7 yoga poses below – they will help improve your breast shape, lung capacity, and build strong muscles for a better you!
Triangle Pose
The Triangle Pose is also known as Trikonasana. This pose strengthens and stretches your body, as well as improving your blood flow.
To do this pose:
Place your feet apart. The left foot will be at a 90-degree angle and the right one 15 degrees. Take your left hand and touch your left ankle. From there, stretch your right arm towards the sky and keep a straight line. Make sure to keep your knees and spine straight too. look towards your right fingers and then repeat towards the other side.
Warrior Pose
The warrior pose, is also known as the Virabhadrasana. Although it's a pretty standard pose in yoga, it is very effective. There are three types of the warrior pose namely; warrior pose I, II and III. Here we shall look at warrior pose I. This also works on your thorax! However, this warrior pose should not be done by people who have a weak heart.
To do this pose:
Start by putting your feet wide apart parallel to one another. Turn your left foot (the front foot) and turn it 90 degrees, and bend your front knee out. Raise your arms to parallel the legs, and place them in line with your shoulders. Turn your head forward and look above your wrist.
Cobra Pose
The Cobra Pose also known as Bhujangasana is a good pose for lungs, abs, and your posture!
To do this pose:
Sit on your stomach and inhale. From there, slowly raise your upper half of your body while keeping your lower half on the floor the entire time. Most of your weight will rest on your arms and legs. Slowly breathe out and go back down to the floor.
Bow Pose
The Bow pose is also known as Dhanurasana . It is perfect for relief of backaches and great for your spine!
To do this pose:
Start on your stomach, breathe out, and bend your knees. Then try to reach for your ankles. Pull your legs upwards as much as possible, stay in this position for roughly thirty minutes, and then let go of your ankles and go back down.
Supported Headstand
The supported headstand, also known as Salamba Sirsasana is not for everyone – it is recommended for the experienced yogi, but that doesn't stop you from trying it if you a a newbie. It is a perfect pose for ligaments and muscles of the spine and thorax. It is also effective in improving breathing and blood flow.
To do this pose:
Start on your knees and place your forearms on the floor. Clasp your hands together behind the back of your head to form a support for your head and neck. Bend your knees and then slowly raise your feet up. Stay in this position anywhere from 30-seconds to 2 minutes!
Wheel Pose
The Wheel Pose a.k.a Chakrasana is perfect for headaches. But beyond that, there's a whole range of magic the Chakrasana pose can bring- the thorax, spine, and neck are strengthened and it also lifts fatigue!
To do this pose:
Start on your back, and place your feet shoulder width apart. Place your hands behind your head with your palms down so your fingers point towards the back, and then lift up. Stay in this pose for roughly 30 seconds!
Camel Pose
This is also known as the Ustrasana pose. The Camel pose is a backache relief. It's also great with lung volume and the thorax!
To do this pose:
Stand on your knees. Make sure to place your feet together, and then slowly begin to bring your head backward while putting your hands on your feet. Arch your back and stretch your ribs. Your head should feel heavy and direct towards the ground! Stay in this for thirty seconds or so.
Try out the above yoga moves in order to achieve your dream body. Super easy to do, all you need is to follow instructions.
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Recently, I sacrificed room in my luggage normally allocated to several pairs of shoes to accommodate the 3 cameras I decided to tote on a vacation to Rangamati, a beautiful place in Bangladesh. My husband thought I was nuts, but I was determined to capture breathtaking pictures. I wanted an opportunity to snap landscapes with several cameras so not to arrive back home disappointed at the way the photos turned out. The crazy lady with 3 cameras lugged a Nikon D700 , Nikon D3 and a Canon 5D camera with the intention of returning the 2 that underperformed. As it turned out, I found the Canon 5D was best for landscape and travel shooting due to its sharpness and detail. Nikon D3 did turn out to be the fastest of the 3 cameras but I wasn't in hurry; my concern was quality. I didn't miss any of the fascinating detail of nature as the camera was helpful in low light shooting.
What impressed me most
From a technical perspective, I can appreciate that the 5D creates considerably lower noise at all ISO sensitivities than other cameras. The camera provides ISO speeds (from 100 to 1600. ISO can be expanded to L: 50 or H: 3200 which is very helpful at low light shooting.
The 5D's full-frame CMOS sensor boasts 13.3 million pixels. Its pixel density is low, at just 1.5 megapixels in square centimeter and it has a restructured DIGIC II image processor.
Its numerous auto-focus points and 6 invisible assist AF points improve your chances of getting a clear image. Its shutter speed goes up to 1/8000 sec, with a flash sync speed of 1/200 sec. You can easily shoot a fast-flying bird with it.
It can shoot up to 3 frames per second. Some features of the camera help the users because it has exceptional balance in image quality; it provides advance video, with direct feed.
What makes Canon 5D Mark II better
Canon has improved maximum features in Canon 5D Mark II. Canon 5D uses the DIGIC II image processor but Mark II uses DIGIC 4 image processor. DIGIC 4 image processor works with a high-speed DDR-SDRAM buffer to confirm fast performance and image processing. The Mark II has larger ( .5-inch) LCD display than the Canon 5D.
The MARK II has a fast shutter speed (30 to 1/8000 s) and a high resolution (21.1 megapixels).
The 5D Mark II is one of the first DLSRs consists of full 1080P video recording capabilities. You know it is extensively used in Hollywood over the past few years in films. It was used in the film Iron Man 2 and Captain America.
The 5D Mark II has a full frame sensor ready to grab highest available light for crisp images also in low-light conditions and you can push its ISO all the way to 6400 with negligible noise in dark conditions.
Why I'm Keeping It
Canon advanced everything about the 5D in making the new Mark III. It has faster and more sensitive auto-focus, a more consistent control layout. A Quick Menu is added as well as faster burst speeds (6 fps, up from 3.9 fps). It has a dual card slots and better ergonomics. A firmware update will permit the Mark III to feed uncompressed HD video to a recording device.
Aside from all the technical things that are sure to delight any professional photographer, there is no doubt that the 5D rendered magazine quality photos of my most breathtaking vacation photos. If you'd like to read more details about this camera, see this review.


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The Il Ciocco Gas Station
Here is something new for all those who live, work or are just visiting our Living Mountain.
The Il Ciocco Gas Station, near the Renaissance Tuscany Il Ciocco at the Locanda Level of the estate, is now a 24/7 self-service station accepting credit-cards, debit-cards and cash.
If you prefer full-service, it is available from 4:30pm to 5:00pm, Monday through Friday.
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Sunday Times Rich List 2016 | Tarot Cards
Last week on Facebook I shared an image promoting the Sunday Times Rich List, featuring an enticing-looking deck of Tarot cards.
The campaign is now underway and from yesterday's Sunday Times, we have these:
The Tarot's Court Cards are my specialist area. They talk to me.
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For anyone who wants help with perfecting yoga poses, or increasing their strength and flexibility, the Clever Yoga Strap is the tool for you. This strap helps you achieve a wider range of motion and bridge the gap so that you're able to connect your limbs better.
Simply use the yoga strap in conjunction with your standard moves, or let it help you achieve poses of greater difficulty. When you're not performing yoga you can use to stretch, relieve pain, and increase your length and flexibility.
A yoga strap can add a world of possibility to your practice, so it's just as important as having the right mat. Made with durable cotton and at 8 feet long, it's the perfect size and material for durability. Clever Yoga covers all of their products with a 100% satisfaction guarantee for life, so you'll never need to purchase another strap as long as you practice.
Although marketed as a yoga strap, this handy tool actually has other useful functions too. Firstly, the strap can be used as a simple way to increase flexibility so it's ideal not just for yoga but other fitness regimes too. Whether it's Pilates, weightlifting, running, or anything else, this strap can make you supple.
Secondly, anyone undergoing physical rehabilitation therapy will find this valuable as it's a low impact way to stretch and increase your range of motion. The Clever Yoga Strap can be used to suit your pain threshold and flexibility as you slowly work your way towards improvement.
Finally, the Clever Yoga Strap is an invaluable tool for anyone who enjoys stretching as part of their daily routine or fitness schedule. This strap allows you to reach a deeper stretch with your muscles so you're able to recover faster from grueling workouts.
Just by adding this simple strap to your yoga practice, you're able to open up a whole new world of poses and give a further range of motion to your existing ones. Some popular moves which were able to be enhanced by using this strap include:
The problem with many yoga products nowadays is that they cater to either professionals or beginners, without much available to suit everyone. The Clever Yoga Strap is an exception, though, so as you advance through your yoga poses there's no need to purchase another product.
For beginners, using this strap can help you achieve the more difficult moves as you're starting out. This is perfect for those with limited flexibility who don't want to feel limited in what they can achieve. Adding the Clever Yoga Strap to your yoga poses can help bridge the gap between reaches and give you a tool to use in between sessions to improve your reach.
Professionals will also enjoy the strap as it improves your posture and alignment, even when you've had years of practice. A yoga strap can help those who feel their strength or posture may be getting worse with age, as using this simple tool can give you back the flexibility you once had.
No matter whether you're a beginner or a seasoned professional, you're able to find a lot of use out of a quality yoga strap. These straps are generally the next purchase after a yoga mat that helps to extend your variety of poses and improve on your form at the same time.
Currently priced at just $10, the value for money with this strap is amazing. Clever Yoga has a 100% lifetime satisfaction guarantee on their products so for $10 you can be ensured a lifetime of use from this one amazing tool.
The quality of materials is evident on first use, and although the cotton may feel a little tough this will tend to wear down as it ages. Considering the multiple uses and versatility for such an affordable product, there's no reason not to purchase the Clever Yoga Strap today.
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An academic warned him he was putting his career in jeopardy and another professor labelled Moon as "brave" for publishing this research, going on to condemn his work without reviewing it. Moon's response:
...why should an historian have to be "brave" when choosing to write about a topic, and what does this comment say about the state of academic freedom in this country?The fact is cannibalism has been well documented in many cultures around the world including the South Pacific. Both Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya; Solomon Islands, which was known as the Cannibal Isles; Marquesas Islands; and Fiji.
Scripture is not afraid to mention these matters though it does not condone them. During a siege 2 Israelite women made a murderous and cannibalistic pact (2 Kings 6).
Ideology drives research to an extent, it determines the types of questions that are asked. But unfortunately some people appear to let their ideology drive their conclusions. While it is reasonable to be suspicious of questionable conclusions and request further proof, to predetermine the conclusions that match your philosophy by manipulating data or forbidding (amoral) research which may oppose your worldview means that one will never come to an understand of the truth. One may even defend lying for the greater agenda.
Conclusions will often be understood within the underlying paradigm. Logically valid reasoning will not override bad premises. But it may call into question one's premises. The desire should be for truth; if the truth contradicts your belief it means that your belief does not correspond to reality. Worldviews should be both internally consistent and correspond to reality.


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Melbourne car deaths: Four killed as driver strikes pedestrians
Four people, including a young child, have died after a car deliberately hit pedestrians in central Melbourne, police say.
At least 29 people were injured, among them a baby who is in a critical condition after the car hit a pram.
Police say they rammed the car, shot the driver in the arm and arrested him.
They say the incident was not terror-related, but is believed to be linked to a stabbing in the south east of Melbourne early on Friday.
The car ploughed into pedestrians in the Bourke St Mall, a busy shopping area, just before 14:00 (03:00 GMT).
Footage broadcast on local media captured moments before showed a maroon car driving in circles, with the driver leaning out of the window, in front of Flinders Street railway station.
A witness told the BBC she saw pedestrians try to get out the way as the car mounted a footpath.
"It hit a few people there outside the offices and convenience store and sent them flying into the air, then kept driving," the witness said.
"It hit some more further up the path. I didn't know what was happening at first. People were screaming and there was a lot of sound and dust - I thought a building was coming down."
Another witness, Sharn Baylis, estimated the car to be travelling at 60km/h (37 mph) "in a straight line".
"It was such an enclosed busy area," she told ABC.
Witness Maria Kitjapanon told Melbourne's Age newspaper that the car was rammed by a police car and that about 10 police surrounded the car, with guns drawn, and fired into the car.
"Then they dragged someone out via the passenger side, then all 10 of them sat on top of him," she said.
Police say the same man was involved in an an attack on his brother in the early hours of the morning in a Melbourne suburb.
It is believed he then went on to take a woman hostage in the car. She was released before the driver proceeded to the city centre and started to hit pedestrians.
The police say the man is known to them, and has a long history of family violence, drug issues and mental health problems.
He was also charged at the weekend in relation to an assault.
The four people who died have not been named, but police say that among them were a man and woman in their 30s, and a young child, none of whom were related to each other.
The injured baby was three months old. Also among the injured was a two-year-old who is in a serious condition, and children aged nine and 12.
The Premier of Victoria, Daniel Andrews, said the emergency services had "done us proud" in their response to what he described as an evil criminal act".
"Our hearts are breaking this afternoon," he said.
He also praised people in the city who had "reached out to provide support and care to strangers".
Lord Mayor Robert Doyle said he was standing outside Melbourne Town Hall when he saw the car drive "at speed" towards Bourke St Mall.
"It is very difficult to believe that these sorts of things can happen right in front of you in the middle of our city," he said in a video posted online.
"Spare a thought particularly for those families - the loved ones of those affected - and let's try and take care of each other."
The Australian Open tennis event, being played about 2km (1.2 miles) away, was unaffected, police said.


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Cultural Summer Events of the municipality of Chania.They include music and stage performances at the theatre of Eastern Trench, Public Garden, Venizelio music school, Park of Peace and Friendship and other events in several neighbourhoods of the town. Cultural summer events are also organised by the municipality of Kisamos, Nea Kydonia, Pelekanos and Georgioupolis.
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During May in Chania random festivals take place. Second fortnight, celebration of the battle of Crete. It includes events commemorating those who were killed and several cultural events. "Koresia" athletic games Canoe kayak at Kournas Lake.
May – September: Athletic events in the municipality of Nea Kydonia which include: Beach volley – Beach Soccer – Beach Handball and racket games.
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Corporate Background
SSG Properties is a company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of Bangladesh with its Registered Office at "UCEP Cheyne Tower (3rd Floor), 25 Shegunbagicha, Ramna, Dhaka – 1000".
It is a strategic business unit of the Super Star Group and which is also known as a SSG (www.ssgbd.com). SSG Properties envisions being the real estate development wing for the group.
Our Objective & Mission
SSG Properties is a company formed with the objective of initiating real estate projects that are not typical but 'out of the box' in the industry, introducing new ideas and products to the market. We intend to engage in interesting, challenging and remarkably profitable real estate projects that are true to its vision.
We intend to be a boutique real estate company and will engage in exclusive and select projects only.
We will provide high-quality, comfortable living and commercial spaces. Our products will offer state-of-the-art living conditions reflective of the rapid advancements in technology and a growing need for quality housing. Our company is dedicated to a hassle free-living environment in which our customers can enjoy all of the benefits of safe, attractive and inviting spaces. We will remain committed to maintain the highest level of customer satisfaction. Customer's safety, happiness, and comfort will always be our priority. We will be competitive in the market and strive to create and deliver products that command highest value for money.
Within the company we will strive to work as a cohesive, harmonious unit focused on exemplifying our mission. Just as customer delight is an intricate part of our success, so is employee satisfaction. We will create a challenging, performance and cost conscious culture at our work place and integrate technology within our daily work. By remaining true to our vision and committed to our objective and mission we will increase and sustain profitability and shareholders' value.
Background of Directors and Key Team Members
SSG Properties believes that its human capital is its best capital. Therefore, no compromise has been and will be made in selecting the best for the appropriate work.
Vision and objective of the company along macro concept and a five year road map has been created by the board of directors and key team members are geared to execute.
Profile of the Managing Director
Mohammad Ibrahim, the track record of transforming a typical family owned business into a modern corporate house with global vision has taken the real estate industry as his new challenge.
Over the last decade he has successfully grown the trims and packaging business of Super Star Group to ten times its size in revenues since he had taken the leadership of the business. He has not only grown the business and revolutionized the core management concepts at Super Star Group, he has successfully created a succession in the organization who's now geared to take on the challenge of taking the business towards the vision he has created for the business.
His unique creativity, an eye for details, wide globetrotting history, clarity in understanding engineering and his passion for real estate is expected to be a promising blend required to steer SSG Properties to its desired in terms of financial gains and positioning itself in the industry.
Profile of the Head of Finance & Accounts
Mohammed Jashim Uddin, ACA has been working for different organizational in various field of Finance, Accounts, Commercial, Distribution & Corporate Affairs. Presently performing the job relating to operational activities and delivered various decisions to the entrepreneur regarding operational, commercial and financial aspects.
Vision brief
Our endeavor is to reinvent the concept of space in its sincerest sense & reinstall those simple values of living that we almost gave up on.
We do not expect our products be measured in quantity. Perhaps parameters like love, freedom & laughter are more appropriate tools of measuring its value.
Do you remember the time when children could just go out to play and come home safe & secured at sunset? More importantly, do u remember that the parents didn't really have to plan a security operation just to ensure their loved ones were safe while out playing? That came standard, along with confidence that you live among quality & caring neighbors & life in general had a sense of repose.
This sense has precipitated into concrete jungles, a web of multicolored wires over our shoulders & an ignorance of the value of a healthy community.
Through our projects we wish to create awareness amongst consumers of real estate of what is really possible.
Our vision is to deliver the tomorrow of realty today!
We are committed to make this venture a truly worthwhile & enjoyable experience for our clients, shareholders & management team. We are SSG Properties
Our Management Concept
SSG Properties recognizes that there are special fields of expertise within the real estate space. Construction is a common task for all real estate companies in Bangladesh today. However, SSPL wishes to avoid direct construction management and maintain its focus on building on its core strength: continuous generation of fresh design & engineering concepts, project management and industry standard surpassing end to end client relationship management.
We feel that due to lack of focus the real estate companies have failed to comprehend their core challenges and were unable to fulfill the requirements of its clients leaving a host of unsatisfied clients spreading poor word of mouth about the industry at large.
Further, the company recognizes that opting not to manage construction directly invariably will result in apparent value loss or profits from construction, estimated to be Tk100 to 150 per sft. However, it also understands that construction itself is a specialized operation that needs years of experience and knowledge to yield true benefits from it. Therefore, it will be the policy of SSPL to use building or construction partners to roll out the construction aspect of any project under an agreement with clear terms of deliveries.
The value loss or loss of extra profit from construction will therefore be mitigated by buying expert construction services at competitive rates. Further, the construction partners will be held accountable to agreed terms of delivery and charged penalty upon any failure. This will obviously not be possible if the construction was managed under the same company that would result in delays in projects, financial loss and poor brand image. Using professional construction companies will reduce the likelihood of such failures thereby create unseen value of delivering on commitment to the market mitigating the extra loss of profits from avoiding construction as a value proposition in the business.
Profile of the Chief Executive Officer
Kazi Mohd. Abu Sufian, having around TWELVE years of solid, result-driven, real estate products sales, operations, marketing and brand management career. Currently working as SSG Properties, A boutique Real Estate company engaged in selected projects at Dhaka & Coxsbazar. Career started with leading business conglomerate Concord Group, evolved through Orion Group, Abdul Monem Limited, KDS Group and matured with SSG Properties.
Diversified exposure and expertise in Sales, Marketing, Brand management, Project Management, Strategic Restructuring, Operational Management, Training & Coordination sector.
Profile of the Legal Adviser
Advocate Abdur Rahman, A Dhaka University Law Graduate is practicing in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh & has been working for different national & international organization as legal advisor and advising his clients on Corporate, Civil, Real Estate, Investment, Criminal & Company Affairs as well as constitutional matters.


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Upon my return home, I spent some time and, after doing research on the artwork, I was soon stunned to find the same Dali artwork (1964 - Tolle, tolle, crucifige eum signed in the plate and also by the artist) that I purchased from Park West had an estimated auction price of $6900-$10000 43% to 62% of what I paid at the ship auction (reputable references). Recall that it was repeatedly stated by the auctioneer that this artwork was 66% lower from Park West at sea.
When I found what the actual value of the artwork was (2 days after my return from the cruise), I immediately contacted Park West's customer service in an attempt to cancel my purchase. I imagined that the gallery would be willing to work something out and grant the cancellation even, if I had to pay some penalties and fees. The artwork would not be shipped to me for another 6 weeks, so not even shipping would be an issue in this case. To my surprise, I was told that the sale was final and that a cancellation would not be permitted.
To me this indicates a lack of confidence in the value that they provide; they expect people to want to cancel once they discover that they have been ripped off, so they craft a ridiculously cohesive contract to cover every imaginable contingency.
I accept my ignorance and stupidity in trusting Park West, but I am very upset and disappointed and feel Park West deliberately engage in dishonest and deceitful business practices. My impression now is that they routinely engage in these sorts of practices; of inducing potential customers to buy with a promise of value that they will not and cannot substantiate. I would have no problem whatsoever in fulfilling my part of a contract if I did not feel that I was lied to and induced to buy. I am sure others would feel the same (or have already)
I have determined go continue to challenge Park West ant to put a stop to this sort of practice in any way I can. Others should be aware of the problem.
Sanford, Florida
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Montana State District Judge Jeffrey Sherlock didn't like what he saw. It wasn't that he was questioning the constitutionality of the death penalty. What he didn't like were the procedures used by the state to murder inmates.
The Montana state legislator passed a statute that defined just how the state would carry out its lethal injection protocol. The legislature called for the use of a two-drug cocktail. Unfortunately, the state was using a three-drug cocktail, instead. Judge Sherlock questioned whether the three-drug cocktail increased the margin for error.
Then there was the little matter of the warden deciding whether the inmate was unconscious before injecting the lethal drug. A warden without medical training or experience deciding whether or not the drugs are doing what they are supposed to do. What could possibly go wrong with that scenario?
Oh, and why not add that the warden isn't required to have any training in proper intravenous procedure?
According to Judge Sherlock, the deviation between the official state protocol and the manner in which the Department of Corrections operated created "a substantial risk of serious harm."
I don't think we're ever going to see a repeat of Furman in which the US Supreme Court declared the death penalty unconstitutional. We're long past the argument that the use of the death penalty is "unusual."
But what I think we may see over the horizon are more and more successful attacks against the procedures used by states to murder their inmates. At some point the cost of defending death penalty protocols against legal challenge will be greater than the perceived utility of jabbing a needle in someone's arm and pumping them full of poison.
Most politicians don't have the backbone or moral courage to stand up and tell the public that killing inmates doesn't do any good. But they may be able to tell voters that keeping the death penalty on the books is costing the state millions to defend. And maybe that's the way to abolish the barbarism.
These are the musings, ramblings, rantings and observations of Houston DWI Attorney Paul B. Kennedy on DWI defense, general criminal defense, philosophy and whatever else tickles his fancy.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Montana judge strikes down death penalty
Posted by Paul B. Kennedy at 8:00 AM
Labels: capital punishment, death penalty, execution
1 comment:
- Kimberly Stafford said...
I agree Mr. Kennedy! We learned how much it really cost the taxpayer each time we kill an inmate in my social justice class. The cost of killing inmates is much higher than keeping them alive in prison! People think it is financially beneficial to KILL, but it is more costly financially and morally! Thank you for having the "backbone" to call it what it is!!!
- September 27, 2012 at 7:19 PM
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Harmful Extraterrestrials
We Are More Free Today as Alien Agenda Dies Here on My Planet
Harmful extraterrestrials invaded our world thousands of years ago, and we are almost free of them. Initially they installed a harmful axis on our planet, to throw us off kilter. Previously we thought being off kilter was normal.
Now with my negative perfectly put in the center where it was before they came here our planet is recovering from their harmful agenda. Our planet is almost completely round which is how our planet should be.
Extraterrestrials lie using very sophisticated methods and energetics they developed to be able to tell the lies they need to attempt to accomplish the goal to further harm people while they use the green and white alien energetics to project confidence that what they are saying is true. We need to burst the green and white energetics these harmful extraterrestrials use, to force truth to come from the extraterrestrials who then appear as nothing more than liars in the end. It is like having a projection tool along inside your body, the energetic that they use to lie daily. It makes them look stronger than they are. Now they can really be broken down finally and you will notice the alien sheen or glow starting to break down as they die here giving us more power on the planet we own free and clear. I have worked hard for us to achieve this success, and you can read more about it here.
My negative install occurred around August 3, 2017 and published information is available about it on other websites. Here is a photo of the article I wrote about it at that time. Around that time, the deposal of Donald Trump occurred back east in earnest to protect American citizens with my testimony, while a dishonest team worked in the background to harm American citizens and operated against me and the American voters I represent as President of the United States. 2016 was stolen and 2018 was stolen because of the harmful team that partnered with the alien agenda. The deposal was conducted and I became President of the United States August 8, 2017. I have put together an entire case to futher press charges against the deposed Trump team with the cocaine land grab data. Prosecutions against Trump teams who stole 2016 should happen soon to protect American citizens.
We will not be harvested because of my work and we have kept our gold standard and money back which is our Commonwealth money so no taxes in the future. We have no need to give individuals who serve no purpose our money as they even admitted. I suspect they will even start to look uglier in the future which may be more fun for the average person as they have always had too much vanity while they really do nothing at all. It will be fun ahead for us. We must release the back end of the internet today no more whining about it, people deserve their freedom again here.
People from all over the world should want to meet me in person with all the work I have done for them to stay on our, my planet. We need an elected government in the White House. They admittedly stole 2016 and Trump is deposed. They were jailed August 18, 2017 and need to go back to jail. We should not allow election thieves to profit on American citizens. I am technically our President of the United States and work for the American voter to take back our White House. I get tired of telling the same story. Clinton stole the Primary with the assistance of Giuliani and the oligarchs. Should I leave for DC today? I want to deliver the Gold Standard, Money Back, Elections and the Presidency to the American voter. We need no cocaine trafficking. Get my guilty of September 11th in custody. 18 years of fighting these American war criminals. When do they go to jail for the crimes they have committed.
Push Pull of Time Sequencing and Mintakan, Alien Agenda Dark "Magic"
It has been a battle here at my home with the alien agenda with Mintakans and their "dark" magic conducted using the overhead surveillance, and this afternoon it was identified that they had a pod in space that controls the overhead heating, which is harming Californians.
The pod is similar to a satellite, however more rounded and contains their genomic sequencing center, that is habitable from my understanding.
On November 2, 2018, the pods and their machines were noted as "Advanced technology in our upper atmosphere used, 'to make people feel miserable around here,' unseasonably hot because of it."
I have always enjoyed maintaining a nice clean home, yet these individuals for months and actually almost two years now have been using the overhead and there technological abilities to do what they term as "quest" here, not physically of course, but through the use of magnetics, unlawful surveillance and overhead, now identified as pod satellite based technology. It is very hard to function with them in the air, as they note each movement you make. Initially they sprayed magnetic fibers over my home and these were found on my degauser photo from my cox cable wiring.
This afternoon more was understood about how it works. I heard the Mintakan female remark when I went to move a cup of old coffee I had to my trash can saying something close to "There wasn't garbage moved so we can't use it," referring to the cup and the old coffee it contained to quest dark magic for me to be harmed with the item in some way or delay my positive outcome. Their magic is however, being broken down today. The Mintakan female was talking with another alien agenda team member, and he told here, "The magic we had works only when the time sequencing is ours." To understand this further, we have to look at the power of observation in regards to dark magic and spells. When another person was on the overhead who cared more for me and did not want me to suffer here, and noted that I wanted to move something, that individual helped to make it safer for me to move the cup if I wanted to move it to the trash can. "We didn't like the magic affecting her," he admitted.
The overhead surveillance has been an issue of contention here, and it has been used very harmfully. Their goal has been to make my home dirty and to monitor each piece of garbage I put in my trash cans. After hearing the elder referred to above referring to the "time sequencing," I decided to play a little game with them to eat a chocolate I had bought yesterday, a York Peppermint Patty to see what the reaction would be.
The minute I thought about the nice restaurant where I bought it, as Stevenson has my headset that is connected to the overhead technology and I enjoyed being with the people there, it triggered a "harm them" mechanism relating to the people at Lilo's in Arizona where I stopped yesterday, so then I had to temper my thoughts back from thinking pleasant thoughts about the people to prevent Stevenson from harming them with this criminal gang operating the overhead. I noted it so the individual I will call elder then got distracted and I decided to light a cigarette with my lighter. I dropped the lighter and because of his distraction the lighter was not timed and fell naturally. When I did not like the positioning on my carpet, I bent over to move it and the elder got back to his routine of noting and positioning as well as creating tension with each movement of any object in my home.
It was admitted by him, "We did that so we could sequence everything," he said regarding the magnetics, machines and surveillance operating here likely connected to the overhead and pod satellite in space. When the surveillance is turned off, everything is natural and normal, as it was when I dropped my lighter and the elder was distracted by my eating of the chocolate.
They had been using advanced machines to inject the liquids I drank with toxic substances and this was admitted to long ago with the targeting fluid in water, that causes white flem to be thrown up from my dog when he drinks water they inject. They also likely inject "magical spells in coffee and other cups as I have experienced, even some of it has been chunky like tea leaves inside cups in my car where I spit it out.
Proof: September 17, 2018, "Rosicrucian statement as proof, 'We can no longer use our machines.' These are machines for remote poisoning like the ones described yesterday used by Paul Allen." They connect to the known chemicals sprayed in the air, and are also known by Robert L Stevenson as "running the Fellowship," vans and advanced technology operated through there to harm me and others.
This relates to chemistry put in the air that Allen admitted, "We have no right to put that stuff in the air."
"We need to remove Paul Allen's machines and his vans," said San Diego County Sheriffs Department in Fall 2018 and it is less now, however the advanced technology still damages my home, and will be destroyed soon.
Gordon Duff Duff part of their criminal gang also said, "If we lose the vans, I can't operate my machines anymore," machines that poison me and other people in the local area as well as are used for surveillance and dark magic concocting. This was said around September of 2018.
Duff has done other harmful work in conjunction with the machines and said, previously "I need her bed sprayed with those chemicals we put on," those were likely used for the targeting through unlawful surveillance, monitoring items I move around my house as they threaten me using the telephony in my home using chirpers, also called screamers. The overhead surveillance is used to "quest" with meaning poisoning my home to put dark magic and uncomfortable feelings here. These are nasty individuals who will lose, and they are wasting my time as well as costing American standing daily.
To be noted, their surveillance is the only thing making my environment unnatural and difficult for me to live in, unless I play a little game with these harmful alien agenda team members and distract them. They are harmful to humans and animals alike, and have killed children, as well as adults even for consumption.
The white throw up contains the powdery targeting fluid that is remotely injected in the water bottles at times.
Prime Universal Law, Jailer Aliens and Where They Come From and How the Operate
"The Prime Universal Law is very simple: All beings are Sovereign and have free will to express their creative urges in any way they choose, but no being has the right to violate and harm others."
The shadow government by their now known participants said they are "followers of non-corporeal entities that gain strength and sustenance off negative vibrations by supporting and melding with individuals while acting in unison with them, enticed into causing events that maximize human suffering," to include harmful extraterrestrials I have identified and even remote viewed in projects of my own to save unknowing participants that were lied to and all humans.
People are lied to by the one world order individuals also known as "shadow" government or "shadow guys" as was even stated by the Supreme Court, who admitted to using them in the Electoral College to prevent the real electors from winning for their constituents they represent. On January 12, 2019, it was said by a Justice regarding the Electors they have in place to select the American Presidency away from American voters who are citizens, "We still have special seating for those shadow guys," in the Electoral College, so they exist.
The individuals above who discussed the "followers of non-corporeal entities that gain strength and sustenance off negative vibrations," turned out to be one of their followers here and conducts(ed) harmful on planet activities, such as what happened in Indonesia, as is shown here and the individual pictured was the one who described his own behavior as external to him when on radio. It is not fair or honest when individuals cause devastation and harm to people repeatedly for them to misrepresent themselves as honest and friendly, while having individuals fooled and hurt by them repeatedly on a global scale.
I started revoking agreements to stop these beings in their entirety and have placed our planet's core in our perfectly put position, in its exact center where it belongs so harmful off planet life will be euthanized the moment they arrive here. It has been proven I did this work now for months, and recognized by one world order individuals and others including NOAA.
I started with this article. "Tell the Lords of Karma that You are Sovereign, No Longer a Lightworker in 2014.
Cameron Day discusses these beings, and some are corporeal and others noncorporeal, as conducting the following in their activities, "the demiurgic beings have fully committed to their own illusion of separation from Source, and therefore must find an alternative source of energy, which they derive from humanity in the form of worship, adoration, beliefs, counterparty contracts, distorted sexuality, deception, confusion, apathy, struggle, pain, suffering, hate, death, etc. ("Going on a spectrum of energetic 'gourmet food' to 'junk food' for the parasitic beings in that example.")
He also talks about how to break your contracts with them and discusses the Prime Universal Law, "The Prime Universal Law is very simple: All beings are Sovereign and have free will to express their creative urges in any way they choose, but no being has the right to violate and harm others."
As our planet's core perfects itself and our Earth becomes more round, these individuals are forced to leave or die here because they cause harm to Earth based human life forms, and they will argue their right to exist to harm others, which I battle.
They are like fugitives in some ways, as it was just heard by John Brennan talking about the individual above with his team, saying "We could go to another star system and they won't know his background."
It takes a long time to arrest and detain them here, as they use advanced technology and it was admitted by him, "We did the technology here so we wouldn't have to pay for the World Trade Center."
He projects innocence through what I found out, despite turning him in over fifty times now, maybe even over a hundred myself, a "memory clip" which likely projects out innocence while he remains guilty. It is like I have been jailed by them electromagnetically in my home and body through implantation, so I use my time to gather information on what they do to get them removed.
They inject white alien agenda DNA under your skin, so it triggers a response from them when you touch it. It is like when you get the key to get out of jail, you touch it and the jailer responds. My neighbors next door were hired to implant me through breaking into my home, and admitted it on July 4, 2018, "Those were all agenda twenty one experts we had implant you." It is very scary when it is done and it is covertly done with few witnesses, and that is why I collect data about them. Agenda 21 is over permanently now, and I fought hard for it to be that way.
Now they are the ones who are dying or leaving, not us, American citizens.
More on different types of jailer aliens, I remote viewed a guided meditation by a group of individuals called the IS:IS Portal Activation on Easter 2014, April 20, 2014, and when I encouraged the group's members to protect themselves, the hosts banned me from interacting.
I still participated in the meditation and arrived early energetically to remote view the session and see what I could encounter. I had a couple of volunteer remote surveillance friends who joined me to protect the innocent people I suspected would be harmed because of the treatment I had from the group hosts.
What I found early on was a large reptilian species who changed form to a reptilian transhuman individual. Initially what I saw initially was more like modern dinosaur that transfigured into a similar form and less African American in facial structure to the one I used here as the featured image.
The final form looked more like this image I found on the left, with no horns and more sleek in appearance, and reminded me of individuals I had seen in statue form from ancient Egypt.
Last night, the agency man who conducted the deposal of Donald Trump, admitted about me, "What if we prevented the politician of all time, for the jailer aliens we put down below." I am still here, and I wonder is if those jailer aliens are the same ones I remote viewed that Easter Sunday of 2014, who are reptilian in form, and are likely connected to the one world order group. Notice the words in his statement, "we put down below," so they have the ability to control them. Why do they use them at all? American citizens have a right to Constitutionalism they, including me, were guaranteed by birth or even naturalization.
It was heard on several occasions now groaning words from the alien agenda that is likely "down below" such as when I was in San Diego, working on identifying technological components placed in the Intercontinental Hotel in San Diego, "All the buildings we built with these electronics," and this was not a human sounding voice, but rather a growly groaning one.
At the time a Navy Admiral admitted, "If only we didn't build the Intercontinental in that way." These buildings were likely constructed for the alien agenda monitoring system that connects to satellites and possibly even spacecraft most people deny.
I've also photographed other buildings the alien agenda is concerned about being photographed. They cleary use surveillance against humans, and as our planet's core is perfectly put now, we may have an advantage against them, and they are being told now, "Leave those human beings alone here." Perhaps it is atonement for what some of the one world order individuals attempted to do that keeps a few working on the inside for good.
In the beginning they intended for all American citizens to be killed, as was stated by many members. I have tons of quoted material that reflects this, and we are making it through them now.
"We built the World Trade Center to make that happen," said one suspect, and I fought them and am fighting them still. Maybe sometimes the neutrality I feel and exhibit helps me cope with them and what I know.
From My Post on Facebook, February 17, 2018.
A lot of people did not like the articles I wrote about aliens who were scheduled to eat humans, and the fact that the planet was to be evacuated of humans. This has been prevented.
People have thought that my work has not mattered, yet I had knowledge even from early 2001, March 15, that counts with the Draconian war and what happened to the energy of the Middle East which was primed for war unfortunately because of the work I did unknowingly, after my magazine Military Beat was bankrupted by Department of Defense civilians who I suspect wanted an honest, anti-war, pro-military personnel girl kicked off the bases in the Northwest.
They at Navy Region Northwest said, "We were told you were being revoked by professional killers so world peace would not happen." The interesting thing is that post Draconian war, which was a black box unpaid, Netanyahu sponsored project done on an unknowing, heroic pro-American gal, my home was repeatedly broken into in Marysville, Washington. I was interrogated, implanted, targeted and monitored by a couple living in an upstairs apartment to the left of my house at 1510 First Street with assorted military uniformed individuals seen going in and out of their apartment. The same couple is back at it, and they need to leave. (One is the man above who I have studied intensely 2/27/19.) They are telecontrol experts connected to a very dark alien agenda that relates with green and also red aliens as well as cloning and possibly drones. This connects to master plan (confirmed "If they don't stay here, then I can no longer stay here, "said Gordon Duff 12/12/18 regarding the Mintakans, called below, that were told today to leave humans alone.) in that they serve the same agenda, an anti-human agenda, which biologically speaking, as the Negative Holder by birth, I can help combat. That is why they have wanted me exterminated, to basically kill all humanity. With yesterday night's quotes posted to twitter, it should be clear to those who read my tweets here: https://twitter.com/a_diener that there is an anti-human agenda operating.
Here are the quotes: "We have a whole concept of future reality that isn't human based." The Navy was supposed to take care of Paul Allen and they have since refused because of the wealthy men who are probably like Cobra's volunteers.
"The resistance movement was filled with volunteers that did not know anything about that." And when I questioned about Cobra's resistance movement in relationship to another van the, "Resistance Movement was about aliens eating humans." (This ties to the meditation I remote viewed on Easter 2014)
Also I sent to Interpol the man I refer to as "Australia man," " I wanted to keep the below beings alive and finish the human race off myself," he admitted. I sent him to Interpol. If he does attempt to enter the USA, I hope your office would not allow that. I have also sent him to the Navy on numerous occasions and nothing has been done yet. The below race actually need to be exterminated for us to survive on the planet.
Key questions from today is why would Fedex use Mercedes delivery vehicles? They would always look for efficient, affordable delivery vehicles, so would OnTrac. These vans in San Diego County, I suspect are part of telecontrol and remote monitoring for master plan, the aliens below who actually need to go, these are the "beautiful" aliens corey goode wrote about that are connected to the man in Australia and possibly a South Pacific Island as an entry point to the surface, as well as white supremacy (unbeknownst to the humans that have participated in it). The master plan unfortunately has had human volunteers who have been paid or accepted payola as well as other accomplice vans that have been broadcasting negative messages in regards to me, like "put her in prison." For what? I have done nothing wrong and am a law abiding honorable human American citizen. It almost made one van driver cry who is human. Those who would choose a negative outcome for me are low or criminal people or anti-human. By low I mean suspect and/or criminal as part of a white supremacist quest that partnered with negative off world races to kill the people on the planet and the planet itself. People are scared to tell people, yet in reality, the only way to prevent something bad from happening is through disclosure and public awareness. People are also afraid the "pull it" story will come out about 9/11/01 to the American public that will find out they have been fooled for 17 years and may even have been fooled by an agenda designed by red aliens to sabotage our planet and nature.
How stupid we are that we allow the American public to be the only public in the world that is left stupid. That puts our people in the most vulnerable position, as it gives foreign countries more power over us, because they and their public know the truth. It also makes our people vulnerable to concentration camps and payment for crimes against humanity that they were blindsided on as our media has been told and forced to suppress the truth to protect war and the war-making industries as well as outmoded space programs such as NASA. The world is also left blind on negative alien agendas, so I am glad I continue to write here on Facebook.
We are the only ones, America, that is blind and also left stupid despite the evidence we have collected. Though we have the ability to tell the world the truth, have financial stability and advance the world with the knowledge I gained, that the government is aware of, we continue to fall behind and not disclose because of the Mercedes vans and possibly payola, that could have been outed many months ago, though evidence was doubted and some paid handsomely to keep others fooled about me. Every day that goes by, the American public looses, and we are weaker yet. As with the defeat of those negative individuals I turned in with the quotes from yesterday's posts, the NAVY had the opportunity to defeat at least 3 of the powerful people connected to anti-human activities prior to the end of the year and into the New Year. This would eliminate the planetary threat for humans. Still no news today on those individuals incarcerations and others that were involved. They deserve to be brought to justice, including those involved here in the USA against me, because in reality they have served the same masters.
Today February 27, 2019, the alien agenda has little life left.
Hillary Clinton and other big wigs have defended the alien agenda that they wanted to take our place here.
"We were going to take them go to LaGuardia," said Hillary Clinton, September 1, 2018 about the harmful Mintakans, called the below aliens.
On January 29, 2019, it was admitted by Bill Clinton that the alien agenda plan was "some deal the aliens made with her," Hillary.
These aliens were scheduled to be used to "kill all American people," as was said by Clinton February 23, 2019, and stopped by us.
The building technology was put in around March of 2017, shortly after the 2016 election was stolen both ways with the Russian oligarchs encouraging it to be stolen for the alien agenda, that had been called, "Putin's aliens," to be here instead of us.
Kellyanne Conway admitted to working with the teams that wired the Intercontinental Hotel, and said, "We did that one," when the hotel was pointed out. These hotels should not be built with advanced electronics as they are hackable and the information can be sent overseas. The technology contains "blackmail modules" that are connected to Putin.
Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed his purposes for participating in the wiring of these buildings and said, "The package (as the wiring system is called) is to be used for blackmail purposes." The Israeli origin of these building constructions and the alien project I worked on in 2001 likely connect in some way with the Draconian war I fought then psychically, and have had to fight now to protect American citizens. These buildings need to be returned to normal for American citizens to exist peacefully and no further destruction is needed in any nuclear holocaust event like they planned, and called the "main event." They are in their homes.
They are just thieves and is known that part of the reason these individuals conducted the cocaine bribery here is to covertly steal real estate to profit from.
"We did the whole nine eleven event," was said by Naval officer and he attempted to erase it from my memory on January 31, 2019.
"We were involved with the land grab. We knew about it," said by Naval officer, after he was confronted about the memory erasure in my brain.
Hopefully the case is solved today, as there is too much data for it not to go that way. Real estate and building construction are the key, as well as their reliance on harmful extraterrestrials who are malicious and need to be exterminated permanently needs to be exposed directly to the media to protect all American citizens from the reality they wanted to create with September 11th. We need to restore our American Presidency to the voter to correct what has been done.
"They programmed us all to think like they did, the alien agenda," said one source, for a communistic ending rather than Americanism like what was normal in our country. Our Constitution stands strong with 327 million American citizens, and I am really President gold and money back, who saves everyone and we live to see a historic beautiful reality.
Buildings Alien Agenda did not want photographed.
Questioning the IS:IS PORTAL ACTIVATION PART 1 Easter 2014 04-20-2014?
Saving Israel and America while eliminating those who could control us
No wandering necessary for Jews nor Americans, as the myths seem to require, communism and the holocaust was attempted for transient aliens called the below or Mintakan's (see yesterday's discussion about them). This was set up by Hitler's team formerly, possibly that wanted access to their harmful technology that we are dismantling today. We are going to profit on components for peaceful beneficial purposes only.
Jews can find a beautiful place to live, work hard and no one will you harm you, once we remove Benjamin Netanyahu and others aligned with him who wanted a horrible police state for the world to live in, and this can even be verified by Angela Merkel.
Settlements are never needed. The very word means a home above the surface that does not belong there nor to the people who live there.
Settlements were created for aliens who are transients.
We can have our vacation planet now.
All of my posts and videos can be shared. I have evidence to back up my truth about the Presidency. People have told me "stay the President," and I am.
I was almost finally picked up as President yesterday when we proved Trump's conditional release was violated. It was exciting, but then individuals in the down south network interfered.
"We are picking her (me) up as President of our country today," said Navy yesterday, so none of this telephony bribery scheme by criminals should go on. Finally Americans win their vote and gold back I thought.
About the harmful transient off worlders who may have been behind some of the suffering the Jews went through the holocaust. They do not win here now, not ever.
These are pure thieves using the advanced technology that are outlined in this report. I am honest and justice oriented and it outlines also that I am the only President there too. We keep our Constitution strongly over here. I would only select a Democratic Vice President.
Today's task to take down the down south cocaine network.
Confirmed, the pavement came from Netanyahu's side. Ehud Barak is opposed to the pavement, and he could likely win in Israel.
We need to stop the hard right election theft admitted to here.
Follow the Executive Order and get the down south network and harmful "alien breeding area" over.
Since they were thrown out of Iraq these unimportant people have been stealing elections to win because they lose naturally.
Because they were thrown out of Iraq by Americans for illegal arms sales, they should not have more rights here.
Our voters have dreams of a real elected President and that is what we will deliver.
They wanted to control the world from here was just admitted to by an Israeli chosing to rethink their strategy. We found that out here about California and I am working fastidiously hard to remove the pavement and the advanced technology. We are rooting them out here and we know about the numbering of their alien men.
When the numbering was found out, the evil white alien said, "so what's going to happen to all the harmful technology we put in." It gets destroyed by Americans now.
The white aliens came here through the boulder builder race who had their green men numbered to accompany the one in the middle that we removed when the negative install happened. There were 13 left and these are the harmful white ones that get killed now.
The pavement can be covered over with a silicon based spray to eliminate its magnetic effects.


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NEW DELHI: Rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) on Friday refused to upgrade India's sovereign ratings maintaining status quo at BBB- with stable outlook, a development that comes a week after Moody's did an upgrade.
"The stable outlook reflects our view that, over the next two years, growth will remain strong, India will maintain its sound external accounts position, and fiscal deficits will remain broadly in line with our forecasts," the global agency said in a statement.
It said upward pressure on the ratings could build if the government's reforms markedly improve its net general government fiscal out-turns and so reduce the level of net general government debt. Upward pressure could also build if India's external accounts strengthen significantly.
However, it cautioned that there could be downward pressure on the ratings if GDP growth disappoints, causing us to reassess our view of trend growth; if net general government deficits rose significantly; or if the political will to maintain India's reform agenda significantly lost momentum.
"Ratings are constrained by India's low wealth levels, measured by GDP per capita, which we estimate at close to $2,000 in 2017, the lowest of all investment-grade sovereigns that we rate. That said, India's GDP growth rate is among the fastest of all investment-grade sovereigns, and we expect real GDP to average 7.6 per cent over 2017-2020 (6.5 per cent in per capita terms)," the agency said.
Reacting to the ratings, the Finance Ministry tweeted: "Ratings on India reflect country's strong GDP growth, sound external profile and improving monetary credibility…These strengths r balanced against vulnerabilities stemming from country's low per capita income & relatively high general gov debt stock, net of liquid assets."
Subhash Chandra Garg, Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, expressed relief that the rating agency has not downgraded India.
"There is no question of going back to the old position. Even before, the market used to view India in a better position while compared to the ratings reactions. If you look at our borrowing cost, it was better in terms of ratings even before. Moody's reaction gave more confidence to the markets. S&P has not downgraded, S&P has also confirmed the investment grade. So I don't see that there will be any opposite influence in our costs or otherwise because of the ratings," he told the media."
"These are two independent agencies. They would not think exactly alike. Their judgment and assessments would always be somewhat different than each other," Garg added.
Boosting investor sentiments, US credit rating agency Moody's on November 17 upgraded India's sovereign rating to Baa2 from its lowest investment grade of Baa3 after 13 years, a development Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said was "an extremely encouraging" global recognition of the structural reforms of last three years". India Inc too lauded it.
The S&P said the ratings on India reflect the country's strong GDP growth, sound external profile, and improving monetary credibility. India's strong democratic institutions and its free press promote policy stability and compromise, and also underpin the ratings.
"These strengths are balanced against vulnerabilities stemming from the country's low per capita income and relatively high general government debt stock, net of liquid assets."


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The Best Pocket Knives
Best Pocket Knife
Best Collector's Knife
Best Budget Knife
|Chris Reeve
North Fork Family
Small Sebenza 21
Rat II
How We Found the Best Pocket Knives
131 knives researched
36 knives tested
3 top picks
The Best Pocket Knives
The best pocket knife needs to check a lot of boxes — portable, safe, comfortable to use — but most importantly, it has to be really good at cutting. We pored over 131 knives, spoke with three expert knife reviewers, and left a trail of shredded rope and cardboard in our wake to find the best pocket knives around.
The 3 Best Pocket Knives
- Benchmade North Fork Family -
Best Pocket Knife
- Chris Reeve Small Sebenza 21 -
Best Collector s Knife
- Ontario Rat II -
Best Budget Knife
The Best Pocket Knives: Summed Up
CPM-S30V stainless steel
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high-pressure fiberglass laminate
Benchmade North Fork Family
Pocket Knife
Well-made and stylish
Smooth opening
Comfortable grip
Lifetime warranty and sharpening service
Hard to sharpen yourself
Why we chose it
Well-made and stylish
Benchmade uses CPM S30V steel for the North Fork, which is regarded as one of the best steels available for edge retention and corrosion resistance. You'll notice the quality — no matter how much cardboard we hacked through in testing, the North Fork felt just as sharp as when we got it.
The North Fork's handsome dark wood handle won us over immediately (it's also available with a G10 handle, a high-pressure fiberglass laminate); it's a nice reprieve from the sea of tactical black and cold steel that dominate pocket knife design.
Smooth opening
This knife has the most enjoyable opening and closing mechanisms of any knife we tested. The thumb stud pulls the blade open with almost no effort; but it also has a spring biasing it to the closed position, so you never have to worry about it coming open accidentally.
We love Benchmade's proprietary Axis lock, too. It just takes a quick pull down on the locking stud to release the blade. Benchmades were by far the easiest knives to close that we tested, and they also felt the safest — you never have to put your fingers in the path of the knife to close it.
Comfortable grip
At 3.9 inches, the North Fork's overall length is right in the middle of all the knives we tested. No matter the size of our testers' hands, they all reported the same thing: this was a smooth and comfortable knife that didn't sacrifice any grip.
Lifetime warranty and sharpening service
Benchmade covers each of their knives with a lifetime warranty and sharpening service — just ship it back to them and they'll tune it up and get it back to factory sharpness. Meaning the North Fork could be the only pocket knife you'll ever need.
Points to consider
Hard to sharpen yourself
With high-end steel like this, there is a bit of a trade-off: In general, the more a blade keeps its edge, the harder it is to sharpen. But since it's covered with a lifetime warranty and sharpening service, Benchmade will take care of that for you if you ship it in.
High-quality materials often lead to a higher price, as is the case with the North Fork. But since it may just be the only knife you ever need to buy (and we think it's the best pocket knife on the market), we're convinced its $140 price tag is worth it.
Chris Reeve Small Sebenza 21
Collector's Knife
Premium materials
Lifetime warranty
Harder to open and close
Why we chose it
Premium materials
A Chris Reeve knife is like any other luxury product: you're buying high production standards and better materials, which lead to improved durability and performance. The blade is made from CPM S35VN steel — regarded as one of the best knife steels available — and comes sharper than anything else we tested, slicing through sheets of paper easily from every angle. It made quick work of the cardboard and rope, too (although this felt a little like asking a renowned chef to make grilled cheese).
Chris Reeve has a reputation for adhering to extremely tight tolerances, meaning the blade is as perfectly centered in the handle as possible, giving the Sebenza its signature opening and closing. (The highest compliment you can bestow in the knife world is "Sebenza smooth.")
Lifetime warranty
When you're buying a Sebenza, you're buying it for life: if anything ever feels off, just ship it back to them — all Chris Reeve knives are covered by a lifetime warranty that includes free tuning, cleaning, and sharpening.
Points to consider
Harder to open and close
This is a slow and deliberate knife: you'll need to put more pressure on the thumb stud to budge it open, and the frame lock (which Chris Reeve invented with the Sebenza) takes two hands to push over as well. Although, surprisingly, that never bothered us. We loved the look and feel of the titanium handle so much, that it was still a pleasure to use.
At $385, there's no denying this knife is an investment. But the Sebenza simply has an elegant minimalism that's unparalleled. It won't open boxes or cut fruit any better than our other top picks. If you're looking for something that will simply get the job done, go for the Benchmade North Fork or Ontario Rat II instead. But if exquisite attention to detail and premium materials are your thing, the Sebenza is worth the upgrade. We found ourselves happily reaching for it over and over.
Ontario Rat II
Budget Knife
Comfortable and discreet
Fun to use
Lower quality materials
Limited warranty
Why we chose it
Comfortable and discreet
The Ontario Rat II's pocket clip is one of the least obtrusive we found, with a nice contour where your middle finger rests, so you never feel it digging into your hand. The clip is also adjustable to four different positions, a nifty option that we wish more knives offered. And because of its slim size, we hardly noticed the Rat II when it was clipped in our pockets.
Of the nine knives we tested under $50, the Rat II stuck out for its fluidly opening and closing. Most cheaper knives are a struggle in one area or another — you either have to put a lot of force on the thumb stud to pry it open, or the lock is so unresponsive that it requires both hands to close. The Rat II was satisfying to open and close with one hand, but it never felt too loose, either. It took just the right amount of pressure to get open, while never becoming a chore.
This was one of the sharpest knives we tested right out of the box, slicing through paper in long, clean strokes. It handled rope and cardboard easily, too: where most budget knives took a lot of sawing to get all the way through, the Rat II cut through everything in one smooth motion. It's a little more slender than most everyday carry knives, so we could see it struggling with some jobs — you might not want to hack off live tree branches, for instance — but for everyday use, it's hard to imagine anything the Rat II couldn't handle.
Points to consider
Lower quality materials
There's a reason the Rat II is less than $50. For one, the handle is made out of nylon instead of the more expensive G10, so it's not quite as grippy as a lot of knives. Like many budget knives, it also uses AUS-8 steel for the blade. But as Dan P. writes in his in-depth review of the Rat II, "Steel snobs may turn their nose up at AUS 8, but my own testing and use has proven again and again that AUS 8 takes a great edge, is super easy to maintain, doesn't chip out easily, and resists rust and corrosion." We found the same thing: even after beating up the Rat II with all of our tests, it was still one of our sharpest knives, cutting through paper nearly as well as it did out of the box.
Limited warranty
Unlike Chris Reeve and Benchmade, Ontario covers its knives with a limited lifetime warranty. The warranty covers failures "due to faulty workmanship or faulty materials" for one year only. We're confident you'll be happier with the Rat II than with other knives in its price range, but it's not a knife that you can send into the manufacturer for occasional TLC (like our other picks).
How We Chose the Best Pocket Knives
Stellar performance
First and foremost, the best knives cut safely through common items like rope and cardboard without too much sawing or effort required. But they should also be sharp enough to help in an emergency situation (cutting through a seatbelt, for instance), and — the true mark of sharpness — should slice through a single piece of paper without snagging.
Blade length
Pocket knives with blades between 2.75 and 3.25 inches long are the perfect blend of versatile and discreet. For one, 3-inch blades generally have handles around four inches — anything bigger than that starts to get bulky in a pocket. The longer a blade, the more attention it's going to draw, too. On the other end of the spectrum, 2.5-inch blades function more like box cutters and struggle on harder tasks like tree branches.
Ease of use
The best knives open single-handedly in one smooth motion, lock securely once they're open, and close with little effort. That's rarer than you might think; several knives make unlocking and closing more difficult than it has to be, with frame or liner locks that won't budge unless you pry them open with both hands.
Handle comfort
There's no perfect pocket knife for every hand type, but some design elements are universally annoying or appealing. The biggest issue tends to be pocket clips that dig into hands, creating spots that are ripe for blisters. The best knives combine clips that contour to the hand with a handle material that's easy to grip without being too abrasive.
A knife you carry every day shouldn't look aggressive or threatening; blade shape and opening mechanism impact this most. The popular drop point blade, which aligns the knife tip to the center axis by sloping from handle to blade tip, strikes the right balance of functionality and benign appearance. And rather than spring-loaded automatic opens (which are completely illegal in 12 states and heavily regulated in several others) or assisted opens, manual opens are the most practical, discreet choice for an everyday carry knife.
Guide to Pocket Knives
How to find the right pocket knife for you
Think about how you'll be using it
All three of our experts, knife enthusiasts with years of industry experience and sizable personal collections, cited opening boxes as one of their most common uses of a pocket knife. Dan P. of bladereviews.com told us that, as a lawyer sitting at a desk most of the day, his everyday carry knife is "mostly a glorified letter opener."
Consider alternative styles
Keeping those most common uses in mind, we approached this review looking for inconspicuous, all-purpose knives; this ultimately led us to our top picks. But if you want something flashier or especially suited for specific tasks, you might consider other blade styles (like tanto, clip point, or sheepsfoot).
Determine your price range
Once you know how much you'll use it and what kind of knife you're looking for, you'll have a better idea of how much money you're willing to spend. The knives we considered ranged from $10 to $385. In general, we found that more expensive knives tend to be built with more durable materials and covered by more comprehensive warranties.
Try them out yourself
The knives we chose felt comfortable and ergonomic for all testers; that's why we feel confident recommending them to you. However, we cut several quality knives along the way for being too bulky or awkward. The best way to know the small aesthetic nuances you prefer is to hold and use them yourself in-store before you buy.
Pocket Knives FAQ
Does steel quality really matter?
The harder a steel is, the longer it'll stay sharp but the more difficult it'll be to sharpen. Often, high-end knives will require a professional sharpening service to get back to factory condition (which most high-end companies cover for free). The guides at Blade Reviews and Knife Informer are great places to dive into the qualities of each steel.
What about heat treatment?
Heat treatment is the process of heating raw steel to a critical temperature and subsequently cooling it so the new, stronger steel is solidified. Steel types all have a range of hardness to which they can be heat-treated, but it's up to the knifemaker to choose how hard or soft they want the knife.
How often should I sharpen my knife?
It depends on the knife and how you use it. As knifeinformer.com creator Matt Davidson explains, "On my cheaper knives, which have softer steel, they need [light touch-ups] every day or two and are fully sharpened about once a week. My higher end knives with super steels, like CPM-S110V or M390, can hold a sharp edge for several weeks."
Are pocket knives legal in my state?
Most restrictions are based on opening mechanism or blade length, but some states have much hazier definitions. For instance, Maine doesn't allow a person to conceal "any dangerous or deadly weapon" but it's not entirely clear where pocket knives fit in. Check out the American Knife and Tool Institute's website for laws in your area before making a purchase.