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Hong Kong Property's "Double Top" may now be in place === Last (announced 01/06/17): $14,595 psf - 0.51% in the latest week. Could bottom below $10,000 psf in 2019-20 THe HSI Property Index ( update ) - gave an early warning of the Double Top =

End of the (endless) Migrant worker miracle... less big shifts from country to city "This is called the Lewis turning point... means Higher wages, and an economic slowdown" The End of China's Economic Miracle? (Complete) Published on Dec 15, 2016 NEW YORK, April 20, 2016 — Jamil Anderlini, Lucy Hornby, and Richard McGregor of the Financial Times, Orville Schell, and George Soros discussed how rising wages, labor shortages, and lesser returns on investment have contributed to China's economic slowdown. The panel discussion and Q&A session were accompanied by the presentation of a short documentary produced by the Financial Times: The End of China's Economic Miracle. (1 hr., 9 min.)

China's Collapse Is Coming, More So Now Than Ever - Gordon Chang Kitco Video News - Jan 6 > see VIDEO : http://www.kitco.com/news/video/show/Gold--Silver-Outlook-2017/1455/2016-12-23/Chinas-Collapse-Is-Coming-More-So-Now-Than-Ever---Gordon-Chang The world’s second largest economy is on the brink of collapse, at least that’s what best-selling author and Forbes contributor Gordon Chang believes. Author of The Coming Collapse of China, Chang gave his outlook on the country’s economy, which remains grim -- more so now than ever. ‘Chinese leaders have the ability to defer crises,’ he told Kitco News. ‘As they defer them, the underlying imbalances in the Chinese economy are getting bigger, which means when adjustments comes -- which are inevitable -- they will be severe.’ To Chang, China is in more trouble now given America’s overall influence on the country’s economy. ‘[Donald] Trump and Janet Yellen have much more effect on what’s going to go on in China than Chinese technocrats, who are at the mercy of the United States right now.’ And when this collapse happens, gold will move higher, he said. ‘People are going to the dollar as a safe haven and they’re going to go into gold because that has traditionally been where investors go when they’re really nervous China "might not be able to get through another year" without a crash "With Capital controls, no one is going to put money into China" "A Trump related boom in the USA, would attract money away from China" After 15 years, why is China still standing? "In 2001, I said it would take 10 years... so I am (just) 5 years out of time." "China's leaders have the ability to defer crises... but Chinese people are now moving their own money" You expect Gold to do well? "Yes. There will be a rush to the USD and Gold as safe havens." "People in China want OUT of the RMB."

What a disappointment! BTC ... 1-year I identified the BTC Top perfectly, and was signed onto my Wallet website trying to sell, just as the 1120-1140+ high was being made The COINBASE site did NOT accept my order, because I was not in the USA Where did BTC close the week? $820.4 = 70% of the Gold price What a drop ! Almost 30% off its high in just two days!

Hybrids journey to Earth Was there a Mars > Atlantis (Antarctica) ... step? Moulton Howe & Sanchez : Secret History of the Progenitors & Anunnaki

THE BIGGEST, QUICKEST CRASH ? Over 10% an Hour After the touch (or near-touch) of the Gold price near $1,150, Look what happened: Intraday Bitcoin ... update : They are reporting: High: $1015, Low: $885.4 - that's a 12.8% Drop ! But I saw a tradable price in Hong Kong of $1,140, so to $885.4, that's a 15% drop. This happened over 3-4 hours, and may be one of the biggest crashes of the year. (Having said that, it is a new year, so who knows what we will see - More "flashies" perhaps?)

Bitcoin vs Gold Bitcoin is more valuable than gold? Introduction The price of Bitcoin seems to have exceeded the price of gold for the first time; however, this comparison is completely arbitrary. Gold is measured in weight, while Bitcoin, much like currency, is an abstract form of money and can only be measured in units of itself. One Bitcoin is worth a lot more than 1 gram of gold, but a lot less than 1 tonne. Despite Bitcoin’s stellar performance in 2016, the size and depth of the cryptocurrency market is dwarfed by the $7 trillion gold market. Gold remains the only true global money with a size and volatility comparable to that of fiat currency. View the entire Research Piece as a PDF here... Bitcoin – or cryptocurrency itself – is the most exciting monetary experiment in modern times. Unlike fiat currency, it can’t just be printed, and it mimics the scarcity properties of gold in that it needs an enormous amount of energy to create one coin. The energy-proof of value is what links gold to the primary industries and allows it to maintain its purchasing power over incredibly long periods of time. Without it, any form of money will inevitably be corrupted over time and decay. Bitcoin has some of the same energy-proof of value that makes gold far superior to fiat currency, which can be created with the stroke of a key. Bitcoin, also like gold, is a global currency that may be universally accepted in the future. Even USD can’t make that claim. Bitcoin has some qualities that are not shared by any other form of money, most notably the potential total anonymity in electronic transactions; however, some might feel that aspect that may prevent the universal adoption of Bitcoin as money. Today, the global stock of Bitcoin is just $20 billion (despite its price rally) and its transaction volume is tiny, even when compared to more exotic currencies. That said, as the adoption of Bitcoin increases, governments may no longer be happy with the fact that it can be used for anonymous transactions and may prevent legitimate businesses from accepting it as money if they see this as a threat. Only time will tell. In the meantime, Bitcoin remains the only alternative to gold (and other precious metals) for savers to escape the built-in decay function of fiat currency otherwise known as inflation. Bitcoin is currently in the limelight because it has apparently exceeded the price of gold for the first time on some exchanges (although at the time of writing, Bloomberg still shows an average price of Bitcoin hasn’t crossed the gold price yet, but it seems just a question of time). We have no doubt that this will lead to a barrage of headlines in online media, and some mainstream outlets will jump on the bandwagon as well. After all, they already widely reported on a claim made by the Winklevoss brothers in mid-2016 that Bitcoin’s volatility had apparently fallen below the volatility of gold, and thus Bitcoin had become “better at being gold than gold”. We rebutted this claim and surely Bitcoin’s volatility shot back up to 100% shortly thereafter. Bitcoin has rallied almost USD500 last year and USD100 in the first two days of 2017 alone. At the time of writing, 1 Bitcoin was trading at USD1,135, while 1 oz of gold was trading at USD1,164. To some, it may seem like Bitcoin is about to be more valuable than gold, and though this is of course conceptually incorrect, it probably won’t stop the media pundits from publishing the headline anyway. Gold and elements can be measured by weight (oz, g, kg, t). Mass and weight are the measuring units endowed by nature. Fiat currencies, or any other abstract commodity or money (including Bitcoin), cannot be measured that way. An abstraction can only be measured in units of itself. Gold and silver are therefore the only form of money today that are traded in weight. Fiat currency on the other hand cannot be measured by anything other than other currency, at least since Nixon ended the convertibility to gold in 1971. In that respect, Bitcoin falls into the same category. . . . Thus, when comparing units of gold to units of Bitcoin, one must first define what unit it is measured against. Is it grams (currently USD37/g), kilograms (USD37,000/kg) or tonnes (USD 37 million/tonne)? Or are we measuring it in the rather obscure measure of troy ounce (USD1,157/ozt), which, apart from exchange traded metals, is not used for anything else? Hence comparing the price of 1 Bitcoin vs 1 troy ounce of gold is a little bit like comparing the shares of Seaboard Corp. (USD4,179 per share) to those of Apple Inc. (USD116 per share) and concluding that Seaboard Corp. is worth 35 times as much. Clearly, measured accurately by market cap, Apple is the largest and most valuable company in the world and worth 126 times as much as Seaboard Corp. The same basic principle applies to money. Combined above-ground gold stocks are currently worth around $7 trillion. As we noted last year, that is more than all banknotes in circulation of all currencies combined (see Eliminating cash will also eliminate the checks and balances on banking policy and practice, February 22, 2016), and it certainly dwarfs the market cap of Bitcoin at around $18 billion. In fact, all crypto-currencies combined (we count 710) have a market cap of just $21 billion (see Figure 2). There is another obvious obstacle when comparing Bitcoin with gold: Volatility. High volatility is often pointed out against gold being used as medium of exchange and store of value. We will look the volatility of gold in more detail in an upcoming report, but in a nutshell, we find the volatility of gold (measured as standard deviation) is roughly comparable with currency, and gold has proven to be a much better store of value than any currency over the long run - even when interest is taken into account. Bitcoin’s volatility significantly exceeds that of both gold and currency. At times, Bitcoin’s volatility declines for a short period and can even approach the volatilities of gold and currency, but tends to shoot up violently shortly thereafter. However, standard deviation should not be confused with a measure of risk. The standard deviation quantifies the dispersion of returns; what it does not do is distinguish whether that dispersion comes from upward or downward moves. For example, an asset that has a 1% return every second day and 0% return every other day would exhibit an annualized standard deviation of 8%. An asset that has a -1% performance every second day and 0% every other day exhibits the same standard deviation. In an asset management context, the two assets may have the same risk. In fact, the negatively performing asset might reduce risk in a portfolio if it is negatively correlated to the other assets. But for a saver, the first asset is clearly less risky. Hence, instead of measuring volatility as standard deviation, we can measure just the downside deviation. This provides a better idea of the risks of money. How does this look for Bitcoin? Bitcoin’s downside deviation is still several orders of magnitude higher than that of gold or currency. Over the past two years, Bitcoin experienced a downside deviation of >45%. Since the beginning of data in 2010, it was >100%. The volatility – or to be precise, the downside risk – makes it difficult for Bitcoin to be more widely adopted as money. What speaks for Bitcoin is that it has shown stellar performance over its short lifespan, but this stellar performance comes with considerable downside risk. A merchant accepting Bitcoin as payment is exposed to this downside risk unless he instantly exchanges Bitcoins back to currency following the transaction. Even though a cycle takes about 6 minutes in theory, exchanging Bitcoin to currency actually takes about one hour to confirm the transaction and another hour to confirm the price, during which at the very least the merchant is exposed to the downside volatility. Holding Bitcoins permanently might hold huge upside, but that also comes with intolerable downside risk for a merchant. After all, merchants should spend their time and energy with what they are best at (selling goods) rather than trading currencies and Bitcoin. Another claim we don’t agree with is that Bitcoin is as free of counter-party risk as gold. What we have seen with Ethereum, another nascent cryptocurrency, is that these virtual currencies ultimately have a master key. With Ethereum, that key is controlled by a council that decides its future inflation rate; with Bitcoin, that key is controlled by Gavin Andresen, an engineer based in Massachusetts. There’s no guarantee that they won’t change the source code for the Bitcoin blockchain in the future, and when you “own” a Bitcoin you simply refer to the blockchain - a distributed ledger that tells you what and how much you own. In this regard, we don’t agree that Bitcoin does not have custodial or counter-party risk; the blockchain itself is the fat tail. This means that for now, gold remains the only global currency in which individuals and corporations can transact with no time delay, with price volatility comparable to that of major currencies yet without counter-party risk, and one that has been proven as a store of value for thousands of years. == > https://wealth.goldmoney.com/are-bitcoins-now-more-valuable-than-gold

The Bitcoin price ($1110) is now approaching the Gold price ($1171) GAP: $1171 - $1110 = $61

Big Gains, and a way to Short CNY ... 10-d / 6-mos : 2-yrs -- / Last: 6.926 Offshore renminbi makes biggest one-day gain in nearly a year Financial Times-13 hours ago In trading outside the mainland, the renminbi pushed the dollar back more than 1 per cent to Rmb6.8824 in London hours on Wednesday, ... Hong Kong to trade renminbi currency options GlobalCapital-7 hours ago

3.7 Million SqM of Office space coming - in the next 5 years, across Manila That's 20X the "consolidated footprints... of global banks such as JP Morgan Chase, DKS, HSBC, and Citibank " Expected new demand in India + PH, comes to: 100 mn sf / 10.73 = 9.3 million Sqm out to 2020 OFFICE SUPPLY (see post #15) Location: Makati- : -Ortigas- : FtBonifacio: Alabang : Man.Bay : TOTAL SqM : Mak+BGC end'15 : 2,853,034 : 1,380,282 : 1,170,503: .. 389,701: . 257,422 : : 7,504,365 :2016 F : . . 13,250 : . . 14,503 : .. 177,845 : . . 35,562 : . . 61,536 : ? . . 450,385 : 201,095 :2017 F : . . 16,465 : . . 60,617 : .. 385,695 : . . 86,658 : . . 73,755 : ? . . 817,968 : 402,160 >> Biggest year! 2017 :2018 F : . . 41,326 : . . 45,673 : .. 173,114 : . . . .- 00 - : ..142,351 : ? . . 756,754 : 214,440 :2019 F : . . 50,362 : . . . .- 00 - : .. 250,401 : . . 58,277 : ..123,452 : ? . . 881,965 : 290,763 :2020 F : . 183,453 : .. 278,445 : . . 29,634 : . . 35,010 : ..105,572 : ? . . 840,096 : 213,087 :5 Years: . 304,857 : .. 399,238 : 1,016,689 : . 216,506 : . 506,667 : ? 3,747,168: 1,321,545 TOTAL : 3,157,891 : 1,779,520 : 2,187,192 : . 605,207 : . 764,089 : : 11,251,533: +change : + 10.7% : .. + 28.9% : .. + 86.9% : .. + 55.3% : . +196.8% : . . + 49.9%: ======================== OUTLOOK - going into 2017: Office Rising outsourcing demand from banks to help boost office property ... Inquirer.net-16 Dec 2016 ... the outsourcing and offshoring firms, but the office property market as ... million sq.ft. spread between the Makati central business district and ... === === “Winds of change,” global financial giants are increasingly opting for more cost-efficient locations to house their backend operations in line with efforts to contain costs. In short, the banking, financial service, and insurance sector (BFSI) is turning increasingly to offshoring and outsourcing to to help minimize costs. And this growing demand, in real estate terms, is seen to translate to an additional 130 million square feet of office space requirements in major cities in Asia Pacific up to 2020. “The banking and financial services industry is under intense pressure following the global financial crisis. Amid all the regulations and increased oversight, banks are increasingly shutting down non core activities with lower margins,” the global real estate advisor said. “Accordingly, many global banks are rightsizing their operations or shifting back office operations to non-core locations or lower-cost emerging markets, such as India and the Philippines,” it added. Key destination And the Philippines, along with India, is reportedly well poised to ride these waves of technological breakthroughs in the BFSI sector, which has seen an increasing shift to back-office operations to non-core locations or lower-cost emerging markets, the report stated. It was estimated that the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector is seen to generate another 100-million sq.ft. of office space requirements in India and the Philippines up to 2020. Of this office space, around 30 to 40 percent will be attributed to offshoring activities in the banking, financial services and insurance sector. “Notably, both countries have the requisite soft skills, aside from traditional BPO skills, that should drive BPO sector growth in the future,” Cushman & Wakefield said. According to the report, the Philippines has made significant strides in terms of infrastructure, business environment, and tax and regulatory measures, and is gradually moving up the value chain to broaden the gamut of functions it offers in business process management (BPM) and information technology (IT). “We have observed the increasing share of knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) services in the country which encompasses accounting, animation, insurance, legal services, engineering, architecture, game development, and software development, among others,” the report stated. “It is interesting to note that banking and financial services constituted nearly 41 percent of the IT-BPM services portfolio followed by retail, telecom, and healthcare in 2015,” it added. Expansions (more banks to open in PH too) Cushman & Wakefield pointed out that global banks such as JP Morgan Chase, DKS, HSBC, and Citibank have established offshoring operations in the Philippines. These firms collectively have a consolidated footprint of approximately 1.8 million sq.ft. spread between the Makati central business district and Bonifacio Global City, and are expected to continue growing their presence here. . . . Citing data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), five foreign banks are reportedly interested in establishing their presence in the country . Seven banks meanwhile have already secured permissions to open a branch or acquire a local bank. These were identified as South Korea’s Shinhan Bank, Woori Bank, and Industrial Bank of Korea; Taiwan’s Yuanta Commercial Bank and Cathay United Bank; Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.; and Singapore-based United Overseas Bank. . . . It was projected that full-time BPO employee count is expected to hit 2.6 million by 2020, more than double current levels. If this target is reached, the BPO industry alone would likely need at least another 50 million sq.ft. in leasable space from 2017 to 2020, according to the report. Cushman & Wakefield meanwhile pointed out that the industry’s expansion is not confined to just one location. “Most BPO firms do not necessarily require central business district locations, although accessibility to transport, retail outlets, and other support businesses like banks, hotels, and entertainment are important,” the report stated. Other cities, like Cebu, Davao and Iloilo, where most major developers are currently expanding, are also benefiting from alternative location movement, the report added. “The presence of comparable facilities and good quality of labor (the province of Cebu is considered to be the educational hub of Central and Visayas) that can compete with Metro Manila provides a solid incentive for firms to relocate to the region,” it added. “While the Philippines has emerged as a strong competitor to India over the last few years in the voice business, India will likely reap benefits from offering specialized services, as well as from strong domestic demand,” it stated. “Overall, India’s cost differentials and ability to boost the ease of doing business and reduce infrastructure bottlenecks will dictate the growth of its offshore centers. On the other hand, the growth of the Philippines and its ability to move up the value chain to offer specialized services of higher value and critical to the core operations of clients, will boost the country’s IT-BPM market,” the report explained. Read more: https://business.inquirer.net/221522/rising-outsourcing-demand-banks-help-boost-office-property-market#ixzz4UpsRCdp7

OUTLOOK - going into 2017: Office & Residential / 1 / Rising outsourcing demand from banks to help boost office property ... Inquirer.net-16 Dec 2016 ... the outsourcing and offshoring firms, but the office property market as ... million sq.ft. spread between the Makati central business district and ... / 2 / Young workforce shifting PH property market - More RENTAL buildings? The Manila Times-25 Dec 2016 Young workforce shifting PH property market ... In the Makati CBD, the Four Seasons and Tiffany Place developments (both developed by the ... / 3 / Property titans to open projects in 2017 Business Mirror-19 hours ago As a response, property developers led by the industry titans are crafting their own strategies to capture a sizable portion of the market. ... Roces Avenue and Edsa in Makati; Pioneer Woodlands in Mandaluyong; Kasara Urban ... === === “Winds of change,” global financial giants are increasingly opting for more cost-efficient locations to house their backend operations in line with efforts to contain costs. In short, the banking, financial service, and insurance sector (BFSI) is turning increasingly to offshoring and outsourcing to to help minimize costs. And this growing demand, in real estate terms, is seen to translate to an additional 130 million square feet of office space requirements in major cities in Asia Pacific up to 2020. “The banking and financial services industry is under intense pressure following the global financial crisis. Amid all the regulations and increased oversight, banks are increasingly shutting down non core activities with lower margins,” the global real estate advisor said. “Accordingly, many global banks are rightsizing their operations or shifting back office operations to non-core locations or lower-cost emerging markets, such as India and the Philippines,” it added. Key destination And the Philippines, along with India, is reportedly well poised to ride these waves of technological breakthroughs in the BFSI sector, which has seen an increasing shift to back-office operations to non-core locations or lower-cost emerging markets, the report stated. It was estimated that the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector is seen to generate another 100-million sq.ft. of office space requirements in India and the Philippines up to 2020. Of this office space, around 30 to 40 percent will be attributed to offshoring activities in the banking, financial services and insurance sector. “Notably, both countries have the requisite soft skills, aside from traditional BPO skills, that should drive BPO sector growth in the future,” Cushman & Wakefield said. According to the report, the Philippines has made significant strides in terms of infrastructure, business environment, and tax and regulatory measures, and is gradually moving up the value chain to broaden the gamut of functions it offers in business process management (BPM) and information technology (IT). “We have observed the increasing share of knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) services in the country which encompasses accounting, animation, insurance, legal services, engineering, architecture, game development, and software development, among others,” the report stated. “It is interesting to note that banking and financial services constituted nearly 41 percent of the IT-BPM services portfolio followed by retail, telecom, and healthcare in 2015,” it added. Expansions Cushman & Wakefield pointed out that global banks such as JP Morgan Chase, DKS, HSBC, and Citibank have established offshoring operations in the Philippines. These firms collectively have a consolidated footprint of approximately 1.8 million sq.ft. spread between the Makati central business district and Bonifacio Global City, and are expected to continue growing their presence here. >: https://business.inquirer.net/221522/rising-outsourcing-demand-banks-help-boost-office-property-market#ixzz4UpsRCdp7 === Multifamily’ development eyed as new revenue model by builders MULTI-FAMILY, or high-density rental housing, is increasingly being considered as an alternative to the conventional ‘build to sell’ model among Philippine real estate developers, as a young workforce is less inclined to purchase real estate and stiff competition put increasing pressure on revenue streams. Multi-family housing is defined as a residential building of multiple units purpose-built for rental rather than sale as condominiums. The developer retains ownership of the building, and either acts as the property manager, or engages a third-party management company. Multi-family development is common in cities throughout the US and Europe, and in neighboring cities such as Hong Kong and Singapore, but has yet to appear in any significant way in Metro Manila or other urban areas of the Philippines. The Manila Times spoke to a number of real estate developers, analysts, and would-be residential property buyers, and found that while builders are still reluctant to embrace the multi-family concept, the growing demand for alternatives to buying condominiums or houses from the Philippines’ millennial workforce is slowly shifting the residential real estate market. Financially savvy? (Or just staying flexible) Unlike markets such as the US, where according to a report this week in the World Property Journal multi-family construction starts have significantly declined this year, the demand in the Philippines for rental rather than property for sale is not driven by unfavorable financial conditions, but a surprisingly conservative outlook among up-and-coming young Filipino workers. . . . A focus group of five young Filipino professionals – Joven and his wife Marie, who are both employed by a major BPO firm in Metro Manila, Anna and her roommate Maricor, who work in banking and retail, respectively, and Jhayrick, a software developer – gave some insights into the millennial outlook towards real estate. “For me, it’s not wanting to get tied down to a place and a financial obligation for a long time,” Jhayrick said. “I could actually buy a place for less per month than I pay in rent, but what if something changes, like I find a better job in a different city or even overseas? With renting, I feel like I have some freedom.”| “I do want to settle down, have my own family and a house,” Anna said. “But right now, it’s more important to focus on my own career, kind of ‘be my own person.’ I don’t want to be like my parents, struggling for years to make ends meet when I finally do get married.” Joven and Marie, on the other hand, found themselves disappointed by what the real estate sector had to offer. “We were looking for a house, but for what we could afford right now, everything was so disappointing. Too small, not built very well, most of them way out in places where there’s nothing around…far from the stores, work, things to do. And the real estate people, they pressure you so much to buy. We don’t want to get stuck with something we don’t like, so we just gave up for now,” Joven said. “There are already existing developments that are exclusively for rentals. In the Makati CBD, the Four Seasons and Tiffany Place developments (both developed by the same family who controls The Landmark Store) are two developments that are exclusively for the rental market,” Cordero explained in an email. “The residential rental property development is an attractive model for highly-mature property markets such as Singapore and Hong Kong, because of the large catchment market, which is composed mainly of high-earning corporate (both local and, especially, expatriate) executives. This is probably the reason why we have such a low demand for this type of development, as the high-earning corporate executives, especially the expatriate market, who could avail of this accommodation is also quite limited in the last 20 years,” he continued. Julius Guevara, the head of Consultancy, Valuation, and Advisory services for Colliers International Philippines, had a similar view. “You do not find this in the Philippines because it is more profitable for developers to sell the housing units immediately, than rent them out and wait for a longer payback period,” Guevara said. Both property experts, however, suggested that developers would be increasingly interested in considering the multi-family model. “Today, the development for sale model is not as profitable as it once was since take-up is now slower given the more competitive environment, and developers, especially listed ones, are hard pressed to maintain their growth targets,” Guevara observed. . . . 3rd article feature some new projects, like: Megaworld's first Venice Luxury Residences and The Viceroy, and Avida Towers Verte at the corner of 9th Avenue and 34th Street also in Bonifacio Global City. Pioneer Woodlands in Mandaluyong; Kasara Urban Resort Residences; the Rochester Garden in Pasig; Little Baguio Residences in San Juan; and Manhattan Garden City in Quezon City.

MORE evidence of giants... usually red-haired, sometimes with elongated skulls Giants in Peru Recently I took a trip to Peru and guess what jumped out at me in some of the museums I visited there? Yes, it was giants. In Peru they are not whisked away like they are in the USA. (It should be noted that there have been hundreds of giant discoveries in the USA that have been either ignored or taken into custody by the Smithsonian never to be seen again.) The Incas actually had kings that were giants and had red and blond hair. In the Gold Museum in Lima you can still see the clothing and head of an Incan king who stood an easy 10 feet tall. His golden robe is 8 feet long and did not touch the ground when he wore it. His gold gloves are twice as long as my hands. I have tried to keep this within the realm of my own experiences. There is so much more to this. Like the 64 pound sledge hammer found in a 3500 year old copper mine near the town of Llandudno in North Wales. Giant axes unearthed in Iran, Giant swords, etc.You could read for weeks on the subject of giants and if your mind is anything like mine enjoy every minute of it. I would suggest googeling Solomon Island giants, red haired giants, Arizona giants, California giants, Ohio giants, Peruvian giants. == > http://truedemocracyparty.net/2012/02/giants-were-real-99-information-hiddenremoval-from-public-world-proof-is-everywhere-except-media-education-science-history-why/ Watchers 10 ,Giants, Nephilim Rising, The Rise of Trump, LA Marzulli Coast to Coast am alternative Published on Nov 16, 2016 Every civilization has stories of gods coming from the sky and producing offspring with human women. Most people tend to dismiss the stories as nothing more than a fanciful tale from a long-gone era. Others recognize the truth often hidden within the stories, but believe that they tell of a time that is buried in the ancient past and that we no longer have to even contemplate such an occurrence in our time. +++ The Megalithic Giants: The Lost History of a Forgotten Race - Hugh Newman FULL LECTURE Published on Nov 11, 2015 Get the new book: GIANTS ON RECORD here: http://amzn.to/1MrVH5L. Megalithic researcher Hugh Newman investigates giants and megalithic structures from around the world asking - did giants build the ancient stone circles, pyramids and earthworks? Was it the Nephilim, Gog & Magog, King Og of Bashan, or the Titans of ancient Greece? Hugh is a regular guest on History Channel's 'Search for the Lost Giants' and 'Ancient Aliens' and has co-authored the new book with Jim Vieira: 'Giants on Record'. In fact, the giants may still be on the Earth (or in it) today US military Kill Red Haired Giant (kandahar Afghanistan) 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beF-e2FUYAk Published on Sep 4, 2016 This is a interview with a member of the US military who was present at the shooting of the Kandahar Giant! (Nephilim) "had red hair... and six toes, six fingers"

/ 2 / The shocking claim mystery skulls 'found in Antarctica could be from aliens' IT WAS a mind-blowing announcement - that not only had remains of historic inhabitants of Antarctica been found, but at the same time they could be from aliens. By Jon Austin Jul 26, 2016 | The story went viral online, claiming that three ancient skulls were unearthed by a team of archaeologists. It was seen as mind-blowing, not only because it was thought at the time Antarctica was first reached by humans, in 1820, hundreds of years after the suspected age of the skulls, but also because they were "elongated with giant craniums", leading some commentators to claim they could have been the remains of aliens who visited Earth. The reports claim that an archaeologist called Damian Waters and his team uncovered the skulls in a region of Antarctica called La Paille. They were hailed initially as the first human remains uncovered from Antarctica, before it changed to the first remains of aliens found on Earth. Mr Waters, allegedly an archaeologist from Smithsonian Institute of New York, reportedly said after the alleged discovery in 2014: "We just can’t believe it. We didn’t just find human remains on Antarctica, we found elongated skulls. "I have to pinch myself every time I wake up, I just can’t believe it. "This will redefine our view of mankind’s history as a whole.” YouTube One of the alleged Antarctic elongated skulls compared to a standard human skull. Elongated skulls have been found in Peru, Egypt and other areas with an ancient historical past. While many conspiracy theorists point to them of alien visitations of Earth over the centuries, they have been explained away as a bizarre practice by some ancient civilisations, to extend the length of the skull through manipulation from an early age. Conspiracy theory websites reported at the time about the Antarctica skulls: "It shows there was contact thousand of years ago between civilisations in Africa, South America and Antarctica. "These elongated skulls are much, much larger than normal human skulls would be. "Purposeful cranial deformation can change the shape of a skull, but it cannot increase the volume of the skull. "In addition, these skulls have quite a few other important physical characteristics that greatly set them apart from normal human skulls YouTube Archaeologists on the alleged dig from a YouTube video backing the story. Related articles But aside from debates over whether the skulls were human or alien, there is now one over whether they were actually found. I have to pinch myself every time I wake up, I just can’t believe it. This will redefine our view of mankind’s history as a whole. === It appears the story could be online Chinese whispers at their worst. Sceptical website www.skeptophilia.blogspot.co.uk researched the origins of the story after becoming suspicious of the alleged comments made by Mr Waters. The report said: "Well, first, I have a hard time imagining a scientist in a press conference telling the world how he has to pinch himself when he wakes up because he's so 'excited'

Did the Smithsonian discover ALIEN skulls in Antarctica? Posted by: Jason McClellan April 2, 2014 1 Comment . An archaeologist and his team reportedly discovered three elongated skulls in Antarctica. American Live Wire, a self-described “entertaining news & information” website, published a story on April 2 claiming that Smithsonian archaeologist Damian Waters and his team uncovered three elongated skulls in La Paille, Antarctica. The article claims that this monumental discovery shocked scientists because the skulls are the first evidence of ancient humans in Antarctica. The article acknowledges that the practice of skull deformation was common among many ancient cultures. But the article then goes on to assert, The photo of elongated skulls included in both articles. (Credit: Marcin Tlustochowicz/Wikimedia Commons) These elongated skulls are much, much larger than normal human skulls would be. Purposeful cranial deformation can change the shape of a skull, but it cannot increase the volume of the skull. In addition, these skulls have quite a few other important physical characteristics that greatly set them apart from normal human skulls. The article concludes by positing, “Now the thing on everyone’s mind is, are these skulls alien? Are they extra-terrestrial?” But before exploring the possibility of extraterrestrial origin, there are several other items in this article that raise questions. For starters, approximately ninety eight percent of the continent of Antarctica is covered by ice. Antarctica has research stations, but not cities, so it is unclear where La Paille, Antarctica is supposed to be. The article never cites a source for this major scientific breakthrough. There is no mention of such a discovery on the Smithsonian Newsdesk. And there is no mention of the alleged archaeologist Damian Waters on the Smithsonian website. === (A debunking?) An article with similar information was published on the website WorldNewsDailyReport.com on February 12, 2014. Both articles reporting this major discovery in Antarctica include the same photo of three elongated skulls (the photo included in this article). The caption under the photo on American Live Wire reads, “3 Elongated Skulls Found in Antarctica.” But this image is not of newly discovered elongated skulls. This photo is actually of three elongated skulls on display at the Regional Museum of Ica in Peru. The photo was taken by Marcin Tlustochowicz and uploaded to Wikipedia in 2008. It is possible that such a discovery was made. But it is highly unlikely given the lack of evidence to support the claims made in the two small articles. == > http://www.openminds.tv/smithsonian-discover-alien-skulls-antarctica/26755

The Long Skulls are a real thing ... Will we find more in Antarctica? LA Marzulli discusses his work on these elongated skulls in Peru (Paracus) A Nephilim Christmas - LA Marzulli "There was a raging debate back in 1842" about where they came from... And they found evidence that "children yet unborn" had such skulls. "The fetus had teeth, and an elongated skull"The textiles on the Paracus skulls were more complex than Europe had at the same time. The hair was "strawberry red". Time of these skulls? About 2,000 years ago. There were Nephilim tribes on Earth at the time the bible was written . Strawberry red hair . "The giants were destroyed by the humans, because they kept taking their children and eating them." Meantime, the 'gods' of the Incas demanded human sacrifice. Fallen angels designed/constructed the great cities of South America, and developed the culture there to serve them, (and their alleged strange appetites.) Brien Forster's book: https://issuu.com/guraja/docs/elongated-skulls-of-peru-and-bolivi

TRADE remains very important to China, but its importance is falling Chinese economy called invulnerable to trade war 0 Comment(s)PrintE-mail China Daily, January 3, 2017 Adjust font size: A worker looks closely as containers are unloaded in Qingdao Port, Shandong province. [Photo/China Daily] Anyone fancying a trade war with China might have missed their best opportunity, according to trade officials and economic advisers, who said the Chinese economy has already passed the stage of being vulnerable to such actions. They said trade is no longer a main factor contributing to the nation's GDP growth, and the country has made preparations in the past few years for taking on the challenge of a possible rise in protectionism. They also said that trade was not among the key tasks assigned by the just-completed Central Economic Work Conference, a yearly top-level decision-making meeting to map out the development strategy for the coming year. In the conference's communique, only the quality of import and export goods was briefly mentioned. More than ever, China is relying on its own reform and stability for building its economic strength, they said. == > MORE: http://china.org.cn/business/2017-01/03/content_40027727.htm

Chinese economic News... moving into 2017 China's economy could grow 6.5 percent in 2017; devaluation could ... Reuters-1 hour ago China's last one-off currency devaluation, a 2 percent move in August ... China's fundamentals including its economy, monetary policy, trade ... China economy improving, rate hike a possibility – central bank ... Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide-13 hours ago China policymakers pledge stability for 'complex' year ahead Malaya-13 hours ago China tweaks yuan basket to play down US dollar South China Morning Post-31 Dec 2016 === === The yuan fell nearly 7 percent last year - its biggest annual loss against the dollar since 1994 - under pressure from sluggish economic growth and a strong dollar. China's last one-off currency devaluation, a 2 percent move in August 2015, shocked global markets and was widely viewed by traders and economists as a failure. With the yuan still weakening and capital outflows steadily eroding China's forex reserves, pundits have discussed the possibility of a second devaluation, but there has been little indication that policymakers were considering such a move. Capital outflows have been a growing concern for the government in the past year as it attempted to put the economy back on track and keep the currency stable without exhausting its reserves, which tumbled to $3.052 trillion in November, the lowest in almost six years. . . . Interest rates in China are already on an upward trend as the economy improves, People’s Bank of China (PBOC) adviser Sheng Songcheng told Reuters in an interview. “The economy is improving…so interest rates and prices will move in a positive direction,” Sheng said on Thursday. “Under the right circumstances, if conditions allow, we can consider a rate hike.” After starting 2016 under a cloud, China’s economy has performed better than expected this year, fuelling speculation that the central bank may be considering a policy shift after years of ultra-loose monetary conditions that have spurred an explosive rise in debt. Sheng said an increase in deposit and lending rates would serve to improve expectations for the economy overall, and also help stabilise the yuan exchange rate. . . . China’s economy is on a steady growth path as 2016 ends, supported by a housing boom and billions in government investment, but the mood of policymakers is more cautious than celebratory as they face “complexity” in the new year. Controlling risks has been a constant refrain in recent months as the focus of policymakers switches to taming asset bubbles and checking unbalanced growth stemming from efforts to fuel the economy with credit. The central bank - while reaffirming a long-standing commitment to prudent policy - said on Friday it would pay more attention to maintaining a “neutral” stance and ensure that it is “neither too tight nor too loose”. “At present, China’s economic and financial operations are generally stable, but the complexity of the situation cannot be underestimated,” the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) said. Bank lending is on pace to top 2015’s record 11.71 trillion yuan ($1.7 trillion), helping to stoke a housing boom that saw prices rise a historic 12.6 percent year-on-year in November, while fixed asset investment by state firms is growing more than 20 percent. But growth has become more imbalanced this year as the effectiveness of new credit declines and companies and individuals face mounting debts, economists say. . . . China is reducing the share of US dollars in its currency basket for measuring the yuan value, a technical adjustment to redirect market attention from the yuan-dollar parity. Although other central banks, including the US Federal Reserve and European Central Bank, also release similar nominal effective exchange rate indices for their currencies, calculated against a basket of trade partner currencies, the People’s Bank of China has been particularly active in promoting the yuan’s rate against a group of currencies, rather than the dollar alone. As part of Beijing’s efforts to stabilise expectations of the yuan’s value, China’s monetary authority has repeatedly said it’s not fair to look at the yuan solely against the US dollar, which has been strengthening, particularly after Donald Trump won the presidential election.

BTC Last : $1,024 / 6.945 = Rmb 147.4 per BTC CNY : 12-months : 10-d / Last: 6.945

China & the Bitcoin jump of 2017 : $1,000, $2,000 & rising UPDATE: May. 2022/ Is the Bitcoin Drop over? BITCOIN CYCLES Downturn seems not done yet, based on timing and extent of retracement Bitcoin Futures ... All: 2yr: 1yr: 10d / Last: 29,765 52 wk.: 28,105. to 69,355. === UPDATE: Aug. 2021/ Is the Bitcoin Bounce over? 65k - 30k= 35k drop. 50% retrace= 17.5+ 30= 47.5k; 62% retrace= 21.7+ 30= 51.7k Bitcoin... update: 4yr: Last $45k 4yr: Last $47k ALL data Yuan Dumps, Bitcoin Jumps As China Researchers Suggest "One-Off Devaluation" & Capital Controls As we have detailed numerous times recently, the recent move in Bitcoin has been strongly suggesting increasing fears of capital controls and/or expectations of a looming (and quite notable) devaluation of the Yuan against the US Dollar. Tonight saw China's largest nationalist tabloid suggesting that China should consider one-off yuan devaluation to keep the currency stable at equilibrium level. Offshore Yuan is tumbling - to new record lows. === === Bitcoin : The uptrend continues as money flees China: ======= Charts: Bitcoins LIVE : BTC:12-mos : 4-mos : 10d : Ticks : BtcWisdom : BTC-24hours : PB : : all-data : BTS - Frozen / Bitcoins, on Bitstamps ; 10-Days: http://tinyurl.com/bts-10d : 6-mos : 12-mos : 24-mos : 32-MOS ================== (this chart and comment is from 2 weeks ago): GLD / Gold : 5-yrs : 3-yrs : 2-yrs : 12-mos / 10d // Last: $107.93 : Gold: $1133.6 : The Gold market now is deeply oversold, and the end of the year is often a Turning point. But there's no guarantee this will be the bottom (again, like last year was) === > Main BTC thread : http://www.greenenergyinvestors.com/index.php?showtopic=10568 Crypto Market Caps : https://coinmarketcap.com Crypto Trading ------ : https://www.bitmex.com/ Bitcoin technicals---- : http://www.newsbtc.com/author/sarahjenn/

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The Vril Damen (women) and Maria Orsic > More info : http://sitsshow.blogspot.hk/2016/07/The-Woman-Behind-Hitlers-Flying-Saucers-Maria-Orsic-Orschitsch-the-Vril-Society-and-Aldebaran.html

UFO Flyover of Washington (in 1952) came from a UFO Base in Antarctica - says McClelland Jeff Rense & Clark McClelland - The Truth About NASA The Germans in the US space program would talk about Aldebaran, as the original source of the German people (the above photo is fake)

New PNB Tower announced : Buenida (Sen. Gil Puyat) & Roxas Blvd Taipan Lucio Tan plans to build a world-class, high-rise office tower on the vacant property at the corner of Buendia and Paseo de Roxas and, according to the grapevine, eventually relocate the corporate headquarters of the Philippine National Bank there. Owned by the PNB, the corner property is currently used as a parking lot after the bank foreclosed the 8,000-square-meter lot from musician Ramon "RJ" Jacinto amid a nasty court battle. According to the grapevine, the taipan has already commissioned the renowned US architectural firm, KPF, the same architectural group behind LKG Tower and GT International Tower along Ayala Avenue, for the planned multi-billion redevelopment. KPF is also the same architectural force behind such regional landmarks as the International Commercial Centre in Hong Kong, the Marina Bay complex in Singapore, and the MGM Cotai casino-hotel in Macao. PNB is currently headquartered along Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard in Pasay City, sharing the building with sister company Philippine Airlines and tenant US Agency for International Development. According to the grapevine, the plan is to keep the PNB backroom and support functions at the current headquarters, with the move to Makati limited to the senior management and board officers. To recoup the cost and help pay for the maintenance of the planned building, the taipan plans to lease out a number of floors to third-party tenants, as well as invite its joint-venture companies such as the PMFTC cigarette company, now leasing space at Enterprise Center, and the newly-formed AB Heineken partnership to relocate as well. > http://interaksyon.com/business/134705/cocktales--lucio-tan-to-build-new-pnb-tower-on-buendia-parking-lot

A novel about Hillary H3LL? . CR#511: Splintered Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:16:36 — 105.3MB) : Interview on Youtube KMO looks back from the year 2050 with John Feffer, author of Splinterlands: A Novel. At the beginning of the 21st Century, nations were integrating into larger cooperative spheres, but the main character in John Feffer's novel takes a virtual tour of the geopolitical landscape of the future to show us how and why that trend floundered and what a world marked by constricted trust horizons looks like. You can also watch this conversation on YouTube. (They both thought that Hillary would win - and so some of the ideas are already invalidated.) Review "In a chilling, thoughtful, and intuitive warning, foreign policy analyst Feffer (Crusade 2.0) takes today’s woes of a politically fragmented, warming Earth and amplifies them into future catastrophe. Looking back from his hospital bed in 2050, octogenarian geo-paleontologist Julian West contemplates his fractured world and estranged family. West is writing the follow-up to his bestselling 2020 monograph, Splinterlands, in which he analyzes the disintegrated international community. By 2050, the refugee-saturated European Union has collapsed; the countries of Brazil, Russia, India, and China have splintered; and Washington, D.C., is gone, destroyed by Hurricane Donald in 2022. There are water wars, imitation foods made from seaweed, inequality, disease, and sleeper terrorists. On a virtual reality trip to make amends, West visits his children—professor Aurora in a deteriorating Brussels rampant with kidnappings; wealthy opportunist Gordon in Xinjiang, no longer part of China; and freedom fighter Benjamin in prosperous Botswana. His ex-wife, Rachel, lives in a commune in a snowless Vermont, now a farming paradise. Lending credibility to his predictions, Feffer includes footnotes from West’s editor written around 2058. This novel is not for the emotionally squeamish or optimistic; Feffer’s confident recitation of world collapse is terrifyingly plausible, a short but encompassing look at world tragedy. " —Publisher Weekly, Starred Review “Feffer’s book is a wild ride through a bleak future, casting a harsh, thought-provoking light on that future’s modern-day roots.” —Foreword Reviews "John Feffer is our 21st-century Jack London, and, like the latter's Iron Heel, Splinterlands is a vivid, suspenseful warning about the ultimate..." === === From description, it seems to be loaded with the conventional ideas being promoted by the Corporate-controlled Lie-Stream-Media. I wonder if I could bear to read it