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Purpose of Holding Gold

Most central banks hold their nation’s gold in the vaults of the world’s leading financial centers’ central bank vaults. These include New York, London, and Canada among others. In a peaceful, cooperative world, this is sensible as one of the prime purposes of central banks holding gold is to cover the nation’s international trade payments when their own currency becomes unacceptable and their reserves of foreign exchange are depleted. By positioning the gold outside the country, it’s instantly accessible for payments or guarantees of payments.

Dangers of a Nation Holding Gold in Another Nation’s Central Bank

In the last week we have heard the announcement that Iran has (according to them) 907 tonnes of gold. The developed world has just outlawed Iran dealing in gold and silver (there are other places, where if they wished to do so they will be able to trade). With their gold inside Iran, it is outside the reach of the developed world though. If they had held their gold in the world’s main, developed world vaults that would have been frozen along with Iran’s other overseas assets. We may not agree to Iran’s politics and attitudes, but there is a lesson to be learned here.

Ownership implies the freedom to do what you want with an asset. In this case we are talking about a nation’s assets. The handling of Iran’s assets by freezing of their assets shows that other nations can interfere with that freedom. Governments feel free to impose restraints on other people’s assets within their jurisdiction. It is this concept of a right to restrain the rights of ownership that will prove a growing issue.

With the world changing from an under-developed world with a developed world to an emerging world drawing down power and wealth from the developed world, there are many changes taking place which will lower the levels of international cooperation in the days ahead as political, religious, monetary and economic pressures rise.

One nation that has foreseen these pressures coming is Venezuela. Their 160 tonnes of gold was held in Canada, the U.S. and European vaults and out of their full control. Their policies –including the nationalization of gold mining and export—have proved unpopular in the developed world too. With Venezuela being an oil exporter primarily, the unpopular President (outside the nation) felt it prudent to ship his nation’s gold back home. The process began a few months ago.

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Venezuela has now succeeded in bringing its 160 tonnes of gold from the developed world’s central bank vaults (i.e. Canada, U.S. and Europe). There’s no doubt that such a move does secure the nation’s monetary sovereignty. Now, Venezuela’s gold cannot be subject to the political wishes of the U.S., Canadian or European governments.

Furthermore, there’s a potential 3,000 tonnes of gold under the ground in Venezuela and the likelihood that the government will take that into their vaults over the time it takes to mine it. They will then be in a position to take the U.S. dollars they receive for their oil and pay their miners for the gold, so diversifying their reserves away from currencies and into gold. If they do that, then this is one more source of supply that will be removed from the gold market.Whatever the nation’s politics, it is a central banker’s duty to do all in its power to protect its nation’s gold and foreign exchange reserves in terms of control and value. With dollar hegemony, a great deal of that power remains in the hands of the issuer of that currency. As sovereignty issues grow, it is becoming incumbent on central bankers to do more to protect nation’s reserves. The most vulnerable nations are those whose politics differ drastically from the developed world or those whose international trading is not dependent on the major developed world. After all, if you are a kind of economic colony of a major nation it will exercise its influence far more effectively through other routes.

The conclusion that best suits vulnerable nations logically is to hold as much of its gold at home. Its dollars have to be held in New York and its euros in Europe –something they can do little about. But a nation like Venezuela with its reserves of gold at home and a ‘natural’ diversifier in the gold under the ground, is acting in that nation’s interests in building up its gold reserves at home.

China Following the Same Path

China has outlawed the export of gold and vigorously broadened the number of banking import licenses for gold. The resulting flows of gold in with nothing coming out, is leading to the total national stock of gold in China rising fast.

? Last year saw around 360.96 tonnes of gold produced there with the government encouraging this growth of local production. But this figure may be a heavy underestimation as scrap and non-China Gold Association member’s production is not included in that number.? 490 tonnes of gold came into China through Hong Kong with more imports possible through other routes, not included in this total.? At the start of 2012, demand for gold during the lunar New Year jumped over 50% pointing to much higher imports in 2012. These could lead to a jump of reported imports of 750 tonnes in 2012.

China is preparing Shanghai as the center for Yuan trading and as their leading financial center. Hong Kong is the current, financial center and has huge modern gold vaults already. We have issued an article in our newsletter [www.GoldForecaster.com] giving our views on China growing to a second or first gold market hub in time. But we repeat that NO gold is allowed to leave the country! With privately held gold open to confiscation at some point in time, we consider the total gold held inside China as part of that nation’s available stock of gold in their reserves.

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• U.S. and U.K. citizens holding their gold in foreign vaults?• Switzerland• Gold held in a Swiss bank• Gold held in a Private Vault in Switzerland• What are the remaining dangers?

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A white supremacist is set for execution 13 years after being involved in the dragging death of James Byrd Jr., but the victim's son is in favor of giving the criminal a sentence of life imprisonment.

Lawrence Russell Brewer and two other men were involved in the 1998 death of Byrd Jr.

The three men chained Byrd Jr. to the back of a pickup truck and drove, dragging him until he died.

Brewer is scheduled for execution via lethal injection at 6 p.m. local time in Huntsville, Texas, Reuters reported.

No last-day attempts have been made to stop the execution, The Associated Press reported.

Byrd Jr.'s son, Ross Byrd, 32, doesn't want Brewer to be executed.

Life in prison would have been fine, Byrd told Reuters Tuesday. I know he can't hurt my daddy anymore. I wish the state would take in mind that this isn't what we want.

Byrd told Reuters that he won't be attending the execution. Life goes on, he said. I've got responsibilities that I have every day. It's not on the front page of my mind. I'm looking for happy times.

One of the other men involved in the murder is serving life in prison. The third is on death row.

The elder Byrd was killed the same year as Matthew Shepard. Both murders prompted the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, expanding federal hate-crime law. It was signed by President Barack Obama in 2009.

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A young woman from Mexico who took on the top police chief role last year in a small Mexican border town has fled to the United States with her entire family apparently after receiving death threats and is formally seeking asylum, according to reports.

A spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said on Tuesday that a young woman who took on the job of police chief last year in a small town in Mexico near the U.S.-Mexico border is now in the United States and is seeking asylum, according to the New York Times.

Marisol Valles Garcia, a criminology student, was 20 when she took the top police job at the Praxedis G. Guerrero township, population 8,500 in October of 2010. The town is about 40 miles southwest of Juarez, Mexico, along the Western Texas border.

The town, along with its larger neighbor have been the site of numerous drug-related killings. The previous police chief in the town was assassinated.

The Human Rights Commission of Chihuahua also confirmed on Tuesday that Valles Garcia and her family, which includes a baby son, are in the United States and have formally petitioned for asylum, according to Mexican newspaper El Universal.

Gustavo de la Rosa Hickerson, an official with the commission, said he expected U.S. authorities to hear her petition in the next few days and see evidence related to it.

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Somersault Combo Training

The last couple of months I’ve been feeling some minor annoying injuries in my shoulder and left leg, so haven’t been training as frequently and it felt aggravated when going to open gymnastics and throwing myself around like an idiot!

B-Boy Flips and Power Training

Last night was the first open gymnastics session I’ve been to in a few weeks and first time throwing any flips since BodyPower Expo last month (which was tremendous fun by the way)!

After B-Boy Marius’ advice, from our workshop at Yorkshire Dance we ran last month, who said to try combine all the power moves you have when you’re training them so you build your stamina as well as improve your transitions and different power moves I decided to try combo all the flips I could into one set. Even though I haven’t trained somersaults for a while, I felt more confident than ever throwing back tucks, gainers, websters and was even working on side flips which I’m still getting to grips with…

So above is a short clip from the result of training last night, I did manage to get the transitions a bit cleaner but didn’t record it.

Ideally I should be rolling out and throwing a side flip at the end, but I couldn’t figure out the transition and footing properly, so will work on this next time I’m at the SingleBound open gymnastics session!

Open Gymnastics Training – Leeds

A lot of people ask where the gymnastics gym we train is and whether they can come too: Yes, you can. And it’s in Pudsey, Leeds – check out SingleBound Parkour – teaching and open training for more details!

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This course is designed to provide a broad range of professional development opportunities for students. These opportunities will include but not be limited to areas of parliamentary procedure, meeting agendas, and minutes, note taking and transcription of that note taking, resume building, interview skills, portfolio building, teamwork projects and finally career specific expectations and professionalism necessary to be successful in an Administrative Specialist career. This course will also provide opportunities for guest speakers and field trips to assist in demonstrating the importance of professional development.


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Friday Freebie: Oh Pep! and The Mountain Goats - We Who Walk Behind the Rows: 2016 Tour Sampler

I know, I know. It's Monday, not Friday. But sometimes life gets in the way of us letting you know about great free music. The Mountain Goats are bringing Oh Pep! out on the road with them next month and they've teamed to bring us the free We Who Walk Behind the Rows: 2016 Tour Sampler. It features four songs from each band, including Oh Pep!'s fantastic "Doctor Doctor" and The Mountain Goats' odes to wrestling "The Legend of Chavo Guerrero" and "Foreign Object." Oh Pep! and The Mountain Goats are a great pairing for a sampler and a tour. Oh Pep!'s dreamy take on folk pop is just different and similar to The Mountain Goats' more standard mainstream Americana to keep things interesting.

You can get your copy of We Who Walk Behind the Rows: 2016 Tour Sampler for free via Noisetrade. For more information on Oh Pep!, check out their website. The Mountain Goats also have a website you should check out. We've also included their current joint tour dates below (even though there aren't any New England shows).

Sunday September 18th -- Baltimore, MD, Rams Head Live
Monday September 19th -- Richmond, VA, The National
Tuesday September 20th -- Charlottesville, VA, Jefferson Theater
Thursday September 22nd -- Bloomington, IN, Buskirk-Chumley Theatre
Friday September 23rd -- Bloomington, IL, The Castle Theatre
Monday September 26th -- Iowa City, IA, The Englert Theatre
Tuesday September 27th -- Milwaukee, WI, Pabst Theatre
Wednesday September 28th -- Madison, WI, Majestic Theater
Friday September 30th -- Omaha, NE, The Waiting Room
Saturday October 1st -- Kansas City, MO, Madrid Theatre
Sunday October 2nd -- Columbia, MO, The Blue Note
Monday October 3rd -- Maquoketa, IA, Codfish Hollow Barnstormers

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Trump Voter Turned Wannabe Domestic Terrorist Taunts Passengers On Plane: ‘Hillary B****es!’ (VIDEO)

One of the many consequences of Donald Trump winning the presidency has been the onslaught of Trump-related acts of terror carried out by some of his hate-filled supporters.

During a Delta Airlines flight, one Trump fan just couldn’t contain his exuberance, so he decided to stand up in the middle of the aisle and express his delight to a captive audience.

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“Didn’t take long to notice that I’m back in ‘Merica…,” a Facebook user captioned the 45-second video.

In the video, a man standing in the aisle of the plane is in the middle of a pro-Trump rant. “Donald Trump, baby!” he says.

“This man knows what’s up,” he says, pointing to a passenger.

“We got some Hillary bitches on here?” the man asks.

“Trump!” he says, clapping. “It’s your president. Every goddamn one of you. If you don’t like it, too bad.”

BuzzFeed reports that a Delta spokesman said the airline is currently investigating the incident.

And according to the Daily Mail, the man in the video was escorted away by flight attendants before being returned to his seat.

This incident highlights the new American reality and, sadly, we’re all subjected to it.

Racist and xenophobic Trump supporters feel emboldened to “speak their minds” and use Trump as an excuse to marginalize and terrorize anyone they see fit.

It would have been curious to find out how many of those passengers voted for Trump.

And of those who did, how many still feel proud to have selected an individual who inspires this kind of cringeworthy behavior?

Expect things to get much worse the closer we come to inauguration day.

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A TEENAGER from Eastwood has been given the chance to get a foot on the career ladder as part of a scheme run by Ashfield Rugby Club.

Josh Heald has just started a three-year joinery apprenticeship with furniture company Charles Yorke, based in Kirkby, after taking part in the rugby club’s youth development programme FirstPoint.

The 18-year-old said: “This means a lot to me. I now have a career in something I enjoy, in a place I like coming to every day.

“Practical work is my thing. It’s what I’m best at.”

Josh is one of 1,200 young people who have taken part in the youth programme over the last five years.

When he was younger, Josh was excluded from school but the scheme helped him to work through personal problems, get back into education, pass his GCSEs and complete an NVQ.

Earlier this year he was nominated for one of three apprenticeships at Charles Yorke.

Managing director of the company Mark Denman said: “He’s been absolutely fantastic - a model employee.

“It’s rare to find an 18-year-old so hungry to work and learn. His attitude is excellent and he’s an asset to the company.”

Since he joined the youth scheme, Josh has gained five GCSEs and a Fitness Instructor NVQ. He has also volunteered in gyms while looking for full-time job.


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Kershaw Tremor 1950 Knife – A Unique Cutting Component

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The ergonomically engraved features of Kershaw tremor 1950 with curved handle and with easy grip with handy thumb stud. This plain edge knife featured with sharp cutting with its strength and hardness. You can add a most useful and sharp tool in your collection for cutting purpose. A unique collection for metal lovers.

  • Construction: An impressively large folding 9 inches knife when in opening position with partially serrated blade and superior edge retention
  • Opening features: Easy, smooth and speed safe assisted opening features with built in flippers on back of knife. The curved handle provides more comfortable grip.
  • kershaw tremor 1950 bladeLock type: Covered with liner lock and pocket clip for comfortable carrier.
  • Blade structure: Overall length of knife length is 9 inches. Blade style is of clip point with plain edges. The blade is of 8CR1MOV stainless steel structure with 3.75 inches length and 0.12 inches width with added weather stability features.

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  • Handle structure: Additionally qualified handle scaled with G-10 material which enhance secure grip. The color is black with stainless steel lining material.
  • Blade testing: The knife is ideal for cutting and slicing.
  • Closing features: The blade is closed with liner lock and can be closes down even with a single hand
  • Kershaw Tremor Serrated Folding Lock Back Knife

    Kershaw Tremor Serrated

    Weight: Weighing up to 6 ounces.

  • Usage: Best for every day usage.
  • Price: The quoted price range of this remarkably featured serrated knife is in $25-$30. This serrated knife is available for sale.
  • Origin: Country of origin is China.

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Price winning component: Many users of Kershaw Tremor 1950 stated in their reviews that the knife is a price winning component for them. “The 3.75 inches blade with beautiful stone wash finishing and G- 0 grip give a nice feeling while cutting or slicing. The assisted opening is quick, easy and most prominently effort less.”

Nice collection: Another customer stated in his review that “it is a kind of super nice cutting tool which inspires for carrying it every day and everywhere. The knife ‘speed safe is broken but still nice addition to my collection.”

Chinese born blade: Another review highlighted the features of Kershaw “it derives unbelievable value from Kershaw on this Chinese born blade as Kershaw is certainly engaged with QC of these blades as proved by Tremor 3.75 inches 8CRL13MOV stainless steel blade which sharpens easily and resist corrosion. The hollow grinding of blade and shallow grinding edges give it a hair shaving sharp style with nice diamond pattern.”

Speed safe assisted opening: While praising this knife a customer stated that “the speed safe opening system has a powerful and smooth function which makes you to look twice at the price. The installed bronze washers added a good solid feeling of life time can be complimented as a smooth mechanically operated tool.

If you struck with sharpening of knives and have cutting problems, buy Kershaw and get the job done in a few minutes. Kershaw brand also facilitate with sharpening of blade and even ship back to you without any charge. I am absolutely satisfied with this purchase.”

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 Cat Book "In Defense of Cats!" - In Defense of Cats! Book

In Defense of Cats! is the humorous new tribute to domestic cats for all ages, especially parents and other adults who are reading to kids.

Fully-illustrated with several fascinating scenes of cats, the easy-to-download e-book describes and defends cats from all walks of life while instilling the important values of love, respect, compassion, dignity and diversity. Toward the end of the book, the importance of protecting wild cats and wildlife is also stressed.

Written in 17 fun-to-read verses of rhyming couplets as narrative poetry by author Janette Noelle Dean, the book is meant to be a new storytelling classic and is additionally published as In Defence of Cats!  for British readers.
Kids will adore the amusing and winsome English cat character named Sir William who boldly and bravely stands up for himself and his fellow felines against those who would defame them. With each vignette that he recounts, Sir William further whisks readers and listeners on a fascinating insider’s journey into the minds and lives of cats and then succeeds in his crusade to win over the heart and conscience of his visiting guest(s).
Cat lovers of all ages are also invited to follow Sir William the Cat on Twitter. He likes to follow others, too!
Cat Book Just Published! The new and fun cat book
The cat book In Defense of Cats is getting 5-star reviews and is a new classic in the world's library of cat books

Now Available for just $7.99 at the Amazon Kindle Store even if you read it a million times!
Now fully-illustrated, In Defense of Cats! was published August 2016 on Amazon.com as an eBook for any Kindle device, computer, laptop, computer tablet or smartphone. The Kindle reading application for any device is free to download and very user-friendly.
Offered in both American English AND in British English (also known as the Queen's English or Oxford English), the cat book In Defense of Cats! features over 19 beautiful illustrations and a special medal for readers.
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Inspiration for Writing In Defense of Cats!
Cat book featuring the English cat Sir William has just been published and is called Author Janette Noelle Dean originally conceived of the book on a beautiful day in Los Angeles as a needed rebuttal to negative comments about cats that she had heard through the years. Her aim with the book is to defend cats and cat behavior with humor by sharing the habits and experiences of domestic cats while showing concern for endangered wild cats and all wildlife.
The poem is also meant to be a witty allegory for human prejudgments. To reveal the importance of dignity, love and understanding - and the values of diversity, tolerance and empathy - she found a most appropriate figure in the very individualistic and controversial, yet highly companionable and beloved cat.
Cat book character Sir William The Cat from In Defense of Cats!Dean named her Sir William cat character after "The Bard" William Shakespeare who is one of the greatest English poets and playwrights in history and known for many poignant monologues. Rose Dean, the author's artistic mother, brought Janette's vision of Sir William and his cat friends to life in the book's many striking and appealing illustrations.
Schools and community organizations are encouraged to stage the book as a fun play for children at no charge (contact the author for a play script). The book is also a fun and engaging book for anyone who is learning English as a second language.

Janette Noelle Dean is also the author of another special written work about wild cats and domestic felines called Beloved Cat: Once Mortal Enemy, Now Immortal Friend.
The Popularity and Importance of Cats and Pets
Cats – and the books, movies, and plays about them are extremely popular.  In fact, according to a 2017-2018 American Pet Products Association's Pet Owners Survey which released 2016-collected data, the most numerous family pet in America is the cat with 44.1 million households owning over 94.2 million cats.  The New York Times reported in 2008 that more men are unabashedly embracing their love of cats, too.
Janette and Rose also love dogs and according to the same survey, there are over 89.7 million dogs in America in over 60.2 million households.  America is therefore quite an animal-loving country (like many other countries) with the survey showing there are over 68% of U.S. households with a pet - a total of 84.6 million households. Recent research also indicates that being exposed to cats and dogs within one's first year of life can prevent lifelong allergies.
Most importantly, research studies recently reported in Woman's Day continue to prove that owning and bonding with pets elevates feelings of well-being and happiness, teaches love and nurturing, lowers stress, and provides other health benefits.  In fact, as reported by the National Science Foundation, 100% of pet owners consider their pets as family members.

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El Salvador - where women are jailed for 40 years for the 'crime' of having a miscarriage

Exclusive interview: Maria Teresa Rivera was released after spending five years in jail

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Maria Teresa Rivera was sentenced to 40 years in jail for the “crime” of suffering a miscarriage. And yet in El Salvador, a nation with perhaps the most draconian situation in the world for reproductive rights, she is one of the lucky ones.

Earlier this month, in a ruling that gave hearts to activists around the world, the conviction of Ms Rivera - accused of seeking to abort her child and convicted of murder - was overturned when a judge decided there was insufficient evidence. Having spent five wretched years in a filthy, overcrowded jail, during which time she received no visits from her family, she was finally reunited with her child, Oscar.

“I am happy that I am with my son,” she told The Independent, smiling as she hugged him. “But I am fearful because not all of society agrees with what happened.”

Ms Rivera had no idea she was to be released (Center for Reproductive Rights )

The case of the Ms Rivera, 33, has drawn attention to a reality that activists in El Salvador have described as nothing less than a battle to control women’s bodies.

The Latin American nation, which has a population of around six million, is one of just a handful of countries where abortion is illegal in all circumstances. Yet activists say, no country matches El Salvador for the aggressive manner in which those laws are enforced.

Prior to 1998, abortion was permitted in cases of rape, incest, where a foetus was injured or if the life of the woman was in danger. Yet that year, amid pressure from religious conservatives, the law was changed to remove any exceptions whatsoever. It is estimated that between 1998 and 2013, more than 600 women have been jailed after being accused of having had an abortion.

Campaigners - who were infuriated by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s recent comments that women who had abortions should be punished - say large numbers of those that are prosecuted are women who have suffered a miscarriage. Having been rushed to public hospitals for treatment, the women find themselves transformed into alleged killers. In many cases, women have been handcuffed to their hospital beds by the police.

“These laws are made by men to control women’s bodies,” said Sara Garcia, a campaigner with the Citizens’ Group for the Decriminalisation of Abortion, which has supported Ms Rivera. “If the laws were to affect their own bodies, they would not have this kind of law. These laws are a form of violence.”

Ms Rivera was among a group of women convicted of “aggravated homicide” and handed jail terms of up to 40 years. The plight of “Las 17” has drawn attention both in El Salvador and internationally, and she is the third of the women to be released.

However, all the time, the authorities continue to prosecute more women and send them to jail. There are currently 25 behind bars having been convicted under these strict regulations, almost all of them single, poor and largely uneducated - women who do have the opportunity to catch the two-hour flight to Miami and visit a private clinic.

Ms Rivera said the prisoners were often discriminated against (Center for Reproductive Rights )

The circumstances of Ms Rivera’s case are nothing less than shocking.

In 2011, the factory worker was at the home on the edge of San Salvador she shared with her son and her mother-in-law - her husband had left several years before - when she awoke with an intense thirst. According to court papers, she fainted and when she came around she experienced a strong urge to defecate.

As she sat in the outdoor toilet, she had intense cramps and “felt as if a little ball fell from her body.” Then she fainted once again, and fell to the ground where she was found by her mother-in-law.

Nobody knew she had given birth, and Ms Rivera said she had no idea she was even pregnant. Yet when she awoke at the hospital she was told she had given birth and that police had gone to her home and discovered the dead foetus. She was detained at the hospital and taken before the court where a judge sentenced her to 40 years. An international effort by campaigners around the world - along with pressure from the US State Department - resulted in that conviction being overturned.

“Maria Teresa’s release is a victory and symbolises hope for women who have suffered under El Salvador’s unjust laws,” said Nancy Northup, president of the Washington-based Centre for Reproductive Rights.

“Women should never face criminal prosecution when they suffer pregnancy complications.”

The struggle for women’s rights in El Salvador is taking place in the context of a deeply unequal society and one that is recovering from the impact of a bloody 12-year civil war between a military-controlled government and left wing guerrillas that left up to 75,000 people dead. Twenty years after the ceasefire that ended that war, El Salvador is once again reeling from violence, most of it killings by rival gangs and the anti-gang operations of the police and military. Earlier this year, El Salvador became the deadliest peace-time country per capita, an inglorious title it took from neighboring Honduras.

Ms Teresa spent five years in El Salvador's overcrowded women's jail (Getty)

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The move to change the law in 1998 to remove the exceptions for abortion was done under pressure from right wing politicians and the Catholic Church, which wields enormous power in the country. The then Archbishop, Fernando Sáenz Lacalle, was a member of the ultra-conservative group Opus Dei, and supported the change. At around the same time, the country’s constitution was amended to say that “life began at conception”, opening up the zealous murder claims against women who may have suffered medical issues beyond their control.

Alfredo Vela Cuellar, a spokesman for Opus Dei in El Salvador, said the group supported the total ban on abortion as it believed it helped protect women from attacks and sexual assaults.

He said that those campaigning for exceptions to be reintroduced, were proposing that women who had already suffered violence - such as rape - undergo more “violence” by having an abortion. “All the time, there are more options, such as giving away the child, which is a positive alternative,” he said.

The church has the support of a number of anti-abortion groups. Carla de la Cayo, president of Yes to Life Foundation, the largest anti-abortion advocacy organisation in the country, last year told the Globe and Mail newspaper:

“Life is sacred – you don’t have the right to kill someone because someone else will suffer. We leave this decision to God.”

The limited access to contraception and sexual education in schools, along with the prohibition on abortion, has led to a situation that campaigners say is nothing less than a crisis. It is estimated that in 2014, 32 per cent of the total pregnancies - 24,709 - were of teenagers. An estimated 1,545 were of girls aged between 10-14.

Doctors have also said they cannot intervene in emergency situations, such as as ectopic pregnancy, until a foetus is shown to be dead, despite the often pressing threat to the woman’s life.

Meanwhile, alongside this, is an illicit resort to illegal and sometimes deadly abortions. A survey by the country’s ministry of health suggested that there were 19,290 such abortions between 2005 and 2008.

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However, the Guttmacher Institute, a US organisation that works on reproductive health issues around the world, has estimated there are 35,000 a year in El Salvador. An estimated 11 per cent of those result in the death of the woman. Reports suggest that many women resort to the use of drugs designed to treat stomach ulcers.

On an evening when San Salvador’s traffic appeared to move a little more freely than usual, The Independent met a female doctor who had quit her job with a state hospital after her new boss told to call the police on women suspected of having having had an abortion. She now runs her own clinic, where she estimates she has helped two dozen women terminate their pregnancies. For this, she said, she could be jailed for up to 12 years, but she she said she must help women in need.

“When I was a medical student I was told that we did not beed to call the police because if a person thought that was going to happen, they would not come to the hospital,” she said. “Many of the women don’t have access to contraception or else it does not work.”

Asked about the risk of being jailed, she said: “You don’t think a plane is going to crash when you get on it, so I work like that.”

The former guerrillas of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) have held El Salvador’s presidency since 2009, and yet they have been slow to seek to try and change the prohibition on abortion. (A decade earlier, the party allowed its members an open vote on the issue, a decision many of its supporters say was a mistake.)

Ms Rivera said she prayed during the difficult times in jail (Center for Reproductive Rights )

Some activists voice disappointment that a party established on a progressive agenda has not done more for the reproductive rights of women. President Salvador Sanchez Ceren has gone only as far as to say the issue warranted “discussion”.

In an interview in his office in the centre of crowded San Salvador, the country’s deputy health minister, Eduardo Espinoza, said he disagreed with the laws, but that there was little opportunity to change them. He claimed that 100 per cent of women had access to affordable contraception but admitted that sex education was insufficient.

He said that his ministry had given instructions to doctors that that they were not required to inform the Justice Ministry, or the police, in cases where they suspected a woman had self-aborted as they were protected by their relationship with their patients.

But he said he could not control everyone. “You get fanatically religious doctors who see that something has happened and immediately call the police or the law ministry,” he said. “This violates the presumption of innocence.”

Ms Rivera said the hardest thing of the five years she spent in jail - a time when she and others were abused by other inmates for having been convicted of aborting a child - was not being able to communicate with her son. The only way she could get messages to him, was via activists, lawyers or members of the media who secured permission to visit the shabby women’s jail. (The Independent was not granted permission to enter.)

“It was horrible, horrible, in the jail. One of my fellow inmates got beaten. It was very crowded and there was not much water. There were 250 women in a dormitory designed for 100,” she said.

She said that she was not permitted to keep a photograph of her son. And she began to cry when she explained how she would close her eyes to call up an image of him in her head.

She said she got through the most difficult time with the support of the other members of “Las 17” and by praying at a church inside the jail.

“Sometimes I would feel sad and depressed. I used to to go the church and pray,” she said. “It helped a lot.”

Ms Rivera said she did not know that she was to be released when she appeared before the judge on May 11. As it was, she was set free immediately and had no chance to say goodbye to her fellow inmates.

She was taken straight to the offices of the campaigners who had worked for her release, where her son was waiting for her. She said: “Before I was sent to jail, I was able to pick him up and hold him. But he has grown too much.”


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The Journey since 1931 – APJ Abdul Kalam Childhood and Initial life

APJ Abdul Kalam Childhood and Initial life

It was in the year 1931, on 15th of October that a great soul and a noble man was born to Jainulabdeen and Ashiamma in Rameshwaram, TN, India. He was named Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam. Hardly anyone was aware of the fact that he would give India a new recognition in the space club. He was born into a poor family but still never overlooked his education. He was good in Mathematics and after completing his school he used to help his father in earning a living for family. In year 1954 he completed his graduation in physics from the University of Madras. He lost his interest on this subject and decided to move to Madras in 1954 for studying aerospace engineering from Madras Institute of Technology. His dream was to become a fighter pilot, but he missed the chance closely as he got the 9th position in the qualifier list when the vacancy was just for 8………………………….


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politics of national parks and wilderness can be.  Caught up in the
enthusiasm for national parks as "America's best political idea" (Wallace
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Is 50 Shades of Grey The Next Big Thing?

As The Hunger Games was getting ready to take the box office by storm, a 40-something former TV executive from England with two kids E.L. James (not her real name) and her literary agent Valerie Hoskins were sitting out in Hollywood taking pitches from all the studios who were all falling over themselves to get the rights to make the film version of her books (there are three of them).

A bit of background – the books are being touted as “mommy porn.”  They have been passed around by women like a crack pipe and you can’t find them in stores. (They are being re-released in paperback next month and are available now on e-readers.)  The descrition in a nutshell:  27-year old billionaire dude Christian Grey is into S/M.  He lures college student Anastasia Steele into being his submissive.

I have not read the books (has anyone reading this read them?) but I am a bit put off by the description of the story.  It’s also interesting to note that the book started out as Twilight fan fiction online was called Master of the Universe and the lead characters were called Edward and Bella.

Hollywood is excited because finally they are seeing the light of the female market and can see the franchise potential in this.  Universal and Focus Features were the winners of the bidding war and are said to have paid around $5 million.  James told EW they went with Focus because they handle difficult material and gave her the approvals she wanted.

Difficult is an understatement here.  Twilight was successful as a film because of women young and older — this movie because of the graphic sexual content won’t be able to attract the tweens and teens.  But, there are complications.  Will women want to see a film about a man who lures a younger woman into a relationship like this?  Will they be able to not make it sound so creepy- cause it really does.

But this really has touched a nerve with women and that is something to take seriously.  And I’m guessing the controversy has just begun which will enhance people’s interest.

Here’s the description of the book from the author’s website:

When literature student Anastasia Steele is drafted to interview the successful young entrepreneur Christian Grey for her campus magazine, she finds him attractive, enigmatic and intimidating.  Convinced their meeting went badly, she tries to put Grey out of her mind – until he happens to turn up at the out-of-town hardware store where she works part-time.

The unworldly, innocent Ana is shocked to realize she wants this man, and when he warns her to keep her distance it only makes her more desperate to get close to him.  Unable to resist Ana’s quiet beauty, wit, and independent spirit, Grey admits he wants her too – but on his own terms.
Shocked yet thrilled by Grey’s singular erotic tastes, Ana hesitates. For all the trappings of success – his multinational businesses, his vast wealth, his loving adoptive family – Grey is a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need to control. When the couple embarks on a passionate, physical and daring affair, Ana learns more about her own dark desires, as well as the Christian Grey hidden away from public scrutiny.

Can their relationship transcend physical passion? Will Ana find it in herself to submit to the self-indulgent Master?  And if she does, will she still love what she finds?

I will check out the first book at least and I will wait and see how the film develops.

Mommy Porn Is Making its Way to a Theater Near You (Atlantic Wire)

‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ movie deal: E L James speaks — EXCLUSIVE (EW)

E.L. James website

Why Some Find “Fifty Shades Of Grey” Disturbing, New Film Adaptation Announced, Erotic Novel Generates Controversy (International Business Times)

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Min Price: 150 Euro (EUR) per day
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Set in the romantic village of Chateau de Fere in the province of Champagne, the castle welcomes guests from around the world with its elegant gardens and fine accommodation. There are actually two castles on the grounds. One, the Château de Fère was built in 1206 by Robert de Dreux, grandson of Louis VI. Now in ruins, it serves as a backdrop to the newer 16th century castle, the Hostellerie du Château.

And now, this majestic fully restored hotel invites you to share its rich history. Within easy access of both Reims and Paris, the Chateau de Fere is the perfect place to begin exploring the Champagne region and beyond. Chateau de Fere is close to several cathedrals, vineyards and restaurants along the "champagne route". The hotel is also close to the Oise-Aisne American First World War Cemetery.

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The Château’s magnificently appointed 6 apartments, 19 rooms and excellent conference facilities offer you luxury befitting a five star hotel. The superb dining room with its paneled walls, chandeliered ceilings, crystal and elegant silverware is a regional favorite. To complement the exquisite cuisine is a remarkable selection of 20,000 bottles of fine wine, housed in the labyrinth of tunnels below the Château. The guest suites are appointed with collectables envied by those who appreciate the finer things. Tastefully arranged paintings, wall hangings, and lamps are matched to the grace of the Château itself. Modern luxuries include spa baths. A feast for the senses. A time for reflection with service fit for kings.

Nearby attractions and activities:
At our Château you can do as much or as little as you choose. Revive your spirits over a game of tennis. Take to the air in a hot air balloon, or make a splash in our pool. Tee off on the neighbouring 18 hole golf course of L’Ailette or hunt (season permitting), horse ride, cycle or simply enjoy a leisurely stroll through the beautiful surrounding forests. And when you need to impress, the Hostellerie is the ideal conference, meeting or trade display venue. Amongst these pastimes there is of course another promise of enjoyment - the country of Champagne, with its traditional delights of local vineyards, historical buildings, fields of summer flowers and friendly locals. And nearby at Marne-la-Vallee, the fantasy and adventure world of EuroDisney beckons the young, and the young at heart.

- Paris 115 km
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iPhone 5 release date: Apple September 12 event gets confirmation

Recent speculation on the possible launch of Apple’s next iPhone has pointed to a September 21 release date, with the product being introduced nine day earlier.

Now, according to sources cited by AllThingsD, an Apple media event will take place that week.

The site writes:

“iMore was first to report that the company has scheduled a special event for Wednesday, September 12, and now we’ve confirmed it as well. Sources tell AllThingsD that Apple is currently planning an event for that week. And while we haven’t yet confirmed its focus, history suggests it will indeed be the new iPhone.”

To support their claims, AllThingsD presents a graphic which shows that Apple has spent 1.15 billion dollars in advance for components, a sign that the company’s partners have already begun production of the iPhone 5.

So far, The Verge, The New York Times, Bloomberg and Reuters have confirmed through independent sources that the presentation will take place on September 12.

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Student Whose License Was Suspended Over a DWI Drives Around Campus in Barbie Jeep

Tara Monroe is pictured driving around in her new set of wheels. (Twitter/clary) Tara Monroe is pictured driving around in her new set of wheels. (Twitter/clary)

When this student had her license suspended over a DWI, she came up with a creative alternative for getting around.

Tara Monroe is now turning heads by driving a child-sized pink Barbie Jeep around the Texas State University-San Marcos campus.

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Photos shared on social media show the 20-year-old squeezed behind the wheel.

Monroe had her license suspended after she allegedly refused to take a Breathalyzer test during a traffic stop in March. Her father then took her car away from her.

So she turned to Craigslist, where she found the pink-and-purple Jeep for $60. She named it 'Charlene' after its previous owner.

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She charges it up with a 12-volt battery and cruises around campus at 5mph.

Monroe said she is flattered by the attention.

She told the San Antonio Express-News: "This is the best way I could have gotten my 15 minutes of fame. Basically, it was the best decision I’ve made in college, yet."

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6 Senior Care Consumer Advocacy Groups To Know

There are many consumer advocacy groups both on a state and national level whose mission is to protect the rights and benefits of seniors or anyone who requires long-term care.  They are:

Health Information, Counseling, and Advocacy Program (HICAP): An independent resource established by the California Department of Aging that provides free counseling and advice about Medicare and healthcare insurance options to senior citizens.  To find counseling services in your area go to: www.cahealthadvocates.org/HICAP/

The Consumer Consortium on Assisted Living (CCAL): A national nonprofit organization dedicated to addressing the needs and rights of assisted living patients, their families and their caregivers. CCAL assists consumers with education about their choices for assisted living environments.  www.ccal.org

American Health Care Association (AHCA): The nation’s largest association of long term and post-acute care providers.  They advocate for quality care and services for frail, elderly and disabled Americans. Their mission is to improve service and administration of nursing homes. www.ahcancal.org

California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR): A statewide nonprofit 501(c)(3) advocacy organization, is committed to improving the choices, care and quality of life for long term care patients. Their mission is to educate and support consumers and advocates regarding their legal rights and be a voice long term care reform and humane alternatives to institutionalization.  www.canhr.org/

The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long Term Care (NCCNHR):  Formerly the National Citizens’ Coalition for Nursing Home Reform, NCCNHR is a national nonprofit organization of consumers and advocates dedicated to improving care for residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.  www.nccnhr.org/

Long-Term Care Ombudsman: An ombudsman is an advocate for residents of nursing homes, board and care homes and assisted living facilities. They provide information about how to find a facility and what to do to get quality care. Under the federal Older Americans Act, every state is required to have an Ombudsman Program that addresses complaints and advocates for improvements in the long-term care system. To locate state agencies and citizen advocacy groups by state:  http://www.ltcombudsman.org/ombudsman

To find additional U.S. government information regarding senior consumers, go to http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Seniors/Consumer.shtml

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Text from Obama’s Healthcare Speech That Addresses Seniors

For those of you who missed President Obama’s speech last night, below is the text of the section of the speech addressing seniors.  The speech was delivered on September 9, 2009, in a joint session of the US Congress.

In fact, I want to speak directly to America’s seniors for a moment, because Medicare is another issue that’s been subjected to demagoguery and distortion during the course of this debate.

More than four decades ago, this nation stood up for the principle that after a lifetime of hard work, our seniors should not be left to struggle with a pile of medical bills in their later years. That is how Medicare was born. And it remains a sacred trust that must be passed down from one generation to the next. That is why not a dollar of the Medicare trust fund will be used to pay for this plan.

The only thing this plan would eliminate is the hundreds of billions of dollars in waste and fraud, as well as unwarranted subsidies in Medicare that go to insurance companies – subsidies that do everything to pad their profits and nothing to improve your care. And we will also create an independent commission of doctors and medical experts charged with identifying more waste in the years ahead.

These steps will ensure that you – America’s seniors – get the benefits you’ve been promised. They will ensure that Medicare is there for future generations. And we can use some of the savings to fill the gap in coverage that forces too many seniors to pay thousands of dollars a year out of their own pocket for prescription drugs. That’s what this plan will do for you. So don’t pay attention to those scary stories about how your benefits will be cut – especially since some of the same folks who are spreading these tall tales have fought against Medicare in the past, and just this year supported a budget that would have essentially turned Medicare into a privatized voucher program. That will never happen on my watch. I will protect Medicare.

Now, because Medicare is such a big part of the health care system, making the program more efficient can help usher in changes in the way we deliver health care that can reduce costs for everybody. We have long known that some places, like the Intermountain Healthcare in Utah or the Geisinger Health System in rural Pennsylvania, offer high-quality care at costs below average. The commission can help encourage the adoption of these common-sense best practices by doctors and medical professionals throughout the system – everything from reducing hospital infection rates to encouraging better coordination between teams of doctors.

Reducing the waste and inefficiency in Medicare and Medicaid will pay for most of this plan. Much of the rest would be paid for with revenues from the very same drug and insurance companies that stand to benefit from tens of millions of new customers. This reform will charge insurance companies a fee for their most expensive policies, which will encourage them to provide greater value for the money – an idea which has the support of Democratic and Republican experts. And according to these same experts, this modest change could help hold down the cost of health care for all of us in the long-run.

Now Online: Forum with Daschle, Gingrich and Volunteers of America Discuss Healthcare for Seniors

A few weeks back, I was approached by David Burch, Communications Manager at Volunteers of America.  David was soliciting questions and concerns for a very interesting panel to be held in Washington DC.

Here’s a recap of the event from David:

On Monday, June 8, Volunteers of America hosted a panel discussion at the National Press Club on the future of healthcare and services for seniors in America. More than 400 people joined us for this lively conversation featuring leading healthcare reform advocates Tom Daschle and Newt Gingrich, as well as cultural anthropologist Mary Catherine Bateson and Volunteers of America National President Chuck Gould.

If you were unable to attend, you can watch select clips from “Boomer Bust: From Greatest Generation to Crisis Generation,” as well as video of the entire event, online at http://voa.org/boomerbust. A detailed overview of the event also can be found here.

The panel discussion served to launch Volunteers of America’s new Aging with Options initiative, which aims to transform the way senior care is provided in America by creating new choices, including more access to home care. A conversation with Volunteers of America National President Chuck Gould, in which he discusses his thoughts on the future of health care and services for seniors, can be found at http://voa.org/gouldqanda.

Brief clips highlighting Chuck Gould’s key points are also posted on Volunteers of America’s YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/VolofAmerica.

Looks like a great start to the conversation.  However, I noticed one major omission from this discussion.  While I certainly have the utmost respect for the policy expertise of the panel, I would have liked to have seen some family representation to encourage that side of the debate.

That being said, David graciously accepted my questions and I am happy to have participated.  The clips on the site above are a good summary.


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Introduction: Knotted Friendship Bracelet

Step 1: Cut String

Grab three or four (or more) colors of embroidery floss.
The more colors you choose, the thicker your bracelet will be.

For each color, cut a length of string about 2 to 3 arm lengths long.

Step 2: Tie Loop

Gather all of your strings together.

Find the middle of the strings and fold in half.

Step 3: Tie a Loop

Tie a knot to make a loop.

Make sure your loop is big enough for your strings to go back through later.
This is the loop you'll send your strings back through to tie it onto your wrist when you're finished.

Step 4: Secure It

Slip the loop onto a safety pin. here  have used a pin badge as i could not find my safety pins
Fasten the safety pin to a stable surface.

Tip: To take your project outside or on the road, pin it to your pants/ trousers.

Step 5: Tie Lots of Knots

Gather all but one of your strings together in one hand.
Keep one string off to the side.

Step 6:

 1. Create a loop with your string off to the left side
 2. Pull your string end through the loop.
 3.Pull your string tight.
 4. Holding all of the other strings taught, pull the single string upward until your knot reaches the top.
 5. Repeat steps 1 to 4 over and over again just changing colours each time
for this bracelet I made 5 knots at a time in each color.

Step 7: Tie the Last Knot

Check the length as you go to decide how long you want your bracelet to be.

When you're finished, you can either add a beed and then tie a knot at the end (using all of the strings) or you could just tie a knot.
Leave a few inches of string at the end and cut off the excess.

Step 8: Tie It On

To tie, pull the excess string through the loop and tie a knot.
Enjoy your bracelet


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Introduction: Laser Checkering Gun Stock

No more checkering gun stock by hand, you can now laser engrave a checkered pattern onto the stock, barrel and other areas of a rifle or firearm. Wood, rubber or plastic, these checkered patterns are not only great for a good grip but look beautiful and customized as well!

Step 1: Engraving the Gun Stock

Using the Speedfy 400 laser machine with 100 power and 75 speed we engraved our gun stock.

Remember this can be done with wood, rubber or plastic!

You are so spoiled with all these options.

Step 2: Adding More Detail

Two steps? That's too much (ba dum tss).

We added some text and an image for extra flare but other than that it's that easy to add a checkered design with our laser machine!

Please see our two sample files attached to get you going! (Make sure the laser setting is in "relief" mode when sending the job over to JobControl)

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Introduction: Lotta Cherri Cocktail

This is a sweet cocktail that will send you straight to the shores of a tropical island. Great way to get ready for summer :)

1 part coconut rum
2 part pineapple juice,
2 part 7-up

First take a cocktail glass and fill the bottom with grenadine.

In a cocktail shaker, put your rum, pineapple juice, sprite, and ice.

Shake thoroughly for a few seconds to create foam and to mix it together.

Using a bar spoon, pour the mixed cocktail onto the back of the spoon so that it flows down the sides of the cocktail glass. This will create the defined layered effect.

Garnish with a sliced maraschino cherry and an umbrella. You can already hear the crashing waves!

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Introduction: Make Your Own Leather Baseball Cap!

According to, the first baseball caps came out in the 1800's and were made of straw. However, over the past two centuries baseball caps have evolved into all types and varieties. This Instructable will teach you how to make a leather baseball cap. To begin you will need:

  1. 1-2 oz leather.
  2. Sharp scissors
  3. Sewing machine that can sew through leather
  4. Chalk
  5. Paper
  6. An old baseball cap that you are willing to part with
  7. Thread
  8. Velcro that matches the leather color
  9. Pencil
  10. Seam ripper

Step 1: Making the Pattern

To begin, you will need to disassemble the old hat. Don't just tear it apart. The better shape the pieces are in the better the patterns will be in the end. You will want to salvage the top button and the bill of this old cap for later steps. After finishing disassembling it, iron the pieces flat. With my six panel hat, I saved three of the sides and just made mirror images. Take the old hat pieces and trace onto a piece(s) of paper. Next, cut out your patterns and mark where the pieces will go.

Step 2: Marking and Cutting the Leather Pieces

After making the patterns, trace onto the leather with a pencil. Important: Double check to make sure you're avoiding any blemishes or holes in the leather, and make sure to copy each pattern onto the leather, flip the pattern over, and copy again! Before you cut out the leather, imagine each piece and where it will go making sure it will be cut out correctly. Cut out your leather sections and move on to the next step.

Step 3: Sewing the Back Section of the Cap

To start, take your two back pieces, and lay (non-blemished sides together) them on top of each other so their sides are flush. Pin it, so it won't shift while you sew. Next, sew the side pointed out in the first picture. Unfold. This will be the back section of the cap.

Step 4: Sewing the Sides of the Cap

With the blemished side facing out, lay the side piece of leather onto the back piece that you just made . Pin it, and sew it. Repeat with the other side piece. Unfold it.

Step 5: Sewing the Front Pieces

To add the last two pieces, repeat the last step with the center pieces. Now, turn the hat so you see all the blemished sides and seams(second picture). Fold the piece in half so the blemished sides face out. Pin it, and sew together the front two pieces. Turn it right-side-to. The inside of your hat should now look like the last picture.

Step 6: Adding the Top Button

Guess at the center of your cap. Usually these pieces would click together, however, since these where salvaged form my old hat they refused to go back together. Because of this, I decided to glue them onto the center instead of buying a new button.

Step 7: Making the Bill

Take two 8x5" (this measurement will vary with different types of bills) pieces of leather and pin them together with the blemished side out. Take your bill, flatten it onto the leather, and trace around the cap with your chalk(see third picture). Once you reach the end of the bill insert's arch continue going straight to the end of the leather. Sew along this chalked line. Trim excess leather up to 1/4" away from the seam and turn inside out so the pretty side shows. Next, slide your bill into the pocket. Push it tight into the pocket and pin it. Now sew along the shape of the inside arch holding the bill in tight. Trim excess off, leaving 1/2" for attaching the bill to the cap.

Step 8: Attaching the Bill

This is a tricky step. Make sure the bill is centered. There is a notch in the middle of bill that you should be able to feel. Make sure this is lined up with the front crease of your top. Because the bill is stiff it will be hard to sew, so just start sewing it on. As you work your way around the arch of the bill readjust the leather so it you get a nice even seam across the front of the hat.

Step 9: Adjusting the Cap

Try on the cap. If it is too loose go to the back seam and take some more leather out and resew it. Play around with how much excess leather you have until you are comfortable with it. You can see in the picture that I added some seams until the hat was snug enough.

Step 10: Adding the Back Strap

Take the back strap from your old hat and copy it onto the leather and cut it out. Next, sew the strap into the inside of the back left side of the hat with an anchor of 1.5". Lastly, take a 2" piece of adhesive Velcro that matches your leather and sew it to the strap. Now sew a 2" piece of Velcro to the back of the hat. Adjust to your level of desired tightness.

Step 11: Finished!

Now you can go show of your full-grain leather baseball cap to all your friends! Enjoy!

Feel free to comment with constructive suggestions on how I can improve or modify this hat!

If you liked this Instructable please consider voting for me in the Tandy Leather Contest! Thanks!

Penolopy Bulnick made it! (author)2016-09-08

Nice construction!

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Introduction: Mentos and Coke With "Geyser Tube"

This is great fun with friends and family.  It never seems to get old!

Step 1: Materials

    2 liter of diet soda (any soda will work but diet doesn't leave a sticky mess behind)
    Safety goggles
    Geyser tube* (sold at stores or at

*Optional geyser tube is recommended but not needed.  The tube allows for a high spray of the soda in a narrow flow.  Also you have less of a chance to get drenched with the soda!  If you use the "geyser tube", please follow directions on the packaging.

Step 2: Procedure Without Geyser Tube

Procedure Without "Geyser Tube"

    Find a flat surface
    Put on safety glasses to protect eyes
    Open diet soda and place on flat surface.
    Open up mentos container
    Insert mentos into bottle
    Move away quickly

Step 3: Procedure With Geyser Tube

Procedure Using "Geyser Tube"

     Find a flat surface
     Put on safety glasses
     Open diet soda and place on flat surface
     Secure tube on to bottle
     Insert pin to stop mentos from falling
     Remove top of tube
     Place around seven mentos into tube
     Replace top of tube
     Gently move back with string in hand (string is connected to pin)
     Pull string to release pin
     Stand back and enjoy the show

Step 4: The Science

The Science

The mentos has tiny indents all over its surface. These are called nucleation sites. Carbon dioxide from the soda build up in these spots, forming bubbles.  The mentos sinks and the the bubbles rise.  What is in the way of the bubbles?  Liquid.  The bubbles rising to the top force the liquid out the bottle in an awesome eruption!  Now would this be a chemical reaction?  Why or why not?

luna0221 made it! (author)2016-05-04

cool this will help with my science project

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EU to provide €1.8bn extra funds for foundering Ukraine

By bne IntelliNews January 9, 2015

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The EU will provide €1.8bn in macroeconomic assistance to default-threatened Ukraine, the European Commission announced on January 8. But the move might not be enough to save Ukraine from a sovereign default.

The loan comes one day after a call by veteran financier George Soros for the EU to find €50bn for Ukraine, and a plea by Ukraine's prime minister, Arseny Yatsenyuk, to German TV viewers for funds to help "Ukraine defend Europe."

The move is the EU's first direct acknowledgement that Ukraine is facing financial collapse, with the funds intended to help "with the critical challenges the country is facing, such as a weak balance of payments and fiscal situation," according to a statement by the Commission.

"Ukraine is not alone... The European Union has provided unprecedented financial support and today's proposal proves that we are ready to continue providing that support," European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said.

But the new funds fall far short not only of the €50bn demanded by Soros, but even of the €15bn extra funding that many believe Ukraine needs to stave off default. "The country is estimated to require around $15 billion of additional financial assistance in 2015, on top of the funds envisaged in the already approved $27 billion financial aid package [from the International Monetary Fund]," analysts at private equity outfit SigmaBleyzer wrote in a report on December 8. "If this financing is not secured, the country risks facing a full-scale financial crisis."

The decision to provide the extra funds to Ukraine has to be approved unanimously by EU member states, which could slow the process given the current political uncertainty in Greece. The funds are also conditional on the IMF's resumption of its funding for Ukraine, which is in turn conditional on Ukraine adopting stiff reforms, such as eliminating energy subsidies.

According to SigmaBleyzer, the ongoing devaluation pressure on Ukraine's hryvnia has nixed previous attempts to eliminate energy subsidies by hiking domestic tariffs on gas supplied to the population and utilities, since Ukraine pays for its gas imports in hard currency.

The government announced another gas price hike on January 5, but devaluation now means that to fully eliminate energy subsidies, the government would have to hike the price paid by households fourfold in 2015. "So far, the government has not officially announced such move, which is likely to be extremely unpopular," says SigmaBleyzer, predicting that around half of Ukrainian households would then qualify for financial assistance from the budget to pay utility bills.

The IMF is also likely to demand changes to Ukraine's budget, which was passed at 5:00am on December 29 in an emergency sitting, with MPs reporting that they had not been provided with a copy of the law. Full details of the law only emerged when it was published in the government announcer on December 31. "[G]iven that the budget has significant risks, negotiations may not be easy," says SigmaBleyzer.

But the EU funding decision, in combination with decisions by international lenders on smaller investments in Ukrainian infrastructure in late December and January, including $0.5bn in loan guarantees provided by Germany on January 8, does at least show the West is still backing Ukraine, providing an important signal to the markets, which rallied on the EU announcement. "With a billion or two from the US, and maybe $6-7bn more from the IMF, the hope is that something close to $10-15bn can be delivered to beef up the existing $17bn IMF program," writes Standard Bank analyst Tim Ash.

According to SigmaBleyzer, Ukraine now needs fast disbursal of around $5bn in IMF funding, to provide an airbag in the event of a Russian demand for early repayment of a Ukraine's $3bn two-year Eurobond that the Kremlin bought in December 2013. "If these assumptions do not materialize, Ukraine may face a severe financial crisis in 2015," it warns.

Russia has said that it would not demand early repayment of the bond in the likely case that Ukraine's sovereign debt exceeds 60% of GDP, breaching the terms of the loan and possibly triggering a cross-default on other Ukrainian debt. But no one takes the Kremlin at its word after the events of 2014. "Unless Russia can be persuaded to take a back seat over Ukraine, any amount of Western financing will simply not work," Ash concludes gloomily.

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Turkish business confidence continues to fall in November

By bne IntelliNews November 24, 2014

The business confidence index fell for a second month in a row in November, data from the Central Bank showed on November 24.

The index declined sharply to 102.7 in November from 106.9 in October, its second lowest level this year with six of the eight sub-indices posting declines. The seasonally-adjusted sentiment index dropped to 108.4 in November from 109.8 in the previous month.

The current orders index fell from 100.1 to 98, production index (next three months) declined to 110.1 from 118.5 while total orders (past three months) fell sharply to 100.8 from 115.6. The export orders index (next three months) fell 8.1% m/m to 109.2. There were two indices that rose in the month. Businesses’ assessments of the economic outlook improved as the related index advanced 5% m/m to 101.3 and the fix capital investment index rose to 108.4 from 105.2 in October.

A separate survey by the statistics institute (TUIK) showed on November 24 that business sentiment in the retail and construction industries improved in November while sentiment deteriorated in the service industry.

The seasonally-adjusted service sector confidence index was down 2% m/m in November, after declining 1.2% m/m in October. The sub-index measuring demand for services in the past three months declined 3.3% m/m in the month, after a 0.6% m/m decline in October.

The seasonally-adjusted retail industry confidence index rose 0.6% m/m that compared favourably with a 0.3% m/m rise in October. The survey also showed that retail companies expect sales conditions to improve in the next three-month, while they reported that their inventories declined in the month but sales have deteriorated in the past three months.

Confidence in the construction sector also improved in November. The seasonally-adjusted construction industry confidence index rose 1.4% m/m, after declining 2.4% m/m in October. The sub-index measuring the level of current orders posted a 0.3% m/m increase in the month, after the corresponding index declined 1.8% m/m in October.

  2 0 1 3 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014
  Dec Q1 Q2 Q3 Oct Nov
Reel Sector Confidence Index 102.1 108.6 110.7 107.6 106.9 102.7
Total amount of orders (Current situation) 91.0 89.1 91.4 89.1 91.8 88.7
Amount of stocks of finished goods (Current situation) 94.2 96.7 95.1 96.4 100.1 98.0
Volume of output (Next 3 months) 99.8 135.0 126.2 124.1 118.5 110.1
Total employment (Next 3 months) 104.4 113.7 117.6 111.2 108.8 104.7
Total amount of orders (Past 3 months) 110.3 104.4 118.4 106.9 115.6 100.8
Export orders (Next 3 months) 108.3 133.9 124.1 125.0 118.8 109.2
Fixed investment expenditure  110.4 105.4 108.0 106.9 105.2 108.4
General business situation 98.6 90.8 104.9 100.8 96.6 101.3
Source: tcmb

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What does Mardi Gras Represent?

Mardi Gras means Fat Tuesday and is celebrated right before Lent. In the Catholic society people of the Catholic faith give up something for Lent, it may be an activity or food or something of the flesh. Mardi Gras is just that….It is a time of giving up of your flesh and rely on your spirit to get thorough it.


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A cancer-battling bride yesterday fulfilled her final wish to marry her fiance of 17 years.

Loved-up Christine Gibbons, 38, and Vincent Callaghan, 43, tied the knot at a bitter sweet ceremony in St Francis Xavier’s Church in the capital’s Gardiner Street.

Christine, from Dorset Street, has been bravely battling the killer disease but was devastatingly told by doctors in December that it is terminal.

But the beautiful bride was beaming yesterday as she said ‘I Do’ at 2pm, followed by a drinks reception at the plush Mansion House.

She told the Irish Mirror following the nuptials: “It was a beautiful ceremony. I’ve always wanted to get married since I was younger. After 20 years together it’s about time.

“I wouldn’t care if I was getting married in a barn.”

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Her loving new husband Vincent added: “It was a great ceremony. We really appreciate it, we’re delighted.”

A kind-hearted group of local community representatives launched a campaign in January to give their neighbour her dream wedding.

And the couple was blown away by the generosity of local businesses.

Everything from the stunning dresses and suits, hair and make-up, horse and carriage, white doves, rings, cake, photographer, DJ and decorations were given free of charge.

Dublin Lord Mayor Christy Burke offered the wedding party the use of the luxurious Mansion House for a drinks reception and first dance.

Around 80 guests then sat down to a four-course turkey and ham meal at their local pub.

The blushing bride danced with her dad to the song ‘Your Wedding Day’ by Jimmy Buckley.

Christine Gibbons and Vincent Callaghan during their wedding at St Francis Xavier's Church, Dublin

And groom Vincent, who is a karaoke lover, sang ‘If Tomorrow Never Comes’ by his idol Garth Brooks.

The Irish Mirror sat down with the loved-up couple a few weeks ago ahead of their big day.

Dubs Christine and Vincent ‘Vinny’ met 20 years ago after being introduced by Christine’s younger brother and have been inseparable since.

Vincent proposed to Christine on her 21st birthday.

Christine gushed: “I know this sounds corny but I knew when I met him that he was the one, I don’t know what it was, I just knew.

“I could tell him anything. He’s like a male version of me and I’m like a female version of him.”

Vincent, a chef, said Christine’s beauty first attracted him to her: “I could tell her anything... and of course she was gorgeous.”

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Christine has never travelled outside of Ireland for a holiday but they plan to go to Roscommon for their honeymoon.

Christine added: “If there is anything left over from the wedding it will be donated to a cancer charity because I have cancer and so many people know someone with cancer.

“I’m overwhelmed by the generosity, people that don’t even know me donated.”

Local community representative for Dominick Street Lower, Gerry Carney, said the campaign to organise Christine’s dream wedding demonstrated the wonderful community spirit in the area.

He said: “We want to thank every single person who donated and helped out. It was a combined effort with the whole group.”