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In October 2011 we published a blog post about Heather Von St James, an asbestos cancer surviving mum and kick-ass inspiration!
We’re happy to now share a video that Heather has put on her site about her story and how she has dealt with her diagnosis and what she does to stay positive and lead a normal lifeas much as possible for the sake of her family and daughter.
You can also read our original post here.
View Heather’s video here;
With the rapid development in health and medicine, it has now become possible for people to be able to choose the gender of their baby, should they really be keen on gender selection. New advances in this field are not only offering couples the choice of gender selection, but the modern procedures such as this one are guaranteeing near 100% accurate results. With this choice on offer, should we now consider selecting the gender of our babies an acceptable option? Should we disassociate ourselves from the stigma attached with such services?
For many, this question is an un-comfortable one. A lot of people around the world argue that the conception process should be natural and the pregnancy should be left to take its course without any outside intervention. But there may be situations where circumstances may warrant the use of the treatment. For example, couples may have a legitimate reason to undergo the treatment to balance their family.
There are also those that are subjected to extreme cultural pressures to have a boy. In very extreme cases, many of these cases end up aborting a child of the “wrong” gender. Would it not be better for these couples to be offered the gender selection treatment? Even if the child of the un-preferred gender is not aborted and brought into this world, there is a chance that the remainder of his/ her life may not be ideal because he/ she was not perfect child the couple wanted.
Serious consideration should be given to these types of issues before waging the “ethical” debate about gender selection. The treatment can be used to have a positive effect on families that may otherwise have suffered from issues such as those highlighted above.
Here are 6 tips to get you the best exchange rate, when you relocate to Spain.
1. Compare the exchange rate from your bank with that from a foreign exchange broker.
This is because foreign exchange brokers provide exchange rates up to 4.0% better than the banks, which on a large transfer will give you hundreds if not thousands of euros more.
2. Research the exchange rate as soon as you know you’ll need your money in Spain.
This is because, the sooner you begin to research, the bigger the window you leave yourself to get a good exchange rate.
By contrast, if you leave exchanging currencies to the last minute, you’ll be stuck with whatever exchange rate is available, even if it’s bad.
3. Set reasonable expectations about the exchange rate you want.
After all, it’s no good wanting to exchange pounds for euros at 1.50, if that rate will never arrive.
Instead, speak to your currency dealer to get a sense of what exchange rate is reasonable to expect.
4. If a good exchange rate becomes available, take it.
This is because the foreign exchange market is highly volatile.
For example, if you see the exchange rate is climbing, and decide to see how high it goes, it could fall within a matter of minutes, meaning you lose out.
Instead then, it’s better to take a good exchange rate, the moment it becomes available.
5. Check the exchange rate with Google.
To find out if the exchange rate is good, you can check with Google.
Just enter “GBPEUR” into the search bar, and it will return the latest pound to euro exchange rate, as well as a graph telling you how it’s performed recently.
6. Lock in your exchange rate with a forward contract.
If you like the current exchange rate, but don’t yet need to transfer your money to Spain, you can lock in the exchange rate with a forward contract.
What this means is, when you later decide to transfer your money, you still get that good exchange rate, regardless of what’s happened on the foreign exchange market in the meantime.
Find out more about how to get the best exchange rate
To find out more about how to get the best exchange rate, visit us at foreign exchange broker Pure FX.
We’d be delighted to tell you how you can get the highest possible euro total.
Author: Peter Lavelle
