Hello everybody, welcome to my channel. It's Eva from Bohemian Crafting and today I'm coming to share video These two journalists I hope you have some coffee tea or some kind of refreshment You are sitting down nicely and you are relaxing because this will be probably a long video be prepared I would like to show you everything much more closely than the usual way like just flipping the pages And I hope you will enjoy it. I started to use the stumps. I had in my drawers for many years But I didn't use them. If you are on my Instagram you already saw photos of these two journals So today I would like to share with you my gorgeous girls journal and it looks like this. I do have tutorial for base of this journal and For like putting journal together including those gorgeous girls, but there is not tutorial how I made those Layers with gorgeous girls. There is tutorial or on everything else Just not that gorgeous girls layout, but I'm explaining in the tutorial kind of I think every every Important things and I will show you here also those important things which makes me to Work with those stumps and this one was continuing here. I haven't used gorgeous girls. I used beautiful those beautiful images with Old cars with vintage cars, but those backgrounds. They are gorgeous girls stumps That's a bill that I will show you later. So I'm gonna start with gorgeous girls. I choose us a main color this turquoise or Mint maybe and Those images they are from my stuff. They are only on patreon. I share them with my patreon's I Made them myself to match it all together Because I did colorate my girls myself with my inks and with my pencils and with Sharpies it's kind of like mix all together and This is how the cover looks like I made those cover squads simple here I put those eyelets to those corners. I made same on the back cover Here on back cover. I've got small pocket and here on the front cover. I've got this small frame so some photo can be put in there and I use those brass Corners and same color of eyelets because this is I think that that is totally not I think I know that is my total favorite So when we open this journal You've got here this opening and in this journal. I didn't use just gorgeous stumps. I used kind of mix of few different Companies it's gorgeous girls from Santoro then many stumps from Tim Holtz Then stumps from Teresa Collins and Haiti swap. I think that's all if I will see some another stump I will mention it. So here I think it's Teresa Collins. I think it's Teresa Collins Yeah, I think so and when I open it I've got here these are I Don't remember these these are some different company. I don't remember that but I do Stumps mix here and there and I've got pocket here another pocket is here and Pocket here and one more pocket. It's here behind a bit between cover and this page and there I have this picture and Here with this gorgeous girl. I'm gonna go a little bit closer because I would like to share with you How I felt in love with gorgeous girls stumps not just with those girls which are really cute But with that other stuff I had in in that collection always So what do you see around the the girl? It's it was in in in the pack with her So there was this label There was this label behind and there was also this circle with this girl and I really love those stumps. I Decided to make a layers so I Stumped the image a few times and then I cut here the frame and I glue it on on That stamped image which I called it first and that around frame I used on Other image just gonna have a look where is it? There you are up there you are and that Outside frame when I cut this inside the brown frame so that outside image I Stamped again full stamp and then I put that outside image here on the top So I made this layer and I really love how how it looks like how Beautiful these stumps looks when you make those layers and I used same technique on those corners that I Stumped first full that image and then I stopped the corners only Four times and I cut out those corners was like two layers one bigger one smaller so I cut out those smaller corners with glued them on the top and I used lots of Rusty effect in this journal and here you can see Tim holds stamp and Behind that gorgeous kill I've got pocket and I've got many questions. Oh, I did call it my girls. So I used pencils I've got My collections of pencils from Kohinor that's company which I know for all my life. They are one of the oldest Stationary companies in the world. I think definitely in the Europe They are I had to open Wikipedia because I didn't remember exactly so they They haven't been established in 1790 and it's It was established by Joseph Hartmuth. He was Austrian in where in venture paint Businessmen he did so many things and he was really good in that and that company is based in Czech Republic in my Homeland and that's why I know this company for many many signs. I was small science I was not born but small because I always use them They are perfect. They are just wonderful. So I do have my collection here There are tests supplies and I have to say that they are really cool because They are not too hard They can be mixed a little bit with water and they are still working really well They can you can make shadow with them. They are just perfect So I used my pencils from and I found them on Amazon. That was big surprise I found them here in England on Amazon. That was amazing big surprise for me That's why I swap it from those other pencils. I had here to Kohinor because I know Kohinor So I used Kohinor for Coloring the gorgeous girls and I got many questions how I made that a vintage look on on them So after I color it the girls I use just Distress ink and with my distress tool I distressed all that Like around her all those edges so you can see they are a little bit darker So all edges around her I distressed with T-dye distress ink. That was All secret how I made this vintage look and when I open it I've got here writing space another writing space is here and I do have Here at the front. I've got few large pocket. It's pocket all the way down there and I've got that this That's so another space for writing This journal has really a lot of space for writing So when we flip it over we've got pocket here And I've got that this Epimera and this beautiful picture and We have mini pocket here with mini tuck from my collage sheet and then embossed piece Here beautiful embossed piece and we can open it and Again Tim holds stamp Tim holds stamp this I don't remember the name of these stumps and we can open this one So it's space for writing here and here and another girl I've got on this and this was quite challenging to color her her dress so I stamped her twice And I cut out I need to zoom it. I'm sorry. I need to zoom it. Sorry for that shaking I need to cut out her dress and color the dress on the side and then glued that dress on my girl Because it wasn't easy, you know, she's got here her hands and I just didn't get there properly Here you can see another example of a gorgeous girls stump and I made again layer I stamp it twice. I cut out that inside that will be somewhere else and I glued here just that outside frame and this That the background those two papers this blue one or blue one and that top one. This is also Sorry, my camera doesn't zoom so that blue paper and this white paper with those corners This is also from gorgeous girls stumps And I do have pocket behind I've got small pocket here with this tag I've got My collage paper or flash tag here with this epimera and again large pocket all the way down there with another And I think yeah, I do have pocket pocket here as well. Do I then I do have their mini tag That I forgot so when we open it here. I've got this beautiful girl. Why is my camera doesn't zooming? So we have this gorgeous girl and as you can see I've got here again Tim Holtz stamp These are French stumps and I forgot the name of that company Maybe someone from France will know the name of that company. You can write it down and that frame again gorgeous girls stump and I've got this epimera inside my collage Tuck and this one and I've got pocket behind that With this epimera and another collage tag and again pocket all the way down there So that's here on this page and here we have This opening and this opening so you've got writing spot here some stamping and this and And it's pocket here and this one if you do remember I'm not gonna open it. I think it's a small surprise It's kind of belong to those gorgeous girls from my my point of view. I'm not gonna open it. That's for a new owner like small surprise So if you do remember this envelope that I think two years ago I shared on uh independence day the collection with The blue red and yeah blue red and white color kind of like mixed small folder. So that it's from there So another page looks like this again a layering of the stumps like this Small tuck here. I used Tim Holtz a stump inside again zoom. I'm sorry And I did fussy cut out even those small hearts. I was so surprised that I don't mind this time so And here it's another example that frame I'm not sure if you will see that that that oval frame underneath. It's from two layers as well and I stamp it twice. I cut out that inside that inside. I do have here like mini tuck And that outside I glued around like a frame And another my gorgeous kills sorry for zooming gorgeous kill These are dies from LDR. I will put name down below Beautiful dies and this is Tim Holtz that embossing and cutting Cutting and embossing folder that strip I will try to put names of all the supplies I used down below so you can have a look I do have pocket here another pocket. It's behind. No, it's from this side. Yeah, good It's from this side. We will get that So I've got that this small mini tuck and this one It's in this pocket and again a large pocket behind When we flip it over I've got pocket here with A Rolex card. I think it's called a Rolex card And this is from well together. This is on my Etsy collection In blue and red and this is from that collection also these tacks are from that collection those red ones So I kind of mix it together So this Rolex card, it's from that collection. This I shared just with my patreons. There was a Pemeris Which I add to this journal and here I do have small writing spot Another writing spot. I've got here and here you can see another Tim Holtz stamps I used These are those fadded types or fadded phones I don't remember the names, but I will try to put everything down below Here we've got another lady and as you can see Totally inspired by you know Tim Holtz makers because I love that team those creators those designers are amazing I always get from them so much inspiration They are always using on those paper dolls on Tim Holtz paper dolls. They are using many times those wings So inspired by that, this is by the way Tim Holtz stamp. This is Tim Holtz stamp So I really mixed that so many times So inspired by that I stamped this butterfly twice Once I stamp it to the frame and cut it around and here I stamp it on a book page And then color it with I think broken china It was that ink and I glue it on that girl on the back on her back So this is how it looks like and again From another that gorgeous collection these two layers that frame around And it's pocket behind And again large pocket here with another tag opening tag And I do yeah, I do have pocket here as well from this side that's I forgot When I flip it over I've got another beautiful girl here On this side we have pocket here with photo another Rolex card And opening here and here So kind of beautiful nice space for writing this frame. It's also like shaker card That first one wasn't but with this one.  It's collection of beautiful dives So I will put the name of those dyes down below. I do have pocket in that In this in this frame And I think I forgot to show you one more pocket on that first frame From mistaken. Oh, I am mistaken. There is just one pocket. Okay That is in that second journal. I've got again large pocket Over there with envelope It's that large full size pocket It's there pocket in this frame pocket behind that frame and my beautiful lady here This is Tim Holtz stamp This is from stamps. I think it's who I don't remember This is for planners, you know those mini planners stamps. So it's from that collection So I really mixed that and again I made layer on that frame And here we've got another lady opening here If you want to open this one, you have to pull off this one It's from gorgeous girls stamp as well. I mean that circle. This is from french collection So we have opening again Rolled X card again. This is just here is Slide it down and you've got nice writing spice again Tim Holtz stamp This is Haiti swap, I think and that frame around it's dog graft So I really mixed and much all kind of my stamps And I'm happy I am using them here embossing folder. This is embossing folder from Daris. I love their their embossing folders And here you can see that inside frame what I showed you before on that red label here Where I put out that inside frame So here is it place space where I place it and another girl And I do cut pocket here Opening so beautiful space for writing again a large pocket here And I do have pocket here and opening So there is nice space for writing and I've got again embossing paper these Vintage adverts this beautiful. This is picture of library In some university. I forgot the name of that university But I really like that picture And we are going to page section. So I made my background papers Myself all those coloring That was made by me I used that Braille technique and I stamped many times. I need to zoom it again I'm sorry. My camera just struggled today. It's like me I haven't feel good today so much. I think it's something in the air So all kind of stamping stenciling All kind of coloring And as you can see I used so many stamps on these mini tags They are mostly from Tim Holtz those teeny Teeny text. I think it's called teeny text. So openings And another Stumping here we've got opening here pocket here is pocket as well Opening and opening. So there is a lots of space for writing Here is opening And here is opening And many pockets literally many pockets And we have we have pocket here And this is a last one. So this is my gorgeous gills journal And now I'm going to move to this. I'm going to call that unisex journal But I tried to make it the way where it will be kind of like unisex It's probably more for women, but I tried to keep it kind of like Yeah, like unisex. So for the cover I choose this simple Decoration just small layout At the base I made in a like distressed black black color And it's totally totally inspired by those old cars and I did enjoy to make this journal so much The inside those Basic pages are made exactly same. I just mixed and matched them a little bit different way than it's in that gorgeous gills journal So you will see that that those pockets are more spread between pages So here at the front we've got again The pocket and I've got there some appameras and here I used The team holds I'm gonna try to zoom it properly. I think my camera My camera struggle today So here at the front I've got that team holds Paper doll and I try to you know to color it the same way Or to match it same Yeah, sorry to the same shade Yeah of the of the red color And I'm using the pocket sleeve behind that lady As a holder for this stack another pocket we have here And again in this journal I used mix of stamps team holds tereza Collins team holds There is mix of of another companies with stamps I think after I saw Marley's channel and her amazing art You know while I'm watching her videos, I feel more calm and comfortable with stamps. I'm not Perfect yet, but I'm getting there and it helps me so much to watch marley because she is awesome with stamps for her it's like It's probably like for me to fault any kind of faults and You know the put the base of book together I don't have any kind of I'm always very comfortable to put the bases together put the pockets together But when it comes about stamps, I'm I think I do have heavy hand. That's why I'm not too much comfortable yet I'm always kind of pushing too much and then those stamps are spreading So when I'm watching marley, it helps me so much So after I went there I went to that I pull out my stamps and I tried and I'm so happy I did because I found how many beautiful stamps I have Which I didn't use too much and it's so shame So we've got these two tacks. They are like pockets for another Epimeras I've got here this opening And again, I made my basic papers with Brear and stamps and I mix it Together we've got small pocket here And I do have opening here and in this journal I used so many quotes Because I do love quotes and I was thinking that it will be nice to you know to open some page and hey Here is quote and maybe at that time it will make me happy. So I'm gonna zoom And here you can see I am mixed again the gorgeous gills I think this is from team holds that background Here I do have around the The team holds stamps. I do have pocket here For tacks and in this journal I use those beautiful beautiful paintings of vintage cars You can find these images on a Pinterest. There is so many of them and I really love them So that's why I use them here I've got this Epimera here and also this small envelope in the pocket behind and Again in this journal are full size pockets. I'm gonna zoom a little bit again And full size pocket and in this journal I made few Like collage tacks and I did use those team holds paper dolls And this is first one always one side. It's collage. It is my collage and for that It's team holds team. I mean those designers also Margaret Miller. I love to watch her or to go to her block and to see her amazing collages They are so gorgeous and now More sedic- sedic- sedic- sediction I have her I'm subscribed or I am following her on on instagram and I do love her collages as well She's awesome. Both of these ladies are amazing with collages So they are kind of like my inspiration to go there to try some different styles So Margaret Miller and more sedictions Probably I'm saying that wrong. I will try to put links for these two instagrams down below. Go to have a look if you like Pardon me. If you like collaging go to have a look. They are amazing really amazing So this is my first stack and When we flip it over I've got here this layout And again are we zoom Hopefully yes, again, I do have some openings like this And like this some pockets Like this so lots of mini spaces for writing and also lots of another pockets For holding and here is pocket for holding some kind of epimeras. I've got pocket behind And here we've got another Stump from gorgeous gills and I did the layer again I'm gonna go a little bit closer and zoom again So I did the layer again And I used quite a lot of rusty effect Because I wanted to card like pop up that car in the Pocket here. I've got a beautiful. This is postcard So I've got that beautiful postcard here Go go go and I've got there also that mini tag And there is again that large pocket down there and I do have there This stack I'm gonna zoom again just in case my camera. It's struggle today. So this is my another layer my another collaging and I think yeah I do have another pocket for this frame and it's from the opposite side. So this is another page of my unisex journal We have opening here. We have opening here. So another space for writing and these are made like Pockets so something can be slide in there And I do have small pocket also here So pocket there and as you can see I do have here another quote And another car. So I'm gonna slide that car there And I've got in this journal more um more of check epimeras from my homeland And we've got this epimera And here I do have another that gorgeous girls frame stamped Tim holds gorgeous girls. So I'm telling you I try to mix and match all kinds of them This is tereza Collins or Oh now. I'm not sure tereza Collins or hey this swap. I think tereza Collins So I'm mixing everything And I think I do have Do I Or maybe I'm mistaken that I made two pockets in the frame probably I'm mistaken. So we have another that postcard and here in this pocket I do have this tag And I have to say I really did enjoy it So when I flip it over and I've got this spread so another check epimera And the lifting up so I can open it this way I can open it this way and we have space for writing We have small like slide spot and we have pocket here another quote Epimera and epimera And here I can open it this way and we've got beautiful writing spot writing page I've got pocket here With another postcard And this epimera and when I flip it over I've got here Another layer and post pocket and another of these beautiful cars. I just You know when I see these images, I'm sorry for that shaking. I have to zoom it manually and it's just Just annoying. So when I see these images of those cars Oh, I wish to be at that time where On the roads was just these cars and I will be like, wow, I want to have that one as well And all of them all of these cars you can see in this journal. They are Check production cars. They are Skoda Tatra And I don't remember all those names, but they are from Czech Republic And I do have pocket here again. You can see the gorgeous gills Team holds team holds gorgeous gills Gorgeous gills team holds I think that frame is gorgeous gills This is Pinterest I need to point it. I've got here this roll down Like mini tag and this is opening page and here I do have also like space for tag But it's more for writing and I do have another large tag In this pocket and I think I just got stuck there Oh, come on. Come on. Oh, yeah The leg the shoe Here I'm gonna cut her leg. I don't cut her feet. So this is my another layer On large stack in this pocket When I flip it over, I've got this layout So I've got These are circles I shared a long time ago as a freebie I will try to find the link for that video Where I shared those those Those circles, but it's a long time ago. I actually don't remember I will try to find that link for that video where I shared those mini tags or mini circles And I do have here again the quote. It can be opened this way. So my small layering And it can be opened this way And I do have again pocket with quote with some epimeras Is it zoomed? Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I didn't notice. So we have opening here I'm just gonna quickly And here Just simple and pocket here with quote Sorry for that. I didn't notice my camera can Just struggle And I forgot to mention this one that was in the gorgeous girls as well And if you notice there was a wish list and this is actually christmas stump So there is a wish list and here small Note like dear santa something.  So I'm telling you Go to have a look to your stuff Because mixing all these companies together It can be so surprising Like how well they are going together or how how amazing way They are working together all these stumps and Washi tapes and pictures. It's just amazing And I do have pocket behind. Yes, I do have pocket here And pocket behind and that large pocket I'm talking too much and then I'm forgetting what I should say. So we've got this spread here. I've got opening here Opening here again small layout quote and writing space And I do have pocket here with some epimeras And here I do have this layout Are we zoomed? Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't notice. I hope we are all the time. So I've got here this pocket, it's here and I've got Flip it this way So we have writing spot or writing space And when I flip it this way We have these two tags For writing or for decorating with mini pockets here And this one I made with leftovers I Put that just acetate piece and I did stumped this is Haiti swap stamp. These are some french stumps. I don't remember the company team holds gorgeous girls team holds Pinterest And here I've got some epimeras That's in this pocket and it's again opening and I do have pocket here as well And when we flip it over We have this spread So I've got two tags for writing. I do have opening page Opening page And again mini pockets here And I do have pocket here and in that pocket. This is I think I didn't share this with my patreons yet. I'm not sure Uh, I start to share my collection of vintage vintage postcards with my patreons. So there There are collections With postcard and some kind of holder. This is one of these. I'm not sure if I already shot this one I'm really not sure but I did share already some of them and I'm gonna continue So this is small folder with beautiful vintage postcards with mini pockets Tickets and another beautiful vintage postcard And it's pocket behind For some small notes. So that's this one And I decorated again with stumps and these are Oh I don't remember the name I think this is Studio light Studio light stumps I will have to have a look if I will find the names you will have all these names down below or links Which I will find they will be in this that description box So here we have another pocket space for writing Here we've got another pocket with tag, but this time I try to make that layer on my acetate sheet Or or acetate pocket. So this is like a pocket something can be put inside And I wanted to try if there is any chance that I can make like double sided acetate tag And by that I mean that no matter from which side you will have a look on that acetate tag You will always see nice spread So from this side, we've got these beautiful ladies with some background And when you flip it over We've got this one We've got layer of some cold ticket and colors, which are kind of matching and I also try to stamp those paper doilies and I use those team holds fudded fudded Sorry for that fudded fonts To stamp my paper doilies I should use a little bit darker color. I think it's still bright But I really like this this look that no matter from which side I will have a look You will still see something interesting no wide background So that's that's what I was trying to do on this one It was you know to count to think properly what I want to see there But it was lots of fun to create it. I have to say So that's my gills here and we have this Last page in my journal. So we have pocket here with some ephemeras and again with a vintage postcard We've got opening here mini tag or mini pocket We've got opening here mini pocket here And two tags With mini pockets here, which are holding last opening in my journal So this is my sharing for today and I do have also a pocket here, which I totally forgot I've got that So this is my sharing for today. I hope you did enjoy it. I hope you found some inspiration in those two journals I have to say I really enjoyed to make them I I was so surprised how beautiful stumps I do have in my stuff and kind of I felt like A shame that I why I didn't use them If I do have them and they do such a gorgeous embellishments in my journals. Really beautiful. I'm so surprised with those girls They do look so cool very cute and really so cool in that vintage vibe because always when I see gorgeous girls, they are kind of like Need No, not I I can't find the right word Like too clean I'm not sure how to name it But they're always so cute, but like too clean. I think I'm not sure the right word But in that vintage style, I think they just got another level So I'm happy I used them. So this is my sharing for today. Thank you so so much for sharing your time with me today It was quite a long time. So I do appreciate that very much I hope you found some inspiration I hope you will Try your stuff you will dig in your drawers and pull out Anything you can and try to mix and match it together because I'm telling you I'm so happy all my stumps are going well Really together Going together really well So thank you so much for visiting me today. Have a beautiful day. Take care about yourself and I will see you soon. Bye


Tlo what's pop? We are on twitch. We are live by the time you see is we will not be live So just leave a like comment subscribe turn on post notification bells Let's continue to grow the family from Chicago to the UK. I mean if you feel like you've missed any conversations in between these Reactions that be happening on the live. They'll be here They'll let one live YouTube channel link down below Don't forget we got the patreon Link below. This is where we got stuff that we can't watch on YouTube and this is the discord link down below Don't let don't let this blank screen fool you it's bossing over here, too This is Gabe Morrison Gabe Morrison West Croydon La Benelé de Londres Londres This is four months ago Wow Yeah, yeah, we're back It's been a long time to start. Can you introduce yourself? Yeah, what's going on? Man, it's Jojo. You get me Jojo 100 back here shout out gab man link me again You get me. You know where we are man. We're just in the CR right now We're just in the old right now man. We're in Croydon right now. You get me trenches man. Oh wait I thought that was a Y'all know who he looked like? He looked like a dude that do the chicken shop reviews With the chicken My bad When did you start the music?  Um, I released a couple videos, you know, I released the public back to back I released a couple videos me and I but you know what some videos got taken off YouTube, bro Mandate that man deleted them off YouTube. Do you feel me? Recently, I dropped ic3 borough ic3 borough They're currently on the YouTube right now borrows on my YouTube channel ic3 on jarem daily, but yeah, man We're just working Let's get negative I don't know what kind of of credon is it? Oh, where we are now? Yeah, this is West credon you get me Can you explain what is credon? Is it a borough of London? Is it another city? What is this? Credon's a borough But it's a town as well you get me but it's a borough really you feel me like there's like what I think it's one of the biggest boroughs in London bro you get me this is fat you get me but yeah man I'm from like the center credon where everyone's going on the high streets literally just down there The high streets all the way Down there you get me but this is more or less the middle you get me the center where everything happens Did you make some videos here in this block? Yeah man I've shot all over though but I've shot We're gonna see in a state that man shot up Man shot up one block around here before Man's gonna show you a next block man shot man shot around the whole of the end still Where man's from anyway you get me but Yeah man I remember I've done the tune you know Addy paper you met Addy paper Yeah yeah man done a video with him and we shot we shot down here Ah down here Yeah we shot down here with Lucky J then that There are other rappers West Croydon second worst area in London worst worst is South Tottenham Tottenham Tottenham You get me he did say you get me like 12,000 every time he said it I'm gonna take a sip of this water From this block Yeah yeah my brother Addy rap we same broski is it this way Yeah yeah yeah man's got tunes with Addy paper shout Addy he's a rapper from this block There's not many though you get me from Man's side of Croydon there's not many man done music you get me How is the mentality in Croydon is it different than the other hoods of London?


Game one, Friday night advantage, Tom Saritori and BSU, and it played out perfectly for Lumberjack and Beaver Hockey fans. Air Force, swing up in Midgeegrad, Matt Saritori, not at a goal, but the home team still came away with that victory. What's in store for the finale? Saturday evening, Falcons need to figure out BSU net miner, Michael Bitzer. And Matt Saritori was up for the task, first period, drives on that dish, is the Jordan Himmley out front. One-timer scores, one-nothing Air Force, a special homecoming weekend for Saritori. We're at the first great positioning for the scoring chance. Cash is in, his second goal of the series. Beaver though, would show some life in the second on the power play, Zach Whitecloud, Jay Dickman redirects and it's in. BSU with in a goal, that's as close as they get. Falcons score the next pair. Matt Cook from out top, that finds its way in. The Saritori reunion ends in a split. Air Force, win game two, four, one. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.


Lebanon's economic crisis is once again in the news after banks were shut following a number of attempts by account holders to withdraw their money by force. The country's economy has been facing a series of crises for years now and even basic amenities such as the electricity network have collapsed. What are the reasons and symptoms of Lebanon's economic crisis? Naniya Khalik of Breakthrough News explains. So Lebanon has been dealing with an economic collapse since late 2019 when it was revealed that the country was basically bankrupt because of a Ponzi scheme economy that had been totally acceptable and fined by the international community for the last 30 years leading up to this collapse. But for a number of reasons both related to domestic local reasons as well as international policy from regional countries as well as the United States 2019 is when it kind of all fell apart. And ever since then Lebanon has been on this horrendous decline. It has yet to reach rock bottom but every few months it seems to reach a sort of new bottom. And so recently you have seen a pushback from some with these attempted bank robberies where what's been taking place in Lebanon is the banks have placed these these controls on people's ability to take their money out of the bank. So people have been limited into how much they can take out. So people's entire life savings that are still sitting in banks haven't been able to access more than like a few hundred dollars a month at most. And so people are becoming desperate because they have to pay for things. In some cases they have to pay for certain medical treatments for their kids schooling just for the basic things you need to survive that are going to be more than a few hundred dollars a month. So you had a few people in the last couple of months basically go to banks and in some cases use toy guns in some cases use real guns and demand their deposits back and some people were successful others not so successful banks shut down for about a week as a result to beef up their security. So now it's much more difficult for anybody to actually do that. But this is happening of course this is one of many crises taking place in Lebanon. There's also an ongoing issue over a maritime border dispute. There are gas fields off the Mediterranean that are partly in Lebanese waters partly in what's considered Israeli waters. And as you know the Israelis and the Lebanese are in a state of war. They do not negotiate or speak with each other. So there's been an American mediator who's been attempting to mediate basically demarcating the border in the sea so that both sides can start to exploit these gas resources. However Israel has already sent ships to go and attempt and start drilling before the negotiations have concluded. And those ships had planned to drill in what is considered Lebanese waters. So there is a fear that there could be a war in late October early November if a negotiation or a deal isn't reached. However right now that actually looks quite positive both sides seem to be saying that they're going to agree on what has been proposed as of now which is something that would be considered fair to both sides. And so we'll know by the end of October if that agreement does in fact go through. But of course in the lead up to this there's been a lot of controversy over the American mediator this guy almost Hodgstein who Joe Biden appointed who is actually not only just American but also Israeli and actually served in the Israeli military when he was younger. So that has of course been something that the Lebanese were pretty irritated about. But regardless his Bullah had stepped in at one point to basically threaten to go to war if Israel dares to drill in Lebanese waters before an agreement is reached. And that actually did act as a measure of deterrence the Israelis have not drilled. And it does look like the Israelis will agree to some sort of deal that the Lebanese can be OK with. And so that's happening in the backdrop of this ongoing economic collapse in Lebanon. There's also you've probably seen in the news there's been headlines about migrants fleeing Lebanon and dying in the Mediterranean trying to get to Italy. And I mean this is something that's increased the number of people paying these basically mafia bosses to get them on these boats that end up sinking. We were used to in the last decade having seen this with people in certain African countries people from Libya people from Syria these very destabilized countries destabilized oftentimes by wars aggravated by the United States. But in the case of Lebanon this is something relatively new that's been taking place in the past year or so. We're increasingly Lebanese as well as Palestinians and Syrians who live inside Lebanon. Let's remember Lebanon hosts many many refugees from these countries have been fleeing Lebanon particularly people from the north because the situation has just become so dire. There are no Lebanon has become a country of really two classes people who make dollars and people who make local currency. And because of hyperinflation because of the devaluation of the currency the currency has lost so much of its value. People's salaries have become worthless. And if you don't make dollars it's become very difficult to live I mean your entire monthly salary might get you a couple of bags of bread and that's it that's how bad it is for some people. So they feel they have no future and they're getting on these boats and risking death. And recently there was a boat that sank I believe something like 93 or 94 people died. Many of them were Palestinian Syrian Lebanese fleeing Lebanon. So this is a relatively new phenomenon really showing the desperation of people in Lebanon and meanwhile the international community is kind of just letting it happen. A lot of this is political you have countries like the Gulf States Saudi Arabia especially who would be happy they hate Hezbollah they see Lebanon as the home base for Hezbollah as what they'll say in their media they own a lot of the media in Lebanon and oftentimes you'll see this framing of Lebanon is occupied by Iran. And what they mean by that is that Hezbollah is has a lot of power in Lebanon because they're democratically elected and also they're this militant fighting group. And so a country like Saudi Arabia which is an arm of American imperialism that some of the region and has a lot of power in the region as a result of that they have a very hawkish policy towards Lebanon and just want to see it burn. They feel if the Lebanese Lebanon just completely collapses or like you know or just like you know is burnt down then that'll actually decrease the power of Hezbollah. And so countries like Saudi Arabia are refusing to help are pushing other Gulf state countries to refuse to aid Lebanon. So there's really no aid coming into Lebanon and it's a country that has no sources of revenue because Lebanon's main economy used to be its banks but its banks have collapsed. It doesn't produce anything. So that's why Lebanon is so desperate for this maritime border deal because it will have actual resources this gas to exploit. And I mean I just want to reemphasize that again this is happening as multiple crises take place. This economic collapse is literally collapsing every part of Lebanon every sector. You have electricity cuts that last over 20 hours a day forcing people to rely on these really unaffordable private generators that still don't give them 24 hour electricity. You have a constant telecom outages. You've got a lot of telecom companies people have been going on strike and you know that as a result they're not able to maintain the equipment. And you know these are important things to make a country function. And you have a lot of schools and universities in Lebanon starting to force students to pay tuition and dollars. Well many students can't afford to pay tuition and dollars. So it's just on and on and on life for the majority for most people the average person in Lebanon is becoming increasingly difficult. And that's why people want to leave. And it's really unfortunate because you know just a few years ago Lebanon was considered this kind of island of stability in this increasingly chaotic region just you know surrounded by war and now it looks like it's Lebanon that's becoming the sort of source of or a place of instability in the region. The economic crisis is intensifying even as there's political uncertainty in the country. Elections were held in May and Najib Mikati was chosen to form a government but the process continues to languish. What is the state of Lebanese politics and how is this affecting the country. Lebanon also has a government that has yet to be formed following elections earlier this year. And one of the problems at the moment is they're trying to agree on a new president. The problem is nobody really agrees on who they want to be president. And also you know Lebanon isn't it's it isn't isn't a sovereign country when it comes to its own political formations inside. Oftentimes when it comes to picking a prime minister or picking a president or anybody in a position of that sort of like top level of power there is a level of opinion taken from outside powers. So like it has to be somebody that the US is satisfied with and that the Saudis are satisfied with. And the Iranians don't really play so much of a role in suggesting who should or shouldn't be in power in Lebanon. So it has to be something sort of like many different international players agree on. And right now there is no agreement over that. Even Hezbollah and its ally ML aren't in agreement over who should be president. Even the so-called opposition meaning a lot of the pro-U.S. political parties like like Lebanese forces and Qatayib and the future party as well as the so-called independent parties which are honestly really just like pro-western parties at this point are in agreement over who the president should be. The president does need to be I mean one of the you know because of Lebanon has the sectarian system the president does need to be a Maronite Christian. But aside from that there's a lot of contention over that right now. And from what I understand from people I've been speaking to it's likely going to be something that is agreed to after the Maritime deal is negotiated. So I feel it seems as though a lot of the sort of political deadlock in Lebanon is going to remain deadlocked at least until the end of October early November when hopefully an agreement is reached for the Israelis over the border demarcation because people are also waiting to see who gets to take credit for that. People you know if it works out every party is going to come forward and try to take credit for it. And if it doesn't work out you don't want to be the party who's been kind of pretending to be like oh I'm in charge of these negotiations. So various political players are just kind of waiting it out to see where the political wins are and how these negotiations go to see how they want to move forward.