Jaisalmer, a jewel in India’s cultural crown, boasts a rich heritage and breathtaking landscapes. However, the rise in tourism has brought both opportunities and challenges. At Oasis India Camps, led by Managing Partner Yashowardhan Singh, the focus is on preserving the pristine beauty of Jaisalmer while fostering responsible tourism practices. This article explores the strategies necessary for a multi-stakeholder approach involving tourists, businesses, and the local community to achieve this goal.
The Challenge of Carbon Footprints:
The commitment to opposing tourism that contributes to carbon footprints is paramount. Visitors are urged to forgo luxuries like air conditioning, supporting a more modest desert experience. Essential amenities are prioritized to minimize disruption to wildlife and the environment. Yashowardhan Singh emphasizes the importance of this stance as disturbances deeply affect the landscape.
1. Educate Yourself: A responsible tourist starts with informed decisions. Research on responsible tourism practices and the unique cultural and environmental aspects of Jaisalmer is crucial.
2. Choose Responsibly: Opt for tour operators and accommodations committed to sustainable practices, minimizing waste and supporting conservation efforts.
3. Support Locally: Contribute directly to the community by patronizing local businesses, restaurants, and engaging in locally organized activities.
4. Respect Traditions: Cultural sensitivity is key. Dress modestly, seek permission before photographing locals, and respect sacred sites.
5. Minimize Environmental Impact: Conserve resources, avoid littering, and choose eco-friendly transportation options whenever possible.
6. Be a Responsible Visitor: Spread awareness about responsible tourism, encourage others to follow suit, and leave only footprints behind.
1. Adopt Sustainable Practices: Implement eco-friendly measures such as water conservation, waste reduction, and energy efficiency.
2. Support Local Communities: Prioritize local employment, source supplies locally, and contribute to community development projects.
3. Educate Staff and Tourists: Train staff on responsible tourism practices and provide tourists with information on local culture and environment.
4. Collaborate with Others: Partner with other responsible tourism businesses to promote sustainable practices and offer joint initiatives.
5. Obtain Certifications: Consider certifications like Green Globe or Travelife to demonstrate commitment to responsible tourism.
1. Participate Actively: Engage in tourism planning and decision-making processes to ensure responsible development that protects local interests.
2. Develop Initiatives: Organize cultural events, tours, and activities that showcase local culture and environment while respecting traditions.
3. Educate the Community: Raise awareness about the benefits of responsible tourism for the community and encourage participation.
4. Hold Businesses Accountable: Advocate for responsible practices and hold businesses accountable for their actions.
1. Regulations: Develop and enforce regulations promoting responsible tourism practices and penalizing violations.
2. Infrastructure Investment: Improve waste management, public transportation, and renewable energy sources to support sustainable tourism.
3. Promote Responsible Tourism: Utilize marketing campaigns and educational programs to attract tourists who share values of responsible tourism.
By implementing these strategies, Jaisalmer can cultivate a thriving tourism industry that benefits both the local community and the environment. Responsible tourism not only preserves Jaisalmer’s unique culture and heritage but also ensures the well-being of its people and protects its stunning natural environment for future generations.
The author is the Managing partner at Oasis India camps.


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Natalie Renier is a science illustrator & designer working at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution within the Creative Studio. She holds a degree in aquatic biology, and has worked in numerous research labs throughout the world assisting various levels of scientists in their quest for discovery. Having a passion for drawing, she put both her artistic and scientific skills together completing a certificate in science illustration from Cal State Monterey Bay. Natalie is always looking to add her unique design aesthetic and creative problem solving skills to the next project, which could educate & inspire future generations.

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CRESTVIEW—The city of Crestview heard updates about economic potential during Monday’s City Council meeting.
The Economic Development Council of Okaloosa County presented its quarterly report to city officials and Executive Director Nathan Sparks applauded Crestview officials for what he believed to be significant efforts at bolstering the city’s economy.
“Crestview is a good city, aspiring to be great,” Sparks said. He opened his presentation by expressing disagreement with Larry Harris and Mason-Dixon Polling Research, who gave a dismal report on the city’s economic future earlier this year.
Sparks insisted the city “has a lot of potential” and that it’s “heading in the right direction,” despite the need for some improvements.
The EDC is a non-profit organization that facilitates growth, retention and expansion of select target industries in Okaloosa County. These industries include manufacturing, aerospace and those that “move the needle” or offer high-paying, skilled jobs, according to Sparks.
There are 24 projects the EDC is actively working on to bring jobs and industry to Crestview, Sparks said. However, he couldn’t disclose what each of those projects was due to confidentiality agreements. The projects could include companies that are committed to moving to Crestview or ones considering the area among a pool of possibilities.
Four of these projects include an expansion of Okaloosa County operations, according to Sparks. The furthering of local businesses is the EDC’s first priority, he added. Sixteen of the projects were “locally generated” as opposed to ones stemming from regional or state partners.
Although the EDC doesn’t focus on retail or restaurant development, Councilman Doug Faircloth asked for Sparks’ insight on how these investors select a city for expansion. Companies look for per capita income levels, the number of people who shop in the city and the success levels of other businesses in the area, Sparks said.
Faircloth asked if consumers play a role in a company's decision to move to an area by dictating if they spend their money at local establishments. Those decisions are a portion of the equation, Sparks responded.
“How well [local businesses] do factors into other future decisions,” Sparks said.
He suggested the city be responsive and use comprehensive data sets to help lure companies to the area.
This was supported by data presented by Sparks that showed the top three demographics businesses were looking at in Crestview were consumer spending, wages and housing. This information was compiled using web traffic data on the website www.okaloosasites.com, which details available office, industrial and retail space in Okaloosa County.
Despite claims of success, Crestview was the least researched community, behind the EDC’s four other partner cities, according to the same data. Detailed reports on the website were requested 17 times for both Valparaiso and Destin, 13 times for Fort Walton Beach, 10 times for Niceville and eight times for Crestview. There were 25 general county report requests.
Councilman J.B. Whitten requested a summary of how certain data was collected concerning average commute times but no further questioning regarding research or findings were asked.
The council heavily scrutinized other presentations of economic and industry data from Retail Strategies and Mason-Dixon Polling and Research.


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About Holy Emmanuel Catholic Mission
What is today known as Holy Emmanuel Catholic Mission, Old GRA, Makurdi began in 2007 at the instance of the late Mrs. Juliana Atoba. That same year it moved to Nigerian Railway Corporation land close to God's Delight Private School, Railway Quarters with the assistance of Mr. Joseph Numba.
On the March 3, 2008, the church was formally commissioned by the then parish priest of St. Peter's Cathlic Parish Low-level, Makurdi, Rev. Fr. John Ikponko. At that event, 115 persons received the Sacrament of Baptism while 3 couples were wedded.
By 2012, the then Bishop of Makurdi Catholic Diocese, Most Revd A.A. Usuh moved the church to its present location by giving out part of St. Joseph’s College Quarters.
Since inception, the following priests have taken charge of the Church/Mission till date: Father John Ikponko, Father Jacob Tondo, Father Stephen Ishor, Father Prof. Francis Wegh, Father Louis Ajinge, cmf and Father Thaddeus Ikor.
On the 27th September, 2015, the Bishop of Makurdi Diocese, Most Revd Wilfred C. Anagbe, cmf pronounced Holy Emmanuel Catholic Church, a Mission with Father Prof. Francis Wegh as the priest-in-charge. By December of the same year, he was replaced with Father Louis Ajinge, cmf as the priest-in-charge. Father Thaddeus Ikor took over from Father Louis Ajinge, cmf as priest-in-charge and has been there till date.
It is pertinent to note that this church which started from humble beginnings as house fellowship has within a short period transformed to its present state and grown tremendously in membership. It is our hope that with God on our side and the unrelenting efforts of our Bishop, priests and members, our dream of a parish someday will be realized in Jesus’ name. Amen.

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Cryptocurrencies have been rising within the final years supported by many people, consultants and figures from completely different industries. Now, Jack Dorsey, Twitter and Sq. CEO, stated that ‘the web deserves a local forex,’ and he hopes it will likely be Bitcoin.
Jack Dorsey Helps Bitcoin as Web Foreign money
Whereas talking to completely different cryptocurrency lovers at Consensus Convention, Mr. Dorsey stated that the web deserves a cryptocurrency and that he hopes it will likely be Bitcoin, reported Bloomberg.
“The web deserves a local forex; it should have a local forex. I don’t know if it’ll be Bitcoin or not. However I hope it will likely be,” commented Dorsey.
Furthermore, he shared with the viewers his common ideas in regards to the crypto trade. For him, digital currencies are the way forward for funds. Furthermore, he defined that blockchain expertise and cryptocurrencies shall be sport changer.
Mr. Dorsey defined:
“This expertise is a elementary shift to our world and may have so many constructive outcomes. Now we have to do the work to coach regulators and educate the SEC why this expertise is essential.”
Dorsey is the CEO and founding father of Sq., a monetary companies supplier that enables retailers to just accept Bitcoin. Since February, 2018, its Money App made Bitcoin buying and selling obtainable. He has additionally famous that Bitcoin is gradual and ‘pricey’ but it surely might change sooner or later.
Bitcoin builders are working to be able to implement the Lightning Community (LN), the final word scaling answer for the Bitcoin community. It might enable bitcoin to assist tens of millions of transactions per second at virtually no value.
This isn’t the primary time that Dorsey makes such bullish feedback about cryptocurrencies generally. Prior to now he stated that Bitcoin would be the world’s sole forex in ten years. However on the identical time, he defined that it’s gradual and dear to transact with it.
Whereas talking with The Occasions, he stated:
“It’s gradual and it’s pricey, however as an increasing number of folks have it, these issues go away. There are newer applied sciences that construct off of blockchain and make it extra approachable.”
Moreover, Dorsey contributed to the Lighting Community growth by donating $2.5 million for Lightning Labs, a start-up that’s working to enhance and develop the Lighting Community.
It isn’t clear whether or not Bitcoin shall be utilized in 10 years because the cryptocurrency of the web, however the chance stays.

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London Drugs operates a chain of retail locations in Canada. One of the company’s most important lines of business is the PhotoLab, an online service for storing, sharing, and ordering prints of digital photographs. To reduce costs and improve PhotoLab users’ experience, London Drugs deployed a data management solution based on the Microsoft Application Platform. With the solution, the company has drastically reduced backup time and associated costs, simplified management, and improved the functioning of an important, customer-facing system.
The volume of data in the London Drugs PhotoLab system, already about 30 terabytes (TB), grows by as much as 30 gigabytes (GB) a day. To comply with a goal of never deleting customer photos, London Drugs needs a highly available and reliable data solution that is simple to administer, back up, and restore.
“Relying on the Microsoft Application Platform gives us confidence that our most important systems will perform exactly as we need them to, when we need them to.” – Samantha Kinoshita, IT Manager for Infrastructure and Operations, London Drugs
Several years ago, the London Drugs PhotoLab system was becoming difficult to manage and backing up the databases was problematic. Increases in both the popularity of PhotoLab and the size of the digital photographs that customers were uploading resulted in such a massive volume of data that backups took more than 24 hours and disk storage was growing prohibitively expensive. One solution would have been to begin enforcing an advertised time limit for image storage, but the company found this option unacceptable because its customers had grown to expect no such deletions. “In addition to revenue, PhotoLab generates a great deal of customer goodwill and loyalty toward London Drugs,” says Samantha Kinoshita, the company’s IT Manager for Infrastructure and Operations. “To start deleting files would hurt that relationship, so we decided to seek better data management tools instead.”
In 2008, London Drugs began working with Microsoft Services to address the problems. Deployment of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 data management software gave London Drugs access to improved table partitioning and file groups, which reduced the difficulty of the backup and restore process. But backups were still frustratingly large because it was impractical to store the photographs except as unstructured image data in the system’s operational database. Working with a Microsoft Services consultant, London Drugs learned of the FILESTREAM storage attribute available in a beta version of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and recognized its value proposition for further improving storage and management of the PhotoLab data. “With the FILESTREAM attribute, we can define columns in SQL Server tables specifying that the image data is actually stored in the file system,” explains Shaun Tinline-Jones, the Microsoft Services consultant. “Because most digital photographs these days are at least 1 megabyte and are predicted to grow to 50 megabytes in the future, they are much more efficiently handled by the NTFS file system than by the database.” The solution includes the following components:
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise with Service Pack 1. Manages data for mission-critical systems such as PhotoLab and the company’s supply chain.
- Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004, Microsoft Message Queuing, and Terminal Services in the Windows Server 2003 operating system. Orchestrates data transfers between supply chain systems and provides employees with access to the data.
- Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition with Service Pack 2. Powers the company’s applications, networks, and web services.
- IBM System x3850 enterprise server computers with dual quad-core processors and 30 GB of memory in a two-node failover cluster.
- IBM System Storage DS5300 storage area network.
Top Reasons Why London Drugs Chose Microsoft
- London Drugs built its mission-critical PhotoLab offering on the Microsoft Application Platform because:
- It delivers the reliability, flexibility, and scalability required for such an important line of business.
- Microsoft frequently updates and improves its products, so the solution can more easily evolve to include new technological advances and fit changing business needs.
- Integrated tools and products reduce administration and development costs.
- Familiarity with the Microsoft environment is widespread in the work force, so costs for training and support are reduced.
Business Pain Points Addressed
London Drugs considers the PhotoLab offering not only a vital source of revenue but also a means of cultivating customers’ loyalty and willingness to transact non-photo-related business with the company. Because it would be relatively easy for an unsatisfied customer to move on to one of the many other free, online photo-sharing services, downtime or unexpected deletions in the PhotoLab system are unacceptable. As a result, London Drugs wants the technologies that underlie PhotoLab to be highly available and reliable. By relying on the Microsoft Application Platform for its PhotoLab offering and throughout its IT environment, London Drugs has been able to:
- Improve the functioning of an important, customer-facing system.
- Match the reliability and ease of use of competitors’ offerings.
- Help safeguard customer data from deletion or loss.
- Reduce the workloads of IT staff members and make them available for more productive, value-added work.
Technical Pain Points Addressed
For the PhotoLab offering to function properly, London Drugs needs data management tools that can handle large objects, back up 20–30 GB daily and 1.5–2.5 terabytes monthly, and quickly restore from backups. Customers expect their interactions with PhotoLab to be simple, fast, and glitch-free—even during peak times like holidays, when many customers use PhotoLab to order custom greeting cards. With the Microsoft Application Platform, London Drugs has been able to:
- Process approximately 30,000 photo uploads (40–100 GB) a day.
- Manage more than 10 million stored images, a data volume of about 30 terabytes.
- Reduce monthly backup time from more than 24 hours to 5 hours or less.
- Reduce backup restore time from 24 hours to 30 minutes.
- Achieve 99.99 percent availability with no unplanned downtime.
- Make more efficient use of disk space, reducing storage costs and extending the life of the current storage configuration.
- Have the option of switching from a storage area network to a less expensive network-attached storage configuration.
By relying on the Microsoft Application Platform for its PhotoLab offering and other important IT systems, London Drugs has improved the storage and management of its data and safeguarded the company’s relationship with its customers. London Drugs now has cost-effective data management capabilities that can expand with its business and make it easy to take advantage of future technological advances.


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No, not the estranged lover of the Muppets' Swedish Chef. It's one of these: a motorbike that can transform into a jet ski in under five seconds.
Yep. There's finally a solution to all that time you've wasted transitioning from a standard motorbike onto your jet ski.
In bike mode, the craft is capable of a motorway-ready top speed of 80mph, while its waterborne speed is around 37mph. The transition is controlled by the press of a button, switching the engine's power from the rear wheel to a set of twin air jets.
The creator Gibbs is yet to give the Biski a price. And while it certainly looks fun, we hate to hail in the cynicism train but - won't it take a great deal longer than five seconds to strip out of your biker leathers and into something a little more water friendly?
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Are there any pills or medicines available which could whiten overall complexion? If so, are they safe to use?
The truth is, skin lightening products can be pose risks to a person’s health. Whether there’s a desire to lighten overall skin tone or even out complexion, be warned — skin lightening creams haven’t been approved for any medical purpose by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and aren’t well-regulated. Typically, they’re designed to treat uneven skin tone from age spots, freckles, blemishes, hyperpigmentation (excessive pigmentation), hypopigmentation (insufficient pigmentation), or acne. Others may choose to use them so their skin will meet cultural or societal expectations. Thus, for those interested in these types of products, considering the reasons for seeking out skin lightening and speaking with a dermatologist (skin specialist) can help determine what options may be most appropriate and pose the lowest health risks.
Before jumping into the types of skin lightening products that are available, first you may want to consider a little self-reflection: Why do you want to lighten your skin? Do you want to lighten your overall complexion? Do you want to even out your complexion? What, if any, cultural or societal influences are you considering when making this decision? Do you believe it will improve your attractiveness or self-esteem? Knowing the answers to these questions may provide a place to start.
For those who decide to pursue skin lightening, there are some considerations to be made. And it bears repeating, consulting with a medical professional first is wise. For example, those with dark spots and uneven skin tone, opting to wait until the discoloration fades may be a place to start, as the skin cells that carry melanin (color pigments in the skin) are constantly being regenerated and sloughed off. However, full fading may take six to twelve months and discoloration deeper within the skin can take longer. If this wait seems too long, the process might be sped up using over-the-counter (OTC) or prescription skin lightening creams. Popular prescription creams include hydroquinone combined with tretinoin, though it’s not recommended they be used for longer than a month. Other OTC options include ones that contain two percent hydroquinone, azelaic acid, glycolic acid, kojic acid, retinoid, or vitamin C. While using these medications, using sunscreen with a sun protection factor (SPF) of 30 or higher (even during rainy or cloudy days) is advised as sun exposure can darken any discoloration and prolong fading time.
And buyer beware: for OTC products, it’s been noted that many of the product labels don’t adequately indicate the high level of toxic ingredients in the product and some completely fail to do so. Even skin lightening creams that do list ingredients may not disclose each one, sometimes resulting in undesirable side effects. Some common ingredients to be wary of include:
- Mercuric chloride: It’s readily absorbed through the skin and can result in mercury poisoning. Additionally, mercuric chloride can cause pimples, rashes, permanent discoloration, burning pain, neurological damage, and kidney damage. Due to its harmful nature, it has been banned for use in skincare products in some countries.
- Clobetasol propionate: This is a strong topical steroid, which can only be prescribed by dermatologists at 0.05 percent strength. However, it’s never been approved for use on the face or as a skin lightening ingredient, as it can cause depigmentation. Some signs and symptoms of overuse include thinning of skin, increased appetite and weight gain, acne, and deposits of fat around the chest, face, back, and stomach.
- Hydroquinone: This ingredient interrupts the production of melanin. It’s considered a carcinogenic and hepatotoxic (damaging to liver cells) substance and has been banned in Canada and throughout the European Union. While the U.S. allows for concentrations of 1.5 percent to 2 percent to be sold, bootleg versions have been found to contain up to 5 percent. Misuse can cause a bluish-black darkening of the skin.
Rest assured, Reader, that these products are not the end all be all — there are natural ingredients that may help treat hyperpigmentation by either promoting skin-lightening or preventing skin-darkening. While these products contain natural ingredients, it’s good to know that they may also result in skin irritation or allergic. These include:
- Soy: This legume is commonly found in moisturizers and can inhibit the transfer of melanosome (pigment) to the skin, preventing skin-darkening.
- Ellagic acid: This natural antioxidant comes from strawberries, cherries, and pomegranates and inhibits an enzyme needed for melanin production, thereby preventing skin-darkening.
- Arbutin: This natural derivative of hydroquinone is produced from bearberry, blueberry, and cranberry plants. Some OTC cosmetic products contain three percent concentrations of this acid, which studies show can significantly lighten skin.
- Kojic acid: This antioxidant comes from fungus, and it works by breaking down and preventing further production of melanin in the skin. It can be found in products in 1 to 4 percent concentrations, either by itself or with other skin-lightening agents. Research has found it to be effective as a skin-lightening ingredient.
- Liquiritin: This derivative of the licorice root is available OTC and has been found to lighten skin by inhibiting melanin production.
Adapted from the American Academy of Dermatology.
No matter the product, it bears repeating that speaking with a dermatologist before using any skin lightening products is wise, as they can make recommendations on the ones that are most effective and safest for a given skin type or condition. And, ultimately, while these skin lightening products may help change skin color and appearance, there are certainly pros and cons to consider. It’s possible that instead of heading to the cosmetic aisle or medical office, some initial self-reflection may lead to a pursuit of self-acceptance.
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Ashland swim star honors family name by winning title
CANTON – To say the stars were aligned for Ashland sophomore Hudson McDaniel to win a Division II state swim championship Friday night would be an understatement.
"It's cool that both of our feet touched the top of the podium here," said Jamie (Minnich) McDaniel after her son rallied in the last 30 yards to win the 100 breast by a 56.78 to 56.89 margin over Columbus Academy junior Nate Goldfarb inside the C.T. Branin Natatorium.
Talk about stars. Mom won 1997 NCAA Division II titles in the 50 and 100 freestyle for Ashland University at the same venue, becoming the first woman in DII history to crack 23 seconds in the 50. If keeping up with her isn't hard enough for Hudson, his dad Jeff was a state champ in the breast for his high school in Chesterton, Indiana.
"That's a lot of pressure," Jamie McDaniel said about living up to the family name, "but he's definitely surpassed us both. I never won a title in high school (she was a runner-up in the 50 and 100 for Ashland) and Jeff didn't win until he was a senior."
Real pressure was having to make up ground on Goldfarb, who appeared to have the title won until McDaniel ripped through the water in the final stretch.
"I knew I was behind; I could see him," McDaniel said. "I was so tired after the third turn, but I knew I couldn't let him beat me."
Hudson's refusal to lose was even evident in his other event, the "B" final of the 100 free, which he won for an overall finish of ninth after going into the race seeded 11th.
The meet's last individual event, the eight-man "A" final of the breast, was a carbon copy of Thursday's prelim duel with Goldfarb.
"I'm feeling pretty awesome; I'm so proud of him," veteran Ashland coach Krissy Geren said after producing her first state champion. "I told him he's got to get out there and get to the wall first.
"He likes to race. He likes that kind of situation. He likes to rise to the occasion. It's heart. He knew he had to get his hand in there the last two strokes and extend his arm."
The school record of 56.60 set by 1995 state Rob Henikman remains intact, but McDaniel is more interested in breaking his dad's PR of 55.33. Jeff McDaniel was an All-American at the University of Tennessee, along with his wife, before she transferred back home.
"HIs last turn was a little rough, but one thing about Hudson is that he's a true competitor," Jeff McDaniel said. "We saw the same thing (in the prelims). He's got a huge heart. He's better than I ever was at the same stage. He gets the competitive edge from his mom. He gets the technical side from me."
There are five children in the McDaniel family, ranging in age from 20-year-old Keegan, who once owned the girls record in the breast at AHS, to 11-year-old Rylan, who has already broken all of Hudson's age-group records in the Greater Mansfield Aquatic Conference.
"Last year, at the beginning of the season when I swam a 1:00.00 at the Ohio State Invitational, that's when I started thinking about winning a state title," McDaniel said. "After the 100 free (Friday night) I really started getting ready mentally."
Unlike many of the swimmers here, McDaniel doesn't compete in the pool year-round. He plays football in the fall and runs hurdles for the track team in the spring.
"I thought about (swimming full-time), but I like doing other sports," he said. "It makes each season new and fresh."
And, in this case, memorable.
LEX EARNS ALL-OHIO IN 4 EVENTS: With sophomore Kelsi Brown in the backstroke, freshman Alli McFarland in the breaststroke, senior Ashley Basham in the butterfly and sophomore Alivia Merkel in the freestyle, Lexington earned an eighth-place medal in the night's first event, the 200 medley relay (1:52.07).
This particular quartet came together at districts, where they finished as runners-up and earned an automatic state berth. Seeded 10th going into Thursday's prelims, they improved to seventh, clinching a berth in Friday's eight-team "A" finals. So this lineup came together fast.
"I've been in bigger meets than this, but this was really tight, really close and we knew anything could happen," McFarland said.
The future bodes well with three-fourths of the medley team back next season.
"We're all a little upset that Ashley is a senior," McFarland said, "but I'm really happy we were able to get on the podium. I'm almost in tears, it's so exciting. We're all constantly pushing each other. It's surreal. We wanted to do better than eighth (they were seeded seventh after Thursday's prelims), but we knew as long as we weren't disqualified we'd at least be eighth."
Finishing 14th in the girls 200 free relay for Lex was the team of Brown, Merkel, sophomore Allie Stoyko and senior four-time state qualifier Sammi Basinger (1:42.31), while the boys 400 team of sophomore David Haring, freshmen Connor Miller and Wilson Cannon and senior Jack Bennett was 14th (3:21.20).
McFarland, who also finished 13th in the 100 breast (1:09.06), never envisioned being an All-Ohioan in three events as freshman. She credited coach Brock Spurling and assistant Kayla Heimann.
"It's good coaching," she said. "Brock and Kayla are good with us. They're both incredible coaches."
MILESTONE FOR CRAWFORD: The Colonel Crawford 200 free relay team of freshman Jillianne Gregg, junior Madison Sharp and seniors Chloe Grove and Callie Ruffener made history by becoming the first girls relay at the school to reach the podium. They finished seventh (1:40.70).
"In my recollection, that had never happened," 16th-year coach Mike Holtzapfel said. "It's kind of a big deal. Actually, it's more than kind of a big deal."
Senior Grant Pfeifer earned All-Ohio in two events, finishing 15th in the 500 free (4:54.29) and 16th in the 200 free (1:47.00).
"It was a great season for Grant," Holtzapfel said. "I'm sure he's disappointed he didn't get back here last year (after qualifying as a sophomore in the 500). He definitely worked harder and invested himself in it."
Holtzapfel gave some of the credit to senior Chloe Grove, who also made it here in the 500 free and lowered the school record in that race this season from a high 5:26 to a low 5:14. She also happens to be Pfeifer's girlfriend.
"Chloe is extremely driven and she wanted to see him do well," Holtzapfel said. "She's been a great influence on him, not that he wouldn't have done it on his own. It's nice to have people that are driven working together toward a common goal."
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Somedays, my 5’3” self blends into crowds seamlessly. On other days, it struts about wearing a wide-legged jumpsuit in a bold floral print.
I’ve said this many times before, but a fun jumpsuit is one of my favorite tricks to dressing up in the winter. This particular onesie is perfect for the holiday season in its rich emerald green color, bold yet muted floral print and pretty lace hem details along the neckline. As much as I adore the fact that I could wear this piece here in California as is until just a few days ago, I’m already making plans to throw on a chunky beige knit over it for a faux-pants situation this winter. It’s likely going to make for a long-ish restroom break, but such is life in jumpsuit season, folks!
Adding to this festive vibe is another recent favorite find- this handmade clutch made in Morocco from Handira fabric in Morocco, from Rare Atlantic. ‘Morocco’ and ‘want to go’ are not too far from my thoughts at any given time, so the wanderlust for said country is real. Until I can actually make that trip, though, I’ll quite literally be clutching paradise in the palm of my hand…and that’ll have to do for now!

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I just want to be slightly drunk, half naked, and completely on top of someone.
Starting from today, I will no longer remember the conversations we had. Or the empty promises that we never kept.
I will not remember the ways you said “I love you” or the moments of “I miss you”.
I do not remember your favourite songs anymore, or even how you don’t like chocolate cake.
I will forget how much you love being kissed on the neck, and they way you whisper my name.
I won’t ever forget the smell of your hair, or the way you smile at your feet.
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My kids and I just finished making a tomten garland for our annual Swedish themed Christmas celebration and so I figured a list of tomten books was in order. We were inspired by Astrid Lindgren's famous book, The Tomten, but being the book nerd that I am, I couldn't leave you with just one book suggestion! No, no no!
My previous Swedish holiday picture book list was in need of an update, so I thought, why not give you an entire list of tomten books, winter and spring! If you've never made the acquaintance of this helpful yet mischievous, friendly yet grumpy folkloric house gnome, don't wait another day! (Note: book covers and titles are affiliate links.)
The Tomten. You cannot go wrong with this splendid classic; it’s a book that should be on every child’s bookshelf. Across Scandinavia, gnome-like creatures called tomten watch over farms while the humans sleep. They are quiet and strong and talk to the animals, comforting them during the cold winter nights.
The Tomten and the Fox. A solitary fox is hungry and the hens look tasty. The watchful, protective farm tomten shares his dinner with the hungry creature in this gentle companion book to The Tomten.
The Tomtes' Christmas Porridge. Contemporary Swedish writer Sven Norquist penned this funny little story about a tomte family who looks forward to the rice pudding their master gives them at Christmastime.
The Yule Tomte and the Little Rabbits: A Christmas Story for Advent. This book is separated into 24 short chapters, with marvelous illustrations. One story is read on each day of advent. Grump the tomte is waiting for Yule (Christmas) when all of a sudden a wind blows his mittens and hat away and into the hands of a couple of rabbits. The rabbits are delighted with their strange gifts but the tomte worries he won't be able to bring Christmas to the forest without the necessary garments. A wonderfully delightful story. We have just begun our second annual reading of the book. Also available: The Midsummer Tomte and the Little Rabbits.
Little Tomte's Christmas Wish. Little Tomte is worried that Christmas won't come this winter. He comes up with a special way to prepare, making candles and lighting the forest up in a magical way. The pictures in this one are especially fun to look through.
Winterfrost. (chapter book/novel) When I heard about this book last year I could not contain my excitement. An entire novel about nisser! A nisse is the Danish version of tomte. Families are supposed to leave the nisse a traditional bowl of Christmas pudding on the eve of the holiday, but this year, Bettina’s family is beset by troubles and they forget the pudding. In a fit of mischief, the local nisse, Klakke, steals the family baby! Bettina sets out into the woods to find her sister and encounters more mythological creatures and adventure in this tale of magic and kindness. Break out the pepparkakor because you will love this story.
Hedgie's Surprise. Set in the summertime, the mischievous Tomten keeps stealing the hen's egg. Hedgie the hedgehog concocts an elaborate plot to finally convince Tomten to instead be satisfied with the porridge his mother makes.
The Tomtes of Hilltop Farm. There are several books about the tomten (it's not "tomtes"!) of Hilltop. In this one, Farmer Robinson has trouble with naughty farm animals and failing crops and has to put his farm up for sale. Children, Emily and Jamie and ask the local tomten to help them save the farm.
Are you confused by the words, tomte, tomten and tomtes? When translators or English speaking authors use the word, there seems to be no rule. In Swedish, tomte is singular and tomten in plural.
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‘So, out of all the great gigs I have seen featuring singers I have to pick the massively
underrated Sarah Moule at the 2009 Swanage Jazz Festival.’ Brian Blain, JAZZ UK MAGAZINE- August/September 2011 writing about his jazz vocal highlights during the past 100 editions of the magazine.
THE OBSERVER 18th May 2008 – Dave Gelly
Sarah Moule – A LAZY KIND OF LOVE
The great American lyricist Fran Landesman has lived quietly in London for decades. No one has ever revealed the panic beneath the brittle smile with more devastating precision. In recent times she has found perfect collaborators in composer-pianist Simon Wallace and singer Sarah Moule, and their joint work accounts for 10 of these 14 tracks. Delicately arranged and played by a cast of our top jazz musicians (Alan Barnes, Alec Dankworth et al), they show that Fran is still in great form. Add one of the best Atkin-James songs and a few more goodies and you have a little treasure.
JAZZWISE MAGAZINE – JULY 2008 – By Peter Quinn
***A LAZY KIND OF LOVE
She may have switched record labels – her previous two releases both appeared on Linn Records – but vocalist Sarah Moule’s artistic focus remains firmly tuned into the oeuvre of Landesman and Wallace. Of the 14 tracks tghat make up the album, the majority come from the powerfully distinctgive songwriting duo. And why not, when the results are as rewarding as the date-gone-wrong-angst of ‘It’s Not Your Night’ (There’s a singer who’s murdering your favourite song/As you sit there and wonder why it all went wrong/You’re an island of Chekhov in a Disney song/It’s not your night’). Or the truckload of anguish served up by ‘The Last Smoker’ (‘Goodbye to liberty/In the land of the banned’).
Of the non-Landesman/Wallace material, Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn’s ‘I Fall In Love Too Easily’ supples immediate gratification of a musical sweet tooth – Moule sounding spookily like k.d. lang on certain phrases – while ‘I Will Write My Book’ by US songwriter, producer and performer Joe Henry, receives a spacious, minimalist arrangement à la Larry Klein. Once again, brilliantly arranged and produced by Wallace, who features on piano, Hammond and accordion, leading a band of exceptional depth and experience. this is an album of beguiling variety and telling detail.
Chris Parker, July 2008
A LAZY KIND OF LOVE (RAM001)
Although she does occasionally scat and is clearly influenced by jazz phrasing, Sarah Moule is best described – as in her publicity material – as ‘one of the UK’s foremost interpreters of modern song’. On this Red Ram album (a previous couple were made for Linn), she concentrates her intelligent and subtle vocal powers on material written by an extraordinarily fertile songwriting team, pianist Simon Wallace and Fran Landesman. Their songs range from the sensuous title-track (co-written with Julie Birchill), given an appropriately languorous treatment by Moule, through sexily witty blues-based pieces (‘Hyde Side Blues’, which addresses the Jekyll and Hyde theme from a slightly unusual angle) to wry explorations of the emotional balancing acts involved in love affairs – all impeccably delivered by Moule, who is able to express both straightforward emotion and artily literate complexities (‘You’re an island of Chekhov in a Disney throng’) with equal ease and assurance. With the originals tastefully complemented by a couple of standards, the Styne/Cahn classic ‘I Fall in Love Too Easily’ (delicately latinised) and the Bob Dorough/Terrell Kirk Jr swinger ‘Devil May Care’ (which brings to mind Claire Martin, whom Moule slightly resembles in her ability to combine conversational informality with discreet artfulness), and the whole flawlessly performed by the core band of Wallace himself, bassist Mark Hodgson/Alec Dankworth and drummer Paul Robinson – sporadically supplemented by guitarist Mike Outram, shakuhachi player Clive Bell, saxophonist Alan Barnes and percussionist Paul Clarvis – this is a fine album that manages to combine immediate accessibility with considerable subtlety.
JAZZ UK FEBRUARY/MARCH 2009 By Brian Blain
A Lazy Kind Of Love
Although the band boasts top guns like Alan Barnes and Mike Outram as well as occasional haunting colours from Clive Bell’s shakuhachi, they are all deployed completely in the service of the songs by MD, pianist and organ player Simon Wallace, an absolute master of his craft. He can turn in those storytelling piano solos as well, check ‘Remind Me’. Most of the material is from the growing canon of work by Wallace himself and that brilliantly sharp lyricist Fran Landesman, who specialises in wryly humorous appraisals of love and a certain kind of metropolitan angst – searching for chemical comfort, wondering why we’re depressed – which peaks on the insinuatingly catchy ‘Living In Overdrive’. Moule can actually strut, but you have to wait until track 10, Bob Dorough’s ‘Devil May Care’ (boasting an insanely good bass solo from Alec Dankworth), for her to show it. So for once just forget about looking for jazz thrills and let the verbal intelligence, original tunes that you can actually remember and Sarah Moule’s truly outstanding voice get under your skin. They certainly did mine.
JAZZ TIMES (USA) Christopher Loudon June 2005
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Not only does England’s Sarah Moule boast a stunning vocal spectrum-simultaneously tough and tender, warm and cool, sweet and salty-but she’s surely done more than any contemporary performer to preserve, protect and promote the stellar work of lyricist Fran Landesman. On her richly praised debut, It’s a Nice Thought, Moule showcased Landesman’s work with composer Simon Wallace. Now she’s back with another half-nod to Landesman, whose songs fill seven of the 14 tracks on Something’s Gotta Give (Linn), the balance of the album devoted to the words of Johnny Mercer. Moule does a superlative job of interleaving such Mercer classics as “That Old Black Magic,” “Days of Wine and Roses” and “Trav’lin’ Light” with the poetic likes of Landesman’s misty “Save the Photographs,” wittily sophisticated “How Was It for You?” and self-indulgently desolate “Down.” But the cherry on this rich layer cake is Moule’s closing rendition of Landesman’s most famous composition, the hauntingly gorgeous “Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most.”
THE GUARDIAN – Friday November 26, 2004 – John Fordham
SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE (Linn)
This is the follow-up to British singer Sarah Moule’s It’s a Nice Thought, for the same label. That debut was devoted to the ironic and scalpel-sharp songs of London-based American lyric-writer and poet Fran Landesman, this one splits Landesman’s work and the Johnny Mercer songbook half and half. As on the first album, Moule has surrounded herself with very classy British jazz musicians, with guitarist Jim Mullen making a reappearance, and bop trumpeters Mark Armstrong and Steve Fishwick joining the imaginative tenor saxist Pete Wareham over the immaculate drumming of Paul Robinson. There are therefore plenty of solos to reflect the jazz muse that fuels Landesman, and Moule’s crystal-clear tones and subtle pacing balance the improv input by taking typically intelligent care of the lyrics. Her remarkable empathy with Fran Landesman’s songs (a double-act with pianist Simon Wallace) is still the strongest feature of this pretty traditional and straight-swinging set. Down, and Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most, two of Moule’s most penetrating Landesman interpretations in live performance, are highlights.
01 November 2004
Crescendo & Jazz Music
Sarah Moule is one of the better singers among the new breed of British jazz vocalists, mainly because she improvises like a jazz perfomrner rather than just going through the motions like so many of today’s singers. Admittedly her intonation occasionally falters (for example, in the the opening track) but she securely negotiates the tricky intervals in a song like Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most This is one of the seven tracks on the album which are Fran Landesman songs (mostly co-written with Simon Wallace) – an area that Sarah Moule specialises in – and she is excellent at delivering Landesman’s bitingly witty lyrics. Listen to how she interprets the ironical words of Down, a savoury hymn to depression (though shouldn’t Sarah’s voice swoop downwards on the final note?). The Landesman songs are skillfully interspersed with standards which have lyrics by Johnny Mercer: a guarantee of brilliance.
The experienced backing group tightly delivers the well-judged accompaniments, sypathetically arranged by Simon Wallace. This is only Sarah Moule’s second album but she is already a name to conjure with.
THE IRISH TIMES – INTERVIEW – 18 Jan 2005
Notice how the album charts suddently seem to be full of excellent young women jazz singers like Stacy Kent, Clare Teal and Jane Monheit? You’re a better man than me if you can convincingly explain why there’s such renewed interest in the classic jazz repertoire of songs by writers such as Cole Porter, George and Ira Gershwin and Rodgers and Hart but with the revival continuing, English singer Sarah Moule, judging by the quality of her current CD Something’s Gotta Give, might just be the next singer of standards to find herself shifting albums by the truckload.
Oddly enough it was listening to a pianist, rather than to a singer, which first introduced Moule to the profound satisfactions of jazz. “I really fell in love with jazz when I listened to Thelonious Monk” she reveals. I bought a £3.99 CD called Portraits and I couldn’t believe how beautiful the sound was. It made me want to cry. And I just thought, “That’s it, I’ve found the music I will never get bored with. I had been listening to modern soul but I found it lacking in musical depth and I couldn’t find the meaning I was looking for in those kind of lyrics. So Thelonious Monk was the turning point and then I discovered fantastic writers like Lorenz Hart and Johnny Mercer.”
Moule’s current CD entirely comprises songs written either by Fran Landesman, many of them in fact composed recently in collaboration with Moule’s pianist husband Simon Wallace, or songs by Johnny Mercer. “Fran really crafts the lyrics.” enthuses Moule. “I am lyric-led as a singer and Fran’s got an interesting intellectual and emotional take on life. I don’t have a dark outlook on life and so I want songs that have some kind of optimisim in them and although Fran can be very dark she’s also very funny and I tend to see the funny side in what she writes. And she is increasingly optimistic now and I appreciate that – on this album her songs aren’t dark, just thoughtful and thought-provoking.”
The Johnny Mercer songs on the album include That Old Black Magic, Days of Wine And Roses and Jeepers Creepers. “There’s fantastic craftsmanship in his songs and they’re so natural to sings as well because he uses everyday speech but in a beautiful, elegant way. But I have to say that That Old Black Magic is a monster of a song. It’s hard to sing because it’s long and you’ve got a huge emotional range that you have to sustain. And obviously there are two absolutely stellar recordings of the song by Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra so you feel like you have them looking over your shoulder when you record that. I thought a lot about the lyric and I tried to find my own angle on it and I hope I did – but it’s up to the people who listen to it to decide!”
Moule feels her singing style is continuing to mature. “An album is a record of a moment in time and then you carry on gigging and as you gig you develop what you’re doing and you get a new take on the music and the music you make just moves on. I’m constantly learning stuff about jazz and jazz harmony – it’s a huge learning curve”. Sarah Moule’s Something’s Gotta Give is on Linn Records. Interview by Trevor Hodgett
THE OBSERVER- 14th November 2004 – Dave Gelly
SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE(Linn Records)
The lyrics of Johnny Mercer and Fran Landesman have a lot in common. Both have a dry wit and the lightest of touches, contrive to suggest emotional depths beneath an urbane surface, and with each of them the words fit snugly inside catchy melodies. For some time now, Sarah Moule has been the semi-official voice of Landesman’s work, especially the more recent material, written in collaboration with Simon Wallace. So who better to perform these 14 songs by two such similar writers? Moule gives outstanding interpretations of Mercer’s cheerful title number and the nostalgic Days of Wine and Roses‚ together with the Landesman-Wallace Down‚ and How Was It For You?
JAZZ REVIEW – January 2005
SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE (Linn AKD239)
Singer Sarah Moule and her regular quartet – pianist/composer Simon Wallace, bassist Mick Hutton, drummer Paul Robinson – have done sterling work over the last few years bringing the songs of Fran Landesman and Wallace to the jazz public’s attention, and here they mix this repertoire with the work of another superb lyricist, Johnny Mercer, to produce a finely balanced, intelligent set. Moule is not a heart-on-sleeve emotion-wringer, but a thoughtful interpreter of a lyric, so Landesman’s unflinching self-scrutiny suits her well, and supported by some powerful guest performances from the likes of saxophonist Pete Wareham and guitarist Jim Mullen, ‘Something’s Gotta Give’ is both immediately enjoyable and thought-provoking.
THE OBSERVER – Dave Gelly
IT’S A NICE THOUGHT (Linn AKD192)
In lyricist Fran Landesman and composer Simon Wallace, Britain has one of the finest songwriting partnerships alive, and Sarah Moule brings their songs to life with wit and understanding. Landesman is the poet laureate of the borderland between urban hipness and emotional insecurity, a territory in which she finds an apparently endless supply of themes. Wallace’s melodies not only match the form and mood of the words to perfection – they are actual tunes, which makes a change. These songs can only come fully alive in a jazz setting, provided here by, among others, Jimm Mullen, Steve Waterman, Iain Ballamy and Tim Whitehead.
THE GUARDIAN – Friday November 15, 2002 – John Fordham
IT’S A NICE THOUGHT (Linn)
The British singer Sarah Moule deftly delivered this title track at a recent London gig featuring a rare appearance by its original composer, the London-based American poet and lyricist Fran Landesman. This debut set for the subtle and intelligent young vocalist features 14 new songs of Landesman’s, and Moule’s purring voice – honeyed in sound, subtle in timing and pitch, shrewd in weighting the music with meaning – maximises the lyricist’s repertoire of resigned humour, glimpsed tragedies and razor-sharp metaphor. Some fine musicians including saxophonists Iain Ballamy and Tim Whitehead, and jazz/blues guitarist Jim Mullen, enhance an impressive beginning for Moule. British composer/pianist Simon Wallace is economically apposite on piano.
22 August 2002
BBC Music Magazine
This is very superior cabaret fare: well-crafted original numbers that are sung flawlessly, and with slick accompaniments. Surprising then, that this is an entirely British production. Admittedly, the lyricist responsible, Fran Landesman, is a quintessential New Yorker – but she has lived in London for nearly 40 years. Beat poet turned club proprieter and musical writer, Landesman is best known for Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most, written with Tommy Wolf and now part of the jazz standard repertoire. Though now in her seventies, age has not dulled the sharpness of Landesman’s pen. The pieces here, co-written with pianist Simon Wallace, provide a masterclass in brush-offs, put-downs and wisecracks.
Sarah Moule’s bell-like, well-enunciated and somewhat operatic vocal style is rather at odds with the cynicism in material such as A Suicide in Schenectady, but the pairing works and the quality of Moule’s voice is what connects the song with the listener. The backing band is a real bonus too, with welcome guest spots from, among others, tenorists Iain Ballamy and Tim Whitehead.
22 August 2002
Sarah Moule sings 14 songs by Fran Landesman (Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most ) and Simon Wallace (co-composer various BBC comedy shows including Absolutely Fabulous) with warmth and assurance. What I like most about her style is the way she can sing with incandescent clarity in one phrase and sinful smokiness the next, this being especially effective in the superlative What Fools These Mortals Be. The lyrics are full of realism and the most scrutinous observation of us mortals now, this epitomised by When Your Computer Crashes. There is an absence of moon in June gloss but the musical style is very much in the mainstream tradition.
The recording quality is pure gold and there are delicious solos from Jim Mullen, Steve Waterman, Iain Ballamy, Tim Whitehead and Fayyaz Virji. Tune in My Head is a vocal duet with Ian Shaw featuring impeccably delivered twisting unison lines.
22 May 2002
Sarah Moule tackles a batch of new songs by lyricist Fran Landesman, in musical settings by Landesman’s current songwriting partner, Simon Wallace (who also happens to be Moule’s husband). As you would expect from the writere of Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most, Landesman’s legendary wit and verbal dexterity is well in evidence on this latest batch of material, just as it was on Nikki Leighton-Thomas’ similarly conceived Forbidden Games.
Sarah Moule and her collaborators are sure-footed interpreters, even when the subject matter is very dark, as in A Suicide in Schenectady (spookily written for – but never sung by – the late Susannah McCorkle). The singer has a sweet, beguiling voice and a cool delivery, and captures the tone and fell of these bittersweet, cynical, but often funny songs to perfection. The supporting cast of instrumentalists is built around an excellent quintet, with Wallace on piano and Jim Mullen on guitar, augmented by guest spots by Iain Ballamy, Tim Whitehead and others, and guest vocals by Ian Shaw. If you like the jazz-cabaret approach, this is a classy and very enjoyable production.


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I feel like a slice of deli meat these days, my emotions trapped between the generations on either side of me in the midst of their transitions.
Last week I visited with my mother, who lives in another state. Some of you enjoyed her quips as I recorded them on the Mama Says page of my blog in the past. You can still read her hilarity there. And she still says hilarious things. Her sense of humor is as much a part of her personality as ever. But she is 87, and after the devastation of the sudden death last spring of my brother who shared her home, she transitioned into assisted living, where she is also in a transitional memory care program because of the progressive nature of her dementia.
At some level she understands that she needs to be there. On many more levels, she hates that she needs to be. So it’s definitely a transition for her, and for all of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren as we watch the changes that make our hearts ache.
And on the other hand, over the weekend I helped my recent college graduate daughter move into a home she rented with several friends. She splurged on a brand new six-piece bedroom set that was delivered to the house where she has taken up residence in the master bedroom complete with walk-in closet. Once the delivery guys were gone, she turned to me and jumped up and down a few times and even clapped.
“I tried really hard not to do that while they were here,” she said. (She is a preschool teacher, after all.)
It was an exciting day. She only moved a few miles, and her workplace is still down the street from my house. I’m not worried that I won’t see her or hear from her. And I couldn’t be more proud of the goals she set and reached to graduate from college without debt and with a paid-for car (that is way nicer than mine). While she knew she had a sweet deal living at home while she went to college, the next goal on her list is to experience independent living.
While my mother’s independence is narrowing, my daughter’s is burgeoning. Somehow that makes me keenly aware that I am somewhere in between. I guess they call it middle age for a reason. I have a feeling I’ll be in this reflective stage for awhile, and I hope I see the exquisiteness, and not just the flaws, of each season of life.

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Why this is without doubt one of the greatest bank cards for younger adults: Chase Freedom Limitless prices no annual price. The cardboard earns 5% money again on journey bought via Chase Final Rewards, 3% money again on eating and drugstore purchases and 1.5% money again on all purchases. INTRO OFFER: Earn an extra 1.5% money again on every part you purchase (on as much as $20,000 spent within the first yr) – price as much as $300 money again. See our full overview.
Capital One Quicksilver Scholar Money Rewards Credit score Card
Why this is without doubt one of the greatest bank cards for younger adults: The Capital One Quicksilver Scholar Money Rewards Credit score Card earns 1.5% money again on all purchases with no restrict. Cardholders pay no annual price, and rewards gained’t expire so long as the account is open. See our full overview.
Blue Money On a regular basis® Card from American Specific
Why this is without doubt one of the greatest bank cards for younger adults: The Blue Money On a regular basis Card from American Specific earns 3% money again on as much as $6,000 yearly at U.S. supermarkets after which 1% again, 2% again at U.S. fuel stations, and 1% again on different purchases. If you happen to spend $2,000 in your card within the first six months, you obtain a $200 assertion credit score. See our full overview.
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U.S. Information Survey: Individuals Are Anticipating Private Finance Training – and They Want It
Individuals are nonetheless struggling to follow good credit score habits, at the same time as they grasp the fundamentals of credit score and acknowledge the significance of teaching teenagers about monetary literacy, a brand new U.S. Information survey finds. The important thing discrepancy: Whereas 52% of respondents say they knew how bank cards labored after they opened their first playing cards, 58% are additionally underneath the impression that carrying a stability on their bank cards boosts their credit score scores. That is incorrect; carrying a stability will doubtless decrease your rating.
An awesome majority of respondents say monetary literacy is a key lacking piece of highschool training; two-thirds say it ought to be necessary for all highschool college students to study private finance, whereas one other quarter say it ought to be an elective class.
Extra Survey Insights
Greater than half of respondents bought their first bank card in faculty or proper after highschool.
A secured bank card is a typical starter bank card and option to construct credit score, and greater than half of respondents say they both have a secured card (34.3%) or used to have one (18.5%).
The 2 most typical questions respondents have about credit score are learn how to enhance their credit score scores and the way lengthy info stays on their credit score stories.
Respondents perceive credit score effectively sufficient to know after they’ve made errors: 21.8% of respondents say paying a invoice late was their single largest credit score mistake, and 21.7% say their largest mistake was carrying too excessive of a stability.
Respondents additionally perceive the significance of checking their credit score stories often: 46.5% checked a free report throughout the final three months, and solely 6% have by no means checked their credit score.
U.S. Information Survey Methodology
- U.S. Information ran a nationwide survey of 1,259 respondents via PureSpectrum on Feb. 14 and Feb. 15, 2022. Solely individuals who had used a bank card for a minimum of 10 years answered questions.
- The survey pattern drew from the overall American inhabitants, and the survey was configured to be consultant of this pattern.
- The survey requested 9 questions regarding spending and credit score habits.
Do Younger Adults Want Credit score Playing cards?
Bank cards have their drawbacks, in fact. You danger piling up debt and paying curiosity prices in the event you do not repay your card stability.
Failing to make use of a card responsibly may harm your credit score.
Like a checking account, a bank card is a monetary device that younger adults ought to learn to use effectively. Dipping your toes into the bank card world as a younger grownup will help you identify good credit score habits for a lifetime.
How Previous Do You Should Be to Get a Credit score Card?
You may not have the ability to get a bank card by yourself in case you are underneath 21. Federal guidelines forestall issuers from providing bank cards to customers underneath 21 except they meet sure necessities.
If you’re fascinated about bank cards for 18-year-olds, be aware that you could submit a written software exhibiting you both have a co-signer or the earnings to make minimal funds. There aren’t any bank cards for teenagers underneath 18, however members of the family can resolve to designate youthful teenagers as licensed customers on their bank cards.
What Is the Greatest Credit score Card for Learners?
Younger adults new to bank cards ought to deal with constructing credit score. An excellent starter bank card to construct credit score will report your account exercise to the three main credit score bureaus and be simple to handle.
Practically all bank cards report your account exercise, so ease of use is usually the differentiating issue.
What makes bank cards simple to make use of?
Search for playing cards with no or low charges, clear rewards applications, and alerts that will help you bear in mind to pay your invoice and keep away from overspending.
Playing cards might also include different advantages and protections. Your card could have a zero fraud legal responsibility coverage, which implies you aren’t accountable for fraudulent prices.
Different bank card safety advantages could embrace prolonged guarantee protection, worth safety, buy safety and journey insurance coverage.
What Is the Best Credit score Card to Get With No Credit score?
Younger adults with no credit score have restricted card selections as a result of many bank cards, particularly playing cards with a number of perks, require good or glorious credit score. Nonetheless, you could have choices.
- Secured bank cards: Secured playing cards are for customers with no or restricted credit score historical past or customers trying to rebuild credit score. You may pay a safety deposit, which might be about $50, $200 or extra. Your deposit is commonly equal to your credit score restrict.
- Unsecured bank cards: While you shut a secured card or improve to an unsecured card, you’re going to get the deposit again. An unsecured card with no safety deposit could also be an choice in case you have honest credit score or higher.
- Scholar bank cards: Younger adults in faculty ought to think about pupil bank cards for constructing credit score. Any such card typically has no annual price, could earn rewards and will provide free entry to your credit score rating.
- Retail bank cards: If you happen to’re having bother getting accredited for a secured card or pupil card, you’ll be able to think about a retail card from a retailer the place you store typically. However these playing cards have excessive annual proportion charges, so don’t get a retail card except you vow to by no means carry a stability.
How Lengthy Does Constructing Credit score Take?
For a FICO credit score rating, you’ll need a minimum of one account open for six months or longer. A VantageScore takes one month of credit score exercise.
Paying your payments on time and utilizing 30% or much less of your credit score restrict will help you construct a great credit score historical past shortly. You may increase your rating extra shortly through the use of 10% or much less of your credit score restrict.
The age of your accounts can also be a consider credit score scoring – the older, the higher. In consequence, the primary card you open is one you will wish to hold for a very long time.
Credit score Card Ideas for Learners
Constructing credit score and studying learn how to handle credit score are useful objectives for many younger adults utilizing bank cards. These practices will help you get off to a robust begin.
- Select a bank card you’ll be able to handle. Bank card affords may be engaging, with some touting tempting rewards and advantages. However high-value playing cards aren’t essentially for rookies. For a lot of younger adults, a bank card with no annual price and easy money again rewards generally is a good match.
- Fake that your bank card is a debit card. Remember that your credit score restrict is not your finances. Arrange a finances and observe spending so you know the way a lot you’ll be able to afford to spend – and repay – every assertion interval. Carrying a stability means paying curiosity prices and will result in piling up debt.
- Persist with 30% credit score utilization or decrease. Your credit score utilization ratio, or the quantity of credit score you’re utilizing in contrast together with your credit score restrict, ought to be 30% or much less. On a bank card with a $500 credit score restrict, 30% is $150. If you happen to discover that it’s essential spend greater than 30% of your credit score restrict, ask your card issuer about elevating your credit score restrict.
- Use rewards and advantages. You could possibly redeem rewards as money again deposits in a checking account, as present playing cards or as assertion credit. You also needs to know your card’s advantages so you need to use them to economize. For instance, some bank cards present auto rental collision harm waivers, which implies you might not must pay for further insurance coverage whenever you hire a automobile.
- Deal with bank cards as a studying expertise. You may make errors with bank cards – like paying your invoice late or blowing your finances – however you’ll be able to bounce again. Study from any errors and resolve to enhance your bank card habits as you get extra follow utilizing credit score.
What Credit score Card Issuers Are Greatest for Younger Adults?
Uncover and Chase every declare spots within the Greatest Credit score Playing cards for Younger Adults rating. Uncover’s roster features a secured card in addition to two choices for college students. Chase doesn’t provide any secured playing cards, nevertheless it supplies a pupil card and profitable rewards playing cards.


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Welcome to Twitter Rant 101, a la Kim Kardashian West
New York — – There’s “clap back,” where celebrities go after haters on social media, and then there’s “clap back” Kim Kardashian West-style, where one of the biggest names in the game takes on a 19-year-old, actress Chloe Grace Moretz.
As Twitter shade goes, there’s been far worse, but like most things Kardashian, this round scored thousands and thousands of clicks.
It started Monday night with a nude, in-the-mirror selfie — black censor bars in all the right places — that Kardashian West pushed out, noting later it was an old shot. The not-so-new nude was enough to motivate Bette Midler to joke in a tweet:
“Kim Kardashian tweeted a nude selfie today. If Kim wants us to see a part of her we’ve never seen, she’s gonna have to swallow the camera.”
Get it? Well, Moretz did, re-tweeting Midler’s joke and weighing in with a tweet or two of her own — because 140 characters were slightly not enough — as she addressed Kardashian West directly:
“I truly hope you realize how important setting goals are for young women, teaching them we have so much more to offer than just our bodies.”
That’s when IT happened, the IT looking just like this:
“let’s all welcome @ChloeGMoretz to twitter, since no one knows who she is. your nylon cover is cute boo,” Kardashian West tweeted.
Moretz’s cover in Nylon magazine being a shot of her in a pretzel-like pose on a shaggy white rug, a jacket draped strategically to enhance the appearance that she, too, was nude underneath. However, the photo’s caption mentions a Dior bodysuit, so — you know — whatever.
The pile-on included a mention elsewhere that Moretz might be slut-shaming Kardashian West, a claim Moretz took on thusly in more tweets:
“There’s a huge difference in respecting the platform that you’re given as a celebrity and ‘slut shaming’ something I never have done and would never do.”
The crazy resonated offline among celebrity watchers. Billy Bush, co-host of NBC’s “Access Hollywood Live,” wondered on air Tuesday why Kardashian West bothered to go there in the first place.
“Kim needs to understand that because the way she has presented herself, she’s public domain. She’s fodder for that sort of stuff,” he said.
Others, as these things usually go, also hopped on, but they’re grown people and can fend for themselves. But why Midler was singled out by the all-powerful Kardashian West, who’s usually quite nice on Twitter, is up for grabs. An email to Kardashian West’s publicist was not immediately answered Tuesday.
Nor was an email to Moretz’s publicist seeking additional comment.
Third grade-like petty doesn’t begin to cover some of the details involving Midler.
Twitter Kim made a crack about her age and mentioned that Midler once gave her a gift, but now falls into the “fake friend” category, to which Twitter Bette responded:
“I never tried to fake friend you. Looks like anyone can take a selfie, but not everyone can take a joke.”
Speaking of funny, Kardashian West followed up hours later with yet another missive, this one aimed at speculation that her earlier tone was so off her usual norm that one of her more outspoken loved ones might have hacked her account.
“Wait I can’t believe people thought Kanye or Khloe hacked my Twitter,” she said. “I swear I’m funny too!!”
■Twitter aficionado Piers Morgan offered to buy Kim some clothes and wisecracked about some personal debt the other half of Kimye, Kanye West, noted in a recent online rant of his own. I’ll spare you his wife’s response.
■And this from (thank you) Bella Thorne: “I think every woman should be allowed to make their own choices with their OWN bodies soo..”


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RIVERHEAD, N.Y. – Justin Bonsignore has had a career-best start to the 2018 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season, and Saturday is shaping up for him to continue that trend at Riverhead Raceway.
Fastest in practice, the season points leader from Holtsville, New York, backed it up in qualifying to capture the Buzz Chew Auto Group 200 pole with a fast lap of 11.934 seconds (75.415). It was the seventh career pole for Bonsignore – winner of three of the season’s first six events – but the first at the quarter-mile Riverhead, his home track.
Timmy Solomito, who swept the two Whelen Modified events at Riverhead in 2017, qualified second at 11.976 (75.150). Ryan Preece, a four-time Riverhead victor, was third at 11.979 (75.131).
Doug Coby, Craig Lutz, Tom Rogers Jr., Kyle Ellwood, Chase Dowling, Rob Summers and Dave Sapienza brought home the top 10.
The Buzz Chew Auto Group 200 will go green at approximately 8 p.m.

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Colorado high school students had the opportunity to ask their elected officials questions at the recent Inspire Colorado Youth Civic Engagement Forum.
Lieutenant Governor Donna Lynne gave the welcoming address, and the Secretary of State Wayne Williams was the keynote speaker. Joey Pace, City of Denver Youth Success Director, moderated a forum of elected officials. In attendance were Senator Kevin Priola, Rep. Crisanta Duran, Rep. Cole Wist, and Rep. Leslie Herod.
More than 80 high school students attended the forum, held at the History of Colorado. Students were from high schools as far south as Pueblo and as far north as Boulder. Their questions ranged from inquiring about climate change and automatic voter registration, to the importance of standardized testing and immigration reform. Panelists demonstrated bi-partisanship, as well as moments of humor and inspiration.
Students also had a chance to engage with the elected officials one-on-one, as well as participate in a civil discourse activity facilitated by Inspire Colorado. During the civil discourse, students learned how to voice their opinions and speak up while simultaneously respecting viewpoints different from their own.


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In bright color schemes inspired by the vibrant style of 90’s tennis, the NikeCourt Fresh pack includes the Air Zoom Vapor X, the Air Zoom Cage 3 and Air Zoom Ultra React.
Nike Court athletes, including Simona Halep who’s currently ranked world number one, will wear these throughout the European clay season until competition in Paris at the end of May.
“On clay, it’s important that the sole of the shoe lets you slide but isn’t slippery,” says Simona, who wears the NikeCourt Vapor X. All three shoes feature a modified herringbone pattern on the outsole that provides excellent traction on clay surfaces, while Air Zoom units offer cushioning for longer rallies typically seen on those courts. And for fun, black speckles on the upper represent clay splatter.
NikeCourt Fresh Pack Release Date
The NikeCourt Air Zoom Ultra React, Air Zoom Cage 3 and Air Zoom Vapor X will release in both women’s and men’s colorways at Nike.com and select retailers on April 3rd.
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A piano boogie with an original LH pattern, this superfun piece provides a good workout for the left hand. Some unexpected chromatic passages and crushed notes make this even more appealing. How did I come up with the title? I wrote this song and I really liked it – and I really like fries, dressing and gravy! So it was fitting! Yum!
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Army Veteran Attempts to Sway City Council on Monument Drapings
John Miska created a demonstration at the Dogwood Vietnam Memorial Wednesday morning by placing trash bags over Vietnam War plaques.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - A Virginia Army veteran is hoping he can sway City Council's mind into removing the tarps from the Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson statues in downtown Charlottesville.
John Miska created a demonstration at the Dogwood Vietnam Memorial Wednesday morning.
Miska placed trash bags over Vietnam War plaques -- saying if City Council covers one war memorial, they need to cover all of them.
He says the tarps are offensive to those who put themselves on the line for their country.
"Who's to say that someone is to read those words and take it to heart and decide that some future City Council needs to cover up this war memorial just as they have covered up those war memorials from the Civil War,” said John Miska, a U.S. Army veteran.
Miska removed the bags out of respect for the veterans.
Last week, Miska tried to cut the tarp off the Lee statue in Emancipation Park.
He says he and others may attempt to do so again in the future.


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The Scalextric model The car modeled our 'Super-Resistant' range. It has a light and very strong one-piece body fitted with rubber mirrors. Ideal for use by the novice racer. History The ADAC GT Masters is a grand tourer-based auto racing series founded by the international St?phane Ratel Organisation (SRO) and supported by the German ADAC automotive club. Similar to an earlier ADAC GT Cup series in the 1990s, the new GT Masters ran their first season in 2007. Although the series is based in Germany, select events are run elsewhere in Europe. Other cars that run in this series and included in the Scalextric range are Porsche 997, Dodge Viper and Ferrari F430 cars. This Lamborghini Gallardo was campaigned by the MRP-Motorsport team.


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Frank Lyman 221009 Rouched Front Dress
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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Citic Pacific soared Thursday as trading resumed following the appointment of Chang Zhenming as the Hong Kong conglomerate's new chairman and managing director, strengthening hopes for the scandal-tainted company's turnaround.
Chang, aged 52, is also vice chairman and president of China's Citic Group, which holds a controlling interest in Citic Pacific. He also holds senior positions in other Citic group companies.
In a research report released Thursday, Citigroup analyst Anil Daswani said that Chang "has an impressive resume" and that the brokerage expects the new chairman to "speed up the progress of non-core asset disposals."
"However, in our opinion, it will take Mr. Chang considerable time to improve the group's heavily geared [leveraged] balance sheet, as almost 52% of cash and available facilities will be eaten up in 2009 by the HK$10 billion [$1.28 billion] capex bill and debt maturity" of HK$9.38 billion, Daswani said.
Citic Pacific's (267) CTPCY, -3.51% shares were up 13.4% in Hong Kong morning session trading. Trading in the shares had been suspended Monday, following news reports that the Hong Kong police had executed a search warrant requiring the company and its directors to provide information linked to the company's large losses on foreign-exchange bets last year.
Chang replaced Larry Yung, who resigned as the company's chairman with effect from Wednesday, following the police search.
Managing Director Henry Fan also tendered his resignation, a move said to have been a gesture of loyalty toward Yung.
In a statement issued Wednesday, Citic Pacific said that Yung and Fan had established Citic Pacific Group in 1990, and it credited them for expanding the company to its current size.
Meanwhile, Standard & Poor's Thursday said Citic Pacific's BB+ rating with stable outlook wouldn't immediately be affected by the management changes.
In a statement, the ratings agency said Chang's appointment "further demonstrates" Citic Pacific's strong links with China's Citic Group, adding the links were "a key supporting rating factor for Citic Pacific."
"The rating on Citic Pacific is based on the company's standalone credit quality and the benefits it derives from being strategically important to the wider Citic Group, which owns 57.56% of the company."

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