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Amanda Jaron: 'She's A Little Out There'
The jewelry designer is about pink hair and creative flair along with her charity causes and promotion of the Bayshore Arts District.
by Dayna Harpster
Look closely. Jewelry designer Amanda Jaron's hair is pink. Here and there are strands of tinsel. She's wearing about a dozen gold rings. Her cropped blazer is shiny gold, but muted.
She's one foot in the direction of outrageous. Not pushing the envelope, just nudging it. She's a cotton candy martini at a margarita party.
She is the concept of calculated risk elevated to a brand, in her appearance, her work and certainly in her investments—most notably her studio in the burgeoning Bayshore Arts District, a phoenix in a formerly hardscrabble habitat in east Naples.
"She's my creative friend," says Sonya Sawyer, a CFO, ballroom dancer and like-minded philanthropic Neapolitan. "She's a little out there. And her laugh. You know she's in the room when you hear her laugh.
"You always need that one friend that can get away with things, that is spontaneous and creative and unique. But she's so easygoing, one of those types who can talk to anyone," Sawyer says.
Jaron's daughter, Alana, agrees. "I notice everyone when they come to the studio and talk to her, they feel like they're in a space where they can talk. She has great energy."
And her audience has been wide. For a few years, she appeared on camera on the Home Shopping Network marketing her jewelry line with a host.
Her designs have been worn by celebrities from Sharon Stone, Kathy Ireland and Amy Brenneman to the Real Housewives of New Jersey. Her creations have sparkled plenty from the pages of Oprah's magazine to the catalogs of Avon. She's a fan of diamonds and pearls and gold, big faceted stones and shiny candy-colored bracelets.
"She's happy," adds Alana, a 15-year-old freshman at Naples High School, who has a twin brother, Willem. "All my friends just think it's amazing that my mom is an artist and she does something creative and fun and she doesn't do paperwork in an office."
Jaron seems to spread traces of that attitude everywhere, like a bit of glitter on the carpet after a special young one has finished a project.
At 47, Jaron has the aura of a cherished young one herself, one cute enough to get away with detonating a few F-bombs, even in polite company. "Glitter" isn't a word she shies from either. Several years ago, she started the Glitter Foundation and began holding annual fundraisers. With the proceeds, she gives one grant to another community nonprofit and one to her community outreach project, which she calls Glitter in the City. Held in July, the project involves the kids in Collier County Parks & Recreation summer camp. One year they decorated paper feathers, which Jaron combined to make pairs of giant butterfly wings. The kids—and the women of the Naples Newcomers Club, with whom Jaron partnered for the project—then each stood in front of the wings to become the body of a butterfly for a photo.
She frequently donates her creations to charity auctions and is particularly devoted to PACE Center for Girls, which receives a portion of sales from two ring designs a year, one at $99 and one at $199. Jaron has co-chaired the Love That Dress fundraiser for PACE twice and supported it much longer. She has taught jewelry classes to the girls and held benefit parties, as well.
No doubt it's efforts like these that led the United Arts Council of Collier County to choose Jaron as one of five Stars in the Arts honorees for 2019. As of press time, a gala scheduled for March 9 was set to celebrate her "significant contribution to arts and culture in Collier County."
Surely that includes her work to promote the Bayshore Arts District, where Jaron and her husband bought a house in October 2015. Before that, they lived in Golden Gate Estates, where they planned to build a studio and "have fancy chickens," Jaron says. "But neither happened." Instead, she had a studio in North Naples across from Waterside Shops.
The Bayshore District began to intrigue people when retiree Rebecca Maddox conceived of a less conventional Naples. She started with the purchase of a sad-sack building that now cutely houses Three60 Market. It's on Haldeman Creek, which runs between Three60 and Maddox's and architect David Corban's new food truck hot spot Celebration Park.
"I can kayak from my backyard," says Jaron, waiting for takeout lunch there one afternoon in January. "I live just around the bend," she says, pointing.
Indeed, the area once around the bend and over the proverbial tracks has been undergoing a rebranding of its own, and Jaron has helped.
When the reimagining of the Bayshore Arts District had been underway for a couple of years and still didn't have a home on the web, Jaron created a Facebook page. That was about three years ago. "And I have had fun pushing that excitement," she says.
"My vision for this area is for it to stay eclectic and authentic … not turn it into another preplanned community. That's why we don't go out with a capital campaign."
Jaron moved her studio from North Naples to Bayshore Drive about a year and a half ago. "This was a sh***y warehouse and all around were homeless people," she says. She and her husband renovated and promoted and turned it into a chic boutique with an accompanying gravel lot.
"The very first person to walk in here said, 'I feel like I'm in Soho!'
"I didn't realize I was doing that," she says.
Jaron graduated from Philadelphia University of the Arts with a degree in metalsmithing. She had grown up in Clearwater; her father was in medical sales, but at heart he was a writer, she says. He graduated from Rutgers, having met and married her mother, a jazz dancer in an off-Broadway show, while he was a student.
With a metalsmithing degree, she says, "the only place really to go was New York," where she landed a job as an assistant jewelry designer for Givenchy.
"I thought I was Sarah Jessica Parker in New York. Sex and the City was on then, and I had the job of my dreams."
But along came 9/11. At that point married to Stephen, who worked for General Electric, Jaron commuted by train from New Jersey. She was on her way to work in Manhattan that morning. Her train was on its aboveground track when American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. She saw the smoke just before the train continued its route on an underground track.
New York lost a bit of luster that morning as Jaron took the last train out of the city.
A couple of years later, her father fell ill in Clearwater and the couple—by then parents—heard Florida's siren song.
But you can't take New York out of the jewelry designer.
"Some days it's like Grand Central in here," she says, back in the studio with her food truck takeout of vegan curry. "Some days I don't see a soul. But here, I know people who come in here want to be here."
The school bus stops between the Jarons' home and Amanda's studio, so it's not unusual for her children to drop by. The family's fluffy white shih tzu and Maltese mix named Pearl, a Humane Society rescue, usually is there, too. On the day we meet, Pearl's fur is dyed pink in spots, a special touch by the groomer. Jaron addresses "Miss Pearl Bug" directly: "Yes, there's an old lady out there for you and you got stuck with me!"
In this studio space, where a mermaid mural adorns the side of the building, Jaron has since October 2018 held occasional events she calls "Music Under the Mermaid."
At a networking event one January evening benefiting Child Care Resources of Collier County, it was clear the Bayshore Arts District still was relatively new to some attendees, including Business Development Manager Russell Burland of the Hilton Naples. He said he had been to the food truck park before and had driven by Jaron's studio and seen the "graffiti." Graffiti?
"Let's call it art," he said, smiling. "This change, what's happening down here, is wonderful."
What's happening at A. Jaron on those evenings is music, light food, networking and a bit of jewelry buying, of course. Jaron is a smart marketer, drawing new groups of people to the area and her studio. Some are familiar with her work, some not.
"I get asked, 'Is your jewelry cheaper than Saks? Tiffany's?' In some cases, yes. In some cases, no," Jaron says. "My customer is the person who has everything from Saks, Tiffany's, and there's nothing else to buy. They're looking for something custom."
Her signature service is what she calls the "blingover"—one piece or several that the owner, often one of her "Naples ladies," brings in for a kind of jewelry reincarnation.
First, customer and artist meet for a bit of storytelling over the pieces that will be taken apart, melted down, molded, reset, remade. Although she can do all the processes herself, Jaron prefers to concentrate on the design work and hires specialists in the casting, stone-setting and other processes.
Shannon Morgan of Prestige Insurance lost her father and mother within a short time recently. She had their wedding bands. "I wanted to do something meaningful and I didn't know what," she says.
She came to Jaron's studio and they talked. Jaron sketched. In just a few days, Morgan's parents' matching gold bands became a heart within a circle on a chain with round gold balls. That was in April 2018, and in January, Morgan turned tearful when talking about it.
Jaron began her professional life in a very corporate world in midtown Manhattan, but she often escaped to the boutiques in SoHo. In a personal blingover, she traded many "beautiful shoes" for pink glitter Chuck Taylors and a casually chic wardrobe, complete with gold glittery cat-eye glasses.
"She's definitely out of the norm for Naples," says her friend Sonya Sawyer.
But it works. And by now, the calculated risk is old hat—or, well, tiara.
Imagine a corporate boardroom in New York, circa 2003: Jaron, the senior jewelry designer for Avon, is the youngest person in the room. She is making a presentation, and she has dyed a purple streak in her hair. She has worked with this company long enough to earn respect. Serious faces meet her gaze, but it goes well.
One executive, a woman, raises a hand, points to Jaron and says, "Like the hair."
Jaron smiles, remembering.
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Four Gorgeous Places in America That Should Be Protected Parks
America's natural wonders and historic landmarks are the latest victims of Congressional inaction. In a Los Angeles Times report Monday, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell complains that Congress has failed to pass dozens of public lands bills that would establish new monuments or add territory to already existing parks—and that President Obama could bypass congressional approval.
"The president will not hesitate," Jewell told the paper. "I can tell you that there are places that are ripe for setting aside, with a tremendous groundswell of public support."
The president does have the power to establish monuments through the Antiquities Act of 1906. Obama has used the act nine times during his tenure, including five monuments he designated this March.
The U.S. is home to more than 100 national monuments. The Department of the Interior couldn't provide a formal list of pending sites, but here are four places that lawmakers and communities have lobbied to protect.
Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands, California
California legislators propose adding these 1,255 acres to the California Coastal National Monument.
Great Bend of the Gila, Arizona
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Representative Raul Grijalva of Arizona sponsored a bill to name this a national monument, which also includes provisions for scientific research. The Great Bend is also home to some pretty sweet rock art.
Tule Springs Fossil Beds, Nevada
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Nevada lawmakers want to name Tule Springs, outside Las Vegas, a national monument. The fossils on the site date almost 250,000 years.
Organ Mountains, New Mexico
Representative Stevan Pearce introduced a bill to designate approximately 54,800 acres of public land in Dona Ana County, New Mexico. Some local leaders say the proposed area doesn't protect enough.
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Crude Oil (film)
Sweet crude oil is a type of petroleum. The New York Mercantile Exchange designates petroleum with less than 0.42% sulfur as sweet. Petroleum containing higher levels of sulfur is called sour crude oil.
Sweet crude oil contains small amounts of hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide. High-quality, low-sulfur crude oil is commonly used for processing into gasoline and is in high demand, particularly in the industrialized nations. Light sweet crude oil is the most sought-after version of crude oil as it contains a disproportionately large fraction that is directly processed (fractionation) into gasoline (naphtha), kerosene, and high-quality diesel (gas oil). The term sweet originates from the fact that a low level of sulfur provides the oil with a mildly sweet taste and pleasant smell. Nineteenth century prospectors would taste and smell small quantities of oil to determine its quality.
Producers of sweet crude oil include:
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Petroleum (L. petroleum, from early 15c. "petroleum, rock oil" (mid-14c. in Anglo-French), from Medieval Latin petroleum, from Latin: petra: "rock" + oleum: "oil".) is a naturally occurring, yellow-to-black liquid found in geological formations beneath the Earth's surface, which is commonly refined into various types of fuels.
It consists of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights and other organic compounds. The name petroleum covers both naturally occurring unprocessed crude oil and petroleum products that are made up of refined crude oil. A fossil fuel, petroleum is formed when large quantities of dead organisms, usually zooplankton and algae, are buried underneath sedimentary rock and subjected to intense heat and pressure.
Petroleum is recovered mostly through oil drilling (natural petroleum springs are rare). This comes after the studies of structural geology (at the reservoir scale), sedimentary basin analysis, reservoir characterization (mainly in terms of the porosity and permeability of geologic reservoir structures). It is refined and separated, most easily by distillation, into a large number of consumer products, from gasoline (petrol) and kerosene to asphalt and chemical reagents used to make plastics and pharmaceuticals. Petroleum is used in manufacturing a wide variety of materials, and it is estimated that the world consumes about 90 million barrels each day.
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Crude Oil (simplified Chinese: 采油日记; traditional Chinese: 採油日記; pinyin: Cǎi yóu rì jì) is a 2008 Chinese documentary film directed by Wang Bing. Filmed in the Inner Mongolian portion of the Gobi Desert, it follows a group of oil field workers as they go about their daily routine.
Like Wang's debut feature — the nine-hour Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks — Crude Oil is notable for its extreme length, running 840 minutes (14 hours). The original plan called for a 70-hour film, but Wang felt compelled to exert additional editorial control and reduced the work to its present length. The director himself came down with severe altitude sickness and left the location three days into the one-week shoot; his crew completed the remainder without him.
Crude Oil premiered (in a video installation setting) at the 2008 International Film Festival Rotterdam, where it received a "Special Mention" for "its dispassionate expose of the hardship of human labour which is the basis of economic progress." The project was commissioned by the IFFR, with additional support from the Hubert Bals Fund. It had its Asian premiere at the 2008 Hong Kong International Film Festival. Its North American premiere was at The Los Angeles Film Festival in June 2009, with screenings held in Gallery 6 at the Hammer Museum.
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Sweet Crude is a documentary film by Sandy Cioffi about Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta. The film premiered in April 2009 at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival and has since screened at 30 film festivals around the world and has won numerous awards.
On April 12, 2008, members of the Sweet Crude filmmaking crew were detained by the Nigerian military Joint Task Force while traveling by boat in the Niger Delta. The crew was taken into custody and subsequently handed over to the Nigerian State Security Services. They were held for seven days without being charged and without access to legal counsel. They were released Friday, April 18.
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Well hello Ladies and Gents, it really has been a while. Where does the time go?! I suppose the short answer would be 'sat on a horse', but what would be the fun in that? With the university term over and done with, and exam season (very) firmly put behind us, I've had a really fantastic couple of months with my gorgeous ponios. This is the first season in a long while in which they are all still on 4 well-functioning legs, doing vaguely what they are supposed to be doing (having just written that I'm now running to find the nearest piece of wood to touch!).
When I last blogged I was in the midst of exams just before we left for Tatts. Admittedly going from a 3 hour Italian exam on the Thursday to a 2 star dressage test on the Friday was a bit of challenge, but I seemingly managed to get my behind in gear and set my mind to the job at hand. Sooty was absolutely awesome all week, pulling a lovely test out of the bag followed by a cracking double clear to finish 9th in the CCI**u25.
Though I write that like it is an everyday occurrence, it's fair to say it could not be more rare. In his 16 years Sooty had never jumped a clear round show jumping above Novice level, so on landing after the final fence and realizing that all the poles were still in tact I let out a squeal that would easily put me in the running for the next 'Babe' film…quite impressive if I do say so myself.
Not to be out done by her stable mate, Ellie has also been putting some great performances in. Having taken the step up to Novice well in her stride her sass levels seem to have grown with her confidence.
After a lovely double clear at Nunney, a quick wardrobe change was on the cards as I had to head straight off to a friend's Glastonbury themed 21st. It has to be said that walking across the lorry park dressed as Dolly Parton earned me a raised eyebrow or 50. After taking one look at my sequin bedazzled flares the withering glance Ellie gave me was enough in itself, she might as well have rolled her eyes and said 'Mum, it really is time you and your wardrobe enter the 21st century you know'…teenagers these days, who'd have 'em?!
Next up on the list was the beautiful Barbury Castle, where both horses jumped out of their skin, Sooty even managing another double clear in the CIC** to earn us our CIC*** qualification (EEP!).
Now, though I love Soots dearly (all 17hh of him), trying to hold him on a cross-country is not dissimilar from keeping a rather large bull contained in a rather small china shop. After coming home a few too many times feeling as though I had just Farah-ed my way round a marathon, I decided it was finally time to get the lycra out and the gym on. I know…drastic.
So currently, when I'm not on a horse, I'm in the gym, usually found on a rowing machine concentrating more on what is happening around me than the little screen in front of me. My latest discovery is that the ultimate people watching spot is the gym; from weird, to wonderful, to verging on disturbing, the variety of people is really quite incredible.
In many ways it's just like the equine world: you have the all-the gear-no-idea gang who, in exchange for the world's most expensive tack, have 20 different lycra outfits which probably cost as much as it does to feed a small third world country; there are the slightly embarrassed ones, who on a horse hide in the corner of the warm up only to come to a fence(/weight machine) and promptly be cut up by a professional.
Oh and those professionals…well there 2 breeds aren't there? The smiley kind who you kind of fancy and admire from a far, and the snooty kind who have got a little too big for their boots/gym shorts that you secretly love to hate.
After having walked the course twice at Gatcombe's Festival of British Eventing I would not be exaggerating if I said I was grateful for every stroke I had done on the bloody rowing machine. Sweet Lord…they described it has 'hilly terrain', frankly after the 3rd time I trudged upward I was fairly convinced it was verging on Himalayan.
That said, all systems were go and brave pants were firmly on seeing as it was mine and Sooty's first Advanced – and what a place to do it! Though he did a lovely test he lost marks on his flying changes; his approach to them is similar to my approach toward dieting – a lot of reluctance and ultimately point-blank refusal. The show jumping was sizeable to say the least (as was the crowd), but even so he tried his heart out for me just touching an unfortunate rail (cue more piglet-worthy squealing).
Honestly, our cross country round has to be the highlight of my eventing career thus far – he made even the toughest combinations feel like a walk in the park. I have, however, always enjoyed taking my time in life whether I am on a horse or not, so I came home with a fairly impressive 37 time faults…if Jonelle Price is the fastest event rider in the world, does that make me the slowest?
As I write, we are 250 miles in to our 500 mile trek to the wonderful Blair Castle International Horse Trials. After a 4 shot cappuccino I'm doing everything I can to not vibrate out of my chair, and there is an impressive collection of empty dried-mango bags strewn across the cab…we have also just realized what dried fruit does to the body, tonight could be uncomfortable…!
Fingers crossed we have a fun week, and preferably one without too much rain too; I may have packed 12 waterproof coats but I really wouldn't mind if I don't have to use them all!


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Putting death tax back on the agenda
Reintroducing inheritance taxes would be an efficient and equitable way to address housing affordability, according to University of Queensland researchers.
Australian Institute for Business and EconomicsDirector Professor John Mangan said housing affordability was a national concern and a potential barrier to equality of opportunity.
"Inheritance taxes present an opportunity to capture a portion of this tax and apply it directly to address housing affordability, reducing less equitable or efficient forms of tax, and or funding expenditure – such as education – aimed at improving equality of opportunity," Professor Mangan said.
He said the rate of household home ownership for 25- to 34-year-olds fell from 60 per cent in 1981 to 45 per cent in 2016.
Professor Mangan said average wealth by age had rapidly shifted towards older households.
"A significant factor in the growing wealth of older Australians has been due to the effects of ownership of property and inflation of property prices, with rising house prices and falling home ownership rates among young households," he said.
"If housing affordability concerns persist, inheritance of property can further drive wealth disparity."
The research report, led by Professor Mangan, Jeffrey Lin and Filip Milosavljevic, identified a slowing of the transfer of wealth between generations in Australia.
"These changes have significant implications for welfare across generations, and contribute to the issue of equality of opportunity within Australia," Professor Mangan said.
"By redistributing a portion of inheritance taxes to issues like housing affordability, we allow more people to enter the housing market without the benefit of inheriting a home or money from their parents, creating more equal opportunity."
Media: Professor John Mangan, jmangan@bel.uq.edu.au, +61 7 3346 1630 or +61 434 367 480; AIBE Communications, Katie Rowney e.rowney@uq.edu.au, +61 7 3443 1321.
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I can create the new keychain and put all the keys/certs in there, but xcode 4 seems to only look in the login keychain.  Is there a way to change this, or am I doing something else wrong?

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Liberty Flames vs Toledo Rockets 12/20/2022 Expert Picks, Tips and Predictions
The Liberty Flames will take on the Toledo Rockets in the RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida set for Tuesday at 7:30 PM ET. This matchup is the first since 2007 for Liberty and Toledo when the Rockets edged the Flames 35-34. Toledo is the 3-point fave in this game.
After four winning seasons (34-15 record overall) at Liberty, Former Ole Miss Head Coach Hugh Freeze took over at Auburn a couple of weeks ago. Freeze led the Liberty Flames to an 8-4 tally in 2022 with the Flames entering this Bowl match on a 3-game losing skid. He has four winning seasons under his belt at Liberty. In week 10, Liberty stunned Arkansas at 21-19 but lost to the UConn Huskies 33-36 as 13.5 road favorites then lost to the Virginia Tech Hokies 22-23 as 10.5 point favorites at home. The third loss in a row was against the New Mexico State Aggies 14-49 as a 24-point fave.
The Liberty Flames are 9-4 SU in their last 13 games.
Liberty is 4-1 SU in their last 5 games against an opponent in the MAC.
The Flames are 10-1 ATS in their last 11 games when playing as the underdog.
Meanwhile, The Toledo Rockets are 0-4 in their last four bowl appearances since 2016. Last season, Jason Candle's team lost to the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders 31-24 in the Bahamas Bowl. Candle started his tenure at Toledo with a 32-17 win over the Temple Owls in the 2015 Boca Raton Bowl and worked for his team to win in the Sunshine State once again.
The Rockets are 8-5 overall and 5-3 in conference play this season. They clobbered the Ohio Bobcats 17-7 in the Mid-American Conference championship game. Toledo outgained the Bobcats 390-262 in total yards and won the turnover battle 1-0 to become the Conference titleholders for the first time since 2017. The Toledo Rockets split their last 6 road games. Dequan Finn completed 59.1% of his passes for 2,127 yards, 22 touchdowns, and 12 interceptions. Jerjuan Newton and Devin Maddox totaled 1,324 receiving yards and 12 TDs, while DeMeer Blankumsee had 37 receptions. The Toledo Rockets assault averages 177.8 yards per contest, and Jacquez Stuart leads the way with 659 yards and 4 touchdowns.
Toledo is 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games with a rival in the Independents (FBS) Conference.
The Toledo Rockets are 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games played in December.
The total went OVER in 4 of Toledo's last 5 games played on a Tuesday.
Liberty Flames vs Toledo Rockets. The NCAAF pick is the Toledo Rockets. The Liberty Flames enter the bowl season all roughed up losing 3 straight games. They're going through a coaching transition that will add to their adjustment period. The Toledo Rockets are an above-average team on both sides of the ball, and they are motivated in this Bowl game. Toledo is very thirsty for a Bowl Title. A roster of 14 seniors will win predicted at 28-24.
NCAAF Starting Time: 7:30 PM (EDT)
Location: FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida
Date: Tuesday, December 20, 2022
NCAAF Odds: Toledo Rockets -3.5
NCAAF Totals: 53


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Q: can you have a system with multiple anodes connected to one cathode (e.g.Battery, generator, biocell, solar cell)?

simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
Usually, the anode transfers electrons to the cathode. However, let's say the anode is not releasing enough electrons to create enough current for a certain application. Can I have multiple anodes (same type) connected to one cathode to generate more current?
if possible, How can I calculate the voltage and the current?

A: Certainly. That's the way full wave rectifier diodes used to be made.
One directly heated cathode connection (pin 8), two anodes (pins 4,6)


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Flip Flappers Collection (Blu-ray) UK Release Details
Release Date: 03 December 2018
RRP: £34.99 (GBP)
Company: MVM Entertainment
Flip Flappers! contains episodes 1-13.
As a middle school student, Cocona has been trying to decide what to do with her life. Magical Girl, however, wasn't a career path that she'd ever considered. When suddenly a strange girl named Papika thrusts her into a secret organization called Flip Flap, Cocona's outlook does a radical flip-flop. Her views start to change when she is dragged into an alternate dimension called Pure Illusion where she's charged with gathering crystal shards and fighting strange creatures.
Now, between running missions and facing off against a rival organization, Cocona doesn't have much time to consider alternate career choices. What are these shards, and why is gathering them so important? There's a mystery to be solved and multiple worlds to be saved!


In-country, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and its implementing partners face a range of factors that, to varying degrees, affect their ability to target food assistance effectively to vulnerable groups. These factors include (1) the quality of data used to identify and reach recipients, (2) host government policies, and (3) sharing of rations among recipients and community members. Targeting effectiveness is reduced when data quality is poor, host government policies cause distortions in program design and implementation, and sharing prevents food rations from being consumed by the intended recipients in the intended amounts. USAID and its implementing partners try to mitigate such challenges by, for example, employing technology to improve data quality, coordinating closely with government officials to foster better relationships, and educating recipients about proper food usage to reduce sharing. In some cases, host governments have facilitated targeting efforts by, for example, establishing national targeting guidelines that set a common standard, or national statistical offices that assist in collecting data. Nevertheless, ensuring that food assistance reaches intended recipients remains difficult.
Weaknesses in the design, monitoring, and evaluation phases of USAID's targeting process hinder targeting effectiveness, although the agency is taking actions to make improvements. In the design phase of the targeting process, USAID does not provide sufficient guidance on whether and how to target specialized food products. Specifically, USAID's guidance on design currently is neither up-to-date nor complete, and does not adequately address key benefits and risks that inform decisions on whether and how to target specialized food products. In USAID's monitoring and evaluation phases, weaknesses limit targeting effectiveness and hinder decision making. USAID currently does not require monitoring of key indicators needed to determine the level of targeting effectiveness. For example, during implementation USAID does not monitor actual recipients in its emergency programs. Furthermore, its evaluations do not systematically address targeting effectiveness. Without adequate guidance, monitoring, and evaluations, USAID cannot ensure targeting effectiveness in its food assistance programs. USAID is taking some steps to improve both guidance and monitoring. For example, USAID is updating guidance and plans to track indicators such as detailed age breakdowns that are key to better understanding targeting effectiveness. However, these steps do not fully address the weaknesses in USAID's targeting process. GAO recommends that the Administrator of USAID improve USAID's targeting of specialized food products to vulnerable groups by (1) issuing, as appropriate, improved interim guidance to assist implementing partners in deciding whether and how to target specialized food products; and (2) establishing and reporting program-specific indicators related to targeted vulnerable groups, to assess effectiveness in reaching such groups. USAID agreed with the recommendations and provided examples of recent efforts to address them.
In fiscal year 2011, USAID spent approximately $1.7 billion on food assistance reaching over 46 million people in 48 countries. USAID targets food assistance so that benefits accrue selectively to only a portion of the overall population, typically the most vulnerable. Effective targeting is important to maximize the impact of limited resources, especially as USAID begins to use more nutritious but more costly specialized food products to address hunger and malnutrition among vulnerable groups. GAO was asked to (1) describe in-country factors that USAID and its implementing partners face in targeting vulnerable groups, and (2) examine the extent to which USAID's targeting process supports effective targeting. GAO analyzed program data and documents; interviewed relevant officials; convened a roundtable of food assistance experts and practitioners; and conducted fieldwork in Ethiopia, Guatemala, Sri Lanka, and Zimbabwe.
Comments: USAID agreed with the recommendation. In response to the GAO recommendation, USAID provided updated guidance to assist implementing partners in deciding whether and how to target specialized food products. For example, in 2013, USAID posted decision trees that help implementing partners make choices about targeting based on circumstances. In addition, for example, in 2013, USAID updated fact sheets that that provide programming guidance as well as nutrition information for specialized food products such as corn soy blend plus and ready-to-use therapeutic food.
Recommendation: To improve USAID's targeting of specialized food products to vulnerable groups, such as children under 2 and pregnant women, and as USAID continues to purchase new specialized food products without updated guidance, the Administrator of USAID should should issue, as appropriate, improved interim guidance to assist implementing partners in deciding whether and how to target specialized food products.
Comments: USAID agreed with the recommendation. In response, in fiscal year 2013, USAID strengthened reporting requirements to include reporting on number of pregnant and lactating women, children from 0-23 months of age (male and female), children from 24-59 months of age (male and female), and children from 5 to 17.9 years of age (male and female) receiving food assistance, including specialized food products. USAID's Annual Results Report Guidance, revised September 27, 2013, states that the following must be tracked: the number of beneficiaries in the following categories: male; female; pregnant and lactating women; children 0 to 23 months; children 24 to 59 months; children 5 to 17.9 years.
Recommendation: When USAID chooses to provide specialized food products to targeted vulnerable groups, the Administrator of USAID should establish and report program-specific indicators related to each targeted group to allow USAID to assess its programs' effectiveness in reaching these groups.


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Q: How to get TaskItem by inspetor.get the TaskItem which to send to others. not a TaskItem to myself I want to make a Outlook Addin to make attachment file to ZIP file automatically.
Now ,i have to get  the TaskItem to make the task mail which i send to others is only have ZIP attachmens files.
I have trid the folowing code to get TaskItems.but always get the TaskItem which i sent myself.which i send to others task mail is not To zip file yet.
Wish Someone can help me.Thanks.
     //the addin start up
     private void ThisAddIn_Startup(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
    {
        Application.ItemSend += new Outlook.ApplicationEvents_11_ItemSendEventHandler(Application_ItemSend);
    }

    //before send the mail
     public void Application_ItemSend(object Item, ref bool Cancel)
    {

        //get  the task items
        var myinspector = Application.ActiveInspector();
        if (myinspector != null)
        {
            //get the TaskItem
            TaskItem OutlookTaskItem = myinspector.CurrentItem as TaskItem;

            /*

            automatically to make attachment file to ZIP file.

            */

        }

    }

A: If you want to get a reference to the item being sent, you have to use the Item parameter that is already passed to the Item_Send event.  You are referencing an open item window with ActiveInspector, which may not be the same as the item being sent.


The name of the corporation is Walkertown Civic Club.
The purposes for which this corporation is organized are: The promotion of the common good and welfare of the people of the Walkertown community by working to improve the schools, support the churches, advance the general health, promote social and recreational facilities, and in general bring about civic betterment and social improvement.
To improve, encourage and assist the religious, charitable, literary and educational organizations of the Walkertown community by financial contributions to organizations exempted from payment of taxes by the Bureau of Internal Revenue under the applicable laws of the United States.
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Sir Simon Fraser of Oliver and Neidpath was a Scottish knight who fought in the Wars of Scottish Independence, for which he was hanged, drawn, and quartered in 1306.

Life
Simon Fraser was the son of Simon Fraser, Sheriff of Peebles and Keeper of the forests of Selkirk and Traquair (died 1291), and his wife Maria.

Perhaps because he was slow in submitting to Edward I of England - he only did so on 23rd July 1291 - the younger Simon Fraser did not succeed his father in his offices.  Instead, Edward confided the Forest of Selkirk to William Comyn of Kirkintilloch.

When Edward's intention to usurp the Scottish throne became evident, Fraser joined the Scottish party. He was captured during the Battle of Dunbar on 27 April 1296 and was sent to a prison in England. He was forfeited of his lands. He was released to serve King Edward I of England's expedition in Flanders in 1297. Fraser was made a household knight – effectively, a member of the royal bodyguard – and gifted a horse by Edward before the Battle of Falkirk. Fraser was thus among the English cavalry divisions that defeated the army of William Wallace. On 27 March 1299, in recognition of his good service, he was restored his lands and titles. He was the Keeper of Selkirk Forest, and was at the Siege of Caerlaverock on the side of the English in 1300.

He switched back to the Scottish side in mid-1301 and led the Scottish victory at the Battle of Roslin in 1303, alongside John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch (also known as "Red Comyn"). Here Fraser killed Ralph Manton, an English treasury clerk, whom Fraser accused of embezzling King Edward of funds and neglecting to pay Fraser's wages when he was in English service. Consequently, the English King Edward I, marched north through Stirling taking Perth. As Edward approached Dunfermline, the Bishop of St Andrews and the bishop of Glasgow along with Red Comyn met his army and submitted. Fraser refused to swear fealty to the English King and did not attend.

In March 1304, Fraser and Wallace were ambushed by English forces at the action at Happrew and defeated. By June Fraser had deserted Wallace and accepted Edward's peace terms. In January 1305 he was employed, along with all other Scottish knights, to hunt down his former comrade Wallace.

In March 1306 Fraser once again broke faith with King Edward and defected to Robert the Bruce. He escaped from the defeat at the Battle of Methven, but was captured during the summer of 1306 at a subsequent engagement at Kirkencliff near Stirling by Sir Thomas de Multon and Sir John Jose. King Edward had commanded all captured supporters of King Robert executed and, in particular, the lands of Simon Fraser harried and burnt. The prisoner was sent to London, and hanged, drawn, and quartered in September 1306. His head was impaled on a spike on London Bridge, along with Wallace's.

Family
Simon is known to have had the following issue:
Margaret Fraser, married Sir Gilbert Haya of Lochorwart, passing the Barony of Neidpath into the Hay family; had issue.
Joan Fraser, married Sir Patrick Fleming of Biggar, passing the Barony of Oliver into the Fleming family; had issue.

Citations

References

Further reading
 Vietch, John (1893), "Sir Simon Fraser", in History and Poetry of the Scottish Border, Volume 1, William Blackwood and Sons, pp. 299 - 335

External links
 Video footage of the memorial to Sir Simon Fraser at Almondell.

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This is a family ride through the Colquhoun Forest. Picnic tables and toilet stop along the way. Follows the old Mississippi Creek.
Access begins in Myer Street, Lakes Entrance. Continue up Myer Street and it turns into Palmers Road.
Continue past the Golf Course, where the road then turns into Colquhoun Road. Go past the Great Lakes Airport on the right.
Continue a bit further, then turn left into Scriveners Road. This will take you to the beginning of the Discovery Trail.
Navigating through the Colquhoun Forest is easy, as the Discovery Trail is well marked.
There are small creek crossings, lots of wildlife, and it's an absolute joy to do this ride during the summer, as the forest canopy shades you.
The end of the Discovery Trail takes you to the East Gippsland Rail Trail, going from Bairnsdale through to Newmerella (Orbost).
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Gladys Smith
Interview from the June 2020 issue of Panorama Minero
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Job title (at time of interview)Managing Director of Sanav Ltd., Head of Latin America at IWiM
LocationUnited Kingdom
"It is vital to listen to the individual and collective voice of the women in the industry to improve diversity, governance, and sustainability. Women in Mining plays an essential role in uniting the women and the stakeholders, support diversity in the workplace, and act as the voice of women in regional and national mining initiatives" says Gladys Smith, who has more than 20 years of experience as a businesswoman and is the regional lead for Latin America at IWiM.
A talk with Gladys Smith, Head of Latin America for International Women in Mining (IWiM), on the global vision of the organisation, what is next for the mining industry, and the consequential impact on equity and gender issues.
What are IWIM's goals and focus towards the development of women during this unusual year of collaboration? What measures and strategies is the organisation proposing?
We face a very unusual reality at this moment, and all women in the mining industry will have to contribute towards moving forward into more comprehensive and inclusive scenario. At International Women in Mining, we will do our best to make the mining sector a better place through the promotion of diversity gender equality and inclusion policies. Fortifying, connecting, and coordinating WIM organisations worldwide as part of an associates network will be our main objective in the future.
What challenges do you think women will have to face in their workplace during this period, especially in the mining industry?
Women will face many challenges in the coming months, especially as a result of changes that will come with the coronavirus pandemic. Without a doubt, we will have to adapt to new tax regulations and protocols imposed by the companies. Therefore, we are talking about a new space for women to succeed in, one in which we will have to work together for the common goal to have more women working in the sector. It is an excellent opportunity to think about how we mine. And to reflect on how to increase the female contribution in an industry of this magnitude.
How is the interaction between International Women in Mining and the WIM organisations in Latin America?
From the beginning, it has been very positive and consistent. WIM organisations leaders we liaise with are very much looking forward to work towards a united movement, and we have had good coordination so far. The drive that each organisation has is motivating. And I know that projects are going to be realised, which is an encouragement for WIM organisations in each country. Enthusiasm is contagious, and the camaraderie between organisations goes beyond the imaginable.
Usually, how do you analyse the mining industry news, and what projections are you noticing as a representative who is experienced in this sector?
Mining is changing a lot worldwide, both strategically as well as operationally. The industry has had to realise that it has to adapt to changes in the world, especially in fields related to environment and technology. In addition, the coronavirus situation, because unexpected, hit all mining companies who are having to face an extraordinary situation. Nevertheless, we see that they are making the necessary changes, and that's very beneficial for the future. I notice a quick reaction from the industry, and I think that in the future, we should focus more on decreasing carbon emissions and encourage "green" investments. I also see an improvement in terms of diversity: I am already noting a larger number of women that strengthen participation figures in this sector.
On a final note, what message would you want to send to the women working in the mining industry?
The path is already paved thanks to the great work done by women and for women. From now on, we must keep going and remember that there is still a lot to do to achieve gender equality in the industry. We must put the past behind and start laying the foundations for a more diverse future.
***The Following Interview has been translated from the Argentinian Mining online Magazine, Panorama Minero.***
***For the original article, as well as for many other interesting articles and interviews, visit the website of Panorama Minero: https://panorama-minero.com/***
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Q: problema ao popular um controle do tipo option Tenho um codigo VBA mas estou com problemas ao popular um elemento.
Quando tendo colocar dados no controle aparece a seguinte mensagem de erro:
erro em tempo de execução '2146233079 (80131509)':
unknown error: cannot focus element...
Sub x()
    Dim objCollection
    Dim numeroPregao, dataAssinatura, uasg, item, val, m
    Dim c As Integer
    Dim ULogin As Boolean, ieForm
    Dim MyPass As String, MyLogin As String
    Dim driver As New SeleniumWrapper.WebDriver
    Dim windowHandleJanelaInicial As String

    ctr = 2
    For y = 0 To 13680 'vai de zero ao numero de linhas a ser prenchido
    m = 0
    c3 = 1
    c2 = 1

    driver.Start "chrome", "http://comprasnet.gov.br"
    driver.setImplicitWait 5000
    driver.Open "/acesso.asp?url=/Livre/Ata/ConsultaAta00.asp"

    Set objCollection = driver.findElementByCssSelector("frame[name='main2']")
    driver.SwitchToFrame (objCollection)

    driver.FindElementByName("dt_ini").SendKeys "25/11/2015"
    driver.FindElementByName("dt_fim").SendKeys "24/11/2015"
    driver.FindElementByXPath("//option[text()='<Escolha pelo menos um material ou serviço>']").SendKeys "222345" 'o erro ocorre aqui

A: Consegui contornar meu erro! o problema estava ocorrendo porque o controle que eu estava tentando manipular não estava "acessível".
O jeito foi clicar no botão "selecionar" e fazer a interação com os controles do popup seleção de material


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12h15 We welcome our guests onboard the MAYA CRUISE and then check in, enjoy Welcome Drink, receive cruise briefing, safety instructions and check in. Start cruising and explore Lan Ha Bay.
15h00: We progress to Tra Bầu area of Lan Hạ Bay- a separate part of Halong Bay. This is a quiet tourist paradise in Vietnam. You can try at kayaking or simply just enjoy a swim. .
17h30 Returning MAYA CRUISE, you can watch the magnificent sunset over the Gulf of Tonkin.
21h30 Enjoy the landscape of the bay at night up on the top deck. Relax whilst enjoying drinks from the bar. Try your hand at night squid fishing, watching a movie in the restaurant.
06h00 Tai Chi session on the sundeck; after which we serve light breakfast. Upon completing breakfast continue our journey and head out in canoes to explore the bay in the area where the Bright and Dark cave is situated.
12h10 We bid farewell at Gia Luan port, this is the end of the program.
Absolutely perfect 2 day and 1 night cruise. Lots of benefits of going to Lan Ha- shorter transfer and much quieter. David our guide was excellent-lots of information and chat. Really nice man who we enjoyed talking to and learning with. Transfer is very comfortable luxurious bus with WiFi and huge chairs. Comfort stop about half way to boat. You sail to Lan Ha bay which is much quieter than Ha Long and also the bus transfer is much shorter. Small boat takes you on a very quick transfer to the main boat. Greeted with a lovely welcome and a small welcome drink. Check in to room and served a 5 course lunch! The food was immense! We had a great room with a small balcony and very comfortable bed and great windows at the back of the boat. We then went kayaking and swimming. Scenery beautiful. Happy Hour on boat offers cocktails and spirits at buy 2 get 1 free! Brief cooking course where you try to make spring rolls. 5 course dinner-amazing! Boat is anchored at night so it is quiet. Breakfast-fresh eggs, fruit, cereals, bread. Then we went on a basket boat to come caves. You then return for a 5 course "brunch". Quick transfer back to port and then luxury bus back to Hanoi-returning at around 2pm. All of the staff on the cruise were so polite and friendly. We were visited at our hotel after the cruise by two members of staff from Maya asking about our trip-all I can say was it was perfect. They gave us the gift of some Vietnamese coffee and a small drip coffee maker. Unbelievable 5* service throughout.
We stayed for 2 days 1 night in Maya Cruise and only regret not booking for more days. Every detail of our experience exceeded expectations mainly because there were 5 guests for 10 crew members in the cruise. Besides this VIP treatment, the rooms were very good, the boat is very new and clean, the whole activities were well thought to provide an unforgettable time and the food never disappoints, with frequent meals making sure we never stayed 2 minutes hungry. So overall experience was and will always be very good. However, I leave the best for the end of my comment. There was an extra factor that upgraded our trip to the next level: SOI. A young Vietnamese tour guide whose name means 'sticky rice'. Her simpathy, curiosity, knowledge, availability and generousity were crucial. I highly recommend asking for Soi's availability if you choose Maya for your cruise. She is destined for this type of job and will make sure - giving all her best - that one is always happy. She wouldn't need to do it though because her empathic smile (always on) would be enough. Thank you Soi for your amazing job. We hope life is as good for you as you are for others.
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The Cuphead Show: Season 1 REVIEW – Underwhelming and Forgettable
Not the finest china.
Joey Rambles· February 22, 2022
The Cuphead Show
If you're into the indie gaming scene, you've most definitely heard of a run-and-gun game called Cuphead. Released in 2017, StudioMDHR's game has since become one of the most beloved indie games ever, with many praising it as one of the greatest indie games of all time. The hype surrounding the Netflix show only made sense considering how popular the indie game is, and with the game already having a large cast of characters and an art style seemingly perfect for a cartoon show, The Cuphead Show should've been an easy success, both in popularity and in quality.
Unfortunately for both fans of the show and anyone unfamiliar with the game but interested in checking the show out, The Cuphead Show doesn't have much going for it to really consider it a must-watch show. The first episode is great — many of the jokes land, the Devil gets a really fun song, and the episode ends with the impression that the stakes are only going to get higher from this point onward.
However, the eleven remaining episodes fail to live up to the expectations set by the show's pilot. If anything, the stakes practically become non-existent the more the episodes go on. You're never really invested in Cuphead's and Mugman's adventures because you know there's nothing really at risk, and even if you only stay for the humor, the show doesn't have much going for it in that department either, often overcompensating with too many sound effects and uncanny facial expressions.
Occasionally there'll be a good joke or a scene where the animation really shines, but for the most part, The Cuphead Show just doesn't have enough substance to warrant watching past its first few episodes. Given its source material, the show should've at least been fun, but the more the episodes go on the less and less The Cuphead Show is able to justify its existence.
The show doesn't even bother to try to follow the main plot of its source material. In the game, Cuphead bets his and Mugman's souls with the Devil in a casino game and loses. The Devil tells them he might spare them their souls if they're able to collect the "soul contracts" from his runaway debtors before midnight the next day, and as such, Cuphead and Mugman fight boss after boss hoping to collect every soul contract before the deadline.
In the show, the writers opt for a carnival setting instead of a casino, which is understandable, given how a casino setting would've been somewhat inappropriate for a younger target. It's also only Cuphead who loses his soul through a skee-ball game and not through rolling dice. However, the show then makes a change that's very much a headscratcher — Cuphead and Mugman escape the Devil before he can collect Cuphead's soul, and instead of them collecting soul contracts, the main plot is now the two boys trying to make sure the Devil doesn't find them and collect Cuphead's soul.
I call this the main plot but in actuality, only 4 out of the show's 12 episodes actually focus on this storyline. The show can't seem to decide if it wants to be a SpongeBob Squarepants type of cartoon where there's a different storyline with every episode or an Over the Garden Wall type of cartoon where the episodes all connect and contribute to an overarching plot.
Certainly, you can be both, much like how Gravity Falls had its overarching mystery while still having episodes that felt very self-contained and monster-of-the-week. The difference here is that Gravity Falls' self-contained episodes were all good in their own right, never letting their monster-of-the-week nature get in the way of being a fun, exciting, and memorable episode.
In The Cuphead Show, the standalone episodes feel very much like filler. They're mostly one-off adventures featuring characters that never reappear again in the show, and while there's occasionally a funny scene or two, there's almost nothing here that you haven't seen before. You've seen a cartoon do the "main characters raise a kid and act like they're married" plot. You've seen a cartoon do the "scaredy-cat character suddenly becomes courageous" plot. You've seen a cartoon do the "main characters meet other characters that act just like them" plot. These episodes feel so inconsequential that you spend most of them waiting for them to end and praying that the next episode might actually have something to do with the Devil and Cuphead's soul.
These episodes also make the main plot more confusing, because what exactly is the Devil doing when Cuphead and Mugman are off participating in a one-off plot? We find out later that the Devil can just magically appear wherever the two main characters are, so why isn't he there when Cuphead and Mugman are taking care of a baby, trying to escape a creepy graveyard, or attending a party in their own front yard?
Still, filler episode or not, the show has very little to offer in terms of humor, excitement, or charm. Cuphead and Mugman are not very well-defined characters. Cuphead is impulsive and overconfident while Mugman is hesitant and a bit of a wuss, but aside from that, there's very little to differentiate these two boys. They're both naughty, they're both loud, and they're both sarcastic. It got me wondering, aside from name recognition, why is this show even called The Cuphead Show? Mugman feels just as much a presence as Cuphead is in this show.
This is especially a problem because Cuphead and Mugman are the only two characters that regularly appear. Where cartoons like SpongeBob SquarePants and The Fairly OddParents have numerous recurring characters with different personalities that work well together comedically, The Cuphead Show has a new character for almost every episode — but really, they all serve the same purpose: to be annoyed by Cuphead and Mugman's antics. The most fun you'll have with them is recognizing them as characters from the video game.
And while the show isn't very funny, it sure is noisy. Characters say things in a very loud manner as if what they're saying automatically becomes funny if they do and almost every shocked or angry expression has a sound effect to go with it. The characters also occasionally make these strange facial expressions that are supposed to be funny but in all honesty, just don't look right.
Finally, if you've been following news on the show, you're probably aware of the character Ms. Chalice. She's part of an upcoming Cuphead DLC, she's featured in the show's trailer, she's on the Netflix thumbnail for the show, and she's even in the show's intro. However, in the actual show, she doesn't appear until the very last episode. The promotional material makes it seem like she's this important and prominent character but she gets less than 10 minutes of screentime throughout the entire show excluding the intro.
All in all, The Cuphead Show is a greatly unremarkable show spun off from an extremely remarkable game, often feeling too derivative, annoying, and, worst of all, boring. For fans of the video game, you're better off playing that again. For animation fans, the show may be visually appealing but there is very little in terms of substance to keep you fully invested. And for kids, there may be something here, but given how Netflix has offerings like Hilda and Carmen Sandiego, it's hard to really see what makes this one stand out from the crowd.
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The Cuphead Show starts off great with a funny and exciting first episode only to fall completely flat with its second episode, never being able to recover from that point onward.
Joey Rambles
Writer, visual designer, and The Simpsons fan. Still hasn't finished Super Mario Bros. 3 and probably never will. Rocks at board games, though.
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Mattek-Sands, Safarova win doubles title
Justin Bergman
MELBOURNE, Australia – Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova won the Australian Open women's doubles title on Friday in their first tournament together as a partnership, beating Chan Yung-jan and Zheng Jie 6-4, 7-6 (5).
Not only had Mattek-Sands and Safarova never played together before the first Grand Slam of the year, they had never even practiced together.
"Actually, we didn't even really know which side we were going to play," Mattek-Sands, a former Neenah resident, said. "We started off on the opposite sides, (then) we switched. I think we switched again. It was pretty spur of the moment."
It marked the first time a new pairing had won a Grand Slam title since Nathalie Dechy of France and Russia's Dinara Safina captured the 2007 U.S. Open title.
Mattek-Sands, a 29-year-old known for her adventurous tennis outfits and multi-hued hair, was out for six months last year while recovering from hip surgery and wasn't sure she would play doubles at Melbourne Park.
"In the offseason it was literally, 'Let's play Australian Open.' I know some teams kind of plan for the year a little bit," she said. "For me, you know, I want to get a chance to see how my hip felt, see how my body felt."
The two came together in the offseason because Safarova's coach is friends with Mattek-Sands' husband, Justin.
"I had some partners where it took really a long time to find a good combination and to play well, but I think we pretty much (clicked) right away, we played well," said Safarova, a Czech player who has had more success in singles, reaching the Wimbledon semifinals last year.
Even though they didn't know each other's playing styles, they bonded in the locker room over tea each morning.
"We would get our Earl Grey," Mattek-Sands said.
"Chilling," Safarova added.
It's the first Grand Slam trophy for the Czech player. Mattek-Sands previously won the 2012 Australian Open mixed doubles title with Romanian Horia Tecau.
Asked whether she and Safarova had made plans to play again, Mattek-Sands said, "We actually haven't even talked about it yet."
Safarova, laughing, responded: "Would you like to play with me?"


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Aimee in Manila, Philippines.
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Aimee and her daughter at one of Tala's customer appreciation dinners.
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In just two years, she was able to double her family's income and has raised her loan limit to over $200. They have since moved to a bigger apartment in a safer neighborhood. She was even able to use the profits from her food stall to open another business selling beauty products. Aimee's story is not only inspiring but valuable in determining where to prioritize efforts around financial inclusion. Digital accounts and payments are important but even a bank account does Aimee no good if she has nothing to put into it. Digital credit uniquely allows Aimee to control her cash flow and provides the capital needed to grow.
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Naisey-les-Granges is een gemeente in het Franse departement Doubs (regio Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) en telt 597 inwoners (1999). De plaats maakt deel uit van het arrondissement Besançon.

Geografie
De oppervlakte van Naisey-les-Granges bedraagt 25,4 km², de bevolkingsdichtheid is 23,5 inwoners per km².

Demografie
Onderstaande figuur toont het verloop van het inwonertal (bron: INSEE-tellingen).

Gemeente in Doubs