#She's technically older than all of the Lindens.

[loupy-mongoose]

How I've collected an Army of Mews. :3

@puzzled-zebra asked me in a chat how I get my Mews, and it made me realize something. While I did make a post awhile back talking about how I easily get my Mew characters in-game, there are a few aspects that I feel need more attention (some of which I've learned since that post). So I figured I'd make a new and improved, deeply in-depth post about it! :3

It is important to know, though, that the Mews (and Jirachis) obtained this way are SHINY LOCKED! You cannot reset for a shiny this way! (I have a post about how I got Akoya here~)

The Lindens, the Branch crew, and my first gift Mew Pearl. All safe and sound in Scarlet. :3 Every Mew here except Akoya was obtained in Shining Pearl.

What you need: Nintendo Switch/Lite Brilliant Diamond OR Shining Pearl Let's Go: Pikachu OR Let's Go Eevee (For Mew) Sword OR Shield (For Jirachi)

First off, it's best to do do this on a user with HOME access for a few different reasons. First and foremost, Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl has a lock that makes it so you can send ONLY ONE Mew per file into HOME! I learned this the hard way, as I made the mistake of stockpiling my Mews in a Shining Pearl file, only to find out that I had go through convoluted hoops to get them all into HOME. XD This issue is ONLY present in BDSP--Sword and Shield, and Scarlet and Violet do not lock you in this way and you can transfer as many Mews as you want to your hearts content. (Currently--please don't change it GameFreak!) (I don't fully understand the mechanics of it all, but Mews obtained in previous games pass through this lock--Akoya and Randy were consistently able to be put in HOME together from the same file. It's only when they're obtained in BD/SP that the lock applies, or so I understand.)

The second reason for HOME access is, you have to beat the first Gym to do this method. I have in the past done it using the starter Piplup and catching Starlys and Shinxes, but if you have access to HOME and powerful Pokemon, then you can borrow some to help you get through. I use the Linden Shiny Squad since their levels are between 65-70. They scarcely listen to me, but when they do, it insta-KO's their opponents. (I recommend having Piplup or a Lv. 10-ish powerful Pokemon on hand, especially for Roark's Onix, as it has Sturdy. I have had them all disobey themselves to death.)

Make sure you put your borrowed 'mons back into HOME before deleting the file, if you want to do so!

How it works is, there's a lady in Floaroma Town that will give you a Mew, at Level 1. (The guy next to her will give you a Jirachi at Level 5 as well.) In order for her to give it to you, you need to have save data of LG;P or E on the same user. It doesn't matter how far in the LG file is; it just needs to be to the point that you can save the game. And you don't need to touch it after you save--One LG save gets you as many Mews as you restart BD/SP for. (For Jirachi it's the same, but instead of LG save data you need Sword or Shield save data.)

So you start BD/SP, play up to Floaroma, and boom, Mew! You can save by the lady and reset for a specific nature, and even name it! With the Shiny Squad's help it takes me roughly an hour of play time to get to that point.

Anyway, a little long-winded, but I thought I'd put this out there for peeps who have the means and want to build their own in-game army of adorable pink cats. :3

[reverienne]

Barbie movies, you say??? How about princess and the pauper and Fairytopia for the ships thing? 😄

OTP: Princess Anneliese/Julian. I’ve always felt a bit iffy shipping them since technically Julian is her tutor, but… c'mon, I’m pretty sure that her actual tutor was Julian’s tutor and that Julian is barely older than Anneliese herself.Anneliese’s comparison in the mine is a bit unfortunate, I’ll admit, but I’ve always found them cute and I’m glad that they found each other.

favourite canon pairing: Erika/King Dominick. I’m so touched by the strength and sincerity of King Dominick’s feelings. He gave Erika the time and space she needed, he didn’t pressure her into anything and when she came back to him, he was still 210% down to marry her, just like he was before her departure. He couldn’t care less that she was a peasant. The scene where he comes to the prison to rescue her because he KNOWS that she’s a good person, even though he had every right to be angry at her for “tricking him”… MY HEART.

worst pairing ever: objectively it would be some twisted ships like Annelise/Preminger, personally I would say Anneliese/Erika. I’ve always seen their bond as purely platonic and sisterly. Let me have that.

guilty pleasure pairing: I don’t really have one, though I definetely feel guilty over not listing Preminger/Queen Genevieve on the worst ship list? Don’t get me wrong, their relationship would be awful, unhealthy and twisted, I just consider it more interesting and less yikes than pretty much all of the worst pairing options. Maybe because they’re roughly the same age.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

a pairing you want to see more of: Anneliese/Julian. I mean, Erika/Dominick is also somewhat underappreciated, but I sometimes feel like I’m the only person who likes Anneliese/Julian and it’s sad.

that pairing everyone likes but you’re like “lol no”: I don’t see people boycotting Wolfie/Serafina so I’ll go with Wolfie/Serafina. It’s not that I hate it, it’s just a ship that comes out of nowhere and… it feels far-fetched that not only do Anneliese and Erika have their double wedding, but also their cats hooked up with each other? Please no.

favourite non-romantic pair: Erika with Julian, Serafina with Bertie. I also would love to see more interactions between Anneliese and Erika’s coworker - I can see the potential for a sweet friendship (and Anneliese getting more understanding re: How Real Life Works).

I decided to go with Fairytopia, Mermaidia and The Magic of the Rainbow for the complete trilogy and both Mariposa movies for the complete series.

OTP: MARIPOSA/PRINCE CARLOS. Listen, that’s the only Barbie ship that has ever given me so much emotion. Mattel, I’m begging, give me an animated TV series in which Mariposa and Carlos get the slowburn romance they deserve.

favourite canon pairing: does Mariposa/Prince Carlos count as one? They’re definetely the closest match and they’re supported in-universe by Willa.

worst pairing ever: objectively these would be ships like Elina/Azura or Rayna/Rayla, but personally I absolutely detest Bibble/Dizzle and the idea of Elina/Mariposa squicks me out?

guilty pleasure pairing: okay but consider an AU to “The Magic of the Rainbow” where Laverna doesn’t inpersonate Sundrop and we’re given a whole movie of Elina and Sundrop’s enemies-to-lovers relationship? No, it’s more self indulgent. Maybe Elina/Dandelion? Just give me more of their interactions, please. I love them.

a pairing you want to see more of: it really looks like that if you don’t ship Elina with Nori, you’re in deep trouble? Aside from Elina/Sundrop, I would love to see more Elina/Dandelion, maybe Elina/Glee and a whole lot of people accepting that Elina can be single and happy.

that pairing everyone likes but you’re like “lol no”: Mariposa/Catania. It’s a very sweet friendship, but Mariposa is just too much of a mentor/older sister figure to Catania and their romance just doesn’t sit well with me.

favourite non-romantic pair: from Fairytopia trilogy: TOPAZ AS A BOTHERSOME HOSTAGE TO LAVERNA, Elina & Dandelion, Elina & Dahlia, Elina & Linden; from Mariposa duology: Willa & Prince Carlos, Prince Carlos & Queen Marabella.

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Blue Apron Loses HR Executive, Freezes Hiring Amid Expansion

Blue Apron Holdings Inc. has lost its top human resources executive, implemented a temporary hiring freeze of salaried employees and fired part of its recruiting team just as it ramps up a new fulfillment center thats supposed to help the troubled, newly public company expand.

Kate Muzzattis resignation was announced internally on Aug. 10, according to two people familiar with the situation, the same day Blue Apron decided to halt the hiring of salaried employees. The fired recruiters included staff who helped find operations and technical employees, said three people, who asked to remain anonymous to discuss an internal matter.

The meal-kit company confirmed Muzzattis resignation and said shes joining MM. LaFleur Inc., a womens apparel startup. The recruiting team firings totaled 14 people. They were tied to the temporary hiring freeze, which doesnt affect hourly positions as well as certain roles at headquarters, the company said. Blue Apron, which sells boxes packed with fresh ingredients and recipe cards to make dinner at home, employs more than 5,000 people.

The shares rose as much as 1.3 percent following the news Tuesday, reversing an earlier small decline.

Since going public in June and raising less money than expected, Blue Apron has lurched from one setback to another. Last month, co-founder Matt Wadiak quit as chief operating officer; he was overseeing the teams in charge of producing boxes, procuring ingredients and creating recipes. Though Blue Apron beat analysts revenue estimates in its first earnings report as a public company, it lost customers during the quarter after slashing the marketing budget. The shares have fallen almost 50 percent since the IPO.

Blue Apron has ambitious plans to upgrade its fulfillment operations and offer a much wider selection of products and options; to that end, its been moving a lot of the work to a new warehouse in Linden, New Jersey, all the while winding down an older facility in Jersey City.

“We recently completed an internal reorganization which involved several changes to our organizational structure, including the creation of our new consumer products team and the launch of a new fulfillment center team in Linden,” Chief Executive Officer Matt Salzberg said in an emailed statement. “As part of these changes, we temporarily paused hiring for certain positions, while keeping others open, for the duration of our 2018 resource allocation process."

But Blue Apron has had trouble keeping enough workers on the production lines, especially at the Jersey City facility, one of the people said. At the worst, more than 100 new people had to be hired in a week to replace those who quit, and an average of 20 to 30 weekly departures was common, the person said. Even though Blue Apron pays above minimum wage, the work is stressful, involving standing for hours in a refrigerated warehouse with little natural light, doing repetitive tasks perfectly. Because the process is complex, new workers take some time to get up to speed.

The new fulfillment center, when running at full capacity, is supposed to handle more than half the companys production volume. Yet during the second quarter, only 3 percent came from Linden, due to unexpected challenges, Chief Financial Officer Brad Dickerson said on the earnings call. Salzberg also said Linden had been slow to ramp up because training on new machinery was taking longer than expected. Linden began operating in May, a few months later than originally planned, one of the people said. 

The company said the Jersey City turnover was related to the transition to the Linden facility and that the delayed opening was nothing out of the ordinary and typical of any large construction project.

The delays and other setbacks mean it will take longer than expected to offer new menu options. Meanwhile, Blue Apron plans to keep cutting marketing to free up cash for the new center. As a result, the company wont reach $1 billion in sales this year — a milestone many investors and analysts expected.

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Blue Apron Loses HR Executive, Freezes Hiring Amid Expansion

Blue Apron Holdings Inc. has lost its top human resources executive, implemented a temporary hiring freeze of salaried employees and fired part of its recruiting team just as it ramps up a new fulfillment center thats supposed to help the troubled, newly public company expand.

Kate Muzzattis resignation was announced internally on Aug. 10, according to two people familiar with the situation, the same day Blue Apron decided to halt the hiring of salaried employees. The fired recruiters included staff who helped find operations and technical employees, said three people, who asked to remain anonymous to discuss an internal matter.

The meal-kit company confirmed Muzzattis resignation and said shes joining MM. LaFleur Inc., a womens apparel startup. The recruiting team firings totaled 14 people. They were tied to the temporary hiring freeze, which doesnt affect hourly positions as well as certain roles at headquarters, the company said. Blue Apron, which sells boxes packed with fresh ingredients and recipe cards to make dinner at home, employs more than 5,000 people.

The shares rose as much as 1.3 percent following the news Tuesday, reversing an earlier small decline.

Since going public in June and raising less money than expected, Blue Apron has lurched from one setback to another. Last month, co-founder Matt Wadiak quit as chief operating officer; he was overseeing the teams in charge of producing boxes, procuring ingredients and creating recipes. Though Blue Apron beat analysts revenue estimates in its first earnings report as a public company, it lost customers during the quarter after slashing the marketing budget. The shares have fallen almost 50 percent since the IPO.

Blue Apron has ambitious plans to upgrade its fulfillment operations and offer a much wider selection of products and options; to that end, its been moving a lot of the work to a new warehouse in Linden, New Jersey, all the while winding down an older facility in Jersey City.

“We recently completed an internal reorganization which involved several changes to our organizational structure, including the creation of our new consumer products team and the launch of a new fulfillment center team in Linden,” Chief Executive Officer Matt Salzberg said in an emailed statement. “As part of these changes, we temporarily paused hiring for certain positions, while keeping others open, for the duration of our 2018 resource allocation process."

But Blue Apron has had trouble keeping enough workers on the production lines, especially at the Jersey City facility, one of the people said. At the worst, more than 100 new people had to be hired in a week to replace those who quit, and an average of 20 to 30 weekly departures was common, the person said. Even though Blue Apron pays above minimum wage, the work is stressful, involving standing for hours in a refrigerated warehouse with little natural light, doing repetitive tasks perfectly. Because the process is complex, new workers take some time to get up to speed.

The new fulfillment center, when running at full capacity, is supposed to handle more than half the companys production volume. Yet during the second quarter, only 3 percent came from Linden, due to unexpected challenges, Chief Financial Officer Brad Dickerson said on the earnings call. Salzberg also said Linden had been slow to ramp up because training on new machinery was taking longer than expected. Linden began operating in May, a few months later than originally planned, one of the people said. 

The company said the Jersey City turnover was related to the transition to the Linden facility and that the delayed opening was nothing out of the ordinary and typical of any large construction project.

The delays and other setbacks mean it will take longer than expected to offer new menu options. Meanwhile, Blue Apron plans to keep cutting marketing to free up cash for the new center. As a result, the company wont reach $1 billion in sales this year — a milestone many investors and analysts expected.

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