Holiday gift certificates templates11/14/2023 A little holiday treat from your favorite elf!.For the thing that wouldn’t fit on Santa’s sleigh.Santa needed help saving space in his sack.You have 12 days of Christmas to spend this.Gift cards: Almost as magical as flying reindeer.Hoping this adds a little extra happy to your holidays.I figured you’d know better than Santa.Make the gift extra merry with these message ideas for Christmas gift cards. Yet another giving occasion that comes every year! Gift cards at Christmas are a great way to take the stress off when you’ve got a big list to shop for…or just people who are hard to shop for. Is your birthday wish a gift card? Because….Presents are like noses: better to pick them yourself!.Trust me-this is better than the 60 cats I was going to get you.Because a bottle of wine wouldn’t fit in the envelope.Turning a year older calls for a little splurge, am I right? (I’m right.).Because you’re never too old to spend money.Cheers to you! Cheers to your year ahead!.Gift card? Bacon? It was a really tough decision.I never know what to get you…but you do!.Even the best gift-getter has to admit that since birthdays come around EVERY YEAR…you kinda start to run out of ideas eventually! Pair your gift card with one of these message ideas for a fun birthday present that’ll bring them joy after the big day is over. Gift cards are such a great birthday gift. If you want to go a little more emotional, we’ve got lots of ideas for what to write inside a wedding card. Great news! You won’t have to return this.Ī cute little message is great for a gift card.Buy more clutter! That’s the marriage way.I couldn’t log on to your registry because I forget every password ever.Fun fact: Wedded bliss often involves shopping.Travel money for your trip to happily ever after.Remember, you’ll probably have to share this.(Better yet, gives them something to do together-shop!) Add one of these ideas for wedding gift card messages, and you’ve got a sweet gift they’ll appreciate. So a gift card is a fine way to help the happy couple start their new life. These days, couples are marrying later in life, which means they’re much more likely to be set with towels and dishes. ![]() Just a little something from me to you.They’re short, sweet wishes that let them know you care! These gift card message ideas are great for when you want the gesture of giving the gift itself to do most of the talking. Inspired? Create and share by tagging Short and Simple From groceries to spa days and “just because” to birthdays, here are dozens of ideas for messages to accompany your gift card. So we got our writers to come up with gift card message ideas for every giving situation we could think of. In fact, there are several situations in which a gift card can be incredibly meaningful.īut, just like greeting cards, it’s the words from you that make a gesture special. But we’re here to offer the opinion that gift cards can be just as thoughtful as a physical gift. There are some people who are inclined to say that gift cards are impersonal.
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![]() Does that screw the game over for him? No. If one of your friends is evil and doesn't give a shit, he may just kill a character you wanted to save. ![]() Remember it's role playing, so take the time to discuss things. Not really many limitations.Īgain, somebody screwing the game over is dependent on your view of what screwing the game over is. Possibilities? As far as ways to complete things, I'd say there's an average of 3 ways to do anything (quest wise). 2) Once you get to Arx, dismiss one of your companions and hire a mercenary. Use that character to pass the Statue Test at the Cathedral in Arx. (they still get exp though, so watch for if your character randomly gets +500 exp above his head "HEY WHAT DID YOU JUST DO") 1) Do not steal / kill / side with Voidwoken / use Source Vampirism skill or consume Soul Jars contents with one character, since the start of the game. ![]() Questing can be done either way, alone or together, if you're not all playing together and working as a team, you may trigger a quest on your own if you're 2 maps away, and even if you don't think the conversation may lead to anything, it may finish for you and now your friends can't do it. Yes you can trade, and see what eachother has in their inventory, but not what they have equipped. In some of the other areas that are considered hubs or have allied people, if you kill someone(out of stealth, and even with stealth you'd have to one shot them I think) you'll have to kill everyone, effectively again, locking out the xp/items/information/quests. Picking a fight and losing causes loss of a resurrection scroll, which aren't exactly infinite, at least in the EA currently. Currently in fort joy you can kill anyone without much repercussion aside from missed xp/items/information. Yes there is punishment depending on how you view it. These are generic custom characters who don't have any influence on plot or questlines, and have no special dialogue options.The world works like this, each character has impact on the world. Starting in Act 2 you will have your recruited Origin characters, and gain the ability to recruit mercenaries (if you feel like you really need to swap someone out, or if one of your characters dies permanently). You then get one last chance at selecting Origin characters to stick with you, any you don't pick will leave for good. Once you reach the end of Act 1, your party members will all "leave" and go wander the area you are in. You can do this at any time for the rest of the Act, and the characters will just hang around in their usual spots if you dismiss them. If your team is full just dismiss one of your current party members and you can pick up another Origin character. There are several prescripted character you can chose as your main character in Divinity Original Sin 2, however you can create your own characters as you like. You can currently swap companions whenever you want, test their combat abilities, get to know them, run their sidequest content, etc. Vendor Prices, Bartering & Attitude Formula Level Up: Attribute, Skill & Talent Point Breakdown The Quick Questions and Looking for Group Threads exist for a reason, use them. >!This is spoilery!< to get This is spoilery Submissions should relate to Divinity Original Sin or other works of Larian Studios.ĭo not put spoilers in the title of your post and mark your posts. Join up with a friend to play online in co-op and make your own adventures with the powerful RPG toolkit. Gather your party and get ready for a new, back-to-the-roots RPG adventure! Discuss your decisions with companions fight foes in turn-based combat explore an open world and interact with everything and everyone you see. Welcome To The Divinity: Original Sin Subreddit! Looking for a Group to play with? Try this thread || Discussion Overview Lights out11/14/2023 ![]() Sheffer is the former head of communications at GE and today a consultant to Jeff Immelt.There are sequences in this film that left the audience at my screening joyfully applauding their creativity and audacity. The night of the 11th, he had dinner with the GE audit staff. Immelt was in Los Angeles for meetings with GE’s corporate audit staff, investors, and NBC executives-none of which were held at a fancy Hollywood restaurant. This never happened, even though the entertainment gossip site Deadline reported otherwise. ![]() 11, 2008, Immelt had dinner at a fancy Hollywood restaurant with director Steven Spielberg, Universal Studios president Ron Meyer (GE owned NBCUniversal at the time), and Stacey Snider, then the CEO of DreamWorks. It should be noted that the Lights Out authors never asked Immelt about this serious and erroneous assertion about GE’s disclosures despite opportunities to do so during a three-hour interview in December 2018.Īnother item from the chapter further illustrates issues with Lights Out. The SEC closed the investigation without taking any action against GE. Securities and Exchange Commission launched a thorough investigation of GE’s disclosures during that period. This decision was later reversed.īased on Paulson’s book, the U.S. That would have left GE as one of the few issuers whose debt was not guaranteed by the government. government had inadvertently caused for GE by initially excluding the company from the Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program, or TLGP. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.) the difficulties that the U.S. Paulson was actually referring to conversations in October 2008 when Immelt was discussing with him and others (e.g. GE told journalists when Paulson’s book came out in 2010 that he had the wrong dates for his meeting with Immelt. But Paulson acknowledges in his book that he based his recollections of conversations on calendar entries and telephone logs that did not record subject matters and, in view of all that was happening at the time, it’s understandable he got the dates wrong. Lights Out’s apparent source for its misinformation seems to be Paulson’s book on the financial crisis, which indeed puts the meeting with Immelt in September. GE was having no problem issuing commercial paper at the time of the meeting with Paulson. Immelt’s meeting with Paulson was about tax reform, not GE’s ability to roll short-term paper. The paragraph immediately above is completely untrue. He told the Treasury Secretary that the commercial paper operation was getting worse and that GE was having a hard time selling debt that lasted longer than overnight.” “But the very next day, Immelt showed up at Paulson’s office in the evening to again sound the alarm about potential problems at GE. ![]() 14, a Sunday, GE’s investor relations department issued a letter reiterating that the company was in healthy condition and maintaining that its commercial paper programs continued to be ‘robust’ and that ‘we are not raising external capital and have no need to.’ In their chapter focused on the events of the global financial crisis in September and October 2008, the authors erroneously assert that GE knew it was having problems issuing short-term debt-or commercial paper-but did not communicate that information to investors. But one of those mistakes deserves direct refutation. Pompom magazine ravelry11/14/2023 ![]() A perennial shop favorite for sweaters, with great stitch definition and soft, heathered shades. This yarn was originally used for one version of the design. We invite you to join us at the Knitting and Stitching Show in London on 5 & 6 October from 9:30am to 5:30pm. This rare bumper edition of Pom Pom Quarterly contains 13 designs for warm and cool climes, so no matter where you live in the world, theres handmade party. This lighter-than-air bulky weight is perfect for cozy knits that aren’t heavy to wear, and is so scrumptiously soft.Ī thin cable pattern reminiscent of roots bring a delicate design detail to this yoked pullover. Fall into Autumn with Pom Pom - 2023 Events September 28, 2023. This lovely one-color brioche design is stunning in a fluffy, bulky-weight yarn. While the cover price of the magazine increased, we continue to offer our subscribers 25 off the cost of four issues, and we hope that you enjoy Pom. ![]() Pom Pom is also available in digital-only form from the advertised on-sale date, find more on digital downloads below. The slightly heathered shades add depth of color to the finished fabric. Each print copy of the magazine comes with a free digital download version. This classic sweater yarn is soft with beautiful stitch definition, and wears beautifully year after year. We love how the cable design grows up the piece! This slightly heathered fingering weight wool comes in a beautiful range of hues, and is ideal for knitting colorwork!Īs the temperatures cool off, this sweet cropped cable cardigan will be perfect to add layers to your wardrobe. This top-down pullover features a stunning colorwork motif in the yoke and cuffs, with instructions on how to add a written message in the optional folded hem. This fingering weight Merino/Silk blend is nice and round, so these textured stitches will really pop, and it is next-to-the-skin soft. Our yarn pick: de rerum natura Albertine. Pom Pom was founded in 2012 as a quarterly that presents knitting, crochet, and craft in the modern, beautiful, and meaningful way we’ve always known it should be. This cozy crochet pullover features tons of texture to create interesting geometric lines in the design. Join the Pom team in exploring one of our favourite designs Our follow-up to Knit How takes the straightforward raglan-sleeve pullover as a blank canvas and walks you through all the ways to make it your own. The issue includes a download code to download a digital copy of the issue on Ravelry. These 9 designs include 6 sweaters and 3 accessories, perfect for the seasonal transition – plus articles by Dawn Henderson and Tereza Pavlíková, craft ideas, and a recipe for ginger pudding. You’ll find a forest of gorgeous designs including luscious cable patterns, clever colorwork that mimics the beauty of plant life, and patterns that reference the enchanted forests of fairy tales. The Autumn 2021 issue of Pom Pom Quarterly is sure to give you all the fall feels! This collection celebrates trees: their roots, branches, and everything in-between. Memories of murder similar movies11/14/2023 And if you’re most attracted to Parasite‘s genre elements, it’s hard to go wrong with the wild and wacky Ready or Not, David Fincher’s efficient potboiler Panic Room, or the Coens’ violently absurd Burn After Reading. ![]() Robert Altman’s Gosford Park takes the most good-natured jabs on the subject, while Jean Renoir’s The Rules of the Game is the most earnest. And if you liked the surrealism Luis Bunuel brings to Angel, you’ll love to what extremes Sorry to Bother You and Society go to make their respectively bizarre and disgusting cases. The Ruling Class and The Exterminating Angel are both satires of the 1%. Same with Japan’s Shoplifters, but with more uplift. ![]() Mexico’s The Chambermai d and The Good Girls are parables which shine a light on economic mobility. Meanwhile, The Handmaiden also hails from South Korea. The South Korean director has yet to make a bad movie, so you might as well continue on with The Host, Mother, and Memories of Murder. If you’re just starting out with Joon-ho’s filmography, you can start with Snowpiercer, another take on class entrenchment, albeit via hard sci-fi. First recommendation is one of director Bong Joon-ho‘s primary influences: 1963’s twisted, table-turning The Servant. If you’re looking for more movies to watch after Parasite, we’ve found 20 films which share thematic and atmospheric blood. As the line between street and elite blurs and as the scheme spirals out of control, the viewer is forced to reckon just what exactly is the parasitic entity to which the title alludes. In the darkly comedic thriller, a family from the slums swindles their way into the graces of a wealthy young family. ![]() Ever since Parasite‘s arrival in theaters, the Best Picture winner has ignited conversations across America over a range of topics, from fruit allergies to one-inch subtitles to, of course, social class warfare. If you’re looking for more movies like Parasite, you’re not alone. (Photo by NEON / courtesy Everett Collection) 20 Movies To Watch If You Loved Parasite Sanshee fnaf plush11/14/2023 ![]() I’m long collected and enjoyed pop culture plush merchandise, but some brands stood firm for a long time. Meanwhile, the Foxy plushies from Sanshee have more improvements than other plushes.īut first, let’s discover the secrets and story behind Sanshee plush before seeing my top examples. The Sanshee FNAF Hot Topic Foxy Plush is my ultimate pick from the coming examples because it’s another Hot Topic exclusive to match the first-gen Foxy plush. Meanwhile, let me share my favorite second-generation Sanshee FNAF plush. I’ll include some tips that help you find collectible and valuable FNAF plush from Sanshee. So, let me share the tale of Sanshee plush, who made them, and what happened to the first generation. ![]() Never underestimate what a brand’s collapse and rebirth can do for a collectible fandom, and you’ll understand why soon enough. My son and I enjoy Five Nights at Freddy’s and have long followed the rise and fall of various plush brands behind the fandom. What happens to hated plushies? They become rare and unusual picks down the line. Sanshee FNAF plush has a story, unlike others, coming from a fan-based design that some fans hated. So, welcome to the story of collectible plush. Often, the most collectible plushies leave the market due to flaws before making a comeback. Sanshee FNAF plushies have undoubtedly been around the block. So, let me share everything I know in my Sanshee FNAF plush guide.Ĭollectible plush toys go far beyond the typical fame of Squishmallows and the long-running fandom behind Pokémon plush. Sanshee FNAF plushes are among the most controversial, but doesn’t that make them more collectible? As a long-time collector, plush enthusiast, and FNAF fanatic, I confirm controversy makes a big difference, a positive one. Highlights from trump press conference11/14/2023 It also reflects a troubling trend seen in media reports and academic studies about people of color who are often misidentified in predominantly white workspaces. Breonna must be central to our work in Congress," Bush said in a tweet. But I’m glad they’ll come to know her name & story because of my presence here. A few of my Republican colleagues have called me Breonna, assuming that’s my name. "It’s Day One, so I’m wearing my 'Breonna Taylor' mask. Representative-elect Cori Bush, a Missouri Democrat, said Friday that several of her Republican colleagues mistakenly called her Breonna Taylor due to a face mask she was wearing during the new House members orientation.īush said some of those Republican colleagues appeared to be unfamiliar with Taylor, whose killing by police during a botched drug raid in Kentucky sparked massive protests across the country this past summer. We’ll have ours and Republicans will have theirs,” Pelosi said.īut after a picture of the tables was posted to twitter by NBC News' Leigh Ann Caldwell, the dinner plans changed. "We have all the permission and the ventilation from the doctor. He Capitol physician had been guiding the protocols, a Democratic aide said. When asked if it was safe to hold the dinner, Pelosi told NBC News, “Yeah, it's very spaced.” Only four people were to sit at each table and an enhanced ventilation system was used to accommodate the function. Capitol for their new members in town for orientation and a tradition that was to continue even as the U.S is seeing record breaking new Covid-19 cases across the country, with another high of over 170,000 new cases on Friday. It’s a tradition for leaders of each party to hold a respective dinner in Statuary Hall in the U.S. ![]() Instead the new members took away boxed meals. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi abruptly cancelled a planned dinner for newly elected House members in Washington after being slammed on social media for being irresponsible and tone deaf. ![]() attorneys was reported earlier Friday by The Washington Post. They said the policy change "has and will engender speculation that it was motivated by partisan political concerns." The head of the Justice Department's Election Crimes Branch has resigned that position to protest the Barr memo. "The timing of the announcement inserts all of us into a partisan political debate," the assistant U.S. They wrote that the policy change "was not based in fact" that in their jurisdictions there is no evidence of substantial allegations and that their understanding is that a Justice Department section in charge of national oversight of election fraud hasn't seen any such evidence, either. ![]() attorneys who are District Election Officers also urged Barr to rescind a controversial memo issued Monday that authorized prosecutors "to pursue substantial allegations of voting and vote tabulation irregularities prior to the certification of elections." That is a change from a Justice Department policy. There is no evidence of voter fraud or other irregularities that could substantially impact the election, 16 federal prosecutors charged with investigating election crimes have said in a letter to Attorney General William Barr. L.a. guns vicious circle11/14/2023 ![]() Still I am just grateful to have an opportunity to make new music and have an audience that appreciates it. I’d take on any arena band without their special effects, midgets and pyro and I know we would blow them out of the water. “Who else could have a song like ‘Killing Machine’ on the same record as ‘Why Ain’t I Bleeding?’ It is all about the songs and the music to me. “ Vicious Circle will always be on of my favorites it proved what a diverse band we are,” said Lewis. Guns 1991’s Vicious Circle is a prime example. ![]() One thing that has cursed many a band that got their start on the Sunset Strip in the 1980’s is that once the record companies lost interest and moved their talent scouts north to Seattle the bands that chose to keep making records often had some of their best works overlooked or underappreciated. I wish him the best of luck,” said Lewis. I think he’s done eating ham and cheese sandwiches in truck stops all around the world. “I don’t know exactly why Stacy quit the band after almost ten years, as he contributed heavily to the record, but I suspect he got tired of living in an uncertain environment. Guns will be employing a new guitarist, Michael Grant of the band Endeverafter, as long time guitarist Stacy Blades has departed the group. but the song is about revenge best being served cold,” said Lewis.įor the upcoming tour L.A. One song that really shows the English vibe of the record is called “Eel Pie,” a deceptively titled rocker that has little to do with the food that one random culinary blog describes as “Apple Pie…with eel in it.” :That song is actually one of Scotty’s (Scotty Griffin the bands bassist) I just helped write the verses and ‘Eel Pie’ was just a working title but Andy and the band liked the title so it stayed…. It’s funny I have lived in America longer than I lived in England and I don’t have a hint of an American accent, but I have developed a Mid-Atlantic singing accent apart from when I’m really going for the English thing.” “Of course, I love American music as well and Andy Johns has a tendency to make the records he produces have an English feel as well. “Those Brits sure know how to write a song,” said Lewis in a recent interview with The Marquee. In fact the new record highlights singer Phil Lewis’ British heritage more that any other L.A Guns record before it. ![]() (ala Motley Crue’s The Saints of Los Angeles ) but rather just a solid collection of songs that makes you wonder why Traci Guns was ever stupid enough to leave the band. Despite the title, the long player is not a tribute to the smog filled streets of L.A. Guns has put forth what is easily one of their finest efforts entitled Hollywood Forever. Guns represents a particularly bombastic group whose tales of women, wine and song have always been held in high regard. For those music aficionados of the 1980’s Los Angeles music scene L.A. Human fall speed sceonds11/14/2023 The service time (from order taken to order received) was 151.96 seconds. In the 25 trips, the average wait time (from arrival to order) for mystery shoppers was 24.24 seconds. Rather, Defy is a restaurant built to improve speed, not replace people. It’s not, despite what some might assume after pulling through a contactless experience, a less-labor intensive operation. Taco Bell Defy continues to maintain a steady application flow.” Defy boasts four production lines versus the two Taco Bell generally features. “And it’s not just fans who love the Taco Bell Defy experience,” he says, “it’s team members, too. Shaw says Defy created the opportunity to serve more Taco Bell customers and provide two to three times the throughput of standard restaurants thanks to an increase in ecommerce sales. ![]() In addition, Intouch Insight rolled through Chick-fil-A’s Alpharetta, Georgia, location on Old Milton Parkway that invested in robotic delivery from Refraction AI.Īfter sharing results, we’ll get into the overall QSR© Drive-Thru Report, which will paint a portrait of how flashy innovation complements the category’s hallmarks, and where they’re starting to mesh what challenges remain with these evolutions, and how traditional drive-thrus are learning from revolutionary ones to lift the tide industry-wide. Outside, McDonald’s built parking spaces dedicated to curbside order pickup alongside designated blocks for delivery drivers. There are also kiosks, which accept cash and credit, for consumers to place orders to go, as well as a pickup shelf. The order-ahead lane deploys technology McDonald’s said enables employees to begin preparing customers’ orders when they’re near the restaurant. Although the unit garnered a bevy of headlines for being an “automated restaurant” early on, it’s not a people-less operation by any means. We did the same with McDonald’s Fort Worth, Texas, small-format prototype that debuted in December with an order-ahead lane for customers to receive food via conveyor. We drove through the location (pictured above) 25 times to find out. Or to frame it differently, does a revolutionary build like Defy answer the call? ![]() ![]() So the opportunity Defy aimed to crack was twofold, and orbited by COVID-19’s acceleration of trends: Restaurant customers were suddenly more comfortable with tech in their ordering process and drive-thru’s elevated usage amid lockdowns created a habit that’s endured.įor the first time, QSR, in tandem with Intouch Insight, added an extra layer to its Drive-Thru Report to take stock of the asset battleground. The chain’s digital sales grew nearly 35 percent, year-over-year, in Q2 2023. “Our customers are digitally savvy, so we created digitally forward restaurants that simplify ordering and alleviate the increased drive-thru traffic,” says Matt Shaw, Taco Bell’s chief development officer. Was this the most ambitious prototype ever built in fast food? The buzz was so constant, Border Foods cofounder and CEO Lee Engler said at the time, the only thing that kept Defy from hitting its projection was guests slowing to take videos instead of putting in orders.Īs eye-catching as the design, with its lift system and four-lane setup, was, the methodology fit. ![]() When franchisee Border Foods built the 3,000-square-foot showstopper in June 2022 in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, it triggered a tidal of social chatter. Get customers through the drive-thru in two minutes or less. Taco Bell’s two-story, neon purple-lit “Defy” arrived with a bold objective: Matlab cost11/13/2023 You can speed up training on a single- or multiple-GPU workstation (with Parallel Computing Toolbox), or scale up to clusters and clouds, including NVIDIA ® GPU Cloud and Amazon EC2 ® GPU instances (with MATLAB Parallel Server). When you optimize or estimate model parameters, you provide the saved cost function as an input to sdo. ![]() After writing and saving the cost function, you can use it for estimation, optimization, or sensitivity analysis at the command line. The toolbox supports transfer learning with DarkNet-53, ResNet-50, NASNet, SqueezeNet and many other pretrained models. A cost function is a MATLAB function that evaluates your design requirements using design variable values. You can also export Deep Learning Toolbox networks and layer graphs to TensorFlow 2 and the ONNX model format. You can import networks and layer graphs from TensorFlow™ 2, TensorFlow-Keras, PyTorch ®, the ONNX™ (Open Neural Network Exchange) model format, and Caffe. You can visualize layer activations and graphically monitor training progress. The Experiment Manager app helps you manage multiple deep learning experiments, keep track of training parameters, analyze results, and compare code from different experiments. ![]() With the Deep Network Designer app, you can design, analyze, and train networks graphically. You can build network architectures such as generative adversarial networks (GANs) and Siamese networks using automatic differentiation, custom training loops, and shared weights. You can use convolutional neural networks (ConvNets, CNNs) and long short-term memory (LSTM) networks to perform classification and regression on image, time-series, and text data. Deep Learning Toolbox provides a framework for designing and implementing deep neural networks with algorithms, pretrained models, and apps. AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |