Fully featured Analog Through Zero Oscillator. Capable of a wide array of tones and timbres. Go from rich melodic waves straight into FM craziness!
The EN129 is based on the pioneering work by Douglas Kraul and Bernie Hutchins. You can read the original Electronotes article from 1981 that the design is based upon here.
The EN129 Thru Zero Oscillator is an all analog triangle-core VCO specialising in frequency modulation. Analog thru-zero FM modulation produces a wide array of timbres particularly useful for bell like or percussive sounds. Frequency modulation can be precisely dialled in thanks to a dedicated input attenuator and v/oct offset control. Logarithmic FM is also available via it's own dedicated input with attenuator and both FM inputs have an LED to indicate incoming voltages.
Simultaneous analog wave outputs include: Sine, Triangle, Sawtooth, Square and Pulse wave with Pulse Width Modulation.
The PWM control goes to zero at either end of it's range, which is very useful for creating rhythmic sounds with voltage control. Furthermore the PWM control doubles up as waveshape modulation for the Sawtooth wave – gradually altering the waveform until it shifts half a cycle.
The EN129 features Coarse and Fine frequency controls as well as an LFO mode. LFO range is accessed via an LED pushbutton that also acts as the LFO speed indicator – the button will light up when the waveform moves through its positive cycle.
All Through-hole build – no SMD components!
Hey, are there going to be schematics released for this or the Cali OSC? I want to know if i could build it with my own panel design or add / remove features to my taste. I feel like it's unreasonable not to provide schematics for these builds because they are both based on openly available oscillator designs, and seemingly make only small changes to each.
It sounds really deep and thick in the teaser as they are FMing each other, but is it possible to have the standalone demo for each oscillator to see how actually good they are?
Is there any possibility that the Thonk kit will have a black panel option for this?
It's not impossible, but not in the next couple of months.
I like the look of both of these, but I wish he had created a better brand name. I am not sure I want to have modules with 'DannySound' sitting in my rack.
The Thonk kits are labelled for 'Advanced' builders. Looking through the build guide, there doesn't seem to be anything particularly challenging - all through-hole. You do need an oscilloscope for calibrating, but a PC app could handle this. Maybe it's because of the price? GBP195 is a lot to drop if there is a risk of mistakes (not saying it is unreasonable).
Will be getting one of each when I have the cash. Would pay extra for black panels!
The Thonk kits are labelled for 'Advanced' builders.
Well it's "Not recommended for beginners" that we say specifically on the site and documentation, they are nicely laid out boards with nothing particularly tricky part by part but the price and length of the build do lend themselves better to builders with a few modules under their belt.
If, as seems likely, this module is based on the Electronotes 129 through zero VCO, I think it would be more than appropriate to give credit to the original designers in the documentation and product page, and to include a link to the original article, which Bernie has made available for free.
It's great that this oscillator will be readily available for people, but I find it pretty disappointing that this credit hasn't been given.
The one i read required a scope...so thats generally classed as advanced.
Nah it's strictly looking at audio rate AC to check waveform shapes, you could it by recording wavs on a computer and inspecting them or just using a free oscilloscope app, or by ear even if you are used to trimming sine waves to remove harmonics.
There is an optional step on the Cali to remove DC-offset where a scope is a bit quicker, but again this is easy to just see visually on a computer.
igowen, well you won't damage anything if those measurements are accurate I don't think but it's obviously a lot less than ideal.
However have you checked your power supply voltages to check you don't have an imbalance there also?
i did, although i use a cheapo power supply when testing DIY stuff so i don't accidentally blow up my good ones i'll try a different PSU tonight as well as double check all the resistors (fun).
the rest of the build was pretty straightforward. the only real difficulty i had was getting the LEDs seated properly on the light pipes.
re-measured and got +/-12V. only difference from the previous day was that all the ICs were installed. no idea but everything seems to be working fine.
There is a slight mistake in the build guide, please use pin 6 instead of pin 5 for the ground reference in power test part of the build procedure. This won't have caused any problems other than slightly off voltage readings, sorry about that. The build guide will be updated.
If SINE_TRIM2 is getting hot it means it's conducting too much current. Can you try removing the ICs and measuring voltage again with ground as mentioned above. Also check the resistance across SINE TRIM2 (without power switched on!). Set it to around 42k ohms.
If that checks ok then try inserting the ICs again one by one and check voltage as you go.
thank you for the reply, I had 100R trimmer instead 100K now all is good, very cool module!!
Thanks for that link. I was going to look for it. It's great that Bernie Hutchins made it available to download. I have the full EN collection.
My Thonk full kit is on order!


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You are the last survivor of your species.
Will you solve the mystery of the Lovis and the elemental gates of evolution ?
Quiet a simple game for this first entry, even if the starting idea was more ambitious. I miss the audio even if it's ok without it.
This first LD was really instructive. Hope to be more efficient next time.
In this version, main bugs were fixed, music and SFX were added, and the gameplay was clarified.
I try to fix what I wasn't able to finish during compo and I used comments I received to improve a bit the game.
Now the faces of the lovis give you information on the validity of the gate in the combination. It becomes some kind of master mind. You can now move at any time, a lot of strange events due to speed incoherence have been fixed.
Th only bad thing is that sometimes, after evolving, the thing will be launched at one of the edges and it will evolve again (in a way that you don't want it to) or die.
Also, don't forget to include WASD controls whenever there's arrow keys movement.
I like the concept as well. There are some weird scenarios when the collision freaks out or the creature is spawned and falls into a gate (as mentioned by Senekis) I think this could be an interesting mechanic for a puzzle game.
Very nice for a first entry, congratulations!
The game is intriguing, definitely piqued my interest, but I couldn't quite figure out what I was doing. Perhaps during the game you could provide more feedback on if I'm winning or losing?
Its ok... Too hard/confusing though.
Really nice game. It fits to the theme very good.
I got extinct. Seems kinda hard right from the start. Nice number of different transformations though.
I honestly had no idea what I was doing at any point. I didn't understand what the different elemental gates actually changed on my creature, and didn't feel like I was guiding it along any sort of path, just randomly hoping for a correct change.
Really cool. Only problem is there didn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to the way things evolved, so I was just randomly pushing them into the borders and getting very confused when some of them disappeared, and others split into two.
@Zed: Yeah, I admit it's a bit confusing.
Each gate has a transformation function, but this function take as an entry the step of evolution and result in a angular translation of the transformation.
For the disappearance or the splitting, it's a random process at the fifth step (the combination being made of four step).
Very confusing game, also pretty hard because the creatures start to move on their own, falling to the gates by themselves, and if they are too close you can't even push them away from them.
Great game ! I think this is a very good vision for this theme.
The spawn points of evolution results should be close to the the center, otherwise you are not free to push them on the portal you want to target. Some of them seems also affected by some kind of gravity after evolution. Dont know if its a bug or not, but it's kind of frustrating and very difficulty to handle, especially if you already have 6-7 other experiments in the way.
Maybe 4-5 evolution instance should be enough to play the game. Spawning more of them make the game confusing and unplayable.
These comments apply to the compo version.
I like it. Especially the post compo version, since you know what to do.
interesting idea but gets boring and frustrating after a while, but good for a first entry.
Good entry. The physics were a bit wonky I thought, but otherwise it was a really solid concept and idea. Plays well into the theme, I really enjoyed it.
Nice try! Pretty tough, tried a bunch of combinations and couldn't seem to get the right species created.
I rated the pre-compo version, but all my complain were fixed in the post-compo.. So, good work!
I really dig the faces, for some reason :P. Yeah, I didn't understand what was going on in the compo version. I also think I managed to break it when it looked like two dudes tried to evolve at once. They both went white and floated to the same spot on the map. They didn't reappear and I couldn't move at all afterward.
In the post-compo version, now I actually understand that there is a goal. Yay!
I loved this one!! I couldn't figure out how to win, but I really appreciate the depth here. (Yes it does kind of remind me of my own game ...) The seemingly endless possibilities add a lot of depth to this simple configuration.
The bugs you mention are really fascinating too. I thought I had "won" because one of the creatures seemed to move on its own, but I think it was just too crowded.
I'm going to play your post-compo version now.
I like the way you can evolve into many many different things but it's too bad it makes the game SO hard (in the compo version).
At first I have to say, the post-Combo is way better in all ways.
Only pushing one of these things at a time and waiting after it passed a gate was very annoying in the combo version.
Although I really like the concept (and it fits perfectly to the theme) most time I had no idea what i was doing.
I just keep pushing these things in the gates and hope that something happen.
Maybe a little more instructions would have been great!
Cool Mechanic. I think you really just need a bit more of an explanation of how the mechanics work though. I eventually won and didn't even understand why.
Congrats, I think this is the compo game I've rated higher so far! I really liked how the portals and mutated lovis interact in an organic way, and through experimentation you can start figuring out what does what. To be honest, I didn't find out myself all the actions / reactions, so I was unable to win, but I found this to be a cool, procedural thing that feels like an alchemy or magic system. Could very well be tweaked to that! On the constructive criticism side, things are TOO cryptic! It's really hard figuring out what's going on, even in the post compo version. Still, very good work!
Interesting concept, I played both versions and the post compo is an improvement, the compo version is a little hard to figure out.
Nice concept. Enjoyed playing although wasn't sure what to do.
I half worked out what was going on, but couldn't work out how each element affected which type of character. I ended up with a lot of :-| characters. Nice idea though.


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User rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars with 292 reviews.
Offers up to 12 hours of use on a charge.
Works with Siri and Google Assistant.
PROs: - Seriously...light as a feather making them ultra comfortable - BIG one-button control on ear-cup actually works very well - Bluetooth connection was quick and bulletproof - Kitschy and retro--perfect for Halloween or Comicon appearances as Star Lord - Bargain-basement price makes it decent value, especially if kitschy and retro were what you were after (a perfect stocking stuffer or white elephant gift!) - Voice assist and phone answering worked well--not sure where the mic is hidden but callers had no trouble hearing me - Comes with charging cable and another set of foam ear-pads (which you're going to need) - GREAT size/easy functionality for little kids and cheap enough that you don't cringe at the thought of giving them a set of their own CONs: - Music sounds just okay--a bit thin and a little muted; bass is muddy and imprecise, especially in DSP boost mode; mids and vocals are passable but nothing special - Colored pads like these pick up dirt quickly--after only 3 days of light use, I changed out the orange pads for black - Charging port location almost guarantees the ear-pads will wear out after repeated stretching, twisting, and removal - Clearance around the charging port is somewhat limited; if you have a chubby-ended cable you typically use for other devices, it may not fit in the space provided - No remote volume control or music repeat/rewind (only FFW) When I was 12 years old, I had a black Mura Hi-Stepper portable FM radio with headphones that looked EXACTLY like these--2 years later, I graduated to a Sony cassette Walkman with similar-looking phones. So yeah...some fond memories and sentiments are conjured up when I look at these. The thing is, what was compelling about those devices wasn't that they sounded phenomenal--they didn't--it was simply that I could bring some tunes with me pretty much anywhere without needing a grotesque "boom box" or home stereo to do so. Flash forward to today and I'm not really sure what someone else would want to get out of these. On the one hand, they sound just as retro as they look--passable, but nothing fancy or over-the-top. Is that okay? For someone like me, old enough to remember this sort of style before it was retro, my musical tastes have matured enough to where I appreciate what good-sounding headphones can sound like. That being so, I'd probably pass on these for my own use. BUT, if you weren't expecting to be blown away by the sound quality in the first place, then yeah--because you're essentially looking at a pair of "novelty headphones" updated for the wireless world. In that sense, you will get exactly what you pay for and maybe even a few more modern conveniences. They're ultra cheap and DO work as advertised both in function (wireless, voice-assist/phone answering enabled) and in form (retro--yay!), and they're incredibly comfortable because they weigh virtually nothing. Better still, if you give these to a younger listener who isn't so concerned with sound quality (like my 7 year-old daughter), the tune changes even further because everything "cool" about these headphones is that much more--light/unobtrusive, one-touch/easy-to-use features with informative voice prompts, comfortable ear-pads, wireless, just like daddy used to have, etc. For those reasons alone, I'll be keeping these. One design niggle to be aware of; there is no way to access the charging port without having to pull the foam ear pad back and away from the plastic driver housing. My experience with such pads from "back in the day" is that the foam's natural tendency to sag, wear, and break down over time is going to be accelerated by the constant stretching and manipulation necessary to keep these charged on a regular basis. For occasional use, that probably won't be an issue anyway; but if you plan to use these as everyday listeners, those days would probably be numbered. Then again, the price of entry isn't so high in the first place, so maybe you can forgive that shortcoming as well.
I'm having a musical flashback moment. I was one of the millions of people almost 50 years ago who purchased the originals on which these are based. We'll get to the sound in a minute, but I can assure you that my 50 year old headphones didn't have ANY of the features you can find here, for 1/3 the price! SOUND and COMFORT: I listened my way back in time, sampling Cold Play, Fitz and the Tantrums and back to early Beatles and Bob Dylan. There was no disappointment. All music genres were quite natural, nicely covering a complete range of sound, decent bass and treble with perfect voicing. Because these are NOT isolating headphones, the bass also came as a nice surprise. Bass is not pounding but it's realistic. Dynamic range is a bit limited; in other words, these won't get as loud as more expensive headphones before distorting. It's physics, not magic. These are low priced headphones that sound very good. These light, soft foam headphones sit nicely on my ears and can be easily tolerated for hours on end. It does not get better than this. FEATURES and SETUP: Both the charging port and Bluetooth indicator are slightly hidden behind the foam ear cover which must be pushed away from its resting position. The large button on the right ear piece controls EVERYTHING. Bluetooth (right side ear, press button for 8 seconds to connect using phone, etc). Select "JLAB Rewind" on your BT device. Power on (Press button 2 seconds). Power Off, hold button 4 seconds. (It says goodbye!) Answering/Hanging up phone. Play. Pause are a ONE button press. Activate Siri or Google Assistant is 2 click press. Custom EQ (3 click button presses cycles through 3 equalization settings). You'll find one you like. There's even an extra pair of ear cushions (I could switch out my Orange for Black in my set). COMMENTS / FEELINGS: <> The packaging is bubble-pack aggravating. <> There is no direct volume control . . but Siri increased or decreased the volume from my iPhone6 with no problem. <> There is no direct hard wiring to devices; it's total commitment to Bluetooth, and that works perfectly. <> There is NO isolation from your environment, but that's the design objective, and it can be desirable for many end users. <> I had to work to squeeze the micro-USB into its port, but that's only because I was initially timid about lining up the earpiece to make space. SUMMARY: JLAB may very well sell millions of these to another generation. And, no, they aren't going to outperform today's crop of super-accurate, completely isolating over-the-ear headphones. However, these JLAB REWIND WIRELESS RETRO headphones are tremendous fun for an absurdly low price. There is no excuse for anyone not to take an audio trip back in time, as Bob Dylan invites you ". . . to dance beneath the diamond sky . . . [and] . . . forget about today until tomorrow." Highly recommended. Great gift idea.
I've only had these little headphones for two days, but I am quite pleased with them. The sound quality is much better than you would expect at this price, with clean highs and decent bass, a rarity in cheap headphones. The three built-in EQ settings ( if flat counts as an EQ setting ) are useful as well, the bass-boost manages not to be boomy. The volume level is controlled by the source device, and I found it to be adequate with several different sources. If you are seeking to liquify your brain, look elsewhere. I gave up my audiophile pretensions a long time ago, these headphones sound fine to me. These phones are extremely lightweight and comfortable. The band is adjustable, with no silly useless padding. The earpieces pivot, and the set comes with two pairs of foam ear pads, black and orange, which gives you an extra set if you can manage not to lose it. These headphones are not for sports, they will fly off if you jerk around. Also, they don't seem the least bit waterproof or sweat-proof. There is just a single button on the right earpiece that controls everything, and the only user manual is on the back of the package, so don't throw it away too fast. It's really not hard to learn the controls, which consist of single, double, and triple clicks, and some holds, with voice prompts to guide you. There is even an undocumented skip function: hold for 2 seconds until the beep. Battery life seems adequate. There is also a microphone in the earpiece for phone calls. Bluetooth pairing is par for the course, kind of a pain, no worse than anything else. Make sure there are no other active Bluetooth devices around that might interfere with the process, and it will go better. The headphone eventually paired with every device I wanted it to. Once it is paired, connection is automatic. A usb charging cable is included, and here is where things get a little weird. The charging port is at the bottom of the right earpiece, under the foam pad. The pad is not a problem, you can push the soft foam out of the way without having to remove the pad, but there is barely enough room between the rim and the band to fit the usb jack. A simple solution is to take a razor knife and shave off some of the excess plastic on the jack connector. I have seen this problem on many other devices - the micro usb jack is one of the worst designs of all time, but sadly it is now the standard charging interface for everything. Another nit is that the headphone is not usable while charging. As far as build quality, at this price don't expect too much. Look it over good when you buy it and make sure nothing has slipped through QC. My set is flawless. The build is extremely lightweight, if you sit on them, they will be history, but other than that, I don't see anything that is just begging to to break. The headband is spring steel. I can't say how long the electronics will last, but the internal lithium battery will probably be gone in 3-4 years. At this price, if they last that long, I'll be very happy with them. I'd rather have half a dozen of these than one set of lead-filled beets.
What we have here is a rather inexpensive Bluetooth headset. It comes with its own USB cable that is used for charging the internal battery. A short manual needs to be read thoroughly so you can set it up properly. The only "switch" on the right side has many functions. First, you would charge the headset for a few hours before use, and when you try to pair this with your device, a very pleasant female voice comes on (obviously you will have to wear the headset to hear her voice) and tell you that it is ready to be paired. To charge it, you'd have to pry the earpiece apart (to see the plug), because generally, it is hidden. The little LCD light comes on when it's charged and when it's full, it changes color. I have a big head and I don't find it uncomfortable. However, my brother tried it and he thought it felt a little too tight. I think the bar can be bent a little (just like when you try on a new pair of glasses) so it will fit better. There is an extra pair of sponge cushion to replace in case the first one wears out. The earpieces are not the kind that cover your ears, so if you have it loud, the sound will be heard by others near you (but that has to be pretty loud), and it doens't cover the external noises either. I find those headset way too big and heavy for me and it's not something I want to wear if I go out for a walk (too heavy and too sweaty). So you know, you do not control the volume setting with the switch at all. It is not like you press up or down on the headset to do that. The control has to come from the device that it is connected to. I tried to use this headset for a few things. It works very nicely paired to my Samsung S5 telephone to listen to Netflix, and YouTube videos. It also works very nicely with Dell precision workstation laptop that has its own Bluetooth. It works fine with an iPad and a Samsung tablet, too. It also connected well with a desktop with the third market, a generic Bluetooth transmitter. To use it as a telephone headset – I have to say that it works, but your voice will sound a little muffled. The reason is that there is no actual microphone, like a typical headset that has a microphone sticking to the front, so the built-in microphone listens to your voice more or less from the side. You don't have to scream to talk, but if you're in a noisy room, it doesn't pick up your voice too well. This is typical for the design. I tested it with my phone and the other party was able to hear me clearly enough for a phone conversation. However, when I try to use it with my desktop to do voice dictation (I use Dragon NaturallySpeaking/Dragon Medical), the usual 99 percent to 100 percent accuracy rate (using a handheld microphone that costs 20 times more) went down to something much worse. I tried to dictate a few sentences and the program allows me to play back my own voice and it sounded like I was in the cave. It is not made for such task, but I am reporting it in case someone will want to try to use this for voice dictation. (Don't bother.) For Skype, it works fine. The other party was able to hear me clearly enough to understand me. One final thought is probably something most people do not seem to care. My brother is on the phone a lot and he asked me if this headset is able to function while it is being charged. He stated that he has tried a lot of Bluetooth headset, and he has only found another one that can keep on working while it is being charged. (He carries a little external battery that has the USB connector and he plugs it into his Bluetooth headset and it uses that external battery, instead of the internal battery which may not last him all day) I am happy to say that this model continues to work while it is being charged, while connected to an external battery. So if you are on the phone a lot or if you use it to listen to something all day, and if you do not think the eight hours runtime will be long enough, you can certainly have this thing connected to a small rechargeable block of battery and put that, say, in your pocket or something. Some people may not be too concerned about this but the truth is a headphone like this – the internal battery cannot be replaced. Any rechargeable battery will not last indefinitely and eventually, it would not hold a charge. But since this model costs less than USD20, perhaps after a year if used daily, the battery will not hold the charge so I expect the user to just buy a new one to replace it. To sum it up – it is pretty light, and it looks very retro and it is comfortable for someone with a big head like me. To listen to the music and movies – it is very clear.
I already have 2 pairs of Bluetooth earbuds and a pair of on-ear mid-range headphones, so why would I want these? Because sometimes I just want a comfortable, easy to use, inexpensive pair of headphones, and these JLab headphones fit the bill. I don't have a small head, so the first thing I'm interested in is headphones that fit. My other on-ear pair are nice, with a great build and very nice materials, but they're ruined by a headband that's just too small. The Rewind Retro headphones have a nice headband with plenty of room for adjustment, so they satisfied my comfort requirement. They're also very lightweight and sit nicely on the ears, so they're comfortable enough to wear for long periods of time. What about sound quality? Surely headphones this inexpensive can't possibly sound good, right? Wrong! I was very pleasantly surprised at just how good these headphones sound. With 3 preset EQ choices, it's easy to find one that sounds good with whatever you're listening to. For the price, it's shocking how good these sound, with a decent amount of bass as well. For going on walks with the dog, I think these are my new favorites! Now, don't get me wrong, these aren't going to compete with headphones costing multiple hundreds of dollars, but that's exactly the point--you're getting pretty decent sounding headphones without having to invest a whole lot. Maybe I don't have the best bluetooth headphones, but I do have several others costing 5 times as much as these, and they don't sound 5 times better than these. I don't think these are meant for use while exercising, but there's no reason you couldn't use them there, as long as you don't mind the foam earpads getting soaked with sweat. The headband provides a good amount of pressure on the ears, so I think they'd actually stay in place pretty well. I have waterproof earbuds for that purpose, so that's not why I got these. Speaking of the foam pads, I got the black ones with orange pads. This look took me back immediately to the 80's and my first portable cassette stereo--that's where the "retro" comes from. They also came with a pair of black ear pads in case you want to be less conspicuous. One thing to keep in mind with headphones using this design is that they're "open"--you're not the only one who can hear your music when you turn it up loud enough. I do expect these pads to stretch over time, since accessing the charging port requires the foam to be pulled aside in order to insert the charging cable, which is included, by the way. Getting the cable inserted is a little annoying, but it works well to keep the headphones from being bulkier than they need to be. As for controls, these headphones feature on large button on the right ear. It's used to turn on/off the power, and pause music. You can also use it to skip tracks, but it doesn't control the volume. This is unfortunate, but at this price point, it's hard to complain. The headphones do include a microphone, which worked with Siri, but it was basically unusable for making phone calls. The person on the other end really couldn't tell what I was saying. Others have said that call quality was pretty good for them, but I would definitely not agree with that. I left myself a message and I sounded like I was across the room trying to use a poor quality speaker phone. So, I won't be using these for calls, but that's not why I got them in the first place. Overall, I'd say these are an unbeatable value for headphones, as long as you don't need to use them for calls. For such a low price, you're getting some pretty good technology and performance, and you don't have to treat them as if you can't afford to replace them. If you're in the market for an inexpensive pair of Bluetooth headphones, do yourself a favor and pick these up!
These are fun. The orange foam pads and silver headband design are very retro-cool. The audio quality was great for the price range, and battery life was also impressive for something so affordable. I had the advantage of getting the rewinds right as I was working on some work projects that would have me in need of some music headphones for a few days. After unboxing and figuring out quickly where the hidden charging port was (just tilt the headphone earpiece to reveal a micro-USB port!) I gave these an overnight pre- charge and went on my way. They lasted a good portion of a work day, with on-and-off use of approximately 5 total hours. Sometimes I left them on in standby wth the music paused or stopped, but this is a typical real-world use scenario, rather than some stated manufacturer number. The audio quality really impressed me in this price segment, as they had good, well-rounded sound and decent clarity for affordable stereo phones... Were not in BOSE or SHURE territory here, but we were surprisingly close to the kind of quality I get from other Bluetooth headphones that aren't noise canceling or isolated. These sounded every bit their price point, but also had a certain retro factor to this, as they reminded me in that way of 30 year old corded Walkman headbands. When I wasn't wanting to look like Marty Mc Fly brought me these back from a quick DeLorean jaunt from 1985, the included black foams bring the design back to a reasonable, understated-ness that most customers who aren't being ironic will prefer. The soft foams made these all-day comfortable, and with their simple layout and thin, light build, these could easily become your "beater" pair of travel or commute headphones, as they easily fit into a small bag and don't carry the risk of loss or damage that extremely more expensive headphones do in the $250+ range from Sony, Bose, or Beats... All in all I enjoyed the device, and they're now in that stable of things I'll travel with and loan the kids to use. Things that work well but that I can stomach parting with should something happen. I get lots of questions about them when wearing them around, and I'm sure some people who don't notice the wire-free situation just assume I'm rocking some old favorite headphones with that iPhone, Mac, or Surface device I pair them with.
A trip down memory lane, but without the cords.
These headphones may not look like much, because they aren't. A very simplistic look aimed at replicating the style of those 80's headphones that almost everyone of that era had at one time or another. Simple foam cushions with an on-ear design. Headphones come with a spare pair of ear cushions, instructions and a micro-USB cable, which is light blue to I guess match the light blue version of these that is also available. The simplistic look is also carried over to the controls. One button (the entire outer right earpiece, controls everything. There is a mic for receiving calls, but that probably should have just been left off this design, as it doesn't work very well. You do get voice prompts at times like start up and disconnect and are also told at start up if your battery is full, medium etc.. The micro USB port is tucked away at the bottom of the left earpiece and you have to pull back the foam cushion a bit to access it. Not the best location, but not a real issue. There is a light next to it that shines red when they are charging and blue when they are fully charged. These are fully wireless headphones, so they will only connect to devices that support Bluetooth. I had no issues connecting to my LG Android phone and the connection remained constant, with only an occasional slight hiccup. Battery life I found to be around 10 hours, but of course that will vary based on how loud you play them. There is no dedicated volume control on the headphones, so your device will fully control the sound level. Sound quality on these is about to be what you would expect from a $20 pair of on-ear headphones. I was actually expecting them to sound poor, but they actually have a nice and clear sound. Bass isn't the strongest, but I wouldn't expect heavy bass from such a lightweight, inexpensive pair of headphones. There are three pre-set EQ modes you can select from the headphones to change the sound to a certain degree. All in all, these are some decent retro headphones. They won't impress anybody under 40, but those over 40 will likely remember the day when this style of headphones was very common. I think they are well worth the money.
---SETUP--- The setup of the JLAB Audio retro headphones was easy. Like most bluetooth headphones today, these com pre-charged about 50% out of the box. The first time you turn them on, the headphones start sending the signal for your mobile devices to find and they pair up in under a minute. ---FEATURES--- The key feature of the headphones is that they have a retro 1980s look with the convenience of bluetooth. They are light and have three presets equalizer settings: signature sound (amplified vocals and bass), balanced (no enhancements), and bass boost (amplified bass and sub-bass). All functions can be access with one button. These can activate Siri (iOS) and Ok Google (Android) with voice. Full charge in 3 hours for 12 hours of use. ---PERFORMANCE--- The performance of the headphones is admirable, especially considering the price. Though they don't have the nicer features like noise-canceling of ambient sounds, they are loud enough to drown out most of the noise around you. These aren't being marketed for exercise but they are great for indoor use or a light to moderate paced walk. ---EXPECTATIONS--- The product meets my expectations but simplifying all functions to one button can be a chore at times, depending on how often you plan to do certain actions with it. For example, to change between preset EQ settings you must click the only button three times and no voice confirmation will tell you what setting you are currently on. If you don't press the third click fast enough, it will activate the 2 click function, which is to summon Siri or Ok Google. Clicking it once will pause your audio or answer/hang up a call. There will be a learning curve of what each of the clicks do but expect some user errors at first. Holding the button for 2 seconds turns the headphones on and off. ---VALUE--- The price for the headphones in terms of value is great. Having a retro look is quite the conversation starter and would make great gifts. ---APPROVAL--- I highly recommend this product for those who grew up in the 80s and want to reminisce the good old times. Perfect for indoor use while you do mundane tasks like cleaning or working on a computer. Music and podcasts sound great with the bass being a standout for the price.


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Our outpatient treatment agency in Southwest Harbor offers a variety of counseling services for addiction and related mental health disorders in a supportive and caring environment. Our philosophy is recovery oriented, client centered and strengths based using both traditional, alternative and expressive arts therapies. We also provide no cost assessments and weekly group counseling at Mount Desert Island High School, counseling services at College of the Atlantic, and serve the outer islands via telehealth.
We provide extensive strengths-based education and prevention programming to empower students. By the time an island student enters Mount Desert Island High School they will have received between six and ten weeks of intensive, interactive and informative prevention classes by licensed alcohol and drug counselor, Kip Young.
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== Rolling back the kernel == If you wish to use an older kernel, you can use this command to [[rollback]] yum updates provided you have your system setup to allow [[Downgrading rpms]]. yum downgrade kernel If you are using the PAE kernel, use this command: yum downgrade kernel-PAE === If you have kernel upgrades disabled in ASL === If you select the option of not auto-updating the kernel, this will change the asl.repo file to exclude the kernel. This also means that you can no longer manually install the ASL kernel. You must remove this exclusion to use yum to install older kernels. To prevent ASL from upgrading to a newer kernel follow this process: Step 1) Enable kernel updates Log into the ASL web console, select the Configuration Tab, then Select ASL Configuration. Change "UPDATE_TYPE" setting to "all". Step 2) Install the older kernel You will need to specifically select the kernel you want to install. Step 3) Disable kernel updates Log into the ASL web console, select the Configuration Tab, then Select ASL Configuration. Change the "UPDATE_TYPE" setting to "exclude-kernel" or "rules-only".


Take a ride with Kirby through the 2018 Red Bull Air Race Track in Abu Dhabi!
PIPER AIRCRAFT INC. FACILITY TOUR!
Our team was given a behind-the-scenes tour at the Piper Aircraft Inc. facilities to see exactly how the M600 comes together. A quick glimpse can be seen below!
FREEFALL FRENZY WITH THE RED BULL AIR FORCE!
Welcome to the Red Bull Air Force Training Camp or fondly referred to as "Kirby Kamp" at the Chambliss' Flying Crown Ranch!
TEAM CHAMBLISS AT THE ROCKY POINT AIR SHOW 2016!
Kirby's last air show of 2016, flying with Jason Resop in Rocky Point, Mexico!
THE BEGINNING OF A NEW RACE SEASON!
If it were only that fast! Team Chambliss is ready for Red Bull AirRace 2017! We'll see 14KN in Abu Dhabi!
ALEX ROSSI'S INDYCAR VS. KIRBY'S EDGE 540!
IndyCar Driver Alex Rossi and Kirby meet face to face for the ultimate trade ahead of the Indianapolis Red Bull AirRace!
LEARNING TO FLY – A FAMILY AFFAIR!
Aerobatic Champion, Kirby Chambliss shares his love of flight with his daughter, Karly!


These premium speedometer cable kits feature PTFE-lined housings with machined aluminum fittings. The inner and outer housings are designed to be cut to fit, so they can be tailored to your needs. These kits come complete with all fittings. They are designed to be used with your cable-driven factory speedometer which has a 5/8 in.-18 male thread.


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Q: Facebook - Accessing the posts that other people made on that person Timeline Facebook Doc.
Your app needs user_posts permission from the person who created the post or the person tagged in the post. Then your app can read:
Timeline posts from the person who gave you the permission.
The posts that other people made on that person Timeline.
The posts that other people have tagged that person in.
However using the graph explorer
V3.0/me/feed?fields=from,to,story,message
I am only able to get my posts and not posts that other users have made directly to my timeline/wall.
I am also not able to access the posts to another user timeline from the originators id either.
All users have the app installed and have given permission. ie. All users have given the user_posts and user_friends permissions
Any help would be appreciated.

A: Hope it helps!!!
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As of April 4th, 2018, apps can no longer read Posts owned by non-app User who have been tagged by an app User.
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Timbers-Whitecaps FC Preview
Marc Dos Santos admitted he has been left frustrated by a disrupted pre-season as Vancouver Whitecaps prepare for their 2021 MLS opener against Portland Timbers.
The Whitecaps finished a disappointing 17th in the overall standings last time out and have struggled to get all their players together during the close-season.
Coronavirus restrictions, international call-ups, injuries and visa issues have plagued Vancouver, who are having to train and play games in Utah for the foreseeable future.
But Dos Santos is hopeful the numerous interruptions could ultimately help his side in the long run.
"My frustration is not having everyone here, together, working together. That's frustrating as a coach," he said. "But it's things we have to deal with."
"When you have so many guys that are not in, it also gives you a picture and an idea of how much our team can improve in the process of getting everybody ready to play.
"This season will present challenges but we've been through so much as a team from last year up until now that we can take any challenge and turn it into a good experience."
Portland are first up for Vancouver and have already played a couple of Champions League games this season, beating Honduran side Marathon 7-2 on aggregate in the last 16.
They have a quick turnaround between that continental clash and Sunday's showdown with the Whitecaps, but Giovanni Savarese will use that to his side's advantage.
"They will be well prepared and our main focus is on this game, which we know will be difficult," he said.
"The reality is we have already played two matches and that gives us a chance to make a competitive start to the MLS season.
"We're going to have to take it one game at a time. It was only on Thursday that we could turn focus to this match, but we will be ready."
Vancouver Whitecaps - Lucas Cavallini
Cavallini was signed from Puebla for a club-record fee ahead of last season and scored six goals in 18 league fixtures for the Whitecaps. The Canada international bagged a hat-trick for his national side against Cayman Islands last month and netted a couple of times for Vancouver during pre-season, so he enters this game in good form.
Portland Timbers - Yimmi Chara
Colombia international Chara was in inspired form to help the Timbers brush aside Marathon earlier this week, scoring three of his side's five goals in the second leg. With a number of players ruled out through injury, this is Chara's chance to take center stage.
-- The Timbers have won three straight matches against Vancouver, equaling their longest winning streak over the Whitecaps (three in a row in 2017). This run comes immediately after the Whitecaps had won three straight games against the Timbers, from 2018 to 2019.
-- The Whitecaps set an MLS record by winning their first four season-opening matches from 2011 to 2014. Since then, however, they have managed just one win in six curtain raisers (D1, L4), including losing the last two.
-- No team outperformed their xG more than the Timbers last season, scoring 46 goals on an xG of 33.2 in the regular season (+12.8). It was the largest over-performance of xG in a single season since Montreal was +13.9 (52 vs 38.1) in the 2017 campaign.
-- The Whitecaps averaged 8.48 shots per match last season, a full shot fewer than any other MLS team in 2020. Vancouver scored just two headed goals last season, only FC Cincinnati (one) scored fewer.
-- Portland was dominant in the air last season, scoring an MLS-high 13 headed goals in the regular season, four more than any other team. Two of the three players with at least three headed goals last season were Timbers (Jaroslav Niezgoda - four, Jeremy Ebobisse - three, Chicago Fire's Robert Beric - three).


The nomination ceremony for this year's Blawg Review Awards will be held on Thursday, December 27, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific time at the offices of the Second Life Bar Association. Second Life users can follow this SLURL to the Second Life Bar Association offices on the 6th floor of the "Justice Center." And, for this special occasion, we've retained an experienced Master of Ceremonies.
If anyone wonders why the heck real lawyers should pay attention to what's going on in Second Life, may we recommend a recent blog post about Virtual Law by Mike Dillon, Sun's General Counsel.
Like the Blawg Review Awards 2005 presented by She-Hulk and the Blawg Review Awards 2006 delivered by Santa Claus, this year's awards will be announced right here, as usual, on the last Monday of the year, New Year's Eve.


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The "Anti-Trump": Andrew Yang 2020?
By Chris Campbell
"One of the reasons Donald Trump won," presidential candidate Andrew Yang says, "is we automated away 4 million manufacturing jobs that were based in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri, Wisconsin… all the swing states."
He's being called the "Spock" of presidential candidates by some…
And the "Anti-Trump" by others…
And he's making a case for Universal Basic Income that libertarians, liberals, and conservatives alike are all jumping on board with…
The essence? Something must be done to ease the burden of the massive amounts of job displacement caused by high-tech.
Everyone should be a "shareholder" in the American economy, and receive a "freedom dividend."
And that UBI will free up creativity, imagination and entrepreneurship, the likes of which we've never seen.
It sounds like a dream. (Tomorrow, we'll dive into the very real potential dark side of this dream.)
For now, let's consider what he's saying, and why he's so attractive (aside from the obvious "free money".)
But first…
Speaking of creative destruction, there's something you should consider adding to your portfolio…
It's called the "NFL Killer."
NFL ratings are already dismal. And, though nobody is talking about it, this is the final nail in the coffin.
It has to do with a HUGE trend in the Asian entertainment industry, alongside a massive demographic shift in America, that's stampeding our way.
(No, it has nothing to do with V.R., either, though V.R. will play a role in the future.)
James Altucher has made a video "leaking" this breaking market opportunity.
In the first minute, James explains how a special announcement could give regular folks a shot at MILLIONS…
Starting as soon as tomorrow.
"You don't need to be rich to see how to cash in on this," says James. "But there is a catch… Due to the sensitive nature of this video…
"YOU MUST watch by TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT EST."
After midnight, this video, and the opportunity to get in one of the greatest tech-disruptions of 2019 comes down…
Click here now to see the video for yourself.
Back to UBI and Yang…
Automation is eating away at jobs at an accelerating rate. No doubt.
We know with reasonable certainty that truck drivers, the most popular job in 29 states, will be out of jobs in no less than 15 years.
And the only solution the central planners have come up with is to train truck drivers in software engineering. (Ehhh…)
That's just one example.
One industry among hundreds of others.
Henry Hazlitt takes on this issue in his book, Economics in One Lesson.
In his chapter, "The Curse of Machinery," Hazlitt asserts that machines in the short-term do displace jobs, but unlock opportunities for new jobs to be created elsewhere.
Yet, as Hazlitt himself admits, the new jobs after any creative destruction caused by automation don't emerge as quickly as we'd like.
And it can cause havoc in the meantime.
"Let us see, for example, what happened in the stocking industry. New stocking frames as they were introduced were destroyed by the handicraft workmen (over 1,000 in a single riot), houses were burned, the inventors were threatened and obliged to fly for their lives, and order was not finally restored until the military had been called out and the leading rioters had been either transported or hanged."
Now think about that scenario times 10,000.
That's the "button" Yang is pressing:
"This isn't coming. It's here. Now. We're in it. It's happening."
Enter his platform:
Every individual receives a "freedom dividend."
$1,000 per month, free and clear, to do whatever you want with.
You are a shareholder of America. And you get a dividend.
This would be an "opt-in" program for those already receiving welfare benefits. And those who opt-in would lose their current benefits (with some minor exceptions).
And, as he points out to libertarians…
Milton Friedman, the patron saint of libertarian thought, was actually for a UBI scheme that simplified the welfare program by removing bureaucracy.
Our take?
Hate it or love it…
Yang will likely continue to gain steam.
The sentiment for a UBI scheme has been on the rise, and shows no signs of slowing down.
And Yang has an extra edge.
For people who are tired of the "outrage politics"…
Yang has no interest in identity politics, or using emotional political tricks to get an advantage.
His persona is "Spock" — data-driven, pragmatic, mixed with common sense. The archetypal 21st Century candidate.
Millennials love him. He hits all the right pain and pleasure points.
He has ties to the "Intellectual Dark Web," a la Sam Harris (of which Jordan Peterson is a part of), so he is very much an outsider…
From the outside looking in, he is emerging from the "bleeding edge" of thought leaders.
And is creating the same energy in the "meme-o-sphere" as Trump did during his campaign.
He comes from the private sector as a serial entrepreneur and CEO.
And, as mentioned, a problem for those advocating against the UBI is, he's coming from all sides. He makes a compelling case for libertarians, centrists, liberals, and conservatives.
It's a rising tide.
And an even bigger edge:
There's no firepower to use against him for using sly tactics to "buy votes," when that is, in fact, part and parcel of his entire platform. (Smart.)
Before we dive into the dark side of this plan…
We want YOUR take.
Yang recently did an interview with the Being Libertarian group:
Watch it below and tell us what you think: LFTodayFeedback@lfb.org.
We'll dig deeper tomorrow.
Until tomorrow,
Managing editor, Laissez Faire Today
Written By Chris Campbell
Chris Campbell is the Managing editor of Laissez Faire Today. Before joining Agora Financial, he was a researcher and contributor to SilverDoctors.com.
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Guyana is latest Latin American country to state a commitment to the "legitimate aspirations" of Palestinians.
Guyana has become the sixth Latin American country to recognise an independent Palestinian state.
"It is Guyana's hope that the increasing recognition of the state of Palestine will contribute to a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the creation of lasting peace and stability in the region," the foreign ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
Guyana's decision, the statement said, "is in keeping with Guyana's long-standing and unwavering solidarity with, and commitment to, the just and legitimate aspirations of the people of Palestine for the exercise of their right to self-determination and to achieve a homeland of their own, independent, free, prosperous and at peace."
Israeli officials have denounced the previous declarations of support for a Palestinian state. Chile's recognition was described as a "useless and empty gesture" that would not advance peace.


Julie + Toby rocked their shoot. They knew my style and let me do what I do best - play! Julie brought awesome shoes for my feet shots. They also brought their inner model. What could make a photographer happier?
Looks like a great clothing advertisement, huh? My favorite.
Yes. I am that funny.
okay, okay...I know you've seen this pose before, but they do it so well, I couldn't resist!
Look at Julie rocking it.
Julie coordinated her dress to the fall surroundings perfectly.
I am going to steal these boots, and the purple shoes. Lock your closet, Julie!
Thanks for letting me play, guys! Can't wait for your Mexico wedding!


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Home » Personal » Feeling cynical
Feeling cynical
I went out looking for a fridge and washer/dryer.
I came home with the new Aimee Mann CD and Office Space on DVD.
Yeah, I'm feeling really cynical. Yeah, something happened at work Friday. No, I'm not at liberty to talk about it (but Charlie knows because he was in on the project too).
Aimee Mann's Lost in Space is a very typical Aimee Mann record. She plays half a dozen different instruments and she's as cynical as usual, though she's lost the potty mouth. I went looking for this record's "I Should Have Known"–the tune that reaches out and grabs your consciousness and won't let go of it–but didn't find it. This one will have to grow on me, like most of her records.
And Office Space… Well, I started building up a Windows box with my DVD drive out of some spare parts, and ran into a lot of problems. First, my junk Cirrus Logic-based AGP video card didn't support DirectX, which my DVD app needed for playback. So I pulled it and replaced it with my old STB Velocity 128, which had nVidia's first chipset. At the time, it was the fastest video card I'd ever seen. Seems really slow now. Well, that card caused any OS I tried to install to hang. I guess it's the end of the road for that card. A shame, really.
So I figured I'd install Debian and see if I could figure out how to make it play DVDs. The Velocity 128 worked a lot longer in Linux than it did in Windows, but eventually it kicked into a corrupted text display similar to what I got in Windows. So I couldn't just blame Windows. Rats. So the Cirrus Logic–definitely the Neifi Perez of video cards–came off the bench.
I couldn't get any of the rogue DVD software for Debian to work, so I ended up pulling the S3 Savage4 card out of one of my working systems to put in there, since it supports DirectX. I need to order a couple of ATI Radeons from Newegg.com to replace some of these junk cards I've got. They're solid and cheap–$42 delivered.
Windows 2000 ran fine with the S3 in it.
I think this is God's way of telling me I'm a better journalist than computer tech at this point.
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Anonymous September 3, 2002 at 10:44 am
Maybe you know. My understanding is that Aimee Mann distributes her own CDs, is that correct? Does that mean the RIAA guys don't get their cut and she gets a bigger amount of the money from the sales of CDs?
Anonymous September 3, 2002 at 4:11 pm
Yes, Aimee Mann runs her own record label, and yes, on Bachelor #2, her first release on her own label, she actually made money (which I don't think was true of anything other than maybe her first 'Til Tuesday record, back in 1985–and I'm not certain that record made money even though it had a huge hit on it). Trust me, she hates the record industry more than all the readers of this site combined. A lot of her "angry at ex-boyfriend" songs are actually targeted at record execs, not ex-boyfriends.
And the CD was $13. So she's making more, charging less.
Is it good or bad that when I first her Aimee Mann's voice that I think I am hearing Karen Carpenter?
I don't think the music sounds anything near the same (thank goodness!) just her voice.
Anonymous September 3, 2002 at 11:17 pm
I never noticed the resemblance before, but you're right, there is one. In the studio at least. Judging from the live recordings I've heard, she's not as good live, unfortunately.
I think Karen Carpenter had the better voice, but Aimee Mann's a much better bass player. 🙂 She also played everything else except electric guitar on this record too, at one time or another. Versatility's a good thing.
She learned to sing at Berklee, so it wouldn't surprise me if someone noticed they were in the same range and suggested she imitate her. You can do a lot worse than to sound like Karen Carpenter, that's for sure.
Anonymous June 16, 2003 at 3:36 am
I love Aimee Mann! But Karen Carpenter
REALLY rocks….check out a song on the
compilation "From the Top" called
All I Can Do –KAren sings, plays drums
AND electric bass. The gal's no slouch
and her creative legacy only grows with
the passage of time (thank goodness)-VIC


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Mike Woodson Wants To Talk To Phil Jackson About His Job
Mike Woodson is a smart man.
The Knicks head coach knows he's about to get a new boss, and rather than sit and wait to learn his fate, Woodson is going to be proactive and reach out his self.
The New York Post is reporting that Woodson would like to sit down and discuss his role going forward with the Knicks.
The Knicks are making preliminary arrangements to hold their Phil Jackson introductory press conference that day on the Garden floor, according to an NBA source.
While the Knicks are on a late playoff push, Jackson's first major order of business will be deciding on a coach. Thursday, Woodson said on his ESPN Radio appearance he hopes Jackson doesn't look at him as simply a babysitter and gives him full consideration to finish the final year of his contract in 2014-15.
"I would want him to view me as a coach," Woodson said. "If and when that time comes, I would just love the chance to sit with him and talk basketball. He's a basketball guy, I'm a basketball guy. This is 30 years I've spent in this league so that's what we'll do, but until that happens my focus is strictly on trying to get this team in the playoffs. That's it."
Woodson wouldn't say how much he has been debriefed about the Jackson hiring.
"We know it's out there and like I said I've got a great deal of respect for Phil and if the Knicks decide to go that route I think he can't do nothing but enhance the organization," Woodson said.
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The Annville-Cleona boys basketball team got its 2016-17 season off on the right foot on Friday night, handling Brandywine Heights 50-33 in the opening round of the Hamburg Tip-Off Tournament.
Also on Friday night, Ariel Jones exploded for 28 points to lead Cedar Crest to victory.
Noah Myers led all scorers with 18 points, and Donald Friday added 12 as A-C jumped to a 20-8 first quarter lead and never relinquished control.
A-C will meet the winner of the Hamburg-Northern Lehigh contest in Saturday's 7:30 p.m. title game.
In the opening round of the Donegal tip-off tourney, Palmyra enjoyed a blowout victory with the help of 17 points from Bryant Willis.
Isaac Blatt and Nick Jelliff added 13 points apiece for the Cougars, who stormed to a 38-14 halftime lead, then erupted for 24 points in the third quarter to really open up some distance.
Palmyra will meet host Donegal, a 58-46 winner over Northern Lebanon, in the championship game at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
In the nightcap at Donegal, the Vikings were held to five points in the third quarter en route to the season-opening defeat.
Caleb Light led Northern Lebanon with 17 points and Cameron Gensler and Michigan Daub added 10 apiece for the Vikings.
Brock Monk pumped in 21 points to lead the Panthers to the season-opening win.
LCA led 24-10 at the half, before surviving a spirited comeback bid from Valley Forge.
In the opening round of the Cedar Cliff tip-off, Ariel Jones exploded for 28 points to send the Falcons into the tourney title game against the host Colts.
Alyssa Austin added 14 points and Rachel Witherite checked in with Cedar Crest, which outscored the Panthers 29-11 in the second half after trailing 33-32 at the half.
In Hamburg, A-c won their opener in the Hawks' tip-off event with the help of a game-high 11 points from Chloe Inman.
Morgan Zimmerman added 10 points for the Dutchmen, who will meet Hamburg in Saturday's 4:30 p.m. championship game.
In the Middletown tourney opener, the Raiders rolled to the easy victory to set up a championship clash with the hosts.
No details on the Elco win were available as of 11 p.m. Friday night.
The Cedars were routed in the opener of the Red Lion tip-off event, digging a 22-2 first quarter hole that only got bigger as the night went on.
The Panthers opened their season with a setback despite eight points from Mary Griffith.


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Enjoy a free concert outdoors in Garden Square, in front of The Rose Brampton, with JUNO Award-winning duo, Crown Lands! The release of Crown Lands' upcoming, self-titled debut album — produced by six-time Grammy winner Dave Cobb—marked the arrival of a major new force. Raised in Southwestern Ontario, Comeau (guitar, bass and keys) and Cody Bowles (vocals and drums) bring together a range of influences from folk and blues to psychedelic to prog rock and, drawing on their own intense personal chemistry, create something unique and startlingly fresh. In 2016, Crown Lands released their first EP, Mantra, and accelerated their relentless touring schedule, which has seen them open for Jack White, Coheed and Cambria, Primus, and Rival Sons. The group's name is indicative of their substantial ambitions; "Crown Land" is territorial area belonging to the monarch—or, as Bowles(whose own heritage is half Mi'kmaq, an Indigenous tribe from Nova Scotia) puts it, "Crown Land is stolen land and we are reclaiming it."
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This week's highlights include how Bennett Foddy Got Over It, the crazy new(ish) ending for Desert Golf, and some (slightly) nicer loot box implementations.
Wow, I think we're FINALLY mopped up on the 'best of the year' round-ups from 2017 - there's some great leftover niche examples in here, from escape rooms to soundtracks to MMOs - and we're getting way into the 2018 spirit now.
Go click on all the links, and see you next weekend, folks!
"Living in a flat in west London in the early seventies, good friends Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson would while away the long evenings with their favourite hobby; playing board games. It was particularly niche back then, but somehow the two managed to turn their hobby into a million pound business."
"In this episode of the Sidcourse, we take a personal look at Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice and living with psychosis. Video games are a unique medium and through it, developers are able to craft experiences that allow players to empathise with different situations. In recent years, it's been an incredible medium to address the topic of mental health."
"Before Pong there was Odyssey, the first home video game console. When Magnavox released it in the fall of 1972, they encountered a number of obstacles in educating consumers about this brand new technology. Odyssey creator Ralph Baer recounted in his book, Videogames: In The Beginning. [SIMON'S NOTE: another VGHF Writing Fund product - go back VGHF today!]"
"As much as recent high-profile stumbles have been monopolizing coverage, there are a huge number of smaller developers that have been doing loot boxes elegantly for a long time, and they often rely on them to keep the lights on and to continue development/support."
"Understanding 2017 needed no such effort. The violence against truth, knowledge and wisdom intruded into our lives on a daily basis. We are a site dedicated to spreading what pieces of truth, intelligence and wisdom on the medium of games as we can gather. The powers that be in 2017 seemed to be against those ideals."
"Recently, Mat Dickie boarded a train out of London and came across a kid, face-down in a smartphone game, sitting in Dickie's ticketed seat. As the furious tapping played out in front of him, Dickie contemplated whether he should hassle this transit gamer or just find an empty spot elsewhere. The solution ultimately revealed itself when the developer got close enough to catch a glimpse of the boy's screen: Wrestling Revolution 3D."
"Back in March we sat down with Ricardo Bare & Raphael Colantonio (who has since left Arkane) about the difficulty in designing immersive sims, and the long journey both they and the Prey IP took to get to this point."
"In June of last year, Housemarque launched an arcade shooter named Nex Machina. After years of Sony exclusives like Resogun, Nex Machina gave PC players their first taste of Housemarque's style of refined twin-stick shooter since The Reap came out in 1997."
"Foddy's own experience is illustrative of the continual tussle that plays in the heart of Getting Over Itbetween its willfully infuriating game design and human psychology. It's a space in which a daunting situation causes you to choke, to fail to perform a move you've perfected in any other circumstance, and something Foddy has explored across such previous games as QWOP, CLOP, GIRP and Get On Top."
"2017 flew by and was a very memorable year for game music, much like 2016! Personally, I am a huge film score fan, and have a deep appreciation for video game soundtracks that feature an orchestral sound. Not surprising my choice for game soundtrack of the year checked that box. [SIMON'S NOTE: all of the 'Soundtrack Of The Year' picks at OSV are very interesting.]"
"I interviewed its designer and coder, Chris Taylor, a few years ago to discuss this trailblazing game [Total Annihilation]; now we're chatting again, only this time to celebrate Total Annihilation's spiritual follow-up, Supreme Commander, released just over ten years ago."
"As we did in 2014, 2015, and 2016, today I'm going to recap our annual awards and other meta articles from the end of 2017. We gave out 19 formal awards this past year, all in addition to dozens of other recaps, roundups, listicles, predictions, bloopers, oddities, polls, provocations, and retrospectives. It was by far our biggest content dump to date, even bigger than last year! [SIMON'S NOTE: As I said on Twitter, Massively OP is super overlooked as an excellent documenter of today's MMO news and culture.]"
"This week, Luke Yagnow joined an elite club, becoming the second (known) person to beat Desert Golfing, a game not meant to be beaten. After four years of patience, somewhere between 300 and 400 hours of persistence, and help from the designer of the game, Yagnow has finally achieved his goal. There's no more Desert Golfing to play."
"I reached out to devs in a number of different roles across the industry and asked them what overlooked games from 2017 they'd most like to highlight, and was rewarded with an excellent, diverse list of hidden gems."
"We played and reviewed 258 room escapes in 2017. Our escape rate was 96.12%. That's 10 losses, including one game that appears on this list. We traveled more than 58,000 miles in search of the finest escape rooms in the world."
"With so many positive claims coming from developers, it almost seems foolish for others not to develop for the Switch. However, with a new console comes new software needs, new controller concerns, new companies to deal with, and all kinds of other factors that devs will want to consider."
"With a new Age game in development and a "definitive edition" reboot of the original just around the corner—and given our recent foray into the evolution of the entire real-time strategy genre—we thought it'd be interesting to dig into the history of this RTS series. After all, RTS games like Age have introduced millions of impressionable youths to the delights of... well, history."
"tar Citizen is a bit like an Instagram account: what you see looks amazing but the reality is hollow. As it stands, at major milestone alpha 3.0, Star Citizen does not convince as a game. But as a picture-postcard-maker - as a demonstration of technology - it's virtually peerless."
"It's been two and a half years since I launched my project Pixel Art Academy on Kickstarter. Anyone that runs a campaign has to set an estimate for delivery of the rewards. I estimated mine for September 2016. It's 2018 now, and I'm nowhere near done."
"In this column, author Keiichi Tanaka talks with game creators of the 80s and 90s whose excitement and occasional excess helped shape the industry in its adolescence. Episode 5 focuses on Shigesato Itoi, creator of one of the Famicom's finest RPGs: "MOTHER". [SIMON'S NOTE: an artful cartoon, even!]"
"The first article in this series was an interview with John Romero about TEd, the Tile Editor he created at Id Software, that went on to ship over 30 games. For the second article, I am fortunate to have the opportunity to speak to Tim Sweeney about the first version of the Unreal Editor, or UnrealEd. We spoke at the Unreal booth during the GamesCom 2017 conference in Cologne, Germany."
"Well, 2017 is finally coming to an end, and you know what that means: it's time for every video game site to give its end-of-year awards. I mean, it would be if most of them hadn't already posted their awards in early December so they could all enjoy well-deserved Christmas breaks."


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Paris: Saab forecasting 33% lower sales target in US
September 30, 2010 by Swade
Jan-Ake Jonsson and Victor Muller entertained some of the automotive press on the way from Trollhattan to Paris overnight and Automotive News Europe have written a story based on the conversation on the plane.
Saab Automobile CEO Jan Ake Jonsson says it will take longer than anticipated to gain the hearts, minds and eventually the wallets of U.S. car buyers.
The automaker has reduced its U.S. sales target this year by at least 33 percent to below 10,000 units.
"The U.S. is a huge country," Jonsson said. "There are many areas where they still believe we are gone. It will take time……."
……Global sales are expected at about 48,000 this year, down from a range of 50,000 to 55,000 forecast in June. Jonsson estimates Saab will sell 80,000 vehicles globally next year, of which 16,000 to 20,000 will be in the United States……
That article goes on to talk about current incentives available in the US, like the conquest incentive available to owners of various marques until the end of September.
"Having all these tools in place is resulting in the great month we are having nationally," said Fred Shaw, owner of Shaw Saab in Norwell, Mass. "We are on a roll."
Shaw did not provide any national sales numbers. He is a member of Saab's national marketing and advertising council.
I definitely think sales will be light years better in September than what they were in August. For example, my mates at New Salem Saab told me a few days ago that they'd sold 4 new and 10 used vehicles so far this month. It may not sound like a heap to some of you, but it's way ahead of previous months and when you consider that around 200 Saab dealers sold just 290 cars nationwide in August, well, you get what I mean.
We don't have long to wait and see, but I'm confident of a better month and much better times ahead.
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JAJ and VM video from the Saab/BMW press conference
Press Release: Victor Muller named Entrepreneur of the Year by Automotive News Europe


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Q: Cannot see any applications except the menu bar I'm running 13.10 in a virtual machine using Parallels 9. I recently installed some updates and was prompted to restart. Now cannot see any running application. I am able to see the menu bar on the side but it seems like there is just a black space where I would normally expect to see the application.
http://i.imgur.com/XHaIccI.png - I can't post images so here's the first screen shot
The only thing that opens is the top icon and even it does not display correctly
http://i.imgur.com/VeUyV3F.png - Here is the only application which is working
Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this and how I can fix it?

A: Shut down VM (13.10), then in Parallels 9 config for the VM, go to >Hardware>Video, and "Un-check" 3D acceleration.
Restart Ubuntu 13.10. You will now get a Completely Black screen. Shut down Ubuntu once more.
Again, in Parallels config for the VM, go to Hardware>Video and "Re-Check" 3D acceleration. Restart, and, Viola, back in business (No black screen and everything properly updated).


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Women's Basketball Gets Back in Win Column with Road Triumph at Coast Guard
WPI (8-10) 11 17 25 14 67
Coast Guard (5-14) 12 11 16 5 44
Pts: Bailey Savage - 15
Reb: Spencer Vinson - 9
Pts: Micaela Martinelli - 16
Reb: Micaela Martinelli - 7
Ast: 3 Players (#10, #14, #24) - 2
New London, CT --- Bailey Savage (Charlton, MA) scored 15 points as WPI defeated Coast Guard, 67-44, in NEWMAC women's basketball action on Wednesday night in Rowland Hall.
The Engineers snap a six-game skid and improves to 8-11 on the season and 3-8 in the NEWMAC while the Bears drop to 5-14 overall and 4-7 in conference play.
Savage shot 6-12 from the field and 3-6 from behind the arc. Alyssa Paul (Schaghticoke, NY) added 10 points in the victory and Spencer Vinson (Los Angeles, CA) scored nine points with a game-high nine rebounds. Victoria Mirecki (Rock Tavern, NY) also netted nine points to go along with seven rebounds and Alex Scariati (Scotch Plains, NJ) chipped in with six points and six caroms. Caitlin Boermeester (Billerica, MA) led all players with four assists on the night.
Micaela Martinelli (Vero Beach, FL) led the Bears with a game-high 16 points and seven rebounds. She was 6-15 from the field and 2-4 from three point range. Annabella Farabaugh (Atlanta, GA) scored 11 points for the Bears and Kyra Hartman (Shillington, PA) added six rebounds.
Farabaugh and Martinelli combined for 10 of Coast Guard's 12 points in the opening quarter as the Bears led 12-11. WPI answered in the second quarter by outscoring the Bears 17-11 as held a 28 - 23 advantage heading into halftime.
WPI scored the opening nine points of the half as they extended their lead 37-23. Vinson and Savage combined for 11 points in the quarter as they outshot the Bears 25-16. Martinelli made a layup with 25 seconds remaining in the third quarter but Coast Guard trailed 53-39.
The Engineers put the game away as they outscored the Bears 14-5 taking the 67-44 final.
WPI shot 47.2% (25-53) from the field and 50.0% (11-22) from three point range. WPI held the advantage in rebounds, 42-26.
The Engineers open February with a 2pm road game at Babson on Saturday. The Bears are at Emerson at 1pm, also on Saturday.
Release Courtesy Coast Guard Sports Information


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Mitch McConnell Says He's Undecided on Vote to Convict Trump
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Joshua Caplan
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Wednesday told Republican colleagues that he is undecided on whether to vote to convict President Donald Trump in the Senate's impeachment trial in the wake of last week's riots at the U.S. Capitol.
"While the press has been full of speculation, I have not made a final decision on how I will vote and I intend to listen to the legal arguments when they are presented to the Senate," McConnell wrote in a letter obtained by The Hill.
McConnell's remarks come after the Republican strategist told The Associated Press that the Senate GOP leader believes the president is guilty of committing impeachable offenses
The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump on charges he incited an "insurrection" at the U.S. Capitol a week ago.
The chamber voted 232-197 in favor of impeachment, making Trump the first U.S. president in history to be impeached twice.
Ten Republicans voted along with Democrats, including Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.
Despite the House vote, McConnell declined to convene an emergency session beginning Friday to open an impeachment trial in the upper chamber.
"Given the rules, procedures, and Senate precedents that govern presidential impeachment trials, there is simply no chance that a fair or serious trial could conclude before President-elect Biden is sworn in next week," the Republican lawmaker said in a statement.
The UPI contributed to this report.
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A close reading of the seder plate.
Lopate's superb essay on Charles Reznikoff'.
Is your favorite Jewish poet Wise or Wicked? Joy Katz will tell you.
The Velveteen Rabbi muses on Pesach and National Poetry Month.
Anyone for a little dying-literary-generation shtick?
Young Mr. Roth runs wild.
Robert Pinsky sings the praises of JBooks.com. Literally.
The Daily Show scribe muses on our most hilarious chag.
A dramatic scene from the mind of a major poet.
One novelist gets playful with Purim.
Looking at Tevye in the light of L'Affaire Madoff.
A veteran bookseller talks about his embattled industry.
Buhle revisits Mike Gold's classic.
Glückel of Hameln brings home the bacon (so to speak).
What do Edith Grossman and Rashi have in common? More than you might imagine.
Taking a page from Sh'ma.
The challenge of saying something new about Benjamin Disraeli.


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Relative gene expression was determined using the Ct method, with normalization to test. derived from chemokine loss. Thus, we have uncovered a pathogenic function for fibroblastic stromal cells in alloimmune reactivity that can be dissociated from their homeostatic functions. Our results reveal what we believe to be a previously unrecognized Notch-mediated immunopathogenic role for stromal cell niches in secondary lymphoid organs after allo-BMT and define a framework of early cellular and molecular interactions that regulate T cell alloimmunity. Introduction Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (allo-BMT) can cure hematological malignancies and other blood disorders. However, alloimmune T cell responses arising against foreign tissue antigens can trigger major complications such as graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after allo-BMT (1C3). At the onset of GVHD, donor T cells are exposed to host tissue alloantigens in a highly inflammatory environment, inducing potent T cell immunoreactivity and subsequent pathogenicity. Current GVHD prophylactic and therapeutic strategies act through global immunosuppression and thus diminish both beneficial and detrimental aspects of T cell alloreactivity. Efforts to develop new selective therapies to dampen GVHD have focused on early microenvironmental signals to donor alloreactive T cells (4). Many of these signals, which include alloantigens, costimulatory ligands, and local inflammatory mediators, have been assumed to derive from hematopoietic antigen-presenting cells (APCs) (5C7). However, recent work demonstrated that CD4+ T cellCmediated alloresponses can occur in the absence of hematopoietic APCs as a source of alloantigens (8C10), suggesting that our current understanding of key early cellular and molecular events that drive donor T cellCmediated GVHD is incomplete. The Notch pathway has emerged as a new, attractive therapeutic target to control the deleterious effects of T cell alloimmunity (11C17). Notch signaling is a conserved cell-to-cell communication pathway mediated by interactions between NOTCH1-4 receptors and their ligands Delta-like 1/3/4 (DLL1/3/4) or JAGGED1/2 (JAG1/2) (18, 19). During GVHD, DLL1/4 ligands in the host engage NOTCH1/2 receptors in T cells, and transient systemic blockade of DLL1/4 Notch ligands with neutralizing antibodies results in long-term protection from GVHD (14). Despite the central role of Notch signaling in alloreactivity, the timing of critical Notch signals, the cellular source of Notch ligands, and the microanatomical context in which alloreactive T cells are exposed to Notch signaling in vivo remain unknown. Early studies showed that hematopoietic APCs such as DCs can express DLL1 and DLL4 ligands in a TLR-inducible manner (20, 21). These observations led to the OT-R antagonist 2 widely OT-R antagonist 2 accepted concept that hematopoietic APCs can simultaneously deliver antigen and Notch ligands to modulate T cell function. In vitro studies supported this model, as TLR agonistCstimulated antigen-pulsed DCs induced naive T cells to differentiate in a Notch-regulated manner (21, 22). Similarly, a subpopulation of CD11c+DLL4hi DCs was OT-R antagonist 2 capable of delivering Notch signals to alloreactive T cells in mixed lymphocyte reactions when purified from GVHD animal models (23). However, the in vivo relevance of APC-derived Notch signals has not been rigorously tested, and their importance has been inferred indirectly on the basis of their capacity to modulate T cell responses in vitro. Nonhematopoietic cells also express Notch ligands in multiple contexts, including in primary and secondary lymphoid organs (SLOs). In the thymus, FOXN1+ thymic epithelial cells act as nonredundant transducers of DLL4-mediated signals during T cell development (24C26). Blood and lymphatic endothelial cells (BECs and LECs) express high levels of DLL1 and DLL4 (27C31). Finally, genetic studies identified fibroblastic stromal cells in SLOs as nonredundant sources of DLL1-mediated Notch signals to marginal-zone B cells and DCs that express high levels of endothelial cellCspecific adhesion molecule high (ESAMhi DCs), as well as of DLL4-mediated signals to follicular helper T cells (32). Thus, multiple cellular sources have the potential to deliver Notch signals to T cells in vivo after allo-BMT, making it unclear whether critical signals are delivered in a defined microanatomical niche, and by hematopoietic or stromal cells. To address these questions, we used a combination OT-R antagonist 2 of systemic neutralizing antibodies and loss-of-function genetics to interrogate the in vivo spatial and temporal requirements for DLL1/4-mediated Notch signaling during GVHD. Surprisingly, we found that Rabbit polyclonal to ARHGEF3 essential Notch signals were delivered to incoming T cells within 2 days of allo-BMT and that both donor and host hematopoietic cells were dispensable as a source of Notch ligands.
← Baseline EPACE efficiency is related to MACS, and much better than FACS → TRAIL+ preCT cells can therefore be used as an off-the-shelf cell therapy in allogeneic and autologous settings


On this snowy February evening I spoke with 3 new people. One of them said hello to me with a compliment. I still maintain that this is one of the best and easiest ways to start a conversation with someone.
The other two gentlemen were security guards at the Scotia Centre here in Calgary. We spoke about how more people seek shelter inside when the weather is so cold and that it's tough to kick them out.
I was pleased to learn that for the most part, the homeless people who these fellows deal with are very respectful and don't cause problems.
It's amazing what you can learn by talking to strangers. The insights and different perspectives from talking to people who you might otherwise never come into contact with will enrich your life. It just makes sense: broader ideas = broader perspective = a better world.
Take the 30 day challenge of meeting 1 new person a day for a month and see how your life improves.
Connect with Tony for a meaningful face-to-face conversation.


Recent PS4 games like Red Dead Redemption 2, God of War and Assassin's Creed: Odyssey are all on sale in Sony's digital storefront.
Go AWOL from your battles for a minute and check out this year's Black Friday game sale at the PlayStation Store, with great deals on some new PS4 games as well as old favorites. This year you can get everything from your favorite games to renew your PS Plus Subscription.
And a ton more. Check out the full list on the PlayStation blog. The sale ends Nov. 27 at 8 a.m. PT.
Don't yet have a PS4? See our list of the best Black Friday console deals and the best PlayStation 4 Black Friday bundles.


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The Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop is a 14-screen drive-in theater in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, that doubles as the largest drive-in and largest daily flea market in the world. Local broadcast advertising states it to be Florida's second-biggest tourist attraction and the largest tourist attraction in the South Florida metropolitan area.  From 1989–2006 the Hanneford Family Circus performed daily (except Tuesdays) in the Swap Shop food court, entertaining the roughly 12 million people who visit each year.

History
On November 22, 1963, Betty and Preston Henn opened the Thunderbird Drive-in Theater.  In the beginning, there was one screen (still in use today as Screen 9) — and a reputation for showing adult movies, which concerned passing motorists. Initially the parking lot was divided by a fence to divide the white customers from the African American customers.

After a 1966 trip to the American West Coast, Henn decided to add a flea market, allowing the region to have a collective rummage sale and encouraging the start of many small businesses in southeastern Florida.  The addition ushered in a period of expansion (to 11 screens by 1980) and increased popularity.

An enclosed food court was added in 1979; a decade later, a stage was added and the food court was enclosed and air conditioned.  Initially, the circus shared the stage with 1960s and 1970s pop and country acts, most notably K.C. and the Sunshine Band, Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn and Three Dog Night.

Expansion continued into the 1990s, when Screens 12 and 13 were put into use, and into 2005, when the former Thunderbird Drive-in started projecting onto its fourteenth screen. On October 24, 2005, Hurricane Wilma damaged several of the screens, currently only 13 of the 14 are in use.

In addition to the Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop, the Henns own and operate two others, the Margate Swap Shop (which closed in 2007), the Lake Worth Swap Shop and Drive-in and Tampa Fun-Lan Swap Shop and Drive-in.

References

External links
Official Swap Shop Site
Article on www.southflorida.com
Entry on www.driveinmovie.com
Update and recollections on www.drive-ins.com

Landmarks in Florida
Tourist attractions in Broward County, Florida
Buildings and structures in Broward County, Florida
Flea markets
Drive-in theaters in the United States


On Wednesday, Jan. 30 Ingles grocery store will introduce a concept that Manager Chip Scanland has been pushing for since he arrived five years ago.
At 6 a.m. a Starbucks counter will open. The counter is situated just beyond the front door on the north entrance near the new Chinese food and deli operation and its an addition that Scanland says customers have been looking forward to for months.
Ingles has undergone several renovations in the last two months but none so noticeable as the Starbucks location. Scanland said he began lobbying corporate to be one of the Ingles locations to also house a Starbucks.
Scandland said there are currently 210 Ingles grocery stores and when the Madison location opens Starbucks on Jan. 30 it will be the 78th store to house a Starbucks.
For the past month 20 new employees, both full-time and part-time, have been training at Ingles in Winder to be ready for opening day. "We are hoping it's going to bring more traffic," Scandland said.
Currently Ingles processes more than 2,000 transactions per day and Starbucks could add to that amount. The Starbucks will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Ingles is open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.
"We've got a captive audience and we hope that helps to make it successful," he said.
"The biggest excitement it creates for us is it's giving us the opportunity to creates something special for our customers," Scandland said.
And while the Starbucks store will act as any Starbucks location, including honoring all Starbucks gift cards, the employees are employed by Ingles, Scandland said.