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Calgary to Sydney, Brisbane, or Melbourne, Australia - $798 to $890 CAD roundtrip | 2019 dates available
Qantas has once again dropped the price of their flights from Calgary to cities in Australia, this time down to between $798 and $890 CAD roundtrip.
And this time there are 2019 dates available.
You can also turn these into 2-in-1 trips and visit both Australia and San Francisco (or Los Angeles), for about the same price (instructions below).
You can also look at flying into one Australian city, but home from another, for about the same price (instructions below).
August, September, October, November, first half of December 2018
February, March, April 2019
1. Try a Google Flights search like this one...
Google Flights: Calgary to Sydney, Australia (SYD)
^^^ look for the dates that are $935 roundtrip
Google Flights: Calgary to Brisbane, Australia (BNE)
Google Flights: Calgary to Melbourne, Australia (MEL)
- click on the departure date box to open up the calendar view and browse for cheap date combinations
- look for the dates that are somewhere between $918 and $935 roundtrip.
2. Go to Skyscanner or Flighthub or Kayak
- search for a flight from Calgary (YYC) to...
Sydney (SYD)
Brisbane (BNE)
Melbourne (MEL)
- use the same dates you found on Google Flights
- the price on Skyscanner or Flighthub will usually be around $75 to $150 cheaper than what you see on Google Flights.
NOTE: The first search result on Skyscanner or Flighthub may not always be the best flights. Check out the different options on the first page of the results.
You may also want to try using the filters on either site to narrow it down to flights that are only 1 stop each way, if they're available.
screenshots from Skyscanner
You can also turn these into 2-in-1 trips, and visit both Australia *and* San Francisco, for a similar price
1. First, try finding a normal roundtrip flight to Australia, using the Google Flights links above.
For example, let's say you found a flight from Calgary (YYC) to Sydney (SYD), from Feb 13 to Feb 27.
2. Now go to Flighthub or Kayak
- Change the search type from 'Roundtrip' to 'Multi City'
3. Search for a flight like this one:
Calgary (YYC) to Sydney (SYD)
Sydney (SYD) to San Francisco (SFO)
San Francisco (SFO) to Calgary (YYC)
- For the first and last legs of the journey, use the dates from the normal roundtrip flight that you found on Google Flights.
- You can play around with the middle date to give yourself more or less time in Sydney vs San Francisco.
For example, here is a screenshot from Kayak of Feb 13 to Feb 24 to Feb 27.
You can also try Los Angeles instead of San Francisco.
You can also look at flying into one Australian city, but home from another, and keeping the price the same
Brisbane (BNE) to Calgary (YYC)
- Try the dates from the normal roundtrip flight that you found on Google Flights.
For example, here is a screenshot from Kayak of Feb 13 to Feb 27.
You'll notice the flight from Sydney (SYD) to Brisbane (BNE) is not included.
You can try a multi-city search on Kayak that includes the flight between the two Australian cities. It may only bump up the price by a little bit.
Sydney (SYD) to Brisbane (BNE)
screenshot from Kayak
It's even possible to visit multiple cities in Australia *and* Los Angeles and still keep the price under $875!
1. Go to Flighthub or Kayak
2. Change the search type from 'Roundtrip' to 'Multi City'
Try a search like this one:
Brisbane (BNE) to Los Angeles (LAX)
Los Angeles (LAX) to Calgary (YYC)
example dates:
Feb 13 to Feb 20 to Feb 25 to Feb 27
screenshot from screenshot from Kayak
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North Carolina Regional Breastfeeding Coalitions
Looking to start a support group? Click here to see NCBC's poster on 3 examples of support groups in NC.
Central NC Breastfeeding Coalition:
Mission Statement: "The Central North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition is a partnership of health professionals and public health representatives whose mission is to identify and reduce barriers to breastfeeding through education, advocacy, outreach, and collaboration."
This coalition is open to all area breastfeeding supporters.
[Note: Current members include Piedmont Health Services WIC nutritionists and breastfeeding peer counselors (serving Chatham and Orange County clients); Orange County Health Department providers (RDs, RNs, other providers); UNC hospital IBCLCs and RNs; WIC regional breastfeeding coordinator/IBCLC; Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Durham; health agency staff at Lincoln Community Health Center in Durham.]
Contact: Alisha Bailey baileya@piedmonthealth.org
Breastfeeding Coalition of Cumberland County
The Mission of the Breastfeeding Coalition of Cumberland County is to Promote, Protect and Support breastfeeding through a cooperative network of individuals, agencies, and organizations in Cumberland County.
Meetings are open to any breastfeeding supporter and are held on the second Tuesday of every odd numbered month.
Contact: Leigh Bailey lbailey@co.cumberland.nc.us
Mid-Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition (Lee, Harnett and Johnston Counties)
The Mid-Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition is a group of breastfeeding advocates in these rural counties, that started meeting in January of 2019. We are made of health department, hospital and private practice employees aspiring to make our communities Breastfeeding-Friendly. We hope to grow to have city members and citizens in these counties to join us to reach our objectives of: Promoting a positive breastfeeding environment in our communities, developing breastfeeding advocates and resources through education and outreach, providing an evidence-based social media presence to support and inform our families. Our mission is to foster a network of breastfeeding support through education and collaboration with health professionals, advocates and community members. Our meetings rotate every 3 months to different counties to have the maximum participation.
Contact: Abigail Sanders, IBCLC at (910) 988-8671 or leeharnettjohnstonbf@gmail.com.
Please see our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/MidCarolinaBreastfeedingCoalition/
Wake County Human Services' Northern Regional Center (NRC) Breastfeeding Support Group: Liquid Gold
Mission Statement: The NRC Breastfeeding Support Group (BFSG) is dedicated to promoting, protecting and supporting breastfeeding through education, outreach and advocacy to improve the health and well-being of infants, young children, and their families.
Webpage: http://www.wakegov.com/humanservices/locations/nrc/Pages/NRCBreastfeedingSupportGroup.aspx
Contact: Shveta Patel Shveta.Patel@wakegov.com
The Guilford County Breastfeeding Alliance
The Guilford County Breastfeeding Alliance is a group of local professionals dedicated to helping breastfeeding mothers with each step in their decision. The Alliance strives to promote breastfeeding in the area by connecting with fellow breastfeeding advocates, sharing resources, and building bridges with other healthcare providers. This year we will be celebrating World Breastfeeding Week with our World Breastfeeding Week Extravaganza on August 6, 2015 at the Women's Hospital in Greensboro. Starting with a very successful celebration in 2014, we plan to make this an annual event, hosting OB/GYN and pediatric office staff with a luncheon and panel discussions. This year, staying with the theme, "Breastfeeding and Work: Let's Make it Work" with panel discussions, one composed of physicians and the other breastfeeding mothers who have gone back to work and continued to nurse. We will be focusing on the working women's right to breastfeed and true stories on how to make that happen. In keeping with WABA's objective of "engaging" we also hope to select breastfeeding champions in the various offices who can be the "go to" person when breastfeeding concerns arise.
Contact: Barb Carder, RN Barb.Carder@cornerstonehealthcare.com
Tri-County Breastfeeding Coalition
Founded under the name "Best Fed Beginnings" this group of health care professionals and community partners has been actively promoting breastfeeding since the 1990's. Renamed Tri-County Breastfeeding Coalition in 2005, our mission is to promote and support breastfeeding as the norm for moms and babies in New Hanover, Pender and Brunswick counties. Quarterly meetings are held in Wilmington.
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Tri-County-Breastfeeding-Coalition-158500677523928/
Contact: Lindsey Hurd angelfoodnutrition@gmail.com
Triangle Breastfeeding Alliance (TBA)
The Triangle Breastfeeding Alliance (TBA) is a 501(c)(3) organization working to increase education and networking for those who provide care to breastfeeding families. The mission is to increase the number of mothers who achieve their personal breastfeeding goals and their satisfaction with the care and support they receive. TBA has an open meeting at the WakeMed Andrews Conference Center in Raleigh on the first Tuesday of each month from 1-3 PM. Members include International Board Certified Lactation Consultants, breastfeeding educators, a local family practice physician, nurses, nutritionists, dieticians, chiropractors and volunteers from community-based breastfeeding support groups. There is an annual one-day regional conference that reaches 200 participants with scholarships available. The website is widely accessed with current research, news, listings of educational opportunities and job openings. TBA also has created a prenatal breastfeeding booklet in English and Spanish accessed via free download at www.ncbta.org. Contact: Mary Overfield <
mary_overfield@yahoo.com
Western North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition
Newly formed after the Summit of 2017 and with their own website! https://www.wncbc.org/
Onslow County Breastfeeding Coalition
Connecting resources to educate, promote, protect, and support breastfeeding as the norm for mothers and babies in Onslow County.
Website: https://onslowbreastfeeds.weebly.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OnslowBreastfeeds/
onslowbreastfeeds@gmail.com
We are working together with WNCBC to be able to provide all BF coalitions their own web presence at no charge. If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact us.

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Golden Couple
Metro Atlanta's best-kept sports secret is the only husband-wife team to bring home the gold from th
Gene Asher,
Bill Daprano
Unless you read The Fayette Neighbor, or attended the World Masters Games in Melbourne, Australia last October, you never would know that Bill and Jeanne Daprano won four gold medals between them.
Bill won gold in the pentathlon (long jump, javelin, 200 meters, 1,500 meters and discus) plus silver in the 100 meters and javelin; Jeanne won gold in the 1,500 meters, 800 meters and 400 meters and bronze in the 200 meters.
You might say the Dapranos have a corner on the gold market. Bill and Jeanne each have won more than 100 pieces of gold since they started competing in the Masters program more than 20 years ago.
The Dapranos not only own a host of state, regional and national records, they hold 17 world records. Bill, 76, owns outdoor world marks in the pentathlon (age 73), 4×200 relays (ages 70-79), 4×400 relays (ages 60-69) and pentathlon (age 56). He also owns world indoor records in the 4×400 and 4×800 relays (ages 70-79).
Jeanne is the speed merchant of the family. She owns 12 world records, is 66 years old and looks 10 years younger.
In women's competition from age groups 60-65 and 65-70, Jeanne holds indoor and outdoor records in 800 and 1,500 meters, the mile run and 4×800 relays. Last year she was nominated for the Masters Hall of Fame and chosen female track athlete of the year.
Three years ago, at Gateshead, England, they each won gold – Bill three pieces and Jeanne four. But their biggest win came off the field. The couple met at Gateshead for the first time. Bill, a native Atlantan, was living in Riverdale, Ga. and Jeanne, a native of Iowa, was living in Long Beach, Cal.
"The best thing about running," Jeanne says, "is the people you meet. I met Bill and he is the nicest person I know. It is not the medals that count, it is the human relationships."
"The first time I laid eyes on her I knew she was the woman for me," Bill recalls. "We were in the cafeteria line and I spotted this good-looking, trim blonde about four people ahead of me. When she sat down at a table, I broke through the line to make darn sure I would get a seat next to her.
"That night, there was a get- acquainted dance for all the track competitors. I asked her if I could have the first dance. She said OK. For the remainder of the evening neither one of us danced with anyone else. I was smitten – but good.
"For the next 12 days, I had breakfast with her every morning and dinner with her every night. When we were not competing on the track we were taking walks or sitting on a bench holding hands.
"I finally found the one person I wanted to live with. On the last day of the meet, I told her, ?I am going to marry you.' She didn't say yes and she didn't say no. But she agreed to meet me in St. Louis for a Masters Track Meet, only three weeks away. She said yes in St. Louis and a month later we were honeymooning in Hawaii."
The Dapranos now live in Fayetteville, Ga. They will have a busy spring and summer, with the Southeastern Senior Classic in Raleigh, N.C., this month, the National Masters Championships in Charlotte in June and the World Games in Puerto Rico in July.
Bill is retired from coaching and home-building and Jeanne from teaching. As coach at Atlanta's old St. Joseph's High School, Daprano won three region football championships, posted a 25-game winning streak and a 10-year record of 59 wins, 31 losses and four ties.
After 15 years as a teacher and high-school coach he entered the insurance and real estate business. In his first year, he more than tripled his coaching income. At the age of 43, Daprano was on his way to becoming one of the most successful home builders in metropolitan Atlanta. But the success took its toll.
"I could not build houses fast enough," he says. "I was on the job site six days a week, encouraging supervisors, giving a compliment here and a kick in the rear there. I was on a constant deadline.
"I put unbelievable pressure on myself. My blood pressure was out of sight. My doctor told me I could give up the torrid pace I was on and find something that would relax me or die a young man. I wanted to live." Daprano gave up the business but not the torrid pace. He simply redirected his energy into something positive – running.
Daprano grew up on the south side of Atlanta near Grant Park. He attended old Atlanta Tech High School, the University of Georgia and Livingston State University in Alabama, where he played football and baseball and ran track. At 5-10, 165, he is the same weight as he was 20 years ago.
His biggest thrill came in the Masters age 55-59 competition when he beat his old hero, former U.S. Olympic champion Bob Richards, in the pentathlon. Richards' photograph used to be a fixture on Wheaties cereal boxes.
Daprano has three children by a previous marriage (his first wife, Judy, died at age 51): Bill Jr., 45, Judy, 36, and Christy, 29.
Jeanne Daprano grew up as an "Iowa farm girl." She was born in Massena, a town of 300 people, where her parents had a farm on which she milked cows, planted corn and drove the tractor. "I admired what my parents did," she says, "but after working most of our 160 acres I learned at an early age that I did not want to marry a farmer."
She left Iowa for the University of Nebraska where she received a B.A. in elementary education. She went on for a master's degree at the University of California in Long Beach and taught at a Long Beach parochial school.
Her first marriage lasted 26 years before her husband discovered he had lung cancer. Four months later he was dead. "It was the low point in my life," she says. One of her friends suggested she start running for therapy, nothing competitive, just running on the beach.
"I got out there and it felt like a million dollars. It wasn't long before I was getting out of my ?poor me' state. I started running competitively and winning and it made me feel good enough to start a track program for kids, especially those in a Long Beach Cambodian community.
"I got so much pleasure out of running, not just for the fitness but for my whole demeanor. It got me in shape, mentally and spiritually."
Then she met Bill. "I was not thinking about marriage," she says. "It was the furthest thing from my mind. Bill was such a gentleman, such an athlete, such a magnetic person. He and I liked the same things – running, swimming, walking, biking, children. I never had children of my own but I felt like I did when I worked with [children in] the Cambodian community.
"Of all the gold we have won, what we won in England is the most memorable of all because it was the beginning of a long, loving relationship."
Think about it: Here is a woman over the age of 65 and a man over the age of 75 and they probably can outrun 98 percent of all the high school students in the world. And when they compete in the World Games in July, you can bet they will win still more gold.
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Doroty endowed with a quintessential American girl face & form she became a model for one of the turn-of-the- centuries most prolifiv illustrators. Dorothy appeared in hundreds of advertisements, magazines, newspapers, & became known from sea to sea as "Orginal Harrison Fisher Girl"
Soon Dorothy became an actress for the French film company Socie'te Francais des Films Et Cinemetographers Eclair & starred on the silver screen. She performed in one after another of The American division of Eclair's short films until she became the company's star.
After the sinking Eclair went into action modifying a nautical script they already had in the works into the diaster film Saved From The Titanic starring none other than survivor Dorothy Gibson. Eclair utilized a miniture vessel & a studio-built ocean & iceberg. Dorothy wore the same water-stained white satin evening dress, sweater, & black shoes in which she made her escape from the wreck. The film was released on May 16, 1912 but on July 25, 1912 the name of the film was changed to A Survivor of the Titanic.
Not much was heard of Dorothy after this role. She died in a Paris motel in 1946. Saved From the Titanic was lost to the viewing public in a fire that devestated the Eclair Studios in March of 1914.


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Apple's Mac sales tumble 12% in second-biggest downturn since '07
Wednesday, April 27, 2016 8:59 pm Wednesday, April 27, 2016 66 Comments
"Apple yesterday said it sold 4 million Macs in the March quarter, a 12% decline from the same period the year before, and a larger contraction than for the personal computer business as a whole," Gregg Keizer reports for Computerworld.
"The year-over-year downturn in Mac sales was the second straight down quarter, and excepting a brutal 22% drop at the end of 2012, the largest since Apple introduced the iPhone in 2007," Keizer reports. "Apple had been on an extended streak of besting the PC average, with sometimes-impressive gains during the four-years-and-counting slump of the overall market. But the March quarter's results put an end to the years-long run, which the Cupertino, Calif. company often touted."
Keizer reports, "Neither CEO Tim Cook or CFO Luca Maestri mentioned the end of the streak in Tuesday's earnings call with Wall Street."
MacDailyNews Take: Perhaps if Apple updated some Macs once in a while? Just sayin'.
Note to Apple brass: Complacency kills.
Steve Jobs deplored laziness and incompetence.
Apple reports earnings miss in Q216 – April 26, 2016
Apple's languishing Macintosh: Is a massive re-invention near? – April 25, 2016
Hey Apple, how about shipping a new computer sometime? – April 15, 2016
peterblood71
Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 9:05 pm
I hate to think how many Mac Pro's they'd sell if they made them to pro specs instead of the usual minimalist design approach. Pro's won't take being force fed the wrong approach and simply switch platforms, which is obviously not helpful to Mac sales.
Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 10:20 pm
Right. It wouldn't be an admission of failure to reinstate the cheese graters. Keep the cylinders as another line, that's fine. I doubt Jony Ive would care if that happened, and Pro users would suddenly hail Tim Cook as champion rather than chump.
Tweet: Tim — you talk up switchers to iOS. But think about switchers from OS X.
Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 11:40 am
After reading all these posts I get it and Apple should too. The Mac pro has to be done and done right, certainly with the best processor technology with one or more multi core processors on the bus, multiple slots for graphics cards or multimrdia cards, multiple sata channels (at least 4) for ssd arrays. It should come in a box that is easily recognizable and upgradeable, with enough airflow to keep all the components cool. The old mac pro case would be a good start. They could talk to pixar for help on the specs.
It would be a statement that shouts WE ARE APPLE. WE ARE COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY.
Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 2:50 pm
Ironically, When Steve came back to Apple he killed off the Mac OS licensing program which had resulted in Power Computing taking a chunk of the "pro" market from Apple.
Then Ive comes along and kills Apple's "pro" market by labelling a nice/novel Mac as "pro" when it is not.
Apple, either license Mac OS to someone else to sell "pro" machines or make one yourself! Please!
Wrong Again
I don't mind thinking it. Maybe 70? Actually I wonder if they'd even sell a million.
More than they do now.
Yeah, but would it even be worth the effort? If they pour R&D into a Pro refresh and sales don't offset the expenditure, then wouldn't that have been a poor use of money?
I'm wondering if people are aware of a market of over 10-20 million Pro purchases I'm just not seeing OR is it just a personal desire to have a Mac with Pro specs even though the sales may not support it?
Dell and HP have no problem doing it. What the hell is wrong with Apple?
Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 1:52 am
I wouldn't use Dell or HP as the finest examples of how to perform in the PC world. They don't make a fraction of the profits that Apple makes, even when Apple has a bad quarter.
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Does Honda/Mercedes/etc .. sell lots of Formula 1 race cars (and at a profit?) Nope….
Sometimes, the point of a top-of-the-line product isn't to make gobs of money in profit, but to be the petri dish to bring focus to technology pushes … or merely as a "Halo Effect" product:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effect
Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 12:12 pm
Of course it would. You start chipping away at any segment's sales it could have a knock-down effect on Macs and Apple devices. It's certainly no skin off their nose to do it and do it right, even if it were a "loss leader item." It just adds more luster to a complete line of computers worth owning and to those climbing up the Mac scale. Not everything needs to sell 50 million of something to make a good profit, as Apple has proved over the years.
Advantages of having a real pro line:
The pro line could release early forms of performance improving research while prices are still high, so those advances are more polished when released in cheaper form for mainstream Macs.
The pro line allows shops to standardize on Mac even when only a percentage of users need Pro's. Meaning more regular Macs are sold.
The pro line means the most influential purchasers recommend Macs to others.
The pro line allows pro users, who are most likely to come up with new innovative software, to develop and therefore ship on Mac first.
The pro line stops users (like me) from having to continue to develop for Windows because my software needs multipole top of the line GPUs to run well, when I would rather be Mac only.
Yeah, somethings gotta give here I agree. Same old ain't gonna cut it anymore.
Hell they might even sell a boat load if they did a spec update. At this point no one wants to be the guy who shelled out $6,000+ and then a month later Apple finally released an update that is way over due.
No one wants to purchase an outdated, underpowered, ridiculous piece of obsolescence. Apple has not kept pace competitively or technologically. Tim Cook has shown no interest or regard for the Mac. Well, Tim, how's that Q2 results taste now? Tastes like failure, huh?
Your trollish Apple hate has made you boorishly predictable, annoying and useless. I take it a bushel of apples klunked you repeatedly on your head as a kid and you never quite recovered.
You are so wrong, I love Apple, I just despise the people dragging it down.
Your criticisms aren't helpful and show zero insight. People who just blandly criticize like you are all sound and fury signifying nothing. Your posts are like nails on a chalkboard and about as useful.
Say hi to your mom for me, please.
Friday, April 29, 2016 at 1:21 am
Comments like that show you up for the essential dimwit troll you are.
Apple design had a bad year in 2015. The watch, not compelling for many Apple lovers and ultimately a secondary screen for an iPhone 6 or better. The newest Magic Mouse has to be stabbed by the charging cable in order to power up. The iPad Pro pencil has to plug in to the Lightning port and has to have been broken off in many homes filled with small children. The iPhone 6 battery had that ridiculous hump. Don't get me started about that 12″ MacBook. Even my original MacBook Air had two ports.
Don't you think that all of this Meh had something to do with apple's lackluster year?
Not exactly. The Apple Pencil CAN be plugged into the lighting port of the iPad if necessary or desired. The pencil also comes with a female to female lightning adapter so that the pencil can be plugged into, and charged with any standard lightning cable.
I doubt if many people make their technology buying decisions based on how you charge the mouse. Ditto with the Apple Pencil and iPad Pro.
The hump for the iPhone 6 battery is not a feature of the iPhone but of the extended battery case. That's optional, and again, I don't think a single person buys the iPhone based on the look of the battery case.
True, it probably didn't adversely affect the *initial* purchase – – but the poor experience with living with it will certainly have a negative influence over *future* purchases.
Davewrite
if Apple brass doesn't get some of the reasons why:
— a 6 Year old previous generation Mac Pro with an UPGRADED CARD beats a CURRENT cylinder Mac Pro 2-3 times in GPU tasks and beats a current Macbook Pro 5 Times.
http://barefeats.com/imac5k20.html
there is NO mac currently where you can put in an upgrade card.
(btw: GPU cards are different for different uses: gaming, 3D pro rendering etc)
— an HP workstation renders a movie in 2 hrs which took a cylinder Mac Pro 12 hours (and the mac at lower rez).
— they don't build the Mid Tower people are clamouring for. a recent poster on MDN had 96 votes (avg 4.5 stars) when he suggested this. Neither does apple provide a 'classic Tower' with upgradable components that avoids the 'rats nest' of wires that is prevalent with cylinder Pro users.
it's like "we don't build big iPhones no matter what customers say".
— a Macbook Air (not updated for a long time) has MORE ports than a Macbook yet the 'Air' is supposed to be the 'lighter' version. huh?
Confuses the line. Jobs deplored product confusion.
— where the Mac MARKETING?
Mac sales beat iPad Revenues yet iPads get ads, Macs don't.
No serious Mac campaign since Mac PC Guy (ended 2009) .
Near Zero Mac marketing during the Win 8 fiasco years. (they will study this misstep in Business school in the future). Microsoft moved 200-300 million copies of Win 10…
Just saw 3 different Apple Watch ads on TV in one show yesterday, yet Watch sales estimates last quarter is about half Mac's.
Why the no Mac love?
IBM is doing more in selling Macs to businesses than Apple and have a convincing argument about ease of use, better ROI, lower tech support (go read their marketing posts) . Why Apple didn't really push these advantages in marketing for years is bizarre…
— went to Walmart 2 years ago to get Thunderbolt cables for my new Macbook Pro. Walmart 'Apple expert' standing next to Thunderbolt equipped Macs didn't know what Thunderbolt was. Didn't carry mini-D etc cables etc so no way for customers of Walmart MacBooks to connect to ext. monitors! Apple display even now in shambles, apparently not updated since Jobs, (selling iPhones by GLUING A BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOCOPY of the phone on the counter. They sold the display phone) meanwhile Samsung, Microsoft tables are new with bright internally lit tables. (this might be localized to my Walmart as I live in an isolated area but it's sad).
Jobs was fanatical about how big box retailers sold apple products and cancelled several large contracts.
Where is Apple Marketing? Don't they train resellers? Where is Tim Cook or Shiller don't they visit resellers?
Agree that the Macbook Air needs to be killed off. No reason for it with the Macbook. I think it will be eliminated sometime in the near future.
As to training resellers, like Walmart? I am sure Apple must have a group of employees dedicated to training their resellers and enforcing Apple standards on product display, etc. That being said, it's a herculean task when considering all of the resellers. Even then these other store's employees generally will never have the product knowledge and dedication that one would find in an Apple owned store.
Jobs was concerned about how resellers sold Apple products but that's why he created the Apple Stores. However, Apple has grown so large that the Apple Stores cannot do it all, and hence Apple has a whole lot more resellers. Not a lot you can do about that, unless you want to pull out of your resellers and then you really slash sales of the products.
Getting back to Walmart, quite frankly I don't see in my local Walmart them doing justice to any of their technology brands that they sell.
you bring a valid opinion about difficulty of getting resellers on board etc.
But for me I expect Apple , APPLE ! to exceed standards, their marketing (and training resellers is part of that) should be above the rest just like their iPhone designs.
the greatness of Jobs was that he was good at everything, he was tech nerd, a product guy, a design guy, a manager but also a marketing guy . Today some people flame me when I talk about the importance of marketing at Apple ("we don't need Pepsi Cola salesmen!" ) . People forget that when Woz was building the Apple 1, Jobs was marketing. Marketing and sales is intrinsic to Apple. I read a long post on how Jobs wanted the glass staircases (hundreds of thousands $ each as they were earthquake proof ) because it was a great marketing tool (it made customers walk up to the next level). There was NO stinginess on ad costs. He got Ridley Scott to direct 1984.
Products FIRST but once it's done Jobs marketed them to the max.
as an ex advertising guy, I must say after Jobs Apple marketing in general has been lacklustre. Recently it has improved somewhat but there were years it was bleak and confused (anybody name a recent ad campaign that went viral like Think Different, 1984 etc ?). Apple sales are spectacular but with better marketing I think it would be even better.
forgot one more big reason for Mac sales not being even bigger:
the lack of good mid tower between the cripple Mac Mini and the expensive crippled Mac Pro turns off many potential WINDOWS SWITCHERS as many PC folks don't want to get rid of their monitors and get an iMac.
Also because of no advertising many don't even know the Mac Mini exists.
In Best Buy etc I've listened in to sales pitches from their salespeople. When a potential customer comes in and asks what's the difference between Windows and OSX , the sales person often says "Nothing. Except you get more cheaper software with Windows" . Big box retailers sell a whole bunch of PC stuff , not only are they not well versed in the intricacies of Apple products they also don't want to damage their PC sales. So it's up to Apple to educate consumers with MARKETING (ads) , which is sadly practically non existent with Mac. To the general public (including the general press) OSX and Windows is the same , Macs are just more shiny and more expensive.
The darn Macs last way to long. My 2008 MBP still runs smoothly. Daily task is fast. No need for rendering anything so speed for that is not a must. If it ever breaks or can't be used for basic stuff then I'll upgrade. Apple just builds them too well. 😊
My wife uses a 2009 MBP for basic functions and she is complaining about its slowness. Dual-core processors simply don't cut it anymore.
I have the same machine. Swap out the hard drive for a SSD. It will make a dramatic difference.
you might also need something like "Free Memory" app.
sometimes when you close applications the memory buffer is not cleared so eventually you run out of RAM and the machine is using the HD as a ram drive. This is going to be slow and if you got a slow HD or full HD your machine is going to crawl.
On my Mac Pro when I use "Free Memory" I can sometimes recover 4 or more GB of RAM.
I have 8gb RAM on it and its plenty fast. Web sites, Pages, eMail, all the basic stuff. Fast enough. Maybe it needs more RAM.
Agreed! (though love the quality build). We have a bunch of Macs here, including two early 2009 iMacs in daily use, one of them upgraded to SSD. Just bought a fully-loaded iMac 27″ though, a tremendous workhorse and a great value! Some of us remember when a 1GB hard drive was "vast" and cost $1,500. Now you can buy a 1TB drive for what it would have cost for a SCSI cable.
nikcomp
I think the real miss here is touch 3d is not touchid. Touch ID was a killer game changing feature for the 5S that helped keep the needle moving up. Remember big form factors didn't exist then and sales still went up. 3D touch is a "gimmick" and people saw through that for the 6s. The result a failed upgrade cycle was a true miss in every sense of the word. Apple did a Samsung/Microsoft here and allowed the marketers "Phil Schiller" to start to dictate product. Now we have no magic we have product specs and sales numbers. Big wake up call for Apple. We will now know how good Tim Cook actually is. Can he lead recovery or has he been riding the iPhone the whole time.
Most of Apple's Mac lineup is in need of updates, as Intel's Skylake delays have hampered Apple's ability to launch refreshed models.
And it's only going to get worse. I'm sure even Steve Jobs couldn't have gotten Intel to do any better.
Terrible attempt at an excuse for Apple's laziness. The Skylakes have been out for months. HP and Dell have been shipping them.
Twenty years ago, Jobs said: "If I were running Apple, I would milk the Macintosh for all it's worth — and get busy on the next great thing. The PC wars are over. Done. Microsoft won a long time ago."
He then came back to Apple and milked that Macintosh for quite a long while (fifteen years). He did help Apple move to the next big thing (iPhone), but he died before completely killing the Macintosh. It is now up to TIm Cook to finish the Mac off once and for all. There is no more money in desktop PC to be made. Kill off the line and move everyone over to iOS. Those who won't move will have to pick another desktop (perhaps WIndows?), but from a business angle, Macintosh has looooong been more of a nostalgia effort than a significant source of profits, never mind platform for innovation.
As a daily Mac user, I will agonize over its demise, but it clearly seems inevitable at this point.
Mac revenues just beat iPad's in the quarter just announced.
with NO Mac marketing and with some Macs not upgraded for years.
Throughout the slog of competition, neglect, circumstance and time, the Mac has been a great companion and indomitable survivor. I love the Mac.
as usual you say it well.
We all love Mac. And like all other Apple products, Mac brings in insane profit margins.
But if you look at Apple's treatment of the platform (painfully late upgrades, zero marketing), it is rather clear that their outlook for the platform is quite limited. That kind of treatment for the Mac clearly shows that Apple has no major plans for the future of the Mac and will eventually shut it down.
There was a time when iPod was the biggest growth machine. Today, iPod is enjoying the same treatment as the Mac. At least iPod doesn't require significant commitment of resources in order to maintain the product line (Mac does, though).
As I said below, we all love the Mac dearly, but it would be prudent for all of us to start psychologically preparing ourselves for its departure. My hope is that, by then, iOS matures to the point where it can painlessly succeed the Mac in functionality, features and scale-ability.
Wanted to change my iMac (mid-2011) this year but couldn't bring me to buy an entry level iMac like I always do – sufficient
for what I use it for. I would not pay that kind of money for
such a weak offer. Just an opinion.
This is the most idiotic misrepresentation of this statement I have ever seen. Steve Jobs was referencing the so called "war" between the PC and Mac – his desire was not to kill the Macintosh but rather to "milk" it on it's own merits. At this time, the whole angle that Apple had to sell Macs was a rather arrogant and misplaced "Windows is just stolen technology and therefore Macs are intrinsically better" without earnestly seeking to sort out any problems that they had the MacOS or hardware designs and management.
Once Jons returned, he put an end to the "war" and started doubling down on the Macs unique technological strengths…emphasis on technological. This provided substance to the argument that a Mac might be a better choice than a Windows box. A great example of this (and one from my own professional field) is the audio subsystems in OS X and the incredibly swift adoption of Lightpeek technology (aka Thunderbolt) There still is no equivalent in the Windows environment to the interoperability and performance on CoreAudio which Apple created (Apple – a computer hardware and software creator – created a plugin architecture called AudioUnits for heavens sake – normally a job left to well entrenched DAW creators like Steinberg or Avid, and its performance is perfectly competitive with VST and AAX etc. meanwhile DirectX plugins are almost no where to be found) not to mention that the adoption of Lightpeek has enabled third party audio interface manufacturers to make the lowest latency interfaces seen on any platform due to the bandwidth the TECHNOLOGY provides (incidentally it should be technologically possible on Windows, the only problem is the lack of hardware support from manufactures for Lightpeek and a subsystem that would support the standard direct from the OS provider aka Microsoft to ensure consistency in mission critical pro audio environments).
These two examples alone make a Mac an almost no-brainier for someone in the professional audio field, and both of these are technology driven.
You see, Steve was always a man driven by the proliferation of incredible new and USEFUL tech and wrapping it up in a way that your average user can understand and utilise – this is what is meant by "milking something for all it's worth". To put it in more expanded terms, "What technological limits can we exploit in this platform and what ways can we implement that technology so people can benefit until there is realistically no further new, game changing, tech that we can showcase in this platform" (again using Lightpeek as an example, the 3rd implementation of this – Thunderbolt 3 – offers such incredible bandwith that real time monitoring of audio processes becomes a reality, and once you can monitor in real time without any perceivable latency to the end user, you have essentially reached the limits of the technology as perceived by the end user).
iOS is great (in fact a lot of what is loved about CoreAudio had been brought over to the platform, and in the latest release, they have support for cross app audio routing and limited AU plugin support – impressive) the iPad, and iPhone are great too, but it just does not make sense to attempt to mirror a pro audio setup on this platform. Yes, there are incredible pro audio apps on iOS, but their capabilities are wholly different to what you would be doing on a desktop environment. In essence, it adds MORE by virtue of the new interface and multitouch paradigm rather than seeking to REPLACE or mirror what you would be doing on the desktop. And this is where you are misguided, Jobs always sought to explore "the next big thing" to find something NEW that could be added to what had come before – an outhouse extension if you will. You wouldn't knock down your whole house to build an incredible extension to it (even if the outhouse had all the newest build and could replace some fucntions of the rest such as "throw a mattress of the floor and sleep"). It is true that over time new technology renders older technology obsolete, but the GOAL is never to do this (or at least it wasn't for Jobs).
The goal is simply to use the new tech to create something new, and if, over time, the previous product line built of the old tech becomes utterly obsolete as shown thorough no one using it in any scenario, then it natrually ends.
You made a great effort in writing that response, and the effort deserves praise.
However, I disagree with your interpretation of Steve's statement from 1996. Your version seems to stretch the meaning extremely far in order to shoehorn it into the narrative that we all would love to be true.
Unfortunately, his statement was truly exactly what it sounded like: milk the Mac (the platform) for as long as it will go, and meanwhile, work on the next big thing (the iOS). This is precisely what he did when he returned. He figured out a way to milk that Mac for a long time, but got himself busy, first with the iPod, then with the iOS, bringing the next big thing.
Your detailed explanation of CoreAudio and everything that came after it illustrates perfectly how Jobs extended the 'milking' of the Macintosh. The point is, the milking is soon coming to an end. Among Apple users (hundreds of millions by now), a diminishing percentage are Mac users. The platform is becoming less and less justifiable to support, considering that the cost of that support is greater than for iOS (which brings dramatically larger profits). It makes perfect business sense to heed Jobs's advice and consolidate the two platforms into one scalable solution.
And Jobs himself never shied from destroying a perfectly good house in order to build a new one in its place. That's in fact exactly what he did with the Jackling House, which he successfully demolished, after a protracted court battle. Untimely death prevented him from building something new and beautiful in its place…
TowerTone
Predrag, you are just as wrong about this as you are so many things in American culture, including your assertion a few years ago that high-end audio was dead because none of your friends bought that stuff.
But high-end audio IS dead! The optical formats that wee supposed to bring high quality audio revolution (SACD or DVD-A) are, for all intents and purposes extinct, and no comparable format exists today for commercial distribution of music. The highest audio quality that currently enjoys widespread adoption is still the audio CD, and even that one is being rapidly replaced by the lossy compression of AAC.
I'm afraid you picked the wrong post of mine to compare…
As for the Mac, yes, it is still by far the best desktop platform out there, its growth is still stronger than the competition (last quarter notwithstanding), but for Apple and its business, there is no opportunity for growth and tectonic shift in innovation in the platform.
I've been a Mac user for only 20 years (since System 7). I've converted dozens of Windiws sufferers and continue to do so. But I'm still pretty sure that Apple will abandon us all pretty soon and consolidate everything in iOS. Keep in mind, the power of iOS hardware of today is greater than the Macs of 10 years ago. Hollywood was editing feature films on those macs back then.
Again, your view of things are so skewed I see now why you don't understand the South or Conservatism (or much of anything to do with American culture)
There is absolutely no correlation between the drop in sales of CD and the rise of MP3 vs the popularity Hi-Fi. If that were true, then Hi-Fi would have been considered dead in its heyday of the mid-1970s because every car had an AM radio in it.
Hi-res audio files, DSD DACs and better speakers for lower price are all the rage in audio circles. It's amazing you are out of the loop on this. Even vinyl sales are at their highest in almost 3 decades.
And the point is not how big the market is, the point is there is a resurgence in quality audio after 'our long national nightmare' of 128 MP3s.
But the bigger picture is how bad you draw conclusions from data that is not relatable to your conclusions. iOS is an os. Eventually the desktop might be merged with that OS but they will still be more powerful than the phones or pads.
But then again, no one ever said 'artist' are all that smart…(well, Skunk Baxter is pretty cool)
It seems to me that your source of disagreement with me isn't over the facts and opinions I present here; it is of my general view of American political landscape. Looking at the world through your extremely myopic "Southern Conservative" lens, it is no surprise that my opinion (and probably, the most of the world) will look askew to you.
On a more substantive argument, you claim something without substantiating it with anything: …"There is absolutely no correlation between the drop in sales of CD and the rise of MP3 vs the popularity Hi-Fi"… First, we weren't discussing the popularity of "Hi-Fi" (although I'm not sure what exactly do you mean by "Hi-Fi" within the context of this discussion). Plenty of research and analysis clearly demonstrates the correlation, and convincingly argues direct causation, between increase of digital downloads and drop in CD sales.
With respect to vinyl resurgence, this is clearly driven by the nostalgia factor and not the actual audio quality. A quick look at the specifications and it is clear that vinyl is significantly, and quite noticeably inferior to CD; form abysmal crosstalk between channels (down to just 15dB for higher end of the frequency spectrum), poor dynamic range, especially for grooves closer to the centre of the record, crosstalk between the grooves ("pre-echo"), vastly inconsistent equalisation (RIAA being about the only standard, but not nearly universal), very inconsistent frequency response (due to, in no small part, the quality of equalisation), not to mention the inconsistencies in vinyl stamping process, producing physical artifacts in the grooves that translate into unwanted noise, pops, cracks, clicks. Then there is pitch variation, rumble noise, tracking problems, etc, etc, etc. The newly discovered love affair with vinyl is quite very much based on the "retro" qualities it possesses. As for their sales numbers, their peak was in 1973 (for singles) at around 230 million, and 1977 (for LPs / EPs) at 340 million. Today, they have reached the "all-time high" of 55 million; a significant increase from 300,000 from 2000, but a far cry from the heyday of 70s.
And in general, with respect to the "resurgence" of high quality audio, no data exists out there that would support it. No mainstream online store exists out there that sells hi-res audio. No mainstream label puts out releases in audio of quality higher than CD. I looked everywhere, tried googling high and low, and couldn't find a single article that would support the assertion that hi-res audio files are now all the rage. They may well be in your own personal circles, but apparently, Google hasn't picked up on that (yet).
And the point is exaclty how large the market is; a group of friends becoming interested in Hi-Fi stereos and turntables of the 80s does not a resurgence in quality audio make.
As for the iOS and Mac OS, we don't seem to disagree there. You say exactly what I said; iOS is an OS, and eventually the desktop may be merged with that OS. I never argued that all computing will be done on iPhones (or iPads); just that the Mac as we know it (and it means the desktop OS; after all, hardware is just chips and circuits) is still just hardware, and for heavier lifting, heavier hardware will be needed.
I like your passion but I can't help feeling it's misplaced here. Remember your adamant defence of the Jobsian ideal iPhone screen size against all arguments for a larger screen? You were morally certain that Apple would never go large.
I think Macs entered the enterprise space by way of the BYOD practice and are poised to expand through initiatives like the IBM partnership. After years of fruitless siege warfare, Ilium fell to just such a stratagem. The iPhone was the Trojan Horse.
Business — that's where the Mac will be sustained, though it may fall in the affections of consumers wooed away by smartphones. There is no need to psychologically prepare for a bleak, Macless future as you propose. As long as Work is performed, and passionate Workers such as ourselves so highly value and desire our tools, Apple will make them; we need not become jilted lovers.
Exactly, Mac marketshare is growing but low. Mac share could be increase by many times if Apple got series about winning PC Wars 2.0 and the Enterprise is the place of most potential growth, but consumers too.
Microsoft is on the ropes handicapped with a failed mobile strategy (billions in losses and write offs). Apple should rev up Mac improvements, marketing and get Mac sales up at least 5x what they are.
Apple is looking for big growth opportunities, Macs should be an obvious and easy one for them.
No money to be made in PCs?
Forbes looked at this back in 2013 (now a bit dated):
"In the last quarter of 2012, Apple had 5% of the global PC market and 45% of the profit."
http://fortune.com/2013/04/16/pie-chart-of-the-day-apples-oversize-share-of-pc-profits/
To use a layman's analogy, PC Guy goes to the office and works a 40 hour workweek, gets paid $55. Friday afternoon, Mac Guy walks in, works 2 hours for the week … and gets paid $45.
Which job would you rather have?
That may well be true, but those $45 are still a tiny drop in the bucket of Apple profits from iOS. And the effort to build and sell those Macs (including building OS X, plus all the apps that go with it) is significantly greater than the effort that is needed for iOS and its line of hardware. This is becoming more and more difficult to financially justify at Apple.
But increasing Mac share at this point should be easy, given the Enterprise is now opening up to Mac, Microsofts decade of stumbling in both desktop and mobile, the halo effect of iOS on macOS (where before it went the other way), and the huge amount of marketshare headroom available in the PC market.
Apple could increase the Mac business to be more comparable to the iDevice business, and this would improve iDevice sales too.
It is pure crazy to continue neglecting what is still a huge market that Apple could own.
True, iOS is the 800 lb gorilla that's demanding a lot of attention at Apple … but that's also all growth above & beyond what the Mac business line has been doing (and except for this quarter its line has been steadily growing, not shrinking). As such, there's just as much (actually more) money for OS X and Mac development today than there was 3, 5, and 10 years ago from within that same business unit.
Plus even if it was losing money, the Mac is still a strategic part of the overall ecosystem: Apple would want to offer Macs as a way to capture the customer's entire experience as a means to keep them buying iOS devices.
ilovemymac
MACS are in need. You can't do everything on a iOS device. I can't render video i can't edit my webpages as easy i can't have lots of tabs open in my browser jumping between them.
How people live without a computer i dont know. I guess if all you do is email Skype and such ok. But man i can't do that. I have so much my iMac does for me daily. I am always rendering and capturing video, uploading video and multi tasking.
Then i have my MBA for just doing odd stuff. I tried an iPad but its not the same
I have an iPad but it pales to my Mac with two big monitors connected to it for work. (one monitor maybe for Photoshop, 3D program like Lightwave with all their palettes , the other for work files, open manuals or reference videos and to keep eye on email etc).
For me iPads are good for travelling and stuff like reading books but not for serious production stuff.
Power and screen real estate for some types of work is so important it's unbelievable .
kentkd34
I like iOS, I have an iPhone and an iPad, and I use them every day, well, the iPad not really very much, kind of a convenience around the the house to quickly look something up on the web. And the phone as a phone with a few great convenience apps.
But Davewrite, just like you , I use a Mac as an actual working device to produce something of worth, and, guess what, it is marketed to primarily iOS consumers, big surprise there.
Like the majority of our population these days, those iOS consumers are blissfully unaware of where the iOS apps and content come from…….the Mac. "I don't know it just comes out of the sky or something"
The touch interface and file structure of iOS are (here it comes folks, sacrilege) are PRIMITIVE, in the sense they can't possibly execute the level of varied inputs that you, I, and millions who create for a living must have. MUST HAVE They only need to be "primitive" because they don't need to do much to deliver their content. Yes, sacrilegious I know.
It's very much the same as someone in Manhattan who KNOWS that food comes from the grocery store, and because they personally can't see the farm, IT CANNOT POSSIBLY EXIST.
Of course, somewhat exaggerated, not all of them believe that, but if it is not part of their daily life, well, it really does fall of the radar scope of most people.
Until the day its not there…….
but at that point, don't blame me for it because I pointed out.
If its not the Mac it will have to be something else, so…
Personally I would like to see the Mac division sold off to someone who knows what to do with it. A Guy Kawasaki type person, who departed years ago? Some group of people like him? I know: if you didnt read about him on your iOS device, he couldnt possibly have existed.
Have a nice day, y'all. Have to get back to work producing HTML5 content that you iOS users can have something on your screen.
auramac
My wife is waiting for a MBP refresh. That HP Spectre is getting too much attention, too. I'd like to see all Macs updated. No rush to upgrade from our 6Plus phones, but our "trucks" are old. Don't need a watch (yet) and I could not care less about an Apple car. The general feeling, even as an observer, is that not much is happening.
DavGreg
I have a Mac Pro Tower sitting at my home desk awaiting a reasonable replacement- that excludes the trashcan, the iMac, the Mac mini, or any laptop.
It is way past fucking time Apple shipped an updated monitor- Samsung is selling a UHD Display Port and HDMI model through Best Buy for $399 right now while Apple has the same old Monitor for $1,000 it has sold for years.
A company with the financial resources Apple has that does not compete in the Workstation market is giving the finger to many potential customers. Spend the money, Tim. You can piss away $3 Billion for a company that markets shitty headphones, defective Bluetooth Speakers and a Me Too Subscription music service but cannot see the time and money to give us a proper workstation that is not sacrificed on the altar of Jony Ive's stylings.
I do not need a skinny desktop sealed shut with Intel Integrated Graphics and a glorified laptop CPU. I also do not need a $3,000 black trashcan that has no internal expansion and does not accept industry standard components. I want a proper workstation and thee are plenty more like me.
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Well done to Louis Carver and Lore Paterson on their PBs at Coventry.
16 Sphinx AC runners/family/friends ran this weekend, with no first-timers and 2 PBs.
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Unique, just like everyone else
There's this idea that the creationists just love, and it's called the Strong Anthropic Principle. The idea of the Strong Anthropic Principle is that there are a lot of seemingly arbitrary parameters in the universe, all of which appear to be underivable from other basic principles, and which are uniquely set to generate a universe in which stable matter and life can exist. The speed of light, the strength of the strong nuclear force, the fine structure constant, the strength of gravity, the strength of the electromagnetic force -- all of them are at values which, if you tweaked them a little bit in either direction, would result in an uninhabitable universe.
The problem is, the Strong Anthropic Principle seems to breeze right past two problems. The first is that the fundamental constants seem underivable from first principles -- emphasis on the word seem. In other words, the conjecture that they are arbitrary, and that their value is an example of an intelligent deity's fine tuning, rests on our current state of ignorance about physics.
The second, of course, is that it's a completely untestable proposition. Unless you're assuming your conclusion (that a creator exists) you can't tell anything from the fundamental physical constants except that they are what they are. After all, we only have the one universe accessible to study. It could equally well be that other universes are just as likely as this one, and have other physical constants (and thus are uninhabitable) -- and that we can ask the question only because if the constants in this universe were other than they are, we wouldn't be here to consider it. (This latter framing of the problem is called the "Weak Anthropic Principle," and is usually the stance taken by non-theists.)
The general weakness of the Strong Anthropic Principle hasn't stopped it from being embraced wholeheartedly by people who are trying to bolster the creationist worldview, and it's the essence of the article that appeared on Answers in Genesis a while back called "Not Just Another Star." The whole thing, really, can be summed up as "Aren't we special?" Here's a sampling:
While the sun has many characteristics similar to stars, the Bible never refers to it as a star. This suggests that the sun may have some unique characteristics. Could that refer to its composition? The sun's composition is a bit unusual—it has far less lithium than most stars do. Lithium isn't very common in stars anyway, but the sun is among the most lithium-poor stars. Though this statistic is interesting, it isn't clear whether it is significant...
By God's gracious design, the earth has a protective magnetic field that prevents the sun's flares from disrupting life. The particles racing from the sun interact with the magnetic field, which deflects most of the particles. Yet we are periodically reminded about such imminent danger when the flares overload the ability of the earth's magnetic field to protect us. Astronauts on the Space Station must enter protected sections of the station after a solar flare.
Not all planets have strong enough magnetic fields to protect living organisms on their surfaces. Even on planets that do, the situation would be dire if the star's magnetic activity were far higher than the sun's. The much more frequent and far more powerful flares probably would compromise any reasonable magnetic field that a planet would have. Because this particle radiation would be harmful to living things, even secular astronomers recognize that variable stars probably can't support living things...
Our sun is just a tiny yellow star in a vast collection that could support life. You'll hear this more and more. Don't believe it. The minimum requirement of a life-supporting star is missing from all the other stars. Our God-given sun appears to be unique.
What makes this wryly amusing that the creationists are choosing this week to post the article all over the place (it was actually written a few months ago, but I've just seen it on evangelical websites in the last week or so) -- because two days ago, a study appeared over at Phys.org that suggests that not only might the Earth not be unique, we might be one of (get this) 100 million inhabitable planets in the Milky Way alone.
That, friends, is a lot of places to look for alien life. And a pretty strong blow to anyone's impression that the Earth is The Chosen Place. Here's what one of the paper's authors, Alberto Farién of Cornell University, had to say:
This study does not indicate that complex life exists on that many planets. We're saying that there are planetary conditions that could support it. Origin of life questions are not addressed – only the conditions to support life. Complex life doesn't mean intelligent life – though it doesn't rule it out or even animal life – but simply that organisms larger and more complex than microbes could exist in a number of different forms. For example, organisms that form stable food webs like those found in ecosystems on Earth.
Add that to the fact that as nice as the Earth is, even here we have a great many places that are pretty hostile to human life -- Antarctica, large parts of the Great Rift Valley, Australia's Nullarbor Plain, most of the Sahara -- not to mention 71% of the surface area of the Earth (i.e. the oceans) -- and the Strong Anthropic Principle is looking weaker and weaker.
So, yeah. Nice try, but not so much.
It's been a continuous move out of the center for us, hasn't it? First Copernicus knocks down geocentrism; then Kepler says that the planets don't move in perfect circles. Darwin punches a hole in the uniqueness of Homo sapiens with The Ascent of Man, and various geneticists in the 20th century show that all life, down to the simplest, pretty much encodes information the same way. Now, we find out that there may be 100 million places kind of like the Earth out there in space.
Some people may find that depressing, but I don't. I actually think it's awesome. For one thing, it would mean we're almost certainly not alone in the universe. For another, I think that a lot of humanity's missteps have come from a false sense of superiority -- over the environment, over other species, even over other human groups. Maybe this kind of thing is good for us; there's nothing wrong with adopting a little humility as a species, not to mention perspective.
Labels: astrophysics, cosmology, fine tuning, fundamental constants, physics, strong anthropic principle, universe, weak anthropic principle
Hontseur Thots June 18, 2014 at 11:29 AM
Great topic, since I've been reading the wiki for the Fermi Paradox (and all it's related topics) for the past few days.
The more we open ourselves to the Universe, the more convoluted, finite, and midieval that book becomes.
The more irrelevant, the more desperate. The more desperate, the more destructive... Like how a star goes supernova when it dies, before leaving a small, dense neutron star. Let's just hope their path to irrelevancy doesn't cause too much collateral damage. Sometimes it seems that such a strong obsession with the Rapture will cause people to force the issue...
Which takes us full circle back to the Fermi Paradox.
We'll be considered "special" in this Universe if we can prevent our own extinction.
Ann June 20, 2014 at 2:42 PM
Strong Anthropic Principle, another way of saying, "We're here because we're here."
In a loopy way, this dovetails into the Fermi Paradox, why there's been so little, if any, indication of life, let alone intelligent life, on other planets, that the factors for its evolution (hee hee) are more fine tuned than we think. Had the writer replaced "God" with "the fact that", would there be much difference? Maybe there's more to the recipe than we thought.
At the same time I do get the point, that we should not be so smug about ourselves, that we as a species and a planet shouldn't go around bragging we're "God's Best Little Sunbeam".
I firmly believe that God made humans from the Apes in order that we not be proud.
It's a big universe, there's room for more than one way of thought.
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Natural marble can add that stunning element that you've been envisioning to projects in your Edmond area home. Compared to manufactured materials that are created to look like stone, the true power of nature's beauty is reflected when you choose Artisan Marble for your design. Custom fabrication for your space completes the process.
To understand what makes this material different, consider where it is sourced. Artisan Marble at Hoffman Kitchen & Bath is a metamorphic rock from mountainous regions across the globe. When used for countertop installations this uniqueness can create a feel of sophistication.
The experts at Hoffman Kitchen & Bath strive to be a full service team. We are more than just a sales showroom and will work to educate you on materials so you can find the options that meet your design style and your lifestyle. That is why we let homeowners know that calcite crystal which is the basic building block of true Marble, can be vulnerable to mild acids, including those often found in kitchen and bar settings.
Along with the beauty natural marble can provide in your OKC or Edmond area home, you should also be prepared the maintenance anticipated with this material for all installations. If your design plans include natural marble, this should not be a deterrent, just a consideration that homeowners should make before committing to this stunning option.
Natural stone is durable enough for exterior installations, but homeowners should consider the long term effects of weathering elements. With that in mind, be aware that exterior applications are generally limited to white marble.
Using the right materials can turn a space in your OKC or Edmond area home into a design masterpiece, and for many designs, the use of natural marble can add the level of sophistication that homeowners want. For product details and selection choices, visit one of our Hoffman Kitchen & Bath retail Showrooms.


Another great way to generate funds for Saving Mothers is to host a bracelet sale.
This is one of our simplest projects - anyone can do it!
We recommend this project for students of all ages (elementary to graduate). This can be done at school, at your gym, or even your place of work. You can distribute promotional material and all sales can be by donation with a minimum that you can set based on your audience.
Contact us and we will supply you with everything you need for this great pop up project!


Discussion in 'Aquascaping' started by George Farmer, 15 Mar 2008.
My Chocolate gourami biotope, taken the other day.
Thats great. It seems weird not to see lots of lush plant growth in one of your tanks! What size tank is that? Are the large flat bits leaves? They almost look like smooth tree bark.
The gouramis look nice and healthy George. Bet it's nice to have at least one tank that doesn't need all the dosing and trimming eh?!
Is their plant Amazon Frogbit by any chance?
I really like this set up of yours.
I love this setup george, it looks so 'warm' very different to what you normally do but fantastic as usual!!
The decor is plays sand, Sumatra wood from Unipac, Indian almond leaves from AE and bits of old bogwood etc. from Jeremy.
Virtually zero maintenance. I just top up with RO and feed fish. The floaters deal with nutrient build-up. I remove a handful every week.
Interesting tank George, must be a nice change for planty tanks?
I've just set up a hillstream loach tank, get something a bit more unusual.
Yes, I like biotopes. Nearly as much as well-aquascaped planted.
Thats very nice, they are beautiful fish.
Very atmospheric. What lighting have you got on the tank George?
Lighting is 2 x 18w T8 6500K.
I underexposed the shot to enhance the murky, blackwater look.
George this i a beautiful biotope tank. Recently i've really got into biotope tanks, I have a tank that looks similar to this set up for Apistos, I got a pair of wild A. Iniridae, unfortunatly i lost them to infection soon after acquiring them.
Do you plan any other biotope setups?


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Discovering our Family History
Chisholm: Hugh (unknown – 1806)
Daniel Chisholm (1802-1879)
Joseph Wilson Chisholm (1831-1915)
Alfred Wilson Chisholm (1867-1928)
Chisholm: Hazel Annie (1892-1939)
Albert Joseph Chisholm (1900 – 1968)
Robert Stanley Chisholm (1914 – 1941)
My Biggs family tree
James Biggs (1764-1852)
James Biggs (1801 – 1870)
Alfred Biggs (1829 – 1911)
Stephen Biggs (1827-1912)
Ellen Margaret Biggs(1859 – 1913)
Anna Susannah Biggs (1861 – 1907)
Alice Mary Biggs (1863 – 1936)
Lydia Biggs (1864 – 1948)
Caroline Elizabeth Biggs (1865-1869)
Frederick Biggs (1869 – 1918)
Henry Biggs (1871-1951)
Thomas & Margaret Henderson
The Meridian: The Hendersons Voyage to Australia
Hendersons: Life in Australia
Children of Thomas and Margaret Henderson
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Voyage to Australia
A New Life in Australia
Charles Alfred & Eliza Jane Shepherd
Children of Lynn and Elizabeth Shepherd
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Ellen Margaret Biggs, was born 0n 6 December 1859 at Buckingham Street, Strawberry Hills.1 She was the daughter and first child of Stephen Biggs and Margaret Henderson. Her birth was announced in the Sydney Morning Herald dated Tues, 13 December, 1859
There is no photo in the family history documents I inherited and little recorded of Ellen's life and it is supposed that she played a subordinate and supportive role to the family as expected of women during this era. As the eldest female child she would have gradually assumed increasing domestic responsibility for the family with nine further siblings and a sister who was an invalid. She never married.
She died on 7 February 1913 at the family home at West Street, Petersham at age of 53.2
She had suffered a cerebral haemorrhage and her death was reported to be sudden. Both her parents had died only a few months before her. She is buried at St Thomas Church of England Cemetery, Enfield, in a shared grave with her sister, Alice Mary Biggs.
Birth Certificate for Ellen Margaret Biggs, 6 December 1859, Registration No. 1859/002352, Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, New South Wales. Certified copy in possession of author.
Death Certificate for Ellen Margaret Biggs, 7 February 1913, Registration No. 1913/003725, Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, New South Wales. Certified copy in possession of author.


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ICD 10 Code for Allergy to Morphine
A Guide to the ICD 10 Code for Allergy to Morphine
Are you looking for the ICD 10 code for an allergy to morphine? If so, you've come to the right place! This guide will provide a comprehensive overview of the ICD 10 code for allergies to morphine and explain why it's important.
What is ICD 10?
ICD stands for International Classification of Diseases and is used by healthcare professionals around the world as a standardized way of recording data related to medical diagnoses, treatments, and procedures. The latest version of ICD is version 10—also known as ICD-10—which was published in 2015. It includes over 14,000 diagnosis codes and over 100,000 procedure codes that are used to document medical information.
Why Is Knowing the ICD 10 Code For Allergy To Morphine Important?
Knowing the specific code associated with an allergy to morphine can help healthcare providers properly document any treatment plans or medications they prescribe. This code provides necessary information about a patient's medical history that can be used by other providers if needed. It also helps ensure that all documentation is consistent across different healthcare settings.
What Is The ICD 10 Code For Allergy To Morphine?
The correct code for an allergy to morphine according to ICD-10 is T88.3X1A (Allergic reaction due to adverse effect of correct drug or medicament correctly administered). This code should be included on any paperwork related to a patient's treatment plan when applicable.
In conclusion, knowing the proper ICD-10 code for an allergy to morphine is essential for providing accurate documentation when treating patients who have this condition. The correct code according to version 10 of this classification system is T88.3X1A (Allergic reaction due to adverse effect of correct drug or medicament correctly administered). Understanding this code can help ensure all paperwork related to a patient's treatment plan contains accurate and up-to-date information that can be referred back too if needed in future treatments or evaluations.
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Only one car owner has pressed charges. Police are waiting on the response of the other car owners to file additional charges.


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KRAS releases First batch of MRSAM Missiles
The Kalyani Rafael Advanced Systems (KRAS), which is a joint venture between the Kalyani Group of India and Rafael Advanced Defence Systems of Israel, have released the first batch of Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM) kits. The missile was released for Indian Army and Indian Air Force.
About KRAS
Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MRSAM)
The release of the MRSAM Missile also marked the KRAS' commitment to deliver more than 1000 MRSAM missile kits to India in near future. These missile sections will then be sent for further and future integration to the Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL). The Kalyani Group has infused the "State-of-the-art technology with the engineering excellence in the company.
It is the private sector MSME of India comprising of advanced manufacturing capabilities and facilities which is specially dedicated to address the assembly, integration and testing (AIT) of the state-of the-art weapon systems which are being inducted in the India's defence forces. KRAS also address the Maintenance and Repair Operations (MRO) of the major in-service Air Defence Missile System in the Indian Air Force.
The MRSAM was developed by the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) in association with the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). The missile was handed over to India in August 2019. The missile provides the air defence capability to the Indian Armed forces against a several aerial threats at medium ranges. The MRSAM weapon system comprises one command & control system, one tracking radar, Mobile launcher systems and missiles. Mobile launcher system is used to transport and launch up to eight canisterised missiles. It is 4.5m-long and weighs 276kg. The weapon is also equipped with the canards and fins to control & manoeuvrability. It is also equipped with the advanced active radar radio frequency (RF) seeker and an advanced rotating phased array radar.
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DRDO demonstrates controlled aerial delivery system
DRDO and Indian air force flight test long range bomb
DRDO hands over MRSAM System to IAF
DRDO flight-tests New Generation Akash Missile (Akash-NG)
Topics: Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL). • Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) • Kalyani Group of India • KRAS • Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM) kits • MRSAM Missiles
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Is this missile system different from Barak 8, which is also MRSAM and a joint mission of India and Israel.


"For three years Canadians have watched Prime Minister Trudeau shut down pipeline after pipeline.
"Today, the Federal Court of Appeal ruled that the Liberal government failed to engage in meaningful dialogue and grapple with the real concerns of Indigenous communities, resulting in the suspension of the Trans Mountain Expansion for the foreseeable future.
"Prime Minister Trudeau's failure to even carry out his own government's consultation process is a serious indictment on the ability of his government to handle major projects in the national interest of Canadians.
"Thanks to the ineptitude of this Liberal government, Canadian taxpayers on the hook for a pipeline we can't build.
"The ramifications of poorly considered policies like the nationalization of Trans Mountain, the oil tanker ban, the derailing of Energy East, cancellation of Northern Gateway and a job killing carbon tax is all too clear as investment flees south to the United States and other international jurisdictions.
"Canada's Conservatives understand that First Nations consultation is a critical component of completing major projects in Canada and that the Trans Mountain pipeline is crucial to oil and gas workers across Canada and to the regional economies that stand to benefit from its expansion.
"By setting the conditions for success, low taxes and less redundant regulations, projects like Trans Mountain can be built without a burden to the taxpayer.


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Support for outside-of-school issues comes to campus
On-site resources at one rural college help students stay focused on their education
The Insight: Many students at a rural community college were experiencing difficult circumstances outside of school, such as housing and food instability and limited access to medical care. Without the support needed to address these issues, these challenges impacted students' academic performance, leaving many at risk of dropping out.
The Improvement: Leadership at the community college embarked on a new effort to better support students in crisis. They incorporated several changes that would offer students on-site assistance and develop long-term solutions to addressing students' nonacademic needs.
Many stories about the roadblocks faced by rural students focus on small town undergrads who suddenly find themselves on bustling, cosmopolitan campuses. Unfamiliar with higher education's culture and customs, these students often have to acquire new ways of learning and communicating at the same time that they're acclimating to the demands of college life.
But rural students who stick close to home can face challenges of their own. Soon after InsideTrack began partnering with a rural community college in 2017, the college's leadership identified a need to better respond to students facing crisis.
Located in a geographic area where almost a quarter of people lived below the poverty line — and where the poverty rate for children under the age of 18 was nearly 30 percent — many students at this college experienced the detrimental effects of economic instability, such as homelessness, food insecurity, legal challenges and irregular employment.
The circumstances of particular students had come to staff's attention — such as the student who completed his degrees while living in his pick-up truck — and many staff tried to help using their own time and means.
"But the college recognized that it needed to more systematically and equitably respond to students facing crisis," said Kate Reilly, operations manager at InsideTrack.
Although the college was committed to supporting the success of their students, existing student services didn't easily map onto these kinds of outside-of-school challenges. Studies show that nonacademic issues are among the primary reasons that students leave school. For traditional-aged students, finances and health round out the top four drop reasons. Finding a way to address the crises brought on by students' financial and health challenges was therefore key to improving persistence and graduation outcomes at the school.
Through a close partnership between college leadership and the InsideTrack team, the college introduced the following changes to provide enhanced support for students:
A new partnership with a mobile crisis unit to come to the campus and/or students' residences at no charge to treat students and staff
Training for all college faculty and staff on Mental Health First Aid to introduce trauma-informed approaches to supporting the campus and community
Formal data collection on the needs of their students to inform future investments by the college
InsideTrack's partners at this institution are the first to acknowledge that supporting students facing a potential crisis is directly tied to student success and retention.
"Moreover, campus leadership believes that meeting their students' needs is the right thing to do to uphold their institutional mission and serve their community," Reilly said.
With supplemental support from InsideTrack on introducing and implementing these changes, this college is able to offer more effective interventions to ensure students have everything they need to pursue their higher education dreams.
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As some of you may have seen from our Facebook posts over the last few days there is a new face in the band.
Meet Josh Bayton (AKA Beethoven). He's far more fresh faced than the rest of us but can give and take banter like a pro. Joining us on bass, Josh, studies music at ACM and is full of enthusiasm!
We are all really happy to have him on board and are looking forward to getting down to some serious work over 2016!


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The largest social network in the world has patented tech to identify those whose influence is the most powerful.
Facebook is always looking for a new way to monetize, particularly when it comes to the lucrative area of social media marketing, and now it has started in yet another direction as it has patented technology that will allow it to spot the top "influencers" among its users.
This is all a part of Facebook's broader strategy to keep ahead of what its users want while they use the site or apps.
Once it has determined what its users are into at any given time, then the next phase of its social media marketing strategy is to discover those people who will purchase such a user base. It can therefore successfully market content that its users will be able to discover and share. The outcome is that groups of consumers are formed for interested marketers to be able to target. The big data analysis at Facebook has given the company the ability to identify the individual users who are most responsible for creating the largest responses in a group; the "influencer".
The company has now patented the codes necessary to discover the influencers who give social media marketing the most potential.
The patent for this marketing technology was first filed in 2011by the head of Ads at Facebook Inc, Andrew Bosworth. The company was able to obtain the patent only a week later. It is somewhat similar to other patents that are held by other industry giants such as Microsoft Corporation, Yahoo! Inc., and Google Inc. According to many analysts, the Facebook patent is especially ingenious for "Influencer Marketing".
The marketing code from Facebook differs from that of other giants in that it provides a highly simplified method of spotting the celebrity influencers. The analogy from the company is that it finds the "expert", first. That account will then encourage a share from the influential celebrity, creating a number of follower sharing explosions that are quite strong in themselves. The competition's social media marketing strategy is more focused on the size of an influencer's connections or the strength of that influencer's followers.


Oakland's famous and vibrant arts heritage is known throughout the country, but many people are unaware of the extent of this city's contribution to the national stage in terms of music, dance, visual arts, and literature. Black Artists in Oakland celebrates this amazing story over the past half century through vintage images, from the early days of Slim Jenkins's nightclub to the changing styles of Esther's Orbit Room and the Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts. More than 200 photographs lift the curtain on many inspiring artists—masters in their chosen aesthetic and neighbors to the community. Among the artists highlighted in these pages are Ruth Beckford, Raymond Saunders, Alice Walker, and E. W. Wainwright.
Authors Jerry Thompson and Duane Deterville have spent decades in the Bay Area working in all aspects of community service, publishing, and visual arts. Thompson's work has been published in many literary journals and anthologies, while Deterville (cofounder of the Sankofa Cultural Institute) has written for such magazines as The Green, The Black Dot, and the San Francisco Bayview. Culled from private and museum collections from all around Oakland, this volume showcases Oakland's best artists, spanning from traditional disciplines to the avantgarde, from the 1940s to the 1990s.


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George 'Pee Wee' Erwin (Falls City, 30 mei 1913 - Teaneck, 20 juni 1981) was een Amerikaanse jazztrompettist.

Biografie
Erwin was afkomstig uit een muzikale familie, leerde op 4-jarige leeftijd trompet spelen, was op 8-jarige leeftijd de eerste keer te horen op de radio, speelde in plaatselijke bands, van 1931 tot 1933 in de band van Joe Haymes en in 1933/1934 in die van Isham Jones. Daarna werkte hij in New York als studiomuzikant. In 1934/1935 speelde hij met Benny Goodman op de radio, in 1935 met Ray Noble, in 1936 weer bij Goodman (als opvolger van Bunny Berigan) en van 1937 tot 1939 bij Tommy Dorsey. Tijdens de jaren 1940 probeerde hij twee keer zonder groot succes een eigen band te formeren (1941/1942 en 1946).

Vanaf 1949 en tijdens de jaren 1950 speelde hij dixielandjazz met een eigen band in het Nick's in het New Yorkse Greenwich Village en had hij tijdens de jaren 1960 samen met Chris Griffin een school voor trompet, terwijl hij anders bij CBS in tv-shows druk bezig was, zoals die van Carol Burnett en Jackie Gleason. Vanaf 1963 had hij ook een wekelijks jazzprogramma op de radio met Ed Joyce. Tijdens de jaren 1970 ging hij op een Europese tournee met Warren Covington, zijn eigen Kings of Jazz en de New York Jazz Repertory Company. Nog tot kort voor zijn dood nam hij meerdere albums op onder zijn eigen naam. Zijn laatste optreden had hij in 1981 in Nederland. In 1987 verscheen zijn autobiografie This Horn for Hire bij Scarecrow Press, die hij schreef met de bassist en jazzjournalist Warren Vaché sr. en Warren Vaché jr., ook trompettist en een leerling van Erwin.

Overlijden
Pee Wee Erwin overleed in juni 1981 op 68-jarige leeftijd.

Discografie
 1952: Dr. Jazz Vol. 14: Pee Wee Erwin (Storyville Records)
 1955/56: Complete Fifties Recordings (Lonehill Records)
 1980: Swingin' That Music (Jazzology) met Ike Isaacs

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Watch Dave Grohl rock a taped-up Gibson with Elmo and Big Bird on Sesame Street
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Foo Fighters frontman joins beloved children's characters for the Here We Go Song
Dave Grohl is no stranger to being part of a good power trio, or, for that matter, collaborating with unusual artists.
Even so, his newest tune, Here We Go Song, is one for the books, with the singer and electric guitar player joined by Big Bird and Elmo for a kid-friendly Sesame Street, filmed for the long-running show's 50th anniversary season.
Together , the trio travel the country, singing lines like "Here we go / We're on our way / New adventure every day," as Grohl riffs along on a guitar that, while not his signature Trini Lopez, is still clearly a Bigsby-equipped Gibson ES-345 (despite the fact that the logo is blacked out for the performance).
Elmo, for his part, offers some assistance on, well, let's call it a Strat-Tele travel-sized guitar, replete with two single coils and, um, no pickup selector switch.
No word yet on whether a signature model is in the works.
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