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fujitsu's so-called freefall sensor works using ramp load technology. the sensor is activated if a drop of 20 cm or more is detected and then the head of the hard drive is moved away from the magnetic disc and on to the ramp. once the drive is stationary again, the head is allowed off the ramp and read/write functionality can resume.
fujitsu seems to have thought of everything, and its drives will also ensure any data that was being processed at the time of the fall is also kept safe. this information is stored in a buffer, and the operations being carried out resume as soon as the head resets.
the freefall protection will be offered in all sata hard drives of between 40 gb and 160 gb that carry the model number mhwxxxxbh and should be a standard feature on future models.
read more at pc world.
matthew's opinion
the hard drive business is now competitive to the point where it is hard to make a profit. when this is the case, your company needs a feature the others don't have in order to make your drive seem more desirable and increase the price a bit.
fujitsu seems to have come up with a feature all laptop users will appreciate, with the added bonus that laptop manufacturers don't need to find space for it in the case. that it sits inside the existing drive is the killer feature here, fujitsu can offer all drives with this freefall protection with very few problems.
i don't think this should be limited to the laptop market either. more and more people are taking their pcs to lan parties, and they often get moved around the house. knowing your drives are protected from falls just makes you feel your data is better protected, and you will pay a little extra for the drives.
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|let's edit the title a bit (8:36am est fri apr 13 2007)
this title piece is pretty deceptive.
"fujitsu drops freefall protection inside hard drives"
this implies that fujitsu drives lack free fall protection, which is not the case at all. in fact, by title alone, one could argue that this would cause a person to avoid buying a laptop with a fujitsu drive in it.
a better title would be: "fujitsu moves freefall protection inside hard drives".
this is a more accurate statement, that reflects the truth of the matter. fujitsu cares about, and has improved a technique to protect the customer's data. – by hodar
|hodar (12:10pm est fri apr 13 2007)
"this implies that fujitsu drives lack free fall protection"
oh so if i drop something inside a mailbox i actually mean that i didn't put anything inside a mailbox?
the title was a clever play on words, just because you have to read the story to get it doesn't mean you have to blast it. – by karmek
|title is misleading (1:00pm est fri apr 13 2007)
sorry, karmek, i agree with hodar entirely. i saw the title and thought, "why would fujitsu remove a good technology like freefall protection? they must be cutting costs." the confusing title isn't worth the clever word play. i suggest replacing "drops" with "puts". – by grover
|misleading title (1:51pm est fri apr 13 2007)
i third the motion. i thought, "what a shame they had to drop such a great feature".
– by nobody_special
|fourth (2:37pm est sun apr 15 2007)
i also agree with hodar – by gaverick


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Anyone who has ever checked their watch 30 minutes into one of Morgan Spurlock's documentaries and thought, "You know, this really should have just been a TV show" is in luck (again). Furthering its concerted efforts to hip up its brand identity by performing the programming equivalent of turning a baseball cap around, CNN has announced that the premise-generator behind Super Size Me and The Greatest Movie Ever Sold will debut a new reality series on the network in April of next year.
The Los Angeles Times reports that Spurlock's Inside Man will parachute drop the "adventurous documentarian" behind subcultural lines, immersing him in the lives of "gun lovers, marijuana growers, migrant farm workers, and end-of-life caregivers." In other words, it sounds exactly like Spurlock's previous show, the cancelled FX series 30 Days, in which people (including—but not limited to— Spurlock himself) spent 30 whole days living among people whose lifestyles were entirely different than their own. No word yet on whether CNN is planning a crossover in which Spurlock will plunge into the world of CNN's recently announced Anthony Bourdain show, which (like his soon-to-wrap Travel Channel hit No Reservations) similarly explores strange subcultures, albeit through food. Considering CNN is all about reinventing itself as the go-to channel for lifestyle surfing, maybe it's not far off.

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Ewan McGregor is said to be returning for director J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: Episode VII.
Juggling Hollywood rumors at this moment in time is incredibly difficult. Between Man of Steel 2 and Star Wars, trying to figure out what's true and what's fiction is pretty much a full time job. Here's another one to add to your increasingly long list.
According to Latino Review, Ewan McGregor is presently in talks with Disney and Lucasfilm to reprise his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: Episode VII. As with any of these recent rumors, be sure not to hang your hopes on them. There's always a chance they could be debunked at any given moment.
Although neither J.J. Abrams nor reps from Lucasfilm have confirmed the actor's involvement, the website claims that no less than three different sources are positive that McGregor is coming back for more. Reports suggest that he will play a Force Ghost in the upcoming sequel.
Ewan McGregor previously stated that he was interested in returning as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Episode VII if they decided to use the character. If these rumors turn out to be true, then fans will definitely have yet another reason to cheer when this thing finally hits theaters.
The Jedi Master isn't the only character that could return for the next installment of the beloved franchise. The Inquisitr previously reported that Emperor Palpatine is slated to appear in the film as the Sith version of a Force Ghost.
Ian McDiarmid recently confirmed that he would make an appearance in Star Wars: Episode VII. However, it's unknown how big of a role he will play in the film's storyline. Details surrounding Abrams' flick get more and more interesting with each passing week.
What do you think about Ewan McGregor possibly returning as Obi-Wan Kenobi in J.J. Abrams highly-anticipated Star Wars: Episode VII? Are you excited about the character's appearance in the flick?
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Face it: safety is hardly a sexy home remodeling topic. Most people find gorgeous paint colors, luscious wood ceilings, and stately tiled bathrooms more alluring than matters of personal safety. This is understandable.
But safety begins to look awfully attractive when your spouse or partner is driving you to the ER with a bloody arm or broken leg.
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The 4-Hour Window When You WILL Get Injured...
Remember that song from 1979, "I Don't Like Mondays?" Turns out to be true.
As reported by Remodeling, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) tells us that most construction-related injuries in private construction (including remodeling) occur on Monday mornings between 8:00 am and noon.
"But," you say, wagging your finger, "that does not include me, The DIY Homeowner. Thus, I have nothing to worry about!"
Translated for you, DIY Homeowner, this means Saturday morning before noon. This is the time when you believe you are a superhuman remodel dynamo. Electrified with caffeine, you blithely mow down walls with sledgehammers and stand on top of ladders to pull out nails.
Best advice to avoid the Saturday morning blunder is to take it slow and easy. Do prep work on Friday evening to lighten your workload the next day. And consider switching to decaf!
02 of 06
Do Not Fear the Nail Through the Head...
Fear the blowback.
True, OSHA's archive of injuries caused by .22 caliber powder-actuated nailers includes harrowing accounts of nails in the head, hand, and elsewhere.
But even if you make the logical decision not to aim this crude gun at your head, the most common injury is from debris blowback.
The small explosion caused by the gunpowder sends the nail flying down the barrel at an extremely high speed. Consider that .22 bullets travel at over 1,000 feet per second--about 700 miles an hour, or faster than a Boeing Dreamliner.
When the concrete fastener hits concrete, collateral damage is inevitable.
Prevent this by making sure the tool is perpendicular to the work material. Ensure that the debris guard is in place on the workload. Wear eye and hearing protection, as well as long sleeves, pants, and work boots.
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Injuries Too Grisly To Show Here...
They are called high-pressure injection injuries and you an do not want to Google Image Search them. You just might lose your lunch if you do.
This injury occurs when a highly pressurized tool such as a power washer, paint sprayer, grease gun, or air compressor forces a needle-thin squirt of liquid or air under your skin.
Most common in the extremities, high-pressure injection injuries bubble up the skin, lacerating and often stripping it off, much like a butcher strips off flesh.
Avoid this by treating paint sprayers, power washers, and air compressors just like firearms. Never place any part of your body or anyone else's in front of the nozzle.
04 of 06
"Creative" Electrical Wiring and Rogue Currents Might Get You
If you are home remodeling and doing your own electrical work, you are, by definition, working on someone else's original electrical work.
You might be fine if this was permitted work done by a qualified electrician. But what if the previous homeowner did it? Now how do you feel?
Creative electrical wiring often happens when the homeowner-electrician takes a shortcut to avoid pulling out more drywall, for instance.
Eliminate or reduce the chance of injury by using a voltage detector for every circuit.
Rogue currents happen when the previous owner hooked up an outlet or light switch in a way that is not registered on the voltage detector.
If there is a particular circuit you are still not confident about, you can always shut down the entire house main, located at the service panel.
For the price of having to reset clocks around your house, you are assured that the circuit is workload powered down.Continue to 5 of 6 below.
05 of 06
Yes, Ladders Live Up To The Myth
Unlike powder-actuated nailers, which boldly advertise their wickedness, ladders are like the quiet neighbor who just happens to be a serial killer.
They look sweet and innocent, until the moment you find yourself blacked out on the ground--or worse.
Anything involving a ladder has the greatest chance of injuring or killing you than any other home remodeling activity, whether it be tree trimming, roofing, painting, attaching crown molding, or pulling painter's tape off the ceiling.
Avoid this by making sure your ladder is stable on all four legs before climbing it. Never step on ladder steps that are clearly labeled "Not a Step."
So, whenever someone jokingly says, "Well, I have no fear of BASE jumping off of the Burj Khalifa, because statistically I have a better chance of dying on a household ladder," they are right.
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Trench Collapse: A Terrifying Death For Claustrophobics
Excavation is dirty business. Nearly on a daily basis another worker is killed when a trench collapses around him.
Dirt is heavy stuff. A column of dirt one foot by one foot by five feet, or 5 cubic feet total, exerts 500 pounds per square foot.
According to the BLS, trench collapse killed 271 people from 2000 to 2006 alone. A plumber in New York with 20 years of experience killed under 6 to 7 feet of rocky soil. A California day laborer killed in a trench ranging from 6 to 12 feet deep. Trench deaths are so prevalent that stories go on and on and on.
"However," you may say, "those are utility workers and plumbers, and I am but an innocent homeowner. This cannot happen to me."
Sure it can. Common activities that enterprising DIYers participate in is digging sewer lines and french drains. Less common: wells and deep foundations.
Solution: any trench more than 5 feet deep must be properly benched, sloped, shored, or shielded.
More cost-effective for the DIY homeowner is sloping or benching. Sloping means to create a swimming pool-like slope leading down to the lowest point. Benching means to create a series of stair steps down to that low point.


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MōVI's Network Debut + a Lucky Winner
Today was a pretty momentous day for several people related to the MōVI.
As you'll see above the MōVI made its first appearance on set of it's first Network Television show – NCIS Los Angeles just a week after it was revealed at NAB.
As I shot the still frame above (full resolution file here), I saw a pretty interesting depiction of what I think are 3 very important steps in the evolution of Cinema – the Dolly, the Steadicam and the handheld MōVI. I wish I could show you how the 3 operators worked in total unison to work 3 unique angles on this shot…
The MōVI videos also broke the 1.9 million view mark today with just under 10 million loads. (I mention loads because YouTube tends to autoplay their videos, ergo everyone who loads the page counts as a view.. ergo a Vimeo metric is a bit different than the "views" you might see on YouTube videos… now you know a bit more about how PSY's Gangam Style reached a Billion views…)
Another lucky person woke up early this morning in the Leeds, England by a Direct Message letting him know he had won the very first MōVI off the production line. Mike Ritchie is a 28-year-old director/cameraman who has been making films since he was 15 – which is when I started with photography on my end anecdotally. The winner (Mike) was picked when we selected a number from zero to the total number of followers @freeflycinema had on the closing hour of NAB last week with a random number generator app. Once we downloaded the list of followers, the task of figuring out who that exact person was, took our very tired brains a few days to figure out and confirm 😉 So I'm happy to announce the first winner of the MōVI here!
We're going to pick the second winner of a MōVI M10 this month – and all that you need to do to qualify is to follow @freeflycinema and @vincentlaforet on Twitter.
That's it.
We're going to pick a slighlty more exciting way of picking the second winner… we had a great idea at NAB but there was simply too much packing up to do to put that together in time.
The MōVIs are in production and Freefly is taking pre-orders here should you be interested in putting your name down on the list with a $2,500 refundable deposit.
If you'd like to read more about the MōVI you can do sohere as well as here should you want answers to common questions. And download footage here while also making a small donation to a wonderful charity.
From Mike:
I'm 28 now and have been making films since I was 15. My first project was a horrendously cheesy gangster film, shot on a PD150, where we pretty much taught ourselves to shoot, direct and edit. My shining moment of creativity that film was the synonymous shot from inside the boot of the car as the gangsters unload the gear. We had no idea what we were doing but it was a lot of fun.I love working with actors and telling stories, I'm also a huge camera geek. The price/performance ratio of cameras and gear now is staggering, which is a brilliant thing for anyone wanting to get into the world of film making.I try to spend as much time as I can working on my own projects – mostly simple, short dramas exploring a particular theme or idea. One day I hope to start making features.In my free time I love travelling – I've been fortunate enough to explore a fair chunk of the world so far. I've recently bought a wreck of a house, so I'm learning DIY the hard way. And I'm looking forward to getting married to my fiancée, Katy, in 2014.and a final note from Mike that he was nice enough to share:I was absolutely amazed when I saw the first MōVI shots. I couldn't wait to try it out but had no idea when or how I'd get my hands on one!This is awesome, I've got so many ideas for my first MōVI shoot. It's going to be a lot of fun. Thank you SO much to the guys at Freefly. Wow!
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Now not to look like a hypocrite, but even though I said I was moving everything related to gaming to Gaming the System, I thought that perhaps I need to promote the brother blog a bit more than it has. This is mostly for those who still visit my blog wondering where the Halo content went.
"I suck!!!" has probably been said more times then I can successfully count, and with more than 10 years of experience on my belt, losing was a pathetic event to witness. The frustration that followed was unnerving, and I couldn't resist throwing my bedding into the air as if I was ripping the flesh off of some unfortunate individual, yelling things that would make the Chinese blush, harming myself via the controller (which has left weird, four-circle marks on my head, legs, and chest–yes, chest), and biting my pillow.
The mystery surrounding why I suck so badly at matchmaking is trying to figure out why we have an appendix. Or why men have nipples. Honestly I began playing online about 3 months ago under the assumption that It would be similar to playing campaign and never again did I think anything like that again. I was so bad I was ready to implode from my suckage and if God willing I could create my own Fails of the Week parody in a day. Wait, let me rephrase that: *clears throat* I still suck! Every match–instead of counting kills–I count deaths; death sprees, double deaths, triple deaths, deathamonjarros, death frenzies, and basically any other medal that is part to my demise.
Don't get me wrong, I have been given plenty of tips from good friends who want to see me get better (for their own benefit and of the team) to avoid such depression. Regardless of how much I have been taught it seems that I still remain the weakest link. I used to get 1-3 kills on a good day, but now I get 10-20 on most. (Thanks to the contributions guys. Now, here's a cookie.) So aside from my poisonous loser aura, I found out some things that might actually get my K/D ratio higher than .03:
- Play on a smaller screen– Who would have thought that perhaps getting the biggest, baddest flat screen was not the best decision for matchmaking (or for your bank account?) Apparently not me.
- Don't run down the middle of the flippin' hallways– For the love of Robin Hood and the merry men, when someone is trying to snipe down the horde of enemies coming your way, photobombing the scope view isn't the most kodak worthy moment when you get betrayed. Crouching is the way to go.
- Watch the radar– How much of an idiot do you have to be to forget that it actually has some importance in the game. Not paying attention to it is like wearing an Elmo costume with a sign that says "I want someone to kick my ass".
- Movement is key– If you want to play sitting ducks during a firefight, you're paying the wrong flippin' game.
- Learn you're surroundings– You don't have to major in geology, just take time to learn the maps you play on for the best results for you, your team, and your sanity.
- Take a chance– If anyone knew what it takes to get your foot in the door of a possible significant other's life, you would know that any chance could be the last; same principle can be applied at the art of killing your friends and fellow relatives in the virtual realm of Halo.
- Stop spamming– No spamming the trigger, no spamming grenades, no spamming armor abilities, no spamming is good. Even spam in a can is bad, so don't spam! Think, strategies, and remember that the turtle wins the race. (Figuratively.)
Well, that's all I have for now. Perhaps one day I will look back on this post and realize that not only did I really, really suck, but that I only needed to apply simple strategies in order to become better. So, if I may ask: what helped you?


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The Jester Don John of Austria
|The Jester Named Don John of Austria
|Spanish: El bufón llamado don Juan de Austria
|Diego Velázquez
|Oil on canvas
|210 cm × 124.5 cm (83 in × 49.0 in)
|Museo del Prado, Madrid
The Jester Named Don John of Austria is a portrait by Velázquez, now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid. Its subject was a jester or bufón at the court of Philip IV of Spain from 1624 to 1654 who appeared in court comedies in front of important court figures. The subject's real name is unknown, but he came to be nicknamed after John of Austria, the son of Charles V, well known for his victory at Lepanto. He is shown dressed in a general's cloak and black doublet, is surrounded by abandoned helmets, armour and weapons, and with a fragment of a battle-scene of Lepanto in the background.
It was produced for display in the Torre de la Parada, a hunting lodge on the outskirts of Madrid in the Sierra de Guadarrama near El Pardo. Around 1635-40 this lodge was one of Philip IV's main architectural projects, since he was a great hunting fanatic who wanted somewhere to rest during the long time he spent on that pastime. Its other homes have been the Palacio del Buen Retiro (1701–16), the Royal Palace of Madrid (1772–1816) and the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (1816–1827), before it finally moved to its current home at the Prado in 1827.
- Museo del Prado. Pintura española de los siglos XVI y XVII. Enrique Lafuente Ferrari. Aguilar S.A. 1964
- No. 72 in Manet/Velázquez: The French Taste for Spanish Painting, Gary Tinterow, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003, ISBN 1588390403, 9781588390400


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Well here we go! It's nearly time for me to leave you Year 11, and I just know that you will do so well in the summer. It's been a total pleasure teaching you, and I will really miss you. I can't wait to hear how brilliantly you all do on results day and will be keeping an eye on you from Kent, and sending the odd email to check you are still being fab 🙂
So, here are your revision materials! Keep yourself organised. Nibble away at the revision. Have a clear plan and stick to it. Take breaks, eat well, sleep, get fresh air. Try not to just sit and cram as you will stress. If you feel nothing is going in, then take a minute to step away, breathe in and out or sing a song or get some air in the garden then crack back on.
Remember the two exams are very different structure, and test different skills. Ensure you revise the right bits! There are loads of past papers in the OneDrive documents http://1drv.ms/1MMaJD0 here.
SDME Exam 24th May 2016 – Rivers & Coasts. It is most likely to focus on flooding and flood management, or coastal erosion and coastal management. But it could be both, so learn both.
Key Themes 8th June 2016 – Natural hazards, Population and Settlement, Economic Development. Case study focus.
So be good, be happy, be successful, and be the awesome geographers I know you are. Miss D 🙂


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Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes
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- Diabetes is classified as type 1 (formerly called juvenile-onset or insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus), type 2 (formerly called adult-onset or non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus), gestational or other specific types.
- Type 1 diabetes: complete or almost complete insulin deficiency, usually caused by autoimmunity. Clinical features: younger onset (usually but not always before 30 years old), normal body weight, usually no family history of diabetes, insulin treatment required immediately or within about a year, positive GAD, IA2 and/or islet cell antibodies, susceptibility to ketoacidosis and unstable blood glucose levels.
- Type 1b or idiopathic diabetes: an unusual form of phenotypic type 1 diabetes with almost complete insulin deficiency, a strong hereditary component, and no evidence of autoimmunity. Reported mainly in Africa and Asia.
- Latent autoimmune diabetes of adulthood (LADA): a form of type 1 diabetes with adult onset, slowly progressive, eventual insulin requirement but may respond to oral agents initially, usually no ketoacidosis on presentation, positive GAD, IA2 and/or islet cell antibodies.
- Type 2 diabetes: insulin resistance with preserved endogenous insulin secretion but inadequate to overcome the resistance. About 90-95% of all diabetes, more common type in ethnic minorities. Clinical features: older onset (often >35 years old, though recently occurring more often in youth), overweight or obese, strong family history of diabetes, response to oral agents usually for some years, and relatively stable blood glucose levels.
- At presentation, in the setting of acute illness, or as type 2 patients become increasingly insulin deficient, ketoacidosis may occur ("ketosis-prone type 2 diabetes")[6].
- Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM): diagnosed first during pregnancy. Usually a precursor to type 2, but may be first onset of type 1 diabetes.
- Other specific types of diabetes: those with a more well defined cause. Examples: post-pancreatectomy, Cushing's syndrome, HIV-associated diabetes, cystic-fibrosis related diabetes, certain drugs such as glucocorticoids and genetic syndromes such as MODY, and infections such as coxsakievirus B[1].
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"Single building searching for life partner." That's the latest message the Lusty Lady is sending to passersby on First Avenue.
The former strip joint was known for the dirty puns that often graced its marquee, but these days it's seeking something more long term.
In an attempt to rent out the theater space, the Lusty Lady's landlords are trying a more personal appeal on behalf of the building.
"I've now outgrown my lusty phase and am seeking a serious relationship with someone who will appreciate my inner beauty (ie: brick and exposed beams)," the window text reads.
The personal ad was spotted by blogger David Nelson, who writes for seattlepi.com's Belltown blog. Read more in his latest post: Lusty Lady searching for life partner.
Visit seattlepi.com's home page for more Seattle news. Contact Amy Rolph at firstname.lastname@example.com or on Twitter as @amyrolph and @bigblog.


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Toilet humour – number 2!
I know this is the one you've all been waiting for. It's often the one my boys have been waiting for… if you see what I mean! There's no holds barred, so if you are even slightly prudish, then don't read on. You will be offended!
My approach to this has always been an open door policy. By that I mean the boys will ask if I'm doing a poo and if they can see it. Now I know this sounds vile, but it helps them to understand that it's perfectly natural and we all do it, particularly if they have a phobia about it. So then we have a couple of tricks to get the troublesome item out –
1. As recommended by Grandme, a good old rub of the knees to try and encourage it out.
2. As recommended by me, we listen to see if we can hear their bottom 'creaking' – the sound the poo makes as it's making it's entrance (I told you this is not for the faint hearted!)
3. Show them how much quicker it is to do the business on the toilet/potty rather than soiling themselves, therefore they have more time to play – a stopwatch works well with older children to indicate the difference.
4. If they manage to do something, have a look and try and describe it. I know this sounds weird, but it is quite amusing and helps to de-stigmatise it. Rabbit droppings, like raisins, logs, a snake – and magic (when it disappears round the u-bend as it's so big!) are all things my boys have come up with.
But most of all, try not to let it get to you. Now I know this is much easier said than done. 5 pairs of soiled pants in one day is the record in our household – my colleagues even used to have a guess every day in an attempt to bring some humour to my seemingly never ending situation. It did come in the end, but I was at hair pulling out stage by then (that's usually when it does all click for them). Oh, and don't forget, you've always got bribery – find out what they would really like (not too expensive!) and work towards it – a sticker every poo or day without an accident, some small treat after a week, and work up to the big one. Anyone in business knows bribery and corruption rule!


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- Studies of general mechanical engineering at Technical University of Munich.
- I have been working in the field of intellectual property law since 2015.
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David Hanacek, a VCP who joined VMware in May 2005 as Sr. Systems Engineer covering Eastern Europe and recently took on a new role as Product Marketing Manager, EMEA, presented a General Session at the Cloud Expo Europe (www.cloudexpo-europe.com) on Monday May 18, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic, the first industry-leading international Cloud Computing event outside the USA. His session explored "Building Cloud Infrastructures with VMware vSphere".
About the Speaker: David Hanacek presents, advises, and demonstrates VMware solutions daily. He visits major customers in the region and runs proof of concepts and performance benchmarks. Before VMware, Hanacek was a Pre-sales Consultant at Computacenter in Vienna and Munich, where he consulted on Unix Enterprise Solutions for 6 years. He was recognized as VMware's worldwide best Systems Engineer 2006 during VMware's Kick-Off in San Francisco 2007.
Building Cloud Infrastructures with VMware vSphere
vSphere 4 is the industry's first cloud operating system, transforming datacenters into dramatically simplified environments to enable the next generation of flexible, reliable IT services. Combining VMware's industry leading virtualization technology and experience, VMware vSphere delivers uncompromising control, with greater efficiency, while preserving customer choice.
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More Than 40 Sessions by a Rock Star Faculty
More than 40 cutting-edge Cloud and Virtualization sessions will cover the subject by an all star faculty. The conference offers a rich array of breakout sessions, general sessions, and power panel discussions at the 2-day information packed event.
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Cloud Expo West and East (past two events) were sponsored by more than 60 leading global cloud computing technology providers, including: 3Tera, Active Endpoints, AppSense, AppZero, Aria Systems, CA, Inc., Certeon, Cloud.com, Composite Software, Cordys, Corporate Technologies, Cycle Computing, DataDirect Technologies, EMC,, ExactTarget, FreedomOSS, IBM, Intel, Intel SOA Products Group, iTKO, J9 Technologies, Krugle, LynuxWorks, MeettheBoss.com, Metron, Microsoft, mindSHIFT, Moderro Technologies, Mosso, Nastel, Netmagic Solutions, OpenSpan, ParaScale, Platform Computing, QuantumXML, Red Hat, RightScale, Sensedia, Sun Microsystems, Supermicro, Symantec, Tap In Systems, Tranxition, Tripwire, VIRTERA, VMware, Web Age Solutions, and Zeus Technology.
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2nd International Cloud Expo, colocated with 5th International Virtualization Conference & Expo presented the most distinguished faculty of speakers on any technology conference taking place in 2009. Speakers, general session and keynote presenters included such names as: ,Ajay Anand (Yahoo!), Alan Williamson (AW 2.0 Ltd), Anthony Arrott (Trend Micro), Bill McColl (Cloudscale), Bob Quinn (3Leaf Systems), Brian H. Prince (Microsoft), Brian Zanghi (Kadient), Bryan Wade (ExactTarget), Clod Barrera (IBM), Daniel Beveridge (VIRTERA), David Bernstein (Cisco), David Bressler (Progress Software), David Douglas (Sun Microsytems), David Linthicum (Blue Mountain Labs), Doug Tidwell (IBM), Ed Sullivan (Aria Systems), Glenn Brunette (Sun Microsystems), Jeff Bauer (Forbes.com), Jeremy Geelan (SYS-CON Media), Jim Rymarczyk (IBM), Joe Gregorio (Google), Joel York (Xignite), John Barr (Yieldex), John du Pre Gauntt (Media Dojo), John Laferriere (Corporate Technologies), Jon Pyke (Cordys), JP Morgenthal (J.P. Morgenthal Blog), Kenneth Oestreich (Egenera), Kevin L. Jackson (Dataline), Kristof Kloeckner (IBM), Lucian Lipinsky de Orlov (VIRTERA), Martin Ingram (AppSense), Matt Holleran (Emergence Capital), Michael Hill (IBM), Omer Trajman (Vertica), Owen Garrett (Zeus Technology), Patrick Kerpan (CohesiveFT), Pau Garcia-Mila (eyeOS), Peter Coffee Salesforce.com), Peter Nickolov (3Tera), Phil Fritz (IBM), Prasad Rampalli (Intel), Raghavan Srinivas (Intuit), Ranjith Ramakrishnan (Cumulux), Reuven Cohen (Cloud Interoperability Forum), Rich Wolski (University of California), Ronnie Thomson (Quark), Russ Daniels (HP), Sajai Krishnan (ParaScale), Scott Wiener (Cloud9 Analytics), Simon Wardley (Canonical), Stephen Elliot (CA), Steve Milroy (OnTerra Systems), Stuart Charlton (Elastra), Thorsten von Eicken (RightScale), Tien Tzuo (Zuora), Tim Crawford (Stanford University), Vik Chaudhary (Keynote Systems), Warren Wilbee (Microsoft), Werner Vogels (Amazon.com), William Fellows (The 451 Group).
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Think Like a Judge
By Gordon Strong
As a homebrewer and beer judge, brewers often ask me how they can improve their chances for winning in a competition. After I give them the tongue-in-cheek answer—"brew better beer"—I usually start talking about how judges assess beer and what separates an average entry from one that medals.
Sensory Analysis: A Beer is What You Make of It
By John Palmer
A beer can be compared to the performance of a symphony orchestra. We are the conductor, the recipe is the sheet music, and the instruments are the ingredients with which we work. A beer can be brewed rigorously to a recipe just like music can be played mechanically to the score. The difference is in the performance.
So You Want to Be a Beer Judge
By Gordon Strong
It might sound trite, but judging beer is a lot more work than it sounds, particularly if you want to do a good job at it. When homebrewers enter competitions, they're hoping for an honest evaluation of their beer and practical suggestions for improvement (well, that plus some prizes).
Give Your Homebrew Terrior: Grow Your Own Hops
By Ali Hamm
Recent hop shortages are debasing your homebrews and putting a dent in your wallet, so why not grow your own? Hops are easy to grow, and their requirements are simple, including plenty of sunshine, well-draining soil, and yearly additions of compost. You don't need a green thumb to give your homebrew its own terroir with homegrown hops.
Late Hops: The Secret to Hop Aroma and Flavor
By Jamil Zainasheff
Late hopping is the addition of hops during the latter part of the boil. It is an excellent method for creating hop aroma and flavor in your beer.
What's Your IBU?
By Michael L. Hall, Ph.D.
One of the most important contributions of hops to beer is bitterness. Bitterness provides a counterpart to the sweetness of the malt to create a balanced beer. If you've ever made an IPA that turned out more like a bock, you know that making an accurate estimate of the amount of bitterness imparted by the hops is paramount to success in brewing.
The Green, the Red, and the Spicy
By Michael L. Hall, Ph.D.
Chile! In beer? Nothing strikes more fear into the hearts of beer judges than the words chile beer. "That one will definitely have to be judged last in the flight—wouldn't want to ruin our palates, would we?" What would possess a brewer to deliberately put hot chile peppers into a perfectly good beer, and why would anyone drink it? Let's peel this chile and see.
Spicing Up Your Beer
By Randy Mosher
Of course, we are brewing herb beer already, but we tend to forget that hops are an herb like any other. We love 'em, but why should they be the only thing we use to season beer? In our search for great beer, why not use everything that's available to us?
Road Trip: Beers, Brewers and Tornadoes
By Jamil Zainasheff
When Peter agreed to join me on this road trip, I doubt he realized it would include outrunning tornadoes. Of course, any good adventure has a few challenges along the way and our trip from Oakland, Calif. to the AHA National Homebrewers Conference in Minneapolis, Minn. in June was no different. Our plan was to stop at 16 breweries and meet up with Brewing Network listeners along the way.
So I Married a Homebrewer
By Diana Davis
Some people think she's nuts. She married a homebrewer. What in the world could have possessed her to happily scamper down the aisle and into the forever loving arms of a man whose bubbling, blobbing, odd-smelling hobby has severely cut down on her personal closet space and contributed to what some of her friends call "aroma couture"?
Mastering Mead: Optimizing Honey Fermentation
By Ken Schramm
The challenge of making mead is achieving the perfect honey fermentation—clean, with zero or absolutely minimal off flavors. It optimizes the character of a spectacular honey, yielding aromatics and flavor reflecting its finest properties.
Mead Success: Ingredients Process and Techniques
By Daniel S McConnell, Ph.D. and Kenneth D. Schramm
The time has come to push mead making into the same analytic and scientific realm that beer brewers have applied to their craft for quite some time. We believe that by understanding honey, water and yeast in the same way we understand yeast, malt, water and hops, we can elevate mead to the same level of quality and public acceptance that high-quality beers enjoy.
Making Sense of Mead
By Byron Burch
Making honey wine is a great way to take a break from the usual brew day, while still partaking in a hobby that produces something quaffable. Champion mead maker Byron Burch shows us the mead-making ropes. Delicious results awair!
The Buzz About Mead
By Alan Moen
Alan Moen sleuths the world of mead both modern and medieval. When you know where to look, the stuff is everywhere!
New Homebrewer
Zymurgy: An Introduction to Homebrewing
Access and download a free copy of Zymurgy: An Introduction to Homebrewing, the American Homebrewers Association's (AHA) guide for beginning homebrewers. See Zymurgy: An Introduction to Homebrewing.
Brew a Double IPA
By Vinnie Cilurzo
Are you having a lupulin threshold shift? It might be time to brew a Double IPA! The brewer of the 2009 Best Beer in America offers his tips and insights.
Farmhouse Ales: Culture and Craftsmanship in the Belgian Tradition
By Phil Markowski
Romantics may like to imagine the glory days of farmhouse brewing as a time when independent brewer-farmers produced wonderful, rustic ales for their own consumption. In reality, these homemade ales were extremely varied in taste and quality. As the name suggests, "farmhouse ales" were literally that, limited to the farms where they were brewed and not sold to a local market.
Going to Extremes
By Randy Mosher
American homebrewing, even with its adventurous repertoire of recipes and techniques, barely skims the surface of brewing as it has been practiced through the ages. In ancient Sumeria, as far back as brewing history goes, brewer were already making black beer, red beer, fresh beer, filtered beer, emmer (a type of wheat) beer, premium beer and light beer. The ancients had a whole cupboard full of herbs and spices, although which ones were used in beer is a bit fuzzy.
The Revival of the Classic American Pilsner
By Jeff Renner
Cool fermented, cold aged lager beers, no doubt dark as were most beers historically, began to spread from their Bavarian origins to the rest of Europe during the first half of the nineteenth century. John Wagner of Philadelphia is generally credited with brewing the first lager in America in 1840. The first clear, pale lager was brewed in Plzen (Pilsen), Bohemia.
A Saison for Every Season
By Drew Beechum
As sure as this planet twirls around the sun, I know there is always a reason for a Saison. While brewers around me dabble with their Pale Ales, DIPAs and barleywines, I find myself thinking months ahead to my next funky farmhouse. My brewing calendar resembles the pages of The Old Farmer's Almanac.
Solera Ale
By Jeff Renner
In the solera system of the Jerez region of Spain, sherry is aged in a series of casks of increasing age.When a portion of the oldest cask is removed for sale, it is filled from the next oldest cask, which is in turn replenished from younger casks, and so on until new wine is added to the youngest.
The Buckapound Brewery: One Beer Geek's Search for Total Brewhouse Automation for a Dollar a Pound
By Randy Mosher
It's called the Buckapound Brewery because for a long time this was the price of scrap stainless. Now the price is $1.25, but that just doesn't have the same ring.
Freezer Conversion for Fermenting and Serving Homebrew
By Dan Shultz
One thing that most homebrewers never quite have enough
of is temperature-controlled cooling space. For starters, there
is the collection of beer that you want to have ready to drink — both homebrewed and commercial. Next come beers that
are at the peak of flavor and need to be cold-stored until you get a chance to enjoy them or show them off.
Homemade Homebrewing Gadgets
By Tony Profera
Tony Profera of Charlotte, NC won the Great Gator Tail Brewing Gadget Extravaganza at the AHA's National Homebrewers Conference in Orlando in 2007. Here he shares some of his simple homemade gadgets—sure to make you say "Why didn't I think of that?"—to help make the brew day a little easier.
Beat the Heat: A Texas Tale on How to Make Cool Brews When the Weather's Hot
By Dean Fikar
Fort Worth, Texas is a wonderful place to live but the weather here can be a little unfriendly at times. My fellow Cowtown Cappers and I have battled windstorms, duststorms, thunderstorms, hailstorms, and even the occasional killer tornado. The most consistent natural threat to brewing excellence for us Sun Belt brewers, however, is the omnipresent heat that bathes us for most of the year.
A Bottler's Guide to Kegging
By Ed Westemeier
There's just something about fresh draft beer. It's not that the chore of bottling is such a big deal; after all, bottles are convenient to give to friends or send to competitions. It's great to be able to come home and grab a bottle of your own homebrew, but there's something even better about drawing a glass fresh from a keg.
Brew by the Numbers—Add Up What's in Your Beer
By Michael L. Hall, Ph.D.
Have you ever wondered just how much wallop your favorite homemade beverage packs, alcoholwise and caloriewise? Have you ever heard your brewing buddies talk about apparent extract and real attenuation and wondered what all the hubbub was about? It's not as hard to understand as you might think.
How to Pack Your Beer
by Russ Wigglesworth
An experienced unpacker recalls his experiences and offers insight into what to include and what not to include when packing your homebrew to ship to competitions. Great advice for all entrants to the National Homebrew Competition (NHC).
What to Expect When You're Extracting
By John Palmer
Does the thought of calculating a grain bill for all-grain brewing make your head spin? How much grain should you use? Don't different grains have different yields? How do you decide?
A Darkness More than Lager
By Drew Beechum
For years, I've proclaimed loudly from atop my yeast box, "As goes your yeast, so goes your beer!" With lagers, this literally stands as a doubly truthful testament. Slower metabolic processes prevent quick yeast reproduction from taking up your slack. Practical experience bears out that lagers turn out best when hit with more than twice the yeast required for ales.
Liquid Versus Dried Yeast: an Old Debate Revisited
By Horst Dornbusch and Tod Mott
Many of us in the American craft brewing industry arrived at the professional ranks via the homebrew route. We remember the bad old days when our dried yeast pitches gave us randomly slow or stuck fermentations at best and infected brews at worst, all for reasons that were largely inexplicable to us then.
The Secret to Healthy Yeast: Making a Starter
By Jamil Zainasheff
You might have heard your fellow brewers talking about starters and how important they are for making great beer. Proper fermentation is what sets apart great beers from just OK beers, and starters can help by ensuring a beer with the correct appearance, flavor, body and aroma profile. The resulting beer is also clean, complete, consistent and reproducible.


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Red Hat repairs bugs in two software packages
Remote code execution and denial-of-service vulnerabilities have been repaired in two software packages included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Red Hat Inc. announced updates that fix remote-code execution and denial-of-service vulnerabilities in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Linux.
The Raleigh, N.C.-based distributor urged customers to upgrade immediately.
Separate alerts from Red Hat, released Thursday, described problems in the libxml2 and mod_python packages.
Libxml2, an XML-parsing library developed for the Gnome project, and can be found in Windows, Unix, VMS, OS2 and many other platforms. A buffer overflow flaw was found in libxml2 in versions up to 2.6.6. According to the alert, when fetching remote resources via FTP or HTTP, libxml2 uses a special parsing routine. If passed a specially constructed, long URL, the routine can overflow a buffer and an outsider would be able to execute the code of their choice.
Products affected by this flaw include Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server, Enterprise Server and Workstation Server versions 2.1 and 3, as well as Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1, the company said.
Red Hat also released updated mod_python packages that repair a denial-of-service vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, ES and WS versions 2.1 and 3, as well as Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1.
Mod_python embeds the Python language interpreter within the Apache httpd server.
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Industrea Acquisition Corp. and Concrete Pumping Holdings Complete Business Combination
NEW YORK – December 6, 2018 – Industrea Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: INDUU, INDU, INDUW) ("Industrea") today announced...Read More
BBCP Participates With Dominican Home Health Agency
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Pink Powerhouse Pull
Breast Cancer Survivors Pull Concrete Pump Truck Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping with Eco-Pan and PCL Construction hosted a cancer awareness...Read More
Industrea Acquisition Corp. to Acquire Leading Provider of Concrete Pumping and Waste Management Services, Concrete Pumping Holdings
- Management to Discuss Acquisition via Conference Call Today, September 7, at...Read More
Ground Breaking On Dream Hotel In Palm Springs
Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping is proud to be involved with W.M. Klorman Construction Corporation in the development of Dream...Read More
Pacific Apartments
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President's Message – October 2017
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Skanska 2+U
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Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor
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Reilly Concrete Pumping Acquisition
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Concrete Hose Puller
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Cathy Carson Enters Retirement
Please help us congratulate Cathy as she will be retiring this Friday, April 28, 2017. Cathy started her career with...Read More
Senator Cory Gardner Meets With BBCP
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Stephen De Bever Becomes New COO
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Volvo Group Magazine
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Ford Theater
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Putzmeister Ergonic 2.0 Control System
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Warren Tech STEM & Building Trades Apprenticeship Program
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Vine & Sunset
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Telescoping Boom Pump
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Service School
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APM Container Terminal, Port of Los Angeles
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King of the Hammers Race
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Brundage-Bone Chief Financial Officer, John Hudek Enters Retirement
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President's Message – January 2017
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Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping Announces New Chief Financial Officer, Iain Humphries
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Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping Acquires Three Businesses in the United Kingdom
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Broadway Bridge Replacement Project
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Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown is calling for an end to the Strongsville teachers strike. The Democratic politician met with Strongsville Education Association President Tracy Linscott after she handed the school board a binding arbitration proposal.
Senator Brown attended an April 2 Strongsville Education Association (SEA) strike rally. During the event SEA President Linscott said, "We are proposing that the SEA and the school board entering into binding interest arbitration on an issue-by-issue basis I order to end this dispute.
The Strongsville strike is currently in its fifth week. Some teachers have crossed over the picket line and are now back in their classrooms. Several hundred substitute teachers are also offering instruction at the northern Ohio district's schools. Some students have transferred to either online or area charter schools as the strike continues and graduation day looms.
Strongsville Board of Education President David Frazee reported the district is not interested in entering into binding arbitration. A statement from Frazee read:
"We believe we have a responsibility to our community to stay the course. In binding arbitration, we would be delegating to an out-of-town third party the authority to spend Strongsville taxpayer dollars and concede management rights, which our board thinks is not appropriate and is not agreeable to us."
Linscott also maintained that the striking Strongsville teachers and the school district and continue to work on settling contract disputes before the arbitration date. She noted that any issue left on the negotiation table by the time arbitration starts will be determined by the arbitrator based on facts presented by both the school board and the Ohio teachers union. The SEA official called such a scenario a "win" for students, parents, the community, and the taxpayers.
Senator Sherrod Brown stated during the rally that he would be willing to help Linscott after she presented the binding arbitration proposal to the Strongsville school board. Senator Brown said. "After that, I'm going to call Mr. Frazee and ask him to come to the table. I'm hopeful that he will respond to my request and work on this and finally come to an agreement."
Do you think the Strongsville school board should agree to give a third-party the ability to make fiscal decisions for the district?
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4-Day Boston to Montreal, Niagara Falls, Toronto and Thousand Islands Tour
Tour Code: GOL-BOS-245
Duration: 4 Day(s) / 3 Night(s)
Tour Guide: Chinese, English
Quality: Budget
- 7 Days left
Departure City
Return City
Experience: UNESCO, Family
Extra (Excluded): Wifi, Meal etc...
Tour Guide:Chinese, English
Mon,Thu (2019-06-01 To 2019-08-31)
Explore Olympic Tower, Niagara Falls, Peace Tower, Olympic Stadium, Lake Ontario, St. Josephs Oratory, Biodome, Parliament Hill, Thousand Islands, City Hall, CN Tower, Casa Loma, and Skylon Tower on an exciting four-day bus tour starting from Boston and Quincy with special discounts and hotel accommodations.
Guests will begin the tour from Boston and Quincy; head straight to the Montreal municipality located in the heart of Québec, Canada. Our tour group will discover the top-notch landmarks of the region including the iconic Olympic Tower, Olympic Stadium, St. Josephs Oratory and Biodome.
Hotel: Welcome Inn or Similar.
The Bio-dome is home to replicas of four ecosystems found in the Americas. You get experience the gorgeous South American rainforest, the polar area, the Marine Eco-system and North American wilderness under one roof.
Refers to the largest city of Quebec, the city has the population of 1.65 million; however this population is according to the census of 2011. The population predominantly speaks French.
It is an Olympic stadium situated in Canada; geographically it is located in the province of Quebec near the famous Olympic park. The capacity of the stadium is 66,308 and height is 165m.
City of Quebec and capital city of Canadian province 'Quebec' is an ancient development. It is situated in the Saint Lawrence River valley. The vantage point reminds the history of the French civilization.
St. Josephs Oratory is Canada's longest Catholic Church with a host of visitors every year. It is also called the national shrine and is a holy place among Christians.
In the morning, our tour group will explore the Ottawa city which is a historic capital city of Canada. Here, we will be visiting Parliament Hill and the city's iconic Peace Tower. Continue the journey to Thousand Islands and enjoy a scenic boat cruise highlighting the attraction on the Saint Lawrence River. Later, we will arrive at Toronto to have a delicious dinner.
Hotel: Quality Inn or Similar.
The city is situated on Ottawa River with its most marvelous tourist points like loveable large museums, Victorian style in buildings and its Centre Parliament Hill. A fantastic place for art lovers!
The area of Crown Land on Southern Banks of Ottawa River is said to be as Parliament Hill. It is located in the province of Ontario.
A clock tower and focal bell sitting on the Centre Block's central axis is known as Peace Tower. The tourists also know it with the name of 'Tower of Victory'.
The Saint Lawrence River is a large river that connects the Great Lakes with Atlantic Ocean and forming an outflow of the Great Lakes Basin. This river is the foundation of Saint Lawrence Seaway.
It is a cruise service which you can avail to tour the thousand islands. Through the boat you can see some of the best breath taking sites. During the tour information about each location is also provided. The tour is very famous hence is very crowded.
It is a group of islands located in Ontario Canada, the exact number of islands are 1864. The length of these islands is 50 miles and they straddle the US-Canada border.
In the morning, we will begin our journey to explore the famous attractions of Toronto. Enjoy exploring the City Hall, CN Tower, Casa Loma, Moreover; guests can take a breathtaking boat cruise on the Lake Ontario.
Hotel: Comfort Inn or Similar.
Casa Loma located in midtown Toronto, is known for its architecture. It is a Gothic Revival style house and gardens which was built back in 1914. It is a popular museum and landmark of the area.
The CN tower is a concrete communications tower and is 553 meters tall, it was built on old railway lands and was completed in 1976 and became the world's largest freestanding structure.
It refers to the cruise service of Lake Ontario which is among the five great lakes of North America. The northern, western and southwestern part of the lake is in Canada and the eastern part is in US.
Toronto City Hall represents the history of the city and the creation of itself. It has a volume of things for its visitors to learn about from Council Chambers to Podium Green Roof.
Situated along the south northern coast of the Lake Ontario, Toronto is great and culturally diverse. The green trees and ravines, trails and parks and recreation are the things attracting visitors in a great number.
Today, guests will arrive at one of the greatest wonder of the country, the Niagara Falls. The thundering roars of the three major falls, upon the entrance, will enchant the visitors. Board on a Maid of the Mist boat cruise to experience the closer view of the falls. Here, guests can also watch a Niagara IMAX film which depicts the history of Niagara Falls. Continue to Skylon Tower which overlooks the charms of the Niagara Falls. Afterward, the group will return to Boston to conclude the tour.
In the premises of Niagara Falls, there is film theatre known as IMAX Theatre. People visit this theatre to enjoy live shows and movies related to Niagara's History.
Maid of the Mist Boat Ride is one of the most beautiful boat rides that you will ever have. If you happen to go on this ride then you will surely cherish it as one of the most memorable moments.
Niagara Falls is situated on the border of Canada and the United States, this is why there is an other City of Niagara Falls that is situated on the Western Bank of the river in Ontario Canada.
The Skylon Tower is located in the Niagara Falls at Ontario in Canada. It is headed towards the sky and gives a 360 degree of the Niagara Falls. The tower is 263 meters above the Niagara Falls.
- The order of itinerary may change without any notice depending on weather situations or for some other unforeseen circumstances.
- The order of activities held during the tour is planned by the tour guide. So, it may be different from what is mentioned on the tour page. On fewer occasions, Tour Guide has to skip an attraction or few during the tour depending on weather, traffic, group interest or some other reason.
- Some attractions are seasonal. So, when they are closed they will be replaced with some other attraction.
- You can skip some optional activities during the tour and plan something on your own. Make sure that you coordinate with Tour guide and stay with the group with next activity. Please note you cannot stay on the bus if you skip some optional activity.
- Probable hotel names are mentioned in the itinerary. It can be similar or a different hotel of the similar rating. Exact Hotel details can only be provided one day before the departure.
- Maximum 4 people of any age can stay in 1 Room in the hotel.
- These tours are conducted in a group. A group can have people of several cultures. We expect each person to coordinate with Tour guide to make sure things are on track.
- Though attractions are optional but you have to at least take 2 attractions.
What's Included
Passengers will be picked up and dropped off at their chosen locations. (Please take notice of locations and times of pick up)
All tours are carried out in air conditioned bus. We may also use a minivan depending on the number of people booking the tour.
A professional tour escort will be with you throughout the tour.
Tour package price includes all the taxes.
What's Excluded
It is possible for rates to change without notice.
Cash payments of admission fee for Optional Activities would be made to the guide. Optional activities price may change or can be different as displayed on the website.
Though meals and drinks are not a part of the package the guide will arrange them upon request.
Minimum service charges for the driver and the guide will be $10 per person per day.
Telephone services, laundry services, Alcoholic drinks and beverages are private room charges.
Travel insurance.
Additional personal expenditure.
Note: Customers are encouraged not to buy admission packages outside and use them in this discounted tour. In case they do, transport need to be arranged the same day.
Attraction Prices
|Child(3-11 yrs)
|Senior (65+ yrs)
|CN Tower, ON
|IMAX Theatre, Niagara Falls, ON
|Lake Ontario Cruise, ON
|Olympic Stadium, QC
|Skylon Tower, ON
|Thousand Island Cruise, ON
- All the prices are listed in USD.
- Tour display price is based on double occupancy. It is the price each person will pay if a group of two is traveling.
- Prices may change without any notice.
- Prices include hotel accommodation, transportation and taxes.
- Admission Tickets to different places and meals are NOT included in the tour price.
- Mandatory Tip for tour guide and driver are NOT included.
- Only the tour guide can purchase entrance tickets for you. Pre-purchased tickets are NOT acceptable.
- A free (i.e. Buy 2 Get 1 Free) person, not showing up on a departure date will result in a penalty. The penalty is usually the fourth person price, but it varies. Free person has to pay for some admission tickets that is included in the tour package price of Paid Person.
- There must be at least one passenger of 18 years for every booking made with GoldenBusTours. For Children between the age group of 2 to 14 years, a different price will be charged. Please refer to Child price on our pricing calendar. Child Age may vary between different bus operators. Maximum 4 people of any age can stay in 1 Room in the hotel. If the 5th person is infant you will be charged normally then with the second room as an expense.
- Activities are optional though, but each customer has to participate in 2 activities at least. No city pass allowed. Some attractions are mandatory. Each customer has to take part in them and have to pay for them in cash.
Departure Location
Departure Location
Return Location
Important Notes
- Arrive at departure location 10 to 15 minutes before the mentioned time to make sure you catch the bus on time. If in case you are late, the bus will not wait for you at the location and ultimately you will miss the entire tour (no refund in this case).
- Return time on the website is just an estimation. Expect some variation always. Time may change depending on traffic and weather situations
- There is a possibility that tour operator may use a shuttle to drop you off at the return location. It usually happens in the case of multiple return locations.
- You can leave the tour at any place only after signing a Tour Departure Form for leaving the tour early.
- Please note that price will stay the same even if you leave the tour early.
- If you have booked a pre-tour hotel stay, then you will have to arrange your own transport from hotel to departure location.
- If you have booked extra night hotel after the tour, then you will arrange transport from drop off point to hotel.
- On West Coast tours some bus operators have a lot of departure locations. A slow start is expected on these tours.
Cancellation and Refund Policy
No matter the reason for the cancellation, we are forced to carry costly charges from out travel and hotel providers in the form of penalties and fees that re-incurred when there is a cancellation of confirmed or pending bookings. As such, there are cancellation penalties or fees incurred. Determination of the time of cancellation will be done when the notice is received and confirmed by our office. You must make any notice of cancellation directly to GoldenBusTours by email or webmail at the Contact Us section.
We reserve the right to cancel or re-schedule any tour departure with respect to operating requirement or circumstances beyond control. In case a cancellation is made at any given moment in time before departure, our only liability as GoldenBusTours will be to refund you, the passenger with the amount we received for the booking of the tour. We will try our best to re-book the same or similar tour. We are not responsible for any cancellation penalties that may have been incurred on any other travel arrangements inclusive of separate purchase of air tickets.
We are not liable for any other travel arrangements that have been affected as a result of the cancellations.
Cancellation Charges
⇒ 14 days or more prior to departure - 35% of the tour fees will be charged as cancellation
⇒ 8-14 days prior to departure - 55% of the tour fees will be charged as cancellation
⇒ 4-7 days prior to departure - 80% of the tour fees will be charged as cancellation
⇒ 3 days prior to departure – 100% tour fees will be charged as cancellation
There is no refund for unused features. You forfeit the entire payment when you are a no show.
Cancellation or Reschedule charges are applicable even if you are NOT able to take the tour because of visa rejection. If you reschedule tour and later decides to cancel it then cancellation charges will be applicable to the original departure date and not to the rescheduled one.
In order for there not to be a cancellation, a minimum number of participants are required. We reserve the right to cancel a scheduled trip although every effort is made by us to ensure that normal operations are maintained.
An add-on fee of 6% for handling fees is charged in addition to the above penalties.
For any refund case, we do include the discount offered already. This is where GoldenBusTours is playing its role to make sure its customers get the best available deal at an affordable price.
No refund request or complaint will be entertained after 30 days of tour departure. You have to send a formal complaint through email.
Buy 2 Get 3rd Free:
⇒ In the case of free passenger cancellation kindly update us 7 days before the departure.
⇒ In the case of late cancellation request or free passenger does not show up on tour day then $128 will be charged.
Reservation, Booking & Redemption
Terms & Conditions
Any travel service purchases indicate your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions set out herein.
You are advised to carefully read through and understand these Terms & Conditions before making your booking.
Tour Confirmation
You will get an email immediately once you place an order. Tour Confirmation usually takes 2, 3 days except for urgent order. Urgent orders can be confirmed in a day or even few hours, but we can't assure success in these cases. On fewer occasions, some of the others may require a longer period of time for confirmation. You are advised not to book airline tickets unless you have received the confirmation.
E-Ticket (Mandatory to be on bus)
Your e-ticket includes complete operator information such as local telephone numbers at your destination. You are required to print the e-tickets and bring them along with you on the trip. They will be needed as proof of purchase.
Changes in Booking
You may incur a fee for any revisions or alterations made to the reservation when the booking has already been confirmed. Cancellation fees may be applied to things such as name changes or corrections. They may also apply to tour date changes or tour itinerary changes. Please note that no departure changes are permitted 72 hours before departure.
Changes in Tour Itinerary
We are continuously striving to improve tour itineraries and features. In the event of unforeseen circumstances that are beyond the control, we do reserve the right to vary the itineraries and to substitute hotels. Duplicate departures may operate during certain peak periods, sometimes in reverse order. As such, hotels may vary from those included on the itinerary pages.
⇒ 14 or more days prior to departure - 35% of the tour fees will be charged as reschedule fees
⇒ 8-14 days prior to departure - 55% of the tour fees will be charged as reschedule fees
⇒ 4-7 days prior to departure - 80% of the tour fees will be charged as reschedule fees
⇒ 3 days prior to departure – 100% tour fees will be charged as reschedule fees
Cancellation or Reschedule charges are applicable even if you are NOT able to take the tour because of visa rejection.
1. One room can accommodate maximum 4 people. Even if you are 5 people including 1 month old baby you still need 2 rooms.
2. If you can carry your child up to 3 years of age then you do not need to book seats for him. It may vary from one tour to another.
3. Service providers hold the right to change the itinerary and hotel arrangements without any notice.
4. Child (0-9 years) and Single traveler going on the tour have special rates. These prices vary from one tour to another.
5. Meals and Attractions are not included. You can ask your tour guide to try to arrange the meal for you as per your requirements. For attractions, admission fees pay it to the tour guide on the tour.
6. Prices may change without any notice because of prices fluctuation in the market.
7. All prices mentioned on the website are in US dollars.
8. In Case of Bank Wire Transfer customer have to bear Wire transfer fee.
9. Tour package price is inclusive of taxes.
10. Tour Prices are every individual and in view of room inhabitance.
Child Rate:
Child rates are applicable for children between (0-12 years) of age. Parents are advised to bring car seats for the safety of their child.
Buy 2 Get 3rd discounted: Get 3rd Ticket on special discounted rates on the purchase of 2 tickets.
1. We highly recommend you to provide your flight details while booking tour with us or at least send us flight details via email 3 days before your tour departure. In case of non-compliance, you will be asked to join your hotel on the first day of tour at your own expense
2. Please check our return timings before booking your return flights at the end of the tour. During high season (National and Summer Holidays) book your flights at least 1 hour later than the suggested time.
3. Before booking any tour make sure to go through every detail like tour itinerary, tour price, cancellation policy, reschedule and refund policies.
4. You should either bring a printed copy of your E-Ticket or bring it in your smartphone on the day of tour departure. You should also bring a valid photo ID along with your E-Ticket. In the case of any issues for not carrying E-Ticket or Photo ID GoldenBusTour will not be responsible.
5. Make sure to provide a valid phone number so we can reach you in the case of any emergency.
6. Please read all important notes, inclusion, exclusion section, terms and conditions, policies and below notes.
6a. Tour Operator holds the right to cancel the tour at any time depending on poor weather condition or some other unforeseen circumstances. However, GoldenBusTour will update its customers about the cancellation and shall not be held accountable for charges other than tour fees.
6b. Change in tour price will not affect any confirmed booking.
6c. Tour Operator can change the order of itinerary at any time without any notice.
7. You will be responsible for your travel documents during the tour.
8. Reach Departure location about 20 to 30 minutes before departure time. Unfortunately, no one will wait for you in case you get in late. The bus mostly has Bus Operator name and logo on it. Even if you are five minutes late and miss the bus then GoldenBusTours or Tour Operator will not be responsible. There will be no refund in this case. You will be charged 100% tour fee.
Not going to say we have a complete luxury experience on the tour abroad. But the places like Skylon Tower and Niagara Falls deserves a massive appreciation. Our tour guide was an intelligent a friendly person, who'd been a great help. Thanks!!
it was good to see the famous places in northern America such as the Niagara Falls, parliament building of Canada, and Thousand Islands were the best. Our hotels were decent and we thoroughly enjoyed our trip.
The best thing we loved about that tour is the tour guide. Our tour guide was really a great guy. He was very helpful and very professional yet so friendly and funny at the same time. Our bus was clean and comfortable though there was no bathroom available so we had to stop for breaks, the hotels were really clean and comfortable. I really would like to thank Golden bus tours for organizing that tour , it was a great 4 day vacation for us.
The best thing in that tour was Lake Ontario Cruise and Ripleys Aquarium of Canada, it was our first time to participate in those activities and both of them were amazing. We also really loved the organization of the tour, and the tour guide was really very nice person. The next best thing was accommodation, hotels were very comfortable and clean. I think Golden Bus Tours really did an amazing job.
I am really thankful to one friend of mine who recommended Golden Bus Tours to me. It is really an amazing company, their services are wonderful and their customer service team are very helpful and patient. Also the organization of the tour was really great. we moved exactly on time according to the schedule that was given to us by the tour guide, who was a really nice and helpful guy. Great job Golden Bus Tours.
The best tour i had in many years. Great service and hospitality, tour guide is an amazing person, really helpful and friendly, yet very professional at the same time. both accommodation and transportation are really luxurious. We saw a lot of nice places for the first time like Niagara Falls, Peace Tower, Olympic Stadium, Lake Ontario, St. Josephs Oratory, Biodome, Parliament Hill, Thousand Islands, City Hall, CN Tower, Casa Loma, and Skylon Tower.
Yue Ying Hao
Ample amount of time at each place of visit. Cons: - Extra charges. (The tour fee covers just the stay and basic travel. For each place you visit, the entry fee, access fee needs to paid. For example, we had to pay an additional fee for Maid of Mist, Thousand Island Cruise, and IMAX movie; which in fact is more expensive than the initial trip price itself).
Nicephorus Biryukov
I traveled with much Chinese first time and so friendly and all are on time because of perfect time planning so I could visit all planned. Finally, They helped me to purchase a lot of things with much discounts. Simply nice package tour. Definitely, Would recommend this tour
Wei Hsiao
Overall, it\'s a very good value for the money paid. Most hotels were very good. Also, buses are good too. I recommend this tour for people who don\'t like planning things for themselves. Thanks GoldenBusTours
Tayla Carnarvon
It was my first time on a tour. It was pretty good. My guides were amazing and very friendly. All of them did a good job. My fav was Wesley (very personable and chilled out). The tour requires you to wake up early on most days, which I did not mind because that meant we had more time to do things.
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Fans of The Fugue and Finding the Moon in Sugar might be curious to know what I'm working on now. This reading offers a sneak preview. This excerpt comes from a recently completed manuscript, titled Ghetto Blueblood, which I'm currently shopping.
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