When a patient attends an emergency department in Australia a triage nurse assesses the urgency of the patient's condition and assigns them a triage category ranging from one to five on the Australasian Triage Scale. Hospitals with emergency centres measure the time taken for a patient to be seen in accordance with their assigned triage category.
At the Wesley Hospital Emergency Centre patients are seen first by a trained triage nurse. The nurse will ask questions about the patient's condition and record all necessary observations such as blood pressure, pulse and temperature. A doctor will then review and assess the patient's condition– the urgency of the patient's condition will determine how quickly this happens. At The Wesley Hospital Emergency Centre, 96 per cent of patients are seen by a doctor within 30 minutes.
By capturing the percentage of patients seen within the timeframes recommended by the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) we can measure The Wesley Hospital Emergency Centre's performance.
Category 1: Immediately life-threatening. Patient should be seen by a treating doctor within two minutes of arriving.
Category 2: Imminently life-threatening. Patient should be seen by a treating doctor within 10 minutes of arriving.
Category 3: Potentially life-threatening. Patient should be seen by a treating doctor within 30 minutes of arriving.
Category 4: Potentially serious. Patient should be seen by a treating doctor within 60 minutes of arriving.
Category 5: Less urgent. Patient should be seen by a treating doctor within 120 minutes of arriving.
Category 1: Patient should be seen by a doctor within two minutes of arrival.
Category 2: Patient should be seen by a doctor within 10 minutes of arrival. A higher rate is better.
Category 3: Patient should be seen by a doctor within 30 minutes of arrival. A higher rate is better.
Category 4: Patient should be seen by a doctor within 60 minutes of arrival. A higher rate is better.
Category 5: Patient should be seen by a doctor within 120 minutes of arrival. A higher rate is better.
At The Wesley Emergency Centre, patient wait time is measured from the time the patient arrives at the emergency centre to the time the patient physically leaves; that is, whether the patient is admitted to a bed in a ward, transferred to another hospital, or goes home. The National Emergency Access Target (NEAT) is measured as the percentage of patients who leave the emergency department within four hours of their arrival.
If the patient does not require urgent admission to a ward bed we regularly review the patient's condition and conduct any necessary tests. The types of tests required can sometimes extend the patient's length of stay in the emergency centre. Of the patients who do not require admission to hospital, 90.9% are in the emergency centre for less than four hours. When a decision is made to admit a patient to the ward, we continue to care for them in the Emergency Centre until a ward bed is available, and continue to arrange the necessary investigations including blood tests and X-rays, rather than transferring them to a separate 'holding area' or 'wait department'.
Emergency Centre (EC) patient wait time is measured from the time the patient arrives at the EC to the time they leave (e.g. goes home, admitted to a ward, transferred to another hospital).


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TTTP client's incredible survival story appears in Sunday Mirror
By Talk to the Press | June 15, 2011
Natasha Cliff got in touch with us as she wanted help handling media attention during the upcoming trial of her ex-boyfriend for her attempted murder in a frenzied knife attack.
Natasha, 18, was six months pregnant when her boyfriend Cenk Ates, 23, stabbed her in the stomach with a kitchen knife in a violent and entirely unprovoked attack in January this year.
Incredibly, the knife missed Natasha's unborn baby by inches and both she and her daughter survived the horrific attack. Baby Gracie was born three months prematurely by emergency caesarean that same day, weighing just 2lbs. She had to be resuscitated at birth and spent weeks in intensive care.
Natasha says, prior to the attack, Ates was a loving and attentive boyfriend. Although he wasn't the father of her child he had promised to bring her up as his own and the couple had talked about marriage.
However he just 'flipped' one afternoon while they were watching TV and lunged at Natasha. She later found out that he had been battling a serious alcohol problem for months, which he used in his defence.
However, the jury found him guilty of Natasha's attempted murder and he was convicted at St Albans Crown Court last month. He will be sentenced later this month.
Six months after the attack, Natasha finally felt ready to talk about what happened and we secured her an exclusive deal with The Sunday Mirror, where she spoke about her and her daughter's miraculous recovery.
Several women's magazines were also moved by Natasha's amazing story and we are currently in the process of securing her both magazine and TV deals.
Natasha says: 'I feel really lucky to be alive as the doctors said both of us could have died. But I've come out of this stronger than ever. I've got Gracie in my life now and that's all that matters.'
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The Polish Development Fund and the National Centre for Research and Development have invested in the third fund within the framework of the PFR NCBR CVC Funds' Fund managed by PFR Ventures provisioned by the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR). The money will go to the management team of Cogito Capital Partners, in which PFR KOFFI - a programme focused on investments in international funds, invested previously.
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PFR Open Innovations: 6 VC funds with a total budget of approx. PLN 670 million were created under the programme
PFR Ventures has already allocated all resources available under the PFR Open Innovations programme.
The resources in the amount of PLN 390 million were used to create 6 Venture Capital funds with a total of PLN 670 million (when combined with private funds) at their disposal for investment in start-ups and investment management.
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Scott Hayes was born in Idaho but has enjoyed living in Montana most of his life. He is a self-taught artist and has been doing art since he was a little boy. He attended college as a graphic artist but returned to his first love of wildlife and western art.
Scott enjoys all outdoor activities, including working with horses. These activities give him first hand experience for all the ideas he uses in his artwork. Everytime Scott is in the mountains or on the plains, there is a story to be told. These stories are seen through his art.
Scott began carving in antlers in 1990. He started with small elk burrs and quickly began carving larger pieces in sheep horn, moose, and elk antlers. He then began incorporating bronzes with his carvings to make them more unique.
Scott began doing relief sculptures in plaster on walls and ceilings in 2001. This new type of sculpture is very unique and has given Scott the freedom to expand his artistic talent to a larger scale.


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South Africa beat WI; England, Sri Lanka, Ireland register wins in U19 World Cup warm-up matches
Georgetown [Guyana], January 13 (ANI): On the final day of 2022 ICC Under 19 Men's Cricket World Cup warm-up matches, South Africa edged out hosts West Indies while England, Sri Lanka, and Ireland all secured convincing victories.
The Proteas earned a three-wicket win in Guyana, with England beating Papua New Guinea by 281 runs.
Sri Lanka were similarly big winners, beating Uganda by 231 runs and Ireland saw off Scotland by seven wickets.
Captain's knock from Van Heerden sees South Africa past hostsIn a low-scoring affair in Georgetown, it was South Africa captain and wicket-keeper George Van Heerden who set up a three-wicket win over the West Indies.
Top-order fires England to big winA 161-run opening partnership set England on their way to a mammoth 281-run win over Papua New Guinea in Basseterre, St Kitts, and Nevis.
Ahead of an opening clash with defending champions Bangladesh, England made the most of being put into bat as George Thomas (90) and Jacob Bethell (78) built the perfect platform.
Wellalage shines for Sri LankaSri Lanka's bowlers produced a remarkable display to bowl out Uganda for just 46 with Dunith Wellalage, the captain at the 2022 ICC U19 Men's CWC, the pick of the bunch in Guyana.
Wellalage finished with figures of four for none from his three overs as he raced through the Ugandan middle and lower order in a 231-run success.
McGuire has Scotland in a spinFive wickets from Nathan McGuire fired Ireland to a seven-wicket victory over Scotland in Georgetown.
The off-spinner helped reduce Scotland to 138 all out with his 5-33, removing top-scoring duo Tomas Mackintosh (26) and Muhaymen Majeed (24) in the space of three balls.
Muzamil Sherzad chipped in with two for 17 as Scotland struggled after electing to bat.
In reply, an unbeaten half-century from opener David Vincent (51 not out) made it a comfortable chase, despite Oliver Davidson's three for 27.
Ireland will look to build on the performance in their opening Group B match against Uganda, while Scotland kick-off against Sri Lanka in Group D. (ANI)


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Wexford Public Participation Network is establishing a new group within our network - Voice for Disability. We are organising a Public Meeting to get together all of those who have an interest in the area - both members and non-members.
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Onkgopotse Abram Tiro's death stunned everyone.
Anti-aparthied activist Tiro was the president of the South African Student Movement (SASM), organiser of the South African Student Organisation (SASO) and a leading Black Conciousness proponent.
He was assassinated with a parcel bomb by the apartheid government while in exile in Botswana.
In his book, author Gaongalelwe Tiro recounts his uncle's life and the moment when he first heard about his untimely death.
The book has a foreword written by Azanian People's Organisation president Mosibudi Mangena who also worked with Onkgopotse.
In the book, Gaongalelwe narrates the journey of Onkgopotse from a poor, young boy from Dinokana, North West, to "troublemaker" at university as well as his resistance against the pass laws and going into exile.
Tiro survived a difficult upbring and worked in the mines to sustain his family and siblings.
He was an inspiration to many young students and was also a staunch church-goer who didn't smoke or consume meat or fizzy drinks.
After his gruesome death, his family and friends were further traumatised because the South African government made it difficult for his family to bring his corpse, or what was left of it, back home for burial.
They were told if they wanted to do so they had to adhere to a number of conditions: the body had to be embalmed, brought back in a steel coffin and the family should pick up the remains at the border, go straight to the cemetary to bury him and only immediate family could attend the burial. In the end he was buried in Botswana.
Tiro believed there was no struggle without casualties. He was one of the many who paid with their lives for our freedom.
And there was no justice for his murder.
As the book notes, nobody came forward to apply for amnesty at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).
His mother, Moleseng or MmaAbram, said: "Who will I forgive? I don't know his murderers."
With university students currently embarking on campaigns for their rights, many believe that the Black Consciousness Movement hero is still with us even today.
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After the overwhelming success of our I Love To Move program last year, the Centre is proud to announce I Love To Move Winter/Spring program 2019. The I Love To Move recreation program is administered by the Centre for Social Justice and Good Works in partnership with Canadian Tire Jumpstart and Sault Ste. Marie Police Service and will run from Jan 16th, 2019 to June 8th, 2019. I Love To Move will run Wednesday evenings from 6 pm to 7:30 pm at Queen Elizabeth Public School and Saturday mornings from 10:00 am to 11:30 am at Holy Family Catholic School. For more information see below or contact the Centre.
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When we look up into the sky it appears we live in a universe that is filled with light. But scientists are now certain there is far more matter in the dark portions of our universe that we can't see or touch. There's something hiding in the shadows. Cosmologists agree that 'dark matter' has helped shape our Universe, but now they need to figure out what dark matter is. What's going on in this hidden world? Could it have formed its own dark stars, planets, and even life forms? Could this Shadow Universe threaten our world of light?


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By Legal Newsletter On 29 December 2015 In Corporate governance, Judge abraham sofaer, Robert bonner
A Debtor Just Consolidated Their Entities, Will Mediation Be Effective In Our Case?
In February 2015, the average number of bankruptcy filings was 3,422. Many filings are medical expenses which account for 62% of all personal bankruptcies, but a significant number of bankruptcies that are filed a commercial cases. About 90% of these that file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy have less than $10 million in assets and annual revenues and 50 or less employees. This can cause a company to do a substantive consolidation, which is best resolved in mediation.
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There is perhaps no area of the law more contentious than child custody law. The stakes are implicitly high, with the well being of children on the line. And since most child custody cases occur amidst the backdrop of a painful divorce, these family law cases can quickly become intense affairs.
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Last week I visited a wonderful native plant garden.
I am woefully ignorant about Australian native plants. I enjoy seeing them growing wild when I am going on a bushwalk but I have no idea about how to incorporate them successfully into a home garden. So it was a great experience for me this week to visit the garden of Brian and Carol Roach in north-west Sydney, and see a stunning garden of flourishing native plants. This garden was established more than 30 years ago - after the removal of the previous owners' many Camellia and azalea plants! Winding paths were formed by excavating soil and mounding it up on either side, thus creating raised beds that do assist in providing the good drainage that some native plants like. The clearly defined beds give an excellent structure in which to position the plants and allow visitors to get right up close to the many exciting specimens on display. Several tall trees in the garden (including a superb gnarled Banksia serrata) provide height and a sense of shelter. There is a bush reserve directly behind the garden with towering gum trees, many with wonderful white trunks, providing the perfect backdrop for this exceptional garden.
Brian has a wealth of experience in growing native plants and has more than 400 different species of them in the garden today. Through his experimentation, as well as the exchanging of plants with other keen native plant enthusiasts, his garden offers many lessons in what grows well in our climate. Many of the problems that gardeners in years gone by had in growing Australian natives stemmed from the fact that there are so many different climates in Australia, so what grows well in West Australia, for example, is not necessarily going to do well in humid Sydney, even though it is a 'native plant'! However, some do, and growing right at the front of Brian's garden is one of his favourite plants, Chorizema cordatum (ht 1 m), the West Australian Flame Pea. This is a fabulous-looking plant, with large pea flowers in brilliant colours of orange, pink and yellow in late winter and early spring. It grows very well in Sydney and is apparently best in a dappled light or shaded position with reasonable drainage. Several of my friends and I could not resist buying one of these from Brian's nursery at the end of our garden tour, and I am so looking forward to adding mine to my shaded hot-coloured border.
Many West Australian plants that don't thrive naturally in our climate will perform well if grafted, and we saw a number of these during our visit, including Grevillea specimens grafted onto silky oak (Grevillea robusta) rootstock. Brian has a wide variety of Grevillea plants growing, with a diversity of flower sizes and foliage textures: leaves ranged from very thin, pendulous forms like a pine tree (such as Grevillea petrophiloides, with large, pinkish-red brush-like blooms) to one that resembled a holly bush (Grevillea flexuosa)! Lovely dainty-flowered Grevillea contrasted with some of the big, flamboyant 'tropical' types, such as 'Peaches and Cream'. Note that some people are very allergic to these latter types, so caution needs to be exercised if you plan to introduce them into your garden. Brian told us that he cuts many of his Grevillea back very hard each year to keep them compact. Many are pruned after flowering but the tropical forms are done in the warmer months between November and March. Pruning is vital for many native plants to preserve a good shape.
Brian's keen eye for exceptional forms of native plants has led to a number of varieties being introduced to the nursery trade. For example, a compact form of the NSW Christmas bush (Ceratopetalum gummiferum) with brilliant red calyces and growing to just a little over 1 m in height, was a form that had originally evolved on a harsh headland in the Ballina region. He has since propagated it successfully and given it the name of 'Johanna's Christmas' - it will be released commercially in the near future.
Other good forms of plants that he has spotted include a gorgeous large-flowered form of a pink Geraldton wax (Chamelaucium), which he has named 'Whopper Wax', and a beautifully perfumed Grevillea that he has named 'Honey Jo'. There are many fragrant plants in the garden and we enjoyed fondling Prostanthera leaves, and smelling a number of flowering Boronia plants, including the Sydney Boronia (B. ledifolia). Brian told us that Boronia can be grown very successfully in pots, as this gives more control over their need for moisture. He also grows a number of other natives in pots through the garden.
The plants are arranged with an excellent sense of contrasting size, foliage and form, to avoid the effect that can sometimes occur when many native plants with small, thin leaves are planted together, forming something of a amorphous blur. Bold-leaved plants such as the dramatic sculptural Gymea lily (Doryanthes excelsa), which were just opening their amazing red flowers, form a counterpoint to the fine-leaved plants. The use of lots of strappy-leaved foliage plants - such as kangaroo paws (Anigozanthos cultivars ), Lomandra and Libertia also provides contrast, as does the recurrence of grey-foliage plants through the garden - including some very healthy-looking flannel flowers (Actinotus helianthi) that will be blooming soon! Brian told us the key to success with flannel flowers is to feed them well twice a year. Groundcovers such as glossy-leaved Zieria prostrata, Scaevola and various Brachycombe, with their dainty daisy blooms, appear beneath many of the plantings and help knit the garden together into a cohesive whole.
Native orchids - both epiphytic and terrestrial - feature in the garden, providing another contrast of flower and leaf form. We were particularly fascinated with a patch of tiny, dainty 'greenhood' orchids (Pterostylis curta) growing beside a path. These had apparently been dormant for 30 years but re-emerged when the path was dug up a few years ago. They flower in late winter and early spring and die down in summer. They can multiply quite rapidly over time.
Yes, but.... I"ve found that doing the cottage garden thing with commonly available natives is hard work or very expensive because the groundcovery things like Scaevolas and Brachycombes - and quite a lot of shrubby things, too - have short lives. One has to be forever propagating or buying new plants. That said, some clever gardeners, like the people you visited, create native gardens which are to die for, particularly in late winter/early spring when so many natives bloom spectacularly.


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Edible Tales is billed as a 'transitory creative culinary project' and was founded by two friends and dedicated foodies Rachel Khoo and Frankie Unsworth early last year. Since then, the duo have hosted two events – 'Edible Immigration Tales' in Sydney and 'Edible Tapestry Tales' in Melbourne. Held at the Australian Tapestry Workshop, the three-night dining experience was inspired by the history of tapestry, and the cleverly-designed menu included dishes such as Incan ceviche with vegetal threads, clothed scarlet dashi and woven fruit dessert.


Based on a Twitter thread started by Aaron Portnoy that was replied to by @4Dgifts asking why people would debunk vulnerability reports, I offer this quick high-level summary of what we see, and how we handle it.
Invalid / Not Enough – We are seeing cases where a disclosure doesn't have enough actionable information. There is no vendor URL, the stated product name doesn't come up on various Google searches, the proof-of-concept (PoC) provided is only for one live site, etc. If we can't replicate it or dig up the vendor in five minutes, we have to move on.
Site-specific – Some of the disclosures from above end up being specific to one web site. In a few rare cases, they impact several web sites due to the companies all using the same web hosting / design shop that re-uses templates. Site-specific does not qualify for inclusion in any of the big vulnerability databases (e.g. CVE, BID, Secunia, X-Force, OSVDB). We aggregate vulnerabilities in software and hardware that is available to multiple consumers, on their premises. That means that big offerings like Dropbox or Amazon or Facebook don't get included either. OSF maintains a separate project that documents site-specific issues.
Vulnerability – There is enough actionable information to consider it valid, and nothing that sets off warnings that it may be an issue. This is the run-of-the-mill event we deal with in large volumes.
Not a Vulnerability – While a valid report, the described issue is just considered a bug of some kind. The most common example is a context-dependent 'DoS' that simply crashes the software, such as media player or browser. The issue was reported to crash the software, so that is valid. But in 'exploiting' the issue, the attacker has gained nothing. They have not crossed privilege boundaries, as the issue can quickly be recovered from. Note that if the issue is a persistent DoS condition, that becomes a valid issue.
Myth/Fake – This was originally created to handle rumors of older vulnerabilities that simply were not true. "Do you remember that remote Solaris 2.5 bug in squirreld??" Since then, we have started using this classification more to denote when a described issue is simply invalid. For example, the researcher claims code execution and provides a PoC that only shows a DoS. Subsequent analysis shows that it is not exploitable.
Before you start sending emails, as @4DGifts reminds us, you can rarely say with 100% assurance that something isn't exploitable. We understand and agree with that completely. But it is also not our job to prove a negative. If a researcher is claiming code execution, then they must provide the evidence to back their claim. Either an additional PoC that is more than a stability crash, or fully explain the conditions required to exploit it. Often times when a researcher does this, we see that while it is an issue of some sort, it may not cross privilege boundaries. "So you need admin privs to exploit this…" and "If you get a user to type in that shell code into a prompt on local software, it executes code…" Sure, but that doesn't cross privilege boundaries.
That is why we encourage people like Aaron to help debunk invalid vulnerability reports. We're all about accuracy, and we simply don't have time to test and figure out every vulnerability disclosed. If it is a valid issue but requires dancing with a chicken at midnight, we want that caveat in our entry. If it is a code execution issue, but only with the same privileges as the attacker exploiting it, we want to properly label that too. We do not use CVSS to score bogus reports as valid. Instead, we reflect that they do not impact confidentiality, integrity, or availability which gives it a 0.0 score.


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Lord and Lady Richard Attenborough.
Lord Richard Attenborough, who died August 24th just days short of his 91st birthday, might not be familiar to viewers of Afternoon Tea, but he had a great impact on those who appear in the shows.
Unlike his younger brother, broadcaster and naturalist Sir David, Attenborough rarely was seen on television. He began his acting career in 1942, but didn't make his television debut until 2001, when he starred as the Old Gentleman in the Masterpiece Theatre presentation The Railway Children. Attenborough did, however, work tirelessly behind the scenes. He was the founding Chairman of the BBCs Channel 4 and was instrumental in raising funds for the British Film and Television Industry.
According to multiple Oscar award winning producer Lord Puttnam, "Every single human being working in today's film and television industry owes Dickie Attenborough maybe their entire careers."
Attenborough as film director.
It was Attenborough for instance who persuaded former Prime Minister John Major to include film investment as part of the U.K. lottery money distribution, which in turn transformed the country's film industry. A few years earlier, he had gotten Margaret Thatcher to agree to hold a British film industry "summit" at 10 Downing Street. At the time, the British film industry was in a severe decline, but after the meeting the government implemented greater tax breaks for British made films.
Attenborough's film directing credits include Gandhi in 1982 which earned eight Oscars, including that of Best Director and Best Film, beating out E.T. which Attenborough personally felt should have won. He would become good friends with E.T. director Stephen Spielberg, who in 1993 cast Attenborough as the billionaire creator of Jurassic Park.
Princess Diana meeting Attenborough's
granddaughter Lucy Holland in 1997.
Although not known for his stage work, as a young man, Attenborough had received a scholarship to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), where he trained as an actor. He was Chairman of the school from 1973-2003, at which time he took over as President; a position that had been vacant since the death of Princess Diana in 1997, who had held the role since 1989. Despite an age gap of 38 years, Diana and "Dickie" as she called him, were the best of friends. They met in 1985 after Prince Charles asked Attenborough to tutor Diana in the art of speech making as talking in public was causing her "a great deal of anxiety." Attenborough and the Princess met every other week and even after his tutoring was no longer needed, they remained close.
Attenborough a young man, and as he
appeared in The Railway Children.
Attenborough held the position of President of RADA until his death. The school meant the world to him. It was there that he'd met his wife, actress Sheila Sim, with whom he went on to appear in the original production of the world's longest running play Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap. At the time of his death the couple had been married for 74 years. They had three children, two girls and a boy. Sadly, their eldest daughter, her 13 year old daughter Lucy and her mother-in-law, were killed in the devastating Tsunami of December 26th 2004.
For the last few years of his life, Attenborough lived with his wife in Denville Home, a retirement home for people in the performing industry. Lady Attenborough had moved into the home in 2012 after being diagnosed with senile dementia and she was joined by her husband, who had suffered a debilitating stroke in 2008, less than a year later.
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SEMANTiCS is an established knowledge hub where technology professionals, industry experts, researchers and decision makers can learn about new technologies, innovations and enterprise implementations in the fields of Linked Data and Semantic AI. Since 2005, the conference series has focused on semantic technologies, which are today together with other methodologies such as NLP and machine learning the core of intelligent systems. The conference highlights the benefits of standards-based approaches.
The conference covers technical and business-relevant topics in varying depth. Beginners and experts will benefit equally. Dive into affiliated domains and be up to speed.
We go beyond buzzwords. SEMANTiCS is the only European conference at the intersection of research and industry. Dive deeper into the world of semantic technologies, machine learning and data science.
At this conference you will really learn something. Explore more advanced topics in various talks and workshop sessions. The conference agenda pays tribute to a highly diverse, but complementary audience. Discover newest research insights, explore enterprise solutions and learn implementation stories of leading companies.
At SEMANTiCS you will meet many new people from your own domain, but also beyond your professional boundaries. This diversity will awaken your creativity and open up new opportunities.
Depending on your professional background, the conference can provide you with business development opportunities, new research partners or career perspectives.
SEMANTiCS takes place in Vienna - the world's top city of quality for life. In such an environment, you can expect a truly pleasant conference stay on many levels. We don't let you leave without seeing and enjoying Austria's capital. The social events will be fun.


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Jun 26 Lifted Geek's E3 Highlights - Top 5 Best & Worst
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Written by: Riri (@lillyums)
Welcome to Lifted Geek's E3 2013 highlights. Did we go?!?! No. But living vicariously through their livestreaming sort of counts right? Anyway this year's E3 Expo press conferences unveiled some amazing upcoming games and developments from publishers that gamers won't want to miss for nearly all platforms. Not only that, but one of the biggest announcements came from Sony and Microsoft on the final pricing of their new upgraded counterparts due to release at the end of 2013.
Not everything was nearly as exciting as we may have hoped, so here are some of my top 5 and worst 5 highlights of E3.
1. Sony's press conference revealed PS4's pricing and features, and the MSRP is about $100 dollars cheaper than the XBOX One. This is great news for all of us PlayStation fans, including the reminder that (a) we can trade games (b) sell it (c) share it (d) keep it forever (forever is relative). Oh, and we don't need to be connected online to play! Of course all that was a direct response to… well we'll talk about that later.
2. Square Enix's Final Fantasy XV for PS4. Definitely excited for this, especially since way back in E3 2006, Square Enix originally announced as Final Fantasy Versus XIII for the PS3 but apparently had been in development since then. Rumors of it being cancelled arose too, and we just didn't know what was happening until Tetsuya Nomura, director of FF Versus XIII, revealed FF Versus XIII as FFXV for the PS4. The gameplay is amazing and I am absolutely thrilled for this game to come out.
3. Square Enix's development of Kingdom Hearts 3 for PS4 – really guys, the long awaited sequel is finally here (but currently still in development), but WHO ISN'T EXCITED?? Disney and Final Fantasy mashed up in to an epic game, I love it. I love Mickey. And Cloud-o.
4. Microsoft's press conference revealed Project Spark for Xbox One, developed by Team Dakota. It pretty much reminds me of a mix between Little Big Planet and an RPG. You use the Kinect and SmartGlass to build this world from scratch and create environments, plants, animals, and topography using voice commands. The items/objects you create can have programmed behaviors e.g. you can make a pet rock follow you around and bounce. Pretty much anything can be made. You even create enemy monsters and program its behavior and characteristics, and your pet rock can help fight and defend your town. There are so much more details to this but this was definitely by far the most interesting game in development announced at Microsoft's press conference and it is also a free-to-play game.
5. Nintendo's press conference (live in Japan) announced the new Super Smash Brothers for the Wii U. The new game will have additional characters including Mega Man, and Villager. Mega Man hasn't been in the spotlight much and so this is a great way for him to come back and gain some popularity back.
"just let it happen, it'll be over soon" is absolutely a rape joke. Not cool Microsoft and Killer Instinct dev, not cool...
Worst 5
1. Microsoft's Xbox One pricing – a whopping $499 that doesn't include sharing games, trading games, and you can only play connected to the internet (oh and a mandatory 24 hour check in)*. I'm not really an Xbox player, but even after hearing this announcement, I almost thought I heard crickets in the audience.
* ed note: since then, this has been rescinded, Microsoft has back peddled in response to all the bad press they have been getting... too little too late maybe?
2. Nintendo's press conference was honestly a little boring to me – most of the games they revealed were for the Wii U and they were all remakes of classics such as Super Mario World and Donkey Kong. Oh and sure, Pokemon X & Y but honestly – Pokemon lost me after Silver & Gold. I didn't really see where Nintendo was going but they haven't taken any big risks to compete with PS4 and Xbox.
3. Microsoft's XBox One's Kinect camera - it will always be watching you. Always. I'm not sure how I feel about this, but I'm sure most people wonder why it needs to always be on. Can't you just turn it on when it comes time to play? A little questionable...
4. Call of Duty: Ghosts. It didn't really look like a next gen game, and looks like any other CoD game made out there. I couldn't really tell the difference between Xbox 360's CoD and Xbox One's CoD. Oh, a dog gets to play with you now. And you get to see more wrinkles in your hands and maybe a cut or bruise here and there. Something like that.
5. The Killer Instinct "rape joke" debacle. No this isn't considered over reacting and "just let it happen, it'll be over soon" is absolutely a rape joke. Not cool Microsoft and Killer Instinct dev, not cool. The problem is that it was said so casually like it was nothing, this is a big problem and not something that should be glossed over by "oh he didn't mean anything malicious by it" or "he's actually a great guy." It's a problem when it can be dismissed like that. No bones about it!
There you have it! Not everything we hoped for but we can't expect everything to be perfect right? Otherwise everyone's top 5 would be exactly the same and that's just boring ;) We can't wait for the upcoming new games and we look forward to future developments that were announced. The indie games are receiving a ton of support from Microsoft and Sony as well.
In the end, a well summarized conclusion of E3 2013 is this...
"Play Station 4 the win. Xbox One is down, call an ambulance. Wii U Wii U Wii U"
— my boyfriend
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Jun 26 SGC Woo!: My Time at the Screwattack Gaming Con
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Q: Android Navigation Component multiple NavHost implementation I have a simple single Activity app, the activity has only a toolbar and a FragmentContainerView that acts as the NaHost.
In one of my main screens, I have a Fragment that contains a BottomNavigationView that should toggle between 3 child Fragments. This parent fragment has also a FragmentContainerView that is also defined as a NavHost for the child fragments.
Can this setup work by just using one NavGraph? How can I tell the the navigation component which NavHost to use when switching between main screens which is different to when clicking on the BottomNavigationView items?
Activity XML:
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Cumberland, historic county, extreme northwestern England, bounded on the north by Scotland, on the east by the historic counties of Northumberland and Durham, and on the south by the historic counties of Westmorland and Lancashire. Cumberland is presently part of the administrative county of Cumbria.
Cumberland lies along the northwest coast of England, facing the Solway Firth and the Irish Sea. A narrow coastal plain rises in the south to the Cumbrian Mountains, which reach an elevation of 3,210 feet (978 metres) at Scafell Pike, the highest point in England. These mountains surround the scenic Lake District, part of which lies in Cumberland. The lower part of the fertile Vale of Eden lies at the centre of the county. The historic county town (seat), Carlisle, stands where this valley broadens to meet the coastal plain in the north. To the east the Pennines form the border with Northumbria and Durham.
Evidence of Bronze Age occupation includes stone circles, notably Long Meg and Her Daughters (near Little Selkeld) and Castlerigg Circle (near Keswick). Between 122 and 126 ce the Roman emperor Hadrian constructed the great wall complex between Wallsend in Northumberland and Bowness-on-Solway in Cumberland (Hadrian's Wall). The Roman occupation was primarily military, and Carlisle, then called Luguvallium, was the main civilian settlement. St. Ninian brought Christianity to Cumberland in the late 4th century. In the 7th century the kingdom of Northumbria conquered the area, then known as Cumbria, whose people were Celtic-speaking Britons. The name Cumbria, like Cambria, is a Latinized version of the Welsh Cymry or Cymru (now applied exclusively to Wales).
Castlerigg Circle, near Keswick, Cumbria, Eng.
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Danes and Norsemen from Ireland or the Isle of Man raided Cumbria in the 9th century. In 945 Edmund I ravaged all "Cumbraland"—first mentioned by that name—and handed it over to the Scottish king Malcolm I in return for a promise of military support. (The area of Cumbraland then presumably included the southwest of present-day Scotland as well as the region that became Cumberland.) The earls of Northumbria controlled part of the county in the first half of the 11th century, but by 1068 the king of the Scots had taken the area, nearly all of which lay outside William the Conqueror's kingdom. In 1092 a vassal of the Scottish king ruled Carlisle, when it was captured by King William II (William Rufus), who repaired the city, ordered the building of Carlisle Castle and sent settlers to claim the land. Place-names with the suffix by following a Norman personal name reflect immigration from the south about this time. The land was briefly recaptured by the Scots, but the historic county of Cumberland, established by 1177, remained a part of England.
Because of its border position, Cumberland was the scene of constant strife and much bloodshed from the Middle Ages until after the union of the English and Scottish crowns in 1603. Although many of the inhabitants of the county supported the Stuart cause during the English Civil Wars, active backing for the Jacobite risings of 1715 and 1745 was limited. It was only after the 1745 rebellion that Cumberland became more closely linked to the rest of England. Roads were built or improved, trade increased, and the Lake District became popular throughout England for its picturesque scenery.
This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen, Corrections Manager.
England, predominant constituent unit of the United Kingdom, occupying more than half of the island of Great Britain. Outside the British Isles, England is often erroneously considered synonymous with the island of Great Britain (England, Scotland, and Wales) and even with the entire United Kingdom. Despite the political, economic,…
Cumbria, administrative county in the northwest of England. It comprises six districts: Allerdale, Eden, and South Lakeland, the boroughs of Barrow-in-Furness and Copeland, and the city of Carlisle. The administrative county comprises the historic counties of Cumberland and Westmorland and parts of the historic counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire. Carlisle,…
Lake District, famous scenic region and national park in the administrative county of Cumbria, England. It occupies portions of the historic counties of Cumberland, Lancashire, and Westmorland. The national park covers an area of 866 square miles (2,243 square km). It contains the principal English lakes, including the largest, Windermere,…
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A while back the US administration announced that they are planning to place 10% tariffs on an additional $200bl worth of Chinese goods. Yesterday, US Pres Trump announced that they are now considering raising the 10% to 25% on the potential tariffs. For the most part, the market has been growing more and more resilient to the trade was rhetoric so there was some reaction but it was muted for the most part.
The AUD had a good beat on their Trade Balance. The market was expecting a trade balance of $900M and the release came it at $1.87M. The reaction would have been better for the AUD if it wasn't for the news about the increase in tariffs which subdued the move in our opinion.
The CAD and MXN also had a good day as the positive news on the current NAFTA negotiations are coming in on a daily basis.
The Dollar index has risen off the lows from yesterday after a non-eventful Federal reserve monetary policy decision. The market is still expecting at least two more hikes this year and nothing in yesterday's report signalled any change to those expectations.
The British Pound will be in Focus today. For those of you who are not aware the BOE will have their monetary policy decision today at 11:00 GMT. This is a highly anticipated meeting today and we expect a lot of volatility with today's release.
The market is expecting the BOE to hike rates today with a probability of about 62%. The big question today is not really whether there will be a hike or not. The big question is whether the BOE will be positive of negative in their expectations of the British economy and whether there is more hikes to come.
Any expectations about Brexit will be closely watched by the market and should provide added volatility. There are 9 members on the MPC, and the market is expecting a vote split of 7 (for a hike) to 2 (against a hike). Any surprises in the vote split will also be enough to move the markets.
With so many things going on and so many variables to consider we urge traders to be cautious and not to take anything at face value. Remember, there is a press conference half and hour after the data release so be very careful with any trades taken prior to the conference.
08:30 (GMT) | GBP Markit/CIPS Construction PMI – with the BOE rate decision coming out just a couple of hours after this we don't expect a lot of moves on the pound from this, but you never know.
We have chosen the GBPUSD and GBPNZD as potential pairs we will be watching closely today to look for trading opportunities.
The reason behind our pair selections for today is quite simple.
GBPUSD – with the overall strength of the USD we will look for a sell on the pair in the case of negative reaction on the rate hike or press conference. The only challenge is that the pair is at significant lows already, so we will be extra careful with this one.
GBPNZD – with the recent bearish sentiment of the NZD we think this pair has a lot of upside potential if the case of a positive reaction on the rate hike or press conference.
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Whiter Than Snow: Meditations on Sin and Mercy
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A Quest for More: Living for Something Bigger than You
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Sin and grace—these are the two themes of our lives. We all blow it and we all need to start over again. In Psalm 51, David tells his story of moral failure, personal awareness, grief, confession, repentance, commitment, and hope. And because David's story is every believer's story, Psalm 51 is every believer's psalm. It tells how we, as broken sinners, can be brutally honest with God and yet stand before him without fear.
Whiter than Snow unpacks this powerful little psalm in fifty-two meditations, reminding readers that by God's grace there is mercy for every wrong and grace for every new beginning. Designed for busy believers, these brief and engaging meditations are made practical by the reflection questions that conclude each chapter.
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Paul Tripp is the president of Paul Tripp Ministries, a nonprofit organization, whose mission statement is "Connecting the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life." This mission leads Paul to weekly speaking engagements around the world. In addition to being a gifted communicator Paul is the Executive Director of the Center for Pastoral Life and Care in Fort Worth, Texas, and has taught at respected institutions worldwide. As an author, Paul has written many books on Christian Living that are read and distributed internationally. He resides in Philadelphia with his wife, Luella, and has four grown children.
"Whiter Than Snow: Meditations on Sin and Mercy is convicting and encouraging, cutting and healing. Paul Tripp delves into the misery of sin and the goodness of grace with insight and inspiration. This book wonderfully blessed me, and I pray for its widest possible reading."
President; Professor of Preaching and Theology, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary


Sunday proved a great day as Donegal as seniors and minors booked their places in the biggest day in the Ulster GAA calendar. There was a lot of club interest in Clones on with Niall Harley and Colm Kelly figuring prominently in the minors 2-19 to 1-10 victory over Antrim. Mick McGrath is involved in the minor back room team, while Aodh Ruadh hurler Jamie Brennan is going well. too. The Aodh Ruadh interest didn't stop there as Anthony Donagher and John Joe Gettins both took part in the half time games, giving a good account of themselves. Ronan Matthews in Clones on Sunday and he got a great range of shots from the day.


Metropolis II, opening at LACMA on January 14, is installation artist Chris Burden's action-packed, raucous, optimistic view of Los Angeles sometime in the not-to-distant future. Eleven-hundred custom-made, die-cast cars, about twice the size of a Matchbox car, race through a multilevel system of 18 roadways that twist and turn and undulate amid buildings that seem vaguely familiar but are not replicas of any specific landmark (although, strangely, there is what looks like an Eiffel Tower). The cars whip along on a plastic roadway at fantastic speeds, producing an enormous din that echoes off the gallery walls like the incessant roar of real-life freeway traffic. HO-scale trains and 1930s-era trolley cars roll along tracks of their own, adding a cheerful nostalgia to the mix. Burden, who was smartly dressed in a Navy-blue suit, striped dark blue and cerulean shirt, and black loafers, said, "When you are stuck in traffic, think of this sculpture. That's the future, a hopeful future, where cars will have an average speed of 230 miles per hour—as soon as Google gets its [automated] cars up and running." In Burden's joyously idealistic city, there won't be traffic signals. Cars will cross intersections in a perfect harmony, effortlessly travelling through "the warp and woof of the city fabric." Metropolis II—a name that invokes a fanciful makeover of the drab, congested present version of Los Angeles—is a boyish delight. Yet another in a long line of automotive utopias from the Hot Wheels that come wrapped for Christmas as committed to Walt Disney's own autopia. It seems unfair, but you're compelled to ask, where is the public transit that planners extol as our real future? What is the energy source for all these racing cars? And, most curious of all, where are all the people who're supposed to be careening freely behind the wheels of all those racing cars?
Now you've got another date to look forward to next month besides July 4. The city of Los Angeles has officially declared July 16, 2011, which would have been John Lautner's 100th birthday, John Lautner Day. That event will kick of the John Lautner Turns 100 Series, created by the John Lautner Foundation, which will feature a ridiculous amount of exhibitions, film screenings, home tours, symposia and receptions. By the way, if you haven't visited a Lautner house before, you better do it now. A full list of activities below, and here. July 16, John Lautner Day July 16-22, John Lautner Exhibit at LACMA, featuring Lautner's Goldstein Office July 23, MAK Center John Lautner 100th Birthday Tour, including the Sheats/Goldstein House, Schwimmer House, Harpel House and Jacobsen House. Tickets available here. July 24, Lautner Gala + Auction, Harpel Residence July 30, Lautner in Film, including the Lautner Documentary films John Lautner, the Desert Hot Springs Motel; The Spirit in Architecture: John Lautner; and Infinite Space: The Architecture of John Lautner , Egyptian Theater, Los Angeles. August 19-Nov 13, John Lautner: A Life in Architecture exhibit at DeVos Art Museum at Northern Michigan University Fall 2011, Lautner Preservation Symposium, co-sponsored by the LA Conservancy Fall 2011, Behind The Scenes: The John Lautner Archive Collection at the Getty Center For more information, including tour times and events in other cities, go here or here.
We've just learned via the LA Times that construction-happy LACMA has suspended all future projects until they've raised another $100 million. The news comes on the heels of a mixed finance review from Moody's Investors Service, which downgraded its ratings outlook from "stable" to "negative." The museum has so far raised about $320 million for its construction program, and its construction bonds kept their A2 rating. The suspension means an official halt to SPF:A Architects' LACMA West Project, which includes the renovation of the 1939 May Company building on Wilshire and Fairfax into new gallery spaces. That project was originally scheduled for completion this year. It also puts a longer hold on renovation projects on LACMA's east end, which were to be the third phase of LACMA's campus transformation.
LACMA's new Resnick Pavilion by Renzo Piano doesn't open until October, but the museum has given visitors a few chances to look inside. The results, which we took advantage of last week, are impressive. The single story, open-plan space feels raw, exposed, and much more comfortable in its skin than its neighbor, the Broad Contemporary Art Museum (also by Piano, by the way). Here are some of my snaps of the new building, which is fitted with an installation by Walter De Maria (called The 2000 Sculpture) made up of hundreds of repetitive plaster shapes that make up a mesmerizing grid, really bringing out the best in this new building.
A Quincy Jones' Brody House in LA's Holmby Hills has hit the market for a whopping $24.95 million, report the Wall Street Journal and LA Curbed. The 11,500 square foot modernist home has nine bedrooms, a tennis court, pool, and a guest house on 2.3 acres. It also features a floating staircase, floor-to-ceiling glass windows, and plenty of indoor-outdoor spaces. Not coincidentally the art collection of the home's owners, Sydney F. and Frances Brody, is going up for auction today at Christie's in New York. It includes works by Picasso, Giacometti, Matisse, Degas, Renoir (not bad staging pieces for a house sale). The couple were founding benefactors of LACMA, major patrons of the Huntington Library and Gardens, and known for throwing legendary parties full of stars. Frances Brody died last November. We think Mr. and Mrs. Brad Pitt would like living here.
Thanks to our friends at Curbed LA, we learn that LACMA has wrapped its Ahmanson Building in a rainbow of fabrics for its upcoming show, "Your Bright Future: 12 Contemporary Artists from South Korea (June 28-Sept. 20). It's the first major museum exhibition in the U.S. featuring South Korean contemporary art. The installation above , called Welcome, 2009, was designed by Choi Jeong-Hwa. Yes, it seems like a good time to be Korean in LA. What with Korean investors putting up cash for two of the city's newest skyscrapers; with Koreatown expanding into Little Tokyo and elsewhere; and of course with the season ripe for Korean Angelenos favorite sport, golf, the future looks bright indeed!
The board of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) today made a formal proposal to merge with the financially struggling Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA). According to a press release (top portion, above) issued today by LACMA, the goal of the move would be to to "preserve the independence and integrity of both institutions while combining their operations and infrastructure." To save money MOCA has already shut down its Geffen Contemporary for six months, and is said to be pondering the sale of some of its artworks.


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Q: How to extract part of a Base64 encoded string in MySQL? I have a field in my database which is encoded. After using from_base64 on the field it looks like this:
<string>//<string>//<string>/2017//06//21//<string>//file.txt

There may be an undetermined number of strings at the beginning of the path, however, the date (YYYY//MM//DD) will always have two fields to the right (a string followed by file extension).
I want to sort by this YYYY//MM//DD pattern and get a count for all paths with this date.
So basically I want to do this:
select '<YYYY//MM//DD portion of decoded_path>', count(*) from table group by '<YYYY//MM//DD portion of decoded_path>' order by '<YYYY//MM//DD portion of decoded_path>';

A: Summary
MySQL's SUBSTRING_INDEX comes in useful for doing this by looking for the specified delimiter and counting backwards from the end if a negative count value is specified.
Demo
Rextester demo: http://rextester.com/TCJ65469
SQL
SELECT datepart,
       COUNT(*) AS occurrences
FROM
(SELECT CONCAT(
     LEFT(SUBSTRING_INDEX(txt, '//', -5), INSTR(SUBSTRING_INDEX(txt, '//', -5), '//') - 1),
     '/',
     LEFT(SUBSTRING_INDEX(txt, '//', -4), INSTR(SUBSTRING_INDEX(txt, '//', -4), '//') - 1),
     '/',
     LEFT(SUBSTRING_INDEX(txt, '//', -3), INSTR(SUBSTRING_INDEX(txt, '//', -3), '//') - 1))
   AS datepart
 FROM tbl) subq
GROUP BY datepart
ORDER BY datepart;

Assumptions
Have assumed for now that the single slash before the year in the example given in the question was a typo and should have been a double slash. (If it turns out this isn't the case I'll update my answer.)

A: little crazy but it works
select REPLACE(SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(REPLACE('<string>//<string>//<string>/2017//06//21//<string>//file.txt',"//","-"),"/",-1),"-<",1),"-","/"), count(*) from `chaissilist` group by REPLACE(SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(REPLACE('<string>//<string>//<string>/2017//06//21//<string>//file.txt',"//","-"),"/",-1),"-<",1),"-","/") order by REPLACE(SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(REPLACE('<string>//<string>//<string>/2017//06//21//<string>//file.txt',"//","-"),"/",-1),"-<",1),"-","/");


Isaac 'Royal Storm' Dogboe made an unsuccessful defense to his title as he lost the WBO World Super Bantamweight title to Mexican, Emmanuel Navarette in the United States.
Dogboe who was very unconvincing in this bout was unable to replicate the antics that won him the title off Jese Magdaleno in April 2018.
The challenger, Naverrete on the other hand looked so comfortable in the first six rounds but allowed the champ to rediscovered himself and walk his way through to what looks like a trialling last rounds.
Though Dogboe knocked down his opponent within those rounds,the match referee adjudge it as an illegal punch.
Navarrete however had a good tenth round with decisive and powerful combinations, rocking Dogboe, and dominated the rest of the fight.
By unanimous decision, all the three judges scored the bout in favour of the Mexican.
Two of the judges scored the bout 116- 112 in favour of Navarette while the last judge scored it 115 -113 also for the Mexican.
Dogboe who had a badly swollen face after the bout said he will now take a break,reorganise and come back to the top again.
Dogboe was undefeated in 20 previous fights.
Next articleKoranteng writes: How Isaac Dogboe paid the price for lack of focus.


This is an In Person signed copy of the Scottish boxing legend's autobiography obtained when I took him to a Convention signing in Northampton.
Ken Buchanan (born 28 June 1945) is the former Boxing Undisputed World Lightweight Champion. Many consider Buchanan to be the best boxer ever to come out of Scotland.


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How to take your bike on a ferry holiday
We are blessed that we live in an age where we are inundated with travel and transport options. Throw your bike on the plane (sometimes they literally do that!), take it on the train (if you can find space!) or cruise across the sea on a ferry. Even better like our good pals over at Dirty Wknd, cycle to the actual port as your warm up! Discover Ferries have kindly come up with a handy guide if you're thinking of using a boat to get to your next cycle destination. It's been in our mind to cycle one day over to Northern Ireland so it's nice to know according to Google Maps, it will only take 26hours covering 310 miles...better start packing then!
Have you ever thought about taking your bike on holiday with you? A cycling holiday by ferry is a truly green way to travel, and it can also be an excellent way to save money as many ferries don't charge foot passengers extra for taking a bike. Unlike planes, there is normally no need to dismantle your bike to box it up, or wonder whether it will arrive from the luggage hold in one piece. Discover Ferries, the industry body for the ferry sector, has created a useful how to guide to take your bike on board Discover Ferries members' ferries which serve London, Isle of Wight, Isle of Man, Isles of Scilly, Scottish Islands, Ireland, Spain, France, Belgium and Holland.
Travelling with a bike attached to a vehicle
The majority of passengers taking ferry holidays with bikes simply strap them onto their cars, caravans, or motorhomes in racks or boxes. That means they can drive to any destination and cycle wherever they go on their holiday. The pricing of taking bikes on a vehicle is simple – passengers just need to include the additional height and length of the vehicle when making the ferry booking. It's worth remembering that rear mounted cycle racks can obscure rear lights and number plates so car owners may need a lighting board with number plate and electrical supply to ensure their car and bike racks are legally roadworthy.
How to take a bike on board a ferry as a foot passenger
It's easy to take a bike on a ferry as a foot passenger and cycle off into the sunset from the port. Passengers travelling with bicycles generally check in at the same time as other foot passengers. They dismount from their bikes for safety reasons and push their bicycle up the same vehicle ramp as that used by cars. Stewards will be on board to instruct cyclists. Once onboard travellers will be shown where to park and secure their bicycle on the deck for the crossing. It may be attached to the floor, wall or a railing for the crossing.
Ferry company policies and charges
Brittany Ferries accepts bicycles for foot passengers for no additional charge on routes between Portsmouth and France (Caen, Saint Malo, Cherbourg and Le Harve), Portsmouth to Spain (Santander and Bilbao) Poole to Cherbourg and Plymouth to Roscoff in France, or Plymouth to Santander in Spain. They also have a useful video showing you the experience of putting a bike on board. Visit www.brittany-ferries.co.uk or call 0330 159 7000.
Caledonian MacBrayne accepts bicycles with foot passengers free of charge on its multiple routes to from Scotland's West Coast to islands from Arran to North Uist. Passengers travelling to the terminal by train will need to check with www.scotrail.co.uk to check if they need to book their bikes onto the connecting train service. Visit www.calmac.co.uk for more information.
DFDS accepts bicycles as part of a car booking for no additional charge on its routes between Newcastle and Amsterdam, Dover Calais, Dover to Dunkirk and Newhaven to Dieppe. Its website is packed with useful cycling tips and cycling route advice. Visit dfdsseaways.co.uk for more information.
P &O Ferries accepts bicycles as part of a car booking for no additional charge on its routes between Dover and Calais, Hull to Rotterdam, Hull to Zeebrugge and Cairnryan in Scotland to Larne, Northern Ireland. A clever interactive adventure planner on its website gives ideas for cycling adventures and gives tips about travelling to watch professional cycling overseas. P&O Ferries do not accept bicycles on its Liverpool to Dublin route. Visit poferries.com or call 01304 44 88 88
Red Funnel accepts bicycles for no extra charge on its route from Southhampton to East and West Cowes. It's worth noting that bikes cannot be carried on the Red Jet Hi-Speed service because of the design of the ship unless they are of the folding type and carried in a purpose designed bag. Visit www.redfunnel.co.uk or call 02380 248500
Stena Line accepts bicycles for no additional charge on its routes between Cainryan in Scotland and Belfast, Liverpool to Belfast, Holyhead to Dublin, Harwich to Hook of Holland and Fishguard to Rosslare. Visit www.stenaline.co.uk for more information.
Wightlink allows foot passengers to take a bike free of charge on routes from Lymington to Yarmouth, and Portsmouth to Ryde on the Isle of Wight. Its website site is also packed with tips about cycling on the island and cycle festival details. Visit www.wightlink.co.uk for more information.
The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company allows foot passengers to take a bike free of charge. They operate regular ferry sailings to the Isle of Man from Heysham and Liverpool (Birkenhead during winter) and seasonal sailings from Belfast and Dublin. Visit www.steam-packet.com for more information.
Isles of Scilly Steamship Group packs bikes into a luggage hold and therefore must be booked in advance due to the limited availability of space. Bicycles are £26 return (inc trailers) and children's bikes and scooters (under 5) are £10. Visit www.islesofscilly-travel.co.uk for more information.
Bicycles are permitted on board all Irish Ferries crossings including Dublin – Holyhead, Rosslare to Pembroke and Rosslare to Cherbourg/ Roscoff. The price of travelling with a bicycle is £20/ €20 return. Visit www.irishferries.com or call 08717 300 400.
Cyclists can sail through the heart of London on the MBNA Thames Clippers ferry services, stopping off regularly and sightseeing by bike from each pier. MBNA Thames Clippers serve 22 piers across London, from Putney in the West to Woolwich in the East. Each ferry has space for up to 10 cycles on a first come, first-served basis at no extra charge. Visit www.mbnathamesclippers.com for more information.
Cycling guidance
In addition to checking out the cycling sections of each ferry members' website there is some great advice for cycling routes from cycling organisations such as Eurovelo – a European cycling network http://www.eurovelo.com/en, or www.Sustrans.org.uk for UK, Northern Ireland, Wales, England and Scotland.
Cycling rules of the road
We advise checking out the rules of the road in any international country before you set off. Each ferry member has lots of advice, but tips for cycling in France include the fact that a bike must be equipped with a bell, cyclists can ride two abreast in daylight but it's mandatory to ride single file at night. Cyclists travelling after dark in rural areas must also wear a high visibility waistcoat.
Similar laws apply in Belgium and Germany, but side and pedal reflectors must be fitted, as well as white front and red back lights for use after dusk or in times of low visibility. In Holland all bikes must have a round red reflector on the rear, yellow reflectors on the pedals and white or yellow reflective tyres
In Germany and Holland, flashing LED lights are illegal. It is not essential to wear a crash helmet in most European countries but it's strongly advised to do so.