Dlrcoco pilot schemes connecting cycle walking paths

 https://www.dlrcoco.ie/en/news/general-news-public-consultation-press-releases/public-engagement-new-safe-walking-and-cycling

Making a CONNECTED network is really important. This is great to see. Looks like these pilot schemes use existing greenway paths and connect them up using quieter roads. So looks like great value for money as well as improving cycling and walking network. Making parks and green space more accessible for walkers and cyclists gives more pleasant spaces for leisure/exercise/activities.  Encouages healthier less stressed lifestyles.

Sea to mountains route ==

Blackrock up to Stillorgan and on to Goatstown where any cycling now is mostly on busy roads. Then Kilmacud and Balally luas stops around Airfield. Then Slang river greenway across to Marlay park.

Very familiar with the area, we use the existing paths as they are to travel locally. Scheme will make getting across to Rathfarnham area or down towards Blackrock area easier and safer.  St. Olaf's school is on this route, St Tiernans school isclose to route, might be possible to connect St Tiernans better to cycle routes? . . In time. School is a hub for evening activities as well as school.

The route goes from Kilmacud and Balally luas stops around Airfield. this is good connecting luas stops to route. It would be cool if route could go into Airfield or allow connecting into Airfield .. good for airfield and for cyclists & walkers. Yeah, maybe impractical :-7 but could be great also.

Mountains to metals = across Balally Sandyford Ind Est down towards sea at Dun Laoghaire

Great to connect area from Sandyford Ind Est down to Deansgrange and further to the Metals better. I already fly down on the cycle lanes and road myself but it is not for novice cyclists or younger. I am familiar with disconnected route through parks and quiet roads and use that sometimes especially with others but often getting a bit lost!! Please remove kissing gates, make route usable for wheelchair users, mobility scooters, cargo bikes etc.

Existing dean's grange park loughlinstown park are nice, great if paths can go in to help keep cyclists away from walkers so there is happy use for all, less conflict. Great to connect existing paths in a route!!

Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa (a Madagascar wild cat) on USB and dual boot install Dell XPS 13 Windows 10

Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa (a Madagascar wild cat) on USB

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossa_(animal)

The fossa is a cat-like, carnivorous mammal endemic to Madagascar. It is a member of the Eupleridae, a family of carnivorans closely related to the mongoose family Herpestidae. Wikipedia

I have installed linux from CD(DVD?) last few times. 

USB needed this time . . . 

Create a BASIC linux bootable USB installer: 

 download Ubunto 20.04 .iso image. 

    https://releases.ubuntu.com/20.04/

    Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS (Focal Fossa)

 Use ubuntu "startup disk creator" utility to write it to USB key.

Disadvantage: image not writable, extra space on USB key cannot be written to.

 (iso9660 NOT WRITEABLE):

https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/create-a-usb-stick-on-ubuntu#1-overview

Create a linux bootable USB with writable partition: <- much better

 download Ubunto 20.04 .iso image. 

 Install mkusb and mkusb-plug tools. (sudo apt add repository for mkusb and apt-get install). 

 Run mkusb-plug, selecting "live drive with usbdata partition" and select the .iso file and USB device. 

See detail here on different methods to create bootable linux USB keys:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1181854/how-is-it-easier-to-make-a-persistent-live-drive-with-ubuntu-19-10

You now have Ubuntu on a USB stick, bootable and ready to go.

With a bootable Ubuntu USB stick, you can:

Install or upgrade Ubuntu

Test out the Ubuntu desktop experience without touching your PC configuration

Boot into Ubuntu on a borrowed machine or from an internet cafe

Use tools installed by default on the USB stick to repair or fix a broken configuration

Dual boot install Dell XPS 13 Windows 10. Install for kate's laptop.

"Install ubuntu alongside Windows" == Installing dual boot Ubuntu and Windows:

Backup your stuff, read many docs. 

CAVEAT! BEWARE! Installs like this could go wrong, your windows stuff would still be there. Probably. Recovering from a problem could be quite tricky. If you have pretty common computer/hardware then most likely all will be easy, fine no problem.

Disable windows Fast Boot (optional).

Disable Secure Boot (windows UEFI ~= bios settings)

Create free disk space for linux install,

  open windows "create and format hard disk partitions" and shrink disk. 

These pages have decent detailed instructions:

https://itsfoss.com/install-ubuntu-1404-dual-boot-mode-windows-8-81-uefi/

https://hackernoon.com/installing-ubuntu-18-04-along-with-windows-10-dual-boot-installation-for-deep-learning-f4cd91b58557

https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-ubuntu-20-04-alongside-windows-10-dual-boot

Wow. The grub menu test on the Dell XPS 13 is teeeeny tiny.

The install of linux went easy, exactly as with instructions.

Disable secure boot/fast boot was already done. 

Getting  UEFI menus to boot into bios took some fiddling.

Writeable usb boot:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1181854/how-is-it-easier-to-make-a-persistent-live-drive-with-ubuntu-19-10

mkusb-minp - small stand-alone shellscript that can use this new feature in Ubuntu 19.10. It works with Debian 10 too.

mkusb-plug - small set of shellscripts that can use this new feature in Ubuntu 19.10. It works with Debian 10 too. I think you will find things easier with this new and very safe tool with a graphical user interface.

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/565250/cannot-mount-live-usb-drive-as-read-write

$ sudo mkusb-plug 

source file: '/home/xxxx/Downloads/ubuntu-20.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso'

--{vfat|exfat|ntfs}

*** usbfs ***

spawn bash -c xorriso-dd-target -plug_test -trust_lsblk_udev  | tee /tmp/tmp.WoL3W0SOhv

Caused by option -plug_test: Attempt to find the desired device

by watching it appear after being plugged in.

Step 1:

Please make sure that the desired target device is plugged _out_ now.

If it is currently plugged in, make sure to unmount all its fileystems

and then unplug it.

Press the Enter key when ready.

 

Found and noted as _not_ desired:  sda nvme0n1  

Step 2:

Please plug in the desired target device and then press the Enter key.

 

Waiting up to 10 seconds for a new device to be listed .... found: sdc

Now waiting 5 seconds to let it settle .........

Found and noted as desired device:  sdc

sdc : YES : usb+ has_iso9660+ has_vfat+ : FLASH Drive_SM_USB20 

Repeating test of target device with elevated permissions:

target device: /dev/sdc

 sdc : YES : usb+ has_iso9660+ has_vfat+ : FLASH Drive_SM_USB20  

         task: '--ntfs'

  source file: '/home/james/Downloads/ubuntu-20.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso'

target device:  /dev/sdc

MODEL          NAME FSTYPE  LABEL                     SIZE

Drive_SM_USB20 sdc  iso9660 Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS amd64  7.6G

               sdc1 iso9660 Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS amd64  2.6G

               sdc2 vfat    Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS amd64  3.9M

          ***** datp: live with ntfs data partition ***** 

Trying to unmount partitions if mounted on the target device

umount: /dev/sdc: not mounted.

umount: /dev/sdc2: not mounted.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Please wait until the process has finished and 'Done' is written 

..... Flash modified iso file to target ........................................

2785017856=file size

2779774976 bytes (2.8 GB, 2.6 GiB) copied, 466 s, 6.0 MB/s 

2656+0 records in

2656+0 records out

2785017856 bytes (2.8 GB, 2.6 GiB) copied, 466.784 s, 6.0 MB/s

----- cleanup after dd ------------------------------------------

18681 pts/4    00:00:00 mkusb-sedd

Warning: The driver descriptor says the physical block size is 2048 bytes, but Linux says it is 512 bytes.

/dev/sdc2 after flashing

..... Create partition .........................................................

Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.34).

Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.

Be careful before using the write command.

Command (m for help): Partition type

   p   primary (2 primary, 0 extended, 2 free)

   e   extended (container for logical partitions)

Select (default p): Partition number (3,4, default 3): First sector (5439488-15814655, default 5439488): Last sector, +/-sectors or +/-size{K,M,G,T,P} (5439488-15814655, default 15814655): 

Created a new partition 3 of type 'Linux' and of size 5 GiB.

Command (m for help): The partition table has been altered.

Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.

Re-reading the partition table failed.: Device or resource busy

The kernel still uses the old table. The new table will be used at the next reboot or after you run partprobe(8) or kpartx(8).

prober: /dev/sdc2 for persistence

prober: /dev/sdc2 for persistence

prober: /dev/sdc3 for persistence

..... Overwrite first mibibyte of partition ....................................

umount: /dev/sdc: not mounted.

umount: /dev/sdc1: not mounted.

umount: /dev/sdc2: not mounted.

umount: /dev/sdc3: not mounted.

1024+0 records in

1024+0 records out

1048576 bytes (1.0 MB, 1.0 MiB) copied, 0.219854 s, 4.8 MB/s

..... Create file system in usbdata partition  .................................

Cluster size has been automatically set to 4096 bytes.

Creating NTFS volume structures.

mkntfs completed successfully. Have a nice day.

Finally, please wait for a few more seconds ...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

NAME MODEL          FSTYPE  LABEL                    MOUNTPOINT  SIZE NAME

sdc  Drive_SM_USB20 iso9660 Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS amd64             7.6G sdc

sdc1                iso9660 Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS amd64             2.6G sdc1

sdc2                vfat    Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS amd64             3.9M sdc2

sdc3                ntfs    usbdata                                5G sdc3

 Done :-) 

back to Scouting under Covid-19 health restrictions . . .

*back to Scouting under Covid-19 health restrictions . . . *

Attempt to summarise the restrictions . . . 

The limits could be there a good while. The 15 outdoors - .. or indoors is with social distancing and precautions masks and hygiene if closer than 2m. 

Group Council meetings to figure out when can get back to Scout Den, what meeting rules/procedures and cleaning regimes need.

https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/cf9b0d-new-public-health-measures-effective-now-to-prevent-further-spread-o/   Indoor sporting and culture guidelines (e.g. museums, gyms) allow multiple pods of 6. PODs must be kept separate. *Indoors("Youth sector specific allowance") and Outdoors currently group max size is 15*, "no mixing between groups" and "May operate multiple groups if sufficient space and strict public health protocols are in place."  So if have enough leaders (maybe county events) with multiple PODs are possible but with less leaders (e.g. 2 or 3) groups are restricted to one group of 15 meeting (including leaders).

The Scouting Guidelines https://www.scouts.ie/Covid-19/Advice/ - https://www.scouts.ie/Covid-19/Advice/Getting-Back-to-Scouting-Roadmap.pdf and youth sector guidelines say the same, follow govt/HSE guidelines - from scouting roadmap:

"*Small team:* Scouting has always been based in the small teams of lodges, sixes, patrols/watches, crews and teams (depending on your section). Activity can restart from this basis and focus on getting these teams up and running. Not only is this a safe way to control numbers for social distancing but it is also a key part of good scouting. As measures relax, we can look at bringing more of these small teams together in the same place while still keeping to these teams."

"*Outside:* We will emphasise outside activities over Autumn and into the Winter where possible. Many Beavers and Cubs sections will want to start back in September so the focus needs to be on outdoor activities and meeting when and where possible.

"*Youth and Adults:* Before we can have new style indoor meetings consider how we can continue with the online environment to create a new blended scouting model to further reduce the risk of viral spread."

"*Camps involving up to 15 participants may take place having regard to public health advice*" 

Fitbit charge2 battery life problem ? Solution maybe replace battery.

TLDR; It seems like Fitbit batteries last maybe a year or 2 or 4 before "going bad".

Makes sense, same for any rechargable battery for mobile phones, laptops, . . . telsas, . . .

If we can buy a replacement battery we will try and replace it and hopefully recover the device.

Fitbit don't offer to repair but offer discount on upgrade to new device.

Fionn's fitbit languishing in the uncharged unused pile at the moment.

Report is last few times it was used that the charge just about lasted maybe a day.

Device worked grand maybe for 4 years.

What's the problem?

Software update ? Change in config ? Causing more battery use.

  Can see some evidence (on the internet) that this could be a problem.

  https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/fitbit-charge-2-firmware-update-battery-1.5258511 Aug 2019

Not charging properly ?

  Myeh loads of info. Official company line. 

Charge not lasting long ? Old battery?

 Thinking that this is most likely.

 Fitbit forum discussion indicate lots of users with problem.

 Fitbit company policy seems to be offer discount on purchasing a newer Fitbit device instead of repair.

https://www.google.com/search?q=fitbit+charge+2+battery+not+lasting

https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Charge-2/Battery-draining-quickly/td-p/1975351#
(solutions offered: optimise power use, check charging is ok (which will not solve issue for a device with a battery problem))

https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Charge-2/Charge-2-battery-not-lasting-a-day/m-p/3758231/highlight/false#M213283
terrible(8 hours) charge holding, either since forever for device or onset of problem, same solutions offered

https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Charge-2/Charge-2-battery-is-draining-to-fast-and-heart-rate-stopped/td-p/2806332/page/3
onset of charge holding problem and defective other things maybe

https://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/2004.htm
"Can I extend my Fitbit device's battery life?"
https://www.androidauthority.com/fitbit-problems-issues-732505/
"The most common Fitbit problems and how to fix them"
https://gadgetsandwearables.com/2019/04/01/fitbit-not-holding-charge/

https://www.reddit.com/r/fitbit/comments/93tly4/charge_2_battery_drain_customer_service_rant/
"MY charge 2 wont't keep a charge. After 17 months of a charge lasting 4-5 days, its battery life is down to less than a year[ed: day I presume]."

SOLUTION: Buy a battery and replace it ourselves. We are electronic engineers with a little experience torxing, disassembling mobile phones, laptops, computers, etc and sometimes successfuly replacing parts, fixing screens, replacing batteries etc . . . so we might be able to do it.

https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Charge-2/Can-I-purchase-a-Charge-2-battery/td-p/2095010
Note: The official line is "There is no battery replacment"

https://www.google.com/search?q=replace+battery+fitbit+charge2

Buying a battery and replacing it is a bit tricky requiring plastic/electronics parts gentle disassembly and delicate un-solder, solder on new battery. WARNING: this will definitely void your warranty. It could cause wailing and gnashing of teeth, bruised/cut/burnt fingers/thumbs, dead fitbits, fire. I might be possible if you have some electronics soldering and disassembly/reassembly repair experience. This battery might work: 80mAh LSSP411415 Replace Battery For Fitbit Charge 2, or less mAh(not as good): LSSP411415 Battery for Fitbit Charge 2 Smart Watch SmartWatch 60mAh Li-Po Li Polymer Voltage:3.7V Not original parts obviously so size(physical dimensions and power) as well as quality could be an issue, BUT they might work. Good project to take on.



https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000050065247.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.24982ee5o0soAj&algo_pvid=ddb6b931-893d-4db9-91a1-7fda5884fb2c&algo_expid=ddb6b931-893d-4db9-91a1-7fda5884fb2c-0&btsid=0ab6d70515984544339366018e59a2&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_

VERY GOOD HOW TO video on youtube: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYwEM7W19dg

4 mins but fast forward in the soldering part of the video, I would guess this task would take me an hour (not includign time to browse web, find all the infos, find battery, purchase). And I already have torx screwqdrivers, philips, tools, soldering iron, etc etc.

https://yourfitnessradar.com/can-fitbit-batteries-be-replaced/
No detail on battery and instead of soldering a technique called smoldering is used >;-) "Smoldering is up next. It can be hard to smolder the circuit board while you’re holding it, so we recommend that you tape it down while you’re working on it."

To Kill A Mockingbird censorship . . . Conrad, Casement, . . Taylor Swift lockdown album out

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/education/twelve-year-old-pupils-do-not-understand-complexities-of-racially-charged-classics-says-councillor-seeking-removal-of-books-39393404.html

I read To Kill A Mockingbird for first time a few years ago and found it was really good. The good guys (father and Scout) after all are defending a wrongly accused black man and Scout sticks out as she doesn't buy into the racism. 

Not sure if I would have liked it in school but I think it's a great one for secondary school. Some of my friends did it in school. I can see how it would be tough and add to the hassle kids of colour would get in school alright though. Some kids and teens are amazingly stupid/ignorant/? But I think introduce it early is actually good but you have to generate debate in class and openly challenge the stupid/ignorant . . the odd time with youth we have debates that get interesting - some of the boys especially seem to have shocking attitudes  

I did Conrad - Typhoon in school. Drunken captain. Bockety ship. South seas. Typhoon. Another of his books is the Nigger of the Narcissus. Like, WTF! Later discovering Conrad and that gay Irish Congo lad . . whats his name ? Roger Casement (successful google of "gay Irish Congo lad" there) met in Congo and shared sentiments of anti-racism and anti-slavery.


aaaanyway . . . .


https://my.viewranger.com/route/details/MzIzNDg5Mg==
Follow Dodder River from Clonskeagh to the Sea
Walking route to Grand Canal Dock, Dublin City, Ireland

urban river hike/cycle

TODO: make a loop urban cycle/hike along grand canal, follow dodder river up to Tempelogue/before M50, then head north Poddle, Tymon -
on road for a bit through Walkinstown
Lansdowne valley, Camac river, Drimnagh castle park ?
to Grand Canal and follow it into town.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s5xdY6MCeI&list=PLmU8B4gZ41icKdheg4d2KZBgDR1wSWfbH&index=3
Taylor Swift new album - cardigan video - folklore - story song - Rebekah and Bill and American Oil and Holiday House . . .
https://genius.com/Taylor-swift-the-last-great-american-dynasty-lyrics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebekah_Harkness
Damn. Tragic story with her kids.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/07/24/taylor-swift-folklore-last-great-american-dynasty/

seven
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEY-GPsru_E&list=PLmU8B4gZ41icKdheg4d2KZBgDR1wSWfbH&index=7
https://genius.com/Taylor-swift-seven-lyrics

[Verse 1]
Please picture me in the trees
I hit my peak at seven
Feet in the swing over the creek
I was too scared to jump in
But I, I was high in the sky
With Pennsylvania under me
Are there still beautiful things?

[Chorus]
Sweet tea in the summer
Cross your heart, won't tell no other
And though I can’t recall your face
I still got love for you
Your braids like a pattern
Love you to the Moon and to Saturn
Passed down like folk songs
The love lasts so long

[Verse 2]
And I've been meaning to tell you
I think your house is haunted
Your dad is always mad and that must be why
And I think you should come live with me
And we can be pirates
Then you won't have to cry
Or hide in the closet
And just like a folk song
Our love will be passed on

[Bridge]
Please picture me in the weeds
Before I learned civility
I used to scream ferociously
Any time I wanted
I, I

[Chorus]
Sweet tea in the summer
Cross my heart, won’t tell no other
And though I can't recall your face
I still got love for you
Pack your dolls and a sweater
We'll move to India forever
Passed down like folk songs
Our love lasts so long

https://genius.com/Taylor-swift-betty-lyrics

AEDs on openstreetmap and/or Staying Alive app. (AED = Auto Emergency Defibrillators for heart attack situations)

For First Aid help at events it would be nice to check prior to events where might be the closest AED. 

We are helping out at Orienteering event in Marlay park this weekend (Family Friendly, see below).

One was used at Parkrun in Busky park April 2019. One was used up on Ticknock mountain bike trails a few months ago. 

https://www.facebook.com/dmpvr/posts/3138974512817077?comment_id=3140194639361731 July 5 2020 Biking.ie at Ticknock.

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2382723055072030&id=1415668991777446 Bushy park incident April 2019.

 https://www.facebook.com/TicknockMountainBikeTrails/posts/were-delighted-to-announce-the-installation-of-an-aed-in-here-in-ticknock-a-mass/2682780371784683/ AED installed at Ticknock biking.ie bike hire shed/cafe.

https://www.facebook.com/BallinastoeMountainBikeTrails/posts/massive-thanks-to-coillte-who-part-funded-a-aed-for-ballinastoe-its-open-and-rea/3097017343658217/ AED installed at biking.ie Ballinastoe MTB bike hire shed.

https://www.facebook.com/SandyfordHall/posts/504624226328713 AED install at Sandyford Hall.

http://www.ecrr.ie/latest-news-and-events/category/aed East Cork Rapid Response

https://blog.parkrun.com/uk/tag/aed/ AED news installs/training/stories for Parkrun.

AED Maps, proprietary, closed source, . . 

There are some AED map apps and websites, some international, a couple of Irish, but information is not accessible unless you are qualified responder. Some First Aid training companies provide the apps, not sure do they share AED locations with each other. I have first aid cpr training but can't access the apps and contribute to adding locations of AEDs on these maps or even see the maps. Where you can see information it is incomplete or out of date. Anyway, an open-source, more publically accessible model would seem to be a better solution for recording AED locations. 

https://helpinghearts.ie/pages/aed-map-for-ireland   missing many locations

https://www.spservices.ie/news/Where-Is-My-Nearest-Defibrillator--AED_150.html UK. Not open to public. But looking for public to input and maintain database.  https://www.thecircuit.uk/  GoodSAM app for registered responders https://www.goodsamapp.org/

https://irishheart.ie/your-health/cpr/cpr-courses/aedsdefibrillators-save-lives/ "AED/defibrillator? Do you know where your nearest one is in an emergency?"  No, it's tricky to find out where one is. e.g. on Pearse Street in Dublin after a week of talking with people we figured out that Trinity Gym had one and we think Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - company beside Tesco have one. . . we think.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ireland/comments/34o74m/defibrillatorlocations/

https://www.goodsamapp.org/

https://www.goodsamapp.org/aed

https://www.rte.ie/news/leinster/2020/0128/1111546-defibrillators/

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30987273.html

desire for database . . . "council should provide a list"

https://www.rte.ie/news/2019/0810/1068128-dublin-defibrillator/
'phone box' public defibrillator the 'Heart of Stoneybatter'

https://twitter.com/cobhtourism/status/1056916363799879680?lang=en

https://cobhedition.com/?p=32391

Another phone box AED in Cobh. 

https://www.facebook.com/cobhedition/posts/update-unit-has-been-locateddefibrillator-missing-from-top-of-the-hillall-the-ae/2762774253744508/

Dec 2019 "DEFIBRILLATOR MISSING FROM TOP OF THE HILL"

https://www.facebook.com/cobhtidytowns/posts/1194979773946283

Here's a list of where you can find an AED (defibrillator) around Cobh in the event of an emergency:
Cobh Cabs
Curley's Spar - Top of the Hill
Cobh Community Centre
Garvey's Supervalu
Cobh Credit Union
Rushbrooke Tennis Club
Cobh GAA
Cobh Golf Club
Keatings Londis Plus
Cobh Hospital
Cobh town council office
Coral Leisure
Ballymore Community centre
Cobh heritage centre
Cobh Fire Station
Cobh Pirates
Carrignafoy Astro Pitch
Pat O Brien Soccer Pitch
Colaiste Muire
Cobh Cathedral
Carrignaloe train station
First Responder on-call
GP on-call
Ambulance

https://rocdoc.ie/aed-locations/ some AEDs installed around Ashbourne.

https://www.phecit.ie/PHECC/Publications_and_Resources/Newsletters/Newsletter_Itmes/Summer_2012/The_National_Defibrillator.aspx The National Defibrillator Register. Maybe there is a register. Who can see it? 

https://firsteditionfirstaid.ca/blog/2018/07/16/where-are-aeds-how-to-find-aed-locations/

Canada PulsePoint App

https://www.redcross.ie/programmes-and-services-in-ireland/free-defibrillator-check/

Red Cross units nationwide offer free checks after defibrillator failure reported to Coroner.

AED search in google maps shows a few but not many

https://www.google.com/maps/search/AED/@53.272315,-6.2913841,12.25z

Ahhhh, finally!

APP called Staying Alive  https://www.stayingalive.org/

AEDMAP France http://aedmap.org/ in partnership with . . . 

You can optionally register as a citizen/other First Aid Responder.

You can edit the map and add AED locations.

And report problems with AED locations.

So anyway, it's a bit of a mess! :-P

Finding out where AED is unless you see it(in real life or by following facebook/twitter/.../local news) is tricky. If you are not local you won't be able to know where AEDs are.

The Staying Alive App seems best currently.

AED locations in OSM

In OSM we can see some AED locations are recorded but there have been a good few new AED devices installed in recent years and many are not on the map. SO . . it would be nice to add them into OSM and use OSM as the database of locations.

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:emergency%3Ddefibrillator

TOOLS:

https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/emergency=defibrillator

there are 28000 in the world (in the map)

http://taginfo.openstreetmap.ie/tags/emergency=defibrillator

we have 208 in Ireland  (in the map)

overpass-turbo tool show me where AEDs are (choose region and hit run):
http://overpass-turbo.eu/?template=key-value&key=emergency&value=defibrillator

USE THIS ONE:

http://overpass-turbo.eu/#map=7/53.77469/-5.91614?template=key-value&key=emergency&value=defibrillator

http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=7/53.77469/-5.91614

Discussion . . . 

https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/41537/why-aed-defibrillators-are-not-displayed-on-maps?

"It would be useful to show AED locations as in preparation for an event as First Aider where I am not immediately local I wish to look up where AEDs are located and then visit to check that there is one there. There are more AEDs installed here in Ireland in recent years but many of them are internal in buildings due to protection from vandalism. Even with talking to local people it is very difficult to find AED locations."

https://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=58770

Adding AED locations would be a good project for . . Scouts ?

How to get started on openstreetmap . . .

Open-Street-Map is an open source map. Anybody in the world can sign up and edit the map like wikipedia. Just like wikipedia you have to be careful and edit the map correctly and follow the correct procedures. There is a community of open-street-map people in Ireland and around the world that help each other to do this.

The best people to edit the map are local people with area knowledge who can visit the location and make sure the map is correct.

At https://www.openstreetmap.org/ click on Sign up or Log in, register as an Open-Street-Map user. Use an existing google account or email. 

At https://www.openstreetmap.org/ you will see an on-screen button to add map notes. That will let you drop a marker on the map with an explanation of what needs to change. But it is even better if you edit the map yourself and fix it. Each change is recorded and can be accepted or amended or removed by openstreetmap moderators. 

Some tutorials here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBjVzMkiYE0RVIbOoqezJHg/videos


If we search for "AED" in Openstreetmap . . it brings us to Andorra.

What is going on here ?
https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=AED#map=8/44.056/0.588

You see, computers are stupid. (I know, I know, when they do become sentient they will hunt me down, but for now they are still stupid). This search is mainly a location name search. Not a thing or POI search (POI == Point Of Interest).

There are different websites and apps that allow different sorts of searches on openstreetmap data. e.g. OSMAnd for Android phones allows searches, map browsing, direction routing. e.g. viewranger uses openstreetmap data with track recording, routing for hiking and cycling. One could develop an app which provided AED search (or more generally emergency tagged items search). 

There is an openstreetmap tool and website called overpass-turbo which allows a general search on OSM objects.

http://overpass-turbo.eu/#map=7/53.77469/-5.91614?template=key-value&key=emergency&value=defibrillator

It looks like someone in Bray has added a good few AED locations. 

Maynooth university seems to have lots of AEDs.

You can click on each AED and see the tags added. e.g. this is common

• access=yes
• emergency=defibrillator
• name=Defibrillator

Some are added with just one tag, but this does not make clear if access is private or permissive or free.

• 
  
• emergency=defibrillator

e.g. of other tags used . . .

defibrillator:location=wall mounted next to the entrance of Tesco

• defibrillator:location=located on external wall before lighthouse at the end of the east pier
• defibrillator:location=Fixed to the farmyard wall beside graveyard entrance. Harris's farm wall.
• defibrillator:location=Located on the wall outside the door of Enfield Credit Union. The machine is enclosed in a secure box and there is a key code provided for access.
• defibrillator:location=Fixed to the trellis fencing outside of Furey's Pub on the greenway path of the Royal Canal. The Defibrillator unit is fixed to the fencing and accessible 24/7
• defibrillator:location=on the wall of Cadamstown National School gate entrance
• emergency=defibrillator
• opening_hours=24/7
• indoor=no
• indoor=yes
• wheelchair=yes

e.g. access=permissive tag should probably be used here and phone numbers for Gardai

emergency=defibrillator

• indoor=no
• location=outdoor
• note=Phone Mallow Gardai (+3532221105) for access code.
• opening_hours=24/7
• operator=Mallow Search & Rescue
• phone=+3532221105;+353876353850;+353862316091
• 
  

e.g. access=permissive tag should probably be used here
defibrillator:location=At the side of the Church as you enter the pedestrian gate. The unit is inside a green metal box with key pad. You must call 999 and specify your location. The emergency services operator will then give you the code.

e.g. sometimes unnecessary tags are used (one from Maynooth)

access=no

• bicycle=no
• description=Lifepak 1000
• emergency=defibrillator
• foot=yes
• horse=no
• indoor=yes
• motor_vehicle=no
• name=Stoyte House Defibrillator

e.g. sometimes note is used, perhaps defibrillator:location should be used.
note=beside staircase to beergarden

Some discussion of OSM forums:

• https://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=58770

Another project: add recycling centres, bottle banks etc:

https://www.dlrcoco.ie/en/recycling-waste/bring-banks

Orienteering in Marlay Park this Sunday 🏃‍♀️🏃🏻🚶🏼‍♂️🚶🏾‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃🏻🚶🏼‍♂️🚶🏾‍♀️

I hope you are enjoying the holidays and warm interesting weather! 😀 There is some Orienteering in Marlay Park this Sunday 09 Aug. Start times 11:00-13:00. Family/Fun friendly Event. 🏃‍♀️🏃🏻🚶🏼‍♂️🚶🏾‍♀️We are helping out the club who are organising the event. It would be a good event for Scouts to go to or for the whole family (there is a cost 20 euros family entry though). Start/parking at College Road South entrance to park, cycle/walk if possible. 

More details: http://ajaxoc.blogspirit.com 

Pre-entry here (to make registration easier/safer):  

https://orienteering.ie/fixtures/marlay-park-7/

10/8/7/5 euros adult/child. 20 euros family entry.

Short 2.2km Medium 3.7km and long 6.4km courses. 

http://ajaxoc.blogspirit.com/media/00/01/1850444100.pdf  

Might see some of you there! 🏃‍♀️🏃🏻🚶🏼‍♂️🚶🏾‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃🏻🚶🏼‍♂️🚶🏾‍♀️

Plantspotting. July. Irish wild flowers. Especially Silverweed and bird's foot trefoil.

IDENTIFY:
https://www.irishwildflowers.ie/colour/yellow.html
http://www.wildflowersofireland.net/plants_by_colour.php
https://www.irishwildflowers.ie/colour/pink.html

Rosebay willowherb, Fireweed, pink spires, edible, tea/..
http://www.wildflowersofireland.net/plant_detail.php?id_flower=317&wildflower=Willowherb,%20Rosebay
https://www.irishwildflowers.ie/pages/196a.html
Chamerion angustifolium (Epilobium angustifolium) 
Lus na tine 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamaenerion_angustifolium
"angustifolium ('narrowleaved') is constructed from the Latin words angustus meaning 'narrow' and folium meaning 'leaved' or 'leaf'. It shares this name with other species of plant including Vaccinium angustifolium. The common British name, from the passing resemblance of the flowers to (wild) roses and the leaves to those of bay, goes back in print to Gerard's Herball of 1597.^[5] The common name 'fireweed' derives from the species' abundance as a coloniser on burnt sites after forest fires."

Foxgloves

Quite difficult, . . this one.
In Clare, ground in gateways. Flowers like buttercups. Leaves different. Creeping like buttercup but with red stem creepers.

Very similar to . .
Trailing tormentil
Leaves not the same. Toothy leaves, alternate, 15 (or 13 or 11) mostly. ?cinqorzefoil!!!??? :)
https://www.irishwildflowers.ie/pages/171a.html
Potentilla anglica 
Néalfartach shraoilleach 
Hybrid? With Tormentil 
Potentilla erecta  

Néalfartach 

?

https://www.irishwildflowers.ie/pages/170a.html

néalfartach1, f. (gs. -aí). (Act of) dozing, drowsing, falling half asleep; disturbed sleep. 

sraoilleach1, f. (gs. -llí). Straggling growth (ofseaweed, etc.).

sraoilleach2, a1. Ragged, tattered; trailing, bedraggled; slatternly, sluttish. Duine ~, slovenly person. Éadach ~, tattered clothing.Cleití ~a, bedraggled feathers. Téada ~a, trailingropes. Scamall ~, ragged cloud. Siúl ~, slouchinggait.

Less similar to . .
Creeping Cinquefoil
https://www.irishwildflowers.ie/pages/38a.htmlPotentilla reptans, Cúig Mhéar Mhuire = 5 finger Mary. "Also known as Cuig-mhéarach, this 'five-fingered' plant was one of the ingredients in Middle Age love potions. It is still used in herbal preparations such as mouthwashes and I have seen the leaves in recipes for salad dishes."
"reptans means creeping or crawling"

More on Tormentil, https://wildflowerfinder.org.uk/Flowers/T/Tormentil/Tormentil.htm
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potentilla
Definitely Potentillia
"Typical cinquefoils look most similar to strawberries, but differ in usually having dry, inedible fruit (hence the name "barren strawberry" for some species). Many cinquefoil species have palmate leaves. Some species have just three leaflets, while others have 15 or more leaflets arranged pinnately. The flowers are usually yellow, but may be white, pinkish or red. The accessory fruits are usually dry but may be fleshy and strawberry-like, while the actual seeds – each one technically a single fruit – are tiny nuts."

Good clues here, leaves are like silverweed, red runners too:
https://www.first-nature.com/flowers/potentilla-anserina.php

Potentilla anserina - Silverweed

"The stalked pinnate leaves of Silverweed are alternate and usually have 7 to 12 pairs of toothed leaflets plus a terminal leaflet"

Etymology

"Potentilla, the genus name, means 'powerful, despite its small size' and is a reference to the claimed medicinal value of plants in this genus."

"The specific epithet anserina means of or pertaining geese"

https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/wildflowers/silverweed

"Thin, red creepers form new stems"

https://www.plantlife.org.uk/uk/discover-wild-plants-nature/plant-fungi-species/silverweed

Silverweed was allegedly plucked by "Roman soldiers to use as padding in their shoes" "vernacular names for the plants including Traveller's ease and Traveller's joy." "was said to keep the feet of long-distance messengers cool and dry."

"roots were eaten in times of famine" 

"The roots can be baked, boiled, roasted, dried and ground into a rough flour for bread or porridge" "quite a meagre vegetable they taste a bit like parsnips."

Gaelic names include brisgean, briosglan or brislean, meaning brittle. It is also known as an seachdamh aran, one of the seven breads of the Gael"

"Potentilla means ‘little powerful one’ since the plant has astringent, anticatarrhal, anti-inflammatory and diuretic properties. Medicinal uses for dried leaves include gargling or mouthwash for sore throats, gum infections or mouth ulcers, or to be taken internally or applied as a compress for haemorrhoids, stomach ache or heartburn."

Very good details here:

http://www.twocrows.co.uk/kaleidescopes/text-pages/silverweed-text.html
silverweed: Potentilla anserina L. Synonym Argentina anserina (L) Rydb. An seachdamh aran (the seventh bread), Argentine, Bread-and-butter, Bread and Cheese, Briosglan/brislean (brittle), Brisgean, Crampweed, Dog Tansy, Dog's Tansy, Ewe-daisy, Fair Days, Fair Grass, Fern-buttercup, Fish-bones, Golden flower, Golden sovereigns, Goose Grass, Goose Tansy, Goosewort,. Mascorns, Moon Grass, Moor Grass, More Grass, Moss Corns, Moss-crop, Prince's Feathers, Silver feather, Silver fern, Silver grass, Silver leaves Silvery Cinquefoil, Silver-weed, Silverweed, Swine's Beads, Swine's Murriks, Swine's grass, Trailing Tansy, Traveller's ease, Wild Agrimony, Wild Tansy.

https://www.irishwildflowers.ie/pages/137a.html

Yes. It is Silverweed.

In the lawn. Near the sea.

White clover, 

Red clover, less but bigger flowers of red clover. Agricultural or native?

Red Clover 
Trifolium pratense 
Seamair dhearg 

seamair, f. (gs. seimre, npl. -mra, gpl. -ar).Clover. ~ bhán, white clover. ~ dhearg, ~ chapaill, red clover. ~ choille, wood-sorrel. ~ chré, speedwell. ~ mhilis, sweet clover. ~ Mhuire, four-leaved shamrock. Tá an t~ Mhuire(faoina chrios) aige, he is very lucky.

Self heal

https://www.irishwildflowers.ie/pages/134a.html

Selfheal  Prunella vulgaris  Duán ceannchosach = kidney/hook headfoot ? Kidney/Hook ankle ? Family: Lamiaceae

A yellow flower, like vetch. 

Leaves like big thyme leaves.

Some flowers (young?old?) red/orange red.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_corniculatus

Lotus corniculatus "pea family Fabaceae," "native to grasslands in temperate Eurasia and North Africa. Common names include common bird's-foot trefoil,^[2] bacon and eggs,^[3] birdsfoot deervetch,^[4] and just bird's-foot trefoil,^[5] though the latter name is often also applied to other members of the genus."

"used in agriculture as a forage plant, grown for pasture, hay, and silage. It is a high quality forage that does not cause bloat in ruminants."

Flowers, sedative, hydrogen cyanide.

http://www.wildflowersofireland.net/plant_detail.php?id_flower=291&Wildflower=Bird%27s-foot-trefoil,%20Common

Crobh éin = bird's claw

https://www.tearma.ie/q/crobh%20%C3%A9in/

https://www.tearma.ie/q/crobh

https://www.first-nature.com/flowers/lotus-corniculatus.php

"corniculatus comes from Latin and means 'with small horns'"

Yellow flower like dandelion but hard stems.

http://www.wildflowersofireland.net/plants_by_colour.php

Not cat's ear I think.

https://www.irishwildflowers.ie/pages/428a.html

Rough Hawkbit 
Leontodon hispidus 
Crág phortáin gharbh  = claw crab rough
Family: Asteraceae

https://www.irishwildflowers.ie/pages/78a.html

Lesser Hawkbit 
Leontodon saxatilis 
Crág phortáin bheag = claw crab little

Could be . . . Rough Hawkbit, lesser hawkbit

https://www.irishwildflowers.ie/pages/297a.html

Hawkweeds
Hieracium agg.
Lus na seabhac
Family: Asteraceae

Hawkweeds form a large group of perennial plants that are very difficult to distinguish between.

crág1, f. (gs. -áige, npl. ~a, gpl. ~).1. Large hand; claw, paw. 2. Handful. ~, lán cráige, de rud, handful of sth. ~ mhine, airgid, handful of meal, of money. 3. Mec.E: Clutch. ~ dhiosca, chuimilte, disk, friction, clutch. ~ bhíomail, brace-chuck. An chrág a ghreamú, a scaoileadh, to engage, release, the clutch. 

https://www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/garbh

This one was difficult. Very small flower.
Hard to see what the petals were like. White flower, looked like 10 petals but there were 5 split petals.

Common Mouse-ear 
Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare 
Cluas liath = grey ear
Family: Caryophyllaceae

https://www.irishwildflowers.ie/pages/106a.html