Our insufficient efforts to let the animals roam.
Eyes flashed in the darkness. It was early October, 1970, and dozens of elk had congregated along the highway between Banff and Lake Louise. Interested only in each other—it was the height of mating season—the elk were heedless of the traffic pouring by.
I worried each time my headlights picked up the retinas of these animals. Bad combination: fast-moving cars and large wildlife. Collisions had left bloodstains on the highway. What if an elk bolted directly in front of my old Volkswagen van? Fortunately none did, that night.
Eight years later, when Sid Marty's book Men for the Mountains came out, I was seeing far fewer elk along the Trans- Canada Highway. In a macabre way, the safety issue seemed to be resolving itself.
Skid marks, burnt into the grey hardtop for 60 feet, showed that a car had been moving well over the posted speed limit. At the end of the track was a long streak of blood . . . . There was nothing else in sight. But the ravens, wheeling and rising again, impatient, meant that the animal was still alive.
We were on bicycles, following the Trans-Canada south from Lake Louise. Having enjoyed 230 kilometres of safe, pleasant riding along the lightly travelled Icefields Parkway, we were now on the Meatmaker at its worst. We hugged the edge, riding in single file as a steady stream of cars and trucks whizzed by at our elbows. I had a rear-view mirror on my bike, as well as a wiggly red flag to alert the drivers coming up behind us. So far, so good.
But suddenly the image in my mirror was terrifying: a car was passing unlawfully on the shoulder, closing quickly and not slowing down.
Cia heard my shout. We both jerked our bikes off the pavement. As we wobbled onto the grassy verge and crashed, the car simply continued on its way.
Neither of us was hurt, but we did the remaining stretch to Banff with our hearts in our mouths. In the years that followed, we saw news stories about cyclists who had not been as lucky as we were. And there were many items about motorists killed on the Meatmaker.
Aye, the old two-lane Trans-Canada through Banff National Park was notorious. Twinned west from Calgary to the park's east gate in the early 1970s, the Trans-Canada was dumping many thousands of vehicles per day onto those two lanes. During peak periods traffic would back up from the Banff traffic circle to Castle Junction, 25 kilometres away. The fatality rate was well above the Alberta average. Something had to be done.
In the late '70s, the federal public works department announced it was going to twin the Trans-Canada Highway right through the park. The applause from Calgary must have been audible in Ottawa, but to many conservationists, myself included, bashing an expressway through the heart of the Bow Valley was a horrifying thought. The whole place was on the verge of being declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Why not just add enough passing lanes to break up the traffic jams and enough cops to keep order when the ski areas emptied out?
There were public hearings on each of the proposed first two phases of highway upgrading: 13 kilometres from the east park gate to the Banff traffic circle, then 14 more to the turnoff for Sunshine ski area west of Banff. Public Works was the proponent; Parks Canada joined scientists and conservationists as intervenors. A panel deliberated and the engineers won out. Four lanes it was going to be, some of it divided, some of it side by side with a concrete barrier down the middle.
The federal government spent $7-million on mitigation measures for Phase I of the Meatmaker upgrade, and even more on Phase II. Per kilometre this was by far the largest outlay of such money in Canada, perhaps in the world. A continuous wire fence 2.4 metres tall was installed to keep any animal larger than a snowshoe hare off the right-of-way. Three bridges functioned as wildlife underpasses by leaving space for animals to pass beside the water. Six dry underpasses were built, one of which was a round metal culvert four metres in diameter, while the other five were short bridge-type open spans of various lengths up to 22 metres. All of these were situated at spots where animals were thought to cross the road frequently.
The designers had little background information to help them. Would the fence and the crossing structures do the job?
Highway reconstruction began in 1979. By the time the full 27 kilometres of phases I and II were completed in 1987, some results were easy to see. Cars and trucks moved freely and the Banff traffic circle was now a high-speed interchange instead of a bottleneck. Safety was much improved, with far fewer head-on fatalities. The fence was indeed keeping nearly all the moose, elk, deer and bighorn sheep off the pavement, and since these large colliders were the main worry for motorists, from a driver's point of view the fence was a resounding success. Anecdotal evidence and casual monitoring by park wardens showed that animals were indeed using the underpasses.
Still, mistakes had been made. Ladders over the fence and one-way gates in it were not entirely animal-proof. (First rule of natural history: everything out there is smarter than we think it is.) Further, critters could wriggle under the fence, which was not tight to the ground everywhere. Dandelions and other rapidly growing vegetation inside the fence were now untouched by grazing animals and thus more plentiful, enticing bears to climb over the fence and get hit. Coyotes were being killed in large numbers. They could dig under the fence and cross the traffic lanes to hunt the rodents doing so well in the lush median.
Less risky for the coyotes, but fatal for the bighorn sheep living beside the Vermilion Lakes west of Banff, was the discovery that it was possible to run the sheep up against the fence and kill them. Within a few years most of the flock had disappeared.
The fence was particularly offensive, a wire barrier lurking at the edge of the woods for kilometre after kilometre. To me, the park looked like Banff National Game Farm.
Such were the surprises generated by the initial phases of the project. No surprise to me was how bad it looked. Not the highway; as a work of engineering it was lovely. The views were more expansive than before, the majesty of the park more breathtaking to behold. What I saw, though, was the huge swath cut through the forest. What was once part of the park was now a freeway. The natural landscape had been injured, especially where the route had been blasted out of the bedrock. And the fence was particularly offensive, a wire barrier lurking at the edge of the woods for kilometre after kilometre. To me, the park looked like Banff National Game Farm.
When phase IIIA of the upgrade (Sunshine turnoff to Castle Junction) was announced in the early '90s, we learned that nearly all of the 18.5 kilometres was to be divided highway. In addition to fencing—at least the base of the fence was going to be buried this time—13 crossing structures were proposed by the consultants, all of them culverts. By this time culverts were known to be used less often by wildlife than open-span structures, but culverts were considerably cheaper to build than open spans. The cutback era was well on, and government funding of all kinds was down.
The public consultation process had changed, too. "Parks Canada argued that they now knew all about twinning highways in national parks, so they didn't need the extra element of scrutiny and thoroughness that they would get with a full panel- type review," said McIvor. "No public hearings were held. Just open houses, which were essentially sales jobs." McIvor's advice on behalf of the Bow Valley Naturalists was largely ignored, as were the recommendations of other environmental groups.
None of this boded well for wildlife trying to cross the highway. Biologists and conservationists kicked up a fuss. Parks Canada responded by offering wider culverts and two open spans. Perhaps realizing the PR value of a visible gesture, the agency built two overhead crossing structures, each 50 metres wide. Few travellers on the twinned portion of the highway realized that wildlife underpasses even existed, but these $2- million overpasses were highly visible. They would demonstrate to everyone on the Trans-Canada that Parks Canada had done something significant for wildlife.
Further, in 1997 the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative had formed. The main message of its many participating scientists was that the entire Rockies region was becoming islandized. A scattering of wildlife refuges lay far from one another, separated by towns, farms, fences and roads. Animals couldn't move easily from one core area to another. Their genes weren't being exchanged freely, and gene exchange is a key requirement for long-term species survival. Wildlife habitat— especially large protected areas such as national parks—needed to be reconnected.
Yet here in Banff National Park, an existing connection was being fenced off. I reasoned that the only way to let the natural world carry on its business in the presence of a superhighway was to either bury the road as a continuous tunnel or raise it as a continuous viaduct. In either case, wildlife could move from one side to other wherever and whenever they liked, with no risk of getting run over by traffic.
I had said as much to Parks Canada during one of the "open houses" for Phase IIIA. The representatives had smiled politely as they dismissed my suggestion, saying that the proposed crossing structures would do the job just fine. Besides, any alternative to a standard highway was far, far too expensive to even contemplate.
When construction of phase IIIA was well underway, Parks Canada did one thing right. In 1996 they hired Tony Clevenger, a respected independent wildlife biologist who was not involved in the design or placement of the crossing structures, to see how well they were working.
Dr. Clevenger responded with a rigorous, peer-reviewable, six-year study. Using technology as simple as strips of raked soil that would record animal tracks and as complex as automatic cameras, the actual use of each crossing structure was monitored. Clevenger's 2002 report totaled 432 pages. It was the best work of its kind done anywhere in the world.
There have been a total of 29,343 through-passes by wildlife at the nine phase 1 and 2 underpasses between November 1996 and March 2002. Wolves used the structures 2,317 times, cougars 515 times, black bears 461 times, and grizzly bears 26 times. At the 13 phase 3A crossing structures there were a total of 8,036 passages by wildlife between November 1997 and March 2002. Cougars used the crossing structures 170 times, black bears 142 times, wolves 132 times and grizzly bears 25 times. In the 64 months of monitoring, more than 37,379 individual wildlife passes were detected at 22 wildlife crossing structures.
The detail in the report goes on and on like this, showing how much Clevenger had learned about crossing structures and how wildlife make use of them. He is currently trying to identify individual animals, especially grizzly bears, by collecting their DNA from hair samples left on sticky strips. This is important new info, applicable to grizzly survival in the park.
Clevenger has carefully worked out the crossing-structure setup for the upcoming twinning from Castle Junction to Lake Louise, where a few kilometres are already twinned, and on to the western park boundary. He'd like to see 20 structures installed over the 33 kilometres of the upgrade, including seven structures 70 metres wide, which is 20 metres wider than the previous maximum, and a lot of narrow-diameter culverts, which he has discovered many smaller animals will use. All 20 major structures would be located at or close to natural crossing sites. A number of them are must-build highway bridges that would merely be lengthened for use as wildlife underpasses.
If his recommendations are followed, Clevenger is confident that these structures will be more effective than the older ones in the other phases. But will animals use them enough to crack the islandization problem?
When I spoke to University of Calgary geography professor Shelley Alexander, she was doubtful. Alexander did her PhD thesis on wildlife crossings of highways in various locations in southern Alberta. These were over-the-pavement crossings of two-lane highways, not four-lane ones. One of her study locations was section IIIB of the Trans-Canada, the stretch remaining to be twinned. Thus, Alexander's work provides baseline information that will help determine whether the structures Clevenger has recommended will make the upgraded highway more crossable than it is now, before twinning.
Like Clevenger, Alexander is hoping for the best. But her data show that significantly more animals make it across the heavily travelled two lanes of IIIB than they do under and over the four lanes of IIIA. The habitat is fairly similar through both sections. Does this mean that an upgraded IIIB, despite more and better crossing structures, still won't be crossed more often than it is now?
Which brings us to the final chapter in this story: the planning for Phase IIIB of the Trans-Canada upgrade, the final 33-kilometre stretch in the western part of the park. Parks Canada seems to have learned little from its experience with phases I, II and IIIA, except how to put the run-around on those of us urging higher standards on IIIB, the last chance to get things right.
Jim Pissot, executive director of Defenders of Wildlife Canada, is annoyed about this. I had met Pissot in December of 2003 at a gathering of conservationists concerned about IIIB, and we had collectively chosen him to represent us on a Parks Canada advisory committee of "stakeholders." Last September, I spoke with Pissot in his Canmore office about how things had been going.
Pissot was shocked when he saw the preliminary planning documents for IIIB. The highway designers seemed not to have heard of Tony Clevenger. His name could not be found, and the original background paper called for less than half of the mitigation work Clevenger had recommended.
If we can bridge the stormy sea for 13 kilometres between the mainland and PEI, surely we can raise 33 kilometres of the Meatmaker in Banff National Park.
Naturally, this brought a chorus of protest from scientists and conservation groups. Members of the advisory committee— even the truckers—agreed that Clevenger's work was good and that his recommendations should be followed. Parks Canada had little choice but to go along. However, the final structure widths were less than he had advised, and Shelley Alexander's plea for long elevated sections had been rejected completely.
Banff, our oldest and most popular park, is vastly important to Canadians. In fact, Banff National Park and its wildlife are right up there with the flag and the Mountie in red serge as world-renowned symbols of our country. So why is Parks Canada doing such a dubious job of protecting wildlife along the nation's number-one highway in the nation's number-one park?
With that question in mind, I went to see Terry McGuire, the Parks Canada transportation engineer who was in charge of the IIIA upgrade and is now directing IIIB. From his office in downtown Calgary, McGuire assured me that Clevenger's report will be followed in type, number and placement of crossing structures. He showed me the plans. Okay.
What he said next, though, gave me a chill. "As we envision it, the whole of IIIB requires about $160-million to build. We have an appropriation of only $50-million." Yikes! Would the project be low-balled by $110-million? No room for wildlife underpasses in that. But McGuire had a solution. He'd build IIIB in segments, spending that first $50-million on a section 10–12 kilometres long from Lake Louise toward Castle Junction, which takes in a particularly bad accident zone. The crossing structures would be included. After that, he'll see how much money he is given and when.
Terry McGuire may be painted as the bad guy punching IIIB through with inadequate mitigation, but I can sympathize.
This is third-world stuff he's having to deal with. In Canada, no respectable engineer should have to put up with such gross underfunding. This isn't a matter for McGuire, it's a matter for Parliament.
Which is where you and I should go with our concerns. Parks Canada needs money, and it needs it fast. It needs enough to repair a lot of decrepit campgrounds, enough to hire a sufficient number of wardens, and—especially—it needs enough to finish its upgrade of the Trans-Canada Highway with guaranteed wildlife permeability. The mountain national parks of Alberta and British Columbia are essential to the survival of many species that are extinct or in decline elsewhere in the Rockies. We have to give these critters every chance we can.
Tony Clevenger told me that he would like to see more and wider crossing structures. Shelley Alexander, Jim Pissot and Mike McIvor would all like to see long sections of raised road. Heck, I think we should elevate the whole of IIIB and continue it as a viaduct through Yoho, the next park to the west, setting a high standard for other jurisdictions to emulate.
If the U.S. can elevate over 80 kilometres of interstate highways across the swamps of Louisiana, and if we can bridge the stormy Northumberland Strait for 13 kilometres between New Brunswick and PEI, surely we can raise 33 kilometres of the Meatmaker in Banff National Park. Yes, the cost will be high—double $160- million, triple or more. Terry McGuire estimates a tenfold increase. It might cost as much as a couple of weeks of fighting in Afghanistan. But this is a wealthy country. We can afford it.
Ben Gadd is a naturalist and author of Handbook of the Canadian Rockies and a novel, Raven's End.


Published: May 8, 2015 at 01:26 p.m.
Updated: May 8, 2015 at 03:36 p.m.
Brandon Marshall is set to make his debut with the New York Jets this fall. According to the veteran wide receiver, he very nearly suited up for another AFC East team.
"I could have played for the Patriots last year," Marshall told ESPN 1000 on Friday (via the Chicago Sun-Times). "There was an opportunity where there probably could have (been) a trade before the season."
Last May, Marshall signed a three-year, $30 million extension with the Bears during an appearance on The View. It was weird. Marshall says trade talks with the Patriots heated up shortly before he broke bread with Whoopi and friends.
"It was my agent and the Chicago Bears because there was a little tension on the contract stuff," Marshall said. "I thought I was worth a little more. ... There were a couple of teams that were offering more money.
"It never got that far, but there was a possibility with a couple teams."
We're not sure how other teams were making superior offers to Marshall while he was under contract with the Bears, but no matter. We're confident Marshall and Tom Brady would have made beautiful music together. Then again, Brady and the Patriots did just fine on their own last season.
Marshall was traded to the Jets in exchange for a fifth-round pick in March.


A sweet take on the traditional Italian bread salad Panzanella – this dessert is perfect on it's own, or with a dollop of yogurt or whipped cream, too!
This Plum Panzanella? It's reeeeeally the best thing ever because it's a dessert version of a traditionally savory dish.
Usually, panzanella is made with toasted bread cubes, tomatoes, basil and often other Italian or Greek veggies too.
But this panzanella is made with cinnamon bread croutons, all sorts of delicious plums & pluots, plus honey roasted nuts. It's divine.
The juicy plums in this dessert (or breakfast, if you're like me) are already flavorful, but they taste even better when they brush up against the cinnamon and honey. And they're perfect with the toasty croutons and crunchy almonds.
I made my own honey roasted almonds this time, which were super easy (just toss one cup of almonds with 1 Tbsp honey, a sprinkle of cinnamon and a small pinch of salt then bake at 325 for 10 minutes), but you can definitely used store-bought. Trader Joe's Honey Roasted Sliced Almonds would be a good option.
As for the bread, I used Zen Bakery's Cinnamon Raisin Rolls, which are partly whole grain and low in sugar. A more decadent cinnamon bread would make this dish richer and more indulgent, but I'm certainly not going to dissuade you from trying it!
I'll definitely be making this again before plum season ends – hopefully we have another month (or more!) before the last of this summer fruit disappears!
A sweet take on the traditional Italian bread salad Panzanella - this dessert is perfect on it's own, or with a dollop of yogurt or whipped cream, too!
Spread bread cubes out on a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes or until browned and crisp on the edges but not completely hard. Let cool.
Meanwhile, cut plums into 1 or 1½ inch chunks and place in a large bowl. Stir in the cinnamon and almonds, then add the bread cubes and toss gently together.
Drizzle the salad with the butter and honey and toss gently once again.
Serve within 30 minutes for best flavor.


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WHY TUKIKI?
Hot waters
Large areas of the Australian Great Barrier Reef are dying
The hot summer of the southern hemisphere
During the last summer of the southern hemisphere, Australia has burnt under an unforgiving sun. Forest fires have consumed 16 800 000 ha of land in the south-eastern part of the island, destroying 5900 houses, killing at least 33 people and at least one billion animals, bringing many rare species to the brink of extinction.
Unfortunately, the great heat has not only caused disasters on the surface but, it is now discovered, even more deeply, under the surface of the ocean. Australia boasts the largest coral reef in the world, the Great Barrier Reef which this year has faced the third wave of massive bleaching in just 5 years. The terrestrial and underwater ecosystem, which are symbols of the Australian continent, have both been indelibly compromised.
Massive whitening more and more frequent
The coral reef bleaching occurs when the water temperature reaches peaks and the corals expel the algae that generate their feeding through photosynthesis. Without pigmented algae, corals die quickly, transforming their intricate forest into a white uninhabited cemetery. The reefs can recover from occasional bleaching: the fastest growing corals take about ten years to regenerate.
But massive bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef is becoming more frequent. The first recorded occurred in 1998. There have been 4 more since then: in 2002, 2016, 2017 and last year's. Last summer's bleaching was not as devastating as the most tragic, the one of 2016, when almost half of the north side of the barrier, almost 2,300 km long, died.
Yet recent episodes have already killed many species that are particularly sensitive to heat. The thing that frightens researchers is that, for the first time, bleaching has also touched the southern part of the reef, the one closest to the pole, where, in theory, the water should be colder. Apparently, not this year: in February, the highest temperature of the ocean surface has been recorded since the measurements started, 120 years ago.
Between denial, political and economic interests
For those who deny climate change, the biblical rains that put out the fires and helped lower the sea temperature are proof that both heat waves and floods are simply part of the natural cycle. Hopeful, they showed us photos of vegetation ready to bloom again. But if it is true that entire ecosystems, such as that of eucalyptus trees, regenerate thanks to fire, it is equally true that last year's exceptional fires also devastated tropical forests that will not recover quickly and killed at least a third of the koalas in New South Wales.
When it comes to destroying the barrier, the deniers themselves downplay the problem and rely on nature's ability to recover and adapt. According to many researchers, however, the cumulative effects of recent bleaching episodes would be irrecoverable. The reef will never return to the same, and "healthy" corals will remain confined to smaller and smaller areas. Australia, among the world's major economies, ranks second as per capita greenhouse gas emissions, only beaten by Saudi Arabia. Not to mention the emissions caused by oil and coal exported abroad. Last year's fires were certainly an opportunity to put under a magnifying glass the close connections between the Liberal Party of the Australian premier, Scott Morrison, and the major oil, coal and gas industries... Needless to say that in front of certain interests, it is a struggle to find someone who would listen to the requests of corals, fish, koalas, eucalyptus and the rest of the Australian ecosystem.
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Q: Apache crashes on segmentation fault using mod_wsgi large xml files I'm getting a segmentation fault in apache, causing it to restart automatically. The setup is as follows:

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*soap call is done from a WPF application (.NET)

*using apache 2.4 on windows, with configuration for mod_wsgi as follows:
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A: After a switch to Visual Studio 2013, I got a different error message, namely ContextSwitchDeadlock. This answer solved my problem:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/612787/4685789
During loading of the large dataset, after every 1000th item I called
System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.Join(10) to make sure the application keeps pumping messages.

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We give advice to adults affected by domestic violence / stalking.
Domestic violence / stalking can happen to anyone at any time. People of all ages, professions, religions and nationalities can be affected by this.
Violent actions in partnerships and families are usually not a single occurrence. Perpetrators often trivialize and use excuses such as stress, too much alcohol or alleged provocation. After the deed they might show remorse and promise that it won't happen again. This is soon followed by threats and actions, which often are increased more and more.
In the hope that things will improve - perhaps because of their feelings of fear, shame, guilt and failure maybe for the children or other dependencies - victims stay in these relationships over a long period of time. They feel helpless and the feeling of being at the mercy of the other person makes them ill.
We consider ourselves to be an advice centre for victims of domestic violence, which has a pro-active approach: With the victims' permission, we receive a report from the police on the act of domestic violence and any action taken by them. We then make contact with the victim and offer our advice, help and support. Likewise, we are notified by the police of any victims of stalking who are looking for help. These victims are also presented with our offer of advice, help and support.
Our offer can of course be sought after or made use of directly by the victims themselves, without a mediator.
Legal advice cannot be given. Where there is a language problem, the services of an interpreter are available.
We would be pleased to give you advise over the phone, in our consultation rooms (where children are always welcome) and if necessary in your home. The consultation can be for one time only, or for several times. (The consultations are confidential and if wished can remain anonymous).
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"Who hits out, must go" is a principle that has been brought into the Civil Rights Protection Act against Violence and Stalking.
According to paragraph 1 the so called "Order for Protection" can be requested from the court, forbidding for example: threats, maltreatment, contact and harassment. It is a criminal offence to disobey this court order.
According to paragraph 2 allocation of the common home can be requested from the court and an order to forbid entry can be defined.
The abuser can be forbidden both, to give in notice of the home and to make the use of the home more difficult.
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struct socket {
	int16_t s_crefs;  /* Reference count on the socket */
	uint8_t s_domain; /* IP domain: PF_INET, PF_INET6, or PF_PACKET */
	uint8_t s_type;   /* Protocol type: Only SOCK_STREAM or
					   * SOCK_DGRAM */
	uint8_t s_flags;  /* See _SF_* definitions */

	FAR void *s_conn; /* Connection inherits from struct socket_conn_s */

	/* Socket interface */

	FAR const struct sock_intf_s *s_sockif;

	/** sockets currently are built on netconns, each socket has one netconn */
	void *conn;
	sock_type type; // socket, uds, ...
	void *sock;	// lwip_sock
};

/* This defines a list of sockets indexed by the socket descriptor */

#if CONFIG_NSOCKET_DESCRIPTORS > 0
struct socketlist {
	sem_t sl_sem;				/* Manage access to the socket list */
	struct socket sl_sockets[CONFIG_NSOCKET_DESCRIPTORS];
};

#endif

/* Callback from netdev_foreach() */
struct netif;					/* Forward reference. Defined in lwip/netif.h */
typedef int (*netdev_callback_t)(FAR struct netif *dev, void *arg);

/****************************************************************************
 * Public Data
 ****************************************************************************/
/****************************************************************************
 * Definitions
 ****************************************************************************/

/* Parameters for connectivity manager statistic collection.
 * Currently WIFI and Ethernet parameters being defined.
 */

/* Connectivity Manager */

/* Connectivity Manager - WiFi*/

/* Connectivity Manager - Ethernet*/
#ifdef CONFIG_ENC28J60
#ifndef CONFIG_SYSTEM_IOTJS
uint64_t eth_tx_count;
uint64_t eth_rx_count;
uint64_t eth_max_message_size;
uint64_t eth_avg_message_size;
uint64_t eth_total_message_size;
#endif
#endif
/* Connectivity Manager - Ethernet*/

/* Connectivity Manager - 802.15.4*/
///TODO
/* Connectivity Manager - 802.15.4*/

#ifdef __cplusplus
#define EXTERN extern "C"
extern "C" {
#else
#define EXTERN extern
#endif

/****************************************************************************
 * Public Function Prototypes
 ****************************************************************************/

/****************************************************************************
 * Name: net_setup
 *
 * Description:
 *   This is called from the OS initialization logic at power-up reset in
 *   order to configure networking data structures.  This is called prior
 *   to platform-specific driver initialization so that the networking
 *   subsystem is prepared to deal with network driver initialization
 *   actions.
 *
 *   Actions performed in this initialization phase assume that base OS
 *   facilities such as semaphores are available but this logic cannot
 *   depend upon OS resources such as interrupts or timers which are not
 *   yet available.
 *
 * Input Parameters:
 *   None
 *
 * Returned Value:
 *   None
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

void net_setup(void);

/****************************************************************************
 * Name: net_initialize
 *
 * Description:
 *   This is called from the OS initialization logic at power-up reset in
 *   order to configure the networking subsystem.
 *
 * Input Parameters:
 *   None
 *
 * Returned Value:
 *   None
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

void net_initialize(void);

/****************************************************************************
 * Name: net_checksd
 *
 * Description:
 *   Check if the socket descriptor is valid for the provided TCB and if it
 *   supports the requested access.  This trivial operation is part of the
 *   fdopen() operation when the fdopen() is performed on a socket descriptor.
 *   It simply performs some sanity checking before permitting the socket
 *   descriptor to be wrapped as a C FILE stream.
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

int net_checksd(int fd, int oflags);

/****************************************************************************
 * Name:
 *
 * Description:
 *   Initialize a list of sockets for a new task
 *
 * Input Parameters:
 *   list -- A reference to the pre-alloated socket list to be initialized.
 *
 * Returned Value:
 *   None
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

void net_initlist(FAR struct socketlist *list);

/****************************************************************************
 * Name: net_releaselist
 *
 * Description:
 *   Release resources held by the socket list
 *
 * Input Parameters:
 *   list -- A reference to the pre-allocated socket list to be un-initialized.
 *
 * Returned Value:
 *   None
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

void net_releaselist(FAR struct socketlist *list);

/****************************************************************************
 * Function: net_close
 *
 * Description:
 *   Performs the close operation on socket descriptors
 *
 * Parameters:
 *   sockfd   Socket descriptor of socket
 *
 * Returned Value:
 *   0 on success; -1 on error with errno set appropriately.
 *
 * Assumptions:
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

int net_close(int sockfd);

/****************************************************************************
 * Function: net_poll
 *
 * Description:
 *   poll() waits for one of a set of file descriptors to become ready to
 *   perform I/O.
 *
  * Returned Value:
 *   0 on success; -1 on error with errno set appropriately.
 *
 * Assumptions:
 *
 ****************************************************************************/
int net_poll(int sd, struct pollfd *fds, bool setup);

/****************************************************************************
 * Function: net_dupsd
 *
 * Description:
 *   Clone a socket descriptor to an arbitray descriptor number.  If file
 *   descriptors are implemented, then this is called by dup() for the case
 *   of socket file descriptors.  If file descriptors are not implemented,
 *   then this function IS dup().
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

int net_dupsd(int sockfd);

/****************************************************************************
 * Function: net_dupsd2
 *
 * Description:
 *   Clone a socket descriptor to an arbitray descriptor number.  If file
 *   descriptors are implemented, then this is called by dup2() for the case
 *   of socket file descriptors.  If file descriptors are not implemented,
 *   then this function IS dup2().
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

int net_dupsd2(int sockfd1, int sockfd2);

/****************************************************************************
 * Function: net_clone
 *
 * Description:
 *   Performs the low level, common portion of net_dupsd() and net_dupsd2()
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

int net_clone(FAR struct socket *psock1, FAR struct socket *psock2);

/****************************************************************************
 * Name: net_vfcntl
 *
 * Description:
 *   Performs fcntl operations on socket
 *
 * Input Parameters:
 *   sockfd - Socket descriptor of the socket to operate on
 *   cmd    - The fcntl command.
 *   ap     - Command-specific arguments
 *
 * Returned Value:
 *   Zero (OK) is returned on success; -1 (ERROR) is returned on failure and
 *   the errno value is set appropriately.
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

int net_vfcntl(int sockfd, int cmd, va_list ap);

/****************************************************************************
 * Name: net_ioctl
 *
 * Description:
 *   Perform network device specific operations.
 *
 * Parameters:
 *   sockfd   Socket descriptor of device
 *   cmd      The ioctl command
 *   arg      The argument of the ioctl cmd
 *
 * Return:
 *   >=0 on success (positive non-zero values are cmd-specific)
 *   On a failure, -1 is returned with errno set appropriately
 *
 *   EBADF
 *     'sockfd' is not a valid descriptor.
 *   EFAULT
 *     'arg' references an inaccessible memory area.
 *   ENOTTY
 *     'cmd' not valid.
 *   EINVAL
 *     'arg' is not valid.
 *   ENOTTY
 *     'sockfd' is not associated with a network device.
 *   ENOTTY
 *      The specified request does not apply to the kind of object that the
 *      descriptor 'sockfd' references.
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

int net_ioctl(int sockfd, int cmd, unsigned long arg);

/****************************************************************************
 * Function: netdev_foreach
 *
 * Description:
 *   Enumerate each registered network device.
 *
 *   NOTE: netdev semaphore held throughout enumeration.
 *
 * Parameters:
 *   callback - Will be called for each registered device
 *   arg      - User argument passed to callback()
 *
 * Returned Value:
 *  0:Enumeration completed 1:Enumeration terminated early by callback
 *
 * Assumptions:
 *  Called from normal user mode
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

int netdev_foreach(netdev_callback_t callback, void *arg);
#undef EXTERN
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif							/* CONFIG_NET */
#endif							/* __INCLUDE_NET_NET_H */

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Another Waitangi Day has passed – this year without adverse event – and with it, the often too brief opportunity to consider what it means to be a New Zealander, 179 years after the signing of the Treaty.
A striking feature of this year's typically cursory discussion and woeful analysis was the attention paid to New Zealanders' understanding of their country's history from pre-colonial and colonial times in a manner slightly more sophisticated than the back of the corn flakes package descriptions prevalent when we were growing up.
This concern was fuelled inadvertently by the Prime Minister's embarrassing performance when asked about the Articles of the Treaty. While she was clearly caught on the hop and almost certainly answered in a way most other people would have responded in similar circumstances, her fluffing reply highlighted a couple of issues.
First, she should have had, and read, a briefing note on the content of the Treaty before decamping to Waitangi to swan around for five days, and second, and far more important, all of us individually need to become better informed about our nation's history and milestones. While they may not always be the reference point, it is, for example, highly unlikely that American school students would reply similarly ineptly to a question about the Declaration of Independence.
So, I am all for young New Zealanders learning New Zealand history at school, probably as part of a wider civics programme, where they would also learn about our system of government, and their rights and responsibilities as citizens, including what citizenship means and how it has evolved over the years.
The focus needs to be on the full spread of our history, from the earliest Polynesian migration, and the types of society Maori and Moriori developed, and their relationships, through to the arrival of the colonists and their interactions – good and bad – with indigenous people, and the development of contemporary New Zealand society, and the full challenges it faces. It should not shy away from the truth, but equally needs to present a balanced picture of the New Zealand story.
An equally critical part of everyone who lives in our islands understanding where our nation has come from and how it has developed over many centuries, is understanding and valuing its languages. Te Reo Maori is obviously a vital part, and should be a core part of the primary school curriculum. Our aim should be that every young New Zealander leaves primary school with at least basic proficiency in the language, alongside their English skills, so that they can feel comfortable in a range of environments.
The criticism that Maori is not an international language is really not relevant – it is a language of our country, and we should be familiar with it.
We keep saying that the New Zealander today is unique, often without appreciating what that means. Knowing our languages, history and culture is an important step towards making that claim a reality.
A majority of us are no longer transplanted Europeans living at the end of the world, trying to integrate our ways and past with an indigenous people.
The uniqueness of being a contemporary New Zealander is the opportunity our nation, its background and history, gives each of us is to move with ease and comfort between the Maori and Pakeha worlds, absorbing almost unconsciously aspects of both.
From that springs the modern New Zealander, acknowledging our bicultural history, mixing that with the strands of our individual experiences to create, thus creating the special bond that binds the peoples of these islands together today.
In a world where cultural and ethnic tensions are being exacerbated, not ameliorated, where stereotypes and prejudice are still fuelled by politicians promoting excessive xenophobia and intolerance of diversity for domestic partisan advantage, New Zealand has the opportunity to be one of those nations that stands against the pernicious tide.
But to achieve that objective, we first need to know and understand properly who we are, which brings us back to the issues of history and language. In this apparent year of delivery, giving priority to meeting this goal would be a positive step all of us should welcome.
Peter Dunne was a Minister of the Crown under Labour and National governments from 1999 to 2017. He was the Founder and Leader of UnitedFuture, now a defunct Party.


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Portlaoise GAA
The Standard Operating Procedures set out in this document forms the framework for the day to day management and control of activities within Portlaoise GAA Club. All members of Portlaoise GAA Club will be required to abide by these operating procedures.
These Standard Operating Procedures are in keeping with the ethos and rules of the Gaelic Athletic Association, the Ladies Gaelic Football Association and the Camogie Association. In setting out these procedures Portlaoise GAA Club fully endorses and subscribes to the One Club Guidelines (June 2017) and will work towards the harmonization of club structures and procedures to achieve the objectives of the One Club approach
Our Structures: Club Officers
The following officers are appointed by Portlaoise GAA Club at the Annual General Meeting:
Assistant Secretary (Football)
Assistant Secretary (Hurling)
Assistant Treasurer
County Board Delegate
Health and Wellbeing Officer
Coaching Officer
Players Representatives
Games Chairpersons (Juvenile, Ladies Football and Camogie elected by respective Games AGMs and ratified by Club Committee)
Our Structures: Club Committee
The Club Committee has responsibility for the governance and successful operation of all aspects of the Club. The Club Committee will oversee all units of the Club and will foster and promote co-operation between them. Key responsibilities include –
Facilitating the development of a Club Plan.
Conducting an AGM on an annual basis.
Overall governance of the Club.
Developing an annual budget for the Club and allocation of central funds as required.
Appointing and coordinating the work of the Club's committees
Determining Club membership subscriptions and ensuring their collection.
Representing the entirety of the Club with local authority and third party bodies. This does not preclude day to day operational contact by representatives of sub committees with outside bodies.
Authorising all capital expenditure in relation to the provision of facilities for the Club.
Ratifying membership of all committees within the Club.
Upholding the Clubs constitution and code of conduct in line with the rules of the GAAThe Club Officers and Games Chairpersons and Secretaries (groups 1 & 2) will meet periodically as agreed at the AGM, while the full Club Committee will meet on a monthly basis to update on the work of the Clubs sub-committees and exchange information.
The Club Committee will consist of 3 groups of role holders, elected by the members of the Club.
Games Committees
Club Officers as elected at the Club AGM.
Games Chairpersons and Secretaries as appointed by each games code within the Club and ratified by the Club Committee.
Committee positions filled by ordinary members as elected at the Clubs AGM.
Our Games Groups comprises of 5 sections, each organised into separate sub committees who have responsibility for the day to day administration and promotion of our games.
The Club Committee – coordinating all adult Football and Hurling activity.
The Ladies Football Committee – coordinating all Ladies Football activity from under 8 to Adult.
The Camogie subcommittee – coordinating all Camogie activity from under 8 to adult.
The Juvenile Committee- coordinating all Football & Hurling activity from under 6 to under 18.
The Games Development Committee – coordinating coaching and games development including engagement with and support for schools in the Portlaoise area.
Responsibilities will include membership, fundraising, games promotion and maintaining/managing training & match related equipment. Each section will, through active engagement with mentors, ensure that there is a balanced programme of games and training in place and that all players get an opportunity to play and participate. All sections will ensure that all games related activity is managed in line with the Clubs Standard Operating Procedures.
The coordination and governance of all Games related activity within the Club is managed by the Club Committee, comprised of the Club Officers and club members nominated at the Annual General Meeting.
The Club Committee responsibilities will include:
• Oversight of player welfare considerations, and in particular ensuring the appropriate management and welfare of dual players.
• Coordinating our overall Games Calendar, including pitch allocation for training and matches.
• Oversight of the selection of team mentors across all codes including ratification of recommendations made by the Games Committees (i.e. including Juvenile, Ladies and Camogie).
• Oversight of games related governance, including Garda vetting for team mentors, and player registration.
Coaching and Games Development will be responsible for the preparation and implementation of the Clubs Games Development Plans, covering four key areas –
• Coaching Excellence and Education
• Skills and Games Development
• Club and Schools Alignment
• Player Retention and Progression
Mentor Ratification
The Chairperson, Secretary and Vice-Chairperson of each Sub-Committee (Senior Committee, Ladies Football, Camogie and Juvenile sections) will be responsible for appointing team managers and mentors for teams within each code.
All management teams will be subsequently ratified by the Club Committee. In line with the Club Constitution, Senior Managers must be ratified at the Clubs AGM. All mentors (new and existing) will be reviewed by the Club Committee in conjunction with the individual codes on an annual basis.
Team Management Guidelines
The following are a set of operating procedures for Team Mentors and provide information, guidelines and requirements to support the effective running of our teams. These are not intended to be an exhaustive list and any queries or additional information required should be directed to your Games Section Chairperson or Secretary.
• Team Mentors are advised that it is imperative that the team management and players are fully paid up members of the Club. Players who are not fully paid up members will NOT be covered under the club player injury scheme. Furthermore, the playing of an unregistered player is in contravention of GAA rules and will result in sanctions.
• Team Mentors are responsible for ensuring that all panel members and mentors have paid their membership by the appropriate deadline
– Men's Football and Hurling, Camogie & Juvenile sections: 31st March each year
– Ladies Football: 31st May of each year
• After these dates, no player is permitted to play or use Clubs training facilities if they are not a registered member of the club. All queries in relation to membership should be directed to the Games Section Secretary or Chairperson.
Mentors of Men's Hurling and Football teams should email the Club Secretary (secretary.portlaoise.laois@gaa.ie) of any challenge matches giving details of age group, opponents, referee's name, time and venue. The Secretary will then notify the County Board Secretary. 3 working days' notice is required for challenge matches within the County, while 5 working days' notice is required for matches outside the County.
Ladies Football & Camogie mentors should email their Games Secretary with details of any challenge matches giving details of age group, opponents, referee's name, time and venue.
Mentors should keep a record of match & training attendance. Players should be required to notify their coach if unable to attend training or matches. All team mentors must ha a team sheet, which should be filled in with full list of panel in Irish, except for Ladies Football which can be detailed in English using the official book. Players are numbered on this sheet on the day of the match and must play as numbered. Two signed copies to be given to the referee with the appropriate fee before the start of the game.
For convenience, a club team sheet template can be used. A soft copy of this team sheet will be available from the Club website. It is recommended mentors complete this master template with the names of their panel prepopulated. Referee's fees and entry fees for blitzes/tournaments can be reclaimed via Club Expense forms. All expenses must be submitted routinely during the year (at least quarterly and no later than Oct 31st.
Where numbers allow, full age players should be given priority over a player from a younger age group when selecting panels and teams. Commitment & dedication should also be used as a measure for selection. This should be the basis of our selection policy for ages up to and including 16 years of age. Any request to deviate from above must be ratified by the relevant Games group.
Our Players
Ultimately as a sporting organisation our main focus and priority as a Club is the development of our players and our teams, and ultimately success in competition for our adult teams. As a Club, we will strive to provide the environment to support these objectives.
To that end, our players are central to the activity of our Club and it is important that we encourage and support our teams as representatives of Portlaoise GAA Club.
Over the course of a player's career, significant time and effort is spent by many from across the Club to provide and maintain proper playing facilities, organising the running of our teams, and the administration of our games. Player participation in our Club needs to extend beyond representing the Club in games or using the Clubs facilities for training.
As members, we are all privileged to be part of our Club. We have a collective responsibility to support the continued growth and development of our Club through a culture of involvement and giving back.
As such, our players should consider ways in which they can contribute to the development of our Club and to this culture of involvement.
• Participate in a roster of coaching our underage teams and academy.
• Once finished playing, take a team for a period of time.
• Acknowledge the work of those around you who make it possible to play our games.
• Acknowledge those who support your team.
• Respect our facilities.
• Support other teams in the Club in all codes.
• Support our fund raising efforts during the year.
Games Finance
The cost associated with the running our teams is significant and needs to be carefully managed by all. These costs include the maintenance of our pitches and dressing room facilities, team affiliation fees to the County Board, referee fees and the provision of team gear and equipment. These costs are far in excess of player membership fees and so fundraising and the control of expenditure are a necessary part of Club activity.
• Each Games Section is required to plan a budget of expenditure at the start of each season to be provided to Club Treasurer.
• The purchase of any equipment (training & match related) must be requested through the relevant Games Section Chairperson, who must get approval from Club Chairman or Club Secretary.
• The purchase of equipment or team gear will be managed centrally and distributed to the relevant Games Section Chairperson or Secretary. Under no circumstances should equipment be purchased outside of this process.
• All equipment purchased remains the property of the Club and mentors are required to take care to manage allocated team equipment.
• Each section must undertake a stock-take of all equipment at the end of the season, and ensure all relevant equipment is passed on to the incoming manager.
• All expenses must be approved by the Games Section Chairperson and/or Secretary before purchase.
• Claims for all expenses incurred should be submitted via a Club Expenses form, vouched where appropriate. Expenses must be submitted at least quarterly and no later than 31st October.
• Out-sourced match day Physio's for Adult teams will be considered on a case by case basis. All teams are encouraged to have a trained first aid club member in attendance at matches. The Club will schedule First Aid training throughout the year to facilitate this.
• Teams are encouraged to use the Club facilities for post-match refreshments.
Fund raising is an essential part of Club activity to enable us to meet the running costs of our teams and infrastructure (pitches, etc.). All sections are required to proactively participate in Club fund raising activity. The following points should be observed –
• All fundraising events must be approved in advance by the Executive to ensure any events, including target sponsors / donors are identified.
• All funds raised on behalf of the Club (and/or team) must be lodged to Club accounts through the Club Treasurer.
• Any funds raised are not automatically ring fenced for equivalent team expenditure. Any expenditure needs to be assessed as reasonable and on its own merits.
• All Codes, working with the Clubs Fundraising Committee, are charged with heading up a minimum of one fundraiser per year. All mentors should participate in the promotion of their section fundraiser and more generally engage with and support the Clubs broader fundraising efforts.
• Over the course of the year, the Club will run a number of Club-wide fund raising activities, including general social events in the Clubhouse. Mentors are asked to encourage parents and, where appropriate, players, to participate in these events which often have the added benefit of building up engagement between Club members.
Coaching Best Practice
Mentoring Underage Players
• Team mentors and members working with underage players (up to 17 years of age) must be Garda Vetted. Garda Vetting details can be obtained from Children's Officer and/or Games Section Secretary. All applications are processed online.
• Team Mentors should never enter a dressing room alone. Always ensure you have another mentor or parent with you.
• Team mentors should treat all players equally regardless of age, gender, ethnic/cultural background, religion, sexual orientation, or ability.
• If worried about a player's behaviour, mentors should discuss their concerns with the Children's Officer.
• Remember as a Coach you are in charge of training session. Appoint assistants or ask parents to stay to avoid being alone at a session.
• Ensure the safety of players is paramount at all times.
• Make sure all players are included and suitably challenged during sessions.
• Keep note of any safety related incidences/accidents that occur during sessions and ensure they reported in writing to the Club Secretary.
• Mentors should keep a record of training attendance. Players should be required to notify coach if unable to attend training.
• Players not showing commitment to his/her own age group, should not play for the older group. Regular attendance at training sessions should be taken into consideration when selecting teams.
• All team mentors must acknowledge that they have read and understand Club's Code of Practice. Signed acknowledgement to be returned to Games Section Secretary.
• In order to comply with the Code of Practice, no coach should work alone with a team. It is imperative that all female teams must have at least one ADULT FEMALE mentor at all times. This is vital for the safety of both the players and the coaches.
• Coaches should develop a good understanding of the GAA Coaching Manuals and ensure that they have the appropriate coaching certifications.
• As a minimum all coaches should have attained Foundation. All lead coaches must work towards Level 1.
• It is mandatory for all players to use a mouth guard in all Gaelic football matches and training sessions.
• All Club hurlers must wear a helmet with faceguard at all times when holding a Hurley on the pitch for matches and/or training sessions.
Communicating with Players
• Team Mentors should seek contact details from parents of underage children (up to 17 years of age). No direct contact is allowed without written parental consent.
• Be aware of the Club Policy on texting underage players and should only use group text. For underage players on adult teams, parents contact details must be included in all communication.
• Clearly communicate training schedules and Match fixtures to parents & payers with sufficient notice.
Dual Players
The Club promotes Football, Ladies Football, Hurling and Camogie on an equal basis. It is important that the Club operates as one unit where the aims and objectives of different codes, teams and players are aligned. The application of these rules should be based on a common sense and cooperative approach. Competition should be with opposing Clubs and not among teams within the Club.
Under no circumstance should the player be placed in a position of conflict between teams. No player should be made choose a code by any manager. Ongoing communication between mentors and the relevant games groups is essential to ensure the effective management of our dual players and the avoidance of any potential conflicts.
In the first instance, Team Managers / Head Coaches are expected to liaise with each other to ensure ongoing communication and planning occurs throughout the year to support the effective management of dual players.
In cases where consensus cannot be achieved between Team Managers / Head Coaches, they should work with the Club Chairperson and Club Secretary to discuss and arrive at a reasonable solution. In the unlikely event a dispute remains, the matter will be referred to the Club Committee who will make a final decision as appropriate.
The following rules should be applied to ensure dual players are not compromised and conflict situations are avoided:
• Dual players should be facilitated to attend training session at each code as appropriate.
• In the week prior to a Championship or League play-off game the player(s) will be available solely to that code for the purposes of training.
• Prior to a League game, players should attend the preceding training session in that code. No dual player shall be asked or expected to play in a Challenge game 3 days prior to a League game in the other code.
• No dual player shall be asked or expected to play in a Challenge Game in the week prior to Championship or League play-off game.
• No dual player should be asked or expected to train with the other code in the day preceding a League game.
• Work, school, college and exam schedules should be taken into consideration when agreeing attendance levels at games and training across both codes.
• Any concern or request to deviate from above guidelines should be raised with Club Chairman and will be discussed with all parties. The Club Committee decision is final.
Playing Gear
• The Club's Executive has established an official range of club wear, including a standard jersey.
• Club wear is available from the following designated outlet – Colgan Sports.
• The ordering of gear for a team must be pre-approved and managed centrally as outlined Games Finance part of this page.
• The reproduction of the Clubs crest on unofficial gear is not permitted.
• All management teams are requested to ensure that all players from u12s up wear club shorts (or skirt), club socks, and official team jerseys for all official matches.
• It is important that all teams are appropriately togged out in the proper gear. At all times the image of the Club as portrayed by members must be positive.
• In the event that a team sponsor wishes to purchase gear for a team, this should be discussed in advance with the Games Section Chairperson and / or Secretary and approved in advance by the Club Chairperson and /or Secretary.
Games Promotion / Match Reports
Communication is an important part of the promotion of our games and engaging with our members and the broader community. All communication related to Club activity should seek to support our brand and image as a sporting organisation as well as informing members and non-members about our activity and achievements.
The Club uses a number of official channels to promote its activity including the Club website (www.portlaoisegaa.ie), social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram), email, notice boards and local newspapers.
Where appropriate, the Club will also use signage at appropriate points to advertise upcoming events and games.
Each Games Group has an appointed PRO who should liaise closely with the Club PRO. Mentors are requested to work closely with their respective Games PROs to promote upcoming games as well as preparing match reports for broader publication as appropriate.
Team mentors should appoint an individual (mentor or parent) to record and submit match reports to the Games or Club PRO via a designated email address. A match report template will be made available on the Club website.
Under no circumstances should members use communication channels e.g. Facebook or Twitter to bring the Club or other Club members into disrepute. The misuse of social media can have significant implications for the reputation of the Club and / or its members and any breach of the Clubs Policy on Communications by a Club member may necessitate further action up to an including under the Clubs Disciplinary Procedures.
Injury Claims
The Club uses the GAA Medical Injury Claim Scheme (1) run by Willis Ireland for all male playing members. Ladies Football is covered by a scheme administered by the LGFA (2). Camogie is covered by a scheme administered by the Camogie Board (3).
Risk is an inherent factor in sport, as in life. When members voluntarily take part in Club activities, they accept the risks that such participation may bring.
These injury schemes do not seek to compensate fully for injury but to supplement other schemes such as Personal Accident or Health Insurance.
Ultimately, the responsibility to ensure that adequate cover is in place lies with the individual member, commensurate with his/her specific needs.
GAA Medical Injury Scheme (1)
The GAA Medical Injury Scheme (1) is funded entirely from Club and GAA funds with no outside (e.g. insurance) involvement. There is no legal obligation on the GAA to provide such a scheme. Please note the following:
• There is no Insurance fund available to cover medical expenses.
• Portlaoise GAA Club subscribes to the "GAA INJURY BENEFIT FUND" which is administered by WILLIS Insurance.
• This fund only covers unrecoverable expenses for inpatient & outpatient hospital procedures for injuries arising from participation in or related to Club activities (e.g., training/games)
• The Claimant must be a fully paid up member at Juvenile or Adult level when the injury occurs.
• This fund only provides cover for unrecoverable losses up to a max of €4500, subject to the acceptance of a claim by WILLIS.
• All other expenses and / or excesses are the sole responsibility of the player.
• This fund does not cover pre-operative physiotherapy.
• The Club will cover the cost of an A&E charge. All subsequent hospital related claims must be submitted via relevant WILLIS claim Form.
• All injuries incurred during matches must be reported to the referee at time of injury. This will be required for injury claims.
• All injuries must be reported to the Club Secretary.
• The injured player must complete an Injury Claim form. Forms can be downloaded from http://www.willis.com/sites/ireland/GAA/is_forms.htm. or via the Clubs website or obtain form from the Club Secretary. This form must be stamped by the doctor or dentist attending, stating the nature of the injury. Please note that injury claims must be submitted within 60 days of the injury.
• All claims forms must be signed by the claimant and forwarded to the Club Secretary for processing and record keeping and processing with the Insurer.
• Receipts can be submitted after treatment and payment by the injured player.
• Claims can only be processed in accordance with guidelines set out by WILLIS. Please note that incomplete forms or missing information (e.g. receipts, referees reports) will result in the non-approval of a claim by WILLIS.
• Disputes regarding claims must be brought to the attention of the Club Secretary.
Ladies Football Injury Scheme (2)
The following is a summary of the Ladies Football Injury Scheme (2). Full details can be accessed at the following link. www.ladiesgaelic.ie/players/injury-fund/
What is the Injury Fund?
• The injury fund is an injury scheme and NOT an insurance scheme and does not seek to compensate fully for injury, rather to lessen the hardship to players and officials. The fund should supplement other schemes where applicable, i.e. VHI, LAYA, etc.
• The Injury Fund covers those in the fund for injuries sustained in an official competitive or challenge game or an official and supervised training session
• All players must be registered to the fund.
What are the Benefits of the Scheme?
• Dental: Unrecoverable dental expenses up to a maximum of €3000
• Medical: Unrecoverable medical expenses up to a maximum of €5000
• Physiotherapy sessions shall be limited to a maximum of 6 sessions. If subsequent sessions are required a full report must be submitted by the registered chartered physiotherapist or physical therapist. Further payment will only be considered on receipt of this report. Physiotherapy is required to be carried out by individuals with an appropriate third level qualification, who are members of a regulatory professional body in line with their qualifications and who have appropriate insurance/ indemnity.
What is the Procedure if a Player requires Private Treatment?
• Private treatment is defined as any treatment that is paid outside of the public health treatment system. Prior permission from the Secretary of the Ladies Football Club must be received in advance.
• Any request for private treatment must be supported by documentation from a Medical Practitioner to show reasons why private treatment is necessary.
• Private Treatment involves a step by step procedure
– Permission to see a Consultant – send Doctors letter to Head Office
– Permission for a MRI scan – send consultant letter to Head Office
– Permission for surgery – send results of MRI and consultant letter to Head Office
• If a submitted claim is not fully documented, the necessary documents may be requested by the Insurance Officer, or declared void
• All payments are made directly to the applicant
What are the Main Guidelines for Players?
• Report any suspected injury to your team manager immediately.
• When completing the Application Form, print your name, address and club clearly under Section 1
• Ensure permission is sought for private treatment
• A copy of all forms, receipts, letters, etc. sent should be kept and any correspondence received should also be kept
• Where a preliminary claim has been submitted, a report and update on the claim must be submitted within one year from the date of the preliminary notice to validate the claim
• All claims for which preliminary notices have been received must be lodged and validated within two years of the original preliminary notice except in exceptional circumstances
• Injury claims will be monitored on a claim by claim basis and a player who plays while receiving treatment may have her claim disallowed.
What are the Key Guidelines for Officials / Managers?
• Report any injury to match official immediately
• Ensure all injuries are reported to injury claims secretary
• Ensure all details on form are completed and in order prior to forwarding claim
• Ensure forms are forwarded on time
• Ensure a plentiful supply of all forms are available and accessible for all players
• Establish a register of claims for your own records
Camogie Insurance Scheme (3)
All juvenile and adult Camogie players registered with the Club will participate in the Aviva Sports Personal Accident Insurance Scheme should they incur an injury while training or playing for the club.
• All claims should be notified to the Club Insurance Officer within fourteen days from the date of injury.
• If you have private medical insurance, you must send all of your receipts to your provider first. They will then give you a statement of account showing what they will and will not cover. This should then be submitted through the relevant player injury scheme. Please keep a copy of your receipts as these will not be returned by your insurance provider.
• Please be aware that all new players who have joined the club mid-season need to be added to the insurance policy. Please contact the club insurance officer and provide them with your name and date of birth. Otherwise the player will not be insured if they sustain an injury. (Please do not assume that the club registrar has done this).
• All claims must be reported within 60 days from the date of injury.
• Medical expenses incurred up to 12 months from the date of injury are covered by the scheme, subject to the conditions of the scheme being met.
• All subsequent outstanding claims documentation must be submitted within 15 months from the date of injury.
• All Physio claims must be referred by a medical practitioner.
• A copy of the referees report must be returned with all claim forms. If the injury did not occur during a match, a letter from the Club Secretary must be provided confirming the player was injured as part of an official club training session / activity.
Claim forms for all schemes (1, 2, 3) will be available on our Club website.
Guidelines for use of our Pitches
The following guidelines will apply to the use of our pitches and facilities at Rathleague, Portlaoise, Co. Laois:
Facility Care
• The allocation of pitches for all training and games, the use of the gym, ball wall areas or meeting rooms is coordinated by the elected Grounds Coordination Officer.
• The Grounds Subcommittee will decide if our pitches are playable. If any pitch is unplayable, the Grounds Sub-Committee will inform the Grounds Coordinating Officer and the Club Secretary who they in turn will then contact the relevant secretaries.
• All drills, runs, shuttles, etc., and intensive warm ups that may cause damage to the playing surface of the pitch must be carried out on identified locations off the pitch.
• Conditioned games should be played across the pitch where possible. This will protect the goal-mouths, which are the most susceptible areas to damage.
• Any team using our pitches for games must put out flags and also take them down after the game in their allocated location.
• Juvenile goals must be secured before and after use (important for Health and Safety purposes).
• All bottles/gear/rubbish should be removed from side lines of both home team and opposition and the area surrounding pitches following matches to ensure area is kept neat and tidy.
• The last team in Rathleague must ensure that dressing rooms and gates are locked and that any lights are switched off.
• The Grounds Subcommittee will co-ordinate a schedule for cutting & lining of pitches. Each Games Code will be required to participate in this schedule and assist when required.
Pitch Allocation
• Pitches will be allocated on a weekly basis via the Clubs 'Pitch Allocation Notice Board'. Bookings to be made by the agreed time. Requests for additional bookings or match fixtures should be made via the Club Grounds Coordinator. In the unlikely event of Fixture clashes, please refer to the Club Secretary. Late bookings or changes may not be able to be accommodated.
• Team Managers looking for a change of fixture must take into account and respect existing fixture schedules involving other teams.
• Any correspondence with Laois GAA regarding fixtures must be handled by the Club Secretary.
• Local primary and post primary schools will be entitled to apply for the use of club pitches for midweek school matches, on a fixture by fixture basis.
• Each games section is responsible for the collection of gate receipts for applicable games (adult competition).
• All gate monies must be forwarded to the Club Treasurer to lodge to Club accounts.
• Dressing rooms should be locked while players are on the pitch. Team Mentors will be responsible for locking up and turning off lights in dressing rooms and toilets.
• Team Mentors should ensure that dressing rooms/showers and general areas that are occupied by teams, prior to, during and after training and matches are kept clean and are not damaged in any way. Each team is responsible for cleaning all used dressing rooms after matches.
• The use of cameras, smart phones or any other recording device or medium is strictly forbidden in the dressing room and surrounding areas.
• Valuables are left in the dressing room at the owners own risk.
Ball Wall
• The Clubs Ball wall facility is permitted for use by players and teams only. Non-members are not permitted to use the ball wall facility.
• No activity is permitted in the Ball Wall after 9pm.
Equipment Stores
• The equipment stores should be kept tidy at all times.
• All equipment should be returned to their relevant store after training/match is complete and locked.
• Keys should be used to open and close dressing rooms and the gym and should be put back after use. Under no circumstances are keys to be removed from the premises. Combination codes for gate and dressing rooms will be issued to mentors via the Games Section Secretary.
• Mentors are required to ensure the safe keeping of keys and are not permitted to communicate combination codes.
Meeting rooms / Kitchen
• For club members use only but availability at the discretion of the executive committee. Bookings through the Grounds Coordination Officer.
• All of our neighbours should be treated with the utmost of courtesy and their rights should be respected at all times.
• Under no circumstances should any member, player or Mentor attempt to retrieve a ball from our neighbour's property. Entering a property without permission is trespassing.
• Should you lose balls to the neighbours property please inform the Grounds Committee. The balls will be collected by prior arrangement with the neighbours


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Indiana mine invention improves safety
A coal miner from Sullivan County has invented a safety device intended to save time in emergency medical situations.
Indiana mine invention improves safety A coal miner from Sullivan County has invented a safety device intended to save time in emergency medical situations. Check out this story on IndyStar.com: https://indy.st/1RLUDOx
Alana Mitchelson, Star correspondent Published 5:02 a.m. ET Oct. 16, 2015 | Updated 3:27 p.m. ET Oct. 16, 2015
Workers demonstrate how to use the JB1, a universal slide invented by Jason Bradbury that can be quickly assembled to smoothly rescue workers from high places if they experience a health emergency or injury, at Bear Run Coal Co. near Carlisle, Ind.(Photo: Jenna Watson / The Star)Buy Photo
In machinery that looms 30 feet above the strip mines of southwestern Indiana, machine operators sometimes have a health emergency that makes it impossible for them to get down on their own and receive medical care.
Sometimes it's a heart attack. Maybe vertigo. Or a total loss of consciousness.
In every instance, getting them out of the cab and down to medical personnel is a complicated task. A rescue team has to lower the patient to the ground in a basket attached to a series of ropes with a knot braking system that makes for a bumpy ride. In challenging weather, it can sometimes take as long 30 minutes to complete the rescue.
After witnessing and participating in several of these rescues, Jason Bradbury decided there had to be a better way.
So Bradbury, night shift co-captain of Peabody's Bear Run Mine emergency team, designed a sort of slide that can be assembled, raised and locked into rescue position in a matter of seconds.
Now the JB1 Extrication Slide is being marketed to surface mine emergency teams, referred to as SMET, across the country.
The first production model was completed earlier this year. Bear Run, the largest surface mine east of the Mississippi River, bought the first device. The Wild Boar and Somerville mines also have purchased the product.
As it is marketed more broadly, the price is expected to range from $4,000 to $5,000 per unit.
Bradbury began developing the JB1 after an annual safety team regional competition in 2013 in which emergency teams from various surface mine locations compete to see which team can best rescue weighted mannequins from mining machinery.
With a knack for mechanics, Bradbury began sketching designs for a new, more efficient method. By the next competition the following year, he brought along his prototype, made from scrap pieces of metal, to demonstrate his idea to rescue teams from nearby mines.
But a year into developing the product, Bradbury started to seriously doubt himself.
"I'm not much of a salesman. I mean, look at me," Bradbury said, laughing.
JB1 mine rescue device
Jason Bradbury invented the JB1 Extrication Slide, which can be quickly assembled to smoothly rescue workers from high places if they experience a health emergency or injury. He talked about the materials used in it on July 20, 2015, at Bear Run Coal Co. near Carlisle, Ind. Jenna Watson / The Star
Workers demonstrate use of the JB1 Extrication Slide on July 20, 2015, at Bear Run Coal Co. near Carlisle, Ind. The JB1 is being marketed to surface mine emergency teams across the country. Jenna Watson / The Star
Jason Bradbury, night shift co-captain of Peabody's Bear Run Mine emergency team, designed the JB1 Extrication Slide, which can be assembled, raised and locked into rescue position in a matter of seconds. Jenna Watson / The Star
Workers lowered a mannequin on the JB1 on July 20, 2015, at Bear Run Coal Co. near Carlisle, Ind. The first production model was completed earlier this year. Bear Run, the largest surface mine east of the Mississippi River, bought the first device. Jenna Watson / The Star
Workers lower a mannequin on the JB1 at Bear Run Coal Co. near Carlisle, Ind. "I've never seen anything similar to what Jason has built," said Clint Longest, the Somerville Complex safety supervisor. "Nobody else in surface mining has that kind of a device." Jenna Watson / The Star
Jason Bradbury's invention can be used on a variety of industrial work sites but was created from years of experience working at a surface coal mine. He began developing the JB1 after an annual safety team regional competition in 2013. Jenna Watson / The Star
Workers demonstrate use of the JB1, a universal slide invented by Jason Bradbury that can be quickly assembled to smoothly rescue workers from high places. As it is marketed more broadly, the price is expected to range from $4,000 to $5,000 per unit. Jenna Watson / The Star
Workers demonstrate use of the JB1, a universal slide invented by Jason Bradbury that can be quickly assembled to smoothly rescue workers from high places. Jenna Watson / The Star
Workers demonstrate use of the JB1. "Since this device has been designed by someone who does the work, I think it's likely to be more effective," said Kevin Slates, safety program director and clinical associate professor of the Indiana University School of Public Health. Jenna Watson / The Star
Jason Bradbury grew up in Hymera, a small town in southwestern Indiana. He has worked with surface mine emergency teams for about eight years. Jenna Watson / The Star
Bradbury grew up in Hymera, a small town in southwestern Indiana that didn't have so much as a stoplight. As a teenager, he loved working on cars, and he studied mechanics in college. But at age 21, he opted for the better pay that came with a job in the coal mining industry.
He has worked with surface mine emergency teams for about eight years. He's comfortable in that realm but still questions his inventive skills.
"I was thinking, 'You're not the right guy for this. A country boy ain't going to come up with something like this.' But once they all gave me the positive comments and shook my hand, telling me how great it was, that was what really gave me the drive to keep going."
Now the businessman inside him has big plans for the JB1, something industry experts say could fill a void.
Kevin Slates, safety program director and clinical associate professor of the Indiana University School of Public Health, said there has been a need in recent years to look for alternative rescue methods.
"Since this device has been designed by someone who does the work, I think it's likely to be more effective because he has experienced firsthand the dangers of time delays and understands how much reaction times matter," he said.
Clint Longest, the Somerville Complex safety supervisor who oversees SMETs at Wild Boar Mine and Somerville Central Mine, said that in situations where someone has had a stroke or a heart attack, two minutes could mean a huge difference in the patient's medical outcome.
He first saw the JB1 demonstrated at the 2014 SMET competition.
"I've never seen anything similar to what Jason has built," Longest said. "Nobody else in surface mining has that kind of a device."
Bradbury hopes to eventually open his own shop and has sketched some initial designs for using his invention in other rescue situations.
"I have other designs jotted down on napkins to go along with this to make the concept more useful for people like volunteer local fire departments. So the concept is not pigeonholed to just the mining industry," he said. "Even if one person is helped, it's a success."
For more information about the JB1 Extrication Slide, call Jason Bradbury at (812) 239-6632 or visit www.jbworksinc.com.
Contact Alana Mitchelson on Twitter: @AlanaMitchelson.
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Арсентий Данилович Струк (Епишенков) (23 августа 1935, ст. Пробуждение, Западная область — 4 сентября 2011, г. Калуга) — советский, русский, украинский , , .

Биография
Отец — Данила Васильевич Струк, украинский крестьянин родом из-под Чернобыля, в 1932 приехал на строительство железной дороги Сухиничи — Фаянсовая. Мать — Матрёна Васильевна Епишенкова, родом из деревни Космачёво Людиновского района, она тоже работала на этой стройке. В 1947 семья по оргнабору уехала на Сахалин.

В 1953 Арсентий Струк окончил штурманское отделение Углегорской мореходной школы. В 1953—1954 — матрос рыболовного траулера базы морского лова (г. Невельск).

В 1959 окончил теплотехнический факультет Киевского политехнического института. С 1959 по 1980 работал на инженерных и руководящих должностях на энергетических предприятиях в Киеве (Украина), на Кубе, в городе Людиново Калужской области.

С 1980 года Арсентий Струк проживал в Калуге, перейдя на профессиональную работу писателя и переводчика.

Печатался с 1963 года. Автор более сорока книг поэзии и прозы. Автор переводов на русский язык произведений современных латиноамериканских писателей. Снял более 30 короткометражных телевизионных фильмов о калужских писателях в цикле «Литературные прогулки».

Член Союза писателей СССР и Союза писателей России.

Книги
 Равновесие : Кн. стихов — Тула : Приок. кн. изд-во, 1983.

 Равновесие : Кн. стихов. Тула : Приок. кн. изд-во, 1988
 Пламя у порога : Стихотворения и поэма.  : Сов. писатель, 1991
 Морская авоська : Стихи для детей. Калуга : Золотая аллея, Б. г. (1993)
 Принцесса Линда и Кукарача : Сказка в стихах. Калуга : Золотая аллея, Б. г. (1993)
 Алтарь. Стихотворения. Обнинск : Принтер, 2000
 И жар земной и свет небесный… : Собрание стихотворений. Калуга : Полиграф-Информ, 2007
 Круженье лет : рассказы, повести, роман : проза : В 3 т. Калуга : Полиграф-Информ, 2005
 Лев над схваткой / Переводы с украинского. Калуга : Полиграф-Информ, 2010
 Мандарины под ёлкой : Стихотворения и сказка для детей. Калуга : Полиграф-Информ, 2010
 Мера.  : РБП, 1993
 Мозаика на исходе века, 1961—1999. Калуга : Полиграф-Информ, 2007
 Вечерний невод. Калуга : Полиграф-Информ, 2010
 Рукопожатие. Калуга : Полиграф-Информ, 2010
 Фрески судьбы : книга стихотворений. Калуга : Полиграф-Информ, 2010.

Примечания

Ссылки

 Большая биографическая энциклопедия. 2009.
 Россия-2000: Лица России / А. И. Подберёзкин, Духовное наследие (Организация), РАУ-Корпорация (Россия) ВОПД «Духовное наследие», 2000.
 Памяти поэта, прозаика и переводчика Арсения Даниловича Струка : [некролог] // Золотая Ока. — 2011. — № 2(3). — С. 106—107.

Русские писатели XX века
Члены Союза писателей СССР
Члены Союза писателей России
Писатели Калужской области
Писатели Калуги
Писатели Думиничского района

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