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We've just launched our first premium module, Pro!
It's a bit of a special blog today as it marks a big milestone for all of us here in Log my Care. Today is the day we are launching the first optional premium module we've called Pro.
You might've spied it already over on our Pricing page, but as most of you know by now Log my Care has a free core system. This is what brings together all of the essential and lovely elements involved in electronic care planning in a simple and easy-to-use package to help get care providers ditching paper and moving into digital care recording.
To help fund our continuing development and to deliver even greater features and functions for our free core system, we're launching our first optional premium module, that we've called Pro. It contains a load of nifty features we know will help to turbo-boost care delivery and make carers lives even easier when using our care home app.
What does Pro include?
The biggest new feature included in Pro is the ability to use the Carer App offline. We know that lots of providers struggle with poor Wi-Fi connection and have limited mobile reception too. With Pro, mobile devices using the care home app can now be disconnected for up to 24hrs and still log care. Everything that gets recorded is then synchronized when the device reconnects.
But that's not all, we've also added a special handovers feature, which groups up your care logs, creating an instant handover that can be sent between shifts. Nifty eh?! I won't go into all the features here (you can check out the full information over on the Pro page itself) but there are some awesome new features we know you'll love as they'll save your care service even more time.
What do care providers think about Pro?
We asked some of our community to trial Pro over the past few weeks, so we could really put the new features through their paces and get their feedback. Responses have been incredible, so we've taken the steps to launch the module full and it's now available to everyone who is signed up to use Log my Care.
One of the nicest quotes we got last week said, "Handovers will working amazing for us, the new document area is great as I like to provide staff with information and this works brill for me. The flagging part is brill [I] just LOVE IT!!!". So we're pretty chuffed to see that it's gone down well with our community. Every time we get feedback that includes more than one exclamation mark we have a mini-celebration 😁.
But that's not it, because we know that most providers need to test something out and find out if it's for them before they commit to something, then we've made the first month completely free. That's right, free! All you need to do is log into your Care Office and click the Pro banner to upgrade or send us a message through live chat. Once you've finished your fir.st month there's a small monthly charge of £20 (+VAT) per home, if you want to continue using it. However, if it's not for you, then you can always downgrade back to just using core, without any hassle.
Where can you find out more?
For the full details on Pro, head over to our Pro module page or chat to one of our team via our live chat widget in the bottom right of your screen.


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Let's ostracize Trump
Herb Boyd | 6/28/2018, midnight
We are not at all surprised that our columnist Armstrong Williams has found it necessary to rush to the defense of a Trump administration staffer, specifically White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who was asked on June 22 to leave the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Va. Williams charges that the incident is "proof of liberal weakness."
I have set aside my initial impulse not to dignify such an opinion, but on one point I am in total agreement—two wrongs don't make a right. Nor does might make right, and the exclusion the proprietor enacted at the Red Hen was an expression of outrage against an elected government and its leader who has on too many occasions repudiated the democratic process, to recall words he used in his excoriation of liberals.
The owner had every right to ask Sanders to leave, not from a personal standpoint, but because she politically symbolized a mean-spirited, autocratic despot who made the restaurant's staff uncomfortable, the owner said.
Granted this expulsion might not be setting an example of tolerance, but let's take a look at what prompted this response—a leader who has no respect for civil and human rights, who from Day One in office has repeatedly assailed one ethnic group after another, whose insensibility has taken him to unprecedented lows for a president, and, most egregiously, who has no compunction for holding the children of migrants as hostages to get his way.
Armstrong, what do you expect from a repressed citizenry at the mercy of unconscionable tweets? Almost daily, without exception, Trump has made the nation uncomfortable, and rather the seeking ways to make things easier for Americans, he repeatedly finds ways to irritate and inflame.
In other words, what's good for the goose is good for the gander. He is a purveyor of dishonesty and immorality, and I applaud those citizens and owners who have little recourse but to exercise what few democratic and constitutional rights they have. And we know each day with an incipient fascist in charge, those guarantees of freedom and justice are in jeopardy.
No, two wrongs don't make a right, and that's a lesson we learned from the iconic Drum Major for justice. But it's that first wrong that has precipitated such a strong reaction, and the Red Hen owner's action is just one of several attempts to shame those who are viewed as complicit with the Trump regime and his dehumanizing policies. Those protestations might spark others to do the same thing, feeling their rebukes to be a counterweight to Trump's proposed barriers to block others from entering the country, many of whom he has called "invaders."
Although it's improbable, I am waiting for the total ostracizing of Trump, particularly by those who have endured his insufferable treatment, those willing to take their disgust to the ballot box and hurry his removal from office. And his departure would not be regretted because the so-called deal maker has completed few deals of any consequence. During his campaign, he promised to replace Obamacare with a better health care plan and that remains unrealized. He is null and void when it comes to gun control measures that could possibly prevent the countless instances of violence. His actions on Cuba, Iran, NATO, NAFTA and climate change have not moved the needle of change an iota.

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When at home, the computer is also responsible for making you feel good, even if this just means listening to a song. In terms of multimedia applications to use in this regard, it's only a matter of visual choice and style. If you want to try something fresh, then High Fidelity Audio Player might be what you're looking for.
A neat advantage not only for this this application, but multimedia players in general is portability, and High Fidelity Audio Player makes no exception. It can easily be carried on an USB Flash drive along with some songs to play on other computers as well. Just make sure the target PC is equipped with Java Runtime Environment.
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I woke up this morning to see, reflected in my Facebook feed, more news of more killings. It saddens me. Black lives do matter. All lives do matter. It's a statistical given that not all cops are the bad guys. It's apparent that black lives and white lives are treated differently under the law; the statistical, factual data regarding outcome, analyzed by racial characteristics, make that quite clear. Human beings have great potential – and great potential for violence. Doesn't seem to matter whether those human beings work in law enforcement or not. Our culture is sick, and as so often happens when an organism is ill, the culture itself has no idea how vile the sickness is, how at risk of collapse this sickness puts us, the true nature of the illness, or how to cure it. It's beyond sad, it's indescribably depressing, when one additional detail is added, and it's a very true thing; we're choosing this.
Choose something different. I don't know what else to say about it. Don't kill people. Are you a cop? Don't kill that person – yes, there are other choices. Are you a citizen just minding your own business? Don't kill anyone. Even if you think, in some strange moment, that it seems 'the only choice', choose differently anyway. Angry that someone broke your heart? Don't kill them. Angry that you've lost your job? Don't kill anyone. Angry that life seems to favor some group of people you are not part of, at your expense? Don't kill them. Seriously. Damn. When was the last time you – yes you, right there – read a news article in which someone was killed and thought to yourself, "well, that makes sense, that was just, and rational, clearly the only choice, and that human being – that dead one – their life had no actual value to them, or anyone else, as it was and killing them was entirely necessary for the remainder of humanity to survive and thrive"? I'm betting… oh hey, never! It has to stop. Doesn't it? Why are we choosing this, of all things?
I'm frustrated, and I'm frightened. The world doesn't feel very safe. I still don't think taking up arms and going around killing people is the solution to that problem. Today let's not kill people. Let's choose differently. Let's change the world.


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Victoria Gold's (V.VIT) Eagle Gold Project has gone from being an exploration project to becoming a development project. The next step is to build the mine. The mine is no longer "if", but "when".
John McConnell is an engineer. As the CEO of Victoria Gold he sees the development of a mine at its Eagle Gold Project in Canada's Yukon as the result of accomplishing a series of well-planned steps. In the announcement of a USD $220 million commitment from BNP Paribas McConnell stated, "This facility is expected to be the foundation of the financing package that will fund the Eagle Gold Project through construction and into production. This is the next important milestone in what promises to be a very busy and exciting 2017 at Victoria."
It is a huge step. "We have a CAPEX of US $300 million." said McConnell, "We have $40 million in our treasury and now we have a debt commitment of US $220million. That leaves a relatively small amount to raise to complete the financing package."
The fully permitted Eagle Gold Project, located in central Yukon, hosts a NI43-101 Reserve of 2.7 million ounces of gold. When in production, the proposed, low-cost, open pit, in-valley heap mine will produce approximately 200,000 ounces of gold per year for 10 years, at an operation cost of approximately $550/ounce.
"We don't plan on going forward without the full $300 million in the bank." said McConnell. "Too many juniors start work on a mine before they are adequately funded and it can be the end of them. We have a number of options for raising the remaining funds required. We could sell equity in the market. We could sell a gold royalty or take on a joint venture partner or we could find a strategic investor as we did with Electrum."
McConnell is confident that the financing will fall into place. "It's likely we'll have the financing done by Q1 of this year. And the best case scenario is that we'll begin construction of the mine in June. We need one full summer to build the mine." said McConnell. "We're working on the detailed engineering now."
But the methodical McConnell is ready for the worst case as well. "Worst case, the market collapses or the price of gold sinks. Or it takes longer to raise the last funds. We won't go forward without the US $300 million. It is too risky and I don't want to put Victoria at risk."
"Because we need one full summer to build the mine, if we have funding at the end of April we could pour gold in the second quarter of 2018, but if we have to delay a bit, then we'd be looking at the 4th quarter of 2018." said McConnell. "However, right now the markets are pretty good and the price of gold is up."
While Victoria Gold is working on its financing and its mine planning, McConnell points out that Victoria is continuing to explore other targets on its large Dublin Gulch property, the property where the Eagle deposit is located. "Our objective in our exploration efforts is to increase the number of ounces. We think we can demonstrate a lot of upside for the property." said McConnell, "We know we have at least a ten year mine life. We're trying to show that there is possibly a thirty-year mine life."
Victoria Gold outlined a $6.2 million Phase 1, 2017 mineral exploration campaign in a January 19, 2017 press release which described and assessed the 2017 targets for drilling and exploration.
"We identify our exploration targets using geo-chemistry and geo-physics. Then our geologists rank the targets in terms of potential. And, we want to drill targets which are close to the Eagle project." said McConnell.
The Olive-Shamrock deposit, located two kilometers from Eagle, offers some excellent targets. "Our samples from Olive-Shamrock have been higher grade. We're seeing an overall grade of >1 grams per ton." said McConnell.
McConnell attended the recent Cambridge Conference in Vancouver. "Overall the mood at the conference was upbeat. And the Victoria Gold shareholders I met were pretty happy. A year ago VIT was $0.17, now we're trading at $0.60-0.65 a share." said McConnell.
For investors, Victoria Gold is poised to reach several milestones in the next few months. Best case, Victoria secures financing of the US $300 million required and begins construction of the Eagle mine in June, which puts the mine on track to produce gold in 2018.
At the same time there should be a steady stream of news as Victoria Gold continues exploration drilling on various targets on its Dublin Gulch property to add ounces and which could potentially extend the projected mine life and, inevitably, attract the attention of the majors. McConnell recognizes that as Victoria continues to move forward the company becomes increasingly more attractive to larger producers looking to expand their gold inventories in mining friendly jurisdictions, such as the Yukon.
Right now, however, the company is focused on completing the detailed engineering for the projected mine and conducting exploration drilling on a number of nearby targets. Step by step, McConnell is building a mine.
At time of writing Victoria Gold traded at $0.62 with 502.8 million shares outstanding for a market cap of 316.77 million dollars.
This story was provided by Hodgkinson Ventures for commercial purposes.


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Our Newest Mid-Citizen June 2, 2008Posted by The Typist in cryptical envelopment, Dancing Bear, New Orleans, NOLA, Toulouse Street.
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A bird I believe is a dove has taken over one of my coconut husk hanging baskets. My friend Eric, with a good knowledge of the outdoors, thought the bird sick or injured that it would quietly sit not three feet from me seemingly unperturbed, but no: I've seen her fly off as her mate took a turn in the nest. They just seem to have decided that we're no threat. I think its what I call the St. Francis Is A Sissy, Patron of the Homeless, the Mad and the Unattended Children effect I seem to have. I must seem the least threatening person in the world since all children left on their own at McDonalds or the playground seem to adopt me as resident adult, and people with no visible means of mental support frequently choose my bench or bus seat, and proceed to share their life's tale.
Momma bird must have taken one look at me and decided this was a safe place to raise her baby. I think she first nested in a hanging basket at the far end of the porch, away from the door and around the corner from where I sit. I took it down not long ago and before discovering the mother bird and moved it. I later discovered an abandoned egg the size of a large oblong jawbreaker in that coconut basket. Instead she ended up choosing the one closet to my chair. I discovered her (or perhaps it was him) when I watered that basket after they had settled in. I wasn't paying close attention to the basket which stands perhaps a foot higher than my head when standing when I put the watering wand up to it, and then the bird exploded out in startled flight.
We co-exist quite peacefully hnw and I don't jump quite as much in my chair at shift change, as the one usually arrives with a loud call and a wild flutter of wings. Then the other takes off FLOP-flop-flop-flop-flop with its own piercing call. Look out world, here I come. Yesterday we spotted a single chick. It doesn't cry or call any attention to itself, but seems to enjoy just being nestled up close and picking at the slowing dying wandering jew (as I have abandoned watering after our my startled discovery).
Here they are in less of a close up and much better focus. (Christ on a crutch but I need a decent camera).
Here is a shot that shows where I routinely sit, morning and night, day after day. My head reaches about to the top of the green plant beneath the nesting basket. My wife isn't too fond of the outdoor life around our house, the anoles, the toads and the green frog as bright as a piece of flourescent poster paper, a sort I haven't seen around before that has laid tadpoles in the backyard fountain. (I hope the stick around) She particularly is not fond of birds, and finds the sounds of them singing in the early morning annoying. She seems to have adapted to the dove quite nicely and sounded excited when she spotted the chick.


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In case you missed my obnoxious postings on every social media platform: I signed with an agent last week! Cue all the celebratory GIFS. I first shared the long version of the story in my weekly newsletter (sign up here for more GIFS than your heart can handle). Last year, I had one goal: … Continue reading The Absolutely True Story of How I Got A Literary Agent


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I know it's quite pointless to respond to click bait editorials and randomers on Twitter and Facebook but it appears that my Country has somehow placed me in the uncomfortable position of defending America.
I don't want to defend America- the entire nation is objectively terrible. Their entire Government is so corrupt it functions like an oligarchy, it has one of the worst child mortality rates in the West, their greed is so rampant that they can't even keep schools open and they're so stupid that they think free healthcare is a bad thing. But here I am, defending them.
The reason of course is that I've noticed an uptake in Xenophobia towards America from the Irish, the irony of course is that it originated as a response to America's very own Xenophobia.
I've actually had a lot of conversations with people who've grown a keen distaste towards America. While I was in Catalonia I recall one conversation in which my colleagues were talking shite about how the American Government had shut down, but I reminded them we'd be a little hypocritical criticizing them considering we haven't had a Government in well over a year.
I've actually talked to people who blatantly refuse to visit the country so long as Trump is President, as if he'd be lurking around each and every corner. They later clarified that if they did go they'd only visit the coasts- citing that the rest of the nation is "too dumb to deal with".
Now personally I have a lot of issues with this perspective. Mainly because it implies that people from Rural areas are somehow inherently dumber than their City counterparts. That's just horseshit- there's idiots and racists everywhere, some are just louder.
Also, have you ever been to a City? The people are all incredibly impolite. They're stuck in tight spaces, constantly bumping into eachother and everyone is in a rush so they're always in a perpetual state of anger- angry people aren't nice. Their country counterparts on the other hand are, for the most part, fairly polite. In fact the American South is known for their kind manners and hospitality… alongside the Racism and Incest, they're not perfect.
I remember this Comedian Corey Ryan Forrester was talking about growing up in Georgia and he realised that his school calendar referred to Martin Luther King day as a "Snow day" other schools of course refer to it as "Martin Luther king/ Robert E Lee day" which of course is arguably worse since it's equating a Civil Rights champion with a Racist General who fought to keep Slavery.
Some of my favourite Comedians are from the American South, they're self described "Liberal Rednecks" like Trae Crowder and Drew Morgan. Who, as you guessed it, are Rednecks who believe in Liberal policies and social issues.
Now they're very critical of the South, both Culturally and Politically, but they take grievance at the notion that the South is somehow inherently evil and that they were so unfortunate to live there. Sure, there's a lot of assholes but there's also a lot of good decent people- a lot of whom you won't agree with politically but never the less are very warm and friendly people.
And we ought to come to the realisation that just because someone holds a political belief you disagree with that doesn't necessarily mean that person is a bad person (unless of course that person is a religious fundamentalist, fascist or straight up ethnic cleanser advocate) most people are quite moderate with their opinions. I'm friends with both Gay people and staunch homophobes, both are decent people and while I really disagree with the latter I can still be civil with them. They don't want to throw them off rooftops, they're just uncomfortable with two people of the same sex holding hands.
But for clarity I can't stand Guys who are vehemently disgusted by Gay men but are fine with Lesbians cause of their goddamn Porn fetish- I'd like some consistency in your bigotry please.
Also just because you agree with someone on a political issue does not mean that they are a person who you would like or that they are in fact a good person- Harvey Weinstein abhores the NRA but that doesn't excuse the fact that he's a goddamn sexual predator.
Then of course there's the weird scenario in which you're politically opposed to everything that individual stands for, but at the same time you can get along with them and even become quite friendly- even if that person is critically abhorrent, your interactions with that person could justify a sense of respect.
It's kind of like how Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly had great respect for one another, despite the fact that Bill is a Serial Sexual Predator. Or like how former senator Al Franken and Lindsay Graham are friends, despite the fact that Lindsay is a Neo-Con War monger. Or like how Mharia Black and Jacob Rees Mogg really like eachother, even though Mogg is physically repulsived by the fact that she's a Lesbian.
Life is weird like that, I once met a Presbyterian Reverend called David Latimer who was friends with Martin McGuiness, despite the fact that McGuiness was a major player in the IRA.
Personally I'm a lot more sympathetic to the American South than I am to the rest of the nation, because in many ways Northern Ireland is the Bible Belt of the British Isles.
I mean the reason that people are called "Hillbillies" is because the Southern States were colonised by Ulster Scots (Irish people who were the descendants of Scottish Collonizers) many of whom of course were apart of the Orange Order- a sectarian organisation celebrating King William of Orange- or "King Billy" and these colonizers in America typically lived among the hills- hence the name. Rednecks are Northern Ireland's contribution to America.
Religion plays a keen role in both areas, Northern Ireland is the only place in the UK to outlaw Gay Marriage and Abortion and the American South have repeatedly attempted to erect monuments to the Ten Commandments, in one case a Mayor in Florida passed a law in which they Banned Satan from their town. Their politicians love to act holier than though, Religious fundamentalists despite the fact that many of them are Closet Homosexuals, Sexual Predators or Petty Criminals. Our Politicians are similar, many of them Homophobic adulterers, Pro-Drug Criminalisation despite their links to Drug Dealers and a fierce hatred of the IRA which they constantly bring up, but always seem to fail at acknowledging their own links to paramilitaries.
I think Roy Moore and Ian Paisley would get on like a house on fire, ideally that fire would be in Hell.
There's obviously a few differences, mainly the Gun Culture and unlike the South, in Northern Ireland the further away you are from the cities and the large towns the less racist you tend to be. Seriously, I've overheard Farmers from buck-fuck-nowhere have nuanced and informative discussions on topics such as the Refugee Crisis, while in Derry I've overheard two people openly discussing their conspiracy theories revolving around George Soros- one of them happened to be my barber.
In America, and practically everywhere else, it's different. The people in the cities tend to be less Racist than their country counterparts, granted that doesn't mean there are no Racists in the City but they're a minority and a lot more quiet about it compared to their Country Counterparts. This glaring difference between peoples leads to a Country vs City divide, that's why you'll find that the cities in the South are far more liberal than the rest of the Rural areas. Little blue islands in an otherwise red sea, but again that's not so true either. America isn't as Red or Blue as it is Purple, the purple being the people who aren't political junkies and have no issue hopping the fence whenever they vote.
I remember volunteering for the Foyle Film Festival and I attended this talk with Jim Sheridan (Director of "In the Name of the Father" and "The Field" and "Get Rich or Die Trying" with 50 Cent) he talked a pile of shite about how JFK's biggest mistake was to go to the South (He got shot in Houstan, Texas) because it was too racist and politically different than him- so he basically argues that a US President shouldn't dare venture into a part of his own Country because they dislike him and should have just ignored them all together…you see the issues with that, right?
The most insulting part was when he said that he wouldn't organise a Film Festival in the South, and that No one in the American Film Industry would even dare to think about doing that because the audience is too different and wouldn't go for all these Foreign Films and Dramas. I nearly fucking got up and slapped him when he said that. I mean look at this cunt, he's talking at a Film Festival in a Former Sectarian War-zone- but staging a Film Festival in Atlanta is too unrealistic for him???
Safe to say I didn't enjoy the talk, and from his reviews its safe to say people don't really enjoy his movies.
What initially compelled me to write this article was two editorials from the Irish Times, the first one I was quite disappointed by. It was written by Fintan O'Toole, one of my favourite Columnists but he wrote this pathetic shitpile called "No, Taoiseach, Irish values are not American values" in which he responded to Leo Varadkar's cringe worthy attempts to suck up to Trump.
He took issue with the Taoiseach saying; "American ideas and American values that spread around the world meant that a young boy growing up in Ireland, with an Indian father and an Irish mother, could dream of one day becoming the leader of his country, believing that the time would come when people would be judged on their principles and their ideals, on the content of their character and the quality of the work, and not on their sexuality or the colour of their skin. These are our Irish values today . . . These were American values before they were ours."
Fintan argues that this whole diatribe is horse shit since Leo's parents met via the NHS, a Health Service that is fundamentally Anti-American (cause it's a wee bit Socialist) and Varadkar himself got a Medical Degree that was far cheaper than the American Equivalent- and then of course he lambastes Americas position on Immigration bringing up the classic "They were mean to the Irish, remember?" which of course is true.
I'm always irked by anyone saying "[Insert Group] Values" because that implies that we're all a hive mind or at the very least have no differentiating opinions from one another whatsoever. A person can refer to their "Christian Values" when discussing why their Pro-Life, but another Christian can be Pro-Choice. It's the same thing with American Values, what one American can value another American may not- that doesn't make them less American, it just means they believe in different things.
I mean I'm Irish and I value the importance of a United Ireland, but a person from County Clare may not. That doesn't mean they're less Irish than me, they just have different values.
And in all honesty it's important to remember that the American people is not the American Government. Over 62% of Americans want Free Healthcare, their Government does not- because it's run by Insurance Lobbyists. Over 60% of Americans want Tuition Free Colleges, their Government does not because the people who fund the Colleges want a return on their investment in the form of tuition fees- turning an Education Platform into a Business.
America is quite divided upon the issue of Immigration but so are lots of other countries, Fintan O'Toole actually criticized Varadkar on showing so much concern for the Illegal Irish Immigrants in America but not the Illegal Immigrants currently in Ireland. the MRCI accused the Government of "hypocrisy" after it voiced strong support for the Irish undocumented in the United States following president Donald Trump's decision to end the Daca programme which gives temporary legal immigration status to people who arrived in the US illegally as children, noting there was "nothing like Daca in Ireland".
So we have our own issues with immigration and how we treat immigrants in general, which means that Irish people celebrating this comes off as a little redundant;
The point of course was to remind Irish Americans how it felt to be under the threat of Xenophobia and Racism, which according to many people on Twitter they have sorely forgotten;
Ok, this actually pissed me off. Do you have any idea how many Irish Americans are big time Lefties? Let's go through the list;
Stephen Colbert, Conan O'Brien, Bill Maher, Rose McGowan, Jimmy Fallon, Harrison Ford, George Clooney, Grace Kelly, Ben Affleck, Lisa Kudrow, Joe Biden, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Chris Matthews, JFK, Bill Clinton- fucking Barack Obama has Irish descent.
And if you were to argue; "Oh, these are just celebrities- the regular civilians are much worse" then explain how places like New York and Boston, places with the highest level of Irish descendants in the country, voted overwhelmingly for Hilary Clinton in the last Presidential Election?
That brings me to the second editorial, written by a Columnist called Una Mullally, with an aptly named article; "Irish America does not represent modern-day Ireland" which is true. Irish America doesn't represent Ireland, Ireland represents Ireland.
She talks about the Gay liberation movement in America and how New York used to forbid Gays from attending the St.Patrick's Day Parade and how the Irish Americans were very Homophobic, which isn't saying much since practically every ethnic group- especially those who live in poverty and are very religious- are quite homophobic. But because they're Irish and we have Gay Marriage and a Gay Taoiseach that means we're better than them.
Which is bullshit, considering that although we're the first nation to legalize Gay Marriage by Popular Vote- six Northern Counties still make it illegal. Following that up with the fact that the European Court of Human Rights had to force Ireland to decriminalize homosexuality in the first place. In 1988.
Now you could argue that it took so long because of the Catholic Church's stranglehold on the Irish Government and Society, but that doesn't excuse it- especially since Super- Duper- Catholic nations like Spain had it decriminalized in 1979 and Italy had it decriminalized almost a Century earlier in 1890.
And do we all understand that having an Openly Gay Taoiseach doesn't mean we're not Homophobic? It's as ludicrous as saying that having a Black President means that America no longer has a problem with Racism.
My point is this; we like to make fun of America, hell, I love making fun of America. But as tempting as it is to feel superior to Americans, we must avoid thinking of them as monoliths. Thinking of people as if they were all connected via a hive mind leads to deadly streams of thought. If you think that all Muslims think like Terrorists then the idea of Syrian Refugees coming here for the sole purpose to kill you becomes much more plausible.
We must not meet Xenophobia, Bitterness and Ignorance with our own Xenophobia, Bitterness and Ignorance. We must meet it with nuance, empathy and kindness- despite how hard it is we must treat people like individuals and avoid at all costs that "Sins of the Father" mentality that torments understanding. We have to remember that the American people and the American Government are not at all the same thing.
America is a very stupid country. Their food is stupid, their movies are stupid, their celebrities are stupid, their politics is irredeemably stupid- but at the same time their delicacies are phenomenal, their films are great, their politics is still stupid- but they have some great politicians, great civil rights activists and great speakers.
For that I think we need to stop looking down on America and start looking at ourselves and where we think we should go, but unfortunately America is very fucking loud so this entire article may prove to be redundant- maybe, but I hope not.


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The Acting Governor of Taraba State, Garba Umar, said on Sunday that he never declared ailing Governor Danbaba Suntai missing.
Mr. Umar offered the clarification in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Kefas Sule, and issued to journalists in Jalingo, the state capital.
The statement explained that Mr. Umar simply told journalists that he was yet to set his eyes on Mr. Suntai since he returned from the medical trip abroad.
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"Umar hereby places on record that at no time did he declare his boss missing, he simply said he was yet to see him since he returned from medical trip to London," the statement read in part.
It noted that all what Mr. Umar said at a parley with journalists was appropriately captured by almost all the media correspondents except one national daily.
"It is disheartening to later see a barrage of misleading headlines in the media said to have been egged on by a subjective interpretation by one of the national dailies," the statement added.
It quoted Mr. Umar as urging media practitioners to uphold the ethics of the profession which emphasised accuracy, objectivity, fairness and balance at all time.
Mr. Umar became acting governor after injuries sustained by Mr. Suntai in a plane crash in 2012.
Allies of Mr. Suntai recently declared that he was fit enough to govern after he returned to the country, while the state house of assembly has already commenced moves to ascertain his health status.
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Hungary will take a larger role in NATO missions in Afghanistan and Kosovo, in line with its pledge made to NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, the foreign minister told Hungarian journalists in Brussels on Wednesday.
Hungary will reassign most of its troops who are soon demobilising from the United Nations Cyprus peacekeeping mission to Afghanistan and Kosovo, Péter Szijjártó said after a two-day meeting of NATO foreign ministers.
The country will boost its number of troops by 40 to 106 in Afghanistan and send at least an additional 60 troops to Kosovo by next summer, he said. Hungary currently has 398 soldiers stationed in Kosovo, he said.
Szijjártó said Hungary will bid for the command position of the alliance's KFOR force in Kosovo once Italy's commandership expires next year.
On another sujbect, the minister said NATO had decided that Bosnia-Herzegovina can submit its first year national programme as part of the membership action plan. Szijjártó welcomed the decision, emphasising the importance of stability in Bosnia-Herzegovina due to its geographic proximity to Hungary.
As regards Macedonia, Szijjártó said it should have become a NATO member long ago. He said he believed that once Macedonia's name change is finalised, the process of that country's NATO accession can be completed early next year.
Szijjártó said he had reassured his Macedonian counterpart that Hungary would continue to support Macedonia's Euro-Atlantic integration.
"History has taught us that if there are unresolved issues in the Western Balkans, it usually leads to big trouble. It would be better to avoid this," Szijjártó said. And the best way to do that is to speed up the integration process, he added.
Concerning Afghanistan, the minister said NATO's number one goal in that country was to fight against terrorism. Hungary considers it especially important to combat terrorism in cooperation with the central Asian countries, because they are the ones keeping a number of extremist movements and terrorist groups at bay, he said. Without their efforts, hundreds of thousands or even millions of people would be setting off for Europe, Szijjártó said.
Hungary will in addition maintain its annual contribution of 500,000 dollars to support defence forces in Afghanistan, Szijjártó said, noting the government's decision to extend the funding until 2024.
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James (Jim) Whitfield Johnson, 95, formerly of Beaufort, SC, passed away on Sunday, December 9, 2018. Born in Rock Hill, SC, he was the son of the late Emma Jane Seymore Johnson and the Reverend Whitfield Franklin Johnson. Mr. Johnson served in the U.S. Army during World War II and in the Korean Conflict. He was a graduate of the University of South Carolina and taught school at Batesburg-Leesville High School, Beaufort High School, and Battery Creek High School in Beaufort, SC.
Mr. Johnson often had lunch at the Lizard's Thicket Restaurant in Irmo and would provide them with small stand mounted American flags that could be placed on the tables. Every Fourth of July and Veteran's Day, Lizard's Thicket would decorate the tables with his flags.
Mr. Johnson is survived by a daughter, Sandra J. Calore and husband, John; grandson, Jonathan W. Calore and wife Haley; along with great-granddaughters, Caroline J. and Madison W. Calore, all of Columbia. He was predeceased by his loving wife of 67 years, Louise P. Johnson; two sisters, Clara J. Langley, and Delma J. Johnson; brother, Reverend Elbert L. Johnson and a number of nieces and nephews.
A service of celebration of Mr. Johnson's life was held at 2pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at Dunbar Funeral Home, Dutch Fork Chapel, Irmo, followed by interment in Bush River Memorial Gardens. A visitation was held prior to the service from 1 until 2pm at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Ashland United Methodist Church, 2600 Ashland Road, Columbia, SC 29210.


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National Auditor of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief George Moghalu has declared that the ruling party is not scared of the opposition posed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
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It is feared that the former vice-president poses the sternest challenge to the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari but Moghalu is adamant that Buhari will retain the mandate of Nigerians to continue as president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Speaking to newsmen in Abuja, he said:"Why should we be jittery over Atiku? He is the choice of the PDP and we have no role to play over who emerges. PDP may have weighed its options but you may be surprised that other aspirants would have being a more formidable force. You may not know what an average Nigerian is looking for in a candidate."
Moghalu stated that the chances of Buhari continuing in office is very high and he doesn't see any other way after the poll in 2019.
He revealed: "Buhari chances are very bright and I can take a bet. I am very confident because of his performances, report card and commitment. You will see an honest person in him. I don't believe that his strongholds like Kano, Kaduna, Kwara are uncertain.
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"Anybody who watched Buhari's arrival at Kaduna unannounced and the crowd that received him will also know that the same thing will happen in Kwara and Kano. The commoners and average Nigerian feel the impact of what he is doing. You can see the man's determination and commitment.
"He is willing to deliver and is making every effort, despite the challenges. We have to take into account where we were, where are today and the likelihood of where we will be in the next four years.
"Don't you think that the body languages of the international communities seem not supportive of him? Do the international communities have a body? Let them conduct a poll in Nigeria and see what will happen. People are free to make assumptions but if there is any legacy Buhari wants to live, it will be a credible 2019 elections.
"Ordinarily, one would expect that he would direct that the states be delivered but APC lost in the 21 local governments during the Anambra state governorship election. We must give credit where there is need for it and criticise when there is need for it.
"Why there was issue with Osun is because APC won. Many would have celebrated Buhari if APC had lost Osun. But now that his party has won, we should give him credit.
"To be honest with you, I really don't have any fear. However, what we need to do which is also good for our democracy is that we need to work hard as a party. We need to improve on our marketing and we need to consolidate on our area of advantage.
"We must continue to reach out to the people, doing what is expected of us considering the limited resources available to us. If there are healing process to take place internally to avoid any more cracks, we must concentrate on it until they are done with. We must ensure we tidied up our house first."
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Surrey police arrested two 16-year-olds who remain in custody after a teenager was stabbed in Addlestone Tuesday night (August 20).
Police also renewed their information appeal yesterday (August 21), saying they believe there is footage of the incident not yet seen by the investigation that might help them piece together what happened.
"Two 16 year old boys were arrested in connection with the investigation and are currently in custody," police said.
A spokesperson added that the incident — which sent a teenager to hospital with a cut that required stitches — "could have been much worse."
On Tuesday evening, police received reports of a fight between two groups of teenagers, with one individual receiving a knife wound.
Officers immediately flooded the area around Kingsthorpe Gardens in response.
One teenager was taken to hospital where he received three stitches to a cut before being discharged at around 1am.
Issuing an updated information appeal, Detective Sergeant Mark Fordham, who is investigating the incident, made a direct appeal to anyone who might have information to come forward.
"We are actively looking to speak to everyone who was involved in the incident last night, as we try to piece together the circumstances that led to this injury.
"It goes without saying that this could have been far worse, and we are following every lead in our search for those responsible."
DS Fordham added that police believed there was still footage in the community not yet shared with police that could prove vital to their investigation.
"Bearing in mind the ages of those involved, I believe it is likely there is further video evidence from mobile phones that has yet to be shared with us.
"It is very possible that this is being shared between young people and I'd ask parents to have a frank conversation with their children to ask if they were there, or if they have been sent videos from the night's events," he said.
The Surrey detective also offered thanks to the Addlestone community for their help with the investigation so far.
"I want to thank the community of Addlestone who have been very forthcoming with evidence and information so far, and I'd urge anyone who has information that could help the investigation to speak to us, or (anonymously) to Crimestoppers.
"I would ask everyone in Addlestone who has a video doorbell, CCTV or a dashcam to check their footage between 19:00 and 20:30 (Tuesday) night. I am keen to see any footage that shows groups of teenagers coming and going at those times."
Anyone with information or footage that could help the investigation is asked to contact Surrey Police on 101, quoting reference PR/45190088013 or you can use the online reporting system found at https://www.surrey.police.uk/ro/report/ocr/af/how-to-report-a-crime/ and enter the reference number in the 'Incident Details' section.
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Poor boy Modi becomes India's nationalist powerhouse
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — Stern, sharp and shrewd, Narendra Modi fought his way off the streets to become one of India's most popular and polarising prime ministers.
There is no middle ground between admirers and adversaries of the man — now running for a second term — who helped his father run a railway station tea stall before launching his career in nationalist politics.
The 68-year-old makes much of his humble roots while unashamedly portraying himself as the tough guy protecting India's national security and Hindu values, pressing its claims to be the world's rising power.
Doubts have been expressed over his economic reforms, and businesses still complain about the sudden cancellation of high-value banknotes in 2016 in a bid to combat the black market economy.
But little mud has stuck and few dispute that "NaMo", as he is known, drives India's national agenda while expertly baiting neighbouring Pakistan and the opposition Congress party, especially its leader Rahul Gandhi.
And audiences love the Modi spectacle. His Twitter following of more than 46 million makes him one of the world's most-tracked leaders.
With his neat white beard and a vast collection of headgear, Modi regales rallies with stories of how he is "a son of soil", contrasting himself with Gandhi as a spoiled member of the dynasty that has dominated India since independence seven decades ago.
"They dislike me because of my humble origins. Can a party stoop so low?" he said at one event.
"Yes, a person belonging to a poor family has become prime minister. They do not fail to hide their contempt for this fact. Yes, I sold tea, but I did not sell the nation."
Narendra Damodardas Modi is said to have joined the Hindu hard-line Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) nationalist group at the age of eight and left home as a teenager, abandoning a marriage arranged by his family, to become an RSS activist.
An assiduously hard worker, Modi rose through the ranks of the RSS and its partner Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to become chief minister of his Gujarat home state in 2001.
Bolstering the Gujarat economy and espousing outspoken nationalist causes provided the launchpad for him to lead the BJP into the 2014 general election. The country was seduced by his story and the party won the biggest landslide in India's history, decimating congress.
Modi is not without shadows in his history and chinks in his communications defences.
After a train carrying Hindu pilgrims caught fire killing about 60 people in 2002, riots broke out that left at least 1,000 people, mainly Muslims, dead. Modi was accused of complicity in stirring up the riots but two courts found there was no case to answer.
Sometimes Modi's comments come back to haunt him.
While campaigning in 2014 he claimed to have a 56-inch muscle man's chest to make tough decisions. His opponents and comedians still mock him as "Mr 56 inch".
Journalists have a difficult time, as Modi has never given a press conference as prime minister and critics say his rare television interviews are carefully stage-managed.
Rahul Gandhi regularly hits out at what he calls Modi's "autocratic backlash" since taking power.
"Mr Modi believes that he is the lord of India, just like the British believed," Gandhi said.
"He can brush aside the Supreme Court, he can extort any amount of money he wants from any corporate, he can go and brush aside the Election commission."
Modi's personalised politics will be the "defining" issue of the Indian election, even his party admits, while many experts say that Modi is carrying his party through this election.
"Take away Modi and 90 per cent of the speeches of the opposition leaders would be over," Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told the Indian Express in an interview.
Modi can be compared to India's founding prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru in his ability to dominate the conversation, according to Harsh Pant, an international relations professor at King's College in London.
"Modi dominates the message in an extraordinary way," said Pant. "The young follow him because of his story, 'If I made it, then so can you'. He has the Nehruvian touch.
"Normally there is a strong anti-incumbency side to Indian politics, but there is no sign that people are withdrawing from him."
Pant and others say, however, that Modi's real impact will only be revealed if he can secure and complete a second term in power.
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A MAN from Lupane in Matabeleland North has gone into hiding after he allegedly axed his married girlfriend several times causing her death before setting the body in fire.
The alleged murder which has become the talk of Nkayi in Sivalo area, happened on Saturday early morning.
Coster Masina of Nzaligwa village in Gomoza area had allegedly camped at his girlfriend Sophie Mpande's homestead in Mbizo village under Chief Sivalo.
Mpande's husband works in Nyamandlovu area at Arda Balu and Masina was a live in boyfriend.
According to villagers in the area, Mpande (38) had introduced Masina as their herd boy to her unsuspecting husband.
It is not yet clear why Masina axed Mpande.
Sources closer to the goings on said Masina allegedly threatened to kill the now deceased's daughter aged 16 after she attempted to save her mother.
"Sophie Mpande's daughter rushed to a neighbour's homestead to report that her mother was being attacked by Masina. Everyone including Mpande's husband knew Masina as he was staying at the homestead.
"He struck her on the head, shoulder and back several times and when neighbours arrived at the scene a hut was already ablaze while the body was inside. I think he wanted to conceal evidence," said the source.
Masina, who had since separated with his wife because of the extra marital affair, fled from the scene going to his village where he allegedly told his family that he had killed a person.
He allegedly left a note threatening suicide.
Police spokesperson for Matabeleland North Inspector Siphiwe Makonese said she had not yet received a full report.


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President Notes February 2019
Twenty six members and guests were in attendance for our January meeting. Josie and Brad Shamhart, owners of Country Gem Shop gave a wonderful presentation of Brad's knowledge and expertise of lapidary art combined with Josie's ability to design and make beautiful Jewerly. They will again have a booth this year at the Effingham Farmer's Market.
Featured Artist Of The Month
Ham Hampton will be our "FEATURED ARTIST OF THE MONTH" for our February 12th meeting
February Meeting Information
Doris Johnson and Barb Althoff will provide refreshments for the February 12th meeting. The meeting will start at 7 PM in the Art Room at the Ron Dial Center, 1906 South Fourth Street, Effingham, IL.
Share Your Paintings
On the left Annabelle Black shared with us a wonderful painting she done of a pig. The painting on the right of a beautiful snow scene was done by Elizabeth Thurston. All members are encouraged to continue to bring their art to share.
February's Presentation
Our February 12th presentation will be about the art of calligraphy by Carol Thomas of Sullivan, IL. Carol is a retired nurse who grew up in Cumberland County. She has lived around this area all of her life except for three years she and her husband Ed moved to the mountains of North Carolina. They currently live south of Sullivan. Carol has worked with calligraphy since taking a course in calligraphy in the early 90's. She states calligraphy is something that she has really always enjoyed.
Thank You!
Thanks go to Chris Detwiler and Ham Hampton for bringing refreshments for our January meeting!
EAG Information
Two EAG members currently have their work displayed in town: Chris Detwiler has a showing of her art at the library. Jan VonBokel has a display of her art at Joe Sippers. Any EAG member interested in doing an individual show at the Suzette Brumleve Memorial Library should contact Andrew Dougherty at: firstname.lastname@example.com or call the library at 217-342-2464 and ask for Andrew.
There will be sign up sheets at the February 12th meeting for sitters for the Children's Art Show April 11th-13th, 2019. The flyer has been attached to this newsletter so you can save the date & share with family & friends.
The deadline for submitting applications for the Jacky Anderson Scholarship is February 28th so you might remind any student you know that wants to enter that time is short!
Barb Brummer has taken over the duties of setting up our traveling art displays. She has touched base with Shelly Coffin at SBL Bonutti Clinic and that show will be the 2nd or 3rd week of June. Shelly mentioned to Barb that there wasn't as many pieces of work last year and they would encourage participants to submit up to 10 pieces of art. More information to come & we will post the entry form on the website closer to time.
The entry form for the 25th Annual Fine Art and Photography Show is being redone to reflect the move back to two categories of judging and awards (Amateur & Professional). The form will be on the website when finished & we will have copies available at the March EAG meeting, The show will again be at Broom's Furniture with hanging on Friday, April 26th and the reception will be on Saturday, April 27th. The show will be open to the public on Monday, April 29th through Saturday, May 4th. Tear down and art pickup will be on Monday, May 6th.
We are working with the Effingham Surgical Associates, Dr's Malone and Flaig and their staff to set up an Art Show in their office once again. This was postponed during interior and exterior renovation of their building and the new construction of an adjacent medical building. Further information to come!
We will discuss having a booth at the Artisan Fair on May 4th. We asked members to decide if they would like to participate to display & sell their art. Please be prepared to tell us if you wish to participate in the booth & we will take a vote to see if the members present are in agreement to proceed with the booth.
With Sympathy
Our Sympathy and prayers go out to Fellow EAG member Dale Wagoner and his family for the very recent loss of his father, Russell Wagoner.


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The Apprentice School SNAME Student Section August Meeting
On August 16th, Scott Schubart, Port Manager for Norton Lilly International in Norfolk, Virginia came to The Apprentice School to discuss with the students about his role in the shipping industry. Students learned from Mr. Schubart about the different things a shipping agents are responsible for. Some examples that the students were unaware they were responsible for ranged from scheduling doctors' appointments for crew members to dealing with customs paperwork. Mr. Schubart had many interesting stories from his 40 year experience working with Norton Lilly and Anders Williams Ship Agency that gave our student section a better understanding of what Port Managers do. This presentation gave the student section a broader view of what the marine industry is all about.


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As a legal educator, John has enjoyed teaching budding entrepreneurs and watching their businesses grow and flourish. Startup entrepreneurs especially have had to adapt to the ever-changing market and demographics of today, but the legal foundations of starting a business remain more or less the same.
While the beginning phases of starting a business can be full of positivity and energy, it's important to account for the risks and liabilities, too. By taking care of the legal aspects in the beginning, you will ensure that the path to success is clear and unobstructed. With that said, make sure that you take the following steps to legally begin running your business:
- Who Are You? Do you already have a name in mind for your business? It's best practice to consult with a business attorney first to ensure that the name you have picked does not infringe on anyone's copyrighted name or trademark. While a Google search is a quick way to see if that name is already in use, there are more nuanced legal aspects to infringing on a copyright or trademark that you may not know about or understand. For example, even if no one else has the same name as yours, it may be similar enough to another name that you will be required to tweak or change it.
- What Are You? Should you file as a sole proprietorship? A partnership? A corporation? An LLC? You will need to register your business as one of these entities, but each has its own benefits and downfalls. Which entity is right for you, taking into account everything there is to know about your business? You need to know how a certain entity will impact how you run your business. A qualified business attorney can help you decide.
- How Will You Do It? As a matter of best practice, you should always have a business plan and related governing documents before you start your business, especially if you plan on having employees other than yourself down the road.
- Where Are You? Whether you are leasing an office space, buying property, or building on existing property, you will need to pull together the necessary documents to get a functioning office space up and running. You may need to negotiate lease terms, ensure that the lease is agreeable and that you understand what it entails, get insurance, take care of starting the utilities, and more!
- Take It to the Bank! Open a separate bank account for your business's transactions. Choose the bank you are going to affiliate your business with carefully! Some banks may offer special credit lines and perks for certain kinds of businesses.
- Get Your FEIN. You will need a Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN) in order to open a bank account for your business and start your payroll process. A business attorney [Link to WHAT WE DO page] can help you with this.
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The Nasdaq Composite is an index of over 3,300 common equities listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. It is up 10% since its April low this year. An impressive two month gain.
The index is a market-value-weighted index. That means its components are weighted according to the total market value of their outstanding shares. Currently, the FANG stocks account for about 38% of the NASDAQ Composite weighting. By comparison the FANG stocks account for 12% of the also market-cap weighted S&P 500 Index. The S&P index is up 6% since April this year and the price-weighted Dow Jones Industrial Average is only up 4% in that time.
This mean that Facebook(FB), Amazon (AMZN), Netflix (NFLX), and Alphabet (GOOGL) together have a powerful influence on the movement of the NASDAQ index. When they outperform the NASDAQ generally outperforms.
But the reverse correlation is also true and if the FANG stocks are sold off the NASDAQ Composite, which is leading the S&P 500 and the DJIA indices, will take a hit. And if the leading index fades it could weigh on the other major indices.
This progression as outlined, suggests the course of four stocks has an inordinate influence the entire broader market.


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Whit for are ye growkin at me for?
I thoucht ye were tae be the same size as the rest o us reid nebs?
Whaurs awbuddy else oniewye?
Ahn whit are ye daein wi them hats?
And why is Hoppy Hooter hoppin it?
Hoo ist it yir sae big again?
growk: look longingly at food.
Why are you staring at me like I was a burger and you've not eaten for months?
I thought you were supposed to be the same size as the rest of us red noses?
Where is everybody else anyway?
And what are you doing with those hats?
And why is Hoppy Hooter hopping it?
How is it you have grown so big again?
Red Nose Day
It's never too late to donate to Red Nose Day. It is all for good causes here in the UK and in Africa.
If you value your fellow humans and don't want to hate then donate. I'd appreciate it.
Tap or click on some of the Red Noses of 2019 to give.


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Mike Austin recounts the story of Joshua Slocum who built the "Liberdade" when he was shipwrecked in southern Brazil and later became the first man to circumnavigate the world alone in the "Spray".
A century later David Sinnett-Jones built and circumnavigated the world in a copy of Joshua's "Spray", and when this sank and proved unsalvagable, went on to build a copy of the "Liberdade". Mike then joined David Sinnett-Jones to retrace the voyage of the "Liberdade" from Paranaguá, Brazil to New York, including nineteen days single-handed from Antigua to Norfolk VA.
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udev rules make it impossible to deactivate lvm volume group with vgchange -an
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|lvm2 (Ubuntu)
|Dimitri John Ledkov
|udev (Ubuntu)
Bug Description
Running 'vgchange -a n volume_group_name' generates udev events that are matched by /lib/udev/
* run 'cryptsetup luksClose' on the underlying encrypted device
* safely remove a removable drive containing an LVM physical volume
* safely use dd to copy the LVM partition to another device (LVM might be writing data)
I turned up logging and it looks like the following happened to the instance I was watching:
1. 'vgchange -a n vgname' caused LVM to close /dev/dm-5 (the LUKS dm device holding the LVM physical volume)
2. udev logged this: device /dev/dm-5 closed, synthesising 'change'
3. a new 'change' 'block' udev event was enqueued for the LUKS dm device
4. udev started processing the new 'change' event
5. the event matched /lib/udev/
6. all of the conditions for /lib/udev/
Brainstorming ideas for fixing this:
* I'm not sure why udev synthesizes a change event when a dm device is closed, but disabling that bit of code should fix this bug (and probably cause many worse bugs).
* Maybe the lvm udev rule should condition on ACTION=="add" instead of ACTION="add|change" (just tried this and unfortunately it doesn't work -- unlocking a LUKS device causes two back-to-back udev events: one 'add' event that only appears to match /lib/udev/
Other info:
$ lsb_release -rdc
Description: Ubuntu 12.10
Release: 12.10
Codename: quantal
lvm2 version: 2.02.95-4ubuntu1
udev version: 175-0ubuntu13
|udev (Ubuntu) → lvm2 (Ubuntu)
|Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
|Changed in lvm2 (Ubuntu):
|New → Confirmed
|Changed in udev (Ubuntu):
|New → Confirmed
|Dr_Jekyll (borsi222) wrote :
Hello everyone,
i made the same observations, on 12.10 Server. If there's anything i can do to test or debug this, I'd love to.
|Dr_Jekyll (borsi222) wrote :
quick follow-up: I confirmed that Ubuntu 12.04 does work as expected, it is possible to make a logical volume unavailable with lvchange -an <LV>. I tested this with the same LV as from 12.10.
|Richard Hansen (rhansen) wrote :
Tagging with regression-release because this works in 12.04. Thanks to @Dr_Jekyll for testing!
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|Dr_Jekyll (borsi222) wrote :
it's been a month now, can we do anything to "promote" this bug? Even if it won't be fixed in 12.10, can we somehow make sure it receives some attention for 13.04?
|Martin Bruns (martin-konahina) wrote :
I would also like to get if fixed soon.
Nevertheless I found at least a workaround which works for my systems. The workaround is as follows.
sudo umount /mnt # asume the drive in question is mounted under /mnt
sudo service udev stop
sudo lvchange -a n <LV-name>
sudo cryptsetup luksClose <LUKS-devicename>
sudo service udev start
Kind Regards
|Dr_Jekyll (borsi222) wrote :
Thanks Martin, that works for me as well. Still, a "real" fix would be great.
Have a good week,
|Pavel A (pavela) wrote :
Same problem here. Another workaround is to use 'sudo dmsetup remove /dev/dm-X' instead of 'sudo lvchange -a n vg/lv'.
As @Dr_Jekyll has stated Ubuntu 12.04 is not affected.
|Tom Fields (udzelem) wrote :
thank you Pavel, the tip with dmsetup remove works fine (using /dev/mapper/
Nasty bug though.
|Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox) wrote :
Interesting. Precise -> Quantal saw a very big lvm2 update. There were changes done to udev handling and maybe some of it needs to be reverted. It's interesting that dmsetup remove works, and maybe lvchange should act more like dmsetup does.
|Changed in lvm2 (Ubuntu):
|nobody → Dmitrijs Ledkovs (xnox)
|Undecided → High
|Sven Arnold (sven-internetallee) wrote :
It looks that Precise is affected also in combination with the LVM resource agent from the pacemaker cluster manager (package: resource-agents): In a simple test setup (LVM on top of an DRBD device) I was not able to reliable migrate the volume group from one node to the other until I disabled the udev rule "85-lvm2.rules".
I am not sure, though, if in this special context this behaviour should be considered as a bug.
|MatthewParslow (matt-roystontech) wrote :
This also stops vgimportclone (which I used to import LVM VGs from virtual machines) from working correctly, eg:
# lvcreate -n testsnap -L 10G --snapshot vmdata/
Logical volume "testsnap" created
# kpartx -va /dev/mapper/
add map vmdata-testsnap1 (252:238): 0 1024000 linear /dev/mapper/
add map vmdata-testsnap2 (252:239): 0 61886464 linear /dev/mapper/
# pvs /dev/mapper/
PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree
# vgs
VG #PV #LV #SN Attr VSize VFree
vg_siriusstnzdb 1 2 0 wz--n- 29.51g 0
vmdata 1 95 43 wz--n- 3.27t 2.11t
# vgimportclone -n testsnap-200313 /dev/mapper/
WARNING: Activation disabled. No device-mapper interaction will be attempted.
Physical volume "/tmp/snap.
1 physical volume changed / 0 physical volumes not changed
WARNING: Activation disabled. No device-mapper interaction will be attempted.
Volume group "vg_siriusstnzdb" successfully changed
Volume group "vg_siriusstnzdb" successfully renamed to "testsnap-200313"
Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while...
Found volume group "testsnap-200313" using metadata type lvm2
Found volume group "vmdata" using metadata type lvm2
-------------- At this point there should be no "vg_siriusstnzdb" devices, because LVM doesn't know about them. ----------
# dmsetup ls|grep vg_siriusstnzdb
Obviously I can work around this by listing the volumes and then removing $ORIGVG-$VOLUME with dmsetup, but without knowing of this bug, you end up having to reboot, because you don't know what's using your devices.
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|Dane Fichter (dane-fichter) wrote :
Has this ever truly been resolved? I believe I am seeing this same bug with 14.04 and failing to resolve it even with the workarounds listed here. After unstack I'm left with a logical volume which I cannot delete or deactivate.
|Josip Rodin (joy) wrote :
I also see this race condition happen often when I open up and manipulate nested LVM devices.
For example, an LV is partitioned and one of the partitions inside is a PV. A kpartx -a is run to activate the partitions, vgimportclone is run to rename the VG inside that nested PV, and as MatthewParslow said above the old nested VG device nodes are always left behind.
After cleaning those up manually, a sequence of two commands is run, vgchange -a n on the renamed VG and kpartx -d on the top-level LV. It usually works (it wins the race with udev vgchange -a y), but sometimes it doesn't.


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