text:
All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
Each new release typically also includes the latest modulesync defaults.
These should not affect the functionality of the module.

## [v11.0.0](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/tree/v11.0.0) (2019-06-16)

[Full Changelog](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/compare/v10.1.0...v11.0.0)

**Breaking changes:**

- modulesync 2.6.0 and drop Puppet 4 [\#872](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/872) ([bastelfreak](https://github.com/bastelfreak))

**Implemented enhancements:**

- Replace create\_resources\(\) calls [\#716](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/issues/716)
- Add puppet tasks to call collectdctl [\#882](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/882) ([traylenator](https://github.com/traylenator))
- replace create\_resources with resource types [\#874](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/874) ([zoojar](https://github.com/zoojar))
- add flushinterval param to loadplugin config [\#873](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/873) ([zoojar](https://github.com/zoojar))
- add Ubuntu 18.04 support [\#868](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/868) ([bastelfreak](https://github.com/bastelfreak))
- Add address field to memcached plugin [\#853](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/853) ([mrunge](https://github.com/mrunge))

**Fixed bugs:**

- Cannot specify ci\_package\_repo =\> 5.8 even though 5.8 is available [\#741](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/issues/741)
- Allow puppetlabs/concat 6.x, puppetlabs/stdlib 6.x [\#881](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/881) ([dhoppe](https://github.com/dhoppe))
- remove reference to collectd::plugin::perl::filename [\#849](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/849) ([mindriot88](https://github.com/mindriot88))

**Merged pull requests:**

- Allow puppetlabs/apt 7.x [\#878](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/878) ([dhoppe](https://github.com/dhoppe))
- puppet-lint: fix topscope\_variable [\#875](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/875) ([bastelfreak](https://github.com/bastelfreak))
- replace deprecated has\_key\(\) with `in` [\#869](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/869) ([bastelfreak](https://github.com/bastelfreak))

## [v10.1.0](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/tree/v10.1.0) (2018-10-14)

[Full Changelog](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/compare/v10.0.1...v10.1.0)

**Implemented enhancements:**

- Adapt write http plugin to new format [\#848](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/848) ([kazeborja](https://github.com/kazeborja))
- allow puppetlabs/apt 5.x [\#842](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/842) ([bastelfreak](https://github.com/bastelfreak))
- add AutoLoadPlugin to global options [\#840](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/840) ([mrunge](https://github.com/mrunge))
- Add configuration/support for NFVPE plugins [\#835](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/835) ([paramite](https://github.com/paramite))

**Fixed bugs:**

- Persist the interval in the conf file as a number [\#859](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/859) ([nbarrientos](https://github.com/nbarrientos))
- Fix wrong closure of Host parameter for curljson template [\#845](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/845) ([kazeborja](https://github.com/kazeborja))

**Closed issues:**

- Documentation for collectd::plugin::ping, needed to use class [\#841](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/issues/841)

**Merged pull requests:**

- allow puppet 6.x [\#861](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/861) ([bastelfreak](https://github.com/bastelfreak))
- Fix beaker tests [\#858](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/858) ([alexjfisher](https://github.com/alexjfisher))
- allow puppetlabs/stdlib 5.x , puppetlabs/apt 6.x and puppetlabs/concat 5.x [\#850](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/850) ([bastelfreak](https://github.com/bastelfreak))
- update gem dependencies [\#846](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/846) ([bastelfreak](https://github.com/bastelfreak))
- Update collectd::plugin::ping example with an example that has been tested to succeeded [\#843](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/843) ([pckizer](https://github.com/pckizer))

## [v10.0.1](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/tree/v10.0.1) (2018-07-29)

[Full Changelog](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/compare/v10.0.0...v10.0.1)

**Fixed bugs:**

- update broken README.md example for plugin::write\_riemann [\#837](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/837) ([archii](https://github.com/archii))
- Flush plugin config files [\#832](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/832) ([paramite](https://github.com/paramite))

## [v10.0.0](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/tree/v10.0.0) (2018-07-15)

[Full Changelog](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/compare/v9.1.0...v10.0.0)

**Breaking changes:**

- write\_riemann plugin fixes and enhancements [\#830](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/830) ([smortex](https://github.com/smortex))
- Cleanup how python modules are configured [\#821](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/821) ([traylenator](https://github.com/traylenator))

**Implemented enhancements:**

- Hash, Array entries in config to python plugin ? [\#819](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/issues/819)
- Array sorted in python module [\#586](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/issues/586)
- Feature request - thresholds [\#292](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/issues/292)
- Make the threshold plugin configurable [\#829](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/829) ([smortex](https://github.com/smortex))
- Add tail\_csv plugin [\#827](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/827) ([sileht](https://github.com/sileht))
- Add table plugin [\#826](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/826) ([sileht](https://github.com/sileht))
- Add powerdns plugin [\#824](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/824) ([sileht](https://github.com/sileht))
- Add ipc plugin [\#823](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/823) ([sileht](https://github.com/sileht))
- processes: Add missing options [\#822](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/822) ([sileht](https://github.com/sileht))
- swap: add ReportIO option [\#814](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/814) ([sileht](https://github.com/sileht))

## [v9.1.0](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/tree/v9.1.0) (2018-06-14)

[Full Changelog](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/compare/v9.0.1...v9.1.0)

**Implemented enhancements:**

- syslog: Add option notify\_level [\#817](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/817) ([sileht](https://github.com/sileht))
- ping: set parameters type and add Size [\#816](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/816) ([sileht](https://github.com/sileht))
- turbotstat: Add LogicalCoreNames option [\#815](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/815) ([sileht](https://github.com/sileht))
- Add numa plugin [\#813](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/813) ([sileht](https://github.com/sileht))
- Add intel\_rdt plugin [\#812](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/812) ([sileht](https://github.com/sileht))
- add hugepages plugin [\#811](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/811) ([sileht](https://github.com/sileht))
- mysql: Add some missing options [\#810](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/810) ([sileht](https://github.com/sileht))
- Add amqp1 plugin support [\#802](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/802) ([paramite](https://github.com/paramite))
- plugin: update cpu for collectd 5.8 [\#801](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/801) ([sileht](https://github.com/sileht))
- plugin: add battery plugin [\#800](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/800) ([sileht](https://github.com/sileht))
- apache: sync options and add tests [\#798](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/798) ([sileht](https://github.com/sileht))
- Add ExtraStats parameter to virt plugin [\#797](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/797) ([mrunge](https://github.com/mrunge))
- Validate bind view parameters [\#796](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/796) ([smortex](https://github.com/smortex))

**Fixed bugs:**

- collectd::plugin::python::module does not support number options [\#662](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/issues/662)
- Fixes \#662 accept numbers into configuration file [\#818](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/818) ([traylenator](https://github.com/traylenator))

**Merged pull requests:**

- dont use topscope variables or includes [\#809](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/809) ([bastelfreak](https://github.com/bastelfreak))
- drop centos 6 support [\#808](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/808) ([bastelfreak](https://github.com/bastelfreak))
- A collectd::plugin::python acceptance test [\#805](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/805) ([traylenator](https://github.com/traylenator))
- doc: tell rake rubocop is needed [\#799](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/799) ([sileht](https://github.com/sileht))

## [v9.0.1](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/tree/v9.0.1) (2018-05-21)

[Full Changelog](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/compare/v9.0.0...v9.0.1)

**Fixed bugs:**

- Fix trailing spaces in the snmp plugin config file [\#794](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/794) ([smortex](https://github.com/smortex))

## [v9.0.0](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/tree/v9.0.0) (2018-05-20)

[Full Changelog](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/compare/v8.3.0...v9.0.0)

**Breaking changes:**

- collectd::plugin::ceph - Add additional data types [\#781](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/781) ([juniorsysadmin](https://github.com/juniorsysadmin))
- collectd::plugin::bind - Add additional data types [\#780](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/780) ([juniorsysadmin](https://github.com/juniorsysadmin))
- collectd::plugin::apache - Use data types [\#779](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/779) ([juniorsysadmin](https://github.com/juniorsysadmin))
- collectd::plugin::amqp - Use data types [\#778](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/778) ([juniorsysadmin](https://github.com/juniorsysadmin))
- collectd::plugin::oracle - Use data types [\#776](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/776) ([juniorsysadmin](https://github.com/juniorsysadmin))
- collectd::plugin::network - Add data types [\#775](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/775) ([juniorsysadmin](https://github.com/juniorsysadmin))
- Use data types, remove anchors [\#773](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/773) ([juniorsysadmin](https://github.com/juniorsysadmin))
- config.pp clean up [\#772](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/772) ([juniorsysadmin](https://github.com/juniorsysadmin))
- Standardize file permissions, allow non-root [\#767](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/767) ([juniorsysadmin](https://github.com/juniorsysadmin))

**Implemented enhancements:**

- Owner and modes for plugin files should reference ones set in collectd init [\#719](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/issues/719)
- Add support for nut plugin \(\#621\) [\#681](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/681) ([trustchk](https://github.com/trustchk))

**Fixed bugs:**

- service resource name 'collectd' should be renamed [\#688](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/issues/688)
- Remove array sorting in python module template \(\#586\) [\#792](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/792) ([jlutran](https://github.com/jlutran))
- Use $collectd::service\_name consistently [\#771](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/771) ([juniorsysadmin](https://github.com/juniorsysadmin))

**Merged pull requests:**

- Rely on beaker-hostgenerator for docker nodesets [\#791](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/791) ([ekohl](https://github.com/ekohl))
- collectd::plugin::contextswitch - Use data types [\#787](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/787) ([juniorsysadmin](https://github.com/juniorsysadmin))
- collectd::plugin::cpu - Use data types [\#786](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/786) ([juniorsysadmin](https://github.com/juniorsysadmin))
- collectd::plugin::cpufreq - Use data types [\#785](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/785) ([juniorsysadmin](https://github.com/juniorsysadmin))
- collectd::plugin::conntrack - Use data types [\#784](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/784) ([juniorsysadmin](https://github.com/juniorsysadmin))
- collectd::plugin::chain - Use data types [\#783](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/783) ([juniorsysadmin](https://github.com/juniorsysadmin))
- collectd::plugin::cgroups - Add more data types [\#782](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/782) ([juniorsysadmin](https://github.com/juniorsysadmin))
- collectd::plugin::aggregation - add data types [\#777](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/777) ([juniorsysadmin](https://github.com/juniorsysadmin))
- Use one operating system for most RSpec tests [\#770](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/770) ([juniorsysadmin](https://github.com/juniorsysadmin))
- Remove parameters from collectd::install class [\#769](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/769) ([juniorsysadmin](https://github.com/juniorsysadmin))
- Remove parameters from collectd::service class [\#768](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/768) ([juniorsysadmin](https://github.com/juniorsysadmin))
- add assert\_private to private classes [\#766](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/766) ([bastelfreak](https://github.com/bastelfreak))
- Convert collectd\_plugin\_fscache\_spec to rspec-puppet-facts [\#736](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/736) ([alexjfisher](https://github.com/alexjfisher))

## [v8.3.0](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/tree/v8.3.0) (2018-03-28)

[Full Changelog](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/compare/v8.2.0...v8.3.0)

**Breaking changes:**

- use Stdlib::Fqdn type for package\_keyserver / bump stdlib to 4.25 [\#759](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/759) ([marcdeop](https://github.com/marcdeop))

**Implemented enhancements:**

- Install package with options in sensors and disk plugins [\#762](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/762) ([jfroche](https://github.com/jfroche))

**Merged pull requests:**

- bump puppet version dependency to \>= 4.10.0 \< 6.0.0 [\#764](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/764) ([bastelfreak](https://github.com/bastelfreak))

## [v8.2.0](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/tree/v8.2.0) (2018-03-16)

[Full Changelog](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/compare/v8.1.0...v8.2.0)

**Implemented enhancements:**

- Add intel\_pmu plugin [\#760](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/760) ([pllopis](https://github.com/pllopis))
- feat: add package\_keyserver parameter [\#746](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/746) ([marcdeop](https://github.com/marcdeop))
- Add class ovs\_events plugin [\#743](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/743) ([paramite](https://github.com/paramite))

**Fixed bugs:**

- Collectd fails to start when wsrepstats is enabled [\#757](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/issues/757)
- Fix the MySQL plugin's WsrepStats parameter [\#758](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/758) ([steventwheeler](https://github.com/steventwheeler))

## [v8.1.0](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/tree/v8.1.0) (2018-02-13)

[Full Changelog](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/compare/v8.0.1...v8.1.0)

**Implemented enhancements:**

- update version for collectd package [\#752](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/752) ([vaclandic](https://github.com/vaclandic))

**Merged pull requests:**

- generate acceptance tests by modulesync [\#754](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/754) ([bastelfreak](https://github.com/bastelfreak))
- add ruby 2.5.0 to the testmatrix [\#751](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/751) ([bastelfreak](https://github.com/bastelfreak))

## [v8.0.1](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/tree/v8.0.1) (2018-01-26)

[Full Changelog](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/compare/v8.0.0...v8.0.1)

**Merged pull requests:**

- Adds class ovs\_stats plugin [\#742](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/742) ([paramite](https://github.com/paramite))
- Remove duplicate 'include' [\#740](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/740) ([alexjfisher](https://github.com/alexjfisher))

## [v8.0.0](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/tree/v8.0.0) (2017-12-08)

[Full Changelog](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/compare/v7.0.0...v8.0.0)

**Breaking changes:**

- plugin::genericjmx::mbean - Use data types [\#726](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/726) ([juniorsysadmin](https://github.com/juniorsysadmin))
- plugin::genericjmx::connection - Use data types [\#725](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/725) ([juniorsysadmin](https://github.com/juniorsysadmin))
- plugin::filecount::directory - data type changes [\#718](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/718) ([juniorsysadmin](https://github.com/juniorsysadmin))
- Make it possible to add processes one by one [\#712](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/712) ([oscarkraemer](https://github.com/oscarkraemer))

**Implemented enhancements:**

- Escape json posts in curl\_json plugin [\#735](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/735) ([alexjfisher](https://github.com/alexjfisher))
- added: check params variable in query pg template [\#731](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/731) ([vaclandic](https://github.com/vaclandic))
- plugin/mysql: optional wsrepstats setting [\#710](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/710) ([martbhell](https://github.com/martbhell))

**Fixed bugs:**

- Process plugin silently breaks processmatch/process defines. [\#652](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/issues/652)
- Processes plugin creates strange config [\#595](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/issues/595)

**Merged pull requests:**

- Fix typos in README [\#737](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/737) ([alexjfisher](https://github.com/alexjfisher))
- replace topscope variables with facts hash [\#734](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/734) ([bastelfreak](https://github.com/bastelfreak))
- Remove EOL operatingsystems [\#733](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/733) ([ekohl](https://github.com/ekohl))
- plugin::mysql::database - Add data type [\#727](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/727) ([juniorsysadmin](https://github.com/juniorsysadmin))
- plugin::filter::target - Use data types [\#723](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/723) ([juniorsysadmin](https://github.com/juniorsysadmin))
- plugin::filter::rule - add data type [\#722](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/722) ([juniorsysadmin](https://github.com/juniorsysadmin))
- plugin::filter::match - Use data types [\#721](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/721) ([juniorsysadmin](https://github.com/juniorsysadmin))
- plugin::filter::chain - Use data types [\#720](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/720) ([juniorsysadmin](https://github.com/juniorsysadmin))
- collectd::plugin::exec::cmd clean up [\#717](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/717) ([juniorsysadmin](https://github.com/juniorsysadmin))
- plugin::apache::instance -don't assign from params [\#715](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/715) ([juniorsysadmin](https://github.com/juniorsysadmin))

## [v7.0.0](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/tree/v7.0.0) (2017-11-11)

[Full Changelog](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/compare/v6.0.0...v7.0.0)

**Breaking changes:**

- Bump puppetlabs-stdlib to 4.13.1 [\#703](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/703) ([juniorsysadmin](https://github.com/juniorsysadmin))

**Implemented enhancements:**

- Add Zookeeper plugin [\#670](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/670) ([jamtur01](https://github.com/jamtur01))

**Fixed bugs:**

- Fix markup of headers [\#711](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/711) ([traylenator](https://github.com/traylenator))
- Fix strict variables error when facts are missing [\#708](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/708) ([alexjfisher](https://github.com/alexjfisher))
- Install 'collectd-python' package on Amazon Linux. [\#671](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/671) ([irgeek](https://github.com/irgeek))

**Closed issues:**

- Support the ZooKeeper plugin [\#654](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/issues/654)
- Collectd::Plugin::Aggregation::Aggregator fails on 5.2 [\#596](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/issues/596)

**Merged pull requests:**

- Use $facts hash instead of topscope variables [\#709](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/709) ([alexjfisher](https://github.com/alexjfisher))
- replace validate\_\* with datatypes [\#706](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/706) ([bastelfreak](https://github.com/bastelfreak))
- plugin::dbi - Use data types [\#705](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/705) ([juniorsysadmin](https://github.com/juniorsysadmin))
- plugin::curl - Use data types [\#704](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/704) ([juniorsysadmin](https://github.com/juniorsysadmin))
- plugin::aggregation - Use data types [\#702](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/702) ([juniorsysadmin](https://github.com/juniorsysadmin))
- plugin::apache - Use data types [\#701](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/701) ([juniorsysadmin](https://github.com/juniorsysadmin))
- Fix zookeeper tests [\#698](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/698) ([bastelfreak](https://github.com/bastelfreak))

## [v6.0.0](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/tree/v6.0.0) (2017-10-18)

[Full Changelog](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/compare/v5.3.0...v6.0.0)

**Breaking changes:**

- Fix sensors plugin params [\#683](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/683) ([archii](https://github.com/archii))
- Fixes \#549: Unable to define a multi-value type [\#604](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/604) ([jkroepke](https://github.com/jkroepke))

**Implemented enhancements:**

- Add parameter to customize location of python plugin configuration [\#638](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/issues/638)
- Support for snmp v3 [\#236](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/issues/236)
- Add support for Chain6 directive [\#694](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/694) ([herver](https://github.com/herver))
- Change 'Redhat' to 'RedHat' when comparing against the osfamily fact [\#667](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/667) ([bodgit](https://github.com/bodgit))
- Add SNMPv3 support [\#665](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/665) ([bodgit](https://github.com/bodgit))
- Add tests for the AMQP plugin and fix broken StoreRates configuration when amqpformat = JSON [\#661](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/661) ([oranenj](https://github.com/oranenj))
- provide sane defaults for manage\_repo [\#658](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/658) ([bastelfreak](https://github.com/bastelfreak))
- openldap - add binddn and password parameters [\#657](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/657) ([leonkyneur](https://github.com/leonkyneur))
- Added ISC DHCP pool metrics plugin [\#650](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/650) ([Yuav](https://github.com/Yuav))
- df: add devices parameter [\#646](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/646) ([maage](https://github.com/maage))
- Added cuda GPU plugin [\#645](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/645) ([Yuav](https://github.com/Yuav))
- Plugin turbostat [\#642](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/642) ([jkroepke](https://github.com/jkroepke))
- Parametrize destination of python config [\#637](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/637) ([Pigueiras](https://github.com/Pigueiras))
- Stop specifying $name as the default host value [\#631](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/631) ([jamtur01](https://github.com/jamtur01))
- Add CounterSum support to statsd config [\#620](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/620) ([phss](https://github.com/phss))
- add new parameter module\_import in plugin::python::module [\#618](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/618) ([contargo-development](https://github.com/contargo-development))
- Added plugin oracle [\#613](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/613) ([jkroepke](https://github.com/jkroepke))
- Changes RedHat repo to use the EPEL module [\#603](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/603) ([petems](https://github.com/petems))
- collectd::plugin::amqp is now supporting the routingkey option [\#582](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/582) ([alexxxxx](https://github.com/alexxxxx))

**Fixed bugs:**

- Template in collectd::plugin::perl::plugin generates unstable output [\#635](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/issues/635)
- Unable to define a multi-value type [\#549](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/issues/549)
- Fix writing of postgresql query params and add a test [\#656](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/656) ([andrewward](https://github.com/andrewward))
- Add Support for older versions of `libyajl` [\#648](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/648) ([petems](https://github.com/petems))
- Oracle Database definition must be at bottom [\#643](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/643) ([jkroepke](https://github.com/jkroepke))
- Remove quotes from boolean options [\#640](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/640) ([mirekys](https://github.com/mirekys))
- Use sort on hashes in template perl/plugin.erb [\#636](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/636) ([blajos](https://github.com/blajos))

**Closed issues:**

- IPTables plugin doesn't support IPv6 [\#693](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/issues/693)
- aggregation plugin error: The plugin either only expects "simple" configuration statements or wasn't loaded using `LoadPlugin'.  [\#680](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/issues/680)
- Why does the python plugin insist on permissions?  [\#679](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/issues/679)
- Remove quotes from the Forward option [\#639](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/issues/639)

**Merged pull requests:**

- modulesync 1.2.0 [\#696](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/696) ([wyardley](https://github.com/wyardley))
- bump version on puppetlabs/apt dependency [\#692](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/692) ([costela](https://github.com/costela))
- modulesync 0.22.0 [\#687](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/687) ([bastelfreak](https://github.com/bastelfreak))
- Remove interval parameter from write plugins. [\#685](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/685) ([kbor](https://github.com/kbor))
- add fscache plugin [\#682](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/682) ([wildente](https://github.com/wildente))
- Bump required puppet version 4.6.1-\>4.7.0 [\#675](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/675) ([bastelfreak](https://github.com/bastelfreak))
- drop legacy OS from support matrix [\#674](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/674) ([bastelfreak](https://github.com/bastelfreak))
- rspec-puppet-facts integration [\#673](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/673) ([bastelfreak](https://github.com/bastelfreak))
- Fix github license detection [\#669](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/669) ([alexjfisher](https://github.com/alexjfisher))
- Do not set a value for the collectd\_version fact if collectd is not y… [\#668](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/668) ([m3t30r](https://github.com/m3t30r))
- Install Redis plugin package if needed [\#666](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/666) ([bodgit](https://github.com/bodgit))
- Update `collectd::plugin::python::module` README [\#660](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/660) ([sigv](https://github.com/sigv))
- add $measureresponsecode for curl plugin [\#659](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/659) ([azhurbilo](https://github.com/azhurbilo))
- curl\_json: support parameters: host, digest, post, timeout [\#649](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/pull/649) ([maage](https://github.com/maage))

## [v5.3.0](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd/tree/v5.3.0) (2017-01-13)

This is the last release with Puppet 3 support!
* Include custom rabbitmq types
* Enable acceptance tests
* Add Collectd CI Package repos
* Add write_prometheus plugin (#600)
* Fix python_dir fact for RedHat.
* Updates to write_riemann (#605)
* Add base threshold plugin
* Tag collectd's concat resources

## 2016-12-05 Release 5.2.0

* Modulesync with latest Vox Pupuli defaults
* Fix: Enforce collectd.d directory before all Concats
* Fix: Add ability to add files via hiera
* Fix: Don't accidently upgrade collectd while installing plugins
* Fix: Manage EPEL if needed
* Fix: Set correct installation path for plugins
* Feature: Updat kafka plugin
* Feature: Update Ceph plugin to support more cluster types
* Feature: Add SMART plugin
* Feature: Add support for multiple instances for memcached
* Feature: Extend snmp plugin
* Feature: Add hddtemp plugin
* Feature: Add UUID plugin
* Feature: Introduce rspec-puppet-facts to multiple spec tests
* Feature: Add ppa support on Ubuntu
* Feature: Add provider_proxy for pip
* Feature: Add support for Interface plugin option ReportInactive
* Feature: Add support for ReportNumCpu in CPU plugin introduced in collectd 5.6
* Feature: Add thermal plugin
* Feature: Allow multiple python plugin configs

## 2016-08-18 Release 5.1.0

* Modulesync with latest Vox Pupuli defaults
* Fix: Target replace filter fix to allow identical keys with different values
* Fix: Check $manage_package if not undef
* Fix: Adding has_wordexp variable for template
* Fix: Remove quotes from VerifyPeer and VerifyHost (don't treat bools as strings)
* Feature: Add password parameter to redis plugin
* Feature: Add scale plugin
* Feature: Add a java_home option to javaplugin

## 2016-05-26 Release 5.0.0

### Backwards-incompatible changes:

* The libvirt plugin has been renamed to simply virt, per collectd upstream

### New features

* Add plugin::cgroups
* Add plugin::fhcount
* Add plugin::ipmi
* Add plugin::rabbitmq
* Add parameter StoreRates to amqp plugin
* Support for STRICT_VARIABLES=yes
* Add initial OpenBSD support

### Bug fixes

* Manage collectd-disk package on collectd >= 5.5 (fix #457)
* fix typo in write_sensu class example

### Maintenance

* Add support for puppetlabs-concat 2.x
* Enhance the curl_json plugin
* Improve FreeBSD support
* A lot of new spec tests
* modulesync to latest voxpupuli defaults (0.6.4)

## 2016-02-01 Release 4.3.0

### New features

* Add plugin::dbi (fix #319)
* Add plugin::filter (fix #322)
* Add support for CollectInternalStats (fix #332)
* Add plugin::write_sensu (fix #335)
* Make management of package optional (fix #341)
* Add plugin::dns (fix #356)
* Add install options (fix #357)
* Add plugin::mongodb (fix #372)
* Add plugin::openldap (fix #381)
* Allow changing file mode of collectd.d (fix #384)
* Add support for complex module configs (fix #391)
* Add plugin::ethstat (fix #395)

### Bug fixes

* plugin/snmp: Fix typo (fix #338)
* Sort keys of curl_json.conf.erb (fix #342)
* Remove duplicate parameters (fix #345)
* Use correct collectd_version (fix #347)
* plugin/mysql: Remove Master/Slave if statement (fix #355)
* Fix variables for Solaris (fix #360)
* plugin/filecount: Do not emit empty Plugin block (fix #361)
* plugin/mysql: Pin InnodbStats to MySQL >= 5.5 (fix #362)
* plugin/process: Fix startup for Debian/Wheezy (fix #364)
* plugin/ping: Transition from defined type to class (fix #370)
* plugin/dbi: Fix empty database name (fix #382)

## 2015-09-03 Release 4.2.0

### New features

* Add support for types.db
* Add plugin::netlink
* Add collectd::plugin::ceph
* Add support for the new AllPortsSummary option
* plugin/mysql: Add innodbstats and slavenotifications
* plugin/snmp: Remove sorting of Values option in data block
* plugin/snmp: Support InstancePrefix, Scale and Shift options
* plugin/logfile:  Add support for PrintSeverity option (fix #317)
* plugin/exec: Exec plugin can also be used with a parameterized class.

### Bug fixes

* plugin/snmp: Check if Table option is defined

## 2015-08-05 Release 4.1.2

Fix .travis.yml so that deploys work, better

## 2015-08-05 Release 4.1.1

Fix .travis.yml so that deploys work

## 2015-08-05 Release 4.1.0

This module now lives on the puppet community github organization.

### New features

* Add option to not install collectd-iptables on centos 6
* Allow iptables chains parameter to be an array
* Support UdevNameAttr attribute on disk plugin (fixes #300)

## 2015-07-26 Release 4.0.0

### Backwards-incompatible changes:

* Exec plugin was renamed from collectd::plugin::exec to collectd::plugin::exec::cmd to support multiple execs
* Write_graphite was renamed from collectd::plugin::write_graphite to collectd::plugin::write_graphite::carbon to supports multiple carbon backends

### New features

* Support for the aggregation, chain, and protocols plugins
* Swap and Memory plugins now support ValuesAbsolute and ValuesPercentage
* OpenVPN plugin now supports multiple statusfiles

### Bug fixes

* Fixed bug preventing multiple instances of curl_json
* Fixed write_http plugin on RedHat

## 2015-06-16 Release 3.4.0

### Backwards-incompatible changes:

* Implement support for mupltiple Python modules

### Bug fixes

* snmp/host.pp validate_re validate on string
* quote reserved word type in tail.pp

### New features

* add new cpu plugin options introduced in collectd 5.5
* Added absent timers for statsd module.

### Testing enhancements

* Add ruby 2.2.0 to TravisCI
* Add puppet4 to .travis and update ruby to 2.1.6
* Add metadata-json-lint gem

## 2015-04-22 Release 3.3.0

### Backwards-incompatible changes:

* Drop Ruby 1.8.7 support
* Package collectd-python is no longer available in EPEL

### Features:

* Allow disable forwarding in network::server

### Bugs/Maint:

* Fix permission on MySQL plugin file
* Only set LogSendErrors option if collectd version >= 5.4.
* CreateFiles/CreateFilesAsync expect boolean values

## 2015-01-24 Release 3.2.0

### Backwards-incompatible changes:

There are no known backwards compat changes, please add them to the
CHANGELOG if you find one.

### Summary:

The release adds support for 4 new plugins and adds redhat package
support to a large number of plugins.

### New Plugins:

* collectd::plugin::genericjmx
* collectd::plugin::java
* collectd::plugin::target_v5upgrade
* collectd::plugin::lvm

### Features:

* plugin/rrdcached: Add CollectStatistics option
* plugin/ntpd: Add IncludeUnitID option

### Bugs/Maint:

* Update metadata for more PE versions
* plugin/perl: changed exec in provider 'false' case
* plugin/varnish: package resouce ensure param passed
* plugin/postgresql: add package for redhat systems
* plugin/write_riemann: add package for redhat systems
* plugin/write_http: add package for redhat systems
* plugin/snmp: add package for redhat systems
* plugin/sensors: add package for redhat systems
* plugin/python: add package for redhat systems
* plugin/ping: add package for redhat systems
* plugin/perl: add package for redhat systems
* plugin/nginx: add package for redhat systems
* plugin/mysql: add package for redhat systems
* plugin/iptables: add package for redhat systems
* plugin/curl_json: add package for redhat systems
* plugin/curl: add package for redhat systems
* plugin/amqp: add package for redhat systems
* plugin/bind: add package for redhat systems

## 2014-12-26 Release 3.1.0

### Backwards-incompatible changes:

There are no known backwards compat changes, please add them to the
CHANGELOG if you find one.

### Summary:

This release introduces support for 3 new plugins, new parameters for existing
plugins, bugfixes, doc improvments and basic acceptance tests with beaker.

### New Plugins:

* Add conntrack module
* Add cpufreq plugin
* Add collectd::plugin::zfs_arc

### Features:

* filecount: support all options
* plugin::python introduce ensure parameter
* Make plugins passing the $interval parameter
* Support LogSendErrors on the write_graphite plugin
* curl: fix handling of some parameters
* curl_json: Support reading from a unix socket
* Adding support for WriteQueueLimitLow & WriteQueueLimitHigh, which were added in collectd 5.4

### Bugs/Maint:

* Lintian fixes
* Ensure variable using 'false' will be interpreted.
* Cleaning the now redundant LoadPlugin declaration
* Uses the LoadPlugin syntax with bracket when supported
* Fix Puppet deprecation warning
* Add "" to Hostname
* Double quote the csv plugin DataDir.
* write_http: StoreRates is a bool, not a string
* curl : 'MeasureResponseTime' needs exactly one boolean argument
* Add collectd-apache package needed on RedHat
* Variables in templates should use @-notation

### Tests:

* Basic acceptance test with beaker
* Add rspec test to ensure the bracket syntax is using when available
* Fix travis by using plabs gemfile

### Docs:

* Add conntrack to README.md
* Add cpufreq plugin doc
* README.md: Fixed example entropy snippet.

## 2014-10-04 Release 3.0.1

### Backwards-incompatible changes:

none

### Summary:

Bug fix release

### Features:

* Add support for manually specifying the hostname

### Bugs:

* Add dependency for python plugins
* Set default value of chains to be hash
* Sort snmp data and hosts hash

## 2014-08-25 Release 3.0.0

### Backwards-incompatible changes:

* Make sure plugin_conf_dir is not world readable
* Full rewrite of the network plugin
* Rewrite of postgresql module to allow invocation by defined types

### Summary:

This release adds multiple new plugins and improvements

### Features:

* Varnish plugin improvments
* Add the ability to customize package name.
* Add write_http plugin
* Add statsd plugin
* Add plugin logfile
* Add curl plugin
* Add support for sensors plugin
* Add support for perl plugins
* Allow custom Include directives
* Add valuesabsolute and valuespercentage to df plugin

### Bugs:

* Issue 164: syslog plugin needs to be loaded as first plugin
* notify the collectd service when purging plugins
* add collectd-rrdtool package needed for RedHat
* sort python.conf options hash

## 2014-04-14 Release 2.1.0

### Summary:

This release adds Gentoo osfamily support and minor plugin changes

### Features:

- adding Gentoo support
- tcpconn plugin: $localports and $remoteports can me left undef if $listening is not set
- unixsock plugin: Implement the "DeleteSocket" option.
- add reportreserved parameter for df plugin

## 2014-04-14 Release 2.0.1

### Summary:

Fix issue with metadata.json preventing Forge uploads

## 2014-04-14 Release 2.0.0

### Summary:

This release adds support for several new plugins and contains
some backwards-incompatible code refactors.

### Backwards-incompatible changes:

- Storerates=true is now the default for the Graphite plugin
- Deprecate write_network plugin, use network plugin instead
- Make sure plugin configs are not world readable.
- Handle plugin order with collectd::plugin resource type
  (all collectd plugins config files will be renumbered from
   00-$name.conf to 10-$name.conf)

### Features:

- New plugins CSV, uptime, users, entropy, varnish, redis,
  contextswitch, cpu, nfs, vmem, libvirt
- Add socket parameter to mysql plugin
- Add reportbytes to swap plugin
- Add SeparateInstances setting to write_graphite plugin
- Add metadata.json for Forge search support

### Bugs:

- Fix port parameter quotes in memcached plugin
- Fix collectd conf dir path parameter assignment
- Fix processes plugin configuration
- Force ReportReserved to true in df plugin

## 2014-01-18 Release 1.1.0

### Summary:

This release adds support for new plugins and fixes multiple bugs in
several plugin configurations.

### Features:

- Added load plugin
- Added memory plugin
- Added rrdtool plugin
- Added swap plugin
- Initial version of PostgreSQL plugin
- Add protocol paramter to write_graphite plugin
- add tests for network module
- Support pre-4.7 network configs.

### Bugs:

- Fix bug that always creates notification in exec on empty params
- fix typo in apache plugin manifest
- Make sure that plugins are always loaded before their configuration
- Add version check around emitting Protocol config
- mysql: use double quotes according to version
- Allow for alphanumeric collectd version numbers
- (gh-85) Fix null versioncmp bug in plugin templates
- (gh-69) Fix package name on RedHat

## 2013-12-17 Release 1.0.2

### Summary:

This release adds the AMQP plugin and a collectd version fact.

### Features:

- Add AMQP plugin
- Add class parameter typesdb
- Use collectd::params::root_group instead of fixed group name
- Add collectd version fact

## 2013-12-04 Release 1.0.1

### Summary:

This release introduces Archlinux osfamily support and support for
three new plugins ping, rrdcached, and processes.

### Features:

 - Initial version of rrdcached plugin
 - Add configurable processes plugin
 - Add quotes for string values in network plugin
 - Add ping plugin
 - Add support for Archlinux
 - Allow to set all write_graphite options.

### Bugs:

 - Fixed missing double quotes in unixsock plugin template
 - Added comma to syntax error in bind.pp

## 2013-10-20 Release 1.0.0

### Summary:

This release breaks some backwards compatibility
on some plugins where they improperly used strings instead of
booleans parameters. This release also includes osfamily
support for SUSE and FreeBSB and support for four new plugins.

### Backwards-incompatible changes:

 - Plugins that use to accept strings now use booleans
   for a more consistent interface across the various plugins
 - The main collectd config file now only includes *.conf files
   to allow plugin specific files to be placed in the conf.d
   directory.
 - The mysql plugin now supports multiple databases via the
   collectd::plugin::mysql::database define. This change breaks
   backwards compatiblity on the mysql plugin.

### Features:

 - osfamily support for SUSE
 - osfamily support for FreeBSD
 - tail plugin
 - exec plugin
 - python plugin
 - write_riemann plugin

## 2013-09-27 Release 0.1.0

### Summary:

Add curl_json and apache plugin

### Backwards-incompatible changes:

 - The write_network plugin now accepts a hash of servers

### Features:

 - Add curl_json plugin
 - Added collectd package version parameter
 - Add apache plugin

0.0.5 - pdxcat/collectd - 2013/09/24

  6adca9a add ntpd plugin
  ab55fb4 Added tcpconns plugin and example for it in README
  677ff72 Adding a new generic write_network plugin define
  8cdd8b7 Added memcached plugin and example for it in README
  c3e4a02 Added examples to README for filecount, SNMP and unixsock
  f798c84 Added support for file count plugin
  66f7392 Added support for SNMP and bumped stdlib dependency version to 3.0.0
  7118450 Added support for unix socket plugin
  a062b11 Fixed source URL
  1b214a2 Add testing docs to README

0.0.4 - pdxcat/collectd - 2013/08/26

  9f3f0f6 Add bind plugin to readme
  f052087 Add bind plugin
  fc0c4c1 Add basic rspec-system test
  0b2ec92 Fix README formatting issues
  71dcad0 Add configurable plugins to the README
  72b9f17 Add test for file_line
  7eae468 Add buildstatus to the README
  b2cb208 Add travis.yml file
  8cc16a8 Add purge_config enabled test
  26683f0 Add spec test for collectd class
  3f30650 Add spec helper files
  0bee1d7 Add nginx plugin
  e2d558a Fix network plugin config syntax
  79d8a68 Add network plugin
  c1085d7 Merge pull request #5 from agenticarus/newer-stdlib
  88678bf Depend on newer version of stdlib
  7dd9aaa added colorz to the README
  628ed78 Added configuration for StoreRates and Port.

0.0.3 - pdxcat/collectd - 2013/05/27

  f51660f Fixed test for collectd::plugin::irq
  3019516 Added default field in selector for making syntax checkers happy.
  39859e7 Added stdlib dependency for file_line

0.0.2 - pdxcat/collectd - 2013/05/09

  185e16f Modifications for following puppetlabs style guide and add smoke tests for interface, irq and iptables
  d68275f Added interface, irq and iptables support. Untested though.
  b8312cc Added use of scope.lookupvar, allow configuration of threads and option to choose between hostname and fqdn

0.0.1 - pdxcat/collectd - 2013/02/06

  8c64104 Add interval and timeout parameters
  e48288d Add redhat support to the collectd module.
  b6e3649 Add readme, module, and license files to collectd module.
  fb6b92f Fix bug in collectd::plugin define
  4096cca Add purge_config option to collectd class
  2a2974c Add purge option to collectd class
  8acbef3 Add syslog plugin
  137c919 Add ensure option for collectd::plugin
  3406430 Fix plugins with wrong metaparams
  315af94 Add collectd::plugin define for unconfigured plugins
  c085ebc Change include plugin file to include conf.d
  171bddd Template openvpn plugin and parameterize the class
  09c4df5 Add mysql plugin to collectd.
  36f3465 Add disk plugin to collectd.
  1e27a29 Fix collectd service subscription to conf file.
  15f1ea7 Add Solaris collectd parameters
  c013e73 Add collectd df plugin support
  9cac9c4 Add collectd support.

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For a change of pace, this past weekend my writing group decided to hold a daylong retreat in lieu of our weekly Monday meeting. So on Sunday, we met from noon to 5:30pm to write, to socialize, and to eat all the goodies each member contributed to the extravaganza.
In addition to our normal prompts, we did an exquisite corpse as our final exercise of the day. I had never done one of these before and was eager to see how it would work. Everyone was given a sheet of paper and the timer was set for five minutes. Then we wrote the start to a story. When the timer went off, we handed our sheet to the person on our right, with all but the last sentence covered up. Then the timer was reset, and we had to write for another five minutes, picking up where the person before us left off.
We did this seven times – one turn for each person in the room. And as we went along, it became increasingly difficult to make sense of the previous sentence and write coherently for five minutes.
Now, since this was the last prompt of the day, our fatigue from writing for hours is one explanation. However, I'd like to think we were experiencing the phenomenon where the more progress you make with a story, the fewer the possible outcomes. As the sheets got passed around the room, and more of each story was written, it became harder to add on. Each story was demanding to be written in an increasingly limited direction, except the writers could not know all the variables that were hidden from view and respond accordingly. So we did our best, often resulting in much amusement and confusion when we got around to reading all the stories aloud at the end.
There's always a point I reach in crafting a story where I know there's only one direction I can take a piece, even if I'm not certain of the specifics just yet. Sometimes what needs to happen in my stories is obvious right away. In others, it can take days or weeks until the proper way to proceed is apparent. In those situations, I need to listen to what my story is saying to me. I need to identify the trajectory I've unknowingly hit upon and see it through.
The story can lead the writer to the right ending just as often as the writer can steer the story in a certain direction. Just remember to listen to what your words are telling you.
That sounds like a fun writing exercise. When I find/start a writing focused group, I'll suggest we try it.
This "exquisite corpse" idea seems very cool, I'll definitely want to check this out. Entertaining post and write on!
What a fun exercise! I bet the stories at the end were pretty amusing.
And you're right, listening to the story is key to moving the story forward!


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Tag Archives: cigarette taxes
States are Collecting Back Cigarette Taxes from Online Retailers
Chances are good you will be getting a letter in the mail if you bought cigarettes online trying to avoid paying the high taxes on them.
States including Connecticut are doing just that. According to their web site, "The Jenkins Act requires, that out-of-state retailers report the transactions."
Yes this means all the retailers that sold cigarettes must share their records so that letters can go out to all customers who did not pay the tax on the products sold.
Tax Revenue Collections on Unstamped Cigarettes
The state of Connecticut is serious about collecting this revenue from unstamped cigarettes that were sold from 2007-2008 along with any interest that has accrued.
File Form, AU-75 is the form to be filled out and filed. If this form is not filed, you will receive a tax bill for the purchases made according to the Department of Revenue Services for the State of Connecticut.
Smoking is a habit that keeps you paying out over and over again. The cost is high and there is no real way to avoid paying the high taxes associated with the habit.
The State of Connecticut is out to collect what is owed. The cost of smoking cannot be circumvented and will boomerang right back to your pocketbook.
The tax on the tobacco products is bad enough, but so is the increase to health insurance, life insurance etc. The negative health risks associated with smoking, the added pressure on your monthly budget, and the social inconveniences outweigh any illusionary gains from the habit.
Credit to: DRS to Bill Online Cigarettes
This entry was posted in Tobacco Regulation and tagged cigarette tax collection, cigarette taxes, state of connecticut, tobacco products, unstamped cigarettes on March 3, 2010 by .
Way to Go California – 1 800 No Butts at Your Service
California's Example Provides Encouragement that Smokers Can Stop
Today in the LA Times, it was reported that the use of cigarettes in California is steadily declining.
Smoking statistics for adults have dropped since California passed a twenty-five cent tax on each pack of cigarettes.
Cigarette Taxes Encourage Quitting Smoking
The decline of adult smokers in California is at forty-one percent since the new tax, reported by data from the Department of Public Health.
This is great news and offers hope that the newly-passed government cigarette tax may just stop many smokers in their tracks.
Eric Bailey, from the LA Times states, "Anti-smoking advocates are celebrating this week's 20th anniversary of California's groundbreaking tobacco-control effort by releasing new data showing that cigarette use is continuing its steep decline in the Golden State."
Last year only thirteen percent of California adults were addicted to cigarettes, which is a ten percent decrease since 1988. Another encouraging bit of data is the decline in youth smokers, which is currently a little over fourteen percent and one of the lowest percentages in the entire nation.
Way to go California!
No If's or Butt's About It
For those smokers who are wanting to quit, try calling the 1 800 No Butts quit smoking help line. Calls are currently up twenty-five percent since last year. This is another example that people are seriously considering the health hazards of smoking and the cost of their cigarette habits.
Our hats go off to 1 800 No Butts. Kimberly Belshe, Secretary of California's Health and Human Services Agency, reported the estimates of lives saved through this program the last twenty years is as high as one million and over eighty-six billion dollars in health care expenses.
Credit for this article goes to the LA Times
For more information contact eric.bailey @ latimes.com
Watch a Short Video From California's 1-800-No-Butts
This entry was posted in In the News and tagged 1 800 no butts, adult smokers, california smokers, california smoking statistics, cigarette taxes, la times, quit line counselors, quit smoking help line, quitting smoking, smoking statistics, stop smoking help, tobacco taxes, youth tobacco use on April 9, 2009 by sanbreck.
The Winners and Losers – Largest Tobacco Tax Increase
It wasn't so long ago that Measure 50 was put before a people's vote in the state of Oregon.
If it had passed, Oregon would have received 85 cents from each pack of cigarettes sold in the state, with the funds marked for children's health care programs (and other important programs needing funding in the state).
Unfortunately, Big Tobacco's manipulative tactics and deep pockets sponsored heavy negative campaigns funded by over 11 million dollars donated from the major tobacco companies. They won by swaying the vote.
Tobacco Tax Increase, Largest in History
Today was a historical day. The government passed the largest cigarette tax increase in the history of tobacco taxes. With the passing of this new tax, Big Tobacco lost and the people won.
Most of the revenue created from the new tax will go toward children's health care. Values are shifting, and steps are being taken to support our children.
This increase brings the federal cigarette tax from 39 cents a pack to $1.01 and it applies to all tobacco products.
The only real loser is Big Tobacco.
Unfortunately, you will hear those who wish to protect Big Tobacco say, "Obama is breaking his promise not to raise taxes."
Another complaint expressing victimization is: "The majority of smokers are those who are low to middle income. They cannot afford a tax increase in the current economic climate."
The fact is, people have a choice to smoke or not to smoke. If they don't want to pay the tax, then they can stop smoking. Perhaps this is just the push they need to finally quit smoking.
Here's one response to the tax increase quoted in USA Today:
"I'm going to quit," said Will Hues, 27, smoking a cigarette outside the convenience store. He said prices have gone up so much that "you're out of your mind to pay it."
Responses like Mr. Hues' are some of the best news for those who advocate life. Currently, every eight seconds someone in the world dies from a tobacco-related disease. That is equivalent to twenty-seven 747 airplanes full of passengers crashing every day. Perhaps we will have one less daily crash with this tax increase. The lives saved are not just numbers, but people who will go on to live a better quality life and be able to spend it with their loved ones.
So, if you are one of those who are complaining, then consider moving to South Carolina. The combined state and federal tobacco taxes in SC are only $1.08.
If you have a family member you are trying to get to quit smoking, then you might want to look at relocating to either Rhode Island or New York. These two states have the highest tobacco taxes. Rhode Island's combined tobacco taxes are $3.47 and New York's $3.76.
Today is a victory for living a healthy and long life.
This entry was posted in Tobacco Regulation and tagged big tobacco, childrens health insurance, cigarette taxes, measure 50 oregon, new york cigarette taxes, rhode island tobacco taxes, south carolina tobacco taxes, tobacco products, tobacco taxes on April 2, 2009 by sanbreck.
One Smoker's Advice to Teens: Add up the Costs of Cigarettes
While most adults would counsel the greatest negative involved with smoking cigarettes is increased risk of lung cancer.
This truth is far away in the minds of most young smokers, they tend to not even think about it.
So, if you're a teen smoker and "not afraid" of lung cancer, just think about the following here-and-now downsides to smoking.
They should be more than enough to convince you to quit.
Nicotine Addiction Facts
Nicotine is considered the most addictive substance known to man, and the longer you smoke, the more powerful your addiction becomes. It is much easier for a smoker of a few years to overcome nicotine addiction than for someone who has smoked for decades. Quit now, while it's still fairly easy to do. You will never regret the decision.
Your Supporting the Tax Man
Unfair (but life itself is not fair, as you are just now learning), cigarettes are an easy target for tax revenue generation. Because of money grubbing politicians and sheep-like citizens, the price of a pack increases constantly and exponentially – and that trend is guaranteed to continue. If you think it's financially painful to support your habit today with the cost of a pack at more than $4, just imagine how badly your bank account will suffer when that pack costs $10 or more a decade from now.
Nicotine Normalcy Habit
Think about what nicotine provides you: Your first few smokes gave you a very short, very minor high. While that was certainly interesting, you should realize by now that as your body has become addicted to nicotine, the only "benefit" you're provided by the drug is a feeling of normalcy. Think hard about this one: You're paying money for a drug that does nothing, other than allowing you to feel normal – allowing you to obtain the exact same state of normalcy that non-smokers obtain without doing anything, or paying any money. Now is that stupid, or what?
Do the Math
Break out your calculator and punch in the following numbers for a smoker who starts in 2008 and continues for four decades: 40 years x 365 days x average of 1.5 packs per day x average of $8 per pack (I'm being conservative on the average price; in reality, it will probably be even greater) = $175,200.
That's no typo: $175,200. Think about what you could do with $175,000! You like boats? How about a 40-foot live-aboard ocean sailboat? Cars? You could buy four brand-new Corvettes. Or a very high-performance airplane, or 50 percent of a beautiful home, or a business, or medical/law school, or…
Or…you could just buy cigarettes. And feel normal. Just like a non-smoker feels. All for the low, low price of just $175,200.
Quit while it's still easy, and take all the pennies you used to spend on smokes and throw 'em in a big jar. It would only take a few years before you could buy the first of your four Corvettes.
Source: The Reporter in Letters to the Editor, Paul Domeier, Coarsegold
This entry was posted in Smoking Facts and tagged benefits of smoking, cigarette addiction, cigarette taxes, cost of cigarettes, nicotine addiction, nicotine dependency, nicotine facts, nicotine habit, teen smokers, teenage smokers, tobacco taxes on April 13, 2008 by sanbreck.
R. J. Reynolds Backs Campaign Against Tobacco Tax Hike
Cigarette tax proposal would change tax from 7 cents per pack to 30-50 cents if the plan passes.
However, the country's second-largest cigarette company is an anonymous backer of a campaign opposing a bill to raise South Carolina's lowest-in-the-nation cigarette tax.
The message began showing up in mailboxes last week — 10,000 postcards sent to Republican activists by the S.C. Association of Taxpayers.
The postcards express concern about a proposed plan to raise the state's cigarette tax, now 7 cents per pack, to between 30 and 50 cents per pack.
Some legislators have suggested the new tax revenue could go toward providing employers tax credits to buy employee health insurance.
Featuring a graph showing a "$190 million unfunded taxpayer mandate," the postcards ask voters to "stop this HillaryCare styled welfare plan."
Several state Senate staffers said the chart on the postcards is the same chart that R.J. Reynolds lobbyists showed some state senators in recent weeks. The postcard also warns that the "hospital industry and insurance company special interests want Legislators to raise your taxes!"
"We just have issues with what they're talking about," said Don Weaver, president of the S.C. Association of Taxpayers. "A lot of people don't realize what this program will do."
The association is a private group that often takes corporate donations, Weaver said. The group is best known for giving out its annual "Friend of the Taxpayer" award.
Supporters of the insurance plan, known as the "Covering Carolina Collaborative," say the postcards distort the plan to expand health insurance options in the state and its cost.
"We got some donations," Weaver said, when asked if R.J. Reynolds paid for the postcards. "We get a lot of corporate donations, let's put it that way."
R.J. Reynolds declined to comment for this article.
In past years, R.J. Reynolds was at the forefront of the cigarette-tax debate, hosting events and urging those opposed to increasing the tax to call lawmakers. R.J. Reynolds' views are different from that of the top-selling cigarette maker, Philip Morris USA, which supports a small tax increase.
Supporters of raising the tax to provide health insurance, including the S.C. Hospital Association, said the postcards misrepresent the proposal.
Patti Smoak, spokeswoman for the S.C. Hospital Association, said the options offered in the Covering Carolina Collaborative would depend on the state's ability to pay for them.
Although the hospital group is not advocating a cigarette tax hike, it is logical that smokers help pay health care costs caused by smoking, Smoak said.
It is unclear when the Senate will vote on the tax, which has not been increased since 1977.
Source: John O'Connor The (Columbia) State
This entry was posted in Tobacco Regulation and tagged cigarette taxes, republican activists, rj reynolds, Tobacco Regulation, tobacco taxes on March 3, 2008 by sanbreck.
Tobacco May Kill 1 Billion in This Century, WHO Says
Tobacco use will kill 1 billion people in this century.
This is a 10-fold increase over the past 100 years, unless governments in poor nations raise taxes on consumption and mandate health warnings, the World Health Organization said.
No country fully implements these most important tobacco – control measures, according to a 330-page report released today by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the Geneva-based UN agency.
Bloomberg, who helped fund the study, joined WHO Director-General Margaret Chan at a news conference in New York to discuss the findings. "This is a unique point in public health history as the forces of political will, policies and funding are aligned to create the momentum needed to dramatically reduce tobacco use and save millions of lives by the middle of this century," Chan said in a foreword to the report.
The WHO said the tobacco "epidemic causes the deaths of 5.4 million people a year due to lung cancer, heart disease and other illnesses. That figure might rise to 8 million per year by 2030, including 80 percent in countries whose rapidly growing economies offer their citizens the hope of a better life," the report said.
American States
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, said states are falling short on U.S. recommendations to boost insurance coverage of proven anti-smoking treatments that fight nicotine addiction.
The Atlanta-based U.S. government agency said eight states' Medicaid programs, which serve the poor, fail to reimburse for any tobacco-dependence programs, and only Oregon covered them all. About 35 percent of Medicaid patients are smokers, it said.
Tobacco is the "single most preventable cause of death" in the world, the WHO said. Yet governments in low-and middle- income countries that collect $66.5 billion in taxes from the sale of tobacco products spend only $14 million on anti-smoking measures, and 95 percent of the world's population is unprotected by the type of anti-smoking laws Bloomberg has pushed in New York.
Commitment Sought
"Now for the first time ever we have reliable data, a system of analysis and clear standards to promote accountability," Bloomberg said of the report, which examines tobacco use in 179 countries. "What we are still missing is a strong commitment from government leaders, but we believe this report will empower more leaders to act."
Bloomberg, 65, the billionaire founder and majority owner of Bloomberg News parent Bloomberg LP, announced in 2006 he intended to donate $125 million to worldwide smoking-cessation efforts.
Bloomberg's Health Department has made fighting tobacco use its top priority, enforcing age limits on smoking, distributing free nicotine patches and chewing gum though the city's 311 telephone information number and producing television ads featuring a former smoker who lost his voice to throat cancer at age 39.
The Health Department reported in January that teenage cigarette use has been cut by half — to one in six teenagers — since Bloomberg became New York City's mayor in 2002. That year, he persuaded the state legislature to ban smoking in indoor workplaces including bars and restaurants. He also fought for and won a cigarette tax increase of $1.50 that lifted the average price to about $7 per pack.
Role of Taxes
The WHO said raising taxes was the most effective way to reduce tobacco use, noting that a 70 percent increase would prevent a quarter of all tobacco-related deaths.
The report cites a 2001 study titled "Critical Issues in Global Health," by epidemiologists Richard Peto and A. D. Lopez, edited by former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, as support for the assertion that population and smoking trends during the next several decades might lead to as many as 1 billion lives lost to smoking.
China, the world's largest producer and consumer of tobacco, was highlighted by the UN agency. Almost 60 percent of men smoke cigarettes in China, compared with 21 percent in the U.S. At the same time, the report cited a survey that said most urban residents of China support a ban on tobacco advertising, higher tobacco taxes and smoke-free public places.
David Howard, a spokesman for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., which reported $8.5 billion in U.S. sales of brands such as Camel, Kool and Pall Mall cigarettes, said his company has expressed "the very clear opinion that smoking causes serious diseases."
The company, owned by Winston-Salem, North Carolina-based Reynolds American Inc., continues its sales efforts, Howard said, because "there are about 45 million adults who are aware of the risks and have made the conscious decision to use tobacco products, and it's a legal product."
Source: By Henry Goldman and Bill Varner, Bloomberg [02-07-08]
This entry was posted in In the News and tagged anti-smoking treatments, cigarette taxes, maraget chan, new york mayor bloomberg, nicotine addiction, nicotine patch, rj reynolds, smoking cessation and medicare, teen smokers, teenage smokers, tobacco related deaths, tobacco statistics, us centers for disease control and prevention, world health organization on February 13, 2008 by sanbreck.
Tobacco Industry Puts Profits Before Kids in Defeating Oregon Ballot Initiative
Statement of William V. Corr, Executive Director, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Tobacco or Kids? Who has values?
Washington, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — By telling $12 million worth of lies, the Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds tobacco companies have again protected their profits at the expense of children.
By defeating a ballot initiative to increase Oregon's cigarette tax and fund health care for children it is pretty evident where big tobacco stands.
The tobacco companies will profit by selling more cigarettes, while Oregonians will pay a terrible price with more kids addicted to tobacco, more lives lost and more kids without health care.
Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds opposed this initiative because they know that increasing the cigarette tax is one of the most effective ways to reduce smoking, especially among children, and they also know that the public strongly supports increasing the cigarette tax.
These tobacco companies knew they couldn't win by arguing against the cigarette tax increase, so they spent a record $12 million to change the subject and deceive the voters of Oregon. In fact, the tobacco companies made this election about anything but the cigarette tax increase, which is the one issue they truly cared about.
Throughout the campaign, media reports regularly exposed the industry's deceptive tactics, including the creation of an industry-funded front group — Oregonians Against the Blank Check; RJR's distribution of a mass-mailed letter that appeared to come from a first-grade teacher, but was mailed from the office of the company's lobbyist; and false claims in TV ads.
The tobacco companies' ads falsely claimed that the money raised would not be spent on children's health care and manufactured controversy about amending the Oregon Constitution despite the fact it has similarly been amended many times (and the tobacco companies themselves have proposed constitutional amendments in other states).
The $12 million spent by Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds more than doubled the previous record for an Oregon ballot initiative and was nearly four times what proponents of the initiative spent. Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds should be held accountable for the high cost in health, lives and money that the people of Oregon will pay.
Because this measure was defeated, 29,000 more kids will become smokers, 13,000 lives will be lost to tobacco-caused disease, and Oregon will pay $662 million more in long-term health care costs. In addition, more than 100,000 deserving Oregon children will go without the health coverage Measure 50 would have provided.
The Oregon outcome does not change the fact that the public strongly supports increasing tobacco taxes. National and state polls across the country show overwhelming support for tobacco tax increases — support that extends across party lines, from smokers and non-smokers alike, throughout
all regions.
Since Jan. 1, 2002, 44 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia have increased their cigarette tax rates more than 75 times — more than doubling the national average cigarette tax from 43.4 cents to $1.09 a pack. Increasing federal and cigarette taxes remains one of the most effective ways to reduce smoking, especially among kids, and the public will continue to support it.
Source: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
This entry was posted in In the News and tagged anti tobacco campaigns, campaign for tobacco-free kids, cigarette taxes, oregon tobacco taxes, philip morris, rj reynolds, smoking statistics, tobacco ads, tobacco companies, tobacco industry, tobacco taxes on November 7, 2007 by sanbreck.
Measure 50 Fails in Oregon
Measure 50 would have raised the tax on a pack of cigarettes by 85 cents to pay for children's health care and other programs in Oregon.
Don't let this failure for the health of Oregon's children lead you to believe that Big Tobacco will always win.
There will always be web sites like Ciggyfree to point out how Big Tobacco manipulates people, our land, our air, and even rewires our brains.
Tobacco addiction is the intention of this industry which in turn reduces the quality of all human life on our planet — all for the sake of padding the selfish coffers of their corporate greed.
Shame on YOU BIG TOBACCO and shame on those who support Big Tobacco.
You are all a bunch of moraless souls putting profits above the value of life.
This entry was posted in In the News and tagged cigarette taxes, measure 50 oregon, oregon tobacco taxes, tobacco companies, tobacco industry on November 7, 2007 by sanbreck.
Are You 'For Sale' on Measure 50 in Oregon
Big Tobacco is sweating this one out after poison-nicotine profits supply $12 millions for subverting Oregon voters.
That old cliche "The nation's eyes are on you" is quite literally true for Tuesday's vote.
Big Tobacco has been forced to wreak out the largest bribe-run of political-ad monies in Oregon's history, with $12 millions already spent.
Campaign contributions alone may have set up this sequence by providing confrontation within the Legislature, but true-decision still remains right where it should be – with the citizens themselves.
Right or wrong, Oregon's response may well shape up first the Congressional action on SCHIP –national children's health insurance– and then foreshadow final action for universal health insurance in this nation, too.
What we DO, here-and-now, will then have strong impact on upcoming rapid decisions for universal health care at the two basic-levels/demanded very soon.
Oregon may very literally lead the nation on this consummately consequential vote.
That fact is making many Oregonians face up irrevocably to their own conscience as they contemplate a very simple choice:
VOTE NO – resoundingly defying and denying the money power never more manipulative -applied than by Big Tobacco, or be side-tracked into submission-AGAIN by the slickly-contrived ads, concentrated on cooking the facts to pervert votes by clearly-crooked presentations-everywhere; with repetition and wide release the keys to subversion of the well known public will.
THINK-again before you act, if you are on the fence over this one.
That expensive flood of tv ads, thrown up over and over again on every Oregon screen, distorts and perverts the actual realities involved here.
That headlong lie in the face of truth is commonplace and always concentrated by the Big T. side; made entirely evident by the rapid-response rebuttal with fact and authoritative statement from supporters of this historic measure.
Well known to those paid profusely to provide propaganda-results, the Big Lie that is repeated provocatively, piled high in every media channel, and pronounced proper-truth by paid authoritative persons– is simply standard procedure since there is nothing else left to provide.
That distorting/perverting overwhelming necessity for Big Tobacco is proven very prominently –over and over again, for all to see and understand– by the extremely revealing list of sponsors supplying the working-dollars for all those ads.
FOR this measure lists every conceivable public-health/service group and working organization; while Opposing lists ONLY Big Tobacco firms, and the ostensibly-local (and surely well-paid !) Big T. servant group necessary to submit the ads.
Huge impacts of nicotine-poison lifetime peonage and permanent lung damage leading to premature death are too solidly and broadly on the public record to be ignored.
In fact that has become such a well known legal fact-of-life that it is widely cited as strong precedent in any new confrontation, as in damage suits now in process covering defective voting machines –surely an ironic note here!
Today everyone knows a relative or friend or associate already so stricken– and now dehumanized by despair and depression– while awaiting a painful death, proven by the millions already so removed.
The danger is not only for smokers but for others whose atmosphere is irrevocably also permeated and poisoned by the irresponsible actions of those so-addicted they are made regardless of decencies and consideration for others.
Those consequences of getting hooked are so widely known that nowadays anyone –even a small/business-owner retailing them– must be keenly aware of what those profits really cost: Irresponsible damage to human life, peddled for pennies of profit by ANYone pandering to the propaganda and pressing approach of Big Tobacco.
Wonder what those-so-involved will answer when their growing child, keyed and informed by education and society generally, will, finally, ask: Why did you sell that poisonous stuff, Daddy?
That same question may well surface (and surely should !) within the family circle of those providing the perverted propaganda so widely seen-and-heard on every Oregon tv-news station and via radio, too.
For those who find themselves involved in helping supply that nicotine-poison today there is only one answer –the same one for any other such poisonous substance on sale once it is clearly and unmistakably so discovered: NO LONGER from me, now that I KNOW the truth.
That ID, infinitely deadly – was made centuries ago, has been known ever since, and was never, ever, allowed to interfere with profit-taking no matter what human costs were concerned.
Our American slavery era, built on Big Tobacco colonial-produced profits, was wiped away only by one of the world's most excruciating national spasms, costing our struggling nation many deaths and many millions in war costs –with that same war continuing to this very day, in pursuit of the same high levels of profit promised and produced by the absolutely addictive capture always consequential to any personal use.
Those social, cultural, economic and political damages are STILL far from cleared away with ongoing consequences still excruciatingly painful to millions. They carry with them extreme healthcare costs clearly consequential both for smokers and those caught in their miasma.
Those facts are too solidly and surely fully on record –and now too widely circulated to provide conscience-clear continuance for ANYone pursuing further pandering-for-profit from this universally-dangerous nicotine-poison.
Unfair to currently-caught smokers ? WHEN has it ever been unfair to snatch away poison from the hand about to imbibe?
Unwise to add enforcement to Oregon's Constitution ? WHY, when we have been doing so, in one way or another, ever since 1902?
Oregon's citizens have long been known for their wit, wisdom and will –so much so I need not even cite examples, well known to most. Will we now prove up that prolonged and continuing protocol?
YOURS may be THE VERY VOTE –with others– to DO THIS JOB NOW in stopping Big Tobacco cold and commensurately censored.
Let's send them away seething, and make them seek somewhere else to recoup their rapidly-departing power from profits produced, not-so-purely, from poisons provided the unthinking public.
Source: Henry Clay Ruark for Salem-News.com
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This entry was posted in Tobacco Regulation and tagged big tobacco, cigarette taxes, national childrens health insurance, oregon tobacco taxes, oregons constitution, tobacco companies, tobacco industry on November 3, 2007 by sanbreck.
Tobacco Campaign Tops Record $11 million (Oregonian)
The tobacco money against Oregon's Measure 50's proposed cigarette tax increase keeps piling in.
Philip Morris has donated another $1.1 million to the campaign, putting total contributions to that effort over $11 million.
Philip Morris, the Richmond, Virginia,-based maker of Marlboro cigarettes, and its parent company have donated $6.9 million to Stop The Measure 50 Tax Hike. Reynolds American, the maker of Camels, has contributed $4.8 million to another committee opposing the proposal, Oregonians Against The Blank Check.
Measure 50 would raise cigarette taxes by 85 cents a pack and Oregon could use the money for children's health insurance and other health programs.
The campaign supporting the measure, Yes on the Healthy Kids Plan, has reported raising and spending $3.2 million so far. The proposal is one of two statewide measures on the Nov. 6 vote-by-mail ballot.
Only one campaign for or against a statewide ballot measure had ever topped $7 million in contributions in inflation-adjusted dollars, according to Democracy Reform Oregon, which monitors campaign finance activity. That was a 1992 effort against two measures proposing to shut down and close the Trojan nuclear power plant, which raised just more than $7 million in inflation-adjusted dollars.
Source: The Oregonian, davehogan@news.oregonian.com — Dave Hogan
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NOLA Mardi Gras Floats to be Modified for Safety in 2022
Stephanie Crist
Stephanie Crist Published: May 27, 2021
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There are so many things that we missed out on during the last year. The coronavirus pandemic robbed us of one of Louisiana's most historic celebrations, Mardi Gras, and we are eagerly looking forward to its return next year.
And in New Orleans, some very important changes to Carnival season are on the horizon. After two people were killed during Mardi Gras parades in 2020, a new city ordinance is being considered to make floats safer for riders, and parade-goers. According to James Reiss, who is co-chair of the Mayor's Mardi Gras Advisory Council, all tandem floats will now be required to have the space between the floats enclosed, from the bottom up to the corners. Reiss tells WWL "It'll be akin to what you see at construction sites, that orange flexible fencing that'll be affixed to the floats. It'll still be something that you can see through to allow police and law enforcement or first responders to see if there is anyone or anything between the two floats."
All krewes will be responsible for their own floats, and modifications appear to be very simple. Barry Kern, from the famed Kern Studios, who make some of the most famous floats, tells WWL that "the material is cheap and easy to install and will most likely go unnoticed to folks looking up, trying to catch throws." And after a whole year of no celebrations of any kind, we'll look forward to a fun and safe Mardi Gras season in 2022. See more about what the floats might look like with the netting in the video below.
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If you do start to notice redness, drainage (puss), or increasing pain to the area, seek medical attention right away, as these are signs of infection.
Small cuts and scrapes will form a scab within a few days. The scab helps protect the wound from dirt and germs while new skin grows. Once a scab has formed, you may not need to use a bandage anymore. Although a healing wound or scab will itch, make sure kids don't scratch or pick at them. The scab will fall off on its own without your help, revealing the new, healthy skin underneath.


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The Winklevoss twins are now popularized as world's first Bitcoin Billionaires
Kerin December 5, 2017
As Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency surpasses the high mark of $11000 for the first time.
According to the Telegraph, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss twins, who were well known for indicting Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook in 2008. Thus, they were claiming that he had stolen the social network idea from them. Thus, they received a $65 million payout in the lawsuit against Zuckerberg.
As per Telegraph, in 2013, the twins invested $11 mln of the payout in Bitcoin. Later on, at the time mining, the twins ought to pay $120 for every 91666 Bitcoin. Thus, giving them about 1% of all the Bitcoins.
Recently, Bitcoin price is high as skyrocket. At the press time, Bitcoin is trading $11,808.30. It's believed that the Winklevoss twins are the foremost investors to make the Million-dollar ROI. Thus, the twins stand on as the first bitcoin billionaires.
Also Read: Millennials chose Bitcoin over Traditional banking
Remarkably, in 2006 firstly the twins gained fame after alleged against Mark Zukerberg by claiming that he had stolen their idea of Facebook. Further, in 2009 they received the settlement from Facebook more than $65 million.
Later on, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss used the Facebook settlement money to invest in Bitcoin. By 2015, they launched Gemini, a bitcoin exchange. Thus, it was the first and foremost currency exchange for Ether.
The Financial times interview in 2016, Tyler Wicklevoss said,
"We wanted to build an exchange that was similar to Nasdaq or NYSE for digital currency". "And we wanted something that both Wall Street and Main Street felt comfortable with".
He adds saying that Bitcoin is better than gold. However, the pioneering cryptocurrency was launched in 2009 as controlled by government. Thus, it is now surpassing all the historic records and enjoying a meteoric rise in the value from last year.
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The European Parliament's chief Brexit official has welcomed British Prime Minister Theresa May's decision to scrap the 65 pound ($84) fee that the EU citizens living in Britain would have to pay to get settled status after Brexit.
Guy Verhofstadt, the head of the EU Parliament Brexit steering group, said it had been a "key demand" for the EU legislature all along.
He said he hoped the speech of May would now set off "cross-party cooperation." He expressed hope "consultations will really start now, leading to the closest possible EU-U.K. future relationship."
She made the announcement to the House of Commons as part of moves to try to overcome opposition to the government's divorce deal with the EU.
British Prime Minister Theresa May has rejected calls to delay Britain's departure from the European Union, and says she will press on with efforts to get an EU divorce bill approved by Parliament.
The EU insists the withdrawal agreement can't be renegotiated.
May's divorce deal with the European Union was rejected by Parliament last week, and she faced a deadline of Monday to come up with a "Plan B."
Parliament will debate May's plan, and alternatives proposed by lawmakers, on Jan. 29.
Poland's foreign minister has suggested the Brexit impasse could be broken by setting a five-year time limit on an Irish border guarantee in the agreement.
Czaputowicz told the Rzeczpospolita daily that the U.K. and Ireland are playing a "game of chicken" over the border issues and "soon we will have a head-on collision."
He said Ireland would then "lose the most" and would be obliged to guard the EU's external border.
Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said Monday that "putting a time-limit on an insurance mechanism, which is what the backstop is, effectively means that it's not a backstop at all."
Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes says the authorities will "deliver a system that will make it easy and straightforward for EU citizens to obtain status."
Britain's Brexit minister, Robin Walker, says the agreement is the first of its kind for Britain with a member of the European Union.
Spain's state secretary for EU affairs, Marco Aguiriano, says the agreement will enter force with Britain's departure from the EU, whether at the end of March as initially planned or later and with or without an agreement between the two sides.
European Union nations are vowing not to reopen the draft agreement on Britain's withdrawal from the bloc as they await details of British Prime Minister Theresa May's plan to break the Brexit deadlock.
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas shared the frustration with the British indecision on how to leave the bloc and said that "we now know what they don't want in London. Now, we finally need to know what it does want."
Several ministers said a reopening of the draft withdrawal agreement was out of the question. Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl said "this is the text we all invested ourselves in."
Prime Minister Theresa May is set to unveil her new plan to break Britain's Brexit deadlock — and it's expected to look a lot like the old plan decisively rejected by Parliament last week.
Lawmakers are due to vote on May's "Plan B" on Jan. 29.


Home Horizons with Ahmad Jawad My Philosophy & Strategy of Life.
My Philosophy & Strategy of Life.
Philosophy & Strategy of Life.
Charlie Jones said, "You will be the same person in five years as you are today, except for the people you meet and books you read".
If you want to progress as a human, as a leader, as a manager, you must invest your time in meeting new people and reading new books.
Our comfort zone compels us to spend time with people you know for years, people who agrees with you, people who follows you, people who praise you, people who align with you, but such choice of people stops your learning. Comfort zones of people is like addiction, it might give you comfort, happiness but it freezes you from further growing. If you can ever find happiness in personal growth, you are a very lucky man.
Is personal growth important? Yes growing is all about nature, getting frozen is unnatural. Frozen body needs heat to melt & become water. Reading books & meeting new people is that heat which melts frozen minds.
You meet people after years and they are still the same people, because they never read books and they can't meet new people. They might have progressed in their grade, position or wealth but their mind is frozen since years.
Reading books is the shortest way of learning, since each book is an essence of somebody's vision, experience & thoughts, and that somebody is extra ordinary because of his courage and ability to write.
Respect writers, meet new people and read books is "My philosophy".
Invest your time for building ideas, creating vision, creating trends, taking initiatives, praising good and condemning bad and most importantly bringing change in society, bringing change in somebody's life, bringing change within yourself.
I have seen people with highest professional qualification with shallow ideas, narrow mindset, and stubborn views. They remain Part of social & political status quo for the simple reasons that they have never read books.
Professional Reading can build your ability on a particular skill but it cannot grow you as a human & leader.
Reading books is not about reading medical, engineering, IT and science, it's about reading non professional books of personal accounts of vision, humanity & life.
Reading books can only be adopted as habit from childhood, so it is partially responsibility of parents to inculcate such habit.
Make your children human & leaders not just doctors, engineers, scientist & businessmen and this is only possible through reading books.
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